The New York Herald Newspaper, April 22, 1854, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 6450. EWS BY TELEGRAPH, VAL OF COM. NEWTON AT WASHINGTON. Hle Conduct at Havana Approved. Rmancipation of the Cuban Slaves Authorized by the Spanish Government. €W POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. THE LAKE SHORE RAILROAD, &., &., &e. From Washington. LONDUCT OF COMMODORE NEWTON AT HAVANA AP- PROVED—EXULTATION OF THE CUBANS, ETC. ‘WAsuINGroN, April 21, 1854. Commodore Newton, commanding the home squadron, ved here to-day, and had an interview with the Pre- ident aud Secretary of the Navy. We undorstand his nduct in refusing to salute the Spanish flag at Havana, *hilst a misunderstanding existed between his govern- pent and that of Spain, has met with the full approval the President. The joyful feoling among the Cubans at the thought hat there may be a difficulty between the United States ed Spain, which will lead to the annihilation of Spanish o in the island, is represented as being universal. feeling ia attempted to be kept down by the Span- ds, who fill every office in Cuba; but it is, never- heless, apparent to the most careless observer. Mr. Dean’s resolutions to abrogate our neutrality laws, ited the liveliest hope. ‘The despatch which Lord John Russell said he had sent on the subject of the Black Warrior, has not yet en received atthe State department. No despatches | any importance have yet been received from Mr. Buchanan. MPORTANT REGARDING CUBA—ROYAL DECREE AU THORIZING THE EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES, ETC. Commodore Newton came to Hampton Roads in his ship, the Columbia. The government have ordered him to remain in readiness till they recoive the reply rom Spain relative to the Black Warrior. The Commo- ore leaves for New York to-morrow morning, on a visit o his family. Commodore Newton communicated tothe ment the important fact, which had come to his nowledge at Havana froma source he deemed perfectly Hable, that the Captain-General has in his possession a oyal decree, authorizing him at any moment he may em proper to emancipate ail the slaves in the island. his is the measure of defence which has been hinted at by English and French papers, and is intended to carry ut the threat that Cuba must be Spanish, or else a econd Hayti. ONSUL RECOGNIZED—OHIO LIFE AND TRUST COM- PANY, ETC. The President recognizes Reynold Westfeldt as Vice- Ponsul for Sweden and Norway at Mobile. The case of the Ohio Life and Trust Company, against Henry Debolt, the treasurer, commenced to-day in the Bupreme Court. Gov. Howell, of Kentucky, who has been spending days here, returned homo this evening. TMIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS, FWIRST SESSION, ‘TEE DIACOVERERA OF AMAMTIERLA. ~ ‘The Senate bill to recompense the discoverers of prec. anasthesia was taken up. ‘Mr. Hanazron, (dem.) of Mi., moved its reference to he Committee on Clainss. Mr. Lercurr, (dem.) of Va., hoped it would not be seat considering it no claim at all. Mr. Epazrron, (dem.) of Ohio, said the subject had ‘been considered by that committee. Thoy know hothing about it, nor wishei to know. It shauld be sent 'o the Committee on Military Affairs, who heretofore had 't under consideration: “* Mr. Laromms proposed that it be sent to a selost com. nittee, composed of the dozen doctors who are members bf the House, Mr. Bissk1t, (dem.) of Ill., advocated sending the bill o the Committee on Military Affaira, as the discoverer bf the anasthetic agent claimed that it was intended to pe used in the army. Mr. Hawivron insisted that it should be sent to the Pommittee on Claims. The bill appropriates $100,000, hich is to be contosted by the parties claiming to be he discoverers in the Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York, and awarded without costs. If he discoverers have rights they should be maintained ander the patent laws. Mr. Joxes, (dem.) of Tenn., moved that the Dill be laid pn the table. Carried—Yeas 82, nays 45. THE MAILS TO SAN FRANOICO. Mr. McDovaat, (dem.) of Cal., from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported a bill authorizing he Postmaster General to contract with the lowest and best bidder, after the usual advertisement, for the transportation of the United States mails from New York, Philadelphia or Baltimore, and from New Orleans to San Francisco and back, by the most expeditious and practi- able route. Secondly—The service to be semi-monthly, nder such directions as may be prescribed by the Post: master General, or a weekly mail each way, provided the pntire cost shall not exceed $259,000 per annum. Thirdly No contract under this act shall be for more than four years, and the Postmaster is authorized to make a now one whenever greater expedition can be secured. Fourth hy—All laws now in force, inflicting fines and penalties for dereliction in carrying mails, to be applicable to any contract which may be entered into under this act. Mr, McDovaat, said necessity demanded that there hould be a weekly mail service, and the bill was prepared ith much care. In order to give a fair opportunity for ite consideration, he moved that the bill be postponed until the first Monday in June. Agreed to. A HEAVY PRIVATE CLAIM. The House went into committee on the bill for settling claims of Richard W Meade, decoased. It involves ree or four hundred thousand dollars for losses in Spain in mercantile transactions, thirty years azo. ‘Mr. Cuavume, (whig) of Pa., argued to show that oar overnment, because of treaties with Spain, is under obligations to pay. f Mr. Jowns, of Tenn., took the opposite ground. Mr. Genuirr Surtu, (abolition) of NY., briefly advo- cated the bill. f Mr. GropixGe, (free soil) of Ohio, regrettol coming in fconflict with his excellent friend who immeiiately pre- ded him, bat was compelled by @ sense of justice to fcontend that this government docs not owe Mr. Meale fone cent. . The committee rose, without coming to a decision, and the House adjourned ‘till Monday. The Cholera Again. BAUIMGRM, 4pril 21, 1854. Several cases of cholera have occurred at West Baton Rouge, Louisian Fire at Amicus, Ga.—Steam Botler Explosion, | Cranuestoy, April 21, 1854. 44 fire occurred at Amicus, Ga., on Tueslay last, de- itroying twelve houses. ‘he loss is about $12,000; in surance only $2,000. The three boilers attached to the engine in the large foundry establishment of Cameron, Mustard & Co., in this Ecity, exploded this afternoon, but fortunately no personal R injury was sustained, Explosion of Two Powder Millis. RochwsreR, April 21, 1854. At nine o'clock Jast evening the two powder mills of Messrs. Fairbanks and Connelly, situated about five miles from this city, exploded, cansing a loss of $5,000. gThe shock was distinctly felt all over this city, and created patent excitement. No lives were lost. i Rallroad Accident. pril 21, 1854. 