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

ceuee Whole No, 5104, —— NEW YORK, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1848. — General Wool--Thanks of Congress Omission Supplied by the N.Y. Legislature. [Extract of a letter to the Washington Union, dated Monterey, March 24, 1848. } Thave read with surprise and mortification, that a resolution has been introduced in the lower house ,of a gold Worth, Congress, offering the thanks of Congress and medal to Generals ‘Taylor, Scott, Quitman, Smith. and others, leaving out, however. the the gallant General Wool. Why is this? point to a general in the army, second in command, who has performed & more gallant part, or rendered more distinguished services during the war with Mexi- co? Not o Trace the history of this untiring and indefatigable general, from his speedy organization of the yolua- tvers of the Western States, until he had accomplished his wonderful march to Parras. Mexico; and we find no parallel to his energy and indomitable perseverance in the history of the war. View him, while intrusted with the command of five thousand troops, nearly all raw volunteers, whom he, in an almost incredibly short l, prepared by his wholesome discipline for the t contest at Buena Vista, which was near at hand. ‘his great work was assigned to him by the command- er-in-chief ; aud, though it cost him sleepless nights and days of toil—and though, before the battle, it call- ed down upon his head the anathemas of the wild and undisciplined troops under his command—he yet proved himself equal to the great trust confided to him, as the result most triumphantly shows. His high moral cha- . frank and undisguised manner, and strict adhe- ce to duty, exerted their natural influence upon him. ‘The good and virtuous emulated, others feared, his example. Thus were his pa- triotic efforts crowned with success; and hence the eulogium of General ‘Taylor, when he says the success at Buena Vista was, ina great measure, owing to the discipline instilled in the troops by Gen. Wool. Having glanced at his services previous to the battle at Buena Vista, let me now ask whether any general, second in command in the field, has in any battle per- formed such distinguished services as Gen. Wool did in that action? Ho was permitted by Gen. Taylor to select the field of battle, and to make disposition of the troops to meet the enemy. This, of itself, will, on the page of history, immortalize his name. Such conduct Ras thrown imperishable renown upon a name yet no- bler, The achievement of the independence of our country was chiefly attributable to the sagacity of Washington in the selection of his positions and the arrangement of his troops, so as to conceal his own weakness and present his strongest front to the enemy. It is not the dare-devil courage ef a Putnam, nor the phrenzied zeal of a Murat, that makes the gene- ral; but the cool, self-possessed, brave man, whose judgment never forsakes him, and who, at a glance, comprehends the exact state of affairs, quick to profit by his advantages, and prepared for every exigency. How was it with General Wool during this eventful battle, when the active operations of the field were trusted to him by the heroic chief, General Taylor ? alm and collected, yet full of fire and energy, he was to be seen in all parts of that bloody field, riding hither and thither, now encouraging those who were dispi- rited in the unequal contest. and now urging up frosh troops to supply the places of those that had fullen.— ‘The fate of the army—of all that had been gained by the victories of Palo Alto, of Resaco de la Palma, and of Monterey, hung by a thread. The left wing of the gallant little army was turned. Santa Anna hurried up his glittering thousands to attack the centre, then in command of old Zack, who was equal to any emer- The critical moment had arrived. The of defeat weemed fora time to lower over that gallant leader and his noble band. It was then that the same voice that had, years before, urged two hun- dred devoted patriots up the declivitous heights of Queenston, and planted the American banner on the very battery of the enemy, was heard in burning lan- guage, rallying and urging up our weary and disheart- ened troops to the support of General Taylor. The united efforts of these two great generals saved the fate of the day, and shed imperishable glory on the ‘American army. Such were the services of General Wool at Buena Vista. During the whole day of the 23d he was ex- posed to the enemy’s fire, Hundreds fell around him, yet the same providence that protected Washington, during his struggle for independence, shielded the gal- lant Wool, and he escaped unhurt. How has he been rewarded for such gallantry and devotion to his country’s honour’ By a resolution which is in itself a censure and an insult—by making an invidious distinction! Why, ere this, has he not been brevetted? In his report of that battle, General ‘Taylor speaks of the conduct of General Wool in the highest terms. And yet his heart is stung by the know- ledge that juniors have been promoted over his head ; and others, not more deserving than himself, are com- limented and honoured, while he is forgotten. Those less patriotic might murmur at such treatment, but General Wool, devoted to the interests of his country, will toil on, Although “the powers that be’? may withhold from him the reward which is his due, @ just and generous people will accord to him honor and lory ; and his heroic conduct will form bright page fo bie country's history ! P.S. We have just: received a copy of the armistice, which puts a stop to all our hopes and operations. Generel Wool was about to move on Zacatecas, [Resolutions of thanks were adopted by the late le- lature of New ¥ork, in honor of General Wool— uring the session. A and devices, is to be pre- « the only ones which sword, with suitable emblems sented to him].—Union. The Court of Inquiry. (From the N. O. Delta, 10th instant.) ‘This body held its sessions yesterday in one of the parlors of the St. Charles Hotel. The members of the court, General Pillow and his Aids—Lieuts. Rains and Ripley—Colonel Duncan, and Captain Ridgely, Judge Advocate, and the witnesses to be examined, were present. The appearance of the gallant and distin- guished members of the court impressed us with much respect. The presiding judge, General Towson, is 0 venerable, frank, and honest-looking officer, of stal- worth proportions, a little bent with age, and with a head whitened by the snows of more than three-score winters. The General wore his uniform and gold epaulettes. On his right sat the pleasant and intel- lectual looking Brigadier General Caleb Cushing, dressed in full white, and wearing very fine and well brushed moustaches, which seem still to retain the iental-crescent twist they received in China, Ge- al Cushing’s face ia highly expressive. His tower- ing and finely developed forchead, bright and piercing eyes, and general expression of restrained shrewd uess, impross the observer with a high opinion of his intelli- gence,whilst his ensy,self possessed air evinces that expe- rience of the world and refinement of manners which are acquired by long and prominent public services. General Cushing looks quite young, and appears not much worn by fis military services, Col. Belknap, who sat on the right of Gen. Towson, is a stout, hearty, blunt-looking soldier, of prompt and ready address, and honest, open expression of countenance. Capt. Ridge- ly, the Judge Advocate, is a remarkably plain, unsol- dite, farmer looking officer, who very faithfully illus- trates the idea of a * singed eat,’ having a remarkably intelligent, shrewd, and i bagged mind, under a very homely exterior, Gen. Pillow is a middle-sized man, square-built, of easy carriage, and rather prepossessing countenance. He has a pleasant sntile, and rather an amiable expression, a little dashed with the cool shrewd- ness of the practised lawyer. Col. Duncan is an odd- looking fish. He has but little of the shop about him —looking more like a lounging man of ease, a doctor in easy practice,or an attorney who waits on Providence, than a servant of “grim visaged war,” and an adept in the use of those horrid instruments of destruction, “the loud-mouthed cannon.”’ The Colonel is small and thin, having scarcely physical strength, we should think, to preserve long in their full vigor the smartish little whiskers that still linger under his ears. His head, however, indicates a fine intellect, and his man- ners evince great self-command, Lieut. Rains, one of Gen, Pillow’s aids, is a fine, handsome, intelligent- looking young officer, with the manly bearing and gol- dierly baci ag peculiar to the e/évés of West Point,— He isone of the best informed and most scientific young menin the army. Devoted to geological and to- pographieal pursuits, he has not been idle during his active career in Mexico, but has made many explora- tions into the physical peculiarities of that interesting country, and collected many valuable specimens which he intends to present to his Alma Mater, (West Point.) Lieut. Ripley, Gen. Pillow’s other aid, is a bold, de- cided young soldier. The proceedings of the court were marked by a quict listlessnoss, betokening an approach tothe termination of its labors, and avery general fagging out of all those who have had to share in its tedious ness, Arrest or Ronners.--A telegraphic despatch was received at the Police Office, Boston, on Tues- day evening last, stating that three of the persons concerned in the robbery of the steamboat Bradford Durfee, at Bristol, R. 1. of @ package containing $6,000 in bills of the Providence banks, have been ar- rested. ‘Their names are K. P. Kidder, Kdward Baxter, +a Richard Kiernon, Two were arrested in Provi- co and one in Worcester, They were detected in S following manner : the wife of Kiernon keeps a onnet store in Providence, A fifty dollar bill was given to her by one of her customers in pay for a bon- net, Being unable to change it she handed over to hor husband, who produced bills answering to those stolen, Kiernon was arrested, and his house searched, which resulted in finding about $200 of the missing money. We have refrained from publishing the par- tieulars before, at the request of the police officers, but ax they were reecived yesterday from a public source, no harm can now result in their being made known.— Boston Times, 10th inst. Sivautar Coicipences.—Of the various candi- dates for the Presidency of the two great parties, three were born in New Hampshire, to ‘ass, Woodbury and Webster; and three in Virginia, to wit: Clay, Tay- Tor and Scott, ‘They were all, too, in both States, born within a circle of less than a hundred miles. Webster was born in Concord, Cass in Exeter, and Woodbury in Francistown. In Virginia, Clay was born in Hano- ver, Taylor in Orange, about fifty miles from Clay's birth-piace, and Scott in Dinwiddie, about the same distance from Hanover. It is an interesting fact, which is not generally known, that three of the Presi: dents of the United States were born in one county, (Westmoreland) Virginia, and oné of the poorest coun- ties in the State, New Hampshire has not been far behind Virginia in her contributions to the galaxy of our distinguished men. There are no less than sevon members of the present Sonate who were born in that State,—N, 0, Delta. , Treaty between the Whites of Yucatan the Indlai Translated from N.O. La Patria, 10th inst.] e translate the following treaty, between the ?at and Barbachano’s commissioners, i n that some hopes may be entertained of peace in unfortunate Yucatan. The editor of La Patria makes the following remarks on the subject of this treaty:——* It will be seen that the government of Yucatan have made all the concessions required by the Indians. We believe, however, that this treaty, by itself, will not be sufficient to terminate the war, for the laying down of their arms by the southern Indians isa matter of little importance whilst the eastern Indians (who will not, probably, follow the example of the southern ones) continue committing their horrid depredations, under the com- mand of their sanguinary chief Chi, Nevertheless, the interval of repose which this treaty will afford the southern portion of Yucatan, will give an opportunity to their government to obtain aid, with which to put a stop to the horrid outrages which the Indians are com- mitting in the land. Pray heaven that some end may be put to these awful occurrences. The treaty which is annexed was ratified by the Governor Barbachano aud the Chief Pat, on the 23d April, at the villago of Tocul. The following are the articles :— In the holy names of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost—Amen. f We the undersigned, the curate, D. Jose Canuto i the chief civil officer, D, Felipe Rosado, com- missioned by his excellency the Governor, Don Miguel Barbachano, and those of equal rank, nominated by the principal chief of the Indian aborigines, Don Ja- cinto Pat, whose names are likewise attached, viz :— Pbro D. Manuel Meso Vales, and Captains Don Jose Maria Pat, Don Francisco Cob, Don Pantaleon Uh, D. Juan Justo Yam, and lieutenants Don Jacinto Mangas and Don Juan Jose Guerrero, are all assembled in this town of Tzucacab, this 19th day of April, 1848, with the important object of maturely considering the due means of putting an end to a war which occasions mu- tual dangers, damages and ruin, to all here in the pe- ninsula of Yucatan, where our Lord the Almighty has seen fit to place us and look on us with an equal eye ; and taking into due consideration all that concerns the welfare and utility of our Christian neighbors, so as to allow them to retire to the care of their respec- tive interests, properties and families, as God may dis- pose. Therefore, before His Gracious Maje: id the said chief Don Jacinto Pat being present, as also cap- tains D, Apolinani Zel, D. Pedro Baak, D. Joso Beniti Vitorin, D Juan May, D. Saturnio Rodrigues, D. Francisco Sanchez, D, Juan Jacinto Pat and D. Doro- teo Poot, wedo voluntarily and unanimously sign and deliver the following trutiis and resolutions, which arc to be perpetual, viz :— Axticus 1,—From now henceforth and forevermore the personal tax is to be abolished from the whites, as well as Indians, it being adlstinetly understood that the personal tax to which we allude is that one which was imposed by the law ordaining a certain tax of this nature to be paid by all Yucatecos, between the agex of eighteen and seventy years. Anr. 2.—In the same spirit as the preceding ar- ticle, the price of the act of baptism is to remain always fixed at three rials, and that of marriage at ten rials, for whites, as well as Indians, and for all Yuca- tecos. Ant. 3.—In like manner it is established, that the wild lands can be cleared for the purpose of culti- vation, or that ranchos can be established on those lands called common, and on the waste lands without paying rent, and that from now henceforth no rent is to be collected for said lands. ‘Those lands already surveyed and measured, but the titles to which are not as yet issued by government, shall remain unappro- priated in order that the population may have this re- source for the obtaining of a subsistence ; it being the part of the government to restore whatever value it may have received on account of these lands, Ant, 4.—By this article it is agreed that the Indians shall have restored to them 2500 muskets which were taken from them befere the outbreak, the governor, Barbachano, being answerable for the due return of them. And, moreover, the Indians are to be allowed to retain all arms and other effects in their present pos- session, to be theirs for ever. and never to be reclaimed on any account. Art. axpresses the very great confidence the Indians fect in the present governor, Barbachano, and their persuasion that he is the only man they can fully rely on to carry out the treaty; and on that account he is by this treaty appointed perpetual governor of Yucatan during his life-time, and should any dissatis- faction be felt towards him, the Indians pledge them- selves to retain him in office. Ant. 6.—In this article Don Jucinto Pat acknow- ledges Senor Barbachano as governor, and he (Jacinto Pat) is appointed chief of all the Indian captains of Yucatan. He pledges himself to co-operate with Go- vernor Barbachano in producing harmony among the towns, and that equal justice shall be administered. Any. 7.