The New York Herald Newspaper, June 29, 1849, Page 1

———— 7 NO. 5502 MORNING EDITION----FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1849. THE NEW YORK HERALD. TWO CENTS. "Very Late from California, &e., die, die. ‘The Englieh mail steamer Clyde arrived in Mo- bile Bay, at five P. M., on the 20th inst. She brings, besides a number of passengers for Mobile and Havana, $300,000 for Europe. She alsobrings intelligence from San Francisco to the 18th ult., eighteen days luter than that brought by the steam ship California, at Panama. This news came overlend, via Mazatlan, the city of Mexico, and Vera Cruz. It is of a very interesting character. The ad- wices are favorable to the prospects of the gold dig- rs; some of the miners were very successful. Phcanade of persons were daily arriving. It was estimated that about 8,000 persons were em- ployed in digging for gold. The Monttor Republicano, of the 23d May, states that according to the latest accounts received from the land of gold, the extraction of the precious ore from the earth was attended with vast difficulties and dangers ; the snows had been so deep as to interrupt the operations, to which add the furious attacks which the Indians had made on those who were working in the placers; and although they had been repulsed, they kept up hostilities. According to letters from San Francisco, dated May 18th, everything was ina disordered con- dition. Additional to the above, we ‘find the following in the New Orlearts Picayune of the 20th inst:— By the arrival here last evening, from Galveston, of the steamship Pelmetto, Captain J’ Smith, we have re- « ceived tiles of the Galveston News to the 16th iastant, inclusive We take the following from the Galveston Bews of the 16th— Mr. James Martin, formerly of St. Louis, Mo., visit- ed our ranctuin yesterday morning, on his return feom California. Mr Martin came passenger on the steam. er Yacht, from Brazos Suutingo, and hax favored us With rome interesting information in relation to the gold region. He left San Francisco onjthe 22d of March, (probably May 1.) on the steamer California.and acrived At Mazation in 14 days. ‘Thence Mr. Martin made thy journey through Mexico, to Roma on the Rio Grande. in 26 days, on horseback. He travelled through Du- rango, Paris. Sultillo, and Monterey, meeting with no obstacle during the whole journey. Mr. Martin says he met about tive hundred Americans between Du Yango and Roma, on their way to California, ey all appeared well pleased with the route Mr, Martia of the journey from San Fran. ‘ande, including sixty-five dollars pasrage,on the steamer to Mazatlaa, amoaut to about one huadred and fifty dollars, Mr, Martin has been eleven months in Catifornia, but brings no gold with him. He was sick during » great portion of the time, and waa udvised by his phy- sician to return to the United States, The miners bad gone to work before Mr, Martin left. and it was extimated that about one hundred thousand persons were engaged in digging gold As much ns feven ounces of pure gold has been collected, frequont- ly, in a day. by one person, whilv at the same time many Yerrons work whole days without making anything ‘Asan estimate of what labor is worth at the mines, Mr. Martin eays the Megicans and Mexican peons refuse fifteen dollars a day and found. There are three pla- cers. each divided from the other by sandy ridges, a fow miles wide, ‘The first placer is five luagues square, the second thirteen leagues square. and the third twen- ty-reven leagues rquare. Gold is al-o found in the mountains; but few or none go to the mountains after it, ‘The present population of San Francirco is thought to be about 75.000—a much larger number than the buildings can accomniodate. Many live in tonts, and hundreds sleep on the contiguous sand hills, and live as they best can. There were five American ladies in allin San Francisco. In the port there were twenty- six versels, all abandoned by their hands, and unable to leave. The two vessels belonging to the navy in that port were also deserted. ‘There is no law, either civil or military, in the whole country. General Smith, the new gorérnor, is without any force at his command, the soldiers having all de- serted; and has nothing but his tise to distinguish hinhjrom any other person, buing altogether powerless, Murders were of very common occurrence in the gold region) but the murderers were wither not detested, or no paing taken to discover who they w These crimes ‘were perpetrated, in almost every instance, for the gsld the parties pussesred. ‘wo or three vessels fom New Yerk and Boston had arrived at San Fraucisoo with cargocs of merchandise, but hed not begun to dispose of them previous to Blarch 22d (probably May 1) Mee Naru conversed with two of the three men of whom the newspapers give accounts as returning with $00,000 iu gold. They stuted that they had been en- geged in the mines thirteen months; aud in other re- #pects. Mr. Martin’s statements concerning them con- firm the published reports. Annexed are a few particulars of interest from the Buffalo Courier, of the 27th inst:— Weare permitted to make the following extracts from lett«rs recently received in this city from Mr. Erastus Sparrow, an old wnd well-known resident of Buffalo, now in the gold regions of California, Mr. 8 is 4 man of keen observation, who appreciates the dif- ficulties us well as advantages in the way of those who flock to Culifornia in the pursuit of wealth, ‘Che gentiemaa from whom we obtain theso extracts, relates to us an incitent which, thoagh not intended for publication, and of itself of incousiderable im- ortance, nevertheless illustrates so weil the * business bits? of our old acquaintance aud the high price of the most commen articles of trafic inthe gold country, that we think proper to make it publi hen in New York, Mr. S, bought, in Maiden lane, @ Coarse speci- men of the genuine Yankee jask-knife, for which he id two shillings and six-pex On arriving in Cali- orta, the oceasional sight of the same by the. diggers so excited their desire to become possessed of it, that a ine competition commenced for its purchase, The» views of the holder werv fer some time above thoreof buyers,” but at last one hardy, purse-proud adventurer went up to fourteen dollars, whereupon Mr. 8.