The New York Herald Newspaper, December 4, 1851, Page 9

INTERESTING CORRESPONBENCE. ' Qur Washington Correspondence. ‘Wasuineton, Deo. 1, 1851. The Recent Compromise Demonstration— Strength of the Free Boilers and Secessionists— The Officers of the House, &c. The demonstration in the House to-day, thus far, hes exhibited considerable strength on the part of the free-soilers and secessionists, but it will be of short duration. The whigs having passed the compromise in caucus, the democrats will pass them in the House, and the comparative strength on that subject, of the two parties, will for ever settle the matter with the country. The demo- crats, however, must have # care lest they may lose the national prestige which has, so far, been the talisman by which the masses were on- obanted, and which has rendered the democratic party invincible, amidst a sea of dangers. What has led the democrats of the North to victory, in the last election, but the fact that they wero national—that they adopted a national platform, and that they rose superior to local Prejudice and sectional interests 2 If the prestige which they have acquired, by a long series of suc. " ceases, is to be now dimmed by a departure from national principles, there will be another split, and the second disease will be worse than tho A refusal to endorse the compromise on the part of the bulk of the democratic members of ss would drive the Union democrats of the Sout! at once into the ranks of the whigs, and in less than @ year, revive the feuds between the North and the South, which came very near ving the Union. Tt oannot be denied that the Union men of the * South who, in the last canvass, have planted them- solves on the compromise, cannot now recede from it. They must insist on its performance as a comdi- tio qua non, and can scarcely hope to be forgiven even fora tolerance of opinions not coinciding with theirown. Tho idea of building up a party on two sets of principles—one in the North, and another in the South—weuld incorporate agitation into the demosratic articles of faith, and plant the seeds of its destruction. Such a party would indeed bo held <i by nothing but the cohesive attraction of pigneer, yyd, may be considered the choice of tho Butler men, and for that reason Rantoul, Preston King, and other free soilers, voted for him. Butler, of apo is the personal compromise of the free soilers, and the election of Mr. Linn Boyd as speaker seemed to be favorable to their prospects. Iam mueh mistaken, however, if the game so far skilfully played, has not been betrayed already, ani T shoul surprised if Linn Boyd Rimselt is will- 7 ing to play the cards which his friends have dealt m0. H As regards the election of clerk, it was done on | the personal popularity of Col. Forney, who hai been @ champion of t! has served it faithfully. The election of a Pennsylva- nian asclerk, and another Pennsylvanian as sergeant- atarms til Sana oe be payment in full of all tho services the Keystone State had of late rendered t» the Union. Pennsylvania has the credit of making change when the occasion demands it. They cai throw down a Prosident, and take up two clerks instead of him, and consider the account squared. General Scott is entirely given up as a candidat > for the Presidency. Clay is very feeble and infirm, and Webster merely the embediment of a splendid idea. The whigs must have Fillmoro, or Pearce», of Maryland. Bittmore is, under present circum- stances, by far the strongest man. OXxENSTERN. Our Albany Correspondence. Aupany, Nov. 27, 1851. The Canal Contracts~-More Money and More Ti, Needed— Office- seekers and Hungry Expectants. The exact number of propositions made to the Canal Board, to finish the canals, under the notice issued for proposals, amounts exactly to two thou- sand five hundred and seventy-nine. A whole woek’s time has been consumed in breaking tle seals, and they are now in the hands of the neers for examination. Every sestion of the work as laid out upon maps, has been estimated upon. It will be a mighty task to overhaul such a large amount of estimates. Tho plan adopted, it is un- derstood, is to take the proposals of a known, re- sponsible contractor upon a particular section, as 1 standard, and compare all other bids for the sam» work with that; and when « ;roposition ranges t»» high, to throw it aside; and where bids are made evidently too low, acoompanied with doubtfal sec u- rity, throw them aside also. In this manner, ds many as one half will be summarily di:- posed of. tors, ever since the 15th, when the Canal Board | commenced opening proposals; these men re- main until they shall ascertain the fate of their propositions. Among them are many wh» were contractors when the work was suspended in 1842, most of whom have been bosiogiag the | Legislature and Canal Board ever since, for the yment of es alleged to have been incurred consequence of that suspension. The completion of the NewYork and Erie and the Hudson River rai!- | roads have produced a rush for jobs oa the cana's. Many of these men bave their horses, carts, tools, on hand, can enter upon their work with- ins very short time, without being te the trouble and expenee of procuring an outfit ef material’, From the great labor in making examinations, it is not very probable that the contracts will be as- mask before the time when the State can- ‘vassert announce to the people who are to be State officers for the ensuing two years. The estimates for compile’ the canal asis which to fi the bill,” and tho estimates mado by tho the proposals for work, aro materi: With euch other—tho latter being ai than one-third. in the assumption, Tho contractors that nearly double the amount of money provided for in the bill will be required for the completion of the work also agro pletion within three years, the time for which they are required to give security that it shall be done Here are two very important facts which have already met the bill full in the face—one, tha: eighteen, instead of nine, millions will be required; the other, that a much longer time than the law desi will absolutely be required to fini-l the ona of the y Canal, and the svm- ion of the Geneseo Valley and Black River ‘anals. Futuro Legislatures will be called upon to raise more money, and to grant longer time, double in both cases, no doubt, to that under which the work will be resumed. The certainty that a change will take place ou the first of January, in several of the subordinate has aroused a swarm of