The New York Herald Newspaper, June 5, 1854, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD, SaMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. OFT BOE N, W. OORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON 8TH. | ———S—SS————— AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. QASTLE GARDEN—M. Jucuien’s Concznts, BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Two Bowwvoas- wore -Faverve BOWERY THEATRE, Bowory—Loy: Pavervs avy Meruistorm1 WIBLO'S, Broadway—Brii4—Rxp @xome any Wurrs Waxnion. NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham otreet—Tuxs Faxe Magen’s DavonTen—lux Farny wont Guarp. By THEATRE, Brosdway—A Morsine Cate e Year. 8 QuaBRELs— AMBRICAN MUSEUM— rnooe—AwaY Wirn Meu AWDHOLY—ALARMING 8 AcKIFicR ~Byening—RAvEAELLE. SHRISTY’S AMERICAN OPERA HOUSS, 472 Broad- Way—Ernior1an Metopres ny Onmisry’s MINSTRELS. Wood's MINSTREL HALL, 444 Desenwey, Erwiortay Mywern ciay—BuRuerra 0: OLE Tom's CABIN, BUCKLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, 539 Broséway—Buor- mages Exniorian Orena TRovure. ‘WHOLE WORLD, 377 snd $79 Brosdway—Afternoon and ‘Byeving, Wew York, Monday, Jane 5, 1854. WHE NEW YORK HERALD—CALIFOKNIA EDIXION. 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Subscriptions and advertisements for any edition of the New Youx HxKatp will be received at the following places fm Europe -— Lavenroot, .John Hunter, No. 2 Paradise street. Loxpoy wlwards, Sandford & Co., No. 17 Cornhill. & » No. 19 Catherine street. STREET PREACHING AND RIOTING. Again has the Sabbath day been desecrated by street preaching and rioting. Yesterday a crowd assembled in the Park, wherg a would-be martyr held forth, having unfurled above him the national ensign. Fortunately, his audience was more dis- posed to frolic than fight, and no disturbance occut- 8:4. But in Brooklyn yesterday afternoon a fear- ful riot took place, during which several persons were shot and between thirty and forty others se- verely injured by being beat with clubs, stones, and other missiles. It isa miracle no one was killed. The riot proceeded some hours, in spite of the ef- forts of the police, who, however, succeeded in arrest- ing about fifty of the most active participants. To- wards n'ght the Mayor, with commendable promp- titude, oriered out the military, and in a short time after six uniformed companies obeyed the summons. Upon their appearance at thescene of disorder the mob quickly dispersed. ‘These disgraceful outrages have at last reached a climax, and there cannot now be any difference of opinion as to the propriety and absolute nee: y of an effective interference on the part of the autho- nities to remove the cause of them. If, as in the ordinary routine of lif», the law tells a man tt yonet nat woo language to his neighbor Iited to provoke toa bi hi of the public peace, we can- not see why the principle should not be applied to the suppression of the growing evils arising from the religious warfare carried on through the mediam of street pre g. The power to do so is ve. ated in the hanés of those who h censes, and should be exerci: and discrimination. Privileges of this sort sa not to be granted to persons who have distinguish- ed themselves by the violence and inflammatory character of their polemical harangues, and whose track is always marked by rioting and public dis- quietude. If this rule had governed the authorities we should not now have to place on record the la- Mentable events of yesterday. A fight occurred in this city yesterday between ‘two fire companies, during which pistol shots were fired, wounding a man in the leg; another received a severe blow on the head. No arrests were made, 80 far as we could ascertain. THE LONG ISLAND TRAGEDY. Our special reporter yesterday visited Cutchogue, the scene of the horrid tragedy, and his account of the facts and circumstances of the affair is given om the first page. The human mind, in contemplat- imgadced so appalling, becomes shocked, and is utterly at a loss to discover a motive for the commis- sion of a crime so horrible. Three hapless beings— an elderly man and his wife, and a negro lad—while wrapped in profound sleep, were set upon by an assassin. The two first died in a few hours, and when our reporter left the others were in the last agonies of death. This much the wretch suc- ceeded in accomplishing, and there is no doubt but that he intended to murder the whole family, and then fire the dwelling. Providentially the servant girls awoke, a their escape from the premises, thus s own lives, and to some extent frustratin signs of the villain. The excitement ia the ne borhood of the catastrophe is i s thirty years sin and the people very easly are in t alarm. The whole region is up in arms, and vigorous measures have been adoped tocapture the murderer, who had, up to yesterday, succeeded in eludiag his d there, pursuers, though known to be lurking in thousand ¢ vicin ty. A reward. of one dollars has been offered for his apprehen THE P celved yesterday from President had determ Gress during sures towards Sy absurd rumors ¢ pers for stating that no si “ peace commi tration much the out Cuba