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races, of various political and reli- the reprecentative of that old fa:th Israelites im the ages long since him attracted by the last form of worship the religious feeling or judgment ofmen. I there who followed the fortunes of the brilliant Ciay, the wsjestic Webster, the acute Calhoun or the indomi‘able Jackson, All these have come to celebrate the nativity of bim who was indeed born “ not fora day but for all time,” whore achievements and wh \se fame belong to no time or country, but were dusigned by tha Almighty $ Peecte the advantage ot ail ages and of all peor! me summon his mighty spirit oxfors you, that bis seutiments, recorded on t:.e imyerishsb'e page of history, tory Since gout a‘tention and commend your eepeot; that he, speaking in his eteroal tnoughs, may ‘be the wortby orator of this hur aod piace; that he may vindicate bis memory, as he did his living character, 0; aultiplied proofs he had no sympathy witl the bigot, tne fanatic or tne persscutor. Distin- guish men have been ccmmon to every peri d of tho world’s history, bat they alone e truly great ‘who are truly Hs dit ia not improper fo: me to ray, in view what is dat'y oscurria; ouad ur, that if there be in any part of tho history of the pss an example f one individual in whom public and privat» evirtue happily blended, the:e never was a period waer recurrence to hiv career could have bien more appropri- ‘ate or useful than now. All c.vilizad peopie have used the memory of their heroes to iniluease public aad private action. The degree of respec; paid to the departed great, by the living generation, happ'ly i!- Justrates ‘he true condition cf the piesent. Waeo th» story of Cincionatua, the precep's of Seneca, the conduct of Tiajan, the patriotism of Brutus, ceased to stumalate or gratify their c untrymen, it wa: a’cor:ain evidence that ‘the dercendants were not equal to their ancvatora. Aal if, indeed, the time has come when the sentiments, m)- tives, actions and purposes of the Revolutionary he:oas ‘and rages are no longer dvemed wortny of raverenc) or emulation. we may despair of our future as we bacone dncifferent to the past, and may expect thit the highost offices of our republic will no longer be conferred on taose who fairly deserve them; that ths Presidency itself may De recuced to the degradation of traffic, and the c>a- trol cf this grest ment dinposed of in s msn- mer equally upwor as the empire of Rome when ff at the walls to » Didias. I donot design to analyze the character of Washington. This has b2ea «dove frequently, and by the ablest men. Europe has e. deomed it a peieae to speak in eloquent terms of his pened pe J merit. rd Brougham selected that them» ag worthy of his greatest effort. Gutzot, the eminent pi- Kesopher of France, employed hia large capacity in trans- anitting to the rity of his own country for thelr pro- ‘fourd admiration the record of Washington’s career. ‘The praise of that great writer is the more appreciab'e because it is discriminating. He sa ‘Wash'ngton anticipa‘ed none of the occurrences o° hi life, ire ok to Wn the adairaton ot mankind, His firm his high heart ware profoundly modest and cal. Sa Tiaing to the level of the highest greatness, he cou'd, ‘without ® pang, have remained ignocant of his own powers, and be would have found in the cultivation ofhis estate enought satis vast tact which were equal to the com- mand of armies and the fourdation of a government. And he rays of him in another place:— No man ever rose to the pinnacle of power by a straighter path, by more universal consent, or with more extensive and Unccntesied influence. Perbaps I should have apologized to a certain class of jour fellow citizens fo having called as a witness t> the transcendent excellence of Washington a writer born on snother soll. My apology may be found in taia: that he was the countryman of the great and patriotic La- fayette, ‘ou have suggested in your kind letter of invitation that my remarks on this occasion be directed to a single ‘pese~—"' reacuing from misrepreseatation the tolerant nd fy | san sentiments and principles of the beloved ther of our common country—s father who disinherited 0 child from his ye share in the patrimony of free- low, whether tha: chi'd was born north or goath of tae tomac eas. or west of the Atlantic.” Oh, how 1 wish that my c«pacity for this duty we-e ual to my inclination! Like many around this table, I 1 the instint of ancestry uniting tpe demands of ativity in the ambition to express, in terms worthy f ibe subject, the illimitabls love which ali of cberish for that country ia which the oppressed ud persecuted ofevery clime were designed to be iasured it only abappy home. but the Various end gious creeds. I see which the dently ether of ignorant dental or of intelligect a, roval. But, os any faith tay derive & sacred digoity ‘om the martyrdom of those who perish rather than ab- ure a sincere belief in ita truth, so does it always happs1 the same taith eball be strengthened by the kes ence of enlightered minds, especially when falke educs- ion, judice or ion might mate the less gifted in. ible to ite merit, And qhsat is civil anc re. Uberty? The greatest orator on earth can adi no pieee or dignity to that which the phrass expresses, or the Phinse iteclt. The stragg'es and the reverses, the pee ena the progression of centuries, are involved the history which these few wards record. [his lider- , where it exists, has been wrung by Patriotism, bensvo- nee, charity, courage and efforts from its, bigotaant tics. It ts the restoration ot man to his birthright, is the protection under which he attains his it tion as @ being, intelligent and immortal. free to pur- hsppiness here and hereafter, unshacklei any traipts which im his prcper relations to his fei- or his Gcd. Washington favor the maintenance this protection? The question becomes important, lecause this very night there are those olatming to bo special guardlaas.of his memory, who attribute t> um sentiments which he cou'd not have entertaine! / vithout being » fce to the liberty he loved. Let me ask that is meant by this word Liberty? It ‘may lished to the most contracted, and enlarged to the mos’ x‘ensive ooundary. reathe, to toll, to serve like s hi , and not be heated of earnings, to have sentiments, yet fear to ex- jreas them, cr expreteing them, toincur from that act or proseriptivm, then ishe who possesses it no letter tham the serf or the slave. But if it be the pro- peed ee which ¢nsures man in ed gan the enjoyment ot personal freedom in thought, speecn, pelon, a er the eanction of law, then is it + 1s of human wisdom or effort ia the construction of pment or society. Before tue revolutionary war, nen the territory of the coloaiea #as but tainly popu: ted, he e oe hiagself in an effort to import Palatiaes at tbey mig t settle in Ohio, ani then, and at other he pre ceeds far a3 to recommend ths in- passsgs to Tats you wili findin his letter to James dated from Mount Vernon, February 1774, and which on the 17th December, 1792, he wrote to Commissioner ot the Federat District, recommendit at an sgent should be sent to Germany to induce emi- yaticn fiom that country. Besrivg these tacts ia mind, i understand what was the sentimant waich |dthe signers ot the Deciaration of American Indep sn- nce to specify amongst the causes which produced revolution that the government of ( ‘ritain bad endeavored to obstruct tha popa'ation of yese Staos oy prohibi‘ion of naturalizstion. ems # curious commentary upon the strange notions of lose who would in their extreme folly praveat the rapid »puistion ot that vast territory over wich our em: bw happily extends. Amongs! whom does tuis pecu iar ynion exist? A class of men who proclaim it as a prio- ple of national poticy ond American sentiment that no , anof foreign bicth ehell without great imoeciment, be mitted to citizenship; trat nove of immediate forciga ‘traction shail be elividle to « flies, and that no man of Catholic religion, wherever born, snould have the anchise or righ's of an Avverican. These are the man 10 sppeal to the exp: essions wud actions of Washington thew apostle and exemplar. I will let him speak for moelf, that be may show how vile a slanier is thus per- trated upon bis career and his name. dis brother reves, pe‘ore the vevolation, exoressed the family ‘pg om this aurject, thue:— Restrain.s on consciense © cr¢l in regard to those on whom they are imp »#2d, 4 ipjorious to the country imp sing them.” In 1773 @ exped tion of the American army > Canada was pro- stea and earried into execution. The wanagement of ampaign was conficed to Benedict Arnold, Washing- a inetructing bim how to act in the territory he to thus expresses Limseif, under date of September > led even 80 Aa the contempt of the religion of a country by ridiculing J of ite ceremonies, or affronting its minutes ae votarles, s ever been deeply resented. you