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JL . . . . * THE HERALD. NEW-YORK, THURSDAY, JAN. 7, tL-6. 1CT He knee a gait, to auk indulgence of our adver- | titxng patrons. A column of adttriisemenU it delayed Lt Jf in rris>rrntr k. .m M - *- c 1 , . ? c til ??? Jtr ?< I HI 1"C 11 f So great has bfr 'i the call for the President'$ ttpecuu Vessatre on French A fairs, that a second edition tciil be put to press to-day, at 12 o'clock. News expectei>.?Two snipe, supposed to be from ; Lit?rpool or Havre, were below last night when our paper went to press. Late from Spain.?The sehr Russian arrived last evening front Cadiz, having sailed to the 24th Nov. The civil war in ^pain still rages as usual. Particulars tomorrow. 1?_T The Corporation met last night, but would consent to no arrangement on the appointment of Police Justices. The Caucus did not agree. Two of the Justices now hold over, and probably will do so till aext March. The News.?War seems to be tne word at present. The aceounts from Florida are beligerent?from Texas the same?from France the same?from .Mexico the same. Yet with all these demonstrations, ro man will | candidIv say be has any fears of a rupture. From I Flondu. the Seminole Indians will soon be driven awav I ?the Texiaus have succeeded in clearing their country without the aid of Capt Stanley and his Falstaff's men?and Mexico will take care how she provokes the United States. Bosrox Notions.?Santnel T. Armsrtong, the new Mayor of Boston, in his address to the city government I on Monday, uses the following language in reference to our recent calamity :? The great calamity which has so recently afflicted the city of New York is calculated to alarm our fears, i as well as to excite our sympathy. While we commiserate the sufferings necessarily incident upon the accur- , rence of such an event, we extend to our fellow citizens | of that metropolis the hand of friendship and brotherly kindness, with thp a?- trance that the substantialities if \ brstkerkood shall not tie wanting on our part, if know* to be acceptable to them. So far, so well. Now let us have the " substantialities of brotherhood" for the widows and crphaas as aoon as possible, in the shape of a few thousands. Litigation.?The Grand Jury ofl'hilaiielphia blame the small magistrates, justices, inc., for encouraging a spirit of litigation among the poor mec Itanics. merelv lo get fees and other perquisites. More Patriots Wasted.?A public meeting has been held in Charleston. S. C., for the purpose of raising volunteers to go anil fight the Indians in Florida. How much laud is each soldier to have? S*irh40> Request.?A Hoax.?The President, sometime si owe, presented to Congress a Special Message. accompanied with a correspondence from Mr. Vail, the American Cfuirgt d?Affaires m London, eiving the information that an English gentleman by the name of James Smitbson, had left a legacy of four millions of dollars, for founding a college at Washington City. We have every reason to believe that the whole story is a hoax passed otf on the credulity of Mr. Vail.? There is no such name or title in the peerage of England as the following copy of the will talks of:? "I, James ^mithson. son of Hugh, first Duke of Northumberland, and Elizabeth, heiress of the Hungerfords of Audley, and mece of Charles the Proud, Duke of Somerset, now residing in Rentinck street, ('avendish square, do this 23d day of October, 1S26, make this im last will and testament. I bequeath the whole of my property, of every na ture and kind soe\#r, to my bankers, Messrs. Drnin- j moods, of Charing Cross, in trust, to be disposed of in the following manner, and desire of my said executors to put my property under the management of the Court of Chancer*. ???? ? To Henry James Hunierforil, my nephew, heretofore called Henry Jam - he sin-oi, son of my late brother, i Lieut. Henry Lo.iis Dickinson, now residing with Mr. ( Auboin, at Bonrg la Reinnear Paris. 1 give ami be- ] queath for his life the whole of the income arising from i my property of every nature and kind whatever, after ( the payment of the above annuity, and after the death of John Pita!!, that annuity likewise, the payments to t be at the time the interest or dividends become due on ] the stocks or other securities. , In case of the death of my raid nephew without . i leaving a child or children, or of th.