The New York Herald Newspaper, April 20, 1848, Page 1

| | _ low im manuscript, or forwarded, of The Proceedings of the Court of Inquiry. : Erautn Osy—Mareh 24, 1848, Penosedings of previous day road. a portion of the operations; [ Iwas notat the battle on the 20th of August. st plow requested fo havo the question limited in 1 apptloation to Leonid en. Seott requested. | might bo ad- Gen. Scott requested that dressed through the Recorder. i have had no convereation with Mejor Gen. Pillow ouths subject; [heve had frequent conversation with bE staff, and have heard them disouss the subject with others Q. Did the witness hand the Loonidas letter in person to Mejor Gen. Pillow? Was it opened or seal: there no remark made to Mrjor Gen. Pillow as to the question ? . A. I cannot say that I handed the lett-r to Maj. Gen Pillow to be forwarded, and, therefore. there could not haye been spy conversation on the subject I wrote thy letter, enveloped it.and I think direoted it—it is seven i was done, and | said yest. rday I took no copy of the letter Were there few or many opportunities for forwarding letters to the U: wk I caunot say whether there ak ma ve there were faw—I have beard of the Britir! jo rier—of subscriptions by officers for seading off their lottera—of private expresses I cannot recaldect into Be iced hands | placed the Leonidas letter for trane- mission Q. At whose instance, and for what reasov, was the ad- dress to the editors of the Union, Washington, D. C.. first cancelled at the top and then at the bottom of that letter, and that of the editors of the New Orleans Delta, 1d in both places. A. The words were cancelled at my own instance, and the reason was to give it publicity. Q Would not the letter bav- bad equal or greater Publicity if publiched in the Washington Union ? 4. 1 do not know the ciroulstion of either of those papers. ‘Witness was here shown paper marked No. 1, and then remarked,*{ have never seen it ” Q Was not the true reason for changing the address of the Leonidas letter this—fladiog that the twin Peper to the Leontdes letter was not likely togo through Mr. Freaver; and if so, did you got the suggestion from Gen. Pillow, or frem whom? A. | div not, sir—I never saw this peper—never kuew of its existence until after I hed sent the other letter. Q Did the witness mean to sey that without the spe- cial auchority or the knowledge of Gen. Pillow, he went into bis private office or apartment. and purloined thence an important paper or copy of ono ? A. I do say thet I did enter the offise of Gen. Pillow without hie knowiedg>, and took a copy of s papor I have alluded to in my furmer testimony. Q. Did Gen. Pillow, upon his having missed the paper, or learning that the witness had copied it in Aogust last, = ing into it, and rebuke or pardon him for so joing? A. I have never heard of his having missed the papsr —I did not take it out of the cffice—I kuow nothing about the ae in the remainder of the question, and cannot anawer it. Q As the tee oe Pad the witness seems excellent in some particulars, will he try to raily it, and answer the latter part of the last question 7 A. I never heard eres on that subject—1 do not know that he Q. Was that paper from which Leonidas wes copied, lefts by Gen. Pillow in the usual naunte of the witness de- sgaealy or not, in order that he might take a copy of A. 1 am satisfied it was not. Q’ Was the paper found on the private table of Gen. Tillow alone, or mixed up with other papers? A. I took no particular notice of that fact—it was ly- ing on his own private table. Witnees was here requested to read paper marked No. 1, by the Judge Advocate. Q Was the paper found as heretofore stated witaes, 8 copy with or without interliaeations, 1 \- cally or substantially the same as paper marked No. 1? A’ I cannot say it wad—I stated vy it apy to be a partial memorandum re; of the of ‘his commend on the 19th or of August. “ + Q Did the witness do more in respect to the Leonidas Jettop than copy (address and all) the paper found in — trop he private appartment or office ? Q In whose quarters or office did the witness write or copy the Leonidas letter? A’ [have stated before, that i General Pillow’s office rtial copy of the memerandum or report. . When did the witness write or copy the paper, ar- or letter, signed Leonidas, and in what particulars did it diffsr from the paper which you copied ? A I have stated that I copied it in Generai Pillow’s officeI cannot point out the differences, never having compared the Leonidas letter with the original from which I copiedit. ¢ Q. Was the witness secure against interruption whilst engaged in copying the letier in General Pilllow’s office, or he feel secure against it? " ‘A. I never was interrupted in any wey, in particular. Q Who oalled the attention of the witness to the in- tertiplatons in the twin per. before the court, marked 1, ang. were the same interlineations in the paper that witness accidently found ? A. They were not. This isthe first time | have ever seen t No. 1. Qa Ly e witness is again asked if the interlineatiens pl 9S No. 1 were in the paper found in Gen. Fillew’s office ? A. L cannot say that they wore. ~ Q. When did the witness make the interlineations in the Leonidas letter, or were they copied from No. 1? A. They never were copied from No.1. I have said 1 never saw.the paper No. 1 until to-day; this was made jor was written 'Q. The witness answers, the interlincations were made after the letter was written. No doubt; but how long after, and at whose su; ition ? A. I canmot Sy, how long after, but they were made at no one’s suggestion. Q. Did-the witness write the Leonidas letter at one sitting, the interlineations and all, or at several, and did be show it to any one in its pees t A. | did not show it to any body, I believe. I have no recollection of it 1 wrote it at differenttimes. Q. How many different pens and shades of lok did the witness use in writing the Leonidas letter, interlin« tions included ? A [cannot say. I sometimes wrote with a steel pen, sometimes with » quill. Q. How many diterent hend writings can tho wit- ness write for the body of a paper, and for interlining thet peper ? A. I write several different hands. sometimes my most intimate friends cannot tell; my — veries very much, it depends upon the pen | write wi Q_Inwiiting the Leonid: a w= historiographer of Msjor Gen. Pillow ? 5 'd not Q—Has the witnees been indemnified in advance, or by ‘premise, by any army officer, for soknowledging the authorship’ of eonidas letter in the face of the I write a hand ie gencral regulation of the army, relative to probibited letter r) reports, &e.? '¢ hes not been promised any indemnity. ‘Tho witness says he has not been promised any, ther be has received any ? I have never re- any promice. any indemnity; if i hed been offered, T'would have scorned it. Has the witness, since the printed copy of Leont- das appeared in this capital, ever denied the authorship of it, or any knowledge of it ? A.—I never beve; If I have, it has been in a jocore way. Q—Wwhat hand has tho witness bad in certain pspers got ap for sigvature in the late third, or Piliow's divi- ion. for preasnting a sword to that general, or in ano- ther paper in relation toa personal conflict between a Mexican cfficer and the ssid general, in the battles of Coutreras and Churubusco. or in a paper concerning a general address to the s:id Pillow, in reference to his con- duct on those fields and at Chapultepec? A.