The New York Herald Newspaper, November 24, 1845, Page 1

Vol. X1., No. 324—Whole No, 4176, THE NEW _ YORK HERALD. JAMES CORDON BENNETT. Proprietor. Circulation---Forty Thousand. Price? ceuts per copy—87 turday—Price 64¢ cents per able in advauce, sual prices-—always cash ic 7 ERT 2MEN advance. PRINTING of all kinds executed with beunty and despate.. (OFAN letters or commutucxbous, by mil, addressed te the establishment, must be post pxid, of the postaze will be ducted from the subscription m JAMES Gi er witted. ORDON BENNETT, Proprietor othe Henatp Berane, ‘ Commeneing on M Lenve New York—At 7 o'clock, A. ‘Train for bd Greenport, dary, Sane pred, stopping at Farmingdale ‘and St. George’s Manor. at9}4 A. M., for Karmingstale and intermedi- ate Places, daily Sundays excepted, and on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturtays, through tand intermediate places. ‘or Kurmingdale and intermediate sraber 15th, 1845. places, daily, Sundays exegpted. Leave Greenport—Souton Train, atd ocidek, P. Vy or on ¢ arrival of ‘the steamer trom Norwich, ndAys excepted, stopping at St. Manor and Farmingdale. ck, A.M.; Accommodstion Train, days. Wedieadavs aud Fridays. lale- Brooklyn, at 6% o’clock, A. M., and Lie Me. dath uduys excepted, Leave Jamaien—For Btuvntyn, nt 8 o'clock, A. M., daily, Supday¥ exer pied. Bedford @ cents; Wast New York 124; Race Course ‘Trotting Conrse 19M ;, Jamaica 26; Brushville 3134: eyde 17 miles 37%; during session Coum,) 37: 5 Jarle Place 445 ark Fare to Westbury 41; 0) Station 1 18% Riverhead 1 chogae | Greenport b 18%; St. George Maioe 1 6534; 3 Jamesport 1 62353 Sacedlen 1624; Cut 244; Southold | 6244; Greenport, Ace’n. train, 1 75; Boston Train 2 00, readiness ou the arrival of Trains ag the several Beatio Dassengers at very low Fares, to all parts of the Baggage Crates will be in readiness at the foot of Whitehall gtroet, to receive Baggnge for the several Traius, 30 minutes be- ‘ore the hour of starting from the Brooklyn s1 Sag Harbor £00) The Stesmer Statesman leaves Greenport for twice each day on the arrival of the Trains from Brooklyn. MALL LINE FOR BOSTON. D, WICH § WORCESTER. in the Morning, from the Foot of Whitehall TY—Sundays excepted. A NEW LONDON, NOR At7 o'clock i werget, South ‘ny Crates are in readiness to receive bi e for New London, Norwich and Worcester. Baggage for Boston goes throweh under lock. julé tire KALWIGH AND GASTON RAILROAD ALE. CN MONDAY, the 20th day of December next, by virtue ofa decree of the Court of Equity for Wake Connty, at ity Autumn Session, 1945, in a snitof the Governor, for the use of the State of North Catolins, to foreclose a Mortgage, there- e exeented by the Raleigh and Gastou Railroad Company, to indemnify the State against certain liabilities for said C: pray, Lil sell a puouie Auotion, at tne Court House door tn the city of Raleigh, to the highest bidder, the whole property of the Haleigh and Gaston Railroad Company aloresnid, (40 far as the same is known to me,) consisting of 87 miles of Rail- road, reaching from the City of Raleigh to Gaston, on the North side of the Roanoake river, in the direct line of public conv: yance to Petersburg, City Point, Richmond, Washington City, Baltimore, &e. &e., together with all Bridges, D Workshops snd Tools, Warehouses, Water Stations, ars, Ke. Also, the stock of Jron, Lumber, and Wood, which may then be on hand, and all other articles own edand used by the said Company for keeping up said Railroad, and travsportatin on the same. From the nature of the pro- perty it will be sold en masse. ‘The purchasers. by the terms of the Decree, and the Act of the Lezis.ature in relation to it, will become, ipso facto, a body corvorate, by the wine and style of the present C: and will acquire all the franchise, privileges, rights and nities now possessed by it, for the term of 80 years, which charter has yet to rua, These fanehi leges ar the most advantageous kind to th at large in their charter, contai Revised it of Goverumeut, and in most of the Public Libraries of the States of the Union. ‘the whole purchase money must bear interest, atthe rate of 6 per cent per annnm, from theyay of sale, and be i $25,000 at the e1 months, andi instalments, at iterva mouths each—say st, 29th June, 1846, $25,000. 2d, 29th April, 1917, one-fourth of the remainder. 3a, 20h February, 1818, one-fourtn of do. ath, the 2%rh of imber, 19:8, our-fourth of do. oer, 1249, one-fourth of do. ailroad and its appurtenances, completed 000—-one half of w on failure grading, bri eof workmansh daily over ir, carrying the J the United state apart of the Boathern Metropolitan route.) at a co: 1 of $100 per mi'e, Or $8,700 per enaum. And, trav sing a fertile region of conntry through early its wi Jeagth, its frerghts for the transportation of Prouuce and Me of six of ten which, a e nec depots, Ke. are executed in an exce! Cas ru chandi, atependently of che receipts from Passengers, afford acousiderable addition to the ordinary source: eee on ralsoads. Though ow, yielding & proit on the large sux expended in its construetion, its income has been inereasing for some time past, aud it is confidently believed that it would able ret in its pureh ‘ne sale wiil be made without, reserve, at the tim: id, at which those inclined to purchase, @ to attend, Os d place inyic The purchase money must be secured by bond with approved surcties. ; pre CHARLES L. HINTO Pablic Treasurer of the State of North Carol and Special Commissioner of the Court 6 iu tus eu th, N. C., October G, 1815, Raleigl tisement 60 days, and forward their bills for payment, with & percontaining the same, to the savscriber: Bostoa Atlas, jew York Herald, Baltimore Patriot, Philad hia U. States Gazett, Richmoud Enqutrerdnd Ruchimoad Wi arleston 6 Courier, Mobile Advertiser, New Oxleons Picayan L. He Standard. CENTRAL RAIL ROAD ®ROM SAVANNAH TO MACON. DISTANCE 19 MIL s. HIS ROAD is opeu for the transportation of Passengers and Freight. ia Rates of Passage. in 3 40 cents per hundred. T On weight goods general: jn measurement goods jn barrels wet (except pic fo ip Saleen Qn barrels dry (exceiy hime. On iron in pigs or bars, eactings for millsand unboxed invehinery .. « On hhds and pipes of liquor act over 120 gallons. ... t, Vil ‘$1 50 per barrel, 80 cents per barrel. 40 cents per hundred. per hhd. $5 00 00 On hhds moiasses and 0} 6 1 yg Goods addressed to F. Winter, AR forwarded free o commission. THOMAS PURSE, all 3m re Gen'l. Sap't. Transpoutation. TO WESTERN TRAVELLERS. ge 3 ap PACKET LINE, D From Philadelphia to Pittsbargh via the Peunsylvania Rail: roadsand Canal—through in 34 days. ‘The above line is now in fal} operation aud eet iy inducements to persons whe wish ‘a pleasant mode of travelling to the we: "Phe cars are builtin the most appr boats are fitted up ina superior mauvar,aimbevery effort by the proprietors to conduce to the comf travellers. The scenery ou this route & Foun of Pennay of being seen. this rene passengers aver tendant upon stage travelling, all che fatigues ond dangers at- adatcthe same Cine make an ex- Peditious trip. Tine cars leave every morning at 7 o'clock. Passengers are ad- ised to engage their places at Philndelphia. Oiice in Pluladel- ia N. E. corner of Chesnut aud Fourth streets, and at Nos. ian i5 South Third sts. ‘A. CUMMINGS, Agent. Fare tons la dhe eity of New York, apply t nformation, in the city of Ne apply to ee eet HRN ISBELL, Agent lar my17 ém* D. & CO.%s Line. 7 West meyoe STATEN ISLAND hse ¥OOT OF WHITEHALL STREET. On and after Monday, November 10th, the boats onthis Fer. lew York and Staten Island as follows until Leave New York. 9 A.M. NOTE Bo CHANG Db, SU. 8. MAIL LINE: gud the Intermodtate: Landings: ox gANY, Wednesday, Oct. 22d, will leave the foot treet for Albany, Daily,at4 P.M. instead of five, a3 e. : od? i nr. NbW YORK, ALBANY AND TKOY Link r FOR ALBANY AND TROY DiRKC'T. a8 Moramg Train of Cars from Troy west to Buffalo, and a to Seratogs ond Lake Georwe. ‘The low pressure steamboat EMPIRE, Captsin R. B. Ma Nyy every tuesday he steamboat at 6 o’elock. charge of time Freight Aj poustble for ons, ent, or the company will tinken after 5 o’elock, KOK py Hil : AND CATSKILL. 