* death of the child > or children he may have hud under the age of twenty- t one years or intestite, I theu bequeath the whole of my t property, subject to the annuity of x? W, to John Fir.ill, i t and for the security and payment r which I meni. t stock tc remain in this country, to th L i.ited Sutes *f t An. to found at Washington, uuder the u* e tf the Smithsonian I i-iitution, an establishment f. ;h-- h increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. j t i think proper here to stale that all the tnonev which l will be standing in the French :ivc per cent's at my ' t; death in the names of the father of mv shove named ! ? nephew, Henrv June s Hunjerlbnl, and all that in my q name, is the property of mv ?ai.. nephew. H-nrv James o Hungerfbrd, hei ig what he inherited from his father, u "i 1 i.titi a trom ":ie -avin.-a upon " f his income. Ja*m S*ithio?." ft. *.} j c "" i h Jacksov City.? ( . < v. n*r -lone of anew town. to! * be called Jackson city, is To le laid on the Potomac,op- " poaite Washiogtoa, ou the 8th insU, by the President ? ', the United States. , , T Thin city ? principally rot up by a tew speculator- ? in Wall street. In due time, the ?trecta, buddings, am! ' * markets will be lithographed. exhibited in Broad Mirer. ^ advertised in the sleepy Timer. whom nobody isbh, aad e attempted to he sold tor si* rimes its value. Ceaaeral * Jackson does not know, till we now tell him, that His j " same is used for tiie w ildest humbug ia creation. y - p Rkyxsce or B<>?t?iV.?The amount of r< venue that i, accrued at the Roeinn Cuwtoni House during the past ia year, was $./l>64.'?<h?. Incneise over t'w rear H04. T m EXPRESS FROM ALBANY. We have strain boat (he Courier ai.J Enquirer and all (he sixpenny paper?. Our expr??s last evening brought u?, in advance ol' the mail, GOVERNOR MARCY'S MESSAGE to the Legislature. delivered yesterday at noou. It is un abie, cainiiJ a?d plain document?just resembling the u-an who wrote it. We are indebted for a copy to the Albany Microscope, our of the principal organ* Of honest public opinion in the late capital. We sLall now breathe a white. GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. Gentlemen of the Semite, and of the House of Representative*? You are deputed by the aufiiages of the free and enlightened people ot our great State, us their representatives in tiro branches of their Legislature. You hi vr assembled to deliberate upoa such matters, and to j?u-such laws as the exigency of the tin.es require, and the wants of your constituents demand. It is a consolation to me to know that such an unprecedented harmony existed among the people at the recent election, ami that such a large number of the steadfast friends of the Democratic party, are among the wise legislators ol the State. Therefore I cannot but hope, that undei the sanction of Divine Providence, your deliberations will always be directed to the happiness and welfare of the people, especially that portion who compose tlis republican phalaux. In a review of the occurences of the past year, no tning mat n.is transpire.1 will require any particular actio.). All of our public institutions are in the inosl prosperous and flourishing condition? particularly the State College* at Auburn and Sinir Sing. The graduate* of those institutions have net, however, been -is nuuierous as they were for n few previous years, owing to my refusal to admit all the utmUnU whose credentials entitled them to admission. Several io-nncesol this nature have occurred; hut the most conspicuous was that of young (.IXI>ER1H INK, -on of the Rigiu Reverend Bishop Oiulerdcun of the Episcopal Church of this State. As there ha- been considerable excitement in the public inind, and a* 1 have l>eeu most unjustly censured by some of the papers in New Yurk lor not permitting this young gentleman of the i*o?t respectable and wealthy connexions to participate in the counties of the State as dispensed at Sing Ship, I must take this early occasion of communh uting to vou my reasvms for preventing him from entering that College. In the establishment and endowment of all our public institutions of a literary or mechanical nature, the policy of tiie state has invariably been directed to the improvement of the morals, and the literary and meckatica! advancement of tiie middling and lortr or.vers ol society?especially the sons of such indigent parent? whose resources will not admit of finishing th.ir education in a style comporting wiih the description ol those institutions. It is to these classes of society that the bounties and munificence of the state tire esj acially directed; nnri those alone are intended 10 be solely bene tilted by ilr benevolence. Tbe children of affluent parents do noi come under the cognizance i f (hose laws; they nre usually educated at private excuse ; and prepared for the more elevated wniks >u society. Tlieir education is altogether literary; whereas the gymnasium exercises which the students of Sing Sing and Vuburu are compelled to undereo. are of a nature too irksome and fatiguing for the employment of hands and limbs unused to mechanical science or bodily