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@ur Washington Correspondenec. Wasuinoron, Jan. 12, 1851. Accudent to the Methodist Church. * An accident occurred this morning, at the Wes- Jeyan Methodist, called the ‘Foundry Church,” at the comer of-Fourteenth and G streets, which was near being attended with fatal consequences. It was generally knowa that the Rey. Dr. Dur- bin, whois a very eloquent preacher, and,J be- lieve, from the State of New Yosk. wasto deliver ‘@ sermon, and the house was consequently crowd- ed at an early hour. Previous to the commencement of divine service, the ceiling under the gallery cracked, owing to the great weight above it, and the supporters aj peared to be giving way. I arrived at the spot at ‘this moment, and found the windows crowded with femsles in a state of the utmost excitement, en- deavoring to escape, one of whom jumped out and was safely received by those below. There was en area which rendered this a difficult operation; boards were, however, speedily obtained, and se- veral well dressed females and children escaped by thie means. Meantime, most of those in the gal- dery had retreated through the nearest doors, and it was with difficulty that females were prevented jumping from the windows, which in this part of ‘the building are on the second story. After a short time the alarm subsided, and the service com- menced; but numbers were afraid to enter, and thus expose themselves to another alarm and pro- bable danger, and ercordingly came aways as did ib‘e subsequently to en- others who found it impossi' ter, owing to the crowded state of the house. This accident, and the probability (along time arent) that several persons would have been se- miously injured in endeavoring to escape, evince the necessity of their being means provided by which egress can be afforded from the windows by having ladders at hand, to be used in cases of eme! ory and which, in the present instance, could not be obtained. While on this subject I would state that the Smithsonian Institution is very badly constructed in this respect. The lecture room is easily emptied, but the avenues all terminate in a narrow passage, ‘with but one door at the basement for egress; an in case of fire this passage would become so block- ed up that escape through the main entrance would be impossible. ‘Wasuine ton, Jan. 11, 1851. Interesteng Lecture on the Alps. I attended a lecture at the Smithsonian In- stitution, delivered by Dr. Morris, of Baltimore, aescriptive of the Alps and their glaciers ; which was rendered more interesting from the cir- cumstance of the lecturer having personally visited those wonderful objects innature. He commenced with an account of the Alps, which, commencing in Switzerland, extend a distance of one hundred and seventy miles in length, and having a width of about twenty. The Alps are not an uninterru,ted chain of mountain ridges, rising some fifteen thou- sand feet above the level of the sea, but are com- posed of innumerable peaks, clothed with perpetual gnow. The lower vallies—which, however, are about five thousand feet above the level of the sea— are inhabited by shepherds ; not those described by Virgil, and having but little of the romantic about them. They possess a large number of cows and goats ; and the adventurers, on their ascent to the summit of the peaks, obtain milk and cheese in abundance. ere are also hospices, kept bi monks, who supply the way-worn traveller wit refreshments. e ascent is made, forthe most on the backs of donkeys, which are trained the purpose ; and so sure-footed are they, that those whom they carry are cautioned by the guides to trust entirely to their sagacity, and to leave them to choose their path, sometimes winding around the edge of the mountain, er along the edge of the precipice, and at other times among frag- pent of rock, at the peril of breaking their legs. side-saddies on which the Jadies ride are so constructed as to prevent their slipping forwards or back wards, and, as well as those of the gentlemen, are so secured that they cannot shift on the back of the animal. Occasionally, a plink or ladder is laid across fissures, over which the party pass ; and, at other times, the frozen surface of snow has to bec |, Which sometimes yields to the weight of the traveller, who sinks down eome hundred feet, and is never heard of more. Among the more daring of those who undertake this dangcrous jour- ney are English ladies, who remain on the backs of ir beasts; while gentlemen who accompany them, and who e388 less nerve, dismount ‘ead their animals on arriving at some of the more dangerous places that have to be passed on the Dr. Morris gave a brief account of his ascent to the peak called Riga ; and his desctiption of the sun was graphic in the extreme. Some- ‘timer, however, old Sol does not rise and set ina very good humor; and, when the weather is not clear, the summit of Riga is not one of the most agreeable places in the world. Englishmen, who are proverbial for grumbling, de not submit to the Poy intment incident Lie such e a st grace imaginable, as the following line quoted by Dr. Morris, will abundantly testity :— 5g © Seven tedious hours that dey we climb'd, ‘The setting sun to see; fullen and grim he went to bed— Bullen aud grim went we. Nine sleepless hours that night we pass’d, The risio to see; julien and he rose at last, Bullen and grim rose we.” It fortunately happened that the morning after Doctor’s arrival was clear and serene, and the party were summoned from their beds to witaess | ‘one of the finest objects in creation, but which many of the children of aflluence and luxury never @ee—the rising sun—and who waste in bed “the Heeting moments of too short a life.” First, there | ro ec a horizontal streak on the sky, of the ightest crimson; then a solitary peak, covered ‘with enow, received the earlieet rays of the sun, and assumed a similar hue. This was followed by another and another, within a circle of a huadred miles in extent, and at length all around were in- numerable peaks, gutting ogsinet a dark blue sky, meeting the gaze of the vewyldered and ad- ring spectator, which gradaally and successivel, faded into a more delicate tint, until they ulti- mately resumed their original purity, before the approaching splendor of the god of day, who at Jength burst upon the astonished view of the be- holder, an adequate — of the gorgeous beauty of which, he qaid, no language could convey. ‘he third division of the lecture was devoted to Our Texas a Brownsvitte, Texas, Dec. 4, 1850. Signs of a Revolutton—Port of Matamoras—Ca. nalis—Morals and Law—Losses of Merchants— Postmaster at Brazos—Elections, §¢c., §c. A few lines from this place, the principal city op the Rio Grande, and on the frontier, will not prove, | trust, uninteresting to you. On Sunday night last, the greatest excitement prevailed at Matamoras, and a revolution was ex- pected. News having been received favorable to the election of Arista as President, the indignation of the masses was visible, and 1t became necessary 0 call out the military. Loaded cannons, strongly guarded, were placed on various corners, and in the plaza. The outskirts of the city were strongly guarded, and the soldiers were under arms