—I had a hand in that paper. [ drew up that Peper for presenting @ sword to General Pillow; | know of no paper in relation to @ personal conflict between that Generel and » Mextoan officer. 1 know of no ccm adérees respecting his cenduct in the battles of Mexieo. & Q.-- Was the paper alluded to submitted to Genetal Pillow? Hes not tho witness written a letter or let- tera, other thau Leonidas, for publication, as highly Jaudatory of Mujor-Goneral PI and hes not the witness ebown one or more such to the said Pil- M, One Or more such letters through him for publication at home, with or without his, the said Pillow’s corrections or ‘spproba- tion ? Tho witnean declined to answer the question, and ap- pealed to the court. « Gen. 8corr rose and said, in substance :—The court will ses’ the bearing of this question. | am sure it is per- Unent, and I am willing to scate to the court, in the ab- sence of the witness, the full bearing of the question.— ‘The witness has shown no hesitaacy in acknowledging ‘the authorrhip of one letter, with the regulations star- ing him in the face, for the benefit of the defence. Gen. Pir.ow rosofand in substance :—That the court bas seen the lati'ude in to this examination, aad I rise to make no objection; but it would be apparent to any man not blinded by passion, that many question: Davo been asked the witness highly reflecting upon o: cersofthe army. He raid he hoped he was not to be bold responsible for ona letters written by Mejor Burns during the campaign. Mojor Goner: t then said in sutstance: He had ‘now to state to jurt that it was his design to im- juess, by show! ng that he a youch the testimony of th had been ia tho habit of ing letters highly laudatory ef Major-Gen. i nd transmitting them open ‘hrough Gen. Pillogr thet the probability was he hed done so in ine this, the most important of these léttera. quired to ascer vrehended that t } 8nd on doing opened ion should not bs oaked, provi: stated that by answering it he would crimi- ecision being made the witness deolined on the grevnd tbat by so doing he would crimuingte bigiaelt (eo Roorr here reed ihe Regulation the witness bad aokmowledged certal fed that ects which he would not here characterize. aud it was too late to set up the plea of loes of character, after having, with great willingness, acknowledged the Leonidas letter vo- luntarily, for the benefit of the defence. Gen. Scott wished to submit argument to the court, which he sired should be placed upon its record. Court adjourned. Ninta Da’ ‘The court met purrus all present. The proce: were read we General Scorr submitied the following in wri- ing : “ Msjor General Scott, prerent before the Court of In- quiry, 26 thé”proseoutor of certain chorges against Ma- Jor General Pillow, aud the said Soott being engaged in the crors-examination of Paymaster A. W Barns, a wit- ness for the defence, respecting the allegetio the said Pillow of Lacie og lespatobing, or Marcu 25, 1848. to adjournment. Members 38 of the two previous days be written and despatched, for publi States.s certain letter si Leonidi of which leiter, since pul > th corded himselfto be alone responsi oy or the knowledge, at tho time, of the said Pillow — the said Scott seeking, and not doubting by facts to be elicited in the crose-examination, to impugn and im a that declaration of the said witness, by showing jis hebit ot communicating his newspaper puffs to the eaid Pillow—caused to be put to him from tho record of the court, as the first of a new series of cross-questions, the following : biche ion of the prosecutor.—Has not the witness written a letter, or letters, othor than Leonidas, for pub- lieatio home, ay leuditory of Major General Pillor id has not the witness shown one or more letters tothe said Pillow, in Ley or forwar. open, one or more such lett through him, for publica- jon at home, with or without his, the said Pillow’s, cor- rections or approbation ? “Whereupon, the said Burns, hesitating to answer that question, the said Pillow rose in support, by argu- ment, of the hesitancy of h's own witness —when. partly before th» court was closed to deliberate o2 the objection, partly after the court had pubicly announced its cis'on that the witness would no: bs compelled to an- swer the jnterrogatory, if he should ray that thereby he would criminaie himself, and when the witness had ac- tually made such declaration—the said Scott, on the two cccesions, offered te the court.subs‘antially,the following remarks, or suggestions, which ha is now permitted to reduce to writivg. and place upon the record of the Pe tas his argument and proteet against the said de- sion :— “ Mr President and Gentlemen of the sud Court:— “Itis now too late for the witness, whose memory is 0 fresh and mioute on one side o! the case, and who is mere non mi recordo on the other, to decline answer- iog the question upon the record, leat it may criminste him; for he has already ackaowledged himeelf, at the instance of the defendant, und for his benefit, whose witness he is, guiityjot the published letter signed “ L:on- idar, and the penalty of that single admiasion, if prose. cuted, and not pardoned is the Joss of his commission; for the writing of one such letter is as fatal as the writing of one hundred—the denunciation of the President’s General Regulation, published in orders, January 23, 1847, being that— © «Private letters ar reports, relativefto military marches and Operatioas, are frequently misohievous in design, and always disgraceful to the army They sre, there- fore, striotly forbidden; and spy cffloer found guilty of waking such report for P blication, without special pee: mission, or of placing the writing ae his control. #0 that it finds its way to the press, one month after termination of the campaizn to which it relates, shall be diamissed from the service. mare official disgrace of the witness is therefore com- lete. “And, Me. President, it is now also too late for him to set up the possible loss of private charactor against an- eweriog the same question, as—tojhelp the defenco, wh under examination in chief—he has further acknow- jedged, upon the record of the court, that he had pur- joined, from @ private apartment of Mejor General Pil- important , or clandestinely made a copy Paper I must, however, bow to the decision of the court, and conduct the future cross-examination of the witnesses as well as Laay (ar aporeny ret ** Respect submitte “ Mexico, March 25,1848” a Gen. Pittow rose, and said, the reading having been finished, that he wished to call the attention of the court to the fact that there were errors in the paper submitted. General Pillow wished the romack to be appsnded to that paper,‘ that Gem Fillow had waved all otjections to tho Crose-examination of thet witness.” Mejor Burns hoped the court would please allow him to correct something he had said the day previous, vis: ‘Im relation to writing the Leonides letter, I wish to state that it was written in my own office, ond notin Gen. Pillow’s, as might be inferred from my evidence yestor- day.”” He also begged permission of the court to read ‘& peper he held in bis hand. a court, after some deliberation, allowed it to be read. ‘Wituesa then submitted the following: “Amongst the questions put to me yesterday by Maj. Gen. Scott, were two, in language I deemed designed to be exceedingly offensive to myself. ‘To every question pro. pounded by the court, I shall endeavor to gives trus and courteous answer. I have never before been before ® teilitary court as a