The New York Herald Newspaper, May 29, 1852, Page 3

The Conventions in Different Parts of the Onion, ko., &e., &o. The Trial of Bishep Beene oot the Celebra= ten In Louden. The Episcopal Recorder states that Bishop MoCoskry of ‘Michigan, has paid a visit to Presiding Bishop Chase, at his residence in Illinois, for the purpose of requesting ‘him to change the time appointed for the trial of Bishop Doane, of New Jersey. Tho presiding bishop has acceded to this request, in order that the American Episcopate ‘may be representod at the approaching jubilee services of the venerable Society for the Propagation of the Gopal in Foreign Parts, to be held im Wesiminster Abbey dur- ing the month of June. Bishops Be Lancey. of Western New York, and MecCoskry, of Michigan, the delegates appointed ut the recent Council of Bishops, in this city, are expected to sail, therefore, in tho steamer Atlantic, which ieaves this port to-day for Liverpool. The trial of Bishop Doane, of New Jersey. has becn postponed, by order of the presiding Bishop, until October next. The Episcopal Convention at Newark, N.J. [¥rom the Newark Daily Advertiser, Muy 27.) SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS, The Convention organized yesterday after- noon, at 414 o'clook, v. Bishop Doane presiding; Rev. Andrew B. Patt@Pfon was chosen secrotury. Mr. P. remarked that he had declined last year be- eaure he had differed with the Bishop on questions of . Perhaps the same reasons should have made decline this time. But other questions had come wp, aud in accepting it, he wished to vay that he con- itas a great confidence; that he entirely sympa- thized with the Bishop in his painful position, and was Teady to assist him. . * * * * * * ‘The Committee on Now Parishes reported favorably to the admission of the following churches;—St. John’s, Dover; St. Jobn’s, Camden; Church of the Holy Trinity, Bergen. Thoy also reported that they had no papers ro. Jative to Christ Church, Newark, which was again referred to them, with power to examine if the papers were pro- rears ago, Per ree ee os A resolution to admit Christ Church, Newark, into the Convention was agreed to. THE BISHOP'S ADDRESS. The Bisrtor then proceeded to deliver the annual ad- Gress, relative to the occurrences within the diocese during the past year. He alluded to the successful min- Aistrations of the Rev. Mr. Rowland, at Somerville, which had produced a church that was to be consecrated on Friday next, and urged the exercise of a missionary spirit for snpplying many other places in the State, where the game results might be produced, On June 19th he conse- erated a prosperous church at Mid@etown Point. On June 29th he admitted three alumni of the General Theo- ical Seminary to the order ot Deacons at New Bruns- ik. On September 4th he laid the corner-stone of St. John’s Church, at Somerville. On September 20th he ided at the second commencement of Burlington . Bon , when the Rev. M. P. Stickney was inducted into the neg eer eibberpeed lst Rede Lap ges and as- wisted at the @ usage whic! 1e ards as ‘valuable and oT ons.of the alumni determined to plant a tree on that day, and after services they went in & procession to the college grounds, and did so. On the ‘7th of December he preached the funeral sermon of tho Rev. Dector Crowell in Boston—the closest friend he ‘ever had. n to the special Convention at Burlington, he In allus paid, ‘the toils amd sufferings of my whole Episcopate ‘were overpaid by the unfaltering confidence and the un- Binching determination to maintain the rights of the ‘olergy and le, of whom God has made me the over- weer.” On the 17th of March he laid the corner-stono of. ’s Church, Mullica Hill. On Sumday, March ‘23, he instituted Rev. Jos. F. Lybrand into the rectorahip of 8t. Paul's Church, Camden. ‘The number of clergy in the diocese is sixty-four, of ‘whom four are deacons. ‘Two have been added by ordina- dion—the Rey. Mr. Smith and Rev. Mr, Hoff ; and six by fransfer—Rov. Mosers. Stickney, Cov, Smith, Gries, Cle- gents, Luipe, and Goodwin. Four have been transferred "to other dioceses—Rey. Messrs. Kidney. Potter, Meyers, ‘and Mitchell. The Rev. Dr. Barry nas died. Rev. A. B. Paterson has resigned the rectorship of Trinity Church, Princeton ; Rev. Samuel W. Hallomed has left Burling- ton; Rev R. H. R, Mitchell has resigned the Feotorship ‘ef Christ Ohurch, Bordentown ; Rev. John L. Shedding that of St. John’s at Salem; Rev. Mr. Potter that of Ht. Thaddeus ; Rev. Andrew Make no longer officiates at Bt. Thomas ; Rey. James J. Brown has been elected to St. Matthew's, Jersey City ; Rev. N. Petit has ceased to be jonary at Knowlton and Belvidere, and been appoint- “od minister of Christ Church. Newton; Rey. W. R. Gries is missionary at the Church of the Holy Trinity. Bergen ; Bov. P. Coe is missionary at Westfield. Various other tainisters were named in connection with different chuech- Candidates are Horatio Stubbs, John Trimble, E. P. it, William 0. Doane, Robert J. Hervey, W. F. William ‘T. Johnson, and J. 3. Meyers, ‘There are move than ae peoiae ae Mary’s Hall and Burlington College, and the institutions are prosperous. | The number confirmed has been 429, being 139 over “Any previous year. Three priests and two deacons have Deen ordained. The Bishop said that the presentment of tho bishops (was served on him on the 30th of April. He trusted he should have grace not to fail in the duties ho owed his Episoopal brethren, and he had contidence in that diocese whose representatives at the special convention filled the hearts of Christendom with admiration at the course they took in sustaining his rights and responsibilities, He then laid acopy of the eeeneneat on the table, At the close of the Bishop's address. Judge den moved that 50 much of the Bishop’s address as Ses the fact that a presentment has been made against him, and the document itself which he has nid on the table, b» referred to n committee of five, for consideration, and also 80 much of his address as relates to them, to see if any action should be taken by the Convention. This motion prevailed, and the Bishop appointed Rey. Messrs. Dunn. Southard, and Putnam, and Messrs. E. D. B. Ogden, and John R. Thomson. ‘The Convention then adjourned to 944 A.M. THURSDAY'S PROCERDINGS, A long debate occurred at the opening of the conven- tion this morning, on amending the minutes so ag to in- potmnpterrend of all the transactions of yesterday; the aeual mode of recording heretofore being to state only such resolutions as were voted on by ayes and nays. Dur- dng the amendment of the minutes in this manner. the convention went into a baliot for a Standing Committee of the Diocese, and the following were elected:— Rey. Messrs. Finch, Henderson. Williams, and Rankin, - of the clergy, and Messrs. J. J. Spencer, J. 0. Garthwaite, C. C, Stratton, and E. B.D. Ogden, of the laity, i The convention then ballotted for deputies to the gene- Fal convention, and the following were elected: Rey. Messrs. Dunn, Wateon, Southard, and Stubbs; and wf tho laity, Messrs. D. B. Ryall, J. W. Miller, Harvey Aertson, and Wm, Wright. Supplementary Delegates—Rev, Messrs, Henderson, Williams, Putnam. amd Thompson; and of tho laity, Messrs, J. W. Condit, J. J. Chetwoot,J. H, Wakefield, and 1. B. Hofiman, Rev. Mr. Sournarp rose to submit the report of the committee on the presentment, He had never approached any subject in his life with feeling: of such intense so- Jemnity, The o ittee had their responsibility to the eonvention, the h, the bishops, God. and the world. The committee had brought to the subject an intense ap- Plication, without bitterness or party feeling. They had @ome toan unanimous conclusion that the reference was right that the announcement of such a momentous fact by the Bishop as that be had been presented for trial, was sufficient to be taken up by the convention, They dif- fered from the opinion that we bad nothing to do with it since the bishops had taken it up. They felt that when their father had been assailed. the wonventiou should consider the matter; they felt that although there were three bishops, there was also one in the diooose of New Jersey, an independent body; they felt that their judgment, which they had pronounced at the special convention, when only the letter of the Bishop was before them, was not sufficient. Since then new matters had come