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

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W trel, Lowever, GORDON BENNDTT, 7 anes the proposed )menlments roe wl. be re ected when thatnctwitl stand sg the vote is taken. = In the House Mr. Dean offered resolutions reas- [tre UO. * + Nera ecg Rab sta 9» serting te principle for which we have so long i es TE a eontend A free ships moke free goods, and ask- SEMENTS THIS EVENING. signe s nin pias ing ini won from the President as to whether BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery-0 ve Bor Coy any sieps bare been taken to establish this doctrine © as one of the cardinal article: of international law | between this country and the governments of Hu- BURTON?S THEATRE, Chambers etrvot—Ths TaMP25™ | py 6 Atier some divcursion the resolutions were " | referred to tLe Commi (ec on Foreign Affairs, Our | special corres; ondent n’ imate that this move was directed by the ¢dinini t 1 the view, pro- wably, of openiag ti e way for the treaty lately nego- BROADWAY THEATKE, Broadway—E anne Boveuron’s Wire NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham strect—Uncux Tom's ALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Paison ann Par- eee eee pes Wire The Room NiaMOND. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afternoon—Tor Cony—Tue Wyoore Fassiy—Sveving- Ov Berwsry BROADWAY MENAGERIE£—Lurrorian Kiw@—M ae morn Lavy anv Lavine TRAINED Animas. CURISTY'S AMERICAN OPERA HOUSE, 472. Broads way—Erwidviaw MeLopiee BY CuRieTY’s MrNsvaARLS. WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood's Minstrel Wall, 444 Broad- way—Ernoviaw MiNeTREZsy BUCKLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, 83° Groadwsy—Buow any 6 ErmiopRran Opera Trovrx SY. NICHOLAS BXHIBITION ROOM, 4% Brosdway— Wuerie's Seams avers. RANVABD’S GEORAMA, 506 Brondway—Pasonaua oF wus Hory Lawn. RGENISH GALLERY, 3 Broadway-—Day sud Night. BRYAN GALLERY OF CHRISTIAN ART—OS Broad. | way. WHOLE WORLD—W77 snd and Evening Broadway—Afternoca NOR BLITZ, Lownary Hart, Newark New York, Tucsdoy, April 11, 854. ©treulation of the New York Herald for the Week ending April 8, I854, Friday, Saturday, 4 Thorsday, 6. 8 Malls for Europe. WER KEW YORK BERALD—EDITION YOR BUROTE. The royal mail steamship Cahada, Capt. Stone, will Jeave Boston to-morrowat 12 o’clock, for Liverpool, ‘The Burepean mails will close in this city at quarter to “Baree o'clock thie afternoon. ‘Mhe Wesxry Haray, (printed in French and English ) wil be published at haif-past nine o'clock this morning. Single copies, in wrappers, sixponce Sabscriptions and advertisements for any edition of the Raw Yori Heracw will be received at the following places fm Europe — ArvERPoo:.. J ‘Lennox . 6 Hunter, No. 2 Paradise strest, Bawards, Sandford & Co., No. 17 Cornhill. Wma, Thomas & Go., No, 19 Catherine stree*. - Livingston, Wells & Co., § Place de la Bourse. OUR AGENTS IN PARIS, FRANCE. ‘We deg leave to state to our readers and patrons in Paris, and Europe geverally, that Mr. B. H. Revoil, 17 -Rue de la Banque, Paris, is no longer connected with the New Yori HeRAxp, either as correspondent or agent. © Mecars. Livingston & Wells, 8 Place de in Bourse, are ems only agents in Paris, both for adyortisements aud wybseriptione. Highly Important Treaty with Engtand— The Right of Search Abandoned—Free Ships Make Erce Goods. Our private advices brought by the Europa are of & very important character. They inform us that, while General Pierce, Secretary Marcy, Caleb Cush- ing, and the other members of the Cabinet were engaged in the distribution of the spoils, and in warning clerks and tide-waiters out of the custom hom Mr. Buchanan, our Minister to the Court of St. mane) employed his time in preparing for the great struggld shat is on the eve of bursting forth thragghout Durope. We iearn that either the Hermann, from Sonth- ampton, or the America, from Liverpool—the next steamers due—will bring the draft of a convention concluded between My. Buchanan and Lord Aber- deen, on behalf of their respective governments, by which England admits, in the approaching Buropean war, the doctrine that the flag covers both ship*and eargo, and that free ships make renouncing the right of search for the impressment free goods; also ‘of seamen so far as American vessels &F¢ Connermad, and conceding the restriction as to the law of blockade. . In return, the United States is pledged to strict neutrality and non-interference in the coming contest between the Western Powers and Russia. This is a most important convention, and has been negotiated by Mr. Buchanen without instruc- tion from Washington. It is important as it affegts our rights and our commerce, and places us in the position that we should have oce years ago. It secures our neutrality without any treaty stipulations, as it removes the cause of war and at once enables us to become the great carrier ‘on the seas of the world. Mr. Buchanan has achieved a diplomatic triamph; and his success exhibits the importance to the country—when saddled with an administration as weak and imbecile as that of General Pierce—o? having able men to represent us abroad. In 1812 the doctrine of the right of search Jed to the war with Great Britain. The treaty of Ghent left the matter unsettled. In 1818 Lord Castlereagh un- successfully endeavored to obtain to the doctrine by special treaty stipulations; but it continued unsettled. When Messrs. Webster and Ashburton were arranging the treaty at Wash- ington, in 1842, all reference to the was studiously avoided for fear of a rapture in the negotiations at that time. But now, in the face of the impending war in Durope, and in the necessity of our neutrality in this tremendous strug- gle, the great principles for which we have for half acentury contended are obtained. The recent de- bates in the British Parliament show the reluctance with which the concessions were made. that part relative to the rights