The New York Herald Newspaper, January 17, 1854, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. PROPRIETOR AND EDITU!. - COBNS: he any 2 to th meainess sheapnens, YOR PRIN ch. Kas V xan OX AMUSEMENTS 1018 EVENING, GOWRKY PHOLATRB, Uvoug Tom's Canin. Bowery DReADWAY THEA readway--Two Buzzanpo— OF FULTOY AND "/488A0 @Fs. F ed to be disappointed at the terms of the Gadsden treaty with Mexico, is said to have contracted with | an English firm for the construction of a plank road across the Isthaus of Tehuantepec. | Bee the leagthy report from our special corres pordent relative to the railroad difficulties at Erie. | The last telegraphic despatch informs us that all was quiet, but that the work of reconstructing the track hod been suspended in consequence of the absence | of the United States Marshal and bis sids. The locomotive of the express train on the Harlem Tal'road was thrown off the track, near Whitl station, yerterday morning, aad the engineer and fireman were killed. Some of the passengers iu the baggoge vor were injured, and ove of them, Lewis Grfiln, hed bis leg brokea. On reference to the proper raports else yhere, it CaPaRacr OF THE VANG | Will be seen that the stock market was ia a very ua- ne stHled condition yesterday. The foreign advice: WATONS HH 1 THe, Chembere street -Prarry Pisce | ™ Med condition yesterday. be oreign advices or Business Panexts AND GUARDIANS—Youxe ac- | caured flonr to advance 12} to 25 ceuts per barrel. THESS— +19 THKa7 he, Brosdway--Bacnenon Pretty Pisce ov Bustnrse Cunuositigs oF Lin ERATURE mon —Cew. Tom Titer CONOMY. Kyouing—MARKIED RAKE MOP U' Soar jars TAY URNAG PR! S—Stausse Twins avy Wo Mt@r Eyre Ra KOOSR ay Crnisty ® Minstan = PR WE < Cae REHIOPIAN nod’t Minsseel Mell, 444 Brosd SEUKLEVS OPRRA 28 GTKIOPIAN OPERA rR, 539 Sroadwer—fvow rondway —Paxoname ~Day and @roning ro instiewrE, 669 Broad -Pennan's «7, Curr Ta vite ErmkRom Miwny. lowes! Pawrosoure OF ORRISTIAN ART—Hl Prost nenkay, Jonwery 17, Sb4 Maile for TOB WEW YOuK WHRKLY HRPALD fhe oye! mail steauuvhip Cauda, Captain Stone, will are D cx for Liverpoo! 17 Kno de a Baaqua. ‘The Raropean wails will close to this city at a qaarter % taree o'clock this ‘The W eugiy Heratp (printed in French and Maglish) WHI be published at xali-past ine o’e!ock thiv morn fog, Bingle copies, in wrappers six osuce The Europa, from Liverpool, arrived at. yesterday morning, bringing files of F ournals to the 31:t of December, and Paris in gence of the 2itn. The aspect of af remaived almost unchanged from the day the Baltic sailed. We refer to the position of tre Russ>-Tuckiah @ifficulty at length elsew There is Nittie news f Parliemevt bad been further proro, of this month. An imperial decree of the French government makes important convessions to the cotton tracers of Eogland. It was said that the Emperor ot France had re- ceived a despatch from Madrid, stating that M- Boule, Ben., had been killed in a second duel at Madrid, but the report require The appalling loss of life and the terrible sulfericg of the survivors consequeut upon the wreck of the p. eR a. ewe way euler Theale o discussion in Co, Legistatare, i well as ia pabli country, yesterday. Both branches of Congress, will be seen, have taken steps to te Sppreciation of the & and crews of the snips Three F rs in the m France or England. and private circles throughout the it ble conduct of the captai ‘Isand Ant. and the bark Kilby, to whose skill, brave and indefatigable exertions, usder the most trying and bazarcous circumstances, some fiv Dundred burwan beiags sre in ed for del ape from waters graves. The necessary mea have *lso been to for the losses of the officers.and soldiers of the who were passengers on board the steamer, and to remucerate the commanders and owsers of the r cuing vessels for the expense aud ioconvecieace ia cwred by them in rendering 9 e. The Boards of Aldermen aud Councilmen are resolved to com- adoptet mu provision in} ptiment Captains Creightou, Lowe, and Stonffer, and to invite them to partake of the hospital.ties of the city. The merc! the city are ulso doing their duty by subscribicg lit y towards the purchase of medals, &¢., in commemorat of the generous ger- vices of these gallant off a3 will be seen by the reports of the meetings at the Exshange and Com Exchange. We understand that about two thousard dollars have already been sub- scribed, and that list of the donors will be pub lished to-morrow. We publish some additional in formation with regard to the wreck, the sufferers and their rescuers, the approach of the bark Kilby to Boston, &e. which will be read with feelings of the most intense interest. In the course of bis remarks in the Senate yest @ay,'Mr. Pearce alluded to th@ mauner in which Capt. Nye, of the Collins steamer Paeltic, had been rewarded for his exertidtis in saving the, crew of s British yeesel. But this is not the only instance by apy means in which American sailors have been enlogized by the English people for their gallant | conduct, as will be seen by the action of the British Humane Society in the case of Capt. Ludlow, of the American whaleshi9 Monmouth, who rescued one Dundred and five persons from the wrecked hark Meridian. Full particulars are given in anotaor poxe. @Ex Secretary Clayton concluded his speech in the United States Senate yesterday in reply to Gen. Case. At the close €0 discussion took plage Detween the