are to be particu'arly care- to restrain every oflicer and eoldier trom such imprudente 1 folly and to punteh every instance of i. O: ad, «8 far as lies in your power, vou are ‘o protect xeroise of the religion ot the free ¢: ‘of the country, and the ‘Aisturbed ment of the rights of conscience in'religious ters with your utmost mfluence and aul ity. n anott er letter to the same officer he says :— Vhile we are eontending for our own liberty. we should be mutions Dot to violate the oe of conscience in others; (dering tbat God alone is the judge of the hearts of men, 1 to bim only in this case we are responsibie. nan adgress to the people ot Canada, with copies of, ich the American army was at that date provided, blished in the form of hand o1!ls to be scattered by our ‘ops in the triumphant progress expected for hem ‘cogh that region, be ures language strange'y con- ating with the varrow and proseriptive tone of many ais siving countrymen, He rays :— of America and of Liberty is the cause of ever; vanitan Sicen, ‘whatever may be iis religion or descent. ib sh, if he could have been prophet as well as sage—if couid have known that falsehood would attribute to 1 an expression that reves fell from his lips, which a1 his historians would promounse at onc? to be ua. ved and unworthy of his nstare— Put none but Americans on guard to-night! Vhen that Canadian exped tion amidat the deep snows s severe winter had reached the impregoable walls 0! sbec, there struggled in front of the fortification .ch provee'ed he city, two mon, in the prime ot life yreat physical vigor, immense courage, and unhbounde ugy. One was the Arnold to whom I have alluded ithe other @ chivaliic young Irishman. Tne la:ter, b his own bands, cai th:oogh the snow a path wa; his soldiers, and in the first flash and hope of a bril- st assauit, perished while striving to sus;ain the young yea of oar re-use. “ Put none but Americans on wd to-nighe!”? What became of Arnold? There are nurme:ts to both these men on the soil of this coua- : Lknow of but cne to Arnold; {+ sands at Groton, the roil cf Connecticut, « lofty geamte pile, on which | eow ptured, in characters indeiitole, the words Infamous ‘Traitor! + ne monument to the young child of poor Ireland, the t Montgomery, graces the front of that g-aad old reh which may be seon from the win iows of this build- end close beside, now pointing i's white fingsr towards place where we sro taught in childhood that the t Ged of the universe may be found is tie moaolith ich tells of the brillant eloquence, the noble patriot | the unsurpassed merit of that Emmet who, true to prestige of his name and the capa:ities of his race, red at once the profession to which he balonged and ‘country of whicn he became a citizen by the brilliant ye of ee and the unepotted exselience ot his ¥ ' 1 think tha: Richara Montgomery or fhomas Addis {wet woald have been safe Americans to place on r& the night before that even'ful day on which West t wen forbave ‘been betrayed tothe British. As early ugust, 1776, jealounies from local origins rose among NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1856. some ollsere of the Amerisan army. This led to an ad- dress from Washington, in whish he says: — distinctions of nations, eountries and provinces, there- tes ernst gemacht good humor towards each other. There was no ides + in the mind or de- more wens the Revoluti mary heroes oc sages than to asio- | te vera nent. of ail mee by religious #ith civil liberty in the new They were profoundly read 4 7 rac earties| the pueaione against or ead sect against ssct, iacluding tha: which unfortunately disgraces tae his‘ory of those earl: setuers in this land, wh» fireiog hither ¢> sbtain religl ous freedom, turned upon those they deemed hetarod ox oppressisns such as they had themselves su'feced or dreaded. I Cixcover no instance during the whole Revo- lutionary strugge in whish the place of nativity or rali- gious sent'men s of thse who tox part ia that momea- tous undertaking were ever icvestigated to dece mine their merit or fidai y Cuarles Carroli, of Carrolitoa, who sigoed the Declaration of Independance, was a Ca: tholic. Many ct those who with him aupsoived chat in- st.ument were natives of foreiga lands. Amoogs, tha officers wn assistss in achieving our Inieyandensa we | all detiga: to honor La‘ayette, Ds Kal», Steuben, (aces, Lee, Kosciusko, Mon'gomecy and D3 ang. It was an effort to establish a free government oa earth. The patrioticm and love of love of tibarty ia tne Old Worla were invited to assist tae stragzie. Re- publicanism was then quite familiar ia Earop». Hlsta-y stamped with glory euch names as Sitaey aod Him) . 1 may venture to psuse aad resali to you tha young soldier of noole origin who serve) in ths cause of the French republic, havi in nis vain« the blood of Tusence, yet spurning ail tiles, sesking no distinction excapt what merit might give, and bat Iiag for f-es pia cip'es fom en‘husiesm alone, I mean Latour D’ Auve gn9, upon whom Napoleon the Great bsscowod tue title of first grenadier of Franse. Ale psrished ea ly, bat wa3 not for- gotten Liven af-er his dea’h bis name contiaued t> be called from the roster, and the resp ase of his grataful comrades was, ‘Doad upon ths Geld of hano:.”” It the cause to which he devoted his young eas-gy end life had permanently triamphed, and his descandants had bsea excluded from all sare in their resul’s, it woall not have been more ungratefai than to deay the advantazas of American eqality to cha comoat-tots of him pacisht ag among the anows of Canada, who, if now naned, that history might answer to the call, would becommem rated amongat us also as ‘' Dead uj the field o’ honor.’? But I will pursue the sentiments of Washiag’oa, and pass over the period of the Revolution to the adop:ioa of our present federal cons:itusion by the conventira ovar which he presided. His patciotism, pradence, aagasity ani judgment prevented his expressing 9 coaveutional oF insincere aporoval of what he dix n0: actually believe to be right. In h’s annual mosaage Novembse 19, 1791, enjoining the observance of the constitution of the Vaited States upon all citizens, he says:—“Let them ohertih it, too, for the rake of those who from every olime are daily feck ing cwelling in our land.” If we could invoke hia presence hers, and he wore told that the effort was now makiog amongst his couatrymon to exclude any class of mea from equal parti sipation ia the privileges of Ameriosn citizens, bosause eith:r of their politicalor religious sentiments, how strange it would seem to him in view of his explicit declarations on thess pointe, Listen to his language:— Ifany power on earth couldor the grevt Power abova wold erect a standard of iniallibility in political opinion. there is no epinicn. there is no being that tohaoits this terrestrial glove t would re-ort to it with more eageraess than myself, 60 long as I remain a servant of the public; bu’ as [ have toand ‘no better guide hitherto than uprigh’ fatentions aad close ia Me a Tahall adhere to thoee maxims while I keep ths Let me show you his distinct declaration tuat if he had deemed possivle euch perversion of the principlos lying at the foundation of our government as is now at- tempted by a large class of men ia this country, he for one would never have approved tae constitution undar which we live. His exp-ession in this respact ia of the utmost importance, and in itself seams to tuenish tha most pertect rebuke to tnoss woo perversely misrapre- sent his rea! opinions in fartheraace of their owa narco¢ and proscriptive practices, In 1789, responding to an address fom the Baptist Church in Virginia, he utters thismemorable lanzaage: — If I could have entertained the slightest apprehension that tbe constitution framed in the coavention waere I had the honor to preside might possi oly euaanger the religious rights of ‘any ecc’esinstical society, certainly 1 would never have placed my signature to it And if f cou! ral government might ever be so atintaiat Uberty of conscience msecure, I beg you will be persuaded that no one would be more zealous than myself to establish ef- fectual barriers against tha horrors of spiritual tyrauny, and every species ot religious persecution For you doub‘less ra- mem er that I have oftan expreasad my sentiments that man conducting himself as a good citizen, and being a: ‘at ‘able to God alone for his religious opinions, ought to be pro- tected in worshipping the Deity ‘according to the dictates of his own c 030. Iam not here to favor any religious faith. In this ccuntry we devote to religion le-s tims than its impor- tance requires. And perhape in the graat mojority of instances, so much of religious feeliog as ever influences most of us either during the audacious psriod of haalth or at the dyirg hour, iz that which proseads from the early teachings dropped into our youog ears fron the loving lips of parenta. But in view