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~ ane R t Affoirs tn Nebraska. OUR OMAMA CORTESTONDES JE. Omana Cony, N. 0, April 21, 1857. Pmonee Indian Dijfficuitics—Ore Indian S'ot— Bow d of Brokers in Omaha City—Witt Street Oubtone~Txren Sites and Towns—Large Emer gration (0 Nebraska —Geaerai Newa, &e. The only Incians that now to aay extent trouble the settlers to the westward of us here, are the noted Pawners, comprising several thonsund warriors, di- vied into the Republican, Lonye and Grand Paw- nee bands, and located about forty miles westward of tis place; and, indeed, the only.tonvie even thay sive, are at prevent threa’s and their natural Ubleviog propensities. A few Jays siace, at a setile- meut near their village, a setiler’s cow had been taken and sho: by some of tae tribe, and daring a eoatroversy between the owner of the cow and tha , Tadians relstive taereto, one of the latver presented * bie gun as if to kill or menace the owner of the cow, who immediately sot the Indian dead. Of course i6 created considerable excivement. Tue revengeful ‘trait of Indian echuracter and, attendant evils were | talked of amongst the knowing ones. My owo impression is that the lesson just administer- ed will be a beneficial oue. For some time | past these Indians have really been trouble- some in the vicinity of settlements, by Killing | veattle, menacing the inbabitan’s, breaking, iato | ‘Douses, ineuting females, &c ; and amongst the an Ditioos young men of the Territory i sey been | ‘talked seriously of m>king a descen: upon their villy | ‘them a tesson on civi- ze i - 5 bites, is a question often asked. ents In and arvand hece—and their ave in concemplation the estan- tof a” Board of Brokers,” two set tu judgment | the “‘stocks” in the agg paves, wigs up, on jand, musi the Found mg Toe idew 1 to qavte the ew comers ay not be i nposed won. a Indicrous one, for there i carve an here who attaches the signiti- of land agent to his name, but owns shares in some embryo or paper . course the Board vi Brokers’ quotativa Rew comcr against decention | ction shop. It would only [ i 8? i Hi Mo i i i 4 i caught. Experieace Wail street graduse how the pusiness of a conducted. spriaging up all around | , and property in the bona side ones is advauciag | It would bs curiosity to fall in or land agents who has hnndred shares in the towns. An emigrant hither, who | by speculation, shou'd be | or lots in any bat such as | towns. Beware of paper hither thus far is very and “the ory is, still they come,” by hundreds, every of the Union. Considerable anxiety is manifested concerning President Buchanan’s appointments for Nebraska— when ae will be made, ana who they will be. ‘That Mark W. Izard, the poe incumpent of the execotive chair, should immediately removed, and a more ive and liberal minded wan appointed in his stead, seems to be ge accorded. He has made money enough his rapidly deciming years, ‘and i'l retire to his Arkansas home and to the bo- som of his family there, wit the consoling selfas- ‘warance that eect a bas and infirmity aafitted bim for the progressi me $F rit, of Nebraska, a anfti- sient quantity of the fal bas been gathered to- | to Jum in tne “few more days’ al- | to him. “Ca , the Secretary, resigns any- | ithe Disriet Artoraty saye ho would ne ’ says he would tara his hand tonsve bin his post; and Ido not that many teara of sorrow would be sped it Presideat would rotate all of the Ne- ‘brasku officials out and rotate new ones in, and that | om ceil 5 The Office here is constantly crowded with ‘eat and anxious pre-emption claimants, and + { ig ; Ha 3s ? g it i ¥ officers are indefatigably eagaged : arducas duties. Farmers are prepare '))1r ‘ones for an adundant yield. Tne westher is vather cold, F pleasant. Day before yesterday we were greeted with a fallof snow to the depth of some three inches. Phe Anthracite Coal Trade—The Production and Consumption—Present and Future Sup ply—Reasding Ratiroad, its Capacity, d&e. 70 TUE EDITOR Ov THE HERALD. Porrsvruue, May 4, 1857. For some days past I have been here posting my- self in relation to the eoal buSiness for 1957, and jesve waceceded in obtaining what I believe to be tae actual condition of the trade. Inu the research I not only discover the evidence of a short supply, bu reoognize the facility wich which the consumer is bumbogged; and so long as the good people con- Linne to listen to the stories of the bogus operator in jands, the croakings of the dealer, wao has not even money to pay the freight, and the ingenious inventions of the gentlemen of the «tock market, 40 long will they be forced to pay from #1 50 to $2 per ton for the amount that is necesary to their business or comfort. In 1853 the repeal of the dary and the furore in relation to Cumberland, advanced the ; rice from $5 50 to $7.50 per ton, and notwith- standing the Parker Vein and New Creek explo- sions, you have this year precisely the same results from the Delaware and [ackawana. | ast year they promiaed to the citizens | 000 tons, and we have yet to learn | that they vespatched 50,000 tons from their mines, Wow toey are out with the promise of @ millioa, and, without inquiring into the facts, yoar citizens be heve—at least they aay 80 throagh bears—that | will get every wn of it. But as the entire | incladiug the business ot ali the . roduced last ae 201,000 | year, it is likely, nay, is ia | intervening mountan they pot exceed the last year’s production more “x tona. In 1°50, the canals, which now eost of $10,000,000, were enlar, eapacity; but as the en a par wiih the on); mouey, but the favor of at least to Ince 100,000 tons per annum, you will per- ve thet = on. — inst an in- crewed 8u in + Sines ” on the Sebuy kill canal is precisely 125,774 tons annum; on the Lehigh 70,324, on fhe Delaware and Iindson, including the duct of the Pennsylvai Goat increase was 79,961 tons, This exhibita the slow or tedious fe not very encouraging to fooking for an over stocked of the three the average tonnage years Behnylkill canal was 1,037,256; on the Lehi 822 tous; and on the ‘Delaware and Hodes an average to thelr preseat were 23 SS: = af as stated, the product must be taken ; and on the Delaware and Lackawanna, if they vill inguire of their “next door neighbors,”—the ) (Pennsylvania Coal Company—they will leara the fact that at the end of next seven years they may be in a condition tor the transportation of about 000 tons. This amount, hovever, is based upon a double track road, with an entice reaewal of the one in operation. ‘These! facta you will find in the history of the they revend eome curious lessyns fn re production of coal, 1 can only say that Binco the Lehigh Valley rond ix ina progressica on, prevents an almost vated eapasty, the ts an ost onlim oa} > stockbol , and as to the ders of the several canals would be very fools to encounter the expense of another AHR the raiiroads had attained their In the present condition of the Realing £4) Peas 33 is; NEW YORK cost per wen, jig $204 5 ogual to $1 70 per ton— Fee tounage ‘tons. “5 demand of the market, it 1s admitted on all bands, is 6,000,000 of tons; as the product of Jest year extended to 6,782,476 tons, and all used up, you must send im your orders if you desire to gecure your usual comfort. The proportina, there. fore, for the Readiog will require a shipment of £3,000 tons for she balance of tne season. Anrukacita, Decisions in Admiralty—Important to the Shipping Lnterest, UNITED STATRS CIRCUIT COURT. Before Hon. Judge Nelson. May 56.