The New York Herald Newspaper, April 29, 1854, Page 4

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Kdwards, Santiford & Co., No. 17 Cornhill. Wm. Thomas & Co., No. 19 Catherine street. Pans.,....Livingston, Wells & Co., 8 Place de la Bourse. = The News. Our Washington despatches state that the bill granting ten million acres of land to the indigent insane of the country was sent to the President on Thursday, and that there is no doubt but it will be Killed by a veto. The ground of the Executive is said to he simply that the government holds the public domain in trust, and cannot dispose of it with- out an eqnivalent. Grants to railroads enhance the value of the reserved lands, whereby the revenue from that source appreciates, and they are not there- fore included in the same category as the bill under consideration. This indicates the policy of the President upon the different land schemes now be- fore Congrees—ihe Bennett bill, the Homestead bill, and others—for the benefit of the people; and gives aid and comfort to the land plunderers organized under the name of railroad companies, Mr. Forsyth, of Georgia, is spoken of as a strongly recommended candidate for the post of Consul at Havana. Sidney Webster, the President's private secretary, has left the capital on a mission—an important mission to the administration—so the report states. What's in the wind? What screw is loose? What new disaster is about to be alan already bankrupt administra- tion? We calmly await the developements. The jury empannelled to investigate the causes of the recent fire and destruction of human life in Broadway entered upon their labors yesterday, at the Astor House. In another column we have given a report of the testimony elicited, and also an account of the arrangements for the obsequies of the victims, But we would particularly direct the attention of our readers to the clear and intelligent evidence of Mr. James L. Miller, carpenter, of No. 363 Broome street. Never before have we known the subject treated by a practical mechanic in such plain terms. Mr. Miller altered the building him- relf, and his testimony is not founded on hearsay or the opinions of others, but upon the work of his owa hands. He establishes the fact that the present laws regulating the construction of buildings are moonshine, and the action of the Fire Wardens of less value. Let us have a public meeting on this subject, and something done to prevent the sacrific- ing of our young men. The thunder storm which passed over the city «+ ‘Gay was uncommonly severe, as will be seen by the accounts we give in another column. For meny bundred miles around the destruction of pro- perty has been immense, and the shipping on the lakes suffered greatly. Under our reports of legal intelligence, wé find that yesterday morning an application was made on behalf of Thomas Chalmers, ex-Alderman Bard, and others, citizens residing and doing business in the Fourteenth ward in this city, for an injunction re- straining the Commissioners of Emigration from establishing an office, lodging house and receiving place for newly arrived emigrants in the depot of the New York and New Haven Railroad Company, at the northwest corner of Canal aud Centre streets, which building the Commissioners have rented for that purpose. The Jadge granted the injunction. It will be recollected by our realers that some week or two ago the citizens of the Fifth ward were very mach agitated on account of the Com- missioners being about to remove the lodging house and receiving place to Franklin street, and that an injunction was preeured by the same counsel, restraining them from establishing such a nuisance im the word. The Commissioners of Emigra- tion being thus foiled in this direction, at once rented the depot at the corner of Canal and Centre streets for the accommodation of emigrants, who are diweminating contagious and infectious dis eare to all who come 'n ¢ ntact with t em. | ready provided for; one for New Mexico, in addi- Our report of the proceedings in Congress, which | Niqaragua which Led always beea in andis- was on Thursday interrupted by the t under storm, } puted p 3 s8'cn of Nicara.ua, a) % prov nce ie concladed to-day. In the Senate @ message waa | received from the House, announcing that it insist. | ed on certain amendments to the Military Academy | bill; agreed to a committee of conference, and Vad | appointed such committee on its part. The Hewuse | Indian Appropriation bill was then taken up. The Chairman of the Committee on Indian AMairy pro- posed several important amendments; one aathor- izes the appoiutment of a superintendent ef Indian AMirs for the Territory of Utah, with a salary of $2,000; ancther repeals so much ef the ag -establish- ing the government of Utah as requiresthe Gover- | nor to perform the duties of superintendent, and " provides thet he shall hereafter receive $2,500 per aunum; a third appropriates the means, and re- quires thet ecrtain treaty stipulations with the Sace and Foxes, made in 1831, be fulfilled, and the lands surveyed asd allotted. Another amendment author- izes the appointment of two Indiaa agents cast of the Rocky Mountains, in addition40 the eleven al- | tion to forr previously provided for, aad not exceed ing three for Washingten Territery. 