all night. But it wasall smoke, and peace now once more prevails in our sister city. The authorities at Matamoras have closed the port, so that for the present no goods can be im- ported there. The object is su, d to be to veto the authority which the military commander, ‘oales, had heretofore exercised,of giving permits for the introduction of goods, on the merchants paying him the mousy, which he appropriated to is own use. The authorities no longer recognise his power, and will seize, or not permit any goods to be brought, unless the full amount of duties is paid at the Custom Hous Canales, the great Mexican robber commander, who so much harassed our troops during the war, is nowat Matamoras The purpose of his yt is supposed, 1s to find out the opinion of the people on the merits of the candidates for the presidency. Hes to be stationed at Camargo, as commander. He will have to keep a bright lookout,and not er on the Ameridan side, for there are many Texans in that neighborhood, who were prisoners at Mier, and who will pay him off for the very kind treat- ment they received at his hands. 1am pleased to state that the morals of our city are improving,and we are becoming civilized. Our District Court is now in session, and busy trying criminal cases. Already three persons have been found guilty of murder in the first degree. There are many prisoners who have been in jail for more than fifteen months. Improvements are rapidly going on, and the foundation of alarge market 13 about being laid, Brownsville can now compete with any city in Texas, though itis but two and ey years since the first building was erected ere. Of late,our merchants have suffered some severe losses. Some $700,000 was lately seized in Mon- terey, San Luis, Saltillo, and other ports in the in- terior, the goods being introduced in contravention of the revenue laws. The greater part of the losses fallon the merchants here. The loss of one dry £ is 1s estimated at $80,000, and another's loss is ascertained to be a fraction less than $40,000. The case of Glover & Mather, for $55,000, which was seized while on the road from one port to ano- ther, has not been decided. Tne Supreme Court has it before them. Some attention is beginning to be paid to agricul- ture in this section of the country, and the enter. prising men who have engaged in the business will reap arich harvest. The seil is capable of pro- ducing corn, sugar, tobacco and cotton. The river is rather low, and business is dull, owing to the rous course adopted by Mexico to prevent smuggling. We have now six boats lyin; at our levee, a portion of which @ave not move for six months. i The steamer Yacht, on her last trip, experienced very heavy weather, and was two days beyond her ‘al time in getting it omine to the violent northers that have prevailed lately. : The injuries sustained by the mercantile com- munity of this place, through the caprice of the postmaster at Brazos, cannot be imagined. He detai mails at Brazos fora week after the f the steamer, notwithstanding the di tance is only Usha oe gd miles, and we daily stages from Point Isabel. A petiti been got up and signed by nearly every man. for the removal of the old stubborn official. m The Herald is much sought after here, and is looked upon as the best and most independent journal in the Union. This is a great city for elections. Scarcely two weeks pags without an election being held. Ou Monday next we are to have an election for mayor and councilmen. Already the excitement cemmenced, and whiskey is abundant. The city, as also the garrison, is very” healthy— not a case of sicknessto be heard of. The wea- ther is cool but pleasant. CHapraRal. Our New Jersey Correspondence. Trenton, N. J., Jan. 13, 1851. Political Matters in Jersey—Three of the Candi- dates for the U. S. Senate. At present the all abaorbing topic of conversation, and subjects of conjecture, are the consequences and effects of our late election. You may remem- ber that last November witnessed the total rout, horse and foot, of the whig forces of the New Jersey division, including a lasting rebuke to the free eoil fanatical faction leaders of the same, and to those constitutional philanthropists who rest their faith in a “higher power,” a most inglorious defeat, that was almost too timely, and required to gh cet over in silence. ‘he Augean stable, which but little exceeded the State offices in corruption, did not need cleans- ing more than these. It is being done; and it only remains to consummate the triumph by the selection of a U.S. Senator to fill the place vacated by Senator Dayton, who retires in March. Many doubts exist as to the result; and, no doubt, trouble will arise in caucus. From present appearances, such must be the case. Many able and prominent men of the democratic party, of course, are named, et I believe the list is reducible to these three— Som. Stockton, Gov. Vroom and Jno. R. Thom- son. Of the first of these little need be said. He has been for some years before the country, in various capacities, in all which he has enviable distinction. His ¢laims are stron, he may be the man. We think, however, public opinion assigns the gallant Commodore a higher station than even United States Senator. Peter D. Vroom, of these, is certainly-as promi- nent, and many believe as able, a candidate as I have named. ie is, and has beea, identified with the party throughout a long political life, as Go- vernor of the State, representative in Congress, We. At present he is an eminent member of the New Jersey bar, in a flourishing practice of his profes- sion, at Trenton, which many would be loth to abandon for the honor of spendiog a few winters in Washington. adescription of the glaciers, and .he phenomena connected with them—a sort of frozen river, in some instances fifteen miles in extent, and three in width—from one of which the Rhine derives its source, whose appearance would seem to convey the idea that the descending torrent had suddenly become congealed. The glaciers have their origin | im the immense masses of snow and ice that fall | from the precipitous summits of the higher peaks, and descend through the adjacant valleys toa lower | level, partly owing to their inclination, and partly sm consequence of the pressure caused by their ex- ion, from the absorption of water when rain | The ice of which the glaciers are com- posed, is of various, and often uncommon hard- | to two ness, and is from one hundred and fift hundred and fifty feet in thickness. The water | which the ice yields, rfeetly pure, ne ty for whic hitherto been found Im ble to account—it quite blue, and the coloring matter cannot be detected. They have, also, another peculiarity—they throw off any foreign substances, such as rocks or wood, oF an) other substance thrown into the fissures, wit! which they abound, that vary from a hair to several feet in breadth, and which, after a lapse of time, come to the surface at some distance lower down. Theee glaciers often flow through a well cultivated country, forming a striking contrast with the verdant fields and beautiful flowers in their vicinity. E The lecture was the better understood, owing to views which were exhibited of the glaciers, and ‘the scenery of the Alps, one of the