of our sailors we desire to call the especial attention of the New York Chamber of Commerce. The convention, and the correspondence connect- ed with it, will probably be submitted to the Senate as soon as received, for the Smmediate action of that body. ed years and our consent doctrine The News. The reports of the proceedings in both branches of Congress yesterday possess many featurce of interest to the people of this country at the present time, and will doubtless be read with mach atten- tion. As is usually the case now-a-days, the open- ing of the Senate was greeted with a flood of peti- tions, remonstrances and resolutions from a certain class of persons belonging to portions of the North- ern States, in opposition to the Nebraska bill. These documents having been disposed of, Mr. Pish oftered a resolution asking for the official correspondence relative to religious intolerance and the unjust tm: prisonment and maltreatment of American citizens in foreign countries; particularly in reference to the canes of Conrad Schmidt, arrested at Bremen on e requisition from the government of Hanover, aad of Dr. Ramsay and others, who were detained at Hei- delberg, Grand Duchy of Baden, Several other mat ters of minor importance having been attended to Mr. Gwin took the floor and made a very lengthy speech on the Pacific Railroad bill. ‘The Senate continues to whileaway an hour or toro enob day in Exeoutive Session opon the Gads- " , Nated by Minister buchanan, to which we have al- | luded in another article. ‘The House then into committee nominally on the pprepriation bill. Mr, Macdonald, a Maine yoke in bel alf of the Nebraska bill, in the which he denounced, in the most bitter, caustic, stipging langua, he gang of ‘abolitionists headed by Mra. Stowe, end urged forward by the organ of al! the fanatical, mi:chievous, reckless, | heretical isms and ites, who publicly boast that | they “execrate, de-pise aud spit upon” the laws of their lar '. Faulkner followed on the same side | of the question, and then the House adjourned. |} Owng to the lateness of the hour at which the | visiting wembers of the Legislature left this city | lat evening, they were unable to be in their seats at Albany at tle time specified, and consequently | no Jegisiative business could be transacted. We e furni raphic report of the continua- ion of their inspection of our public institutions, the speeches, feasting, &. Having enjoyed the hospitality of the Ten Governors to their hearts’ content, it is hoped they will wind up the business | | ¢ possible. The session of the great Southern Cemmere‘al Con- ventioned commenced in Charleston yesterday. Ow- ing to the storm we were unable to procure our tele- graphic report of the opening proceeding: Ar- rangements have been made for the session to last at least a week. The spirit of incendiarism appears to be destroy- ing property by wholesale in Philadelphia. Eight or ten fires occurred there between sunset on Satur- day night and daylight yesterday morning, most of which were ignited by the hands of incendiaries. One man was killed and two or three injured by being run over by engines; twenty-six horses were burned to death, and various dwellings, stores, stables and lumber yards were consumed. During the period alluded to false alarms were of frequent occurrence, and fire companies were continually racing through the streets, and coming into collision. In shor’, rowdyism was perfectly rampant, and law and order were completely nonplussed. The whig candidate for Mayor was elected by twenty-three plurahty in Hartford, Conn., yesterday, and the whigs have eight majority in the Counc Last year a democratic Mayor was elected by a pla- rality of one hundred and fifty-one. A despatch from Boston gives another version of the flare-up between the black Emperor of Hayti and the French Admiral, Duquesne. The despatch states that the demand of the latter was for back indemnity amounting to one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, which having been paid he saluted the Haytian flag. Doubtful. The dauntless military. spirit ibited by Faustin, combined with his ex- traordinary preparations for active resistance, lead to the belief that the admiral would have received nothing but iron and lead had he persisted in his de- mawé. In fact, it is doubtful whether his sable ma- jesty had afiy other metal with which to liquidate the alleced debt. The European intelligence caused a great flutter- ing among the speculators in Wall street, yesterday, as will be seen by our report. The bulls seemed quite panic stricken, and submitted to unusual sa crifices in order to get stocks off their hands. We learn by telegraph that similar doubt, anxiety and uncertainty existed among stock speculators in Boston. The news, however, had no effect upor the flour market. There was nothing doing for ex- port, while previous prices for common State brands were sustained by the local and Eastern demand, and from the same cause and light stocks extra Genesee and Western brands were firmer. Sales of the rortier were made at 12hc. higher. Wheat was unchanged and without sales. Corn was casier by 2c. a de. per bushel. .dvices from Rio, of March 4, state that the crop of coffee was nearly all in, and there were only three vessels Youding for the United States. There were no vessels in port for the United States di gaged. Quotations for coffee were as follows :— superior, 5|!000, and American, 41/650. The packet ship Russell Sturgis, bound from Liver- pool for Boston, was recently abandoned at vea. Her crew have reached Newport. She was valued at fifty thousand dollars and insured for the full amount in Boston offices. Her cargo was worth about two hundred thousand dollars, and was insured in Boston and Europe. The American Dramatic Fund Assofiation cele- brated its sixth anniversary bya dinner at the As tor House last evening; about one hundred persons were present, but few of whom were