The New York Herald Newspaper, April 10, 1855, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETUR AND EDITOR, re ae EERE IK ) MB, cash in advance. L + 4 Beas Britain, and 9 to any part “LL TERS ait” for Bubicripions or with Adver- the money | . VOLUNTARY GORRESPONDENCE, containing iver paid for. Ovn Porsien ConRxsPON- TICULARLY REQUESTED TO SEAL ACL ES SENT UB. BNO NOTICE taken of anonymous Communication, We 708 PRINTING erecuted with neatness, cheapnete, and VERTISEMENTS renewed every day. ‘AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Jacx Cavs—T. Turon. No. 99 NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway—Romeo un Jura. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Covrrer or Lyons— Buacw Ever Svsan—Raneom, eg BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers street—Javer Prive TRYING IT ON, WALLACK’S THEATRE, Brosdway—Wiin Oars -Kass an vuz Dar. AMBRICAN MUSEU M—Afterncon—Mv Wire's Diany Lexy Me Five Satin Evening—Furme Ovrouman. WOOD'S MINSTREL: Mechanics’ Hall—473 Broadway. BUCKLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, 639 Broadway—Bvox- aev’s Ermoriay Orena Trovure. 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Governor Clark signed the prohibitory liquor bill Jest evening. Already notice bas been given in the Benate of a bill to effec: its repeal. A congratulatory meeting on the occasion of the paseage of the temperance bill was held last even- “mg st Union Hall, but the proceedings wera uain- teresting. ‘In the Senate yesterday Mr. Dickinson offered a proposition to amend the constitution of the Sate. We publish it under the proper hes. It will, if ratified, postpone the payment of the publi: debt sud tu:n over the sinking fund to canal purposes. ‘Whe measures now before the Legislature for extri- cating the treasury from embarrassment are—l. ‘The bil tolling railroads; 2. A special tax upon imoorporated companies; 3. A direct mil tax on all persons! and real estate; and, 4. An amendment of the Constitation so ss to allow the canal rev> wues to be taken from the sinking fand. We have received Senator Dickinson's report and bill carrying out the policy of taxing corporations, but as there is not the slightest pro- babulity of its being adopted, by the present Legie lature at least, and as it would occupy about six columns of our paper, we shal) hold its publication ever for further consideration. The Legiale ‘ure will, no dcubt, adopt the proposal to amend the constitu- tion, and also the increased general tax, but the de- sign) on the railroads snd banks, &c., willbe aban- doned. The Board of Supervisors last evening adopted a preamble and resolution, remonstratirg against the passage of Senator Dickinson’s bill divartiag the tex psid by incerporated companies from the city = to the State treasury. A graphic account of the marvellous race of Lex iwgton, over the Metairie Course on the 24 inst., is given elsewhere. The four miles were run in seven minutes nineteen and three-quirter seconde, as officially declared by the time keepers. Our political news may be briefly summed up. In Louiaville, Ky., the Know Nothings have elected their candidates for city offivers by alarge majority. In Hertford, Ct., yesterday, a coalition of all fay tions sneceeded in defeating the Know Nothings ‘Whe Maceschusests Senate yesterday adopted a reeo'ution declaring foreigners ineligible to office. Whig State officers have been elected in Iowa by mojorities larger than given in August last. The body of a German woman, who hai, to all appearance, been atrociously murdered, was dis. eovered in a eecluded epot, in Philaielphia, on Sunday morning. Her throat was cat with a razor im such 8 horrible manner that the head was entire. dy weparated from the body, wits the exceptien of @ small piece of skin. The windpipe and the spinal column were completely sevéred. From appsar ances the murder was committed by two persons. The head of the dec:ascd appeared t> have b:en forced backward when the wound was inflic‘ed, and both wrists {had evidently been encircled by the hands that held them, jadging from the marks which are upon the skin. The affsir is still shrouded im deep mystery, and no clue of the gu!l<y parties had been discovered. The trial of Terence Hemill, otherwise Hammond, for the murder of bis wife, in Trinity place, on the Ist of Jannary last, was commenced yesterday morning, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, bafore Judge Cowles. It was a quarter past one o’closk before ® jury was empannelied, in consequence of the prisoner's counse] having availed himself very extensively o° the privilege to interrogate each gentleman se to his competency to serve as a jaror in the case—which, it appears, is founded their knowledge of the transaction, the netcre of their business occupation, and the locality of their private residences, as Well as whether they had read a statement of the occar- rence and formed an opinion of the guilt or inno- cence of the party accused. The latter question, ip our opinion, would be sufficient to discover the “competency” of the juror, and would save much time in these mercifal preliminaries. The District Attormey, it is but jus’ to ssy, was prompt in his examinatious, and asked no question but such as were pertinent and necessary. The trial had nos concluded at the rising of the Court. The trial of John B, Holmes, for the homicide of polieeman Gourlsy, during