“ eaw him,’ and as a special favor pocketed the money and traueferred the property, Srocktow ow THe San Joaquin, April 1, 1849, * Tamentisfied there is more gold in thia coun- try than Das ever,been talked of, and am also satisfied that it requires much more time and hard labor to find it than has ever been talked of or thought of. A maa must Jabor-late and early to find gold to any exte it, and frequently much tims is exhausted without finding auy ‘The digging of gold is much like digging a well in astony country. Such laboras | have seen, would Kill me. Ican get gold eavier, trading in the mines pd mountains, whica is now very profitable I have travelled on foot over the worst mountains you can ossibiy imagioe, 160 miles inthe last ten days, aud five +uffered much. 1 will leave here for the mines in the Stanislaus dis- trict, some 80 miles, day after to-morrow, aud must go iton foot, jas my pack mules ana horses will by faily loaded. e travel in day time over mountain and prairie, and camp at night by a littie tire, tie our horses ‘and mules close by, to prevent their being stolen by the Todians. and then lie down to rest ina blanket. waking often to se if the rascaily eavases huve taken our horses.and mules. ‘We bave raw pork and biscuit for breakfast, nnd go withont dinner in order to have ao appetite for supper, WI we have biseuit, pork roasted on a stick, and water, They don’t talk of pre-emption rights in this oountry, except town plots. The whole country, so far as | have seen, is a periect waste of barren prairie and mountains. The gold region is large enough for as miany as are Willing t» work it. Woon’s Camr, xnan Stamrsvacs Riven, ‘April 22 9 Tam now sitting in my tent, seme 200 miles from Ban Francisco. in the widst of the gold regions, about which so much has been said—imany of the statements Deing entirely falee,and much indeed true, There is no dvubt of the existence of immense quaniities of gold over a very large district of country,and a supply that will not be exhausted for years tu come, bat itis by the hardest kind ot | is obtained, and then generally Now and th a lucky strike f dy are pic! upina#shorttime, But eo farast am informed, the average ix below an ounce per day for all those who labor Jaithfully, and got half the persons here work halt the time,” Money is very plenty here, aad drink- ing aud garibling are carried on toa great extent, Gold dust sells at twelve to fourteen doliars per onnce— flour 150 to 200 dollars per barrel—have no milk or butter, and 10 vegetables ot any kind to be had at any price, it fs the most barren country [ ever taw. 2 Tue Si Mines near Lrrrie Rock, Ark.— The Little Rock, (Ark ) Yemocrat, of the 15th inst. speaking Of the silver mines near that city, says :— ithough we were well aware that the mineral con- tained a Ia preportion of silver, we have usually designated them as the “jead mines.” Late in- yvestigatiogs have most conclusively proved this to be a misfomer, and that they should be called the “wiverinines,” as the value of this precious mi y exceeds the value of the lew y permission, of one of the props v@e, a copy of ani @eay made at vo specimen , Which shows the value of silver in one ton of the mineral to be one thousand dollars. is believed by those who have examin- ¢d this mipers] and the i ity in whieh is found, that thes@ diggings will ultiz ly e the richest silver mines ever discovered New Ontmana, Vinay 01 1849. Sin—I finve examined two ae 18 Of mineral feom your mings. !n the specimen No 1,1 find 8-96 or 1-2 rt of pare silver In epecsimen No 2,1 tind » mete trifle mord, tay 1-32 part full, of pure silver, It is pos. sible ther# may be more. as my means of investigation Not SR good as Teould wish The quantity of lead, ae &e, 1 huve not time to examin Respeetfully. P. SNELL. ©, Dy Movrtox, Esq , Little Roek, Synopsis of Col. Benton’s at Boone- Ville, delivered 9th inst. Col. Benton commenced his ad by a refe- rence to his late speech at Jefferson city, declaring that_nothing was to be subtracted from it or to be analieds and if anything in the present speech ould be understood as varying from that in any particular, it would be a mistake. He meant now tospeak on a different part of the subject: to speak of his appeal to the people, and to vindicate his right and their rights in making it. The a was more in favor of their rights than his. They were the supreme judge, and had a might to retain jurisdiction of the case. The members of the Ge- neral Assembly and the senators and representatives in Congress were. all, the agents of the peeple, and the people had authority over them all,and fer pet when there was any question between them as to the manner of doing the people’s business. His appeal wasto the people onthe question of their own will; it was to the whole people, for the instructions to him were in the name of the whole. They were not party instructions, but State in- structions. ‘They were in the name of the State, and to the State only could the question of their correctness be directed. ‘ Mr. Benton made nine points or propositions as reasens why the appeal should be sustained, speak- ing to each fully, in an address of two hours, fe. The instructions were in conflict with in- structions given by the previous General Assem- bly, and complied with by him. 2d. The second objection was that these resolu- tions did not emanate from any known will or de- sire of the people; but, as subsequent attempts ie Jo, AoEDOrE them show, were contrary to their will. 3d. The third point taken by Mr, Benton, was that the instructions were unconstitutional, and, therefore, of no force ; because no instructions can enforce a violation of the constitution. This wus ground for disobeying them. But he had not taken the ground of a refusal to obey, but merely appealed to the people to Capen he should bee: He was ready to quit his place if they sanc- tioned them, for he had too much self respect to retain his place if he disagreed with his constitu- ents. 4th. The instructions denied the power of Con- gress to legislate on the subject of slavery in terri- tones, because slaves were not named in that con- nection inthe constitution. This was the particu- lar part to which the former objection of unconsti- tutionality was made. He said the same reason would deprive Congress of all jurisdiction in terri- tories over persons and property, as neither white men nor any kind of property were mentioned in itin thatconnection. , : r Sth.iThe fitth objection to the instructions is that they :ead to promote diasensions between theStater, and disunios, upon unfounded and erroneous views of fuet end law. This is found in the assertion of the right to remove with property ta the territories, and the insult conceived to the tluve States by the restriction of that right. The word disunion is used in them as a remedy for the supposed iasult, which is no insult. Gh. These resolutions bound the State to co- operate with other States in the event of a civil war. He showed this by the fifth resolution. And denied the right of the legislature to make such ledge. - Th Pledging the State to a combination to re- sist, overawe and control the constituted authori- tes, was another objection. It was destructive to government, and to the democratic principle that the majority should govern. th. The resolutions were digested from those of Calhoun, offered in the Senate two years before. 9th. These reselutions were not passed for the bona fide purpose of instructing him at Washing- ton, but for the purpose of attacking him at home. Facts and dates prove this. They were passed on the af March, and Congress had adjourned on the 3d. The Senator then took a view of the state of things in Carolina and Virginia, and expressed the wish that Missouri should disengage herself from her false position as speedily as possible. Havii vindiented his appeal, he passed to the subject the Pacific railroad. Later From Buenos Ayrus.—More Forriantrs For CaLinornia.