The New York Herald Newspaper, December 19, 1853, Page 1

ie ee THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 6328. ——— = MORNING EDITION—MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1853. ORDER IN THE METROPOLIS. THE LIBERTY OF SPEECH SUSTAINED, ‘Ten to Twenty Thousand People in Congregation, THE SHIPYARDS TURNED INTO TABERNACLES, Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Parsons, the Street-Preacher, OPEN-AIR TEMPERANCE PROCEEDINGS, &e., de, Se. SERMON OF MR. PARSONS. Several vague rumors pervaded the city yesterday morning, of an anticipated difficulty in the Eleventh ward, between our Irish Catholic population and the ultra mative American clique of this city, in reference to the street preacher, Persons, and his doctrine: About 10 o'clock, A. M., @ crowd began to collect in Taft's spar yard, at the foct of Third street, which gra- dually increased until about mid-day, when there could have been no Jers than ten thousard people assembled in the yard, in the streets, on the adjoining house tops, and, ‘tm fact, wherever stancing room was to had. Until about one o’cleck there was no speaking of any conse quence, but a geod deal of speechifying by incipient orators to little knots of hearers, upon the all-absorbing -topic of freedom of speech, The greater part of this mul- titude, probably, were residents of distant quarters of the city and the suburbs, and drawn together as much by genvine interest in the subject under discussion as by yoore curiosity. 5 At one o’clock the rude platform which had been hastily constructed for the oceasion, was mounted by Mr. Irving, who, we understand, is a temperance lecturer. He spoke forcibly upon the subject of freedom of spocoh, and wai followed by Mr. West, who gave a detailed ac- count of the manner in which he had been treated by the city officials, and dwelt indignantly upon the outrage perpetrated upon ‘he right of free speech. ‘There were then loud cries for ‘ Parsons,’’ “Parsons,” when the strect preacher finally made his appearance, Mr. Parsons is a man of fifty years old, or the: abouts, with strongly marked features in more re- pects than ore, his face being deeply indentod with the small-pox. His countenance is quite an ordi- mary one, the only noticeable thing sbout it being a pair of keen, bright eyes, full of wild enthusiasm. Hoe was plainly dressed, and his whole appearance betokened the herd-fisted workingman. His mode of delivery is rather pleasing, but with » good deal of the nasal twang and drawling accent peculiar to most itinerant preachers: There is not the slightest attempt at connection in his sermons, and for the most part they consist of desultory sppeals suggested by the impulse of the moment. The reverend gentleman commenced by reading the 16th chapter ef Mathew, commenting upon it verse by verse, ‘and Snally commenced his sermon without choosing any particular text that we could discover. He spoke nearly ae follows :— For the last twenty years gentlemen, I have preached in this city, and have had no disturbance until. within the Asst fow days. 1 reacher of the word of the living God, and while I pi righteousness I havea right to reach under the laws of my country. Those are my sen- ments. Iampot a college bred man, but lama manof soured mind, although I have not been to collage. God eays: “go into the highways and bye ways and compel then tocome in.” I have gone out into the public sreets andé eymares ard preached to the people witbout any dis- tersaece or interruption except from the frish. 1 on'y ask my inallensble rights, liberty and freedom, and I sm ab’e, I thin’,lf-o maintain law and order without apy aid: The gospel of Jesus Obrist is free. I bave never received apy money for preachi: The Gos- pel is peace and salvation to all the human family, But some say. what gocd is got by all your preachiog? The gocd result 1s peace and salvation. Some of the papers ay that lam an enthusiast and fanatic. It ts for you to jucge x hether I take the werd of God for the man of my ‘counsel and the guide of my path. I belong to the holy Catholic Church—not the Koman Catho ic; for there i vact diffrence 1 go with the Apostle Pa: aitive Christians. In all ages of the wor of God bave suffered perseeutions, and ¥e work at all bezerds especially for the laboring classes—those who eacnot go to chursh—who cannot 3 and for whom there is act room. T! ore third of the community in the churches, and how, ‘then, eball these classes hear the word of God except by bizoat- preaching? There isa time for peace ani a time for war, and, consequeatly, when ! come to ute uy tbe Man of Sim I generally cat right aud left. Our objec’ is to enlighten all those who wish to learn the word of God, and although we have not been brought up clergy mew, we have learned truth and righteousness, and, bless God, we intend The bock nay: jouse are many ma} ; My frienda, carry out toe laws carone cosntry, snd do’all to the glory of God end the benofit of the human family. Seek yethe Lord while he may bs fouad, for ours is a God of love. We Bod ir Mathew, 16:h chapter, the ve: When Jesus sme unio the coasts of Cesarea Phillippi he aeked his sisciples, raying, Whom do men asy that [, the Son of Man, am? And they said, Some cay that thou art John the Baptist, some Elias, and others Jeremias or one of tke Prophets, He saith unto them, But whom say ye that Iam? And Simon Peter answered and raid, Thou ert the Christ, the Son of the living (od. And Jesus answered ani sail unto bim Blessed be thou, Simon Bar. sone flesh and blood hath not re- vealed it unto them, but my Father which is in hesver. And I say also unto thee, that thou art Pater, and upon this rook will I build my church, and the gates of hell stall not prevail against it.” That charch was founded, wot upon a poor miserable mortal; but whs: is that rock? Jesus Christ. “Upon this rook will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevall against ft.” Not upon that poor man, but upon Jesus Christ. “Fig that believeth on m not d'6, but inherit eter: wal life.”’ Therefore I want you to examine God'« ree axdall our friends likewie® Let aalvation dow; lot ligh! abine; Jet the word of God have free course. I do not intend to detain you in the cold—I kaow it ie oold, but the word of God will warm us. (Appleuse ) We want you to come up in a solid phalanx, and put men into fice that will enforee, tae ar We, will at down Poy by argument, and no’ force. Only as they as <iclsase will 1re.one-yiok { carry thesword of spirit. Our weapons are not carnal, and they will divide bone and marrow. The power of the Gospel carries light acd valvation, But the Church of Rome is aot charita- bie ; it would rather rob the widow ari theorphan. Well, wen the time comes for aconfict in this country— whioh T hope will never be, but whish Texpec:—vou will de armed with a panoply from on high. Like old Gon. wi op, thus armed, one can put ® thousand to t Mtbere is no mistake about this=God’s people powerful. You must heve faith in God, aad faith in men—no, no, have no faith in men. My trust is in my God, and I couli lay my life cewn, ©! glory for the faith, If