The New York Herald Newspaper, April 13, 1856, Page 4

2aNEe GOADOS BENE PROPRISTOR SND EDITOR, OPrice %. W. CORNER OF NASGAU AND FULTON OFS. 1» BT per annum. WEBRLY HERALD, every Saturday, at 6 conte ~~ Sigs aa heh < Somer te UNT4RY CORRESPONDENCE, containing es md frm ny gear shy wortde eoa w ‘paid for: a FoRsIGN OORRERFONDENTS 4n: ARTIOULARLY REquueren tO Best lt Lerreas axp Paca- Bem: ATO NOOR ake af aomymous co nawaications, We do 1B P: arcouted with neatness, cheapness and des- VER YISEMENTS renewed every day. AMUSEMENTS TO MOREOW BVENING. SROADWAY THRATAS, Our er Pisce—Baaver rux Banon. —Iniss Lion—Ix awn BURTON'S THEATRE. sreet—Lavcn Wuen ‘Wee Car—Gareu—Taar Sizssm Busy. BROADWAY VARIETIRG. 472 Broad ~Tnue Geuven ‘Wamurn—Loan or 4 Lovan—By un Jovavive OOMmDLAXS. RVEWING. ASBEMBLY Breadway—Vocat anv Iverav. Concust or Sacemp Muric. Bow York, Sunday, April 13, 1856. The News. Neither of the steamers expected from Europe dead been signalized up to the hour of twelve last might. The admirers of Henry Clay celebrated the birth- @ay of that distinguished American bya grand ban- qmet at the Metropolitan Hotel last evening. We give a full and graphic report of the proceedings in today’s paper. A number of members of Congress and others celebrated the anniversary at the Slash @oettage, in Hanover county, Virginia, the birth- place of the great stateamam. At New Orleans, the eorner stone of a mommment to the memory of Mr. @lay was to be laid with all the observances of enor and respect due to the character of the patriot. The pageant of military and other associ- ations was expected to be very imposing. We learn from the City Inspector’s report that ‘there were 433 deaths in this city during the past week—namely, 80 men, 78 women, 148 boys and 127 girls, showing an increase of 13 on the mortality ef the week previous. Of the whole number 9 died ef apoplexy, 4 of bronchitis, 6 of congestion of the hangs, 51 of consumption, 27 of inflammation of the jnngs, 7 of congestion of the brain, 8 of inflamma- tien of the brain, 11 of dropsy in the head, 4 of dys- entery, 4 of erysipelas, 13 of disease of the heart, 9 ef inflammation of the bowels, 5 of typhus fever, 4 of typhoid fever, 4 of disease of the liver, 4 of palsy, 7 of smallpox, 46 of convulsions (infantile), 14 of eroup, 9 of debility (infantile), 41 of scarlet fever, 4 ef hooping cough, 2 of cholera infantum, 3 of ebolera morbus, 14 of marasmus (infantile), 6 of measles, and 3 of teething. There were also 3 premature births, 39 cases of stillborn, and 9 deaths from violent causes. The following is the classifica- tion of diseases:—Bones, joints, \c., 2; brain and merves, 95; generative organs, 7; heart and blood vessels, 18; lungs, throat, &c., 115; old age, 2; skin, &e., and eruptive fevers, 60; stillborn and prema- tare births, 42; stomach, bowels and other digestive ergans, 53; uncertain seat and general fevems, 97; urinary organs, 1; unknown,1. The nativity table gives 316 natives of the United States, 71 of Ire- land, 21 of Germany, 12 of England, and the balance ef various European countries and the West indies. The storm last evening disarranged nearty all the telegraph wires out of this city, including the Morse Jo, the National, and the Washington and New Orleans lines. The President has appointed Dr. James H. Relfe, (formerly a representative in Congress from the State of Missouri,) Walter Harriman, of New Hampshire, and William Spencer, of Kangas Terri- tory, commissioners, under the act of March 3, 1855, making provision for the valuation, classi‘i:a- tion and sale of the lands in that Territory, ceded tothe United States in trust,to be sold for the benefit of the Indians. The Special Committee of the Massachusetts Legis- Jature on the Persona! Liberty act of 1855, have made their reporta, viz:—(1) Proposing a new bill retaining the principal features of the act; (2) proposing re- peal; (3) proposing a reference to the judges of the Supreme Court for an opinion of the constitutionality of the act. All the reports were laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The committee consists of sixteen members, seven of whom are in favor of the first proposition, five of the second, and four of the third. itis believed the issue will rest upon the proposals of re-affirmation or repeal, and the adyo- cates of repeal entertain strong hopes of ultimate success, The Gerrish Market Building, located at the junction of Portland and Sudbury streets, Boston, was entirely destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. Loss estimated at two hundred thousand dollars. Captain Charles B. Austin, of the ship Cultivator, charged with assault with a dangerous weapon on a seaman, was arrested recently in the State of Maine, by L. De Angelis, of the United States Marshal's office, and brought to this city for examination. The total lose sustained by the burning of the building known asthe Artisan Block, and ite con- tents, in Philadelphia, on the night of the 10th inst. 80 far as could be ascertained, is estimated at $343,- 800, on which there was $93,000 insurance. The sales of cotton yesterday reached from 2,500 to 3,000 bales. The market closed firm, with ‘an apward tendency in prices. The opening of the Hudson river to navigation, and the known fact that some 25,000 to 30,000 bbls. of floar had already been put under weigh for this city, and 20,000 more ‘were preparing for shipment, had a depressing effect upon the market, and common grades declined about 124c. per bbl. Wheat was quiet. Small lota of Southern white were sold at $185, and of red ‘Tennessee inferior at $160. Corn was dull, and prices for all kinds of sound ranged from 60c. a 65c. Rye was firm, with sales of Northern at $1; Penn- sylvania was at Sic. a Sc. Pork was active and firm, with sales of about 1,500 bbls., includiug mess, at $16 50 and #15 504815 624 for prime. Sugars were active, and at fall prices. Mediam to good grades of grocery sugars were firmer, and quoted at about jc. advance. Coffee was steady, with moderate sales. Freights, in the absence of later foreign news, were dull for Liverpool, while to other ports they were unchanged. Cassivs M. Oxay SeLiina Ore.