The New York Herald Newspaper, March 21, 1854, Page 4

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Her paesage has undoubtedly been prolonged by the | strong westerly gals that bave prevailed since Fri- day last. We may, however, ook for her to-day. A very destructive fire occurred t New Orleans on the morning of the 16th inst.,on the corner of Natchez and Magazine streets, consuming thirteen er per cana; He Byrovean, BOWE Sat af the valuable store and their contents. The total loss was estimated at between three and four hundred thousand dollars, on which there were insurances to the amount of two hundred and twenty-eight thou- sand dollars. One fireman was killed by the falling of a wall, another afterwards died of injuries re- ceived, and several others were seriously wounded, ‘The excitement in relation to the rescu: of the alleged fugitive elave in Milwaukie is stili kept up, and the greatest indig ation is manifested, on the part of the law-abiding citizens, against those who formed themselves into a mob and prevented the course of justice. A lady writer in ‘the Milwaukie News thinks before Mr. Booth, the editor of the. Free Democrat, who has been arrested on the charg» | of participating in the rescue, “‘goesto the Sto te prison, he sheuld be honored with a public dem on- stration.” The writer says she will furnish the | feathers. ‘The Balfimore'and Ghio railroad ridge over the Monocacy river, fifty miles from Reitimore, wea on Priday right last destcoyed by fire. Energetic, mea- ssurea were immediately taken to rebuild the trridge, | and but a delay ofa day or twe would “be experi- sence@ by forwarders. A-€espatch frora Cincinnati states that the officers of the steamer J..L, Avery, recestly sunk, had arrived at that city, amd report that the loss of life can- not be less than sixty or ‘seventy persons, in- clading eight cabin passengers. The boat had a ‘large and valeable cargo, which was totally lost. The rates:of toll onthe ®llinois and Michigan ‘canal have een reduced abent thirty per cent on ‘chose previeusly charged. his reduction has been ‘brought: almut by the competition which the rail- roads running parallel'witb. the canal on both sides hag Prounts from Galveston to the 17th inst. men- tion the killing of Col. Stein, late Indian agent, by the Indians, near Fort Betknap. The Board of Supervisors met last night. The re- port of the Committee-on: County Offices relativete the. City. Register was read, which will be found embodied in the account of the proceedings of the Board. | ‘The* schooner. Russell .was wrecked in the gale of Saturday, off Cape Cod, and it is supposed all on board—nine souls—perished. In our inside pages this morning may be found, in addition to other interesting matter, the recep- tion of: ex-President Fillmore at Louisville, more Effects of the Gale,. Coroners’ Inquests, Court Re- ports, Theatrical, Monetary and Commercial Intel- ligence, &c. The Priesthood on Politics—Blood and Dis- union. ‘The Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, a dis- tinguished Protestant divine in this city, -thought fit last Sunday evening to resign the guardianship of his hearers’ spiritual welfare into-other hands, and to deliver from the pulpit Aww Youk ZUNRALD, either as-correspondent or agent. ‘Moura Livingston & Wells; 8 Place de la Bourse, are eer only agents in Panis, both for advertisements and se becrip tions. . ‘The News. Our, Washington corregpondents furnish some very interesting intelligence respecting the proba- bitities of the ratification of the Gadsden treaty by the Senate Scme powerfyl.combination have been foucd bythe lobbyites,in the shape of railroad bills, puter’ right extensions, Hargous and Sloo @aims, champagne and oysters, by which the stu- pendous “nutent sale game” at the capital is to be brouzht to a successful issue. If our confiding and unsophisticated readers will but turn to the special despatch in to-day's paper they will find developed as pretty a scheme for swindling our Uncle Sam as was ever, concocted by a brace of New York “ thim- ble riggors” It is expected the reciprocity and fiahery tegties between this country aud Great Bri- tain will shortly be completed, and thus another ir- rits.ting subject will be set at reat. The Presideat, it seems, is quite satisfied with the result of the re- cext elcctian in his own State—this is somewhat equivocal. Upen thepresentation in the Duited States Senate yesterday of petitions against the Nebraska bill, Mr Badger took,occasion to explain his views relative to his amendment to that measure, providing against the revival of the old Louisiana law of slavery on the repeal vi th¢Missouri compromise. He was followed by Messrs. Butler, Mason, Brown, Clayton and Stuart, and fheir remarks may be regarded asthe iwterpretation of the views of Southern atateamen on the important amendment of Mr. Badger, and will, doubtlews, heave great influence in determining the action of members of the House when the subject comes up for consideration in that body. We com- mend the progeedinys in the Senate to the attention of our readers. No other business of special in- terest was transacted. Tn the House of Representatives, the agricultural part oi the Patent Office Report was presented and appropriately seterred. Resolutions in favor of the principles of the Nebraska bill from the Legislatures ot Geoi gia and Mississippi were received, as also re" solutions of the Legislature of Mlinois, asking Con- gress to donate half a million acres of land to each Brate for educational purposes. A joint resolution from the Naval Gommittee