The New York Herald Newspaper, April 15, 1852, Page 2

TRADE WITH ASIA. ‘The Government Mission to Cochin Clna, Siam, Java, and Borneo. We lay before our readers selections fiom the re- port of Mr. Baliester, the United States Envoy, ap- pointed to visit those coun: with the view of opening » eommeroial intereourse. Wo gave in tbe Dew York Henan, on the arrival of Mr. Balicster | from hie mission, a sketoh of his negotiasions. Bat | mow that the govornment hos taken a decided | eourse of action in reference to Japan ch ma‘ter possesses the highest interest, and is keonly appre- eiable by the enterprising spirit of the age, and we therefore go more largely into details. This eountry, from its position and influence, must re- perve to itself the civilizing this district of Asia and the benefits of its commerce. Mr. Balioster reecived his instructions from Mr. Beeretary Clayton, in August, 1849, and in aceord- | anee with them he immediately embarked for Liv- erpool, and took the Mediterranean route, and ar- mived at Hong Kong in November, but owing to | i rome delay on the part of the naval commander, did not embark in the flag-ship Plymouth until the 2is February ; and anchored in the bay of Turong, ne Hué, the capital of Cochin Ohina, on the 25th of the same month. Mr. Baliester then proceeds to detail the course of his mission and its resu A few hours after the ship’s arrival in the b two Cochin China officers of inferior rank me board to inquire the object of her coming. foreseen this, | had prepared in English nication, which Mr. Dean bad trans! which stated the friendly object 0 which having attentively read, they decli woiving, and could not be persuaded to ti shore to their superiors would faithful ue on eon | they promised they {8 imports, for they 34 ¢ any another had in- sited t er he m, & offieer of higher rauk, to w) wired the object of our « he y before was presented, w y # te the chief office ommand over the province. But all my efforts w 1 vain, though he promised to make Known its contents, suying that ‘ the eye hath seenthe mouth will faith report; and then he left us. No further communication was held with the shore. Indeed, not the smallest market t ever eame to the Plymouth, wetil the Ist of an officer of 1 r, who spr when two bouts, with a native int Bsh and the Ma ship. The oth ws, were also present twanslation of my commu eer, and J explained i interpreter, my vince xbout pre Es r the King, from the President and its tranglation in Chinese, I took ¢ ein. On seeing the letter enclosed in a sandalwood box, which Dr. Parker had had manufactured in Canton, im strict accordance with the etiquette of Pekin, the chief officer took his leave, promising that in three or four days a great man would from Hué. Thedemeanor of the whole y courteous and polite, but very cautious raid that they had been deceived by ahipe of war, who came and were receive p resented the ‘Chinese nto the chief offi- h the native ior of the charge but who committed acts of hosti them, des- troying their ships and ki people by hundreds. In an exenrsion which a ineipal ; iprise te the local authori whe in ny walk, at finding a place, j time for its great commerce, reduced 1 whatever, it was re’ 1 tome that the governor eased to encour he try, by withholding the the cultivators of the soi that the King wo not allow of any trade; and that he had caused the ships eseapeddestruction t ken into the river on which the city of Mue is placed. ‘The translation of the President's letter was read aloud. ‘They objected, in the first place, to the name given to their country, and in the the closing remarks of the Pre construed into a threat to their King. observed, t s they held no reg intercourse with western nationg, notice of the acecssion of their kings or of it could not justly be thought ex peans fell into errors ' were known only to ther Place, what they con so ink y, for their King, tha letter of frien: img any act of Duited States against ing to make amend truth of the harboring enmity avenge himself upon such Americans power, then the President would feel to send armed ships to Anam, to demand s tory explanations of such re ful feeling having come on, the conference was suspended until the next morning, when I returned to the shore, and it was renewed, and, as usual, terminated in not of the diplomat them no i s, ne , which second kingdom on. being s omplaint, he should nd to execute fied of the persist in n threat to fe he copy wh President's letter, done in Chinese. On the morning of the 13th, an officer came off from the town to inform me that the Governor of the province of Kwangnam had arrived, aud that he vited me to meet him on shore. To his inquiry about the object of my coming to Cochin China, Treplied that Iwas the bearer of a letter, to which I pointed, from the President of the United States to his Majesty the King of Anam, which, as instructed, I was anxious (o deliver. He vaid that the letter could not be received, because it referred to the killing of Cochin Chinese by the erew of an American vessel of war, which was not true, as the records the eountry had been searched, and no record of the kind could be found —that the King knew the contents of the letter, and there was no need of having the letter itself de- livered—that the King was the proper judge of what he ought to do. To these observations I replied, and made numer- ug attempts to prevail on him to allow the Presi- dent's letter to take its proper course ; saying that to deny the killing and wounding of people by the erew of the United States ship Constitution, ‘after the formal complaints the former king had made through me, at Singapore, to my governzacn eould not help considering but ae # mere pretext on their part to get rid of the responsibility which 1d weigh heuvily on their government, should after a formal reeeipt of the letter, commi hostile act on the persons or property of citizens of th United States. That it was unusual in subjects or citizen of cou s to stop written commu tions from one sovere er, or from the chief of 1¢, and that so uncourteous not fail to be high] pnsive to the President of the United whe had been at (ine P nd put to great expense to send me ere ON A 1 A h time ence, during wh s, having intimated to me iminediately, I until he was polite his de of the government | £ of the floor ; those of inferior rank, the second plat- form ; and, finally, the third or lowest of the floor is resorted to by peraous of low . It was only after I re to my barge that I was made cware of this rule of etiquette, and, consequently, of the affront put upon me, which probably was die- tated by the prime minister's eon, whe, on leaving , as I stated, at the Pha Knam, preceded me in own barge up the river. t only was I denied tof the commodore bLimeelf, or officers, *, but Iwas even denied the services of » boys of the ship, av a writer or eopyist, by Commodore Voorhees t Various reports reached me of (he obstacles which would be throw: the way of being presented to the King to 4 negotiation, b , prineipal officers of che kingdom, who, together with their immediate re'a- tives, are the holders of the farms, into which the sugar and other