The New York Herald Newspaper, February 12, 1854, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 6381, NEWS BY TELEGRAPH, Bee SteamshipGeorgia at Norfolk Disubied. NokvOux, Fob, 11, 1864. ‘The steamship Georgia, from New York for Aspiuwall ‘On Monday last, put in here inst aight in distros, having om the 9th imst., off Cape Hatteras, experienced s severe Doata, &o ‘The passengers are all sa/e end well, It will be several days before the steamer can be got Zeady for sea again, x Reselutions have been unsuimously passed by the pas Gengers, declaring the Ge to have beea uoses worthy and rotten before abe lett New York. There is much indigaation smong the passengers, owing ‘to the impression that the steamship Ono has been seat for, and every legal objictioa will be made agaiast being transferred toder. [They are laboring ucder » mistaks—the Empire City was despatched to their reiie’ last evening } Later from Havana and Key West, ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER ISADKL AT CHARLESTON, Cusnteston, Feo 10, 1854, The steamship Label arrived this evening, bringing ana and Key West duter to the 8th instant, + A light shook of earthquake was exzerienced at Saatl- ago de Cubs on the 284 ultimo. Comaiderable excitement existel at Pasrio Princtpa, in COmsequence of the removal of the audencis from that The app:entice scheme created no excitement. Anew secret police, conristing of 100 men, had been or- ganized at Havana, ‘Sig. Marti bad secured the Italian opera company for the Taoon theatre, at Havaun. MAKIHTE, Sugar was in good demand. stock In hand, 65,000 hhds, Coffee was frm, with a large businoss dolug. Molasses ‘Wosrce, and velling st 236 reals. Freights had advanced, £5 being pald to Sarops, Ex- ohange cn New York, 1}; = 2 prom, Marine Disasters, FROM KEY WHT. The brig Meteor, of St. John, N. B., from Cisnfaegos, \was totally lost on 25th January, on Pickles Reef. The veasel was valued at $20,000, and the cargo at $25,000. The Spsoinh brig Dos Adelaidos, of aud for Havana, from Hamburg, wont ashore on the 20th. near Carysfor: Light, but was got eff by wreckers, and arrived at Key |West—her eargo, worth $100 000, not much damaged The vease! was valued at $10 000, and was considsrably jizjured, Salvage not deter:iaed. © schooner Jos. H. V'lanuer, from Baltimore “tor New Orleans, ran ashore on Bird Key Shoal on the 26th; was aesisted off by wreckera, and erived at Key Wat uvin- juzed, Tre captain had given bonds for sair igs. The ship Republic, from Gefen for Mobile, went ashore on 27th, on Fresch if; was asmsted off by ‘wreckers, uninjured. The schooner Mustang. from New Orleans for Pailadel- phia, arrived on 5th, ia distress, The cargo of the ship Elizabeth Bruce still remaired in the warehouses, in consequence of the absence of Jacge Marvin, The west ligntship was leaking, and would bs emoved for repairs, ACCIDENT TO THE BRIG B. M. PRESCOTT. Norvouk, Feb. 10, 1854. The brig B. M, Prescott, from Baltimore, bouad for Pembroke, Maine, wit coal, put in hero leaking badly, }and bowsprit ripped up. She*will have to discharge and g0 on the way Removal of the Georg t« Seatof Government. CHANLESTON, Fed. 10, 1554, The Georgia Hone of Represencatives have passed the Dill to remove the svat of Goveramert from Milledgerille $0 Macon. The Speaker gave the casting vote. From the South, Barnwong, Feb. 11, 1854. °We leara fzom tae Southern papers that the loss by the steamer Eagle, which wes bared in the Castiahovchee, op the $9:b ult., eas $160 000 nity | A I rise has taicen pleco on the Misstsvipp’, and upper rivers, “except the Miwouri and Red rivers, opened. Boats were ariiving at New Orleans with large cargoes of cotton. Jennings, the Murderer, Sentenced to be Executed, Nee yy” a oe La 0} Jeoings, the murdi ra. Esthor Brad. i or New Haves, was this morning sentenced by Judge Ellsworth tobe hung on the second Tassday of July next. The young prisoner exhibited n> emotion during a very sif-cting actress bythe Jusgs alsaough many of the spectators were In tears. Markets. Naw ORLEANS, Feb. 10, 1854 ‘The saie# of cotton during the week ending to-day ‘oot ‘ap 48,000 bales. Middling is quoted at 00, w York sight exobange isatlal!; disoount Fraights are ao tire, The Pacific’s news came to hand this eveaing after sical ie New Orteaxs, Fed, 9, 1854. The salee of cotton to-day were 12 000 baler, at iemer oes; good middling is quoted at 9)<0, Molasiss hss Beeleed to 160, for prime. air sugar eella at 934 Ohio flour, $7 50a $7 75. Kio coffes is firm; the sal the wrek bave been 6,000 bags, at 10c. a 11 stock new on band is 68 600 Mois pork has ad- vanced to $12 60a $14 Sigal exchangs on New York 1 per oent discount. re Cuiruzstox, Feb. pe Cotton—2sies to day, 2,000 bales, and during the week, 8,000 balen, at prices Vishtog from 83 al0Ke Midiling qualities show @ decline oa the week of 0. The receipts Sr the werk have been id 600 bales, and the stock oa hand ea, apices uniasrom, Fob. 10, 1854. Cotton— Sale to day, 1,800'bales, at7Ke. a 10%0, The market iv Cuil, and has # dsolining tendency. uetter from Captain Pendleton, of the Ship Lucy Thompson. From the Philadelptia America, Fad. 9 | The {tow manly and characteristic letter has ‘been received Jolin A. Brown, Esq., Chairman of the meeting of merchants held at the Sgt tyit in reference to the San Francisco rescuers, from Capt. Pendleton, of the Lucy Thompson, avkaowledging the testimonial offered'to him. It is, as it purports to be, the plain and un¢phisticated expression of the “heartfelt thanks of a sailor;” and as such is sa- perior t> any mere fine writing that could have been ed on the occasion:— sais ~ New Yors, Fed 4, 1854, aN A. Brown, Fsq., Onaremay, &0— Joryax Sim—Your his’ favor of the 2) inst , with a check for two hundred and fifty doliars, caws to hand in due course of mail, and likewise a copy of the resolutions unanimously adopted at a_ meeting of the moronsute and citizens of Philadelphia. Your marks of approbation for the services I rendered to the usfortanate passen, the ill-fated steampship San Francisco, are very gratify. ing, and | am very dorirons that you shonld retarn to the merobants and citizens of Philadelphia the heartfelt ‘thacks of » asilor. ‘As one who oan appreciate the many acts o! libaraliiy gad kindxore he has reesived (rom bis countrymen, I folt itin my heart to thank God chet it was in my power to relieve eo many of my fellow beings from eush intense jerky, © ieee & allor, accustomed to hardsbips. who has passed through mary scenes of corrow. yet never did | witness anything that could compare with tois scons It bafties all description. The weagro countersnces of the auilerers, their emanciatel forms, with scarosiy clothing sufficient to cover thom, oan cerer be erased from my aad cilizens of Palledelphie. oa, your humble servan' —- " C B. PENDLETON, Capt. of the thip Lucy Thomp:on. (From the We are happy to Coustitution Fab: 8 } make trouble so as to get on ami not be protected at all. and when the court said the Jaw ny to change their range an rotect them in it, courts and Pave been Lape he if it had not look at it now the-jtetruments in such fatal consequences. not now contending so much for any particular as for right manner of sustaining such policy. with candor and }gale, which carried away her eatire foreoasile, stove the | New Books and Music. A book that has been mach needed is 6 text book of homeopathy. Dr. Farniom ha’ just published one under the title of ‘Homeopathic Practice of | Medicine,” which appears to be concise, fall, and | Philosophical. It is published by La uport, Blake- man & Law, aad is well spokea of by the faculty, Outver Brens, of Philadelphia, has written po pular treatise on mechanics published by De Witt & Davenport. We have no doubt that it will prove | Usefal to stndents.