connected with the stage. The Association is a funded incor- porate body—its object, to relieve distressed actors and actresses. It now numbers two hundred and twenty-five members, and its fund amounts to $29,- 000. ‘The sum of $500 was donated to it last even- ing. The yearly income is about $5,000. ‘The Boards of Aldermen and Councilmen were in session last evening, and transacted a large amount of routine business, See the official reports else- where. : Those who have recently been defrauded by the large quantities of spuricus coin in circulation will be glad to learn that Marshal Hillyer and his aids have suceeded in ferreting outand arresting alarge gang of persons engaged in the tinlawfal business, on whose persons or in whoeve domicils well executed counterfeit gold and silver coin was found to the amount of over three thousand dollars. The officers have also eeized various dies, monids, presses, and other implements used in manufacturing bogus mo- ney. Fuil particulars of the arrest of the band are given in the report of the proceedings at the United States Marshal's office. Want of space precindes particular reference to much of the important matter contained in this edition of our paper; the headings, however, will erable the reader to form a very correct estimate of the ratore of the different articles. Social Evils of the North, The members of the Legislature, fresh from the enactment of the Maine Liquor law, and with dcnunciations of alcohol still on the'r tongues, met,together at the Workhouse on Blackwell’s Island, on Saturday, to discuse a capital dinner, In the languace of our reporter, “all the delica- cies that the season could afford were quickly disposed of, chempagne flowed in abandance, and no cold water was placed on the festive hoard.” It is possible that some such creature comforts were required to fortify them after the t tacles they had witnessed that day stalluding to the Penitentiary or the } they had inspected three ments, any one of which was enough to inspire a gloom that even champagne could hardly dis: pel. They had scen the Almshonse and Work- house on Blackwoil’s Teland, with teir argos lult paupers, supported by public bounty no wise grateful for the boon of aud ecemir ‘They had visited the Loys on Randall's Island hoping, loving, caring for nothing. They beheld the corrow-stricken bands of girls, like- wite supported by charity, aad looking as had before them and return to their homes as soon as | though they bitterly regretted that they had | eclumn or by t'fe equare yard, the reading of aholid-y, the treat of s pageant, and the novel sight then offered them e:uld prodace | day bas gone by for this sort of thing: Stea | New Youre anp rvs Netonnonwe Crrms.—An | not been left to starve, N.teven the delight | community hr,ve nothing elee to do than to | uneuceessful effort was made i the Board of read with av'@ity and wish for more. But the | Aldermen, Friday evening last, to accommodate | SIxth Amntversary Dinner of the American | the residents of Williamsburg by reducing the anyt in. like cheerfulness in these children’s | ships, reflroads, telegraphs, and afl the appl! | ferriage on the foot passengers to one cent—the faces. We lature re.uired the solace of ¢ ampagne after \ pamphletcering. Time is precious, and the euch melancholy sights, | public have other fieh to fry than to read loag Over the beverage aforesaid, the framers and | dry letters and essays even of United States | advocates of the Maine Liquor law madespeeches | Senators.” The substance, for example, of this | the poor men’s pocket may suffer further deple and gaye toasts, They toasted cach other and | eight column letter of Judge Douglas we have | they toasted New York: spoke finently and | over and over again presented to our readers proudly of the greatness of the Empire Siate. | the want, and the crime, and the mental misery, | a column, his letter would have had a circula- the crushing of young hearts and the cramping with tron hand of young hopes and young am- | bition, tiey had that day witnessed was a thing | to he deplored, They praised the Almshouse | and ihe Governors and every lackey connected | with it; but no man had the Christian courage to say then and there that great as had been our past progress, we had yet something to learn in the dispensing of charity. Not one of these le ters who have been denouncing the | moral evils of slavery—not one of these Gover- | Rors or citizens in whose complacent ears the horrors of slavery are weekly depicted—had the manhood to rise and tell the “ festive com- pany”? that the 1,800 paupers on Blackwell’s sland, or the 6,000 whom we support every year, are a disgface to this free State—that the poor little boys and girls, whom the almshouse laws have reduced into the state of machines, tion among the newspapers a hundred times greater than it can now receive. There can be no doubt that the three thou- sand New England clergymen, and the twenty- five parsons of Chicago, in assuming to them- selves the authority to rebuke the United States Senate in the name of Almighty God, we doubt that they committed a piece of blas- phemy of the most arrogant and atrocious charecter, entirely inconsistent with their calling and their duties as the humble followers of Chrigt. case, and all government but that of the priest- hood is at anend. We are thrown back upon the dark ages and their horrid crimes committed upon whole communities and nations of un- offending people in the name of religion. From the extracts which we give from Judge Douglas’ defence, it will he seen that he com- | cannot compare for a moment with the slave | boys and girls in the South—that we had bet- ter, as consistent men and good Christians, set cur minds resolutely to work to discover aplan or the abolition of pauperism, and the educa- tion of foundlings and orphans without break- ing their spirit, than waste breath and time in abusing the institutions of the South. Senator Gwry’s Sreech on THE Pactric Ramnoap.