of the projuiices sought to be awakened against & partisu’ar class, it can- not be improper to mention the let‘er of Washlazton ia answer to the Catholios of the United States, dated Dscem- ber 17, 1789, in wich he says:— Ihope ever to see America amongst the foremost nations in ea of justice and liperallty, and 1 presurne that your fel- Jow citizers do not forge! the patriotie part whish you took in the accomplishment of their Revolution, and the establishment of air government, or, the important assistance which they re- ceived fom anation in which the Roman Catholio religion is Protessed, ‘And in letter to the members of the New Church in of truth and reason has triumphed over ths power of We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this land in} light r gore d superstition, and that e: eraon may here worshi God Srardbeg to mo dismten ct his oa hea thls en Sa: apy al ltertt ie boast that on e our emacs religious teners, will ‘uw focfeke the Protection of the laws, nor deprive bim of the right of attaining and holding the highést ofices that are known ie ths Unied beens es I can find no more conclusive refatation thaa is here furnished ot those who audaciously assribe to th» great Washington any illiberal or prosemp ive sentiment. Alas! be litle thought whea he penned what I have just uttered, that Louisviile would be crimsonei with ‘the blcod of innocence and of martyrs, for no other crime than being born abroad, or edusated with a re- Ugious feeling ¢ifferent from that of thotr murderers: that this, too, would oecur, when, under tne enlights policy and principles of our government there should be a Chief Justice of the United States of the same religious faith with el Ae ® man who adorns the profes- sion of which isa member, the bench on which he presides, and the humanity from whose ranks he is in the course of nature likely to be too soon removed. No viler slauder has been uttered agatast Washington than that his Farewell Acdress admonished bis country aguinst foreigrers. The most limite intelligence plain- ly yeronives that the “foreign influence” whica he assatls is that of European nations. That he could not have been speaking of individuals is evident from the fact that, in conjuring all within our tecritory to struggle for its prosperity, he uses this language:— oi common country? That oonn- try b 16 your, affections name of Aimericana, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exait the just pride of patriotism more than aoy appeilaticn draws froin local discriminations. acmit that in reference to tue policy of naturatizs- ticn, as respects the provationary term, grea’ contra- riety of opinion may prevail, although it seems to very plain that the true policy of our eruntry is to awaken in all, who live within our limits, a direct inte- rest in its government and inatitutions. This can be bast eflected by binding them to it ‘through constitu- tional cbiigations. Give a man equality of civil rights in any country and he must be almost a prodigy it he doer xot become attached to it. While on tne other hand, if you admit free immygration to our svil and yet depy civil capacity to the immigrant, et oreate in our midst a foreign influence which, i’ Washington could bave foreseen, he would bave caut oned posterity agatast in more earnest terms than any employed by him on th subjects to which he aiverted. 1 say that an to this po- litteal question different opinions may prevail, however absurd. I believe i; is certain that it those wh» most loucly proclaim that the constitution of the United States is undezerving perp tuation, very few, ifany, naturalized citizens; and it there be treason in such a reclamation, it is lamentab!e to avow taat the treason Faloogs chiefly to thore born on the soil. But inre“er- ence to the religious proscription of the time, there can be no difference of cpinion am mgst loyal’ American statermen or true Americans. The cons itution itself evides that no religious test shall ever be es'a lished for office in the United States, And while that constitu- tion stands he who would practically labor to create such a test is virtually guilty of tresson—not treason technically—not treason which the law msy reach sad punteh, but that lurking and subile treason Which, pro- Keeatng to regard the cons'itution as operative, secks th: th the ruffrages or prejudices of the ha od to ac- complish the very result which the constitution itself declares sbali rever ba attaine?. But on this aubject the whole theory of the proscriptionists 1s equally wicked ard impracticable. To ascertain the nativity or the religion cf a candidate tor public office would re- quite © new inquisition, the punishments of wiish would not be the rack, the pincers, or tho fisme, butromething equally offensive to the spirit ofa true men—t is exclusion from an equal share wita his fellows in the free yovernment whose welfare and honor he is anxious to maintain. And le: it be once understooi that to be either the descendant of the foreigner, or the native born of @ particular religious faith, is by the practical judgment of the communi 'y « badge of inferiori-y, there ‘wilt instantly arise amongat the youth of your country Gistixctions and dissensions in the schools, in the play- grounds and in the associations of life’s morning tids which will render them ineapable of ever harmoniously blending #0 as to present in feeling and in sentimen’ great and united people. Ye who wouid coosent to such Sresult, reflest! If there wore no highér motive for sbanconieg your unworthy creed, this at least remains: itix incapable of being made operative. Already thoao who call themselves your brethren and of the faish which you ¢isfavor, have’ been received into yeur political ccunsels, They are Americons, and as such they de- mand that right which the speaker now claims—and whichhe will exercise, happen what may—to stand forever by the often insulted, mush oppressed, but grand and venerable frith of his ancestors. You would make apos- tacy the avenue to office, You would entice man to absndon the creed of thir parents for their own inte- vests; and you would run the hszard of elevati hypocuite or the traitor, while you contemn and degrade the sincere and faithful. Remember what I have qooted from the lar guage of Washingt n, in defining who is the American. Proud {s the lot of him who was born on this scii; but narrow, after all, ia the iatellest which, profess- ing to love ilber'y, and thet equality without which Hberty ina mockery, would deem any part of this globe so re- mote from this land of free Institutions that the pilgrims from the extreme borders might nct be we'come here to slake their thirst for freedom at our inex'inguishable ‘ountains. He has a mean riew of the human heart who deems it incapable of attachment extending beyond the Himite of elt ft ina paltry sppreotation of our country to suppose that, even a ite limits have now been adjusted, its tig hbesrt is not large enough to warm and nurture all who flee from the persecutions of other lands to seek here refvge or repore. But if this estimate of its capacly weit not grovelling. and even if our confines ware in- capable of containing new millions, who'e iniustry ood talent may asrert our greatness, i+ i: not the hope of our patriots that, through honest moans avd at propar aes. Our cimplie may extend? Who can arsign limits to its ox- ? I would not territory at the oleh, homer wanes ooagea; | wt ofan ob‘igation w! boner it Sr; ood, trough the thee Inte atte ee 4 a mul tiply more more, we m petintd: thelr Sooning:quitat- ly, as we watch the gleam x ing bas gone, cluster in giory on the brow of night. Begley: Rew State added ‘o this confederacy wit ng like that waich mankiad felt when Lever- ri ® planet to the glories of the fir uemeat. ‘Whatever you, ‘‘nativs here and tothe mauaer barn, think of the American name all the admirers of its true charac‘eristics love and revere that name equally with Fog They hope to sce it grea'ec and mo.