starving patriots. be made in the officers of the Senate, butiti isconcoived idea. Tho democratic Senators, teen in number, will moet in caucus, and select their Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, Doorkeopers, &» Upon the organization of the Senate, one of the democrats, probably Mr. McMurray, will offer resolution appointing the c1gus esndidates, whica with the onsting vote of the Lieut G becarried. It has beon asserted t votes of Senators are req but it is only on the finai passag: that this vote isrequired. Tho casti presicing officer is decizive upon the q resolution. The Comptroller will haw, ; to remove the deputy end - cuerks ; but vf the glerks and ra present deputy are a kin Giae: Gemocrats, kopt in daring tho whig admi Stration, they may pense A be retained. Seeretary of State will remove the present depu' deputy superintendent of common schools, and twa clerk The State Engineer has only two cle, ae isposal. The Canal Board have the mest onsge to dispense. There are now twenty ongineers, which, under the ‘+ ne pulse,” must be increased to the nuzaber of fifty auditor and clerks in the depart cent here, together with collectors, superintersonte, weigh masters, lock tenders, boat inspectors, and an innumerable number of “s90w men,” all along the lines of the Erie, Champlain, Chenango, Oswego, and ail the other canals—forming a political phalanx which it will take the whigt many years to overcome. There are some dogen clerks and book keopors ia the banking department who cannot be removed. At the last coeston of the Legislat the Com . ler_was relieved feom ail duty in and a law was enacted imposin Tigations upon a superiute ndex That ¢ iso appointed by the Governor and Sean'e, W will Of courra in ia office uvtil a democra domoorata have a major! n Inet ecto: » in the durir g the ¢ atory in par th South for many years,and | The city has been full of contrac- | upon the impossibility of a com- | hi th ly insulted and 1. rossoute repairs on his | stuffs” is not about as profitable to-day as it over treated. dear wer ted under date of Oe vet be population of ok he sotimates at | faemerts belog srigehs thewide i A hang sa tet . e lat in, eon at ‘mer el t) jus & bas! tober 15, 1861, for the immediate establishment | 25,000 Pale. A very laige ice force was con- | on his arm ‘and visit the market. An hour's expe- | of ® custom house at San Juan del Sur, which | stancly on duty; and daring his stay three or four | rience is worth all the philocophy that was ever | said office, together with thore at Realejo, and thousand from neigh island (probably sent | spun. | > | dashed to pieces, threw their gold and trunks ever- | | ren’ (ee many passen; er Our New Jersey orrespondence. absent, at the very hour, attending to duties Lord Elgin in Boston—English Thanksfor Exizazgrurown, N, J , Nov. 28, 1861. ing. te bis mission, here, io Small Favors. Grand Fancy Dress Ball in Elizahdthtoon—The Fie ig rep ier Tay Seeetas Seegeteeee cavers to sow ot Heroes, the Heroines, the Costumes, §c. sbove named, for at in “— fees" « If, in the general political events of the present, or telered te 28 letter ng hy ore Aateaber a5 Test. in the more stirring ciroumstaneo of breken banks | Sim :—In relanimas to cet” late con —for which, alas, New Jersey is now too famous— | thig own signature.—Ep. Hxaatp.} | have the honor the ofa we can claim xo notoriety, yet, in the fashionable | This ‘wr, W. was aman ely i wig ta bee ei to mae by het gs and gay sphere of life, we demand the pre eminence | interests, Seorstary of State for ereiga Affairs, by shoul once which I am instructed to express over all the rest of the Jerseys as our just right. | 39 Oftred his plans which, wete feocived., Hors | fell by ber Majesty's govorament, om being ap- Our good people had scarce yet recovered from the | may be found basis of all subsequent rumors. of the ‘eed aed whieh was ogee to excitement consequent upon the production of the | Mr. W. succeeded admirably in separatiag tho Earl of Elgin ceremonics took “ ” former contract, granted to the company, and now, jace at Boston on 7th, 18th and 19th of Sep- comedy of “The Rivals,” by an amateur corps his jealous rival assails him and the company, who, | tember last, in of the completion of dramatique—which, by the way, was most admira- | }ik6 the fabled sour hung far be) ud their of the Canadas with New bly cast and sustained—some weeks’ since, when reech.. herent a8 ye ot course, Ip in oe tntanoy; be plond, and ae, Seale. mate @ short time wan oom anc courte wo were aroused frem our state of quictude and | % tert, pete Pansy ee ‘growl in- tality whiok he experienced during his visit to universal repose, by the appearance among us of | cessantly, yet need the ent to vilify in person, Boston, to con’ the of the United numerous suspicious looking billet doux, which | those whom they secret! . In my next, I | State, and the « of Boston, the cordial th: announced to us that a fancy dross ball was in pre- | Promise you a faithful description of tho entire | of her Majesty ‘sgovernmont for this proof of their route, ite advantages and weak points. Till then, | kindly feelings towards her Majesty's government ~ 8; Poin OIF. Vv.” | and the British nation fancy§ ball, and in Elizabethtown! ‘Tho we ones looked aghast. It could not be pos- er J avail myself of this tunity to renew to you, blo.” But all their ferebodings were of no avail. Our California Correspondence, sir, the assurance of my highest consideration, San Francisco, Nov. 1,3 o’clock, P.M. The Excitement reatwveto Captain Waterman—Ac- tion of the Vigilance Committee. , Mrs. L., the young and beautiful wife of one of your righ French importers, has declared that she party on the evening of we are equally determined The Hon, Danie, Wepsree, o'e., oto. LOBD PALMERSTON TO MR. C! IN. will git -RAMPTO! give a fan Forgien Orrice, Oct. 81, 1851. November 26, am to go. All is now . The sho J open my letter to give you the particulars of an | —_ Siy:—With referenee to your despatch No. 23, of keepers are doing a thri business excitement we have just passed through, in relation | the 20th of September, reporting, cordial recep- red merino and yellow flann ae (The converse: | to Captain Waterman, and his mate, Mr. Douglas, Soren wae sre oe Fg Lot Bee come ing ian een ey ee of the clipper ship Challenge, jnst arrived. The | i7th, 18th, and 19th of September, in celebration The evening at last arrives, and we are there. | ship came in s few days since, and