The New York Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1850, Page 4

revere WEN Ts conemed every morning. [Ne co <ted with meatmens, cheaynan and a AMCSBMENTS THIS BVBNING. OPERA, ASTOR PLACE—Panumes Tears SOW ERY THEATRES Bewery—Svasveem—Be i: Eve we rms —— - Joa mm Loses. 7 Leae ova EATEE. Brosdway— Ste eee hee Taree Larvoss D Banrrane ree dean Rrery it Tae Om see GARDEN, Bresdwag—Tiewr Rore—Jocro— ae BURTON'S THEATRE Chambers sureet—R as ro Ror Fors Bevrene, Marion, THEATER, Davenrem—Fausy Cone em (4) Broadway —Brwrorias | | | | WASHINGTON BALL —Panenama ov Prsam's Pao- | we SATTLER'S COSMORAMA, cormer of Thirteenth street and Broadway DOUBLE SHEET. ne | “New York, Friday, December 90, 1850, rt Martial on Commodore Jones. blish, ia another part of this day's Herald, epert of the proceedings, thas far, of the fartial on Commodore J ineluding the | hares and specifi oe, and his answer. The specificetion that he unlawfully exeeuted two mea on board the Ohio, having been in importance is that of epeculat with the public moneys Latest Intelligence by Telegraph. The bill was Cheap Postage discussed at con- siderable length in the House of Representatives, yesterday, but no action has yet been taken upon | it. The reform meets with some epposition, but, | we think, there is little doubt of ite be Dg succrss fally carried. Mr. Morse, of Louisiana, duriag the discussion yesterday, took the muble to go out of his way, and give a fling at the press, jor whieh, doubt the press will bear hem ia kind Temembrance. He went so far as to say that the press has been degenerating for the lest tea years, and, unless it be reformed, the re limited ite eirculation the better. lf Mr. Morse was ac- guuinte with the subject on which he spoke, he | would know that the reveree is the Case—that the press has improved, in every respect, very much, within the past ten years, and is improving ata rapid rate every day. The pre e rather thiak, will survive the attack; amd Mr. Morse lad better take care that the rebound of his popgun does not do him more damage than its discharge will the press. Many intriguing politicians have, ere this, quailed before the power of the press, and been annihilated by it, too. Tha Senate were engaged principally with a part of the upfinished business of last session—a bill to amend the act for promoting the progress of the | Fine Arts. An amendment has been adopted, t in every suit for the infringement of a patent, the defendant shall be entitledito a scire facias compel- ling the defendunt to stow the vallany of hie pa- | tent. If weare not mistaken, the only effect of | this amendment will be, to confuse and perplex liti- gants, as well as increase suite. The South Carolina Legislature, we learn] by telegraph, have agreed, by a large majority, to a bill providing for the election of delegates to a Southern Congress. A State convention also is to be held. The Hon. R. B. Rhett, has been return- ed tothe United States Senate. The Threatened War in Europe. The arrival from Liverpool of the steamer Africa, now hourly anticipated, may supply us with some very important intelligence with respect to tre position of Russia and Austria on the one side, and | of Prussia, Great Britain and France, on the other. By the last arrivals, we found Prussia maintaining her bellicose attitude, with an army of nearly five hundred thousand men, and Austria remaining ina ** masterly inactivity,” ae Calhoun once said, with Russia ready to unite on her side, should Prussia | fail to relinquish her warlike position. Unques- | tionably, Russia will be well pleased to have | Prussia hold on to her decis in conformity with the speech of the king, as delivered on the twenty- | firet of November last—for, in this case, the ex- pensive preparations which the great Northern power has made, for several years, in the Crimea and in the fastnesses of Georgia and Circassia, will Tesult in something more desirable than an expen- — sive establishment, on a war footing, for the ulti- | mate control of the sea-way to the Mediterranean, and a Jand-passage through Turkey in Asia, for the | eventual barricade of British aggressions on North- | ern India. Recent accounts from Turkey show us that there are persons deeply interested in pav- ing the way for an interference with the power of | Abdu! Medjid, whose reforms are misrepresented, | and whoee capacity is said to be unequal tothe em- | ergencies of his position. Ali this is ridiculous. The Moslems, it is true, are opposed, in the “rural districts,”’ to the conseription for the army—which does not make any demand upon the Christian po- palation——and fhave behaved rather rictously, on account of their jealousy at this course on the part of the Sultan; but there is no evidence that the Sultan of Turkey is a whit weaker, in putting down such mobocratic tyranny, than her Majesty Queen Victoria, whose kingdom is not altogether | exempt from religious disturbances and riots. The | English correspondents in Constantinople should | be more careful than to misrepresent. on suck | slight grounds, the acts and power of a youthful — rch, whose career has been, thus far, one of | brilliant liberality and marked intelligence. If | the British agents demre to resist the encroach- Yments of Kussia—vpon Turkey to shut the gate on the former power—they will fiad the Palmerston policy of assaulting the Suita, not the best means for effecting their object. The overthrow of the Soltan would weaken England's