The New York Herald Newspaper, March 3, 1854, Page 4

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The names of the unfor- fanate persons, together with an account of the hor- mible disaster, and a description of the heartrending f#oene, will be found under the proper head, elsewhere. The most extraordinary excitement and confusion prevailed in the United States Senate yesterday. the P sevention of trafficking in lottery policies and * | gift aistributions; others for the | etter security of from the | live on fer y boats, to repeal the act laying out the missile he Ex Secretary Clayton concladed his speech on the Nebrasta question, whereupon a spirited controver- sy tock place between the friends and opponents of the measure. Ju¢ge Badger delivered a most caus- tio rebuke to Mr. Chase for having, among other re- monstrances, presented one containing the resola- tions of a meeting lately held in Ohio, which de @lared “ that any Congressman who would vote for the bill was a traitor to his country, to freedom and to God, and deserved everlasting infamy.” Mr €. endeavored to excuse himself with the plea that he hai not time to examine the Bumercus documents sent t> him. A lively discus: sion was slso bad upon Mr. C.'s proposed amend- ment, in the course of which short but tart speech were oiade by Mesers. Dixon, Johnson, Stuart, Cass and others. This was followed by a threatening flare vp between Mes:ra. Douglas aud Staart, in con- sequerce of the Jatter having inadvertently intimate} that the Senate bad been guilty of u‘teriag an histori ealfalsehood. Comparative quiet having at length been obtained, a vote was taken upon Mr. Chase’s amendment, and it was rejected—only ten members | being found in favor of it. Other amendments by | the came’gentleman were rejected by equally signi” ficant votes. The bill having been altered in two or | three particalars, was reported to the Senate at eight } o’clock in the evening, and about nine it wasen- | grossed by a vote of twentynine to twelve. The body afterwards adjourned amid the most un- | paralleled excitemest. This is but the begianing of the furor which we have hitherto asserted will be the certain result of this measure, though it was vainly boasted that it woul] do away with a'l excite | ment and agitation upon the question of elavery, | Here we find old political friends, men of all parties, drawn up in hostile array, each determined not to give an inch, but to fight to the last. When such scenes of confusion and recrimination as took place yesterday occur in that grave and dignified body, the Senate of the United States, what may we expett when the subject comes up for discussion in ‘that political bear-garden called the House of Repre- wentatives ? In the early part of the day a large number of Temonstrances against the Nebraska bill were pre- sented to the Senate, among them several from cer. | tain parts of this Sta%e, and from the men and women of Maine. The Committee on Public Lands request- ed to be discharged from the further consideration of petitions asking for grapts of land to assist in con- structing a ship canal around Niagara falls; the rea- Bon assigned for this request was that the proposi- tion conld not receive the tavorable consideration of the committee. Mr. Jones created considerable mer riment by introducing a b'll entitled “ An act to do Jaitice to all the States of the Union.” Tt having been explained that the measure provided for the distribution of the public lands among the States, it ‘was referred to a special committee. The members of the House of Representatives prodably in anticipation of brisk work whea the Senate transmits to thom the Nebraska bill, seen dispoxed to take things very easily daring the inte rim. With the exception of the eleotion of a printer their legislation has amounted to nothing this week. A bill was introduced and referred yesterday, grant ‘ing the right of way and alternate sections of land, eighty miles in width, for railroad purposes in Cali- fornia and Oregon, and the remaining alternate sections to actual settlers. Leave was not granted to Mr. Sellers to introduce a resolution requesting in ‘or- mation from the Presideat with regard to Peravian guano, and likewise requesting that negotiations be entered into either for the purchase of one or more of the Chincha Islands or for the abvlition of the guano monopoly by Peru. The House spent the balance of the session on the Free Farm bill. Nameroussingu ler amendments were proposed and discassed in five | minute speeches, evidently with the lotention of kil ing time. The friends of this measure are apparent ly awaiting an opportunity to attach it to the Ne braska bill, and hence the procrastination. Afy considerable merriment, the body adjourned wit! having disposed of the first eection of the bill. A despatch from Washiogton states that the Ns braska Indians are at‘racting great attention; that the Gardner case was yesterdey submitted to th Jory, and that there ie a prospect t this journal will be summoned t the editor the Senate show cause why he gave exolasive publicity t) + Gadeden and copyright trestics, and other Sti | necrets. Our Btate