The New York Herald Newspaper, May 11, 1846, Page 5

THE HERALD SUPPLEMENT. Odice N- W. Corner of Fulton tad Nesae sts} Foreign Correspondence of the Herald. Panis, April 16, 1846. The attention of the chief maritime powers of Europe, and, foremost, England and France, be- gins to be directed to the extension and improve- ment of the steam marine. Within a very few years, the views of statesmen in respect to this new instrument of war, were, for the most part, jimited to the establishment of a post-office steam service, which, on an emergencf, might be con- verted into the means of national defence. On this principle the line of Mediterranean and Le- vant steamers was established by the French go” vernment, and the West India steamers were supported by the English government. Besides this, the latter country has always looked to her extensive mercantile steam navy as being availa- ble in any unexpected and sudden breach of the meral peace. Public opinion has, how Progressad on this subject tow too far to be sist with such imperfect expedients; and whil England has been silently multiplying her ‘coon navy, and augmenting in a high ratio the power and efficiency of the r class of her steam- ships, France has been awakened from her le- thargy, and is now about even to outstrip the measures of her rival and ally. The commission of the Chamber, which has been selected to con- sider the condition of the steam marine, have even gone beyond the demands of the administra- tion, and has authorised the construction of a ‘ ly greater amount of steam marine power aac ee eid pg pe Beet the construction of a fleet o! r steam frigates of the first class, the commission has more oonosialty authorised the adoption of auxiliary steam power on an extensive scale. This promises to become an important feature in the steam navy, and has been suggested (as so many other improvements in steam navigation have been by the results of American enterprise. The Massachusetts has afforded the hint for a great improvement in the national steam marine of Europe, and not improbable that at no very distant period, every vessel of war will be supplied with an oc- casional steam propeller. The great advan expected from this is, that it will confer upon present ships of war a locomotive faculty by which they can move at will upon the water, an‘ the ships of a squadron can take up any desired position in an et ment with more facility, Certainty, and expedition than could the divisions ofan army ona field of battle. Such a power would change the whole system of naval tactics. The Committee of the Chamber, actuated by such considerations, have voted an amount of two thousand horse power to be thus appropriated, as auxiliary means of propulsion for sailing vessels; and, in order that the same system should be ex- ter to frigates, it has voted four thou horse power, to be applied to several of this class of tailing ships now afloat. For coast defence, two floating batteries are ordered, of eight hundred. it seems | in NEW YORK, MONDAY, MAY ll, 1846. Wasuinetox, May 6, 1846. Case of the Unite States vs. Francis Thomas—A Plain Statement of the Case, as it now Stands, with Certain Letters by way of Elucidation. The case of Benton vs. Thomas, is exciting uni- versal regret, It is a dreadful case. The pro- ceedings to-day, in court, assumed the aspect ofno quarter upon either side. Extermination seems to be the word of the prosecution ; and a desper- ate resolve to brave the worst, the resolution of the defendant. Upon a motion for the continuance, General Waddy Thompson, Mr. Fendall and Mr. Crittenden, to-day argued to prove the incompe- tency of Mrs. Linn as a witness, from the conflict- ing character of her statements already divulged, and, therefore, that it was not incumbent to stay the trial till next term on account of her non-ap- pearance at the present. The affidavit of Gov. Thomas, on the other hand, sets forth that he ex- ects to prove eee widow of the late Senator inn, that Miss M‘Dowell, before her marri: in 1840 to said Thomas, then a member of the House from Maryland, was guilty of improper associa tions with several gentlemen, and that Senator Linn’s innocence was altogether the result of his own high sense of honor, or that otherwise the approaches of the poor girl would have been irre- sistible, It has Ween. argued by the prosecution along, that the testimony which Mrs. Linn would be called upon to give, if consistent with her declarations heretofore, would unavoidably criminate the late estimable Senator, at that time the husband of the witness in question. The pro- secution have used this assumption to show that @ woman whose extreme jealousy would thus dis- honor the grave of her honored husband, was not @ competent witness, nor her evidencegcompetent testimony—especially when the whole life of Dr. Linn is held up as an example of integrity, probi- ty, discretion and Christian rectitude, This was a formidable point against the defence ; but Gen. Jones met it and repelled it, showing that neither the affidavit of Governor Thomas, nor in the evidence expected of Mrs. Linn, was there an thing involving the late Senator Linn in the al- leged criminal correspondence of the unfortunate y, lately the wife of'Gov. Thomas, and still the beloved daughter, as she should be, of Governor M‘Dowell, of Virginia, now a member of the House. Now it is known that Mrs. Linn, in St. Louis, heard lately of a rumor prevailing in Washington, that lier testimony would impeach the character of her late husband, whose memory is as dear to her as the light of oy and that, in- dignant at the report, she has addressed several letters to her friends here, positively swearing to the unspotted innocence of Dr. Linn ; but as sitively expressing her belief in the indiscreet ad- vances of Miss M‘Dowell. Now, we have no apology to offer for the in- sertion of the following letters, except that they are already published to the world, and that the whole case, by the assent of all parties, has been