The New York Herald Newspaper, April 17, 1855, Page 4

—————_—_— SP7I0E N. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON STS. Wodume AX... 0... .:cscceves sees snes ereseel@s 106 BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Vinoimivs—Goon vou Noruine, WIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway—Romzo anp Juxis. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Jran Rewey—Tux Rac Paousn oF Panis. BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers street—Janer Paws Mone Biuxpeas rHax Owe. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Granpraruse ‘Wasrruran -Born Deacoons. ‘AMERI \USEU M—Afterneon—Dump Man or Man- onveran, “Svenlag-Futine Suronuan, . ‘WOOD'S MINSTRELS—Mechanies’ Hall—473 Brosdway, LEY’S OPERA HOUSE, 689 Bron¢way—Bucx- anv Rriuorian Orena TROUPE. EMPIRE HALL, 596 Brosdway—Panonaua ov Runors Amp Sixex or BxpasTorie. , PERGAM’S BURLESQUE OPERA HI - way—Ermiorian feces Trours. = New York, Tucsday, April 17, 1855. The News, In the Board of Aldermen last evening, a reso- dution was sabmitted a1d adopted, requiring of the @orporation Counsel his opinion whether the re- cently epacted temperance law interferes with eertain immunities conterred upon the city of New York by the Montgomery charter, and subsequently eonflxmed by acta of the Legislature at various times; also whether the Excise Commissioners have mot the right to continue to grant liceases to liquor dealers and collect fees therefor. This idea is not a Bewone. We understand that sound legal advice has been taken on this proposition, and the opinion fs that the new liquor law does impinge upon the vested rights of the corporation. Moreover, it is held that, not only does the Inw clash with the privileges granted to this city, bot i also conflicts with the chartered righta of every iacorporated city inthe State. This is an important view of the ease, as connected with the enforcement of the Yiquor law; and, aside from the question immediate: ly involved, it ts of paramount importance ia opea- ‘ing up for investigation and settlement the whole subject of corporate rights and privileges with refe wence specially to cities. In the Board of Councilmen last evening Mr, Clancey presented a resolution to repeal the corpor ation ordinance restricting the sale of intoxicating liquor on Sunday. ‘Che ostensible reason for offs ing the resolution was to allow dealers every facility for selling off their stock before the Fourth of July, The measure, however, met with little favor from the Board, and was laid over. A resolation in favor of appointing a special committee to investigate the condition of the manufacturing institution for the blind was adopted. If avy one bas heretofore entertained doubts as to the course of Mayor Wood in reference to the en- forcement of the new prohibitory liquor law, euch doubts will be dispelled upon a perusal of the letter of bis Honor relative to that particular subject, pub- lighed in anothercolamn. The law will be enforced, he rays, until either set aside by the courts or re- pealed by the Legislature. A despatch from New Orleans, published under the telegraphic head, gives the result of the great four mile race between Lecompte and Lexington, over the Metarie Course, on Saturday. Lexington won the race in one heat—time 7:22, his competi- tor baving barely escaped being distanced—and is now, without doubt or cavil, the champion of the turf. Col. Benton has written a letter, dated the 15th inst., in which be states that there is no Indian war on the Upper Misscuri and North Plat‘e—that he hes received ample proof to sustain this assertion, and that the new regiments were raised for another purpose, which, he thinks, lies in the direction of Cubs. It is not believed here that there is any dan- ger of the new regiments being employed in a war against Cubs or Spaix. There is not pluck euough im the admunistration for a war against any nation that will show fight. By the arrival of the stesmer Cahawba we have edvices from Havana to the 11th inst.--oue day late: than those previously refeived. The general poli- fical news is unimportant. Dr. Peck was released from confinement on the 11th, on bail to remain at Havana until bis caze was decided. Carlos Coa tillo had also been released from prison. An ad. vance in fine sugar is reported, with a general re- vival cf business. The meeting at Masonic Hall last evening, to de liberate upon the case of Dr. Peck, passed a series of spirited resolutions, which we publish elsewhere. A committee was appointed to raise funds for the relief of the Dector. ‘The ship Hero arrived last night from St Helena January 24, reports tue capture of a Russian ship by the British ship Plover. In the Board of Supervisors last evening some few bills were pissed upon. The reportof the spe- cial committee upon the propriety of rebuilding Fordham bridge was ordered to be printed, as was also the report in favor of reducing the tax for 1854 against the Third Avenue Railroad Company. Henry T. Mackens yesterday, in the Court of Ses:iona, entered a plea of guilty to the charges of counterfeiting the tobacco labels of Mrs. G. B, Miller & Co.and C.H. & 8S. Lilienthal. Judgment was suspended by the Court. The Court of Oyer snd Terminer adjourned yes- terday morning to Wednesday next, no business being reddy. Joseph Bridgham, Esq., for many years connected with the Uxited States District Court, has bsen ap- pointed Master in Chancery aud Commissioner for the Scuthern district of New York. The appoiat- ment is a good one, aud was mach needed for