The New York Herald Newspaper, August 21, 1854, Page 4

TINE HY NEW YO?! i i GORDON BENNETTS, RIOR AND ROITOR. JAMES Pp or AU AND PULTCN STS. Voiume XXE ‘ae, SASTLE GAEDEY—1 vnrfanz—Poravara Tass BeOADWAY Lavy or Lyons Loven py PROXY “OVE? ThnAtey fusny warn. T2.E%—Towe Gore Gnann Drvenreswenr 4A wos Bowery Love's tacnrricn— 2 ©2ONaL CHRATHH. Jhecvam mrom- Gwyrnerte Vavoun A Lap wo THE #onoeeren CAMP) kescdt wv " a BKIQAS SUSEUM —-Asfteracon—An2Lr—Sracrar PAIMAG KIM —Rvesing FAD AnD THE *AuPie Woops wineTis a4) Brvadway-PrnIOr AR 4 corner sy ww Dun. 7eRs BA BVUIR MY Broweway—Buem- By #Lee Ss : ea TROUPS. far § Cemoria: UANICS’ HALL, Mo. 472 Broadway—Neono Mas a ore an Owl'S SEPPODROME, Madisos equate Zauer waray PERFORMANCES New York, Monday, Augast 21, 1854. Malls for the Pacific. CUE NEW YORK HERALD—OALIFORSIA EDITION. The United States mail steamelp Empire ry, Capt. @s ndan, will leave this port this afternoon, at iwo Palock, for Asprowall. be wails for California and other parts of the Pacife #2 sione at one o'clock Te New Yore Werery Array, California edition, sntaining the latest intelligeuca from ali parts of che word, will ne published at ten o'clock in the morning. ingle copies sixpence Agents will please send in ew orders us early a4 possible rhe News, CONPLAGRATIONS AND LOSS OF LIFE. About pne o'clock yeste day moreing a fire broke ou: .o W liamsbu g, at No. 7 Buttle row, in North Firet street, Dear Tenth. Ihe building was tenaat- ed by a number.of tamilic-. The fire spread wita gach rapidity tha: many of the inmates bad great @fevlty ip effecting weir cseape, * ant Oe woman and two men overishel in the flumes. A men vame! Monahan jamped from a third story window, and thns escaped a dreaduldeath. The adjoming dwellings csnghtfire and were somewhat cameged. Mr. Piukuey, who 90 upied one of these butldings, was kiadly assisted by vevernl jersons in removing his forniture, a portion of «hich was stolen. Among other plun der obtained by toe disinterested fieods was about one thousand dollars in money, whic? was abstract ed from a bnreau. A mun names Joha O'Hare was arrested by the police on sus ivion of waving eet the building on fire. At last accounts the bodies of $-o of toe unfortunate vi t ms had been extricated from beneath the mass of rubbish, aud the firemen were working ourewiitediy to recover the one sill femaipir g auder the ruins, On Sanday morving the stable of Mr. Carll, lp Fuiton street, Brooklya, containing thirty horses and a Jarge number of vehicles, caught dre from @ome unknown cause. Che horses and carriages . ere xot out, bus the other contents of the stable ‘were either totally destroyed or g eatly damaged. The adjoining building tok fire, but througo the exertions of che ficomen it escaped with 8 ight injury duly. At this tire s col red man was run over by @ eof the engiors and so badly burt that he diea in a few moments, and aman Lamed Kearney was Xa: cked dows and severely braised. Full accounts of these tires are given elsewhere, togetver with reports of Mose ‘hat o cured in tn city aud the procesoings instituted by the Fir Msrshai before the magist ates against parties charged with arson. ADVANCE IN KAiLEOAD FARE AND PREWHT. Elsewhere we pabhsha report of the proceed ings of the conventi«n of representatives of the New York ana Ene, New York Ceatra), Hadsou River, Peon-ylvania Cestrai, vad Baltimore aad Obi Raitroad Compasies, woi-n met as toe Ss, Nicholas Aiel, in this city, last veek. Tae result of the de iberatinas involves a geuera) advance of ouarges on freight and passengers, Gd a reduction af speed and amount of service, Freight for the present is to be edvauced abous tem per sent, with a further in rease la‘er ia the season. An immense saving to all the roads is auticipstei from the discontinuance of ths system of ranoers and axenta. the free pa-s system has been abridged, and the toral abrogation of tne practive fe rec mmendei to the executice offi era of the re aprctive companies. A uniform classification of freights on the four great lines has been adopted, ani the charges equalized. Measures are to be taken to obtain an adequate increase of compen-a- tion for the mail service, it haviag beea fouud ou exauipation that this service is perfurms? t reaty- Give percent cneaper thun freignt of the lowest grade. The fare on the Erie and Ceatral roads to Buffs o i+ to be advenced on tue Ist September to eigbt dollars, and durlog the wenter to nine dollars, ‘The re ent mse in prives and fal! ia the value of failrowd stock has rendered retrevchment veces- gar,,and the convention probably oon lade these Sr asuree are the least chjectionable as well as the Most compatible with conveaience and sate ty. AFFAIRS LN HONDURAS, Our correapondent at Omoa, in a letter which is given elsewhere, farnisbes seme in‘erosting iotur wation coucerniag the intrigues «f the politicians of Ceotral Amecica. In adgition to the intestine troubles from which that region is now suffering, Sere 19 a famine in the laod, the locusts haviag de vastated the entire country, Large ordera hare been sent to the United States for the pnvobase of breadstuf, lu one oi=trict the popatfon was saved from stwrvation by tue taeiy arrival of a cargo ot core, Wuiclt Was p esented to the famish- 1 x iowabicad 8 oy tho Hoasuras Ralicoad Compsny. Wito regard to the locasts, tee goverument o Gua vemala bas organzed a commirsivod lo devise gieans to extermicate th s+ dest sects. APPAIRS IN CURAY ‘We bave revse'ved oue lesters files of p cers fom Havana to the Lith bus aochiag o” any ubportspee had trans sired O41 tae island since the Jat4 of previ us advioes. tag letters frou our Havana currespucdeuts wil: be foand