The New York Herald Newspaper, May 7, 1854, Page 4

ie aA NEW YORK HERALD. | YAMES GORDON BENNETY, FrROPeTETOR aND EDITOR. @EFIck N. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND ror-ran ers, SIALD 2 conta per WEEKLY HERALD every ner GhAUIN ; op ‘ ate Great Br wh to include posta, per annum, pat 64 cents ny m, $4 per an- nd $5 to any part of the No, 135 Volume XIX AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENING, ERDADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—IRe.ap as ir 1s ~ Law yor Lavies ssh BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers stecet—Tnx Rivars— Ouanzes XID WIBLO’S, Broadway—Paquira—Mepina, BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Uncux Tom's Cani~— nee Livy ov Tun LAke—PARENTS AND GUARDIANS = Taxen ix AND Dower Fo: NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—Uscux Tou’s aun. 2K'S THEATRE, Broadway—Mvou Apo Anovr Nummer Ove Rounn ruz Conner, AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afternoon—Harry Man—Do- mystic Eoonomy—Byon ng—Anwa, OHRISTY’S AWERICAN OPERA HOUSE, 472 Brond way—Eruioviay MuLopixe wy Cunisty’s MINSTRELS. WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 444 Broadway, Erwrorraw Mmxotaetey—Burletta of Uscue Tom's Canin, BUCKLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, 539 Broadway—Buox- aev’s Krwiovian Opera Troupe, BROOKLYN ATHENAEUM--Buvcn's Granp Concent BANVARD'S GEORAMA, 506 Byondway—Panonama ov rux Hovy Lap, Ws1O).E WORLD, 377 and 379 Rroadway~Afternoon and Brening. DOWNES S PANTISCOPE—Aro110 Rooms. ay 7,184. Power-Fress Feeders Wanted. Two or three good power-pregs foeders are wanted at this off Apply to-day, between 10 A. M. and 1 P. M. The News. To-morrow the struggle on the Nebraska question will re-commence in the House of Representatives. There will undoubtedly be a full attendance of memby every conceivable expedient has been resorted to by the administration organs to ensure a successful termination of this movement. But when it is considered that there are fourteen bills to be disposed of before the Nebraska bill is reached, and that the friends of the measure will have to en mater and defeat the tactics of their opponents, of whom are dexterous parlimentarians, on each, the conclusion is reasonable that the whole affair will result ina contemptible “fizzle.” The proposition to take up this question solely with the intention to debate it, without pressing it toa vote, as stated by the Chairman of the Committee on Ter- is simply absurd, and Will not in the least » wary enemies of the bill off tl The weakness of the administration is be day more apparent; it cannot m Majority, and we must 7 tion by the people be: 4 constitutional problem. guard. a 1 controllable t anew clee- te: ourions coalition—nothing less than tl personal relations between the nati. and Secretary Mar Of course thi is based upon the spoils, for the rumor rims that the Secvetary has promised them all offlces—when he gets to be President! Can it be that the indomit- able hards have fraternity tiat they have eaten his r tend in future to in the same boat, no matter how the wind blows? The de of the coming week will throw some subject. ‘The House of Representatives was in terday. Resolutions of the Legislature of asking indemnity for the treaty of Wash dary adjustm F tion bill, were presented. alms, and in- on yes- Nort A aid in constructing » rail tory. After an ineffectual ai into committee on the adjourned. The Chamber of Commerce of merialized Con neutrals, and the iz the existing state of treaties with the worl! for the prot made to go , the House veceived by the Africa, contain a» account of a | squabble which had taken place between Mr. G. M. Farnum, U. 8. Commercial Agent at Por! Louis, and Mr. H. Grifliths, who claimed the post under a letter Mr. Secretary Marey. The ‘ast named ge tleman | insisted on getting into the office by means of the letter, whi st the former, as if fond of the spoils, re- fused to give up his appointment. ‘The Madras Atheneum contains as a‘ement of the extent and value of the ‘erritory of Nagpore (or Berar) which ‘has just lapsed to the British Crown. ‘The extract is given elsewhere. There was no change of moment in breadstuffs yesterday. One of our leading firms purchased three thousand tierces of smoked hams for export to California, but the terms did not transpire. The bulk of it was bought on the spot, and the remainder | toarrive. ‘ibis probably is among the largest salea ever made of this article in this city in a single day. The Late Inquest—The Fire Department— ‘What it Is and What it Ought to Be. The verdict on the bodies of the eleven men who lost their lives at the fire at 231 Broadway must not be laid aside and forgotten like the verdict of an ordinary Coroner’s inquest. Be- sides the loss of life caused by that disaster, other subjects are involved in the evidence taken at the inquest, on which it is wholesome and proper that the public mind should be brought to dwell. Paramount above all others, two questions, each of the highest moment, were naturally suggested by the accident; and though there can be but little difference of opinton with respect to the answer to cither, we cannot