the accommodation of the practitioners of that court. Mr. Schoonmaker entered upon hia duties as Su- perinvendent of the Banking Department yesterday, as cid sleo Mr. Cornwall, Anditor of the Canal De partment. During the night of the 4th instant the cross was removed fiom the tower of the Catholic charch at Ovid, Seneca county, aud the American flag aubsti- vated. The croes was afterwards found ia a bar- room of the villege. A meeting of the citizens was held to ferret out the perpetrators ofshe outage. James B. Jermain, Esq, hes beer appointed re ceiver of the Troy and Ratland Railroad, and that part of the Rutland and Washington road whish lies im this State, and on Friday tock legal possession of beth roada. Of the six individuals arrested in Philadelphia ebsrgid with recruiting men for the B itish servicy two were sesterday discharged,two more held to bail in one thousand dollars to answer, and two r> main to be divposed of by the United States Com- mierioner. The eales of cotton yesterday amounted to abont 2,500 bales, from 500 to 1,000 of which were in trensiiv. The market closed steady. Flour was sgain firmer for dcmestic brands, while Canadian wos quite active, without change in prices. Hadit not been for the large eupplies of flour and grain introduced under the reciprocity treaty with Conada, breadstoffs in this city would ere this have rea hed famine prices; because the eupolies from the interior of the State and from the South heve beccme measurably exhaasied. Within ® few dsys past, flour, it is said, has beea dovght in this market for shipment to Mary. lard snd some other Southern pointe; put the prospect of any immediate large advance {a prices is cheoked by the statement that, 60,000 barrels and 110,000 bushels of Canadian flour and wheat had been received in Oswego siace the re- sumption of lake navigation, the present Spring. i E af A 5 F rl re Te ie { FEE rH | if zg Ee iif : i i Selah Hill, Esq., recently declared elected Mi E by i! L} awful wreck at sea of the ship Wm. Laytio, while on the voyage from this port to Antwerp, including a statement of the circumstances of the catastro- phe, by her commander, Captain Tucker. It is an zer, of Delazcy street, and Justice Wood has held the accused to answer. Another New Horse on the Track—New Jer= sey Enters Commodore Vanderbilt, It is a fact, “a fixed fact.” The independent Jerseymen lead off in behalf of Commodore Vanderbilt for the Presidency, precisely as the new American party of Pennsylvania have led the way for “Live Oak George Law.” Read the correspondence which we publish to- day between the committee of the New Jersey Legislature and the chief of the California line of steamers via the Nicaragua route, and beconvinced. Read the strong American let- ter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and then decide for yourselves, fellow citizens, between him and Live Oak George. They both write upon poli- tics with the power of a steam engine, fifty pounds pressure to the square inch. Now, let the new party, of Maryland, Virginia, or some other State, bring out Edward K. Collins, aid the New York steamship Presidential triumvi- rate will be complete. The popularity of George Law in Pennsyl- vania cannot be doubted, when we find him singled out as the champion of the dominant party there, over the heads of all their owa men. The availability of Cornelius Vanderbilt in New Jersey may be imagined, when we find his claims, by the American party there, consi- dered superior to even those of Commodore Stockton, the rich and imperial railroad and canal autocrat of all the Jerseys. He who says now that we are not in the midst of a revola- tion, and that the days of the old party Bourbons, and outstanding old fogies are not ended, isa false prophet. We are entering a new political epoch, and substantial steam engines—those great physical agents of the material and mo- ral progress of the age—are coming into power. Very well: George Law is out, Cornelius Vanderbilt is out, E. K Collins will probably next be brought out, and either of them, in a fair trial, will be strong enough to distance all the old party hacks and pettifogging lawyers that can be brought upon the course. Read Commodore Vanderbilt’s magnificent letter. Who comes next ? A Harvest ror rue Lawyers.—A disordered community is always a harvest field for law- yere. They fatten upon social disturbances and unjust and unequal legislation. The new liquor law, in this light, is a prodigious windfall to the legal fraternity. It is an act for the bene- fit of the lawyers. The Wine Importers Society of this city have already appropriated ten thou- sand dollars to secure the legal opinions of Charles O’Coror, J. Curtis Noyes, Greene C. Bronson, James R. Whiting, Horace F. Clark, George Wood, and J. Prescott Hall upon the unconstitutionality of thislaw. Why they have not included ex-Governor Seymour in the list we cannot imagine. Certainly he and some others that might be named, are as well quali- fied to argue the illegality of this despotic act as any of the gentlemen mentioned. But if the lawyers designated are competent to set aside the work of our wiseacres at Albany, we are content. Let’ the committee, however, be quite sure of their ticket, or peradventure they may find themselves feeing an apologist or two of what Mr. Wise would call “the lousy, Godless, Christless” reformers of the late drunken frolic at Blackwell’s Island. Tue AMERICAN ORGAN on our Spanisn Re- LaTIoNs.