The New York Herald Newspaper, April 15, 1854, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. | SFFICE 8. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU 87S. Tey T MEICLLD 2 conte per gopy—$1 per annum WEEKLY HERALD oocry, Saterdcn at on cents annum: the European Bdliion $4 per an- and 3 to any part of the ge. x wail for Subscriptions or with adver- mor the portage will be deducted from rt of Great Britain, . bath to ‘ALL LETTERS by to be post paid, or the money remilted. eter AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Ircoman—Tue Governor's Wire BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers street. Tue Tsmrxsr —Avromaton Man BOWERY Conx NATIONAL THEATR' Byouing—Uncux Tom's THEATRE, Bowery Riczarp Ul Hor | | Chatham street—Affernoon and | WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broasdway—Bowp Stroxe ror 4 Hussaxp—Love ayy MURDER. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afternoon, Tur Nicouo Famury Bor Conn—Evening, Pavirse—How tro Maxx Home | CHRISTY’S AMERICAN OPERA HOUSE, 472 Broad- | woy—Krmorian Menopixs py Cunisry’s MINSTRELS. 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The outlines of this project are now in the hands of the administration ; but as nearly each member thereof is interested in detracting as much as possible from the fame of Mr. Buchanan, as well | as of every other distinguished man who has been | named in connection with the next Presidency, it is but natural that, judging from their past career* they should do all in their power to throw the pro- | ject in the background. Indeed, we should not be surprised to learn that upon the first intimation of , the matter to them they requested Mr. B. to suspend further negotiations. When the President repliest 9 Mr. Dean’s resolution of inquiry we shall be abl’ , to more clearly comprehend the policy of the adr jjnis- tration on this important subject. Inthe me antime | we reiterate that Mr. Buchanan was enga” 4 in ne- gotiating a treaty, and they know it. Fortunately our news from Washingt yy ¢ day is comparatively brief, The Senate hay ing a jjourned over from Thursday till Monday, we of course have no additional particulars respect’ ing the progress made by that body on the Gads@ \ treaty. further official correspondence with re’ yard to the Koszta affair was transmitted to the * pouse yesterday, and will attract general atten’ jon, The modest but patriotic letter of the gall’ int Ingraham will meet a hearty response from ev ery friend of his country. Apropoz—the news by t’ ae Americ trian Consul W? .o rendered himself conspi- cuous in the seizure of Koszta, has been trans- ferred to the consw’ ship at Genoa, but the Sar* dinian government’ The special orde but, this being day, was aband Dill. Quite a liv of the Whole or West Point Av the propositi has refused his exequator. r was taken up by the House, rather dull work for Good Fri- med after the passage of a single ely debate sprung up in Committee 1 the Senate’s amendments to the ademy bill. Colonel Benton opposed on to appropriate twenty thousand dol- lars fora Wy) for the exercise of the cavalry pupils. He ridicule @ the idea of boys destined for soldiers being tau’ sht to ride under cover. ‘The old veteran has an * inveterate antipathy to bandbox soldie Colonel Bissell explained that the amendment was intend qd to protect the hor and not the boys, from the inclemency of the weather. When the com \jttee rose the House, finding no quorum pre- sent. , adjourned till Monday. S' ich an immense amount of business was pushed thr ough the Legislature on Thursday night and Ye sterday, that it would be both impossible and un- D ecessary to refer to the work in detail. 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The Hermana, from Bremen and Southampton, arrived at this port yesterday forenocn with London papers of the 29th of March, and the America, from Liverpool, reached Halifax in the morning with advicesto the 1st instant. We, are therefore, enabled to publish a full week’s Jater news from Enrope. It is of a highly important and very ex- citing charseter. We publish 2 copy of the mes- sage which wes sent down by Queen Victoria to both houses ofthe English Parliament prior to the @eclaration of war, and also a copy of the official declaration.itss!f. The war announcement made by the Emperor Napoleon to the French Legislature is also given. The contrast ‘between the recepticn of the declar- ation of war ir-the British House of Lords and the Corps Legistatifof France will attract.the reader’s at- ‘tention. When the ultimatum of her Majesty Queen FB Victoria was read to the House of Lords, the Earl eaof Derby and Ear! Grey, with remarkable self-pos- wBosaion and coolness, suggested the propriety of framing suck an.eddress from Parliamext, in answer to the Queen, as would receive the unanimous sup- port ofthe members—that is to say, the address should be so clear inits statements, purposes and de- clayations as would be unanimously supported, other- wise some members of the anti-ministerial party amighk: be sufficiently.¢bstinate to oppose it. All this ¥ fact pru- New, mark the scene in the owe, dence of John Bull. French Corps Legislatif. Upon the reception of the message from the Chie! of the State it was met with Joud cheers, and the Assembly broke up with shouts of “Vive !Empercur!” Wow strikingly ch: tic of French aspirations tor glory. “} pereur”’ on this occasion has the echo of Austerlitz, Swolenski avd Borodino. Ob, yes! gland goes inte the war with coolness and resolution—France, with fiery energy and enthusiasm. How this old beldame, our mother earth, will tremble by-and-by. From China we have files dated at Hong-Kong © Febrnary llth. There is no d ive news re- garding the progress of the war, but an important | Aommercis] notification of the United States Con- sul will be found elsewhere. We have advices from Melbourne, (Australia,) to the 30th of January. Trade was improving at Syd- ney. New South Wales gold sold at Sydney at £3. 158. 3d. per ounce, Port Philip and Owens bring- ing £3. 