The New York Herald Newspaper, March 11, 1854, Page 4

JAMES GOB pon BENNETT, AOR AND EDITOR. mee OFFICE N. W. COR’ gen OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. | A? {USEMENTS THIS EVENING. BOWERY, THEATRE, Bowery—Unerx Tom's Canes, ry Brondway—Domnique THE | BROA @WAY THEATRE, Brondwer— fo ES sep—A MivsuMMER ORTON’S THEATRE, Chambers streot—Te Laxorns | +- shun Deo S00istY ONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—~Atternoon aai‘irense, Unc You's Canim. WALLACK’S THEATRE—Broadway—Lovs eon Love— APrerty Pinox cr Business. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afternoon and Evening—Tue Ou Basweny. BROADWAY MENAGERIE—Lstuirurian Kivo—Mam- morn Lavy Anp Living TRAINED ANiMate. CHRISTY’S AMERICAN OPERA HOUSE, 472 Broad- way—Ernrorian MuLonies sy CuRisty’s MinsrRELs. WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood's Minstrel Hall, 444 Broad- | Way—Lrsorgax Minst RELY. BUCKLEY'S OPERA HOUS gax's Ermiorzan Orzna Trov: 589 Broadway—Brox- BANVARD’S GEORAMA, 596 Broadway—Pavonama ov wuz Hory Lann. BHENISH GALLERY, 563 Broadway—Day and Night. BIGNOR BLITZ—Baooxey ss Inerirure. RYAN GALLERY OF CHRISTIAN ART—348 Broad- way. WORLD—377 and 379 Broadway—ARornoon ing. York, WHO mad Eve: Lathe turd March 1, 1854. One Week’s History. The Werkiy Heraxn, containing a complete epiteme of ne week's intelligence from all quarters of the world, Will be published at nime o’clock this morning. Pric sixponce. ‘fo be ‘had at the counter in wrappers and geady for mailing. The News, Our intelligence from Washington this morning is highly important. It is gratifying to learn that the administration and owrrepresentatives in Congress are no.longer disposed to tamely submit to the fla- grant insults and outsages perpetrated upon the persons and property of American citizens by the authorities. of Cuba. Cur correspondent states that ‘the government is extremely indignant concerning the seizure of the steamspip Black Warrior. The Cabinet has been consulted, and the President will probably transmit to Congress a strong message on the subject, next Monday. By way of preliminary preparation the House unanimously adopted a reso- Jation, yesterday, requesting the President’ to fur- nieh all information relative to the seizure of the Black Warrior, and-other violations of our rights by the officials of Spain. Immediately after the pas- wage of this resolution Mr. Dean gave notice of his intention to introduce:a bill repealing our neutrality dews so far as they relate to Spain. As Mr. D. isthe organ of Secretary Marcy in the House, this move- “ment may be considered as indicative of the policy -to be recommended by the administration. On refe- Fence to another column it will be seen that the pre- sent leaders in Old Tammany have already sounded ashe war cry. The House, in Committee of the Whole on the bill granting lands for the construction of a railroad in Minnesota, clinched the amendment granting the proceeds from the sales of the alternate sections within the railroad tract to those States that have not hitherto received national assistance on their works of internal improvement. The vote on this proposi- tion was ninety-five to ninety; but this manifestation of meting out a little justice to the old States, proved to be merely an ignus fatwus—a shadow without @ubstance—for the very next move was the tabling of the bill, by one hundred and twenty-six yeas to sixty-six nays. The House has thus given the quietus to one of the Senate’s great railroad land projects. The war between the two bodies concern- ing the disposition of the public domain has now fairly commenced, and it is barely possible that the Senate may retaliate by defeating the frée farm bill. A very exciting and somewhat angry debate ®@prang up in the House on abill granting three thousand dollars for the relief of the widow and heirs of Elijah Beebe, whose property, including many hogs, was destroyed by the Indians. Mr. Lane, of Indiana, intimated that Mr. Sollers, of Maryland, was desirous of moulding opinions for his wonstituency. One word led to another, until Mr. L. declared that he did not represent a State where five negroes were considered equal to three white men. This inginuation aroused the indignation of wome of the gentlemen from the South; the body was instantly in commotion; several members were found speaking at the same time; the Speaker in vain endeavored to preserve order; his de- cision declaring the gentlemen out of order ‘was overruled, and {for a while a ta Fo% + sayitt have been reasonably Ee miprtunately a motion to postpone the subject prevailed and order was restored, no doubt to the great relief of thé timid, and the satisfaction of the dignified portion of thé ™mcwbers, if any there were, present. Little business was transacted in the Senate yes terday.. Most of the session was spent in the dis- cussion of unimportant private bills, some ten of which were passed, Bome one of the members of the Cabinet is said to have been daily in attendance in the House dur- ing the week, urging upon members the importance of passing the Nebraska bill. While upon the sub- ject, let us not forget, among the numerous opposi- tion movements, that a remonstrance, signed by thirty-five hundred of the clergymen of New Eng- land, is on its way to Washington. The Coroner's inquest on the body of Dr. Gardaer was concluded, and the jury rendered their verdict yesterday. The testimony taken confirms the state- ment that the deceased most undoubtedly committed suicide by strychnine and bruchnine, both substances having been found in his stomach and on