The New York Herald Newspaper, October 16, 1850, Page 6

Our Washington Correspondenee. Wasninaton, October 1a, 1850. Reyections by the Simute-—The Case of 8. J. Peters —The Case (f N. Sargent—The Case of Mr. | Green, of New York, and Mr. Goodin, of Mi- | mois, $e. - Much conjecture and rurprise have been elicited | ua New Orleans and elsewhere, by the Senate's re- jection of the nomination of the Hon. Samuel J. | Peters, to the Collectorship of New Orleans. | | ware from a Southern whig Senator, that the nomi- | mation was not rejected upon party grounds, nor by aurict party vote. The objections urged, were that Mr. Peters wielded 100 much moneyed power for any one man to de entrusted with in a republi- cea community, being the president of one bank, aad the controlling spirit of another; at the head of the largest mercautile houre in New Orleans; the alleged owner of one of the daily newspaper establishments in the city ; and the principal direc- ter and siockholder of one insurance office, if not ef others. Hence, bis nomination as Collector was rejected. No charge was made against his integ- rity and faithfulness as & public officer. Mr, Clay was not in the Senate at the time the nomination was acted upon, but be bas since said that had he been present, he wou'd bave voted for the con- | firmation and agoinsi ‘he 1 jection of the nomine- | tion. It is unders(ood thet Senator Gwin was the | moet zealous opponen'! of the nomination. Se much for the cee of Mr. Peters, of New Or, | jeans. Now for that of Mr. Sargent, of the eneral | Land Office. ‘The card of Mr. Sargent, in yester- day's Herald, equires some notice. 1t is made up of @ long rignwrele eto ut the services which Mr. Sargent performed wie ve neted in the capacity | of a two-fold gove rene o! fice bolder, and suadry | wplenetic thrusts © of your Washington corres | one jondente, for r © wche two or three of the upposed rease © Sennte rejected Mr. Sar- gent’s pominr order of the Land Office. | It ie diffiewlt (6 cory core Mr. Sargenv’s reasons for boring the public woh so long a card about | comparatively covuny assailed him, ei in the Senators, [i + acapable aud fathiul was Opp o8ed, Bud = public office But Mr. Saryent th his enemy, anc sohe flings capi with things hi “wecret efiort ) our correspondent never | ysble journal, or to any of | sauew Mr Sargent to be | officer, and be never | cow, to his getting a good | vhs your correspondent is ua gradge,” &e ; and him, and charges: hun | hos neverdoue, sach as making © pooeu the iminds of Senators | | against him,” \« Your correrpondeot orver uttered or wrote, or i got any body t eter or write, a word against Na- then Sargent, © avy oe ora, ia his life. Thisis | God’s truth. Let Mr it show it to be oiher- wiee, as he kiows the Seuators, or aekaow. | e that he bus mute. false accusation. Uuril he py ke the « A is forehead Seis Manges admit Taylor's now tends that he itwasimade f the nomination we ber, (Urtands agaiost him aad hat he opposed General , jor he Presidency, but cou- ts power fo elect hun whea | snot say at what ime, after dey be ceased fis oppos- tiom end co Aor eupport. Perhaps he ean prodvce tome ey iier fis support, tad at what | me it Was give “\, your correspoadent will undertake to show © inembers of Cougress aud | others, who wie vot the fact atthe ume, and have spoke beequeatly, that Mr. N: thar Sargent « ©) to lo cease his opposi- tion to the elect wperal Taylor, after the whig ticket bac ut to Homiaation by the Philadelphia Cor a It your correspondent | deen . o this eficet, he will make the a vinch be cannot now do, that rie of ss and others, whem he deemed fully vr mistaformed hun. | What he knows « ut would be | of RO VBE to Ae! 4 yono tarther than | Mr. Sargent’s i statement ( the contrary. | [tis to be hepec f Mr Sargent did all he could to elect Gey aylor, after be Was womt- nated, be wil in eo show some evidence of hia good werk respoudent certaialy Dever heare of lor man wat the | fact of Tay 1 Wes fully ascertained, Butif Mr. wen cold wp to that Gine, he become w » ehertly after, as most of net, whom he bored wt for th hip of the Treasury, | lingam th au auditorship, until Mr. | hy red Of tvs ice ssant boring, wa the Recordership of the gotGen Tays Genewad Land Ofer Jay tou had previonsiy recommenda: Mi eeuts trend for the Re- cordership, de own VohuOD, Written a special pote, saviv st he would gtadly see hun | appeinted to.) rrespondent, ia his letter the 24 ingt., on ubjeet, Was inade to ray, by a haephint, («bh 5 saybhedy nut Mr Sargen could wader tend piepriat,) that Mr Clay, | ipeterd of Mr ley . went to President Taylor, and eet him to he Reeorderstip upoa « other person (it oe be had tumeelf ree mended for i d, tat he would gladly wee him appointed | It te pice, ther very nice, in Mr. Sargent | to avail hiner if ot pint to drag Me. Clay vato the matier, a e dud wot go to Pre- sident Taylor ‘ " fer the Keeorder- ship es it wee F correspondent wus QOt quite BO 5 take a & statement, OF accuse Mr ( ' wuy such ting. Lt he had steted the’ M y could not be Bored or tine portuned to coi uy Me Se tgent’s aomination, as 4 special Mater, © 1) Was waderstood he called up | that of Mr Tienes Lo Sauth, aad had it acted od thet Me srerat was vot atall well pen, leased in cor runence, ould your correspondent wave been wide of (re mark? bat Mr. Seren! soys about Me Tom Ewing's declarations anay cor respondea Ca appotaunent, is mete * leather ened praneiia™ Now for the fonvy cuss Mr Green, of New ended tor the « On the bast ward that bes go niva ton ~nvte sud coutimed. The cor Mt Stat, ams ander a ‘ ke asaurauce doubly duy Mr. Green weut ry of the Senate, Wao, ormed higa thet his ao | olen Sat vouwht ant fated him ayon his ape y had just made a record York, wae weil rr veyor Genero! seesion hr thongtt hed beem eur te ¢ Seeretory ott Sim ler umpire eure, on the fo) with « friend + in reply to hint minntion had tee acd congen The Seevet or memoranden « “ iu Mr. Green wor pow man. He left for New York to purchase tin wot her thogs he might ured le , tien of the apperm ton papers et Phos Goody, of Hino ond wot Me Green, of New York, bed get the Cre gou Surveyor Generalshiy It epperre that Mr. tieodin, who was kao wn to President Pullmere yeroouolly, was stroagly te commended for the place, and beteg 4 good man for it, bi evox contin by the President with. out coyguitiog, ta the hurry of the moment, the cabinet Mr Grren will «ond « good chance to get some sther good appoiatn rut, That's all. W .snin@ren, Oct. 