The New York Herald Newspaper, May 9, 1854, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. WPriCH N. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON STS. | uct in an attempt to violate the neutrality laws we publisbed in the ast intelligence om Califor- nia, bas been indicted. Capt. Watkins and Major Emory, of Walker's filibuster expedition, have been sentenced to pay a fine of $1,500. Another attempt will be made to elect a Un'ted States Sena- vee MO. 18T Ire rue Custom BROADWAY THEAT' Or LeEN eo Tux Counrry——In ‘TON’S THEATRE, Chambers streot~Tue MARRILD RIBLO’S, Brosdway—Page Mepisa. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowe was—Uncie Tom s Canin— Pa | THEATRE, Chatham street—Uncie Tom’s The strife between the Broderick party and its op- | ponents ran very high. Stephens and Sierra Nevada. There s nothing of special nterest from Oregon or Wash ngton Terri- tory. Governor Stevens, of the latter, came pas- senger in the Star of the Wes ater ntelligence | from the Sandwich Islands is also received, but there is nothing of importance. srcan Baorn- Done For. LACK’S THEATRE. Broadway—Farrt Heanr Wos Par Lavy- Heaure ar Pavir Kin on AMPRICAN MUSEUM—Afternoon—Havpy Man—Do- wurric Booxomy—Even mg--Anwa. GHRISTY’S AWERIC*N OPERA HOUSE, 472 Broad way Ermiorian ieee. BY CMRISTY'S MINSTRELS WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 44 Broadway, Erniorras Tom's Canin. | yesterday engaged n taking additional testimony for the prosecution, in reference to the seaworthiness | of the Falcon and the condition of her boilers and Masteeey—Burietta of U: on's | engines. The witnesses—one of the firm that built BUCKLEY'S OPER HOUSE, 599 Broadway—Bvex’ , ‘2? Ve*el, the boiler maker, the engine maker, and wavs Ermorian Oren a TROUT. | the person who put the epg’nes in the ship—gave SP. NICHOLAS EXHIBITION ROOM—Wiire's evidence, of course, favorable to the prosecutio: a pies f the steamer Empire City, te BROOKLYN ATHENAEL d—Brecw's Guan Concent | seagoing qua ities of the Falcon, Our re- PANVARD'3 GEORAMA, 59 Broadway—Pancaawa | port of the proceedi: crowded ont. ore ner eaee We have in type severa! reports of anniversary gl 2OLE WORLD, 577 and 879 Brosdwoy--Aftornoon aud to omit } interestir hing, owiag to the pr tor upou our colamis, includine the © of the Union T z “<hool Union of the } | | teformed Protes- | pee eeeres i) church, os au bl vadelans papmencreatuadl, eyes The Board of Aldermen met last night. ‘The Wes token up yesterday in the House, and the bills | Consnittee of the Board was instructed to de which tood be on the docket were postponed. plan for publishing the official proceedi The opposition contented themselves with calling vertisements of the city in py of for tellers on cach motion—a manc:avre which does | cuiation,” without a disregard of the twelfth sec'ton em to. have been attended with any very be of the amended charter. is desirable toy am a tach . ae aac: BOE spi was the municipal adverticements and proceedings, ia have gained such rtrength that confident hopes of | oa. to vive them ceneral lation, the corpora- he bill this week are entertained in I hard) } -. , tion must pey accordingly, As matters now stand, t was hardly to be expected that | 15.0 jusingsa of the Corporation will soon be brat sti ‘al sentiz: Nd re ma s constitutional page ater nave mw | toa halt, t cannot legally gress in £0 short a time; but the votes of yesterday | yithont advertising. Alfred Carson was nom! show that, in spit he nee of the ant hief frene ‘ Chief Engineer braska press, the bull of our sentatives rem ment Seithfal, if not to the The Board of Councilmen were in. session? la the great duty of s a fair trial, This is mot | cycning, but no business of importance was tran the place or the hour t# discuss the extraordinary sacted, although they were in si 2 until a late vote given, as are told by the national demo- | jou, crate of New York; but they have a reckoning to aay jury in the Superi give, and we hope they will be able to render it in t of $3,600 ayai . nner. The following is an analysis ach pro- for ated f the Croton Aqueduct Depart in onstitution, at all events to grivi st the Hudson River Railroad r p death 2 gentleman ton, in Nov., 1853, This is an exempla verdic miserable and unsastained defence | thatthe deceased was drunk at time the Lerorompic . ox | ceurred, aud that he was tierefore acces- ae je is own death. This calumny on the dead, Democrat red in the presence ©: his afflicted widow and Aiken Desder Was properly repudiated by the Judge and Batley, of Elliott the railroad company was amerced in the Bayly. of Va. oe 7 Barkedale Court, Gene m, Which will be found ander the Boyre Shower | : jaa E Breokevridgs pingleton | legainews. The case of Heilbronne, the late fug ane baht ih ta | from Eng rought up and the Judges ex Pe teas pressed that the charge against him did not Ssanton, Vanenut of the Warren Millson Wright, of Miss, {-SEAVEHOLDING STATES, divn, against N. P. Willis, for libel, was on the or Comman Pleas calendar yesterday, Uut postponed fora day or two. Damages were laid at $20,000. The trial of Clara Hayes for the murder of Doctor Lutener is stillon, The ease for the prosecution is pot yet over. The report will be fonnd in another column. The Cuban Question In Earnest, Whatever be the exact position of the nego- tiations between the Spanish government and our Minister at Madrid, it is quite obvions that BLAV EIOLDING : Whige Bugg. Collum Etheridge the vexed question of the dominion of Cuba is 7” soar Cp oe approaching « point from which a final solution Bar Good may not be far distant. It is possible that the Sines si administration may lack the courage to avail chandler. me | Uiemeelves of the opportunity which the pre- ht - sent conjuncture affords; and Mr. Soulé may Dicks u la a Walley Bees } c patel by ome act of his, to complicate a Secvbares Paster Weetiure owe, | matter which under ordinary circumstances amis a Pennington Wentworth, of Mass | might he very spee fly settled. But we doubt ‘ ATwS. | whether either the