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The Russian Empire. THK MILITARY STRENGTH AND GONDITION OF THR ARMY OF THE RUSSIAN BMPIRE—THE VAST IN- €KBASE AND THE DETERIORATION OF THE RUS- BIAN ARMIFS--CHARACTER OF THE RUSSIAN SOL- PIER AT THE PRESENT DAY—INFERIORITY OF THB OVPICERS OF THE RUSSIAN INFANTRY, 4C., aC. Mr. Benner 2 s . . . &ir—At this interesting posed of publie excite- ment, I beg to offer the following paper, with the ubove caption, of the military elements and physical force of the Russian Empire. Very respectfully, A. C. Casrie, M. D. To form an approximate idea of a State, so essen- tially military and warlike in all its institutions as the Russian Empire, it is not only necessary to ac- quire a correct Spowionne of its actual military strength, but we must also investigate the latent elements which may be called into action to in- txease it, and to what extent they are, or may be, fitted for the mission of extens' conquest, h the apprehensions of the civilized world ascribes to them. If we examine digpassionately und calmly the military history of Russia during the last ‘century, we shall find more causes ef alarm than have ever been admitted. Yet af we continue our investigation as far as the late Polish, Turkish and Hungarian ware, and combine their results with the observations which the aspect presented by the Russian army to the eye of an ob- server, we shall find our apprehensions rapidly di: appearing before tho researches which have ‘led to oe explanation of facts apparently anomalous and perplexing. We shall, then, at first, find ourselves startled by the conviction that the Russian armies have been much more formidable than we had ac- stomed ourselves to believe. A careful perusal of impartial histories shows us that eighty yoars ago, of two great battles, fought with almost, enna! forces iis feceelngh against an army as hig! ly disci- ined ag any which has ever been collected in Eu- rope, and commanded by one of the greatest cap- tains the world has ever producod—!'rederick the Great—one battle remained undecided; and in the othor, they obtained the victory. When we reflect that Suwarrow, with an army less than 40,000 men, drove out of Italy 120,000 troops of the French Re- blic, comuiectea by such men as Moreau, by Me- Bonald, and by Joubert; when we reflect, therefore, on what the Russian soldier has proved himvelf, and pause to consider that the empire, which threatens to send forth her bordes to conquest, or to erus the spirit of liberty, has now about a million of men under arms, there would appear to be, in con- junction with theee facts, most serious cause of alarm. fortunately, however, for the liberties and the in- dependence of Europe, the Russian soldier of to-day is no longer the Russian soldier of the last centu ke is vo longer what he was; diluted as the mi tary vigor of the overgrown massex of the Russian troops is, compared to the small brave armies of Blizabeth d Suwarrow. This, with many other eauses, have concurred to render the Russian armies less formidable than formerly; as, by a comparison of their former with their recent eampai; ii Europe and in Circassia, we shall very easily de- mionstrate. We may very readily understand the reasons of this unfavorable change. All their suc- cesses have bee fly owing to 2 good and steady infantry, and they have never had but one General Suwarrow. ‘To the talent of their chiefs, excepting in the ease of this remarkable man, they have seldom been indebted. This infantry still co: tinues to render the Russi i able; but its officers, who have at all ti ave now most lamentably deficient in intelligence. The fanatic confidence in the holiness of their cause, and the blind belief in fatalism, which formerly ani- mated the masses of the military, and supplied the lace of @ more noble enthusiasm, now exists no longer. Its last flashes were seen at the battle of Borodino, where the levies just recruited from the peasantry, and still in their gray dregses, Napoleon kaye, moved stcadily and uuilinchingly in the face of destruction from their entrenchments, trembling, and crossing themselves, but still pushing forward in their first and last field, to the death bed that awaited them. . 4 The Russian peasantry, who, when disciplined, constitute some of the best infantry in Europe-—su- perior in steadiness to any excepting the English, the Swedes, and the S re naturally 2 most pacific race. Feeble in constitution, they can neither endure long marches nor resist the hardships ef @ campaign. Accustomed to a watery food, of whieh they require great quantities, they soon fall victims to famine, dise: , and epidemics, which rapidly thin their numbers when exposed to scarcity or fatigue. How different, in reality, from the pic- ture we have been accustomed to contemplate of bold and enduring barbarians, whose iron frames set at defiance all privations and fatigue. Their supe- viority consists only in this:—they are the soul of obedience--they serve without a murmur. A Rus- sian regiment, if destined for a long march, cannot go more than 25 wersts (16} English miles) per day——marehing two days, and resting the third. If extended beyond this. too many men are left upon the road. With rour black (ye) bread for his food, and over eighty pounds weight in arms, munitions, and equipments, it is not surprising that seventy-five miles im six days should be the limit of the Russia soldier’s physical powers. History tells us, in the an vals of the Hnseiah two last campaigns with Tw that the Russian army lost 150,000 men from sick- ness and fatigue alone. Montecuculi, in his spirited military memoir, says. notwithstanding the European tacties enabled the Russians to gain every victory, a little firmness and a short prolongation of the war on the part of Turkey would have conquered them. In- fantry, constituted of component parts so Ne op is yet, asa whole, comparatively formidable, not- withstanding the deficiency in their officers, for the simple reason that experience teaches and history shows us that these.Russian troops will preserve their line, or continue to move on in unbroken column, when commanded to do so, where the Austrians and Prussians give way. The Russian soldier, uninspired by any military enthusiasm, or any patriotic feeling, or even stimulated by any spirit of natural pugna- city, which with more energetic races invests the very act of strife and contention, a peculiar charm and pleasing mode of excitement. The Russian soldier stands aloof from these natural charms of other men; he will stand passively to be cut to pieces, or he will advance as he is directed; his arm may be unnerved, indeed, by his individual terrors, but still he keeps his place; the man is there at his post, forming part and parcel of a brave and formidable whole—a whole which stands unawed by danger, or which itself ad- vances, threatening with all the moral as well as their apparent physical force. This negative quality is of vital importance in the presence of an enemy, because if one do not give way, the other must, or will. It is not on record that troops ever crossed bayonets as the Americans and British aid, during our last war en our Northern frontier. The Russian soldier, whether infantry or cavalry, is almost invariably taken from the class of ser! though all who are not noble are liable to the con- eeription. Every proprietor of ‘‘ sclaves,”’ or slaves, is bound to furnish a yearly percentage on the num- ber he possesses, a proportion which varies accord- ing to the exigencies of the State. The proprietor, consequently, generally selects the most idle, the most worthless, and the most useless of his peasants. ‘The reeruit leaves his family, with the regrets of the saparation to be forever. He is told that he is now a freeman ; but he is forwarded to the head quarters of his regiment, and chained to some other equally unfortunate Russian freeman. The