The New York Herald Newspaper, March 6, 1852, Page 2

| ARRIVAL OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. vi ery Late from the Isthmus ef Panama, and the Esiand of Jamaica, the cholera bas enti ‘The island, | am bh to oar Js pretty healthy, as; but some cxses of vercourse with: swall pox hav jared on the north side. Vacei- | oma eer er pasar ~cvdig “ ee sin: Goons paid pation being r oc Sea, ihe aod[ bere son i f the Union require, for means venting {hs vacecrtal conduc of our air, whether foreign | ‘The steamship Sierra Novada, Captain Wilson, | Gisease; there are mo sppoarances at all of It this or domestic, the largest measure of the same great | arrived at this port at four o'clock yesterday after” | side of the island. qualities. Under the inflaence of these rentiments, fellow- Gitinens, at a public meeting, whether for numbers or the universal representation of the various inte- vests of our community, never sarpassed, held this day in the city of New York, it was resolved to an- Reuner, as Our uNaDimous choice, and to submit to the consideration of the National Conventioa, the bame of , __ DANIEL WEESTER, of asa candidate for the Presidency of the United Skates, at the next election. The character and career of Mr. Webster, his okay bis abilities, bis public services, his la- and bis fame, the honors which be has received from his countrymen, and the renown to his country which be bas imparted in return, are known to you | all. Born in the ordinary condition of American FROM & TO NAW YORE. life, the sen of # soldier of the arabia edu- | Mre Dela Motta sud Geo Brandon 4D Depace eated entirely in the echools and college of his na- followis * é He tive State, rising by his own exertions to the height Mowride * ee aaa ig ef bis profession in the eountry, he rejected the a Foes Burley ‘Geo Morehouse i i 9 Cam 0 Donnell ndid emoluments which an exclusive dovotion | Ji? Rely Bonne” Geo Boy” to private pursuits ensured to him, and, at early mapbood, entered the councils of the nation; for mere than a third of a century, with trifling inter. vals, be bas been in public life, ‘as the immediate repretenrative of the people, as Senator, and as Seoretary of State; during all this time, his acts and his rpeeekes have been seen and read, knewn, underetood, and ecrutinized by all his countrymen all over the land. He is known on the seaboard, from the St. John’s tothe Kio Grande, and from the Columbia to the, Gult of California—by every seaman and by every | Worchant, a¢ having achieved, by the power of his rearon, what war hed failed to accomplish, and established on a basis hereafter never to be ques- tioned, ihe absolute exemption of the American fisg, in whatever sea, from eearch or visitation, meking the deck of every veseel as safe from foreign interercnce az abiu behind the Alle ghanies. He is known, engaged in inte earnest and consistent o ponent of that barrow can- mtruction of the Consti:ution which restricta its e.mmercial protection and operation to salt water, | and denies them to our land locked seas and | mighty rivers. He is known to the farmer, mechanic, and ma- | mufactuier, asthe advocate of that system which | dsferds, promotes, and encouraves American labor, rd cevelopesand expands al! American resources of producuon avd manufacture, the supports of | fore gn commerce. dle is known, at home and abroad, for those great Regotiations in our foreign affairs, which have e@ompeored strifes, averted wars, extended com- roughout the vast interior, to all ation, as the ree, eettled boundaries, repaired national inj Fies infiicted or sustained, and signalized our fereign relations by of mutual respect and | @omity, of magnaniwity and clomensy. Bat above all, fellow-citizens, he is known and cherished by every lover of bis country, as tae de fender of the conatitution and the advocate of the Union ; ard whenever and wherever “ we behold | the gorgeous eneign of the republic, now known | and boncred throughout the earth, still fall high | advanced, its arms and trophies streamiog in their | original lustre, not a stripe erased or pollatod, nor le star obscured, bearing for its motto, | all over in characters of living light, blazing | im all its ample folds, as they floas over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that sentiment, dear to every American heart, Liberty and Union, now and for ever, one @ud inseparable.” Whenever acd wherever | we behold this flag of our couutry, the name of Daniel Webster end his fame are to our eyes min- gled with its blazonry. This emixent citizen, instructed in every art, trained in every discipline, informed by every ex- perience of public life, endowed with every power and farnished with every acquirement fit for the pervice of the State, his public virtue and patriot- ism, tried by every personal partisan and sestional influence within the whole sphere of our politics, and ever found true te the whole country, and its pemet welfare, this eminent citizen, now in maturity of years and wisdom, yet ‘his eye not dimmed, nor his natural force abated,” we believe most worthy toreseive the honors, most able es perform the duties, of President of the United te. Ner, fellow citizens, is it a lo7s serious topic for your consideration that justice—justice to Mr. Wed- ster and justico to our couuiry—justice to the his- torical greatness of the past and to the solemn elaime of the future, requires the earnest and devoted labors of ue ali, to reward his past and command his future services for tho republic noon, from Chagres, wheneo she sailed on Tuesday, the 24th ult., at 1 P. M., and Kingston, Jamaica, the 27th, at 6A. M. On ber outward trip she enoountered for the first four days very heavy weather, during whieh sha behaved nobly, and her engines worked with aston- ishing regularity. Annexed is a list of the passengers ‘beg editor of Fauema Star, ‘T Story, Master Fackerman. She brought a small amount of geid dust on freight, namely :— INE PECIE LIST OF THE SIERRA NEVADA: N..L. MeUready Nathan Hoyes & & Co « « $1,480 74 Oo £020 00 1,200 (0 Aya Oburckman, Ko- Birkhead& e berts,& Co..., 1,400.60 Baluimore..... 1,000.00 Ward& Pierson., 1.000 00 _——_ $16,080 34 We are under obligations to Mr. R. BR. Carring. ton, the gentlemanly purser of the S. N. for late news; alsoto Mr. L A. Middleton, editor of the Panama Siar, for a similar favor. The Ohio, and the City of New York, henee, arrived at Chagres on the 224 ult ; also, the Bcitiah mai! steamer Conway, from San Juan. The Ben Franklin, from Philadelphia, arrived at C. on the 24th, at 10 A. M. Our Kingston Correspondenes, Kinesron, Ja, February 27, 1952 Deplorable Condition of the Island—Cruel Poliry of England--Official Records of Dist-ess— Puli Health—The Weather, §c. dam sorry my preeent letter will not convoy to the friends of this island in Amerioa—and no doubi there are many among the numerous readers ef tho Henarp—any pleasing tidings of our prosperit, Weare still envelopedin the gloom of distress, which the unprincipled conduct of England has for some time spread over us. The whole island is ‘up in arma” (1 speak figuratively, of course,) and ready to fight the moral fight upon the result of which depends our life, for *‘you kill me,” accord- ivg