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Our Washington C a Wasuineron, May 25, 1351. Br. Secvetary Corwin, his Fees and Movements—The date Awards by the Board of Commissioners, $c. Mr. Secretary Corwin will leave for Ohio noxt "Wednesday. He may, or he may not, come back. “The best interests of the country and of the whig wparty can well spare him and his style of adminis- tering tho ‘Treasury Department. His interest in the Mexican claims has yielded him, in » lump, $78,000—a fortune for an Ohio freosoil politician, which he, a year since, hardly dreamed of. He can now be at his ease, if he will, in Ohio, without mo- lostation or hindrance, at least until Congress shall .raige a committee of investigation, and authorize it :to send for persons and papers relative to the awards upon the Mexican claims, and the payment of the seme to principals, agents, and counselbems. ‘The story is true that Mr. Corwin threw up his contingent fee of only $2,000, in the Florida claims, at the time he wanted to go into the Treasury De- «partment. The agents for those claims wished to retain him, and did not want him to go into the rcabiaet; but when he found he could sell out his intorest in the Mexican claims, as counsel, &c., for all of seventy thousand dollars, and yet go into the ‘Treasury ment, he got on his high horse relative one Teliy fee in the matter of tho Flo- rida claims, and cavorted before Senators at a great ‘ate. He swore he would be released in the matter. And 6o.he was released. his prploy Now, In writing, he released ers, and they released him. it should so happen that the Florida claims are just, and ngs to be paid, under our treaty stipulations and obligations, and that the “Mexican. claims, for which Mr. Corwin was inte- rested more deeply, were, for the most part, spu- rious and rotten, and aught not to have been paid, what will be thought of Mr. Corwin’s disinterested patriotism in the matter? One of Mexican claimants—Dr. Gardner, a dentist—set Hs damages, | learn, at $1,600,000. He received of the banker, Corcoran, some $12,000, more or less, in advance, to enable him to resid> here while the commission should hol: sossion, and to procure his vouchers in Mexi For his advances, whatever they amounted to, Mr. Corco- ran received, as an award from the ‘Board, some $107,000, and Dr. Gardner some $300,000. Dr. Gardner was the agent of Mr. John H. Meers’ claim. ‘The claims of both these gentlemen were endorsed by the eame Mexican alealde. ‘The award upon Mr. Meers’ claim, by the Board, was upwards of $100,000. It may be all right; but still, as there are reliable persons in this city wao knew Mr. Meers well for along time in Mexico, and never knew him to be worth $500 in the world, prone will talk abous the large award made to him yy the Board. * Another award is thus spoken of:—In 1834 a man o ahouse in Matamoras, not worth $5,000. He borrowed money—more than the house was ‘worth—and gave a mortgage on the house as secu- rity, with a stipulation that ifhe did not refand the money borrowed in a giveu time, the house was to go into the ownership of his Mexican creditor. He never refunded the money and so lost the own- ership of his house. In 1837, when Santa Anna’s returning home from ‘l'exas, they found the in Matamoras, referred to, empty, and took ssion of and occupied it. And for this the old American owner of the aforesaid houso, although the property in the house had legally and equitably passed out of his possession, brought his claim for damage before the Board, aud the Board allowed him over $100,000! . So we go. I received this information from a gentleman who examined the a perers in the case, and who has been @ resident in Mexico. — Wasuixarox, May 28, 1351. Movements of the Cabinet-—Mr. Webster's Bujf!o Speech—California Land Titles, §c., §c. Mr. Webster is expected at the State Department on Saturday, and until he arrives, there will not bo much done of importance here. Mr. Corwin leaves for Ohio some time this weck, to attend to his private affairs and recruit his health, Mr. Hodge, the efficient and able Assistant Secre- tary, will act as Secretary during his absence. The great speech of Mr. Webster, at Buffulo, is praised by men of all parties here, except abolition- | It is a manly, frank and able exposition of tho | ists. position which he has taken upou the compromise measures; and, whilst it proves that Mr. Webster is consistent upon the slavery question, it at the same time gives the best evidence to the South, that the cowpromises of the constitution are safe in his hands. No Southerner can believe a Northern maa who makes professions of his great love for the “pe- culiar institution” of that portion of the Union. A Northey: man with Southern principle, is a man with no principle at all—a man who, like Van Bu- -ren, ia ready at any moment to take the sid» whero he thinks his interest will be benefited. Bat what the people of the South require is, that the compro- mises ot the constitution shall be reepected—that their rights to their slaves shall not be called in question by other States, who have as much to do with it as the Emperor of Russia, and that the clause of the constitution, and the enactinents of Congress for the protection of ir Property, shall not be set at nought. Mr. Webster has boldly and unequivocally stated his views, and pledged himself to éarry out those views. Upon the broad p! 2 of the constitution and the vompromi he has planted himself, and, sink o: swim, he will abide by it. ‘There is nothing new in all this. When, last year, in the Senate of the United States, in the Tace of a hostile public opinion, not. only in his own State, but throughout a large portion of tho North, he declared his love for the constitution and fur the preservation of the Union to be above all merely persoual considerations, he stood before Inquiry, however, developed that it was in honor of the anniversary of a great fought battle. But tho people said the battle of the Resacca de la Palma was fought on the 9th, and not on the 19th of May, and that they knew of no great battle which had been fought on that day. Then ¢ forth dark looking, fierce, Tonsachived area who had been standing at the cannon’s mouth, tle of Cardenas, in which the Filibusteros captured that celebrated town, and drove the tyrants into the bush; but finding that they woulda’t tay bushed, they took to water, and put for Key West, where they arrived by tl kin of their teeth, just in time to escape capture from the Pizarro. Another salvo of artillery was fired at noon, anda third is to be fired at night, when, it is said, a grand torch-light proceastoe will take place. The getters up of this affair are said to be a few of tho straggling soldiery, who, ever since they saved their neeks, have been hanging around our city, busily engaged in doing nothing. It is also said tas, a . inary meeting was held on Saturday nl ast ‘he election for delegate to the convontion in Mississippi, to amend her constitution, will come .off on the first Monday in September. ‘This election will be made the test E epea as to whether the State is in favor of disunion or not; and consequemt- ly