a row, in Greenwich mreet, about the time of the elections, last Novem" ber? commenced yesterday, in the Court of Beseions, before Judge Stuart. The case, which will probably las for several days, has created a considerable excitement from its political bearings We publish a fall report in another column. In the genera! term of the Supreme Court, yester éay, the judgment on the cise of Michasl Donnelly, convicted of burglary, was reversed. Ia the case of Kiersted against Trinity Church, judgment wag given for defendants on demurrer, with costs. In the matter of extending the Bowery, the motioo ier retexation was denied, and taxation of costs effirmed. The cotton ma ket continued firm yesterday, with saloe of 2,000 bales. Flour again advanced jc. , 1%. per barrel, chiefly on common to mediam and good grades. Southern flour was in good demand st higher rates, with some lote taken for shigment to Bouth America Southern good white whest sold at $265. Corn was again Grmer, and sales of white and yellow were made at 106\c. 81070. The loner eho Oe woe belt we a0 S masel Lamps relative to the sale of unwholesome meat. An ordinance designed to effect a remogel of this dangerous nuisance, was referred to the Gommittee on Markets for consideration. ‘The city railroad question was breught up in the Board of Councilmen last evening, in the shape of resolutions to rescind and annul ail grants, licences, rights and privileges, heretcforemade by the Cor- poration of New York to lay rails on B-oadway. ‘The resolutions were, however, laid over. Weare rejoiced to see that the Committee on Repairs and Supplies bave at lest presented their report in rela- tion to the plans, &c., for the new City Hall. The committee recommend Mesars. Gilbert, Stuart & Jaekeon’a plan, and are in favor of having the ha'l in the Park—thinking that the centre of commerce, and not the centre of population, should be selested aa its location. The report was referred to the Com- mittee of the Whole, and will be taken up next Wednesday week. ‘The journeymen house painters held an adjourned mass meeting at Convention Hall last evening. A further report of the names of the bosses now pay: ing two dollars aday was given in, and also a list of those refasing itand giving but fourteen shil- lings per day. There was little other business transacted. Dr. Baird delivered another of hia series of les tures on the state of Europe, at the Spingler Ias‘i- tute, last evening. We are compelled, owing to the crowd of matter upon our colamns, to postpsne the pub'ication of our report. Letters from Barbaices to the 25:h ult state that that the markets were very dull, and arrivals of American produce more frequent than agreeab!e, At the Leeward Islands & similar depression pre vailed. , We have accounts from Por} au Spain to the 13th ult. The weather was bad for shippivg produce, The markets were glutted with all kinds of Ameri- can produce. Fiour was selling at $10 per barrel, and still lower prices were looked for. A report of the decision of Justice Osborne in the case of Mr. Richard French, charged with violating the Sunday liqnor ordinance, ia given in another colomn. The Administration at Washington and the Executions at Cuba. It is well, before the feeling of horror aroused by the recent judicial murders at Havana is wholly effaced from the mind, that people should fairly distribute the blame of those acts, and charge on Concha no more than is rightly his due. If his arbitrary measures were the immediate cause of the deaths of Manuel Pinto and Franciszo Estrampes, some one else is reeponsible for their falling into his hands. He ordered them to be murdered, it is true: but who betrayed them to him? If he was the Pontius Pilate, who was the Judas of the tra- gedy? There need be uo difficulty in answering the question. ‘The betrayer of the unfortunate Men was none other than the United States administration. The circamstances are #0 notorious by this time that some apology may be due to the reader for repeating them here. It is enough to say, briefly, that from the first, Mr. Pierce’s antecedents and sympathies not less than those of many of those by whom he was surrounded created affinities between the Cabinet and the filibustero 1 auers which led in the end to close intimacies, and most indiscreet confi- dences. Many of the misguided men who for some years have been watching for an opportu- nity of evading the neutrality laws in order to break the irpn head of despotism in Cuba were deluded by the seeming cordiality of the President, and mistook his affable manner for an indication of good will towards their designs. It is not easy to state how much of this manner was mere common place civility, and how much insidious: guile. Mr. Pierce may have meant nothing, as his friends assert; or he may have played the spy, as the filibusteros pretend. Neither bypothesis is wholly improbable. Whichever be true, there can be no question as to the use he made of the information thus gained from the indis- creet filitusteros. No sooner had they poared into bis willing ear some definite hint of the conspiracy than he rushed to the Secretary and exposed all he knew. It became in fact an administration secret. The whole Cabinet were au courant. The filibusteros themselves hardly knew more than the council of the President's advisers. From them it travelled express to the colopial authorities at Cuba. Fall