his person. By the way, a resolution was introduced in the House yesterday instructing the Select Committee on the Gardner frauds to extend their re all other supposed frauds on the’ Treasury growing out of claims awarded by the commissioners to settle @emands upon the government for the loss of pro- perty by American citizens in consequence of the Mexican war. Lieut. Maury, of the National Observatory, is the Greatest discoverer of the age. It was he that dis- @overed that Memphis, in Tennessee, upwards of a thonsand miles from salt water, was the very iden- tical place fora navy yard. He proved it mathe- matically; ¥.0 there the navy yardis. The great * _Uinmend@tion for Memphis was, that “ it is above the pint of the yaller fever,” and above the reach of the enemy. To be sure a vessel of war can never be got up there, and never got down if built there, except in a freshet; but Licut. Maury proved that Memphis ought to have a navy yard; and there it is. The same worthy officer has lately proved that the Mississippi river runs into the Amazon, and that our ecommerce ought to take the same direction; and lastly, he has shown that between the banks of New- foundland and the west coast of Ireland the bed of the ocean is graded on purpose for a submarine telegraph, and that it must be built to keep us posted up during the forthcoming Earopean war. Success to Lieut. Maury and the telegraph, Our State Senators havi iting topic of debate th to imitate the exam tional Con Kansas bill, I of the Senate ye State Lunatic memorial was presented yesterday, in w Clark and Barnes, inspector and agent of the ¢ ton prison, are charged with gross malfeasan office. The affair promises to lead to some singular revelations in connection-with State prison manage- ment. Some queer deyelopements concerning the hormone expenditures upon canals will soon be .] ich Me > oe made, if the late repo ‘ of the Auditor is duly acted | We allude, first, to the democratic meetinry in on. Im the course of the day various bills were passed and otherwise disposed of—among them se- vera] in which the people of this vicinity are greatly interested. The Assembly referred t® prohibitory liquor bill | to a select committee, and a resolution was adopted ordering the final vote to be taken at noon on the 22d inst. Appearances now dicate that the dis- | cussion of the subject will be extended greatly be- yond that time; and, under the circumstances, little surprise will be man’fested f the bill should be even- | tually killed by procrastination. Both branches of | | the Legislature followed the example of Congress | by adjourning till Monday. The popular branch of the New Jersey Legisla- ture has passed the bill lim‘tng the monopoly of the Camden and Amboy Railroad Company to fif- | teen years. We elsewhere publish some additiona’ ‘ntelti- | gence relative to the Greek insurrection, brought by the steamer Asia, which reached Boston yester- day morning, together with a ser’ea of very inter- esting letters from Paris and Copenhagen, and the Jeader from the last London Times on the war. In connection w.th the offic’a' and spec’al reports | of the proceeding: of our municipal leg'slatare with regard to the filthy cond'tion of the :treets, we to- day publish the address of the jeople’s committee | which will doubtless be perused with great attention by every friend of bealth, clean! ness, and decency. The Board of Councilmen, it will be seen, adopted a lengthy report, setting forth that under existing circumstances it is expedient to cancel all the con- tracts for cleaning the streets—only one of which has been fulfilled—and to advertise for new propo- sals, in accordance with certain specifications divid- ing the city into nineteen cleaning districts. Let the good work progress. Tu the Board of Aldermen last evening, a com- Taunication from the Board of Councilmen was taken up, praying the Legislature to authorize an additional apportionment of $100,000 to be placed at the disposal of the Health Department for the clean- ‘ing of the streets. This sum was thought too high, and after some discussion on the amount that should be appropriated, the sum was finally fixed at $75,000, and the resolution in its amended form was sent back to the Board of Councilmen for concur- rence. There was very little business before the Board, and the Aldermen amused themselves by de- bating for an hour whether it was parliamentary to- “lay a motion for the previous question on the ta- ble.” This was at last decided in the affirmative, against the ruling of the Chair. A man named Patrick Toomy was killed, and some others seriously injured, on the New York and Erie Railroad, last Thursday night. The cars of a milk train became disconnected near the Sufferns depot, and when the engineer backed, on a de- scending grade, the deceased was caught between the cars. This is the third or fourth accident that has occurred on this line lately. We also learn that 2 locomotive on the Hudson River road exploded at Hudson last evening, killing the engineer and badly injuring the firemen. The engine was completely shattered. The investigation of the coroner’s jury concern- ing the recent mysterious murder of an Italian refu- gee in Williamsburg was concluded yesterday. James Antoni, employed as a sugar refiner in Duane street, has been arrested on suspicion of being the murderer. An ice-pick, left sticking in the de- ceased, and believed to have been in possession of the prisoner, led to the arrest. William Brennan, whose trial for causing the death of Michael Horan has occupied the attention of the Kings County