The New York Herald Newspaper, October 18, 1853, Page 8

ee Opening of the University of New York. PesSO8 DRAPER'S LECTURE, \ter session took place last even ishing institut At half past revea o'clock, Professors Valentine Mott, Gunning 8. Bedford, John W. Draper, alfred C. Post, William H. Van Buren, aud John A. Swett, ented the lecture room, and were received with enthusiastic cheers. Having taken their veapeetive chairs, the introductory lecture was then de livered by Pr or John W. Draper, President of the Faoulty, Qur readers will not require any eulogy from us as to the merits of the lecture—suilice it to say it is an read it with interest and profit. arnexed, and thy ‘The large hall was crowdel in every part with ladies and | to gentlemen, and many eminent members of the medic profession; and we were particularly struck with the in- ‘clligent and gentlemanly appearance of the crowds of students assembled from every portion of the continent: From what we have seen and heard we should think the c’ass of students in the University this session is very large. The South is represented from every quarter; and as near as we can judge, there cannot be less than four hundred students now in attendance. We are glad of the prosperity of the New York University, which has for its object the proper edueation of medical students, who will not receive diplomas unless they are duly qualified vy medical knowledge to go abroad in society, and minia- ter to the wants of suifering humanity. New York take the leaé in medicine as well as it does in commerce, The following is the able and brilliant lecture of . rofessor Draper :— AN APPEAL TO TRE STATE OF NEW YORK TO LEGALIZE THE DISSECTION OF THE DEAD. An Introductory Lecture, delivered to the Class of the Metical Department of the University of New York by Dr. Draper, Present of the Medical Faculty. GCertlemen—It is related of a well known minister of the Kirk of Scotland, who was invited to dine at the table of a lord, and requested to ask the accastomed grace on the various creature comforts so boantifully spread be- fere them, that he took occasion, not only to exercise himself at some length, as was usual in those times; but also, in Lal apne way, to observe that the present bles sings would be greatly enhanced, if it should be put into the heart of his noble entertainer to send hima new coat,,and still more particularly se, if there should be add- ed thereto a gowu for his wife. I have sometimes thought that a similar advantage might be taken at the introductory lecture which custom assigns to each course in our medical colleges. For some reason, which I could never understand, these discourses are sought for wi h avidity, and circulated and read to a surprising extent. Strangely enough, they have become, im tue United States, the most effectual medium of com- munication between our profession and the public, for thousands who would never dream of looking into a me- dical journal, take a morbid delight in this annual literature. Why, then, *hould professors of medicine east away the opportunity af them? Do we not labor under & great many grievances which we want to have removed? Are there not things which would increase our usefulness, if they were granted to us? There are boons which we have to ask, and rights which we have to demand. It is of ene of these rights 1am about to speak this evening. Like the good Caledonian minister to whom [ have referred, I am addressing myself to one and intend- ing to reach another, Nay, perhaps it is not too much for me to assume to be your mouthpiece, and speaking to you, and for you, on one of the most momentous questions which concerns our profession, arraign the public at the bar of public opinion, I know that in the case before me the odds are all against me. The people are at once the defendant and the judge. The success cf an argument which is to reach the understandings of men, in spite of the sympa. thies and natural instincts of our race, is all but des- perate, yet less «o in the United States than in any other part of the world. The American, if he be charged with injustice and wrong-doing, even by the most obscure accuser, will lis’ and, @ be ec nvinced, will reform At the foundation of all true medical knowledge—and without which there can be neither physician nor sur- geon—is the’study of anatomy. This, which reveals to us the construction of our own bodies, is the only method by which’ we ca reason intelligently respecting the cause of disease, or determine upon methods of cure. He who attempta the practice of medicine without thie indispensible preliminary is an importa Yet there is which that knowledge can be perfect Wy the dissection of the dead. mi medfeal institutions shall complished physicians, yet it aas set e only means of doing this—it dis- countenances the study of anatomy. This seutiment prevails in every port of the Uaited States, both in the cities and in remote country places. Some luckless medical student, caught in actof a midnight inva- sion of the grave, is marched off incontinently to the unty jail, with his pickaxe. shovel and sack. Ha may bless is stars that the walls are thick and the gratings strong, for » mob is howling at the outside. obtained The publ furnish it wit its face agains poptilace of teaching anatomy. It is tora to the ground, and the professors fiee for their lives. These are uot im: aginary cases, but realities which have occurred again and again, and the names and dates could be, without difficulty, supplied, You are now beginning to understand the point of my @iscourse ; it is with this sentiment I have to deal. T have undertaben the almost hopeless task of reaso community out if it were worth while, I might States in suco , and show what a discreditable spec tacle their legal enactments present. Yet out of cour tesy I will abstain, and limit the remarks I have to make on this point, to my own State. The people of the State of New York have directed by law, that anatomy shall be taught in their Medical Col- leges, they have the conditions under which they authorize a distinctic: —the diploma of Doctor of Medi cine is to be given—one of which is a knowledge of ana tomy. Even more than this, they have quite recently, lescending in an unusual way to particular details, di- rected by a general law, that the science shall be taught by a demonstrator, whore fee shall be five dollars for eve- ry student, And yet, by another law, they have declared that whoever shall be 1 of dissecting the dead, shall be sent to the State prison. Oh! people of New York, what kind of legislation do you call that? It is no ase for you that your neighbors of Pennsylvania or other states have stultified themselves in the same way. But seme politician whixpers to me—The intelligent art of the community understand perfectly your pro- fersional necessity, and these penal enactments are a jead letter, intended merely as an offering to popular prejudice. You docters should set about overcoming that prejudice, aad we statesmen will quickly remove such in- consistencies from the statute-book. rid it was our affair, we could persuade the people that it is pleasant to be dis- sected—just as we often persuade them that it is profit- able for them thaf we should put our hands into their pockets, To him I reply—Oh, learned successor of Solon, f perfectly understand your professional necessity—a ba- lancing, my friend, between conscience in one scale and popular prejudice in the other. I accept your sagacious suggestion, and, as far as in me lies, will try to convince the community that ‘f the living owe duties to the dead, the dead also have a duty to the living. actieal anatomy is to be defended by the advantages ing to the living from its cultivation; for, beyond all other means, it aids in diminishing the amount of human misery, by enabling us to overcome or to mitigate the Jiseases to which we are incident; and in proportion as the structure of the body is better known, so ae the chances of relief the better. An ignorant man, whose watch has stopped, tries in vain to set it going by shak- ing and jolting; but the skilful artist, who unders its various parts, examines the complicated mechanism, apd applies tse necessary adjustment. Ani so with the physician—the knowledge he has acquired by the examination of the dead he brings to the bedside of the sick, ‘The tables of mortaiity show how strikieg is the result. Inall great cities, and, indeed, wherever there is an intelligent practice of medicine, and registers of mortality are kept, we ise, trom period to period, an increa: in the chances of life. Iam not wrong in ascribing this improvement to the more thorough preparations which bysicians receive, and the steady advance of their art. 