2) PLE Splendid Steamboat JAMES \ % BON, Cape F 4. Coppertyswiltleave has Cedar get, erery Monday, Weel ny iy "e) OM. Por fi he a y Grin. #. Wathwright, Agenton the what"? | | and 2 P. | | master, of L100 tous, wll 2S Pes Som: | ‘ JOHN HERDMAN & United States aud Great Britsin and Ire! 61 South street, New Yo 5 ws IMAN, KEENAN & C i p00) Liversool) five days. old countrymen 4sraugements for ry hex to state that Liverpool will be thelr trieuds will ius emblans and the pnblie generally to bringing out posengen after this Year the busi conducted by its Branch. at once see the grest importance of this urrangement, Precinde an uunecessary delay of the emigrant. The sh ployed inthis Line are well known to be the firat aud largest ther uveq from the old e closs, cotpinanded by nen of experiences and as they sail every five days, an. offer every fae lity that can be furnished. Wath those superior ngements, the ou dseribers look forwerd fora coutinustion of that patronsge which has been so liberally ex tended to them any years past. Incense any of those engagtd do notembark, the passace money will be refunded ss customary. For farther particulars, spply by letter, 1 J HERDMAN & CO, Gt South street, New ¥ HERDMAN, KEENAN & CO., iverpool N. B.—Drafts for any nmount evn 2s usual be furui payable ot all the principal Bauking Fnstitattous through Jntted Kingdom, on appliestion as bove r2ire FOR NEW oes LOUISIANA AND NEW YORK LINE OF PACKETS It is intended 1th, 16th, 21st a berand dispateh a shtp from this port on the Ist, 6th, Bit h mouth, commencing IstAdeto- continuing until May, whe: regular days will be ap- the reminder of the year, whereby great delays intnents will be prevented during the suminer ¢ following ships will commence this arrange- Captain Ingersoll. ptain Pray. ptain Cornell. tain Hunt, Sapta' ptain Ship Captain Bliss. Ship Sartetle ../ Captain Taylor, ; These ships were all built expressly for packets, are of light drafi of water, have recently been newly coppered and put in splendid order, with accommodations for passengers unequalled for comfort; they are commanded by experienced masters, who will make every exertion to give general satisfaction. They will at all dowa the Mississippi by steam rs of these ships will be = in Mino! ‘Wood, responsible for jewel ware, or for any letters, pi p board of them, unless regular bills of same, at the value thereon expressed. » COLLINS & CO., 56 South st. or JAS. £. WOODRUFF, Agent in New Orleans, _who, will promptly forward all goods to his address, The ships of this [ine are warranted to sail ponctually as ad- vertised, and great care will be taken to have the gocds cor- rectly measured, sdire ULAR U.S. MAIL LINES BETW& CINCINNATI AND LOUISVILLE. Eee MORNING LINE at 10 o’clock A. M. BEN FRANKLIN Ne.7, J.B. Summons, J ¥: sent by or put on ing are taken for the mast Armstrong, master NING LINE até o'clock PM. v,,W. McClain, master. SIMON KENTON, BEN FRANKLIN ‘No.6, W. McClellan, master. These boats, forming two daily lines, will run regularly, lea- ving punctually at the hour, and will take freight and passeu- gers to and from intermediate lending at the usasl rates. Freight will be received for these lines at the Mail Wharf Boat, foot ot Broadway. j ry effort will be used to accommodate shippers and pas- tengers. STRADER & GORMAN, ROGERS & SHERLOCK, J Areuts, PACKET FOR MARSEILL ‘The ship CORIOLANOS, Captain Jam: le, will sailasabove. For fle or passage apply to BOYD & HINCKEN, Agents, 9 Tontive arlags or to CHAMBERLAIN & PHELPS, n2ire 103 Frout street. FOR SALE, Fier IGT OR CHARTER: very fast sailing packet ship LOUISVILLE, 513 tons, arries 1500 bales N, leans Cotton; was built in 13 cit! ol im*rre_ locust to) ‘with live oak ewly coppered and patent felted. Has handsome accommodations for 24 passen- xers. Apply to &. K COLLINS & CO. 930 66 South street, 37 @ FOR LIVERPOOL—New Line—Ke of the 2th Nov—The elegant Last aa Ship ROSCIUS, A; Eldridge, master, of tons, will sail as above, herreguiar day. For freight or passage, having accommodations unequalledfor splendor or comfort, apply on board, at Orleans wher foot ot Wall street, or to EK. COLLINS & CO., 5 South str ug packet ship Siddons, /, B. Cobb, succeed the Roscius and sail 26th 030 et et Dee., her regular day DON LINE OF PACKETS- LO. Ist of Derember—The spleadid packe ALBERT, Win 8 Sebor, master, wi —Packet of the hip PRINCE, il as above, | her rewutar day, } Fn Upon a more moderate amount of | pectinliy | 13 cents per enbicfoot, | | Sooveauaple H 3) York, New L Bedturd, Na Ord 13> The following papers will insert the foregoing adver | Having superior accommodations for cabin, second cabin and steerage passengers, Persons Wishiog to embark should make immediate application on foot of Maiden lane, or © the subscriber, _ JOSEPH MeMURRAY, Jorner of Pine and South strects, New York. Shiy ST. JAM*S, FR Myer, master, will suc eTRINCE ALBERT, aud sail on the firstof January alien day. 5.—Persous_wishiag to send for friends, ean have them ght ont to this couatry by the above spleudid sh m London ou the 7th, 17th by applying as above. PACKETS FOR HAVRE—Second Line— ‘The packet ship BALTIMORE, Capt John Johnson je; will sail on the Yat of, December: Kar freixht oF sossere apply to LN, No.9 Tonr ding, 8A Waller, nltre FOR SALE, TO CLOSE A CONCERN—The Line of Liverool Packets, consisting of the sh us, Siddons, Sheridan and Garrick. ry by Browu & ¢ rials (a very lar Yand workmansh, . Salted ou the st e1ca mou is fre wnsurpasved, If not t i re-salted every’ vear sit wir accommodations for Passengers are Very extensive and Swwudsomely furuisbed., Apply co ost kK. COLLINS & CO., 56 South st. WENGE LO'TING. «OUT, Psiot between the port of N Bost three days hetore wanted, -B.—Takes charge as Master, if required. Setisfactory re- foonce, Me. Ke nid2wtme Hegular P xt KOR LIVEXVOOL- ket, ~The splendid packet ship ASHBUR’ Howland, master, will sai a Gay. as above, bei Having very superior accommodations for cabi in aud sleerage passengers, ‘persona wishing should make early application ‘on board, foot of Mriden Lane, _ JOSEPH MeMURRAY, Comer of Pine and South streets, Ny ew and elegant packet ship Henry Clay, kara Nyes willsaccsed the Asibur.on, aud sail the 6th of Janus her by day... |. 8—Persons wishing to send for their friends, can have them browxlt out on the most reasoable terms, by the above plendid packets, by applying as above. nigre nm ROBE HILL 3’ BLed, Ath street, betweee 2d and 3d Avenues, aud nearly opposite Bull's Head ust arrived from’the country, and for sale at the 80 Horses, among which dre four fast trotting her regu second en- to embark | norses, 2 fi pacing do., seve pairs farm horses, some fue cart 1orses, a few good Foad and stage horses, and shippers. _shum*rre R. H. NORTHRUP, Fropnetor. THE FALL sTYLE OF GENTLEMEN'S Hats are now ready for the season, 1845, which for lightuess and su- periorityot color cannot be surpassed, which is a very important part of the HAT, ne color till itis worn out. Any article sold in this establishment is never misrepresented, but sold for what it is. Also, the tall style of Boy's and Chil- dren's Caps, of various patterns. Gentlemen can have their hats made to order, in any shape or style they wish. N. B.