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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-09
Port Of New York, August 8, 1853.


Steamrhip-Aerlin tBr), Cronan, bermuda st
ships.Bslnoral OBJ, DOUGLAS, Quebec BArstSw &
Barks.Albert (Br), Rove, st John, NIB. F "
Meyer; Catharna Duckwtz (Brem), Homeyer, London,
BriasgEnoch Bennsr. Norton Philadelphia, Buck
1 Co; Canada (Br), McDougal, Pctou, Ms, J Whitney
s.mi Gilman. Berry, Portland Lewis; Unity OBJ,
Henderson, St Johns NF, Dealey; Charlotte DAM,
Ludington New Haven, R Goodwin; Howard, Lovsil
Boston, W Lewis; Chss Stetson, Miller, Baracoa
Ropes & Co; J Warren Chapman, New Haven. master;
Washington, Rue, Washington, Bateman 4 Rudderow.
ARRIVED.
Steamship Augusta, lyon savannah 81 hours, with
north q Cape Hattsras, exchanged signals with steam
ship Florida, hence for Savannah
ss s: sss ss' :t.
Ship J wichslhausen (Brem), Dannemann, Bremen,
July H. lat S. lon s. IT, fell in with and boarded the
fishing schr Mary Of Boston, Capt Groze eaky and
had three feet water In her hold took from her the cap
Brig Robert Peel (Norw), johnson, Bristol, ss days,
Brig Mary Ann tBr), Jones, Newport, W. ea days, to
s h.a sssz days .; . sss' a
passengers, to Bech + Kunhardt
Brig Eleanor, Phillips, EOntevide0, June q, to Kirk
land Won Sachs. Passed, going up the river, bark
Chas Oden IA days from Rio Jauefro; June So lat 30 Is
Ion SO 35 W. spoke chip Mary Ann Of and from Boston
for California, GA days OUT June lat IL "a lon IS
l6, passed large American steamer, steering SSW.
Brig Mary Elizabeth (of Norfolk) Upshur st Johns,
PR, Is days, to Sayre
Brig Ann (Br). Campbell, Windsor, II days. to master.
Brig Clinton, Walker, Charleston days, to Sturges,
Chairman l. Co.
Brig AIcturus (Br), Nickerson, Windsor, days. to
master.
schr Miranda lof New H.y.n), wsdmore, SAINT. Cruz,
II days to DeFeyest b Co.
schr Reindeer (Br), Riggs, Bermuda days, to Middle
schr En- Avant (Br), Dunbar Windsor, Ms Is days. to
schr Ann (Br), Boynes, Halifax, 10 days. to Ward
Parker
scbr Eliza (B,) Wright, St JOHN, NIB. 20 days, to
Pickard
BELOW
Ship Manhattan, from Lverpoo
Ship St Joseph. from Havre.
Bark Palais from -.
Two briggs, unknown.
SAILED
Ship Columbia Charleston; barks Covneia, Havana
Clotla sisal; brig Balticus (Od) Newcastle-on Tyne
Wind st sunset, s.
The clipper ship Hurricane, Avery, hence for San
Francisco, has anchored at Quarantine
BY SANDY Hook PRINTING TnEcRApH.l
TIE HIGHLANDS, Aug Sc Pm.
The outward bound vessels have all gone to sea. Two
brigo ras ing the Highlands, bound up
Wind fresh from s. Weather hazy.
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Herald Marine Corrcsr0adsncs.

PmADE1PmA, Aug 8.
Anived-Bsrks Garland, Martin, Charente; Laconia,
Howes, and Gem, Mayo, Boston: briggs Stssdrash Won
Brock, Bradherog Leghorn; qchrs Geo Edwards May,
Boston, BroadHed. Butler, Wareham; David Smith,
Peterson, Boston; Adams, Williams Dghton Canary,
Mcilepaugh, Calais; Jew Post, Newport Fawn Day,
Portsmouth, Tinker, Reed, New Haven; Sarah Ann,
Pirkham, Pensacola; Merwin, Woodhouse, New York
Mercer, Robinson, and Georgia, Pettingill Boston
Hcrton wsshington, NC; Highlander Gould, Boston.
Ceared-Brg Kossuth, Allen. Boston schrs Tennessee
Runnell; Tinker, Reed and Tennessee Rice, Boston:
Highlander, Gould, Charlestown; Nancy Bishop Kelly
and Romeo. Palmer Boston; Jew, Pettengill Newbury
port; Geo Edwards, May saeu Broadfed, Butler, New
Bedford steamers John Marshall Cope, NYork; Oregon
Dennis, Baltimore.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-09

