The New York Herald Newspaper, May 13, 1854, Page 4

NEW YORK HE James ae (DOs BSEVNET®, PY. orRIE OR AND BDHOR Ww. 6 NER @F NASSAU AND POULTON 873. sevececeeeM@s USE Porame ¥IX.. AMUSEN ENTS THIS RVYENING. | BROADWAY THEATRE ME—-CONNECTICUT LOUK BOW ERY THRO TRE, Bor Can Tne Teas Jack NiBLO'S, Brosdway—Trows Re pe—Paquira—Mevina, URTON’S TH way wink MwLan LLIN ERS. NATIONAL TYEATRE, rors Tous Casix—Evening—L Biver WATDA Wire Broadway — oG~Tkien Te ATRE, Chawbors street-Pomry Winks LY—Wanrep ON® PMOUSAND stham stroet—Aftornoon— vrae Kary—Maniac EATK Tune . Brondway—GRAaNprarier wove any MunpER s. EUM—Attornoon and B re—Anva, oa rue Cuivor tHe Warek. CHRIST'S AMERICAN OPRRA HOUSE, 472 Broad- snoPrAN MoZOPss2 wy CARISTY'Ss MiNSTRELE. wor Minar BUCS nuy's ST NICHOLAS EXHIBIMON ROOM—Wiurr’s Sere WADERS. BROOKLYN ATBEN AE! Rusow’s Qaaxp Concear BANVAILD'3 GEORSMA, 696 Broadway—Pawonama ov vue oly Laxp, WHOLE WORLD, 577 and 879 Brosdway—-Afternoon snd Brean. JONES'S PANTISCOPE—Aron1o Rooms. -Burlotts of EY’S OPERA HO! sortan Ovena TROY Ley ue Tom's Canin, SB, 589 Broadway—Buex tixeulation of the New York He week en@ing May 5, 1854. May 1 2 * 2 faturiay, ‘Total... Avempe ‘36. BLLIOTT, Superintendent of the Printing Departuneat, Whe Mass Meeting To-Day to Burn the Capitol at Washington. At five o'clock this af.¢ highly respectable merchants and hibit in the Park as the too's of the uuti-slay party in this State. signatures to the requisition which h noon, a small number of zens will ex- There are names among the on used to figure at the foot of more sensible and constitu- ud extreme violence on any question is sure to seduce tional documents; Wut enthusiasm is contagious, 1 a@ few moderate men from their moderation, and force them into 2 position to be thought of wards with shame. In this position now nd the Dnion savers of 1850 who this day protest a t the passage of the Nebraska Dill. The real originators of the meeting of this alter- noon—the only people who have anyUung to gain by it—are such men as Seward, Garr.son ¢ Greciey. They have » th Yong since. Reason wil r Whey must have other weny At Washineto they are trying to we out the patience o: their adversari to call in himger id sleep to their aid. Conevive the justice F eause which req forcing the House to = the cas we have all manver of panaceas ard thinks nothing ean but his ve the country Presidency. Garrison he satisfied with nothing But. disnnion. Gres lof these, but super adds the notion of hi da its inmates. {t is with « view to carry out this that the meeting of t fern UL The shocking injn abont to be’ pr: sd on tite North will be ¢ dow in the of un intlamed multitude, and Mr. G We have inc eley rot lack sympathiacrs. nil purpose here. nized to start in the tir A body of mene as to burn the itl might be allowed the clothes and pro per wiem- ‘1 bers as their usual fee in such cuses. ie Capiiol in ashes, and Congress dissolved by the destruction of its members, it is considered that Mr. Seward’s Presidency, and Mr. Greeley’s Secretarysh'p would be as good as settled. It is for this that the meeting of to-day is called. The Sews. The combat on the Nebraska bill in te slow was sustained yesterday ou both sides withoat the least indication of a desive to terminate it, uutil at half-past eleven o'clock last night, Colonel Rich- ardson proposed an adjournment in order t aiford the opposition a chance to deliberate as to the course they. desired to pursue. A debate oi an angry character sprung up, d a personal altercation betweea Mes Edmouston and Campbell was only prev interference of the Sergeant was restored, the carried by longest continue is on recor ending on F twelve o’clo when the struggle will be re id. The Senate met, but be thout a quorum, ad- journed till Monday. It is stated that the national democrats in Congress trom this State intend issuing an addre ing their position on the question of the organization of Territories. The steamship Canada, from Liverpool, arrived at Boston about ten o'clock ly ght. Her mails will reach this city this afte We have received additional ite thing of special im- portance. T! from the Feat of w state that the i completely evacuated Krajova, and that formidable operations were in progress, under the direction of Paskiewitch, for an attack on Silistria. It was reported that the smail- by the pr After notion to adjourn was put, and tion. 1c) This ended perhaps the ative body that t noon, and enty minates before ts at noon to-day, efi ie | advice pox had broken out in the British fleet, with great virulence. Omer Pacha’s account of the passage f the Danube is confirmed. One Russian regime ¢ was entirely destroyed, and two others nearly » } ‘The Turks retreated in good order, after exhaust, ed their ammunition. The Washington, which lett Southampton for this port on the 26th ult., had not arrived when our paper was put to press. nthe Board of Aldermen last evening a report in favor of erecting a building in the Park, on the site of that destroyed by fire la-t winter, was adopted. Six hundred thousand dollars is the sum named as sufficient