—A full asi spies a 027 Im*eod r ROBEL ONS: 5 3 PHOENIX Az HAT AND CAP MaN CTORY, 103 Fulton st., between William and Nassau, he success which has attended the efforts of the Proprietor | of Gis establishment to introduce into use a superior article at i taken onthe most reasonable terms, Freight must | they are represented ; from the pier at the foot of Cortlandt | street. the 5 taking this boat will arrive 1, time to takeorth remely low price encourages him to make increased ex- eof the public. The peculirrity Yatem of couducting business consists in the establish ment of the most rigid ecouomy in its various departments, as weil as in aninvariable adherence to “cash on delivery,” lieved from the oppressive expences of the more extravag craftsmen of Broadway and subjected to none of thos which are the certatu accompaniment of th He is enabled to offer the different following reduced rates HA’ y Nutria Fur, $3,50 do do 3,00 | Second UAPS. FirsiQaalit Second do ONE PRICE BROWN & CO. 178 Chatham square, comer of Mott a wish to inform the public of their rovement feewnt_ sip in the manufacture and. fi THREE DOLLAR HATS, which retain a, beautiiel Meh lustre, aud will compare well with those more costly. The proprietors are confident that they can furnish Hats far super fo any heretofore suld for the same price, A full assorunent of Waney Fars, also Fur Cloth; Mohair, Glazed, Silk and Fancy CAPS, several new patterns, mach admired, sold at reduced prices, wholesale and retail. 029 Im*me LARGE SALES AND SMALL PROFITS. HATS FOR $3,50. (fA ON and ater Wednesday, Nover ber will be prepared to furnish Mats Muperior toany ever before offered to he pu nid Iwistre J9th, the subseri- the above price, ie. prosdvays Howard’s Hotel. PREMIUM BUOLS. FINE FRENCH BOOTS for $3 50, city made, and for style and cane they are equal to those sold in other stores for $9. Kine French Premium Imperial Dress Boots Jor $1.59, equa: to those new. in other stores for $6 or $7, « YOUNG & JONE" Shoe manulactory, ve ofthe most fashionable establishments im this city. Our boots having been judged in the late Fair at Niblo’s, are be the vest boots for the price ever sold in this country. a superior new style French Dancing Gaiters, and overshot constantly ow h All goods warranted to give satisfaction. Boots and Shoes inade to order in the shortest notice. Mending done in the store, ‘YOUNG & JONES, 4 Anu street, pi_im?re near Broadway, New York. . MUtPS, MOFFS AND FURS E would advise those ladies who have not them: selves with Muffs, to call at WM, COOPER'S FurSvores 1 look at his extes mney Kurs.and we will sure th tn Muffs not alone superior but cheaper thn any other store i city. Wm. Cooper's Hur Manufaetories, Isat 64 Bowery, 6 doors above qraiker Street—and 95 Maiden N, B.—All Furs dou; "| ter of American merchants, stores,silver or plated | it | TS. First Quality Moleskin, $3,00 | do do 20 NEW YORK, MONDAY MORNI [By the Mary Chilton at Boston] Highly Important from St, Domingo. A fall #istory of the Late Mission of Mr. Ho- the be at from the Untied States Go~ nent to St. Domingo. { Sr. Domrnco, October 26, 1345 _ After an unpleasant and tedious voyage, arising from the prevalence of equinoctial gales, which were to be expected when | setysail, at length, with indescribable joy, emerging from the confinement a schooner, I set my foot upon the soil of tis ing island. Thanks to your kind letters ir Boston friends, my reeeption was such but be highly gratifying. Te grateful mention, the p rm hearted hospitality with wich I was received by Mesers. Barbank and Harrison, gendemen whose deport: ment and kindness to their countrymen in dis tant spot, reflects honor updu the name and charae- By their as: gether with the kind md of a host of trieads, to | whom the letters you preeured me guve me ready and immediate access, I have been enabled to gather | materials for such a letter, as TI think will be iound | not unworthy a place in your distinguished and pro- minent jourval, nor undeserving the deepest atien- tion of your numerous readers. | dt was a matter of some regret to me, to find on | my arrival here, that Mr. Hogan, who, as you are | aware, was here on a mission trom our goverament at Washington, had already left the island some weeks before—my letters 10 him, therefore, were useless. It is highly probable that atan early stage of next Congress you will be ygade acquainted with the report and views of that genflemar upon the affair: this republic. Inthe meanttme, anch information as [ can lay before you, will not perhaps be wuinterestiog, and if somewhat in advance of official channels, that, | apprehend, will not make it the less welcome, since you are so well known to be the peculiar patron of the “ad- vance,” or as we vulgarly speak, of the ‘ go-ahead sys- tem,” in everything relating to tho press of our country. _ The country from whence you will receive this letter is, perhaps, at this very moment, both in a political and | moral view, the mot interesting spot in the world. The movements which are now going onthe rela tween this Island and the United States—the possibility and probability of still nearer relations~-the condition and capacity ofa free nation—ia a word, a host of im- portant considerations, all tend to direct ‘the eye of the politician, the statesman, and the philanthrop i how most interesting portion of the worla. Under this view of the’ case, | am Fayed you will not deem me prolix or tedious, if, indulging the leisure | now enjoy, and not a little inspired by the delightful and lovely climate over my head, I sit dewn to give you a full and copious detail ef every thing interesting which haa fallen under my notice during my sojourn in this almost para- disaic isiand. Your readers, Perhaps, are not generally aware that this beautiful island o! ti (or St. Domingo, as the | French always preferred to call it,) is not, as I myselt, in common with most other people, imagined, when I | was at home, an independent black government, ex clusively under the contro! and rule of the colored race On the contrary, there exists on this island a free white people, having’an independent republican government at this present time, in direct collision with a negro gov- ernment, fierce and barbarous in its character, and strug. hour gered by the enmity of its black neighbo that, until I arrived here, and was able to own eyes, and judge and with my ink for myself, had a most ation of of things, and the true condition of the island and people. anda republic such as I have described, but (as the people of the United States are, I believe, in the dark on this subject,) let me beg of you to inform them through the columns of your widely diffused and highly interest- ing Herald, thai the style und title of this government is “The Republic of Dominica.” Also, please to inform your pumerous readers, that, some time ago, an official embassy was despatched by this ‘Republic’ of Domini- ca” to. the United States government at Washington city, the object of which was to make its existence known, and ask for its recognition as one of the nations of the civilized world, from the people who constitute the great and presiding empire of this Western hemi- sphere. A word or two upon the history of this unheeded and unnoticed, yet most important republic. How, indeed, it came to be unheeded—how it happened to pass unnoticed by Cur government—ean perhaps only be accounted for on the old but true principle coatained in the apnorism “heu ! quantula sapientia regitur mundus inter mortales.” springs up between remote and alien events !