—J. A. §& JD. Secor vs. The Steanboat Highlander —This case was an appeal trom a jadg- ment rendered by District Judge Ingersoll in favor of the libellants for 3,900, for steam engine and boiler work done ny the hbellants on the steamboat Highlander. Toe case was argued a few weeks since before the Circuit Court by D. McMahon for libellants, in support of the affirmance of the judg- ment, and by Messrs. Benedict, Barr and Benedict in favor of reversal of the judgment. Ke excited great interest among the admiralty bar, as in the event of a reversal ali the material men doiog work in New York under terms similar to the case in question world have no lien (or theie demands, the Supreme Court of the United States having lately, by a decision ir the care of the Sultana, done mach | to unsetile the jurisdiction of the admiralty in these caces. The facts of the case were these:—The Ifbeliants agreed to build a boiler for this vessel, pat it on bourd and connect it, fur which they were to receive $4,400, iu four payments, the last of wnich was tu ‘be by a note of three months, fe boiler was com- pleted, put on bovrd and properly connected, ready for steam. The payments were al made excepting the last (the note) payment. ‘The note was demanded, btt neglected to be paid by the owner of the boat. Tae libellantis libelled the vessel for the amount due—about $3,000. District Judge Ingersoll decreed in favor of the libellants Appeal wus taken and argued a3 before stated. Two questions were peeseriel, Firstly. Had the libel- lants a lien at all under the operation of the desi- sion in the cage of the Sattana. Secondly. Sf they had a lien was not the agreement to take a note in- cousistent with the idea of a lien, and thereby no lien accrued to the libellaats. The Circuit hea delivered bis opinion tnis morning in favor of libellants and against the appeal. OPINION Nexsow, C. J.—The libet was filed in this casezto recover the baance due on a special contraci to build a boiler for the Highlander, it being $1,400 and interest, and for work done over and be- youd the contract, amounting to some $1,488 95. ‘A decree was rendered in tne conrt below tor both sums; the latter account is not seriously in di pnte. The balance on the covtrac; ison the greand that the credit was given to Cornell, the owner, and not to the vesacl. is contract was entered into be tween the parties on the 2d Feoruary, 1855, by which Cornell agreed to pay for the boiler $1, on the Ist March, $1,0 by the let of april, $1,600 when tae boiler was on board and complete, and the balance by mote of three months from the ‘ime ot completion. Cor- nell neglected or refused to give the note as agreed, and this item bas been, toerefore, incladed in the suit tor the other portion of the work. There ie no question but tha’ the balance of the price for the boller is due sad payable, but it is insisted that the bniiders bad no lien on the vewel, as che credit was gre to the owners. Toe Highlander is a do- mest} depends npon jc vessel, and che \’en therefore the B'ate law. This jaw a; the date of the contract provides that the Jien shall cease twelve days after ort foraome o:her one withia the State. (2 R. 5. p. 733, seca. 1,2) By a subse- quent jaw passed March 25, 1855, the is ex- tended to sixty days, (Sc asions lawa, p. 174, seca. 1, 2.) Se far as the question nere is concerned the lut- ter law is not imoortsnt—the coatrast wae made ne- fore ite evactuneut, and, of course, with refereace to the old law. the part of Cornell it is insisted that the agreement to take @ note for the last instal- | Ment at three months was ioconsisteut with the idea ; Of @ lien on the vessel, as the event would oc to wit: her leaving ber port, io all humac wy More than tweive duys before the credit of three toree months woald expire; and hence no lien could bave been in the contemplation of the parties as to this payment. On the part of she Nbellant it is claimed. that the whote of the contract price became due on the completion ef the work, but that the last instalment was to be paid by a note at and as note was not given or tendered, this instalment became immediately due. The qaestion is close one, and I have entertained some doubt about it. Ju Ingersoll, who decided the case below, came to the conclusion that the lien existed and inforced it by his decree—the mere giving >f credit does not nevesse- rily displace the lien. That has been heli in several cates. The ground here is not that a credit was ‘iven, but that the credit is inconsisteat with the foes of a lien, for the reason, unless the boat should remain at her port for three months the liea would be lost by the terms of the statute, and that thie must have been withie the contemplation of the arties. The case of Peyrout vs. Howard (7 Pe Te, 344), bears somewhat on this question. Therea contra Pog a dee) unconditional credit extending beyond the considered as inconnisteut wita the idea of a lien, and operated as waiver of it. Ine siffe ence be- tween that case and the present one is the crodit given here is no absoiuta, as in the above caso, but | | cenditional— that is upon the owners giving a note at thrce months, on neglecting or refusing to give which the credit ceases, for the demand: then be- } came immediately due and payable accordiag to well settled lay, Now, it may be going wo tar to | say that the builders mast have intended to vaive the len in the event of the refueal to give the nove for the case comes down to that. IT agree that he did if the agreement vas kept on the part of Cor- nell, and the note given. Baton his refusal to keep toe agreement in respect to this justalment there is certainly much jastice in saying that the builder also should not be barred by it, bat should be remit ted to his rights independent of the coatract. it | may have been materia! to him whether this balance should remain in account or ina note, upon which could be raised. The State act is very 5 2 & below in favor of the libeliants allirmed, with costs. | PROOW OF ORIGINAL, DOCUMENTS BRFORE OxITED STATES COMMISSIONERS, Carnley