Krpesenaiiemeny now prevails in our sister State on this subject. Ifthe convention is composed of a majority of “Union delegates,” then the secession candidate for Govecnor, General Quitman, will be withdrawn. They try to beat Foote by running Jacob Thompson, raising the ery of democracy. The whigs will be sure to vote for Foote as the Unjon candidate. It is amusing to notice the shift- ings of their leading men. For instance—if Jeff. Davis is asked if he is in faver of secession, he re- plies, 1 am in favor ofa change in the constitution; f° for 39° ; and if the people waat to secede, why ‘oid willing; and if they dont, he isn’t willing. But he is the people’s pan, sa will do just say. Then there is Mr. A. G. Brown; he, ago, was an out and out State rights secessionist, and now he is for the Union, or anything, alinost, which the majority will go for. Thompson is hold- ing back, to see how things are going to work; and if the secessionists have no chance,.then he will run asa democratic unionist. The game will soon Ba off, andall eyes are now anxiously watching er. Parodi plays in “‘Lucrezia Borgia” on Wednesday night, the 21st instant, and every seat in the house isalready taken. It will be the greatest heat of the season, and the last of the stars who will be able to excite us again until nex So we must all feed until then off of Parodi’s Lucrezia. Miss Cush- man is playing at Nashville, and is te go to Louisville or St. Louis, on her way North. RPHEUS. Memruts, Tenn., May 18, 1851. The Navy Yard. Through an invitation received from passed Mid- shipman Carter, I ed the Navy Yard, andl was really surprised at seeing so many improve- ments going on. There are now in operation, or I should have said, nearly completed, one of the largest rope walks in the world, being 1,475 feet in length, and 110 in breadth, with six boilers attached, and an engine of 100 horse power. The machinery is said to be superior to any thing that was ever manufactured in this country. Besides the rope walk, there is a large hemp house in rou, lime souse, offices, and joiner shop, as well as store, and blacksmith shop. I found the workmen employed pulling down the remains of an enormous saw mill, which has cost, so Com. Shields informed me, $50,000, and which was constructed so badly that its own weight crushed the foundation. The officers here—I allude to the nary ofticera—are very efficient, and under the two elder ones, the workmen and labor pro- ress faster than at any time since the yard was ed. Visit the Navy Yard when 7 may, you be almost certain to find Com. Shields, or the first lieutenant, superintending some work. Cuarneston, May 22, 1851. The South and South Carolina Politics—The Season at Sullivan's Island—A Wreck—Hunting of Sharks and Devil Fish--The Outside Passage— Wilmington, N. C.—Tar, Turpentine, and Coal —Great Discovery—North Carolina Politics. Leave for the North to-morrow. After nearly ctive intercourse with the politicians and the | people of South Carolina, it is a painful duty to confess that our doubts of the stability of this Union | have rather been confirmed than removed by the | inspection. events, observations, and experience of this tour of Parties all over the South are in a state of transition—new elements are being evolved | cut of the old—more sectional, less national, and more the whole country and the ilizod world as a | reat and a noble patriot. Side by sids with ‘a3 s¢, Douglass, Cooper, and those other pa- triots wl stru in their on, he then fal , for the while, forgot part gele for the preservation of the t jaimed his sentiments, which reiterated. In Mr. Webster's caso it re even greater courage to come forward as than in that of perhaps, any other man. 4 from a State where such principles as Sumner and Garrison entertain, find deep root, he had no per- sonal advancement te look to in stepping into the breach. But as an American, and as an Amorican alone, he forgot his own safety, aud thought but of his teong 6 As has been said truly of Mlenry Clay, so ean it be said of Daniel Webster, that Vresideuey ean add no additional honor to hist ¢. Both of these eminent and patriotic statesmen will live in history and in the hearts of thoir countr long after the very name of many a Prosi forgotten. It may be that tho people of th States will elect Webster to the lresid should they do so, great and glorious a C gistrate as he would make, that period in his life, when, frommid the excitement of fanaticism, and | the turmoil’ of sectional contentions, he rove sups- rior to all other considerations, as'a patriot and | an American, and helped to spread peace throug! out the confederacy, would still be regarded oa th culininatin, thon coult nih coustsy. Board of Commissioners to investi fornia land titles will, it is suppoved. organize in this city. DB. E.G f solicitor of the board, that Dr. Davis, formerly of the army, tendered the secretaryship. After the organization, raise him higher in the estimation of J tes vey beer solicitor will, probably, have to eed to Mexico, and collect all the information, and ), bearing upon tho Calitornia titles, so as to enable the board to commence their labors point of his history, beyond which no- | with » knowledge of the subjects which will come them dissatisfaction Which the proceedings of the | recent beard on Mexican claims has operate unfavorably as regards th measure for the establishy counts, by the aused, will wage of a Oar Southern Correspondence. New Orieans, May 19, 1851. sary of the Battle of Cardenas— Mississippi Constitutional Convention, &c. I perceive that my last communication by the ip Union, did not reach you. This corres letters by private hand; and no doubt some traveller has got still got my letter safely concealed in one of his pockets, and will probably dind Get, on his arrival at the World's Fair, that he forgot all about it. Lam perfectly satiefiod, how- ever, for I knew better at the time, and return my ‘compliments to the unknown gentloman for his goodness, at least, in ing condescended to take such good careef the package. It is » great boro, at all events, which should not be imposed on passengers, who cannot be blamed for short memories. I could not well help it at the ti But only catch me at it again—that’s all. Tho loud booming of cannon early this morning, ftartled our citizens from their slumbors, and many, confused, and not fully awakened from their dreams, imagined, at first, that they might have slept on until the 4th of July; but that was a “arinkle” which 2 little cold water oon dispelled. Anniver. as a party for the Union and a party for a South ern confederacy, than as parties standing upon any of the old landmarks of whiggery and democracy. n Georgia, the lines are distinctly drawn between the Union and Southern rights. In Mississippi, the issue has been firmly joined. In Alabama, the old parties are sloughing off their old party uniforms, and are assuining the new ones of Union or disunioa. outh Carolina, too, having declared herself de- cidedly in favor of raising the direct issue for the action of the South, of separate secession, there are seme plausible facts before us chailenging the gravest