The New York Herald Newspaper, July 20, 1851, Page 1

| WHOLE NO. 6843. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1851. ——=—=>== PRICE TWO CENTS. SS —— NEWS BY TELEGRAPA. From Washington. Wasninctos, July 19 1851. ‘The Post Office Department decides that newspapers “are entitled to exchange with Grabam’s and similar vm@pagazines, WITHDRAWAL OF HUND AND HARRIS FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL, CONTEST—BURNING OF A THEA- TRE—DEPREDATIONS ON THE RIO GRANDE, &c. New Onveans, Jaly 17, 1951. Col. Hunt and Mr J. N. Harris, the two opposing whig -candidates tor Congress, have both withdrawa from the contest. A destructive fire broke out lart night. destroying the ‘Mistrionic Theatre, together with several other buildiaga, ‘The loss hes not yet been ascertained. ‘The Indians and Mexicans are still committing serious -depredations on the Rio Grande, ‘The steamer United States, bound to Mazstlan, had yput back, She is expected here soon. Peter Conry has resigned tho Presidency of the Bank of New Orleans. i ‘elzure of Fishing Vessels by the British, Boston, July 19, 1851 Letters received here state that three American fish- ‘ing vessels—the Express, Telegraph, and Francis—have Ybeen seized by the British for fishing too near the shore in the Bay of Chaleur. The two first vessels are owned jn this city, and the latter in Wellflect. The three are walued at $15,000. TT Our Austrian Correspondence. Trieste, June 23, 1351. The Imprisonment of Mr. Brace—Particulars—The Charges against him, §c. The chief excitement in this city, just at present, as touching American affairs, is che recent arrest at Gross Wardein, of the Rev. Charles L. Brace. The prominent facts of this case you have, no doubt, already had. You have, no doubt, heard that Mr. Brace is a native of Hartford, Connecti- -cut, of highly respectable famiiy, a graduate of Yale College, and some twenty-five or tweaty-six _ years of age; that he has been coanested a student with a Presbyterian theological seminary in New York, and isa young man of active mind «and fine abilities; that he camo to Europe last year; and, after. travelling in Eng!and, Holland, and North Germany, settled at Berlia for the wia- ter, and perfected himself in German, go a3 to speak it fluently, during which time he associated tuti. mately with our Minister, Mr. Barnard, and the Seeretary of Legation, Mr. Fay; that, in April Jast, he arrived at Vienna, and, having received a general letter of commendation from our charge, Mr. MeCurdy, departed in the mouth of May tor Pesth, in Hungary; that the polise of Vieana strongly dissuaded him from visiting Hungary» owing to the unsettled state of the country; that he, however, proceeded to Pesth, by railway, and | thence, after a brief tarry, southwest to Gross Wardein, a military post in Hungary, oa tho fron- tier of Transylvania, about $00 miles from Vieona, | and not far from the borders of Tu:key; that he ‘was received with much attention by the Hunga- | rians, and wrote back to Mr. MeUurdy that he was | “havi: g a glorious time;” and, finally, tha’, in the very midst of this ‘glorious time,” without ove word of warning, he was suddeuly arrested, Mey 28th, at the order of the commanding officer of the Austrian troops at that post, aod thrown into the fortreses—bis carpet bag having at the same time been seized, toohen open and searched. Intelligence of this event reachea Vienna about the 23d of June, by a letter from Brac private hand, which letter, owing t «gary absence of Mr McCurdy, was delivered to the American Consul, Mr. Schwartz. This gentlenaa at once ap: to the Under Secretary of foreign Affuirs, Prmee Schwarzenberg being thea absent at the conference of the Emperors of Kustis and Austria, at Olmutz; and, having represented the utter improbability of the charges against Mr. Brace, demanded his release. A few days afwr- wards, on Mr. MeCurdy’s return to Vieana, as well as that of Prince Schwarzenverg, the Minister had an immediate interview with the Secretary, who expressed surprise at the event—bad the facts | relative to Brace communicated by Mr. Met telegraphed to Pesth, and assared the M that the whole subject should receive early gation, and, if the assertions made relative t proved correct, be would be discuarged; his se- verest punishment being to be put over the bor ter of the empire. Since thon, repeated iatervie vs have taken place and notes passed, ani our Charge bas, through the Secretary, written to the prissacr, offering aid and money. Tho latest note of Mr McCurdy bore date the Mth inst., to which a reply ‘was received on the Itth. The charges against Brace are these—to wit: 1. Having lovters in his valise from refugees a>road to disaffected persons in Hungary. 2 Hav.ag ia his eszion several copies of a revolutionary vardy amphiet, entitled ‘Rights of Hungary,” writien | yy Francis lulsky, late Secretary of the Commit tee of Defence in Hungary, of which Kossata President. 3. Having sought ous disaite sons in Hungary by cirouitous routes, Ua very grave otfences, to be sure, udmittin, have been committed as charged; aud will anawer to the law of nations for imprisonment, based on euch grounds— anid to be wholly untenable aud ite 1 maing to be seen. And how the Am lie will view such an outrage, in utter deep late declaration of Mr beter’s firs lest Chevalier Hulsemann—* t the people of the United asiig their opinions freely, and all times, upon the get political events which may trauspire aang ¢ civilized nations of the earth Austria are anxious to learn. That the Sustrian governmont was terribly galied and humiliated by that correspondence, there can be no ty 1 thore is but one feeling all over Christead a —gratification at the immeasuranie at Mr. Webster in that coatroverss *marting under this infliction, it is not at all un probable that Austria has sougat vecasion the sentiments expressed in that correspondence by Mr. Webster, and maintam hor own, thas «ek ing a salvo to her wounded pride That au Awer- ican should be thrown into prison for having iv his possession letters never delivere seemed no intention of delivering; or having pamphlets, which be bad evidently not aistributed, seems preportorour—monstrous. cbarge—“ seck out ditaffected persons by cir cuitous routes” —that is simply rediculous. Aastria had botter a such perilous persons then selves, than t who seek them; and if her Argus-eyed pelice had failed tu nigger herands m= 4 places, how was a stranger, from a etrange land, expected to succeed! actively exerting himself ia this business, and is «ao- sign? Brave is said toh bad but one letter of the character de hie ion, and bu’ one copy of the « pamphlet; while he was himself the very tux temoved fro eg 3 ap andist of insurrection +, But, whatever the result of this affair—whether Austria acknowledges her blunder, aud at onve re- Jeases Brace; or, in order to conceal and maintain ‘her position, retains bia, on pretence of investiga- tion, she has # very erious reckoning before ber for imprisoning an American citizen on the silly charges she has put forth—or very greatly do | anistake the character of Mr. Webster, the tone of the present Administration, ani the spirit of the ie of the vated States. F. Arrempres Munper at Watertown, Wis.