The New York Herald Newspaper, May 22, 1855, Page 4

# 4 I NEW YORK HERALD. ae JAMES GORDON BENNETT. PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. ———— ‘OFFICE ¥. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON 81, AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BROADWAY THEATRE, Sroadway—Mucu Ano anour Normixe - Wiapaint. BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers street ~Tanmiz Ric Taxes ruat Gini Away—Ovur vor 4 Houmay. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—A Cure ror THe Hgarracke—SOuvier ’: URTSHIP, METROPOLITAN THEATRE, Brosdway—Mesuenisx— up dvaRv—La FRx: iron Boy. AMERICAN MUSEU! ‘Taitor ov Tamwor rn. —Goov ror Noruins. WOOD'S MINSTRELS—ectanics’ Hall—472 Broadway BUCKLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, 639 Broadway—Bucx- Bur’: Erniorian Overs TROUPE. ESB IMELY ROOMS, 539 Broadway—Paxo- ween or humors axp Siok or BenasroroL, PERHAW’S BURLESQUE OPERA HOUSE, 663 Broaé- way—E1 nortan Orxka TROUPE. {ternoon—@i.Ase Too Muci— ning—Sows or THE REPUBLIC New “York, Tuesday, May 22, 1855. Malls for Earepe. THE NEW YORK KERALD—EDITION FOR EUROPE. ‘The Cunard mail steamship Asia, Capt. Lott, will leave Boston, on Wednesday, at twelve o'clock, for Liverpool. The European mails will close in this city at a quarter to two o’clock this afternoon. ‘Tae Hunaup (printed in English and French) will be published at ten o’clock in the morning. Single copies, tm wrappers, sixpence. Bubscriptions and advertisements for any edition of the New York Huxsxp will be received at the following places in Europe:— i Javasroot,.John Hunter, No. 13 Bxchange street, East, Lenpe: Sandford & Co., No, 17 Corn! Wm. Thomas &Co., No, 19 Catharine otroot, Pamss......Livingston, Wells & Co., 8 Place de ja Bourse. Fhe contents of the European edition of the Heraup will exabrace the news received by mail and telegraph at the offices during the previous week, and to the hour of pxblication, The News. We have received late and interesting newa from South America. Our dates from Venezuela are up to the lst of May. President Monagas had sent a meseoge to Congress complaining of hostilemeasures adopted by the government of New Granada in ex- tendirg its jurisdiction over Venczaelsn territory, or at least over territory in dispute between the two republice, and Congress had invested the President with dictatoris! powers, authorizing him to raise an army cf fifty thousand men, call ont the national militia, ard negotiate a loan of four million dollars, to carry on a war againat New Granada. We pub- Hieh elsewhere trauslations of the President’s ucs- wage, the rezolutions of Congress, and the addsesa of the President to the nation. From Paraguay we have the official report yendered to the President of that republic, by the commandant ro tem. of the army, of the conflict between the United States steamer Water Witch ard one of the little furts on the river Paraua. Ia this document all the bame of the occurrence is thrown on the captain of the Water Witch, and tie valor of the Parsguayan troops ia highly extolied, As we have hitherto published the American version of the affair, we think it but fa'r now to give the otter side. Judge Edmonds has given an elaborate opinion ‘on the power of the Legislature to pas a probibito- ry ligcor law, whether the means provided by the ao; recently paared for enforcing th? law are lawful, ‘and upon what public officers the da'y of carrying the law int effect is devolved. He argues these pomts a; great length, and eums up with the follow- tg conclusions:—1. That it is competent for the Legislature to prohibit the domestic traffic in in toxicating liqnozs. 2- That the act passed is con stitutional and valid, and as applicable to imported Hiquors afver leaving the importer’s hands as any other. 3. That the means provided by the s‘atute for the enforcement of its enactments are lawfal and valid. 4. That the daty of enforcing the law is Bot confined to the officers epecially named in ft, but ie devolved upon all those whoze general daty it is to enforce any of the laws of the State against crime, We publish in another column the message o° Governor Gardner, of Missachusstts, yetoing the Pezeonal Libsity bill. Embodied in the message is sm opinion of the Attorney General of the State that the bill is uncorstitutiona!; but notwithstand- ing this the measure passed both houses of the Legislature by an owerwhelming majority, and ‘thus becomes nominal'y, if not absolutely, a law, nullifyig in effect a sclemn ast of Congress. The csee of Col. Kinney came up ia tha District Coort in Philadelphia yesterdey, and afier somo wematke Hor. Geo. M. Dallas, counsel for de fendavt, urging o reduction of bail and demanding a speedy trial, was poatponed till the 4th of Jane. Tie triel of Lyman Cole, charged with forgery upon the Chemical and Ooutinental banke, com: mexced in the Contt of General § 8 yenterday* ‘Phia cace is ideriical with that of Kiszane, who waa taicd ard convicted @ shoxt time sivoe, and which, Ze doubt, is fresh in the recelle ‘The delegation of Boston mnat Bowen ay Right, at ¢ Council. A report of ths affair is given in an: column. An election will bs held in Kanaas Territory to- ay, to choose members of + Tegisisture in the precincts wh 6 previous elections were declar- ed illegal by Reede: ‘The members of the New York bar held a pre liminary mecting yeeterday afternoon, ia the Sa- prem: Court, and resolved to call a general meeting Of the profession this day, to express their feslings fer the late Hon. Jobn C. Szencer. The question of extending the Sixth avenue vailzond to the corser cf Vesey street and Broat- Way was again under Ciscussion yesterday before the Railroad Commitice of tne Bosrd of