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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-26

EXPERIMENTS IN ELECTRICITy.-Dr. James
SWAIN Of this city has FOR time past been inves.-
eating the subject Of electricity and have recently
enjoyed the pleasure of witnessing several truly interest,"
ing Slerimeps. In stepped into the press.
room OF the Ledger building and there saw several gen
tcmep touch gas burner each with the end Of finger,
ard light the gas the contact had been with fame.
The electric fluid collected and condensed from the
betting of the machr connected with the presses and
this was passed through half dozen individuals 10 the
gas2pc which lighted above stated, and greatly
TO the establishment Of all who present This
plains The modgs pyramid Of The experiments that have
been much talked of eceaily and by which individuals
have men able 10 light gas burner with the tip ofa I'm
ger after having walked bsky . woolien carpet,
and thus charged themselves with electricity. May not
some Of the spirit rapppgs and table movDgs of the day
yet he accounted for principle quite simpler DR..
Swain las also discovered that sufficient electricity
exists in The ordinary gas and waerpipes of building,
to afford the motive power for system Of telegraphs
throughout the establishment, and for considerable dis
lance in the neighb rbood. This experiment Illus
rate Jtsd.y In TIE I9airr ofic and vi. Jmpiee
Inquirer.
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Talk on Change.

Owing to the nclemency of the weather trade not
very brisk yesterday Gotten continued dull with sales
of only about 500 bales There was disposition to
await the receipt Of later foreign news supposed
be at hand.
There was considerable conversation regarding the de-
struction of the steamship Independence and sincere
greet expressed for the melancholy loss Of human life
Great responsibility rested somewhere and it remains to
be seen whose shoulders it would chiefly fall. The
tegphc accounts contradictory yet with solarge
a number of passengers the wonder was, that amidst
the elements of water and fire, with explosion a
greater number of human beings had not persisted The
made Change concerning the unfortunate
vessel contradictory. One was, that she was a
transient boat owned chiefly by VIM. H. Brown and Mr.
Schuyler and had been hired by the Nicaragua Transit
Company ill gap its line. Another report that
She with all the other boats of Mr.. Vanderbilt,
had been sold out the Nicaragua Transit Company
for the round OF 81 o00 and that their earnings
had reached high 500 600 per month, net. 1t
said that Mr. Vanderbilt not in the habit of nsurng
his boats but that the company, supposed had
tanned policies them after the transfer, either for
part or for the whole
appeared that the independence was built by VIM.
H. Brown in 1850, and estimated to be worth some
$50 COO to 500 o00 She registered at about $50
TONS and stood the underwriters books A. O. It
did appear that there any insurance on her
Wall street. II such were the case it unknown to
the principal Offices.
The plan Of overcrowding California steamers with
human beings again severely condemned Five and
six hundred passengers could not be kept together
single steamer in healthy state in hot climate and in
of accidents the loss Of life would always be pro-
portionaby greater, would perish through the
panic Of others How many board the indie.
pendence not very clear 1t said that four hun.
dred left here to meet her but it probable she re-
ceived an accession Of one two hundred from New
Orleans and it by this route that she obtained her
St. Louis passengers, who known to be board.
The Independence vas said to be leaky, and in
sure unseaworthy this fact So and known to the
agents Of the Transit Company why did they allow 400
500 human beings to be packed board of her It
seemed that Of the passengers had relied upon
tie favorable state of the elements than upon the safety
of the boat Why did she 60 ashore9 Was II the result
of accident, she in sinking condition, and had
to be ashore to prevent her going down with all
board at sea- These grave questions which fuller
and more accurate accounts could alone
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Person al Intelligence,


