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l v . THE. CITIZEN,‘ SATURDAY, .reI:1L"sT‘ls5i.>,‘ 7' 1‘ ‘
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was lvavv YORK DULY rr.vl:s.. ‘ ' y
We take great ploasure referring our readers to a very able
and eloquent article in the Time: of Tuesday. There was needed
some such expression of the natural and holly Republican ambi-
tion of America: and if we had space we wotrlif‘ reprint every
word of it. Here is one extract. ‘ ' l
“ Ilut let us now hope, when we have grown to the prupuriioun or u guitar,
that we anuu soon do something more than ‘ alt for a .’ It is null very
Iv - d
mo
:‘l,cesin,::'a he crunyl no the resunson berly.
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would not 3 u prlronar, very on y, ask or your help and that
On Saturday there was a dense fog ever this city which appears
to have extended north and south for many miles and was doubt-
less generated by the thaw. The steamboat: of the Sound, due
ear y in the morning did not arrive till late in the afternoon, when
the fog cleared away. There were numerous ollisiona of furry
boats and other craft in the North and East riveru, and the Staten
Island boats found it necessary to suspend their trips. Owing to
the fog,lhe slcamshi Pacilic did notleare her dock on Saturday‘
She sailed at 9 o'clorIt on Sunday morning. , . I
Csrvrut Plait.-The Reports of the Majority and Minority
Committees of Lands and Places, of the Board of Councilrne
om was re erred the consideration of adjusting the dimensions
of this Park, were on Monday evening‘ brought before the Board,
and upon vote, both annihilated. The project therefore, remains
mtllzIuqlw.- ‘ ‘ > ‘
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on Sunday lust, I-orrnn W.-oz again held forth from trio’ steps or
the City Hall, when a vow occurred, and a police allicer was roughly
a ‘L , . , p
- urull
of your robust illualratinrr to break his chsrnsl, that he might have a ehanceto ha" 19
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lbllow Iho exam .
-l lvorls this merely lrllo speculation. lt is a cm in point where union will
m s to
n Wlrayauppnaaan 1: Mia down the bittertbought,
will the Ill-at neoels-lliee of life are being prorided ror, but when out is done,
they again rerne . l
‘A it ado not advocate an armed inIerventlon,ln European nlniru. nor would
we see this re r c, in the preeenl unre,y-laying the pan ofapolll el Qulrore,
or redresser ofeveryhml la wro ,. want we do desire in min ul nun
n netting andthoroughlyrepuhllcan roreirn policy, Wllh u pleln
unonergerio,
course diatlnctlytraoed and tousistenly followed. 1.2! this policy be hosed
"pan prlnc‘ le -- '. ‘ eme1l.abl'x,”and,pursuiu it,let us take our
sent at the Council-hoard urupesn no one, to uni connected with nl by
I s or to merciul inlerco rae, family I-vlurionahl reornrnondo o-
crane sling. 1-no lsnng Eastern complication is on err-eueu: opening for
tnelnauguration ofsuch u my. wnrtovonno result or‘ that entuuzlomenl
otne I'0DfBlClIl3Ll0I‘l nu: ' In ll! Hell talent. I
swam > no assured that, although our word: may be lrmnedro unwillingly,
tnry must, nevurrzrrlm, oornlmlnil the moat'prul‘nllurl attention.
“But whatever the time or occasion mat rniy onoerccrorr ror American inter-
cenrrul gm'ernl'ue,nt, strongly impressed with
so
a or loi Wrttliiose who dl1l‘e,in norm of tblrrrepubllcxu people, rdrn.