Aldermen. Mr. Meyers, Secretary of the company, snd Mr. C. Kirkland, addressed the cemmittee, favoring the extension, and Messrs. Coleman, Meeks and Spires, gpoke in opposition to the p: The committee mee’ on Mondey nxt, when the subject will be fur- ther ciscursed. es In the Board ot Supervisors yesterday , the report of the committee in favor of peying p justices Sor extra labor performed on Sundays was adopted. The sum of money sppropriated for this object amounts in the aggregate to $5,721 97 In the Board of Alderman 'e nicatics Was received from the Comptroller in rel ticn to Castle Ga'den aud the Battery grounds, tho substance of which is given in our report. The Board of Councilmen last night did nothing of importance beyond the appropriation of five hua dred dollars for the celebration of our next nationa! anniversary. The remainder of the session was taken up -with reports and private bills, Our file of the Singapore Bi-Monthiy Circular ia dated to the 20th of March. The imports of gold and gold dust during the month, up to that day, consisted of 613 banca's from the Archipelago. ‘The rates reported for Avatralisn are $29 to $20) for bars, and $28 to $28} per buncal for dust, Lx. ports, as above, 830 buncals. Cotton was activa yesterday, the sales having reached about 6,000 a 7,000 bales, including about 2,000 in transita. The market closed a a full jc advance since the receipt of the Baltic’s nove. ‘The Operatic ¢mbroglio— The Chevalier Wi- om and ‘thy Chevalier Webb~The Key to the Whole Plot. We ‘have been perplexed and puzzled, and worried not a little, to get at the clue to the true selution of the recent discords, wrang- lings end cross purposes, “inexplicably mixed up,” of the managers, finasciers, agents, singers and musicians, diplomats, dilettanti and oyster house’ critics connected with that beautiful in- stitution, the Italian Opera. In this imbroglio, running through a period of several montis, and full of complications, hard fighting and eharp diplomacy as the Russian war, a small regiment of the alleged implicated parties, be- hind the scenes, have been brought out before the footlights. Ina single oyster house phil- lippic, we find the names of the Chevalier Wi- keff, Fanny Elssler, the Siamese Twins, Shak- spere, Monsieur Jullien, “the committee,” William Tell, Moses in Egypt, Grisi and Mario, the Lagrange Company, $17,000, Ullmann, Si- vori, Sontag, Ole Bull, Jacobsohn, Strakosch, Maretzek, Rowland, $5,000 bonus, Benjamin Galbraith, Signor Morelli, and a host of others, all jumbled together. But still the merits of the case and the upshot of the row remain to be explained. We think, however, that we have fished up the key to the whole plot from the bottom of the well. Historical readers will remember that it was the wrath of Acbilles that brought about all the horrors of the Trojan war:— Achilles? wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of wees unnumbered, heavealy goidess, wing. So, we are as free to declare that the wrath of the Chevalier Webb against the Chevalier Wikoff has brought upon us all the recent troubles of the new Opera House. It stands to reason—-it must be so—this is the key to the whole mystery, from the appointment of the Chevalier Wikoff as the diplomat of the Aca- demy down to this very day. Let us briefly explain, Chevalier Webb is a diplomat. Chevalier Wikoff is a diplomat. In this capacity there are some strange parallels, and some striking contrasts in the history of these two remarka- ble men. Ifthe Chevalier Wehb was successful in a contract with the United States Bank, in securing the round sum of fifty-two thousand dollars, of which thirty thousand was clear profit under the bankrupt law, so was Chevalier Wikoff successful in making more or less in his campaign with Fanny Elssler, without the aid of the bankrupt law. Here Wikoff has the ad- vantage of Webb. But Webb makes up the deficiency in other operations. Against the lamentable escapade of Webb with Miss Gam- ble, Webb can bring a catalogue of marvellous adventures. In the pursuit of an heiress, under the greatest difficulties, we find Wikoif brought to a sudden halt in a prison at Genoa, thankful fora fifteen months imprisonment ia lieu of a threatened penalty of fifteen years in the galleys. Now look at Webb. He gets into a quarrel with Gen. Duff Green—it is brought to the fighting point with ™ mahogany stocked pistols,” large size, when the digloma- cy of Webb brings him off safe and sound. Again, we find the Chevalier Webb getting into a confounded ugly quarrel with Mr. Cilley, a member of Congress, Mr. Cilley won’t fight with Webb ; thinks he would lose caste by put- ting himself on shooting equality with the Chevalier, when Mr. Graves steps into his place, and Cilley is despatched with a Kentucky rifle. The Chevalier thus comes off again with flyiag colors. Next, upon the bankrupt law, we fiad Master Webb negotiating himself into a duel with Col. Marshall, of Kentucky, a member of Congrese and @ member of the Society of the “Sons of Temperance.” The Chevalier is arrest- ed, tried, and found guilty of a serious breach of the laws; but he escapes the State prison through the benevolent feelings and clemency of Goy. Seward. In the pursuit of an heiress under difficulties, also, as compared with the sad failure of Wikoff, we find the diplomacy of Webb eminently, and, indeed, enviably success- ful. It is due, however, to the Chevalier Wi- koff to say, that while he had no friends at court in Genoa, the Chevalier Webb, always, just in the nick of time, has found fciendly ad- vice, assistance, and a loop hole of escape. Thus far, the two Chevaliers may be consi- dered as having travelled, each his own road, without jostling the other. They become rivals, however, the