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'iT I'OKTUY, a footman, it t'l "Tell n.e, uncle, how I shall make rny husband appiar like gentle-man" "Drrtt linn ii bliek, and uinke him l.i 1 1 his loneue," wnt the reply. In the meaawhi'e the Prineelon hove anchor and made mil, bearing down fur Fort Washington and M. unlV mnn, 'ated Kurt Washington, where the I'otomae expands, and presented sntli. eienl scope for tut mwr i her hi gum. The I'm ward gun w.n shotted and fired, the bill striking lliu water and rebounding live or six timet, Ii I the eye eoulJ no lunger follow its progrett.

To oUeive the cllecl of the shot. I had potted myself on the nearest larboard cannonade gun, and the tailors had erected a kind of scaffolding BROOKLYN rvt'iiiiitr Fbiday. Tliii Even r.g, Mr. Oakley will give hll Second Cuneert at lliu Biool.lyn Institute. Monpay Mr.

Hume will deliver hia Third Lecture before the readers of the Youth's Free Library and lh Members of the Institute. Subject The Coal Formation. IHT Mr. Winter'! exhibition of painting will be continued every evening, until further notice Bee adv. for additional attraction.

Mil II 1. I --JJ1 In New York, Jimei K. Smith to MiiiJant Ann Buncet Theodora Poltdamer to Mill ny Jutrphi. ViV.tt. In New York, Mn.

Mary Elton, relict of An. thony F.lton, aged i5 F.dwarl Upton Thnmit Keys, aged 19 1 Aaron Smith, aged 63 1 Daniel Donuvan, aged 15. 1 I' It it in Ii OI'KMNG OF A he t.A 07- Now that the unnniinoui and favorable re ports of the Press, and of the generality ofthe Hiembeii who attend Ihe present curse, liavt removed the former incredulity of ihe publieupo" Ihe true merit! and practical importance of tha KILLED. JuJge Upsher, Secretary of State. Gov.

Cilmer, Secretary of Ihe Navy. Virgil Maxcy, of Murylaud, late Charge to Bi Igium. Col. Cuulner, of New York. Com.

Kennon. A negro, the President's body servant. One Sailor. wounded. Four Sailon, one of whom, it is rumored, hat lince died.

Col. Benton, slightly, by conclusion. With regard to Capt. Stockton, the accounts are conflicting. The Republic of this morning lays i A letter which we have just received from our Philadelphia correspondent, states that infm mall had reiched that city, by the train from Baltimore, ofthe decense if Captain Stockton, al six o'clock yesterday morning.

The Tribune says Capt. Stockton was considered out of danger by his physicinnt, at.d would, in all probability, be able lo attend the funeral. He hm suffered intensely from mental anxiety, but will, with a little rvst and proper treatment, soon come round agnin. i This latler account is probably true. The Sun says: Poor Stockton, ai you may easily suppose, was overwhelmed with allliction, which overcome all sensation of his own bodily injuries which I hope are not serious.

The scene among the ladies, when one ofler the other were informed of the loss they had met, was heart rending. Col. Gardner, was not, as erroneously stated, in some of the morning papers, a resident of llrooklyn.but ofthe Is and, which benrs his name, in Long Island Sound. He hnd large possessions in Suffolk county, and was we believe extensively engaged in the Whaling business. A marine declared after the accident, that he saw a lady go overboard, but 'his is denied by Ihe officers ofthe Princeton, who positively lay that no one was blown overboard.

We have no room to-day, for comment! on this terrible affliction. What itioarMful, tVrling, Iruth'ul port, (frl the ukfitxalur) Jamu Iiimiii LnvvMt list hecnirc I Not erroiieouly we pied.it, I'nim nnerfhit rar'y poenu in the Knirk tborker, Thenmlia on the Death of in that Id tit complexion would he mine at Are not thrte ttitrm from Th one Mr. Lowell's latett slfurtt, evciy way 'Th rich man's ion inhrriltlinds. And pilet of br irk, and itone, tnl ftlJ, And lie inheiilt Ml, vliile hands, Anil lender lleth (tint foara the enld, Nor dates In wcnr a garment old i A heritage, it teems to me, One would not eire to hold in fee. 'The rich man' -n inheiili caret The bn tray hrenk, the factory burn, Some breath rony bunt bit bubble shares, Aad soft, white hand would liaidly tarn A living that woulJ tuil bit turn; A heritage, it seen lo ire.

One would nut care to hold in Tie. What does the poor mi n't ton inherit Stout mnselei ind a sineay heart, 1 A hardy frame, a hardier uririt King of two hnnd, lie doe hit part In every useful tuil and art A heritage, it tcemi to me, A king might with to hold in fee. What don the poor man' ton Inherit Wishes o'er joyed with humble tilings, A rank adjudged by toil-worn merit, Content that fiom employment A henrt that in his labor sings A heritage, it i ems to me, A king might wish to hold in fee. What does the poor man's ton inherit 1 A patience lean ed by being poor, Courage, if sorrow come, to bear it, A fellow-feeling that it sure To make the outcast Mess hit dour A heritage, it sermt to A king might wish to hul in fee, rich man's ton, there ii i toil i That wilb all othen level ttands Large charitT doth neier toil. But only whitent, toft white hands This is the best crop from thy landt; A heritage, it teems to me, Worth being rich to hold in fee.