I so dle isn crown lsid up for me, and [ a) re . God bar appointed a day when he sball Jadge in righteousnest—that day which is in the future. very mun then shall yed before the judgm tof Excuse me, gentlemen, if I donot tince I have none written down. me occupied atrome meetings on tempera ro time for atudy; but the Holy Spirit leads me. God bas given me energy and speech, and I intend to make nse of xt I went you to understand, my friends, that you are acecuntable elogy— you have power to come here or go away, jnot an freeas the air you breathe; but you have got to appear before the jadgment seat of Cbrist, and stand alone before the Son of Man, and soswer according to the deeds done in the body. As for ur, we will keep on agi- tating, ard promulgating, and stirring ap, uatil we get all toexamine there things, and until patty ties are put down, and forrign power, too All we want is to guard our je8—we dcn’t ask for the destruction of the Roman Catholic: —it is only w protest the holy word of God, Hore a letter was banded to the speaker by some one in the crowd, who instantly made off after its delivery. ‘The following is a copy:— Broox Revenenn Mn. Parsons arn MR. Bovor: Dear tir—If thou ‘to mo with sword, and with a it I come to thoe in the name of hae armies of the Reman Cx id this day; aad the Lord will in you doldnoat, but we Ro- of the Almight; man ata beok oan utterly destro: th whole Protestant world. as and Hear, O foolish Riovle say, God, Himsolt, and without naderstandin you not’ then 'foar/ eaith the Lord of Hoots, Me! King of kingsand Lord of lordsi Mel ‘Who have the oni for My kingdom, all creatures for My subjeois: for byt 0 teneo; for My diadrm and lightnings, t earthquakes, eternity; for M; ta and delug Ler non yim “ensity; for My scoptro, omnia: icra, t rs ont Dave your lifetn'My hand, and cas do Diease! Me! redu Wo hiave #16 wholo world { rotting in an. instant | rms of the earth 4 will you foar Me Lord ot Ho ly power, nad oan Mo! G0 tromandous My oreaturos, M. vas T¢Lbo your Macter, preaehing’ Prove Who commissioned you to wer, God; prov. this to us by somo ovi- he Lord is a jenlous God, and ® revengor; & rovengor, and hash weath; tho Lord taketh Yongeance on his adversaries, ant jh his onomies, . revenge bhi ‘oat you and jent and qraat The PRICE TWO CENTS. 1s up, and brings all tho rivers to zbe s desert. ‘The mountains tremble at Him, se your body, too: and the pill are made desolate’ and ‘the oarth’ hath queked at his aud the world and all that dwell therein, ry face of bis indigns- ti s of his ang His rt agons and all yo deops, fire, which will full ‘the word of yt jon you! Shame! By f God alone, tho will open under your fect to swall.w you up. This is a warning in time for you! You arenots man of war! No, you are yourself. God alone jar. What man in his h> isa Boing whose almighty po , torment you in whatever mani ‘to nothing in an instant? God is a consuming ou ins moment. Don’t you koow that not pardon of their sins who were de: sting to their own strength. Will you trust ia Fength? | You sey you man of fire, he will consume epee ¢ people to sgainat tho Rom oath tho Wise in thoir craftiness, THE TRUE CHRISTIAN, The speaker then resumed as follows The public press of this country, for several years past, have been the instruments—the ignorant instraments, however—of advancing the cause of the Roman Catholics in this country. They have been the instrumeats, too, of making the Irish so opposed to our institutions. The public prers has lauded Ireland to the skies, Excitxp Hinkrsian—So she onght to be. Yea, I repeat if, they have lauded her to the akies, while at the same time, the only free country, or free civilized country except this—the only other country ex cept thie where there is freedom of the prese—Fngland, they have depreciated. They have done it ignoraatly; they thought they were advocating freedom of speech in this country; but it was not so. Tne Koglish government hes not been the oppressors of the Irish, Not at all. It inthe Catholic Church (Immense applause.) It is the Reman Catholic Church that hasso injured Ireland. It is that which bas oppressed the Irish. Bat their power has got a8 far as it can go. A Voica—Amen. ‘The epirit ot '76 is waked up, and will never go to sleep again. (Applause) The law shall be enforced by American citiz you, my friends, that Irish Catholics, or any other Catholios, never ar aliegian: to acountry. They may swear as inuch as they have mind to—their oath in net worth a straw when sworn on the Protestant Bible, which we believe in. They wouldn’t take a false oath on the Koman Catholic Bible, apy more than you wonld; but it is different with the Protestant Bible. Our ot ject to-day, my friends, is prac- tical werk. We want to see mem venerate God—we want to see true religion prevail. The religion of God—the religion of this couatry—will never nd unless you have Him at your side; but if you have the pure word of God—t le—nothing can stand before you: nothi: ean stand before the pure Gospel of Christ. I beseoc you, then, earnestly to examine God’s word. I beseech Jouko Pray, without ceasing, for more light. Why am able to talk as I do? Because I bave poured out my soul in prayer. We want one of truth tostaud up. Iamable to appear here and speak, be- cause I know that my Redeemer liveth. Now, you know that Iam ove of those that believe that Jesus Christ will come in like manner, and reward every msn accord- ing to his deeds done in the body, whether they be good or evil. We hope that you will carry these things home with you. Now, my frieuds, we will close our meeting with the benediction. The benedistion was then pronounced, and Mr. Parsona left the stand. The audience, however, showed no dis- poritioa to depart, but remained stationary for nearly fif- teen minutes, as though in the expectation of hearing something more. They finally began slowly to disperse, in the utmost quiet and good order, when it was pro- posed by one of the crowd that the assemblage sould form a Jine, and march past-the Mayor’s house in East Broadway, by way of giving him a practical il'ustration of the 8 ate of public feeling in regard to the recent emeute. The pro mwas ado! by universal accla- ration, and several unsuccessful attempts were made to form s regular line. The crowd finally proceeded, accord ing to their own fancy, and in their own way, to Msyor ‘Weatervelt’s residence, and ina short time the street was blooke ! up by a mass of human beings, who preserved a wonderful degree of order and decorum. considering the cireumstances, Not a shout was heard, no grosos were given, no barsh words were uttered. so far as we observed —the object ef the demonstration seemed simply to be to evince, by the mere exhibition of such a vast multitude, the state of public feeling upon the subject. For nearly half an hour East Brosdway was crowded with people; but as it began to grow dart, and the was lighted along the street, the assemblage became by degrees. and beautifully less,”” aud quist once d upon the city. OUTSIDE TEMPERANCE ORATORS. Taking advantege of the crowd, several temperance orators in the neighborhood took the stump in bebalf 0° the Maine Liquor law, ciscoursing freely of our primary elections, Tammany Ha ! dictation, rum influence at the polls, in the corporation, ke, Behinds large timber ahed, in the immediate vicinity of the great orator of the day, sregolar Mame law junta got up @ regular outside tem parance meeting, including several orators aud achorus oftingers, One man was particularly earnest in defence of the Maine law, somewhat after this fast ion:— Oh yes! these rumrellers have got up the cry, and some of the poor craven hearted newspapers have joined ia this senseless cry, that the Maine law don’t work well in the Stata of Maine I say it does: and ( happen to know what Issy. It does work well. It is alla veak device of the tnemy, « skulking trick of the rum holes, to say they sell a8 much of thir devil's poison, rum, and whiskey. and gin, end euch infernal stuff, in Maine, aa they did before the law was paesed.’ They don’t do it, and they cantt do it; and many @ poor drunkard has actu- ally been starved into temperance for the want of liquor under the law. Yes, gentlemen, and the jails of Maine, and the yoorhouses, and the saylums of that State, will tell the story, Many of the jails are empty— the birds are all gone—thore unclean and nasty birda of the rum holee—tiey have become sober and clean; and it is only the rom eellers, those heartless venders of alco- Yolis poisoss, that suffer. Many a poor, ragged, and art of map, has been washed le and out by this Maine lawio tar ring chil’ren have now got 3) “sin mors 11 that State, and his Iat clothes for their backs and bread for their stomachs ss the fruits of this Maine Js Come up, men, be free; mskes declaration of independence, swiin off ‘rom the rum holes, sign tre pledge, and join us in the work—this gréat work for the Maine law, &c. This orator haying finishe’, the choir put in; and, to the murio of thst beautiful lit:le seatimenta! song of the boarding schools begianing— Thou-—tkou—reigna’t in this bosom, There—there—hbast thou thy thr 1g the following to the cause of temperance: — Rum—rom—thou hast enslaved ma, Now—now—tby triumph is o'er. Rum—zom—thou hast betray’d ino But now I'll not driok any more, No—no—no—no 4 No U’ll not drink avy more. After which a call was made for signers to the pledge, and then another orator took the rostrum (a pile of lum- ber ) and thus the combined operations agaiast Popery and the hquer treffic were carried on under full blast for several hcure, the temperance people hav: fall sving under cover of the turn ont for the preacher Parsons, ond sppropristing the outskirts of the multitude to them. selves; the police and rumaellers, meantime, standing at & respectful distance, in silence, amazement and dismay. SERVICE IN ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL. In cons+ quence of the Archbishop’s indisposition, the Rev Mr. Farwell preached yente;> morning in St. Pat: iday Torming rick’a Cathedral. Th, reverend qectiavien spoke frott St, Luke, *Lapter 3, verses 1:6, om the subject of pe- #, ba the word repentenco is translated in the Douay Bible. He urged his hearers to con‘ess tl sing, with out which they could never hope for forgive: Those who go to confession are so convinced ef its utility, so overwhelmed with joy in ite experience, that thay need not be toli to continue the practice. After eloquently exhorting the congregation to avail themselves of this great blessing, he proceeded to prove the power of the priest to forgive sins. ‘Whosesceter sins ye remit they a @ remitted, and whosesoever sina ye retain they are re- tained.”’ He quoted one text from Proverbs and another from Ecclesiastes to establish that the Israelites of old confessed thi 8. aud he oonsicered thet the Book of Lavitious was s series of proofs that they confessed to the priest, Since the time of the Jews no mortal has ever been forgiven a single crime without confessing it. The reverend 6; did not argue thus for the purpose of strengthening the wavering or cot vincing the unbeliever, but to induce his hearers to come to confession, and ac- cept the sacrament of penance before Christmas day. The Cathedral was scarcety half dlled. OTHER SERVICES YESTERDAY. Owing to the excitement existing in the city during Saturday evening and yesterday morning, with;regard to the religious agitation, it was though’ probable that many of our leading divines would refer to the subject matter of atreet preaching in their sermons, We therefore despatshed reporters to several places of worship, both in thia city and Brookls,, but found that no allusion whatever was made to either Mr. Parsons or his peculiar practices in any of them. REY, MR, BBECHER’S CHURCH. The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher preached a very excel- lent sermon to his congregation, in his chursh, Orange street Brooklyn, taking for his text the fourteenth chap- ter of Hosea, The preacher took occasion to view tl different classes of ‘back-rliding’’ which existed in the 1a of all religious communitios, and to point out to bia hearers the various symptoma and stages of Progress of the falling off fom a pure love of God, through luke. warm feeling in the cause of truth, and {1 08 to church exercises, up to ® total abandonment of re im to examine their own hearts, candle—balance their works and faith, and their evil deeds and un! r, and thea ark themreives if they could fad that they coald eona. ome'y prenea: :t to their Redevmer, ead hope for paccom, they At the conclusion of a most effective piece of pulpit ors tory, he pointed out all the means of regeneration and grace which the church possess:d, and besonght his poeple to come to the and drink freely. REV. DR. BELLOWS’ CHURCH. Dr. Bellows gave an excellent discourse upon the beauty of traternal love and Christian charity, inculoating the divine doctrine of “love one another,” but made no re- ference to Mr. Parsons, Having eos nm NDITOR OF THE HERALD. javing ip your paper ® charge ward West, IT would state that 1 am no Eog ther is my father. ae stated in your paper; aching in Fifth avenue and Abingdon :quare, thone which you have published in TORE paper about me are false, and 1 want you to ret them, or else I will have to resort to other means. Dramatic and Musical Matters. The city theatres, exhibitions, and concert rooms, have been doing a fair business this week. The fal season having commenced, the theatres are somewhat less crowded, At Niblo’s this evening Max Maretzek taxes a beno- fit, and {t {s announoed as positively the last night of the Opera season. Auter’s grand opera, ‘‘Masaniello,” and the fourth act of the “The Prophet”? are announced. Signora Steffanone, Signors Salvi Marini, and Beneven- tano will make their last appearancegprevious to their departure for Havana. Maretzek deserves a g-and bene- Git, and we trust that there will be no vacant places at Niblo’s to-night. At the Broadway Theatre this evening there will be 00 performance. On Tuesday evening Mr. Collins will sppear. His engagement thus far has not been very successful, The spectacle play, “The Cataract of the Ganges,” is to be produced, with