't is not from isolated cases which we may meet with in the narrow circle of our own experience that we are to judge, but from such universal results as those to which Jam referring. There are persons, it is true, who profess to doubt whether in this point of view the practice of medicine is of any avail. The issues of life and death, they say, ere with God alone, anc deceive ourselves if we suppose the skill ef man can postpone the inevitable hour. The threeseore years aud ten still remain the pro verbial date as of old. For we are like the sands of an hour-glass; some fall away early, and some ata later time, | but there is a moment predestined by an inexornble fate, beyond whieh not one shall remain, Laccept the metaphor of those who would reason in | this way, and admitting that there iss time beyond which | a generation does not last, I would bid them watch more | clonely the sand grains of which they speak: Somme des- | cend in a direct, and for some there is marked out a wiad- | ing way. In the changes and chances of this mortal ca- | reer, the skilful physician can turn aside from the dowa- ward course, and keep us awhile from the fail If there ix no better motive than a seliish desire to avail ourselves 0 benefits no great, is itnot f todo what he can to give force to those benef not for ourselves alon nv: 2 » and yet, perhaps wealth is attended by com y mand suflering, so long will there be a greate: for the skill of the physi among the lowly and desolate, aud therefore { cast by the infamous assertion, “ yon dissect the poor for the « 6f the rich,”’ since, alas! the poor are the greatest yainors thereby. When Liook at the bills of mortality of thia city, aad see that sometines nearly two hundred infants die in one week, and the majority of them among the poor; when | extend my view to « wider scale, and find that are strong reasons for believing the male portion of the Irish “atholie emigration dies out in lees than six years, I am appalled at such results. The public works of the United States consume each year more human iife than the bloodiest aropean campaign! We talk about our conquests of peace, and boast that the wilderness is disappearing be- fore us; we contrast the American axe with the Roman sword—but let us not deceite ourselves, The advancing tide of Western progress rolls over the emigrant’s grave. The published accounts of raifroads and canals show how many dollars sugh works have cost; but they hide the cost of human life, they ray nothing of the unspeakable misery that bag fallen om the widow and the fatherlens, inexorable destiny that no nation eatnes® except by a waste of life. The minion through a path of blood— we go enue of graves. Avaricious of gold prodigal of life, we have marked our track to the Pacilic; we bave dained the labor of Enrope, and our eyes are now set on that of Asin. We say there is the re- dundant population, and hére is the vacant land. If the dead could speak they would in bitterness exclaim—‘ Even @ have we found it.” Can there, then, be nothing done to reduce this awful In cities « sparing provision has been made- Why should not | Some country col- | lege, conspicous in its remoteness, is suspected by the ‘cannot'be of any avail to the laborer stricken with fever n morasses @ thousand miles away, or torn by an explo sion on sowe distant railroad work. Clearly, there is but one means by which the evil can be reached, and that means is to spread all over the country a race of intelli- gent and well-prepared physicians. Tsay, then, it ts the bounden duty of every consciea- | tious man to give bis support to the medical colleges, | and to see that they lack nothiag needfd for their etti- ciency, remem >-ring that it is these institutions alone which ‘cax be brougnt to bear on this waste of life. The knowledge which has been gathered in the dissecting room will produce its results in the railroad shanty; | it will be felt among that wandering p»pulation which fringes the advance of civilization; nay, even here al home, it will And its way into those’ sinks of destitution and vice which your hospitals cay never reach. For the sake of living humanity permit Syour colleges to dissect he dead I say, moreover, that no conscientious man is at liberty to withhold his exertions from enlightening the public on this matter, nor to cease until the result is obtai If, as a people, we stand idly by and make no effort, there lies at our door agreat national crime. All history teaches us that such sins are never overlooked. Is not the Spaniard stil inthe hands of the aveager, for that Indian blood which cries for retribution from th silver mines of Mexico? For the fail but in the ways of P s of the individual there is mercy, idence no mediator is provided for the sins of nations, ‘There is an inflexible retura of good for good, and evil for evil. It often seems to me a surprising thing, when I witness the charity of this city, its sympathies sent forth in a thousand ‘ways in behalf of the destitute and afflicted, the wealth that is so lavishly expended in doing good, no matter whether the object of it be here or im distant countries, that so little interest is taken in the medical colleges, which in truth are first among the means of ministering to the physical suffering of our race. Unsus- tained by the State, without aid from the community, these institutions of true learning quietly discharge their duty, and perbaps the day is not distant when they shall be better understood, and have their reward. The illustration | have been drawing from the dresdful loss of emigrant life in the United States, is only one out of many that might have been presented. Reasons just cessity of anatomical knowleige become conspicuous. Does any one of us certainly kuow that before to-morcow he may ‘not require that skill to tie en artery or to ampu- tatealimb Speaking as | do now in the presence of the first living surgeons, is there any necessity for me to en- force that precept? They will bear their testimeny that their art cannot exist except upon anatomy as its basis, and that just in proportion as the surgeon is skillful, 80 must his oowledae of anatomy be profound. And here again—thougn we are all liable to accident, for we know not what a moment may bring forth, and al therefore deeply interested in the perfection of surgery— I may once more enquire by whom is it that these benefitsare chiefly fel What class among us is it to which such troubles are most incident? Is it the man who luxuriously rol's through our streets, and wears away his life in idleness? Or is it the laborer, whe earns his bread by the sweat of his brow, who has to face the hardships and risks and bitterness? who, if there is a dangerous service to be done, must perform it, though at the peril of life or limb? Five sixths of the surgical practice of this State is amon that class. Whoever follows the argument here presented will re- cognise that it is net without purpose | so repeatedly recur to this point of view. The opponents of the legisla- tion of anatomy appeal to the prejudices of the laboring Yenefit. In bringing the whole community to a better understanding @ this matter, it should unquestionably be our first object to satis’y ali, that what we seek is not for the exclusive advantage of ‘one, but for the common good. It takes nothing from the force of the argument, when it thus turns out that the poor are the greatest gainers. Such a conclusion should cast a ray of light on the views of the reluctant politician. The Western territories have a claim upon the Atlantic States—a claim for protection and aid. Their population constitutes what might be justly termed the advanced guard of the American nation; its duty is to prepare the way for the masses of civilization that follow. In the last seventy years, pursuing a steady course, it has push ed from the ridges of the Alleghanies to near the foot of the Rocky Mountains, and at one point it has thrown out acolumn to the Pacific. Itis a duty of hardship, and risk—a struggle with the ruggedness of nature and the treachery of the Indian. We have no means of fairly esti- mating the loss of life in this duty; but, considering its nature, we may de assured that what holds other warfare holds good in this too—the advanced guard bears the brunt of the campaign. lite Gf edyenture must needs be a life of accident. York, which beyond all other States, reaps dvantage’ of these labors, ought surely to take the lead in giving succor to those who thus pre eminent- ly werk for her good. My frieads, you gannot {and hos pitals there, but you con provide the a€complished phy- sician and skilful surgeon. Thece are admirable societies in this city, which occupy themselves in sending mis- sionaries for the religious instruction of those our distant brethren; but not one, except the medical colleges, which sends them the means of physical relief. The pestilen- tial miasm and accident are suffered to do their work. And so again I say that itis a solemn éuty which you | camnot divest yourselves of, to omit no means for the thorough instruction of those who are led by