upon our citiz many mauly ted by the Capt LLANEOUS, The latest nine days wouder—the Boston abolition mob—experienced a slig black fellow went ar senting himself to be a i t ter was in search of him, and that he wanted fuads in order to escape into C da. He succeeded in raising a considerable sum of money, but was at last recognized and taken into custody, It is stated that Mr. C. B. Weller, brother to the Senator from California, will be appointed Postmas: ter of San Francisco, in place of Mr. T. J. Hen: who succeeds Lieut. Beale as Superintendent of [a dian Affairs in that State. We publish elsewhere extracts from journals in various parts of the country relative to the graio crops. It is estimated that ia the Western States the yield will be twenty to twenty-five per cent greater than last ycar. In New Eugland generally the crops ore very promising, and in New York, Maryland Tennestee, Georgia, and North Carolina, there is cvery prospect of an abundant harvest. A telegraphic despatch received by Mr. Elwood Wolter, Secretary of the Board of Underwriters states that the bark Vernon, of this port, with twelve buydred and seyenty-six bales of cotton on board, at his mas was burnt in Mobile bay on the'morning 0° the 34 inst. She was bound ‘or Trieste. A daily contem;orary has started a ramor, which has been «xtensively copied by the country preas, ' that the c! olera extste in this city. The official re- | port of the City Inpector, given in another column, | makes no mention of it. Several cases of that type of cholera incidental to chi!dres and to the season are reported, nothing more. This city at the present moment is probably the healthiest point on the earth, and straugers des guing to visit here need not have the slightest apprehension of disease. The steairsh p Empire City arrived yesterday from Havana. Nothing of importance had occurred since previous advices, Captain U. 8. Grant, of the army, has resigned his commission, to take effect 31st July next. RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS. The Attorney street Methodist Protestant Epis- copal Church, whioh has been closed for some ‘time past for the purpose of repair, was opened yesterday for worehip,and re-dedicated to the ser- vice of God. The Rev. Ruel Hankes (pastor) pre- sided, and the Rev. Theinas H. Stockton, of Balti- more, preached a most eloquent.and feeling sermon to a very threnged congregation. At the conclu- sion of the services the brethren made a large sub- scription for the purpose of paying off the debt lately incurred, and at the same time many mem- bers made donations ranging from fifty to one hun- dred doHars for the use of the church. AFFAIRS IN MEXICO. A letter from our correspondent in Tampico will be found in amether part ef this morning’s paper, giving a deplorable account of the commercial de- pressionthat exists throughout the whole of the Mexican States. Any news frem that distracted country will be read with eagerness at the present moment; and though the letter in question gives us no further information from the seat of war, it leads us to believe that the low state of the Dictator’s purse, and the measures to which he is unscrapu- lously resorting to replenish it, are among the causes that will hasten his dowafall, and bring his career of ambition aud tyranny to a close. More Abolition Vivlence—Open Reslstance Advocated. The supremacy of the law has been vindi- cated in the case of the slave Burns, at what cost we have yet to learn. It is our opinion that the firm manner in which the fugitive slave law was executed on that occasion, com- bined with the disgrace which must follow the attempts at resistance that were made by the abolitionists, will have a most salutary effect in checking the progress of disaffection, and re- storing the Northern mind to its normal calm- ness and sense. We regard it’ as rather a for- tunate thing that the fresh excitement of this fugitive case followed so close on the heels of the passage of the Nebraska bill. Nothing could be more fatal to the passion which is the corner-stone of abolition than a fair field for its unbridled exercise; we have but to feed the flame up to a climax, and it will soon consume itself. This we fancy will be the case in Mas- sachusetts before many weeks roll over. Havy- ing clamored from pulpit to lecture-hall and street corner against the Nebraska bill—having signed petition after petition after its passage— having done their best to prevent the execution of one of the laws of the land—having killed a public officer in the discharge of his duty, and threatened the lives of others—and all to no earthly purpose or bencfit—it is rational to sup- pose that the Bostonians will now try the other plan, and will diversify their career with an ~occasional flash of order and reason. Nor do we hazard much in predicting that after a proba- tional period spent in trying the effect of these novelties, they will be found to answer so mach better than the rioting and violence which have been lately in fashion, that the Bostonians will once more adopt them as their rule of conduct, When this comes to pass, the agitation which followed