former remind- dng me ot the Falls of Nisgara. I omitted to men- tion that the summit of Riga commands a view of several lakes, of which there are quite a number within the field of vision. Altogether, the lecture was one of much interest, and commanded the deepest attention of a crowded audience, and which the lecturer might have ex- tended to a much greater length, without wearing out their patience. G. U. Our Granada Correspondence, Progress of the Panama Railroed—Rainy Season— Launch of a Steamer, &e. Navy Bay, New Garanana, Dec. 22, 1850. The work on the Panama Railroad is progress 4ng finely, there being 600 men on the road, and we expect an addition of 300 more in afew days. The | ‘men and officers are stationed at three different points,viz: Manzanilla Island, Gat: on, and Mount Arrow Root. ing good health. Ine Saiay season is now over, and | would state ‘that the steamers | wrote you concerning, are pro- ing very fast, we shall be adle to launch Me iret ‘one in about twelve days, if the workmen keep good health. This 1s rapid work. Her keel ‘wae juid on the 12th inst ; she is 120 feet long, and T6feet beam; depth of hold 4) to 5 feet. tended 1 ply on the Ohagres river, and also be aween that place and Navy |}ay. I would also state that we now have a road eut directly to Gattoon, and! hope it will soon be in besa ene 1am happy to say that they are en- | Mr. Thomson's claims to this distinction are far more complicated than numerous, though he friends who urge his appointment, and many wh insist on it. ‘e must, however, await the action of the Legislature, which meets on Tuesday, the Mth. Many, very many, radical changes are con- templated in ous departments, of the policy of which there are different opinions. Reform of | some kind is loudly called for, and | doubt not will be effected. We live in a progressive age, though we think at times our movements are crab-like. Omron | @ur Baltimore Correspondence. | Bavtimore, Jan. 13, 1861. Firemen’s Reception—Death of Thomas H. Fulton —Captain Joseph Willey—Commerce— Bur glars, §c. The firemen of Baltimore are making extensive | preparations for the reception of the Weecacoe Engine Company.of Philadelphia, which will reach here in the cars this afternoon. A general dress parade will take place, and numerous entertain- ments will be given them during their stay. The announcement of the death of Thomas H. | Fulton, the extensive cotton manufacturer, has thrown quite a gloom over his immense circle of | friends and acquaintances. He died yesterday | morning, at Washington Factory, five miles from | the city, after but a few hours serious illness. He | came to this city about 25 years ago, a penniless | Irish boy, and after struggling with adversity for some years, started the manufacture of cotton batting, with dog power, and soon getting a start | in the world, at the age of thirty-eight he had | amassed a property worth at least $150,000. The prosperity that was then attending cotton manufactories induced him to invest the whole of roperty in two extensive cotton factories—the shington and Phawnix—one five miles, and the other twenty miles from the city, on the Susque- With an energy unsurpassed, he ince succeeded in breasting the storm which had ewept off so many of his competitors, until a few weeks past, when one of his factories fell into the hands of his creditors, and the other was sup- posed to be considerably involved. He was about moving his familyg consisting of a wife and ten children, to the Pharnix factory, to exert his whole energies to recover his fortunes, when a@ slight in- disposition turned to a brain fever, and soon num- bered him among the dead. He was but 44 years of age, and was beloved by all who knew him, for hie many noble qualities of both head and heart Captain Joseph Willey, who was thrown from a a eaid to be in a dying entertained for fis re- = z buggy a few days sine condition, no hope bei cove * The number of veseels in the port ot Baltimore, on Saturday, was, 6 ships,*l6 barks, 27 brigs, Our California Correspondence. Kramata, (U. ©.) Oct. 1, 1851. The Klamath River—New Region for Enterprise— Gold- bearing District—Products of the Mines— The Indians—Scenery, $c. &c. Located as we are here, a small party of usin the upper part of Upper California, surrounded by nature’s gigantic scenery, of huge mountains and the towering redwood, besides the many specimens of animate nature, such as swarms of naked Indians, deer, elk, bears, &c., and having enjoyed but lit- tle communication with the civilized world for some months past, we begin to apprehend that pos- sibly we may be entirely forgotten, and have ac- cordingly hit upon the expedient of sending you a missive, by which you may know that we have commenced a settlement, even as high up in Cali- fornia, on the Pacific Coy as 4b deg. 33 min. north, and some 250 miles from San Francisco— and having particularly demonstrated that we can- not get much farther weat, by land, we have con- cluded to stop here at present. But the fact is, we are not very anxious to leave here, any how, be- cause, in the first place, we are on one of the finest and largest rivera in California, (known, | think, on some old maps, as the ‘ Calumet,”) aflording a sate and excellent harbor for shipping, of safe and easy access—a river that 1s navigate for boats, up a distance of 100 miles, or more, into the country, and right plum into the very heart of the Klamath mines. Furthermore,the river abounds in the finest salmon that ever graced the palate of mortal man; and the whole country besides, hitherto undisturbed by the presence of whites, or the ad- vance of what is termed civilization, is full of game of all kinds, both fowl and beast. The In- dians, who are very numerous here, are rather noble specimens of the race, and quite friendly; go enturely naked, except in cool weather, when a leer skin is thrown over their shoulders. The jaws ars always clad, so far as to wear a waist cloth, reaching to the knees. This, their only article of apparel, is made of tanned deer skin, nehly ornamented with shells or beads. They are the most chaste and temperate class of people that | ever fell in with, and, withal, the most inveterate, universal, and dexterous set of thieves that I ever wish to see again—twin virtues of the Indian race, temperance and theft !