_ Who, for example, would ever have imagined that the disruption of the Big Gun, the blowing up of the gteat “ Peace- moker,” and the blowing off ot sundry heads and arms at a moment of their high exaltation, would be the connect. very existence of the “Republic of Dominica” and it struggle for independence in which they heve been on Gaged ; we should never have been led to understand the tue position, the past results and future prospects of the “ Black Experiment” enacted ou this Isiand ; and last (though not in my estimation tue least) yeu never would nave received this letter from your humble seryaut,—as he then yever would have sought this romantic shore in the pursuit of health for himsel{, and information for you. ‘This requires, doubtless, some explanation then, let it be observed, that the Kepublic of Dominica iid, on raising the ard of independence in 1844, against a horde of savage negroes, send a Representative to Washington city, to solicit recognition and aid {rom our poteut Republic. ‘The men then at the head of ‘lays took no manner of notice of the appeal, and con- Jesconded evente make no enquiries. Thus, the interesting, the great historical fact, the rising of ilispaniola to assert its freedom from ne. gro anarchy and eppression, might have been unnoticed aud unknown, buried from the knowledge of the Ameri- can people, by the supineness und apsthy of careless and neglectinl of , Who, if they had the inclination, cked the mind, te becume, by a wise consideration ings, either great or useful. Then occurred the bursting of the * big gun” on board the Princeton ; then Mr. Calhoun was called to the State Soberly ‘aken of the importaut movement transpiring on the shores of old St. Domingo. Groat credit is due to Mr. Calhoun for simply exhibit- ing competency for the office he held, by not neglecting to notice matters brought to the view of his department. Uhe attention of government had been calied to this op- sed people by its legitimate representative ; we had n intormed of the tact, that the white inhabitants ot Hispaniola, long oppressed by ferocious blacks, had at length arisen to assert their independence ; the govern- ment had neglected even to ask a question or make an enquiry on the subject, till Mr. Calhoun came into the Stute Department, and he, shortly after entering upon the office, did what others had neglected to do, viz. their duty ; he sent an agent to Hispamola to ascertain the facts, 0 enquire if it were true that u nation of creole whites, born on the island and having a rightful claim to the soil, existed in a condition of cruel vassalage and oppression, and had resorted to arms to ert their nights acd regain their freedom. 1 say, ke oid his duty, and it isa great thing, it is the mark of a great mind, of a very useful man—thus simply to do one’s duty; ordinary minds do not understand,'and neither will nor can, in con sequence, “do their duty.” is view, which will be found correct, is the more necessary to be borne in mind, because some journals in the imperfect understanding they have had of the whole transaction, have supposed and then asserted that the State Department under Mr. Calnoun’s guidance had of itself volunteered officious)y and uninvited to “ with the business and affairs of Hispaniola. It | Mr. Calhoun, that he should be placed in a right view as ‘0 this matter before the eyes of the American people, and that it should be known his course in this business Was such a& would have been the duty even of the most ardent abolitioi and also was taken irrespective of any political question relating to the 1ace of Alrica. Such i# a brief view of the manner in which the people of Hispaniola, or the Republic of Dominica, as they style their government, have entered into relations wath our government. A tew words will suffice to give a complete history of the whole island since the memorable epoch of the | outbreak of the negroes in 1789 against the French, and © establishment of a negro empire in the wal of the rribbees, Condonsing briefly the extensive informa- | tion [have been able to gather on the spot,! shall, ina few words, 1 hope, make you fully acquainted, voth | with the past history and present actual state o! affairs on this great and important island. | Alinost from the time of its discovery by Columbus, | down tothe year 1789, this island has been shared by the French and Spanish, who, tll the year mentioned, | held possession of it between them. The eastern, and by far the largest portion of the island, belonged to the settlers of Spanish extraction, while the western side | was cultivated by French planters, In the year above mentioned, the island enjoyed the highest degree of prosperity, its population was flour- ishing, its exports far exceeding in value th while the French rr borers of the soil, were noted for U at in which they jr | a life of moderate toil and unchecked merriment | French were always easy task-masters, bringing up their negroes rather as feudal vassals than as slaves, carefully instructing them in the Roman Catholic reli- gion, and indulging with them an equality and kind- ness of intercourse, if not republican, yet eminently patriarchal and paternal. The tact will scarcely be dis- | puted that the condition of the St. Domingo negro was tully equal in the amount of freedom to tue aucient and sturdy vassals of the nobility of Kurope, and superior, id, to them in contentment aud ease of toil. But this condition of peaci contentme: the negro subjected to moderate government enjoyed a degree of huppiness which is banished far from those who can indulge unchecked the licentiousness of reging (seme was suddenly destroyed by the outbreuk of the Revolution of 1789, ‘The crimes, the horrors, the bloodshed which that fa- mous insurrection produced, let us pass over in silence. Lhe result of the movement w ‘ that t tha French pe ich had belong to thi he enthusiasts of Egland, and we may even call them Janaties on U jad,without doing them injustice hailed with raptu Bgerated promises and hopes, this first dawn, as it sppeared to them, of negro liberty and civilization. In consequence of the fanaticism, which gling, not slone to emancipate itself from colored op- pression, but even to secure its very existence, endan- I’ confess confused, imperfect and erroneous view of the real situ- ot only does there exist a government And what a strange and inconceivable connection often | ing link leading to effects first Dringing into notice tho brave and noble people ? But for this sad and melancholy event, it may boldly be affirmed that we should perhaps ever even have heard of this people, of of the great | Department, and then for the first time some notice wae | in which | barned like a fire on this subject, the whole of Europe and even America, was grossly deceived, and men in general, lending a ready credence to the exaggerated ainting of the religious press—(and by the by such has ‘en the power of the Evan ct, that it may be said every press which toi matter was a reli- ious press.) and tak ibertorce and bis admi- rere foadly hoped th come, were easily led nto the belief that the revolied blacks, just emerging from scenes of blood and rapine, their hands yet reek- ing with tho gore of their slaughtered friends and mi ters, had, as if by magic, suddenly laid aside all their ed all thear b. I Cthiretinesa, quenced usd all their raging and. diubolical ni presto became suidenly transformed into hamene men, and bigh- haps, uae deception and ther; and the religious peo- ove the wonderful virtues and pow. ithe mighty,results of theirzeal- e flame of falsehood which tuey led, and uo doudt iinagined, in their zeul and selfappliuse, that they had accomplishe? alieady what they ouly hoped ond dreamed to see accomplished. | Henee we, io the United States, deceived by the aris | of a subtle Je. dar the deception, | whi of course, irre- | sietible | of Hay ment, ac deceit been plein their z er of their principle osing that the negroes rn ivitized people, an organized go ated nation, improved in their condition, aud rapiily advaociag onward to further improvement We were led also too hastily to suppore that this whole island was a nation of free colored people Now what are the fics? Let us briefly enumerate them. The to be, from all that Lean see, all that Ic ti can judge from reasonable rflection, and from the concurrent testimony of all who are capable ef knowing, and who do know any thing of the matter; the fuct, | sny,appears plainly to be this—that the insurrection of 1798, the establishment of negro in- dep:ndence, the erection of a