afford to let them rest with a simple ex- pression of opinion. We must have action on both. The first relates to the construction of buildings in this city; the second to the organ- ization of the Fire Department. It is proven in evidence that had the build- ing No. 231 Broadway been erected for the pur- pose of catching men, and crushing them to death, it could not have been built more suita- bly than it was. This point is sworn to by se- yeral competent men, and has been formally placed on record by the verdict at the inquest. Ulterior proceedings have followed. One of the injured firemen has instituted legal pro- ceedings against the proprietor of the building to recover damages for a broken thigh; and the question whether it be lawful to build such man-traps will thus be fairly raised in a court of justice. We have no wish either on the one side to anticipate its decision, or on the other to take part in the controversy which has arisen between the jury and the mechanics who were employed in build- ing the burnt house. The past is gone: let us look to the future. In that future are clearly foreshadowed many more disasters of precisely similar character to the recent one at 231 Broadway, unless we bestir ourselves ac- tively to prevent them. There is but one way in which that can be done: and that is by en- larging the number and powers of our Fire Wardeus, and compelling them to do their duty. It is not owr province to say how many inches thick walls should be, nur how the beams should be laid so as to prevent their ng wey ; any practical mason or architect could lay down a safe rule in these cases. We demand that such a rule be established—that the number of Fire Wardens be such that no house can be erected in New York without their inspection—that they be authorized to stop the workmen on any bui which is being erected in contravention to the law, and to pull down the part already built up—and thatevery householder in the city be compelled to have a register from them, certifying that his house is built in a proper manner, just every steam- te that his steamer is md. Tere is a the whole city is y the noisy Councilmen and Aldermen will try to carry it out. and her boile m, for whi vot us see wheth sela, and toc 1 principle that If they h ient zeal to undertake free ships make fre give this the attempt, the condition of the Fire De- rial, and also two « : pa ont ought next to engage their atten- the origin of the q tn { tion. This is a matter which they wilt Just now will he read with cons | probably let alone. [t requires some pike. ih vee oF | nerve, some courage, some perseverance Onr reports from the harbors of the Baltic, brought | 4 jane in chand:: end -nowe. of dhese ont how th movements of te) 7 fon whisk 186 36 Count British fleet under Sir Cha biee Wide cations: | eee eee ee ee ee ise a ly impeded by the presence » in that sea, it | as ever been remarkable. As It Is, however, will be © th 1 of importance can, most | t to the community that this topic probably, teke he Gulf of Finland towards ' enssed and agitated. we are St. Petersburg be! and perhaps not sooner than ing isan account of the oper at Cronstadt for the last twely 1882, first ship arr. May “ : re the 10th of t » present month The follo | unimportan ponsibility of taking a and we doso nowledge that th one or two ready to exceptio! owe Baty | which we advocate. 1840, ‘ 5 | "The net result of ‘ far es the weay, “ May 18 “ ' S By the official report of the City Ins learn that there were but 401 deaths in this city i y be summed proven that thieves s of firemen’s badges, and during the week cnding 6th instant, be’ ade- | ct crease of seventy-six on the weck previous. We | ‘or purposes of plunder; congratulate our fellow citizens on this healthful | ‘ y do so; that thieves can condition, for which we are in a great degree in- | 6 1 admission into the depart- debted to the copious rains that have fallen recent- | ment as » and that no adequate au- ly. By this beneficent dispensation the streets of | thority i Chief Engineer to expel ‘the city have been cleaned thoro: + and the at- | them: th are the work of en- mosphere freed from noxious New York | diaries. It umed, though not proven, at the present i without point on the «! the consideration of t althiest We commend this su e minist in fact ( ame men who connect themsel ye OF the total number of deaihs ire companies for the purpose of ‘under ten years of age. Of consumption ‘ ‘ Spronchitis, Li; cc 1e brain, € al and evils. It is pro- in the head, 25: Lon the one sid y them by mak- various types, 15: ial to usurp a fireman's badge. But POX, 8; convulsions ( : debility (infan- | an ment of thi 4 could never be any- tile), 7; marasmus (infantile), 15. There were 9 | thi tcomminstory. Whois going to keep e birth stillbor » fat cides cases of prem or analties, and 2 ited Btate France, 6 of Engla’ A fall rep: court martial of first page. Advices from Venezuela to th 40 of Germany, 4 of viland. proceedings of the © native the esterday's Major W ind on the te that for the liberation of lay Several destructive terday.. At Ogdensburg thr destroyed; at Utica a drug store and bu Piningt sand de aud its about fifteen t