17s. 3d. From the East Indies we learn that the United States storeship Lexington had fired on a fleet of pirates in the Archipelago, and that the vessels im- mediately sailed off to windward. We have received the Singapore Bi-Month!y Cir cular of the 16th of February, from which we gather that the imports of gold for a fortnight— ending on that day—consisted of 944 buncals from the Archipelago. Large supplies of Australian were on hand. The'¥Yates reported are $29 to $295 for bars, and $273 to $28 per buncal for dust. Ex ports 592 buneals. ‘as well, however, to allude to the fact that the Senate has re-passed the prohibitory liquor law, with a clause submitting it to the people for ratifi- cation. The measure will, without doubt, meet with the concurrence of the Assembly. By the way, the latter body has rejected the bill curtailing the dimensions of the Central Park. We have no clue as to how many days longer our legislators intend to work without pay. Attention is directed to the speech delivered by Senator Dawson on being installed as President of the Southern Commercial Convention at Charleston. Our special reporters have sent us a full report of the second day’s proceedings of the convention, but we are compelled to defer its publication in conse- quence of the great pressure of foreign and other important news. The Boards of Aldermen and Councilmen met last evening and disposed of a variety of routine bu- siness. Our special reporter has furnished an out- line of the debate, together with a copy of the reso- lutions offered upon the subject of the contemplated duel between Councilmen Wild and Seely. The Declaration of War in Europe. We seldom print a document of more politi- cal and historical significance than the declara- tion of war by the Queen of Great Britain against Russia, which appears in our columns elsewhere. It would be futile at the present day to enter into any examination of the grounds on which the declaration is based : the questions of the Holy Shrines, the Turko- Russian treaties, Prince Menschikoff’s mission and the political rights of the Porte, have been vexed long since, and now properly make way for others of more practical and immediate. in- terest. War declared, it matters little how the quarrel began; the only points werth deciding at present are, which is the stronger of the com- batants ?—and how long is the struggle to last? There is yet another reason why we care not to examine the avowed basis of the declarations of France and England. The real issves for which nations have contended, in past times, have almost invariably been concealed: and false pretexts put forward to blind the world tothe genuine motives of the belligerents. In this respect, the world seems to have made but little progress since the Crusades. According to the declaration of war, the Western Powers seem to be arming for the defence of Turkey : according to the fact, they are taking the field to antigipate the obvious destiny of Russian ambition against themselves. The mo, *e one reads European histery, the plainer it ,becomes that ever since the Roman empire, eve, its have been regularly and period- cally repeati. "g themselyes. Men have changed, and manners ;* dynasties have been swept away, and barbarism has yielded to civilization : reli- gion has suecea ded religion, and political forms have assumed fr esh moulds with each successive century: but th & cycle of events has revolved steadily and unife wmly, and like results have in- variably flowed fr om the like causes. The Ro- manempire, born ii ‘mystery and fable, died the prototype of all the, ‘reat Powers that have since arisen in Europe. . Every great monarch has aimed at realizing the ‘ boast of the Cwesars, Af- ter the translation qf the Roman empire.to Byzantium, full three a mturies elapsed before any one sovereign was a ‘le to combine, out of the chaos into which Eun, ope was plunged, the elements of a conquering 1 ‘Tmy. At the close of the eighth century Charle Magne arose—over- run Germany and Italy—hy ‘ld France at his feet—was crowned with the » crown of the Cw- sars, and nearly held the pr ‘2 in his grasp. Unfortunately, his work was b, tt half achieved As was anticipated would be the case so soon a* business men should be able to clearly comprehend the course of events in Europe, there was a general re action in our markets yesterday. Despite the an nouncement of the stringency of the London money market and the decline in consuls, stocks in Wall street advanced considerably and closed firm. Prices of every description of American securities may now be ex- pected to run up toa high figure, owing to the fact that the more cautious portion of European capital- ists will prefer investing their funds on this side of the Atlantic to trusting them to the precarious chances at home. Flour advanced 50c. a 68e. per barrel after the receipt of the foreign news, and State brands, common to fancy, closed at $750 a $7 62, with higher figures asked. Wheat was 10 cents per bushel higher; and 8 cents to 10 cents advance in ‘corn was demanded. Freights were also higher, though little was done. Cotton was unsettled. Our Washington correspondent writes that the administration and its organs are again busily en- gaged in endeavoring to mislead the public with re- gard to,the important and exclusive news which re- cently appeared in our columns respecting Mr. Bu- chanan’s project for a treaty with England, in which the maritime rights of Americans will be directly acknowledged. Their denial of this fact is simply ridiculous. Even were not our statement fully con- firmed by the correspondence from Mr. B. now iv the State Department, the awkward predicament in which they placed themselves by positively deny ‘ing the accuracy of our announcement of the project wf the Gadsden treaty, would copvinee every sane when death overtook him, and his successors were unable to complete the ta *k- From the death of Charlemagne to the beginn ‘ng of the six- teenth century, the only powerin E rope which set up pretensions to universal domin, '0n was the Papacy. But whatever power the Inne cents and the Leos, and the Pii gained in their lifetime, they resigned at their death; and bh Owever potent their bulls, they availed but little in the end against swords. Charles the Fifth ' did more in a twelvemonth towards the estab, lish- ment of a universal monarchy in Europe tl, ‘4 the whole line of Popes had done during fi\ “¢ centuries. Chance placed him on the two mos. ‘ powerful thrones of Europe—Germany and, Spain; there is little reason to doubt that the sword so successfully wielded at Pavia would have done the rest, had not an enemy arisen from an unexpeeted quarter. The corruptions of the Romish Church at that time divided Europe into two hostile camps, and precluded the possibility of a universal Kuropean dynaety. Protestantism drove Charles into a monastery. A couple of centuries again elapsed before the attempt was renewed with any serious chances It was France again this time which strove to trample the rest of Earope under her feet, and Napoleon well nig it. Charlemagne had held Francs, ps Geymany, northern Italy, aud the coust of whe of success, announces that | sovereign of Spr.in, Germany, Italy, and the Low Countrier; Napoleon held at one time France, Spair,, Italy, and most of Germany, and exercired a sort of tutorship over all the rest of continental Europe, Russia excepted. He wa’, foiled at last—the prestige of his power ip’y broken at Moseow—and the intrinsic st’-ength of France being gone, when the na- tions he had attempted to extinguish rose | against him. We are now about to witness the fourth at- tempt to subjugate Europe under one head, That this is the aimof Russiz. and of the Czar, no one conversant with the spirit of the one and the policy ofthe other can doubt for an instant. | For more than a century and a half this great design has been nurtured in the minds of every ruler Russia has had. The people haye been taught that it was their destiny—es it was that of their forefathers, fifteen hundred years ago, tosweep away the Roman empire. Napoleon saw it at St. Helena when he proclaimed that within fifty years Europe must be republican or Cossack. The time for the choice has come. Nicholas, with sixty saillions of subjects ardeni for the war, and internal resources which will enable him to withstand any amount of outsile pres- sure—with a kingdom that cannot be itvaded, andan army that may be defeated but cannot be conquered—now offers Europe the ortion of becoming republicans or bowing to his swiy. England and France have anticipatec his ac- tion by assuming the responsibility of begin- ning the contest. Thus matters stand. At a glanceit is easy to see that the war whose commencement we this | day record is to be no fitfulstruggle: it must last for years. Russia’s fleets may be sunk, her foreign trade destroyed, her ports blockaded; but for all that, she will still be Russia, as pow- erful and as formidable as ever. Battle may be fought after battle, and viciory may side wit’: the Western Powers; but fresh Cossacks will always be found to replace the dead, and fresh ardor will infuse itself intothe Russian breas. after every reverse. Ther? may be truces, and treaties, and temporary lus in the strife; but no permanent peace can srive until the shape of the issue isaltered. Eussia will not swerve from her purpose, and so far as can be seen now, cannot be so utterly disabled as to be unable to pour down arny after army from the Visiula. To meet her successfully, the repub- lican element in Europe must be fairly and thoroughly aroused. There are stout men enough in that contiaent to hold their own even against Russia but they must be com- bined, and rallied reund a standard in which they can really feel a hearty interest. When this is done, Napokon’s problem may be solved. But the solution may not occur for the next hundred years or more. Tue Ricuts or Nevtraus.—The declaration of the Queen of England on the subject of the rights of neutrals will allay the anxiety of our shipowners on a subject of much importance. The Queen announces that it is not “her pre- sent intention to issue letters of marque for the commission of privateers ;” which, as Russia has but little foreign commerce to injure, hard- ly signifies much. Neutral vessels are to be allowed to carry the enemy’s property without molestation; and neutral property laden in the enemy’s vessels will be exempt from seizure. Great Britain excepts from this articles, contra- band of war, neutral vessels carrying the ene- my’s despatclies, and neutral vessels breaking blockades against the enemy’s parts. There can be no reasonable objection to these terms. Our vessels will continue to trade ih security: and we could demand no more. Thb act ofcar- rying articles contraband of war ox despatches to or from one of the belligerents does not ap- pertain to legitimate commerce. It is to be regretted that the language in whiqh the rights of neutrals are acknowledged, agd the “lib- erality” of which Lord Clarendon | boasted is illustrated, is such as to deprive the act of its chief claim to praise. Had Great Britain, for instance, frankly acknowledged thit she had no right to interfere with United States ves- sels trading to Russia without declaring war upon the former as well as the latter, the world would have given her due credit for honesty and. candor; to grant the main’ point, and to state at the same time that) in doing so she “waives, for the present, a part of the belligerent rights appertaining to her hy the law of nations,” is to assert the very principle we deny, and evade disingenuously the responsibility of its assertion, We want no favors of England; and do not thank her for waiving one single right to which she deems herself entitled. Nor shall we exhibit such a captious spirit at this conjuncture as to quar- rel with the language of her proposal, its aim and meaning being satisfactory : but her best friends cannot but admit that she has pursued the most crooked and awkward way of grant- ing a claim which she could not refuse. Lord Clarendon’s promise, too, that England would during this war “exhibit an example of liber- ality to the world” would have been more hon- orably fulfilled had the words “for the present” been omitted from the declaration acknowledg- ing the rights of neutrals and proscribing pri- vateering. As it is, Great Britain is quite at liberty to rescind this declaration, to search and seize American ships and to issue letters of marque whenever she pleases. Great Britain is not pursuing the most judicious course in the world, if she desires to secure the friend- ship of the United States. CANDLE-END