--The follow- ing is the schedule of the property of the great Kentucky abolitionist and bowie-knife hero, Caseius M. Clay, lately advertised for sale:— Twenty-two bead of thorough bret Durham cattle About two hundred stock cattle, Bight broke oxen. ‘Thirteen miich cows amd ten calves. Fifty-six yearling males and five work mules. ‘ ‘Twenty-two slaves! men, women and children, which will be wold during said Clay’s lite. Ten work and riding horses and mares, Heveral pair of fine blooded bogs. Witty head of common sheep Hleven head of Southdown shee; Housebold furniture, &e., &e., &e. “Twenty-two alavee!’’ Not bad for the grest Kentucky co-laborer of William Lloyd Garrison. We publish in another colwmn some extracts from British journals showing how the London authorities are getting up public baths for the people, and giving them musical entertain- ments gratis, in the open air, on Sundays. An aseociation has been formed under the title of the “Committee for Promoting the Establish- ment of Public Baths and Washhouses,” and has met with euch success that several baths have already been established under the au- thority of the Metropolitan Board of Works, and expect to prosecute their work, until, a short while hence, all London can wash itself all over every day of the week for the merest trifle. At the same time a military band has been ordered to play in Kensington Gardere on Sunday evenings, and in other public places. These reforms have not been carried out without opposition from the clergy. That was to be expected. Quite a number of reverend gentlemen, religious dilettanti, and pious tract distributors have been shocked at the performance of music on Sundays, and have done their best to drive the people te their old enjoyments of the ale house, the gin shop, and the private wife beating afterwards, They have succeeded 80 far as to prevent the opening of the National Gallery and the Britiah Mueeum on Sundays, But hitherto they have been unable to prevent the band playing in the parks on the same day. In the extracts we give, it will be seen how a deputation of white cravated gentry were choked oi! by Sir Benj1- min Hall when they came to remonstrate on this very question. Iv is generally considered that this country is in advance ot England in political science and political economy, and such is no doubt the case. But it is quite plain that in the smaller matters of social life and social econo- my, the European cities are in advance of us It iseasy to account for the fact: their necessi- ties have been greater than ours; their poor are more numerous and suffer more; their attention has been longer directed to the subject. But without stopping to look for the cause,we may take the effect for granted. The cities of Europe are better paved, better lit, better po liced, better governed than ours. Property is no doubt safer there; and, quite certainly, life is more enjoyable. A poor man in Paria— which may be taken asa type voth of a weli regulated city, municipally speaking, and of a city where it is pleasant to live—has far more wholesome epjoyments than the same man here. He enjoys the sight of the finest streets and seme of the finest edifices in the world for nothing. He has access to the Louvre, with its paintings and statuary, to the Pantheon, to the great churcher, to the noble libraries, even to the imperial palaces at cer- tain seasons, ali for nothing. Of an afternoon he is regaled with the finest music that has been written, in splendid gardens which are thrown open to him; he can go to the univer- sity or the cotleges and hear the greatest men of the day lecture upon every subject—history, law, medicine, science, agriculture, &.—all for nothing. If he is ill he has access to hos- Pitale where the first medical talent crowds round his bed. When he is well the whole imperial power is exerted to keep him in health; no man can deposit unwholesome mat- ter near his door or his window; no man cat sell him bad meat, or adulterated wine, or unwholesome bread; in summer he can bathe for two or four cente, (but the latter is aristo- cratical and almost foppish,) and disport him. self in the cool Seine by the hour; in winter thousands of cafes offer him a warm, comfort. able and respectable resort, with a cup of coffee and a newspaper, for a few sous; and whatever he does, so long as he does not try to injure his neighbors or plot against the Em- peror, he is safe from annoyance or quescion of any kind. The same enjoyments here can- not be commanded by the man who spende twenty thousand a year. Many of them can not be bad at all. And yet there does not appear to be on» gocd reason why we ehould not do something here towards providing wholesome enjoyments for the million, at asmali cost or at no cost at all. Bathhoures, for instance, would be @ great blessing, an infinite blessing, in these dreadful summer months of ours, and there is no reason why they should not be eelf supporting. Commodious bath houses, pro- perly situate and well administered, could not fail to command an extensive support, if the price were so low that every mechanic could afford to send his sons frequently. Three cents, for instance, for a gambol in the cool Hudson on a July evening, would be cheap enough tur every map, and yet what a revenue migh' ve raised from a few thousand bathers! In old Rome, which may have been half as large again as New York, or perhaps a trifle more, there were 556 public baths; and sfter the ad- ministration of Agrippa, the largest of the: were fed with hot and cold water gratis Throughout the East, at the present day, there is hardly a village so poor that it has not its public bath; indeed, a Mahometan oannot dis. charge his religious duties without washing. St. Petersburg, Berlin, Vienna