The New York Herald Newspaper, November 6, 1851, Page 6

‘The steamship Ohio arrived at half-past one o'clock yesterday, from Chagres, from which}port he sailed on the 25th ult. She arrived at Havana on the 2th, and railed thence on the Slat ult. The following is the NT LIST OF THE O10. PREIG wrmiy USN 'o! nirouee, OF 8, pee Fine, = nes Lo, sco ol ‘aylor, [saso rakes, Hugh nd Niblo, G Rechtell, S D Carroll, J RwSmito, J Murphy, 8 Churehman, L 3% 3 Bisel 1 a Probaty i Crane, Hani, J TR Colburn, J Pea-vck, J 8 Jo A Moore, Juan Keprano, SCirmich “welll, Henry Poliard, GW Baill, & Hole, FW Smi: :) F Nowell, Joba Hi Marcus, Chas Leigh, ‘erlan Martin, Wailace and three 1r:- he Mi Bamley, J kK ‘Red- A Pisver, Chas’ Macki & B oh, Ji ew Jam Hg Hodmust nF Barker, JR Lana ‘The passengers on the Prometheu; loft San Juan without their bay sage, as it could not be got over from the Pacific se. Tho steamship Prometheus, from San Juan, Ni caragua, arrived ou the Sist ult.,at Havana, and expected to leave on the Ist inst. for this port. By the Ohio, we have San Frangisco dates to the 4th inst., being t » days later than brought by the Cherokee. ‘The suspension of the banking house of Wells & Ce. is announced, and their effects assigned to trus- tees. The alleged cause of the suspens to be, that the house had received netice that an ageat bad been «ut on to wind up their affairs, after the late fire, and the assignment was made to proteet their de oeritors. Joseph A. Tbowpson, of Nevada, City, com- mitted suicide on the 29th ult. He was formerly fromClark county, Missouri, and was a Baptist minister. The difficulties on the Isthmus were settled, and all was quiet when the Ohio sailed We are indebted to E. W. Hall, Esq., the gentle- macly purser of the Ohio, for correspondence and | owes. James Harrisen, formerly assistant storekeeper on board steamer Krother Jonathan, died on the 4ta inst., on board of the Ohio. On the night of the 26th October, W. Sweeteer, of Portsmouth, N. H.,® passenger on the Ohio, jumped overboard and was drowned, notwithstand- ing the most strenuous efforts made te save him. He ot oa board at Cheg: in a deranged state of mind. The accompanying notice will show the rea- son, 20 doubt, of hi rangemen? to the island where the money was said to have been buried, but could find no trace of it :-— DOURLOON EXPEDITION NO 3 Wail aail about the Ist of May 1351. Persons wishing to embark are invited to cail immediately on the subseri- has resolved to go cut and examine for himself. * $25 each, will entitle the holders to $2500’ The following revelation was made to my brother, by one of the persons who assisted in burying the treasure, and who is pow dead :— © During the troubles at ——. ia 15—. thirty thousand dowbloons were placed om hoard the vessel to which I Was attached, belonging (o » gentleman who had fallen wader the displeasure of the t, which was then im a state of revolutio gentleman not making his appearance at the time appointed, and feeling that we were endangered by further delay, we set sail without bim. Whether this was executed, or was cbliged va hastily some other way, no oxe of us hi « OM Our course we were pi be overtaken; so we resolved to save putting the whole amount in the earth, under cover of the Soon after, ured taken back and thrown into prison captain, mate, two Lingered « long time in continement. without be brought to (as mo one appeared against us.) the captain and mate sickened and died: and the rest of us were celensed. The blacks, one or both. have since died; they were unacquainted with navigation. and could not point out the spot if ever so muck inclined I. alone ui bis moment, bold th t in my own bosdat, un- Sout the spot where me meas to pur- chase a small craft. bu unable to dogo. Left in despair. I was compeiled to be #i ¢ fear of excit- ing (he euspicion of govertme {you will find a craft we will He then told my brother the latitude and longitude of the isiand, deseribing everything minutely—how together the gold wae packed, Low much each man carried, | bow far from the shore, and in fe These facts I here omit. of course city thejroyage ix made. Maps an “2 examined by myself sed brother j vea that the story could not be fabricated. My | brother had many interviews during the voyage, ‘sud would frequently arouse the man from sleep with pbrapt questions; but whether waking or sleeping. he Che ame undeviating story. In New York. for lack funds they sepatated The; t ageia in New Or. end egain parted without » sod my brother ha: voyegs bome from London ‘The secret deposited with me previous te his sailing, is cowin my pomenion I have sent out two ex | tions, at @ cont of two thousand dollars and am fully | conv need that the perecns empioyed have mot examined (be spot. and bave failed through sop ance of duty Se ee be Re arty Geet een © the ‘Kem aation already made SWEETSER | Our San Francisco Correspondence. Sax Francrsco, Oct. 1, 1851 ‘The vevwlt of the late Blection-—U. §. Senator—Posi- on of Gen. DicDowgal— The Delt of San Francis- o—Sacramento City, ¥c., ¥e ‘Tha result of the election, which, at the sailing of (he last steamer, was buried in fog, is known at last, aad the democrats are rejoicing in a splendid victory. Hon. John Bigier, brother of the demo- cratic candidate for the same office in Pennsylvania, bas been elected Governor by above 1,500 majority; Hoa. Samuel Purdy, formerly of Bu’ Governor; Hon. S. Heydeofelt Judge; Major Richard Noman, togotaer with nearly all the other candidates on the ‘State ticket, and » large majority in both branche a is stated | He had been | a5 | mer, crowning the highest peaks 0" it is pores of the city expenses, as ym licenses, 0; 50,000—making a total of sh0,00 , San nara ceases clones sum far mare than sus rly disposed of, to ox of the ci the Laterest upon the establishment of the funded. bt. Since American juriadiction over the city, there has been expended, tly for corporation pur- nearly $5,000,000! For whateit is aust possible to tell. Plundering of the public seems to have been the business of almost onnected with the city government, or into the people's strong box. Francisco has accumulated a debt, already funded, of over one million and a quarter dollars, Saramento owes only $375,000, which was chiefly created by the construction of a levee seven miles in length, and the squatter difficulties. Sa- da are worth 35 cents, le those of from 35 te cents. Our money has been bas been more fortunate in the selection of her pub- lic servanta. But in the future a different state of things will be manifest. Tho estimated saving to the treasury of the city