—A little'work on the eleviric te- legraph, comprising most of the information con- tained in the English tract by Highton, and Dr. | Turnbull's lectures, and giving a better account of the House printing telegraph thar either, will fill a vacuum in our manuais of machinery and inven: tions.—Apropos of telegraphiag, we have received a dictionary of phrases comprising most of . tye ques tions and answera that are used in telegraphic mes- sages, and designating each by a numeral: calculated to save time and expense in telegraphing., It has been compiled by A. C. Banpwim, and is published by Barnes. A very short and superficial history of New York has been written by Prof. A. Davis, uader the title of “ History of New Amsterdam.” The work has been better done. * Hon. Lucigx B. Coasr, the author of an in- teresting history of the Polke administration, has written a work called “ English Serfdom and American Slavery,” in which, in the form of a story the evils of voluntary servitude are shown to be fully as great as those of negro slavery. The publishers (H. Long & Brother) have not done their share of pi ey creditably. The paper is bad, the printing loveuly. ot ‘An Attic Philosopher in Paris” is a translation ofa very witty book by Emile Souvestre. We fear that the brown paper cover, and economical form in which it has been got up, will militate against its suc- cess. Messrs. Appleton do not often err in this par- ticular. Apropos of the “Attic Philosopher,” why should not at least halt the very witty, light, reada- ble beoks which appear daily in Paris, be translated and issued here, perhaps with a few wood cuts, ina cheap form? We have no doubt that they would have a large sale. Mr. Petersoa’s brown paper literature is improving. We do not wish to be understood t) say that Mr. Peterson's coascience is becoming more tender, or his love of stealing leas dominant: in these particulars he is unchanged, a8 British writers know to their cost. His last piracy bas been D'Israeli’s weil known novels, ‘‘ Venetia’ and‘ Henrietta Temple.” But the paper and typography of both of these is better than Mr. Peterson’s nsnal fare; from which we may safely infer that he is fattening on petty larceny, and thriving on the spoils. We cannot say as mach for “ Annie Vinceat,’’ (Bunce & Brother) which compares well with the worst that we have ever seen in this line. We have received a copy of Voorhies’ “ Ansoted Code.” This work, which in a@ very brief time ran through three editions, is unanimously admitted to be the most useful to toe practisiag lawyer of any of the many commentaries upon the Code. But since the puvlication of the third edition numerous im- portant questions have been desided, and several new rales of court adopted, all of which have been collected and arranged in a supplement recently published by Mr. Voorhies; by Me aid of which those possessing a copy either of the second or third edition of the “ Annoted Code” will be in possession of all the decisions and rules up to the present time, “The American Law Register,” 4 monthly jour- nal Contains essays on legal subjects, reports of re- cent decisions, and miscellsnea interesting to law- yers. The February number contuins au luteresting portant article on the subject of children of can citizens born in foreign countries. We have uot yet received our usual serials. Har- er’s has pot come to hand. Putnam's is betore us, aud we think the number one of the best we have seen. The article on Dr. Veron is jast the sort of erticle we should imagiae would be popular with the readers of the magazine. Tuat on Greek customs is heavy; but the Life of! Washington is aa able perform- ance, and several other papers, which we have uot apace to enumerate, are interesting and reedable.— Graham, though in general as wishy-washy as usual, contains one or two fair srticles, and we suspect the caricatures at the end are original. We welcome the improvement.—Striager & Townsend’s reprint of the “ Practical Mechanic's Jouraal’ contaius as much, and apparently as useful matter as ever—‘ Apple- ton’s Mechanic's Magazine’ is dead, and has been sneceeded by the “ American Polytechnic Journal of Science,” which} on a cursory glance, appears an unworthy successor to a valuable periodical.—Frank Leslie's “‘ Gazette of Fashions” is a collection of puffs of cloaks, mantilles, rit 8, bracelets, crochet patterns, and all things nature. We quite understand bow it fiods ad ra; but we are puz- zled to think who its readers can be. In the way of music, we have received the charm- ing “Bignores polka,” which, is becoming so popular. It is likely to attain a very high degree of favor in the drawing room; as it is easy to execute, weil adapted for dancing, and very ay, and original as acomposition. Itis published by Horace Waters, who bas likewise issued “Love's early dream,” “Let us speak of a man as we find him,” “ Tae old Oak SUNDAY MORNING—SEBRUARY 12, 1854, | MILIZARY COURT OF INQUIRY RBLATIVE TO THE LOSS OF THE STEAMBHIP SAN FRANCISCO, sIAVa DAY. ‘Tha con tt met yexterday morning at halt part 100’eloek, pursuant “ Fricay’s adjournment l’resent all the members, & Setber with Major Gatos nud Captain Shielis, his eounse). The reeord 0," the preoeding day was read to the court by Major Lee, th * Judge Advooa. Captain Senry 8 Judd, Third Ariiltery, witness tor the Unites States, con YUed bis tentimoay:— Q Were you on », wrt allowance of water and food oa the Kilby? A. Very Short. Q. Were orders to: ¢ W# iseue made by the commanding officer, Colonel Gates, S84 imparsialiy enforced? A, [ tree,” and x pretty songs, Mr. Weizel of Brooklyn continues to publisu his ‘Music for the MiLion,”’ &c. The annual gift plate of the Albion is a print of Landseer's ‘‘Retarn from hawking,” executed with the skill and finish which usually mark the Aldon's lates.—-Mr. Geo. S. Appleton has sent usa priat of he landing of Commodore Perry's men in Japan. The subject is interesting, and the drawing fair; but the color gives a tawdry appearance to the picsare.— A lithograph of a monument to the Street Inspector is funny and opportane. New York Ophthalmic Hospital, We bave received the First Annusi Report of the Sur grons of the New York Opthaluaic Hospital, for the year 1853. The objrcta of this corporation are “to give, gra turtously, advice, medicines and treatmeat to those who are afllicted with diseases of the eye, and are unsbie, throvgh poverty, to procure the seryloes of & physician or wurgeon.”’ It was establirbed azder the patronage ot such clergy as Henry Anthon, Spencer H. Cone, Thomas Dewitt and Stephen H. Tyng, and by sush other mea as M. P. Stephenson, Stephen Allen (alnce decsased), James With your gift, it is ry intention to porchase some | fom Ireland is handsome tokee, that will remain in my family, and will always be looked upon with pride sod plearare: and the more #0, st it was the ansonght gift of the mershents I have the honor to be, Final Settlement of the Difficulties ai Erte, inform the public that we have got back to the basis of law and order. Good men of Harborcreek said they would protect the railroad from violence. They said 80, not as is aaserted in the Gazette because they feared railroad men were anxions to have violence committed. It is too absurd to speak of with coolness to suppose that railroad men have not suffered enough pet and would try to itary force aad men have open war. We can’t thiak that the guards feared anything, but the destruction of the road from the same men that destroyed it before at nightly convocatious. We think ‘that the peonie who said they would not destroy the road, would disconnte- nance its destruction and gnard it from violence, hed concluded that there is a better way, that law and | age of ihe city and the State, legislation would protect their rights or they could The four feet ten inch track is laid down from Erie to the New York state line, in accordance with the order of the United States Court. This is right. The gauge law wy repealed, Lp ange the com- that they would overnments would | Rice was elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by n done. People | the resignation of the Hon. D. G. Ligon, which takes mly, and say they will not be longer | effect on the Ist January, 1855. Weare | Rice, 65; Phelan, 55; a4 very close, Rice carrying by barely one majority. ns keep Lda oo = ne a then digcuss our policy Beorman, A.C. Kingsland, Elijah F Pardy, Caled 8. Wocdball and others. Tho contributions, however, al! told, mace to this institation, have fallen far behind the sciual smonnt of good it has done, According to this report, though the hospital has been in operstion bat a twelve month, some 900 patients nader various diseases of the eye bave been rscetved in it, of which £53 have been discharged ou:ed; 160 have been re. Meved, 43 incurable; 12 declined treatment; 7 removed to Betlevue Hospital; 67 result unknown; (78 remainiag uncer tieatment, Of these patients 5/5 were born im Ireland, 231 in the United States, 57 in England, 15 in Scotland, thirteen in Germany, oos in Denmark, two ja Switzerland, and etx im Canada, The large propor:ion muggestive of ther ead commentary upon the brood of other misfortunes to which the oom bincd ¢vils of po'ltical and religious oppression, ignorance peel deviitution have rednoed tho mage of that unhappy people More than balf of sll ths patients of this op- thaimis hespita! are ratives of Ireland. It is bat another item in the genera! account of their sorrows and their wrongs Bat Jet it be ret down to tha eradit of thin hos pital, that hundreds of these jatients for diseases of the 6) ¢@ bare been taken io, cured, ischarge4, gratnito ly ve macy of them might hare dees doomed to inirerable existences of citer belylesanens, (rom ibeir inability to fee & competent physician This hoepiial 6 ves the patronage of the sity and y ad the attending ura modestiy submit that re building of their own. Let the pabiic judge trom their worles. ‘Arorng the cflicers of this ins\itution are Caled 3, Wood- bull, President; Elijah F. Purdy, Vice President; Benedict Y; asutor; Williaza 3. Davison, Ssoretory, Tae ve gry are Dr. Valen’ Mott ead De David ‘the two active attendiug sargeons are Dr Merk Stepbenron, No. 167 Fast Fourteenth street, and Dr. Jobe P. Gerriah, 546 Houston street, both hen ef competent physicians, of whish their’ iarge geaoral pr: veto practice is the best evidence. Aes valuable adéition to our public eharities, we com- mend this ebarity hospital for diseased eyes tothe patroa Scrauwe Covar Jceposs or Anssama.—In mtgomery, Ala., on the Ist inst., the Hon. W. P. Chilton was elected Supreme Court Judge without opposition. The Hon. George Goldthwaite was elected over Lesesne, of Mobile. The vote stood—Goldthwaite, 86; 36. Samuel F. Lesesne, ‘The bail — Lesesne, 5. The vole was An entablichment for the manufacture of oi] from the Cotton reed, baa beow started in Now Orieans, hesrd’no such orders , Ufectly fom Colone! Gates, bat Sarena ee ASTWTS S Neestandiog Soe short allewiase Q, Who had charge of 1, {00d and water, and of the jasue? A. The offizer of the ‘Ay of the food, tain of the rhip of the water, “fire; bat 1 the case of the water chould be ‘ Sst the ship by the offoer of the day "} erret the ‘day Trsowived is yea T did this because the steward of the ship wae notto be trusted. Q. Did you report the matter to. Wl. Gates, and had you bis orders oF authority to take cha: ¥? of the water? A, 0. Q. Were impartial ismues mace of t, 6 food and water? 4. Ths largest rations of bacon and t teed by far were isrued to the crew of theship; [min not Sble to jutge of the impartiaiity of the other iseues aa ly made them when I was officer of the oay; thea they \ "ere impartial, sofsrasT could make them; the women, #04 childrea end invalids, were the exceptions, if say. Q. Did avy matter of neglect, disorder, or Jtregularity oosur op the Kilby, to your knewledge, which ' could have been preveated by Uol. Gates? A. The arran, ‘cuenta for cooking, for parching corn for the men, for a, Veek, ware not regular; this perhaps might have been reg waved by the commading ¢ flicrr. Do you mean to impute any merit or neg lest for thir, or was it the Irast he could do? A. Better a rrange- ments might have been made, avd afterwards were ‘made, for the uniform parching of corn for tha. whole com wand. Q What was the oumber of the hment 0. ¥ the Kilby? A. ¥ Ubivk aboxt forty-five Q “Of what sompany were they” think of di fer. eat com panies. Q. Waat offivers for duty with them? A. Col. Gates; \nd Capts. Gardner, wyself, Licuts Fremont, Locer and V ‘am Vonet; I witl add here that fur a long time previous to t © separstion from toe San Froucisoo I kad been an inval, ‘d anc ins fesble stato cf heal’h; Capt Gardner was ale? aniavalid ; I cid not repord sick, thiaking it necessary‘ that every man should exert bimself. Q. Did these officers teke ckarge of the details in turn? A. All except the commandiog oMlcer took their turn as officer of the day. Q. Were the defective arrangements you have alluded to brought to the notice of the commandisg officer, ard, " were they correc#l? A Idy not know if they were brought officially to his notice, But they were cor- rec Lieut. James Van Voast, of the Third regiment of Ar- tillery, sworn.—Q, Where were you onthe steamer at the wreck? A, lo the lower after cabin. Q. Where was Colonel Gates quartered ? A There also. Q. When were the firet instructions given to the com manding cficer in regard to siding the oMiesra of the ehip by working parties from the troopr; and was or not thie aid furoiehes a soon as needed or applied for? A. I beard uo icstrac ions given by’the commanding officer, Q, Did you receive any instructions frou anybody, if #0 from whom? A. Tao only instructions 1 recs were from Mjor Wyse, after ths wreck, with one ception—an order to board the Kilby—from Lieut, Fre- mont, aa adjutant. Q, What became of the mem from the Kilby? A. Part of them were trapsferred from the Kilby to the ship Lucy Toompson those that remained on the X Jby were taken to Boston, abont eeventeen of them; the men that Bs on the Luey Toompson were loft thera with me, 2 brought te Badiow’s Island on Moadey; the ofiisars, except myself, left the Lusy Thompson in'the steamtag on Saturday night. Q Whst orders did you receive from Col. Gatos for the care ofthe men? A, I received no orders froma Oolooel i 1d to the care of the men—tbose he left on u + giving aay orders to Q Why cid you remain with them? A. Deoauss I theught some officer ovg at to remain with thers, Q. D> you mian that you had no orders where to take them or what to do with them? A Yas, oir, none at all; I steyed om the Kilby until I received an order to go on the Lucy Thompson: then I left tae men alone, Q What were they lo't thereon the Kilby for? A I rintended the embarkation of tha troopa from tha Kilby to the Locy Thompeon without any orders; { etayed oa board the Kilby uetii there was a messoge cont over that the last boat was going, and that they ware going to take u0 more mea: they wanted ms to go in thet boat; this order was given to me by the first mate of the Lucy Thompson; it was an order from Colonel Gates Q. In regard to the Kuby, it was understood that some men would be left on the ship? A. Yea. Q Do you bnew why those Isst could not goon board the lucy Thompson’ A. There was 20 of@ to tate them Q Why? A Ido not know. Q Do you krow whether ii wan the wind that inter- rapred any further tranefer? A. Tho wind was blowicg qrits bard when { west over in the lant boat. Q. What decame of the detschment on t) fon? susy Thomp- A. They were transferred to a stoaratug on Suaday Qw instructions did Col Gates give in reference to the buses the Lacy Taompton whan he left A. Col wan leaving eid aked whether [ahould stay with the troops cr pot; be raid yen, Q. Wan the Kilby considered unaafe when the passen- vs were transferred to the Lucy Taompson? A. Yaa. The Jucge Advocate said be had no farther questions to the wituers. Croes examined by Colonel Gatere—Q Did you not go to Col, Gates to ask to go on the steamsug, aud did he not tell you to remain with the mea, as they would bs more comfortable on the *hip than on ehore? A. No, air. I did mention fo Col. Gates about ths men goiog up that right; he at Sret said thay could go, and again exid they conld not g>, aud changed several times; ho did not 14 ‘tail any officer to stay with them, or to take commend, tomy knowledge Captain J W. T T. Gardiner, sworn: Q With what part of the troops thst were sent in the San Francieco cid you embark’ A. A portion of the Third Artillery, in the afternoon of the 2lst of Dscember; I don’t 1eccllect the rize of the detachment; the boat was a small tug, acd was cro ced. Q. Under whore command was the dotichment? Colone] Washington wan the senior cflicer, Q So far as you raw the it nonda Q Inwhatreepeot? A, The men burried on board the ehip—the San Franelsco—without order. Q Wea Colonel Gates present? Q When dit hsarive’ A. In th afternoon, or carly ia the evenin which Q After the wreck, and when the ship was disabled and ian beng iy condition, were you near the person of COclonel Gates? A Iwas, vory frequeatiy. Q, Where bad you been quartered before? A. In the upper raloon of the upper cabin. ‘Q. Why were you afterwards in the lower esloon? A. Becanse the Upper cabin wae washed entirely away, and I iower cabin aa the only safe place; I wan A. am Toe certain ‘went into the wjared ip the upper cabin, amd stunned by the blow; when I recovered I went to the lower. Q How lorg did you remain near and in observation of Colovel Gates’ A From the morning of the 24th until = morning of the 28th of December—nsarly all the e. Q. What was the Colocel’s ocecupaiion during that time’ A. I hesrd him give no orders releting to the oer- vice; I did pot ree him do anythivg; I heard him ordor the servants of the ship and the soldiers to bring f204 end water. Q Do you consider that there was any nece: ity at the time for orters to be given by the commander of the troops? A. I think there was; #9 far as I conld see there war an utter waat of system; a mumber of sol 1! wore io the eabin, who were turned out by the negro steward of the ship to work the pumps; cil that was cone by the officers of the ship was done oa their own responsibility. Q The witners speaks of veveral soldiers having been tarred y the ig by the ateward: was it done tn the pres ing of Col. Gales, and whet cid be fay or do in the matter? A. Oo|, Gaton wan preseat nod was within s few fest of the steward sod soldiers, aud jock ro not of it; he was present atone time; | know he was preeert at ove time wheaths eteward waa walk leg up sed Cown end giving orders abont lightaning the whip to the waiters; be bad an altercation with the Colo- = nag time; the Colonel bad called for water to be rovght. Q Did you hesr Ool, Gates make an: or officers with regard to leavirg the ship? A, I did. Q. What was that statement? A. He maid, ‘I shall be the Jest man to leave the ship.” Ma t wae the occasion gf his saying so? A, 1 do not kno Q. Wheo was it said? A. On board the Sam Fianciaco cn the meraing of the 28th of December. on the © statement to men Francisco, showing ho part of Gol. Geter’ ving the ship before his «e, while of of command Q In your jadgm \ could he then have foreseen that he would be (eparated from nis comursnd, and that the to the Kilby would be interrupted? A. Ido not believe thet any one supposed that tae traasfer would be interrupted. Q. Were you puton shert a!owance of food and water while on ihe Kilby, and if #0 state briefly the ctroam taneos? A. We were cn short allowaace on the Kilby; I was officer of the Cay on the Kilby fonr or five tices, and cach time I muperintende’ myself the iseue of food’ and water the quantity I regulated myself; I had no diree ‘tices frem any one. Q So far as Col. Gates was corcerved, was there a fair ne impart ” Roa for the men—I would e— rope pros ‘die than that my child should suffer," [ then iseued the WSF to him, some time after to the men. Q What orders, whi!s' 00 board the Kilby, did yon re. ovive from Colonel Gates? A. No orders, except ‘to far- wish him with food ard wat ‘tT Q Sistethsfectsin rezars to the transfer from ths K 'Iby to the Luoy Thompson, an 7 #ta'e what part Colonai Gates tock in it, and what orders h ¥@AV® in regard to it? A. [heard him give no orders whats Ver ia regard to the tran for; Leavy him Ieaveiothe fires ost that left with passengers; when I left the Kilby Lieu smant Van Voast was the only officer on board of her; when U gat on board the Lucy Thompson I +aid to Colonel Gass thet Van ‘Veast was Inft with three of his men, and that he was to remain there with them; the Jolorel ssid to 26 the: 1 would be another feather in Van Voast’s oap, or worce to that eff-ot, rather that twenty of Q. The witness pee of an extrs quantity of water if- sued to Colonel Gster—how extra, ant !o what standard does he refer? A. To the standard of what wae issued to the otter officers on board. Q. Was pot a greater measure of water givan to heads Of fansiliee, and in proportion to the number of mera bers im the fawilies? A. Rach head of » family got tho n ber of ratious to which ho was entitlad; duriag the few days there was not so much strict oars In Haiiing the ir water~I wean the Inst fow days that we wero on the Kilby, . Q Theo in apeabing of the’ extra amount drawn by Colonel Gates, you wake allowanss for the number of per sone he crew for! A. Ido; he drew more then tho num- r of rations to which he was ent tled to by his family. ). What was the food ration, and what did Col, Gates Craw! A. The foo? ration verte’; at first it consisted of one sea biscuit nuda mmall piece of bacon; ft was thea reduced to baif a Disouit, and then the b'souft was stopped altogether, exoept for the sick and the Tacian: its aplsce