— ‘We learn from a gontleman of Watertown, that an atte at murder was made near that village on famring evening last. Mr. Farewell, a mone; lender from Vermont, while on his way to his board ing house, about ten o closk on the evening named, waa ‘hot b; some person to him unknown, the ball entering his forehead directly above one eye, and spene' ing the head sometwoinches. Mr. F. was alive on Sunday evening, but it is thought that he annot recover. Ile had about $230 ia his povket, ‘whish was sooured by the assassin. A youog maa ho has boon in the village of Watertown a few weeks, a painter by trade, and who has passed by the name of Brown, though that is now ascertaine! to be an assumed eo, Was arrested oa Sunday evening, but the re: of the examination was not known at three o'clock orn’ c cumstances Were strong inst the prisoner. Alilwavkie (Wis.) Sentined, July 15. are | them to | * | but, notwithstanding, is in fine spirits. Ie is on hia —Amerierns ia | defy | wad whicu there | As for the third | Our worthy Charge is | Our Travelling Correspondence. Orr Sanpy Hoox, July 17, 1851. Interesting Inc dents of the Trip—The Pioneer of the Pacific Steamship Line—Presentation of Charts by Captain Ringgold, of the Navy—Particulars of the Rum of the Ship—The Nursery of the Golden Gate— Sayings and Doings of Mr. Webster—Ex- pedition tothe Congo River— Complaint of the Want of Buoys off the Harbor of New York—Amuse- ments on Board, &c. According to promise, I proceed to give you fur- ther particulars of the delightful excursion on board the steamship Giolden Gate, as well as the incidents of the voyage from Annapolis to New York. It is worthy vo be recorded, that from the earliest days of ship building to the present timo, and of all the entertainments given on the occasion of trial trips of vessela, the present was never exceeded, neither with regard to the magnificence of the construction of the ship, the generosity and liberality displayed by Mr. Aspinwall in the sumptuous fare provided, nor the distinguished guests who were on board, to say nothing of the distance and pleasantness of the voyage, or of the high enjoyment that pre. vailed. It may not be generally known, that Mr. Aspin- wall is the pioneer of the great line of steamships now floating in the Pacific Ocean, and running from Panama to San Francisco. The keel of the first steamship for California was laid by him in Lec: mber, 1848, and sailed on the first of October, | 1849—a period of hardly twenty-one months ago— and yet, at this day, thero are fifteon magnificent steamers now ploughing the waters of the Pacific, built by the enterprise, energy, and talent of Wil- liam H’ Aspinwall. The great feature in connection with this enterprise is, that they did not wait to os- tablish sbip yards or workshops at Panama or San Francisco, in order to repair their steamers, but each vessel carried out in her all the mechanics, tools, iron, timber, and everything else that was necessary to provide against accidents, and repair them as soon as they occurred. This is the great superiority which we enjoy over the English steam- ers. The difference is, that our mechanios act and work understandingly, and repair the injury at the moment of its occurrence, while the English, not being thus provided, wait to send their vessels homo, and repair them afterwards. , During the trip a splendid set of charts of the | coast and ports of California, dedicated to Wm. H. aspinwall, Esq , was prereset to the ship Golden Gate by Cadwalader Ringgold, Commander U.S. | Navy. The surveys and soundings were principaly | made by Commander Ringgold himseit, and do | honor to his talent and profession. | Our run from Cape 1 cog 8 to Sandy Hoo't en was made in twenty-two hours, notwithstanding | the veseel was stopped several times to get sound- | ings, snd aheavy squall, early on Thursday moraing, caused the shipto make a great run off trom the coast, which consequently added greatly to her dis- tance. She made as high as seventeen and a half revolutions, and averaged fourteen during the tri; Once or twice the muchinery became heated, a: is generally the case with all new engines, so that the speed of the veseel was not tried. {[ omit- | ted to state in describing her machinery, that her | boilers are built on a somewhat novel construction, culled horizontal tubular boilers. She has two aft, and two foreward of her engine, with five roots in | the centre of the ship, running fore and afi, and a | row of furnaces on each side. Her engincs are | nominally ot 320 horse power each, but are reatly | of nbout 900 borse power. We bad fine moonlight nights and a smooth sea the most ofthe trip, and the p: gers preferred sitting up on deck to a late hour, or rather I should uy, ** an carly one,” listening to songs and stories, thanto going below. There was one spot below, | of officers of the army and navy, under th: | however, which was very attractive. This was the | fumily room, containing two or three state rooms, | and several open bertte, which was ocoupied by a | Dun ber of the distinguished guests, all of whom were over six feet in stature, and many of them | wore large beurds and moustachios. This room wus dubbed “the nursery,” and a pretty set of chil- Foren occupted it. [do assure you. A large trank | in the centre of this room served for a sideboard, on , which a waiter was plaged, containing mysterious | black looking bottles, anda huge pitcher which | sweated under the load of ice it contained. The highest dignitarics onboard the ship were frequent- ly seen paying visits to this room, not excepting | even gentlemen of the cloth. Qccasionally loud bursts of laughter would be beard emanating from ‘the nursery,,” and echoing through the ship ; bat 1 could not learn the mysterious cause which pro- euced them. Some said “ unrevealed knockings” were to be beard there, but it was noticed that the lsughing generally prevailed when the children wee being put to bed. Mr. Webster came aboard tho ship ia an old id a brown frock coat, looking more like | wpebire farmer than the great Amerisaa | He knocked about the ship just as ho pared, no one Lie eco to approach or interrupt bom. At one time he would play with a little child, then walk forward