in the report of the completion of the ling of railroad connecting A beautiful ent at once mes she aye. trom made by the Captain of his trip, he mentioned the | the comme oe ee Sah Recent feo of ight, ‘and the tount of gay musie roaches the | 108 of ten men during the passage. This large | Zr" the Colonial Department has reosived from ear. As you enter you can scarce realize in what number excited the attention of all, and strange | Lord El i deopele to thesame effect with Earl scene youare placed. You are received by a lady | rumory were widely ciroulated, to tho offoot that the | his visit to Boston; and, in £og preeaaan on She SON thee of Louk XIV.» | mon had died from the improper trestment received | G12 Weducer ofthe United States thas her aie peatast pisls and ‘nes ie cteceait Rented from the captain and mate. Last Tharsday mort- | jesty’s government have read great pleasure About sn hundred guests are assembled. Those | ing, the 90th, the vessel was being whasfed into her | the aecounte which have reached them of the dis- a Sous sttrsoted the most Sttention were group berth at Pacific wharf, when » tremendous crowd of singaie on rece) a Tete, "Galea suteceeaiy slike” ree ppb po raatking dressed | sailors and boatmen along our shores made a rush s Lisendof Boston on the cesasion in question; for her. The captain, fearing a difficulty, had lefc floor, with staves in their hands, each one masked. and that her Mojesty’s government are more her some time before; but the mate was on board bl They formed at once in a uadrille, but resently . cially gratified by it, inasmuch as they look a you observe they unfasten their cloaks at the neck, pda maine sloes ipo ated 4 prwaky it as @ proof of the prevalence and extension of that and in an instant the whole eight stand before you in the varied costumes of various times and tastes. One great cause for the beautiful appearance of the ball wast the great variety of costumes. No two were alike, and all were gotten up with great oed and friendly feeling between the people of the wo countries which her Majesty’s government are 80 desirous to encourage and eonfirm. . You will also say that Lord Elgin entertains tho | most grateful sense of the courtesy and hospitality | Point, pursued by at least a hundred small boats, but he escaped by hard pulling, and succeeded in getting ashore. Yester morniag, at 9 o’clock, a wild excited mob of sailors, an kinds of riotere, rushed furiously down Montgome: street evidence to ascertain such existence; may hy parol of otherwise, whether there is in fact any statute. So, too, it is true, as was held in ge behind the -book, and see whether there is any such statute,—but I am not referred to cop ca nor am | aware of any, where more than haa been allowed, and none indeed where the record itself has been allowed to be impeached. It was secon sie’ in the oase of Fletober vs. Peck ——6 Cranoh, 87—in the U. S. Supreme Court, and was overruled, as indeed it must be in all cases where there isa record, for the opposite doctrine would be fraught with incalculable m' . An other cheaien was, that the promises named in the pes not been dedicated to a public use. It is doubtful how far that question can proparly be raised on this motion. But even if itean, I see no difficulty in the statute in that respect; for the ef- fect of the act is ei to dedicate the prom- ines to a public ey pre of pet -oh ger mein is not delogated in this case to any one, but is immediately and directly exercised by the Legis- lature itself—the sovereign power in the State. Such, in my view, is a just construction of the enactments before me. TI ry epee dis- ae of the most formidable of the objection, t this application was made without any author- ity from the Common Council. If it had been neces- Dre for the city authorities to exercise # del High of eminent domain, this objection would be fatal. for it could not be exercised by any one ex- cept those who constitated the Common Council. But if nothing remained for them to do but to carry out the decision bf the sovereign power, that might ‘be done through any of the subordinate officers; end if it lay in the power of any third person to object, that such subordinate was acting without authority from his principal, it would be sufficiopt answer that they ratified the act. Such ratifica- tion has been done in this case, and however the Corporation counsel may have acted without au- thority in giving the notioe, originally, he is actin, with competent authority when the application is made tous. Itisthe application to us which the pani anda scrupulous regard to the o! sumed. Never have we seon so many handsome dresses which he experienced during his visit to Boston, and that-her Majesty’s government also beg most | cordially to thank the President of the United aracter a& | to California, to th splendid warehouse of Alsop & Co., the consigne the Challenge, of which house Mr. Charles Gris Mr. Nathaniel Id, @ son of jeter, No Uae might band sven ine. | Grown of your sty epee Taw ruson | sing eegche anes of Hain. rt root of ian Late A e vi ee Bi nisapol rete 30 | for the crowd coming to this place was that they | Biitish nation og Paltinsion ae he heneik the Og ree tr oroi2 | supposed the captain and mato were secroted in the | “"youN f Cry ee , in the observance.” I will make bul ding. ‘They entered the house perfectly frantic, ONE SEPMETOR, POG e, HO HO mention of but a very few. ‘As wisdom is better than riches,” let me speak of her MR. WEBSTER TO MR. CRAMPTON. andsearch DeraRtmgnt of Srate, ed it from top to bottom. Inene of the up- pantaloons, said to be- they founda of | first, and in the same connection with her Ee eth 1 wild ‘Wasnineton, November 26, 1851. companion Folly. These characters were taken leh Nh eae ae hy roy aoa 4 nad Sir:—I have the honor to acknowlodge the re- bythe Misses Lawrence. Miss L., as Wisdom, | beeame perfectly frantic, and said they would hang | °eipt of your note of the 22d inst. , accompanied by with her dress covered with mystic signs, fascinating Capt. Land, whom, they said, rescued the | ® copy of = h to you by her Ma- | every one with her brilliant conversation ; and hor ; of our most influential | jesty’s principal Secretary of State for Foreiga mate; but a by Big citizens protected him from harm. Matters now began to take @ very serious turn. Word was sent to the Mayer of the circumstances of the case, and ho immediately repaired to Messrs. Alsop & Co., attended by the Marshal, Sheriffs, Judges Camp- bell, Bailey, and other officials. The mob had sister, as Fclly, with her morry laugh, and her dress covered with tinkling bells, were very much ad- mired. It was supposed that a certain knight drank deeply, that night, from the fountain of wisdom—some even whispered, of love. Alas! that Folly should have so many votarios! Miss L., of New York, as Norma, was the sweetest Druidess Affairs, directing you to express to tho President of the United States and the citizons of Beston tho cordial thanks of her Majesty’s ‘mee for the reception given to the Earl of Elgin Kapri | the ceremonies which took place at Boston on the i7th, 18th, and 19th of September last, in celebration of the completion of aline of railroad connecting the immense— | that ever touched the soimetar to cut the misletoo | trem snd commanded hem te tinge, Pek*,.