Arrivals at st. Ncholes-Ex President Martin Van Ra-
Martin Van Buren,, Jr, Knderhook Hon. J. NJ.
Cook, Baston Springs; Gen. Twiggs, Col lawson Lieut..
Cummings, Lieut.. c. II. Davis and family U. s. A., Hon.
w. Tavis, Alabama.
At the Astor-H Churchill, Rochester; j. II. Kennew,
ST. John, ~ B.; Ogden Miles, Washington Lieut. Newton
U Eng II, Tomiuson ST. Louis; Hon. Ed. Stanley,
Buffalo. Hon J. $. Parser and family amongst the
DEF artures from tie Aston rou1 for New Hamps hire
Mr. Alfred Bum long distinguished the enterpris-
ing manager Il Drury Lane Theatre London and still
disf gu he'd by his many literary productions will
deliver lecture this oseDing in Pittsbirs the
Genius aud Career OF Shakespeare.
Among the rectn' rival at willard Hotel the
Warrington RtJuIlic Il the 18th inst notice the
Of he following een;lemtD-Hon Greene Bton.
son, Collector New York, Hon. Esstus Corning Albany
Governor Seymour, George b Butler, General Stephen
Van Rensselaer, New York Nathaniel Hawthorn CON
al TO i,elIool chancellor WalNuth, lion y a. Bokee
w. J Saples Watts sherman New York Governor An
thony Rhode Island. ex. Governor Bouck Nea York
Hon Scion Horlabd Hins,er 10 Central Anne ica; Hon
Hugh Maxwell ex collector, New York; John CUchrane.
New York.
Hen Peter Rowe. formerly Mayor Of Schenectady, AND
Goa utnL.r e CeI.aetS fGcIn lie L..ittnh yonsr1s
sion.l di.tr Ct hes arrived in town his home
raid Washington aid "a stoppilg at the American.
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SITE FOR A MILITARY HosPTAL-SEARcH RE-
NEwED.-The old Hero Of Chapultepec having failed
to locate suitable site for military hospital during
the last Presidential campaign, the search has been
lately renewed by Generals Twiggs and Jesup and
Surgeon General Lawson. They visited the Blue
Lick Springs Of Kentucky, together with Harrods-
burg and Drenon, with the view Of locating the asy
lum; but whether they have met with any better
cess than the Old General has not yet been made
public. We cannot consent to have it located at any
other place than the Blue Lick.
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ENGLISH ARIsTOcRACY COMING TO Our
WORLDS FAlR.--We learn, by letter from
London correspondent, that the Earl Of Files
mere is coming ont to this country, to represent
England at the Worlds Fair to be held in New
York He brings one of his sons, and his
daughters, the ladies Egerton. along with him.
Although among the highest and wealthiest Of
the English aristocracy, and also prominent in
the literary world, they are represented to be
among the most amiable, unaffected and unpre-
tending. Lady Bulwer, wife of the exBritish
minister to the United States, and Lady Ouse-
ley-who, by the bye, is an American-have
given them letters Of introduction to several
Of their friends in this city.
We trust they will be greeted with frank,
generous, aignifed, and, above all, unestenta-
tious hospitality. Let them especially not fall
into the hands and guardianship Of GER
tain set, whose obtrusive vulgarity. and i'm
pertinent, selfish, fdgety, would-be-fashionable
exclusiveness are more disgusting to real good
sense than even the coarsest manners Of the
genuine ''b'hoys."
The Countess of Ellesmere. it is understood,
accompanies her husband. She, too, we are
told, like the other members of the family, is
remarkable for kindness and entire absence Of
pretension.
By Dod's Parliamentary Companion, we
perceive that the Earl Of Ellesmere was former
ly Lord Francis Egerton. having been raised to
his present dignity in the year 1916. He was
born in 1900. His second title is Viscount
Brackley. He is a privy councillor and a
deputy lieutenant Of Sutherlandshire. was in
the House Of Commons in 1876, as Lord Francis
Egerton, and has been Lord Of the Treasury
Chief Secretary for Ireland, and Secretary at
War. He possesses four princely residences in
| England, and is member of the Carlton and
| Athen@um Clubs.
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Mails for Europe.


THE NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD.
The Cunard steamship America, Captain Leitch win
Ssave Boston to morrow at II O'clock Cor Liverpool
Subscriptions and advertisements TO, any edition of the
Nkw York HERALD will be received the following places
IN Europe
IIvRPoo1-John Hunter No. Paradise street
Lospss-Edward Sanford Co., C0rnhin
4" VIM. Thomas Co., No. 10 Catherine street
PARs-Iivingston, Wells Co., Rue de Ia Bourse
B. Il. Revolt, No. II Rue de La Banque.
The European mails viii close in this city at and
fhree O'Clock
The WEEKLY HERALD will be published at half past nine
Ocaock this morning Single copies, in wrappers, six
pence.
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IEE HoRsr TRADE In tha portion Of article on the
Horse trade, which treats Of the horse market Bls
dead the types make say that the number sold there
two hundred Der day II should be two hundred week
"hch - To average number Wien there u great de
sCla Ia oLe week
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INTERESTING FROM NICARAGUA.
Affairs of the Transit Company at San
Juan del Norte.
ORGANIZATION Of New Provisional Government,
&c., &C., &c.

