The New York Herald Newspaper, August 31, 1849, Page 2

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New York, Friday, August 31, 1849, _ Notice to the Public, ‘We enderstand that a man named McDougall is col- Yeoting subscriptions in Canada, and Wm. A. Cornwall, | 4m the interior of this State, for the New York Herald. | ‘They have no authority to obtain a single subscriber, ‘er to receive @ cent on our account. We never before heard of MeDougall, bat Cornwall was once our corres- pondent in Albany; he eease?, however, some time since, to act in that capacity. The Steamer Caledonia. break down the party. Thus, the truth of the Shakspeariun adage has been again-illustrated:— Here have been these whigs in pewer, using the power and patronage of their position to their own destruction! The most obnoxious appointments have been made under the government of the city, the State, and the general government. Unpopu- lar men, and the descendants of unpopular men, y; have been chesen as the recipients of whig favor, while the rank and file have been contumeliously thrust aside. The result has been a degree of in- dignation and dissatisfaction in the whig ranks, which we have mot seen displayed in the history of that party for many years past. All things, then, concur in enforcing the convic- tion upon the mind, that the hunker democracy, as it is called, will unite in this State at the coming election, with all the other elements of discontent, and produce a complete and entire revolution from New York to Buffalo. In this city itself, there can be no doubt as to the result. The faction called the barnburners received all their force and impetus from the brilhant speeches and sparkling witticisms of John Van Buren. But he 1s now disposed, at all reasonable hazards, to re-unite with Tammany Hall, and take his chance in the game of the future. In the metropolis, the barnburners never numbered more than a few miserable hundreds ; and in the coming election, the democracy of Tammany [all will take their measures, make their nominations, and go into the field without regard to any particular clique or cliques. They have the same old, broad, substan- tial platform, on which they have achieved a thou- sand victories heretofore ; and, although there was no general comprehensive and formal union at Rome, there will be a union more eflective and more positive in detail, in the several counties and senatorial districts, springing from the good sense of the people and the general position of affairs, than could have been eflected in any other mode. Every intelligent mind must, indeed, perceive that the only method of putting an end to the heart- burnings among the two sections of the country, that might ultimately lead toa dissolution of the Union, is to be found in the position, principles, ur overland express, with the news by the Ca- Jedonia, had not arnved at St. John, N.B., when our paper was cent to press this morning. @oming Election in New York—Prospect of an Entire Revolution. According to all appearances, from Tammany Hall to Buffulo, we are on the eve of another ex- traordinary political revolution in this State—a revolution, too, based on good sense, the preser- | vation of the Union, and the triumph of those principles that have been tried and tested for half acentury in this great and growing country. Let | ‘ws survey the ground and the position of the con- tending parties. ‘The two parties into which the democrats have been temporarily divided,“did not, 1t is true, unite | at Rome. But they approached each other. They | had an interchange of views and sentiments, in ‘the most approved style, and with all the amusing | formalities in which political leaders amuse them- selves and edify the people. Both sections have issued their “addresses.” These documents are before the public, and have doubtless been spelled over or dozed over by half a score of indefatigable readers. One great fact, however, has been eli- cited by the proceedings at Rome, and the stibse- quent publication of those addresses; and it is this: on the subject of slavery, in the abstract, both parties are agreed. The only diflerence be- tween them is, that the “ hunkers,” as they are ealled, plant themselves upon the old constitu- tional platform on which the great democratie party of the Union has maintamed itself for fifty years; while the barnburners take a position utterly hostile to the rights and interests of the Southern States. The barnburners claim a mo- nopoly of philanthropy and anti-slavery feeling. But, in point of fact, the hunkers take still more ultra ground than their brethren of the opposite section. They reject the doctrine of the barn- burners, that Congress has the power to exclude slavery from the territories, because, for one | reason, if Congress have the power to exclude that institution frem the territories, it must, of ne- cessity, possess the power of establishing ut there. | They hold that Congress cennot legislate on the subject at all, and that the whole matter must be left, under the constitution, to the people of the territories themeelves. But the discussion of this | | and character of the old democratic party, gene- rally called the “hunker” party. They present the only tangible basis on which the South can unite with the North in national affairs. We look, therefore, upon the approaching election in the State of New York, as one of the most important in regard to the continued union of the States, and the preservation of the great principles of the fede- ral compact, that has ever taken place. It does not yield in importance to the Presidential election it- self. We await the issue with great anxiety, strongly impressed by the belief that the old hunker democracy, on their constitutional plattorm, will successfully eflect a sweeping, if not a salutary revolution. ‘Tue Secret Exreprtion roCuna on Sommwurne ELse.