—Provides that all servants in debt shall be absolved from said debt, and that all come under this head whether they have taken up arms or not, as all Yucatecos are to benefit by it; but whatever debts may be contracted hereafter will have to be satistied by per- sonal services, if not paid otherwise. Anr. §.—Provides for the abolition of all excise du- ties on sptrituous liquors in Yucatan, nr. 9.—Providex that as soon as this treaty shall have been signed by Governor Barbachano, the belli- geront Indians will retire to their fastnesses,only leav- ing a sufficient number in each village to preserve or- der and re-establish peace and tranquillity in them. com- The above articles were agreed on between th missioners of His Excellency, Governor Barbachan those of the chief, Don Jacinto Pat, with their w taries, Ke. Tour WENT IN Conumpta, 8, C.—A correspon- dent of the Charleston Mercury, writing from Co lumbia, 8. C., gives the following accout of a rare bit of amusement which took place there on on the 12th inst. We have recently had a most novel and inter- esting sight—one full of amusement and innocent re- creation. Several young gentlemen of this place, and from the lower section of the State, gratified a large assemblage on the race course, with a display of the finest specimens of horsemanship, Yesterday aft noon the tournament and tilt, which had been spoken of in Columbia for some time previous, took place. The tlemen, dressed in appropriate costume, were de- ated by the titles, and rode in the order, following . Knight of the Creso ; Ir. Green, . Knight of Warsaw, Fraser, . Knight of Mellville. . Stark . Knight of Villina. . Baynard . Knight of St. Andrew. Lowndes. Knight of Ernstein. . Donaldson, Master of Ravenswood. . Howell, . Knight of the Palmetto. . Goodwyn . Knight of Sagra. . ‘ Heyward. . Kaight of St. John's. . & Porcher, 1. Knight of Palmyra. . “ B. Green. Knight of the Congare “Hampton. . Knight of the Thistle. . * Teard, . Knight of Cordova Taylor 5. Knight of Richland. . Gibbes. . Knight of Malta Trezevant. . Knight of the Chase. .:! Howell. . Knight of the Course. . Butler. . Knight Templar. . .. Bruer, . Knight of the Ocean. J. Goodwyn « Knight of the Wateree. ... ; Hale. A cord was extended from the Judges’ stand to the house immediately opposite, erected by the Club for visiters, and which affords so fine a view to those fond of the sports of the turf. On this cord, at equal di tance from each house, rested a hook, from which was suspended a mall ring, to which each young knight. lance in hand. directed his attention; his object being to divengage the ring with the point of ix lance with- out removing the hook. The gallaries of the Club house were thronged with spectators, ‘The lower one occupied by gentlemen, and the apper filled with the beauty of Columbia; who, by the way, were elegantly dressed in fancy costumes, The noble and fearless steeds, unrestrained by the no lese fearless riders, dash- ed forward with lightning speed, as the gallant knights, prompted to this trial of skill by ambition to win th sinile of approbation and t the wreath of roses prepared by the hand of bewuty, bid them onward. Se- veral attempts were made before the ring was carried. The Knights of Ernstein, of the Congaree, of Richland, and perhaps one or two others, once succeeded in the trial The Knights of Sagra, of St. John, of Villina, andthe Knight of the Course, more fortunate, twice carried it, and were greeted with the applause cf the assembled multitude; but it was left to the Knight of the Thistle alone thrice to bear it in triumph on his lance, and to be proclaimed victor. He was crowned by the herald. and led into the presence of the ladies, where again the herald proclaimed the Knight of the Thistle victor, and where he selected and crowned his beautiful queen. The ball rooms were then thrown open, and all were merry until midnight. Among tho many handsome fancy dresses worn by the ladies, we were particularly pleased with the costun a fair Sultana, whose beautiful face and fine figure won the admiration of all, We had the Indies of a by-gone ago —the modest and interesting Quakeress, who used the “thee and thou” with as much ease as though it had always been familiar. The room abounded with an endless variety of dresser, and a show of lovely fuces, which would furnish a thome for a very long letter, but we have already trespaxsed too much on your patience, and must close. A sumptuous entertainment. closed the evening so pleasantly spent and long to be remem- bered. Your readers, perhaps, may not be pleased with the description, but we close by saying, that our enjc mont was so great, that whenever as often as the scone Ir repented, we shall always be delighted again to occupy the position of a guest, Grorata_ Barrist Coxventioy. — The annual meeting of the Georgia Baptist Convention was held at Griffin, commencing on the 6th and terminat- ing on the 8thinst. The number of delegates was un- usually large. The Southern Baptist Publication So- ciety held its first anniversary at the same time and piece, and gives promise of great usefulness. The Board of Foreign mi hd of by Southern Baptist Jonvention was represented its corresponding se- cratary, Rev, Jes: B. Taylor, of Virginia, and that of omertic Missiona by ite correspondin, Rev. R. Holman, of Aatatna.— is # nepubiiees Savannah Republican, Peace Proserers.—The Washington Union of the 19th inst., contradicts the report that letters have boen received at the seat of government from our Commissioners in Mexico, giving unfavorable accounts of the prospect of the ratification of the treaty of peace, nd | Important from Jamaica and Port au Prince. (From the N. O. Picayune, May 12.] he schooner Stranger, ©: Tobey, arrived yesterday trom Kingston, having sailed thence on the 30th ult. 7 As the Stranger was c out of port, she met a schooner bound in, having on board one hundred and forty refugees from Port au Prince, Our last accounts from Port au Prince represented chat the news fron’ we had caused great excitement there; now we have the results. The following is | from the Jamaica Despatch, of the 29th ult..— | *Powr av Prixce.—This unfortunate country has again become the arena of a sanguinary scene, We learn from respectable authority, that the black popu- lation have risen en masse against the inhabitants of color, and were committing awful ravages among them ‘The causes of the outbreak we are unable to ascertain, but is supposed to be # dissatisfaction of the browns to be governed by the present President. ‘The British merchants resident at Port au Prince engaged the brig Queen Victoria, which bp A fortunately te be | there, and sent through the British Consul, to the com- modore on this station, requesting the immediate pre- | | sence of a man-of-war, to protect British subjects and their interests. There was French vessel of war at Port-au-Prince, and we are informed that her presence | tended in a great degree to quell the outbreak which | took place, but which, notwithstanding, was of a most | serious nature. “Phe Queen Victoria anchored at Morant Bay on | Thursday last, and the Captain came forthwith to Port Royal to deliver his dexpatches to the Commodore. It waa said that the number of persons killed in one day exceeded two hundred.”