The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-17

eleven Aes1And United Etstss troops. are srGAgsd
m tie protection Of the people Of Texas California
New Mexico, 10. Would IL mot be As well 10 send
the other three thousand men upon the same SER
Vice. They would be apt TO find full employment.
A despatch from Norfolk announces that all at
tempts to repair the u. s. steamer Princeton hav-
ing fa,ed she will be sent to this city in order 70
ascertain what our mechanics can do with her
Strikes are still the order OF the day among the
wcrkmsn in different navy yards throughout the
,eosntry The employees in the Charlsstown yard
truck yesterday. Those in the Brooklyn and
Philadelphia yards still hold out, and the prospect
at present is that they will not resume work until
the obnoxions order is res ,indsd.
The packet ship B r. Milan, which sailed from
Havana on the 9TH instant, reached this port last
evening She brought no papers, or newa Of any
kind
The celebrated Madame 1Arusnont, better
known by her maiden name Of Fanny Wright, died
1t her residence, in Cincinnati, on Tuesday even
ing last, at the age of fifty. seven years. She
crested in her lifetime an immense amount OF in.
terest, from the resolution and talent with which
she opposed the religious ideas Of the age and
the sketch Of her strange and eccentric life which
we publish In another column will be read with
great interest.
The second days sale Of paintings belonging to
the American Art Union was held at their gallery,
Broadway, yesterday. The attendance WAS very
large, and the bidding was spirited. The pic.
tuIes, chiefly oil paintings, with water colors,
crsyon drawings, Sc. were far superior to those
cold the day previous. Nearly al the paintings re-
allied the cost price, and some of them were sold
for more. Suhjoined is table Of the sales for two
days
Sales Wednesday Dec Is ...........s s4oo 90
Sales Thursday, Dec. l6................. 10 SAG so
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $27 ,74o 50
To day the sale continues, the proceeds Of which
viii probably amount to $4,000, making the ag-
gregate sales about 49,, TAG.
Last evening Rev. DR.. Hawkes. delivered one Of
the series of lectures before the New York Hstori-
cal Society, at Metropolitan Hall, on North Caro-
iha's Revolutionary History, which will well repay
perusal-see our report.
Miss Bacon delivered another lesson on history,
yesterday morning. The subject was the early his
tory Of India and Persia. full report of the le.
ture will be found in another column.
The closing lecture of the course given by the
Catholic Institute was delivered last evening, on
the subjec. of Mary Stuart. The lecturer, Mr..
Do3ce, citeu several oocuments lateiy brought 70
light by one Labanof, a Russian. The cbjest, Of
course, was to vindicate the " Queen S,o.s' from
the charges laid against her. A report will be
found elsewhere.
The annexed is o brief summary Of the contents
of the inside pages Of this sheet Interesting Lot
ters from Washington and Honduras Gale and
Ship1reck on Lake Erie; Remarkable Disclosures
of Guilt at Hudson, N. Y; Proceedings of the
Vegetarian Society; Meeting of the Episcopal
Clergy relative to the Five Points Mission Bust
ness before the Board of Education; Reports of
Transactions in the various Courts; Theatrical No
tees; great variety of Local and Miscellaneous
Paragraphs; Advertisements, SC.