legislators continue t» work, #0 far 9 the reporting of .jIs is concern with an assi du’ that is really encouragiog. the despatches | elsewhere publisbed from our correspondent, it w Ve seen that among the bills now pending is one lo Mmeteenth werd park, to prohibit the selling of merchandise by von-residents, and to create a fund for the Society for t'e Reformation of Javenile De- { linguents. But so long a8 the members of both houses adbere to the system of debating every trivial measure that comes before them, just so long will final action upon important bills be delayed. Much time wes ‘ot in the Fenate yesterday by a discussion on @ regolution proposicg to dis | charge the Judiciary Committe» from the further | consideration of the bill relating to the fees of the Corporation Counse! of this city, The temperance bill was afterwards argued till the adjournment. The Assembly wore out the day in debatiag the bill for the promotion of medical science. The celebrated Trainer case, which caused quite a sensation in this vicinity some ten months ago, came up in a new phase in the Kings County Circuit Court yesterday. Charles Trainer, the father of the negro girl at that time in the possession of Mrs. Por- ter, sued the latter for exp:nses incarred in recover | ing from her the custody of his child. After listen- ing to the testimony of the father and Lewis Tappan, and the argument of the plaint ff’s counsel, the jury retired and shortly afterwards rendered a verdict of $775, being $225 less than was claimed. The de- fendant was not represented eith«r in persoa or by counsel. Nature, having no Coubt become completely dis- gusted with the filthy condition of our streetd, Rist night poured down a bounteous supply of rain, which had the effect of washing away much of the nauseous mud that har of late been the dread of both man and beast. The storm somewhat impeded telegraphic operations, and deprived us ot the ex- citing proceedings in the U. S. Senate till after three o'clock, thus unavoidably delaying the publication of our paper. However, this misfortune is more than overbalanced by the partial removal of the dirt from the thoroughfares. In addition to a large amount of very interesting matter, to which we cannot afford space ts refer par- ticularly, our columns to dey contain the proceed- ings of the New York Chamber of Commerce on the wharfage question, and of the Corn Exchange on the usury laws ; Letter from New Granada ; farther relgtive to the murder of Mrs. Fyler; important Decision in the Common Pleas Court concerniag mortgagees and receivers; Argument in the Su preme Court with regard to the widening of Wall street ; @ variety of local, political, commercial and miicellaneous intelligence, &c. We have received ful! files of papers from Havana to the 22d ultimo; but the news published yesterday, together with the letters from our Cuban correspon- deuts—to be found’ in another page—farnis much more intelligence than oan be gathered from the pages of those very uninteresting journals, . The steamship Nashville is due at this port with one day jater, and the screw steamer Alps, at Hali- fax, with four days later advices from Europe. The additional information brought by the Andes, and published in another colums, will be found quite in- teresting. ‘The Nebraska Bombshell—Troubles of Gen, Cass and other Northern Leaders. When an old politician is suddenly compelled to face about and take the back track, he may be allowed the privilege of grumbling. He may explain, he may expound, he may apologise, he may remonstrate against the requisition that is made upon him, if he only comes into line and springs forward in the traces at the crack of the whip. But in perusing the long rigmarole of special pleading of General Cass upon this Ne- braska question, the other day, in the Senate, and the nice didactical hair-splitting non-com- mittalism of Mr. Everett, and the pompous re: capitulations of Congressional action by Mr Clayton, human patience is exhausted, common sense rebels, and we involuntary exclaim, what Goes all this verbiage mean? Let us briefly at- tempt an interpretation. This Nebraska movement was a desperate ex- pedient of the administration to clear itself of the contaminations of anti-slavery and free soil- ism. What with a free soil coalition Cabinet, free soil appointments to fat offices, free soil afliliations, antecedents, and Scarlet letters. President Pierce had become so thoroughly identified with the party and the principles of the Buffalo platform, that nothing but some such bold, startling and radical Southern measure as this Nebraska bill could restore him to anything like a national position before the country. The move was a desperate oue; but it was the last alternative. And what did it matter if politicians and parties were blowao up by the bombshell, so that the administration might ercape in the smoke? But the perplexities and tribulations of Gen. Cass and others might have been avoided by the judicious application of a penny-worth of inde- pendence and moral courage at the right time. When the appointment of Collector Redfield came up for consideration, had General Cass, Judge