position, and, ia the end, we think, would give Kussia the very vantage she desires. Ruesia, long ago, would have advanced, if she had dared to bring on a di- rect war with the Sultan; and nothing but the unity of the religious taith of Turkey, and of the Bultan’s spiritual dominion, has shielded the Turk from the shafts of the Czar. Let Great Britain | meddle with that faith, and Russia will find a pre- | text for advaneing, under the cover of the hostili- ties which would ensue between the British for ithe mixed Obristian and Moslem popu- jation of the Turkish provinces. We have pointed out thus particularly thie por- tion of the theatre of war, because the difficulties between the powers of Russia and of Great Bri- | tain have a less remote beating on this part of the world than moy be generally supposed. Oace let the combined powers of Prussia, E France on the one han}, on: of Russia and Aus: en the other, break up the bonds of the Holy Al- liance, and every corner of \.urope would be in blaze, while lt ussia Would pour down her hordes, now in the regions of the Caucasus, to establish her power more extensively in Asia. Mazzini rtands on the borders of Switzerland—a great man—ready to make another effort for Italy, at the | | | } | Sere Orseree | f land, and | a | pardon is among the documents annexed to Mr very moment when France shall be engaged with | Measures were adopted to remove the obstacle that her Northern enemies; so that we have a very ra- detention occasioned. Mr. Seely’s petition states tional prospect, in spite of all the recent peace con- | that, at the time, he was ignorant of the means em- gresses of Europe, of an almost interminable war. At least we are not unreason :ble in supposing that ployed; but he sta‘es whi he ascertained subse- quently to be the f.cts. It seems that Polari was it will be extensive, if not protracted. The | not taken out of prison at Bellevue by writ of ha- Asiatics, probably, will not rest unstimulated by | beas corpus, or other legal process, nor by aay le- such a crisis. In India, the native population, who have been long trained and commanded by French officers, are now ready to resist, with renewed power and added skill, the aggressions o° the East India Company’s troops, and in that remote region, in case of a general European war, would make even more havoc against British arms than has characterized their already signal slaughters, of which so m6ny erroneous accounts have been pub- lished in British journals, in ndicule of the prowess of a barbarous people. However, we can scarcely imigine that the European powers are ready to peril their prospects upon the slight hope of gain thus held out by a general warfare. The game is a bold one, and muet be desperately played. It will call into action some great mind, yet unknown to fame, to take the reins of power into his own hands—or it will protract to the curation of many years a eontinual sacrifice of life and treasure, merely for the settle- ment of a German quarrel. The causes of war, however, are oftener slight than massive. In Hol- jand, one lasted a hundred and fiity years, that commenced in e dispute upon the question waether fish took the hook, or the hook took the fish. So in this case, the cause may produce wonderful results, which will form one of the “ bloodiest pietures in the book of time.” The Robbery of the Dutch Crown Jewcl— ‘The Conduct of the Datch Government. We give ia another part of this morning's paper, the petition to Congress of William A. Seely, Esq., eouaselior at law, of this city, printed by the Senate, and sent to us by one of our Washington correspondents, complaining of the conduct of the Dutch government towards him, and asking the 1 collection of a debt due to him for services as a jawyer, rendered the Dutch King nearly twenty yeare since. Itisaninteresting document. We com- mend it to (he careful perusal of our readers, and for several reasons. Firstly, it is another of the innumerable verifications of the wisdom of the ad* viee given in the Holy Seriptures—* Put not your | " Secondly, the facts stated in it | bit alarming evidence that even in thisland of | The proposed pardon wasa ruse and a deception. wwutional guaranties, federal and | He was never allowed to return to this country ; egamet kidnapping and abduction, and | but, it rpus, 49 not always pre- | n princes.” hberty, con for the habeas ‘on of ects in flegrant violation of Thirdly, the questions of inter- mal law, as to the ri intervene in aid of the colle one of ite citizens from aneth tc the payment of such claim, by reprisals he debtor government and its citizens or n of adebt due to coe aga subjec rvention of the United States to enforce the | are highly importat,—and fourthly, the | tion of courtesy, and, in truth, the insult offer- | Mr. Seely states, “ was to be allowed before the | | | | gal judicial mandate or order, or permission, nor by any authority of the President of the United States in pursuance of any extradition treaty; but he was forcibly, and egainst his consent, taken from the prison by certain persons, some federal officers, pretending to act officially, and was deliv- ered tothe Dutch Minister, on board a steamer ly- ing near the prison, and immediately carried on board a fast sailing pilot boat in the river, which vessel was forthwith, in great haste, towed by the steamboat, past this city to sea, and thus transport- ed to Holland. This occurr.d in the State of New York—nay, in the