—The American Organ at Washington acknowledged the other day that the Spanish go- vernment entertains feelings of hostility agatust this country—that it has committed many out- rages upon our citizens and commerce, and that we have many just causes‘of complaint ayaiost the local government of Cuba, which, it con- tinued, must result in war; aod yet, with all these acknowledgments, our Washington co- temporary has the inconsistency to advocate the old fogy policy of delay, forbearance aud magnanimjty. It denounces the administra- tion in advance for doing its duty in any steps calculated to bring the perpetrators of these Spanish outrages to a prompt accountability and settlement. We are told that the administration has lost its popularity, and has been defeated aad abandoned all over the country. We admit all this to the fullest extent. Iu the late eleo- tions the administration, its policy and its sup- porters, have been rebuked and justly coa- demned by the people with a most terrible em- phasis; but what then? The administration of Mr. Pierce, weak and lost and abandoaed as it is, still constitutes the executive goverameat of this country during his official term, and it is to him, therefore, that we can alone apply for any immediate redress of any unwarrant- able and insulting infractions from foreign powers of the rights of our flag, oar commerce, or our people. Hence we have urged, and shall continue to urge the administration te those measures of action which the crisis so imperiously demands, The reasoning of the American Organ, on the other band, is equally antevabie, in- consistent and preposterous. We caavot wll understand how any newspap:r claiaing to be an organ of American opisions, and Ameri- can rights and interests, can oppose the imme diate action of the legitimate goverament of the bation upon a subject of such pressing natiownt importance as this Cuban imbroglio., The duties of the administration are above wll parties, and all party or personal interesta, whig, democratic or Know Nothing, and we submit that where the honor and interests of the country are at stake, it is recreant and treacherous in any mao, or any public press, to oppose the action of the administration for redress, upon mere party or personal objections. We beg oar venerahie, anti- quated and old fogy cotemporary of the dmeri- can Organ, at Washington, therefore, to re consider its course, to consult the genuine Ame rican sentiment of the country, and to “right about face” as soon a8 possible. Otherwise it will soon find itself in a dilemma from which it will be difficult to escape. Get out while you can. it up by a two-thirds vote, calling moval from office, by the Governor, of the up- right, honest, and lsw-abiding Judge Loring, in the matter of the fugitive slave Burns. Our New York Legislature is the only one that can furnish anything to compare with those disgraceful and lawless proceedings. We trust that the inborn, genuine constitutional Ameri- can sentiment of old Massachusetts will soon be brought to bear against this spurious mix- ture of abolition, ignorance and bigotry which has crept into her Legislature; and we think they may trust the real American sentiment of New York to rectify the sbominations of our accidentally dominant Seward coalition. Tae Races or tan Unrrep Sraras.—The Tribune, referring to the recent brawls in Kan- for the re- “288, says — ‘We aré not one people. We are two jles. We are & people for freedom and @ people for , Between the two, confliet ia inevitable. We quote this as'a sample of the honesty and truthfulness of the abolitionist writers. The object is to show that the people of the North and South are distinct races. Wherein does this appear? Do they not spring from the same fathers, speak the same tongue, profess the same faith, observe the same customs? Do not they constantly intermarry together, and have not both the same indelible characteristics of the Anglo-Saxon race? Are not Northern men con- stantly travelling South to settle there, and Southern men constantly coming here to set- tle, and are either ever taken for strangers or aliens? That there are two racesin thiscountry there can be no question. No one ever suspected the Saxon and the African of belonging to the same race. They are essentially ‘two peoples,” differing in appearance, in mental and physical characteristics, in capacity, in habits, feelings, and every point whereby a race can be distin- guished, But even between theseit is not true that a conflict is inevitable. Both have their place allotted to them by nature, and keep it: the white man as the master, the black man as the cervant. ‘In one State the servitade of the latter is hereditary, in another it is only volua- tary and for a time ; but practically it is always the same, and there is no prospect or chance that it will ever be altered. The nature of ne- gro bondage may be modified. From being hereditary it may become temporary ; but ser- vants they must be to the end of time. They and the whites constitute “two peoples :” but neither of the two can again be sub-divided. Lierry For THE Ricu, PROHIBITION FOR THE Poor.--Under the new temperance law of pains and penalties, the rich man will have no diffi- culty in storing his pantries and cellars with the choicest wines and liquors for the private use ot himself and his friends; but with the poor man the case is widely different. If, from his week’s wages, he can spare but a shilling or two for a little whiskey or lager bier, he is liable to be arrested and fined, together with the man who sball seli him the contraband article. There is nothing in the despotisms of Europe or Asia, nor even in Cuba, quite equal to this; yet such 8 the law, to use the expressive language of Mr. Wise, of Virginia, of the ‘lousy, Godless, Christless set” of the Seward majority of our late Legislature. They have given us their ul- timatum of wisdom in an act to limit, by fiues avd imprisonments, the privilege of liquor drink- ing to the wealthy classes. Such are the flankey morals of Sewardism. Tax Brarnnine or THE Enp.