was reported and passed, providing that itibe optional with the Navy Depart- ment to reject all bids for contracts from persons other than manufacturers or dealers in the articles required, thereby taking the contracts out of the hands of speculatorg and favorites. The first week in May was set apart for the consideration of terri- torisi business, whem the ball will open on the Ne- braska bill. A preamble and resolution, asking for a special committee to investigate the conduct of Sue Secretary of Wat in regard to the employment : of the army,cn the capitol extension and orks, was offered, aud elicited some debate, Hionee refused entertain the proposition. cessful effort wes made to make the Pacific Bailoud bill the special order for the second Wed- nesday (uo May. A resolution was offered and pasa- ed instructing the Commigtee on the Judiciary, now harged with the duty of ¢evising measures to re- uns a,political speech on the Nebraska question. The burthen of his discourse, as we understand it, was comprised in the words: Blood and disunion! Mr. Beecher acknowledges no worthier task ior.a minister of the gespel than to,preach a crusade.against the South, and to conspire against the government of his country. In this pursuit.he.does not stand alone among his. cloth. ‘Other clergymen by the hundreds, as-well here as in New England, have aban- doned the souls .of their congregation te any evil influence that may arise, in order to be- stow their undivided attention on a Congres- sional bill. They have done so notin the meek gentle spirit becoming Christian ministers, but as though, in leaving their flocks they had thrown.off every attribute of the pastor, with the violence of party demagogues, and the ar- rogance of prelates of the dark ages. They assume to speak by and for Almighty God, and in this impious strain, seek to wield divine thun- der against our national councils. This is not the first interference of the clergy in politics, which history or even our own annalsrecord. During the last half century similar movements of the priesthood have taken place on several occasions. The last struggle between the old federal and the democratic parties witnessed one such, and saw the pulpit devoted to pulling dowa and putting up politi- cal factions. The last war was the occasion of another attempt of a like nature. During the discussion of the eompromise measures, a simi- lar attempt to exercise political influence was made by the clergy. The effect of these various ecclesiastical movements has been invariably the same: they lessened the influence of the clergy, and impaired the respect due to the church. Elsewhere, more disastrous consequences have followed their occurrence. During the first three centuries of the Chris- tian era, three frightful persecutions made havoc among the adherents to the new faith. These persecutions were in every case instigated by the pagan priesthood of that day, whospeak- ing as vicegerents of Jupiter, invoked divine wrath on the Christians. Neither tortures nor massacres could assuage the fury of these hea- then eccle: ‘ies. Each fresh persecution seemed to feed instead of satiating their blood- thirsty violence. In course of time, Christianity triamphed. The world was revolutionized. Paganism was uprooted. Soon, however, intoxicated by the possession of power, the Christian church felt itself strong enough to persecute in its turn. The priests trampled out the remains of pagan- ism wherever they reared their head. A few centuries elapsed, and under the pri- macy of Rome, corruption, licentiousness, idol- atry, and the abandonment of every Christian principle sapped the foundations of the Church. cover the money filched frago the treasury’ by the Gardner aud other frauds, te report what measures y to recover the axms drawn by the di- tic agents of the governgent who have never ed upon their duties, and ¢lso to prevent such @racds in future. As this was ap attack upon some ofthe appointees of the admigistration, quite a piqnont debate was elicited. ithe State Senate yesterday the bill in relation collection and assessment of taxes was passed in Consuitiee of the Whole, and the,pill repealing the oot cstablishing the Nigeteenth ward Park pro- mieered @ stage. The temperance bill was made epee! order for to-day in the Agsembly, spel several other measures of Jocal interest were acted gs. The Board of Aldermen were engeged last even- ing in 2 long debate om the repeal of the amended charter, proposed by Alderman Mott, which @@ negutived by a large majority, A large quantity’ & o wy routine business was transacted in the yd of Conneflmen, who sat uatll near 10 o'clock ortant comnmnication was received from tle on the increased expenditare caused by tonal number of gas lanps in the city, and mmending appropriations ot over sixty thon are neces alc rer and d. lars to be made to defray the expenses thu he whieh will be found under the head of oa pecial 1 mocl bill passed in the Massach presentatives yesterday by a vot f hut Pester Bosworth, late Postmaste: at 4 y satisfied oll the demands government. As a necessary consequence, isolated attempts at reform were made in various parts of Europe. But the Waldenses, the Hussites, the Albigen- ses, the Lollards all met the same fate: the stake, the rope, the rack were t| customary portion at the hands of the priesthood. It is the uniform record of history, that wherever the voice of a clergyman interfered in behalf of humanity, he was silenced by the Church and his compassion recompensed by the intlic¢ tion of fresh tortures on this victim. At length, after