The New York Herald Newspaper, April 30, 1855, Page 4

4 NEW YURK HERALD. ES GORDON BSNNEFD, Se OPRIETOR AND DIOR, eynocs x. ¥- Gonwmn OF NASSAU AMD FULTON sre, MB) seh Se RALD, dcente per omy #1 per annum. SHE DAIERL ) HERALD every Suturday at 624 conte ger m; the European Saition per annum Britain, and %5 to any part of the Con- le postage. Ei ‘Mail for Subscriptions or with Adver- ibe post patd, ror the postage oll be deducted from remitted. mere T4k Y CORRESPONDENCE, containing impor: nation Taiited from any quarter ofthe world if used Mil be liberally paid for. Ba~ OUR FoRzion CORRESFON ee ne PANTIOULANLY REQUBSTED 70 SRAL ALL LET , Gene snp PACKAGES BENT VB. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteouth st.—It. T¥ Ov roma, ROADWAY THRATRE, Bresdwey—Covior ,yus, THEATRE, Bewers—Goon vara 4g, seOe ET canons Dice ov Deara. jormixe— BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers sty’ _p, ‘ UR Seasien AN® Cnaswea, Javan Cop. ‘K'S THEATRE, Broaéw on) et ARS Tne bum Goneniee’ yaeneremanrs tw AMERICAN MUSRUM—Attorne jp— Awnnose Gwivert Bvening—Lavy oF tie fake -M/aip or rux Mourrain, WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Meehey joe? Hall—-473 Brondway. BVOKLEY’S GPERA Hev' 53 -—Buca- auw’s Brusortas Orena Trov > A React mem #BRHAM’? BURLESQUE OPERA HOUSE, 609 Broad Fh eg fal ‘EMPIRE TALL, 596 Br ondway—Paronsua er Bvnore pan tisae oF S2vasrer ox, = New York, Monday, Aprti 30, 1855. The News, Our readers will remember that a gross and wan- ‘top outrage wes committed by the officer command: Ing'the forts at St. Taomas, in December last, by ‘faring three or four shots into the Auizrican steamar Benjamin Franklin, as she was leaving the harbor with the English West India mails and a large num- ‘per of parcengers on board. The circumstance was Immediately brought to the notices of the Colon'a! goyernment, by Major Heim, the United States Consul, in an able, spirited and dignified commani- cation, in which, after narrating the facts, he de- manded fall indemnity for the damage, and iati- Mmaved his intention to request his government to @emand the dismiseal of the officer who was re- sponsible for the act, not only on aczouat cf the out vege itself, but tor writing a note to the agent of the stéemer, in which he attsmpted toinsult farther the American flag. Our correspondent at St. Thomas hae furnished us with entire copies of the corres- pondence. I’ strikes us as a good opportunity to in. quire if the Cabinet at Washington intend to parmit * this matter to rest unheeded. The affair ia no ‘Jopger in the hands of the resolute and energetic “Consul. Will Mr. Maroy stir it up a little? Den- ~ mark is 80 well convinced of the misconduc} of her stupid officer that already he has been dismissed from a commsnd in which he coud d> so much Mischief. Bot whois going to pay the damages? And we are sssured they are heavy. Would nt ‘this little matter help us in the Danish Sound Dazs question? Surely itis as handsome & corollary to the notice of our intention to submit no longer to that tax aa one could wish-to have. Wuil Marcy improve it? We snali see. Our Brownavie:(Texas) correspondent, writing om April 11th, announces the existence of a wide spread revolutionary feeliog in Matam 10s, owing t> the removal’ by Santa Anna ot General Vega from, and the re-appointmeut of General Woll to, the of- -fice of Governor. ‘General Vega had ‘left for the Mexican capital, where it was thought ‘he would act as locum tenens of the Presidential chair, daring the illness, supposed to be feigned, of the Dictator. Brownsville was filled with revo‘utionary leaders, among whem were Senor Arriossa—brother in-law ef General Comonfort—and Senors Artisga and Gomez, the exGovernors of.Ocampa and Garza. A party of -smugglers had shot three Mexican guards. Trade was very. dall at Brownsville. At St. John’s, (P.R.,) on the 13th inst., sugars -were in better demand, and heavy transactions had taken place at.3c. to 34c., according to quality. It “was certain that the crop in Guayama, Ponce and ‘Mayaguez will be exceedingly emall. Provisions ~ef all kinds, except codfish, were dull and much needed. Molasses was in good demand, and coffee eame in freely. In lumber no eales could be effect- ed. Freights were brisk and vessels scarce. At Port of Spain, on the 12:h-fest., the markets were still very depressed. The stock of flour had been increased. Sugar was in good demand. Vessels Were wanted at Sz. per owt. At Bermuda, April 20th, the weather was very fiue, and the potato crop fact maturing. It was expected that large shipments of them would be made by the end of the month. Some tomatoss bad been sent to the United States, and large quantities were about to follow by next. vessel. Cotton continued active on Saturday, with sales ef about 5.600 balee, having recovered all the previ. ous decline producea by th@ Africa’s news. Quota tions ranged ae follows: Middling uplands, 9c. ; - do. Floridas 9jc.; d>. Mcbile’s 9jc., and New Or- Jeans and Texas at 9/c. Common to good brands of Btate ficur were unchanged. White Southern and Canadian were a little firmer. Corn was easior and closed at $112.41 14 for white aud.yellow. ‘Old mess pork was firmer, while new do. was a trifle lower. Sugars continued in good d:mand, with aales of abont 1,000 a1,200 bhds. at full prices. Freights were steady, with moderate engagements. ‘We publish elsewhere the proceedings of « meet- ing held in New Orleans on the 21st instant, by the trioade of Mr. Soulé, to congratulate him on hia re- ‘sain to hiehome. After passing resolations teader- img to Mr. Soult a public reception, tha meating adjourned to his residenca, and were regaled with @cheracteristic speech, in which the ex-Minister alluded to the ire his name had provoked ta the o“*torpidibresst of the crowned cut-throat who rules -e@ver'France.”” Advices from Kansas City, dated on 16th of April, to George Walter, Esq., General Supsriatan- @ont of the League in New York, state that three + \eamers loaded with settlers arrived on 15th at } \emsas. A severe dronght