in a.oher column, Lawres oaper may be fonod a9 MISCRLLA In snothe= part of &) tag's account of the arrest a dexam ovion of anu ober of pereona, WO have ‘or -ome time past bees en goged in parsing off spuricua con upon the pat Seve a! Of Loe persons were stage drivers, audi au pesed that there are others of the same o-cupa tion who aye erpaged im (bie nelarions bawoes, The police dererve credit for aking tip ths ox tenrive gacg of «Ounterfeirer-, acd it Isto be lio ed that they will keep ssharp louk out for those chat yet remain nnaete cred. There sere twenty sever deatha from yellow fers in the Chorit) Hos, ral, New On leans, Wg the week ending the 12tb iastant. In Savannah, ductox the pest week, there bad been ont three fat Of this «iseare, and in Onarle to a very Imited extent, Miller, the man whe accuses himeelf of committin 6 murder in New Jersey, and who re ently arrive ot } bidadel bia tom Pot aa Potoce, resold to ax plate bis offeuce wocording to law, is lying in ths prisen hospital very sick, aod doubss ace envertaines of bis recovery. 8 nt of tots singate “eae of emecience, cons derable attention, may be found in another co haan. 4 4 notice haa been fxsned, collins 4 meeting of th Teo ratic State CO. muaiittee, at tue Astor Louse, on Weduerday pe xt. © We publish to-day some aduidoaal foselga ews, 2 is just sow exerts bgought b he - eams'!» Balt ¢, ‘ne aioe terms o our co-; spo dev 8 a) Pans and London, Theextra’ frm aLserp«!) arr on the deste | tion ef Geeytow wilb- ead with in es. It is the fist blast from tie Bst-h pres os a snbest- ey WIM fen ard To Hypales ter New Po | la Concha | The appoinmme tof Doo Jos: de to the of Cava, is a sign fieaat in- «hange of poliey on the 8 tois country. This im- | portant news, arriving oo tbe rame day on | whfoh Mr Sickles returned t» Europe with of- | livial replies co the despatches of Mr. Buchanan } abd Mr Soulé, relative to the late movements | in the Spanish peniosnla, confirms the imyres- sion which now seems generally to prevail, that a sort of mutual onderstandiay has already been established between the representatives of both governments, In fact, is is already openly given out by the friends of Gea, Pierce's adwinistration that the views of whe latter with regard to Cuba will be movitfied to suit the al- tered aspect of affairs in Spain, so that, for the present at least, all projects for the acquisition of the island by purctase or by forcibie seizure wil be coldly lvoked upon and discouraged. That there are other means of arriving at the same end, and that those meavs have entered into the calculations of our government in the considera‘ion of the instructions seat back through Mr. Sickles to our minisiers at Loa- don Paris and Madrid, fature eveats wit) de- mo: strate. We have always regarded the project of pur- chasing Cuba as visionary and impracticable. Degraded and dishouored as Spain may have been by the profligacy of her court and the , corruption of her successive administrations, we never yet could w Ilingly adwit the supposi- tion that they would be so lost to all sense of shame as to be parties to so disgraceful a bar- gan. When, under the Polk administration the offer of one hundred millions made through Gen. Saunders was indignantly refused, it was not likely that any other proposal of a similar character made under less favorable circum- stances—that is to say, after the suggestion of the employment of force as the alternutive— would be listened to for a moment. Such a prostitution of the powers eutrusted to them would ‘have long since brought Sartorius and his colleagues to the miserable pass in which they pow find themselves, What was difficult then has become impracticable now, under an administration which professes to consult only the honor and interests of Spain. Espartero would never consent tu barter for money oac of the brightest jewels of the Spanish crowa. What other price he may attach to if, if willing to alienate it at atl, the progress of events in Europe alone will decide. With a government established by the unani- mons choice of the Spanich nation, and sympa- toizing, m politica) feeling, with the people of this country, all ideas of possile action with regerd to Cuba are, of course, equally oat of the question, Such a government will not only find it ccngenial to its inclination, but to its in- terests, to satisty every reasonable claim that we inay have against it. As an evidence of its desire to conciliate the good feeling and friend- ship of the people of Cuba, the new ministry send out as Captain-General, Don José de la Concha, certainly one of the honestest men that have ever exercised authority in the islaad, and whose course in regard to the slave trade bas always been marked by a desire to dis- charge the duties of his high office in 2 man- ner calenlated to soothe and soften down any causes of irritation that might aris», from time to time, between Spain and the rest of the world. He was the first Goveraor of the island whose character, and conduct placed him beyond the reach of suspicion. The ap- pointment of such a man, at such a time, is therefore an earnest that an cod will be at once put to the petty insults ai anneyauces that have created so much ill b'ucd and angry feel- ing between Spain and the United States, Whether, therefore, our objects with regard to Cuta are to be attained by a complece and thorough reformation in tbe system of aggres- sion lately pursued by its government toward American interesis, or whether the island is ultimately tofall into our posession in a man- ner which will neither lower the dignity of the Spanish people nor subject us to the imputation of employing force