products © country are par- celled out, and who are likewise the owners of the Pping of the country, and who exercise a oly of its exports aud imports, in dofianee of stipulations with 2tday I met, for the fret time, the high authorities of the country at the residence ofthe acting prime minister, in the absence of the premier himself to a distant province. There was a large assemblage of public functionaries in a large hall, placed according to their respective ranks. Two were seated cross-logged, according to Asiatic fashion; butall the others, as weil as e ‘of the building, which wes 4 open ox prostrate on their fice er the experience Thad had of the position they were dis- posed to assign to me, I had taken care to stipy uld be provide ee American mi ied me as interp nquiries about my where J came from, and such other questions—I handed to the principal person a paper of sinilar import to the ivered on the day of my arri upon reading which, he stated various objections to the manner in which the President’s letter was done up; that the envelope was not like the one brought by Mr. hat the s asnot like the other, nor colored tape the sealing-wax; that the d for my tter must be opened and reed betore they could say if it was proper io present it to the King; that, as to a new Lreaty, o: ig the old one, there was no need of it, as it a very good one, for Mr. Roberts made it himself; that American shi ald come here if they pleased, but they did not choose to come. To these objections I repli as to the manner in which the King was done up, fashions ubout that 1 : that I knew nothing s letter to ns had ings; that the ndiy letter y to the chief of theire, out of groat conside: handsome sand: vlock and key, after from the chief of my count and was signed by hin n to their King. wood hox, with silve the fashion of the cow kin; that as to open- ing the ading it, that would be an offence, t overeign to an- other sov od, aad no one sovereign himself to whom it was addressed had a right to open or read it; nor could they, yith- t offence to the and to my P, breve 7 ing and delive as to anew tr altering the old one, 1 when Mr. Roberts nego’ country were not far s they had been since 1840. Before rican ve here and pureh which was the prix duction of $ ybody who ha the loweet price; but that now, b lations, ar must be purchased of one person only, and at his own price, which price being higher than they could giv ey had been obliged to turn away from Siam for years past. After a discussion’ which tasted about three hour: ich the above is the substance, I asked officer (for all the others toek no udible part in the conversation) to give me a de- inite reply to my request to be permiited to deliver the President’s letter. Instead of doing as I re- quested, h n, as befo 1 he man. ner in whi as done up not know iis contents, although he had be nishedw After consul the expedienc ference, as th ha translation of it many days before. an friends, as to gration of the con- that no good was ting with my Americ ot a longer prole agreed with me likely to come out of it, I rose from my chair, and, through my principal interpreter, I stated to them my deop reg the couree pursved by them— nt of stopping the delivery of the letter I had ven charged with by the President of my country to the Which I thou was taking upon themselves a responsibility which cot!d not fail to fall heavily upon them, ns it was an indignity of a very serious charactey ‘to the President, and’an in- suli to the whele American people; and on and on those who acted in concert with hi lie the responsibihty of what migh from such a great afiront. ‘ter which, I and retired. On the i9th, T re same date fioin his ply to mine, in which, refer treaty negotiated by Mr. Roberts, and to the un- cessful attempt of the coms n bark Stag to procure rgo ef sugar in S40, hl bed Eraaaht to his notice as a proof of existence of a farm monoply, and whieh he at butes to other causes. He then inquires who informants were with regard to the estublishne ! Siamese ships deriving the benefits there- of, and thereby acting injuriously to the trad United States? that it would be embarrassing to to further internat 1 negotiation with use, in the first place, having met together dly inanner, I evinced anger, which pre- further amicable conversation, by stat- ing it a waste of time; thut I handed a paper for 1, which was about de} ‘i ‘y to the custom of Siam, which re- quires that the contents of the letter should be un- derstood before the envoy can be presented to the King; that I became angry, rose up, be! beeoiingly and dictatorially in the hall of assembly and reception ; that this was very different from who have arrived there to carry out ander of the Ameri- he evasions ond misrepre- he left Bangkok on ya Sipipat, the 224, attended b; He observ s regards the trade of Siam, at the time of my visit, it was reduced to a very low condition in consequence of the farm system; the very low price given to the Chinese eultivat of thi gar being below the cost of produc! ndustrious people, the principal eu n, had, for the greater part, abandoned their Is; and, in place of erops of two hundred and forty thousand piculs, or thirty-two millions of pounds weight, as before the system commenced, that of 1850 was sepposed, by competent residents, not to exceed eighty thousand viculs, or about ten and a half millions of pounds. he arrival of foreign ships had d altogether during the five previous years, t their own shipping, trading exclusively to Chiga, the strait of Malacca, a he Island of Java, had increased to five thousand tons; and this was more than could be employed for the exportation of rice, which might he grown to any extent in that fertile land, wholly prohibited. On the 2lst of May, the Vlymouth arrived off the river of k, on the southwestern side of Borneo, the arate of his Highness Sir James Brooke, whom I found ebsent on account of ill h but the officers in charge titud t of the United States, and their beli cat Seiving some f negotiations mig 8 of inferior ra F | mander of the fort at the entrance of ¢ to | — who we were, and our busin he Siamese having completed thei ement to convey the embassy, with the outward show usual among them in important cere! i t of state barges, highly decorated with flags, banuers, and gilding, and ‘manned with full cesws dressed in a showy manner, together with a schooner, came out of the river on the 24 of and anchored along- : of the Plymonth icor in command came informed me, h an interpreter, that thoy v audy to receive persons whe Were to accompany me en f following, aud to convey us to Bangkok. hw 8d I left the Plymouth, ‘ wry, Mr. Dean, the Rev. aud iy servant. the disappointment shown by the Sia- mere . because, on the present occasion, as on former ones, the foreign envoy was not accompanied by the commander of the ship, his officers, and a Ever’ of marines. And this they consideredas an effensive mark of inattention to. the King and the country; and hence the origin of the inattention shown to x © at the first port | etopped at, where the commander of it, the son of the Phra Kblan, or Prime minister, came to receive me, and, on finding me so inadequately