The New York Herald Newspaper, February 21, 1852, Page 2

the Azteo Dwarfs | ** ssl, to dine. Being « little ¢: , Wo were of the enom and dispersed the rest, frantic with The Humbug of e fanding at the food of the. alaive leading 10" the wonder oud terrax, ‘To them the use of fire arms Exposed. @ ning room, when one of the me wo saw 8t | wasunknown. The zomg chtat of the attacking Fe ERS LY oe the ovening el 5 wen a party, = a coptaned, § and 2 a ree ate Koons Re! S passed up stairs, on at t] ore Ges! eo temporary id Bwiy Paffery of the Journal of Commerce | he turned to Mr. Tudeon snd Nomplatned of | ity of his wolony pln in their magnificent om and ether Newspapers. some remarks in the Herat of that morning. ‘The r go was that hospitality to strangers ‘, i ole t). ie iw let ie } of € et, Evening Post, New York| yor "nas it would do him no harm, aaa at cing thought tobe involved in the maintenance of Tribune, Morning Express, Evening Mirror, and ether journals, wakicg felec accusations against the Hesavp:— Tes Artec Cnvupnen.—Wny THry ane As- SarngD IX THE HeRary.—To the Lditor of the Eve sm Post —] ask of you, a8 a man who leves ho- he wanted was notoriety. A few moments after the gong sounded, and we passed up with the crowd to dinner. Tho exhibitor alluded to wae en the upper landing, and when Mr. H. came up, he stepped infront of him. and seemed to desire to oe bis progress. Mr. H. quietly pushed him je and followed me in to dinner. At the table nesty and hates knavery, to give publieity to the I knew what the fellow was tryin, facts which | bave embedied f Bs) affidavit. You Me Pager ae ded poor be wi pean know me, a8 do thousands of our citizens, and I am | him about the Astecs. Mr. Hudson said he was a1 liberty to refer directly to Cromwell, Haight & | not sure what he wae at, but, from his manner, he Go, impecters, No. 68 Maiden lane, and 11 Liberty | jmagined he was trying to foreo money in his coat wets aaa ace cee Suceec mPa | ret and ld at fr dace bu monde . 1e, Bison im # lessonhe would remember. reed wit! of dt and Greenwich streets, wholesale job-| My H., that if such was the case, ane exhibitor bing house, havirg dealt with the latter firms to the value of more than one bundrodthousand dollars during my residence in thie city, and | challenge apy one to point te an act of my life inconsistent with integrity and good faith. Read, thon, the following sworn etatement of facts, and ask the Public to make the fitting ccmmonts. i remain yours, &c., se! APFIBAVIT. UV Jovepb Morrie, being duly of New York, ss. Seworn, depowes and saye: J bave for the lart ninetecn years been a reeident of thie city, wherein | am well known That, on er about ite lei December last, having desided to exhibit the Astee Children atthe Society Library, J, after having irviled most of the editors of this city to visit them, invited Mogers. Bennett and Hiudeon, of the Hexe.p, in like manner, only de- siring them (ae! had dene with others) to call and see the children, and write concerning them what- deterved a lesson, and we left the table earlier than usual, to eee him. When we went into the hall, he was intho ladies’ parlor, and he walked out on seeing ut. Mr. H. said he wanted to say a few words to him, andwe all went into an adjoining room. When thero, Mr. H. told the exhibitor that his eonduet in the hal) was only excusable on the score ef ignorance, and be would over- | look it on the express condition that he wonld Bevor wake a similar attempt with him or avy other person connected with the Hernarp. The exhibitor ‘Wao very penitent, repeatedly bogged Mr. Hudeon’s ardon, and stated as ar exouse for his conduct, that it wag customary for other papere in the city to re- osive meney for noticer, but tha! he was very sorry he made the attempt with ihe Herat. fon then toldbim that Mr. bennett alone controlled the columne of the Hzneun, and that neither bo, (Hudson) nor any other person connected with the office, wiehed to be snnoyed about the Aztece, or n Monrnis. City ema Cownty ever they should think proper. Mr. Hennett dié | any other bumbugs. The exhibitor again apole- not come, bot Mr. Hudson did, and provessed him- | gized, aud said he hoped the occurrence wonld vot be relf Sony intereeted in and gratified by the exni- | allu¢edto. Wethen loft. Since thattime, Mr Had- bition; eaid he bai never seon anything re- | ton has frequently expressed to me the opinionthat 0 markable: while his companion in the na i forwhat tow they could be bought. In this tbey left me; and = wae get by the apes img ai the they were # ridicvlouy imposition and humbog; and frow hie hietory of the decer , anda knowledge israme exhibitor bac etated that the pam- pblet professing to be a history of the childs C and falsehood, i have become con if OY ese6z- @ to know whet ii meant hudson Ae . like a go yke, even ia did no her assured he shape negro dwarte, | me tha! LD, ana get | the exbibition, and wondered saw bills and pamphiets printed in its job office, 2 | 7 e,” including myself, would showid have WE use oy ats editorta. | be cured of their natura! credulit: tices. To this 1 re teasers. Howell & | DC. Moxenrap New Sworn te b 1sh2 MoCoy, & couple © Yorr young printers, w disliked to withdraw followed by another an: i J econ after met Mr. tor Hotel, and he told me was not from his pen. he would write and put] opinion of the Aztec children, whatever that opi ioe might be. Looking at the money, he said, * tem’ (or ne swhisum) could buy the ‘Hera thick the latter wae hie expression. be then me. Lbave never sdvertised in the l!grarn, though | frequently urged to do so: nor have | tran te it my job printing from the worthy young ere. ] make no merit of this, asthe !iekarp chi abovt double the prices charged by Messrs. Howell & McCoy And for this roason, I undoubt- edly believe, my exhibition of the Aztec Children bae been acre and grossly assailed as & hum- beg, imposition, disgueting, dc, &c., in the co Poms of the HERALD. J leave there facte without comment. Joseru Morris. Sworn before me this 1th day of Febraary, 15 Rovrsrr M. Srreseien, Com. of Deeds, &e. » Fob. 18, 1852 © me, this Itt 5 PREAN, Com. of indusivious and deserving doing my work, and that 1 t ‘This was soon hop roy exh. mn, at the Cli tack aforesaid bh day of Febranry, Deeds. STATEM t EDWARD ¢ and County of New York, ss. | pwarp D. Connery, of the said city. makes | oath and enys, that he has in charge the advertisiug notices of the theatres and other plascs of amuse- ment, and that in December, 151, a man who | stated that he then was exhibiting certain chil- dren, denominated the Axtocs, called on this de- onent, at the Henan office, and invited him to ig exhibition, to see ssidchildren. That deponen: replied, “If 1 have an opportunity of doing so. i will,” er words to that effect. That deponont | didnot call to see said children, and the said Morris | called on bim two or three times subsequently, and urgently solicited