The sten some Larges on t exploded her ecalding also killed On the i continuation of tiv government and tl fire, article on the Loo € hoo Is! embracing he New York fire- ver aa interloper? We vould hang a mau for and thieves es of detect fo amount till do would be so © positive impunity Again, we must not 1 stion © pation of fren it more nm, but it firem ve always x s would per- jeves to per- ect n would no th our N t respec 1 as one and Of the geography, listory re tmen iculous affectation monuti , manne 1 | to : xe tab wha of tieve important depend e | he 3 , seep, the pabite AUG tHe f dun equae Gleanings; Religior nce, iC tati rier siimae “* ‘ dl P ri tics of the Roman Catholic Church ia ind - é Bs ment of the Erie Railroad difficulty; the invasion of | “¢ ‘M)ury Bat Man has it in power to inflict “Our files of the Mauritius (Indian Ocean) Gazette, | of paid firemen, We @0 rot ;ropose it as@ | to swell the funds of the societies. They are new experiment. It has long been in use in | chiefly attended bh; ndividuals w ose mission London and in Par's, ani has now reached | it is to receive rather than to give—country such a pite’ of perfection i t os cities ‘hat a | clergymen, who take this occasion to renew old destructive fie in eih:r is the r.rest thing in | friendships and give their wives and children a the world. Boston adopted it some time ago, | view of the New York lions. The anniversaries and the committce appoint'd by the city of | also afford a fine opportunity for self-gloritica- | Newark to examine tle que-tion reported co- | tion on the part of the resident managers of the gently in its favor. Its advautages, in fact, | societies, gentlemen who stay at home on fat are so obvious that nothing but the high de- | salaries and take the credit which properly be- gree of popularity enjoyei by our New York | longs to the poor missionary, freezing in Green- firemen could have prevented its proposal here | land, broiling in Hindostan, dying of coast fe- at an earlier perivd. ver in Africa, or digging away at the Chinese It is but candid to confess the fact that that | language on the banks of the Yang-tse-Kiang. popularity has not been increased of late. | The resident managers, however, are useful— Whether rightly or wrongly, the d'sclo-ures at | they are sturdy beggars, and they are never the late inquest have ca:t a shade on the Fire | happy unless engaged in coaxing a fat dona- Department. Stories are gaining wind which tion from a retired millionaire, or active, thriv- ing merchant. To say the truth, Wall strect is | do not redound to its credit, Men are recol- | lecting former cases of pillage, and suspicion | liberal in answering the drafts made upon it. | is on the wing. It is our conviction that these It is to be regretted that the period of these rumors, so far as they apply to the firemen | religious and benevolent anniversaries should | proper, are calumnious and unjust; but when | be seized upon by such traitorous, blasphe- we see that the volunteer companies cannot | mous, and abaudoned wretches as the leaders of always exclude bad men from their ranks, or | the abolitionist, socialist, and other movements, prevent individuals whom nobody knows, from | 98 the occasion for their annual satarnalias. joining their engines and accompanying them | The leaders of the crew endeavor by these to fires, we cannot wonder that a portion of | means to identify themselves with really be- the odium arising from the malpractices of nevolent, useful, and excellent societies, and to these hangers on should attach to the depart- | draw into their meetings many ignorant but ment. The inference may be unfair: but we must deal with the facts as they are. It was in view of this declining popularity that we suggested to the firemen to take the initiative themselves in proposing the suhstitu- tion of a paid force for the present volunteer companies. We think such a course would have raised their character, and separated the bad men from the good, a8 no one would advocate such a change who had anything to gain by the maintenance of the present system. The fire- men have yet to decide finally whether they will act upon the suggestion or no. To the city the course they may think fit to pur- sue will be of little consequence: they must not delude themselves into the belief that their refusal to act will impede so necessary a reform. It is simply for them a question whe- ther they will tender their resignation or sub- | American would | mit to a dismissal. ‘The Religious Anntversaries—The Business of Benevolence. The yearly anniversaries of the various reli- gious and benevolent institutions in this city and vicinity will commence to-day, and con- tinue during this week. The season isa most interesting one, and such a series of movements by a very large class of citizens and strangers deserves and receives particular attention at the hands of the secular press, The Heraup reports will be as full and particular as usual, and our files for the last ten years give a com- plete daguerreotype of all the scenes of the holy week. Outside of the circle of managers of the vari- ous ascooiations hnt little is publicly known of the extent of their