%2 | Canadas with New England. from the noble oak. To her cousin there was no | contrary, they became more riotous. Capt. Fo! Your communication has been laid before the bardship in using the more tender expressions of prccagese’ ead 4 them, and told them that the mon | President, whohas directed me to express, in reply, 8 “thee” and “thou.” With Miss La C., as a Ger- man Peasant, no humble walk of life could possess one disadvantage. Miss O., of Elizabethtown, with her merry and wicked eye, half concealed by a hat and feather, caused even a king to bow before her. Her cousin, Miss O , from Paterson, dressed in simple ball dress, was not the less attractive by his gratification that her Majesty vernment should bave been favorably impressed with the on oe given to Lord Elgin oa the occasion re- ferred to. 1 avail myself of this opportunity, sir, to offer to you @ renewed assurance of my very distinguished consideration. ANIEL WEBSTER. they were in search of were not in the buildiog. Mr. Griswold also spoke, and said to the crowd that he would do allin his power te see that the vallors™| were rightly treated in the matter. In the mean- time, a committee of six, from the crowd, was ap- pointed to re-search the building. ‘The Mayorthen consulted with bis friends, and the citizens who the contrast. One of the most amusing ters | were appointed special d it wag deter- Joun F, Crampton, Et 0., &e. eran was S Siatebary Bis-tete Wee mnese | aitaed vo call upon the Vigilante ommittee to as- seis’ Wich ane weak Siprer Os, aa tue * peckeas of papers under | sist the authorities in su ing law andorder. | yy, Dvd UN. Y) Kedclirtockan hi Bh mye Goer tla co gel] Leno yd layed on & | The order was giventhe onumental Fire Com- ghey, ASR 82 Re cae ig pa- couple of sticks in his hand, caused much amuso- | pany bell tolied forth its peals, and in five minutes | PeF makes the following just observ pon | Baers Abeobots, & The Rivela” the “pugs six hundred members of the committee were upon | Pe. oe tee na a et Ere Present tect — poy “i sed Pd @ Rivals,” recalled to all | the ground, presentio & most sublime spectacle, | 4); gene Hg Toe aa yom the Ls ps thet ckecsoter’” One of tu in which _ sustained | and placing the committee, for the first time, in its | Whi’ We ink the en a poet acme ple — war that of a Maltese Knight; it was worn vy | ProPet position that of friendehip to the authori- | To went to market. ‘To uphold thelr high tari ap rae erent ait wae morn by | ties. Imm on the arrival of the oom- | Stone 4 acusabeseat at hig r; D., of Paterson, with the chain armor for legs | mittee, the Mayor again addressed the multi. R0tions, they make use of some of the most prepos- an and the crimson cross on his terous arguments to be met with out of Bedlam. nes aH i wcoley, insists that — ae trade of 3 is gradually impove: i- eallerione, converting our farms into thistle pies, and our planters into paupers. The check wita which their statements are made shows that brassis a arms, breast; | tudes, and told them he would b ted he was a noble-looking knight. if they did not disperse, and gave thom ten minutes | 0 supper was very excellent. But it was | todo so. The ap} ce of the Vigilance Com- that that was not all; so no one | mittee had the desired effect; for, alter cheering must leave, even bad fey been soinclined. Dancing | the committee, and groaning the captain and mate was most incessantly opt until about four | of the Challenge, the mob quietly retreated. Ani —— ey g | o’clock inthe merning. a dejewner was pro- _ | metal which enters very largely into the composition od; andy aa the piay Gaara. wae bursting ail | “res aded, at ea ined ae eee, 8 nett i | of thoco whobelievethat “Lowell is the contre of the around us, ti away from one of the most | eommunity of the grossest character; their build- world, and Massachusetts the rest of it.” The delightful entertainments which New Jersey bas | ing, and counting rooms searched by a vagabond | / mes insists that thefarmersare now being ruined. ever known. The town clock chimed six as our | mob, simply forthe reason thatthele o was | Let us examine the matt:r. First quality butter carriege stopped at the door. Wo ain six |e e. fo are all gratified at one it growing | &. this very moment sells at the ruinously low hours of our Thanksgiving day, and with vory | Sut of thisaffair, and ft is this the Vigilacse Goa, | Price of twenty cents = pound, and terdin thankful hearts will we ever recall those deli, yal | aes Potatoes are worth five shillings abusbel mittee, by their action yesterday, now shows itsal’ hours passed at Chilton during the night ‘o- vd most what wheat brought a few years ago. vember 26th, 1851. = bod gels pis] ave sonalle “ivgcind Apples are worth from three to six shillings a tS ful auxiliary in CaLIFoRnia. bushel—under the protective tariff of 1812 they sold Our Central American Correspondence. —— ‘ for eighteen pence. Tyralgs being. from twenty Custitico Rares, Norembor.1é, 1861. (arom the Alte Galforata: Oo 35) fow years since you could buy them for « siting M z - ‘ few years since you cor m fo. ‘ | The Revolution—The Nicaragua Rowte—Accidents. The burg brig Rose, Capt. on » | Mutton is worth from five to cight conts & d— The revolution in this State will soon be decided, ei fro) a eer] Ports eigen ag bp ay hp tete lee yn —. oo cord: oon, was ol ut eo it eit, wo anda ents. pcigenprond er jropsiyreeiensttinay eagle pT port for repairs. This ed to be one | The priee of beef during the past soason has been ong, will assume their wonted activity. The g0- | of the Islands of Japan. Capt. rson states | higher than it has been before for twenty years. | Vernment troops, amounting to 900, headed by Chi- | that the name of the is Nipaking, and this | Doring the tariff of pyre was put up at Cin- morrow, and Guardioli, (the latter with from four | Visit of a foreign vessel is believed to be the Grst | cinnati for two and a ‘and three cents a pound to six hundred Honduras soldiers,) have marched | ‘Ve? made to that . Of this, however, it | —it 1s now worth four and s and five cents. 