exertion. Besides, it was represented to me th >t the young gentleman preferred a midshipman'* bertii on board a United States man of war, as being more in consonance with his feelings. Under these circumstances, and seveial others of n more trivial nature, 1 was induced to prohibit hixi from entering the States College at Sing Sing. The great question cf liberating the Slaves of the South, has become the most interesting topic now on the tapis of discussion. A set of deluded fanatics of r? .v.., I--. ??.i-_ 1 muscle to bring the Southern States into a Kate of rehellion front the general confederacy. And r-ofar have they carried their act* of desperation, tljar i have become necessarily involved in the contn't. The Governor of Alabama lias demanded lite arrest and imprisonment of a citizen of this stale, for sending those incendiary publications among the people*of that state. H it as the person in question has never been in the State of Alabama, h .-rrtninly could not tin from it: and if lie has tied from that state, there is nothing in the United States Constitution which compel? or authorises me to cuufonn with the requisitions Of his South?m Excellency, Governor Gaylc. Mv answer to his Excellency is among the m company ing document' of his Message, and hy a referenee to which you will lie nnhled to ascertain mv views more at large. I have the pleasure to announce to you, that through lie direct influence of vonr constituents, the people, it s derided that an additional current of money will flow lirectly into the treasury, by the application of the luct'on and suit duties toward- the support (if governnent. and their consequent restoration to the general und. where we may employ them for the interests of he people, especially such portions of there, who earn he " Spoils of Victory." The effect which the transfer if these duties will have upon the general prosperity of he state, will he perceived from the rpport of the Coinproller. But of all tlie embarrassing subjects which will lie 'rciight before yon for your honest, candid and imparml investigation, will be the propriety or policy of hartering any more banking institutions. It is a quesion that will reqiffVe your utmost fortitude and most kilfel penetration; too will he called u|x>u from every tarter of the stnlc to rmn! ihr neorde lanlc n?.t In rder ih.it we may preserves* ranchfnanwlev a* th? rcent necessities ef the rim?* will ndmit. the trentem notion must l>e observed that thi charter be granted, the ontroi of which can bv my contingency, fall into the irxi* of our political enemies. In mv last annual Ie?sape. I lield out fb? idea, that the ?tat? possessed touch banking capita! as the ^nfrtv Fund could fairly ontroi; and the jtvimaiions which I then gave, were ioeelv followed by the Hank Commissioner*, who adised the legislature to pause before they incorporated nv more banks - urging as a reason, that the Safetv 'und ?ii already burdened with as utnch weight as onrht to bear.?The* were also engaged in de?oli?hing the !\ J*. Bank ami taking all filings into ooaiderarion, it would base heen highly prepnafeinos *r us last *ear. to hue increased the hankim- facilities f the State. Hut a crest alteration has taken place, peciallv ir 'be unniercial cmninunitv, since mr lot/ lessage. The profits of trade have beeo so enormous, at thousand* of men-bants who at that lime M were adinr on l-orw wed caiHtal." hare aecnmulared an um?a?e sutplns, which I believe ought to be invested Banks. In truth. I hare arrived at lite conclusion, it there oughl to be a greater competition ia hank inc. 'hey are stigmahred as betnf monopolies; but if they f I were increased to the extent of the people's wishes, and ' fortified by means of the personal liability of every | stockholder, I feel persuuJed the cry of ntono|?oly would <* *en lie smothered, and fair competition would ensue, us mercantile or tnechunicul operations. .'Many of the ifristern state* have adopted this principle, and the little state of Rhode, which scarcely covers an urea of ground, ! equal to some of our western counties, boasts of her ' sixty bunks, all in the most healthy condition. As this is a new view of the subject. 1 hope you will carefully ! weigh it in your own minds, and reflect whether we I cannot safelv adopt the principle which I have stated. 1 11 ....In ....-I....i......i. ?i.? .i?: i ?i .. ..?w? ill* nv.Vi?r IIIC UCtlurU Opj'IV batiou of our enlightened constituents. 