Economigs 1 tun Post Orrtce. —The disgraceful mismanagement which has characterized our Post Office for years has now reached a point that is likely to compel some inquiry into the system and some attempt to remedy its defects. It was notorious that under the late.administration the public gervice was inefficiently managed; and the stereo- typed reply to the complaints then made was that the number of clerks employed was not suflicient to perform the work. The present administration, on assuming office, found a de- ficiency of some two millions in the revenue of the department, and forthwith proceeded to effect reductions in the expenditures, Imstead, 1 Owever, of making these ceonomies in the en, bventions paid to ocean steamers, and wapro- duo, tive mail lines, those branches of the depart, ment Which required increased expenditures were ¢. ut down, and a proper administration of the pula '¢ service actually rendered impossible. Several af the clerks in the New York Post Office were discharged, and the salaries of the others reduce. 4. The clerks now work, for eala- ries averaging x."hont $500 a year, from si to eighteen how. lay. The work is badly done : people doo! get their letiors afl papers in time : complaints are of hourly ocovwrence, xteon How long shal] this state of things continue ? mm THis StaTe.—The close of the one hundred days of the Legisiature begins to reveal the purposes and projects of the various political | partics in this commonwealth, and from present indications, we shall have a curious mixed-up | sort of a scrub race at the next State election. The democratic hard shells have made arrange- | ments for a State Convention on the 12th of | August, an? have in this connection enunciated opinions excessively hostile to the administra- tion. Henceforth they will go for their own men and their own principles, and the adminis- tration may go to the devil. Their candidate | for Governor will undoubtedly be Judge Bron- son, and they will stick to him through thick and thin. The soft shell section have also made some revelations showing that Governor Sey- mour will be their candidate for re-clection, aud that they count upon vast accessions from | the “outsiders”? opposed, as the Governor is, constitutionally to the passage of the Maine liquor law. He will be run upon the lager bier | platform. Thus much for the broken up de- mocracy. The whig party isin the same fix—split up | into two Kilkenny cat factions, Look at the fierce debate in the State Senate the other day. See how bitter and violent the Seward men and | silver grays were in their denunciations of. each other. Savage as rival fishermen, how can they harmonize? The Fillmore clique, led by Erastus Brooks, and the Seward party, lel by Mr. Dickinson, presented a spectacle just about as affectionate as the concord between Captain Rynders and Mike Walsh. The Seward party will probably run as their candidate for Governor no less a personage than W. H. Seward himself, unless they should, for some ulterior purpose, deem it most expeticnt to hold him back for the present. The Fillmore men have not decided what to do. They cannot do much of themselves, for they are very weak in the back ; but they may accomplish every- thing by a junction with the hard shells upon Judge Bronson, Thus they may be able to de- molish the Seward party in this State, and the democratic soft shells and the administration | in asingle blow. The teetotallers will bring out their strength in opposition to the lager ; bier party, and if the Maine law men should | unite with the Seward party they may carry | the day. But this fysion is doubtful, notwith- standing the labors of the leading Seward organ to this end. Upen the whole, we incline to think that, as the silver grays are of no earthly account by themselves, it is their policy to unite with the hard shells. Perhaps they will; and if they do, the chances of the quadrangular fight are de- cidedly in their favor. Curious piece of busi- ness anyhow. Such are the squabbles of party politics when principles are swallowed up by the spoils. ‘Tue Garrison at Fort Betknar.—Late dates from Texas remove all anxiety about the fate of Major Merrill and his emall band of sixteen men. The two scouting parties sent out by him after the indian murderers of Col. Stemm had returned. We learn also that Lieut. Tree, with twenty men, had been successful in his scout. He fol- lowed the signs of a small marauding party of Kickapoos near three hundred miles north, to where their tribe live, on the Canadian river, and two of these were found to be the murderers. He made a demand on the tribe to de- liver up the murderers, whereupon one of them was caught; but in bringing him into Fort Arbuckle he tried to kill his guard and escape, when he was shot dead by an Indien chief. The chief promised to bring in the other murderer, Accient uPon THE Err Ratroap—Oxe Man Kittep.— Another fatal accident occurred yesterday afternoon upon the Erie Railroad. The morning mail train from Dunkirk was approaching Coshocton, on the Delaware river, about fifty miles the other side of Port Jervis, when the locomotive ran off the track, killing the engineer, George Coffee, almost immediately. We were unable to learn the cause of the accident. Coffee had been for a very long while engaged upon this road, and was much esteemed by the company for his punctuality and carefulness in the discharge of his duties asan officer. The locomotive had in tow a large train of pas- sengers, but we understand that none were hurt besides the engineer. Wallack’s Theatre—“A Bold Stroke for a : Husband.” Mrs. Cowley’s comedy, ‘‘A Bold Stroke for a Husband,’ was revived, and played last evening, with the following cast:— Don Cesar. Mr. Blake. Mr. Lester. ‘Mr. Walcot. Donna Olivia. Conway. Donna Laura, “Mrs. Conover. Minette... re. Stephens. Donna Marcel ‘Miss Fanny Deane. ‘This comedy has not been played here for many years, and it is easy to see the reason why it has been so long laid on the shelf. The plot is without sustained interest, and there is hardly anything like dramatic illusion, as the end of the story is plain after the second act. The language is sometimes brilliant, but it is more frequently made up of the dullest common