for the parpose of wresting from a weaker nation one of its most valuable possessions, both Spaia and the United States can only bevetit by the new line - ot policy inuugurated in the person of General Concha. If Cubais to continue a depeudency of spain, there is certainly 1.0 one who will be more thoroughly disposed to . srry ont the condi- itions upon which aloue the United States will con-ent to relinquish its desigas upon it, [fit is to be acqnired by this country in the mauner in which we have binted just now, and which has not ds yet assumed a sufficiently definite form to be more spec fically alluded to, the administration of Concha .nader the new régime will have paved the way for the more ready assimilation of Cuban and Ame- rican feelings and interests. Most of the prejndices and il) bivod that have been so cerefally fostered by tre late Spanish officials ip the istand, wiri nave by that ly disappear d, at last have ed. In the meanwhile the mother conn try will e bevefitved largely by this im roved state of things. Having no longer any bh stile designs to apprehend on (b+ part of the United States, sue will bee tod to diminisy be strength of the military ond naval fi which «he is now compelled to maintain for the defence of the island. The amount of revenue which she draws trom it will be proportionate. \y increased by +his reduction of her presen exp: oditure, so that instead of being « of embarra smene aod apprehension, Cuba may ultimately become an clement of tength to ber, To secure this prospect, it is evident thar Spain will bave to emancipate herself entirely from the state «f tutelage tu which she hy been so long k pt ly the glish aad French vovernmenta She must he either entirely wir us or against ns. Tf she means to hold on t& Cuba, sbe must shake off the Anglo-French in duence which hus bitherto proved such a fruit ulsource of misery to her, and jook for sup port in quarters where her sufferings will m @ wivh sympathy and ber liberal impulses wir beouragement, Should sbe, however, ente ain larger and broader views of the neces ties of her po-ition than can be satisfied by th rertricted programme of ber presets adiuaini ration, then Cuba wil) nos be toa dear @ pri to pay for that material support which sbe wi) ‘quire to assist her ia majutainiog ner newt titntions ip the midst of the rivalries aud jeu feusirs that will be employed to sabvert tien im any event, iis to this country, aad t> thi country alone, that Spain wilt bave to lvok for the ecusvlidation of her Jiberdes, ot whor ecome greatly mod oree ~oure The war whoop }as h rdly reog through the camp of the Sar t ga co .vent on bofore dj .aea- sion mak sits entran-e, and the two coupo- next seetiows of the new Northern party fall npon cach other terrible virulence, Jus’ as the Northern patriots were about to destioy the old whig and semocratic parties, and raise Seward to the highest pitch of his ainbition 01 | a new platform, balf the stancheons of the edi- fice give way, and half the patriois turn to with « will to belavor the other half. The genuine ory nal old free soilers of the Van Buren brand will not be led by the nose by Sewerd, “ Puerile and impotent,” says their ‘gon, “bas been the Saratoga Convention :” “ indignation and contempt ” are the only sen- timents it arouses, These are, no doubt, very just and proper reflections ; but they come with peculiar grace from the very clique which made such heroic endeavors to set the “coatempti- ble’? movement on foot, and to rally a res- pectable show of speakers at the “ puerile and impotent”? convevtion, In the origin, the at- 1empt to organize a Northern sectional party out of the excitement caused by the Nebraska bi}l, wag made on joiot sccount by whigsand free soil democrats. AJt the disappointed office seek- ers, all the broken down politicians, all the dislo- cated fragments of obsolete parties, and all the loose, idle and disorderly mob orat rs in the country jumped at the idea of a new platform on which they could as- semble fraternally, ond take the chances of something turning up in the shape of spoila, The preparatory meetings and por- boiling committees contained Van Burenites aud Sewardites, a strag plank or two from the Albany Regency and s general omnium gut erum of all sorts of grumbling philosophers and social revolutionists. Out of these heteroge- neous materiale, it was announced that the great Northern party was to be evolved. The ooly people in the plot who seem to have hada fixed purpose were the Se vard men, who looked dircctly to the Presidency of their chief through the agency of the new taction: the free soil de- mociats and their associates of all hues and stripes joined in the movement without any defi- nite pian, trusting to chance affording them some recompense for their labors. They were ready torchbel, and to lend a hand in disturbing the country, even though the operation should in- volve a conlition with their old antagouists ; but they took it for granted that if any victory Was won, they rhould obtain their fair share of the plunder with the others. These natural hopes have been dashed by the precipitancy of the Seward managers. The co- alition had not been three hours in session be- came it obvious that the Jatter intended to mo- nopolise the whole points of the contest ; and that. in plain words. the Northern party was destined to be nothing mcre than the old whig party under anew name and new colors, with William H. Seward at ita head. Such was the haste and such the indiscretion of the agents employed by Mr, Seward that before the first day’s session was over the mine was sprang. and the free soil democrats saw they had been