The New York Herald Newspaper, January 19, 1856, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. eimai JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. DPPION N. W. CORNEB OF NASSAU AND FULTON S78. - FEEL Pi seme riceut oo Sizer Bre Brian, or $5 0 any part ha Ponti, oth aat nace, soliolied from ‘of the wordt used toile be EDVERTISEMENTS renewed cvery dov. .Ne.18 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, WABLO’S GARDEN, Broadway—Tur ScmootuasteR—Fuar- ‘sromonn— Riovn. — THEATRE, Bowery—Orarit0—fuc Farusn’s BURTON'S THRATRE. Chambers sopeh-Tasesein P —we. M wirs 4 Tiens—A v0 Ngan Ney MINUTES Benton's New Youx Dimgctory ron 1856. WALUACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Love axp Moxry— - Poos-Bom-tas, GAGRA KEENR’S VAI as RIETIES, Broadway—Srri Waren D'S MINSTREL’S. 444 Erni Prn- woo! Broadway: OPLAN WOCKLEY’S BU UE OPERA HOUSE, 539 Broad: weg—Nzcno Moveremrsy—Ricw np IIT. APOLLO ROOMS. 410 Broad: &6., BY THE Boon CarpKnx. Sew York, Saturday, January 19, 1856. y—SMAKSPERRAN RRADINGS, Matis for Europe. ‘NEW YORK HERALD—EDITION FOR EUROPE. ‘The Collins mail steamship Atlantic, Capt. West, will Seawe this port to-day, at noon, for Liverpool. ‘She Europesn mails will close in this city at hal’-past dem o’clock this morning. ‘Phe Huu (printed in English and French) will be pedlished at nine o'clock in the morning. Stugle copies, ‘tm wrappers, sixpence. Badscriptions and adveriisements for any edition of (he New Yorx Huns will be received at the following laces in Europe:— Lasox—Am, & Buropean Express Co., 17 and 18 Cornhill, Pexs— do. do, 8 Place de la Bourse. Exysrroo1— do. do. 7 Rumford street. Savzer00o1—John Hunter, 12 Exchange street, East. ‘The contents of the Furopean edition of the Hxrap will embrace the news received by mail and telegraph at the office during the previous week, and to the hour ef publication. ‘The New The steamship America, from Liverpool via Hali- fax, arrived at Boston yesterday forenoon, and the Buropean mails brought by her reached this city at @ late hour last night. Our files of papers contain no rews not embraced in our telegraphic summary published on Thureday morning. Baring Brothers’ circular, dated Friday evening, ith inst., quotes eonrols at 87} a 87}. Yesterday being the anniversary of the birthday of Danie! Webster, the event was celebrated in Bos- ton by a dinner at the Revere House. Hon. Edward Everett, Rufus Choate, and many other distinguish- ed gentlemen, admirers and personal friends of the distinguished statesman, were present. Mr. Eve- rett’s oration on the o:casion, eulogistic of him who was styled the ‘foremost man iu all the world,” is given in foll in to-day's paper. it is an eloquent production, worthy of the theme that inspired it. We publish on the eighth page of to-day’s paper a lecture on “the present condition and the pros- pects of the Catholic church in the United States,” delivered at Baltimore on Thursday evening, by his Grace, Archbishop Hughes. In elucidating his sab- ject, the distinguished prelate takes, asa starting point, the condition of the church in the year 1785, when John Carroll, the brother of Charles Carroll of Carroliton, signer of the Declaration of Indepen- ence, was appointed to take charge of the church in this country, and he traces its progress to the present time—a period of seventy years. The dis- course is, in fact, a history of the church in the Wnited States, and as such will command universal attention. The House of Representatives did not ballot for Speaker yesterday. The session was spent in un- profitable disenssions, and in the presentation and rejection of impracticable propositions. In the Stale Senate yesterday several interesting subjects were introduced, for the particulars of which we refer to the report of the proceedings elsewhere. The Assembly, having adopted the plurality rule, elected Richard U. Sherman, black republican, ®lerk, on the second ballot. A motion to give the Speaker the appointment o! the subordinate officers was agreed to. On Monday the business of the ses sion will commeuce in earnest. In another column will be found a statement from Commodore Vanderbilt in support of his proposi- tion to transport the United States mails from New York to Europe twice a month, alternately with the Collins line. It has been prepared for the use of members of Congress, and enters into elaborate data to prove the expediency of its acceptance. The compensation asked is $16,650 the round trip, and it is proposed by Mr. Vanderbilt that thie shall ease whenever Congress shall adopt the policy of withholding government patronage in all its forms from steamships traversing the Atlantic. In the United States Circuit Court yesterday in- dictments were presented against Mr. Joseph L. White, counsel of the Accessory Transit Compa and Captain Tinklepangh and Mr. Fowle, engineer of the steamship Northern Light. The defendants are charged with obstructing the United States Marshals while in the execution of their duty. Rey. Wm. Arthur preached a farewell sermon to @ womerous andience at the Greene street Methodist Church, last evening. Mr. Arthar is connected with the Methodist agency in ircland, aud leaves to-day in the Atlantic for th of hts fature labors. The naval cowt m for the trial of Com- mander Ritchie, for using i ting language to Captain Dupont, a me the Retiring Board, met in Philadelphia , but an organization was prevented b c of Capt. McIntosh and the J i > will, no doubt, prove a yery intere ene, as, dering the investi- gation, 1evelations wit ito the action of the Retiring Board will probably be made. The steamship Cahawha, from Havana 13th inst., arrived at thie port yesterday. There is no news of importance from Cuba. Our Havaca correspondents state that the reception and reading of President Pierce's mestage had ceuscd a good deal of excite ment among the people, and the Black Warrior in- demnity payrent had broucht forth much comment from the Cuban press tional particulars are given relative tu the lows of the Spanish war steamer Tsabel el Catolico, a disaster the oceurrence of which is attributed by some of her passengers to varelessness on the port of her officers. The Britixh brig Citron, from Halifax, was wrecked on Dog Keys on the 5th inst. A romor was current in Ha- vana that the brig E. L. Cottrell, from Boston, had gone ashore to the eastward of Sagva la Grande, hui no reliable partienlars had been received. 