The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-07

it having passed the House-for reiinq gushing the
State title to the lands on Galveston Island, IN or
der to CONFIRM grants which had been located
thereon, and patented, and which had been pro.
pornced illegal by tho Supreme Court, on the
ground that they had been reserved for the State.
According to our police reports, fraud, robbery,
and ra.caiity: are dourishing extensively III our
city. Californian named X. Walsh who had
deposited the bulk of his gold at the mint having
heard of the swndling operations carried on by
pretending buyers OF gold dust, entered one OF
these concerns, the other day, to satisfy his curios
ty, and discovered that the modas opeanfi was
performed by means OF false tn 90 in the fu mel In
which the dust was poured The parties John
Derry, James Warner, and VIM. Spencer, were ar
rested for examination Another of tho Walsh
family also robbed the she'll road, lately of
some 800. would advise "Mike" to intervene
for the protection Of his namesakes here. Three
Of our draymen yesterday beat your hack drivers
in the way Of charging, to an extent mover before
heard Of. They came Il over two Alabamians to
the tune Of $40, for removing their baggage from
the Pon.chartl aine railroad depot, to the steam
boat landing on the levee-charging them at the
rate Of over sl3 a load, for three loads. What
part Of Alabama could they have come from
Miss Davenport appears tonight at tho st.
Charles, in the play OF 'Adrienne the Actress"
piece translated from the Flerch. She has receiv-
ed 70 support thus far, on account of not having
good stock company 10 sustain her. Ludlow and
Smith have damned the nstlsOs with tho New Or.
leans public, On account Of their iibera'ity, and
luckily their lease OF the thestre expires this sea-
son, 80 We may Ecee for better times hereafter.
a grand mystic ballet, called Temptation, or
tie Two Angels" said to have met with q great
run in Europe, put on the stage last night, for
the first time in this country, a. Placides Varieties
1t is regular ho.ch potoh OF angels, priests,
pirates, peasants. demons, and princes, with o
sprilkilg Of Chinese ard Italians, set of with
magnificent scenery, and any quantity Of dancing
girls, who vie with each other il showing their
dezterity TO hegh. never before attained III their
art They are truly ballet de mon qiaisir.
The weather is gradually moderating hero. Last
night We had black frost but no ice made. The
DlcES6wg Hing, of the 2ith instant, thus speaks
Of the very cold wea.her:-' An immense quantity
of ice is floating down the river, opposite this
place. This is thing that has not occurred since
1882. The ponds are frozen over with ice 50 thick
that heavy men are skating on them. Such scenes
as these have not been presented to the people Of
this region before in the memory Of our oides.
citizens Take it all in al, there is universal
opinion prevalent bore relative to this winter, that
it has been by far the coolest ever knowa in tho
climate. Day before yesterday morning, the Their
mometer had fallen to deg. above zero. This
would Pass fer winter in a much more northern
latitude. But it is near the first Of February, q
month in which spring generally begins to open.
We trust that the hard winter is over, fer surely
We have had enough Of it. In former seasons the
people have been busily engaged in gardening in
the month Of January about Vicksburg. Not so
this. The ground has been frozen so that no i'm
PIGMENTS OF horticulture could well break il, much
Less seeds shoot. But in consequence OF this we 90
not apprehend an overflow Of the Mississippi the
ensuing season. There has been much less rain
than formerly" ORrHEUs.