—When we first gave intimation of the ex- by the boobies of journalism, from the head booby in this city to the lowest and smallest ina coun- try village. The fact 1s now admitted in all quar- ters, North and South. In this city it seems the ad- venturers, in great numbers, mect every night atcer- tain public places,discuss the project toa certain ex- tent, enlist recruits, and make preparations for sail- ing ina few days. Some of the most courageous and adventurous characters that were engaged in the Mexican war, are atthe head of this secret enterprise. Money seems to be quite abundant, | bothin New Orleans and New York. Another cu- rious feature in the matter is the fact that the ar- Tangements are made with so much discretion in regard to the laws of the country, asto prevent the government at Washington from legally interfering with the movement or the preparations. In fact, we doubt whether the government would not be completely paralyzed were it to make any attempt, either at the South or in this city, to throw obstruc- tions in the way of this curious secret expedition tosomachere. In a few days all will be ready—the requisite aumber of men engaged—the ships and steamers have their sails and their steam up, for pronounce the Te Dewm over the sailing of the expedition 7 Faauty ArrorntMENTS aND Famity Patronace- —We are credibly informed that some twelve or fourteen of the family connections of Mr. Mere- question is now idle. _ It has ceased to possess any “practical interest. it is quietly setiling itself for- ever. | Indeed, the quarrel between the members of the | d@emocratic party, who have for the last yearor | two arranged themselves under differeat banners, has been much more of a personal difficulty, thaa ef a controversy resulting from a difference of | epimion on great political principles. It has been | adispute among the leaders, rather than a dis- | union of the masses. Offended by the defeat of | his nomination in 1844, while still smarting under his rejection by the people in the election of 1440, Van Buren eagerly seized upon the Wilmot pro- vViso agitation as a convenient means ef gratifying his spleen and feeding his maliguity. A eerious | misunderstanding among the prominent deimo- eratic leaders in this State, in relation to the man- agement and distribution of the spoils, happened | to favor the designs of the Van Buren family, and | ins dependents and followers. The result was seen | im the Presidential election. Cass was defeated, | and the Van Buren clique proudly and joyfully “laid | the flattering unction to their souls” that they had | dene the deed. Now that these feelings of revenge | have been gratified, itis probable that the Van ! Buren influence will yield. We perceive that | John Van Buren, whoee popular epeeches, and | wittiewsms and tact, contributed so largely to the | waccess of the barnaburners, in effecting the defeat | ef their own political party, now maintains a sig- nificant silence. Looking, then, at the present signs of the tines, ‘with an impartial eye, we are strongly inclined to believe that the prospect of a coalition of the de- mocratic elements, in the approaching election, is more hopeful than it would have been even had there been a formal m at Rome. The masees of the people are ready to come together. We see this desire for harmonious action clearly | manifested in the movements throughout the mterior of the State. Nothing prevents an abso- | ate, actual union, except the personal ings of the leaders—Marcy being the Magnus Apollo, or principal demon, on one side, and Martin Van Buren en the other. But it is astonishing how readily the engriest feelings on the part of your great political leaders yield to appropriate treatment. One day it is eagacious te storm and rave, and reyile ; on the mext, wisdom admonishes her children to embrace and be frends. Peace,we think, is about to return, and blees alike hunker and barnburner. A grand prize is before therm, and is theirs, if they will only | eoalesce. It is surely not in the nature of adult | homanity to act the part of the obstinate school-boy, Who will persiet in his misconduct | and go supperless to bed. Tammany Hall retains all its old fascinations and glorious associations. | A glimmering consciousness begins so dawn upoa | the rank ond file of the barnburners, that they had | better return to the house of their fathers, and go | forth, as of old, with their brethren, lieking the Phalistines in every field, and surfeiting themselves on the spoils of victory. If we turn to the whigecamp, what do we be- hold? Disunion—disorganization—discontent— die- appointment. There are from five to «ix thousand disappointed whig office-seekers in this city alone, e@omporing « large portion of the most active and energetic of the young whigs, and all eager to mvenge themecives on the men im power. The Vory appoumiments, State and federal, made by the , the prevalence of the pestilence. trepolie dith, Secretary of the Treasury, living in this re~ gion, have been appointed to fat places in the | custom house, by Mr. Maxwell, under orders from Washington. We also learn that five or six of the family connections of Mr. Brady, the Postmaster this city, have also received fat appomtments— some in the custom house, and some in the post office. Many other appointments of a similar character have been made in those publie offices, and some one acquainted with the subject is pre- paring a curious and interesting list of those new appointments, which will rather startle some of | the old politicxene, when it makes its sppearance. We have already noticed that one of the new ap- pointments has been arrested for being a thief, and we understand that some half dozen offices in the custom houve have been given to that highly reepectable class of society who spend their time | in attending the stews and gambling hells about town. Now, in making those blunders, we do not much blame Mr. Maxwell, whose moral character is beyond reproach, but whose sagacity ig at least twenty years behind the age. He has been im- posed upon by bad advice, and we would ask the Collector if it would not be preferable for him to Nortonise his list of appointinente before the next Senate docs it tor him. Awret Crimmvarrry of Tun Crry Avrironrrms axp THe Boarp or Hearu.