moment we come to the new science of amateur American diplomacy at the courts of England and France. Here the su- priority of Wikoff rises into flae relief—here the wrath of Webb against Wikoff begins. We have shown, heretofore, that the diplomacy of Wikoff, under Louis Napoleon and Lord Pal- merstop, was smooth, systematic and gracefal, and would have led to the greatest and most beneficent results for the preservation of peace between the great Powers of Europe and the United States, but for one weak link, which snapped the chain asunder. We have also shown that Chevalier Webb’s diplomacy with Lord Clarendon was all bosh, exactly on a par with his.estimates of the reduction of Sebastopol. Worst of all, to the complete dismay of Webb, the patron of Wikof’, Lord Palmersioa, takes again the helm of the British government, which is a great victory to Wikof, We come now to the ultimatum. The Cheva- lier Wikoff returns to New Lork, the scene of his former enterprises of various kinds. New York isnot large enough for two such dashing Chevaliers as Webb and Wikoff. Webb can’t stand it, One or the other must back out. Wikoff must vacate. Webb watches his chance, It soon offers. He hears that the practical managers of the Academy of Music¢ bayer ¢ngaged the sereioog of Wh keff to conduct their diplomacy with artists, agents and musicians. It will never do. Itis a revolt against the oyster house cri- ties ; it is a trick for the operatic and diplo- metic advancement of Wikoff to the prejadice of Webb, and most be suppressed. The oyster house equire of Webb, and all his denkies are called to the rescue, including the emall Eag- lish donkey of the Times, the abolition streak- ed donkey of the Post, and the loud braying Pennsylvania jackass of the Tribune, Toe squire belahors his donkeye—they bray lustily; but they do not keepit up. Monsieur Huo, the great Oriental traveller, says that the Chi- nese have a way of stopping the donkey from lweying hy tying to his tail a heavy stone. The denkey doggedly refases to bray ualess he can lift his tail. The Chevalier Wikoff must Common ard mediam grades of flour were 124c. per barrel bigher, with a tolerably active market, sae cisily for Canadiar. 3,000 bushels Canadian white wheat sold at about $253. Indian corn continued firm, with free ea'es, at $115 a $117 for white and yellow. Pork was steady, and other provisions gene- val'y firm. To Liverpool 800 a 1,000 bales com- pressed cotton were engaged at 5-32d., and 5,000 poshels of corn, in bags, a} 34... with other articles pete BL PUUEBES OBI, have been appropriating the hint of Monsieur Huc, from the remarkable silence yesterday, with a single exception, among these donkeys of the oysier-house alliance of the Chevalier Webb. Thus the matter stands, This curious and lamentable operatic imbroglio is thus clearly traceable to the wrath of the Chevalier Webb J against the Oheyalies Wibod, upoa she scienge cohak oad Gematenh iy Sete arabe THELA of amateur diplomacy, the favorite hobby of both, It is the siege of Sebastopol, Wikoff being the chief-engineer, Tottleben, of the gar- rison, and the Chevalier Webb the Lord Rag- lan of the allies. Weather still stormy, under a heavy Black Sea fog. Sebastopol not yet taken, A Hur ror Naroreon Ill.—People are speculating about the punishment which should be inflicted on the man who attempted the lite of the French Emperor, Some talk of the guillotine, others Mort St. Michel; most seem to expect something very dreadful in the way of punishment, It does not appear, however, that severe pun- isbments are the most efficacious in preventing crimes of this kind. In England, for many years it was quite usual to fire at the sovereign or otherwise attempt his life. George IIL, George IV., William IV., and Victoria have all been in their turn the target for the assassin’s knife or bullet. It was quite a common thing on public days at periods of popular excitement to hear that the king had been shot at. For mapy years, the criminals euffered severe pun- ishments; some were executed, some were im- prisoned for life. Still the mania continued until no less than three attacks were made on the present Queen Victoria, who at the time was very young and by no refinement of rati- ccination could be supposed to have incurred the enmity of any sensible person. Tracing the evil toits real source—a love of notoriety— Sir Robert Peel introduced into Parliament a bill providing that offenders in such cases should be whipped. It passed, and from that day to this the fear of the rod has been so wholesome in the British Isles that no one has ever attack- ed the Queen. Napoleon III, should take a hint from his ally and neighbor. The fear of ridicule and humiliation—which was the basis of Peel’s sta- tute—are still keener in France than in Eng- land. The material for murderers is more plentiiul ; nowhere does there exist a larger brood of dark visaged, black hearted men than in the garrets and cellarson the banks of the Seine and the Faubourgs St. Antoine and St. Marceau: and these, who are brave as lions at a barricade, are, almost without exception, as sensitive to ridicule, and as much afraid of dis- grace as any high bred lady. Suppose the Emperor bad his Corsican friend hauled upon a scaffold in the Place de la Con- corde, on a dsy to be announced a fortnight be- forehand : ond suppose he gave orders to twa stout servants or soldiers jater to him then and there a sound ape calculated as to endanger neither life nor limb; suppose ufterwards the gentleman were hoisted on a native Corzican donkey, with his face to the tail, and ridden over the Boulevards with one or two jocose placards over his head : suppose, in fine, that the Emperor, inviting the editors of the Charivari to dine with him, were to point out the excellent fun they might make of this poor devil, and offer them every facility in order to obtain sketches of him in various comic and novel positions; does any one doubt that he would be the last of his race? No Frenchman of a certainty would run the risk of such dreadful punishment—more dread- fal to him, by far, than the guillotine and the Mort Michel. The plan would not only be the best possible for the attainment of the chiet object in view—the preservation of the Empe- ror’s safety--but would likewise gain him great cxedit for clemency among his people. Tse Kisxey Exrsprrios—Tus Cat Ovr or tar Bac.