attended, left me to be looked after by some persons of inferior rank, whilst he himself moved off through the crowd of #pectators, Which our eoming up the river, and the firing of guns, had assembied at the landing place to see the expected pageant put mid- At the second poi way between the mouth of the river and the capital, where preparations had been made on a large seale to receive the embassy, 1 was informed that the governor of t plac en suddenly ill, and J was attended by men of low rank, who seated me on the second platform of the building | was in, thereby intimating to the crowd | was & person of inferior rank; for, in thut conn ry lily enter into a conver of friendship and tra on ut liberal footiag. Subsequently, in correspondense with his High- Broo) » agreed on the terms of the ich I ed with his Highy the sis ofa convention which “ to make to Euror recovory of lth prevented being finish but ch, at no di day, he | will come to complete ccording to a letter which L ha ed from him Under the mild and equitable government of the an active native population is fast assembling th devoting themselves to agriculture and trade, and other peaceful pursuit » rovin, hore an greatly on ace of and piratical lives they so recently led on on the se the increas Sailing from Sarawak on the 28th, the Plymonth anchored off the Britich island of Labuan, on the 7th of May. Sir James Brooke, the governor of the is- Jand, being absent from Borueo, I fouud on iand- ing that he had requested those in charge of the government to give me every nid and assistance in my negotiations with the Sultan of Bruni, or Borneo proper, whove dominions extend over a very couside- rable part of that vast island, the capital of which is Bruni, lying up broad and deep river, about thirty miles inland. Having obtained a Malay wri- ter, I left the UAE beh as at Sarawak, in one of her beats Intelligence of my coming having been received, J was met by numerous barges, containing officers of high rank, whe manifesto {Be joy at the honor done to their eountry by the President, in sending an envoy to their Sultan. Arrangements having been mado for a royal re- ception, on the day following my arrival, I was led, together with the pce who accompanied me, to the great hall of reception, on entering which, salute was fired. I found the Sultan and the prin- cipal officers of state assombled, and to whom formally presented. On presenting to the Sultan the President’s letter, and on his breaking the seal, another salute was fired, in acknowledgment of the great honor conferred on him. 1 then took oocasion to explain to his Highnoes, that the object of my mis- sion was one of friendship and peace, and an endeavor on the part of my government, to enter into elose, friendiy, and commercial relations with his States, now that, happily, the pirates and freebooters who for years had interrupted commerce in the neighbor- ing seas, had beea extirpated or put down. And with thie friendly object, I wag instructed to invite nd the trade of that place liver the President’s letter, and at | ear 1840, when this | | count of the value of the es terminate in a convention negetiatinns, whieh Sg rpm com- meree, mutually advan to the two eountries. The Sultan immediately replied, that as he felt the advantages of and trade with the United States, he was ly ready to appoint one or more of his ministers to negotiate with me, aud he hoped to a good purpose, Accordingly, on the same day, after the audience, Twas called upon by Prince Makota, one of the most enlightened officers of the court, who brought me a letter from the Sultan to the effect, that he had the prerer authority delegated to him to treat with mo. Vor greater personal convenience, we agreed to go to Labuan, where, after conferences for two or three days, the articles of a convention were upon. These stipulations provide fora mutual free trade, Ae ports, and the establishment and rights of con- suls. Frem the Sultan’s dominions, which formerly in- cluded Sarawak, large quantities of p»pper, ri2. wax, sago, ratans, dye-woods, antimony ore, and other products of the country, were obtained by na- tive craft and foreign shina, he exportation. But of late years, the commerce of that vast and fertile island, having been interrupted by pirates, who suc- ceeded in enlisting its principal chiefs in the same ruinous course; the agriculture of the country became entirely neglected and fell off, together with its commerce. But the recent successful efforts of European powers, having restored seeuri to navigation in the Malayan seas, the agriculture and trade of Borneo is again reviving, aud promi- sez, at no distant day, to yield large supples of the articles already named ; and also of those valuable net guita percha and India rubber, which may »e had cheap, and to any extent, from the virgin forests of that favored land; whilst, at the same time, the patie laboring population, with increasing wealth, will become great customers for our cotton manufactures, which are greatly esteemed in the country, as also for other articles of American indus try. “Borneo possesses, likewise, inexhaustible sup- plies of fossil-coal of the very best kind. Whilst in the discharge of my late duties in the East, but more particularly in Java, I applied my- self likewise to obtain the most reliable information on Japan, from persons having recently occupied offi- cial sitaations in that country, the result of which was to impress me with the belief that any attempt at negotiation with that jcalous and isolated people, for a friendly intercourse by any one of the nations of the West alone, would bo likely to prove uneuc- ful, not improbably through ‘the intrigues of ag uts of other powers, who would represent such object to be grasping and selfish, and dangerous to them. But, on the other hand, I was led to believe that 2 combined and joint demonstration by the three principal maritime nations of the West. viz: the United States, England, and France, would pre- sent an unmistakable intimation to Japan, that the day had arrived when she must enter into the great family of nations, and cease her hostile course to- wards shipwrecked and other Europeans, who may chance to be found on her territory, and no longer doom them to close imprisonment or confinement in iron cages, and otherwise torture them to death; but that hereafter they must be received and treated in a friendly manner, so long as they demean thom- selve> in accordance with the laws ‘and customs of the country; and to invite them to open their ports for the purpose of trade. Our newly acquired pos fic open present and future trade with China and In- ands of Japan lay in and nothing would seem more ap- ming than that the United States tive in mov great com- hom are inter- sied in removing obstacles aud em) ssinents from navigation, to join her in rermoving maining barrier. About the time of my leaving the of Siam died, and he was succeeded by pint kings. As both of them have h intimate intercourse, for many years, with Ameri- residing in Bangkok, from whom tk ained a familiar knowledge of our lang most respectfully suggest to you the expediency of making anew attempt to enforce