7 would be impossible to state with accuracy. under the tariff of 1842, sold at twenty-eight upon Leon, where Munoz, with about 1,000 well | No sooner hed Capt. Anderson dropped anchor, | cents s bushel—last winter they brought forty cents. drilled natives, and thirty-three Americans, await | than his vessel was surrounded by three hundred | Barley, which once sold in our market for fifty-four them. Should the latter prove vietorious, the Jay was kept up,withalte- | cei hel, is now selling in New York at seven- le ret, wnt be ye | from the harbor. After try, twelve years six and eight cents a pound i w sells at ten and twelve cents. Ham, which sold under the tariff of 1842 at prices varying from four to seven dollars per hundred, is now worth from nine to eleven dollars. With the exception of floer and wheat, there is not one le article which our farmers sell that they do not get ‘first- rate prices” for; and when you take into conside- ration the fall which has taken place in the price of every article which the agrioulturist buys, it is at least questionable whethor the raising of *bread- t and eighty cents. Poult in at tem of government will be entirely changed. Ame- | gome little difficulty, he was allowed to on thore, when an pel of sixty men CY Tn. Fes at watobfulness, a short distance through the prin pals street. On landing, he public bis vessel he had seen extensive market 3 thrown 0) ated trad | ricans will then be permitted to purchase lands, and thus having gained one important step, a general renovation of the country will ensue. The affairs ofthe present government of Granada are sadly distempered; their coffers empty, owing largo sums, obliged to impose immense taxes in order to defray the current expenses of the war, and depending on- | tirely upon th estrangeros, (for peouniary sid,) found all the marts places closed, although while leaving and an appearance of anim: trade jing presented a biank wall t> was not permitted to gratify his ot he was and kindness, and fur- nished with any for by the authorities of Nipaking) arrived, who kept @ diligent watch on the strangers. In thei: treatment ef him they were reserved and courteous, and evidently desirous to hasten his departure from eon ag vessel ane a sen, accept a 1g amount of g ay- | ment for labor, and without pushin thveatigntt ) further be left the plese 9: ; . | iD, represented to be a safe and ° nient harder, and the og ani San Carlos, including the government monopolios id Musical. of tobacco and liquors, are now offered for sale at eatae —The eniertainments for this even- ing consist of the new piece “Ingomar,” and they will ——- with the ex: drama of the “Forest of very low rates. “Thus you see, to what extremities the supreme ix eo ” [ith Cony, Taylor, aud Master Cony, in the government have come to . Everythi per magi and in the event of either cee , another flame lies as yet mother re powerful than the present two combined, which Will burst into existence. The new steamer Central America reached San Juan del Norte ge and ascended the river with little difficulty to t! Castillo Rapids. Owing to the fall in the rivor the ing ite arrival, the commodore thinks Broapwar Turatne —The new five act play entitled “In , which has been witnessed by large with the utmost city presents @ bustliog and | con ‘ Nino's G _ a , imo’s Ganvey.—The Revels present, as usual, | wil very attractive bill. The nts consist of the beautiful pantomime entitied “Kimka,” and they will terminate with the grand fairy spectacle of “ Mazulm.”” his 1 camedy, the “Road to Tula,” and conclude with the “Angel of the Attic.” | Nattoan fuxatae—The beautiful pleee called 7- lina,’ will commence the ¢ntertainments; this will be | follcwed by the drama of “My Poor Dog tray,” and ali week pro he will not be able to mount the rapids, but should | there be another rise (which is very probable) she can be upon the lake in & few hours. She is but | Dec. 2—James Mason, respondent, vs. Isaac little yy no doubt her copRe is riven in | Jones and others, appellants — Chis was an appea! Places, for she has beon considera,iy thamped upon | by Isaac Jones, George Jones, and Andrew UG. the rocks. At present she lies on a bed on the right Hamersley, trustees of John Mason's will, fro ot the river, at the fost of the rapids. [re this | decision made four years ogo by the late Vi A bave recvived rumors of the late accident which | (bancellor, who made a decree to the effect that oiel the director, and as | have received the ac SUPREME COURT —GRENERAL TERM. Before Chief Justice Edmonds and Hon. Judges | Edwards and Mitchell | the trustees had po right to withhold any portion count from those who wore participants, I add it | of the rents end profits of bis one-cizhth of the | Pill eenclude with the “Wept of Wish-ton- Wish.” here. The boat (alluded to) lei Virgin bay | whole estate. 'Thindevislon was not obeyed bythe | Brovowam’s Lyon. —Shake 'e tragedy of “Rich- wth 250 porsenters, when, upon reaching her | trusteer, who have appenicd; and it seems that if | *Fd TUL,” with » fine cast of o ters. am ase. landing, the bell was tapped to back water. This | they can eneeed in reversing this docision, they | Mente will terminate with the farce of an “Alarming Sa- was ecwplied with. Inthe excitement of the mo | come {x for a share of the income of Jumes Mason's | “ee.” This is & fine programme, Barsum's Museum.— programme for this afternoon tractive. They consist of the usical burletta of the “Jenuy yarn.”