The New York Herald Newspaper, March 6, 1854, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. erry JAMES GORDON BENNETT, | The Daley eer THE WEEKLY HERALD cory 5 ween tony port of Great Biiais, and’ te any 0 a» of anonysnous communications. We do ect NOTICE ta net rary Ti NTS renewed everyday. jo. 63. , ‘3 THIS EVENING. WOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Unore Tom's Cant ¢, Y THEATRE, Broadway—My Youxe ERGATA mneiiacitivsumsok Nuore'e DF yeaa, ON’S THEATRE, kambers street—A M) psummer eee sam WantTiy, 4 THOUsASD MILLE sane, Enid AT Chatham street- -Aftermoon, WALLACK’S THEAT#2Z—Broadway—Lov & rom Love— | ‘wan. on Cone. MUSEXM—Afternoon, Six Jehiaesbyening, Tar Ou Burweny MENAGERIE—Linuirutiay Kixc—Mam- aeRO AY Lrerve TRAINED ANIMALS. cur: ‘S AMERICAN OPERA HOUSE, 472 Broad- IST 8 Muenosies my Cuninsy's Maser ma. WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood's Minstrel Hall, 444 Broad- | ‘way—Ernioveay MINSTREDSY CKLEY’S ©PERA HOUSE, 539 Broadway—Buck- eee Rio r man Ovexa Trove. BANVARD'S GEORAMA, 596 Broadway—PanoRaaa or wus Hovy Las. SIGNOR BLITZ-Sruvvesant Insriture, 5% Brond- came GALLERY OF CHRISTIAN ART—88 Broad- ain WORLD-277 pr “S79 Broadway—Afterncon and Evening. iRanwners "New York, Monday, March 6, 1 Mails for the Pactfic. “PHE NEW YORK HERALD—CALIFORNIA BDITION. Wee United States mail steamship Ohio, Captain @ebénck, will leave this port this afternoon, at two @’elock, for Aspinwall. ‘The mails for California and other parte of the Pacific {wil close at one o'clock, ‘Tne New Youx Wanxiy Herat, California edition, con- ~ aiming the latest intelligence from all parte-¢? the world, ~ will be published at ten o'clock this morning. Single copies sixpence, Agents will please vend in their orders ap carly as possible. THE STREETS! THE STREETS! Notice to all the Citizens of New-York, ‘Phe abominable condition of the streets of our city is not only a disgrace to the city but a stigma upon the character of every citizen. It is the first inquiry - of strangers, ‘Why do these people allow this? Why do they not take some means to remedy it?” ‘The streets are filled with mud, filth and garbage— wammer is approaching—there is mo prospect of re- form—pestilence threatens us—and' the citizens of New York take no means to rid'themselves of the dead which oppresses them. The members of the ity government say they have no power in the pre- mises—the Mayor can do nothing—the Aldermen are powerless—the reform ‘Council do nothing but make speeches to each other—the people must take the matter into their own hands. It is therefore proposed that a. meeting shall be holden this afternoon, at four o'clock, in the Park. ‘The citizens in attendance will take some prelimiy mary measures towards.a thorough cleansing of the streets. It is believed that there: will be.an exposi- tion of the feelings of the people on the question. Let everybody rally to the’Park this a'ternoon. The News. The Na:hville, from Havre and Southampton, ar- rived at this port yesterday afternoon, bringing our tant. We have a copy ofthe autograph letter ad- ‘reseed by the Emperor Napoleon to the Czar, the receipt of which:at St. Petersburg must have brought the long agitated Eastern questioa to a cri- sia. It would appear that in thisdocumentthe rukr - @f France makes—in concert, it is said, with Eng- ‘Jand—a last attempt.at conciliation, and this ata moment when the naval and..military preperations ‘and firm attitude of ‘both countries show tha‘ they are fully prepared forwar. On the 14th ultimo the Marquis of Clanricarfe made 2 motion in tle English Heuse of Lords npon. the Russo-Turkish affairs, which had -the effect of calling @> the Earls of Clarendon.and Aberdeon, each of-whc m4 made a lengthy statemewt of the policy of the gow ernment. A fuil report of the speeches is givin selvewhere, with.a translation of the Napoleon letter, and the latest news from :the East. Details of »the preparations for war which-swere going on in Londo. Plymouth, Falmeuth, and Portamouth, are also given, with correspondence from. the continentel capitals, which indicate the policy of the leadigy Powers, either for peace or war, at the latest mo ment. From the West Coast of Africa we learn that tirade ‘was very dull, in consequence of the progress of the rebellion at Bonny, which we had slightly noticed Previously. Our columns to-day contain.a variety of very in- teresting intelligence from the Isthmus of Panamyy New Granada, Pern, Bolivia, Chili, Rouator, &c., the whole embracing information relative to the Movements of the Darien surveying parties, progress of the revolutionary schemes among the different States, the gold washings of the Amazon, and a mass of other matter to which it is unnecessary to refer Wire | 1 the garb of firemen, Decrees oy | | London files to the 15th of February; with. Paris ad- | vices of the same date. The news is very impor | and provide against these calamities. Many ‘obtaining the amount of insurance, and by tenants im order to avoid paying their rent, there can be no doubt. ‘The