for the purpose. The proposition to erect the edifice in Madison square was rejected bya deci- sive vote. The Comptroller, in a communication, pre- sented a charge of defalcation against an ex-depaty collector of assessments. ‘The sum involved amounts to nearly ten thousand dollars. Merchants complain of the scarcity of sailors and their growing insubordination on shipboe and consider the laws regulating the disciplin geamen in the merchant service altogether ¢ tive, and by far; too lax. As an instance of the danger to which ships and their cargoes x posed from the reckless conduct of seamen, the following statement was made:—It appears that are the Kate Cooper, valued at about $75,000, and with © cargo also worth about 5,000 mor : lying in Hampton Roads, Norfolk, bound fo. Liverpool, when her « Pesisa iut were pursued and carried back on board ‘the said seamen, while the ship was rid anchor during a gale, took a cold chisel and. nearly «vered the chain cable, which, had they sneceeded jn doing, the vessel and cargo would probably have gon’@@ Hore and possibly have been lost. Pind- | ing they could not finish ther job before daylight, they wrapped an old sailcloth | oand the cut iink. The ship hoisted anchor ani ailed for Liverpool. | Onreaching that port th» od cable wae theuwn ti 3 MENSTREDL HALL, 444 Broadway, Ereioriax | ward, and illegally made a false return ! of the number of votes potied for Alderman, was continued yesterday in the Court of : s sions, before his Honor Rev« Tillou. A fall re- port of this interesting case will be found in another column, The Board of Councilmen were in session last ey . Under the rules bills were read a into the hold, and a new chain cable purchased. A new crew was shippe |, «nd the vessel returned to New York, when, on biling out the old cable for found, for the firstt me, that it had been almost | severed in the manner sta‘ed. Had the Kate Cooper been overtaken by a storm in the Channel, before making Liverpool, and cast anchor, ‘he probability is that both ship and cargo, with the Lyes on board, would have been lost. It is said thet a radical reform ‘s needed im the discipline of seamen, both in the navy and in the merchant service. Onur files from Bermuda are dated to the 2d of May. The papers do not contain any news of either polit cal or loca! importance. With regard to the question, previously noticed, of steam com- munication between New York and Demarara, call- | + Nerma iaand Barbadoes on the outward and | homeward voyages, we find that the combined | court of the colony of Demarara has passed resolu- | tions pledging the colony in the sum of $15,000 for the purpose of encouraging intercourse by steam between England, Madeira, Barbadoes and Demar- ara,and the farther sum of $10,000 for monthly | communication by #team, between that colony and | New York, calling at Barbadoes and Bermuda cach waye The object of this proposition is to facilitate immigration to Demarara, as well as to afford for | mercantile purposes more regular communication | with England and the United States. Fiour gave way yesterday, especially State brands, which fell off 12h¢.a 18gc. per barrel. tra, with Southern brands, were ! | 'y and | ior to Common State closed at 88 25 a $8 50, A small lot Indian e. with soine Black Rock at $8 a $5 12. pu of Southern white wheat sold at corn was again lower, and exs' hase, Quo- | tations varied from Tse. 2 —the latter | for Southern yellow. About 20,000 bushels y in bill. | Moouey, and ipment to Li of Inspectors in the late election in the Tw nd adopted. disposed of in thi but nove aterest, pt to the p: The Board adjourned wnill Mouday even- A large number vf reports w oft bem were ties Interested x Cuba nal Spatie. Soule ihe Spanish government throws but little new tion at issue between Spain Stat Pp sent by the hit on the quy and the United ish Minister in ". Soulé’s demand reparation was a r ihe old ex- which has so ofien ad the, purpose of Spain, enabling it to wea and ultimate The government of Spain wanted move tin hear a Ciba. it When our ship been tires the Gove ry out our patience Ss jor redre frustrate our to been. So has have or our citizens imprisoned, | jor of Cuba has always wanted tine io communicate with Madrid, and the offici Mt Madrid have in like manner wanted time to communicate with the Governor of Cuba. Between the two battledores we have pla ining mt hy no means tal ilecork | lei that this sysb E itis | quite possible that Mr. Soulé may have ‘acted | duties ia a ereet foolishly uy such a point tht whether 1 ibly exer- material cont s it ister lo avert nduct for the * CONSE: last Caution ¢ dels I pP hasten the ten in the power of « fovei ier io anticipale the natural | course of events b eral yeas, as M. de | valette did at Constantinople when he woke up | the questi Shrines full ten year by the ted it; but ques tion whether M had any such power in his ha ism between the two nations clearly defined ir fact to be of any abiding | couciliution by words. it was quite clear that the rulers Spain itterly héstile | io this country t preferred | placing Cuba under the fou of France and England to ai rones ily to us it was also of th gh a mild course of perssasion on the of our Minister might possibly love elicited come tardy explana lous government of that nation po-= o such recommenda- tions in point of character or stability would have commanied confidence mises for the future fore th H Warrior ouir. vecurred, faith bad | become notorious throng hen ld: and the only sigas of vitality given ve Spanish vernment were We had ment, and menace; there nation to in) may hasten 0. their exhaus quict resig Mr. a trument of cireumsta ent in criticising correspoudener hintand the 5) wel cmething else besides ceupy their minds in con spanish quarrel, if the were able and willing and protect our honor. as General Jackson in the Presi have heard of the capitulatior } he ews’ Dxewue if w dei we mig’ Moro almost as soon as the seizure of Wa Warrior. Mr. Pierce pursues a diflervnt course tions of bluster and intrigue policy; and if during a fit of the form Vlockade of the island is threatened, we may pretty sure that, with the retura of tl ter, pusillanimity and trickery will regain At all times, Mr. Pierce is ready to sacrifice every consideration of principi onal honor. eouy ascendant, Such te in this case, will cost him me than he expects. The country is vow fully aroused on the subect of Cuba. Mr. Seward and his faction will of course oppo is measures; and so will those mercha cannot withstand a temporary comw embarrassment. but the Sewardites Wall street operators comprise but a very ll section of the American people—a ix traction of the body whose interests are to by advanced by the acquisition of Cuba. The 1 “e Western farmer, to whom it would offer a new | politicians towards Governor Seymour. market for his wheat—the Eastern manufac- turer who would find init market for bis wares—the Southern planter, whose fears of @ second San Domingo would be removed by its annexation—would poll fifty votes to their one. Besides, there is a higher consideration involved ihaa that suggested by the knowledge of the popular will, Our national progress depends largely on the course we now pursue in this | sale, and removing the padding of sailcloth, it was Guarrel with Spain. Our national character remains io be vindicated in the eyes of the world. With the single exception of the case of France under General Jackson, our national squabbles have almost always resulted in such a way“as to create the impression that we were easily duped, and slow to assert our ri | During the whole of the continental wars which preceded 1812, our rights were tram- pled under foot first by one, then by the | other of the belligerents, and for thirieen years we submitted to these injuries almost without protest. Our ships were seized, our crews imprisoned, our commerce paralyzed and yet we never retaliated. before we did, our national standing would not have been higher, and our shipping more re- speeted than the close of the war left the ? Then, again, no other nation but the United States would have waited for an invasion of their own texritery to make war upon Mexico ; or, the war ended, and Mexieo beaten, would have paid her for the territory bought with the ood of the victors, In both these caves, the esitation and weakness displayed by us arose from the motives now urged inst the adop- tion of a tirm policy with Spain, From 1800 to 1512, the merchants in Wall street and State street clamored against violent measures aad implored the government to deal largely in inoderation; then, as now, dreading a fall in ' their stocks, and a diminution in the demand for cotton. Everybody recoiects the, agony with which they heard of the declaration of war against Mexico. Their ships, they kaew, would be 3 aad privateers would scour the ocean under the Mexican flag, It mnst have | been quite a disappointment to some of them to eseape as cheap as they did. r them protesting by all means that the honor of the United States must be vindicated ; but, y. the precise time has not come . They will say so till the end of time— till the Cubaiis make a practice of imprisoning all the An wn citizens they can lay their hands on, and till a second Hayti is daly or- ganized on their shores. We say that the time has come, Destiny is dictating to the Spanish government ench a re- ply as will pre ale the event, Destiny in like manner is placing our inigrests in the hands of a man like Mr. Soulé, who, while he nuot make matiers worse thea they are, is likely to hasten a consummation which he could not have averted tad he tried. Both the one and ihe other should be put out of The nly sta wnlike view ---is policy looking to the sis of the United States asa ¢ Any other would ruin anthors, and degrade the country yet to see ‘how Mr. Berea will a part, we have but tittle hope. say quite pi ¢ indicat that which future inter muritive nation. Wits HH. Srwarp is cin Pinne pos ote vstoaNcy.