kave all admi- rable public baths. So has Paris; and soin a short time will have London. Who w''' take the initiative in the public bath movement here? The question of Sunday enjoyment: is equally important. As a general rule, the people of New York may be said to sleep on Sunday. Many go to church; a few, iwice ; but even these have « balance of time ove § after the sermons and the dinner, which is common)y snoozed out. Those who do not go to church occasionally go to the country; but oftener sleep. The Sunday slumber is an in- stitution, and not a bad one. For those who do not sleep, willdrink. In certain parts of the city on a Sunday afternoon, the corner grocery does a smart business, and towards evening elatternly women may usually be seen vainly endeavoring to drag tipsy men home For these women Sunday is a day of agony; of bodily pain and mental anguish; of rage, of disgrace, of shame. And there are a good many of them. On the continent of Europe it is found that music and dancing on Sunday evening will kill the tavern, and keep men sober and un- brutified. Hence the wise old priests of the Roman Catholic church ordained that after vespers the parieh curate might get up dances before the church door; that he might give the fiddlers the word, and keep his eye on the young coupler, in order to make sure that no unseemly behavior went on, It is hard to say how far the influence of this Sunday cotillon went; it went very far, no doubt, and certainly, for mary oentur! there lived pos NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1858. in the wortd so happy, #0 moral, so contented ® people ae the French their descendants in Lower Canada still bear striking witness, The Sunday dance was shut out of England generally by the Puritans. In Old and New England that remarkable sect of men—whose only misfortune was that they confounded ssceticiem with piety, and theology with morale—put down music and dancing as works of the devil. Their Sunday they int@aded to make a day of rest, a foretaste of heaven; but many of them really made euch a terrible gloomy day of it that, toa stranger, it seemed more like s foretaste of another place. We have inherited their practice, if not their principles. Our Protestant clergy will not allow us to have music and dancing, or enter- tainments of any kind on Sunday. We may not go to the theatre, or drive out our fami- lies, or see paintings, or go to the country ; members of certain congregations may not read light books, or write letters, or perform any description of work. They are reduced, in fact, to the alternative of bed or nothing ; and, as we said, they usually prefer the former. If there were any public place where music could be heard, if any wholesome and rational enjoyments were provided for the people on Sundays, all this would end. There would be lees drunkenness, less woman beating, less brutality among the working classes; less idleness and sloth among others. And there is no reason to suppose there would be less religion or worse morals anywhere. Mr. Joun A. Wasnrveton anp Mount Ver- NoN—AN APPeaL To Gov. Wisr.—In the Wash- ington correspondence of the Tribune we tind a late contribution purporting to give the facts touching Mr. John A. Washington and his plan for disposing of the estate of Mount Vernon. In this statement it is said that Mr. Washington will only sell (the homestead aud some two hundred acres surrounding it) to the general government or the State of Virgiaia— that his price is $200,000; and that a condition of the transfer is that the place shall be kept in @ proper state of repair. But our inquir- ing cotemporary has made another discovery. He says:— Thi Mr. Weshi derives quite an income from Mount Vernon, noteitnstanding Hs entity. tle received $1,500 last’ year of the steamboat which plies batween this city and Mount Vernon for the privilege landirg psseengers at the laiter, and he has just sol tumber off the to the amoun! of $12,000, to be manufactured into Mount Vernon canes, snuff boxes, &c. I believe thir trade is yet in ite infancy ard is expected toexpand. Mr. Waebington is some thirty-five to forty years old, is married and nas five childrea; the youngest ‘au infant) is & son, and the oniy male child born in the ‘ashingtin mansion since it became such. If Mr. Washington has been selling the “timber,” as alleged, we may regret to hear it, though he has the right to sell not only the surrounding trees but the house in which George Washington lived and died, for the purpose of being “manufactured into Mount Vernon canes and enuff boxes,” or anything else. It is all the property of the present os- cupant, and he may do what he will with his own. In behalf of Mount Vernon, however ; in behalf of the State of Virginia; in behalf of the American ladies interested in the movement for its purchase; in behalf of the American people, and in consideration of that “decent respect for the opinions of mankind’ which we should not overlook, we appeal to Governor Wise, of Virginia, to stay, if he can, the execution of judgment against that “tim- ber ” which we are told is to be cut down and made into “Mount Vernon canes and snuff boxes.” The underbrush of the contiguous forest has for years past furnished an abun- dant eupply ot canes to all visiters at Mount Vernon, at from twelve and a half to twenty- five and fifty cents a cane in the rough; and that resource, we think, might be made to ano- swer for an indefinite period to come all de- mands of pilgrims for walking sticks. We theretore seriously call upon Goveraor Wise, on behalf of Virginia sud her preemption claim to the purchase, to stay, if he can, the execution against that “timber.” Mr. Wash- ington, we dare say, will be found, upon ap- plication, an amiable and reasonable man. Euroration To Kansas.—From all the data which we can gather from the resources of the Heraxp office, we make up the following table @s presenting a pretty fair exhibit of tue “squatter” contributions, North and South, thus tar, for 1856, to Kansas:— EMIGRANTS TO KANSAS FOR 1866 THUS FAR. FROM THE NORTH. s s shSee Pen 50 New Jerre: Lonisiena. 