—We have obtained an elaborate statement of facte, fully substantiated, in reference to the conduct of the city authorities and the Board of Health, in relation to the cholera, | Which will absolutely astound the public, prepared e* this community is for almost any erposé of the incompetency, stupwity and recklesanese of these officials. The other day, we took occasion to ex- pose and denounce the horrible neglect of the poor, of which the authorities have been guilty danng We are now prepared to show, by the actual testimony of some of our most respectable physicians, and by the | most roinute details of tune, place and circum. | stance, that to the ignorance, folly and inhumanity | | ot the corporation and the Board of Health, is to | be eecribed, probably, two-thirds of the mortality | which has marked the visitation of the cholera.— | To-morrow we shall enter into she details. It is | enough to state, at present, that the upper wards of | the city, where the poor reside, were shametully cted, and that in several instances in which the medical visiters had ordered the removal of nuive the Mayor countermanded the order, ond the plogue-spote remained! Heaven help the poor! They have emall chance of mercy at the hands of the oligurehy—the dite who now rale the city! Busixess ix tre Sine Yanos.—-The aetivity dis played im the ship yards on the East river, in the upper part of the city, is greater than anything that has been ever witneseed on this continent. About a dozen large steamships are under way, some of which, when afloat, will present features and eapa- city superior to anything now on the water. In two or three years from this time, the port of New York will be united with Liverpool, Havre, Cha- grees, New Orleans, and Cuba, by lines of steamers builtin this city, that will set at defiance the activ- ity and enterpice of the reat of the world. We are only in the commencement of a great and startling commercial period in the history of thie mighty me- istence of the secret expedition, it was ridiculed | this curious and mteresting adventure. Who will | | could be purchased cheap, whigs in this city, have tended to demoralize and | Csnetsny Reronm.—We have recently exposed Jusrics at Last.—The announcement that the the abominations that have been practised in Pot- | trial of the Astor Place riotere would becommenced ters Field, Randall’s Island, and nearer the heart | at the earliest possible period at the next term of the city, too, in burying men like dogs, and pol. | of the Court of Sessions, has been received with luting the pure air of heaven with the noisome | intence satisfaction by the great masses of this tench of the putritying remains of poor humanity. community. Our eonfidence in the integrity of We perceive that a partial reform has been co- | our criminal judiciary, shaken by the extraordinary erced by the force of opinion. A new Potter's Field 18 to supersede the old; and the outrages upon law, decency, and the moral sense of the community, are to cease—at least, at Randall’s delay in this important ease, begins to revive. We do not believe, indeed, that the public, in general, have any idea of the pertinacious, ingenious, and desperate efforts made by the authorities them- Island. That the malpractices perpe in the | selves—we mean the corperate authorities—to cemetery on that island were contrary to few, there stave off this investigation. Nor do we wonder cannot be adoubt. An act of the State Legisla- | at this uneasiness or these efforts. ture provides, under a heavy penalty, that no dead | During the recent investigation which was pro- body shall be interred less than six feet below the surface of the ground surrounding the cemetery. Now, in the Potter’s Field—which may well be called ‘the weltering field of the tombless dead” — the coffins are not only not below the surface at all, but piled more than e1x feet above it—in fact, not buned at all, unless, indeed, we can apply the term burial to the lower tiers, which are three or four feet below the level of the sand ; for, in these pits, ‘There are dead above, and the dead below Lie cold in many a coffin’d row. The flagrant violation, then, of the sanitary pro- vision of burying the dead six feet below the sur. face of the earth, has been connived at by the mu- nicipal authorities, and particularly by the ‘ Sani- tary Committee” of the body called the Board of Health. The Board of Health consists of the members of the Common Council, with associated medical advisers. The Sanitary Committee is a part of that body, deputed by the rest to attend to the health of the city, and make such sanitary regulations as the necessities of the inhabitants demand. Now, this Board of Health, and this Sanitary Committee have not only tolera- | ted nuisances of all kinds, poisoning the atmos- | phere with effluvia, but in the case of cemeteries, they have themselves set the worst of examples. ‘The Potter's Field, on Randall’s Island, is their pyoperty; it was purchased by the funds of the cor- poration, and it is idle to be shifting the responsi- bility upon the Alms House Governors, who have only legal control of the nurseries, and not of the