The New York Herald Newspaper, May 18, 1854, Page 5

« ¢ NEW YORK HERALD. | JAMES GORDON SENNETT, ; PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. @VPICE N, W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON 873. | Wolame XIX. AMUSEMENCS THIS EVENING, CASTLE GARDEN=M. JoLuiEn’s Concent, THEATRE. Bros¢way—Kino or rik gSROADWAY, ,Risanc back 50n PivE BOUNDS, POWERY THEATRE, Bowery—SarvateR Rosa. NEBLO’L, Broetway—Avnierne, THR AcTR ESS. BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers street—Wite OaTo | AemonEve. NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham sfreet—Srers to @nime—5ea OF ice. WLLACK'S THEATRE, Brosdway—Tax Revr Davr- & Niow Fram. QMERICAN MUSEUM—Afternoon—Tux Roee or Brr- wer Vats—Evening—Anxva. OR Tux CHILD OF THE REOK. GHRISTY'S AMERICAN OPERA HOUSE, 472 Broad- wey—Brusorsan Melons ay Cunury's MrnsTRELs, ‘WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 444 Broadway, Ermioran wwraxisy—Burletts of Uscis Tox’s Cavin. KLBY'S OPERA HOUSE, 839 Bresdway-“vea aura Braverias Oyama TROUPS? “ OF. NICHOLAS EXHIBITION ROOM—Sorrrsonsvi0n er Moscow —Venrarroquism. WHOLE WORLD, 377 and 579 Breedwey—Attornoce and rowers. SONES'S PANTISCOPE—Ar Mew York, Thursday. TO THE PUBLIC. JHE MEW YORK HERALD RAISED TO THREE CENTS PER COPY. ‘To Proprictor of the New York Henaup proposes to waisd the price of this journal to three cents per copy, Dogimaing with Monday next. He has been induced te take this step in consequencecf the great increase ic Abe-cost of paper, presses, type, materials-and labor of SD ‘kinds, which bas taken plece during the last few years. With the increased price he will be enabled to expend, in addition to his preeent expenses, $50,000 or 59€0,000 a year on improvements in his establishment, @wiracing new fast presses, capable of printing 20,000 ‘sopiee per hour—and also in-enlarging the circle of bis | provisions in the leant. SI LS ST TT Mr. Hodgkinson, referred to the appropriate com- mittee. “ Atthe usual advertising prices”—upon thore terms and none other should the priating be | done. As for the twelfth section of the new char- ter, it hasbeen shown to the satisfaction of every | one that a contract on the terms proposed by the | resolution may be entered into without violating its A large amount of routine business was trans acted in the Board of Education last evening, a re- port of which wifl be found in another column. No business was transacted in the Board of Super- visors last evening except referring a few bills, one of which was to an officer for $13 90 for-expenses in- curred in searching for Cordelia Graft, by direc- tions of Jus‘ice Stuart. Miss Grant was the com- plainant in the late prosecution against Malame | ‘with the Territory remain unrcpealed by ex- press legislation, with the admission of thie Territory as a State into the Union the ques- ‘tion assumes another shape, Congress had but ‘the limited authority of a guardian over the Territory —the State is a sovereign power. The failure of the local authorities, therefore. to repeal the Mexican laws, acquired with the Territory, abolishing slavery, may be con- sidered equivalent to the adoption of those laws by the Territory and by the State. Again, slavery is the creature of Jegislat’on. Able statesmen and jurists concur in this—that slavery cannot exist in a country where it has not previously existed, except by express en- Restell. “Ske Board adjourned to the first Monday in June. | On tho-Lnside pages “saay be found letters from our Paris correspondents; the Position of the Ger- | man Powers; News from Texas; Particulars of the | late fire in Baltimore; Intelligence from the Cape | of Geod Hope; Conrt Reports; Hoboken Affairs; Conmercial, Financial, and Theatrical News, &c. } The Nebraska Question—Highly Important | Movement at Washington. The telegraphic information from Washing- | ten, which we publish this morning, is of the | highest importance, considering the present evisis upon the Nebraska «question. Mr. Cut- ting, it appears, has hit upon a substitute for the bill befere the Howse, in the form of compromée resting pon the princi of the acts of 1950, in reference to the Territories of Utah ant New Mexico. This substitute, it is believed, without violent- ly expunging the Missouri restriction of 1820, from ‘the statute book, will answer every practical purpose of the present bill, in submit- ting the qnestion of slavery or freesoil in Kan- sas aud Nebraska entirely to the judgment of the people of those Territories, even to the ex- tent of repealing or ratifying the Missouri resirictien. It is scarcely necessary to remind our read- ers that the first bill of Judge Douglas upon Nebraska-, provided for the organization of but one Territory—Nebraska; that it did not pro- pose the direct repeal of the Missouri line, but awritore and correspondents, extending to the seat of the greet war in Eastern Europe and Asia Minor, to an extent hitherto unknown in tke history of American Joornaliern, The News. “Our news from Washington this morning isin portuat. A new move on the Nébraska question is apnounced, which it is thought will reconcile the @ifforent shades of party. ‘We refer to the des patches and the editorial article on this subject in anther column. There was an exceedingly inter- esting discussion in the Senate on the proposition tooremploy the Sentinel newspaper to publish the @ebates. There appears to be a desire to read. that purnal out of the party, and there cannot be much doubt that it deserves it. The proceeding: do sot inform us how the matter resulted. In the House the debaté on Nebraska was continned withou! the