5 Rachel was stil in Havana, lt most of the troupe had sailed for Rngland. Karly yesterday morning, the Auburn Hone, at Auburn, N. Y., occupied jn part ae a seminary for fernales, was completely destroyed by fire. Many of despatch, lost all in their possession. ‘The only thing of importance done last night in the Board of Councilmen was the adoption in Com: Mittee of the Whole of the report of the Finance Committee on the tax levy of 1866. This report vecommends an increase of $391,964 74 over the sriginal estimate of the Comptroller. The Boar ad journed till Monday evening. The cotton market was active yesterday, with gales of 4,000 by chiefly in transita. Pric raled in favor of seller v! quotable change to rates; middling uplands w: wae Hie. a 12; at about ic, Fi ur WEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1856. "The transactions were to s fair extent. Wheat was better demand, with sales of common to prime Tennessee red at $1 90a $196 and Missouri white ‘The Washington Organ of the Administra~ tion on the Speakership—What’s in the ‘Wind? We transfer to our columns to-day from the Washington Union s eerious article, rendered in a light, chop-logical and comical style, upon the question of the Speakership of the still un- organized House of Representatives, The ar- gument of this administration editorial is evi- dently directed to some Cromwellian or Napo- leonic coup d'etat reaplved upon or contemplated by Mr. Pierce. What it is, we are left to con- jecture. First, we are told, substantially, that the fanctions of the government must go on, even if the House shall continue without a Speaker; that a Speaker, in fact, is not indispensable to the transaction of the public business by Coa- gress; that the constitution has made it the duty of the President to communicate to Con- gress, from time to time, his views and recom- mendations upon public affairs; that the or- ganic law of the land does not recognise any interregnum or break in Congress; but that, from one set of men to another, it is a legisla- tive body en permanence, and that, consequently, the President cannot recognise a Houze with- out a Speaker as no House st all. He is bound to treat it us the House of Represcnta- tives, Speaker or no Speaker; and the members are admonished to look out ‘or something that will rather surprise them, if they do not mend their manners and hurry up a Speaker. Next we are told that, if a Speaker is really indispensable tosuch an organization of the House as will render it capable of legisla- tive business, that there must be a Speaker “by hook or hy crook.’ Stick a pin there. Itisa playful remark; butthere may be something in it. It may signify a Cabinet movement to en- force the plurality rule upon the democrats of the House, or something of that sort; for we are informed that John Bull is crowding upoa Marcy so hard that peace any longer will be out of the question unless Congress shall speedily interpose between our Premier and Mr. Buchavan on the one side, and Palmerston and Louis Napoleon on the other. At all evente, the most that we can make of this appeal, or warning, or threat, or argument, or whatever it may be, of the Cabinet organ, is a strong hint to the democrats of the House to give way and permit the election of Banks, so that the President may be relieved of the burden of the responsibility of peace or war with England. Meartime, it appears that Mr. Mace (of In- diana,) offered “in a spirit of compromise,” yesterday, in the House, a resolution declar- ing Mr. Banke, (black republican,) Speaker; Mr. Cullom, of Tenn, (anti-Nebraska Know Nothing,) Clerk; and the Sergeant- at-Arms, Postmaster and Doorkeeper to be the democrats who now hold those offices under their election by the last Congrces ; and it further appears that this re- solution was laid on the table by a vote of one hundred and eleven to ninety. This compro- mise, then, being resisted by the democratsand national Know Nothings, suggests the impossi- bility of any concession from them in the way of a bargain with the black republicans involy- ing the election of Banks as Speaker. The Know Nothings, with the democrats, con- stitute the majority that has thus far defeated the clection of Banks; butif they are thus con- clusively powerful in preventing the election of an abolition agitator, why is it that they cannot agree in the election of some conservative? The defeat of Banks amounts to nothing as long as there is no election; in fact, he is not defeated ; but is only held at bay, like Gorts- chokoff, while the contest continues on open question. As the foremost candidate in the House, he cappot lie expected to give way t9 others that are behind Lim. It is their business to concentrate their strength upon some satis- factory man, and tocrush him ata single blow. The mojerity of the House opposed to Banks will be responsible for his election, if elected ; and they are responsible for the continuance of this absurd and mulish game of Richardson and Fuller sgainst Panks. The conservative Know Nothings should no longer stand like the jackass between the two bundles of bey, but should decide upon oneor ihe other. Since ihe eleetion of a democratic soft shell as Speaker of the Assembly at Al bany by a black republican fusion with the democrats, we understand that certain con servative Know Nothing leaders of the State have wriiten to their friends in Congress ad vising a fusion with the demorrats for the de- feat of Banks. And why not! Is there any other choice ? Is there a living shadow of a chance during this Congrees for the election of a national Know Nothing Speaker, with a hundred and seventy-five members implacahly hostile to Know Nothing principles asa party