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NEW YORK COMMON COUNCIL. (OFFICIAL.] Stated Session. Boarv or ALpermen, Jane 17, 1852. Present—Kiehurd T. Compton, Esq., President; Aldermen Moore, Haley, Sturtevaut, Oakley, Boyce, Barr, Tweed, Brisley, Francis, Smith, Tiemann, Pearsall, Bard, Ward, Denman, Cornell, Alvord, Doherty, Peck. The minuies sapproved ‘By Ati Hart, to 1 of the Inst meeting were read and PETITIONS amu Auvorp—Petition of Charles B. ve part of Fourteenth street lighted with rittee on Lamps and Gas. “ an Dourrry—Petition of Francis M, Curry and others, for the regulation, paving, &., cof Bleventh avenue between Forty-eighth and Pifty-nintis strects. To Committee on Roads. By tho same—Potition of Francis Lee, for compen- sation tor damages sustained by change of grade of Ninth avenue. To Committee on Law Dopartment. By Alderman TreMANn— Petition of James Mur- phy'and A. Flower, for privilege to lay the Eighth avenue railrond. To Committee on Streets. By Aldoumus: Barn—Potition of John Pirnie and others, for » sewer in Cross street. To Committee on Sewers plains of police of the seve- y be directed to report to the ioner, on every Monday of each penings made in the streets and side- «i to specify in their said report for what rpose the said openings have been made, whether for connocticus to sewers, or for vaults, ovens, or coal slides. Adopted. By Alderman Boyer— 3 Resolved, That the Con:missioner of Repairs and Supplies be, and is hereby, directed to have the pavement in Walker street, between Church street and Broadway, repaired within four days after the passage of this resolution. Adopted, By the saino— Resolved. That the Commissioner of Lamps an Gas be directed to have Jay street lighted with gas opted. By Alderman TreMANN— Resolved, That it be referred to Committee on Streets, fo inquize into and report some plan for th more specdy repairing of ourstreets. Adopted. By Alderman SrurtEVaNt— Resolved, That the Croton Aqueduct Departmen be, and it is hereby, directed to suspend all proceed ings relative tu the building of the sewer in Green wich street, from Robinson to Barelay street, and that the Committee on Sewers As im ordinance amending the ordinance to build said sewer; pro- viding that the same be extended down Barclay street to the rive: ad of connecting with the sewer at the cornc: of Barclay and Greenwich streets. Adopted. REPORTS. Of Committee on Streets.—Relative to changing the route of tho Sixth avenue railroad. Adopted, on 9 division, Aflirmative—Alder- men Moore, Huley, Sturtevant, Oakley, Boyea, Barr, Tweed, Brisley, Francis, Smith, Tiemann, Pearzall, Bard, Ward, Denman, Cornell, Alvord, Doherty, Peck.—19._ Negative—the President —1. oft nuittee on Repairs and Supplies.—In favor of repairing house of Engine Company No. 15. Adopted on a division, viz.: A ative—Alder- men Moore, Haley, Oakley. B. ed, the Presi- nt, Aldermen Brisley, Francis, Smith, Pearsall, Bard, Ward, Cornel!, Alvord, Dohe: Nega- tive—Aldermen Sturtevant, Boyce, Tiemann, Den- man.—4t Of Comn duplicate Skane. Adopted Of Committee on Sewers—A dverse to the meno of Jobnu Martin and others, for a sewer in Madison strect, fiom James to Roosevelt street. Referred back to Committee on Sewe: Of Committee on Finance—In favor of appropriat- ing $670 to meet the deficiency of the means of the New York Society for the Promotion of Edu among Colored Children, Adopted on a div! vig:— Aflirmative-- Aldermen Moore, Haley, Sturtevant, —15. Fina: -In i ivor of is ies of sale of asse ments to Oakley, Boyce, Tweed, the President, Aldermen Brisley. I" Smith, Tiemann, Peatsall, Bard, Ward, Denman, Alvord, Doherty, Peck—I3. Of Committes on Sewors—In favor of extending sewer in Foriy-third street, between Bighth and Ninth avenues. Adopted on a division, v Affirmati Aldermen Moore, Haley, Sturtevant, Oakley, Bosco, Barr, Tweed, the ident, Alder- men Brisley. Francis, Smith, Tiemann, Pearsall, Bard, Ward, Denman, Alvord, Doherty, Peck—19. MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR. A message was received from the Mayor, nominat- ing Dr. B Fordsey Barker for the office of Health Commissioner The question being taken on accepting th» communication, and confirming the nomination, the same was lost by the following v Affirmative—Aldermen Sturtevant, Boyeo, Pear- sall, Ward, Alvord—5. Negative — Aldermon Moore, Haley, Oakley, Barr, Tweed, the Presi- Ment, Ald. “Bristey,” Francis, Smith, ‘Tiemann, Bard, Deninan, Cornell, Doherty, Peck—15. COMMUNICATIONS Communication from the Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies, with estimates for the erection of a building for the use of the Second District Police.— Referred to Commissioner on Repairs and Supplies. Communication from the Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies. with estimates for alterations to house No. oa welfth street, for the use of Engine Com- pany 23. Adopted ov a division, Aflirmative, Alder- mon Haley, Sturtevant, Oakley, Boyce, Barr, Tweed, the President, Aldermen Brisley, Francis, Tiemann, Pearsall, Bard, Ward, Denman, Cornell, Alvord, Dohe Peck—18. Communication from the Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies, relative to the removal of the cobble stone in Broadway, for the purpose of laying down the Russ pavement. ‘To Committee on Streets. Communication from the Comptroller, with esti- mates for supplying the Corporation with coal. ‘To Committee on Repaire and Supplies. Communication from the Counsel to the Corpora- tion, relative to the widening of Wall street. To Committee on Law Department. PROM BOARD OF ASSISTANTS. Resolution angulling the gr: i man ani Pettigrew, to run 4 dopted by said board—was concurred in , Haley, Sturtevant, President, Alder- nrsall, Bard, Den- Nega- e, Barr, Tweed, th Francis, Smith, P’ man, Cornell, Alvord, Doherty, Peck—18. tive—Alderman Tiemann—1. By Alderman Barn— Resolved, That the company stylved the Righth Avenue Railroad Company—headed, Conover, Okell and others—to which the Common Council have granted permission for said Eighth avente railroad, pay te svid Pettigrew, Sherman & Co., all expenses incurred by said Pettigrew & Co. in relation to said Eighth avenue railroad. hich was laid on the table On motion, the board adjourned unt evening, 18th iust., at five o'clock, P. M. T. Vatentine, Clerk C. C. il to-morrow I. Eighth Avenue Railroad, BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN PROM OUR SPrcIAt ORTER JuNg 16.