evidence elsewhere published of Patrick Cavanagh and Richard Fitzsimons, who swear that | John McCarty agreed to pay for setting fire to two houses ‘in’ Brooklyn, goes to confirm this belief; ‘but, then, there are a large number of suspicious characters, many of them at times dressed although not recog- nized as such by the bona fide members of the department, who always take an active part at fires, and, under the pretence of saving property, rush into buildings, and appropriate such articles of value as they can readily hide; after which they do all they can to destroy furniture, &c., by throwing it from windows. It is probable that as much, if not more, property is destroyed by these rowdies, who doubt- | lesa themselves often kindle the flames, than by ac- | cidental fires or secretly hired incendiaries. While ‘it is expected that the authorities will exert them- is to be hoped that steps will be taken to promote the more general erection of fire proof buildings, to form the present insecure method of constructing flues. We elsewhere publish a full account of the cir, cumstances connected with the awful death of Dr, coroner’s inquest. The funeral took place in Wash- ington yesterday afternoon, and was attended by only a few personal friends of the deceased. The coroner’s investigation stands adjourned till Friday, when it is understood that John Charles Gardner will give in his evidence, and will produce the letter which his brother gave him shortly before he ex- pired. Our despatch from Washington states that the Nebraska-Kangas bill will not probably be reported to the House by its Committee on Territories until it is certain that there is sufficient strength to pass it, when it will be reported, and pressed through under the operation of the previous question. In the mean- time, the members can amuse themselves by discuss- | ing the bill originally reported by the committee, which does not contain the Senate’s amendments. The account of the manner in which the Van Buren democrats succeeded in compromising and tying the hands of the administration and its organ on this | question is quite amusing. Two steamers are fully due from Europe, viz.:— the Alps, at Boston, with three days later, and the Atlantic, at this port, with one week later. The former, now in her sixteenth day, had not arrived in Boston harbor at eleven o'clock last night. The | Atlantic has been out nearly twelve days, and will | probably arrive before another edition of our paper | js issued. | Important from Eurepe--Latest Aspect of the ‘War Question, Coincidently with fresh and exciting details respecting the enormous preparations making war, we learn by the advices brought by the Nashville yesterday, that every effort is being used on the.part of those powers to avert such aresult. While they hold out the olive branch of peace in one hand, they are determined to show that they are ready to strike with the other. It is from this attitude and this deter- mination that our strongest:hopes of a pacific termination: of the difficulty are derived. is the text of the autograph letter addressed. by the French Emperor to the Ozar. This docu- ment places in the most favorable light the wis- dom and moderation of the man, of whose am- | bitious and dangerous designs so much appre- | hension hag been expressed. The language in which it iseouched is simple and straightforward, free fromail diplomatic subtlety of expression, and manly and firm in its tone. It presents, in short, a refreshing contrast tothe terms of ab- ject servility in which the lest monarch of France was in the habit of addressing the same potentate. After defining the position which England and France had desired to occupy in the disputes {between Russia and the Porte, and of the new and compulsery phase which the affair of Sinope had imparted to that position, Louis Napoleom proposes in specific terms that an armistice should now be signed, that things should resume their diplo- matic course, that all hostilities should cease, and that the belligerent powers should return to the places to which motives of war had led them. Thus the Russian troops weuld abandon the Principalities, and the allied squadrons the Black Sea. The Czar, preferring to treat di- rectly with Turkey, might appoint en ambassa- dor whe could negotiate with a plezipotentiary of the Sultan .a convention which might be sub- mitted te conference of the Four Powers, Such is, in.afew words, the tenor of dhe impe- rial letter. The prepositions of the French Emperor have the merit of appearing to make large conces- sions to the pride of the Czar, whilst in reality they leave the questions at issu in the position in which they originally stood. They meet, in fact, the pressing difficulty of the moment, by aZording Nicholas the opportunity of an hopora- bie retreat, where otherwise he has no alterna- | tive but to fight. He may not accept them pwely and unconditionally, in their present form; but it is probable that he will gladly particularly. We regret to learn that the veteran | avi! himself of