negro government, was the destruction of the veuce and happiness of the whole negro population Vice, crime, barbarity and cruelty were then and thers declared free and independent, and set up in power and authority. Lust and blood were enthroned, and power put into the hands of the rapa- cious, the cruel, and the blood thirsty. ‘T'o this coroni tion of Sutan, and of the demon of crime and violence the r ligious world was taught, by an artful and lying press, and canting priesthood, to raise shouts of ap- plause and triumph ; and by a singular atrocity of tion, not new to the human race, men were taught “to worship devils,” while they thought they were worship ping God! They were taught to believe that they had Jone wonderful good, when they had set in motion and exalted wondertal evil. And, admiring themselves anit their own exploits in the philanthropic regeneration of Hayti, as they styled and regarded the massacre of French /omilies and the impunity of the murderers, they were led to sing their own praises, and admire their own works and themselves to the pitch of worship, which is in fact worshipping devils, and not God. The whites had been massacred, a peacefal and indus- trious population had been exterminated, the murderers had triamphed, and what followed? The religious world raised a general shout of applause —liberty, philanthro- py and viitue were supposed to have gained a victory; and the remote agents and promoters of the bloody de which had desoiated this fair portion of the globe, co ratulated themselves upon the success of their cause Row, to set this matter ‘in its true light, let us suppose that the whites had massacred and exterminated the blacks— what then would have been thought of that body of people who should have rejoiced over the deed, ap- and liberty? savage and blood thirsty barbarians. It was precisel as if a host of felons and murderers, let loose from j and escaped from the (tbat had been dignified w the title of a free people, and honored with the name and character of acivilized nation. Color has nothing what- er to do with the question or the facts. | Such wasthe free great moral community of blacks | which started into existence, to which the polluted and canting press of a great power existing among us, (an imperium in imperio, composed of atoms Indescribly scat tered among all classes) gave suddenly. fame, and char. scter, and honor, and all the imaginary attributes of or- der and rank in human civilization. But the bubble has long since burst—the experience of years has proved that this free nation of blacks of Hayti, established on the shores of this island, by massa- cre and bloodshed, is nothing more nor less than a com- munity of licentious savages, rendered hideous by crime, sloth, Vice, corruption, and immorality—a pest to them- selves, a pest to their neighbors, and a standing proof of the fact which the history of the world seems designed to prove, and—strange blindness of mankind—which, it would :cem, is not yet proved enough—that virtue must reign and prevail, and the vicious must be curbed, bound fettered, to secure even the smallest fraction of the piness which it seems possible for man, in any to att All that I can see and hear in this place—all the little history, and anecdotes of history, which | gather from general conversation—tends to establish one fact, that ever sinde it# beginning, down to the present day, this worse, and that procuring happiness to themselves by their freedom, would be uoquestionably happier if they were bound in ; {otters of brass, or confined trom the he ws of their | own desperate passions, in the darkest cells of the gloomiest penitentiary. "Vain idea, to dream that the iawless, the violent, the licentious man—a slave to his own raging passions, and ready to actas an enemy to his fellow-man—can be rendered happy by freedom—by being let loose to destroy, or plague and curse himself and all around him! And, if this be trae, as it undoubt- edly is,in reference to auy one individual, its truth has a multiplied force in reference to many individucls—in a word, to a people It would be a loathsome task to lay before your rea- ders the loathsome picture of the manners, conduct, character, and deeds of the black inhabitants of Hayt Jl abstain trom doing so, for the very bese J colow ug the picture has in itself, would, lam persuaded, wit! auoy, renver the truth incredible —for, in fact, it does hot seldom happen that srt ‘ie more plainly told, ap- pears less probable than fiction. France, 1m 1825, »bindoned for a large sam her claim to the Jands of her sianghtered jects, She did no | mere, and coul! do no ore. The power of the ne- roes over the whole island was ten hot recognized by ‘rance, and I bela ever has been recognized by auy people or power. negtoes (Iiis great nation and T people of Haytias ‘they have idly anc igaoranfly been vepresented and supposed to be,) bave vever been in pos- sessiou of more thau a portion of the'island—the wes. tern chore, trom whence they expelled the French. the creoles and others, descendants from the Spanish, | saw the bloody triumph of atribe of blacks over the French, then intimidated, and dreading the effects of a | collision with men of sucha stamp, flushed with horrid | victory and reeking with blood, they averted the storm } by quiet submission, hoping, in vain, to be able to live in peace with the new established people. It was this absence of resistance, this quasi submission, which | gave to the negroes iu the eyes of Europe and America the false eclat of being the rulers of all the island, pos- Sessore of all its domains, and ergo, agreat people ‘They forgot that there was a nation of European extrac- tion‘in real possession of the best and largest portion of the island, and certainly having @ greater title to be called the people ef Hayti tl @ loose licentious multi- ude of blacks, justiemerged through rivers of blood and rapine, from jong and habitual slavery to a doubtiul and untried liberty. Long and patiently did those whom we may with | greater justice call the people of Hayti, or Hispaniola, | submit to see the licentious negroes considered and treat- ed as the rulers of the island; long time, lovers of peace and slow to resort to violence, they suffered the negroes to exhibit undisturbed, to the world, the prog! of the “experiment”! At length, in 1844, the rightful people of Hispaniola arose, if one may so say, to undeceive the world, and to ‘ert the right of this island to be freed from the iron grasp of this tumultuous band of black pirates, who so long had made its western shores their head- quarters, Since that time the struggle between the con- tending parties has been continued. The Repuolic of Dominica has maintained itself with honor, both in the field of war and in the organization of every department necessary to secure internal order good govern jt. Not only sre the prospects of this republic, as to its own security and existen » HPPY and promising, but there is every rational ground to believe that, if so dis- posed, (and will it not be ne ry for her own security and the peace of the world ?) she might easily subdue, drive out and extinguish the whole “empire” of negroes, which the Aladdin lamp of the religious world (a iamp without any oil in it,) called into sudden visionary exis- tence, and to which it has given such a spurious and falsosectat. Is it not somewhat surprising that this state of things on this island should have escaped the attention of the United States statesmen, and that the true situatic f ‘hould be shrouded in gloom ond darkn people in general? What shall we say of thos which, professing to be faithful chroniclers of the timer are themrelves ignorant, and leave their readers in utter ignorance of the great movements of the age—the inter- esting facts of history transpiring daily betore our eyes As tothe condition and prospects of