was supplied with oorn aither boiled of roasted; whenever I wen efliter of the day Ol, Gates got the seme rations as the others; be bad in afei‘ion a soldier sia. plozed in pousding oora or grinding It, to mske dren? for im, a part of the time, Q. Could others use tw ocrn? optn, and every one covld take the corm that plakeed but there way wotroom enough for all to cock at ths galley Q. Were not the ladies and children on beard the Kilby at that time reduoed to the mectrsity of living om the boiled oora? A. Not wholly; they dia uot gat enough otber food to sustain them, but they got some other A. The corn peg was Q Was there proper order and method observed in the cooking for the troop.? A Thero was very lit:le that I saw, and I wag at tho galley frequently. Q! Wan this brought to the motice of the commanting officer, or bad he an epportunity of knowing it? A. I do Bor know whsther it was brought to his noties or not; he certainly had an opportunity of knowing it if he withed to,or bad made any inquirles into the atate of the tro>ps . Dic the troops snilar nestertaliy from the want of atthe galley? A I think they did. Did you, as officer of ‘he day, or did ary other officer ©: the éay, to your knowle?ge, rsosive any ordere or in. Structiona from the commanding officer in reyard to waking proper arrangement to preserva order at the gal- J Qt A: Letd not; mor did aby other officer, to my kaow- wv ge. Q. Are you cor fident aa to the Iangnags used by Colonel Ga 403 when you remonstrated with him about tho water? THE GREAT FIRE AT NEW ORLEANS, — WEARLY FORTY LIVES LOST. Burned. Weaneaneaa LOSS NEARLY SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND D0L.'.ARS, THRILLING SCENES AND INCIDENTS, [From tho New Orleans, Picayune, Feb. 4 | Retweee 3 ant 40’alook this morning the inhabitants of the upper part of the town were awakened by the usual alarms sounded on the brewting out of a fire, Those ra- sicing in he upper part of the city oon dissovered that the acene of the commeuolng ditaster was t2e steamboat Levee, at the foot of Julia and St trects, near 10, Thonsanda of the cit! ad the fremea with their engines, were soon on the spot, and ag the firmes contioned to spread with irrsniettb!e rapidity, and the alarms were redoubled, the excitement soon decame immerre, and the whole cily was arouigd. The flames had commenced on board the Charies, Relcher, C»pteia Carlile, which bad arrived from Nash- Ville during she wight Some reports rtais that ste was on fire when she arrived, and pot in awong the feet of beats at the Levee; bat an far ea thease involve ¢ acinus. tion that ber offlemra were aware of the fact, and yot rechles'ly ran hot i, they will be oonsidered ay utterly unworthy of s moment’s erecit, unless and uatil aueqaivo- cel preof of them be established, which wo, at lesst, can- not be!'eve possible, The fire cortaiuly was discovered no Jong time after she hadarrived, but it is far from following thet ahe wag then op fire, and utterly ipcrediblagthat /f she was har ers were aware of it. Short a Wme so it was after her arrivel that the fire was dlvcovered, it wan yet long ough to bring it within the iinite of probability, that feeding on cotton for their fuel, the facies would not havo atteiued a far greater sscendancy than they hed. An: there are other cirsumstanoes whi depri ra of even the semblance of probability, They were frst dircovered aft on the lover deck where they could not have burnt any length of tims without being discovered, When discovered they rpread so rapidly that the boat was almost tontantly enveloped in ons vast # f devonring and fury, tt was with great dificalty that the paseagers and officere gaved their lives. Mra, Carlile, wife of Onpt. Carlile, sick in her berth, only &: c's wd that of her child, by jumping from the hurricane deck on ty the Mohican From tha Charls Beloher the fre communiested to the Mohican, Captain Irvia, loade’ for Jenaesss river, andthe foe new steamboat Natches, Captain Leathers, From theee it apread to the Lish Tung, Ceptain Hayg roa, the Cresrent, Captain Moora and the Saxon, Gaptain Kercheval, all loacing for St. Louis, all of which were totelly destroyee, with all the cargors thay bedjon board, by five o’click. They also cangt the Seltana anda heavily mm barge which she had ia tow, the latter of whieh was totally destroyed, and to the barge of CK. A. Tthiok he used the presise words I hare given; par hay @ be did not use the word “suffer”? but I gn positive ant? the other worda. Q_ Which was considered the safest ohip at the tims of the t. anefer of the troops? A. I think 1¢ made very little Cifferr wee, Fuopesizg thet we ware sure of goinz; there was nc) imomediate danger at thet time of the San lranalg- Ct Es had not anticipated being separated, which we cid not. The wimeas onid he wiehed to add something which he bad omi i190 to atete. lt wes an instance of neglect oa the part «{ the command'ng cilicer in not proonring more revisions rom the San Prancisc; more p-ovisinar might ave been drought withou? interfering with the transfer of parsenge-s, Q, How coaic the water ard provisions have been taben? A. A line might have been peused from the San Fraeciseo to the Kilby and the article and provision attactzed to thts ano hauled on boarc. | ieutensnt Marray infcPmed me that he bad spoken to che Captain about getting more prc viriova at the time, ‘ates give axporders or any porronal transfer of the troops er stores? A. Nowe a had you of obsorving hia orders per pers to him near!y aj) the time fro ti morning of th 10 that of the 29th, bat Lanw very lit- te of the traz#fer 0: the troops, being’ in the cabin’ acd unwell; won afic g 00 board the Kilby, the sergeaas had 1s* aselsted te galiey, the most comfortabis piece I could be put t the tune; © semeioed there till etter dark, aud tuea went below iato Lhe hold, Q. Wha’ means bad you to observe his orders persoa- y? A. I hardly the Coloned then; I might nave seen him cnce or t vice. Major Fiexcle Wyae ewora—Q. After the wreck of the Sen Feancire> certain chicera were d'vabiec? A You Q. What was your rank among those wao remained oo dij? A. Next to the commander. Whon, after the wreck, did you reseive orders from him to give al! to the cfliceza of the ship by working partion? A Trever recived any such orcer or instrue ton fem Col. Gates; Tarked himon the 24:h to permit m@ to order offigare into ‘he engtre room ty saperintend the baling party; be told me—'"Very weil, do it; nome bad Cone +0 of their own accord, ani did vary good york bat some did not and therefore 1 wanted authority to order them Q. Were Cetaiis for this or any other work mada by the commander or by bit orders’ A. Not that I am aware of. Q. Woe! oreers or instructions ia regard to the trant- ter were given you by Col, Gates, or for him? A. Notone word (finally; aboat @ quarter of ap hour b+fora the ports were ready to divembark the troops, Capt. Judd come op to mo and waid. Obdjected to, and the ‘The Court ‘hen adjou: jection sustained by the Court. d to balf past ten oo Mondsy morping. City InteNigence. Tum Brooxiyy Fauaivs = Tne papiic wers loformed sono time rinee thet the Un’on Ferry Campany had parch nil the ferries between thiv city and B-voklya, and people were rejoicing at the prospsot thet under tue ne +reyime the ferries would he better conducted than they bad been previously, and that percons boldieg commutation tlekcta, whatever