7 Prrrsoure, A) ‘The mail train from the West last night struck a rock ‘on the track, one mile east of Florence, precipitating the locomotive, express mail and one passenger car twenty feet down an embankment. Tho fireman was thrown into the Gonemaugh river, but swam ashore. No one was k seriously injured. " Cass at Home. Genera! , he Darrorr, April 21, 1854. Gen. Cass arrived inthis city to.day from Washington. i Markets. = ; Naw ORLRANS, April 20, 1854. Our cotton market has been firm to-day, with sales of 7,000 bales. | Middling is quoted at 730. Sterling ex- ¥ change is at 7 prem. hts have advanced to 15-Lnths. Flout is at $7 for good Ohfo. A large export demand for G corn at Sc. firm at 83¢e. Ciaxiesrox, April 20, 1854. h The ealos of cotton to-day were 1,000 bales, and for the H week they foot up 6,000 bales. The quotations sho’ of 340, a Ae,'on the week, ‘Strict middling i Cuarumston, April 21, 1854. YOur cotton market was heavy to-day, at yesterday's \ ‘ ee ee as April 21, 1854. inspections of flour in this market for the past only 10,000 barrels against, 17,000 bbls. st . In juence of the news has wot affected prices MORNING EDITION—SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1864, From Harrisburg. THE LAKE SHORE RAILROAD—THE LIQUOR LAW. | Hanaispura, April 21, 1854. The State Senate this afternoon rejected tire bill traus- ferring the Lake Shore Railroad to the Cincinnati and Ashtabula Railroad Company. : ! ¢ committees of comference of the two houses rela- | tive to the liquor law, have agreed upon a plap for sub | mitting the question to a vote by the people, The Execution of James Quinn, ILKESBARRE, Pa., April 21, 1854, | James Quinn, the murderer of Mahals Wiggins, by | cleaving her seull with an axe, last fall, on a canal boat, was exec here to-day. He was brought out of his | cellat half-past one o'clock, and running eagerly up the steps of the scaffold, he looked around with apparent un- concern and composure, and stmailed and bowed to his ac- | quaintances during prayer. A few minutes before two o’elock the Sheriff bid him farewell, the drop fell, and he died after but few atrug- | gles, and without having made any confession. m Pernambuco, Pur.apevrata, April 21, 1854. A private dispatch received here states that Pernam- buco dates to the 26th ultimo are to hand by an arrivalat Baltimore. ‘The markets were unchanged, and there bad been no arrivals from the United States. The Turf. UNION COURSE, L. I.—TROTTING. Fripay, April 21.—Purse and stakes, $250, mile heats best three in five, in harness. H. Woodruff entered r. m. Lady Franklin, ek A. Conklin entered br. g. Stranger....... 322 B. Buckley entered br. g. Poney.... 2 Bar. Time, 2:42 \¢—2:47. Indy Franklin was the favorite against the field at slight odds, and the betting was lively until the horses came in om the first heat, when Lady Franklin was offered at two and three to one against the field. The attendance was quite largo, the weather dolight- ful, the atmosphere balmy and healthful, the country fresh and fragrant, and the roads in tolerable condition, considering the storms which have prevailed during the past two weeks. The track was in pretty fair order—ra- ther heavy in spofs—but not so bad as was antictpated from the immense body of snow that fell on it last week, enough to keep it wet and soft for some time to come. ‘The horses engage in this race were strangers to the track, it being their first appearance here in public, and the first time that Lady Franklin and Stranger ever trot- ted for money. The Poney, it is assorted, has trotted one racé before, but never in this latitude. He is well known to ‘he good people of Hartford and Providence, and bas ranked bigh as a roadster among the Dowa Easters. He did not, however, come up to the expecta- tions of his backers yesterday afternoon. The Poncy is not what bis name implies—ho is a large mouse colored gelding, fifteen hands high or more, finely formed and well developed. The roan mare, Lady Franklin, is very small but compactly put together, and has a stylish manner o} going when at the top of her speed. She won this race without an effort. She isa protty little nag. Stranger is a fine looking young gelding, with an eye as wild as an eagle’s, and seems a ute and vigorous horse, with many pesailetok pot 8 about him. He, probably, will do better with a little more training snd experience. First Heat.—Poney won the pole, Lady Franklin the second place, Stranger outside, Poney took the lead and kept it to the quarter pole, a length ahead of the mare, Stranger three or four lengths behind—time, 4144. On the backstretch the mare ciosed, and the wheels of both vehicles came together. Time to the half mile pole, 1:20. The collision broke the mare up, and she fell off little, but rallying instantly, closed up, passed Poney, and lod round the turn two or three Lengths. On the homestretch she continued to lead, ad won by a couple of lengths, in 2: j- Séranger four or five lengths bee ind. Second Heat—Poncy took the lead, and kept it until near the quarter pole, when the mare went up, and they passed there head and head in forty seconds. Poney soon afterwards troke up, and the mare led to the half mile pole fifty yards ahead of both geldings, in 1:19. She then held up, and came leisurely home a winner by three hs, in 2:47. Stranger second, Poney last, ‘up. ‘now drawn, and the mare and Mare took the tod at the it easily, ing the quarter in forty- three seconds, the half in 1:23, and came home a winner by two lengths, in 2:4733. She is far too fast for the other two, and’ litile sport can be hoped for in their coming races, without great improvement is made in their speed. Police Intelligence. Suspicion of Burglary.—Officer Grea, of the Fourth ward, yesterday arrested and conveyed before Justice Clarke ‘a German, named Alexander Kauppel, charged with burglariously entering the premises No. 232 William street, and stealing therefrom a quantity of cloth, valued at $350, the Property of David Jackson. ‘The evi- dence against ‘the accused appeara to be by the testi- mony of Philip Bernbaum, of No. 82 Mulberry street, who rs that he saw the accused come outof the above-named store in William street with two other men, who had bundles under their arms. The witness fol- lowed the accused parties through several streets, and ultimately lost sight of them in Division street. Justice Clarke committed the further hearing. An Indecent Assault Sergeant Smith, of the lower police court, arrested a German named Charles 8. Paudet, doing business in Fulton street, on a charge perpetrating an indecent assault on the person of his step-daughter, Emily Harlow, aged ten years and six mohths, residing at No. 16 Thompson street. The ac- cused was taken before Justice Osborn, who detained him in custody in default of bail. Charge Dismissed Against Mr. Chandler.