very heart of this city. Of what worth are our constitutional provisions as to personal liberty—of what value is the boasted writ of habeas corpus, if these things can be done with impumty ? Mark! Polari expressly refused to re- ceive the Dutch pardon when about to be carried off. The exportation was by violence and in de- fiance cf our laws, and was an outrage for which the Dutch government should atone. Tnose indi- viduals concerned in it should also be made to ac- count, according to law, for the enormity. The abduction of Rey by the Spanish consul at New Orleans last year, was properly resented by Presi- dent Taylor, who constrained the Captain General of Cuba to send back Rey, unharmed, to the ju- risdiction from which he had been illegally taken. The guilt of Polari, and of Rey, does notin any degree aflect the case, and cannot be urged by those who abducted them as any palliation of the insult to eur government, or as any excuse for the outrage upon our laws. The enormity of the out- rage in Polari’s case is increased by the “means” adopted to effect his transportion. When we say this we do not refer to the course pursued with re- spect to the relinquishment of the State or federal criminal prosecution against him, but to his being taken from prison in the way he was, and the parti- cipation of federal officers in the act, and to their ubuse of the law colore oficii. Mr. Seely states, on page 20 and 21 of his petition, the aforesaid “means”? devised and used by the Dutch Minister and the officers of the United States. Polari was deceived by the Dutch government. believed, was capitally executed, or died in prison in Holland. Previous to his abduction, a police officer of this city, in the employ of the Dutch government, obtained his signature,while in of @ government to | prison, to a letter addressed to the Prince and Princess of Drange, accepting their oflered pardon, government, and — and requesting to be allowed to go to Holland ; bat _ Polari, when about to be carried off,jas is expressly | stated by Mr. Seely, unequivocally declined ac- cepting the conditional pardon offered, and which ed by the Duteh government, in refosing to notice | attempt should be made to take him’! Why, if the reapecttul communications of Mr. Secretary | he agreed to go, was the extraordinary despatch uchanan on this subject, should not escape the Congress. in this country, every citizen is the rightful and equal custodier of the honor of the country. If | official functionaries are remiss as to its preeer- vation unsullied, it 18 the proviace of the humblest } to rebuke such remisourss, and prompt to proper courses. The independent press affords all the meons of exercising such right The jewels alleged to have been tolen in tand Kussia, and some of the jewels were presented to her by thet potentate | were ignorant of the occurrences. and secrecy employed !—why the haste in speeding tee of any American citizen, either in or out of | him off to sea in a pilot boat, towed by a steamer ? If he was taken with his consent, these circum- stances are unaccountable. We recollect the same pretence was made in Rey’s case. What influence deterred the administration in power, when the abdaction took place, from resenting the outrage, we cannot divine. It is barely possible they Tt may be that the facts now disclosed by Mr. Seely, re- specting the participation of certain officers of the | 1820, were worth more than ® million of dollars, | federal government herg, influenced the sup- | and were crown jewels of the Princess of Orange, | prestion of all notice of the case. Mr. Buchanan, | Wile of the then heir apparent to the throne of Hol- | Hie ledy wos a sister of the Emperor of | by the published document, took a proper view of when Secretary of State, we are gratified to see, the indignity offered to us, and we have confidence ‘The Prince of Orange was now that the facts respecting Polari’s abduction in somewhat indifierent repute at that time, having | are fully cliseovered. they will be made the basis extravegrant habits and being dissipated; and asthe | Of @ proper Commnnication ta the Dutch govem tobbery for # long te. cour mor ve accounted | Ment, demanding atonement for that indignity. for, there were some who did not refrain from directing suspicion towards his Royat Highness, | as being participant or cogizant of the eloigament. | ‘The thief (Polari or Carrera) was detected in this | city in July, 1831, having fled hither with part of | the stolen jewels, the rest having been buried ina | wood near Brussele. Ile came to New York with @ woman of bad character, who passed as his wile. They had with them « young child. The jewels | they brought with them were concealed in a hollow handle of an umbrella, ia « hollow crutch used by Polari, under the pretence of being lame, end in hollow toys of the child, aud by these means they eluded the notice of our Custom House officers Shortly afer their arrival here, the woman formed en intimacy with a lrenchman of notorious character, named Roumege, aad disclosed to bim where tome «f the jewels had been buried by Polari near Brooklyn, and placed some of the least valuable of them ia his possession. Loumage, who had been of some respectability, and, indeed, of distinction in France ia carly life, but had become an adept in crime, forthwith resolved to profit bimeelt by the information thus acquired, by giving information to the Chevalier Huygens, the Dateh minister, and thus secure