the Hippodrome horses. It will undoubtedly be very well done, as Mr, Barry is to Cirect it, A pew farce hes been produced at the Broadway. it is called “The Two Buzzards,” and was Played lately at the Adelphi, London, under the title of ‘Whitebait at Greenwich.” It is by T. M Morton, and is based on the French raudeville, ‘Japhet ala Recherche d’ un Pere.” The farce in question is of the broadest ind, and consists ef odd rituations, the improbability of which constitutes the snrprie, The plot isof @ refisctive nature, dealing with the reeults of Greenwich banquetting, not with the feast itself. The hero of the scene is one John Small, the waiter at the Crown and Sceptre, (Mr. Davidge,) who hap pens to be recommended by the aunt of the Buzzards, brother and sister, (Mr. Whiting and Mrs. Vernon,) as “man” to the family. This simple fact throws parties into fearful consternation, Esch, unknown to the other, has got warrled—and, on the same day, both had cele. brated their respective weddings in different apartments at the same inn, and both had been attended by poor John Small. Now, the aunt aforesaid had declared that she would leave her fortune; to the one who should re- main unmarried; whence the motive tha; each hai to conceal their respective weddings from the o:her. Natorally concluding that John Small recollected the event, they offerto him all manner of ridiculous bribes toenaure his silence; to him, however, the whole affair isa mystery, for he has no recollectien of the parties, and bad taken no interest in their proceedings, Another incident adds to the perplexity. John Small isa found. ling, but in possession of a description of bis Jest parent; and in order to identify his father, carries about him « measure, which he applies to Mr. Benjamin Buszard and finds it tally. To complete the proof, his appellation is the same, both christianand surname. The explana- tion and discl sure of theie common matrimonial rela tions, which unite the offending brother and sister ins commen cause, put at the same time am end to the sup- posed advantageous potition of John Small, who is sven fain to conclude that he is mistaken in having found his NEWS BY TELEGRAPH, Affairs at the National Capital. THB PROSPECTIVE SECRETARY OF WAR—THE VACANT SENATORSBIPS FOR MISSISSIPPI AND GEORGIA—NEW COALITION PROJECT OF THR ADM(NISTRATION— THS HEXALD’S CORRESPONDENT, ETO. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD, Wasainerom, Deo. 18, 1853. We are enabled to state that the President has deter- mined to cali Chas. J. McDonald to the War Department, in }lace of Jefferson Davia, who it is believed will be elect- ed £enstor from Mississippi, notwithstanding the efforts of Governor Brown, who is an open candidate for the po- sition. This ocurse has been determined upon to get Mc- Donald out of Mr, Cobb’s way, so as to allow the latter to ocme to the Senate from Georgia. ‘The administration will depend upon Davis and Cobb’ in the erate, who are to Bé duly installed as administration leaders, and it is hoped they will be able to drill both the Southern Union men and the secessionists, and thus put an end to the disaffection which prevails in that body. ‘The assertion that Jeremiah Clemens, of Alabama, will be called te the War Department, is only to tickle his friends at the South, and it is higly probable he would re- fuse the post, even were i: offered him, under the circum- stances. Mr McDonald was President of the Nashville Conven- tion, and is » fire-eater of the Jefferson Davis sshool; so that his elevation to the War Departmeat will still leave the Cabinet a unit. Ifthe Senate can be mansged, the House. we at the Went End feel certain, will fall into the traces, and we will have no further trouble with the disorgan‘zera. Tho Times’ article of Satarday upon your Washiogton correspondence, is characteristical.y silly. It quotations from our despatches, written weeks before the mosting cf Congress, prove the accuracy of our information upon all the important subjects mentioned —iuternal im- provements, the Pacific Railroad, naval reform, revision of the tariff, and enlargement of the list of free articles, &o,, &c, The President's message tock precisely the views we said it would. We made no pretensions of giv- ing the exact langnage of the message, for that docu- ment was not written at the time. All we professcd to do was to give briefly the views of the administration, As for some of the subjeots—Canadian reciprocity and relations with Mexioo—tbe President has de- ferred giving his views for the present, on the ground that they are at this time matters of ne- gotiation, and therefore not proper to be made public, In order to try and epite the Hxxaxp, Marcy and Curbing, toray nothing of the kitchen cabinet, bave deavored to give all the information they could to the abolition sheet, the Times; and that paper feels sore to find, notwithstanding it haa old itself to the administra- tion, thet the Heracy, as usuel, anticipates it ia news, We don’t care a fig about the Cabinet, as far as getting news is concerned, havirg ample access to all sources of information, without loring our independence. Were we te depend upon one man or a particniar clique for our in- formation, we would be merely the mouthpiece of the individual or clique, instead of an independent journalist. . ASMODEUS. Interesting from Charleston. HEAVY GALES—FEARS FOK THE SAFETY OF THE OUT: TER JaCKSON—MARINE DISASTERS—THE GEORGIA BENATOKSHIP, &TC. 2 Cuarieston. Dec. 13, 1853, Fears are entertained hore for the sa’ety of the revenue outter Jackson, which sailed from Savannah on the 26th ult. for Norfolk, baring on board Captaim Day, Lieat- Forrest, and six sailore. Ahervy southwesterly gale prevailed here yssterday, which ccmpelled the mail boat for Wilmington to defer father—and in the cbsracter of an orphan ap- } her departure until to day. peals to tho audience for help in bis furthor woarch, |, ‘The bark Cherokee, from New Orleans, arrived here zes- The piece was pretty well played st the Broadway, and was highly successful. Mr. Davidge might easil; subdue some of the coarse, not to ray vulgar, portions of the @lalogue, aud bis part would be as fumny as it now is, and agriat deal more Cecent At Burton's Theatre the entertainments during the week have beon of a varied and popular cast, and the houres have been fol, as usual. The Guardian Angel ”” a fs»ce, by Shirley Brooks, has been produced, with Mr. snd Mrs. Burton im the princips! characters Mr. Bur ton’s capital acting as ‘Dulcimer’ saved the piece. Miss Robertaon, having recover: her health, has appear edin “The Fox Hunt,” ‘The Young Actress,’ and in “Anthony and Cleopatra.” On this evening Mr. T. B, Johnston, (the Heep, Twining, Henry Dive, &,, of the tablishment,) has a benefit, when three pieces are to be played. The public is indebted to this beneficiary for many 8 good lavgh, and the prerent is avery favorable opportunity to pay the debt A new comedy is in prepar ation at this theatre. At Wallack’s Theatre ‘The Game of Life’? is to be played all this week. Miss Fanny Dean, who plays “‘ Ma- tilda Smiler in this piece, has made