—The brig Eliza Taylor, Captain Eldridge, frem Buenos Ayres, May 6th, arrived at this port this morning. Capt. Eldridge reports that no settlement of the difficulties between the Dictator Rosas and the French, had yet been ac- complished. Merchants here, however, are still confident that matters will be amicably Bap od: and are strengthened in this conviction. by the fact announced inthe British Packet of April 28th, that the daughter of Rosas gave a party at which the French Admiral was present, which shows Soni er of corcislity not heretotore supposed to exist. It is thought at Buenos Ayres that Rosas will insist on an indemnity for the destruction of his fleet before he settles the matter. i At Buenos Ayres produce was scarce and high, and freights very much depressed. There was a very large number of fereign vessels in port, some of which had been there five or six months wait- ing for freight. Several Hamburg and Bremen vessels whieh could not go home on account of the Danish blockade, had taken hides on freight to the United States as low as five-eights of a centper pound. Capt. Eldridge says that he laid there for three months without moving his anchor. Many of the English, Portuguese, and other Europeans, at Buenos Ayres, were leaving for Ca- lifornia, but the fever had not spread much among the natives. Quite a number had crossed the country to Valparaiso, among them the agent of Dr. Brandreth, of pill notoriety, who arrived at Buenos Ayres in the ship B. Aymar. Captain El- dndge states that the expense by this overland route is emal! ($25 or 30), but in consequence of the mountainous state ofjthe country, it is very fa- tiguing. At this time the route is impassable, on account of the cold and ice in the mountains. The American brig Seguine, Captain Norton, was to sail the day after the Eliza Taylor, for Ca fornia. She had about sixty passengers engaged, principally English and Portuguese. ‘The brig Hy- cer Ali was to sail about the Ist of June. She had already about ten passengers. A Hamburg bark had been chartered for California by a person named Fides, formerly Consul at Maldonado. A Dr. Tewksbury, of Maine, for some time a resident at Buenos Ayres, had given up a good si- tuation there, and was about to embark with his family for the soul region. i . Since the arrival of the Boston and New York pilot beats at Montevideo, on their way to Cali- fornia, no vessels bound there had touched at either Montevideo or Buenos Ayres. Captain El- dridge, when a short time out of Buenos Ayres, suw a number of Gio and barks with passengers on beard, probably Californians, but was not near enough to speak them.—Boston Traveller, June 27. Cart. Veacn’s Carirornta Company—Tur Mexper Doverep.—It is stated in the Victoria Advicate, on the authority of a letter dated San Fernando, April 25th, that the rumor of the mur- der of Capt. Veuch and his party is confirmed. It is said that the party was surrounded by a band of Indians numbering 500, and after a deaperate battle, in which 100 savages were slain, the Ameri- cans ween crates and all slain but one wo- man. This differs from the first report, in which it was stated that Mayor Barry’s party, which sepa- rated from Capt. Veach’s to go by the route to | Mazatlan, was cut off by the Indians. If the ac- count were true, it eppeaps to us that the new would have been published long since ‘in the Mata- moras or Brownsville papers. ere story that 100 Indians out ef 500 were slain, seems also quite in- credible, for the Indians. will scarcely ever con- tinue a fight after even one-twentieth of their num- ber have fallen. The story possibly originated from the attack of the Indiana on a kacienda below Laredo, in which an American woman was cap- tured, end carried off by the savages, about the time that this report was started on the Rio Grande.—Houston (Texas) Telegraph, Jume 14. The Charleston (8. ©.) Mercury, of the 25th inst., speaking of the report of the murder, says :— “A rumor reached this city some days since, by telegraph from New Orleans, of the destruction’ of Capt. Veuch's company of Califorma emigrants, by the. Indians, which was of painful interest to oiany in our community, as it was generally under- stood it had been previously joined by a party of young gentlemen from this city. Cogn the closest scrutiny of the New Orleans papers, we'find nothing whatever to justify thia report, and the only thing approximating to it is a letter from the Choctaw. Agency, dated May 15, stating that _a party of iwenty-eight persons, which had left Texas some weeke previously, had been attacked by the In- dians on Red River, and that twenty-six of them had been killed. This could not possibly have been Cupt. Veach’s party, as the locality desig- nated is fully three hundred miles north of their route, which was by way of Chihaahna; and we have little doubt that intelligence will soon be re- ceived ef their safe arrival at their point of desti- nation, Movements of Andivia Lient, Beall, United States Navy, wax expected to leave Philadeiphin yesterday. ax bearer of despatohes tor California, » Hie bride goes ont with him, Mir. Clay ia expected to visit Washington about the 10th of July, proxime. AGE OLIN Mia COUR EDEN MVOC REG PR RCO eH MPO EIEN Oe RSC RE RV From the West Indies: ‘We have received our files of the Morning Jour- nal, published at Kingston, Jamaica, to the 9h inst., from which we obtain the hewng pa ‘We learn that a meeting, presided over by Lord Bishop of the diocese, was held in Spanishtown, on the 24th ultimo, ‘to consider the ct luced on the country by the non-ob- servance of the treaties for the suppression of the slave trade,” and for the relief of the intertropical possessions from the distress in which they were involved. A number of resolutions were adopted; among them one recommending the planters ol Jamaica, Guiana, and Trinidad, to discontiue the eulture of sugar, since they could not compete with Cuba, Porto Rico, apd Brazil, so long as they dis- regard their treaty obligations in regard to the slave trade. Other meetings on the same subject have been held in various parts of the island, and memo- rials have been sent to the home government in regard to it. r aa : In regard to other affairs in Jamaica, we make the following extracts from the J , of June The Legislature has been further prorogued to the 12th instant. by his Excellency the Governor, It is thought this short prorogation (14 days) may be re garded as an intimation that it will next be called to meet and proceed to business. Nothing has transpired as to the determination of government in refercuce to the matters submitted to it by the House of Assembly during its last sitting, or the course the Executive is to pursue, should the popular branch remain of the opinion it was at that period. A few weeks will suffice for the developement of the course the government will ursue, a8 well as of that which the Axsembly may de- Termine upon There is little uso in conjecturing what these will be, or speculating upon the prebable result of the approaching meeting A few partial showers of rain have fallen in this city and its neighborhood, but we are without the regular searons. In the interior, and some pertions of the frand. there have been some fine rains, and they have fallen daily, with every prospect of a continuance. A person by the name of M. Antomio Teulet, a ‘odeon of Gen. Santa Anna, had crested from Xingston, with a large sum of money and jewels, belonging to the general. He held the office of interpreter to the frac and had always been treated with much kindness. The distress in Demurara may be judged of by the fact that a sale of four valuable estates, which had once cost £100,000, brought only £7,000. The ordinance lately passed in Trinidad, levying aduty on rum consumed on the island, had worked, the Gazette says, with less of annoyance to the planters than was at first anticipated. The Saint Vincent’s Roya! Gazette meations that the Governer-in-Chief of the Leeward Islinds had reconimended the passing of a bill to establish an Island bank. . oi ‘ Jn Saint Christopher’s the proposition to establish @ sugar refinery had been abandoned. . A vessel had arrived froin Sierra Leone with 95 African emigrants, (7) one having died on the voyuge. 