—We understand that on Jast Sunday—the first after the passage of the new prohibitbry law—nearly ali the bar- rooms on Broadway were open and doing busi- ners. On the two or tbree preceding Sundays, the efforts of May or Wood to cloee up the liquor retailers for the day had been beautifally effec tual. Thus it appears that even our corpora. tion restraints tor the Sabbath are to be broken down by our intermeddling supervisors at Al- bany. Fmst Legat Movement Acatsst Tae Marne Law.~—Why do not the Jiquor dealers apply at once to Judge Betts, of the United States Dis- trict Court, for ao injunction against the new Liquor law, as an act conflicting with the con- titutional revenue laws of the veneral goveru ment? Ifweare to have a “higher law” here than the constitution of the United States, let us have it so settled at once before the proper judicial tribunals, THE LATHKEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, The Great Four Mile Race at New Orleans, LEXINGTON THE WINNER. New ORLEANS, April 14, 1855. The question of euprricrity between Lexington and Lecomte wae decided op Saturday last, by a four mils race over the Metarie Course, New Orleans. Lexington won ip a single heat, nearly distancing Lecomte Time. 7:224—ten and @ quarter seconds less than Fashion's time, Lecomte was withdrawn alter the first heat The speculation as regards the time made by Lexington in his run sgainst time—7:16%{—not being equal to Le comte’ 6—are newatan end. Lexington is now uncoubtedly, the fastest horsein the world. He and Le- comte are balf brothere—Lexington out of Alice Car peal, and Lecomte ont of Reel-ag’ both sired by the fawous old Boston, the great competitor of Fashion. Effects of the Reciprocity Treaty, Osweao, April 16, 1855, Lorge quantities of produce and lumber from Canada are constantly arriving here, showing ths good effects of the reciprocity treaty, There has already arrived since the opening of navigation 60,000 bbls. flour, 110,000 bushels wheat, aud nearly half » million feet of lamher— sllof which immense freight trains are conveyiog for- ward as fast as possible. News Items from Washington. WASHINGTON, April 16, 1856 ‘The Star denies the statement of the Post in relation tou war with Spain, and says that Secretary Guthrie hae written potbicg authorizing what has been attri buted to bim. Minicter Dodge arrived bere Jast night week for Madrid ihe Star says the Judges of the Court of Claims have arrived: The mai) train from Philadelphia at 3 45 this morning ren cn toand billed three cows between Phuadelphia and Heltimore, No cars were thrown olf tne track. The connecting traim between Kaltimore and this city also come i@ collision with and killed two cows just north of ADrspolie junc ‘The evgine, baggage crate aod two parnenger care thrown off the tract, No person was injured by t) Loss of the He sails next ‘h, Moutix, April 14, 1865. ‘The steamer Monarch sunk im Bigbee river to-day, ‘and is @ total lors No lives were lort, Phe Onto River, PIrTsnvKG, April 16, 1855. Toe river at this point, ix nine feet doop and rising. ‘The weather is clear and pleasant WHEELING, April 16, 1855 Ten feet four incnes in the channel, wad rising. Freight i# arriving from the West, and is forwarded \o as Kant Wimows delay, The steamship New was sg. nalled coming up our harbor at three o’clock this erday, astern, oF Naw 14, 1855. market is easier, but not lower. The ‘at $16 a $16 50 per bbl. res 16, 1855. Our cotton market is firm. The of the week add ‘up 15,000 bales, To-day’s sales amount to 1,500 bales. @ receipts at this ‘8 com with those of last ear at 89,000 bales, The stock on ‘Tem thousand bushels corn sold here to-day 1 10 per bushel. Superfine flour is $11 per bbl. ——_—_—_—_—_—_—_—— More City Improvements, EXTENSION OF THE BOWERY FROM CHATHAM SQUARE TO FRANKLIN SQUARE. ‘The Supreme Court has decided in favor of the exten” sion of,the Bowery, from Chatham square to Franklin, and it now rests with the Common Council to fix the exact time for the commencement of the work. Accord- ing to law it cannot be protracted beyond fifteen months from confirmation of the Supreme Court, ao that the im- provement will commence on the first of May, 1856. It is hardly probable in view of the existing tenancies that they will select an earlier day. The extension is to be eighty feet in width, beginning at Chatham square, and running through James, Roose- velt, Madison, Chesnut, Oak and Pearl streets, ina straight line to Franklin square, This will have the effect of resuscitatirg the property in the Fourth ward, and in the eastern parts of the city generally. It will also tend greatly to relieye the present crowded condition of Broadway, by directing the travel from Brooklyn, Fuiton Market, Front, South, Water and Pearl streets, from Wall up through this new avenue. So general was the appreciation of the benefits which must result from this improvement, that although nearly six thousand persons were interested in the ssseas- ments and awards, but three owners appeared be- fore the Supreme Court to object. It is fortu- nate that the late decision of the Court of Appeals dis- missing