entrapped. Their indignation may readily be conecived. The disgraceful brawls which took place with'n the walls of the convention were only a prelude to still more fierce ebullitions of temper without. Furious epithets are at this moment flying like hail between the disgusted free soil democrats and agonized Seward whigs. The ecene is altogether very fine and edify ing. Here are a parcel of men who cry poig- nautly to Heaven against the sin of slavery and with virtuous zeal call upon their country men to enrojl themselves im @ league whose ohject shall be to prevent (@® spread of the institution. Before they have been together three bours, they fall a quarrelling among themselves ebout the division of th» booty they expect to capture. One party says that Seward and his friends mu-t have i: all. The other ex- claims—witb remarkable truth—that such a scheme is a mere trick to resuscitate the whig party under new colors, end that ff, as the re- solutions state, old party distinctions are,to be abolished, the spoils sliouid be divided among the whole band irrespective of early associa- tions. This suggestion is hooted by the whig majority, and the confederates «plit in high dudgeon and furiously ravage with each other. Had either the whig or the d:mocratic branch of the party been sincere, it could not bave foundered on euch a rock as this. Had che es- tablishment of the free soit doctrine been their only object, it would have mattered little under what leaders that object was gained, and the first signs of a fight about the spoils would have met with general and peremptory reproba- tion But as in fact the authors of the Saratoga Convention cared not one straw about the extension of slavery—as their sole aim was to organize a party that could carry the election of 1856, and command the spoils of the federal government for four years— the choice of leaders was in reality a para- mount concern, and the division of the spoils the chief topic of debate. The grasping ambi- tion of Seward and his partizans has precinded any understanding or accord on these points; and the democratic confederates have ace rd ingly seccded, leaving the whigs alone iu the field. The great Northern alliance is henceforth noth ng but the detudet whig party galvanized into Jife under a new name. Such is the net resnit of six months labor on the part of the Sewart leaders. The excite- ment aroused by the Nebraska bill in certain sections of the country afforded them a fair opportunity of setting on feat a strong anti slavery party, wit, ramifications extending into the tempe ance, women’s rights and otber loes] camps; and bad they p ssessed ove atom of sireerity in their denunviat of that meaure and its priaciples, it is teyond a doubt that eld par'y eal u-ies ant personal rivalries would not have been suffered to defeat the common am As if was, it tarns out that heir antislavery aspirations were the least roublecome of their cares, the spoils, avd the ther rewards of political ambition were th va) desiderata, and on these they ‘split ltke nany a similar faction, All experience shows at conupt comb oatious for tee purpo-e of tesping power or booty are sure to fail at ome time or other : some endare until th Licet ef the cowlition \s effec ed, as in the cas | President Pierce. and then diskelve acm igh'ful ciseord ano disgraceful revelation th others, the ropture follows so clo-ely at r the junction, that the ver existence | the combination is lett a matrer of doubt hie bas been the fute of the Saratoga Couven ow and the new Northern party. So blidd re the loudersand so intent on their eo rup! signs, that they \d vot restrain their evi! and shivered into fragment ithin a few bours after their union was eou- ronmated. The came telegriph annouace wssions for a day their fraternal embraces and their desperate boils, In ove colamn of the newspspors we find a touching parrative of theie abuegation of party, in @ other a spirited account of their partison virulence, Between the two factious into which they have split it is hard to choose. The preponderance of dapticity bas been on the side of Seward; but his rivals have surpassed bimin folly. Equally batavced in potot of cor- rupiion and carelessbers about priaciples, the whigs bave proved their superiority in the ars 1 deception, while the free%o | democrats carry off the palm of cynici-m. No blush overapread the cheeks of the latter when they boldly aa- nounced that all they coughs was the spoils, and these being denied them they seceded from the movement : the whigs stl keep up the farce of pretending that they are not whigs, but Northern avti-slavery ayitatore. The pitiful disguise of a name will hardly do them much god at the elections. Ocr Naval Sreamers—Tue San Jacinto DissbLep.—The inadequacy of the steam fri- gates attached to the United States navy to the requirements, hus been toe cause of a great deal of trouble, expense aud annoyance to tue government during the past ten years. From the year 1813 up to the present time, the Navy Depurtment has been engaged in a series of ex- periments in steamers; and of the twenty-six versels of this class which have been built or eltered for naval purposes, but two—the Mis- sissippi and the Powhatan—have been sutisfuc- try und successful. We have now to add auo- ther casualty to the already overflowing list. The San Jacinto is one of the new steamers, and the was recently fitted for a cruise in the Bultic,to protect American interests in that quar- ter. She sailed from Philadephia on this craise op the 12th inst., and on the 19th she put into the port of Boston disabled. The accident was one of the worst that could have happened, Her bed-plate is