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THE TRI BINE, TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER \X XT Oar correspondents ?rill observe that we here mad* room for leversj of their fav-,rs this roornitr. Several others, of "jusl vilue. wilt app^ir as fa<l as we can make room for th*-:n?s* .? x-u.i two, t least, to-morrow. 17" We pub!i?h on our rir?t pare a reply to the Com? munication iu our p&p-r a week since on the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad coi trover-y. thus enatdinr our resders to ?ee both sides. Not deeming any thing farther nece? ?ary to a fair understanding of the nislltr. we mu?t de cliae farther Commuoieationa no the subject. 13" For au eipo.nioD of t ie causes of the ;ate Rail road Disaster in Mu?uchu-etis, an official Statement of the Exp' rl* of the United States. Mohawk and Kadsou Railroad Controversy. .V.r.. see First Pare. XT For a Poem by Mrs. Si?.urney, and the Report of an important eise in Chancery decided by v'=e Chancel lor Hoffman, ?r Last Page. KJ* There is nu mistake about it: Tammany has actually nominated Isaac L. Yarian and Eli? jah /'. Purdy to represent tki* Disuict in the Son hU: s?f tbe State! Let our readers bear in mind that the Senate is by Constitution the very highest Jegul tribunal known to our laws, and that ques? tions are annually settled by its decisions involving directly the lives and property of all our citizens, j I? thcie one man in the City of New-York who, j politics aside, would select these two from among our 45,01)0 eiector.s as the best calculated to inter? pret the laws and preside in the highest judicial tribunal ? Wo believe not one. There are other grounds on which ihn n?mina- ' tion atrikes us us most extraordinary. Varian and Purdy are both members of the old Regency Ca bal who have uniformly supported any device to delude and oppress the People which had received ] the Tammany Stand of * regular.' No iniquity j which ' the party ' saw fit to perpetrate has ever lejcn too strong for tbe stomach of either. Mr. I V'arian, an a member of the Legislature, has voted I for the creation of more monopoly Ranks than al- | most any other man living. In 1835; he was Chairman of the General Meeting in Tammany Hall which kicked the Loco-Focos out of the psr ty, turned off the gas-light und left tlern in dark rioas. They have since shown how much they de? served the kicking by voting for him three times j as Mayor, and will doubtless vote fot him again. The nomination of Alderman Purdy mm' be 1 specially acceptable to the Catholic voters after the needless contumely with which bo treated their demands and their representative in the School discussion before the Cummon Council. Still, we j have no doubt that ho will now sign anv thing t!ie\ I n=k and ciijoie the groat mass of them into his sup- ' port. After the election he can do as he please. about redeeming hi.s pledges, as the Tammany Delegation did in the session of 1835. Varian and Purdy be Senators .' Xcw-Yurk tt j a great City, and no mistake .' OC^ We see a paragraph running the round? of' the journals nbout a new and mote liberal Con? stitution, which purports to liu\o been adopted in Rhode Island. Wo w ish the fuel were so, but the truth is that no Constitution has been adopted. The citizens of Rhode I.-lund who, not being Free? holders, ere denied the Right of Suffrage under the Royal Charter which answers for her Consti? tution, took the liberty to call u Constitutional Convention, elected Delegates thereto, held it and framed a Constitution. This Constitution allows even main citizen over twenty-one, who lias lived a year in the State and three months in the town, to vote nt Elections; but to vote on a question in? volving the imposition of it tux the voter must be worth $150. The Senate i* to consist of twelve, the House of eighty Members, fairly apportioned . the Governor tu have a veto power, to be over? ruled by a majority of all the Members elected to each House. Such air the outlines of the pro? posed Constitution, and u very good one it is; bul ! unless it is adopted by ( lonvention legally called and elected by the |pgU] ?oters. it can liavu no more force than Wn.ate paper. Wo do hope, how? ever, that the Freeholders will see the propriety ol conceding to the just doinnmU of their brethren un extension of the Uiglu ul'Suflriig? Pennsylvania.?Although Gov. Porter's ma? jority is very large?probably ov? 20,000?it indi? cate* no accession to the Von Rtuen party, but u simple staying at home of \\ h c voters. Porter1, rote trill fait some thousands bcloic Van B?rens. Wo do tiot believe he bus obtained five hundred votes which were cast for Harrison lust Fall. But the Whig* of Pennsylvania were paralyzed by tin death of Gen. Harrison?whoso name was tht-i? tower of strength?they were cut up by local feuds as well us the dfaculties at Washington. They knew they wert? to be beuten, und hardly made on effort to avert a defeat which they deemed inevitable. In the 1 louse, the Vim Buren majority will be decided, but the Senate we are confident is still Whig. Twelve Whigs hold over, including Gen Smith of Bucks, who is not much of a party man. The Whigs have th s year elected in addition from Philadelphia City.2 Dauphin und Lebanon.1 Bedford and Somerset.1 Allegheny and Butler.1 Crawfotd and Erie._.I Beaver und Mcrcei.I Hold over 11; Total..18 to 15 Loco-Focos. Tbe Opposition pretend ti claim Forielly of Craw ford h* their man?he being a volunteer cantli late running against a Whig : but in the first place he is a Whig, and in the second we de not believe he w elected, but that Gen. Johnj Dick, regular Whig, has beaten him. George Darsie, Whig, is suid to be elected in die Alle? gheny District by 51 majority, th-u'h Wtu. Little. Whig, was also regularly a candidate. Two Whig tickets were run throughout in Allegheny County, and the result is the election of most of the Vaa Buren candidates. The saving of the Senate is important, as it will prevent the Loco-Focos gerrymandering tic State for the choice of Members of Congress. 