the government of Hispaniola or Dominica, you will, perhaps, derive more information irom certain statistical information, which I have beenable to procure, than from any com- ments or observations emanating from me. ‘The territory of the new government comprises al- ready more than half the island. ‘The population is purely agricultural, engaged in the culture of planta. tions, Which produce sugar, coffee, and every other pro- | duct of @ tropical climate. Ot c | must not look for the numbers whi | crowded cities pres | population of Domini | to 230,000, of which number only | While thisis the population of the new republic, Hayti, or the colored“ empire,’ om the French side of | the isiand, has greatly decreased, owing to the immoral and licentious habits of the negroes. The institution of marrioge, and a regard to its constiaints, has so fallen into disuse, that it can scarcely be said to exist an: em—into such gross abandonment of 1i- and ntire your lai cendousness are they sunk ; and hi the population, instead of progressing, appears to be on the decreas while the country is threa' id, in the course of | time, with the prospect of reverting to the wilderne: state in which Columbus found it, through the degrad | tion and wickedness of its inhabitants, fhe population of the Hispanolia side of the island | were it not that a large number of the white or creole inhabitants, disgusted with the rule, and g: | the wantonnese and oppression of the blac! plauded the performers, and represented them as heroes and virtuous mon, progressing to astonishing civilization Power was given, by this revolution, to a horde of black community has been deteriorating from worse to people which compose it, instead of jo When the inhabitants of the other parts of tho island, , therefore, you | would be much greater | vious to the declaration of Dominican independence in 1844, continually emigrating from the country. ‘The government of Dominica is modelled chiefly after the form of the United States. It consists of a Pre Senate, and House of Repre ting of @ Superior Judge, Chief Judge, and four othe: Judges, with tue requisite number of inferior justic The executive transacta the different business of the State with assistance of Secretaries over the various De- partinents. That the almmistration of government has been conducted with singular prudence nad skill, [ will mention as the very best evidence of the fact, that though at the commencement of difficulties with the Haytien negroes, the treasury was destitute of funds, and it was found necessary to borrow money to carry on the opera- tions ofthe government, yet the debt then contracted of about 600,000 dollars, bas since 1544 been nearly extin- guished by the ordinary receipts of the treasury. ‘There remains only about 120,000 doliars of this debt, which is in daily progress of liquidation. ‘These facts speak more than a volume ef reasons aud arguments could do, to show the stability and prospects ofthe Republic. [have also learned that anothec loan urged upon the govern- | ment with eagerness by some British talists, has | been peremptorily rejected. Such prudence in financial | matters app ‘appily to direct the counsels of govern | ment. Yet there ix no lack of energy and preparation in | the departments for every aeceseary exigency. Besides. a National Guard under good organization, including ali the serviceable males under and above a certain age, the ‘overnment has on foot an army of forty thousand regu- jars, with which any attack of their desperate noighbors cau be immediately repelled, Added to this, a very re- spectable supply of ordnance stores and stands of arms have been collected by the government. 9 Alf this may tend to show the weight and importance to be attached to the new republic, and while the great- est credit is due to Mr. Caluoun tor taking the necessary measures to ascertain the condition of a people who sought the alliance of our great country, it cannot but excite a feeling of corresponding surpr se, that until Mr Calhoun moved in the business, our government had to- le P'}f we reflect but for a moment on this important mat- | ter, and only contemplate the possible results, | am per- suaded the eyes of the whole Union would be directed country, th the Hesperides! And independent of the advantages to be derived to American commerce, should the country come under the rule of a civilized aad orderly people, a enerul sympathy would be felt by a generous people cs a nation cf our own race struggling to escape from the horrors of African slavery ; struggling to cast off from the shores of the western hemispete, the only co- lony of tierce barbarians which Africa has planted there. For while many such empires as that of the Haytien blacks exist in’ the old world, on all the coast of Africa, filling the countries round with desolation and blood, this is the only portion of barbarity which as yet afilicts the countries of the new world. The aspect of thin is truly deserving the most serious con: awakening feelings both diverse and interesting Hore is an Island, the largest of the whole West In- dian group—the most fertile, the most healthy, and the most productive among themall! Its situation, also, is most certral and commanding—as I stand at the entrance of this beautiful port, | cast my eyes across a channel of described them, eration, only forty miles, and see the iragrant coast of Cuba be- th its blue mellow hills,fading inthe aoe on the fore me, of an oriental horizon. West of East, Porto Rico, only 30 mil hours sail would ‘convey us to tl li ant—w! the shores of the ot Yucatan, and a few more to Vera Cruz, and the Jala. pian coast. Imagine, if you can, a position more impor- tant, whether regarded in tical or in a commercial point of view. Asa naval depot anda military centre, there can scarcely be found in the worlda position equal to this island. Ithas harbors and bays, secure and capacious enough to hold all the navies of tho world, ri- ding at one time at anchor within them, safe as well from the incursion of enemies, as from the raging of hurricanes and storms. i ae Such is this island; and the people inhabiting it have come and thrown themselves at the feet of the people of the United States, to solicit their countenance and the smile of recognition to be cast upon a fellow Repub- lic. In other words, what France would have given millions not to have loat—what she would have given millions more again to possess—a country as superior to Algeria, for which she is paying so dear as gold is to dross, this beautiful country comes in'peaceful attitude, the United States! In other words, she seeks our alli ance and aid. Shall she seek in vain? That is the quertion ; or is our America, unlike ancient Rome, void of that sympathy which extends aid to. suppliunt na- tions, and spreads the bounds of civilization, by aidin others to secure and establish their own independence More anon, from Yours, w. Sratistics or Newsuryrorr.