The New York Herald Newspaper, April 16, 1843, Page 2

NEV YORK HERALD. day, April 16, 1843. New York, — Herald Literary Depot. All'the new and cheap literary publications of the day are for sale, wholesale und retail, at the Heap Orica, northwest comer of Nassau and Fulton street. The Newly Found Map of the Boundary Line—Meeting of the Historical Society Last Evening. ‘The angouncement that the map recently disco- vered amongst the papers of the late Mr. Jay, would be exhibited ata public meeting of the Historical Society, and that the President, the venerable Mr. Gallatin, and Daniel Webster, would offer some re- marks on it, attracted an immense audience in the Chapel of the University last evening. A great number of the literati of our city were present. The galleries were filled by ladies, many of them very beautiful, and all distinguished by that literary taste which is so characteristic of the ladies of New York. The Chape] was completely filled, aisles and all. Ample accommodation was, however, made for eurreporter by the polite librarian of the Society. At eight o’clock, Mr. Gallatin and the Hon. Dan- iel Webster entered the Chapel and were received with deafening applause. The “Jay Map”—a large map of North America, was suspended above the Chair. Mr. Gallatin then commenced reading a long and elaborate dissertation on the boundary question, in the course of which he gave the histo- ty of the “Jay Map,” and described it with great mi- nuteness and clearness. It seems that this map was one of those laid before the Commissioners who drew up the treaty of Paris in 1788, and en it the disputed boundary is represented by a red line mark- ed “Mr. Oswold’s line,” in the handwriting of Mr. Jay: Mr. Gallatin’s dissertation occupied about two hours in the delivery, and was listened to with the most patient and marked attention. After Mr. Gal- Jatin had eoncluded, Mr. Wm. H. Lawrence made some remarks on the value and importance of the map, and cencluded by expressing the request of the members of the society that Mr. Webster would honor the meeting by some remarks. Mr. Web- ster responded to this call, and delivered a speech of great interest and importance, in which he re- viewed the whole subject of the negotiations which bem pr inthe Washington treaty, and pointed out the inferences to which the newly discovered map led, and the additional light which it shed on the questions connected with the controversy set- tled by the treaty. Mr. Webster's speech was received with the great- est applause. We shallgive it verbatim to-morrow, the late hour at which the meeting of the society terminated, rendering it impossible for our reporter to write out his short hand notes in time for thig day’s paper. The speech is, in many respects, im portant, and will be read with the greatest interest. Alderman Benedict, one of the members of the society, proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Gallatin and Mr. Webster, with the request of the society that those gentlemen would furnish copies of their addressea. The greater part of Mr. Gallatin’s ad- dress was read from printed copy, and is already in course of publication by the society. We shall have great pleasure in furnishing the society with our copy of Mr. Webster’s speech, an act of kindness which the Hon. gentleman himself could not per- form, as he spoke without notes and without previ- ous preparation, Look out, then, for to-morrow’s Herald. Our Laws anp Instrrvrions.—In this country our constitution and Jaws are our king and regal fami- ly. Tothem we pay our loyalty, and render our homage. And when the time comes that the law no longer commands respect and reverance—when itis no longer administered with promptness, ener- gy,and integrity—or, when its strong arm is para- lysed by cunning devices, or by pecuniary, political, er distinguished influence—or, when its agency is wholly superceded by the intervention of private and illegal redress, then is our republican throne in danger, and then may we expect the faith of the people and of the world in our institutions will be shaken. The recent tragedies which have beenen- acted even in our halls of legislation, and the late administration of justice in New Jersey, are illus- trations of our meaning. They should lead sober mn to reflection Derarture or Gen. Weicu’s Orrmric Com- rany.— Yesterday afternoon, at four o’clock, Messrs. Welch & Delavan’s extensive Olympic troupe were toembark at the foot of Dock street, Philadelphia, on board the steamboat Ohio, for Baltimore. The men, women and children attaclied to the company, with the horses, their equipments, and the proper- ties, &c. of this large establishment, will fill nearly twenty cars. We bespeak for them in Baltimore a warm welcome, and we trust that the worthy and enterprising proprietors will realize a handsome re- ward during their sojourn there. Westonester Over anv TERMINER.—This Court adjourned on Friday evening, having disposed of al] the Prize Fightcases. A man named Wm. Porter of Gennessee county, was tried and sentenced to Sing Sing for five years, and two black fellows for three years, forstealing a yoke of oxen. The Court then adjourned till the November ierm. A special term of the Circuit Court will be held in June to try the claims against the Corporation of this city for in- Jury to property in Westchester county by the break- ing ef the Croton Dama; and the Special Sessions of the county will meet in May. Tue Streets. —The election is over—the ice and snow are all melted away—the Croton water is pour- ing forth from the hydrantsin all parts of the city— and now what reason can be assigned for not clean- ing the streets? The mud and filth in some parts of the city are actually afoot deep, and renders them almost impassable, even for horses. Who are the sureties for the contractors, to see that their work is well and faithfully do.e? We believe the bond is $20,000. We shall enquire into it. Varentine’s Litter Manvat.—This delightful little work is in very great demand, as the almanacs say, “ about these days.” Among a rich and valu- able variety of statistical and other information per- taining to the city and its administration, it con- tains a complete list of all the Corporation offices, with the salaries annexed. We hope bibles and prayer books will not be even temporarily forgotten. It may be obtained of Messrs. Gould & Banks. Fourtmr’s Soctat Scrxce.—We hardly know whether to call this a disease, or a quack medicine In one form or the other, however, the people of Bangor, Maine, are just beginning to take it. A meeting of its friends, for consultation, was to be held at Dr. Deane’s office Jast Thursday Somer ar true Tanernact.x Last Eventnc —This temperance celebration wa. tolerably well attended. The weather might have prevented « full house, or the temperance folks ight have \ oted a split ticket ‘There were about a thousand people present. Mr. Russell, and Professor Greenbank acquitted them- selves with their usual ability Sack AND Suretice.—The Rev. C. B. Parsons, formerly a distinguished Tragedian, is now preach- « at the Nunth street Methodist Church, in Cincin- nati, to large audiences Lorreny Game.ine.