@ renowned than thas yet become. Toey hope that its triampas and its fame may compass and adorn the g obe we inhaoit, and its Justre endure avd brighten th:ongh the long lapse of ages; but they do not, cannot, will not admit, that tais Utle of American, combining with the inciaent of bicth the bigh, liberal, philantneogic sentimeuta ut of which the american cnaracter t# begotten, can ever be oroparly bestowed on Lim who carries ia his heart or thoagh; the ‘ic, or tne sanctities the names most luainous on the pages of ha- mau history, we cannot conseat tust the attabutss of those who demean the nature which we share in common, should ever, in the sm: 4 ba asoribad t> one 80 gererous, 80 noble, and 80 j chat immortal pa- triot in honor of whom we have assembled here to-night, and for the sacred p-eseivation of waose fams I hope and believe tha’ a!l of us would abeerfaliy lay dowa our hives At the close of Mr. B.’s eloquent remarks he was ted with three cheers, given with & haatty good wil. Tne fizth toast, “Tne City of New York, &:.,"” was thea Guy honore), mM. C. Bryant, Esq, responded to tha rext toast, “The Press.?? Joux K. Deveniy, Faq., Vice President, made au ap- propriate reoiy to the ‘tonst of * Tne Clergy," shore ing no member of the cloth prerent. Develta closed his remarks by proposing the health of * tha Guests.” Mr. Tnos. Fraxcis MEacuar, who was greeted with great enthusissm, rep'ed. Ha’ saia—Mr. President and gentlemen, with respectful pride I beg to ackcowledge the invitation which has made me a guest at tas festive, board. With no less pride do I acknowledge the very great honor which the call just urzei has #0 cordially confurred. But here, having hardly begun, I shall rei- pectfully conclude, In this eminent assembiage of Ameri- can citizens, it bea becomes me sliently to participate in the homage paid to the lusteiona founder of 26 gcvat commonwealth of which I destre to be a member. Not ax yet endov.ed with the faculties it confers, I listen for instruction to the eloquent words of man who, like my friend responding to the sacred toast of the eveniag, illus. trate with ther fine talents, at oneand the same time, the parentage they dasitully remambor and the cftizensht Of whish they boast. (Caeers.) To such mon the high duties of the solemnity exclusive'y belong; and whilst on the consplenous eminence te which their stroug iatel- lects huve lifted thom, they di:charge these duties, I shall mingle in the chorus below, reiterating the an- thems they intore. (Great appiauss.) With the vast crowd to whom the bith of Washington has beea the birth of freedom, I bond my steps to the spot where he was cradled. andteave there. upon the holy piacs, my Yolceless trioute of gratitide and reverease—(ap- use) — se tlats niky thn waded eye reccse ‘When gzing on the great; Where neither guily glory glows Nor dep.cable a ate the best, Yes, one —the firet, the last, ‘The Cincinnatus o! the Weat- Whom envy dared not bate, Bequeath the name of Washington, To make man biuch there was but one, “The Merchant and the s#echanic,’” vere daly honored, but the gentleman whom it was expscted would respond being absent, there was no speech {a reply. W. Furtertoy, Esq., was called upon to respond to the ninth reguiar toast, and made few happy remarks ex- curing himself from making a apeech, in view of th hibition of eloquence. learning and high spirited lis ty displayed there that evening. Mr. DEAN, of Pougakeepsie, made symo observations in reply to that portion of the toast waich complimented the Judiciary. RicuaRp Busteep Eaq , responded t> the tenth toast-- “The Declaration of Indapevdense ani the Constisution of the United states,’ He spoke in ter.ne of warm eulogy of the exertions of the framers of that glorious iastra- ment, which he contended, ia its entira spirit aud direct interest, set forth in decisive terms the prosd principles of rejgtous and political liberty, Mc. B, also alluded passicgly to ths fact that many 0° the signora of the De- claration ot Ind+pendence were of foreign birth and par- ticularized three ot them, who were natives of that con- stantly proscribed islo—his own dearly loved native land —Ireiand. Mr. B. waa much applauded throughout, and at the clove of his eloquent remarks, Mr. Carrican, of Philadelphia, mads an eloquent speech in reaponse to the toast of ‘The Union.” He ayes) with much appropriateness of the fact that the ity to which he belonged haa been, to a great extent, the scene of the patriotic endeavors of tne funders of the Union, Mr. Carrigan pitched int» the Know Nothings with a vast amount of vigor, and his eifort in that regard appeared to be relished amazingiy by the numerous sudience present. He paid a nest allusion to the obse vations of Mr. Brady, especially to those in which Mr. B. vindicated the memory of Washington in regard to the often spoken of dead of “foreiga in- fluence.”’ The men whom every lover of the Union had a truereason to fear were a body of bigots, wao would trample the consdtution under foot—men who would place false words in the mouth of the illustrious pa fot, in whose honor they had congregated tha: niffht. When Washington spoke of foreign influence h hed no allusion to thore ghosts who frigntenod th timia souls of éezayed poli:icians who sougat to ex reis by secret oaths and horrid iccaa‘ations. (Cheers. He (Gen. Washingion) did not speak of tha asagerou infleuces likely to accrue from the fact that the bones o acme eix thousand Irishmen lay in forty-five miles of » grave—from Aspinwall to Parama—bones that droppe! there whilst those poor exiles were toiling with the sweat of their brows, under a tropical sun, in advarcing the interests of Americin capitalists. Suge O'Conner, Col. Fuller and ethers responded a Propriately to volunteor sentiments. The festivities were ee =p tow late hour, and everything went off harmoniously. THE MUNICIPAL CELEBRATION AT METRO. POLITAN HOTEL. WHAT WAS SAID AND WHO MADE THE SPEECHES— THE TOASTS, ETO. The members the New York Common Council, diverse- ly political as they may be, and reform and an‘i-reform in thelr views, on the return of every Washington’s birthday anniversary, in the matter of an anaual dinner and general good time, show themselves pos” sessed of true intrinsic American feeling, A chafferiug between the Boa-ds usually precedes as to the amount to be expended and potables to be drank, but the dinner somehow invariably comes eff, and choicest liquors are aburdant. The celebration of the present anniversary took place last evening at the Metropolitaa Hotel. The unusual multiplied attractions elsewhere—the Astor House festival and the Tammany Hall demonstration taking the lead—it was suppored would detract from the number in attendance. The rooms proved to be true. Duties atteniing the day’s celebration did not seem to have fatigued the city func fonariss. Nearly a full ccmplement ot both Boards were present, with his Honor the Mayor and tie beads of the various depart” ments of the city gove nment, to whom invitations were tendered. The hour announced for supper was 7 P. M. Those who arrived at this bour—and this was ths cave with most—bad the unpleasant satisfaction, however, of woiting over an hour before they were gratified with the seent or right of vian¢s. Closely huddled ia a small parlor, and still more meagre in its proportions and sapastty by the dis:obed overcoata and hate occupying the floor consicerable impatience was manifested at the clos quarters ard thadelay. At shortly afer 8 o’closk the company havirg fir.ed in procession, were escorted to the larger Gintog ssloon of the hotel. At the head tabie placed at right angles to two tables stretching leagth- wise through the saloon presided his honor Mayor Wocd. On the right of the Mayor was seated Presl- dent Barker, of the Aldermen, and om the le‘t, Presi- dent Firching, of the Councilmen. Vations Havis of the Department: d the joint committes of the two Boarts baving in charge the celeoration occu- pied seats at the same tadle. The whole company tested at the tables, inciuding invited guests, numberei sbout one hundred. Most hearty disposttion of edibles ensued for an hour. The bill of fare, as uius: at tais house emoraced the choicest variety of aa iaco itosted quixne. At 10 o’cloek the cloth was removed, wha the President announced, as the firs: regular toast, “Memory of George Washington "’ in silence. The second toast, ‘Tne President of the United States,”” wan received with three cheers, ‘The third toast:—‘ 1he Governor of the State of New York,’’ was received wish similar response with the last. President Barvgn read the fourth tosst:—"‘ The Mayor of the City of New York.’” His Hotor the Maxon responded—tt gave him mach leasure, be raid, thus to meet the two Bosrds of whe ‘ommon Council of the ef:y. He was giad there was one platform upon which they could all stand anited. Al though 6: fering in political sentiments, and holdiag dis similsr views of munivipsl g\vernment, they en‘ertalaed but one opinion of the great Fa her of his Country. (Ap plause.) He wiched it could be so more ia their actions as connected with tne government of the affatrs of the ci’ In questions involving the dearest interests ot the ci zene vo £6 tional issues ougat, in his view, to be a lowed to intervene, but as they bad existed since the organiza tion of the federal government, so he doub e4 no: they ever would. The great Washington felt in the cont: ol of his army the sertous disturbances arising from seo‘ omal ifferencer. ‘ais wes shown in » general order given by Washingten to his army at almost the outset of the sticring ard momentous revoluti mary war of 1776, That o-dor sot forth the disastrous results of discord wud enforced har mony. It imp'ied that all distincti ms of natin. coun- tries and provinces be lost in the contest in #hish t icy were engaged, and stated that