and converse with a lor, the | «xemine toe engine, and make pleasant and com- lace observ ns to anyone who happened to In a conversation with Capt. Graham, | hud travelled all over the world, in speaking of Africa, Mr. We ster suid he desired, bofure ho with- ) dre ber of our government, to zoe an ox- | pedition carried out to the Congo river, which Capt. | Abbott, of the navy, was very anxious to oxplore. Capt, Abbott is of the opinion that back from the coust of Africa there exists a healthy mountainous | country, end a superior race of beings, which he | thinks are the descendants of tho lost tribes of | Istwel. Mr Webster appears rather feeble from bis late arduous duties in the Stato Department, way to bis Marshfield farin, whore he intends re- | — £ in quiet, torefresh himself and improve his health. ‘The pilot who took us out Sandy Hook, Mr. John Maginn, ix one of the oldest out of New York, and was firet commissioned some thirty years ago, by (apt Samuel C. Reid, when that gentleman was Warden of the port. Mr. Maginn went with us the whole trip, and ran en to Washington to see | Lieut Bache, uf the Coast Survey, concerning the | buoys off the harbor of New York, but he was ab- | | xent Mr. Maginn complains very much of the present buoys, whieh are old, loaky, and half sunk, | eo that they cannot be seen. He says we want new buoys from the bar to the tail of the S. W. bank— | that there should be two on the bar, ono at the 3. Spit, one large bell buoy on Finn's Kaoll, one the Ww | «nthe upper middle, and one on the tail o Wert bark; that for the preservation of life yreperty, these buoys should be one-third la: | than their presen ind restored to their for | color, of white , instead of red and black ‘Lbis is certainly a very important matter, and de- more partreularly noticed t) tion of the subject ina letter. > 8, but our merchants and insurance compa- joeply interested in the establishment of at once. The attention of the Light rd of Commissioners should bo called to as that of the Secretary of the Treaury. | Among the norables on board, | should not for- | get to mention Doctor Valentine, who rell known as Joe Mille: © Doctor on several oveasions told us funoy stories, gave us recitations aad imi- | tations of old men, women, children, &e, and greatly amured us. There are many little incidents tbat occurred during the trip, which, were they written out, would prove highly interesting; but 1 wust bring my log book to a cloee; and, in Soin 80, | feel assured that all who were on board will joia me in the expression of the highost terms of the efficers of this noble vessel. Every attention and covrtery was paid us, especially by Mr. Constable, the storekeeper of the ship, whose gentlemanly man- rere and ansious solicitude for our comforts, well deverve @ parsing word. I will close by not omitting to state that the quetts, previous to their departure, made upa purse of rome $200 to be distributed among the stewards and waiters. R. = 3 < Torxavo ann Preset in Micntaan.—The up cour try, os far ae Washtenaw and Jackson counties, has been visited by a dreadful tornado. It com- menced raining about 3 o'clock, A. M., on Satur- day morning, and poured down during the day, at intervals, until 4 o'clock, P. M., swelling all the streams Lape ms into the Huron river, Grand river, Ke. For eight or ten miles wide, along the line of the Central Railroad, the crops have mn mich ps hy a tornado from the north: trees uproot- € i limbs broken off by the violence of tho e which lasted for a few minutes to four k, P. M_ Some considerable damago must have been experienced north and south of The rail- read; but from Dexter to beyond Franciacoville, the wheat and corn were prostrat ‘Tho marsher were all afloat, and considorable hay that was cut and cocked up on them was coy deluged ‘The oldest inhabitants in that region recollect of to instance of » parallel fre znet.—Detroit (BMich.) Tribune, July 14, | quakes have not oceurred on the Isthay ‘The Tehuantepec Route. New York, July 18, 1851. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. My attention has been called to an article in your paper of yesterday's date, under the caption of the “Tehuantepec Trouble,” &c., which is in many respecte so incorrect, and is also so unjust towards the members of the engineering party lately em- ployed on the Isthmus of ‘I'chuantepsc, that I feel constrained to address you this reply. Withou: entering upon the legal question of the right of the Mexican Congress to annul the grant of Don José de Garay, made in conformity with the constitution of that republic, whish vests in the President the power to grant concessions of lands, for colonization, internal improvements, &c., I shall content myself with noticing such statements only as tend to implicate, in some measure, those persons in the service of the United States, engaged in the survey of the route, and the good faith of those gentleman who compose the Tehuantepec Railroad Company. The statement that ‘those associated with Garay have attempted to go on with the work, commence the survey of the route, and go to Coatzacoalcoas with steamboats, and engineers, sur- veyors, workmen, provisions and merchandise, and land, though forbidden by the Mexican author- ities,” is utterly erroneous. Every membor of the survey was provided with a Mexican passport, duly certified at Vera Cruz; the party was under the direetion of Major J. G. Barnard of the Corps of U, S. Engineers, and by an order of the Central Cio- vernment of Mexico, (a copy of which appeared in the Zerald,) all the stores, inttruments, and equip- ments necessary for tho use of the surveying party, were admitted into the country free of duty ; and, moreover, permission was given to the steamship Alabama to make several trips to the \atzaco- alcoas, for the purpose of landing and receiving pas- sengers, &c. The representation in the article in question, of the conduct of the engincering party on arriving at the river Coatzacoalcoas, is unjust to them in every paiticular. They did not “invade” the country. There was no opposition to their landing and going on with the survey which they completed peaceably and quietly. They did not land or attempt to land any “ morchandise.”” ‘The only merchandise on board their vessel was a few “plank,” which was by permission entered at Vera Cruz, and a high duty paid thereon. Nor were an of them imprisoned the police, or threatened; nor had they any difficulty with the authoritios. ‘The pasgepgers of a vessel unconnected with the Tebuantepec Company, and having no connection with the engiveering party, had some trouble with the Mexican authorities, as hes been reported, in various ways, in the newspapers; but we had no- thing to do with them