The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-29

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naAtxx Of reports from eommittses the body 3D. |
jsukned. Experience proves that Oongressmen can
never make up their minds TO work till after Tho
holidays therefore il would be Of material advan-
tsgs 70 their constituents II the time Of meeting
wss changed from the FIRST Monday in December TO
the second Monday in JAnusyy. Under the present
system, the members generally receive one months
salary eash, for literally doing nothing.
Nothing definite has yet been received IS 70 who
has been elected to the United States Senate by tho
Nsrth Carolina Legislature, although the proba-
biity il that General D0bbiA has at last bsen
chosen, notwithstanding the previous oppontion f
General Saunders.
From Norfolk we have brief asconDt Of the
wreck and total less OF the British steamer Noun
taiDesr, bound from Liverpool for this port. She
struck, on Christmas day, few miles south OF
Cnrritsck inlet. Fortunately, no lives were lost.
Portions Of . wreck, supposed to have belonged to
the bark Hoander, from Boston for the East In
dies, wore discovered on the oath nit In lat. Al D.
| Ion. rs 10.
Cotton has declined one fourth 10 three eighths Of
. cent since tho receipt Of the news by tho steamer
Canada. There was some speculative feeling In oof
fee, yesterday. In consequence Of recent sdvicss
from Rio, tho market became sstive, and free sales
were made at nine to nine and . half cents The
market for brsadstufs, owing to its being In the
holidays with high freights and later foreign news
expected, was less animated, especially for -four.
There also less spirit in the provision market
| The Hon. John A. Dix last evening delivered IN
eloquent and able lecture ct the INSTITUTE Bowery,
the Influences Of Government upon the Industrial
Glasses which, in consequence Of tho crowded state
Of our columns, we shall not BE- able to present to
our readers until our isIue Of to morrow.
Last evening Rev. William w. Patton, of Hart
ford, delivered tho fourth Of the series Of popu
lar lectures At the Tabernacle, his subecs being
q The Martyrs Of Yesterday the Heroes Of To-day,
or the Order and Process Of Distinction" The oh.
ect Of the lecture was to show the identity between
the heroes Of age and the martyrs of previous
one and this in reference beth to science and poll
tics and religion. He illustrated his position by
citing the case Of the Jews and the prophets, and
Christ himself. Roger Bacon, Oopernloas. Calico,
Harvey, Jenner, Columbus, Hampden, Algemon
| ci0noy, DS4ter, Dunyan, AOWe, fnlnp henry, ana
the ether noneonformists-the pilgrim faith ers-
George Warrington, Fitch, Fulton, Whitney, Will
berforee, Socrates, Wickle, Luther, Calvin, Whit
Geld, Wesley, Edwards, &c., &C. The moral he
Grew was, that future heroes were new suffering
nartyrdom at the hands Of the present generation,
and were denounced fanatics and innovstors and
that We ought, therefore, to be cautious in tho
Judgment We form of the men Of the time, and to
divest ourselves Of all our prejudices when in the
pursuit Of truth.
From the weekly report Of tho City Inspector il
| appears that the number Of deaths has exceeded
that Of last week by thirty sig. Thirty nine have
died Of consumption, twenty seven of commissions,
twenty one Of dropsy in the head, twenty three of
Inflammation of the lungs, twelve Of typhus fever,
and seventeen Of small pex. 1t will also bs seen
that great number of children have died.
In addition to many advertisements and much
other interesting reading, inside columns to-day
contain Letters from Washington full Report of the
Injunction Case against the Broadway Railroad In
the Superior Court; TheatricAl Notices; Late News
from New Brunswick Financial and Commercial
Reports, Sc.
The steamship Franklin, with two days, and the
Pacific, with four days later advices from Eorope,
are now over due at this port.