prevailed, and ths sup- jes of grain were nearly exhausted. Freights we ve bigh, lumber scarce, and no sign of rain. Tho the, "Bometer stood at eighty-aight degrees at noon ont ‘¢l5th. Setilers had better not go out now, but » ‘St awhile. The Star of the Ses, the title of e new Roman Cathol © hatch in Brooklyn, was dedicated yester- dey by ‘be Right Rev. Dr. Bacon, the newly conse- crated B ‘shop of Portland, Me. Tne sermon on the cecasion | ¥#8 preached by Archbishop Hughes. A fall report #y be ‘ound in another column. A despa ‘h from Boston states that the letters brought cut by the steamer Africa, and detained by the United ‘ates authorities, were forwaried to their destinat \eneon Saturday) Those addressed to persore in this clty and vicinity will, therefore, be delivered thie n wrning. There is tobe ‘great gathering of testotallers at Boston on the 8th of Mey, the msin object of which is to make the enf, ’eement of the new Massacho. vette prohibitory liq wor law an easy matter. Goy. Garéner ie to preside 0 the ocession, and a strong delegation from New’ York and other States will te. wipers from rai. ‘road companies for loans to the amount of three and 4 holf millions of dollars are now before the Massac bucetts Legislature. five Boston and Albany road with 8 million anda half to artist in laying a second ti ¥ck. The Boston aod New Yoric Central apply for a "miliion, and the pros. pect of their gotting it is conai."ered good. ; The stock of pork at the inspec, ‘ton warehouse in Wow Orleans, Louisiane, of the Let tt, was 13,781 barrels, of which 2,553 barrele were’ mess, and 10,415 barrels uninspecte]. The stock a the same times iP 1854 Waa 24,48) barrels, The Adminis gation and its Foreign Pelicy— Washing’ on Union, evidently by authority from tye Secretary ot State, defending the preset’s policy of the administration, in re- Jeren? @ to our extraordinary relations with Spe’ in. Nothing could be move amiable or in’ ogrensive than this official confession. t. uth, in connection with the peculiariy sweet- arcy the Master Spirit. We pe’ Jish today an article from the In tempered instructions te Commodore McCauley, and the splendid reception which has been given bim by Gen. Concha at Havana, we may consider the recent outrages against our citizeng aud vessels by the Spanish autho. tities and cruisers of Cuba, as haviug already secured the most affectionate relations between the two powers. Very extraordinary, this; but not at all sur- prising. Tammany Hall may be stultified, all parties may be puzzled; but there are no pre- cedents for the dodgings and shufflings of this administration, and so we must be content to take things as they come. We are well as- sured, hewever, of one thing, which is, that the bombardment of Greytown having ex- hausted the belligerent propensities of Mr. Pierce, there is no danger of a war on the Cuba question. The organ substantially says £0, in declaring that if war does come it must come from Spain. What a relief is this to Wa)l street: but what an insult to our ex- pectant democracy! Marcy has again brought up the belligerents ‘of the Cabinet, the kitchen, the organ, Tam. many Hall, and the Cuban juntas, all standing, and for the third time. In the first case, insti- gated by Jefferson Davis, Forney and the fili- busters, the Washington Union opened and kept up 8 hot fire for several months against Spain and England on their projected Africanization of Cuba. ‘Getting at last tired of this nonsense, Marcy gave the organ an official hint, and the subject was dropped. In the second case, the filibusters of the Cabinet and kitch2n cabinet, with the-eonsent and connivance of our flexible Exeoutive, got up the Ostend coalition and pro- gramme. Our cunning Premier innocently pretended to support the conspiracy, uatil Mesers. Buchanan, Mason and Soulé brought out their celebrated belligerent manifesto, when, presto! Marcy shuts them all up in the trap to- gether, rubbing his hands and chuckling over the fun, like Menschikoff when the allies set themselves down before Sebastopol. The return of Mr. Soulé from Spain, the publication of his official correspondence, and the late Spanish outrages against our flag and our citizens in and about Cuba, led to another and a desperate effort of the war party, in and out of the Cabinet, for a regular foray upon the “ever faithful island.” And here again, for several months, the Union has been falminating war, blood and carnage, against ‘ the atrocious foreign despotism which curses the unfortu- nate island,” until Marcy, concluding that the farce has lasted long enough, condescends to tell Mr. Pierce what to do, and to tell his or- gan grinder to change his tune. We see the effect before us. The organ instantly stops the “Marsellaise” and regales us with “Pop goes the Weasel,” Gen. Concha and Commodore McCauley, hand-in-hand, leading in the dance. The simple truth is that Marcy is absolute master of the administration, and seems to take a malicious delight in making Mr. Pierce and the filibusters of his Cabinet, his kitchen coun- cil and his organs, as ridiculous as possible. He permits them to play their fantastic tricks from time to time, and sometimes proloags the amusement, for he has discovered that he can ‘whip them back at pleasure. Now, from the entente cordiale re-established between Gen. -Concha .and Com. McCauley, under Marcy’s orders, it is manifest what sort of instructions Mr. Dodge will carry out to Madrid. They will be as soft and sweet as milk and honey. ‘Marcy invariably pleads that he is in favor of the acquisition of Cuba in the right way and atthe right time. But with him the time has not yet come when there are so many rival can- -didates struggling and plotting against him to make political capital out of a war with Spain. His first object is to kill them all off, including the weak and amiable man he is leading by the nose. To secure this end, sink or swim, Marcy will stick to the State Department and hold back his filibustering rivals till, with the expi- ration of Mr. Pierce’s term, they are all cast cut together, The conclusion is clear. Marcy rules the roast. Marcy’s personal policy calls for peace, and peace will be maintained at any cost. Let the Quakers and all the old women rejoice. THE Orrra anv Fasnton.