ho was the best soldier and the best eat who contriouted most t> achieve tne glerious liberty for which they were all striving. (applaure). He desire) to reiterate the samo teachings, and hoped the lessons of Washington would never be fur- gotten in the discharge of their duties. ‘The fif h toast was now read as tollo v4:--"-The twenty- second day of Februsry—rendered sacred t> the enslaved of all nations as the birthday of Washington.” Hon. Isaac 0, BarkeRr, President of the Board of Alder- ‘men, responded. A recital of the leading events ia the history of Washington compriged the speech. Ths deeds of this man were immortal. He had achieved a victory the mightiest in history. The sixth toast— ‘fhe City of New York—The com- mereial centre of the Western Continent’’—was replied to by Benjamin F'. Pinckney, Eaq., President of the Board ot Councilmen. ‘This tonat, he’ said, was a apeech of itself. It told the fact of the pre eminency to other cities tpon the Western Contizent of their own New York. It was an honor to be covnected wich the conduc; of the aileirs of 80 great and growing ® city. If New Yorr winton increastog in the proportion it had the past thirty years, tastead of being the commercial cen. See me bus 1, been made in and powerful fu Seventh toast—‘‘Civil and Religious Liberty--the last bp ogg . ponded. An elaborate h, he . cK ree 2 orate speech, said, was not his forte; he was emphatical- ly, im point of oratory, @ ‘one horse power, religious liberty, he continzed, was the great jount blessing bequeathed to the American It had been given us by our fathers, and its Lo] nore would be made the dearest aim of themselves and succeeding gene On coneluding, he gave the following pow aay Awerican cons'itution—thevolac star of freed for the world; may its liberal priacic gerecarant, and extend to every people, human femily reslize and enjoy the blessings it imparts us. Eighth toast—‘‘The atributes of freseom, as ex+mpli- fied in the Fareweil Address of tac Father of his Coun- clvil a end ” ‘Alderman Natuay (. Kt responded, in an appropriate and feilcitous speech, rv:ting tee lessons taugnt in Weshington’s Fareweil Acdress. ‘Th se lessons he wished were writ’en upon a migh’y scroll «pavming the sky. Ninth trast—'Science and Mechaniam— Cheir rapid progress {s @ harbinger of the future glory of Ameriza.”” Councilman Ons D. SWAN responded in a neat and forcible epeech, The remaining toasts were as follows:— 10. The Statesm'n of Ameries—The history of the world hes producen no greater. 11. The Fxecutive and L-gislative Departments of the clty of New York. 2. ‘the Press—The Archimedean lever of a republican government. 13, Women—The genius of whose inspirations controls the destiny of men. Alvermen V. orbis and Clancy and George W. Morton, Enq... were the respective respondents, Volunteer toasts and responses followed, wien the com- pany, at a few minutes after 12 o'clock, atose, THE CELEBRATION IN BOSTON. THE HON. EDWARD EVERETT’S ORATION ON THE CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON, Bostox, Feb, 22, 1856. The anniversary of Washington's birthday was gone- rally observed here to day. Salntes wore fired, and balls rung at morning, noon and night. The Custom House, banks and many of the stores were closed. Westuer fine and epringlike. The Mercantile Library celebrated the dey. The lead- {0g features of the occasion was a «plendid oration of Mz, Everett, on the character of George Washington. The Rev. George W. Blagdon offered np ® prayer, when an cde, written for the occasion by Dr. Holmes, was sung by ® chorus of male voives. The Hov, Epwanp Evnerr then delivered the oration. We can only send you an abstract, and for this I am ia- debted to the Courier of this city. After the portrait of Washington was disclosed by Grawing the curtain from before it, Mr. Everett, pointing to the figure of Washington, began substantislly as tollows :— Behold, my friends, the subject of my address this evening: it stands before you. Would tha’ 1 could exe cutg my work as the ariist haa done his, aad praseat Washington to your minds as distinc ly and vividly ay he is here agar age to the eye. Toe Mercantile Library Association, ic fitting up their new and 4pa sivus ro ms in 3ummer street, have aererminsd to Roe 1a the prin- cipaihali—not more for the gratificativn of the tase then the nourishment of « pure patridtic fevling—a faith- fol copy of Sinart’s full length portrait ot Washiugton. Toere sre several lixenesses ot Washington, psiated by artis’s of merit, at different periods of his lie, and ia dit- ferent character, and all valuable; but the original par- traits of Stuart will, as rorks of art, bear a comparison with anything fcom the pencil of Vandyke or Reynolis while for us they possess, I need not say, an interest far beyond their artistic value. O/one of thess noble portraits, Mr. Albert G. Hoit, of this city. has, ta ‘toe work befo'e you produced @ copy, faichfal, as you see, to the well Known characteristics of the gceat ori- ginal, wotch [ own I place among the richest treasaces of the country. Inever reflect without gratituds, that in the Oe: period of tre life of Washiugton, waen the fullness of years had set its seal upon she grave digaity cf that serene couutenance, in every liae ot which wis- com, and fortitude, and pa'iense, and distaterestedsess, the command of others acd the command of self, speak out as plainly as mind can speak through form and color; an American artist—equalin his peculiar walk to the first of any country or age—was found to travsfer that ‘venerated countenacce and node form to the canvass, there to live when all that was mortal of the Father of dcwn to posterity, #0 that our cnidcen ani our children’s children, whiie the and study his counsels of may form no inadequate ides of features, the expres- sion, and the Presence of the man, hom it «as mobgigen to them or us te behold face to fhe ori ginal study of the head of Washington, pian ed by Stusr com life, ia ia the Boston Atheneum. Oftwoor three full-length portraits, executed by him on thet basis, one was presented by him to his native State of Ghote Island andisnow at Newport. Of that fine original Mr. Hoi. has most successfully executed the spirited and fsithfu copy befor: now first submitted :o the public in spec‘ion, and ed to form the principa! ornamen of the Meresntiie Library Association. There may it long remain, the tutelary genius of the institu ion, ani may the latest generation of young men, who shail lok upon it, remember with gratitude bow much under Providence doth they and their fathers owe to thet transcendant splrit which dwelt in the form thus presen‘ed to their contemplation. Arter this intreduction Mr. Everert observed, that ke cou'd not but be sensible to the difficulty of the task he had unsertaken. 0. the cecease ot Washington in 1799, on the recommendation of Congress, eulogies were de- livered on the 224 of February next following, by a great pomber of the most distinguisted speakers and wricocs— st Boston, by one ofthe most gitted soos of Mussachu setts, Fister Axes. Several of these performances had passed into the literature ot the country ana were fami. liar to all. On other occasions the ilfe ana charaster 0° Wasbington had been fequently discussed. An atdcess on thir eudject was deiivered by Mr. Weoster. at the city of Waehington, in 1832,a masterly pertormanco; aad it was somiratly ‘tweated by Mr. Wiatarop, taen Speaker uf the House ot Reresentatives, on inying the corner atone of the National Monument at Washing ion. [he mo eodvious and appropriate topics cf a discourse on rhis grea: cheme, a narrative of his lire anda dincussion of uts priac and policy—had been exaausted ia tae p»rformaaces luded to. Mr. Everett would not a'tempt to say over in other words what had a ready been said so well by his distinguished predecessors, but wou'd endeavor to take & somewhat d ferent view of the subject, and after alla ding to the particular oecasion of thy evening would offer some reflections upon the reatioa of Washiogtun, rot merely to the United States, but the sge in waich he lived,'and then attempt to indisate the true netare and moral foundation ot his greatness. Afver some farther introductory remarks of # personal character, Mc. reut remarked that the occasion #as one of more than o:di- nary interest. It was not only the celebraion of the birthcay ef Washington, but of the completion of « cea- tury since his first visi: to Boscov. Bost n was three times honored with a visi: from ington. Hs came for the first time in the last week of Febru- ary, 1756. ‘The seven years’ war had not thea been declared in Evrope, but hostilities lad been carrica on fur two yea's upon the inlaad froatiers of the Briish colonies in Amerisa. Washington hat already greatly cistinguished himself, He was preservad oy a mapitest Provicence at Braddock’s de ea, and ysuag as he was, bad become the subject of putiic icterest