—Agsistant Alderman W that the subject of the Sixth and railroads be taken up. Assistant Alderman Mannaty would inquire whether the papers were in,posscssion of the Board They were now before 2 committee, who were jus ready to report, and had adjowned over, by a ma jority vote, till to-morrow. Mr. Wei1a proposed to take them from that com mittee, as they had not reported yet. The subjec had been before a committee for months. Assistant Alderman J. O. Banker said the report was resolved on and all drawn up, and they had only adjourned for the purpose of condensing it, and wroducing it in a form proper and satisfactory to the moved ghth Avenue joard. It had been given to him for that purpose, and they had only adjourned at 5 o'clock to-day. Mr. Mausarr asked whether the chair held that the motion to take them up from the committee was in order The Prusrpent said he always construed tho power of the Board very liberally. He thought they certainly could take the papers from # com- mittee and act uponthem, He had before se de- cided, and tie question would be on taking up the papers. “ Barker asked—What pap —whero were ne _ Mr. Wenxs replied—The petition is hore, and it is that I propose to take up. ‘The question was then put and carried Mr. Banker moved that they he laid on the table, which was put and lost. 2 Mr. We: as the petition was before the Board, proposed thoy should act upon it. He presented a preamble and resolutiogs, published in our official report, the latter witidrawing the power to con- struct the Highth avenue road from Messrs. Sher+ man, Pettigrew, and others, and making a fresh grant under certain conditions and regulations, to the petitioners, Gustavus A, Conover, Samuel C, Hlarmiott, Theodore, Martine, William O. Kell, Wil- liam D. Sparkes, Isaac V. F ywler, William Valleau, Joseph 1). Baldwin, Sheldon Burwell, and those ed with them, and econ- who might bereatter become asso or such asmight comply with the ditions of this resolution, He moved the of them. Mr. Barer rose to a poin to the introduction of that been very ingeniously broug paper which was b the more or than the minority r He did not tohe di t a wish th maigeliy bod pijoarnes over only until to-morrow. A number had been added to committee to en- able them to make a roport, and he hoped it would not be tiken from them inthis way. They were agreed upon it, and he hoped tho Chair and the Board would sustain the committee. The Prestpent said the Chair had no evidence thatthis was a paper which had been before tho committee. It came up as a preamble and rosolu- tions, and in its present shape was admissible. (The reporting part had been altered by a sheet being sealed over it, and the alleged state of facts put into the form of a preamble or recital; tho resolu- tions then followod, as proposed by the minority of tho committee. ] Mr. Barker would then move to lay the rosolu- tions on the table. He would ask whether the ma- jority were not ready to $F the report—the gentle- men from the Third, the Eleventh, and Second. Mr. Weiis—Well, ifyou wouldsign it, that would do. We could then een) a both Roe. Mr. Banker repeated xplanation. It would have been easy to sign it, if they had anticipated such « proceeding, Assistant Alderman Bouton rose to speak to the | resolutions. The Corporation had before granted the right to certain parties to lay tho track, and they ned hada high legal opinion that they were entitled. ‘The PrestpEent interrupted—The gentleman was now discussing the merits of the question. Mr. Bovron—Yes; I speak to the resolution. What is the question ? Prestpent—There are two—one to lay on the tuble, and the previous one of adopting the rosolu- tions. (This motion to lay on the table was then put and lost.) Mr. Bovron—I have the floor. By our rules, when any five members require a Committee of the Whole, it must be had; and I, for one, now move that. Assistant Aldermen Tait, McGowan, Barker, Mabbatt, and Brastow, (five others,) having joined in tho demand, the board was declared resolved into a committee on the subject accordingly, and Assistant Alderman Rodman called. That gentleman not being present, Assistant Alderman Mabbatt was calied, and took the Chair. Mr. Bouton wished to make a few remarks why this petition should not be granted. Firstly—That a previous Corporation had already granted to cer- tuin parties the right to hold the railroad, and they had agreed to do so. This grant the faith of the city was pledged to, and it should be held inviolate. The question would be, whether all the parties had forfeited the right. If there were only one who hadn't, his rights should he respected and preserved. Here there was not only one, but four who had not forfeited—and the Common Council now proposed to take from them the right which they legally held. Was it honorable or honest? Would any one sitting round that board, hold it just to de- prive any one of his rights or property with- out any compensation or equivalent? He hoped not. They had expended money in large sums; prepared the work and had materials brought to the city at « heavy expense, and stored for the purpose of going on with it. As to their legal rights, the committee had not only the opinion of their own counsel, but other eminent lawyers aud judges of this city; and he earmestly hoped, that in the face of these, the gentlemen sit- ting round never would deprive. tho parties in this case of those rights. Further, it had been stated they had not complied with their contract. This was false. The preamble now stated that they had not commenced the work so as to entitle them to take advantage of the grant. They hadeominenced. The Board had had the report of the Street Com- missioner to that effect, and the works, as com- menced, were now visible. It also alleged they had not agreed to organize. He (Mr. Bouton) said that these parties had agreed, and the preamble and reso- lution were false, as every one must see who didnot persist in standing in the face of light and reason, and was not wilfully blind, which was a blindness of the worst kind. Here was not only the right and jus- tice taken from these parties, but it was proposed to give them to a new party—by name. But though they were nominally so, they were the old New York Cily Stage Company ititied, in fact, with Messrs. Kipp & Brown, and their associates. They did not come fairly, in their own names, but came here be- hinda bush, pretending to be’ somebody else, to take from Sherman, Pettigrew. &c., a right wholly, justly, asd honorably, ¢ pon thom. The comniittee had, by am solved to adjourn until to-morrow night. asily have completed and signed the yeport, but it was done for the purpose of reducing it into’ a smaller compa When a matter comes before any body of men, where certain parties had rig and did not violate the rights ot any others, y did not see why those rights should not be conceded. Many members knew that.this was not or would not be a majority report. They had had the petition before n only a few days, and had noting to do with the action or non-action of the former committee. Where was the justice, where was tho right, in this e? This city bad plighted its faith to those ties, und s bighly t to take from therm that right. He did not believe it was possible that members of that Board would do it. He was sare they wonld not if they nnderstood it; and he hoped every meni well informed upon it, be- fore it was disy that they would vote understandingiy, 3 he should be sorry that injus- tice to any one should be done in that Board, from , or forthe sake of private