4e aimend- ments wore agreed to. A debate on various ofl omendments continued till 3 o'eleck, when the Se nate adjourned wnti) Monday. The House on Tharsday resumed the consideration of Bennett's Land Distribution bill, which, after a cvcy in oppesition, was dropped, stion again discussed in cem- subjects were debated, a which Messrs, Gid- «leach other ua til they either exhausted their atore of vituperation vind we should judge they kad a large supply on hand-—or disgusted their auditory, a somewhat diffi. cuit matter usvally, but in this instance successfully accomplished, as at the end of the “mill” oaly about city members remained. An executive mesage was received and referred, concerning the corres pondence between the British Minister and th aud Treasury departments, respecting the necessity of better arrangements for the health aud comfort of emigrant passengers by sea. Mr. M. F. Ward, charged with the murier of Pro- fessor Butler, and whose trial bas created an intense interest throughout the Southwest, was acquitted by the jury on Thursday last. The market for breadstuffs yesterday, was uv- changed, with very little doing for export. Cotton closed quiet and dull. Dealers were begining to look with some anxiety for the next news trom Nurope, by the Cailins steamer, speech from Mr, aud the Nebraska ay the sau y interlad Aveged Treaty with ¥icaragua, Central American aflairs have a chronic inter- mittency, They come up at stated intervals, are discnssed in the Senate, talked about in the newspapers for a while, and then disappear again. Such has been their course for the last five yeaxs; and, so far as we can discover, they are as far {rom a solution now as ever. There are certain diseases capable of easy cure, if taken in time and treated radically, but which become complicated and dangerous in the hands of a quack. Soof this Ceniral American ques- tion; originally of easy solution, it has been be- devilled by political charlatans until it has be- come involved and troublesome, and altogether anuisance. The policy of owr government in respeet to it has been vacillating and hesitating, and productive of no result beyond losing us the confidence of our friends and augmerting the contempt of our enemies. By advices from Washington we learn that the whole matter has again come up, in theform of a treaty negotiated with the government of Nicaragua by Mr. Borland, the representative of the United States in Central America. The provisions of the treaty are net known, beyond that the United States recognizes the sovereign- ty of Nicaragua over the Mosquito shore—that is to say, recognizes the boundaries which Nica- ragna possessed as a province of Spain, and subsequently as a sovereign republican State, until forcibly deprived of a portion of her ter- ritory by Great Britain, under the pretence that it belonged to the so-called Mosquito King, over whom Great Britain, for sinister purposes, as- sumes to exercise a power which she disguises asa “ protectorate.” Of course the announcement of such a treaty has elicited a familiar howl from that portion of the American press in the English interest, and we are told “that its object is to place the United States government in a hostile position towards that of Great Britain, in pursuance of the policy adopted by Mr. Squier, when he was Minister in Nicaragua.” These mercenaries of England are reinforced, on this occasion, by a set of men who profess to have obtain- ed what is called “the Mosquito Grant,” or an assignment of a part of certain grants of land made by some anterior “ Mosquito King,” and which, although subsequently revoked, they hope to use, in some unexplained way, to their own advantage. The recognition of Ni- caraguan sovereignty over the Mosquito shor? would seriously interfere with their scheme, and hence they, too, with their corps of letter writers, are outin full cry against the alleged treaty. It has been negotiated, they say, with- out instructions from the government; but as that seems to be the way in which our business is generally done, the procecd- ing can hardly be called irregular. Bat whether the treaty is palatable to England or not; whether it suits the purposes of this or that man or set of men; or whether it is in accordance with instructions from Washing- ton, or got up by Mr. Borland on his own re- sponsibility, is of little consequence. There is no doubt of the existence of sucha treaty, and the only question with us is this—doesit accord with a sound American policy? Does it meet our duty, and our thousand promises, direct and implied, to Nicaragua? We should insult the intelligence of every reader of this paper were we to go into a se- rious refutation of the Anglo-Mosquitian pre- tensions on the east shore of Central America. The so-called Mosquito kingdom is composed of a handful of miserable savages, without settled habitations, without laws, without a written language or fixed institutions, and destitute of even a distinct idea of God—in no respect en- titled to be regarded as a nationality capable of understanding, and much less of exercising, the ‘The bark Glamorgan, of this port, arr-ved a° Bos- ton yesterday, under command of Licut. Downes. Bhe was seized on the African coast, on suspicion of being a waver, by the brig Perry. The captain of the Glamorgan, and two eeamen, were brought to Boston and await an examnat on. A bill has paseed the Obio Legislatare prohibiting the ¢ reulation of foreign bank notes of a less de nom sation than ten dollars. Jomes Clough, convicted of the marder of Gideon Manchester, at Pall River, nearly a year ago, wa esterday bung fn the jail yard at Taunton, Mas« He met bis fate without emotion. The City Counc ls of Philadelphia yesterday com pleted ther subscription of one million dollars + the capitel stock of the Sanbary and Erie Railroad it is announced that the Commissioners of th Canal Fund have determined to isene proposal, fu @ mi! lop loan at x per cent. ord Olriet, © Gorman merchant in Broad aipeet, commitiod muicide on Toewlay afternoon, b; shooting himself through the head with a pistol. ‘The evidence end verdict of the jury appear else- whee duties of a sovereign State. In virtue of certain equivocal relations with these savages, originating in buccaneering times, England has assumed at intervals a species of protectorate over them. But during the existence of Spanish authority in America she was obliged to retract and disavow this protection as often as it was aseerted, and finally, formally and by treaty, to recognise Spanish sovereignty over the Mos- quito shore. But when the revolution in Spaa- ish America extinguished the power of the Spanish crown, and the republies which suc- ceeded her became involved in dissensioas, then England began gradually to revive her preten- ioms on the Mosquito shore, and seat agents there to advance