Douglas, and other democratic leaders, resolved upon his rejection, because of the great issue involved between free soilism and national Union principles, there would have been no ne- cessity for the “ poor man’s plaster” of this Ne- braska bill. The free soil policy of the admi- nistration would have been condemned—this free soil coalition Cabinet would have been re- jected—and President Pierce would have been driven to the saving expedient of a new Cabinet, of new men, whose principles, po- litical affinities ond antecedents would have been sufficient to satisfy the country that the Buffalo and the Nashville se. cession coalition no longer controlled the des- tinies of the government. Unfortunately, how- ever, neither Cass, nor Douglas, nor Houston, nor even Jesse Bright, had the penny-worth of moral courage required to reorganize the ad- ministration upon a national basis. Thatact of insubordination which elected Beverly Tucker the Senate Printer was too severely rebuked by the Cabiset organ to allow the democrats of the Senate even to think of another step in the work of rebellion. The audacity of what they had done was enough. They would be excom- municated—they would be tarned oat of the party to starve, if they budged another peg: and so Messrs, Cass, Douglas, Bright, and the rest, met in caucus, laid down their arms, and capitulated at discretion. Tothis humiliating policy of dodging the responsibility—of skulk- ing the real issue—of shuffling off and quibbling away upon cowardly excuses, from the main question—to this miserable trimming and haal- ing up to the wind--to this wretched trembling and shrinking from the ludicrous threats of the Washiogton Union—are the Senate indebted for | the task which is now upon them, to save the administration if possible, even it they destroy themselves. In esponsing | and in adopting the free soil coalition of the Cabinet-in appproving its free soil appointments, in j ying its repadiation of men whose only er was their natioaal prin- ciples—the Senate ts thus forced into the duty of bolstering up the adnvinistration, as it stands at the risk of an explosion which may blow up all concerned sky-high. The bombshell of the Nebraska bill is throwa iuto the Seoate, It is an administration bomb shell; and all good men and trne who wish to share with our free soil ggalition Cabinet, in thy confidence and aware of his danger, ject, and talks round the subject. He does not like it—he Is afraid of it; but the ad- ministration is paramount, and there is young gentleman at Rome who mast not be forgotten. And there is the Nicholeon letter, and tbere is Douglas before him, and the Presi- dent bebind him, and the South looking on. , Yee, he will toe the mark; it isa sad business and a bad business, but ithas to be done. Mr. Everett is next called upon. . He cannot face the music. It would instantly destroy him in the North; but he begs of the South to under- stand that he don’t oppose the bill on account of slavery. He opposes it only because the Missouri compromise was ® compact, and ought not to be violated. Like the courteous rooster in a stable fall of dray horses, Mr. Everett says :—‘ Gentlemen, let us be careful that we do not tramp upon each other’s toes.” Who does not sympathise with Mr. Everett? Next we find Mr. Clayton, with his free soil reminiscences of General Taylor’s Cabinet, called to the stand. He makes out | the case of a county court lawyer. It is abrief of what he has done, and might have done, and will do to prove himself a constitutional man. | He endeavored strenuously to run the Missouri line to the Pacific in 1848; but, failing fa that, he thinks the whole concern unconstitutional, and that the line ought to be wiped out entirely. Had the line been run through, it would have been another thing ; but, stopping short of the Pacific, it becomes unconstitutional. It could only be made constitutional by running the end of it into salt water. Such is the shallow sophistry and special pleading of Mr. Clayton in his desire to sail with the South, without offending his Seward brethren of the North. He goes for the repeal, but is opposed to the bill. Truly is it “a sorry sight” to witness the working of this Nebraska bill among our Presi- dential candidates of Northern aspirations and Southern desires. They row one way and look the other—they advance backwards, Like An- cient Pistol, compelled to swallow the leek, they “eat and swear.” The case of Gen. Cass is particularly analogous to that of Pistol. He eats and grumbles till the last morsel is down. Well, it requires but little sagacity to see that this measure will play the deuce among the Presidential availables at the next Baltimore Convention, if we are to have an- other. Pass the bill or defeat it, and the result among the political speculators is the same- They must go over to one side or the other of Mason and Dixon’sline. The next Presidential* contest must be a sectional battle. The ad- ministration, repudiated in one section and abandoned by the other, must go down—its Congressional leaders must go down with it, and its party must be dispersed. The whigs have already been formally divided into a Northern