The steamship Star Of the West Capt Tnklepaugh,
arrived Ia It night from San Juan del Norte whence she
sailed ON the 18th inst.
Our embraces history Of events at San
Juan since previous advises.
The Transit Company have completely established their
chain Of boats the river San Juan. The new
Ellen l. Hunt added to the line the l4th instant
She made trial trip round the harbor. Her movements
very satisfactory, and attracted the notice Of all
While passing the sloop Cyane those on board
gave three hearty cheers which Of return
ed by those on board that vessel
The United States ship Cyane remained in port-heI
officers and crew all we'll.
Her hitantic Majestys steamer Geyser has been IL
port twice recently Something must have turned ~
atterly, for the English express their willingness
and determination to sustain the Cyane in her movement
against the authorities of Greytown and protect poin
Aienar.
There has evidently been great deal Of humbuggin
between the British commodore and the representative
her Majesty at Warrington that cfcer acting unde
secret orders from his resolved not to act
the Champion dispatches sent to him by that gentleman
at the same time that others Of the same tenor an
date forwarded by the late amented Daniel Webse
to Commodore Parker both having for their object tn
protection by of both nations Of the Accesso
Transit Company, their employees and property tn
commander Of the English steamer Geyser came to thi
determination on the 3Oth Of March last.
The Prussan charge d. affaires to the government
Central America and New Granada, In company wit
General Moneneg commander of the Nicaragua forces
visited the United States sloop OF war Cyane and wa
rendered every poteness which the the commander an
officers of that ship know well how to extend. The
we're saluted with eleven guns, and landed on shore
one Of the ships boats.
The people Of Greytown held election for city officer
the 18th inst, p G. Martin being re elected mayo
without opposition having received all the votes cast
The British consul had previously notified the BIRTHS
residents that if they voted at the election they could
expect any protection from his government as the
would become citizens of Grey town.
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wards. The house will also contain a grand
saloon for promenade and refreshments con-
venient rooms for depositing coats and cloaks.
good greenroom, and comfortable dres sing
rooms for the artists. To guard against acct
dents. in case of fire behind the scenes, it is in
tended to have large reservoirs of water over
the stage, and sheet iron drop scene SO as to
completely and effectually isolate the stage
from the auditory. The edifce in all its parts.
is to be constructed in the most solid and ell
during manner, and it is expected that it will
be ready for public opening by December next
and that Mario, Grisi, and other renowned ar
lists, will take part in its Inauguration.
We express our sincere qualification at the
efficient measures taken by the promoters of this
measure to provide for New York opera Oh
grand scale, and to indulge and create taste
Tor music IN this great commercial metropolis
And we are pleased to learn that the operas to
be presented on the stage Of the new building
are not to be confined to the one language. but
that we are to have them in French and Eng
fish, as well as in Italian 1t has been, also the
wish Of the projectors studiously to avoid any
thing which might tend to make the opera house
exclusive; and in that they were wise for nothing
would so much ensure the failure of the whole
scheme az the idea that it was an aristocratic
and ultra-fashionable concern A regular grade
fprices will be fixed, according to location. so
as to place within the reach of those with the
most moderate incomes the means OF gratifying
cheaply their musical tastes The average
charges for admission will not exceed a dollar
Established on such basis we may indulge
the hope that opera will cease to be casual
and uncertain visiter in New York and that
hencefrth 1t will have to be recognized as
among the most firmly fixed and prosperous in
situations Of our metropolis.
TrE HoRsr TRADE In tina, portion Of article On the
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-01-21