many ineffectual attempts to overthrow the tyranny of Rome, came Luther, Calvin, Knox and the Reformation. The re- formers or J’rotestants were again encounter- ed with the saine weapons—fire, hanging and torture. The Roman Catholic priests, acting, we may observe, invariably as “the vicegereuts of Almighty God,” drowned the ery of human sympathy and refused to spare a living soul. ‘Wears of struggles left the victory with the Prota*tants. They conquered the north of Europe, and clamped — their r ove Great Brvtain, Sweden, and part of German As had been the case with the Cathol he Protestant clergy too be ted with powet, and began to p Not t@ the same extent r turn. ecessors, for humanity had made gress during the iifteenth and sixteenth centa ries; but enough to leaye oa their record th marks Servetus’ name, and the indellible, disgrace of the British test acts. Nor was fanatic persecation confined to Eu- rope. The persecuted reformers who fled for refuge to, America found on this continent se- curity, gut with it power and opportunity for venger mce. Advireity had taught them forti- tude, courage, maniiness, but mot one spark of toler ance. Theannals of New England show to t’ nis day that whatever the Puritans suffered pre wious to their exile, they avenged with com- Pe mand inter st upon those who differed from them in America. The lists of Quakers who Vere banished or hanged or tortured for their ‘ppinions by the clergy of New England is enough to make the cheek of each of the three thousand reverend petitioners of to-day glow with shame. Thus, there are not wanting ‘historical prece- dents for the violent.and vindictive denuncia- tions of the clergy of New York and New Eng- ‘land. They are treading a path which their predecessors trod before them when they inter- fere with the preceedings of Congress, and throw the bitterness of religious strife into a controversy that ought only to be settled by statesmen according to the principles of the | constitution, Like the priests of former times, the hierarchy of to-day cannot conceive a dif- ference of opinion dn secular matters that does not invelve eternal damnation for one party or the other. They know no middle term, ‘The Church of Rome has its purgatory; but the Lrotestant clergy, as they acknowledge no mid- dle place between heaven and hell for departed spirits, se in earthly affairs admit of no alteraa- tive but obedience to their dictates,’or everlast- ing punishment under a Divine curse. Their fate will be that of their forefathers These fell though public opinion was feeble and the press had not begun to wield power. Now public opinion is omnipotent and the press is free; and the clergy who throw off their cleri- cal garments.and descend into an arenadevoted to such men ‘as John Yan Buren and Captain Rynders are doubly sure of their meed of dis- respect and loss of character. Reaction in Central America—Its Tende: .and Objects. The state of affairs in Spanish America af- fords cause for thought amongst all reflecting men. InMexico we see Santa Anna breaking down the last forms of republicanism, and crushing out the few sparks of its fire which re- mains, restoring the despotism of the Church, and almost reinstating the Inquisition. In Cen- tral America the same tendency is visible. The aristocratic oligarchy of that country, chiefly concentrated in the seat of the old vice regal court, Guatemala, who sought at first by intrigue,.and afterwards by force, to incor- porate the whole of Central America in the ephemeral empire of Iturbide, are now in close correspondence and entire accord with Santa Anna. They seek to realize the dreams of rank and power which the fall of Iturbide dissolved, andare openly directing all their energies to thisend. But to accomplish their purposes it it necessary to follow the example set in Mexico, and annihilate the liberal and repub- lican sentiment of the country. This being premised, the dissensions there, of which we hear so much, become of easy explanation. Honduras alone, of all the States of Central America, has always adhered, as she still hero- ically adheres, to the republican cause. Hence the guasi war which is waged upon her by Gua- temala, the hot-bed of the soi-disant nobility, and the “city of refuge” for the Jesuits ex- pelled from South America for crimes and groa- political intrigues. The instrument in thei: hands is an Indian, named Carrera, who com meneed his career as the leader in a war 0: castes, bearing as his banner a red flag deco vated with a skull and cross-bones, and in- scribed, “Death to whites, foreigners and liberals!” This Indian leader, whose course lias been an unbroken series of murders and assassinations, at the outset was @ mere tool of the priests, who sought, through him, to revenge them- selves on the liberal government, which had suppressed the monasteries, expelled the Jesuits, and decreed the abolition of tithes. They let down a letter from the roof of one of the charches, purporting to come from Heaven, and commissioning Carrera, who was afterwards impliously called the “Angel Rafael,” to exterminate all foreigners and libe- rals. When his power became established he was adopted by the monarchists and bigots as the executor of their designs, and he is now the instrument with which they hope to effect their consolidation in the new empire of Mexico. The prospect of a brilliant vice royalty is con- stantly held before him as his reward in the event of the success of the scheme. Nicaragua and San Salvador, which, until re- cently, adhered to principles of national unity and to liberal institutions, in