occurrence of any insident, if we may except a brief and terrific thunder storm, to brealethe monotony. Mr: Fillmore arrived in this city last eveniye froma Philadelphia. A full report of his recepti given. ‘Thewtearship Europa is dae «t this port, with Mater news from Europe. Scarcely a day passes but we are <alled upon te thronicle the total shipwreck of veazcls, often at- tended with a melancholy destruction of life. The toss of the ships Winchester and Argo and of the brig Byron was mentioned yesterday, and to-day the liet io continued. The ship W. H. Harbeck, bound to Mobile, with a cargo of hay, was totally | destroyed by fire yesterday morning while at ancl on the S. W. Spit, at the entrance of our harbor. The eaptain and crew were rescned with some difi- culty, saving nothing but what they stood ia. The ship Black Mawk, from Liverpool for this port, was abar ed at sea on the 23d ult., after being re- @uced to an unmanageable wreck. She had ei, bundred and zifty-eight souls on board all told, t bundred and fifty-six of whom arrived at this port yesterday in she ship Currituck. The remainder were taken of by the British bark Caroline and the ship Dirigo, from this city bound to Glasgow. Not- withstanding the large number of people on board ahe wreck and the violent storm which prevailed ‘but one life was lost, A full account of these Jament- able casualties may. be found in to-day’s paper. A curious affair is now under investigation before Police Justice Osborn, respecting a contemplated exposé of a secret Order denominated the “ Know- Nothings,” or in other words the “ Gaard of Liberty.” One of its members, named John £.; Elliott, has charged thzce other members with breaking into his office and taking therefrom the charter, books, money, &. Seme very remarkable developements are anticipated during hearing, which is set down for this day. An ant of the proceedings already taken will be found under the Police Intelligence. The Legislature of the State of Connecticut has Adopted anti-Nebraske resolutions. Terrible things are threatened by the clock pediars and onion growers of that doughty little commonwealth, but iti9 just possible the Union will survive the blast. ucus of the whig members of the LegiSlature, Francis Filiette, a fr ler, received tion Jor United States Senator in plac Smith. Mr. Matt. F. Ward, in a card addressed to the edi- ‘wre of the United States, which may be found else- where, asks a suspension of opinion in regard to the shooting of Professor Butler until a full report of the trial, nazy in press in this city We again refer to some very it from our & correspondents, to be found in another part of this morning's It will be cen thet the Captain-General is pir the issues decree emancipation farce, and proclmpation after proclamation, which go fe prove the existence of the secret treaty beiy ** that p rial nation” and Spain, notwii ing his assertion to the contrary. The news from Mexico—co contradictory in its details—received aby way of Hay is commented upon in an & rial orticle. We have received our Giles of papers Salvador, Central America, to the 24th The Gaceta is filled with congratulations and military officials, manicipalities, cities, districts, addressed to Sr. Don Jose Maria San Ma: tin, the lately elected President. Costa Rica, Gua: temala, and Nicaragua are represented as enjoying perfect tranquillity, and consequently the news |s uninteresting. From the Bahamas we have files of the Nassau Guardian to the 3d inst. The papers contain n news of interest. Marine disasters were vory ywent along the coast during the Jate severe ga and it was estimated that in the space of a night ending in the middle of April, about six hun dred thousand dollars worth of wrecked property liad been cast on shore, and M dred wrecked seamen had daring the disastrous perio Sixty thousand dollara have been sut Georgia towards the establishment of a line steamships to ron between Savannah and Ha The Board of Aldermen transacted a vast an of ordinary business last evening, but con nothing deserving of special notice. They to Friday evening at five o'clock. The Board of Councilmen met last evening. A resolution that the Hrratp be appointed one o the papers to publish the proceedings of the Coun cil, at the usual advertising prices, was : and, ales some yory sousible remarka om the suljess by at at least two hun. ed at Nassau bed turnedover the question of the constitutional- ity of that law to the Supreme Court ‘of the United States. The administration, through its Washington orgen, approved this bill, and depreceted the direct repeal of the Missouri compremise as unwise and impolitic. But a few days elapsed,however, when the motion for repeal, by Mr. Dixon, a whig, of Kentucky, effected a most surprising revolution in the position of the administration upon this ques- tion, A mixed consultation was called at the White House one Sabbath day, of members of the Cabinet, the Kitchen Cabinet, and of both houses of Congress, the result of which was to go the whole figure, and make the direct abro- gation of the Missouri line a democratic admin- istration measure. The subsequent vacilla- tions, exhortations and threatenings of the President’s organ end its echoes, in connection with the New Hampshire and other elections, andthe excitement in the North upon the.sub- ject, have brought us to this present crisis of hot exasperation between the friends and ene- mies of the bill in and out of Congress. We are upon the eve uf the passage of the bill, and yet there is no guarantee afforded that it will either redeem the administration or re-unit> the democratic party, or