Court for the last four diys, was found guilty of manslaughter in the fourth degree yesterday. Tammany Hall, appointed to take place o 4 the evening of the 16th instant, in favor of t'ae Ne- ska bill, under the pronunciamer sto of a | majority of the soft shells of (ld Tam- many; and, secondly, to the publ’se anti-Ne- braska meeting. appointed to cone off in the | Park, og the 14th and 15t», under, the auspices of the anti-Nebra ka soft shells, tre Van Burens, the Bryants and other , no doubt acting under the secret instructions or ‘vices of General Pierce and his Cabinet, and kitchen cabinet, at Washington. A third movement, involving a more enlarged action of the Northern democracy, is to come off with t.e New Hampshire election of Tuesday next, the 14ti instant. These three days—the 14th, 15ti and 16th—may be called the Ides of March on tie Nebraska ,uestion. The bard shells of the Stuyvesant Institute were the first tomove in behalf of a public democratic expression in support of the Nebras- ka bill; but entertaining serious doubts of the good faith of the administration, they havecon- cluded to give the soft shells of Old Tammany the privilege of leading off. And Tammany having responded, with a really surprising ma-» Missouri line, we may safely assume that no effort will be spared to have a thundering meet- ing in the Old Wigwam on the 16th—a model democratic demonstration, which will put the ball in motion for Nebraska and the constitution throughout New York, throughout New Eng- land, and all the Northern States; and which will carry everything before it, sweeping out all the unclean materials of abolition and free soil from the ranks of the party, from stem to stern. Meantime, the Van Buren free soilers of 1848, received into favor by the administration, and elevated into the highest offices and the high- est confidence, have resolved upon a bolt, which shall forestall and destroy the moral effect of the Tammany noverent. Hence we find the call for the popular meetings in the Park, of the 14th ani 15th, in alvance of the Tammany meeting, and very likely the Pre- sident and his C.binet hive had a hand inanda hearing upon this Van Buren programme, which, if not silenced in time, my result in very con- siderable mischief. It is very true that the Washington Union gives out that the President will require all his office holders to go for the Nebraska bill—that the administration advo- cates it on the ground that the measure is founded upon the non-intervention principles applied to Utah and New Mexico in the acts of 1850; butall thisis for Southern consumption. As in former years, General Pierce remains a vacillating and feeble politician. He is not to be relied upon in a great radical movement, full of the mighty responsibilities of this Ne- braska question. Let, then, the Union soft shell democrats of Tammany Hall take hold of theissue simply as a great constitutional issue; let them meet the free soilers face to face, and, grappling the bull by the horns, lead him out to the sacrifice upon the altar of the Union. The New Hampshire election is befogged by the vacillations and gyrations of the adminis- tration. Nebraska is the question before the democracy among the granite hills, and it On reference to our reports, it will be seen that there was a very general falling off in the prices of stocks in Wall street yesterday. Cotton was firm; and the rates for good brands of flour varied but little; Southern brands, however, tended downward. It is hardly probable that the present high prices will be maintained for any great length of time. The ice in the river at Albany was on the point of giving way at the date of our last despatch. This will soon be followed by the opening of canal navi- gation, and then we shall have such a rush of flour and grain to the seaboard as will astound dealers. No less than thirty-three thousand bbls. of flour and sixty-eight thousand bushels of wheat have been ex- ported from Baltimore during the present week. In addition to a variety of interesting miscella- neous matter, to-day’s inside pages contain a politi- cal letter from Concord, N. H., Habeas Corpus case in the Supreme @ourt, Commercial and Theatrical news, &c. ‘The Nebraska Question tm w= ~~** and Now The Kansas-Nebraska bill having passed the Senate by a lgrge majority, is now under a sort of armistice before the House of Representa- tives, awaiting the issue of the New Hampshire election. But although the discussion rests for a brief space in Congress, the subject does not and cannot rest—the agitation is going on, and must go on, till the question is settled, and set- tled upon the fixed and permanent basis of the constitutiog, The agitation, thus far, has fen mostly of a purely abolition ot free soil character. There have been some scattering, spontancous anti-Nebraska meetings in New England, New York, and the Western States. We have had two or three anti-slavery assemblies at the Tabernacle, gotten up to order by the free soil and abolition coteries of this city ; but though they were full of “sound and fury,” they “sig- nified nothing.” Within the last three dvys a protest against the Nebraska bill has been pub- lished, signed-by one hundred and fifty of the clergymen of the various Protestant denomina- tions of this city and Brooklyn ; but the clergy know very little of political questions, and their influence, one way or the other, is al- ways overshadowed and merged in the party organizations of the . The two old parties | which have for some time been undergoing the processes of dissolution, will be entirely broken up on this