intere ’ interests. Mr. Wents denied that the allegations in the preamble were false. Several eminent jurists had said they had forfeited their right to the grant Mr. JO. Ba Tt was, he admitted, a long time since this same subject was first intro- duced. He came into the Board under the belief that the grantees had not complied with the eon- ditions, and he was induced to offer a rosolution last February, which he would read, requiring the opinion of connsel, and information of the Street Commissioner, on the mutier, and the subsequent action of the committee. (He then read these reso- lutions.) At the time these resolutions were pre- sented, a unanimity prevailed in the Special Com- mittee on the subject. But after this, the report of the Commissioner and the opinion of counsel came in, from which he received great assistance, as he was under the impression that they had all forfeited their rights; but, by that opinion; it appeared that Ww n no inutter how many there were, or if only one, if | e forward they were the true grantees: tant Alderman Trorrer made some inquiry hte of parties to assign or convey « eke explained they had no right, without nt, to assign, until they had organized and third of the capital, and then they stock, which was transferable; and co} the report of the Street Commissioner set forth that the Sixth avenue party bad ap plied to him, and, consulting the opinion of counsel, he ap- po’ nengineer. There never had beenacom- mittee appointed to investigate the matter until February last. He proceeded to read trom the printed documents of the Board of Aldermen, (No. 74) the opinion of counsel, in which the whole con- troversy was set out, and which was to the effectthat Kipp, Brown, Smith and Barnes had forfeiied their right in the grant: but that Pettigrew, Sherman, Marshall and Townsend had not. All this, continued be, that I have been reading, appeared on the re- port, and [refused to sign until we could condense it, The committee of the whole Board had now be- fore them the views of the majority, showing how (hese parties were entitled. He had considered it his duty to read it, at this juncture, and be hoped after that statement, and hearing the opinion of their own counsel on this matter, which he felt bound to respect, that they would let that commit- tee proceed with their report, which he doulted not would be satisfuctory to the board. Mr. Wenis said there were several opinions of eminent counsel in court, and he moved that the Clerk read them Mr. Barker objected. They were rd, and it w nite out of orde The Cr Atmman said the gontlemen from the Ninth might make a sp dread thea, and that was the only way they could be brought before them. Mr. Weis said they were on the table, and world the Board oblige him by reading them ? This was complied with, and the first was the opinion of Mr. Edward Sandford, to the effect that it was not a grant vesting any right. It was merely a license, which was revocable ; and as they had the power to revoke, they had also the power to grant another. Seeondly—Independently of that view, the Corporation had the right to repeal any resola- tion, and legislate freshly. Thirdly--The time for commencement was to be computed from the 3ist July, the date of the Mayor's approval of the resolu- tion; and the alleged bag tikka was an attempt of a minority to exclude the others from the grant, which attempt was defeated. An opinion by Mr. John Van Buren was next read. Tt was that the Corporation had the power to vevoke and regrant, and had full control of the matter. To this was subscribed a concurrence by Mr. J. R. Whit- nol befure the i wg. Fie. G. C. Rrongon’s opinion, also road, was much to the same effect as Mr. Sandford’s. On the con- clusion of the reading, Mr. Webs moved that the committee rise and re port progress. F The motion was put and carried. The CHAIRMAN of the committee reported progress, and asked leave to sit again. The motion was lost. Mr. Writs then moved the previous que: upon which Mr. Banker rose to order, and moved the Board | go again into Committee of the Whole. The rule was | they should do so “whenever” five required it—and he hoped four others would join him in the reqnisi- tion. The same six as before, demanded the com- mittee. The Purstenr of the Board ruled it was out of orders; a few members might else always obstruct the proceedings by going into committee over and over again, n Mr. Barger appeal od— elve in favor. Tho decision of sustained, Atogn move an 7 | personal liberty was discussed at len in fo | to the nt, Rind.—Tho provious quoation ia bofore the ‘Bovrow.—An adjouramont is always in or Mr. der. saint mation was put, and lost by the samo voto— to 6. Mr. Bouton rose to speak to tha previous quos- tion, and the President said be was out of order—it was not debateable. Mr. Bouton asked whother all discussion was to be so cut off ? The PresipenT said, according to all parliamon- tary usage, the question would be—** Shall ths main question now be put?” and if carried, tho previous juestion is put, and is not debateable. ‘The ques- fon ar put accordingly, and carriod in liko manner 0 6. Mr. Bourton requested his vote on the adoption of the resglations to be changed; he wished to vote aye. © voto was changed accordingly, and the numbors declared to be 13 to 5. Mr. WE11S, apparently suspecting the object af the Jast stroke of policy, immediately moved a re- consideration, which was lost. After transacting a little more routiny bos'ne 8, the Board adjourned until this (Iriday) « Compliment to Wm. Sidnev Smith, Esq. {Louisville Times, June 3.] Below will be found an interesting correspondence between a committee of our citizens deputed to ten- der a public dignor to tho Secretary to her British Majesty’s Consul at Havana, now in this city, for his manly, and humame, and noblo conduct towards our unfortunate countrymen, known as tho Cuban prisoners.” Ho it was who administered to their wants, interested himself in their behalf, and cheer- ed them with comfort, when our own Consul turned a deaf cur to their entreaties, and shut@is eves to their necessitics. Mr. Smith has been greeted with welcome from the time he landed on our shores, and gratified are wo that Louisville is not backward in acknowledging the high obligation we are under for his noble conduct to our distressed countrymen con- fined in foreign dungeons, and tho admiration we have for that heart that makes no distinction in the field of disinterested benevolence:— Loutsviein, June 2, 1852. Dear Srr—A large numberof the citizens of Louis- ville, who remember with a warm and abiding ad- miration your generous efforts in behalf of their un- fortunate young countrymen, made prisoners in the Jate Cuban expedition and detained in the dungoons of Havana, desire to testify to you their sense of your noble conduct on that occasion, and have ap- pointed the undersigned a committee for that object. Allow us, sir, in the discharge of this agreeable duty, to express to you the pleasure with which