—lIt will be seen that the cotton manufacture has become the leading interest in this town, and that the capital of the compa- s already in ae is $700,000. The gross annual jue of the goods manutacture cost of following ton spindles, 39,856; ci yards cotton manufactured, 3,800,000 yards No. 40, and | cotton cloth manufactured, $962,500; capital invested in | the manufacture of cotton, $700,000; males employed in | the cotton manufacture, 259; females —— ed in do., 662; sperm oil consumed in manufacturing establishments 8200 gallons, value $7240; Anthracite coal consumed in do., 2650 tons, valued at $14,600; forges, 22; tons of icon manufactured by the forge, 63 tons; value of manufactured iron, $15,000; amount of capital invested, $5100, hands, 30. Furnaces forthe manufacture of hollow ware, &c. 1; number of tons hollow ware, &., 125; value of hollow 5 | ware and castings, $9,375; capital invested in said busi- ness, $3,000; hands employed, 8; Establishments for manufacture of cotton, woollen and other ma- chinery, 2; value of machinery manusactured, 31,000; capital invested. $8,000; hsrids employed, 20 . ire. engiue manufactories, 2; eng, | manufactured, 4, value of fire engines manufacture 38200; hands employed, 10. Musical instramaat ma | nufactories, 1; value of manufactures, $1 000; capital invesied, $360; hauds employed Establishments tor the manufacture of gold and silverware, jewelry, &e., 3; velue of manufactures, $25,000; amount of capital invested, $12,600; hands employed, 13, saddle, harness, | and trank manufactories, 4; value of manafactures, | ital invested, $900; hands employed, 8. ployed4. Hat 8 manufactured, $7654; capital invested $3,000; hands employed 12. Cordage manu- factories, 1; value of manulactures, $1,200; capital in- vested, $600; hands employed 2. Coach, cbaiso, and wagon manuiactories, 2; value of manufactures, $4,200; | capital invested, $1,000; hands employed 7. Soup and | candle factories, 6; quantity of soap manufactured value of ditto, $7,500; quantity of ci ‘value $2255; capital invested, $9,900; 7. Chair and cabinet manufactories, 9; value § ; capital invested $5,000; hands Tin ware manufactories, 6; value of ma- $10,600; hands employed 16. Tanneries value of manufac: tures $2,000; capital $900; hands employed 3. Boots and shoes manufactured—3312 pairs boots and 100,- 604 pairs shoes; value $73,795; males employed on do 142; females employed on do 107. Straw bonnets and straw hats manufactured 200--value $500; manufactured 100; value $40; number of fe ployed on straw and palm lea{,6, Snuff, tobacco and cigars manufactured, $29,369; hands employed 109.— Blocks and pumps manufactured $6000; han ed 20. Mechanics’ tools manufactured $200; pl Wooden ware, farming utensils, &c., man factured $600; hands employed 10. Boats built 30; value of do. $3000; hands employed 6. Vessels employed in the fisheries 57—tonnage 3212; barrels of mackerel taken during the year 1844, 7009; quintals of codfish taken in the same year, 21,000; mackerel, $56,072; cod fish, $44,250; salt consumed in the mackerel and cod fish- 84,138 bi i employed, 22. nufactures, $19,700; capital invested, | 5 0 ine 120, value of do $2000; corn raised 100, value of do $60; bushels potatoes 2000, value of do $400; tons of hay 160, value of do $1500; bushels ‘of fruit 10,600, value of fruit $4250 ; Ibs of but- ter 600, value of do $75; lbs of honey 1200, value of do $144. ‘Ship joiners 25, work done by do $15,000; ship ainters 35, work done by do $600; number of sailma- ers 6, work done by do $1500; number of riggers 20, work done by do $6000; number of mastmakers 7, work done by do ee emo of pounds of wool pulled 24,000, value of do $6000. e assets of the City Bank, at Buffalo, estimated in ule at $452,183 97, sold at auction on Wedn y last for $42,274 65—and a lat them were thought to have brought good prices, at that. Harvarp Universtry.—We learn that the corpo- | ration ot Harvard University, a short time previous to the return of the Hon. Edward Everett trom land, addressed to him a letter requesting him to consent to | be put in nomination for the office of president of the university, in place of Hon. Josiah Quincy, resigned, informing him that in that case he would receive unanimous vote of the board for the eppointment of the board of overseers, would Mr. Everet! and the | which on the me | be laid before them for their it has recently gr an answer to the ieee” in | which he has consented to receive the Appointment. | | Srray Bany.—The Worcester Transcript says | that on a rainy night, two or three weeks since, u | little child about two months old was lett under the jouse in Oxford, occupied by Abi- ‘wife, a worthy but child | ing the continual dropping ‘The little one not n to squall most ht o in. | Thatos of the house. itd neo that the little ty to 8a, take: well drenchod, and is now an | saepren eater of re femnlly, ‘who are extremely over. | joyed at their good fortune. Boston ATHENAUM.—At “ Loe meeting, afternoon, a report from the trustees was eta by Col. Gitincy, ia favor of selling the T: mont street lot, for which $100,000 certain, and perhaps: | $110,000 or $115,000, cowld be obtained, and purchasing the Phillips estate on Beacon street and Granary Burial Gronnd, with a front on the former of 124 feet. The aegeree were given, so at the change is pretty certain of taking place, rate oe | juestion being taken, only two tally disregarded and neglected the appeal of this peo- | with interest and attention to this rich and buauteous | gorgeous garden, as it might be called, of | Spanish Main, or to the coast of Honduras, or to the bays in voluntary self-offering, to throw itself in the arms of d in these mills, is return- 1,800,000 yards No. 30—total, 5,300,000 yards; value of Up | value of $1,000; capital in- | cap tactories, | audles, | ;hands | $e | teemed, share of | Asrounpine Devevorments—THe Late Ovut- RAGE IN GREENE.—Lust Sunday evening, John Johnson, of Greene, was arrested by the Shoriff of Broome county, upon a warrant charging him with the murder of the wife of James Boult,formerly of Triangle, 1m Broome county, in May, 1844, or of being accessor to her murder. He was taken to Binghamton, and nis examination was commenced before Jutge Seymour and Justice Katte! of that place, on Tuesday, Johnson is one of the most wealihy men in Greene. He is over 60 years of age. and he is estimated to be worth $70,000. “Ho has employed as his counsel Hon. Jobn A. Colher and Hon. D. 8. Dickinson, who are de- fending bim on the examination. We are indebted to nu wie arrived yesterday from Binghamton, cts which follow, aud who heard the testimony given. ‘The first ». itness sworn was James Boult, of Gre He testilied thet ha moved upon Joharon’s farm in Trian- gle, in April, 18f: that Jobason carried bis wife trom Greene to Triangle when he moved, and had left the house into which he moved before he got there; that he soon afier discovered a change inthe appearance and conduct of his —that ale appeared dejected and un- well, and fe sou he called Dv. Purple to sco her; that abo: weeks after he moved, 2 man wont and saw him at that place one Saturday in tie part of May; that he told Johnson his wife said he hed had criminal intercourse with her on the day he carried her to Triangle, and that she said he put a part of a Buf- faio skin in ner mouth to prevent her cries, and that so said he (Johnson) told her that if she ever told of it he would be the ceath of ber, or would destroy her in somo way, and thwt she promised bim she would never tollof it fhe would let her go The witnoss stated that Johnson first replied he had done wrong, but us for stuffing the buifalo skin in her mouth, hie hhad done no such thing; that he sai times, * Ih rong,” that he wi tle it with him, and said that he had land and dollars and cents, and wanted him to same what he would take to settle it; that he refused to settle with him, and that John- son then said that he had got property, and if be went to Jaw about it,he would carry it to the farthest extent, and that he(Boult) stood no chance if he went to law; that he vad this conversation with Johnson on Saturday, end that the next Monday morning before daylight his’ wife went out of his hou d had never been seen or heard of since; that the most thorough | her, and no trace of her could be found; that it was | about the middle of May, 184, she disappeared. |. A great many facts and cireumstances were sworn to | ‘idling by this ue which, we have no room to mention. We have endeavored to give the substaace of his testimony. His cross examination had not been finished when our | informant left. Ei Ww informed that Boult’s daughter, who is about of age,cverheurd a conversation between John- yw da} er their arrival at 15 ye son and her mother a er told would yn anid if he had