him, deponent, to visit his ex- hibition; but deponent having matters of greater iniporianace to attend to, did not visit said children. lt ic a rule of the office, not to accept any remune- ration, to insert or omit or vary any article to ap- pear in the said New Yoru Heratp. Epwarp D. Connery. Sworn before me this 18th day of February, 1852. P. S. Horrman, Com. of Deeds. STATEMENT OF FREDERIC HUDSON. City and County of Naw York, ss. Freprric Hupsoy, of the said city, makes oath, and eays:--That he does not know Joseph Morris. | That be never saw the children called the Az‘ecs. | That he ie employed ss an assistant editor in the office of the been 20 employed for upwards of fourteen years last pact. That he is well acquainted with the man- ner in which the business of the New Yorx Heraip is eonducted, and that it is, among ether rules, an invariable one, in said office, that none of the em- ployces therein shall accept any remuneration to insert, or omit, or vary, any article to appear in the said New Yor Heratp. Freperie Hepson Sworn to before me, the 18th day of February, 1852. F. S. Horrman, Com. of Deeds. CONNERY. Cc left a 2 ‘The follewing are the counter afiidavits, proving the statemente of Morris utterly false, and showing that the Aztec Children sre an imposture acd a humbug :— STATEMENT OF EBWARD W. EVDSON. The affidavit published ia several New York yerers, perpereng to be made by @ certain ia- jiyidual calling himself Joseph Morris, in which he makes certain charges against me, ! pronounce false. in the firat place, Ido not Ihow such a mal ss Joseph Morris; | never was invited by this Morris to visit the exhibition of the Aztec children; I never said | was deeply interested in and gratified with their appearanee; | nevor anything to this Morrie about printing or advertising : henever called on me at the HeRatn effice, or anywhere else to know what a certain article which Giese in the HEnaLp meant; | never knew that he bad an; prin:ing or advertising; this Morris never offre: me any money; he never raid avything to me about writing a favorable notice abou! the Aztes Finally, ro far as the affidavit is concerned, it is a The following is the story of the Aztecs, a pure | invention, without truth, first written and published | editorially in the Journal of Commerce, which de- LigdnGttalsah sole acd astivopteacntatione | ecived the rest o! the community as to the origin Some time in the menth of December, Dr. More- | Of these dirgusting objecte:— fe head, after frequent inv titions which | had refused, | Tne Iximavans.—'There representatives of a race Prevuiled open ze to accompany him to sce the | of men, dwelling in a mountain girt city sme Aztecs. He had reen them eeveral times previous, | where in the interior of Central Awerica, constitule and told me | would be pleesed with them. In re- | one of the most interesting natural cw ply, I said they were hum buge, that! knew all abou: | it hae ever been our fortune to encounter, them, that | had refused dozens of invitations to see | writings of the traveller Stevens, of Squier, and them when they fret arrived from Nicaragua, and | e‘bers, contain allusions and descrip:ions moze or considered it a disgusting exhibition. However, bh | Jess definite and detailed, attesting the existence of prevailed upon me togo. We went together; re | a mysterious city an unexplored region over- mained there ten minutes snd uzon leaving ! re | looked by the great Sierra of the Cordilleras—an to Morehead that they were, in fact, a | independentcity inhabited by acivilized community r humbug than ! anticipated. Welaughedat | of Indians, worshipping the gods of their fathers, fe imposition, and Morehead came to the conclu- | and possessing a sway exercised by their race before sion that we were a great people. | sgreed with him | Rome was founded A Catholic priest of Santa perfectly. The next day Morenead and myself met | Cruz del Quiche told Mr. Stevens of the place. at the Clinton Hotel—where we regularly dine— He had seen it in his younger days, from the naked | and while waiting for dinner at the foot of the stairs, J 0) conversing with severa! other gentlemen, one of the , feet. Thence it lays in the remote distance showmen whom I had scen at the exhibition the eve- large city, spread over a great space, with tu ning previous, came in, and when about half way white and glittering inthe sun” ‘Lhe priest’s up staire, turned and remarked to me that the count excited in Mr article in the Henan that morning was too hard | interest:— é upon him. | told him that | knew nothing about | ‘Twere werth ter years of peaceful life, it until I read it in the paper; thatitwould do him ‘One glance at their array. more good than harm, as a!! he wanted was noto- Hut the time requisite for the journey and other riety. How the fellow knew me, or that | was in | circumstences constituted then insuporable obsta- fummit of the fra, a height of 10,000 or 12,000 rota ue ace Stevens the moet thrilling any ed connected with the I/gnaun cflice, is :aore | cles to its pursuit, and Mr. Stevens left it for those then | know. This individual went up stairs after whom his own narrative should incite to the adven- these few words. Soon after, the gong struck for ture. Mr. Huertis, of Baltimore, an American of dinner, ard [ ed along with the crowd. M was at mny ¢: After | had taken off my hat and ry m ploy overcoat this Aztec man approached ciceeto me, eurveyzin the United States, undertook the in guite a friendly way, interfered with my progress dition, and sailed from New Orleans to B to the dining room, aud fumbled very singularly | the autumn of 1848. Before starting they equipped with his bands about my person, and, Loon- themselves with deguerreotype apparatuses, mathe- jectured afew moments afterwards, upon reilection, | matical instrumente, and fifty repeating rifles; and sought to put something in my pocket. { pushed in Honduras they procured mules ena bo nd him aside, being hungry, and desirousof gettingmy <ngeged a party of ten experienced Indians and place at the table, and of enjoying theroast tarkey Meetivos to accompany them. We have not room and other good thirgs for whic! tehead Spanieh parentage, and Mr@Hammond, a civil ¢: a: gineer, from Canada, who had beeu employed i n cclebrated. 