"Oh, poor man's son, tcorn not thy state, There is worse weariness than thiue, In merely being rich and great i Work only makes the soul to shine, And makes resl flagrant and benign A heritage, it seems to me, Worth being poor to bold in fee. Both heirs to some six feet of sod, Are equal in the earth at last Both children of the same dear Cod; Prove title to your heirship vast By record of a well filled pasts A heritose, it teems to me, Well worth a life to hold in fee." i V. 1 MISCELLANY. 1 A BacHfiob. The life of a rich old bnche'or is a splendid breakfast, a tolerably flat dinner, and a most miserable supper I Punning Prisoners.

A petition from the inmates of an American prison wnt lately present-ed, praying that the Tree of Liberty might be planted within the yard, and each allowed to cut bis stick. Punch says Father Mathew is about to viit Sicily, for (lie purpose of putting a stop to the In a 1., -I c. i Mi In J' i i 1 1 -a IMPORTANT ASSESSMENT DECISION. Suprtmi Court February $lh, J8M. Ol'INIOI or ills vovni.

Buonson, Statute in relation to the opening and laying outol 'e'V id public pUen in the City of New Yo hat been in operation thirty yean (2 ferns! 3 12 4US. I77 102 1) and the queiiion ii now di linctly made, the lint time, whether we have Ihe conttitutionnl right lo exereise Iht powers which the Legitlatuee haa attempted lo coiilcr upon ui. But it is never too late to appeal to he fundamental law and Ihe question li nona Ihe less entitled lo a enrerut ciaininaiion touches our own authority. If, by common con. sent, and without having our attention called to the sufject, we have heretofore taken eogmrance of matters which did not rightfully b.

long to us, Ihnt cannot be good ronton for going on in the tame way alter our authority hat been p.ainly drawn in question. The constitution (Art. V. 57.) that the Justice! of the Supreme Court lhall hold no olherorhce or public trast," and the question is, in what character do we act in these street caset. Although the wer to nppoint Commissioners oi K.limnte and Assetment, and to review their proceedings, is, by the words ol the statute, conferred upon the "Supreme Court," it has been fully settled that we ilo not act as a Court, but as CoiBinitsioners, to discharge this speciul trust or office.

The que-tion was considered in the Mi-ttr ofBcclcman street, (20 Juhn, 26) which w. i decided within a few yenn after the law wis It was there held that our powers were derived wholly from the Statute, and were not in-cidenttoour judicial duties thai we do not act as a Court, but a Commissioners! and that the general powers and jurisdiction of ihe Court could not be brought into exercise. The case was likened to that of a Judge silling as a Com. mitsioner under the inso vent laws. The same doctrine had been laid down before this Statute wns passed under an act of the Legislating conferring similar powers upon the Mayor's Court.

Stujfcrd r. Mayor of Jlbwiy, (7 641.) It was theie held that the proctedings were not of a judicial nature that there was no analogy between them and the judicial proceedings of a Court of Record in the progress of a cause that the Court acted as Commissioners, and when an assessment had been confirmed, the Court was functus (ffuio, and had no power to set aside the proceedings. In Ihe Matter of the Mayor of Mew York (6 Coie. 571,) it was again affirmed thutwe do not net as a Court in these cases but as Cm-mi'sionurs appointed by the Legislature; and this doctrine lias uniformly prevailed down to tne present day. (Matter of fanal sneci, la 1 1 Matter of Mount Morris Square, 2 Hill 14.) There have been her cases lo the same effect, which, as they contain nothing new, have not been reported.

The principle has been fully carried out, by refusing to set aside the proo ed-inns in rreet cases under any circumstances, on the ground that while sitting as Commissioners, we bad no power lo recoil thai which had once been done. When Ihe parties have desired a re-view in a street case, the Supreme Court has issued a certiorari to the Justices of thai Court as Commissioners and after having thus got the matter before us a Court, and allirmed whit we had previously done in another character, a writ of error hat been brought into the Court of Errors. In these and all other forms in which the question has arisen, it has been uniformly held, that in executing the street law of 1813, we are hut Commissioners discharging a special trut. The principle has been settled more than thirty years, and it is now quite too late to call it in question. The same doctrine has been laid down by the Federal Judiciary.

By on Act of Congress pass-ed March 2d. 1792, (i s. 25 the Circuit Courts of the U. were directed to inquire into nnd decide upon the claims of certain persons lo he nlnred on the nensi 1 st. The note to Hay- burn's case, (2 Doll.