—We publish elsewhere in these columns a letter of Col. Kinney to a friend in Texas which lets the cat out of the bag in re- ference io the programme of the Kinney expe- dition. It is simple enough. His plan is to get a legal foothold in Nicaragua for a colony of four or five hundred American settlers, and thus getting snugly into the country, they are to proceed to conquer the whole of it and divide the spoils, William, the Norman, was remarkably successfal upon a similar plan. Lopez, Caravajal, and Col. Walker have not been so successful; but Col. Kinney is from the Texas Rageers, who made as clean a job of it as William, the Norman. He wants the Rangers ¢o join him in Nicaragna, and his io- ducements are magnificent. Mr. Jo. White, the active lawyer of Senor Marcoleta in the prose- cution of Kinney, it thus appears, has perfectly understood the game. He has known all along that if Kinney is successful, the Nicaragua Accessory Transit Company lose their mo- nopoly of the Nicaragua route. It will, no doubt, with the conquest of the country, be appropriated by Col. Kinney and his Rangers ; for what else can the Colonel mean by com- manding “the commerce of the world?” And the people of Greytown are waiting for the Colonel. There this new American revolution is to begin. There was something in Mr. Pierce’s bombardment of “that camp of savages” after all. We trust that, with this letter of Col. Kinney, Senor Marcoleta will be satisfied, and allow the expedition to proeeed: All that the Colonel wants is a legal foothold in the country. “The rest will soon follow.” Nviurication my Massacnuserrs—It will be seen by a telegraphic message published elsewhere, that the Legislature of Massachu- setts, having passed the “ Personal Liberty bill” and sent it to the Governor for signa. ture, received it back yesterday vetoed; and immediately, as was expected, passed it over the Governor’s head by the requisite ma- jority. This places Massachuretts at once in the foremost of the nullifying States. The bill—or rather the act, for it is an act now —completely nullifies the Fugitive Slave Jaw within the State of Maseachusette, and raises a question which may place the Union in danger, Indeed, should it remain on the statate book of Maseachusetts, it seems difficult to comprehend hew the Southern States can continue to allow her citizens to make use of their laws to pro- tect their property. So far as Southern slave- owners are concerned, the personal liberty law amounts to a legalization of robbery; and ap- pears as unjust to the South as a Virginia law would be which threw insurmountable obstacles in the way of the collection of Northern debts in that State. Governor Gardner, by his veto, has coafirm- ed himself in a position in which he is likely to exereise great influence. He now necesiarily beeomes the cenirg and focus of the national men of Massachusetts, in opposition to the rant- ing clergymen and foolish fanatics who, by some unaccountable fatality, appear to have obtained control of the Legislature. It is not clear as yet that the Know Nothings of the central and other Northern States can have any fellowship at all with the American not national men enough under Gardner to |. form a branch or State Council of the Order; or whether, fanaticism being paramountin that State, it will be ignored and unrepresented in the National Couneil of the great American party. Barnvm’s Basy Suow np His Borrie Hotp- er.—A recent examination before one of our police courts has brought Barnum before the public in a new character. One day last week he was brought up to the bar of justice, when it appeared that he had already commenced the preliminary arrangements for his baby show. The developements, given elsewhere, are quite curious, and they may be cansidered as an ex- position of the method adopted by the manager of Joice Heth and Jenny Lind to secure the success of the great baby show which is an- nounced to be opened next month. It seems that Barnum has in his employ- ment a German of the name of Hessing. Mrs. Heesing is described by the reporters as a “clean and moderately pretty German dame,” while her husband swears that she has ‘ great power over New York gentlemen.” Both au- thorities are good, and so we may safely believe that Mrs. Hessing is a pretty and agreeable woman. Now, Barnum, thinking probably that the Teutonic type of beauty ought to be represented at the show, called upon Mrs. Heesing and did the agreeable—in fact, inflict- ed upon her a chaste salute. As it was not impossible that Mrs. Hessing might have a specimen for the show, and as her baby would probably be a fine one, coming from healthy and bandsome stock, Barnum adopted the best means for the purpose of securing it. Mark, now, the ingratitude of Hessing! He was 80 absurd as to object to the kissing of Mrs. Hessing by another person, and he brought up Barnum to answer to a charge of attempted violation. The little flirtation and the kiss was proven and not denied, but the other charge was not made out. Bar- num made a speech to the reporters on the most singular of all sudjects—his