On Friday, August s. by the Rev. Jane. Mllet at his
refdence No 1903 BrOcme street, Mr.. CHARLES EATON
TO Mss HARRIET N FRARY, both OF Hartford Conn. Also
WOOD all Of this city
On sunday, August I, by the Rev. Dr. Merzbacher Mr.
MAURICE WERNER TO Miss SARAH KING, all Of this city
On Monday. August at Trinity Church. BY the Right
Rev. Bishop Vain wright, ELIAS J, PATsoS Of this city
10 SARAH J. DENNIS, ofNew Jersey.
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Telsgrnphic Marine Rep0rts.
New ORLEANS, Aug 8.
Arrved-ships Charlotte wymss, New York; Suffolk,
Boston; brig Crocus, New York.
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no LET-HANDsoME FURNISHED ROOMS roGETa.
CT separate with or without board atS3 West Twen-
usev'Ah street, Sixth avenue bsck frsm BysaAwsy
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Luu Der, ft.5l4,0 900
Oats, bush. A csc
Sp. turp. /, bbs %
Bans 4 bacon 1873
Flour. 200
Corpmsal hid 200
D. fruits, pigs 473
Iiricks.... 1872, 600
Biscuit, cases rs I
DO. tres 500 !
S bread, bbls. 80 J
NJ. tob., lbs Al, 634
Wood We. pks $50
Csrdlee, bxs. $50
Clocts ....... 70
Tc$aI
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III, 31BT7T
The exports last week exceed In value those Of the week
previous, s3l2,72l.
Washington telegraph., 1853-06-08
My Mother.

No man can pursue the following. with
out being impressed by the beautiful senti-
ments it contains
My mother. sacred name-how often
has it cherished the lone wanderer in foreign
lands, the exile and homeless, wherever
they may bc-on the oceans rolling billow
or on the missionary fields teaching the
Word of Life to the heather, and instruct
ing them to looh forward to an Immortality
beyond the grave. Yes, even the strong
man, armed with the assurance of the gos.
pei, recalls to mind wIJl consolinC tender
ness, the words Of motler, in that distant
home beyond the wave, where he first felt
that to live for others was ioly mission
At such times that the mothers love strength
ems him, he feels and knows her happy in
fluence. And may we not cherish .he fond
belief, that mothers influence NAV pene-
trate the dark cells Of the dungeon, and
that even beneath the hardened visage and
rough exterior of the man of crime warm
ly beats heart. at times, not only with con-
viction, but with awakened feelings Of truth
and virtue, as his imagination wanders back
to the scenes of his early childhood. and
fancy, still trce, pictures that home in all its
summer beauty the cottage on the green
lawn, the woodbinc that 50 lovingly twined
about the door, the happy song of birds, the
soft and lullng murmer Of the rivulct-all
with vivid distinctness come up before his
minds eve those hours of innocent child
hood, when fond mother taught his infan-
tile lips to whisper my father" and with
her soft hand gently laid upon that fair
young brow, knelt by his side, and offered
up an earnest prayer to him who heard the
prayer Of faith, for her loved son, her darl-
ing boy. Oh, how the strong man trembles
as these reflections pass through his mind.
and the man Of many years, whose hand
has committed crimes of the darkest dye,
weeps. yes, tears course down those sun
Drowned and Scared cheeks; and who shall
say that mothers influence has not saved
her son D..
Washington telegraph., 1853-06-08
PASSING AWAY,

I'm passing away, the rivuet said,
As it danced along on its pebbly bed;
| unite myself with the ocean old
And sweep DER forms that were fearless and bold:
And then to the clouds Pm carried high.
Refreshing the earth with dew from the sky:
Thus the stream sang on, in tones wild and gay,
I'm passing away, Pm passing away!
We are passing away, the red man said,
As he looked around on the scattered dead;
But few remain, and We'll soon be at rest,
With those we love, in the land of the best
And the white man then will be roaming here.
Ger this land of ours, that to us was so dear:
And the theme of his song will be in that day,
They have passed away, they have passed away!
We are passing away, is the song that is sung,
From the lips of ALL both the old and the young
That song Is sung through the tall forest II ees
By the gentle sigh of the evening breeze;
lis heard in the North, South, East and West,
lis ever told in the land of the best,
That the chosen of earth must not here stay.
That they must pass aye, all pass away!
Washington telegraph., 1853-06-08
Picture for the Capitol.