quiet the agitation upon the negro question, as readily as could be desired. Hence, we presume, the substitute proposed ly Mr. Cuiting for the bill before the House. Taking the Senate Committee on Territories at ir word—that the Missouri compact w: eally “superseded by the principles” of the legislative acts of 1850, commonly called the compromise measures—Mr. Cutting simply proposes to leave the question of slavery to the peeple of the new Territories of Kansas and Nebraska, including the recognition or practical repeal of the Missouri line, as to them may seem most expedicat and proper. And why uot? The Missouri restriction was an un- constitutional act. It has been thus far sul- mitted to as an exira-constitutional proceeding; but thirty-four years of submission do not make ita whit the less unconstitutional than it was upon the day of its passage. Transcending. as it does, the compromises, the grants, the reser- vations, the spirit and intent of the constitution, the law is nuil and void of itself. To propose i's repeal i8 to admit its validity; and this the South have never admitted. They have acqui- esced in the law as a.sectional bargain, extort- ed Ly the political necessities of the times. They would have continued to submit hed the North agreed to extend the Missouri line to the Pacific. 80 as to give to the South a portion ef Califor nia. The South proposed it—the offer was re- jected. The Missouri compact was thus super- the principles of the legislaion of resting upon the fundemental doetrine of popular sovereignty. in the progress of those instructive diseus- sions in the Senate upon the great question of providing laws for the Territories acquired from Mexico in the treaty of Guadalupe Hi- dalgo, there was a most interesting debate one day velween Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Webster, spon the local laws of said Territories versus » constitution of the United States. Mr. nn contended that over the Territories ac- from a foreign country, as over all other the Uniied States, the federal consti as the supreme law of the land--that. per rzeded all local laws in the Terri- with it; and that, as the Mexi- avery in the new Terri- confli prohibi were in conflict with the constitution, whick admits the equal rights of the people of al] the to an igheritance in, and tg ike ocenpation of, the Territories, these Mexicai jaws of prohibition were null and void, because they put the people of the South under the ban of exclusion from this common property of all. Mr, Webster, on the other hand, took the ground that the local Mexican laws of the Ter-*| ritories agquired continued to exist until super- seded by express legislation; that, consequent ly, the Mexican laws prohibiting slavery in the ritories should continue good by a repeal, or the authority to repeal them, in an act of Congress. Both these statesmen, we apprehend, were rigbt. Their respective applications of the law do not clash, in our judgment, when we come to analyze them. The Territories are the common property of all tho States. Con- O28, behalf of the States, has been given temporary sovereigaty over this property, salyeet to the constitution. Under this supreme law the people of all the States, with all their property, of every description, have the right to enter into and occupy the Territories; for be constitution makes no exception of any vale vor of any description of property what- cys, Bus if the local laws devived om Mezicg actment of the supreme authority. It must be recognized or established by law. It is an ar- tificial institution. The action of Congress in relation to the Territories of Utah and New Mexico in 1850, fally corroborates all these views. Between such constructions of the sub- ject as those of Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Webster end others, Congress fell back upon the constitu- tional sovereignty of the people, and submitted the question of slavery in Utab and New Mexi- co to the final decision of the people thereof, when they shall have organized themselves under the sovereignty of a State. Inthe mean- time, we perceive that the Territorial authori- ties of Utah, under their construction of the or- ganic law of Congress, have recognized the in- stitution of slavery, and there are said to be quite a number of negro slaves among the Morx- mons. We are also informed that there are slaves owned among the people of New Mexico, undercover of their Territorial organization. Why not? ‘Congress has no power to exclude slavery from the territories, nor can it delegate .a power which it does not possess. Southern men, therefore, with their slave property, may go into the Territo- ries, whatever their local laws; but the moment a Territory. assumes the sovereignty of a State, it-may admit or cxclude slavery, immediately -or prospectively, as it may think fit. If it does nothing upon the subject, the pre-existing Territorial order of things is established. If, for example, upon the admission of New Mex- ico asa State, nothing shall have been done repealing the local laws upon slavery derived from Mexico, they are in force, though inope- rative while the country was in a Territorial condition. Otherwise, slavery by the consti- tution, is extended with every acquieition of territory. Thus we recencile, then, the views of Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Webster. The rights of the people of all the States, with all their proper- ty, in the Territeries, are equal under the con- | stitution. Thus any local laws acquired with a Territory, excluding slavery, are of no effect. This .was the view of Mr. Calhoun. But if such local