cemetery. The latter has been in existence for years, whereas the governors are only in office for afew months. Besides, from the limited and de- fined nature of their duties, it would be strange, indeed, if the public health, the abating of nui- sancesin general, or of those connected with ceme- teries in particular, came under their cogaisance. This bandying about, therefore, of responsibility, from one to another, like a shuttle-cock or a foot- ball, arises from a want of moral courage to meet difficulties, or an honest desire to advance the pubs lic interests committed to the trust of officials. If gross nuisance is pointed out by the press, or complained of by mdividuals, there is nobody in fault, from the Mayor dewn to the policeman. His honor hes no power; the charter has taken it from him; the officer cannot act without orders, or he cannot find out the names of the delinquents, hav- ing probably, got a hint to that eflect, from the Al- derman of the ward. A Board of Health has been appomted to look after such matters and things. But this body, when appealed to, referto the Alms House Governors, or to the City Inspector, who round of references and shuffling goes on, while nothing is done, and the people who “pay so dearly for their whistle,” are victimized. The Board of Health (and this shows that, not- withstanding all their disclaimers, they do feel conscious of their responsibility) have been treat- ing about Berrian’s Island for the new cemetery, id have had it surveyed for the purpose. The dents, however, in the vicinity of the island ked up such a muss about it that they baffled the job. Nothing can more decidedly prove the incompetence of the Board of Health for the task they have undertaken than the eelection of such a site for a cemetery. In the first place, there are only sixteen acres in this island, though the cost would be, we are informed, $30,000. But six- teen acres of ground will only suffice to bury ! ennually 2,176 dead, at the rate of 136 to the acre, which is the proper average. The dead of this city, last year, were 15,919, of which only 4,863 were removed from the city—the remainder, therefore, namely, 11,056, were interred in the cemeteries of the city, inclading 2,897 in Potter's Yield. Now, the number buried in the latter, even last year, with a smaller population, and no cholera, would exceed the capacity of the sixteen acre island. What then would be done with the re- mainyng 8,159 interred in the other cemeteries of | the city, which have been either closed, or ought to be closed? This year our dead will be found to be 20,000, and this number it would take 150 acres to bury decently, without making any pro- vision for the future increase of population. Nothing less, therefore, than 200 or 300 acres eught to be thought of. Secondly, in the winter, the obstructions from the ice would sometimes render that island inaccessible. The last place that has been spoken of is Hemp- | stead Plaine, on Long Island, eituate about sixteen | miles from New York. If not too distant, this might | anewer very well, as there 1s ample ground which id the railroad runs right beckon it. Certainly, it is infinitely preferable | to the emall islands in the Kost River. There are many reasons which might be urged against them. The some diffiowlty that applies to Nandall’s Is lund with regard to depth of soil, probably applies | to every other island in the Sound. Then again, instead of being further removed from the people, it ought to be brought nearer to them. It isa na- re! refers back to the Board of Health, and thus the | secuted by Judge Edmonda, some very curious facts were elicited, and a portion of them fouad their way to the public eye, through the instrumen- tality of this journal. It was in this way that the community was startled by the revelation of the important” part taken in the riot by certain of the individuals who signed the ecard to Macready which paved the way for the final catastrophe. Nobody had till that moment suspected that gen- tlemen of the highest respectability had actually distributed tickets gratuitously to individuals who pledged themselves to go to the theatre, and sus- tain Macready, if necessary, by brute force. But such was the extraordinary fact revealed on that investigation. A flood of light was thus cast, by the untolding of this single circumstance, upon the mode and manner in which the magnates of the ton were accustemed to coerce opinion, and maintain their own supremacy as dictators in: matters of taste and theatrical movements. It was shrewdly suspected by many, that a great deal more curious matter might be exhumed and dragged to the light of day, it we could only get a public trial of the persons arrested on the night of that memora- Hence the intensity of the feel- ing of indignation that the dispensation of justice was delayed; and hence, too, the extraordinary degree of satisfaction which the movements ef Mr. District Attorney M’Keon, have now awakened. Its not at all strange, that the present civic au- thorities sheuld feel nervous with regard to these singular trials. An election is approaching. The people, often apathetic in regard to the capacities, the crimes or the virtwes of the local authorities, have been rudely and thoroughly aroused in this instance. Those fatal volleys still ring in their ears. The sight of the bleeding bodies of their fellow-citizens, shot dowa without a moment’s warning, has not ceased to present itself again to thousands of our hard-working people, as at night they seek the repose which attends on the pillow of honorable toil. It was, indeed, a ternble ex- ample of the weakness and incompetence of the present rulers of the city, that was presented on that fatal night; and it is only human nature that the authorities should seek to bury all in everlast- ing oblivion. But justice must be done. The whole truth must be revealed. We await these trials with unaffected anxiety. Whosoever stands, or whosoever falls, let us have truth made manifest, and justice measured out to all. Tar Cuovera anv Business Prosretrs.