part of eitber city they might ba could cee the Dearest ferry to c! the Water, wi:hout belag tatject tosdditionsl expeste. Bat now tast the Ualon company have susceeced in procuring a complete mono poly of the ferries ard ferry privileges, they are about to open npontbe podlic® seres of annoyances, which in the endcannot fail to prove highly detrimental to the city of Brooklyn. It Js their intention, we understand, on the lst of Mey next to cease iseuiag co amatation tickets, which have heretofore given euch general ratistac- tion, and the purchase of which has been @ privilegs ao Jong evjoyea ly persons who have been in the babit of crotring between this city and Brooklyn, that the above ansouncement will, we (Oubt not, cause consi lerabie sat prisa. and result in opgenderirg w vast desi of jaat fadig Fation. What ean be "he motive of the company ia this deter miation to cut off s franchise which bas bacome #0 popular, and which bas been embraced by ro large @ por- Vion of their patrons, we certainly ara ats losa to deter mine, and we shall be glad to hear ther define some rea son for their decirion up om a movement which cannot but be uppopular, snd which will cause the act to be stig matired a9 an ontrage. There is another fact im connection with the Union Ferry Cempavy, which we ma: well meation. It is el) keown that the interests of all the stock holders of the company ard lesseer of the ferries lay ia Brooklyn, and that they bave not the most remote regard for the prosperity of New York, ae #0 far athe latter city farniabes travel between the two places, Now that the; have ceoured their ferry privileges, the shortest of whic rps eight years from the let of May next, and feari: that they will be outeid at the next lettlogs, they striving befora the Supreme Cour: to gat the right of N York city to grant such privilege: lle for themeelves & license to run their bon’ the slips for ail time to come, free of charge, merely paying ® xorsinal wparface fee Of this little movement, however, we have no fears of the result. Deati oF aN AcTOR Mr. Henry Hant, an actor and reosi'st, well known in New York, cied ‘in this city on Friday, aged to, Mr, Hant was a native of Koglend, and mace bia fret appearence io New York at the Park The: Hit ings sogagement here was at the Lyceam, ment, His funeral is announced to take place At one o'clock to-day, trom th: Lispenard street. As pearly » theatrical profession fa the sity will attend the faneral of Stevens, which tekes place about the the remain: at Greensood, {) would seem proper that the obseqaies of both ehoald bs joined, #0 that dae respect could be paid the merory of each. Serious Accinants —Friday night, about s quarter past eight o clock aman named Peter Kesig, while atvempt ing to eroan Broadway opposite the Amerizen Massum, was keocked down by 8 stags, and had his boenrt severely injured. The driver did not stop, bu: ha fore bis number could be taken,” The inj carried to the City Horpitel, John Cornell was tna over by s carton Fridey atterncon, at pier No. 10 Kast river, and bad his leg broken. Ho was taken to the City ilos- 1 under Kisap RY 178 Motrin, —We noticed y of a German woman mamec Maria [ charged with violently ssw: 2 of age—with @ hatoaet, in leg revera tof ce which time the child has died, ‘sod Coroner Hilton will hold an foquest om the body thia day. The mother of the child is beileved to be iaxsne. Pint A fre ocourred at half past Lo’ciosk yertardey worntng is the new building No 4 Murray streat, esused by fire im the beaters im No. 2, the building aJjotniog Put out ittle damage wan don Marna State Paison.—-Twenty-one convicts have been received during the Pe year—the mimber dis- charged by expiration of sentence is nineteen, by pardon, six. The number rémaining is sixty-nine, Rer less than the year previous, and eighteen Jess than April 1, 1851. The foliowing is & list of crimes for which the present convicts are sentenced: — Larceny, 45; argon, 2; pargiasy, 2; forgery, 1; mur- der, sentence commoted, 1; murder, 1; murder, se- cond degree, 1; manslaughter, 5; rape, 2; adultery, 2; assault with intent to ravish, 3; robbery, 1; shop- breoking and larceny, 3. Aggregate, 69: Naval Intell! ee, The United States steamer f' was at 8t, Domingo Clty 29th wit, Waikina. which arrived yesterday in tow of the steamoec David Gldron, from Cincinnat!, Iaden with » large quan- tity of Western prod ues, and which was slo totally eoa- sumed, The Sultana, having only just arrived’ from Six Steamboats and Other Property PRIVEE TWO CENTS. The Lish Taps, Capt Ziyyood owned by Hewitt, owe & Co, of 3 Louis aud the Captain; worth $30,000; tre tured io St. Lonis for $20,000, Books aud papers saved, No om go op board The Mobiosa, Capt. Irwia; owned om Tennesse rivers a 340 000 no inenrance; cargo, pork ami grocer- up? at $40,000. Tho bark Ivanhoe; owned by Smith & Shotwell of Lotis- ville; cargo consisting of up eountry produce; was in- for $20,0°0. sured 'n Louiav! the boata were insured ta” Tt will be seem that mone of this city Capt. Csrlile, of the stéarabcat Charles Belcher, whioh was burned yosterday moraing, at the foot of’ Glrod strest, has called vpon ur, and states the fellowing par- ticulars cf the origin of this lamentable disaner:— The Charles Belcher, which ig ou o' the largest boats 0a the river, arrived from Nashville at eix o’closie on Fri | Gay eveving’ The gers, (abort fifty in oumber,) vemained on board tu sleep. The captain and Mca. Cai Lie, with ep infant chttd, retired to reot, ta the oa room). ea hurriesne deel sbout four o’cloek, they At were awakened by an alarm of fire whicw ar giver bys yrentieman who was 6i.tiog a in the catia. Capt. Carlile immediately rove aot bolaw, and found tie wood ,vile, on the after guerd lar board side, on fre. It being found impossibiy to bring the hoss to bear upon the ba, “Bing wood, an sifurt wae mace to extinguish it with buck °t. But no impression could bo made upon the conflegret 8 by this meas, the flames spreading so rapidly aa soom “9 Communicate with the cabin toor aoove, and from that , Omen! the work of detruction was 89 rapid aa to be unos ‘*rollabl The particulsra of the communication of the firs to the O'ber boats, and thelr consequent ceatn, ition, with the lovs of freight, &o., have already #6 given. Ce pt. Carlile expresses hia utter imabill\ ¥ to sccoue® for the caare of this diasster. He ougrents ‘hat the dre may bsve been accidentally commnaicated by sparke from the torches of some bost or other during \ ‘be ay Attempting to get isto berth near the Belch % But there was no posnible way, he says, in whiobs ¢ could have bappened from any ‘cause orizinatiog om his boat, The fre must have been kindled from the Oute #ide of the boat. Sach was the direotion of itt cours’ The escape of Mrs, Carlisle, the lacy of the captain, amd her infeut, waa truly wonderfal. Afier dincovaring’ th 9 textiognion the inpt. C. retarned tol # reom on the hurricane ‘ck, to Fave bis wife and child On his way be met Mr. Thornburg, one of the pilots, whe offered his arsivtance. He took Mru. ©. and the oapteim took the child, The pilot tripped up and fell with ara. C. in bis are Being reparated from her, he returned oves mere for 10m attempting to reach her, fell agsim from the burr! to the boiler deok, and thense to the maindeck, Meanwhile Mrs, Carlile isy on the burricane deck, nearly snflocated with smoke. A puff of wind