—A\ few days ago a complaint was made before Justice Bogart by Charles Whitehead, who charged that Mr. Chandler had procured a fraudulent quit claim deed for a quarter sec- tion of land, located in Knox county, Illinois. The case came up ona hearing before the magistrate yesterday, and Mr. Chandler showed conclusively his innocence in the matter. Whereupon the magistrate honorably ac- quitted Mr. Chandler from the accusation pending against him. Jersey City Intelligence. APPOINTMENTS OF MerHopieT Preacizrs.—The appoint- ments of Methodist preachers for the different stations in Hudson county, for the Conferencé year just now commenced, were announced at the adjournment of the New Jersey Methodist Episcopal Conference, at New Brunswick on Thursday evening, as follows:—In Jersey City, Trinity Church, Rey, Jobn Ayres; St. Paul's Church, Rey. Michael KE. Fllison; Communipaw and South Bergen, Rev. Thomas C. Carman; Bergen, Edward W. Adams; Hotoken, Charles Coit; Greenville, Benj. F. Woolson and Waters Burrows, supernumerary. Nomrvations FoR 728 Fire Derarmrest Evecrion.—On the first Tuesday evening in May the Jersey City Fire Department will elect engineers for the department. The delegates, to the number of twenty-four, from the different engine companies, met in the house of Liberty Engine Company, No. 1, and made the following nomi- nations:—Yor Chief Engineer, Samuel A. French, ( nominated unanimously); First Assistant Engine Robert H. MeCleary (at present the Second Assistant Ea- ginecr); Second Aasistant Engineer, James Gopsill. APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE ScHooLs.—The final meeting of the School Board of Tinance was held on Thursday evening at the City Hall. Mayor Wall presided. The Board made the following appropriations for the support of the schools from the Ist day of May to the last day of December next:—For the schools in the First. ward, $15,009 60; Second ward, $9,000; Third ward, $9.715 99; evening schools, $1,400; colored do., $1,212; incidental expenses of the Board, $300. Total,’ $30,687 69. After adopting the resolutions providing for those appropria- tions, the Board approved of its minutes, and adjourned sine die. Dearu ny Macurery.—One of the employes in Veit’s saw manufectory i ie street, near Union avenue, was almort instantly killed “ y afternoon, by being caught by a belt which he was connecting with a grindstone. ‘He was carried ra about the shaft fifteen or twenty times before he could be rele: name was Eberhareth Hoberman, and leaves a two children in Germany. He was about thirty years of age. Farar Occurrexcy.—A little girl, two years old, was left alone in a room for afew minutes on Thursday, by her mother, Catharine Murray, who resides near the Glasa- | house, and her clothes took fire from the stove, by which means she was so badly burned that she has since died. Instice Redford held an inquest upon the body of the child, and a verdict was rendered according to the cir- cumstances. Tur Licexsn Tax.—The City Clerk has pald into the treasury of this city the sum of $3,000 excise money, re- ceived for license during the past year. United States Cireuit Court. Before Hon. Judge Betts SUIT AGAINST THE COLLECTOR OF CALIFORNT . Arnit 21.—An action of aasumpsit against James Col- lier, to recover from him a balance of certain sums of money which came into his hands as Collector of the port of Sen Francisco, was aot down for Monday next, nator Dickinson and Mr. John A. Collier, who were in court, will defend the action, and the United States District Attorney prosecutes for the government. Naval Intelligence. ‘The United States frigate Columbia, Commodore New. ton, arrived at Norfolk on Wednesday from Havana, and | the Commodore proceeded to Washington. The United States sloop of war Jamestown, Commander Downing, from the Brazil station bound to New York, was at Vernambuco on the 28d ult., taking in water. On | the 10th the Jamestown struck on the reef off Olinda, | outside of Pernambuco, and after thumping some time went over the reef into deep water, and anchored. After | reveral days, with great labor, she was taken out through the reef, about five miles from where she went over, and ‘on the 28d was anchored off the re Raving sustained very little dam: Great credit is due mM. for their perseverance, as it was the Of all the pilots that she could not be got out, but must inevitably become a wreck. THE STORM AND WRECKS. ! Farther Particulars Respecting the Lows of the Powhatan, MANNANAWEIN, OokaN County, N. J. Friday, April, 21, 1854. with 60 great loss of life, one so melancholy in all its aspects—taken place on this coast before. The loss of fearful, but the shipwreck of the Powhatan will be re- membered when the former are heard of no more. It is away on this shore, where some one was not saved to rejate the dreadful tale. It is not to be wondered, how- tending the unfortunate disaster are taken into con- sideration. In the first place the storm, which was easter that has visited the coast for many years, and uo vessel, without it were made of iron, could withstand the assured, the surf rose to the height of one hundred and fifty feet, and could be seen washing over the masts of from the wreck. In the second place, the weather was very evld, and was the means of freezing, in my opinion, a o-«rboard, and had the weather been warm, in all pro- b bility, some of them would have been enabled to reach therefore, of little use to the men on board, as not on: of them were even seen making any attempts at landing apparatus—such as the life car, a mortar, ropes, and other materials—was deposited in the station house, ashore, and the severity of the storm preventing the conveyance of these necessary life preservers, no aid at culties, together with the fact of the ship going to pieces in the night time, are suflcient reasons why quences. The people of this thriving little village are worthy of the dead from the beach to the main land. Their boats are continually engaged, and their houses are open for melancholy task of burying the dead devolved upon the men, and the still more solemn duty of making shrouds nobly performed the unpleasant task. The spot where the Powhatan came ashore is about of Fgg Harbor. Between the shore and this beach ia ‘a eapacious bay, not very deep, except in the channel, and Long Beach is about twenty miles long, and varies from one hwadred to five hundred yards in width. It is from ten seen a long distance from the shore. The ground is devoid of all vegetation, and being nothing more or less than an habitants, except two or three men stationed there by the government to render all the assistance in their power and tide upon its inhospitable shores. It is to be re- gretted, however, that the stations along this coast, so numerous and better manned than they are. If there had