The New York Herald Newspaper, November 1, 1849, Page 1

[Ea NO. 5626. MORNING EDITION THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1849. THE WHIG RATIFICATION MERTING At THE BROADWAY HOUSE. Tremendous Whig Enthusiasm, &e. &e. &e. ‘The whigs tured out last evening. The bright moonlight and bracing air made them enthusi- astic. They met at the Broadway House, to re- ceive the reports of delegates from the several whig nominating conventions, and to pronounce upon the adoption or rejection of the nominations made. At hali-past seven o’clock, the great room at the house began to fill, aud the street, outside, was crowded. A fine bund of music occupied the or- chestra, and played, at intervals, some pleasing and patriotic airs. The room was soon filled to its utmost capacity, containing about two thousand people, while the staircase and landing were im- passable, from the dense crowd by which they were occupied. ‘After the execution of some fine music, and the exhibition of no little noise, smoke and agitation, in the immense crowd, Zornger Muu.s, Esa., came forward and nominated the Hon. Luther Bradish as Chairman of the meeting. This nemmation was_ received with loud cheers and hurrahs, and carried by acclamation. The Hon, Mr. apisa then came forward to take the chair, and in doing so, briefly returned thanks for the honor conferred upon him, He (Mr. B.) felt it to be ne little honor to by called forward at such a meet- ing. on fuch an important occasion, to preside among -well-tried and honorable whigs. It would, he felt, be # great honor to any one. whoever he might be, who was called to preside on such a great occasion; and he (Mr. B.) could not but feel deeply sensible of the honor done him | Without trespassing any longer on ‘the time of the meeting, he would now proseed to the bemee eaten ot the business for which they were met er. number gentlemen were then appointed to act as vice-presidents of the meeting The report of the delegates of the Whig State Con- vention, held at Syracuse. Sept. 26th, was thea made on behalt of the delegates, by Cbarles McDougall, Esq. ‘The report concluded by recommending the following names for the offices aunexed:—For Appeal Judge, Joshua A. Spencer, Oneida; Secretary of State, Chris- topher Morgan, Cayuga; Uomptroller, Washington Hunt, Niagara; Attorney General, Samuel St — nal Albany; Treasurer, Alvah Hunt, Chenango; Gemmldhones, Helvon 3. Reach, Lowi + Stabe Engi- ©, Seymour, necr, Hezekiah Rockland; Prison Inspeo- report having been read, laudatory of the names selected, and explanatory of the various reasons moti f the selection, the chairman put to thi of the meeting the question of the adoption and ratifi- ation of the neminatisn. In the midst of great tu- mult and loud and {ening shouts of applause, the report and nomination was ted by the meeting unanimously, and with. u' usient voice. 8 Ube other conventions making hich have already been re then made to the ‘The other reports from the several nominatious made public in the Hera! meeting by Alderman James Kelly; and, on the ques- tion of their adoption being put, were carried unani- mously. ie Canter then came forward, and, in the midst of loud ‘noise and deafening cheers, said—He had been cxpaaisiog S24, propering for tan present moctang, te an lor e Lt Sake the bellowing teoclutions. "(Cries of “ Put on that old white bat”) ecey then ri ina clear, distinct speec! eee, of which he was at intervals d to pause, till the loud cheers of sp) dation called by the sentim ta of the resolutions had somewhat sul d. Resolved, That we, t higs of New York, in gene. ral a ansembied firm our devotion to the cai dinal principles of whig faith, which regard government a6 established for the beueit of the people, and bound to promote their well-being by every means im its power. Resolved, That among those mea mcunt the encouragement and protes dustry by discriminating duties on the rival products ot labor by the improvement of natural and construction of artidcial channels of commercial inter- course between different sections of the country, there- by bringing practically together our farmers and arti- sans, and increasing the recompense of their toil by greally diminiabing the cost of conveying its products to the consumers—by the rapid and general diffusion of intelligence through public mails -and by the ozea- = maintenance of # safe and equal circulating medium. Resolved, That in the present depression of the iron and other manufactures of our country, paralyzed by an enormous expansion of the manufacturing industry of Great Britain, and our imports thereof, we detect ‘the causes of the rapid nod vast decline of the wages of American artisans aud jaborers employed in manufac tures, or in branches of industry auxiliary thereto, and we fee no reason to expect or hope that good rages o ever egain be ral this country, while the pas- sage hepes to Liverpool is bat a broader ferry, and the products of Europea. aber at @ shilling or two per day are brought in direct aud unobstructed competition with those of American iabor. Resolved, That in the constant drain outward of American stocks and ether securities during the past season, to the amount of many millions, to recently been added mulative proof that th for the productive in the country, and we renew our lor vision as will arrest the accumula’ our promi: hunds of European capitalists, a ntenanee of our industrial and com- mereial prosperity Resolved, That we reg such revision of our tariff, ith a substitution of spwciiie for ad valorem duties, and & moderate increase of the rates imposed on artici h of which—our buying more tha: rearing our cebt or exhausting our coin, is tal and perilous Resolved, That whereas wo have been obliged a to the support right of petition, f achieved through prised nor tagoniste coalescing to eru h us, but estee: against nee of mut tion of prinsiple, coupled with @ voracious hankering for spoils. Resolved, That this coalition of opposite ther upon ti leference re-atiriing our ible hostility to the extension of si “y we make raft on the y to believe that we will do as we did throughout the struggle for annexation, and a we have done at every stage of the struggle for riavery extension esolved, That we tender our heartfelt sympathies to the people of New sexlco, now impertli claim of Texas to extend over them and her slavery—both auke abhorred— them our utmost exertions to rescue nding calamity, and preserve their and their freedom from the bight of Resolved, That in the election of Gener Taylor as President. and Millard Fillmore as Vice President, the pecpie have called te their obie tive stations honert rapaoie, and patriotic mem, pro- foundly tolicitous for th welfare of their couatry, and devoted