1 As many of our citizens are unaccountably embarrassed for pluces where their " surplus capital" mnv he profitably und securely invested?I would suggest whether it would not "he advisable to grant a liberal unmiier of charters for cauals, rail roads, bridges and turnpikes. Capitalists would then find atnple employment for their funds; and i venture the assertion, that liefore another twelve month, we should hear nobody tiHioiring, " What tthall wc do with all the ?perie f During tn? last fall. Bartow, the cashier of the Com .niercial Bank, left this city, carrying with liiui 127,000 Lf the funds of the hank, and has not since been heard of. I should not have cated much for these losses if thev had fallen on federalists and anti-masons, hut unfortunately, some of our jiolitical friends are the sufferers. I don't waut, if I can help it, to sav any thing of Mr. Kfmble of Troy?he's a friend. 1 here can be no doubt but Bartow was corrupted by the Wall street brokers. I have had my eve on the movements of these gentlemen for some time, and I think it is now ( time to overhaul their doings. Our friends have located in Wall street several discreet men from Cayuga | and Ontario as agents, but as yet the brokers look l;miii them as Johnny Raws. I recommend legislation - oil the Board of Brokers, the appointment of three per i . sons like the Safety Fund Commissioners, with power to get a good living out of these gentlemen, unu keep , | them straight, at one and the same time. The difficulties which were experienced during the | last session, in relation to a loan of the credit of the ! 1 State, to the New York and Erie Rail Road Company, will probably lie revived in the early part of the present session. It was not thought advisable, then, to i accede to the wishes of the petitioners, and 1 an- ill iii uuui'i micuici ??o .'iii'niu jumiiiuihc in a large sum of money to a company whose tum-actions are all controlled by our inveterate political en mies. Were a plan devised which would give the State a balance of power, in conducting the operations of the Company, I think we might with safety contribute a few millions. But until such a measure | { shall have been effected, 1 feel fully persuaded, that our friends on the "Southern tier,'' will see with me. the impropriety of placiug such an immense amount of money at the disposal of a set of men, who ' seek every opportunity to frustrate us, in the correct administration of the government. It is hoped our j friends of the " Southern tier," w ill readily estimate the friendship which their enemies affect for theur, I j and not suffer themselves to be duped ut the next ' , election, by any pretensions whatever. As the next general election will lie one of the greatest interest that we have experienced for many years, I cannot but hope that our friends in the " sequestered" part of the p [ State, will remain firm to the democratic faith. , You may expect numerous petitions from the citi, i zens of New York, wliose property was destroyed by p ' ihe lute unprecedented conflagration, for assistance : ' from the State, in enabling the insurance offices to meet their losses. It was my first impression,that the StHte j | | ought not to gratify their wishes, ns a large majority | j of those merchants are the identical individuals who railed so vociferously against my ' .Mortgage." But , ! upon mature reflection, I have arrived at the conclusion that we had better extend the credit of the State, , : to the extent of a couple of millions to certain of those offices whose capita! and transactions are wielded by our friends. Bv such an operation, we should j assist each other, and still give our enemies no just | cause for censure or reproach. It will, however, re i main with von to say whether auv aid should be afforded, since it has been ascertained, that the insurance i stockholders are personally responsible. Gentlemen?I should co injustice to my feelings i were 1 to close this Message without adverting to i I the present condition and future prospects of the re- [ publican partv, both in the state and nation. We are I indebted to the people, to an araouut far beyond our capacity ever to cancel, for their firmness and pattiot; ism in sustaining those illustrious men whose energy, courage, and perseverance have preserved the Union ; from dissolution, and stayed the arm .of despotism | already raised for our destruclion. I.et us endeavor, by the popularity of our acts, and by the honesty of ail oar public transactions, to retain the confidence which the people?the worthy democratic people? j now repose in us. We are at present elevated upon ! the very pinnacle of political fortune mid fame?a beacon for every other State in the Union, and an ?xample for the great American democratic family, to imitate. And in order to place US all firmly in power | for eight years to come, it is necessary to achieve the next Presidential victory. A prize so valuable??o im|Hirtant?so essential to the interests of the country I anil our partv, is enough to arm every one of us wiili