particu- lars were sent off by the United States govern- ment to that of General Concha by the earliest communication; and the Spaniards were placed in possession of all they needed to know. The consequences are notorious. The death of Pinto and Estrampes by the garrote are only a single one among the horrors that have followed. If we should say that the Island of Cuba is at present in a condition strongly analagous to and hardly less horrible than that of Paris under Robeepiefre and the Committee of Public Safety, we should hardly exaggerate the facts. Martie) law is in force with all its hideous vio. lations of right. The unfortunate creatures who have involved themselves in the re- cent political disturbances have nothing to hope either from the justice or the lenity of the Captain General. When his own min- ister recoils from deeds of blood, he saper- sedes him by an unconstitutional itlegal com- mission, created for tne purpose of giving a remb'ance of legality to his blood thirsty edicts; tolerates neither opposition nor delay; hurries his victims to the garrote quite as rapidly as Conthou or Hebert hurried theirs to the guillo ine. If the French victims were more numer- ous than their Cuban parallels, the balance is restored by the more extensive character of the persecution inflicted on the Creoles. It is not the conspirators only who suffer: every citizen actually groans under a military despotism, The whole island shrieks for respite. A)l this has been in a measure the direot re- cult of the information conveyed to Havana by ihe administration. They were the informers on whose statements the prisoners haye been gatroted, the people persecuted, and the island placed in a state of terror. It is possible that all the members of the administration are not equally guilty. There would be nothing in the act inconsistent with our knowledge of the weekness of Mr. Pierce, or the duplicity of Mr. Macy and Mr. Cushing. But we have never which would lead one to expect him to be a party toa scheme for turning informer. Some other members of the Cabinet may also have been kept in ignorance of the scheme, or may have disapproved of it. But that » majority, in- cluding Mr. Pierce and Mr. Marcy, agreed to be- tray the unfortunate Cubans whose plans fortune had brought to their kuowledge, and actually did so, and were thus the real causes of the ju- dicial assassination of Pinto and Estrampes, there is not the smallest reason to doubt. The effect on the country has yet to be seen. In a few days we shall know what the Ameri- can people think of an sdministration whose time is employed in turning informer against conspirators for liberty in Cuba. Already the shame of the thing has roused even the sluggish blood of the Charleston Mercury. To-morrow, other newspapers, South, East and West, will come freighted with more judgments on the shameful act. Unless the teraper of the Ameri- can people has wonderfully changed of late years, and not one spark’ of memory of their own struggles abides still, there can be but one opinion of a Cabinet which thus voluntarily places itself on the level with the informer, the assassin and the spy. Beauties or THE New Liquor Law.—There are some beautiful things in our new prohibi- tory liquor law. Look at it:— Section First—Limits the keeping of liquors to private houses and churches. Section Second—Provides that any citizen of good moral character shall have the right to sell liquor for mechanical, chemical, medi- cinal and sacramental purposes, one year after an application for the privilege; from which, as we make it out, nobody, for any purpose, will have the right to sell a drop in the State for a year to come. “Section Third—Liquor sold in private houses not to be drank on the premises. Book of sales to be kept for public inspection, and sworn to. Seetion Twelve—Fine of ten dollars for get- ting drunk in any store, grocery, tavern or public place, which, of course, confines this privilege to private houses, Section Twenty-second—Allows the sale of cider in doses of not lees than ten gallons, and, under the previous provisions of the law, the manufacture of alcohol and of pure wine, from grapes grown by the manufacturer; and the sale by importers of liquors, in their original packages. Section Twenty-sixth—Ordains that this law of despotism, espionage, pains and penalties shall go thoroughly into effect on the Anniver- sary of American Independence. Tosum up, this act provides that from and after the Fourth of July next, including hotels, oyster saloons, groceries, &c., there shall be suspended in this city alone some ten thou- sand retail establishments, now open for the tale of Jiquors; it will also, most likely, cut off more than three-fourths of our annual impor- tations of ten millions ‘of foreign liquors, under the restrictions to which importers are limited, mechanical, medicinal, chemizil and sacramental, According to the census of 1850, there were in New York State in that year— 189 distilleries and breweries, employing $2,585,900 capital, and consuming 2,062,250 bushels of barley, Yaa-260 (Indian gorm, 909,06 e, aod em, iD 1,676 bande. or re, And the manufacture was— 647,700 barrels of ale, deer, &e.; 9,237,700 gallona of whiskey, 2,488,800 gallons of rum. And it isa remarkable feature of this Liquor bill, with all its pains and penalties against the traffic, that it permits the distilleries and breweries to