to the great principles of public polioy emi- nently calcuieted to prom ; and we ontreat our fellow citizens to rescive wod to iabor that the new national administration he not eondemaed unheard, nor crippled before it he» had an opportuity fairly to | indicate its course of policy Resolved, That in cur « tremed fellow-citizen, Gov. Fie, and his assooiates 1) our Siate councils, we proud- ly recogniee men of wi uilied character, eminent fidel- ity, and wnfaltering devotion to whig priaciples, aud we, recognising their foiain upow us for a united and energetio support, wii) vot relax our exertions until the result of the peoding etection shall have crowned their labors with a new testimonial of public confidence and approdation. Resolved, That in the candidates presented for the support of the whigs of our city, by their several nomi. ating commitiocs, we recoguise good men end true, who bave faithtully ond abiy labored through past years of depression and v/-n-ver for the whig cause, and who bave thus acquired + rong claims upon us for or enthusiastic and uo .riog support im the present eon- tost—elaims whieh we ue happy to ackaowledge, and shall rejoiee fully to br Resolved, That the whies of New York cae elect thelr whole olty aod county texes if they will try. amd it ehail pot be our fault if tov many ot them fail to try The iesolutions bay ny hex read, were them put by the Cheir Adopled Ubauimonel, Mr. Tuaven theo came forward amid loud cheers, and addrerged the meeiicg He sald hatne man could contemplate such a gathoiing without having feelings of old aseceintions kin thin bie. youbare ead Mf. T . now ratified, by on unamunous vote, the reports and nominations uf the al whig conventions, and he would # thore wae a time of so mach polly war, both jm the elty and State Ort time in the history of ence of power, both in the of New York this country when th city, in the State, and in te general government, was In the hands of the whigr We had « whig Governor, & yor. a whig President every department of the wir whig “bayer thi peal to the to support the esuse, and not to et apathy or neglect, the locofocos again assume the wich hed now, at last, after tw ty: five rule, dropped from their banda. He cailed upon the mechanic to consider his interest, the merchant to con- and not to plunge themselves i of past misrule and bad refusing to come to the polls Mr. T. then 0 criticize, in a powerful strain of argument, the constitution of the Albany regency, and the spirit and acts resultiog from ite misrule; au ‘compares the locofoco party, nin power, to @ tree planted om the top of otal which was now cut down, ai attered abroad and withered, He appealed to the whigs not to suffer it te revive again, and re assume its former futel power and ascendancy. Mr.T then referred with severe and cuttis sercasm to the hunk barnburner dissension. an showed that thi their union was to wrest the power from the whigs, from mere grovelling and selfish motives of personal benefit and advautage. He com- pared their union to a meeting of Pharisees and Saddu- coes together; but said that the question of the resur- rection was not rettled between them, and he hoped that the whigs would never suffer the resurrection of the locofoco misrule to take place. Mr. Lia ol at the conclusion of a speech filled with rich metaphor, biting sarcasm, and vehement exhortation to union, energy, and concerted action, after passing a brief but beppy compliment upon the names go admirably selected for the suffrages of the whigs at this election, sat down lowd, continued and enthusiastic cheering e out of the meeting, into the street, we 'sq.. mounted on tl ave, and crowd gathered round, with much warmth and animation. The burden of his remarks which we heard. was the necessity of union and harmony among the whigs. A very respectable crowd gathered round Mr. Brooks, and listened te him very quietly a tentively. ‘Mr ULiMan was the next speaker—Fellow-citizens, said he, | am Seduced to answer the call which you have made upon me, because [ have discovered ‘an omission, which, by your kind indulgence, { will endea- vor to supply. 1 find that, in the proceedings this eve- ning, ne notice bas been taken of an event which I cannot but consider one of deep interest to the people tates. I refer to the return of Henry nited States Sonat (Voelferous cheer- bree cheers for Heury Clay ! Hurrah ! burrah! hurrah ! Hurreh! hurrah! hurrah! and con- Ican’t but consider it a t of deep interest to the people of the Unite thet ce Con dd about to return to the scene of hi jum phs— form: held of his former glory (Applause) I hold in my hand a resolution, which I know will receive au en- thusiastic response from this vast assemblage; and I design, by off it, to show to the illustrious states- man of wi hat our appreciation of his charac- ter, our tude for his services, and our leve for his person (enthusiastic applause) are as deep, as warm, and as omnipresent as they ever were opp use); and that we still hold him, as we have ever held bim, sbrined in the inmost temple of our hearts, (Applause, waving of hats.) The resolution is as follows: — solved, That we but echo the voice of the people of thie great city, when we hail with gratitude and joy the return of the hero patriot and sage, Henry Viay, the great national statesman, to the Senate of the United States, so long illuminated by his genius and so often guided by his wisdom, (Great applause ) I love to pronounce the name of Henry Clay. (So do 1; fo dol) ‘They are words of power: they touch & chord that rates through millions of hearts, and | hail with delight the hour when we can again have the familiar sounds of that trumpet-tongued voice, summoning the whig hosts to battle. (applause ). We shall see him agatn the head of our ranks, aud | feel convinced that the administration at Washingten will rejoice to lean on his great arm. (Applause) { desire to see whig princ! take their appropriate promi- may, for s moment, have ‘The excitement of the famine in carpe ie revolutions in the publie mind, that ‘thought to expound or to agitate them; traordinsry events having now epent their foree, | trust that we shall fall back on the old, honest and Old-fashioned platform. (Applause.) There is no other situation for the whig party—there is no other joan nation, but in the suprema- And thume on pantly than wisely, that whig prineiples are obsolete, or that their day is past. Such suggestions come from enemies, but never irom the friend: they deserve, (Applause) if it should refer to some of those principles (Go on, go on,) ; but i trust! sl see them inscribed on ban isn economical and just admi et of the national government an ob- P the restraining of executive power, and the confining