the Nebraska Dill, and the riots which accompanied the arrest of the slave Burns will be remembered with wonder, just as we think to-day of the riots about the Massachusetts witches or the Pennsylvania whiskey rebellion. Should this most desirable consummation come to pass, it will not be the intentional fault of the abolitionist leaders. The pitch of violence they have now reached is almost in- credible. It was thought, when the Hon. Horace Greeley gravely recommended the de- struction of the Capitol and its inmates by fire, rather than that the Nebraska bill should pass, that fury and madness could go no further, and that the paroxysm would soen exhaust itself. We had melancholy evidence of the con- trary in the recent Boston riots. Mr. Greeley did notadvise, inso many words, the killing of any particular man ; he only looked to the murder of senators and representatives as a collateral and perhaps an inconvenient consequence of the destruction of the Capitol. His Boston co- adjutors were so much more to the point that James Batchelder was deliberately shot down in the discharge of his duty. and no one seemed to mourn his fate. Had the abolition leaders a single heart among them, the blood of this mur- dered man would burn and corrode it: as it is, they pooh-pooh the “ accident,” and not a sin- gle citizon of character follows the remains of poor Batchelder to the grave. Other thoughts filled their minds. Violence to come—brooding in so many bad spirits—stifded remorse for vio- lence past. The slave Burns had hardly left the shore of Massachusetts before the leading abolition organ began to rave afresh, Resis- tance—armed resistance—was its ery. The jaw had been executed in the case of Burns, it Was true; but it should not be executed The constitution, the legislation of 1950, em- phatically declare that slaves eseaping from shall he surrendered by the free ; but the Hon. Horace Greeley pro- ms, on behalf of his party, that ll not be taken on the soil of the free fiow far this is an idle boast th show. The abolitionists avother time it unprepared ; next time will be left to chance, or the moment. Treasof will be deliberat-ly planned nd calmly ¢ ed. The feasibility of a re: cue of the slave from the revenue cut ed out; the possibility of a failure, th ty of much bloodshed in the perform ance of the crim.nal task are entirely over dd. In fact, we are warned that “ear must be expected the next time a fugitive slave is claimed from Massachue and that on that occasion that State will no nly not surr bat willhold him ou her soil in defiance of the United Sta horities, If it be possible to express any more explicit acon than this, we should li fit. We are not aware of th 3 eprint from which we bave maui tes.” el must “we ay be otherwi ure fied that no- fortuse of the ance” er the slave, cts mes to »peak for the peopl chusetts; but niost assuredly, if su really entertained by the people o lat sawealth, & dan d is bein 3 of the cou prepared t federal lawe, and repudiate ber covenants in the parmership ed on the If Mass t the exe rpetra { tial campact of the federacy ? deed, the South an°4 ourselves who abide by ours are palpebly gwindled and cheated. Mas- sechusetts bas br .en raised from a barren w:ste Avantages ccnferred upon her by the Union. She has received Southern cotton frrse of duty, and every facility has been afforded her to create herself the mam 4facturing centre of the continent. It was in ‘che power of the South, and in our power, to def eat this arrangement and deprive Mass chus’ sts of this element of greatness: viewing her asa trusty sister State, we did not do so, brat on the contrary labored for her welfare famultaneously with our own, Shall we now ‘be requited by her rebellion against the essen- The West, too, has poured into Massachusetts wealth, prosper- ity, and power. All this might have gone to Canada—most of it would have taken that di- rection if Canada had stood to the West and to us in the same capacity as Massachusetts, Isit in order to prove to us the folly of looking to the interests of our fetlow States instead of for. eign countries, that we now hear of Massachu- setts in arms against the Union? We cannot think so. Whatever trash the abolition chiefs may utter in the paroxysm of their spite, there is too much sense in Boston to run any such risk. The blessings the Union hasconferred, its dissolution would take away: a commercial line of restriction drawn round the tainted country of the North would soon tell on the centres of industry, and place Massachusetts in the position it occupied fifty yearsago. Fanat- icism would be an expensive luxury at this cost. Senator Dovonas’s Speecn on Sarurpay Nicnr.