been a lifeboat or a mortar to fasten a line to the the bar by Capt. Jennings, Lhave no earthly doubt bnt that almost every individual on board—men, women and horrible grave ; for full twenty-four hours clipsod from the time she went ashore up to the period when the ill-fated bark into a thousand pieces. Twenty-eight bodies, as you are aware, have been re- the old Baptist churchyard, side by side with many others who had met the same fate on,a previous occa- lost here many years ago, by whick some thirty or forty people were drowned. All who were recovered were were afterwards removed by their friends to some more suitable cemetery. It is rather a curious fact, that out were men, and I have good reason to suppose there were more men on board the vessel than women. The wreck- strange it was, by saying that women, in all cases where a party of both sexes have been drowned, always came but from their experience as seafaring men and wreckers along the const. seamen. he fishing season commencing next week, no doubt many of those who were washed by the breakers boatmen, and several more will be added to the number | | FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPOND! Never has such an awful shipwreck—one attended the Robert Minturn and the Auburn were thought to be the first time, I believe, that any ship bas been cast ever, at the great loss, when all the cirenmstances at- attended with sleet and snow, was the fiercest north- violence of the breakers, for, on several occasions I am the vessel from Barnegat village, a distance of ten miles great number of the unfortunate passengers washed the chore in safety, The useful art of swimming waa onthe beach. In the third place, the usual wrecking about six miles from the spot where the Powhatan came all could be rendered to those on board. These difficul- the catastrophe was attended with such fatal conse- great praise for the facilities offered by them to convey the entertainment of the friends of the deceased. The and washing the bodies was allotted to the women, wae midway on Long Beach, between Barnegat Inlet and that is the resort in summer time of a number of anglers. to twenty-five feet above the level of the sea, and can be immense sand heap, glistening in the sun, it has no in- to shipwrecked mariners, thrown by the force of wind dreaded by seamen in a northeast gale, are not more Powbatan when she was first discovered thumping on children—would have been saved from an untimely and angry billows—tired of being baffled so long—dashed the covered at this place, and have had a decent burial in wion. Ihave referred to the wreck of the ship Auburn, buried in this ground, but the remains of many of them of the twenty-eight persons who came ashore, only three ers here accounted for it, on my telling them how ashore first. This fact they stated not from mere theory, The inhabitants of this village are all fishermen and across Long Beach into the bay, will be picked up by the now Lying in the sleep of death in the “O14 Baptist burying | ground.”’ Itis generally believed here that those bodies washed ashore at Absecom bay came from the Pow- | batan, as their dress and features bespeak them to be Germans. There is on this coast a strong undertow | running south, and it is nothing more than probable | that all the bodies found at Absecom have been carried thither by this current. Reports from that place state that the number brought ashore has reached one hun- dred and thirty, But Iam not as yet informed whether | the body of Captain Meyers, or those of the officers of the vessel, have been discovered. ‘The Wreck Master, Capt. Jennings, is stationed on the beach, and, with a party of men, is making diligent search for the remainder of the bodies. The baggage | ond other eects of the passengers that floated on the | beach have been collected together ina heap, and will be | soon moved cither to New York by the consignees of the vessel, or to the village, under the directions of the | Sheriff of he county, where they will be sold towards | defraying the expenses incurred by the burial of these | unfortunate emigrants, who, “far from their home and ina foreign land,” were, without any warning, except | the foaming of the white crested waves and the howl- ing of the tempest, in a few minutes hurried into eter nity. The weather here now is mild and beautiful, and the sea, which on Monday was lashed into fury by the | winds, to-day is placid, and not a ripple is to be seen on | the surface of the Atlantic, and well may it repose for a | time, since three hundred soufs were in one fatal mo- | ment launched by its irresistible and devastating powe | into the presence of their Maker. J. MeC., Jr. The Packet Ship Underwriter. This vessel has not yet been got afloat at Squan Beach. She remains in about the same position as described yes- terday. Ter cargo is being discharged, one schooner lead having arrived up yesterday morning, and it is thought she will very soon be got off, as the weather for- tunately continues fine, ‘The following is the report of the ship :-— Packet ship Underwriter, Shipley, master, sailed from Liverpool March 17, 1854. April 7, lat, 41 27, lon, 51 80, saw a large iceberg. At 5 A.M. Tuesday morning, April 18, during a snow storm, went ashore on 2quan Beach April 20, 4 P. M., the ship whore; 3 feet 6 in weler ia her hold; cargo into lighter (l order; the steam board, and ready » into operation; two s Inid off; a 22-in-l cable on board, which is now ing hove out—and, should the weather keep moderate, ihe ship will soon be got off. ‘The following letter to Ellwood Walter, Eaq., Socretary of the Boord of Underwriters, from their agent, Capt. J. Q Bowne, who is in charge of the vessel, was received yesterday :— ‘ Squaw Bran, April 20—4 P, M. J arrived at the Underwriter at four o’clock this morn. ing, and found her about 300 yards off with nine feet of water under the mizen chain, and 16 feet under the fore foot—her head off shore. Should the weather continue fine there is every prospect of getting her off soon, The schooner Frank Pierce, leaves with goods, sails, ., this evenings The Wave is down here, and will be loaded to-night. The anchors are run, i pa Penson Cap a re using every exertion to insure suecess. ry is active, and his officers and men are seconding his eferts. ‘the ship’s pamps are keeping her free of about four feet water. If there are no lighters underway we want them sent © ua at once ; the cargo ig coming out in good order quite casy; head off ischarging jump on PRICE TWO CENTS. We have been favored with the following list of ber | cargo — MANIFEST OF THE PACKET SHIP UNDERWRITER. 