11, 1950. News of the Daw. Thomas Butt reeewed his credentials a Collector of San Froucisco, today. The oal diffiew!ty there was about i, was, that the Presi dent withheld the epamtment tll the return of the Secretary of the Treasury from New York, be- enuse, aa the appointment belongs to his depart ment, it wae proper that he should be consulted Mr. Corwin readily ney aieserd. lt ve to Mr King to say thet be hes not sought this appointme at; bet that will mee it ail the more acceptable to the Californinns and the « The Proneylvanin Congression bad forthe tanfl, and upon this espectal question the administration orga has especially labored all for nothing, We tke v for greoted that the era of free trade is coming along—stowly, to be sare, bat the principle is stendily gaming ground reoult in Pennsylvons te conctumve of the fact, nme roval paterret, 1 elections look that the day of prot tien forthe sake of protec: tion, has gone by. r theory of taxing one great interest to support another, ia exploted, Eyual rights and equal prow even, if any, i¢ the law wich the pe opie. “we Taderet «i that the reeule in Peonsylvania, will efleet some chaoye in the Presidents reeon- Mendations—the first obyec! heiag to propose » modilications of the law of 46, u9 will be likely to be aceepteble to Congress If Pennsylvania had expressed hereelf strongly fora protective taritl, strong recommendations would have deeo jude cious; but, ae the result stands, the law of “46, if touched at all, must be touched simply with tne view of renting freude, and not wiih the maia object of the cabinet. of a radical change in the | aye And we take it that Mr. Filimore has too much good sense to recommend @ strong protec. | tanfl to an anti prereetive Congress, and that Corwin will conhae ment fora change | T a * tw) 5 » at the instance of Mr. Weh- Pe clit sound, aad will require a goed. éeel of niee ‘The Foote and Fremont Affair. Puiavwienia, Vet. 8, 1850. My Dear Sin—Col. Fremont, baving through the Herald, and other papers, published a card, ia which he charges the authorship of my Baltimore Ben letter, of the 30th ult, to Gen, Foote, I request, asan act of justice which I kaow you will not deny, that you will also publish my unqualified de- nial of the facts stated in Col Fremont’s letter. Gen Foote left Washington on the 1st of October; but had mo knowledge then, as, indeed, no one elee had, of Col. Fremont’s card of the 30:h September’ Gen. Foote, Col. Fremont and myself, were, after the adjournment of Congress, on Monday, the 30th September, im the Senate chamber; and I feel uite confident that, hed Col. Fremoat’s card been then pubhshed, Gen. Foote would not have left ch Distriet without taki orice of it. Will you, then, be so kind as to re-publish my lett-rto the Baltimore Swn (bere enclosed) in reply to Col Fremoat’s communication to the seme piper and much oblige, very respectfully and truly, your faithful servant, Francis J. Gaunn. Jamzs Gorpon Bennett, Esq , Editorvf NY Herald. (Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun 1 Wasuixaton, Oct, 5, 1850 Reply to Col Fremont’s Publication, When I indited my pudlished leer ot Monday, September 30ib, ia which I alluded in very Tespect- ful, and, as 1 thought at the time, in very appropri- ate terms to the difficulty between General Foote and Colonei Frement, which had just been amica- bly arranged, | had a0 idea | should 80 s00a be called upon to revert again to the subject. 1 had, 16 the beat of my ability, done justice to both par- ties, without espousing the cause of either, and comphmenied the respective friends of both on the skilful and generous manner in which they had urrested a hostile meetiag between two gentlemen of so much merit, and so eminently eapable of serving the country. Ia thus classing Col. Fi moat with Gen. Foote, I think I have e disposition rather to flatter and beuefit Col. Fre- mont, than Ao Cearaitis or “injure” him, as he would now, very ill-advisediy, charge upon me. At all events, I disclaim any such malicious intea- tion on my part, and call upon the publie, whose servant | am, te judge between me and Col. Fre- mont. Col. Fremont, in alluding to my letter, is pleased to axcribe its authorship to Gen Foote, and forth- with trests it as * Mr. Foote’s lewer.” I aseribe thie to the impetuority of his dispositioa,or the gallant Colonel would not, | feel sure, have sought to deprive me of my reputation as a letter-wrter. Ibave never had soz one to help me in the per formance of my self-imposed task, and would con- sider myeelf taithless to the public, were I to per- mit Senators or Members to dictate my levers. One ought to be caretul how to make such gharges. [ would not, following the suggestions of others, be #0 resh as to charge Col. Fremont’s letter to any source but bis own: I would not even hiat that it emanated from the pen of Col. Beaton. But to the point Colonel Fremont quotes the following passage from my letter to the Baltimore Sun, eich he pronounces as * falee in many particulars”’:— *The difliculry between Senators Foote and mont bas beew amicably arranged, as you will have seen by the card of these geatiemeu’s friends in to-day’s Union. Theis as it should be. Mr. Fremout was wrong to attack Mr. Foote tor words spoken in debute, which, as he (Foote) distinctly avowed at the tune in (he Senate, were aot spokea with @ view to wound the personal feelings of auy Senator present, but merely to protect the country aguinet ex parte decisions of the Celifornia Board ot Commissioners for the adjustment of land tutles. All that General Foote had observed was, that | without Ewing's amendment, granting an appeal tothe Supreme Court of the Uuited States from | the decisions of the Board, he considered that the bill Would disgrace the Republic; and that however inclined he was to support the bill with the amend- ment, he should essuredly vote against it without the amendment. Mr. Foote retracted aothiag, but distiverly avowed that he did pot iatend any per- sowsl disrespect for those who were against the amendment. Col Fremout could not bat be satis fied with this explanation. Asa sensible man, and a mun of hover, he must have seen his mistake in alte mpting to gag Seastors in regard to all legisla- | Uve wets relatiog to Calvoraia, and in constituting | himeelf the heir appwrent of a family feud, which, for the benefit of the whole country, had better be buried then renewed.” I shall now show that I was correct in my state- ments, aud prove it by the very facts submited by Colonel Fremout himeeif. ‘he first objection taken by Colonel Fremont is to the word * amica- bly 5"? itought, ia nis opinion, to read * satisface tory.”’ Now this is merely @ mutter of taste. Alt thinge in this world go by comparieon; and whea geotemen come frou blows to reasonable explana bons, the word “wmicadle” is, perhaps, quite as expressive of the change of sentuneut which has taken place im their hearis, as the term *“ satis/ac- tory.” Bat f wail net quarrel about that. What I did pot say io my letter, and what I did aot know til afer the pubication of Colonel Fremont’s ecard, is, Uhat he accepted the terms of settlement as sa- Histectory, With & mental reservation that they shoula bot be satisfactory, if the Sun or Ledger commented oa (he subject m amunner disagteea- die te bis taste. Had | known ths sceret resolve of Colonel Fremon Ll chould assuredly have ebetained from ail commeat on the subject; Lam at peace between individuals, as between the dite ferent sections of our common country, The whole diflicuy, with the facts koowa and padlished, and the cera of the trieuwds of the parties, inserted ia the public prints, eutheiently explained itself, and wos, ty a'l probuoility, quite as “‘ satusfac! "to General Foote es aay comment of mine, pu ed mi the Sin, or any other paper. Agein: Colonet Fremont sys it is “ untras” that Mr Foote retracted nothiag, and by way of proving this assertion, refers to ihe reports of the Natemal lateliigencer, 1 should certainly accept they high authonty, had not Colonel Fremout himseit turniched « higher and more direct one, in the note of General Foote, evidently ia anewer to ove addrersed by Colooet Fremont to tum, It would, indeed, bave been more satisfactory, all arund, if Colovel Fremont had produced both let- ter—as it is Hupossi fully to appreciate ove without the other. Sull, Mr. Foute's letter, as published, ex parte, by Colonel Fremont, is suffi- cient to prove that my letter to the Sun was aot “untrue.” I quote iti— tamern, Sept, 23th, 1850. ir—I do hat 1 should be doug jas- tice to myrelt, did | pot, in writing, (ae | thought I did very explicitly lest might, orally,) deny that | said ehylhing demunciatory of the bill to Which you teter, or of those who troduced it, | was im tr and ia favor of th If, provided his amendment could be of Me Ewing's amenament, bul incorporated with it This your colleague well knows | seid that certaa -iews had been ex- preseed in the course of debate upon that dill, aad toe nitot it, tha: if sanctione i by Congress would diegrace the republic. What! meaut was, that t erisblichmentefa Board of Ce fornia tor the ad yrvilege of eppeal to the preme Court of the nitea States, would, ia my opinio: wd Bernes Of eorrupty would be reriously derogatory to the national eli meter So i, think yet; sol shall alway oie and ray “It, after this statement, you persevere in the demand coutained ia your vote, Lehali certaialy gravity you, though | shall, trom certaia praden+ tral consi rations, defer a formal acerptaace of your proposition watil | can leave the District of t obedient servant, nt IL. 5 Foore weral Foote say ia thts letter? » to myself did I not y in writing, (as Udit very expliculy Lest night oralty,) that I suid anything decanemory,” &e, Phen he ate what he thought and aimed at my letter abc my own #ta k yet, aad so [ bhell atv “ Now, | ark all cand readers whether this veral Foote said ia the wludes :—= you persevere in the note, I shall certainly |, from cer! pradeaual mal neces of your tI leave the District 01 jam bia.” by accepting the pro- porition out of the Listnet is eastly guessed at. I presume he did nor wieh (0 accep! a challenge, and eotier by if to be urresied and dragged before a he peace. General Poote has already nied to the pone ja ‘ omplaine thet Mt. Foote poke on the Caittervia lend title bill When thet br a . When Col. Fremont shall have patiiamentary experience as some wire by listen ng to the deba' tied that itis | for Senators « members to speak on every ject except the one immediately under consideration, and that it is aa exeeption to the rule wh le speaker confines bomeeif to abject matte he greatest mea in the country have repentedly availed themselves of ope subject :o speak of another, a8 bas been ile Justrated during the session which has just been closed by Case, Webster, Clay, and even Col. Ben ton. But Gen. Foote did speak to the subject when be spoke of California on the naval appropriation bill, That bill contained « namber of apyroptia- tions for California for docks, const survey, etc., and it war precively in reference to one those mare by ir. Gwin shot General Foote nade the remarks which proved offensiwe wo Col, remvont. Owe werd more and T have done. eonsiders my pet “pot t© make himself hei toa fausily imperticent.”” [wish he pertineney of the remark had boon roved by the circumstances as they transpi t ed, aro | intention to impertinent or iy The an words which Col Fremont epoke to Gea. Foote, aiver cotta Be ant of the Senate chamber, was that “Col: Beni Aid not like the tenor of ls (Poote's) 1 took the remarks.” libei jis certainly wore the Co}. Benton's quarrel, and if | Y of cautioning Col. Fremont against it, it was done in kindaess, and with a sincere regard for Col. Fremont’s reputation and character. I have myself beem considera!le of a cipherer in my younger days, avd feel a natural affiuity for all ma- the maticians who do not fly off in tangents. Ja conchanion, T hope and trust that the difficulty between Gen Foote and Col Fremont will not be reopened On account of my letter to the Bultimore Sun ; but if Col. Fremont wishes to go behiad the records, after the matter bas been honorably dis- dof by the respective friends of the parties, th he and Foote must assume their origiaal oo tions. It is fortunate, at all events, that Col. Fre- wont’s letter, dated ‘September ‘30th, was not pub- lished here till the 4th of October, ia letter form, and in the shape of a communicativn to the Sum till the de lowing. Gen. Foote, ble to bis avowed intention, left here on the lst, and is now pretty much in the position in which Governor Marcy’s letter left General Scott, after the latter hud achieved so many glorious victories, which had loaded him with ors. Itis to be hy gentlemen cool down before the next meeting of Poparens and that matters will remaiz where the wisdom of their friends has left em. And now I must thank Col. Fremont for the kind attention he hes bestowed on me, aud the adroit compliment he bas paid