we have learned your arrival in our city, and bid you warmly welcome to its hospitalities. A stranger, and the official of a foreign government, whilst the representative of our country, recreant to every im- pulse of national feeling and of nature, basoly turned his back upon his distressed countrymen; you, sir, obeying the dictates of a noble humanity that heeded no cold suggestion of policy, and knew no national discriminations when your suflering fel low-men claimed your sympathy, promptly, yolun- tarily, magnanimously extended your hand to re lieve and comfort and assist the brave, though mi guided, young men ref ‘to. Such generous con- duct cannot be too extravagantly acknowledged in thiscountry. We assure you it will ever be remem- bered by us, and we may safe y, by every Ame- rican, with the highest admiration and the liveliest gratitude towards yourself. In addition to gcse expressions of regard and gratitude, we have Also been deputed to tender you tho compliment of a public dinnor, to be given’ at such time as may suit your pleasure or convenience Be pleased to say when it will be in your power to mect at the festive board, and receive the cordial greetings of the many warm hearts that welcome you here, and thut will never ceaso to cherish your hame among their most grateful remembrances. We are, dear sir, very respectfully, Your most obedient humble servants, William Preston, Howard Christy, Jas. 8. Speed, Robt. Johnson, Geo. D. Prentice, Hamilton Pope ii Theodore ot Committee, Wm. Sypney Surrn, Esq , Secretary to H. B. M.'s Consulate at Havana. Gaur House, Lovisri.n, 2 s:—I have reccived with feelings of profound gratitude, your very kind and complimentary note of this morning, conveying the too flattering com- nmendation with which you and your warm-hearted constituents are pleased to regard my poor oxertions in bebalf of your countrymen, who ‘had the misfor- tune to be captured in the late expedition to Cuba, and tendering me the compliment.of a public dinner asa token of your sense of my conduct to those young men while detained as prisoners in Hava ‘Although I am sensible that my conduct on th casion rete to, impelled oniy t sympathy which every maa of buman always feel for brave and well designing mon | difficulty and distress, does not deserve such a plause as that with which your politens pitality prompt you to acknowledae it. I would do injustice to my own heart, if I did not respond to the warm and graceful expressions of yout rogard with the keenest sense of your courtesy and kind- ness. I regret extremely. gentlemen, that circum: stunces prevent me from accepting the compliment you sokindly profiir me of a public dinner. Visit- ing your country, on a brief leave of absence, now nearly elapsed, tor the improvement of my health, I find myself obliged to proceed to-morrow to try the restorative efficacy of your Grayson Springs, whence all be compelied, sooner doubtless than the con- dition of my health will render advisabie, to return to my post. I shall never cease, however, gentlemen, to retain the liveliest remembrance of the excessive kindness which has been shown meat every stage of my rapid tour through your country, and nowhere more agreeably and gracefully than at Louisville. I beg you to convey my heartfelt thanks to your hospitable constituents, and to accept for yourselves the warmest sentiments of regard ot Your very obedient serva Ws. Sipnry Wn. Presron, and others, of the Committee. yy The Crops, The Rochester Daily Advertiser sa withstanding the backwardne wheat crop looks weil Gr; promise. The prospects of m fair. The Syracuse Jowrnal sa ields of grain hibit. rank luxuriance of growth that. promises a e yield. Fruit trees are covered with blossoms, tlie lateness of the season precludes apprehen: sion of blight from frost. The season, it is true, is uncommonly backward, but we have rarely, if ever, known vegetation to exhibit so thrifty a growth at its present stage of developoment.”* The Lockport Courter says:—* Though the late- ness of the season hag produced a corresponding backwardness in vegetation, everyth' alk favorable for a plentiful harvest. We have heard some few complaints in regard to the wheat crop— considerable having been winter killed, but we were told Wy an intelligent farmer, a day or two since, that the injury to accrue from source would he trifling. and that portion of the fields which haye not been affected, are coming forward with unusnal heaviness and avidity. Fruit has suffered buat little injury.”” The Detroit Free Press, states that under the combined operation of the warin weather and fre- quent refreshing rain, vegetation has come forward with a rapidity which pre vs fully to amends for the cold ay aba kward” advent of this | pleasant and most hopeful + Wheat will sutter some, pr ly. and so willoats | and corn, owing to the late period at which farmers were enabled to plant and » The present, how- ever, is full of verdure and beauty. The whole land | is clothed ina bright garment ‘of emerald green. | he forest is laden with gorgeous blos- fragrance on the sweet ‘ood promise of golden 8 that not- of the season, the too, gives tolerable kinds of fruit are morning air, and affording a g returns of fair and rosy fruit The Sandusky (Ohio) Register says the wheat fields in Michigan ‘Que said to be in ‘an extremely promising condition, and there is every prospect of a larger crop than was ever produced in the Wol- verine State. The St. Lo Republican notices the wheat erop aa looking extremely fine the present season. The winter, aithough more than usually free from snow, has been favorable. Regular rains have kept the earth moist, and the growing crop wears a green and Vigorous appearance. The wheat and rye crops in Washington county, Mo., are said to have improved wonderfully within a week or two, ‘The Anderson (Ind. ) Gazette says, “the severity of the winter did not injure the wheat. It stands thickly and evenly. @ amount sown last fail, is at least one-third short of the previous year, in this country, and if any disaster should happen to the ee erop, between this and harvest, there will ea scarcity for home consumption, unloss a good deal of tho last year’s product still in the couuiry, is retained by the farmers.”” The New Hampshire Legislatw PERSONAL LIBERTY—THE MAINE LAW, &TC Concorn, June 16, 1852, et for the furtiver p The bill to ropeal the a branch of the New Hampshire Legislature yesterd was ordered to ® third reading, by a vote of 157 Thirteen whigs voted for, and four democrats repeal, ‘The liquor bill was also reported yesteriay. with- out amendment, ‘The special committeo which had it under consideration, reported a resolution subm it acceptance to the people, by ballot. at the re alee tion. A joint resolution was also reported the consideration of tho bi the November ¢ m. A very he lebate tod the motion to take the vote by yeas anu oays on the first rao luticn. On ft being taken, 144 vot Boseuth ond his Family—Arrangements for his ‘Mother. To