witness, nor tothe best of my reool- lection, before a civil one, and am eltogetber unacquain' ed with lings in such cases 1, thorefore, respect. fally request this court to protect me from insult, whilst #0 situated that I cannot protect myself. Respectfully submitted, A. W. BURNS. “March 25, 1848.” Tho ‘udge Advocate eaid he was ‘irected by the court to inform the witness that he would be protected at all times by them, and whenever he was caked any question which he considered disrespectful or improper, he might appeal to the court Gen. P—How dil it chanos that the witness became emt Mojor General Pillow’s division, andat whose request ? A—It was at my own request to Mejor Kirby. Gen. P--The witness has said he saw the battle of Contreras. Over what parts of the ficld wos he, and with whom, and between what hours? . T went out with General Pillow on the morning of the 19th; I was on different parts of the field; 1 was on the brow of the hill,and I saw Mojor General Scott there U did not leave the field until after dark. Gen. Scott here moved that the Judga Advocate fur- nish the witness with paper and pens—ss many kinds of 8 as bi ires—and that witness be required to write the words in the interlineations to be given to the witness from the Leonidas letter by the Judge Adyo- cate— each word several times. ked that as near as bis memocy would te w thut Gen PP eaid there was an impression which he hop take possession of thia court. He said thet in ination, the party so doing, where the witm hose of wax in the hands of ene party—unwil- wer to the question of the other party, war |, indeed obliged, to put many questions to the wit- nees in order to fled the trath, which wan often at the bottom of a well—had to be pumped up. He hoped the court would mot take up an impression prejudicial to him from that fact, declared he expected and in- timony of that witness. P. said that the proposition made by Gen. 8. war truly extraordinory—so much so that Gen. 8, had to preface it by the remark that he hoped the court would not feel shocked at it. The court has seon the vindic- character of the prosecution. (Hors Gen. I. wes called to order ] Gen. Scorr said he was impeaching tho testimony of the witoe: nd this was one of the modes taken by him—It was not the only modo. (Gen. Scott wae here to order, and both parties notified that their mo. must be submitted in writing } Gon. Scorr then submitted his motion in writing. The Court declined to admit the motion of Major Gen. Scott, aud ordered it to be placed on the record. Gen. Scott asked if he was to understand that the cee to his impeaching the testimony of the witness? Tho Court replied no; certainly not. Gen. P —Is the hand-writing of paper No. 1 known to witness? and if so in what relation dovs the writer stand to Gen Pil'ow? A I cannot ssy that I recognize the hand-writing. Gen. P.—Leok at psper No 1,andsay whether witnerr has heard of that paper provious to the meeting of thir court—bearing a strong resemblanee to Leonidas, ana — interlineations in Geu P.’s hand-writing? A. U have hosrd of a paper bsing in the possession of Mr. Freaner similar to this in oheracter, with the inter. Mnations in Gen P.’s hand writing. Gen, P.—tias the witness ever beard Gon. P. ke on the subject cf a certain paper Mr. Freaner had in his possession; and if so.at what time and place, and what did he say? sation in his office; { cannot recollect the time; I hare heard him say Mr F’. hada paper in hie possession which had been written by hisclerk. 1 trink he said with hir own interlinations, and which hs caured to be handed to Mr. Freaner. f Gen. P.—What impression was left on your mind by those conversations? A. 1 do not recollect, and cannot spoak upon the sub- ject Gen. P,—Did Major Gen. Pillow deny sip as No. 1 had ever been banded to . [never heard him rpesk on that aT co pits OS believe I ever had any conversa rat it. with hii Has the witness heard it stated by Gen Pi Gen low that a F cor nding to No. | had been pur- a2. Pillow's fice. ial Joined from A. I do not recollect of having h f {that kind bag fp ee purlotned” mlisgadaie agri etr5 Gen. P.—Before sending off the Leonidas Iettor, will the witness state whether it w: Pillow’s staff, or his olerk, Dr. A. Tha tion of having read it to thom— not the remotest—or of having givea {t to them to read. Gux. P.—State ao nearly as witness oan, the day ou which, ducing absence. &o., of Gea P. ho found and copied the report in Gen. Pillow’s office? A | could not say the ha it ia imposeiblo I could an- ewer that question correctly” ~ Gen. P —Willthe witoess read with attention paper 0, 1, and having no read it, stete if itis not absolutely identical in certain psragrapha—and if not so, in what words it d from his Leoni t A I find them identical, with the exception word “now ” for “ ” on before “Riley,” and 4 mont ” before © wounding in the general engeg of “ 600 or 800 of tho G ‘illow moved in Leonid . Pillow then moved.” Io Leonidas the word © irium- phant ’’ is erased ond “victorious” interlined; in No ead by any one of Gen. end? 1 the word “triumphant ” occurs; in No 1.“ in rear”? ~ in Leonidas, “inthe rear,” in No 1, “ Santa tha in Lesnidas, Churubmaco;” in No. 1, « Soott liad now assumed command ” ~in Leonidas, “Gen, Seott now assumed command for the first time;” in No. 1, * he ordered Gen Pillow with Cadwalader’s bri- gade to assault the enemy upon the lett”’--in Lsonidas, “ enemy’s right at Churubusco; in No. 1, “ got entan- gled in some wide ditches, waist deep in mud ”—in Lo onidas, “ which they did in great order;” in No 1, «which they nobly did;” in No 1 “ General’? is in- torlined before * Werth;” in No 1, “in conjunetion” it erlined Gon P.—How dorszthe witners account for that re- markable coincidence? Wan this of witners’s re- port composed of copied from the memorandum or re- port found by the witness on Gen. Pillow’s table at Miscoac? A [cannot account for the coincidence; I have al- ready rald that | 4 fom & memorandum found in Gon. Pillow’s office; [may have made mistakes in my copy; I have never s2en tho paper No 1 before coming to this court, Gen. 0. —If this portionJof witners’s letter was com- posed by hi how did it find its way into paper No. a int&aacy with Dr, Hiertend, Gen. Pil- low’s clerk, so grest ua to warrant the supposition that he took the same liberty with the Leonidas letter which witnens took with Mejor Gen Piilow’s paper? A. I cannot account for the article finding its way into paper No. 1; I never knew that De. Hiestend took an: i oe a with the Leonidas letter; | mever showed i to him Gen. P.—Among the interlineations'in paper No 1 are the following: “Mejor General” aftor “mud and wa- ter” state, if the witners’s memory admits, whether the same words were {nterlined in the memorandum which witness referred to when asked the question from wheuce he obtained the order or arrangement of the Leonidas letier ? A Ido not recollect, it has been so long sizce I took my copy from that paper. Gen P —The remaining interlineations contained in the paper No. Lere tho followiog : “battery.” * Gene- before Worth, “in sorjunotion,” ero not found in the Leonidas I+tter, State whether thoss interlinss- tions were in the payer from which witness took bis © RY ? . [do not recollect. Gen. P.— Upon being asked by Major Gen. Pillow, wit nese replied that he had taken a rough copy of the paper ormemorandum What has become ofthat paper? A. I destroyed it. Gon P —What does witnoss mean by a partial copy ? A Ltook notes and copied parts of it. Gen, P.