go on with the manufacture of all sorts of liquor the same as heretofore. Wecan manufacture for other people, but are forbidden to use it ourselves. It is an offence against the law to sell a glass of liquor in New York, “for the stomach’s sake;”” but we can make the article in New York, and sell it over in Jersey to the extent of millions of barrels, This law, if enforced, will be the making of Jersey. Thousands of our citizens, especially on Sunday, will repair to Hoboken, Weehawken, Bergen Heights, Shrewsbury, and all alohg skore, to enjoy their lager bier and other iater- dicted refreshments. And as it will be dan- gerous to be found drunk here, these Jersey excursionists will in many cases remain over there till Monday, thus building up the hotel, oyster, and all other branches of busi- ness in Jersey, to the extent of millioas of dollars in the course of a sing.esummer. Coney Island will become a waste; the Governor, bag and baggage, will have to pack over to Jersey, We have our fears, however, that the practical working of this law will be to throw the supreme Legislature at “Albany into con- tempt, and a bad precedent, for the future success of even wholesome laws; or, that we shall have such scenes of riot and confusion, bloodshed and disorder, as will place the whole community under a reign of anarchy and ter. rorism. Look out for a large lis} of official re, signations from and after the Fourth of July. Tae New Ponce Bitt has been ordered to a third reading. Evidently a measure to pro- tect certain interests against the stringent in- terdicts of the Maine Liquor law, it will only be necessary for habitual drinkers, in the event of the passage of this police act, to make ap- plication at the Broadway House to find out the privileged piaces where liquor may be drank on the premises with perfect safety, under the protection of the bully police, What is a vote or two for Seward compared with the privilege which may thus be gained to sell liquor and get drunk under the special protec- tion of his new police corps? Hard driakers, think of this. Srreet Creanine.—The late cantractors for cleaning the streets are shrewd customers to deal with. During the winter, when it was impossible to get up the filth, they urged that exeuse, but held on to their pay; and now when the spring has opened, and the dirt and, garbage of the gutters are in a cartable state, our patriotic contractors abandon their con. tracts, and Mr. Comptroller Flagg is outwitted in his street cleaning economy. We have now eply to wait to see what Mayor Wood can do for us. Should he fail, there is stil) the alter- native of a public meeting in the Park. The Mayor, however, has made a good beginning. Let him stand the responsibility, and go on. Tue Nepraska Birt.—Coeniovs Facts.—We have been making out a table, which we shall publirh, if possible, to-morrow, of the results of the late State elections upon the Nebraska question. From these results, it appears that twenty-one good Nebraska men, mostly from the Northern States, have been elected or re elected, againet thirty-five anti-Nebraska men; CONE iw + myer PLS ya 8 AL. Seder Davin} eng at Mien Netcanke mee bave mea de | Lrrenary ayo Dirromatio.—Sovig on Dj- PLOMACY.—The Cabinet at Washington are ter- ribly alarmed about the forthcoming book of Mr. Soulé. They gave all eorts of assurances, and resorted to every manceuvre of their cir- cumecribed diplomacy to quiet Mr. Soulé, and beeause he received their protestations with dignified and discreet politeness, Cushing’s or- gan, Sidney Webster—the devil—comes out with an egonized article upon our announce- ment, Well may the Jesuit-General be alarm- ed at the prospect of public light upon the fea- tures of the Spanish mission under the Pierce reign. It willnot be forgotten that it was Mr. Cushing who accompanied Calderon when the Secretary, Mr. Perry, was—in the interests of Spain—to be inflicted upon the American minis No one will accuse the Harato of being the organ of Mr. Soulé, or any other individaal man; but our statements about persons and things are always made from @ superior know- ledge of facts, and from the firstrate no- tice we gave of this most piquant of all diplomatic memoirs, we feel our- selves entitled to, and will, no doubt, receive proof sheets in advance, from which we promise a rich bouquet about the time of the glorious anniversary of American indepen- dence, 1855. Mr. Soulé, we understand, thinks he will have it ready for the press in sixty days; but from the magnitude of the interests involved and the varied character of the mate- riale, we think the Fourth of July is quite soon enough to expect it, even from the repid and masterly pen of Pierre Soulé. It is to be im- mediately translated into French by Arpin, editor of the Progress, of this city, and into German and Spanish by writers of eqaal dis tinction, and will undoubtedly be sought for with avidity by every court in Europe, and by the reading public of all classes the world We jearn that previous to his departure Mr. Soulé authorized his friend, George N. Sanders, to receive proposals for the publication of his book. We presume tha‘ this solidand weighty statement will be sufficient to settle the nerv- ous jerkings of the Cabinet proper and impro- per, at Washington, growing out of thts matter. It is a part of their futile policy at the capital, however, to deny, at hazard, the various im- ‘portant intelligence that we give our readers in advance of our cotemporaries. Apvice 10 Tareves.