and Don tein ‘portion other it r End of other ‘ous in for ts pebble gf Pavan te eras on tr teen sca hy for the application of the the construc- tion of the road. Comstock, the present p'aintiff, as claimed, gave thia security, bat tasixted tha. the bonds, by wey of iodewnifying him, should be ae. rigned wo him, and also that the porohased hy ore Seem Cg Te Oy im, , ie ESET gyno rg pret ok some portion the aame of attached The case under the thag one And the firet qnestion presented ta, not hie sure 's loan be quite of the que tion. com States if mee Py annexed. We # a in ex- time which the law gives to the lien waa | | meguificent | this er any otber countty, The union of | } duced and proved before this oftiver, an he shoald bave aunexed a true copy iu revaruing the deposi- tion to the Court; or, if Jackson coald not have obtaived the origiaal, it was comvetent to have ex. amined the officers ot the company in whose custody the paper was. (9 Car. & P., 313) J entertain strong doubte, also, as to the compe teney of Jackson a3 a witness fur the plaintiff ia tne case Jt is put upon the ground that his interest is neutralized - that in, whichever way the case may re- sult, be i hable. But I am iaclined think, as the case Btunds, if the verdict should result in favor of the de‘endants, Jackson would not only be liable as swety tor the property, but as princi, in the troneaction out of which the litigation has arisen, be would be bound to indemnify Comstock his surety for the expenses ot bis litigation, which, if trae, would disturo the balance of interest. It 18 a0: ue- cessary, however, to express @ definitive opinion Bpon this question, as there must be &® vew trial, and it will depend upon the facts as they may appear upon that trial. ‘The cave is one, also, that shon’d have heen pa‘ to the jury upon the question of facs whether or not, under the facts and circumstances attending the purchase of the goods in queation, and the — with the bonds, toe property did not deloug to Jack- fon’s fim, aud not to Cowstek, the pluintitt. Che case properly presented this question, and it be- onged to the jary to determine 1. For the reasons above, we think there must be a new trial, with costs w abide the event. Beoapway Tararne.—The annonncement toast Mr. and Mrs. £ L. Daveaport are to make their last ay rance for the benefit of the laiy alt most Wkely bring together an immense nu nber of the ad- mirers of these talented artiste thieevening. ‘The — the Night” is the play selected for the occa Nino's Ganpen.—There are to be two perfor- mances at this honse to-day. In the afternoon the Ravels and auxiliaries ill treat the juvenile mi two ght rope teats, “ Che "y “JSocko,” &. the evening Mr. Hengier qill re- peat bis wonderful evoutions on the cord, and “Figaro” and “ Phe Conscript” are to be olayed. Bowery Tasarne—Mr. W. R. Derr, the favorite equestrian, ia to play “Putnam, or the Iron Son of 116,” for the last time, this Those who have pot seen this exciting hag A ‘Dot mise the fina! opportunity they bave to do so. Cae euter‘ain- the * Bohemian Girl,” Mr R. John- Mets oven with the * aton as Devilahoof. Bexton’s.—In compliance with the solicitations of the patrons of this handsome and capacious place of awusement Mr. Edwin Booth will to-night repeat the character of Ricbard III —a part iu whicn his vather was 80 eminently succesefil. The farce cail- od “Clockmaker’s y” qrill close the amase- men Watwacx’s.— Mr. John Brougham is to have a benefit this evening, when his popular comedy en- titled “The Game of Life,” will be performed by the t original cast, and for the last time this Fhe after piece ccnsists of “A Pretty Pie se of Gasi- ness” ‘Toe beneficiary appears in bo:h, supported by the chief talent of the company. Lavra Keern’s—The sparkling little comedy styled “a Morning Call,” in which Miss Keene end My. Jorden have #0 sheeredlon tapes he 5 demonstrations of amusements fr the benefit of Mr. J. t»-ni geutleman will afterwarcs appear as Rover, in capital comedy of “Wild Oa‘s.” Moueevum.—The Lomein domestic drama be en thy bry aes gl Boon al even’ , thas citizens fe ty fj as inspecting strangers an excellent op; merits of this play, a8 w multitude of curiosities with ‘Museum is crowded. Gro. Custery anp Woop’s Mr perf never. tails to arouse the verivst stoics \ ‘The farce will be preceded by the Pm areabare wtsinl ‘uz Buck Leys appear to be a very time with tne new extravaganza, ‘ Steamers avd Mississippi Nigge b “ee tot ht, ple sade Oi he repeated t . the" Concert,” songs and dances, Bryent’s Minerrevs ace ot attract! large crowda of tne fnn loving commanity to Mec! Hall. To-night they teuder a well Died #ich choice selections of o'd-fasaioned Ethiopian Mminstreley, inters) wito the latest improve: , incl “Emence of Old Virginny.” The Italian Opera tn New Orleans, Vrom the New Orleans Picayune, April 40.] ve the pleasure of announcing to the lovers grandly performed, that - Crisp SERE ev fi fe that ter. of: Hu toe large and taleuted ereeen | Corradi Setti, incladiag Signoras Cairolt, Ci ti and Viti, Siguors Maca- fer1i, Corrad:-Setti, Fortini and Vieri, and the rest of the vocalists, with the full chorus that have lite- ly been giving rach fine effect to first class opera at Gaiety, 1, and Paravulli and Tacani- » Wonld vercaialy be an event in the annals of the lyric stage; bat waea we add that to all there the matchless talents of the su erb tenor, Signor tiberini. are to be superadted, torender the conjunction complete, we shall be fully vorne out in expreswng the opioiun we have dove, that nothing equal to it has ever been kuowa to our lyric stage. ‘Tbe operatic representations of this gigantic com- pany are to commence at Crisp’s Guiety to-morrog eveniog with the opera of * Lucrezia Burgta;” Gea- naro, Tiberini; Orsioi, ora Vesivali; Lacrezia, Pursvalli; and Verrardo, Fo tini, Tn the last act Tiberini will introdu 6 the brilliant romance, sung ouly by him and Mario in tais opera. perlormances are to place four nights in the week, (the “ Trovatore”’ on Monday evening), and the toliowing standard Italian overas are to be »duced, the * Trovatore,” “ Craviata,” “ Lucia di vmermoor.” “ Lacrezia Borgi+,” “ Semiramede,” orma,” * Romeo and Juliet,” * Maria di & naa,” Son ambala,” and others, to be annuunced in due season. fignora Vestvall has jast re-urned from condact- ing a season in Mexico, of the most br Uiandy suo- cesaful Lm gloy sage noe roel seed 4 her Managemen! ‘Bu, perlo Mauces, gach works as “ Semiramide,” “ Trovat re La crezia,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “ Caasredi,” and otners we might name. have greatly coatrivbated. Of Tacani we know much and favorably by experience, she having been with ax las. season ; of Para valli, as we stated a day or two ago, we have the most accounts, from