1 did not, at the moment, think the fluctuations of hope and fear, the peril and enough of bis conduct to conjecture his motive, bat, suflerings they encountered from sickness and the on being seated at the teble, and retlecting upon attacks of savage men. tn the 1%ch May, 1849, and his previous remarks, | sus was a3] the party reached the summit of the mountains, a have just stated, avd] asked Morehead, whosat plain of bare rock, fifteen acres in extent, atan alongside of me, if be noticed the follows movo- ascertained elevation of 9.500 feet, in lat. 19° 43 ments. He said yes, but he thought he was anuoy- north, Jon. !2° 15 west. reposing on ing me about the exhibition. | ub bld More sidea, and all the country below was head what my suspicious were, # ei ilowy iist was borne dinner I should give hizo a jesson which might beof away onthe morniog breeze, and as the vail was eome service to him ! pon Morcheadand myself lifted from the landscape, ly the various going out of the dining room wos thi: tec objects of the scene di Inan again. | told him | wiel a fow moments ist, they bebeld the premised ¢ conversation with bim. He invited mo into his language of one of the party, the merchant Velas room. I requested Morehead to accompany me yuez, rded on the sp ournal: — be did eo. When we reached his room, | told him A richly mepumental c Veet dimension lofty parapetted walls three or four miles equ inward in the Egypt: and | tu in so doing trolled the ed was not ar conduet to ize . aitempt the same thing « attached to that be did not intend to ¢ it was all right ap be had never made ag He looked wild and : the beet humor in tho man called twice after th and, in conseuence of my brother at home, obliged to sve hin vee the theatrical a Mr. Connery, aud t wanted to see him. { left them, business. ‘The eccoud time, » present, and the conversation waa tion to the spurious charact which the Artec man adm and an unfortunat putations of pecani Bennett to give editorial u favorable or unfas rab! nm av hesitation in denouncix g them as ut elanderous New York, Fob.) Swern t before me 162 Si me,f jortly after the « I was interested ticularly from their b. sold at the door. etionally m to accompany mo to the oxhibition, and fry urged Mr. Edward W. Hudson to visit the cluidren. | He as often refused, saying they were ridiculous humbuge. | thought he might be in error rogard- ing them, and one evening | again spoke of the matter, and be said, ‘To please you, | will go,” andwe went. J had tickets, and Mr. I!udson went on my invitation. We remained there about ten minutes, and on going out Mr. Hudeon said to me, Hammond received @ spear wound in bis “They sre just what I told you—an impudent | fight bre and ore of his party was killed by | fraud and humbug | krowall about them The | bewp tra sed through the bowels. A well- roxt day ] met Mr. H. as the Clinton betel, | Cecio voliey oF ralee, in return, weerreyes many he w fend m a pefectlz love of, at @ distanes 9 it may be; d ansterit to our however, to a brief ex- avalcade of mu ne. two bores: STATEMENT bt sceing being a id several vir Tbe expected attack was for the present forborno, Warriors contenting themeclvee wich @ ma- uvre (hat cfiestually cut off ihe retreat of the tr s. ‘The truce, hewever, was of thort dura- tien ronetrations of bostility commenced early 1 - xt Cay, and goon resulted in a sapguinary cou- Mr. Had. | ew Yorx Heraup, and has | the Clinton is | to describe the interesting incidents of their tour, | this severe restriction, which, indeed, had preserved it up to this time, ‘while ail the country besides, | from sea to sea, had bowed to @ foreign yoke, an: reon their ancient cities, once the seats and centres of mighty empiree, overgrown with forest, ard the | temples ef their gods demolished.” Huertis, how- ever, recolved os penetrating into the city, and took | up the line of march in the usual style of travel. The distance was six miles, through a road bor- dered with profuse vegetation, the reault of skilfal culture. Indigo, corn, cate,» curious five-eared wheat, gourds, pine-opplee, eseulent roots, puine, fax and hemp, the white as well ae the crimson cotton, vineyards, and fruit orehards, grew luxuriantly in ¢, regularly diy fields, which were now ripe forthe harvest. The vil: Jarge and populous, were mostly composed of fat roofe: dwellings with broad overhanging eaves or architraves, d by heavy columns, often filletted over spiral in the Ezy ptian style, and generally terminating ed capitais, of the rame character. None of thi houses were mean, while many were superb; and of t! morque-like larger buildings, which occasionally ap- peared, aud which were supposed to be rurai temples, rome were grand snd imposing. A profusion of sculpture war the prevailing charecteristic, and perhape defect, of aul. * * * a ‘The walls of thie metropolis were sixty feet high, slop- ing inward from tHe foundation, surmeunted ke para: pet which overhung in a concave curve and rested upon | e plain moulding. They were evidently a massive work reget period, for although constructed of large blocks of granitic stone, white aud glittering in the sua, ‘aesing ages had corroded rough crevices between the op and the once perfect eo-niees had become in- dented by the tooth of time. The sculptured annals of the city recorded them an antiquity cf four thousand yeare. They formed s parall-logram four miles long and Ubree in rquare miles, and they breseted the cardinal points of the forizon with a tingle gate, or propylon midway on every Fide, The porderour gates unfolded. and a vista of solemn Mapvibornce was presented to the view. Ic wate vista at once Cf colostal statues aud trees, interminable in Perspective and extending, as it was found, the whole ienglb of the city to its western gate. Incredible as it may be, until we reflect upon the avcient statuary of the eastern world, Velasquez reports each and al! of these monuments #8 being exactly cf the height of the city Wall. that is tixty feet, and all pommel Se the proportions of the human figure, He adds, what is equally mar- yelous, that no two of them were precisely alike ia countenance, and very few in their sculptural costume. There wes acme distinctive emblem upon each, and he was informed that they were statues of the ancient kings of Ascyria, from before the foundation of Babylon, and of their descendants in the Aztec empires of this coptiwent. They stood sixty feet apart, with a smaller monument of come mythological auimal between each, and were said to pumber one bunired and fifteen, on each side or the avenue they formed, which was one hundred and twenty feet in width. A similar but shorter avenue, it sppears, crossed the city from north to south, having 4 proportional number of such monuments through its entire extent; and these two grand avenues ran through wide areas of green sward richly grouped with lofty trees. * a * * ‘The entire party of strangers, with the young chief avd lofty ball, rurrcunded by eclumns, and displaying three raised seats, covered with canopies of rich drapery and design, On the one of these, which stood at the eastern end, sat the monarch himeelf, a personage of grave but benignant aspect, about sixty years of age, artayed in ecariet and gold, and baving a golden image of the rising sup, of extraordinary splendor, displayed on the back ofhisthrone, * * The whole proceeding possesees great interest in Velasquez’s narrative; but we cen only briefly state that it resulted in the decision, which was concurred in by the associate councillors, that the strargers having magnanimously