? Herz, the pianist, was in Kingston on the 30th, He | advertises for sale his piano,* being about to return to the United States.”” A smart shock of an earthquake was felt in the town of Falmouth on the 2ist ult., at about a quarter past 6 o'clock, A. M. It was of brief duration, not lasting more than a few seconds, and its undulating motion appeared to be from nearly cast to west. he following is from last evening’s Courier, being an extract from a letter t« a commercial house : Hayti has again been the scene of bloodshed and murders, We learn that the brigantine Queen Vic- toria, (of Trinidad.) Capt. Tucker, from Port-au-Prinee, bound to Hamburg, with a cargo of coffeo, &e., put into Morant Bay on Thursday last to purchase stores, as none could be procured at Port-wu-Princo, in conse- quenco of the state of matters at that place; and that Capt. Tucker reports that he has brought despatches from the British Consul there to Com, Bennet, on this station, requesting that # vexsel of war should be iim- mediately sent to Port-au-Prince, where a serious dis- turbance had taken plaee—a large number (some say upwards of a hundred) of the colored population hay- ing been massacred by their black brethren, ‘The cause of this outbreak’ has not been fully mentioned, but it is sald that the lives of people of color were daily being sacrificed in largo numbers. ‘This determination on the part of the blacks to exterminate the browns had been brewing for a long time, in fact since the ty- rant Soulouque has been prosident; and it is now being realized with a vengeance that none but savages would be guilty of committing. The commodore, were loarn, has been unable to com- ply with tho requisition of her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Port-au-Prince, there not being a single vessel of war at Port Royal at this moment, excepting the guard and storeships, which are useless in their present state, It is certainly a cause of much regret that this island should be left'so destitute of vessels of war as it is at present. It has been said that we can have no possi- ble ¢ause for alarm; but who can tell what a moment might produce? ‘The present outbreak in Hayti, where the presence of a man-of-war, to protect British interests, would be of much service, is a sufficient proof why Port Royal should not be, as she now is, des- titute of at least one available vessel of war, te be used in cases of emergency. Who knows how many inno- cent beings have, by this time, been sacrificed to a merciless mob ?. had protection been afforded by one of her Mi to save themselves, and their families, from the general massacre, which, we are told, was going on in that un- fortunate country. ‘The Alarm, Daring,and Vixen are, it is said, eruizing | not be questioned; and he, steadily treading in’ th pga im the service of his country—he did not halt in the march of his predecessors. Ne—in this respect he trod in their footsteps, nor would he, by omitting their practice, cast reproach upon their justly honored names, as violators of the sacred constilution of their countrg. Its well known and publicly avowed demo- cratic tgndencies, need no pen of this day to illustrat Under General Juckson—the democrat, par excel lence, next to Jefferson—the system took an unusually wide range. More and larger appropriations for rivers, roads and harbors, were nade by Congress and approved by him, than under all previous administrations. Not that he departed from old principles, and conformed to new ougs—but that the importance of our great lakes, and of our immense great western rivers, (“inland seas,” most appropriately termed by an illustrious states- man,) became more generally known ; the heretofo hidden resources of the country were measurabl, closed; and, keeping pace with the times and their ex- igencies, Andrew Jackson, regarding the full and speedy | evelopement of those invaluable resources as an im- portant clement of national prosperity, did not find | cause to stop the progress of the predestined and in- evitable improvements of his country. He saw that already they were deserving of national care. President Van Buren’s democracy, we pr me, will “footsteps of his illustrious predecessor,” gave like sanction in the matter. General Harrison died too soon to give us any evi- dence, a8 President, of what his convictions of Official duty would have dictated. His immediate successor, John Tyler, an avowed democrat and strict Virginia consteuctionist, also approved of extensive appropria- tions for harbors, rivers, and roads. True, he sent back one bill on these matters; but it needs only to read his message to porceive that his objections wei to a particular case, From this brief review of the practice, in this particu- Jar, of all previous administratsons, it would seem that no former President had constitutional scruples to pre- vent his co-operation with Congress, when that body were inclined, in furtherance of the people's wishes and decided interests, to appropriate money to legiti- mate objects of public expenditure ; and such Jeffer- son, &e., &e., have proven that they thought are appro- priations, that Mr. President Polk seeme determined to prevent. He woMld enforce a new exercise of prerogative—on- join a new rule—enforce a new practice, regardless of that which for forty years has uninterruptedly ob- tained ; in fact, that he alone is right, and all his pre- decossors wrong! for if his peculiar reasoning on the constitution be correct, then surely were Jeffersay ion, Monroe, Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, all, all, violators of the constitution. untry determine and give verdict according That he may be, and is sincere, we do not fora moment mean to question ; but President Polk has, in our opinion, advanced and endorsed a puerile and im- practicable notion—applicable, if ever, only to the in- fant condition of the country, before the great lakes were known, or even their borders settled ; before the great rivers of the ear in all their immense rami- fications, were explored ; before the power of steam, in its almost omnipotence, was eve by water. He has, however, taken a determined stand, contrary to the action of the great fathers of the democratic party. He has abandoned their school, in this respect, and, impliedly, would cast reproach upon their time- honored names, as violatcrs of the constitution, which they. as he, wore sworn to support. Reckless of the great national interests of millions of men, and millions of money, he would anchor this country with the dead-weight of an impracticable and rusty notion of forty years ago!—forty yoars behind the times! Meanwhile, a new world is in sight; and whoever, in this age. stands still, in fact retrogrades. It is clear Mr. Polk has mo wish or expectation again to navigate the ship of State; but rather to moor her le applied, by laud or safely in snug harbor, Else, would he now and then take an observation; for, in’a long voyage we could not crawl ‘long shore, Who, in suoh a chance, would take a river pilot, who never saw the radiant sun sud- denly immersed, and lost to sight, in the expanded sea, and knew why it sunk, and would riso again ? off the island of Cuba, and it is not known when they will return to Port Royal. We hope, when this intelligonce reaches England, that the admiralty will see the necessity of having a larger number of vessels of war on thia station than at resent. England scems, as has been said, truly to have forgotten her colonies, and evidently cares little or nothing about thelr prosperity, when she leaves them so unprotected, and at the mercy of other nations. Internal Improvement. ‘ ‘The internal improvement of our country, in the early, steady, and successful prosecution of which we have aheady become proudly distinguished among nations, is of such momentous consequence that all intelligent and patriotic minds should be, and properly are, interested in the subject ; so Lask the insertion of a few remarks upon it in the columns of your widely extended journal. It will be conceded that the developement of the vast and interminable resources of our new and growing “ world” has become of universal interest to the civilized world ; nor is it likely to be disputed that, in aid of the industrial habits and pursuits of our people, consistent with, and demanded by their proverbial enterprise of character, railroads, ca- nals, artificial harbors and basins, where nature has not provided them and points out their neces- sity, are the obvious means promotive of that end. Science and experience suggest and prove them to be what we want to secure—a speedy, safe, and cheap intercommunication throughout and with the most distant parts of our most favored land; aye, and as intimately connected with our “ common defence,” as a nation, against possible aggression by a foreign foe. x i Strange, then, it is—most unwise and unpatriotic it seems—that what is of such national interest should be attempted, by the whigs, to be made the test of party !