—The demonstration on Saturday night by the Young Men’s Democratic Union Clab, in honor of Senator Stephen A. Douglas, (a full report of which appears in the Herap of this morning,) was the means of drawing ont from that distinguished gentleman a clear but conclusive exposition of the true principles embraced in the Nebraska bill—the recognition of the equality of the States and the rights of the people in the Territories. This is a princi- ple which has always found in us a warm and constant champion; and whilst we award the administration no credit for the feeble support which it was frightened into giving the bill, we are free to acknowledge that but for the firm and undoubted courage displayed by Judge Douglas, from the incipiency of the measure to its consummation, we would now be in the midst of a slavery excitement, instead of wit- nessing its expiring struggles. Whatever the antecedents of the men who now sincerely support that measure may have been, their present advocacy of the principle is correct. The question will be carried to the polls; but we have no fear of the result, so far as the people are concerned. It may be that in some of the Northern States the free soil ex- citement will result ina temporary elevation to power of the abolitionists and whigs; but a re-action will assuredly take place, which will purify the great national sentiment of the country, and resolve back to their original in- significance the factionists who speculate upon the ignorance and fanaticism of their adhe- rents. The oply danger to be apprehended is in the feebleness and dishonesty of the administration —which is at heart as much opposed to the great principles of Judge Douglas’s bill as are the open and avowed free soilers. Were there any doubt on this head, it would be dissipated by looking at the character of the appoiniments through- out the North—at the recent removals at our Custom House—at the papers supported by tweasury pap, such as the Evening Post of this city—and by the history not only of the President himself but the members of his Cabi- net, and his personal advisers. What has become of the “hards” in this emergency? Are they for or against the prin- ciples of the Nebraska bill? We are aware that their General Committee some time ago adopted resolutions in favor of that measur. § but since the votes of Messrs. Wheeler, Mau- rice, Peckham, Peck, and Oliver, against the Dill, and the issuing of their address, plagiarised from the speeches*of Seward, Chase, and other abolitionists, we have heard nothing farther on the subject from the “hards.”” They must speak out, or the country will be forced to believe that the national principles upon which they prided themselves were but the result of a dis- appointed scramble for the spoils. Where is Mr. Schell?—where is Mr. Bronson ? A THANKFUL OraaN. ‘The Washington Union, in speaking of the late fugitive extradition case at Boston, says :— We cannot permit the occasion to pass without thanking the United States officers at Boston, for their firm, moderate, and intrepid conduct. We expected as much from a democrat so well tried in contests for State rights as that eloquent and profound jarist Benjamin F. Hallett; and we only re echo a ge udlic sentiment when we repeat, what wo have ly endorsed, our high admiration of the fidelity ine courage of Marshal Freeman, Who, like Mr. Hallett, was appointed to office by President Pierce. Hallett and Freeman, both doing their of- ficial duty when called upon, both having been “appointed to office by President Pierce!” This is truly wonderful; and we join in the congratulations of the organ for a result which seems to have taken it so much by surprise. “Both appointed by President Pierce!” They expected it from Hallett; but Freeman not having such undisputed free soil antecedents, was somewhat doubtful. But they were “ both appointed by President Pierce,’ and that crowns all. What wisdom! Tne New Temreraxce Movemenr.—Horace Greeley, Theodore McNamee, Mahlon T. Hew- itt,and ©. C. North, have issued a proau mento, constituting themselves a Temperance lance Committee to enforce the laws on the subject of licenses and ram drinking; bat they say that “ifeffective support be not forth- coming we shall soon give due notice that the enterprise has, so far as we are concerned, been abandoned.” In other words, if the ex- pedient does not pay, they will have nothing to do with it. The philanthropy of Greeley is aptly illustrated by the three balls of the pawnbroker, which are said to mean only two to one against the borrower, Aslongas any new reform or benevolent project will pay, very well—when it ceases to pay, like Pourierism, Greeley is the man to drop it. Temperance isa splendid thing—the Maine law ir nay work miracles of reform—the enforcement of the ex ‘sting license laws may be the salvation of thousands of poor wre tehes; bat if in the movement undertaken by Greeley to en! these laws, he is not supplied pleatifully with as far as he neerned = it will be In fact, € sley’s philanthropy, Lough very fusey and ostentatious, resolves it- cif into the main chance, Where it does not vy it is “aband He may not be a Chris- but who can say he is not a philo.o- noney, sbandoned. med.?? pher, from a Philadelphia correspondent, detailing the plan of the city election which is to take place to-morrow, and also giving a few opin- ions as to the relative merits of the candidates who have been nominated by the whig and democratic parties, Although we give our correspondent’s letter entire, we do not endorse the opinions which he holds; neither do we believe entirely in the