and a Southern party. A general break-up, including all the old party cliques, leaders and candidates, will inevitably follow. In this view, there is nothing more ridicn- lously weak and wishy-washy than the special pleadings of such men as Cass, Everett and Clayton, Their anxiety concerning their own individual safety is perfectly absurd, consider- ing that we are entering upon the tremendous issues of a mighty political revolution, and that the final issue involved is union or dir- union. And this issue is now before us, as the natural reeult of the imbecility of the Senate in stooping to justifythe administration and its free soil associations and policy, on the beggarly. skulking plea of democratic harmony. Let the work go on. Arrairs IN Mexico--TuE Gapspen TREaty— Tue Mexican Mrnister.—If the public wish to be amused by the best style of Mexican writing on Mexican politics by the Mexican Minister, they can be gratified by the perusal of some articles in the Journal of Commerce. Under the name of “Pacificator,”” General Almonte is enlightening the American people, and pointing out to them their true interests. The salvation of the United States, according to the gospel of the minister, is to be accomplished by the rati- fication of the Gadsden treaty now before the Senate. We would be saved from a European war in having Mexico as an ally. We would have the commerce of the world, if we could only persuade Mexico to permit us to carry it through her territory. In one word, we would be much better Christians and civilized people if we would only give His Serene Highness, Santa Anna, fifteen millions of dollars. Oaly ratify the treaty, and visions of “railroads, steam power, telegraphic communication, inter- oceanic mail routes, machinery,” &., &c., float upon the enraptured vision of Gen. Almonte. The exalted services of His Highness Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna to the Mexican nation, are duly extolled in general, without descending to particulars. This is undoubtedly the safest course to pursue in praising His Highness, as it is extremely difficult for us to see in what respect Mexico has been benefitted by his dis- tinguished services. Whenever he has been in power, the difficulties and disasters have in- creased along with the increase of the army, the increase of the taxes, and contributions and oppressive laws upon the people. The “order” which he has introduced has been the “order that reigns at Warsaw.” It has been the “order” | of the bayonet, the garotte, imprisonment, exile, and impoverishment of some of the best people. But this “order” has never at any one time lasted long. As soon as the novelty wore off, His Highness has been packed off. He has never had any hold upon the affections of the people; and although he has often come to the head of the government, it has been always by the dissensions among his enemies, and never by the strength of his friends. He must now have the fifteen millions immediately, “if not sooner,” or he will go down, along with his titles of nobility and decrees levelled at the American people. The “order’’ that reigns in Mexico has abol- ished all the States and State governments,and centralized all the power in the hands of one man in the capital; consequently, all municipal business, laws. customs and urages have be- come demoralized. Taxes have been oppres- sively increased, and are still increasing, while commerce has diminished to a mere shadow. No one can pay the duties on foreign aad do- mestic merchandise, to sell it at a profit. At this time the treasury is bankrupt—a deficit montbly of several hundred thousand dollars— and the people miserable under the heavy load of taxation. Another portion of territory must be sold to raise money to pay the troops to pro- tect His Highness from his affectionate “sub- jects.” Yes, subjects, for such they are called in the treaty. The great benetactor of Mexico is the only one of all its miserable rulers who has brought apou his country the loss of terri tory—of Texas, New Mexico, Caltiornia, and now Lower California and Sonora. His “firm- ness of character,” “honesty of intention,” and “energy of will,” along with hisarmy of 30,000 men are not sufficient to expe) Col. Walker with his three bundred filibusters. But under this treaty, “injuries are to be made amends for.” The only “injuries” for which da- mages are claimed are for depredations on Mex- icans by the Apaches. This is only a sham, a juggle, a trick—for if the Mexican people are to Le paid for these damages. why is not provi- sion made in the treaty to pay them? If they are honest claimants—and both governments say they are—why do both governments join to swindle them by putting the money in the hands of His Serene Highness, whose “honesty of in- tention” is well known? The fact is,the government at Washington wish to buy by treaty a route for a railroad to the Pacific, but dare not confess the fact to the pub- lie. The dictator of Mexico wants to set up an empire, with himself at the head as Emperor Antonio primero. Young America, who is yet being suckled with government pap, is willing to sell out his interest in “the manifest destiny of enlarging the area ot freedom,” and to set up an Emperor with subjects, for the sake of the corrupt spoils to be derived from the Pacific railroad. What will the Senate do with the treaty, and what will they do with Captain Walker? Ovr Firemen.