concord with Hon- duras, have fallen into the same policy with Guatemala. The first named has expelled near- ly all of her leading citizens, under the pretence that they were concerned in revolutionary schemes, of the existence of which, however, no proof has been adduced. Their real crime con- sisted in their unyielding republicanism. As an appropriate sequel to this arbitrary act, we find a constituent assembly called, under the pretence of revising the constitution, but really to estab- lish a dictatorship on the plan of Guatemala and Costa Rica, which shall serve to pave the way for the final and complete overthrow of the very eemblance of a republic. Our Leon corres- pondent informs us that the government sub- mits its new constitution ready framed to the convention, who have the liberal alternative of adopting it or encountering the bayonets with which the government surrounds and protects their deliberations. In San Salvador a precisely similar move- ment is on foot. The people of that State, how- ever, are essentially liberal, and it was not un- til the government had effected a treaty with Guatemala, whereby the dictator of that State agreed to protect it in carrying out its plans, that it had the courage to undertake their exe- cution. We may soon expect to see a change in the constitution of that State, under the sanction of Guatemala bayonets, Meantime, Carrera and the reactionista are using every effort by force and fraud to break down the liberal stronghold of Honduras. They not only ravage her borders, rob her towns, and seek gradually to exhaust her energies sud pow- ers of resistance, but, through their oficial agents abroad and their hircliug tools, slander and tra- duce her government, lest it should receive the sympathy and moral support to which it is en- titled on the ground of its truly American and republican principles and tende In this work they find a ready organ in the Mutiona/ ies, Jnteligen — of Washington, which enjoya the unenviable netoricty of having never taken the American cide of any queetion, or liberal couse, singe Its foundation any to the present bus, Ovr Svsunzse—The astonishing increase of our suburbs in population and importance, during the last few years, seems to as worthy of more careful attention than has hitherto been bestowed upon it. Contrasting their pre- sent position and prospecte with their condition @ dozen years ago, their growth cannot but almoct unprecedented. Twelve years ago Brooklyn was a quiet and pious little city, of forty thousand inhabitants; since that time it has added a cool hundred thousand to its popu- lation, and now stands bristling all over with churches, “like quills upon the fretfal porcu- pine —par excelence, the City of Churches. Twelve years ago, Williamsburg was a com- paratively obscure village, almost entirely un- known to the great body of people; uow it numbers ite fifty thousand citizens, and is al- ready waxing indignant at the lack of ferry accommodation. Jersey City, Staten Island, and Hoboken, all have received their quota, drawn from among the most valuable classes of the community—the very bone and sinew of our city, It requires no great amount of thought to ac- count for the present state of things. While rents continue at their present exorbitant rate, while our streets reek with filth, and the pure air of heaven is tainted with the seeds of disease and death ; while acts of rowdyism continue so disgracefully frequent, we need not be eurprised that so many sensible people seek to escape, for half the twenty-four hours at least, from this great, dusty Babel, to catch a glimpse of vegetation and take a breath of fresh air. Al- most every New Yorker, though he may have been born in the very heart of the city, and trod its stony pavements all his life, still cherishes a delightful dream of one day retiring to a country residence—visions of green fields and running brooks pursue him even when immersed in the driest details of business, Here, then, is rus in urbe offered him. Within a few min sail of his place of business he may luxu- fate in the sight of nature—nature a little civi- lized, to be sure, somewhat contaminated by such near proximity to the great city, but still full of charms for the eye wearied with gazing at endless piles of brick and mortar, and inex- pressibly grateful to the unfortunate breather of dust. Here, then, is an intermediate step between flying the pursuits of city life alto- gether, and ehutting oneself up as in a living tomb. This suburban life offers, too, the greatest in- ducements to family men. Careful fathers,who have a due regard for their offspring’s health, can readily perceive its advantages, aud are not slow to avail themselves of it. Rent is a powerful consideration. People in ordinary circumstances, who cannot afford to take a pa- lace in the fashionable avenues, and who have no particular desire to travel up to one Hundred and Ninetieth street every night, and back again every morning, are left with no al- ternative but to cross the river. On the other side, houses can be procured at a comparative- ly reasonable rate, though even there rents are rising with the most fearful rapidity, and their landlords are imitating ours, in that particular at least, with a zeal worthy of a better cause. Tf.such a state of things continue much longer on either side, it seems a debateable point whether houses will remain, in their present po- sition, as indispensables, or rise to the dignity of luxuries, attainable only by a fortunate few. To the last cause, probably, more than any other, we owe this sudden growth of our suburbs. Settlements spring up, as if by magic, on every side of us; in five or six years an act of incorporation is procured, and, presto! they are cities. Speculators seized the idea long ago, and for the lasttwo or three years any quantity of odd little villages out on Long Island, cut up into infinitesimal lots, have been the product. At present, this state of things seems likely to continue indefinitely. We fear there is no prospect of diminution in rents for some time to come; aad until our landlords come to reason, our environs will absorb, as heretofore, thousands of the most valuable por- tion of the community—the middle classes. ARMED PRocESSIONS IN THE StREETSs.