apprehensions. We bave evidence enough to satisfy the most sceptical, t South Carolina secedes, she will inevitably involve the whole South in her quarrel ; and there is no alternative to the verniment but to make the overt act of secession a caure of war. The late Southern Rights Conven- tion has given renewed courage, and 1s leading to renewed effoits for the orguaization of a great Southern confederacy party, all over the State; and the prospects of such a party, for this great ro- tionary object, will very much influence the on of the South Carolina Legislature, next win- ter. There is nothing in the existing state of things—there is no reasonable prospect of any com- promises or concessions by the North to Southora rights, or Southern safety, or Southern de- n nds, sufficient to lead to any hope of the un- | The very litional submis ion of South Carolin » with her opporta- e it appear, nor oan it be made to appea that there is any prospect of South Caroliva takin any part at all in the approaching president campaign. The more immediate quostion sion intervenes. If that is temporarily settled by an armistice with the federal government, South Carolina can be expected to interfere dential canvass only eo far as her po gest the expediency of throwing the ‘i the How She will have no delegation in any n. tioval party convention ; she will have no part and, very likely, no pay in favor of any candi- date ; but she will stand off till the lists are onter- ed, and watch her opportanity. hie, in the event she does not secede. But what is to follow if the bu- siness of subjugating South Carolina by arme, and the business of clocking & President of the United States, come off, the one in the spring, and the t in the fall of the same year, I02? Can either the one job or the other be accomplished! Woe shall not only be without a Union, but with- out 2 reeponsible goverument, or the bayonet mus dec'de in both cases, “2—a President of th United States, and a President of France. We have six months grace—perhaps nine. A this age of the world, such a fength of timo is | almost onough for anything. It may be suflicion for a temporary truce with Soath Carolina. Bu we leave the State, under tho fullest convietion thot the mass—not a mere majority, but the mass— of the people of the State are fixedly opposed to a continuance in the Union; that secession is not the last ead alternative, but tho first desire, having bo- ccme associated with every consideration of do- mestic safety, political independence, and local procperity. SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, With the thermometer at fover heat in Charles | ton, we took refuge last evening, in company with | many other visiters, over among the sea breozos of Sullivan’s Island. The Moultrie House, under Captain James Paine, proprietor, assisted by Mr. Charles Knieoll, late of Philadelphia, has been for the Inst week enlivened by from one hundred to two or three hundred visiters per day. The Ten- nessee and Alabama delegation of the Atlantic and Memphis Railroad Company, the Freneh Conaul, and Governor Johnson, and Governot Means, in addition to many other distinguished citizen: of the State, have been among the guests for the last fow days ‘The British Consul, Mr. Mathew, and his beautiful and accomplished lady, with their child and servants, seem to be located here fur the summer. Mr. Matbew is a of talent, education, and so- ciety, and very popular among the South Caro- linians, and not altogether satisfied with sone of the recent letters in the New York Herald. We regret it; but wo firmly believe, for all that, that in the event of the secession of South Carolina, the government of Groat Britain has her police marked out, whether her Majesty's Consul for Charleston be informed of it or not. Among sports of the waters of Charleston har- bor are devil fishing and shark hunting. Tho devil fish is a monster, ring « long description, ending with » long rat-like tail, to a flow ish looking body; of from fifteen hundred to two thon sand pounds weight The harber abounds with sharks. A party of th young men, last Satur- day, after: to) @arenss of a horse went cut nea, harpoons, and ropes, ix monoed 69 Figorvu: | | 3 two months in the cotton country, and chiefly in | | trine Le Chop |r & battle with the sea wolves, attracted rections to the bait, that in a few hours were killed, six of which were towed to the wl farging from nine to eleven feet little vessel was wrecked upon the beach of Sullivan’s Island ; so far from deplor feb on not be u jut au revoir to Sullivan’s Island. Its fine ocean exposure, delicious sea-breezes, and splendid beach, make it not por Be desirable, but an almost indispensable ac- quisition, as an occasional refuge from the terres calientes of Carolina. NOKTH CAROLINA. The sighs is occupied in the outside or sea route to Wilmington, North Carolina, where we arrive in the morning. ‘The mboat lands its passen- gers in the midst of a miscellaneous and inexhaust- able mass of lumber. At the distance from the wharf of a hundred yards or 0, the shore rises abruptly into a high sand hill, on the summit of which is the Kailroad Hotel ; around it are a num- ber of shops, &c., with a space of several acres, covered ovor with barrels of pitch, tar, rosin, and tappentine, the great staples Ri the old North State, Wilmington being the great depot by railroad of the turpentine country. The city proper lies over the ravine, below the railway station; but the station and the steamboat landing afford the neces- sary matezials for a distinguishing description— lumber and turpentine. Wilmington, however, is destined to becomo a place of some importance in the coal business : NontH Canonina Coat Testen.—We learn that a load of coal from the Deep Itiver Mining Company, has been received at the extensive coach making estab- lishment of Mr. A. A. McKethan, and there in his forges. His workmen are Northern men, and have used the Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia coal, and pro- nounce this to be superior to apy ever used—so much so that they think one and s-half bushels of this will go ‘as far ax two of the Northern coal. Capt. McKethan thinks the ooal can be hauled here, (the plank rosd running within 15 miles of the mine,) tnd sold at a prodt. Hurrah for that much.