and anticipation. He came wita one or :wo orothe: officars to consult Governor Shuley upon a question of rank aad the general arrangements of the war. He was then twenty-four years old—a model of maaly vigor, grace and beau'y. fis second visic was on the 18th of March, 1776, the aay atter the evacuation of Boston by the British army, when Washington entered he city C.mmaoder-in- chiet of the forces of the American Union. He carne for the third ume on the 25th of Getober, 1789, as first Pre sident of the United Sta'es, unanimous\y chosen in tre hearts of the people, in’ advance no: merely of the constitutional forms of election, but cf the poor machinery of caucuses and c nventions, by which, in later times, it has been found ¢ nventent to re'ieve the people trom the trouble of choosing their rulers, The relation of Washlogton t> the coun ry ut these three visits was briefly alluded to. The spyaker then quoted a remark of Lord Brougham that Washicg- ten was “the greatest man of our own or any aga; aad- ing that if the firet part of this remark was true, the last must be equally fo, inssmuch aa the pariod dating frum the commencemer t of the Jast century was unquestion- ably the richest in great events, g eat names, aad the general peepee oft in elligence, iu tha bistory of the world. ‘To illustrate this remark aad show that Was)- ington war not like Alfred or Cherlemegae, a beight light shining to « dark sge, but the principal ornament of an contempia’e his life om end patristam, sge in almost every respect the most distiaguishad, & rapid surve; may with was taken by the speaker of wat the age of Washington, com nsacio; eighteenth century. the entrance o the European ays'em—the found :ton —the comxence- be caile the and civilization of Africa—the dowatall of fewlalism, the establishment of the liberty of apeech and of the p esa— the developement of journalism—che griwth of manu factures—toe apolication ot the steam eogine—the pr>- gress of science, and of the great moral en’erpise of the age, were alluded to in this counecti Ot alt toe grest names contectéd with these aven's, although many shoo with brightness, each in ite peculiar sphere, Washiogtyn. general acmineion, on tne whole, outshone chen all. poritton was further illustrated by exmparison of Washington, individuslly, wih the three persona who, in this period, have receivei the designation of ‘great,’ ter the Great of Rui Fradsrict the Sec nd of Prussia, and Napoleon. peaker observed, h »wever, that, thouga Washington ‘was great in ah age of great men, his greatness waa not bo-rowel nor reflected, but ‘original. In common with his distinguihsa ay sociates, he derived but lit le ald ia the formation of his character and the grandeur of his course trom tie pte coding century. In this respeat hia position was wi lely different from thut of the men of this age, who are 49 ami- ply furcished with examples and illustratioas of eve Kina, ‘trom the revolutionary and constitutional period. There was no Washington ia the reventesnth centary, on the motel of whom the Washington of the eigh eeath could form himeelf, “Taere was none {n America, there was nore in Europe; thera was none ia the modern world, thee” was nong in the ancient” I cast my aye (snid Mr, Everets,) slong the far-stretchiog galle-iss of hitory ; I behold with acmirstion the sta'ues of he great and gocd with which they are ad>-ned—amp ton, Alfrec, Cato, Epawinondas—but I see n> other Wash- ton. Mr. Fverett then passed to th» inquiry im what the true greatness of Washington conists, ant admitted that fe fount it difisuit te furnish ad anaver to the question, which fully satiafie! his owa conceptions. After ail usual points of a great cha- racter w jumeta'ed, there were still something in we ‘that e:caped analysis, es there was an in- portraits by Stuart, imparting al not easy to refer to donbt that the essence lay im two in bus possession, in a due proportion, each the powers and qui re- rch tay "y ey at the foundation. In reference to the first the speaker maintained that the absence of dass ina teats which strike the imegination, #0 far from needi an epology, was in reailty one of the chief excel: lencies of the character of Wasbivgton. They are im reality defects, and would impair the beauty of ® well-balanced chsracter, Such a character includes the sober and ‘iittle popular feted such as prudence, justice, common senss—which, a'- though by far the mest useful qualities ina publi: ian, net her win appieuse nor etrike the imagination, ‘They place their possessor, however, in harmony with the great powers which govern the universe, material and moral; which, the higher we rise in the scale of oeing, are ‘be more characterized by quiet equillbrium and silent energy. But the pure morality of Washiagtoa’s character was the most important feature; and Mr. Everett declared it to be his decided conviction “ taat it was anixporiant part ofyhe desiga of Providence, in raising vp Washing’on té»be tne leader of the revo- lutiovary struggle, nd afierwards the first President of the Untted States, to set betore the people of America, in the morning «f their national existeace, a liviag example to prove that armies may by best conducred just wars most successfully fought, and government most ably and honoravly administered, by mea o sound mera principe; to teach to gifted and aspiring indiviauale, and the parties they lead, that, though a bundr+d crooked pathe may ooacuct t) temporary au3- ores, the one plain ani straight path of publis and pzi- vate virtue can al ne lead to a pure and lusting rane and the biessinge of posterity."” The soeuker thea glanced at ‘the course of Wasbington ina moral poin:of view, be- ginning with bis nurture as worthy to be named wich the noblest matrons of Rome and Israel,” on through *he various stages of his career; and atked whether the judgment ot mankind was a0 de- praved tbat they would wi bh-ld their admiration from such a man and bestow it on men like Alexander, Cesar and Mariborovgb;—whose characters and conduc’ wera biol passed in review? Im this conection Mr. Everett dercribed Blenheim Castle, the splendid palace e:ect- ed to perpetuate the fume of Marlborough, com- pered with Mount Vernon, the modest home of Washington, and contrasted the opposite fvelings which they awaken in the mind of the observer. In drawiag his adcresa toa close, Mr. Everett quoted the langaage of Hamilton in his general orders communicating the ticings of Weabington’s ceco-se to the army in 1799, thi ‘ the voice of praise woula ia vain endeavor to e: a nome, unrivaled in tae lists of tru» giory ; and he apoke of the privitege ej yed by Awerisa, in the firat neration of ber pa‘ivnal existense uf beiag permitted, In exchange for the bright examp'es she hed inherited fcom o'her count i+s ard ages, to give back a name by acknowledgment brighter than them all He quoted the remark of Charler James Fox, that ‘‘« character of vir- tues so happily tempered by one a-other, aad so wholly unalloyed by avy vices a3 Washington’s, was barcly to be ‘ound in nistory.’’ He re‘errea also to the aecount given by Mr. King in 1797, of the veverstion in which the name of Washing on was held in Eng- land, notwithstending his leadi acy io depriviag her of grea’ colonial empire; and ales to the honsrs wid to bis memory in Paris by order of Napoleon ia 800, when a pox pous ceremonial was had in the Tnva- lider, and a eulogy pronounced by Fontanes. Ho re- marked on the different result that might have besa expected to the revolutions of the last generation ia the Spanirh and Portuguese posse sions on sis c mtinent, in Spoin, Italy, Greece and Sermany had toey deen let by men like Wasbinzton. Finaliy, Mr. Everet observes that it was pecuilerly incumbent on the ciazens of America, 86 depositaries of the tame ed memory of Washing’ ton, to follow his advice snd obey his counsels, e4- peciaily os coutained ia his Faerell Address,’ The most important of his exher'ations vas that which enjoined the preservation of the Union. This was the thought and care which lay nearest to his heart; and itdepenos on this wuether the United States shall ba broken up into a group of indepena-ut military govern- ments. wasting euch other ia perpe!ual border wars, or rewain a great, howerful ana proaperons confederate re- public, It ever his parting counsels, on thts neal, should be forgotten, cn tha* day it may truly be said taat Wash- ington had hved in vain. Such a calamity, however, the epeaker exclaimed. should never be permitted to take place, while te memory of the glorious days and deeds or the revolution remained; and least of all shou'd its porsibi ity be acmitted on the virthday of Washington, when in every part of the country, from the North to the South, trom the Atlortic to the Pacific, tributes of aifec- tion and reapect are simultaneously paid to his nama, PHILADELPHIA. Pomaperraia, Feb. 22, 1856. There is a splendid display