—The manazement of the Italian opera in Fourteenth street under Mr. Phalen and his advisers bids fair to attain a degree of success considerably greater than that which has rewarded all former attempts to establish permanently Italian opera in New York. All the previous endeavors were feeble and inconclusive, and broke down in every point of view. At the opening, the opera in Fourteenth street was equally unfortunate : two sets of managers tried their hands succes sively, but failed in the end. It israther singu- Jar that the first manager who succeeds should be a gentleman whose former pursuits were wholly unconnected with the stage; so true it is that business experience and common sense are the only guarantees of real success. Mr. Phalen’s management has been on the whole the most ekillfal and has held out the best promise of ultimate triumph of any we have had. The attendance at the performances of “William Tell” has more than paid expenses; though, despite all the commendations which have been lavished on that work, it cannot be considered an attractive opera, and, notwith. standingits real beauties, will never be 2s popu- lar asseveral of Rossini’s lighter works. There is great reason to believe that the new opera, of whose rehearsal an acoount is given elsewhere, will have a run almost unexampled in the an- nals of the Jyrical stage in America. “Tl Trovatore’”’ is admitted on all hands to be Verdi’s best work; superior to Ernani in meny of the very points which have secured for that piece so extensive a popularity, it exhibits more of Verdi’s excel- lences and fewer of his faults than any oth- er work of his composition, It is got up at the Academy in the very best manner ; scene- Ty, orchestra, figurante, all will be as nearly perfect as we can hope to see them in New York. The only circumstance which would appear to militate against a surprising success for this work is the approaching dé)At of a rival opera troupe comprising several distinguished artists, atNiblo’s. The prospect is that these two ope- ras will injure each other, and retard the defi- nite establishment of @ permanent Italian opera. It is quite certaig that between the two, we NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1855. . shall shortly have a period of great gxcitement and gayety. The city will be the eentre of fasion and emusement; and people from the @untry will be more likely to come here to see the musical attractions than tne city folks to go to the country in search of green fields and fresh air. « Terripte Mayiresto rrom Brianam Youne. —Maxe Room ror tHe MorMons.—We spread before our readers to-day a most terrible and important proclamation from: Brigham Young, Governor, High Priest, protecting Patriarch and Grand Terk of the Latter Day Saints at the Great Salt Lake. His defence of the Mor- mons, their politics, religion, and their rights of all kinds, including the ancient, Oriental aod royal institution of polygamy, is a clincher. Louis Napoleon’s vindication of the campaign in the Crimea is afool toit. Heiea man of mork, that same Brigham Youog. With bis forty wives and six omnibus loads of children, he aspires to the wisdom of Solomen; with his sharp and caustic criticisms upon the politics of the day, he eclipses Henry A. Wise; with bis keen, pungent, plain-spoken denunciations of hypocritical professors of religion, he excels Henry Ward Beecher; and his denunciations against sinners, great and small, living aud dead, are given with the unction of an anointed prophet. His political programme is very clearly laid down. He is for the constitution, the Union, and for the patriarchal rights of the saints at all hazards, He agress with Gen. Cass in the doctrine of popular sqvereignty, and insists that the people of Utah have as much right to it as the squatters of Kansas. Upon this point he is jealous, vigilant, and bold and courageous as a gamecock among a flock of favorite hens inabaroyard. On the negro question he is sound asa roach. He says that the children of Ham are doomed to servitude by Divine command, and that they are bound to fulfill this divine decree. Ina religious view of the subject we cannot, of course, presume to judge whether the Prtriarch is right or wrong in declaring that the bad conduct of some mas- ters often sends both slave and master to hell. It such be the case we are sorry forit; and we are also sorry to be assured by the Prophet that he knows the report to be true that Gene- ral Taylor bas gone to hell. There is some- thing satanic in this assertion, and we can’t believe it. In what way good old Zachary Taylor could bave afflicted the saints, so as to men no national party can possibly unite. Bat if the Know Nothings of Massachusetts and New England are pursuiag a section- el and destructive course, we have a! strong confidence that the Know WNo- things of New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl- | vania and several other States north of Mason | and Dixon’s line, will act very differently, will | follow a high minded and strictly constitution- al policy on all natio »al questions, and will cat themselves wholly adrift from all disorganizing and sectional factions. The destiny of the Know Nothing movement | depends on the result of the pending election in Virginia. If the Kuow Nothings overthrow the democrats by a majority of from five to fifteen thousand, then there will be a chance of founding a great national party on the basis of its principles, But if the ‘Kuow Nothings are defeated, then there will probably be an end to the Know Nothing movement altogether. Wanrep.