— temperance, | mean, of passion and appetite.) ease is a thing almost unknown among them, attributable, I think, either to their simple habits of living, or to the climate of this region, which is certainly a most delightful one, unsur; | by any other under the sun. The Klamath mines will, and must soon, | think, be the great centre of attraction in the rag.of mining in California. They are reached r ascending the river from this place to the Forks (where the Trinity branches off to the southeast), a distance of fifty miles ; but the richest diggings yet discovered are fifty or sixty miles farther up, on the tributaries known as Salmon and Beaver Creeks, Scott’s and Shaste rivers, also Rogues rivers, farther north. The mines on Beaver and Salmon, during the past sea- son, have made, and are now making, from two to three ounces a day, and frequently taking out $30 and $100; buta pomel average yield has been at least an ounce a day per man, counting the lucky and unlucky all together. The entire country throughout abounds with gold, both river and dry- diggings, and it is the opinion of old and expe- rienced miners, judging from appearances and de- velopements already made, that no portion of Cali- fornia can compare with it in its gold bearing quali- ties. As soon as these facts become generally kaown and established, as they must in a ve! short time, these mountains and valleys will sud- denly become attuned to the sound of the pan and pick, where now the bear and the elk roam undis- turbed ; and this noble river the busy thoroughfare of steamboats and sloops, where now paught is heard save the occasional heavy splash of salmon and seal, orelse the light dippings o the Indian paddle, some noble son of the forest, with his squaw, is gliding along under the bank, in their J. P.C. November 14, 1850. graceful canoe. One of the Dead of Sacramento City. Will the Editor of the NewYork Herald please insert the following in his paper!— If any of the friends of Capt. James D. Jones are residing in the ret eg New York, or vicinity, this will inform them that Captain Jones was murdered on the 22d day of October last, by a company of Sacramento Crry, California, ‘The Mexican Survey. ‘Tho Newspaper War in Washington, eee od Pa ee ol under date of the 17th of ‘November. s ried nd a a eee ‘Be pelhey says :—, reply to Mr. Rive: short detail of the proceedings of the Me: poineee dary commission will probsbly be interesting, I undertake to furnish you with the most important items within my knowledge. You are informed, no doubt, of all the particulars up to the time editor of the Washington General Cameron as the instrument, for the avin Antonio; I will commence, therefore, tion of the Globe news: F, edited at the time by aving San Messrs. Blair & Rives, would most probably have been with that event. permitted by me to have descended, without « word of Commissioner, feeling the necessity of his ‘ ; | comment, com! immediate presence at Et Paso, d -te ed on other fal cane ut for Jorpetpeed (i. She if which you refer to me in the Union of the 2d of Janus- pahing 2 mall escort with him and going through by what is called the upper or northern route. Oa the 10th of October, at 4 o’elock in the afternoon, the party set out; it consisted of the Commissioner; Dr. Thomas H. woe secretary; Mr. George FY, which paper did not reach me until the day before ot being @ subscriber to either the Union obe, I did not know of the existence of the det yourself aud Mr. Rives, and, of n ignorant of the fact that my mame was Thurber, botanist; Mr. ogeliat; and Messrs. ¢. Murphy, Clark, Thompson, Pierce, Garner, Young, | me by Sus inst oak yea os bese an toth Mathews, Weems, Dunn, Cremony, Stewart, ations of Mr. Kives with as much brevity as osail Simms, Wilbar, und McDuflie, of the engineers; ip charge consists 0! two allegations—the first Messrs’ Ferguson, Smith, Milter, and Gai bracing Mr. Polk mye; the second. Mr Po! Mr Cameron of Penns}lvania. and 4 : Bret, Iam Fepresenied os making an ererturess So Polk, a8 @ condition precedent to my withirawal from the presidential canvas of 1344—which overture is said to have been accepted by Mr. Polk —that. in the event of bis election to the presidency, he should not make the Globe newspaper, edited by Messrs Blair & Rives, the official organ of his administration; aud, secondly, to enable General Cameron {0 purchase out the editors of the @loce—he being the instrument selected by Mr. Polk and myself tor the accomplishm: pose—it was ari ed that I should cause to be depo- sited in some bank ut Middletown, Pennsylvania, over which General Cameron is said by Mr lives to have had complete control. $50 000 of the public moneys, which was accordingly done in No which mover Mx Polk was not to bank until 1847 and then by small amounts. Such is the substance of Mz. Rives’s allegations As to the first allegation, I solemnly declare that [ Ver made, Or authorized to be m to Mr. Polk any such overture as that charged, or any other, of any sort or description, as a preliminary te my withdraw. the mechanics; seven teamsters and one carriags driver ; Mr. Wells, two white servants and two Mexicans; one man named Gun, who pretended to be a guide, but who was entirely destitute of any useful informat®on, and two others of like calibre, who offered themselves as hunters and guides. The Commissioner being supplied with the best charts and compass obtainable, launched boldly on the hitherto almost untravelled wilderuyess. We met with no Indians, ogi a party of six friendly Lipans, from whom the Commi rt pure! a fine mule., Our march was excedingly toilsome and hazardous, being seaplinen the greater part of time in making fords and roads, ig Up ravines, from tume to time dragging out mired wagons and mules, and keeping etrict guard. In all these duties itis but just to that the Commissioner elf was ever foremost, enforcing by his own example the necessity of action in each member of the commission. The / , or Immense desert plain, which we had to cross before reachin, the Pecos, was exceedingly trying to men po ing from the Presidential canvass; and that, it any anim The distance is about seventy miles, without one drop of water, and it was accomplished in less than twenty-four consecutive houre. One day and a half were allowed for recruiting after reaching the Pecos, which we found tordable at one point, a tions upon th ficial organ, not having, in any manner or at apy time, app: thing heretofore unknown. On many occasions ~ — a Nine Mareamen ter withdrawing we passed the remaina and debris of large Indian | my name from the canvass are set forth in my public encampments, which gave evident signs of having | address. of August, 1844,“To my friends throughout 8 the Union,” to which I beg leave to refer you. The convention of my friends, which assembled at Balti- more at the same time with the democratic conven- yy its prompt action, not a little aided, as I inducing the democratic convention to ® candidate favorable to the admission of Texas into the Union, and I had nothing lett, of a political pature, to desire other than what is set forth ip that address. @ foregoing declaration might well preclude any to Mr. Rives’s second allegation in regard to Cameron, who 1 represented as the instrument been occupied but just before. In some, the fires were still burning, and the remains of slaughtered oxen were fresh on the ground. After leaving the Pecos we encamped next on the Delaware Creek, where we encountered a se- vere snow storm, which lasted two days. The weather was so threatening, and the storm so se- vere, that, with the Guadalupe Mountains and pass in front us, the animals fast failing us, ourselves reduced to our last rations, and the distance still one hundred and sixty miles to El_ Paso, the RO3 The New York B tle Society. ‘The Twenty-seventh Annual Beport of the New York Society, auxiliary to the Americnn Bible Society, pre- sents some features of interest. The distribution of the Bible among those who are without it, especialiy the vicious part of the population, is und er the enper vision of « special committee of the Board. The re- port says: In a mixed