Nebraska question, and a reconstrac- tion will follow, changing from beginning to end all outstanding Presidential estimates for | the succession. The clergy, acting upon what | they consider to be the fundamental abstrac- | tions of morality and religion involved, over- | look the drift of the political revolution going on, and the causes which control it, as such as they seem to forget the great constitutional issue at stake. They must be borne away by the pressure of the great question in its practi- ither to the right h or to the clergy are but a waif upon the cal bearings, left. Th | waves. Thus far the two great demoralized on old controlling political p have had very little to do with thi There have boon > and there, end resolu- s have been passed by cert:in State I gainst the Nebras but the p: 8s hive been P. Hale, mpant abolitionists, and the countr some a- John 2 coil favorites, and the Buffalo p Pierce and his Cabinet, ball , Will be opened in a few days, nd the rn democracy will b» compelled to show their hands, from New Hampshire to lowa, upon the main question. Next week two highly important political opr arg tocome off in this metropolis, is not the question. The President must be set down for it; but he must not be mixed up with it. All are good democrats, and vote the democratic ticket—good administration democrats, till after the election, any how. Let that be understood. And yet, the New Hamp- shire democracy, disregarding the cowardly trimming and dodging of the administration, ought to meet the issue like men—yca or nay— instead of being influenced by the miserable and treacherous-policy of Gen. Pierce, Gen. Cush- ing and Marcy. Let every man in New Hamp- shire show his hand, yea or nay. The issues involved in this Nebraska bill must inevitably shape out the re-construction of all the parties and factions in this broad country for the succession and *-! austinies, and the policy of the government and the destiny of the Tinion for the next twenty-five years. The principles of the bill before the House are vital and radical. They rest upon the plain letter and spirit of the supreme law of the land—the only basis upon which the slavery agitation can be put to rest, and upon which the Union can alone be preserved. Upon any other basis, the agitation and exasperation of the South will continue till the Union is broken to pieces. The first object is to remove this slavery agi- tation out of Congress. This the Nebraska bill proposes todo. Under the constitution, Con- gress has no more right to interfere with the | institution of slavery than with the question of | religion, Qyer religion and over slavery the supreme jurisiiction is among those powers re- served to the States and the people. Let this power over the slavery question be restored, | then, where it belongs, and there let it rest, As | long as Congress usurps this right of jurisdjc- | tion over this subject, so long the unholy alli- | ance between the British aristocracy and our | anti-slavery societies will be supplie 1 with capi- tal for inflaming the North and the South to the ultimatum of dissolution. Nothing less than | the violent disruption of the ‘Union and the destruction of all our hopes of its march to greatness, grandeur, and glory, is contemplated | Proexess or Tae Liquor Promrrory Bit.— The passage of the prohibitory bill through the Senate will probably soon be followed by a similar evidence of Maine law principle on the part of the House. The only point on which there seems to be any reasonable ground for doubt is whether the Goveraor will defeat the | the exercise of his constitutional veto. That he may do £0, appears generally to be apprehended by the one party and hoped by the other. A | veto would certainly create avery considerable excitement among both parties at the next election, and would be more likely to resuscitate Gov. Seymour—whose political career must otherwise be regarded as on the point of clos- ing—than a tacit acquiescence in the views of the temperance leaders. A peculiar feature of the anti-liquor agitation has been the violence displayed by the unscru- pulous organs of the prohibitory law. Ithasbeen usual with them to denounce their opponents as corrupt, drunkards, profligates, habituates of grogshops, &c. Even Thurlow Weed, who is not himself a very mild or scrupulous indivi- dual, can no longer endure the attacks which to the people of New York on the same subject, all | jority, in support of the pending repeal of the | are made on the opposition in the Legislature, and denounces in terms of unmeasured severity the attempt which is beitig mae to spread through the country the belief that the resist- ance which the bill meets has been stimulated by corrupt agencies. However this be, the measure is now ina fair way of becoming a law. There can be no question, if it does, but that it will create a tremendous agitation among classes of our citizens which have hitherto taken no agtive part in political move- ments, The law professes to be founded on high moral and religious principles ; but this does not deprive it of its unconstitutional aspect ; does not prevent its being a revolutionary at- tempt to interfere with the private business of a large class of freemen. Temperance is doubt- less a most praiseworthy habit in all classes of society ; but the extent of intemperance pre- vailing among the American people is far exag- gerated by the prohibitory law advocates. The bulk of society is temperate ; drunkards con- stitute a very small fraction of the whole. And it seems a very singular system of legislation to sub;ect us all to inconvenience for the sake of this insignificant minority. The passage of the Maine law in Maine broke up all the existing political cliques and parties in that State ; and now, we are told, it is actual- ly a dead letter in the towns. No prohibitory law, however stringent, can ever be carried out in NewYork or in any other of the large cities of this State. I¢ can only lead to quarrels, dissen- sions, and possibly to riot and bloodshed. How- ever, the temperance fanatics scem to hold supreme sway at present. We can only wait and see what time will bring forth. Tue Leaisxators, &0., or Catirornia—Wu0 anp Wuat are Tory ?