—Several of our cotemporaries have given utterance to very just complaints of processions in the streets by armed bodies of men belonging to some sec- tional class of the community. The processions took place on the 22d of February, when several thousand United Americans paraded, and on St. Patrick’s day, when six or seven thousand Irish turned out all armed to the teeth. What are the causes of this dangerous practice? We shall find them in the disturbance of the harmony Yormerly existing between all classes of citizens, by the violent religious fanatics who have been in the country during the last year, stirring up hatred and strife between Protestants and Ca- tholics: and in the mischievous workings of a few wretched newspapers, like the Express, which are endeavoring to excite civil commo- tion in the hope of deriving a little political aid or comfort out of the excitement. Sinauiar Contrasts oF MEN AND THETR IN- FLUENCE.—A cotemporary states, not without @ dash of sarcasm, that the three principal lead- ers of the last anti-Nebraska meeting at the Ta- bernacle were Moses H. Grinnell, John A. King, and Abraham Vannest, while the three corres- ponding oflicers of the meeting at Tammany Hall were Thomas Dunlap of the “Pewter Mug,” Elijah Purdy, and Captain Rynders. There is certainly a striking contrast between the two groups, The Grinnell group, in Wall strect, in church, in the resorts of fashion and wealth, far outstrips that at Tammaay Hall. But in spite of this advantage, it is very ques- tionable whether, under our democratic sy stein, the Rynders group, with the assistance of the grogshops would not poll more votes than that led by Mr.Grinnell. And in political questions votes tell; tell more, we take it, than piety, ships, respectability, wealth or fashion. Srm Svtxy.—What is the reason that the hard shells of Stuyvesant are so sulky on the Nebraska movement? ‘They profess to be in favor of the bill, and a committee has even beeh appointed to get up a meeting to endorse it; how comes it that they are still silent? Can it he that they want a few fat oflices to stir their patriotiem up to the fever pitch? If not, how can they explain their conduct? If they want to testify their contempt for Pierce’s wretched administration, let them get up a grand Union mecting, at which they can endorse the princi- ple of Congressional noa-intervention and the Nebratka bill, and at the same time character- ize the corruption and treachery of the Cabinet in the terms they deserve. Now is the time for a demonstration of this sort. Properly organ- ived and carried ont with vigor, it would exer- | ciee & paramount influence over the political afaire of this State aud of the Union at large. strike the most ordinary observer as something | An Exoquent ArrgaL From THE RippixG Srrerrs.—Several most beautiful “rapping spi- rit media” from Rochester have recently in- vaded thie city, and they are now actively engaged in bringing all the outside barbarian: and unbelievers to their feet. One of the most beautiful spirits attached to this concera—a perfect Haidee in face and figure, it is said— called at the Hexap office on Saturday, and left the following eloquent appeal:— Mr. Bewxert, Eprror or 11 New York Herarp:— Iman Sir—Permit me to introduce to you Miss Catherine Fox. Her parents reside in the section of Western New York frém which | and one of the editors of the Hikai.y came; and J am acquainted with several persons in that ion who testify to their worth. Circumstances com- pel this young lady, accompanied by her mother, to re ceive persons whe wish to investigate the ‘‘Rochester Anochings” in public circles, at the rooms they have taken. A notice—a kindly’ one—in your paper, (tor which she is willing to pay the usual compensation, ) world do her much good.’ The only reason for healtation in your mind would probably be that you are not can vinced that the phenomena so much talked of are real and not produced by fraud. Mis Fox ia willing to do anything in her power to convince you that ue b. never practisea deceit in this matter. I became co: vinced of the reality of the marvels last summer, while a stranger to Miss F., by seving tables many times move round and round the room, without contact. Certain that some important natural laws are involved in thee strange things, I am extremely anxious that scientilic persons should investigate the matter. I know of uo surer way to excite their attention than to have it awak- ened by an article in the HkRatD, if only to direct them to a new professed medium—a guileleas young girl, who will faci ite ard to satisfy besired who seek to discover the truth. Iam, very respectfully, 4 Yr, ELLER. We cannot resist such an appeal as this. Mrs. Ellet is distinguished in the literary worl; as anauthoress she is popular with all coudi- tions of men and women. She, too, is a natiy of Western New York, and was born, uo dou, near