places. The main inter- est of the play centres in Donna Olivia, a young woman who feigns to be a modern Xantippe in order to disgust her lovers, and only happens to secure the man she loves by an accident, not a bold stroke, by any means. Then there is another plot; Don Carlos deserts his wife and falls in love with Donna Laura, on whom he settles his property. In order to save her husband and his estates, the wife of Carlos, Donna Victoria, attires herself as a man, makes love to and captivates Laura. This may be considered as a bold stroke,” but it is beyond even dra- matic probability. The acting, dressing and mounting of the comedy de- serves high praise. Mrs. Conway played Donna Olivia; it was the first time that we ever had the pleasure to sec her in a legitimate high comedy part. We do not think that she is fitted for this style of character, though there were many good points in her acting of this long and dificult part. ‘The same fault—lack of that dignity ang repose which form essential parts of a fine lady's education—that we have before noticed, was apparent. Her laughter was not natural. She commenced the piece very well, and her interviews with Garcia and Vincentto | tion Counsel’s tees, ‘The Opening and Extension of the Bowery. The Committee on Streets, consisting .of Aldermen Blunt, Drake and Brown, met yesterday in the chamber of the Board of Aldermen to hear the parties interested in the contemplated opening and extending of the Bowery. Alderman Drake presided, and said that the committee would hear, in the first instance, the parties in favor of the repeal of the ordinance. Mr. Garrer H. SrryKer, Jr., then addvessed the com- mittee. He said that the rule establiehed by this commit- tee in all other cases is the usual one, founded in equity | and justice, which rule is euggested by the question: ‘Are 2 majority of the owners of the land on the line of the proposed improvement in favor of the proposed improve- ment or not? If they are, it should be adopted; if not, it should be dismissed from further consideration, The question to be considered {s: What is this new propo- sition or proposed improvement? It is to widen the Bow- ery 100 feet through to Franklin square. The considera- tions in favor are—First, that unless something is done to relieve and resuscitate Pearl street, it will become valueless; second, that some great and 'main eommani- cation is absolutely necessary for business men and the convenience of citizens ‘generally; thirdly, that private interests should always yield to’ public good. The answer to the first of these propositions that the statement is untrue. There are no stores unoc- cupied in Pearl street. The people did not leave Pearl | street because there was no business there, but because | . | t there were not suflicient accommodations for them There were no stores to hire. Property in Pearl stree bas not depreciated; it is worth as much now as it ever was intrinsically, although at one time it may have had a speculotive and inflated value. It is snid that this is a great city improvement. Well, then, let the city pay for it. It is not right that individual property should be ap- propriated for public use without just compensation. City Intelligence. = A STABBING AFFRAY IN BROADWAY, NEAR CANAL STREET—ONE MAN SUPPOSED TO BEB FATALLY ‘WOUNDED. At about 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon (3 affray took place between a hack driver named James Hill, and ano. ther young man whose name is George Hill, in which the latter is said to have used a sharp pointed dagger, inflict-# ing three wounds on the person of his antagonist; one wound wag in the back of the neck, the other in the left) side, and the third in the back near the spine, Ana! wag given, and policemen Gallagher, of the Sixth ward, came to the scene of difficulty, and soon after arrested Hill in Canal street. ‘The dagger with whieh the assaul had been committed, was found near the French Catholic chureh, a short distance from where the stabbing took] place. ‘The immediate cause of this deadly affray appears tc have originated some few nights since at a dance house a collision then took place between them, and James Hi being much the largest and altogether the most powerful, inflicted upon his adversary a severe beating. ‘Testerday they again met, and the “old matter was brought up which reefited ln another conflict; and while James Hi was in the aet of taking cif his coat to ‘the other drew out the dagger and inflicted the wouns scribed, Severs! persons witnessed the affair. | jured man was conveyed to the hospital and placed un. der the care of Dr. Derby. The assailant was taken be fore Justice Bo itted him to the care off arden Gray, of the city prison. It is feared that the injuries will prove fatal. | Goop Fripay.—Yesterday was Good Friday, an impor || tant anniversary in the Christian church, and especially regarded by Roman Catholic and Episcopalian creeds Good Friday is the name given to the dag of our Saviour’! crucifixion, and it has been held as a solemn fast ever , ‘They talk about public improvement, but it is only an- other name for public plunder. If this was a city im- provement let the public pay for it. Mr. Sk1bMoNE, in opposition to the extension, said that se the measure had passed the last Common Coun- was only # reason why itshoukd be reconsidered now. ‘he proposition was toextend the Bowery to rronkln square, and to widen Pearl street one hundred feet, If this project of widening Pear! strect was in order to con- fine the business t such a result could not be at- tained. The business places of New York could nog be contained within so small a comp It, has been said hat this scheme was for relieving Broadway, while it well known that millions of dollars had beeu spent with such an object without relieving Broadway one ‘The result of this will only tend toa material @epreciation in the value of property from Pearl street up to Chetham square. People havo now got tired of this practice of opening streets. ‘There never was a system of piracy equal to it. For the last fifteen years it hes been carried on to an here extent, and it was believed to be done simply for persona! bes | from the earliest ages of Christianity. This day took iti) | name of