—When the New York Express next steals any desirable matter from our columns, we advise the correction of our typographical mistakes. Don’t leave the marked end of the handkerchief sticking out of your pocket. THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, The Prohibitory Liquor Bill Signed by the Governor. Axnany, April 9, 1855. Governor Clark affixed his signature to the bill to sup- Frese intemperance this evening. Latest trom the State Capital. THE FROJSCTS OF THE FINANCIERS—FOREIGN PAU- PERS—REPEAL OF THE TEMPRRANCE LAW—CHURCH TENURES—REPAIRS OF THE CANALS, ETC. Aupany, April 9, 1965, At length the whig House of Lords have laid their whole financial plans before the Legislature. They at first imagined that the railroads could be brought into requisition to dump their earnings into the treasury for the benefit of squandering officials, Mr. Blatchford’s bill was withdrawn, and that is the last the members have heard of it. On Saturday two propositions were introduced in the Senate to raise the wind, both of which have been laid before the readers of the Henatp, This moruing Mr. Dickinson unfolded his budget. It ia for making an extensive aperture in the constitution, 80 large that the entire waters of the Frie canal could flow directly through it without the least obstruction. It shows be begs peradventare that the party in power has on ixtention of completing the canals with the nine mil. lions which the people have already placed in their hends; now, they want a large additional sum, even swell the cebt to twenty-eight millions, The discussion on this monstrous proposition will commenze to-morrow. Pity, af this emergency, that there was not more daan. cial talent in the Legislature. Oh, for the mantle of Michael Hoffman. Mr. Whitney made a speech in the Senate this morn- ing on the bill preve g the lending of foreign paupars upon our shores.” wed timics that nine- tenths of the paupers in the Bos id New York alms- houres were foreigners, dropped on our shores in a sick- ly and death-like condition. Mr. Dickinson, who ap- roves of foreign paupers bei introduced in the coun- y, made @ reply, “slashing” Sam and the Hindoos most unmercifully, ™ O'Keefe gave notice that he intended opealing the Prohibitory Liquor bill. He enid be thus desired to start the repeal ball, so that it might roll through the State with velocity. ‘be chursh tenure bill, which had its final passage ¢ Execu- & week si) . if found favor in , nor enter it not 5e' he doe a nt to the office Secretary of State iis morning, but th's one was uot among them, A gigantic scheme is proposed by two experienced Veo to keep the State canals in repair, Wiltiam . Me, ipa, late State Engineer and Surveyor, and ik, late Canal Commissioner, propose to con- }, with ample security, to keep all the canals in the State in goed repair ‘for the sum of $700,009 per annum, This is $432,000 less than it sost the State last year, and would be ® saving to the State in ten years of four and @ third millions of di if the ratio of increase of expense shall incr -bas during the last it would save to the 3) that shert period th ormous amount of six or millions. There is one harbor master’s place stil! vecant. name hae been rent in pl of Murray, rejected. COURT OF APPEALS. ALBANY, April 9, 1855. 93 was argued. Calendar for April This afternoon No. 0.—d b 2. 64, 63, 3 1 59, 60, 66, 67, 68, 70, 72, 15, 62, Foreigners Ineligthle to Office In Massachu sett. Bostow, April 9, 1855. A rerolufion was passed ip the Senate to-day, with but oply one dissenting vote, that no foreigner aball be eligi- Vie to office. Manictpal Election in Loutsville. pe Lovrsvitin, April 9, 1855. At our municipal election on Saturday, the Know No. things swept the city by a tremendous majority Bar- ‘or, one school trustee, and two councilmen jothings. On the liquor question, the anti- liguer party had a large majority. ‘The ele:t on passed off quietly. Defeat of the Nnow Nothings tn Hartford. Haxrrorp, (Conn.,) April 9, 1854. The democratic party here nomiaat a Union ticket against the Know Nothi which was supported by the anti.Know Nothing whigs in our city election to- day. Thin ticket 1# elected with the exception of the oid clerk, Henry Francis, who succeeds on personal con- lone, by about ove hundred votes. The union ti ried four of the six Aldermen and thir. ; teen of the twenty four Councilmen, making nineteen anti Know Nothings to eleven Know Nothinge in the joint Council, The Know Nothinge have been routed ia } this city on a fall vote. Towa Election. CaicaGo, April 9, 1855. Sefficient returas have been received to show taat the whig State officers for lowa have been electe! by large: plage than that given ‘he whig ticket io August Cole-the ite for Judge of the Saprame Court, bas also ‘elected im Wissonsia. ay The New City Government of Cincinnati. CixcrnnaTt, April 9, 1866. ration to das" Mayer Turton oseuseed, his in operation to-day. Tram anne’ in his in ; val adeives, his etermination to enforce the c ty ordinances The funeral of Menroe took place yesterday, aod pared off quietly. About one thousand. persons jolacd im the procession. ‘The Ohio River. Prrranuna, Apri) 9, 1855, ‘The water in the channel im the river a! this point, 's reven feet nine imebee ceep, The weather ie clear and | ua - MEBTING MEROE—FUNSRAL