to the old adage, “when you deprive me of the means by which I live.” That we have beon de- prived of the means no one will doubt; and we now groan in the anguish of despair. Our Governor— a rank whig, who has never heeitated to back up his Downing street masters in almost anything they have advanced—has beon compelled to admit the existence of our distrosses. In his speech, in which he prorogued the Assembly yesierday, he remarked as follows:— the Council, Mr. Sp nd Gentlemen uf the Assembly :— You have conjointly placed in my bands, for presen. tation to her Majesty, a memorial which the bla: puted in it to the polloy of her Majesty's Ministers pre- vents me frem entirely adopting; bat I willingly admit the force of much that is urged. I beliove that the ap- prehensicns exgressed are by no means unfoucded, and { frankly avow it to bs my ewn feeling and opinion that ihe planting interest of the colony has a juct claim upen the parent State for judicious action and offestaai assistance. In the wonderfal timesin which we live, when so many sweeping changes are inevitably forced upon statesmen, great exertions end sacrifices ought to be made by so powerfulsnd mighty a State as that of the United Kingdom to reconcile these ehanges with justioe, by affording from the resources of the whvle commuaity, adequate compeseation to any portion of it, whicn, by the substitution of improved for bed institutions, may be made to suffer, as it frequently does, not ro much on account of peculiar crime of its own, ns for the previous errors and the fault of the whole; and although that principle was both ackaow d and acted upon at tae time cf the general ema’ nm from slavery. it t¢ no- tork us and certain that the relief of the planting inter- est hes neither been the elfort and sacrifice w He has served the State from early manhood to the pregent hour ; be bss labored for and loved his | eountry, with an en‘husiarm untiring and unde- eaying ; his very heart and life, as it were, have been wrought into the fabric of our prosperity and | eur glory; and at last he has crowned a Jong eareer of noble achievements for the general goo With a sublime sacrisice of self to his sense of public duty, which bas filled the messuro of his fame, and touched the heart of the whol le. and red for success in er enjoys it with in an unexampled Political canv: the people of de, , Mr. Webst he United States ii ee. le who denies this, either moans, by popularity, something different from admiration, respect, at- tachment and gratitude, or he means, by the people, some noxdescript portion of the community, dis- tinct from the mon who till the eoil, and ply the loom, and crowd the mart, and navigate the ships, and fill the profeesions and all the manifold pur- suits of industry and business. Allthese, whenever and wherever opportunity affords, intown or country, atthe North or South, at the Past or Weet, inthe eourts, in the Senate, in the popular assembly, seck every occasicn to gaze upon his person, to listen t: his eloquence, to grasp him by the haud, and attend his presence and his movements with every display of enthusiastic, admiration and regard. fiepeated!y ® candidate for popular euffrage, he bas always beaten his competitors; his elections to the Senate have always been, on the part of the Logielature, but sformal expression of the popular will of its oons tuents, and his place in the cabinet, nowand hero- tofere, has been accorded upon the well defined and general expectation and desire of the groat mass of the American poeple. For twenty years the school boys of our tand have rehearsed the eloquence of laniel Webster, in the same breath witn that of Fisher Amos snd Patrick Henry, and have grown to manhood to fi this classic of thie school books the living orator, patriot, and statesman. Distrust then, fellow citiven: temncrs of an intellige generous people, whom ¢ OUne unwilling to recognise the ade 2erte of Mr. V ater, claiming only for thomselyes an honorable ex- ception from euch blindness and ingratitude For this, cur own great State of New York, frequent public reseptionz in this city, and his oont enthusiaetic greeting, from town, village, and hamlet, through the jengsh and breadth of the State, have sulliciently shown the sentimonts of our People, and we fearlessly obal!enge for him the tost ef the goneral ballot, te vindicate the whole ocuntry | from thie afpersion on its intelligence and ite pw | trictism In thie crisis of We propose ior y those arrogant son- euch is the manwhom | turtreges, and such bis qu lie | Of affording it. Moch mi: bronght open, and bes fexding and helplecs par | ‘The weather is very fine ; the adjacent parishes, to Kingston, bave had rain in abundance, but none bas fallen here to speak of ; our mountain climate, at this Senay is, perhaps, equal to any part ot the world. Markets. Kinrston, Ja., Feb, 27.—Flour —The market contiours Mxbtiy supplied, and holders are firm at 3la32s Soms 200 barrels New 0: ‘were sold for exportation, at rates equivalent to 81 a 32s, duty paid. Meal isin fair inquiry, at 198 208. per bbl. Rice —Carolina is pleati- fal, ard rather imactive Bread is very inactive. No tales of imported, of any moment, have jired But- ter —There is not any Ameiican ef prime ity at mare ket; the latest operations were 7d per lb. Lird.—The is very liberally supplied with American, bat only retail operations cecur, at5a6d perib, Candies are wanted, The last reevipta of Jackson’s, and Vroom & Fowler’s, brought 7 a 634d tper lb. reepestively, Soap. —We quote Steele's crown, £6 ibs., at 135. 6d ; 60 Ibs at 4s. 64,; and feather, 48 lbs., at 9s. per box; 1,200 boxes Vaughan & Starely’s 60 Ibs, 20 bara, have been moved at 10s. Pork —Ordinary mers has changed hands at 83s., a inspected at 04s. per bbl. Beef—American family quoted at 44 0 463 per half barrel, as in quality. Tongues —Pigs’ are wanted at 608 per Ralf bbl. Ox are unsaleable Home —Amerioan are moved according quality, at 58754. per Ib. Cheese,—Actorican bas ehsrged band 74. Tobacco—Leaf 60s per 109 Ibs., and cavendish, at lid. per lb, Stock of both ‘de- rcriptions very ample. Coro—Very little at market, for which 16s ‘bag isobtained Several parcels have bacn sold, to arr it 5s. per bushel. Lumber.