TRAGIC OccURRENcE.-The Philadelphia
Public Ledger gives the following melancholy
account of the death of little girl, in the
town of Pittsgrove New Jersey.
A little boy, only four years of age, strang
led his sister, under the following circum-
stances; the child, day or two previous,
had ask ed the father to explain to him the
,aodus operandi of hanging, and the parent, to
crafty the childish wish, unconscious of the
sad consequences of his indulgence, took
from his pocket handkerchief, and, unfortu-
nately. explained to the little boy the manner
in which it was done; the child, initiative as
most children are, took the earliest oppor-
tunity to put in practice the lesson received
from his father, and taking cord he fastened
it around his sisters neck, as it lay in the
cradle, and attached the other end to knob
on the canopy of the cradle left the child sus-
pended by it, which, when found by the
parents, was strangled to death. These sad
lessons should be a warning to parents against
allowing children to be listeners on such oc-
casions as was this little boy; no doubt the
subject of conversations was the harging OF
Treadway, at which the child was suffered to
hear everything that was said, and its young
mind depraved by recital of murder and
death.
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from our lips the cup of domestic happiness.
allowed myself to forget that the same ef-
fort was necessary to preserve the affections
of the husband that were employed to " In
and obtain the lover.
But to return. That night set up late,
but my husband did not come. All. thought
1, he thinks to frghten me into submission by
staying out late, "a thing he had never done
before, but he will find his mistake. Finding
he had taken the nght-key determined to
sit up no longer. l retired, but could not
sleep. The mild beams of the moon came
softly stealing through the window fliing the
room with fantastic shapes of light and shade,
bearing to my troubled mind self-examina-
ton too long deferred. AS the night deepened
and my husband came not, | wept bitter tears
of self-accusatioD, and in proportion to my
fears for his safety did my repentance for the
past and resolves for the future deepen and
expand.
rtoScIusroy To MORROW
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-01-21
A New TeIegraph Osficc.

Last Wednesday Telegraph Office was
opened at Princeton, Ia, on the line of the
Evansville and Vincennes Telegraph, about
midway between those places. The office is
located at the railroad depot, and is under
charge of Mr.. SAMUEL SrERSE, who is said 20
be Illustrate clever fellow, and business
man. This new Office will be q mutual ad.
vantage to Princeton and Evansville, and
dividing the line into shorter sections, will
enable those in charge of it to repair injuries
with less delay than formerly.
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TIE New CABINET.-The well-informed
cores ondent "X" of the Baltimore Sun thus
discourses of the new Cabinet:
''Tbe Cabinet of General Pierce is so far
formed that it is certain that all sections and
fractions of the Democratic party will be re-
presented in it. General Dix will be the
member from New York, and Mr.. Medary the
member from Ohio. General Dix viii take
Treasury, Gas have previously announced
and Mr.. Medary will be the Postmaster Cen
eral.
"The Secretaryship of State, since Sena-
tor Hunter has declined, will be filled either
by Senator Mason, of Virginia, Mr.. George
VI. Dallas. of Pennsy lvania, or Caleb Cush-
ing, of Massachusetts,.
'.Mr. Nicholson, of Tennessee, will not
accept any appointment.
1t is believed that either JEFF. Davis or
James Thompson, of Mississippi, viii be Sc
cretary of War. Having stated that paper
numerously signed, was in circulation, urging
the appointment of Governor Cobb to place
in the Cabinet, it is due that should state
| also that he has written to his friends as fol-
lows: Il am unwilling that any thing
shall be done by my friends in Washington
that shall place me, or seem to place me, il
the attitude of an applicant to Gen. Pierce
for place in his Cabinet. can nerer con
sent TO occupy that position The quotation
speaks for itself''
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STATE sE INDIANA. 60
Vanderburgh county, 80