—It is said that the abscond- ang Shipman was a victim to thispractice. It is pretty certain that it leads to Texas first, and thence to—parte unknown Businses. -The city # tull of country merchants and strangers from abroad. Now isthe time to ad- vertise sa Ouienwven ano THE Misses CumMING are receiv- ed by the Bostonians with great enthusiasm ty from the south, play ing atermediate places Wonderful Explesion at | $65,000!::—Tuarn out of the Keepers—An- ticipated Escape of all the Convicts—1x- traordinary Letters from Monroe Ed- wards—Rich Developments in Fivance, Politics, *Mant Philosephy and Bijoute- ries, By the steamboat Columbus, Captain Stone, one of the most gentlemanly commanders of the many on the North River, we were janded at Sing Sing yesterday morning, and in a few minutes after, un- der the escort of that valuable officer A. M. C. Smith, stood within the walls of the massive pri- son. We there found John W. Edmonds, Esq. one of the recently appointed Inspectors, wading through the financial concerns of the establishment, and was astounded to hear before we left that they had been so miserably managed during the Seward dynasty, that the new Board of Inspectors have been com- pelled to send a statement to the Legislature asking for an appropriation of $44,000 to sustain the Insti- tution for the fiscal year to September next, or $65,- 000 until the next session of the Legislature. Mr. Lockwood, clerk of the prison, will proceed to Al- bany this day to present the disastrous condition of the finances of the prison, and as the Legislature in- tends to adjourn this week, prempt and efficient ac- tion will be necessary on their part. When the De- mocratic Inspectors were removed, some three years since, they had not only so carefully and ecomically managed their affairs so as to pay all expenses of the prison, but had laid by a surplus of $74,000 to the credit of the iastitution. The whole of this has been swallowed up by the Seward Inspectors, and those now appointed have been compelled to apply to the general fund of the State for aid. With such inefficiency in that department, there is every reason to believe that it extends through the whole institution, and will ne doubt be develo- ped as soon as the newkeeper and agent have been appointed, and commenced their labors. ‘The new Inspectors,consisting of J. W. Edmonds, of New York; Thornton M. Niven, of Newburgh; Henry Harris, Heary Roman, and Isaac Birdsall, of Westchester county, have commenced their duties, and meet this week to make the important appoint- ments of principal keeper, agent, deputy keepers, guards, matron, physician, and chaplain. The salary of the keeper and agent is fixed at $1200 per annum, the former being supplied with house rent, and an excellent garden. Twenty-six deputy keep- ers receive $550 per annum, and the same number of guards at $30 per month, finding themselves; the chaplain and physician receive $500 per annum, without any other perquisites. There are numerous applicants for all these sitnations, and we suppose that the five Inspectors will, as usual, each claim the appointment of five deputy keepers and five guards, and then make a general ballot for the other offi- cers. Unless they are cautious in their selections, and place back some of the old democratic deputies who were removed by the Seward {nspectors, they may risk trouble on commencing their administra- tion. There are now confined in the prison the large numberof 776 male prisoners, and 76 females, making 852 in all, and among them many of the master spirits of rascality of this age, who know enough to jump at any advantage that may be taken by ignorance or inattention on the part of new keepers. Therefore, the great necessity of appoint- ing active, efficient, and capable men for these im- portant places. Contrary to all reasonable anticipation, the fe- male prison has more convicts than there are cells to accommodate them, and if they continue to in- grease with the rapidity they have for the past few years, it will be necessary either to erect a new building or an addition to the present one. A large number of the female convicts are engaged in the reeling and manufacturing of silk, and the superin- tendent showed us a number of specimens of wo- ven silk and floss that appeared equal to imported. In taking a view of the immense stone quarries connected with the prison, we found Yankee Sulli- van hard at work, as merry as a cricket, and as hearty asa buck. On speaking of his probability of pardon by the Governor, he expressed an ardent wish to be at large, and thought that the heavy pun- ishment inflicted on him, while others quite as guil- ty had escaped for a few huudred dollars, was more severe than just. The recent result at the Court of Oyer and Terminer at Bedford, in the other cases, will no doubt prompt Governor Bouck to grant him a pardon on the same conditions that Gov. Seward did Col. Webb—that is, that he shall not engage or assist in any future prize fight. Charles F. Mitchell, ex-member of Congrese, was busily engaged superintending his gang of white- washers, and looked the very picture of health and activity. He anticipates a pardon during the sum- mer. William Dingler we found busy manufacturing files to imitate the English article, and Jem Edger- ton and Jerry McDonald in the same apartment. Otis Allen hasimproved in health while engaged at carpet weaving ; and Thomas Recter, of Albany, appeared as full and round as Barnum’s fat boy. Tappan, Ezra White, Young Cook of Brooklyn, and numerous others, known conspicuously, caught our eye as we passed, and all seemed inthe most perfect health and fullness. The fare, although coarse, is of good quality, and, with daily labor, it is rare that ny prisoner does not eat his full allow- ance, and many devour double rations. On entering the shoemaker’s shop, we found Col. Monroe Edwards busily engaged in stitching boot legs, but he appeared to be aware that we knew of his recent failure to escape, and was therefore sly and shy in looks, and converse. , On enquiry trem the keeper, we ascertained the tollowing parti- culars relative to his attempted escape and ar- rest, and also copies of the rich and racy let- ters giving hints of his intended suicide and ap- plication to Thomas F. Marshall, hisformer coun- sel, for funds, to aid in his escape. They will be found to be altogether the richest batch of letters upon finance, land speculations, piety, pliant philosophy, patience, perseverance, and politics, that have yet appeared. They throw the old systems of financiering entirely into the shade. Edwards’ life has been a financial romance, and should be dramatised forthwit!. Why don’t some one write his life? Sing Sing is no place for Ed- wards. Itmight not perhaps be quite safe forthe community to let him out on “ speculation,” but he should at all events be let out en bail, conditioned togo through the country delivering lectures upon pliant philosophy, and the other subjects above named. What crowds he would draw—and under the patronage too of “our own Harry Clay, Crit- tenden, Morehead, the old Lion of the Hermitage, Gov. Polk, Geo. M Dallas, Gov. Porter, &. &c., and last though not least, Ex-President Van Buren himself, who is here on the spot.” And _ yet, all these powerful and commanding talents, ignomini- ously cooped up in gratings, and condemned either to ‘open a carotid artery,” orelse to stitch boot legs It never will do; something must be done— we must have the lectures—and if Edwards can’t be bailed out, we must get up aclassto go to Sing Sing, and persuade the authorities to allow him to lecture through the grate. UScare OF THE Convict Monror Ep- erupt was made on Wednesday last, r roe Edwards, she great forger, to make his escape trom the prison at this place His plans were well laid, but frustrated by the vigi- lance and watchfulness of the officers of the institu- tion, whose suspicions were excited sometime since i circumstances which