0*3* ?? '/.. Y. X " No. 2. on the State Prison Question shall certainly appear soon. It was re? ceived in the absence of the Editor at the West rind did not reach him tili Saturday. It is a singu? lar medley of truth aad error?of unfairne?*? in handling the arguments t?t" the Mechnnics and ol ? uinrged views of the proper treatment of felons i generally. We assure the authoi that its appear? ance has been delayed by no dread of the effect ol its arguments, cogent as they certainly are when not invalidated by erroneous ajssusnptions. If we ti.i not happtru to have room to expose its mistake* whan we publish it, the reader tatiiiitar with the subject can hatd y fail to detect them KJ3 Hon. Join. J. Crittjsstjes arrived at Fratikloit, K>. ou Thursday is-A. j [XT Tie New Era is "gratified to iearn that ?? the Hon. Charles J. Ingersott, the distinguished " Member of Congress from Pennsylvania, has beer. " Invited and will address the next great County (i Mceeting of the Democracy at Tammany Hail." Now there are several matrers pertinent to this which wc should be " gratified to learn" from the New Era : and in order to do so we ask the follow, iner questions, viz t 1. Is this (lie Chark? J. Itigorsol! who once pub? lished in the Philadelphia papers that " if he had lived in the days of the Revolution he vrould hare been a Tory ? " Is it the C. J. Irigers.iv!! whom Gen. Jackson turned out of the office of I*. S. District Attorney as a defaulter ? Is be the same one whom Mr. Secretary Woodbury rep-r.ed in 13*57 as ?tili a Defaulter to the amorist of over $70,000 ' 4. Has he yet forked over the- r.fore-aid ? ?When the Era answers these, we have a few more it ask. Ohio.?By our Northern Mail, we have advices of tie- election of the Whir tickets in Ashlabula, Guyahnga and Porta?e Counties. On the Ohio River, we have lost a pnrl of the usunlU :'. isc Counties and Di-trict.. but we do not speak of them here, as we expect farther advices by the Southern Mail in season for our Postscript. We i. ive enough already to show that the State has nut been suffered to go by default, as many predicted it would. The Whigs were asleep, but they could hardly beat themselves. (CP Tbe Whies of Richmond County have nomi? nated Mark Winants, Esq., a worthy Mi banic and ardently opposed to the ;>res"nt sy-tetn of Stato Prison Labor, for Assembly. They will elect him. we doubt not. No truer or more steadfast Whigs are found in the State. H_7~ The Whirrs of Monroe County have nomi? nated Frederick Starr. II. K. Higciks and Gkorue Stone for Assem'oly?all good men and 'rue. Mr. Starr a Mechanic, his colleagues K?rrners. Then- is no doubl of theii election le. a handsome majority. [CP The Whigs of Otsego County have nomi nttrd Herst .1. Campbell of Cherry Valley, Noel Harrington of Exeter and Prentice Brown ofHartwick for Assembly. [CP The Whigs of Clinton County have nomi? nated Geo. M. Backwith for reelection to the As-embly. [CP The Republican Timls. No. i. a new Whir paper, reaches us from Mount .Vernon, Knox County. Ohio. VAN BUREN NOMINATIONS. Cayuga?George II. Carr of Im for Sheriff; Alvarez Tupper, Vincent Kenyon nnd John L. Cuvler for Assembly. Delaware?Umn Gtifiiu and Samuel Ells fot Assembly. St. Lawrence?George Redington and Calvin T. Hulburd for Assembly : Alvin C. Low of Can? ton for Cierk. Wayne?Theron R Strong and Dr. Jiitr.es M. Wilson for Assembly. Monroe?L. B. Langworthy, Henry Martin and .Joseph Sibley for Assemble. CP Ex-Governor Henry Dodge, Loco, has been elected Delegate to Congress from Wisconsii by about 500 majority over Jona. E. A it x sold, Whig. Tbe Whigs have done bolter than hereto fore, und believe they have carried the Legislature. Hon. Julius C Alford and Hon. Ekgemus \. Ntsr.Er, Members of Congress frs-m Georgia have resigned their seats, on the plea of ill health. A Special Election will doubtless be held for suc? cessor*. [CP Hon. Wit. Cost Johnson, M. C. of Mary? land, Joseph Gales, Esq. of the National lntelli fencer, aud Robert Tyler, Esq. son and I'ti\ati Secretary of the President, are now in this Citv. [CP rETF.it Robinson, Esq. formerly Speakei of the Assembly of this State, died recently at his residence, Binghampton, Broome Co. [CP E R. Biddle, President, and Edwin Lord. Vice President, of ttic- Morris Canal and Banking Company, have been removed by the Board o! Directors. The St. Louis Republican ol the "th inst. say*? Joseph C. Brown, Esq., has received his bonds, qualified and entered upesa the discharge of his du? ties us Surveyor General, for the States of Illinois and Mi-souri. [CP 5am. Swartw tut i-n Washington, engaged in proving that he is not u defaulter by more than half the amount charged to him. He says he shall be able to square up all he really owes.? How does District Attorney Price's account corai on * Has not he too 1 seen darker davs ' than an in store for him ' fCP Wc perceive by the American Sentinel (V. B.) that make a vigorous effort to repeal (he St tie the victorious patty in Pennsylvania will probably Tax, and let thu interest on the State Debt g( unpaid !?in other words proclaim the Key Stone t: s* indlini bankrupt!?Suchare the legitimate fruit.