—Read again the paper No 1,and state whether it is not identical with the paper from which the witness took a copy A. I cannot say that it is identical; it resembles it in eome renpects Gen. P —In witness’s letter, signed Leoni the following passsge :— ** He evinced on this ocossion, as he has done on other occasions, that masterly military genius and profound knowledge of the rcionoe of » whi stonished so much the mere martinets of the prot was very similar to that by which Na reduction of the fortress of Ulm, ai perfectly well pleased with is th could not interfere with any part of it, but left it to the gallant projector to carry it into glorious and suocessful execution ? This qifestion was objected to, aw not being on the written poper before the court, which Mejor Burns here atated was the original of the Leonidas letter, after a critical examination of that paper, marked3. Gen P remarked that he theught the prosecution would fiad thoae words to have originated in a hoax of some of the edi‘orsin Now Or! Gen Scott then withdrew the question, stating that he had taken it from the copy of tnat letter printed in the New Orleans Picayune, not having had that original paper io his hands longer than ten minutes at most. Gen. P. here asked permission of the court to append to the record a copy of his circular, in which he had no- tified the officers of bis division that if a aword was pi sented to him, of declining it, with many thanks for the intended ki feared that the partiality of his friends had overrated his services. jor Barns requested to bs allowed to state that the Money subscribed, with the exception perhaps of $5, bad been returned. Capt. Navior was here calle: d duly sworn. {The report here breaks off } LATER ¥ROM COL. GILPIN’S BATTALION. (From the St. Louis Republican, April 11.)- Yesterday we recoived a letter from a correspondent at Bent’s Fort, dated on the Stnof March. Oar last a0- counts from Fort Mann announced. that orders bad been reosived from Col Gilpin, directing Company E, and ome section of artillery Company C, to march as practicable, and joia his command, then three milor above Bent’s Fort, on the Arkansas. They were ordered tobsthere by the 12th of February, if possible, as the Colonel had received intelligence of a combined force of Indiane and Mexicans being within two hundred end fifty miles of his camp to the south, which he designed to attack. But they did not arrive until the 24th of February, owing to the miserabls condition ot t They wore still in amp near Fort Bent at tl the letter The battalion had pro ficient to last them until the ficst of June next. The horse com- panios under Colonel Gipin had been wintered at Foti Bent—the men haying to live on Taos flour, # little bet- ter than meal bran and occasionally dried pumpkin and molasees, purchased by the soldiers. Colonel Gilpin ex- nity to leave on the projected expedition about the Oth of March, should the express from the States, which was hourly looked for, not bring counter orders. occurs Gen Scott was so andthe Chasonners were rioting over the scalps of some twenty or twenty-five Snake and Pawnee Indians, taken during ths winter. DEATH OF CAPT. WILSON. Uniten States Frac: Suir Cumpercann, *Vera Crus, 28th March, 1843. Sir—I am once more called upon to announce to the Department the death of anotber officer of the Home Squadron. Commander James B. Wilson departed this ie on the 13th inst , being then in command of the U. 8. steamer “ Spitfire,” ond acting as senior officer in the Alvarado river. I have the honor to he, &o, M. C. PERRY, Commanding Home Squadron. Hon, Jou Y. Masox, Seoretary of the Navy, Washing. on. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ‘We learn at the Navy Depsriment, that under sn or- der of the depsrtment cf the 24 ultimo, the sloop Alba- ny, Commender y, about the ist instant, was do. spatebed from Tuspan to La G , the port nearest to Caraccas, to communicate with our Charge a’ Affaires, the Hon. Benj. J. Shields, avd will give ail necessary Protection to our commerce in that quarter. American and Forcign Revolutions— he Death of John Quincy Adams. [From the London Standard, March 20 ] The American revolution of 1774, or rather 1776—for, as Franklin boasted, the Americans put offactual revolution to the moment when they were compelled to declare separation and indepenaence—has been called the parent of all the revolutions that for sixty years have tor- mented Europe. The affilration is probably just The example of a successful popular movement is exactly that ‘exemplar imitabile vitiis” by which the igaorant are most easily deceived, and the American revolution, if it 13 indeed the patent of so many modera r-bellions, has un- doubtedly been the mother “ Datura Progeniem vitiosorem.”? ‘ The modern revolutions have inherited all, its vices without any one of its good qualities This is easily accounted for. The Americans arose to resist a common wrong, to defend them selves against a common aggression. Wro and aggression, however, challenge resistan and delence from all men, from good men as well as bad men, and in the resistance and de- fence the best men will not be the least forward, while the weight of their character will, even in the eyes of others, be allowed on the ground of policy to be a title to take the lead. Heuce it was that the best men in America were the leaders in the revolution of 1776, though, as al- ways happens, when the relaxation of the social bond lets selfish passions loose, the worst class become their followers. This peculiarity of the American revolution it is which has preserved itfrom the character of a vulgar rebeilion, and bequeathed to the republic founded by it whut- ever of stability it possesses. Had the Ameri- can republic been like the French republic of 1792, founded by fools and villains, and stained with rapine and massacre, it is uot possible that it could have endured, as it has endured, sixty- five, or, dating irom the declaration of 1776, Seventy-two years; it must have sunk, as the French republic ot 1792 did, under its er:mes, he tenth part of the time. These reflections have b-en suzgested to us by the remarkable circumstances of the death of one of the greatest and best men of the Ame rican nation; a surviving witness of the revolu- tion; the son of a@ principal actor in it, and hun- self almost an actor—Mr. John Quincy Adains On the 234 of last month (ebruary), Mr. Adams expired in the capitol at Washington, at the advanced age of 81 years. The day is re- markable as the very same on which the last French revolution—the youngest born of the “progenies vitiosior”’—waa eflected; and the circumstance o! Mr. Adams’s death beur a stri king resemblance to those in which another greatand good man—a statesman and an orator and a devout Christian, Lord Chathaim—was taken to his reward On the 231 Mr. Adams was stricken by paralysis in the Congress Hall, and removed to an adjacent chamber of the capitol, where, after a brief period of elignt eulfering, he breathed his last. Ona the following day the two houses assem- bled to do houor to the memory of their depart- ed colleague, and certainly the proceedings of the several assemblies reflect no less honor upon elves than upen lim who was the ob) et of their sorrow aud their ¢ ulogy The proceedings commenced in the House of NEW YORK, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1848. Representatives, where Mr. Hudson, of Massa- ehusetta, gave a short