character and standing in the community, and walked out of court. It seems from a review of the above facts that Barnum is not quite so successful in love sffairs as he has been in seme other matters, He commenced his negotiations for the baby show in a somewhat novel wag, and became so much mixed up with babies, petticoats, kisses, and the like vanities, that Mr. Howard was moved to come before the public as his bottle- holder. We do not mean to say that there was anything but water, or milk and water, in the bottle referred to. Mr. Howard has published a letter attesting to the purity of Barnum’s mcral character, and otherwise bearing testi- mony to his elevated position and high stand- ing inthe community. This was kind of Mr. Howard. The whole matter gives the public an insight into Barnum’s peculiar negotiations prelimina ry to the coming grand exhibition of infantile humanity. Ashe has announced that he has thirty or forty babies engaged, it is probable that he hes adopted a similar mode of proce- dure in other cases, varied perhaps by circum- stances. A complete account of Barnum’s ma ternal and infantile diplomatic feats, would be quite interesting, both to the exhibitors and patrons of the show. It will be seen, algo, that Barnum makes a statement altogether super- fluous under the circumstances in saying that Do one could get any money from him. Every body is aware that no woman, were she as beau tiful as an angel, and as sweet a singer as the Nightingale, (Swedieh,) could get a cent out of Barnum. He can get the money out of other people, but no one ever gets any of it back. Barnum and his baby negotiations make a rich episode in city life. Ex Consut Sanpers on Lerrer Writiva.— We published yesterday an interesting mani- festo from ex-Consul Sanders, giving some im- portant infermation to the democrats of Vir- ginia. Ex-Consul Sanders has laid down the law in the most orthodox style, and it seems that this letter is to be taken as a chart where- by the democracy of the Old Dominion is to steer. The ex-Consul is an apt letter writer, and has often enlightened us on dark points of foreign policy. Now that he has turned his at- tention to affairs about home, we would request him to devote some little time to tae following important and interesting topics, and give us a series of letters thezgon:— First—On the phil@sophy and sentiment of Barnum’s baby chow. Second--On the principles involved in, and the results attained by the recent publications from the Academy of Music. a Third—-On the position, character and stand- ing of George Downing, and tie effect that good oysters have on the system at this time of the year. Fourth--On the diplomatic ability and stra- tegic skill in love, war, opera and music ex- hibited by the Chevalier Wikoff. Fifth--On the qualifications and capacity of Joseph Hise, who was recently expelled from the Legislature of Massachusetts, as a tem- perance advocate or a lecturer on female moral reform and the rights of women. Sixth—On the expedieney and propriety of Mrs. Patterson, whose bill for meat, drink and lodging at the hotel in Lowell was paid by the Legislature of Massachusetts, assisting Mr. Hiee in his labors. We trust that ex-Consul Sanders will not delay in iié examisation of these important and deeply interesting topics. The press stops until they are properly explained by him. Puniryixe tHe Ware Parry.—We call the attention of the politicians of all parties to the proclamation in another column calling for a reconstruction of the New York whig party upon sound and honest principles. The projec- tors of this movement propose to*shut up the Broadway House, to disband its trained gangs of hired bullies and ruffians; and to put an end to this system of trading with “black spirits and white, blue spirits and grey,” for the spoils, This io a most tremendous undertaking, and is commenced somewiiat late in the afternoon of the whig dynasty ; but still the move is a good one, and we hope that by the honest whigsit will be followéd up with energy, even if it should carry them into the Know Nothing camp. Ayornern Orzra War—Finst Buttenn.— We give to-day s card from Mr. Ullman, one of the impresarios of the Lagrange Opera troupe. We presume that the other managers will follow perty in Massagbuseiia, They appear at the | pull ‘The Case ot Colonel Kinney. ’ PWLADSLPALA, May 21, 1355. The ‘ace of Colonel Kinney came up before Judge Kane this morning. Mr. Dallas, his counsel, argued for a reduction of bail, and demanded a speedy trial. He also read a number of affidavits—one, that of the owner of the steamer, which states that there was mo arma- ment or powder on board, and that the intended expedi- tion was for colonizing only; also, stating that the steamer bad been ready for sea since the 7th inst., and that the delay renders Colone! Kioney liable for twelve hundred dollars s day demurrage. Mr. Dallas algo sub- mitted an account ef the hearing in New York, and closed by repeating the demand for an early trial. Mr. Vandyke, the District Attorney, stated his inabili- ty to bring up the cato before two weeks, on account of the absence of witnesses. Mr. Dallas said that the delay would be fatal to the expedit’on, and it might as well be delayed two months as two weeks. After further con-- versation, the case wat postponed until the next term, two weeks hence, with the understanding that the eniling of the expedition need not be delayed. The de- fendant renewed his bail in the same amount as pre- viously given. Heavy Damages; THE NORWALK BRIDGE CATASTROPHE. Bostom, May 21, 1855. The jury in the case of Dr. Browns guint the New Haven Railroad Company, bave retu ® verdict for the plaintiff, assessing the di in $16,000. Dr. Browne was injured at