--White pine has been rola at 728768. per M feet. Cedar shingles are worth 20» 22s per M Gold half‘per cent premium on American—the dollar taken at 49, and 4; per cent on doubdloons, is the extreme value 'The Mexican Boundary Commission, Late advices from the Mexican Boundary Uom- mission have been received at Washington. Mr. JR. Parvlett, the Commissionor on the part of the United States, bas been heard from to the 16th of January. He was then at Mazatlan, awaiting coo- veyanco to San Francisco. He had proceeded tate in November or early in December, to Santa Cruz, a town of Sonora, accompanied by the Mexican Comwmiesioner, General Pedro Gareia Conde, with the cemmon purpose of procaring provisions for their respective parties. At this place General Conde was taken sick, but there beiag no physician there. he was removed to Arispe, the old capital of the State of Sonora. ‘Thechange was, however, of no avail, for be died on the 19th of December, aged 47 yeare. General Conde deservedly enjoyed a high reputa- tion, not enly among his own people, bas with those of whatever other eountry Ee had held in- tercourse. He was & statesman, soldier, scholar, and skilful diplomatist, a patriotic, able, and ac- complished man. By the officers of tho United States, whe knew him, ho was highly esteemed, and with all a decided favorite. Fora time he was Secretary of War of the Mexican Republic, and his decease & member ot the Senate for the State of Sonora. His death was no doabt sincerely la+ mented by his feliow couatrymon, as well as by tha American Commissioner and members of the Com- mission, with whom he had been ao faithfully and laboriously co-operating Finding no provisions at Santa Cruz, Mr. Bart- lett was unable to go back to the (iila, bat took route for Mazatlan, where he arrived onthe 10th of January. Soon after he had left Santa Cruz, intelligence reached him of the sickness of about fifty ot the Mexican escort which had accompanied him and General Conde thither. General Carrasco, who had been sent in the sum- wer, by the Moxican government, with a force ot | four hundred men, to renew the occupation ef | a town abandoned to the Indians, and to keep ee oe) in check, had also died suddealy of cholera. The latest date from Liontensnt Whipple's party at Sen Dicgo February 1. That branch is re- ported as having been reduced in nambor, and wes to etart immediately back for M1 Paso — National Inielligencer, 4h inst. 23 from Floridan, Se: Unamrsr, Wasuine@ros, March 2, 1852. Tux Hon. Secretaky or 1He (xTER10K: Sir—A month haa elapsed since I addressed a letter to the Commissioner of Pablio Lands, re- Senne asurvey of the iodian Reserve asa measure calculated, in connexion with the move- ments of General Blake and his lndian delegation, to induce the removal of the ladiazs from Florida, and a fortnight ego Mr. Cabell and mysolf had the honor to confer with you and the Commiszioner of Indian Afa and, in a communication addressed Afairs to you by the entire l'lorida Dolagation, we brought The Removal of the Indi | to your notice the exoitment extsting throughout the State, and earnestly urged upon you the neoos- sity of adopting prompt measures for the removal of tbe Indianr. To nei i eckdition of the p ent object in the afl would not be a con rai dirquirition na to the ment ot my opinicn as to wost effectually be stlorded. But 1 am with odrante: | pr { | aded that it might be afforded Fogiand and Jstosica; and it & joy to me if) 5 P th to | Would be # source of great and in could, ip any degree. fine tsland and its inh rumen | i were to be effected by measures which mig) or thet uaicn of Ingland with her colonies whicn | | is all that 1s wanting to maxe the British empire auex- | ample to be followed hy the whole i now. in he: sty’s name, prorogus this General | Arrembly to Tuesday, the thirtieth dey of starch next; and it ietereby prorczned & ly. Publis meetings ai in all parts of island, and subser' i ed to defray the expense of delegates to Ingland, to reproson’ and advocate our cause at howe. At a meeting held in St. George’s, a weck or two ago, Me. 4 M. Sollas, the collecting constable, or parocnial t, told ¢! th ; treasurer ef the distr: ol o following tale of eo misery, which is applicable, with equal force, to every country. Mr. Sollas eaid:— # * ¢ ’ forbearance ¢ might not be hurried a truths palpable to all. » | the taxes compaciron, # greatest J ficulty, ihe total prostration of ruia, at this very faat of no insignificant by met with tie evidence of ‘When we deli. we are ad. | beraiely see all this ralu—all this poverty—the at- | ter prostration of every department ) egriculturalein the words ot ihe great Sheri J venture to at ervel hand bae wrougbt this \ wild | con ty, 8 ded the country, nor desoiated ite feld tokens of the embraces of om unmerciful tyrannical mother country—more dread. | ‘he bitterest enemy (hear, bear) ety which may fairly bo | of the Britieh goverpment bas not traeed to the polioy ly ruined many on tes, and almost one of the collee properties, but, Bir, this is uln wh aoroad od enters every | man’s 4 1 energies ate cramped, ali heper ae it t@ po ionger the ory. “Tan nter-—I owo no cotton properties,’ | ; at ; | but it ie Vie a sinkicg ship. where crew and passengers | Ea aeorenne’ e fenenticn: ky tie ee oe oh aye wil being fork an me together, It sthe duty, | 4 cptance or rejection b > Poop’, 16 ODE | cherefore. every T care not what | which cannot he evnd i all the vast conse- | biscecupation may be, to rally round the standardof | quences of Welfare or wu De country, | “ships. colonies, and commerce,’ and let our ory rouse which depend upon the d th each citi- | frend of jastion to ous cause, We sek an open | wep, accoriling to the mé rs ry d wod fair ght. ablic opinion and jmubiic low citizens, 80 dizobarge o duty, to the country, and tot inthe result of the ay with henest pride, join « which will attend euccesy. THE RESOLUTK Resolved, That this moeting raposes urlimit eonfidence in the talents, the integrity, and patriotiem of Daniel We Whose great Fer | vices to the country as the der of ths consti tution and the principles cpon which i based — the realoue advocate of the righis of the people end of constitutiona! liberty—-nave justly enti him to the gratitude and atlection ef every Amori- can. As whigs, we honor bim ae tho adie and fearless exponent of our principles ; a ae Awmcricans, we glory in his well earned fame as a Patriot and a statesman, whose life has been do- H Voted to the maintenance of sound republican prin- | @iples and constitutions! law; and we decize to | Present bis name to the Whig National Convention | &# @ candidate for Prosident of the United Stater at | try, that, | contest, we may, veioes in the general joy | be A rete! 2 Hear) J will state wo Se pp rrenshing el ction. His nomination would | a of ay teeter sons rr 1 will show giadden the hearts of the friends of the Constitution | thot properties which formerly paid 400 taxes, are and the country, in every section of our widely ex- | now, ir not entirely abandoned, very nearly #0. Let the tended republic; and patriotism, national pride, | mort tavornbis supporter of (ree trade policy ride ovr | end a feeling of self respect, would combine to on- | the Bait Bay istrict, and at one glance he will | sure his clection—thus securing to our country the | fee the eorably fallen state of our triumph of whig principles, and to the cause of offee properties, Let bim | republicanism througbont the world, the incelon- lugat diateiet, and I envy lable advantage of demonstrating the en) ny the people for self-government, ty provieg ' 4 discrimination and judgment—by vindicating thoir ony to appreciate exalted talent—and by ex- | bibiting their gratitude for grost public servicus roadisess to roward a public bencfactor the | Resolved, That this mooting do unanimous) Bominate Daniel Webster as a candidate for Pros! dont of the United States at the next olection, sub- ject to the approval of the Whig National Con- | are very low | eive, in ét. George, cam be oc thore Inid in the tiule of my predeo But. sir, ths state ¢ fearfully sitered., Of woat ayall is the cheapoes ofan | idered hewvy comp | ettiole when we are deprived of the meane