before us. A presentment had been made to the presiding bishop, and he had cited our fathor | to trial. If we have rights, and are willing to maintain them, thia action is to be met with action on our part, They have arrived at the conclusion that action on our me is eanonical and Jawful, and how have they done so ? ‘hey have put a construction on the canon for the trial of @ birhop, that the diocese has the first right to a trial of matters if they please. They have made their construc- tion improguaite by the concessions of the three bishops, ‘They conceded it by their first letter—the right to a first trial by the diocese. It is a right. then, claimed by our- selves, and conceded by the bishops of Virginia, Maine, 0. The committee feel bound to suggest to the convention to act besides this, because they pledged themselves at the special convention, that if charges should be brought before the convention, they would inquire into them, The bishops having conceded the prior right of trial to the eonvention, and the convention having pledged them- Belves to investigate them, the bishops were bound to bring the charges here—not to Illinois, For reasons Known to them, they have not done so, If there was sincerity in their oft repeated declarations, that they ‘wished the investigations to be first made by the diocese, why aro they not here to-day—not themselves—but by their agents, the authors, movers, and instigators of these lings? a We hold then, a8 a eommittee, for all these reasons, we Are bound to take this matter up, as our right, and not only that, but now, for the first time, ourduty. The ro- Wisaend crs committee of seven lay members, t inted by ballot, for investigating each and overy one jong ohar, Sauk want have : in the preferred ‘action long ago, if the it. manly, and proper course been taken, and the objects had been the clearing of character from the imputations on it—the peace of the diocose, and the glory of the church and of God. They think that this will suticfy every man who only wishes to ascertain the truth, and moreover to support the Gg the dignity, the honor. and the piety of the poe An a La a Mew tl who had boon instru tis lnvestignont Pp these charges would take part in report was then read, embracing substantially the ideas remarked on abo: it expressed entire soanlocae in the Bishop. recommonded the committee as above, and offered a resolution to hold an adjourned meeting to re- eelve tho report of the investigating committee, The adoption of the resolutions presented by the com- mittee was discussed with great animation and eloquence till half. past two o'clock, when the convention a journed without Lange question. The principal inte in. volved were, whothor the convention hed now the right to institute an investigation, since the bishops had trial. or whether it would be an interference with their thority; whether the convention had, by the canon, a pie tae ia ak esa to try their Bishop, 90 that the could not take up charges till the con- ‘vention had lost their right in any manner, by refusing a trial heretofore; whother the convention had ever previ- ously had any basis for the institution of an investiga- tion. ho., with numerous incidental questions, which wore raised by Judge Ogden, in favor of the reso- Lations, and Messrs, James and Cortlandt Parker against The Religious Anniversaries in Boston. (From the Boston Herald, 27th inst.) Tue Univensacior Genera, Reronm Association. — This association commenced ita session on Tuesday morn- ing, William Pope, Kaq.. in the chair. During th there were soveral discussions relating to the tperations of the society, and enlarging its usetuiness, ie meet- ings aro well attended, and harmonious, Beorery Premonon Conassenas ‘Tuse- eanivermary Dame we did not learn, addressed the assombly. addresses were cloquent, and will do much tewards in- teresting allin the great cause which is the object of this society—the welfare of the sailor. Massacnusetrs Cononszation Socrevy.—This soolcty held its eleventh annual meeting at its office, in Joy's Bultding. yesterday, at twolve o'clock. The following efficers were elected for the ensuing year :—Hon, Simon Greenleaf, President; Rev. Dr. Woods, Rey. Dr. Gannett, Rey. Dr. Humphre | Rev. Dr. Burgess, R. A. Chapman, | Erq., Hon. A. R. Thompson, William Ropes, Esq., and Rey. Charles Brooks, Vice Presidents. Rev. Josoph Tracy. Secretary. General Agent and Treasurer, Klipha- let Kimball. Keq. Auditor, Key. @. W. Blagdon, Dr J Y. C. Smith, Aibert Fearing, T. R. Mayvin. James © Dunn, James Hayward, Wm. R Clark, and Daniel White, Managers. Xo y, Ses retary of the Ascociation, read an abstract from the anuu- al report, from which we learn that $18,416 64 has been received ‘during the year, and $19,586 expended. ‘This. society has sent forty-nine manumitted slaves to Liberia during the year, and twenty-six others are ready to go as soon as the funds are secured; $1,000 towards this ohjeet bas already been subscribed. After the reading of tho report. addresses were made by Rov Mr Budding- ton, of @harlestown, Rey. Dr. Durbin, of Philadelphia, and Rey. Dr, Kirk, of this city. American Tract Soctety.—Thia sooiety celebrated its thirty-eighth anniversary last evening. in the Lowell In- stitute. the President, John Tappan, Esq., in the chair. ‘The toliowing gentlemen offered eloquent remarks, viz,:— Rey. Dr. Wilkes, of Montreal; Rey, A. Rauschenbush, of New York; Rey. Dr. Sears, of Boston, and Rev. Dr. Tyng, of New York. Tur Doctnina, Tract Society.—This society held its annual meeting in the rooms of the society. No. 113 Wash- ington street. The following officers were clected for the ycar:—President, Leonard Woods,D.D. Vice Presidents, Richard 8, Storrs, D. D.; Jacob Ide, D. D.; Bennet Tyler, | D. D.; Enoch Pond, D, D.; Edwards A. ‘ik, D. D.; Kmer- | son Davis, D. D.; Nehemiah Adams. D. D.; Rev. Charles D. Pigeon; Rev. Luther Wright; Flam Smalley, D. D.; Mr, Arabel Lyman; Mr. Daniels Carpenter. Secretary, | Rev. Sewall Harding. Treasurer, Mr. Benjamin Perkins. Auditor, Mr. James Tufts. Executive Committee, Rev. Alvan Cobb, Rev. Jonas Perkins, Rev. David Brigham, Parsons Cooke, D. D., Rev. A.C. Thompson, Rev. Paul Couch, Rev. E. A. Lawrence, Rev. George Fisher, Rev. Mortimer Blake. This society devotes its attention tothe | ublishing of doctrinal tracts and other publications, its operations are large, but conducted in avery quiet manner. New Enauanp Monat Rerorm Socrnty.—This society, whose aim and object is to raise the “ Magdalen’? from’ her lowly lot, and to provent the young, thoughtless, and unprotected females of our land from being ensnared by the artful, and taken from the paths of virtuo to the depths of ignominy, celebrated its fourteenth annual an- niverrary yesterday afternoon, by a public meeting, in the vestry of Park street church, at three o’olock. Before the hour of meeting the vestry was crowded with an audience, the most of whom wero females of all ages. Soon after three o'clock a venerable clergyman, whose name we did not hear, was invited to open the meet- ing by reading from’ the Scriptures and prayer. He rayed for the management of the society, and for the darttansice 06 the cause in which they wero ongaged. He prayed for the home and for the retreat, under tho direction af this society, and that these institutions may be sustained—that they may continue to be a home for the Magdalens, and a retreat where suffering virtue may find comfort and consolation. After prayer, the venerable divine vokunteered an 2 ing, in which capacity he did not so well sueceed as in raying. : Rot Mr. Cook, a mild and amiable looking man, then took the stand and read the anaual report. From this well prepared document, we make the following abstracts from our own notes.