SERVICES IN TRINTTY A meeting of the friends of the late Walter Restored. Jones, members of the Chamber of Commerce, was held yesterday morning, in the director’s room of the Mere chants’ Bank, to express their regret for the less of their late distinguished associate. The meeting was well day morning. It appears that » Roman Catholic, one who had previously been married by a Protestant cler- service, w! the priest, Father Calion, Hise op be pub Oe JV emnceane tareiien tee eee motion, Mr. P. Perit, the President of the Cham- se Oe Bg) ‘The Gas fa the pet) Upon motion, Mr. P. ber of Commerce, took the chair, and Mr, Arthur Leary performed the duties of secretary. ica and Protestants, the former coming off second Upon ealling the meeting to order, the President, in a. best. The priest ited, and is now in custody, Tiare several more of the rioters.. Many persons were Selef epoceh, explained the objeet ‘of the call, and said injured, but no lives were lost. ’ ‘that he would leave others to speak more freely of the afternoon, Father Callon, the Irish priest, was | merits and virtues of the departed. Mr. Jones, he said; T held to Dail, with several others, in a thousand di Saaey Se genes: He has served with a writ from the Supreme stance of one of his countrymen, who claims private fa ape Much excitement still prevails. Several more a are to be made, and more fighting is expected, We ton. APPOINTMENTS—THE NATIONAL HOTEL. Wasminaton, April 9, 1865. Drawin C. Smith and Caleb 8. Butts, of Ohio, have been ongeinted, clerks in the Pension Office. The National Hotel will not be demolished for recon- struction, nor will it be closed as a hotel during the pre- rent summer, as has peen stated here and elsewhere. ‘was a man of no pretensions, but » man of warm im- alses and « faithful friend. every week of 4 s some ney evideuseol iin’, Bus heh sod heart were ever open to the call of clarity, and hig public spirit seaneny, {ound its canal ie. ae come g Upon thé close of the President’sremarks, Mr. A. apeon, nk offered e seocien of resslasions, Whiel ha afte ould as an expression meeting. Haar wore sion ed cenaimalige me was ae fy wamabes, of ie Chae of Commerce, it an intrusion on his fay an: Tuck totiness of the President tr of Arron ca Gang, of Prise Pightrs, col eee Ia Se 1d cessary for to speak Marshal Murphy, of this ron a'posse of o po] mene ete, ie full expression of character went this afternoon to a genes had been given in the resolutions just adopted, and which arrested a party of tweaty-tive persons, principals and | he sanctioned with his whole heart. He was an unob- accessories in a prize that was [ee there. The | -rusive man—he was a public man, and filled a egg pemee y and John were held to in public observation, and all must concur in con- i inthe sumof two thousand, and the others in sering Him » remarkable toan; but net by the noles be ee vcd tar Nn dent me ts toew toe decease ae a wee er eS a ma ‘The Supposed Murder Case on. Eatahelene- said, whe he (Mr. Lor!) was a y man. He became Puiwapruraia, April 9, 1855, acquainted with him at the time of remewal of the No trace has yet been discovered of the person who is charter of the Atlantic Insurance Company for it had suppored to have murdered the old German woman who | been in some difficulties. His connestion with him then Mexander Noble, who found ihe body, is in custody, | formed the duties of hls oso us soead presse ete: Alexander No! fou 1 juties ice—his aor - Dut af yet nothing has been disclosed to eriminate hint, ros ples and’ the details dust, tee oe longed to his posit He was persevering in all that Arrest of the Crew of the Ship James Cheston. e undertook, and no details were too minute for Coromata, (8. C.) April 9, 1855. his philosophical mind. In all general principles, too, Kight of the crew of the ship James abandon- | he was & practical umonien, Sa his judgment ed at sea, arrived at Savannah on Saturday last, in’the | rarely ¢ In his whole public life, and in ail hia eee ten aed taetc nea | Restart the integity, of Waller B Jones; How may snaplclcni et Raving sun bh in ents bad been e(fected by him. They had hat Death of an Old Citizen of Schenectady. improvements in the pilot service that were due to him, Somenroraby, April 9, 1855, | He had contended con’ against fearful odds—in high Thomas Palmer, Heq., one of our oldest aad ‘most re. | sndin low places—but he had struggled nobly pat spectable citizens, and Recorder of the city, died this ae. Pale ies md Sees Sanaa on wan morning of consumption. formed through bis . And here the could not resist the desire to relate an incident in connectiow with the issuing of the certificates of that Association. As an act of private friendship he seamen that he should sign certificates with himself. It was from a sympathy with him, and he confessed that it Marine Disasters. Norvouk, April 9, 1855. The brig Mary Perkins, from Boston, bound to Alexan- dria, with an assorted cargo, put in here to-day with the loss of her foremast, The schooner Gardiner Pike, from Porto Rico, with a ae ok onan He could not express the grief felt at the void made by his death—his practical wis- cargo of sugar and molasses, bound to New York, also | felt at the vold x ey is Aan eae put in here to-day, with the loss of fore topmast, spars, sails, and deck load. Fire in Winchester,.Mass. Boston, April 9, 1855. A fire occurred in Winchester, Massachusetts, last night, Beige Xd oy ce tea thousand dollars worth of roperty, chief Haneing. Messrs Robert Bacon, John Ee Bacce and Parker . The property consisted of a felt manufactory, saw-mill, and two dwelling houses. Marketa. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. cial intercourse, were not equalled in the country. ‘Mr. Taowas Tiuston said that be had not intended to say anything on that occasion, bat since he entered the room he had heard a remark which he could not pass over. A gentlemsn said, ‘‘I see by the papers that Mr. Jones has left a large estate. I never heard of his giving any money away.” He wished to disabuse that feeling: there was note man more liberal than Walter R. Jones— he may be said never to have turned the beggar empty away iShepl Bren Be wat ded ey, ip a an appeal for pl ropic objects; only quest he would ask was ‘How much do those give who are PurLapeneuia, April 9, 1855. mumilerly situated to myself’ He had even hig Stocks are steady. Money is unchanged. Reading, hundred of dollars, and frequently another figure might. 4394. Morria Canal 45; Tong Toland, 10k; Pennsylva, | be added. There was no really good institution that ever appealed in vain, as his hand and heart were ever oper ‘P to melting charity. He was generoas to the needy; he nia Railroad, 453; pommirieene State fives, 86: Iw ORLEANS, April 6, 1855. The cotton market continues firm. ‘The sales to-day | Wat ever willing to advance « public ; he was all amount to 7,950 bales. The sales for the week add up | that could be expected in a Christian Tmt sttiend. a 39500 bales.’ The stock in hand is 100,000 bales. The | ,,UROD 1 fee smeaang Sian ahonrees So aieet receipts at this port upto this time, as compared with those of last year, fall short 125,000 bales. Molasses is 2634c. par |. Prime coffee is ne) at 1030. a Llc, va lb. The sales for the week have been 15,000 bags. $1 10 per buskel. eral of k A. M. % MEETING OF THE CLERKS OF THE ATLANTIC MUTUAL INSUBANCE COMPANY. The clerks and employes in the Atlantic Mutual In- surance Company, of whichjthe deceased, Mr. Jones, was the President at the time of his death, also held a meeting at the rooms of the com) terday morn- ing, to testify their respect tor 7 ple of Tne de- The meeting was ealled to order by Mr. W. A. Hoeber, who brietly stated the object for which it was a:sem- bled. Upon motion, Mr. Edward F. Cronyn was called to the chair, and Mr, A. A. Raven was appointed sccre- e Chairman, upon taking bis seat, made a brief ad- dregs to the vig, Te which he dwelt upon the man; “hat bis untiring industey ‘high toned integdty and do- unt justry. int it ision of character, shou! iatekee as pis ei by he young just entering upon business. Appropriate resolutions we then adopted unanimously, FUNERAL CRREMONIES AT TRINITY CHURCH.”” At 11 o'clock, the time appointed for the funeral ser- vices of the deceased, in Trinity Church, the church wag crowded by the numerous friends of the departed. There was only a few ladies present, owing to the Cates weather. Among those present were H rinnell, Pal Spofiore,, Kobert B. Minturn, ‘Moses Grinne! f - Sioguisied mersbeater ns “une & our mont le funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. stock on band amounts to 27,000 bags. Corn is Bautmmore, April 9, 1855. Fleven hundred bbls. of City Mills flour and one hun- dred of Howard street sold here to-day at $10 per bbl —the highest price for many years. Italian Opera—« William Tell.” About five thousand people saw the first performance of the William Tell of Rossini, at the Academy of Music last evenixg. Every part of the house was cro: to excess, and we bave never before seen #0 many per- sone present at a performance of Italian Opera in the United States. The night was a good one—Lent had just parsed—it is proper to go to the theatre on Easter Monday—the opera isthe master-piece of the composer, and the subject of the libretto makes it very popular in this country, where every schoel-boy is familiar with the character and exploits of the Swiss patriot. The performance was a very long one, occupying nearly four hours; but {t was so good that the audience did not seem to lose the interest awakened by the first act. ‘The Academy cast of the opera is as follows:— CHAR AcTeRo—(Austrian, Mathilde, an Austrian Princes Signors Steffenone Geesler, A i Rodolfo, Higbee, the pastor of Trinity Church, assicted by Rev. iste: ea Dr. Beabury and Rev, Mr Edwards. At 1136. provisely, Albert, her eo: the body was borne to the chancel, being preceded Guglieimo Tel the officiating clergymen, each »: over their sur- Arnol¢o, in love plice the usual badge of mournin, being mean- Walter Furst. « Lentholdo, while executed w) the organ. The ministers through the aisle ey interval of perfect asenean, ae sound being heard save the measured tose: ef the minister’s voice as be read the words, ‘‘I aw the resurrec- tlon of the life.” The clergymen were immediately fol- lowed by the coffin (metallic), oa which was the follow- ing inscription, upon @ heavy gold plate:— Eeeecoescoscocescccoeccccce WALTER R. JON Died, Aprit 7th, 1896, ged 62 yours, We have not space to day for a detailed description of the performance The plot of the opera is mainly made up of the historical incidents in the life of Tell. There is an episode for Arnoldo, the tenor, whose patriotism is considerably weakened by his love for Mathilde, an aristo- crat. ‘bere is « great