the opening which whey afford Gen. Wool, was severely injured by the falling of his horse while crossing the Isthmus. When last heard from,on board the steamer John I. Stephens, Acapulco, the gallant old soldier had entirely reoo- vered, and quite a rivalry existed among the passen- gers as to who should pay him the most attention. Our correspondent observes that during the trip he had been more than once nominated for the Presi- dency. Ivim to renew negotiations, The rejection of his groject of neutrality by the Austrian «t | Cadinet, must by this time have convinced hint thet his position is a hopeless and desper- ate one—and having .2 choice.offered kim be- tween ignominious defeat and « capitulation with ell the honors of war, he will be mad indeed, if;ze do not accept the latter. In any Full-details of another very destructive fire are | ease, the crisis of the question has new arrived, placed on record in another column. It broke out about two o’clock yesterday morning, in the base- ment of No.8 Spruce street, and notwithstanding that the,engines were soon on the spot and the fire- men worked with untiring industry, property to the value of upwards of three hundred thousand dollars was laid in ruins before daylight. Less than one half of the property was insured. These disastrous visitations are becoming so frequent, not only in this city but everywhere throughout the country, as ‘to create general alarm. Within about three months #ix fires in this city have destroyed buildings and their contents to the value of between five and six suillions of dollars; besides which, the destruction «aused by the numerous smaller fires during the game period would probably swell the total to eight millions of dollara. In addition, an immense amount of property has been swept away within the last few ‘weeks, by similar disasters in New Orleans, Quebec, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, St. Lois, &. On looking back and attempting to form au estimate of the aggregate value of the houses and merchandise that have been consumed on this continent, even within the past six montha, one becomes amazed and bo- wildered with the long lines of figures. They find themselves adding millions to milijons, aud finally ebu-sion tbe task in despair, Why, jt ta believe agd his anawer to the propositions contained in the letter of the French Emperor wil} decide how far our ayticipations are well founded. Tee Van Evrenites FoR THE NEBEASKA Bu. Tammany Hall has spoken at last! The bill for qhe government of Nebraska and Kansas having possed the Senate, the Van Buren wing of the dexaocratic party—the section which holds counei! in Old Tammany—have called a meeting of their followers, to be holden on the 16th instant. The vote of the committee was nearly unynimous in suppert of the calling of a meeting of those persons who are in favor of the final enactment of Mr. Douglas’ bill On the ocessioned mentioned we may expect to see some fluttering among the Van Borenites, selves to apprehend and punish these miscreants, it | abolish the use of combustible materiala, and to re- | Gardner, including the testimony elicited at the | by the maritime powers for the contingency of | The most important features in these advices | that if the valr ,e of ‘he'ptopertyestroyea by fire in | "The Téritish Axtetocracy and Amvrtean Aboli- this city wit pin thirty years had been invested it would, wit’ » the interest, have now exceeded the total wort’ of all the buildings within the corpora- , tion lim’ tg, Under there circumstances it is im- | portant that we should, if possible, ascertain the | cause, of tt em are dltogether produced by the unsafe and COM pustitle materials used and the improper con- St! getion of buildings; some by sheer carelessness, ® s@ ethers by “direct incendiarism. That houses ’ frequently ‘set on fire by owners for the purpose tMoniste—Poliey of England and France—The Disunton Questien, ‘We publish thie morning “An Appeal to the ‘Women of the Free States of America, or the present Crisis in our Country—By Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe.” We extract it from that fero- cious infidel abolition journal, Lloyd Garrison’s Boston Liberator. The “appeal” is an earnest invocation to the women of the North “to do their duty ” in arresting the extension of South- ern slavery into the new Territories of Kansas and Nebraska, To the superficial reader this manifesto of Mrs. Stowe will most likely be set down as an individual venture upon her own responsibility, to keep aive her public notoriety as the | authoress of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” and as a | new advertisement in behalf of that successful | abolition romance. This, however, is a very | superficial view of the subject. This “appeal” | is but a link in that comprehensive chain of operations betweem our Northern abolitionits and the British aristocracy, the ultimate ten- | dencies and objects of which are to exasperate the anti-slavery agitation in this country to the | discolution of this Union, and the