in any way, excopt gratuit ously to aid in the friendly settlement of the dispute. Had such statements as these mado their appear- ance in any of the trashy sheots of the day, a oontra- ction of them would be quite unnec whenthe weight and force ot one of t dest and most largely circulated journals in the country is em- ployed to disseminate incorrect scatements, tending to impugn the good faith and patriotism of some of the first capitalists inthe South, and the con- duct of a ecieutific commission, composed in part tion of the Presiaent of tae United States, i per that the same should be contradic uted. I am eware that telegraphic loose reports have been published in different nows- from time to time, from which, doubtles orrorsin your article have arisen; but I am satis- fied that it will give you pleasure to correct thom. ‘They are all without foundation. By reference to the numbers of the Herald early in this month, it wiil be found that all the surveyson the Isthmus had been completed, and the party on their return to the United States, long before any a:tion towards the fabulous expulsion of the Americans was taken by the Mexican govern- ment; and, moreover, that every facility was, and had been, freely furnished, and as freely paid for, during tbe progress of the survey, to advaace ita completion. 1: is not my provinee nor my privilege to antici pate the publications of the reports of Major Bar- hard, excep! so far as it may be nocossary in his absence to retate charges which tend to alfest the results of bis labors, and his distinguished repu- tation. In reply, therefore, to the statements con- cerning the Tebuantepee route, | beg leave briofly to assure you that it is quite as feasible the United States; that there are no less mountain passes, all admit of grades not greater than (0 feet; that the upon a grade of 55 feet to the m canal is 3 that a ship by no means impossible: t earth- um informed ; that the lands are incomparably rich, abounding in iron, tin, silver, salt and coal mines, together with mahogany, lignumvitw, (ndia rubber, pine, live oak, and cypress, and every variety of gum trees dye wools. We may add to these a son and climate adapted to the raising of rice, cot- ton, sugar, and tobacco, equal, if not suaporior, to the Gnest portions of the seuthern country, and in quantities sufficient, should the Istamus fall into the hands of foreign capitalists, to injure seriously, if not destroy, tho American trade to Europe; the existence of an excellent harbor on tho Pacitic; a magnificent river on this side, navigable for 30 miles for ships; @ salubrious and healthy climate; the close proximity of the Isthmus to the United States; t ing of two thousand miles in the voyage to Cal the control of the entire India trade, and the market which the States of the South and West must have for their produce on the shores o the Pacific, it is plain, then, that the *iovasior of the Ischmus, so liberally imputed to the engi. neering party, has been atrended with some good reeulis; aod that Tehuantepec possoases im neasa- rable advantages over the stilential climate, spongy morasses, and barren heights of Panama, or the stagnant lake of Nicaragua. The action of the late Mexiean Congress, in ence to the Tebuantepee route, ie duc to the influence of the members from the Scates of Vera Cruz and Oaxaca, who oppose iton the ground that they are not likely to reap any benefit from it—in other words, the decline rf their capitals {s but too plainly depicted in the approaching reality of the reat dream which Cortez had eonturies since. -very effort, therefore, has been strained to avert this blow; and even the people of Sonora and Ta- meulipas have been humbugged into the idea o* railroads there, to secure their opposition to Teha- antepec. And hogs with all your “want of ao exten nd abiding faich ” with regard to the r | practicability of the project, their resistances to tke Isthinus route is sure evidence of its feasibility and importance. Respectfully, &e , Jno MeLxov Murray, U. 8. N., Ase't Eng’r Tehuantepec Survey. Right of Way Across the Isthmus of Tenu- an [Prem the Washington Kepublic, July 19 ] The inte: aken by the people of Now Orleans of ini im: d eau be built | ot rates. They are likewise portance in determ! the great problem of competition amongst the commercial powers of the earth. ‘This is, in every point of view, a national object. Nor is it to be presumed | that the administration has been indifferent to tho success of the various projects of connection, or that it would fail to promote, by a proper exercise of its | influence or authority, an object so important. It will evince neither a ity to, nor a disregard of, any one of the enterprises. Its patronage and protection are alike duc to them all, as adventures in which the nation is deeply interested. ‘That the absence of Mr. Letcher has been occa- sioved by severe and protracted indisposition, there can be no doubt; but we have no evidence that the interests of the pation or of individuals have suffer- ed from that cause. The treaty pending between the United States and Mexico in regard to Tehu- aptepec didnot reach the city in time to receive the action of Congress before its adjournment. It is not expected to be acted upon by that government earlier than January next No injury having resulted thus far from the ill- ness or absence of Mr. Letcher, the administration has naturally preferred to await some crisis in the ney tions which would render the presence of a minister at the city of Mexico imperatively neces- gary. It ferred, of course, availing itself o the knowledge which Mr. Letcher possessed of the pre- liminary and present condition of the treaty, of the influence which he has established with the govern- ment and people of Mexico, The government is naturally unwilling to lose the valuable services which he may render, or to deprive Mr. Letcher of the credit of bringing to a prosperous termination a treaty thus far couduct- ed so favorably. It is not to be expected, however, that the infir- | mities of a public agent can arrest public business. We are authorized, in this connestion, to correct the report that Mr. Letcher will not return to Mex- ico. ‘The state of his health will not in any man- ner interfere with the efliciont performance of the public dutics. There is no danger that either the public service or private rights will suffer for want of adequate representation in Mexico. We trust, therefore, that our fellow-citizens of New Orleans qill await with calmness the regular and eystematie action of the government upon the delicate and importart questions at issuc. It will be found that the administration has been neither derelict to its high national obligations, nor