12 crates, Tucker, Crawford & Co.; 13 crates, W. Chauncey & Co.; 1 cask, C. ©. Leigh; 6d crates 8 casks, J. M. Shaw; 1 cask, H. Fort; 6 do., B. Corning & Co.; 3 cases, C. W. & J.T. Moore; 3'casks, L. J. Wyeth; 2 casos, Poel & Wakeman; 18 bales, H. Anderson; #do.,’ A. Jour. neay, Jr. & Co.; 4 cases,’ Abernethy & Collins; 1 dol , Broadfoot, Heath & Co.; 3 cases, J. Handock; 52 bundles wire, Blavin & Mead; 42 bales, J. & J. Stuart & €o.; 1 cask, G. Wigfall; 1 case, Carnes & Halsted: 1 bale Peterson & Humphrey; 93 casks, C. W. Field & Con; 4 bales 1 case, J. Connah; 2 eases, J. T. Dolan & Son, 3 bales, Wild & Julian; 16 ‘cases, Wetheralt & Young? 3 do.. J. Owen; 8 bales 13 cases, W. Watson & Co.; 9 casos, A. Patrullo; 10 caska, Noakes & Schumaker: 6 cases & bales, Paton & Co.; '1 case 4 bales, Paton & Stewart; 2 bales, T. Barbour; 54 do., G. MMeBride, Jr. & Co.; 7 cases, J. 8. Rockwell; % cases, Roosevelt. & Son: 9,681 bars 1,083 shocts 145 buniles sheet iron, Saltus & €o.; 1,683 bars and 100 bundles iron, Providence Tool Co. ; 1,044 bars iron, G. 7. Cobb & Co.; 2'247 bara iron, Cor: nell & Night: ; 592 bundles hoop iron, T. B. Codding- ton; 223 bundles iron 60 bundles hoops, Pierson & Co.; 100 casks metal, Raymond & Fullerton; 10 bundles wire, 1,689 boxes tin 60 bundles wire, Phelps, Dodge & 969 bars 61 bundles iron, Vose, Perkins & Co.; 786 40 bundles hoops 80 bundles rods 170 tires iron, W. B, Lang; 88 bundles bar iron, Davenport & Slipper; 80 bars iron 122 boxes tin, Engliab & Atwater; 491 barsizon, Elliott & Holden; 15 bars 147 sheets iron, Breeze & Knee. land; 119 tons coal, New York Gas Co. ; 9 cases 2 bales 218 casks 50 bags nails, 1,000 boxes tin, 960 bundles hoop iron, 400 bundles band iroa, 101 bundles sheet iron, 1,043 bundles bar iron, 1,363 bars 40 bundles bar iron, '100 tons pig iron, to order, Farther from Absecom Beach, (From the Philadelphia Bulletin.) THE LATE DREADFUL SHIPWRECK—THE POWHATAN ASHORE ON LONG BEACH—NEARLY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BODIES WASHED ASHORE—THEIR BURIAL, ETC., ETC. » April 21, 18 Ansgcomt, N. Thave not been able to learn the name of the 'mignif- cent ship which has boen wrecked on our coast. About thirty bodies in all have come ashore on \hses m Beach. Mrs. Burr took charge of the bodies of the females and children, and after washing them had them reapec« tably interred. She has preserved such portions of their clothing as were marked, in the hope that it may some- time lead to the recognition of the bodies of tie unfortu- nate victims. Not a vestige of the vessel has come ashore. A mat- tress was found on the beach; it was stuffed with what is called seagrass and marked as follows:— FOP C9C ESS OCDD99R00000000000, Schroder. No. 155. for New Gong via HULL. Amerikanivcho VALENTL Linie fiir Packet-Schiffabrt. IN LORENZ MEYER, LIVERPOOL. NEW YORK. ° : Regent Road, fac 02, Steinhift. the Bramley Moor Dock. No. 90 West st. ° C0e00SCC COCO OODOCO OOD COCO OOOS Four or five bodies came ashore on Brigantine Beach this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Horner are reported to have yicked ts thirty bodies on this Beach themselves, Mr. Pex.jamin Turner, a resident of Brigantine Beach, thinks that altogether between filty and sixty bodies have been foucd there. He deserves much praise for the generous manner in whieh he attended to the requirements of the eoooooc] © HAMBURG. — a ecccooecooec® One of the women found was about eighteen years of age, of handsome features, and apparently an American. ‘the clotiing of another of the victims, about twenty years of age, showed her to belong to the wealthy class of Germans. She was a beautiful looking creature, even as she lay in death. On her fingers she wore two vings— one plain and the other having a heart attached to it, They were marked ‘2. $."' aud “B. 5. 185d Among the bodies is a man who was apparently one ot the officers of the veascl. Large os It is reported that there have washed ashore on Long Beach. This will make the total number of bodies washed ashore about one hundred and thirty. About fifty bocies have becn taken to Smithville for in- terment. Most of the people here are afraid totouch them, which leaves the whole work for a few to perform, Anumber of women and children washed ashore had nothing on but their night clothes, showing that the ship MIUDE be wa wremt down ins the nivht, all are ‘bedly Brulacd, aud some ot ene Doles of nearly been recognized by their most intimate friends, One in. teresting liltke girl about 11 years of age, was in her bare been about forty boiies feet: her right eye was knocked out, and the right side of her face was black and blue. A little boy, about eight years of age, came alongside of her, His face was swollen up to twice ita natural size A man, apparently a sailor, who came ashore about the same time, had his skull broken. The bodies had the ap- pearance of having been dashed against the wreck. ‘The general improssion here is that tho bodies were all from the wreck of the ship Powhatan, which went ashore in the dreadful gale of the 15th, on Long Beach. report from Little Egg Harbor states that a German was picked up there alive. Hehas been delirious ever since, and, of course, we cannot get any information from hit We have just received @ report that the captain and mate of the Powhatan have been saved on Long Beach. Several of the dead bodies on Brigantine Beach are re- ported to have been robbed. ‘The Coroner has saved some few trinkets, &., and will no doubt send you adeseription gf them. T have not been able to see him to-day. Some dead bodies have been picked up twelve miles be- low here. Ansecom, April 21—P. M. From papers found on the beach, I have ascertained that goss from which most of the bodies drifted on the bea®h, was the Powhatan, Capt. Meyers, from Havre, bound to New York. A trunk was found marked Mr. Texas. It was rumored yesterday that the captain and mate had been picked up, but up to last evening I learn from o man from the beach that the report was unfounded. _ Apegcom, April 21—11¢ P. M. ‘There is again a rumor that the captain, mate and three men of the Powhatan have been picked up near the wreck. The captain's brother-in-law, who arrived here last Lt, has gone to the beach to ascertain the facts of the case ‘The papers picked up are in German, and are in the lands ef a translator, so that Ieannot yet obtain the names of the persons lost. a TELEGRAPHIC. SHIP SAXONY ASHORE ON THE COAST OF FLORIDA, CitakiEston, April 20, 1854. ‘The ship Saxony, from Boston, bound to Matanzas and Liverpool, went ashere on the 8th inst. on the coast of Florida, to the southward of Jupiter Inlet. The mate of the Saxony arrived here this morning in the steamer Carolina from St. Avgustine, having left the ship on the 11th, with twelve feet of water in her hold. Several small vessels were ashore on Florida coast. LOSS OF THE PROPELLER PRINCETON. Dowurrx, April 21, 1854. ‘The propeller Princeton, hence for Detroit, loaded with merchandise, sunk in the ice off Barcelona. Some of the crew were on the ice endeavoring to get ashore, and it is not yet known if any lives were lost. , Galveston, The Re-Opening of the Crystal Palace. Ata meeting of the board of directors of the Crystal Palace, held at their office yesterday afternoon, the fol lowing arrangements for the re-opening on the 4th of May were decided upen:— ‘Tho Crystal Palace will be re-opened on Thursday, the 4th day 6f May, at 8 o'clock A. M. ‘The ceremonies of re-inauguration and grand corona- tion of Inbor and art will commence at 11 o'clock A. M., and in the evening at 734 o'clock. Invitations ave ox: tended, Ist. To all the eminent inventors in the United States. 