within their constitutional limitsthe several branches of the government, an obsolete prin- ei Vorer—No, no, it is not ‘The improvement ot our great rivers, the makingand improving of lake barbors, have always been whig measures. seas have lost their power to ’ our foreign, which, when driven by safety in our harbors, and finds them ith sand and other obstructions, in con- sequence of the vetoes of James K. Polk—I wo ask it our great national domain—our public lands the ricbest inheritance which any peop! had— would ask if the policy of the whigs on th y is an obsolete prineiple ? or w the policy of Henry Clay in those matters’ — is protection to American ind principle? (Voice—No.) | weuld as the sugar plantations of Louisiana becam whether all our wooll jufactories have been de- stroyed— whether th of Pennsylvania and other bg ba ibjeots, ther we shall rtick by (Greatap- an obs labor 6! oreator of ail wealth; how shall our American labor, standing on altog different feoting from that of the labor of Europe, be protected. if the hallu- cinations of Mr Walker, in the tariff of 1546, continue | to govern this land! Is the relf-evident truth of freedom, a# declared in the Declaration of In What if it has been lately abandoned by those who set themselves up as its ex- principle of Sdyocates in the cirele of it party! bought that thore trampled on as they they will rise op and i ¥ Mr. Untaas bere rat down ami Hon Leinex Bravisn then took the question on resolution concerning Mr. Clay's return Ae for Kay mon: then were made, but none of those ger reduced to the fellow-ct- feeling of regret that you have called upon yo not the opportunity of being plac- ed in the proud end at the same time, bumble position which | holdin the whig party. It is sufictentto be known ara whig. but Stis proud to attempt to instruct, and to cause you Preud position that we so often, in timer of apt to neglect ters of more mined to you connected with your poekets positions as heeds of families, would | m 1 would ask you to take | ‘al Taylor, which has be: | exiumniously vituperated on all sides I weald ask you to look to your State, and | would even leave the | State with you and would come down to the county and would tell yo re you ean point out to m where the prine: of interest could be (Here | the reporter lot afew words |) ever, and if other aigument nerd be weed now, You have ratided | all the momti ‘aod it ie but left for you to com- | plete the rr jon, by pouring to the p- | and dislodging the coalition. If ever | wae made. if ever & bere renunciation | cipies war exhibited by any party, it has been so-called demoeratic party of New York der this coalition Let it never be buried, Let the te ridious and erafty serpent warm tm the bosom of the howkers ibey raid, shen we cawe here to night, we should attempt to murder the coalition: but let tt alone; it will wourder itelf Wil they let the Albany Regen Cy reign agnin— wiilthey stop the great improvements which upboid the city—will they dam the stream of comp ree— will they atiempt to do ai this, and you al iow them te goon? Citizens of Sew York, you Raow your duty better You know that im Noveuiber next, when you lay the foundation for the election 1a 1892 it fa known you have it in your power to ray whether the whig party shall stand for Sfteen years to come Seoure Sew \ork, avd you show the moral intuence of the people is cppored to poiltioal cor ruption Lowe ft now and that political corrup tien bar gained power. nnd the ebannels for appeals to the worst pastions of human watare are open ‘Then yeu will remember you have not listened to the humbie words of an bumble whig [Nore #y He Kerorten —The above apesch is re ported accurately, and verarim If it does mot read as smcotbly as it might or if it Is not quite aa perspi cuour as it might be the fauit lies mot with him.) When the jast orator eat down the calls for Mr. Raymond were renewed from different parts of the bail; but thet gentlemen not apprering, On motion. the meeting adjourned. and the Seren. teenth ward whigs, who hed marched to the Broadway Howe, went home in procession, with bands playing, fings and banners flying, and the © boys” in eostactes, During the time that the above proceedings were T would ask this great assemblage, if the | we racred charter of our libertios—is that, | know in the | d that # che tremendous power | going on, a meeting was organized in the back room. which’ Jas. D. Oliver was chairman, and Gerard yvesant and Samuel H Demott were vice chair- rastus Brooks, L. F. Wadsworth, Horace Greeley, and B. H. Romaine, were the speakers. Another meeting was organized in the street,at which Marcus D. Berrich presided, and Erartus Brooks and Horace Greeley spoke. 1g the whole assemblage, it was very large and enthuriasti: City Intelligence. Music sy Tetrorarn.—We had the pleasure, this evening, of listening to the transmission yh, over the wires from ppened to be in the office, No 5 Hano in this ety, when there was a pause in busin tions, Mr. W. 8 opera. young but skilful operator in the Boston office, ask what tune we would have’ ‘We replied, “ Yankee Doodle;” and to our surp he immediately complied with our request The in- strument commenced drumming the notes of the tune ae perfectly and as distinctly as a skilful drummer could have made them at the head of a regiment, and many will be astonished to hear that Yankee Doodle” can travel by lightning. We then oalled for “Hail, Cclumbie,” when the notes of that national air were distinctly beat off. We then asked for * Auld Lai Sine,” the notes or sounds of which were also tra mitted. A friend called for “ Old Dan Tucker,”” whi Mr. Porter also sent that tune, and, if anything, ina more perfect manner than the others. So perfectly and distinctly were (he sounds of these tunes transmitted, | that good instrumental performers could have had no difficulty in keeping time with the instrument at this end of the wires, ‘isis one of many telegraphle no- Inrexse Cotm.