quite « ‘hit,’ the. a(rically speaking, and she has all the requisites—youth, beanty and telent—for success in the profession she has chosen. ‘At the Bowery Theatre this evening a debutante—Mies Woodward—is to play Parthenia, in “Ingomar.” Mr. E. Eddy plays Ingomar. Miss Gertrude Dawes also com- mences an engagement this evening, and plays Nas, in “That Gocd for Nothing.” Miss Dawes is a great fa- vorite at the Bowery. At the Natonai Theatre the ‘' Hot Corn’ and ‘ Unole Tom” plays will be continued during this week. At Barnum’s Mureum the same pieces are also to be played during the week. We presume that they are successful, ba Jullien continues his charming concert at Metropolitan Hall. This evening his “Great Exhibition Quadrille,” introdusing the melodies of all nations, combined with remarkable effects, is to be played, and there should be great rush for seats. All the minstrele—‘Christy’s,’’ ** Wood's,” and ‘Buck ley’s”—havo been doing well, and there is » healthy rivalry which induces the managers td bring out novel- ties, and thereby the public is profited. Read the pro- ‘amomes for this evening. Various other entertainments are arnounced in our advertising columrn, snd there seems to be n> doubt of the fact that the people will be well amused, Madame Sontag has been giving gongerts ip New Eng- land with great rucgeas. 2° had intended to give a se- ries of concerts in New York, commencing in January but £0 profitable han been ber career out of New York {hat ehe bas decided not tc return here till spring. Mad amé Sonteg, whe'her in the concert room or the salon bas wou fo herself the commendation of the people of the Old and New Worlus, We regret to carn that Miss Jalia Dean is dangerously ill of brain fever, near Baltimore, Mrs. G. Barrett and Mr W. Marshall have been playin at the Howard Athenwum, Borton. Rose de Vries, Pozzolix{, and others, are soon to give « series of operatic representations 10 Charleston, 8. C. Marine Affairs. Tar Quickrst Tur raoM Sax Fraycisco,—The quick pas- sage of the Flying Cloud from San Francisco was stated in a city paper to be the shortest ever made. This ia a mistake, With the cisadvantage of a maimed rudder her passage of 92 days was a most excellent one, and might probably have been the quickest but for that accident. ‘The following will show how it compares with several pre- viously made:— Days, Hours, Ship Northern Lieht, at Boston May 29, 1863..77 — Contest, at New York May 20, 1 79 12 Comet. do. May 7, 1883. 83 «18 Trade Wind, do. June 4, 1853... 84 = Alex, Coffin, do. May 27.1851 0 = Flying Cloud, do. Dea 6, 1863 2 = Pittsburg {a agitatng the question of compelling every menufsetory anc other estsblichment in the city to con sume its own ewoke, and thus prevent the falling of soot that Sls the atmorphere and biackens everything, ant mate and inacimate, in that smoky ity. Court Calendar—This Day, Usiren Staves Dwrnior Covet.—Nos. 16, 28, 68, 69 to 7%, 14, 18, 76. Surman Covat—General Term.—Adjourned to Satur. day, 24th instant, when decisions will be ran dered. Covrt—Ciroutt.—Nos. 426, 491, 493, 606, 877, 118, 114, 419, 8, 43 66, 665, 56, 660. 670, Common Pimis.—Part’ First—Nos. 887, 892, 666, 10036, 419, 978, 1,041, 1,060. 998, 970, 994, 990, 1 78,1104, Part Second—Nos 770, 763, 761, 807, 919, 926, 933, 081, 946, 967, 969 071, 950 084. 087. Bormion Covmi—(Two Brasches.)—Noa. 148, 661, sn, te Bhatia te Beat aca ot 68, 460, 251, 208, 405, 612,” ; terday, reports that oa the 15th inst, lat, $154, lon. 80 09, passed eobooner J. G. King, of New York, totally dis masted and waterlogged, the sea making « clear breach over her. Saw nothing on her but her wheel and chain cable banging over her bow: her bowsprit was alongside ‘Tne brig Neptune, from Malaga for Biltimore, put in here leaky, Laving Jost sails &o. She sailed from Malaga on the 16th of Uctuber, and was off Cape Hatteras twenty 8. onfte schooner George C. Gibbes, at this port from Attak- apas, spoke on the 16th \inst., schooner Neptune. of Brook? avep, off Orsabaw, 43 days from Malaga for New York, with lors uf rails, ard ocher damage. The steamship Usion, from New York, arrived to-day The Baok of Charleston, with a capital of three zillion of dollara, has been re chartered by the Legislature of this sorte were renewed in the Senate of Georgia last Fri day to proceed to the election of a United States Senator The motion failed by # vote of 47 to 41. Items from Baltimore. RUN ON A SAVINGS BaNK—JUDGE MASON—MEZICAN NEWS, ETO. Baxtimons, Dec. 18, 1853. There was a heavy run yesterday on the Baltimore Savings Bank, owing to the unfounded rumors that {t was engaged in stook speculation. About one thousand de- positors withdrew their funds, the bank keeping open until nine o’clock, P.M., te accommotate them. It has deposits to the amount of over three millions of dollars. Judge Mason, Miniter to France, will sail from New York in the steamer of the 24th December. ‘The New Orleans mail of Monday is received. The pa- pers contain details of the Mexican news up to the 8th instant. The orly item of interest is the statement that the plan of Guadalajara relative to the prolongation of Santa Anna’s powers had been seconded by the ca- pital and other important cities. A proclamatioa to this effect, issued by the government of the city of Mexloo, was received with great demonstrations of joy by the people, Late from Buenos Ayres. Sara, Dec. 18, 1868. By the arrival of the brig Argentine from Buenos Ayres, we have the British Packet of Gotover 15, It is mostly filled with @ proclamation on the inauguration of Dr, Obligado as President of the republic for three years. Everything was quies, and business was atsuming an ac- tive complexion, The accounts from Montevideo were satisfactory; The W eather at Boston. Bostow, Dec. 18, 1853. ‘The weather has been spring like avd showery all day, Markets. Ouaxiestox, Deo, 13, 1352. The sales of cotton yesterday foot up only 200 bales. The market closed duli at 103¢¢. for fair qualities. PRovIDENCR, Dec. 1 Cotton is ateady afd prices uacbanged. woo were rather lighter than last week, but ly sustained. The ssles were 51000 Ibs. The market is quiet for printing cloths, without change in rates. Sales of the week, 26,116 pieces, Brooklyn City Intelligence. Firm. About beif past cne o’c ock on Sunday morning, afire broke out in s small frame ouilding om Tillery street, near Gold, occupied ar # soap and candle maou factory by Arthur Welwood. The flames soon communica- ted with the ir houte, the lower er ond Jobn Hower, rouse, and building adjoining, owned by John by Jobn Dowd as a porter house, ai wilies who resi¢ed in the upper stories, was damaged to a considerable extent. Dowd lost all his Hquors, valued at several bundred dol ara, but the families aaved much of their farditure. Mr. Welwood’s los on rtoos, mate- rials, ard buildings, amounts to about $3 000 or’ $4,000, per@ally inrured—the grocer’s loss about $1,600, upon which there is an insurance of $700. Finewey’s Lisragy Association.