The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-23

Of Representatives, the other dag, that Congress
should purchase il for the United States but Is I'M
derstood that Virginia viii not assent 70 this indeed
the Governor of that state has ALREADY appealed to
the patr otism ef tie msmbes-of her Legislature 70
secure IT, He recommends that be converted to the
use of some proper psiitution-for instances. model
State farm The ladies Of the Soath, II viii be seen
by communication in another column, also propose
BY subscription TO purchase the estate and preserve
hsllowed resort FOR the people of all nations
Let hope that should the national government, OF
the State Of Virginia. fail in securing the around that
the ladies will succeed and thus prevent this sacred
spot, which it Is understood must he Sold from fall
inv into the hands Of avaricious speculators.
We learn fiom Erie that of the Justices Of that
noted city has decided that the injunction from the
Ulited States Court restraining the rioters from in
terferng with the railroad is null and void. Ten Of
the hands employed to repair the track the North
cast Railroad have been tried by said sap!eut func
tionary and fined ninety collars each.
The New Orleans papers deny that there is any
truth in the report that another Cuban expedition
fitting ont in that vicinity.
Two persons are known to have been killed by the
falling OF wall during large FIRE in Philadelphia
last Wednesday right. The body of one of them, a
ponce oulcer, cds pSen rScoFeIcu. We escWIVAc
give very full account Of the sad calamity
Fifteen persons were killed by the explosion Of the
steamer Marlborough, at Charleston, yesterday.
The wreck of the steamtug Ajax has been dis
covered, sunk in fourteen fathoms OF water, near
Cape Cod. The A. left this port for Boston on
the 22d of October. and is supposed to have foun'
dered during the disastrous gale which prevailed on
the coas! two or three days afterwards. She was
manned BY some fourteen men, all of whom pershed.
Among them were Gregory Thomas, captain !:
Richard Lee, pilot; Timothy Baker, coast pilot;
Wu. Skidmore, Heg,ts pilot; Joseph Clark, en-
giIeer; Charles Anger, cook; Deter May and Pa
trick McAnaney, deck hands aud six men whose
names have net been ascersainei, they having been
engaged but short tine previous to the departure
OF the vessel. Captain Thomas was al old and very
popular Sandy Hook pilot, and was some years
ago, nominated as q candidate for the State Assem-
bly, in consequence Of his devotion to the interests
Of his fellow pilots who were at the time DESTROYS
of having laa enacted for their protection against
the Entertainments upon their profession by incom-
peent persons. That he was master of his art there
can be no question when is recceeed that he sue
cessfully took the tugboat Golsh around Gaze Eorn
to San Francisco, an undertaking that 1t was pre-
disted would never be accomplished.
The New England Society Of Brooklyn celebrated
the anniversary Of the Pilgrim Landing by grand
banque,, given in Gen. Yale's Mansion House. last
evening. Over one hundred and eighty ladies ana
gentlemen of great beauty and high rank, sat down
to dinner at quarter to eight O'Clock. After the
repast most eloquent speeches were made by His
ExcslleDcy Gov. Seymour, the Hon. John P. Hale,
the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, aud cthers but from
the late hour az which the banquet over, our re-
portels can only furnish mere outline of them,
We have already published The results OF the pri-
mary elections Of the wings and national democrats,
and We now give the result Of the election of the
free soilers or vsn Barentes which took place last
night. The wings held their election on the 18th
inst and the national democrats held theirs on the
same day. Among the former the ward committees
appoint inspectors and select places for holding the
elections while the same business Is arranged for the
democrats By the General Committees.
A meeting Of foreigners took place last even.
ing at Eckhar.'s Hotel TO discuss The pros and
of the pr jected expedition 10 Turkey in aid OF
The Sultan. Germans Hnngarisns, aud French.
we're present We give report OF The proceeding.
Last evening large sale Of ancient aud modern
paintings csmmer ,ed at the Gallery of the National
Academy Of Design, No. 6s3 Broadway. The col
le3tion comprised about two hundred aud fifty
original oil paintings including two or three copies
by Claude en-: originals by Correg yio, Rembrandt,
Vandy he, and host Of lesser lights. Buyers were
scarce, and TIE prices obtained unpre:eientedly
low, ranging from three and half dollars to thirty
dolals sometimes scarcely covering The cost of the
frame. As this YES the frst days sale, and there
are two more days to follow, matters may mend
little; but. certainly, the recent sales Of paintings in
this city, taken into consideration with the failure
Of the committee on the Latham prize to fad
single tolerable poem worth Noticing among the
number seDt in for inspection, wonld seem to show
that matters Of literature ard art, at least are not
in very progressive state in this country.
An aged man, named Cornelius Sullivan, was
yesterday arrested charged with innicting blow
with clcb tie head Of his son william, young
psp t.enty.one yeirs Of age, the effects of which
caused death The Coroner viii Investigate the
case today. An account Of the affair win be found
in another column.