horse power. Such measures, prosecuted as they are with€vigor, by the two leading states of Eu- rope, may afford a profitable lesson to your states- men of Washington, and lead them to think of the defenceless state of their principal Atlantic ports, A-cnrious dead lock has been produced by the strange parliamentary manwuvres of the British -eabinet. Just as the great free trade measure was it to attain its consummation in the Com- mons, the Irish coercion bill was w: in before % effectually stopping its drogress, the middle the debate on the first reading of the latter, Parliament adjourned for the Easter recess. When it re-assembles, the opposition will muster in fresh force, and further delay will be produced. Mean- while, the peers ate concocting in their private coteries an inveterate opposition in the House, of mischief. It syn » but scarcely credible, this infatuated party may so mutilate the mea- sure in committee, that it will be ultimately aban- doned. But do not suppose, therefore, that its final fate is doubtful. the lords persevere in thier mischief, a dissolution will ensue—a convul- sion it the country, as violent, and more 80, than on the occasion of the reform bill ; and, if necessary, a creation of peers, which will swamp the lords. Depend on it, the public will have the measw The igel d 5 cag in Europe is making rapid rogress. ‘e have now in operation a line to en, where it will fork, one branch going to Havre, the other to Pravpe: two railway nies who work the lines between London and London ithampton, are lish first-rate steamers, to run daily between Havre and Southamption, and Dieppe and Brighton—so that, by each of these two routes, the public can run from London to Paris in less than twenty-four hours The line from Paris to Brussels will be opened as far as Amiens, on the 2d of May. From ey Se is now ina forward state, leading to e and Calais. opened; one russels and Amiens— the other b figeeag nntenmcd and Amiens, By means of express trains, such as are now at work on the English railways, it will be | sa to make the journey between Paris and mn in ten hours. Thus, leaving Pei, SAY. at 8 Calais o’clock, we may reach Dover before 10, before 12, and Paris before 6 o’clock, P. M. breakfast in London and dine in Thus, we may Paris! This is surely the ne plus wltra of travel- ling. "Tie line from Paris to Tours is now in opera- tion. The lines to Lyons and Marseilles are in rapid progress. When these have been complet- ed, the journey from Paris to Marseilles, which hitherto has taken six days to perform by dili- gence, may be completed in six hours by express trains, so that the journey from London to Mar- seilles will be reduced to it sixteen hours! Ihave assumed here that there express trains can move at fifty miles an hour, which is their most ordinary rate of going on the English rail- . ways. ced gS bot “lo go, when in fal speed, on bat grest estern Railway, at seventy miles ‘an hour! I subjoin the times of arrival and departure of one of these express trains running from London to Exeter, a distance of 194 miles, which will give your readers a more satisfactory notion of what is done in the regular daily working of Eng- lish railways :— Distance. =. Thus, the journey from to Exeter is per- — penreen bet hours of a quarter Toles toni in the morning &@ quarter past two in the af- ternoon, with four intermediate stoppages, for which about half an hour altogether may be al- Yowed. The time of the j fy, sheretore, ex. clusive of stoppages, may stated as four hours, being at the rate of fifty miles an hour. The fure for tnis journey is eleven in the first class carriages, and eight in the second class. Thus, the public are carried at fifty milesan hour for four cents per mile. . The French government, late in every admi- nistrative reform, have at last resolved on a re- form of the , but in effecting it have done just as little as public opinion permit them to do. Letters not e: @ quarter of an ounce wei ee ree & post. | age pacity. font two to ten cents according to distance. e Average postage may haps, be taken at eight cents under this’ reyulation, Now in Boajant, letters weighing half an ounce are delivered at all distances for two cents, so that the French rates aro eight times the English weight being considered. Both the French and the American Govern- introduced before a public tribunal. We know not who wrote the following letters. We extract them from the “‘ Statement of Francis Thomas,” published in March, 1845. Letter I. (Date, about 1836-7.) To Miss Sacty McDowru. I have been minutely informed of the serious flirtation that you carried on with my husband last winter, and | would not now condescend to write to you on the aubject, panei rage tgtgwd of Hoots to choos 3 hate et 5 to 8) \¢ feelings of your parents, to whom I at ret thought | would eppeal, I Gow Write to you, end do most solemnly assure you, that all intercourse between you and — must cease, or yon will be made to re- gret it as long as you live. I know iyou well, Miss McDowell. I saw you make use of every art and blan- dishment to force the attention of single gentlemen; and jing you could not suce: you followed, flattered and caressed married men, until you coerced their attentions. ‘The first object of your pursuit was Mr.——. Nevercan I forget the expression of your countenance, when i told me one day that you thought Mr.