platform? No, theres not, The alternative, therefore, to the national Know Nothings isa black republican or a democrat, or the last re- sort to ihe plurality rule and the eleetion of Banke. In deference to public opinion, in behalf of the public interests, and in the name of com- mon decency, let the conservatives of the House put their votes together and bring this miserable farce to an end. Sixty Days Notice ror Wan—One of one Washington correspondents bas advived us that @ government funciionary th ere Pays We may have a war with Englond in lees than sixty days. Yesterday there was a slight eencation among the bulls and lame ducks of Wall street upon a rum’ at the Senate at W ington were in executive session upon the v question ; bnt late in the afternoon the panic had materially subsided. Perhaps they had received later advices from Marcy, We shouldn’t wonder if the war were put off for ninety days. At a1) evente, the emall fry may feel easy, while the charks of Wall street arc quicecent. They will inform us of any real danger, by diving under. While they contiaue to bark in the sunshine ail these war cries are a sham. But let us keop an eye on Wall bigher for common grades of State | street: Bacuzg on ras Guiy Srream—<A considera. ble portion of our space is this morning devot- ed toa lecture read on Thureday by Protes- sor A. J. Bache on the Gulf Stream. The lec- ture was read on the occasion of the anniver- sary of the American Geographical Society, and was received with great attention and in- terest by an intelligent and numerous au- dience. Aseuredly it deserved no less. Embracing the whole subject of the phenomenon, as well in ite historical and practical as in its scienti- fic aspects, it conveys an amount of informa- tion which will be vainly sought elsewhere in the best furnished libraries, It gives a brief sketch of those admirable works—the const surveys--works, we may observe, that are doing more to shed lustre on the United States and the present age than the most brilliant military triumphs—and presents in a condens- ed form the net results of the explorations and experiments of the chief officers engaged. In fine, it shows what has been done—what bene- fit has acerued—what we know of the Galf Stream, and what yet remains to be learned and to be accomplished. It wonld not be fair to the lecture to forage through its pages in search of interesting tit- bits tor this notice. We may, however, draw attention to the very interesting notice of the connection of Benjamin Franklin with the Gulf Stream. When he was Postmaster under the old colonial régime, the Board of Customs at Boston represented to the Lords of the Treasury that the packet ships which carried the mails between Falmouth and New York were on an average a fortnight longer on the way than the merchant vessels trading between Rhode Island and London. Franklin heard of the representation, and find- ing that the facts were correctly stated, puz- zled himself to account for a phenomenon so wholly at variance with theory and measure- ment. In his perplexity he applied to an old Nantucket fisherman, and asked him whether he could solve the riddle. The Nantucket man put his finger on the joint at once, The English captains, said he, are ignorant of the existence of a current we call the Gulf Stream: the Rhode Island vessels are commanded by Americans, who know the current and take advantage of or avoid it atneed. Franklin, finding that the current made a difference of three miles an hour to a sailing vessel, had a chart engraved with the course of the current marked upon it, But the captains of the packets, it seems, slighted the information; bor would turn out of their course, and sai) out of the current into the still water, even when the American sailors they met hallooed to them that they were sailing against a cur- rent. It was not till much later times that ibis was made to serve a purpose in the econo- my of the world. Many interesting facts, which may be new to some of our readers, are given in the lec- ture. Among other things we find that the extreme depth of the ocean in the latitude of Florida and the West Indies is not over 370 fathoms, Prof. Bache’s refatation of the old theory that the ocean has no bottom, hardly needed the evidence of this fact to confirm it. Co. SHAFrNER AND THE Lonpon Tres — In another column will be found an article copied trom the London Times of the 23d ult., in which that paper makes what ‘is intended to be a funny, but which is in reality a savage onslaught on our countryman and correspoa- dent, Col. T. P. Shaffner. The English press has had of late such a monopoly of statements with regard to Rusia, that it has become fiercely impatient of contradiction on all eub- jects connected with that country. We have ecen with what affected indignation the com- munications from Dr. Cottman and Dr. Davega which originally appeared in our colamp § ware received by our London contemporaries. Had the statements given to the world by those gentlemen been as partial as was pre- tended, they would not have displayed so much bad temper about them. It is only the truth which really wounds, and it is fairly to be assumed that there wa: more than the pro- verbial grain of salt in the articles which gave them such bitter offence. After the uvmerciful manner in which his predecessors were handled, Colonel Sha‘: ner certainly exhibited no emall amount «f moral courage in venturing into the ficld of controversy on the Russian question. He must bave been well aware beforehand of the literary pummelling which he would receive. We question whether to mest people a broadside from the Malakoff itself would not have been preferable to the heavy metal from the battery of the Londoo Thunderer’s wit. Notwithstanding that the 7'ines has succeed ed in producing what many will think a very sarcastic and very omusing article on the sub- ject of Col. Shafincr’s statements, our readers will gree with us that thus far our couniry- man has bad the best of the argument. None of his ions are seriously controveried— no facts are brought