for the current year, in the le item of a reduction of officials” salacios, is ,200—a sum sufficient, if esonomically expend- ed, to pay the annual expenses of the State go- verpment. era The poor State sogien of California has again been on the wing, like a vrearg carrier pigeon, finding no spot en which it could be at resi. At first it was located at Monterey, where the insi pient steps for a State organization were taken, and subsequently transferred, a nd baggage, to Sam Jose, in the Santa Clara Valley. Taare it remained for two sessions, when the Legislature voted to establish it at Vallejo, a Paper city up the Sacramento river, in accordance h the appa- rently 6 wish of the people of the State, and in acceptance of the irotig donation to the State of immense tracts of land, covered by wild oats, and inhabited by Coyotas. Away woattho State officers—the Executive with bis office seeking applications—the Secretary of State with bis bundles of papers, beautifully tied with red tape, and the Treasurer with his strong box, in the shape of a hairtrank, filled with cancelled State bonds and war loan scrip. The procession was grand and imposing—equalled only by lector King’s izspectors, who guarded the Custom House funds from the old to the xew building, headed by the valiant Collector himself wita drawn revolver. But the seat of government was still to be an uneasy one; and, afer | waiting patiently for the fulillment of the squandered, while Sacramento | the army of Mr. Col- | Our Wa shington Correspondence. ‘Wasnine ron, Oct. 31, 1851. Improvement in Washington— Movements Ahead— Future in Embryo. Washington is improving at every point, and me” chanics and laborers are busy early and late, en deavoring to exhaust the appropriations, 40 that larger ones may be arked for at the meeting of Con- gress, with a good grace. The Commissioner of Public Buildings, the Superintendent and Architect of the Capitol enlargement, the contractor and overseer of the Patent Office wings, and the Secre- tary of the Smithsonian Institution, not forgetting the master mason of the Washington Monument, are all busy laying eut the money at their disposal. Senator Douglas, knowing that an appropriation had passed for grading a certain avenue, purchased, last spring, of @ widow and some orphans, a splen- did residence for his mother-in-law, on said avenue, and it has rizen in value about as much as the Se- nator has risen in the political market; both aro now above par. There may be a reaction, how- ever. Speaking of the Senater, all things seem tending to make him greater than God made him at the beginning. The Clerk of the House of Re- | presentatives is hia friend, and he is the friend of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. The Clerk ia a candidate for re-elestion, and the Sena- tor isa candidate for the Presidency. He desires the Clerk to be re-elected for certain good reasons. The Clerk desires to be re-vlected £0 as to secure the election of his friend to the Presidency. The Uston powepa r, formerly edited by Fa- ther Ritehie—Mr. Polk’s old organ—waants greas- ing. Selden, Withers & Co, a trio of bankers here, all born in old Virginia, are willingto grease the old organ for the love they bear poor old Father Ritchie; provided that the Clerk of the House of Representatives will give them the funds of the House of Representatives on deposite. The Clerk seratches his head through the hos weather, and thinks favorably of it; but Senator Douglas is his surety or bondsman to Uncle Sam, and he must be consulted. He writes tothe Senator timidly, for | the banking house of Selden, Withers & Co. is not | aspecie paying concern; but then (‘eneral Arm- | strong, of the Union, has solicited it, and this | | and the habitues of the place can detect now and secures the Union newspaper for both the Senator for President, and the Clerk of the House of Repre- | sentatives for re-election. t sec Selden, Withers | & Co. for Dor i » and through them | Virginia members of Congress for the re-election of Clerk. Douglas was busy, and did not write; not he! He comes on, talks over the matter, secures | the pl 8, and the public funds are checked out of Mr. Smith’s custody in the Bank of the Metropolis into the custody of Wm. Selden, or S. Withers & | Co. The transfer will omplish wonder: a e bond requiring the erection of temporary build- ings for the State officers, the executive has again set the capital afloat, by ordering it back to San Jose, and, a week or two since, it was put on board a fishing smack and sailed down to the m- barkadero, and thence crossed by land, drawn by robably remain stationary fora year ortwo at blank deeds of * .”” The expense to ner lota”’ and ‘* water State, in removing | $30,000; and probably as much more in carting back—quite small items in a commonwe: | abounding in gold. The convention tion in reference to resulted in any defig’ awant of concert. It i another convention at Los Angel the State, hag not ment, principally from now determined to call , on the 10th of | is requested to send delegates. The subject has awakened considerable interest, and the proposed convention will no doubt be largely atteaded. The —_ say “‘amen” to the division p: | They see in ita fresh opportunity for political ag- | grandizement for spoils, plase and pow ad you teed not be surprised to see two Californias kaock- | img at the door of Congress, a year heace, where | now there is but one c | We are now anxiously w: g the arrival of tae North America from Juan, which is expected | hourly. The last vessel by that route anticipated | the mail steamertwo days, bringing usthe Henao, oftwo days later date than tuose by the regular semi-montbly mail. Paanc The Country East of € From the Sacram | . The generaliy | bordering the barren and worthless, is are millions of acre: | California, exeeptio: | cultivation. grazing farms. much superior to those | Which fie upo f thes re isa b mountains, the whole len, | tending oastward | miles, which is rei | is barren and desti { bordering the Hum North of Pyram of mountain: Oregon, whi bunch grass the finest pasturage in West of this range presenting the most ren and destitute of and almost evel as a lake, and a, covered with beautifai grass, and delightful rivulets coursing the plains The barren tracts of country are tless iaunda- ted, and form lakes, wich as the season advances and the waters searey pe their beds become dry and level as a house floor, for many miles in extent Generally near the base of the Sierra Nevadas, | the land is indeed most beautiful—the mountains sometimes rising at an angle of thirty or