—We received yesterday a printed copy of Mr. Senator Gwin’s great speech on the Pacific railroad. Want of space has com- pelled us to cut it down to about one-fifth of its original dimensions; tut, as thus razeed, we have, we think. preserved the cream of the ar- gument. And we must say that even apart from the Pacific railroad, the facts and the sta- tisties which we retain dn our abridgement of this speech are very interesting. As for the project of a railroad from the Mis- sissippi over the Rocky Mountains, or through them, or around them, we regard ft as a mere speculating scheme, all bosh, humbug and moonshine. The subject isa splendid one toa California Senator, a rousing speech for Bun- combe, and Dr. Gwin has made the most of i. He has “spread himself’ on the Pacific rail- road, and has run his steam engine all round the world, But does he, can he, or any other rational man, believe that there is any proba- bility that this bill, or any other bill, will give usa railroad from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean inside of the next fifty years. No. Two thousand miles of railroad, and fifteen hundred miles of this distance through a con- tinuous desert of barren plains and volcanic mountains; without inhabitants, except Indians; without timber, except stunted thorns and de- sert chapparal; and, toa great extent, without even water! Suppose that over such a roue the first five hundred miles of a railroad, single track, were constructed from the Mississippi riv- er—what, from the said river, would be the cost for the transportation of the timber, iron and other materials, men and provisions, required for the next five hundred miles? The trath is, this project of a Pacific railroad is all a humbug tor the next half century. Fast as the age is, it cannot remove the Asiatic deserts which lie be- iwéen the Mississippi and the Pacific. And are the gold mincs of California inexhaustible? Not a bit of it, I? Senator Gwin and all other Senators and members of Congress would apply themselves to the practical measures before them in a practical way, they would be doing vastly more service to the public than in making long ro- mantic speeches on Pacific railroads. The re- inforcing of the army, the strengthening of the navy, the policy of some modern system of coast and harbor -defences, the improve- ment of the working machinery of the Post Office Department, and a variety of other prectical things, might well engage the attention of both honses for a month two. But these Buncombe speeches on the Pacific railroad, when that road is all gam- mon—and these speeches for Buncombe on the Nebraska bill, when there is no such bill be- fore the House, are all a waste of the public time and the public money upon false pre- tences. When will our great men at Washing- ton learn something of the principles of plain common sense! Doubtless almost every mem- ber of Congress is seized, at some time or other. with a prodigious fit of potriotism—of splendid discoveries, brilliant ideas, and tre- mendous conceptions of public policy—but, like the raw materials of potatoes and cab- bages, these magnificent inspirations and flum- mery require dressing and boiling to a proper | consistency before they are palatable or fit for digestion, Admit that the Pagific railroad | isa practical thing, and Mr. Gwin’s specch fs | in order: but, maintaining as we are, that this road is a slice of green cheese from the moon, Mr. Gwin bas only given us a rousing speech for Buncombe, Who comes next! or Parsoxs ano Poum Derzxce or Jupen Doveids.—We published yesterday a synopsis of the elaborate letter of Judge Douglas, in de- fence of himself and other Senators against the high-handed anti-Nebraska manifestoes of cer- tain combinations of political parsons in New England and the West. To-day, in another part of this paper, we give som» extracts from the letter itself, comprehending the pith and marrow of this constitutional sermon against the parsons and their assumptions of a “ higher law.” Had the letter been limited to any rea- sonable length, we should give it in extenso. As it is, our readers will find it at large in the Washington organs, whose columns are not so hard pressed with the stirring business of the busy world ae are ours. The opinions and reasoning of Judge Douglas are sound, logical, and constitutional; but he has committed a great mistake in dilluting them through the verbiage of seven or eight newspaper columns. There is, we dare say, upen an average of our newspaper reading community, scarcely one in a thousand that will take the time and the trouble to wade through this letter—as long as the President’s message. It is, we repent, a great mistake into which our great men at Washington are apt to fall, that of euppoeing that their individnal views and opinions upon any leading question are of supreme importance to the public, and that when they speak or write, whether itwe by the passes this view of the subject. He is only too lenient with these self-conceited parsons. He that “steals the livery of heaven to serve the devil in,’ should have it stripped from his shoulders without ceremony. Let the clergy remember that when they descend from the pulpit into the political arena they run the common hazard of a thrust in the ribs, Tre CentraL Park—Tue Way To Pay ror It, —Are we to have a park? If so, the first and most important question is, how is it to be paid for? To answer that question it is proper to inquire who is to be benefitted by it. “At pre- sent the city requires no such great park as it is proposed to establish. We of the present time have access to the open shores of the North and Hast rivers above the line of dense popula- tion, as well as the uninhabited portions of Manhattan Island. But before many years both sides of the East and North rivers, as well as Admit their pretensions in this | afford