409,) thows that several of those Courts declined to execute tne law, on me ground that the duties which had been a-signed to them were not of a judicial nature. There was no dUqualilicalion to hold other offices, as there is under ur onstitution. The Circuit for tha District of New York, composed of Chief Justice Jay and Judseg Cushing andDuane. said Ihe Act could only be considered as appointing Commissioners for the purpose men' ioned in it, by official instead of ptrsor.al description! that the Judges retarded themselves as being Ihe Commissioners designed by the Act, and therefere as being at liberty lo accept or decline that office. As the ol ject was a benevolent one, and the Judges wished to manifest their respect for the Legislature, they accepted the trust.

The Justices of this Court seem to have acted up the same principle when they accepted the office of Street Commissioners, ui der the New York Law. Ch ef Justice Spencer, in delivering the opinion of the Court in the Matter of Bcekman street, (20 John, 2G9,) said, it might be a question how far the Legitdature can impose such duties on the Judges." But he entirely overlooked the constitutional inhibition against holding any other office, which wns substantially the same then as it is now, (Col. of 1777, Art. 25.) Since an appeal has been made to the fundamental law, it is no longer the mere question whether we will consent to accept the office, and execute the Statute. The farther inquiry is now presented, whether we have any power to act in the matter.

Upon that question I cannot entertain a doubt. The Constitution having declared that the Justices of this Courl shall not hold any other office or public trust, we cannot accept Ibis appointment, however willing we may be lo ca ry out the wishes ol Ihe Legislature. If we can execute the office of Street Commissioners for the City of New York, the like powers may be conferred upon us in relation lo any other town or county; or the duties of the office of Comptroller, Treasup or Sheriff may be assigned lo us; and thus the constitutional disqualification would be rendered a dead letter. For one, I can never give such a construction to the fundamental law as will amount to a practical nullification of its provisions Indeed there is little room for con struction in the cae. If, in executing this Sin lute, we act as Commissioners appointed by the Legislature, and that point ha.

already been settled, it is then almost too plain for discussion, that we are exercising another office or public trust than that of Justices ofthe Supreme Court. If our decision can have the effect of opening the floodgates of controveisy in relation to wh has already been done under this Statute, I shoi lJ feel great regret in not being able to an ive at a different conclusion. But I see little reas. for doubt that what has already been done will stand, although we have been exercising an office which did not bcl ng to ns. It is well settled and most salutary principle of ihe common law, that the act of an officer de facto, so far as they concern Ihe pnblic or third pers- are valid, although he may n.

be an olhcer jnre. we rem inai principle plainly applicable ti a case of this kind in The Ptovlt T. mitt. f24 Heal. 520.

823 and although the Chancellor expressed a different rpinioa when that case was oeiore me iran oi Errors, (p. 539,) 1 still thinlt we were ngnt. it it enough, however, for to say, that the point has been settled. No richli already vested n- der this Statute, will be disturbed by the present decision. And as to the future, it may be presumed that the Legislature will provide some other trode of openirg streets, when their atten tion shall be called to thesabjret.

This law was andoabtetlly passed, as it has been thus tar ex ecuted, without adverting to the Constitutional difficulty which lay ia the way of our accepting the trust. It follows from what has been said, that we eaa make so order, either one way or the other, oa the notions for the coofinnalioa of these re- Mlscx, 1. dissented. N. HILL, Slant RrynrteT.

Mutter nf cpmt irr, in ths City of JW JVfrj 1.3. strict, ouo a lt oina tween Hit 4th aul 5rt a.o tht Utk M'HUt, betwten 'Ud and 4Trt strut, and uho I'll I DA EVKM.NO, Mxr.CH 1, 1811. Appalliiif; C'alainily Yesterday, about I o'clock, a rumor reached New-Voik, of a terrible accident on board the f-Vamer Princeton, by which two members of the Cabinet, and other distinguished men hnd been dettroyed. At first, no part of the report wat credited, but before 2 o'clock, Extras from the office of the Republic newspaper, dispelled the lust hop tf its fulsity. Wiful news, it is said travels quick, and it was in thiteose.

The Express i thelUititli Minister to Bolon, fit brought us the intelligence of this awful catastrophe. We annex, lr. the Washington papert and Correspondei ce, the full particular! of this dire event i Front the National Intelligencer of Thursday Morning. death, by the bursting of the large gun on board of the United Slates Ship Princeton, of Secretary Upshur. Secretary Gilmer, Commodore Kennon, Virgil Maxcy, Esg and Col- Gardner, nf Uarduer't Island, N.

Y. Jlosi Awful and Most Lamentable CutiMtrophe! In the hole course of our livct it hat never fallen to our lot to announce to our renders a more shocking calamity shocking in a I itt circumstances and concomitants than that which occurred on board the U. S. ship Princeton, yes terday afternoon, wliiUt under way in tho river Potomac, fourteen or fifteen miles below this eilv. Yesterday was adsy appointed by thh courtesy and hospitality ol Cnpt.

wocmnn.commanuer oi the Piincelon. for receiving as visiters to his fine shin iking off Alexandria) a great number of guesit, with their f-miliei, liberally and numerously invited to spend the day on board. The day was most favorable, and the compnny was large and brilliant, of both sexes, not less probably in number thun four hundred, among whom were the President of the United States, the Heads of the several Departments, and their families. At proper hour, after the arrival of the expected guests, the vessel got under way and proceeded down the river, some distance below Kort Washington. During the passage down, one of the large euns on board (earning a tail ot Z2D pounils) wat fired more than once, exh biting the great power Bnd capacity of that formidnblo weapon of war.