her interests, And when the acquisition of California gave, for the first time, on immediate practical importance to the ques- tion of inter-oceanic communication, she hasten ex to seize upon the key to one of tle probable great routes of transit. In other words, she took forcible possession of the port of San Juan de foreign affairs of the gountry, singe the present aire Chrcianats Gesdie, and a State, unver the s' allow preteace that it pertained to the “Mo quit) King.” The act was as flagrant and wmwarrantaide a: the mo- tive was obv our, und the preteree shall w Tt was then Niearagua, lokieg to the United States as the “head of the American system,” for sympathy and support, presented her case ‘to our government, and solicited its interven- tion in her behalf. The «pplication reached the Department of State while Mr, Buchanan was at its head; but becawse he was on the eve of surrendering his office, or for other wnex- plained causes, no notice was taken of this earnest appe:l. General Taylor, however, sent a representa- tive to Nicaragua, within one month after his inauguration, bearing an autogroph letter ex- pressive of-his sympathies with that State. The inetructions to this representative denied in the | most emphatic manner the principle of the al- leged British protectorate, as it did equally the pretensions to severeignty in the Mosquito savages. Mr. Squier, in accordance with these instructions, formed a treaty of the largest lib erality to the United States, and which recog- nized the sovereignty of Nicaragua as extend- ing from sea to sea. This treaty was approved by Gen. Taylor, and by him sent to the Senate for ratification. In a speech made by Mr.Clay- ton in 1851, he said:— Gen. Taylor desired to recognise the Nicaragus title over the Mosquito shore, by the treaty ot Mr. Squier, Dut lett the question, after submitting the treaty to the tenate, to be decided as the Senate should think proper. Had this treaty been ratified, the direct issue with Great Britain—the one to which we must sooner or later.came—would have been raised, and the whole Central American question have heen settled forever ; for after the United States had taken this high ground, the “ pro tectorate” and the “ Mosquito kingdom” would never have been heard of more. Sir H. Bulwer saw all this, and labored night and day to de- feat the treaty. In doing +o he was favored by circumstances, The slavery question had be- come an absozbing one in Congress ; Gen. Tay- lor died suddenly ; a new adminisiration, ambi- tious of reversing the policy of that which pre- ceded it, flowed ; and Bulwer had enough intluence to procure the recall of Mr. Squier, | who was the only officer left, likely to give him trouble. Elated by his good fortune, he even had the audacity to send to the American Secre- tary of State a substitute for the treaty nego- tiated by an American ambassador! Treaty, substitute and all, went, however, the Lord knows where, for no one ever heard of them “Subsequent efforts to negotiate a treaty with Nicaragua, on a different basis, and leaving the Mosquito question out of the case, system xti- cally tailed, as did also a discreditable attempt, jointly made by Great Britain and the Ameri- can Executive, to define the Mosquito kingdom and place it under the joint protection of Eag- land and the United States, The Clayton and Buiwer treaty, which it was said was to accomplish indirectly what that of Mr. Squier would have done directly, has proved worse than a failure. So far from ter- miuating the obnoxious protectorate, and re- storing the Mosquito coast to its legitimate owner, it is claimed by Great Britain to be a reccgnition of her preteusions andan admission of sauvage covereigniy. Practically, so far as carrying out the policy of the United States is conecracd, it is worse than a nullity, and shoal: be got rid of with all despatch. It was nego- tiated on a false principle, for it is a practi admission of British pr ions to interfere in the Comertic relations of American States ‘The principle involved ia ihe refusal to trea with France and England, in respect to Cuba, as an equal application bere. Furthermore, as binding the United State from “acquiring dominion” in Central America forever, it is unconstitutional and absurd. It is not in the competence of the treaty-making power to impo.e such restraints upon the country. 2 We have now presented a succinct outline of the negotiations touching Nicaragua and the Mosquito shore. The United States has always denied the validity of the Britich protectorate, denied the claim to nationality made on behalf of the Mosquito savages, and asserted over them the sovereign rights of Nicaragua. We can never admit the right of Great Britain to ac- quire practical sovercignty, estabiish quasi co- lonies, and acquire territory in America, under the pretence of “protecting” Indian tribes. Nor can we permit such assumptions on her part, or that of any foreign power, without abandoning our settled policy, nor without danger to our peace. Neither can we admit any cla'm to sovereignty iu the Mosquito King, or any other Indian in America. We have al- ways maintained, in common with every other nation, that the Indian title is one of occupancy merely, to be extinguished at the will of the government of the country within which the Indians exist. “To admit a contrary principle weuld be to deny the title of the United States to her own territory; and final- ly it is our duty, as “the head of the American fam‘ly,”’ and in compliance with our promises to Nicaragua, es well as out of regard to our interests and peace, to maintain, not only by the moral force of our recognition, but by every and any other means in our power, the sovereignty of Nicaragua over the Mosquito shore. If the assumed right of European powers to interfere in the affairs of this conti- nent has to be brought to the issue of force, that issue Fad as well come on this as any other questfon. If we are really to be regard- ed, as we claim to be, the vindicators of those continental rights which can never be brought