—A list of stibscribers of the Union Club in Fifth avenue. Can any charitable per- son give us a list of the subscribers and stock- holders ? THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, The Seized Letters by the Africa. Bostow, April 29, 1855. The Portmaster of this city stated to-day that all let ters for New York and the South, per steamer Africa, and detained by the United States authorities here, were forwarded to New York last night, and will bo distri- buted in due course. News Items trom Washington. ‘Wasmorow, April 29, 1855, The Board of City Councils have offered to the Court of Claims the gratuitous uee of their rooms in the City Hall. Summer musie will commence at the Capitol grounds on Wednesday next. Se Mr. Dougherty, formerly Superintendent of the Wash- ington Monument, has been appointed superintendent over the marble work extension to the General Post Office. The redemption of the public debt at the Treasury De- partment last week, amounted to $82,450. The Weather at Boston. | another total Innar ectipse, also visi Boston, April 29—6 P. M. ‘We had a slight fall of snow here this forenoon. The weather is now thick and cloudy, with a cold easterly wind. Arrival of the Alabama at Savannah. SAVANNAH, April 28, 1855. The steamsbip Alabama, frem New York, artived here at eight o'clock this morning with all om board well. Markets. deeerve this awfal roasting, we should really like to know. Upon another point we are inclined to sus- pect that the Mormon patriarch is more than half right, and it is where he says that it is “the sanctimonious hypocrisy of old sectarians that is stirring up the devil all the time.” Upon another point he throws out a very useful suggestion to the administration, as to the sort of government officers that ought to be sent to Utah. It is very evident that Governor Young objects to young bache- lors, as chaps that are likely to get into trouble in Utah. The saints in most cases have a plu- rality of wives, ranging from five to forty, and even to seventy, as some reports have it; bit outsiders are not toinfer from this that they have any tospare. Father Young is par- ticularly solicitous upon this point, in order to avoid all misunderstanding for the future ; and we admonish Mr. Pierce to remember it in the selection of his subordinates for the Terri- tory of Utah. The Mormans construe the doc- trine of squatter sovereignty as involving the sovereignty of the saints over their institution of polygamy; and, if they are right in this, it is the duty of the administration to aid in pro- tecting them against all outsiders, instead of sending wolves among them in sheep’s clothing. A saint with twenty or thirty wives in a dozen different adobe cottages is in some danger from intriguing fnterlopers, and the government should act accordingly. We commend to the President and the Cabi- net, and especially to Cushing and Marcy,a careful and thoughtful perusal of this great pronunciamento of Governor Youxg, for their future guidance in the territorial affairs of the saints of the Great Salt Lake. Miurtmary Prosecorions in Havana.—The recent discovery of an insurrectionary project in Cuba, and the consequent arrest, trial, and punishment of some of the conspirators, are tresh in the memory of our readers, It will be recollected that Francisco Eetrampes, Juan Ea- rique Felix, and others—the captains, pilot and supercargo, of two American vessels—were arrested in the port of Baracoa a few months ago, aud that arms and munitions of war brought by them were seized by the govern- ment. The accused were tried before the standing military commission, Estrampes aod. Mr. Joseph Elias Hernandez were sentenced to death by the vile garrote. The former forfeit- ed his life on the scaffold, on the 31st of March; but Mr. Hernandez--who was tried by contu- macy—being a resident of this city, will hara- ly avail himself of the invitation to take a seat in the same fatal chair. Felix was sentenced to ten years presidio and permanent banish- ment from the island; and the American citi. zens were discharged, there being no evidence implicating them. The sentence of the mili- tary commission, the certificate of its legality by the Auditor of War, the decree of the Cap- tain-General approving it, and a variety of official documents im connection with the exe cution of Estrampes, are published by order of General Concha in the government gazette; and as they are highly interesting—as well from the sympathy felt for this last victim ot Spanish despotism as because they exhibit the peculiar manner in which these military trials are car- ried on—we translate and publish them for general information. The fact that Estrampes was a natoralized American citizen lends a national interest and importance to the record of these summary proceedings. Let it be filed in the State department. Tue Know Norainc Movement wy New EnGLaxp.—The vote for the removal of Jadge Loring because he did his duty according to his oath, and the recent disclosures of the Hiss committee, indicate very clearly thatthe Know, Nothings of Massachusetts can never coalesce with the national party of the same name and origin, but will always remain a seperate, sec- tional demoralized body. From recent indica- tions we are inclined to believe that the Know Nothings ef New Hampshire will pursue the same course with the same result. Edmund Burke has already in his organ disavowed the views formerly held on the Nebratka question. and it seems probable that the Legislature will Provipexce, April 28, 1855. ing the past week has been tolerably active, a Tbs. Mapaam Avausra's Bunzrrt,—This affair is announced to take place on the 10th of May, at the Metropolitan the most attractive character, many of the best resident artists having tendered their services. Madame Augusta has strong claims upon the New York public, As an ar- tist and in private life her reputation stands without a superior. Tae IrauiaN OreRA—Ii TrovaTorE.