the large reward ad- vertised by the Dutch government; and in order to have two strings to his bow, he also gave ia- formation to the Custom House officers, he claiming the one fourth pert allowed by the acts of Congress t informers of smuggled goods. Ile exhibited the jewels in his possession, which were not of great value, to verify bis statement; but the most valuable portion he | took, after the arrest of Polari, from their place of | concealment near Brooklyn, and fled with the wo- man to Vhiladelphia, and thence to Liverpool, England ployed as counsel by the Datch Minister, (Chev. Huy gene,) and secared the apprehension of Polari; flected also, by extraordinary diligence and exer- tions, the arrest of Rowmage and (he woman, im Liverpool, and the recovery of the jewels they had | with them, concealed as when smuggled into thie port. Roumage and his female accomplice were eent to Holland from t-ngland, and the information obtained from them, with that obtained from Polari here, through Mr Seely # agéney, enabled the Dutch government © recover the jewels bunei near Bruseeis, as well as those ob 'ained ia Liverpoo! aad in thie city; and also afforded teow mony to redeem the reputation of the Prince of Orange from the suspicions before edverted to. Meanwhile, Polari was confioed in Bellevue prison hete, upon diflereat charges One acrusa- tion was founded upon the statute of New York agains! bringing property vielen ia ol meteouatries of States to this State, of receiving euch property ia this State Another was « criminal proceeding in the name of the Carted States, based upon the smuggling; end a third waea | nited States pre- secutica for the recovery of the peeuniary peaslty incurred by hie violation of the revenue law. Ilie verdon, (at the imetager of (he Dateh goverament,) wae procured from the executive of New York for the first offence, and « like pardon from the President of the United States for the second offence, and the eileged forfeiture 0 be jewels to the United States was of course remitted. The Chevalier Huygens, in the name of the Detoh government, tendered Polari a conditions! pardon for the theft. The conditions were that he shoukd go to Holland and make full confesrion and die closure there, and he wae to be sllowed w come back to the United States with the child, i’ guilty of no other erime than lareeny of the jewels, and his expenses were to be paid. A copy of thie Seely’s petition, printed by order of the Senate Mr. Seely, after the abduction of Polari, went to Holland, to procure payment of his demand. lz ovr judgment the conduct of the Dutch govern- ment (we mean the King and the Prince of Orange) towards him was utterly disreputable to them, Instead of extending towards him good feeling for his devoted attention to their interests, and mani- festing a spirit of justice, they evaded, procras- tinated, delayed, and trifled with him ; and finally added insult to injury, by offering him about $2,400, being lees than his necessary expenses at the Hague, while prosecuting his claim. When the great importance of the service rendered is con- sidered—the property recovered, chiefly through Mr. Seely’s agency, being upwards of a million of dollars intrinsic value, and (being “ crown jew- els”) of much greater worth to the Dutch govera- ment ; and when, too, the character of the heir ap- parent to the Dutch throne was deeply involved— it was to be anticipated that their roy-al and serene hightesses would have displayed some liberality in compensating their chosen legal adviser. We venture to say that one hundred thousand dollars would not have been an unreasonable sum for him to have charged, and that the king and prince would have consulted their good name and fame by promptly paying such charge, without cavil or postponement. Mr. Seely offered to leave the mount to be paid to the arbitrament of disinte- rested, honorable men; but the Datch refused his offer. The whole course pursued towards him was not merely illiberal, but was decidedly shabby. Sach conduct to a creditor would blast the reputa- tation of any merchant, in any country ; and, when the fects are known in Holland, we should not be ; Surprised if there should be found enough Dutch Counsellor Seely, it appears, was em | ‘to the official We may publish it hereafter, with other papers | found there, now crowded out Bat Polari was still detained on the process for the Pecuniary penalties incurred tothe | aice! States by the smuggting, of which, when paid, the Custom House officers here were entitled to a share merchants, of sufficiently elevated principles, to raiee the money by private subscription, and re- deem the honor of their country, though they may wot be able to save the credit of the king and prince. The exposure of this transaction, we doubt net, will deeply mortify the Emperor of Rusma end the royal femily of Sweden, which has be- come allied to the Prince and Princess of Orange. if (he debt remains unpaid, the government of the United States have a duty to fulfil to its citizen, thos wronged, which will obtain payment. The jaw of gations fully recognizes the right and duty of & government to protect its citizens from the in- juetioe of ancther power, in withholding payment of & just debt; and the issuing of letters of “ marque and reprisal’ aguinst the property of the dc tor govetament, and of its subjects, is justified by that law, and is declared not to be a just cause of wer A lew brief by Mr. Seely, showing this