—-This Society was formed in 1838, At that time, the paper called the Friend of Virtue was started, and has been sustained to this day. The Home was established in 1845. This institution has been of great advantage to many young girls who, without it, might have fallen trom the paths of virtuo; and has kept many, who were on the brink of destruction. from being lost, and returned them to their parents. Here. in this Home, many a lone stranger has unbosomed herself in the hour of difficulty and danger; and manya fallen beauty has told her story of degradation, and exposed her tale of suffering. ; "The report stated that by the influence of this socicty many young women who had been seduced under the promise of marriage had been saved. and some of them were now happy in new domestic relations. Two hundred and eleven persons have been received at the Home during the last year. Eighteen infants have been born and three have died at the Home. The report gave a very graphic account of the saving of a young girl named Amuelfa, from the grarp ofa procuiross, and the deliverance of another young creature who was carried to splendidly furnished den of nfamy by a cab man, but oscaped by means of aletter which she threw out of the window, which found its way to the post office, and to her father, who came to her rescue. The Stranger's Retreat has received, during ths past ear, 363 persons. fifty of whom had been there before. he intelligence office in connection with this society, has turnished 1.166 families with assistants, and 1.238 females have been furnished with employrsent. Licentiousness, sayn the report. ix on the ineroase, and there are now in this city fiftcen hundred houses of ill-fume, many of thom furnished in costly style Tho Treasurer's report stated the reecipts of this so- ciety for the year to be $6,913 89, and the expenditures, $6,966 29. and the liabilities ot the society. not provided for, $2,140 95 After the report was read, the society was ably ad- dressed by Rey. Mr. Hutchins. ‘bis speaker urged that public opinion should be aroused and raised, so that every man who should be incontinent should be looked upon in the same light, and visited by the same crushing infamy that falls upon the unchaste and erring female. A. col- lection was next taken up, The venerable Dr. Beecher madea stirring address in furtherance of the objeots of the society, after which the congregation separated. Supreme Court—Special Term. DECISION BY HON. JUDGE MITCHE May 27.—Charles 4. Davis and others vs. 2. § wr, ad~ ministrator of Colin Mitchell.—-An action was commenced in the Superior Court, in September, 1845. against the defendant, as administrator, on three notes, made by the intestate on the 2ith of April, 1837. The dtfendant put in a variety of pleas. Among others, the statute of limitati set eff in favor of the intestate, and that the plaintiffs, who were described as trustees, had ceased to be trustees. An issue of fact was jeined as to the se off. and the other pleas ended indemurrers, which were found in favor of the plaintiffs. A reference was ordered, by consent, in February. 1846, as to the issue of fact, and to assess the damages ‘of the plaintiffs. The referee ro- ported in that year in favor of the plaintiffs. for the sum of $16.843 08, on which judgment was entered in January term of 1847. The defendant appealed to the Supreme Court, and from there to the Court of Appeals, and the judgment was affirmed in both courts, The defendant now says that, after judgment was given in favor of the plaintiffs om the demurrers. he tirst discovered that the lands for the purchase of which the notes were given, were sold by the plaintiffs, and bought in by the company. ‘The judgment to which he refers was given in February. °46, and atter that he consented to re-reference, and on the reference the amount which the lands brought on the re-sale was credited to the defendant, so as to reduce just so much of the account against him. Knowing the éule, he chose not to apply to the Superior Court for leave to put in a plea of that re-sale, nor to eeck any relief in that Court on the account, but’ to allow judgment to be en- tered against him in that Court, and then try his chance in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeais to reverse that judgment. He now asks to open all the pleadings, and allow him to plead anew. It is too late, and he has delayed too long in his application to be allowed so ox- traordinary a favor. From the facts stated. it would seem most likely that the defendant concluded that the facts which he would now introduce would constitute no defence, and therefore would not trust his defence to them; and in that he was apparently correct. ‘The terms of enle were that if he failed to pay any of the notes, the plaintiff should be at liberty. on giving thirty days’ notice in a public gazette in Apalachicola, to sell the lots, bought by him, at his risk, for the benefit of the company of which the plaintiffs were trustees, The company were not to give *ecds for the lands until the notes should be paid. In 1842, the notes not being paid, the trusteos sold the lots, pursuant to the terms ofaale, Thearrange- | ment was in the nature of s moi peer porones weer) | with @ power of ale and a liability in the mortgager for any deficiency. Under such an arrangement the sale would be regular, and the person contracting to buy would be responsible for the faee of his notes, and entitled toan allowance for what the lands should produce on the re-sale And the referee sottled the amount on that | principle, If the principle was erroneous, the defendant hould not have taken advantage of it in the account ttled by the referee; andif the re-sale released the de- fendant’s intestate from liability on tho notes, instead of | entitling him only to a deduction of the proceeds of the re-sale, that point should have been presented at that time. The including of the procceds of re-sale in the allowance to the defendant, and not making the ro-sale a bar to the action, was an adjudication, in eifect, that the re-sule waa not a bar to the action, but cause for mitiga- tion of damages only. Such adjudication soems also to be correct. The motion to amend the pleadings is denied, with ten dollars costa. Infidel Safer ene | heme from Fannie Lee ywheend, Brooxiyn, May 26th. Mr. Eprror:— Having just read in your Pa er, for to-da; remarks, under the caption ‘* nndel Philosop! wish to state to the public through the same mo- dium—that, standing on the Cpe of science, in all its departmonts. I am able and ready, not only to refute all the rt against every doctrine taught in my lecture of last Sunday, but, further, to substantiate them. Asa Christian missionary, my engagements aro too numerous and labors too ardu- ous, to spend precious time in a newspaper contro- versy—but at any will meet the advooates of theories, whother of the clergy or laity, and givo a candid audience fair opportunity to decide on which side are tho “visionaries.” Yours, for the trath, respectfully, Fannte Law TOWNSEND. CE ale CINCINNATI VingYAarps.—During tho last yoar 75,000 bottles of sparkling Catawba were repared al the cellars of N. th, Cincinnati ; during the coming season he expects to have 100.000 bottles prepared. Tho ve er fifteen to t months to ripon. G. & P, Bogen bottied last your and expect this year to put up 85,000 bottles of Catawba, Zim- merman & Co., devote their entire attention to still winos, and intend to put up 80,000 bottles this . Their wines aro of the first quality, Corneau & Sons prepare still and Lrg na wines—they sold last year, 40, f oy og tes, and their bustnoss is rapidly inoroasing —Cincinneli Gazette, 23d inst, , tho wy Btates on a subject of heartfelt interest to myself and to many, yet I should have hesitated te obtrade mynelf on fog tention coe the a ag ts not Toe Pipes Lv to be my duty to ©: you juoere and profou gratitude T feel fhe the service which has been rendered to the Arotio cause by the United States govern ment. In accepting from my generous friend aud. benc- factor, Mr. Grinnell, the two veerels which he #0 nobly Placed at their disposal for the search, and giving the command of them to cfficers of the United Statos Navy, with all the privileges and obligations attached, you beth adopted the cause for which this kind concession was made, and secured the govd couduct, if not the success of the expedition, Hiow ably that expedition was conducted, what proofs it gave of nobie daring and indefatigable energy and por- severence, bus been related to me by those we were eye- witne-res of its achievements, and who were proud of having such noble coudjutors. It would have beem strange indeed if the hearts of British officers had not warmed towards the generous inen who were j them Like brothers, for the recovery of their I men, ccmpetitors in a cause in which all t divided, but all the gain in the restorauon friends, (if haply such had rewarded their ef have