* of Loco-Foco victories. DCP "Syntax" wishes a chance to use his crit? ical tomahawk on this specimen of the Queen's English perpetrated in a late S ta ?' ?? The new Church of the Ascension, at the c le? ant of Tenth street and Fifth Avenue, is rapidly approaching to completion, and will be ready fct occupation in aii w." a fortnight. It is one ol the most beautiful buildings in the city, and in its ttjrlt ts do'hie." Wo shan't allow any thin; of the sort. W e go for ? the largest liberty ' to that print in the man.i facture ol bad grammar and nonsense. " Crossing the Delwarx."?New-Jersey ha been Whig Battle Ground from the earliest dawn ol Liberty. And in every peril she i* tru- as stool to flint. ? Loco-Focoum in Maine and Maryland, have gained a temporary ascendancy. But New Jersey has ?stopped that bail.' washington crossed the Delaware' in triumph; but Loee Focoisai cannot pa^s that barrier. I*he ' broad seal' of New Jersey has been again affixed to a Whig charter. New-Jersey bordersoa New-York. Sin is kin dred to us in blood .md spirit- Her example will stimulate and nerve us. No mutter how much ot faltering and weariness is manifested in other State*. New-Jersey and New-Yu'V. will band '?<? gelber in support of a Whij Revolution which flings relief to the People ana the Country. At si with < ur ' banner torn but fl.iag,' the States tl at fall how, wil) hereafter ratty and return to the fes? cue, f Albany Ere. JoutaaL American LssTtTCTE?Vintof tie Xaval Ap? prentice* to the Fair.?Yesterday being fixed upon :' >r the reception of the Naval Apprentices of Brook lyn, they entered in a procession consisting of one hundred and twenty-five scholars with the neces? sary officer*, and the band of the North Carolina. They were arranged by their officers in the area of the Fair, and addressed by the President of the In-titute. Gen. TaLLMaD^e said: Apprentice* of the Naval School?The Ameri? can Institute takes great alea-un1 in welcoming vou to their Fair. You have privileges greyer tr.-in most of our fellow citizen.* by being educate.t at tbe pub! c charge in a profession which attracts :he attention of our whole country: that country has a rieht to expect a return fron; you for its attention, and has a right to believe you will ful!\ discharge yo-ir du? ties in the ii -r of her danger. Let 1 >.. :-. . ?:>??-? boast of r-olitica! importance, of 'heading Captain Tvler." and the like, it Is your duty to head off the enemies of yonr country. Take us your example the ;rea: men of your profession, men who. from positions as humble as that you now Sil. have raised tpemselves to eminence and f.lied the world with the glory of their acts. The path of promotion is. open before you. Re? member ever that ?? Honor rind -n*.ree from no co-iiition ri*e : Act ?e|| jonr part, there all the h'>Eor lies " Obedience, implicit and unquestioned; should be your first rule. He who w ould learn to command must first learn to obey. By obeying your officers vou will best be enabled to defend your flag. Tiiat (lag which your country looks to you to protect [ w hen you liecome older and hr.ve leinied to bear it to slory ar.d to triumph?that flag which your country expects you to hold aloft in it* steady ; march upon the mountain wave. Let it never sut i for in your custody. When vou have looked thron I-h the Fair you will i arrange yourselves here again and return under ! charge of your officer*. The American Institute : wishes you all health and happiness, md is glad :o see such a set of young.ters atnone its visitor*. Three cheers were riven by the school and join? ed in by the spectators : the band played Hail Co? lumbia, ar.d the boys dispersed. Like or Hahxbxassi, br a. Geralo Hcll, ?ritb a Por? trai*. Pp. 1- Bra I). Felt, III Wall, SM3 Pearl st Tiit Homojomtiih ExsMtxra, !>t a. Ueoaid Hi ll, M.I). Nos. VII VIII. IX X. ; July to Oct. Is4l.j New-1 ork : S. Cohnan. The Homoeopathic doctrine of Medicine is evi? dently making rapid an 1 vigorous strides in both hemispheres. It has already attracted to its Standard many eminent and honored names on tins ! continent, while i;i Germany and France it nearly j divides tiie suffrage, not of tiie entire meslical fraternity, hut of th ?*? characterized by indepen? dent and original thought. Nor are its advances i external merely. What wa? Ht first a novel sprcu lation?a timid deduction from a few casual ex? periments?has in half a century become a broad ?ind stnWe system, armed at -.11 points, confident of might, and doing battle gallantly, through its hundred authors and reviewers, with the Persian host of its oppose: s. If an ernu, it is no longer one to be laughed or frowned down, but mu.it he resisted manfully, carefully, scientifically. A funny joke about infinitisimal doses will not overthrow it?it has outlived too many such. Were we suffi? ciently conversant with the science of Medicine in any form to give an opinion of the merits of a new system, our judgement ot Homoeopathy would be, hut while its merits as a distinctive creed may be overrated by its ardent disciple*, it !