two gentlemen, alter which the sunjegs of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty was laid on the table. In the Honse Mr. Manrice introduced resolations in relation to the removal of Collector Brous Mr. Lyon a resolution concerning the protec forded t) Americcns abroad. Fur the with regard to these and» at variety of 0 terceting taatters, the reader ts referred to th ports under the proper head. The business transacted ia our Staie Lo yerterday, though of an interesting character, not wha’ may be classed ss ‘mportan'. The Seaa‘e in Committee of the Whole, adopted the proposed amendmen‘s to the conetitation in order to secure the completion of the canals. As nearly all oarread- ers pre interested in the legislative movements with regard to the parks, oar correspondent has given proper attention to the matter. A report having been circulated that Bishop Be dini was in Philade!phia lest eveaing, a large pro cession wes formed and arched through the streets of that place, atthe head of which was borae a0 effigy of the Nuvcio. We also learn that placards, printed in four languages, were recently po: throughout the city of New Orleans, in which a con- templated visit from the Nuncio was announced, and the propriety of treating bim as a wild beast was urged. How bitter must be the feeling against the Biehep, when we find people in all parts of the ooun try joining in these extraordinary demonstrations of hostility. Late advices from Texas announce that Gea. Car- avajai hes been acquitted by the United States Cuurt of the charge of invading the Mexican terr’ . dory ab the bean and of armed me. with byostil A record of the carious movements and Wiracutons escapes of tis & spi aod revediogs Natar we ain, sould prohehty form one of ib ig Vo UID # eVer Written, ns also held at aa adva bd corn was sold vis a re iff u ye the news. w rule s for bread. period since the famine years of 1847 ant of room prevents particular referente to a | numeer of telegraphi: despatches relauve to marine disasters, politics, &e., and alsy to a variety of other teresting matier, Land Jobbiugs Schemes in Congrenss | The Land Sp The President, in his annual message, upon three important subjects directly cone | with the spoils, is very decided. First. ia re- gara ty paieut extensions be says:—"I com mend to your favorable consideration the men of genius of our country, who, by their invea- nd art contributed largely to the improvements of the sge, without in many instances securing for themselves anything like an adequate reward.” Second) silroad land grants, have tions and discoveries in se in reference to be isin favor of granting lands to such roads tbrough the public domain. on the principle th st this policy advances “ the interests of the States sare located, and at the samo al interests all the other in which the wor 2 subs enhancing the value and promoting the rapid sale of the public domain.” Thirdly, against the poliey of river aud harbor improve ments the President stamps his toot, and says, substantially: “Gentlemen, this business must be stopped. Now, in showing the enormity, the palpable injustice, the invidions favoritism, and tl morali. mand corruption to which t cial legislation for the benefit of large pate monopolies is likely to lead, if once adopted, we have shown that the President in this busi- has been humbugged by the lobby. Let ihe House of Representatives see to it, or they may be held to a more serious judgment befure the country. Thus much for this special extra patent legislation, We shail now ve busine: ments. ness briefly look into this land in connection with internal improve- The policy sdopted by the President is plansible ut first glance, but will not stand a close inspection. When Thompson & Co, jorm themeelves inte a corporation, in eoojune- tion with the State of INinois, for the coustrac tion of a railroad from the Ohio river northward smack to Lake Michigan, they ask tur alter hate sections of the public lands on each siue of the road, for a depth of six miles The bill is passed, and the laud stocks of Toompson & Co. nro bron cht into Wt ———— premium—all the adjoining lands, which wer: to bring two prices to the goverament, haviay been previously bought up by Thompson & Co. aud others. They sell out their railroad stock. then at premium. The road may go to the devil tor all they care, and Uncle Sam, lef’ greeny without an acre along the line of the proposed s completely dished by the land jobvers. of the policy of 1 by the it road, Such is the practical working d grants to railroads recommend t. saye the public lands alo: resid) How much wiser would be to such row ing the right of way. and appropriate 2 sum fof money from the treasury in lien of these Iand grants. This policy. and the | limitation of the sales of the lands al to actual settlers, in reas: such railroads : would go far to put an eod to able quaatitie this land stock jobbing, log-rolling, and lobby- ing in Congress. Thus we should have a large | leak of corruption stopped, which threatens otherwise to absorb the whole of our available | public domain, hnmbugging and swindling the | government, and cutting out the poor honest emigrant from all chances of a good location | for bis little farm. Take the case, for example, of the Mobile and | Chicago Railroad—a case involving a grant of | four or five millioas of acres, more or | 4 the