of precuring | it @ kill of the physician if bis | tauiable? (Hear) True, tie taxee erties wpon which they are laid ¢ means of common anbsist- oW cust many of them could, 100 fcemeriy with Httie diff sulty, whist, nd, oA many abil- Hear) When contingencies Ration % vo taxation, air, Bt oan the ba rebuked by istrors from ber own miata in the fatand for her feu- ding new a church in which the ps- riehiorers com worebip Ubsir God. It is a plain unadorn. edone, No widow's tear stains its portele-~no orphan's sight reeourd within ite waild. [tis built for ite use, and BO wonument of onr extraveg Bt. Gee is evflesing with the other parishes o Af Of what ayali in rervices are are paidcut o (Bear, be eart of that man who cap look on ap olde eo many estates grown up in res denoes of many falling inte shelter Co the Watobinen, ‘rom the apeoch ¢f gentleman 1 capacity gives him the very bost op- portantty of forming an opinion, aud they speak so ereibly ef our forlorn condition that 1 giye then end of ‘Tho extracte whore of | remain there. | niques, in virzne of whlok he was entitie ither of the comuunic stions has any reply been made, that [ am aware of. Under ordinary cireuinstances tais omission to reply to representations thus forma 8 entertain ida, of arasnewal of ier, lam thed to gay that avy upon the part of the Goverame b t for their immediate remor be rreductive of lamentabls results. ‘That the government is plodged to remove them dees not admit of a doubt. dressed by Mesers. Thompson and Whitner com- missioners from the State of Florida to the late ad- ministration, about two years ago, and on file in your Dopartment, ought to be satisfactory upon this joint. lt appears from tho latest accounts from Viorida, that the Indians are straying beyond their limits, and committing depredations upon tho pro- | perty of our citizens, and any attempt to restrain them, or to recover from thom stclen property, will inevitably lead to bloodshed and vivlence. I deem it wy duty carncetly to admonish the go- Vorsment that nothing but the removal of these | Indians from the State, and that Spoedily, can pre- vent the most disastrous eonscquenoes © Te ple of Florida sro determined that they shal A treaty, selemuly ratiged by thd Senate, stipulated that they should be removed by | the goneral government. That treaty has never boon cancelled. it has been disregarde by the officars of the army entrusted with the Mmaragement of In- dian affairs in Florida, aod that disregard has beon counteranced by the federal government for several yeare; ogreements inconsistent with, and in opposition to the treaty, have. without the senction of the Senate, been considered as paramount to that | treaty. I must orge that this treaty—which is the ‘sa- pene law of the land’—be * faithfully exesuted” by tho federal govornmont, to avert the neneseity avd the duty to themeelves, of tha people of Florida adopting measures for their self preservation. Keing under tho necessity of leaving tho city to- morrew, to be absont two weeks, I have deomod it my duty to address you thue frankly, end to invoke our attention to thisimportant subject. Reports nave reached us that troops are now ia sho field, aod that the border acttlors are locking to the afaty of their families. With great respoot, | have tho honor to be your obedient servant, 5S. R. Manzory. Sepreme Court, SPeCIaL TERM. Before Jud, a amis Te People lexe of Phys and Sure York —In this care, which was Wed lust week, an alternative aisndemus had bean granted, widreseed to the defendants, coramanding them to restore James P Lurvett, to bie position as » student Jollege, ‘The writ recived toe establishment of snte of the University by wet of the Li #itlatare, the passage of another acs in 179 autiferiaiog: surgeons d tbe creation of that act, f shuctor to them in 1412, Were—the evactwment by the college of Use governmeat of the insritutton, ¢ by the regente of certain reqatsites to or of medicine. It further recited that Bi tt, bar been duly qualified for adinission, had been, on the 16th October, 1848, admitied and matricula- ted ata rtudent, with full rights and privileges. That be atieuded the lectures and cliniques during that term, and was » matzicutated in 1#49 paying the regular Jeet, and ving tickets for all the lectures and ell- d, during good © porition of candidate, completion, aud reosive tegents bis degree of acotor of medicine, vn, the trusteee have unjustly, and withoat otent onuse, snd in an er parte and illegal mapnerk, in violation of the intent of eaid ects of Leginiatare, and of the charter and by-laws, wills and regulations, requieites and conditions of the sald sollege, removed him trom bie «aid porition or office of student or member of eald college, und owndidate for the degree of dvotor of medicine. No return has been made to the writ, but the matter comes on to be heard on @ motion, hebpvior, to hold the franchise o1 end pureue his etudies to their frops, tbe Neverthy lepal or ev | On the part of the defendent, to quash the writ on fronds eppearing ou the face thereof, and a motion on the part of the relator for ® peremptory mandamus, Mr. Lord, for the college, dented that an act connected With the internal management of the institution, duly | approved by the officers and trustees, could be revived by mandemror, acd contended that the trustece and visl- fers porressed & general, supervisory and controlling powertrom which ao appeal could be taken to the courts of jaw, and d that extreme inconvenience woultl erise from an interference on the part of the Judiciary. dir. Lord quoted from a Legislative dooument, the re- port of the trustees of the Union College, on the claim Of the Regents of the University to exercise visitorial powerr—trcm opinions of Bpencer, 0. J. and Platt, J-; also of Stery and Kent, bearing on the question, and a decision of Holt, that the sentenoe of a Visiter eau never in proference to comments of my own. It la, in- “a. Sian ook briefly, and thy further hearing decd, fearful to think that go rich an island—the | was postponed until Fri when the argu: Italy of the Wert—should fade, abd become en- | ment war ; shrouded in immorality ead ruia—an end which Orns resumed b; I r 7 us oy, om the part of the relater. ‘Lhe able lettor ad- | Return of the Baltic from Washington. The Baltio returned from Washington yesterday at4P. M., and will sail to-day at 12 o’olook, for Liverpool, in place of the Atlantic. The B. made a delightful and rapid ran home, having left Alexandria at 8 o'clock on Wed- nesday morning. After leaving the Potomae, sho made fifteen miles per hour up to 6 o’elock Thurs day evening, when she anchored inside of Sandy Hook, in consequence of the snow storm. The B. brings above one hundred paseongers, frends and gueste of Mr. Collins, among whom are :— Mrs. President Fillmore and son; Judge Harris and daughter, of albaxy, Hon, Messrs, Meath, McRae, Bar- rows, Beymour, and Wall members of Congress; o Kearoy, Ool W. H. Polk; General Ward, of Bing Bivg; Postmaster Gordon aud hter, of Boston; Lieut. Bartlett, Voaet Burvey; Lieut. Jemkins, U.8. N ; Mr. Bulwer Lytton; D. D. Howard and daughter, Irving Howse; John Wheeler, Union Place Hotel; Alderman Usplsine Hacksiat, Ocopper, Bldrage, Beippe, Denne, Capi