infallibility of any pre- dictions as to the result of the election. What is the state of the case? The candidates for the office of Mayor are both considered strong men. Robert T. Conrad (whig) it seems, has been adopted by the whigs, the natives, or Know Nothings, and the tee- totallers. As an author and orator he is ad- mired by his friends. It is stated that he is not a good politician—time tries all. Mr. Con- tad has been guilty, it seems, of the sin of letter writing ; he has written letters to every- body, and pledged himself to everybody to sus- tain everybody’s views on every subject. He is a whig, he is a political native American, and he favors a prohibitory liquor law. Mr. Vaux is the regular candidate of the democratic party. He is said to bea good mah, independent in principle, a favorite with the party and the people. It is well known that Philadelphia has gen- erally been a whig city, although it did give its vote for General Pierce. But now it must be remembered that by the act of consolidation which has lately gone into effect, and by which Kensington, South- wark, Moyamensing and Schuylkill are made portions of the city, the democratic vote has been greatly increased. In a fair stand-up fight, without any side issues, the whigs would probably be defeated. At any rate, the excess of the democratic vote in the city, as now bounded, is sufficient to compensate for any falling off that there may have been in conse- quence of the unpopularity of the administra- tion. Against this heavy democratic vote we have a coalition of the shattered whig party, the revived native party, and the new teetotal, or Maine Law party. The result of the election will show the strength of the two organizations last named. We shall see what the Know Nothings can do when they have a majority of five thousand to overcome, and this will be swelled by many Germans and Irish who have heretofore voted with the whigs. Mr. Vaux, it appears, has acted like a true party man, shunning all pledges and promises, He points to his previous life as a guarantee for his future conduct; the bend will not be taken by everybody. because doctors often give to other people the medicines which they would refuse to swallow under any circumstances. The vote of Philadelphia will probably be a close one, and it is foolish to attempt any pre- dictions as to the result at present. As we have before stated, the old party lines have been broken down, and that new organization which succeeds in hooking the largest number of the loose fish that are now swimming about in poli- tical waters will be likely to triumph for the time being. The existence of such parties will be as evanescent as their victories are sudden and unexpected. The contest in Philadelphia, then, is between the old democratic party on one side, and all the discontented people of all the other parties on the other. The probability is that many conservative whigs will refuse to vote for Mr. Conrad. Many literal whigs will also decline giving him their suffrages. The whole Irish and German vote will go against him, and he must have a sufficient number of democratic votes to make up for the deficit caused by the secession of his own party. Now, if Mr. Conrad obtains these votes, it will go far towards open- ing the eyes of the old politicians, and to show them that there must be a thorough reorganiz- ing and cleansing of the old parties, if they hope to hold a position in public favor. Let the file leaders at Washington take no- tice: The people have taken the business out of the hands of the politicians. It is certainly refreshing to see them act for themselves. Tue Conqvuests oF C1viLizatioy.—The open- ing or completion of every new line of railroad or of telegraph, and the establishment of every new line of steamers, mark more important epochs in the history of modern nations than did the military conquests that signalized the progress of those of old. Every fresh facility of transport and communication opened up either with distant portions of our own territo- ries or with other nations, conquers for us more valuable acquisitions than were ever secured by the victories of the Roman proconsuls. Our invasions, instead of desolating and laying waste the regions into which they are carried, spread fertility and abundance on their treck, and they bring us back, instead of weeping captives to minister to our ostentation and pride, the fruits and riches of the earth, gar- nered from the most distant climes and king- doms. Such is the reflection which every event such as that of the Great Railroad Excursion which takes place this week in honor of the comple- tion of the line from Chicago to Rock Island, naturally inspires in the mind. It is a stage gained in the progress of modern civilization. The Becyrence in question is, besides, one of more than ordinary importance. The guests of the company who are invited for the occasion will be taken free from the Atlantic border to the Falls of St. Anthony—a distance of more than two thousand miles! Such an event as this has never before marked the annals of railroad e interprie e Stavery ALrpapy 1 —We publish to-day acoa