—The firemen of this city recently orgenised « library association, and at meeting held on Friday night elected the following offi cers:—President, F Str ; Vice President J. Luebey Seoretary. Wm. A Walker; Tressurer, E. B. Mor- rell, Direstors, Jol bn ©. Reach, George H. cae rd, Thomes Cadky, George Hall, Joseph Reeve, FG. Que vedo, Daniel Van Voorhees, James K Leggett, Martence Schoonmaker, Jeremiah Jobnson, Jr., Robert R. Story, Solomon Worthington, David Coope, Walter Barre. Personal Intelligence. Among the arrivals at the St, Nicnolas yorterday, were —Hon. 8. R Dunn, Virginia; Hon A. Lloyd, Cincinmati; Jadge Haskell, Oxcensburg; Dr. E. Lansing, Baltimore; BS Lackron, US. Army; Gen. Ball, Canada Hon. Jose Manuel Gallegos, delegate from New Mexico, arrived at Washington on the 16th inst, ARRIVALS. ip Southorner—Capt Pioketts Tokarmcar WA Lonen Bali recit'inchestocrags. ma oh, | From Liver pool in ship Prince de’ Jolaville--ev Mr Crow 4 family. “Yrom fouvitas, in bark Pario— Fernando M Aginono. The Canada Bank Fraud, EXTRAORDINARY DEVELOPEMENTS—CONFBSSION OF DANIEL W. VAN ABRNAM—THE WHOLE MATTER EXPLAINED, Before Justice Stuart. At the olore of the evidence on Friday, in the case of fread and forgery pending against D. W. Van Aernam, P. W. Swwin, and others, charged with the making and ut- tering of s fraudulent draft for $5,000 on the Hamilton Bank, om which draft Van Aernam obtained $5,000 trom Mr. Greer, the ageat of the Dank of Mon- treal, Mr. Van Aernem, in addition to his former exami- sation, made the following statement, which comes in the form of # confession, as the whole affsir is set forth and the mcdus operandi explained. 3t was submitted to the magistrate and attached to the papers in the case:— FAN ABBNAU’S CONFESGION. I, the Daniel W. Van Aernam, wish to add the following statement of facts to my previous examina- tion upon the charge of having forged certain drafte of the Ham Iton Exchange Bank upon the Troy City Bank, and which I have resolved to do for the reason that others equally concerned with mysel? have deserted me, afcer havieg promised to stand by asd save me from serious comsequences under my present arrest, if | would remain silent and stand foremost inthe matter, and save them from exposure and from the effects of such proofs as they knew it was in wy power to have brought against them; and I would not so long have remained still, bat that f was told from day to day that it was for our united in- terest that I should keep quiet during the time of the investigation before Justice Stuart—tbat to make any disclosures whatever to him would be only to aid in the discovery of such witnesses and to assist in obtainin, such proofs ard facts aa would implicate all consera without benefit to myself—that it was best I should not say one word, or do anything, but leave {t all to them, which I did, and now see that thelr cnly object was to keep themselves as far as postible out of the matter, and one of them without being named at all during the ex amination before the Justice, after which examination I was to be deserted and left to stand the bruat, as I now am, without the ald or countenance of those for whom Thave been silent to their benefit and my injury. Tam pow determined to make @ full disclosure of the whole affair, and to state the facts precisely as they os- curred,and when, bow, and by whom performed. Philander W. Sawin, J.,L.’ White, (commonly called Kirk White,) Joba W.Abeif and myself, are equally concerned in making those draft other fraudulent paper, and getting the money uj yw. So early as April last, White, Sawin and myself resolved to run cif some individual drafts uy the Montreal Bank, drawn by irresponsible parties in New York, upon some of the banks ia this state. For that Had Cor I came to New York and got a lot of drafts made yy Abell, and several thousand dollars of drafis by Pierce B. Brooke, Sawin came to the city with me; on my re- turm to the city of Buffalo, it was arra: that as Mr. Titus was a man of high character at Brantford, Canada West, being the principal mail and expreas agent of ths Canada express line, and was a man well known and much respected, and that as he knew Mr. Sawin by means of having dealt some with him, he (Sawin) gave me a let- ter of eredit to Mr: Titus, by which through him I could obtain the confidence of Mr, Greer, the agent of the bank at Braxtford. That letter isthe one now in the hands of Justice Stuart, and was given by Sawin to enable me to get cif some drafts. With this letter I went to Brantford, and the evidence given by Mr. Titus and Mr. Greer, about iy bringing that letter to them, and a'] the circumstancos attending it, is true snd correct. I ‘ailed to neg*tiate any individual paper with Mr. Greer on the banks in the State ot New York, however good they might have been. (The drattal had were made by Brooke, upoa the Saratoga County Bank, at Waterford, whers he had not then, never hac, nor never expected 10 have, any account or credit whatever.) Ireturned to Buffalo, and in about five or six weeks went again to Brantford, with a lot of drafts made by Brooke and Abell upon the Saratoga County Bank at Waterford, and Abell’s draft was upon the Bank of the Ci'y of Troy, and I think two small drafts of Mr. Sawin’s made by him upona person in New York. These latter crafts @vre # mere coverif xecesaary for me to resort to them, On this occasion amin gave ® much stronger ietter of credit than the ot! which I atil nave in my trunk at Bullalo, if not taken by the cfficera, who, I understand from my wife, searched my rooms after my arrest in New York, Sawin being present apd at ny trunk. I went ssecond tine to Brantford, in the month of September think, with this seocnd letter from Sawi paper ment made by Mr. Greer and Mr, Titus in reference to this seccnd visitis true. In an interview with Greer, I learned that be would have no heritatiou to cash drafte if eatis- factcry, upon apy other good Danis in the Siaf of New York, aud did not, as 1 remember, appesr disizoliaed to cash any hind of drafts, if on socimg them they were satis factory; but he acded that he could do nothing for me immediately, aa they were aot iben io funds, (currency, he #sid,) from the bax for which he was it, as they bad Intety been making Inrgn ad>ucess to the rail-oad leadicg irom Brentford to Lake Hu'on—the Buffalo and Brantford Raflroad—bu: tha! the next day he expected a remittance of a package of bills from the Bank at Mont- real, on the arrival of the expres. 