—— would be mighty glad to hear that his wife was dead, so that he could r you his hand. Mr. —— left Mr. ——, andthen roucommenced your allurements against —— [my hus- .] I have often, indeed I may say daily, seen you wate! husband's return from the —, fly out to meet ™ him, and two or three times ducing the, day, "whenever you saw him enter the house, seize his hands, and if you thought no person was{present, pay him the most travagant com ents—it it 9 to me that it was quite difficult for——to keep you out of his arms whenever he met you. The morning of the day I first Wi n city last year with -—, when any per- son of the least de! 4 would hay PI that my husband and self desired to be alone, as we were to be se- for some months, xo came into our room, and annoyed me most to death y hanging. around —— in the most indelicate manner. You followed us down to the cars, and as I one of them after my husband, you rudely pushed me back, and dashed yourself on the seat by ——, in such a manner as to preclude, the possibility, of my getting near him — then indignantly told you, that yon had better run off with ———. You replie:! with the most shame- less effrontery, that it was his place to run off with you ; but why atte: to recapitulate scenes that would fill a volume? the |, noble-minded Col. Ben- ton or Mrs. Benton have seen the thousandth of your levity of conduct, to callit by the get name, and which you had the consummate art to conceal from them, they could not help thinking that you were a most im- ‘com| for their interesting daughters, Your luct last winter, was such as to make you feel the gratitude was enteri rofoundest towards —— for his forbearance. ‘ew men on earth in the meridian of life, handsome and ardent in their feelings like my husband is, could have resisted your allurements, You speculated largely the ts of my death last winter, when you heard on of the fal which kin bd in — —. t me tell you, Miss MeDowell, had I ten thousand lives, and was to lose them all, it would be of no benefitto you. Had you the wealth of worlds for your dower, ( my hus you, as I know he does not,) 1 am nt ——- ——- has too much respect for himself to marry you. You have said that —— —— promised you that he would not take me to Was! city this win- ter. You well knew when you made that assertion, that it was an untruth. Now, Miss McDowell, I wish you to inform me what course you intend to take as it respects this letter; if you intend to let my husband see it, and make another effort to the many you have made in vain, to destroy our do- mestic happiness, I will have this letter published, and let the see a touch of the times in Washington city. If, on the contrary, you will permit prudence to guide you, let all legemwnerie fw between bed Joey my hus! turn me by letter and hair, let do third person hear of or sce this letter, then, and not until then, shall this subject be dropped forever. You have trifted too long with my feelings ; 1 cannot bear it any longer. Ronse sed lovely se my cease as thter was, you took the Ciena bn ne — lings e ve! adm (although but a l) she exci like worm-wood to your soul, and for the last few weeks sity you Pat aid err whose precocious mind and great loveliness of person, made you feel your own littleness, although she wee but —— years old, and you had, at the least, the a] rance of a well n women of twenty. You hi Tr re- fiect well re you determine what to do with this let- ter. I am pre for the worst, and I well know, it become pul , (which most certainly shall be the case thought nthe right, Tat of you me husband's ptare, 1 in the asl ‘ou my husband’s picture, his lock of hair, and that all inlercourse shall cease be- tween you. Comply with this, and I mention your name again. Refuse will soon find whatJa —— woman can do to save a — fondly, dearly loves, from ——, I will not say wi Larren Il. wineely goer a ived, | must frankl: a to your note, just received, | mu: ly say, Ph fy EE era et ‘went of what you know of Mies McDowell’s conduct on the painful subject referred ed iy not a doubt. Mise Mc paeat was informed by » wi mentioned tter,) that her grea freedom with jos dhiegresible to, mes ber be, and she did not chi ul to —— ——. And this is the young bety ram cereny iad to make an to; one wi ever revert tee e, from the moment I ever sawher. You enclose the let- ter you mention to my dear husband ; ou may again five the chrietian evidence of your towards me, ig os belgian nang between my hi and myself. Bg hnpihaneey, aot: do 80, expect not, nor do | ments have committed two capital errors in their | would I die T would ‘an ecknow! reforms. They han, omitted the two | to her who has ever been my enemy. My family, my sb features in the system w Rowland Hill, | Cmmections, are as respectable and as good se yours ever Which ate, Ist, precpayinent, Wo omission of | noteven by the wife of the noble, glorious’ Cok Benet, ee th ee ae ae of post- | T saidall I could say, when 1 told you thet 1 rs ages and an. uniform rate for all distances. | gretted ever written the , it that will not of the revenue might be easily an- aha yee, Curses ete After an absence of swered uniform rate at t sufficient- from my husband—months of sering nes, ly high dard. at in fact, the Englnh Legis- [OR Se vocal ie be. eae ie sie lature re} the idea of ing the ponage , Your before you made a to oa es 0 ot en ant atl vulsed by the i fo you for it, Mrs. Benton. Did your. taetsalioe pain is cont the in- | now ternal stuggles between the constitutional ‘and ab- we pt nod ; solntist parties. . C after has taken | bere I could inform a husband place in the cabinet ; the favorite of to-day be- comes the exile of to-morrow, The queen mo- | blight ¥ Heaven, for trying to injure thet which God ther intrigues to re-establish the eof Joined together. By our merciful Heavenly Father, in Edi ae , and ep Py growing liberties. ‘rreon ‘world, we sol ee mcs oe ‘The Queen regent, thinks Sing | Profession ia cece d principle. and manannent “phings are atone asting | | Farewell, erin ‘Beaten toh peer at the moment I write. | dear children, ‘evety happiness ‘i Russia has braved the opinion of Europe in the red inst th Papal Poinsh por olin ‘ended for the present ane ~tAusly, but it has revived, romenge oe senead soother mel will Bee you on the subject of the progress of Bos uta. | —— — | maton City, March 28, eee “sees wah oe have Leen vory.tar fons 65: ne as mod you of the cruel manner in w! daughter and myself wete persecuted by Miss owell, for a long time before | left this city. to my husband, Ss Pewall, which annoyed so much our little daug! rom band niece herself, w me, that she wou! every