to carry foot passengers for one cent, the | un quite understand how the Legis- | anees of modern progress, haye done away with | same as charged by the Union Ferry Company. | | The maority of the Board, however, saw no | need of this; the plethorie coffers of the com- | pary were sacred from the toucli of reform, but | tion. One Sclon, indeed remarked, that he wish- 4 ed the fare for each passenger was twenty-five i within the limits of a third or half a column. | cents or three shillings, instead of three cents. | Not upon one mind did the idea break—or if it | If Senator Douglas had thus compressed the | He would compel every person doing business in | did, it remained there—that the pauperism, and | merits of bis case into a half a column, or even | New York to reside here. But where on this island, we would ask, can the people find ade- quate honee accommodation? Every available | section is occupied, the remainder being in a | crude and barren condition, mostly rocks or | | swamps, on which houses cannot be erected for | along time to come with safety to the health | of their inhabitants. Brooklyn and Williams- burg, with constant ferry accommodation, are | more convenient as places of residence for por- | sons employed down town than any portion of | New York above Thirtieth street; and we think that if the Brooklyn Ferry Company can + Williamsbutg Company should he satisfied with Jess than three cents. Why would Alderman Woodward compel | every one doing business in New York to re- side on the island? He says he would make them contribute to the taxation of the city; but though living across the river do they not con- tribute to the tax of the State? This city a eo identified with Brooklyn and Williamsburg that they may be all considered one great com- munity, whose interests are the same though governed by different municipal authoritie Many people employed in New York are com- pelled to resife across the river for want of suf- ficient and reasonable accommodation here— some make the choice from a preference for the more salubrious air of Long Island, and others are compelled to go there in consequence of the enormous rents demanded in this city, though we understand that the landlords in the adja- cent cities are becoming as exorbitant as the owners of dwellings on Manhattan island. With an overgrown population such as we have—increasing daily by ingnigration from all parts of the world—New York must necessarily have'those outlets, and access thereto should be fixed at a reasonable rate, remunerating to the company and accommodating to the people. the whole of the island, will be one vast and densely populated city. Then the value of a large central park will be felt to be necéssary to the health and comfort of the whole popula- tion of every class. It is, therefore, in the in- terest alone of future generations that a park should now be laid out, and on them the ex- pense should properly fall. This immense open space of ground will be a detriment to all the landed property in its neighborhood, for the simple reason that it will necessarily be the re- sort of rowdies, uncontrolled by proper police regulations, for years to come. A small park gives increased value to lots near by, but a large park diminishes the value of lots, and renders them unsaleable, for the reason that they can with safety be occupied till the whole island shal] be completely built up. so that the | grounds can be lighted and protected by day and by night by a vigilant, numerous, and ever present police. It is evident that this cannot be done foralong time tocome. In other coun- tries the property about the large open grounds reserved for popular uses has always been at a low price compared with the more settled parts of the large cities where they are found, The Champs Elysées, for instance, injured the value of lots in the neighborhood for centuries. No dwellings were erected to front upon them. Quite the contrary. The houses built adjoining that public walk had their rears upon it, de- fended besides by heavy walle surmounted by iron raile, It is only within the last fifteen years that the wealthy city of Paris has been able to light the Champs Elysées, and to afford such protection to those who live on its boun- daries, as to bring up the value of land to any- thing like the price it bears in most other parts of the city. The same general remark is trne ofthe large open grounds in all the other great cities of Europe. It is evident, therefore, that the expense of the proposed park should not be imposed on the lots in its “neighborhood. Nothing would be more uajust than to apply | the system of assessment on vacant lots asa means of paying for any part of the park. How, then, shall we secure this object for our pos- terity, without imposing ourselves either by as- sessment or by direct-general taxation? When it is borne in mind that we to-day have the onerous duty of blasting out rocks to build streets, cellars and sewers, in a word, of building a city, on the most unfavor- able and expensive soil, it is clear that we should exempt ourselves from the tax of paying for the park of which our descendants are exclu- sively to have the benefit. Hence it is reason- able to issue bonds for the entire purchase of the park grounds, payable some fifty or sixty years hence, and to hypotiecate the grounds purchased for their payment. A stock of this sort at four per cent interest would-be taken at par, or after, as its issue might “be required to meet coniemplaied purchases of lots for this ob- ject. Indeed a limited annual amount of park stock might be issued, even for the laying out and ornamentation of the park, leaving for the present, the city treasury liable for the annual interest only. When our grandchildren come into poesession of this splendid, useful, popular improvement, which parental foresight shall have secured to them, let them judge of its ad- vantages, and pay for 1 as they