—8o intense was the cold, yesterday, that it was keenly felt even threugh the thick folds of an overcoat, and the fuel in the stoves and grates was increased im every hi During one part of the day, there was actvally @ slight eprinkling of snow flying about in thin flukes, Saino or THe Niscana,—The steamship Niagara took her departure yesterday, with fourteen passengers and $137 218 in epecie. Only one engine is to be used as her motive power. Fasnionavie Inretiicence —On dit about town, that Auguste Belmont, Eq, the agent of the Rothschilds, war married yesterday, toa daughter of Commodore Perry, of the United States Navy “Tn Two Daomios — There are two Aldermen Kel- | lys in the Common Council, and it would seem from the Courier ond Enyuirer, that, owing to recent transactions, Che at least of these gentlemen 1s apprebensive of being confounded with the other. Another whi they are both alarmed at the probability of ke, and it takes great pains to distio Both gentiemen are of Irish descent, the suffrages of the Irish Ong of them, ho the: cultiv. is @ demacrat (that is Patrick), and t ee); and the Courier adds y hoy | One would think there was sufficient distinction ber But there is more yet to come Jamesisa baker, and Alderman for the quiet Seeond ward; while Patrick i pirit deal derman for the fighting Sixth urthermor President of the Board of Aldermen, whereas Pataick is oly plain member of the body, without any other adjunct or prefix. Lastly, James is a member of the Board cf Health and Chairmen of the Sanitary Com. mittee, Patrick does not belong to that body; James was candidate for the nomination for Sheriff, Patrick was not; James retires from the Common Council and will not consent to be put in nomination; Patrick didate for re-election as Alderman of the Sixth nd the Footes Not: it seems that both danger of being when th k of either as © Alderman Kell Dromio of Syracuse and the Dromio talized by Shakepeare, in his “ Comedy of Exrors,’? the mistakes are sometimes highly amusing Traver on tHe Huvson.—The cars on the Hudson River Railroad, will hereafter start from the corner of Capel and Hudson streets, to which point the city track hus been completed, and will run to Peekskill, as heretcfore, to connect with the boat tor Poughkeep- sie, See adverlisement, in another column. A Dror roo Mucn —On Tuesday evening. a woman of respectable appearance and decent garb, fell into the hands of the police of the Ist ward, under extraordi- bary circumetances. She was absolutely tipsey ia the streets, and they took her in obarge. She lived up town. and had been spending the evening with some friends, who unfortunately persuaded her to take more liquor, even in a diluted state, thao she ought, in order to drown grief for the loss of her bueband, who lately went to California, So full of remorse was she next morning, that she was ashamed to leave the station house.and wanted # razor to eut her throat, or some other instrument of destruction to take away her ilfe. muMACK oF THE LuNas —The Coroner, inquest at No 270 Pearl street, on jam Goodwin, aged 42 years, born in | Scotland, who came to his death by hemorrhage of the lum he deceased it seems, kept a boarding house at the above number. and for rome time past has blen Affection of the lungs; yesterday 0 go to New Orleans, for the benefit 4 while on the dock, he was token suddenly with a severe bleeding at the lunge, and vomited # large quantity, A carriage was sent for, and the deceased placed therein but on arriving at his residence he was found to be dead Verdict accord- y. Supnen Data —About seven o’clock this mornii Mr William Goodwin, in going from his resid 179 Pearl street, to the foot of Maiden lane, dicod vessel Lome, where he died ina few minutes. unwell for some time past. Rescusn From Dearn.—Last even Go'elock, tion. fell into the river at only eteaped a watery gra’ cftigers Mevarty and: Blac to bis reeeu veyed him to the station house. Internment of Mr. Co —Yestorday, the re- W. Cornell, who tl °, burst @ Hie was placed in a carringe and taken He has been about half past the body ha vouveyed to bis residener, 107 Aller panied by the friends and ri the Masonic and Odd Fellow © member, aud by two com to waich he belonged. ‘The procession was an mense ope, aud included numerous respectable citize! TARGET EXCURSIONS. The Independent Arroerseoh Guard, of Jersey City, commanded by A HH. Cummings, proceeded yoster- day to Mount Mertis. on a target excursion, They numbered thirty-five muskets avd looked well ‘The Frontier Guard, Capt. John Shave, passed the | Heraid office yesterday, on their from target | practice The Your Mechanics Guard also passed, and bore themselves like soldi Wrookiyn Kiros Cousry Cree minrn.— Habeas € ty Intelligences tr aso Coury or Oren ano Tree pus women named Mary Friel itt, heving been taken out of jail corpus Au application was made tor her diccharge, on the growod of the informality ot | the commitment. The Court granted the order. The Preple vs. Jecob Carpenter — This onse is still on It bax occupied the attention of the New Vork and Rrooklyn courts, in some shape or other, for « period of pearly Ove years, ‘Che present indictment ts found against the defendant for subornation of perjury, in having, by inducements hod ovherwise, persuaded one | Wood to w affidavit of per service of notice upon Mrs Carpenter who then resided at the house of | Joh» Demott. at South Hempstead » Mra. €. first com. | | meverd an aotivo of divorceagainet her hasband which war brovght in tbe Supreme Court of the city of N York ‘This suit bar been pending ever since im some shape or ‘Vhe Gefendant elleges that he commenced a | was brought fn on a writ of hat © thir man, Wood who har Finer departed from the city | Im consequence of this, nud the wife failing to appear, her default was entered. end the divorcee granted A dreree baw rince been ordered. however, setting aside the divores, upen the aflidavit of Mire Carpenter: peeing that rbe had received mo notice; heuee the i dictrent for sub reation. The eare war not concluded | at the adjournment of the court hr. In Chambers — Before Hon Jobn Green. avid Leavitt, Receiver ras made te this court. under the nee of the de- rty.» jude. | The | order b Guanoe — This fine artillery company made | pore of experimenting vpon mouute They numbered some foriy mewbe very importing appearance Look to Vour Taxes, Jawes Gorvon Bessitr Baqi | ill confer # favor ov the tax pagers, by inform- You ing them the reason why the pr Hoard of Saper: ced the tax books ia the bands of ihe receiver of taxes The law requires the tax to be levied “on ot betore the ver Have the pres nt Common ounces oktravagnol chat they ore ne «people hoow how much they ate to be ? Tem informed, by } OVEE 126 cwnte to the #1e aid ubeut the matter wot attr uretion. then he Yethyor September tt tolevy if? Wilke tex be @ Hom agains that ir Hlegally lertes, ort Tie? weet © jaw? There are rertom * tavetving mitit and the pubiie oogbt to be tmiormned as t am a wbig, and always but 1 en eieo & enw ger Pupport any party whe deceive the ‘ Inet aturday Mint, eter Kiehard J Repu ke trestdeot tell Bue pended om that day. ‘ utterly impossible she should ever think of main- Preparations for a Rupture with England on the Mosquito Questt (From the Philadelphia North American and Gazette, (Mr. Clayton's own paper,) Oot. 30.) ‘THE NICARAGUA QUESTION, Itis along lane that has no turning; and Great Britain, the proud and rapacious, who has made it, in a manner, her boast that, in