A Paris correspondent of the National
Intelligencer' gives the following descrip-
tion of Powell's picture, now being painted
at Paris, for the Rotunda of the Capitol at
Washington.
This great piece, of which the subject is
the Discovery of the Mississippi by DE So
to in 1912, is the last of the eight pictures
ordered by Congress of native artists to fill
the pannels of the Rotunda.
The picture represents the discovery as
taking place at the lastof the Chickasaw bluffs
below Natchez
The picture may be divided into four
groups. The principal group represents
De Soto, mounted on a magnificent white
horse, at the head of his sait of officers,
servants, and standard bearers, and followed
by his cavalry, which grow indistinct in the
shades of the forest in the distance. The
principal feature of this group, of course, is
the commander-in- in-chief. The second group
in advance of him. and Immediately on the
bank of the river is a group of naked Indi-
ans into whose camp he las arrived The
third group is formed of some missionaries
and soldiers belonging to the army, who are
planting a cross as memento to mark the
spot, and as a testimony of their thankful
ness to the protecting care of Providence;
whilst the fourth group is composed of
company of men who are preparing to fire
a salute from a beautiful carved cannon in
commemoration of the event.
The group of savages is composed of the
chief and his two tall sons, who are coming
forward to offer to the white man, the first
they had ever seen. the pipe of peace. He
stands nearly bent double with age between
his two sons, and holds out the pipe with an
expression in his countenance of min gled
fear and astonisment. One of the sons
looks at the gay plumage, singular costumes
and numerous appliances of war of the new
comers with evident admiration while the
other has drawn himself proudly up, with
an expression of disdain and daring in his
countenance which clearly prove what would
be his solution of the difficulty if he had
the power. In front OF the chief several
naked squaws are seen kneeling, Offering
presents of game and of maize to their con-
querors, hoping thus to conciliate their fa-
vor; whilst disembarking from canoes are
seen others bearing deer and other gifts.
Washington telegraph., 1853-06-08
FOllies Of Great Men.

The Sublime History of Fools is a book
which ought to be written, and which, we
doubt not, would sell greatly. All great
men have had their follies and the field
open for cleaning is almost boundless. For
instance, we have such facts as the following
recorded IN biographies and histories Ty-
cho Brahe, the astronomer, changed color,
and his legs shook under him, on meeting
with a hare or fox. Dr. johnson would
never enter room with his left foot fore
most; if, by mistake, it did get in first, he
would step back and place his right foot
foremost Julius Caesar was almost con
vulsed BY the sound Of thunder, and always
wanted TO get in cellar, or under ground,
to escape the dreadful noise. To Queen
Elizabeth the simple word death was full
Of horrors. Even Talleyrand trembled and
changed color on hearing the word pronounc-
ed Marshal SAKE, who met and overthrow
opposing armies, fed aud screamed in ter
ror at the sight of cat Peter the Great
could never be persuaded to cross bridge !;
and though he tried to master the terror he
failed to do 50. Whenever he set foot on
one he would shrek out in distress and ago-
n.y. Byron would never help any one to
salt at the table, nor would lie bc helped
himself. If any Of the article happened to
be spilled on the table, he would jump up
and leave his meal unfinished The story
Of the great Frenchman, Malebranche, is
well known and is well authenticated. -
He fancied he carried an enormous leg of
mutton at the tip Of his nose. No one could
convince him to the contrary. One day a
gentleman visiting him adopted this plan to
cure him Of his folly. He approached him
with the intention Of embracing him, when
he suddenly exclaimed, "Ha your leg of
mutton has struck me in the face :" at which
Malebranche expressed regret. The friend
went on, May | not remove the incum
brance with a razor p "Ah my friend !,
my friend. / owe you more Than life
Yes, yes; by all means cut it off, In a
twinkling the friend lightly cut the tip Of
the philosophers nose, and adroitly taking
from under his cloak superb leg of NUT
ton, raised IL in triumph. "Ahn' cried
Malebranche, II live breathe , am saw
ed. My nose is free my head is free; but
butt was raw, and that is cookedn'-
Truly but then you have been seated
near the fire-that must be the reason -
Malebranche was satisfied, and from that
time forward he made no more complaints
about any mutton leg or any other nlonstrous
protuberance on his nose.
Western Christian ddc0catc
Washington telegraph., 1853-06-08
Preservation of the Mental Powers,