one or t.e other will exer- cise much influénee in retarding the natural progress of events for any length of time. The S-SLAYERIOLD Porkins, of N Pratt our donee, of N. ¥. | Cuban question has been too lo: before the zen Gaespend') | Eee at 0, | public for it to bopossible to ¢ elay its solution Pheri ba hy temporary expedients or diplomatic shifts. Wells iy. ocm, | Lhe bulk of the American people, whether entworth, 0 ; pce Wheeler rightly or wrongly, have come to consider it a Free Soite se(tled thing that Cuba must sooner or later be- ES eee come incorporated into the Union; and while faaine | they have never wavered in their hostility to Democrats from siave States filibusterisnr, they have constantly nurtured in “ free States 1 their pasts iet convicti na en Whigs from slave States, | their ‘own bre asts a quiet conviction th at wh free States #2) the time came for its acquisition, the United 85 Mer ni : is 1 | States would not let it stip. It is in the highest —_ = | degree futile and unpractical to meei this ¢ Total 109 86 | viction with arguments haved either on the im morality of seeking to acqu’re Cuba, or on the danger of admitting it to the confederacy. These are poluts which have been argued, wetgh d’senssed, and decided. Theor lly, ofcourse, the popular decision cannot add to or take away from their abstract trath or falsehood; but practically, it renders it quite absurd to raise them again and again, or to tell us, at the present day, that we aught not to acquire Cuba ifweean., We have made up our minds tha we ought; if we are wrong, the wrong be upon our own heads, The wisest thing that professors of morality and exponents of whig conservatism cana now do is to exert their in- fluence to render the sequisition peaceable and speedy. The Seward party are wasting their time when they try to convinee us, in May, ls54, that it would be a bad thing for the United States to plant the stars and stripes oa the Moro Castle. It is very shocking, no doubt, as Carlyle says, that the opinion of a thousand ordinary men should outweigh that of one mau of genius; but in this world’s economy, n better way of ordering matters has yet bi devived, and as the thousand men jgy this coun- try have decided in favor of acquiring Cuba-— a fact which Mr. Seward will hardly venture to deny—the minority, however wise they may be, have no choice but to yield. Whether the present be or be not the proper time for carrying this popular determination into effect, is another question, All things coa- sidered, we think the chances are stropagly i favor of the present imbroglio leading to im in the Senate yesterday Mr. Douglas presented a memorial signed by over five hundred clergymen of the Northwestern States against the Nebraska bill, and took occasion to make a speech similar in tone and temper to the letter published by him on a like occasion some time since. A communication was received from the Secretary of the’ Treasury giving a statement of the amount of government securities redeemed since March 3, 1853. The whole amount called in is $18,813,714 75, and the premium paid $2,657,002 93. The consideration of the veto mes- sage was postponed till Wednesday. Mr. Gwin made another effort to” get the Pacific Railroad bill taken up; but it was again thrown over, by a vote | of thirteen to twenty.four. On the motion to take up the Homestead bill some discussion arose, dur. ing which Mr. Cass expressed his regret that the departed Webster was not present to give the mea sure his successful support. The motion was finally rejected by twen' y-seven yeas to fifteen nays. The fifteenth anniversary of the General Synod’ Sabbath School Union, of the Reformed Dutch Church, was celebrated yesterday afternoon. Owing to the vast number of children now attending the achools, it required two churches to accommodat thm, end the exercises took place, at the sam time, in the building on Lafayette place and in the church at the corner of Fifth avenue and Twenty first street. Both were filled, and some very elo- quent addresses were made to both teachers and pupils by their pastors. Perhaps the city will not see so many happy, smiling and intelligent children collected at any other anniversary during the week, ae those assembled on this occasion. A ful! report of the proceedings is given elsewhere. We have received an early copy of the report « the Select Committee of the United States Senate in relation ‘o the Gardner and Mear claims The report is fulland voluminous, inclading nearly four ned, execution. The grievances of wich we have hnndred pages of letters, evidence, ete., etc., but we to comin’ » neither imaginar nor fee no points with which the readers of this paper |.” “PMH are nel aaa u isolated cases. Our commercial inter have not already been fully acquainted. The telegraph is a very useful institution. It used for all sorts of purposes. We frequently re ceive advertisements and subscriptions by this modc of communication. An advertisement of stolen rail road bonds came to us last night, all the way from LaWrenceburg, Indians, which brokers and other should read. Annountements of marriages an deaths come to us in the same way. Rooms in hote! are engaged by telegraph, and thieves, forgers an murderers are headed off by a flash along the wire The trial of Bower and other counterfeiters, rv cently examined before the United States Commi sioner, was commenced yesterday, before the Cirenit Judge, Hall, course with the largest islaud oa our const= has been repeatedly interrupted by th inalice, the ignorance, and the absolute perversity of its ¢ lonial sulers, We have time after time expostulated, but invariably find ourselves referred to a government thousand of miles away. Some explanation has occa sionally followed our appeuls; ut even thi- has been so dilatory as to be worthless to us vd entirely without effect on the authorities o th: island. Upon this state of things, we re- quest the government of Spain to empower her colonial governors to settle cases of dispute is which we are compelled | of which the sure