forward to invalidate his assertions, A ranning fire from the gans of cur contemporary’s wit is not suffici to demolish the solid superstructure raised upen the Colonel’s data, The present gene- ration has heen brought up ‘in the Gradgrind schoo), and will not be satisfiod with mere figures of rhet Until the Times can dis pieve ihe s:sertions of Coloncl Shatiner by reliable authorities, the English as well as the American public will accept his evidence ns that of a competent witress. He has at least scen what he test! to, which the writer in the Zines has pot, ond be unquestionsbly can Jay claim to a lees amount of prejudice. If ou the one hand the English press impngns his statements, Col. Shatner bas the satisfaction of finding them endorrcd by the Russian jour- nals, The Nord of brussels, in copying them pays the following tribute to their truthful pese:—“Writien in a language which has served as the medium of the moet infamous calumaies and the efllicet ies, this article will form an excellent counterpart to the diatribes of the Englith journals, It is an exposé of facts by an impartial witness, which we have no doubt will everywhere be read with a lively inte- rest.’ The Colonei will, no doubt, have some- thing to say in spswer to the personalities of the Zimes.!’ We look forward with onrivsity to his reply. A Fam Excnancr xo Ropneny.—Mr, Robin- son, soft shell democrat, having been clevted | Speaker of our Assembly the otber doy, with d of the Seward party, it was only “one yood torn for another’’ that elected Mr, Sher- man, black republican, Clerk, yesterday. “ Birds of @ feathor.” Secrzr Comnesronpencs oF NaPoLEoN THE Fmst.—From the proof slips of a work in press by Appleton & Co., we give in another part of this paper some characteristic speci- mens of the secret correspondence of Napoleon the First with his brother Joseph on public affairs, These letters, written within two or three days of the fatal day of Waterloo, have but little in them significant of that tremen- dous disaszer to Napoleon and to civilization; but they are none the less interesting on that account. The letter of the faithful Bertrand, descriptive of the last days and death of the Emperor at St. Helena, is remarkably touch- ing and beautiful; and that of Louis Napoleon trom New York to his uncle Joseph, concern- ing the failure of “the Strasbourg adventure,” is eminently Napoleonic. From these samples our readers will be enabled to form some idea of the value of the forthcoming compilation, comprising over a thousand letters, fresh to us from the archives of France. Had England fifty years ago understoed her true policy, and followed it, her present overwhelming national debt would have been avoided; nor would she now, under the third Napoleon, be submissive- ly engaged in the vain effort to undo the wrongs which she committed against herself and mankind under Napoleon the First. Suf- fice it that “the Emperor” is vindicated and avenged. Sovrn Carona For Frayxxin Prerce.—The Charleston Mercury is emphatically in favor of Mr. Pierce for the next Presidency, notwith- standing the vast body of the democratic par- ty are casting about for somebody else. The Mercury suys:-- Our correspondent from Washington is right, we think, 1m saying that Pre: ident Pierce is the natural and almost recestary candidate of thé South for the next Presidency. We tul’y believe that such ia the general feeling of the Southern ple. Why, indeed, should they re & chanse? Mr. Pierce has’ made all his pledges—he hes been emphatically the I it of the people, of the law and of the constitution. If we have a chance of get. tng somethirg as good as his administration, we can have no hope of obtaining anything better. “ Made good all his pledges!” “President of the people, the law and the constitution!” For further information refer to Daniel S. Dickineon, the “camp of savages” at Grey- town, and the results of the State elections of the last two years. THE LarkKsT NEWS BY ELECTRIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Naval Court Martial. INTERESTING OABE INVOLVING THE ACTION OF THE NAVAL RETIRING BOARD. PHILADELPHIA, Jam,:18, 1856, By orders from the Navy Departmen‘, a court martial assembled at the Navy Yard this morning, for the trial of Ccmanander Robert Ritchie, who is charged with using msuiting and bigvly disrespectful language to Captain Samuel F, Dupont, in relstion to the action of the late Naval Retiring Board, of which Capt. Dupont was amem- ber, and by which Commander Ritchie was retired on fu‘l leave pay. The ofiagmpqpuposing the court sre, Commodore L. Kearney, Preiiat; Commodore George W. Storer, E. A F. Lavulette, Irsac Mayo, Captains Thos. A. Conover, Jas. M. McIntorh, John 3. Montgomery, Joshua R. Sands, Wm. C. Nicholson, John Kelly, Thos, A. Voroin, Fred- erick Engle ard Joha Rudd. Com. H.B. W. Kennedy is the Judge Advocate by appointment. ‘The Court was not able to proceed to an organfzation in consequence of Capt. Me{ntosh and the Judge Advocate being absent, and at 2 o’clock this afternoon the mem bers dispersed, ard will assemble again to-morrow morn- ing, ‘The circumstances attending this case, as generally understood by the frier.ds of the aceused, are, that Com- Ri‘chie met Capt. Dupont during a recess of the Retiring Beard, and proposed making a visit to Washiagton for the parpcte of attending to his cause before the board. It is alleged that Copt. Dupont told him that this was ua- neccessary, a4 no one bad a better prospect. Comfort- ing hireelf with this assurance, he awaited the action of the beard, and was thunderstrack when the official an- nouncement was promulgated rttiring him. Captain Ritchie now asserts that Captain Dupont at the very time of the interview, knew that his name waa before the board, and that his prospects for being re- tained were none of the best, owing to his own exertions in opposition. The pasties subsequently met at the La Picrte House, in this city, when Ketchie reproached Du- pout in the severest manner for his conduct, and ap- plied euch opprobrious epithets as liar, scoundrel and