The tallies nail partaKen oi sumpumus r. past the gentlemen had succeeded them at the table, and some ot tnem naa ten ii. The vessel was on her return up the river, op. posite to the fort, where Capt. Stockton consent ed to fire another snot iron) tne same gun, aronnu and near which, to observe its efl'ec's, many persons had gathered, though by no means so many as on similnr discharges in the morning, the ladies who then thronged the di ck being on this fatal occasion almost all between decks, and out of reach of harm.

The gun was fired. The explosion was followed, beore the smoke cleared away so as to observe its effects, by shrieks of wo which announced a cliro calamity. The gun had burst, at a point three or four feet from the breach, and scattered death and desolation around. Mr. Upshur, S.

cretary of State Mr. Gilmer, so recenily placed atthe head of the Navy Commodore Kennon, one i fits gallant officer Virgil Maxcy, lately returned from a diplomatic residence at the Hague Mr. Gardner, of Nw York, formerly a member of the Senate of that State, were amonir the s'ain. Besides these, seventeen seamen were wound ed, several of them badly and probably mortally. Amonsr those stunned by the concussion, welenrn not all seriously injured, were Captain Stockton, himselfi Col.

Benton, of the Senate i Lieutenant Hunt, of the Princeton i W. D. B-obinson, of Georgetown. Other nersons. also, were perhaps more or less injured, of whom, in the horror and confusion of the moment, no Certain nccouni couiu oe ootain-ed.

The above are believed, however, to m-prise the whole of the persons known to the public who were killed, or dangerously or seriously hurt. The scene upon the deck may morn easily be imngined than described. Nor can the imnsinn-tion picture to itself the half of its horrors. Wives, widowed in an instnnt by the murderous blast Daughters, imilten with the heart-rending siRht of their father's lifeless corpse The wailings of agonized femaUs I The piteous grief of the. unhurt but heart-stricken spectators I The wounded seamen borne down below 1 The silent tears and quivering lips of their brave nnd honest comrades, who tried in vain to subdue or conceal their feelings I What words can adequately depict a scene like this 1 The bodies of ihc lulled remained on board the ship lust night.

They will be brought to the city this morning. The following is by a correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, who was on board the Princeton at the time. Washington, Feb. 28. The day was surprisingly beautiful.

We tho't from yesterdny's cloudy sky, that we would have a rainy day of it, but the sun rose clear and bright, and the town, from early in the morning, present ed gay ai busy scene. Nearly all the carriages were eneaged, and freighted with the loveliness, beauty and trace of the city. About 11 o'clock, A. the President of the Pnited States, Mrs. Rohert Tyler, Miss Cooper, Mr.

John Tyler, Jun. with a large number ol officers in glittering uniforms, all the menibeis nf the Cabinet, save Mr. Spencer, many other high functionaries of Slate, grave Senators nnd aspiring members, quite a number of attaches aud Secretaries of egation. Gen. Almonte, Minister frvm Mexico, Mr.

Richard Packenham had been invited, but declined, and a number of other gentlemen, whose names I do not recollect, were assembled on the deck of one of the steamers plying between here nd Alexandria, last bearing down lor that plice. Opposite the Wavy Yard a boat load of musi cians were were taken on noarn, wno, as we approached Alexandria, and the Princeton hovs in sight, struck up Hail while we were describing a gracelul curve under Her now to view die splendid steamer in all her pride, the flags of erery nation steaming from ber mast, and her yards uianneJ to return tne etie rs that were tiered bv the company as mcy nearea nr. We now approached her on her larboard side. and came quite close to her. A bridge was made fom our hurricane deck to the Princeton, and the ladies and gentlemen received by the t.fficers on deck, aad conducted to Capt.

Stockton, in full uniform. The band now struck op the "Star SpangU-d Banner," the marines presented arms, and as toon at the company were on board, a salute of 21 guns was Cred, the band sti playing national airs; and it wat quite amusing to see bow many ladies remained on deck to witness the manrrnvre, al ho2B they had been p-l tely requested to step down, aot to annoyed with the tme II of powder Of the none of the report. No one imagined from the pride and cheerful-nea wh.ch prevailed in that tbrorg, that death was ia tie aaidst of them, coolly tingling oat his ticliaM. A spired. dinner was served ia the cab.

aJ the tad.es sal dowa tl, aad were waned oa Kf the rrntletnew, who were really agreeable, aad Aid the best, with wj apd "tarter, to seasca the repast fur the ladies to stand on by the tide of me. One or two hnd luken their position there, and beside me HiHd Mr. Secretary I'pshur, intent upon wit-netting the whole mana-uv re. I offered my place, but he declined saying he preferred to i i. I H'liaarM WAa lliai ni.ria.