—and that, apparently, they would have us, the people, conclude they are the exponents, “par, excelfence,® of principles. in the uniform practice of which all our democratic Presidents (heretofore) have evinced th apes wisdom and com- prehensive patriotism, for forty years, until now, continuously. ; The whigs mean, of course, to emulate the ex- ample of those distinguished sages and cd in that, and all other good works, will cheerfully accept their co-operation. But, to the immediate cause which has prompted this communication: I, like others, have received much information of late, on the subject, and f want more; nor do I know any such ready means of pro- curing a speedy, wide-cast, requisite information, as by asking, for reference and distribution, the more extended publication of reports made to Co! gress by several of the officers of our an { would’ especially instance the able report of ( lonel John J. Abert, of the Corps of Topographic engineers, “on the commerce of the western rivers, and of the lakes.’ It was required from that distinguished officer, by a resolution of the Senate, and it ix very di sirable that so able and so condensed an exposition of 40 many and sueh important facts be at once spread before the country. True. n large edition of it has al- ready been printed by Congress, and it has been circu- lated through the columns of the Courier and Enquir- er; but I, among others, have no copy left to refer to, and to study ; and being sure the people, in being en- lightened, would be amply compensated; may I now de- sire ita yet more extensive circulation, by an additional order of Congress to print? for, in my judgment, d nents of this kind are of value to all classes of th people. It would be of great value, also, to have pri ed with it the Senate document 44, 2d sossion 20th Congress—for it contains a statement of appropriations for the construction and repair of roads, and for the improvement of harbors and rivers in the United showing, a8 far as practicable, the amount expor each Stato. ‘These two documents exhibit the matter of harbor and river improvements in all their great bearings upon the country, ‘The first shows the importance and extent of the subject : the second, that practical action of our go- vernment to which I have before referred, under vari- ous administrations. On that point the judgment of a President certain! may be inferred from his separate officin) acts; but it does not exactly follow that his “ veto” upon a parti- cular measure, because of local, or other objectionable features, is proof of his repugnance to the general prin ciple of the measure, Infortunately, it is too often construed otherwise; and beeause a President may have refused his name to | # bill for some particular harbor or road, he is at once | set down and quoted as inimical to the general prinei- ple and power of the general government, in favor of harbor and river improvements, A reference to document 44, to which I hav luded, and which | wish called for, will « your readers to correct this error, ‘They will then see what each President has approved, Each work is so described | that it will be recognized; each year is given, sv that | the time cannot be mistaken; and the State being also | given, the general diffusion of whatever benetit these works may confer—local, as well as gonoral—will readi- ly be ascertained and understood, The two summary | statements, at the end of the document, indicate, at a | | glance the aggregate amount expended in cach State | | or territory, with the years in which the appropriations | were made, And now I confidently appeal to this aforesaid do- cument in proof that the system of road, harbor and river improvements, originated with the great demo- | cratic party of the country, and invariably received | | the support of that party, under every and all its ad- | ministrations, with the sole and single exception of President Polk. It commenced with Thomas Jefferson. | ny ‘demetrney? Who will de- It was continued and extended throughout the administration of the pure, virteous, | enlightened Madison, a universally admitted just ex- ponent of constitutional law, and one of the most do- voted democrats of the country, It was further ex- tended under Mr. Monroe—honest James Monroe— another Virginia democrat and patriot. The recently departed—the venerable and most in- tellectual John Quincy Adams, whose long life wae ‘ He has chosen his time to decline further pilotage—-given us abundant notice; so let us look out for our wants; and to’ drop all metaphor, inquire if democracy ix so far be- hind the age as to be content with a fresh-water sailor as a leader? What part of the country, what party, or section of a party, would? Not eur oppo- nents, the whigs, for they profess to require that their loader be up to the times, Will the democrats? They will not allow a cast of reproach upon the great and good departed apostlos of their party by any such act of theirs, as would be implied were they again to trust the destinies of their country to a President who would throttle the great principles of the party in its system of progressive improvement, morally, mentally and physically, . ‘The spirit of the age and times is onward and up- ward, ay will have action INLAND SEAS. The Em we Dpiror oF tr ALD— ‘The people of the F , we have no doubt, pro- perly appreciate the opinion of your ship-fever-proof communication writer of Tuosday last. He thinks it time that the needless agitation about the landing of emigrants at the foot of Hubert st., should be restrain- ed ; we think if persisted in, it has hardly began. His argument ix, because we have been imposed upon for the last fifteen years, by allowing filth of every deserip- tion, both foreign and domestic, and of # quality to sicken a buzzard, that we can and will take anything that may be sent us, Perhaps ho is not aware that there is a point beyond which forbearance is no longer a virtue. We are a peaceable, well disposed, law and order loving people, and suffer much loss and great Inconve- nience from the neglect of thore who are placed above us in power; but we are men, and have the feelings common to men, who are bound, by every tie, to pro- tect themselves and families from pestilence and death. In the immediate neighborhood where the proposed depot is to be, there is probably from one thousand to fifteen hundred men employed in their various avoca- tions, very many of whom are engaged in the foundries, machine and steam engine building, each and every one of whom is liable at any moment to be seized with ship fever, which is almost certain death, and who would leave their wives and children helpless, If it is absolutely necessary for us to have a pesti- lence thrust upon us, we prefer to have the yellow instead of the ship fever. We can guard against that for a while, and then the frost will kill it; but ship- fever is relentless, and will rage without impediment through heat and cold. If it ix unsafe to have such a deposit in other wards, and at Astoria, it is unsafe in the Fifth, and ought to be located beyond the populous parts of the city; there are many pisces which aro far preferable for both emigrant and citizen between 30th and 40th streets, and to which there is no reasonable objection. We have, likewise, some respect for the opinion freely expressed by nearly one hundred of the most respectable and talented physicians of our city, who have given it in writing above their signatures, and to which we would refer those who are doubtful, It in true there are two or theree persons in the im- mediate neighborhood who expect to profit by such a place, by supplying those who hang around such places, and who expect in this way to reap benefit. We do not wish the emigrant the harm such persons do, and therefore would have them Innd where they would be by themselves till ready to proceed into the interior, or find a suitable place of residence here. A REAL FIFTH WARDER, And Friend of the People nt Depot. Mexici Items. [From the VeraCruz Free American, May 3.] We learn from the Monitor of the h ult., that the American commissioners were to leave on that day fi Queretaro, with an escort of fifty men. A conducta left the city of Mexico on the 26th ult., with $1,050,000, for Vera Cruz, The duties on this sum amount