40 Virginia .. 50 Indiana. 60 — lmois.. 130 Pete. Scvevedsiee 1,900 — WOW is sssnisves 1,350 Thus it appears that the South is ahead, and that Missouri still furnishes the bulk of her recruits, With the opening of the spring, throughout the North, however, the reinforce- ments from Massachusetts and other New Eng- land States, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, &c., will be largely augmented, judging from the collections and contributions of the Kan- sas liberators in New York, Albany, Rochester, Boston, New Haven, Columbus, Chicago, and other places. Our recapitulation shows that the zaen of the South are really in earnest; but they must not be deceived from appear- ances, nor trust the brunt of the battle to Missouri. It is only the advanced guard trom Massachusetts that has gone out, The main army is still behind. Let the South, then, ad- vance their reinforcements. Let wa have the question of “squatter sovereignty” fairly set- tled in Kaneas, and there will be an end of it. And it will be settled, as we are aseured by Gen. Schuyler, of the free State party, before September. Hurry up the squatters. Tur Leorsuature hes closed, thank (od, and the members have rid Albany of their presence. They passed no Appropriation bill, and left, indeed, all the public business un- finished--being occupied all the session in cor- rupt schemes of jobbery in conjunction with the lobby, and hoping to the last that the Governor would call an extra session, and 0 prolong their enjoyment of their pay. So shamelessly corrupt a body as the Assembly which has just dispersed has probably never disgraced this State ; and we trust, if we are to avoid ruin, that no such body will ever dis- grace it again. The decision of this problem rests entirely with the people; and we have done our duty when we have given, from day to day, the record of the scandalous course pursued by the Assembly, and the list of the nomes of its members. Every one knows now what they are, and what may be expected from them. Tae Wan-or “Tae Cuvacuman” Acamnst THE Womex—ANOTuER Puseyrrs ONSLAUGET.— A few weeks ago the Churchman, of this city, issued a decree ot excommunication from our church choirs of all of womankind. The phiegmstic “Praise-God-Barebones” of the aforesaid church organ declared as his reasons for this despotic edict that woman’s voice is only adapted to theatrical, ballet and operatic entertainments; that it is ‘too sensuous” for the solemn gravities of church worship; that the blending of young men and maidens in the choir led to “ flirtations,” and various other profanities really shocking to think of; and that, thgmefore, whatever may be “ women’s righty” f the premises, they, of the offending sex, mmwt, one and all, be ejected from the choirs, and boys substituted to fill their places. We undertook, at the time, a becoming rebuke of this precious specimen of puritanical prudery,and a becoming vindication of the sex thus rudely set aside, and to some purpose, we believe; for we have hed nothing since from this delectable Churchman on the subject. But if he has been silenced upon that theme, he has broken out upon another. He comes now to the denunciation of the practice (the com- mendable and beautiful custom) of employing young ladies as Sunday school teachers, in the tollowing carping charges and insinuations. Hear him—he is speaking of Sunday schoo) teachere:— Tt ia a res) ble, not to say a fashionable purpose, io many parishes, tor young ladies, in particu/ar, to devote themseives to—young ladies, 1t may be, who are all the week besides mere votaries of the world, and who find » relief in changing their amusements as Sundsy comes round, and the world’s gayer pursuits are out ot their reach for the ésy. We fear that the case of this intractable Roundhead is incurable. He has evidently reached that hopeless condition when all the fascinations of youth and loveliness are but “vanity and vexation of spirit.” No voices to him for the service of “Old Hun- dred” like the rasping sonorous baritone of the “four cent man;” no Sunday School teachers for him but chilly and venerable graybeards. The next step is to expel from the privileges of the sanctuary all individuals under seventy years of age, as unworthy, from their worldly inclinations and follies, of association with the elect of the church. The teacher of the Churchman is evidently qualified for this classi- fication. We should judge him, from his dis- sertations on church discipline, to be past seventy, and without a tooth in his head—he munches and mumbles so insufferably. ‘Tue Iran Orgra ReDIvivos—THE PaTRiOT Has AP- PRARED.—For several days negotiations have been oa foot to revive the Italian Opera at the Academy, which ‘was brought to a sudden close on Monday last. The artiste and numbers of the patrons of the Opera were anxious to have s few more representations, and both parties were willing to give wav a little and take ttle risk. An arrangement was accordingly effected, and Mr. Maretzek was placed at the head of the combination, Mr. Paine having become per‘ectly satiated with h's expe rience. The parties have made an excellent choice in Maretzek, who is competent to deal with the artists, and who can make the Opera pay, if such a thing is possible. ‘The season will commence on Wednesday with ‘‘Ernani,”’ in which La Grange, Bolcicni, Morelli and Coletti will sing. It is proposed by Mr. Maretzek to do both Italian and German operas. Vive Max! A BLAVE CAPTAIN PaRDONED aT BosTon.