her march of power she never yielded a point or surrendered a pretea- sion, has at length—happy fruit of her own over- cunning—reached that solid barrier of an impassa- ble stone wall, from which, even if for the first time, a retreat 18 inevitable, She finds this difti- culty in the litle State of Nicaragua, which she had contrived a wonderfully ingenious plan to get within her grasp—and, with it, that talisman of a world’s wealth and power hereafter—the key and great gate of the Pacific—the most available—and perhaps the only available—route for a ship canal between the two oceans; and the obstacle appears in the shape of the United States, which, with equal | right and superior interest, and justice and huma- nity to back them, are there before her, resolved, and, what 1s harder, from the very force of things, compelled to make that opposiuon, in the face o! which the projeet collapses, and the whole scheme of ambition must be abuadoned. Kight and reason, common 3u: d common de- ceney, in this controversy, are all arrayed against the pretensions of Great Britain; and fate itself conspires against her, since, in the prevailing con- dition of things in Europe and in her colonies, it 1s taining them Ly arms. ‘There is more British honor staked upon the preservation of Canada than the acquisition of Nicaragua; and the Ameri- can trade and tariff of 1846, in immediate value— or necessity—would weigh down all the prospec- | tive advantages of the South Sea Canal. Yet the real origin of this difficulty, as well as of the whele disreputable ministerial scheme of the Mosquito Protectorate, 18 a natural rivalry, tast threatening to become a conflict of interests in that | quarter, between Great Britain and the United States. The commerce and future empire of the Pacific Ocean are the prizes. It is enly the repub- lie and the old parent monarchy which can be competitors for them. The Asiatic and Australa- | siatic possessions of England on the West, and the | resence of the United States, in Oregon and Cali- | fornia, on the East, place them in a natural anta- | gonism to each other, and the question of final su- periority depends upon that of the occupation and | control of the Isthmus routes of inter-communica- tion. ‘The London News is ght in declaring that there is a greater interest at stake than that in- | volved between the Mosquitos and Niearaguans ; | but it is wrong in interrimg—for it seems to infer— | an equality of interest on the part of Great Britain | and the United States. It may be necessary to | British commerce to claim possession of the Nica- | raguan Isthmus; but a commanding position there for the United States 1s a political necessity —i essential to the security of Oregon and Californi and, therefore, to the integrity of the Union. This | isa’ fact which cannot now be hidden from the | meanest intellect. In the course of time, we shall | have a railroad binding together the valley of the | d Mississippi and the far-off western slopes of the | Sierra Nevada; but in the meanwhile, the Union is cut in two by the vast deser. of the prairies and Rocky Mountains, and the link that connects them is in Central America. That link cannot safely | be permitted to be in the hands or under the rule | ot Great Britain. | In view of ae sees and never to be fergotten | fact, it 18 a most fortunate thing tor us that our | claim is afar juster and stronger one than that of | cur rival. We already occupy the vantage ground, | and occupy it fairly and honorably. ‘The argu- mentand the justice are both with us. After all the fine devices and the bold aggressions of the | English at the expense of Nicaragua—after all the | trouble taken by them in building up the pageant of a Mosquito kingdom, and the violence done, an the bloed shed by them, in seizing the port of San Juan, it is satisfactory to remember that a more | unfounded and untenable claim was never set up than that now asserted, and that itcannot stand for one moment before the serious epposition of the United States. The British journals may argue— Brush functionaries in Nicaragua may talk like Roman proconsuls—a British consular agent in New York may write letters, under instruction: avowing the invalidity of grants from the State of Nicaragua to American citizens—and even a Bri- tish Minister for Foreign Affairs may proclaim the rights of the Mosquito chief and the duty of Eng- land to protect him in their enjoyment ; but all is still a hollow farce; the house of policy house ot cards; and the moment truth comes to the in- vestigation, it isfound that there is no right—no claim—no duty there, on the part of England, ad- verse to the title of Nicaragua, and that England hus no ground whatever to stand upon, except the brutum fudmen of her own imperious will. All this our readers may understand from the following simple propositions, which we now lay down, mtending to sustain them, or rather make the truth itself sustain them; for each one in- volves a fact which neither can be disguised nor denied. One cannot read them without being struck with the amazing injustice and effrontery of wrong, ot which the government of England is guilty in pursuing her game of the Mosquito King, at the expense of a poor feeble State like thar ot Nicaragua, utterly incapable of resisting her frown or resenting hertyranny, When would she have dreamed o playing such a game at the ex- pense of a powerful nation? ‘The following are the positions:— i Ist. Great Britain bas no right or claims of her own in Nicaragua, or to the navigation ef the San Juan river. 2d. She does not assert, and never has asserted, any such rights or claims of her own; ail that she wseerte is the alleged mghts and claims of the so- called, King ot Mosquito, | 3d. The King of Mosquito has no rights or claims ot his own, as above. 