U' It rm in h(S WBi ,0 Meanwhile III" table had again bren set for the gentlemen, and wo repaiied down to join in the general merriment. Captain Stockton was the first toast, and the cabin re echoed the cheers and plitudits of the company. The President" was then drunk, followed by nine cheers, lo which the President replied by giving the Oregon, the Peacemaker, and Cnptuin ockton." A number of tontti wem then proposed and drnnk with all the honors of Mr. lienton, Col. Smith, of New York.

Senator Woodbury, and others, and at Inst Misi Wickliffe, daughter of the Pott master Gen- erul, proposed "the American ting, the only thing American that II bear stripes." This wns received with thundering applause (he young lady's health wns drank wi ll three times three, and hertelf declared worthy ol marrying a hero. Scarcely wat that toast drnnk when the whole scenes wot changed Into one ol wretclieu. ness and woe. Cnplnin Stockton's great gun wasagnin loaded with glint and another trial made of its ttrencth and efficacy. The gun was pointed the lee ward, and behind it Cvou oiiift excuse me for be.

ina thus narticu'ar: but the scene has left such an indelible impression upon my mind that I am compelled, like Coleridge's mariner in "The Albatross," to give you nil the details,) stood Cap tain St. ekton, and a little to the lelt ol mm nir. J. Washington Tyson, Assistant Postmaster Gen. ernl, ol Philadelphia.

Bv the latter, a little behind him, stood Mr. Strickland, also of Philadelphia, and a little to the right of, but behind him, Col ncl Benton, of Missouri, who had a lady at his arm, ami Judge Phelps, Sennlor from Vermont. To the leeward of the gun stood Judge Upshur, and Governor Gi'mcr, who had but a few ays aco entered on Ihc duties ot his olhce, anil a III lie behind ihem our Into Charge de Affairs to Ileluium. Mr. Msxcv.

of Mary land. By the side of him stood Mr. Gardiner of New York, and Commodore Kennon of the Navy, who wns at the same time chief of one of the Bureaus in the rVavv Department When the gun was fired, the whole ship shook, a dem-e cloud of smoke enveloped the whole group on the fori castle: but when this blew awny, an awful scene presented itself to the view of the spectator. The lower part of the gun from the trunions lo the breech was blown off, and one hall section of it laying on Mr. Upshur.

It took two soilors to rmove it. Mr. Upshur was badly cut over the eye and in his legs his clothes were literally torn from his body he expired in about three i-nutes. Governor Gilmer of Virginia wns found equally badly injured. He had evidently been struck by the section of the gun before it had reached Mr.

Upshur. Mr Svkes. the member from New Jersey, en deavored to raise him from the ground, but was unable. A matrass was procured, nnd he was placed on it, before any medical assistance could be procured, he was no longer among the living. Mr.

Maxcy had his arms and one his legs cut off. the nieces flesh hanging to the mutila ted limbs, cold and bloodless, in a manner truly frizhtful. He died instantly. Mr. Gardiner, of New York, and Commodore Kennon, lingered about half an hour but they did not seem for a single moment to be conscious of their fate, and expired almost without a groan.

The flags of the Union were placed over the lpad bodies ns their windinir sheets. Behind the srun. the scene, though at first equally distressing, was less nlnrming. Captain Stokton. who was knocked down, almost instantly rose to his feet, and jumped on the wooden carrniee to survey the whole effect ofthe calamity.

All the hair on his head and face was bnrnt off and he stood calm and undismayed, hut silent over the wreck Judee riielns, of Vermont, hnd his hat blown or knocked off, and the buttons of his coat torn, but he wns not herwiseii jured. Mr. Striilkland, ofPhilndelphia, was not at all injured, nnd instantly reoovered his position. Miss Woodbury nnd Miss Cooper, who, in enmnanv of Cant. Reed of the army, nnd Mr.

Welles, i Philadelphia, had been standing on a leeward eun. were not hurt. But Miss Wnod-bury, (ihe beautiful nnd accomplished daughter V. Tr 1 I oltheeao nom iew iiniiipMiue; whole face sprinkled with blood, which however, we are glad to say, was not her own. Such was the force of the explosion, that the starboard nnd larboard bulwarks were literally shattered, and that part of the gun I described was blown into twenty or thirty pieces, besides the two principal sections.

Wilkins was only saved by a witticism of hit. He had takeu his stand by the side of Gov. Gilmer, but some remnrks falling from the lips of the latter, and perceiving that the gun was about to be fired, exclaimed, "Though Secretary id War, I don't like this firing, and believe that I shall run." So saying he retreated, suiting the action to the word, and was saved. The President himself had taken his position but a few momt-nts previous, precisely where Gov. Gilmer was killed, but for some reason or other, went aft, and was thus providentially saved.