forty de- grees, and extending to the very highest ri where the snow is seen, even in the midst of sum The belt lying at the foot of the main range of mountains, is gene- rally some miles in width, with an extraordinary growth of vegetation—clover and other grasses— which form a perfect mat, often from three to five feet high. At the upper edge of this belt. innumer- able small streams ih from the most beautiful mountain springs, ‘and meand across the fertile plain, they are gradually lost in the sandy waste which lies away to the east. lodeed, in view- ing this tract of country, a: a person ap is, | in places, from the plains, it is the most beautiful panorama the eye ever beheld. The belt, fertile almost past conception, bordered on the one side | by large tracts of land almost as level as a lake, and entirely destitate of even one blade of grass, while upon the other side, lofty mountains rise as | it were from this luzuriant mass of herbage, tower- ing to the very skies, covered with gigantic timber. Phe line where the herbage and timber meets is marked almost as distinctly as if it were drawn by the band of man South of Pyramid lake, the country is difereat ‘The mountains do not rise quite asabruptly as they do further north, but the hills extend in many places far eastward into the plains, forming nume- tous valleys which are beeutiful and pictarosqu Thie jon of the territory contains more good land than that which we have described; but it is ugh in places is tion, like the laad te is an outer chaia h bus few breaks, of the Legisiature. Mr. bo O rahall, brother | of Hoa. T. Marshall, of Ky, and Mr. McCorkle | both democrats, have been elected to Congress, by majoritios. The legislative result will secure pryad orem democratic U.S. Senator, in place of Mr Fremont, andthe action of that body will rosult, aa prophesied in your correspondent’s lette by ‘ast steamer, in the election of Hon John 8 Weller The only competitor to be feared, Hon. Solomon Heydenfelt, has just been elected Judge of the Sapreme Court ‘The election of Col. Weller isa “fixed fact,” unless the State Executive shoul! defeat it by « called session of the last Legislature. The mubject bas boon generally diecussed for the past two or three weeks, and at one time was decided upon. Gov MeDougal andidate for re-nomination by tho democratic convention, ut failing to be re- comiaated, it is said be exerted himself in favor of Mojor Reading, the whig candidate, and should he carry bia diseppointment further, and call an extra session, it is not improbable that a whig may be oicoted. The last Legislature was not made ap of party men, and may, therefore, be easily swayeri by one influence and another. The only hope for T. Patier King, or apy other whig, is in inducing the Uxcoutive to eall the Legisiacure together, un- | } dor (be pretext that the interest of the St re qquices that ehe should be Sally represented in Co gress at the opening of the session. (‘ov MeDoa ce bis accidenta e by the resignation of vy Burnet, ood this mov + character He is # carious ¢ or a‘ The amovet of the debt of the city of San Fran- for whisd bunds bave been isamed, is $1.0) somi aarcal interest upon which, amon & 10, is payable on the Tat of Novembo- *y omoctwa 4 V2 og made {> gollect the a | not be out | more broken. There are several rivulets of con- siderable size, such as Truckie, Carson, ko This country, it is believed, contains mineral wealth but little inferior to thes of Californias bosides, itis sus- | ceptible, im man: ea, of supporting a popu- Tation There cA numerous valleys Severed wih s | beary growth of vegetation, surrounded with moun- | tains covered with timber im the test profusion | . The pature of the country to the northern boun- | dary of the te isnot as well understood; but there reems but little doubt that it is equally as valuable for graving as any we have d . Indeed, the country upon the eastern slope of the mountains we regard as most valuable, at intervals for bundreds of miles north and south, aad we see no reasons why go! ay not be discovered, when proper examinations shall have been made, which will almost equal thatin Californm | the ex- plerations about Carson valley, would seem to sha- dow forth such a result B We look forward to future explorations through- out the country ef which have spoken with great interest, for we believe there are sources of wealth ‘et undeveloped which will add materially to the Iiure prospects of California. tof General Seasions. c jo be and Aldermen Dodge and Smith Rotors Jet ge wierd furors =m oall ot thett names, licwing nemed gentlemen answered amd were duly alited to: Seeve “ Seven of the Grand Inquest for November term —Wm 8. Oonoelly, foreman: | min D. Brush. Wim. M. Bromley. Ht L Mews Alfied B Lagrave. ard John Green | ‘The presiding Judge called the attention of the Grand Jurors te certain dat inh the statute defines. vis in relation © the law | relation to the violation Grand Jury withar at selling lottery tickets im f the election law he The + thett duties. and the Court adjourned for the | rney's OMer, * hae ated four mule team, to its recent locality, where it will | least, or until some speculator in city lota enables | the members to appreciate the advantages of his town by filling? their hats, during the morning ses | sion, wil ital from San Jose to Vallejo, wasonly about | | November next,to which every county in the State | | settle down on it. | party, will make Father Ritobi claim as good notes of Selden, Withers & Co, when a o comes and a pressure ia felt in the money market. | [t will make General Armstrong and Major Donel- son both comfortable through the winter's cam- | paige It will make Judge Young Clerk of the ouse of Representatives, perhaps, and his friend, j Juans Doag’ as, President of the ited States. Selden, Withers & Co. will care nothing for the Grand Jury, then. They may find as many bills as they please. What is a one dollar’s violation of | law te men making millions out of Uncle Sam’s | money on deposit? Don’t they redeem their own illegal issues in old Virginia paper, and is not that as goodas erga sate pes 1 Is there not a good time coming, when the old exploded notions of | Andrew Jackson shall be laughed at all over the land, and paper money — plenty and as chi i ‘ | Ho waa born at the East, and like all wise men, he settled down, like the great luminary of light, inthe West. The free States go for him, because ke was born and lives in a free State, — white people. The slave States will go for | bim, because he married a slave dealer's daughter, and inherits, with her, slaves and