for- getful of the domestie rights involved. These du- sal it is alike ite province and its pleasure to per form. Scorr Convention in Western Pennsyivanta. —We find the following call for a convention of the friends of Gen. Scott, in the Pittsburg (Pay Gazette, of the 17th inst.:— WESTEEN PENNSYLVANIA SCOTT CONVENTION. Pirrsevra, July 15, 1451. To Tux Frienns ov Grn. Seorr-- | ‘The undersigned were appointed a committeo, at | a public meetung of the triends of Gen. Winfield | Scott, in Allegheny county, to invite delegates from | all the other counties in Western Pounsylvania, | favorable to the election of the here of two wars to tke Presidency, to meet in convention, in the city of Pittsburg, onthe 20th of August next, the anni- versary of the battles of Coatreras and Churu- busco. In pursuance of that appointmont, we cor- diaily invite every friend of that greatest of mili- | tary chieftains, who never needlessiy sued a drop of huwan blood, and who is equally distinguished for his prudence, his humanity, his patriotism, and his statesmanship, to co-operate in sending delegates to that convention, and to meet with us in person on that occasion. Soldiers of the war of 1812, who, with him endured the privations of the Canadian frontior, and triumphed at Bridgewater, Lundy’s Lane, and Chippewa, his earliest and most steadfast friends, come meet with us. Soldiers of the Mexican campaign, who, under his command, in open field, and against fearful | odds, stormed the Mexican batteries, at Verra Cruz, Cerra Gordo, Contreras, Churubusco, and Chapultepee—and rested not until the stars and | stripes floated in triumph from the dome of the Na- | tional Palace, and over the halls of Montezumas— | come with us to do honor to your own beloved chief- | tain, the greatest of living heroes. Friends of the Union—foes of nullification and secessiou—we ofler as yeer standard-bearer the very man selected by Gen. Jackson to enforce his ordors, | when he proclaimed, “The Union! [t must and shall be preeerved.” ‘The triumphal election of Winfield Scott to the Presidential chair will more | eflectually suppress South Carolina secossion than av army of a hundred thousand bayonets. | Yourg men, whose enthusiasm has beon often | kin tied by the recital of Scott's heroic deeds, come, | join with us in refuting the slander that “republics — are ungrateful.” We confine not our invitation to those who, in ISH, manfully «truggled with us under the Sage of | Ashland, and, in “40 and “48, triamphed under tho | lead of the heroes of Tippecanoe and Buona Vista, and are now the earnest supporters of able end patriotic national a ‘Thousands, whose party allegiance held the firm, even amid the excitement of those campaigns, will rally at the name of Winfield Scott. We invite alt to come, except the opponents of American industry aod the advocates of British tariffs, who have never yet forgiven Scott for his treatment of their allies at Bridgewater, Lundy's Lane, and Chippews. On bebalf of those for © tariff men of Allegheny, we in- Vite you to visit us in our workshops, now only half |, in what ought to be the Birmingham of the city of Pittsburg. We pledge you acordial and hearty greeting, with the lateh strings out, in the manner of the coons of 1540 {Signed|-—-T. J. Bigham, Hred. G. Kay, W. A. Charlton, Francis Karna, Joba Young, Jr, Robert Porter, Leonard 3. Jobna, Andrew Bayne, | Ephraim Jones—Committee of Invication. | Tur Late Fata. Dees. at New Oatrans — We lameut to announce that the difficultics which bave for some time existed, and with which the pub- he has been mace familiar through the press, be- tween Mr. Frost, the editor of ‘he Crescent, and Col. TG. Hunt, one of the candidates for the no- | mination to Congress, have had a fatal termination. | Mr Frost fought a duel yesterday at about one | ” | o'clock I’. M., at the United States Barracks, be- | low the city, with Dr. Thomas Hunt, the brother of Col. T. G. Hunt. They fought, as we hear, with double-barreled guns, at forty paces, and on the second fre Mr. Frest was mortally wounded, the bullet passing through his left breast, aud he died within halfan hour. The immediate cause of offence Was an altercation which took place at the whig meeting, in Perdido strect, on Monday ever ing. It wa Enever, only th pewal of an anci diftiewt ising out of the Congressional elvct last tail, when Col. 4 Lluut was a cancidate before the whig co and Judge Bullard, the | Jaw pariner of Mr. Frost, obtained the nomination. f the brothers of Col. Hunt. be: Another I difficulty with Mr. the preliminary ments fora duel were made | upon the part of Mr. Frost, but they failed. The | whole correspondence was published at the time, and is doubtless familiar to our readers. The ill | feeling has rankled over since, and the new canvass, | in which Col. Hunt i in a candidate, revived it, | produced the collisi the Shades, and has ended in this lamentable manner. It bas already been published that there was a meeting between the in the pros ion of this oh Gen work -timulates them into dissatisfaction with the government with- oat due consideration, perhaps, of tho difficulties which eurround the subject. ‘The grant of certain privileges by the govern- ment of Mexico bad been transferred to American citizens. There privileges have been unexpectedly revoked. Rumor stands ready, as usual, to at- tribute to foreign interference an act of alloged perfidy on the part of the Mexican government. The administration is likewise blamed because our minister to Mexico bas been detained at home by ill-health. Upon this important subject wo should suppose that the ition of the national administration may bo oasily stated ‘The government of tho United States could not become a party to the intorosts, nor be stimulated by the discontent, of any partics engaged in a mere private enterprise. It will not dopert in its transactions with a feeble ani distracted govern ment from those principles which would govern it relations with the most powerful nations of the earth. Bot, at the same time, Lok J is equally clear to protect against any injustice the rights of American citizens, and to make any improper in- terforence with those rights, on the part of a foreign power, the subject of immediate and roso- lute remonstrance. ‘The administration cannot be justly reproached with ignorance of, or indifference to, the interests of its citizens. To execute the laws at home ina spirit of oqual and inflexible justice, and to main- ain with propriety and firmness the Americancha racter amongst the nations of the oarth, has been, thus far the purpose of the — administration Nor ie the government indifferent to the iapor- tance of recuring connections across tas Cen- tral lethmus. ‘They are obviously