thing I said to her only made her more determined in her previous course, | addressed that letter to her, which I now very much regret ever sending. Lerren IV. Nato Crry, December 11, 1839, er as prompt to acknowledge a fault as to resent an injury, Lnow, Mrs. Benton, through you, most sincerely the forgiveness of your her very great injustice. The only apol offer, is, that, as it respects Miss McDowell, I havebeen cruelly’ deceived by one, who, I thought, ‘was bound to me by every tie of gratitude and friondship. Respectfully yours, po Aan Governor Thomas argues that this last letter of apology was extorted from the writer by the pow- er of Colonel Benton. However that may be, we have reason to belicve that the writer, if produced before Court, would testify exactl the first letter ; with what proof of the plausibility of such testimony remains to be seen, though we are free to express the opinion that the only proofs would be the inferences of an extremel; sensitive mind. 4 ‘And here we leave the case for the present. is unpleasant to treat of such a delicate case ; but a public tribunal has made it an act of necessity, to the end of a right understanding of the subject. We expect the Court will decide upon the continu- ance of the canse to-morrow ; and what may oc- cur in the interim, is beyond our capacity of’ pro- phecy. e New Haven, (Conn.,) May 2, 1846. Connecticut Election Day—Final Result of our late Electim—The Causes—Whig Politics in Con- necticut. Our second day, April cleotion, terminated singularly > for nearly two weeks the two principal parties—democrats and whigs—acted worse than the bulls and bears of Wall street—and certainly they were in a more feverish state than has been that sink of iniquity during the past two months of Oregon and Mexico fever. The whigs, at last, have yielded their last forlorn hope, as to the Senate, and thus passes the mighty sceptre of Connecticut into the hands of the democrats. ior to the election, it was uni- versally conceded that the whigs would be successful ; but thelr over-confidence, as in the 1844 presidential elec- tion, did them no good. The causes of their defeat, were, wine The postage, of a law, by the last whig Logisl st. The pi of a law, by the wl egisla- ture, to stop men from drinking what theychose Pant, 2d. The proverbial aristocracy and unpopularity of some of the whig candidates. ‘These were the causes which have laid gery in Connecticut. As tothe first cai second time that the whigs in this State have been thrust out of power for legislating on the temperance subject, with which, asa party, they have no business to meddle. ‘The second reason has, ere this, often operated detri- mental to the success of the whigs in Connecticut. With. rostrate whig- “ this is ‘is them, it has become an established law—like the laws of, the Medes and Persians, unchangeat ied with'no less than 76,000 human beings annu- be nominated for U. 8. Senator, Congressman, Governor, " s . * . ; | ally, transported from Africa to the West Indies, by or even Lieutenant Governor, to aay nothing of the hosts | slly, transported from Ah reltgeees yi 9 and squadrons of lawyers, in the Connecticut”—i. e, old federal ualified, in all other respects, : these last are nothi creed is, none but a lawyer is large enough, big enough, important enough, to be Governor over Connecticutians,- ‘our city of ‘What blind infatuation! what brazen im- The ‘offspring in number almost equal to the population of New York. pudence ! what consummate nonsense! of ! brains that fairly “ run emptyings.’ Auto Congressmen, one in about six years, out of our entire delegation, is allowed, by their us scension, to be a practical man, and not of the 1 pro- fession, And esto Congress, en masse, if a s Crom- well would arise and drive it politically to where the devil drove the hogs, (sausages and all,) and cause prac- tical men to be semt thither to. legislate for this saighty nation, he would deserve a monumént to his memory as large as the Tower of Babel ; and the people would not then give a pin whether the members were democrats, whigs, amalgamationists, or any other of our pestiferous sof the present age. Being practical men, they would know the wants of the community, and the opera- tion of laws yd business. By the ly scenes enacted in Congress, this country now sends men there totally unfit to govern even themselves, much less the nation— men who are devoid of moral honesty, sobriety, decency, good breeding, and entirely reckless and ignorant of the wants of the nation ; but who, forsooth, because they are lawyers, and have ‘the gift of gab, and the brass of seven thunders, and the impudence of Hottentots, are seized upon as great men, as mighty men of valor ; and the more sound and fury they possess, the greater are they. Hold—I am basting Congress, before I hi plucked off all the whig pinfeathers, and my subject ‘he whig creed, as practised, recognises no wisdo1 mo common sense, no itism, and no worthiness f official favors in any one but lawyers—of F. F. C. mem- bers. ‘The whigs of Connecticut, before they can have con- tinued success, must break up the little junta of lawyers who now control them, and who are banded ther on the Martin Van Buren ‘tickle me and I'll tickle you” policy—who cut and carve out all the nominees before the ger gyn — << or! hemi ie a Some rs, pack conventions by .e. men to go Weosaveations toc nema: “Thome: via’ al that of thee. ing at capable and efficient business men for Senators, Congrestmen, Governors, &c., because they “are not big enough” unless they are lawyers, or because such men were not born of the redoubtable F. F. C.’s, or a dyed-in- the-wool federalist, from pure federal stock, is a doctrine which will drive all those young men into the demo- cratic ranks, who find no resemblance between the & litical creed of old federalism and whigism. The first thing for the whigs to do, should be the breaking down of ag who ie oy —who are continu Pe thus have often rnn whigs up Salt River, where they have stuck two years atatime. If they will cast these Jonahs overboard, with all their mill-stone issues, and re- pair their rudders and sails, and start with a new set of officers—except retaining the old 1844 pilot—they will soon have a flood tide to carry them down Salt river, to the joyful tune of “land ho!” “land ho!” If this crude effusion of the state of politics, should be acceptable to ou and your readers, throw further light upon Eonnecti¢ut politice, dem ‘as well as whig, aboli- tionism, temperanceism, rumism, foolism, and other Varicties. Decrasnp.