in question, except with danger to ourselyes and to the whole republican system, then we are bound to sustain Niceragva in this coatert against the arrogant an} impucent pretensions of Great Britain, In recognizing the sovereignty of Nicaragua from sea to sea, we shall not stand alone, Spain, which power above all others should be best informed on the te’tinical ques orial right, has already, and by ¢ aty with Nicaragua, recognized her Sovereignty over the Mosquito shore. And there is no reason fer doubting the equal and ready coneu of all other civilized nations in the same re- cognition. If, therefore, the treaty negotiated by Mr. Borland, with or without instructions, meets the Morquito question fully and fearlessly —if it sustains the principles which the United States is called upon in virtue of her position, and by the demands of duty, and of coasidera- tions of interest and security, to matuatain, we hope it will not share the fate of the Squier treaty, but receive the prompt approval of the Senate. We shall be glad to find a single measure in the whole administration of the government came in, w!ich ve can hone tly eustain, and which ehall not bring a blus) to every American brow. We can «ven forg ve Mr. Borlad bis infliction o’a very juvenile Fourth of July oration on the government of Nicaragua, under tie disguise of a presenta- tion a dress, if he has relly negotiated a treaty cf the character reporiel. We doubt, however, if we can expect the poor devils who had to listen to his sophomoric oratory, to be equally kind-hearted, for there is a limit,even to the most saintly endurance, on a hot after- noon under the tropics. AnorneR ARnEst at THE Post Ornice.—We have fre. quently had occasion to urge upon our citizens the im- portance of exercising mre care in obtaining their letters from the Post Office, the practice having extensively prevailed of sending irresponsible pessoas for that pur- pose, who often yield to the temptation thus placed be- fore them. We now have to warn them of another and more formidable difficulty, which requires great vigilance on their own part, as well as on the part of the Post Office authorities. Complaints have been frequent of late, among the business firms of this city having boxes at the Post Office, of the failure of their letters, many of them con- taining drafts, checks, orders for goods, and in some cases bank notes. The number of these complaint, and the fact that many of the missing letters contained nothing of value, induced the belief that the contents of scme of the boxes were somehow obtained by dis- honest persons outside of the office. This suspicion was increased by unknown persons calling for the contents of boxes, the owners of which had given crders to deliver to but one individual, except upon a written order. Of course these attempts were unsucve: fal. But in a large majority of cases, from two toa ozen persons are allowed to call for letters f¢'~1 one box, which makes it very difficult for the delivery clerks to guard against fraud. Owing to the many complaints recently, the specia agent of the Post Office Department, and the Post- master and bis head clerks, have been on the alert in look- ing out for these suspected outsiders, and yesterday after- noon one of them was detected in the act. He firat called for and oLtained the letters of Dr. William Radde, 322 Broa 3 way. In about half an hour he returned and called ( § the contents of another box, when Mr. Strong, one of t principa’ clerks, stepped outside and seized him just he was making off with another batch of ‘etters. He was taken to the Postmast.r’s room by the speci J agent, to whom he soon made a full confession of his for- mer operacions, which, it appears, had been going on for some time, and at once explained the loss of a large number of missing letters belonging to individuals and firms. A list of the following boxes was found upon | him :—Toppan, Carpenter, Cassilear & Co., Elliot & Holden, David H. Jones, William Hopper, Dr. W. W. Hall, 8. T. Allen, Dr. Wm. Radde. A number of other firms are embraced in his admissions, who have missed their letters. ‘The remedy for these evils is, in part, with our busi- ness men themselves. They should, as far as possible, have but one person, and that a-trastworthy and re- sponsible individual, to go to the Post Office. But we are glad to learn that the Post Office authorities have perfected a plan by which such thefts as these will in future be immediately detected, the post of health officer of the Quarant ne, by Governor Seymour, is regarded by many as merely a politieal mat- ter. Though the Doctor is contesting the right of the Governor to supersede him, it is not understood thet he makes it a political matter. It is thought that Dr. Mor. ris will give way to his successor without compelling the Governcr to justify his course. Dr. Bartlett, the ep- poinitee until the Senate convenes, is a gentleman of character, ond represented the Seventeenth district in the Senate of this State for two years. Obituary. DEATH OF A RICH LONDON BANKER. News was received by the Arabia of the death of Mr. James Holford, a wealthy London banker. ‘The deceased had at different times resided in this country, and was wellknown in this city, His agents heze announced his éeath on ‘Change reason for discoatiauing to draw bills cf exchauge on his banking house im Londoa. The deceased was very wexlthy. It was supposed that he left anestate of not less than from one and a half to two willions sterling, Ho had, it was said, over five hunilred thousand pounds (or about $2,000,000) invested | Home Missionary Society, at the Mezer street Presby- in the United States, chiefly in bonds and other see ties, aud prineipally in New York. The heirs of the de- ceased banker are said to be cliefly nephows and nieces, rGident in Erglend, ‘The Anniversaries, The Religious Anniversaries, which generally take place during the first and second weeks of the imonth of May, have not as yet all been announced, but pro- bably will be pudlished complete in a few ¢ The following are all that have bega noticed up to the pre. sent time — May 4.