will appear in the sequel. he agent of the prison received a note from Hon, Thomas F. Marsh!!, member of Congress from Kentucky, one of Edward’s counsel at his trial in New York, some months since, inclosing a letter written in peed mark, which was dated at & Sing, the 2d of January, 1843, and signed by Mon- roe Edwards—and which letter Mr. Marshall in- formed Mr. Seymour he had received through the post office. This letter of Edwards’, detailing his intended operations, a*king to borrow fifty dollars to enable him to carry hie pens to eseape into exe- eution, and direeti fr Mar to forward the ovey to Me. Robert P. Shortell, who is the con- went in the shoe shop in which Edwards fined, will be lound below. Besides this, Ed- ing Sing State pri. ) wards had written several other I+ son—a Deficit In the Year’s Mxpense of | was permitted to do tters, which he by the officers of the prison upon the plea that he wanted to write on business, among which was a pretended power of attorney di- rected to “ R. R. Willis, Esq. attorney atlaw, New Orleans,” in which Edwards speaks of his vast pos- sessions in Texas and other places, and various other matters and things, all caleulated to fill the mind of the unsuspecting and gullible with the idea that Edwards was one of the wealthiest men in all creation. These letters were undoubtedly written for effect, and to carry out the plot which he was then hatching; and being looked upon by the officers of the prison as only a continuation of his grand scheme of humbug and deception, were not mailed, but suppressed. This pretended power of attorney will be found below. On Wednesday morning last, Mr. Powell, while on hall er at breakfast time, took from Edwards aleter, addreesed to Messrs. Seymour, McDuffie and Van Zandt, (which will be found below) stating that the writer, Edwards, , for reasons stated, made up his mind to throw himself in the river. Van Zandt is the keeper in the shoe shop where Ed- wards works. About 5 o’clock in the afternoon, Edwards, pretending to be sick, asked leave igo to the Hospital, and was observed to go in that di- rection. But about the time of closing the prison, the alarm was given that a convict had jumped into the river. One convict, a black, ated that he saw the man jump in the river—that he reached a pole to him, but that he refused to take it, and went down, and that the man was Monree Edwards. Edwards’ cap was found on the string piece at the dock, in which was found the following note: (Copy of a letter found in Edward’s cap:) The keeper on guard this morning:took from me the let- teravowing my intention. The deed is now done. M. EDWARDS. To Messrs. Seymour, McDuffie and Van Zandt. Upon the alarm being given, guards were station- ed in every direction in and about the prison, and the river at the Dock was raked to recover the body if it should turn out that Edwards had actually drowned himselt—which, however, was contrary t# the general impression. Thorough search wasmade throughout the prison, and men were sent off in various directions, while the Sing Sing guard and the ueieya guards were kept on the watch during the night. The next moan, about ten o’clock, Mr. Van Zandt, the heeet thought he would examine fur- ther, and upon looking under a bench in one cor- ner of the shop, which had not for some time been used, but which was part way boarded down ut the side and ends, found, upon a board which was put up like a shelf upon cleats nailed to the siding of the bench, Mr. Monroe Edwards, stowed away as snug- ly asa mouse, with a nice little supply of crackers, cheese, cakes, and brandy! A lot of boxes ha been piled up around the bench, by some person after Edwards had been secreted. Mr. Van Z indt very soon brought the drowned man from his snug quarters, before he had time to wink. Mr. Van Zandt gathered up the store of eatables, &c., and took them to the different stores in the village for identification. The articles were identi- fied, some at one place and some at another, as ar- ticles sold the day previous to Robert P. Shortell, the contractor’s agent above alludedto. Shortell was thereupon arrested, and breught before Justice Charles Yoe, before whom an investigation of the case was had. Albert Lockwood, Esq., appeared for the people, and R.R. Voris, Esq., for the pri- son er, Shortell. _ , The substance of the testimony adduced was the identification of the articles sold to Shortwell and found with Edwards—the proof of the direction on the envelope of Edwards’ letter to Mashall being in the handwriting of Shortell—Shortell’s intimacy and frequent long conversations with Edwards in the shop during working hours—Shortell’s habit of being in the shop and making fires early in the morn- ing before the arrival of the keepers at the prison, which frpruies he had suspended the preceding week, however, but that on Wedneseay morning, Shortell was again in the shop, and had the fires made, at an unusually early hour, sometime before the keepers came to the prison, &c. After a full investigation of the matter, Shortell was committed to appear at Court. The Justice not being empowered to allow bail, Shortell was brought before the Supreme Court Commissioner, A. Lockwood, Esq., and required to give bail in the sum of $2,000—two good sureties of $1,000 each. —Shortell succeeded in procuring the necessary bail, and was accordingly released from the custo- dy of the officer. And _ now for Edwards’ letters, which are rich, Tare, andracy. _ The following is the letter taken from Edwards on Wedneseay morning, by Mr. Powell, the keep- en— (Copy of a letter taken from M. Bdwards :) Aprnit 5th, 43. Grrtiemen— My life has become so burdensome to me here, I can en- dure it no longer. The ordinary evils of the place are so augmented at present by a painful mal fully admonished that my reason tottering. Before| become a confirmed maniac, and while ye I havea lucid moment, I have reselved to throw myself into the river, and thus put an end to life Tam the Actim of a conspiracy. who cution has reached me even in thisjdrea last few days the Prison Doctor has made several attempts to poison me, and he has doubtless been bribed to do #0 by my persecutors. With these my last words I swear Iam entirely innocent of the charge forwhich I wes convicted, as well asthose made against me. Heretofore I have given you butlittle trouble, and Ihope to give you less here- after. Thavs it Tequest to make, it is if my body is re- covered that it may be interred until such time as my fa- mily, who reside at a distance, may have time to claim it. Tam, yours, &c., M. EDWARDS. To Messrs. Seymour, McDuffie and Van Zandt. The following is Edwa.ds’ letter to Hon. Thomas F. Marshall, sent back by Mr. Marshall to the Agent of the Prison : a its miseri: Stxo Sine, N. ¥. 2d Jan’y, 1843. Dean Sin— The new locofoco Governor of this State is inaugurated to-morrow, and it is known he will turn out every Whig in office, includi: vod keepers of this prison, whose term expires on the 16th inst., and on that day they will be su: perseded. One of them yesterday proposed to me, that if would give him 5,000 acres of land in Texas, and defray our joint expenses to that country, he would restore me to my liberty, and accompany me thither. I am here with- out a dollar, and no friend er relation nearer than Ken- tucky. You will doubtless think it strange that I should callon you fora small accommodation, when I alread owe yott $400, but | do this for the very reason that 1 will thereny the sooner be able to pay _you.