coward. Ocmr. Ritchie repeated this on’ second osea- sicn ina public manner at Washington city, whan the matter was reported to the department, and the Court Marshal was ordered in consequence. ‘The accusation egainst éhe defendant simoly chargos him te ith being guilty of conduct subversive of good morals, The Massachusetts Personal Liberty Bil { Bogroy, Jan. 18, 1854, The bill introduced into the House to-day by Mr. Thomas, (American,) of New Bedford, for the repeal of, the Personal liberty bill, was laid onthe table. The Senate and House agreed to send that part of the Gov- ernor’s wesssge relating to this law to a joint epesial committee consisting of five Senators and one Represen- tative from each Congressional ilatrict. Pennsylvaaia Politics. Harrisne Henry S Morgan was nominated by the democratic cauens to-night for State Treasurer, on the ficst batlot. The election ecmes off on Monday. Destruction ef a Ladies’ Scminary at Au. barn. Auners, Jan. 18, 1856 About two o’clock this morning a fire broke out in the fine buiiding known asthe Auburn House, ocenpied in part by B, M. Smith asa Indies’ somiasry, The buili. ing, which was entirely destroyed, was owned by Warren T. Werden, K. E, Marvine, Wm. Alien and Mrs. W. 2, Brown. Their lossis not yet ascertsined. Mr. Allen had an insurance of $4,500. The building cost $50,000. ‘the greater portion of the goods and furniture beionging to Mr. Smith were ravei. One piano anda meloteoa were destroyed. Many of the young Indies boarding at ibe fustitution Jost all in their possession. Mossra, Bayden & Latchworth, harcware merchants, who oc:a pied the west wing, had their stock injured by removal, &e., to the extent of about $5,000, which is fally insured, J bn Risingand Harvey Wiisou, grocers, also 1ose feom runcval. oth are partiady insured. It is sapposed vbat the fire was caused by an ixcenduary, Loss of the Biittsh Sark Thomas Ritchic. Savannan, Ga., Jan. 17, 1856, The bark Charles William, from Bow‘on, (arrived here to Cny,) reports that on the 7th instent she fell in with the British bark Lnomas Kiichie, from New York for Dodrecht, completely disablet from the eifeets of ths gale of the Sth. {be took off the capteia and crew and | brought them here, | United Seates Sup Was me Cor t roy, Jun 18, 1856, No. 1bii—Jomes 1, Caloate ys. Frederick Stanton et al, Mction to dismiss writ of error, Mr. Benjvmin, for dev fendants, argued in aupport of the motion, and Hon. rdy Johneon, for the plaintiffs, against it, No, §8.-—The United States va, the Mionesota and North Western Railway,—Motion t> diemise. Motion argned in support of it by the Attoruey General and by Hen, Revervy Johnson ani Mr. Barlow, for deten lata against i; John Mitchell in Boston, Boston, Jan. 18, 1856 Jobn Mitebell repeated here this eveniag th® lesture ke recently delivered in New York, on the ripening of the Trish Revelation. Te was euthusiasticnily received and attentively listened to audien . 18, 1856. ‘The ott factory of Mevere Neoniv, in Salem was nearly Cestroy by fire last night. Toe tow ia about $12,000, partistly Insnred in Hartford, _ adn ~ | Markets. { PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOAND, PHILADRIPHIA, Jan. 18 tock are more lively, Qnotations Fives, 81%; Reading Naile 4s Long '(;, Mortis Canal, 12%; Peanaylyauia Tatteoude 4 / ; PHILADELPHIA InON MARKE®. | PuLanEnta, Jan. 18, 1856, Tren—The rales of the week aid up 5.400 tous of Am siean plg, mostly at $27; some mixed lois of No. 1 wld at $2, end Ne. 2 at $25; prime No. 1 at $.8; cther des éxiptions quiet but fom. Ovr cotton market i sugar sells at mes pork, $16 an cxeited ma 4 exchar ge seven pe * nd noted & premfum, ‘The Alleged Nicaraguan Filibusters. MORE INDICTMENTS AGAINET THE NICARAGUA FOLKS—J08. L. WHITE AND CAPTAIN TINKLE- PAUGH IN THE MESHES OF THE LAW. Jax, 18.—The Grand Jury came into Court this morn- ing, and rendered true bills of indictment against Joseph L, White, counsel of the Nicaragua Transit Company; Captain Tinklepaugh, commander of one of the steamers of that line, and Joseph Fowle, engineer, for obstructing the United States Marshal’s deputies in executing war- tants on passengers, or supposed filibusters, on board the steamship Northern Light. ARREST OF WILLIAM H. ALLEN, THE. WITNESS UPON WHOSE COMPLAINT CERTAIN PARTIBS WERE ARRESTED. Early yesterday morning ex-Judge Phillips appeared in the United States Circuit Court with an affidavit, sct- ting forth the fact that William H. Allen had made his arrangements to leave the country forthwith, in the bark Kate Lincoln, for Demarara, and demanded, on be- half of his chents, Col. George B, Hall and others, that process should issue for his arreat and detention, to tes- tify in the prosecution which he had set on foot. This affidavit was presented to Judge Ingersoll, who issued his warrant for the arrest of Allez, Deputy Marshall De Angelia was directed to execute the warrant, and he, in company with Col. Hall and Judge Phillips, at once pro- ceeded to the residence of Mr. Allen, in Brooklyn, but failed in finding him there. A strict watch was kept by these gentlemen at the ferry until a late hour last night, and their efforts were finally rewarded by his capture in the upper part of the city, It will bo ra membered that Mr. Allen was the person upon whose tertimos y all the parties in this affair were arrosted; that he claimed to have been am associate and confederate of the parties implicated, and tor some reason not yet de- veloped turned informer. The singularity of this pro- ceeding is, that the parties whom Allen attempts to impli- cate have caused his arrest. If his scatements thus far have been truthful, we sbould imagine that his absence would bave been more desirable to the persons indic'ed than his presence. It is, however, confidently asserted that Alien is passing under an assumed name, and that his real cognomen is William H. Gailagher. Rich disclo- sures may be expected in this matter. Ata late hour, our reporter found Mr. De Angelis, Judge Phillips and Colonel Ha!) at the ferry, on the qui vive, and we suppose that