impostant to os- tablish convenient intercourse betwee the Atlantic parties on Weéner which t live interrupted, apd both challenger and challenged were bow over. They disregarded the bonds, went almost direetly from the Recorder's Office to the United States Barracks, and finally closed up this most un- happy quarrel with the death of Mr. Frost by the bands of Dr. Hunt. In the excitement of this event, which agitates and divides the whole city, the morits of the cause of the quarrel are hardly fit subjects of discussion. We bave a profound rogret for the de ceased; we have more pity for the survivor. Ver; rere indeed are the meetings of this sort in whicl the man whem fortune has made the victor does not envy the quiet of the dead. But thoagh we may | not, wisely or generously, inthe midet of this ex- | citement and sorrow, aid in reviving the angry | centroversies among the living of which this event | is a deplorable consequence, we may bay & tribute of sincere respect to the memory of the dead. Mr. Frost was @ valuable and rising citizen, and © most etimable man. His talents were of a high order, ard be bad cultivated them well. In hi of the Was a successful advocate, and was | rising to a fine practice, which he might easily | have seoured bat for his predilection fur politics, aod the seal for his party, which brought him much into public life as @ popular orater, and then into the editorial profession. He was a fluent writer as well as speakor. ‘The ardor cf histemperament led him Often into controversies, wherein he maintained | humself with spirit and talent. He had many warm friends, who give him the credit of being of an ex- tremely impulsive and generous, as well as sensitive and they deplore his death as that of carted and gallant gentleman, who had ities and capacities to be useful to his country, as he was dear to his own circle of inti- mates and associates —Nee Orleans Picayune, i July UL. | item in our receipts. | less disregard of consequence | fatal occurence, Wormley had | Trade with California. (From the San Le oge tem ng oats le ra Some wag has, in wing squib, pluel from the Tato fire the material for a humors cari- cature of the manver of conducting business between San Francisco and the Atlanie States:— San Francisco, June 1, 1851. Messrs. CALIPorNta SPRCULATORS AND SHIPPERS: Gentlemen—We beg to acknowledge the receipt of 17,560,410 invoices and bills of ladiag of goods shipped by you to this port. Most of the goods have arrived, and wo have disposed of part at one half the prime cost. Many of the invoices were closed up by the regular fire of the 4th ult. We i enclose you a general account, and ehull forward special account sales “in the fall.” We send you the Alta tions in which you can re! as the highest re- tail price. From the commercial articles, you will | be pe to see the perfectly transparent state of the | market. Some two hundred of your vessels have cleared for China and the East Indies; tue balance, say | five hundred, remain in port, from our inability to negotiate further drafts upon you. Most of them are less liable to sink, as they now lie on the mud eurrent, the quota- The Flood in FonnayivanionCiseat Destapee ten . {From the Huntingdon (Ps.) Gi ‘We scarcely know how or where to begin, to speak of the very destructive flood that visited this section of th this morning. In the after- noon of y we had sev 1 but in tho evening. from 7 to 10 o'clock, fell pretty heavily; and from 10 to 2 this times it came down in perfect torrents, accompanied with the most frightful thunder and lightning ever beard. More rain fel) here than was ever known to fallin the same length of time. Betwoen3and 4 o’clock, Crooked Creek, Muddy Run, Spruce Creek, s tage y ys ver’s Creek, Stone Ci ani otbere, emptied their floods inte the Justata, sbe her highest, or nearly so, as the flood of ’47. ‘The streams above named were never known to be so high, or the destruction ping theme so great. fe ttream at Shaffersville, al Water street, ¥ Ont we regret to learn the house and we be- lieve owned, by Mr. Robert Kinki , was, with his whole family, a wifo and six ebildren, and @ Miss Hileman, swept away. Mr Kinkhead, we have been informed, was at Mollidaysburg at the time. The family would not leave the house—they flats, than ther: would be if sent to sea, and we would advise their remaining so for the next forty or fitty years. : | We would advise the immediate shipment of some | five huadred assorted cargoes, as the supply in the | market is not more than sufficiont for fifteen | months. By all means ship in clipper ships, as the commission on freights, at $4 per foot, is quite an We recommend » large ship- ment of pork, which article, if not placed here so as | to be sold at $5 per barrel, will be driven out of the | market by the large supply of fresh provisions being carried into the mining districts. | Any article quoted at high prices, the consump- | tion of which is limited, should be shipped in large | quantities, in order to compete with the host of | otber shippers. It is not advisable to ship any of the produce of your own country, as the supplies of such articles mostly come from other ports. | We ure daily expecting a large supply of sugar, | coffee, spices and fruits from the North Pole, aad | several cargoes of dry and fancy goods from Siberia, | whi-h will doubtless go off readily. | ‘We regret to announce the loss of several of your vessels at sea, thus restricting our commissious, and | rendering it necessary for you to collect the amount | insured. In shipping dutiable goods, you need never pro- vide for the payment of the duties, as we are at all times prepared to advance the amount required at ten per cent-per month interest; or, if you prefer it, bave . ae stored in the celebrated U. 3. fire root Mmuded warchouses, at the triding expense of 7 per ton the first month, and $3 each succeeding month. | An anniversary fire is confidently expected on the Ith instant, when we hope to close most of our consignments, and forward you final acct. sales. ‘The balance of funds will be remitted by the first | vessel **in the spring.” E Trhaitog that previous operations here have proved sufiiciently satisfactory to induce you t» con- — tunue shipping as long as you are able, and to ad- | viee your friends to do so when you have retired | from the business, we remain, gentlemen, your ob- | liged. &e. Ke. &e. | Tue Lave Fire in New Orceans—Taraity | Cnercn.