2 " f { Party spirit is at the eae pitch in Martinique, the population being divided in. the interests of M Bissetie on the one hand, and M. Papy on the other. M. Bissette, it appears, is using nus influ- ence to recure not only ES own election, but that of M. Pecoul, to the representation of Martinique in the National Assembly—the latter being a white man and a lurge proprietor of the island, and M. Bissette having atlirmed the principle that, in jus- tice to the great majority of the proprietary body, the colony ought to be represented by at least one of that cluss in Martinique. - On the 14th mst., a man who was beating the bamboula, whilst attending the conveyance of some hogsheads of sug: r to M. Bissette, was ay- prehended by the Commissary of Police, (a Papy- iste) and committed. His release was immedi- ately demanded by a mob gathered in front of the Mayor’s office. ‘The Mayor not complying with this demand, troops had to be called to tae spot, to withstand the serious turn of affairs which threat- ened. The mob would listen to no one, until, for- tunately, an intumate friend and partisan of Bis- sette arrived on the spot. He requested them, in the name of their “ Papa,” to disperse, giving them to understand that hey would be displeased if they persisted in such conduct. In a moment they dis- persed, and order wae restored. . From Samt Lucia, we learn that the special ses- sion for the trial of the partes engaged in the late outbreak in that island, had terminated its labors. A great many of the rioters had been convicted and sentenced to various degrees of punishment. ‘Their number had rendered it necessary to. p: an ordinance te empower the Lieut. Governor to commute certain pnnishments to deportation and exile from the island. The Island of Dominica had been troubled with earthquakes, but no great damage appears to have been dene: The advices from Grey Town, Nicaragua, are to May 271h. The accounts of the revolution in Nicaragua have proved to be very much exaggerated. Mr. Manning, the British Vice Consul, has not been imprisoned ; but it appears that General Manos 1 endeavoring to, prove that Mr. Manning stigated the rismg against him. An official account. of what took place has been published at Leon, which prebebly is under the truth, and states that the rising Was immediately put down, and public tranquillity restored. ne Legislative Assembly sitting at Nicaragua, passed about the same time a_vote of impeachment against the Director and Minister, and these functionaries immediately quitted Managua for Leon. On this was founded the rumor that they fled from General Munoz. Bat ibovgh General Munoz has not, as was rumored, sumed the dictatorehip, there is great fear of his intentions, and the country is in a very uneasy state. Den Francisco Castellon, the minister sent by Nicaragua to London, to recover possession of this port, hus been recalled, and is expected by the June steamer. Frem Trxas.—A gentleman who resides in veston, returned from the Rio Grande on the 2th inst. The News says thathe left Monclova oa the 22d ult., at which time that place was quite healthy, but the inhabitants were in greatdread of the cholera. All business was suspended, and the church was daily crowded with women. It was r ported in Monclova that the cholera was pre- veiling in Saltillo with great fatality, thirty to forty persons dying daily. It was alve reported that in ali, five hundred emigrants to California had been kalled by the Indians, while travelling through Mexico. ‘This report was generally cre- cited, asthe Indians were known to be very nu- merous in that part of Mexico, The cholera was «making sad havoc in many of the interior towns. Tue usual course of treatment was to plunge the patient in the river, and in consequence death al- ni ost invariably ensued. ‘Lhe crops were generally good, and an abun- dance of rain had fallen in the valley of the Rio Grarde, but so great was the danger and dread of the Indiane, that the Mexicans generally were afraid to leave home, exce;t in strong parties, well armed. The Indians, about twenty in number, had attacked a rancho, about two miles from Sabi- nag, in mid-day, and killed over a hundred, Mexi- cans. None escaped who did not take refuge in the stone houses. The Indians carried off all the horses und mules, but no attempt was made to fol- low them The Western Texan announces the death cf Cept. Joseph Weihl, at the camp of the 3d infantry. near the Salido, on the 25th ult. Cuptain Weth ‘was Jong epected by all who knew hin ‘ The force for the protection of the frontier, or- dered to be raised oy Gov. Wood, is to consist of one hundred men. The term of service is fixed at three months. The citiz-ns of Walker county held a meeting at Huntsville on the 5th inst, to take steps to pres vent the escape of negroes. A preample heading the resolutions, states that a number of, slives have recently left their owners in that neighb: hood, without any ostensible cause. It is suspect- ed that they had been induced to run away by sone white persons.—N. O. Delta, June 20. Trape Between Wisconsin any CaLtrornta.— Wisconsin, the new State- and California, the new Territory, are already making advances to each other, and will soon, perhaps, be locked in the bonds of reciprocal trade. ‘Tine former has’ more timber than she needs, the latter more gold than she can use at home, and a fair exchange would be no robbery. The Chicago Democrat deretands that it is the intention of Judge Helfe stein, of Milwaukie, to freight his vessel, the Hel- fenstein, with a load of 200,000 or 250,000 feet of timber, and despatch her direct for Califoraia, Ste will pass through the Welland Canal aad down the river St. Lawrence. ‘The editor is also informed that the owner of the brig Eureka has obtained leave of the Canadiwn wuthories to pass his vessel through the Welland and Lieb canals to the ocean. The Wureka, it is. also ie tended to treight with lumber, for California, of which the can, it is said, carry an immense car The Pineries. of the Upper Mississippi. and Lake Superior, and the Placers of the Sacramento and Sen Jeaquin, are a long way apart; but stranger things have happened than the establishment of 4 very successful trade between them.