the best musical critics of both hemispheres. Of Corrad-Setti's y we have been enabled within the last fort Germont, and resentative of the equully favorite characters le. sudden closing of the Opera on the night of ‘27th ult, is account for by the simple announce- —_—eo fact that the manager was absent from iy. Caman Navie nav! nome a the day Ba for , bat from preseat indica tions we are led to believe that no boats will arrive bere from any west of Utica within wext or fourteen @ and as for an arrival fron | Buffalo, why the canal will be pee wonders \ in 4 wate days, if it enables us to an | nounce the “first” at the end of toe nex’ three weeks. Four or five loaded boats, which were lying in the canal between this city aud Schenectady dur- the winter. have oome dowa aad been towed wo New York. Yesterday there were but fifteen clear ances at Utica it is anid that naviga‘ion has been fairly sereamne, and Git Chany were irty clearances there | om the 6th. = At Port Byroa there is still s»me anfintshed work which must be finished before the water can be let in. oO to the high water several days must el fore ‘he Oswego Canal will be Devignbie, In anny places the towing water to the an st ah or ave tees rendering be posal ste. ‘The Western ‘ion is ina atill more deplorable condition. A' potuts on this division the vork to have done by the Ist instant is still ap finiabed, and it is said that, under the most favorable circumstances, the water canuot be let ia before the 16tb. From the Middle Division it ia that the eaten Copetin oa nee 5 ret en. n swopt away by \a ted also that the amalior aque beyond Port Byron had been carried one ' ‘no positive in- F§ Ef ATION.—Now, aa last aal Phe th Tetas was i with the incomparavle coutraito Vest- | her accompl shed auxiliaries, Sianoras | | of Mr EL | | | { | | | | \ the Seneca river is an- | { | { HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1857.—TRIPLE SHERT. Theatres in the South and West-Young America in the Field. It has frequently been the duty of the metropolitan jour- nals to give publicity to facts connected with the thea- tres in the South and West, which facts refloct no great credit on the managers or the audiences, In many in stances the theatres in the interior have been directed by persona who had vo interest in the art except so far as getting acertain amount of money in the house was con- cerned. They tell a good story of one of these speculators who opened his theatre in midsummer with a company like Falstail’s charge of foot, half paid and half starved. ““Haulet”’ was the play on the opening night, and it drow @ good house. The director, deep in a corner lot opera tion, was asked by his sub, “What shall we put up for to- morrow?” “What, inquired the manager, is being played to-night?” “Hamlet.” “Ah, yes: it's a good piece—everybody’s in it. Keeps the actors at work, Put it up again.” Singular to say the play drow another good house, ‘Aha!’ said the manager, “we'll get a good run out of this pieco.”” On the third night, however, the house fell off to almost nothing. ‘Well, air,’? inquired tho sub, “shalt we give them Hamlet again’? “No,” said the manager, “curse Hamlet—it is an infernally bad piece— none of Shakspere’s ploces ever draw, Put up ‘Jack Shoppard’—that always draws,’ Another manager was & grain speculator, and one day asked his stage director if there was any rebearsal. The reply being in the negative, the high priest of art said—“Then you better send the peo- ple down to the landing and tell ’em to help unload that flour of mine.” All the Western cities aro good theatrica places. They have lage floating populations, and the majority of tho residents have not the slightest shade of puritanism,. They love tho theatre, and are most liberal in patronising it. They treat all the actors well; but their favorites are petted, entertained, feasted and paid like princes. ‘The standard of critical taste, ex cept in New Orleans, ia vory low. This is owing to a va riety of causes. The inefficiency of the prose is ono groat cause, It is easier to puff, puff puff, than it is to analyze the claims of an actor or a play; besides that, the manager is @ capital fellow, or the actor a glorious companion, or the author plays a great gamo of poker, or somedody hag tho finest old Bourbon in tho State, or somebody has dis- counted somebody else's doubtful paper—so puff, putty puff, goes the journal. This has somo effect. ‘Then, again, some of the actors have what is called an outside reputation. They make tho acquaintance of half the theatre going peeple in a single night, Some spend a little money in this way; others have cheaper methods. One star we wot of was originally a mechanic. When ho goes into a strange place his Grst care is to “make a benetit,”’ as on that night be has a certain share of the gross receipts, while on the others it is a share after a certain sum has been deducted for expenses. The star walks about town, drops into all the shops, assimilates with everybody, interests himself in their avocations, claiming to have been a worker at each, and, going away, dros a word or two about his identity and bis benefit, He has been known to claim kindred with six different trades in one city, To enumerate all the dodges which are used to create @ (ctitious reputation in such places would require more space than the subject deserves, and lead us away from the main point, which is, that while the people of the West havea sincere love for the drama, and a strong disposition to patronise tt libe- rally, they have boen so badly treated by the managers and charlatans that they have no taste for a really good play, but prefer a mess of trash. If serious, it must be what is called intense and thrilling, like the ‘Corsican Brothers,” or immoral, like “Camille;”” if comic, it must be of the breadest and most practical class of farce, and the more gross the double entendres or the briefer the skirta of the coryphée the better is the audience pleased. These are facts—the writer has been on the ground, and records uly what he has seen and heard. We are not surprised that this i=.s0, When you gotoa Western theatre there is always some second class star, who lacks merit to en- chain the audience alone, and is obliged to resort to some Uuwarre display. Phe stock actors are generally sticks; if ‘one is passable he quickly finds hie way to the metropolis. ‘Thero are very few good stock actors west of the moun- taina, because a stock acior has no chauce ina theatre which is only used as ® vehicle for second rate stars. All this calls for a thorough amendment, and further, the theatre bajldings in nearly «4 the Weowrn cities need improvement, The work has already been commenced. Two managers who have heretofore controlled the theatres in Cincinnati, Louisville, Chicago, and