2d. Celebrated artists, arcbitects and authors. 3d. Two delegates from each organized trade and handi- craft in the cities ef New York, Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Jorsey City and Newark. 4th. The Geyernor, Lieutenant Governor an State officers of New York. Sth. The Senators and representatives in Congress from the State of New York. th. The Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council. 7th. The Recorder and Judges of the Court. Sth. The Chief of Police and City Judges. th. The Mayor and Common Councils of Brooklyn, Williamaburg, Newark and Jersey City. 10th. The presi secretary, trustees and treasurer of the Fire Department. lth. The Chief and Assistant Engineers of New York, Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Newark and Jersey City Fire Depar'ments. b. Military and Ne al Commandants 12h, loth. The editors of all the newspapers in the above cities. Mth, The Reverend the Clergy of the above cities. 15th. The New York Harmonic and other musical so- citien. ‘Téth. Fminent strangers in our city. 1ith, Presidentand Professors of New York University, Columbia College and Free Academy. 18th. Presidents of the Medical Colleges. 19th, Principals of each public school. The invited guests wi}l meet in the Governor's room, at the City Hall, at 93¢ o'clock A. M. Procession to form at the City Hall at 10 o'clock, march to Canal street, accompanied by Dodworth’s Band, and take cars for the Palace, ‘he ceremonies at the Crystal Palace, both day and the New York Harmonic ev@iing, will include music Fociety, and by a number of eminent artists who have volun an bitin Adresses from some of the st men in our coun! distinguished for their devo- tion to labor and art, oan many other interesting and poralas attractions, all of which will be announced at an early day. Calendar—This '. ne unt : 377, 378, Motions and decisious, INTERESTING FROM EUROPE AND ASIA. Our Shanghae, Palestine, Palermo, . Londcu, and Paris Correspoudence, Qutrage on the American Consulate at Girgenti. VERY INTERESTING FROM THE CHINESE EMPIRE, Vice THE DESIGNS OF THE ENGLISH, be, be, Our Shanghae Correspondence. Saancnas, Jan. 25, 1854. Departure of the United States Minister—His Policy—His Difficulties— Policy of the English—Failure of Mv. Mar- shall to get a Steamer for Pekin—Commercial Dificul- ties—The Knot cut in Twain—The Opium War and the Rerolution—Some Account of both, Explaining the De- signs of England—Grand Opening for Another Eis India Sompany— What is Our Government About! Eprroa or Tux New York Hxrawp:— ‘The information that the United States Comm Hon. Humphrey Marshall, is to leave for home in days, and that some new man isto take his place here ag our country’s representative, is, I apprehend, a mat ter of serious regret, in view of the present critical aad complicated state of things in the Celestial Empire. Mr. Marshall is a bold, fearless, active man, intropidity, where he believes the interests of his country are at stake, being the distinguishing tmait of his character, He has made himself, during his short residence in the country, practically convemiant, in a remarkable degree, with its peculiar diplomacy, its commercial usages, the character of the people, the resources of the empire, and the real merits of the revolutionary movements, which fora year or two past have wasted tie interior and the sea-board between Shanghae and Nankin with fire and slaughter. Mr. Marshall, however, has hada hard time ofjit from the beginning to the end. Unfortunately, he came here with the determination of taking the business of his mis- sion into his own hands, and of conducting it acoording to his own judgment. What wag still more, he per. severed in this policy, after having discovered that it would have been mush easier to have pursued a different course, Now, it would have been easy as a glove for Mr. Marsball—in fact he would have had a very good time of it—if on his arrival in China he had placed himself in the hands of Dr. Parker, and a sort of quasi diplomatic con- lition, consisting of American merchants and out- siders, and British agents and traders. Had he only allowed himself to be guided and directed by them, he would haye had no trouble with any body; but he was rash enough to act upon his own judgment, and has consequently had “a hard road to travel” ever since the day of his arrival at Hong Kong. On first sight it was found out that he was rather a hard-headed sort of man, and not to be managed, and must, thorefore, be disposed of as soonas possible. The newspapars received here}for the United States, including the New Yorx Hera, show how these chaps out here have played their gamo, The great crime of Marshall, under a democratic ad- ministration, has been the recognition of the Imperial government of flién-foung in all his official operations, instead of the revolutionary mock heroic and mock reli- gious dynasty set up by Titn-ts, the leader of the rebels. Mr. Marshalf, however, has had the sagacity to perceive that the commercial interests of the United States with China may be beat advanced by preserving the independ- ONCE UF ie opine ho tone discovered that with the fina, overthrow of the imperial government, all sclf-govern: ment in China will soon be at an end. Let the rebels suecoed and anarchy follows ; and such a state of anarchy, that out of pure charity the government of Queen Victoria and her fleets and ermies will have to take possession of the country, and hold it, as they hold the Fast Indies, as nothing more nor less than a portion of her Britannic Majesty’s colonies in Asia. Mr. Marshall, believing this to be the game of Master Bonham and his subordinates, was desirous of stealing a march upon them by a new treaty with the reiga- ing Emperor. To this end, it has leaked out among | the Hongs of Shangha», that he applied to Commodore Perry fora shipef war to take him up to Pekin; but why Commodore Perry refused to comply romains a mystery. In the present state of the country any ship of the Ameri can squadron would have been fully sufficient for tho | trip to Pekin, and for such a treaty with the Emperor as might have led to a pacification with the rebole and the establishment of such a schedule of commercial recipro- cities with all the ‘‘outside barbarians’’ as would have satisfied all the interests of our grov commerce in the Pacific; and which, at the same time, would have satisfied the English, and brought them to terms upon the basis of the maintenance of the independence of the Chinese empire. Why Commodore Perry refused a ship —why he did not assume the responsibility and volunteer his whole squadron for the masterly movement to Pekin, we do not know. Perhaps he has been de. ceived by the high-sounding republican and Christian principles of the revolutionists, the most merciless and inhuman set of cut-throats that ever dosolated a defenceless country. However that may be, the | trip to Pekin did nét come off, and the imperial city still continues closed to the ‘outside barbarians.’’ The five ports opened by Cushing’s treaty were Canton, Amoy, Fuchan, Ningpoand Shanghae. The honor of opening | Pekin will now probably devolve upon the British, from | the lack of authority, or the want of alittle pluck on the part of Commodore Perry. You will have seen the process by which Shanghae has become a free port, subject to free trade for the time be- ing. It is useless here to recapitulate the details. Suf- fice it to say, that as between the rebel and the imperial authorities, the United States minister sustained the rights of the regular government over the duties until the official authorities had shown themselves incompe- tent in the presence of the revolutionists to enforce the collection of duties against the ships of other nations. The following order, by and with the advice and consent of Mr. Marshall, was issued, the United States sloop of war Plymouth being in port at the time:— NOTIFICATION TO AMERICANS. Unrrep Srares Consucare, ’ Smananax, Jan. 20, 1854. 5 The undersigned has to communicate to the Aimcrienn zens resident at Shanghae, that he has received in his Excelleucy the Commissioner of the United States to China, to deliver up the papers of Ame- rican vessels on their leaving port, without requiring the roduction of the Chinese Custom House clearance, as jong af vessels under other foreign flags are allowed by the Chinese to enter and leave port without r and paying duties at the Custom House, as ix at pre the case. The moment the Custom House regulations are en- forced upon all foreign vessels, a return to them will be required upon the part of those under the Amer flag. Faia step is founded upon the right to claim every al yantage enjoyed by the most favored nations, secured to United States citizens by article II. of the American treaty with China, EDWARD ent Oak Ss. Vice Consul, To American merchants resident at Shangh Under this order the ship Oneida has cleared 8 full cargo of tens for New York. But my principal object in this opisile is to prepare the government of the United States,through the columns of the Henan, for the rapid reduction of China to the con- dition of a British colony. The little affair of those 20,- 000 chests of Kast India contraband opium destroyed at Canton by the Chinose Commissioner Lin, in 1840, and which led to the war between England and Chinn, was the | entering wedgo to the final destruction of the indepon- | dence of the Central Flowery Kingdom. Up to the time | of that war, the word of the Emperor at Pekin was con- | sidered as the word of fate. He had but to order, and the thing was done. There was nothing which he could | not do, But the “red-conted barbarians” utterly hu- | miliated and destroyed this prestige. They proved that | the Emperor was not invincible, and the terms of peace | which the British exacted of him, tho opening of five ports,and the payment of twenty-one millions of dollars in- demnity satisfied disaffected spirits of the Southern moun- tains that the imperial power was but a giant of straw after all. This conviction was extended by other means. After the treaty of peace, the outside barbarians were out with there, who, after getting a cml “ pile,” returned hourt and they came back with very decided ideas tirst Ching }| Was behind the age. The English missionaries, with = slight commercial tendency to a political revolution, hat also been sowing broadcast iv the interior, the religious doctrines of the New Testament, which made a mired impression against the antiquated and expensive ma- chinery of Chinese idolatry. ‘Things were thus ripening, when, in 1850, the old Emperor died, and the young mam, Hien-fung ascended the throne, He came into the gor~ ernment, however, only after crushing a mutiny ia the palace, of which the principal cunuch was the leader. Evento ripened into revolution. The insurgents rose to arms in the provines of Kouang-Si in 1%61, and in July of that year, a bold attempt was made to-assassinate the young Emperor whilo walking in the garden of his palace. The flames spread ; but of the subsequent operations of the insurgents, you wil! have been duly advised. The following abridgment will give you some idea of the revo~ lutionary history of Chins for 1853 :— January, 1853.—Great distress in the richest province of the empire; Kwangai, part of Kwantung, Hunan, Shas. -tung, and Kweichan overspread by insurgents. earth. quakes in Chekiang, Kiang-su and Szechuon; the Tartar emperor ignorant of the progress of the rebels; engae- ments between troops and rioters about a hundred mis from Canton; examination of military officers in Kwang- tung indefinitely postponed. February.—People of Shanghae begin to think the re- bellion serious; reported suicide of Leu, Imperial Commia- sioner in the disturbed districta; untrue; his degra 'a- tion; re! approach Nankin; Hien-fung appeals to the people; duty on opium imported; great im office. farch.—Applications to foreign Consuls tor war ships to aid the Tartar government; gaade too late; fall of Naa King 20,000 ‘Tartare put to death—men, women, and children; new dynasty nominated T’hae- ; enmity im the North against the Hien-fung dynasty 24 April 22.—H. B. M. ship Hermes arrived with the Bri- tish minister at Nanking, when he learned for the fret time that the ancient capital no longer belonged to the government with which Great Britain had concluded reaty; 80,000 men of the patriot army professod Christians’ : shhh sky May.—Capture of Amoy by the Triad Society; fears for Conton; reports of rising in Skantung. Tunes—Want of money in ; an Imporial squad- ron sent to retake Chin-keang-foo, fallen into the hands of the patriots; its unsuccessful return. July.—Unsuccessful attempts to retake Nanking and Amoy; naval skirmishing; disturbances in the provinces between Canton and Nanking. August.—Serious impediments to the Imperialist cause north of Hwangho; capture by the rebels of ity about six hundred miles from Wauking; publicly confessed his faults; things at their wors! September.