laws remain unrepealed upon the admission of such Territory as a State into the Union, slavery is prohibited in such Territory. for those laws are thus adopted, This was the doctrine of Mr. Webster and of Mr. Clay, And upon this understanding the question of slave-: ry in Utah and New Mexico was transferred to the ,udgment of the people, in the comprowike acts of 1850. According to thesprinciples of those compro- mise measares, Utah being the very first of the vhole series, Mr. Crtting proposes to modify the Kansas-Nebraska bill. And we repeat, | why not? If the Missouri restriction is uncon- stitutional i is a nullity. It needs no legisla- tien to repeal it. If Congress has no power to exelide the Southern man with his slave pro- per'y from <he Territories, it can do nothing but organize the government, and leave the subject of elawery to the people. It strikes ws that the propesition of Mr. Cutting is simple. clear and conclesive, and, must be satisfactory, if adopted, to the whole ¢ountry. The repeal of the Missouri line involves the acknowledg- ment of its validity, and ix is the violent rup- ture of acompact thus confessed to be obli- gatory unless, formally repealed. It requires no such furmality. We hope that the friends of the Nebratka bill, of the severeignty of the people, and of the netional sertiments of the country aceording to the principles of the compromise measures of 1850 «vill give their favorable attention to che proposed substitute of Mr. Cutting. Let him, at all events, put it to the House, Tne Wreck oF HE WinceesteR—Wa0 Knows Awxytuine Apovut 1r?—In the course of a state- ment published in the New York Tridune of the 17th, we find the following :— ‘The statement of the Heraxp, thatthe passengers and crew of the Washington were only sixty, and that there were four hundred and fifty on the passenger list of the Winebester when she left’ Liverpool, ia incorrect. The crew of the former emounted to but ome hundred ent twenty-seven men, while the passengers alone of the Wincliester numbered over seven hundred. Then, spain, the numter washed overboard when the mmsts foll was four instead of three. Two others were found with broken legs. send you, below, a full list of the dead, with their sex and ages. Its publication may serve to relieve the ter- rible suspense of many distant friends of those committed to the care of the luckless Winchester. Yours, truly, P. W. KING, Chief Officer of the Wasl n. Gn voard of the Washington, New York harbor, May 14, 18 The circumstances incident upon the rescue of the passengers of the Winchester have been detailed, and the affair reflect: great eredit upon the officers and crew of the steamship Wavhington. But there were some eccentri- c'ties on the part of the officers of that steam- chip, when she was at quarantine, which de- public reprimand, and which would have exoused errors much more flagrant than those which P. W. King charges upon the Herat. In opposition to all precedent, our ship news colicetor was refused permission to hoard the Washington. This was offensive to the public, who have the right to expect the earliest intell!- gence in all matters of public interest On account of the conduct of the officers of the Washington, the interesting intelligence which she brought was withheld from the public daring fourteen or fifteen hours; and when they did receive it from the Henao, it was given precisely as our reporters seceived it from the officers of the ship. They now en- deavor to throw the blame o/ their own blun- ders upon the Hrnrarp, We were aware that the Washington was a slow vessel, but we did not imagine that her officers were so excessively slow as to keep im- portant news fifteen hours, @nd then, twenty- rs after its publication, to deny that their previous statements were true. The mere fact of the publication of the cor- rec ‘Sa matter of no consequence, and for the cake of correct news, to obtain which is the reward of all our labor, we feel glad that it has been published, and give it a prominent place incur columns, But the point of the matter is, that we were occupied fifteen hours in get- ting the news from the Washington, and that now the chief officer contradicts the statements which the officers of that vessel have hereto- fore made. It will be for the public to decide Low much ince is to be placed upon either the cominadivtioy Or ihe qrigingl siqsementy Mexico—Past, Present and Future. ‘The success which attends the arms of the Mexican rebel Alvarez cannot be regarded with indifference in this quarter of the world. Al- ready master of a large section of populous country, Alvarez has dexterously drawn Santa Anna into the fastnesses where the rebellion arose, and has made his own way into the open | country between Acapulco and the city of Mexico. One of the first fruits of this able manceuvre was the capture of several hundred mules laden with supplies and forage for the regular army ; and it is not unreasonably anti- cipated that this advantage will be followed by others more signal still. The mosi lively ap- prehension reigned at the capital when our last advices left. Great efforts were being made by the Mexican correspondents of the Cuban jour- nals—who are of course in the interest of the Dictator—io misrepresent his losses, and con- ceal the victories of his antagonist. But im- partial writers seemed even to fear that the city of Mexico would follow the example of Quere- taro, and fall, partly by the act of its own in- habitants, into the hands of the insurgents. Should Alvarez be strengthened by a body of malcontents from the central and northern States of the Mexican