of the miitary here to-day in honor of the birthday of Washiogton. Fings are dis- played from all public buildirgs &c. The weather is exceedingly mili and apringlike, CINCINNATI. €ixcrynani, Feb. 22, 1856. The celebration to-day was a spirited affair; the pro- ceesion, it is estimated, was six miles in length—the military display very large. To-nig it there is a genera illumination and fireworks, _ No accidents. (SEE EI@HTH PAGE.) Coroners’ Inquests. THR LATE ABORTION CASE IN ESSEX STREET. Coroner Perry held an inquest yesterday as St. Vincent? Hospital, Thirteenth strect, upon the body of the woman Catherine de Breuxal, who died at the above institution from the effects of an abortion, procured upon her, as it is alleged, by Dr. Cobel, of Easex street. The full par- ticulars of the case having been published already, it is unnecessary here to give the detailed testimony of the witnesses brought upon the stand; suffice it te say the account published in Thurs ay’s Henatp was fuily sub. stari:ated. For the defence, it was shown by one witness that the deceased was attacted with violent hemorrhage when ebe came to Dr. Cobel’s office, and that she begged of bim to aul.w her to re nain in his house for a tew gays, at least, until she becom oetter. It was also sought by the defence 10 prove that the cecoased was a women of bad character; that she had been living as the wisteess of other men obesiues Legoncpil: but the Coroner very properly threw out the evidence, on the ground of its irrelevance. Tha testimony cf Dr. Fiz nell, veal who atvenced "he dsceased at the time of her death, and who also made a post mor. tem examivation upon the body, went to sho that aeath was caused by puerpera: fever brougat on by the abor tion, The ease was then given to he ja y, who, a‘ter duo deliberation, rencered a verdict of ‘‘Death vy puerperal fever brought on by an abortion, procured at the hancs of Dr. Covel."” he jury also deemed Legontpil ‘sp accessory to the actions of Dr. Covel, ana held him as such to ansser the charge. ‘The deceased was a native of Bslgiam, and was about thirty-two seare of age. Dr. Cobel wasre-arceateé on Thursdey night, at the in- starce of his buncsman, who had not sufficient faith 1a the character ot the ascused. Dr. Codel is now confined in the Third District Pottce Court prisun, end will nos, we under: tand. be siterated on buil by the Coroner, legon'pil wil also te rearrested aod committed to prison to await the aciion of be Grand Jury. Dr. Schmitier, who was arrested on Thoraday morcing €8 aD accessory, wee werely held a4 a witness by tae Co- toner. There waa nothing in the testimony goiag to im- pitca’e him in the transactio: . Surcie wy TaKinG StRICHNYNE.—Coroner Connery was enile¢ upon yesterday to hold an inquest at 610 Grand street, vpen the body of amen named Nicholas Law- renee McChesney, who committed suicide on Phuraday night by awallowicg a dose of stcichnyne, The deseased, it appeared, was very intemporate of iate, and having had acme domestic difficulties riace his second marriags, was quite low in epirita and determined to put an end to bis cxistenge, and with th he purc»ased some strict nega awallo red tl we, Previous to uta cea h Dr. M@rkeli was cailed in, but medical aid was of no us. Just before deceased cied he ex:laimed toa fiend of h's named Mr Theodore King, “Oh King, you oon’t know all my troubles’? These were his last words. A post mortem examination was made upon the body of the «rccased by Drs. Wel je and Markell, wh» detect: + traces of the deadly poison in the A omach. Tae jury, uiter dus delibera-ioa, rendered a vardict of ‘ Death by Fuiside '! The deceased wos 40 years of age, and was a nstive of New Jersey. Ha was « hatter oy ose tpstioa, aud worked at the manufactory of A. & W. 8. Oomatock, 160 on’ 12 Water ateet. Toe Late AccipEstat Poisoxtxc Gase.—Coroner Perry held an inquest upon the body of tae man, Geo. Hamblia, residing at the corner of Fifry-tirst stroet and Tenth ave- nue, who was acci ‘eptally poivoned by partaking of stra- monium in some herb tea prepared fur hin oy his wife. The jury in this case rendered « verdict 0° ‘Accidental Ceath.’” Deceased was 05 years of age, ani was a native of England. Theatres and Exhibitions. BROADWAY IMEATRE —1he equestrian drama called “Heras, the Hunter,” will again fil the house from base to dome this evening, The popularity of this viay is unprecedented. Nino's Gaxpun.—Owing to a alight accident to M. Antoing Rave {t became necessary to temourartiy withteaw the ‘KI!- King” last night. ‘This evening the Ravets will pertorm the “Schoo master,” followed by Mlle Rovert and the ba let toupe in “Terpaichore.” To close with a ew cantomime en- Weed “The Magic Trumnpet’’—Francols ws the clon, Bowsny Tuxatax. The grea: apectacte of “Aerne the Hunter,” afler having been pla ed to danaly crowded houses of one mouth, will be temnvoravilg withdrawn after to day. It will he pertormed this attersed. and evening, preceded by the burlesque styled “The Pemwe Forty Ubieves.”” Buwton’s THRATR.—Sti comady of ' The Winter's Tale’ will be repented thi 1g tor the tenth snecessive ‘se manager may ‘be prond of the attention and bestowed upon Piese by the admirers of the t approbation great poet. Lavwa Keene's Vanteries.—The popular directress of this fagh'onahle place of »musement offers an_attractive bill for her benefit tonight. She pliys Beatrice in Shatapere’a favo rite comedy of ‘Much Ado abont Nothing, vad will be aup- red hy Messrs Jordan Bass, Jonnaton and Ularke, Miss Keignolde andothers. the leadlog members of the company wall aferwarda appear in the new ourlesque eniitied “No- veity.” WaAtiagn’s Treaster. —The e'egant comic ¢rama of " Rrner- tine”? will he performed to nigh: for the first time this season ; [ny characters 57, Boose. Lester and Dyo't, Mra. Hoey, ry Conover and Miss Gannon. ‘* Po ca-hon taa’’ ia to follow, ‘and al) will concinde with a farre called * A Capital Match,” ia which Mr. G Holiand person a comt sal charactor. Broaoway Vantettes.—The * Salad Queen.” performed by the wonderfu’ juventle comedians, will again delight the au- dlence this evening. Wooo's Mixsraris tender any number of songs, dances, jokes, &e., for tonight, besides the burlesque called “The Heppy Man, or Troaty with Japan.’” Beckimy’s Seresapers —Those eminent favorites with the lovers of aweet counde offer a fine programme of sorgs, Ae, = this evening, snd the bur'esque opera of * Lucrezia Bor: @ good boy,’’ bya mother | PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND JURY ‘The Grand Jury yesterday made the following present- Grand Jary in end for the city 1a | Ooart of General Sessions. | | The county of New duty, Oe have, the mare aad fom d : : Ghax'one hun red bills of “Bie il W , Bich foo cat llamo clr ema ad me Cran ent that thei repres: ir merely prelisinsry, will be wholly te ad ff m0) followed up by prosecu ing offi megis- pely fe the ‘oortninty of prompt puoishment is the great preventive of crime; that there is little com- plaint that in the case of poor and obscure offenders the course of justice is not sufficien:ly certaia and le the opinion is widel; valent that notorious whore wealth or pouidon enables them to command the services of eminent counsel, are almost certain to escape punishment, ‘The G-and Jury, therefore, urge upon the District At- tormty anc the Vourt the most careful scrutiny into the character of the bail offered by those acoused of orime; that se amount of bail be fixed at suche sum as may be reasonably expected to secure the attendance of the Qccuned at trial; and that, in every case in which @ soxer forfete his recoguizancea, the payment of the bond be rig diy enforced. The Graud Jury farther represent that, while note- rivus and avowed ‘criminals huve at their service the al@ of d-xterous aud able couasel there can be little ressom tv spprebend ibat they will fail to secure their full rights. Toney therefore rexpectfuliy urge tne prosecut officers to oppose, and magistraws to refuse to the extent of their I:gai authority, ail propositions for delay of trial or postponement of sentence, whore it is evident | that the object of such propcaitiony is merely to delay or Gefeat tue ende ot justice, ‘There bas been recently a feurful increase of burglat highway robberies and vivient assaults, frequently upom the persons cf peaceable citizens. Tuere 14 reason to believe that # great proportion of these crimes are com- mitted by org anized gar ge of desperadoes, the members of which ae, in many case, known to or suspected by the police; and that thare are drinking houses and other establishments that are notoriously the haunts of these angs of desperacoes and dis:urbers of the . The Sraea Jury urge upon the police and Tmagltrates the ou'y of taling the most vigorous measures to break 4 these gangs, ond to suppress the establishments to they res: rt. ‘The ¢ Jury, in accordance wih the recommenéa- Court, devoted special