to $115,000. The diligence which arrived onthe 27th ult. a from Puebla, was followed by robbers; but ricans, who accompanied it, having fired on them, they look flight. Col) Don Juan’ Ig Brambila has been murdered by a sergeant named Va- leriano Villnueva, en the 9th ult., at Durango. A le’ ter to the Monitor, dated San Juan del Rio, April 23d, represents that part of the country in a deplorable condition, and infested with robbers, who commit d p da with impunity in the face of the authoriti n the course of one month several Aaciendas have been devastated, QUERETARO. Los Debatos, of tho 22d of the preseut month, in its leading article, demonstrates that the perfidious con- | duct of Judas to our Saviour reproduces itself in the modern politics of our country, to which we have been the vietima, Tho foreigner calling himself our friend has caused us all the evil which was in his power to do, and this was authorised by our own debility. Our pub- lic men, concealed under the mask of hypocrisy, have always flattered the heads of the government, and have contributed: to their ruin and crimes; while pretend- ing to be the partizana of those in power, they have attacked them and displaced them. What benctits have we derived from these intrigues? A general de- moralization, principally among the public officers, both civil and military, A ¥ government can hardly find persons in whom to place confidence, and has sometimes to search for them among the youth of the country, in preference to corrupted and perverse old age; and if necessity compels to use these, it has the affliction of being obliged to choose the less deceit with the assurance, in advance, that in the hour of danger, if they do not prove to be treacherous, they willat least abandon it. How can the republic prosper withsuch men? It is miraculous that it still exists; but if the perfidy, which had become an endeinic in- firmity among us, is not substituted by loyalty, it will, beyond doubt, soon be buried under its own ruins ‘These perfidious individuals will then repent their evil | deeds, a8 Judas ropented of his sin; but it will be too late, and they will be the victims of ‘their own machi- nations.” From the same paper of the 26th ult. we learn that a portion, $1400, of the money robbed some time ago, at the Gran Sociedad establishment, was | found deposited in the house of @ merchant, in Calle del Espiritu Santo, and that the robber, named Augus- to Royer, has be apprehended. The St. Louis Reveille publishes & communication from Jefferson county detailing the particulars of a murder lately committed on an i: id in the Missis- | sippl. An altercation took place between Aaron Jones, an old estimable citizen, and @ man by the name of Jacob Jones, in which the latter struck the former with an oar, causing his death Lenina 4 Jones ‘was arrested, and lodged in jail at Waterloo, Ill, City Intelligence, ) Tur Weariten.The weather yesterday warmer than it had before been during the spring ‘The sky was clear all day, and the wind being low, the day was oppressive, ‘Che thermometer stood, in tho Herald offlee, at noon, at $4 degrees, aud at 9 o'clock at night, at 76 degrees. for a time, indications of astorm from the west, but the clouds dispersed, and the night was clear, with every prospect of increased heat of the weather ‘Tur Crovon Resenvorn,—There are few of our pub- lic works: more attractive, or that would more fully re~ pay the visiter, than the Croton reservoir, situated at Forty second street. its introduction into this city. is familiar to every citi- zen; but there are many who have not seen the re- ceiving reservoir, It contains two separate chambers ‘The capacity of the work is suited so as to contain | 150 millions of imperial gallons, and it will deliver at | ons in the twenty-four | the rate of 20 millions of hours, There are an abundance of pereh, sunfish, goattish, and other freshwater fish in the reservoir These imust make their way through the pipes, and many of them are of good size and quality, ‘The work is kept in excellent order and cleanliness. and ix daily ted by several tourists, en passant through our city, a8 one of the objects of public attraction that abound in this populous city and suburbs, ‘Those who wish to age the immediate source through which our pure and crystal Croton flows into every house al- most in the city of New York, after its passage of 40% miles, would be gratified by visit to this stupendous temperance punch bowl Gas iw orie Pank.—The Common Couneil having, a few weeks since, passed a resolution to light the Park with gas, and already hins the work of laying the pipet begun, ‘There has, fer some time, boen any quantity of gas in that placo, especially where such resolutions, Sre passed, thoagh ast the kind caloulated to onlighton those who called or passed through. Tur Heactn or tHe Civy.—The city is now said to be unusually healthy, generally, and very little con- tagion exists. The warin weather will, probably, change this desirable state to one of disease, for in many parts of the city the heat of one day's sun, acting upon the filth in the streets, has caused an extremely offen- sive and foul atmosphere, which can only tend to the encouragement of sickness. Now is the time to cleanse the city, and prepare for the more un- hoalthy soason which 16 repldly’ spproaching.. In tho principal streets, the sprinklers aru at work, which pro- duces a pleasantness that the more private ones are prived of. ‘Thore are quite a number cases of ship fe ver in the city, but that number is small in comparison to what it was during the winter. As puro air and cloantiness are necessary to the extermination of this disease, too much care cannot be take: ‘ing this ox- treme warm weather to use every precaution to guard against its spread. Awning Poss 1x Broapway.—But a short time since the corporation compelled the removal of all the wooden awning-posts in Broadway, no doubt for the purpose of giving to that thoroughfare a more genteel appearance, and to obviate the miserable nuisance of hanging signs Upon the outer edge of the sidewalk, Iron posts were substituted, and already these posts may be seen boxed in asatree. and signs painted on the boxing. ‘Thus is the law obviated, and there is no means to reach the aggressors without a distinct ordinance by the Common Council. Seniovs Accivent.—A serious accident, whieh mira- culously did not prove fatal, occurred while the assem- blage was departing from the Centreville track last evening. Mr. Archibald Greaves, of this city, fell while attempting to reach the top of an omnibus, and the wheels of the heavy vehicle passed over his limbs and body, from his left foot to his right shoulder, wounding him dreadfully. The unfortunate sufferer was con veyed in a carriage to the house of Mr. Snedeker, about six miles from Brooklyn, and the best medical aid of the neighborhood, and also from this city, was carly in attendance. Police Intelligence. Charge of stealing a Watch.—Oficer Whalen, of the 6th ward arrested yesterday a suspicious looking fellow, called Bernard Sherlock. on suspicion of having stolen a gold lever watch and chain, valued at $100, the pro- perty of Joseph» Gennis, residing at No. 48!g Cherry street. Justice Timpson locked him up for trial. Swindling a Countryman.