Governor Koseora :— ‘We aro aware that your aged mother, ie sisters and their children, drivon forth from their to the New World to scek Dighting ahadow of despotism. hearthstono, are comi ine beyond the @ know that dospotism, cowardly as cruel, fears the spell of the namo you have illustrated, and dares not, cvon though it be borne by defenceless women, pertit its existence on the Eastern continent. We know, too, sir, that your filial and fraternal solicitude must be paintully excited by thearrival of td family on a foreign soil, without the means of independent existence ; and we havo heard that, in this mournful exigency, oe have express P to deliver a lecture, for the purpose of obtaining the meane neceszary to secure to your exiled family an lishment by whieh they may varn an humble but independent livelihood We bail with pleasure, in this project, your accept- eneo of the truth, that labor is the basis of personal @ignily, as well as of our republican institutions. We are told that the obstacle to your delivering thir lecture is some uncertainty in your own mind, whether it will mect with cordial sympathy. _ We, therefore, sir, beg leave to express our convic- tion that, as American women, it is our duty, as well our happiness, to come forward, without dropping the modest voil that befits our sex, to ro- ceive our exiled and afflicted sisters asx a sacred de- ie of your dearest treasures, till it shall please sud to restore them to you and to freed Hungary. And further, sir, we tako the liberty to exproas to you our belief that whatever differences may exist among our citizens as to our national duty and policy in relation to your country, thore is not a mother’s or sister's heart in the land, a son’s or bro- thor’s, that does not answer to the affecting call from the wrongs of your family ; and to say that, as the ci of New York had the honor of the first public demonstration of welcome and sympathy with your patriotism, they claim to consecrate their farewell with as general and fitting an expression of theirsympathy with your domestic virtues. in conclusion, permit us to say that the modo by which vou propose to express your filial sentiments is particularly acceptable to us, as it will gratify our earnest desire to hear your voice once more; and to hear it in a cause common to all humanity. And that we are ready to concur with you in such arrangements as shall seeure the most substantial retuim to your efforts. Respectfully yours, Mrs. A. C.K Miss Woods, T Mrs. Henry W. Bellows, Mrs. Vanden Heuvel, Miss Anna Curtis, er, Doremus, ullivau, Mrs. James Gibbons, * M. Sedgwick, Mrs. John Sutphen, e. Wm. Kirkland, Mrs. B. D. Howland, Mrs. Henry Grinnell, Mrs. Oscar Coles, ame Chas, Canda, Mrs. B. W. Mitchell, Mrs. Mrs. M A. B. Durand, Woodman, A.H. Fitch, Durand, . Comfort Sands, . Cronkhite, - Parmly, and ethers. Louis Kossutu: in:—Allow us to congratulate you on the regained liberty of your mother and sisters. That thove so dear to you should have suffered so many hardships in consequence of your devotion to con- stitutional rights, must_gain for them a sympathy as wide us that which is felt for yourself. Their gerous yelationship to you is their honor and their title to our particular regard. In this view their expected arrival in this city interests us, and we believe that we but express the feelings of our fellow-citizens in addressing you in the relatioh you will soon be called on to take toward them. We are aware that these ladies and their families, on their first arrival, will have no one but yourself m to look for support, and that you have no pecuniary aid to give them. Your poverty is one of your claims to honor, You will wish then to do something toward helping them. It has occurred tous that if you would alfurd our fellow- citizens an opportunity of meeting you agam and hearing your views upon any subject, they would gladly embrace it as a means of helping you in the performance of your duties as a son and 4 brother. If you under- take anything of the kind, we shall be happy to aid York, June 16, 1852. you in camying it out. Yours, respectfully, mM Bryant, Josern N. Baw Raymonn, Henry J Henry W. Brnioy S. Drape Ww . B. Srvawicr, S. P. Parker, H. Tra nGE Baxcvorr, JOUN Biaws.ow, Panke Gopwin, SAMUEL Oscoop, PORGE Bo CHEEVER, KN. HW. Carrs. THs REPLY June 12, 1852. h deep emotion 1 interest youa red to my afieetic % my heart. ng though it be, to know my persecuted sisters liberated and reunited to my aged parent be- ond the reach of my country’s murderers—still it is a hard destiny, fuil of nameless woes, to be driven trom the native svil—an old mother, tried by more severe allliction than any mourning parent on’ carth; isters sick and worn out by the sufferings of an aibitrany prisoa, inflicted ontbem solely because | pleascc s, next to om their brother; and heipless children, two of then therless orphans, all cast among foreigners, homeless and poor. Yet [thank Ged that His counsel has destined us to suffer for our fatherland. But my devotion to my country’s rights being the cause of the shattered happiness of my family, it is a dee 1y anxiety added to the cares of my public life, that | have not the means to support the forloru ex- iles, so near to my heart. I'am poor, and proud of being so. My life and every one of its moments bolong to puntry, and the material aid which | have been ble to collect, and may yet receive for my coun- | *s cause, shail not be diverted from its sacred m, and cannot be employed to alleviate the mis- fortunes of my famil I advised my deir relatives to seck your free shores, not only because America is au asylum to the oppressed, but also because a wider field is here open to labor than anywhere else in the world, and lubor is honored her Here, therefore, I thought they may, by honest exertion, earn an humble livelihood, arid enjoy the consolation of an. inde pendence, founded by their own activity, until, with the aid of God, | restore them to our beloved native land, My earnest desire was, therefore, to secure the means of their first establishment. I thought of a Jecture for their benefit, but T hesitated, conscious of inability, overwhelmed as 1 am with toils and cares, to rouse the interest of the public, 0 much the more, ax I felt not entitled to claim public at- tention for the distress of my family at the time, when millions are oppressed, and bieeding nations claim the sympathy of America. You, ladies and ‘gentlemen, prompted by the no- ble impulses of your generosity, were pleased to en- courage me, offering your aid, that I may attain the ed end. bs I therefore warmly thank you for the your encouragement. Tf aceept with gratitu offered assistance, ready to do according to friendly ady I fecy Happy to leave every fi arrangement with you, and trust that the hearts of New York will answor your appe will not refuse a ray of that sympathy to fil brotherly exertions of the patriot. nS land olicitude, which they have oered to the a Kossvvit The Watering Places, OUR CONNECTICUT