—Thu: collect the story of my having acolored delphia. This was true, but the story about was not true. The girl is a very fai roon, and very pretty, a volupti La almost white, qu: igure, and e1 tly such a creature as we amorous men would glory in for a bed fellow—I kept at her lodgings a part of my effects, and amongst others, a bonjulerie case, containin iniaturet, several rings, scarf pins, me, an in a seeret drawer, known only to myself, $6,000 in Bank notes. At the time of my arrest Lowns &Vox tried to induce the girl to go toN. York to ap- pear at my trial,and she wisely induced them to think she would, inorder to gain ti aid In & few days, for the has been #0 acoure ever since that no one, friend or foe, could seeher. Shertly after the termination of my trial, being disappointed in getting funds from the source Lexpected, Isent Everts to Philadel telling him that the girl had a valuable case of mine containing valuabl but did not tell him ahout the money. He spent a week, aided by Dallas and Gilpin, and though he saw a negro man,who was formerly a slave of she was, he declined to let Eve that he believed they were all try telling him e, and that they wished to use the girl in some way to aid them, but that she in twelve miles of the city, and no white man but myself should see her. This negro fellew once saved my life, and I emancipated him. He is perfectly de- voted tome, and would peril his life ina moment to serve me. Therefore, if! can getto Philadelphia, ! caw com: mand the $6,000 in 43 hours after, for | will have no diffi- ty in finding Alice, and in her Ihave the utmost confi. dence, as have known her intimately for 5 years, during the whole of which time she has been devoted to me. The reason I have not done something to pay you was simply because I could not. My poor mother, last year, very un- wisely mortgaged the whole of her property to raise $3,- She v'as promised atthe time as much hould want it, but no sooner had my it did,than the mortgagee declined to advance another cent, and unless 1 can pay the debt by the Ist of April, 23 negroes, a fine little plantation, stock, &e., must be sold for a mere song. Hence my inability to pay youand Mr, Crittenden. The time isso brief be- tween now and the 16th inst.. ‘tis literally impossible to get a remittance from Kentucky or Louisiana, and it is under these circumstances | ask you to loan me $50.— With that sum Ican buy a cheap suit of clothes, which are essential, and the balance will pay the way of C—e, and myself to Philadelphia. Once there, | can command my mother’s property, and still enough te put it in my power te send ©——e to Texas, and to make 6 or 8 of thosedamne? villians who have conspired to rain me, smell the blue blazes of h—I. [will show them a caper they little dream o!, for God knows I am certainly the vic. tim of aconspiracy,as any man ever was, but I ask no oddsif I can get my Jiberty. | alone can redress all my wrongs If you can oblige me in this matter, and to guard against any accident that might befal me, I herewith hand you anorderon Benj. Gray for the amoant which he will pay atsight. The person who made the proposition to me is most anxious for its accomplishment, and he can, by virtue of his office, effect it without ony trouble, without causing the slightest suspi- cion. There cannot be a doubt of its failure, if I can get enough te suit of clothes, and to get an offing from the place, and so surely as I live, what Itef you can be accomplished. If you think fitto send me the amount, you can do #0 safely ina Treasury, Va., or Balt’o Bank (or if you Jo not choore to ‘and enveloped to the ad- ., Sing Sing, New York.— citizen of the village, who, which T must ha ; Prison almost every day, and I shall b ) ny thing from you that comes, as he bi ied this cold weathe: {| me the moment he gets them, and Iam allowed to write {kere to who | please, but’ only allowed pencil and paper With the hope that you will find it in your breast to af. ford me the means of once again seeing light and liberty, Ichall bein a state that may be imagined, but not desori be ‘ll 1 hear from you, as you are the only loop on which I can hang a hope, in the time tllowed_—-itfit were dy, that I am fear- | longer, I could get the sum without trouble. Hoping to hear from you at the earliest convenience, Tam, dea sir, your o’bt serv’. MONROE EDWARDS. And here comes the plana power of stipes to“R.R. Willis, Esq., Attorney at Law, New Or- leans,” which is ajdocument in full keeping with the conduct and character of this most bold, daring, dexiproue, and accomplished forger and consumate vula'ni— Sino Sina, N. ¥., Nov. 19, 1842. My Varveo Farerp— I last wrote to you from the gity, the day prior to my ny there, and at the time I wrote that letter it was my full intention to have opened the carotid artery, but I w iprevesien from so doing, by the woperalleled, un- heard of, and unexampled tyranny of Judge Kent, who, in the exhuberance of his wisdom, denied me the privi- lege of a week, or even aday, to arrange my business in, Thus cireumstanced, I have no remedy but to impose upon you thetask of endeavoring to bring to a close my complicated affai With this view, I have herewith for- warded to you a plenary power of attorney, and I will endeavor to give you all the information I ‘can, without being able to have my notes, memoranda, and papers be- fore me; and as I speak from memory only, you must makeevery allowance for me. My affairs in Texas,as you know, I put inthe hands of McKinney, at his own solicitation, and 1 fear he has proven a bad agent, if not a dishonest one. Although he has not written to me for some time, his brother James sent me a copy of a letter Bresoris, in from Robert Lowns, counsellor at law of which he stated that the suits of Knight & Co. been terminated in my faver, and that the suit of Dart would share the same fate. Lowns was the lawyer of Dart, and hence he may be ded as an oracle in this case. The amount of property involved in the suits of Knight & Co. and Dart, amounted in the aggregate to about $300,000, and consisted of upwards of two hundred negroes, worth about $1,000 each, the most valuable and extensive cotton estate in all Texas, lying on the River San Bornard, and containing 4,444 acres, or a Spar league of three miles square. In 1887, this plantation was assessed at $42,000, and I paid taxes on it at that rate. In the same neighborhood was another plantation, known by the name of the Pentacost estate, also onthe San Bernard. I bought it in 1836 for $12,000, and after I improved it, it was asi in 1837, $27,000. ‘There was alsoon the same estates, avaluable stock, consisting of abont 1400 head of cattle, upwards of 100 mules and hors- es, besides some thirty or forty yoke of oxen, cotton gins, mills, and in short, every fixture and implement requisite ry on said plantations. This constitutes the most je of the property which was in contest between ht & Co., Dart and myself. They, however, in their sequestered all of my property in that country, and sigion of the suits in my favor, of course rel 8 itallat the same time. The next most valuable of m:; property in Texas consists of an undivided fourth of what is calledthe GuereraGrant. Thi large grant of 11 leagues, or 49,888 acres. It is situated in the most popu- lous part of the county of San Augustin, onthe River Attoyae, and running into what is called the Agish Bayou ‘settlement. This tract is owned jointly by Colonel F. Thorn, General Philip Soublett, General Sam. wel Houston and myself, my part being one-fourth of the whole. In 1837 it was assessed at $120,000, and so charged in my tax