—Dufalo Aavertiser. = = The Summer Retreats. ‘Umirep States Horen, Saratoga Srrinos, June 27, 1849. First Vistt to the Springs— Messrs. Marvin’s New Hotel—Splendid Ball Room—Cooling Galleries— The Gardens—Numerous Visiters of Distinction —False Report of Cholera—A Great Season Ex- pected— The Proprietors in High Spirits. This being my first visit to this queen of water- ing places, which has been heard and discoursed of with pleasure approaching to enthusiasm, where- ever civilization exists, everything appears to me as partaking of the beautiful. I have been at many fashionuble resorts in Europe, but, in my opinion, the prize must be awarded to Saratoga. It is not necessary to dwell at any length upon the comfort and elegance of the hotel ; suffice it to say, that it affords everything which can tend to health, plea- sure and enjoyment. The popular and esteemed proprietors are building a splendid house, which is to be a restaurant, where gentlemen may, if they wish, have dinner at almost any hour, and where those who derive gratification’ from the “ merry bowl” may “ go the whole figure,” without incon- venjencing any one. It isto be the gentiemen’s establishment: The ball room is 105 feet by 43 feet, und its height is twenty-two feet. At either side there isa promenade or cooling gallery, where, after the fatigue of the dance, the gay, and the fashionable, and the light-hearted, may repair, to inhale the * breeze that fans the cloudless sky.” The windows are eighteen feet long, nine of which can be ron up, so that there is ample scope for the wind to rush in a body and purify the air, Autached to the ball room apartments for the ladies and gentlemen. The cost of the whole building will be about twenty thousand dollars. In the garden there are. twelve hundred tect of columns, which give it ahighly classic appearan Here, under the shade of nature’s rich and em: broidered canopy, the delicate lady may walk in esoes ula rae of health; here the statesman may unbend his mind from the weighty car upxieties inseparable from the affiaiis of t here the orator may catch some new ideas, digest them, and put them in order for the next important vecasion, When seme grand principle is to be con- tended for, some intiicate question of policy or finance to be debated, or some adversary to be an- uihilated; and heve the divine may learn another lesson upon the wonderful works of Providence. In this Elysian bower it is always cooler, by eught degress, than it is in the village. If there be hap- piness at this side of the grave, here, assuredly, it he can be experienced. The hotel is much more crowded now than at any former period, at this season; the proof of which ie, that upwards of a thousand dollars beyond the receipts which have been taken in the month of June, will, this year, find their way into the pockets of the proprie- tors. Several families from Newport, who not been here for the last three years, engaged apartments. I mention these facts, because of the reports respecting the cholera which have been very industrionsly circulated,and, as I understand, encouraged by rival establish ments. | if this be true, it is most certainly a very ; before last, while the ‘ ‘ the watch on the piazza (threatening notices simi- a resident of Galveston, and much re- | unworthy and unjust proceeding ; but there is one thing to be said, viz.: that such attempts to injure «lways fail, and react upon the authors. The pro- frietoremes er were in better spirits—they have never done a better business—and the number of their servants will this summer amount to two hundred, Lotwithstanding the efforts of the authors and pub- lishers of the cholera fuble. I am very far from withing to speak lightly of that terrible Visitation, butto its eecount is now charged almost every death. This should not be. Nothing should be done to create alarm. There are at this hotel,at present, large numbers of the fashionable and distinguished, among whom is General Laight, of this State, the Camacks, of New Orleans, the Sears, the Witmans, Mrs. J. Little, and a high-life bridal party. In seven or eight days the new building will be opened, and the extensive preparations now going forward de- note that a great and profitable season is autici- pated. I hope that the most sangume expectatious of the deserving proprietors will be realized. have no disposition whatever to epeak in the elight- est degree unfavorably of the other hotels at this celebrated und justly esteemed seat of health; but the United States will certainly justify any com mendation which can be pronounced upon it.— Those family cottages, which are situated in th arden, are sweet little palaces ; in them may be Krome the comforts of home, with all the advan- tages and delights of a country residen short, the United States hotel is a little vil itself, and when it 1s completed, no public establish- ment in any Watering place in the world can con pare with it, The country about here is charming; and with Byron, I say— Oft does my heart indulge the rising thought, Whieh still cecuraunlooked for and unsought; My reul to funey’s fond enggestion ylulds, And roams romantic o’er the airy fields, ALETHEPHAINOS. Mrrprrin Onio.—A tavern keeper in Pendle- ton, by the name of Kobley, a married man, was known by the citizens to have had an improper acquaintence with a Miss Busick not long since, and being seen to go to her residence late at night, was by a portion of the people *belled,” as it is called, unul «bout midnight; he lett the house, when with the music of horns, cow bells, &e., he was accompanied home. Miss Busick’s brother George was in Kohley’s employ, but absent at the time; when he returned, Kohley told him his ver- sion of the matter, and appears to have inflamed his mind violently against Mr. Hamilton, who was, however, wholly unconnected with the transac- ton, Busick having sold all his property, prepar himeelt for viclence, for we understand that on the diy of the murder at Rockport, some five or six miles off, he exhibited the dirk knife he afterwards 80 fatally ured, and swore he’d kill somebody that day; on reaching Pendleton, he went to Hamil- ton’s store and commenced abusing him in the most violent, course, and brutal manner. After a tine, Mr. H.'s patience becoming exhausted, he miede towards Busick, who etruck at him with a cub in bis hand, which Hamilton evaded, when Busick stabbed him in the leftbreast. The deed was done in a moment. Mr Vail, who was close by, rushed to Hamilton’s u but he never scke ufier receiving the w ;.the blow was fatal. Busick was what he he would be—a murde} and Hamilton was thus suddenly, with- out warning and without offence, hurried. into eternity. During the few moments, in which at- tention was given to the deceased, Busick man ec his escape. He was pursued, but used his knife und club to keep off the foremost who pur- sued him, until he reached the woods; when it wisabout dutk the direct pursuit was given up — Kulida (Oho) Venture, June 13. More Ovrnages at Brooxuine, Mass.