a ie a om ral other distingulsue d packet theaters.” The illness of Capt. Comstock, who was detained at home, and unable to go out in the ship, was very much regretted. He joinod her at Washington, but was unable to command her coming home. Lieut, Fox, first officer of the ship, had oharge of her go- ing eut and returning. Tho excursion, taken altogether, hag beon ono of unbounded liberality; and we do sincerely hope, now that an opportunity hag been afforded to all of visiting and seeing this noble ship, that Congress will, if not forthe reputation of eur country, as an act of justice due to the liberal and enterprising propricters of this line, who have staked their mil- lions, grant the aid asked for. Of the thousends who visited this magnificent steamer—the noblest structuro of marine archi. tecture the world ever saw—none, we prosume, cane away without feeling a thrill of na- tional pride for the glory we have wou, and the triumph achieved, in ocean steam naviga- tion, She was visited by the President of the United States; Messrs. Stuart, Conrad, Graham, Critcenden aad fall, of the Cabinet ; the Eaglisb, Russian, Frenoh, Brazilian and Spanish Ministers; Major General Scott, Commodore Morris; Men- bers of both houses of Congress, and a goodly number of beautiful and elegantly dressed ladies; the Mayors and city authorities of Washington, Baltimore and Georgetown; the heads of Bureaus, and the elerks of all the public departments and, in fact, everybody and everything that coul gain edmittance on board were there, numberin; at times more than twothousand persons. All ha; plenty to eat ard plenty to drink, for wo uader- stand that some got gloriously druck; but all went in for sustaining the ‘* Coiling Line of Steamers.” En route home, the heaith of the lady of the President of the United Ssates was drank, and re- plied to by D E. Sickles, in a few neat and appro- priate remarks. Afterwards, toasts and speechos from Mr. Collins, General Ward, Colonol W. H. Polk, Captains Hackstaff! and [l- dridge, and others, were dravk; after which, A meeting was beld, the ladies aod all on board being present. On motion of (sen. Artemas Ward, of Westchester county, N. Y., Judge Harria, of ay was called to the chair, and Gi. W. Gor- don, Esq, of Boston, appointed secrotary. The object of the meeting having been stated, on mo- tion of Mr. Sargent, ef Penusylvania, a committee d present resolutions expressive of the sonse of the company; whereupon the chuir appointed the fol- lowing gentlemen, viz :— Mr, N. dargent, of Pennsylvania; Captain William G. Backstafl, of Gonnectiout; Lieutenant Thoraton, A. Jenkins, of Virginia; D. 0. Goddard, Esq, of Ohio; and Jchn K. Porter, Esq. of New York. The committee retired, and, after consu!' ition returned and reported the following rezo.u:ione, which were unanimously adopted :— Kesclved, That the passengers by op her excurrion from Washington witnessed with the highest grattfica’ regularity, snd discipline mai d ia every depart mext of the ebip, under the direction of Cuptain Uom- ttock, her scoompliched commander; and that they fully appreciate the admirable arrangement» for the con- venience, epjoyment, aud security of all on board. Resolved, That the highest praise is due to the enter- prising sud public spirited owners of the Baltic and of the Colina hue ot steamers, tor having, at great risk and expenre, practically demonrtrated to the world that,in this braveh of commer: marine, no more than in any other, ean the United States be surpassed by avy nution on theearth; and, as Americans, we taks great pride in the fact thet the steamers of this line, uarivailed as they are in etrength of rtructure, beauty of movel, and ele- gepoe of finish and armament, have outstripped all others in speed; and as well in wiater as in summer, and whether outward or homeward bound, have made the shortest passager ever performed in crossing the ocean , Resolved, That in wituersing the perfect operation of the macbivery of the Baltic, its high finish. ite massive sireppth. and sctentilie arrangements, we find eccasion for ecrgzatulating the country upon the advancement in the wecbanic xrts to that bigh state of perfection of whieh we have bere s0 clear aud striking @ demonstra- tion. Resclyed, That we regard this line of steamers as hay- ing contributcd lergely to our mational reputation, j; We trust that its propiietors will meet with the most | \ibera! encouragement from the community, as well a4 Thment, in their succers(ul competiteon ions in this branch of coramercial marine. Resolved, That we regard dr. B. i. Collins, the liberal amship 7 York, have | and enterpriing originator, and the inost efficient agent the line of steamers as a pub- | le ‘setor, and his asone of the names of which the country has just reason to be proud. Resolved, That we return our warmert ackaowledz- ments to the owners and officers of the Baltic for the cordial hospitality and the uniform kindness and cour. tesy which have been extended to their guests during ‘this delightful excursion, On motion of Captain Hackerarr, the following recolution was also nnanimously adopted:— Hoxclved, That this meoting warmly appreciates the services of Lieut. Fox, of the Navy, and chief officer of the Baltic, who has so ably sustained our noble com- mander in his arduous duties ‘ On motion of Francis A. Fisurr, Esq, of | Baltimore, it was Voted, Thata “4 of the proceedings of this meeting ‘be presented to E. K. Collins, Zsq , and that the same be published in the New York city newspapers, ww of five was named by the chairman, to piepare and | io, | perfect order, | Our San Franelece ‘Conrespondence, jaturat Dam Ban, Sovrn form Amgnican Ex Dorapo Co., Cau., Dee. 23, 1951. Life in the Mincs—The Rainy Serson—The Want of @ Mint to Protect the Interest of Miners—Rail- road across the Plains. # have looked in vain through the eolumns of your interesting paper, for the last six months, to find something from the mounteins of this distant State, from some miver who would give your read- ers a fow ideas of life in the Eureke State, now that we have been enavled to take a sober second thought, after the delirium ani confasion oonte- quent on the rush of the first emigration had some- what fest te Bet Lae: at aries bat few opportunities for gratifying his wri propen- sities. During the fie weather he must be fos stantly at work, and when late at eve ho throws down the pick and shovel, and hii his tent to get his eveniog meal, ho is suffisiontly fatigaod, when that is over, to lay his weary frame oa his hard bed, (generally the ground,) aad try to got little rest, se a8 to be prepared for the next day’s toil. Evenour Sundays afford but little time for writing or reoreation, (tat is, toa clean, pious minor,) for then we are ebliged to wash and mend our clothés. But when an occasion like the present occurs, we haye & leisure time to inform our distant fricnda what we are doing in California. The rain has been poaring down in torrents almost constantly for the lastseven deye; and, asa Pike county man would say, there is a “right smart chance” of a “ poworfal heap” more yet. At times it comes thundering down quite fiercely, atening to break throagh our fragile roof, covered