* clearly lestined to enter into and modify, if it do noi revolutionize, the established theories and practice of tiie Medical world. At all events, it has now attained a position in which no professor of the Dealing art can be justified in remaining ignorant of its principles or its progress, and, as an expo? nent of the one and a chronicler of the other, wc :ommend the ' Examiner' to the study of nil in piircrs. Tim ? Life of Hahnemann' is entirely too mea? gre an I hurried even for popular circulation. I; UUght to have more distinctly set forth the princi? ples of Homosopathiy in connexion with the biogra? phy of it* founder. [JlJ3 " Tell me, ye Winged Winds," a song by Charles Mackny, music by Corrin. ha* just been published at Millet's Music Salo.m, 329 Broadway. [JCf* "Tiie Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, for Oct. Ediied by C M. Honey, has been pub? lished by Israel Post, Bowery. DC?" The Full Exhibition of the Apollo Associa? tion is now open. Itnumbersone hundred Paint? ings and Drawings by sixty-seven Amencun Art? ists, and is a favorite resott of the taste and fashion of our City. Stranger- will be richly rewarded by visiting it. Mr. J W. Wright will give an Introductory Lecture on the Structure of the English I.aiitruagc at tho Medical College, Crosby st. on Monday even? ing, ilith iust. GCr" The Concert of Mr. G. Ksoor last evening was very fully attended by an intelligent and grati? fied audience. I.'. S. Bask.?The appraisers have returned tin value of the property conveyed by the Bank to its assignees in its late general assignment at $5,109, TOO. I' consi-ts mainly of Real Estate. Internal Improvement stock, and sums due from Improve? ment Companies. The more available assets ol tiie Bank bud been specially assigned before. Nmv-York and Erie Rah. Road.?Twenty tons of castings for this road have been recently received at Dunkirk from tho Vermillion furnace. Ohio. This, we think, is'the first in-tancc where Ohio has l'urni-iied this material in such large .juan New-Yjkk Stalk Ca.vals.?The quantity of Flour and Wheat delivered from the Erie Cunal, during the second week iu October, at the placv? named below, is as follows, viz: Bbl*. Klour. Bash. Whsat. Schenectady. 801 West Troy.19,27i .'.O.oi'o Albany....41,934 15,10fi Total.6-2M'J 65,931 In removing a lot of mail bags at tho St Louis 1'ost Uffice on Friday, the 8th inst. the clerks found a pocket-book which was stoien at the Thea? tre on Tuesday slight containing papers. A:*., but divested of the money. It is supposed that the thief threw it ta there through the window. CP A fire broke out yesterday about one o'clock in the third story of the new houses Nos. 5daud 5 John-st- by which the roof was nearly destroyed and some of the rooms materially injured. It is said to Lave keen the act of an incendiary. . Products hmm I'tpee. Lake*.?To-day mat he set dow n a.- a new era ta the his:->ry of product, i'rurti tiie upper lakes, the receipts of wheat al->nt at this purl from t-at reg;o:i be -u 3o.UU0 bushel* Thf receipt? yesterdav from the same source were 30,300 bushel*. '[ButT. Cora. Adv. 15. For The N-?-Y->rk Tribnne. I.iuee o.v the oejith or raaisnteaJSjtwwjjr, *<sed 10 vears. i L H.ID she bu: died in earlier iays. Ere rlrihood heam'd upe-i aer brow. And life was in iu dawning rays, We could not weep as we do now. For she was then like some young tree Whose -lowers had njt begun to ope. Whose latent beauty none couid see, Whose sai-r. ev.-ted but :a hup*. It But thou, Christiaa. wert endear': By mental bea?t:i? freshly blown ! The heart that lov'd, ihe baud that rear d. Were lifted up in joys unknown? Unknown save to a mother's heart. When Love.a-.d Hope and shadowy fears Would xtt; like spring-clouds and depart Ir. gladsome showers of aua-br.jttt tears. III. Thy words mature enough to be Of sympathy a faithful token; Thy look mature enough to see And read the heart before't wa.? sp >kea . Thy wiil mature enough to twil e Around thy parents' guiding growth ; Thy heart mature enough to shrir.e A most serapi.ic Irre for both. IV. Hence are the wart::, etnha'.min; sighs Thar o'er thy grace descen.! ::; tws . Hence are the pray'rs that now arise. Pure pray'rs which Heaven will n*>t refuse. And her.ee those bopings. dearer far Thau those of earthly souia car. be. That we shall meet ahove yen .-tar Which shineth near Eternity. New- Fertv Get t:'. 1341, J. A. Sttra. Trie Hnilor's Bsoinr?'Ir. Kind's Speech, laying Titr. CORNER sTOVK. When we gave a brief account of the laying the corner stone of the new ' Sailor's Home,' in Cher ry-st. we could not command space for the admir aMe addresses made on that occasion. We are now euabled to give that of Hon. Th.'s. Botleii Kim; of Georgia, from which our renders will do rive a clearer idea of the maznitude and benefi? cence of the enterprise than from any \\dr.z we have yet published. We copy from the K.xpress. The cornerstone having been laid by Rev. Dr; Milnor, Mr. Ktso said? Mr. President?I beg you to accept my thanks for the honor yon have d .r.e me in in. iting me to So present at the laying of the corner stone of the " Sailor's Home,"?tod permit me to say. that tins event may justly be regarded as one of deep inter? est and much importance, whether considered in connection with our commerce, national defence and glory, or the moral, social, and physical condi? tion of our seamen. To the liberality and public spirit of the mer? chants of New-York will our country be indebted f ?r this excellent establishment, und for the nob].' efforts thny are making to rescue our brave tars from the degrading lnhits and vices which ruin them on shore. Vours, gentlemen, is truly the charity that bo gins at home?the patriotism which in peace pro? vides for wat?the philanthropy which evinces your sense of duty towards that most useful, brave, but hitherto neglected class ?