—It will be seen by the following document, which we have received from a special correspondent at Boston, that the President has pardoned Charles Kehrman, the captain of slayer Gla- morgan, which vessel was captured on the coast of Airica in 1854, and brought to Boston by Lieutenant Downs:— FRANKLIN Prerce, President of the United States of Ame- tica, to all whom presents shall come: greeting. Whereas it anpears that, at the May term, 1854, ot the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Mas: sachusetts, Charles Kehrman was convicted of the offeace of having been engaged in the african alave trade, and senterced to be imprisoned in the jail at Boston for tne period of three years, and to pays fine of $1,000; and ‘whereas it has been made satisiactorily to appear to me that the prisoner isa fit subject for the exercise of the Executive poo Now, therefore, be it known that I, Franklin Pierce, Presicent cf the United States of America, in considera. tion of the preimises, diver other good and sufficient rea- sone me thereunto maving, have granted, and do hereby grant, unto him, the said Charles Kerman, o full and ‘unconditiona) pardon. In testimony whereof, 1 have hereunto signed my rey) nu caused the seal of the United States to be al- xed. Done at the city of Washington, this 7th day of April, 1856, and of the Independence cf the United States of America, the 80th. FRANKLIN PLERCE By the President, W. L. Marcy, Secretary o! ‘The presenee.of Captain Kebrman in South street, jast about this time, would be spt to cause some eneesiag among the negro dealers. The Engines of Steamer Fulton. We have already given a description of the ste:mshio Fulton, of the New York and Havre lire, and add to it the subjoined particulars in relation to her erg'nes, which, it will be seen, have several important imy.ove mente:— Two inclined oscillating engines, one cylinder forward the other aft, each making an angle with the other of 45 degrees, and connecting upon one crank pin, which oon- nects the two paddle wheeleranks, there being m0 ‘cen- tre shaft” in the arrangement. by which ‘is saved :be centre shaft. Two centre shaft cranks, one crank pin, two engine frames and two plumber blocks. Diameter of cylinder Length of stroke... Diameter of padale wheels, Width of face of do... Width of paddles... it The channel plates, as with most other marine engines, form no part of the foundation or framework of the en- gine; and, together with the sir pumps, feed pumps, bilge pumps, injection and bilge valves, are under the cranks, and are all open to the view of the engineer, and accessible while the engines are in motion. ‘The cylinder valves areof the usual balanse proppet variety. The arrangement for operating them and el. fecting a cut off, is new and ingenious, It is the inven- vention of Mr. Hermann Winters, of the Morgan Iron Works. There are no rock shafts in the arrangemen:, but there is to each cylinder three revolving shafts, by the motions of which, with their appendages, the lifting and lowering of the steam valves is acsom- plished by two distinct motions—the loworing being the quickest. The point ef cutting off is variable and adjusta- ble while the engine is in motion. A eombinati 1 .i this arre: ent admite of the engine reversed in- stantly and worked back fall power, with the eccentric “hooked on,’ without shifiing the ecoentric—a feature of very great importance. There are two boilers of the vertical tube deserin‘ton, cach thirty feet long and containing seven furaases. in: tubes are of brass, without seam; the water passes through the tubes, and the fire around, the same as in the vertic 4 tubular bouers, which were so successfully introduced by Mr. Collins in his steemships—tne chief difference Ddeing that, in the Fulton, the tubes are arranged over the furnace, and take the “ return’ of the flame, while in tue Collins boilers the tubes are arranged bebind the furnace, and take the “direct”? action ot the flame. Daniel B. Martin, Kaq., the Engineer in Chief of the United states Navy, has patent for the former plan, and they hve heen introduced in all the new government steamer, One boiler is forward of the engines, avd the other att, the furnaces beirg ‘transverse’ the ship, whish bricgs the fire rooms ‘fore and aft” the sbip. ’ This arrangv. ment bring: every furnace and every under the eye of the engineer on uty at the The space occupted by engines and bellers is inclosed by @ double timber buikbeed, the space between bulkheads and sides of ship being occupied as coal bunkers. The coal ports and ether openings through bulkhead are fitted with slide gates, to prevent the ingress of water in case of acci- dent. the engine department is provided with two of Wort. ington’s steam fire engines and bilge pumps of extra large size, made expressly for this ship; the steam cylinders being 16 inches diameter. They are operated for port auxiliary boiler, but at sea are connected in boilers, and incase of fire or leakage, would periorm very efficient service. The engines are surrounded with three iron galleries, of ornamental construction, affording not only great con. venience for ipepecting every part of the engines, but a contiderable degree of nee. The machinery is from the Morgan Iron Works, and was arranged by Myers Uoryell, uncer the supervision of. E. W. Smith, the company’s resident engineer, The New York and Havre Steamship Company deserve credit for their patronage of new things, without which no improvement or progress would be made, Thi 6 and ont been the first ly the sim: vipa into compartmenw by the (ran ALG ObgUGIR) DOIabeace, BEB LATEST RAW Ss BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Non-Arrival of the Cambria Boston, April 12, 1966. Our latest advices from Halifax are to half-past nine o'clock this evening, at which time it wae thick and raining heavily, and with little prospect that the Cam- bria would enter the harbor before daylight. Frem Washington. VISITERS TO THE AQUEDUCT—MAIL OOMMUNICA- TION WITH CALIFORNIA—FOREIGN EMIGRATION 10 THE UNITED BTATES. Wasuincron, April 12, 1856. A large delegation of Congresamen, togejker with a number of government functionaries, visited the Aque- duct to-day, and returned this evening. They express- ed themselves highly pleased with the progress of the work, The Senate