please. It will be worth, sixty years hence, a thousand times more than it will now cost, and there is no danger of its being suppressed or sold to meet the liabilities for its purchase. But if there were any such danger, the occasion is one where the principie of non-intervention should apply. In this way we can secure for our descendants, of every class of society, a splendid pablic area of land, where the young and the old, the poor and the rich, the sick and the well, can find the consolations and healthful influence of fresh and pure air, when for miles around in all direc- tions the rest of the island and its vicinity is, or shall be covered over by a dense and wealthy population—to whom the payment for this im- menge benefit, will be the merest trifle, All portions of the island will, ere then, be produc- tive, instead of as at present a source of con- stant outlay, in order to bring it into anything lke valuable property. We suggest this scheme as the only equitable and practicable one to ef- fect the great object in view, without doing in- justice either to the owners of vacants lots or to the city treasury. Term, ti Miained until Cariher order, provided plaintif’ give addltional security in $2,000. Marine Affairs. Tomense IcepERGs.—The bark Elizabeth, which arrived at this port yesterday from Gibraltar, reports having been in contact, on the 26th ult., in lat. 46 15 north, lon. 45 50 west, with great quantities of ice, some of which formed immense islands, one hundred and fifty feet high and about two miles in length. Srramenip Biack Warrror sailed yesterday for Havana and Mobile. See Young Men’s Democratic Republican Com- mittee, A regular monthly meeting of this committee was held last evening at the Stuyvesant Institute. In conse- quence of the inclemency of the weather, the number of members in attendance was extremely small. The committee organized at eight o’clock, C. Godfrey Gunther in the chair. The Secrsrary read the minutes of the last meeting. Acommittee of three was appointed to draft resolu- tion e xpressive of the sentiments of the meeting in re. ference to the present state of the democratic party. Messrs. Thoma, Nugent, and Hays were appointed mem- bers of said committee. “The committee, after an hour's deliberation, reported ae follows:— ‘Thie committee, in coramon with their democratic breth- ren throughout the lougth and breadth of the State, has tatingly condemued the action of the’ pre- here it hi with democratic in ing overn: ‘over: ‘or politics of he sh we have complained arc .. ‘The same proscriptive spirit which led to the de- fon of s faithfal democrat because he would not sherished and favored faith is beld by our ‘‘ru- aehington, Therofore— Resolved, That the administration of President Pierce, vo.far as its workings affoct or concern the democracy docs | not come up to the expectations for a ith the wishes of the part we con - a denounce it on hil raelves to rebuke mg as it evell continue. ‘That the recent action of the Collector Port, in removing faithful democrats from officis] and subor- dinate positions because they would not applau erro- Reovs action of an apostate administration, is at war with every hhera} sentiment which aetuates our ent, and will be met by the democracy with the com ™Roscived, That the continued and insolent outrages upon American cigizen: haughty on on the part 0 but lit > ountry, by the pe action 8 601 ‘will preset whi " Resolved, That the res ‘lan tions Ww is to be attrib- in the 1 his own son. Resolved, That the democracy of this cit, a county approve of and eustais the course of the Hon, cis B Cutting, and other di egress. in cawerties the ef oe Seshinar = id attemp! a! ; an ere jan of drag an 3 that we applaud. th Arie conduct of Mr. Cutting in promptly, mectidy the attempt. of the administration to Pearce mombers of Congress inte compliance with the execu- tive will. Kecalvet, That iti high time that one Southern bretbren, in defence of whose rights we Dave been sacrificing our in: tereste: should come up to the support of the democracy of the North who have perilled overything in thei thas we clung tothemin thelr hour of ran: from thom now that our ex chiefest aim, the power of ep@ils, and democratic principles The meeting then adjourned. Coroners’ Inquests. i Aw Inraxt Founp Drowxxp.—Coroner Wilhelm yester- day held an inquest at the Fifth ward station house, on the body of a female infant found in the river foot of Watts sireet. The body was naked when discovered. Dr. Twigroff made a t mortem examination of the body, and gave it as his opinion that the chil was alive when born, and appeared to have Meee uffocation from drowning. The jury rendered a verdict of death from causes unknown to them, but probably by drown- ing. Drownep.—Hiram Dawson, a seamen, accidentally fell overboard from the steam towboat Ida, at the foot of Governeur street, on Sunday evening, and was drown- ed. The deceased, it seems, was under the influence of liquor, rnd while endeavoring to walk over the gang- plank ‘missed his balance and fell into the river. His body was yesterday recovered, and the Coroner’s jury rendered a verdict of eceidental drowning. City Intelligence. Casini, BoasaynAd 6 meeting of the Canal Board held on the 8th instant, on motion of Mr. each Richard +H. Woods was appointed Collector of Canal Tolls in New York city. ANOTHER SrPIKE.—The blacksmiths, (seyen in number,) employed by the Hudson River Railway Company at the machine shop in Thirty-first street ceased their labors yerterday, at dinner hour, and they will not resume the’ ‘werk until the com) with their demand: y . ey have been iving fou shillings for a day’s work, (ten hours,) and they now demand an increase of fifteen per cent. ‘They request the trade to take note of this fact. . FIR& AT STATRN IsLaND.