>! our fel? low-citizens, who constitute the sinews of our : commerce :n pence, and our country's bulwark :n war. To them nie we in no small degr> e j indebted for the triumphant success of nur com? mercial murine, and cm them must we rely for strong nrms and valiant hearts to mset our enemies on the ocean, ami teach them that " The -?ar -plaiiglrit '.arner forever -hall wiiv?, ; Oer the hud of the ire.-, -nd the uume of the brave." The institution which you have this .lav founded will remain, 1 tru-t, lor ages, :t monument of your wisdom, liberality und patriotism. It is to cost, I ( am informed, ul-out forty bousand dollars?to eon I tain a library and museum?to be occupied as a sailor's boarding-house, and will accommodate i thtee hundred persons?to be in truth ami in fact :i ' Sailor's Home.1 Although in this ami other cities of the Union houses nave been rented under the 'iu-pices of your society and its auxiliaries as I' homes' for sailors, we have this day witnessed the commencement of the fust building intended expressly for that purpose in our country. This is not only conclusive) proof of the success of the experiments yon have made in your efforts to pro? tect the interests and improve the habit- of our mariners, but of the energy and liberality of your society. It is hut a few year-, since the helpless and de? graded condition of our seamen began to attract attention. Most tint landsmen knew of poor id .lack was that Smollct hid celebrated his odd pranks in ?tory. and Dibdin bis gallantry in song ?that he would ride a h ?rse with an anchor iu stend of a bridle?that he loved hi- friends and would fight for bis country?that he received his pay and spent it without a thought of tomorrow. He was permitted to waste his money, his char? acter and his life without the Irast effort on the part of his fellow-citizens to tescue him from .Iis ease and ruin. But. sir, thanks to the efforts of your society, it is not so now. The importance of redeeming tili? valuable class of men fioui the ruinous habits and practices which have hitherto beict them, ha- at? tracted the attention of the wise un-i the good Societies have been formed, places ..f worship and hospitals have been provided, and now as the best foundation of rjood habits and to prevent the dis? eases to which seamen ate most liable, you ure providing comfortable and respectable boarding houses, where all their wants will be cared for, and they will be exempt tr.rm those temptations to vice and tho impositions of avariee and fraud which havt ruined tens of thousands and cast the m.n gloomy shade over the character and fate of the -ailisr. Sir, yours is to elevate ami improve the character und condition of our seamen. We heat comjiiairt s daily, that a larre portion of our sailors ir- foreigners. What is the cause ot this I Why is it that our native born citizens do no: avail them selves of the advantages, w hich our extensive com? merce affords, and enter as freely on hoard our I ship* und bernnie seamen, as they pursue le<* lu j crarhe avocations ' Undoubtedly, it is in conse juence of the common impression that the life of a seaman is one of imminent perilon the o.-ean and almost ine\ itable ruin en ?h Te. I do not mean to say that our countrymen are wanting in moral or physical roun?e, but that ali the lucrative pursuits of life being open to them, they will, as matter m{ course, seloct those that promise the leas; risk and the freaiest happiness. It is therefore ?miy neces? sary to 'reprove the conditioa. elevate the charac? ter, and render the pursuit less hazardous, of our -eamen.tc -ecurear. abundant supply of native cit lie.-.s, to man both our! commereial ami niiirarv ?name. This can only be accomplished by re? forming the habits of the sailor and plicin; in his :ssnJs more accurate charts and better instruments, which will render his pursuit compar&'ively safe and desirable. To your sTrtety. sir. kn(J ,:s auxil? iaries must we look for the improvement of his moral and physical condition, and to the ?urvu_v3 a. hieb are constantly being- irtsde by ul! the com? mercial nations of the wsrrld, to the improvement in nautical in-truurents ar.d ship building, for di? minishing the dangers of the seas. What was the condition of our seamen twentv years ago, compared with what it now is ? Then a-e had but few hospitals for their reception when -ick or distsbled. No Seamen's Friend or Bethe! Societies tf protect tnerti from unprincipled or de? signing meti. and teach them ft worship in?tead of .rofaning we name of their God. Then we had .ir- accurats' surveys, even of our own const:?uo accurate eijar.s <>f tiie ocean. Jfow we have hos? pitals, sfaJt.rs' Retreat-, lad Sau; Harbors in most of the impotrant port* of the Union : and vou have commenced tbe work of reform in good earnest by providing comfortable lodging houses, to be nion ar?M uC.;er the au-pices of your Society; Now we have charts of every coast a.od every ocean. The improvement in nautical instruments has kept pace with the advancement in science and morals. It is said that at the i-artle of Trata'.car th?re was but one chronometer in the Briti--: Beet Now there is scarce a vessel that ?aus the ocean without one. Among the various and salutary reforms that are taking psace ::t the management and treatment of seamen, none seems i? have attracted more anxious attention than the practi x <: giving them a daily allowance of "grog" at sea. It is be Revcd bv many experienced and worthy ship, masters in the merchant service, tnat mos: ?f the evils which beset the lifo of a sailor, and many of the mutinies and disasters at sea are attributttble to this practice; and ?: i< a fact, worthy the most serious consideration of those at the head ot *>ur naw, as well a? those engaged it: commerce, that the seaman employed on boarJ our whalinc ships, and most, if not nil. our packet ships, and many common trading vessels receive ::o allowance ot cioi:. hi* estimated that we have about one hundred thousand seamen, and that near ten thousand of them ar?