Providence to dispense the benefits of medicine in those distant re- gions. [tis not for you to put difficulties in the way of their obtaining tné knowledge they need. So long as there staads on your statute book @ law repressing the study of anatomy, and thereby preveating a knowledge of surgery, the State of New York is guilty of a crime to the West Tstand here in the midst of a commun: missionary projects—a community which pours out its wealth for the spiritual wel are of heathen tribes all over the globe. Lask that community what answer it will render, when it is called to an account for the extinction of the Indian tribes of this continent. For want of a physi- cian who could vaccinate, the smallpox has swept off whole nations, not leaving a solitary survivor. Do you suppose that the interest you have taken in Ss ria, or In- dia, or Burmah, will excuse you for this awful desolation at your door? In this manner I come to the chief point of my dis- course, which is to tell you that institutions for the cul- tivation of medicine and surgery are not to be dealt lightly by, and that you have a responsibility in their welfare which you cannot shake of—especially as respect colleges in the city, for though I would not utter a word derogatory to our country institutions, ably ad- ministered ax they are, yet it must come home to the common sense of every man that it is not in a countr village but in a great city that disease is to be seen. it is not in Oxford or Cambridge but in London that the medical schools of England are found. There is a physi- cal necessity which overrules all legislation. Here in New York you will sometimes have three thousand emi- grants landing in a day—a mass of destitution to which the medical student may extend succor, and from which he may draw knowledge. Duty to yourself, to your fami- ly, to the city, to the State, to the nation, demands that you shall help'as best you may in increasing the means of usefulness of your medical colleges, nor can you, with out doing wrong, embarrass their action by penal lawe. It was a profound sense of the sc vantage which would accrue to suffering humanity, doubtless sugsested b such reflections as those we have been entertaing, whic! first led the Greek kings of Egypt to break through the practices of antiquity, and especially through the religious rentiment of the countrs they ruled over, in direeting the professors of the medical college at Alexandria to dis sect the dead, and prepare treatises setting forth the in- ternal construction of man. Exact medicine dates from those ,enli, htened times. And though in subsequent ages, ‘as the Roman empire declined, and the Saracen power was develc ped, anatomical investigation ceased—for the Koran pronounces him defiled why touches a corpse— | yet the knowledge which had thus been contributed by the Macedonian monarchs was too precious to be lost. It was preserved throughout the Pagan times, ard handed down from physician to physician in Africa and Spain, until longaiter the crescent had supplanted the cross. The lapse of nearly seventeen hundred years, and, perhaps, the surreptitious researches of the physicians of the fourteenth century, began to suggest the necessity of rev what had thu’ been derived from remote antiquity. With libe- ral views the Papal governments set an example to Bu- rope, and Italy became distinguished at once as the foan- tain ‘of anatomical knowledge. When out of the long list of ber great anatomists, I recal some of those whose mmortally connected with the structure ot the when | speak of the t 3s of Eustachius ad in lobe of Spigelius; the sinuses of Valsalva, and the glands of Mirbenius; the bridge of Varolius, and the valve of Vieussens; the nerve of Vic and the vein of Salvatel- la—the sounds fail like household words on the ear of the medical student. A series of splendid discoveries and works was the result—disvoveries which are a lasting mo- nument to that glorious country, the inother of European civilization. It was my intention to have on what might be termed the re though standing here a mere medical professo er! I might have stepped from my right position in so do And, after all, where is the necossity? 1 fall back on the fact | have just menti our religious sentiments may be, we #hall surely all agree in this, ranctified practical anatomy before deliberated when they took that course. Yet they did it in an age not only of acute theological discussien, bat of the deapest feeling; it was done in view of the soleran services for the ven you ious ¥ of the matter, Whatever or Catholic, ho thus first dead; it was done with the consent of men of th understanding, the highest philanthropy, and whoxe sin cere piety noone can question. All that I say in this respect, sinks into insignilicance wh the discussions which must of necessity have taken place ong those able men, who looked at the matter in every and in the face of semi-barbarian but profoundly religious Ewrope, lent thi at authority to the conclu- sion that it is lawful to dinsest the dead. “Twice has Rome governed the world, once by her Cw sare and once by her Popes,’ that is a saying of Mazzini’s. He might have said thrice, for se ha» governed it teo by her science, How many of the gems of inodern kno ladga do we owe to that fruitful soil, how many great inventions! It was in Italy that the laws of the descent of bodies to the earth, and of the equilibriuin of fluids were first de- termined by Gallileo, it was in the cathe: ral of Pisa, that that illastrions phuosopher watched the swingiag of the chandelier, and observing that its vibratio stall were made in equal times, left the house prayers unvaid, but the pendulum clock invent to the Senators of Venice, that ho first showed the satel- lites of Jup nt form of Venus and the spots on the Rum. tely that Sanstoro iavented the meter, that Torricelli constructed the barometer, and demonstrated the pressure of the air, Jt was there that Castelli laid the toundation of hydrantics, aad dis- covered the laws of the flowing of water. There too the first European astronomical obs and there Stancari first counted the number 0! vibration’ of a string which ix emitting musical notes; there Gassendi determniaed the velocity of sound through the atmosphere and showed that every note, high or low, came with an equal swiftners, It was there that De Dominis gave the first idea of the trae nature of that most beautiful of all meteors—the rainbow; and Grimaldi proved that two rays of light, no matter how brilliant they may be, so combined aa to produce total darkness, and’ so the foundations of that great theory, which, next af. ter the theory of universal gravitation of Newton, is the noblest conception to which the mind of man has ever * onetimes by private charities, sometimes by munici tate endowments for hospital ontablishnenta—and he at of good these institntions do, no tongue can tell. Pot what ave they compared with the gigantic evil to be gro yplet with ? Their benefits are exseatiatly local, ang yet attained—the wave theory of light. The Florentine academicians showed that dark heat might be reflected by mirrors acrosa apace, and in our own times Melloni has proved that it may be polarized. ‘The fir-- philoso. pbical eocietios wers the Italian; the tire: botanical gue. class, and conceal from then their great share of the | as forcible might be applied to every rank of society, for | there is no exemption from disease Expecially “in those | cases which require the skill of the surgeon does the ne- | ; familiar with | Fallopins; the wing of Ingrassins, and the | few thoughts | atory was established, | to the good will of the Feorie in Mi ize can be | to your physicians. den eatablished at Pisa; and the first classification of planta givem by Casalpinus ' The first geolog cal musoum was founded at Verona, and the first who cultivated the study of fowil remains—the foundation of inoderm ge- ology—were Leonardi da Vinci, the painter, and Fracaster. The great disce veries of this century which have imumor- talized the pame of Davy, it is true, are the property of England; but the ins! its which Davy used beat the names of Galvani and Volta. Whee T qpeak of sci ence alone? Who wil dispute with illustrious peo ple the palm of music and painting, of statuary and ar chitecture? The dark cloud which for a thousand years has hung over that beautiful peninsula, is fringed with irradiations of light. But in the long list of her won ter- ful achievpments, if duly considered, there is none which presents fer intelligence and power in a more striking view than her action in the circumstance I am recalling to-night. When we witness the Mohammedan reluctance of enlightened America in this nineteenth ceatury, we must surely allow to Italy of the fourteenth, the merit of a philanthropy greater than our own, and a moral courage more than Roman. ‘This example was lost on the Northern Europeans. Ve- salius