Union, Santa Anna’s position will become extremely critical. Cut off from his capital and his friends, and sur- rounded by savage bands of pintos, short of | American Institute, We have given the names of the trustees and otxer officers of the American Institute, elected for the ensuing year on Thursday evening last. Robert L. Pell. Eaq., the President elect, has been one of the trustees and an. active member of the Institute for several years past. He is well known as one of the most successful agricul- turiste in the Unitest States, and his extensive farm in ‘Ulster county is considered & model farm by those best acquainted with agricultural pursuits. The Institute having, within a few years, been more distinguished for ite efforts in the cause of agriculture than in the pro- motion of other branches of industry, although all re- ceive some share of attention, it seems peculiarly appro- priate that co distinguished an agriculturist as Mr. Pell, who is also well knowa as a promoter of science and the arte, should be placed at the head of the Board of Trus- tees, The predecessors of Mr. Pell in the Presidency of the Institute have been as fcllows:— Hon. William Few. John Mason, Esq. Hon, James Tallmadge. Hon. Mablon Dickerson. e Hon. James Tallmaige, re elected on the resignation of ‘Mr. Dickerson, who served two yeara on the retirement of Mr. Tallmadge. The latter, after his re-election, con- tinued in office until his death, in September last. The American Institute was organized in January, 1828, by a few gentlemen, who were warm and zealous advocates of a protective tarfff, and generally in favor of Henry Clay as the successor of General Jackson as Presi- dent of the United States. '. B, Wakeman, Peter H. Sehenck, Joseph Blunt, Haym M. Saloman, Ralph Lockwood, Clarkson Crolius, Matthew L. Davis, and others of similar politics, were among the original projectors. Fora longtime it was the design of some of the most active members to con- supplies and ammunition, and embarrassed by disaffection among his o‘ficers, a single defeat in the open plain might end the career of the Dictafor: and we may yet hear of his embarca- tion from Acapulco under circumstances as dis- astrous as those which accompanied his escape from Vera Cruz some nine years ago. It is possible of course that the advantage gained by Alvarez may have been exaggerated, and that Santa Anna will yet come out of the war victorious; but the chances are decidedly against him so far. They are in fact so clearly in favor of his antagonist thet it is quite legiti- mate to speculate on the probable results of Santa Anna’s expulsion. : If the presentruler of Mexico were dethroned, who would succeed him? Those who Know the country best seem to think that the rebel Al- varez would never be tolerated by a majority of the Mexican people. He might be allowed to overthrow Santa Anna, but he could not take ‘his place. The descendants of Spaniards would never submit to a pinto rile. It is more prob- able that succese, for Alvarez, would be the ‘signal for division among his fellowers, some of ‘whom would probably contest the government with any of the ambitious politicians of Santa Anna’s court who might aspire to succeed him. Several factions would arise, each with its chief and its partisans, and for some months, possibly for some years, Mexico would be the scene of -eivil conflicts similar to those which distracted Europe during the feudal ages. Want of money would cripple each in its turn; and after apro- tracted struggle, it is more than likely that exhausted Mexico would meekly submit to any chief who had the nerve to scize the supreme power, and the resources to hold it. Meanwhile, of course, ai] the headway thatthe country has made sinee the war would be lost. Trade would be absolutely stopped. The developement of the mineral resources would .cease entirely. Mexican exports, small as they now are, would be still further reduced. In fact, every evil that could befall Mexico will be sure to follow in the train of the next revolution. To exag- gerate its miseries would be imposeible. Now, we-have the power to prevent this. We thay maintain Sania Anna on his throne. and the administration are very anxions that we should, by bending Lim such a sum of money as will enable him to support his state and his army. Mr. Pierce is willing that -we should take ten millions out of our treasury and pay them over to him for that purpose. His Cabi- net is willing, and a majority of the Senate are also willing. Everybody consents excepi the people, and they do not consent to see their money squandered in schemes which can resilt in no good to them. It is clear az noondsy that we can derive no possible benefit either from the reconstruction of the Mexican govern. ment or from the poesession of the territory which Santa Anna offers to sell us. Two classes of people will monopoltze the advan- tage to result from the plander of ten millions from the United States treasury—Santa Anna and his ministers, on the one side, aud a parcel of railroad speculators on the other. Neither of these has any such claim on us as to entitle them to so large a measure of liberality at our hands, Ifindeed it could te shown that a do- nation of ten millions of money would consoli- date the Mexican republic. and render that nation peaceable, prosperous and contented, humanity might be urged in fevor of the g Bui we know perfectly well that the balance which would remain after the railroad specu- lators were satfafied would not last Santa Anna three years, ifso Jong. No one donbdis thai at the expiration of this period, the affairs of Mex- ico would be in