released and res- | tored the company of guards, after they had surrendered | themeelves prisoners; baving voluntarily entered the city in peaceable ner, when they might possibly have efiected their escape, were entitled to their personal freedom, within the limits of the city, and might even- fee tually, under voluntary but indispensable obiigations, | bees eligible to all the privileges of citizexship, within u me limite. ‘The place of residence assigned to our travellers was the yacant wirg of s spacious and sumptuous structuce, atthe western extremity of the city, which had been appropriated, frcm time immemorial, to the surviving remnapt of an ancient and singular order of priesthood called Keanas, which, it was distivctly asserted in their anrels and traditions, had aczompanied the first migra- tion of this people from the Assyrian plaios, With a Yachin, one of the junior brethren of this order, pamed Vealpeor, a young man of superior {utellect and cor Sdential acquaintance, which proved reciprocal and faitbfol, and when Velacquez, after due observation, propcred the liberation of the whole expedition with Vaaipecr hime if, ws its protected companion, the now conrciourly imprisoned pagan. horror stricken at tirst, regaided tre proporition with complacency, and finally With a degree of delight, regardiers of consequences, The plan of cesape was suggested by a migappre hension regarding tho death of Hamsaond, which duced ky bis wound. The medical priesthood attributed it to Jeyrosy, ard ordered ail intercourse with the building ausponded. The priest Vaalpeor bad under bis charge two orphan Kaana childceo, a boy and gicl, whom he was unwilling to de: | and whom, on pretext of their exposure to disease, be tock occasion of the supposed infection of the | place where they resided, to remove to one of the country temples in the plain, taking with them the | mules and part of the baggage, including the rilles | and ammuniticn of the strangers. Meantime, Huertis had communicated bis intended ercape to aconficant, who, instead of accompanying, betrayed him, and he was sacrificed by the privsts en the altar of the sun. But he had impli-ated none of his atsociates, and that very night they sucseeded in scaling the walls ard joining Vaalpeor. Before the alarm was raised, the whole paity was mounted and on the march, under the lead of Velasquez ‘Their pursuers came up with them just as they reached the opening of the valley. Here ensued couil'ct, in which they slew many of those who dis- puted their flight, without 1ose on their part, save that the Kaana boy received a wound undor hia eye, the ecar of which he still retains They en- countered ne further serious obstruction. and in fourteen days they reazhed Ocosingo. Hera the Indian guard was disbanded, and hire Vaalpeor ied. Velasquez, with the two little Kaanas, reached San Salvador the middle of February. These Aztec children are now in this city. We saw them yesterday, inan upper room at the Clin- ton Hetel. The race of priests to which they be long is suppcsed to bave become Lilli putian, by the degeneracy which resulis from limiting intermar- riage to those of their cwn caste. The specimens brought bere are perfect in form, though slight. Maximo, the boy, is only thirty three inches in height; and Bartola, the girl,! three or four inches shorter. Their ages can only be conjectured; but there are indications of maturity about the boy that are seldom, if ever, witnessed at eo early an ageastwelye. The girl is supposed to be about nine. Their skin is of the Indian hue, hair and eyes jot block, the latter larga, brilliant and ex- pressive. The bair is wavy and very beautiful Their neat little Sgures were exhibited to great advantage, in black stockinot dreases, fitting closely to their bodies and limbs, and short ica They received ua with easy gaiety. ndeed, they seem to have perfect confidence in all who approach them. Nothing restrains their lively j ‘They seemed to derive in preeonting them, asin present, and finally wined to think it fun ecviving as me heads are singularly og niy & straight is attitude we ha from £ gyE Dg little people a day or two; and as #, a8 Well ag for their own per ractions, they aro very remark a4 of animated oature tian sculptures oro to be exhibited able The New it haa been in the eral of Mexican repabiie, to be cy; and. as an inducemant Vea to aettle upon him Thi splendid was declined by the General, wit conmideratt he brave old oesmente to od 40 2 oficers tain C arvey, at present in Washing. eetipg oa Thurrday lest, and parsed reeo- | Pepeot to the memory of their late companion, | Jchu B Gluck, am assistant in the surveying expedition who died at Baltimore. on the Sth inst, “The reac tutions referred to the ceared in a most Gattering manyer, | and contained expressiens of condclence with bis be reayed farnily. Profesor Bache made an address on the occasion, im Which be eulogisea Mr Giuck as a scholar and on induetricus aud capable tpogrepher, who had no fuperior id | | | Sino Sin Parison Avrointments. Trepectore have appointed Wim Livingston county, & Wet he, eid Bade The Board of BR. Andetron, of Avon, tect, im place cf Mr, Lent. ra idth, thus ineloring am area of nearly twelve | snd several of his subordinates. were then led into alarge | attainments, Velasquez soon cultivated a friendly and | sesulied from remittant fever and debility superin: | ” | through France, the “ public tranquil! | Wood & Co.. of this city, to build a five ol | Captain George Mancheste: Hossuth at Marseille Jn & letter written by Thurlow Weed, to the Albany Evening Jowrnal, dated Marseilles, Jan. 15, 1852, the following paseages occur :-- ‘So much has been said of the Kossuth difficulties here, that | of course endeavored to inform if of the facte. Mr. Hodge very frankly shows the whole corre! lence; but | shall only give you the substance. 1t shou'd be ;emembered that, er pecially in Itely and France, aid zegeried Kossuth .) aa & sort of torpedo, that would ite and explode if allowed to go into their cities. Thie caused | anxiety to our offisiele. Com. Morgan and Captain | Long, im letters which I have road, apprised Mr. | Hodge, before their arrival here, that their gucet was a troublesome customer, of whom they were | most anxious to be quit. When the steamer Mis- sissippi_arrived Mr. Hodge received a letter | from Kossuth, desiring him to obtain from the | government Pieri to land, and pase through | France to England, adding that if ths Prefect was not at liberty to cs nt this permission, a re- quest that he sbould make the application, by tele- raph, to tho Minister of the Interior, at Paris. The Bretect, on whom Mr. Hodge called, said that it was impossible; that the government was apprised of Koseuth’s views, and had instructed him how to act The permission to travel by land through France would not be given, nor wad he willing to hazard dizorder here by ie | Kossuth to land. Mr. Hodge, however, continued