only with light canvass, and expose us entirely to its pitiless peltings. However, chus far it is all right, although eundry puddles on our mud floor proves that it has insin vated itself through ‘‘some;” and it now and then, in the night, we feel it trickling down our phiz, why, we roll over, twist the blanket closer around us, and doze on. Tho South Fork is swollen to thrice its usual size by the recent heavy rains, and its turbid waterscome rush- ing, roa and leaping over its rocky bed wish tremen veloeity, sweeping in its course all that comes within its reach. Mucy # miner find, on going down in the morning to the river's bank, that the sudden rise bas caused many of his miniag im- plements to vamoos during the nigh’, and tha: the scene of hig operations the day previous is many feet under water. Little reck you, easy-liviog hombres of the Eastern States, what toils, priva- tioxs, and sufferings we poor devils endure, to col- lect the mites that go to make up the millions you receive in the Empire City every month. But still you cannot find, the wide world over, 20 seemingly a happy set of ** devil may oare,” independent ful- lows, a8 those same minors of California. Now, Congress and the general government have groksly neglected us; and we feel it, too, I assure you. In the present state of things, the ‘book laws” are of no acoount, and we are still compelled to make and excoute eur own laws, to suit casos a8 they occur. Ifwe go ou: on a prospecting tour, a3 we aro frequently obliged to do now, in small par- ties, we are obliged at night, when we throw our- selves on the ground to sleep, to keop one eye open, to see that some thieviag Indian or other villain comes not to steal our lives away. And here I wish to tell the public and our mem- bers of Congress now agsembied at Washingtoa, eapecially, through your columns, that no portion of the population of tho United States are so abo- minably cheated, humbuged, and sqindled, as the miners of the lvureka State. We are obliged, even now, to dispose of our dust ia the mining dis- | triots at $16 per ounce, whon we know it is worth from $17 to $20. I speak now of the unsuccessful miners, (by tar the largest portion of the population of California,) on whom tho neglect of Congrosa, in not giving usa mint long ago, and passiog somo some law regulating the working, or donating the mineral lands in emali portions, comes quite severe. ‘To the successfal miner, tho present “lct alone pollo will do, as he can take his gold dust to the ew Orleans or Philadelphia mints, (or to Europe, as’many do,) and get the full valae therefor. But to those who, although industrious, cannot possibly inake more than enough to pay their necessary ex- penses, to be compelled to part with their hard carnings at $16 per ounce, and nine times in ten, get cheated some 20 per cent in the weigat at that --to sueh, I say, it is a hard case. In conclusion, Mr. Bennett, I beg you to take up the oudgol in our behalf, and to belador the honorable Congress un- til they satisfy these reasonable demands. Firatly, We desire tho passage ot an act for the immediate establishment of ® mint at San l'ranocisco, to go into operation certainly by July next. ‘To this act Ido not believe any sane citizen of the United States can oppose any reasonable objection. Se- condly, The minors desire the passage ef a general law, donating the mineral lands in small tracks to actual workers. { will not particularize the de- tails of such a bill as your humble correa- pondent believes would be sanctioned by Con- ress and acceptable to the miners generally. 0 next mail to the States will bably bear from the convention of settlers and miaere, which assembles at Sacramento the lich of January next, a memorisl to the ‘ assembled Wisdom of the nation,” setting forth the wish- 3 of the people of California on this subject. Thirdly, We trust that Congress will not ad- journ without passing an aot for the building, By the United States, of the great railroad across the Plains, from Missouri to California, taereby con— necting tho Atlantic and Pacific oceans. [ have no doubt but that there are 25,000 miners in this State who would laborsiz months cach on the road, and in three years complete the same from ~acra- mento (perhaps the mos: desirable starting point) to Salt Lake City, and ae their labor, as pay, stock in the road. Now, if Uncle Samuel will only take hold of the thing a: onco, the road can be pe through without any trouble, in less time than been epent in talking about it; and in 1855 the cars over tho great road can eommenco their trips from Maine to California. I trust thet at an early day those great measures (upon which the rapid peerery, of tho United Statos eo much depends) will be carried through. Let not the sluggishness that has horotofore caa- racterized our national councils continte, but let each and every member “havo an eye to business;” and at the close of the present session of Congress, Jet them be able to show to their constituonts that H tl have done their duty as American citizon: it their } in legislation for the greatest and freost people Whon coming up the harber, yesterday aftor- | on God's earth. nocn, the Baltic pasecd the Sicrra Nevada steamer, | the B. saluting ber by lowering her colors, and | | proceeded along up, firing @ salute as sho passed the wharves and shipping, until she reachod her | wharf, foot of Canal street. | ‘To cay, a8 bofore stated, she is off for England. Theat Bowery Tuearae =! Our Texas Correspondence, San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 20, 1852. Important Decision for San Antonio—The Railroad Jrom Indianola—Internal Improvements in Vecas— The Revolution of the Ria Grane, §c. For tho want of something olse to do, I al and Musical, ie beautitul t y of “Jane send you | Bhore’ een pil fon oF | for tno mga Oil he beethadllier eventcar aie this, the frat of exchange, from this portion of the | Meare, Mody, Btevans, Griffiths, Leflingwell Miss Fanny | country. Wallack,axd Mra Hf. P. Grattan in the principal cha- The Supreme Court of this State, a fow days | eince, madea devision which gives to this city some with the seree cf “Your Lite'sin Danger."’ This pro- , six leagues of land, that the city has been deprived gramire will be certain to attract w large audience, | of for some time by men who located it and | Dnoapway Teearay Forrest appears again, this | ven; ession. This land joins the city, and is | evening, as Richard 117. This will be the fifth time Le | considered to be worth, at least, five hundred thou- | bas appeared im this dificult character. and the houre | sand dollars. San Antonio, therefore, at this timo, Was fuilon each cocetos, Ue is ably Supported by Mr. | ig the most woalthy city in ‘Texas. Conway and Mad. Poniri tn the other leading oharacters, There is but little doubt but what tho railroad The otber parts will be filled by an excellentatock com- | gor which thore is & char ish haste yany, ‘The entertainments will conclude with the tarse | fF Which there is a charter out, and which has been of “2ehocking Kvente,” in which that exceedingly cle. | 2Ominally commenced, to run from Indianola, or ver comedian, Mr, Davidge, will sustain the pri seme othor point on the Gulf, to San Antonio, will part, be completed. The Logislature will not appro- Devron’s Tavares Barton has provided another ex. | Priate apy money to railreads, but shoe will i ceedingly nitrective bill of entertainment sor hia ume. | five or ten thousand aeros of land to every mile of roup patrons this evenicg, comprising Morton's oslebrated Tailroad, when completed. As Toxas has millions ccmedy, entilied ths “ Way to get Married.’ and Sheri- | of acros of public land, that will oqual any of the Gen’s excellent comedy, styled the “ Stage Rehersal. | public lands of the United States, I have no doubt which all the eading members of his powerful atock | bat that, with the induceraents of this appropria- ion of land, and the faat increasing population of racters. The next feature will be the fame of the * Dumb Savoyard;’? snd the entertalaments willoonclude Incipal | compony will appear. This bill must draw au overflow. | 4) ing eure. | the State, will cnugo the stock to toad & be loving thverite denmasr—"The New fare Prom | cther sido of the Rio Grande, has been elected to “Old Continental.” and “Tom Cringle'— forming an | the Serate of tho Logi ature of this Stata, to fill extertalzment well wortby the patronoge of the public, | et Mona oocasioned by, tho Cees General Dannun'e Musa 2h + te . | Edwerd Burleson. General Coravajal was in this uitied the Btls" whieh hed aooh w long and ua. | Vicinity a few days sings, ard I learn to-night, by a eppesr in hi great philosopht- | game of the country, betwoon tho Nueces and the na merble rieb, s an elevation of | Rio Grande, nearly atarvod out and naked. You ig age, im an inverted position, Ile may consider that movement at anend for this bial ce ser cepdiacemiastile bs Cea : time. Carovajal was not the man--noither tho ireenlun toutaoto buneuiptas Ps Spacious | Americans or Moxioans had any confidence in him. excellent opportunit oir Little tikes os Sami well as an evening per- | Tho Indians continue to roam in our country at Oo core ee thoir pleasure, murdoring and carrying off stock & Oo, edvertire an afternoon aa formance io-day. The progratume embraces many Gne | ‘om fll } Texas. features, o hictiaics Cunwrr's Mivernere.—otr Christian, the talented Our Montreal Correspondence. Tyroiean singer of this unrivalied compan: * bi annoat benefit this avening. The progeetine ‘hie i | provided, independent cf his meritorivus claims, must fll the ball {n every available department, Woov's Mineraria—This band of negro t8 | continue to be withered by very large sareatages Wak i great delight and drolenticn, ‘They announce an after- | noon and evening performance for to-day, for whick they cffer a highly amuring entertainment 2” serdar Avovatvs Branaw's Becoxn Concrnt — Phe second of Monrrgat, Feb. 24, 1852. Reduction nm Military Fr. ‘Tho wilitary cirolcs hore woro taken by surprise yeeterday, by the announcomont that the Royal Canadian Ritles was to be reduood forthwith to ene colonel, one major, aud six oaptaing and lieuten- ants. ‘This regimont was croated from tho elite of the i from the melodies she inan artist of great musical dno doubt will draw a fushionable audience, fing, for the Gret time, the besatifal ‘e's Young Dream,” the Sootoh bal- lad cf the “Flowers of the Zorest,” and, by desire, the | favorite serenade of “My Dreama ate now no more of Thee.” In fine, the programme is deeply interesting. Trmrivor tue Moves --The amuseraonte which are nightiy given at this place, consist of aa exhibition of ancient statuary by living models, and megto minstrelsy, a series of those charming soirees will | army, and compriros the good service mon, their pay Tabernacle on Monday eveving next. vote talented | boing as high as the guards. They were stationed | Ene donne, Mad. Wailace Boucheile, will in delight | in small detachments along the frontier, and wero | jer hearors with beautiful selections a | itined to check de ion from other regiments. | d that tho men degenorated | drankonn noglested their tary dutice, and deserted in greater numbers than any othor rogimont in tho service; hence the order to reduco the corps, and the probabilitios aro | | that it will ultimately be broken up. aa apes bina ate Ltd ana Bo. | | Verely, ag they aro shelved on though | many of them paid large sume to Led into the of Moore and Warne; kill, i Tue Mol: " theli Irish mu- | oyal Canadian Ritles, looking upon it as a crack geal evenings on Doday’ next, at the doelsty Livrary | &Orps, stationed permanently in a'healthy guarier, Broad : The British Protectorates on the American Continent, THER MOSQUITO INDIANS— AGGRESSIONS OF MOSQUITO KING—THIP TO THB ISLAND OF TAN—THE PRODUCTIONS OF THE ISLAND—THE GOVERNMENT SRT UP BY THE ENGLISIF Baxizg, (British Honduras,) Deo. 20, 1351. Hon. Voingy E. Howakp:— Dear Sin—Yours, under date of lact Mareh, directed to me at San Juan de Nicsragas, came to hand but a short time since, and reached me whilo at Ruaten Isiand; aud ist me here say, 1 am much obliged to you for your kind attentions. I now avail myself of the present moment to give you a shore sketch of my observations and ps- Tegrioations in the tropics, since my eesond visil nearly (eaiede to the point of death the second time, at San Juan de Niowragua. I was forced to wind up a profitab!e business, aud leave at onge, or lose my Cousequeutly I chartered a vessel, and’in the latter port of March we ges sail. The island of Ruatan naving been highly recommended table point ior me to recover my health of my stock, | concladed to give it a etook Great and Little Corn blands in our route, to do some trading. Fron thence wo sailed for the Mosquito shore, with the view of trading with the naives. and touched at various noted points, ineluding Cape Gracios a Dios. however found the natives too poor to make it a profitable trade; but | had the eatisfaction to have my previous opiniovs with regard to the Mose quito [ndians and government fully confirmed. J have seen something of Iudian character in the wild: Texas and other perts of the Uaited States; but | have never in wy life seen so degraded, indolent and miserable arace of beings as these natives—the subjects of his Mosquito Majesty The idea that such a rase could resist effectually the ancient chivairy of Old Spain, set up and main- tains Bing cere of their own, is too ridiculous to think of for a moment. The real fact is, they weretoo degraded and insignificant for the Span- iards te sond any considerable force against them. The wholo ef tiais coust was conquered by Cristo- valde Olid, acting under a commission from Cor tes, in 1523. It buwg alow, sickly, and hot coun- try, the Spaniarda paid bus little atiention to it. The cupidity of the Exglish led them to take advantage of those circumstances, and establish & wotectorate for the Mosquito king, who, by-the- e, has recently (Novemher) been oxtending his kingdom farther into the State of Honduras, and within twenty miies of the city of Truxillo, o| course backed by British ivfluence—in fact, te is the act ot the British government, the Mosquite king being a mere tool to effect ita designs. Tho Mesquito country abounds in valuable woods, and rome of the mos’ extensive and finest forests of mahogany are there to be found, which are