is the rightfal remedy, and that it is sanctioned by Grotius, Poflendorf, Bynkershoek, and other jurists, and has been egain and again resorted to by the Dutch and by the ritieh governme * contained in the prbis Ml endeavor to pub. Hieh & hereatier. Will the United States resort to thes alternative in this cage! The punctilious strict- moored by Great | mn J in resen even ightest wrong to « British subject, b other geveroment, has occasioned the reepest. every r erved towards suck suljects, and has weh 68 anything elee, to the elevation Ly increase yes brit exam t should foliow. Bat the aufioaiiee cea trowble in thie case, are enhanced and increased by the conduct of the Dutch ministry towards a former administration of the | nited States rn. ment im relation to this claim, s+ dieclosed in the letters of Secretary Duchanen annexed to Mr. Seely's petation, in refusing to make any answer ‘commanicetions on this subject made by the United States goveroment. We are serprieed that Mr, Deverec wee not then forth- web recoiled, and that guy minister was sent to the Ilegue by General Taylor's administration. Sarely these cireumstances Were not fully known when Mr. Folsom was despatched, or he wae ia- _ etraeted to demand an explanation or a for the crcourtesy and thas committed. We troet he has acted decisively and firmly. If not ly atoned that discourtery, as well as acaition tothe fa ot eioisine (aye of bie jen See, @ the, remedy songht by fr. Seely, of the United States, should be extended to hrm im this care Scaxpatovs Paocezpme —We ieara from the povipewrese buh Individuals. MONEY MARKET, proceedings of ‘Commoa Council! last evening, Among Gistinguished arrivals in this city, we Tavaspay, Deo. 19-6 P.M, ened en the Board of Alder- | 0tice the name of Don Iguacio Gomes, late Charge ‘Thani tae oe fonbettad sllasedton te thorshamms tea: men, to whom petitions on the subject of lighting @ Affaires from Nicaragua to the courts of Rome and | ket to-day. The weather was rather unfavorable fox the city with gas were referred some moths Madrid. La Cronica of the 18th instant, im speabing of | all outdoor operations. The fancies were, under exist-- Py ‘end thet 0 recstution ‘this gentleman, says :— ing ciroumstances. active, and prices were well main+ prc on ae with the | pitt Upnecto Gomer, Cha tained. Hudson River Railroad has, within the past. aaa tobe see tan plead | a hoy Rr ‘on @ og day or two, taken quite @ start, and it would net sur- Company cancelled, sion for Madrid. arrived on the 13th inst., at ‘by | prise us if it was, in less than a month, higher tham. ther to be entered into for eighteen years, was the steamer America, and in this city om the 14th. "It | Erie Railroad. It is, In reality, worth more, share for~ passed. The prayer of the numerous petitions, | Speers tat ence oa ane ee ced bie eae’, | share, and if the merits of either road have aaything- signed by many thousands of our most respectable | to Rome, and that the Holy Father honored him to do with the market price, Hudson River Railroad citizens, was that the present contract, which has | taneourly with the Cross of St. Gregorio Magno. He | will, in less than thirty days, be selling for more thay several years to run, should be declared null and | st elee teoslined trom abe [iverary academies of the | Erie Railroad. Nerwich and Worcester advanced to. |, ber company violated their eee. Being atieeverd: Bt ed? A: to | day, wich pretty large sules, A dividend of three per~ bre peepee + egies tally Wartiogtn, be prefered to pase through Andalanie cent will be paid on this stock. some time in January, covenants; report and go to M where, as « proof of the eon: | R i the eighteen years! If this is not asking for breadand | sideration with ‘which the Spanish Americans are | ®¢8ding Railroad is very firm, considering the emor- receiving @ stone, we don’t know what is. treated by the mother country, his title of Advocate | mous daily transactions. The payment of the divi- . ‘was incorporated by areal ordinance, in the colleges | dend will give a wide margin tor @ decline. At tig ‘We have read the report of the committee, and | of the peninsula. He discharged in Madrid the lega- | gest board, to-day, Stor Railro wath-mr4 we have never met with « more remarkable or | tion of’ Costa Rica; and although the legation of 1.ho-day, Monington Ralleeed at: Ls Nicaregua and other Btates of U America to that | per cent; Erie Income Bonds %; Portsmouth tuspicious looking decument. It is simply a weak | court was proposed to him, it appears that he has pre- | Dry Dock %{; Long Island M, from the openings and labored excuse for the iniquities of the Gas Sages Fa ge Seok fe Cueto. Hudson River Railroad %; Harlem ',;. Norwich Company for years past—an argument in favor of win, M Jac! ‘ herman , Vermon’ and Worcester 7%; Erie Railroad declined 3 per the high price and bad gas furnished to the city— 9Ap1 S. ensue Baltimore; T,M. Ac cent; Morris Canal X. Harlem was the most: and a document disgraceful to the committee and | 3.W Newcomb, Springield, Mass., were among active stock on the list to dey, nearly five thousand: shares having been eold. The market continued very firm, and buyers appear determined to take all the: chances intheir favor. Ifthe African brings favorable news, prices for stocks may for a time improve; but if she brings bad news—if hostilities have actually com- © menced on the continent, stocks wiil fall here ten per cent in as many days. If the news