operations, the amount of money reccived and of capital tuvectod, and of the results of the labors of the mission- aries at home and abroad. Setting aside the fact that these associations are working in obedience to the divine command, and that by their instrumentality the gospel is preached unto all nations, the foreign missionary system has been of great value both to us and to the nations for whose benefit it was established. Young men, the flower of our colleges, the hope and pride of their several birth-places, the representatives of American piety, Ameri- can enterprise and American scholarship, have voluntarily gone forth and preached peace on earth and good will to all men, from the ice fields of the Arctic ocean 1o the farthest point illumined by the southern cross, These mea have carried with them the arts and sciences of the civilized world; under their supervision agriculture and manufactures have flourished in localities where nothing but the art of war had previously been practised. The savage has drawn from the Sermon on the Mount a new rule and guide for his hitherto wild and irresponsible existence. The mis- sionaries have also made valuable contri- butions to our literature; and some of the best narratives of voyages and travels are from the pens of these men. They have been accom- panied by women no less noble and devoted, who, with the characteristic energy of the sex, have civilized, humanized, refined, and ele- vated their barbarian sisters. The soldier of the cross deserves certainly as much conside- ration among his fellow men as the soldier of the republic : but yet the reward of the former is but too often a stranger’s grave, with the wail ‘of the ocean as his requiem, and the memory of his services for his epitaph. The motives which actuate him must be entirely unselfish, as no worldly gain can possibly ac- crue to him: he must aly be prepared for death, and it continually surrounds him in a thousand forms. His crown of martyrdom is more gloriows to him than the laurel wreaths of the world’s great captains. We now come to the sore practical part of the subject. and endeavor? ascertain how the missionary is supported—aow printing presses, schools and chapels are set up in wildernesses, and how the Word of God is placed in the hands of every people into whose territory our flag has been carried. The annexed tabular statement gives the comparative receipts of a portion of the socie yew ‘1353-4 135249 American Tr: American Bad. of Fore American Home Mi jean Fo! 14,000 Persia by the Russians; Consular Troubles for the Cabinet, &e., &e. We van sce no other safeguard but a system , vy $1,390,282 1,272,306 Increase $126,916 Some of the we ovieties, such as the Bible § 1 real and personal pro- perty to the amount of nearly a million; their 1. and their labors rand and magnificent nong the architeetu- they give employ- rectly to thousands of per- capital is large in proporti are carried on upon scale, their building ral ornaments of th ment d ectly or i sons, (aud it is stated that in some cases they pay the meanest prices for lahor,) and alto- gether the “husiness of benevolence” forms an important item in New York trade. The al i gious and henevol ci to the above the receipts of th reports ore not made up, we should fiud that to carry on this }usiness of benevolence, New York merchauts and others have, during the 1 the reli- © added Love not loes include nt id if 2s during the past two | | ness of consequences with which new buildings 0 | etios whose | well meaning strangers, who are sometimes led to believe for a time in their sophistical speeches, or are frightened into silence by their blasphemous denunciations, Of late vears, however, the people have been made aware of the corrupt motives of this crew, and their meetings have been but thinly attended. It seems to have been mentally agreed that they should be quietly allowed to die the bitter death of neglect and indifference. ACCIDENTS ON THE Hupson River -Rattroap— Sream ry Crrtes.—Every few days we are called upon to announce to the public the death of some individual by accident on the Hudson River Railroad, within the city limits, These accidents have become of so frequent occurrence ®@ properly to arrest the public attention, and it becomes the duty of the press to direct inquiry as to what is to be done to prevent them. Seve- ral years ago, when the road was first put in operation, there seemed little or no objection t permitting the trains impelled by steam engin to descend to the outer limits of the city, Thirty-first street. Since that time the ci has progressed on the North river side, as in other directions, with wonderful rapidity, ani now the entire line of the Eleventh avenue, es far up as Sixtieth street, may be said to be thickly inhabited. The consequence of this aglomeration of. the laboring classes along the shores of the North river, has been a frightful increase in the number of deaths caused by the engines of this road, till the evil has become so monstrous as to call aloud for an immediate remedy: Hundreds of women and small chil- dren are almost hourly under the necessity of crossing the track of the road, who, from a very matural