says that there were dissecting days in the Univer- sity of Paris in his Indeed it is only in our recol- lection that England has felt she could follow it. It was not until the question bad been illustrated by the most monstrous crimes, that the British Parliament seriously turned its attenfon to the subject. There, as here, the difficulty consisted in arresting public attention; whea that is accomplished, you may safely wait for the result. j After a close examination of all the arguments that could be presented, and it ix needless to aay that they were of every kind—theological, political, social—Parliament lega- lized the study of practical anatomy, and made due pro- vision for the pursuit it of it by law. Standing in clear relief from the rest of the United States, Massachusetts has followed that example. It is not the first time that she has taken the lead in decidi national action, and it is fitting that they who have stoo foremost in the great political event, should lead the way in thus conquering popular prejudice. Michigan has done the same. But where are the rest of the States? No better than France or England were in the eighteenth century. It is with them the medical profession has to deal. ‘We arraign them at the bar of public opinion, and demand of them by what authority they repress medical iwstruction, and cripple the usefulness of physicians?—by what authority they affix upon us the stigma of felons? We point to the annals of our profession—adorned with the most illustrious names, and not yielding by compari son to any other vocation in society; no, neither to the pulpit nor the bar. Is there any among our leading men a cause of public scandal, or an evil example to the com- munity? Can the other professions say that? 1 trust a spirit will be roused in the medical profession all over this continent, and that by jo nt action we shall see ourselves righted iu this matter. Ihave no belief in continuing to do as we have done—speaking in whispers, in under tone- to one another, as though we were con- scious of guilt I do believe ina bold and decissive cours, in telling the public that it ix inthe wrong, and insisting it shallco us right. And though no one is bet- ter awary than myself of the feebleness and imperfection with which these words are said, no one is more tho roughly sure that they will meet with a hearty response from every true American physician. It is not that this institution is especially interested in increasing its facilities in the way of anatomical supply. It seeks no other benefit than what it wishes all others toenjoy. For them, as well as itself, it asks to be re- lieved from a false pesition. The interesta of society im peratively demand the study of practical anatomy. ‘Then why not frankly aeknowledge the fact, and make a suita- ble arrangement by law ? Medical men, both in their individual and collective ca- pacity, are daily rendering services of the last importance ‘to the community; and, as! have already said, no insti | tutions are more conspicuous for the good they do than | the medical colleges. In this city, rich in its public charities, you may present which of those charities you please, and I will prove that any one of our three medi- cal colleges surpasses it in usefulness. They are centres of # present good to the neighborhoods ip ¥ hich they are placed, they are sources of untold benefits to the whole | country, by the educated men they send forth for the re- lief of the afflicted. Centres of local good they surely are, for who can come into this building of an aft rnoon, an | see the poor and the helpless who are thronging | to it, without admitting this fact? Here they re- | ceive’ advice from the most experienced surgeons and physicians, and are furnished with remedies by | the institution free of charge, and such operations as may be necessary gratuitously performed upon them. To fire | you some Lise of the seale on which these things | are done, it may be stated that at the surgical | clinique, which is under the charge of Professor Mott, | that under Professor Post, and that under Professor Van | Buren, not less than two thousand persons are relieved | each year. In the obstetric clinique, which was first in- | troduced into the system of medical instruction by Pro- fessor Bedford, there have been presented since its | commencement, in October, 1850, more than five thou- | sand cases. Considering its peculiar nature, failure was predicted for this clinique. You can bear witness that this prediction has not been verified. In similar terms I | could spaak of the medical clinique, and that on the dis- | eases of the skin. It is not for me, in this presence, to | allude to the eminent services of those who thus make | these freewill offerings. It is done without the receipt of a fee, or the expectation of @ reward; with no other ob- ject than the good of the poor and the instruction of the medical student. But for the university in which such things are done, I may, without any effence or any , hesitation, demand public consideration in return. | In this work of local charity New York stands far in ad- | vance of all her sister cities, combining on a t scale relief for the poor and instruction for the student. Often have I heard physicians who have visited us exclaim— “We have seen more varied cases of disease in your uni- | versity in one month than in practice at home in five ears.” It is the spreading knowledge of this fact which | Is fast tending to make New York the centre of medical education of the whole country. | Besides this local charity, the University supplies benefits of a more diffusive and lasting kind. Con- siderably more than a thousand physicians are now prac- | tising under its diploma, in diferent parts of the | United States. If it were not invidious to draw com parisons with other undertakings, we might present the labors of these men, true missionaries of humanity; | we might ask who can sum up the good they are brogn Bad ey society, the sufferings they relieve, the merciful acts perform? They encounter with an equal fortitude the sun of summer and the storm of winter. On the same errand, and with the same equanimity, they pass throagh the luxurious habitations of the rich, or the solitude of the midnight forest. The pestilence finds them at their st. Yet, why should I say this of our University? it is true of all other medical colleges; and I think the time is not distant when the communities in which they are located will appreciate their worth. The charitable will learn, that through these institutions works of mercy may be carried out, and an effectual abatement made in the mis | ery end suffering around us. What means are there of doing a wide-spread good, which could for an instant compare with the endowment of a college clintque? They who look with pride on the advance of their cities to greatness, may be referred to the history of other coun- tries in proof of the-fact that the medical school has often been the chief glory of a town. Of our owncity, New York, Ihave no fears, so rapid is her progress in material prosperity, so great is the concentration of wealth, so many are the men whose fortunes are to be counted by millions. We Lave nearly reache? that point at which it is essential to us to have some other reputa- tion than that of a great mart for merechandise—that point at which society dislikes to hear how its riches were gained, but delights in showing how they were spert; that point at which the Medical College, alo1 with other institutions for the cultivation of letters an the fine arts, will be a cherished object of public care, and the pride of the city. If af voice could be heard in the Legislature of New York, I would appeal to it, not only in the name of the colleges and of the body of physicians, but also in the pame of humanity, Iwould call on those able mee, to whom are committed our interests, to remove from the statute book, laws which were repudiated in Europe even in the dark ages. I would ask them if there be any reason why we should stand behind Massachusetts or Michigan in an enlightened policy. I would entreat them to spare this great, this powerfal State, the disgrace of having an example set in this matter by her younger and feebler sisters; for that practical anatomy will be legalized in the South and West, as it has been in the North and Kast, there cannot be a shadow of a doubt. To one, scrupulous from conscientious motives, 1 would point’ out the au- thority that has been siven by both the chief divisions of the Christian chureh, Protestant and Catholic; to another, imid for fear of popular prejudice, 1 would show that who are to be mainly profited are the poor. Of vail are all our munificent provisions for the desti- 1ich surgeons ean be mshouses cannot accom- but let us make that wherever sick- tute. if we deny the only means by skillful. pany tk Our hospitals and emigrant on his lonely