—Hon. John Pickering died in Boston on y evening last. Pnoonrse or tux Texeonarn.—The tolegraph has | ent at that | reached Syracuse. Mr. Partridg: place, commenced his communicat turday morning. ‘Wuite Leap Fact , the ns at 10 o'clock Sa to me,) I never | dear de- Me- Not even id J impart that conduet of Miss Mc- und: t I felt for your truly great hus- | an yourself. | hoped by at drat speaking to your | on board the American ship Patuxent, in viol | act of Cor M , which forbids citizens of the Unit Slates in eli concerned in the slave trade, | ' penalty of $1000 and imprisonment. » Miss McDowell, for the importation into the U. States the letter that I once aiddressed to her, in which I done | andalso prohibi y that I can | by { | vis, which - brought under other statutes, yet I | bring | dence which shall be adduced in this case | bring it within this statute. He then read the séction of the act, and continued to say, that from the exposition of | it, which he had given, it would be | pecemery. to prove that slaves shoul to the tenor of | have been violated almost every day by American cit wer grades, down to justices, unless he belongs to one of the first families of ones—and unless he has been a bitter federalist and a lawyer, no matter how well lents, education, and de- ing. ‘The first constitute the nds treated cavalierly and with Couteeaty, Their will return to | Consummation of the ch, the first piece of ev! ter of the Patuxent, to show that Slave Trade, United States Cireult Courts Before Judge Nelson. Max 9.—Trial of N. T. Davis and T. L. Shaw, Captain and Mate of the schooner Patuxent, for a violation of the laws for the Suppression of the Slave Trade.—After the {un ‘was sworn, and some prelimi: rrangements in re- lation to the mode of conducting the trial, the United States her to change her conduct towaffs | is Uni e her to change her conduct townfls | District Attomey opened for the prosécution. He suid that Davis and Shaw stood indicted on acharge of being m of the ress of slaves one place to another, and , subjects them, or in m conviction, to a nder the provisions of the constitution of the United States, Congress could not prevent the importation of slaves into the U. States until the ‘year 1800} Sut since that period, they have passed various laws, prohibiting, under the severest penalties, slaves from Africa, foreign governments in that trafic. Tethink the ovr it ch will clearly der this statute, because received it was not AY be actually put on the vessel; it was enough to show that the ores 'e | was commenced with an intent that the veasel shoul equipped and engaged in the traffic. The case that you have now to try, will fully disclose the usual mode in which the acts of Congress, prohibiting the slave trade, and the gendral principles upon which they are framed zens ; but in order that you should fully understand thi case, it is necessary for you also te understand the rel tions between our government and foreign government se, it will be necessary for me to explain them at some length to you. Great Britain, to her honor, was the first of the European nations to takethe lead in she greet | ons ; | measure. She first suppressed it in her own domi she then entered into negotiations with other nations, an: did all she could to induce them to follow her example ; and she has done it in this way—she has said to them, | have suppressed the slave trade in my dominions ; have prohibited my People from being directly or indirectly concerned in it, and I now ask you to follow my example, and not any longer allow your subjects to import slaves into your colonies; and finally by her representations, she induced Mexico and some other Southern States, on thi: continent, to prohibit it, and afterwards succeeded in ducing Spain, Portugal and France, to do the same, by a ceding to the British government the right to search all vessels carrying the flag of these governments. The British government, in pursuance of those powers, kept ire Fa continually cruising on the coast of Africa, when any vessel was found engaged in this nefarious trade, she was carried into the port of Sierre Leon, and was there tried by a mixed commission, composed of Englishmen, Spaniards, Portuguese, &c., according to the flag under which such vessel was sailing. She next ap- plied to our government, and exerted all her influence to persuade them to allow her that privilege; but there were circumstances connected with the subject which made it impossible for the government of the United States to give her that permission; but our government bei derto facilitate its suppression, entered into called the Ashburton Treat: both governments shall keep a squadron on the Coast of Africa, and mutually assist in putting an end to this trade, ke.) Ho continued to say that, notwithstanding the efforts of the United States and Great Britain, the slave trade is shape. Until after the treaty of 1843, { mn to keepa large squadron on that const, and ince interfered with more effect in suppression of odious traffic. He then went on to state where vessels employed inthe slave trade were usually built in the United States—and to describe the devices and tricks to which captains resorted for the purpose of elud- ing detection. reey, sometimes carried out a cargo for the missionaries, had it actually marked on bill sag 'y cargo.” After the sale and deli- very of the cargo, the vessel would continue ort po up and down