of other | “al Seminary,and | slave trade. or Cont yesterday returned a | | nor, swallow any | liquor law veto written by Nicholas Hill, he | tration in November next. | Well, the State Committee will .meet on i eee ea ONAN The steamship Star of the West arved. ‘ast | hereafter to arise between them and us: 80 that night, with intelligence from California to the 15th the reparation may follow the in ury without ult, The news ‘s of little interest. The Mexican nnecessary loss of time. Acc rding to the Consul at San Francisco, an account of whose con- jest information we can obtain, this request is \ refused. Again, we have strong circumstintial evi- dence in the decrees recently issued by the Spanish government in relation to Cuba, that England is exercising a paramount influence at tor during the pres nt session of the Legislature. Madrid. Those decrees are framed to suit the views of British state men, and are, we know, The news was brought entirely opposed to the whole tenor of Spanish | down on the Pacific side by the steamers John L. policy. Now when the British an French governments applied to us to enter into a treaty with them, whereby all three Puw.rs were to bind themselves not to interfere with Cuba, they based their application on the assumption that the exercise of paramount influence in The court martial in ‘he case of Major Wyse was Cuba by any one of the three would be dan- gerous to the other two. But if the exercise of paramount influence by the United States in Cuba would be dangerous to Great Britain and France, how much more dangerous to us the protectorate Which Great Britain seems to have | obtained over the island! If Lord Joha Ras- sell ventured to intimate that England would | prevent our interfering with the colonial gov- | ernment of the island, in what terms ought we to express our sense of the British usurpation | decrees are the first evidence? We must not confound these decrees with le- gilimate measures for the suppression of the They are «imed far at the truflic than at the institution; are intended to make {ree negroes, not to diminish slavers. It estimated that one-half the present slave population of Caba will be liberated by the e- | fect of the registers. Now, in two points of view, this reeult will be an injury to us. The iistory of Jamaica enables us to say contident- ly that the emancipation of the slaves in Cuba will destroy the value of the island, and with it, our prospects of adding a fine State to the Union. Furtbermore, the erection of a second San Domingo on our Southern shores would be an obvious thorn in the side of the Southern States. With these facts before we have to de- cide whether we will in our present negotiation with Spain pursue our former policy of con- | ciliation and concession, or act as Great Britain would do, were she in the like position, Had we such a man, for instanee, as Lord Palmerston at the head of our foreign affairs, there cannot be a doubt that Spain would be driven from her position in a month at farthest, or Cuba would be ours, Even with the admin- istration we have, we think it by no means un- likely that something serious may grow out of tho present complication of affairs, Unless the President and’ his Cabinet are prepared to uit, and submit to any injury, seme step must be taken ere long which will materially alter our relations with Cuba. In cireumstanees like ours, rashness is often for- given to a government; timidity never. Presi- dent Pierce had better err on the bold side than on the weak one. Vacillation will ouly strengthen the hands of England, and embolden Spain; a firm energetic course of conduct— (he repeal of the neutrality laws—the recall of our minister—might attain the end we seek without bloodshed, and might secure us the possession of Cuba. Either of these termina- tions to the imbroglio would be a benefit : and o long as England and France are at war, no other need he feared. 1 less A New Move--Tie Barssurners oN Tite Wixe.—A secret circular has been issued. cal!- ing together the Barnburner State Committee, to meet at Albany, the great cenire of all cor- rupt politicians, on Wednesday of this week, the 10ib instant. The members of this State clin have never seen each other's faces since their appointment at Syracuse. The recent | seeret visit of John Van Buren to Washington had for its object a consultation with Marcy as to the programme to be adopted for the ensning campaign. It has been decided to drop Seymour as the soft candidate for Goyer- Notwithstanding the implied contract, that in ease he would sign the prohibitory should he re-nominated for Governor, he has been shoved aside. The barnburners and softs having used him as long as they desired, now thrust him unceremoniously aside, for the pur- pose of changing front and preventing an actual show of the strength of Pierce's adminis- Wednesday, at some lawyer's ofice in Albany, j when John Van Buren will issue his orders for calling a Siate convention. An earlier day | will be selected than the 12th of July, the time j set by the hard shell convention, A nomine- | | tion will then be made whieh will greatly em- | barrass the hunkers; for the softs will take up | and adopt the only available candidate now in | the hunker ranks—and that is Judge Vander- hilt. Yes, singular as it may appear, he will he placed hefore the people, without conzent, | | as their apparent candidate for Governor, only for the purpose of forestalling the action of | the hunker convention, and preventing that body from also adopting his name. His name | will be thus formally announced; but very few | will vote for him on the day of election. Judge Bronson having openly declared that he will not permit his name to be used, the bunkers Lad uearly unanimously settled upon Jndge Vanderbilt, the father of the amendment of the constitution providing for the comple- tion of the public works. But in case the Larnburners nominate him, the hunkers most assuredly will not, unless he peremptorily de- clines the soft nomination previous to the 12th day of