* employed in the whale fishery; wc therefore perceive that about one tenth of our seamen have civen up the use ot grog at sea. and it is as-erts-d that they discharge their duties more efficiently and cheerfully than when they w-re in th- habit of receiving it. If it has been found practicable and beneficial to abolish this practice to so great an extent in the merchant service, the question may reasonably be asked, why n?t make the experiment also in tbe Navy, bv eivin; tli" crew of one ship in each squadron ail litional pay and no grog ! Tho benefits which have result -d from theestab ; lishmertt of " Homes " for Sailors afford the great? est enc lutacement t > your Society to persevere in the good work you have so nobly commenced. In ?hi.se already established in this city many thou? sands of sailors have been admitted, and in a grea t measure rescued from vice and ruin. \\ ithin the . last three \-ars. I amicformed, between two und three hundred of those who have been admitted have become mates and masters of vessels. In Ho-ton a similar result has been produced?aenr four hundred young men have become officers of essels si;: - they became boarders of the ' Home. The reformation in the habits and conduct of all who have taken lodgings at tho ' Homes' ts in? deed most remarkable, and shows conclusively that with proper efforts the character and condition of our --amen may be so elevated us to rendei the life of a s? Lira? dasirisletotbeyouhj men of our countty as any other occupation. As further evi? dence of the beneficial effect which has l>een pro? duced by providing Hdm>sforour senmen. we find I that during the year ending on June 30; 1841, the seamen of this |i >rt tna.'.e one hundred and . ninetv-two deposites in the Seamen*' Hank foi ' Savings, amounting to * 114,360, and that the funds in the Bank at tin* time amount to $280,000, prin ' cipally belonging to seainen. These facts speak a : language not t<> be misunderstood or contradicted, and -how beyond doubt ot cavil the great change ' w hich Ins been effected in the character and habits j of our seamen by the efforts ol _\our Society. What a striking contrast is presented in the con? dition of our mariners as compared to what it w .o.* ten years ago! Then nothing had been done ex? cept by individuals to reform their habits. Now I we behold more than fifty organized societies, com j posed of our wealthy und influential citizens, di I reeling their effort* to the accomplishment of this , great work. Sir. what jives to Great Britain her power, and : makes her the first among 'he nations of the earth .' j It is not her twenty-five million* people ar home, nor is it her Colonies. It is her Commerce and her Navy. The United stair* ar the second com ! mercinl nation, and therefore only second in that description of powers which controls the wealth, and constitutes the greatness of nations. France and Russia may build fleets, but thtty cannot man l them. If ever we have another war with Great Britain, it w ill be upon the ocean. Her power on , this continent will be swept from it, as the mist is , driven before the w ind. Mut on the ocean the con rest will he long and bloody; Let us be prepared , for it, though the 'lay of its coming be far distant. '1 he average life of a sai.or is estimated at about thirty-five years. There can belittle doubt ihat j his existence and usefulness may,by proper habits, r?c prolonged at least one.third?therefore the re? formation which vou w U in all probability effec*, ' must add very materially to our national streng tit, i and the increased number of native born citizens, I wiio under more favorable auspices may become seamen, wid give us the mosr efficient body of ma? riners in tiie world. Co on then, sir, in your noble ertiirts to reform the habits of our gallant tars, and tost not until our whole country is aroused und conies to your aid, and He. w ho alone can give the victory, shall crown your efforts with success. Mn'kder.?On toe night of last Monday, a gen tl-nmri named Jernignu was brutally assassinated in Grecnboro , bv two men named F.dward and John Lanier. 1 t.e circumstances, as we learn, were these :? Mr. Statham, a tavern-keeper in Greensboro,' had expelled the Laniers from his house for disorderly conduct. Two hours after, as Mr. Jemigan was ! coing towards the -table of the tavern, in company with Mr. Statham. he (Mr. J.) was assaulted by ihu Laniers, knocked down by u blow on his head, an 1 then stabbed through the huirt. He died in? stantly. Tire assassins had been lying in wait for Hi. Stathaoi, and mistook Jemigan for him. [Washington (Ga.) News, Oct. 7. Si'tcim:.? A smtrul.tr suicide was committed yesterday, at Mr. W. Granger's, on the Macad? amized road. A young man named John Baily. in his employ, was directed to harness up a cer? tain vehicle and convey a lady to this city. He t followed the instruction- *? far ns tho errand was ' concerned, but disobeyed by taking a barouche with two h-rw-s instead of one. 1 he animals ran away and. daab>*d the i arriage to atoms, i'his calamity -.? n,"'.