average pay of a Russian soldier is about three dollars per annum, which he ean add to hy any employment he can gain by work obtained not interfering with his mili- tary duties. This brings him nothing, or an amount beneath notice. His food in garrison consists of sour rye bread, (always more or less injurious,) fermented cabbage, buckwheat grits, and hempseed oil. The “guards” attending the Emperor, receive one “half pound of indifferent meat twice a week. His drink 3s called guass—two slices of sour bread being allowed to ferment in a half bucket of water—which they drink in Jarge quantiti Some temperance philanthropists endeavored, lately, to debar them even of his beverage. The Russian infantry consists en paper, of 500,000 men, each regiment being di- vided into six battalions of a thousand men cach. ‘To eum up the military force of the Russian empire, ne it is eaid to stand at this present moment em- + 500,000 50,000 bodied, consists of— Infantry of the line Artillery and enginee’ Regular cavalry. Royal guards. Irregular cavalry. about Army of the Black Sea, is ‘The military colonies effective about . Toial..... “ ,066,000 The three Jast are, in a measure, farnished by the Nomade tribes, of which the Cossacks of the Ural mountains—the most warlike—furnish cight regular regiments, which reduces the number to Kossuth’s statement—700,000 men. Of the nations and tribes who farnieh an irregular contingent to the military torees of the Russian empire, the Kerguise, the Nogai Tartare, and the Baskirs are the b less, however, to their European army. They may ve valuable for Eastern conquests. From Finland fantry. so long as they are not employed against the Swedes. In the Polish war, the Finlanders proved themselves excellont riflemen in bodies, whi ied the Emperor to institute a rifle corps. These men, however, when left to their individual address and intelligence, whieh this species of warfare de- mands, are entirely useless. The more correct the atement may be from the Russian official data, it exhibits no proof of Russian strength. exhaustion of hey yerources renders Russia weaker on the day of tri Had Russia but 100,000 men under arms such as fought under Suwarrow, she would be more formidable, because her finances would better condition—lher coffers better filled, had one tithe of the wealth land or the Un tates, with the te these governments can command, the tation on the subject could discover no haman ob #iacle which eould eventually arrest the universe, epread of hey dominion, But as she is now situated her nerves want, and must continue wanting, vital power and vigor, to set in motion this vast muscular powes, which i t0 fearful een }, even penn u jant is in repose. nervous power vente , her strength, in reality, is ve ited and she is o idable by the fears of Europe, its apathy, disunion, and the effect of her Machiavelian policy working skilfully upon weakness, and such as Austrian treacherice. we retrace, as briefly as possible, the military hietory of Russia, we shall find the confirmation of our assertions. Before the reign of Peter, we find the Muscovite, a very unwarlike ople, overrun by handfuls of Poles and Swedes, or y the Tartars. Previous to this epoch, we find the Stretilzes, the flower of the army, cruel, turbulent, but never brave—alike terrible to their sovereigns, as they were to the people. At Narva, they fled, with the rest of the army, 80,000 strong. pans behind strong entrenchments, and protected Hy 100 pieces of cannon, before the attack of 8, Swedes. When they afterwards revolted against Peter, they made a feeble resistance against the handful of regulars of General Gordon, though fighting for their lives. As long ag anything depended upon any individual courage, the Russian troops cut a very sorry figure. With the introduction of Euro- pean discipline, a new era commenced for the Russian arms. At Pultova, the Museovites were three times the numbers of their adversaries, intrenched, and protected by 140 pieces of cannon against an enemy who had none. Their forts were carried, their cavalry wae routed, and here, for the first time, the Russian infantry, in masses, decided the victory against the worm out, inferior army, and its great leader, Charles the Twelfth, who was carried into the battle on a brancard. From this time forward the Russian armies took an impor- tant position in Europe. Under Marchal Munich, we find them already placing the crown of Poland onthe head of Augustus; but, although their discipline rendered them formidable in Europe, Munich’s cam- paign agginst the Turks and Tartars shows that no personal valor animated hig troops. He found so many falling sick, to avoid Seerinearioe the dangers of the southern stepper, that he resorted to the most, barberous means to strike terror into the breasts of these truants. He caused soldiers falling sick to be buried alive in the front of his army, and he caused the general officers to be chained to the guns upon the march. Atthe storming of Ochacow he was obliged to turn his own cannon against his own troops to compel them to enter the breach. Yet these were the troops whose discipline and steady masses Poland could not oppose. We find, after this, the Russian arms successtul against Frederick the Second, not dependent upon the military talent of their leaders, but to the steadiness of the Russian in- fantry, notwithstanding that Frederick had brought artillery practice nearly to ite present state of per- fection. In 1828 the Russians, in the Turkish war, entered Turkey with 165,000 m. The Turks only proved how their energy and spirit had died away which had animated them daring their last wars— depending, as they did, for their defence, to badly fortified towns, pestilence and climate. Before the small town of Brailow the Grand Duke Michael, for many weeks, failed to take it. Notwithstanding the Grand Duke and his army were always beaten, the town capitulated. The Emperor Nicholas commanded his army in person, which fought the Turkish forces near Boulanlouk. All his efforts only compelled them to retire to the circumvallation of their eamp, where Nicholas was afraid to attack them. The fortifications of Varna were besieged by the Russians for vine weeks, and its defender Youssouf only gave them up for so much Russian gold, which proved more potent than their powder and bullets. Vounouf retired with the Russians into Russia, where he lived on a pension granted by the Empe- ror, and, long after the peace, the Porte was com- pelled to receive back this traitor Youssouf. $ with the Hungarian traitors, Gorgey and other Russian gold did more than@heir arms to overcome their indomitable very, energy, greatness, and eudurance. We will say nothing of the constant, overwhelming, and disastrous defeats the Russians constantly met with, at the hands of a few semi barbarian mountaineers, the Circassians, on their | own borders. We will now contrast these wich the | campaigns of the great Suwarrow and Romantzow. who, with the men they commanded in that | day, never united one fourth of these forces | in the field, against Turkish armies more warlike and more numerous; yet Suwarrow is seen storming | the strong well garrisoned and desperately defended | Ismael (so reclieall petized by Byron), when, in 1828, the army of Nicholas camnot carry the fecble walls of Brailow, neither can it succeed in defeating, in an open field, those very Turks whom Romanztow attacked in their own infrenched camp, when, with his own small army, he defeated the Vizier, commanding 120,000 men. The war pro- ceeded as it had begun; the Russians repulsed the Turks at Tehorlan, and at Schoumla, without being able to defeat them, at a most prodigious loss of men, and without obtaining one single advantage. The inanity of their adversaries still allows them to advance. “The next campaign opens with the Rus- sians under Diebitch; and the Commander of the Turkish army, Redschid