plantations. The secessionists will go for him, because he stood for | the compromises of Clay and his committee in the last Congress. The freesoilers and abolitionists will go for him, because he did not vote for the Fugitive Slave law. He was siek abed, while Cass was in Faltimore on pressing business. The new ories will go for him, for he was @ Committee on Territories, and to the Union. The bankers will all . for he and his wife will have money to The ocean steamer men will all go for be and » (not the telegraph man.) amazingly into deep wat line 6f steamers ng, aud he g rank to the organ nders Geo go for him, and Croswell and 1s both go for him ; sc the ocean steamers all ith him. Cass cannot but yield to him, for self has been a Cass man from first to last, hen everybody else was for Douglas. Hous- must go for him, for he has always been very f ti ; d felt for his wounds reputation ;” and when nee was published in the re termbly and got into a no, because he thought it would kill Judge Woodbury is dead, and all 69 for Douglas, for he was born arned a je in Vermont. Bu- t dare to op the young lion of hen, Knox Walker and everybody him here, the clerks and mes nd democrats—letter writers, re- jords and tenants, are all going for He is as good as elected, and you may Straw Wasuinaton, November 2, 1851. Tiz Coming Campat; The Presidency— The Na- tromal Comvention and General Wool. There are 40 many aspirants ‘for the Presidency just now—so many worthy gentlemen desirous of takiog upon themselves the burthen of the State— aod co many excellent men, and eligible candidates wit that it will bes matter of some difficulty to a selection. As for Union men, they are all so that that dodge will not answer for t individual Chance—or rather “ manifold destiny”—will probably in the endhave to decide There is said to be a growing feeling amongst both part. wgainst conventions, and the number f laspirants may perhaps prevent g national nomination. In that event it would be a scrub race, atd the election would be thrown upon Con- ese. Indeed it is even urged that the South, jearing otherwise she may not have sufficient weight, may pursue such a course, as inthat event oe. re count within one vote of as many as the Nort But supposing matters to take the usual course of a convention, how are the chances for a demo- cratic nominee ! prominent candidates now are Stephen A. Douglas, General (ass, Buchanan, and Houston. All these gentlemen have stron; and warm friends; and as far as the three first are | concerned, all have strong and nearly equai claims upon the confidence of the party. But it is well known that the friends of Cass will not give up to Buchatan; nor will "afriends give up to Cass; and it is pretty evident neither will be dis- posed to make way for the “stripling’ Dougias, “giant” though he be. In this emergency, what probable course will be adopted’ it was the procedure in Is 41! The democratic party has always been remarkable for its regard for principles, not men. t has never been guilty of the folly of sacrificing itself for a particular man, to the honor of the prominent men of the democratic party be it said, with but ene traitorous exception, personal chagrin has never so far interfered with the + intersste of the cause, as to create divisions in its ranks be cause a particular individual was not selected it is this unity of feeling of the great democratic this faith in the purity and rightfalness of their platform, and this abnegation of self, which, more than anything else, has caused its flag to float triumphant, and bas enabled it to stamp ite features on the policy of the country Although. pieenore nay enemas ape. tlemen wl have been prominently named forthe re sidency, if a difficulty be experienced in ad justing their claims, there will be no difficulty in | their final adjustment by © compromise, which will enable all to ® man who, whilst eminently worthy of the honor, and whose democratic prinei- R are well known, still occupies a position, where it would not wound the amour propre of any of the | candidates to waive their claims in his favor. Such a man is John £. Wool, who ix not only a gallant epid soldier, bat an able an vigorous tl tT; @ man whose mind is as capable of grasp. ing the details of civil i deen as it bas shown iteelf competent to the discharge of the highest military duties. Asa general thing, | am, yi means, in favor of electirg Presidents purely because of their mili- | tary renown; but where we find a man of strong | and vigorous intellect, of firm and true principles, it ia no drawback to him in the mind of Ameri- can people that be has shed his blood for his coun | try, Rod for the protection and honor of that flag, we ¢ glorious stars and stripes are the emblem of liberty wherever they float I do not know that General Wool is « candidate | for the Presidency. True greatness is evor difident ef ite own merits, and General W ool’s mor his modesty. But his frien: t in, Maryland, Tennessee, Now ling. land, indeed, in almost State in the Union, | | have frequently montioned bis game ia high com- | | three hundred which it before | to the noise and confusion elsew! mendation, and there ia no doubt but if he gets PPEniah all the ohenten’ ate in tener’ at Weck pepegin can it is no other Re of tbe many name higher claims al men ber ia there another one whe could bo readily be adopted as a compromise by the friends of tho other preminent men. Wasuinarton, Nov. 2, 1351. Arrangemints for the Coming Scason--The Hote Theatrical, §c. It is a fortunate circumstance for the dwellers in this city, that, in four short weeks, Congress will assemble. A ‘ long” recess is a terribly dull af- fair, and especially so is it when it occurs, asthe one jxst now closing has, in the middle of a Presi- dential term. The first long recess after the inau- guration is rendered bearable from the large num- bers of patriotic office seekers whom one meeta persmbuiatiog the lobbies of the departments, olling about the hotels, or sauntering along “the” avenue. On such occasions, there is something to look at besides the houses and the vacant lots; and although to denizens of inhabited places the differ- ence may not seem to amount to much, it is of no small importance here. Great preparations are making tor the approach- ing season, and there is no doubt it will be a re- markably gayone. Already several members have arrived, to make preparations for their families; then a familiar face, which, for months past, has been missed. What Saratoga, Newport, and Nia- gara Falls are in summer, so is Washington in winter, with this difference, that