? ers wishing to ‘o first 04 | *Sare--George Jones claiming this surplus in his | there) the cky*aia ¢ndeavoring to tostrain tem | own right, and Isaac Jones and Andrew G. Ham- until oll was made fast, forgot to trp two bells to | ersley in right of their wives During all this time | 1), * ferwaid. ‘The boat bad now goer, too far—sho felt | the imoome bes been accumulating—and James ‘Bow a ‘The bes the force ef the current, spud down sho swept. | Mason bas been obliged to wait this long time and | wane Anomerene wutiful equestrin | Some of the pastongers foaring that she would be . , by Bands & Co.. are drawing Jar receive his limited annuity, while the trustees wero | {rcites given seettte Duar acts at nto Giencen, who express their delight by repeated ¢ The question before | 7 the Court was whether the trusteos tiad a right to Pn a a a reduce the income to be paid to James Mason, after they had once increased it to the full amount, or whether it was the intention of the will to subject four of his children to the arbitrary caprice of threo trustees, Who are his song in law, and who, withou’ any accountability w the Court of Chancery, claim: the power under the will to fix the amount ofincome beard; others leaped into the torrent, thus rather courting than endeavoring to escape danger. Ono man only was missing, and upon sifting the entire flair, | find that the account of large sums of money being cast into the stream is but a fabricless vision. The boat went over safely, there being no | daxger whatever, for the river wai at its height, | and im six bours was again at her station above the features of attraction. 8. Bosrwren’s concert comes off thie | biy’s Saloon—it promises to be # rich alfa iretion of music. give their first concert at the | the app!ication to the Court statute zeae to be made by the Common Coun- cil, and it does not require that the notice of the application should given directly or im- mediately by them. That may be done by any one competent to act for them, and it is enough that ‘The boxe objocion relate to the compensution to ‘he next ol relates 6 COM] on the Property owners, and wre Larorya ry fonble aspect. That compensat: it mi se the land is taken; and 2d, That there isno adequate provision for com; ion made at any time, either bofore or after. The first point | re- ard as well settled, both in this Court and the Jourt of Errors. Bloodgood vs. M. & H. R. R. Co., 18 Wend. 16; Smith vs. Helmer; 7 Barb. 426; The Poople vs. Hayden, 6 Hill 360. It is not ne- | cessary that compensation be madein advance. As to the second point, the objection is, that the only adequate compensation provided is at to main- tein » suit against the Corporatien for the damages awarded. Iam ata loss to conceive what fart could be done, unles: tual payment w in advance. if the Le; ture made | out of the State fun ind directed Treasurer, or the Canal Commissioners, damages, and those officers had refuse: , OF bad directed the Corporation to raise « | money, | and deposit it in some safe hands, to be paid to the rapids. This descent has been magnified by tra- | his children should enjoy. The case occupied all | APello Hell, om Bat evening tellers enerally, and by John L. Stevens, isq., | day. ey r Miss Curkus’s Bewsrit comes off at the Broadway thea- aleo, who remar' m his volume 1, page ny ——__—_—_— tre on Saturday evening. idl of entertainment that they are “litle more than halt & mile The Harlem Ratiroad Bridge. _ J. R. Bott, the tragedian, in drawing crowded bh n eatert, with water from two to four fa- Wustcursren Co., Deo. 1, 1851 at Carr and Warren's theatre, Buffalo, On Monday thome.” not correct—thoy certaialy arg | JAMES Gorvon Bexnerr, Esq. ‘ next be returns to this city, and appears at Purdy's not more io length than half a mile, with water |. Dear Sir—Will you havo the goodness, in your | National. from twenty inches to tws fest six: and bungoes | ae! popular and widely circv‘ated journal, to Madam Thillon, aseisted by Mevers. Hudson and drawing twenty-four and ¢ y-eight inches never | All the attention of those ys who live on the | Thillom, gave a concert at Newark on Cureday evening. ftop to land crew or goods, but push at ones inte the | Hine of the Harlem Railroad to the dangerous cou- | | the Revels opened at the Cleveland (0.) theatre cn channel, and shoot down ly. 1 notice in tao | dition of the covered bridge across tue Harlom | Monday night, iriiune of October 7 (which said paper I have jast | UVet, e& well a8 the other wooden bridges betwoon received) ® correspordence, dated Grauada, Sept, | Harlem and New York; for by so doug, I doab 16, 1 void ut signature. The author of this | Dot that some action will be taken in tac premises bas mingled togethera bundle of micrepresentations | —more especially as we have had lately to deplor Mire. Werner, the Roglish actress, Tiowaid Atheneum Boston Turner, the yoonlist, is singing in Washington ci is playing at the + F ed y Colext on ve * at the North As in Central America, as ho | Sehool— before m similar catastrophe overtake U8. | whe Germania Sootety are giving concerts ia Boat , : #, and present position. | OF some 0 Xe ‘ The Allegbanians and the Ifsat drammer gre in aan hero | i | Philadelpbie, : | The Italian opera, wader Max Matetoek, opeus at vennah, (Ga ) on the th Ip M asipenr or Wesronasten County. | Bot | Mr, Murdoch waa playing at St. | probity Gronets Dares —The Savannah Georgian, of a Paredi gare a con wt Nacht y late date, notices the reevipt of beautiful specimens of | Wedneraey Inet White, eq. A meeting was to have been he the bruce of a foreiguer, | grant; the hour art | enly two or three were present, bat Mr. Whife wag the date grown by Mr. William Audley Uooper, on his Place upou St Bimon’s Inland, Glynn county, tieorg!> ich ie believed to be one of the first instances in this fruit "sae been grown in perfection im thir ‘TruM war to sing in Ch prerent week Mise Cushman commenced an engagement a! tbe Cheer ut street thestre, Philadelphia, last evening, | very faithfully, your fri owners on the confirmation of the report, and the depositary had, in like manner refused, all that the owners would have had, would have been a right to maintain a suit against those who unjustly with- held their money from them. And that pre- cisely the right which, under this law, is awarded to them, with this important addition, that the re- ort of the Commissioners shall be conclusive evi- lence in the suit. And such I understand to be the meaning of that clause inthe constitution. It is to protest the ewner of property, in such cases, from being dependent on the whim or caprice of the Legislature, and to give him a right to on- force ner a: ion by @ resort to the legal tri- bunals—the e right that he has as to any other are ty owns. (18 Wend. 16; 7 Barb. 426; ili 360, supra.) Some other objections were made as to the creation of stock, and the manner in which it is to be redeemed ; with all this, | appre- hend, these parties have nothing to do. Those provisions are intended only to enable the Common ‘ouncil to