list, I paying on $30,000. There’is next a very valuable tract of land in the county of Bostrope, lying on the Colorado River, containing a league of 4444 acres, originally granted to Peyton R. Splone, and by him con: veyed to me in 1836. Consideration $2 , $8. This tract is said to be now very valuuble, as it is not far from the new seat of government, and in a growing and pulous part of thecounty. The next isa half league Tylng on. ine @an Jecinto, Liking in Montgomery Cono- ty, originally granted to Gov. James W. Robinson, and sold b ima to me in 1886—consideration $6000. This is an undivided half of a league, and I believe the Governor still holds the other half. The next is five leagues of Jand lying on Red river above the rait, !ocated at Sassafras Point, and on the Sulphur Fork, and are said to be the most desirable cotton lands in that region, and upon them is several very valuable plantations. These lands were considered very valuable, and can be soon brought into market. Then J own a joint interest with Col. Thorn of Nacogdoches, 8 leagues on the Angeline, Natchez, and Attoque rivers, and in addition to the above towr,an un- divided half of 3 leagues »n Red river, the other part be- ing held by a Mr. Florence of New Orleans,who lives at the corner of Camp street and Jackson square—I don’t recollect his first name. Also the undivided half of 22 leagues of land, lying on both sides of the Trinity river, the other half being owned by James Prentiss, of New- York, Gabriel Thompson, of Point Coupie, amd the estate of Don Francisco Madiero, besides about 20 or 30 head rights, and a large amount of the Nashville Company scrip, and some governmest scrip that still remains enlo- cated. There are authenticated copies of the titles of nearly all of the above named lands in my trunxs at Phil- adelphia, and they are all properly recorded in the ditter- ent offices of record in Texas. Lewis P. Cooke, my for- mer agent in Texas, will be able to furnish you with co- pies of all the papers you There ure also among my papers some 68 or 80 certificat k, of the 8an Leon Loan Company, some deeds for lots in Houston, Brazoria, Velasco, Austin and Matagorda, all of whice you can dis; you think fit. Someofthem, I believe, are valuable. so left in suits in Texas claims amounting to about $46,000, chiefly upen the men in the County, and in order to the facts in regard to these suits, if you will callon Frederick A. bec? faa Esq., now of New Orleans, he was formerly ene of my law: yers in Texas, he can give you much information in Tegard to roy affairs, and he can also advise you who to correspond with in Texas as nn efficient agent, since it is clear to me that we will have to drop McKinney. The fact is, he has too much business of his own to attend to, to look after that of any one else, Leaving you to get all the information you can from the persons and sources Ihave named, I now proceed to those affairs nearer home. rst, I bought of W. B. P. Gaines in 1837, a number of building lots in the City of Mobile, and it appears upon an investigation of the title, that there was a mi rigage executed by one of the former owners, unde. ich the said lots have since been soid. Now this Gaines was the ent of Col. Nathaniel A. Weir, a vi wealthy citizen of Natchez, and I amtruly glad, therefore, that the titles worthless; for as it was a full warrantee, Gaines and Weir are both liable to me for the consideration money, interest and damages. As well as I recollect, the con- sideration was abeut $45,000, and as the property has ma- terially deteriorated in value, the forty-five thousand, with the legal interest of Alabama, 8 per cent, and 10 per cent damages, is of more importance now than twice the property, andl wish you to take the earliest opportunity of commencing suits vs.Gains and Weir. If you will take a little trouble and find out their friends in New Or- ‘eans, you can easily find out where they are in the city, and I would greatly prefer to have them sued at New Or. leans, as the proceedings under the cival law will be much more summary than in those infernal common law courts, where a suit is almost as interminable as in an English Court of Chancery—however, use your own dis- cretion about the matter. You can get all the informa- tionof this matter by writing to any lawyer at Mobile, to examine the record there. ‘he original deeds are with my papers at Philadelphia. When at Havana in 1836, 1 bought several old Spanish grant yok the last Governor ‘of Louisiana, (under the Vice Regal Government,) Manuel Guizo de Lamos. These were conveyed by an irrevocable power of attor- eae) executed beforea notary, and authentica- t er by the American Consul. Copies of the original . [paid for said land twelve thousand dollars, and at that time, the purchase was said to be worth $200,000. Alot these papers I left in the hands of the Inte Col. Bowie, and upon pplication to his daughter, who is his Administratrix, she will deliver them to you, together with the netes of General Hunt—papers that ‘ou will recoliect were once in your hands. I afterwards left them with Bowie, and he sent them to Thomas Lewis, Esq.,of Opolousas, to sueonthem. The two notes, with the interest, amounts now to about $13,000. Amongst my papers at Pi iladelphia, is a mortgage executed to me to secure a debt of about $6,000, on ying near Parkensburg, Va. \I don’t know any thing sbout the value of it ; but possibly yon may be able to get some information in regard to it ; and there are numerous other matters and things that I cannot possibly think of at this time, that will be explained by my papers. In the absence of all notes, memoranda, &c. &é. it is impossible for me to have every thing in my mind atonetime. In the above! have omitted many important things, but I will at another time inform you more fully. Now that Ihave given you a relation in some sort of my affairs, a few words in regard to myself. To a sentient, refined, and educated mat residence at this place is of course, of the most humil and oner- ous character, but fortunately for myself, 1am not only ed by a large portion of that pliant philosophy, that is one of my prominent characteristics, but also a goodly share of patience, a virtue that when united with perseverance, it is anid, will overcome all thin; Tam treated with humanity here—I may say with kind- ness. It is truly a hard place, but! have been a political ‘ortress b: prisoner at the Ocardado at Durang», and in the at Anahuac ; and on both of thoseroccasions, f was jected to cruelties, compared to which this is a_para For three months I was imprisoned in a large Quortelle at Anahuac, in one vast apartment, with near 600 misera- ble Mexicans, and when the late lamented Travis and myself were drawn out tobe shot, even then! was as calm and unruffied as a summer’s morning. The good peo- ple of the city were astounded that I should preserve so much composure, under such formidable hostilities. But if they had known that on more than a hundred occa- sions, on the boundless Pampas and Sierras, I had passed threugh appalling difficulties, they would not have been surprised. If any reliance to be placed in the assur- ances of powerful friends, I shall not be here long. You will probably be surprised to learn that in this puritann cal community, almost exery question is settled on ical considerations ; and fortunately for myself, not, and never have been, a partizan, I shall at I pe the hostility of both Whigs and La The elections in this are just over, but how they have resulted Ido ‘ow. The general impression was, that the