—Capture of Shangkae by a body of rebels not conaccted with the Christian army at Nanking; chief of police killed; another wasuccessful attempt to re-cap- ture Amoy; atrocities committed by tho Imperialistas the Christian army occupied a position about » hundi mila north of the Yellow river. October.—The Island of Formosa found by the Herm» in a state of insurrection; bodies of armed men took session of the eastern branoh of Pearl river; th: ~ ings of. an attack on Canton; they remained quiet untal the fate of Peking became known; T’hae-pingites in foroe. in the province of Kwangni Norember.—Distrosa at Peking; scarcity of food; people leave the city; great consternation; remonstrance by the rebels with the United Skates Commissioner and his as- sistant on the assistance they were giving their Tartar earmics; refusal of the British Consul at Shanghae to pay dutiey t0 the Tartar government; evacuation of Amoy; occupation of Pihchi-li by a division of the patriot army. Decenber.—Ween-tsein submits to the patriots; the Imperial revenue sent Shingking; every expectation that the patriot army will shortly place their hero on the throne at Peking, and that the fourth year of the reiga of Hicufung will never be completed. Excepting the bloody operations at this place, the reve- lutionists have not been doing much lately. The prospect is that Titn-t® would soon be put down but for the machinations of the English. It is their policy to en- courage the revolution—to overthrow the imperial dynas- ty—to reduce the country toa condition of anarchy, from which it can only be rescued by the strong hand. Ste George Bonham has been of late very busy about Shang- hae. Before there is peace in any way, this port will probably be ceded over to the possession of hex Britannia Majesty. And when we consider that Shanghae is at the outlet of the mighty and fruitful Yang-tse-Keang, whick AraiNe 4 cowstey archaisting ana.thir’ or mare of the whole population of China, it will be readily seen that the pas. session of Shanghae is but another experiment, om & grander scale, of the East India Company. The spoils of commerce have thus far blinded the eyes of our American merchants and resideats to this grand ulti- mate object of the English. Mr. Marshall was sagacious enough to detect it, and to take measures for resisting it; but the local and pecunfary interests, for the present, of both €nglish and Americans, have thwarted him at every step. When he gets home he may probably be able to enlighten his government in regard to the proper instructions to his successor. The possession of Shanghae will give to England the monopoly for her cheap cotton goods and for her Fast India opium, free of duty, except such as she may choose, to pocket herself from her own merchants. It will give her a commanding naval station; but, more than all, it will give her the key to the final occupation of the whole of China as one of England’s oriental colonies. Befora you talk, therefore, in the United States, of lines of steam- ships between San Francisco and Shanghse or Canton, would it not be as well, as far as convtitational, to take a decisive hand in the adjustment of this Chinese revo- lution? Those twenty thousand chests of British opium, of 1840, were the primary cause of the existing revolution. The prestige of the imperial name was destroyed in the bloody war which followed with the British; for it was a horrible, bloody war. In various towns and cities, on the approach of the;vietorious English, the women, by thou- sands, destroyed themaclyes after destroying their chil- dren. Thousands of the Chinese troops, after running away from the enemy, committed suicide—hundreds of others were executed for running away; but nothing could save the old Emperor from the humiliating treaty he was compelled to make; and thus woge sown the fruitful seeds of revolution and anarchy. His powee and his prestige were gone from that day. When, with the British naval forces at Canton, hee Majesty's agents demanded indemnity for the opium de- stroyed by Lin, there was an old, prudent commissioner, named Ki-chan, sent down by the Emperor to treat up. on the subject. He saw the danger of any trifling with: the “barbarians,” and accepted their udimatum, to avoid a war, hard as were the conditions they imposed. But when the treaty was sent for ratification to the old Emperor, as the Prothcr of the Sun and Uncle of the Moon he in great wrath. Poor pjected it Ki-eban, who would have saved him, was recalled in dia- grace, and suffered the most cruel indignities. He was officially degraded, hés property was confiscated, his con- cubines were sold at auction, his houses ware levelled to the ground, and he himself was exiled to the remotest borders of Tartary. Such was the beginning of the revolutionary epoch im | China. What the ending will be is uncertain; but whether the revolutionists are now put down or are successful,the work of change in China must go on, The barriers have been broken down, and the outside barbarians will soom be in the heart of the kingdom, “with all their moderm proyements.’’ And when this old, decayed empire diew t, wherever Uncle Sam may be, rely upon it, John Bult will be in at the death. SAM.QUA. Our Palestine Correspondence, Nuan Jarra, Pavestine, March 10, 1854. ifein the Fast—American Colony near Jaffa—Visit to the ex-Covernor of Gara—The Houris of the Turks—Ter- retrial Paradiee—Eastern Habits—Brother Jonatha ina Fix. i During a residence of two years in this land I have often thought of writing to you a description of the am tique pantomime of Oriental life, which is so differeat in every respect from tho refined intelligonce and tele graphic despatch of things in your midst. In the bustling routine of splrit-stirring progression, of werld large facts, and of the political and social changes tha® engross you, IT can scarcely suppose that you are awar® of the settlement of a small American colony of agricu turists on the plains of Sharon, near the sea north o& Jaffa. The old adage, “All kinds of men to make world,” may be exemplified in our choice, While the many are colonizing the new rogions of California and Australia, we seek, from @ benevolent motive, to civilizes revivify and restore the commonplace arts of human life to this ancient and long deserted cradie of man’s exist~ ence, Your valuable journal reaches ws about once in three months, through the kindness of a friend, and is the chief medium of intelligence even from Constantinople, Russia, and China. The war with Russia affects our af- brought into more enlarged and intimate intercourse with the natives all along the coast. ‘The discovery of old im California attracted thousands of the Chinese fairs vory little as yet; it, however, emboldens the Re douins of the interior to pillage more frequently freag the Fellaheon villages. The occasional report of owe fate-arms, or the appearance of a revolver, keeps theca at