—Twenty-first anniversary of the New York Magdalen Society, at the Asylum in’ Yorkville. May 8.—Anniv of the Union Theological Semi- nary, in Mercer street’ Chureb. May 9.—Anniversary of the American and Foreign Christian Union, at the Broadway Tabernacle. May 10.—Twenty-eighth anniversary of the American terian Church. Marine A@airs. Tne Srraxsmir Arctic, Captain Luce, leaves at 12 o’clock to-day for Liverpool. She had between 199 aad 200 passengers engaged yesterday afternoon. CrtarGina StoraGs YOR Goops rkom A Wrecx.--The fol- lowing is from the Shield, of Snow Hill, Md., of April 25:— Horx Towx, Va.,2April 18, 1854. T would caution all captains of vessels who haye the misfortune to be wrecked near Cape Charles, Northamp- ton county, Va., not to land any goods which they may have on board; if they do, they inay expect to pay rent therefor—a thing Inéver heard of before. I was wreck- ed on this beach a few days ago, and the wreck com- missioners charged me $20 for the bulk of 100 barrels, because I would not give up the wreck to them, which [ refused to pay, when they sent an appraiser and took oT six barrels of flour to pay tne re I think the in- surance companies should know how these commission- ers transact business for them. If they find it out of their power to get the wreck to plunder, they use every possible means to injure the captain ani crew. J. P. ROGERS, Captain of the schooner Minerva Wright, of New Jersey. ‘Tow Sreamemp Crry or GLascow.—Captain Sampson, of he British propellor Curlew, informs us there were no tidings of the rerew steamer City of Glasgow, either at Bermuda the 24th or the West India Islands as late as the 19th. With the exception of a full rigged anda hermapht | rodite brig, seen yesterdsy, he has not seen a yesscl | during tho passage. City Intelligence. Dr. Annorr’s KoviTtan Aytiqurrms.—A meeting was called last night at Stuyvesant Instituto, to cousider the purchase of Dr. Abbott's Egyptian antiquities. On ac count of the severe rain storm, the meeting adjourned till Wednesday evening next, when Rey. J. ?. Thompson will deliver lecture. Nertuxe Hoer Conrayy, or Priam ny is expected here to- By the Prigade Pant (tien y George Douglass, to take back their earriage from the Crystal Palace. The company will aitend the funeral parade on Sunday, with the Fire Department of this city, and leave for howe ou Monday at 11 o'clock, A. M. City Inrnovewmyrs—There is to be a meeting at the | Eastern Pearl street Hi this afternoon 1m relation to | | seven consecutives hours, at the termination of which tM | and rain. Its Effects Here and Elsewhere—The Pheno- mena—The Ericsson and other Disasters, As we stated yesterday, the storm of the night before had swept over a large expanse of territory, marking its way with violence and ruin. One good result which has been derived from this tor- pado, is clean streets and & sweet atmosphere. Broad- way yesterday was as clean as though each stone had been especially scoured with soap and broom by a good housewife, something which we have not been able to say of any street in the city for a long time past, and for which we thank the heavens for their bounteous (tis- charge of Thursday afternoon and night. In addition te the disasters yesterday, we have collected the following :— THE ERICSSON. Hundreds yesterday made their way to the North river piers to witness the condition of this unfortunate steaner. She lay, as stated in yesterday's Hina, with her hull entirely under water, nothing to be seen ex- cepting the top of her wheel houses and her smoke pipes. The wind blowing violently all day, prevented any attempt being made to raise her. Steam tugs lay with her all day, fastened to her, to keep her iu her pre- sent position till an opportune time to get her again afloat. The steamer Ericsson left the wharf at foot of Thir- teenth street on Thursday, at 1 o’clock P. M., and pro- ceeded on her trial trip. She rounded the Spit Buoy at 2)¢ P.M. and returned towards the city, her engines performiug well and making from twelve to thirteen re yolutions per minute, When the squall first struc’ her she was in the middle of the North river, but the captain on hearing of her sinking condition immediately headed her for Jersey City, and had reached withiu three or four hundred yards of the Jersey shore when she weat dowa on the Jersey Flats. No injury is done to her bull, » she will soon, no doubt, be raised ag: oge than that oceastoued to her ornar by the salt water. ACCIDENTS IN THE CITY. During the storm an unfinished house on 120th s'reo', near Second avenue, was blown down, as xlso were the ‘rame of a two story house on Tenth avenue, near Lh street; the frame of a house on 119th street, near First avenue, and the frame of a Baptist church, fifty-four by forty feet, situated on Fifth avenue, between 127th andl 128th streets. ‘The large chimney of the India rabber factory op Fourth avenue was struck by lightning, and | the top shivered to pieces. | | near Third avenue, owned by Mr. Spier, was blown down. A house in Thirty-first street, between First and Second avenues, owned by Patrick Fogarty, and six houses in side of Sixth avenue, between Thirty-seventh and Tuirty- cighth streets, were considerably dama, ‘The following are the additional disasters to the ship- ping in the rivers. The bark Georges, recent!y arrived from Madeira, lying at the end of pier 40 East river, broke adrift and stove in larboard bow and bulwarks, carried away hor catwater, channels and chain plates, jibboom, flying Jibboom, mar- tingale, stay, &e. She eventually brought up at the Navy Yard. The sloop Constitution, of Brookhaven, Capt. Kobbins, lying at the foot of Rutgers street, was fouled by steamtug Leviathan, at the time of her collision with the schooner Oregon, reported yesterday morning. The Con- &e., stove all the forward part of her bulwarks; afterwards drifted afoul of the ship R. Anderson, of Baltimore, and broke the ship’s rudder. Tue Leviathan had both her wheelhouses badly broken. The