public lands, What has the governme gained? Nothing. What is it likely to d | from this operatiow? Not the first red cent. Who are the gainers? The land-jobbers. Onc of them. now deceased, formerly a member of the lower house of Congress, but afterwards of the Senate, was a sharcholder in this venture ; | he was worth little or nothing before, but with | bis decease his interest in the profits of this speculation is turned over to bis family, to the tune of three hundred thousand dollars, A fair operation, as the world goes, we admit— but whence these prodigious dividends? From the public lands granted the monopoly by the Tnited This is the practical working of this land monopoly, railroad, stoc mended? by Congress several years ago, an recommended to be continued by the President. What folloi¥s? Why. the lobby and both houses taking him atyhis word. during the first month of the segsiot ha¥e concocted railroad Dills enough to gorg\some.two hundred millions of acres of the pnbi) pile—the government to be tickled with that it reserves the alternate sec A they have been alrd up by the specula- How mang nd other members of the Senate and @ we, of the Cabiant and of the lobby. enriched by this specious policy me we know not But seach are the tempts’ of this thiug that we almost despatr of ar ing it short of holding every member ot bith’ houses respon- sible directly to the people. As we understand the eabje tt, the public lands are the property of the Unite\f States—that is, of all the States in their unit&@ capacity. Iv other words, the public domain (is the property of the general government he legitimate uses of the avails of this proper yrere appropri- ations to meet the expenses of “Khe gener- tates, tors, al government. The distinetion “\yset between voting public lands to road stock-jobbers and their, eqniy: in money is all gammon and clapirap 7 is no real distinction between graming a mil lion of acres, worth two millions of dollars and that amount of eash from the treasury, except this: that government would save ii by saving the lands and granting the bt. Mt The selling price of our public lands ia Tilinoia quarter per acre. Run a railroad through porticnlar district. and ina year or two those yavds may bring from five to ten dollars au acre. And the difference between us and the Presicent is simply this: that while he recom- nends the tarning over these profits to the laad- jobbers, we prefer retaining them for the relief of the treasury and the benefit of the people at large aud of actual settlers in particalar. We trust that the members'of Congress from the eastern side of the Alleghanies will look into this business. and insist upon it, if the pub- lic lands are to be squandered away upon ia- ternal improvemects, that the Eastern States sba!l have their rightful share. If these nd epoils are to be squandered without let every State insist upon its proportion, True, we consider Bennett’s land bill nothing more than a Dill for the re- lief of tand-jubbers and stock-jobbers, and the Tomcstead bill only a more sweeping measure of same kidney; but, rather than have this Western system of railroad land-jobbing and Jand-revbing continued, we are not sure but it would be preferable to have the Homestead bill, clearing off the whole of the public lands at a single wipe of the pen. and thus putting an end to this corruption fauvd ia Congress at all reserve events ‘The spoils are tremendous, 4 nature is weak at We he game is bold, shingion, and we ins Neveribeless wid be our ar the polley to encourage honesty, vo rebuke corrup. ton whether in Cougress, the Cabinet, or the lobhy--come what may. Ia this game of the puilsmen for the five hundred millivns of the public plunder we are enlisted on the site of the public treasury, the public credit, the pub- the country aud the people. ,.This is our platform. And we are enlisted forthe war. Wher the New York delegation? Where are Seward and Fish?) Where is Cutting, Wheeler. Walbridge, Walsh? Are they among land- jobbers, or how? Take your position, men, and Jet us hear. Le honor, Whe News from Europe. Toe news brought by the Haropa presents but litle alleration in the aspect of the Turco- Russian difficulty. The intelligence that the j recommendations embodied in the last note of the Vienna Conference pad been approved of by the Divan, aud accepted by the Porte, dovs not hold cut any more immediate prospect of the peaceable solution of the questions in dis- pute. Although the Sultan consents to send a Plenipotentiary to the proposed conference, he properly adheres to his determination not to treat on any terms short of the recognition ot his full hts of sovereignty within his own dominions, aud he continues to insist upon the evacuation of the Principalities as a preliminary condition to negotiation, du this state of jacts it is clear that tho only postible issue is a general war. It is scarcely to he expected that Nicholas will so far forfei: his character for consistency, or be a willing ia- rument in his own humiliation, by receding from the haughty attitude that he has hitherto assumed. To yield anything of his pretensions. now that he is menaced by the combined action of England and Frence, would be to acknowl- ede in the tace of Europe that he is a coward as well as a bully. There is nothing in his tifa tha arnnos himselt He hae been preparing for ggle ever since his secession