Whigs would carry the State; and ifso, Ihave to back me the great leader of the party, our own Harry Clay, aided by our own fellow-townsmen, Senators Crittenden and Morehead, of Ky.,Hon. Josinh H. Randall, of Philadel- i 3. Spencer and J. Prescott Hall of this Ifthe Locos succeed, I can bring into the field the old Lion of the Hermitage, Gov. Polk, of Tenncssee, George M. Dallas, Governor Porter, and Hon. Henry D. Gilpin, of Penn., and last, though not least, Ex-President Van Buren himself, who is here on the spot. With such backers, it would be singular, indeed, if I stay here long. On both sides, they havo assured me that I shall be out by the fourth of March next; and when you take into con- sideration the fact, that these assuranées were made un- solicited by me, it is fairto presume they will be acted up to. ‘The position that | occupy at present towards my pros. ecutors and persecutors,may not inaptly be compared to an angler. After baiting his line and hooking his fish,the more certninly to secure him, he gives him the full length of the line, in order that he may exhaust himself, So with my enemies. At present they have the whole length of the line; but the sequel willshow, that they will the more certainly run head long inte a net, the meshes of which will hold them irretrievably. Their triumph will be brief, and I now assnre you that the month of June will not pase before they will have yielded to a power that will come upon them with the velocity of thunderbolt, and the ef fect of an avalanche. Should | be liberated in March next, Eshall visit Louisiana; and if restored to freedom there is some consolation in the fact, that even In this re. sion fshall not be pennyliss. I shall be able in 24 hours aftertmy liberation, to lay my hand on $17,000 in cash, that is so peculiarly situated, that no human being can control it but myselt In addition to that, 1 have $6000 in the hands of a lady in Delaware, which is also subject to nocontrol but mine. This may epee to you Ty asin fact it is. But the money was left in a small bonju: terie case, with the lady; and before I saw her again, I was arrested, and hence did not get it. I subsequently sent my lawyor, Mr. Evarts for it; but as I had had a flir tation with the lady in question, her friends thought that Tintende! to summon her as a witness, and Mr. Evarts wa: oot allowed tosee her. Maliceandenvy circulated some rports to her injury, in connexion with my name, but so far as T know, she as pure asthe iefcle that hung from Dian’s Temple. She is not aware of the fact that the case contains the $6000, as it is in a secret fold that cannot be found by a person who does not know it, and the case itself is of ‘sufficient value to insure it will be kept safe, and so soon as! om at liberty, | will get it immediately, if not sooner. So you see, I shall have $23,000 in cash to open my battery with, and in times like the present, that sum isan important item of the sinewaof war. My whole life, as you are well aware, has been one of sudden transi tion and singular vicissitudes, and however much it m: surprise others, it will not be a matter of wonderment to me, if in four months from this time I am even more high- ly elevated upon the high top-gellant mast of fortune than Thaveeverbeen. In the mean ti hall resign myself to my present situation, confident uler of the Universe, will not only restore me to my rights, but mete out his just vengeance upon the heads of my ene. mies, Iam not so good a christian as to return good for evil—but my motto is,‘ bonum pro bonum, et malum pro malum.” { fear that you will think this a tedious letter; and in order to weary you no longer, I bring it to a close. With my best regards to any inquiring friends, I remain, with sentiments ofthe highest consideration, jend, Your friend, 4; EDWARDS. City Intelligence, Cracuina. a Jewetcer’s Suor.—On Saturday night a genius named John Towney, attracted by the elegant display of fancy jewelery at Brock’s store 1n Chatham street, became so excited to take pos- session of the prize before him, that he shoved his fingers through a cracked pane of glass and filched a pair of gold earrings and abreast pin. Brock im- mediately sprang out of the shop, arrested the man and landed him in the ronan office, where he was fully committed for trial. Gerrine a Surr or CLotues.—On the 8th instant a young man named Warren Simons, a baker, of 26 Broome street, ordered a suit of clothes worth $19 for his brother, Geo. W. Simmons, from Gumbert Hellmer, of 42 Broome street, and agreed to pay for them when they were sent home. few days after- wards they were taken to the dwelling of Simons, when he took them from the bearer, and sayin; that his brother was sick, put them on himself ‘an went off, leaving the tailor minus. On the 14th in- stant, the brother took the suit to Levy’s pawn- broker’s shop, and spouted them for $1 50. The brother Warren was then sent for and committed at the upper police in default of $300 bail. Correctep.—The Buckley named in a poe ar- ticle on Saturday as associated with PhilipWinslow, isnot William H. Buckley of No. 8 Old slip, who was formerly in the dry goods business. Superior Court. Before Judge Vanderpoel. Arai 15.—James Holford vs. Simeon Drefous—This was an action of assumpsit en two promissory notes, the fiest dated the 18th September, 1842, payable 60 ja date, for $4450; the second dated the 10th October ble 60 days after d Thi re these:—The defendant had occasion to trans. d two Bills of Exchange. He applied to bill broker in Wall street, to procure the bi Isaacs applied to plaintia’s agent, (tho laintiff himself being then in Europe) to purchase the Bite, nd stated te him the terms upon which the defen- dant wished to purchase them—which was, the plaintiff's own notes and the notesof a third person as collateral se- curity. To those terms the eee agent agreed, and the defendant gave the notes in question. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and under that plea the defence of usury was set up, namely that plaintiff charged 7 per cent interest on the notes, and in addition to that, charged analf per cent per month, which defendant’s counsel stated amounted to 13 percent. Notes were admitted and read. Mr. Isaacs, the bill broker, proved the negotiation and purchase of the bills of exchange, and the considera- tien given forthem. On his cross-examination he stated that bills of exchange were like any other mercantile commodity, subject to fluctuation, and to rise and fall in the market. He said that the price of bills of exchange, when put inte market, depended much on the character of the house thatdrewthem. The plaintif’s counsel re- lied that the testimony 01 the witness took this case out of the usury laws. be 4 His Honor charged the jury that this was an action ‘to recover the amount of two promissory notes given be de- fendant to plaintiff as.the price of twe bills of exchange. The defendant isa dealer in exchange, and has a house here and a branchof it in London. The defence is usury—that plaintiff has received more than seven cent for the use of the money. Between dealers in for- eign exchanges there is a medium of communication, and it seems to be the practice for brokers to be the go be- tween—they are the agents of both parties, but it is to be remarked that the agent receives his compensation from the seller. Gentlemen, if a party receives on a loan more than 7 per cent, by the statute of usury he loses the whole of his debt, interest and all. The statute of usury is very rigid, and I will use all my power to enforce