partially at S.. Louis, will rotire with large fortunes at the end of the season. Last season Mr. George Wood built an elegant theatre— the People’s—in Cincinna'i, During the coming summer Mr. Lewis Biker, now of tho Walnut streot thea're, Phila- do'phia, will as#ume the management ef the National the Aire, Cineianati, and the Louisville theatre. One of the Jocal Journals gives an account of the improvements con- templated in the National theatre, as follows. — Th the firet place itis tobe considerably enlarged, so tha’ it will comfortably seat 3,000 persons. Tt will be tho roughly gutted and re modelled, after the style of the Mo- Uoprlitan theatre, afterwards Laura Keene's Varieties, 1} present Burtou’s new theatre. The samo artists who re eogaged in decorating the interior of that elega structure have Deen seoured by Mr. Duker. Will, tn the weantioe, be equally alterod and im, Mr. Bates will forthwith proceed to tear dow! on the north wing of a magniticent block of bul Carried a hundred feot front, leaving a beautiful archi (ural entrance w the theatre, twenty-five fect in width. iil also be site doors, which, in caso of accident, late the egrem Of the audience. These latter im . The ad otuiag Frank and Kattenborn, also con eu) actures to match the itaprovemouts which are w beautify the olf site, The Louisville theatre will also be vory much improved. Mr, Baker a young Americag actor of ability, bo las played in this rity at Barton's and the Broadway theatros, He made a boxinees tour through California in the flush times of that State, and acquired a handsome fortune, His Wife, née Alexina Fisher, is one of the best American ac. tresses, Mr. aker bas been a successful manager, and knows his baainess, In Chicago the new theatre will be under the direction MeVieker, originally a New York printer. Mr. MeVicker is chiefly known here asa dolincator of Yankee characters, but be is @ good general actor and a capable naonger. It was at first intended that Mr. John Rrovgham ehould be joined in the management, but Chi- cago is not quite large enough to enjoy a luxury of that kind jwt now, The mew managers above meution ed are men whe have @ fair artistic reputation, The exterior | | Tho experience for more than half a contury amply justi ies the highest eulogiums upon our national eon-uitution | —a constitution which was wrought out with intaite care | and skill by the combined wisdom and patience of | men almitted by each sueeceding generation to ha’ o| } > north side of tae theatre, which it to give place to | which they cam materially euhance, gradually im-_ Proving the character of the audience, and put money in their purses at the same time. They will andoubtedly try good stork companies, and each having a clrevit, they can if they will, draw a line against the «mail star business, which has utterly been done to death. They should re | move as far as possible the vile surroundings of the thes. tre, abolish the bar and the third tier, give the audience comfortahic seats, plenty of fresh air, and lnhhy epace for & promenade during the waite between the acty, which waits shoukl never exceed five minuie—a remark which will apply equally well to most of the metropolitan mana- gers. Aumccas Moxrom,.—“Ninawaon Jacewoo."—A new piece, dramatived from the novel of that name, has been Drovpht out this week at the American Museum, which al- though it has not as yet produced any very alarming ox- citement |9, nevertheless, passahlo in dramatic eect. The plot of the piece ls simple, and contains very few striking features, If we except a few extrarngancios of the younger Abimelech (Misa Orton), and on the whole the characters are tolerably well dvawn and eqnally well cast. The ho roine of the drama is represented aa being a very prety white girl, #bo is born in Louisiana of a slave mother, and fa Wealthy white father who cies, leaving the mother and child unprovided for and fm bondage, The girl grows up, | te educated, and becoming sensitive in regard to her post tion, necepts ao offer to ron away with an unprincipled young Vermet tor, Who subsequently teeks ty compromise her chasuty, but i# very properly repnined. Abe lands tn the Faetern States and etades her flee protector, wanders unprovided for and unprotected amorg the groou moun. taine, where ehe Is discovered by & ikind hearted farmer, who js known as Neighbor Jack wood, who takes her wo his bome and gives ber proper care and attention without any fuepicion of her tro character, ‘The ann of a neighboring farmer afterwarts fala In love with her, which seems to be reciprocated by Camtie, the slave girl's name; but she dare pot divulge her passion Jest when ber posiion sould ecame known, tha Consequences might prove Pinge: both, Her former master in Mobile learns bor wheres bouts. and sends offcers to Vermont to arrest her and bring her back, The young Vormonter, Robert Green oh, with whom she eloped from the Booth, stung with nomerous repulses Of Camille, compires with the offl- core torntran bar, which I# Analy asaompliched, nit, how | ever, antil after he becomes the wife of Fecine Munbary, the lover berore inéntioned, and bis a cret departure for the South to purchase ber freedem, Bw ix brought be ore a commissioner and is on the point of being delivered over to the law oMeers a8 a fugitive, when her and enters with bor freedom papers, and’ a general cing tak og ploor, Moet of the charaaters ware wall repratentat, but we think Mr. Clarke ts altogether too tragic in hit manner tor the plan, easy, simple-minded Jack® ood; and wo alse think that Mise Orten overdocs the character of oung Adimerech. The effect intended oould ver; produced withert ch @ display of pagiiistic demon. stra ions and encounters, Tho drame will be repeated this aflernosn and siso in the evening. Dravka bill ain aw d the attention of our citizenr, and 1 wvet serious apprebensious for the dom of cur Territories. Thewe events, produced by attempt to extend the tneti tution of slavery, bove caused more agitation than any | ether which have occurred in our history, and leat 1 the conctucion that either the forndation of our ew | ment were not weil and wively laid, or that true national | potiey does pet inchute the extensian of haman bon Lage | Over any additional portion 64 Uv poble dumain | Ih this Coumeton, & recent opinion of the United | States Supreme Court presents Iteelt to our ounsi tora. | Yon. Having m0 wuthentionted expy of that opinion there may be doubt to the proeiee points adja li | cated, yet it generally anderetood that ft affirms that ! eoicrd persons canpot be citizens under tho federal } constitution; that Congress eannot prohibit slavery | in the concequentty that al! former | begtetnoem . ae been Ganoepetite tional, | it ie apparent decision net only greatly | Lotnite Use eplere of Congres iual ection, but Uae it im | Volves many quer Uons of State auth much W ey that ff the principle 1 of the majority ofthe eonrt by | i slavery becomes at { ral government tr | bet all legal power is taken from the several States wy rv |} Stet te enerenc mente tt & a daty whieh we owe alike to oureetves and eur ebikiren to stand firmly by the com Hiuton abd mantel io ite parity, 1 believe, gentic } torn, that we are all of one mind in affirming thad free dotn’# the iaw of our lant, and sevitede the exception Wherever slavery existe It must be by poritive enact ment; Cur baticnal Comwtotian does not earry it Into the | Territor ier | | fourth yives the Legislature power to alter, revoke or Our Harrisburg Correspondence. Hanunpons, Pa., May 2, 1867, The Sunbury and Erie Radroad Dill—Change of Name of the Road—Actiun of the Legislaturo~Trade of Phitaled phia Looming Up—Her Speoulative Liberality—City Railroad Cars—Amendments to We State Constitution Bank Charters. As I predicted in my last letter, the supplement to Sun- bury and Erie Raitroad has boon reconsidered, and to day passed by @ vote of 49 to 43, The discussion on this bill has beenan animated ono, and every possible argument that could be trumped up, both for and against it, has been brought forward in the debate, The opponents of the bill Lave sucveeded in twice defeating it, but, like a cat, with seven lives, they have as often reconsidered it, and to-day it passed the lower house Gnally by the above vole, This vill changes the name of the said railroad to Phila- delphia, Sunbury and Erie, and appropriates three millions of the bonds secured by thy sale of the main live of the public works, under the act recently passed the House for that purpose. No action hat been taken upon this bill in the Senate yot, and it will be hard to tell what the fate of the bill will be in that body. ‘The completion of this road is an important measure to the city of Philadelphia, It will enable that eity to com pete with New York for the tate of the sorthe counties, which has of late been rolling into Now York, and develope the vast re-ources of a number of those counties which are as yet almost a wilterness, as well as open a direct communication by railroad trom Philalolps to the great lakes. No measure has been be lature this winter Gus bill for the sale of cepted) in which the people of the northern 1 portion of the Stato are moro deeply interestot, ar measure has called here so large a class of lobbyists; the lobbies have becu completely infésted with jobbors, cou tractors and speculators of ail sorta, ever since the bill has been under consideration. ‘The friends of this road now assert, if this act becomes a law, that the entire length of the road will be completod within two years, The erection of this road has been talked of for years, and under their original charter a piece of road here and there has been ereated; but uo extra effort has been made to push it forward, Notwithstand ng it is a road that would add largoly w the trade and commerce of Philadelphia, yet that city has pursued the same narrow minded course that has beon always characteristic of her in measures that would de: velope the resources of the interior of the State. She has Deen quictly sitting down until she sees that the enterprive of New York city is reaching forth her great arins and drawing to that city the immense wealth that lies slum- bering in the northern counties. Awaking at last to an appreciation of ber interest, she is now turning her atten- tion to the completion of this road, which hor interost demanded should have been done jong ago. If this bill passes the other branch of the Legislature and receives: the approval of the Governor th-re is no doubt but that the road will be completed at an carly day, and whoo ouce in operation it wlil be @ strong competitor for the trade that passes over the bosom of the iene lakes, and carry to the city of Philadelphia an undrggmed of ’com- merce. An act authorizing the construction of passenger railways. ina number of the streets in the city of Philadelphia has also passed the House of Representatives, and will pasa the Senate at an carly day. Again is the Qhaker City fol lowing the example of the Fmpire City in procuring a way for its numerous denizens to pass to and from their places of business. This project met with a severe opposition ou the part of @ portion of the Philadelphia delegation. The proposed amendments to the State constitution have ed both branches of the Legislature, and will be now submitted to the people at the October election for their rejection or approval. These amendments passed in pre cisely the same form that they did both branches of the Legislature last winter,and have now only to receive the endorsement of a majority of the voters to become a part ‘and parcel of that instrument. Our constitution requires that all amendments to the coustitution shall pass both branches of the Legislature in two successive sessions, and then be submitted to the people,and if approved by them shall then be a portion of the constitution Those re quirements have been gone through with, with the excop- Gon of the latter. There are four amendments to be submitted to the peo- ple. The first relates entirely to the contracting of debts and the disbursement of the same. Under this ame Ment, no State debt whatever shall be created on behalf of the State, with the exception of such as are necewary for the paying of the casual failure in the revenues of the Btate, to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, defend the State'in war, or to redeem the outstanding ‘debts of the Commonwealth. Italso provides for the payment of the present State debt by the creation of « sinking fund, which hall be enough to pay the interest accruing on such debt, ‘and annually reduce the principal thereof by a eur tot lous than two hundred aud fifty houraud dollars, Section fifth of the same amendment fixes that the credit of the Commouwealth ¢luli not in any manner be pledged or loaned to any individdal company, corporation or aula. tion, nor shall the Commonwealth hereafter, becowe a Joint owner or stockhckier in any company, asvclaion oF corporation, The second amendinens refers merely to the divisions of countios: the third t the State reproseutation, aad the amend any charter of incorporation hereafter conferred, under special or general Jaw. A great mutioty i# manifosted amongst those who have eccured the passage of bank charters as ty what course the Governor's will pursue. Ho is now having quite a feast cover them, there being upward of fifty that have passed. The Governor's independent, nou-communicative course ou ct, Keeps the friends of the different bille in hot | which has covered the fertile 5 of