—The Trinity Catholic Church, about | which there has been so much difficulty, way des- troyed by fire at twelve o'clock on Wednesday night, together with the priest’s residence, a school house, a frame building, and a grocery store owaed | and occupied by G Brucer, on tae corner of Greny | men and St. Ferdinand streets; a brick butidiog, owned by A nder our, commission uerchant, who is now in Europe, on Greatuen street; a beick | two story house, owned by Thomas Williams, on the corner of St. Ferdinand and Greatmen streets, opposite the weeny of Brucer, and sev sral kitcheus, outhouses, Ke. ‘be church, school house, aut priest's residence, Which were recently decided, by Judge Keunedy, to be the proverty of Bishop Blaus, were insured for $7,000, which js probably the fall extent of their value, as they were frame or wooden | buildings. The house of \. Lacour was a one story building, but was elegantly finished, and a consider- able amount was recently expended in adorning and pepeage de a spacious garden in its rear, which nas jest also been oyed. The property was insari ir by Mr. Wi as not il . $4,000. The building, owne: who is now absent in California. Brucer’s house, and the contents of his grocery, were insured w da! 0. Guidziorowesky, the priest, had an insurance also on his furniture. The re, Which originated in the church, was undoubt- edly the act ot an incendiary, and evidences a reck- nd a daring defi ance of the law, unsurpassed. be remembered that the church property has been lately in dispute between Hishop Blane and the Rev. Mr. Giuidioro- | wesky, and that as to the merits of this dispute the | congrega‘ion was divided. On the relinquishment | of all claim by the priest, Judge Kenneay, a few | days ago, decided that the church property belonged | to the fisher. It aeeines tek the portion of the congregation favorable to the priest were dissatis- fied with this result of the dispute, and met on Wednesday night in the church for the purpose of deliberating on the matter. It was decided by | them, and writings were drawn up to that effec, | that they would intervene in the suit as parties in- terested in the church property, and endeavor to appeal to the Supreme Court. Yesterday the op- posing portion of the congregation were assembled put the ruins of the church, aad considerable «ment prevailed among them. The priest's party contended that the building was fired by those favorable to the bishop, when they saw the deter mined stand taken by them on Wednesday; while the others maintain that tbe fire was placed ander the altar of the church at the time of the meeting. There were also some who loudly asserted that the grocer, who was of tho priest's party, and the | priest bimeelf, having recently insured the pro- perty, indicated something suspicious. We simply give the rumors and mutual crimination current oa the ground this morning. Each party coateaded that their opponents should not be paidthe amouut of their insurance, and it appears the priest's party inrended to contest the bishop's right to the $7,00) for which the church property was insared ‘Re- corder Seuzencau is actively enguged ia inve sti- ting the cause of the fire.—New Orleans Pwa- , duly WA. ex Merver Case.—A correspondent imore Argus, writing from Chestertown, | ye:—Chelton, Taylor, and Murphy, the murderers of the Cosden family, are to be exveated | on the 8th of August, by the Sheriff of Kent ¢ sauty. | ‘These men deserve their fate, and will receive it sooner or later, and they are not entitied to any | sympathy from’ the public; yet, if the facts are as represented by one who profestes to kaow th there is eo much irregularity about the convict and sentence of Taylor and Murphy, as to fuse an ingairy into them before the execution. [ti said that there were po records of the trial and convictions in Cecil exhibited to the Governor, although Taylor and Murphy were tried and con- vieted in that county; that theywere taken back to Kent, from which county they had removed th trial; and that, after their return to Kent, they wer ut upon their trial on other indictments, and « pr ‘orma verdict rendered against them, without th: swearing of witnesses, and that it was upon thes: pro forma convictions that Taylor and Murphy were sentenced to be hung, although no one woald ever come te such @ conclusion from reading a Chambers’ charge to them in pronouncing t sentence. If this statement be true, there has bee: | great irregularity, and the whole facts of the cas should be brought out. Stint, anorwen Traorpy ix Vingrnia.—The Richmond Times, —We are shocked to have to record another scene of violence and death in | our immediate neighborhood. On prhewway = tena | Jobn 8. Wormley, of Chesterfield county, deliver- ately shot down hie son-in- , Anthony 3. Robiou, of the same county, at a house in the neighbor~ bood of the Black Heth Pits. It appears tha: Wormley and Robion had been at variance some time previous—that on the day of the & mus ket and repaired to the house where t, was committed; that, after remainirg house a short time, Robiou drove up it, a gi out and entered, when he encountered Wormiey, who, after exchanging a few words with him, lovelled his musket andshothim, kil’ing him slmost instantly. Both parties were men of respectability; Wormley being a lawyer by profession, and Robiow having been formerly Deputy * sheriff of the county, and a man of wealth. Drravren Dearn tixteen years of age, Oaughter of bers, was burnt to derzh near Juliastown Mount N. J, on Monday inst. While ongaged around the fire place br» clothes took fire, when she ran into the fiel’4, apparently deprived of reason. She died in the, afternoon, about sevea hours after being burnt. The Pre Adent bas officiaily recognized Heinrich Fer- dipand + je ike as Consul of Oldenburg for Califor. pis: ahd Carl Fr Adae, o¢ Consul of the seme power for taf Btate of Obie | were all under water. several bridges have been swept away al | prospects, and double their burthens. thy | ton more tha’ could not be made to believe they were in danger, | until they were all suddenly swept away to meet watery graves. Mrs. Khas been found. ‘The crops of wheat on the low lands along the Juniata and the other streams were princi “3 out during last week, and there having a very little hauled im, nearly the whole has been swept away or lodged in a dggnaged state on islands or against fences. Before and after the break of day, the river was almost covered with wheat, lumber, parts of housea, stables, boats, mills, &c, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep, fowls, &e., &c. One large boat passed over the Huntingdon dain about three o'clock, and wae broken to pieces. At M’Connelstown, on Crooked Creek, there was at destruct'on of propeity. The dwellings of r. Jobn Coulter and a Mr Scrickler, and a small house belonging to Mr. Fraker, and also the tan- nery buildings in the yards of Mr. Protaman and Mr. Lang, with all their hides, bark, &o., were swept away. Mr. Coulter and Mr. Strickler did not save anything, so