done, he (Johnson) kill her or be the death of her. | Mra, Burdick, who was taken from the house where | she lived in Greene, in September last, blind-folded, | gagged, and carried to a swamp, and there thrown into a ditch, (the particulars of which have heretotore been published,) was so much injured that she became de- ranged—but she has row regained her reason, and upon her testimony the prosecution is mainly founded. She has not as yet (we suppose) been sworn on the exami- ion, but an affidavit before the warrant was in which, we are informed, she states that in it last she overheard a conversation botween John- son and her mother, (the widow Baxter of Greene,) in which Johnson said to Mrs. Baxter, if he could get md of vrs. Johnson, he would marry her—that if he could dis- pose of her a easy as he did of Mrs. Botlt, he would do it—that he knew 4 couple of fellows below Binghamton, he thought he could get to do it—that they disposed of Mrs. Boult. That she (Mrs Burdick) heard this conversations while standing on the door-steps to the house in Greene,where her mother lived; that the curtains were drawn over the windows to the house at this time; that both outside doors were fastened: that she reached her hand inside and unbuttoned one door and went into the house; that Johnson then asked her if she had heard what he tad said; that she answered yes; that Johnsen told her if she ever told of it he would kill her, or be the means of her death; and that she then promised him she would not tell of it. [It is supposed that Mrs. Baxter will ly contradict this story on oath.) We are told that Mrs, Burdick about three weeks after this conversation, Johnson came to her mother’ house when she was lone, and inquired for her mother; that she told him her mother had not got home from Nor- wich ; that he said what shall I do? that ifhe had any work forher to do—any sew! said no, but business of more bgt dpe (Mrs. Burdick] must do it for him ; th tempted to escape ; that Johnson then seized an axe, and said he would kill her if she left the room ; that be- ee left he led her into the kitchen, tied behind her with a clother-line, and tied her to | Aug! | j fore he her han \ | uands, tied the cord round her waist long enough so she | could go to the fire, while tied to the bed-post ; that he | then teok a quautity of human bones out of the bag, among which was the head bones end otbers ; that he told her they were Mrs. Boult’s bones, and said she must burn them ; that she fainted; that Johnson then burnt the bones—that he held an axe over hor head, made her get on her knees, and said he was airaid she would tell oC it, and thot he Was a mind to kill her on the 5) | | | iP een her bones burn, if she told of it: thatat be was hung he had friends that Would kill her, and tat she knew it, as sue had jast seen with her own eyes; that he then intied her and went away. Mrs, Burdick farther says she told her mother on the | Saturday, and also on the Sunday before her abduction, | that she would expose her and Mr. Jobnson, ami that she did not tell what she knew before she was varried away. ‘There are a great many rumors afloat, which we shall not publish ; aud whether virs, Burgick will swear on | the examination substantially as in her affidavit, and | whether she can be sustained, we do not know, exce)t trom hearsay. We shall not endoree the foregoing statement decided ly, but sbali eave our readers to form their own judg- ment upon its truth or falsity. if the investigation de- | different state ot facts, we shai! embrace the | first opportunity to correct errors and wrong impres | ious. The matter, in its best aspect now, looks horrid | snough, in ell conecience — Oxford (N. ¥.) Times. Tue Gates on tHe Laxes.—The peculiarity of the last blow differed somewhat trom all previous ones, vy the force, suddenness and strength ot volume of wind, which swept across the lake ; and the seamen represent | it as unusuallydangerous to light freighted vesseis,or any expored to its influence. Capsizes were more Likely to be app’ ehended than a long continuance of the storm by | which vessels are driven ashore. In this respect we fear | we have narrate. Capt. Spencer, of | the Wiug-and- Wing, reports passing a black louking ves. el capsized, about five miles above Long Point, breaking over her ina solid sheet, and with every ap- pearance of having been struck by the squall when un- prepared. The tate ofher crew is yet to be learned In | connection with this, we learn that the master of the An- dover reports passing the schoouer E. Ward, capsized, somewhere near Put in-Bay. She had flour, we think, from Monroe, but whether she is the same as seen by the Wing-and-Wing, is unknown. The Oregon, Harrison, and Hercules, in this morning, bring nothing decisive in regard to her. ‘he Chautauque got in safe yesterday. — Sufficient time has elapsed to confirm the loss of ali those ‘on board the schooners Ocean and Polk, on the upper jal The Milwaukie Gazette says that four residents of that place were lost, Capt. McGregor, Mr. Russell, the mate, Quiner, the second mate, and the cabin boy.— Capt. McG. has left a wife and one child. The mate has lett a wife and five or six children to mourn his loss, and the poor cabin boy a widowed mother who was dent upon him for support. The Gazette adds :— hope the tears of widows and orphans will incite ‘overnment to some action in favor of our lake harbors.” ‘he Nile arrived at Milwaukie on the 12th, having expe- d heavy weather ov lake Huron, so mach ighty mile roved herself to be, what she is generally very superior and staunch sea boat. ia ru ning back to Chicago, the schr. Columbia lost her dec! load. She is loaded for the Maitlsnd Mills, in Canada.— The Chicago Journal says that during the recent blow, | part of the crib work of the harbor improvement was car- ried away,and most of the rometaing. portion of this sea- son's extension seriously injured. individuals were placed in durance, having been caught in the act of propriating the flour, washed in from the Major Oliv to their own eg; use and be lo Adver- tiser, Nov. 21. | | Varieties. - The Staunton, Va., Spectator, says :—During the | last week a seduction case of great enormity was tried before the Su; r Court, on which a verdict of $8,000 it was brought by Jacob Copen- sonra inst Sapeok Pelter, of this shter, a girl of about was awarde: haner, now of Frederick, agair county, for the hen polo pie di ae erst in years of age. ‘The am ‘Piserto acknowledged brothers-in-law, though Pelter wayed to prove himesif a ‘‘filius nullius the niece had been taken to his house under the pretext of being a nurse and companion of his sick daughter. | An affray occurred in Fayette county, Pa., on | Wednesday last, between Thomas Evans and his bro- | ther-ialaw, Hayden P. Bliss, which resulted in the ath of the latter. Bliss commenced’ an altercation with Evans, when the latter snatched a rough and heavy ‘ corn-cutter and fell on Bliss, cutting and mi ingling bis and shocking manner. y were opened on April 15th, head in @ most brutal both heads of families. it year affording 222 days of pa- , in any year, is The Erie Canal last and closed on November vigation. The latest date of its clos was in 1832, when it remained open to December 2ist. in 1828, it remained open to December 20th, and in 1839 to December 16. Last spring it opened on the 16th April, the date of the previous year. Bradley Pease died some months since in Low- i 1g about $4,000, for which there is no claim- ‘said io have been from Vermont, and Champlain. If the | get the money the State bm on ate | ness must have settled upon ol 8, in Fee -~ ae for at the late Court of Quarter Ses. sions in that benighted county, the grand jury found a true bill against two children under seven years of age | for assault . The jury, under direction of the court, (Judge Banks) brought in a verdict of acquital.