—The dress re- hearsal of the ‘‘Trovatore,’”’ at the Academy of Music on Saturday night, was attended by quite an audience of artists and critics. The verdict of all was in favor of the opera, which is certainly Verdi’s chef d’cuvre, The plot is strongly dramatic, and the music is in perfect consopance with the events which it is intended to illus- trate. The scenery is all new, and received many well merited compliments. The new baritone, Signor Amo- dio, has # voice of peculiar richness and great volume. Wille Vestvali bas a very fine scting part, and will proba- bly make a “hit” init. As far as could be judged from a rehearsal, which must be more or less an informal affair, the -‘Trovatore’’ is destined to be very successful. City Intelligence. FUNERAL OF THE LATE CaPTALN THOMAS, OF THE WaASH- ixcton Lint Guarp.—The faneral of the late Captain Thomas Thomas, of the Washington Light Guard, Com- pany B, Twelfth Regiment, N. Y. 8. Militia, took place yesterday afternoon from the house of the family of deceased, in Washington avenue, Brooklyn, The mili- tary display cn the occasion was imposing. The entire Twelfth Regiment turned out, and were received on their anival at the Fulton Ferry by Capt. Sprague’s company of National Guards, and escorted to ‘ing- ton avenue, from whence the remains were taken to the Cemetery of the Evergreens. The deceaced was alsoa member of Engine Co. No. 20, of this city, and they also torned out to show their respect for the momory of their late associate. The Tompkins Blues, Capt. Besson, wan detailed as an escort and guard of honor to the body. Captain Thomas was a Welshman by birth, though he came to this country when q you He was well known, and highly respected in military o His death was caused by a pulmonary affection, ‘TROUBLE In THE Custom Hovax.—There was quite e scene enacted in the Custom House last Saturday, aris- ing out of the determination expressed by Collector Red- field to discharge fifty-six of the laborers heretofore em- 8 stion then was, who, out of the hundred an y-nix persons employed, should be discharged. As most of these men were sppointed at the solicitation of certain democratic politicians in consideration of servi- ces rendered at primery elections and other party work, of course there was quite an mb of these disin- terested gentlemen on hand tercede for their friends who were to be thus summarily dismissed? Bat the CoNector was inexoral and turned a deaf ear to the “sweet voices” of the politicians in behalf of their friends, the fifty-six doomed individuals got ther walking papers, and received their pay for the last time, There was no Jittle soreness felt by the wire-pullers at the rummary decapitation of tueir retainers; but it was not intimated by any one that the Collector was influ- enced by any other teeling than a desire to reduce the expenditure of the Department. ‘uz New Heures Hose vor Fire Exaives,—We un- derstand that Chief Engineer Carson is about to autho- rize the use, by one o! the hose companies, of the hemp hose we described some time since in the Heratp. This hore is mannfactured in France, from the Grenoble hemp, the best in Europe, and from thence shipped to this country. Its advantage over the ordinary leather hose are apparently very great. It is much more plia- bie, weighs only one third as much, and can be packed ip @ smaller space. Thus # hose carriage cao cary double the length of hose at a mush less weight. When seturated with water the fibres swell so that the inter- atices are completely, , and in this state are much Jeen liable to be dam by fire than the leather hose. jt {s also much easier to repair when broken or cut. Samples are now exbibiting at the Chief Engineer's office, which It would be well for firemen to call and see. Tux SreamTvG Mercuny.—The utility of the steam pump on board the steamtug Mercury was recently tested most satisfactorily, in the case of the schooner J. Guest, which struck on the rocks at the foot of Gou- verneur street, Kast river, and was so injured that she would soon bave sunk had not the Mercury gons to her assistance, The schooner was relieved in @ very short ‘time, and towed to her berth, where she now lies, with the Mercury keeping ker free until the cargo can be ais. charged. | The Mercury is the only boat in our harbor svpplied with Worthington’s valuable apparatus, and deserves encou: ment for the enterprise exhibited to render her an efficient aid to vessels in distress, A large umber of persons, among them several its of the un. Total Eclipse of the Moon To-Morrow. On the evening en? might of Tuesday the Ist of May, there will be a total eclipse of the moon, the whole of | which will be visible in South America and in all of in- habited North America east of the Mississippi, but only the Jntte part in Callforsia amd Oregon. Ia these so called total eclipses, although the light of the moon is greatly dim nished, it does not entirely dir- appear, bet it rowiainn visible, rayless, and of the bue or color of tarniehed metalic copper—an effect, as is generally suppored, produced in a great measure by the retraction of the sun’s light hy the atmospnere of the earth. though it is quite probab © that the moon is in a small degree gelf-lumioous. In the night of the 24th October next, there will bs a this country, and therefore, as the obscurations of the moon in 183 take place when our sateli ia very near tue eoliptia, those of the sun (May 15th and November 9th) will happen when the moon ja more remote from tt; they consequently, even where largest, will be but partial. ‘The eclipse of to-morrow night will take place in mean- time in this city aa fellows;— ‘The eclipas begins May 1, 9h. 18m. P. M. Total eclipse begins 10h. 21m. P. M, Totol eclipse ends lin, 57m P. M. Eclipse wholly enda Mey 2, 1h. 2m. A. M. ‘The eclipse begins on the eastern side of the moon, 125° from its northernmost point. The times at any otber place may be easily deduced from the above, by subtracting or adding the difference between the longi- tude of the placezand that of Buston (4b. 44m 2s.) ac- cording as it is west or east of us. Whence we find at— Eclipse onda Places. | Eclipse wins. Total Eclipse | Totat Eclipse tegine ends LA 18 13 mt 1.57 &: aaldad Sis ‘he last total eclipse of the moon, visible in this coun- try, occurred January 6th, 1852. From the Washington Intelligencer, April 28.