our treaty with them, or remodel it for one which would admit a cor agent of the United States, having authority to hoi al communications with the king, restore the trade, as regards Americans, to ite condition a the time of Mr, Roberts's treaty, and granting permission to the citizens of the United States to e into, reside with their inerchand) and trade in Siam, and to acquire aad hold proper or ery kind, without the interference of Siamese one i © then the new government have thrown Siam open to the English and Americans, by special proclamation issued in January of this year. The Law Suit among the Rappltes. {From the Philadelphia Ledger, 12th inst,| A very singular suit in chancery has just. been decided, in sburg, by Judges Grier and Irwin, of the United States Cireuit Court, whieh arose out of the peeuiiar rel, ich the members of that religious associ called the “Economnite: Joshua Nach- trieb filed ) against the trustees of the inded by Fre- T ed the society when he was charged ast him * conversation with some of his friends ont of the society, who were anxious for some tion asto the result of certain claims whi had inade onthe Harmony So- ciety. he life of Rapp, ‘‘the laws and re- gulations” consi: ted merely in his orders—he was prophet, priest and king to his people, with absolute control, it would seem, here and hereafter—as he alleged that disobedience to his orders would lead to arather uncomfortable residence in “purgatory” for some millions of years. The agreements estop- ped amember, voluntarily withdrawing, from claim- ing a share of the BiOpery ate contained no enu- meration of offences, by which a member should for- feit his interest in the common property.and pointed out no tribunal which had owerof expulsion or for- feiture of title to property. The questien at issue was whether Nachtrieb’s withdrawal was voluntary. He had signed a receipt for $200, received from Rapp.to that eflect, but the court thought that was no evi- dence of voluntary withdrawal, for if there was no evidence of physical, there was an evident spiritual compulsion, “which would leay little choice to the party a8 the rack or the inquisition,” and it was proved that he weut from the society by Rapp’s or- tion, rant j Ine, | ders. The court decided, therefore, that complain- ant was expelled for no offence against any rule or law ofthe society, and that he was therefore en- titled to a decree in his favor. ‘ Whether he is en- titled to his equal share of the whole property, as it then stood, to a share of the profits while he was a member—or only to cempensation for his labor iring the time he remained as a member, are ques- tions reserved for the present.” Witness estimated the property ns high as eoveral millions—coinplain- ant claims $60,000, and alleges the property to have been worth 100.000 at t time they ex him, in 1846. The co; ‘ed that the referred to a comm nd master, to take ac- te of the Harmony S: ciet © it was held on the 16th day of June, 1846, also, the year 1819; the number of persons in cach of those Years entitled to community of pro- erty, and also what would be a fuir compensation for the labor of the complainant for twen years: deducting money paid, and other prop taken by him at the time of his expulsion. loner Marine Affairs. Lavsenep—At Holini th ult.. by Mr. Can- non. schooner Gelden Goa iit for Thomas . Esq. ‘The keel of another vessel is to be laid ame yard in a few weeks, making the ninth vessel at that’ place within a short i t Davimouth, 10th inst. b show & Co., bark Geo, & Mary in the Atlantic whale fishery. under command of Captain Manchester & M. is owned by Mr. K. Macomber and others, of Westport. In Newbusyport, 10th inst, by Messrs. Currier & Townsend. hark ——, 275 tons, owned by Messrs, Rich- mond & Wood. New Hedferd, 16 be employed in the whale fishery, under command of Captain Lakeman, late of the Alto, of New Bedford. She is raid to be a superior vessel, of fine model and finish. The five clipper bark Flash, 244 tons, built by Mr, Joseph Coffin, of Newburyport, has been sold to Messrs, I’, Har- gous & Co..of New York. for ¢16.000. She is designed for a packet between New York and Vera Cruz. The Turf. New Ontrane Races—Lovrstaxa Course, April 2.—Joc- key Club Purse, $700,—Four mile heats ;— D.F. Kenner’s b,c. Louis d'Or, by imp. Sarpe- don, dain Pieayune—4 years old 2 ‘coors, Matthews, Me- ona, to be employed ey Col, A. L. Bingaman’s ch: g. Rube, by imp. tee, dam Minetrel, by Medoc—6 years T. B. Pattereon's b. f. Betty Oliver. by Wagn damm Minstrel, by Medoe—4 yours old... Merainis Oounse, April 6—Second Race. —Purse $200~ mile heate :~ T. J. Tngoldsby's (Mr. Towles’s) ch, h, Thunderbolt, by Thornhill, dam by Leviat! . 1 A. i. Bingaman’s ch. f. Nancy Perkins, by Glen dam Martha Washington—i 8, M. Westmore's (J. Camplell's) ch. g. Andy gers, by Wagner. dam Sally Bertrand—@ years old, 4 3 T. A Well's g.f. full sister to Rigadoon—3 years D. F. Kenner’s (J, Hughes's) b. c, Mahomet, by 80- vereign, dam ines cary 3 RB. A. Porter's (D. W. Austin's) g. g. Argo, by 0, ee Eerie dist, ¢, 1:48 34 --1:495 =N. Orleans Pie, Arid. A REMARKABLE Case or Dropsy.—It is authen- tically stated that Mrs, N. B. Fairbanks, of Sterling, Mass., has been afflicted with dropsy about five and a oreo and has in that time 0734 pounds of water nm from her chest by the tapping’ oj ‘ion, which she has had ied nineteen times, Mrs. F, is 40 years of age, ot it frame, and her weight, when in general health, never exceeded 110 pounds, Some since ebe buried @ sirter, and Jaret week @ fon, both of whom dled of dropry. The Explosion on Board the Steamboa: Glencoc. at Bt, LouleGireat Lose of Lite and Destruction of Property. The following particulars of the late terrible eteamboatexplosion at St. Louis, are extracted from the St. Lowis Intelligencer of the 5th instant: — The steamer Glencoe, Capt. John Lee, from Now Orleans, with a beri and a large number of r8, reached At, Louis between seven and Saturday night, the 3d. oa on foo! near report, scattering the entire forward part and upper works of the boat to the four winds of heaven, and deal- ing death and destruction to surrounding objects. The steamers Georgia, Cataract, Western World, Aleck Scott,and one or two others were lying at this part of the levee, and the Gleneoo was endeavoring to effect a sanding under the stern of the Georgia, with the Cataract on her larbgard bow, when three, porhaps all of her boilers exploded with a deafening crash, rendering the forward part of the boat a frightful wreck, greatly injuring the Goorgia, al- most entirely demolishing the cabin of the Cataract, and hurling between forty and sixty human beings into eternity. The explosion was indeed terrific, and was dis- tinetly heard, even to the suburbs of the city, and for several squares around the shock was sensibly felt. Heavy timbers, fragments of tho boilers, machinery, chimneys, upper works of the boat, and humgn ‘beings were hurled with fearful vielence many feet, in the air, and fell upon the surrounding boats and adjacent parts of the le- vee, and as, far back as Commercial strect. At the time of the Glencoe’s landing, a large number of citizens, hotel and steamboat