4th He does nvt assert, and never has asserted, a? such rights or claims. th. Great Britain has no right, whether asa protector, or otherwise, to assert such rights and Clase in’ his behalf, if they even existed 6th All the right and title in the Nicaragua soil end the port, mver, and navigation of the Juan, are in the State ot Nicaragua alone, a gtant is a good and valid one against the world. These positions we shall take up and examme in detail, quite sutiefied that every one of them will be found « declaration of plain and naked facts. We know that they cannot be questioned by er cng. land with avy Wuth or decency. In the meau- while, a8 our arucle is already sufficiently long, bdo » them awhile for the consideration of our reuders (From the New York Courier & Enquirer, Oct. 25.) THE MOSQUITO QUESTION. There is no part of the globe to which we can look for # proceeding sunilar to that of the Eng- lieh goverument towards the Mosquito chief, ex- ceptin Brush India. There, the e:vilized world hasseen England exhibit a system of rapacity and territorial ebsorption such as’ has been well c lated to belie every pretension to honesty, huma- nity end furness, ever put torward by her people in behalf of theur government. There, we have seen one native chief after another deposed, and entire kingdoms swallowed 3 and absorbed, until nearly the whole ot the East has been stolen from its le- gitimate mosters, and annexed to the British crown. There, the very worst rpecies of slavery, and the i degrading and demoralizing despot- iem, hav n ptuctically 1 troduced d foutered; wile, in Western Hurope, this same gigantic power has pretended to rebuke Atrican slavery | in America, and been loud-mouthed in her pro- feswone of liberty and philanthropy ymplisied t How, to i And how this been ac | lous ples rotection”’ as the v rh protection as England eld to the Mosquito of La’ ptection” Chiet prote » ’ ight to offer wo every Lodi territory, if ty government of the United & her preposterous claims to iy ontinent * sale to fay that no mteliigent man in the tates Wiineesed the farce of crowning a en negro boy, by British an thority, within the government Nicaragua, and the Guptacetui and inv us baptising of negro tehes, who did not pretend even to a know. | of Chr anity in or fer that 1 might be sar that they bad eworn sliegiance to the tool of Great britem, eecording to her aceeptation of Christian Hegiance, who did now clearly understand that he whole efleit wes an in jent and audacious + faree—a miserable jngyle r the aw pees of the Brtivh @ cont w but to manuf | ery whieh the well haew she had shadow of a title, Eve igent statesman ta | Europe and Atmerien, w d upon the farce. cod eo with feelings of disgust, und knew as well | av if ithed b ciely proclaimed by the British government, t his was only nfering wedge © an etternpt te play om this continent the disgrace- tol, disreputable, and robber game, which has co long and 80 sucerestutly practised to Britrah ledim, im open defience of every Christian precept | practice of all Christ lo and Christian principle which she pretends to prac- tice and regard in her intercourse with European nations. How far our government was censurable for not promptly apprising the government ef Great Britain that we saw through her designs, and should certainly thwart them, we will not now stop to enquire. Certain it is, however, that had the present executive been at the head of affairs, no such rig to obtain a foothold upon this con- tinent would have been suffered, without prompt notice of a determinnation to defeat its success. Very possibly, the administration in power at the time deemed the notice given by Mr, Monroe, thirty years ago, in relation to the interference of European powers with the affairs of this continent, quite sufficient, until such times as direct inter- erence should manifest itself And so it was. But most assuredly the administration of Mr. Polk was exceedingly censurable when it permitted Sngland to interfere with the government of Ni- caragua, under the plea of giving ‘* protection” to one of its negro or native chiefs. _ But be this as it may, there can be but one opin- ion among patriotic and intelligent Americans, in regard to the absolute necessity at this time of teaching England and the world that any and every attempt to play upon this continent the infa- mous game ot territorial absorption 80 sncossatully practised in British India, will be promptly resisted, atthe hazard of war if necessary, with the com- bined powers of Europe. The time has arrived when we must put in practice the theory of non-ine terference by European powers; and we not only rejoice that this question should be brought to an issue with such a man as Zachary Taylor at the head of affairs, but we rejoice that the .question arises upon so bald a pretence as that of **protec- | tion” by the Briush government to a chief living under the jurisdiction and owing allegiaace to the Nicaragua government. Lord Palmerston, who is more celebrated for his hardihood in giving utterance to positive and sweeping declarations, than for political wigdom or sound statesmanship, had the presumption to de- | clare in the British Parliament Isat spring, that the Mosquito State had been under the protection of the British government for more than two centuries! Those who know the man, will not attribute this declaration to ignorance; while those who are familar with British diplomacy will bs the last to forget that her statesmen have ever practiced upon the principle that facts and circumstances and assertiens, are all made at one period, for the ex- prees purpose of being referred to on subsequent occasions, a8 arguments to sustain a bad cause. ‘Thus, when in India thi ere of a neighboring chief is required, “protection” — British protection— is offered to some disaflected subject of the native chiet; and a few years afterwards, this very ‘pro- tection” is pointed to as evidence of a duty and a claim. One year an English statesman makes aw assertion in Parliament, of apparently little mo- ment; but in a few years afterwards, that very as- ersion, made with a design, and carefully treasured up, is appealed to by her diplomatists to preve a fact or sustain a position. Testimony is thus al- ways any manufactured in advance; and the testimony thus created fora purpose, is certain in jue Beason, to be unscrupulously used. The crown- ing of the drunken negro boy as king—the baptiz- ing of drunken negroes by a minister of the Church of England—their swearing Christian allegiance | to this English puppet—and the enure farce played in the Mosquito country, under the auspices of the Briush government, and the protection of a british man-of-war, were all for effect,—to create facts upon which to base a claum to the Mosquito country, and establish a foothold at that point, which would ultimately enable her to control the commerce of the Pacific. And we now notonly see these facts appealed to, and relied upon to establish her claim, but we see Lord Pal- merston, in defiance of the truths of history, grave- 3 eoverting, that for more than two centuries, the josquito State has been under the protection of England! If this be true, what becomes of the treaty of Versailles in 1783, and the convention of London of 1786, in which the sovereignity of Spain to all the terntory of her then American colonies is dis- tinctly conceded? Surely Lord Palmerston knew oft that treaty and convention; and as certainly he knew and knows that they are at war with the very idea of British * protection.” He knows, too, as dean every statesman, that the rights of Spain to all the territory of her colonies, necessarily passed