me, by feigning to believe that my letters were the emanations of senatorial brains. In common with other men, I am not ia- sensible to flattery, ond in this instance shall doub- ly cherish it as a stimulous to further honorable exertions. x. Our Mount Vernon Correspondence. Moont Vernon, Fairfax Co., Va , October 12, 1850. Visit to the Tomb of Washington. How this sacred place enlarges apon acquaint- ance—disclesing fresh attractions, and new acd interesting little cerners at each succeeding visit. And the work of improvement, which is rippiag mountains inside out, opening caves under naviga- ble rivers, bridges across the sea, and turning the world upside down, has crept in, at last, upon the consecrated stillness, decrepitude, and decay, of Mount Vernon. From the beach a strong and dara- ble wharf has been run out into the river, as the steamboat landing, and a graded way for the pas- sengers hag been excavated from the - leading up to the torab of Washington, and thence, around the hill-eide, under those old black oak trees, to the lawn in front of the familiar view of the mansion. It is due to Colonel John A. Washington, the pre- sent proprietor, to say that this accommodation of 4 steamboat passage from the l'ederal city to Mawmp Vernon, for one dollar the round trip, has not only been introduced with his consent, but at his in- stance. The annoyance to the family, of the con- stantly straggling parties overland, is almest en- tirely abated, and the arrival of one or two hun- dred passengers, by the steamboat, upon stated days of the week, remaining an hour or so, and then departing in a body, is an advantage to all concerned. The principal rooms of the heuse are thrown open—the captain of the boat is the guide of the company, and the whole thing is arranged orderly apd systematically, with the full privilege of # pie-nic any where on the grounds. he whoie scene is very bevutiful to-day Under a “bright October sun,” with the first touches of Jack Frost’s fancy painting on the land- seape, the wo are assuming their splendid sutumnel drapery. The purple maple, the deep crimson of the white cak and the gum tree, the bnght yellow of the hickory, the deep green of the pines and cedars, all intermingled with the va shades of the persimmon, the sasafras, the black, red, Spanish, and chesnut oaks and other trees, throw upon the hills the mest gorgeous costume ef the dreamy Indian summer. The melancholy glory of season harmonizes with the associ- ations of the spot, and elevates the mind from patriotic thoughte to religious veneration. Within the | st month, two white marble ebelisks have been erected in front of the tomb of “ Pater et high. to the tomb, ES following aaale’ (North riue,facing the tom, {Bust side.) Wiypin euia rants ts buried sedan we BUSUROD WASHINGTON, Jon “av ‘Wasw- An Asacciate oe By bis et bie a Wife ANNA BLACKBURN, who survived ber beloved Musband bat 2 days, 8 (South sido.) Ass Judge be was Wite and Just. {West vide.) "eos ere Venerable Judge and bis ben loved wife, here by his nfoce, ww of hie nephew, . Washington, The obelisk to the left lowing inscriptions :— (North side facing she tom?) fnored to the Memory JON AUGUSTINE ° son Conmy anp Baynan Le of Jews (or west) bears the fol- WASHINCTON, 4 of life, pephew sf is creoted by his widow Svron BosinopW asaxero~, ,_ bn who appointed bim one (West sido) Tip strength of mind; bis ty, and ‘aciples, were n ‘sil who were fa~ miliae with him, ‘The estimable widow here epoken of is the mo- ther of the present proprietor, still living with him at Mount Vernon. Along side of the tomb to the east is another handvome obelisk to the memory of the late wife of Charles M. Conrad, presen’ Secrevary of War, who was agrand-neice of Gen. Washington. And, we understand, it is the intention of the living family to gether the dead of the house of Wash- ington arcund the spot where repose the remains of the Father of his Country. The design is emi- nently T, and we trust it will be carried out to the fullest extent, #0 9s to afford to posterity a history of the family of Washing'on in the inecrip- tions over their clustering graves. Tn our detowr of the premises, to-day, we come upon en old negrees a hundred years old last Christmas. She was rittiag on the threshhold of one of the cabins—stone-blind, dnd had a faded bandage over her oozing eyes. Warped by the infirmities of ace, her appearance in- dweated the truth of her story. nd to the wortd around, she said she was paid for it iw a clearer view of the better world beyond, nod frofa day to =| was only waiting her great Master above to call his poor old servant home. She had come to Mount Vernon since the death of Washington, but she had geca hima before that, and remembered bim. It wes inypoesible, in lnoking at this ancient Woman, to avoid thinking of Bar- num and Joyee Heth, ond of the superionty cf old Hannah over the sorry specimen exhibited some years ego ae the nurse of the great hero of our independence. As the boat is ringing her last bell,we must leave further observations upon this charming retreat to another time. We trus: that Congress will bny it, and preserve it, as long as it can be preserved, just ne it ie, in all ite eesential i lentities as the home of Washir ston. Removat. oy cue Remarvs or Parstpant Tar- Lon —The remains of General Taylor, late Presi- dent of the yy a are to eave Ww: top city, on wber, for Paltimore, where Col Prylor and Col, W. S. Dies wil take poseere| the co! hey will then proceed over the York and Cumberland or Sasyechanan roed, will ?r at York a few minutes, and will go thence (0 ile, York county, where they will croas the imbia bridge, and prose the new river railroad, on the castern bank of the Sueqn: hanna, to Middletown, where they will meet the fine that leaves Dhiladelphia the morning at 8 o'clock, and thence te far- risburg, end so over the Central railroad to Pitts tare here will take the eteamer to Louis: ville.