intellect and poli- ties are combined with frivolity and pleasure. For | £ netance, whilst elegant matrons, with lovely, mar- Miageable daught | interrupt it; ee ene cenconnname: 10 | The jurors, then, after a brief consultation, at- patriotic gentlemen desirous of serving their country | hear more evidence; they aro satisfie (for a consideration) fall in love with the dinnors. | Match making and President making—making love | and making speeches to buncombe—all have their — — here ; and the variety gives life to tho | whole. The hotels have all been brushing up. The Na- tional has added nearly a hundred rooms to the poset, To be sure, the building itself is somewhat barn-like; but strangers, who are accustomed, when the town is full, to sleepon the dining-room tables, or finda perpendicular resting place against the wall, per- chance, will not criticise too nicely when a whole room is afforded them, even if it is not quite 80 nice as Jenny Lind’s chambers at the Irving House. Brown's Hotel—prizcipally the stopping place of western people—has been partially rebuilt, and its | fine marble front, of several hundred feet, adds wreak to the beauty of the city. | Willard’s, which answers to the Union Place Hotel and the New York Hotel, of York, al: | though not so ate as either of the already named houses, is an excellently kept and very fashionable hotel. Its proximity to the “* West End” and the President mansion insures for it always a select and agreeable set. Apartments have already been engaged fr the winter, by several distinguished families, who prefer the quiet io age of the house ere. | Besides these, are Gadsby’s, the United States, and the Irving Hotel, all of which will doubtless receive their quota of guests. | it issupposed that the opening of the National Theatre under the auspices of Mr. Marshall, a gen- | tleman whose favorable reputation has preceded | him, will have the effect partially of breaking up the numberless parties whish, for lack of other amuscments, have heretofore borne somewhat hea- vily on a portion of our community. It is a con- summation devoutly to be wished for, and which will be heartily seconded by those most interested. Not that the citizens of Washington are not hospi- table and generous, but the system of party giving bas been carried somewhat to excess, and a change for some other amusement, which will at the same | time afford a reunion, will be very grateful. I do | not know what plan bas been decided upon for fit- tin, ko the theatre, but it must be made showy | and elegant, in order to succeed. As far as the | boxes and parquette are concerned, the people will | readily pay® higher price than in New York, if | the ladies are on! 4 permitted the same opportunity | for display thav the plan of the Astor Place Opera | House affords. Several of the foreign ministers are very much interested in the success of the theatre, | and have already, it is said, offered to take boxes for the season. | it bas been usual forthe cabinet officers to each | give reception cveninge at their houses once a week; | dull, stupid affairs generally, and only boarable pour passer le temps. Not bu’ what the fair host- | esses did everything they could to make them agree- able; but where there is neither musie, dancing, | nor singing, it is rather up-hill work. These levees | are to be lessened in number, each Secretary’s lady being at home on alternate weeks only It will be | a dispensation of Providence for all con- | cerned. | In brief, you have an inkling of what is “going | to go” on this winter:--a large quantity of politics and gayety, and a not deficient supply of love Speech making and buncombe in Congress--Cham- pagre. brandy and water, and soda, out of it. The jarvest is approaching, and there will be no lack of | reapers, who for dexterity will put McCormick and bis patent to the blush | | } Wasuineton, November 2, 1851 . Wit of the Presidential Asprants. An excellent story is told here, which I have not yet seen in print. During the recent great fair at Rechester, a number of gentlemen met at a dinner | party there, and among the galaxy of bright parti- cular stars was the distinguished orator of the day, Stephen A. ouglas, and the distinguished ex. | Secretary of War, Governor Marcy. The wit and | the wine flew apace; and, at length, Governor | Marcy, with one of thore knowing looks of his, arose, and proposed ‘the health of Mr. Douglas, the able Senator from Iilinois—may he continue for the next six years to fill his place in the Senate, | which he has already so much graced.” The meaa- ing of the sally was evident, and Marcy's oyes twinckled with satisfaction at the “hit.” wise abashed, however, ‘the little giant” straightened himeelf out, and after returning thanks, concluded by giving, “the distinguished ex-Secretary of War, Governor Marcy, with not a spot on his character, and but one patch on his breeches.” Peals of laughter succeeded the happy retort, shortly after which the Governor was missing. Our Ph delphia Correspondence. Puriapevenia, November 4, 1851. Protable Homicide—Escape of Lowden, accused of | the late Murder— Bank Dividends, §c. | Mathias Finless, a cabinet maker by trade, is | supposed to be dying from the effects of a blow given him by Frederick Hartman, a shop mato, about ten days since. His skull was fractured by | the blow, and his pbysiciam deeming his recovery — hopeless, the ‘ition of the unfortunate man has | been taken, and his assailant committed to prison | to await the result. It is rumored that Lowden, implicated in the ro- cent murder of Mo(arry, left the port of New York several days since as a sailor, and is now out of the | reach of the eflicers of justice. j It is currently rumored that circumstances have | tr ired going to prove that a man now in prison at Mount Holly, for mani hter, was the mur- | derer of Israel Roberts, killed on the road short | distance from Camden, about four years sinee. The following banks declared semi-annual divi- dends to-day:—Western Bank, 7 per cent; Com- merce Bank, 5 per cert; Mechanics’ Bank, 6 per cent; Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank, 5 per cent; Kensington Bank, 5 per cent; Southwark Bank, 5 » 5 per cent; Commercial Bank, 4 per cent; Trades-— men’s Bank, 3 per cent; Gis Bank, 3 per cent; | Manufacturers and Mechanics’ Bank, 4 per cent; | v4 thern Liberty Bank, 5 per cont; Penn Town- | ship Bank, 5 per cent. Tur Late Fine at Camawea, (Ava )—The Dallas Mise Gesette, of the Mth ult. gives the following list of suf. ferers by the fire at Cabawpa, and the bale of cottom di —Nathan H. Jackson, 106; F. M 11; estate of M. Hobson 23t; R. 0. Randolph ; Jaber Curry, 34; John Parnall tate of Wm. Devine, 131; estate Harris. Senweil 64 wer » 8 L. Jobn Lee. oy Moore, 8; William Curry, 36; FE. D King. 97; BF King, #6; John Mitebell 67; ‘A MeKei jar. 14; Charles H. Moore, 5; James @. Kvang 11; T. B eee, 't D. D'Yampert, 6; T A. Waiker, 10) ¥ J. Howze, 5; estate of Jesse Boone. 