population, like ourown, where vice: ever contagious, disseminates its.lf with such ray < volume seems especially needed. This de- iy my og the Rev. partment of our work has been faithfully 88 our agents, Mr. Alexander Watson au: Potter—the lat lovember lst, 1849, is 41.630, among whom 6312 volumes of Bibles and Tes- | taments bave been distributed, Since this work was 4 | commenced, in March, 1849, the city bas been explored, of the 12th. leith, 18th. 19ch, and 4 Out of 55649 families visited since this exploration of the city was commenced,, 8.542 were found totally destitate of the Soriptures ; 3,061 refused to receive them, aJmost aj} of whom were Roman Catholics, Tho whole number of voluines dis- tributed in this department ot our work Bas Usen In reference to the distribution among the emigrants, the report has the folloming obsrryatioas:— “The number of emigrants, inciuding arrivals from California, who have entered this port during the year ending with the month of Uctober, has amounted to 217,360. As compared with arrivals during the previ- Us year, a decrease is shown in the aggregate, of 16552 persone; notwithstanding the distribution has excreded that of the previous y Bibles and Testa- ments tothe number of 7.485. in eight different lan- guages, have been distributed these emigrants, mainly through the agency of . Smyth and Kil ling “We would make ention of the im- portant ald rendered by Rev. 0. G Hedstrom, of the jethel Ship, foot of Rector street, through whose labors a large number of Bibles and Testaments have been dixtributed, mostly among the emigrants from Sweden and Norway. The mumber of velumes distributed through the agency of the Committee on Naval Sta- tions, during the past year, has been less than in the | with the excepti part of the oth year 1849. ‘This is owing to the fact that very few v sels of war have been fitted up at this port. of a requiring large crews, calling for a corresponding ny of Bible ‘herepart sums up the entire distribution. and the finances of the society, as follows “The distribution of the sacred Scriptures by this —- during the past year, has exceeded that of amy preceding year since its Organisation. 102,125 volumes of Bibles and Testaments, in various languages, have been scattered by our agents through their respective fields of labor. Of this number, 22583 Bibles, end 48,834 Testamants, have been sold; 12.408 Bibles and 18.306 Testaments have been donated Our work, 60 much enlarged. has proportionally increased our ex- penditures; and it is with regret that we are o! to close the year with our treasury exhausted. and a debt owing to the parent society of $772 58. The dis- tribution for the year by the Marine Committee and general agent has been 2,969 Bibles and 4932 Testa- ments, making a total of 7.901 volumes. We have paid ent board during the past year $30.050 22"? lowing table shows the number of Bibles and ed by Mr. Polk and myself to carry ont the elleged sgreement. There being no such agreement, — there could be no agent or instrument of any sort re. | quired. But the allogation is of tgo gross s character | to merit only an inferential negative. Not content with representing Mr. Polk and myself as carry- ine on an intrigue, we are accused of violating | @ high public trust, b: Commiseioner, with the example of Fremont be- fore him, judged it most prudent to send an express through, desiring assistance. For this purpose, Mr. George Thurber, Mr. Moss and two young gentlemen were sent on. Two days subsequent Mr. Bartlett thought it best, in order to relieve the train as much as posai- using the public money | ble, to Fe through himself, ecoveapenied by Dr. | for consummating such intrigue. The lips ot Webb, his secretary, and Messrs. Murphy, Young, | Mr. Polk are sealed im death, but he must | have lived to little purpose if he had not | cured himself a sufficiency of public confidence in his | honesty, to shield his character against such an impu- | tation as is now attempted to be cast uponit. For | myoelt, 1 emphatically declare that I never exchanged | a word with General to do so for me, on the subject of the purchase of the | Globe newspaper, and that I have no knowledge of the entertainment of any wish, willingness, or intention on his part to purchase that’ net It $50,000, or any other eum, was placed in depont with the Middle. town Bank—ot which I have not, at this time, the slightest recollection, but which may very well have | been—I doubt not that it was done for reasons entirely | satisfactory tothe Secretary of the Treasury,andon | securities ‘of the most ample eharacter; and if Mr. | Walker, the Secretary of the Treasury under Mr. Polk, did not withdraw the fund until 1847, and then in the mauner set fortn by Mr Rives. it proceed: from conaiderationa having exclusive refei public interests, and from no other. the task of explaining bis own cours tion of my term, I left in the treasury from eight millions of dollars of surplus funds, all restin, ou most perfect securities, their safety being incrossed by the fact that overlay deposited wit . Here I take leave of the subject, and subscribe my- self my dear sir, with sentiments of high respect, Thompson, Mathews, Wiibar and Cremony. This liule party pushex through night and day, and ac- complished the distance (about one nundred and torty-five miles) in a little short of four days. Mr. ‘Thurber and his party were met by them, return- ing with the needful assistance,which was received atthe trainin an uncommonly short time. The eee of our advance train arrived here safely to-day. The Mexican Commissioner, Gen. Pedro Garcia Conde, has not arrived yet, but is expected in the course of aiortnight. In the meantime the Ame- rican Commission have been received and enter- tained by his brother, Don Alejo Garcia Conde, in a manner truly gratifying. The main train of the American Commission, under the command of Col. John McLellan, U. S. topographical engineera,was to leave San Antonio on the Mth of October, by the southern route. It will probably reach this place in from forty to fifty days from date. The business of the commission is being put through without delay, and by the time Col. MeLel- lan arrives, the different parties will probably be organized tor the field, on which they will enteras soon as praeticable. sums were ne! An Instance or Woman's Davorion ann Man's | 30u7* Kn, JOUN TYLER. Inconstancy.