Pasha, takes the field with only thirty thousand irregulars, conristing of the very worst, the most undisciplined, and badly armed men. The decay of the power of the Ottoman em- pire, and her enfeebled condition, requires no comment. When we find that this was all the force the Turkish empire could bring together, with her utmost efforts in such an exigency, need we wonder, then, that Turkey, being assured of English protection, refused the surrender of Koseuth—that the mere name of English protection prevented Aus- tria crossing the Turkish borders, a great illustration of Kossuth’s reliance of the Anglo-American moral influence in the cause of Hungarian liberty. Near Devno, at Yeni Bazar, the demoralized Ottoman army aha vesway. At Koutefcha they make a more spirited resistance—they were defeated; the best mili- tary authority asserts that the turn of a straw would have decided the affair in their favor. Diebitch crosses the Balkan, and advances on Adrianople, which he occupied, andthe panic of the Turks in- duced them to sue for peace at the very moment when the effect of fatigues and disease arising out of causes already mentioned, that their position had be- come critical in the highest degree. The suc- cesses of Paskiewitch, in Asia, changed the disasters which awaited Diebitch into a triumph. Of 40,000 who crossed the Balkin with Diebitch, 13,000 were lying sick in a few weeks. Of the troopsdrawn from the interior of Russia to march upon the Turkish frontier, 120,000 men had melted away pon the road; of those who entered the Turkish territory, in Europe and Asia, during the two campaigns, 150,000 men perished from fatigue, disease, and pes- tilence, and 25,000 by the sword. In Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow, the loss of men was almost equally disastrous to the Russians as it was to the army ef Napoleon, calculating upon the relative positions of the armies as the pursued and the pursuers, with the advantages of reet when they pleased, and supplies to the latter. 5 The Polish revolution, in 1830, next led to the in- vasion of Poland by an army of 140,000 Russians, under Diebitch. At thistime the predilection which the Emperor Nicholas has always evinced for the Germans, was so strong that more than three-fourths of the chiefs of his forces, including Diebitch Zabal- kansky, their commander, were Germans. The Poles, who were never able to muster above 30,000 regulars altogether, and 20,000 auxiliaries, in the shape of badly armed volunteer patriotic Polish citizens, at Gobie and Okouniew, retired after a desperate resistance, made against the most fearful | and overwhelming odds. The battle of Wawre lasted | two days; after the most sanguinary combat per- chance’ on record, both armies retained their ee | tions, though the Russians had 70,000 discip! ined | men upon the field, against a mixture of 45,000 of | their brave adversaries. The Russian army was now he Russians draw an excellent in- | has | increased to 200,000 men, besides reserve corps, which placed this grand army effectively at the dis- posal of Diebitch.” At Seroczyn, Geismar was de- feated by Dwernicki, and at the battle of Growehow, | victory seemed first to declare for the Russians; for a moment it wae supposed that Diebitch would have | taken possession of Praga, the suburb of the capital, but after a desperate struggle he was repulsed ani forced to retire. Geismar and Rosen are defeated by | Skrzynecki, before Warsaw, with considerable loss, | and again at Kostrayn, and at Inganie. After many such indecisive affairs, we find the Poles defeated at Ostrolenka, and obliged to retreat on Warsaw. Not- withstanding all this, Diebitch could effect nothing | decisive, till death by poison or from natural causes | yemoved him from the scene of strife; and Paskie ch, the favorite of the Muscovite army, took the command, and instilled a new energy.” The Poles, now, on the contrary, divided amongst themselvi and dispirited, who had lost all confidence in their leaders, and the flower of their army in the sucees- sive and desperate fought battles against overwhelm- ing numbers, still more reduced in numbers by their disunions, were compelled to succumb to the organized, overwhelming, concentrated force ofthe Russ 3 Where were the immensity of the Russian arma when Napoleon invaded the Russian territory with 400,- G00 men, with England remotely to back her? The Ruesians constantly retired before the French. They burnt the city of Smolensk, after a dreadful battle, | and retired beeause they could not hold their own city within theiy own territory, with all the in- mensity of the Russian army. “ Moscow presented th i vectacle after a terrific battle; and a Rus | sian winter, more powerfal than the grand Russian a . annihilated the French grand army, Tt wae the leagne which followed, consequent upon this disaster to the French arms, against France, of Tus- fia. the German princes, Austria, and Sweden, which formed the aliied forces, and fonght the great, battle of Leipsic, the victory of which they gained over the forees ander Napoleon, and the treaty of two | eutive medi+ | 1815 ceded the Duchy of Warsat? io Russia, when | | the Emperor assumed tho title of King of Poland. | | The giant warrior of Cor the great Napoleon, mocked Poland with golden vision—Liberty! At the bead of his ‘myriad | to the Polish mother: ‘That, son whieh is in iy eradle shall be free—Poland vhall be free A tow mouths after, the Cossaeke filled thei balls and their temples. | in Ilyde Park, London, | hition is ope | issued another attractive progromme for to-night. | annual benefit of Lewis Maris will take place on $ :turday | evening next. | givenat this place. consist of Ethiopian mi | an exhibition of ancient «tatuary by living models. Polish men of war, be said | Herne fearful waste of human life, we may thus deduce, with the illustrious Koseuth, this consoling fact, that the armies of Russia are weak—they are no longer what they once were, and if they are still to be dread- od, it is only when assisted by circumstances and opportunities, or the aid of other powers, in connec- tion with Russian gold and Ru intrigue, diplo- macy, &c., which has always proved more potent than their sclavish soldiers, with powder and ball. If the Russian arms have grown stronger, and are to be dreaded, it is because the sur- rounding nations have grown more despotic; there- fore, nationally speaking, weaker. Russia may out- grow itself. She may still add to her army, by the humerous dilutions of half-tarved, ill-conditioned serfs and conquered nomade tribes. These will not add to the power of the Russian amns, but like a yenomous plant, its expansive growth only weaken: ing the virulence and amount of the a origi- nally in its youthful sap. Unhappy Hungary may be reduced, like the noble Poles, to beggary, her children reduced to slavery, except those few Whose miserablo exile their countrymen may be taught to Tegaed as a happy fate. ‘hus is this * old Bogy”’ of the world, as the “old Bogyy that used to fright our childhood, kept alive by Russian cunning and Russian intrigue, and the imbecility and fears of the surrounding despots. As Kossuth truthfully remarks, show light upon diplo- macy, and this “old Bogy” of the old world will be found an ideal fancy, like that of the power of the Russian anny. The New York Crystal Palace. EXHIBITION OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS. Resolutions, of which the following are copies, were adopted by the Common Council of the City of New York, and received the approval of the Mayor on the i of Jannary last, vis Resolved, That the free use and sole occupation of the ground known as Reservoir square, belonging to the Corpo- ration of tho city of New York, and bounded by Fortieth street, Siath avenue, Forty-second street and the Distribut- ing Reservoir, be, and the eame is hereby, granted to Edward Riddle and