precisely the same position as they now are. We may rest perfectly assured that Santa Anna would again offer to sel] us a strip of barren land, and if we did not boy it be would then fail as he now will. The people of Mexico therefore have noth’ to gain permanently by our Avna. There is but one th do for them; and that we ought + in 1847, Had we then taken posse: country, as we were entitled to do. that would have accrued to the people wi Large resource: roperly devoloped since the war would have been now yiel 2 handsome Immense distriots of forti! Jond which t ttled state of the govern- | meni and the want of energy and capital have | kept idle would baveteemed with agricultural wealth. Commerce. now droping under constant | exactions, and a perpetual want of confit would have thriven as prosperously as it b done in our own country, And finally, the spirit of the people, so frequently broken and discouraged by incessant civil warfare, would have been worthy of the old Castilian name bad Mexico been added to the Union. All this we might have done—ought to have done. The omission is so grievous, that it were almost better now to spend the ten mil- lions voted for the relief of Saata Amma in re- pairing it than to give them to the hungry speculators who are expecting it. ‘Tea raillions to-day would give us Mexico; and a greater henefit to that country we could not dovise. | ‘The Rescuers of the Winchester’s Passengers. TO THE EDITOR OF TAR AERALD. Lam happy to state that the suggostion in your paper of this morning has been at once adopted, and a moeting in called for to-morrow, at 3} P. M., in the Exchange, to take into consideration the noble conduct of Captain Fiteh, the officers and crew of the steamer Washington, on her late home. That true and golagt sailor is expected to be present, to meet the warm and hearty greetings of tefl and wywpecbizing commanity, do Wabeigeey Bayi Pan fine the membership to the friends of Clay—then called national ropublicans, and afterwards forming part of the present whig party. ‘The views of the more liberal por- tion cf the members finally prevailed, and individuals were admitted into the society without distinction of party politics. The Institute thence gradually lost its politica) character. But as lateas 1844 a report was adopted, prepared by Gen. Tallmadge, as chairman of a committee, which strongly advocated protective duties, and was extensively published by the whig party through- out the Union, as an elegtioneering document. Previous to that time the Institute had frequently memorialized Congress, and published reports, in favor of the doctrines of protection. At present some of the leading members of the society are free trade men, and tariff discussions are heard no more at the regular meetings. insist that the en regeive these demand the men the gi feclare that tney weil ne edwin, aad i never 5 u receive these men back to membership on the t the society, which they themselves to for man} years peat OF the eters police Cer jee a of the bar on Monday las*, by Preme Court. E Farau re alarm of fire at 17 Duane street, about 104, 0% sraner runny wth soon Na nat He, eens nt Suicipr.—Tuesday afternoon, about one o'clock, named Patrick Murphy committed suicide near YJ Ail Cemetery, Queen’s county, by himself acord attached to the limb of a tree. was employ of Terence McGwi and was, fog at that place with a mumber of: tag ject to temporary fits of insanity, and destroyed while his fellow workmen were absent at dinner wasanative of Ireland, thirty years of age, married. Founp Drownrp.—The heh kag Alexander Lo has been missing since the of April, was fo the river at Green Point on Tuesday afternoon. H a native of Scotland, fifty-four years of age, and a family, who reside in Walton street, Brooklyn. ner Hanford held an inquest, and a verdict of * drowned” was rendered. , x VioLamixa Ciry Onprnance.—A man named Slavin was brought before Mayor Wall yesterda} fined $10, for driving a cart belonging to another contrary to the city ordinance. Scuoo. Excursioy.—Yesterday forenoon the chi of the school attached to the St. Peter and St. Catholic church, in Second street, proceeded on nic excursion to Bowronville. The procession, numbered about 1,000 children, was headed by han’s band. ‘The Tarf. THE NATIONAL COURSE, L. 16, Anew race course on Long Island is in process mation, the ground having been purchased by Mq den & Co. at an expense of $85,000. A national club is also forming, open to all sporting men why wish to join, particulars of which will be found| advertising columns. The land selected for this nt ‘The funds of the Institute, which have gradually acca-« course is known as the Willett Farm, on the F sovlated, until they are now enabled to hold their build- ing in Broadway, valued by some at over one hundred thousand dollars, a good library, and some other property, ‘have principally arisen, it is known, from the proceeds of the annual fairs, during a period of twenty-five years. But that source of income, it seems, can no longer ‘be relied on ; for last year, in consequence of the at- tractions of the Crystal Palace exhibition, the loss by the fair, sustained by the Institute, was about seven thou- sand dollars—while the profits of the fair, the previous year, had exceeded that sum. The rents received from part of the Institute building, and the admission fees and annual duee from members, will, however, sustain the society as a permanent institution, even if no other plan of revenue, which their charter, granted by the New York Legislature, in 1829, for an unlimited period, may be found to authorize and justify. In the purchase