—We have received from California a statistical chart of theSenators and Representatives in Congress from that State, and of the State officers, Senators, representa- tives and officers of the fifth session of the State Legislature, which convened at Benicia on the 2d of January last. It is a document of pecu- liar interest, and giveg a tolerably clear insight into the character and composition of the men who form the official army of that State. Every occupation and profession is represented there- in, The merchant, the lawyer, the mechanic, the laborer, the actor, the farmer, the miner, and the printer, furnish in nearly equal propor- tions their quota. At the head of the list is Governor Bigler, brother of .the Governor of Pennsylvania, and a printer by profession, though it is doubtless many years’ since he worked at his trade. He emigrated in 1849 from Illinois, but is a native of Pennsylvania. The Lieutenant-Governor, Samuel Purdy, a native of this State, was a merchant, and emi- grated in the same year. The Comptroller, Samuel Bell, trum Tennessee, was a miner; the Treasurer, S. A. McMeans, from the same State, a physician; the Surveyor-General, S. H. Marlette, from New York, a civil engineer; the Superintendent of Public Instruction, P. K. Hubbs, from Pennsyl- vania, a miner; the Secretary of State, J. W. Deaver, from Virginia, a lawyer, of which profes- sion the Attorney-General, J. R. McConnell, from Kentucky, of course is also a member. Of the State Senators eight are natives of New York, three of Pennsylvania, two of Georgia, two of New Jersey, two of Ohio, one of Alabama, one of California, two of Vermont, five of Tennessee, one of South Carolina, one of Virginia, two of Kentucky, one of New Hamp- shire, one of Ireland, one of Maryland, and one of Maine. In the Assembly, as in the Senate, there is 9 larger number of natives of New York than from any other State, while Missouri comes next. Among the occupations of the officers of the Senate is one which we have never heard classed before, but which we sup- pose is peculiar to that land of adventurers; it is denominated in the list “outside chances,” and the person who formerly possessed it is the present incumbent of Sergeant-at-Arms, As | there is a great resemblance between the two | occupations, it is fair to presume that his out- | side chances will not be neglected in his new office. by our anti-slavery agitators. Let them be si- lenced by the voice of the honest Union-loving | people throughout the land, in support of the | bill before the House. | In this view we await the issue of the New | Hampshire election and the Tammany and anti- Tammany meetings of next week with deep anxiety and interest. Let the New Hampshire democracy, disregarding the dodges and shuf- flings of the administration, speak out for the | Union and the constitution—let Tammany Hall Mo the ‘same thing with « will, and, cleansing herself of the abominations of the Buffalo plat- form, and all its adherents, lay the ground-work for a reconstruction of the party upon a clean constitutional and national platform. The crisis is upon us, and the day for action is at hand. Tue Darren Sure Canat—We published late- ly, authentic accounts of the Darien exploring expeditions—one under Commander Provost, of the Britieh ship Virago, which started from San Miguel on the 19th of December, and another under Lieutenant Strain, of the United States Nav from the Atlantic ®. It is somewhat to hear now, that at Wa hington these statements are believed to he fibrications, be- cause the government has received no intima- tion of the same. Is it euch an unusual occur rence that the Heratp should receive intelli- gence in advance of the administration? We imagine not, But from the particulars given, especially in the report of Messrs, Kennish and Nelson, it is not difficult to see that they bear upon their face the impress of truth, Their statements have been confirmed by other intel- | ligenge of a still l.ter date. Muscat InteLiicence.—Every one has been remarking the utter dearth of musical enter- tainments which has prevailed during the win- ter, We have had no opera, no concerts, no leading artists here. The theatres are open as | usual, and “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” old plays of the Elizabethan era, and other shows have drawn | crowds ; but in musical art, the nigger minstrels seem to lave been the highest effort that has been made. This state of things cannot last long. Two theatres cach capable of containing from three to five thousand persons, will be opened in a few months; and several expedi- tions have already gone out or been sent by managers to Europe to procure the first talent to commence an early season in both. It is stated that Mr, Corbyn has been in Europe for some time, engaging novelties for Mr. Niblo; we have heard nothing either of the direction or the success of his efforts, Max Maretzek has likewise gone to Europe, it is supposed on