——The prospect of the he party ri it w ir intention to let before they brought Mr. Sewant fatty ferward as a candidat the (resid . As it now sects probable, however, that the bill will’ pase within a few and » strong jug ot thas > and the little addi- 2 opinions, President, but which v founded for the gation of a nd wh flour- ished sires that Is lution of the Union | and the infidelity. Ona broad pit lich disunion and r foes William HL. the people of the y note the result. NECRSStTy ror A i the re- 1 made ney of our means for the insurance tot induced wari ducing a police consisting ome aave a sort of sre styled gh these are the “ir “e ul, they in to render substan- estir themselves have the present and u hody of paid y would which has ofa actis voluater the establ Five Marthal ; ties of to search ont and discover » The ¢ man who makes Alfred §, Baker, is endorsed 5 rf ial ieipal officers of th ‘ doultedly weil qualitied for the posi, We think the insaranece compas nicvscwould by yainers ty ree amount if t ribed fifty toa handred dollars apiece exch veoar, and employed Mr. I nd one ot two others to keep w noeendiaries, W should { Fag oT uy th i was ook after further to not elapse thrown on ‘The insur- the difference tit tof. mite € g his acts to other; but [ am not * TK ‘oc this purpos nist the fav errant the hie vinden fue in ov ‘ paternity cf the famous veto message, bat also in regard to the hostility of a few disappointed We therefore deem it no more than common justice to publish the above note of correction, Who can doubt | ; to-day that if we had declared war twelve years Now, again, we | neendiarism in | teps towards intro- | anee companies knew | War m Europe and the Declarations of ‘ussla— What are Russia's Prospects ip the Event of their Sincerity. The question as to whether K will suc™ ceed in attaining her political objects in the event of hostile action on the part of Austria and Prussia, is just now beginning to sagcert itself to minds that have hitherto regarded the adhesion of those powers tothe Western alliance as decisive of the fate of the present struggle New facts are daily developing themselves which very much tend to shake the contidence that the prospects of this combination hat inspired, and even the most sanguine of its partisans are leginning to feel discouraged at the little real progress that. hes been made towards bringing thoze powers to auy decisive course of action, For ourselves, we have never regarded the The Pr still less of Prussia, with the Western alliance as amongst the probabilities of the future. Even now, when we learn by the last advices that the Prussian Minister in his speech to tho Chambers has stated the policy of the government to be in accord with that of the coalition, we find it diffienlt to attach faith to any mere verbal decla- rations emanating from that source. As a test of their sincerity we need only point to the fact that the resignation of the Chevalier Buasen, the great partisan of the liance, has been accepted, and that Count | Bernstoft, the Minister to Naples—a man known to be devoted to the interests of the Czar—has been appointed to —*ecced him, Ta the face of conduct so inconsistent, and which has not only marked the course of both Prussia and Austria through the present, bat through former political complications, we shall not consider those governments as fairly committed to the cause of Turkey until we find their armies in the field in active co-operation with the forces of the allies. But admitiing the probability of such an event, will it succeed in arresting Russia in her meditated career of conquest? We think | not, and we will state our grounds for that opinion. It is notorions that the political sympathies and fam alliances of the courts of Austria and Prussian would have long since ranged them on the side of the Czar but for the appre- hension that encovregement and aid wonld be atforded by the Western Powers to the revolu- tionists of Germany and Italy. But in seckiag to escape from the pressure of this danger, they expore themselves to others which offer equal causes of anxiety. The minor German Powers have been lony jealous of their supremecy in the Germanic Confederatien, and have been for some time past endeavoring to obtain amore equal share in the control of ihe federal policy. ‘The influence of Russia is paramount at the Court of Munich, and owing to the close connection between the reigning fami- ly of Bayaria with that of Greece, which may | now be seid to be openly identified with the canseol Russia, it is certain that any course of policy antagonistic to the political leanings and interests of those governments will meet with either epen or secret hostility In the Diet; under a variety of preiexts. Should she fail in decid- ing the action of Austria and VP a in her faver, it is evident thas the only meuns left to Russia of connteracting and neuiralizing their | Lestility. is that of sewing the seeds of dis- seasion among the members of che federal union, and of holding ont temptations fo the ev and ambition of ity ste powers. task will not be a dificult one, for it is well known that the latter ave sojimpatient of the state of subordination in which they are kept that they wenld eveu look upon