64! 1) W. A. Spears, 28; cf J.P. Walker, Mitchell, 28; K. Fonter, 25; Woodeon Cocke, 08 4, Mrs. 0. Ludiow, 2; Wm_ tlornbuchie. 7; RT Goree, 12; W. B. Boswell, 10; T. W. Gill, 41; dwara Harper, 12; A. Salt 10; Mre. C. Meco R.G Craig Wi Ourtieg 17, Wm 8; entate os Bly tlisle, 4; Jobn Beott, 6. J. L Goree, 12; Uria Mor, 16; FL, Milbous, 4; 0. K. Walker, 35; James \ Wallace, 12; Eamuel Dorroh, 14; Bran h Tutt,¢: J. V. Tutt, 6; J. A. Jones, 4 W. C&S, cock, lost Fix eotton #l value about twelve or fiftes hundred dollare.—they will also lowe the storage on ti. cotton lost, whieh will amount to six oF seven hundr: + dcllart.—two veluable mules belonging to. them bur ni—their entire less will reach, and probably exces two thou dolla) Peter J Miller, residence, sho lumber, We, eotimated alee, $4,000; John Al 8. }; James 1. Draig ant T, West each lost a barouche—they were in Mi M ‘ethop. The entire lors will exceed var hondret thousand qojjars. A hard blow to thy eutforers | fendant admits he owes for the ay | wae reached. _ the caure should stand over. Our Fonduras Correspondence. Bexizx, Honpuzas, Oct. 19, 1851. Slopwreck—Severe Rains—Singular Mode of Doing Business at the Police Courts of Belize. My last, on tho 14th inst., contained all news of moment, except the loss of the Spanish brigantine Sepriana, on her passage from Truxillo to Havana. She went arhere on Bonacco reef, and became a total wreck; ker cargo, indigo, cochineal, earsapa- rilla, and hides, was mostly saved and tsken back to Truxillo, partially da |. The rain con- tinues to fall in terrents, h brings to a stand still all business, as it is next to impossible to atir out, the streets being urdar water. For want of something better, I send you the following reports of cases which have come off in our spveral courts, which will give you some idea of the way they administer j British Hondu- ras. In cur latt Grand Court a case was triod—his Honor, Chief Justice Temple, presiding—in which his honor said. “This isa bard case—a vory hard cate; but the jury must find for the plaintiff’ The foreman of the jury—‘ Your Honor, the imzare not satisfied with the evidence.” His Honor— “ The jury have nothing to do but to deliver a ver- dict as the Court directs.” Foreman—“ But, your honor, jury would like to hear more evidence.” His Henor—*‘Sit down, sir.” Defondant—*May it please your honor, and the Court (the Court being competes of the Chief Justice, John Gough, ia ne jc Treasurer, and Mr. Austin W. Cox) —l have in my hand receipts for cash paid on the account for which I am now sued, and am Srepared to prove to the Court that there are errors in the addition, sums c! twice, and a groat mistake in the charge of interest.” His Honor—* The | Court will hear nothing further in the case; the defendant may eue for errors or overcharges at the next Grand Court. The jury will find for plaintiff.” Foreman—‘* But, your honor, the Quy, wish to that if they ive a verdict for the plaintiff, thoy will do a wrong defendant.” His Honor—‘‘ Mr. Foreman, sit down, sir. The Court will not allow you, sir, to ‘ou must find as the Court directs.” tempted to retire to the jury room to consult, when his Honor, in a loud and peremptory manner, said—‘*The jury bas nothing to consult about— wr bave no cause to retive—and if they do not find a verdict at once for the plaintiff, as the Court directs, the Court will find a way to make them do so.” Foreman—* Im that case, we find for plain- tiff, but consider it a very hard and unjust case for defendant.” ‘*Will your honors low me the amounts which have been paid to be set off!” His Hoaor—“ You can sue for them at the next Grand Court.” Deferdant—‘ Your honors, the parties are not responsible; and if the money passes from in bore @ judgment at the next Coart will not bring it back. ill the Court grant an order to stay proceedings until 1 can bring an action at the next Court?’ His Honor—* The verdict of the Court is that you, sir, pay the money into Court at once, and enter into good and approved bonds, in two sureties of twice the amount (3100), to bring a suit at our noxt Grand Court, to reco- ver this amount.” ‘There, Mr. Editor, is a Uo of the way Chief Justice Temple, an English barristor-at-law, administers justice. Now for a specimen of the way they do things in the Summary Court—John Uter, Esq., a carpenter, presiding as Judge, who omnes the Court, when the Clerk drew the follow- jurors: Tan J. Anderson, Se Daniel Hewlett, and George Benjamin Garngtt, Esqrs. Mr. Anderson is the attorney and manager of the house of Antonio, Mathe & Co., of this place, is supposed to be a man of intelligence and ho- nesty. He was appointed foreman. The first cause was Joseph Stephan, a shoe- maker, ‘Thomas William Stewart, one of the officers in command of her Britannic Ma- < jesty’s troops at this place. The plaintiff stated bis case thu made one pair of boots for Mr. Stewart; he was pleased with them, and ordered me to make another pair; | did so, and | took them to him ; a short time after, I went to get the pay for them ; he put his hand in hi tock out a bandful old and silver, and said, Yes, come in, and | will pay you;” I in; he said, ‘* Now, my hearty, will you have some good brandy!’ I said, ‘“ yes;* he went to his table and mixed something; he said it was brandy; I drank it, and remember no more until next morning ; | woke up and found myself very bad; { thought | was in jail, and wondered what I had done, and how J came there ; I was surprised to find one pair of the boots | had made for defendant on my {cot sently defendant’s servant came in; I aske where I was and how | came there ; he told me that twas at Mr. Stewart's cnarters, that I 70 drunk and he was kind enough'to let me lay on tho floor | all night; then I dared not leave, for fear I might be | accused of stealing the boots; by and bye Mr. Stewart came in, and said, “ Well, old boy, will you have some brady?” I said, ‘* No, I want no more of your brandy; but how camo your boots on my ‘eet, cir!’ he eaid, “I make youa present of them, a3 you have got none ;” I thanked him, and, as I felt very foolish, left without again asking for my pay, and went home. On my way, | saw every- body laugh; when! came home and opened my | shop, @ man came in and said, “what