cate our alliance with despotic nlltru lgnlllni the right and liberties oftne lull-
‘uns they enslave. - r ,
A 'l‘r.rtrzral.r: Co.vsr.a(:x.r1'loy.-Loss or Srxrv THOUSAND Dot.-
'hle oonllagration took place on Tuesday morning,
in the Third Vl’ard, by which it is estimated that over $60,000
worth of property was consumed. T 1 three: first made theirap-
eamnce in the extensive liquor distillery of Messrs. Johnson &
azarus, and they spread with ‘ Owing to the vast
quantity of alcohol and other explosive liquids in the establishment,
the firemen were compelled to be very cautious about entering the
building, in order to avoid injury or loss of life. After the lire
had been unlinrr for some twenty minutes, a terrihr: explosion
look place, but tiniunrioly no one was truer or injured, as for us
our reporter could lenm, yet it is rurrnl.-rd that an etnployri or the
concern may have lost his It s. as he has n missing since the
r..rlts.-A
‘explosion was first hezlrii. : The nrrnnon were early on the ground, -
as was also the police, and by their perm-ering efforts the adjoin-
ing warehouses were save . ', ' ’ ‘ ’ '
, . ,
Barnum‘: Pnax roe Rcvnrsvrxc run l'nvs'r it. PALACP --
Barnum with his usual Lnct has hit upon an expedient for misln
at sum which would enalllc him to ezirry nn the Exhibition; and if
it succccdrl, the stuck-holders may yet ilmve “ better times." is
proposes that Railroad Companies, pbuslurcpe men, and Hotel lice -
will be gainers if the llxhrlrrtrolr rs resuacitated and out o
, Sixth Avenue Railroad, $10,000; Mesers.‘r’lclier, Treadwell, do
00., of the ht. Nicholas Hotel, 5,000; Simon Leland A: (
tropolitan Hotel, 5,000 ; Iernan and Stetson,‘ A ouae,
5.000; American flluieum, 5,000 ; Libby and Vlflutney, Luvejoy’e
Hotel. 3.000 ; Duni-an. Sherman 6200-: 1.000; John Geniu, 1,000
makirrg in all 535,000. If this plan surreal! Us mum will not
reign the prcaiilency. - - A - - -
Tur.or.oclcar. hV'ie.4)li Tuesday evening last a tlwr-logical disr-
cussion between a Baptist and a llnivemalist commenced at the
Broadway Tabernacle, to continue for nine aye. '
are the Rev. Thomas J. Sawyer, pastor of the Orcllaril-street. Uni-
vt-rsalist Church. and the Rev. Isaac )‘Vmcmt. of the Laigbt-at. Ba
list urc Tho quertionat issue is: “ Do the oly Scriptures
teach the Find Salvation of ell Men!" The novelty of a public
discussion of this character, which New York has not witm-axed
fur several years. attracts good houses. Tickets are issued for the
entire eourae. ' dismssiolr may, at the option of the parties,
continue for even a longer time than that specified.
Last year, the total assessed value of property in New York,
was $413,686,932, being an advance of over sixty millions on the
assessments of 1852. This year the total of assessments ia
-lE)6,l49,6l5,or an increase ofover eighty-two million dollars u n
the assessments of 1853.‘ There is no doubt that pro rty as
been increasing rapidly in pram: value, in this city,but i we have
increased eighty-two millions in permanent wealth within twelve
months, we are proaperir-lg at a rapid rate truly. .
Six of the members of the Brooklyn Board ol‘Excise were placed
on trial, on Friiln , on indictments for m’ e eeuor, '
evening, and they retired, but were unable to agree, afler delibera-
g a ‘ . be morninp, W en they were
sent for by the Court and draclmrged. The de mutants will, con-
sequently, be tried the second time. p
A grand veto salute of one hundred guru: was lired in the Park,
on Monday, at 4 cfclock, r.u., in honor of the veto of Governor
Seymour on the Marne vv. I - ;
On Saturday afternoon, one ot'.tbe walhr ot‘.a new building now
‘in mess: of erection upon the site of the ruins of the late Ere at
Nos. 14 and 16 S ruce rtrcct, fell with a loud crash, and severely
injured several 0 the laborers. . , p ,
A comet now makes its appearance every night, very nearly in
um: quarter where the comet up six or seven month
it may be seen early lo the night a few degrees above the horizon,
and nearly north-west. ' l
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Mr. Lowii, the manager of the Sandy Hook Telegraph Linc, is
about to construct r branch line in Staten Island: -
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‘l‘lrl-: Plaexoucxa or ‘run “’r:nln:'x.-The unusual severity of
the weather during the last fortnight of “arch has attracted the at-
tention of astronomers and meteorologists who are endeavorlng to
explain the phenomenon. is is no u-on.re’r it should attract atten-
tion, when the temperature which was gradually growing warmer
from the 12th of March, when fromphslow the freezing point it
reached 51 degrees. became 10 on the 16th and on the 17th aud-
denly fall to 51 degrees, and on the lsth the lenrperature to 20 de-
grees, thus sinking 50 degrees in two days. On the 19th it was
so degrees, on the 20th 19 degrees, 21st :1 degrees, 22.! 23 de-
grees; for the remainder of the month it continued cable! than it
has been during the same period, for the previoun seven years.