replenish its ; the amount they may pay out to the owners, and the compensation to the owners, is in no it dependent on, or to be affected by, the creation or redemption by the stock. The same remarks apply, with equal i. . to the objection tht the assessment may remains long time alien upon the property of those from whose means the premises are to be ultimately paid for. There rem but one objection to be con sidered, and that arises from the twelfth section, which enacts that all the acts and proc of the Commissioners shall be subject to the ratifica- tion of the Common Council, that nono of their acts shall be conclusive until such action by the Common Council. But the first section makes it the duty of the Commissioners to make their report to this court, and the confirmation by this court shall be final and conclusive, as well upen the city as the property owners and all others. If these two sections are inconsistent with each other, so that both cannct be allowed to operate, thon the twelfth section must override the first, and this objection is well taken. But it is our duty so to construe statute that all its parts may operate, if por sible. The last act which the Commissioners can perform, is to make their report to this Court. When that is done, the power of the Common Council over the proceedings ceases, and the judg- ment of this Court on the report is final and ocon- olusive them But can the Commissioners make their he to the Court without the ratifica- tion by the Common Council. I head not, and I see no mode in which the twelfth section can b de to operate without going to the Common uneil, who make the applisation, who are to pay the sim the first instance, and who are to become the owners of the property the absolute wer to annul the report after it shall bo made. ‘ho constitution provides not meroly that adequate compensation shall be made, but that the amount of it shall be ascertained by » disinterested tribu- nal, and shall a “e e subject to the deter- mination or control of the that is to pay it; and, least of all, of all of Aged who is 4 teve the property against the owners’ consemt—Cous}., feo. +. iuié fundamental iple is vio- by the provision in question. The option, or the award of an impartial tribunal shall stand or not, is with the party who is to pay, but is denied to those whore property is to be taken with- out their consent. It is the case of « party revoking ® sabmission to arbitration after an award is made It is @ plaintiff submit: to a nonsuit after the verdict is rendered; and this without asking per- mission of the Court, but at the arbitrary pleasure of the defeated party. No such practice is known in the law. It would be wrong to sanction its in troduction, and it would be in conflict with the manifest intention of the constitution. It was never intended to give cither party the right, at bis own ay thus to nailify the action of a conatita- nal tribune! Thé unjust a of this pope oa he moet manifest; and | cannot sanction it when it thus evades—ifit does not direct- op the principle of the constitution. I mast, therefore, deny this motion. unequal operation The Steamship At the. Asror Hovss, Deo 2, 1851 My prar Cartan West:—As 1 had the pleasure of being @ passenger with you, on the occasion of your ecmpleting your two hundredth voyage across the Atlantic ocean, please accept the accompanying engraving, not only as a memento of this event, but as a trifliog woken of the high estimation in which l hold you. if thie little gift will have a tendensy to cement still stronger that friendly feeling between us which has so surpiciously commenced, it will be one of the happicst moments of my life. Wishing you(iod speed wherever you go—on the land, og on the mighty deep—in the bosom of your family, or amidst thoso trying scenes throueh which you are so often called to pase~{ remain, iend, Epwarp Rwpre. | messes lant precedi Cirewlt Court of the United States. The United States vs. Castner Hamway. SIXTH Day. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE N. Y¥. HERALDS Puavecemia, December 2, 1861. OPENING FOR THE DEFENCE. phe court was opened at ten o'clock. ‘Messrs, Cooper and Stevens have returned from Wash- ingtom. Mr.Z. Collins Lee is still absent. ‘reon # considerable amount of money, body was found the money wus guna’ "7! a Grier that such evidemce could have no= enmenrene. 7 een ot La, lade ot Ferticulanty Te ques y age er was the act of 1826 The act of 1847, ‘bid- the use of the State jails for the confinement of ( itive - x 3 approved of | 4 jooper) who now tion, and who was then spe of Representatives of this State. Mr. ler said Mr Hanway was born ina slave State (Delaware), that he was not, and never had been an sbolitioniet; region of Christiana had been, for some time previous ta last September, disturbed by « set of the most la: men on the face of the earth, a band of kidnappers; kid- Dappers, not in the sense spoken of by the court yeester- dsy, ig men ha were Vmged , ae violation of AB te seize colored people, and hurry them ivately inte slavery. The gentleman then specified instances at 7 ont sheneiane ot we ofthe kind spokenof A& ing insecurit consequently been ex cited, and ft pervaded that whole communit 7 Both bike and whites The testimony of Henry attacked, and Mr C. said that his character would be ime jeached, and the evidence which he had given would ba ontradicted and proved to be talae in important partig cular. Mr. Cuyler claimed that the prisoner was entit'ed, 0; the facts of the case, to an acquittal; tbat if the fect charged were proved, he held that they did net consti- i tute treason ridiculed the ides that three non-resis- ‘amt Quakers, a few pocr and penniless blacks, led on by » miller, wit felt bat, without a coat, on a serra horse, should be war against the Usited hat s man should wear, ovr he should ride, while levying war. The insufficiency of force was, aceording to some authorities, certainly a stronger point in his favor, Mr. Cuyler taunted Senator, Cooper with being here thirsting for the blood of one of: bis constituents. He then argued the law of treason aff levgth. Mr. Cuyler is a handsome , and duri! the shale ee pam eiaties open 7 the Court, the other counsel, ) an spectators. Had his over gealous friend who bed upon me,s few days ago, the facts that Mr. C. lived im s large: and that he was son to # highly ol content to waitfor me to form my own esti of the man reowal observatien, her praise, and om aetlen more decided merit, would