July. Even then, it is very much doubted whether the hunkers will touch him after his name has been used in the baga- burner convention. Then, without Bronson or Vanderbilt, who have the bunkers left whom they can adopt as a candidate for Governor? Mr. Cutting’s name is freely spoken of since the prominency given him by his Nebraska coup «état. But previous to the incoming of July matters may take a turn in Congress which may change the current. At any rate, the policy of the barnbarners in calling their State conventfon a week or fortnight earlier than the hards, is an adroit movement, Their action, we are well aksured, will very nich embarrass their very loviog democratic opponents. The only way is to alter the call from the 12th of July to an earlier day. Will Mr. Schell take this matter under his special consideration? The harnbarners will get the start if you don’t look out. Marine Affairs, SrkaMeMTP ARABIA.—This mail packet will leave Boston to-morrow, her regular day. Her parsengers and mails will leave this city this afternoon. For BERMUDA aNd 8t Thomas.—The British steamship Curlew, Capt. Sampson, left at her usual hour yesterday, for Bermuda and St. Thomas, with fourteen passengers, Niblo’s Garden—Commencement of the Season. ‘The re-opening of this eiegant and popular place of entertainment ‘ast night, after extensive alterations and enlargements, amounting to almost an entire reconstruc: | tion of the house, drew together the most fashionable | and numerous audience that we have ever seen assem- Died within its walls. As soon as the doors were opened the crowd began to pour in, and athalf past seven not only was every seat filled, but it was difficult to obtain even standing room on the stairs and lobb es command- ing partial view of the stage. Although the result of the recent improvements been to furnish accommo- — dation for an additional usand perfons, hundreds | ‘were obliged to leave in disappointment. | The description which we gave on Saturday last of the | alterations etfected in the general arrangements of the details on this subject. with the previous inspection of them permitted to us by the courtesy of the lessee, we own that we were not pre- pared for the brillianey of the coup d’wil presented by the theatre, when the effect of the multitudinous gas lights was brought to bear upon the decorations. Whilst all the resources of art have been lavishly exhausted for the purposes of ornamentation, the spare employment of body colors bas prevented them from degenerating into meretricious effet, and the extensive use of white end neutral tints imparts 10 the pannellings of the walls and compartments of qhe ceiling the light and cool ap- pearance esvential ina place of summer resort. With the drop curtain, although very Weautifully painted, we were leas pleased. he allegorical figures which occupy centre are too minute for general effect, being de- ulty from the back part of the theatre. ‘The tone of the top drapery also appeared to us rather harsh, although ' ail ether respects the drawing and i treatment of the design leaves mothing to be de- ‘These, however, are small faults, when we find nptations induced by liberal expenditure, kept r control by the dictates of correct artistic taste. The reappearance of our old friends, the Rayo, and cf thet charming and graceful dancer, Mille. Yrea Mathizs, had of course as much infuence in attracting e overflowing audience of lust night, as curiosity to how far the glowing descriptions of the transforma- tions offected i this favorite theatre, previously put forth by the lessee, corresponded with his announce- ments. The promises of theatrical caterers so frequently. belie their execution that the public may well be excuse! for fecling rather skeptical on these points. In this instance, however, the general feeling seemed to be ther of unqualified satisfaction and approval, and with good reason, for the alterations and improvements that have been just effected have rendered this theatre one of the inest elegant and comfortable in the world. In point of lobby accommodation and ventilation, none of the Lon.ton or Paris houses can at all be compared with it. ‘The entertainment selected for this occasion were the pantomime ballet of \Paquita,’’ and the fairy pantomime of Medina,” both of which elosed the last season of the Ravels. We have already so fully noticed the plot and tired, ensiruction of these pieces, and the theatrical going | P public are so familiar with them, that [tie unnecessary for us again to enter upon the task of describing them. ‘The Ravels played with their accustomed spirit, and the dencing of Mad’Be. Mathias brought down froquent chow- ers of bouguets, Some new corypives from London and ris have been added to the company, and are likely to ean acguisiiton. This remark applies more especially fo M'le. Franck and Mies Tiibnan. The former ay ed rather neryons, Lut acquitted herself newar the gratification of the audience, who greeted her elforts with frequent applanse, Wallack's Theatre= «Much thing.” Shakspeare'’s comedy, “Much Ado About Nothing,” was played at Wallack’s last ening, for the first time this reaso wi Mr. Wal- Claudio; Mr. Blake, nolis as Don Pedro; Mr. Hind, ippendale, as Antonio; Mr. ¥. A. Vincent, as Verges; Mrs. Conway, as Beatrice; Mrs. Connover, as Herv, and Mrs. Stephens, as Ursula. Mr, Wallack has not previously appeared during this season, and he received a warm weleome from a crowded and distingu® audience, The performance was gencrally creditable to the theatre and the artists, Mr. Wallack’« performance of Benedick is familiar to all play-goers. He seemed in excellent condition, and dashed through the part wiih all the vivactty of five ant twenty. His interpolations ‘are, however, ot jec- fionable, as it is the general opinion that Bepadich has enough of smart things to say ar bis partie written by Shakspeare. The interpolations to which we refer are introduced in his soliloquy in the garden svene, and at the end of the first scene in the fourth act. Mr. Wal- lack’s conception of