In THE SANDERBURGH NoOkf'
Ncho'as Longworth and Archibald Miles, CON-
plainants,
Crawford Bell; Harrison F. Kiger; Watson Bates
, James Brooks and Phebe a. Brooks, his wife;
Ann, Maria Fitch; Charles Henry PaxsoB; Fran
ces K. Paxson: Sarah c. Paxson; Anna Julia Pax
SON. Robert Pearson, and Rebeeca Pearson. his
wife. Jacob Hams, Jr and Caroline Halls, his
wits; Morris Watkins, and Sarah A. Watkins,
his wife; Joseph McMurtrie. and Eliza Jane Ne
Murrie. his wife; John Pearson, and Elijah III
Pearson, his wife; Mordecai w. Pearson, and
Elizabeth Pearson, his wife; William Pearson;
Benjamin Pearson; Amos Pearson, and Mary
Pearson. his wife; Samuel Pearson, and Julia
Ann v. Pearson, his wife; John ID. James, and
Amy James. his wife; Seba A. Pearson, and Lou
lisa Pearson his wife; Mordeca Vasey. and Ellen
Massey, his wife; Benjamin Smith Vasey; Pearson
Vasey: John Kirk, and Mary Kirk, his wife, Isaac
Scarborough, and Mercy Scarborough, his wife,
John Scarborough. and Hannah scarborough his
wife; Joseph Large, and Cynthia Large, his wife;
William Scarborough, and Marlii Scarborough,
his VITA: Pearson Scarborough and Hannah c. |
scarborough. his Wife; Elijah Wilson Scarborough
and Sarah Scarborough, his Wife, Watson Smith,
and Amy Smith, his wife. Sarah Ely: John Kirk
Doan. and Sarah loan his wife, Joseph REYNOLDS.
and Ann Reynolds, his wife: Henry Vildman, and
Elizabeth Wildnan, his wife; Henry Pearson, and
Mary Ann Pcarsoil, his wife; Mordccai Pearson,
and Ruth Ann Pearson, his wife, Elizabeth Pear
son, widow of Crispin Pearson, deceased; Patience
Pearson: William Darlington. and Catharine Oar
1iDgton, his wife; and Crspin Pearson, and Cor
delta Pearson, his wife; defendants. !
ND on this 18Th day Of January, A. D. 1852 II
IA compliments above L2ned fic their amends
bill of complaint in the above entitled cause. and
pears by the affidavit of disnerested and compete
witness filed Herewith that all OF the defendants a5o
nam I'd except Crawford Peil HARRISON f. Kiger. Waits,
Bates, James Brooks and Phebc A. Brooks his viii
Anna Marie Fitch, Charles Henry Paxson, Frances
Paxson, Sorah G. Paxson, Anna Julia Paxson, Robe
Pearson and Rebeeea Pearson his wife, Jacob Hams
and Caroline Haias his wife. Morris Watkins and Sr:
A. Watkins his wife, Joseph McAurtrie and Eliza Ja
MeMurrie his wife, arc non-residents of the State
Indiana therefore the said resident defendants
hereby notified ofhe filing of said amended bill
plant, and Of the peBdency of this suit and that une
the said defendants plead TO answer said amends
bill before the calling of said the
said Court, to be begun and held at the Court House
Evansville on the third Monday of April next. the
BILL to said .sident defendants, win be taken
confessed to be true. -
jan2I--3w JACOB LUyKEyHEIMER. CLERK. .
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A CALoRIc NAvY.-We copy the following
paragraph from the last number of the Wash
ington Republic:
We devote 4 considerable space in our
columns this morning to an article abridged
from the New York Times, giving a detailed
account of the second trial trip OF the Caloric
ship Ericsson. The wonderful results accom-
pIisbed surprised even the inventor. and ex-
ceeded his most sanguine expectations. 1t
would seem that the most skeptical now
admit that the steam engine, with its enorm-
Gus consumption of fuel. its vast requireme nts
OF space, and its terrible destruction of human
life, must be superseded by the CGloric
Engine. For some purpose, and to some
extent, everybody admits this to be the case.
We cannot see what should prevent the in
PRODUCTION of the Caloric Engine for all pur-
poses now employing the steam engine, and
to the extent of rendering the latter an sob
solete idea.''
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PUBLIC LECTURE.-Rev. Mr.. sterritt will deliver
he Introductory Course of Lectures before the
Evansville Benevolent Association, on FRIDAY Eve
MING, Jan. 2ls. at q. o'clock, in Rev. Mr. McCarers
Church.
Admission 10 the door-Season tickets 50
ALLEN HALLoCK, President,
VIM. X. McGREw, Secretary.
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The MARTHA WASHINGTON CAsE.-The
result of the examination of Cole, Kissane'
and others, fer the burning of the Martha
Washington, is as follows: Kissane was
held to bail in the sum of $4,000; Cole,
$40 900; Cummings, $4,000; Amasa Chaplin
$4,000; Holland, $4,000. The parties gave
bail and were discharged.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-01-21

GThe Telegraph No. will commence
to run in the Louisville and St. Louis trade,
as Mail Packet, on the first of February
The Ben. Franklin, we are informed, is also
coming in about the first of April. A daily
mail line is to be established
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6TMessrs. Hornbrook g. Woodard, re-
cieved yesterday, several beautifully finished
Safes Manufactured by Hall g. Dodds, Cincin-
natl. These Safes are said to be superior to
those of Eastern manufacture, and of all
safes the safest.