—By reference to the report of the Sanitary Committee of this city, published in another column, it will be perceived that the cholera is decreasing very rapidly, and the prospect is good that it will dis- | appear entirely in a few days. Only eleven deaths | are reported for the twenty-four hours ending yes- | terday at noon, which is hardly anything, com- | pared to our population of half a million or more. It is falltume, we think, that the Sanitary Commit- | tee ceased reporting. The city never was more | healthy than it is at present, but those reports de- | ter persons at a distance from visiting the metro- polis, although they may do so with perfect safety. ‘The chelera is confined to certain localities, which | are always unhealthy. The general health is as good as it ever was. The prospect before our business men is very | flattering. As it 18, our first hotels—the Astor | House, the Irving Iouse, the New York Hotel, and others, are crowded to overflowing with company ; and when the season ends at the | feshionable ‘watering places, which will be the case in a few days, New York will wear a more | busthng aspect than it ever did. After the fancy ball at Newport, the city will be as gay as ever, andmoreso, Tue Postage Question.—Some of the cheap and dirty newspapers are clamorous for a law of | Congress, permitting all newspapers to pass free | through the mails, for any distance and in any | quantity. Such a proposition is perfectly prepos- | terous, and can meet with little favor even among those claeses of society who are noi particularly | well informed. As the law stands at prevent, all | exchange newspapers are conveyed free by the Post Office department; that is, the publishers of | over two thousand newspapers in the United States | receive each their journals and transmit their own, 10 all their contemporaries, free of postage. ‘This | is certainly a liberal arrangement, and shows that there is no tax imposed upon the diffusion of in- telligence. But the demand, that all newspapers should be free, 18 rather too impudent. With just a8 much justice or decency, these dirty newspaper | publichers might call upon the people of the United | States to pay their compositors’ wages and their paper-makers’ bills What we want is a low, uni- form rate of postage on letters and newspapers, in | all cases to be prepaid; and these clap-trap de- | mands for the free conveyance of newspapers um- | pede, rather than promote, the accomplishment of | this great measure, } | tural wish, common to all men, to see their dead | properly and decently buried. What is the prac- {| = Cantrorwia—Revourtion in tie Commenctat. | tice at Potter's Field? The dead are brought to Wontp.—The last steamer that sailed for Chagres, | the dend house at Bellevue, and that is the last | en rowte to California, carried out twenty-three their relatives see of them. When the bodies ac- thowsend letters, besides a vast newspaper mail. | cumulate in sufficient number, they are conveyed | This is the most astounding fact in the history of by a steamer to Potter's Field. How they are dis- the extraordinary revolution in the commercial pored of there, the readers of the Herald have | world which the acquisition of California, and seen. The feelings of the survivors are revolted | the discovery of the gold mines there, have | ata barbarity never practived even by heathens or | created. When the Cunard steamers commenced suvages. We say the people have a right to see their trips between Liverpool and Boston, a mail | their dead interred; and the new cemetery ought, consisting of twenty thousand letters would have | therefore, to be somewhere near, ia New Jersey, been considered very large, and indicative of a Long Island, or in the upper part of thisisland, say vast trade between the two countries. Now, we as high wp as Manhattanville; for the railway have presented to us an intercourse between New brings any part of the island near, and that locality | York and California, grown up in the short period will not be peopled for some years to come, and of a year, which exhibits a mail almost as great ae even of it were, the cemetery should be se con- that between New York and Liverpool, between structed that it never could prove unheulthy till it which cities there has been constant intercourse was filled for centuries. Is not the en povenans one ‘The expenee, no doubt, would starile the city pe Seas the wort bas per oun ee cage fathers, and there would be murmurs at the waste of rienced? fo much ground, that might hereafter be very valua- ble for building purposes. Our answer is, let them ARRIVAL® ASD DEPARTURES, practice economy in other matters, and be gene- |, Cslonel Wiliam | ae be rous to the people of what is their own. Let them Alnonder, Es land. = Bte we . 5 itimore, . tom abolish the mean practice of dinners and suppers Pe Nt on dan nL aaue, Vi end brandy and segarsat the public expense, andlet | Bp Patt, Londom: Rishi : nia; Rev FV . Robbda, Nashville; ; J. 8. Hubbard, Washington; A. F. Suiliman, Lexington, ar: took roome at the Irving House them do away with jobbing, and the paying for con- tracts twice the fair amount, and they can well aflord the necessary expense of this great pubic work. Atall events, the people have a right to euch a cemetery, and it will be their own fwult it they do not euceeed in obtaining it. | From Bannapors.