consequent | destruction of the political, commercial, and naval supremacy which this republic is destined | to achieve and to hold over all the nations of | the earth. The late mission of Mrs. Beecher Stowe to England—her imposing reception by the ladies of the British aristocracy, under the auspices of the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Palmer- ston—her triumphant march among the aboli- tionists all over England—the voluntary con- tributions which were poured into her pockets in behalf of the great cause of the abolition of slavery in the United States—all the circum- stances, ina word, of her receptions in Eng- land and her final departure therefrom, may be said to establish the fact conclusively, that the anti-slavery societies of our Northern States are but the agents and instruments of the English abolitionists and the British aristocracy in their grand scheme of breaking up this Union, and its commercial supremacy, through the agitation of the slavery question. The British Cabinet, under the counsels of Lord Palmerston, discloeed at once the power and the designs of the British aristocracy, in the matter of those joint overtures with France for that tripartite treaty, forever securing the island of Cuba against absorption by either of the three contracting parties. The single object in those overtures from Eng- land and France was forever to close the door of Cuba against the United States, by our own consent. The annexation of Cuba to this con- federacy would strengthen the South; whereas the policy of disunion requires that the South shall be crippled, weakened, and rendered more and more subservient to a domineering North- ern fanaticiem till driven to the extremity of secession and a dissolutien of the Union. Hence we find that althongh the tripartite treaty was rejected by our government, the union and co- operation of England snd France upon that im- |-portant subject remain unaltered. The final | letter of Lord John Russell to our Secretary of | State, in fact frankty admonishes us that Eng- } land and France, without the consent of the | United States, intend to maintain the isolation | of Cuba against all movements whatsoever cen- templating the incorporation of that island into the American Union. | The late speech of Lord Clarendon on the | opening of Parliament, announcing the “ perfect ' accord and harmony” between the government: | of Victoria and Louis Napoleon, in reference not: | only to the Eastern, but to the Western hemis phere, appears to have alarmed somewhat the | Senate at Washington, as if this declaration in- | volved the policy of a newly disclosed evalition | between Louis Napoleon and the British Cabinet, | But it is nothing more than the policyavowed |*mu | | by Lord John-Russell upon the tripartite ques- | tion—nothingmore than the basis of that. anti- | slavery and disanion policy of which the most | active agencies:are the titled female politicians, | of Stafford House, and Mrs. Beecher Stowe, arid { our Northern .abolitionists—the latter led ‘on | by violent. traitors and fanatics, insidious dema- | gogus, weak-headed men, and strong-minded | women. The interests of the Napoleon dynasty and | the British aristocracy, are, in fact, the same. | They both rest upon the feudal principles of | despotic government, as opposed to the modern ; doctrines of popular rights. The power of Louis | Napoleon is more centralized, but it is identi- | cal with the powers of the British aristocracy | in its absorption.of the elementary rights of the | people. Upon this general principle, the | “accord and hasmony” between France and | England in regard to the affairs of the Old | World and the New, become perfectly rational jand natural. The fact that the power of the | British nobility iswvaning before the-pressure of public opinion, only renders the necessity the more imperative for any alliance caloulated to resist the encroachments of popular rights upon | Lonis Napoleon and the British aristocracy have | naturally entered into the coalition of “accord | and jharmony”’ so plearantly depicted by Lord | Clarendon. | Independently of these considerations, the | question of the balance.of power upon this con- | tinent, énvolving the maritime supremacy of this republic upon the Atlantic and Pacific | oceans, is one of vital importance to the ascen- dancy of England and Frauce among the pow- ers of the earth. Our commercial marine upon the , high seas already surpassesthat even of England | —perhaps Ragland and Francecombined. With | the annexation of Cuba, with the Monroe doc- | trine enforced in Central America, with an addi- | tional slice or two from Mexico, these United States will hoki the absolute command of the Mexivan Gulf, tke control of the Isthmus pas- sages.and the transit trade of the world across them between the 4 tlantic and the Pacific. True, our regwar Navy mounts to little or nothing. it ought to be strengthened withoutdelay. But in the event of a conflict with the Western Powers of Europe, we could, in a few months, frome our