— ‘This is a gratifying result, North Carolinian. ‘These mines are in Chatham, the next county west of Raleigh. A citizen informs us that there is no end to the supply—that a solid mass of coal has been found sixteen feet in depth, of superior quality, and easy of excavation. The railroad to aleigh, and the navigation of Cape Fear river, bring Wilmington at once within reach of tho mines; and in this epoch of steam, this coal trade must surely eclipse the turpentine. W these coal treasures are of the same genera! those at Richmond, Virginia; and it is possible they may extend into South Carolina and around to a junction with the mines of Alabama. What a ‘country ! In politics, North Carolina appears to be asleep, as usual—all quiet—loyal, and satisfied with the Union, without being saucy to her next neighbors. And with her immense resources in lumber, turpen- tine, and stone coal, what shall prevent her from waking up? Shall not a voice from Buncombe be heard down among the piney woods? Shall not Clingman, free trade, coal, and turpentine finally, prevail? Verily, town lots will soon rise in Raleigh, and coal yards will blacken the sand hills of Wit mington. Make way for North Carolina! Our Baltimore Correspondence. Barrimone, May 23, 1961, Trial of Bill Devoe and Tom Murray—Arrest of a Coun- terfeiter——Episcopal Convention—Murder Trial--The Exx- change Speculation, $c. The trial of Thomas Richardson and George Robert- son, on the charge of breaking into the Fells Point Savings Institution, on the night of the 2d of June, 1850, was progressing rapidly at Ellicott’s, last evening. bt fore the Howard District Court. At the former trial the jury were unable to agree, standing eight for conviction, and four for acquittal; though the probability is that they will agree on a verdict now, as there is no doubt of the guilt of the parties, They are known to be old burglars, well known to the New York police, one of whom has beretofore gone under the nawe of Bill Devoe, and the other Jack Murray, im the annals of crime. They have new been confined nearly a year, already, awaiting trial, Richardson has been sick, and looks thinner, but Rogers looks hearty, and they both made a mort respectable appearance before the Court. The case will be closed to-day, A German calling himself Livingston, rocently from New York, was yesterday arrested on the charge of pase~ ing counterfeit notes om ceveral persons, Le was taken | before the United States authorities, and fully com- initted for trial, ‘The sixty-third Annual Convontion of the Protestant Episcopal Uhureh of the di f Maryland, will e menee in St, Paul's Chy ste’'s.) this morn- ing, and continue for three ready large num- bers of ministers and lay delegates have arrived ‘The trial of George #tewart, for the murder of Thomas Moody, was yesterday removed to the Howard District Court. | ‘The sale of the Baltimore Exchange, which cost about $200,000, for the «um of $90,000, ix the theme of conver- | sation throughout the city, Inasmuch as it has never | paid more then two percent to the stockholders, the price is considered a good one, expecially as there seoms | to bea greater determination on the part of its oceu- | pests to desert it now than ever. The present owners | Intend to make a desperate effort to revive its fortunes, aud will conmnence their operations by making an offer | to Uacle Sam of « portion of the building for a post of- fice. Kut it is too much out of the way for that parpose. ad such a change will never be consented to by the people, Tt ls foriunate location that has rendered | ‘The Rochester Rappings—Singular State- | asked it how long before sho coud have the satay, | {From the’ ro TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. im yo pm The i Ner must | .. Not the fall of stocks—not the a As you have, from the beginning of the rapping | raise $1,000 She said he must leave it with hor. eee eetn ast 7et See renthrew 8a humbug, taken » just and honorable course to ex- | } came down to sve her at her house, She said | (00%: oaris w sort of indinpenmblelusury. Thue pose it, 1am induced to eend you the following de- | the ‘bustoeer she dide't care which. I told hey fur 1861 has passed on with misorable monotony. position of Mrs. Norman Culver, which forever settles the matter of the Rochester impostors. DEPOSITION OF MRS. NORMAN CULVER, ‘TAKEN AT ARCADIA, N. ¥., APRIL 17, 1851.' Iam, by marriage, a connection of the Fox girls; their troche married my husband’s sister. Trees have been a great deal at my house, and for about two years I was a very sincere believer in tho rap- pings; but some things which I saw when I was it would be a risk to leave so much money with a er. She said “no danger.” She said she would not lay her hands on it, as it would kill her. She told me that Nort! told me tocome and see her. I told her he did not. She said he stood on an eminence higher than I did, called me to his house, and told me to go and This was true, and [ believed wit confidence what she said. Next night we took the 1,000 and went there, together with Mr. Pierce. visiting the girls at Rochester, made me si t Ri three went in a room She said no one must | “ » & ust that they were deceiving. 1 resolved to see him leave it. ‘We left him in a room 40 he myself in some way; and some time afterwards could leave: the money unseen. She said we must | made a proposition to Catherine to assist her in pro- mae ag her duct afeatons."Thed wcmote vg | OM me, he ag where bd en gsi | me trom T heh Gotheroe a to consult | Dace where we went and dug. She said if we went | the spirite, on atherine that if shey | [o'the old place the spirit would kill us, She told | intel to go to Detroit, it would be a great us to go on if we dare: and she would appear to us. She said the woman spirit was dying, and we must give hor time to die, and not go near the place. She looked in her stone and said the spirit’s blood was going to the head, and it (the head) was all | swe! ing up, and looked as big as a hogshead. At the last place the spirit said the money wasdeep, thing fer them to convince him; I also told her, that if I could do anything to help her, I would do it cheerfully—that I should probably be able to answer all t] pnertions he would ask, and I would do it if she \d shew me how to make tho raps. She said that as Margaretta was absent, she wanted somebody to holp her, and that if | would become n : and would take six weeks to getit. It might be sit next to her, and touch her arm when the right cat: female, eee Minatened. (40 ii Mortineys horses. 1 let him take mine to go after the woman. Shortly after reaching the ground, they were hitch- | ed to the fence; we heard a noise, and saw one of the horses down. The rail they were hitched to was broken square in two. The horses were much frightened. = aniel Pioree sworn.—Was with the party every night; heard the whistling. Mr. P.’s testimony accorded nearly with that of Mr. Northropand Mr. letter was called. I did so, and was able to answor nearly allthe questions correetly. After I had helped her in this way afew times, she revealed to me theseeret. The raps are produced with the toes. All the toes are used. After nearly a week’s prac- tice, with Catharine showing mo how, | could pro- duce them perfectly myself. At first it was very hard work to do it. Catharine toldme to warm my feet, or put them in warm water, and it wouldthen Cobb. It appeared, however, that he had a dia- pay escheat d Nl gy that she sometimes | inond which Me contulted, aud had seen, ho taid, jad to warm her feet three or four times in the } this woman in the stone, and she answered the de- course of an eveni 1 found that heating my feet did enable me to a great dealeasier. 