Henedick is perfect, and bis actlog of the part abounded with beauties. Mr. Dyott’s Claudio was excellent—the best we have ever seen—a well re well acted performance: and in his best scene (in the fourth act) his denunciation of Hero was given with a degree of earnestness which added muck to the ef Mr. Flake was not happy as Dogberry. He was slow to tediousners, and was imperfect in the text. His idea of Dogberry seems to us to be a misconception; he chuckles over his own mistakes in the charge to the watch; whereas it has always been the opinioa of the best crities, that the fun in the character was in the innate stupidity of Dogberry, who thinks that ders are pearls of eloquence.. Mr. Reynolis «poke the lines of Don Pedro sensibly. Mr. Hind, who played Don John, has bad figure and bad delivery. His articula- tion was so muddy that but « fow words of the part could be understood by the audience, Jie should aleo remember tha} the bastard was a quiet, cool, calculating villain—not a ranting, stilted scoundrel, Mr, Chippen- dale and Mr, Vircent bad small parts and J them weil. Mr. 1. Thompson was cast as Leonato, and he played during the firet end second acts, when he was snddenly taken ill. The remainder of the part was play- ed by H. B. Phillips, who was very clever iu it, Mrs. Conway played Beatrice. for the first time, and, every- thing considered, she got throvgh credit to herself, She dresse] well, and gave the lines understandingly, She mae none of the usual points, and though she gave the sharp lines their full off did not seem to have the “merry heart”? that Don Pedro accredits her with. Mrs. Conway always seems tobe straggling to get above the character she represent er | actions lack the ease and grace which are essential ele ments in high comedy, and her laughter does net seem natural. Under Mr. Wal ¢ management she has made great improvement, but she is not yet a good com edy actress We new scenery was ca scene; the management of. lack as Benedick; Mr. Dyott, as Dogberry; Mr. as Pon John; M:. with it with pital, particularly the gordon ight and shade on the *flas”” was highly artistic. The dresses wore not up to the usual mark of excellence at this house. In the fret, ni] third aeis, ali Me characters except Bone dick and Peatrice seemed to have bed difficulties with th ir tailors, We must add a Word of praise for the execution of the song, “Sigh no more, laiies,"’ which was capitally given by MP Muste for Summer Evenings. CASTLE GARDEN AND THE NEW OPERA HOUSE-—MAX MARETZER. It is stated that Max Maretzek has been offered the management of the new Opera House, Fourteenth street, atan anaual rent of $90,000, Mr. Hackett refaged the lease at this rent, with the avditiona) condivion that the two hundred and fifty stockbolders should have a se cured seat at their disposal at every performance, ani this right (o be transferable. The contrast was sent to Mr. Maretzek, wecorting to the Zribune, by the steamer of the 6th. It now remains to be seen whether or not he will sign it. Castle Garden is being arranged for the ex mmer season, which Jullien will inaugurate next Monday. The saloon will be much better lighted; new dressing rooms havo been built, and the fresco painting will be renewed. Jul- lien will give fifteen concerts, and retire to make way for Max Maretzek, who will arrive here about the first of June, with such artists as he has ngaged during his so. journ in Europe. He intends giving a eerie: erat!: formances, to continue through the samm: Thus it will be seen that the comparative duiness ta the musical world during the winter wil! be fy for by the avalanche of attractions whieh will be of» during the summer end eutumn ped oan | Naval Intelligence ANNIVERSARY WH. Exhibition of the Pupils of the New York In- stitution for the Blind, ‘The anniversary exhibition of the papils of the York Institution for the Dilnd was held yesterday a. noon at the Broadway Tabernacle. The audience, mostly } of ladies, was very large, and deeply interested in the ex- traordivary performances of the blind pupils. Behind | than the imperial the platform the pupils were arranged, in number about ‘ seventy-five, males and females, between the ages of ten ‘end twenty-five. The females were all dressed in white, and pink ribbons, and attended by their teachers. By | tbe organ were seated the members of the brass band of | the institution, numbering twenty instruments, and com- | posed entirely of the blind pupils of the institution. | Gos, | When the audieuce were seated and the pupils arranged, | house, renders it unnecessary for us to enter into farther | Pleased and gratified as we were _ Ado About Now | y), the Rev. Dr. De Witt rose an’ ®pened the exercises by a brief but impressive prayer, followed by an address to the audience, setting forth the affairs and objects of the institution, delivered by T. Coupex Corer, the Superintendent. He said:-—La dies and gentlemen—In presevting yearly our institution and its objects and attainments to the pudiic, we feel that year by year we can show a greater amount of usefulness attempted, and of good results obtained. Some twenty years since the institution was in its int its means uncertain, and its advantages unappreciated by those it At this moment there are over one hun- blind persons connected with the estab- 6 our regular State pupils, supported at the State, we have biind children seat We Yishment. the expense o to our schools from all parts of the eouutry. hsve them from New England, from from Michigan, from Louisiana, ’and from the Brit. ish Provine: With a beautifal avd commodious pbuilding, of 2 simple plan, 89 that the bliad ean move around in it with as mueh facility as the seeing; with capacious workshops, with our means of doing good increased by the liberality of the State, we now refuse as- es | countercd, ought to ex ; Rever knew & mean ma" among them, New. Jersey, | sistance to none of this unfortunate class. For those who | have lost their sight in mature life we pro meut, so that they can do muel: towards up, i selvisand tl