There has
one equally as high.
in; on the 31st, and the other on the 21th. The year 1850 comes
nearest in low temperature ; in that year the Arctic ice was mov-
ing on the Atlantic in Februn and March, as is the case this
The year 1818 presents the converse of this, for during the
last twelve days in March in that year, there was no freezin tem-
peraturo, and there was no Arctic ice on the Atlantic during tha,
year. Itlr. l-la-‘ram says that llre temperature proceeds according
“ harmon and order are visible in the changes of the atmosphere,
and what mankind without accurate and very minute observation
regard as unsettled changes, are as harmonious and bcautiful as is
all else that pertains to nature." It appears that the Itcarner P -
ciflc on the 12th of March whenthe warm cyclo began hero repo
e commencement of a hurricane at sea. ' On the 15th there was
a severe thunder storm on Ca uga lake, and at the same time the
Aurora. Borazulis vras lighting u , the Nonh; the 16th, there was a
terrible tllullderslorm at Airing: on Vs. ; l’l'll.t. a ll.u.vnLlets.u '
ning storm passed here at s P. .u., and the lightning etmtirlned to
r-orruscate at ailislance until midnight, and when the lightning
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Anna on Grlvuu. Plexus.-The YoungM:n'sNntioml Deny
ocratic Club. held a meeting on Friday mt the Stuyvesant lnvtitute,
Mr. G. Gunther in the chair. The rincipal feature of the meet-
ing was 2 speech of Judge Morton, formerly of Georgia; now of
the National Democrat of this city. ‘ He said the administration had >
proved rocrennt, and party traitors in ere section had heen chosen .
for office as the exponents of Democratic sentiment. .The follow- ,
ing resolutions were ado te : . '
1.’cwlrrd,Thut the act of the Adruiristratiorr in cru-ihinlv our, "
through its minions in the Oualom-House, such Democratl I. will 7
not “ bend the knee to Baal,” but who have the honuty and man- .
hood to assert their rights-men who, in every attribute that form .
a man and Democrat, equal those who unfortunately nierl the put.
ronage of the Administratiorr;-met-its our deepest execration, and
that we resolve to know no rest until we shall have purged from
the councils oftha Democracy proper. the vultures now preyirrg on
its vitals-whose names are not only in the White House, but in
the Cabinet oflbc Administration. .
Ruolud, ‘lhnt in the nraa-rly course puloua-Ll by Honorable Fran.
t-is B. Cutting. in th House of Representatives, on the occasion of
the vote referring to the Committee of the “hole the Nebraska
bill, as reported by Honorable Mr. Richardson. of lll., at the time,
and reflects a brilliant halo on his well earned repu-
tation, and entitles him to the gratitude of the true men of the
North, who npprova of the principle: of the bill. but nol in its de-
tails, particularly unit or the cl.-ryron alien cause. i
r rad, That trio outrage upon the Black xvrm-or u-,. 0...
which called for energetic and prompt action upon the part or our
Executive. That his at: ‘on was not such as might have been ex.
eaed, and that we await with anxiety, to hear that the honor of
our dag has been vindicated.