—We have papers from Bar. | se a, eee, Sam © wife Weimina, and of W: | Rio are making at The J Lovett, Philadelphia; Ly nclbarg, — $ Dry Bock, Brooklyn, NY ork ry Dadoes to the S0th ult., being two days later than | before received. They contain no news. The Weather and the Crops, The Manchester Virginian, of the 20th inst. rays — tity in the four lower counties of who pasted on horseback through thie and Richmond. says that 1 v the valley. A fri the country bet) Hanover and 00: mmiving than it ron for the pur} crop will be exeredingly short ; not | poses ofthe ruit. Lxke Charnock ve. Jeremiah Wadington.—This was an action of a assumpelt for money had and received — The pinintif loaned to defendant $71. and eubsequent- ly made affidavit that he, the defend hed disposed «f bie property and was about to k the country, with qlew to defrend his ereditors, obtained an order under whieh he was an to bail, The de- fendant applies te be or. pon aMidavite con- tradieting the plaintiff, M: to diseharge denied, Piolntifie conte of resiating to abide the mt of the fruit Mellen vs. Swan and wife—This was fender: an order to refer tbe same to a ection for wine, Philadelphia. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE, Sammary. By referenee to our telegraphic despatches, it will be seen that the Spamard Rey, whose case hgeexeited so much attention, affecting, as it does seriously, the relations of the United States and Spain, has arrived in New Orleans from Havana, and has wade such statements as will probably convict the agents. of the Spanish Government, who were accused of his abduction. * The health of General Taylor, according to our Teports, is improving. Immense damage to the cotton crop in the South- ‘West has been caused by excessive rains, &c. * Other interesting news received by telegraph will be found below. The Rey Abduction Case—Arrival of Rey in New Orleans—His Declarations, &. New Oaeans, Aug. 28—4 P.M. ‘The brig Salvadora has arrived at this port, after a pasrage of eight days from Havana. She has on board the abducted Spaniard Rey, who was given up by the Captain General of Cuba, without » formal demand being made for him, Me hasbeen sent home by the American Consul. Since his arrival. he has given tes- timony, in which he stated that he had been taken from New Orleans against his will, &e, He was re. quired to give bail as security for his appearance at the trial ef the Spanish Consul. ANOTHER DESPATCH. Baxrimone, Aug. 30—7 P. M. The New Orleans papers of the 25th [probably August 23] publish Rey’s letter to the American Con- sul, declaring his abduction, and claiming the proteo- tion of the American government. " ‘The papers also publish the correspondence between the Captain General of Cubaand the American Consul, and also Rey’s declaration before the Captain General of Cuba and the soldiers, confessing that he had left New Orleans voluntarily, but under fear of threats, Kc. The subject appears to engross the entire attention of the New Orleans press, their columns being literally filled with the same. Rey and the Geverament. ~ Barrimone, August 30—P. M. A despatch just received here from Washington, states poritively that Rey was demanded by the go, vernment—the stat its received from New Orleans to the contrary notwithstanding. ‘The Overfiow of Red River—Immense Da- ma, to the Cotton Crop In Arkansas and Leulsiana, &,. New Ontrans, Ang. 28, 1849, The Red River Republicen, of August 21, gives the particulars of the late terrible overflow of that river, and estimates the damage at five millions of dollars. It is thought that where 130,000 bales of cotton were gathered last year, @ot 30,000 bales will be obtained this year. Much apprehension exists by the appearance of the eotton worm in many parts of Louisiana, Alexandria, on the Red river, was four feet under water, at the last aceounts, The Health of the President Improving. Burrato, August 30—P. M. ‘We learn by telegraph from Erie, Pa., that the health of the President is much better, It is expocted that he will arrive in this city on Saturday next, and will proceed directly to Schlosser and the Falls—then re- turn to Washington, avoiding all further public recs; tions and display. Affairs In Mexico— Movements of Revolu- Uonlsts, &e, Bartimone, August 30—P. M. New Orleans papers of the 23d contain some items of interest relative to Mexican affairs. A letter from the city of Mexico states that a revo- lution is daily expected, in consequence of the union and growing strength of the partisans of Santa Anna and Paredes. ‘The Delia states that several Mexicans are now in New Orleans, en their way to Jamaica, for the purpose Barrivone, August 80, 1849. Texas papers staic that tho crops in the vicinity of Austin, East Houston, &e., are remarkably promising. Late rains in the section of country on the Trinity ‘and Brazos rivers have caused much sickness among the inhabitants. From the Far West, Sr. Louis, August 30, 1849, Aubery’s train has arrived here, but brings nothing later from Senta Fe. The train was attacked at Ash Creek by the Pawnees, who were repulsed, and several of their number killed. Santa Fe was thronged with emigrants bound te Ca- lifornia, and numerous other companies were met on the route. No sickness prevailed among them, Letters from Fort Laramie state that both of Ter, | ner's passenger trains were proceeding along well. Appointment—Clerk Salaries, &e, ‘Wasnixetox, August 90, 1849, Thomas C. Magruder has received the appointment of Deputy Collector at Wathington. Changes were thade to-day im the salaries of Clerks in the offices of the Register of the Treasury and the Treasurer of the United States ; some were reduced— | others increased. The Maine Telegraph—The Steamer's News. Por August 90, 1849, ‘The Maine line of telegraph working only to Calais, At etx o'clock P.M. tl mers news had net yet arrived at St. Jobu. Messages wore passing from thet plas