Fatuity from old age cannot be cured;
but it may be prevented by employing the
mind constantly in reading and conversation
in the evening of life Dr. johnson ascribes
che fatuity of Dean Swift to two causes; first,
to a resolution made in his youth, that he
would never wear spectacles, from the want
of which he was unable to read in the decline
of life,-and second, to his avarice which
led him to abscond from visitors, or deny
himself to company, by which means he de-
prived himself of the only two methods by
which new ideas are acquired, or old ones
renovated. His mind languished from want
of exercise, and gradually collapsed into idi-
otism, in which state he spent the close CT
his life, in hospital founded by himself for
persons afflicted with the same disorder, of
which he finally died.
Country people, when they have no relish
for books, when they lose the ability to work,
to 60 abroad, from age or weakness. are very
apt to become fatuitous; especially as they
are too often deserted in their old age by
the younger branches of the families; in con-
sequence of which their minds become tor
pid from the want of society and conversa-
ton. Faulty is more rare in cities than in
country places, only because society and
conversation can be had in them on more
easy terms, and it is less common among
women than men. only because their en-
ployments are of such nature as admit of
their being carried on by their 6resides and
in sedentary posture.
The illustrious Dr. Franklin exhibited a
striking instance of the influence of reading,
waiting and conversation, in prolonging a
sound and active state of all the faculties of
the mind. In his eighty fourth year he dis
covered no one mark in any of them of the
weakness or decay usually observed in the
minds of persons at that advanced period of
life. DR.. Rush.
Washington telegraph., 1853-06-08
Self Denial.

There was once a grey old rat who gath
cred his young about him, and thus address
them:
"Ah, my dear children, the infrmaties
of age are pressing so heavily upon me that
/ have determined to dedicate ihe short re-
mainder Of my days to modification and pc
nance in narrow and lionel y cell which l
have lately discovered; but let me not in
terferc with your enjoyments youth is the
season for pleasure; be happy, therefore,
and only obey my last injunction never
come near me in my retreat Bless ye,
my children, bless ye all"
With ttese affecting words the old rat
wiped his eyes with his tail, and by great
effort controlled his emotion, and tore himself
away
Several days passed without his being seen,
and at length his youngest daughter, moved
more by flial affection than by the curiosity
which has 50 unjustly been charged as fail
ing of her sex, stole to her fathers retreat
his cell of penitence and notification
1t was sell indeed, for it was found out to
be a hole made by his venerable teeth in an
enormous old cheese.
MoRAL-Trust not him who magni6es
the disinterestedncss of his motives or en-
larges upon his sacrifices, for a thousand to
one he is either babbling theorist or a
stupid hypocrite. 1t is the easiest Of all
things to preach action while reposing in a
luxurious arm chair, and to sympathize with
shivering poverty seen through the window
Of snug parlor.
Washington telegraph., 1853-06-08
L I N E S
BY PARK BENJAMIN.

He who loves noise and tumult; he to whom
The tramp of crowds is welcome melody;
He on whose ear the incessant rise and fall
OF lifes great pillows make a pleasant sound
He who loves what the busy world calls action;
For him there is small charm solitude,
And nothing sweet, Seclusion! in thy cells,
But unto one long wearied with the din,
The roll, the rattle, and the jar OF men
Hurried with occupation or intent
On schemes of pleasure, fading as they form,
There is calm contentment and deep peace
In the composure of quiet home.
Near his own fireside tits his Joy to sit,
And watch his little children sport and play,
Unconscious of the SORROWS of this world,
And never dreaming how their fathers hair
Grew silvered by the touch of many cares
That man, who finds no solace in such scenes,
May bid adieu to earthly happiness;
For gratifed ambition and applause;
Soothe not the weary heart like that sweet love
That blooms around domestic shrines, and sheds
Its perfume through the soft mild air of home
Washington telegraph., 1853-06-08
Dimensions of Heaven.

a most singular calculation has been
made by correspondent Of a Charlottesville
{Va.) paper:
A DESCRIPTION or HEAvEr.--ReTelation
XXI chap. IL verse-"And he measured the
city with rced twelve thousand furlongs.
The length and the breadth, and the height
Of it are equal
1900 furlongs-7, 100000 feet, which,
being cubed, is 1876. .0SS,000, ,000, 600, 900
cubieal feet, the half of which we will re-
serve for the Throne Of God and Court Of
Heaven. half Of the balance for Streets, and
and the remainder divided by 1906, the
cnbical feet in a room Is feet square and
IL feet high, will be-30, ,32l ,S43, ,7j0, ,000-
900 rooms.
We will now suppose the world always
did and always will contain SOC, 100000 Of
inhabitants, and generation will last 331-3
years., 700 millions every century, and
that the world will stand 100000 years
2,-T00, 100000 persons. Then suppose
there were III ,230 such worlds. equal to this
number of inhabitants, and duration of
years, then there would be room Is feet
long, 10 feet wide and l6 feet high for each
person, and yet there would be room.
F..G#x*##
Alhermarle Jan'v 1st 1052
Washington telegraph., 1853-06-08