1 have sometimes produced a hundred and fifty raps in suc- cession. I can rap with all the toes on both feet ; it is mest difficult to rap with the great toe. Catharine told me how to manage, to answer the questions. She said it was genera! y easy enough to answer right if the one who asked the questions called the alphabet. She said the reason why they asked people to write down several names on paper, and then point to them till the spirit rapped at the right one, was to give them a chance to watch the countenance and motions of the person; and that in that way they could nearly always guess right. She also explained how they heid down and moved tables. (Mrs. Culver gave us some iilustrations of the tricks.) She told methat all I should have to do to make the raps heard on the table, would be to sonipaion of the one who was to assist in the s:arch for treasure. He advised Northrop to go and get Mrs. Lambert. Mary Lambert examined.—Have lived in the | city six years. I was the seventh daughter, and | was born with a veil over my face. I loa ina little | stone, which 1 found when I was twelve years old, | and see things, and then everything looks like stars, and I pray. 1 do not tell fortunes for money. 1 look in the stone for people, and tell them what I see, and they give me what they please. The resi- due of this woman’s story was that she heard the | spirits talk at Brighton, and believed there was money there. She said the $1,000 was urged upon her by Northrop, and that sho was only going to Oswego on a three wecks’ visit. The magistrate required bail of Lambert and his wife, in default of which they were committed. put m; Past pegniaas the, estan # Poe sahle wien I} "The witnesses in this case scem to be fully im- | ra ani en I wishe i i irits di i reeee Aiaed ch'Vae"well: Ltatst ose than lreier, pressed with tke belief that spirits directed their operations in digging, and we think that they will not be likely to give up so. It would not be strange | if they ehould follow her to the jail, and there seek | her aid in digging treasure. P. S.—Since the above was written, we have heard from the police magistrate that Mr. Nor- throp came forward and bailed Lampert and his | wife. | Troverz Amone tue Urrer Ten Circe or New Excuanv—Tur Boorr Famicy or Lows. | axp Boston.—The long promised answer of Ed- ward Brooks, Esq., to the pamphlet of Mr. John A. Lowell, has just been placed before the public from the press of John H. Eastburn. It purports to furnish new facts and further proofs in relation to the troubles in the Boott family. These difficul- ties are both of a personal and Pres nature, and have excited the attention of the “upper ten” here, not only on account of the social position of the parties, the spice and talent evinced in the con- troversy, the amount of money expended by both | sides, but as this mode of discussing family quar- rels is the only one left in a community where cowhiding is Vulgar, and duelling not only illegal, | but unfashionable. | The new volume contains 836 octavo pages, which are divided into 68 chapters. ‘Truly a formidable book! From a cursory examination of its pages, J find that itis written in a most admirable style. ‘The points are clearly stated, and the argument is arranged by a practised and skilful advocate. The tone and temper of the work will commend it to minds which have a natural distaste for volumes of asimilar class. The first query upon seoing so ponderous a work, would be, who will read it? But the talent and ability of the editors, aided by the clear and elegant typographical appearance of the volume, will insure attention from readers. It is understood that Mr. Brooks has been aided in the preparation of this work, by William H. Gardiner, Esq., Franklin Dexter, lsq., and.Joseph T. Buek- ingham. It would be’ a work of superogation to speek of the great ability of these gentlemen as writers or critios. This controversy hae already cost the contending parties upwards ’ of $20,000." Mr. Brooks, in a manner which reflects credit upon him asa high toned man, before he enlisted in this dispute, con- veyed all his rights and interests in the property, to one of the daughters of the elder Mr. Boott, who had lost her shaie of the estate by the failure of her husband. ‘This was a generous and noble gift, ani gave assurance to the public that the motives of Mr. Broeks were of a most commondable charac- ter. The impressive lesson, however, is taught the great mass of the people by this controversy, that and direct my own eyes earnestly to the spot where 1 wished them to be heard. She said if 1 could put wy foot against the bottom of the door, the raps would be heard on the top of the door. Cathariae told me that when the committee held their ankles in Rochester, the Dutoh servant girl eo with her knuckles, under the floor, from the cellar. The girl was instructed to rap whenever she heard their voices calling the spirits. Catharine also showed me how they made the sounds of sawing and & pean boards. (The whole trick was explained to ws When I was at Rochester last January, Margaretta told me that when people insisted on seeing her feet and toes, she could produce a few raps with her knee and ank Elizabeth Fish (Mrs. Fish’s daughter), who now lives with her father, was the first one who pro- duced thege raps. She accidentally discovered the way to make them, by playing with her toes against the foot-board while in Catharine told me that the reason why Elizabeth went away west to live with her father, was because she was too con- seientious to become a medium. The whole secret was revealed to me. with the understanding that | should practise medium when the girls wore away. Catbarine said that whenever I practised [ had better have my little girl at the table with me, and make folks believe that she was the medium, for she said they would not suspect so young a child of any trick. After | had ebtained the whole secret, y fainly told Catharine that my only object was to find out how these tricks were done, and that I should never go any farther in this impo- sition. She was very much frightened, and said she believed that 1 meant to tell of it, and expose them; and if 1 did, she would swear it was a lie. She was so nervous aad excited that I had to Pp with her that night. When she was instruc me how to be a medium, she told me how frighten they used to get in New York for fear somebody would detect them, and gave me the whole history cf all the tricks they played upon the people there. She eaid that once Margaretta spoke aloud, and the whole party believed it was a spirit. Mrs. Nowman Cetver. Wo hereby certify that Mrs. Culver is one of the most reputable and intelligent ladies in the town of Arcadia. We were present when she made the disclosures contained in the above paper; we had heard the same from her before, and we cheerfully bear testimony that there cannot be the slightest doubt of the truth of the whole statement. C. G. Pomrnoy, M. D, Rev. D. 8. Cuase. Thave in my possession other depositions from sons residing in Rochester, who have been con- tes of the Fox girls in the rapping business, It 80 poor u «p feu. ul: Interesting from New Mexico. THE BOUNDARY COMMISSION—DISEASE AMONG THR TLOOPS—THE 1 . [From the St. Louis (Mo ) Republican. May 18.) ‘The commissioners to locate the boundary between | Mexico and the United States, wore on the Rio Grande, | on the 20d of April, below Don Ana, and had decided to | Place the corner stone six or seven