alto- gethor worked by British capital. On the 11th of April, we arrived at tho island of Ruatan, Bay of Hoaduras, which is avout thirt; mies long, by from three to five miles broad. On nearing the isiand, it presents to view @ most beautiful and picturesque appearanee, the lands im the centre or bask bono of tho island ranging from 400 to 900 feet above the level of the sea. ‘Tho island shows volcanic origin. The lands are heavily timbered, and in the interior broken, a red and mulatto soil on the surface, possessing un- common fertility. Oa the margin of the sea there are generally narrow flats, aad the shores are stud- ded with that most useful of trees, the stately and beautiful pa: The main lands of Honduras are plainly in view, the coast ranging from 25 to 30 miles off; at times the atmosphere is sv clear, that the cloud sapped mountain Congrehoy, rearing its head 7,500 é above the level of the gea, with its losser neighbors, presonts & moat grand and imposing sppoarance. During my ehort residence on the island I visited & spot celebrated by its inhabitants as the grave of Lafitte, the pirate. He was killed in an attempt to beard a Spanish vessel bound from Traxillo with treasure, and buried at the weat end of Ruatan, ander a stately cocoanut or palm troe, on which his name, together with witeesses, was inscribed, ang the year of his death— 1818. Ruatan possesses some very fino harbors, Port Royal, near the southeast end; Dixo: inthe centre; and Coxon’s Hole, near the west it is here where the it fruits in all th West Indies grow to great perfection. The leading staple products of the island at pre- sent, aro plantains, bananas, pine apples, and oo- coanuts, which find a ready market in Now Orleans and other Southern markets of the United States. In fact, the climate, soil, and various localitics of the island, are ospable of rowing all tho different products of the tropics, in the greatest abundance and perfection. ‘The island, at certain seasons ef the year, is quite sickly, chills and fevers prevailing. 0 cause l attribute more to the fact that tho settlers ere constantly clearing up new plantations, thoroby exposing @ superabundance of vegetable matter to decay, thanto any natural tocal cause. It possessee & population of about 3,000 souls,principally blacks, and cogitsh subjects from the grand Caymaas, who emigratcd to this island about thirteen years ago (1Y35), andor the auspiovs of the, British govern: ment, fiom which they claim and receive pro- tection, although of right the island velongs to the State of Honauras. in September fast, the Superintendent, or G vernor, of Salize visited iiuatan, for tae purpose of consulting and advising the iohabitants in the organization of their government. ‘ine people were called together im convention, to hear the views and propositions of his Excellency. In a speech which he made to them, and iz reply te some enquiries about connecting themselves with the British sottloment of Belize, Honduras, he re- marked that the eontinuance of the settlement of Belize was quite problematical ; that Senet with the Spanish government, giving the Ex; rights there, had nearly expired ; and what the result would be, he ceuldj not pretend to give satisfactory reply 3 and that he, recommend them to form nt; and, as British subjects, it could there lished upon a pormanent basis—they voting # sufficient sum to support & stipendiary magistrate, jto be appointed by the erown, ang sent out from England. fete of England to this island, 0; 5 viz: n’s Cove, In viow of the ri it may not be amiss te give hore a brief history o€ the early discovery, settlement, and various o¢y cupants, down to tne present day. At thotime of the cenquest it was woll peopled, but the hostilities egainst them, first by the niards, and aftorwards by ae who infested these seas, nearly deatroyed or drove sway the natives. id was discovered about the year 1502, and remained quiotly in possession of the Spaniards until the yoar 1512, when Wee werd attacked by an Engel pirato ; no sufficient re~ sistance being made, Ruatan was taken possossion of. Itscoeupaticn was of great advantage to the English, and of equal injury to the Sp: for, beipg £0 near to the ports of the main land, the enemy were enabled to make attacks upon them whenever they ploascd, commanding, as it doos, the Bay ot Honduras. In 1660, the Spaniards drove the English from the island, and it was deserted from that time uatil 1742, when tho English took possession of it again, aud fortified it with matorials which they had carried off from Truxillo—they maintaining pocsossion of it until 1740, when they wore dislodgod by the Governor of Guatemala. Iq 1796 they aguin made thomaolvea mastors of it, and stationcd upon it 2,000 (Cariba) negroes for ite protection. 1n 1797, Rossi, » Spanish officor, with a smalt force, reteok the island by capitulation, and issued orders, which the Caribs promised to obey, and thea :@: sail for Truaillo. In 1889, it was again forcibly taken possossion of ly Col. MoDonald, tho Superintendent aad Gover- nor of Balize, Honduras) The Spanish sg Paden pulled dowa, and the English flag hoisted in its Ince, and tho Spanish soldiers sont to Truxillo. From that day unto the pomes it has remained ia crsossion of the linglish. In this last seizure of | Ruatan by the English, thoy have extendod and | claim jurisdiction to the cluster of beautifal islands to the cast, including Helena, Barbarst, and Bana- ca, and tho island cf Utila to tho wost, designated by them as its Siieraned all loving. in the same range, and within sight of tho city of Truxillo, ‘These robberies are, to be sure, upon & patty scale, whon compared to the Panjaub, and other possos- sions of the East Indies, but they are sufliciont to Xxoite the sympathios of a just people in behalf of powerful mation. ‘The intest commotions of tral America, the weakness imbecility of the Honduras Ue pe provents it from assert: ing and maintaining its natural and pe bed Sica Such is a briof history of this important little island and {ts #0 called doncios, whith ae 0 Honduras, thus showing the unprincipled and grasping ng Of tho British government in this quarter. ‘ortuituous circumstances has brought me to this place, but 1 trust I shall be ablo to wind up my aflairs this coming spring, and return to my hemo in Texas. ‘There is muoh curious matter hore to ongage attention of silent and quict observer, and, should the spiri¢ move me, { may make it the subject of furthor ox~ aminations. ory truly, yours, &0., A. ‘A correspondent of tho A Monsen Nimnoi Jacksonville (Fla) News says:—The following list ex- hii aggregate amount of game, (inround Bumbers) Jilled with one gun, durisg @ ploneer residence on the frontier of this Biate, fcora ite earliest settlement to this time, via Deer, 5,009; turkey, 4.500; tigers, 40; beara, 70; wolves, 20; wildeate, 60; alligators, 100; rattlesnak 45; racoons, 600; ryulrrela, no telling; oposmusas, 476%, foxes, 100. Besides wt least four hundred beeves. Dur- ing this time, the rifle with whioh the above enormous number of animal lives have been takon, has received four new stocks, and is now in good order, and capabie of killing Alachua oo { } rally commands the ontire commerce of tho | g