to the throne, and sooner then yield an iota of the ad- vantages he bas gained. he y risk the alter- this str native of a long ane de: 2 The conviction that this struggle can be no longer averted seems to be fast gaining ground in Europe. Even the more temporizing portion of the English cabinet have been at length brought over to this conclusion, reluctant as they have been to arr By our private letters from London we jearn that, besides the condition of several modifications in the Re- form bill. which formed the ostensible pretext ot Lord Palmerston’s resignation, it was made a sinequa non of the latter's return to office that the remainder of the cabinet should concur with him in the adoption of energetic measures against Russia. In order that tull effect should be given to this change of policy, it is said that immediately after the meeting of Parliament Lord Aberdeen will retire, and will be succeed- ed in the Premiership by his more warlike col- league. In the meantime, the utmost activity is said to prevail in the dockyards and ord- nance departments. The preparations of France are stated to be on the most extensive scale, and afford some index to the probable character of the approach- ing struggle. With so m motives of resent- ment against the Czar, both hereditary and personal, the French Emperor would have been Jong since in the field had he not beea held back by the more prudent counsels of the Eng- lish enbinet. Whilst he bas made a show of moderation, however, it is certain that he has been secretly stimulating the Porte to adopt its present firm attitnde, and at the same time he bas himself been quietly preparing for the al- ternative to which it was certain to lead. Unless, therefore, one of those unforeseen aud providential chances should turn up, whieh occasionally defeat the wisest calculations, Europe will ere many months be plunged again in all the horrors of a general war. It isa fearful prospect for humanity; but there are hopes connected with it that make millions of hearts throb with exultation, Amidst the crash of decayed and tottering thrones. the enslaved populations of Europe will again rise to vindicate their trampled rights, and this time atit. will wreak a heavy retribution upon the heads of their oppresgors. Inte. NT Eprrors axp Eqvauty Inrer- Licent CornEsronpeNts. —The faces of editors at the Capital, and of the Washington correspond- ents of the various journals in this city and elsewhere, cannot be worth studying just now One and all—the Union leading off the batch. they declared our exclusive information of the Gadsden treaty to be a hoax and a fabrication. The Union was very much disgusted at a story which “had not a sbadow of foundation in truth.” Others took occasion to rebuke our correspondent, and rehash their old slanders about ourselves. From Dan to Beersheba all the Washington correspondents solemnly aver- red that there was no treaty with Mexico, that we had misled the public, and that credit of the Herany was shaken, usual, they are now compelled to eat their own words, and confess that we were right, Those who denied the truth of our statement are divided into two classes: first, people under the control of the Executive. like the Union clique, who were ordered to state a falsehood, } did so with their accustomed alacrity ; the nd, those who were too ignorant or too livy find ut the trath. To the latter belong the asbington correspondents of our cotempora- j fud the best advice We can give thelr em the , an M ployers ia,to replace them by writers who will not make the papers for which they write ri- Seg ¥ the Union, ot course, we hive nota Yay. No fresh act of the Cabinet or- gen could injure its character asa HoWwFpaper, or add to the reputation its editor hus already gained for servility. That the admlaistration knew the truth of our statement we have not the smallest doubt; it matters little whether its organ participated in that knowledge or not. whe Sonle Duetw-Our Foreign Miabsters, Tn another colamn will be found an account ot the Soulé duels. It is, we venture to say, the most authentic which has yet appeared, and will probably command general attention. Hitherto our comments on the eveuts which it recounts have been very brief: now that the yoets are placed before the public by an authori- ty somewhat higher than that of ordioary new: paper correspondents we may be authorized in devoting a little more space to the subject. [t would seem that the grandees of Spain enter- tained a dislike to our ambassador from the first. They knew his antecedents as a popular leader and a prominent member of the altra- popular party in France; and f+lt a degree of repugnance at associating with him or his family on terms of equality. We are led to be- lieve that this »ntipathy was manifested plainiy enough on several occasions before the incident which gave rise to the duels took place. Hence itis but natural that both the Soulés should have wingled in the society of Madrid with Jess amicable teclings towards its members than they might have entertained had their re- ception been that usually tendered to the per- sonnel of a foreign embassy. There seems to be no doubt of the facts nar- raved in the newspaper correspondence with relation to the remark made by the Duke d’Alba rs. Sonlé’s dress at the Marquis de Targot’s tall. Nodenisl of the words imputed to him has appeared. Assuming