sociates, for the term of tive years, if re- quired and used by them for the purpose hereinafter men- tioned, for that period, if not, for the period of time they may use the same, not ond five yours from the adoption of this revolution; suid Riddle and his aseociates paying therefor the rent of one dollar per aunam, whereon to erect of iron and glass, for the purpose of an Industrial Exhibit ions, in pursuance of the prayer of the petition: revised that the price of admission to ‘aid building for individuals ehall at no time exceed fifty cents. Resolved, That the side-walke around said square be, and the same are hereby directed to be, flagged, under the dirce- tion of the Street Commissioner, within three months from. the passage of this resolution, and that the suin of one thou- nud dollars be, and the same ‘sy hereby, appropriated there- for. Kerolved, That when said building ehall be erected, Honor the Mayor be, and he is hereby, requested to farnis sufficient police force for the protection of said building, and the property that may be placed in the same, The most satisfactory. assurances have been received from the projectors of this undertaking—C, Buschek, late Austrian Commissioncr—and BP. Riddle, Inte American Commissioner—that the proprietors of a large number of the most valuable. interesting and remarkable articles ex- hibited at the Crystal Palace in London last summer, will forward them! to a similar exhibition in America as soonasa proper building is erected to receive them Prince Albert. the Duke of Devonshire, Sir Jesoph Pax. ton, and other gentlemen of distinction who were in- terested in the Exbibition in London, will also become exhibitors in the projected American’ Exhibition, ‘The statue of the Ainazon. by Kiss, which took a Gitand Gouncil Medal; a colossal statu hington, by Marochetti, Whose statue of Ri urde Lion took a Council al; astatue of Daniel Webster; one of Wesley, by and also the Crucifixion, exhibited by him atthe Cryrtal Palace; the statue of Prometheus, by Manning; the Veiled Figure, by Monti; asilver statue of Columbus, from the Sardinian Commissioners, with many other works of art, coutributions also from more than three hundred ond fifty of the English, French, Itaian, Ger- man, Hungarian, Bohe1 Swiss and Danish Exhibitors in London, including cases of the most magnificent and Jes displayed in the Crystal Palace, are now Waiting immediate transportation to this county or else to be dispersed, never again to be re-assembled, A building te cover an area of not Jess than 169,000 sa- porficial equare feet. of a similar character to that oreeted t ivestimated ean be built and arranged for such an exhibition, including the incidental &e., for a sum not exesed. thousand dollars, ‘Tbe materials used in its construction may be fairly considered to be worth atleast one-third of tlie original cost, The subseribers herehy promise to pay the sums set op- posite their respective names toward thix exhibition of the industry of all nations in Reservoir square, in the city of York, upon the condition that they shall share one half of the profits of the exhibition: Parties who wish to subscribe without viows of profit. are to be repaid out of the first receipts after such exhi- ‘e not to be called on for advances until the amounts subseribicd by all those who partici- pate in the profits hall be all expended. As one-half of Our Havana Correspondence, Havana, March 15, 1852 Musical and Theatrical Matters—American Navel News—The United States Steam Frigate Fulton .Ashore—Market In- tadligence, §c. During the last fortnight there has been a considerable influx of visiters in Havana, causing the different ho- tels to wear quite alively aspeet. Thesteamers will, how- ever, earry away a large number, and, unless they bring fome new comers, there will be very few representatives of the go-ahead republic left. The Ravels, who have been our only amusement for the last two months, go now to New Orleans, where they have an engagement to play at the St. Charles; they have done very well during their stay, performing always to good and sometimes crowded houses, ‘They are succeeded upon the boards of the Tacon by Parodi, who arrived in the Isabel on the 12th, accompanied by Miska Hauser and others. The can- tatrice has come hither at a very favorable time, and it is to be hoped she’ will yeap an abundant harvest in doubloons, and receive, what she has wever received yet on this side of the water, the degree of success to which her talents and genius entitle her. The U. 8. sloop of war Albany, Commander Platt, tailed, on the 4th fnst., on a cruis, On the evening of the 2d inst. her offloers gave a ball, to which were invited many of the most respectable families of Havana. The deck of the ship, covered with awnings, decorated with all the paraphernalia of war. and tastefully lighted up, eerved us the ball-room, and the occasion was graced by the presence of many fair sonoritas, whose eyes and fans made rad bavoe with the hearts of the gallant tars. ‘The dancing was kept up with spirit until midnight; and on the guests departing for the shore, the ship was bril- liantly illuminated with Bengola lights, producing a beautiful effect. The United States steamer Fulton, Com. Benham, from New York via St. Mary's, Florida, arrived on the 6th instant, On her passage out she ran ashore, near St. Augustine. inthe night, but waa got off again ina few hours, without damage; indeed, the vessel iv so strong, having been constructed for a floating battery in New York harbor, that she might run against an iceberg without injury. She is, however, entively unfitted for a cruising vessel, having such & inase of timber in her that, in heavy weather, she ships every sea; and as her seuppers are insufficient to relive her from the water, she is at such times momentarily in danger of foundering, Mer engine, constructed by Henry R, Dunham & ('o., of the old Archi- mede’s Worka, New York, has worked admirably, and does great eredit to the makers; in smooth water she runs sixteen knots with case, and with a bead wiud and tea has attained ten knots per hour, On the evening of the 8th, after along period of warm and dry weather, we had a heavy rain storm, acompanied n vivid lighthing and deafining erashen of thunder. Again. on the morning of the 9th, it rained heavily. and, what has not occurred before for seven year, hail stones fell in great numbers, as large as musket Dalis, ‘The hail had a bitter ralt taste. precisely like sea water. In commercial matters, I have to advite you of inereas- ed activity since my last. ‘here has been 9 briek move ment in kugars, principally for Spain and the United States, but without advancing prices beyond previous quotations, Assorted, half white and half brown, 4%, 6, 7, and 8 rs, per a.; white alone. 7a 10 r4.; yellow, 43 a Ts; brown alone, 4a 4}; 1: . B35 a 3% vA; Muscovado, 4a 51x. In coffee, 6,000 axrobes gold, for New Orleans, seconds and thirds, at $7340 $8 per qtl Flour is scarce; two cargoes were sold the past week, besides other sales made from rtore; Philadelphia and Baltimore is worth ¢llas164; per bbl. Brieka are scarce; +10 in. sold at $14 per thousand ; hhd. and box shooks are dull and abundant, The exportations from Havana from the 1st inst. to | date, and previously. were as follows T Previously. O5.A07 Sugar, boxer... 