munteation aidreswd by a Quaker missionary, Richard Mendenhall, in Kansas, wherein we are informed that under the aus- pices of the Methodist Epi:copal Church, slavery exists in that Territory, having been introduced there some time ago. Friend Mendenhall charges Thomas Johnson, a sort of delegate from Nebraska and Kansas to Congres:, as tl “superintendent of this slayeholding mission; and it further appears be bas been at Washing- ton all this session, urging the passage of Douglas's bill, and that he has not serupled to meke unfair statements to promote his ends. Now, this is pretty etrong language for a Qua- ker. It is equivalent to a whole column of invectives and hard swearing by an ordinary Western abolition squatter. But friend Mea denball is somewhat inconsistent with the peace principles of his churck, in calling, as he does upon the friends of freedom “to buckle on their armor” to “fight for liberty.” If the slavebolders have already a footing, certainly our abolition emigration societies must be up and stirring, or Kansas goes over to the South When a Quaker is ready to fight there must be dan, Muscat, Tasre 1 Aweato..—The career of 1 Jullien since he came to this country presents another illustration of the error committed by musical and theatrical stars of the other hemi- sphere, in supposing that a European reputa- tion will ensure certain success at this side of the Atlantic. The period has gone by when the American public accepted implicitly the standard of artistical judgment established by European critics. Weare sufficiently advanced in these matters to form independent opinions ofour own, and we have been so frequently duped and carried away by the preliminary puffs and excitements resorted to by theatrical speculators to herald the advent of each suc- ceeding novelty, that we may well be excused for carrying our caution to the verge of incre- dulity. We admit that this scepticism is occa- sionally productive of serious injury to talent- ed and meritorious artists; but its general ef- fect may be looked upon as salutary, and con- ducive to the formation of a correct and inde- pendent taste, and beneficial, in the end, to the interests of the class more immediately affected by it. Although artists of unquestionable merit, such as Madame Alboni, Catherine Hayes, Madame Sontag, and M. Jullien, may have experienced disappointment in the exag- gerated hopes founded on the antecedent success- es of Jenny Lind and other European celebrities, who owed their triumphs as much to factitious causes as to their own great talents, the lesson will be a useful one to those who succeed them. The tricks and manceuvres of showmen and speculators will, for the future, be estimated at their proper value, and we shall find artists trusting more to the consciousness of their own talents, and the good taste and judgment of the American public, than to the services of venal agents and hungry penny-a-liners. M. Jullien has, we fear, been a considerable sufferer from the reaction caused by the circum- stances to which we allude. His visit to this country has not, we have reason to believe, been attended with the results upon which he had calculated, and upon which, considering the great attraction and novelty of his enter- tainments, he had a right to count. Amongst a people whose passion for music is fast out- stripping the taste for every other species of amusement, he might have fairly presumed upon such an amount of success as would have compensated him for the abandonment of his London engagements. We are afraid that when he comes to sum up the products of his American tour, he willefind that as regards present pecuniary advantages, he had much better have remained at home. The truth is that the merit of his entertain- ments was not at first appreciated asitdeserved, He came prepared to take the American public by storm, like most of the other musical lions that had preceded him; but he came heralded by so much puff, and smoke, and noise, that it was some time before people would believe in him. His peculiarities of manner, and of co3- tume, helped to swell the prejudice against him, and it was not until he struck upon a national chord, by the introduction of his American quadrilles, that he got fairly afloat. The hum- bug and charlatanism which had contributed to his success both in London and Paris, were, in fact, near being the death ofhim here. We refer to these circumstances, not for the purpese of giving undue prominence to the merits or demerits of a particular artist, but in order to mark what we consider a healthy in- dication in the public taste. It shows that we are no longer to be led blindly” by the judg- ment and criticisms of others, and that we are resolved to form opinions of our own on artisti- cal as wellas on all other matters. This is the first step to the creation of schools of art, which will develope native talent, and rende® us, in a degree at least, independent of foreign stars. Causes or Perioprcat. Desrirution.