Norwalk and sued for $20,000, Rumored Revolution on the Rio Grande. New Orieans, May 21, 1855. A revolution, it is reported, has broken out on the Rio Grande, Mexico, and fifteen hundred men, headed by Caravajal and others, had crossed the river, A Strange Slave Case, and a Sudden Death. Cincinxamt, May 21, 1855, carolian urrives i this ely today, with sight negroes, olina, arrived in this cit, lay with eight megroes, co of which ‘was bis wife, six iis children, and the other his wife’s mother. The object of his visit here was to manumit the whole and settle them ia this State. Just, however, as he stepped from the steamboat into a carriage be fell dead. The negroes having been brought here are of course free under our State laws. Mr. Wil- liams had previously willed the whole of his estate to the negroes. Death of Dr. Hamilton Brewer, ‘Mippierown, May 21, 1855. Dr, Hamilton Brewer, Secretary of the Air Line Rail- road, died here very suddenly this afterncon. He was perfectly well last ae An attack of biliious cholic was the caure of his death. Dr. Brewer was a native of Fast Hartford, in this State, and graduated at the Wes- leyan University of Middletown. He had been a practis- ing physician up to the time of his appointment as Sec- retary of the Air Line Company. He was ® kind man, and was univereally respected and beloved by all who kuewbim, He was but forty years of age. Steamboat Disaster. THE STEAMER HURON SUNK. Osweao, May 21, 1855. ‘he Canadian steamer Huron, loaded with 4,000 bar- Ja of flour, for Montreal, when leaving our harbor on turday night, ran against the island at the entrance, filled and sunk to the main deck. The cargo will be mostly saved, in a damaged atate. The steamers run- ning between here and Toronto are daily loaded with passengers and freights. BURNING OF THE STEAMER PORCUPINE. ‘Wasertown, May 21, 1855. The Canadian steamer Porcupine, used for freight and towing on the St Lawrence river, was burned y iy evening, near Prescott. No lives were loss. Two Men Suffocated by Coal Gas. Maven Cuunk, May 21, 1855. Two brothers, named Linderman, were suffocated by the gas from coal, in the cabin ef a canal boat lying at the wharf here. Destruction by Fire of a Unitarian Church. Bostox, May 21, 1855. The Unitarian church in Cambridgeport, Rey. H. F. Harrington, pastor, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. it was but partially insured. The Dental Case of Allen vs. Hunter. Crxcrinnati, May 21, 1855. The dental case of Allen vs. Hunter, for the in- fringement of the patent for artificial teeth, has been decided sgainst the plaintiff in the United States Court. Shelton’s Mountain Borer. Easton, May 21, 1855. Bbc ele thistaet | borer, ay, Rutty op Wi Frped boa Dre and is now success: © on Warren Railroad, near Belvidere. Ree ‘Western Navigation. CLEVELAND, Mey 21, 1855. The steamer Northerner, from Sault de St. Marie, has just arrived here, The ginal will not be open for ‘busi ‘nese until the middle of July, owing to the frost. The Ohie River. Prrrspvra, May 21, 1855. The water is fa'ling in the channel of the river at this point. It is now six feet nine inches hens WHERLING, May 21, 1855. ‘The water in the channel of the river here is nine feet six inchs deep, and is falling, The weather is warm, with indications of rain. The Land Commisstoner on a Tour. ‘Wassivaton, May 21, 1855. John Wislon, Etq., Land Commissioner, goes to Green Bay to-morrow, on government business, and will be ab- sent four weeks, Snow 81 at Wells River, Vt. Weta Ri (Vt.) May 21, 1855. ahs are having here this morning quite a severe snow storm, Markets. Naw ORLEANS, May 19, 1855. Cottox—The Baltic’s news had a favorable effect up- on prices which are a sbade firmer. The business, how- ever, 18 dull—rales 1,000 bales middling at 1034c, s 10%0; but the prices are nearly nominal, there being here. The sales yesterday amounted to 4,000 bales. Yel- Tow corn sold at 100, PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. PaLADELPAIA, May 21, 1855. ane im easy: Leyes! Ue? Reaalog, ? dartieg na), 133%; . 16; Pennsylvania R. R., 4335; Pennsylvenia State 6's, 8634" Cricket. Yesterday was the opening day of the Newark cricket- ing, and the members and their friends mustered strong on the occasion, The new ground is situated on the left of the track, about ten minutes walk beyond the Chest- nut street depot. Itis a beautiful level field, of anout five acres, and when they have finished sodding it will be all they can desire, The club have leased it for five yeare, A match was played between the members, twelve on a side; and though the scores were.not large, they played well, espocially Ralph Jefferson (who made a beautiful four hit), J. Jefferson, Wurts and Hedges. Swith was an excellent long stop, on Elverson’s side, while Warts did not fill the same post on Jefferson’s side quite so well, The byes and wides certainly won the match. The following is the score:«= J. BLVERSON’S SIDE. First Innings. (rg Innings. Ir, Total. Warter b. Jefferacn. 0 2 2 Smith run out.. 2 ll Wheateroft b. R 1 3 J, Elyerson run ou! 1 2 T. Jefferson b. McNair... 1 8 Sapien b. R. Jefferson 6 7 rc. Baker b, Jeffer- t 2 cy 2 1 5 4 8 Haj:ted b. Baker. 0 0 0 P. M. Smith not out. 0 38.3 10 717 lt 4 10 41 aT 88 R, JEFFERSON'S SIDB. ’ First. Innings. Second Innings. Tolal. Hedges b. G. Elverson,., 2 b. G. Elverson, 6 8 Anthony ¢. Ureathead 00 A he 18 24 718 24 McNair b. Wheatcroft. .. »O 1 Naunele b. Wheatcroft. 38.4 Little b. Wheaterof o 0 Babcock run cut. 14 Ramage leg before wicket 0 0 Ledwith not out ..... 44 8 38 22 47 70 ES To-morrow the New York and Paterson clubs play a Hoboken. Marine Affairs, DEPARTURE OF CALIFORHIA STRAMERS.