commercial marine and our fishermen, ft up and put afloat the most powerful navy on the bigh seas—a navy of American volunteers as efficient upon the ocean as our volunteer ~rynies ip Mexico were upon the land. It is, therefore, the policy of England and France, in maintaining the balance of power power of this republic by all possible means. and, without doubt, Tammany Hali will be the ecene of considerable fun, However, this does not alter the facts in the case—the Van Buren committee haye called a meeting, the meeting is to be held in Temmany Hall on the 1éth, and the Van Burenite-free-soil-Buffalo-platform democrats are expected to come up to the rack. Will they come? And what agency so available ag the anti- slavery agitation, which threatens nothing less than the disruption of this Union, and its reor- ganization into two distinct confederacies? Let this be done, and England at once monopolizes the commerce of the South; and between the jealousies and rivalries of the two sections she | can make her owg terms with both. Such wi] | the Atlantic, Q a northeast direction and fro | pear to, a feudal priviliges. Ja this fundamertal view, | upon this continent, to check and weaken eng be the immediate commercial advantages to England of a dissolution of this Union. The political advantages to both England and France—the Britieh aristocracy and the imperial dynasty of Napoleon—will be derived from the blow given to the principles of republican go- vernment, from the destruction, through its in- ternal dissensions, of the fairest fabric of repub- lican institutions ever raised by the wisdom of man. The “accord and harmony,” therefore, be- tween the Cabinet of the Tuileries and that of St. James, respecting the affairs of the Western hemisphere, rest upon the broadest and most comprehensive policy of self-preservation. To maintain their own ascendancy, the advancing power of this republic must be arrested. To arrest this advance, our policy of “ manifest destiny” must be circumvented; and the steps which have already been taken to this end, through the medium of the slavery question admonish us of the point of assault and the mo- mentous object to be achieved. Such is the general view through which we regard this “appeal” of Mrs. Beecher Stowe and all the movements of our Northern anti- slavery societies. She and they are but the instruments of the British aristocracy of Staf- ford House, and Stafford House is but an in- strument of the general policy of the new An- glo-Gallic coalition for regulating the affairs of the New as well as the Old World. Nothing would so much subserve the interests of the existing governments and policy of England and France as the dissolution of this confede- racy. Nothing but this will suffice to maintain their balance of power upon this continent. The question then arises, shall this anti-slavery agitation, recalled into life by the pending re- peal of the Missouri compromise—shall this agi- tation, portending a dissolution of the union of our thirty-one States and half a dozen immense Territories—shall it be permitted to go on until the South is exasperated to the extremity of se- cession ; or shall it be arrested by the general uprising of the honest, Union-loving people of the whole country, without distinction of party or national origin? The question is upon us. We are drifting to the breakers of dissolution. The anti-slavery elements of the North, subser- vient to the programme of the British aristo- cracy, are all up and in arms. When will the Union sentiment of the country awake? The | crisis is upon us. Let the Union men of the North and of.the South rise up and confront the common enemy. Indifference to treason may be evidence of strength; but now there is danger in longer delay. New York Mup—Tae Press Awars.—The labors of Hercules in cleansing the Augean stables were doubtless considered very great achievements in ‘his time ; but the mighty man whe ghall relieve us of the mass of mud, filth, and garbage which now covers this island like a dirty cloak will cause the fame of Hercules to sink into obscurity when‘considered in com- perison with his renown. ‘We hope, however, for reform. We have labored diligently to bring the.people to a realizing sense of the con- ‘dition of their city. A portion of the press, fol- lowing in-our lead, has spoken. We give in to- day’s' Henan extracts‘from the Sunday Dis- patch and Sunday Atlas. Both of these jour- nals have representatives in the Aldermanic board, and it will be seen that their sentiments are identical. They agree in the opinion that the present condition of the streets is abomi- nable: that if the filth is not removed, a de- vouring pestilence is inevitable: that the Al- dermen and the Mayor have no power: that the Street Commissioner can only remove the coal ashes: that if the matter is ieft to the Councilmen it is as good as left alone; that the Board of Health have power to cause the si be cleaned, and that the Comptroller ist Pay the dills. Now, all this is very good as far'as it goes,— ‘but where is