—It is now nearly a quarter of a century since Cobbet® gave expression to an opinion that has since grown into an axiom of political economy— that where a people depend on any single agri- cultural production as the staple of their food or of their industry, they will be periodically visited by famine. The truth of this remark was forcibly verified by the appalling state of destitution to which the failure of the potato crop, in 1848, reduced the Irieh people. We have another sad illustration of it in the appeal made through our columns yesterday to the benevolence of the American public, by the suf- fering population of Zante and Cephalonia. The failure of the currant crop, to which, with a lamentable want of foresight and inattention to the laws that regulate the organism of na- ture, they have hitherto entirely confined their attention, and the war between Russia and Turkey, from which they have been in the habit of drawing their grain and other provisions, have not only cut off the usual sources of sup- ply, but deprived them of the means of resort- ing to others. This is a lesson that ought not to be lost on populations who have hitherto contented themselves with the limited agricul tural knowledge and imperfect acquaintance with the resources of the earth which they have derived from their forefathers. The soil muat indeed be sterile which will not at all times afford sustenance to those who have been placed on it by the providence of God. The American ieiipaiate and their Visit to Europ. Among the passengers on boo of the ste Franklin, for Havre, on Satur were Jeroue Napoleon Bonaparte, of Baltimore, and his son, bearing the same name, who is a lieutenant inthe United States army, and who has obtained a f lough to visit France, in company with his father, it is said by invitation of the present Emperor and Empress of the French. It is the intention of the elder of these gentlemen, as he informed us, to re- turn to the United States in the course of two or | three months, while we presame thot his son wil remain to make the tour of Europe, ag an American citizen and officer of our army. We are not aware that the young gentleman has any intention to enter into the military service of France, and we know that his father has no ambitious views respecting himself. Possessing an ample fo: e, and living with his interesting family at Baltimore, in the full enjoyment of all the privileges of an Ame citizen, he has aly with his very envia oan expressed himself contented 0! Europe. The elder of these gentlemen, Napoleon I., viz.: Jerome, now President of the French Senate, who was in early life in the French navy, when he visited the United States, and, in 1803 married Misa Hlizabeth Patterson, of Balti- more, a beautiful and wealthy young lady, a native ot that eity, The Emperor Napoleon refused to recognise the marriage, and it was annulled by an mperial decree; but Pope Pius VII. refused to sanc- ion or approve of the divorce. ‘the American marriage of Jerome, and the treatment of himeelf and youag wife by his bro- ther, the Emperor Napoleon, were freely com: } coustitution to th le position, and as having no | desire to engage in the troubles and political affaira | it will be recol- | lected, is a son of the only surviving brotifr of | Raiteeiee, Moy cold rex be #0 silly your brother ir tally, he rast be ocr ond compuihon Since je The wife of Jerome was not allowed to land ig France, and therefore went with her edie’ ¢ England, where her son, the present di citizen of Baltimore, was born, in 1805. ‘He therefore, at present in his forty-ninth year; and hi son, who graduated at West Point, and received commission as lieutenant in the U. 8. Army in 1852] is in his twenty-second year. Those persons on bo of the steamer who were desirous to see these tw Bonapartes, were struck with their plain ¢ and unassuming and modest manners—both ing unconscious of the notice they were otis The elder Jerome bears a marked resemblance to hi uncle, the great Napoleon, as the latter is repre sented in statues, busts and pictures. His height’ about five fect eight inches, and his complexion { dark, with expressive eyes and features. His son the young officer, is about six feet in height, with} rather lighter complexion than his father, and no bearing a strong Bonaparte resemblance. Jerome) the senior, married Miss Williams, a lady of Balti more, descended, we believe, from a Massachu: family. They have another son besides the yo Lieutenant. The elder of these American partes, born at Camberwell, in England, in 1805, we have stated, was brought to America by mother, and carefully educated. At an early age h was sent to Harvard University, and having gradu ted, he studied law, and was regularly admitted the bar of Maryland. His marriage to a wealth; lady, in addition to his own inheritance from th father of his mother, and a legacy from Cardin Fesch, the Emperor Napoleon’s uncle, gave him large an estate as to demand his uninterrupted pe sonalattention. He visited Europe, and spent years in travelling and study. In 1827, he was cor dially received by his father, Jerome, the younge brother of Napoleon, who was then living in ret ment, in a splendid palace at Flovenee, in Ita!y mother, whose divorce had been proclaimed by th Imperial Senate of France and