Mr, Allen at this time isin close custody. A Fabricated Account of Suffering at Seaw Shameless Disregard of Truth. ‘The following account of the sufferings of the crew of the New London ship Flora and Adelaide, from Edinburgh to New York, appeared in a lave number of the New London Star, and copied into the New London Chronicle and New Haven Journal:— Nothing of remarkable import occurred on the voyage homeward until Saturdsy, the 6th inst., when in the vicinity of the Gulf Stream the ship encountered a snow storm, which lasted until Tuesday, the 8th, when the storm abated, and the ship was kept on her course for Montauk Point to the best knowledge of the office-s; but owing to not having been able to get an observation tor several days, they were not certain as to their exact position. From that time until Tuesday, the 10th, the feyerity of the weather was such that eight of the crew were frozen to death, and the remaioder, iv- cluding the officers, badly’ frost bitten. The ship war now in the vicinity of Cope May, and kept on her course as best she could be, with short number of men, for Sandy Hock. Strange as it may seem the pas- repgers refused to render any assistance until forced to do so—but this was not until all attempts to hire them to work had proved unavailing. The Captain even of- fered to pay them one hundred dollars per day each, but so Ccetermined were they not to peril their lives, even though the ship might haye foundered for want ‘of as- sittance to work her, that the most rigid means had te be adopted to compel them to lend their helping hnad. The ship succeeded in reaching Statea Island, Friday night, the 11th, avd on Saturday the captain, mate, se- cond mate and five passengers, were conveyed to Staten Island Hospital—all the remaining crew api txo of iho passengers having been frozen to th or washed over- board. On Mondey (to-day) the Captain underwant am- putation of both feet and one hend; and though he may recover, his chances are excee.ingly doubtful. The wate also lost two of his toes from the left foot, and with the assistance of crutches is able to walk. (He goes to New Icnéon tonight, andto him I am indebted for sort poet "ne poke brig I f Boston, th .} LJ by sola, of ston, the oth inst.. end learned that all on board hai perished, except the captain, who was so badly frozen as to be un- able to stand on bis feet, but was steering his vessel on hisknees. They could not Jend him any assistancs. This ia a chapter for Connezicat. The numerous wrecks strewed on the beach of New Jersey and 1: island, by the some storm and gale, will furaish sever cbapters more for other locali ies. On inguiting about the subjectat the Staten Island Hospital and at the barge office, where all vessels arriv- ing at this port are repor‘ed, we could find no trace of her, nor ¢id any ore know anything of the men whose sufferings are so minutely described. It is almost noed- lees to say that the affair is a fabrication from beginniag toend, The New London Star ought to be a little more particular as to the character of its correspondents for truth and accuracy, if it is desirous of maintaining a re- putation as a reliable journal. Lavra Kxexn’s Vanterzs.—fhe latest novelty at this house is Mr. Taylor’s exceedingly popular comedy, ‘Still Waters Run Deep.”? This piece has now been performed atthree New York theatres, and at as manyas fifty other places in different parts of the United States. We give the casts here:— Characters, Burton's. Wattacl’s, | Varirties. Walect. Mr. Dyott. rou, Mr, G, Jordan, 3 '. Norton, | Mi MissRaymond. M ss Raymond. Miss Reignolds, id/Mrs, Hughes. Mra. Hoey. Miss Keene. It may well be doubted whether better artists have been joined together in the performance of this ploco anywhere than those mentioned in the above distribar tions;andas Miss Keene's audience {s almost eatireiy composed of people who are au courant to overything ia the theatrical world, and as she came Jast in the fiel3, her performance had to contend with the most severe comparative criticlam. In some respecte the piece was very we.l done at the Varieties. We may repeat what we have seid before, that Mr. Jordan’s Hawksley was a capital performance, realizing what we believe to have been the suthor’s idea in every respect. Mr. Dyott acted too much in John Mildmay, This is # common fault with actors of the old school, but one, we are glad to say, from which they are rapidly recovering. Mr. Dyott ovght to know that when @ man like Mildmay fs most in earnest he js most quiot ami subdaed; yet in the last seene he was cxoecdingly vehement. We never saw Miss Keene look more fascinating than in Mrs. Sternho'd; she quite eclipsed Mea. Mildmay, waich destroys the dramaticiliusion, because Mrs. Sternholl is suppored to be passe; one of those women who, having grown old almost without Imowing it, are shoesed at tho prevailing marculine taste for youth and beauty, and ex- ceecingly grateful and sel(-sacrificing to any man who professes to admire them. Miss Koene, howover, was nyich more liable to attract Hawksley’s admiration than Mrs. Mildmay, who was dressed in bad taste ani lacked animation. Old Potter, too, secmed more ike Mra. Sternhold’s grandsire than her brother. Thus Miss Keene was obliged to make a mew character for Meg. Stervhold, and, considered simply asa ptece of effective acting, it was good. The picce was very nisoly pat upon the stage, and han been acted several tinos to andiences not only numerous, but elegant and sefined. Miss Keene has adopted several reforms in management —not ihe least of which is that she closes bor theatre at an carly bour (before eleven o’clock)—and, instend of giving worn out farces at the end cf the principal pleco, ake pre a pleasant ba/let, led by M’ile Vi Thats a tiste has, we verily belloye, no super country at present. The next ties will bea drama Swo Loves Charles Reade, the authur of Ma Proapway Trmarnt,—The ¢ f Tse" has been deaw rg fine houses this week, and aighily tmproves in the ew tion of the audiences, The feo scone in the sesond act in one of the best things In