to press the latter point, insisting that the rights of hospitality should 1d | not be refused to strangers. Finally, on receiv | a pledge from the Consul that his guest should avo crowds, and forbear specch-making, &¢, the Pro- fect gave permission to Kossuth, with his family and friends, tolaud. This was soon effected, amid a large concourse of people, who were quiet and orderly. Imthe evening, Mr. Hodge invited Kos- suth to accompany him to s reception at the Pre- fect’s, but as he did not care to moet the Austrian and i ussian Consuls, he declined. {n the afternoon of the following day, Kossuth informed the Consal that, as the expense of living on shore was more than he could afford, he had concluded to re embark. Mr. Hedge informed him that he was preparing apartments for him and his family in his own houge; but he adhered to hie purpose of pdt | totheship. Inthe meantime an impression ha got out among the people that Kossuth was to re- turn to the ship dissatisfied with tho authorities, and a large crowd, amonnting to several thousand, assembled. Mr. Hodge walked with him to the wharf, amid populer cries, which greatly alarmed the authorities. The Prefect, ia reply to his tele- graphic irquiry, was informed that Kossuth’s re- quest was denied. This he communicated to the Coneul by letter. The Consal went immediately on board with this information, and at Korsutn’s re- quest, gave him the Prefect’s letter, which appear- edthe next morning in La Puebla. The Prefect immediately wrote tothe Consul, expressing asto- nishment that his letter had been published. ‘he Consul explained to the Prefect. In the meantime the people, in large numbers, surrounded the Missis- sippi in boats, cheering Kossuth and singing tho Marrelllas, Kossath appearing occasionally, and | patby, &c. This increased the apprehensions of the Prefect, who expressed his fears of an outbreak from the great numbers of refugees in the city. Mr. Hodge, who had pledged himselffor his guest, and who was embarrassed by the publi- cation of a letter which he ought not to have allow- ed to go out of his hands, wrote to Captain Long, expressing fears that if difficulties occurred that our government and flag might be compromised, aad asking him to request Kossuth not to address those who gathered around the ship. Capt. Long, parti- cipating in the apprehensions of the Consul, com- municated that part of the Consul’s letter to Kos suth. He regarded the Mississippi as little better than the prison from whizh he had been released, | and said he would appeal to the American people | against their representatives abroad. He then | wrote a letter to the Consul, jastifying the publica | tiom of the Prefect’s letter, &2, &o. Capt Long, in much trouble, hastenod his preparatioa: to sail. He had burried away from an Italian port coalhere. But he got to sea as soon as possible. Now, | suppose that the real truth of the mat- ter war, tha: the French government had better Teasons than were known for denying Kessuth’s re- | quest. Recent ovents have shown that dangers | Were thickening. I$ was that Kossuth was in ¢om- munication with the opposition, and that it was Poel that he might hasten an emeute. Mr. odge, who is an American all over, had the high- est regard for Kossuth, and desired to pay himevory mark ofreepect. He obtained permission for him | to land, by personaily pledging himself that no Fopular excitement should be created. The publi cation ofa letter of the Prefect compromised him. | 1m sure, therefore, that when all the facts and cireumstarcee are known, Mr. Hodge’s conduct will be entirely approved. Onthe other hand, except in the publication ef that letter, I see nothing to blame in Koseuth’s course here. He desired to awoken all the intluence ard sympathy, in France, for bis cause that he cou'd. This was cnly being faithful to his mission. Should he be censured fo that? Certainly not But the Freach government, | though a prefersing republic, coald not afford it. The country was rife with strong political emotion few f feared then, and is believed now, that pass leisurely Kee th bad been permitted to | the term in use) would have been ser The southern Mall, | transportation of mails between Now York aad New Orleans has at length been consummated, | and wiil go in'o operation on the Ist of March. The improvement is one of great importance, as it fecuree to the public a clear gain of twenty-four hours from New York to New Orleans, and of forty houre returning from New Orleans to New York. It is supposed that the northern and eastern lines, ag well asthe short lincs that branch off all along the route, will find it to their interest to make the necessary connection, and go derive full benedt from the expedited mail. The following is the official schedule of the “ Ex- | edited Mail Service,” issued from the Post (lice Department at Washingtoa:— DEPARTURES AND ARRIVALS. NEW YONK TO NEW ORLEANS m. pm m. pm a pm Ma a.m m am. m. § pm. mn pa m * Pm. dgp.m. Junelto vo dune Lito Dee. he Jvunel Der le Pm. 6 p.m, Avlante ant. ¢ am. pm 4 . 4 am. Cgam, West Point, 4 ce Do. 036 pm. Dice tam Ww Poiat, 5 pm. 6 p.m. Montgomery 12 night. 1/ja.m. sam Po. 25 Pm. 1), am. 4 am, Mobile Pa mery m4 pm. NewOrloana lu” SEM ORLEANS 10 NEW FORK leparturee Merrivale Pre Vito June lite Deelto dune to Junel. Dee. 1s June le” Dec New Orleans 2 p.m. 12 m. Mobile..." lv aim, 3 am Mob -Wam. Sam. Monten ty m. y 12 night, 10).m. West Point 7 ‘am § a.m. Do... 24p.m jam. Atlanta. 7pm 6 em. | Do...5 9m, Pm, Augusta... 0am. 5 am $opm 4 pm Marine Affairs, bina iy tHe District oF oe tue Weatine Fuser twithatending the # of the whaling Seat during the last +main firm im their intentions of trade. Several fae ships are at the * build'ng inthis District, or have been which wa note aa follows —- & Lewis, in this city, have now upon thelr P of about 120 tons, Bhe ts to be owned by Mr. jam Penn Howiand, cf this city, and will be som. manded by Cant Bradbury. late of the Wale. of thie New Beproso— port. She is intended for the sperm whale dsher: | will be lounched early in Ma: v4 Asan Mr Reuben Fish is about to bulld a ship of about 450 Laven, supposed to be fora house in this | ony rt. RL Barstow, at Mattmpoisatt, is baildi of some 226 tcns. to be owned iy eee balihoe tang ine i} pati po bg fishery. She is to be commanded y Capt. Damel Flanders, cf Martha's Vi wi be launched in April as ee eee it Wilsou Barstow, of Mat inett, is beilding fe Mr. William Wotkins, of thie a ship of about 200 toma ‘The some builder hae contracted with B : hip of he laid as con ax the Laat She is intended for the sperm some 070 tone, the ker! to named ship ts launched fishery Meare, Joeioh Holmes & Brother, of Mattapoisett, | are Rare at their yard a rhip of about 430 tons, in | tended fora whaler, dad supposed u fo. n0 | pepe DF 0 be for a howse in Matthews Merhow & Co. at South Dartmouth, have upon their stecks a bark of 18 tons, to be owned by i ie Eg f others, of Weatport, to D ve noher ver, fa poly rere cherter, aud intended for en Mie (of New’ for Messrs, Richmond & Wood, of this city, bark of ebout 076 tons, Bhe is intended for a pea whaler, and will be commanded by Captain Lakeman, late of the buryport.) are building | Alto, of this port.