—It is quite time, with an annual loss of five millions of dollars by fires in this city, to think whether the organization of our Fire Department is the best that could be devised. The fact that fires are more frequent and more de structive inNew York than in any other city in the world, without a single exception, is enough of itself to suggest a serious inquiry into the means we possess for the prevention and the*arrest of conflagrations. The inquiry will appear the more natural when it is borne in mind that our firemen are more numerous, and | possibly more able-bodied than any similar corps either in Europe or America. Figures have been collected by a careful statistician, showing that in London, with four times the number of inhabitants and seven times the number of buildings, fires occur only half as frequently as in New York: and establishing likewise that other eontinental cities as populous as this, sel- dom suffer from fires, though the number of fire- men falls far short of ours. These data lead naturally to the inquiry whether there Be tot some radical defect at the basis of our system. No one has ever questioned the courage, or the endurance of our firemen. Every week that passes over affords fresh illustrations ofboth. On those grounds cavil is silent. But itis suggested, and not without a strong show of reason that greater efficiency would be obtained from a body of hired men, acting like soldiers, under regular officers, and combining their efforts with order and discipline. It is urged that the voluntary system can never work well in a largecity. Ia small communities, voluntary firemen have the Stimulus of pergonal ambition to incite them to do their duty; in large cities, where most mem- bers of the force are necessarily known only to a few, that incentive to exertion is lost, and when the first flush of zeal has passed, no tho- tive but a bare sense of duty continues to in- spire the fireman. We all know in how many instances that motive has been sufficient to prempt gallant deeds; but we know likewise that for the bulk of humanity it is not particu- larly or invariably potent, and is apt to yield to interest, or love of ease. Practical observers further suggest that under the present system, gangs of idlers—men generally reckless and de- praved—contrive to hang about the fire sta- tions, offer themselves as voluntary firemen, and commit acts of which the odium has on more than one occasion fallen on the innocent fire companies. This inconvenience would be obviated by a system of paid firemen working like ® police force, and needing no voluntary aid. Again, it cannot be denied that it has happened more than once recently that the efficiency of our fire companies has been im- paired by a want of concert of action between them. Imperfect police regulations prevented the various engines and men from co-operating as they might have done and combining their exertions for the grand end in view. This ob- jection would also be removed by the organi- zation of a paid force, under an experienced officer, and moving with the precision of a mili- tary corps. This is the system adopted abroad and in Boston. Ia London and Paris, as every one knows, destructive fires are of very rare oc- currence. It is the common boast of Braid. wood that in less time than a fire could consume a single story of a house, he could fill the building with water: and the boast is so far justified that losses paid by insurance offices in London are generally for damages incurred in the extinguishment of fires. A like immunity is enjoyed by the people of Paris, among whom it is the rarest thing in the world for a dwelling house to be destroyed by fire. It is estimated that our fire companies coat us about one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars a year. For a less sum we could main- tain an ample force of firemen, equipped and organized on the same principle as the fire com- panies of Boston. Even if it cost us twice that sum we should save s¢veral millions of dollars by acopting the plan. It would ensure greater promptitude than even the very creditable zeal of our present fire companied’ now secures: would ensure coneert of action among the fire- men; would prevent confusion at fires, and en- tirely frustrate the criminal attempts of indi- viduals who offer volunteer assistance to fire companies; and if placed under experienced and judicious superintendence, would probably place New York in the same position in this matter as other large cities. Our City Council would do well to give the subject full conside- ration. Enouisu Ascenpancy in Cusa.