Committee on Post Offices have before them @ proposition the object of which is toadopt a plan to prevent the usual large exportation by mail of documents to California. From a recent communication of the Secretary of State to the House of Representatives, we learn that the total number of passengers arrived in the United States for the year 1865 was upwards of 230,000. Over 160,000 of ‘these arrived in New York. Germany furnished 66,000, Ireland 49,000, and England 39,000, in round numbers. ‘The total number of passengers arrived in this country since the 30th of April, 1843, is 3,400,000. Large Fire in Boston—Destruction ef the Ger- Fish Market Building—Loss $200,000. Boston, April 12, 1856. The Gerrish Market building, at the junction of Port- land and Sudbury streets, was entirely destroyed by fire this afternoon. It was a large brick structure, six stories high, occupied on the lower floor as a domestic market, second only to Faneuil Hall market in extent. The upper stories were occupied by Messrs. Sanborn, Carter & Bazin, book publishers, who employed about sixty hands, and who have lost $40,000 in stereotype plates, presses, paper, &c.; Messrs. Barnard & Dilling- ham, furniture manufacturers; Messrs. A. & M. Lowe, planoforte makers; A. H. Allen, cabinet farniture; Mra. Bolles, sewing machines; Messrs. Boyce, Shore & Oo., painters, and others, George W. Garrish’s loss, the principal owner of the building, is about $160,000, Insurance one-half. The falling of the walls crushed two adjoining wooden buildings. The steam fire engine was brought out after the fire had made good headway, and proved to be very efficient. Strike Among Canal Laborers—Oatrages ef the Strikers, Toronto, April 12, 1856, There was a strike among the laborers on Chats Canal, at Bytown, on Thursday last. The contractors’ barns were set fire to and one hundred tons of hay, two hun- Gred bushels of oats and many valuable horses destroyed. Further destruction of property is anticipated. Whe Town of Bardstown, Ky., on Fire, Louisvitis, April 12—P. M. The town of Bardstown ison fire. The Mayor of this city bas been telegraphed to for aid. Shipment of Flour from Albany. Aupany, April 12, 1856, The steamtug Austin leaves this afternoon with thirty barges loaded with flour. The aggregate is between 25,000 and 30,000 barrels. Clover seed is scarce here at 15c. for medium and Iéc. for large. ‘The Ice om Lake Champlain. Bcruncroy, April 12, 1866. The ice in Lake Champlain is completely broken up, and is floating about in large pieces. Stormy Weather at the Eastward. Bostos, April 12—7 P. M. A gale has been blowing here from the southwest all day. This evening it is raining. Borunatoy, Vt., April 12--7 P. M. It commenced raining here thia forenoon. It is now nowing. The ice in lake Champlain is now breaking up, and navigation will probably be resumed in ten days. Ware River Junction, April 12—7 P. M. It is raining heavily here. It is the first time we have had rain in three months. Weather springlike, Montrxgat, April 12, 1856. It is raining hard here, and the river is rising. The ice has left Lake St. Peter, and will probably be com- pletely broken up here in a day or two. Loss of the Schooner Samuel P. Lord. LoxG Brancu, April 12, 1856, The schooner Semuel P. Lord, ashore at Squan, went to pieces yerterday, in attempting to heul her off. She is a total wreck. Markets, PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. Pumapmirmia, April 12, 1866. Stocks dull. Pennsylvania State Fives, 84; Reading Railroad, 463; Long Island, 144; Morris Canal, 14%; Pennsylvania Railroad, 4534. Naval Intelligence. The United States aloop-of-war Jamestown, Com. Crabbe, and United States brig Dolphin, were at Port Praya about the 20th of March, all well, Police Intelligence. SuminG THE ELEPHANT.— Yesterday morning a country. man, from Oneida county, New York, named John White, appeared at the Mayor's office and made a doleful oom: plaint against some unknown female, who had robbed him of $296. The complainant stated that on Friday after- noon ke visited the Museum, where he became intatuated with one of the young ladies who frequent this place of amusement in the afternoons, and consented to accom- pany her home to a house of rather questionable charac- ter, in Mercer street. Here he indulged freely in cham- pegne and brandy, and when about to depart {or his hotel, in Dey street, he found to his astoniahment that his wallet, which was filled with bills to the extent of $206, was non cst inventus. ‘The landlady of the house and the girl into whose company he had unfortunately failen were entirely ignorant ot the whereabouts of the money, so he thought that the most pradent course he could pursue under the circumstances was to make straight for the Mayor’s office, but he found no cousola- tion, as he was informed that nothing could be done that would in any way alleviate his misfortune, Mr. White then took his departure for the country, with but a very poor opinion of New York and the morals of its inhabitants. CuarGr or PassixG Covnterre Monry.—Two men, named David Lambert and Alonzo Smith, were taken into custody by officer Hyatt, of the Ninth ward police, on charge of being engaged in passing five dollar counter- feit bills on the Chepasket Bank, of Rhode Island. The accused, it is alleged, went into the store of Dr. Myttock, corner of Carmine and Bedford streets, and offered one of these counterfeits in exchavge for « bottle of perfum- ery Lh ped LN The “yg Benin, rould not yt proffered money, wheren, risoners lett the premises, ‘They went into the store of Dr. March, at the corner of Varick and Downing streets, and again offered one of the counterfeits in payment for sone tri- vial article purchasec, when officer tt rushed in and arrertea the accused. Justice Flandreau committed them for examinetion. Pocket PICKING IN CuaTHAM StREET.