—About three o'clock on San- @ay morning a fire broke out in the pl mill of George Osgood, at Vanderbilt's Landing;, ent rely con: suming the mill, together with a quantity of lumber jn the yard. Kore ‘about $3,000. It is supposed to have the ‘k of a1 ee ie the citizens, in their endeavors to extinguish the flames, were fet upon by a parcel of rowdies, who pelted them with ‘tones, thereb; uring one man. Mr. John Thompson barely’ escape fevere injury, as large stone that was burled at him grazed his and cut a hole in his hat. Police Intelligence, A Dishonest ‘Cook.—Yesterday officer De Binder, of the Third district police court, arrested a man named John Williarrs, cook on board the brig Amanda, lying the foot of Rutgers street, charged with breaking opens trunk belonging to Captain Williams, master of the brig, and atealing therefrom $45, during the absence of the ‘captain from the vessel. Suspicion rested on the tock, who was arrested on. the charge, and taken befare Justice Wood, who committed him to prison for a fur- ther examination. Charge of Stealing $160.—Officer Conley, of the First ward yesterday arrested aman named Tennis Doody, Veeper of a porterhouse at No. 16 Washington street, charged with stealing a wellet containing $160 from the session of Charles O’Brien, of S osevelt street. fi"teems that O'Brien wae in Doo y's ho veon drinking, and while under the iufluence, of liquor the accused, he says, thrust his hend into his aa end extracted therefrom the wallet and money, a then cjected O'Brien from the premiser. a were called, and on searching the accused $14 of the money was found in his possession or was | him to | taken before Justice Bogart, who Frison for trial, Such is the casein Great Britain, here. Mr. Van Buren closed by giving the given above; he also read a letter from Mr. Buc THE DRAMATIC FUND DINYER. Drematic Fund Association—Speechos, Toasts, Muste, &e., Se. The American Pramatic Fund Association celebrated its Sixth anniversary by a festival at the Astor House last evening. The associxtion war formed for the parpose of raising a fund for the support of aged and distressed actors. It is a chartered company, with a capital of $22,956, with } an income of $3,609; there Is now but one pensioner upon the fund. The Inerease in the fund during the past year Uns been $5,811, as@ppeared in the Treasurer's report. The hum ber of member¢ ja now two hundred and twenty-three, _The festival yeaterday was commenced with a very fine dinner at the Astor House, at which about one hundred persona eat down at seven o'clock. a Among the company we noticed but few actors. None of the managers were present. We believe that the fol- lowing list includes all the members of the profession who participated:—Mr. Blake, of Wallack’s theatre ; Mr, ©, Pope, of the Broadway theatre; Mr. Wemyss, of the Bowery theatre; Mr. Rea, Mr. Bernard, and Mr. Lyster, of Wallack’s theatre; Mr, Andrews, of the Museum; Mr, Fleming, of the National theatre, Boston. The table was adorned with representations, in confee- tionery, of King Lear, Falstaif, Shakspeare’s house, ete. ete. ‘The Chair was ceeupied by the President of the Assocf- ation, Mr. Stebbens, supported by the trustees. After the cloth had been removed, ‘Non Nobis” wag sung by Mrs. Brown and Messrs. Lyster, Tordolf, Rea, Cardon and Brown. ‘The Chair announced the first regular toast:— ‘Tho President of the United States, The sentiment was drank, the com; tanding, an “ Hail Colambia’? was played. se Wt i a ‘The second regular tonst:— The State and City Government of New York—Thinga dono well and with a care oxempt themselves froi fear. Glee—Mynheer Von Dunk—by the Vocal Club. The third regular toust— a The Ai dN: i wie oar Mundane ak Wtie Shee Bockiemey S84 Captain Levy, U.$.N., responded. He returned his ‘hanks for the honor done to the United Service. He was not a man of words but a wan of war, and gave— James C. Dobbin, Secretary of the Navy— nd Justice ho haslufused vew episit inte Oar Lido nar Drank with three cheers, and the band pl «« Star Spangled Panuer.”” aaa. Se The fourth regular toast— Prosperity to the American Drematic Fund. The Presrpxnt said that he felt it was necessary for him to say 2 few words by way of introduction. He was happy to be able to¥ay that the fund was now so firmly established that it must tend to clevate the profession to an altitude which nothing else could do. The prominent clause in the charter*was the charity clause, but the fund was really an annuity and trust company, and as sueh it must be successful. He should not make the usual call upon the sympathies of the audience. It was a fact that the capital of the institusion had been sup. plied by the patrons of the dr but it is here- after to the profession alone that the fund must look for support, and no persons had a better op- portnnity to raise a great fund the actors. mm the first anniversery of this society it had forty-three members; on the second, ity-four 5 on the third, seventy:five; om the fourth, one hundred. and eighteen; on the , one hui and eighty- eight; on the sixth, about two hundred and twenty-five. ‘The capital is twenty-three thousand; the income is about; seven thousand dollars. There ar¢an hundred managers in the United States, and it is su that there are four thousand persons connected with the profession, and if proper exertions were made they could be induced ta come into the association, and its income might be easily Fie gti ed es ae reir Then they could ve a building for a am ing room, the nu- cleus of which has already been established. ‘The ssso- ciation could then be of immense benefit to the profession. There is a great opportunity for the actors to do all this, and if they fail it will not be owing to the remissness of Hire tage, but to the neglect of the actors ir. Stebbins gave, in conclusion— the patron: themselves. fail! emiling morn.” Mr. John Van Buren’s health was drank, and he re- sponded. He paid a tribute to the memory of several persons who had heaps chert at the first festival of the asrociation. He was delighted to hear from the