the favored spot where the “spirits” con menced their “manifestations.” We “therefor: submit, without “the usual compensation,” (11 we really do not know what Mrs. Ellet moons by “the usual compensation,”) to her wishes, and recommend to the New York public this youthful and beautiful apostle. Her ministra- tions ought certainly to be more effective than those of Judge Edmonds, Horace Greeley, ex- Senator Tallmadge, Andrew Jackson Davis, or any other of the broken-down politicians who attempt to make capital out of this new excite- ment. We therefore call upon all the unbelievers to believe, and on all the outside barbarians to be- come civilized. We have here a “guileless | girl’—a young divinity, who stands between heaven and earth—between this world and the next—and with only the aid of a few tables and knocks, unfolds to the astonished gaze of the faithful the beautiful vistas of eternity; and all for the “usual compensation.” i Now, we may be considered to have thrown the whole weight of our influence in favor of the beautiful apostle of the new faith, and with- out “the usual compensation.”’ Tux Exormovus House Rents—Wuaat Most tae Poor Man Do?—Perhaps the question of the greatest interest to the working classes of New York, at the present moment, is that of house rents. And well may it beso. The first of May is epeedily approaching, when old homes are to be vacated, when new domiciles are to be se- | cured, when, in fact, our citizens change aud interchange, and mingle among themselves like the cords in a weaver’s loom. In such a season of bustle and migration, it is to the poor man a very pertinent question, “What rent have I got to pay this year?’ Aud what is the response to that question at the present time? “Double what you have ever paid before for the same house.” It is no mat- ter whether the man can afford it or not. His income may have scantily suiliced last year, and is not likely to be increased this in pro- portion to the rise in rents; but what of that! The landlord is inexorable, and a home must be: had. How many hundreds—nay, thousands—- are now, upon this matter of house rents, plunged into perplexities, doubts and misgiy- ings, almost bordering upon despair, now par- ticularly bringing up the vital question placed at the head of this article—“What must the poor man do?” When we say the poor man, we mean the bone and sinew ofthe city and country—the ar- tizan and tle meciianic—those who depend upoa the labor of their own hands for the necessaries of life—tiose who buildup our city, rear our palaces, spread the sails of commerce, lay our railroads, and who alone fill the coffers of and contribute to the real strength of the republic. This is the class who are now compelled to re- sort to some measures to protect themselves from overbearing landlords and capitalists, whose insatiable lust for gold has tempted them to place farther beyond his reach the tenant's roof, that in his struggle for it he may be forced to throw a few additional “pieces of silver” into an already overflowing treasury. What is the remedy for this class? Who does not per- ceive that a remedy of some kind must neceasa- rily be applied to the body politic to prevent that clash between capital and labor which has done co much to shake some of the nations of the Old World, and towards which we are fast verging? It does not require much consideration to bring any sane man to the conviction that the law is the power to be appealed to. The peo- ple here are the supreme power, and their man- date, thundered from the legislative halls of the State, could place a limit upon this trattic in real estate, this usury upon lands, which now weighs more heavily upon the shoulders of the laboring man than ever did the high per- centage of money lenders. SaILine or THE PrinceToN—WauRE HAS SUE Gons '—The United States steamship Princeton, Commander Henry Eagke, sailed from this pori yesterday, with sealed orders. There is no thing singular about the sealing of the orders— they are generally sealed; but more thau usual secresy was observed relative to the destination of the ship. In fact, we have no reason to be- lieve that any of the officers or crew knew where they were going when the Princeton was gotten under way. She had been thoroughly over- hauled, well armed, well provisioned, and well officered. Commander Eagle is considered as one of the best officers in the service. It is supposed that the Princeton has sailed for Havana, and that she carries orders to Commo dore Newton, whose broad pennant is hoisted on the flag ship of the home equadron. At the last accounts, the Commodore was daily expect- ed at Havana, to take his orders sent out by the Fulton; but, as the latter steamer sailed before the case of the Black Warrior was known at Washington, itis probable that the Princeton has been despatched with fresh orders relative to the particular matter which threatens to dis turb our peaceful relations with Spain, The Princeton is considerably improved, and she made the run from the Battery to the Bar, (about twenty-five miles,) in two hours and twenty minutes—very good time for her, Id (Vt.) Gelegraph cara that a faraily of ved in that town on Monday Tast on their ‘The Springti four vlaves a way to Cans ‘They escapes weeks since. Tho citizens of Epringiell conteibatel a supply of meterial aid for them,and faraishod them with ‘& new conductor for the next station of the ‘underground weilsoud.’