ac- count of Mr. Phelan for the new opera company. His object, it is rumored, is to engage Mile. Cruyelli with some distinguished tenor and basso, for that establishment, Mr. Hackett is still here, and it is stated that he still possesses an engagement with Mario and Grisi; but we doubt much whether it will ever be fulfilled, as Grisi’s age, her affection for her chiidren, and her aversion to the sea are likely to | induce her to look upon a_ transatlantic engagement with great aversion. It is said that the new opera company had some nego- tiation with Mr. Hackett in relation to their object of the friends of the prohibitory law by | | would undoubtedly drive the highest artists to | stockholders. This has been estimated to be equal to one thousand two hundred dollars a night for rent alone—a sum which no opera under any régime or with any combination of talent could afford to pay. Meanwhile speculation is rife on the success | of the agents who have gone out to Europe. A war between the Western Powers and Russia this country; for, ‘mid the clash of arms, the aristocracy cf Europe will have something | else to attend to besides the opera, music, and the ballet. At all events, {rem the authority of the agents, and the prodigious efforts which are being made to fini-h tie houses and make | them worthy of the ccuntry, we have a right | to expect scmething extraordinary in the way of operatic entertainments either from the new opera company or Mr. Niblo. Discrpying mw Scuoors—A Great Rerorm DeMANDED.—We extract the following para- graph from one of cur morning cotemporaries, | in reference to the mode of discipline practiced in the schools of Williamsburg, which will apply pretty much to our whole country, and all our | educational institutions:— Mr. Reilly etates that about a year ago, he took his lit- tle boy, then attending school, to witness a procession, | and on the following day, the teacher, supposing that the child played truant, punished him. ‘The boy was strack | go severe a blow on the wrist or. arm, that four weeks af- | ter he was unable to raigo his hand to his head. Very | recently, one of bis ‘dididhen ‘was again punished.in the schgol, and a very sevafe wound across the palm of the | chifi’s hand inflicted. We went to the school to remon- i strate, took the child up to the room of the principal teacher, and showed the injured hand, which the fein teacher by Whom the blow was struek, acknowledged ha’ Ing given: Mr. Reilly said it was not to her credit, andan nltereation followed, the principal taking part with the TO —______________________ Vioiarion or THE Law ny THE Postmaster: GengraL.—We understand that the Postmaster General at Wazhington has decided, contrary to the. Congressional statute, to give the Post. Officé advertising to a journal not possessing the largest circulation of any published in this city. This decision is a direct violation of the law, which directs in plain and simple terms that the Post Office advertisements shall be pub- | lished in the journal whose circulation is the largest. Two journals competed for the adver- tising of the New York offige, and one of the two, the HERraLp, proved by affidavits that its circulation exceeded that of its rival by some ten thousand copies daily. Yet by some legal quibble or subterfuge, the Postmaster here and the Postmaster General at Washington decided in favor of the latter. We have no remedy in the present state of the executive at Washing- ton. But we shall, at our earliest leisure, pre- pare a succinct and carefal memorial to Con- grees, setting forth the premises, and calling om that body to review the law, and make such amendments as may plece it out of the power of the Postmasters to violate its spirit, as it seems they may no® do with impunity. ToxNnaGE Duty on AMERICAN Vissets at Hoypvaas.— Je have seen a letter, dated Traxillo, January 13, hom Mr. E. Prudot, consignee of the Boston brig Helen Jane, to the Collector of the Customs, remonstrating against an increased amount of tonnage duty levied on that vessel. It seems that 2 new edict was issued, doubling the rates, and Mr. Prudot protests against pay- ment in this instance on the ground that the Helen, Jane was anchored in port some thirty-six hours pre~ vious to the publication of the law. Independently of ssistant. Mr. Reilly said he considered he was the ag- | ieved party, and entitled to legal remedy had he chosen fo aprly for it, and that he was much surprised the ag- | _ Teesors had turned complainants, | This barbarous, inhuman, and atrocious sys- tem of flogging, is a brutal institution, handed | down to their posterity by the barbarous and | piratical Saxons, our enterprising ancestors. It | dces not exist in France. Tuere, in their | schools, academics, and colleges, we find a sys- | tem of discipline founded upon the humane and rational policy of appealing to the moral sensi- bilities of the scholars. There the, young lad or | miss is punished by penalties which reflect up- on their sense of honor, while, on the other hand, they are enccuaged to obedience and emu- lations in their studies by proper rewards of merit and distinction. Between the teach- ers and their scholars in France, we see the good relations existing of mutual con- house, and that they asked from three to five | hundred dollars a night, together with 250 choice seats for the use of fidence, affection, and respect. And it is all the result of the genial policy of discipline which exists among them. It makes the young lad ehivalric, generous, frank, truthful and man- ly. Contrast this enlightened system with the