Good to express the bleseed effects which sprani! | from this important event, the redemption and salvation | of man, It derived this xppellation from England, it: anelent and appropriate tile being Holy Friday, the Fri day of Holy Week. ‘The principal ceremony on this day in the Roman Ca} tholic Church is the Zenebra, illustrative of the histo of the Crucifixion. The lights during this secvice ar extinguished, to indicate the supernatural darkness a our Saviour’s death. At the close of the Tenebra a so} Jemn silence is observed throughout the congregation | suddenly interrupted by a loud noise, in token of th | rending of the veil of the Temple, and of the disorder ix which ail things were involved at this momentous event. Cross-buns—cakes bearing the impress of the Cross— form the dist of the faithfulon this day. In forme times, the sthereigns of England had a custom of hallow ing rings and yarious trinkets with great pomp upot Good Friday, believing articles so contecrated to 8 | a virtue against sickness and the power to heal disease profitand gain, Last year a large number of streets were opened. Now, it is the duty of to puta stop to the practice, and to prevent the opening of the strects, at least until the abuses which they en- | tailed were corrected. In the widening of Whitehail street, some time ago, from Bowling Green to State street, the Commissioners charged for two hundred and sixteen days each, and two hundred and eleven days for clerk hire. The whole cost of officers’ fees for opeaing Was $7,758 34, out of which $1,313 34 was for Corpora ‘The Commissioners made out that they had two hundred and fifteen meetings on two hun- dred and fifteen days, ‘The law required six hours duty every day. The fact is, that this scheme for opening streets is a scheme for picking people’s pockets. He (Mr. Skidmore) had had no opportunity of epeaking before a committee of the Common Council on this subject for three years. He trusted, however, that the present Common Council would put a stop to this street opening for the future. Messra. Bull, Pigot, Titus, Sparks, and Young, gentle- men interested in the matter, made a few remarks in op- position to the extension of the Bowery, after which the Chairman adjourned the meeting until Tuesday next, at two o'clock. Meeting of the Councilmen Comualitece on Railroads, A meeting of this committee was held yesterday afternoon, in the chamber of the Board of Councilmen. Dr. Kamar called the meeting to order, and said the first paper which claimed their attention was a petition in regard to the Fourth Avenue and New Haven rail- road, demurring to steam being used below Forty-second street. Davin Evans sustained the petition with a few remarks. Jamzs R. Wining followed. He said almost every day we were admonished by the newspapers of the danger of using steam through the crowded thoroughfares of the city. He appeared for several gentlemen who asked for this relief, and he thought an examination of the premi- ses would convince any one of the danger to our citizens by running the locomotive from Forty-second down to Twenty-seventh street. This was one of our gee streets, and most always crowded with people. The whistle is almost constantly blown in coming in and going out, which frightens horses, disturbs the citizens, und creates various other inconveniences. This petition ought to be granted, unless some good reason should be shown why it should not be Mr. B. M. Warrick asked to represent the railroad. them. No one responded to the call. Mr. Wurriock went on then to sustain the petition, and corroborated the remarks of Mr. Whiting. Mr. HatFiewp said the people had rights as well as the posh ram ca, and he thought they eught to be respected. Dr. Harris said this railroad was a nuisance and ought © be abated. Pri. BuRRovGHS bal de there was no necessity at the nt time to fully discuss this matter, as the sr ing appeared to be unanimously in favor of the pe- ion. Alderman Morr made afew remarks against the'¥ail- roxd and in support of the petition. ‘The Committee then adjourned. ‘ote { there was no one present If so, he should like to hear United States District Court. Before Hon. Judge Ingersoll. IMPORTANT DECISION IN ADMIRALTY. Arrit 14.—N. L. McCready and others against The Steamer Brother Jonathan.—This suit was brought to re- cover damages for the loss of the schooner Charles D. Ellisand her cargo, which was sunk by a collision with the steamer, in October, 1851. The schooner sailed Octo- ber 27, New York, bound for Wilmington. Her cargo was owned by different and parts of it were insured in the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company and the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company. About 10 o’clock that night the schooner was not far from Harbor light, heading 8. 8. W., on her starboard and going about four or five knots an hour. The wind was moderate from a westerly direction. The sea was smooth and the night comparatively clear, and with a moon somewhat obscured by clouds. Vessels could be seen five miles off, and the shore was visible distant about eight miles. The steamer was bound from St. ‘Thomas to New York, and was going at her usual speed, ten or twelve miles an hour. ‘the schooner was seen ten or fifteen minutes before the collision, but the two vea- sels came together, the steamer striking the schooner head on nearly at ‘right angles, about ten feet aft the main rigging, on her starboard side, so that she sunk in afew minutes. It was the second mate’s watch on board the steamer in which watch there were four men, be- sides the quartermaster at the wheel. Of these only the second mate was examined as a witness in the case, and no reason given for not exainining the others. The third assistant engineer was exe mined, and testified that two of them were below, passing coal, and that he was on deck, and did not see any one on the look out. On board the schooner the second mate was at the wheel, and one man on the lookout. They say that the schooner held her course {ill the steamer wus two or three lengths off, and then the wheel was hove hard a-starboard. Testimony was given to show that the schooner suddenly changed her course andcame under the steamer’s bows. Held upon this evidence, that there was no sufficient and pro- per look out properly stationed on board the steamer, within the doctrine of The Genesee Chief against Fitz- hugh, in 10 Howard’s Reports; that the schooner did not change her course unless in the imminent danger of col- lision, and that there is no evidence to contradict the prima facie evidence of the steamer being in the wrong, arising from her defective look out. Decree, therefore, for libellants, with a reference toa commissioner to ascertain the damages, and to report what the damage to the schooner was; what the loss of freight was; who were the owners of the cargo, and the amount of cargo owned by each individual, and what the amount of in- surance was, Which the insurance companies are respec- tively liable to pay. Edward Mills againet N. I. McCready.