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

Are Americans Protected Abroad? TO THE EDITOR OF THE HBRALD. Bir—Having Jately had an opportunity of perusing the documents relative to the ease of Mr. Thrasher, Ibave been at once surprised and alarmed, to find that Mr. Webster has pot only admitted as eorroct the interpretation given by the authorities of Caba to our treaty with Spain, but bas gone garther, and Virtually denied the tof American citizens, re Siding abroad, to claim the proteotioa of their go- vernment under any circumstances whiaterer - Por Phir, and nothing less, con be dedacrd from the prin- eip es eet forth in his letter to the President Mr. Webster may have boen influenced by a de- size to render Spain lees “ exigeant” in her de- weands for satisfaction ‘or the injuries that she has suffered at our hands; but I bumbly think that it ‘would bave been far better, either to grant her full and complete satisfaction, or, by refusing it, to have incurred the worst consequences of an open quarre! with her, rather than to abandon the prin- eiple that American citizens shall everywhere be protected in casos of unjust persecution. Tam very much at a loss to account for the very @ifferent tone of Mr. Webster towards Austria and that he adopts towards Spain, for 1 am unwilling to believe that fear, either of Spain herself, or of Franceand England, could have any influence with gach aman. Bat the matter is one of much im- portance, and one in which I am personally interest- ed. I beg to submit the following remarks upon the “Opinion” of the Supreme Court of Havana, the letter of the Captain-General to Mr. Calderon, and that of Mr. Webster to the President, which comprise the whole question, and establish an tnterpr: ion of the treaty with Spain, that is Im my opinion, fraught with danger to the interests | of Americans resident in her dominions. If that interpretation is, as I believe, erroneous, | overnment of the United | f directed to the subject; | the attention of the Btates should at once gad that of Spain compelled so to modify the Jaw of domicile as to render it consistent with the treaty stipulations. ‘The Supreme Court at Havana, after some intro- @uctory remarks, lays down the following principle: These last pte Poul?) may be divided into three @lasses. viz , transient, domiciled, and naturalized. ‘The first preserve many ties with the country from which they proceed, and, in the Peninsula, they, as strangers, er joy certain privileges which the mother country found it for her interest to grant. In the eolonies (Indias), those privileges do not exist, be- eaure they arise from treaties which do not extend | to said colonies.” Now, the treaty of 17th October, 1795, makes no exception whatever of any pert of the Spanish do- minions; and the first article expressly states that there shall be firm and inviolable peace, &e., &v., without exception of persons or places. It is trae, that at that time foreigners were not allowed to settle in Spanish colonies; but us the treaty made i very special provisions (articles 7th and 13th) for | the protection of the citizens of either country resi- dent within the jurisdiction ot the other, it is clear that such residence was understood to be permitted; and as vo exception is made of any part of the do- minions of either, it is also clear that an American citizen might have claimed, under the treaty, the right of residing in any part of those of Spain, and that any pritileges he might be entitled to in tho Peninsula he would be equally entitled to in the colony, for those privileges are not restricted by the @reaty to any one part o1 the Spanish dominions It is further clcar, that the provisions of the treaty must have embraced every part of those do- minions where foreigners could reside, for the con- | trary supposition would be absurd, and, therefore, from the time the prohibition for them to settle in the colonies was removed, the provisions of the treaty evidently became extensive thereto, ason otber side they have Louisiana, Texas, and Cali- fornia, which were not parts of the United States ‘when the treaty was made. It is neceseary either to grant this to be true, or to admit that there is no treaty between the Dnited States aud Spain affecting American citi- zens resident in her colonies, or aflecting suid colonics in any way whatever There is either Bo treaty, in which case the interpretation of the 7th article of that of 17: the nsser- tions that its provisions are d, made by the Supreme Oourt and the Capt eueral, wore entirely uncalled for and useless, 0: i , in which case all the privileg yed in enjoy the Peniveular must be granted in tho colonies, be- eause Spain, not baving in the treaty itself express Jy exoludea the colonies, or reserved to herseit the Fight «feo doing, cannot by any subsequent legisla tion do away with or diminish the stipulations of that treaty, a3 regards any part of her dominions whatevor, without the consent of the United States, or an infraction of the treaty The Supreme Court goes cn to state:-—“The next class of fereigners comprises those who are called ‘domiciled,’ to acquire which character, they are obliged to declare their inteption to establish them- felver in the island, to profess the Roman Catholic religion, and to swear fidelity and vassallage, prow- ising to obey the laws and rulog to which all Span- iards sre subjected ” If this interpretation ef “‘domiciliation” be true, @s was argued in the case of Mr, Thrasher, it amounts, in plain terms, to a complete renunciation of a)l bis rights as a foreignor, witheut entitlin; him to all the privileges of a citizew; but the