the coast for about sixor seven weeks, at the end of that time the vessel was usually sold to some slave owner on the coast,a new master and new cre pat on board, and the vessel immediately after emplo) in transporting slaves to the Ialand of Cuba, or the Indies; 80 that a vessel setting out from a port in the Uni- ted States with alawful cargo, was not of itself entitled to much consideration. He then went on to describe the operation of bringing the slaves to the coast, and put- ing them on board. There are, said he, a race of negroes on that Coast called Kroomen, who’ are very seldom made slaves of, from their superior intelligence and their importance to the persons who on the trade. Those menare usually employed by the dealers in slaves to go intothe interior, procure the slaves from the negro chiefs, and bring them down to the coast, and afterwards watch and take care of them until they are Spl Inthis way there is a constant supply of slaves, of all agesand sizes, brought down from the interior to the coast; and with the aid of these Kroomen 4 are finally transferred to the slave owner, who k factory on the coast. When a vessel arrives, and r she delivers reargo, she is then offered for sale, and is usually bought up by one of those slave dealers, but the actual b does not place until the slaves are puton After some further remarks, he went onto describe the Patuxent, and the circumstanc- es under which she was boarded and taken. He said she was built in Maryland—was a schooner of about 95 tons burthen, and shortly before she was sold, had made two or thres voyages irom this port to the ooest of Africa and | (ug.co, akg the hfomigg Tree Havana back again. ‘After her last return voyage she was sold to N. T. the man now on his trial.— He had her registered in his own name, as a citizen of the United States; and here, said Mr, Butler, it becomes necessary for me tostate to you who this Mr. Davis is that has become the master and owner of the schooner Patuxent. Letme tell you, then, he had been the mate opportunit; ing , and of knowing that the Atalanta sailed from the coast of Africa with a full cargo of slaves, which were shipped by him for Havana—so that he must have full knowledge of the character of Carnot. I advert, said he, to this circum- stance, a¢ a very important fact, and one which is proper for you to take into your consideration, when you come to pass upon this case. ‘The remainder of the address was a statement of all the facts and circumstances connected with the seizure and detention “of the vessel, and with on the mi officers of the Yorktown, that she was equip 1d for the slave trade—all which facts, fully det in the evidence of Lieutenant Chandler, so far as it has ased After the District Attorney had concluded his opening nce offered was the regis- e was an American vessel; that Davis and Shaw were American citizens; that the former was her sole owner; and that he was de- me therein, as of the city and county of New York. e that the crew were to render themselves on board, on or | before the 26th of June, 1845, and that they were to serve for one year, unless they were sooner dissharged in the United States; and that the vessel was bound to one or more ports on the coast of Africa, The shippii were then put in, and contained the names of the as follows :—Thos, L. Shaw, mate; Wm. Jackson, steward -A white lead factory has beev and cook; Heury Peterson, John Miller, Peter Williams, jes were next put in, and read, to show crew, started in St. Louis, ona scale sufficiently extensive to | and John Wheeler, seamen—all described gs white men turn out one million article is said to be the establishment is a manufactory of barytes, an article extensively used for various Las “sper but hithorte ex- clusively imported from New York at great cost. The the lead mines of Missouri, and inds of white a year. Up to the present time it had been ers as valueless, but now makes an item of ‘considerable oe It in delivered at the factory, in a crude state, for | cents the hundred pounds. Cyntovs Barpe.—At a recent election in Milwaukie, the following ballot was found in the box Duo the bearer $3 75, in meat.” This was signed by a butcher; | but the voter, in mistake, popped in the consideration in- stead of the ballot. Loca Paopuctioxs.—It is astonishing how certain | juce, Some towns | districts run into the samo kind of are giving up to shoe-making, some to bucket-making — Some States, like Kentucky, produce all the giants of the country, and some all tho minstrels. Vermont seems to be gathering credit for the production of living skeletons. Calvin Edson, of bare-bone memory, was from the Green Mountain State, we believe, and now we see announced another living skeleton in Montpelier, Vermont. yatre Prax qT The Legislature of Texas har elected Mews. Ford kc Croniean, publishers of the Texas Democrat, public printers for the State. Murtany Excamement.—The Danville (Ky.) Tribune 7a that efor ary place, cotemense os the 1 of July sratit after the Fourth, A committee is out and that ir procured, the volusteer t the State will be invited to attend. Gigeseteny Bor ‘The bust of General pane ne ral te the lnnoniod Clevenger, has been purchas- Sho get up a seblis vabectiotion for the purpose. The wi a ‘sul n for , price Aras $000. Tux Susxy Sovrn.