runners, cabmen, and others, were, as usual upon the arrival of a boat, hurrying aboard, and the forecastle and boiler deck were crowded with these, as wellas the passen- gers belonging to the boat. The shock of the explosion drove tho ill-fated steamer fairly out in the stream, and almostly in- stantly after, she eaught fire from the furnaces, and commenced floating down, presenting the most hor- rible spectacle we evor beheld. The entire forward part of the boat, from the whecl-house nearly down to her water line, was gone, and the after-part, one mass of timber, treight, and human beings, heaped together in wild contusion. The flames burnt fierce- ly, and rapidly spread to all parts of the boat. From ores men, women, and children were seen running frem one part of the burning steamer to another, in hope of escaping the dreadful death that threat- ened them, and the bodies of several piled among the timbers, some only wounded, writhing in agony, and crying for assistance, were plainly descried. These, as well as all others, badly wounded, or killed outright, and left on the ill- fated boat, were devoured by the flames. As the Glencoe continued to drift down, a number of per- sons on board threw themselves into the water, several of whom reached shore, whilst quite a number of others in the stern managed to get into the steamer’s yawl, and were saved. Several other yawls and skiffs visited the burning wreck and took off others, whilst many were picked up in the water. The whole number saved in this and other ways is set down at between sixty and seventy. At the foot of Spruce street the wreck lodged for a moment, swung round. and passed down to nearly opposite the foot of Poplar street, in the head of the slough, where it again lodged, burned to the water’s edge, and sunk with the bow resting on shore, carrying down with it the freight in the hold and the ashes and bones of those killed and burned on board. In drifting down, the burning steamer set fire to the wood boats at the levee, some eight or ten of which were destroyed, and the tlames spreading to the wood on shore, rank afterrank was consumed before they could be arrested. Between five and six cords of wood and eight or nine wood boats were thus destroyed. Returning from the burning wreck of the Glencoe, the scene on the levee, where the explosion oc- curred, beggars description. We have neither time nor space, much Jers inclination, to enter into all the horrible details of this heartrending calamity. Some t or thirteen bodies and parts of bodies had been picked up on the levee and adjacent boats, and taken to the office of the board of health, on Chestnut street, and all the seriously wounded sent to the hospital. Many others, who were less in- jured, were running about on the levee, their fac blackened, and clothes wet and tattered, erying for help. Five dead bodies were taken from the Ca- taract, all of which were blown from the Glencoe. These consisted of one woman, supposed to be Mra, Schenile, a_deck passenger, who embarked with her family at Memphis; Captain Lee’s little son, aged ten years; one men, and one boy and a girl, neither of whom were identified, With one exception, the bodies taken from the Cataract were dreadfully mangled, the limbs in some instances being torn from the trunk, heads mashed, and so horribly mutilated as to defy recognition only from the gar- ments. The woman mentioned was found stretched across a marble top table, nearly every bone in her body broken,and her limbs so mangledas to barel hang together. The body of Mr. John Denny, Isteler! of the Glencoe, was found on the huricane roof of the Western World, slightly mutilated, but quite dead. The body of @ little girl, with the legs blown off, was recovered from the water's edge, and the leg of a man, severed at the thigh, with a portion of the pants and drawers, and a fine calf skin boot on, Was picked up near the sidewalk, und tuken to the board of health office. It was recegnized perearaey morning as a portion of the body of William Brennan, og: of the assistant engineers, and pagt owner of the boat. Of the eleven bodies and parts of bodies taken to the board of health office, four were men, two women, two § ls, and three boys, recognized as follows :—John Jenny, first clerk of the boat ; John Curtis Lee, son of the captain, aged ten years; John Grey, passen- ger, aged about twelve years, who came on board ut Memphis ; Edward McCarty, hack-driver ; Mra. Schenile, passenger ; William Brennan, assistant engineer ; and the remaining five, one woman, two givls, one man, and one boy, not identified. Of those sent to the hospital—thirteen in num- ber—Henry Balsar, pilot of the Glencoe, and one lady, deek passenger, narse unknown, died during the night, and many of the others cannot possibly survive. Capt. Lee, his lady, and one child, left the boat a few moments before the explosion, and thus fortu- nately escaped almost certain destruction. Below we append a list of the killed, as far as ascertained up to alate hour last night:— Kitiep.—John Denny, first clerk of the boat; Henry Balsar, pilot, died'at the hospital ; John Lee, son of the captain, aged 10 years; Edward McCarty, hack driver, of this city ;’ Mrs. Schenile, or Shriel, deck passenger, from Memphis; John Grey, aged 12 years, embarked at Memphis, peddler by profession; William Brennan, assistant engi- neer and part owner of the boat, leg only found ; one man, one boy, two girls, and three women, all pas- sengers—inguests held, but bodies not identified ; George W. Rolfe, runner at the American hotel, taken to the hospital and died yesterday noon. Daz vid Cree died last eveni; the hospital, and one woman, name not known. Missixe.—The number and names of the missing it is impossible to arrive at. The tollowing are ail the names we have ascertained :—George Reeder and James Wile, runners at the Virginia hotel; Michael Avynant, cab or hack driver. Wovenprn.—Sixteen of the following persons wero picked up at and about the levee, and taken to the Sisters’ Hospital on the night of the explosion, and the two others yesterday morning. Six others were taken to their residences. Four of those taken to the hospital have since died, and appear among the killed above. Taken To THE Hosprrat..