-—New Bedford Mercury. Youre Tretn in Ory Agr.—Mrs, Richmond, of Ticonderoga, N. Y.. seventy-three yearr of age, has been deprived of teeth for several years, until revently, « ROW bob us (hou bows Wave ous tarough, ' thanking them for their demonstrations of sym- | to avoid treuble there, and was compelled to take | Tho long hoped for arrangement to expedite the | the Catholic Charch in New ao {Prom the Freeman’s Journal, Feb. 21.) On Sunday last, the Archbishop, at the close of hie sermon in the forenoon, invited the congregation to attend at vespers, that he might have an ener tanity of nding them om matters essential to ion in this city. Im the after. ‘was crowded in every part, and Dgregation wust have been gratified and en- cours, by the exposé of the detads which wore submitted as marking tho progress of religion in the city and in the diooase during the last ten or twelve years. The Archbishop, however, confined hie re. marks principally to the city of New York, to the small number of churches which existed when he took shares of the diocese, and the immense debt that reste spon them, the struggle to pay or dimi- nish which debt has ever sinee been a heavy drain upon the resources of the Catholic community. Not tbstanding this drawback, howevor, the number | of churches hae increased from seven to twenty- | two—there being at this moment three additional churches in process of erection. The Archbishop | went on to eay that tho numbor of those who made their jubilee, by approaching Holy Communion during the Jast three months of last year, was as- certained to have beon between seventy and cighty thousand, in the city of New York alone. He sup- posed that thie number is not more than one-third ot the Catholic population, which, if the supposi- tion be correct, would make the Cetholics of the city amount to over two hundred thousand. The necessity of building additional churches became apparent to sll, and the Archbishop urged tha: measures should be adepted to baild eight or ten more with as little delay ag possible. He had pre- viously thought of commencing a new cathodral, but he bad now made up his mind to postpone that undertaking until church room should be provided to someextent corresponding with the number and wants of the faithful. These churches are not to be of th He supposed that doliars, besides tho and instead of allow- are wanted, to struggle by themselves with the difficulties of erecting euch churches, in which the want of ready means to purchase materi- als and to pay for labor has unusually increased he cost very much, he suggested a plan of gone ral co-operation among the whole body of the Cath olice, by which those now churches can be erected one after another with great advantago ani economy. For this purpose he submit:ed for their coneid- eration the propriety and expediency of uniting a'! the congregations of the city in an effort to create & general fund to be employed in aiding, partly by donation and partly by temporary loan, ia tho erection of these new churches. . The ground on which the Archbishop rested this preposal is that all the ecclesiastical property that now is, and that is to be, belongs to all the Catho- lica, to be used and enjoyed by them forever for the sacred purposes of its creation; and that aiding in the erection of now churches, they are only provid ing for their own religious wants as an aggregate community. The rapid and almost incredible ex- tension of the city makes it thoir interest often- | times to remove from the vicinity of long established | churches into new neighborhoods, and in all auch | cases it is of the utmost importance that they should be in the vicinity of a Catholicchurch. But this degirablo result is not likely to bo attained, unless | by astrong and general co operation, directed by | prudence and foresight. The crganigatignty which the Archbishop pro- posed to accomplish this desirable end is, as we un- derstand him, something as follows:—First, an or- tion in each church, as a branch of a central organization—that central organization to be itself composed of the pastor and one or two of the mem- bers ofeach church. The onject of the yparccriat branch association weuld be to receive from the , Catholics within its boundaries such contributions ia ewaller monthly or weckly amounts. or such larger donations as should suffice once for all duringa year, as the faitbful might be disposed to contribute. Tho object of the central committee would be to super- intend and direct, with the approval of the Arch- bishop, the expenditure of the amounts thus col- leoted From the central committee & treasury board of two or three should be selec! A con- | venient office or place of meeting should be pro- | vided; and although treasurers should thus be ap- | pointed for the guardianship of deposits, no money | should be expended for objects not Seely ap- | proved by the Archbishop, who, either by himself or hiseeoretary, should counters, each order. Thus each congregation should receive an ac- knowledgment from the treasurers for the sums de- posited in its name. The treasurers should pre- serve the funds thus deposited uatil, with the ap- proval and under the signature of the Archbishop, they should be appropriated to the objects for which they esigned. If this organization should betaken Hy sean by the Catholics of New York, the Archbishop will feel it his duty to discountenance, and even prohibit, | all collections fer purposes out of the diocese, anti i the association shall have accomplished the work | which it will have in hard Some extraordinary | calamity, or unforseen necessity among our Catho- lic brethren elsewhere, may warrant an exseption to that prohibition Bat co importantis tho at- ta'nment of the object in view, that, besides the aggregate of contributions from the vast multitade ot the Catholic posulation of New York, who have ever been proverbial for their liberality where the interests of religion are involved, the Archbishop would recommend that the surp!us revenue, if any, | of ali the Catholic churches, beginning with that ofthe Cathedral, should be thrown into the central | fund, until it shall bave been found that there are churches enough for the spiritual wants of ali the Catholics of the city. It is ebvious, at the same time, that clergymen to take charge of new congre- ations murt be provided in a corresponding ratio fhe theological seminary of St. Joseph, at Ford- ham, will furnish during the course of this year some four or five ecclesiastics, who shall have com- pleted their theological studies. But even these will not suffise for the wants of the city alone. 