the dissolution of th action, aa means of emanci- je second inion with sat pat hemselves from it, and of aggrandizing | themselves at the expense of the leading States, The certainty thet, in ike event of the latter joining her eneties, Russia will immediately pour hee military hordes into Germany, will+ o far to stveagthen this feeling, for the ruccess of her arms must lead to a fresh territorial dis- tribution, in which those powers that cither openty sympathise with, or abstain from throw- ing weight into the scale against her, will be largely benetitied, But in yielding to the apprehensions of the rovelutionary bug-hear with which Lord Palmerston and M. Drouin de L’Huys hare | scared them, the goverr'mente of Austria and | Prussia aust be short sighted indeed not to that in conree th adopt | uly exposed to thie danger. Ht is ppose that the revolutionary ’ tin for the | rance and England over ae tirst they see only’ the wo tis, ed uuder the | ftims elective principle, whilst | in, the i her liberal policy at | home diction with her policy Vabroad. Englon diametrically theories of Kossuth el. The revolu- ible of this truth, ho ties know that the | opposed to the pe * Nicholas ai, and Mazzi | Uenary party und . Uh of potitical adhesion of the Austrian and J ments to the coalition, will be 7 condition that aid shall by ussian goveru- hased hy the Torsed n bor mous military strength of revola ry movements in their ! and they rat eel that the junction | y with Ra mild he } , for we have already \« veyual is the revolutionary party to \ the comb ernment Their best chance | of success, ithe severance of the | two principal German States from the eause of \1 & th % forward to the inciples ina state that into which Ger- the independeat ac- ond rate powers and their june- tion with the Ozer, if is clear that they will not teh he thrown hesitate for a moment in casting their weight into the balance to bring is consiumma- tion. Nicholas will not seruple to make the same use of them that his enemies would hav » himself the right of er em out of his path as soon as et shing done, te and weeding they have helped Him to ac plish his ob- jects. Turning now to the of military and naval operations, what do 5 whold, aiter all ern Europe? The beating idly ebout in the Baltic and Black Seas, capturing here there a sivay merchant. venturing to try their strength against the Russian ports. The French and English trow ving at Gallipoli by drib- lets, which by the ead of the year may make up the sum of a decent army of observation; but before then the Turkish forces may be alni- hilated and the armies of Russia encawped Beets man, but not frank and effective co-operation of Austria, and | Anglo-French al- | under the walls of Constantinople. What sort of support is this, which sends outa gouty aud | iacompetent old admiral to command in the Enxiue, and avaletudinarian marshal in leading strings, to direct the operations by Jand? It is | in fact Madame St. Arnaud that will be the commander-in-chief of the allied forces in the East. Well may the Russian organs insinuate that England and France have no serious pur- pose in the hostile demonstrations they have | made, Viewing these facts calmly and dispassion- ately, and divested of the prejudices that have been enlisted in the consideration of this ques- tion, it is impossible for us to avoid arriving at the conclusion that evn with the prospest of Ausiria and Prussia co-operating against her, Russia will still suceced in effecting the objects of her policy. In confirmation of this view, we may cite the opinions of no mean anthoriiy that of the first Napoleoa—who, from his rock- bound prison of St. Helena, saw with « pre- scient eye the events that are now transpiring; “In the course of a few years,” said that ex- traordinary man, © Russia will have Constenti- nople, part of Turkey, and all Greece, This I | hold to be as cortain as if it had alveady taken | place. Almost pil the cajqlery and flattery | that Alexander practised against me, was to | gain my consent to effect that object. I would not give it, foreseeing thet the equilibrium of Europe would be destroyed. In the natural | course of things Turkey must fall to Ro | The Poy it would injure, and who would op- pose it, are England, france, Prassia amd Ans tria. Now, as to Ausizia, it would be very | easy for Russia to engage her asststauce, by | giving her Servia and other provinces border- ing upon the Austrian dominions, reaching | near to Constantinople. The only hypotkesi: | that France and Magland will ever be al- lied with anything like sineerity, will be to prevent this. But even this alliauce would not avail, Trance, England and Prussia, united, cannot prevent it, Russia and Austria can at any time effect it. Once mistress of Constan- tinople, Russia gets all the commerce of ike Mediterranean, becomes a great naval power, id God Knows what may happen.” This re- | markable prediction is in the first stage of its | accomplishment, Pavr Juuey.—This wonderful artist will leave town to-day for Philadelphia, where he will give a concert on Monday. A warm welcome awaits him in the Quaker City. Narviona, Trrarke—Deare or seve Tox.