-.-:.'?l the young man, that he went privately into the barn, unloosed one of the horses, and with the halter hung himself by the neck. When dis? covered he was dead. Buff, Com. Adv. A Streak ok Luck ?Col. Wood, late Repre? sentative for the city of Natchez, has sailed for England, with dorurm.nts sufficient to prove hin the rightful heir to the great Wood estate. The ' Colonel will only be worth about $13,000,000. [Crescent City. We formerly stated that on Tuesday last the of? ficers of the Army waited on the Secretaries of War and Navy. The officers of the Naw also p*;d their respects to then. [Nut. Intelligencer. New-Orleass, Oct. 7.?Tii- number of inter? ments reported to the Board of Health for the 24 hour* ending yesterday at noon, was 32, of which 16 w?re ot yellow fever. We resret to perceive that the sickness is again rather on the increa.se. [ New-Orleans Bee. DsotrcaaeoTYPP: Portrait*.?In looking over the ?peenneus of the ab-;?- itrle.of-Likeuessee, exhibited at ttie Fair i.f the American Institute, we ?aw several ex ecuted in a superior st>Ie; but tho;e uk-n by Mr. Mo rand, at the corner of EfOid*ay an-i Jobn-street, w?re ilceiat'lly the be-t. !. ,th :u r-raru to likeness acd st) !e of execmiou. every feature an.l eipr,.?-ion being ful|v de? veloped, combining a much greater tuength of tight and shade tban .av we have >et seeu. XT Go2damith-*?VRITIXG AM) BOOK-KEEP? ING ACADEMY, SI Bmad^.y. Rooms opeu daring day sad evening._^ (ft ole ?t CT Snrtout?.. Cloalu, Ac-.i large assortment af Beaver and M.IIeA Clotaa, for ciurtouu and winter rrc-iks. A:?.-.. Cleak Clnhs, received sndwiJbsi ? - up to order at the Ecportura of Cuean Genneiit., at . pric-s as must otr-r ludu-eraeMs to purchaser Tce-tyleaUSBisuof-drir..,.' ?eftutd to ecu j-ort witn tnv houie in the tri-"c WM. T. JEVVI.V;.-. i -;r ;,..,VjV -j Ataeticaa Hotel. POSTSCRIPT. Ky this Mornni- s oontnern (all. qh:,>?Tin-' following return- have reacJwd a? S the ?Vcstsrn msiiL Montgomery County.?The ?\ hur Candidate, for the I. gislaiure are elected by 50 majority. Deteite?re Counfy.?h reported to have given itbo .: iO majority for the Whig ticket. _ Fairfield County.?Van B;r<.:i majority about Franklin County.?The Whig cand.diite Uu been elected. MaduoniinJ. Clark.--S. M. VVbeeler, ttT?g, re-elected to the House._ georgia.?In 7i> c mnties heard fron;, the rs?. jority for McPonald is 2,951. There ate yet 15 coimtres to be heard from. Zy Additional retarn- from Georgia make the number of Coutiries h-iinl from to ih- t lib i.-(?t. 82. Eleven yet remain to bis heard from. Tin total show* a vote of ;>o,7:?7 for the present ir> CUtnbent, and 31,0 lo for Dawson, being :v majority in favor of the former of ~,7?I votes. The re maining 11 Comities gave a majority of 7^1 for Colquitt a: Congressional election last year. Representatives . '..vied in 8:1 Counties?135 Locos " I 121 u' rjCT We regie*, to learn from the National Intel li^cncer, that tin* Hon. Daniel Jexiker is con? fined at home, and his departure for Lurope on his appointed mission to Austria delayed, by Mverein .1 ? 111 on. <?J* rbe Georgia papers inform us that Messrs. JftSBET and Al.P>:.!>. two of ti:e Representative, from that State, have been compelled, by private considerations, to resign their scats in Congress. KJ* Immediately a?'ter Baron M ire-chal, the !nt- Austrian Embassador, had taken leave of the President, th? Chevalier do HirtsestA5? (late Secretary to the Austrian Legation) was presentee] us Charge d' V.ffaires._ KT* The Rey, Mr. Suddard, Rector of Grace Church. Philadelphia, was seized by a sudden at? tack of illness during the morning service of Sun dav last. He recovered somewhat on being csi ric.l fr?.m the church, but rot sufficiently to allow the sei vices to ptoceod. The New Orleans Bee of the 7th inst. says, in reference to the health of the city, the number of interment's repotted the Board of Health for the 2 I hours ending yesterday at noon, was il'j ; of which In were of yellow fever. (?7" The New ii,!. a.-.*, Commercial Bulletin of the b*th inst. says ' Mr. N. F. Comly, who hu In en trained in the pup.-is as having been connected with me defalcations in the Canal Bank, returned to this city from tin: North yesterday in the .hip St. L'juis. Mr. C. is entirely unaccliuiated, and 1m- entered the city in the midst of the epidemic, in . insctjuenceof the proceedings instituted while on his journey hence, prepared io meet a:i charges ... demands against him." APPOINTMENTS lt\ THE PRESIDENT. Thomas Holtzma.*, William Plater, and Cos ram HoGJtlRK to be Justices of the Peace i'l ttie county of Washington, in the District of Colutn 1 I'" J i in Jicoti As:o* c.neuer.l '.3e world with no? thing nn,11. now tiio richest ieu tntbociij?an evideaco of what persevoreuce nad economj vi 1 aceompli'b. The A>o.r House "ill lontr remain a monument to his boM* euterpris ?. ?>.h?r?, *umn, acquire greatness from ?rt? of benevvteuen by doing good to their fellow beings i ihey i.i ) not accumulate millions in money, but the gratitnds I of.., sunny people la a monument more tlurabl i t".a:i hia s. A gestkman from the country called on Dr. Sherman, at ICHiNasseu-MreoLouoday last week, wi h his heart over? il iwmg w.tli tjr uitude for the res tont til n of Hie he>l b ol In, only daughter Sim was tupposed to be on the verts ? of the grave from consumption, ami no r. lief could he i>s ' lained till -ii: lric.1 s":.