boon ours never be engaged in a strife Leas generous and Less friendly It has so happened that evon the uuteward circum- stances which caused the American vesels to drifi out of their course into a position of great danger have boon of service to our cause, since by this extraordinary move- ment, the ehips were ourried to a greater distance up that chanpel which it is believed my husband pursued in his passage to the N.W., than eny of the other ships had then, or havo since been uble to attain, and thus have proved what heshould otherwise have been iguoraat of, that the ice which at ono time seemed to form an impeno- trable barrier in that direotion, is not only movable, but in all probability liable to annual disruption, That after the winter of unparalleled anxiety and suf- fering which followed the movement above atluded to, your brave commanders should have struggled to mak» their way back to the region from which they had bee + forcibly expelled, when the whole impraeticublo field ice in Baftins Bay lay botween it and them, and shoul havo yielded at last only to the fiercest obstacles, is proof of indomitable courage and perseverance, of which their country may well be proud, and which we, with Kindred hearts, iook upon with approving sympathy. ‘The two little vessels which, under such 001 o risk was us of our ) would your two grest aud noble counteies | bave thus distinguished themselves, arc now again of. fered by Mr. Grinnell to the American government, Im 80 doing, I believe ho has tho honor of his country as heart no less than the caure of suffering humanity, An American citizen may desire that baying once embarke in the good causa, his country should generously perse- vere init. that in the fierce war with the elomente, sly should again send forth her hardy sons, that in the nobl: race who ehall first carry succor to tho long lost naviga- _tors, who are perhaps yet straining their eyes and stretch ing cut their hands for help, she should again be oqual to the foremost. It would be unbecoming in me to sa all that.I feel on this heartfelt subject—our deb. of grati- tude is already a heavy one. We wait with deep anxiety, but without any prisumptuous confidence the result of Congress, persuaded that in you, air, we have a friend no less favorably disposed to help us, than was your distin- guirbed predecessor. In the meantime, believing that you may not yot have arrived at any decision, it may be Permitted tome to submit to you a few considerations bearing upen the hopes we still entertain, nay, which we entertain even more than ever, that a renewed search will lead to some positive and happy termination of our anxieties, ‘The results of the iate operations of the allied squad- rons, though falling short of our hopes and expectations, are neither insignificant nor devoid of great enoourage- ment for the futuro. Thoy prove, in the first place, that the missing ships esoaped all the catastrophes which the faint-be: and dospairing had predicted of them in their outward voyage, and arriygd in safety at the first winter quarters, where were Pho graves of those men belonging to the discovery ships, and buried, ap- parently, with great care and decorum, attest that’ the rest of the ships’ companies were not only in life, but (as other unmistakeable signs combine to prove) in circum- stances of security, comfort, and plenty, and full of vigor, Again. the future field 6f search bad been narrowed, the explorations of Capt. Austin’s officers over the ice, oar- ried on with a spirit and persoveranoe which make me proud that they are my countrymen, having shown that our ships could not have pursued s south-west course, while the discoveries of Captain Penny, conducted with equal energy and spirit, in a north-wost direction, leave ne room to doubt that the clear water he there came upon was first opened by my husband's ships, and that they pursued their way towards Behring Straits, in a high northern latitude, Thus our future efforts have a mote confined and definite aim. It may be affirmed that the lost navigators are now to be looked for, with every hope of success, in the apace lying between 100 deg. and 160 deg. of wert longitude, and any parallel of latitude north of 76 deg. It would appear, therefore, that to secure the completeness of the scarch, it should be commenced. simultaneously at both ends, and that no single expedi- tion going up Wellington Chunnel should be considered to huve exhausted its work till it emerged in Behring Straits—or, in ether words, accomplished a northwest paeage ; nor any expedition starting from Behring Straits deem its object attained till it comes out in Wel- lington Channel or Bafin’s Bay—orin other words, per- formed the nertheast puscag-. Our own government, I fear, intend tolimit their cfforts to an eastern expedition up Wellington Channel, ‘There remains for tho search by Bebring Straits only a cmail private expedition, set on foot by a generous individual in this country. who is de- voting bis private means aud his personal offorts to the enterprise Another freit of the late expeditions isthe they have given m4 of the, power of obstacles bef fupposed to be insurmountable successful had been this result, that it is erful steamer might be able, in one rogrees Which it would take successive years to accom: hh without, or which might nover be wecomplished at ‘carcely loss satisfactory is the oxperiment that has been made of long journcys by sleuge and on foot over the ice in winter or epring weather. Hundreds of miles of corst bave been thus examined. Lastly, we derive infinite comforts from the proofs which the iato expedi- tions have given us, that considerable resources exist in thcse northern portions of the Arctic regions. which have now been approached. for the support of human life, and very satisfuctory, also, is the additional experience guin- ed in confirmation of all former evidence, that the Arctic climate is in itself favorable to health, and that the loss of life attending the expeditions is, iu spite of all the risks and accidents incidental to them, far leas than the average of mortalityin any other quarter of the globe. With these facts before us, and with uo proof or even tign of any sudden calamity having overtaken them and cut short their progress, it seems not presumptuous, but within the bounds of a reasonable and modest caleu- lation of probabilities, to conclude that the | tors have only not been fuund bee: yw boyond the reach of the efforts en made to their track, lumited as their efforts have to the duration of a single season. The every ships were years shoud of all their pursuers, and while the latter had advanced hardly beyond the starting post, they were struggling toward te goal. If misfortune has indeed overwhelmed them—and how should I daro refuse to believe in such a posstbility ? it has been in the strenuous and ardent pursuit of their duty, and not in the early and timid abandonment of it— as they would seem to imply—who gratuitously suppose that our brave countrymen turned back at the end of a single winter, and perished on their way home, It was the known determination of my husband, (and is record- eq by him in his lust letters from the borders of the icc.) to renew his attempts year after year, and if fuiled in one direction to try another, Surely these brave, determined men will never be aban- doned to their fate! Surely the sentiment which re- sounded lately in the festival hall at New York, coming as it did from the heart of that distinguished American citizen, Whose name is imperishably connected with the Arctic cause, and which was fervently responded to by every Englishmen and American present, will guide my country’s councils, and touch the hearts of all who can lend a helping hand toits fulfilment! Jt will be a matter of wonder, indeed, to future generations ifso many costly efforts, made year after year. should be suffered to ond in nothing; neither in restoring to England her long lost sons, Who went out to peril their lives at her bidding, nor in disclosing the fato to which, in the steadfast per- formance of their duty, they may have fallen the victims; nor yet in making the after-mission of mercy and hu- manity subserve the interests of ecience, and lead to the solving of that great geographical problem which has for centuries engaged the attention of the civilized world. and