—A case of melancholy interest, to | T#0"4* Rirenre, Faq , Editor of the Union. -one ot the parties at least, occurred here the other Mone or true McDon Case — Judge ten Indians, and was found on the 25th day of the month by one who was his partner, and his re- maine were decently interred. As far asl can understand, he has a little pro- perty, and if the friends of Capt. Jones will write to me, at Sacramento City, what disposal of his effects they would wish, their request shall be at- tended to, and the amount forwarded to them in any way they shall see fit to dictate. Very respectfully, George Drrpen. Interesting from Santa Fe and the Great Salt Le ike. _A correspondent of the St. Louis (Mo.) Repub- livan, writing from Independence, under date of the 27th ult , says:— Yesterday, two mails reached us from the Salt Lake route, and one from Santa Fe. The news from Salt Lake is not very recent, owing to detention, in consequence of much snow on the Plains. One of the mails, in fact, was stop- ye entirely for awhile by ice in the Platte river. in the course of their travels, two or three of the attendants were badly frost bitten, and one man prone Koco to death, but timely assistance from Fort nana rescued him from such a fate The mail from Santa Fe come in in good time, only twenty-two days’ travelling, but with it we have dates seven ater from Moro. This later intelligence was brought in by Mr. Davis, convey- ing s the unwelcome news of the death of Mr. James Brown, of Pettis county, Missouri; a man familiarly known, and very much respected by many persons in every part of the State, He was, at the time of his death, largely engaged ae freight- er tor government across the Plains, and contract- or for the Salt Lake mail, and for many years past has been traversing, in almost every direction, the vast dornain lying westof us. Nothing seemed too arduous for him to undertake; nothing impeded his re in the course of his travels, or stopped im from the felfilment of his purposes. His lo: will be deeply felt in this community. After start- ing all his trains, he found it neceesary for himself to go to Santa Fe, to see that all thugs were age. In company with one or two men and Rev. Mr. hed Santa Fe in safety, but had the place before he was attacked aggravated form, and in afew with erysipela doys breathed t. ir Sabine, a trader to Santa Fe, had charge of the mail in to the States from San Jose. Mr Bor- land, the one engaged at that place, owing to the great severity of the weather, and exposure of him- self, wee frozen eo much that ina day or two he died. His friends here and at a distance will learn with regret bis untimely death. From the wew post at Arkansas, Mr. Moore ac- companied the mail- carriers, and on the route was bedly frosted, but reached here with the rest of his compenions. h not much news of importance from Santa Fe. Sickness, of the kindof which Mr. Brown died, prevails to some extent. Business is very good throughout the whole of New Mexico. Large demands tor goods were made for the South- ern towns and Chihuahua. By the prevent mail, we learn that up to the 18th November, Mr. Coons’ train had not reached El Peso. The great scarcity of water on that route = him from getting through, and | believe was so much dispirited with things that he had abandoned the hope of getting his wagon in, and had left for Southern Mexico. Local newe, we have not much thatis of interest. Good healih prevails through all this region. Most Metancnory Occurrence —We learn from Captain James Bridges, who sails a schooner frem Beyside, Talbot county, that a most melan- choly occurrence took place at fans on Tues ay last, atthe dwelling of Mr rd Shores. The particu! re as follows :—On that day Mrs. Emma Jones had paid a visit to Shores, taking with her her infant child, She seated in the sitting room, with Mrs. S., and in a cradle a little son of Mrs. 8 , about eleven months old, w: while another little son, aged three years, ing by the cradle, rocking it. In another part of the room there wes another son of Mrs. 8., aged about eight years, who, unobserved, picked up a Joaded gun, which had been impruiestly lefe there. While in bis hands, the gun was discharged, the load blowing the brains out of the little boy stand- ing by the cradle, oe infant in the cradle, and lodging several of the shot in the person of Mrs. Jones, who was sitting in the line of the shot. Her infant which was in her lap, was some- what injured by the powder from the gun. Mra. Shores sprang up and seiziag the oc! whose brains was blown out, ran into the yard, and there finding him dead, she ran back into the house. Here sne found her other child dead, and so great w the shock, that she immediately feinted, and has been in almost a deranged state ever since. Mra Jones, though badly hurt, was not considered dangerous. This is another and a most melan choly instance of the evil consequences reeulting from the extreme folly of placiog loaded fire arme within the reach of any but those who know how to vse them. — Baltimore Sun, Jan. 13 Tue New Hanrsnirze Bock ron tus Wasa reeton Mont ment.—The block of granite voted by the Legislature his State for the national and 45 echoonere, amounting in the aggregate to 4. The burglars are doing an ¢xiensive busia in this city, being evidently an experienced gang. On Frias Jast, they made their way to a third story bedroom of Mra. MePail’s, oa Holliday street, and abstracted $700 in gold from a bureau, and also about $100 worth of jewelry m ment to Washington is completed, and is to be forwarded this week. The face of the stone is four feet by two, the depth eighteen inches, the weight about a ton. The face is beautifuliy polish. ed, and the word ‘* New Hampshire,” deeply eat in capitals, cut the whole leagth.—Nuelronal In- telligencer, Jan 18 day, which we will relate for the public good. A yeung lady arrived here from the State of New York on her way into the southern States, whither she was going to consummate a marriage contract entered into some ten years since. Iler intended was a youpg man who had been reared near her father’s residence, but who in things did not | tate of the late John McDonogh had, by reason suit the “told folks,” and consequently the latter | of the non-acceptance ot the cities of New Orleans opposed the match. The result was, the young | and Baltimore of the succession, lapsed to the men left the country, but has kept up a most inti- | States of Louisiana and Maryland. e Attorney mate corre: pondence ever since, until last summer | General, for reasons set forth in the supplemental he informed her by letter that as she could not be | petition, prayed that a writ of sequestration might married at home she had better meet him at issue, and all the property of the estate be takea in this State, in the month of August, and be m pos: ‘n of by the sheriff, until the relative rights ried. To this she consented, but it was found of the claimants shall be determined. The execu- convenient for her to leave home at that time, and | tors took a rule to quash the sequestration, on the the did aot arrive on her mission of love untl afew | ground that they had been duly qualified, and put days since. She s:opped at one of our best hotels, | in possession of the property, the seizing of which preparatory to her voyage South. She eared could not be taken from them. The opinion of cheerful, was exceedingly well dressed, sported a | Judge Buchanan is very able, and occupies over gold, watch and other paraphernalia peculiar to the | seventeen pages. We give, however, the sub- entility. Previousto her departure, she stepped | stance of the decision. The Court decided that by into the telegraph office to inform her lever, who, | the provisions of the will the executors could, un- by the way, was operator himself, stationed in a | der no circumstances, claim the seizin of the real Southern cffice on the same line, that she had got | estate; the testator’s ‘intention being te vest the eo far on her joyous way and would like to hear | reizin of that portion of his property in certain from him