the Board of Health? Why does not the Mayor, who is chairman, ex officio, of that Board, call its members together? The Board . of ‘Health was constituted for the purpose of preserving the city, in a sani- tary point-of view. As is usnal with the members. of a great many “boards,” these gentlemen appear to be taking a holiday when they are-most wanted. In the name of the | people we call upon the Mayor, and demand | that he shall immediately convene together the members ofthe Board of Health. the danger | is imminent, the steps to meet it sould be taken without delay. But e: ence teaches us that the people should not: put their trust in princes, or poten- tates, or mayors, or boards of health. Their | trust should be in their own power—in their | own might—in their own sepremacy. They | should, ‘therefore, meet together and devise means for their own redemption. That they. have this power is clear—it only remains for them to say.whether or not they will use it. We desire the earnest attentian of the people of New Yorkto the present condition of their | to us that there is no remedy for the abuses ex- isting under the present state of things except earnest, united action. The streets must be cleaned at once. The people must devise means tending towards this delightful end. Let them, then, withoxt distinction of sect, party, | or country, meet this afternoon in the Park Then we will see whether New York street: cannot be clean for once. i | | Park this afternoon at four o’cleck. It seems | i | Tue Darwen Sure Canat—Irs Ipractica BiLiTy.—All the accounts that have reached us from the three exploring expeditions concur in representing this famous project as about as practicable as a railroad to the moon. The complete failure that has attended it is but another illustration of the recklessness of re- suits which characterizes the schemes of vision- ary speculators, We published yesterday another narrative of the proceedings of the exploring party under Commander Prevost, of her Majesty’s ship Virago, which started from San Miguel on the 19th of December to cross the Isthmus. It will only be necessary to recapitulate a few of its princpal features to show how well-founded is the conclusion that has been arrived at by the explores from the Atlantic side. After travelling for ten days through a dense forest, covering a plain which nowhere presented a rise of more than fifty feet, and intersected by several rivers and streams, some of which were of considera” ble depth, they came to a river which they supposed to be the Chuquinaca, upon cross- ing which they found the character of the country completely altered. It now became broken and mountainous in its aspect, and after traversing several deep gorges the party began to ascend a high hill, the top of which was es- | timated ‘o be about five hundred feet above the river, and ‘vom which they obtained a sight of | from which we derive thisinformation, and had | city. A:meeting is called to be holden in the | six to eight miles distant. Observing a clear spot in a north by west direction, they altered course towards it, and had to crossa broken and rugged country, traversed by deep gorges with intervening hills, until, on the Ist of Janu- ary, they came toa large river, flowing to the south southwest, which they called New Year’s River. They followed this river nearly a mile to the northeast and then turned to the east. Proceeding in this direction upwards of three miles, they came upon another large and rapid river flowing north. They forded it and as- cended a hill half a mile in height, and being unable to see the sea they commenced their re- turn, and reached their boats on the Savanna in eighteen hours from the time of leaving the Atlantic extremity of their course. In our paper of to-day will be found some interesting details respecting the results, as far as they were known, of Lieut. Strain’s expedi- tion from the Atlantic side. His party left Caledonia Bay on the 19th, and on the 20th the English brig of war Espiegle and the French steamer Chimére arrived from Jamaica, with a corps of surveyors, under the guidance of Mr, Gisborne and Dr. Cullen. A party of five, who re- turned to communicate with the ship from Lieut. Strain, reported that on the 23d they had left him with his party on the mountains, a distance of fifteen miles—that the proposed route was a continued chain of mountains, and that it was a | very difficult matter to penetrate through them. This party left again on the 23d, reinforced by Lieut. Fauntleroy and ten men of the Cyane, and, separating at the foot of the moun- tain range, Fauntleroy pursued one branch | of the river,, whilst the other party fol- | lowed in the direction taken by Strain and | aid out by Mr. Gisborne. Fauntleroy had re- | turned previous to the despatch of the letter reported that the idea of cutting a canal over this route would be preposterous, he having at- tained a summit of four thousand feet. No- | thing had been heard from Strain, who had | expressed his determination of crossing to the Pacific. | It will be seen from the above facts that the | impracticability of the scheme has been now ~clearly demonstrated. Even Mesers. Gisborne and Cullen, who have clung so tenaciously to it, are said to be convinced of their mistake. Next to the discovery of the Northwest Passage the project was certainly the grandest concep- tion of our times. Whata pity that Nature should oppose impassable barriers to the vault- ing ambition of man! New York Newspapers iv Ausany.