Chair of the prosperity of the association. He considered that the fact that theatrical exhibitions had been prominent. was arefutation of much that was said against them. This association was formed to protect those who adopted the stage as a profession, and themselves from all other pursuits. Few persons were aware of the annoyances and adversities ioeaee upon anactor’s life. Toalleviate these miseries this associa- tion was formed, and it should have the sympathy and the aid of the humane, the refined and the philanthropic. and it should be s0 Health and epeedy return of James T. Brady. Three cheers were given, and the band played a polka. Miss C. Hiffert sung a ballad. Mi Treasurer, was next called up. He made a statement of the affairs of the association, which is a of the Haymarket theatre, London, enclosing a dona- tion of $50; also a letter from Mr. Jermy, of London, en- closing £5. The sixth regular toast— Shakepeace and the Drama. Mr. Parke Goopwin responded. Miss C. Hiffert sang the ballad, ‘‘ El Zingara.’? ‘The Prese—To guide, to guard, to enlighten and refi consistent, fearless free. In all'things temperate, not * it hath power.” Music—Waltsz—Jullien, Mr. H. Fuiize responded. He regretted that the New York managers had not given their countenance to the dinner, and his sentiment was a check for $25. Madame Pozzoni sang the ballad—‘ Within a Mile of Edinboro? Town.’’ The seventh regular toast:. ° ThoSt ‘Its enemics will acknowledge ite beneficial in- fivences when they cease to rebuke them. Musio—band— “* Life let us Cherish.” ‘Mr. Frerp responded. - Mr. res] ‘The Actor—On the stage he ministers to our amusement and instruction, im the world he is our friend and fellow citizen. After the seventh toast, Mr. Van Burt said he re- gretted that many persons eminent in the profession were not present. Such persons as Mr. Wallagk, Mr. Burton and Mr. Forrest should have been here, because their sence would have given the society ® higher stand in the opinion of those not so eminent in the drama. He was |, however, that one person was here, who has bee a high position in the profession. He to William Rufus Blake, and proposed his health. Mr. BLakk responded. He gave a brief sketch of the pore of the association, and thanked the audience the assistance they had rendered the association, and assured them that they had the thanks of the profession. The “stars”? were not here, because no two stars could held their course in the same orbit. He hoped that the fund would have the countenance of the managers as well as actors. Mr. Blake read a letter from Rev. H. W. Beecher, syne ae the charitable object of the association. Rev. G. H. Chapin also sent a letter of excuse. Mr. Wallack sent a check for $60, Mr. Les- terand Mr. C. Wallack sent donations. Mr. Waliack’s health was then drank. Mr. Brake gave the health of the President of the As- sociation, Which was drunk with enthusiasm. ‘The Present briefly returned thanks. Literature, Sei a Art—May. their; advantages bo lized, their Lexutice mado sppecert, and’ thelr worth ox~ i asesBOTS. Lotner R. Maren, Esq., responded. Ta reference to the drama, he said that there was no good or great gift that could not be perverted, but the drama was no more lia- ble to the charge than any other of the great gifts. He continued, ina speech remarkablé for eloquence and beauty, to defend the drama, and to eulogize its sup- porters and authors. ‘ The health of Major Sprague, U. 8. A., was given, and that gallant off sponded, and gave— Continued su: prosperity to the Ami Dra- matio Fund Ate, Womai that we dare ark of heaven—amazing bright- ness, purity and truth—cterna! joy and everlasting love.” ‘Mr. Fremmne responded, and gave the health of Judge Daly, who had previously retired. Mr, Btaxe gave the health of Mr.Jobn Brougham,which. was drank with all the honors.- Mr. Maren gave the health of Messrs. Coleman and’ ep Hier wh abe tat th receipts of the even. e ‘ary report at the = ing, from Sonations, tach to 0 neay $500. soon after separated. in this rey crt mo be hag wy es mie- mana, on the the mi o! reorient tancvaraey of the re rs. No seats could be found by them in the vicinity of the al although persons connected with the weekly pres, an: who made no reports, were assigned to the seats usually iven to daily reporters. None of the usual facilities were afforded to the last named individuals. Personal Intelligence. Geo. rant, usetts. . Pratt, do.; H. H. Young, Savannah; Sylvester Bowman, Boston; D. M. Hyde, lo; A. C. Drover, New Orleans, arrived yester- day at the Preseott House. Hon. M. Hall, Toxas; G. A. Hayward, New Mex'co; Capt. Geo. W. West, St, Tow 0. F. Drncan, Ala; B Comoar, |. Chambelyn, England, were among at the Metropolitan Hotel. F. E. Hitcheock, San Francisco; W. F. Foster, Valparai- 0; M. Hobson, do.: Maj. A. B. Eaton, San Francisco; G. Mowrey, U. 8. 'A.; Capt. Swan, Nantucket; Capt. John- aton, Sah Francisco; Col, Bulions, Chil; Co. miller, do. Lancaster, Washi . ; ; ‘Terri tory; Lieut. Col. DeRussey, U. 8. A., were among the ar- rivals yesterday at the House. eiulctasr tie Maton J. M. Torado and fi Peruvian ; Hon. Lake, San Francisco; Capt. H. W. Hallock, U.'8. A.; Hon. R. M: Lathan, W: fon; Col. Drinkard, Richmond, Va. ; Gen. Geccome, Baltimore; Maj. A. A. Boyee, Utica; Bears Mannel Lopez, Rive Fork; Hon. M. W. a arrived yesterday at the St. Nicholas. The Jones, member of Congress from Lou- isiana, left the St. Nicholas Hotel yesterday for Washing- ton, to resume his duties in the House of Representativer, Court Calendar—This Fes 4 ‘Usrrep States bistrict Court. —Non. 49, 13, 36, 28 to Covrt—Cireuit.—No#, 1,174, 117, 430, 329, 346, 282 to 287, 435 to 436. Comaon PrRAs. First—Nos. 408, 368 340, 406, 467, 460, 470, 471, 472, 478, 474, 475, 476, 477, 484.’ Part, Genina Nos 857; 442; 462, 463, 464, 466, 478, 470, 480, a 5 Surmnion Gourr— (To Branchos.)—Nos. 221; 197, 227, 460 and, 8, 96, 217, 28, 29, 280,28 284 4 2, 04 tooo.