Msticesness, from habit of residing in the presence of danger, incur the constant risk of being crushed by the engines and trains con- stantly passing and repassing on the road. We have not as yet heard of any distinguish- ed millionaire or member of the State or city government falling 2 victim, but we almost daily hear of the death of some child, poor wo- man, or laborer, who has been called unannoint- ed toeternal judgment by the crying heart- lessness of the Hudson River Railroad Compa- ny, £0 cheap does it hold human life. It is un- doubtedly true that corporations have no souls, Where is the individual who could read unmoved the frequent accounts of the deaths of the poor and laboring classes, smashed into a macs of mingled flesh and bones by the “iron horse” running half-hourly along this populat thoroughfare, without instantly putting a stop to the evil, if he had the power? But the company has no bowels of compas- sion to-weep with the bereaved parents for the sudden loss of a promising son, or with the heart broken widow whose husband’s man- ly form has been suddenly crushed be- fore her eyes into a frightful mass of human offal. Now we see an orphan boy pointing out the fragments of a garment on the broken remains of ahuman body, as the only evidence that the wearer was his poor father. But the company hears nothing, sees | nothing, feels nothing—the victim was nothing but a poor laboring man—the boy was a thoughtless Irish fellow, who should have known enough to keep off the track. But aside from considerations of humanity, the time has come when the steam engines of the Hudson River Railroad Company should be stopped at the outer limits of the city. While the Eleventh avenue is being run over every few minutes by engines at full speed, commer- | cial business cannot be carried on in that neigh- borhood but at a great risk and to great disad- vantage, in regard to expense, owing to con- | tinual Interruptions and delays. In a word, the | : Eleventh avenue now belongs exclusively to j the Hudson River Railroad Company. We call | on the Legislature, we call on the city authori- | | ties, to awake to the injustice, to the cruelty, as | | wellas impolicy, of this monstrous usurpation and abuse. Is it not wise for law to prevent by | seasonable enactments that revengeful public | justice which a flagrant wrong is sure, sooner | or later, to visit on the evil doer? Srrenr Casvarttes.—The haste and reckless- are put up in this city, are only to be equalled by the carelessness with Which the old ones are pulled down. The process of demolition is car- ried on without the htest protection, such | 98a barrier or a bo: being affor led to the foot passenger, and the first notification which | one generally receives of the work in progress is a rap on the head from some stray fragment of brick, or a shower of dust that almost blinds him. In passing, the other day, one of the old houses at the corner of Cortlandt street and Broadway, which has just been taken down, we were near receiving our qnietus from one of | those chance messengers of mischief. In no other civilized city in the world would such in- difference to the safety of the pablic be tole- | rated. Until, however, the whole framework of our present system of city government is altered we see no chance of remedying the evil. | * or mr Erm —We give to-day a copy of the act ‘lating to the Evie Railroad Company, as it | | has recently passed both branches of the Penn- Ivania Leg the exeeutive sanction of Governor Bigler. Rartroap slature, and only waits now for | Armington. AT''Snarp, CJ Lurrel Skiddy, Miss Shiddy, Mr ond Mrs BS | Mrs Mery Green, J Ryle, D Tracy, J 1 C This act will undoubtedly become a law, and by it all the annoying, expensive and business last year, contributed noarly two millions of | deranging difficulties at Erie will be finally dollars. The anoyal anniversaries do not tend much settled. Such o result must prove highly satis- factory to New York merchants, Too Mvuca on roo Lrrriz,—It is really re-| NEWS BY TELEGRAPE freshing to find a question turn up in Congress on the consideration of which party obliga- tions and Presidential influence are rendered subsidiary to the honest assertion of individu- al feeling. The interesting polygamic episode which occurred on the discussion of the Utah | o being able to get it up next week, There are fourt bill, afforded a striking proof of the uncontrol- lable manner in which nature will sometimes | 4 resist all amendments except the striking out of speak out, in spite of conventional restraints. | Clayton clause. By Wednesday it will probably be 4] There is no subject that could have come before | that the Nebraska bil! fa a passable measure. the House that could be said to have more en- tirely commanded either the active sympathy or hostility of our representatives. Some felt | As the hards, except Mike Walsh—who was not warmly interested in it, from having too little, | caucus—continue to denounce the Nebrasks bill, i# of the article | supposed Mr. Marcy has become s convert to anti- and some from having too much, ¢ which it was the object of the disputed proviso to curtail. Others, who having attained a green old