was the express object of this my country's latest effort, I cannot but regard the rescue of my husband and his companions. and the accomplishment of the new passage, as nearly identical objects. Had the researches which have hitherto been made in vain been subjected to no other restrictions than the accomplishment of the one object or the other, so long as the lives of those employed were not necessarily sacrificed, we might not, perhapa, have bad to mourn over # series of bitter disappoint- ments. It is only by having the same objects in view as the original expedition, and pursuing it with the same steadfust perseverance, that we can hope to solve the mystery, Hitherto our efforts have scarcely advanced beyond the threshold of the field of search; the gates of entrance and ogress have been besieged. All the intervening spaco— many degrees of longitude in extent have never beon entered or looked at. I ventured to allude to tho extreme interest and importance of this question to England and Awerica, in a geographical and soieutific point of view, and to deprecate the los of opportunition which, wil nover occur again, probably, in the prosent century. It is to other motives, however, and to a deeper and holior feeling than the love of glory, or the thirst for knowleago, that 1 trust, when the ie, rises before me of your national flag again floating peacoful union with ours on the Arctic seas—of your dauntless ships again glo- riously competing with our own on the aame common ground of search, or boldly striking outg sume entirely new and untried course by which to attain the one object. 1 know that my surest ffeund of hope is in the prompt- ing of & great people’s humanity towards tho suffering and forlorn navigators of the same race and language as themselves, aud in their generous sympathy with mourn- ing relatives and friends. For mysolf, 1 necd not say neither the acquisition and advancement of science, nor even the glory of my country is the impulse which moves me. I seek only the reecuc of a beloved husband and of his brave and devoted companions and followers, many of whom are my friends—all of whom are my country. men, When I saw them depart, full of seif-devotion and enthusiasm. I promieed myself, if mood should ever bo, to strive to savo them, and I know that in the midst of their severest sufferings, in the extremity of that sickness of the heart which arises from hope deferred, they can- not but remember the half. uttered words unheard by my husband, which revealed the purpose of my heart, though at the time Beas might ar, ‘appeared to a lighter meaning. less, myself, to redeom this plodge, I seek to move the hearts of others, pact Forgive mo, sir, ff, confiding in your characteristic benevolence and kindners of beart, yot never Mg ae how urgent and engrossing are the duties you have to perform in your exalted position, as head of the great republic, Ihave presumed too muoh and at too great length on your forbearance. Lhave honor to bo, with great respeot, sit, your Obedicnt servant, JANK FRANKLIN, Tis Exoolloncy, the President of the United States. sting ey! been spouting , ve 2 a bere oped the Kates, wi is i sh 9 whi rt le ood In come fow weak and. pates. made ‘em buy a Hw bend; Awmere pittance ® mere pittatoe, For folks who of speeches are #0 fondg L've beow selling, I've beon selling, My Hungary bonds—ahas rags; ‘There’s no telling, there's no telting, What lots of cash they've brought my haga! w conning. in low cunning, Bien the Yankees I go beyond; For when dupning. fr when dunning, My gudgeon bait was—Lung'ry boud. Which was gammon, which wes gammon, You need not, friends, by me be tol; But whon “crammin,”’ but when “orammin’’ ‘The folks, I awore “they've good as gold."* Rich in blarney. rich in blarney, I dealt it out in “uccents sweet; F’cn Killarney, ¢’en Killarney, Must own I can’t, e’en there, be beat ! T have well drupg'd. I have well drugg’d, Fach city with appropriate pill, And bave well hugged, and have well hugged, Those that put money in my till, T've asserted, I've asserted Tho Yankees are no “powor on earth;?” It's diverted, it's diverted; But who cares even Bennett's mirth ? I've beon telling, I've been tolli ‘Thess tolks ‘twas time they shoulder'd gun; And they're yelling, and they're yelling Stuff in my ears ‘bout Washington! An old woman, an old woman, Quite out of date in State affaira; ‘Thero’s no human, there's no human Boing for his “twiddle twaddle”’ cares, Tvo been kirsing. I’ve been kissing Ugly old women ‘gainst my will— ‘Thus not missing, thus not missing, Any good chance my purse to fill, T've been coaxing, I’ve been coaxing “The Peoples" for “ material aid;'" ‘That in hoaxing. that in hoaxing, That I'll be beat I'am not afraid. Tyo made stumping, I’ve made stumping Speeches, till [have become quite hoarse, And told thumping, and told thumping Fibs—when it suited mo—of course. In Greet Britain, in Great Britain Tcall’d monarchy man’s best hoon; But as “fittin,” but as ‘ fittin,”? When I oame bere I chang’d my tune And Ward Beecher, and Ward Beecher, ‘Who “gift of gab,” like me, bas got, Was my teacher, was my teacher, To find ‘the peoples’ tender spot. Tho old story, the old story, Bout buying muskets was “a hum;’! "Dis my glory, ‘tis my glory, T oan, with art, o'er people come, It was requir'd, it was requir'd Some proof for what their cash was spemt, Bo I desir'd, 40 I desir'd, ‘This false report should have full vent! Now, mes amis, now mes amis, When this ‘no power on earth” I eave, ‘Twixt you and me, 'twixt you and me, I laugh well—‘- within my sleeve.” For my speeches, for my speeches, Have feather'd woll. for life, my nest; ‘This plain teaches, this plain teaches, ‘The humbug trade’s by far the best. I shall pecket, I shall pooket, All the Uargent—of that be suro- For the docket. for the docket Is struck 'gainst Hung'ry—and I was poort Mar, 1858. large I ‘The Coming out of Jenny Lind’s Last, SOME DOGGREL ON THE SCENES BY MUD AND FOG AT THE BATTERY GATR. BY THE MAN OVER THE MEAT SHOP, What an uproar! what a clatter! What has happen'd? What's the matter? See the people! What a rush! How they tug, aud haul, and cruaht ulling, squeezing. and a tearing, Raging clhowing and swearing, Tn & manner, stylo, and way, As if their wits were all astray; While the weather, in a vapor, Shrouds each corporation taper— +As likewise the gener'l caper Which the people All are cutting In the missle, drizde, spluttering; What a zig zag odd commotion, Like a crors way'cd, bother'd ocean, By the four winds knock'd about, Sidoways, all ways, inside out! Feg above, and mud below, Lamps all misty ina row, Like a set of wat'ry blear eyes, Plac'd along in reg'lar series; Gutters in a state horrific, To the ladies quite terrific, Fill’d with unctuous, civic matter, Which the wheels on all sides splaitor, Such a mugey ecene chaotic! Yankee mixed up with eaotio, “ Foroign alts and native graces" Cheek by JOWL in comic plices. Short man, with his spread umbrelia, Scrapes a tall one on the © smeller;"* Tall man, with his cane stuck out, Pounds a short one on the snout— Short and Long begin to swear, But ‘tis no ure swearing there, Blowsy woman in a fluriy, Urges en in baste ang hurry; Fat man, with his cheeks distended, ong with paunch extended; ok mun, t lath, ny path > top eprig ef ton and fa ‘alls into a lively pa As a Jehu with his whip, on, Trips his fine mustachied lip; was a chance stroke—nothing more, Bat it makes him woundy sere; pooney young man with his programme, Leckons d yor in a bad jam; Driver, h a look that's queer, t Star that’s standing near; ait, can’t th that Jouth to ir; you mu: It can’t come a Ko to it Le bit, sir he C1 elve to pay + Wan fue'd youth, with sinite Pare white gloves, wi Huge barr'd breeehe Can't exactly ree thro? But looks sifly huge brim’ hat, mort surprising; Anxious mother sharply eriva, “Child, that pole i near your eyes!” Little female flutter, Drage her big shawl in the gutter Here, a creature, lovely fairy! Hee here pare light and airy, ne fmpall hand her frock upholdi To the eye afoot unfolding More divine than ever hnel Nymph cuil'd Dry—or Ore-nd, Lifts that foot Lowards the step Of back wherein ehe thinks to When jewel!'d puppy—monstrous hog t In passing by—the hair-fao’d dog ! °Gainst ber bumps in manner dire, Smears all her trim shoe in the mire H Then staring, struts upon his way, As he