—The Spanish government could hfifdly have selected a better man to carry out the emanci- pado fagce in Cuba than General Pezuela. He is the Joseph Surface of political comedy, and plays to perfection the part assigned to him, Whilst he dupes the English by decrees that sound large but mean little, he keeps his eye attentively fixed upon his own interests. We cannot help smiling at the credulity of the re- ply made by Lord John Russell to Mr. Hume, in the House of Commons, on the 8th, when, through the mediom of our correrpondence, ve obtain an insight into what is really going on. It will be recollected that his lordship stated upon that occasion, that it was owing to the re. monstrances of the British government that the late Captain-Gencral had been recalled, and that as far as first measures went, there was every appearance of amendnfent on the part of the present authorities of Cube. New, the appearance of amendment con- game, throwing dust into the eyes of agents. We hear, as usual, of the land-. ing of slave cargoes with the secret commfvance of the authorities, whilst the gamette teems with ordinances for the protection of the negroes, and the utmost spparent deference is shown to British views and British interests. It is even said that Pezuela, in order to parade more con- spicuously his assumed Anglo-mania, has enrolled, or is about ‘to enroll, a regiment of free blacks or emancipadocs, of which, to render the farce complete, he will prob- ably name himself Colonel. A capital story is told of the ludicrous extremes to which he carries this hypocrisy. An American gentle- man who bears a distinguished English name to which a title ot nobility is attached in the old country, lately arrived on a visit to Havana. Some wag who wished to turn to account Pe- zuela’s well known penchant, caused it to be conveyed to his earf that Lord ——, one of the most illustrious members of the English peer- age, was then honoring the Cuban capital with his presence. The Captain General fell into the trap, and forthwith despatched one of his aides-de-camp to invite the pseudo nobleman to the palace. The envoy, instead of an emascu- lated Jord, found only a tull blooded American sovereign. It is needless to say that he returned down hearted and crest fallen from his mission. The Yankee, however, was determined not to be cheated in this way out of his accustomed honors. He accepted both the title and the in- vitation, and waited upon Pezuela in due form at the Palace. Toe Anpes’ News.—From the statements made in Parliament by the Earl of Aberdeen and Lord John Russell, it is evident that fresh attempts are being made, either on the part of the Czar or of the Allied Powers, to continue or renew the negotiations that were supposed to have been broken off by the withdrawal of the Russian Ministers from London and Paris. The declaration made by the former nobleman con- firms in precise terms the view which we have taken of the present position of the question, and holds out a reasonable expectation that some diplomatic solution of its difficulties may yetbe found. On the 10th his lordship thus emphatically expressed himself in the House of Peers:—“ Noble lords seemed to think that war was inevitable—nay, that we were already at war—but that was not the case; and he, for his part, did not abandon all hope that peace might still be maintained.” Coming from the head of the government, thir declaration has a signi- ficant value, and is calculated to re-assure the minds of those who take a desponding view of the present aspect of affairs. The statement subsequently made by Lord John Russell on the 13th, modifies in no respect the hopes held out by the Premier, being confined simply to the announcement of the failure of Count Or- loff’s mission ; so that there are strong grounds Wallack’s Theatre—“Love fer Love,” ‘Widiam Ovpgreve’s comedy, ‘‘Love for Lave,” Sut pros duced at the ‘‘new theatre, Lincoln’s lun Fiskds,”” te ther year 1696, bas been revived at Wallack’s theatre, and was played last evening. ‘This play bas been sverely analysed during the past hundred years, bat ne one cam deny that there isa degree of marked individuality about the charseters which many modern play wrights have in vain attempted to imitate. Ase picture of the time, ‘Love for Love” ie ‘wneq called for vividoess of coloring and power of dra- matic situations. Ia apssking of it we view it aca repre~ sentation of the time, aud allow thet tn thut light alone ft in interesting. It isa remrrable play, for there is not one really good character in it—the suthor seems to have been ins very unenviadle frame of mind while he was writing it, aga to have errived at the conclasion that it: was only necessary to point ont the vice and wickedness of men and women, their virtues would be apparent of" theazelves. Ite bardly necessary to give am epitome of the plot:. ‘There is s yourg spendthrift in love with » rish young lacy whois notat all lovestle, Then there's the unre. lonting father, who endeavors to iméuce the spenathrift: to signaway his property form younger son—e sniler of the goverc ment, that Smollett loved to draw The old. wan desires to marry hia son’s daloina; but abe relents ag the last, and ceciares her preference forthe youth. To 6) up this skeleton of » plot we have several charae ‘ers: painted with an excessively free pencil, Thereis #super-“ stiifons cld fool who bel eves ta sigas aud wonders, and who would have been » perfec: godsenc to the spirit rap- pers