—The mail steam- ship Minois, for Aspinwall, and the Northern Light, for San Juan, sailed yesterday afternoon with passengers for California, Jersey City News. Scrcrp# rrom Intemperance —On Sunday evening a man named Richard Tise, about 45 years of ago, residing at Bergen Five Corners, in the city of Hudson, N. J., committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor while in a fit of deliriam tremens, ‘ArromxTuEnt.—Rev. Charles Whitecar has been ap- inted to the pastorship of Trinity M. EB. Church, in ‘ork street, Jersey City, for the ensuing year, which F; agzesstsant Was Wt over wt tae last gremign of the : Academy ef Muste=First | of the La TEST NEWS. might The “Lucia de Lammermoor’ of Donizetti was given at the Academy of Muric last evening, the fixet night of the new season, under the direction of Mr. Jaeobsehn, ‘The house was full, though not so crowded as on seme of the ‘Trovatore”’ and ‘(William Tell”” nights, yet very much better than on the occasion of the first appearance. of this company here, The audience was a fashionable, and, with a few enthusiastic exeeptions, a critical one, ‘The principal réles were thus distributed:— Lucia, Mme, de Ja Grange; Edgardo, Signor Mirate, (his first appearance im America;) Ashton, Signor Morelli. The verdict of the audience was decidedly in favor of the new artiste. ‘They were warmly applauded throughout, and at the end of the recond act there was moze enthusiasm than we have witnessed for a long time. Mme. de la Grange and Signor Mirate were twice called before the curtain, There were any quantity of wreaths, bouquets and braves. The parquette rose when they appeared, and cne enthusiastic specimen of Young New York threw hia hat upon the stage. It wes quickly returned im the same manner, and the demonstration must have been ome wbat astonishing to the foreigners, as we believe that the expression, ‘“You can take my hat,’’ to be en- Urely an American isfvention, But it was an exciting teene, If the artists were only successful in the ‘Bar- ber of Seville,” it was made up to them by their triumph, It would be haid to analyze this success, and to say how much of it belonged to the soprano, or the exact quantity to be spportioned to the tenor. We have be- fore given a technical description of Madame de Ia Grange’s voice and execution. Her execution of Lueia’s music was brilliant in the extreme, Her opening cava- tina was distinguished by correct intonation, delicate phrasing, and brilliant ornamentation. In the bridal scene she was extinguished by Edgarao; but she achieved her greatest triumph im Lucia’s finest scene, in the third act, where the music is precisely suited to her voice and method. The plaudits which rewarded her ef- forts here were well deserved. She seems almost with- out dramatic power, and merely sang the music of Lu- cia, without attempting to identify herself with the cha- racter. It was difficult at times for one to realize that he* was not hearing the gems executed in a con- cert room. Signor Mirate made a very fa- vorable impression. He ss a tenor robustlo—his voice is as powerful as that of Benedetti in his best days, while his method is much better. In the lower and middle register the quality of his voice {s hard, but his upper notes are full and sweet. His execution of Edgar’s passionate appeal to the soul of his dead mis- trees, in the third act, was given with much feeKing, and executed in a manner which proved him » very superior artist. He is not handsome in face or figure. He is a better actor than most tenors, and played the bridal scene very fairly. Signor Morelli was very good in Aehton, and his opening air was so well given as to bring down the house. The opera was not so wellgiven im the minor details e@ have a right to expect at this house—the chorus should be better drilled and better cressed; and the scenery, with the exception of the last scene, was notappropriate. The orchestra, under the efficient baton of Signor Arditi, was very good. He ‘is ‘one of the few conductors who ceem to understand what piano and pianissimo mean, and go blends light ana shade as to bring out the best points of the singers, in- stead of crushing them. Important Political Movement. ADDRESS TO THE WHiGS OF NEW YORK OITY. In WniG GENERAL ComanriEe, Constitution Hatt, May 16, 1855. The primary meetings, £0 called, of the city of New York, having long since ceased to represent the whi the cemocratic party, but bav.ng,on the contrary, the shembles where a notorious clazs of men, known as “bullies, ‘suckers,’ ‘‘strikers,”’ &c., ofier up nomina- tions for sale, the whigs of New York have organized themeelves in General Commuttee, in theirold fashioned ord, peace and quist—without blows or nd for the present, they have established ‘oustitution Hall. NER EEINe e the more necessary thus , be- cause, elsewhere, a class of men, using the honorable name of ‘‘whigs,”’ are bringinglit into 08 by pass- ing themeeives off as the “ Whig General Committee,’’ when scarcely s principle that they maintain ia ping but a Icco foco principle of the worst kin character, the natural reault of their rotten and rictous mode of self-organization, Their no- minations for office heve notoriously been sold and bought. The price they pay for bullies and their toois, on primary election days, is as notori- ous, as the price of beef at Bull’s Head. To win office from Albany ® majority of them have rolled themselves into all sorts of politics! dirt, and eaten Ye thus sub- mitting to the degradation, the Health Officer and Harbor Masters of the City have been given to political adventurers elsewhere, that know not of our tople cr of the duties ee een pores otlices bere. ithout a remo; ce, if not with encouragement hey have seen the rights and interests of the city ter? teredjand trafficked away in Albany, and