hud thump’d @ truss of hay ; Gallant Jarvy in a trice, With his cont-tail wipes it nice, And with bound, like gum elastio, In sho springs, like a gymnustic ; Noble Jurvy! ’twas well done, Of honest man thou honest son! ‘Thus to un-muck that gentio one : But from highest to the lowest, “1ix the samo wher'er thou goest, And the worship woman clai As of old atill brightly flames Proud men of rank, it nen of blood, Once flung their cloaks into the mud To muke a dry way for a queen, And keep her royal trotters clean ; An old coat-tail now does its duty, To prove the endless rights of beauty. pt) aseye - Teach about ‘ ings on wheels are clogged thro’out ; While the coachmen in a cluster, Make @ most tremendous bluster ; Silly girl with simpering face, Stuck all o’er with silk and lace, ‘Thrusts her foot into a pool, And looks extremely Like a fool ; Another screams and turns quite pale, Because a hack-horee whisks his tail. “ What's the muss,” roars out a rowdy, “ You take care and dont be crowd: Gaunt-fac'd. ragged, vicious amall Screams with rapture and is all joy, As the uproar spreads apace, Fills, and thunders this the plage, at & yelling and a bawling, jat a lot of names a calli Honry, Peter. Tom, and Bill, Aa if their masters all wore ill! 1c ‘in shining like a liver, With his dark eyes in his white balls, Glarvs about amidst the loud calls; But to bellow Jake or Sam In this bedlam, is mere flam, On the house stops snobs are standing, All thelr mouths with grins cxpanding; Spitting, ogling, staring, emoking, itlees jokes about them poking! Some with faces s! na cleave Neath thoro vast wide-brinm beayers Now the Babel swells and reer, : And there's war among the ages; Horses plunging, snorting, baoking, Btars commanding. lashew 4 All things racking, all things Wheels and horse whi; interclasping; Driver leaning back at full length, — Pulls for dear life with his main strength, Uulehy macs Nin Shae win, juiekly ms chai And, inetend of hauling Meow.” Ho starts forward with a whack, Which he lays on horses both, As he belches forth an oath. ‘Twould be curious, just to know What horses think of all this go; While they're backward, forward driven, ‘This way tugged snd, that-.-by heayon, Ww Ww i H i ; i i i £ i i i 7, the concerts are And ‘the Lind has gone to sup, sir; All the singing now is past, «ir, And ‘ dear’ Jenny's done at Last, air; Aniexoure me, but I'm oust, sir, If she haint bagged the yaller dust, sir,” Lup, air, Letter from Honry Clay. MEMOIR Of THR LATE OMANOKLLOR WYTHE, OF VIRGINIA. A \ate number of the Richmond Whig contains the following letter, written by Mr. Clay to Mr. B. B, Minor, the editor of Chancellor Wytho's Reports, Asutann, May 3, 1851. My Dean Sin—I duly received your favor of ‘tho 2ist ult., in which you inform mo that one ot the Richmond bocigsellers intenda to publish a now edition of the Be- ports of the lamented Chancellor Wytho, and you ox- press a wish that I would furnish a brief memolr of the iustrious author, It would be # most pleasing aud ful taak to comply with your requost, if 1 e requisity authentic matorials, and tho requisite oa- pacity to propare the work, But tho first condition does not exist, and it is therefore unn to dwell upon the second. My acquaintance with The Chancellor com- monced in the year 1793. in my sixteenth year, when I was a clork in the office of the Court in which he prosided, and when I think he must have passed the age of throe so@re years and ten, I knew nothing personally of his carter ut the bur, of his ancestry, or of the part which ko had taken in public affairs,” I understood that he waa born in Elizabeth City; that he was taught the Greek letters by his mother, and afterward, by her as- Alstance, and by his own exertions, he became an accom. plished Greek scholar, How he learned the Latin lan- unge I do not remember to have heard, but probably a Wilflam ‘and. Mary's College, or at some other oollegs in Lower Virginia, When I first know bim, his right had become 40 affected with rheurvatism or gout, that it was with difficulty he could write his own name, Owing to that cause he engaged me to act as his amanuensia, and I attended him frequently, though not every day, to rerve him in that capacity for several years. Upon his dictation I wrote, I believe, all the reports of cases which it ia now proposed to republish. I remember that it cost me great deal of labor, not understanding a single Greek character, to write somo citations from (reek authors, which he wished insested in copies of his reports vont to Mr, Jefforson, Mr. Samuel Adams, of Boston, and to one or two other persons, I copied them by imitating each obaracter ax I found them in the original works, Mr. Wythe was one of the purest, best, and most learned men in classical lore that Lever knew. Although I did not understand Creek, I was often highly gratitied in listening to his readings in Homer's Hiad, and other Greek authors, so beautifully did he pronounce the lan- guage. No one ever doubted his perfect uprightness, or questioned hia great ability asa Judge. 1 remember an incident which occurred in my presence, which de- monstrated with what scrupulous regard he avoided the possibility of any imputation upon his honor, or his im- partiality. A neighbor of his, Mr, H who had the reputation of being a West ‘India nabob, and who, at the time, had an important suit pending in the Court of Chancery, sent him a demijohn of old atrack, and an Orange tec tor his niece, Miss Nelson, them realding with him, When the articles were brought into Mr. Wythe’s house, with the message from the donor, Mr. Wythe requested the servant to take them back to his master.and to precent to him his respeots, and thanks for his kind intentions, but to say that he had long ceased to make any ure of artuck, and that Mias Nelson had no conservatory in which she could protest the orange tree. 1 was amused at another scene which I witnessed, bo- tween him‘and the late Justice Washington, of the 'Su- preme Court, then practising law in tho city of Rich- mond. Ho calicd on the Chanoollor with a bill of iujunc- tion, in behalf of General , tereatrain the collection of a’ debt. ‘The ground of the application was, that the creditor had agreed to await the convenience of General fer tho payment of the debt, and that it was not then con ventent to pry it. ‘The Chancellor attentively read the bill through. and, deliberately folding it up, re- turncd it to Mr. Washington, inquiring, with an ineffable ‘mile upon his countenance, “Do you think, sir, that I ougbt to geant this injunction?” Mr. Washington blush- trand cbserved that he had presented the bill at tho cnznest_ instance of his client, Mr. Wythe's relations to the Judges of the Court of Appeals Were not of the most friendly or amicable kind, na may be inferred from the tenor of his reports. Con- eciontiously and thoroughly convinced of the justioe and equity of bis decrees, he was impatient when any of them were reversed, aud accordingly evinces that feel- ing in his Reports, Mr, Pendleton, from what I have heard. and the little I know of him, L suppose was more prompt and ready, and possessed greater powers of elo- cution than his great rival. Wr. Wythe ¢ forte, as [have understood, lay 1m the opening of the argument of a case ; in which, for thorough preparation, olearness and force, no one covld excel him. He was not so fortunate im reply. Bir. Pendleton, on the coutrary, was always ready. both in opening and concluding an argument ; and was prompt to meet all the exigencies which would ariee in the conduct of @ cause in court. The conse- quence was, that Mr. Pendleton was oftener successful than Mr. Wythe in their struggles at the bar. On ons occasion when Mr. Wythe. being opposed to Mr, Pen- dieton, jost the cause, in a moment of vexation he do- olared, in eh pre cofa pon a would quit the We Y mse, take orders. and enter Fe Petter not do that, roplled his Bier, Re fe yout ot Be Pendleton will go home, take orders. and enter the pulp too. nad beat you there.” Mr, Pendieton was less learne | then Mr. Wyihe. bot he possessed more vorsatile talents was an acccmplirbed gentleman, and better adapted t » suecess in gencral eociety and in the busy world, A though not so finished a ¢cholar as Mr. Wythe. he had : much more pleasing style of composition. “The high con- sideration in which Dlessrs, Pend nd Wythe were