—We learn that the house of Mr. J. Howe, of Brookline, which has been heretofore the scene of attempts from the incendiary and the robber, has beenagain attacked by the midnight marauder. On the night family and others were on lar to those to Mr. Dwight having been received) a piece of firework, called, we believe, a Roman shower, which had been placed near the house, Was eet on fire by some one the shrubbery, which thickly surrounds the house. ‘This fire- work 16 sufficient to set a house in flames, and would ¢o have done, had not the son of Mr. Howe seized it with his hand, by which he was con derably burned. The ruffians who made this dia- bolical attempt were pursued both by men and doge, and us one of them was climbing a wall he was seized by a dog,but managed to get away with the lors of his cap, which is now in possession ef Mr. Howe, Last night a volley of stones were thrown at the house by some concealed perso A number of men who were on the watch imme- diwtely eallied out, but were unable to catch any of the eggressors, in consequence of the thickness of the wood. One of the ruffians, in tarning upon his purevers, came again to the house, and dis- charged a pistol into one of the windows.—Boston Tiaveller, June 27. AccipeNt ON THE Misstsstept Riven—Sevenat Lives Losr ~The steamer Wiatield Seott, from New Orleans, arrived here yesterday with one hundred cabin and two hundred deck passengers, alin good health, and no sickness on board daring the tip. She passed the Talleyrand at bugs Pout, and had proceeded only a few miles, when it was discovered that from some cause or other she had partially careened, and was ina eritical situation. The Scott then went co her assistance, and discos vered that the starboard guard had broken doy hy owing to the immense weight. Fitteea handred balew of cotton end one hundred hogsheads et to- baceo Were thrown overboerd tosave the ing eed sinking ot the Taileyrs When the guard gave Way, between ten and twelve seraons were thrown in the river, several of whom were sowned before useistanee could be hid. We hove no further particulars, Lauisvele UK) De- mocrat, June 22 Our Funchal Correspondence. Foncuat, January, 4349. View of Funchal, byan American, 1 do not faney that the interest of novelty can be- long to anything I have to say about Madeira. For four hundred years this “ flower of the ocean” has been celebrated in the glowing accounts of the early voyagers, and by the sober pens of historians, as an island of remarkable fertility and beauty. Faithful illustrations of its scenery, its customs, and flora, and elaborate memoirs on its geology and climate, have exhausted ap topics of interest ; and the sketches of scores of tourists have added the attractions of personal adventure to descrip tions of its scenery, outvying the gorgeous color ing of the early ‘adventurers. It has been more frequented of lute years, by becoming the fa- vorite resort of English “valetudinarians; in- tereourse has also been tacilitated by regular lines of steamers and packets, being oue of the appo ed stopping-places between Eugland and the West Indiew. No climate could be more congenial to most of the chronic disorders of northern lautades. A temperature of eternal spring, ranging between 60° and 72° Fabr., free from rain, but constantly efterlied by the presence of vapor so equable, that the swallow never migrates, and the Hower is nether parched by the sun nor nipped by the cold, and, what is remarkable, where no nox- ious reptile imported from ubroad can live, and but tew inseeis annoy, seem to mark this island 4s the invulta’s paradise, . | have, however, heard Funchal spoken of with | sinister Wit, as the “Strangers grave ;” nor is it culled 60 inappropriately, for ef the many victims of consumption Who seek this genial climate from the rigors of an Enghsh winter, while some linger though the season like sickly exotics in the shel- ter of a hot-houre, many also drop into their last yesting-place. I have also been intormed, on good authority, that the average age of residents does not exceed fifty years, and that many persons die of premature spoplexy, who have observed a care- ful regimen, ‘The number of pale and emuciated strangers, lenguirhing in the streets and publ ¢ promenades, and v curtain (ene which their presence always gives to society, tend to depress the spirits, and transe ported mie to one of our wate where disease becomes gregarious, and couversae tion turns upon symptoms and seciety is graduated by a scale of ictions, and a *s importance measured by his infirmities 5 where rivals are jealous of each other's distempers, and cliques of consumptives dispute the leadership of the ton with dyspeptics, It is not easy to recall and onalne the various rt first surveyed Afier the ceremonious official calls emotions of pleaeure with which Madeira. were over, and greetings exchanged with some eld friends, I had time to glance at Funchal and that portion of the island overlooking the roads, with that luxury ef enjoyment with which we hurry from one scene of delight to another, with- out a thought intruding upon ite mere sensual per- ception of the beauty of Nature. The isiundis merely a precipitous volcanic chain, thirty-five miles long and twelve broad, about as high as the White mountain range. ‘It springs ubruptly from the sea, and preseats a bold and blufi coast, walled in by black barriers of basalt, in rome plages thousands of feat high, offering only a narrow, shelving bank tor the anchorage of the shipping. ‘The heights of the Serra (as the central ridge is culled) are generally overhung with som- bre, lurid and amorphous clouds, like those which with us portend rain; these unite with the unal- luring features of the coast to give to the distant view an air of mystery and grandeur. ‘The sinis- ter aspect of the spot, as barely discerned on a neighboring island of Porto Santo, magnified by cleus day as 4 mere film upon the horizon, fromthe the superstitions of the times, long deterred the I A nearer ap- prouch compensates for all that is unlovely in the eutly navigators from exploring it. distance, Funchal is built upon the steeps of a cone-like section, abutted against the overshadowing Sierra, by twe magnificent gorges. Its ¢ by the buildings rising one above another on the declivi- there is hardly ahouse of any preten- and intersected epparent magnitude is greatly increase: ty, 80 th sion which may not be singled out from ‘the shij ping. ry isrelieved by squares an of the buildings are embosomed in vines. ral contpicuous @bjects arrest the eye of the stran- ger. On one flank of the town is an insulated and poeneue mass of basalt, called by the English ove Rock, thas been surmounted with a para- pet and bufracks, and has thus been ingeniously converted into a strong fortress, with bastions at the angies. This rock is the best guide to the an- chorage, and while it aflords the means of shelter, is alvo the cause of many a wreck. The public squares, the Governor's pulace, a bizarre castle, halt teudel and half modem, and an incomplete stone column—a monument to the folly of some visionary, Who, falling into the vulgar snide that there was no limitation of size in mechanical con- tivances, raised it as the supporter of an immense crene—attract attention, as the eye traverses the beach. In the rear, above the town, isthe Peak Custle; end, crowning the mountain buttrees 2,000 tert ubove the een, is the church of Nossa Senhora do Monte, as if the Virgin, from this lofty watch- ere tually