—Henry Balsar, pilot, dead; George W. Rolfe, hotel runner, dead; David Cree, Ireland; a woman, unknown, passenger on (he Glencoe, dead; Wm. Callahan, fireman, danger- ously wounded; Jesse H. Harri and wrist fractured; Samuel Sleigh, badly injured, and not expected to recover; Thomas Carroll, bad- BF hurt; Frederick W. Burlog, seriously wounded; homas Donahoe, badly hurt, not expected to re- cover; John Graham, slightly injured; Patrick McLaughlin, of New York, seriously sealded; Dau’] B. Henman, of Gibson co., Il.; James McLean, of Ohio, scalded, little hope of recovery; Michael Duon, badly injured and scalded; Sarah Matthews, | badly injured, with no hopes of a W. B. Cartwright, case almost hopeless; Wm. Brethwad, very seriously scalded and mangled—had on his person nineteen hundred and odd dollars—no hope of recovery; Geo. Buchan, engineer, slightly injured; John Ryan, engineer, thigh broken; ——— McLane, barkeeper, slightly injured; Mr. Staddiford, of Ohio, only lig tly hurt; Francis Caferata, hotel runner, slightly injured; Thomas Foley, assistant engineer, slightly scalded and bruised. n addition to those mentioned, numbers whe were hurt, some seriously, left the ground instant- ly, and their names were not ascertained. Of the fourteen patients at the Sisters’ Hospital, last night, but four or five at furthest, it was thought, could possibly recover. We think we may safely set down the killed and missing, by this foarful explosion, at sixty, and the wounded at thirty-five, many of whom will not survive their injwries, and nearly all of whom were either officers, passengers, or bands on the Glencoe. The Glencoe was owned by Mosers. Jno. B. Brooka and Jos. Brennan, and was commanded by Captain John Lee, of this city. She was built five years since at Louisville. The steamboats Cataract, Western World, Georgia, Aleck Scott, and one or two others, lying in tho immediate vieinity of the Glencoe, weré more or less injured. The Cataragt sustained much damage. The others comparatively little. P A gentleman, who was on an adjacent boat, in- forms us that there wore two separate and distinct explosions on the Glencee. The interim between the first and second was at least five seconds. Tho boat immediately swung out into the stream from the force of the firet shock, and it was the second pnd the extreme larboard boier that did the injury Glencoe consisted of 405 ahi ‘ar, 380 sacks coffee, 118 bbls. and tierces rie bls. sugar, 32 bble. tar, and ever 1,200 kages of merc ise, hardware, wines, liquors, ays the total loss on which has been estimated at over $30,000. The leet rtion is insured in this city. The Perpetual, St. Louis, and Marine being being among the heaviest sufferers. Captain Sparhawk, who examined the wreck yes- tertlayygives it as his opinion that a very small pro- portion of the cargo will be saved, even in a da- maged condition. At noon, yesterday, the forward art of the wreck for the distance of thirty or forty feet was out of water, but as the river is rising ra- pidly, it is more than likely that every vestige of the ill-fated boat will be under water this morning. ex Doings among the Abolitionists of nett Dene? Meeeen [From the Boston Courier, 15th inst.) A series of meetings was held at the Melodeon yesterday, by the abolitionists, in commemoration of the departure of Thomas Sims, the slave of Mr. Potter, of Georgia, who was surrendered to his owner and departed from this city on the 12th of April, 1851. ie the morning, there was a medley ot religious exercises, conducted by the Rev. Theo- dore Parker and others; and in the afternoon and evening, speeches were made by Francis Jackson, Charles Remond, Wendell Phillips, William L. Gar- rison, and other individuals of the antilavery school. We heard a portion of Mr. Phillips’ #ddress in the evening: but it contained not one idea that we have not heard him advance fifty times before, clothed in quite as ferocious lenguage. Mr. Web- ster, as usual, was visit ith a round of those bad expressions which the delirious orators of the aboli- tion forum know so well how to utter. Mr. Philli made an estimate of the amount, of sum and sub- stance, of the anti-slavery sentiment prevailing at thistime in Massachusetts. He said there was just enough to make certain men behave themselves— to make the Legislature pass resolutions which meant nothing—to get Sumner into the Senate, and abide his silence there—to get Rantoul into the House of Representatives, and observe his attempt to Hie himself out of his position; but this was not enough. This would not be sufficient to save the commonwealth; so he concluded by abandoning his peace doctrines, and intimating that fugitive slaves must hereafter rely upon their own right arms. He eulogized the courage which undertook and executed the slaughter of Mr. Gorsuch at Christiana; and said the people here would not arouse until Marshal Tukey’s life ended in a similar tragedy. To these wild teachings an elderly gentleman in the front of the hall took exceptions. He pro nounced them shocking in the extreme, and he ad- monished his friends to turn away from them—to avoid the bowie knife, the dagger, the pistol, and the dose of poison—to trust their cause to God, and not to Massachusetts and the abolitionists. This old gentleman was subsequently called to account by a person who was introduced a Rev. Mr. Wea- Aleriees and who asked him if he believed in pray- er? The elderly gentleman replied, sharply, that he did, but that fr had no faith in the ‘carnal weapons which the gentleman on the platform (Mr. Phillips) had the impudence to encourage.” This uestioning and answering was kept up for some time, to the general joy of a large and good natured audience—a third part of which attended this ban- uet of emotions as much for pleasure as men visit the theatre for the purpose of hearing a fool recite on the stage. There was no real disturbance at any of the meet- ings. Some rude boys, in the evening, amused themselves by throwing beans through a tube at the heads of a few colored men who sat in front of them, and others amused themselves by cheering and hissing the orators in proportion as their speeches gave pleasure or displeasure to the multi- tude. nonsense The Oregon Missions. The Philadelphia Sun contains the following let- ter, which will be read with considerable interest by ern in the efforts making by thove who feel any « i s in Oregon. The letter ex- the Home 3 plains itself: — Wrsmmcron, Tuesday, April 6, 1852. My Dran Sie :—VYour favor of the Ist instant duly came to hand, informing me that “attention has been painfully directed to a letter from Rev, Hi, I, Spalding, iseionary of the American Board to the Oregon In- ter that upon the ¢ 1 of the ndent last June. ® treaty was formed with the middle districts, an’ article of which pro- “that no American (/ Protestant) misslonary tly been negotiated not Thad no knowledge of their fore in auediately re ferred your letter to the Commicrioney of Indian Affairs, for information on the subject to which it alludes. I have just received a letter from him. in which hi “1 am reluctant to lievé that Mr Spalding has the statement im- ato him, as it isentirely destitute of truth, There have been thirteen treaties negotiated with the Tndians in Gregon by the Superintendent. the first dated August sept the last bear ho was nssoeiated the signature of Mr. with the Superinten tion, In no one of the whole number is there any provision whatever that, ington, right thigh | gives the slightest eemiblance of truth to Mr. Spalding’s statement.”* ‘As this mistake of Mr. Spalding’s reems to have been propagated to the prejudice of the administration, I will thank you if you will contradict it in your paper. Your obedient servant. MILLARD FILLMORE. Murder tn Baltimore, [From the Baltimore Clipper. 