their accuracy, there- fore, one can eusily understand bow a very young man, with warm Southern blood in bis ns, should have boiled with indigoation at the thought of an insult offered to his mother, and resorted to the mode of vindication pre- scribed by the laws of honor in the latitudes of New Orleans and Madrid. To us, judging calmly of'th® whole matter, there appears little ground for a challenge in the jangnage ascribed to the Duke; but still. under the cireumstances, and bearing in mind the interpretation whieh others may have placed his expres sions, we can hardly in the con- duct of Neville Soulé any greater crime than an over-sensitive pride and ia- tense filial affection, There are cliques and societies where a man who fights a duel is re- garded asa reprobate acd an assassin. Those among us who take broader views of right and wrong. and do not try to cut dowa the rest of the world to their own standard, will repudiate this verdict, and entirely acquit Neville Soulé of wrong. Our laws aud customs are not those of the entire world, and we have no right to set them upas the test of right and wrong in places whose customs and usages are entirely different from ours. For our part, we confess we sce nothing in Neville Soulé’s conduct more reprehensible than such susceptibility and passion as are natural to his age. * With bjs fe her the case is entirely different. Jucgmg him by the 1 sen & we sec nothing in the fact of the French Am- vei ou see bessador being his hest on the occasion of the quarrel that could warrant him in challenging the envoy of a foreign power. As between private individuals, the pretext was too slender fora resort to arms. Ia the second place, the want of discretion and judgment he Girplayed in the matter shows him to be ut- terly unsuitable for the diplomstic post he oc- cupies. In such acity as Madrid a maa who would fight a duel on such a pretext as his will constanily have his hands fall; and the charac- ter of duellist is obviously incompatible with that of ambassador. As it is, Mr. Soulé has already made personal enemies of one ol the most influential grandees of Spain and of the French Ambassador. These men will lead a large party at the Court to which he is accredited, and will go a long way to- wards neutralizing his influence. In any negotiation with which he may be en- trusted he must expect to meet them as antag- onists. They will intrigue against him, and thwart him wherever they can. Under the most favorable circumstances he will now find obstacles arising in his path where another di- plomatist would infallibly succeed, In a word henceforth Mr, Soulé must be regarded as a to- talfailure. Independently of the considerations which his duel will suggest with regard to his fadgment and discretion, we cannot but co sider that the animus he has aroused agaimt hima will entirely incapacitate him from con- cluding any bargain or carrying through any negotiation that could be profitable to this country. He has been tested, and now stands before fhe people at his true value. The country will do us the justice to re- member that from the first we charac- terized his appointment as injudicions, We foretold in almost as many words, what would be the consequence of sending an am- bassador to Spain whose constitutional indi cretion could hardly fail to bring himself into disgrace aud the country into disrepute, Our predictions have been fulfilled sooner than we anticipated. Mr. Soulé has committed political suicide at the very outset of his career. He stands on record to bear witness to the folly which inspired the foreign appointments of the present administration. Nor ishe alone. Our envoy to Turin, who cannot prevail on the government to receive him, will be forced to sneak home, soundly punished for gratifying his revolutionary mania at the expense ot bis place, Our Minister to Berlin, who has raised such a storm about his dress—Mr. Belmont, scarcely less illustrious in the eyes of the editor of the ‘Tailor’s Guide’’—and the bulk of the other gentlemen who were selected to represent the United States in foreign parts. have all by this time given tolerably substantial evidence of their unfitness for their posts. A few months hence they will themselves have verified our stric- tures on their appointments. We attach little blame to them: they have doubtless done the best they could. The real re ponsibility of Mr. Soulé’s indieereet duel and the follies of his brother Ministers rests with the Cabinet which selected them in preference to men who would bave done the country honor. On the govern- ment must fall the blame if they make us ridiculous abroad, and so order themselves as to counteract all the effect of the Iograham demonstration. Marcy and his spoils system are the true causes of the whole disgrace, Marine Affairs. Drpacrers ov THe Nasuvine —The «teaaabtp Nashville, temporarily transferred om toe Havre line io piace of tae Hewboiit, satled yesterday for Havre vis Southampton, Her pasrenger list camberec seventeen, Tur San Francrsco—-A Cait vPon THe Gra rrrepp or Concress.