broken, and her machinery must #li be taken out. This will require -everal months time, aud the Baltic cruise must be given up. The San Jacinto is a propeller, and 1s worked with two “square ” engines, with in- clined cylinders and vertical air pumps. These epgines are very irregular in their action— their friction is great; they are constantly liable to fracture and difficult to keep in order or repair, Such was the testimony of the Chief Engineer of the United Stases Navy, Placed on record in 1853. The propeller has been twice altered ; the engine was disabled oa the first trip. The greatest speed ever obtained by this versel was nine miles an hour. The San Jacinto was built at Brooklyn, and launched in June, 1850. She is bark-rigged, end her armamert consists of two eight-inch pivot guns, and four eight-inch broadside guns. The firet cost of the San Jacinto’s machinery was over two hundred thousand dollars; but we really could not ssy how much money has been spent on it since. We have been thus particu- Jur in the care of the San Jacinto, because the seme story, with an alteration of dates, will answer for nearly every steamer in the United States navy. Our naval constructors do not teem to have discovered the secret of building stcam vereels tocariy armaments, and it is time that the contracts were given to others more sble in practice and more proticient in their idcas. Our navy is not so large that we cau aficrd, in these troblous times, to lay up a first- cluss steam frigate during two or three months, ard we should bave ships upon which sone reliance cav be placed. The accident to tbe San Jacinto is an unfortunate affair, we shall be told; but carelessness had more to do with the matter than accident. Government was told a yewr ago by its engineer in-chief, that the San Juc:nto’s ev gines were coustautiy liable to fracture. And yet she was ordered to the Baltic as a specimen of American naval architecture, und to watch over American inte- rests in that Lelliger: nt region. All there matters are important just now, pertly because we m+y be plunged iuto war at short notice, but chiefly because six newsteam frigates are to be built immediately. We hope that the people will get something for the three millions which will be spent on these vessels, and thyt they will be creditable to the ser vice. Musical and Drematic Matters. ABRIVAL OF GRISI AND MARIO—NO PUBLIC DEMON STRATION— OPENING OF THK BROAD #aY THEATRE —MK, HENRY FakREN—FORE(UN AND OUMBSTIU ITEMS. ’ Medame Grisi and Signor Mario arrived here on Saturday afternoon, in the steamship Bultic. Tae contempla’ed excnrsion to meet them did art teke place, becouse the Baltic msde an uansaally ravid pareage. The artists, with their ‘ staff,” proceeded to the St. Nicholas Hotel, where elegant apart- mente bad been provided for them. Mr. Ha:kets, the mensger of the troupe, alao arrived ia the seme ship. There’ is a great deal of anxiety felt by the entire public as to the plan of the season, which isavnonnced to commence at Castle Girdes on the 4tb September, and it is stated that Griai and Mario vill appear in a grand ope-a, the seats beiag sold at five dollars each, asa fixed price. We presam- that the public will be made aware of Mc. Hsskest's intentions in ample season for all p actical purpose, The opening of Castile Garden by these artists will be abapry inauguration of the vey brilliaat aad lively theatrica) season whch is be‘ore us ——Toe Br adway theatie oes this evemiag for the regolar reason. The only additions ty toe sto k co apaoy cf lust revnon ae hur. Hanchets, late of the Southe n heatres, in place of Me. Pope aad Mrs. f aice, ¢ placeof Mrs. Veraon, The hous+ bas beeo put iv sood order, aod the a range ments for the season, #0 far as they Love been made koown, pro utse wel OF ite sncerwe, Mo. Burret, the stage mnansger \s » geetiewan of ablity and experience, aud h of ois bes engagemen's ts teat of vr. Le lew erof the oc estes, The opentag oti celudes * Uhe Lady of Lyops? anda fatcocaties 1A er by Proxy.” Mr. Hepry Parren and M otise Howard, two young aod pooular Loedon otists, play the eading characters io both thee peces. At home they stand very bighty with the public; in the United Staces they have yee t+ maky Ubeir repu atvon, aud their sudcess will depend aan y Upon the ocivion of the New Yok public. Chey veserve, theretore, a fair bearing and a just verdict and we hope to see toe theatre cro#ded with jarors thin evening, when their care is to be cou idered, Mr. Furven plays both od and young parts, and several iow and pecoliae pieves will be preseaved cunng his esgagement.——Che theatrical eveuts of The past week present no featares worthy of ex v terdes commect, A ebritling oruma, of the Pore ste a8 been played at toe Bowe y. ie ted Phe Conner of Lyons,” and the plot tures chiefly upon a well Koowa tocideor Ww | juris orudecce, whereia we are tol! was (he resemblance between a bignty re ectabe bow geois ramed Lesarge aod a roober cared Dubois that the fiat was a rested for a ma er comma es by the eroond, tried, conei ted ans cuvlotined. This is oll fait fatty represeate” in the vetoes @hoth parts belag played by the same perso M,C a len Pope) except the b heading of the ne Atthe eritioal momeot the mistake 1 iecowered, Virtue io the pereon of Lesurge offers up bis thanks for tis delweraoce, io the cease of toe stave, woile Vice, in the persoa of a “ double” eprecenting Dubox, is collarea by two gens d’armes. The phy reqnires very good ecting and a minute attention to detail to make it succesefal——Mr. Joby R Seett has drawn excellent houses at the Nationa), and bir bold, vieo-ous style of acting nightly awskers the enthusiasm ot