above collision was not occasioned by any careloss- ness on the part of the Leviathan. She was lnying at the end of picr 42 East river, outside of the sehr. Ala Day, when the bark Georges and two sehoone; gat the pier below, broke adrift and came up iuto the Levia- than, putting her jibboom into the L.’s wheel-house and carrying her into the sleops. ‘The lighter sloop Ohio was capsized of Wall stroot and one of her hands, named K. Hivlson, was lost. He leaves a wife and family. She drifted into Market slip, where che now sunk, A lighter sloop was capsized opposite the captain, named Collins, was drowned ‘the steamship Jamestown, bound from how pier at the foot of Albany sticet, North river, for the eccow dock in the East river, came in contact with « ship and lost her bowsprit. The ship Wellington, from New Ori wing at the foot of Wall strect, carried away fore yard in the by being drifted afoul of by another vessel. The yacht Amelia, in returning from an exe down the bay, was capsized by the tor Mason was drowned. There were six pe at the time, five of whom wire rescued by the almost superhuman exertions of G. H. Carpenter, in » salt sail boat called the Leila. At the immineat risk of sey City, and iva anda Me. | 06 on board The frame of a three story house in Fortieth street, | Thirty-fourth street, between First ani Second avenues, | also were unroofed by the gale. The houses onthe east | stitution lost her mast, mainboom, mainsail, bowsprit, | | sizects, otruek by Lightning. duetors; and as time moves on, no case of failure is met: with to contradict the bold assertion we make, hers juctors, reared for the pt fe a FRway, April 28, 1854. IN BROOKLYN. ‘The American candle manufactory, situated at the foot of Likeman street, near the Atlantic dock, was greatly damaged by the storm on Thursday evening. About thirty men are employed in the establishment, who were nearly allinat the time, when a sudden gust of wind car- ried away the roof and lodged it upon another building | One hundred feet distant. Most of the upper story was also demolished, and two of the hands, named James~ | Hughes, and a boy named John Mullaly, were severely | injured. ‘The former sustained « fracturp of the skull, aud the latter had bis jaw broken. The top of the build- | ing upon which the root fell, being used asa boiler manu- factory, caved in from the additional weight thus sud-- | donly forced upon it. | ‘Yue roofs of Uuree houses on the corner of of | avenue and Rapelyea street were carried a | seme cause. The buildings are owned by Dr. 3. send. A cerrick lying near the Fulton ferry was shivered ligbining, and some of the figure work on St. John’s | Cherch, corner of Washington and Jobnson streets, wagy torn eff by the force of the wind. ‘the stage stables of Husted & Kendall, in Flashing avene, were likewise unroofed, besides which no serious. camage was done, With the exception of injury to some. o! the streets by the action of the water. JERSEY CITY. * ‘The damage to the Cusiom House at the Cunard pier im: Jersey City, trom being unroofed by the storm, is, thau was at first estimated. It will not of | $1,000. ‘The goods which were exposed to the storm, by the loss of the roof, were not damaged as much as it was suppored they would be, owing to the promptness with. wh.ch Captain Rogers caused their removal from their | expowed position, at Bergen, an unfinished machine shop was blown. down, ml the fragments lay across the railroad track. ihe might express train for Dunkirk was delayed for half ab hour or more, untilthe track was clearej, ani tne muil train due at Jersey City at 7.20 P. M., was detained. at Faverton waiting for the express. No serious acl cent cecurred, although there was a narrow escape at Hchokus, @ pile of heavy sleepera having been dispersed! Ly the wind, one of tiem scraping off the steps of a pas- sénger car. The trouble was remedied in season to pre~ vent the train from ranuing off the track. We hear, from almost every direction, of the disa}~ | trous eflects of this storm. . | WES TOBOKEN, | Alarge unfinished frame house, owned by Mr. | carpe Hamiltoa- Towne 5 Colville; uler, of New York, was completely destroyed by the of the wind. It was torn from tie. fousdation, and the timbers were split and seattored in all directions. ‘vces were also up-rooted; but we have heard of no | other damage to buildings. BY MAIL. AT NEWARK, N. J. EEF [Trom the Newark Mercury, April 23.) | Wesnotber severe thunder storm, accompanied by astrong~ | gule ot wind, pursed over the city last evening. Sever! . chimneys were blown down in various parts of the city, and corsiderabie other damage sustained in the destrac- | tion ef fences, &c. The roof of the builting No. 250 ; Bread street, owned by Mr. Joseph N. Tuttle, was torn off ard the chimney blown down, which, in falling, | paesed through the sky-light of the adjoiuing building | on the south of it. Happily, however, ne injury was- | ruste med by the persons within the ‘building. The | chimney of Jolline & Clearman’s rule factory, corner of | East Mechanic street and Railroad avenue, was blown | own, and three persons who were on the premises con- | siderably injured by the falling bricks. The roof. of the | huge cowl shed ov Mr. Prudden Alling, extending from | the conal bri.ge, foot of Market street, towards the Com-. mercial dock, was blown dov m, and other damage sus- ; tained in the same vicinity. A building in process of crrction in the rear of 81 Congress street, was entivel: kensack | presuated. Another build | brig w York and Erie and the a ey railroads, Was also demolished. Several ves- ew seis along the docks’ broke from their moorings during. the gale. ‘he storm contiaued during the evening wit censicerable violence, and much damage has doubtless. | becu done in the surrounding country. | AT PHILADELPHIA. | [From the Bulletin, April 28.) | _ Yesterday afternoon about fie o'clock, the city was: | d by & very Leavy thunder storm, which arose in | sovthwert. The iain fell in torrents from the time- ci Use commencement of the gust until late at