have been awarded? tohim. But Mr. Cuyler can console himself re flection that he is not the bitter reason to exclaim, F He manifested, to day, a ve: ability at of it, of his opponents. EVIDENCE FOR TH 0) ENCE. Thomas Pennington. «ffir Mr. Btevens—Wi!! sta a to the kidmepp cg of ig him away, in che vicinit bristia past ? hat you know with res rson and oarry= within » year ucead objected to the imtreduction of such evi- Judge Grier said that the widest latitude had beem given to the government co prove the holding of meet= ings, amd other acts of @ general character; and the evi- dence offered by to show the motive by which the prisoner was ac! Judge Kane concurred in the views of J: Grier; but thought that the sentiment of pervading the community might be proved, and thatthe question should refer to that, aud mot to specific facts om which it was founded, in the firstinstance. Mr. Stevens said that they offered the evidence ta show the motive of the prisoner; and to convince any? one who might have thought that in that neighborho mappers, that there were a 7 who followed that business for their soopest. Mr. Read followed on the same side. (e said thet the events of nine months ago, in a country town like Chris tiana, were as freshly remembered as the acta of yeater- dey are remembered in ao city like Philadel; He re= marked that in the State of Massachusetts there is @ place called Halifax, in which the principal topic of con- versation is the events of the revolutionary war. This may beanentertaining item of news to the “ Athens’? newspapers. Mr. Ashmead, District Attorney, coneeded that the law, so far as the immateriality of time at which the a oy soak: pase was concerned, was with the de- fence, The of relevancy, he said, etill remained. But Mr. Cooper differed from his friend and colleague on the point which he had jus conceded, and supported Mduge Grier 2ook occasion to pase upon udge Grier took occasion to seul tl Fugitive Slave law, and ruled that the id abe by Mr. Stevens would have to be received. @ witness then said :--I lived in Lancaster county previous to September last; now live in Baltimore; lived at my fon-in law's, near ‘Pon: ville, last winters some time in January some men came to the house; my son-in law's got] babe A Chamberlin; one of thore persons int e window; the biases’ mam pan nn gh sarang Nong ere men then very soon James ) @ nel tr, came in brother, John Ray, had — away all day, Beentered the door, he fell down went over there; i i i. i He Ei Tie fle telit iecisbredars ® slung shot; I knew but Maresh; I could not iter came down from up stairs went; they were jast Place; my qe to go up; man Ree Hea! much blood, next mor! and tracked the son-in-law eighteen months ; do not a. slave; bave heard it said came Maryland; negro was called Johm there; the men w —™ him called him by another name. cross examination, conducted Mr. Cooper, wag serutinizing, but failed to elicit any of much im- portance. the contrary, th» witness the evidence which he had given in chief. Mr. it them tried his hand at crors-examining the witness, with equal success. Mr. Pennington is a Very good looking man, apparently about sixty years of Henry Rhea sworn.—One evening, fest Janney, 1 over- Se & ceeeae teak bout six of them—at the head of Marsh beri ne; One of them, who had sometbing in his hand. ci up tome and said, “ Sa: nothing;” I replied that I would say what I pleaséd; thought they were there for no good; as I was about fearing then, one of thems sald they were going to Marsin Cham! "8 to take Seen ene Oe ae Seemann tome is named Perry Marsh, another of them was Mam Bear; he lives in Lancaster county, four miles the Gap Tavern. Cross-examined by Mr. Brest.—About three miles ade Ff rf is i ii i from Parker's bouse it was that I saw the men; I never knew the colored man, —_ said nothing aboat a slave; don't recollect that P: time; I was not at Chri ‘sh had any home at t! on the day of the riots Te. objected, as there had been no examination in chief om that subject, Judge Grier decidedly sustained the ob- jection. ‘are ‘Rachel H. Chamberlin, wife of Willlam Marsts of lat January, corresponding with that given before by Mr. Pennington. She witnessed the scene through « stove-pipe bole, from the room overhead, till the mem ¥as knécked down, she then came iowa. The wit labored under a direase of the heart, and spoke witin much difficulty. She said that she had never beta aa well since that time Miller Penning ) & boy, drother of Mra. Chamber- lin sworn —Confirmed the temimony of the two wit- Dg. Elijah Lewis was called —Mr. Brent presented an |o- dictment, which had been certified to this court, « ing said Le wir, jointly with tb jsoner and « lange ber of other prisoners, with the orime of treason s Brent contended that the witaess had such an interest he verdict im this case, as to exclude his testimony crime referred to in the indictments, whieh be (Mr } eld im his hand, was the same for which Hanwey been put upon trial A verdict of soyuittal fa this could be pleaded in defence to the indictments esr the offence jointly againet Hanway and the witness Judge Grier — be you find any precedent anywhere for rejecting the evidence ’ ‘Mr Cooper ‘argued against the admissibility of the evidence and cited some authorities. y Were an ent, ‘but not to the point. Mr. Brent aod Mr, Ashmead briefly followed om the rame side Judge Grier —I think the counsel have cited no cases at all to support their positions CAPTAIN WEST'S REPLY. _ Astor House, Deo. 3, 1851 Epwanrp Riopte, Esq. My pean Six:— Your very kind and compliment ry note, of the 2d inat., with the accompanying a e of the Industrial Exbibition of all N id during the past ecason, in London, t yesterday cesions of warin friendship with which regard end esteem {shall make such wee of ¢ serve now, and in after y 0 ed honor and dignity upon yourself faithfully jours, Jamas West, | and made the rame hie wt ngthen | Pg ny spe Mr. Lewis was then affirmed —On the morning of 1th Peptember, about suntive, or perhaps @ little before, Isaiah Clarkson came to my house, and ald that W Parker's house was enrrounded by kidnappers, broken inend were about ty teke hit away: bh isted om my going dowa to ade that justice was dowo, L went and called ar Costner Manwsy's house, on miy way, eet of him: being w Y 7 eded me a paper, bi twoles, f did not tend it, exoept to nee tha it war vicned E¢ward D. Ingrahe trom that f eon 1 th ardiat in at “ c Hanwey i, tf words to tas the firing ‘y