his andieace. ——Mr. Burton, sith a portion of the Chambers treet com any, bas been playing alternate nigh's to she Rave) Fanily, at Niblo’s, and has drawn fall audiences,—_T e opera eeason is drawing to a close. Thix -veving is set apart fer the benefit of Signor Graziaui, the boritone, when the “ Paritani” and ap a ¢ of “ Torquato Tasso.” is announced. Oa Wedpesduy tie “ Grand Lyric Festival” for the be- pefit of Max Maretzek and Madame Bertucca Ma- retzek Lhe worthy <i ector is universally popular, and is deserving of « great house. Many seats, we bear, are alreudy taken, and we have no doubt shat Castle Garden vill preseut such an array of beauty and fastion on Wednesday as will gladden the beart of the impresario and send him on his way to Philadelphia rejoicing——The German Liederbranz Society celebrated the ‘“ Summer Night’s Musical Festival” at Clifton Park, Staten Isan',on Satur ay.—The complimentary beaefit to Mr. Florence anc wife, at Niv.5's, oa Saturday night, was a successful affair as far as nambers could go to wake it 40, the houce being two-thirds filled, The best performance of the night was Howard Payne’s comedy of “ Charles the Secon,” Meesre. Scott aud Perry being excellent in tue parts of Captam Copp acd Chartes,—— Mr. Daffield, late of the St. Charles theatre, his taken the ataye Manage ment of the theatre at Charlestun, 8. C., aud is now in New York, engagiog @ stock compavy. — Mis. Fasren will shortly play an eugegene, at tre Buwery tneatre——Mr. and Mrs, A. H. D venport have returned to Now York, after succeasfal Western tour, ani they are engeged at the Walnut street theatre, Pa.- ‘ade)phisa—-Mr. Humphrey Bland, formerly of the Park and Broadway theatres, ig en: gaged at Wallack’s theatre for the next season——— Mr. William Niblo arrived on Sata-day, by the Baltic, and it is stated he bas secuced several novelties for the Gardeo. After some delay, the donation of five hundred dollare made by Mr. Barney Williams to the Wash ington Monument fund has been paid into the treasury of the society. We were obliged to di ect tbe attention of tie proper aatuorities taree times to the fact that the money was in the handa of the editor of the Henat.D, awaiting their order. Mr. Whittlesey, the genera) agen’, drew on us fur the amount, and the draft was paid. The following is a copy of the document:— woceooooooooe ooo OSES eo o sooo OK S sH0. Wasmxcron, August 18, 1854. On demand, pay to the order of Messrs. Kigga & Co., for value received, five hundred doliars, amount contributed by Barney Williams to Wash- ington Monument. ELISHA Wall’ LESEY, General Agent. To Jamzs GORDON BENNETT, Editor of the HRRaLD, New York. ° wocoooo ooo ooo Oooo OO OOOO OOOO SF —Mr. Williams and wife will eail for San Francisco in the mail steamship which leaves this port to day: The entertainments offered for this evening way be summed ap as follows:— At the Broad way theatre “ The Lady of Lyons,” end “ A Lover by Proxy,” Mr. Heary Farren and Miss Louisa Howard in tie priavipal parta, support- ed by the stock compaay. At Castle Garden, “ I Paritani,” and “ Torquato Tusso,”’ for the benefit of the popuiar baritone, Sig: nor Graziupi. At Niblo’s Garden, the Ravels and M’lle Yrca Me thias in their light, agreeable and popular entertalo- Mens. At the Bowery theatre, Miss Susan Denin com Mruces an engagement of six nights, aad plays Margaret E'more in “ Love's Sacrifice,” Mr. Rober’ Jobnston as Mattbew Elinore. At the National theatre, Mr. J. R. So ott appears in a favorite drama, and two light pieces will be ated At Barnum’s Museum, popular entertainments ill be presented this afternoon aod evening. Atthe Hippod:ome tre visiters will be amased witha five mile foot race, in addition to the ususi attractions, Excellent programmes are put forth tor thia even- ing by Woods's and Buckley’s Minstrels, Mr. Woo. opens Christy’s old ball, 472 Broadway, with a new company, this evenivg. The bull No. 444 Broadway, will also be open as nsval. PRILADELFHIa—The Arch street theatre was Opened for the season on Saturday night last. During the summer vacation extensive and desirable improvemer te have been made in tie interior of the building. The orchestra stalls have been enlarg>d and the seats covered with red plush. The old apd ‘nconventent entrance ways have beea closed ard broad doorweys opened nearer the stair-ases leaging into the boxes, The reats in che boxes aud second tier have been altered and covered with ‘dae Wilton carpet. The second and third tiers have been entirely senovated and improved. The privav- boxes are newl, furvisbed aod curtained. The fronte of the first, second and t'ird tiers have been decorated with rich'y g lt ornamenta. The chande- liers bave been burnished, enc the entire theatre ba.ered, painted ‘and carpeted in elegant style. Mr. John Wiser has just finished @ beautifal new curtain sepresenting the Paradige of Mahomet. “Mares” was the opening play. Max Maretzek wil open the Cbesout street theatre on the 23th of this mcnth, witn his opera troupe, for a season of four weeks’ duration, during which will be produced “ Mosepelio,” “ Paritam,” “Marie de Roba,” “ Luciezia Borgia,” * Lucia,” “ Nurma,” *“ Loui-e Muler,” and “ Rigoletto,” the last two never having been given entire inthis city. The Walnat will open for the egular season on Mooday evening, 28th inst The house has beeo thorougbly cleansed, painted, apd vewly .arpeted. Mr. Joba Sefton con tious in the post f stage manager, which he nas soably filed. But few alrerations have been made ip the compeny. The v,eotng attraction will pro- Dbably be Mies Caroline Richi gs aod Lr, 9. Ricaings. ‘The City Musecm is the title of a new place o amusement