— dequirer, Oct. 1A. A Bcspecten Conse Srv —A cobrespondent of the Courier, art from Key Weet, under Mate of Ogtobar 24, says: — Spanish veig B uene Bonita, ‘rived here on the 26th Repiember te pure onspect bea OM auy attempt at invasion that So mote, mene ep eet. For this suspicion to be good foundation. sf no other reason can be ee emaceing bere captain G eed iste ia te ier fora Bpacieh Tcl Bee rom Frnt feng ne Our Long Island Port Jurrakson, L. 1., Oct. 7, 1850. Launches—-Hotels—Visitere— —Scenery-— Barn- burners, §c. Knowing you take great interest in nautical mat- ters, and in the progress of American ship building, I must inform you of two beautiful launches that came off at this thriving little port on Saturday last. At precisely 17 minutes to 11 o'clock, the sloop Wm. H. Sanford, of 100 tens burthen, and to be commanded by Capt. B. H. Jones, glided gracefully from her ways. She is intended for the New York and Providence trade, and built by Messrs. Mather & Hawkins. She sits prettily on the water, and from her build will carry a large cargo. At Il o’clock, the echooner James McKee followed in the footsteps of her smaller predecessor. She is intended for the coast trade; is of 200 tons burthen, and Capt. Jacob T. Wilson is to command her. Mears. Bedell & Desig are her builders. Messrs. Mather & Hawkins signify their invention of build- ing @ yacht shortly, and their knowa experi ence in constructing fast vessel the Cornelia and Una to look to their laurels. Port Jefferson was ull alive on this occasion, and to a casual observer, many « pretty face could be seen cpzpentiy watching the veasels as they glided from wir ways. I can cheerfully recommend the Port as a below sant place of regort fur the summer season. any New Yorkers have been staying here during the past summer, end all have been highly gratified with the advant the place puts oq I have been sojourning near here for the past three or four months; and for fine Saito, gunning, bathing, beautiful scenery, kind, hospita ile people, and a healthy atmosphere, its equal cannot be foun from Brooklyn to Greenport. bay is peculiarly adapted for sailing, and many are the sail boats con- tantly seen gi thc se who may desire to pass a few months here the next summer, I must say that Port Jefferson is ttily situated at the head of the bay that puts in m the Sound, about 60 miles from New York, and accessible either by railroad or steamboat. Ou the right, as you enter the harbor’s mouth, is the fine farm of the Hon. Selah B. Strong, (late the very able Supreme Court Judge for the recond judi- cial district,) and which borders on the pretty little bay of Setauket, femo well as the Port, for the number of fast vesse! sends forth yearly. Before I conclude, let me observe, politically, that the barnburners here sre heartily tired with the course they pureued in 1548, and will all go “ regu- Jer nominations” in 1852. Gen. Cass is their fa- yorite for the Presidency, for they are anxious to atone for their late injustice done to him, and they say they will never again aid in the election of the whig candidate by withholding their votesfrom the democratic nominee. Feu. Our Canadian Correspondence. Mowrtueat, Oct. 10, 1850. The Jenny Lind Excitement in Canada—Artule for the World's Fuir—Geological Discovery— English Patents in Canada, $c., &c. Jenny Lind has occasioned, more excitement here, without having visited the city, than could by any possibility be produced were one of the European potentates to make his advent, surround- ed by a score of brilliant generals. Every person is anxious to see and hear her; but, save those who have availed themselves of the Vermont railway cheap trains, and proceeded to Boston, it seems probable that few Montrealers can boast of having heard the Swedish Nightingale. Mr. Hayes, the owner of our only theatre, offered Baraum twelve thousand dollars, if Jenny Lind could be brought here to give three concerts; but I suppose Mr. Barpum’s other engsgements precluded him from accepting Mr. Hayes’ offer. That gentleman's idea was to have had the concerts pending the Industrisl Fair, which will be held here on the Ith, 15th, and 19th days of this month, and, from the anticipated aumber of visiters, realize enough to cover an offer which, looking at the extent aad means of our populetion, was very liberal. ts by the committee of articles intended are eo numerous and varied, that great skill and tact are requisite in making a judi- cious selection, and the fears which now oppress the committee are, that the ample accommota- tions prepared for the storage and classification will be insuflicient. Leuclose you a list of the programme, subject to many subsequent altera- tions and amendments, for already eo gee im, at has been declared, the puree, i halta dozen entries notitied Oe, Watley? ent rform some likew) tional games, full particu’ whereof you shall receive when the hour arrives. There has been a discovery made in the vicinity of the Caledonia Springs, near the Ottawa, of a species of lignite, as contradistinguished from car- boniterous deposites. Specimens are in town; it freely, like most species of lignite, and clear bright flame. Donigana is busy with his Artesian well. ie elready penetrated seven hundred feet in search of water, but thus far passed through lime- stone, and he may toil on for years, for geologists assert that the limestone reposes oa the prunary rock, which no where crops out in this valley. The question has been raised in our courts, whether patents recorded in England cover this colony; the opinion of ovr jndges is adverse to such a pretension, inasmuch as Canada being clothed with the forme of a legislative consticu- tion, i¢ alone competent to deal with euch his, and ntly patents recorded in England are void in € da. We are the recipients of your at seonding negroes, and a closer acquaintance with the race is not io their favor. The are, at best, but a nuisance, and onght to be shipped back to Africa. If they come in the numbers apprehended, we shall be inoceu- lated with Southern ideas, and adopt means to exportthem. rt B. Our CaracnsCorrespondenec. Canacas, Sept. 3, 1350. The Elections and their Progress—~Genl. Paez— Expulsion of the Jesuits, &. My last, dear Herald, was of the %h ultimo, and its sabject the exiled chief ; the, “ though fallen, great” South American “hero of a huudred battles,” the warrior-stateeman of Venezuela, the compatriot of Boliver—Paez. Proud, very proud should his ungrateful country be, of one who,born among the grassy savannahs of the Apure, his echool room the saddle, his text book nature, and his companions the untutored sous of « South American desert, lived to redeem his country from the lash of the Spaniard, to mould ato form, and place her in the rank of pations,—of owe who, repablican as he is, carries on his breast the proud gifts of Puropean monarchs ; whose fame in the old world, is only equalied by the devotion of his countrymen in the new. Such is the man [ have deeeribed to you, and such is the man you have among you—one who can sympathise with your republican institutions ; one who will —e? draughts at the fouotain of your liveries, and wi We trast, return to see imbihed, by the councils bis country, the wisdom and experience other worlds have tought him. rhape mo greater blessing could have been couterred on Paez than a benishment to Eogland or Amenea; for ne where, then in either, con greater trathe be glean: ed with which to return and gladden the hearts of his countrymen. Our only tupic of conversation is the elections. Bat | em almost feartul [ have forfetted your good Opinion, as to my powers of enalysi of the politi- cal elements of Carseas. ~liat remember, the po- figure in the festivities, aad litieal vane here is never steady, but veers about | with almost every wind Many cindidates tor popular favor, and the presidency, have preseated themeclves; come bave “* strutted their href nour upon the stege,” and have ae soon heen forgotten. ‘* Other some,” however, “ sewed theit seed upon better ground,’ and the contest lies between them. Those most prominent now, are Monagas, the present incumbent's brother; General ‘Mt arino, who did good service in the war of independence, and whose only fault seems wb» his advanced and e; 8 Ruiz,—one of whom wil, nO doubt, be elected. [he eleciiens for the elec- toral votes, have been held both here and im the different cantons er provinces, and in Oetober the President elect will be kaown, though not before then, a8 it would be with you, since the favorite of the electoral college is not always the “ people's choices.” Monagas seems to be in the ascendancy, and should he be elected, take my word for it, wey of the bitter sarcasins and seathing jokes of bit opponents will be weil remembered. Guzman, too, and Rendon, hive their parties and hold on the minds of the ie and either prove successful, though | downt it. Marino is one who, if strict integrity of purpose and firm- ness of decision could effect it, would go far to the restoration of Venezuela to the positron ehe has Jost duri ente, of the last few, but never to he forgotten evil dissension—years marked, aye ply as the red stripes of her tri-col- wit! violence of party feeling not eque te! paragraph, mY son, ube may not be wr the ” Sctareogrs he ema No he President sf La pgs Te decree expelling ali the members of to and tro. For the benefit of ere iE gises i FIT the question inereases in importance. 10m the manner in which one of our own organs | alludes to the subject, it would seem as though the bitter spirit of Eugene Sue, or at least his scathiag pen, had found its way acroes the broad Atlantic, to dieplay its powers on its well loved theme in the | columns of the Diarw, which admirable liule sheet characterises the measure “ae am evidence of the progress of the age,” and remarks that, such wes their corrupting influence, that revolu- a are their expulsion, would have been inevitable. Granada, under the administration of Lopez, is fast gaining ground ameng her sister republics; and the preetes immense improvements oa the Isthmus are bringing her more before the world. No where in South America are foreiguers placed upon a more see footing with the citizens of the coun- try, and no where ure their rights more securely guarantied them. Lopez knows well the advan- tage to his country, of foreign immigratioa, and while he enceurages it, bis country is benefitted by it. I have seen, ia the last few days, and con- versed with several trom the gold region, and will in a day or two, give you authentic accounts from it. In the interim, I am, as usual, yours truly, ‘esTUs. Cazacas, Sept. 7, 1850. The Gold Mines of Yuruary—Description of the Country, §c. Tn my last, of a few deys since, I promised you some news from the already somewhat celebrated “Yuruary gold mines,” as they are improperly called, inasmuch as though there may be, and in all probability are, extensive deposits of gold and other ores in the vicinity, yet, until now, the river has been the only place in which they have been searched for or discovered. And firet, as to the locality of this ‘* fabuleus Hydaspes.” The Yura- ary isin the canton of Upata, under the jurisdic- tion of the provincial government of Guyana, one of the fifteen provinces of Venezuela. It rises in the mountains of Upata, emp'ics into the Cayuni, a branch of the Eesequibo, which latter, flowing to the eastward, through British Guyana, finds aa outlet in the Atlantic. The ——— of Tapuquen, the nearest isemy to what you would term the “dig- gings,” is about oue hundred and fifty miles from a asmall town on the Oronoco, called Las-Tablas, and perhaps the same distance from the mouth of the E rquibo, The entire tract of country between the latter is covered with impenetrable virgin forests, interspersed with swamps and thickets, aad crossed by innumerable creeks, eatied canos aad deep ravines. The ordinary course of the Cuyuai, before it reaches the Essequibo, is brokea by seve- rabtails or cascades, which, while they impart to the surrounding country a beautiful and romaatic eppearance, impede aleo all navigation, antes in small cenoes, called “cunsas,” which may be carried on the shoulders of the natives, or, as is often done, drugged “2 4 rope attached to the tail of a mule or horse. as Tablas, however, is the divergwg point efter Ie aviog the Oronoco. ‘This town is, we have ssid, one huadred an! fifty miles from Tupuque n, its distanee from Cuidad- Bolivar (jute Aquosture) ts between sixty and seventy. The reute between the two former can only be iravelied on mules or horses, and passes through San Felix, Upata, and Guasipati. Of these the only one deserviag of mention ie Upata ; it is at a considerable —— above the level of the sea, and (he climate is delighttul, the thermometer sel or never rising above 75 degrees ip the shade. The popu! is about one thousand. Nowhere in Venezuela, or, perhepe, in all South America, is better tobacco grown, and the soil is id admirably adapted to the successful or vegetable ‘The in- hospitable demeanor, id from them aud in the neighborhood, the tra- veller may obtain provisions and assistance. Cattle are abundent, large “ Hatos,” or estates of them covering the country. Game, too, such as deer, wild hogs, &c., is plen- ty, while tigers in numbers, aud an occasional hon, are frequently met with, aud by way of va riety, will be tow immense water snake of the country, which abounds. Springs of the noest water are not wanting Witrn two miles of Upata are several gold nd silver mines, which were worked in the umes of the early Spaniards, but