brutalizing practice in schools, of flogging, kick- ing, beating, mangling and mutilating which prevails in Germany, England and the United States, and it becomes beyond the power of lan- guage to express our loathing, abhorrence and disgust of this savage and wretched rule of dis- cipline. We have a striking example of the effects of this brutalizing system in the death of an other- wise worthy teacher at Louisville, and in the in- carceration in prison, awaiting their trial for his murder, of two youths who otherwise have the character of amiable and promising young men. But the effects of this debasing practice may be seen nearer home, in the gangs of bullies and ruffians which infest our streets. And as long as flogging, maiming and mangling con- tinue a branch of our system of education, so long will it develope the brutal propensities of our scholars. It is nothing but a savage, bru- iralizing and disgusting practice, and there is no rational excuse or pretence for it whatever. We have abolished flogging in our navy, where the recipients of it were hardy men—abolished it because of its bru- tality. Shall it be continued in our schools, where the victims are children, and where the punishment often cripples them for life, and deadens and brutalizes their moral sensibilities? No. Let the work be commenced for a thorough reformation upon this subject, and the result will soon appear in a higher, nobler and more manly race of young men, and in the rapid reduction of the ruffians, rowdies and gallows- birds which infest the community. Instirvtions For THE ReLter or SERVANTS.— We see that Bishop Wainwright and others are moving in behalf of an institution for the relief of servants, especially servant girls. It is pro- posed to establish a sort of central intelligence office, for the purpose of procuring good ser- vants good places. This may all be very well; but from the experience we have had in all ex- periments of this kind, the most vf the benefits which such such an institution will confer will be reaped by the managers, secretaries, trea- surers, and s0 forth, of the establishment. The truth is, a daily journal like the Herap, with its daily circulation of fifty or sixt thousand copies among all classes of our people—em- ployers and employes, high and low, rich and poor, Catholics and Protestants, whigs and democrats, native and adopted citizens—is the best intelligence office for servants of all descriptions; and for those who want ser- vants, as well as for servants who want situa- tions. Thus, at the very reasonable charge of from twenty-five to fifty cents each, one, two, and sometimes nearly three hundred, servants ina single day procure situations, by the simple process of asmall advertisement in our columas. This is the simplest, cheapest and surest plan for procuring good servants and good situa- tions. All servants’ intelligence offices, and boarding houses, &c., operate more for the relief of the managers than for the benefit of the ser- vants in whose behalf they profess to be estab- lished. The Heraxp is the best institution, and the cheapest, for the relief of situations that want servants, and of servants who want situations. Let them come along—we have always room for them. We take great pleasure in thus being so useful to the community as we are. Those honest and industrious girle—the chambermaids—and all others concerned, whether for good places or good servants, can find no institution in their behalf equal to the New York Hxranp. Nothing like it. Bexerit Concert.—On the 224 instant, the | congregation of Calvary church intend to give a benefit concert to Madame Bouchelle, who has been for the last three years, the leading vocalist | of their choir. The efforts which are being made, | and the popularity of Mme. Bouchelle would lead | one to suppose that the concert will be highly successful. It will be recollected that Madame | Bouchelle is the sister of one of our most dis- tinguished composers, Wm, Vincent Wallace; and that che is known as possessing a very fine and highly. cultivated voice. She will have, | no doubt, a bumper house. On the same — occasion, a young lady of great promise as a vocalist, and a pupil of Madame Bouchelle’s, will make her debut in some duets with her ilies of the | preceptress, the particular facts of the case, he believes that the policy which would esiablish eight reals on foreign, when there are only four on national tonnage, is ill ad | vised, and that, under the treaty of 1826, the shipping | of North America—a country which has ever been friendly towards Central America—is entitled to the. rame privileges and exemptions as native shipping. The Misciug Packet Ships Waterloo and Leviathan. Auwong the many vessels of every clase it has been our painful duty, during the past winter, to record as lost or | missing, are the two splendid Liverpool packet ships Waterloo and Leviathan. Both these vessels cleared om the same day, (the 19th of last December,) fYom this. port for Liverpool. The Waterloo sailed ,on the 284 of December, and the Leviathan crossed the bar on the same day, and both undoubtedly experienced the tremendous weather of the 30th of the same month, which strewed our consts with so many wrecks. An arrival at Liverpool, a few weeks subsequent to their sailing, reported seeing a. vessel in distress, dismasted, and apparently endeavoring: to make for the Western Islands, which was thought to resemble the Waterloo, but our latest dates from those places mention nothing of her, or of the arrival there of any similar vessel. Of the Leviathan, her sailing hence is the last