-Now that we have been able to ascertain all the particulars of the re- cent terrible disaster by which our army lost some of its brightest ornamects and the repub- le several of tts bravest defenders, we naturally turn towards the mén whose humanity and courage were so well displayed in the rescue of those whose lives were spared, : The masters of the vessels which a=stea In | the reseue—Captain Creighton, of the Three Bells; Captain Pendleton, of theucy Thomp- sou; Captain Stouffer. of the Antarctic; and Captain Lowe. of the Kilby-—as well as the offi- cers and crews of these ships, have a claim vpon the gratitude of :1 American citizens, and they should be severally remembered by our representatives ia Congress assem- bled. The fact that Captain Creighton is a British subject only goes the further to show his disiptercsted Denevolence, while his coo- Anet orthe occasion referred to caunot be too Ligh}y landed. In the midst of a most violent storn—in 2 leaky craft, liable at acy moment to instant destruction—the instinct of self pre- servation would have taught him to make for the nearest port, and save his ship, without re- gard to the perils of others. But hts gallant heart was superior to the promptings of selfish- vess, He, all crippled as he was, laid by the San Francisco duriog six days, and finally sucereded in the consummation of an act which will make his name great in the mouths of our children and our children’s children, In view or these facts we are glad to see that movements have already been commenced in various quarters to secure to Captain Creighton and his coadjutors a suitable testi- monial of the people’s gratitude, In the Senate of the United States yesterday, Mr. Pierce. of Maryland, introduced a resolution directing the Naval Committee to take the subject into their consideration, and this action we are glad to see has been seconded in the House. The merchants of this city held a meeting yes- terday, when two thousand dollars were sub- scribed on the spot. A meeting of those officers of the army who are now ia New York and its vicinity is to be held at noon to-day for the fur- therance of the same object; and various other assemblages will doubtless be convened. It would be ridiculous to suppose that any man would do as he did, and suffer as he suf- fered, and risk what be risked, for the sake of pecuniary reward; but we feel that we should be alowed to express our gratitude to bim and his associates by a testimonial which he will honor the givers by accepting. The British government and British merchants have always been prompt in re- membering the services of American ship- masters; and, pertiaent to this, we have received, and give in this paper, some in- teresting correspondence relative to Captain Ludlow, of the American ship Monmouth He saved the lives of two hundred and five British subjects, and the inhabitants of the little town of Port Louis, (Isle of Mauritius,) have gent bim a sub. tantial token of their apprecia- tion of his services. This correspondence will be read with interest at this time. We have been often indebted to British ves sels for similar acts. The passengers of the packet ship Caleb Grimshaw, (which vessel We Nace twee wvilUny vey whuve,7 WEE TCS- ened by the gallant master of a Nova Scotia brig. and be was suitably remembered by our merchants, and, we believe, by Congress, We could multiply instances. but it is un- necessary. The present occasion is an im- portant one—it is a national affair; the loss of the San Francisco with the brave Colonel] Washington and his comrades, is a national calamity; the rescue of those officers who are now among us is a national benefit, and the nation should properly remem- ber the men who have assisted in the saving of its servants. We hope to see Congress act upon this subject promptly. The shipmasters, their officers, seamen, and all others who assisted in the matter, should be severally compensated, according to their station and the circum- stances under which the services they have rendered have been performed. We are confident that we express the opinion of the community upon the subject above alluded to. The private subscription and the army subscription needs no urging, and we trust that Congress will prove for once that the charge of ingratitude as regards republics in general is not true of the United States, Tur Post Orrice—Tun Uncanrep ror Ler- reRs.—What conclusion has Mr. Fowler come to? To whom does he intend giving the printing ‘ of the uncalled for letters? Surely, by this time he must be satisfied that the Heratp is entitled to them by the statute. They are not worth having, but must be published according to law. It is almost sundown. THEATRES AND Exminitions —Tae great pressure of news matter upon our columns to day compels us to omit ou usual theatricel notices, The various establishments were well sttended last evening, and the enterteinments cffered for to-night are well selected, as may be seen by referring to ovr adver ising colamna, The Ratlroad Opening. Naw York, Jan. 16, 1854. Jastes GorDoN Bee nerr, Esq , a NY. Herat yoor paper this moreing T +d “Railroad Jabilee in which 1 engera oy the Cacads route avoid viles of the Lake hors roa, thereby iatt- atthe Cansde ime bas «as huadred miles in beteren New York and toeGreat Wert. [rt tly onivg a mistake, | sppead tos following table of dixtancess— From Jerrey City to Dorkirk .. cre Reitroad to Oleveiand ieveianc an’ Tole.o to fulevo Michigan Sov itera Railroad to Chicago. Railroad to Detroit... mitral Rauroad io Chicago ‘Tons you wili eee f being ons hundred miles shorter nipe milies 1 than the Amsricen Lake Shore route walle the sdvantaged possesse! by 9 lready