the rowd Waab with enterpriving and industrious inhabitanws. Let your enactments be such as will encourage free la- uch as will aid in proaerving the integrity of our ional roil—such as will warm the heart: of your ¢hil- dren with @ glow of purer patriotivm at the mention of WF Haines in connection with the legislativn whieh shall we perpetuated New Kuglind iastitudiens—aucd a will be deriguated to secure the Dest gwd of your fellow mony and will redound to the honor of our beloved common- h—then will it be approved of Him to whom wa m ab last render ap account of our stewardship upon earth, A Remarkable Murder ‘TriaiwThe Caso of Edward H. Rulioff. {Prom the Albany Argus, May 4.] A man now lies in the jail’ of Tompkins county, in thie State, having been convicted by the verdiet of a jury of murder, awaiting the decision of the General Term of Whe Supre vf the Sith Cisuiet, Ww be pronvanced in a few days, whether he shall y whore case is one of of criminal jarispru t State prison ‘for ten years on account of the same trans. action, in respect to which he has now been convicted of His name is kalward Me Rallom, ets wich ak is Rulutfoon ho is of German int sc Aut Having sous dittlculty » left home when 13 of 14 years of age. Hy is now about J& years of Ho is a tan of education, speaking seven’ diferent languages, There is much of mystery attending him ant bis history, He appears to be supplied with mouey, and the sam of $700 was left at the Tompkins county jail Tor him, «mee hia Velease from the Auburo prison, by an uaknown person, who immediately departed without any one knowing whence he caine or whither he went. Hullo appeared ia Tompkins county in May, 1542, Ho Was thea chgaged on the canal. He spent part of the enimmer ther nd the next winter taught school im tho town of Dryden, in that county, Miss Harriet sehatt, of tut town, a young Jady twenty yeurs of age, was oue of his pupils. The tulowing «umuwe he studied modiwine. Tu December, 1843, he warried this young woman. Afor bis marriage, im 144, he weut to [thiaca, and served aa @ clerk for a few ine nis, living with bis wife wt a boarding house. tis wife soon returned to her father’s, In the fau of 1844 he again taugatechoo!, aud about that imo commenced keeping house with his wife im the town of Laveing, in Tompkins County. Within a month or two after bis marriage ho seme to have become very jealous of his wife, acew ing hor, with out any cause sofar ay appears, of improper intimacy with & Dr. Buil, and becoming 70 inuch excited on one oF wo occasions a8 W exercise violenes upon her, H- cuntiuued Wilive in Lansing with bis wife (having a daughter born early in April) until the 24th day of June, 1340. His wife and’ child have never been seen or heard of s.nce tho evening of that day. Turing the next forencon he went to his pear. est meighbor, on the opporite side of tho bigh- way, and procured a horse and wagon for the pur- pose, as he alleged, of conveying a chet to Motbville, some eight or tu miles distaut, which he stated an uncle of his had lett at bis house the ovening before, 10 make room for bis (Ratlof™) wife to rke with his anclo toa Mr. Snyder’, some three tiles off, where, she had gone. His neighbor helped him boat we into the wagon; it was y. The theory of the prowecu- tion against Rulloff is that he had murdered his wife and child during the previons night, and that be carried off their bodies in this chest, and made way with therm while he was gone, by winking in the lake near by, or in some other manner. He returned with the horse ant wagon about noon the next day, bringing back the chest, which the witness who saw him take it from the wagon thinks was then light. He left Lansing the same afternoon, and in the house, when afterwards searched, were found inora or less of the clothing of his wife apparently just aa she dropped itupon the floor from ber person ia une % ‘On the evening of the 26th of June he bired a bora and Inmber wagon at Ithaca,which he returned at o'clock the next morning. On the morning of the 26th, ander the as- sumed baie of John Doe, be took passage im the stage for Geneva. & In #ome five or ix weeks he returned among his ao- q° aintauces in Tompkins county, By this ume his wife’a Iriends had become anxious about her absenes. He gave contradictory accounts about the mater, told one she had been up between the lakes visiting, another that eho waz in Pennsylvania, and others that sho was at Madison, in Ohio. Being pressed im the mat- ter he wrote a letter to ber, directed to the fatter place, which he showed, requesting ber to write her friends, and apotber which he bad directed to a Me. De Puy, re- questing hin to send the letter Ww his wife. But daring tho eveuing, he eluded observation and suddenly beh. His wife's brother pursued bim, and overtovk bum at Roches- ter, when Rallott 1’to go with him to Madivon Olivo, and vee ais wife, but when they got to Builwlo and bad porchaved tickets for the steamboat, ho escaped from bis companion. The lauer went oa w Madison, but conld hear nothing of his siser. He then hastenod to Cleveland, euspecting Ratloif would go West by the neat boat, and there fount and arrested bim, and tok bim bask w Tomokine county. ‘There he was indicted for the abduction of bis wife, As there Was Wo Positive evidence of her death, and at the presumption to that effect was mot then as strong aa tb Tas since become by the lapse of time, itdees uot wom to ron deemed discreet to atlompt @ prowecar nagainat for worder, He was tried on this tadietmeut in Feo roury, 1816, at Tomkins County Oyer and Torminer, Hon. 8. Bo Cushing, the present Autorney aenoral of the Sute, noting as his Counsel, and was convicted and sentenced to ihe State prisou for’ ten years. ie served out bis tume at water. Bvery message from the Governor to both branches of the Legislature is watched with great interest, “sage of the Governor of Connecticut. The Levisiature of Connecticut met at Hartford on ‘the apd Gov. Alex. H. Holley tranamitte: first o both honses. On the subject of fede vernor closes his mossace ax follows: — From the topics of Stite legislation T turn to others springing from our relativas to the federal goverumoat 4 the purest, moet with the for peuple of this to the in and is p But in prope \ iMigent and most patric of our federal ¢ from a pery Upon recent attempts to foreo apon it © known to our fathers, and subversive alik n thority and individual Every one familiar with our history by aware t degrees the ‘ verntmenthas been wade to swerve fom an impartial position, and to become an ally Ue the extension of human bondage. OF this the free Staves have just right to cotaplain. Itt @ perversion of power given by the constitution to purpose F juitomdont its authors,and whieh never could have bad their aanc | tion. They not only offend our sense of equity aud rigat, | but they put in jeopardy our politionl interests, \ ture of the w ns are return {governmental pe t legislation the princiy lie. ta large | mekiora | wy, and = Which ancient land to pre of the seeking to apply ed the faih ndations of leop and stron political institutions ae having sti hot only in the true principles of government but in Affection of the peop! Notw ithetane ue ie hopefal view of the #abject, how titi Hi Will be Commtralivod Wy adonit that a contin, perversions to wich T , alluded, will cause still greater divraptions among wo people, and prevent that easy working of our system 40 earnestly desired by its founders. The inquiry is watarally suggested, whepoe comes these difficulties ever, every The bietory of the various compromises made betwoon the free and slave States is familiar to yon all, and you know bow faithfully they bave b port observed 65 our rritory wae Under their operation a ports ver copsecrated to freedom. 