far as legislation can do ness may surprive him, a good physician shall be at hand. ‘Yo provide t jan isa matter of philanthropy, charity, an not a party quest it is one of th h whatever our political opinions may be, Ww ame interest. Desenase invades all our familiex in turn, and takes away one mem ber after another, Jn turn we have all to come under oblgations to that medical « is threatened with punishy should exist, which n and rich, the governors and gover must be broken’ I would earnestly asking is it right, as should put this profession in such an attit ute, in not one of you who would re cept you knew that he had egain a law. ‘There are certain questions continsally arising tt State, which, from their very nature, party questions, This is one of that class. mend itself on its own mer vy when there medical adviser ex vin broken this the anot be made it must com. s, not to this or that party, but to the ander eoane and conscience of each indi: Perhaps it may happen that what I am now say- ing may fall under the notice of some intelligent and in- 1 member of the legislature, one who, perbaps, either im his own person, or in his fainily, ia deeply indebt- ed to medieni ekill, To him I would say, now ie the time to cancel that debt, In many ways you can silently and effectually aid in putting right this public wrong. It is of little copreynence in what manner it is done. fisewhere, jigent perrons have attempied these measures in an tt form, as in enactment for the protection of eem #, or bills relating to sepulture, Bt, considering the vices and rights of physictans, an¢ the injustice that has been done them; considering the power, the intalli- gence, the greatness of thix State, is it aot now fitting to put wide that flimsy veil, and calling things by their right names, pass “an act for the relief of tie medical rofession in’ the State of New York.” Surround your jaw by whatever conditions you may think best, to pro- tect (he vensibilities of souiety from auch condi tions perhaps as those which have commended themselves husetts, Michigan, or in England, but legalize the dissection of the dead, Here T must stop, and here may well ask myself what have I been doing? In a mixed audience, and in a pablie place, I have dared to peak of things which elsewhere they talk of in whispery. Instead of greeting with pleasant words the audience which hay done me the honor to be present, I have taxed you with ingratitude and oppression ith all the argument at first sight laid | against me, I have not hesitated to tell you that you are in the wrong, and what iy more to the purpose, have proved it. But then I knew that in the intelligence o} each of you Thad = olay it tok would fortify overy argument no mat- ter how ited, make you rea- pect the remonstranocer of one who venerates the profes, sion to which he belongs, and who will never hesitate at any olds to defend it, while le has a tongue tat oan speak, oc a pen that can write, ‘Wilkesbarre Slave Case. ‘ OPINION OF JUDGE GRIER—PRISONERS DISCHARGED, Judge Grier, on the 16th inst., gave his opinion in the Wilkesbarre slave case, on the arrest of the United States officers. ‘the Judge naid:— 2 ‘The jurisdiction of the courta of the United States is limited, but within its limits eupreme. The State courts have often, in many cases, a concurrent jurisdiction over the sume *ubjects and persons. But neither can treat the other as an inferior jurisdiction, except in the cases where the constitution and acts of Congress have given such power to the courts of the Union, Where persons or property are linble to seizure or arrest by the precess of both, that which first attached should have the prefer- ence. An custody of the officers of th fiable exercise «f its power consequences. Therefore, if a person be imprisoned und the civil or criminal proofs of one, the other cannot take him from such custody ia arder to subject hima to punish- ment for an offence against them. A fugitive cannot be taken from the legal custody of the Sheriff by any war- rant from the eourts of the United States, ip order to ex- tradition, under the acts of Congress. Neither can such fugitive, when in custody of the Marshal, under logal process from a Judge or Commissioner of the United Statos, be delivered from such custody by means of a habeas corpus, or any other proofs, to answer for an offence against the State, whether felony or misdemeanor, or for any other purpose. While the act of Congress does not forbid the Judge, it carefull against the abuse of it, and makes a certificate of « commissioner or Judge of the United States “conclusive evidence of the right of the ‘per- son or persons in whose favor it ix granted, to remove | such fugitive,” and forbids ‘all molestation o/ such per- son or persons, by any proses issued by any eourt, Judge, magistrate, or other person whomsoever.” Thi Congress is the supreme law of the land, and binding the consciences of State Judges, as well as those of | the United States, Judges of the United States as well as of State courts, are therefore bound to | dismiss a writ of habeas’ corpus, or to refase to | allow it, whenever they ‘are properly informed that the | prisoner is held by legal process under this act, and not to | suffer it to be abused by mischievous imtermeddlers for | the purpose of ‘“‘molestation” of the officer or ov ner of the fugitive, in efggting bis extradition. * * Tae laws | of the United States give ample remedy by habsas cor- pus, for those illegally imprisoned under color of their process—and State courts have in many instances exercis- ed a concurrent jurisdiction in similar cases. But Siate courts or Judges have no power under a habeas corpus to review er sit in error upon the judgments or process of the judicial officers of the United States acting within the jurisdiction committed to them, as has sometimes been done. It was objected that the court had no autho- rity to discharge the prisoners, because they were held by @ warrant from # State magistrate for an alleged crim- inal offence against the State of Pensylvania, and that the warrant was conclusive evidence of the fact. To the habeas corpus issued by this Court under the general authority conferred on them by the judiciary act, this objection would be conclusive. But this writ was not al- lowed and issued under the general law, but under the special powers conferred by the seventh section of the act of Cor gress of the 2d of March, }833, chap. 67; which, so far as in material to our present inquiry, is as follows And be it further enacted that either of the Justices of the Su- me Court, or a Judge of any District Court of the United rates, in addition to the authority already conferred by law, || have power to grant writs of habeas corpus in all cases o: & prisoner or prisoners in jail or confinement, where heor they | shall be committed or confined on or by any authority or law for any act done or omitted to be done in pursuance of a law of the United States, or any order, process or decree of any Judge or Court thereof, anything in any act of Congress te the contrary notwithstanding. For the purpose of the discussion and argument of this point, it was necessary to assume that the facts set forth in the prisoner’s petition were true, leaving the proof of them to be made out afterwards. The petition states dis- tinctly that the prisoners have been committed for an act done inexecuting proccess issued in pursuance of a law of the United States, It therefore comes within the pro- visions of this act. The writ of habeas corpus is a high prerogative writ known to the common the great object of which is the lil of those who y be imprisoned without sufficient cat is in the nature of a writ of error to examine the legality of the commitment; it brings the body of the prisoner up, to- ether with the cause of his confinement. The court can un- Scubtedly inquire into the sufficiency of that cause.