*—At Purdy’s National Theatre, this afternoon, + Uncle Tom’s Cabin’? will be played for the last time. The performance will be for the benefit of thé clever child Cordctia Howard, who plays Eva. Mr. G. C. Howard, fa- | ther of the heneficiury, will play St. Clair, his original part, and sing the songs. We presume that the admirers ef this style of dramatic literature will not fail to be “in at the death.’ Marine Affatrs. Te: Carome Suu Erucsson has been floated snd towed around in the Exst river. The steam pump is constant- ly at work, which rapidly lighteu® the ship. For Evrov#.—The steamship Paciiic, Capt. Nye, leaves at noon to-day for Liverpool. She had 206, passengers engaged yosterday. ‘tm Stmursine byine Cry sailed yesterday afternoon | for Havana aud New Orleans. Narrow Ese. BE Steams? Crrovalpa.—The Bri- dish sere mship Cleopatra, whigh arrived at Port- land on ihe th inst., from Liverpool, had a very narrow , Which, but fer the presenes of mind of her com- tuted in ihe loss of the vessel and ali on boerd. avoring 10 enter the Fl. Lawrence tu rexel Quelee, whielt was her proper des- s her with bow, halt imunedi- stremp aiely ordered ail the passengers aud crow f the whip, which raised the bow eniiiclently to to be repaired su as to get into port. ed that the 0! with a similar acet it is much to be may lave ret nage result. LavNexxD—At Port J] dames ¥. & Charles L. 370 tens burthen, called the Thomas W. Oleot intended for the coasting trade, oud is owned b Renjamin ¥. Bourne, (er commander.) of M Mass., and William H. De Witt, of Albany, N. Y. teen other vessels, ranging from 150 to 45 now being built at Port Jefferson Personal Intellige: Hox, Otis Field and lady, Chicay orews, New Orleans; W. 8. Carter, vee and lady, Paris; W. Furber, and H. ? were among the arri Proadway. ©, Knight, Philadelpl d.; EK. L, a fine schooner of about May 4, Vy Messrs. ts ‘Thir- tons cach, are rter, Boston, Is yesterday at the Cooper House, ‘hia; B. McDowell, Baltimore; S. Panerofi, M New Orleans; H. Bancroft Texas; L. Bosle, . Thomas, ‘Richion'; Burr, Lexington, Ky ; rland, Harrisburg: J idge Wright, €incinnati, arrived yesierday at the St, Nichola». W. RB. Iverett, Boston; E. W. Converse, Boston; Capt. Cullum, U.S. Army: Dr. Prolain, Charleston, arrived yes- terday at the Prescott. Symmonds, London; J. Irvine, Mobile; M. Corbine, shington; . Bunn, San Pranci-co; Gen. Clerk, andy Hil; 7. H. Benton, Puiladelphia, arrived yester day ut the Astor. |. E. Cooley, N. ¥.; Hon. J. A. Dix, do.: Rev. R. c ; Salem, Mass.; J. C. Blaisdell and lady, Reston, W. Livermore and family, N. Y., were among the arrivals at ihe Union Pliee Hotel yesterday, Geo. W, Sharp, Kingston; E. P. Hewling, Philadelphia; i vlden and wife, New York; Alfred H. Preston. S. Frank Fiske, New Hampshire; Mr. and Mrs. eston; P. ©. Glyn, England; T. M. Matthews and ly, Nassdu, N.P.; L. Thomson, de.; Charles Francis noe Quiney, Mass., were among the arrivals at the rendon. ARRIVALS. Wo officers, ae oot March 12, Tiyoth rg, arrived at Liverpool Trom New Orlcans, in ship Vicksburg—Mr $ Lyon, lady ana servant, Miss Marior Storer, ro Fem New Orleans, in ehip Union—Mrs Ogdon, three chiloren and servant. Our Bermuda Correspondence. Hanivton, Bermuda, May 1, 1854. Shipment of the First of the Potato Crop—Freights at Prin- idad—The Wather—Health of the Islands, de. ‘The schooner Water Witch leaves to-day for New York with a cargo of potatoes aud tomatoes—the Arst of the crop. The brig Tornado leaves to-morrow for the same port, With a similar cargo. I donot think she will be quite full. ‘The crop this year is not half what it was last year—not that they have not yielded well, but thot the quantity planted was much smaller. The bulk of the cre} is not yet being taken up, being not quite ripe. 1 fear that in the anxiety to ship them, many that vo per Water Witch end Tornaco may not be lauded in the v, dest urder ; but the next shipment (a sufficient time b ing olowea to cure them) will, no Coubt, prove excellent. Should the vessels have quick passages, I dare say they will laud the.r freight in good condition. [have just in- spected some potaines that are peing put oa board the Water Witch, ond they are all that the most fastidious purchaser could wish. Gur onion crop will be emall this year, bat of goo! quality. They will be ready for pulling about the middie of the present month. ‘Lhe schooner General Grant arrived last evening frow Trinidad. 1 understand that freights there were £6 per ton. There were no vessels there to tale the produce aWuy—buttwo thousand out of thirty thousand bhds bed been “Dipped. ‘The sebooner Rio (derelict) is in this harbor, and his wen tehen charge ot by the Court of Vice Admiralty. 