deal of flue writing in this tenor part. Nourrit and Duprez found it quite enough for them. Signor Bolc!oni surprised every one last night by the ease with which he sang bis dificult music, He re- oo o0° eo0e8 ecceccosooooesoxCO COCO SOO © e bearers, each wearing the usual badges, ceived a great deal of deserved applause for his bril- ry Coit, ‘Thomas Tileston, Jinnt execution of hin part in the trio in the second | A. Averill, Lewis Cartis, act, Signor Badiali was quite successfal in Wil Fouten pee? ae liam Tell. His acting and singing in the second} 4° h Neilson, Mores H. Grincel, act was very fine. Mathilde and Albert wero well repre- rented by Steffanone and Bertacca Maretrek. Signor Vietti rang the pretty fisherman’s song in the first act tastefully and correctly, Signor Rocco wae rather too extravagant for Gesler. The orchestra, under the firm hand of Maretzek, did its very important duty weil. The overture was perticularly well played. The ap- pointments of the opera, scenery, &c., were well cared for; the last act is particularly favorable for scenic display, and it was very well done last night The {n- cidental ballet, however, is not good. Mile. Leeder’s figure is rot now suited for choregraphis displays. Altogether, ‘‘ William Tell” was ® sucess, Its in- trinsic merits are great: It comb’nes all the best points in Roseini’s style, and the music is bold-and vigorous enovgh for the subject. It was very fairly rendered at The body being placed upon the bier, the ministers ascended the chancel, when the choir chaunted the fue peralanthem, taken from the 30th and 90th Psalms. Rev. Dr, Leyg } then read the lesson taken out of the: 15th chapter of the First re of St. Paul to the Co- rinthians, commencing st the 2d verse, which was fol- lowed by the choir, who sang the following psalm :— Thon, Lord, when I resign my breath, My soul from hell sha!! free; Nor let thy Holy One in death The least corruption see. ‘Thou sha)l the paths of life display, ‘Which to thy presence lead; Where pleasures dwell without allay, And joys that never fade. iat ants pee aes tans epdnerem args of the rer- vice, includin; yo mit er,” according the Ritual. Nee pe The service being complsted, Rev. Mr. Higbee announced that the Temaains of the tha Academy, and ovght to have a profitable ran. deceased will be conveyed to Cold 3 interment. cinhmenentiiniceanentl ‘on train will leave Brooklyn this morning, at 946 Tae Pactric Mar Steamsure Company.—The com. | © ae paola ti ch ioe hilan te e fur wae a @ members o! i Piaints against the Tinois, if well founded, ahonld be | neyidie Sects te eee of ease eer fthe Ste mace to the agent here, and not to the Pacific Mail | ceased was a member of loag standing. During the fa. Steamship Company. This company control the steam from « vessel of neal ervice minute’ guns were fred war in the har al flags of our shipping generally floated at half mast. The flags upon the Cu:ton House a were also at half mast, im mory w he deceased. Court Calendar—Tns m6 A Unirep States Distriot Court—Nos, 22, 11, 32 to 99, Scrneme Court—Circuit—Seme as before. Supreme Court—Special Term—Nos. 18, 26, 31, 61, $2, 67, €6, 80, 114, 115, 144. Comox Puxis—Part Ist—Nos. 244, 79, 487, 449, 170, 283, 301, 416, 468, 469 to 474. Part 24—Nos. 47, 66, 373, 377, 382, 395, 999, 414, 446, 462, 464 to 468, 478. Surenion CovrtT—Nor. 90, 202, 221, 235, 250, 268, 225, 270, 281, 284, 287. 288, 289, 200, 492, boa, bos, ’: 800, 301; 202! 308, 304, 305, 807, 300, 310, 818, 821; 328, 324, 928, 326, 327, 18, ers on the Pacific side only; and those steamers have always been highly rpoken of in all communications sent to this office. Personal Ini mee. It is the parpose of Anthony Burns to educate bim- self for the ministry, and he bopes to raise the neces- sary means by lecturing. of Boston, is now stopping at Fletcher Webster, the Astor House, the favorite hotel'of his father. We understand that he will remain but two or three days in in city. DEPARTURES. For Southampton and Haveo, in th 1, Contader, Mr C Rochling, Mts Dro Yolentine dnd tye cnilde Union—Mr id, Mi Banta’s Hats for the Spring, 1855, attract att mn of all classes, and m4 * of towed claims te s eon lity to amy $4 hat. © Canal atcee’, corner it, and you will find these sesertions to be Hlozarden, F Sta Mrs Bersontein The Portraits, on the System of economy and seom to he destined to erenten crester sensation than the 25 and 10 cont. durwortes 4 . Bt thir celebrated picture thop, 29 Boondeag save oom? ihrer ey ler, USN; The House, on Ea Gees eet plan, Broadway, eorner of Houston street, will open for tl fyrriilon oftrarsilety and the public, om Wedneviny April . an whe AR was, ‘The Revenue of the United States . [Correspondence of bag te and nae > , ‘ass, The receipts of duties at the six principal ‘Atlantic 9 r : | ports, during the last two months, were as follows:— tioneer, of 66 8 Pade g 4 aaa reed oy Fiytrat I. on 3030s care to 15th street, | 738,469 583,100 | 345, 208, 117,595 94,73 34,268 108) 890 *To March 10th. ] have not at hand the means of comp) as 9 with thone of the corresponding pei ut Treas learn at the the thisd quarter of the hosal yees: of 000, ¢ warter 0! jscal year, of about ‘ An equivalent daiine for the remaining avers pik oe! fo ig a ary dod satire year of about 613; . Jeaving hn ngeregate revenue from thie aq Oh # pts, 0v0, ey wets 1 Fer foster paruiouines, sypiy. eppsonse—vl-wEEenere: : h