? ia several ‘The Turf. . UNION COURSE, L. I-—TROTTING. ‘The trotting season for 1854 has already commenced, and was ushered in yesterday by a trot of five miles over- the Union Course. Although winter, according to the alma nac, should havedisappeared some weeks ago, and spring. and sunshine, and fine weatier, should have appeared together, yet yesterday was one of the coldest, roughest, . and most blustering days we have had for 4 month. ‘The dust on the roads was intolerable. ‘The prospect for the spring business, from all appear- ances, is such as to Warrant the assertion that we shall. have a busy time buth in trotting and running. Num- bers of trotting hors:# are already in training on Long. Island, among which may be enumerated many first. class horses, with some that are entirely new to the turi. Several couthern stables will arrive here in June, to contend tor purses that will be given by the proprie- tors of tie Union Course tor racing horses. Great’ im. provements and unusual preparations are making on: both the Unicn and Centrevilie courses, in order to- insure every advantage tuat can be derived from supe- rice tracks und Lrot class accommodations for Vigiters, With the prospect of s» britiiant a season before f it is to be bopea that the jr prietors will tase ton ascertain who vhose individuals were, and exci thom. irom the course, Whose conduct during the last seagon. in making rcguish matches, threw so much discredit om. the turf, and prevented so mny from atteuding through. the tear ot veing swindled, Suh a course will elicit universal commendation aud insure large attendances, as no people are more inclined to patronize such amuye- wents than the denizen» of New York, when carried out. With liberality and tuirness. ‘The race yesterday Was a match for $500, five miles. out, im harness H. Woodrufl uamed b. m. Susan... a A. Couklin named g. g. Uray 31 ; ‘Time, 15:51. ‘the gray gelding was tie 1avorite at 100 to 50, and the detting wus Very brisk ut that rate. He won the pole, and took the lead, coming tu tue score on the first mile scouple of lengths aueud. chis made the odds still larger in bis tavor. ‘hime, Un the sveond wile, ebuut Lali Way cvamd, tue ucre Wout in i thed tw the score Tour lengths, uakluy this Be dhe then became twe favorit, as s4evidwat she had more speed thay the gray, aia she sept tus lewl to the end, winning with the greatest ease. The third mile was done in U:0o—tie lourth in 3:07, and the utth in.g:13. City Intelligence. — A Patniomic Arrgat To THe SWiss IX Aumuica.—The representative authorities of the Cauionoi Unterwalden — have instructed the Swiss Consul in New York to make an appeal to the people of the contederatiun reaident in. the Luited States, tora very putriotic au praiseworthy object. lt is intended to erect u monummut in the city of Stanz to perpetuate aud Lunor the memury of Arnold. Yon Winkleried, the devoted hero who wus alain in the battle of Sempach, in the year 1836, whilst fighting for- the liberty of his fatherland and fellow .men. It is - desired that the Swiss who are scattered in foreign coun- tries may have an opportunity of subscribing towards this national monument. In order to facilitate this, a subscription list has been opened at the office of the Con- sulate of Switzerland, No. 48 New. street, where contri-- butions will be received, duly acknowledged, and the mount forwarded home. We know that the Swiss. people are never deaf to the call of their country, and. | we ure certain they will not be wanting now, when they: enjoy ail the Dlesslng & glorious republic. Tax Lust AGaiN.—The high wind continued: yesterday, making the dust as bad as ever. Morehanté along Broad- way complain that their stocks are damaged to the amount of thousands of dollars, by the floods of sand and: dirt that ure constantly pouring in at their doors. Ocular. disease is much promoted by these whirlwinds of dust, and we snould think that those who doctor the eyes were- reaping a rich harvest. Such awful clouds of sand, darkening the air, and sweeping along the streets from morning till night, and from aight tlk again, has the eflect ot patess: hundre:ts for the whole into- an ill-humor, who woul otherwise Le cheerful and agreeable—and this is not at all unreasonable. A man. gets up in the morning, takes his bath, scours the of the day before out of his hair, put ow clean nen, oes into the street, feeling decont and comfortable. ‘lore he has walked a block a whirlwind of sand 1 | around him, almost taking him oif his fest, and he again covered with dust; he carries it {a his eyes, nose, ears and hair, its down Lis ihroat and between his teeth, | and so he is compello to gu ull day, feeling dirty, disa- reeable and ugiy. A Ercadway bolle put on her new be nd silks, bent on creating « sensation among young bloc ‘nd betore she has gol beyond her own - doorstep, she has the morti: cation eisce a color of her dress it is almost impo her face even is nearer black than wh many pett; tag domestic wrangles, a: words, are deack y the darkening clouds of sand which daily threaten cur citizens with almost a living burial? Is there no- | “Balm in Gilead”? Cannot the sirects be sprinkled by ‘the orders of somebody, no matter whether the public authorities or the astor House Comuuticee? The re- moval oi the mud and garbage in the Lower part of the city har been much retarced for the lyst few days im consequence of the high winds, which prevents the ward. iuspeciors from bri vessels to the docks to réceive t. so much greater, then, thd nocossity for sprimkling,. that this pulverized garbage and filth Shall not be car- ried off in our throutsand stomachs instead of the mud carts end vessels, MrstinG oF Tux Tarors’ ProtreriyR UNtoy.