intles below Don Ana. ‘The troops in New Mexioo are dying of the scurvy, .or want of exercito. Up tothe present time, it had been i notte permit them to follow or punish the ne, When they have killed our citizens and it wasin their power to chastise them, It is added that the young officers and soldiers are permitted to lead a life which ix ruinons to their health, end many have died, | The Apachus, who killed White and Flournoy, have vio- | luted the treaty which they La: | rt to Ba 1 off al dupredations. At | ere encamped a ehoit distance | i. Alexander, | Orders were immediately | f United States Dra. | au. They reached | yas ine dark over the im yuu w 2 ree and severe- Un rene | ly injured seas, the comvany was | | ordered to be stati round the town, and this is the extent of ihe punishment awarded for the violation of | the treaty | Gov. Cathoun had so fur givon entire saticfaction to | the prople of New Mexico, aud it was the opinion that | | be wou'd continue to do ro. | Th mail from the United States was met at Pecos Church. It contsixed information of the re | the nomination of Hugh N. Smith as Secre Territory—a matter which will bes reosived with rogret y yple of a Mr, Smith has ay other American | seued his proclamation appointing « of wagons y to Mexico, Santa Pe road, two iniles ed eight imiles by compass aol grass, wood and | water in abundance, with the view of obtaining a better road. On the let, the party travelled until midoight; made 35 miles; raw no water, wood aor grass for bweaty- four hours. They travelled during the day on bigh table land, just as level awa billiard table. except when they hed to goa mile out of their way to croe#acanon, Is was exploted three or four miles, and found to be frou three to four hundred feet deep, and thirty to sixty yards wide, They hed now only one gallon of water in camp, and were patirtied that no route could be obtained, and they determined to make for the Arkansas as fast as pos sible On the 9d they arr’ Ing Leen two days party hod no water t they traveller rand and the hot san, and had to drink the blood of the antelope. On dat the river, their animals hav- 4th they passed thirty lodges of Uheyenne In- diane, on their way to Fort Mackay. Next day, at Fort Mackay, they saw five tribes of Indians assembled there, to make peace with Col, Hoffman, The tribes were the Camanchea Cheyenner, Arrapahoes, Kiowas and Apaches of the plains. Hoth sides of the river were crowded with lodges for at least fifteen miles. The principal chiefs of cach tribe were sitting in council in Col, Hoffinan’s tent, and the ecremony of smoking the pipe of peace had taken place. Col. Hoffman ted With prudence and care, and the Indians shy ‘te be well eatisfied with him It i# probable that the Cheyennes and Arrapahoes will reject the treaty; the others will not ‘Un the 7th, they met the United States mail, in charge of Biisen, at Dig Owl Creek. On the 10th, they passed Young and perty at Lost Spring. Next day, they met John Simmons, with Messervy's train of sixty wagons, at Bridge Oreck. At 110, they met W. 8. Messervy on his return to New Mexico. Saw Spalding, of Los Vegas, on K | Lis way to New Mexico, with a drove of cows. & Brent's train of twenty-five wagons was at Willow Point, and some wagons whore owners were not known, On the 12th, Mr. Aubrey artived Inde} nee in nineteen days from Santa Fo; travelling Cotton Wood to Independence in two days and one hour—e dis. tance of two hundred miles We observe that Gov. Calhoun had appointed D. V. Whiting to be Acting Sceretary of the Territory, in piace of Hugh V. Smith, resigned Arevolutionary relic was found at Mount Holly, N. J. last week,by some workmen of the Water Company. It is apicee of bombshell, The Mirror says that ler of Britieh quartered there dering. while the American troops occupied but Feguiar engagement oceurred between though shots were cachanged now end then, | eceasion to notice her ope which, in due time and form, will be made public. ‘The reign of these impostors is nearly at an end, and the few editors who have been the means of deceiving the public in relation to their real cha- racter, will, I trust, have their reward in the deep indignation and tcorn of those whose credulity has been abused. Hi. Bern. Pittsburgh, May 20, 1851. (Frem the Rochester (N. ¥.) Demosrat, May 27 ] Tho Spiritual Humbug on a Grand Scate— Thousand lar Swindl One of the grandest sehemes of sw “spiritual” drwku&, ever got up, came this city yesterday, and has been the subject of in- vestigation at the police office this morning, ‘The parties are come respectable citizene of the town of Brighton, whose names appear as witnesses in the report below, and one Francis Lambert and his wife, who have :esided in this city some six years. Lambert and his wife are French people, and the latter claims to be a “seventh” daughter, born with a veil over her face, and gifted with the power of foretelling future events. We have had ions before. It was she who furnished a verdant youth, a fow duys sineo, with a mineral red to find gold upon a farm in G e She is a professional fortune of no elevation in the social seale, no amount of wealth, no family neme, nor illustrious ancestry, can shield geen trom the cares and troubles of life, ad all the annoyances incident to misrepre sentation, abuse and slander. ‘The names of Brooks and Lowell are identified, in New ii those vast schemes of improvement, cies which have developed the resour country. For many generations, tho: names have been connected with the Gcancial, poli- tical, commercial and manufasturing interests of Boston. ‘Those who read the present controversial works, will be able to judge which is in the wrong, and which ove has successfully vindicated his re- putation and honor. Newburyport (Mass.) Herald, May 26, | Tur Dinner to Gener at Quirman, at Jackson, eral John A. Quitman partook of a public dinner, tendered by hi« friends at Jackson, on the Mth instant. The Mississigpian gives the following version of his remarks made on that oe- easion :—* It was due to hi f, and to the mul titude who surrounded him, that he should devote a portion of hi had been the monstration. After expres: the deep senve of gri i in tho light in gz, in affecting terms, ude that swelled bis bosom teller, but i engaged in the “spiritual” | for the continued confidence and approbation which business for the Cldigging treasuro . | hed been so rigually manifested by his fellow The parties who testify below, applied to this | citizens, he alladed to the prosecution against him woman, come weeks sires, for aid in finding gold said to be buried on their farms intBrightoa, She hes been inthe habit of guing thither to a wheat field, on one of the farina, and there conversing with syirite, who directed the digging which has been by the government, and agaia declared that he had no partic on whatever in the Cuban expedition —that he peremptorily refused to i notwithstanding the repeate: tions that were nade to carried on for several nights. it is said @ hole somo | pot ascintilla of evidence against him, and those thirty fect square and fifteen fect deep has beea | whx pursued him with such bitterness well knew it. * Z y dig, The chief motive that influ 1 them was the it will be seen, by th ony, that after Lam- i the majesty bertand hie wife had obtained the 0 in depo- forcing its chic i a Northrop, the digging farm was er to the alternative of resigning, o nded, nnd they wade preparations to leavefor | mitting its dignity to be lowered ia his porso ja. They were srrested last evening at the | ‘The slander in connection with the State arins, wa landing, just as they were about t> tnke the boat 1 vered, and the accused lodged tion » parties appeared before police justice Moore, igmmorning, und the following tostimony was ited :— Benjamin L. Northrop sworn.