—(See ex- parte Watkins, 3 Peters 201.) . The authority conferred on the Judges of the United States by this act of Congress gives them all the power that any other court could exercise under the wiit of habeas corpus, or gives them none at all. If under such writ they may not discharge their officer when imprisoned “ty any authority,” for an act done in pursuance of a law of the United States, it would be impossible to discover for what useful purpose the act was passed. Is the pri- soner to be brought before them only that they may ac- knowledge their utter impotence to protest them? This act was when a certain State of this Union haé threatened to nullify acts of Congress, and to treat those as criminals who should attempt to execute them; and it was intended as a remedy against such State legi lation. If the State of Pennsylvania had, by act of Legit lature, declared that the Fugitive law should not be exe- cuted within her borders, and had directed her officers to arrest and imprison those of the United States who should attempt to execnte it, would not this court have been bound to treat such act as unconstitational and void, snd discharge their officers from imprisonment under it? And have they no power to do se when mis- chievous intermeddlers endeavor to prevent and abuse State process for the same purpose? If the Marshal and his officers may be arrested for serving process, why not the Commissioner and Judge who issued the process? The oxtremest advocate of State zights would scarcely con- tend that in such cases the courts of the United States should be wholly unable to protect themselves or their officers, * * ®* Let us look at the conse- quences, While the Marshal's officers in this case were endeavoring to retake the prisoner, who had escaped f:o1n ; them, ’the person who afterwards swore to the informa- tion on which this warrant was issued, had a warrant ut in the hands of the sheriff, which he very wisely re- rused to execute, knowing the persons charged to be act- ing under authority of the laws of the United States, Now, let us suppose the Marshal's officers had suc ceeded in making the arrest, and the Sheri! had at tempted to execute the process, what would have ‘been the consequence? Ifthe Marshal resists, a contest ensues, which may be called, in fact, a war between offi each acting and justifying their conduct under proof from their respective sovereigns, If the Sheriff succeeds, as probably he would, the fugitive is discharged and the officers of the United States conveyed to prison. If such a state of affairs can be brought about at the instance of any mischievous or unprincipled person, who is willing to swear without scruple to that which he does not know to be true, or perhaps knows to be false, then, indeed, has been discovered a safe mode of nullifying the consti: tution and laws of the United States. Those who cele- brate the anniversaries of the Syracuse riots, and of the Christiana murder, may well rejoice at the discovery. Not believing that the courts of the United States have been left in this hopeless condition, or that we are required and authorized to issue @ habeas corpus, without any power to release the prisoners if unjustly detained, the objections to the jurisdiction and. power of the court was overruled, and the further hearing of the case postponed till the 12th of October, in order that proof might be made of the facts stated in the petition, and that the State of Pennsylvania, through her known officers might appear, if she saw tit, and show any just cause of complaint against the officers nowinarrest. * * * © 8 #8 8 The Court then recapitulated the facts in this case, and concluded with the following remarks:— We are unable to perceive in this transaction anything worthy of blame in the conduct of these oflicers in their unsuccessful endeavors to fulfil a most dangerous and dis gusting duty; except, perhaps, a want of sufficient cour- age and perseverance in the aitempt to execute the writ. A careful examination of the testimony sufficiently exhi bits the reason why those who were acquainted with the facts of the case iave been unwilling to prosecute the of- ficers for their unsuccessful attempt, and left it to those who, to use their own langunge, “knew nothing about it under heaven.” In conclusion, as we find the prisoners are officers of the United States. in confinement for acts done in pursuance of a law of the United States, and un- der process from a Judge of the same, that they have not attend 944 o'clock. Her remains juing of a habeas corpus by aState | y' guards bourne, Delia Maria, Charleston. her funeral, at Trinity Church, this afternoon, at be taken to Poughkeepsie for interment. ‘On Monday, October 17, of paralysis, Mr. Lavi Paci the 80th year of his age. The relatives and friends of the famity are respectfully invited to attend: the funeral, from his late residence, No. 10 West Thirty-fifth stroet, near Fif-h avenue, to-morrow morning, at 10 o'clock, without further invitation. Albany, and Shirley, Muss., papers please copy. On Sunday, October 16, Buiza Goupy, wife of Robert Geudy, and daughter of Robert and D. MoCaulay. ‘The ‘friends and acquaintances of the family are re- spectfully invited toattend her funeral, from her late re- sidence, Ne. 629 Broome street, one door east of Sullivan street, this afternoon, at 2 o’clook. Suddenly, on moony October 17, Huvry, infant son of Nehemiah and Lucia aged 16 months. ‘The friends of the family are invited to attend his faneral, from No. 22 Leroy street, this afternoon at three aday evening, October 16, Mary JANK Mitay, wife of Antonio ©, Martinez, in the 30th year of her age. The relatives and friends of +he family are requested to attend the funeral, from her late resid Fourth avenue, this afteraoon at 23 o’cleck, without farther iovitation. Her remains will be taken to Green- ‘wood Cemetery for interment. ‘On Monday afternoon, October 17, of consumption, Jas L.. KeNNxDY, son of Dr. James’ Kennedy, aged 2 ears, 6 months and 2 days. His remains will be taken from the residence of his futher, No. 186 Duane park, to-morrow, and conveyed by Hudson River Railroad to Broadalbin, Fulton county. for interment. Further notice in the papers of this after- noon and to-morrow. On Monday, October 17, Mary ANx, youngest daughter | of Henry A. and the late Mary McCown, aged 3 years and 11 months. The funeral will take place on Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, from 307 Mott street. On Monday, October 17, Miranna Lucrema, wife of George A. Armeur, aged 45 years. The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from St. Thomas’ Chureh, to-morrow afternoon, at 4 o'clock, without further notice. SARITI Movements of Ocean Steamers. LRAVRS YOR -Liver pool.,....New York. -Southampton ..New York. Bremen RCTS wae All and letters intended for the Naw York Hilal thould be waled, a ALMANAO FOR NEW YORK—THIS DAY. Pert of New York, October 17, 1853. CLEARED, Ships—Isaae Allerton, Sears, New Orleans, Wm Nelson & Sons; Severn, Wait, San Francisco, W P Furness; Great Western. Fucber, Liverpool, CH Marshall & Co; Fairfield, Loveland, Charleston, G.Buikley; Jobn N Cushing (new), Plumer, Havre, Boyd & Hincken. Barks—America (Brem), Gatzen, London, Hennings, Muller & Gosling; ME Trout, Collamore, New Orleans, F D Hurlbut & Co. . Brigs—J H Long, Long, Boston, Platt & Watts; Comet (G2! Beatty, Sierra Leone, P I Nevius & Sens; Reveille, rtlett, St Domingo City, R W Trundy & Co; Prinz Fried. rich August (Olden), Wurthman, London, Schw idt & Bal- chen; Suwannee, Monroe, Apalachicola, Eagle & Hazard. Schrse—Mary & Frances, Drisko, Jacksonville Thom; & Hunter; Alaric, Lovinser, Wilmington, Dollner & Pot- ter; Helene, G ag Charleston, McCready, Mott & Co; E C Scranton, 'Terry, Middletown JH Havens; R H Huntley, Hammond, Philadelphia, Van Brunt &Slaght; Lamartine, Tyler, Wilmington, McCrea¢ y, Mott & Co; Elm City Frisby, New ‘Haven, master; Hamilton, Dayton, Alexandria, &c, Sturges, Cléarman &'Co; Brooksville, Tibbetts, St Marka, Brett, Vose & Co; J W Swain, Townsend, Franklin, master; Dono de Julho (Port), Pinto, Lisbon, Grinnell, Minturn & Co. ARRIVED, Steamship Roanoke (arr yesterday), Cavendy, Norfolk, &c, to Ludlam & Pleasants. Ship Waterloo (pkt), Harvey, Liverpool, Sept 3, with 294 passengers, to Kermit & Carew. Experienced a con- stant succession of wester y gales from lon 18 to the Banks; lost and aplit an entire suit of sails, and received considerable damage to rigging: 14th, af 2 AM John Mitchell, seaman, a native o adelphia, fell from the main rigging overboard, and was lost; same time, blew away a close reefed foretopsail, lost main and misen top- sail sheets, and splitting maintopssil badly; was 9 days from lon 54 up to Sable Island, Sept 25, Int 60 40 lon 41 44, saw a large steamer supposed to be the Glaagow, bound E (the Glasgow arrived out Sept 21—it was proba: bly the City of Manchester arr out Oct 2), Oct 1, lat 44 11, lon 54 80, exchanged signals with ship Atalanta, of New York, bound W; 10th, lat 4140, lon 63 20, saw a large steamer, supposed to be the Washington, hence for Bre- men. Had four deaths on the passage. Ship James Wright (pkt), Osborn, Liverpool, S+pt 4, with 430 passenge:s, to James W Phelps. Experienced heavy gales, lost sails &c, Oct 1, Capt Isaac A Hoseeir, of Philadelphia, late of the U8 Army, died on board, after a severe iliness; his remains were brought home for in terment. Ship Christiana, Hammond, London and Portemouth, Sept 2, with 828 passengers, to Grinnell, Minturn & Co. Sept 27, lat 32, lon 53, exchanged signals with ship Benja- min Adams, from Liverpool for New York; had lost her maintopmast. Ship Screamer (of Brunswick), Skolfield, Havre, 36 days, with 400 passengers, to Nesmith & Sons. Oct 3, lat 23 04, lon 59, spoke schr Siam, of Belfast frcm Richmond for St Johns, NF; 9th, lat 42, lon 60, passed an Am ship, bound W, showidg a small French flag for a signal. Ship Black Warrior (new clipper), Austin, Newcastle, Me, ® days, to Foster & Stephenson. ’ The B'W has come here to be sold. Brig Relief, Stover, Port Logun, NB, 18 days, to Smith & Boynton. Brig Orinoco, Nash, Cherryfield, 6 days, to Thompson & Hunter. Brig H Long, ., Rondout, for Boston. Schr Calleo (Dutch)’ Birch, Curaeoa, 28 days, to Joseph Foulke & Son. Schr Bloomer (of Trescott), Tucker, Gonaives, 26 days, to Brett, Vose & Co. Schr A C Counce, , Pictou. 