isthe mat- and lavghod at me; another came in, and J—— C——, shoemaker, what have you been another said, ‘* My Giod, what have you aid, ing?” do} been doing to yourself?” | then got up and looked in the glaes, and my face was blacked, half of my hair was cut off, and one side of my whiskers (he had large whiskers) was gone ; I said to my- poe Gt ell, no wonder they laugh; them officers are too Urer—Well, have you anything more to AtTirev—No, sir. per—Well, Mr. Stewart, what have you to —Well, your honor, | admit this Duteh- ¢ two pair of boots, at four dollars and alf cach, but one did not fit, and he put them on feet. and wore them away; so, | T admit that | o am willing to pay him fort whiskers, my quarters are int »,08 he was very drunk, | suppose they gnawed off his whiskers to make their nest in. Jvpez—Well, Mr. Stephan, bring your wit neeses. He called two, neither of whom answered. The Judge sent the cause to the jury thus:—“You have beard the case ; there is noevidence. [ach ha told his own story; and, as there is no doubt about one pair of te, the jury will have to con- jer whether Mr. Stewart gave th Mr. phan, or whether he took them away without his consent.” The jury at once found for defe' it, thereby throwing cost on the shoemaker, and robbing him of his rights. The Ji ner—Th boots, as there is nod bil and Srverat Vorces—The verdict is rendered; you can’t disturb it now—among whom was the ()ueen’s Advocate, and a reporter of the Honduras /Vatch- man. ‘This, Mr. Editor, is a specimen of the ray judges sul | and jurors—liege, loyal, enlightened brit ‘and justice. These are not solitary cases, nor are they over colored. They are true statements, and | am sorry to say that others, more urgent and aggravated, often happen in the police court, an account ef which | may send ‘ou hereafter, and ph. your readers may learn iow we are used in there digeings, contrasted with the impartial and fair manner in which the people are treated in America. COD. jects—administer law The Willis and Forrest Case. SUPERIOR COURT. Before Hon. Judge Paine Nov. b.—Assault and Battery. —N. P. Willis vs. Edwin ? . Sedgwick, one of the counsel on bebaif of nt in thie case, applied to the Court fora ent cf the trialin consequence of the absence , & material witness, Mr. 9 ik w York for two weeks or more, and could ct be served with @ subperne for the trial, On the Sth of April. thie caure come nd after the plaintiff get through with his evidence. and the defence had been plied for an it, solel, ned, the intift o tb mits that one of his counsel war defendant re the cause tried; the however, granted, but the stay denied application for ‘tponement was alan of one of the defendant's coua- ‘The it had no interest im delay, as he bi js heretofore been ready for trial when the caure | A witness, named Garvin. was also absent and eounrel, under sil thore cireumrtances, desired that | the ie stay of proceedings. being desirous ot havi «Mr. Fancher. on the part of the plaintiff, of has required a great deal of trouble to a reveral witnerses, who did not reside brought re in attendance, and hed been arom stated in the aff apenre, There ie davit why the trial should be postponed ‘The judge said that the defendant's counsel must state im the affidavit what he expects to prove by these wit neveee. Mr. Pedgwick —1 state that Mr, Dow ‘wae present at the aeeault, apd * avert witones | Judge —Mr. Fane! Sas going over upon t yment of the Mr. Fancher thought thore were the only conditions on which the application could be granted. Mr, Sedgwick.—It dees not come with a good grace ta ray to the cause | jntiff's costs’ is posket and | d Bin | | Ward; aleo J Our Florence Correspondence, Fronznce, Oct. 8, 1851 American Vistters in Tuscany—The Rowe from Venice to Florence—Americam Artists Abroad. ‘The beautifui capital of Tuscany is full of Amori- cans; several families ara residing here, and tho sutumeal current ia bringing a host of tourists south, on their way to the “Eternal City.” A par. ty of five, accompanied by the United States Consa at Venice, left that city on the Ist, and reached here on the evening of the 4th. Tho party consist- ed of E. H. Ewing, J. H. Price, and R. W. MoGa. voeh, of Tennessee; W. C. Johnston, of South Cae rolina; and A. Kimmoll, of Maryland. Those gon- tlemen are all destined for Rome and Naples, via Pisa and Leghorn, after a short visit here; andfrom Naples they depart, in company with Mr. Foster and some others, for Egypt. T. E. Zoll, of Phila delphia, with J. P. Quincy aad George Bemis, of Boston, and some others, leave for Rome, to-day, via Terni, by vettura. it is the vints and the route is said to be peculiarly The distance is but 154 miles; but five d quired to accomplish it, travelling only by day, aad renting all of ev night. Tae entire expense, everything found, is‘about $14. The diligence as- complishes the whole distance in thirty-two consecu- tive hours, and is somewhat more expensive. A third route is by railroad to Leghorn, 60 miles, thence to Civeta Vecchia by steamer, and thence te Rome, 50 miles, by diligence—all done in thirty-six hours, at an expense of about $16. From Venice to Florence the route is delightful at this season, by vettura. Starting from the “City ofthe Sea” by cars, at 105 A. M., you aro at Padua, about 4Q miles distant, before noon. you engage your vefturina, visit the old University, with the counties armorial bearings of its count- less students of former days, eat your dinner, aud start off at about three, ony ur route, Which, during the whole afternoon, lies along the Brenta, with ita lovely villas, andthe cana! of Monselice skirting the bare of the Euganean hills. Passing the night at Rovigo, lorg before the dawn you are ratt! through its arcaded streets; and, crossing the Po few hourslater, you enter the States of the Church. Here takes place a general viseing of passporia and examining of luge: fe. Happily freed from this a: last, you are off for Ferrara, 20 miles, where, at 19 o’clcck, you get a hearty breakfast. Then you pass an hour wandering through its *‘ wide and grass- grown streets,” and under its endless aod oon at ite strange old cathedral, and that lonely old palace of the Estés, where Parasina and Ugo atoned for their crime, with their lives; and, after half adozen examinations of the evariaat- ing rt, rhe are off for Bologna, which you reach at dusk, having accomplished 33 miles ia about twenty-seven hours. At this ‘‘old city of puppy dogs and sausages,” as Beckford calls it, you pantihe sash at the grand Hotel Brun, and next morning spend eeveral hours in visiting tho