clearing it « Little, abe At a sight of the atepe loading to her room, whigh she sscended, and entered it. Ne ¢ne was there, The ergineer, Mr, Packard, wae was en- des voring to save bis clothes from bis room, which was adjoin’ the captarn’s reeing the lady, asked her if abe would jamp with him to the deck below. She replied af- firmatively, an¢ he took her ix his arms aod jumped ow the starboard nice Tbence he tock her to the adjoining boat, the Mohissa, and from thore to the aporm, where Uaot. Carlile, who had made several efforts to regain @ footbold on the Belcher, but in vaio, wae awat!ing in agonizing uncertaiaty of her fate, Hs took her in ois arms and bore her from the scene of the diraster, aud he has not passed over half the wiith of the levee, when soe exclaimed that the chimneya of the Belohe: had fallen, so rapid had been the work of Cevastaticn aboard the fated boat. Louieville, nlihongh pha bad commanced Hnding, vtill bad ber team up, and, with the aid of her coctor, was able to pit out the flames which took hold of har ceveral times, aod sho finally becked out into the sirsam and give what acsietance abe could is saying lite aud pro- erty 8 PO the boats spoken of aa destroyed all haye-snok, nt the time we write, with the exception he Nether, whish Hea a charred, emoul’aring mars of rains, Toatiog withio s fow feet of where she lay when she took fire, The Grand Turk, which lay the Saxon, waile she was burning, alto took Sire several time, bat sustained com- paratively little darago, Tao levee 1s now covered with brened cottom, damaged provisivoe &c.: but what y be 200 dravher Atrange, under the circamotan- oes, the wharf is ssid not to have sustained the slightest injury from the fire. Wo reget to have to add thai the occasion waa , forthe pur- they dcubtiees helped}ihem.elvas, as others, did to hams, Dbepgage, &e. Al this is sed enough, bu leek centirmation, give 1 sorrow. As many as forty hives ave ntated to have been sacrificed om the cocanion, Inqatzise, however, lead ua to hops thar iil be found tha: this mamber is much beyond the remuty. We learn on tu brot anthority that Caps. Janes Lenten ber of Capt. T P. Leathers, of the Natohey, 8 sacrificed. Reports aleo an noune! the cestruction of Capt. ?. 2. Leathers, bat this is osrtainly iscorrect. They also report the Ions of the mate of the Natchez, bnt this we bave good reasoa to doubt. The ebambermaid, her danghter, and the pastry cook of that vernol, were, however, aii destroye |, and un- der shocking cirocmataxces, The’ first had gore ashore, followed by her deughter, but not vithataacing the en treatien of the Iatter returoed to eudervor to save some of ber things, but only to lose ber life, and cause the lous of tha) of her Caughter, who ascompanied her on her per- | niviing in going The pastry cook in vaid to have heen xo | n’oxtoated su to be unable to rave himself. On board the Caarles Belcher there were thirty negrees, men, women, and children, who were prevsated from gat: ting on from the after deck to the wharf, in consequance of the evgins room being crow’ea with freight, aod they were reported to have ali periehed, eivher in tho flames, or in the river on jumptog overboard Wo have good rea son to hope, however, that some of them have baea found to bave eveaped, and othersmay have been ly reports, which, howaver, more afllicting cause for vate All the cabin passengers of this boat are positive- ly sported to bavee@rcaped. Two deck banda, however, to those who are poritively reported to have Tas report of the wife of Captaia Leatuers en lort, we believe to be unfounced. ‘048 @acd papers, and also the valuable aries Bolcher, were saved, Ths passen. jost all their laggeze. bad arrived hea nly yesterday, with of cotton oa board, of which at least yet remained i 1. Tas Mohiew bad a large apd valuable have loft thin morping for the Tennesse ri Dreroert and Linh Tana had discharged mort cargoes, The faxon wea loacing for St. Louis, 4 about one-hait of her cargoon boaid, The Antelope, Csptain Browa, and the Texas pteemoebip Louisiane, were in considerable danger, but fortunately eveaped without auy lojazy The lows is var‘ously e:timated at from halt million We think the former fignre nearest the to @ millis actus] mark, ‘. ihe Charlen Belcher had on board 165 bales of cotton, and 621 hhde. tobacco ADDITIONA [From the New Oylenar Picay Sinee our account of the great conflagration of yes‘er- xy morning, which we gave in onr last evening’s edition, we have gatiered the following corrections aud additionl particulars. Ove of the most dificult loquiries to be an- swertd iy In regard to ths love of life. Tarre are a thou- tend rumors floating about, but few of them oan be tzaced to any reliable souree. James Leathers, the brother of CW Leathers, of the Natchez, is not to be found, and i: is feared that he was burned up en boerd of that boat. ‘The mate of the Natchez is sald to be missing. The chambermaid, her child, and the pastry cook, be. longing on board of tae Natchez, are satd to be lost One white man was eeized by the bar he waa ia the water, by persona ioe boat. t go thelr hola and the man was seem to sirk. Thi-teen segroes belcnging to Mr. Waddle, fire megroos belongisg to Mr Gacbraith, three negroes’ belongi:¢ to Cannon, and three negroes under the aro supposed to be lost, as they ail Cay yesterday, There twenty fours board of the Cnarles Belsher. A wen, whove nemo wes unknown, seemed to be overwhelmed with gr’ had lost sll of ba property and bis attempted to jurap into the ri ed, He then crews abeathkoife and 9 ein the breast He was taken to the C te] by the police. A ahite man wae found during tho morning ctinging to the timbers on the under wide of the wharf. He was nearly dead when hewar rescued. te stated that he had been too weak to make his voice heard amidst the great neise ane copfcrion. The police boat of the First district, which was under the charge of officer Wendorer, did great service, The crew of the boat caved six persons from the water, who wonld otherwire have soon been crowae’, We hear many glowing accounts of the bravery and coolcoss of cilicer Wendover during the battle with the fire. Agentieman who saved hia wife and cutld, etates that when he made bis eres pe wth great difliculty, ho left ten or fifteen persons on board of the Nateber fe thinks that moatot them mua" have been lost, bat he ts aot cer- tain that any of them were lost Many of the parsengers lost nenrly all their baggage, reversal of them cows their night clothes. The wae a large quantity of freight and country prodace on the wharf near the buraing boats. Some of it was re- moved to ® rafe place, much of maged, Biol d burnt. The police were very active, and musces ted renting over s herdred pertons who were found ia the act of committirg larcenies The chief of police hired 3 ea were ai! on esterday moraing he aster. he was pre bbed hiaselt arity Horpi severa! yaels which be maaned with officers, and into the ctresm to check the thieves, who were in b: plokicg tp.v le proper A large number of trunks and a great qorottty of balt barat goods, wore takea from thieves avd ceponited Im the police office. The following estimate of the vaine of the hosts, and the insurance on ther, we take from the Mrue Della of Inst evening — The Sexon, Captaio Kercheval, was to have left for St Louis last evening. Shs war vslued at $23,000, oraed by Frank Jobonon and J. 