-r.n in s (,'ouvh Lea ngaa. which sa? tire!) cured h-r. He urTered the Dos tor live hundred .1 I lars,wbic'i waa modestly refused. He left the ottoe pour? ing forth the gratitude of Iii? heart, hoping ;i. e. long h>> and health mir hi be spared him for future usefulness in dispensing his invaluable m idieines, D' Extraordinary Case.? Qnrbte, Oel IS. I-Il.-De.tr . Sir: An article culled i >r. >. II ? N.irvo und llouc Luaimeoi " eume to my knowledge, nhout two months ' .-iu o through nurfricnil Mr. Caui] b II. and I procured a bottle, an.) h ut used it for about n week with ut IU) ma terialchange nntilone morning I found my - It' under the ? vr. i-.' ol very iiucoiurioii behrnrs. iin.giuici' tlut,could 1 Im helped up 1 could aland md walk. I req tested inj ' family to aid me, but ihey ?? .?> unwilling I ?h >uld tms| mysi if..ii my feet, not bavli g, for the last fiurieen mil a half iirnri, evrr even made me attempt to stand , but my ' ?. nit lent a was so <ine ihat the. i o isented to assist me ' from my bed, and I found I could use mj legi with ?i<|ia r. nt ease, but could not i?-..r my w icht on my feet. : With support, howevr. I coald pin - ne foot before the i Iber afitha fin iiitv that astonished nie und all around me. They led me twice ?er.s? the r. om ; I -at down stilh feel, jnga of happiness that I ncvei h fore experienced; t'io idea tint I waa ..i ce ?g tin to be .-? stored to tue world ran through my frame like an electric shock. My family sur? rounded n.e in tears of joy. and the excitement so com? pletely overcame in.: that I lion..-1 The .nine <!av I walked three times i cross 'Io- .1 . \ ag tin bearing a little weight a* eseh tinie on my feet I then used crutches for a few days, ?heu niy strengi i had so f^r become re ettab liabed that I could c-o.-s the floor without the least aid. "il\ :i Ivnaceuu nt from tbia time Im. heeu almost iacredi. ble. I can walk two hundred yards ..ml back wit!> ciroj au I in. children'(the b dridd a are often blessed Jike me, with near a dox n have been so overjoyed that they .i' l scarcely eat or sleep, ai ! Mr?. C? rniorreemato feel bull a rcorc of/oars >oui c :r ner-.-lf. Vou well re. nlh et Im? mil h I. nt together I sas when you were last here: I have entirely overcome tin-. If I lr.oh.-d as od.) ns I frit when .' ??? -. an to, walk, Lwould have been gaaedatiuas> toni hmeaL I have sen mant of m> old acqu tintanees, ?oine of whom dm nor know me ut ail; and olio r.- would s arce credit their senses, and would hardly have bees more astonished though one had "risen from the dead." 1 nave tio? every con idei r- Ibal I m ? well mac. I tsir.it this ..rude is the m*>at i xtraordinar; of any I cv.tr heard >.f. and .f it b not extensively mad.: known io the pubue, 1 llenk the proprietors nre s.-ry culpable. If you know tho pei sons in New-York seiliir ii, you. had better show them in- |eti.-r. nn 'i let them refer to yo i, or , abl ?h tins if you think it ?vnuld am the distressed. Remember me io your family, fours very truly, ETHAN C. CORNING P.S.?I '..mid send tue names of riuv Individuals who were -*itn isaea to ray case *? above related. This an :!". i.re t I I is to tic had only a' 71 M oden l.srei but we think it ought to be distributed (r.-ueraliy to th.. trade, so as te h- in r-arh ..full ?u.;l? case,. ! .' Rheumatism?uur renders irei fo med that Dr. J. HUMBERT, Jr icSON,of No. 143 Bowery, have pre pared a in valuable remedy foi Ith umaujam, Sore Throat, a :. which isdeaomi ated GOLDEN STPA^I RMBRO CATION. Those ad eted -.re recommended to give it a trial, and it will cer.n'y for itself, i* rf ..t eooddewce caa be placed in any article commv fr. m lir. III'MBKHT, { who is wellkn wn us * Medical Electrician, Ac. in tnis j city and all ever th. Lfnl n, and would not advertise a remedy unless he knew by experience it was really a gcoA article ami a perfect cure. * Mecoiirl Week.?Ttil!i DAY, Tuesday, Oct. 19th ?t'-P. >L. select e.ttle, hor-e,. Ac rvill be e,;?hlt ?.! near the frtrdeu. Cattle, h .r.e. and stock treiierally, must be entered at T.uicrsaH's before 0 o'clock, with pedurees, <i-.c. At h.lf past 7 o*c|e*tk. P. M. ?t the Lyceum afore,sid, ?h^re win be an Address on the Culture of Silk by-j. Biy denburgh, E-q. 1 - MORROW, Wednesday, October 20:!i, at 10 A. M. ibesateof the c-itti-. horser, and ether lue stock, will comm. ne?. THURSDAY EVENING.Oct. 21.t at half psst seven oelaek. th, Ann vers.r. Addreaa will he delivered by the Hoe. Revenly Johnson .,? M r The New-Verk r?ier,.i j| ..,c yr^-i.u w; | .?. ;? .?? >:u .per at rjutbie, late Masoro: Hall viU fotLw TsekeUfLlfi. FRIDAY EVENING Cxt v.. al half.past 7 o'clock, ?s-nera' Junes Tal midge, the P.esid ut of ihe Inititute, will d< [iver the closing addres-. B*ud of Mus e fr an the Navy Yard". The premiohu wQl be announeed ?nd tbs K^ir c1 ;sed. Early . u Satarday mormug, Ocl 23d, ihe exhibited ar f.'les *:l I livered. OeO'-rs ?r? requested to i ke the n a? ai f t a, ihey can delivered. If tufirred to ra -i iln thev will he baiile to dam i e. e.:? pareJsasers of Tn-aet? at the Fair mil b? entitled to l'ick.nt. t'.r i .k A.lire^a, Ladies adm tt d to ibe Adrewer. (2) ol3 It IT To iht: i.ii-Ji - Ltapecislly.-Dr FELIX GOCRAUD'S PO?DRE9 SUBTrLES arc decidedly tus ? r p'm n'.'rac1"a 1 remedies e.cr ;.ct d ?e-:ve-ed for ro ?. .v.ng lisiry esercscet-cfs from femVes' upprr lips. ?r a mane cf hair 01 an eievat-d forelie.d. Ties? Ponders l ? r.r - -!e <t Dr. D.'s Exclnarire OtS-e.67 Walker -treet, one do<jr trom tlrysdway. *1 p-ir bottle. (8) oI9 It