it. every instance that any design is manifested or ma- chinery brought mto operation to elude this statute: it is the duty of courts to stopit. If this were 2 transaction of Joan, more than 7 percent is fraudulent, and would bring it within the tute, but here an entirely different transaction—the plaintiff is a dealer in exchange, and he did it within the regular range of his business. Bills are the subject of sale like any other commodity, and when they are put inte the market they fluctuate and rise and fall'as other commodities do—the bills of one how m to be better and more in demand than the bills of another house; all those circum: ind this rule seems to be founded on moral obliga- and good sense, and it would be striking at the root of all these every day transactions to break threugh this rule, Something has been said about this transaction having taken place in Wall street. If it be a bona fide transaction, it is no matter where it is done, and although the practice in Wall street is to ride rough shod over the lawsof the land, yet it’s being done there does not vitiate it;1, theretore, charge the law to beas laid down by plain. tiffs counsel, that a half per cent is not per se enough to make it usury. Verdict for plaintiff,§7701 31. _ Messrs. Griffin & Havens conducted plaintiff's case; Measrs. O'Connor & Chase appeared for detendant. Silas Wood et al vs. Alfred Taylor et al.—This was an action of assumpsit on a promissory note made by the de: fendant (Taylor, payable to the order of defendant Boor- man, and by the latter passed to the plaintiffs for rent. The defendants also agree: to give the eer acheck as additional security for the payment of the note, and de. it furniture with a person to be mutually named b th parties, the furniture however, not to be sold until the first of May next, and if then not paid, the proceeds of the furniture to be applied in Li fogs « The check was not paid. and the furniture cannot be sold until the first of May. Upon the latter ground, the counsel for the defend- ant contended that the plaintiffs had no rign to bring their action until after the first of May, and insisted that nota'good set off under the statute while it remained un- sold. A set off, he contended, must be capable of liqui- dation, and conform otherwise to the statutory require- ments. The Court charged that it was a question of fact for the Jury to decide what the verbal agreement was between Boorman and the plaintiff; the evidence in that respeet was somewhat condradictory. His Honor toldthe Jury that the set off claimed by defendants was not geod or available within the statute. Verdict for plaiutifl tor the amount claimed; Latest From ALBany.—We have received from Pomeroy & Co. Albany papers of Friday evening. We learn verbally that the Erie Railroad bill, as it came from the Senate, has passed the House. From the Albany Argus, April 14] In the Senate yesterday afternoon, the bill in re. lation to the publication of legal notices in the State paper, was taken up and discussed until ten o’clock at night. It was then ordered to athird reading, somewhat amended—that is, it strikes out surrogate and sundry other notices, and reduces the prices of advertising to 35 cents the first insertion, and 15 for every other, or about 35 percent. The House were in session until 11 o'clock last night, on the bill to repeal the several laws relative to fugitives from service or labor, when it passed to a third reading by a vote of 39 to 32. Cuaruam Tueatne.—The benefit and positively the last appearance of Mr. Forrest, take place to- morrow evening. The ‘ Patrician’s Daughter,” and two acts of the “Gladiator,” are presented, and it being also the last night of the engagement of Miss Josephine Clifton, there can be no doubt of an unusually crowded house. Those eminent and highly popular performers, Mr. and Mrs. Brougham, are announced to succeed Mr. Forrest and Miss Clifton, and we predict throughout their engage- ment a continuance of the brilliant career which has marked this favorite and fashionable place of amusement since its re opening. QG- Never were greater attractions presented at the American Museum than are announced for this week. ‘There seems te be no limits to Barnum’s desira to gratify his patrons. Not satisfied with giving splendid perform- ances in the lecture room, embracing talent of the very highest order, he engoges every novelty that can be pos- sibly obtained, perfectly regardless of expenso. The ma- nager has made arrangements with the owner to exhibit a number of living snakes, which arrived from Laguyra in company with the tremendous serpent that was shown at the Museum last week. ‘The Giant Yeuth, Miss Dar. ling, Winchell, Chang Fong, still continue as attracti asever; in addition to which anew star appears in the person of Miss Phillips, a child of most extraordinary abilities. Ruesent gives a concertgin Boston next Satur- day. Fifteen fret in de ent of cold w Snow ty Maine ) since the commence: Loox Our.—Spurious gold coin, such as eagles and half eagles, are in circulation. Vicksburg. oe (Correspondence of the Herald.) Vickssure, March 30, 1843. Financial fare-up—Dickey Graves— Curious develop- ments in the “ Funds and State Warrants”—A Constitution loving Governor—Rumors and insin- wations—Graves’ Escapes by a Clinical Ruse—Re- vwwals in the Church—Strange Weather, Sc. §c. Dear Bennett :— We have had a regular flare-up about these diggings, and I hasten to lay before you and your readers a description of the doings among the high functionaries and other dignitaries of the State of Mississippi. Of course you know that Hagan, of the Vicksburg Sentinel, has been absent from these parts nearly a year, and as the old adage runs, “when the cat’s away the mice will play.” The dignity boys about these parts have been presuming and have ventured upon a new plan of financiering or raising the wind. The Doctor, after slaying all the banks in Mississippi and knocking the commis- sion merchants, alias cotton stealers, into a cocked hat before he left, fondly believed that he had de- stroyed and for ever extirpated the genus financier from the State; but alas! on his return, shortly after his arrival,a straggling varmint of that same species, who gloried in the euphonious soubriquet of “Graves,” the treasurer of the State of Mississippi, somehow or other fancied himself a prodigy of finance, and straightway set about drawing from the treasury of the United States (during the Doc- tor’s absence) the “‘five per cent” of the public lands donated by Congress to the State of Mis- sissippi. _It is not known for certain whether this feat of the end of all flesh—Graves—was performed by the aid of the new system of “magnetizing,” or the di- rect application of the modern principles of finance ; be this as it may, Dickey Graves succeeded in me: merizing the secretary of the treasury of the United States into the belief that he was the proper person authorised by law to collect and receive the same, and the amount'of one hundred and sixty-five thou- dollars was actually paid into his hands. With this amount of the “available? Dickey Graves flourished for a while in most of your eastern cities during the last summer, like an eastern nabob, making splendid purchases fer the executive man: sion while acting ex-officio commissioner of public buildings, and bestowing upon himself at the public cost, every luxury which your far famed city could boast. Late last fall he returned home considerably changed in person and in manners, with rather more of the “rhino” than he chose at that