The WIfE's' UNIVERSAL RrvAL.--H
must ever be borne in mind that man love-
even in its happiest exercise, i not like
woman's; for while she employs herself
through every hour in fondly weaving one
beloved image into all her thoughts, he
gives to her comparatively few Of his, and
these perhaps neither the loficst nor the best.
1t is a wise beginning, then, for every mar
ricd woman to make up her mind to many
rivals, too. in her husbands attentions,
though not in his love; and among these I
would mention one, whose claim it would be
folly to dispute, since no remonstrances or
representations on her part will ever be
able to render less attractive the charms of
this competitor. ! mean the newspaper, Of
whose absorbing interest some wives are
weak enough to evince sort Of childish
jealousy, when they ought rather to congrat-
ulate themselves that their most formidable
rival is one Of paper
Hrs. Ettis's TVires Of England.
Washington telegraph., 1853-06-08

back, and ropes were thrown out, and a boat
lowered. l did not see any one taken on
board. One gentleman, who was thrown off
the wall from the breaking of the third car,
escaped by swimming. l see it stated in
some of the papers that none were killed out
of the third car This is quite erroneous,
for two were certainly drowned. l think
that none escaped out of the first car. In
deed, it was SO deeply imbedded in the mud
that those who were not killed by the shock
Of the fall must have been drowned almost
instantly.
Of the terrible scene which ensued an
hour afterwards, when the recovered bodies
were taken to the depot; of the appearance of
the dead and of their Identification By their
friends and relatives. 1 have no power to
write One lady (Mrs. Harley, formerly
Miss Francis c. Shermann) was found in
the first passenger car. She was clasping
an infant. The great beauty, both of the
wife and child, was noticed by every spec
tator as they lay side by side in their collins
in the depot.
Some incidents occurred in the river
which | have not seen noticed One man
emerged from an aperture in the second car
and succeeded in gaining the end which was
not submerged. and in climbing upon it.
He, however, slipped back into the water
| think he would have recovered his hold of
the car; but at the moment of making the
exertion woman's arm rose above the sur
face and convulsivcly grasped his coat He
again sunk and on rising, while buffeting
the water, and making an attempt to get
hold of the car, man seized him by the
leg Just as he was raising himself out of the
water. He fell back third time, the other
man apparently retaining his hold. They
sunk together, and l think neither of them
rose again.
Many, imagine, were drowned through
others clinging to them and impeding their
efforts to escape. One man chung to a wo:
man and pulled her under water. He. how
ever, was reached by some person in boat
and both were saved.
The whole thing is a dream to me now
1t does not seem real. 1t passed so rapidly,
amid such terrible confusion, such variety
of shrieks, cries, wailings and howlings of
despair, faces rising to the surface and again
disappearing, bleeding. CHASTITY faces like
nightmare phantoms, flashing in sight only
for an instant, but leaving impressions that
will revive again in years to come, and re-
call the terror, the commotion, the groans of
the sufferers, and the anguish of the bereayed
survivors, all the recollection Of dead forms
borne hastily away by the hands of sympa-
thizing men, themselves haggard with awe,
all these recollectiens, all that was crowded
into few short minutes of unutterable ago.
ny, or was transacted through that day and
the following, as each train brought its
crowd of mourners and bore away the dead
in their coflins-all is a dream, and not till
the traces of the calamity are removed and
the public have half forgotten it, shall be
able to realize it in all its tremendous force
as real, an actual occurrence.
Washington telegraph., 1853-06-08

Four GooD HBITs.-There were four
good habits wise and good man earnestly
recommended in his counsels, and also by
his own example, and which he considered
essentially necessary for the management Of
temporal concerns these are Punctualityy
Accuracy. Steadiness and Despatch. With
out the first of these, time is wasted with
out the second, mistakes the most hurtful to
our own credit and interest and that Of 9th
ers may be committed without the third
nothing can be well done; and without the
fourth, opportunities Of great advantage are
lost which it is impossible to recall
Washington telegraph., 1853-06-08
Printing Presses, Pulpits and Women.

The editor of the Williamsport CONNER
clal thus expatiates upon the three great
engines" which unitedly people the world.
Just hear MIN:
These are the three great levers that
govern the movements of the world. With
out them the bottom would fall out, and So
e,lety become chaos again. The press makes
the people patriotic, the pulpit religious, but
women answer all things. There would be
no going to church if there were no girls
there, neither would there be any going to
war were the soldiers to meet with no ap-
applause but from the masculines. Without
the sunshine shed by women, the rosebud
OF affection would never blow, nor the flowers
OF eloquence germinate. In short, she is
the IN steam engine of delight, valor, and CIV
Iizatlon. In proof of this great truth all
history speaks trumpet tongued