12th inst.] Our city, last evening, was the scene of one of those font murders which occasionally darken its apnals, and for a time fill the community with hor- ror, About half-past six o’clock yesterday after- noon, as a German, named Deidrick Buck, was pass- ing quietly along Low street, in the vicinity of Bell Air Market, he was accosted by two men, named William Galt and James Brown, who seized hold of him and began pulling and hauling him about in a most violent manner. He remonstrated with them, begging them to let him go, and finally succeeded in jerking away from them. After getting loose, he ren up the street to his boarding house, in Low street, near Aisquith street. When he had arrived at his home, he informed the man with whom he lived—a German, named Frederick Brautignan— that he had been assailed. Mr. Brautignan and a friend, named Henry Buesenberk, who happened to be in the house at the time, then went to the door with him. As soon as they opened the door, jalt and his companion, who were on the Shoes de of the street, erossed over to them, and the in- dual with Galt threw himself into a fighting at- di titude, and told them that he could whip any man among them. They told him to go away; and in the midst of the altercation, an individual, named Charles F. Rasch, who lived a few doors from the scene, came out, and hearing the noise, approached the parties. When hehad got up to them he inquired what was the matter. He was informed by one of the Germans, upon which he advised them to go home, and not have any quarrel. This they were uyon the point of doing, when the two men who were quarrelling with them turned and walked 8 the street. As soon as they had got on the site side of the way, one of them threw a brick, exclaiming, “Leave, you Dutch s—ns of b—s.” Upon this the Germans backed off, when Galt drew a revolver and fired four times. ‘bree of the balls entered the head of Mr. Rasch, and fell to the ground. The party who had tred the ol then turned and fled, pursued by the componions of the unfortunate man shot. At the corner of and Aisquith streete, Galt fell, and } senberk seized hold of him and wrenes out or his hand. He then let go his prison accompanied by his friends returned to Mr. Rasch, who was still lying where he had fallen when shot. They picked him up and took him into his house. Dr and Wacon were summoned to the sy and open examination of the wounded man, pro- nounced his recoyery impossible. One of the bal! had envered at the superior part of the nose, one under the nose, and the third at the swperior frontal bone. Two of the balls had penetrated the b: thus rendering his recovery utterly impossible. attempt was made to extract the balls. as the ope- ration would have beon entirely superfluous. The unfortunate man breathed his last about twelve o'clock, leaving a wife and four small children to mourn the untimely end of their supporter and protector. In the meantime, some citizens hod captured the murderer, and taken him to the watch house. The examination was conducted by Justice Kemp, in the Pd room, in the ‘upper Vachs of the building. When the prisoner was brought out_ of the Linea! down stairs, and brought before ithe magistrate, he appeared with a lighted segar in his mouth. Heappearsto be about ator 22 years of age, and has one of the most re- pulsive countenances we have ever gazod upon. Af- ter the examination of the witnesses, the Justice made out his commitment, on the charge of mor- tally wounding Charles F, Rasch. Galt then asked the magistrate what security he wanted, to which Justice Kemp replied that the security he wanted was euch ag no man in the United States could give. Upon which Galt exclaimed, “By G—d, Squire, L. wish you would commit me to jail to-night, and not compel me to stay down stairs in that internal hole.” His request was complied with, and he was at one conveyed to jail. Galt is one of the party who were arrested about eighteen months ago, on tho charge of enticing a man named Mosher from the theatre, and after getting him in the neighborhood of Fairmount, knocked him down with a club. Whilst lying upon the ground at robbed him, and then shot hira, but he survived his injuries. On this charge Galt narrowly escaped going to the Peniten- tia A warrant was issued last evening by Jus- tice Kemp, immediately after the committal of Galt, for the arrest of James Brown, the individual charg- ed with being ergaged in the affray with Galt, but vp te a late hour he bad not been arrested, ‘The Pork Trade at the West. CURIOUS EXPOSE—THE OROP MADE TO APPEAR COM- PARATIVELY LESS THAN THAT OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR. The following letter is froma highly respectable firm in Cincinnati to a responsible house in this city, who say that they have carefully compared the statements in the letter with the figures in the Cineinnati price currents of 1851-52, and find them correct :— Cincinnati, March 29, 1852. Tam convinced that there have been more hogs eut up than has generally been supposed. Now, for your guidance, I will refor you to some curious things in the statistics of the hog crop, a8 comparing this sea- son with the last. I only wonder that some one has not exposed the thing publicly, though none but holders perhaps have any interest at stake. If you will examine the Cincinnati price currents of 1852 and 1851, you will see that the statements made w in February, 1851, of the peels of that year, an which have been generally relied on, it eee a the Bnet pe same paper, in meking up the hog erop in when comparing it with that of Ite. hie visa ralncons These alterations are without justification, so fa as regards the points under my personal knowledge. For instance, in Indiana, take the following points, and you will find that Williamsport was put down in| the Cincinnati Price Gurrent, of February, 1851, a5 having cut 5,300; und now. in the same t rent, of February, 1852, it is swelled to 5,450. In| the same way, Paris is swelled from 400 to 2,4763| Fort Wayne, 2,000 to 4,000; Eugene, 6,000 to 6,72 Newport, 4,000 to 4,800; Vincennes, 8,000 to 11,0005 Maysville, $,000 to 9,500. Points fa Towa and Iii nois are in the same catagory, cokuck is swelled! from 22,000 to 20,000; Burlington, 19,000 to 25,000 Quiney, 20,000 to 24,500; Meridocia, 9,000 to 11,600, Pekin, 19,000 to 27,000. Points in Ohio—Waynes.| ville, 3,500 to 5,800; Wilmington, 700 to 83,0004 Higginsport, 1,627 to 2,000; Cincinnati, 324,529 B 29, . You will also observe that some quite importang juts are not pnt in the 1862 Price Current atall, a aving. cut any this year. Also, there are some twenty points put down in the Price Current, of 1862 on the Mississippi river, as having cut in 1851, 95,04) hogs; but which did not appear at all in the Price: Current of 1851. Whether this is correot or not who can say?! There is no way of showing now. Besides. some points are entered in the statement as having cut less hogs this year than is really the case. Take Indianapolis and nee will seo it is put down aq 18,400, when 25,526 were cut. Chilieothe, ditto, 42,000, whereas, rising 50,000 were cut. Anothe item Inote. This Price Current this year, calls th avorage weight of hogs cut in 1850-51, 195 Ibs. while the same paper, in 1851, ascertained it to b 185 lbs., which calculation makes a difference o: 5,000 hogs ! Now, it may be asked by you, whore ig the pro- duct, if there is an increase over last year? I car only answer, it must be in the country, held bac from_motiv soclelactay to the owners and pack. ers, I suppo: We of the West have seen the fol. iF of shipping as soon as packed--tumbling eve thing into New Orleans and Eastern markets; the day for that kind of slaughter has passod—unles we get a good deal harder up then than-we now are. Obstruction to navigation throughout thd winter, has also very much retarded shipments. Yours very respectfully, &¢. The Coal Trade for 1852. The quantity sent by railroad this week, is 26,082 64. by canal, 14.125 16—for the week, 40.808 tons. ‘Total bi railroad, 859 02—ditto by canal. 