the appeal in the case of the extension of Canal and the widening of Walker streets to East'Broadway, has occurred almost simultaneously with that of the Supreme Court confirming the extension of the Bowery. Both these improvements will now be carried out, and will mutually and beneficially affect each other. The first will be put into operation on the lst of May next, and the second, as we have already stated, will probably be commenced on the 18th of May, 1856. The tact, ability, and industry exhibited by the Com- missioners, Messrs, George B, Smith, William N, McIntyre, and Bartlett Smith, who have had charge of this matter, are particularly deserving of notice. The whole time they were engaged in accomplishing a work affecting pro- perty to the amount of » million of dollars, did not exceed seven months, Their task was @ delicate one, but it was performed to the entire satisfaction of all of the six thousand parties interested, with the exception of the three referred to. How favorably their zeal and dili- gence contrasts with the conduct of the Centrai Park Commussioners, who have already consumed two years in a work which might be accomplished in as many months. Ihe matter with which they have been on- trusted is one of vital importance, and 1s more simple in its character, involving, as it does, less conflicting inter- ests, The property through which the Bowery extension will pass ie more varied in its value than that included in the proposed limits of the Central Park, and should, consequently, have taken a great deal more time. The public are becoming impatient waiting for that report. Let it be presented at once, that we may have the three great improvements—the extension of Canal street, the opening of the great Central Park, and the exten- sion of the Bowery going on at the same time. The Case of Dr. Peck. MEETING AT THE MASONIC TEMPLE LAST NIGHT— SPEECHES, RESOLUTIONS, &0., &0. The following call was published in the Hrratp yesteréay:— Nasoxic Novree.—The members in general of the fraternity of F A M., sre respectfully requested to meet at the Masonic Temple, corner of Broome and Crosby streots, this (Monday) evening, April 16, at 8 o'clock, to take into consideration measures for the speedy liberation of our beloved brother, Dr. Chazles A. Pack. who, byiSpaniah i arcerated in ai Cul AeeDOLiER, NOW He near TT CHALLES D. BROWN. W. M. of New York Lodge, No. 330. At the appointed hour a large number of members of the fraternity assembled at the place above designated; but there was some difficulty in the way of holding the meeting, as the Grand Master of all the Freemasons uncer this jurisdiction declared that no general meeting of the order could be convened except at his call. In consequence of this, meny of the brothers did not re- ma.n, but there was etill a very good attendance when the meeting was called to order, at about nine o'clock, in one of the upper rooms of the building. Mr. J. A. BRvsu moved that Dr. C.D. Brown should fly the chair—carried. Mr. George T. Allen was appointed secretary. The Cuarr briefly and forcibly stated the object of the meeting, (to sympathize with a frend and brother in distresy) and introduced Mr. B. C, Banks, who read extracts from a letter re- ceived from Dr, Peck, in which he states that he is en- trely inrocen! + he thinks he was mistaken for » ed in @ revolutionary movement years ago, and that he disdains to make any other escape than an honorable one. Ho turtber says that bis confinement had a bad effect on his health, but that be was well treated during the time oped that he should soon be en- y, when hs intended to return to New tire]; York, as he was living at Havana upon the generosity of friends Mr. BAxKs moved that when the meeting adjourn, it acjourn to meet at 68 East Broadway, on Tuesday evon- ing, to act in conjunction with an adjourned meeting to be bela at that place. Carried. € t. J. M. TURNER said that he hoped that this meet- ‘ould give some definite expression to its sentiments. LISDALL thougbt that any expression of res from this meeting lng, prejudice tne case of Dr. Pe with the Spanish acthorities. ‘The Cuaik stated that there was no motion before the meeeting. » Wins moved that a committee of —— persons be 0 requested to report resolutions expre-nive ents of the meeting upon the subject ior # convened, The motion was opposed by Mr. Banks, and supported by Mesers. Waldea, Vurper and Wilkins, and 5 ‘The CHam appointed Messrs, A. ©. Morton, Jumos M. Turrer, F.W. Tisdall, B. T. Walden, andE G. P. Wilkins, as the Committee on Resolutions A. ©. MonTON, Esq., fer the Committee, reported the A. Peck did leave this city bythe or the itined of Cuba, for tne bene- Ligence has reached us uban autnorities—there- ceuntry st peace with the +d, That we reaard thi nee spon bis rights bat comi'y which should e: Resolved, Tha with oor . Pook a6 8 American citizen and of t totween friendly nations. nov in the power of the erpmert of the United Sts to protect its citizens, we join with Lis family im the upon them to interpose that power in bis bebaif, to which he is entitled. evolved, Thi Ui ment, in the i ut and am ra omitted “upon Tin and, through ‘im, upon every eitizen of this republie, Adopted witbout discent. Op mot‘on, Messrs. J. M Turner, J. R. Groot and C. D. Frown were appointed as a committee to raive money by subscription for # f of Dr. Peck, And then the meet! yarned. Tus Grewayx Orrna,——To night, at Niblo’s Garden, will be given the last performance, for the present, of the German Opera company. The bills announce “Ro- mro and Juliet,” (Bellini’s “Capulett! 