is fayorabie, stocks may advance two or three per cent; but it the mews is» unfavorable, the depreciation will be enormous, The chances are therefore in favor of the sellers. They cannot lose much by all the rise that can by any pos--/ sibility take place, and they may make enormous pro~ fits by a fall. The bears by and are not disposed to take in te the whole Board of Aldermen. Our space will not permit us to say what we think on this subject, to-day; but we shall take en early opportunity of referrmg to itagain. In the meantime, we call upon the Assistants not to concur with the other board in this disgraceful and outrageous proceeding If, however, they should prove themselves as re- creant to their trust as the Board of Aldermen have done, we shall look to the Mayor, in the last instance, to save the city from the injury pro- posed to be thus inflicted upon it. We shall also look to the Assistants to refuse & renewal of the lease to the Fulton Ferry Compaay, Marcus Reeve, Exq , Mobile; Stephen L. Ji 84.) Jamaica; Charles Goodyear, Esq., lady and son, New Haven; &.D Hunter, Eeq, Huater's Inland; D. P- Manie, gg He two daughers, Jameica; Joha B. oles, Jr., 1 Worts, and lady, New Jersey; W. Hotchkiss, Canada; Rufus P. Stebbins, Meadville, Pewn., were among the arrivals at the Union Place Hotel. Ic — Kingston; Geo. Smith, Georgetown, Ky; A. Fisher. Philadelphia; Dr. John, San Francis- . Moon, AF oston, arrived amongst yer D.@ Collamore, Bu Maine; J. Bradley, Vermont; J 3 Smith, Kingston; J. h. Rauny, Canada; F. R Merritt, do.; RB. O. Morris, Virginia; B. Billings and lady, Vermont; L Norcross, Boston; Lieut. Parrott, U. 8. N,; and Bamuel IH. Lowry, 8t. Louis, were among the arrivals at the Irving House, i and to the Mayor, in the same manner. We an- Bridgeport; Cc. | Morts in anticipation of the. maturity of thelr cons , Washtacton’ Mt | tracts. nex the names of the committee who made the re- ,Masa.Jarrived | The receipts at the office of the Assistant Treasures port:—Joseph Britton, Samuel Delamater, James E. Wood, Patrick Kelly, Jed. Miller. o1 this port, to-day. amounted to $20,024 00; a 4 » Jed. : pa? ments, $49,838 06—bulance, $3,295,906 16. a Asron House TerxcxaMiic Meronoocicat. Tamte— ook. A. M.—-Providence, going to snow; pancetta eeaiemena Deo. 19, 836 M Ww 1 = Bi 4 covered with snow; New Haven, | The Massachusetts Western Railioad Company bay Tue Passipent’s Messsce inf Seantsw: " An | owls end cold; Bridgport, do. do.; Btamford, snow: | declared a semi-annual dividend of.four per cent. efiort was made the other day in the Semana tohave | ing rast. ‘The receipts of the Albany and Schenectady two thousand copies of the President’s message oi eas. road Company, for the month of November, 1850, printed in Spanish for the use of the Mexican popu- Before the Hon. Judge Woodruff. amounted to $17,622 61, egainst $16,412 55, for the cor» Dec. 17.—etion for Slander —Joseph B Henshaw vs. William Leavenworth—The complaint in this case alleges that the detendant, on the 2d March, 1849, at the store 121 Fulton street, in the presence of plain- tift's uaintances, called him a swindler, pilferer, drunkard, anda thief, aud that ho repeated these rlan- ders on the following day. It §s alleged that the plain- Dy reasen of these sccurations, was brought into ith his friends, Damages are laid at $5,000. that there was an angry alterca- 4 plaintiff, and that the expres- re justified by plaintiff's language to- ardsbim. It appeared that the plaintiff had been clerk to the defendant. and the dispute arose about the dissatisfaction of Mr Leavenworth at the way in which his accounts were kept, end upon his saying that he should get some person to look over his books. Several witnessen were called, but though they deposed to the angry altercation. they could not state the exact language used. Mr Shatfer addressed the jury on be- half of the defendant, and ridiculed the idea of » suit Deing brought under fuch eircumstances. The julze charged the jury. and they immediately readéered a verdict for the defendant. Court Calendar—This Day. £ Surerion Cover.—Nos. 56, 63, 75, 5. 14, 20, 21. 83, 55. lation in California, who, under the treaty of Gua- daloupe Hidalgo, have become American citizens, but without success, the resolution having been laid on the table. We regret the majority of the Senate did not take a diflerent view of the matter, for we are of opinion that the movement was a gocd one. As was well remarked in the debate, it is of great consequence that the Mexicans who:n that treaty made American citizens, should,as soon as possible, become acquainted with the govera- ment to which they owe allegiance, and should become as early as possible intelligent citizens, so asto be acquainted with their duties and their rights. They can derive no information from Eog_ lish copies of that document, for they de not com. prehend the language. The commencement and his- tory of the Mexican war, show that their country- men generally, even the most intelligeat of them, had but a slight acquaintance with the power and resources of this republic. It was necessary to whip thei into a knowledge of both. It would not beexactly right to adopt that method towards the Mexicans in California, especially when an expen- diture of a couple of thousand dollars would answer the purpose so much better. One of the chief arguments against adopting the resolution was that it would,be a bad precedent. We doubt, how- ever, if there would be occasion