at this point. After her despatch was | agents and commissioners to be appointed by the sent and waiting a reply, one of the operators, who | universal legatees, to wit: the cities of New Or- was very well acquainted with her intended re- | leans and Baltimore. The Court, after surveying marked, that the young gentleman to whom she | the whole grounds advanced by the counsel in had sent her message had fallen into a “ streak of | their arguments, comes to the conclusion that, as Buchanan —State of Lo vs. The Execu- tors of John MeDenogh et als—on a rule to quash the sequestration. Flis honor yesterday morni delivered a written opinion in this case, in which the State, by Mr. Isaac Johnson, the Attorney General, bad filed a petition claiming that the es- luek.” The young lady was observed to be | the action in the Federal Court, brought by the considerably startied, and she inquired what | heirs, epposing the executors, is still pending, and be meant by a “streak of tuck.” He | the suit by the State of Louisiana agaiast the city, told her that the voung man was married. | is yet to be decided, the sequestrauon should be She fell back in her chair and fainted, al- | sustained notil the final settlement of these suits, It felt that the Court of Chancery, if applied to, would gran the sequestration; and that instead of a receiver being appointed, the sheriff being by our lawe a judicial receiver, there will be no ne- most instantly, The operators and clerks were much frightened, but managed to bring her to by the use of water, &e. She could not believe the report, and requested them to telegraph again and fameron, or authorized any other | © Testaments issued; also the number of issues for the last twenty-seven years:— To Whom Issued. Bibles. Test's. T Marine Committee and General Agent 209° 4,932" 7,004 Committee om Naval Stations 109 36 16S | Committee on Military 76 SS. Committee on 1 Institutions. 963 SOT 1,80 Emigrant Com . LI 7,702 8.849 Sunaay Schools 126 "6821878 Cicy Clergy . 51 47 8 Hovele 2 = 30 Commit = titute resident pepulation 4,064 S184 7,948 Ward Committeos,, 1,189 Loar 2,403 SRS se Total issues... 34,986 Issues first twenty-six yo 150,451 Total issues in twenty-seven years.195,417 in the City. OF THE HERALD. To T E EDIT It will be much to the interest of the city treasury ifthe Commissioner of Streets will obtaia from the Common Ceunell power to create establiched grades in the Twelth and Nineteenth wards. At present, there are nearly as many different grades beyond Forty-se- cond street as there are streets, which have the effect of retarding the improving of real estate, and decreas- ing, thereby, the amount ofrevenue to be derived therefrom. Persons owning property im that section | ot the city, decline building upon it, not kno’ | (there being no established grade) but'thet by #0 | cba in the gr hereatter, their houses may be ried, or the foundations of them left ba ence of our citizens, it isimportant to have the matter adjusted im: ely. What has destroyed the marble exterior of the City Hall? It is sadly discolored, presents large Dlotehes at every jew feet of its surface. Surely, tae evil doings of the interior cannet haye been so hideous as to show through such thick walls’ ‘The tea fights of the Common Council are shortly to be re-established, aod the four dollars per day sys- em to be repealed. This will be good news for the people, who, of two are mort willing to choose the least. The tea room, evidently, bas proven tobe the most economical evil ot th not only ate piary point, but for t on Council transact by the prospect o' 0 &e. &e.,to linger a mach longer time in their halls of legislation The public who travel on the east side of the city will be much indwbted to the Harlem Railroad Com- peny it they will place more passouger cars en the road for city use, or prohibit their ductors from stopping to take up more # than can be accem- modated with seats. Latterly this innovation upon the rights of passengers has increased beyond forbear- ance. The conductors manage the nuisance admirably, and sppeal to the gallantry of the gentlemen inside, by proclaiming, in an audible voice, ~ Seat for « lady, if you please.’ Ot course gentlemen cannot ret seats if ladies are without them, and with this small cunning the conduetors cent to crowd their care flocation Mr. Schay lor will please attend portion of our eitizens, 4 present prosperity of bis eompany, who almost the sole support of it. nt dials of the City Hall clock are ali imperfect. joints of the plates are so clumsily made that it requires a moat excellent sight to die- cover the minute hand. For which department was this work executed? Please to have it oe we KaGolixos. am Boat Explotsons, OTHE ROITOR OF THE HERALD. I yesters your paper writer may # cersity for an extra The rule w: Orleans Puayune, Jan. 5. ascetain the truth. The operator stepped to hic key, called the office where the young man was em- ployed—he was not in. A clerk in the office, anewered the mesesge, saying Mr. was ac- lly married on the 17th of October, and was then “keeping house.” When this was read to the weeping lady she instantly swooned away, and for a time seemed quite lifeless, She w tated and taken to her hotel in a most f dition, where for the whole day she remained en- tirely insane “Oh, grief beyond all other grief, when fate Tre Case or Tur fvarrve Stave Loxe —The Richmond, Va., Enqutrer, of the Mth inst., pub- lishes the following card from the agent who re- claimed the fugitive slave, Henry cityi=— Contradictory statements having bee gard to the case of the fugitiv to our city, u to reconcile First leaver the yeung beart desolate ents aa well as may be. The tedious de- In the wide world, without t 7,czponee attending the case were rather For which it wished to live iad it been practicable to have carried Kind eare and time, that curer of most hearts’ | the fugitive on the day of his arrest before Judge Ii She ex- | OF Indge Judson, of before rome experienced Commis. ad | #oner, the caxe would most probably have been dis- posed ef in afew hours, certainly during the first or | recond day. The opposition diseases, have now nearly restored hy hibits letters showing with what fidelity she hi trusted in the one now false to her; that daring the ten years of their engagement ehe had retused several offers; she hal furnished her betrothed money; ber parents being rich and he poor; had | endured the contumely of her friends at home op- posed to the match; and all for his enke. She is now in our city, among strangers, alone, as it were, in the world, having clandestinely left her tather’s roof to meet her lover here—and now deserted by | him; her constitution ehattered and spirit broken. Earth seldom produces in human form so miserable rather excite our an it dows, the in- 4 stupidity. Mr. in this foul pro of government pity th. ity of their | White, it is belie The co an object. No wonder she went mad— while the corts incurred by the claimant amounted to “ Her wretobed brain gave way, about $900. which eum would, also, perhaps, have been And the becatie « wreck at random driven, paid by the committee, bad it been deemed proper by ant to have made it known, There was also ed much personal kindne by teveral members of this committ citizens of New York, which he will long remem- Without cne glimpre of reason or of heaven. the ele She is now better, but the picture of desolation. Young men can here see the danger of trifling with such affections; yea, the dark sin of creating hopes i | h the liveliest gratitude. A: clusion, or raising expectations in a heart too true and con- i » fiding to survive such disappointinent.