of their building in Broadway, the Institute have been pe- culiarly fortunate, inasmuch as the value of the property has advanced over one hundred per cent. We under- stand that the number of members is about one thou- sand, of whom three hundred and fifty are life members. Meeting of Ship Owners and Agents. A largenumber of our most respectable and influen- tia) ship owners and agents helda meeting yesterday, for the purpose of taking into consideration the enormous injury they were suffering from the late construction put upon the United States passenger laws by the revenue officers 6f thie port. The Hon, Moses H. Grixveui acted as chairman, who stated the object of the meeting, and alluded briefly to the magnitude of the evil to which the shipping interest was exposed under the new and unexpected interpreta- tion given to the passenger acts of Congress by the Sur- veyor of this port. After some further preliminary action, on motion, the following gentlemen were appointed a committee to pro, ceed to Washington, for the purpose of bringing the snt~ ject before the yovernment, and submitting all the facts relating to the grievances complained of, and to solicit its interposition in behalf of the important interest now suf. fering so sexiously under this new state of things. COMMITTEE. Rie Howor Jacob A. Westervelt, Mayor of the city. Thomas H. Tileston . Elisha Morgen, Heq. Cheries 4, Marshall, Eeq Mortimer R. Livingston, Fsq. On wotion, the Chairman was added to the committee. It was incidentally mentioned that about twenty-two or twenty-three ships had been seized, chiefly in tho Liverpool trade; the property thus libelied by the reve- nue officers at this already amounted to over $3,000,000, and nearly every vessel arriving from Europe with passengers on board was liable to seizure, and if the new construction should be carried ont would be confiscated. Such never conld have been the inten- tion of the law. No such biow to the commercial marine of this country was ever intended. The character of sach men as hie Honor Mayor, with a number of other ship owners, isa guarantee that no violation of the pissengor laws, or of any other laws regulating the commerce of the country, was ever for onc moment in- tended or thought of. Marine Affairs. For Lurov®.—The Cunard steamship Africa left for Liverpoo) yerterday, with 157 passengers. be City Intelligence. Aus HOUSE GovERNORS AND CoMmMISsIONERS QF ExiGRA- ‘NOX—Wnat 18 10 BECOME OF THE INSANE ?—On Tuesday last, by virtue of an affidavit made by two physicians, a Ger- man emigrant, named Max Wellinger, was pronounced in- sane,and on the commitment mado by Police Justices Stu- arvand Clarke, the unfortunate man was consigned to the Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island. In obedience wich the legal commitment, the lunatic was conveyed to the asylum, but on arriving there, the warden refused to acimit him,on the ground that he had not been a resident of this State five years; consequently he wasa subject for the Commissioners of Emigration. The friends of the lunatic not being able to procure admittance, returned tw the Com: ioners of tion, who sent them to the Alms House Governors, and they referred them. to the Commissioners, saying that they coulinot admit the man because he was an emigrant; and the conse- quence was, the lunatic was taken back to the residence of his family, where he seized a knife and endeavored to cut his throat. His wife interfered, and, catching hold of the knifo, inficted a severe wound on her band. He fs still in that condition,and no person to take charge of him. Ji seems thyt the Alins House Commiss‘oners have been in tye habit of (aking the insane emigrants and charging the expenses to the Commissioners of Emigration, butas the Commissieners owe the Alms House near a hundred thousand dollars for the keep of emigrants, they now re- fare to take any more without being paid. Howorer, something ought to be done in such casesjand not endan- the Vives of ou us by j poriaitting madmen to go irge in the co ity. e believe there isa law h makes it a roiademeanor to refuse the custody of a atic when properly committed by magistrates, Tak POR 7 BMALES—LaCru RE Decror Sius.— Marion Sims, an eminent physician, and a man. hed for his knowlege of obstetrics, will iec- the sant Inetitute this evening, on the which oxists for establishing in New York an specially devoted to the treatmen: of disoases The reputation of the lectures L very. interesting to mombers ot ao slitht idea of the hopelessness hospwel incident to femates. Me riany.—Lieat. Col. Schwarzetwelder, of the Fifth regiment, Second brigade, was on Tuesday evening last elected Colonel thereof, Brigadier General Yates presid- iog. The Lieut. Colonelcy was left vacant. M Fine Eleventh regiment will make its drst prrade to morrow, under ite gest elocted Colonel. M. M. Van Boren. The Imert will be reviewed in Washington square, at 234 P. M.. by Brigadier General Ewen aud staff, commanding Fourth brigade, to whore commant the regiment is atiached. Afver the compli t of the parade, and dismissal of the troops, the Colonel will re- ceive the officers of his regiment ai his private resilenco in West Fourteenth street. Gen. Ewen and stat? will be present an guests, with others, Seventy. first Regiment, Col. Vosburg.—This regiment ‘will parade on Monday next, for the purpose of receiving a splendid stand of colors that have been prepared for ‘the corps by the Corporation. This reyimeat is known under the cognomen of “American Rifles,” and is of recent organization, comprising a fine body of men. It is, howover,the Jesire of many of the corps, as we have been told, that the percussion lock maaket should be substivuted for the rifle. It may, therefore, become an infantry regiment soon. nox.