459 9.184 m the Ist to date, there was to 8 bxs, sugar; 8,645 arrobes coffee; 37 Jbs, tobacco; and 1,725 hhds. mo- po the United Stato 8.192 m, eegars ; 6.8) larson ‘The exportations from Matanzas from the Ist to the 12th | inst. and previourly this year, were as follows ; To Date. Previously Total, Sugar, bxs 17.004 17.621 Molueses, hl 18.032 6.918 t Of the total exp ere went to the United 16.712 bxs, sugar, and 19.923 hhds. molasses, The stock of sugars in deposit in the pub Havana, on the 13th inet. was 70.000 boxes, During the past week there have been numeroua en- gegements of vessels fur northern United States ports. at $1 50 per box for su; $5 per bhd. for do.; $2 50 a $2 75 per hhd. molasses ; ‘but rates for Europe clined, owing to numerous arrivals and small i stores of the expense of the building will be due in one, two. threo and four monthe, and the second half in cight mouths, it isnot probable that those who subseribe without any view of profit will be ealled upon to pay any part. of their subscription, Upon the completion of this eubseription a meeting of the subscribers will be eailed, and the funds placed under their direction Francis W. Mortimer Li August Beim Waite Sh Wi. Kent. Geo Bancroft Alex. Hamilton. Jr B.K. Collins, herman, . ‘edgwick Chas, King. Geo. P, Putnaun, Johneon Livingston. ‘The above named gentiemen have consented to serve asacommittce, ‘The five first names wil! act a1 trustees. Corporate pewers have been obtained Ata meeting of the committee, held on 19th February. the following gentlemen were xppointed to serve aa an Executive Committee, to carry out the details of the pro- nilton, Jr, John B, Develin Johnson Livingston Theatrical and Musical. Bowens Tieathe.—Shakspeare’s tragedy of Haralet,”? in which Messrs, Eddy. Stevens, Tilton, Goodall, Hamil- ton, Griffiths, Leffingwell, Mrs, Grattan, and Mrs, Jordan, will appear. and the popular drama, entitled “La Pe- rouse.” with Cony and Taylor in the leading characters, will comprise the entertainment to be given at this dra- matic edifice to-night. ‘This is a bill which cannot fail to attract an overflowing house. Burton's Freatke.—This popular theatre continues to be filled at every representation, with delighted specta- tors. The amusements of this cvening will commence with the highly popular comedy. entitled the “ Road to Ruin,” which is cast to the full strength of the company. The laughable farce of the “Duel in the Dark” will be the coneluding feature. Broapway Turatre.—Mr. Forrest waa witnessed again, last evening, with the greatest delight and enthusiasm, by adensely crowded assemblage. ‘To-night he is to ap- pear in the character of Macbeth, in Shakspeare’s tragedy of that name. supported by Conway, Barry, Fenno. Da- vidge, Mme Paniri and Mrs, Vernon. The laughable farce of * Shocking Events,” will also be performed. Nino's Ganpen.—Mme. Anna Thillon is announced to appear as Juanito, to-morrew evening, in Auber’s comic opera, styled the “Rlack Domino,” supported by Mr. Hudeon. as Felix O'Donnell, Mr, Leach, as Gil Podrida, and Miss Julia Daly, as Paqueta, This will prove a rich treat for the lovers of music. Natroxau Turatre.—This evening is set apart for the benefit of Mrs. Hautonville. The beneficiaryhas been for many years & member of the theatrical profession and is justly entitled to a liberal share of public pa- trenage on this occasion. The pieces selected are. the new drama styled the ‘ Match Woman of Roston,” and the laughable farces called the “Deceiver Decvived,” “Catharine Hayes,” and “Jeremy Diddler.”” Baxxvm’s Musrum.—The lecture room of this establish- ment was very well filied again Inet evening, to witness the grand «pectacle of‘ Cherry and Fair Star.” It is to be repented again to-night. The pieces selected for the afternoon are. a * Wife for Half an Hour,” and “ Or- ganic Affection.”? Bowrry Ciucus.—This extensive equestrian establish- ment continues to be patronized by large assemblages ‘The programme provided for this evening embodies all the leading eqestrians, together wilh the three favorite clowns—Gossin, Rockwell and Lovett. Cnnisty's Mixetaers.—This band of oR ones The Woon's Mixstreis. —This company of negro performers are nightly gaining more and estimation, ‘The programme for this evening comprives many very at- tractive features, Terie OF THE Graces—The amusements nightly relsy, and Mr Dempster, the popular ballad singer, arrived in town last night from Savannah, He returns from a sue- cessful Southern tour, Lora Montes 1 Paovinexce.—The appearanee of Lota Montes in Piovidence. on Saturday evening Last, was a grand triumph. from the rise to the fall the curtain. It was altogether the largest, most enthusiastic, and distin- gue. audience ever brought together in the theatre. The people reemed. at times, half mad with delight, whieh they manifested with the most tumultoas applaure, “The ‘arnival of Seville’ gaye en- tire ratisfuetion, ‘The several dances in whieh Mademoiselle Lola Montes appeared, were followed with a furore (hat the good people of Providence never before manifested, At the elese of the performance the Countess appeared before the curtain, in response to general call, when she was again met by thunders of ap- plause and showers of bouquets ‘The compliment was acknowledged in ber accustomed graceful and naivete manner, Subsequently the manager, Mr, Forbes, and Mr Fmith, the dancer. were ealted out, and wero greeted with great applause, The audience were not yet satisfied. he coiniealist. and insisted on seeing Mons. Cai His reserve would net peemit him to rexpond: but Lola, de- termined that the coll of Providence shonld be ane wered, retually pulled him upon the « ‘The novelty of this movement pu houre into a storm of applause. Lastly, the whole ballet were night, It is worthy of remark th premium for choice of a box was rold at three times the regular rotes, Bven Jenay Lind created no su eneation. Considering that Provi- dence ir the hardes Harm, the appeerance as the gre Bee, March 22 Mrs, Mowart.—A Poston paper announees that the accident to Mrs. Mowa't proves to be Jers dangerous than ‘war represented, and the lady is speedily reeovericg, ‘ace in the country to excite enthu- the Vounters mrust be put down stiriumph ever seen in that eity.—Boston Murper Discoversn By Means of a Patraren Dee.—The bedy of a man was found at Pelix’s Daw, in untry, Pa. on Wednerday last, under eireum: | stances whieh lead to the belief that it is that of a podlar, | and that be was murded by being shot through the body. ‘The aticntion of peron# was direeted to the spot by the faithful deg of the pediar, whieh for weeks kept wander- From this imperfect retrospection of the military annals of ambitions Rurvia, amidst the agcounte of ing about the spot, howlin Vat and refusing to be driven away No trace o! murderers bas yet been discovered, T quote:—Hamburg and Bremen, £2 63, ; owes and a market. £208, a.£210y.; Mediterranean, £2 a£2 108, Excnaxer 1, 60 Dave Steiry.—Lendon, 101f a 11_per New York, 243 a 23; per cent. dis.; Be ton, 2% per cent. do.; Paris, 2: Mexican doubloons, $16; Mexican de prar fu ce 2% per cent. do are, 1 per cent ; American gold, 1 & 2 per ct. aieount, HAVANA reh 15, 1852. Ariieal (f tic Cakdenta, from Spain, at Havana— | military bands, playing partly separately, and to | Isabella II was uncovered at nine o'clock, tirely for the use of the ladios; it was sereened off with a handsome curtain, #0 that we had really quite an elegant boudoir to retire to. I never saw such 2 galax of beauty assembled before on the deck of a ship, but there were, of course, a few par eminence Amongst those were the beautiful Mrs. Stevens, of Boston; Miss Sintern; Miss Atkins, of New York Miss Stone; Miss Glass, of New Orleans; and on> of the most enchantingly handsome Creole girls I ever saw—I believe her name was “ Mirani, Our attentive and talented Consul, Judge Sharkey, and his very amiable lady, were also on board, as was also the Hon. Mrs. Lott Clarke, who -retains much of that majestic beauty for which she is so much celebrated. The company began to leave for the shore about one orclock, and as the boat pasted off from the side of the vessel, the harbor came suddenly lighted up, as if the sun had burst forth ; splendid blue lights had been ignited from every yard arm of the Albany, and presented a very brilliant appearance. Those in the boats responded be loud hurrahs for Captain Platt and the gallant officers, and we proceeded to the shore, to dream of the fairy