tho way of stago o ever seen here. ‘King Oharming,”’ which has been off the bille, is to come out strong nex! week, when Madams!o nisi plays the King, Mra, Blake Queen Tyrana and Mea, Kate Bucklend the Fairy Queen. We expoct somethiag very good frou this ext, A New Acrraas,—Miss Denvil, a young Am trese, bas hoon playing at the Bowory thea the past work, fn Characters e4 Mar,aret Ulmore in “Love's Sac itive,” Paxthenia in “ Ingomar,’ &., and has made a favorable impression. She plays Destomona this evening, to Me. Ward's Othello, Me Johnston's Ingo, and Mrs, Ward’s Finilia. We ave sadly ia want of some competent represeatatives of the parts whieh Miss Deavil assumes, and we hope that she will be entirely suc- ccesful. Conmusteytany Coxceer 10 MR. KYL We published yesterday some interesting correspon'ence botwoon fome eminent patrons of art and Mr. John A, Kylo, the flutist, ‘This artist is about to retire from the ma- sigal profession, of which he has long been an orna ond by fitends kave tendered iim their voices fu: colary coneert ity Intelligence. ‘Tae Weareme—~A Janvaey Taaw—Tus ‘Fiow’” Com- wexcing—Comprnon ov Tus Sraxeré.—New York is sub- merged in @ mud puddle. It has very much the appear- ance of one of the cities on the banks of the Nile, befzre the waters have subsided in the spring, for al) that is visible is an ocean of mud and slime, with here and there & house, to mark where once was a habitablecity. There is @ current tradition that a pavement of some hind un- derlays New York, bus we don’t belleve a word of it; and any one who has attempted the horrors of the middle pas- wage in Breadwey during the past week will be equally incredulous on that point. Seriously, the condition of the atreota at present is diagraceful to our city authorities and to our citizens, who do not fake some steps t» eondemn their’ or rether their in the pub- Seitneceatirte thes who aah i taeatacy Boke out compa loudly ot the annoyance suffer in Re op Pere) distance above their ancles by otro India rubber leggings are very gem@rally worn by femal and indeed they have become a necessity, sal nots ‘ luxury. bSieigbing is all over, and the horses are ca poled io suffer not a iittle in their efforts to drag ¢) owded 01 anibus sleighs along the rough streets Yes" day the thaw commenced, fr Lek iu the vicini- ty of the docks overflowed, People should be carefui to F the gutters in front of theie houses, so as to allow a free age for the water. Whoesays snow storms in a great clty are not s nuisance? Toe PreasyTemiaN Hovee—Fivanciat Conpitios.—A public meeting wa beld in the lecture room of the Mercer street Presbyterian church, on Thursday evening. ‘Nor- man Whi'e, Esq., wan called to the chair, and the Rev. Thomes H. Skinnege was appointed Secretary. The Rev. Albert Barnes, Rev. ‘thomas Brainerd, D. D., John A, Brown, Eq., M. W. Baldwin and Charles 8, Wurts, Faq., were present as a delegation from the city of Phiiedei phia. Mr. Brown, on the partcf the delegation, stated ‘That the property known as the Presbyterian House, No. 886 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, was conditionally held asthe property cf the General Assembly of the Presby-- terian church. fae building is 44 fee: front, 90 feet deep- and four stories high. The lot has depth of 350 f with a front upon George street, available fur enla! operations when required. It is rapidly enhancing in va)ue, and was a cheap purchase two. years ago, when ita crrt was $96,000, including alterations Of this sum $30,000 remsin upon aa rent—the churches of Philsdelphia have paid $12,600, and the General Assem- bly plecged the remaining churehes of the country to pay the balance by June, 1855. Owing principally to the effort to complete the $100,000 Church Kreetfon Fund, aud the urgent call for aid to meet the wants of the rest through the Charch Extension Committee, only about $1,700 has been paid. Alter a full ani fraternal con- suitation, during which explanations made and a lively intorest expressed, {t was unamimously Resolved, That the Presbyterian House, conditionally pur- chased by the General assem>ly of an Moe Tin which a debt of about $10,000 remains, shr'uld be rei! at tha earliest be mow ent, and that for this purpose the churches x New ork and Brooklyn should be solicited to furnish $65,000. The Rev. . Smith, J. B. Sheffield, Esq.,and J. W. * Benedict, Esq., were appointed a consultiog commi to whom the further pro:ecution of the ma::er was ¢1 ‘trusted. A Woman TuRown rRoM A SLEIGB—A Seesors Aci. DENT.—About six o’clock, on Thursday evening, very serious accident occurred to a lady and gentleman, while riding down Broadway in asleigh. When near Fiftieth street, the sleigh accidentally struck an iron lamp post, at which the horse became frightened, and dashed ~n the street at a frightful pace; the lady attempted to jump, when she was thrown against 4 isju reverely. Her arm was broken, a gash cut in her fore. head, and she was much injared internally, The le- man spree in the enow, but not much injure: hore inally caught at Fourteenth street. A p man convey:d the lady to a drugstore, where aphysi- cian at ended her. ‘Tae SrkamER PryMovrn Rock, ashore at City Islan), is expected to leave there to-day, or Monday. 4 canal or dock bas been formed by excavating underneath and between her ard the water of sufficient depth below high water to fiost her, und warp her out. This plan was devised as the earicst and mort expeditious one tor removing her. Should it not prove successiul, the con- 8 (atessrs. Simonson & Lugar) will piace her on ways, and launch her. in either event it may form quite an important epoch in the history of City Island, a: vessel of any class or dercription waa ever ‘be launched from that place. 1% is not improbable that the increase of population and trad Jere long give rise to extensive and fourisbing ship yards there, or in that vicinity, where the building and launching of the largest veastls may yet become matters of ordinary and almost every day occurrence. Ox Evrore axp YounG Ammrica.