—The members of the on intend paying a visit this day to ex-Pre- ovo, to teniify to hin tele respect for his dis- services to the country, and his unwavering 4 0 the great patriot whose memory they honor nd whose nome they bear. SIRINR OF THE JOURNEYMEN Ston@ CoTsmne,—This strike still continues, no doubt at some inconvenience to the community. Committees from the two parties met on Monday last, but without coming to any srrangement. fake verve wt went” fulags Set, oy vig a rett at twent a dey, three out of the plain of, and meet them half way on the number of ap- tices. But chief diffic: ‘now is, that a few of on ‘of the vareerraee association Dave goog 10 work ja oppenitin Wot aad the poy 344 plank road, about one mile from Newtown, ang prises one hundred and forty-one acres, sixty-| which will be enclosed with a brick wall cleven f coped with concrete and broken glass. It is the inj of the proprietors to have the premises comp the 26th of next month, and at the present mom place is alive with workmen making the necessary tions. The main stand is to be 1,200 feet in thirty feet wide, and thirty-two feet high; th twenty inches thick, with buttresses projecting t The roof will be constructed to contaip 12,000") while the stands and seating beneath will have a for 25,000 more. The style of architecture of thi will be castellated Gothic, with octagon towers tlements, and the whole built as substantially as p Next to the jockey stand will be one for lad families, furnished splendidly, and so separated f: others as to secure the greatest comfort. Con’ the course, stables will be erected for the accomm of one hundred horses. It is the intention of prietors to have two racing meetings a year, sp:ij autumn, and also to hold a national horse fair with liberal iums for the best breeds of sto family ma: of the Willetts is still on the fi will remain. It will be altered and fitted with b so that the races can be witnessed by those who that location in preference to the stands. Parl tiring rooms, &c., and such other accommg as are necessary to comfort will be found in the m1 inducements that must make it a place of great] tion to families who wish to enjoy the sports of The total cost of this enterprise, it is about two hundred and @fty thousand dollars; ay withstanding this vast outlay, with proper man there can bo little doubt of its entire suoze ‘York and suburbs, at the present time, have a por of nearly a willion, a very portion of wij passionately fend of horse- ;, and all that nisite toensure a continuance of patronage, flelas of horses and good regulations. i CENTHEVILLE COURSE, L. I. A noveity on the turf is svon to come off on ¢! troville Course—a double team pacing race for mile heats, best three in five, im harness. The h Le engaged in this race are a black team owned in| lyn, und a pair of reane belonging They areal! very fast, and being the first race kind on Long island, there will mo doubt be a gre: to witness # by the racing fraternity. ALABAMA RACKS, Morne Covrsr—First Day, May 9.—First ting purse $200, three milo heats, in hari 8. L. Cleyton’s ch. g. Henry Cla Wm. Cot dete m. Queen. Wm. L. Nunnellee’s 9. g. Telogray OU H SRcoxp Race. Pe tee $1 three in tive, in harness Sina yieee heat May 10.—First 'race—Purse $125, ese. Trotting horses. W. Cottre'l’s b. m. He Mar W. L. Nunnellee’s b. g. Old R. Cottrell’s b. g. Colonel Key Sam Rice’s s. g. Diggory... 0, 6085 5934, Srcoxp Ract.—Purse’ $50—{£ ters— mil ander cade, $50—for trot mile . §. Nunnellee’s gr. g. Sam ites W . Cottrell’s “eae a D. Parner’ b. m. R. Cottrell’s b. g. sa 19, 1,847, 386, 361 i a ta an ah Coun ov Over Phir asthe, i a i it. —Nos. 38434, 418, 502, 512, 415, 418, 41 —Criminal trials. Prmas—Part First.—Nos. 98, 817, 865 t: 781, 870 te 876. lo . Comox Part Second.—Nos. 828, 760, 68% 140, 826, 587. 61, 662, 1 050 1057 1,080, 1,086, 1,007 oo fe at re a ad 081, 1,088, 107, 3,111, 1,118, 11 1117, 119, 1, 1 4,138, 1,134] . 674. 486, 868, 5S A a a 20 00, Root, No. 363 Broadway, has the Wo joi oar teeter Root'egaliery, 98 Brostwaye ey went Rees & Co., the celebrated above Taylor's. rosee sgaluat the party whe ved e u ces & Co, have net removed, whic soon pul a stop to it. i Professor Reese & Co., the inal 25 daguerreotypirts, 289 Broadway, will soon show the 5 | what legal proceedings wil! do % stop the falre poulic respecting s removal of cabablibment and :ts exc. treprieter, §& A, HO) Feliien the Grent.—The only reo" of Juilien in this country may be seen ADE TERS’ Degucireotype Galleries. on the fest soos] fw p= Mens Sy’! ~ ph reali be Og, ae Went & superior Lat make hii i re. Call ether at 893 Broadway cr 12 ton street. Beebe & Fashionable Rocky Mountain silvery beaver and b oaseimerd b gonte and youths’ eummer bate and ct every description. ‘aadiiey te bcali Seana the go ameng gentlemen wi sonable nd 8 Ii ran eer oxd Chathem streata, Genin’s Wide Awake Hats=Genin, Broadyey, opposite $+. Paul’s Church. Genin’s Warm Weather Stock.—The ‘fon eu; gents the a ospelty. Sieh? bob cere, it io al 5. = trade ti Meanch arb, bovigen we Bead cean areal F tow or Pe roar, of Mid Hats, HatenCaps, Cape—At large arzoriment of the above articles, tosath: ‘ch on oxtensive var! oar alow. ‘palma oat, and s 5 all ities. Fe ee oan ee TRING 212 Greenwich sti cy Ponies, Carrtages, d&c., the prot of m private gentleman, removed for M G from Veath ctrees tothe Atlantic § etre gorrantees wil! be atvert witir 7 fod by A. NiGOLAY & CO. ins Tox pagticulace cog here ed yestiepent