The most heart-rending scene, howi ver, was that which followed. The two daughters of Mr. Gardiner, of New York, were both on hoard, and lamented the death of their father, while Mrs. Gilmer, from whom they in vain attempted to keep the dreadful news of ihe death of her husband, presented truly a spectacle fit to be depicted by a tragedian. There she sat on the deck, with hair as death, struggling with her feelings, and with the dignity of a woman.

Her lips quiverintr, her eyes fixed and up-turned, without a tear, only the corners a nine moisi, soioqui-singj Oh certainly not! Mr. Gilmer cannot be dead! Who woulddare loinjuie him Yes, oh Lord, have meicyupon me! Oh Lord, nave mercy on him And then still more apparently calm and seeming to be collected, with the fuiies tearing ber heart within, I beseech ye, gentlemen, to tell me where my husband is 0h! impossible! impossible! and be, can he, can he be dead impossible Here Mr. Senator Rives, of Virginia, drew near. Come near, Mr. she said in a soft whisper, which resembled Ophelias madness, tell me where my husband is, tell me whether he it dead.

Now certainly, Mr. Rives, this is impossible is it not sof Mr. Rivet stood speechless, the tenrs trickling down his cheeks, I tell von Mr. Rives, it is she almost screech) a nd then acain moderating her voice, Now to, Mr. Rives, tell his wife whether her husband Here several ladies exclaimed 4 God grant that she mar be able to cry.

It would certainly relieve her some. If not she mast die of a broken There were but two soreeonson board st the time of Ihe disaster. Dr. Tr-omasandDr. Hunt, the regular physieiani ofthe ship.

Etcry attention wat shown to the wounded. It is almost impossi'le to make up from so many different sources, a brief and authentic accoont of this acciJent- We shall probably receive fiom Washington, whra the excitement shall have tobsi Jed ia a degree, a more careful statement cf this unprecedented calamity. Carefully compar ing the vsnoot aecoant, that hatg reached we tsale oat the folk ing list ravages ol the Vrater." Colleagues. A curious illustration of the severance of friendship and society in this vast maze, London, was exhibited a few days since at if'one of the metropolitan Police courts. Most per- i- "ona are aware that the magistrates at th' se i courts relieve each her by taking it week about, or three days in the week each.

One day last lo 'week, a rriaeistrote of the temi-hebdomndal 'Id'tion, turning to the chief clerk, asked "How is Mr. meaning his fellow-masistrnte. The clerk repliqd that he was very well, upon which the magistrate added, I am glad to hear it, as I have not reen him, I think, these three yenre" It seamed very odd that two persons, acting as nlterhate judges week after week in the "snme court, should pass three years of their liv.s without continuity, communion but such is London. Here nrc two men who pass a great portion of their lives presiding in the same fi' court, occupying the same bench, fulfilling the same functions, ministered to br the same officers, surrounded by the same familiar faces, and yet three years elapse without even chance rencontre between them. Yet they are colleagues.

system And, also, in answer to several hundred appli-cations which Could not be idiiiilltd, lince the tecond Lectute, lo hit present Clui, the num. ber of luhicribeii i which (1387) fills up al the seals in both Lecture Rooms, bulb up and down FAUVEL-OOURAUD Will open a New Class for Ihe eaiug, and in i l.i. An me rl'nr the eunvenienca lllll of Ladies nnd the member! of the Clkbcy,) as toon as a reasonable number ui tuuscriucra man have united to form either of the two Clnsses, or bolh. iKT At leat tuo iActurtt a wee will be given to each Class on Tisdiy and Friday for the Kvening Class, at 7 P. M.

and on H'tduts-day and Sa urday lor the Da) Class, at 12 o'clock precisely) thus reducing the Courte, in lime, la three weeks at most, as there will be firo doubl Lectures in ench port of the Course. N. B. No other classet wi I be formed hereafter on any consideration, Prof. G.

having already mnde preparations lo lecture in Philadelphia, Bui. ton, Washington and Baltimore, before the open-ing uf the business season. ILT Tickets of admission to the Evening Course, including the printed Principles, given nt the door every evening to each member Family Ticket for two person! ail.lilifinnl mem rxr ofthe same Family 3 Ticketsofadrnission lotlte DayCourse, for each addilional member, 3 To be had at Prof. office, No. 297 Broad-way, a few doors below Ihe Grnile Building.

Office open from 10 A. M. to 5 P. for delivery if tickets to subscribers. (p- The subscription list will be closed Saturday, 2d March.

P. S. For the satisfaction of that portion of the public who might yet desire more coiicmit tvidenc on the practicability, power, and umneoie advantage! of the System, a PHKENO-MNEMOTECHNIC And Kxperiinentul 1 PUBLIC INTRODUCTORY LECTURE, For the benefit ol the needy ORPHAN ASYLUMS OF NEW YORK, Will be given in thu Tabernacle, on the evening of the tith March, at preci.ely half past 7 o'clock. ttr The Phreno Mnemotecbnie experiment! or the evening to be mndj by over ONE humdsmj (I adies and Gentlemen) members of Professor GOUUAUD'S present class Besides several PUPILS of the 2V. Y.