to those colonies when they separated From her. These territorial mghts are always irrespective, and in total Gieregesd ot, the claims and rights of the native chiefs. Neither Spain, Por- tugal, nor England, ever admitted thet their terri- torial rights op this continent were in any way in- terfered with by the savage cluefs who dwelt with- im their territory; and all Europe conceded that such was the fact. ‘The popes, at an early day granted to the Christian discoverer the territorial rights of all heathens dwelling upon this continent; and English, Spanish, and Portuguese prowess very succersfully established what the head of the Chinstian Church had decreed, and England would have been the last vo admit the right of any Euro- pean power to treat with, or ofler protection to, any of the numerous Indian chiefs residing in her cvlo- nies on this continent. If, then, in 17883 and °S6, the sovereignty of Spain to all the territory lying within her then colomes, was gravely conceded by the treaty of Versailles and the convention of Lon- don, how much of truth is there in the declaration of my Lord Palmerston, that for two centuries and more, the Mosquito State bas been under the “pro- tecuon” of the British government! The idea of British “ provecuon” to a native chief living with- im the territory of Spain, whose sovereiguty Eng- Jand ackhnowledg: 8 too great an absurdity to be dwelt upon foramoment But let us bring this question home to the com- mon sense view of every thinking Tan. Sepecse the United States were to take under its protection the chief of the Chippewas, residing on the nor th- | erm shore of makes «grant ot this rich copper and silver re- gion, asrhe 1s constantly du: our government were to give notice to her that she must torvear | doing 80, because the Chippewa chief is under our * protecuon,” and we are determined to protect bum his territonal nghts! What weuld John Bull say! Would our right to mal ch treaty and to give such protection be conceded by bnag- land? Then, aygein, suppose England seuds to- morrow on egent to Califormm, or sup chaplain of ons ot her ships of war in the P’ gees upon the head waters of the Sacramento crowns tne principal chief, baptses some of his leading warriors, aud makes them swear Christian allegiance to the so crowned king, enters into a treaty with him, takes him under Lnglish prot on, (Ged save the mark !) aod then giv ouCce to our; eople on the waters of the Sacram that that territory belongs to her Brush majesty’s tread end ally, the Obiet of the Sacramento, to whom she has guarantied “ protection,” —and that in coa- br quence, they must foave the country forthwith, what would our government and our people say to th And yet this is precisely what they have done in Mosquito. ‘The Nicaragua government is weak and feeble; and what Loglsa nouns of | Judge; may God Almight honor and justice are, towards week and feeble , States, the whole world may judge from her prac tices in British lagia. And because Nicaragua is week and feeble, England ail powertul—aad as ful, when sell-aggrandise- yebtis im question—« gues to Work to her of the moet valuable portion of her territory, and adopts as a precedent for her robbery, herowa nefarious practices in British India, where Onris- tian Europe has witnessed her disgracetul prac- tices With mitigated horror—she has dared to enter into 4 Weaty with a native chiet, li ia the territory of Nie foment Jd States rights which it had grant, behold England presumes the Nicaragua gove citizens of th a@ perfect right t to interfere, and gravely g that she will not per * to avail themselves of the nights and ired! It is ovly ne r to ask himself what Lnglend would du under 1 Chreumstances. Would she permit such imterterence with the lw es living in her North American posses Woold we permit ber to make such a seny of ourehiefst Aud if we would n we submit to bave our people thus F cut of their just rights, ac tract with the Nicaragua government ations are called upon to resist this sovereinn people, recoguised by world; b especially are we ¢ Bist it first place, we are upon te upon to restet it, becanse the vested rights vile ges of ovr Citizens are ne by the uopudent end reckless mtetterence ot England. Secondly, we are called vpon to resist this open attempt at im torference with the political rights and destuaies of thts cont agreeably to the re-ailiy med quiesced in by ihe eivilived world as cound aod legitimate Amer- diplemmuey. But, thirdly, we are bound to re- sist tt bp on the principle of self-protection ; because itmvelyes the most vital question which cap ever anee m intercourse with otber nation theretoic apn thes ground, and this only, ope to sce our gOveRMent take and maintain its stand, the government pripeapics laid by all subceg Lake Superior, and when England | — = at every hazard, and without counting the cost to the nation, Between nations, as between individuals, it is always wise to narrow down a dispute to the most simple principles; and theretore we hope our ‘overnment will not deem it necessary to adopt the course indicated by Mr. Squiers, in hia A dress to the gevernment of Nicaragua, aad at this time make any reference to the great pri ciple of non-intervention by European govern- ments laid down by Mr. Monroe. That point has been sufficiently made, and when requisite, oan always be brought forward and enforced by the whole power of the country. But itis not necessary to bring it into this discussion, which is to be set- tled upon more simple and direct grounds. Noman understands better than General Taylor the re- lations existing between our government and the native chiefs and tribes living within our borders. No person understands better than he, how ut- _erly ruinous it would be to our sovereignty and independence, to permit any foreign government whatever, to treat with any of them, in anyway to meddle with them, or take any of them under their * protection” He knows that if we recognise the authority of England to make such treaty, or give such “ protection,” to the Mosquito chief, as she, claims to have made and given, in defiance of Nicaragua, we are equally bound to recognise her right to treat with, and give similar protection to, our own Indian chiefs. And once concede this, and we shall soon have the ‘‘philanthropy” of England exhibited in treating with, and giving pro- tection to, the Indian chiefs on the borders of our great lakes and rivers, and controlling our com- merce ard disputing our severeignty, from the banks of Lake Michigan to the shores of the Pa- cific. Under no circumstances, then, can this country for a moment tolerate the absurd preten- sion o} gear, to dictate to Nicaragua, to us, or anybody else, because{of her treaties with, and