—A Southern exchange paper, nature’ Florida, says: of one of " n spots in “Corn at present is knee high, and green peas, cucum- bers and aro daily luxuries. Game comes to the ddor eet take you to take it.” Pourrreran’s Hymwe—Caleb Cushing has published a hy to tie Doar ‘hat Ieequite equal to any John Quincy Adama’ ; Watts ‘eloneds them both ; z and beside his hymns, efforts of politicians look like af- | oto excellent quality. Connected with | Davies, verifying the descrij board ‘The bill of Inding, two clearances, the Patuxent and the Atalanta, wore next put in, and read. says, crude barytes abounds in all | that brought from the | south partof the State is pronounced a i gag edo | wes then | U.S. navy. In Boptombor, 1645, was on board the York- town, Commander Bell; she was then employed as one of the squadron on tho const of Africa, employed in crating up and down that const, to co-operate with the ex impression of witness is, that the seen on tend the latter came in it of the former again the next day; about noon they Few y | they boarded her again on the the 26th, company ; witness boarded her the following day, the captured as a slaver, and tose ordinary circumstances; hich document was attached, the affidavit of ns of the crew. An additional crew list, signed by John Smith, Joseph T. Marrel, James C. Clark, seamen, which was found on when she was captured, was then put in, and read. -books of the ‘Wa. Cuaxoren, Esq., Lioutenant of the Yorktown, led, and examined.—Is a Lieutenant in the adron in the su of the slave trade, , for the protection of our own laws; recollects a the schooner Patuxent on that coast, she was boarded on or about the 25th the usual bute short recollect the exact time—I thin} of September, with a view to putting niries; the persons who her were ime on boa: tht be an hour, I do not Yor Monrovia that dey’ the I didn’t notice her departure for Mor al Yorktown prveendad to sea about 4 o’clock that day; the of the Patuxent took place about noon; the ‘orktown could not be by the Patuxent when she put to sea; witness was , and ho could not see the Patuxent ; does not pre- to sey that the Patuxent could not see the Yorktown; red the Patuxent standing ii noon of Capemount ; witness was with the boat's mand of her, with a Cape Messeraro ; after witness took com! made @ examination of her in company with Lieu- tenant 1; but at Monrovia they made amination of her; the last examination was at Monrovia, about the 9d of ; witness found five persons on board of her when he took the command—Davis, Shaw, Morrel, ee and . Q—What pane he yg wuld ‘manage the vesse! ~ ju the number found on board would be ‘4 were all strong, bodied men, quite intelligent, and active ; on the examine- tion mace Davis, tho ro log Vouk wow produced; one i Ct avis, the two * one is the ey es ‘of the Patuxent, and the other of the Atalanta. ‘The Distaicr Arroxney offered to read the log book of the Atelanta. Counsen for tl o prienee objected, on the they were only indicted for serving volw the Patuxent; that there was no nt relating to the to defend themselves with the Patuxent, and | denied that every thing fourm on board was peter ter | date of 27th December, iting U. States citizens from being employed | °° a ‘that t Phe earoot a now to come before you, although it might oper vi ia with regard to this abominable traffic, and for this pur- | equally | anxious to terminate this abominable nuisance, and in or- | he treaty | 5 | concluded at Washingtong in 1842, which is commonly | (Here Mr, Butler read the | Oth article of the treaty, which expressly provides that | ‘that no man shall | till. carried on, and the markets of Brazil and other places sy) jovernment of the Uni- ted States had not been in the habit of keeping a large squadron on the coast of Africa, and this circumstance led to giving great facility to vessels built in the United} >>| States, for carrying on the slave trade with impunity; but | stJy% since 1642 they have been required by the treaty of articles | could be pt chinery, &e., coul Or otherwise injured herself) and nce for further staunch and strong, and voyage without detent apply to HERALD CIRCULATION—FORTY THOUSAND. Dally, Two Cents Per Copy; Weekly, $312; a Year. mony, or could with propriety be admitted as evidence in support of this indictment. Distaicr Arrorney replied. Cotinr suid that the evi he could not restrict the District Attorney. Objection overruled and the log book read. ith the entry— Capt. Johnson all to understand that he had Carnot, of Capemount ; dis- foil. ‘At2P. M., discharged to Theodore Carnot.” LER resumed.—What came on board, and gay sold the Atalanta to © charged twenty-five casks all on board, and the brig i Linvut. ion? in the cabin, in one of hi «ping berths, two swal «1 pennants; one was made of blue bunting. and the other was of cotton mate- rial, red and white stripes, @—in what place are flags usually kept in merchant sels A:-=I do not know that there is any rule about it. lieve that no two vessels have the same rule in regard to where they keep their flags ; I believe the most usual place to keep them is in a little locker on deck; cannot say from what part of the berth they were produced. It isnot very usual for merchant vessels to have such flags on board. Q.—What is the customary use of those flags? A.—I could not see the use of them. those on ry are —— the same size Q.—What else did you find in the cabin? A.—We found in the hold 25 gallous of brandy, and about 7} gallons of rum. I do not now recollect what else we found in the cabin besides the tlags ; we found a quantity of cabin stores, about 84 Ibs. of brown sugar, coftee, black pepper, ginger, butter, tea, brown and white soup, flower, raisins, pickles, olive oil, 500 Ibs. American rice, 11 bottles of wine, one box of ale, half barrel of white sugar, kc. &e. Q.—How long, in your judgment would, those stores supply acrew of five men? —They would be suttici for the crew for 30 days, (Read an inventory of the ship's sails.] Q—Is that an exact description of the ship's sails, which I ow read ? .—Y¥6s, sir. Q—Are these the sort of sails that would be needed on our coast ? A.—In my judgment they were not such sailsas would be needed on our coast. Q—I wish to know whether those sails were adapted hetter for a voyage to any other part of the world than to New York? A.—They were well adapted to any voyage where she would meet with light and leadiag winds for thirty days, Q.—What is the usual winds at that season of the year, on @ voyage from the coast of Africa to the West Indies / A.