recapitulation of the vari- ous and projenged public services of Mr. Adams, as ambassador to nearly every European State in snecession, as Secretary of State to the repub- lic, as President, and subsequently as Senator and member of the repres: ive rssembly. Mr. H m eoucluded his speech with the fol- lowing fine pr referring to the private and personal character of the deceased—a_ passage, the spirit of which we sivuld much like to see unitated in our own hous “But itis pot as a public contemplate Mr. Adams, ‘where tired ulation drops the mask,’ and man Dears as be really !9 we find in bim all those sfient and social virtues whioh «dorm the character. His ardent love of justice, bin inflexib'e regard for truth, hi ro devotion to tae cause of oivil and religious liberty, were blended with markne jobriety, aud charity. But the crowning glory ot his character, was his devotion to the cause of his Rodeemer.”” Mr. Houmas, of South Carolina, followed in an equally good speech. “But the last Sabb: Jin this hall, he worshipped with others; now his spirit rainglos with the noble army of martyrs, and the just made perfect in the eternal +do- ration of the living Go¥ With hima ‘this isthe end of earth.” He sleeps the sleop that knows no waking He is gone and forever ‘The run that ushers in the morn of that next holy day, while it gilde the lofty dome ef the Capitol, shall reat with soft snd mellow light upon the oons-orated spot beneath whose turf forever lien the patriot father and the patriot sage.” The conclusion of the speech of Mr. M’Dow- all, of Virginia, is, however, if possible, an im- of Parliament :— merely, that we are to In the private walks of life provement upon what we have quoted :— “But kindling to the imagination aud soothing even to the feelings os is the death of Mr. Adams, with all the acosnsories and associations of ths spot arouad him, how infloitely deeper is the iaterost which is given to it, by tho convietion that be was willing and ready to meet it He was happily spared, by the preservation of bia rioh faculties to the Inst, from becoming a melancholy sprota- cle of dotard and drivelling old os. He was still more huppily spared, by the just and wise ani truthful ure of those faculties. from becoming the melancholy and re- volting speotucle of irr-verent and wicked old age— Nono kuew better or felt more deeply than he, that ‘Tia not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die” for long y: his life has been a continuous tiful illustration of the great truth that whilet the fear of man ia the consummation of all folly, the fear of God is the begiuning of ali wisdom. ‘I'o such an one, ? amid the perils of death, and when the last come, is » supporting power, frequently and given; and if it bas not been permitted to him, &8 to & prophet of old, to be spared the bitterness of h, and to go to the heaven he looked for and that he loved, in # chariot of fite, yet to the eye of human faith his ac- cess to the same abode has been as epeedy and as safe Instead of wearing away under the waste of disease, ad pessing through all the throcs ond weaknesses which na- ture generally undergoes, a blow of brief but mortal ny strikes him at once unto the tomb, and thus his epirit, instantly freed, goes up to the parent fountain from whence it came; the messenger calis—the soul is in hea- ven.” Ia the Senate, the charaeter of the speeches was the same; we haye room for bat one or two extracts; we begin with thatof Mr. Davis, Se- nator for Massachusetts: — “It is believed te have been the earnest wish of his heart, to die, like Chatham, ia the midst of his labors. — {twas asublime thought, that where he had toil the houso of the nation, in ths houss devoted to it vioe, the stroks of death oould reach him, and there s vor the (ics of love and patriotism which bound him to earth. He fell in bis seat, attecked by paralysis, of which he had before been & victim. To deseribe the scene which ersued would be impossible. It was more than the spontancous gash of feeling which all such events call forth, so much to the honor of our nature — It was tho expreesion of reverence for his moral worth, of admiration for his great intellectual endowments, and of veneration for his age and publis services. All gat ed round the sufferer, and Kia eink aed feeling which manifested itself, showed that the busin of the House (which was immediately adjourned) was forgotten amid tho distréssing anxi t the moment He was soon removed to the apartments of thi whore he remained, surrounded by 8 afilicted fri the weary clay resigned its immortal spirit end of earth’ Brief, but emphatic words. They were among the last uttered by the dying obristian Li We shall offer but one other extract—it is (rom the speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri: — “ Panetual to «very daty, death found him at the post of duty—end where else could it have found bim at any stage of his career for the fifty years of his illustri- ous public life? From the time oi his first appointment by Washington to bis lest election by the people of his native town, where could death have fouud him but at the post of duty? At that post, io the tullness of age, in the ripeness of renown, crowned with honors, sur- rounded by his feuily, bis friewts, and admirers, and in ‘thé vory presence of tho national representation, he has been gathered to his fathers, leaving behind him the me- mory of publio services which are the history of thio country for half a contury, aad the example ofa life, public and private, which should be the study and mo- del of the generations of his countrymen.” Cit ** Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin isa reproach to any people.” If the speakers whom we have quoted are re- presentatives of the prevailing spirit of the Uni- ted States, there is little cause to wonder at their prosperity; at all events, the gentlemen from whose speeches we have made extracts, have faithtully discharged their duty in sustaining the religious feeling of their fellow citizens; and with such a glorious subject as the religious life of John Quincy Adams before them, they have had a great opportunity. Such men as he, ‘* be- ing dead, yet speak;” and they who commemo- rate his worth, do little more than give a voice to piety and every other virtue. We own that, we are humbled when we reflect that, except it were Sir Robert Ingiis or Lord Ashley—men otherwise distinguished above the reach of soeers, by taleats, character, and ser- vices—searcely any member of our House of Commons would dare to speak with the courage with which the American geatlemen have illus- trated that freedom from ‘that consummation ot all folly, the fear of man,” by confessiag ** the fear of God, which 1s the beginning of atl wis- dom.” It is thus that_ ea man like John Quincey Adams, even from his grave, pours blessings upon his country. The Remarkable Prophecy of the Emperor Napvleon, (A nuppressed pessage from both French and English editions of Counc Las Casas’ Journal | © Before the suo ehsll have revolved many periods round its orbit,” said the Emperor to me one day, os we stood viewing the xe. from a rock which overhung the road, ‘the whols Earopean rystem will be change’. Re volution will succeed revolutioa, uatil every nation be- comes acquaicted with its individual rights, Dspend upon it, the people of England will not long eabmit to be governed by these bands ef petty soversigns—these atistocratic cabinets. 