} On the evening of Tuesday, tne let of May, the moon will be in opposition. The point where her orbit inter- rects the pisee of the ecliptic, usually styled the node, will at this opposition be almoat ina line with the cen- tres of the earth and sun, The moon will therefore pass through the shadow of the earth. At six miautes part nine o’clock ber east limb will enter the umbra; at niae minutes past ten che will have entered with her whole diac; and at thee minutes before eleven o’clock will be in the midele of it. This will be the time of her great- est obscuration, Havisg oceupled an interval of one hour snd fifty-one minutes in proceeding thus far into the earth’s gloomy shadow, au equal interval must elapse before she can move completely out of it. The time of eclipse for tae meridian of Washington is sufli- ciently accurate as here given, and that of any other place may be found by ep lying to this time the number of hours and minutes of mee of fongitude between that place and Washington, adding if the place be to the eastward, subtracting if to the westward of oar prime meridian, The duration of total eclipse will be about one hour and thirty-six minutes. At the time of greatest eclipse, the moon will bein the zenith of a poirt on the earth's surface, situated in latitude 164. 9m. south, longitude 61d, 54m. west, which com may be considered tbe ae of a great circle divi- ling the earth into two hemispheres, in one of which the phenomenon will be visible, but in the other invi- sible, except perchance by those who dwell only a short distance beyond this great boundary. More rigorously, the limit here to be imagined, is the perip! ‘of a sec- tion of the terrestrial spheroid, parallel to this great circle, dividing the spheroid into two unequal parts ; but for the present purpose, mathemationl precision may not be necessary. The Chineese, Hindoor, and other inhabitants of that section of the earth will be excluded from the privilege of seeing thie eclipse, and the millions of Western Eu- rope who might see it, will be asleep at the time; but the more favored people of this country may all look upon it before retiring to rest, if the atmosphere be fa- verable, To Cay tag the seal yet eae of the ere rl an ecli is supposed that ig! & part 5 which, belag decomposed in parsing through the earth’s atmosphere, is refracted out of its course into a direc- tion towards the moon. Obeervations of a lunar eclipse, carefully wade at va- rious stations, may enable us to determine difference of longitude, but not with great accuracy; for this reason, that at the junction of the umbra with the Penumbra the darker shade is 85 blended with the lighter that no outline sbarp enough fora goo’ observation can be perceived. To diminish che uncertainty arising from this cause, it has been suggested that, instead of re- cording the time of contact of the umbra with the moon’s limb, the observer should note its appulse to some cf those remarkable objects in the moon’s disc, There are, however, so many methods of flading differ- ence of Jongitude with very great accuracy, that obser- vations of Iurar eclipses are seldom resorted to for this yur pose. : The most important result that has perhaps ever been deduced from the observations of lunar ecli is the astronomical fatt of the acceleration of ‘moon’s mean motion. Ptolemy has recorded the day and the hour of an eclipse of the moon which ‘red in year 721 before Christ. Ibn Junis recorded another ob- nerved at Cairo towards the cloze of the tenth century. These, compared with eclipses observed in our ar Brove that the moon moves more rapidly in her orbit now than she did two thousand years ago. The cause of this acceleration has been fully developed by the great writers on Physical Astronomy. The Advance of Hoboken in the Liquor Business. The Maine law of New York, during the coming season, will add much to the business of Hoboken, by driving the liquor trade over to that city. The dealers of Hobo- ken are now making great preparations for the summer, by opening new saloons and repairing old ones, and by fitting up and enlarging the accommodations of their gardens, Any house for rent, in ® good locality for the t?ade, brings an enormous price. During the summer it is estimated that there will be nearly one hundred diferent places in the little city of Hoboken for the reteiling ef intoxicating beverages and lager bier. The ir8. Stevens, we understand, who are owners of ‘over one half of Hoboken, have refused to let of their buildings for the purpose of converting them into liquor saloons. They bave two places of their own, the Sybil’s Cave and the Pavillion at the Elysian Fields, both temperance houses, There are no less than twelve hotels im Hoboken, where persons can be accommodated with almost any brand taey may want, viz: Atlantic Hotel, Otto Cottage, Napoleon’s Hotel, Baumer’ lock’s Mansion House, Hudson County House, House, Washington Hotel, Becker's Hotel, Kapf’s Hotel Spiens's Hotel, and Carriett’s Mountain House, all of which do a good business. ‘There is about to be opened under Vdd Fellows’ Hall, an ice cream saloon, in system something like son’s cr Taylor’r, but perhaps not ro sumptuously fitted up. Hoboken, with all its advantages, would hardly support such restaurants as some we have on Broadway. Lager bier raloons are innumerable. Almost ¢ other hcuse along a whole street hangs out its notice that Jager bier is sold therein. The German portion of ovr popvlation, when the Maine law cuts off their potions here, will find ample room in Hoboken for the enjoyment of their meerschaum and lager bier. The prospects of the liquor businers in Hoboken bas much advanced the value of real estate in thst city. Brooklyn City Intelligence. . AN AGED CLERGYMAN RETIRING FROM THE MINISTRY. A large congregation assembled at the First Reformed Dutch Church in Jerolomon street, yesterday morning, tohear the farewell sermon of the Rey. Dr. Dwight, who has Officiated here for the last twenty-two years, and now is compelled to leave his charge on account of advanced age. He selected for his text the thirty-se- cond verse of the twentieth chapter, Acts of the Apos- tles, from which he pe! an excellent sermon, in the course of which he stated that during his ministry he had enjoyed such excellent health that he hai been but once prevented from filling his pulpit on account of sickness. When he took charge of the tion there were but nine churshesin Brooklyn. During the first part of his ministerial labors, he ed seven sermons & week, and since then churches had been organized from his own. He had recolved into the church 801 persons; baptised 262; married 140 couples and preached between 1,80v and 1,900 sermons. ‘Williamsburg City News. UNEXPECTED ACCESSION ON A FERRY Boat.