night, and | for several bours the storm was accompenied by vivid. | tleches of lightning, and frequent and very heavy reports | of thunder, In several instances the flash and the re~. | port appeared to be simultaneous, an evidence of the. | clese prosimity of the electric clouds. The places of | Sinusenent throughout the city ware very thinly attond | ed, and reemery poem and similar enterta’ its, announced to take place, were post; in cor uence: cf the absence of even the Siebemnran ‘audienoe. ye cmunibuses did a driving business, and most citizens whe~ | were enabled to reach their domiciles by means of these | Convenient arrangements, were satisfied to remain in | Coors for the rest of the evening. During the height of | the ctorm many of the streets were so completely flooded. with water that beats would have beea more appropriate . sot conveyance than any icie on wheels, clectric Muid played some strange antics along tho wires of the different telegraph lines, and no dispatches “ce received, lust night, except such as came from te Ja, at any of the o in this city. The lightning vai several points. We append a list of such re- « of the storm—worthy of special notico—as cane « in our observation. orsimann’s Factory, corner of Fifth ae, an@ Cherry ‘Le American engine house on Tammany street, below struck. The top of the chimary was demol- the back wall somewhat damaged. new dweil use, sitaate in the vicinity of Ele reets, was also struck by the light- da uumber of slates, with which the roof is co- swamping his own boat, which would have been covtain death to himself, he succeeded in teking of the sur- | vivors. The A. sunk in five minutes after going over. | The steamboat Bay State, from Boston, encountered | the gale off Point Judith, bat role it oat in safely. The weather was yery but she arrived alot cight o'clock yesterday morning, nul withstanding. | We hear of additional disasters on all hands by the storm on Thursday night. The lightning struek the fac- | tory of the American Candle Company, Zouth Brovklyn— a splendid fire proof building just finished and in opera | tion—knocked down one of the corners, and so lot in the wind that the entire building was uuroofed. Several of | the hands were injured, but, almost by a miracio, no one | was killed. In addition to the above, we learn the storm, coming | from the west, swept over all the towas alo’ srie route. Philadelphia did not escape it, but lias it» story of disasters to tell as well as us. The Harvey Iron Works on the Harlem Railroad, new Mott Haven, were levelled to the grounl by the great | fury of the hurricane. | Yesterday the skies were in a doubiful siate, apparent: | ly all day long undetermined whether to rain or not, , The large drops came down at the expiration of about | every hour throvgh the day, but soon cessed again, At | nightfall it began to rain in carnest, and heavy, lowering | clouds and descending floods, for a long time after mld- | night, gave token of a well settled storm. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD, The change of the temperature yesterday, was great er than we have recorded in the month of April in eight | censeeutive years. At 10, 11 and i2A. M., the tempera- turo was at seventy-eight degrees north; and from A. M. | to3P.M. fluctuated but two degrees, being equilleriated for | it commenced falling. At 4h. 20 m., a he 1 rection; at $b, 10 m. high wind, hail, thu ‘The lightning continued ins M. activity throvgh tLe even 72 north and sovth; at OP. M., O4 and 59 north, Leing a fall of 14 degrees north in two hours. The 6 P.M record was omitted, in consequence of the activity of the lighining, the thermometer baving ex(eucive wire coa- nections, At 11 P. M, the tempera Cegrees, having fallen 36 degrey morning, 6 o'clock, was at 87 degrees. fell this morping on the high | On Tuesday, 26th, and W reached 78 Cegrees, Wednesday nights cid not cool temperature No doubt dnesdey to Franklia square. It will ly be numerously attended by those in favor of | improvement. | New Cans.—The Harlem Railroal Company have placed | | twelve new cars upon the track, to meet tie increasing | of the travelling public. Frer.—On Thursday morning, about 3 o'clock, a fire broke ont In a drying house attached to Loriliard’s to- bacco factory, in Laurens street, near Spring. Hose company No. 33 was » ily on the ground, and held the | flames in check until the arrival of other companies, | when it was finally subdued. lamage about $500. | Williamsburg City Tutelligence. FIRR—ARRBET ON SUSPICION OF Am ON.— \bout § o'clock | on Thursday evening, a fire broke out in the carpenter shop of Mr. Archibe ite, situated in L street, Green- point, which, together with the contents, a quantity of | tater a entirely destroyed. Love about | $2,500 ‘The private watehman on the | ling r mpted to and locked up to wait oxami- barge of arson. —On Thursday evening, a hoare in course of construction at the corner of Frauklia and N streets, | Greenpoint, had the roof blown off by the vivlenes of | the wind and broken to pieces. A quautity of boards at the lomberyard of W. a Cox & Co., at Greenpoint, wore rcatiered iu all directions by the force of the gale. | Riot at toe Texwen on Cixomwatt—Mondoy evenittg a quarrel took between several of the la bor thevouth end'of the Short Line Railway tunel about a trivial matter, whieh continued until o'clock, growing seed. At12 o'clock some fift, jeoged, and the afiray assumed t! wo of {he porticipants were out Ms Martin, x0 | ae yearance of a riot. kuives, and one, is thought be will | / | cords. | cars were on the road letween Albany and isthe case, another thunder storm may b within twenty-four he rature greatly—eueh of Hadson, a and met a rain ctovm afew mil little past 10 ‘in re-commenced little before 12 M., and continued with sion until the cars left, at 5 P.M. Thy lightning was ac- | tive at Albany during the most of the afternoon, daring ce i } which the telegraph opera wheily su ned by tue Lightning coming into the Alba- ny cfice upon the wires, The thunder storm continued | active on