—Somo timo since 1 went and saw this woman; asked her if there was any money on our farm. She looked in a stone, a diawond, and told me there was. She said she nd get it, and | offered her one half. She ust see her husband; I did so, and we agreed to go. We went out, ehe looked around, and found where it was, She suid the spirits would talk to her if it was there. ‘The first night they would not talk, the second night the spirits whistled, she usked the spirits to speak, asked them if there was any money there, they answored yee; have dug there six or seven nights; she asked then how much there wae, the spirits said in ene place three bushels, in another six bushels of gold; the female epirits said they would kill my horses. Mrs. Lambort asked the spirit if the money was good for the seventh daughter, spirit said no, it was not good ; said I must raise one thousand dollars ani give it to her; { told her to inqnise of the spirit if notes deposited would be Fred spirit answered hor no, | must raise the cash, and it must bo left at her house and not put in her band, as it would kill her dead. I raised the thousand dollars, and put it into ber bureau. She was to come on the next night and dig; sho did so some two or three times, when the split said we must wait until the 26th of June. anid if we worked when the a talked it would kill. Wm. Cobb sworn.—After Northrop had been on also denounced in becoming terms. He next verted to Lis own position on the all topics of the day, and corrected the fa Wwarrantable constructions whict had been placed upon his published documents by the so-called * Union’ . Ue a the momentou questions ue at considerable length.” Ald to Tnventor: New Yorn, James Gonpon Benxetr, Eeq.— 1 am an inventor, and, of course, poor; but I ean give satisfactory reference in regard to my honesty; and what | want is aid, and [ appeal to your honor for assistance to bring out what I claim of impor- tance, namely :—stopping trains of cars by moans of clectro-magnetism—putting the train under the entire control of the engineer, the only proper per- son. Of the ultimate success of the inventioa I have no misgivings, and in one half hour I can antisfy you of my statements. But, I find those who | cannot appreciate it have means, and others who tin a situation to assist me. about two hundred and fifty dollars, and if you will help me to the same, I will place in your hands my interest (secured by a caveat), and agree to enter a clause in all deeds inade to railroad eom- panies, that yourself and family shall have a free ticket upon all such roads—you to hold tho right | until the advance and interest arefully paid by iny- self. 1 mean upon all railroads who adopt it, and that will not be a few. I would add, if Professor Page can draw a ten ton locomotive, nineteen miles por hour, up such grades as there aro on the Wash- ington M 4 Raltimore road, { am i sure I can ay 26, 1351. 2 once or twico, 1 entered the company. The first his battery ten hours, while I night I was there and dug, she was not there; next ps Neng mA A ton minetes per Twenty-four ] night she sid if spirit spoke it would be all right, | cuss He, (Professor Page,) says mine is tho best there would be something then, if not, must give it | iy ntion, or of the first class of any invention, that when there up; had been there but a minute or came in the Washington Patent Office, for yours. was whistling like @ steam car whistle, and in the oe tral ground deeps she then acked the spirit (C there 1 will call this afternoon. | Yours, truly, any money there, and it enid there was. She asked Harlem, 125th street, N. Y. how much; spirit said three bushels silver in one Inco, six bushels silver in another place, and ten | Rewanxs.—We never meddle with any other bushels of gold in ante “haked the spit = than the newspaper busine: ge vate that m w ‘ it for two; I i his note. catch t! tailed tm Latin tf the spit, Bad the spirit anawored | investor by publishing ne % eyo of some capitalist interested in such matters. in Latin; she said that orthrop must ilegine | telegraph. — Cleveland (Oh 85) Even Mexico is tranquil, while France frolics a1 her Uberties an madi as, at first, she ‘ought oe them. Suddenly, however, the spirit of innova- tion breaks eut in this county; but now it is « social, and not a political affair. This timo itisa movement of the Tedies, and if we may estimate the result by the commencement and the ress of the affair, unlike most of our modern revol it is bound to succeed. They have resolved to abbreviate their flowing robes; to nse with flounces and 8; to stop short at igher 3 and to eke out the otherwise ex, remainder—not to em- ploy any forbidden phrase—with unequivocal trow- sers. Just now there is, in quarters which no fashion as orthodox that is not imported Paris, a good deal of mirth about it; but the aa- thors of the invention are as coolly cutting off their dresses, and as coolly putting on their—pantaloons —as if they felt ‘assured that the rest follow. Here now is a practical matter; the very beginning of tho end; the incoi of ‘that movement which looks to the asser tion of woman’s rights in the broadest sense of the term, Revolutions rarely go backward, and | fashion is not satisfied till the extreme is reached. Already do we see ladies hatted and coated, and now we are called upon to witness the ion of the habit which ia honored both in the breeches and in the observance. After this has been ent achieved, the ballot will easily follow, with all ite attendant advantages. Presently we will hardly know our own wives from ourselves. [From the Boston Post, May 24.) Imperceptibly have the ladies been edging, amd casting louging eyes towards the masculine The hat, the cravat, the dickey, the vest, the and the pantalettes, all have been donued by tho softer sex; but we only winked at these encrosch- ments. Now the case looketh more formidable— what is to be doae? It behooveth us to look to ’t. Every day we hear that the ‘ unutterables,” the very “ unwriteables” and “ unprintables,” are fas getting into favor with the women, to the entire abandonment of petticoats! Unless we take up with their cast-off attire, we shall be obliged to re- sort to some sign or signal, in order to distinguish us from fhe feminine gender—perhaps by wearing a small plume or cockade ! {From the Troy (N. ¥.) Post, May 24.) ‘We have not had the pleasure of seeing a aut men ot the ladies’ “frock and trowsers,” but we freely confess the change strikes us very favorably 5 and as we consider the ladies of ou pods, oity quite upto the mark in any good cause that pertains to them, we shall confidentl: ye to be gratified in a few days with a sight of “the new style.” In pga Scere the dress is received with approval and admiration, while from no quarter do we hear a reason given for continuing the present inconve- nient and often inelegant styic of ladies’ garmenta. The only weapon attempted to be used in opposi- tion to the innovation is ridicule—a weapon quite ae efficient in a bad cause as a good one, and more frequently used. {From the Goneva (N. ¥.) Gazette, May 24.) Day before yesterday it was our privilege to Witness the appearance of some of the ladies of our village in the improved mode of dress, vi short dreeses and Turkish pantaloons. 