since then abandoned, a8 indeed nearly every pursuit bas beer, which tended to an increase of ib in the country. The position of Upata is in @ Well cuitrvated district, while the country in- tervening between it and the Yuruary, is a wide reach of savanna, interspersed here aad there with 4 clump of Woods, Aad crossed by several creeks, which are ferdeble only u the dry season. Seve- rat cattle farms Very the monotony of the road, and the appearance of the country, which iscover- ed over with mica, sparkliog brightly in the sun- shine, leads the traveiier to imaginw he has already revched Ine Et Dorado. But though | have said the climate of Upata was del bru! wot imegine that the same elevation contin Vverywhere in the canton, The heat of Tupuquen, and along the basia of the Yuraary, is extreme, though I heard hing of there ex ieting there those plagues of unettied countries, chiils and fevers, and whieh are commoa throug he out the rest of the republic. Tupoquea, almost on the bewk of the river, and but a few moments walk from the gold region, cou ‘atas about two tun- ludians, whose only food ts cassava aod plaa- The former is @ syectes of Dread, made from @ root called y' From the latter end of plober vot the begining of April, the Yaruwury is nearly dry; while during ‘he reiainder of the year, Whenit “never rains but it pours,” aud which season is called, par excellence, “the rainy,” the nvers end caves are atly swollen, and the banks on either side, fora great distance, com- pletely inundated. During this tune the curreat of the Yorvary is very sirorg, aud the beds in which the gold is fe are completly under wa ter ‘owerds the beginaing of November the rivers commence to fall, the low water or dry sea- con sets im, and by the middie of the moath w adventurer to thisother Celiternia may @et to work This is, simply to take up in a wooden basia or bowl, « quantity of the of the river; wash it well, aud in the precipmate or residue at the bot- tom, emoug the blackest sand, will be found the per =e oyera von of wash , the gola hunter in the ih the water reaching bis waist, aud hiving hie bow! floating oo th tiece ; as the lighter particles of clay rise to the top he lowers the bow! in the river, ra | they are floated off with the current. In the bed of the river are also found "spe of-quarts, which generally contain more or lew gold Sone pieces of on ounces weignt have been found; bat tew of these, however, aud ooue larger; the search esyeth ving been extremely hinted, several hua dred ounces Mt having been thur far the products of the “ dy The most successful, thus far, hes ben 6 Ber Monartero, of Kartwas, | believe, who worked im the manner | have desenbed, and who, shortly after leaving the villiage of Tupaquen, was seen travelling through (pata with & mate load of tobacco, mide of which be had taken the precaution to econeral hiv goid duct. The le es cles of gul) are found at the depth of a very few inches; the first stratum ig a large coarse gravel, below which is a second of blackt-h clay formation, and the third a hard yellow clay m wien the ore seems to rest; nene has been found lower, and I leave the veologists ‘0 tell (he why aud wherefore. And on this subject I might as well mention ia foseine, that there can, on neither continent, be ind, perhaps, a wider, or more varied field for geological research, than in these mountaiwous districts ; a reerarch too, which would smply com pensate for the developement of the tressures with which nature seems to bave so profu-ciy eariched the districte we are considering—but to recarn, The yee te the dissolution of thie clay, which is ane difficult. Sneh specimens ae I have seen, were of the thickest tex ure, aad al most 08 insoluble asso much dough la the river here and there, are rocks and stones of a dark y or biack color, wader whieh, the largest ‘ts are generally found. There are many other rivers in which it would seem even mote eac- cessful search might be made then the Yoruery Among theee are the Avechica, the Juraan aad poor ae LM ay of the proviace The source of the Yoroary is not far fram where the Ceroni receives the water of the Paragua. of the former, from ite 1 Ary Popeer perfectly black, uatil Wed in é Jase, when it i# as elear as cryate ou the baeptee aah lace of thie ** golden Md,” be the je i upon it. In the interim, I von) et poor truly, Festus, Items from the Gold BXTUACTS FKOM THB CALIFORNIa PAPERS. A man named Fletcher, at Marphy’s, has inven- ted a machine which he terms a lometer. It acts in relation to gold in the same manner that the wet doesto iron. A party of men who have faith in the instrument, have commenced on 4 spot indicated by it, and in @ short time we shall be able to report progress. Antonio Mariano, who is the supposed murderer of Foster, the partner of Savage, of the Merced, hae been arrested. Mr. P. R. Porter, who lately commenced busi- neve in Stockton, put an end to his existence by eut- ting bis throat with a razor. Mr. Porier, fer some time bad been laboring under mental excites ment, attributed by his friends toanxiety respectiag somenntial La ie also erneet mental rene 96 OD religions subjects, being impressed wit the belief that he was to Becomes sacrifice for the salvation of the world. | A young man named Andrew Kerr, anative o | Forfarshire, Scotland, was knocked overboard by | the main boom of schooner J. L. Folsom, | while on her in August, from San Fran- | cisco, and sae Every immediate exeruog was made to save the unfortucate man, who min- fully struck for the shore, but befure he could reach it, or the aid of man could rescae hii, he sunk to rise no more. He left Liverpool last Jan- uary in the bark Carthagena, and had been but a short time in this country. The editor of the Sonora Herald was shown a a] of cold wHawieg SE 0z., eee weig! oz., which were dug up at Shaw's ngs, about one mile disteat from Sonora. The largee specimen is one of the most beautiful we ever saw, being bate: pela, and of very peculiar form A. company of three men took out 13 oz. from the fame hole on the same afternoon. We are indebied, says the San Francisco Jour- nal of Commerce, to a gentleman at San Jose for the following :—A party of men were out hunting some eleven or twelve miles from this place, oa the road leading to Monterey, a few days siace.