CORRESPONDENCE. Daxsvury, Conn., June 10, 1852. Oporing of the Wooster House—Ball—Supper, §c. The opening of the Wooster House, last evening was the occasion of a scene of unusual gayety to the citizens of Danbury, who, until the recent con- struction of a railroad to intersect with tide water communications with New York, seldom took in terest in anything else than the latest styles of beaver hats. The hotel has been leased by that deservedly popular host, Simonson, who has so long been chief in the arts of catering to the comforts and appetites of his fellow men. The splendid ball room was brilliantly lighted, but more brilliantly filled. The gay and beautiful were there to repre- sent “all the world and the rest of mankind.” A spceial train of ears was run up from Norwalk to ac- commodate the citizens of that town. Serenading and hurraing without—bewitehing smiles, and mu- sie and dancing within, were the order of the even- ing. But the tables were the climax of Simonson’s genius, and a glorious earnest of the good time of the most delightful summer coming. This hotel ie on resorts in all New England, and but hie hours ride from your city, by cars, or by steam boat to Nore walk, and cars to Daubury. It is most superbly finished, and fitted up with every convenience of water, baths, &c., and is located amidst thd most beautiful scenery of Connecticut. There is overy abundance of game, and fine trout and pickerel fishing in the streams, buta little distance from the house, and to those desirous of getting a respite | from the noise and confusion of city life, there can be no more enchanting and lovely spot on earth ‘The tables ove furnished in the best style, and the prices are not exhorbitant, In fact, Mr. 8, makes it emphatically a home to all, uch resorted to thi New acedmmodations have been latel Niagara Falls will be o the hotels, and there are many guests 4 sojourning there All the hotels in Saratoga are now open, and said | to be fast fing up | —A Massncl Looks of one * town agent, Miscellaneous European items, ‘The Liv Fontana pote — Wks This by of fia 4 & of anger, SMa ~ iat ae the Derby mintstey ure a= itber at home o1 and America not the least The Queen of England held a drawing room on Thura- day. the 3d instant, in St. James's Palace. The Queon wore a train of blue citk broeaded in silver, of Moytich manufacture. trimmed with silver blonde and white vile. The pettioost waa of white satin, covered with white tulle and trimmed with of white satin rib- bone and blue and silver ribbons. Her majesty’s head dress Was formed of diamonds and feathers, ‘The {vi correspondence relative tothe wrecks seen on the ice off Newfoundia have been Sir John Franklin's ships. is published by or- der of the Admiralty, The only wow fact disclosed ix that two waterlogged ships are reported to have bee seen near the spot. and about the enme date, by the Duteh brig Doctor Kneip, axrived at New York on the 4th of May, 1851. The nccuracy of the Kneip’s report has still 10 he investigated, A ten mile foot race at Copenhagen Fields, on the D1xt ult., between Levott. the champion. and Jackson, the American Deer, resulted in favor of the latter, Time, 51 minutes and ‘4 seconds, Purse £50 side Advices from St. P opening of navigation, Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. A special meeting of this socioty was held in London. on Saturday, the 2vth ult, to receive the Rev. Dr Wain- wright. Secretary to the House of Bishops of the Protest- ant Episcopal Church of the United States, who had been deputed, in the unavoidable absence of the Bishops of Michigan and Western New York, to take part in the | . in May, 1851, and aupposed to | burg of the 27th May report tie | Later from Texas. OUR CORPUS CHRIATI corresrowpkwor. Corpus Cuniatt, May 30, 18528. Dreadful Storm—-General Harney— Fillibusters. This portion of tho country was visited, on the night of the 25th inst., with one of the most aovore storms known in thia region for many years. If it extended over the Gulf of Moxico, for any distance, ag we have reason te believe it did, aa it raged here, you will soon hear of the loas of several veasels, and Tam afraid, of many lives. Several houses wore blown ovor, but they happened to be of that kind | the destiuction of which caused general rejoicing | among the citizens of this place. Several persone | Were injured, but no fives lost. The corn in most of the ficlds was also blown down, and much da- mage Wus done to the other crops. The rain, for hours, poured down as if it intended to wash away this entire country ; but it only gave to tho oartis what it has so much neoded for the past ton weoki, a thorough soaking. ‘Tho farmors are preparing to | putin their second » and in a fow weeks the | tables in this portion of the country will be woll supe var with green corn. reneral Harney, of the United States Army, left yesterday morning for San Antonio. i | im thia place, which was somo two weeks, caused: tany persons to think that he was here for the pur- pose of watching the movemonts of the loadors of the filhbuster army. But such waa not the case. | He came to the fair, and, as ho said himaelf, he | found the climate and country so pleasant that he | determined to rest himsolf for a few days from hie lubors; and I think no one had better reason, for the General has been on the move constantly for the past three or four years, and ts certainly one of the concluding services of the society's jubilee year, The | jy, t officers in the army eee power iy psd pecelden; 00: the wie tna |. Generals Ford and Wheat have started for Aus Bristol, Salisbury. ce ee they Haat | tin. ‘These gentlemen are filibuster generals ; they of Harrowby, ar distinguished persons, Th» Archbishop, in an opening address, cordially weleomed the Rev. Dr. Wainwright which was felt by every member of the Society fo the welfare of the American Chareh. Doctor ‘ain wright. after a speech of much fecling. presented the minutes of proccedings at a meeting of bishop New York on the 20th of April last, By these thanks were con he Society for the Pro pugntion of the Gegpel for requ the attendance of a delegation trom the American B port im the society's jubile Ameticun Protestant “Epiceopal Ch were acknowledged. and assurances of sympathy in its welfare und in that of the Church of England hierarchy were conveyed ‘The minates clesed with an invitation, and the promise of a sincere welcome. to any of the bickops or cleray of our church who might be disposed to attend the triennial meeting of the Domestic and Moreign Missionary § in New York next year, A sorios of resolutions were adopted on the minutes, expressing the gratification of the society at finding on the p; American Church a desire, by a delegation of bishops. to strengthen the bonds of Christian communion with the Church of England, Foreign Theatricals. A new drama, called ‘Our American Coxsin,” haa been written for Mr. Josh. Silsbee, by Mr. Tom Taylor. Mr. Phelps is creating a favorable impression on the frequenters of the Queen’s Theatre, Dublin, by his excellent acting. Miss Glyn is engagedat the Theatre Royal, Dub- lin, for twelve nights. Mr. Bourcicuult has written a new play for the Princess’s Theatre, London. A new faree, called “Keeley worried by Bi stone,” will be immediately produced at the Hay- market Theatre. “St. George and the Dragon” has been revived at h to the society k k Astley’s Amphitheatre, and has proved highly at- tractive. Mr. Alfred Cooke sustains the character of England’s champion. Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean announce a now play, by the author of “The Wife’s Secret,” and a new drvama, on the occasion of their joint benefit, on the Mth inst. At the National Standard Theatre, London, the comic pantomime ef **Mother Goose” has been re- vived, us the Whiteuntide novelty. Mr. T. Ma thews is engaged as clown. It is rumored that Mr. Dumbolton, from America (formerly manager of the St. Jumes’s Theatre Sere- naders), has made liberal otters for Drury Lane Theatie, to be opened as a cireus by a new corps of American equestrians. A new burlesque spectacle, founded on a tale in the Arabian Nights Untertaiuments, has D pe formed during the week at the Olympic Theatre, London, with complet se Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with a large ty, honored her Majesty’s Theatre, the French play and the German plays, with their presenee Owing to the ine ion of Madame Veatr new eight act of the Chain of Ever not been played at the Lyceum The Game of Speculation,” 1 presented instead first ap called * by Storm ‘The opera season at the Su with * Ginderella,” i , the ye been ‘Kengon made her in a new comedielta, re commenced Romer and the pluuded. and new oriental Torrent of the Ghaur- tainments, and was ree tions of applause. The yeated, und the house has been nightly crowded. The vocalists of Drury Lane Theatre, homeless by the retiroment of Mr. Bunn from the toils, perils, and mischances of imanagement, have migrated to Sadler's Wells Theatre, where, under the rule of Mi P. Horton, they intend to play a round of popular operas. The experiment commenced, on Monday evening, with the English versio Sonnambula,” inwhich Miss Louisa Pyne, M hi and a company of artists of superior ications, acquitted theinselves in a manner that clicited thunders of applause from a crowded audi- In the burletta of “M h followed, Teanes was raptarously re Apotlo. : uded the enter= ved with loud demonstra- ces have been sinee re- Raslronad Accident, [Vrom the Coldwater (Mich.) sent Tt is our painful task to record riows accident on the Southern road, which occurred through the hellish agency of some demon in human shape, and resulted in the loss of two lives, the placing of hund- reds of others in jeopardy, and the great destruction of propert fier the passage of the down trains, Briday evening, some villain prepared to run off the Hale passenger train, due soon atter, by unlocking nrenking the lock to the switch of a gravel si track, about tweive miles east of this village side track was a short one, terminatin, heavy bank. ‘The train arrived from the gin front ofa t inthe night, ata speed of about thirty-five miles an hour, and the firet no} of danger was given by the concussi nof the train. The speed was such that the locomotive driven into the bank clear up to the smoke pipe. On man Was thrown through the window, his life ved. The engi Harvey Spalding, and r fi it between the Kk ho Three of the trieoeks were broken off, and the steam came pouring out, literally d burning the unfortunate victims td ed about two hours in the greatest age all cfforts to relieve them from their posi ing nothing. ‘their supplieations for aid vending indeed, and an eye-witness infor it was the most awful scene he ever saw. The en- r has left a wife and nd his last wi to his beloved compan © Tell my wif ible death.”” nder was the baggage car, contain- ing the baggage master and about two hundred and fifty tranks. The car was broken into a hund- _ and trunks and contents scattered formed, wian Was seriously, How his life was being left w thongh not saved is a my An emigrant car was next, loaded with men, women and children. ‘The car was thrown over and into pieces, hut not a single individual was not a single passenger of the ‘lred_ and seventy-five was hurt. It was a t, and as the accident occurred in the woods, fires were kindled, and all made as comfort- able as p le—considering that they were supper- i until a locomotive arrived to take the train to Hillsdale. The agents of the company did everything in their power for the aceomm astion of the passengers, quartering them on the citizens of Hillsdale, and furnishing them with breakfast ‘The suspicions of the company, we understand, are fixed upon an individual, who has threatened re- venge for some fancied injury. We hope that no pains will be spared to ferret out the criminal or criminals, and that they will be brought to justice. The company exact caution of every man in their employ, and allow them to wilfully injure no man’s property. So cautious are they, that since they commenced running night trains, the superinten- dent hag ordered all exposed positions to be guarded by a ni, eeping the track clear. inee writing the above, we learn that an bail, ona charge of being concerned in the acci- dent. A second person has a been arrested, whore examination had not takeu the time | of writing. ASE IN MAINE AND MASSACHUSETTS otts paper says it is reported that the Toroar | sell liquor for sacramental purposes and for sick- ness, show that twenty- vicinity t the past your ve been taken ** sick f t that i 1} throat campla 80 Very pre- | alent in M h wh f Maine hav Yukon sue on the Maine | have nominate i te for Gov »pposed t A pum lee rn i ( that State oppose th: ny and expressed the desir» | The | ight watch, thus insuring the lives of passen- | ividual has been arrested, examined aud held to | who is authorized to | and persons in the | We | | go to Austin for th pose of recruiting men and money for their cau General Wheat, not being able to procure a horse, started oa foot to walk the distance, which is over two hund, tnilea. Cor- | tainly, after that, no one will aceuse the people of Corpus Christi of being over zealous in the cause | of flinestertag under Caravajal. Tho revolution, undor its present leader, will not have even a name in four more months. So moteitbe!