VVo3ua' mo nee Rlollrs rx -ms Susan. or Onto.-lnlhe Sen- ‘
ate, the dull monotony of law making was broken in upon, an yep.
terday, by the presentation of a memorial on vr'omari‘s hls,
rs. C. M. Severance of Cleveland, which she read vr ith deep fez
in . The memorial was an able expose of the wrongs ofwaman.
as practised by the common statute law ot'0hio, and was an a al ‘
to Senators as fathers, brothers and sons, to do away with the dis- ‘
abilities, nliieh. had the vote been taken ere the sound of herma-
aical mice .-n ied away, would have produced an almost unanio
mrvus vole in its favor. The Senate by a vote, ordered the memo- ‘ '
rial to be laid on the table to be printed. gument marked
the fair authnresn no ono who had lhouulll n.lItr'll and deeply on the
subject. There was quite a collection in "
or
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ruuon be lint been wronged.-colonlnr Democrat.
,'l‘lir; Lula" Dcrtr. Armin-hlsssss. Cl."FHNG up 1Sn1:sx.v-
rroor.‘-'rne duel ‘ulnar has been settled. A correspondent or
a New York paper says : ',
an in understood that the late peudinu duel hung like on the
challenge. Mr. Cutting‘: first note to ‘in. Breoronridgo, de-
manding a retraction, involved also a challenge Breckenridge ‘
declined to accept, but, overlooking the ehallrnge, did not signify
his acceptance. n Ill cat-rtroiers)’ which follow , Cullin
claimed the right of the clrallengml party, and named pistols at
l)l.t.Wca1)on Breckenridge, insisting that his right was not eat-
persnle , roloureil lho ritlt‘. “Ellis was the greatdilliculty; but it
lmlgth nrulttnl relraelions were control on peace restored.
ceased, the warm term on ed a
-no atorln
thousand miles, for it left a rvconl of its path in
tered in its rapid tlight. The day following, Sunday the 19th, the
tide fell lower than hall been witnessed for many '
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says early vegetation is killed, and the t crop, wheat and corn,
badly injured. The Ballinrore I’I1.Iriol of the some dam says: “'5
have another snow storm upon us. It cnnunvnced some ti '
the night, and cmrtinued snowing very first till this writing, after
one o'clock. with the wind from the south-went. i As for the north
the navigation of the Hudson and other rivers Lhnt had been upco-
ed were again closed, and the railroad trains lfetvreeu this and Al-
o thervnmneterandioati-d 10 degrees hclowpzero. and
the whole country around was shrouded in auou-., Trams on the
e it had
the great snow storm of Thursday the 30th. On some portions of
‘ wrence Road, the lrndw was three feet deep.
In Prince Edward‘: Island nunrbera have been fmzengdghe Hon.
' Thurs-
in
Geninl weather has been restored born with the bevinning of the
lrlollui.‘ . 4., pp ”" V
.‘ GRB.rv' House Inca rr New 0llLl1.t.V's rox $20,U0l).4On'Sa-
turday last, April I, the great pas‘! atako race came orr, at New
Or! at -. o stake vies $20,000, and the greatest excitcrnont
rcvalled. Four area: were te . exinglon for Kentucky,
geompte for Mississippi, Highlander for Alobamu, and Arrow
for Louisiana. ' '
8 min. 8;‘ eec.,
and the eecon heat, 8 min. 4 sec. ; Highlander wait distansod in
. There was eat 'sappoinlnwnt at the result,
beta having run very high on f:lgl'Il8l'll.lt‘l'. ’ '
. Drfa-reecrrve I-‘recs tr Burrato no f‘,r.:vr.l.i.vn.-Thrve ores
occurroil simultaneously in Bulfnlo, on Monday monring, on
which destroyed Sturtevanfs large planing mills, ineuludurg some
immense piles or pins lumber. trim dwelling-lloullllr Ftavy‘-vb
mzruufaclory, Dans‘ ca enter shop, and several small buildings.