6 Montecebi,””) witk Caroline Lehman as Romeo, and Mme. Siedenberg ‘av Juliet. On Thursday Jast the members of the orches- tra and artiste eerenaded Mr. G. Christ, through whose exertions the German season was carried through with considerable success. Ove Burt. —We understand that Mr. Ole Bull is about giving a serien of concerts in the various cities and large town: throughout the United States, One of the most remarkable instances of preservation from shipwreck at sea has just happened in the loss of the ship Wm, Laytin. This vessel—oneof the staunch- eat and best that sails from this port—put to sea on the ‘16th of February last, freighted with a rich and assorted cargo, bound for Antwerp. On the 20th of February a “severe gale, which lasted for some completely wrecked the vessel, and, lashed to her floating and help- Jess hull, the captain and crew passed six days and nights, without a single drop of fresh water and without ® mouthful to eat, excepting a single rat that was found swimming about the wreck, and which was for- tunately caught and shared among the sufferers. ‘The following statement of this disastrous wreck and wonderful preservation of most of the crew, has been farnished us by Mr. Tucker, the commander of the ship :— vi STATEMENT OF CAPTAIN TUCKER. ‘The ship William Laytin sailed from this port, bound to Antwerp, under my command, on the 16th of Febru- ary last. She was loaded with a rich cargo, consisting of cotton, flour and provisions. At the time of sailing, there were on board twenty two persons, including offi- cers and crew. The ship William Laytin was « new ves- sel, having been built and launched in Williamsburg not much over # year ago. She was well built, and as staunch « vessel as sails out of the port of New York. Our voyage was fair and prosperous for four days after our departure, but on the 20th of February we encoun- tered one of the severest gales that sweeps the ocean. We were, at the time of this gale, in latitude 39 north, and longitude 59 west. Preceding the gale wasacalm, which lasted for some hours, and during which our ship made but little, if any headway. ‘This was on the morning of the 20th of February. Following this calm, came the hurricane, which dismantled my ship, making her a per- fect wreck, and entailing upon myself and my crew a period of suffering hardly equalled in the most disastrous and perilous stories of the sea. The wind came from the north-east, and with it camea heavy, dangerous sea. ‘The order was at once given to take in sail, which order ‘was promptly complied with. The ship was hove to un- der her main spencer and the head of reef spanker. In this condition she remained floundering and rolling in the sea, which was making at times a clean breach over her decks, and threatening to sweep away everything on board. We all kept up our sp relying ‘upon the vessel to weather the storm stre1 of our off all safe at last. In these expectat doomed to the most painful disappointment. . On the Soe anes Ceareey) during the fury THE HARLEM RAILROAD MEMORIAL of the tempest, the ship and umexpectedly | was called from the table by Alderman and, sunk forward until her decks were about level with the | sfter some debate, Sostponsd till the first in water, and perhaps a little under water, and then fell | May. over upon her beam ends. Our last and only resort, at ‘Tho Board adjourned to Thursday. ‘this most trying junctnre of affairs, was to cut away the masts, which was doze as soon as AM three BOARD OF COUNCILMEN. masts were cut from the deck, and in five minutes after clearing the hull, it righted again, much to the rellef of all. e cause of the ship pevihing Seemed in the man- ner described is unknown to me, en the ship came Apri 16,—The Board met at five o’clock, pursuant to. adjournment, D. D, Connover, Esq., President, in the chair, The minutes of the last meeting were read and up again, after losing her masts, we were still in a con- red. Ghion truly perilous and apparently hopeless Deprived | ®PPfOved. of allsail. aud Do longer al to keep the Sains to, | Various petitions were referred to appropriate com- ,| head to the wind and ses, she floated a helpless hr mittees. swept fore and aft with almostevery wave. In about five minutes after the ship rose from her beam ends, she shipped a tremendous sea that carried overboard the poop deck, ae ee all our boats and four of our ship’s THE SUNDAY LIQUOR LAW, Councilman Cuancey moved the adoption of the follow- ing preamble and resolution:— company, g three of the crew and the stewardess. ‘Whereas, the Senate and Frimigee be this State recently ‘The name of the stewardess was Ann Shr =Aeg\ and John | Pasted s law gr the merenton CH mo spiel Liga pee | awe taplvecer a iat rnter Mat, va ere Mond the time of its onforsement until Jul act is to delay , 18855 and, wi the strict construction of such @ clause cam only mean that it was intended to allow parties dealing in Liquor to prepare for. other Pursuits and business, and also hem to dispose of as much of their stock onhand 4 the remainder of the company took dynes sin one beget Bay) he td be com- pelled soon to follow those gone. our better Security, we each of us lashed ourselves to the wreck, with whatever of the rigging or sbip’s ropes we could Passed by tho Board of ft Bold of. This alone saved us from iogaweptsway. | © ting sig gue Al % di in this condition, tied to the wreck and constant’ drenched and almost smothered with breaching seas, we remained six long days and nights, each minute of which