—The Albany Express of the 2d inst. says :—During the last month McGoun & Kewin received and | ‘Gisposed of, in and out of the city, the follow- ing number of New York daily journals :— Herald. 40,000 copies. Tribune. 218 Times. 14,750“ Sun, 3,000 « Express, eo It will be -seen that the number of copies of the Heratp which were sold was within about one hundred as many as all the other papers combined. So it is in every city in the Union. Best JokE oF THE Season.—A deputation of the City Fathers of Washington are now on a visit to this city, by invitation of our City Fa- thers, to see the Russ pavement! ‘The March Term of the Law Courts. ‘This being the first Monday in the month, the law courts will be organized to-day for the disposal of the business of this term ; there is, however, no case on the various calendars calling for special notice. The Supreme Court, Cireuit, will be opened for jury trials, and the Special ‘Term before a single Judge, for motions, &c. The Superior Court will have two branches, as usual, engaged iu jury trials, but the Common Pleas will be occupied in Genera Term. The different State Courts are still temporarily accommodated in the places assigned them since the des- truction of the new City Hall by fire. The United States offices—the Marshal's, District Attorney’s and Commmis- sioner’s offices—are removed to the residence of Mr. Ste- ‘vena in College Place, which has been taken for two years for that purpose; but the trials in the U. 8. Cireuit and District Courts will be held in the new stone building on ‘the Park and Chambers street. Judge Morris, of the Supreme Court, and Judge Phillips, of the Marine Court, still continue seriously indisposed. In accordance with the usual and established practice, | the Grand Jury will be empannelled in the Court of Gen- ‘eral Sessions to-day, and all cases where indictments have not been already found, will be submitted for their action: ‘The Petit Jury will also be empannelled, and will no doubt be busily engaged in their public duties this term, for the ealendar returned by the Warden of the Prison is & very large one, and presents a painful increase of crime over that of the last term. There are no less than twen- ty-six cases of grand larceny, five of burglary, seven of murder, one of manslaughter, and one of forgery, besides | robbery, bigamy, and embezzlement. One case of arson | is.also found upon the calendar; but it being a capital offence, if in the first degree, will be disposed of in the Supreme Court of Oyer and Terminer during the April terrf. common assault and battery cases, and this probably arises from the fact that our police now are for the most part a well uniformed body of men, and on the whole are greatly improved in their appearance since the first of January last. Great inconvenience is felt by the Court at present, from the crowding of other courts into the same build. ing with the Criminal Court, and, in many cases, even in- | vading upon their very Court and Grand Jury rooms. | Efforts are being made by some of the members of the city government, to have the Court of General Sessions removed back to the filthy and unwholesome neighbor- hood it formerly occupied, just for the sake of aceommo- dating the Receiver of Taxes and Tax Commissioner, who are now very comfortably installed in @ decent office in Chambers street, opposite the ruins of the late fire in the Park. Why such unreasonable efforts should be made, we connot imagine, for it was for the express accommo- | dation of the Court of General Sessions that the building | now occupied by them was erected. That court surely hould have permission tq remain unmoved, in case any of the three courts that now occupy the building are obliged to evacuate the premises to make room for a higher tribunal. Judge Beebe will oecupy the judgment seat this term, and in his usual urbane manner will see that the laws of the State are vindicated and that the rights of the prino- ners are not neglected in any way. There seems to be an unusual variety about the calen- dar this term; aimost offence inscribed pn the statute book having, it would seem, been committed; and considering that it is only one week since the court ad- journed, it is a very heavy one, and will Serban is tention of the Grand Jury for two weeks at y the politeness of Mr. John H. Whitmore, the efficient Clerk of the City Prison, we give below the calendar of = for General Sessions, for March term rand larceny. .........« 26 Arson. 1 Soliciting emigrant pas- 1 sengera without license 2 1 False pretences. 