0. Shannon of tite ba insured to Louisville for $14,600, Her cargo, priccipally dry g204s, Dolsber eort # 4 in St. Louie Boleber cost $93.00; insared fa St. Loui » Louls; Young, was to leave yeaterdca: Yang, 'b22.000; tonared in Gre Captain in Her cargo was 2, (proket,) Capt. Leathers: value? at $86,000; ine ured im Louisville and Cine nat! for $30,000; owned ty Capt Teathers and, 0. Holmes of this sity MEO Worth $100,000, Captain Carlile aaze that he can novar express, muon Joss repsy, the deep obligation he feels uncer to tha noble engineer, Mr. Packard, for the iatrepidity he manivested anicst Jurroundiog aud impending danger of the-«moat appalling kind, im the euocessfal effort to rescue Mrs Car- lie, ad to restore her to her nosband and hor child, re- ardiees of every delish consideration, and forget/al of everything bat the olaime of disinterested humanity. We ‘are happy to say that Mrs, Ca ork of the ill fated stexmor, states eeping in his office, ia the forward partof the boat. On hearing the alarm of fira, he called up the paasergers, and, roing to the cflice, endea- vored to save the bookd and papers from the safe, ae eucceeded io carrying them to ihe bottom of the cable a, Whoe he was knocked Cowan by » trunk throwm from the boiler Geck, which oseasioned him to drop the greater part of the books and papers, &nd he barsly sue- ceeded in getting out before the chimuies fell Among the papers Jost was @ portion cf the pasraga money, im Tennersee funda principally. The valuable lettera and drafts were raved With regard to the loss of life, it is the opinion of Capt. ©. that cat of some forty negroes, belonging to passengers on boara the Belcher, about twenty one are lost, Cur Albany Correspondenec. Aunaxy, Wednentay, Fab. 9, 1954. Great poultry Thow—The Coup d’Elat of the Shanghas— First Exhibition of the State Society ‘The great show of the New York State Society for the Improvement of Domestic Poultry exceeds in ite extent and beauty even the expectations of the most sanguine, During the whole of yesterday and Monday the traing from the north, acuth, east, and west, came loaded with coops, and State street fairly swarmed with the feather. ed tribes. Sach s crowing and cackling the staid denizens : of this Dutch city have never before been treated to, aad thoy open their eyes unuauylly wide at this enormous im- vasion of Shanghaes and Brama Pootras, Dorkings and Javas, Cochina and Bantams, and their comrades in the duck and turkey line, The Iargs room in the uppsr story of Van Vechten hil, State street, ls completely crowded with epecimeus. The manegera look used up from their arCuous labors In pecuring and arracging their boautitad visiters, and well they may, for ruch = vast concourse of barnyard pels has never been known im our 8 ate. ‘Tao rflorts of the oMoers are lively to be appreciated, for w 11 is constantly thronged with visiters—gentiemem & Nex, boys and girla—who all neem poriectly dex Ng with the cove exhibition. After adjoa ment, pot ww of the hards and #ofta from the Howe peep into enjoy the company of more honest erowers bao they wio hever around the crambers of our Senate aud Assembly. Tho Cisplay of Asiatic fowls fe truly magnifi of the birds are superior to avy that! have and a+ vera) chipka, weighed by the jed nd to Craw twelve pcunds & piece. Of jes are very choioe. Of binok Spanish dittog and the hentems, and Dorkings, pigeons, and rat terriers, can’t bs beat. The G ‘or bas expremued to me his great satirfastion atanexaminsiion of the ehow. 1 assure you upon big acid the authori:y of a score of other gentiemen oom tent to jadge, that the exhibition is ® most entertain one. Iam satiated that it will rerult im material benet to the Stale and country, inarmuch as any enterprise celoulated to increase the Interest and care im the eul of our domestic poultry, can but prove valuable, Iam sirry to notice that there are scarcely any exhibitors from New York. Archie Grieve, of Vorey street, has a of his famcbe Scotch terriers, and Mr R. © MeCorm! Jr, of Jamaica, L 1, fe present with « number of varie~ ties of fowls. Other thaa these, there are no exhibitore from the metropolis or itn vicinity. Tao excitement on the Maiae law in the Houge does not allow Gen, Sherinen, the clerk aad treasurer of the soote- ty, end an ardent fancier of crowers, to devote any of his time tothe show. So much for polities, brandy amash- ors, &o., &c. Tam giad to find that most of the beauti- ful'poultry here is to be forwarded to the museum, at which place the coming exhibition of the Natienal Socte- ty will be held next week. That show will aadoubledly bes very fine one, and it would be well tor of the ex- bibiter# here to end it. Beroum’s Maseaa will at- tract he people next week, if it never haa be! and our citizens will b i pair! for their visit to the 4 208, ete , et¢., | cam anrure you. SHANGHAE, Canal Enlargement. - Ameetiog cf the trienda of tne cans! enlargement took place at Lockporton the 7:b inst, Ao address was adopt~ ed, axd the following rerola\ions weanimous y passe im Resolved, That im our opi the time nas arrived when the great question of the internal {mprovemest policy of the State is to be settled for good or for ill—amd Uoat the en'argement of tue Prie canal depends entirely upon the result of the comirg election im regard to the constitutional amendment eubmiited to the people, Revolve’, That experience teachss that every your's deley inthe recommen:ement of their work bazards ite cots pletion— pew avennes of trade are opening, rival am- tage mistioal competitors for ts business are springi nal intereete, Ia some cases, are Op) it~ pertizan end political considerations make it the playtbicg for personal, instead of State aggrandiaement, and that the time wi l'soom come, if it bas not a when a com)ination of there interents will present suck obstacles that no eforts of ise and patriotic will ea- able them to perfect this msyrni{icent work, ‘iret shadowed forth by eee and ert a being bz the D rey of » Cliat eewolved: Th st eet One the Erie cane! enlarged oor may be throwa wide open to every avenue that the genius of man and private copital wey coaouust, every trade and ocsupation will ba benefited by it, by lersening the cost of transporta- tion and reduei’g f the business will increase se a6 to prodnce « rev ‘ul defray all tae ord expences of government, ¢% utility, and open the foc! be the Siate free from eberge, wed, vost there is more danger to be apprehended a ‘ ine (n the entire conG Jenos reponed by its friends ic the adoption of the constitutional emendment, t thom the open hostility of ite ¢nemies; sapieencss ia estruotinn—s «mill affirmative vote may be overcome by fe small negative ope—every {rieod of the measure, there~ ould be present at the polls, and cast his vote im rmative, Cancer or € 3 Ovencome—Tas ig in AMAZeMENT.—By & new arrangem wheels, they can be accommodated to railroads of differest gauges. The Cleveland /érald mentions the arrival in that city of a train of eleven cars, freighted with hogs, which were loaded at Indianapo- i ears from Indiana) lis, and trangported in the sae fru feet eight and m lis, fifty-four miles over the tall toot ne , to Muncie, and thence 227 over a four feet and ten iuch gauge to Clevgland, if Pe ivania, have ction that the water will be Tet {ate the main line of the State improvements on the first of Maroh, provided the weather prrmils,