the Hudson river during the whole . me the | " in the Morso office were | Onr memoranda of lghtnic Goes not, (if we recollect ve of Tosa of life by lightning We h three records of locomotives having beon destroyed lightning, or explosions during thunder storias, attondet | Uy lors of buman life, These facts of exemption on rail. | rood cars will be consolatory to those travelling on rail- | reacs during thunder storms; the saine ex enjoyed by persons on board of steamboat the inmates of all buildings or vessels fu ord | ave | | lightning conductors reared for the purpose of protec: | ticn. In all cases where persons are struck down by | lightning, use cold water upon the boily for hours; don’t | be discouraged if ime success fs not attained, but continue to persevere, and if, after three or four hours nehing, aniwation is not restored, odd salt to the rand continue the drenching. | of o per struck down by lightning on Staten Island, | reveral y ago, who d after sevoral hoara drenching With cold water, ease alone fs sufficient to prompt exertion in all cases, beyond the time asually deveted to restoration ef animation In cases where per- rons bave heen struck down by lightning. Thunder re of such frequent occurrence that we do ho; = tiention will LS sendin be} roeeeet 1h nla ife and proy , hy the ing of metallic er ssectlon teeth aiford absolute protection. Many who read cur humble notices will remember that for ears we have urged the of lightning cou. | truck the mainmast of the ship hed cause for it. | whem the consequences would ave an account | meny | were displaced, of electric fire struck the pavement in the vici- nity cf Fitth and Wharton streets, rau ‘along the sido. wolk a distance of titty vards, then asconded, and again, ‘ame do acer ew Meds of opathan Deiat once eae WRG a shart distance s Dinded for a fiom the place waere it first struck, was uninjured. sons, residing in Jefferson avenue, reuthwaik, were singularly affected with severe pains in these breast at (he moment a vivid flash of lightning oc- corred. ‘ihe inmates were in different parts of the house « at tLe thne of the sh . About dusk, a little boy was beating an tron hoop on - the pevement in the neighborhood of Christiaa and Se- cond sircets, a flash of lightning struck and bent it and ibrew it bulf way across the street. We hove not beard of any lives being lost during the ch mental strife. One cect of the storm was to make a marked differ- ence in the slate of the atmosphere. The thermometer - at noon to-day stood at 54 degreea; twenty nine degrees Ider then at the s:me hour yesterday. Overcoats and , Which were tabooed yesterday, were in request this . morning. THE STORM IN BALTIMORE. (From the Baltimore Times, April 27.) During the storm yesterday afternoon the lightning. 0 Canvass Back, now op. the stocks in Abrahon & Asheraft’s shipyard, terribly shattering the mast and damaging other portions of the - vessel. A number of the caulkers and others, who were . ergoced upon the vessel, were sitting under her bottom. in crcer to be protected from the rain, The fluid dashed imoug them, and instantly killed a colored man, named Henry Wallis; seve ‘hers felt the shock, and two of them remained for some time. An inquest was . veld on th f Wallis Coroner Hall, and a verdict bod ed in fecaniance wih ae as ag ‘on was nd reride alley. ' what, for Liver £ i at Henderson’s wl wreanleo struck, the lightning taking effect on her fore- mast. but slight damage was done, ever. Many per- in the neighberboed were shocked, and some knock- ed down. ortion of the gable wall of the store of Saucrwine &. our dealers, on Howard street, near Mulbe: sown down. Fortunately no person was dene except to the’ buil We understand welling of Mr. Hinsly, on the corner of Calvert nt streets. was considerably injured by the: a damage~ doug to the shipping. AT WASILINGTON, D. 0. Quite n scene occurred yesterday afternoon Totes Hip- wocrome, dering the performance, the storm of wind and felt in an nneommon degree in this place of amasemout. ‘The large canvass ove H We feor that there has beena great deal of {from the Wash nyton Sentinel, April 27. rain that oecarred between three and four o'elock boing icon, and Leing straine| to its utmost teasion, drew~ the lea that portly support it out of their places, ant sworg (hem abeut ina tremendous manner. fhe spo:- tw rs, Who were outmerous, became exelted, women and children sereaming out with terror, and they, perliaps, If the violence of the storia hat not the whole building might have been torn down, have been deplorable. TELEGRAPHIC. | VIOLEDT STORM ON THE LAKE®—DISASTERS AND LOS? OF LIFR. CueaGo, April 27—7 P. M. A violent gale has been raging here since 12 o'clock to- ény ‘ihe schooner Recky Mountain, loaded with lumber, wae» driven ashore, and immediately went to pieces. The hands were all saved. The schooner Richmond is = a breakwater, and Le | fast coing to pieces. Crew saved. Liooner Merchant endeavored to anchor off the- ae capsized, sod feet ae the crew were wed. The rest were taken \ schooner, with her mainmast eat away, is anchored . off the breakwater, The ec Boones ‘Arrow has been driven on the breakwater, . but the crew have been sa ‘ILe schooners Throop and Hayden are near the break- watar, sud it is feaved will go ashore. Borrato, April 28, 1854, ber, bound from twenty miles out. ‘ihe erew were Serious disasters to the Lake Erie fleet are expected. oonet Brothers, loedet witt tong hi x Twin PB: ere, with see relat of government pier, and will prov 088. | Yiree Tives are reported to have been lost. . THE WEATABR AT DOSTON. Boston, April 28, 1854. A cold northeast rain stotm hns prevailed here since ® | o'clock inst night, and there are no indications as yet o: | clearing up. |. Frve Brorsers Dien mm Ove Weex.—Died, at Jackvonville, East Flovida, of scarlet fever, April 2d, ‘El- Hiot Smith, 11 years and 6 months; April 7, Lewis Franklin, eged 26 years; April 9, Charles Carroll, aged 22 rears; Al 10, 38 years, sat bert Walker, 31 years, chi * end Mary C. ‘Toknett, teemnecly of & ihe br ar } a