scene we had quitted with wuch reluc tance. With reference to political matters, everything appears to be tranquil. The queen hus refused to accept General Concha’s resignation. The man named Castaneda, who captured Lopez, has returned in the Caledonia, laden with honors. Tho Queen gave him 6,000, and made him a captain in the rural militia with a salary of $110 a month; ten negroes and a tract of land have beon given to him. The order of Isabel | decorates his person; his children are to he educa- | ted at the expense of the government ; and while | in Stain, hewas permitted the farce of kissing the | hands of the Queen and the little princess. He can | neither read nor write, and is a perfect specimen of a vulgar, rough, uneducated gucivo, or country bum, Cine Colonel Costayer has been nominated of Mata: ,in place of General Pavia, been disinissed. nor who has HAVANA, March 19, 1852 Attempt to Assassinate the Queon——Ball on Board of the Albany--The Steam Frigate Fulion—The Mint—News from Mexico-—Balls and Part! Parodt, §c. The attompt onthe Queen of Spain, and her miva- culous escape from the knife of the assassin, have monopolized public attention in the highest degree; and if the one has provoked an universal feeli horror both with Spaniards and ereoles, the latter has called forth numerous expressions of true Spanish loyalty and heartfelt expressions of gvati- tude towards Providence in sparing the life ot the sovereign. A Je Dewm has been sung in all the churches, andthe Plaza de Armas and public build- ings were brilliantly illuminated on the 7th. A most magnificent serenade, consisting of the united wards the end in unison, was given to the Coptain General, a8 the representative of the Queen on the island, whose evening reception on the same day was crowded to excess. The fulllength portrait of midst the hurrahs of thousands and thousands, whilst the assassin was burned in effigy. It was truly a splen- did sight, and must have furnished food for thought to those who still believe that Cuba will, in the course of time, spontaneously knock to be annexed to the United States. As the rumors of a fresh invasion are gradually dying away, people begin to speculate on the ulti- mate fate of Cub Those who know the obstinac and Castilian pride of the home govermnent, a ae certain that Spain would soover prefer to ha this precious colony wrested from her at the expense of millions of dollars, and whatever loss of life, then sell the island to the United States, into whose ds, even according to the opinion of the most inveterate Catalan, it must sooner or later fall. The only question is-—"*When will this portentous event happen ce favana has become very dull there is, of course, adearth of news. The officers of the Albany, of the United States navy, gave a splendid ball on the third of March. Although few of the aristoc cy availed themselves of the invitation, yet there was a full turn ont of the commercial upper tens, witha galaxy of the most bewitching seioretas. The contradanza was the order of the evening, with astray polka, and now and thena waltz. r wis plentiful and good, and the duices ned by Dominica, of Habana. l F ni the honors in the most approv: bowing and scraping courtesies, such a have learned only from a firs Thanksgivings for the Preservation of the Queen of Spain—Grand Disylay— Magnificent Ball on Board the Albany--Refusal of the Queen to Accepy Concha’s Resignation—Return from Spain of the Captor of Lopez, loaded with Honors—The New Governor of Matanzas. InteHigence having reached this island, via the United States, that an assassin had attempted the life of the Queen of Spain, much anxiety was felt for the arrival of the mail steamer Caledonia, to learn the result of that extraordinary act. At length that desired vessel arrived here on the 3d inst., bringing the satisfactory information that the day before she left Cadiz, a telegraphic despatch had been received from Madrid, to the effect that- “her Majesty was out of all danger, and that the wound which she had received was being rapidly cured.” The Queen having thus been preserved to the nation, it was ordered that a solemn ‘“ Te Deum” should be chanted at the cathedral on Sun- day, the 7th inst. The Bishop took part in the service. The Captain General, and all the great offi- cere of State, foreign consuls, and other function- aries, were also presemt in grand uniform. In the vening General Concha held a /evéc at the palace, which was, as were all the houses in the Plaza des Armags, brilliantly illuminated. At8 P.M. I think there must have been six military bands stationed at different points on the plaza, in the centre of whieh, and around the eides, were placed rows of soldiers, each holding a lighted flambeau. Com- pletely covering the centre window of the front of the palace, was a full length picture of Queen Isa- bel, under a magnificent canopy of crimson velvet and golds which was hid by a curtain, which was withdrawn as the gun fired for eight o’clock, and then, as hes chou of her Majesty was discovered to the view of the thousands of people aseembled in the plaza, the six military bands commenced play- ing the Royal March, adding a fine effect to the ex- citing scene of the moment. The house, or rather el of the Count Santovania, which is imme- iately opposite to that of the Captain General, deserves especial notice ; it was most brilliantly illuminated with gas. The retreta, as they call it. continued till 10 P. M., about which time the immense concourse of people began to disperse; and those who had not been for- tunate enough to find places in the Dominea, whic was fairly taken by storm, retired, [ suppose, to their own homes. Indeed, altogether, since I last wrote, we have been yey Bay. What with the Carnival and the numberless masked balls which have taken place within the last fortnight, the ‘ever faith- ful” appear to have been determined to take in a provision of enjoyment, to enable them the better to undergo the dullness of Lent, which bas just commenced. But while enumerating the many balls which have been recently given at Havana, I must not omit one given on board that model of a ship-of-war, the beau- tiful corvette belonging to the United States navy, the Albany. The gentlemanly officers of the corvette having received much civility from their friends in the city, determined to reciprocate those attentions, by inviting them to a tertudia on board tho ship. This was quite impromptu—that is to say, that it was thought of, planned, and all the arrangements, invitations, &e., carried out after 10 A. M. of Tues- day, the 2d . the party taking place the same evening. Considering the little time they had for preparation, I can only account for the perfect suc- cess of their arrangements by coming to the conclu- sion that they (the officers) must have mach _prac- tice in such pleasant affairs. The company began to arrive about half-past seven. They had been told it was to be merely a little tertudia, and that the la- dies were not to make a grand toilet; however, the ladies, as is always the case, were beautifully dressed. ‘The exclamations of the pretty creatures, as they were safely deposited on deck and conducted into the ball room which had been prepared to receive them, was that of the most delightful surprise. Picture to yourself a magnificent Turkish tent, the flags of all the nations of the globe entwined together, (inthe most peaceful union.) hanging in fextoons from the top and sides, while the noble flags of the two freest nations of the earth were interwegen in an amicable embrace in the centre of the wh a happy emblem of the friondehip and kindly ges which must for ever exist between those two powerinl nations, whe language, feelings and interests are one the fame. The tent was brilliantly illuminated, so that the ladies were pleased that they had not neglected their toilets. An excellent band was in attendanes, the