the Legislature o| Maryland, visited Paris after the fall of Napoleon about the year 1816. Her.peculiar situation, as a dij vorced lady, from a husband whose tions she had enjoyed in early youth, bat who was now the husband of a. Germay Princess, excited the sympathy and respec of many of the first families in France. Madame d Genlis was among those whom she met in Pari and that distinguished authoress mentions her in her memoirs with admiration and feeling. This lady] having resumed her own family name of Patterson| has since led an unmarried life, and continued reside in Maryland. Her brother, George Patter son, Esq., is one of the wealthiest agriculturists in that State. “Opulent, highly educated, and gifted (says a biographer of the family,) with qualitie which have rendered her happiness in a great measure independent of others, Mrs. Patterson h passed a long, serene and useful life, and doubtle feels now, in the evening of her days, that it was nd malicious fortune which withheld from her an pean diadem.” Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, her son, is now ond of the wealthiest and most respected citizens o} Baltimore, and has devoted his life—now p middle age—to beoks, to travel, to society, and td agricultural pursuits. For many years he bas culti vated large tracts of land with success, owing to h practical and scientific knowledge of agricultt He and his son will doubtless receive much attention from their relatives, the Bonaparte family, Europe, although they are not placed on the list o legal heirs to the imperial throne of France. It may be interesting to subjoin, in this connec tion, the following lisi of the survivors of the Bon parte family, besides the American branch refe Saw toas to:— Louis Napoleon, (born 1808) Emperor of the French. Bugenie, Empress. Jerome, only surviving brother of Napoleon I., born im December, 1784, and now in his 70th year. Hig child by hia second marriage with Frederica, daughter of King or Wurtemberg, ure as follows : 1—Matilda, Princess Demidoif, born in 1820, Her hus. band is a rich Russian nobleman, now in the army of] Nicholas, and she resides in Paris. 2—Napoleon Joseph, born in 1822, and now an off ip the French army in Turkey. The children of Lucien, brother of Napoleon, ares] 1—Charlotte, born in 1796, widow of Prince Gabrielli, of Rome. 2—Charles Lucien, Prince of Canino, (the OrnitHolo-| gist,) born in 1803, and married daughter of Joseph: Bonaparte, They have cight children, viz: three gona| and five daughters. 8—Letitia, born 1804, married Thomas Wyse, Esq., late member of the British Parliament, of Waterford, Ireland, now British Minister to Greece. 4—Louis Lucien, born 1813. 5—Pierre Napoleon, born 1815. €—Antoine, born 1816. ‘7-—Maria, born 1818, married Vincent de Canino. 8—Constance, born 1823, nuu ina convent at Rome, | The widow of Lucien, brother of Napoleon, ig Alexandrine, Princess Dowager of Canino, born in | 1778, and married in 1803, when she was the widow | of M. de Jonberton. ‘ Of the children of Murat, who married Caroline, | sister of Napoleon, one son and two daughters survive. Of the children of Eliza, eldest sister of Napoleon, | who married Felix Bacchiochi, one survive:—Bliza | —married to an Italian Count. New U. 8. Senator from Massachusetts, The Governor and Council of Massachusetis haya appointed Julius Rockwell, a lawyer of Pittsfield, U. 8. Senator, in place of Edward Hverett, resigned. Mr. Rockwell will serve until a successor is ap- pointed by the Legislature, in January next, for the remainder of Mr. Everett's term, which expires in March, 1859. The new Senator was in Congress ‘asa member of the House of Representatives from the Berkshire district for the eigut years from 1513 to 1851, and has always been popular with his political ds of the whig party. His location in the western part of Massachusetts probably had an in- fluence on his appointment, a3 that section of the State has seldom had a representative in the U. 8. Senate, while Boston and its vicinity have always 4 heen favored in that respect. It has always been the policy of Massachusetts to send men of great talent aad practical experience | to the United States Senate, and few States have been eqnally dis in the councils of the |i nation, both in « House of Represonté- tives, in the 2e3 Which appear on the J national re as comp: ver Congre asi Jegation, from the earliest period to the prese | The following is a list of United States Sena- tors irom Maseachusetta, rvom the adoption of the present time :— From. -Mareh, Mareh, . Mareh, 1784 March’, v9 | Resigne! 1796 19 oo 11796 -June 1796 i799 « duly, 1798 Pasig 1 1800 much Dexte March, 1799 Kesizned 1 June, 1800 -Nov'mber, 1800 1903 183 1808 1811 1813 Resizaed i508 i803 Chri EU P, 2 1816 Uarrison Gray ( 1317 Prenties Mellen. 1818 Flijeh H. Mille, 1820 James Lioy 1822 1828 Resigne 1 | Resigned Died Mareh Resiguet Maren, i Febr'ary March. ' 1357 Charles Sum -Mareh, Mareh, Edward Everett Resigned 186% Julius Rockwell fo The vumber of resignations, being no less than sixteen ou the above list, caunot fail to be notived |] ae remarkable, It is elao worthy of obspryation ||