attention tagthe con- duties of petty jurors in civil and criminal cases. A large amount of testimony was collec’ed, has been carefully preserved ; but upon mature conat- deration the Grand Jury decided that it was pene | atthe present time, fo take any definite and fori action upon the subj-ct. ‘The Grand Jury have visited the City prison, in Ceatre street, and examined into its condition as careful y a3 the limited time wt their disposal allowed, as thoy «re assured by the Governors and Warden, the same u tea- tion to order and cleanliness 18 uaiformly exercise? as was apparent at the time of their visit, tae Grand Jury Contider the general arrangements wortby of the ccmmendéation. ‘Tae statistics of *he prison, as furnished by the Clerk, present some features to woich the G: ary wish te direct the attenticn of the Court and the pablic. Daring the past year the number of commitments was 36.264. Of thes», 32,703 were of persoas of intemperate habita, while ony 3,651 were classed as temparate. Of the commitmen's, 8 926 were of persons of netive birth, while the remaining 27,338 were of foreiga bicth. Taking into account the rela:ive numbers of these classes of our population, it will b» observed that those of foreign birth furnish six or eight times theic due proportion of crimtosls, The Grand Jury can not bedeve that this is | the relative proportion of crima betwen the resident popula'ion of our own and foreign countries; they &re therefore forced to the conclusion that ‘th-re exists an organized system of deportation and emigrati:m to our country of crimissls from abroad; and hey urge that every meana which the law allows be put la fores te cbeok this crimiral immigration, while every possiele, facili'y and enconragewent should be afforded to the ia- dustricus end la« abiding imatgrant. In respect to @ ucation, 32,900 of the commitments were of persons who were ei her wholly uniastracted, or whose degree cf education was ceciledly below that furnished ry our public schools, Of 2,112 the degree of education wea not arceriaice, while only 1,221 were ses down as persons ‘ weil edurated.” In view of these statistics, the Grand Jury su rmit to their fe'low stizens that, great as is the expense of our public school system, the expecditure is well and wirely iocurred, The Greno Jary would cali the atwa'in of the muni- sips) guiherities to the cenditiva of the streets, many of which are almost, and some wnolly impassable for vebd- cies, involving g:eat insonveniense aud immense loss to every pars of the community. Altiouga the evil is greatly aggravated by the extrsordinary amouat of snow that bas fallen during the present winter, yet, as we are always liade toa recurrence of the cause, to a greater or leas extent, the Stre-t Deparment should have fall power toadopt auch measures as will, #0 far as posatble, remedy the +vil as soon as it Tn this conneetdon, the Grand Jury would ceneure the carele.s manner im which snow, ice and other artisles are thrown from the roofs and windows of houses—u carelessness whch hus recentiy cost at least one iif—and they commend the matter to the at! jon of the Police. All of which is respectfully submitted to the Honoradle Court by the Grand Jury. JAMES HARPER, Foreman. J. N. OLcorr, Secretary. a Marine Court. Before Hon, Jucge Thom)s nm and a Jury. THE RAISING OF THE SHIP JOSEPH WALKER, Fr. 22.— James Condon agt. Fernando Wood and Wal- ter R. Jones, Jr.—The complaint in this action all-ges that the plaintiff in the month of Mey, 1855, was engaged n raising the ship,Joseph Walker, then sunk in the Rast river, at the foot of Roosevelt street, in this city under @ contract made with one J. L. Lewis; that the defendants, vyith a view toinjure the plaintiff and subserve their oem Pecuniary purposes, unlawfully combined and conspired tog ether—the defendant, Wocd, pretending to have mate a certain agreement with the defendant Jones to do ths work gont: acted to be done by Lyd agree that 60 pre- tending, the defendants directed thelr agents t» mensoe and threaten the platntiff with force ana violence t> pre- vent er year prosecating his contract, which the said sgen'a a2cordingiy did; that by moans of said force and violence, the plaintiff was compelled to withdra® from and abandon the work and the psrfor- mance of his contract, to his damage of $500 &- fendant, Fernando Wood, answered, thet at the time the Joreph Waber was sank at the fort of R oserelt s:reet, be was Mayor of New York; that the ship at that tine was liable to become putiid or otherwise dangerous to whe puolic health, and was an obstruction to tae use of the dock for ths purposes of commerce, and wasn public nuivance; that previous .o the month >f May, 1856, the Mayor and Commissioners of Health judged it necessary that the said ship and cargo should bs removed from the said dock, and that they ordered the same to be renoved; that they then-entered into a contract with Waiter R. Jones, Jr., tor the removal of the sams; that de’encamt Jones thereupcn en'erea upon the prosecution of the w ark unde: the +aii contac’. On the triel cf the csose the plaintiff called the Mayor, as a wi:nesa, whe testimony: fully proved all his aiogitions io his ans-ver, @s:ab‘isn- ing conclusively that what he did in the matter was prometed rolely by @ Cesire to protect the health am@ usiness interests of the community. The pinintiff them consented to the entry of a judgment for the defendants, that the compiaint be dismissed with costs, Appleton agt, Watt:.—Tais astion is brought to resover $140, the value of certain gods allegea to have dice wrongfally taken by the cefendent. an officer, fron the ‘aintif Toe plainteft aod all the witnesses were Isvael- ter. About welve witnesses tes'iied in the cas-—am equal number on ¢ach side. Plaiatilf’s witn sea all 2e8- tified that tbe goods bel nged to him; the de'en -ant’s, that they didsot. The testimony on one sid was flatly con- tradicted by the evidencs upon tae other. Two days were consumed in ‘he trial, In the cuucse of his charge tothe jury, Judge Thompson remerkei taat nocanse bad ever come under bis odserva ion where the toati- mcny revesled euch an aponiling disregard of truth; that he trusted the jury would, notwithstarding the conflict of evicence. fiud @ verdict for one side or the other, Fo that the case migut n-ver again be permitted to pol'ute tne hails of justice. The jury foand a verdict for the defendant. Court of Common Pleas—S$pzcial Term. Before Hon. Juoge Bra ty. Fen, 22—Bernard Pollock vs. John C, Brown.—Motlom to stay execution till afer decision of appeal granved, with $10 costs, to abids the event. adam M. Turntull vs. Jane Macgregor.—Orser to ex- amine the juogment der'or au tained. George W. Wood vs. William Downs, Jr.—The defendant will be permit’ed to come in and defend a payment of the ccata cf inquest and costs of the mo ion. Piatatif to be slowed to perfect judgment and issue execution, ani the judgeent and levy to stand aa security unless the de- fendant execute a bond to the plaiatiff with one surety, at leart. conditioned to pay igment obtained here- io, in which case the inques: is 4e: aside on payment of rate saadove. The bond to be approved by aJudge of this cou: t. Shelton Martin vs. John C. Brown.—Order of reference toa © Benaiey, Esq. Michael J. Green, Jr., v8. W. F Ludalli, dc. —Ovdee of @ reference to Rietard J. Carre Esq. Henry i. Robertson vs. John J. Lennox and Tappan Kilbourne.—Order directing Sheriff not tu ievy on real er per oval property of defencart Kiloourne, owned by hise alone, where execution issued on transcript, from varine Court, and the detendant Lennox, his partner, appeared for him, without authority for that purpose. James Oiwell vs. John McKune.—The order stayiog ceedings must 26 modified so far as to mit the Uff to en e* judgment and issue executicn for sesurity. The j Cgment cannot be reviewed exec; therefrom. and to procure pal oat & upon ae jesigned in good faith, bond be given now or scme days hence. Similar stays have heen refused on motion, where no rt ioe pear to have been made that the debt would be en- dangered. Oxp Forks at Home.—Mr. James Falton, census taker of the First ward, whilst gclng on his rounds last rots an old couple, livicg on Park avenue, Tho have been married for 80 years’ Che husbasd ts aged 105, ané the wite 106 Their names are’ nd Anpie Owen. They are natives of Ireland, but have tern ivieg aae bid Mang end were married. Notbwithetandiny ir great age, hearty, ond bid etc to live rome years yet... Lowis In- telligencer, Beb. 18. Riont or Sufrrage 1x Massacnuserrs—The Senate, on the 20th inst, by a vote of 20 yous to nays, the resoive and ar amendment to the com- the right of by providing Hee tall onde “nine oountr) tweaty-oae youre Insane To THE Last.—Fyler, who murdered his matey apt his counsel if they got him clear. 7 $4,000 to it in the plea ef and saved him. hay nue for the money, wad be plonds tasanity,