tested. and having bees rao for a length of tiwe, would naturally gogyest hat better time might be made for the | ame distance oa the American row. Yours, troly, JOHY F. PURTIR General Agent ot the Michigan Southsra Ra lroad. Personal Intelligence, ¥ej. J. B Smith avd femily Philedeiphia; D. E Nore tor 1 Newark, vere among the ar- rivala yester House, Brosdway. DEPARTUKR: For Favre ané Sonthampton in steamship Naahville— P Brown, Mr M and davgiter, Me F Martin and son, J Lyon, Me Bouchard, Cord’rmier, Mr Tasso, Mr Savray, Dit Hises Marie de St Arnaut, A Mall, Jb Grivet, Mr Visnd, Mr Felletau, Mr Bou-jonnier. ABFIVALS. From Liverpool, in the steamship Entopa—Mes Later, Mr Belt, Mr Hemminewer, C Carson, J M Perry, Mesere Taylor. Worrall, Seursbarg, Hilgor, Stirentt, Dr JR M Lewis, sisi bo ras) L Herwitta, Morers Gorit, /itte an, Kamsay, James, ‘wall, McDonald, i Pullen, Sattigns, Croses—total 21, fteamship F) rids—Mr and Mrs Arm SC Herring, Hh Kenrody, JW Nevitt, J 4 indy 8 F Otis’ Ise Parsons, W Took snd Pt .spo—I9 in the steerage, m Bremen, i> chip Merwine—Mr Ruinins and lady, Once Kempm. P virions A Tmt ores, Mrs OF Greif, Mrs 0 Bhiers, H &trok, J bandeck. burg, in berk Joho Herman—L Bushold, 8 NR nevowen. ‘Ayres, i bark Wopboens— Moers Brett and Over “witnovt A Pouton Foros —While POINNATY WITH Foun we the proveot police of Cincinnati are on bb the Dedits riot ose, the eity is left without THE SAN FRANCISCO CALAMITY, Micetings in the Merchants’ and Corn Exchanges. Meetings and Religions Services To-day, &e., &e., &e, THE SHIP THREE BELLS, The chip Tascee Bells is crowded wita visiters, they greater part of hom wre attracied by curiasity to be- held the ves'el which, uncer the guidaaesof ite galtant commander, Wok 60 conspicuous & part ia ths rencue of” The psarengers and crew vf the San Frencisoo, We are assured by the crew of the Three Bella that #o dense wes the crowd that they were totally un able to attand to their @uties, and could harily fad space to tur around in, From moroing till nigh! the ptere and the surrounding veasels were flied with crowds of spectators, aud the~ Three Bells war empbaically the low of the dey, The casios!’y of the puble hes not been so thorocghly ex-- cited for & lovg time. Tho vessel itself bears evilent marks of the herd sero, vice through which rhe hat paused 1% ross roarcely possitle, (rom a cutsory survey, that eo large a num Der of people could have been accommoiated oa board of her, She is @ clipper built abip, of only 649 tons burden, and 2 glance at her quarters ozcasioas surpriso that so Inrge & pumber of persons could porsivly have obtained shelter; indeed they couls not unless extracrdinary forts had: bsen made by (he officers and crew. The ‘Three Bells ier bame! after utr owners, three brothers, benting that pare, reeiding in Gissgow, She was built at Dumbartom, Scotland. Her hull aud bulwarks aie of iraa She har been employed principally iv the Atantio ‘ate, bal bas made several voyages bo Australia ama Moat al. At pres nent, w# romy be exproted che is la a somewh st rusty com. ation, bt a few repairs aud = thorough ove. hesling wil do muck ‘oward removing the traces of the secore usage o whisk sLe her resea ly Ween gud] cer, MBELING AT THE MERDHANTS’ EXCHANGE, AN hall pact three o'clock yesterday sfvernvom a wry large meeting of merchents and others va: bel at the Merchants’ Exchauge. The assembly was almost entirely tr informal ons, ard was conveued chislly for ths parpoee of obtalniag tigmatures to the memorial to Congress pre- pared by the committes appomted at the last movting. At tho hour agreed upon Mr. Thomas Tilestoa ascanded the speaker’e stand and said :—‘*Inere is » memorial on the right side of the building, addrasred to the Congress of the Usited States, preyimg thas they may take some no- tion in behalf of those saptaias who haye brought to our port the eurvivors of the ill-fated ship Gan Francisco, Gotiemen will pleass sign before Jeaving, aa it i: impors tent that the petition should be sent off today. An effort bas been made to induce the ceptain of (ho Thres Bells to be with us today, but hiv modesty is ouly equaled by bis werit. (Applaneé.) We bope that he wil bs withus to-morrow.” ‘The boeiness of signing the memorial then began, end avery Inigo vumber of sigustures were psucaced, Tae following is ® cooy of the aosameat = To Ter Senate anp Hovse or RerResestatives oF THE UNITED STATES OF AMARICA, IN CONGG SH ASSAM BLED! ‘Ibe undorsigned, merchants and citizens of verious ocou~ patiore, of eho chy of Now York, deg leave resys:Unlly to reprcsent to yous honorabl’ body tart the recost calam'ty on board tho steamer San Prancisvo has excited in shia vome munity a deen teeing of sympathy for the suiferors, and ® Wart adiiration for the huuane and bervia coaouel ot tho comtancers or the three ships Whiob relieved ‘he paceengers trom their awful expoeure. 