1n the meantime, the neighboring cities, Brooklyn, Willfamsburg, and Jersey City, | not to speak cf other parts of the diocese, demand an increase both of pastors and of churches. Of | course every effort will be made by the Archbishop be) Provide tlergymen with as little delay as possi- le. | | | | | We have given above, as nearly as it is possible, | an outline of the great Catholic proposition sub- | | mitted by the Archbishopin the Cathedral on Sun- | We omit many incidental remarks Cy ty & the wonderful process which the Catholie religion has made in this State, and now in this dio- cese during the last twelve or fourteen years--and all by the zeal end liberality of the Catholics, in the face of difficulties, and oftentimes under the pressure of debts, which have all been overcome. For in- stano His Graco stated that during the last fourteen years there had beon erected, before and since the division of the diocese by the erection of new Episcopal Sees at Albany and Buffallo, at the rate of one new church every month, with a surplus of twenty churches overand above. He alluded also briefly to the different institutions of learning or charity which have sprung up, andto some of which the faithful bave very generously contributed. All these undertakings have been successfully accom- plished. And nearly all are able to sustain them- selves without tho necessity for further aj aid. The heavy debts of the first ahuseb been essentially diminished. of tho new churches, though still burdensome, are by | NO means oppressive on their several congrogations. In the intertm, the Catholic community have in- creased vastly in numbers, in wealth, in reepectabi- lity of their gocial position, in union among them- selves, in piety, in zeal for tho religious welfare o! theirchildren, who, indeed, should be the objests of their most tender solicitude. If they have been h so much under the embarrass- | day afternoon. os have that pow there is no object essential forthe aivance- ment of their religi interests Which, by a general and cordial co-operation with the Archbishop in the great project be has submitted, is is not in their power to achieve But, what is still more, it n their power toachiove it almost without feeling any heonvenience from its pressure Fink at At RA, ON Cavu@a Laxe.—On Sunday morning, at five oclock, the large and valuable dwelling in this village, owned by Benjamin &. Avery. of the firm of ville, Kentucky, waa discovered to be on'fire, and in two hours the building was in ashes. It was in the ccoupation of Henry Wells, whilo bis own man- sion, erecting by him in the south part of the vil- lage, was constructing. Tho wind being from the southeast, exposed the contiguous residence of Henry Morgan; but a vigilant watch scoured it from injury. Tho origin of the fire is unknown, it having commeneed in a part of the building where dros were not used. The spread of the fire was so rapid as to give the inmates of the dwelling only sufi cient time to secure their own safety. Mr. Wells had a collection of va , accumulated during a visit to Ite! , We are glad to state, the most were preserved ; and among them, the exquisite painting of Jacob's Dream, painted by Torry, at Rome. Mr. Charles Wella, of Syracus and his lady, who wero at the house, had all thoir clothes destroyed, aud there was uo inearance on them. The library, piano, music, carpets. &o., were allburnt. Mr, Avery had an insurance on the building of $2,500. Mr. Honry Well’s loss is gono- rally covered by insurance. The Hartford coin- pepies aro the insurers. —dllany Leening Journal, Feb. 18. Crvren Rompres Cavaut.—The po any caught » party of burglars on Mo: night ae they were attempting to force an entrance into the Middle Dutch church, for the purpose of stealing the communion rervice, Information of the intentions of the fellows war conveyed to the police by Mr. Brayton, « felieeman whe had irc’ ated bi; o tel dence, of Al- it sounded aa thing almost insredible whon | peal for | |, and the emaller debts | of former years, itis manifest | F. & DH Avery, Louis. | Literary Reviews. Tur Mepicar Exawingn, Jaouary, 1852 Phila: delpbia: Lindsey & Blakieton.—The preseat nam- ber opens with the annual report of the Committea of Public Hygiene, read before the Northern Modi- cal Association, of Philadelphia, and is possessed of some public as woll as professional interest. Sanitary improvement is a subject possessing greater importance than has been generally recog- nized, bat which hereafter cannot fail to attract con- siderable attention. The committee, among other matters, strongly urge the propriety of 8 proper observation of ventilation in the hands of all classee of society. Tho committee properly advo- cate a system of complote sewerage and drainage as conducive to the salubrity of acity. Wo trast efforts will be made to remedy tho defective sewer- age of our own city, and thus in some degree de- creose the smount of the great mortality which prevails. It is high time that our municipal autiori- ties performed their duties to the public, by putting the thoroughfares into decent order, by cansing the removal ef the accumulated mud and dir which disgrace them. Such a mass of filth lying for weeks intho streets ie disgusting to the eye, and wholly unbecoming our city management. The other contributions are of a purely professional character, and their value wil], no doubt, meet with corresponding appreciation. Covnr Monte Leon, from the French of H. De Saint George: Stringer and Townsend.—This is a French novel. We have no time to read it, ang question much whether the public ought to jo £0. Tue Ant Journat, for February: Virtue —The present number abounds with beauty, and fully a taing the character this work hae attaiaed. Tue Hatr-Yeary Austract of THE Mznicau Scirnces. Philadelphia: Lindsey & Bilakiston, 1852.—This periodical must be of invaluable use to tho medical profession, containing as it doce, a digest of the Aaa foreign modica: poriodis osted up to the latest possible time. ‘Tue Crartrsron Meprcan JournaL, January 1852 Charleston: Walker & James.—The pro- fession of this country will appreciate this werk, as it contains the reports of cavee occurring iu the United States. Notes oF aN Excursion to tuk Istumvs or TenvantErse, by R. Dale. London: Wilson — We are at a loss to conceive the cbjoct of the writer in publiehing this work; perhaps he has none, for he hes written ro preface. The incidents ofa common excureion are not worth patalcasian, and the great point in reference to railways across the isthmus is disposed of in half a dozen lines in its favor. The work appears to possess neither cbject nor interest. Gopgy’s Lapy’s Book, March, 1852. Philadel- phia : Godey.