—Yosterday morn- ing, #6 a countryman named Peter Dodge was admiring the jewelry presented in the show windows of one of the Chatham street jewellers, some experts brashed against him and extracted # portemonnaie, containing $27, from he stranger’s pocket. Mr. Dodge did not mise his money for more than an hour after the oocurrence, and when he did beoome aware of the fact, he came to the conclusion that a very provoking 4 had been prac- ised upon him. The countryman, who belongs to Wis- contin, made his way to the Chiet’s office, and there stated his grievances, but no redress could be obtained, List of Acts Passed by the New York Legis- lature—1856, A {Continued from the Herald of April 11.] 148. For the relief of Royal G, Moore, Timothy Hoyle ond Jobn Whiteside, Commissioners for the improvement of the Big Chazy river. 149. authoring she construotion of a bridge across the Hudson river rong 160, Relative to public health and quarantine, and re- gulations in the nature of quarantine at the port of New York and to the Marine Hopital, 161. Appointing a clerk to take testimonys, &., in the courts of Kings county. 152, Making an sppropristion to pay the award mado in pursuance of the provisions of chapter sixty-four of the laws of 1868. 163, For the relief of the Elmira Female College. 164, To provide for the extension of the Genesee Valley cy 155. Making appropriations for the canal debt and the maintenance, enlargement and construction of the canal: of this State for the fiscal year commencing Octobe: 1866, and authorizing a Joan for the enlargement and consiruetion of the canals, 166. To provide for the deficiency in the fund appro- printed for the enlargement of the looks on the Cham. plein cacal for *he dvca’ year exdizg om the Wb way of ber, Preach: also First Metbodint church, There Wednesday, May 7.—Twenty-third anniversary of the American Anti-slavery Society, at the City Assembly Rooms. Wednesday, May 7.—Anntiversary of the American Con+ gregational Union, at the church of the Puritans, Tuesday, May 13.—Twenty-third anniversary of the Magdalen Society, at the Asylum in Yorkville. Thursday, May 15.—Meeting of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States, in the Madison square Presbyterian church. Oxpiwavions.—The ordination of Mr. rederick FrothF ngham, took place at the Second Unitarian Society, Park treet, im Portland, Me.,on the 9th inet. There were eligious services in the evening, and a sermon by Rev,’ Dr. Osgood, of New York. Mr. Samuel W. Bonney, who has been for the last te es missionary teacher in China, and intends return- ing there this summer, was ordained on Sabbath the 6th inst., at the Second Presbyterian ch Cincinnati. INVITATIONS. Rev. James Botton, of this city, has received and age cepted a unanimous ‘call to the Reformed Dutch eburolt in Fordham, Westchester county, N. Y. The Associate Reformed Presbyterian chureh in Twen= ee street, have given s unanimous call to thé Revs . McCartee, of Newburg, to become their pastor. Rev. Henry A. Raymond, of the Reformed Dutoly chureh of Amity, has received and accepted a call trons the churches of Sawyeraville and Sharon ta the Classis of The Rev. J. B. Pitman has received amd accepted the unanimous call of the Baptist church of Medina, Kew York, to becc me their pastor. Rev. Isaac N. Hil tor of the South Baptist church,’ Albany, N. Y., hae ened the call of the Second Bap- tist church, Bridgeport, Conn., and has already entered upon his labors, Sel ede Len! berold pect Ame x feds} the rectors! e newly organized parish james’s chureh, Dundaff, Pa The Rev. John Brainard, assistant minister of Grace eburch, Baltimore, has received an umanimous call tg the r ip of St. James’ church, Birmingham, Conn. The Rev. Thomas L. Randolph, of St. Thomas’s ehureh,’ Praln churel, Wrenn Ohio weeotet ter Georeeeeee ‘aul’s Ly mont 10, tion of Revs W. J. Helston. drains Rev, Thomas H. Skinner, Jr., has received a unani« mous call to the Presbyterian church in Honesdale, Pa. Rev, Edward P, Smith, a graduate of Andever Theolo- gical Seminary, has accepted a call to the First Presby- Yerian church in Pompey, Onondega county, N. Y. Rev. J. 8. Barris, of Brighton, N. Y., has accepted a call to the ane eee ehureh in Ripley, N. Y. Rev, John Chambers, of Philadelphia, has received » call to the late Rev. Dr. Duncan’s ch in Baltimore, Rev. H. E. Niles, formerly of Valatie, N. Y., has re- ceived and accepted a call to the Presbyterian chureh im Angelica, N. Y. Rev. R. P. Stanton, late of Derby, Connected, has prarne 8 call to the Congregational church in Green- le Rev. T. P. Sawin, city missionary in Manchester, hag received a call’ from ihe 0. 8. Presbyterian church ta Londonderry. Rev. S.A. Gayley, of Lock Haven, Pa., has received = call from the Presbyterian church at Lower | West Not- tingham, Md. Rey. Mr. Richardson, of the 0.8. church im Chicago, has received a unanimous call to St. Peter’s ehureh in Rochester. The Rev. Wi Porter Hay has resigned the of e Rev. Wm. Porter r charge St. James’ church, Dowsiagtown, Pa. The Rev. G. W. Stickney hay resigned the ol of the Church of the Good’ Shephard, sad a to the rector of Gres ghureh, Mobile, ‘has entered upon his luty at Auburn, con count bama, Discisteg aatian "7 Rev. John Pierpont, who has been settled for the seven years over the Laitarian society in Medford, ‘i, rer ‘toral or and on Sunday preac! - oa his farewell sermon. eo Rey, Henry Robinson, of Plainfield, Coan., haa’ offered his resignation of hie pastoral charge in that place. Rey. H. V. Jones has resigned the of the Baptist church at Piscataway, N.J., om socount of 1D health. He was formerly stationed at the First Baptist church in Newark, but resigned on account of ill NEW CHURCHES. The first Sun services in Grage Free church, corner of Conselyee and Lorimer streets, Williamsburg, will, by Divine permission, be performed to-day. Morning services to commence at 1034, afternoon at 33, at Tie o’clock. At these services clergymen from New York ené Brooklyn are expected to preach. The church was, on Thursday morning, solemnly dedicated to the worsh; of