—A countryman, by the name of Samuel H, Halsey. arrived in town yosterday afternoon, and while passing up Catharine street, he was accosted by a yellow fellow, who persuaded him to accompany him into the next strect, up an alley-way, for the purpose, as he stated, of deciding a bet; on refus- ing, at first, to go, a white man then stepped up, and anid he would go along too, and as. further inducement to the countryman, the negro said he would give him $2 for his trouble; and thinking he might as well earn $2 for a very little trouble, agreed to go. As soon as they got into the alley, the gate was pushed to, and a pack of cards shown by another negro, who wanted him to bet on a certain card. This heawould not agree to do at first; but after a little persuasion from the white man, he drew out his pocket book to bet $10, and dis- played a roll of bank bills, amongst which was one of ‘This was seized ups the white man in an in- stant, and drawn from the others, who said bet this; and at the same time handed it to the negro, who gave one grand flourish with the cards, and while the groen countryman was standing with his mouth open, won- dering at the impudence, the negro cleared himself with the $50 bill; the white man then said to the country- man, “the rascal has ran off with $20 of my money, also”; yes, said the countryman, “its too bad to see how the critter did it.” “Ye: the white man, who was trying to console him, “it is too bad, that’s a fact, but he’s gone now; you may bet yourlife on that.” reader must recollect that this white man was an accomplice of the negroes. ‘This manner of swindling countrymen who visit the city, is called “burning,” and if this trick was introduced into the play called “ New York as it is.” it would add one more feature of real life. A black fellow, Butcher Joo, kind of * king pen” or head devil amongst the “ burn- ers,” with another negro, was arrested by Capt. Mag- nes on suspicion of having done the job; but on being confronted with the countryman, before Justice Timp- son, they were both discharged. as the countryman lared they were not the same negroes who coaxed him up the alley and stole his $50. It appears there are still some green countrymen yet in the world, who assist these “ burners” to make # living. Whe Fren The Presse has another duction of the army. It ‘Five hundred and thirty-seven thousand men! Such is the amount of the present effective force of France as given by the Moniteur de Armée, which adds, ‘The first revolution had only 150,000 regular troops when it entered on the campaign against Europe in coalition against it.’ How, when Kurope was banded against us, 150,000 men were sufficient to defend the national independence, and at present that Europe is revolutionary and revolutionised —when Europe, happily for us, is condemped to an impossibili- ty to form such a coulition—at present, when kings and nations make but one common bed, although a separate one—when we are defended by the impregaa- ble barrier of a free press and freedom of speech, we quire 537,000 men! As long ax we can hold a pen we shall attack such an error, which exposes us to t gravest danger—that of war in our streets, in con- sequence of the ruin of our finances, under the pretext of defending our frontiers and our honor against aggres- sions which do not menace them, Blind that you are, do you not see that with a public debt which ‘already demands not less than 399,363,000f of your revenue, you are not rich enough to pay every year, in view of the improbable risk ofa war, an insurance premium which exceeds 360 millions, and,with the navy, am a 1 to 500 millions! Haif’ a imilliard! Bl t the great Pp is that of Inbc question of war ought to go and join the in and so many oth tions to which history serves as a sepul y war? Are not wars of reli for ever extinet in Europe! Are wars of su be dreaded, when kings fall? Are wars of frontiers amongst the number of probabilities, wh furrowed in every di barriers hetween nat when every river is covered with steamboats and pacific flags ? Blind t 0 you not years the ol # given way toa new one, that the field of battle is no longer the same? On the new battle-field it is not the musket and cannon which reign, but taxes and credit—the word free trade ro- places that of conquest. Conquests were the victories of war—free trade and its consequences are the victories of peace. It it no longer the blood of the soldier that flows, but the sweat of the workman,” jscellancous, t 2 o'clock, P.M., the thermomoter in rect, Boston, indicated a temperature of 86 ¢ that for the last 30 On Thursday, State degrees. The Richmond (Va.) Republican, of the 18th instant, states that a recent census of Staunton, gives its population aa 2.456. This calculation embraces the in- mates of the Lunatic Asylum, who amount to 220, and of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum, who amount to ¥ aunton is a summer resort of increasing popu- larity It is said that in the parishes of Saint Joseph and Saint Francois, county of Dorchester, Canada East, many farmers have made 3,000 to 5,000 pounds of maj sugar each, and that in these two parishes alone 000 pounds, at least, have been made An old man named MeMillan, and his three sons, are confined in the jail of Saline county,Mo., awaiting their trial for murder. The court commenced its session on the Ist instant., and it was ee that the old man and one of the sons would be found guilty of the crime The commissioners named in the act for erecting a State Lunatic Asylum near Harrisburgh, Pa., are pre- paring to commence this desirable work during the sent summer Henry L. Low, formerly a tutor, has been appointed | professor of languages, and Joseph M. Clarke, tutor, in | Geneva College. An we boat has been started at Buffalo, to | run agaiast the lake combination. The Newark cotton mills run twenty looms, each throwing off 30 yards of cloth per day, making an ag- | gregate of 3,600 yards per week. It is said that several marble quarries have been re- cently opened in Talladega eounty, Alabama, and tha: competent judges have pronounced it to be “ the finest which has yet been found in America.” Some of the uarries furnish white, and others variegated marble, dnely adapted for mantels, furniture, &¢, ‘The history of the Croton and | Sheppard was heard at considerabl: | 45 Law Intelligence, Suraewe Coone— Beko * Hurlbut, Kdmonds, and Kdwards—In the matter of Philip Waker , brought before the court on a Writ of habeas corpus —Waker was about rtnight ago committed to the city prison by Justice Lathrop for going on board one of the Li- In the afternoon there was, | verpool packets without license, to solicit emigrantst o so to a certain boarding house, in violation of the baes corpus has been issued at the pecinl Justices of the late police court, of Waker sought for on two grounds | First, that the act is local and embraces more subjects than one; and secondly, that only one of the subjects is embraced in the titie in contravention of the con- | stitution, and therefore the act is unconstitutional and void, and the commitment illegal. Mr. L. B length in support of the discharge of Waker, and Mr. Dudley Field in reply. The case is postponed till to-morrow, this morn- ing, when Mr. D. Graham will close the argument against the constitutionality of the act Usire Tansiat.’s Orrick —May 10—Aitempe at Rew ‘Three sailors, two of them named Woodfield and Richardson, the third name not known, were rested this morning and committed for examination. pt to create # revolt on board the schooner Shylock, lying opposite Staten Island. y Genenat Sessions, May 19,—Before Recor- nd Aldermen Dodge and Hat! wq., Assistant District Attorm Klizabeth Gaffney indicted for a grand larceny, in having stolen $35 from James Haley, on being arraigned at the opening of court this morn- ing, pleaded guilty and was sent to the State prison for the term ¢ years. John Abel indicted, for steal- ing $25 from Casper Krenstien, also, pleaded guilty, and was sont to the Penitentiary for three pce Trial for Burglary.—Thomas Johngon alias William Darlington, was then called to trial on an indictment rging him with having in the month of December, S44, brol into the store of John Hutchins, and sto len therefrom cloth, vestings, &e., valued at $102. On the part of the prosecution, it was shown, in evi- dence, that the prisoner, about the time the burglary was committed, sold to Hugh Monahan a quantity of cloth, which was subsequently identified by Mr Hutchins as his property; that’ Hugh Monahan was also arrested on account of the goods having been found in his possession, and was tried and acquitted For the defence, the priso s counsel contended that the ind it in ase came under the statute of limitations, which provides that it should have been found within three years after the commis- sion of tl oe ; unloss it could be proved that the prisoner had not beon a resident of the State during that period, which fact the prosecution being unable to show, the j charge of the court, found the prison he was discharged. John Johnson was next called to trial on # charge of stealing agold watch, valued at $60, tho property of James Downs, Froui the evidence adduced, it appeared that the watch was stolen from on board the steamboat Knickerbocker, where the owner was employed, and that the watch was subsequently re- covered from the prisoner. The jury found the ac- cused guilty of w petit larceny only, and the Court sen- teneed him to 6 months imprisonment in the peniten- tiary Trial of Illegal Voters.