—Saturday af- ternoon as the Peck slip ferry boat Onalaska was to New York, residing abe ga child, Every attention wat ako herby the lady passengers and she was re- moved in a carriage, procured by order of the agent of the company. Fins.—Saturday morning, about 2 o'clock, a fire was discovered in the rear of No. 94 Fourth street, (eastern dis pg was extinguished by the oscupant of the , Mr. Smith. It was sup; to have set on derwriters, witnessed the operation of pump, and exprested their entire satisfaction with the perform. ance. Fire in BroaDway.—Between 8 and 9 o’clock on Sun- day morning, a fire was discovered in the ladies’ furnish- ing store, No, 647 Broadway, occupied by Mrs. J. H. Birdsall. The alarm soon brought the firemen to the al and it was soon extinguished. On examining he premises, the fire it seems, inated in the base- ment in a closet situated between the front and back room. The affluvia of camphene or turpentine was no- ticed by nearly all who went into the vicinity of the fire. ‘The fire jupposed to have been the work of an incen- diary. t the time the fire was discovered no one is said to bave been inthe bquse. Mrs, Birdsall, it was left the store at about 6 o'clock that morning to go 1m, Westchester county. There is an insurance on the stock of $6,000, divided in the following iasurance $2,000 in the Peter Cooper ; $2,000 in the 600 in the Beekman, and $1,000 in the Pa '00 on the household furniture, The whole affair is under investigation by the Fine iy Division Steest.—Last night, about half-past 10 o'clock, a fire broke out in the pawnbroker’s shop of James Corboy, No. 18534 Division street. The flames were soon extinguished by the firemen. Tho fire origin- ated, apparently, in some papers alongside the desk, by the shop window. The pledge boox was open at the t'me, and quite a number of the leaves were consumed, ‘The origin of the fire seems to have been produced by send to the United States Senate two represen- tatives thoroughly imbued with the most ultra, and, tapaticgl antielavery spirit, With sugh mice amongst some matches. Mr. Corboy has an insur- ance on his stock and farniture to the amount of $5,000, civided in the Netfonal and Equitable insurance compa- nies, The loss by fre and water will not exceed $20, fire. Firemxn’s Evxction.—The'election for Assistant Engi- neers of the Fire Dey ent (eastern district) is to take place this (Monday evening. Jersey City News. Fire —Saturday morning, about 7 o'clock, two car loads of bay, standing near the railroad crossing on the New Jersey raiJroad, caught fire from sparks from the locomotive and destroyed. ive It was extin- guished by the fire department. ‘Tue Mayor or Hupson—Gen. E. R. V. Wright, Fi ified Saturday lest, ak the eley y clesi onion this et "the faturday la: al rl office in city. e onth of ‘office was aduainletered by Justice Cattes, v; Srares Disraicr Count.—Now. 52, rep STATES oar. —Non. f PA i 3 (on. 52, 68, 74, 76 to Albert H. Nicolay wilt hold his R eekly anction sale of Peloek, at tno Mi see bis advertisems de obtained at the portant Meeting.—The Soctet Deslers of Kings count: vas: “4 on ine tan seml- at 1236 joulars m Catalogues can he cleo rolation to the tyrainnioy hy ‘the Legislature. By . W. DICK, cas: FRISGROR SHAS ERISBRCK, } Committeo. ,. FRED’ HORFT. P. Cuemstson, Seo'y pro, tom, Great Music and Pianolorte Warchouse.— ELY & MUNGE®. having ta'en wercrooms, No. 519 Broadw: Cflering the most eatonsive an sn08 and melodeona to bo found in ebrated triple string+d double oot La competition. Broadway. Melodcous.—8. D. & H, W. Smith's Melo- {eovo, tuned the equal temperament, to whiob wae recently tin, ean' be found pniy at SOs eteeaeaee ers wom, D. C., or y z Hiscount inade for esas. °"” “ Shongae WATERS. Waatwestarten at a Great Sacrifice.—We will this morni imam took \- mauPehontanateetie Lerche See oon el . The Reason why Evans’ Clothing Ware- 66 and 68 Fulton srrvet, is always crowded reisthis: Evans k re, sn immense iis at the lest Sotoman & Hart. French Paper 2UMBBroadway, have just received some entirely mew pat- terns of French paper hangings, both decorative and plain, to which they invite attention, Carpetings.—Peterson & Humphrey, No, 379 B ‘ay, corner of White strect, have just received from, large auction sales a 1: ts, &o, which they will sell at the velvet carpet, ls. to 14s. per yard; rich Brussels, per Yard; ingrain, (Lowell equally low. ’s Sewing Machines.—These are the only sewing machines before the public gapable of doing Rif variety of worg in perfect style, The fact oan be sleaily demonstrate: L other sewing mac! are tor eneral paring wher with Singer’s, not worth faking as a gift, For manufacturers’ use, plan- tation use, or any amy ningoe's Sewing Mi . 7 Aro prov vuperiot improvements added, piace them tar euapee Singer's Sewing Machires only are free from ‘all claim for mentof patents. I. M. SINGER & CO., 823 Brondway. Gas Fixtures! Gas Fixturesl!—We offer our astortment of chandoliert, that mumbers over three hun- of the rarest and mest beautiful de- La ssort! it following low prises ieioh Jor aids thoes ployee te te r 3, three. ; Tmake,)°Gs.; and sit other goods per centage lower than oan be found olsewhere, J. F. DARLEY & CO., Marble Stores, 631 and 633 Broadway. ATRICK is the sole manufacts he oe (OK is the sole manufacturer In the United States of Ke Shove celebrated eaten tua FC. Gotha’ impenetrable bare, Depot No, 199 Fearl street, Teas.