4 1 ry. 15 1 Hatter * i s 3 eceasory bbe ‘Abepdsanieut, a Felonious assault& bat'ry 3 ‘Tae Orextn oF St. Srmrmmy’s Caurcn iy Twasry-Ercura STREET.—This new and beautiful edifice, erected under the auspices of the Rey. Dr. Cummings, was opened for di- | vine service yesterday at 11 o'clock. Tho ceremony of dedication is postponed until the return of Arebbishop Hughes. The church, nevertheless, was prepared for the solemn celebration 6f the mass, which was performed Vefore an audience of many thousands of Catholics. ‘The Vicar General of the diocess, Rev. Mr. Starrs, officiated, | and the Rev. Dr. Forbes preached. An elaborate account of the ceremonies, together with a description of the chureh, especially prepared by our reporter, is necessarily deferred on account of the foreign news, Both will ap- , ‘ Chopin's in a very charming style, less vigorous, but per: numerous cases of assault and battery with intent to kill, | There seems to be a great decrease in the number of | matter, and is seldom better rendered than we heard on Saturdey. Itis one of Spohr’s noblest works, high in its character for Beethoven’s beautiful symphony in 1, young pianist, Mr. Richard Hoffman, executed a piece haps more pleasing than that of our great masters of piano. He was loudly applauded, and as the ‘The yocal portion of the entertainment was by M. Juliu: Schumann, who sang s German song from ‘Peter the Great,” and an aria from Mendelssohn’s “St. Paul.” Mr, Schumann sings correctly and with taste, but is calculated for a popular public singer. | Max Maretzek, late director of the Italian Opera in this? city, aniled for Liverpool in the Baltic on Saturday. It! is his intention to engage talent in the musical way the United States. Maretzek was very popular here “all conditions of men,” and we trust that his mission will be s successful one. Mr. Corbyn, agent for Mr, Niblo, has been in Europe during several months; he is engaging artists for Niblo’s opera season, which wild commence early in the summer. j During the past week the various theatres and exhibitions have had remunerative audiences, he business of the season so far has without parallel. With the exception of the re of “Leve for Love” at Wallack’s, no novelty been presented at any of our theatres. “A Night’s Dream’? has drawn good houses at Burton’s an: the Broadway. There seems to bea lull in the ‘Unel: Tom’s Cabin’ mania, and it is withdrawn after this wee'’ at the Bowery, and Mrs. Hamblin plays.a “star’’ engage- ment. Mr. E. Eddy will return to this theatre next) week. Mr. Forrest's cngagement at the Broadway hag been postponed for one week, to give place for six nighta more of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” and two or three stock benefits. Mr. C. Pope will play Theseur during this week. Mr. Burton will produce a comedy! called ‘‘The Lancers’? on Wednesday night. It has been played at three London theatres this season, and is said) to be highly interesting. This piece and ‘(A Midsummer’ Night’s Dream” will be played on alternate nights. Seve-' ral new pieces are in rehearsal for the afternoon perform-| ances at the National. At Barnum’s Museum a newlo- — cal piece, called ‘The Old Brewery,’’ has been a with success. Itis mar aeitpges eat Moambe say | name, Written by the ‘Ladies of the Five Points Mis- son," and sald ob fe rom the objection fetares| ‘of “Hot Corn.” Inthe drama the principal parts | sustained by Mr. C, W. Clarke and Miss E. Mestayer. | At the Broadway theatre, this evening, “4 Midsum-|~ mer Night’s Dream” is to be given for the twenty-fifth’ | time ; also a popular farce. | At Burton’s to-night, we are to have the twenty-seventh’ performance of ‘(A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” snd) the farce of ‘‘ One Thousand Milliners Wanted,” in which Burton, Johnson, and Mrs. Hughes are excessively funny.| At Wallack’s theatre Congreve’s brilliant comedy bf | «Love for Love” is the main attraction for to-night. It is amusing to the general observer, while to the scholar, it is @ perfect treat. At the Bowery theatre, ‘‘ Uncle Tom’s Cabin ” is to be. played. The scenery is unsurpassed, and the effects are strikingly beautiful. ‘At the National theatre, this afternoon, a drama) | adapted from the French, and called ‘‘ The Six Degrees of Crime,’? is to be brought out. Mr. J. J. Prior Dormilly, Mr. N..B. Clarke, Michael, and Prior, | Louise, "In the evening the drama of “Uncle Tom’s) | Cabin.’ i ‘At Barnum’s Museum, in the afternoon, ‘‘ The Six De- if grees of Crime ;”’ in the evening, ‘‘ Uncle Tom’s Cabin.’? Signor Blitz will give hia peculiar exhibitions durifig this week at the Stuyvesant lustitate. | Varied entertainments are announced at Christy's Minstrels (sd Brouuway), Wood's Minstrels (444 Broad- ley’s (os Eroudway), and st the Broadway |) (887 1) way. attractions offered at) each will be found set torth in ad: its. i take place to-morrow (7th) evening at Hope Chay Hiei will ve briliant© Mz. Goskal will bo Mrs. Emma Bostwick, Mr. C. a Mr. Timm, Mr. H. Becht, and others. 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