heard of her. The Waterloo was a very fine vessel, of 1,000 tons bur- * then, and had been trading between this port and Liver- pool, as a regular packet, from the time she left Mesars. ‘Westervelt and Mackay’s shipyard, in 1835, to her de- parture last December. She was owned, (or principally» 60,) by Mossrs, Kermit & Carew, of South street, and was. commanded by Captain Edmund Harvey, of this city, a. very experienced sailor. The following were the names of her officers and. crewi— Captain—Edmund Harvey. First Mate—Wm. Richardson. Second Mate—Robert Maddocks. ‘Thomas Ireland. Steward—Wm. H. Garribrance. Cook—Wm: Peel. ial men. Jas. Bennett, Henry Wilkins, Wm. ‘ John Samson, George Reed, Thos. Fleming, Thomas Stone, Ebenezer Lane, John Brown, David Sanders, Thos. Summons, John McCawley, David Robinson, John Kinsley, John Nichols, Michael Jas. Roberts, Louis Roberts, John Riley, m. She had no cabin passengers, but we believe there were two or three in the steerage, whose names are not ob- tainable. The cargo of the Waterloo was composed of 2,500 bar- rels of flour, 19,087 bushels of wheat, 193 bales of cot- ton, 19,749 pounds of cheese, 1 cask of manganese, 1,624 barrels of rosin, -and 6,720 staves,*Valued at about $06,000. The vessel, which was valued at $45,000, was covered by insurance in Wall street. Her freight money was $15,000, and was probably insured, as well as the cargo. The Leviathan was one of the finest of our noble packet ships. She registered 1,207 tons, and was not more than: three years old, having been built at Newcastle, Maine, for the Liverpool trade, in 1850, and was worth about $72,000. Her owners were Messrs. Sturges, Clearman é& Co., of Wall street. She was commanded by Capt. Rufus Knapp, a first rate seamen, and most worthy man, who- has left a wife and seven children. Her first officer was. Mr. Thomas 8. Underhill, of this city, who has also lefte family. The number of souls on board the Leviathan. when she sailed from New York was twenty-nine, in- clading two passengers. The following are their names:— Captain—Rufus Knapp. First Mate—Thomas 7 en ‘Second Mate—William Smit] a 1rd Male—W. Hi Place. . rpenter—Fdward Hu Steward—Alfred Frey. Cook—James Betts. John Be: ” Stephen Homphray Davies, John Jones, , Charles Coe, George Farley, Thomas Nolan, Henry Fink, fo Een Charles Phenix, james Wilson, George Smith, William Somers, John Burns, ” > William O'Neil, Denis Miller, James Thomas, ‘i James Blake. William Roland, OM Patrick Cummings. One of the passengers was Mr. Fallon, of St. John’s. College, in this State, who was going to Galway, Ireland, for the benefit of his health. The name of his fellow voyager we could not learn. ‘The Leviathan’s cargo was valued at about $200,000, and consisted of the following articles :—668 bales of cot- ton, 34,764 bushels of wheat, 4,872 barrels of flour, and 7,200 staves, the freight of which was valued at $20,000, which, with the cargo, we understand is covered by in- surance. The vessel is fully insured in the Wall street offices. So longa time having elapsed since these vessels de- parte’—upwards of a hundred days ago—but little hope is left of their safety. It is probable they were dismast- cd, or otherwise severely crippled in ‘sails or spars, and. sprung a leak during the very severe weather that burst upon the Atlantic a few days after they left port, and ae a portion of each cargo consisted of a large quantity of wheat in bulk, which would swell a great deal on getting wet, it might possibly have started the planking and choked up the pumps, thus rendering them helpless hulks upon the water, and that they afterwards foun- cered, leaving not a soul to tell the tale. Marine Affairs. » Forpes’ Ric.—Extract from Capt. A. G. Fleteli@r’e: lett March 84, after a voyage to Liverpool in the C. Grinnel In answer wl bos letter of the Ist, 1 assure you that nothing would induce me to have the ri Thad the heaviest eather coming to the westward that I ever experienced on the Atlantic, and had a chan well. My best canvass was all my pe NE moony | when tl Tpeaila, we had no trouble in taking in the upper ) as any five men could stow them. ‘My topgallant sails can be furled by three men at any time, and by two. As a proof of the satisfaction given by the rig to my owners, Mr, Cornclius Grinnell has contracted for a ship of 1,700 tons, to have the new rig. T Proged the advan- tages of the new rig in hauling off from Sandy Hook in a snow storm, whieh I did under five reefed topsails, my fore and aft ‘stormsails, courses furled. At midnight a | heavy gale ; furled the upper topsails with compara tively no trouble. Had the ship/been of the old rig f should have hauled off under double reefed topsails, and during the night should have lost thom, as my conirade 6id, who hanled off at the same time. It was the worst night I ever saw. My pilot fell in love with the rig and so did the captains of the wrecked ship brought home by me. One of them, who saw the ©. Grinnell fitting oat, and then Inughed at the rig, now saya that ho will never have anything else if he ean avoid it. It would not do to alter the Forbes’ rig and spofl it, and then contemn the rinciple. I have no doubt but that the underwriters of ew York and. Boston would lmve saved many large losses if the ships had been fitted with the new rig, and that many cases of suffering among their crews might: have been avoided. The great scarcity of seamen ren- | ders it more necessary to have the new rig than ever a before, The Governor of Rhode Inland riday, the 14th of April, to be observed ong the tate Zo day Of fonting and prayer,