most delicate refreshments were served throughout the evening, and certainly the supper, which was laid in another and smaller tent on th Rr deek, was never excelled by anything of the kind, from the far-famed Dominica. “It was superb. Nothing could exceed the polite attentions of Capt. Platt and bis officers. The former gave up bit eabin en- ‘The company broke up at midnight, and’ that the pretty nt?as might not wet their ankles, (ov that they might he better seen,) the Albany was entirely illuminated with Greek fire, presenting a mosimag- nificent coup dad. he Fulton, United States steam fri rived in fourteen days from New York and $ Mary’s. A railroad of wood—a plank road—has been in- troduced on a sugar plat : Havana. This novelty is much adinired, and will probably be ge- nerally adapted in such localities, where, on account of hills, railroads could not be well built. The publication of a series of articles, advocating the erection of a mint in Havana, has attracted » good deal of attention. It is proposed to coin a “native” silver dollar, seventeen of which would be equal to a Spanish ounce. They advocate, likewise, tomake the United States gold and silver coin a Jegal tender; which measure, on account of the scarcity of silver, is likely to be adopted. There has been an arrival from Vera Cruz and Mexico, with dates from the latter city to the 18th of February. I suppose you have received your papers from New Orleans, and I send you merel copy of the resolutions adopted by the Mex overnment, granting a free commerce as far as $ “ernando de Resao, Cerralvo, Monclova, and Chi- huahua. All merchandise will now be admitted from the right shore of the Rio Bravo to Paso del Norte, and from the State of Tamaulipas to Chi- huahua, with a duty of only from one to five dol- lars for every six arrobas. The other news is of no importance. Castanedo, the captor of Lopez, has arrived, loaded with honors, from Madrid, where, as the papers say, he has had the great distinction to kiss the hands of Her Majesty the Queen, and of her royal highness the innocent Princess of Asturia, ten daye after she was born. he soirees and parties to be given by the aris- tocracy, in honor of the birth of the Princess Royal, are in active Neem The Marquis of Esteva will take the lead, with a id ball, to be followed by similar fétes, offered by his Excellency Senor Pa- rejo, Courit Santovenia, Count Fernandina, and others. They will be given on the grandest possible scale; and it is said that the ball of Conde Santove- nia will swallow up a whole year’s income from his immense estates. The family of Penaleur is in deep mourning and tly afflicted at the death of the young count; of course, they are prevented from taking the lead in the festivities, as they are known todo. The Captain General’s grand gala will con- clude the round of ies; and, it is believed, that something extraordinary will be offered. The Ravels are still drawing crowded houses at the Tacon, but will leave to-morrow for New Orleans. Parodi’s arrival has created great excite- ment; and there is no doubt that she will do well, owing to the absence of the opera troupe. There is ro truth in the report of the arrest of Vie. Ullman, her agent, as being suspected of being an emissary of Kossuth. The weather is very hot. A few days ago we had a tremendous thunderstorm with rain. A great number of houses were struck by lightning. Coton Supreme Court—Circuit, Before Judge Mitchell Manon 18.—Dennis McCarthy vs, Preston H. Hodge ant Joshua Wolker.—This was an action of ejectinent for huif of the Carlton House, of whieh Joshua Waiker claims to Ve the owner. On behaif of the plaintiff, Messrs, Robert Emmet. Gerard and Lyuch. appeared as counsel to con- tend that the premises formerly belonged to Denn MeCarthy. who died in 1836 intestate and without issue and. a# Was then supposed, without auy heir who could take the real estate, of which this waa the property question. and several other dwelling housea, the title all of wh js upon this suit, ‘The intestate widow who Was an alien, and a sister who was a alien, neither of whom could inherit, ‘The State el an escheat, and upon app low and sister ordered asale, for their joi which sale the premises were purehared by siker, ‘The plaintiff in the case elaimy to have been by blood to the intestate, and to have been entitled to the in twice before, On the tir of the jury. On the on the ground that tl perfeet, and alvo that be elo tors, On both of (hore questions of b the Court of Appesis. aud the questions of lew wer andt the r ent trial wae Lhe preme Court Before Judge Ma 20,.—The rt Union € triet Attorney, moved for an iy Manegere of the Art Union, their officers and agente, feom ditporing of any pictures, works of art. or oiker property under their control, inasmuch ax the same haa become i State by virtue of the | 6. Bion the Di fon ty restrain the 1, applied for a je him to proenre | oad nee che counsel for the Managers of th: portponement of the matter, to ¢ eettain affidavits which he « caure, and Mr. Plant offering dered the proceedings to ste | Jery divided int | APPAIRS IN THE CITY. | Common Council. BOARD OF ALDERMEN Manch 19—The Board met at the usual honr—Mr. ‘ompton, President, in the chair, The minutes of lax meeting were read and approved, PETITIONS REFERRED. Of Henry Robinson, foreman of Engine Company No 2¢ for an inerease of ten members, Of Harry Simons am fitty-two others, to have Hudson River Railroad Compam run the grooved rail in Hudson atreet, RESOLUTIONS. ‘The following resolution, adopted by the Board of 4+ rintant Aldermen, was coneurred in by this Board -— Whereas a committee of bo! rds of the Comm: cil of the city of New ¥ ui sinned by exposure and fatigte on | cation, aud'in consideration of his couneetion with ¢ | lustrious men who fought and bled "in the times that men's sons,” in the noble dayeat the Pather of hi that we, with deep eympathy with his me and with our never-dying devotion to important services rendered by tho doce: | faithful body guard of the immortal Washingt Ne i are hereby, ri and that ihe propriated to defray the expensou. Alderman Fuancta presented the following preamble andjresolution -— Whereas, in the recent calamity which ocenre on the morning of the I7th ina by which se wore suddeniy sacrificed, the disinterested cours, bravery of James R, Souat, Foreman of Hose Co. No. was the means of rescuing from an awful death two helpless women and two children, at the imminont hazard of hia own life, therefor Resolved, That rofal re! —therefore, ve and ay next, mon Conneil ‘al, on M. andis her eby, ap special committes of three he appe: report to thie Board some w sented to said Mount, for his duct om that memorable oceasion KePOMTs ADOPTED. Ofthe Committee on Laws, directing the counsel to tha Corporation to prepare a law authorizing the Mayor and Commonalty to iseuc asses for works done, the expense of which is to be paid by we- sessment, ete BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN. March 22.—The bowrd was appoi afternoon at fiv . butat a quarter past tha: three or four members only were present, the remainder being engaged at tho obsequies of the veteran Gib:on The olerk called the roll and declared the board adjourned ill the next day (Tuesday) at tho usual hour City Intelligence. Oxr THovusann Dortans Founo.—On Friday, a gen- tleman lost, in Pearl street, $1,000 in city bilix, tor the the recovery of which an advertisement was put Hrnap, with but small hopes of ever again seeing money; but to hix surprise aud pleasure lowing ‘morning, Mra, MeBright, who. kk store, 247 First avenu ntered the store, (whe money was to be left.) and returned it to the yratefal we Police Intelligence, New M 22. 