—Cleveland Seal Gea Gor on rte (Ohio) Plaindealer nor from any mers — a person: nae Tur Leoterature of ARKANSAS AND THE Com: | of high and very pec! ith: | promise Mrasvres.—The Legislature of Arkansas, 1d that now, in revi on the 11th wit., passed a series of resolutions rela. in the case. he find no word of complaint tive to the Compromise measures, of which the fol- ainst the conduct or bea towards himeel! io y respectable man with whom be : act while in New Yor! WM. W. PARKER. k. Richmond, Jan. 13, 1861. Tur Recorper or Memruts (Tens ) Morvrr- ko—Tur Morpvrare Hune.—Mr. Joho A. Chee- ter, the City Kecorder, of Memphis, Tenn , was shot and instantly killed, by a negro, on the Ist inst. The negro exhibited a paper, purporting to be a certificate of freedom, which he wished coun- tersigned by the Mayor and Recorder; but one: amination, it was discovered to be a forgery. Mr. © nae satisfied that the negro a runawa: ‘was in the act of conveying him ini office fi safe-keeping, when he turned, and wi double- That tL fied with, the principle as Congress of the United State: torial governments for New Mexico Congress has no power to interfere or in or in any way to legislate into, or exclusion from. any rT equally arrerts the principle that the prople of such Territory have no right to pass any laws or enact any provisions for the exclurion of such property, exoept when they proceed. under and by virtue of the proper constitutional authority, to frame a constitution to e jsston into the Union as Ah hoo aiseivee, dhe waeeety denies the ‘Goctet ” | barrel pistol inflicted the mortal wound, which that the laws of @ conquered oo! resulted in his death in the course of a few minutes forbidding the existence of el The negro, after committing the deed, acknowledg- force after the conquest, 60 ae to pre’ ed that he was @ slave. He was taken out by the frem takirg to euch conquered te: whieh their own laws recognize a8 pt y That while she cannot but sensible that injas- tice bas been done to her and her sister States of the Bor by the mode in which the constitution of ali- formed, and by the means an] manner of of dad mite th ple power to overlook any itregularities in these respects, and bas, in the admiacion of the new State exercised pe power not granted hy the constitution, and donsno act which would jastity @ seceation frem the Union on her part, of on the part of any of her Southern sisters That whatever might he 0 her opintos ropriety of the Inte act of Coemeary of Texas, under oth: ennoted in a time of prolow contentment. rhe is aatisfed tha actment, end under the cirew en whiod forced it upon the country, it was @ wi d politic meseu-e. indispentable to the pubilo peace aad the eontinued erister ce of the Union, exasperated crowd, and immediately a. Mr. Chester's son, a young man eighteen y of » was rendered a raving maniac, on viewing the tife- lees body of his father.—Charleston (8. C.) Cow rier, January 11 Deteeates To Tux Wor Yorx.—At a meeting of the utive Committee of the New York State Agricultural Society, held yesterday, the 1th inst., the following delegates were appointed to the World's Fair, for 1862. — Martin Von Buren, of Columbia county. Harvey Baldwin, of Onondaga county. Jobn A. King, of Queens ceunty. Hzra P. Drentice, of Albany county. Ay Ba Hoe! county. — ay intment is merely honorary, tl je- gates bearing their own . We under- stand there were red applicants. — iy State Register, cR FRom New nee mand of national thy eof ite on pointment of an officer to be | therefore dismissed —New | Long, m this ls called by bi be is right. perteetly weli used the steam engine, that beth high and low pres- | sure boilers are constructed #0 that the smoke flue or | fire parsege, frequently passes through the steam | chamber. If the argument of“ Engineer” were oor- fect. the heat of thie fire fi me’ in silontes where such boilers are used. and plosion of course take place, as soon ae jormed inthe boiler. Furthermore, if orate * re properly constructed, for the that all boiler explosions by gar. generated by water coming im contact with red bot iron ; this gee and ite only o¢easioned by ® lo of boiler, causing the wu the fi 10 be expored naked to | fire, which surface it « instantly heated red hot and the first jet of water within the lier covers this ne lam ip | are occasions surface. and the result deprives the engineer of the Tp powrr of confersing the caure explosion in Lisgue street, last winter, and the erous steam. dont explorions ot late, may all,in my opinion, be at tributed to this cause ‘That the gas called “«tam: al be used as @ motive ay 5 ch will not proj 1 do not believe « xploded by steam variably used in constru grad ott sure ef steam 5 slit open in thi increases upon the point of outlet noise oe. | easioned by the first escaping of the steam or water is sufficient warning to everyone within hearing to | Llow off the steam and draw the fires. Yours, truly. | MATEUR ENGINEER New Yous, Mowpay, Jan. 6, 1861 |. InrTenestine raom Texas—Treaty witht THe Invians.—The New Orleans Pica ), of the 14th inet., saye:—Judge Rollins has effected everything which could be desired with the Indians, motwith- | standing some very embarrassing circumstances, among which was the total failure of his beef con- tractor, Capt. Ross, of Wacoe Village. The la- | dians present have manifested every desire for | peace, and have accepted promptly, and with appa- | rent cordiality, every article proposed by the US. | agent, among which was the restitution of all stolen property and prisoners in their possession, anda disclosure of such as refused to deliver to | the United States authorities. They have deli- vered the little German girl lately taken near La- mer, and have pledged themselves to give up for | —- the persons engaged in her capture. hese restitutions and disclosures are to take place at another meeting, to be held nearthe piece forty five days from the date of the treaty (the I inst). I believe the place is called the Camanche between the San and the San Fer- Spring, nando branches of the Colorado Buffalo Hu Yellow Wolf, and Cotumpse, were the princi chiefs of the Camanches; Nechochillos for the Tawacconys; Acequosh for the Wacors; Chipote and Chiceto for the Lipane—the Caddo chiefs not collected. These, of course, are pot all the Northern Indians, nor were all the C. manchee represented. Among the absentees were also the Kechis and Wichitas, and some Wacoe bands considered as among the most troublesome. But it cannot be doubted that these tnust succumb. If those present adhere to their pledges of exposing those depredators, they cannot contiaue. LM mg i bape de fo ing means for the the revolution, wae burned to death, « few et her residence tn Groton, opposite New She was upwards of ninety years of age. triotiam im patties of since, London.