15 days, to master. Sehr Joseph Turnt , Boston, 4 days. Schr Cornelia, Faulklin, Boston, 4 days. Schr Ann Flowers, Hinckley, Boston, 6 days. Schr Undine, Pentield, Portland, C., 2 days. Schr T P Abell, Dickenson, Portland, Ct, 2 days. Schr Eliza Jane, Howes, Rockport, 2'days. Sloop Triumph, Robinson, Nantucket, 3 days. Sloop Amelia, Kelly, Harwich, 2 days. Sloop Samuel Hall, Coe, Portland, Ct 2 days. Steamer Westernport, Hall, Baltfmore, 55 hours, Two brigs, unknown. SAILED. Ships Isaac Allerton, New Orleans; Angelique, Mel Wind at sunset, from NE to 8. (By Sanpy Hook Printing Tauearara. Ost 15—Sundown. Tax One ship and one bark, outward bound, are at anchor off the Hook. Ship Isaac Allerton has a good offing. Two excceded the exigency of the proofs under which they act- | brige in the offing, bound in. ed. That this prosecution has not been instituted, nor ix now acknowledged by the State of Pennsylvania, but had its origin in some association living at @ distance, and wholly ignorant of the whole transactions which’ they have volunteered to investigate. That the informatioa on which the warrant to arrest the prisoners it fonnded, was sworn to am one who did not know whether the matter | {J of the a@@gvit presented to him was true or false, and that by a Matement of but half the trath, it is wholly false. The prisoners are therefore discharged. ForriGn Consvn.—The President has official resognized Charles Soule, Jr., as Vice-Consul of the Orl- ental republic of Urugua, for the ports of Boston and Sa- lew. Married. evening, October 17, by the Rev. Father Mr. Parnicx McGume to Miss Mary Gonaax, all of ‘ty. On Wednesday, July 26, by the Rev. Dr. Scudder, éf the Allen Street Church, Mr. Pinup D. Nias, of New York, to Miss Joervnixe. Int daughter of the late George 'W. on of Newport, It. I. Utica papers please copy. On Thursday, October 6, by the, Rev. Isaac Wescott, Frep. E. Corns, of Jersey City, to ManGatur J. Hatsky, of this city. ‘On Wednesday, October 12, by the Rev. C. 7, Demarest, Mr. Cuantas B. Sumct to Miss Hanniet Newmut, eldest daughter of William 8, Brady, all of this city. On Saturday, October 15, by the Rey. Chas. F. &. Stohl man, Wittiam Fisck to Miss Jaanerre Doxnixa, of Munich, Bavaria. On Sunday, October 16, at Greersburg, Westchester county, N. Y., by the Rey. Mr. Davis, Mr. EpwannC. Ham- monn, of the above place, to Miss Anwesia R., daughter of William D, Haramond, Fsq., of this city. On Monday, October 17, at St. Paul's Church, by the Rev. Dr. Hobart, Hexuxnt Branayr, of Bath, England, to Guana, eldest daughter of J. G, Maeder, of this city. Died, On Sunday afternoon, October 16, Mr. Wituam Havey ) Wasnt, in the 47th year of his age, a native of Dublin, freland, but leng a well known and respected citizen of this city. His friends and those of hia family, Benevolent Lodge No. 28 of Free and Accepted Masons, also the Benevolent Order of the Cirele, are respectfully invited to atteud his funeral, this afternoon, at thres o'élock, trom his late re widence, 549 Pear) street. On Saturday, October 15, Euuy, daughier of George and Robertine Irving, aged ten months. The funeral will take place from the remdence of her parents, No, 9 Kast Thirtieth street, this morning, at 11 o'clock. On Sunday, October 16, of & protracied illmexs, Mawia E., wife of rd H. Merritt, in the 30th year of her “She relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, at the residence of her brother, Ber fmin Romaine, No, 286 Third street, this morning, at 10 o'clock. Sopete sieies r invitation. Papers copy. On evening, October 16, at the residence of her son-in-law, Fyn 4 J. Beeoker, Mrs. Caruxrive VAN Ban. Tavvern, in the yea of her age, widow of John Van Benth and daughter of the Inte General Van Ness, ounty. tives aud fiends of the fauily sre tavited te + nelle, pi R Hallock, Smith, F land; 8 M Shaddock, Williams, Middleton, Ct. brig Nova Scot! ind light from SE. Weather clear. Memoranda. date of 12th inst states that 160 sail of ves- cipally bound to the United States and Halifax probably fishermen for tke most part) were in the Gut of A ranso, detained by strong westerly winds. Lavscuxp—At Hallowell 1:th inst, a fine ship of abt 900 tons, owned by Messrs Reed & Page. She appears not to be named, and is for sale ‘At Brunswick, Me, recently, by Mr Dunning, a superior ship of 900 tons, called the A B Thompson. ‘Telegraphic Marine a j Oct 17, Arrived—Schr Louisa, New York. Cleared—Ship Samuel Lawrence, San Francisco. Sarem, Oct 17, Arrived—Bark C Phillips, Loando, Africa, Aug 18. Herald Marine . Arrived—Schra Fi HILADELPHLA, Oct 16-3 Pe ma Hotchkiss, Robinson, NMaven; ! River; 8 D Norton, Norton, Port- Cleared—Ship Tropic Bird (new), Foulkes, Barbadoes; fa, Curtis, St John, NB; sche Emma Hotoh: kiss, Robinson, Bridgeport; R Hallock, Smith, Warwick; E HRowley, Rogers, and Fj Brognard,’ Adams, Charleston; JLeaming, Godfrey, Providence. Disasters. Sav Srepney Grover, Baldrey, at Liverpool, from St John, NB, had 82 days passage, of which 15 were under jury masts, having lost fore and main masts 10th ult, lat 4713, lon £0 16, in hurricane from NW to WSW, and back to NW. The ship having been thrown on her beam ends, and not righting after part of her deck load was thrown over, the mainmast and mien topmast were cut y; but b ning forward was cut away the fore- mast went in two pieces, below the rigging, and at the deck. Atthe same time the ship toek fire in the sabin, but it was extinguished after barning the bottom and back part of the locker. Nothing of the wrecked stuff coulé be saved, and it was 36 hcurs before jury masts could be rigged and sails made. A ship of 1000 or 1100 tons, with only fore and mizen masts standing, was seen nextday. The Stephen Glover went into the river Mersey in the height of asovere gale. Suir Orissa, from Boston at Canton, leaked badly and éemaged cargo very much in, the typhoon whieh she en- countered in the China Sea, The goods were selling at auction, on account,of underwriters. Bark Pissovm, of Newbaryport, which foundered 30th ult, was insured at the Union Mutued office, Newburyport, for $5000, ane $5000 in Boston. Banx Frasets, before reported om fire at Cronstadt, had on board #5 the time 275 tons of goods, consisting of sheet iron, hem, yarns, &c, and it was believed that such of the cargo as was not destroyed was very badly damaged, Bark S4nagossr—A portion of the oargo of this vessel, which put into Halifax leaky, was vory badly da and was sold by auction. Subsequently 600 boxes, damaged, were sold, after she whole oargo had bean out upon the wharf, where it was exposed to the weather. from pene, for Cronstadt, spoken with J thrown : board, ed at Flaineur 19th ul, “A Totter from Biel. Bour ‘states that she grounded ov Campeschy Bank, and was obliged to thaow overboard, 49 tous (aot 100) of her it taken stormy ce, No. 106 | cargo of woods. mentioned of her leaking badly, or of aay damage tates gute of Beck 10. Scur Tirpxcanon (of Belfast), Cott where from oe bound not stated, was wre: 6th on Nertoa’s Inland, near White Head Light, Sonn E F Lewis, Berry, before reported ashore at nis, is less damaged than at first aupposed. said to be near ‘Channel Rock’ was far from the reck the FFL hit, and stated to be the cause of the accident.” The EF L bad three feet water in her hold when she was ram ashore, but by the prompt exertions of Capt B the vessel was kept from filling, while the vessels alongside were taking out the cargo (iron, flour, leather, &c). She wif be taken on the marine railway in Lewis Bay fer repairs. The cargo was expected to be all got out ‘on Saturday, Whalemen, ° Cid at New Bedford 16th, ship Rousseau, Pope, North, Pacific Ocean; bark Clarice, Gifford, Pacific Ocean, S¥@ ship Flovida, North Pacific. Sld from New London 13th, ship Phoenix, Pendleton, Pacific Ocean At Mauritius Aug 4, Wave, Downs, NB, from Nos arr lst for supplies, — bbla sp oil; Ospray, Macomber, do from St Augustine bay April 23; just arr, — bbls 4p ol Sid July 23, Bruce, Dyer, FH, to cruis (Baik Corvo, bound to Boston, Oct 9, Int 22 45 N, lon 73 W. ‘Oct 9, lat 41 08, lon 66 15, bark Com Preble, Prentice, of Lyng, from Boston 7th for Pacific Ocean, Notice to Mariners. The buo intended to mark the channel or @a rock, in Vineyer Pant, as got qut of place, ai the cause of the E. F. wis ting ashore there. ought to be immediately attended to.” Hale, from Halt, da, Axser—Passed, July 21, ships Arganau’ Boston A il 27 Canton} 318 rn eddgrd: April 21 for ‘AUX