time, Denth of n Broker. Prrreeunem, August 90, 1849, N Holmes, senier. a bighly esteemed and respeetable broker, died in this city, yesterday. Markets, &o w Onurans, Aug. 27, 1849, The rales of cotton for the week 800 stock on hand is 15.670 bales, a same peried Inet year. Inetu = of pew cotton, at 10); to n cents for fair to fully New Onueavs, Angust 98—P. M. ‘The Canada’s advices have come to band, and har. imparted more firmness to the cotton market. Th: males yestercay were 500 bales, Including good mid- dling. at fic. Coffee is also improving, and sales of For, rugar the demand ie ty at 6\\0., which isan steady, with sales of fair « advence. Darvewone. Ang. 0—6 P.M, ‘The produce market i¢ quiet, operaters being inelin- ed to wait the arrival of the Caledonia (now fully duc.) main uneby Quotation d from yerterday vrato, August 90—6 P.M, ‘The rroeipts «inoe yesterday were as follows -—i'lour, 2.500 bbis.; corn, 600 bushels. The market is rather heavy for flour, but no material change ean be noticed in the quotations Sales embrace 600 bbls. common Michigan, at $4 57)¢ a $5. Wheat is dull, but prices are firm, For corn there ts @ good Inquiry; we noti enies of 4.000 bushets fiat jeliow, at We, Oate a quoted at S8¢ a 2. and Ohio whiskey 28e. In freights | there ia no change to nottee. Aunany, August 30—6 P.M, The recripts since yesterday were as follows : - Flour, 2.500 bbie.; wheat, 2000 bushels; corn, 6,000 do. The off for sleamer’s hews. For wheat there is ® good mili- ing inquiry, and the u ket 1s firm; the sales comprise | $1 25 for Genesee Corn te in id. the sales reaching 16,000 bushels West- ern mixed, at b8e a [9 Shipping Intelligence, Boston, Avg), | ‘ ag ard, Elven, and Marceliaa, do; Joha #, fon Prancisen: Seth Spee jelveliyn, Savenni Vari » Yorktow Arrived—Dr be «Mary, ond cobt Eagle, Nd Cleared, 25¢h— Schr MH Nason, NY ork » Seburvaw, Me Ang o. — | Cheored—Rol'e Harmonia, Ratlony, with graulte, tor tae U In the outer harbor, ship Vente: 7, Ang 28. Artived—Ship Euphrasia, News ea : Bice, Ange 2. Arrived—Prigs Lamarti: Diladelphie: James Bliss, aad m, DC, vin ik, ty San Fes: Fialade’p! Encanrown, Aug 2, in, Nantwoket for N York; sloop Teaser, rah, rendy for California. EW Bepronn, Ang 2, Artived—Ship Audubon, Caloutta, April 2s; eohr Brandy- Prov AngD. Suffolk, Var be Paves In Carthagens ® low kind of flour mai ket t# steady, but not active, dealers holdiog , Etreerdinary Balloon Ascent. THE CONSEQUENCES OF GOING BY THE HSELS, IN- STEAD OF GOING DESFRUCTION OF THE BALLOON, AND NARKOW ESCAPE OF CAVALIER VIG- ‘TOR VARDALLE. It having beem announced yesterday, through the medium of the newspapere, that this intrepid aeronsut would, at Vauxball Gardens, give un extraordinary ex- hibition with his balloon, some persons collected to witness the novel and dahgerous feat. During the proeers of inflation, there was a good deal of bome- spun wit in circulation, and more thaa once the fire bad nearly disappointed the hopes of the spectators, by the reduction of the whole affair to ashes, Once it actually caught fire. which, however, was extinguished before much damage was done. Shortly before o'clock the inflation was completed, when the ear Cea attached, and on the sigual to let go the ropes t er"fke busiarss having been managed vary ‘uaskufeily Of the business hav ‘una a the balloon struck ageinsts tree, and then: went a short. Gistance in @ slanting direction, tearing up » which had beem several feet in the groun to. which was still fastened one of the ropes, By the effort of the aeronaut himself and the exertions of one or twoim the gardens. this difficulty was surmounted, ¢ ballowm ascended amidst the eheers of those firma; but it bad not proceeded far when it came violent contact with Doctor Gray's house, in Lefayette piace, the car lod, on the front, and + main part of the balloon hanging from the chimae: top, Vardalle displayed courage and ersion while in his situation. He tried open the blinds of the window, which he unable to do, but he held on till he was relievod by those inside, At first it was it could not, by any possibility, with ‘Thousands surrounded Dr. Gray’s house, to man. who ine time made his seemed quite unconcerned at what had oceurred, only regretting the serious injury which his stoek bad suifered. ‘The loon having been disen- ged from the chimney top, which has become of late. a favorite stopping place for such vehicles, it was eon- veyed to thegarden. it is a bad wind which blows ne- body good; the failure of the ascent, and the eiro stances attending it, drew some thousands of men, men and boys together, very many of whom, after excitement had o: down a bit, repaired to the bar: \d there recruited their exhausted spirit Re 53 juar— tere “which Victor Vardalle received will not by. 26 means cover the expense of the inflation aad the loss he bas sustained by the untoward event. On a former oceasion sunilar accident bappened to the a. son in ‘Orleans; and if he weut up by the heels he came down head foremost, aud bad well nigh been dash— ed to be tried his Ine pieces. But. nothing daunted, again, and madea beautiful ascent. The remarks wich, were made during the preparation for the visit to the tlouds were exceedingly laughable. Que person said, © "This speculation won't pay.” “Oh!” sald another, “ there's no speculation {a it—it’s life insurance that's concerned.” A third exclaimed, at tho top of his voice, to the musicians who were perched up upon the roof of the house, “Give us a tune—give us one of the latest Polkas in your best style. You are sitting there, ubs and \burriba, doing nothing; people ill think you are asleep.’ Here there was a of the ini —th Mf being. turn blaze—when a chap roared out, “they up before they are done with it!" ‘The crowd then dispersed. Police anteiligence, Arrest on Suspicion.