celibacy, felt no particular concern either | them all offices when he gets to be President. It is way ,were yet aroused to indignation by the vi- | per to remark that the hards in question have been ¥ olation of republican equality, which recog- nized the right of the poor settler to only one | “™** helpmate, whilst it conceded to a high govern- ment official as many as he could quietly ar- range with. The latter class of dissentients | - we suspect belong to the category of those who Compound for sins that they’re inclined to, By damning those they have no mind to. Tae Dear or Porutation 1x Great Brrrary. —The discovery of gold at the Cape of Good Hope will probably lead to another heavy drain on the liboring population of England, already greatly thinned by the exodus to this country and to Australia. The war will also contribute to diminish its numbers, so that with all these causes at work we should not be surprised if, in the course of a few years, the scarcity of hands were severely felt in all branches of her com- mercial and agricultural operations. Late from Venezuela. By the arrival of the brig Addy Swift, Capt. Foster, from Maracaibo, we have advices from Venezuela to the 17th ult. The government had assigned the 19th of April for the liberation of all the slaves in Venezuela. Marine Affairs. For Havre.—The ‘steamship Union, Capt. Adams, loft at twelve o'clock yesterday, for Havre, touching at South- ampton, with 90 passengers. Srxamsmp Great Brvtsix.—The Liverpool Times of the 224 of April, says:—The Great Britain steamer has re- ceived many additions, which will be highly appreciated by those who may next yi in he The improved may be particularly mention- Ibe used on board, as its supe- ry fuel has been satisfactorily ain on her next trip, is to be nded by Mr. John Gray, the late chief officer, Copt. Mathews remaining at home to attend to some ne- cssary details connected with the Australian Steam Na- yigation Company. City Intelligence. Ratstxa THe Errcsson.—Active preparations were made yesterday to raise this vessel, but the weather was unfa- Vorable and prevented a successful termination to the labors of those engaged. A canvas covering has been ‘wrapped around the ship, tow boats are around her, and steam pumps have been placed on board of her. Yesti day morning it was thought to raise her before n: but the strong wind and heavy billows made unavai all efforts to this end. It ‘vill, perhaps, cost $15,000 tg Pete this unfortunate vessel again afloat, which will bo lone in all probability in a few days. e BukGtary—Covracrovs Conpect.—A daring attempt at robbery, and probably arson, was made on Friday night. About half past one o’clock one of the inmates of No. 553 Broadway was aroused by hei ‘a noise like a mufiled footstep ascending the stairs, upon open- ing his room door, a man was discovered in the » The burgtat, himself detected, suddenly retreated, pursued by a young man named Randolph, who called upon and was assisted by another young man who slept in an adjoining room. thief, luckily for himself, escaped, as both his pursuers were armed ; he had effected an entrance into the house by forcing a fanlight, and then opening the hall door. A number of matches were found on the stairs the next morning, and but for the conduct of the men referred to there might have been a second edition of the Broadway calamity. AccIDENT IN TutRD AVENUE —As car No. 50 was yester- day morning, about ten o'clock, passing near Twenty- seventh street, a wagon having a rack upon it backed upon the front. of the car, which had stopped its way, and smashed the leg of a boy who was standing npon the platform. He was immediately removed to Dr. Warner's office, by the agent of the Third Avenue Railroad Com- pany, and every attention paid to his case. Theatres and Exhibitions. Broapway Twearne.—Mr. and Mrs, Barnoy Williams areto appear to-morrow night in the domestic Irish drama entitled ‘dreland as it is,” and the amusing iece of ‘Law for Ladies.” Their engagement so far has na very lucrative one for the manager, the theatre being well filled every night. Powsry Turatre.—The Manager announces a now ver- sion of “Uncle Tom's Cabin’? for to-morrow night, to- geiner with the melodrama entitled ‘The Lady of the the ike,” in which Mr. Eddy and Mrs. Clark will sustain leading ¢! ;and the new comedietta of “Pa- rents and Guardians taken in and done for.”” Nieto’s GARvEN.—This establishment will be opened for the season to-morrow evening. The entertainment provided comprises the ballet pantomime called ‘Pa- quita,”” and the fairy pantomime of “Medina,” in which the Ravel Family and Mlle. Yrea Mathias will ap- pear. Burton's THEATRE.—Mr. Placide’s benefit and last ap- pearance will come off to-morrow night. The comedy of “The Rivals” will be the commencing feature, the cast of which embraces the names of Placide, Burton, Jordan, Fisher, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss Raymond. ‘The comedy of ‘Charles XII.” will close the amusements. Nanionat, TaRATRE.—‘“Uncle Tom’s Cabin’? is an- nounced again for the ensuing week, with the usual cast. It has been represented over three hundred times, and still draws large audiences. WALLAGK’s Timatre.