Almighty God, with appropriate exercises. The base- ment is of brick, for the use of the Si school. The tuilding above is of wood, built in the Got style, with a tower between seventy and eighty feet high, ficished with large buttresses on each angle ciestieg aes the top, finishing with a pinnacle and capped with carved fineals twelve feet above the top. There isto be » spire + rected on the top cf this tower as soon as the funds are raised. This will be about seventy-five feet high, and will have an imposing appearance, as it can be seen from New York end the surrounding country. The front end of the church is finished with two very handsome carved niches, recessed back about two feet, finished with cor- bela, pinnacles and fineals. In the end or front side of the tower ia a large pointed Gothic window, with stained and ensmelled glass. The side windows, ten in mnmber, are of the same materials. The waole outside is jointed off with moulded battens, about two and a half inches wide, and all painted brown and sanded to resemble stone. The reading derk, pulpit, chairs, screen and communion table are all within the chancel, being of black walnut, neatly carved with appropriate Gothic ornaments. There is but one gallery, where, at present, is placed a very fine toned melodeon, which will hereafier be replaced by an organ. The inside walls are of plaster, in the form of bloeks ot etone, The ceiling is high and in the form of a fiat Gothic arch, sup; by moulded ribs, fuurteen in number, exten{fing down on aide be- tween each window and resting on large cortels project- ing from the wall. The pewsare finished with black wal- nut. The building is plain, simple and ‘unpretending. Its dimensiors, including the vestry, are 104 feet by 44. It will comfortably seat persors, and the large Pave: ment is for the use of the Sunday school. The cost, in- cluding furniture, &., ix $8,681, and the . with the ground, is now valued at $12,000. It hes been erected by Wm. Clement, architect, and L. Dennington, build- er. The following history of Grace church may terest :—In May, 1858, when the Rey, Alvah Gulon, pastor of the church, entered this field, there was noeon- Bregation, no Sunday school, no church or ground on which to erect one. A Sunday school was opened in a dwelling house, No. 243 Lorimer street, on Sunday, the 22d day of May, 1853, with one scholar, besides the mis- marys Cad and InP Mooed ‘were commenced in the fame room to @ congregation of five persons. The corner stone of Grace church was laid October 2, 1864, and the basement was opened for Divine service on Sunday, May 20,1855. The holy communion was inistered for the fst time on cay, July 29,1855. Besides his duties aa nfissionary and fuperintendent cf his Sanday school, Mr. Guion has raised the means in §New Youk and vicinity, and superintended the work of erecting the church. A second Con, tional church has been organized in Waldoboro’, a py The Presby teria: Sosuaynecunints ‘esbyterian society worshipping at the corner of Broome and Ridge streets, last Theedsy evening elected Rey. f. Ralston Smith their pastor. Rev. J 8. Ladd has closed a successful agency for the American Baptist Home Missionay % returned to the pastoral duties of his former church, at Weeds- port, Cayuga county, N. Y. The editor of the Philadelphia Christian Chronic Baptist, has been fined $300 for libel on Rev. Mr. Newell agent of the Bapiist Bible Union, (for a new translation, in reporting him as having said that ‘he had no conh- dence in the common edition of the Bible.”” The editor offered to prove that Mr. Newell used these words, but the court would not permit him to do it. The school teacher at Rumson, Menmouth county, N. J., named Brooke, waa expelled a few days ago be- cause he was Univerralist, though as a teacher and as aman he was very much renpected, Ashe held senti ments, however, antagonistic to the doctrines of the or- thodox church, he was ad} by the trustees’ te be 8 very improper person to trusted with the cultiva tion of the pliant minds of youth. Rey. Gideon 8. White, of Tennessee, who has been laid aside for some time by severe iliness, has #0 far re- covered as to be able to preach, for the first time since the 8th of September. Rey. David Breed, late of Chester, Mana., has been on- gaged os a Bo) of the churoh in Lisboa, Conn., re- cently berea xy the death of Rey. Levi Nelson. Rev. D. W. Bartine, formerly stationed in the Halse} street Methodist Episcopal church in Newark, N. J., ae been appointed by the Puiladelphia Conference to Lan. caster city. To remedy the Sunday sleepiness which bothers so many pees people who want to keep awake, the Chris. tian Intelligencer says:—The patient muat lift his toot seven — caper bee hold ft there in sns- yenee, out muy imb. Repeat 8 often as the attack comes on. hdd Rev. Wm. L. Germain, of the Methodist Protestant church, recently tried at Milvon, n was found guilty of fal:ehood and ‘aecep panway Ae tempting to draw the Milton church from the commu- nion of the conterence. The main of abduction, in inducing # married woman to leave her husband, was not sustained. In view, however, of what was sustained eon him, the Committee of Trial decided that he ould be eo og from the exercise of all ministerial fanctions until the rext annual meeting of the New Jersey and Verm:nt Conference. The Feveral 6vangelisal churches in thia ci a the: Rochester Democrat of the 10th inst., have wee owel- ly participated in the religious inverest which haa been m Lig | ‘uring the jast three months. The mee have been almost uniformly marked by large attend- ance, close attention, and an earnest yet subdued feel- irg. From the frst of January to the present time, Rey. Mr. Finney, of Oberlin, has preached, on an aver- age, eeven times each week, retain'ng his vigor through- out to an ex!raordinary d for a man of six:y yoars. For ‘he last few daze, ine Nev, Mr. Redild, of New York. & revivi jer, been iaboring here, in the eppears to be much leas