of our dsy—an old beau who retains the possession. of youth without its power—a smart servant—a geatlee wan who rails unceasicg!y at all mankind, aud says good” Ubings cecasionally—two dames who talk and ect im tho. loose manner pecuilar to tha period, and a young country girl, fall of ignorance, +ilitvess, and coueeit. The pley haa always been fortunate in its represcctatives, Mrs, Glover bas p'ayed Angelis, aud it is note yery good part; Mise Price haa been immortalized by such artiste as Mra, Gibbs, Mrs. Jordan, ond Mrs, Wheatley; Mr. Charles Kemble, Mr, J. W. Walisck, and Mr. Elliston have played. Valentine; Mr. Dowica and Mr. Emery have made the stern old fatber as a> ceptable as possible; and Mr. Mame dep, Mr. 0. Matthews, and Mr. Barnes have taken the part of Foresight, ‘The comedy has been reveral times represented, and wo- give below one of the ciate with that at Wallack’s:— Characters. New York 1816, It was also played ogsin at the Park theatre in 1825, and again at the same theatre in 1828. It was payed at the National theat-e, Boston, in 1844 or 1845; but it haa never been succesfol cr popular In the matter of eos- tume and genera! appointments, (and these are most im- portant, because the only interesting thing about tho whole affair is that by it we msy see how “fashionable sceiety’”? Lived, moved and hed its beicg a hundred and fifty years ago,) it was probably never a0 well done as ab Wallack’s, The macager has also been very carefal ta expunge everything which could be comsidered objection~ able. In order to show what the language is like we gives few extracts:— e ACT I—SCENE I—ENTER JEREMY. JuRemy—More misfortunes, sir! ‘No 100 #1 lor; y a sre light another He is perfsotly tuy reverse b derstanding, and. a» yeu ret tp for & he ia s moncer of repu).tione for believing that some further steps are being taken to renew the negotiations at the point at which they stood previous to the presentation of the Czar’s counter-project tb the Court of Vienna. Wuo Creans THE Streets ?—While the com- mittee of the Common Council are deliberating over Mr. Glasier’s appointment by the Mayor. the streets of this city are ina state of filth never witnessed before. It is by no means an exaggeration to state that Broadway, for one half its length, Nassau street, Fulton street, and several other large thoroughfares, are lite- rally impassable for pedestrians, Ladies stand for hours at the crossings, and finally resort to the expedient of taking a stage to cross the street. Indeed an enterprising hackdriver who should undertake to ferry people across Broad- way would realize a small fortune. The middle of the street is filled with liquid mud, three or four inches deep, through which stages and other vehicles roll heavily, splashing both side- walks. As the gutter is approached, the mud is mixed with the remains of the snow, and presents a treacherousappearance of consistency. Alas for the unwary passenger who puts his foot in it! In Nassau street, between Fulton and Wall, the remains of the late storm have been sadly cut up by the cart wheels, but do not appear to have been perceptibly diminished inquantity. Hundreds of cartloads might be carried away ina few hours. But our City Council is thinking of anything but such mat- ters, They are squabbling about speeches and abstractions—eating dinners at the Metropo- litan, and presenting addresses to heroes—while the people are left to wade through the mud as they can. The snow which fell last week is quietly left to melt, and the covering of mud which now shrouds it protects it from the heat, and protracts the process of vaporization Streams of slime issue from underneath to feed .the puddles which block every crossing ; but the top is apparently as solid asever. A single night would euffice, had we an energetic street cleaner, to carry away all this filth and dirt ; yet it has lain there for several days al- ready, and will probably remain till hotter weather shall have melted the whole. Such are the first fruits of our reformCouncil. Such is the net result ofall the outcry of last year, and all the triumphal rejoicings with which the election of our present civic officers was heralded! Exzccrions — Henry T, Wilson, for the murder of Mr. Coleman, will be hung to dey fa Charlottesville, Va Thomas Motley and William Biaekledge will be ex:outed together to cay, in Colle:on district, 8.0. The crime for whish these men are to suffer death was the most heart- Jess and brats! that can be found in the pages of the bloody reocrd. They hunted down @ racaway slave in South Cerolins with blocdhounds, ard after the feroci:us enimals had torm his flesh almost from his bones, they put him to death by prolonged and cruel torments, and ex- ulted over his sufferings. Late From Mayacurz —The brig Rainbow arrived at New Haven on Weines’sy from Mayagues with the frst im portation of sugar and molasses {ato that port this sea- son, She left there 17th ult., aud reports the markets glaited vith American produce, and about twenty Ameri. an and English vessels waiting freights. The Hon Coled Lyon, of Lyonedals, who ba: been con- fined to his home for several weeks with @ severe attack