guarded the habitations of men The streets are stretched across the gorges by means of stone arches ;_ for some ance the vides of the ravines are walled in with substantial maronry und terraced with vines, but as they re- cede inland, their bure and rocky sides mount higher and hi, their eoliiudesare almost insupportable. Prom the eminence of Nossa Senhora do Monte, the eye plunges down the dizzy precipice, and strives in vain to fathom the abyss. The gorgesare the beds ¢{ mountain torrents, alternately dried or fright- tuily swollen, £0 as sometimes to sweep down large mutses of rock, and cause extensive damage to the town Crossing the gorge, to the extreme right, the horizon 1s bounded by several conical hnlls, inter d by hedges, and thed in verdure to their ps. ‘Lo the lett, the pl lingers on the undulating line of Cape ( central preerpices, like a couch lofiy portal ; its Vineyards and priateness of the less enphonious name of Brazen Head; bestowed by the English. From the captivating site of the town and the cultivated steeps of this bold and diversified fore- | ground, the eye is still led upward several thou- sund feet above the eyrie of the mountain church, though the region of forests, to the uppermost ridge of the Sierra. When the drapery of mists is torn from its jagged edge, the bare, irregular and broken rocks are seen, brightly lighted or marked by deep and sharply defined shadows, terminating to the right, ina line of distant urple peaks, re- ieved aguinst the greyish blue sky, charged with vapor, | ibn Such is the coup d’eil from the ship, in the roads; such the imperfect sketch of the conspicuous cbects which salute the first rapid glance. There are new and pieasing details of the land- tcupe presented, to repay longer and closer study. ‘Lerraced steeps are seen, with long arbors of trel- lis work, festooned with vines; roads winding thousands of feet, over apparently inaccessible heights; remantic country seats, nestling like rnewy birds in the dense forests, or luxuriant gardens of the far up mountain sides; numerous snvines, erested with trees; and, more than ail, the majestic 7 ever shifting shadows of projecting noges an# fleeting clouds; and that transporting and indescribable play of light, as the dissolving nusts loose fitful and evanescent shafts of sunlight over the embroidered slopes, or discover a solitary oud redient peak gleaming afar off, in the deep re- | cesses of the Sierra. It is thus the efivet of a charming landscape is heightened by inexhaustible variety; with the ever shifung clouds, picture fol- lows picture, so that an artist might produce a vaniety of stodies of the same scene, without ever repeating himeelf, The contour of Madeira is so irregular, fantas- tic, and broken, #0 cleft and furrowed into deep ravines, and enclosed so remarkably by square and perpendicular mountains blocks, severed trom the general mass, like the huge plers of a lucid fane, towering over piles ot ruins, that [ cannot afiord a better idea of it, (hough perhaps not the Wort approved ove tn theory,) than i paring it (oa lofty basaltic range, elevated after the usual mountain model, and afterwards cracked and hovered by external force, or by the explosion of cenual fires. But all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves. bare coags, and brake of stono, The clifls cf Givam and Paata da Sol, on the weetern side of the island, trown two thousand feet elove the sea; and, during the westerly gales, while the surf, swept from the breadth of the whole Avunhe, asseulis their base, the spray, monnuag +e fiom the foamof a cataract, intercepts the san nd wreaths she ints perpe tually round their head. ‘The latter bears a name siguificant of this cireum- ure establishments, | acess; where | stance. On the north, the le’s Rock, shaped like u enbe, rises like a Titan altar, and presents a f: nce to the sea of more than a thousand feet in WIBNE mg A charming ride of a few miles from Funchal, takes you to a vast ainphitheatre of perpendicular rocks, erroneously supposed by some to have been a crater of great depth, and thought by many to surpass the finest scenes of Switzerland. The bot- tom, carpeted with the richest verdure, and sup- porting a magnificen: growth of forest trees, is the site of acchurch and small village. As you carry your eye around. the beethng and mistefringed crage, which impricon you on every side, the ima- gination needs no spurring to people them with shapes and phantoms, or to mvest the scene with something of an unearthly character; and you find a relief in turning to the sweet repose of the sucred chapel, as tothe good gemus that breaks (the enchanted circle and is the connecting link withthe smiling: bove, und the world you have leit without. It led the Curral, or Nuns’ Fold. Itig such a spor as Cerberus might have guarded as the portal of the world below _ But itis not my intention to enter upon adeserip- tion ef this place, in the present letter, whieh has. already run to 60 inecnevivable a leagth, that do not doubt you will apprecia respite. If Tre- fume the ct im my next, Twill connect it rome how with my own perseu sl adventure, whieh Thope muy interest you, Tshull, however, hesi- tate in writing about an island where every iach of ground has been preocenpied by seores of toarists, seme of whom hive written with mach freshaess and beauty, Presumiog that you may be as weary ; as Lam, Twill give the best evidenee of my sin- cerity, by forbearing to add another word, | Theatrical and Maatcal, Nationa Tuearae —Chanfrau aud his company are Going finely these times, and the large audiences that attend their performances nightly, show how much they are appreciated, The local drama bus been the great attraction during the week, aud W. B. Chapman's be" nefit, which came off on Wednesday evening, was a benefit indeed. We are glad to seo that the patrons of the National do not forget those who adininister 60 fuithiuily and excellently to their amusement, To- night another of the company makes au appeal, and ve are sure it will not be tu vain; as Mr. Burke—whose Lenefit night it will be—is too great # favorite to be neglected at the National, He*sets forth a first rate bill for the occasion, vin : a new local burlesque, ealled “Joey the Spartan.” in which he plays the ehief part; farce, in which Miss Chapman and Mr. Jordan will appears the celebrated “Three Years After” and peou- Mar dancing by the Mersre Gour'ay, who will make their first uppenrance in this country. We are sure Cupt. Tobin will make a good hi ul to-night Nino's Ganven.