1 was wrong inre-establiching the Order of nobies ja France; but! did it to give splendor to tho throse, and refinement to tho mannors of the people, who wero fastsinkiog into barbariem since the revelu tion. The remains of the feudal system will vanish be- fore thasun of knowle’g». Ths people have only to know that all power emanates from themselves, ja order to assert their rights toa share in theirrcspective govern- ments ‘This will be the case, even with the beors of Russla—yer, Las Cacas, you mey lye to seo the time, bat I shail be cold in my grave, when that colossal, i-cemented empire, will be split into as many sovercig: ties, perhaps republics, us tierce are hordes or tribes which aompose it.” After a few more reficctions on tho future prospects of Eareps, His Majosty thas continued: ~ “ Never was ® web more artfully woven over a nation, than that horr: Kh envelopes the people of England = Ithas been tho means of enriching the aris- toorasy beyoud all former example, in any country; whilst it has, at the same time, ecsured as mamy fast and powerfal sriends to the goverument as there are in- ais who reosive interest for that money #0 ex antly equandered to crush liberty ta other coun But even that must have an eud; some aocidental spark will ignite the combustibis mass,and blow the whole system to atoms. It this mighty debt di to foreigners, these cunning islanders would no the burtoen an hour; but othor, break with their creditors, an’l lang at their credulity—but they owe the monsy to iadividuals among themsoalves, and sre therofore likoly to enjoy ths ploasure of payiog the interest fur generations to como, France, too, has got a debt-—there Bourbons think to meiutein themselves on my throue, by borrowing largely of the present generation, in order to lay hoavy taxes on the next and all fature ones. Bat I know tl ‘reuch people too well to auppose that such @ syotem can be long tole rated. I know that they have too much natural stlection for thelr offspring, to entail upon thema national dr bt, like that of Eogland, however artfully {ncurred. No, no! my subjects are too sharp-righted to allow the pro- perty acoumulate! for their childrea to be morigaged to pay she Russiags and English for invading thom, wud for the restoration of ths vielle ceur d+ imbéciles, who now in- sultthem. They will, afters time, makes comparisons between thom and me—thoy will resclisct, that the ex- povses of my government were defrayod by inaposte dur. tng the year—that my wars cost I'rance nothiog—that | Jefe her not one napoleon in debt~ but that! eoriched every Corner of her territory. Such comparisons will not be favorable to the Bourbons; the Frevca willoast them and their debts from their shoulders, as my Arabien horse woulda stranger who should dare to mount him. Theo, if my son be in existence, he will be soased on the throne, Pant the acclamations of the peopls—4f he be not, France will go hick toa republic, for no othse haad will dure to serge a cerptre which it caanet wild The Orleans branch, though amiable, are tov weak—have (oo much of the imbcoility ef the other Bourbons, and will share the same fate, if they do rot choose to live as simple citizens, under whatever change takes place”? Here the Emperor p ds fow moments—then, waving his hand, exoiai , in an animated tone, bie dork eyo beaw th the enthusiasm of inspiration: — © France one follow her « aiuot Unease su ver of some of their minor authority over them as subjects, They will grant them representative ch rs ,and style themselves constitutional kings, posna ing & limited power. Thus, the feutal system will low: like the thick mlst on thst ocean, of pate at the first sppearance of the # liberty. But things will not end there: the wheel of revolution will not stand still at this point; the impetus will be increased in a ten-fold ratio, and the motion iy ny chieved; and having tasted the eweets of freedom, they become clamorous for a larger portion ‘Thus will the states and prinolpalities of Europe bs in a continual state of turmoil and t— perhaps for some years—liks the earth, heaving in all directions, previous to the occurrence of an earthquake: at length the combustible matter will have vent —a tre- mendons explosion will take place. ‘The lava of Eng- land’s bankruptoy will overspread tho European world, overwhelming kings and aristocracies, but cementing the democratic, interests as it flows. Trust me, Las Casas, that an from the vinos planted in the soll which encrusts the sides of Etna and Vosuvius, the most deli- cious wine is obtained; #0 shall this lave, of which I speak, prove to bs the only soil in which the tree of liberty shall take fem aad permanent root. May it flourish for ages! You, perhaps, consider those senti- ments strange, unusual: they are mine, however. I was republican; but fate and ti opposition of Europe, made Mo an emperor. iam now a spectator of the future.” State of Germany. In the country which invented printing the press is at length free Germany will now be enabied to express her thoughts, and give utterance to that ardent feeling of patriotisin by which she is so deeply moved. In ad- dition to this, it is almost certain thst in future hor i stitutions will provide for tho interests of the people, and that for the first time in her history she will possess « na'ional assembly, a Houses of Commons. For, although in the outset the teudal system gave her the outlines of a free government, and prevented taxa- tion without the will of the people, yet this was of short duration, and after the military strength of the barons pire elective, their power within their own States became abgolute, and the rising liberties of the people were utterly destroyed. Germany has been almost the last couatry ia Europe to assart her rights, and demand constitutional govern- ment France and Italy hi d their republics ; Spain, revolutions (the efficacy of whioh, however, 1s more than doubtful): of Kugland | need say nothing ; how is it, then, that when the two frat French revolutions convulsed Europe to the centro, this country was contented to remain thé slave of oligarchi- cal or military despotism ? In 1789-92 the different states of G2rmany became the princtpal asylum of the French refugees ; the people be- held their miserable condition, and, in France, borror suceeded horror with such rapid steps, that the greatest indignation was felt throughout the Empire. The people were unenlightened, and durst not attempt the work of reform in their own constitution, iussmuch the attempt to attain it in France had been produs- f so much misery. The few complaints that were made they regarded as treasonable ; and when, in 1790, the National Assembly, by their violent proceedings, in- tringed the rights of the German vassals of the F crown in Alsace and Lorraine, and when, in 1792, that body declared war against Austria, all Germany felt it- self aggrieved, and accepted the challenge. The miseries which French conquest brought upon the states of the Empire, and the sums of money which . the German mind at the outbreak of the first revolution, was in a state of great ignorance, A great portion of the most eminont witch lie at the bottom of this mov ement, in re gard to the feading character, which will aecom tion, if itis held. ocracy, although mach pleased wit 3 among the whigs, are in no conditioa themselves They are ia search of an availanle candidate Thsy dislike to cast the present ineumbeat ia the shade; but thea he would fail to receive the vote of hs own county; Dallas is