Blind Asylumt who will answer to every quetlioa put them by the audience from a voluminous programme of the statistical, historical, mathematical and other scientific facts, which they have learned by the applicaiion of the System, at the end of Ihe fourth lecture of he course. i. Ticket of aJmitsion to Hie Introductory Lee ture 50 cents. Feb. 28 3teo(.

Clotliiii? ISusiiies. rp HE subscriber! have formed a partnership for the transaction of a general Merchant Tailoring and ready made Clothing business, and for Ihe present 1 ca ed at 79 Fulton street, where the public arc invited to call nnd examine a choice assortment of Gjods in their line of business. THOMAS D. CARMAN, SAMUEL S. POWELL.

N. B. The bonnets of the above firm wi 1 be removed on or before the first of May, lo the corner of Fulton and Market itreeis, where they will display a splendid assortment of ready made Clothing. March 1 2m CYRUS V. r.LD, Ccmiuisftiou Paper Warehouse, AND DEALER IN RJGS, BLEACHING POWDER, ALUM, FELTINGS, WIRE CLUTHS, lo.

IStnHng-Slip, (LT Paper of every size and quality made to order. March 1 OF all kinds constantly on hand, and for sale in lots lo suit purchasers. CYRUS W. FIELD, No. 9 Builing-Slip, New-York.

March I ItAGS. THE highest market priccg will be paid in CASH for all kinds of Rnes, at No. 9 Bur-ling Slip, New-York. CYRUS W. FIELD.

March 1 dtcly Wanted, A SMART, active BOY. To one who can bring a good recommendation, a fair salary will be given by SMITH JONES, Nos. 103 Fulton and 9d Main-streets. March 1 lt New-Voi atxl llroukltii 1 xre. THE lubtcnber respectfully inform! Ihe inhabitants of Brooklyn and New-York, that he has commenced running an Express Wason be-tween the two cities, for th delivery of Parcels, Packages, Trunks, Bundles, tc, by leaving directions at II.

H. Dow's Store, No. 67 Fulton St. Brooklyn, or E. H.

Maxwell's (Importer of Tsi-lor'i Trimmings) Store, No. 59 Maiden Lane, N. Y. Goods, Trunks, itc. will be called for, or if left at either office, they will be safely delivered as directed.

He intends to give his personal attention to Ibis business, and pledges himself that all Goods or Parcels intrusted to his care, shall be promptly and safely delivered. An Order Box will also be found at both the Fulton Ferry-Houses. Referf.kces. Rev. Wm.

B. Lewis, Brooklyn Thomai Hall, Fulton street, Brooklyn; E. D. Hurlbut 84 South street. New-York Edward Corning 10 Old Slip, New-York.

CHARLES W. THAYER- March I lm rjth if ji ine iwo-nioi duck iihuki I'll li? Store and Basement, situated oa the Ai tenth east corner of Nassau and Jack. toa itreela. Arptyio IICKKK, LUUt'ktl No, 70 South street, New-Yor-March ArrUCATION will be snaie to the Leg isle-ton at its Meant ensioa, to alter the diree- tioa of come ofthe existing Mreeta, new streets near the Williaawborga line, ia the Srveatk Ward of lac city ot Bronya. Brooklyn, March 1MI laww Congressional Feb.

28, In Senate, no business of importance was transacted. Seveinl memorials from individuals were presented. Resolutions from the Legisla lure of Alabama on slave representation, counter to those of Massachusetts, were considered and laid over one day, to allow the presentation of similar resolutions from the Legislature of Vir ginia, when the whole matter will come up. In the House, the 21st, or gag, Rule, was in fact restored. A motion mode to reconsider the action of the previous day on the Rules, did not prevail.

A motion to lay the whole matter on the table prevnilcd. So the House stands precisely where it did, in regard tu Rules, on the second day of the session. Mr. Adams, however, gave notice that he would call up the subject the next day, and Mr. Davis said that he would move to rescind the 21st State Legislature.

Feb. 28. In Senate. A resolution was received instructing the Senators and requesting the Represents' ives to urge the passage of a bill making appropriation for the improvement of the Hud. son.

Passed unanimously. The bill authorising the Committee on Stale Prisons, to visit the prions during the recess, was lost. The bill for the relief of the Auburn prison, was passed. The bill to increase the School Fund $84,000 (the public land money) was further diseased. Feb.

23. Assembly. Petitions received. New Yoik lien law referred to New York delegation. Brooklyn lien law referred to a select commit, tee.

In the afternoon the resolutions to amend the Constitution, in regard to State debt and liabilities, were considered in Committee of the Whole. Firemavs' Ball One of the most agreeable and lively Bolls of the season came off at National Hall last evening. The Company was very respectable, but not as large as we expected. But for comfort, sociability, nnd every thing else that could possibly render it agreeable it can not be easily surpassed. Knickerbocker Ball.