—This was a cross action brought by the owner of the Brother Jona- than, to recover the damages sustained by the steamer, in the same collision. The two cases were tried together, and in this case a decree was made dismissing the libel with costs. United States Commisstoncr’s Court. Before John W. Nelson, Esq, : THE COUNTERFEITING CASE. Aprnit 14.—In the case of the United States againat Ed- ward C. Morton, John Brown, Charies Watson, Elmira were full of good points. Her affected simplicity with Vincentio was also very well done. Mrs. Hoey was gery slow, and her male attire seemed badly put on. Sho would have been detected at once, Mrs. Stephens played Minnette in her usual pert style, and pleased the audi ence mightily. In smart waiting women this Indy has fow superiors. ‘The gentlemen dressed and played their characters eapitally. ‘The house was very full, the entertainments being for the benefit of Mrs. Conway. Mr. Lester being called out, announced the.comedy for repetition. Marine Aifairs. Loss or me Smr Sea Nyari.—The ship Pride of the Ocean, from New York for London, is reported in the English papers as having arrived at Deal on the 27th ult., with the crew and 2 passengers of the ship Sea Nymph, Patten, which sailed from Liverpool February 21 for Bal- timore. The particulars of the disaster will probably be contained in the papers per America. ‘Tae Stkamsmy Nort Staz.—The bark Rolla, from Ponce, passed the North Star om the Sthinst., at 10 A. M., in Jat. 3047. At 1.20 P. M. same day, passed the Illi: nos, in lat. 8157. By this report, the North Star was abort ninety miles abead of the HiJnois, beving gained that distance in sixty-six hours, as both steamers left the Heok together. ‘Tuk Seancrry oF SraMry.—Agents from New York have been in New Bedford for the purpose of securing #o.amen for the merchant service; and in several instances aiélors neturning from whaling voyages have been shipped for New York vessels almost immediately upon their arrive) A COVERNMEET CoxMERCIAL DECISION.—-A_ vessel char- terod by an agent of the United States, for the transpor- tation “of supplies, &c,, waa not long since wrecked end totally lost. A claim was made fora continuance of wegee, and for passage home of the captain and crew. 1 wos held atthe Treasury Department that wages of seamen could not be claimed subsequent to the breaki: up of the voyage, and that there was no lw that wonid render the ship owner accountable for the ex, enre of re- torping the captain aud erew to their home port. Watson, Amanda Hewitt and Jamos Bowers, charged with extensive counterfeiting, hie Honor discharged Mrs. Wat- fon and her sister, Amanda Hewitt, ‘hero being 10 evi dence to implicate them, but committed tho four male prisoners for trial. Personal Intelligence. ARRIVALS, From Southampton, in she steamship Hermann—Mr Fried iss M Rapal, C T Gabler, Mra G H Mocke, S Jung. 1, Drouel, © Mieremi- o ie , LT Siorck, L Brail- ‘iss Ki aiser, H Thiei, Miss 0 Rhohde, T Kragle, Win Hultman, irs C Soeling, Mise r, Miss E Kreighauin, M Goodkind, ‘A Meyer, Wm Medei & psa 5 Voldcraver, A Beck, Ast J Meyer, J Verges and family, O stein: berger, F Weber, T Jacols and fawiiy, A Bohmo, Miss T Omasing, T Haw TH Brottmann, Miss R Brett- penn, D Hochfeld, "Miss Kimker, It Mies A Meyer, Miss Weimann, if iddlegoge, Mra S Gutman, GB. Schmidt, E Moritz, B Ridehei: Meyer, Rk chutz, R Steimnan, P | T Neumann, Von Rochow, G Schmidt, J Gates, F. Pagenstecker, © H Muller, E Deitrick, © Zeitz, Paul Lobmat Jummer, L Scheli, J Mitsey, S Wolfert, J k. Mr G Berens: family. J Tennen Iden, Mrand Mrs Hart ly, Mr mond and family, Si Man and child, Mr Por RM Hobbe, Hgneand child, Levauting Dets, Mr Lott Don Hausemau—Tetal 162. nce at a ngols, A 'Vnier- id. € Proudes, Mr Way, “tit f fernam, Miss Swift, » Mr Roper an m Spaulding, Mee Lazard, Mrs Le: Mi Preserve, A New Secrerary or I Lear thet th © yesterday confirmed the appoint- ment of Donn Piatt, Fsy., of Cincinnati, Ohio, to be See- netary of the United States Legationat Paris. Weappre- Lend that this appointment was only determined on a day or two since. ATION AT Paris.—We Fifty, sixty, seventy, and elghty thousand herrings were taken at single iauls of nesine at several of the inpcings on the Potomac giver last ¢ eek They were especialy supposed to have great efficacy ii cases of cramp, their more touch causing a eure. A cor respondent of Cardinel Wolsey’s, writing him from Spain under date of June 21, 1518, say: if your Grace re member me with some cramp-rings, ye shall do a thit much locked for; and I trust to bestow them well wit! God’s grace.’’ This belief, ‘however, is now numbere: with the other innumerable superstitions of the past. Full service was held in the various churches yester day morning which venerato this anniversary. Th courts also edjourned. : Crystat Par ack.—Annexed are additional subscription: to the $100,000 fund:— 7 Amount previously E. M. Voorhies..... advertized...,....€82,000 John Taylor, Inter- Christy & Wood's national Hotel... Minstrels .. 1,500 Commercial Hoiel, Christopher & Under- Cortlandt sireet.. hill Gilford House, G. M. Perry & ‘Son’ Northern Hotel. D. Appleton... Bangs Brothers J. 4. &F.F. Farwell Jersey Hotel........ Benedict Hall’ & Co. various sums Ward, Babecek |" & from $5 to $10... Riggs ...... Wilham Wilson, 20 ++ 987,21 The Palace wili be closed for a short tine—we don't know how long—for the purpose, we suppose, of making new arrangements. AN Apri. Sxow Sror! yesterday afternoon, tt sky, and saw it darkened with flakes of snow. 01 day’ afternoon we had a real genuine April. shot touch of thunder and lightning, rain and sunshine, within the space of one hour. This was succéeded yes. terday by agenuine snow storm. Is not April keepin up its reputation of being fiickle and ‘al? ‘Th snow undoubtedly hailed from the banks of New. foundland, and was brought down into our latitude b; the northeaster of Thursday night; and yesterday morn: ing the wind shifting round to the southeast, drove these snow clouds in upon us. The atmos) , however, was a little too warm for our Northern visiters, and each flake found death upon the pavement, before enough had fallen to make themselves a winding sheet. The snowing continued to fall until the time we went to press. i Fre.—Yesterday morning, about 1 o’clock, a fire broke out in the third story of the house No. 125 Greenwich} street, ocoupied by Rol Hall. It was extinguished b, the ‘tied ee elieds ‘With about $150 damage. The Trades. MEETING OF JOURNEYMEN PLUMBERS. An adjourned of the journeymen plumbers o New York, Brool ya, iliamsburg, and Je City, held last night at the Union Shades, in rh’ ave- nue, near Fourteenth street. There were present about| two hundred of the trade. H. Macsorley was elected chairman, and William Gray| acted as Secretary. The Present called the mecting to order in a few ee-| marke, in which he took occasion to say that he thought| the present movement of the trade, to obtain an advance| pk enon to twenty shillings per day, would be suc- cessful ‘The committee appointed at a 8 meeting to re- port to the different employers the desire of the trade, reported that the petition and resolution in this respect, passed at a previous meeting, had been reported to a special committee for their aig The Cnainman then anuounced that the different em- ployers bad expressed a wish to confer with the trade, ‘upon the matter at issue, on Tuesday next. Tt was then that a committee of five be ap- ointed to meet and confer with the bosses on Tues- cay meth) See John a ae “ag Subtee ene! mn Flanagan, wXs worley, Were ap. pointed ‘ag such committee. x 4 The meeting then adjourned. Brooklyn City Intelligence. ARRAIGNMENT IN THE COURT OF ora Bicamist.—The Kings county Court of General Sessions, before Judge Moore, Justices Stilwell and Stryker, com- menced yesterda; receive the presentments of the Grand Jury, which had been in session for the past month. True bills were found against thirty-six persons for va- tious offences, and the following were and se- verally pleaded not guilty >— Jobn H'linn, burglary, rst degree. Henry Blackstock, for robbery. The defendant knocked down aman named Patrick Shields, near Bergen Hill, on the 19th of February last, and robbed him ot $5. ‘Thomas Shannon, burglary, second degree. Robert Steele, grand larceny. Jacob Meyer, Franz Hoegenburg and Franz Richberger, burglary in the second degree. Edward Schnoikill, grand larceny. John Sheldon, grand larceny. ‘Thomas Wilson and Charles Martin, burglary, first de- ree, 4 ‘e Thomas Madgett, Thos. W. A. Coad and William Bower- hahn, forgery, second degree. Robert Wilson, burglary, first degree. Charles D. Lansing, forgery in the second degree—three indietmmentay ii les D. and Wm. H. Wil fc in the second Nogreeiene indictments. aes jiza Warelane and William Ware, grand larceny, Eliza Cook, burglary, third degree. Jonathan D. Holbrook, Treasurer of the city of Wil- liamsburg, for embezzlement, and on another indict- ment for not delivering books and papers to his succes- sor in office. William Buker, alias Washington Bates, an ex-cl ro man, was arraigned on an indictment for 7, which charged him with having, on the 14th of September, 1850, in the city of Rochester, N. Y., married a woman named Margaret M. Warner, and anbsequently, on the 10th of December, 1853, in the city of Brooklyn, married Miss Elmira Fowler, the flist wife being still alive. The defendant pleaded guilty and was thereupon sentenced to the State prison for the term.of three, After the disposition of the above cases the Court ad- journed. . UnsvccesFtt. ATTEMrt AT BURCLARY.—An entrance was effected by burglars into the house of Mr. Osborn, on the corner of Court and Union streets, about 2 o'clock yes- terday morning. Some of the rig pg hearing a noise proceeded to examine the causc, when the fellows took +o their heels without having taken anything. One of them held an env which was directed to “EB. O'Donnell, Eseex county jail, Newark, N. J.” It is sup- posed that he was formerly an inmate of that prison. Drowxrp.—A laboring man, named Michael McKenna, was for ep een ee from @ schooner at the wharf of ‘ter and Lawrence, foot of Pierrepont street, on Thursday evening, while en, the vessel. His body was recovered. re and children. 1 ih unloading leaves a wife Jorsey Ch In our article of City Intelligence,” Intelligence. y , under tho head of ‘“Jersoy with the caption of ‘Politics, Cham- pagne and Nativism,’’ we are requested to state that there was no ill f¢ in-the domicile of the party named, but, on the contrary, all was harmonious and friencly, and that the disturbance arose from some alter- cation that happened after the party had left, Rartroad Accipext.—Yesterday afternoom, as the two aie oe aes rae ee ame out jewar'! cor gave way. ‘the attention of the was Scatled to the fact by the ringing of the bell, by the ‘ing of the alarm sigual cordsy'He immediately checked his engine for the purpose of re-attaching the cars, which were con- siderably astern, when the disconnected cars came up of eee (aie : : sy ee ont foree, and struck at the remainder of o ¢ passengers were whe from their seats with much violence, and the cars sus- tained somo nage, but fortunately no one received any personal injury of moment. DEDICATION OF THK TABERNACLE.—The Tabernacle erected by the Third Reformed Dutch Church will be dedicated to Divine worship on Sunday next. Rev. W. J. R. Taylor, pepe of the church, will preach the dedicatory sermon. He wil ‘be followed hy other able speakers throughout e day. Appointments by the Prestdent. Penn Platt, of Oho, to Ue Secretary of the Legation of ‘onn Of hi Ww . im, Collector of thi ct of Penobscot, Castine, Me. i Din