- Aigo [From tLe New Orleans Picayune, Oth instant | Ry the arrival of the steav Moxioo, wo have re- ceived dates from Galveston to the 4th instant The Indianola Bulletin says an exact measurement has lately been made of the water on Matagorda bar, by Mr. Mainland and Captain Bochner, showing eight and 4 half | feet, for several days in succession, on another day | nine and a half fect, and another ten feet. The bar is very narrow, and each side breaks abruptly into | deep water. the lowest water belug usmaily found with- | inaline’s throw of twenty-five feet. For several years part the water on this bar has been diminishing, the | it is the opinion of Captain James Cummings, one of the i Jat w change ix quing on that will deepen it ag ho Bullet n thinks there ia no doubt but neral government will give a per- 1 of eighteen. to twenty feet on Matagorda eveys have been made of some of the bays on the Texas coast by army are gO. ‘ou county papers contain a statement of thesrobbery of R, M. Fugate, of Seguine, near Indepen- ». Phe Ran 4 Mc, Fugate waa mith county, where he had collected: 7 day evening of !aat week, when with- in two miles of Indepe he was accosted by mam in his shirt-sleevea, who told him that he bad a man dan- yevously sick in his camp. about one hundred yards frou the road, and wished Mr. Fugate to assist hum in getting him toa house. Mr. followed him. and discover cd aman lying on his side, apparently quite sick, He went up to him, and stooping down to avcertain the ex- tent of his sickness, he was jumped upon by two men, who wrested his six-shooter from his belt, and fired three shot at him without taking any more effect than the burning of « hele in bis clothes, “He was then strangled with a handkerchief, and bis money all taken, with the ion of fifteen cents, in Texas continue highly promising. Raine every portion of the State, and vegetation ts opressing rapidly. It is thought the corn crop this wor will be greater than was ever raised in Toxas, The fevr now seems to be that if the heavy showers cou- tinue throughout the season. cotton may suffer from © much raip, The corn crop is considered beyond dan- have visite | steamer Reliance, Captain Mafiit, arrived at the | mouth of the Brazov, recently, with some five hundred _ bales of cotton. a mt Besa and Trinity are both reported in gook le onder, has been elected Mayor o€ the 3 Durham, Eeq April, « party of Indians (tribe nnknown) dered five men in the neighborhood of Lare- do. Apuity vho passed this place en route for sthe Lower Sie + thut arty of Indians peo- leading city of Austin exon the road. sult of the meeting ort, but whenes ‘The tenor of kt m8. owing description of the beat poston. tie L libs is the a white mon cedar. ‘tor mi rable and God forsaken countey Nothing but hills, covered farm here for at last i with fitocn a No wonder, then, thas ouz } mit ds # wet lugubrious sensations, Ube fruit which are an elongation of ourfaces. No grasa herve wort nt. We have not raixed any vegetables, excepting a few radish Weather, like to-day, overcoats are in requ and turnips, No rain, but the r instance, so cold that clonks and ion, No wonder, then, that ouc minds wander dewn to San Antonio, where green peas. | ond maybe couliftowers are tickling the palate of the epi- | wn. We poor » outsquirts” of society Lope for bettec At Indianola, on the Tet ult , the testimonials pre in this city, by t hipwrecked passengers of the jependence, were presented to R, H. Ker, ot the steamer J. W, Rabun, and Capt. Nichols, hee ‘tot ‘The di-case generally called cholera, which has proved fotalinso many instances in Bastrop. Moore's Prairie, Webber's Prairie, and Cilleland’s Creek, as nearly dis appeared ‘The San Antonio Ledger says that Bexar county, at the Inte term of the District Court, contributed forty-five sand eight mouths’ labor to the State, by sending ts to the Penitentiary whose oggregate services for vieds to which they are sentenced amount to that J Solon, from Bremen, an@ rived at Galveston recently, of Indianola are now building a water tant, in half'a mile of town, Chat will afford an inexhausti- upply of tresh water for stock, and at the same time a ron ts bein that will shorten the distance into town from th ry «bout one mile and « balf, line of s from Indianola to San Antonio is yaning through tri weekly. This change is pretty e evidence of the great increase of travel in that rection. | A number emen were to leave Galveston soom, | for Washimgt xpreesty for the purpose of giving | testimony in the House of tative on the ques- ton now pending before that bedy, for the impeachwent | ot du J.C. Watrous, of the U.S. District Court. The canal to connect Galveston bay with the river Hiouos, iy stid in steady progr ‘The Committee of Construe’ ited the work r ly, and report an ad- vance of 16 feet towards the Brazos since their last visit analie both deeper aad wider thaw moves steadily day urveys of hottie mn San Antonio to the a ost lew than any rail- const it is so Dear ary from it in one instance Inchin two miles. The wet level is six feet in one t variation from a p« | Alate number of the Gelreston News says-—We hava learned that three of the fre es who were sold into ly ad of Kt ckiny. made at the Laat jet Court of thie ¢ now employed as steamboat hands on the A r. and that they are perteetly conten at position When told that their abotith is would probably make some. efforts to purchese them back, they said they would pre- fer to stay wher nov are, ‘they are. of courge, well ted and co (bed, and provided for in siekmess. whieh are luxuiles they never before enjoyed, They are earning fer Colonel’ Quartes $20 per lent that the Ma eetts any steps to purchase them ty Col, Guaries to sell Chem at the «ame price that it costs @ slaveholder to recover a fugitive slave. ander the present has not been accepted, and, we presume, wilt aot be. AppReEss TO THE Free COLORED PorULATION OF Manryiann.--The Baltimore American of the 16th | inst., containst the following:—The committee ap- | pointed at the recent meeting of the free colored | population of this city, heidin St. James’ African Ey opal church, for the be jose of calling a con- } vention of delegates from the tree colored population | of the State, have issued an address to the free color- | ed people of the State, explaining the object for | which the meeting was held, and earnestly improas= | ing upon them the importance of appointing. dele- | gates to represent them in the convention to be held | in this on the 25th of July next, for the purpose of “taking into serious consideration their | condition and future prospects in this country, and | to contrast them with the inducements and prosy opened to them in Liberia or any other country.” | The address says:—‘*As the object for which this | convention is called, is one of vital importance to the free colored people of Maryland, it is greatiy to be desired, and confidently expected, that a full at- tendance of delegates will be present on the occa- sion, who will calmly, deliberately and intelligent!; coueider the object for whieh they have been calle together, and that each delegate will come proparad to contribute his portion ef mfdrmaution, and fully iN express his views oa che great subject f our future destiny.” ih each We oannot ngislature have aver taker The offer made by York Ratbxoapa — cain from Now York to The Lake Buflalo res on Monday at 06 P.M, | making the run of about 250 miles in sevoa hours and five minutes This, ibis s is ta token is de in this country on so long a route, » | bet ’ of 35 miles per bo chudiog tie a gotu ver at Albany, gad stops