The two other tires, which are supposed to have been the work o
inecniliariee, rleatro ‘ed Icven dwellings. .Tlte total loss ll. about
940,000. on Sum ay night, at r: o‘clock, a lire broke out in ‘lin-
zine House No. 2, at Cleveland, Ohio, by which tin-my families
vrero“bumtout.".., u . - ‘ ’.“""" "
- Anclrlrrseor, Hcanaa ran Cesar-vAF3lIl>""l30P ll“ 5'“ hi“ ml‘
3 letter to the Charleston Mercury, in w lo he denies
that he is in favor of the annexation of Cuba,‘rrr wishes to h:l've
ire Spaniards disturbed in their poeleilsion of the lsland. ‘ '
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f Ollice Department which hall to do with
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friends of Breclrenhridgn hare plum-ii the correspondence at lb:
dirtcrellnn of the other side, and vi ’ ' bu.h,,d.
, , bore we lean
that Mr. Breckenridge has authonzeil the publication of the terms
or: which the ilitliculty was It-lllcd, and lhcy will appear noon."
,;'l'he New York Tmrrv has the following: - ,
X“ It iv said that some dimcnlly occurrvd in the’ recent aE'air be. '
tween Mr. Cutting and Mr. llreclrenridge, on
ns. This is probably a mistake, so far as the prineipals of the
tuel were concerned. “'e understand that Gen. Shields, of the ‘
Senate, as the consulting frivnrl of lllr. Culling, made the qua-A
tlon against the choice o
M. His au in
was yielded to by Mr. Breckenridge am his friends, and gthhnenrl:
ploy men! of pistols, at ten -ct-s. finally agreed upon, before or-
gotiations fur a frivrrrlly sclt enrerrt were entertained. p ‘
li.AlLRtJ.lllS t,v nil: Blmmt Pnovlxcnr.-r“'e lnuu from Halifax
N. 11., that the Provincial Parliament will probably rise this week. 1
The r-lrief business of the evasion has 9 consideration of ’
the guvermeutal measures for the introduction o ‘ I into .
the province. .‘Billa for thin purpose have In-enpperfected, and it
is expected that the goverlunent will be alrle to rarrte,mr pm;-ind;
bonds. funds enough to constructa trunk line to about thirty miles
northwest from H' ‘ x, from which point it ll pnvpmlfd to build -
' e from Vl'i1Iilaor and Annapohs, and another to Truro and .
about sixty miles. . nu also favorable to I ,
gpgcdy connection bv' ftvverp Halifax and the United ,
5L3I,a;t, wt St. John, A . l3, and Calais, Ill Marne. ,-
l Tm.-‘Tnru. on Can. Srruoupt-rm.--The jury 4] ' ’ '
Caplaiti Sclraunrlrurg, tried at Washington on delI'rll‘leralt.e ""- "f
g rt and wounding Mr. Fulhanr, a hotel Leeper,vn'th .PislfL"aEl .;
luring previoiisly lrourrrl him badly, luougrrr in . ,m“" 0
day lnommg of s- rullty ofassault, without intent to kill " c ‘
Sn-haulnlvurg hgs beep :en$En(‘:r'(l to air ' ,
and to pay a rm 0 ,. ll) . he read ., “su .
wound was wonsnlered tlangcmlll. and fol‘ smile an‘ an ‘
of the wounded man was doubtful. , '“""'-V
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1 Horn-rro luxo Earp. who has b on '
toaster General, in the place of Mr? H:b)l$:ll:“, I .
ofhlaine. He is a primer by trade and who at om 1‘ I E:
tor or TIteJt']T<‘rlmtil1n,publishvtllnportlanil D .. ‘Th’ Id". -
istrution of Mr. Fillmore, he was placed in the buildliudgof the 1:3:
international posts) tan‘
or! Ausistant Pm. .
ased. ‘
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‘Tut lhvr Dru. l‘usrn.--The Bill for the construction afar‘:
frigate: sent from the House, was taken up in the Sena.uon'hrea-
day and passed immediately. ‘ This looks like preparing promptly .
for contingencies. . r ‘ . .
l T113 Collegiate lnatildte at Ilroclrport. was destroyed by an .
‘Mud-y l!lQmln[. The loss is about :2o.ooo-lnrurum moon.‘
221. it
lba choice of wee. - "