3 They beg leave further to represent, that this novle and heroic conduct cn the part of tr command: involved a heavy pecu> iary lous to themselv d to the owners of their reapect.ve vessels, not only in Feerilee of preverey thrown overboard, oat in ivjurr so tt hips duri time they were cngased in t cit praiseworthy mau lie vud suffering ‘Ag & large portion of those rel eved were the officers and soldiere ot te United States army, the citizens aatural Jeok t government to iad those commanders aat ship cwrers for the longes t end your ti your honorable body, that in shi verve the cavee (f humanity, sad ful y ox, be the whole nation, if smi proper testimonial | Sopher by Co. prees to Captain vreighton, of tho shi ells, Captaia Stow ot the suip antarctic, and Lowe, of the berk Kilby, longing to there vessels, for hervie conduct. The following statement of the procestings of the committee appointed a: the meetiog om the 1ith inst. har been handed us for publication: — A mec iis, f 4 BAe 9 commie appointed, v8, fro the wreek, rday at te atlantic ingurani wall 8 very officsr their humane, self: noisoo, was held y Wall atroes. Ke Griswo! sq. was apoointed Chairinan. T. Tiles- top, brq, Tressurer nnd Caled Barstow, Se¢rota: A memorial was prepared to be fig warded to Unagress, A, cy Will be at the Merchants’ Axcssage for signatures to- ° a Subscription books were alse prepared for the sommithon, ‘absoription# or morey w e Aven '. Vileston, . Treasurer atthe Phociz Banks) 1 THesem Mea day ale Meet room No 13 lasseanse Buildings, conser of Wail ana William streeta, By orders oe SOFReE Of C. BARSTOW, Seorotary. The comraittee to whom was referred the b-siness of collecting subscriptions inform us that £1,000 wad col- lected yesterday, but decline to specify the sams received: or the names of the donors until tomorrow, when we shal) pubiish # fall Met of both, with the additional sums contributed. Ohsries H. Marshall, Eeq., wa the la-yes® Conor yesterday. He coutributed $500. MEETING OF MERCHANTS AT THO CORN EXCHANGE. A meeting of the New York Corn Exshange waz called at ‘the rooms, corner of Broad and Sonth streets, on Monday, January 16, to take into consideration the late melancholy shipwreck of the steamer San Francisco, and the noble conduct of those captains who were, under Providence, the instruments of preserving so many valuable lives from impending destruction. The chject of the meeting waa explained by Mr. N. Es Wol'e, E q., President, aud the followiog preambles and resolution’, offered by Mr. Alfrec Sarrats, were unani- mously adopted:. Whereae, this eling rrgsrds with admiration the gone- tous szd emicently beroicooniues -f the captains of ships ‘Ahree Bells, Antarctic and tho bark Kilby— Rerolved, hat irrespective ot dei quartors, this meeting cannot permis the occasion to with: ut tercering to those gentlemen some enauring tokens ot feuel ved That comentte f ten b intod ved, committoo o! e apprinted to consi- der What téetimoniale wil! be most approprises, 2d $0 ro ve funes from the members of t bi ary out the ctject of the above resolvtim. nS Mesets John &. Bulkiey, tag He hy William J Schsnek, Joho R. Wright, W. H Nowman, Samuel C. Paxson, the meoting adjourned. By TUS H. HOLT, Secretary. Among those saved from (he Saa Francisco were Mra, Burnabsm and her two children, of New York. They wero parser gers on the San Francisco, on their way to Califor- rim to join Mr. B, who is dolog businoss there. CEREMONIES AT GRACE CHURCH. The officers of the Third artillery, with their families, who were rescued by the berk Kilby from the wreck of the San Francisco will meet this morning, 17th, at Grace Church—D:. Vinton’s—at 1034 o’olock, to offer up their united chankrgiving for thoir wate deliverases from death, They request sll their fellow sufferers of the army, well an citizen passengers to unite with them im thie Joytal act of praise and prayer to Almighty God for His abundant and great mercies. The sacrament of the Lord’s Sapper will be adminis- tered to all who shal) bs devoutly disposed to recelve it, It is hoped that every officer will be present. The Rev. Mr. Cooper, who waa likewise on the wreck, is especially invited to arrist TELEGRAPHIC. THE BARK KILBY. Bostom, Jen, 15, 1854, The steamer City of New York, with the bark Kilby te tow, passed Ho'mes’ Hole this morning, and ia expected here early to-morrow, Reury Suydam, Jr. Join Kower Loss of the General Armero. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HBRALD. Thinking that some of your readers might feel interest- ed in reading the account of ths joes of the Spanish steamer Gereral Armero, (a propeller ) on Watling’s Island, one of ‘the Bahamas, I enclose you the following narrative by one of her passengars:—This steamer was a packet ranning along the north side of Cubs around to St. Jago, touching ateix diferent ports. She lost her rudder, masts, sails, cabins stove on deck, &o., Guricg the terrific gales of Ziat vo 24th November, and was left complete'y to the mercy of the waves; but not being overloaded, like the San Fran- cisco, abe crifted through Ragged Islend passazy oa tothe reefs of Watling’s Inland without losing a single soul, a @istan «of about 300 miles from where abe wan disablod, ‘Thie wil! show that propellers, when disabled and left at the mercy cf the waver, are mush safer than side whee) Pteamers. Police Intelligence. INTHE MATTER OF PATRICK MATHRWS—CHARGRD WITH SHOOTING A NEGRO. Tn this case, ‘gg oerors Justion Uabora, coansel for the proeontiry, on meeting yesters 4 before procerciog with the aridense, atated to Obart that no jwpettant witoess in the matter watebsent from the city aud covld not be procared until the dey after to- therefore it J Se Sacereemncar emetic pone any further ac! remarked that he wishes to baa th tte? f feaility trwarce ‘the preseco'ion, and therefore aA} the proceediage until Wedneetay atersoon at 3 s'eloek, TS