for following it for a number of years to come. responding month in 1849. showing an increase for the month, this year, of $2,210 06. The valuation ef property in Massachusetts. accord ing to returns made by the Valuation Committee, was. im 1850, $500.581 882; in 1840, it was $209,878,329— showing an increase, in ten years, of $290,653,552. A few Gays since, we made some remarks relative to the position and prospects of the Milwaukie and Mis- sissippi Railroad Company. The rapidity with which ® portion of this road bas been constructed, the energy exhibited by the management in providing for the speedy completion of the entire line, and the judicious manner in which all the finencial arrangements have deen conducted, are but littie known in this section of the country. When the immense resources of the country through which this road passes are known, wo have nodoubt our capitalists will be anxious to con~ nect themselves with tae enterprise; bat, fortunately for the stockholders. they want no aid, their ownre- sources being sufficient te complete the road as origi nally contemplated. The remarks alluded to above, attracted the attention ofa gentleman well acquainted- with the operations of the company, and the country. through which the read will pass, who has furnished us with the following facts in relation to it and its pro- bable productiveness;— Wi 's RT develope her internal resources, but to be nearer com- nected to her sister States by the powerful agency of steam, aud cheapering, therevy, the common of lite, by decreasing its cost of transportation bly fitted by mature tor the construction in - its principal iratures of grades, curves, poe he ite ine hebitants have taken hoid of the work an that Western enterprise can only equal. or has thy tate been det it in its: y ample privileges, and at the same- time recure the rights of ies who may be interested in holding ite bonds and mort; . fhe com: have power to levy any rate of tolls, and perty 35, 108, 106. 86, 145, 149, 150, 120, 34,'83, 151, . 5 156, 157, 96, 160, 161, 162, 164 to 169, to 176, 51. MMON PLeas—Nos. 176, 804 to 814, 816, 817, S18, Usirep Brarxs Disraict Count.—Nos, 29 to 98. MAILS FOR EUROPE. 2 ‘The American mail steaimsbip Arctic, Captain Luce, will leave this port at noon to-morrow, fer Liverpool. Her mails will close at half-past ten o'clock. The Weexty Henaco will be published at balf-past nine ovelock. ‘ Unitep States Senator From FLortpa.—The House of Representatives agreed, a few days ago, to go into an election for U. 8. Senator, vice Mr. Yulee, whose term expires on the 4th of March next ; but the State Senate, on the 9th iastant, re- aa the fused to meet in joint assembly for that purpose, of Hockholdere Invertrd in anid colnpany, ie Matte oe by a vote of 14 to 5. The democrats have e ma- #, prov! the jue company are jority in both houses, of one, making two on joint fecen given 17 sisokbolders to the compa yh ballot; but it seems there is little unanimity ar-ong nash of eek an wey claimants. ste anes them. Ss teribed, and already paid in, as tollows:— = New Hayan PACuer SHIP UEORGE MURLOUT.—Moesrs. By deckhcteers, papdbie on sega re. Pa B.D. Hurlbut & Co, have just added thig noble Vessel we A, (eee A #454100 yd to their Havre line of packets. She is one of the most City of Milwa: ble jes “ rubstantial and maselve-looking ships aflost; and in i hee we strength and derability cannot be surpassed by any bonds. 234,000. vessel extant. She was built at Essex, Connecticut, by N. Hayden, Esq, under the supervision of Captain Geo. West, her commander; and their united energie® Lael ne Farhog wd oe reeh ‘illveutie, have produced s vessel of which each may well be Payment of the company's stock, to the extent of rewd tectecranety petcaen ease Sake ‘The George Huribut is a three-decker, and has been delivered at Milwaukic, ct low rates Wren constructed with the smallest possible displacement, The surveys of the road having eight inches dead rise, with long, full floor, and were June, 1849; the firet work under ; following, end now it is near! ed trom Milwau- quick ends; has double Keel and four Keelsons, heavily Geena ‘Pom a iy ro Siew pepe ances tee Toes | geen, Tenens aGvate enttanns, ang | Lt cue etaor, ay ee cot are square, siding 15 inches, and bolted through the | SEEF Store, 9 street, | crea ‘spon ite ent atrectore tenho bin he bl in| LESAN RU, wet, Dene | teat saa a M in Children’s ang ; threo boltg in each floor, The naval timbers side fifteen thrown chan thts tare val reents bin basting and veldging.. $44.73 d are bolted with 2 134 inoh bolte in each tim- | the woet extenaive and varied ing 10,250" natural crooks, and the weight of her timbers, includ: | ,, NOx’ Furs.