families. Those between the ages ot twee and twenty-five we receive into our schools and biuss hold, educate them, and teach them m add trade. Here they are happy— it not for their ultimate advan to see them leave us. After a course ef ins tion of seven years, we push them off tho roost, and send them forth into the wide worl! to try their fortunes. Some seck their native towns and vi and become respeciatle and self-dependen Others, homeless and friendless perhaps, flaiter bie te the mother institution. Butoursystem is not to » still farther those aiready weak and helpless by re; our desire is to give them strength of soal and boly to rive above the disheartening circamstances of their lot; ‘and for this ‘reason when they return to us, we do not admit them into our housebcld. bat require them to ide employ. dwell without our walle, giving them employment in the | workshope, which will abandantly support them: and | we pow have around us @ band of hardy and contented blind work people, whom you may see in the morning ing wending to and from their lodging nous listening to the sounds #f the busy life in the streets, and delighting in @ wovld which their education has en bled them fo comprehend. But much ins to be The number of blind’ people in our s sis but a smfil proportion of the whole number inthe State. Ig- norant of the means of ubtaining admission, the listless- negs and wapt of energy of those unfortunates before they come into our bande, the natural but weak and seltish affection of thei for the sorrow of their cld age what might be made its their yelicf. Whatever their officers can do, is done. Letiers and messages are sent to all parts of the State. Personal remonstrance {s noi wanting. But upon the public, and upon those presont, we now call by their indi- vidual ing which raises the most timorous, helpless creature on the face of the earth to the full stature social position of aman. Butamid our prosperity we have met witha heavy los» in the death of our venerable President, An- son G. Phelps. Posse sed of every Christian virtue, of active and untiring benevolence, he was to those blind children more than a father. In his lifeti ping in between us and impoverishment. in he has remembered us, and is now, we trast, en- Joying the rewards of the good and just made perfeet. ‘his address wae listened to with much attention, and en Mr. Cooper had finished, the exercises commenced. The children were examined in arithmetic, geography, history, and reading with reised letters,and showed them: selves fully acquainted with these branches of study. Several airs—‘ the Katydid Polka,’’ by Jullien, “A Turkish Muarch,”’ “‘A Quick Step,”? &.—ivere performed by the brass band in attuirable style, and frequently called down the plaudits of the house. Asolo on the piano— ‘Shower of Pearls’—was exqui- sitely performed by Miss Anna Wood. An original poetic address, composed by Miss Frances J. Crosby, was deliver- ed with ine effect. Some idea of the literary ability of these pupils con be formed by the following pretty song, composed by Mise Crosby, and sung yesterday by the children of the inetituti SPRING SONG. Jadsome note is sounding, tT hi}l and dale rescunding. Le dreary storms are o'er; Cold winter has deparced, ond, light and merry hearted, We tread the fields once more. ‘The laughing zephyre, blen With pearly showers deacen Ww r € roses bloom. sporkling streams are flowing nd sunny smiles are glowing, We'll breathe their aweet perfam>. ‘The robin’: early numbers Shall call us from our slumbe: To bail the morning’s ray. And whils the dew drops listen, We'll haste her song to listen— Away, away, away ! A dost wes admirably performed upon the piano by ©, Van Houten ene E. Hall. To view all these performances by those who were lo prived of sight—the first of all the senses—not ovly sur- prised the audience, and frequently called forth hearty applause, but excited their deepest sympathies ; and while the blina pupils were delighting the company by their music and their songe, many wept for their great affliction. There were on exhibition for the examination of the andience, willow baskets, sewing, knitting, &c., all the work of the Ulind, and done with the greatest skill. The exhibition closed at about 6 o'clock, When the meeting adjourned. American Seam Friend Society. The twenty-sixth annivgrsary of this Society was cele- brated last evening, at the Broadway Tabernacle. The audience was very large. The ceremonies were coumenced with a voluntary on the organ: after which, a prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. Wyckoff, of Albany, and then the hymn commene ing “Star of Peace! to wanderers weary,’? was sung by the Fourteenth street Presbyterian Church choir, under the direction of Mr. 8. Lasar. The following is abstract of the Society’s annual report, read by the Rey. H. Loomis, one of the Secveta- ries __ This Scclety is charged with the duty, under God, of gir- ing to the ob h the ompire of the sea, A 0 he Bosrd of Directors presont their twenty-sixth mi nul report with mingled feetings of sadness and thanksri jug: sadness for failucee end judgments; thauksgiving for mereles and Fuscessee ii ie Past your bas be oulia ond wrecks, and disasters, ona des ief flis many a@ strick: luster thick around the m arked with slorms, yn the sea cou! iS he thirty vwo mis: Which tice shall we reckon ‘hem—or, indved, oherous ses—among the living or the desd! Vhs wr m bers, while not emeiically exact, are believed to be ne so often, in the past yosr. 2] the whirlwind, aud the des, and we—ard the society ey they reiterate others, y tual improvement of ramon. tome. ‘They wore never ad, are no better,” say “We th Cape never bad so tineh diflenity to man ovr ehii rermen, b, many. It1+ admitted t! vastly more error, in all the truth, and expose the cis @ little ons of the ordinary cour: mente, and pois out— respond irst, come of the obstacles jn the way of tho reform of seamen. Secondly, the advance of the reform by ¢ Soviety’s operetions turonge Sve through ited cuxil- h the oo opecation