1 suppose that on the return of the Curlew trom New she will be claimed by ber owners. ‘Uhre conviets mace their escape last night from the estublishivent at Bous island. They took charge o a boat s+, Exq., bat in getting out of the barber they grounded, and had to quit her, They are now abroad ‘on the islands, but will ly soon vetaken. = * Jer Mn esty’s brik Daring and steamer Buzzard have lett this part for Halifax. The schooner Bermuda is still here refitting. ‘ ork, | ‘the hot weat is coming on us fast. Many persons few a revurn of the fever this year. This is very natu- ral, form burnt child dreads the fire.’ I think the conrtant succession of rains lest year had a good deal to the unheal hy state of the islanas, Weare ry reason this. Ido not think roe to an entirely healthy state e epliemic, a8 a sickness of some Un Filday lest nineteon soldiers of the Seth regiment, were rentto the hospital with dysentery, which came on after a march. x. Jonathan C. Richmond of Still River, has sued the Provicence and Worcester Railroad corporation for $5,000 as compensation for his own injuries, and for the loss of his wife by the accident in August last. ) Henry W. Sou City Intell = Pree iy W\cKER StREET.—At about peven o'clock last evening, a tire was discovered in (he tne! floorof rear building No, 86 Walker street, eecypied ty @ chairmaker named Amos Kendall The firemen were ‘ery and succeeded in confining the flames to where the | originated. The damage was ostimated at about $400, covered by, an insurance in the Paciiic for $400. Tamu Rarmroap.—The ears now run regulari, through to Albany over the New Yor and Harlem Tai Mayor Wrsververt.—Mr. T. H. Welciaa, of waageihie, has engraved » ver) well executed bheness of Mayor Westervelt of this city, from a daguerreetype by Root, of Broadway. The work was execoted expressly tor the Demecrasic Monthiy Magazine, anc is worthy the notice of al! the admirers oi our present chic? magistrate. ‘Tor Taxwany Socmry.—The anaiversary mocting of thet Tammany Socicty, was held last night at the grest wig- wam — The attendance was very large, and the main and only business of importance of the evening, Was the inauguration of the eflicers chosen at. the last election. The mevting adjourned at nine o’elvek. Miitary —Orders have been issued for an election for Lientenant Colonel nud Major in cae 69th regiment, to supply the vacancies occasioned by the reeinations of Lieutenant Colone! Doheny and Major MeBirney. The election will be held on Tuesday, May 23, Cee Intel a. A Desperate Thicf—Atiempt to Kill a Policeman.—Be- teen twelve and ihe pepe sph Thursday night, a thief was discovered coming from the house 151 Vorty-ninth. street. The alarm was given by two ladies, whem the fellow, who had a piece of carpet in his haud, dropped it, and ran off, closely pursred by officers Green and Slott, of the Zwenty recond ward police, In bis sight he was met by officer Cronk, whem he dodged, and eseaped, although the policeman strack him several times with his club, but without knocking himdown, He continued to run till he reached the Fighth avenue, when be was | captmred by policeman Kiernan, of that district, whom he turne] upon aud cut with a razor, the weapon taking: effect upon bis ear and cheek, inflicting a bad wound, The desperace then struck the officer acroas the hand with the razor, euttinga frightful gash. At this moment: Kiernan struck his auversary on the head with his elub, knocking Lim senseless to te ground. He was taken to the statin house, where he was attended by Dr. Moal- leter, who als} dressed the policeman’e wounds. At last | accounts the prisoner had wot been restored to conselous- ness; consequeatly bis nemo nor auything conneetad with him could be ascertained. The police subsequently conveyed the prisoner to the New York Hosortal (or wetical treatment, It is feared the oftieer wi use of his lett hand from the seterity ef the the back, severing the leaders, cab across Sexsey City Urtetligence. Tar Frrecormne.—The Boart of Chosen Precholders have expericnced considerable difficulty in getting or- ganized, which required two sessions and nearly sixty valloftings. ‘They mect at the Court-hease on Werlnes- day. The following are the members of the new board:— Jersey City—Firet ward, Minot C. Morgan, David Smith; Second ward, Jacob J. Banta, Samuel A. French; Third ward, Nehemiah Knapp, James Gopsili; Fourth ward, jacob B. Schenck; Bergen, Mindert Var Horn, George Viceiand. North Bergon, Kaward T. ar- penter, Abrebam W. ‘ea; Hoboken, Benj. 8. Taylor, Wm. (. Arthur; Harrison, Cornelius Shepherd, Wm, S. len. The candidates for Divector, which is the {tle appliet to the presiding officer, were—E. T. Carpenter, (dem.) of North Bergen, Direotor of the late board, and M. C. lorgan, (whig) of Jersey City. There is a whig majority of wo ies in the bourd, but fifty-two ballottinge were had on Thursday withou: effecting a choice, and they ad- journed. On Friday the board met again, and on the ftth: ballot Wm. ©. Arthur, (whig) of Hoboken, was chosen, the former candidate having been dropped. Tux Covrts.—Hudson County Court of Oyer and Termi- ver.