—Mr. James Wallack will make his | first appearance this season to-morrow evening. Shaks- peare’s “Mueh Ado About Nothing’ is selected for the occasion, in which Mr. Wallack will appear as Benedick, supported by the entire strength of the company. The fire of “Number One Round the Corner’’ will also be given. Aumucay Mestem.—A. new toe produced to-morrow night, enti of the Wreck.” The prince are assigned to Mensrs. Clarke, Daly, Fadaway tnd Miss Mestayer. ‘Two amusing pieces will be given in the afternoon. Cumery’s MixerRE1s were well patronized during the past week. They have selected severil of their best negro melodies for to: morrow evening. Woon’s Sux davertise ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin” for to-morrew evening again, together with the burlesque “Rochester Knockings.”” BUCKLEY'S SERENADERS.—The burlesque opera of ‘“Nor- ma’ is the principal feature announced by this company for to-mortow evening. Mx. Hanpcoc, the efficient treasurer of the National Theatre, is to have s benefit on Wednesday next. We hope his numerous friends will give him a substantial proof of their appreciation of his merits on the occasion. Caen GanpEy.—Jullien’s celebrated band will give the Sent of a series of concerts at this location on the 15th of lay. oral drama will be nna, or the Chili igence. Thomas R Could, Bosion: Mr. and Mrs. Pienie and daughter, Horrison; Mr, and Mra. Bruyn and Aug. & Bruyn, Kingston; Roser and maid, swvannah; Dr, Huke, Mra. Hill aad maid, England; Professor Peirce and lady, Miss Greenongh, Cambridge; D. C. Wallace and St. Lovis; Mf : Alex. H. Lunn, and és’ Lunn, Mont were among the arrivals yester- day at the Ularendon DEPARTURES. For Havre, in the steamship Union. gould, 1. Nogsto, Mr M s two children, Mrr Harkness, W Mo yant, FL Gardner, J A W PC er, , Mr Brookner, W Lievesbey, N rg and three boys, $ Alsofen, Jersey Vearer of despatches to the Netherlands; Fs Aloven, Judge Rolland, Mee Jndge Rol and, M erome, Miss A Moymerck, Mr Bemans, Mr Rolland, F Phillippe, © W, nee, A © Cousin Danelle, Mr Lorbi, © am, Mr Fre € Maclaia, Mr Rousse!l, son and Mr Asher, Mr Aepletu, Me Rishmuller, P ruell, two * of Charity, Miss T Grol jan, Mrs imerinan, F Sime che J de Ora, Gol 8 ty N dool. iss Debat, M: Derose, Mr Se engenbureg, D Sharts, ( Somez, Mr Mr debild, Miz Keymoth, GB Cad Nickols, Mr Fliek, G Bourd abip Auras link, B Loveil, WH Young, J W Neweil, W Hal in the stoernge. | For Norfolk, &¢, in steamship Jamostown—C Garrard, J | Clift, $A Brown, WB Hughes, JM Jonesand Indy, J 8 | Hubiard, EE Plummer and lady, § Simpron, WW Clark CA Clark, Mrs Sutherland, Mre Learned and danght . < Raymond J M Darand and In Riordan. J H Raymond and Indy, Joseph | i ley, Mra Brinkerhoff and two children, J | Parvieh, T Porrish, 1 J Piatt—2 in the steorage. ARRIVALS. } eton, in ship Grey Ragle—E G Qvines, T Bure. | From Char Buy all the Slaves. 10 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Dear Sin—With a view to test the honesty, sincerity good faith of William #H. Seward and his abolition | an condjutors throughout the non-slaveholding States, I pro- | mt rose that they Fall voluntarily assess their real an per- sonal estates ten ~ bee C3 the enc — ] ‘at the end thereof thoy will have a fund a! B yurchase of every slave in the Union. Will they bite at is bait? It is, whether wo ever get a nibble, ‘Yours, respectfally, Fr. P. a Huth For an wavanen of WOge, | if Thad any liquor: T said s ‘The friends of the Nebraska-Kansas bill are sangt | bills ahead of it, including the French Spoliation All these will have to be set aside seriatim. It isinten A number of the hurds, including Cutting, Walbri Peckham, &c., met at Marcy’s house on Thursday ing, and held aclose caucus. All softs were ¢3 braskaism. We are gratified to be able to chronicle renewal of personal relations between the hards and Marcy, and it is whispered that the latter has pro discreet, and have not lisped a word as to their new THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. FIRST SESSION, House of Representatives. ‘Wasuineton, May 6, INDEMNITY FOR LAND, BTC. Mr. Wasnmvrx, (whig) of Maine, presented reso of the Legislature of Maine, asking indemnity for taken to'carry into effect the treaty of Washington, in favor of the French Spoliation bill. Laid on the ta’ and ordered to be printed. RAILROAD IN MINNESOTA, ‘Mr. Srevens, (dem.) of Michigan, reported a bill to Minnesota in the constraction of a railroad in that ritory. Mr. §. briefly explained the provisions of Measure. Mr. Hamntroy, (dem,) of Md., moved that it be rej] ed. Mr. Mrzcuam, (whig) of Vt., moved that the Hou journ. Negatived by yeas and nays—one majority, Mr. Laxz, (dem.) of Oregon, appealed to the gointo committee on Territorial bills, as this was last day assigned for their consideration. Mr. Lercuzr, (dem.) of Va., moved that the House! journ. {i Agreed to—yeas 88, nays 65; and at half past 1 o’cl| the House adjourned. Steamboat Explosion and Loss of Life. | PHILADELPHIA, May 6, 18 The steam tow-boat Pennsylvania, while towing s¢|| barges from Schuylkill to Bordentown, about 9 o’cl |] last evening, exploded her flue, killing William Whitc\l fireman, Owen O’Meally, a drover