a nanoplv of brass. When the great contest arrives ! next year, let no man falter. but march bravely to the field of df?perntc contest, with hearts like the lion, and i courage like the unsubdued warrior. And when the I nudity storm shall have subsided, and tire elements become hushed in their wonted serenity, let us enjoy the victory in silence, and repose upon our arms whilst revelling with the - ijjioils" of victory. William L. .Marct. General Sessions, Jan. 6.?Present the Recorder, Aldermen Ferris and Benson.?Wm. Allen, alias John Jones, the negro, whose exploits at ground and lofty 1 tuo bling iu jumping out of a third storv window, Atc. J recorded a few davs since, was put upon his trial for stealing from John Jones, the mate of schr. Oriole, i twentv-five dollars in inonev, and two watches. The ! I prieoncr being steward of the vessel, had the range of (he cabin, and the above articles were abstracted while 1 | Mr. Jones was asleep. When asked as to his guilt or 1 innocence, a broad grin expressed his satisfaction at the prospect of being provided with warm w inter quar- ( ters, and he plead guilty. The w ate lies were recover- J til. being found in the room where he was concealed, hut the money is not forthcoming. Committed. F.li7? Hoiev, a milJ simple looking girl, was charged i with stealing at various times from Mrs. I.. St. John, No. 'J02 Broadway, nonev to the amount of eighty , ! dollars, and clothing v alued at twenty more. She confessed the theft, but declared there was not as much 1 1 money as was stated in the iudictniont. When first arrested, she had in her possession forty-five dollars, which she iminediatclv surrendered, and accounted for some of the residue, of which she had given ten dollars 'o a friend who was going on to Philadelphia. Inconsequence of her youth (she not being quite sixteen) ?h*- was sent to the House of Refuge. The Court r.di<>urtted until to-day, at II o'cloi k. .laorikr Huming.?(?n Saturday a young girl, almut 12 years of age. daughter of Mr. Kenlev. stonecutter. residing in Chelsea, was most shockingly burnt, | by her clnt'ies taking fire. After suffering the most * excruciating pain. *he died at 3 o'clock this morning.? ' * Tranarript. , ? * f IPuvji* Ci*i rttpootlenee, No. XV.] Washington, January 4,1636. The President, it seems, has determined t" say nothing more upon the French question, until he announces the payment ot' the Indemnity, or propose* lion-intercourse and reprisals. He will not condescend te notice, by special message, the proffered mediation of England. There is no inore room for mediation than mr uegociaiion. mere .s nothing in doubt or dispute between the two government*, for France has acknowledged the deht and promised to pay the money. I lu>|>e Old Hickory will hold them to (heir Ixmd, and make them pay it in cash, uot flummery. But, if the French should make war upon us, and, in the language of one of their fiery orators?" teach the United States that other nations, as well ns England, know the road to Washington,"I don't think it would do the country much hurt, if they would blow up this talking, idling, trifling, factious Congress, sky-high. Only think of a set of fellows who talk a whole day, as they did to-day, upon the question whether they should discuss a certain |>etition to-day or to-morrow I wish the French had them all. The people would save the money paid for their per diem, and get along just as well without them. When thev are set down at the President's house, they will find there the biggest cheese that ever was made in the world. They will, no doubt, carry it ami Editor Blair ofi*, as their tpoiia opima, to Paris. What a figure Blair would make there, as hostage for the better liehnvior of the Kitciien advisers of the Presidcut. But, perhaps, the French may like Welsh rarebits, and order the cooks of the kitchen to toast the cheese by the fire of the President's house. u~-~i.il ....... c 1 -- ? ik?-uuati to vvitaiuij n? uc V.UIIIH HUTU OS KISi master General, ami unless he can find contractors to take the mails for nothing', thcte will he a stop to the circulation of newspapers, both large and small. The Herald of the 31st ult., did not arrive here till to-day but that is doing well, for one half the time it don't come at all. Mr. Tanev will not get through. The nomination, in fact, will not be taken up. Judge Story, in the mean time, will officiate, by seniority, as Chief Justice. Tomorrow, we are to have an abolition riot in Congress. We want the French army here to put things to rights. The people want something to bring them to a sense of their true interests. Common Pleas, Judge Hiving.?Win. Meeks, r?. John Hatch.?This was an action of replevin, brought to recover the amount of goods destrained for