49,800 06 tons, ‘There is a decrease this week of about 1.000 tons, owl: to the inclemency of the weather, which has. been of a winterith character the whole week, snowing almost ever The rupply of coal sent to market the present yoar n: to the first of April, was about 60.000 tons lees than the supply to the same period last year. ‘There was also | the wholesale and retail dru: less supply of coal in the markets abroad on the first of April than at the same period last year. although the in| creased supply in 1851 over 1850, was upwards of one mil, lion tons, ‘The regions last year were worked up to nearly the’ full capacity. particularly the latter portion ofthe reason} itis true that the market will not require the same in| crense this year, for causes heretofore adverted to, bu we feel confident that the ineroase demanded by the con| sumers will be considerably greater than the ability of thi regions to furnish, It is, therefore, of the utmost import} ance that both dealers and consumers should come for| ward ealy and teke our coal. The prices will not b lower than they are now—and every week's delay wil only enhenee tlie prices in the fall, On thie point we art willing to pledge our reputation as a journalist. Thi plea, therefore, that they can purchase eheaper as th reason advances, (which Was frequently the ease former!: When the murket was glutted.) will not hold good th year. Last year, too, was a peculiar-and extraordin: pear, Senrevly a dny’s interruption from either freshets 0 breaks occurred in the works of the different ing companics ; and the whole trade, from the opening to t! close of theren+on, wax not obstructed from any cause whole week, Such another year of uninterrupted busin we donot recollect in the hittory of the trader Now. asin week's interruption in the principal regions, when thi trade is fully under way, would cut off a supply of at I 125 G00 t and three weeks. (about the usual time los in a shipping season from various causes.) would eat o more than the whole inereass, that it 1» within the por of the regions to furnish this the cor! trade cxamot be recov consumers abread onght to con-ider these facts, and accordingly. We decire a regular trade at fair early purchases will make it so—buckwardness chasing now will dnly enhance prices, and ereate confurion in the coal regions as the season advances, abrolutely lessen the production for the remainder of tl Feason—and when there is confusion all interests gen ally ruffer in the end. We do hope our operators will ccase sending off eo before it is sold. ‘The Lackawanna Company have not y fixed their prices, In doing so, in the New York mari they will be regulated, to « certain. extent, by the pric at which ovr conl is furnished, and a few cargoes sac! ficed may camsen loss of 15 or 30 cents a ton on the who trade of that city. which. it ie true, does not amount to’ great deal for exch consumer to gain, but to the trade Will be sucrificing more than the whole profits realized @ ton of coal for the last few years, with, perhaps, single exception of the freshet year. In the course of a few days the Navi; tion Comp Will put ten additional seows or boats on the line, earryin about 130 to 140 tons, destined for the Philadelphia trad Why can't they procure at lonst 46 or 50? energy they could be procured and delivered to aceou| date the trade. i is " The Scason. In parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and eve] further South, farmers pone of the backwar ness of the season, by which their operations ay greatly retarded. A letter fom Hampshire county, Mass., date on Friday last, speaks of the snow ‘as covering th walls, and the general aspect of things as more lik December than April. At Cincinnati the buds have began to grow; bu says a paper published there, as though timid « the tricks ofthe season, and fearful of new nip they are slowin their apy > The Savannah Republdcan of the 10th inst., say: —There was a white frost at Athens, in this Stat: on Wednesday last. We understand that on one co ton plantation, not far from Savannah, it will be n cessary to replant some forty acres in consequent of injury received by the late cold weather. A severe hail storm at Norfolk, Va., on Thureda last, destroyed all kinds of vegetables, stri ppe fruit tre their blossoma, demolished i s ke. The Beacon ostimates the loss Noves.—It becomes our pai) ful duty to announce the death of Deacon Dani Noyes, late of the firm of Maynard & Noy this city. Me died at Andover, on Thursday, ag: 60 years. Few men in our community were. be! known, more generally beloved than Dea As « businece’man he was k than a quarter of @ century, by his ni for mo nnection wit fg and medicine firm Maynard & Noyes, celebrated over the world + manufacture ot writing ink; as an active ay useful Christian man, he was scarcely less exter sively known. About year sinee, Mr. Noy: retired from the firm with which he had so lon been connected, awd took the treasuryship of 4 Andover Theological Seminary, which he held the time of hisdeath. Though not in robust healt Mr. Noyes enjoyed his usual health, we cat until within a few woek#, when a severe fever wa induced by a violent cold, from the effects of whic there was not sufficiont vitality in his constitutio, tovrally.—Boston Travelle, } Ernonrovs State Lrvr Won ARKANSAS AN tHe Crrnokee Natrom.—1b is stated Sy an Arkanens foul nal, that Ross, tho chief of (he Chere) vos, bas ascertain: that the eurvey of Arkrnne way o.1 fraudulent erroneously surveyed, whick deprives tue Chex strip of land comp: nh population of 9,000 pers worth @ million of dollars, and runs along the w breadth of the State, from the Missouri line to Red rive varying from pine to nineteon miles in width, cutting 0 jortions of Benton, Washington, Crawford, Sebastien Scott, Polk, and Sevier counties, Wort Smith will f* into the Choctaw nation; Van Buren, Evansville, Boon. borough, and Sylvia will fall into the Cherokee nation. A erent pel Schafer, of Sontgomen county, who @ few days ago, aged yt, is dy scribed as Lag did 4 the ev, MY. iT The de ceased was the largest man that we ever saw, The cofii ‘was sufficiently large to contain five men of ordinary «i measuring in width three feet four inches in the clea and three feet in height. Three men could have work in it, at the same time, with convenience, It require | six men to take him from the bed on which he expire ‘This was done by a form, rei je AA yy raising @ platform, removing the hen on three empty bags. prepared, and ten men upon it, had two line: well rone in the middle; and seventeen met to let dot thie great eprinkle of mortality into its last home on eart| Alis Weight woe wot knowa, Py 5