sudden was the rise of the sticam—but, fuitunatey, their fumilies got out im time to save their lives Al! the farmers ou Crook- ed Creek, for ten miles from the river, have met with heavy losses. A gentleman who has lived in that neighborhood for forty years, informs us that there never was so much rain fell there before, im the sane length of time. ‘The citizens of Pottstown, at the west end of this | borough, deserted their homes about 2 o'clock this morning The town was completely covered with water. Tho gardens are destroyed, and many moveable articles around the houses were washed uway Many of the citizens of Smithfield, oppo- site this place, also deeersed their houves for safer quarters. In thie borough, the water came to the second | street in the upper end, completely surrounded the dweiling of Gen. Wilson, aud carried away both the turnpike and mill bridges. Between the rail- road and river, all the gardens and first stories of many of the houses were under water, and many of the families left for higher ground. The tan yards of the Messrs. Millers were completely overflowed. ‘Their hides were floating about their yards. Thor loss must be, each, $100 to $200. ‘The families on Fisher & McMurtrie’s farms eseaped to the ridges Gen. Wilsou’s cwttage farm, Fisher and McMurtrie’s, and Mr. McCaban’s farms, eir loss is heavy, a8 most of their grain was carried away, and nearly all their fencing has shared the vame fate Mr. Win. organ, living on the cottege, has also suffered severely; he bas lost a Luv crop of whoat oa Crooked Creek, and much of bi the cottage farm, The railroad bas been considerably dam Petersburg, and below this place some injury has heen done The cars could come up no further than Mill Creek to-day. The canal is very much injured. Between this place and the Huntingdon dain the embankment has been torn away badiy. It will cost at least $5.000 to repair the canal be'ween this and the dam Above the dam, at Bell's lock, there hae also been considerable damage dot and most gaged bigher up the damage is ater. Below we hear That the embankment is hed away im several places. The aqueduct at Mill Creek ia ‘one. At about six o’clock this morning the river me it bas gan to fall very rapidly, and at this allen about ten feet Our citizens in the lower street, and in Pottstown, are now busily engaged n ehovelling out and fixing up again. A more sudden, unexpected, and destructive flood, nevor was experienced in this section of the country, and _ we bope it may be a long time before we have another. The Coal Trade for 1851. (From the Pottsville (Pa ) Journal. July af The quantity sent by railroad this week is 31,- 523 07; by canal, 27, f r the week, 59.325 16. ‘Total by railroad, $06,922 13; do. by canal, 208,- 191 12. "The shipments by canal sre within 3.732 tons of the quantity sent , ay egpene and is the heaviest shipiwent ever made by the canalin any one week, by up ards of 2.5) tons. For the woek ending on the an of September, IS41, before the enlarge- ment, the quactty sent to market was 25,253 tons, which, we believe, was the largest shipment made prior to this week. hero was despatchod ine tingle ', 7.740 tons. The gr A would have been considerably increased if boxt« could have been ortained. © There was a perfect rush to send off con] before the advai n toll, and the com- pany despatched boats up to 12 o'clock on Thurs day night, after which period, according to previous oti the toll advanced to forty cents per tom from Port Carbon to Philadelphia Such are ale ready some of the beneficial effets produced im the region and on the trade, by low tptls, and ifthe canal company will only pursue a prudent course hereafier and not to he too greedy, by toll beyond 40 cents per ton, it willin st productive compat can carry heavy tonnage cheaper prevent railroad, with all the advantages of the best location mt orld, is now fully de- nd ber trade will double in two years, fidence in the establ ehment of low ies of years. and pledging themse!tes to the public that taey shall not exceed th under any circumstances for th st period. dhawbacks for transb pmentof coal at Ph for Fas'ern markets Sy adopting this pe compary cannot keep the trade off the canal if they would try to do #9. Our operstirs would force iton. A different policy would bight their We learn the freights on coal will, in all probability, be reduced trom five to ten cents, which makes the rates fo Philadelphia only five cents per they were before the toll was ad- vaneed from to 40 cents Te New York, of course, no reduction in freight will take place; bat weave told that: otwithstanding the advance in toll by canal, coal can be telivered to New York from ¥5 to 20 cents less then it can be from Richmond at their rates. One thing is certain, that coal seot by canal bas commanded from 15 to 20 cents per ton more in this region, than that sent by railroad. Persons located in out of the- way places, which cam be reacbed only by boats, ought to embrace the present opportunity of laying in their supply of coal, because it is believed that there will be some little stagnation in the demand for citios, for the on- | suing few weeks, after which the trade will be brisk again, from Schuylkill county at least. A Horse Friewtenry to Deaty py ax Ene PHANT.—A very remarkable case of the effects of fright wpoa a horse occurred in Franklin a short | time since. A horse belonging Mr. Joseph Palmer wae grazi in the yard near the fonce, when the elep! foal belongiog to the menagerie recently im this city. passing along. The horse did not observe tl till they were quite close to him, when, looking up and seeing the huge animals. he started back in a fright, ran to the opposite side of the yard, stood for a moment Rh and then dropped dead. Hoe was literally fei ame te death. —Norwich (Conn.) Aurora, July 18. Domestic Miscellany. The Adjutant General of the United States army has jeeued an order for the usual coremontes to be observed, at the several military stations, om the official reception of the death of Brevet Brig Gen. Arbuckle. ‘The Geographical Society of France has presented to capt W ? Lynch of the &. Navy, a medal diploma, as a token of their appreciation of geographical dis- coveries. There were 157 deaths in Baltimore during the week ending the lth inet. aA ‘There were 175 deaths in New (rieans a1 yette pen the week — the 5th inst. of which 54 were of cholera and 8 of dysentery. The cholera hes broken ont in the Mlinois peniten- tiary ay Alton, and «ixteen convicts had died at the inet accounts a et! ot New ‘The annual commencement of i lege) Bronawick, N. J , will take place on tl conan ioe ‘We learn that hereafter none but will be received at Mt, St. Mary's College, located near Emaitsburg, Md.