~ A genteel looking young man, by the name of Horatio Deforest, was arrested early yesterday morning. oa board the steamboat C. Vauderbilt, on ber arrival from Stonington, om suspi- cion of having robbed # gentleman by the name of who slept iu the next berth to the ac- cured, The suspicion of the prisoner is as follows:— Mr. Wire occupied the berth No. 73, and Deforest the next one to that; both there berths were on the upper tier from the deck, the feet of Deforest was towards the head of Wise; on retiring to bed, Mr. Wise took from his pocket $19 in bank bills, $3 In silver, and his gold watch, valued at $75, placed and that hat he placed for safety at the head of his pillow, out of the reson of any one, as he supposed; but at the head of és berth, which was at the foot of Deforest’s, there was an open space ‘of some 6 inches, enough for any man to put his band and arm through. In the morning, on waking up, Mr. Wise discovered bis loss, and immedi- ately suspected Deforest, whom he eaused to be arrested: immediately on the arrival of the boat; on searc! Property was , Was taken the person of Deforest, none of the stolen veral articles of jewelry, uch 4s a gold bracelet, and chain at- ith blue pearls, also @ ,eurious looking also # three-fourth moon breast pin, breast pin with two eles uundry other small articles of his carpet bag. a ir of dies velvet slippers and a chisel were fow above named articles are supposed to be stolen pro- perty. ‘They can be seen by calling on the elerk in the chief's office. The accused is known to the police, aa he at prevent stauds indicted on a charge cf stealing a gold chain from Mir. Phiffia, a jeweler ia Courtlandt ttfeet. The chief of police committed the accused te further hearing. ery.—Oficer A. M. ©. Smith, of the tes esterday, ® youog man by the sturdivaat, on @ charge of forgery. ta, No, 612 Broadway. yinent thereof t P iechapics’ Bank, dated August 30, 164! for $51, made payable to himself,aad signed W. B. Thompron, for which check Mrs.’Ciements gave the Dalavee, $7. but on presenting the check at the Bank, | it was ascertained that no such person kept an ac- | count there. It was subsequently shown, that this W. | Fhompaon was @ fictitious person, and evident! is by the accused himeeif for the parpose of fraud. te } ation is giv the officer t at he received the cheek @ one Charles Gorbid; but on the oMteer calling on Mr. Gorbid, it wae be untrue, The accused was taken be- | | ascertained to | = Justice MeGrath, and committed to prison for Charge of Shooting —A man by the name of Lewis Mason, wns arrested. yesterday, by the police of the lst ward, on s charge of dircharging » pistol loaded with owder and shot. at Lawrence Levi, residing at ©. 160 Greenwich street; @ number of the shot | entered the body of the cowplainaut. Justice Moret committed the accused to prison for trial. Charge of Sto & notice yesterday, of a | charge of stabb: adrerteutly gave the name of | Isaac Ulrich, as stabbed; it should ba - “1, Arnold’ who was stabbed Mr. Ulrich was the wit- ed the arrest of the accused. hearing. Saved by the Police ~A maa ¥, the name of Michaed J sto | Galielly, was found drunk in n street, Inte | on Wednesday night, surrounded by reveral thieves. | Officer Lee took the drunken man in eharge and eon- | , on searching his found. This amount would soon have been in it not been for the timely by the name of Mighaet , one charge of stabbing er house of Richard Fox, OG@eer Hart, of the 14th ward, The wound afte No. 277 Mott hireet took Farley into custody on the charge. was inficted om the right arm, but not of a dangerous character. Justice Timpson held the aceased to bail er theebarge, cman —A disturbance occurred on t the porter house corwer of 10th ave- about IL o'eloe! ward police were ” ere driven beok with ctui stabbed in the arm wit ! leaders were lug! Lingher, George Ma | Mounttort commit a Ja m all to prisun for trial Advices fram Permambaco to thels* | Thebs- | There were ne Flour wae retefiing at Iss 060 to 19000 f. 8.8.8F 2) ,000 ; there wa Auger crop was about over—B2 | whieh, thongh @ fair quentity, was m | been expected previous to the revolution of | cember and Januaty—of tbe little wich het, white wes worth 2 150 to 2.000. and by 1.100 Exehange on Londen 261% per Love Iphia 4 Brandy © Notice to Subscribers, Subscribers in this efty, Brooklyn, Williauebergh Jereey City, ke,, Ke. are bow assured tha’ the Merntd ‘Sill be deitrered at Lett b fend stotes at or before eix every morning. Th a tee it are feqnested te ner ty me ot the delay shall at omey be reinedied in the eit and retail, enece for Voureeif—We . here days of inotedality, fe rewspaers, until they have “eombe writ and 't) Whether we tel The Damages reee Joseph Bi to Newburgh will be redueed te oo New Vork Invaded aT be Cholera ts going, and our business brethton from the conn ‘1 with arnsh Asa preventive of the liegerin a the prorpect for @ diminishes ne you tained by de fendant—applicntion was Le tea ie ing in Clarke county, In to act the order of reieeese acide on the gro eholers) was jing, but obi the neighborhood of the White Post. It is fortunate rrevinrity Motion to set aetde plaintiffs proceedi orders, who lieing ta sity ; bundant crop of inet year har lett ® consider. | for reference’ granted, with $1 to abide the | average number of deaths was 26 per diem. although Jy in our eormhouses to begin upon,» event— pleadings to ntl farther | the mortality on one day bad riren to 40. The Congress Wlmemeter at Pangor, (Me.) on the 28th inet, | verification ceure to be tied — take short | bad clored ite Shek napective a and the members had tod at 96 degrees, im the bade, notice of trial if requested, all returned to their entater, a to then, on the bewt made he Tepid Bath. RABIN