which will svortly be o,ened in this city, [tis lorated uvon the porth side of Cailowhil) street, between Fourth aod Fifth ateew. Th jower floors of tre spe ious building ave devoted to the purposes of & Museum proper. Ascending » fine marsive staliesse, we reach the theatre, o n taining # parquette and two tiers of boxes, ce able of aceommodating nearly thiee thousand pers ars. The stage is thir y-tore- fet in wioth, and fifty five eep. ‘Tbe wiath of the parquette ts fitt,. -seven fer ris inches, From the s'aye to the back wall of thy parguette meusares seventy-one feet, Messrs Astiton & Co., the proprietors of this handsome resort, paryose opeaing it to the public on the sth prexino., The management bas beea placed in tor bands of Mr. J. E.M D noagl, who has eogaged the ‘ollowitog com acy :— Messrs. J. E. Nagle, BG. Rogers, H. 4. Lavgaon, M. McBride, T. J. Wor. vel, S. H. Hemple, H.C. R far, Marshall, Piood, Weer, Reed, May, Knight, and J, E. McDonough, stoxe manager; Miss Louisa Pra, danseuse; Ma dames Kynar, F. N. Drew, Thayer, Misa E. Wood, Mes Lizzie Feld ng, Mrs. Langdoa, (ate Miss Eopa Reed.) Neumevta Baker, Forrester, Louis, E Norton, und H. Nortov, Musical director, Mr. scierzer, forme ly of Barpum’s mogeam, W. FP. Joh sp has been engaged as the stage manager of the Chesnut street theatre woea the dramatic eeaeon Comm Nees, Bartinons —The Holiday strest theatre, under Wailcott's manese ment, opened last Monday with © Ube Sebo ci tor Sewn al” Boston.--The Nasional theatee will open on the 28en instent, «ich Mes, Macy Woodward as a “eter.” This lady vas formerly a favorite stock | actiess at the old National, aod has since ascuma- | Weed acompctence to California, to which State | ste 1otenes shortly to retarn, Mist Annette [no- is | ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° eococececoee playing at the madeom. The Gabriel Ravel trope | | have concluded their season at the Howard, and they are to be sv oreded by the new Italian Opera company. The B ston Transcript saya — Among the passenvers in the steamer America, at thie pore trim Liverpool, are severat of the com- DY engaged forthe vew Boston theatre by Mr. wry, during bis recent tour abroad, viz. :—Mre. Wood, coms dy actress and vocalist; Mr. Wood, first low cone cian, bet» from the Theatre Royal, Man- chester; Mr. James Beanett, first tr . the Theatre Royal, Birmingbam; Mr. f vt, first light comeoian, from toe Theatre Royal, Duthp. Several other a t’sts of eminence wil, “ar- rive during the presevt month. Fourion Takarsicats.—"The Courier of Lyons’” was being played at four theatres in Loadon on tho Ast instant, Two other dramas of the same achool— “The Old Chateau,” and “The Man in the Red Houre”'-- bad aiso been produced at the Ha; market and the Victoria. Grisi’s farewell took place on the 7th, as per announcement. Mr. EB. L. Davenport bad gcne upon another pe -vinclul tour, and the date of bis departure for the United States has not been fixed. He bas a complimentary benefit at the Ly~ ceom, London, previous to his departure. The opera. sevson at Covent Garien wos announced to close on: the 14th, and the compavy to open at Liverpool on toe 4th September. Drury lane theatre is adver™ tised for rent, ‘reserving six farewell nights for G. V. Brooke, Esq. (being his last and only perfor- macces in London prior t» his departare for Ame. rica), commencing on the 23d and ending on.the 80th of Oc ober next.” Mr. McKean Buchansn hag beep playing at the Marylebone, and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wallack at Birmiogbam. Mr. John Van- denhcff hsving expressed an intention to retire from the stage, & meeting of his friends and admir- ¢Ts was yecently beld ut Liver, ool, and @ de, utasion waited upon t: e tragediun to reqnest him to recon- sider bis determinatioo. He complied with the re- guest. Tne voene is ssid to bave been an affecting one. Mrs. Hudson Kirby, who is engaged for the “heavy” tragedy at tie new Boston ‘beatre, couli uot eail by the america, on account of injuries re- ceived on the 2st July, at the Plymouth theatre. Her diese took tire from some fan ligate placed at the back of the stage. She was not seriously burned. From Paris we Jeary tbat the goverament has taken the Grand Opera into its own hands; the enormous debt ($200,000 ) #bich ruined M. Nestor Rogueplar bas been sesumed by the goverament, andve are to pave by the Grest Extibition of méxt year the most epieuaid operatic establishment in tha World; ite corp: of cance:s and of singers will be Unsurpareed, Large offers are made to Madame Jenny Lino. M'me Stoltz is engaged. The Vaude- Ville theatre—cloeed io consequence of M. Tnibea- deaux’s fnilure—will sbortly be re-opened wita the: best company 1» Paw. Te Varietes theatre has almost complete | ite Augean task, and it promises ‘to be the g~ est theatre here n-xt winter. The Gy mnure is playing ureally excellent niece— “Les Av oureux de ma Femme” (My Wife’s Love-)s An old fellow, sith » youog wife, is at Ossend; a troop of dancies lay stege to tre lady’a heart; tas burbano becomes jealous; to save himeelf. be tella. all the suitors tratehe is bis ward, and that poor a obe it, be ven's to marry her well. Yune of them want to be victimize ,and they all quit her except sn Itahan, wbo wishes to marry her, for- tune or no foriuue, ard he drags ina notary, An explanation takes place. Che Italian ie au desespoir. Ail the other -urto'« retu'n, but madame has learned bow vaivelesa their Jove is, and ehe remaics true to Marte Rachel will_not again on the stage e Racbel wi m appear in on before September; she pe Hy io her resignation, end positively as-erts shut ace intends alvogether retiring trom the stage, and that she has no of going to the Uniied states, Marine Affatre. Lavycerp.