well liked, and would, no doubt, be pf a mejority of the party, but thea insurmountable obstacles to his election ; and as regirds Cuss, it is clearly evi- dent he “can’t shiae”’ So, between them all, the party isin a quandary, with bat little hope of a successful escaps, For the Vice Presidency, the democraey of Tennessee are decided'y in favor of ex-Governor A. V. Brown, and his name is already at the head of the leading dem- ocratic jouraals of the State. : An eflort is now making to accomplish what should have been done ia our city vears ago, viz: lighting the streets with gas. The agent for the proprietor of ‘*Crutchett’s solar gas’? has been in our city for some time past, making arrangements for th jt purpos4, as the subject #ppears to meet witth universal approbation. Lam much in hopes that it may be accomplished, for our streets in the present cheerless condition are anything but pleasant after nightfall. Amusements are abundant at the present sea- son of the year, and are generally well patron- ized. Among the many attractions of this kind, the most deserving are those delighttul vocalists; the “ Orpheans,” who regaled our citizens for a few evenings, with their exquisite music, before departing en route for your city, via Mobile, Charleston, and the Atlantic cities. I have no doubt their merits will be fully appreciated by the lovers of good singing ia old Cfotham.” It has often been a matter of surprise to me that the people of the south and west have so long been dead to the importance of establishing coton aud other manutactories in their midst ; but itis equally gratitying to observe that the Subject is beginning to awaken the attention that its importance demands. There isa pretty ex- tensive cotton fectory being erected at the pre- sent time in this immediate vicinity, and seve- ral more in various portions of the State. We certaialy posses*, in aneminent degree, most of the facilities of the eastern States, with many that the latter do not, and there 1s no reason why the enterprise should not be a profitable one We have lately been visited by another con- siderable rise in the Cumberland, which, al- though not as extensive as some that have pre- ceded it, gave strong indications of being seri- ous The water has, however, receded without any considerable damage being done beyond driving a few families from their homes for a brief period. The weather is warm and delightful for the sea- son, and everything is looking gay and cheerful. The fields have put on their vesture of green, and the flowers are vieing with each other in their works of Gothe and Sobiller were still unwritten ; their published [oth eatiy comparatively little known ; tho Soblegels, Tieck, Muller, Kant, Schelling, Fichte, He- gel, Niebuhr, and the host of men who ha’ German literature and Philosophy immorti the same predicament or of later date ; and though at the revolution of 1880 their books were familiar to the great mass of the people, yet mon’s minds wore com paratively little moved by the mere substitutionof one dynasty for another on the throne of Franco. Since 1830, howevor, the most distinguished men in Germany bavo keenly felt their degraded position ; through the length and breadth of tho land, and more joe nets in the universities, they have longed for the our at which ey Oo aie sefely assert thoir rights It has now arrived. to this time their eucosss been astounding ; of ite ultimate result little doubt can be en- tertained. Their struggle bas acquired a definite and wactical object. They nave no Utopian schemes, no ‘onging for that universal fraternity, equality, and bro- therhood. which can never exist upon this miserable on, They strongly desire that order of things, where- of the benefits have so long been experienced in England, which has etood the test of centuries; but they have no aspirations after visionary forms of government. Already most of the recond rate princes in Germany, the King of Bavaria at their head, have acknowledged the justice of all their demands; others, like the King ot Prussia, have consented to lay the foundation stone of a froe press; but none tncintain that the prosent order of things can longer exist. A most important Congress of all the States of Germany will be held at Dresden on the 20th*of March. It will be attended by many of the sovereigns in person end by ambassadors from the others Two subjects are to be considered:—1. What provisions shall be made for placing Germany ina safe position against any attack from without. 2. What al- terations should be made, so as to place the federal con- stitution on a more liberal basis. The ee Committee are {vig ryeony their plan of @ constitution, which is expected to be ready at end of the month; but before that period elapses the Cougress will most Deobelty have coms to some definite con- clusions, and we shalithen see whether Germany is to have a permanent House of Commois The conservative party here, droad that in the event of such a body being constituted, it will virtualiy form (asin England) thesole legislative assembly, and that the/functions of the sovereign powers wili be merely exrcutive. The liberal party contend that if the right of veto be given to the Diet, it will be supported by the mass of is properly exeroized; the subject is one of considerable difficulty, and will re- quire carefal handliog, the rather, that as the Diet is composed of the ruling powers alone, thereisno House of Lords (as with us) to put the drag chain on hasty legislation. Affairs In Sardinia, A Istter from Tarin, of the 15th ult. states that the following very liberal 'programmejof the policy of the new ministry Was generally aocredited :— 1 Generel amnesty in favor of all the liberals, of all shades of opinion. 2. Suppression of the non-mendicant Feligious orders, Bnd sequestration of thelr property for the bereft of the State. 3. Supp cal corporations affiliated to Jesaitism, or believed to he 80. 4. Sequestration of all the eccles{istical property, in consideration of the aseignment of an annual pension to the titulars by of indemnity, procoriioned to their digni'y and charge. 5. Entire emancipation of the students, and liberty of instructioa 6 Competition for public offices through the medium of public examina. tion. 7. Request to Austria to evac Modena and Parma, and, in case of refusal, the cessation of friendly relations with that power. 8. Prompt, universal, and serious armamont. 9. Modifications of the statute ac cording to the vote of the Chambers. 10. A lberal elec- toral law, and speedy convocation of tho Parliament 11. A political Italian league. 