0 appearance was greeted by some with undisguised mirth, by others with ridicule, manifeatly impolite. and indicative of the extent of their good sense, but most regarded it with decided approval. Yea- terea. mona also, we understand they were worn by some ladies taking a morning walk. We hope that this may be the beginning of a speedy and enerel introduction of an improvement 80 de- sirable. We might enumerate the #dvantages at- tending such an improvement in persona) attire, but they are so obvious that they must commend them ‘Ives to the good judgment of the ladies of Geneva, as they have already done to those of Seneca Falls, Syracuse and other places. [From the Kenosha (Wis.) Telegraph, May 19.) There is no reform which is correet in theory, which cannot find scme independent spirit in Keno- sha to reduce to practice. On Wednesday after noon two of the wives of our most respectable citi- zens appeared in short diesses and pants. The fashion on the whole is ore and has some show of common sense to back it. If anything, the frocks are a little too long, and the pants alittle too full. We admire the independence of the ladies who dare do as they please—what business is it to tho carping and barking crowd, if the ladies of this city are tired of using their dresses to sweep the crossings and sidewalks? The ladies of Milwaukie, Racine and Eagleville, can now get their dresses made and come hore and wear them, till they get used to them, and our ladies will return with you, and assist in’ breaking up the mock modesty of your hen-buasied villages. The fact is, ** it’s a go,”* und it will not be long before the novelty ceases to attract attention, (From the Louisville (Ky.) Journal, May 21.) Several ladies of this city, who are very warm in favor of the movement, have spoken to us and begged us to come out in our paper in favor of it. We assure them that we are very favorably inclined to ee. of their wishes, but our mind ia not fully made up oa the subject. We are open to conviction and anxious to be convinced, and ready to go into the cause with zeal when convinced. We do not exactly know how the ladies would ay pear in the proposed short dresses. We have o: @ vague idea in the matter. Now if some of the most finely-formed of them will put on the dresses they so much crave, invite us to a private ex- hibition, we have no doubt that we shall be able to arrive at a conclusion as to our duties in the matter asa public editor. If we cannot devide from one exhibition, two or three will fixthe matter to @ certainty. (From Mrs, Swisshelm’s Pitt+burgh Saturday Visiter.) ‘The Nae York Herald states that two ladies have recently promenaded Broadway in this eastern style. Nearly every paper we take ap has some- thing to say on the subject, aud most approve the change which we commend, but have not adopted. We never thought dross of so much importanoe as to be worth any great act of moral heroi#m. We would not subject ourself to the rudo geno ofm mob onthe etreet, or the insolenoe of rufians and boys, for anything less than the salvation of a soul. No dress could be comfortable or convenient to as which would gather half a dozen of boys to stare ab us. We should never think of being a martyr for such slight cause as the pattern of a now frock 5 nor have we any need to be so, for neither hoalt nor convenience requires it. Codey, Graham and Sartain combined, could not get up a fashion that we could not, in five minutes, arrange inte a com- forteble, convenient, healthful costume, withoat making any change which would attract the atton- tion of a casual observer. Very fow will notice that a dress lacks two, three, or four inches of ing the pavement when the woarer walks, yet aves the nastivess of street sweeping. Very few will observe that a bodice, instead of bei wade in the form ef an hour glass, bas the natw curves of a human form, and is wide enough to ad- with al! uphoalth: walk aod climb. froedom in a whe and boned bodice, than any loose sack, simply because we make the bodice to fit the wast, instead of the st to fit the bodice. Long rkirts are no trouble to us, because we never have them unnocessarily long, and make them to rest upon the shoulder c Those who be e that a radical change is neceseary to alter the present absurd, suicidal fushions, and who have the energy to space for that purpose, deserve all credit for so expending it. Loor heman nature is prone to extremos, and very likely the most effectual way of perauading womea streets with their skirts, ts to out y Pay bat in our mi the drose is areociated with ideas of juvenility, and it will take some time to make us feel that a woman whe has reached middle life, would not look badly in it. Long loose skirts aro as intimately connected in our inind with womanhood, as gowas and wigs im the mind of an Englishman with a court of justice. Wear ry rie Bare Raswnoan.—Chartes MM. igs and Samuel L, Mather, of this city, brenkfasted ay morning at the Astor House, in New York, vn the Sarntora, and dined to day at the Prank> o, in Cleveland. They were only seventeen hours nd forty-nine minutes from New York to Daokirk. Be ich for the apced of the New York and Erie route, were who left New York yesterday morning came over the Erie rond, took the Saratoga at Dunkirk, con- nected with the Cleveland and @incinnat! express train At Cleveland, and are ranning for the © Queen City’ where they will arrive at eleven to-ni tht —only a Sa and three quarters from New York to Ci Incinnatl'” Onn this be beat) ‘This route is the most comfortable in Union, and, for through passengers, Altany road stands no chance of compet are indebted to Mr. Giddings for Wednesday Teaver. Gidd esterday) morning, almost s-head of ci ons) Herald May 22. The Hoboken Riot, James Gonvox Meswert, Big. Denr Sir— In your paper of Tuesday, I read a fight which occurred at Hoboken, between mans and the “Short’’ or “Rock Boys,” or whate I have nothing to would a , y of i ti ‘be. ir; but ive us a dollar apiece for Next night she aaa, tid to de \orge dig before she —_ we did 80, ean vn te lemepene at —— «hen the spirit whistled once before she came; when ‘change Company, ‘One- ‘pec m, she asked what had boon done; I told her wre ) reas, Spot Pleas- t whistle then went to the told us to be quiet, the spirit ageia. She vaifag vit T make the above remarks merely to show, and make Petes at mee oe cutie cw haw’ Tar NS