rent, whereas the plaintiff contended that if had Itccn paid. From the testimony, which was rather indistinct, we a., r.,.. vi- vi?i? .. ? ant of the defendant, went to his storelo put the rent. Mr. Hatch received it, but pave no receipt. Wlnle in the store, some words arose between the parties, inconsequence of Mr. Hatch's request for the plaintiff to leave tlte premises, and his refusal to do so. I luring the course of the altercation, Mr. Hutch came around the counter, and either dropped or threw the money on the floor, and that Meeks picked it up, and took it away with him. This was part of the defendant's testimony. On the part of the plaintiff, it was proved by two witnesses, that the money was paid and accepted?that high words did arise, but that no money was either dropped or thrown on llic floor, and taken by Meeks.?This was proved to the satisfaction of the jury, who after a few minutes deliberation, returned n verdict for the plaiuiitf to the full amount claimed, and costs. Cocke far plaintiff, Western and Edwards for drfdt. Jos. Chauaelet, r*. Louis Naudjn and wile.?This was an action for slander, brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for words spoken against his character. The words charged in the counts of the declaration were,"You have been banished from France and New York, and everv body hnows that you arc luandpd behind the shoulder." As the French word used was Marqu6, the plaintiff's counsel endeavored to prove that the defendant had impiietl that M. Chnudelct hud l>een branded for some crime, for w hich that is a punishment in France. But the court ruled that no inference that oiisdit l?e drawn from the rtnrpsiinn. wnnhl l.e in evidence, and nftpr buttling for three hours and a half, they gave it up, and submitted to a nonsuit. Mr. Brady for plaintiff, lieorge Wilson, Esq., for defendantr. The Mocking Biki>.?The sweetest of American songsters, the rival of the nightingale of iltcObi World ?the mocking bird?was in full song, a ad wooing its mate; and sweeter inelody than that which filled the ear during the short southern twilight, and beguiled the hours of darkness, whs surely never heard under the stars. I have often listened to that song elsewhere in the deep woods of the north ami west; but, whether it was in season, or the union of circumstances and thought which attuned my own femj>eraud inind to the harmony,?I think I never heard that inexplicably varied song poured forth with such etfect as amid the sweet-scented dews of Darien. The air was filled with its vibrations hour after hour; and every quality? power, clearness and melodv?seemed united and perfected in the quiet efforts of that sweet-throated bird. Their numbers were greater than I had ever witnessed elsewhere. If you be in the star light upon I lie rivPr bank, from your seat under the piazzas of the village, there was no danger of your leaving the melodv behind There was a secluded dip on the shore full of palmetto, and low bushes, into which you descended by a winding foot path between rocky sandstone banks. A couple of canoes were moored within its shelter and at the fool of the sandstone rock w here an aged tree slanted acro?s it, a fresh spring swelled out, and ran its short bubbling course to the river. Here it was delicious to linger in the darkness, and listen to the melody in the branches above vou. And again, between this jm nil tsnd the village lay an ancient Indian ninnel, on the verge of a lawn like piece of level sward, extending from the step high hank of the Blatamls- -ome die lame toward* the forest; with proline of live-oak sprinkled over if, ?nd thickening toward* the cottages tnd rode church on it* eontines. Mere, on both evening* of our star, I marked one of three syren* tnke ira >rch on r. solitary bush which broke tlie unUormitr of ilw swell of the inound. an>i oil hour after liour, alter lately listening to and answering t!i? note* of a mate, routes led among the thick foilage and hanging moss if a diatant tree. I listened to it till I thouzlit I could ilmoat interpret ii? fnll varied tale, with its inuera>|e periods. If the iutensitv of feeling he at all com nenaurate with the intensity and power of expression, vho shall fathoiu the depth of that wbii h (iod lia? initial) ted in the little fluttering henrIs of th*?e his ?<.rigtern T What ran mateli the thrilling eeatary of these lear and redundant notes. or express fit. depth i f pahoa of which those alow,plaintive modal." tt ?n? convey in expression to the hi- ;?t ? There is n >?',j in j,*. g nre that speaks to uie more plain!v of tie- go?lness of ?od. than the overflow c irtti ' i - song of i hird. Is this not tlie voice of praise, and'is it not the ong of iinutterrd gratit i.le /wf/vAr'a RamMe in I nifrua.