—Knox, of 128 Fulton ing the first foot-hooks, is 190 tons, giving, at all times, Hi $38,000 a good set of ballast. There are four pieces in each . varied and extensive; and hi: Koy anny OR ° 12,908 half frame, all nearly square, and well fitted with five ies The eyteman il ot ares, | Eighty tons tron’ per’ mile ‘$60 toalx feet lap of timbers; all her top timbers are twen- ma hat for whe holidays, Webs, | op 0 %e mallee ae one e votes ees §3,000- ty.Ave foot long; ond the whole frame is pertestiy At peeeerererenres Aad for crue ceomotives (wide gauge)... — 15,000- po og Ly or fitting-in Fook — x, Rn ys Boots, that BODCHB, PRY. 6 eee eee cre 3,000" heat. not o particle of any other weed than live oak ye grew eth. may be fount at df Gencclans or gat ans miles Mniehed. « «sso... 92 has been admitted in the frame. There are six heavy on vad aa aeentes Fouth Soden oe live oak breast-hooks forward, and four aft, all heavily ~~ lance of the road will not eoed teochevesnhe i bolted with one ineh bolts. ‘The beams ate of yellow ‘An a com I give th sunean ine, 13 by 14 inches, with six white oak knees to each the United Beane hu eive ihe eset of in ig ane easing, nese in: lower Geek timate ore Michigan sutheatic sources, viz:— sight inches thick, bolted with 7% bolts, four im each pet aon mnere Relisced, por cotimate, arm; the banging knees under each beam are 12 by 24 we} %s * Se00 $18,000 inches in the throat, with % and one inch bolts, twen- Sue ty-four totwenty-six bolts in each knee, and all the 000 tastenings to her knees are driven from the out side 40,000 gad riveted. The flat of the celling is 93 inch, floor au “through the Re — All the other parte of the shi and draw hens ‘than 16 feet of weter, an ‘tet may pore : only the of its inbabitants io law, pe oy - Se peee, bes the work can and will pay a with Tose, satin, and . faanagp Ft yey At {nvyorable acd Mattering asthe above rtatementa ¥ , OD yr At are, the cost of the road, as it progresses, will eves reoms, the pantry, 6 ‘There are sverage much less per mile, In the aggregate of the each watch. cont of the 20)¢ miles, it will be seen that Rp Ape ae like and tretght care, and locomotives ere lacleded, De. convenience of pasconaers duct those items, and the average cost of the road so ani ses on Jar on completed, has been but about nine thousand = bs four shy ighte sad companion art per mile. We have no doubt but thatthe cost through sheer and of the road throughout, will average lets than nine festin contp der wheat bengal a ed tf en od pong every care and attention to a safe and sn: of magne Heese over be i jensen ee the richest rections of the State. Madison, the sent of — ne are her dimensions :— fargo sine government isabout ify miles from Milwaukie, and carpenter's i : Dye.—Batehelor’s Genuine poche heneyteniy-Mypein iomiyany athe a ong The George Hurlbut is now at Bair ean only be oA, the manutuseey. ¢ sometime during the summer of 1851. It will strit is advertived to enil to-day for Hi. Fret is poe i} Hpisottens, the Wisconsin river st Arres aod Helens and the Axornen Cativonsta Bream olor from the use of Mt cam have (1 | Miselenippt at Galena, will launch from hts yard, foot of Tenth street, in a few by calling as above. La ‘The Homestead law parsed by the Vermont Legisia- days, another steamer for the Pacific, called the Inde- ture of 1849, went into operation on December 1, 1860. Tt provides thet house and land, to the value of $500, with the produce of the land, shail be exempt from sttechment and execution. except for taxes. Im. conse of the decease of @ husband. this am: unt of pro- perty shall deseend to his wife aad obildres without Veing subject to bis debts, unless made epeoiuly charge- able therefor, and euch homestesd cannot be allen~ ated or mortgaged, except by joint deed of hurkan® and wife. The hemestend ir however lishie tor debts contracted before its purchase, and the husband map mortgage the fame at the time of purchase without the consent of the wife Notwithstanding the cold weather, the Morrie Canal ready for an immediate trial of her capabili- . Bhe is intended as « consort of the Pacifi tember, from the same yard, now runaing temporarily from New Orleans to Cha- gre, in place of the Falcon, repairing.) in the Calitor- nia trade, The Independence is of 1,100 tons burthen, 215 feet long, 28 feet beam, and 11 feet depth of hold. The Passe TO THE RDITOR OF THE 1H Tiaving seen an advertine: it stating that all the su hed teem, liberally relieved, h no * further donations were required, the Committee of the of ji continues in navigable order. It is fortumate for the artiste Lottery beg to neem the public that several on een han eee ‘ing | citizens of Newark, and other places along the line of pames of eufferers have been made known to them, place. we would advine cor 4 the canal, thet nevication continues, or they would: who left the city without reel eny dona- Mee, 117 Johm street. not have a fail coal demand tions, and who now are spread in the interior, ine h Cast ofiovere Ioune, Mesnnnsitiie,, 06 1 tee vapply of to supply the ‘ - re House, . secncets Sokeat ct aottovala rien Ws | MESA nrg ercmccenccons| Soreree eeshgs of > Memdenats Gates lite in his hamewe attempts to save others that the | Voy rains advertised im such ® & to lead the | Railroad Company. for the fiscal year ending Nov. 90 ald committee propore to divide the proceeds of the ret ave meer: b> re to het they preee- | 1860, amount 865.000. being average Ineraase “The committee can have no interest in farther a yon Jike, That 3one m ie the sisal i 1 onan pha an cuetgia of tire preceding. @ y st to ite tA of Pd over 5 a aieety p-# -—- oor Mt ‘ao pf aie I af ming are wel “ot Rog year, The net income, after paying renwing #x- pn! wm Hong ne in penees, Interest, repeire, renewals, ke, leaves cach orm hand, ot interest, suMeient to pey » semi-annual divi- dend of four per sent, besides carrying $50,000 to the two rinking fands, avd about $10,000 to the eomtin- gent fund. The sinking fonds will be inereased, thie ear, $100 000, of which $50,000 will be taken from the net income. and $50000 from the acerved internst om those funds. The valust.ow of the two sinking fucde ie considerably above the original cert, end, togeihey