CayEs—In port abor Smith, for Bost’, only Amn vomels Pt 1° Aebe Duxbury, Baravia—No Am vostel in port Aug 20. \THURST, ica)—In pert Sept 7, brig Draco, from Salem’ Suis 2, via Bissau, une, only Am” beso Sid Sept 7, br J Vail, Kelsoy, Nor. novt—In pt 6, chr Melita, Cros . ton 10th, only Am renwal Sieh is cans rcrovemm—Arr Oct Oregon, Carey, NYork, Casrox—in york, Aug, sfpe Tngqua, Weitmore; for N York,ldg; Sea Serpent, Hovland, for do, unc; Torrent, for Shanghae; Flying Childers, White, une; Ge: Winror, do; barks Gulnare, Lucas, do; Ann Welsh, lespie, do; Merlin. Ballard, for Manila, ready. ‘ark TowN, CGH—In port Aug 20, ship Moslem, Fronel, for Calcutta soon. Cactiwo—In port Aug 20, brig Hamilton, Silver, une, Carcorra—In_port “Aug 19, bark Mermaid, Smith, from Singapore Aug 6th, arr 18th, disg to load for China; aad others as before. Consranmixoriz—In port Sept 15, bark Jas Smith, Oel- burn, for Boston next day. Croxstavt—In port Sept 22, Russian ship Rossia, Schulte, for Boston Ist inst; bark Francis, Freeto, for do, having deen on fire (see disasters); brig Keying, Pierce, for do im a few days; and others, CuixcHa.Istaxps—In port Sept 12, ship Helen M’Gaw, Lunt, for Hampton Roads about 20th. GLascow—In port Sept 80, ship Java, Jackson, for New York, ldg; Warner, Ripley, unc; barks Dromabair (Br), Pyne, for Boston,’ do; John Parker, Williams, do de; Statesman (Br), Corning, do do; Br brigs Georgiana, Tat. em; Defiance, Crosby, and Purchase, Wyman, do do; three mast schr Moses Taylor, Mandeuil, unc. Also the Oly- mene for San Francisco, lag. og BSR In port Sopt BO, barks Lizri Loud, Cann, to load for mn; Petrel, Avery, for Havana, 3 brig John Kendall, Dean, for Philadelphia, liljon Gumaitar—In port Sept 18, barks Benj Adantfs, Co from Beyroot for Boston same day; Mopang, Crocker, York, art 16th and wan ordered in quarantine for seven lays; igs Pul i, Montgomery (from thorn), for Philadelphia same day; Geo W reat Burk, ee Getante of and for Boston, took’a pilot and started 17th, with» strong westerly wind, wita the intention of beating through the Gut of Gibraltar. On the 18th there was a light eas- {erly wind; schr Madeira Pet (Br), from Malaga for Phila. delphia, was towed through the Gut night of 17th by @ steamer. GxNoA=In port, Sept 234, ship Soldan, Shaw, for Log- horn soon, to load for Boston, New York or Philadelphia, as may be decided by the charterers. Gonalves—In port Sept 21, brig Jane Howes, Baker, from and for Boston 20 days; achr Gray Eagle, Barker, fot NYork 10th; only Am versels. Haurax—Arr Oct 10, schr Salus, Hutchinson, NYork. Cid 8th. brig Sarah, Griffin, Baltimore; 10th, schooner Laura, Day, NYork. Haxhor Grace, NF—Arr Sept 15, brigs Ellen, Young, Baltimore (and’ cld 224 for St ‘ago ; 26th,’ Acastua, Smart, do. ERPOOL—In port Sept 1, ship Meridia Boston, to sal De et cae: ean ad HORN—In port, Sept 234, ship ‘Sterling, Rowell, fee Boston Idg; bark Lilita Goodell, trem Genoa ‘arr Hird for «port in the United States do; and others. l4LaGa—In port, Sept 2lst, eve, bark Young Turk, Harding, une; brigh Paulina, Taylor, for Boston next day; and others as before, waiting, Sid 20th, wind W, bark Whelden, Boston, (and would take steam to pass the Real if necessary); 21st, brig Martha Worthington, Freemam, for do; abt 20th, brig Isabella, Nickerson, New York. The destination of Br sch Gleaner, which has been reported New York, had been changed to London, IARSHILLIN—In port Sept 26, shij Knowles for Boston soon,” heen Sree ‘ANG—-No Am vessel in port Aug 17. Protov—Cld Oct 8, brigs Principe, Cillebrist, NYork; T Crosby, Harding, and Rosebud Goshee, do, ibe Quiawe— Arr Oet 11, ship Acme, Somorvail, Philadelphia. RorrepaM—In port Sept 28, Dutch schr Zeister, Nom- neberg, for Boston, ldg. ‘Abeona, for do, was stilt rie bound w aeroeae GOON—In port, Aug 2, ship Anstiss, Hi for Qaltutta, af lak eae en ae SiNGarons—In port Aug 13 (back date), ships Isaak Walton, Bursley, for NYork; Daviel Sharp, Bassett, for Boston; Sactusa,’ Souper, for’ Melbourne; and others re- ported lat In port, Aug 15, ships tavia Minstrel, Potter, from arr 12th, for Penang andjBoston 20:h; Dani Sharp, for do do in a few days. Suynva—In port Sept 17, barks, Mimosa, King, for Bos- on 21st; Race Horse, Searles, from do (Aug §) arr 16th, to sail 26th on her return; only Am vessels, An Am bark was reported below, supposed the Volunteer, Smith, from Boston, Aug 2, which had been spoken by the Race Horse ® short time Before her arrival jouxs, NF—In port Oct 5, steamship Sarah Sands, Tsley, 19 ds from Liverpool for Montreal, af in for coal, many passengers sick from measles ion Quebec i prige Kingaloch, Anderson, and Sea Mew, Goldsworthy, Herald for do soon; Petrel for do ldg. Cld ‘26th, brig Frances Jane, Kirch, Porto Rico. St. Joux, NB—Arr Oct 11, brig Emile (Fr), Torneuf, NF, 93 days (not from NYork); 12th, Antelope, Hartz, NYork; schrs Eliza, Wright, and Debonnaire, Lockhart, do; ship Middlesex, Parmalee, do; brig Neamcer, Davis, a Neal Dow, Denman, do. Cid 12th, ship Fanny Giffaey, Moody, Liverpool; Sea Flower, Loring, do. ‘Trukre—In port, Sept 24th, ‘ships Costeila, Gray, from Matanzas, supposed just arr;’Silas Leonard, Basset, from do via Boston do, proceeds to Girgenti after diag: ‘Arab, Rallard, for Leghorn to load for N York or Philadelphia; bark Clara C. Bell, Cole, for Smyrna soon. ALEXANDRIA—Arr Oct 14, schrs D Hale, Sarah E Par- ker, and R G Porter, N York; 15, Jas Guest, and JB and F I. Brown, do. Sid 15, schr D Hale, Bridgeport. BALTIMORE.—Arr Oct 15 a 16, steamer Parker Vein, New York; ship Bans? ee, Wilson, 44 days Rio de Jancire; bark May Queen, Kirwan, 17 days Demarara. Cid, Br brig Rezin K. Reece, Saunders, Demarara; brig Bonaparto, Fos- ter, Bangor, Me; schra Augustus, Blunt, Augusta, Me; Wild Pigeon, Millinken, Providence; Mary & Eliza, Weaver, Troy. BOSTON—Arr Oct 15, P M, brig Melazzo, Nichols, emb, do 21st; E inane 28th ult; schra Cameo, Hanscomb, Wallace, Philadelphia, ‘Cla, brigs Wm M Groton, Geyer, Charleston; Olanda, Noonan, Buckaville: J. Nicke Nickerron, Baltimore; China, Hamblin, Philadelphia; Oous Kearny, Tovell, Albany. Sld steamer Cit of New York, ship Goodwin, barks F Slade, (et brig Marcia, and froin below bark Como. ish Arr l6th, brig Judge Hathaway, Lelrnd, Wilmington, N C; Zavalla, King, Alexandria; fingomar, Georgetown, DC; Maria Jane, ‘Small, do; A Tirrell, Bell, Philadelphia; signal for a brig gone to Salem. Sld, ahi; Coringo, in tow of the Ajax;) barks N G Hichborn, J Duvall, brigs Clark Winsor,'S Boston, Petrel, WM Gro- ton, Jeghorn, Olunco, Larch, Octavia, schr Leo. BATH—Arr (ct }5, schrs Herald, Potomac river; West- ort Philadelphia. “ld 14th, bark Corinthian, B , Matanvas; brig Carribbee, Dunton, Savannah, FAST—sid Oct 6, brig President Z Taylor, ——, Wile =i NC. BRISTOI—Arr 16th, schr Golden Gate, Brightman, Fall River, via Newport for Norfolk. Sid brig Maria, Iagra- ham, Havana having repaired. ELLSWORTH—Arr Oct 5, schr N H Hale, Philadelphia. Sid bth, schr Capt John, NYork. acai RIVER—In port 15th, brig Busy, Harward, Phila- delphia, SLESBORO—Arr Oct 5, schr Hudson, NYork for . TACKSONVITLR Ate 38, seh Mary Ana Ryder, Parte Amboy; 7th, brign Mariette, ‘Grattan, New York Maroal- us, Norton, Boston; 8th, brig Dr Rogers, Cottrell, Boston; schrs Enterprise and Tio, do. Cia 6 schr Alaretta, Swall, New York; 6th, brigs B Young, rooster, Porte- mouth; Agenoria, Ray, New. York; Emblem. do; 7th, brig JC Fremont, Tapley. New York; 8th, brigs Melissa Ana, EN NEBUNK—#! it ship Boston, 809 tons,) Gray, St John, NB, e load : brig Almira, Norbeck, NYork. ORLEANS —Arr Get 9 bark jenny Lind, Sweetser, Boston; schrs Alice, \tler, Havas NORKOLK Arr Oct 1d sehr Patriot, Pawson, N Yorks Cid bark Vii ‘inia, Pugh, Rio Janerio. (new, of for Liver- NEW BEDFOR' Oct 15, schrs Jane, Mat Norfolk; M Marey, and WR Genn, iphia; 4 NYork; sloops Index, do; Henry Gibbs, Saugerties; , Albany. NEW HAVEN—Arr Oct 16, sloop L Denigon, N York. NEW LONDON—Arr Oct 13, achra Empire, Providenoe for Albany; I Nickerson, and B Nickerson, Chatham for NY ge ‘ave, do for do; Mogul, Boston for do. FWPORT—In port 1éth, 844’A M, brigs Random, for "1g; SP Brown, for’Havana, ready; sehr. Willian. TArthur, for West indies, do. All’those which had pu® in for a harbor sailed in the morning, PENSAOOLA.—Arr prev to Oct 6, bark Henry Kelsey, Curti inwall; sehrs D © Brooks, Allen, ‘and Geo O Aaker , Hayes, New York. Cla, bark Geo Briggs, Hallett, PETERSBURG—Arr Oct 14, schr Alexander, Law, N York. Cid achr Suzprise, Cole, do, PORTSMOUTH—Arr Oct 14, sohr Ariel, Rondout. PROVIDENCE—Arr Oct 15, New York; schrs Huldah Ana West, Philli Va; Washington, Morris, Suffolk, Va; oocta, Corwin, New York: 16th, propeller Osceo! do; soir, Jenny Lind, Cullen, Nansen ion, Port Ewen. ge Crith part of her Unaslenton cargo) Arthur, for vest, French, New York; 16th, Turks Island; Barto nd; Johm NYork. Gtien : Sw Ke cotah, ' a) Chas Hills, Noal, do . Applaglt, Dart, Someney |