of kindred ¥o- eport expores somewhat wt | the way of reform found in the soter ¢ the depressive gove hue incompetent agen i religious india our control, but t the loudeet' com p It review’ s the Soci Je citizens of the countries ocoupied fields. Most of sealously and successful: i al the chaplaing and missionaries a ly laboring Sa 1 in the conve: U. 8 sloopof-war St, Lo from Naples, arrived at Constantinop! March 24. News row Havr1—We have advices from Hayul toApni 23. Two Haytien gentlemen, arrived in this city, * stato that the account brought to this couatry by vessels at New York and Philadelphia, that war had broken ont between the Spanish end of the {slant and Soutougue, and shat the latter was preparing to invade and conquer the furmer, altogether incorrect. The basis of the story was, that the Spaniards at Kaster are in the habit of tIsiting the yraves of those who have fallen in the horder contests. Ihe Haytiens, seeing this movemont and fearing on invasion, sent word to the capital, and the troops were sot in motion, but on the trae state of the case becoming known the orders were countermand- ed The conntry is quiet. ‘The Emperor intends soon to visit the north, "At present he is in the market baying " § coflee, ond paying in paper money, seventeen dollars of Minas he) worth but one in 4] » Coffee uence high, selling for $120 Haytien currency per 10) ihe. The people ofthe island are at it almost to- tally dependent upon the United States tor all the pro- Visione thay copanme —Borton Prarei’er, Vey 6. yor has been |, in twelve are on deposit belon ve days Tisbio the teen conseow' oar, Povited exclusively by them—iecte sia’ show some faprov mont. the treseary dari ag the year end- 491 anincre: soot Sana er the ine! sooietion on the seaboard and atthe Wi amount in tho negregate to over $80.00 & toro expenses, Losider over $05,007, raisad mont ot it ducing, the past two youre, for tho croction of sailor's h mes and be-hele. After the report waa read, the Rov. chaplain at Rio de Janeiro, addressed the meeting. commenced by moving the publishing of the rey said that the American Seamen's Friend Society was 8 light in the binnacle, and he rejoiced that the daty Je volved upon him to move the ore) of the resolution he held in his hand. He spoke of Rio de Janeiro, and the mpertance of thn! station ase ebipping port, where y2s- Re Ke r parents, holding to their hearts , protection and comfort, in this as in other countries | event the blin’ irom flocking to the institutions for | es to forward this beneficent undertaking, | fields, and i al of them | ve dielte, and in several of them cule Ssous oii seat at the world congregated. When lirst went to Rio he was net permitted to boardthe ves- sels in the harbor, but through the good services of the | American Minister, thi ‘idiaulty was obviated, and he was shortly after ed to board any ship, and distri- bute tracts to tl foreign, as home mission society. The American marine posed of men from all’ parts of the world, and to well was them the seriptures were given, He mus! say, however, Mat no government was doing more for foretgn sailors The speaker the veroment of Bravtl. murder Bla papers. He said that t! ardeued he bal ever seen; and he deseribed in ent Lerma bis sub-eqceat repentance. He has now prisoner to California, where he wil! bo tried for crfne of mu 1 he said, before leaving, that he could net plead ? for that would be a tie, He (the speaker) believed t his, under the blessing of owing to the Aimericaa Seaman's Friend so AND, D.D., said that the discour serted, the Society had en- ‘e¢ its members to redoublet exertion for the future. Uo amnsed the aulteace with vere] ancedotes, end couctaded his remarks amit great applause. A sacred song, “O! Thou Omnipotent,” by oy Wallace, was here eung by Mre, Georgiana Stee isi much taste and feeling, 4 ‘The next. speaker was the Rey. Philadelphia, and customs of the sailors. The Rev. J. P. Curd agenenta which, it w T. BRrarsany, D. D., He spoke npon tite life, habit lal ‘They were ® noble class—he Ho elyoeated the propriety of having chapels at foreign ports, in order that the:ailor might be met with the Gospel’ wherever he went. Libraries also shoul! be placed in ships, that the sailor might carry instrue!ion along with him, After an authem bad been sung by the choir—the solo by Mrs, Georglanna Stuart— The Reverend GW, Pernuxm addressed the ey 4 Ve havl said over and over again all that he coald say in the cause of the sailor, ant his arguments yaust be fa~ miliar to wany then’ present. Every Christian man should consider what he can do in advanejng the great work of the Evangelization of the world, rale of Christian benevolence is to love oar neighbor.as ourselves, It is commeree which brings to these shores the wealth of the world, and it is ‘uere:ore incumboat upon the all in thelr power to itute seamen—ihe reat n- strument in advancing their commereiul prosperity. The channel for Maing good is to be found in the American Seaman's Friend Society; and the conversion of ne set man, who is here to-day and there to-morrow, has more influence upon the world than the conversion of ten men who live at home. This Society is not conteat to bless the sailor at home, but it f. him abroad, and sonds the gospel to meet him wherever he goes.’ Wherever been oa . goed number of ships ri ce |, there this Soviety is ready to wide the for the sailor. sdebigdestoncnee ide At the conclusion of the reverend gentleman's speoh the Doxology was sung; and, after the beusdiction wis pronounced, the meeting separated, MEETINGS TO BE HELD. The following list comprises the various societien- , Which are to hold their anniversaries in this city during Si J.C. Fusco, | | a seldort of the present month :— TUESDAY, MAY 9. Anniversary of the American and Foreign Christian Union, at the Tabernacle, in the morning. American Foreigo and Ct ristian Union, at the Broa1- way Tabernacle, at i034 A. M. Addresses by Rev. Dr. Green, President of Hampden Sidney College; Rev. Mr. Kirk, Rev. Dr. Bethune, avd Rev. Dr. Dutf. Anniversary of the New York Sunday School Unior Society, at the Broadway Tabernacle. New York Colonization Society, in the Duich Reformed Church in Lafayetie place, at 74g o'clock. Addressee from R. R. Gurley, Rev. Mr. Peterson, lately trom Africa, and others. Anniversary of the American Swedenborg Printing and Publishing Society, at 8 o'clock in the evening, at the Eleventh street Church * City Intelligence. Tur New Gor Preces —Adams & Co. brought to tl city yesterday afternoon 25,000 in the now turee dollar pieces, fresh from the Mint. They are for cireulation, and merchants and others can obtain them at A. & Co.’ office in Broadway. Young Mex’s Democratic Rerusuican Gextrat, Cowser- xn. —The lar monthly meeting gf this committee regu | was held last night at the Stuyvesant Institute, The at- | tendance was quite numerous, C. Godfrey Guather being in the chai; ‘he princi, al business of the evening was appcesrs acommittee of three to engage permanently suilable rooms for the future meetings of this committee. The old rooms were only enzazed till the first of May, and it i¢ now necessary to make uew arrangements. The above committee are to notily each member of the Gone- ral Committee of whatever arrangements they may make. The meeting then adjourned. Tue Bowron Crry Guarn.—This company of soldiers, which our citizens will remember made a visit to our city in the early part of last winter, as the guests of the New York City Guerd, have just issued a handsomely litho- graphed set of resolutions expressive of their thanks for the favors extended to them, while on that visit. Their resolutions are fifteen in number, and refer to the New York City Guard, first and fifth companies of the Na- tional Guard, the Mayor and Common Council, the press, and various gentlemen who showed them particule tention, ‘Ibe resolutions wie well drawn up, and fora o memento well worthy of ihe occasion they are intenaed to commemorate. . Comme t Morning ix May.--The tempera‘ure ot 4 A. M. Sunday, 7th inst., was down to thirty-three degrees, or within one degree ef tue freezin: point, northern ex- posure lo a thirsty vorliwest wind. in tae eddy of the atmosphere, south, the temperature was the < higher. This is the lowest (em; eratore we have reeor ted in the month of May in hive cousecutive years. Further north, and in low places, near by, the temperature mast have been below the freezing point. ‘Ime CooreR House, Beoatway, has reseadly changed hands, having been ned on the firat instant by Mr. John li, Goodwin, formerly of Bixby’s Hotel, and recent- ly the manager 07 the Comper House. ‘Th's hotel will hereafter be conducted on the European plan, the rooms oly being charged for, ami meals will be furnished to order from the restaurant, which will be opeacd in afew days. Mr. Goodwin in a competent and ol ag host, and we commend the Cooper House to oar travelling iends. Fisu.—The Long and Staten Islands shad fishermen have, for the last two days, caught (instead sof shad,) in their gill nets, enormous qugntities of large sand por- gies, » circumstance which has not occurred for forty years. It is supposed the fish bad become lost, in conse- iiuence of the mudiy state of the water, occasioned by the frechets. Supreme Court. May §.—EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS FOR Tis BAR. —The Court J. Sherwood, Edmon Blaokman and have appointed P. J. Joachimasen, Esqs., examiners of applicants for ad- mission to the bar. ‘The examination to take place on Thursday wext, at $34 o'clock. Piel Betas usr Malls tor Barope: THE NEW YORE MERALD—KDITION FOR SUROPR The royal mai) steamahip Awsbia, Captain Judking, will leave Boston on Wednesday at 12 o’elock, for Liverpool. ‘The European mails will close in this city at quarter before three o'clock this afternoon. The Weexty Axra, (prinied in French and Rnglich,) wiil be published at balf-past wine o’clock this morning Single copier, in wrappers, «ixpence Sadscriptions and advertisements for any edition of the | New Yors Hina will be received at the fullowing placer im Enrope — Livsrroot. John Hunter, No. 2 Paradise street. Lospow....Rawards, Sanford & Co., No. 17 Cornhill. Wm. Thomas & Co., No. 19 Catherine street. Livingston, Wells & Co, 8 Place de ia Bourse The Three Pictures:— Jvr14—The golden sun was shining meridian bla ‘as made the ogether and evil mixed, brief sitting, was fixed alt pie perfect : ivtures are 80 perfect, ay ve mart have been to ROOT. Magnificent daguerreoty pes tekon in all aorts of weather | at Root'e premium gallery. 363 Brondway, 1% 1-2 Cent ucrreotypes=Rees & Co., jctury makers, bave taken two han the celereated cheap pl y-hve cent pictures since thoy first ew German 43 Hew in Amerien, and are now Pryrages, to tal housand daily, The eal ES Mon as) Brosdway, one block above Taylor's, (ormerly of w—=There is no longer question in re= to the merita of the dagverre: irtists of New York. tures of BRADY in ever, ee where they bave been exhibited, have herve + Im of excell 1 tpeake for itecif, ‘Nos. 205 aud 380 Broadway. World’s Fair Medals at the London and New York Crystal Palaces were received by BRADY, in both instances with special commendation—an hoor paid to mo other artist. Hi Professor Rese & Co., 289 Se Koen Broadway, a which they now offer for only ahil- 1 competition Our friends Feporte, representing ‘ig 3 PRU! e Planos.—T, Giibert & Cows World's Fatr emium with or ‘without the g@olean, with trom. way. monthly pay- Pianos and M at the Great Masical catabinbment, of HORACE WATEMS, $33 Ww iter then can be for the Catted States, Sntey th of admission to New and Popular Yaste.—“Oh Ise $0 Wick- 4," jowsrd. Am artistic aud comical de song, by Geo. C. ih jeation of the character of topay. le Torn's Cabin” apa of Mx in ‘Leantiful lith ‘Topsy, jase, Piet cal AMing® fate } Postage ww HORAC oadway. N. fe went by nother Coliection In the Old Dae Gallery —JOHUN KEUSE will bay A losing sales” Leetion of pate tit wee we ue on y Tbarsdey ana Friday event Pele 1k considered to ‘be the Nees’ onilection ever offered fox sale in this elty.