1 promised to call again and brirg some drefts, (of which { had av abund ance,) for his inepection. Ihad not yet found it necessary to sbow Sawin’s recond letter, av { was wall remew bared and kindly receivea by both ar Greenand Titus out of wy previous visit and upon the fuith of Sawin’s frst lat ter. After I left Greer’s office I went to Titus’ oltice to await the arrival of the exp:ess, ant ieara, if I coul:, whether any packase came to tha address of Me Greer so that I might huow if any currency came from the “Motber Bank” out of which he could do my paper ”” When the express arrived I learned without difficulty that nothing came for Mr. Greer, au I anw Mr. Greer goto the cfice and not get anything. I was then deter mined not to trouble Mr. Greer any farther, except to weke a point forrutore use Iwent immediately to Mr. Greer’s office and told him, (just as Mr, Greer tes- tified to,) that I bad alte cd my bu arrange 3, and would not need the money, (I & he bad not received it,) fer iy of wy drafts at present, but that I might possibly in = few weebscall pon him again for an accommodation. could not then stay, so left and returned to Budalo. I told the whcle of my enterprise to Sawin ani White. Sawin blamed me for not remaining for the next express from Montreal, and if the mozey came to Greor to get of some of the Brooke drafts. White thought I had acted well, and said it could now be fixed to mak are thing the next time—that if Mr. Greer wanted Brooke drafts he should have them. Subsequently White, or Sawin, (I don’t know which, White {sa bank nan,) got these He milton Exchange Bank drafts. White said thatthey had taken good advice from a lawyer upon the subject, and that to have thi m signee and filled up in the proper name of some real person would be nothing worse and no more of as forgery than the other dra‘ts ef Brooke: that it would be like thee other drafts—nothing but afrand. It was arrapged that Sawin and myself should come to New York, and I should have Abell sige those drafts in blank, (Ieaid I knew he wonld do it without sskiog any questions if 1 axked him to.) I also saw Brooke, and got him to sign a Ict of new drafts upon the Sarat ga County Babk, the time of the ones I first had baving exgi: which are the same that Ju tice Stuart now has, and also got Abell to give me his signature in blank uyen some drafts and checks, which were filled ne by Sawin at Buifalo~ tho drafts upon the Troy City Bank, and the checks tponthe Alban: ae tener le to sigu'these drafta'in blask of the Ham Jton Exchange Bank. 1 met Sawin at Sherwood's sa- loeo immediately after I told Abell in Mr. Bonny’s store to sign these papers, and tI him what had been dore, 1 éo not want to injura Abell but he was not so drank 88 is pretended he wa; he knew very well what he was doing, and bnew tat the drafts were to operate with, but how or when hie did not ask or oars. Sawin and I re ® to Buffalo; I bslieve he bought some goods yw York. Myself and White had a meeting in the) @venizg, at the Mansion House, to fill up these crafts and checke, and make arrangements for me to go with them to Carada, [asked my wife, with some friends ane sd, to go into apother room, She did so, and wa locked the ¢oor, where we remained s long while and where these drafte and checks were all filled up by Mr. Sawin, and not filled up in his store, as Sawin hes alleged They to fill them and I told them as they were form of précisely how they muat be filled, and he took a piece of paper and did so, and Sawin then sopied it into each drait and check signed by Abell Ila apellei my name in the bank draft wrong. White proposed that these drafte had better be made upon a bank at froy then New York. a» it would take longer for ¢etection, and he tated tome other reason why it would be best, but I at forget what it was. He (White) knows all about 8. After we got it all arranged, and Whi'e told me reoisely bow to proceed, I left Buifalo in the 8 o'clock t, went to Brantford, got the money for the $5,000 draft, just as Mr. Greer bas stated. and then I turnrd back to Buffalo, I got home between four and o'clock in the afternoon, and went to bed, having the money in my valise, all in $5 notes upon the Bi Movtresl. fore Iwas up in the morsing Mr. Saqii cal'ed at my hotel. ict up, saw bim, and aked mo “What luck?” Itold him. ‘He replied ne was very giad, ashe warted some money that Ne Aa » 1 asked him bow much, He said $500 would do. I gave him that amevnt. I also paid him out cf this money, that same day, $325. Lowed him on another matter. Subsequent my wife gave Sawin $1,000. making $1,826, $822 of whic Lowed bim, and the rest was his sbare I gave White $1 481 of the money; $180 of that amount was to go to redeem a diamond pin be had of mine. I also owed some other little amounts, which he cancelled wheu | gave him the morey The balance was what he got for his shars. Whee I came back from Osnada I told White and Sa vin that I could have put off the other two drafts upon Greer, dthen thovgbt, and I etill think I coulr, although . Greer twears to the eontrary before he Justice. White and Sawin were sorry I did not, and urged me to back and wake the effort, which I refused todo. Sawin ould send o man with them, if requesting Mr. Greer to cash them. Sawin said be would find » man. Some time passed before the right kind of man couli be found. Fi sally F. E. Young was hit upon; but on seaing him he wa too drunk to d y business, so that wo had to wait un- til the next repared « letter for me to sign, encloring the aforesaid drafts, (which are now io the bands of Justice Stuai in Sawin’s hand- writing) to Mr, Greer, with which Young was sent, with inrtractions how to act. But owing to the delay in finding the right kind of a man to send he ¢id not arrive found out all about it, White and I started for Tleft im the evening, evga tr forbw form an} morning, Sa' ising to write if he heard from Canada. White andl stopped together in the same room at the Bouse, during which time I reesived he letter trom Sowin fume uyee me. i sien twe tele eer ea ace the city and went Fast, and promised to return in a few . 1 was soom after arrested, and White has paver ret After I came to New York I told Abell all about the dravte, and Ire koew what I hag $250 of the money, loons at Bom- humdred doHars was waneiaaoee i | urn the money te Mr, Greer if T had it. J have wanted Sawim to give back the t he had; sad he says he cannot raise it ithout it beeoming known te his friends, who would then believe him Ho says if it was not for that he would do it. rae my think, if T could go t> Buffalo, on@'am willing te Abell done with the most of the money I gave bim All the evidenes given by the witness on th of the complainant is Le and | have not included in this statement matters things that have been proved before the Justice, but ali that I have said is true, I have nothing further to say. D. W. VAN 4URNAM, The whole matter is now before the magistzsto, and is a few da; decision will be given, * The Fifteenth Street Church and th» Call of the Rev. Mr. Carpenter. The congregation of the Fifteenth street churolia this city, lately extended call to the Rev. H. 8, Carpenter, pastor of the State street Presbyterian church in Pert- land, Me. The call wee referred to the Portland Presby. tery, snd the following: fa published in the Argus as em- tracted from their minutes:— The CounolJ, after = careful and prayerfal considera- tion of all the circumstances of the case, found them- selves agreeing with great unanimity, and weres bout pared to-express thei views in a rerlution refusiog thes assent to a dssclutiow of the rela.ion, and ite continuance, when the Council received the following let- ter:— “To me Counc. Ncw iN Smssion:—Dear Brethren—lem the protracted discussion of the question now before you, there has been much: omission. You have not, it may be, takem into full and fair consideration the