was almost an eternity of agony. We were unable to loosen ourselves or stir about the ship, for tear of being carried overt ‘We waited, but waited in vain, fora lull in the sea or tempest. The first day past at our lashings, and we were weak with hunger, The second Gay, and the goawings of hunger made all other sufferings insignificant in comparison, The third ey and our thirst and hunger together held vsin tortuys but Little short of the pains of hell itself. Death at this time would have been a relief. In the meantime the hatches of the ship had burst open, and the cargo was floating around us, but none of the provisions within our reach. ‘The hnowledge that our ship’e hold was full of provi- sions, and we were starving and unable to reach it, on- ly added to our sufferings. Still, to aggravate our pains, the in the ship was dissolving, and making & ley that was osting into our flesh. Having no water, ‘we each took a piece of cold lead into our months, and cht ee bry srg mouths and was found to great relief At this period of our sufferings, a rat seen swimming about, and Morey oem, enough to one of the sailors, it was captured. Never did hunter secure his same with greater satisfaction than did the seaman secure this drowning rat. The rat was shared among the company; and never was a morceau received with @ better relish. All that we had in addition to this at, were the boots and shoes upon our feet, which were mostly used up at the time of our rescue. On the third day of our suffering—on the 25th of Fe! —a vessel hove in ‘em and we were all elated with the prospects Of relief, In this, however, we were again disappointed. ‘This vessel, the rame of which I do not now rewember, came witbin hailing distance of us, and speaking the captain I asved him to send me boat. ‘The reply wae, he could do nothing for us; and lea’ us to our fate, we were eiled to nee this vensel away from us. ten was running very high at the time this vessel spoke us, but to have laid to and waited for calm, or to have made some show of s disposition to help us, we vel imposi ity of $10 for each off thy same iv hereby reroinded and repeated. ns” ‘The regolution was laid upon the table, undor the rule: RESOLUTIONS, tween Grand and Delancey streets, and from the square see anak ae iw Unoe Ot oraen seeeny net river. Re- jerre Requesting the Committee on Pubite Health to: repo at anearly day upon the communication from the THE BLIND INSTITUTION. Counciiman Ranwzy moved the adoption of the follow- ing) reamble and resolution:— , The manufacturing institution of this city the 1st almost for of December, en- jeans of hoes as five ee dol eae the tand rawred fe nenared collar pn will soon oom) emselves vpon the city entirely for sup} rt wnlees an opportunity is sfforded them to carn their jy bread, which they are very Boe ee ET TET TOG man; class have say o States in the iostitation tntil thay have Recome regia of this State,and in all probability they will. now be: paupers of this city; therefore, ved, That a special committee of ve be appointed by this Board’to investigate the condition of this institution, and invent means, if possible, which will relieve the Corpo- ration of such an expense, and these unfortunate individuals the mortification of becoming paupers. resolu! was adopted. Councilman CurRY that the Committee on should invoeten: a plan submitted by him for a railroad in way, to be owned by the Ce ration, and re] ready asked and recei theught was not too much to expect When this vessel | ‘hereof, | Referred to the Hai © presented, and referred to the was beyond our sight all hope seemed surely gone. Still | ,S¢vers! reports were presen! all the crew kept up. es spirits, as they did to remarkable degree during the whole period of tacir suffering. During all this time the weather was cold enough to make ice. What was most remarkable, after ‘the third day our hunger seemed to abate. On the fifth and sixth days some ot the crew said they did not feel so much the want of food as they didon the third day. This was the fe of most if not all of us. The fourth dey and nig and no assistance came. The fifth , and with it succor—on this day we were hailed by the bark Syiph, Capt. Hellox, from Guadaloupe, bound to St. Peters, Newfound'and, ‘THE SPECIAL ORDER, The Board then took up the report of the Committee on Public Health, eubmitting an ordinance to prohibit the slaughter of swine and neat cattle in the Lei of New eee a ee @ penalty of not less on $60. Councilmen Regp epposed the ordinance and designat- Sie eee injustice to all the butchers of New 01 Councilman RAxxry spoke in favor of the ordinance, and urged the necessity of removing the slaughter: This verse] spoke us, and learning our situation, promis- | ¢stablishments beyond the thickly populated parts Sd the red wan tery heavy This promtive Crevicokne? | _ Councilman Prxcxxar contended that slaughter houses were ne nuisance; but, on the contrary, were conducive During the night of the fifth day of our sufferioge—te | [Te Be Rusance: t Fact Pirloe i et oy “q 2ith of February—the Sylph drifted away from us and the next morning was out of sight. I cannot describe | He believed that this was a scheme of property owners our feelings wheb the next morniog dawned up, saa | UP pou to ineseane the owe cc eee sever: The again showed us nothing within our vision but the tem- | Matter, he said, would regulate itself, for as down town became more and valuable, butchers ‘would stuous ocean. Capt. Hellox, however, upon ascer Fiining, on the’ moroiog of ibe 28a,’ that he hea | gradually go de MO od Council ned ne lost vs, crowded on all the sail bis bark could | Néht toprevent the slaughtering of cattle below Fiftieth cerry and commenced the search for ug. He was success- | *tzeet; the nu: » if any there was, should be left for ful and found us after a few bours search, and at 10 | the courts to abate. o’clock en the mern‘ng of the 28th we were taken from ovr Jasbings and takeu on board theSylph. When re- Hieved none of us were able to stand, although all of us still retained our senses. One of the crew, when taken from bis privon of ropes, lost bis toes, which dropped from bim as be was lifted from the ship. The potash lye bad eaten the feet of the sufferer to "this effect. I cannot speak too highly of the coaduct of Capt. Hellox apd bie crew when received on his vessel. attention was stown us and every comfort at hand was freely extended us. We lett the hull ‘of the Wm. Lay- tin floating in the ocean, with her decks about level with the water, Capt. Hellox took us to St. Peters, Newfoundland, where we arrived on the 9th of March. Heres portion of the saved (eighteen in al!) were placed in the hospital, and in about a week or teo days were fatly releaved from s'! the a of the shipwreck From St, Peters we reached ton, in the schooner Amanda Powers. From Eoston I arrived in New York to-day, a part of the crew hsving arrived here # short time before me Captain Tucker intends again to try his fort the ocean at the first opportunity. From ti tement, he bas experienced suffering which it ve been believed beyond the power cf man to endure. ‘Ibe destarcly miscreant who commanded the vesvel that firet bailed Captain Tucker and sailed away with- out granung him any relie’, sbould be published, tuat the fellow might be punisbed with the scorn and con- tempt of an indigpant community. Captain Hellox, for bis ~~ iy conduct, is well deserving of some substantial reward, Councilman C, 8, Coorsr thought that the business of slaughtering was certainly a nuisance. Councilman WANDELL was opposed to the ordinance. ~} ‘The ordinance was finally lost, on a vote of 37 to 10. Tne Board then adjourned. City Politics. THE TAMMANY SOCIETY, OR COLUMBIAN ORDER. A meeting of the Tammany Society was held last night in the Great Wigwam, to elect officers for the ensuifig year. The attendance was quite thin, there belog only 109 votes cast, which is 60 or 70 less than om any for- mer occasion. But what the meeting lacked in numbers ‘was more than made up by the character of the persons in attendance. Neary all the well-known democratic wire-pullers were present, aad among others we noticed George M. Sanders, the Sage of Bloomingdale, and Capt. Ryncers, ry business, the meeting pro- After rome pretimina: ceeded to ballot for officers, with the following result :—~ R SACHEMS. John Kelly... Anton J. Herrick — B Theatres and Exhibittons, Grenman Orera,—This evening will bo the tenth subd- ight, and the last appe: of the 1 elected. They will, weet next month and elect the ‘Tend Sachem. ¢ following is ballot = maining officers:— ~ ™ nde da FOR TKEASURER, Broapway Trearne.—Mr. Fi forrest a} to-night in “Vireinias 8 in Knowles? tragedy of charac: TOR SAGAMORE. ot me, Mt Pus Toinius, Mick Relgnolds ae Vie. | Wilecm Smal), . 91 Charles Mills..... fini, ana Mt Servis, The fares of *'The Good Das for Nothing” Bowrry THratne, ann: unced for to-night, sr Bruno, and Mre aw play of ‘Jean Remy,” is y Ae Joan Remy, Johyston e. The drama of “The Res ee “« pe . @ ticket elect wili piace the bea wich Mr. Eddy as Father Jean con- tower of the party ip the bands of the fusion! u ult rmborper "ction being in a small saptity. t transacting any other business of importance | va by halkee betae, the sachems had partaken ‘ome of the waters ¢ Great Spring, (brandy and vgar,) and emoked the calumete of peace, (ong mines.) yan This will entitled “Janet Prid Fisher in the leading #.—The besutifal domesti Mm wank et ee ic drama arine Affairs, Ld sustain the San FRaNcIsco aND HALE Governor ‘neipal character, is announced for to-night. Th: ‘s ND TH Wi ‘Rape, — Big- By ofthe “Hold Drago ch Tarts, Brougham, and Mrs- | ler has recommended, in a special message to the Cali- fornia Legislature, the adoption of measures to secure to San Francisco the benefits of the whale trade of the. Pacific, The reasons put forth are that San Francisco ie naturally superior as & port or market to any other place on the Pacific, and that whaieships would make it their wintering tn «sd for the Eien rates of pilotage, which et present from that ch American "omueten wr ny Lanoe Careous —The ship Tamerlane, Captain Holmes, ¢ Dar Man of Manchosthe” i 1, and the capital - fehmsu’” fe the piece selected for the Woov's Minstrets gives 4 very amusing entertainment this ever a Orena Hovsi nes to eral o—& good bill to-n: begs hay rt Inspector, referred to them the 8d of Jan: 1808, ‘Adopted.’ ary, \ ‘ Ovens Hover.—Mad. Isadora Cl cleared at the Custom House yeaterda; . Par Prcme Sl'eSbale Gear ke Bete: | eer) Pole Gabe Toiaeag cage 2.03 wold assist on the oocasion, | BUNS, Shee at s10s80 aor ee 7 gon oe ore Muatany Feeviva —Myjor Crawley, of the Military | weighing 200,001 pounds, and valued at 80105 To Argus, receives @ complimentary benefit. at the Bowery | weight cargo, Tagre yunds ; totad val theatre, on Thursday evening, being the anniversary of ¢ . Obi be: om doe paiticor ington Strat ninguieed arity ‘rith'4 067 Palen upland cottow, the weight an’ vewwsor 1? Bhi ll bea grand epestncle, The ‘Naor ‘desives's | which, we did not aacertain.—Sanmnah Republican,