—Judge Haines presiding. The criminal calendar was taken up yesteriay, Wm. Barr and Joba Sraneiseo were arraigned for trial on an ind'ctment arising from am affray immed'ately after the late election in April, in which Matthew Pradley had ihe sight of an eye destroyed, and aleo indic‘ed for asseult and battery in the same affray. For the prosecution, Gen. Wright, District At- torney, and E. B. Wakeman; for the defenee, i. W. Sead- der and R. D. MeClelland, Jr. The forenvon wes oceupied in entertsining « motion to quaeh the imictment. The Judge denied the motion, and, late inthe day the Court proceeded to take testimony. It will probably be con- cluded to-day. Voruxtary AwARD.—In the care of the widow Connor, who sued the New Jersey Railroad. transportation. Company for damages, for the accidental.deata of her husband, the Company have given her $200, notwith- standing they cained the suit, and were put to $500 ex- penses in defending it. Witlamsbu: Intelligence, Frrrs.—Vesterda: g, about hall’ past i o'clock, # fire broke out in Messrs. Lounsberry & Co.'s camphene and alcohol distiilery, in First street, foot of South Fifth. ‘The fire originated in the still-house, in whieh there was about fifty barrels of camplene and alcohol. The inside of the building. together with the contenis, was destroy- ed. Py the exertions of the firemen the flames were confined to this building. Loss about $12,000; insured for $5,000 iu New York companies, $2,000 of which is in the Beekinan Fire Insurance Company. * About IC), o’cloe!: on Thursday night, some goods in the show window of Messrs. Uhiman & Brothers, No. 192 Grand street, caught fre from the gas-burners, but was, soop extioguished. * i bout $200: innured. Dur- ishing the fire twelve silk umbrelins were stolen. Wasuiseron Navy Yanp.—We leayn that be- tween five and six hundred hands ore now employed at * the Navy urd, und that fresh ones are daily added. The thene? for t isto be bo tion of tion of vea, ecently » abbs of steam machinery are + tho Washington yard, he af The blacks mfib shop fe and the piles have been driven for the <All Is industry in the eastezn portion of plenty of work at the Washington Navy Yird.—Wasaington Senginel, May 12. Growrn or Wasurxetox Crry.—Tie new a: serancut of city property in Washinguon, exclusive ground, stocks, and Uanking eapital, areounts to $10,- 579,205. ‘This is an increase of between four and five mii lions over the arsessment of 1849. The government pro- perty is exempt frem taxation. The News says the as- sessivent of ground, stocks, and banking capital, wild probably amonut (0 $15,000,000 more, showin an average advance over the essessment of 1849 of nearly one hua dred per cent. The slaves in the city are assessed at 249,165, the furniture at $1,232,450, the improvements at $9,212,220, and horses and carriages at $41,010, Matis sor Europe. THE NEW YORK HERALI—EDITION FOR RUEOPE. The Collins mail steamship Pacific, Captain Nye, wil? leave this port to-day at 1: o'clock, for Liverpoul. ‘The Earopean mails will close in this city at half-past ten o’clock in the morning. The Wersty AgRAtp, (prinied in French ond Raglish,) will be published at half-pas nine o’oloek in the morning, Single copies, in wrappers, aixpence, Subscriptions and advertisements for any edition of the New Yor& Herac will be received at the followiag places in Europe — Liyrrrvot..John Hunter, No. 2 Paradise street. Sonpon,... Edwards, Sandford & Co., No. 17 Cornbill. Wm. Thomas & Co., No. 19 Catherine street, Pakis......Livingston, Wells & Co. 8 Place do ls Bourse, Court Calendar—This Day. stad States Lustrrcr Court.—Motions, and Nos. Sv and 8. SUreRioR CouRT.—Motions and decisions. ComMON PiRas—Part birst—Nos, 828, 820, 830, sso 0 884. to 884. Common Preas—Part Second —Nos. 699, 753, 739, 749, ‘742, 510, 744, 778, 779, 828 to $27. The Broadway Calamity.—The andersigne? gratefoliy acknowledge receiving from Mr. Josep! Wacter, Proprietor of the lager bier salcon, No, § Duane sires, ¢ uuored and seventy one dollare snd fifty conts, bing the Teeeiota of his suvoon on Friday. May 5, which ho cener. ashy lersigned committer, to distribmte »mong the elatives of the victiing of the ia they have di “ Ed. Gillespir . Patric v. Jobn mal “ Hugh Hart... JOHS MARTIN JOHN WARNER, you will of Gentlemen's Hats, §) are new ing rapidly, at RAFFERTY © LEAS S at their uaal- ly low prices of $3 and $4; equalto aay in the city. Tin; Yo, 67 Chatham, and corner Chal aa geri ding ann’, jo called for inceasantly.. Lok tn at store ard’ see the crowds with which it (# constaattt toroned, Such 8 seepe wan never betore wisnesood fn ay in this city. GENIN, 214 Broadway, 9 - pls mei Porite St, Paul’ The wish for the Wide Awake Mat stt ceetinues at GENLA'S, 214 Broadway, opposite St. Paws “Chureb. Friends, Countrymen and Lovers of an eb- hi font and easy fittin du yourselves justice by ¢ at So. rk how, Your wishes and t gardive a batexn be gratiied Price and HONIWELL & BREWSTER, fashionable hatters, Dovid’s Hats are all the rage tn the fi Lionable world, If you want « bat light and eaay to ‘ite try one. Salesroom is No, Wi Broadway, soot door froia Duane street, Brttiiant Career! Freeman, the Haft, No $0 Fulton street, introdnees this day his eummer isles of gentlemen's bats, consisting of y extra iigb¢ molorhine, extra die felt hate very tole the aot, tween