claims of that portion of the people to whom I consider myself um der moral obligations, They have been now for a months depending w decision which I have Jengtb made in their favor, and it not seem fair tha® they should now be dissppointed. The comparative im- | Saag ‘and promise of the Fifteenth street churels ave not been isted om as they might have been, new their necessitous condition u1 as much in their behalt as it been pressed against them. My comparative silence on these points is not to be construed into » dis- erent of them. it is enough that I consider my uty, and of courie my inelination, to lie in the directios: of New York. As Jong as this iso, it matters vory little, appears me, what grounds t conclusion; are; the fict is euficient. The Council ask me im effect, Do I conscientiously consider it my i go belies ap oo : rr of the have made’ psy, do, without any peradvem- tures. I discover a ‘Broviderice in the hole train of events, and none in a retreat from an e@1 The Council have fur'her asked me whether I hold self bound by their decision. I am now prepared to tothis, that I shall feol it a duty, with my t to go forward to New York, unleas the people to whom cially committed there, volunteer my release, er sbytery, of which I ama member, refuse to the call into my hands. On this the whole aspect of courée will seem like « voluntary evi righteous claim under cover of the action of a counell. If the Couneil here take the responsibility of breaking my engagement at New York, the presumption there must be that | have intimates some willingness to have it brekem, or some doubta of the propriety of making it, or that im some way I have been understeod to acquierce im thele view of the case. This would occasion scandal te the cause of Christ. [call this Council te witness that I expressed no such willingness, and intimated no Goubta I would respgettal ly submit te the Council whatever may be theif opinions 9s to the original merits of the 4 en between New York and Portland, there much wi tin the point advanced by the session of Fifteenth Street Church in reference to the revival of la- bors on my part in the former city, and s peculiar «nee in opening such a door ‘or those of my people whe have been so long without a church, i Very respectfully, @. S. CARPENTER, Portland, Dee 14 1855.’ The Council thezefore arrive at the following oonelu- sion;— Whereas All prior eagagements of fomiswed ond annulled by i 07. Hugh 8, Carpe own voluntary act 2 of the State Stree: Caurch ter werw dls when he accepted ths pas in Portland, And Whoreas, His subsequent engagement to the Fiftesatt Street (Presb.) Church, in New York, was mado-with tia provision that it whould not bind him unless be should be regularly dismissed by an ecclesiastical council, And Whereas, The State Street Church and congregation, is Portland, are unanimous in their desire to revain Mr. Car- penter, declaring their firm belief that if he be diamisse@ disastrous resulta to themselves and to the cause of their Divine Master wil be the cousequence—this. Coungil eam eee no good and sufficient :eason for # diasolation of bis pastorial relation to thischureh, But Whereas, Rev. Mr. Carpenter has, by 1 written com- munication, declared that whatever be their decision, he conceived his “duty, and of course his inclination to Me in the direction of New York,’ thatho shall feel it “a duty, with his present light, to go forward to New Y« unless the people to whom he is especially commit there, volunteer his release, or the big Ta of whieh he is a member, refuse to put the call into his hande;’* this Council declines giving any advice in this case. To this the Argus appends the following remarks :— The decision of the late council on the case of the Rev. Mr. Carpenter, it is supposad, will settle the quostiom pending between the State Street Church of this city and the Fifteenth Street Church, York. ‘The latter may consider the above decision conclusive ; or they may urge the case.before the New York tery, and ask of that body to sanction their ea'l to Mr. Carpenter. In that oveat a new and Sepeatent question of ecclesiastical authority must be considered, namelp— bow much respeet is due to the decision of a body eor- responding mainly to their own, and in which there is ne inferiority of experiente, ability, sound judgment and diseretion’ If r 1d, then the case is settled, Mr. Carpenter will remain here, a free man, to do geod service for his Master in this city, The report of the Council we publish this bet, called as in 5 Mr. Carpenter having been a witness in am important cass now pending York, has left fee that city, and will be absent some two woeks. meantime it is confidently belisved that the whole mat- ter will be settled to the satisfaction of his people in Fortland, and that he will return to continue am: ity Intelligence. Tar Frast Saip.—The first shad of the reason waa canght in New York bay on Saturday, and served ap a the St. Nicholas Hotel yesterday. Tar Weataz2 —It was yesterday felt that winter really upon us. Early in the morning, when the city yet lay eleeping, the winds howled arousd the atrest cor- ners, keeping upa a and wintry time, Those whe ventured out of de uttoned up their overcoats close to their ching, and, for the first time this year, them rone too warm. We are now withia a short time of the middle of winter, and cold icy weather must be looked for sa the price for the beni end pleasant temperature which nature bas arranged for us for mag months past, Tax Mrcu. formed CHaNICy’ InsmTUTS.— This, if we are co! - is the twenty Grst vear of this itatttation's ores fo, and we iejoice tO aee that on ares at its majorit the characteristics of a vigorous and honorable manhood. Its enlarged classes, the increased number of pul tendant upon them, joirel to the general ability aod Adelity of its corps of professors, have already attrasted public attention, and have won the popular favor. Ite leoture season has opened, too, with more than ordisary mee 4 ~ ® britliant and popular course of instrustion ia that form. ity it will assume subject ofa revived and amended constitu: jawe will be considered by the [nstitute this the magnitude sad importance of this subject re- quire the best attention and the most ee ye «e fer members. We aren read with iaterest hue subject ——g a report mace upon losers. Hoary and Tracy, and wet beliere that tte ae Noe saicatial Le or chaage, woukd eminently advance the populrity an of the Institute. Buch being our conviction, y cannet do less than to give our voice in favor of ite Five Hownre aso Seventy-rrvm Dortars Sroum. merchant went into Geo W. Browne’s restearaat Satorcay last, with $600 {o his hand. be aman te whom he owed $26, he paid bim; the he put into bis talde coat pocket, and while attentively en- gaged in eating bis dinuer in the lower some rogue, 80 called, abstracted the whole amount from his het, Rand for his dinner, received his change, and left for Wallstreet. Frat —Betwoon twelve and one o'clock this Tineas, Bea. of Beat ra, Canada Wont wes Cote oth tart) ‘The mil! was valaed at § of 96,000. Ha geese g ES | peak 5 rod 2 H lig