—A . mecting of the Tailors’ Protecti:@ Union was held last night at the Sixth ward hotel, to hear the report of the men in the employ of the Messre. Arnoux, of Broadway. ‘These men have sirack for an increase of anges, and re- ved to work until their demaud was coupled with. ‘There Were prosent last night « very large number of the m 8 of the Union, sa Mr. James MoCormick took sir, Mr. Jose thews actingas Se ~ Af- ter the minutes of the last meeting ‘Sere watend con- firmed, the report was given ix from Messrs. Arnour’s: men, to the effect that they had gained a.complete victo- Kd Arnoux having acceded to their request in every- thing which they demanded. They have therefore re- turned to their employment. A vote of thanks was then - presented to Mr. Arncux's men for the. with which . they conducted the strike, and also a vote of thanks to the press for the favorable notice they had ‘taken of the matter, after which the adjourned. THE ACCIDENT aT THE Wooster sracer Fine. —We stated ronterday, upon inforwation received from v: sources, hat Air. i.dward Teacon, who was injured by the fall- ing of the chimpey at the late fire iu Wooster was en to the Hospital, where he survived only a few hours. We are happy to state that this gentleman was not so badly hurt as was at first supposed, and had so far Recovered yeaterday morning as to be thought out of davger. His friends yesterday intended to remove him from the hospital to Brooklyn, if the physician at the hospital considered it safe to do 60. IybIGNatioN Megrind.—The moetiag callad for the pur- - pose of rexcnting the insult to the Black Warrior, by a) propriate resolutions, &c., has, in consequance of the: Feverity of the weat postponed to Thursday evening, when the friends of freedom, and all who aro interested in sustaining the dignity of our national in- gee A are requested to meet at Ne. 600 Broadway, + atid P.M. ing Police Intelligence. A Charye of Arson.—On Sundey night, Capt. Ditchett, bf _ Fourt! Paap LB age Thoroas L. ly, on sus picion of setting fire to his own grocery store, ‘situated at No. 38 Frankfort street, corner of Rose. According to - the evidence, as already presentod before Justice Osborn, it seems that policeman Dunning, of the Fourth ward, as he was on post duty, at about S o’clock on Monday-morn- ing, noticed « candlelight moving about within Brady's. - store; but, supposing if to be Mr. Brady awakened by rome of the men working in the bakery in that immediate vicinity, to get some drink, he passed along. In about ‘twenty minutes after he again came by the store, and then discoverod the a on fire. An alarm’ was given, and Mr. Baulch, As- sistent Enwineer, ead bore carriage No. 2, were soon on the spot, and extinguished the flames. As soon as the the gas was lighted; it was then found had originated evidently from de- sign. The flanes bad spread around the oil cask, explosion was heard prior to the arrival of the hiremen, whieh is eupposed to have geen gunpowder. After put ting out the ure My. Bemly come into the store by a side door, when Captain Ditehett interrogated him respect- ing the cause of the fire, when Mr. Brady replied, “He bad left, the promises at hall-past 11 o’ctock that night, and an and lock: joors himsell, and (hateno person, to his + nowledge the store after he left it.?* Captain S ed him if he insured, when he answered yes, but did not know to wiat amount or im what officd, altiuugh it seems ho had only paid the pre- mium in Wall street on the insurance the weck previous. On examination of the store the stock of groceries a s. yet there ‘3 Insurance Tho circumstances un- company on the Atock of goods. oF Which the fre cecurred caused the police + that Mr. Brody knew something about its orig cordingly t-ok him into custody. The case came up for wv hearing belore the magistrate, and the evidence taken was in substence as ebove stated. Mr. Kiuleh gave ag ve opinion that the fire was the work of design, and that Mr. Brady, when he came into the shop after the fire had been extinguished, wan in his every day dhess, except bis shoes." Mr. Lynch teutifed that be was in’ Brady’ store drinking with him, at between 12 and 1 o'clock om that night, bit that when the fire occurred he (the wit- ness) was in bed. ‘the oxamiuation will be continued. Arrest of « Dishonest Waiter at the Prescott Howse.— Captain Turnbull, ood officer Baldwin, of the Bighth ward, yeeterday da young man named Thomas Staple- ton, a walter employed at the Prescott House, chat with stealing various articles from the rooms of boarders, On searching the trank of the accused, a gold watch, with two seal attached, was found, the pro- paty of Mr. W. ©, Preston, who was a boarder some short time wince. In addition to this watch, quite a number of articles were found, which, from their ap- lad been evidently stolen from the boarders at ‘mes. Among these articles are card casos, na, linen pocket handkerchiefs, laties’ ewbroid- ered bosoms, and other fancy things, all of which were taken, with the prisoner, lefore Justice Clerke, who committed the prisoner for examination, and the verty was phiced in the hands of Mr, Murray, Clerk of Fei.der'to await an owner, Tor Barr MORE AND Onj0 RaluRoAD—BoRwina oF a Bripor.—We learn from Bailimore that the large bridge which «panned the Monocacy river, fitty miles beyond that city, was burned on last Friday night. The Balti- more and Uhio Rail rack wae laid on thia bridge, but f Line line saffors maila will be J and the ma- wmediately deposited in ot working vktag order. The iwente here are send~ consequence Ia that the consy * ig vet y spipmente weet bo ley.