of typhus fever, han rea:ly recovered his health, wa are glad to learn, ard fs in town, em rowe for Washiogton, How. T P Waippie, Wesbingtoo; Hom. C 8 Carte oR E Fea'on N ¥.;G. 0. R. Temes, the i, New Orleans; Goo. ‘Hil, 8. T. Falrontid and lady mith, New Orlomas, were among the t the Astor. Gov. Dir ond, Rbote Island; Tace, 8 0 &: Lun; Thor, Prer © Washing WN. Bal Cia cinpati end Eiwie Elcri¢ge, Unisago, arrive! yesterday at the Me!ropelitan Hotel, ARMIVAT.. Prov. Nirfotk de, in et mmehip James Meben, Wm Brows J 5 Fathsiy, Jo Jem ob Harned Bs whi seven in th St. Crams, J dson wil Minor, Miss The Lorapcli« ( Repoitioan maya a osiored man be- l neirg to Mr. Zecnerian jwradl, the nortan side of Severn river, perished in the late enowstorm. Huw body was found baried tn a saw drift on Tasway. BoanpaL—A moncer cf reputations | just as heise Keeper of seorets, another virsue that for game mann if; for the regue will ‘alo be | woman’s name, forswear recei s time. show,you her ia 3 sim “AmPsON—I sell ditur aatrie; ahere's Tent to cout usd $11 vou I have travelle? and al signs and the iireot and ret “tetrologer made & fool jonjuror thas could m ATTLE— with a reores, ANGELICA tar P49 know me, Valentine? (Goes to him.) VaLentine—Oh! very well. Anckiica—Whc am I? Varesting em You are all white -a Le, ea fret were be Metin og Iored Tee oe long thas t loond ous e atraege tblngel Yorne ouh what ® woman was good for Pre Varvara’ ler rm sk to x | ALENTINE — exototing i thoogo she ahould tell yet aheio nob believed ™OTtt SF ‘The larguoge, then, 1« always brillisat and witty; the characters are well drawn, several of the sitastions are eepital, but there is a to:al lack of interest ia the and one cen easily see at the end of the seomnd ect how the play will terminate. Therefore, al:hough the audi- ence is often highly pleared a1 the play goes on, they are not satisfied when it is cver. Of the acting, Mr, Lester's Valentine was an ex:ellent performance; the third aad fourth acts were very good. Mr, Blake, as Bir Sempron, Gave us seme clever bite of acting, bat was imperfect im the words. Mr L. Thompson, as Foresight, was ucusually happy; Is “ mabing up” was slightly exaggerated, bat the scting was judiciously artistio—a picture vividly- colored but evenly delineated. Mr. Brougham’s rendering of the ¢1d-fashioned sailor could hardly be ime Proved, and it must be comsidered as one of his happiest hits, Mr. Dyott, as Soandal, read the nes reneibly; bub there was a degree of stiffaces in hisac ion not alsogether natural ins polished man of the world, Mr. Waloot’s Tattle was not up to bis usual mark of exorilence, He Gi not seem to “hit”? the part exactly. Mr. Vincent, as Jeremy, Gisplayed o great deal of cleverness. Mrs. Hoey: ¢id not achieve success in Apgelica. That young leiy wos sprightly, vivacicus, merry, and at times somethiag- of a quiz; Mrs. Hoey oorfloed herself to speaking the lines without much expression of any kind. Mrs, Brougham was too slow for the filrtiag, coquettiah Mra, Frail, Mrs. Stephens, as Miss Prue, filled the part in @ satisfactory manner, and her piquant style was highly Telished by the acdierce. “Love for Love’’ has drawn two very full houses, and. it is ammounoe< for repetition this even'ng. City Intel! THE FIRST WEVK OF LBNT—INAUGURATION OP & FAST AND CH8S8ATION OF FANCY BALLS. Last Wednesday was the first day of the solemn fast of Lent, ani it was observed by the thousseds of our Roman. Catbolie fellow citisens with all that reverential devetion. with which they are tacght to regard the advent of a. seston set apart by their church as one ia which the: united prayers of ite believers are rendered peculiarly ac- ceptable to the Almighty by means of fasting, Cake charity, and resolutions to ‘sin no more’ The different: Roman Catholic churches in the city were throaged from: en [early hour with young and old, rich and poor, the: strong and weak, inne-ert damsels and weeping ‘ Magda- lens,” who kuelt promiscuously around the alter to be: spripkled with consecrated ashes, as a mark of their ha- mility to their Creator, sn¢ an outward type of the sor-- row of spirit which they folt for thelr transgressions, Amonget Irish, Frencn, Germans, Americans, aed the: mixed up pecple of ail nations, moved the priesty, who crossed each on tne forehead with ashes, exclaiming at the same time, ‘‘ Memento homo pulvis es et ea palverem: reverteris,”’ which being translated means, *' Remember map thon ari but dast, aed note dust thon shalt retarn.’? A most exeelient admonition if it were only siways borae- io wind, From the fect of this the aches the day has beea pam Intea “* Ach Wednesday,’ ropesn coxtinent th: ving sn4 reesiving: oy the Cathoile pre- aod to maoy etic of the Be~ fest which it foaagarates ie ceded by the fun sn: tog which time th tele © GU of reer the © t fo cur city the Lent vas ry a. pappy teuptoneand facoy belly, whish have tae 08 meslire oraned sines we commenced to ‘lite for forty Gaye on {il dreesed fsbes.’? Ia the ery of “Bow! of roay!”” “R stew |”? in pot heard ro fr: let the qreat Shang wen ae Wo de® we itr) ‘, the sudden disappearance «{ ogg from many rious Aiatng saloor f, tars!” and “Iria,