—The winds at that seassn blow off the land, and the usual course is to get into the trade winds and run down to the westward. ‘The sai found in the Patuxent were well adapted to a voy kind. 1 should think it takes from 20 to 25-di a voyage from the coast of Africa to the Island of Cuba, provided lead- ing winds are met with, The witness was then procecd- ing to describe the plank found on board the Patuxent, for the alleged purpose of constructing a slave deck, when the court OLLAR FOR e—The well E Passengers to Providenc ‘own and splendid steamer RHODE ISL. F Dec ND, Captain Manche d , Wednesdays and Munya; aad the MASSACHUSETTS, Captain: Porter, on ‘Thursdays, and Saturdays. "Leay y .M., for Boston, via New; Fare to Boston, $2.cabin ; $1'60 deck. Fare $1.50 cabin; $ideck. Freight taken at the lowest rates, and imme: forwarded. myl0 Im*re NEWARK one avaen YORK. The Splendid Steamer PASSAIC, will on and after May ist, run run urther notice as follows :— Leave Barclay st., New York, igoreee P.M. . The Passaic eas RF 3 PEOPLE'S LINE OF STEAMBOATS FOR ALBANY Daily, Sundays ensepted—Throegh, Direct—at 7 o'clock, P.M. From the Pier between Court! it and Liberty ‘Steamboat ROCHESTER, Capt. Hough- ton, will leave on Monday, Weduesday, and MENDRICK BSON, Capt. Cruttenden ‘Steamboat IN, . id yell tearoom Bucsday, Vhursday and Saturday Evenings, at o'clock, clock, landing at intermediate places. will Teare in Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday After noons, at 5 o'clock. + Ste boat NORTH AMERICA, Capt. R. H. Furry, will leave on Tuesday, ‘Thursday, and Saturday Afternoons, at oe ‘The above Boats will at all times arrive in Albany in ample time for the morning cars for the East or West. Freight taken at moderate rates, Z All. fer re forbid trusting any of the Boats of this line witl ute Dae yes Ae! pean on A prt BCRULTD av the office on the wharl. +o maytre THE MOST DELIGHTFUL OF ALL EXCURSIONS. A SAIL across the Hudson. Tr to Hobo- ken, and thena walk. to the Elysian Fields can be sent a charming aspect, the tr ‘soil covered witha rich turf. cellent order, having been considerably Canal and Christopher sts., ings and seats. ing iu leaf and bellished the present spr Mya Lh a “NigutBoaw ran from Hoboken to Barclay street until 1 joe Ferriage 6X cents. mi 3m*r NEW YORK, ALBANY AND 'THOY LINts. FOR ALBANY AND TROY DIRECT, from the foot of Courtlandt street. bir pongs od faking this Bost rl iy | a ga, ‘Whiteball and Lake Cham. pl 4 teamer EMPIRE, Captain R. B, Macy, leaves the foot of Courtlande streets of Tuesday, Thurdny and ’ evenings, at seven o’clock, “The ‘Steam COLUMBIA, Capt. Wm. H. 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STEAMER CA) TRA Poot HALIFAX AND Bt ship, CAMBRIA havi we snrvey, been ascertained to teed ard perfect orders will sil from fon for the above ports on her regular fatnrday, 1th May. Bor froth or pasene By hire AM, Jr. Agent, At HARNDEN & CO.'S. 6 Wall st: BOSTON STEAMERS FOR HALIFAX AND LIVERPOOL. myMol5 rre E ish and Ni ‘al Mail Steen Bhipe CAMBRIA, BRIT AN: will leave ton TA, and HIBERN IA. ich May, 1946. ist June, 160) Passage to je to For freight or passage, apply ° BRIGHAM, Jr., Agent. Wat HARNDEN & CO5B, 6 Wall st, No Berth secured until paid for. mr? tf re Pach burthen ide cating I sail pos on Satai the Toth oF May , BROTHERS & CO.,, myl0m 35 Patton sieese dort Dove fa the Peom atk T. 2 GEN L EMIGRATION SUED te cea oe Satted te Moet cnet Reve them brows r THe NEL LIVERPOOL PACKETS. a Whips comprising thts Seaton enon an The com wbteht poapeae con be Fs ane apply to DI st., cor. Maiden lane. _ ” T nce now offered was so intimately connécted with the case under consideration, | smalll, to peroomn, oes and went so closely to show the intent of the parties, that | manner as It commenced under | Ibe | 1 have seen | several cases, but I could not see any proper use for | REMITTANCES TO IRELAND, &c. 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PF B isting to send forherr frends it any, part ot Scotland, to sail direct from Glasgow, can make arrange- ments with the Subscribers, to of the regular line of Packets, ¢ ANN HARL, BANACENS nese in Hawki EN, ‘Captain Hawkins, BROOKSBY, ise the aboy. for the sendin this (the only line pe ven, on application to ‘urther particulars giv Ww. Fi TRAPSCOTT, 75 South street, corner of Maiden Lane, or Messrs. REID & MURRAY alor “NEW YORK AND GLASGOW T) PACKETS, of each month. From N. x oek Fp 7 Ship SARACEN, N. T. Hawkins, Br. Ship BROOKSBY, H. M'Ewen,} Br Bark ADAM CARR, ——, ; UNITED STATES & GI BRITAIN & pS ee OLD ISHED EMIGRANT IF FIC bet a repared Cos. of Boston. | by | Arabore. NE_OF LIVER. Vor Vere itegulet | nets —The new, nt and: Hoa pe PORES | fortable wee nd tJ it reliance eis fas engaged 1. Br. Bark ANN HARLEY, R. Scott, } Sept. "y fan are good, substantial vessels, unctually on their regul These shi and will Pigs modations for mot are signed therefor, For freight or Pusstges apply Charerh WOODHULL & MINTURN, 87 South street, New York, or at re REID & MURRAY, Glasgow. NEW LINE OF LIVERPOOL PACKETS. ED from New ib ist, and ue S 2 : =, month, * ive ‘a From New Fork. Togrpoct, or sho Piper se ome, 3 Aoeit | a Ship Hottinguer, 1050}tons, July These aoabnl fast ” aa ian A Shon é the city of new York ability, and will each month Their eabins are elegant and commodious, and are furnished with whatever can conduce to the ease and comfort of pasen- are commanded by men of experience be despatched punctually on the 2ist of cay peaine nor owners of these ships will be re or packages sent by them, unless jed therefor. 87 South street, New York, or to FIELDEN, BROTHERS & CO., mf re Liverpool. fee FOR, LIVERPOOL—First Packet Shige, to, be ; As follows, viz—The splendid, fast- SHIRE, Captain), G. 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Kor frei pecsaee PHS HNC, ne, iP or Regular ‘Ship GLADIATOR, ‘il ml = Tabore, Ler segular Set tubing xecond cabin, han Scones tan, Comer of Pine ahd South stre Persons wiehitG,'esmmtey ty gue Oh tee tee ca A pronughe mt 00 iéth, end thot each month, on terms, by applying as above. GLASGOW, LINE OF PACKET er Phe fine fa te ‘OF passage, having excellent accomodations.