— All but one were mounted. They killed one very large grisley bear. In returning, the individual oa foot lingered some distance behind. Suddenly he saw an old bear, with three cubs, emerge from the woode very near him He very foolishly fired upon them, when the old bear made at him, aad wounded him terribly, As goon as hisson (by a Mexican woman), who was on horseback some distance ahead, saw the perilous position of his father, he returned, and, at the risk of killing the old man, fired on the bear, when she was still tear- ing him. Fortunately the bullet took effect in the bear, but still she did not release her hold. The young man immediately dismounted, und literaily drove her eff by beating her with the breech of his gun. The old man, who is an old resident of this country, is most horribly mangled, but was conveyed by his party to a neighboring ranche, and it is thought will recover his wounds. The old bear, though evidently mortally wounded, made off. Gregory, of the express, has rather overdone the thirg in his importation of wedding cake. Here- tofore we have been a little short of the article; now we have more cake than ladies. la order to equalize it, and keep matrimontal matters about equally balanced, Gregory should immediately or- der an invoice of women. If they come by his we will warrant they'll be in a good con- on their arrival, #s they will come throngh with euch speed as would prevent their losing their freshness. Captain John B Pedrick, who came out to San Frex cisco ws master of the brig E. Randall, of Bose ton, has pot been heard ot forthe last week, and from the fact of his having been previously deraag- ed, the worst apprehensions are entertained cou- cerning him. He was a native of Marblehead, Maes, anda member of the Masonic aad Odd Fri- or societies. Ile Las left a wife and three chil- ren. The citizens of Sonora held a meeting, in that place, on the 21st August, to take into considera- tion the approaching election, and the propriety of hominating candidates who will represeat the mining interest. Three Frenchmen ahole, within the limits of Sonora town, took out three pounds and a half of the ore in less than three hours from the time they began to open their bele, and they have seen enough more of the metal ia their dirt to satiefy them that they will get several more out of it. The San Francisco Picaywae, of Aug 20, says: —We have this moment had laid ab our table for inspection, the lergest lump of pure gold which thes thd been our good fortuue to handle. Its we ight is eighteen and « half aod is of pure go an atom of quartz or sand, or other xem xture, is connected with it. The lump was taken on Saturday last from Carson's ereek,on the Stenistaus, and from the same locality where $19,000 were taken, « short time since, in two days. Fb yw doliais per ovace have been offered for it, and refused. The successful miaer is an Irishman, name unknown. We learn from a gentleman who left Sonora Sunday lest, that aa lodiaa was shot ia the streets under circumstances that we ot but think dis graceful, and toudly calling tor investigation. A person by the pame of Cave, in conversation with & gembier pomed M soa, remarked that he could induce that Indian, pointing to one standing in the house, either t reb Hi hin; and a wager was = secordingly ney, told hum where it was, and offered him half the emount provided he would kill or rob him.— Potting into bis hand a he then weat to Ma- tn, told bim what he one, bat that the pie tol was not loaded. Soon afte the Ind an entered the house, looked around, and then walle out. Mason followed him out vate the street, ant ae down, Both parties — been arrested. eh jokes are quite too preetical, although the vicwm is nothing but « poor ludian. . The Marysville Herald says :—We are credibly informed that one man, at one haul, took out @ forty pound lomp of pure gold, on the Yuba, about fourten miles from Marysville. We heve notesea it. Other aud Letier men have. It is here. We learn from the Alta Culsforwia, that Capt. Lyon has recendy returned to Camp Far West, frome ation eof the Clear Lake expedivoa to pomeh t rderers of Capt. Warner, and eo- deavor to tnd rafantry soldier fifteen Ind: Ww. a wil h the sure view will be equally futile. The Sonora Herald, of Oe Ways :—On Moa- day Inet, our express rider, Mr. Avery, aod Mr. of St Were attached between Au- and Marphy Mr. Cressy, unfertuaately, narmed, end Mr Avery had bot one wmdif- ferent prrtol in his possession. The circamstanere were us iollows: Me Avery, in a louely part of the road, two negroes and 4 Seath American, each behind # tree, with rifles pointed at him. i diately he rode up to one ot the negroes and ened ta shoot him. The negro prayed nia ito de this, he was only hunting antelopes. Mr. Avery passed oo, bat ere he was three yards dint» ball whizzed by him close to hie ear. other rithes undiseharged, the two gentlemen pul sours to t borees and escaped. By « list of the donations by our citizens, saye the Puerfic News, tor the relief of the suiferng overland ummigrents, it will be seem that ubout four thousand dollars has already been aud teribed, and about $500 worth of provisions. This ise result of one day's labor in be~ half of the sta: ving thousands on their way across the plains. Capt Halleck, whe euperintends a of di Bers at the Almaden mines, hes yt. fy was Utul soda spring, Which, by the aid of seit, he ia often in the heppy position of being eanbled to t= = aq friends with a first-rate effervescent ght. The iron safe of Mr. Hy field, jeweller, was stolen on Friday night, and deposited by the thieves im the cetlar corner of Sacramento and Montgomery streets, San Francisco. The reb- hers, who were Fienchmen, were Inghtened from theit booty by some one passing, and . Messie. Tarbox & Rob are conetracti and commodious bwidiog en C Portemouth square, Son Francisco. two stories—the first will be a large saloon, four teen feet high, thirty-five wide, and maty deep — the second wilt be oceupied by Dr. Collyer for alt kind of amusements. It will accommodate one thousand persons; its dimensions will be tweaty~ five feet high, ninety deep, and thirty-tive wide. The “ Victim” will be repeated thie eveaing, (Ave. 16), at Robinson & Everard’s. [tis a high’, creditable prodection of Dr Robinson, is We) ihe y d at ag a re im. worl eae cian tea sides the “ Victim,” @everal = ure added to the bull of entertainments, '9 which | the interesting Senorita Liorente will t gke an ac~ tive part. Mr. and Mrs. Thorne took theit ¢ sinplimentacy “fun of benefit in San Trane on the before their departare for the Steen, on oo- ension they ared in the plays of the Orphan ‘st Pavia,” Pherese'a Vow,” “ind ia the fares “ Nature and Mhilosophy