—Tho encouragement of this unique eriodical must depend upon those for whom it is intended, and whose appreviation it appears cal- culated to deserve. The first thing which attracte attention isthe superior style of the engravings of «© The Cottagers’ Sunday Morning.” “ The Sol- dier’s Dream,” and ‘ Itis a Secret,” which are produced ia the best style of art. It abounds with oetry of a charming character, and among the Bost essays are, ‘Morning inthe Country” and ‘The Wrong Passenger.” Tho fashione and mis- cellancous matter appear carefully prepared, and some judicious remarks are made in reference te the former, which should bo regarded. A Plain Case. New York, Feb. Is, 1892. James G. Bennett, Esq., Eprror New York Heratp:— Resrectep Sir—Will you be good enough to 1don me, an utter stranger to yon, for taking the iberty of thus unceremoniously intruding on your precious time, humbly requesting you to read the following statement, which I respectfully eubmit tor your consideration? About six months since I arrived, with my wife, in this city from the city of Dublin, with a little money, no friends, and @ letter of introduction to clergymen of the Protestant Episcopal Chure’, from gentlemen in Dablin, testifying to my charactor ; net having the good fortune to be master of any trade or bandieraft, my tenis being that of a clerk. On the strength of this document, I flattered my- self with the hope that it would have the desired effect, viz: of influencing these reverend gentlemen to interost themselves in my behalf, and thereby Procure mé some situation, were it ever so humbiv, mar eby I might be enabled to support myself and wife. But, like Roderick Random, when he first entered Lozdon, I placed too much confidence in smooth tozgues—being young and inexperienced, set too high a value on my letter of introduction. Let me be brief. Having got my feet on terra firma, brushed away the smell of the ship, and taken a few days to reconnoitre this city of Gotham,. I started with my letter to the first divine. After alittle time, I was admitted into his sanotilied pro- sence, presented my passport, and waited with apxiety its perusal aving Gaiched, he gave me to under-tand that his aequaintance was -o limited, as also his means, thet he could possibly do nothing for me, but asa token of his esteem, gave me & prayer book, sndsoms tracts for my wife. Nothing isheartened, | started for the next apostle of Caris- | tianity, who informed me that it was not the duty | of clergymen to look out for the temporal wants of pirons who might call on them as[ did. | imme- jiately thought that if he had said, with Aminadab Sleek, “ It isnot in our way,” he would have ex- preesed himself more truly, and replied that ‘all [ needed from him was his advice how to proceed in a qoans country,” which, cheap though it was, he could not give, but desired me to Pray to the Lord, as he was the only one he knew of who could assist me. | told him | agreed with him on that point, that whatever chance I had of receiving a favor from H Heaven, | certainly had none from him, and took mp departure. The third distinguished disciple I visit- | ed dwells not seven leagues from your office. Oz thesia ia elf, he received mo very courteot at when he learned my business, ‘*Oh, wha‘ change was there;” his heavenly countenance as- sumed a most earthly look. After gazing on me | for some moments, he broke out in this strain: — | “ Young man, there are too many of that class hero, and if we countenanced them, we might (mind you, might) encourage many evils’ Chagrined and chopfollen, it was sometime before | could reply, | When I told him that ‘I was astonished to hear a minister of the gospel speak so, and that I was not | one of such persons.” At this he demanded if [ | **bhad ever labored,” when I positively acsured him | “that the greatest labor [ ever had was in coming | to eek the asi ice of such ashe.” Here he lost patience, and ejaculated, ‘‘ Big fellow,” ** docks,’”” ** heave coal,” ‘‘ horses,” ** chop wood,” ‘ garts,’” | and sundry other unintelligible phrases, mid the de- livery of which I took my leave, bestowing not blessings on damo fortune, and wishing I were iz abetter world Still determined not to “ give up the ship” till | would find out if there was a particle of feeling inany of them, | visited a few more, but with no better effect; and now, knowing that I hays already intruded too much on your patience, | { se further accounts of the audience | had wita each. | But, sir, you might very justly ask, “ What have I to do with this matter! or why do you writetome? What kuowledge have you of me | that you should prosume to addross me?” Ko- | pected sir, I will, inmay own humble way, answor. No knowledge have I of you, personally, nor do ! | know one who is acquainted with you. I know | you but through your paper—through your writings | (which would be no Jess than preeumption in a poor | devil bke me to eee and might make you ve | me to be little better than a parasite, willing to gain some selfish point wore 1 to do so)—and did | net believe you to be a man who can feel for another, and render assistance to tho oppreseed, | would net dare take the liberty of addroasing you In a word, and to be moro brief, J have been in this city six months, during which time i have mas | every endeavor to procure an honest livelihood, | without a single friend. Ihave been unsuccossful. My Jittle means being diminished, with » young wife, and with no prospect before me whereby | may earn a living, necessity urges me forward to ask your agsistance in my hour oftryiog need | am able, and I am willing, and I am ready to undor- take any labor, no matter how hard, but cannot ot it to do. saga by those who profess to e the ‘* meek and lowly followers of Jesus,” and by Se Lasher to adminiater consolation to the afliicte: eart, I crave your sympathy ag 2% and as a Christian. imei ite In corclusion, I most respectfully | of soliciting your good offices in pro | of employment for me, no matter w tako the liborty 34 Ting any kind a5 itm: suring you that you will never have cause to re) + the interest you may take in me, ag my conduct ar attention would prove; and once more Tequesting of he to pardon me for the liberty | have takon, ana oping that Heaven will bless you and your fami\y ever and always, and that you nor thoy may nevur know what it is to havo a sad and heavy hoast, | have the honor to remain, respected sir, ) our obedient, humble servant, ‘ F Henny Fists } will toke tho liberty of calling for an ansior to- | morrow morning. Answen.—Any benevolent person wishing ¢¢ ead the writer, can apply as directed. Ne JERALD. paorass GoLp Exe:tement Ripublicon contains w despatch from P I which states that the town was throwa ito gras teste? ment by the arrival of a band of Delaware Indians from a hunting expedition. They brought with them # quan- tity of gold dust, which har proved to be finer than Cali- fornia gold. The Indian from whom the dust was pro- cured, aye that it was obtained on this side of the{moun- tate, on ae 700 miles from Parkville. @ refed « theutand dolare (rom vae of the whe WS hawt be the place. oe ¥ = t.—The St. Louis