time to account for. An uncommon generosity in Dickey’s disposi- tion about this time began to manifest itself towards his fellow laborers in the public service, which na- turally enough excited theecuriosity of the vulgar public, as all of a sudden the functionaries flourished their. “yellow boys” in the streete—flush and well supplied with the best currency in the world. Vague were the rumors afloat in Jackson, some believed one thing and some another, until your old friend Dr. Hagan, visited the capitol, when he soon made a discovery which accounted for the strange pheno- menon. It was not long after the Doctor com- menced plucking his feathers and exposing his na- kedness, ere the whole secret of his great fortune and success as a State financier, in cashing State warrants, was explained by the fact as above stated of his having drawn from the United States trea- sury, contrary to law, the two'and three per cent fund. Dickey shortly after his arrival commenced “shaver” ona large scale, speculating in State war- yants, and buving them up at the then rates of fifty and sixty cents to the dollar, placing the difference in his own pocket, making the grand discovery for himself, that the State knew no difference between specie funds and dishonored depreciated State wer- Tants. This was the game Dickey played eff under the noses of the Governor and other functionaries of the Government inJackson, the capital of the State,until that lynx-eyed exposer of public abuses, Dr. Hagan, happened in Jackson about the time of the meet. ing of the Democratic Convention, when he cal'ed public attention to the fact; advised the authorities about Jackson to keep a gond look out for this san:e high functionary of the State, lest he mizht take it into his head some morning before day to slope off for Texas with the Treasury of the State in his breeches pocket. These admonitions at lengt alarmed the sensibilities of our highly concentra- ted,double distilled,censtitutional Governor Bags man M. Tucker, who straightway commenced a most scrupulous examination of the Constitution of the State, to see if there was any power in that in- strument authorising the arrest of the defaulting and thieving Treasurer. After pouring over this chart of official duty for two months, and~consulting with his constitutional adviser, Mr. Attorney General Freeman, and others ef his quondam friends, he came to the conclusion that inasmuch as Treasurer Graves’ name was no where to be feund in the Con- stitution, that it was his bounden duty to let him es- cape! Now Bennett, don’t laugh outright, because this is all fect, and certainly occurred a few days ago. Onr constitution-loving Governor is in a strange fix; qualms of conscience beset’him by day, and the ghost of the departed funds, in horrid dreams, disturb his slumbers by night. ‘The press and public opinion’ have been loudly calling him to act, and thoroughly to examine this nest of corrup- tion, the Treasurer’s office. Suspicion with her thousand rumors was rife in surmises and inuen- does. Aroused at length by these various rumors, the Governor brought himself to look upon the awful chasm which yawned between him and Treasurer Graves, and a certain lean, hungry, Cassius-looking man, who lives with the Governor, even hinted that the Treasurer might draw him into this chasm, where he would not only find ‘‘Graves,” but his own political death and burial. This was too much for the sensitive nerves of our timid Governor; it brought him toa dead halt at the brink of a most awful precipice, and while he stood aghast on one side, with the poor Constitution of Mississippi in his uplifted hands, he beheld Graves on the. other, making rapid strides for Texas, carrying with him every dollar in the State Treasury. In this extremi- ty of his distress, turning round to his old friend and predecessor, McNutt, of Union Bank repudiating memory, he exclaimed, with a look of boy hor. Tr. “Oh Mc—, here’s a chasm in the Constitution, and I can’t get over it to catch the infernal thief and scoundrel.” : 2 “Can’t get®over it, you old nincompoop?” says MeNutt, “* why dont you leap the chasm, and col- lar the d—d thief, as T would havedone if my legs were net too short.” (Aside ) ‘Your term of office, Me—, you mean? Ah! McNutt, this constitution of our needs nursing, tor it has suffered much from previous vio- lence, and I fear may net outlast my ringle term of ick) life. Twill try what virtue there is lett in law, and let the hungry harpies loose upon him.” The Governor at this stage of affairs goes to the Chief Justice of the State, Wm. L. Sharky, and upon affidavit of embezzling the public money has him - brought before the Judge; here a tedious ex- amination is gone through, and a long defence set up by Graves’ counsel against the order of the court, which at bee end CMe iscoobtag out for the purpose of examining and counting the money in the public Treasury. The execution of this onler was postponed, and on the fourth day of the exami- nation of witnesses, and speeches of council. the Chief Justice reversed his order, and reterred the whole question back to the Governor, who, it would seem, is the only authorised person to call the Trea- surer to account during the recess of the Legisla- ture. The Chief Justice remarked that the (Gover- nor had the right, and might also, if necessary, en- force this right, by force of arms. {n other words, the Judge very politely invited the Governor to jump the chasm, which himself had so ingeniously got up as a bug bear to frighten himself and other people.— This he continued to decline until Dicky Graves made his exit from Jackson last Sunday evening, March 29, escaping from the custody of a strong bod guard of well armed men, following after the funds of the State towards Texas, where they have been travelling with lightning speed for some days past. Graves, on the fifth day of the trial (being Sun. day) requested the officers to proceed with him to his fesideneesanid allow him to see.his wife,and take some refreshment; here he requested permission to take a nap, which was also granted. After three hours the guard became impatient, and wished to see their prisoner; they were showna place where lay a figure which they took for the real Simon Pure, and Graves’s wife begging fora little more sleep and a little more slumber for her dear spouse, obtained a further respite of two hours; by this time nightarrived, and they insisted upon seeing the object of so much solicitude, and at once march- ed into the room, and pulling down the bed clothes discovered a female in bed, and their own bird flown The Governor has jumped the “chasm” and offered a reward of $1000 for his apprehension in any part of the United States—so lookfout, Ben- nett, for an accomplished villain if he comes down about your parts. My epistle is growing long, and I nuust conclude. These are glorious times, Bennett, and Parson Miller’s doctrines are working great changes, not only in morals, religion and politics, but also in the weather. We have had great revivals in the Chureh. The Devil has no chance here, even in his acknowledged dominion, owing to the competi- tion among the preachers. We have some of the tallest’ somersets here on record, and political mrountebanking lately come in vogue vice Roaring Ranking deceased—the workings of all which Jown, to and fro, you shall be fully advised, Fareon Miller's influence on the weather is sught to be considerable inthis latitude, as you ‘I perceive when I tell you that snow to the depth of eight inches fell on the 25th inst. in Jackson,