boy, and two othit names unknown; also, nine mules and horses. der Williams, a colored fireman, and another unknc: man, were écriously scalded. The captain and m| were uninjured; the former leaped or was blown 01 board by the explosion, and swam ashore. Destructive Conflagrations. FIRE AT UTICA. | Uno, May 6, 1854! Roswell B. Smith’s drug store, in this city, was bu| at 3 o’clock this morning. Loss on stock and build about $16,000—partially insured. The building ¥' owned by T. L. Kingsley, The adjoining stores of Butle; Co., druggists, and Doolittle, dry goods, su(fered con| aerably by fire and water, FIRE AT OGDENSBURG. ' Oapenspvr¢, May 6, 1854 Three dwellings on Franklin street, near Ford, oc. pied by George Boyd, W. H. Young, and B.A. Watro ‘wore destroyed by fire at two o’clock this morning. loss is covered by insurance. All the furniture w | saved. FIRE AT BALDWINSVILLE, No Je Barpwivsvm1z, May 6, 1864. The tannery of Messrs. Phillips & Bently, with t office adjoining, and its contents, were déstroyed by f last night. The loss is estimated at from $12,000 i $14,000—insurance $8,000, Vote by Ballot in New Brunswick. Boston, May 6, 18 The first election by ballot teok place in St. John, N Brunswick, on Tuesday last, it being for Mayor of city. Tho result was as follows:—Oliver, (tempe 1,108; Smith, 768. Sxmacvaz, May 6, 1854. The first boat of. the season from New: York has: | rived at this place. ‘The weather here is quite cold and frosty to night, a: snow squalls prevailed during the forenoon. ‘The segar makers hold a convention here next week. The Charge of Rose Willams. ARSENIC FOUND IN HER STOMACH—THE HUSBAN HELD FOR THE MURDER. Coroner Wilhelm yesterday held an inquest on tl body of Rose Williams, wife of Andrew Williams, who: death was caused by taking arsenic, supposed to hay been given to her by hcr husband, for the purpose « destroying her life. The investigation was held at th Ivy Green, in Elm street, and the following testimon taken, which shows a very strong determination on ¢! part of Williams to destroy the life of his wifo:— Mary Campbell, sworn, said—I reside at 58 Duan] street; T have been intimately acquainted with tho de ceased for the past twelve months; she eame to live wit , me about four weeks ago; Thad un ‘that she her husband did not live ther at the time I first kne her, and up to the time of her death; on last Saturda; evening, about seven o'clock, she left and tol me that she was going to take some articles of clothing| to her husband, who was then employed as watchman on some ship lying in the North river; she did not return. until five o’elock the following morning; when I saw her come iu the door she appeared very ill t asked her what fhe matter, was, and she replied ‘that she got sea sick on board the vessel on which her husband was em- Ployed; "I told her elie had been drinking; 1 said so ecause I knew she was in the habit of doing she denied having drank any liquor, but said ber hus- band took her to come apartment {a the vessel which ‘was very dark, and gave her some drink from a pitcher, which he sald was tea: after drinking it she felt as if she was allon fire, and that she vomited a deal; he locked the door of the apartment in which he had her, and went on ; this apartment was below the deck; she was extremely thirsty, and could find no water, ana was compelled to drink the contents of the sho first drank from; her no water on board, and could not’ procure any for her; ghe asked him, Tor God's sake, to get some for her, which ie did; he 3 Pp my return found her sitting up taiking with her who left soon after; he came Taek again on Monday thé forenoon and afternoon: he ‘to her that he left $10 with Mr. Kellack, at the , for her, and {hat he would give her ‘$2 per week; when he came in the afternoon of that day, ke remained until the follow- Ing morning, and left about five o'clock; he the night in the h the same root night to give her drink, which he refused to do, saying he stopped there for the dy | of Pyar Nag toe ing any water, that she would be wit it; on the departure of her husband, in the morning, she’ re- uested me to give her rome water, and Tdid #0; having drank it, che commenced vomiting: #he had «doc some mi ; she husband eadled again to see her on We y evening’ the deceared, during that day, appeared to ya become n little better; when ‘she band coming up. stairs bed, ond said that she would that she was not bett mainder [ stood thi was no better; heart, where she felt her painand that her tongue and tx ta not she had taken any ave her two shi a ike wares ho atal Jen any food, and she replied she So roeece Pee ae, en} returned, bi wie bey oe be ‘tins husband ito the bowl aticed ic up t two teaspoonsfull of sugar up. Pod asked her if she would take some; sho’ refited, but he insisted, at the eame time promising to \iay her a new dress aud hat; she then commenced, ing ii and when she had taken about ti tents of the bowl, Cy ie et (| sined (he ssgpr, sare; was ch roe the sunt - 3 ha rked re wan cna in aX nagar; band malo Ly 3 ol Aes Ap “n’ be then gave deceased ant some of the tine, and, Daving Miseed his wife ond shook be well went ont to get; WI side; i gave her some of the