1802, TO THE EDITOR OF THE ¥ Sin—Under the head of Police Intelligence in your paper of this morning, is a charge against me for perjury, in a judicial proceeding commenced against Oliver Halsted, Jr., and others, on the 27th day of March 1850, the arrest being on the affidavit of the said Oliver § sted, Jr. and against whom these proceedings we menced. and for which the said Halsted ia now under bonds. nit ix obser clapred sinee the con against said Halsted tions have constantly been on the merits of troduced to prevent d that [have been in buriness in this city during the whole time. ai heen personally here, upon an average, at least five days for each week, had there been any just ground for the charges herein stated, that these proceedings would de- Jnyed for near two years, are matters for considerati ty y. at this time, that those allegations ave fuise, wi and malicious, might seem absurd in me to uysert; but [trust when an opportunity fora heering nay be had, that I shall show, to the autisfaction of the eom- munity, that this isan outrage of the most villainous character Respectfully yeurs, H. HUTCHINSON The Alleged Cuban Bxpedition. ited States District Court, Before Hon, Judge Judson. THIRTEENTH DAY Maney —The United States vs, John L. O Swiltivae end others.—The witness Rakow was culled tothe stand, and hi ‘xamination, by Mr. Van Buren, conti- nued.—Ib ‘ve those residences in the book No. 47, were the residences of the parties who signed the book at that time; it might be possible that some of them have changed their residences; the musicians, Ldo not recollect their names distinctly, were taken from t list in the book, and Mr. Schles*inger brought them to another boarding: house; Schroeder must know who they were, and where that boarding-house is; I don’t know Mr. Van Buren objected to the answer ae irrelevant, [Admitted—exception taken.J Witnese—I have forgot the names, Q.--What porsons? re re changed that you know. on that book? A.—I do not know any change distinetly; but know Mr Yehleesinger always altered the residences #4 soon as no- a given him of the change, (Lookn at the T find some changes; Louis Klinger. Beek- 56--Spruce street, 254;; there is nothing it is marked © ed;** that’s in the H John Simmons, Canal street, 46, corner of Pearl and Chatham man i streets: vin & at the Pacific Hotel th Amboy; L did he Pacific He ne or two day# before our yoing to ot know the musicians tha: were 1. beeause none were rent there; that some musi: Schroeder; 1 Pacific Hotel, un were rent somewhere under him; I do not know where; Kehroeder was not n musician; he wasa machine \K waid th builder, and alicutenant ofartillery daring the Hangarian war; Shroeder told me so, and that i# all I know about it; Shroeder's name is in this book, at page 2, No. 14; it 19 written Henry Shroeder. Lieut. of Artillery. Sprace street, 2654; I have not torn out any more than what I have told; it was before an arrest at Rahway; very short time before. in the presence of Mr. Rakielewiex; [had not torn it out when T offered it to the Spanish Consul (the lists pro- duced); these are numbered A, B,C, D, and Nos. 12, 13, ldand 15, by the Court; thore liste are in Schlessing- cr's handwriting, with the exception of the signatures on the, yellow paper, marked 15, which are in the handwriting of the signers, No. 12is all in Sehlesin- ger's handwriting. but [ am not certain as to No. 13, Kramer Lewis, Mott street. 49, cavalry. Where ® pencil mark. William street, No. 234. is in Seblessin- ger's handwriting; thix lust’ was made before our de- parture from here; Ldo not recollect the date, or how long before; rome ‘of the sts wore made at Pittefleld, and some after our return from there: made list A (12) first; book 47 I believe Scklewinger had taken with him when we were im Pittetield, but I am not sure. Q—Where did you first ‘yo to. sta after you came from Pittefield? A.—At our resi- dence. 280 Broadway; by our, I meen Schiesringer and myrelf; [went tothe Paeifie Hotel, as I stated before, » few days before our departure. Q.—How long did you Hay at 360 Broadway before you went to the Pacife Hotel! A.—I believe Lstaid with Schlessinger a month and a half; I have no diary; Ido not recolleet how long I taid there before I went to the Pacific Hotel; between one and two weeks after my return from Pittefield; the lists are extracted from the book; they are not Ii military companies; the reeapitulatien of cavalry, infan- try. ke, at the end, isa itulation of what is ok; (reads) cavalry 34, a small three added; infantry small 4 added to it; riflemen five; artiliery 10, 2 small 4added to it, Read sheet A ‘36. 44,17. 14, in all 9; eavalry 5; riflemen 7; infantry 44: artillery and G. 12; apothecary 1; drummer 1; sums up 100. Q.— Is that statement at the end a repetition of the men on the list A. and the occupation on the list A. A.—It is a re- petition. but it has been made for another object than what ison the leaf A. Thellsts B and (are made out in the rame way; D is not; I cannot find a reeapitula- tionin D ; it {s not finished; it only goes to No. 95; Q.—~ What artillery bad you fer the expedition? A.—I can only repeat what Schlessinger told me; T saw none; I have seen no horses for the cavalry; I had only one pistol; I bought it in Europe; Thad my old uniform from Europe; I had no uniform here, but uniforms were pro- mired to usand that weshouldget them onoer arrival Mr. Van Buren excepted to the last part of the answer being received as evidence.] Witness continued —Schlessinger spoke to different men of the assembling ef the men; Rees, Simon, and a great many; [don't re- collect at this moment the words he said to Rees and Simon, Q—What was Kees? A—I do not know; he was engaged in the revolution in Europe; I saw him ns @ efugee in Switzerland; he participated in the revolution f Baden; T afterwards saw him in Switgerland as a refu- iee.and he told me he eame from Baden; that’s all | know about that? Q—Was there ever & military company formed by Schlessinger, and if so. who commanded it? A—He formed the companies on er. and for thi: purpose he made extinets from the s. divided into infantry. cavalry, artillery. and soforth. re thove the lists 12.15. and 14? A.—'Theve are the lists T refer to in. my anewer from whore he made the ex- tracts: the company list T donot see here. Q.—Where there any company list? A.—Page No. 18, book . list ©. Company No. 1, (reads names to 52.) Q.— What other company lists are the A.—The list 1 mentioned just now is cavairy; list No. 2, company 4 is on leaf No. 18 of the book; reads the names—artillery page No, 20; the Captains, 2 lieutenants, 3 gnnners, artil- members. numbers left blank. Q.— Is any one of t companies full? A.—No; only the sinters are complete. Q.—Complete by blanks? “A.— I never saw any of these companies paraded exeept paper; I do not Know whether these men that are on the paper ever heard they were on the paper; they did vot jutend to have infantry, cavalry and artillery all im cone company; T was commander of @ batallion at home; (bate the way I got the title of Major, I cal Lew ny papers. “Q.—Have you any more pa- pos in’ relation to this matter? A.—I gave sil to the Dietriet Attorney; my pay in Europe, as a maj wee three thourand Fix husaeed guilders 6 year; bad Wid a month; that ty a little more than $150 # mon( What did you command in this expedition, besid e three trunks? Laughter.) A.—I was to have command as soon as the expedition got to Cuba; T hady and here; T did not eomunand the three tronl hter,) Mr. Schlessinger gave them to me tote «m to South Amboy, Q.—-Who set the four menoy, youat South Amboy. so as you should not run away I ice of their believing I was going tore i to run; I dont knowwly away told the to watch me (oe Were sou weet tinder the command of four private abreed ? ‘The Court said be would not allow the question, if.a wa: merely for sport. “You do not believe it is relevant, Mr. Van Buren said he had an object im bie end he would claim that, anless there was a expedition here, the defendants did not come withig He submitted thet the Quart bad pe he Incletment