12. Suppression of the Governors of Division. Nasaviuis, April 5, 1848. Movements in Political Circles—Convention of Dissatisfied Whigs—The Democracy in a Quan- dary — The Vice Presidency~Light—Amuse- ments—Factories, §c $c The political ocean, at the present time is in aq extremely agitated condition within the bor- ders of our state. The great whig party in Ten- nesee have declared their preference for Gea. Taylor, as their candidate for the Presidency, both in their primary meetings and in the larger assemblages of the people. Indeed, at the recent gubernatorial election, as well as at the election of representatives to the general ; ssembly, this preference was adopted as the question at issue, and as a test of faith; and with that as the issue, the present governor was elected by an over- whelming majority; and subsequently,t' e Legis- lature, in its official eapa nominated the old hero for the highest office in the gift of the peo- ple, in compliance with the unqualified instruc- tions of their constituents ‘nis was regarded as settling the question of preference aa far as the whigs of Tennessee were concerned. Subse- quently, however, a few discontented indivi- duals, unwilling to sxcrifice personal feelings to the higher claims and interests of the whole party, have shown a disposition, and maaifested a determination to rebel against the majority, and once more bring forward their old end oft-defeated candidate. Accordingly, I notice in the Nashville ben of the 30th ult., acalt sigued by about six hundred persons, requesting ‘all persons who are in favor of Henry Clay as the next President, to meet at the Court Honse in this city, on the 8th of the preseat month.” Every possible ex- ertion has been made throughout the the city and county, to precure the above number of sigaers to the call; and when J inform you that there are three thousmnd whig voters in the county, you will have an idea of the proportion who are in favor of the move, and a goodly portion of them democrats at that. What effect this demonstra- tion may have upon the future course of the Ulin at in this state, is at most a matter of speculation. Whether it will lead to the utter abandonment of Gen. Tuylor, or create a divi- sioa in the whig ranks, or (which is most pro- bable) will end as it began, in mere smoke, 's, of course, for the future to determine; but one (iin ig certain, that the movginent is tn direct oppo- sition to the past and présent wish of the jae efforts todeck the hills and vales. The season, though much later than usnal, is as forward as at New York on the last of May ; aud if blossoms are counted as harbingers of fruit, there will certainly be an abundance. ALTAMONT. Syracusg, April 15, 1848. Arrival of the Remains of Captain Smith—Fune- _ ral Procession, §c., &c. One after another the fallen hegoes ot the Mexican war are brought home to their friends, and laid to rest in their last couch, from whence they will be disturbed no more. On Monday of laet week the remains of Capt. Kirby Smith, of the 8th Iafantry, (acting when he fell as Major,) who fell at Molino del Rey, on the memorable 8th of September, arrived in the afternoon train {rom the east, accompanied by the Albany Bur- gess corps, and the Utica Citizens’ corps. They were received at the depot by the Syracuse Citi- zene’ corps, and a large concourse of citize: The remains were placed in an open hearse, and covered with a national flig. The procession then moved forward through the streets towards the late residence of the gallant captain, keep- ing time with the melancholy music of a dead march by one of the bands. The hollow, dead sound of the mufHled drum, drowned occasion- ally by the wailing cry of the trumpet, is fit and impressive music for an occasion like that. AsI looked upon it from my window, the whole scene was lath striking and sorrowful. The street was filled with soldiers, the countless throng of citizens following and surrounding them, and ail moving slowly along to the resi- dence of his bereaved widow and yous orphans. Atlength they reached the house, and the shat- tered relics of him who was their pride and support were borne into its desolate apartments, and remained during the night. __ The following afternoon the military and popu- lace again proceeded to the house and bore the remains to the church, where Dr. Gregory pro- nounced a funeral discourse upon the lamented soldier. The widow and three children were principal mourners. The escort was then formed again, consisting of the Burgess corps, the Utica Citizens’ corps, the Syracuse Citizens’ corps, and the German antes Grenadiers, and the acting pall bearers, 8. soldiers, fire compa- nies, Mayor and Common Council, and a long procession of citizens, with an immense throng of citizens and strangers,moved to the cemetery \ withthe solemn dead march, measuring their slow and sorrowing steps to the mansion of the departed. The body was consigned to its last rest- ing place—the burial service was pronounced— the echo of the last volley died away in the dis- tance, and the miliary bands, filing away to the gates, struck up aquiet and joyous march, and returned to the city. ‘ if . You will recollect that Kirby Smith was dis- tinguished Kr his energy and intrepidity at San Angel, Tete de Pont, and Caurubusco. Ia the latter actions, after the storming over the works at the bridge head, with the light battalion of the 8th, ‘ Worth’s own” regiment, he gallantly charged the powerful works of Churubusco. Af- ter moving in the midst of a storm of grapeshot and musketry for more than two hours, he as- saulted the works with the bayonet, aad com- pelled them to surrender. Oa the morning of the 8h September, General Worth moved his division at dawn ot day upon the Molino del Rey. You remember what « perfect massacre of the gallant regiment to which Smith belonged was made by tne terrible and fatal fire of the Mexicans. ‘The brave ceptain had pushed his battalion to the very foot ot the enemy ’s works; his command had poured their close and destruc- tive volleys upon them, when, giving the order to “charge bayonet,” a musket ball strack him on the leit side of the nose, and came out at the ear. He was thrown back off the works with such violence that the back part of his skull was fractured by asharp rock, He was carried to his uncle’s tent, (M+jor Kirby,) where he lin- gered forty-eight hoursand expired. Requiescat inpace. A braver man, a sobler heart, or atruer friend, never fell more lamented by all who knew his many virtues. The New Comnatssioners of Deeds. Sin—It may be a matter of some litt eat to your numercus readers, to know that there strong aod well founded doubts of the constitutionality of the law under which abatch of one hundred and fifty commis tioners of deeds have beon recently appointed by the Common Counoll of this city. The new constitution, (art. 6th, seotion 18) provides as follow: “ All judicial oMcers of cities and Judicial ¢fifsers as may be crested th: by law, bs olected at such times and ia such manner as the L: gislature may direct ” That commizsioners of de certain from the fact that th orsontially of a judioia: nat 0 ing of oathe; aud farther, they sre classed as the Revised Statutes, part 34, chap Ql, title 2d, arr. dd. Now if commissioners of deeds are jadicial offizers, ‘and the consticution rr quires all such officers to be ele! ‘ed, can that law be constitutional which authorises Common Council to sppolat commiesio: are judicial power they to wit : th It ia thought not, and great fears are exy or! ‘hat all oaths adminicered by the new batoh of cova: ‘onere will bei legs, and ail acknowledgments ( ke). hy them absolut-ly void. [’eis ms interested should ex this question seriously ang carefully. LITE... A Durg.—Paschal B Smith, a merchant, why moved trom New York to Cineinoati, with from $30,000 to $100 609, j ‘ined a set cf knaves ovllea “ The Brotherhood,’’ professing to hold direct commoriom with the Almighty, by whow he was swindled out of his fortune. A barber, nomed Mah: the principat “ Oracle Smith’s wife hes he courts ‘or the ptntection of the Fr: preperty jority—not that the whigs love the o!d sage | ss, but that they love the success of [heir measiuce | more. There are sgme rich and amusing things, Ahoy Boning Durnet | ‘A wadw-storm was prevesiug as Aibeay ou the iv inst. pany iny report of the proceedings of the conven |