—It is almost a work of magie, but a veritable work notwithstanding, that has been per- formed within a few weeks upon the grounds formerly known as Niblo’s Garden, For some five weeks past, Mr. Niblo has had a stroug force of meehanics and laborers at work building his theatre. In this short time, one of the most comfortable and best constructed edifices in the country has been reared, aud is now in an advanced stage towards completion. Notwith- standing that. rivor the commencement of the work, storms of rain have iutervened, and caused a lose of time equal to 24 000 working hours and that for some days past the heat has been so oppressive in the middle of the @ay that the operatives out of doors have been obliged to suspend their labors—notwithstunding all this, the bullding is uow up andin @ fair way to be completed in afew days, Wuring ali the time in whieh the workmen have been empioyed, they have received at the bands of theie employer. Mr. N.. retreshiag and wholesome beverages, and other refreshmests, and the utmost care has been taken to in-ure thiir com- De The lower part of the town 13 compactly, uilt, but the monotonous expanse of white mason- gardens, and many Seve- er, until the depth and gloom of i arajao, terminating ina tteep rock, washed by the sea; sulient from the on before a pastures blushing in the declining eun, so us to. vindicate the appro- fort while at their business. Pursuing this plan, the proprietor has been able to aeoure from many of tine ewployees @ day and a quarter's labor out of each 24 hours. This of course accomplishes a double benefit, viz., expedition, to benefit Mr N ,wad increased wages, to the benetit of the operatives. ‘lhe workmen have been paid according to the number of days’ work per- formed by them. (ten hours being the time of a day’s Jabor,) and have received their respective remuuera- tions in gold aud silver, every Saturday migat These are the magic intluences employed by mr. Niblo, to cuure the production, in so short a time, of ao fine an edifice as that which he is now having completed The work that bas been accomplixbed and that which is stil) progressing. has been and contiaues to be under the direction of Mr. Trench, as architect, Mr Knight, as mason, and Mr Hitchings, as carpenter and machi Rist. ‘The stage carpeute: direction of Mr. Adam Galbr efficient stage carpenter of the old establishment at Niblo’s Gurden, ‘The keenery is to be executed by Messrs. F. Grain, Isherwood, and assistants; all the ornamented and decorative panting. drops, and pro- reenium, are by Messrs Allegri, Mollini. and assistants, The grand saloon is 160 by 80 feet. the concert and ball _reom and supper rooms are 120 by 60 feet, ‘The whole is thrown open to the piatzas und garden. by forty openingsand arch-ways, Phere are ulso opooings on frince wud Crosby streets ‘The grand entrance 18 from Broadway Everything has been done with a view to the promotion of @ free circulation of air, sad the securing of personal comiort, botu inside aad out, W ben this establishinent is entirely completed acewrd: ing to the plans, it will invoive au outlay of $200,000, among mechanics, laboring mon, and materials, all of which are carefully selected The vew theatre and betel, which ix to be built during the sammer and fail, will undoubtedly be an ornament to the city; and the reputation that Mr, Niblo’s establishinent has hitherto enjeyed isa ure guaranty that, in the hands of its old proprietor, nothing will be left undoue to retain the gocdupinion of the pubbe. In re#peet te the thi we ave assured that the best of musical tuleat ha procured, and the old favorites. the Ravel family, have been induced to return to America once more, in order to play in the new house, ‘They nave brew reinforced by the best talent they could procure in France. Mr, Miblo is trying hard to get his «uioons so far advanced, as to be able to give the public an entertaiument on the 4th of July. Messrs. Chippendale aud Sefcon are to be his managers, as usual ith such acraagements as these, the theatre at Nibio's Garden caunot fail to prosper. Broapway Tusaree. Arrcanaxce or Mn} ALLISTER, THE Great Neckomaxcen —The perform, ance of this wondertul prestediguateur are nightly wit- nested by very numerous audiences, and bis fino throughout the eity is daily iucreasing th, so long known as t Mr. Macatlis- ter is already admitted. by those who have seen hi d'advesse. as the most eucerssful j that ever visited our ecuutry. acts startle human creduiity, and a ciaied, as they are fe much appre- % applause, I pieces, are ation of Mr. \acallixter's eabi- net is also very im poring. and it is disposed in such « Way ws to Tender more siriking the experiments which he di-plays. Much merriment is created by the * Spa- nish Harlequin”—a splendid mechanical piece made by Mr, Macullister—which isthe triumph of delusion. the * Peacock,” and the * Chinese Coufectioner”—the last one principally on accouut of the ewndy and liquor offered to the audience are nightly received with grent delight, Inw word. Mr. Macallister employs every efiort to give to his feats of magic all the actraetions of which they are turceptibie; and we may say. with con- fidence, that nothing has hitherto been seen to be eom- pared to the experiments performed by the grest ne- cromancer, the most of which have been invented by him. Mire, Vacallister, in her very becoming male attire, is much admired by ail the visiters wt the Broadway theatre, and is an invaluable auxiliary to her talented husband. Cuursty’s Minsteecs.—Midst all the flactuations in the fortunes of the various places of amusement im thia city, these minstrels hold their ground most firmly, and it wn Increase of thelr popularity is possible, they ada toit mghtly Their concerts are arranged in the most tasteful manner, and connot fail to please all. janpen.+~The novel aud attractive features ertainments given at this 0 of amuse- ment, are nightly attracting huodr: Those. who have once heard the Dirtixs, the Germania, and the members of Gungl’s celebrated baud, cavnot resist the anxiety of hearing them again aod beuce the great success of the proprietors in making such an elegant felection of the best and most scientiie artists, to emure the visiters of their estabiishinent, New Orcrans Senenavens.— This band of minstrels had a narrow escape while proceeding on the ratl cat to Geneva, and withia ten miles of the town, four of the carriages having gone off the track and were over- turned. ‘Their justrumeyts were somewhat injured— the man in the baggage wagon was bruised. but not feriously, @s also two men iu the mali curriuge. Re- | part says, wherever they appear in Uheir concerts, that they aiv received with enthusiastic cheers, Rexei Hens gave ® coucert at Montgomery, Ala., om the 22d inst. | Naval inteilige ‘The U, 8. floop-of-wur Forcsmouth, Com, Cooper, was at Port Praya, on the lst of May, all well, ‘The following is @ list of the officers of the U. 8. stoop-cr-war Johu Adams, now lying at the Navy Yard, Chariertown., bound to Brazti,to sail ia the course or three days: Command Levin VM. Powel R B. Pegram, J. H. der Pollock; Surgeon, | Joseph Beals; Purser, kdward U, Doran; Maciue Of cer, J.C. Rich; Assistant Surgeon, James Suddard; Vaseed Midshipmen, Thomas B, Wainwright, James | F. Milligan; Acting Midshipmen, J. 0. Legare, James | W. Shirk, Bushrod Bo Taylor, © Hy Cushman; ¢ tain’s Clerk ©. Powell; Boatewain, Samact Ww; ner, G. . Sevian; Carpenter, George Wisner; Sail Maker, David Maker. Movements ror Cativornia.—The Little Rock (Aik ) Mencerat, of the 16th inst., says:—The iene Madra Mutual Protecuon Company from the ely ot New York, i4 in number, D. Johnson, coptain, leit New York Sth May, aud arrived in this cuy on Wednesday, on the Ocila. ‘They leit_yes- terduy on the seme bout, for Fort Smith. They intend uniting with capt. Galdersleeve’s company at that point.