1 the private optaien of + i ‘| f was Dnally gene quieecenor in the ora of th reuri ah unwillingness to have it vhiete # of sectional by ita Tepeat te ¥ The passage of whe Karur No frech in eur metnuories ¥f every ereressful aepirant for place and power te at Wherty to pervert hic excred ineernment to the pornmees of sections and partion, the time bas surely arrived when | men secking the perpetuity of repablican institutions mnst determine whether they will stand by thie ume honored Charter ae it was expionde | hy ite intelligent anthors, or whether itehail b ted to become the expr every new dostrine may be trengurated for rancement of miltvideal of sectional interest: A mite detmetnee from the grincipies and practicns ot | the framers of the constitution ike obtained in the action of | the ndieral, exeoetive and tagwiative departments of the | federal government, and surely no apolory can be ne for bringing 1 yO" WoLIO® as Ue represen Of the sovereign States of this Union, a matt to our prosperity in Dasiness, at well as to our happiw tu the social views of life ‘The national hoart ix still loyal to ite anetont constitution of government, and beats in unwon with the apirit of Rverty which pervaded all hearts tn the day of its adop Froe labor ts the corner stone of our poiitical fabric, tpon whien has been reared that prosperity which has | the hills and valleys of Northern States with an | ritemt and inte! pop lation, white free soil has Deen the incitement to that unwanted flow of Immigration Auburn. In the mean time no tracy ef the mivceay wife und child had been obtained, except some wAditional cir- comstanees tending to fae en guilt more clearly upon him, ‘and upon his exit from the prison at Aubaru Re was again grrested upon an indictment for the murder of bis ebild. ‘There was an attempt to try this new and terrible charge at the Tompkins County: Terminer, in June lasts at bad nt in that county, and but eo er so decid ullol, that it was found al Jury, and the place of Tioga county, named eoanty ata Circuit thy Justice Mason 1 October last, and was one ing iuterest, as well from its extraordinary cha. racter, ax the dietiaguihed couasel engaged init Tho prosecution was conducted by J. A. Williams, Distriot At torney of Tompkins, and Hon, Daniel §. Dickiavou; wad the defeuce by Boardman & Finch, atworneys for the priouer, and by Hon. J. A. Spencer, (now decensed,) hte counsel. A fow facts in gddition to those we have detailed, wera ecied. Mt » he apphed to as shown that in A b ige of bis a that his man at t, and ebtid h . oh wif t and a part of Ro- sym that r in the #oones en, hu y n tho Sonthorn ities, An vate hey emer famous, aad a itm Helever in bis uurmate triamph, and the portnanent establebment of republican tuetttution: tn that country, we are not cepebt fo that his representations lave beem #0 eathnemetionily reoctved and comtiled la; Hor ean we wonder that bis ap. peals, olojwient and irreriwtible ns they are described w be, hou! fall with anch effect upon a people whose futaro w prosentod 0 all persons who are to the fertile region of the tropes, ms mot with im the expertcnce of @ Vopuiation al that if requivite to the t desirabio make Nicaragua co mtry on earth ; and as ap ment to emigration, the govertinent of that y a free pues from Charleston, and two hundred and aty wren of the tnert exestiont ¥ of tillabte land. The soil of Nicara- Fra excrods in riehnees and fertility, that of any other wo the globe, and myiting the developement of jean indusiry, it premiees a recompense proportion. 16 climate rt am hed by inquiring of the ander- H building, op stairs. JAMES M. DAY. Commmussioner of migration for the Repablie of Niewragaa, The Newburg Tragedy. [From the New rg aly New ay 5) There wae a gond deal of plawsibiity in the reporee which wore in cireniation in regard to the old colored wo- finn, and every eflort has been made to find ber, Ste wae eoppered fo have returned to Brooklyn, ant tatorwnstion of the facts in regerd to her name were presented te the New York Rewspapers, wih a view of her Wherabouts. Inthe afternoon she was foand here,haviog oon acre the river during the day, and conversation showed pretty conch ively that the woman knew cof what she Was talking about. She Wor sone: five miles ont In the country, not in Brooklyn at all. r ereatnre jt donbtle-= partially deranged. ‘orener end Sheriff! were out on an exploration ft the afteraoon, but they dicovered nothing. who vieited the place where the body way found, | a cameo earring, which was brought to the It var elegant ring, (Uoring somewhat im om the breastpin, but aever betes: intenden for @ parter the eet. A tronk hae been foun? in Marlboro’, having Deea thrown over a fence by the roadside, We eannot, how ever, learn anything about it that woukl seom many way Ww conmwet it wil the tragedy ‘Tit sum and substance of the whole mater that the ho elie whatever to the perpetral which woult The to0-t pr tery mvc Callegs ha tun of b ‘Talbied, 1 Yeoted b oer arping of We “ Leib of October, L864, Mabe tai - . Troy euttrnty of the fone Mor omwere Saved Ym in hie dowotion to thew om fit death. pa “The etadente: of the eotlens by Fama Maptict Sate Con jon, for bis x iccavien, hate Srectet a montinens shies Ht ao vant or Hh Balbied, Th Dey President of How. ord € eo, who iast bes ile from, tuafurion e wed while rousing the stadenta wt thet Me Lo) cofege toes, om the wight of the bun of WRG, get nee PSharry owas afathfal gervant and a comistont momabor of the Paptist Churee, and wat ‘Adont the @ok Joge.a® awaiting man. Shy was ono of tha first 1 discover the burning Jing, Mh by A Lelpexertion the tudente, sleeping im, whe upper of the college wore apartments: ‘cused im time to fave themeotyes from an awful death— 2 ( Ala.) Commonwealta, s a. ee not