—At Port Jefferson, on the 18th inst, by Mersra. Bedell & Darhog ao beautiful schooner of 600 tona, named the Relph P. st. She is a fine specimen of Brook-Huven build, is fivished throughout in the most *ubstaptial manv-r, aod is the third schooner launched this sesson by her enterprisirg builders She is owned by parties. sesicing in Ne# York, A palsehicola and Smith~ town. L I., at which latter place ber commander, Cspt. Hamilton D, Conkiia, resides She 18 iateaded for Ralph Post’s line of Apalachovw packets, una will commenco ber regular tips immed ately She will be towed co thie por’, soon where she may be seen at picr 11 East river,, Goop Voracr —the ct pver abip Goldea City, ‘aatield, arrived yesterday from Shanghse in 108 days. She le’s New Yors tor Sen Franct-co an the 22d Octover last, and bar pede the voyage sround the world -in nine months and ripeteen asys Pottese Tutetiigence. GREAT HAUL OF COUNTEBFEITERS. For some time past the public have Leen imposed upon by a large gang of counterfuitare, whose operations were evidently got up on » large and very secret scale. Per- tone ricing in stages at night to our own knowledge had several counterfeit quarter dollars passed upon them in exchange for good money The polloe for the lass week bave been op the qui vive for the purpose of ferret- ting out this gang of lawless mea, On Friday the frst clue was obtein-d in the srrest of s man named Wm. Waring, with three of these bogus pieces of soia in his JOrrersion, by Ufficcr Waish The news of this man's communicated to Capt. Dilk, of the Four- police, he, along with officers Walsh, Miller, Wells, procerded to the public house corner of sod Mercer streets, called the “Smile,” ead there urrestec Willam W Bouton, Wailace eamor Irsrc McNulty, and i+ pry G. Edwards, the proprietor 1 house In the possession of the three Gret found » quantity of Spsoish bge and quarter dolur-, wnich were takea care of by the police. Te © ‘bree fi'#t aentioned men are stage drivers by profescion— VicNul'y, @bo was arrested oat nice the buila ny by Sergeant kider, attached to the Jef: ferson Market poles court. ives at 165 tignth avenue, A sentch warrkut deng pices in the hends of offic-ré Miler, Wells oud Waleb, the bourse of Wallace Seamore, No. #8 event atevuc, wee searched, and a quantity oF bogus mouey to there, Seantme, wuile officers Walen flier, Mil Wella w-10 @ rewtiog these per- wenn. eleven other arre-teo by » gasrd of mea un- ne teum of being connected in the . Trey gave v nert nt Boyle, Flee Gomge hos, , leer Van blareon, age 1, Henry Lopy inonne, P Aluthe parties taken before Judge Stewart, who thoreughl; investigated the matter, and made the fol- lowing «ispoeiton othe prisoners:— mnittes ip fill tor srial—Willliam W Bouton, ace Siamore, Inave aeNuity, end Henry Edwards kotert West and Patrict Bo le «ere ant to tlack- We Irland tor three months e.01 ‘here heing no ci hem, the court sent them tothe act ut of evidence—Filen EB wards, ¢ Vau Biarcra, David Wilcox, W iliac us, aud Henry Ly tt, brops: nant stom Wornh wore howd ‘urtber exam(, Batiem Great praise ix due tse officers for their ef- forte ip Orrahing vy this bond of cv: ntertaiters, ae t) Siemens bave Wwog sufferod frum their peroveiout oe jy tois taud were aley found durgiaes’ tools dad @ member of t ‘y i e George , O brok-r? safes ‘Phe ) committer by Jussicn we have said hefore, all * atest of severa others ing thie spurious cola upom , wit lend te the work of p AKKES? OF TWO PUGITIVES CHARGED WITH MUR- 1BK UN PHILADELETA. Infore etion was rece ved a tow deys ago from Phily- cel bis that two msn, names Peter Crowel and Joseph: Lonly, charged ih the murder of @ poltceman im that hy, pamed Yovney, which teow place about three years ge, bad arrived othe Unive! States ship Retief, frou ‘Ye Brazil const, and «ere at protent scjourning ia New York, Accorengly, the Chief of Polos, Mr Mateell, vevised measures for their acregt, and deputed Capten Tirebert, of the Fourth ward police, for that purpose, ‘bis officer ae ine uven mstruc'ions rece vod, proceeled to the Navy Yaro, and went on hoard tho Reliof, where be found the tugitives, who had just been discharged from the ship He immediately took them into onatedy, to the Foorth ward station ho min until ‘hey can be taken bee to in. Mh pC pn) ‘bei = for murder The crime wiih ab cb these men are charged was ptrpetraced ip the win @ of 186i. At thé time of the tragedy the pri k belonged te the Morameoatog Hose Comyany, At that time standing high with the well roown "Kult aud Ht wae th One Of those disgraceful Mgbte that took pliee between rival fre companies that tyrate pole man was killed After the com- ne ‘he accused pasties fled trom over three years before acy tabouts was kKoowa They ip Relief, and, a ther *, Weare assared contina- ue condnet y= Vest raay officer Tnderhtll arroat- med Patrick Parcell, on & warrant, who ta charges ou the afiitavit of Lawrence Om vay with bave ing krocked bins cown avd ny forcinle mosas, at the reroener «f1he comolalonnt, 39% aranue aA, abstract. td from bie pre e « three twenty dollar gold pieces, snd tee doliars 1 her mooe, «ith which he ran off; and ‘hat there was another man with the prisoner time but pot yet arrested, who participared im ste Stewart committed the prisoner the ety. aro were informaiin of "ty shipped em beard t abser ce on a long er ally tn ive ne for vty tigh | —Last evening 4 man named m England, «a8 arrested by goties, on a charge of being a sheod loasmned ashe is elem at al Neoge able by ba earaings to provi ® himself , with better clothing he wa Yooked ap Th the ecations