id, was often evinced by the distinguished honors minent offices which they received from their parent It was particularly exhibited in the organization cf the Convention which adopted the Constitution of the United States. when Mr. Pendleton was appointed to pre- idv over the bedy. and Mr, Wythe to preside over the Committee of the Whole, which’ he did during, I believe, the entire sitting of the Convention—the Constitution having been considered and discussed in Committee of the Whole. Mr, Wythe’ personal appearaace and his personal kabits were plain, simple, and unostentatious, Mis coun- « ¥ full of blandnees and Dbenevolence, and I ii ude. in bis ation of others the most gi fui Low (int I ever witnessed little bent by generally wore Uy this moment, after the lap: tury siuce [ last distinedy engraved on my mini acquaintance with him, he constantly ab: the use of all animal food. It is painful eholy to reflect, that a nan 30 pure, 60 upright. so vir- (uous, 6 learned, so distinguished and beloved, should have met with an unnatural death, The event did not oveur until several years after I emigrated from Richmond to the State of Kentucky, and of course 1am not able. from personal knowledge, to relate any of the circumstances which attended it. Of there, however, { obtained such authentic informa- tion as to leave no doubt in my mind ag to the manner of its occurrence. He had a grandnephow, a youth, scarcely, 1 believe, of mature age, to whom, by his Inst will and testament, written by me upon his dic- tation before my departure from Richmond, after eman- cipating his claves, he devived the greater part of his estate, That youth poisoned him and others—plack members of his house! by putting arsenic into a pot in which ceffee was preparing for breakfast. The paper which had contained the arsenic was found on the floor of the kitehen. The coffee having been drunk by the Chancellor and his servants, the poison developed its ueual cffects. Tho Chancellor lived long enough to send Js neighbor. Major William Duval, and got him to other wHl for him, disinheriting the ungrateful ty grand-nephow, and making other dispositions of his estate, An old negro woman. his cook, also died under the operation of the poison; but I believe that his other servants recovered. After the Chancellor's death, it was disoovered that the atrocious author of it had also forged bank checks in the name of bis great-uncle; and ho was subsequently, I understood, prosecuted for the forgery, convicted, end sentenced to the penitentiary; but whether that was the fact or not, can be ascertained by resort to the records of the proper criminal courts in Richmond T have written this hasty sketch, not ava memoir o the illustricus man of whom it treats, but for the purpose of contributing some materials, which may be wrought by more competent hands into a biography more worthy of his great name and memory. I conclude it by an ac- knowledgment, demanded of me alike by justice and feel- ings of gratitude, that to no man was I more indebted, by his instruotions, hie advioe. and his example. for the little intellectual improvement which I made up to the period whon, in my twenty-first yenr. I finally left the city of Richmond. lam, with great reapeet, your friend and obedient servant. Mr. B. B. Minor WH. CLAY, Naval Court Martial. [From the Norfolk Beacon, May 25.) The naval general court martial assembled yesterday, at eleven o’clook, om board the U.S, ship Pennsylvania, The following officers Compoxe the court, viz.:— Commodore David Connor, President. Commodore Charles W. Skinner; Captains Ixaac Mayo, William M. Armstrong, Charies Boarman, French For- rest; Commanders John L.. Sanders, David G. Farragut, Jobn Rudd; and Lieutenants G.’G, Williamson and Robert B. Pegram, members. Riehard H. Bakor, Jr., Judge Advocate, ‘Tho court simply’ organized yesterday and adjourned The case of Lieutenant De Camp. charged with dis- obedience of orders, snd drawing bis sword on his supe- rior officer, will be the first takon up. ‘We understand that Commander Pettigru is to be tried on @ charge preferred by Rouben Withers, a citizen of the United States. It is stated that the authorities of San Francisco had offered a rew ard of $3,000 for the arrest of Withers, who was charged with a murder, committed in Ben Francisco. and that he was arrested in the port of Magatian, in Mexico, by the order of the Amorican Con- sul at that port, and’ put on boasd the U. 8. ship Fal- mouth, then commanded by Commander Pettigra, car- ried to San Francisco. and delivered up to the civil au- thoritics of that city, ‘The gravamen of the obarge ix that Commander Pett! obtained possession of the person of Withers by falsely represonting, or iting it im bis presence to be falsely'reprosented, that Withers was a desertor from tho American service, and that he was prompted in this action by the hope or expectation of re- ceiving the reward of $3.000; but it is not charged that the reward was batted | Commander Pettigru, ‘Tazewell Taylor, Kaq., of this city, we learn, appears as counsel for Commander Pettigru. ConrRinuTION FROM SAVANNAH TO THE Wagu- iwaroy National. Monument.—The City Counell of Sa- vannah have resolved to contribute $100 annually to the National Washington Monument, until sufficient is col- lected to complete it, ‘Tho Adbir of the Brig Lucy Watts tn Gut —Aprest of = Part of the Crow by @e Spemish Autheritics, ‘We wore waited om yesterdey morning by the Captain Of the brig Lusy Watts, who gave us = full sscoenpet the coadnot of the Spanish autherities in foreitiy dp Oeiving him of three of his crew, while his vessel lay im (he port of Segue is Grando, Partial accounts of the matter have already appeared in the journals of thie efigy ‘but in view of the importance of the subject, and far ‘ho purpote of awakening the attention of the sutherities to the protection of our vessels in foreign ports, we give Captain Watts’ own statement of the ontire transsotien: It appears from this, that the brig Luoy Watts left tae port of New York on tho 21th of March, with a orew ef eight hands. for Sogua a Grands, m Cubs. She had been lying there twenty days, when, on the 28th of Apel, while the brig was taking in her cargo, the captain of tho port went on board with some officers, and took iate custody one of the crew, om the ploa that he had com- ‘essed himself to be # deserter froma Spanish man-of- war. This man had shipped in New York under the name of Andrew Martin, and as an American citisea- Captain Watts objected to one of his men bélag taken from him under any such pretence; bub the officer stated he was ¢ully authorized in the course he waa pursuing, avd carried off the sailor with- out giving Captain Watts any further information, and without leaving any written statement, or explana- tion, or justification of his eonduot. On the subsequeat day. Captain Watts, being on shore, was accosted by thy same functionary, who ordered him to get his boat, rew to his vessel and bring ashore two others of the crew, named John Catharown and Joseph Greer, Watts ab first refused; but afterwards, finding it useleas to resist, complied with the demand, The captain of the port aad his officers proceeded to the brig and took into custedg these two men, whom, with Captuin Watts, they convey~ ed to the town of Sagua la Grande, at twenty miles Qie tance. They assigned no reason whatever for this set but imprisoned the men without bringing them or Ue captain before any court of justice, or offering any jus tifiable grounds for the arrest. Those men had eso shipped in New York as American citizens. Oaptaim Watts complained of this unwarrantable treatment to the American Vice Consul at that port, from whom, however he was unable to procure any adequate relief, To wa even threatened if he made any protest, he might hia self be arrested and sent to Havana. Notwithstandimg this threat, however, Captain Watts, on the 3d of Mag, entered a formal protest against the unwarrantable inter- ference of the Spanish authorities with his rights a8 em American captain, and also wrote to the Scoretary of State at Washington, under date of 5th of May, oom- plaining of the treatment to whieh he had been subjest- ed. The protest, of which we subjoin a copy, was signed by the captains of the several United States vessels lying in the bay :-— : Consutate of tHe Unitep Srates