The New York and Brooklyn Knickerbocker Ball takes place at Tammany Hall, in the city of New York, on Monday March the 4th. At this Ball there will be a great gathering of the descendants of the ancient Knickerbockers, and it will no doubt be one of the most pleasant balls of the season. Wallace's famous Brass Band is engaged. Tick, ets one dollar. To be had of Wm.

Thomson ofthe Brooklyn Insuratict Co. By reference to our advertising columns, it will be seen that Mr. Charles W. Thayer, has commenced running an Express, for the delivery of parcels, trunks, packages, 4tc, between this city and New York. This airangement wilt un doubtedly be of great convenience to our citizens, and Mr.

Thayer is every way qualified for the enterprise, being energetic, careful and trust worthy. (D Babe, the pirate, who was to have been executed on the 8th has been reprieved for one month. The reprieve was signed by Mr. Upshur the day previous to his death. ITT A man named Rob nson Gor on, a merchant from Dayton, Ohio, committed suicide a( Philadelphia on Wednesday evening.

He had been drinking to excess, and was probably deranged when he committed the fatal act. Appointments bt thb Goveho. By and th the advice and consent ofthe Senate. Feb. 27lh, 1844.

Oiange Nathan Reeve, Supreme Court Commissiner, vice Wm. C. Hibrouck, term expired. Charles Borland, Surrogate, vice G. M.

Grier. Nathan Westcott, Supreme Court Commissioner, vice A. S. Benton. Stephen C.

Parmeater, Notary; new appointment. James Walker Fowler Examiner, viceE. C.Sulheilaad. Tabift Roasts. It is aserted in t' St.

Albans, Vt Republican, that the British CuMom House officers, on the Canada lines, have received instructions to let no horses enter the Provinces without paying duty of $7 and entrance lee of 50 eentt, ao matter if the owner or driver it out going tea rods into her Majesty'idcmiaions, or going to stay tea minutes. Neglecting Uus, a forfeiture of the team is the coateqaence. Maim. The Lrco-Foco of this State hive nominated Hoa. Hcch J.

present incumbent) for Governor, aad Janet W. Bradbury and Joha Stkkary for lectors of President for the Stat at large. -m ETIQUKTTE. i 'I i' Against picking one's teeth with a fork at table, or sucking one' finsera in a drswing-room, an hundred works have been written. Etiquette, so called and published, goes but little deeper this.

The position of the feet when ing up, the curve of the legs when sitting down i the arranecment of the month when smiling, the -i management of the eye when coi. versing these the sublime subjects treated on in works of tr. etiquette. r- Miss Martinenu, whose deafness has only made her eye-siuht the sharper, in spenking of one of 'l themcsldi-linsuished statesmen which this coun-! I try hns yet produced, says "He is an artificial gentleman." What an expressive rm. And r.

every person who nttempts to ncqnire theoreti-. cally the ease, polish, nfinemen' and vivacity, i which mnrk the true gentleman or lady, willsure-ly 'nil. Like Hacked, giving orders in the rich burlesque of the Militia Muster, he will turn over two leavsat a time, and expose the delect origin of his gentility, to the amusement i-ol all around him. old adage, "play' not with sharp tools," comes in appropriately here. Cenli'ity is a sharp -i tool, for the uninitiated to play with they had better have none of it, than to osc it until they have learned how.

have laughed at, even wldle we pitied the poor devils, who in crowded saloons, have essayed to piny the Mdetnd foine." With their cars wide open to entch the faintest whisper, either of censure or of praise; fearful lest some movement, or expression should be vulgar, or out of taste, these wretched persons pass a holc evening in while these around possess common (wnse, with or without polish, are the rcc ents of all the ea- iure, which social communion can yield. ii is laoor, aiways nnu in every case, to p-prar that which we are not and it is deception too. If we are not aeeaslomed to the usages of refined society, and desire to mote in it, we had better go in our own character, which i 1 command at least the respect it merits, thaa assume one foreign to us. Just imagine Gotsin, the inimitable elown, attempting to play Hamlet, in im itation ol Slaerraiiy. We have written thus much on this topic, be-einse there are thousands of young men, who aie made miserable by thit tilly desire to appear aufdU polite circlet.

If they would look at tbemvlret iospaitially, but one moment, tbey would detect validity i these very attempts at e'tinee. T.kmi their bintt from these boc felijtte, they act preei ely like stupid tchool bo', vq hair learned are recited with a b'm'eing hesitation, which is sure lo r-frof f. Bjt tor.e or rr.it bow shall a peiton in a eu-, lo a h-e a.aiarrt be it a tlra-trerf ex aJ tbea there i'l be to tcl.rf. Srj yenwo, wi boot arroganer, tzkr, wr.f'.tt Tiitdty withoat ispriiec Ue are rwi1t lt lot entcmfia te IMS rscssdirjt. acW rJ the rftitiJ mo, tU kvi c-rni.