they have often. mani’ested be gta to sell out any and every- hing for place of profit. Outraged thus as whigs, and seeing the whig banner trailed in the dust-and mire—we have felt it our duty to evoke and invote the old whig spirit that has hitherto maintained the undisbonored cl iter of the whig party, to come to the rescue, and to elevate it onse more to its old and lofty flag staff, We are whigs— veterans of the hard fought fields of 1840, 1844, and. 1848, We recognize the oid whig principle, of the me- morable contest from 1840 to ll and upon those principles—and in the true spirit and meaning of them ‘—we invoke now your organization and action. SYLVANUS S. WARD, Nie Chairman of the Whig General Committee, 0. G, BELLO EEWARD Eanowts Becretanies, TO THE WHIGS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. In WaIG Gexgnat Commer: ConsTITUTION pas May 16, 1855. 5 « The whigs of New York in General Committee having organized themselves upon the time-r and honored principles of the whig , kee, with end alarm, cei political leaders, in whom confidence has been hitherto misplaced, atter pting to lead off our brethren, into en embrace ef “loco focoism” of the worst kind, uncer the nate of fusion”’—for which purpose elready several offices in the State have been di- vided among soft shell anc Hard shell democrats, as well ‘ig or as whigs, Indeed, in the Senate of the State, we have already seen a bard shell cemocrat making a whig State printer, and a whig ih officer in New York, an effice ‘worth $25,000 per an; absence of a soft she! tor—for which, in return, « hard shell democrat anda distinguished soft shell ex- member of Congress (Hon. Preston gent have been put Eye one of the most im: ‘ant and valuable ‘Commis- sions’’ ever created in this State, viz : the Harbor Com- mission of New York. We have seen a hard shell Sena- tor not only making Thurlow Weed a State printer, with a gratuity worth some $15,000 or $20,000 per annum, but voting to take from the counties of the State their census takers, and giving to the regency in Albany the distribution of their 2,000 peity offices, Ta consequence of this fusion bargain in Albany, the last winter, an attempt was made through this hard shell, soft , and so-called whig combination, to lay down a rail in our great bch ovo of Broadway, the franchise of which is worth, perhaps, @ half million of dollars; and such a bill, despite opposition from the citizens of New York, d the Assembly of the Btate by their votes. We have geen a like attempt to impose upon usa fusion set of Albany created Commissioners, to take from us the organization of our 1,200 pelicemen. We have seen, too, all sorts of corrupt fusion corporations created, to take money from the peo- ple, and to put it into the pockets of adventurers, who i tol pon the people without work, but through lobby mn. MY The crow: act of this fusion combination was the & attempt to take from the State the ordinary repsiring of the Tals, and to make a close contract job ‘of $700,000 per annum for ten years, for pets and favorites to do work, which costs the state now, extravagantly as the work is done, but little over $500,000 per annum. In short, so corrupt, so rotien wasall the action of this fusion Legislature, that all breathed freer when they felt their eafety in the fact of its adjournment. The his' of the men, who have done of attempted to do these things this year, is a his' of fraud upon the State, and of general corruption for two or three years past. stopped the t of the canale at one time by fraudulent and corrupt ‘“‘lettings,’? led the State by their profligate ex- reseue it from going into bankruptey, they have been obliged to eit RY ‘us a mill and a quar- terftax, amounting to more t! $1,600,000, They plun- dered us of the great emigrant fund here, about $2C0,0C0, which the courts of the United States declared to be unconstitutior collected from potr emigrants, and, instead of returning it to the suffering emigrant inetitutione, they divided about forty per crnt of it among the lobby geome of the State. They have given away valuable water rights on onr Kast river, worth thourands and ns of theusands of dollars, to pet liticlans here, Their consolidation of the great Cen- ral FR. wae made a jobof hundreds of thousands - of dollara toregency men, and lobby men, that hy round Albany in the winter. In short, ithas been no- torions, that even neceseary and useful legislation can. not get through at Albany, without ing lobby men, ‘that rel) certain members of the Legislature, as sheep are sold in market, Tn view cf all these thizgs, we call upon the w! of the State to separate themselves frem this corru, m, which works with and coalesces with loco foceism scheme of ‘‘tusion’’ to plunder—and to organize with us upona Popa! independent of rotten primary elec- tions—the creations of thece wire-pullers and ition Sma Our principles are the RE nown and romalesae. 26 such from 18 1988 im + then penditurer, ard national and Stete conventions—in the high and palmy, ax] honest days of the good old whig party. We have nothing to take from there principles, and nothing to add to them. They are American now, as the; have been—for home Inbor in preference to foreign labor; for hemo men instead cf foreign men, or, in the more éqpressive words of our old, but now, alas! buried wl leacers—for “our country, our whole country, at * knowing “no South, no North, no East, jut embracing in one frater- nity the whole American people. We invite all whiga vet whist J ‘ act si aes and, through some nown w! ‘ends, to respo! county organizatior jae se nde ¢ with our Secketaries, a mean tres cue the whig ame ani wl with “furion,’’ or “plunder,” mine, bows ae Jetty west poriad, we mean to ee 1 perk to