protection of, one of the native chiefs—a protec- tion which is altogether too ridiculous to be re- garded with anything like gravity, or to become the subject of a lomatic correspondence, were itnot for the offensive impudence with which it has been deliberately put forth. | We know nothing of the intentions of the go- ment, or of the ground upon which this impertinent interference ot Ragiatas is about to be resisted by General Tayler. But we cannot be mistaken in our conviction, that under no circumstances what- ever, will he, or his very able cabinet, who have already so clearly demonstrated their determina- tion to protect the honor of our country, and have so decidedly given a character to our foreign po- liey worthy of the exalted position of the country, listen for one moment to the possibility of Eng- Jand having acquired any right to interfere in the Mosquito, question, from a resort to the disreputa- ble. practices through which she has grasped wn- limited domain in the East. And we are equally certain, that the very decisive and energetic tone which General Taylor’s administration will assume oe this question, will be responded to by every class and description of our fellow-citizens, with- out regard to party considerations. The question 1s one which strikes at the very sovereignty ot our country. To yield it, is to invite sunilar aggression throughout our entire Indian country ; ani glish statesmen cannot fail to perceive at once, that under no contingencies whatever, can we listen to claums so enurely at war with our rights and prac- tices a a nation, and our duties to every other go- vernment upon the American continent. She has already violated the nghts of Nicaragua further than should have been permitted; and she must. therefore, not only recede from the untenable ani offensive ground she has assumed, but she must, also, cease her aggressions upon our sister republic. Police Inteitigence. Before Justice Lathre Again the Police Couré was well filled yesterday with an extra num of loafers and vagabou who, like the bugs, begin te crowd into warmer quarters, in order to lay up for the winter reason, Many of these dis- tipated and destitute specim ui nature apply to the an, oad beg to be sent up as vagrants on Blackwell's Isiand, for the purpose of recruiting their health, and expelling the bad ram from their ays- tems, thereby in a great measure to pateh up their broken down constitntions for a few months longer. Others , who ‘n brought in by the police- men. and many only from the island. are equally rr ager to be let go, that they may enjoy the blessings of liberty, at least for ¢ policemen are ch loafers ‘age the reewlt Ie, r for an- , the ¥ go Now, many of these vagrants espe- 1y the female portion. if they should chanoe to be rather good looking, and have the command of $3, or & friend Outeide should advance the likesum can procure ready counsel who practice around vicinity, to get awrit of habeas cor 4 down they come before one of the judges, whe bly discharges them onthe asservion that the commitinent was not executed in legal form. Thislat- ter practice of procuring the release of these vagran has been of late a complete farce. A prisoner, call Catherine Coffee, was arraigned before the court She bad. nor a very wicked looking Irish woman, ppeared to be fond of & ginss of beer ocoasion- ‘was charged by the policeman with being her husband. this is « grave offence, it's charge of the wife against her hus- folently asraulting her, but you are charged with Deating your husband. It seems, ia your case, that the tables are turved, Covnianine Ah! ad indeed) Jadge, it wasn't my burband that I was bati No, sure, it was himself that was high; It wasn’t He called the w. P.. who took me instead of hi 1 had just went out « little way, to ree a sick woman—a friend ighbor, Ob! indeed she was sick She had a blister put to her | just rtayed a little to see it deaw. Ob! I did not bate my husband. | woulda’two thet [ams quiet voman | am ® mother of too large family to bate my burbend | am ® mother of six children, and my husband is the true apd lawful father of them all; aud quiet enough It is he that gets but | would nt doanytutag to him, dou't mean to hurt Me Weg ne 1p" harine, youappear to tell quite Idon't tee your husband here like to you eucan go, this t let me see you brought before me one charge of the fame kind agai Catbarin lace emiled all over at the generosity of the Justi allowing her to go, saying “ hank you, Diees you and all your ebil- dren.” (Laughter) (The Justice is net married } Stealing @ Boat —Ofioer Crosett, of the lower puiics, arrested, yesterday, mao by the name of Joseph Full, on @ warrant issued by Justice Mouutfort, wherein be stands charged with stealing @ boat,on the 20th of August Inst. valued at $50, from the foot of Cedar treet to Jobn Willams, residiag at No 17 Washington street Two weeks after the . boat was stolen, the acoured stated to Charles od toil that he bad purchased the boat from the compiaiuant, which statement was untrue, as eet forth by vir Wit- Hams The accused was brought yesterday, before the isos for triat with Invent to Kill —A man by the as arreated, yesterday. by officer st of the Eighth ward, on « charge of violwotly asa P MeGathan, of No 641 Washington street i tent to take his life. The accused was held to bail to answer the charge magistrate and committed te w/esault 7 Pibbetts, Prog, id lady, Kichmord, (a, 8 1, Wasnrsoros, D.C, ti 9, 1849. In the Herald of Oct 25th | notice that your Washington corresprndent bar given & descriptive se- count of the arrest of re the we with Wille ties were (formerly Ce Sir The p tonal Motel,” unknown th inj oe elf, | trust you will correct this error of your worthy correspondent, i rewain truly your HA WILLARD, Vropristor of Willard's Hotel. Annest or Strrosko Main + bamed J D. Jones and arrested on Saturday last by nd Liceuts. Michau and Cozzins, of bemg two of the parties eng Jacob Harper, arshal F nial near Indianapolis, some time in February vot. These men answer the description given by the effieers at Indinapolis, and from pas re and eiters found in their poesersion, leaves lritle doubt but that they are the guilty parties. Larger was arreeted on the Ilmois side of the river, and Jones near the upper ferry, m the act or crossing. They were lodged in jail on Saturday, bat the officers ecewing en intimation that the habeas corp sould be brevght to beer upon their canes, w pot beng ro possession of suffierent proof to detaia ‘em ayoinet thet formidable act, so freely aj fis tergay morn crossed them te th fi ino hor where they were detaim aati! even rod then removed, with a view of being sw ered to the authorities of Ln napolia — St Tame (Me ) Republican, Oct. 2. a