or Amenioa } aT THe roRT oy Sacua La Gaanve t, acting Vice Consul fer Before me, Janes H. Wes! ie tr this port, personally came and appeared Captain R. @. Were Ye brig Lucy Watts, of Warren, Maine, who, being duly swern, doth’ depose and say :—That em tho 28th day of April, he being in the act of taking im cargo at this pert, there came on board of his vessel per- sons acting under authority of the commandor of the rt, who took away one of his seamen, named Aadrew Martin; and furthermore, that on tho 20th day of the same month, he being on shore at the timo, he was er- dered to go on board his vessel and bring two others of tos tonne Bane ae Ls bbe ‘tigen inca the town of Sagua rande. which is miles from the bay. That when ho arrivod at Sagusia Grande, there was no charge made against kim, or reasom iven for such proceedings ; that he returned on board fs vessel the following day, but his men have not beem sont back to him; and as several days have now lapsed, and he bas been subjected to expense and damage, he hereby protests against whomovor it consorns for these damages or whatever others may ensue, claiming remu- neration therefore, and stating most solomnly that he knows of no right possessed by the parties who have thus taken his men from him without his consent or that ef his Consul. In witness whereof, I hereby affix my ture and seal of office. at Segua la Grande aforesaid, third day of May, A. D.. 185! JAMES I. WEST, Signea :— Goorge A. Mitchell, bark Robert G. Watts. Franklin. Thomas Phelans, 1st mate. Jos. C. Maddon, cooper. Andrew P. Wilbur, 2d mate. OU. M. Lane, bark Panochite, Hi. ©. Stover, bark Mary Joseph Clark, br ig Josepla nie iam, John Parry, brig meting 8. Fullerton, bark Wi + in Parry, 5 Ralph Devereux, brig H. John Goyor, schooner Maay Mathews Gratton The following is a copy of Capt, Watts’ letter to the Secretary of Stato :— Sacua La Granve, Istaxo or Cuma, May 5, 1862 Hon, tax Secretary or Strate, Wasninaton :—~ —I have to communicate to you the followim statement of what has taken place in regard to my vease , and to call your attention to the Fes pecs of my right which have been infringed upon in this port. ‘About ten days since, my vessel was boarded by = boat acting under orders from the Commandante, and one of my mentaken out of her, and carried ashore, under the pos that ho was a deserter from a Spanish man-of-war. Ae ToulOWIny wey, 1 being ashore at the time, L wag ordered by the tame officer who took the man out the day before, to proceed on board of my vessel, and take two of my men out and go to the town of Sagua with them (which is about twenty miles from the bay). I did 80, and on my arrival at the town I could get no reavom for the act, and returned on board without my men. who, T understood, were placed in prison. I applied to the American Consular Agent, and requested him to endeavor to get my men returned, as I could neither got my vessel loaded or proceed to sea without them, He wrote to the Commandante, and informed him that T was detained, and tbat I should be obliged to make a protest for damages, The answer he received was. that the authority whic. took these men out, was competent to take men from the vervel of any nation, and that I had better not make any protest against it, or I might myself be taken from mg vessel, put under arrest, and sent to Havana, 1 take the oyportunity of writing by the first veasel which leaves this port, making known my situation. [ do not know whether I shall be able to procure other soa- } ment ate my vessel, and I have been told through: he Ce r Agent, that my men will not be sontom rd again, and that before 1 can proceed to sea, | must pay the expenses of the arrest and imprisonment of those men. [have made my protest here, and have as wit- nestes, the masters of many American vessels now load- ing in this port, Most respectfully. your ob’t servant, ROBERT G. WATTS, On the sixth of May the Vice Consul forwarded to Captain Watts the following communication: — AGUA LA Granpe, May 6, 1852, Cart. R. G. Warts, or Bara Lucy Warts, Sacua B. Sin—Immediately on learning that your men had beem taken out of your Vessel, by the commander of this port, T addressed a letter to that functionary, telling him thag you had notified me that the act had been done contrary to your wishes, also without any knowledge of mine, and that you wished them restored, as you could neither load. your Vessel, nor continue your voyage without them, and stating. at the same time, that you protested againsd whomever it concerned, and claimed damages for the Jors it might be to you. In his reply he states to me that he took these three men out of the vessel on account of ill treatment they had received on board, and that he is responsible tor any disorders which may take place in the harbor, on board of a vestel of any nation. Furthermore, he romarks that one of the sailors had acknowledged himself a deserter from @ Spanish man-of-war, and he recommends you noe to make a protest of any kind, or he may be ol te arrest you, aud send you to Havan In a second letter he requires me to procure from you the chests of these mariners, and to piace them at his dis- posal, ond wishes me to’ ship, by whatever other vessel that may be going to the United States, two of these men. I understand, verbally, that the remaining mam is to be sent to Havana, though there has been no oxa- mination or depositions taken to ascertain the truth of his statement, as to his being a deserter from the Spaniat flag. Ihave done what lay in my power in support of or withes, particularly 4s I consider that your rig! ave been infringed on. Still I am powerless to do more for you than to certify to your protest, and make the facts known to the Consul of this district. In the meam- time you must endeavor to procure seamen from some of the other vessels in the harbor, You will undoubtedly have. before you are allowed to proceed to sea, some ox- penses to pay, on account of these men. Very truly yours, JAMES H. WEST, Acting Vice Consul, Captain Watts was, through these means, detained im Sogua la Grande for five days, being unable to proowre hands for the voyage or to loud his vessel. On the tentla of May. he filed his claim at the U. 8, Consulate, for the | sum of $219, expenses which he had been put to in conse. quence of this act of the Spanish authorities. Of this sum, $26 had been paid by him for the expenses of the arrest and imprisonment of his men. He sailed fromthe harbor on the 11th; but bis veseel having run ashore, he was again boarded by the Captain of the Port, who de- manded the payment of a further sum, for the expenses of the three men’s imprisonment. and refused to bim to go to sea until this claim should be satisfied. He was accordin, y forced to submit to this latter imposition also, although is vessel had been cleared from the Cus- tom House, and had her papers om board. The Vice Con- sul gave him the following certificate of the payment of thisdemand:— Saova 1a @nanne, May 11. 1852, This ia to certify, that I have this day paid tothe Uom- mander of this port, twenty dollars and twenty-five according to his receipt, for the maintenance of mariners belonging to the brig Luey Watts, while in prison—eaid mariners being taken from said vessel by the orders of the Commander of tbis port, without the consent or wish of nid Captain Watts. And furthermore, that this ae- count is preeented and demanded to be paid, by said Com- mander of the Port, after the vessel is cleared from the Custom House, and ready for sea, with her papers om board; and that I pay it to prevent the vessel from boing stopped on her voyage, as she is not allowed cee te sea until it is settled, JAMES f= el Consignee ot Luey atts. Captain Watts reached this port setae since. and now requires that the conduct of the Spanish function aries. as above detailed, shall be examiaed into, thas i may be decided whether sueh a violation of the of — Yeasels is to be tolerated, es eee om thori of foreign countries are henoeforte, liberty to exercise the right of search on yoosels sailing under the Amerioan flag. To tH 8i ~ Marine Affairs, Lanoe Nownen or Annrvacs.—The number of arrivate at the port of New York, on Wednesday, amounted to ninety-seven, Of thewo there wore sevom ships, sic barks, soventoon brigs, and sixty-seven schoomers. Tweaty-cight of thom wore from forvign ports.