—David Clark was next placed at the bar for trial on a charge of having illegal ly voted in the 7th ward at the last charter election. ‘The prosecution failed to sustain the indictment, and thejury acebrdingly rendered a verdict of not guilt Stephen B. Finch was next tried for illegal voting 6 the 9th ward, at the last charter election, he having at the time but recently removed into the city from Wi chester county. The jury found him guilty,-but mended him to the me f the Court. pleaded into: for com his pre to tive days imprisonment only in the city prison. John Welsh was also tried and found guilty of having voted illegally in the Ist ward, at the last election, and the Court sentenced him to three months imprison- ment in the penitentiary Trial for Grand Larceny.—Frederick W. Froeming, a young German, was then tried on # charge of steal. ing $35 from Peter Gherkin. In the course of the trial it appeared in evidence that the prisoner slept in the same room with complainant, and while the latter was asleep, the accused abstracted from his pockets the money in question; that on arresting and searching the prisoner, the purse belonging to Mr. Gherkin, con- taining $18, was found in his possession, which he se- knowledged having stolen, for the purpose of proour- ing a suit of clothes to get married in. The jury with- out leaving their seats, found the prisoner guilty, and the Court sentenced him to be imprisoned in the State prison for 2 y Another trial for Grand Larceny.—George P. Shaw was then called to trial, on an indictment for stealing $190 from Henry Voght. On examining the first wit- ness for the prosecution, it appeared that the prisoner t to a bank with a note or check, for the purpose of getting it cashed, and got the money, but forgot to leave the note or check, Whereupou he was arrested for reeny. At this stage of the trial, the prosecution abandoned the case, andthe jury, under direction of the Court, acquitted the accused. ‘The Court then adjourned. Examination or Cantex.—The examination of Ben- jamin N. Carter, on a charge of poisoning his wife, with intent to murder, place, says the Boston Times, in Gloucester, on Wednesday, We have received from the office of the Gloucester Telegraph, an extra, con- taining the evidence which was introduced, and which corresponds in its main features with the statements heretofore made in relation to the affair. The testimo- ny was strong as to the guilt of the prisoner, but no provocation was shown which could have induced the perpetration of such an act. ‘The principal witness against the prisoner was his own wife, who detailed the circumstances under which the supposed poison was administered, and the suffer ings produ She testified very fairly towards her husband, declaring that they had lived happily together for the past three or four years, Mrs, Carter was, how- ever, asecond wife, and there appears to have’ been xome want of cordiality towards her on the part of some members of the prisoner's family—his children leaving home soon after the marriage. It was proved on the examination, that the prisoner purchased arsenic on the very day of the supposed attempt to poison, and that arsenic was found in the bowl from which his wife ate. Carter was bound over in $4000 bonds, to the C. I. Court, to be held at Ipswich. ‘The following evidence is from the wife of the pris- oner Mary Ann Carter called.—Am wife of Benj N. Car- ter. Mr, Carter came home at half past 8 o'clock on the night of the 2d of May; he asked me where the milk was he sent home in the morning; [ told him it was inthe back roomon the shelf. He said he was al- most starved, and asked me if there were any crackers in the house; I told him there were noue, but I had some soft breadr He said he wanted crackers; it rained very hard, and he said“ take your umbrella and go across the street and get some;’” be gave me ninepence, and! went, When I returned, there was a bowl and spoon on my side of the table, (the side where I always sit.) The bowl was ready when I came in; he desired me to eat; I to im | was not hungry; he urged me, and | thought | would not relune him; he began to eat, and I took a cracker and went to r commenced eating, he said this milk is ught it did not taste very nice but did not ray so to him; I had nearly eaten my cracker, and then stopped; I then took up my spoon, and when I took it up there was in it nearly half a spoonful of a white substance; | put it down again, and whether he saw me or not, | eannot tel the went immediately to p to the window. and he was looking directly through the window which was standing in the floor; he came the bowl and sawa white substance on bowl; he came aad sat down; he said, 1 dreadfully; | told him he had better go up stairs id not then; he would sit there a while, perhaps he would fell better; | thought he was going to have « fit, and as I was alone I called Mr. Lawler; when he down, | said, Mr, Lawler, Mr. Carter is sick; I you would help get him up stairs; | then sat downy I felt dreadfully; | thought, what have I been taking My stomach and my throat were burning; I felt very badly; Isat a moment; I then remembered | had seen a white substi ¢ in the bowl; | took my lamp and went down stairs; I took the bowls and placed them on the same table where they were before; [ had previous- ly put them on a dresser; | took a coffee cup and took the bow! I ate from and put the milk in the coffee cup, and then | saw a white substance in the bottom of the bowl; I should think there was « great spoonful; | then took a grain it my fingers and found it was gritty; [ then put the bowl the sane dresser; [then began to feel very badiy; my stomach was burning, and | went up stairs and sat down; | thought [ might be agitated, but found I grew worse and worse, I then took my lamp to see if could see anything out of the way; I saw nothing; | thought of his clothes; [ went to his pocket where | found in his pants a white paper; | took the paper and went down stairs; | undid the package and there found this white substance; | compared thia with the contents of the bowl and thought they were alike; | then said to myself, what can this be? [ thought how bad I felt; ! ama sick woman; | thought | must ask Mr, Lawler to come down—he came down; I said fam sorry to disturb you. but [ should like to make a friend of you; [dont know but what lam poisoned; | told him to look at the bowl—he did #0; he said he did not know what it was, thought it was not very good; I said, what do you think is in this paper !— he did not know, did not call Mrs, L.—she was unwell; I did the paper up and gave it to Mr. L. that night; [ did it up as it was betore. on wh unt, and the Court sentenced him in the back de the tabl A Revoturionany Doo.—A big, ugly looking dog, of a yellow color, was seen seated on the steps of the platform at the great distribution of colors on the day of the demonstrations in Paris, close below the feet of the membors of the provisional government. ‘The his- tory of this dog is curious. He remained at the side of his master during the fighting of the memorable 2ith of February, and was wounded by a shot in t leg. and a cut of a sabre im the shoulder, and also one of his front paws was crushed, by being trod upon by a horse ¢f one of the municipal guard. "He limps ever since. His master was killed in the fight, and when the people afterwards rushed, in triumph, to install the go- vernment at the Hotel de Ville, he went along with them and entered with the crowd. There he has staid ever since. He has, in consequence of his adventures, been called by the name of “Barricade,” and now an- swers to it, The Republican Guard, of the Hotel de Ville, witnesses of the heroic prowess of this hero of the 24th, have adopted him into the regiment as theig dog, and he follows it everywhere,