—The Best Assortment of Fine Teas will be found at the Canton Ten Com ewly erected and elegant store, 125 Chatham stre mn Pearl and Roosevelt strocts, tho oldest toa esta t im the city. ‘We assure our readers they oan do be re than else- where, either at wholesale or retail. Persons Fond of Good Li ad those who with to procure th» very best of everything into the market, in the way of meat, fowl, game, exception as to thei enth street. hen ho is the most pleasant and obliging man in ‘orld to deal with. We don’t wonder that persons stop to gaze in at his windows as they are parsing, or that their mouths water whilo viswing the magnificent qu; of deef, veal, mutton and lamb that are exposed for selects for himeclt, and knows how to 0080 for hi ronage comes from the most ymilies in the upper part of the city. He otipt. of fresh game and Southdown mu om every steamer, and we have seen such things upo jon arid hooks as would have mar- vellonsly” pleased ood Friar Tok, At present he is popped with some very choice spring lamb that might tompt the palate ofa hungry mana little. We saw some mutton there, yesterday, that might grace the board of a Hing, and rounds of beef At fora baren’s feast, Bo you may ut it down asa fact thas there isno better place in the cit; odo your family marketing, than ab Alfred Broadway's &¢ Broadway.—Sunday Atias, April 8th, 1855. dy Wines.—an Invoice of Aies, the most exquisite of all wines, landing ox '* Sam Fox,” from Havre, Also, Stilton choose, ox ** Christie from London, for sale by JOHN DUNCAN & SONS, Broadway. and = ‘e factory for these articles is 233 Broadway. Nine the application of his famous hair dye, Sold The largest assortment of wigeand Hair eclebrated oo! and . the United States, whe tou] Bates Inmaih % tan ‘ls, soaps, dc, « Oh give me a nice little Beard of my own !* Yes, my Onguent will force the whiskers or moustache to Diack or brown grow in six veeks, and will not stain or injure the skin. $1 & bottle. Sent to of the country. R. G. GRA- bse Broadw: ABER, 44 Third South street, Phila- ely Pimples, Frechles, Tan, Salt Rheum, dcc., po~ sitively cured by GOURAUD'S Italian medicated soap. Rouge, lilywhith, aie dye and reetccasivg, 96 GF Wake yuge, lillywhite, @ and rest , street, first store from Broadway. SLO al , of European fame.)—This groat and good Sa- ow generally conceded, is dally. porforming the faculty. St. astounding cures than all 98 Spring surest. ay’s Pilis are Rollow: to the constitutions of females of all do them mi eel and tool at leant te Sold at the, joel and look at lenat ten years younger. ‘manu: factories, No. 80 Maiden wy a e, N ‘and 244 Strand, London, and by ail drugelate, ae 25" cents, G2); &. and BT pet box, On Thursday eve: Apt 26, by the Rev. Dr. Mil- lett, at his residence, No. 111 East Seventeenth street, between First and Second avenues, Mr. Josara CHAPPELL, of Plymouth, England, to Miss Sakai Qunvw, of Glasgow, ‘On Wednesday, April 25, by the Rev. Mr. Thompson, Mr, CHARLES Ricaeste ot leans, ‘to Miss Manion eon Wednesda Dy Abell 11, by the Rev. W. H. Halloa! rednesda; ev. W. ay. Rey vas to Mra. fakeaer Hgyry, both of chs in Tuesday, April 17, by the Rey. 8, H. Cone, Mr. E. Woop t0 bans Glee RAuAM, of Brooklyn,” Diea, On Friday, April 27, at the residence of his son-in law, ‘alter Briggs, -, No. 177 Ninth street, Dewxis VaLan- th year of hisage. The Oe cate at tote wy sanchs sonciaee fubtenee, tlie fecvason ee tar les eee On Sunday April a aacey: Ma of the parish of Easkey, county Sligo, Ireland, in the 70a Year of his age. The friends and acquaintances of the fa spectfully invited to attend his funeral, this forenoon, at kn Rene nip tg ah late roa No. 109 East Six- teenth a1 remains ‘take: ‘York Ba: for interment. = ere iter of James are re. On Seturde; April 28, Awn Juxia, da Land Ana J. Yau Wart, aged peace aed sarders The relatives and friends of the family are respectful: invited to attend the funeral, from No. 97 Tro) treet, tation. =r this afternoon, at two o’ciock, without fur! On Saturday , April 28, of consumption, Syi- VESTER BENNETT, seed ot ears, & nati Hig, county Sata 0 years, ive of the parish of ‘are requested to attend his funeral, thi S094 King’ street eae tom Mt a se iD Cemetery for interment, ae leet On Sunday mo , April 29, Mr, Jaana Mt a merly of Dluisentn Gebers county, ireland, aged 70 years. His friends are requested to attend his ft from his late rei — No. 186 Madison treet, i ( two oon, On Saturday evening, April 28, of disease heart, a bn of Patrick Aa rathots Loan, one years an ’ His remains will be conveyed to Greenwood, from the residence of his father, No. 15 a iteve 3 * i Broadway, this afternoon, judden)y, on Sunday morning, A) ’ clock, Herr Los, aged 44 years, popoetie lates A PI et peag ta oC ans of the family are invited to md his funeral, at two o’clock, this afternoon, from his Tate residense, No, 201 East ‘Thirteenth, screct, be- tween First and Second |, James C, Nicnorson, son of On Saturday, April James B.and Mary Nicholson, aged 17 years, 8 montha Q and of and 6 days, nds and uaintances of the famil, bis ‘brother-in-law, Charles F. Secor, are invited to at- tend his funeral, from bis late residence, No. 87 West Twenty-third street, this afternoon, at four o'clock. The funeral ¢ervices will take place at St. Patrick’s Oa- On Baaday “April 20, J agent son of Ji ay, ), James, you! james pn 6 years, 7 months and 6 dayn, The friends and 1 ee caleioneal of ‘the family are Fe. quested to attend bis funeral, from the residence of his barivet ag No. 846 Seventh avenue, this afternoon, at two oe! . Saturday, April 28, Grorce Tomas Frrzcen, he Tagen 40 years, formerly of London, Hoge His friends and acquaintances are respectt: soatiand his funeral, from Bis late recldeun, Neat Ludlow street, this afternoon, at two o’clock, to Green- Sunday, April 29, after a short {ll wife of G- rapt, im the 38th year ot her ape Friends will attend her funeral, from her late reals