Obser- vatory, University, Academy of Arts, Church of Een Vowcater, and the leaning towers, and a: Tope are pbbioncd for Lge, 4 gree ore tas A oa, nearly eve: je of @ journey being uphill or down. ge yi PS the scenery! That is grand, magnificent, sublime. The night you pass at Lojaro, one of the wildest and most romantic places you can imagine, and in an old stone hostei, more favage stil, aud you dream all might of the brigands who once infested the spot, and Salvator Rosa, who painted both spot and brigands. A‘ dawn you are off, still ascendiag the mountaina— the scenery, at every step, becoming more rand, and the atmosphere more cold. [a fos your passport and luggage are ¢: the Dogana, on the frontier of Tuscany, and it is near noon when you breakfast jo. Four miles from here you are 1,90) feet above the sea, at Monte Rodisco, and begin to descend Mente Beni, Monte di Castro, Monte di For, and others, tower more than a thousand feet higher all around the pasa, and present a scene of grandeur, and desolstion, and loneliness, indescribable. Tta- pidly desconding, you are soon among the lovely vineyards and olive groves of the vales of Tuscany Pen cannot describe the glorious scenery that now surrounds you. Pasting the palace of the Graad Duke at Cafiaggiolo—erected by Cosmo de Medici, and once the residence of ** Lorenzo the Mi: cent,” andthe future Leo X., and which, amoag the many crimes it has witnessed, beheld thas ot | the cruel murder of the beautiful Eleanor of Te- ledo, by her husband, Pietro de Medici, three hua- dred years ago—a few hours brings you to Fonte. buona, where was erected a gorgeous villa for Bian. ca Cappello by her princely lover, and Pratotiao, | immortalized by the muse of Tasso. At length, from the brow of the A» eninez, 55a look down 9a te towers, domed, campaniles, columns, and palaces beautiful Florence, in the sweet valley of the Arno; and, as the oe scene is bathed in the las beams of the sinking sun, you clasp your hands, aad exclaim with Rogers— © Of all the fairest cities of the earth | None are ao fair as Florence. ‘Tis a gem Of purest ray——a treasure for a : But I have no intenti f de g Florenes; by no manner of means. It bas beon done too oftea forthat. Besides, all the description inthe world would never convey an adequate idea of its Duomo, Baptistry, churches, gal palaces, bridges, | gardens, and its cous fairy villas, bangiag | on the mountain sides al! around | Phere are about a dozen American artist: | ing here. a them are Page, Sanders, ogg, Nichols, and Crockett, painte’ ad Powers, | Ives, Hart, and Galt, sculptors. The studios of Powers and lye: show that they have been busily engaged, and are stilleo. Among the models ia the studio of the latter, from which busts have been, or are to be made, are seen those of Mayor | Kingsland, of New York: and his brother, Dasiot Kingeland, Dr. Horace Green, Mr. Hastings, of the same city; President Day and Profeesor ay! of Yale college; General Scott, Mrs. Ames, Jambert, and Daniel Appleton, ef Boston; lt S. Tucherman, Rev. Dr. Bushnell, of Hartior4; and Nicholas Brown, formerly United States Consul at Rome. Busts in marble of D. D. Gregory, of Jersey City, and Miss Porter, of Niogara Falls, are nearly completed, and several have recently been shipped to the United States They vary in price from $400 to $400. The marb!a emp! yo is that of Serveza, the grain of which finer than that of Carrara, near which place the quarry lies. Mr. Ives has a beautiful Baechaace bust, which he has often repeated, and a full length Pandora model, which is exquisite in conceptioa and execution. Mr. I. is about removing to Rome. In the studio of Powers, No. 2,518 Via Chiara, are seen an army of models, which have been, or are to be, executed in marble. Among them, aro those of Webster, Calhoun, Preston, Everett, ide Jacksoo, Van Buren, Adams, Calvert, Judge Mar- shall, Judge Burnet, Abbott Lawrence, Kev. L. Smith, Lieut. Seaton, Capt. Grant, the Graad Duchess of Tuscany, Mrs. James Gordon Bennett, of New York, Mrs. Austin, of Boston, and a host beside. A bust of Washington, for Philip Slaagh- ter, of Petersburg, Va, is nearly completed, aad one of Franklin, for the Cincinnati Art Union. Nu- ogy | Pesas eo cose sox ~ ~_ hte nped io. Five copies, of the original size, have exe- cuted by Powers. Lord Ward and —— Grant, of | oo have each one, Prince Demidof another, two are in the United States. The price now | demanded for the Greek Slave is about $1,000. The | Fisher Boy with the Shell bas just been repeated for Demidoff. The model of I:ve is to be seen, but the statue has not been repeated in marble. [t was lost on the coast, after being embarked for the United States, but was recov and, after much dispute about salvage, has at 7 its destination. A beautiful bust of rpine is also seen in this studio. Powers hasa large number | of orders for busts, from Americans, among which are thore of Mr. and Mrs, Penniman, Mrs. Hen- ning, &e. The artist isa man of about forty-five, of medium height aud pro ns; erect aeure dark and piercing eye, swart! exion, waisk- | ersala ‘tee rather gray, ive rhteer fall, and | indicating good health, a a ny earnest yet sub- dued. His re; r contains the names of a large *Yine Kentucky sculptor, Hart, is ideat e , is busy on an bust; and most of the oth ~/ " er American artists are engaged on some work. F. Incipents oF tHe Buxction. | the election, om Tuesday, | wae for | a Lew po a | other parte of the oerees avenue D. 10 came in their way. imetto, (now here old, wi officer Whitehead, who was the only with the aid of some citizens, of the rowdies, The poile of the First tricte of the Nineteenth ward were blocked up out the day by a gang of rowdies, until about four o'clock fternoon, when sh made and ip the Mh ong ne Be was arrested im th ward, © voting, or at to vote i yin thee wees jsiling from No. 87 Washi rested for fllegal voting in the mB and Terence Rird. Brown wat arrested. charged with illegal voting at the Third district poll of the Third ward. All the above parties from the bmy counsel to ask costes om the mt oe. casion. as ®hen the case was half gone throagh the plain tiff put it off merely on the engagement of one of his coger! ge decided that the tral should be vot down Wednesday In December, the defendant " eaves of the witneanes bronght here hy the | were conveyed before the magistrate, apd committed for s further exam! Re ination. Oven.— On Tuesday, a woman named Aan Cofielt in over in Broadway by « butcher's oact. driven by named Gustaf Peters, residing at No 6 Oak street. woman recetved a compound fracture of the leg. aad was otherwise injured,