--Mr, George Sumner will repeat his lecture on “Old Europe and Young Ame- rica”? this evening, in the lecture room of the new Ciin- piiwee with the {invitation of a large eho were nvable to obtain aimissiva + y. The onject ofthe discourse is to show ‘the mutual dependence of education and freedom upon each other, and the argu incoatro- ment is sustained b; vertible proofs from the history of the Old World. In the treatment of his subject Mr. Sumner evieres a }iborality of feeling, and an impartial discrimination in the useof , historiosi deta, which are rarely found in public leoturecs.. A Dock Carri Away.—The storm of saturday night last, assisted by the immense quantities of floating ice, completely demolished and carried away a portion of the Corporation dock at the foot of 106th street, East river, ppesite Ward’s Island, Tne pior was an old one, aad for practical purposes was about as useless hofore toe torm as it is at present. Coroners’ Inquesis. MEuNcHOLY Stick BY SHoomNG.—Coroner Pezry was called upon yesterday to bold an inquest upon the body of man named Wiilfam H. Perry, residing at 94 Canal street, who committed suicide by shooting himself in thebead with a pistol. The deceased, it appears, had son © domestic difficulties, and in consequence thereof war wont toghave fits of mental aberration. Dacoased was @ forcman in Hoe & Co,’s foundry, in Broome street, and was quite a smart machinist, On Thi ht while wolking in Fourth street, oppoaite the Wa: ton: parade ground, suddenly drew out a pistol from his pocket, and, jog the muzzle of it opposite his head, pulled the trigger, and by the discharge his braias were: blown out. He instantly fell to the walk @ corpse, and was picked up by some of the Fifteenth ward police. The body was conveyed to the station honse, where the inquest was yesterday held. On the person of the de- ceased, and covered thickly with blood were found the toLowing lette:s:— New York, Jan. 17, 1836. a pistol, with a view of’ taki I this day purchased a pistol ing my own Wife. ft vucceed in the ‘attempt in the ‘ake 16. o No. ‘94 Cana) street, . H. PERRY. On the back of this piece of paper were also written the following words:— It the pistol proves true, I think I shall succeed. hy; atul deapondenc monial ir. 4. id suffering, ie ranch greater than I can ond WE H. BEAR. ‘The above epistles, which have been identified as being” im the handwriting of the deceasea, fuily explained the: cavse of death, and the determination of the sui:ide to commit the work of selfdestruction, Frcm the medical testimony adduced before the Coroner it appeared that the ball entered the right temporal bone, and passed throvgh the left side of the head. The skull wasall , blown to pieces, showing conclusively that death must have been instantaneous. The deceased was a very re- rpectable man, and had many warm friends in this city who deeply deplore the untimely end of the unfortunate =r tag ere Bs case Trersce a Wat of Mbt 'y suicide.” ased Was ears of native of New York. Sia pica DanorRovs Esrects oy SKYLARKING.—Coroner Hille was called upon yesterday to hold an inquest, at the City Hospital, upon the bedy of a man named Charles FE. Phit- brooks, who died at this institution from the effects of a fall received on the 6th instant. From the evilence taken before the Coroner it appears that on the day in pestion, deceased, along with a party of tix or eight viens, were amusing whemselves, at the residence of” Wm. D. Forshay, No. 440 Greenwich street, by making specches sd debating upon various subjects, when de- ceased urged a Mr, Collingwood to get up on a chair and Make a speech, Mr. C, not wishing to perform the task, Fhilbrock took hold of kim to ratse him up on the chatr, when both of the men accidentally fe}l to the floor ia a very boavy manner, The fall seemed to have puralyzed deceased, fur he was unable to rise without the aid of hia. fiends, ‘The deceased appeared very much injured, and was conveyed to the New York Hospital, where he lin- gored until Lhureday eftereoon, when he died. Verdict —‘Desth from fiacture of the cerovial vertebra, xccl dentally reecivod.’” Decessed was a native of Uniced States, and wes 2] years of age. Fara, Atopest ON Boakb tite Sraiceme At enic.—- Coroner Hills also held am inquest upon the body of @ man named Frederick Navage, wh) died at the New York Hosyiiol, from compression of the brain, sed b failing down the bold of the steamship. Mudie on us Tih mst. Vercfer—Accidontal cozth. Desensed was 86 years of age, and was a native of ¥ngland, FATAL Acope\t FRow ScALps-—Co-oner Gamble held air inquest at 168 Wasnington street, uponthe body ofa boy, + two years cf age, named James Lofing, who died fron tho effects of revere scaida, ecoldemtally resetved by the upretiing of @ pot of gruel upon hit head end cheat while Le was sitting beside the stove ia his parente’ diye, ling. unfortunate child from some cause fe on th stove, stithing tho vessel containing the boiling ¢ ae pound, which immediately upset and spilled over the wp Fer part ot his body. VerdistAecidental death. Reided. wana aastregtine a sah estore soteteuicsenatipichpeaninn Obitam y. GIDEON OSTRANDER, ESQ. Gidegn Cstronder, aweil known ‘resident of this ctiy cied on Thureday, the 17th ivstant, im the 824 yar cf ine This gentieman wan reveral times o: Lito the © Legislature and afterwards officiated na oes ce tho nissloners of the Alma House, Ho also hold ayant tion in the Common Couneit of this ity," Wx. Tyr, Peq., lateof Chartos My cor residence in’ Norfolk on thu Ath ind of He was a brother of the Won, Jno. the Uniteast office of Clert: Cosport. 1 lier inuouncos tine death of ¢ roble Ava Axiarws, who dic in the ninoty-fuurtht your of he os mieh om Bt hormin Sirowsbury; his » vone- y Tast, Mr, Andrews was af Governor Bradetrent, He: in 1783, and Whe une of dis viving graduate of Iacvard, and tne. ob Ipswich. In 1700 be was appointed by. W ‘ Wvotor of the port of Ipawiah, whieh office ha 29, when he was semovel by Jackson, Me. was 6 man of much abuliiy, 149 hed filed many offic of beh aty andenjoyed the entire confidence of his @llow citi z