princi- pal point, and that to which I wish particularly to call your attention is, that as no foreigner is allow- ed to remain in the country more than three months Without becoming domiciled, it is a de facto prohi- bition for American citizens to reside in the island, end a clear contravention of the treaty stip ons, hich provide for the proteetion of such residents in ease of war, Ke., Ko The Supreme Court then proceeds to argue upon the meaving of the reventh article of the treaty of 1795, and, after citing it at length, saya:—*The treaty is very defizite. because in civil process, for- @igners are never probibited from employing such advocates, &e , &c., to intervene when their pre- Pence may be necessary. The same takes place in criminal cases ; in these, however, there is a partio- ular order of proceeding—cases of high treason are tried by military courts, which, although complete pase lic, do not generally admit the intervention of ocates and agents, because in euch cases is Babetituted a person designated by the accused, to direct the defence,” &c., &c. This, as regarde civil process, is substantially cor- rect ; but it is not true that in criminal cases the ad- voeate or agent of the accused, or the accused himself, whether native or foreigner, is allowed to be esent at all the proceedings, taking of clarations, &e , &c. On the contrary, as long a8 the cause remains in what is called the ‘estado de sumana,” which may and often does last for many months, no advocate er agents can take any part whatever in the proceedings, nor can the accused be present at any part of them, except, of course, his own examination, which is taken in tecret by the judge and notary ; and it is not until the cause be Geclared *‘ abierta a prucha,”’ tha: any steps what- ever ean be taken for the defence In the mean- time it is only by bribing the notary that the eased or his friends can learn the nature of the evi- dence, &c., against him. It was no doubt to provide against this well- known and detestable feature of Spanish jurispru- dence, which holds man guilty until he proves his impocence, and uses every means short o! torture’ to force him to involve and inculpate himeelf, that the seventh article of the treaty expressly stipulated that American citizens should have the right of chosing their own advocate, who should be permit- ted to be present at all the stages of the proceedings. Bat what becomes of that right in cases like that of Mr. Thrasher, where the choice of an advocate is restricted to the officers of a regiment, subjected in every respect to the control of the superior officers sitting in judgment, and almost without exception enemics of the accueed ? Can this be what is called in the treaty the right to choose his own advocate ? And, what could be the cbject of the stipulation at all, if it were not the intention ce Sipagereey to ia- tervene in cases of injustice brought to light by the advocates and agents which the accused was to be allowed to choose ? The words used by the Supreme Court, viz : same takes place in criminal cases,” clearly prove that such cases are, in the opinion of that Court, comprised in the treaty stipulation; and the tenor | of the seventh articie leaves no doubt upon tl subject, for it expressly says ‘all trials at law, and furtber speaks of “ for offences commit whieh cannot other than criminal oases. Yet the Captain General, in his despateh to Mr. Catdo- ron, says, “which document (the opinion of the Supreme Court) will show you that the article iaap- ge only to civi] cases, and not to criminal ones. is evidently an error, or @ wilful mierop- resentation. He further says be ro ignorant as to euppore that the right to choose an advocate can r to other thin “the cases in which such advocates are admitted oy law?” The ignorance would appear to me to be on the side of those who asserted that the words, “«!l trials at Jaw jor any offences committed,” wed the exception of any class of cases whate The arguacn', that we aro placed on the same footing as the natives, is of no forse, boouuse tic treaty exprersly stipul for a privilege im our behalf which the law does not con to them: and although it isa well-established principle that every vation hae a right to regulate ite internal af- fairs and po.ice laws aa it may deem most for its interest, to argue that it ean be done to the extent of infringing existing treaties, would he to argue that a!) trearies may be made nugatory, useless aud abrard, by any one of the parties at its pleasure. | Neither can it be urged. that all foreigners being | om the same footing, the United States bave no ea: ‘Can any one “the | OT TS TT LT a a ATE EA I AR AEN SE EEE WS STE UO SAREE Set MR I RS REN pectal ground of compl Lot stipulated for such pri or, huving no trea- ties, wuet submit to the general priceiplesof interna | tions! law, tbat 19 no ressoo why the Caved States | should fuil to em alations of the treaty they bave made with Spain, Besides this, Spaia knowe full well chat velther Groat Britain or France ailow apy otber tnterpretation to be gtven to their {ban euch as way suit their interests aud that their citieng, whether right or osted and upd dnd ebiefof the nogro = and “he , 4 the an) inere ios f the very differeat view 01 y to take of ques ' the autborities e in which our ens are copesrned, Lord Palmerston stated, in one of his tate speeches, | that the British enbject, like the Romaa of od, should feel sure of the protection of his county wherever be might be, an t the government of Great Britain would not consider whether he had been tried according to the laws of the country in which he might be resident, but whether those lave, and the administration thereof, were in consonance with Britieh ideas of justice.’ It is this primey effectively carried out, that gives the British subjec! so marked an advantage over us, and makes tt a matter of indifference to him whether there be a treaty between his native aud his adopted country or not, or whether he be & transiont, domiciled, or naturalized resident. | Teome now to the arguments of Mr. Webster. There is nothing in the foregoing remarks that can | | lead you to suppose that | can entertain any doubt whatever, 23 to the fidelity aud submission to the laws due by all persons resident in foreign coun- tries, no matter what may be the nature of that | residenee; or asto the perfect and complete right of all nations to try, and to condemn, aad punish, | all offenders against their sovereignty. Neither do Tentertain any doubt as to the justice of the gen- eral principle, established by the Supreme Court of | the United States, as regards the national charasver acquired by foreigners by the mere ast of settlement in a country as merchants, &c., although they msy +have done nothing further to acquire citizenship My doubts are, 2s to how far those general prin- | ciples are modified by special troaties, and in par- | ticular by that existing between the United States and Spain. It appears to mo, that, if the general | principle that an individual, by the more act of set- | thing in a foreign country, loses his native citizen- ship for the time being. and consequently his right | | tothe protection of his government, be not re stricted by the stipulations of special treaties—I say it appears to me that in this case it is the ex- | treme of absurdity to introduce into such treaties | clauses having no other object whatever than the | | Fertecaan of a class, which cannot by avy possi- | ility be suppored to exist, viz: citizens of one | | country residents as merchants withia the jurisdic | tion of another. Yet all our treaties have such clauses, and the articles 7th und 13th of that with Spain, and the article of that with Great Britain, relative to reciprocal liberty of commerce, are of this nature. ! Great Britain does not acknowledge the right of | her citizens to expatriate themselves, and conse- | quently must reject the general principle admitted | by the Supreme Court of the United States. Tho | ground taken by Mr. Webster, evidently with a view to provide against future contingencies, would therefore be of no avail in any question | which might arise on the subject between the United States and Great Britain. It is not strange to find the latter constantly interfering for the | protection of her subjects, when rezident abroad not merely as simple residents, but as naturalized citi- zens; but if the United States does not admit that | the general principle alluded to is modiffed and re- stricted by special treatics, on what ground, (not to o further back.) did the government interfere in be- balf of American merchunts, established in Venezuela, in the question of the ‘Law of ra”? On what ground have the Americau merchants es- tablished in Mexico, who were obliged to letve tho country at the time of the war, been indempified by the goverpment ofthe United States? According to the general principle, they had, to all inteats and , become respectively Veneguclans and lexicans; and if that general principle be not mo- Gifed by special treaties, the United States had no right to interfere in the firet case, and were, in tho second, xs much bound to indemnity the native Mex sas the American retideats what ground, if tl ral principle he not modified by epeci 3 Spain claimed that the Spaniards ew Orleans, should bo | indemnited for their losses in the lute riots? True, the United States have replied at they must seck | the indemnity throuch the same channels tiat na- tive Americans would be obtiged to i they, according to the general princir tireiy lost all claim on the protection overnment, the reply of the U: attersbould have been simply no right whateverto interfere in the matter.” If, however, | the Spaniards at New Orleans do not, throagh tho | regular channels, obtain justice, it will be found that the government of Spain will make that of tho | United States responsible for their losses, or, ia | other words, she will not acknowledge that by the mere act of settlement in the United States they bave lost all claims to ber protec! But if it be conceded that special treaties de mo- dify and restric: the general principles of interna- tional law, then those general principles cannot be | appealed to where special treatics exists. And I do not know of one of our treaties that does not, by the only just interpretation of some of its clanses, clearly indicate the possibility of the settlement, as | merchants in foreign countries, of American citizons, | preserving, at the same time, their character ag such, or rather preserving, notwithstanding the na- | tional character they acquire, a right to toe privi- | leges stipulated for by epecial treaty | | or instance, the thirteenth article of the treaty | with Spain stipulates that one year from the de- claration of war shall be allowed to the merchants of each in the cities and towns of the other, where they sball reside, to collect their goods, transport them, &e., &e. Now, there cannot possibly be any such merchants iftbose are not such, who, according to the general principle and the Spaxich law of domicile, have lost their American citizenship, for uone otaers can be “merchants residing in towns,” Kc, It is, therefore, necessary to admit, either that these are the parties referred to, and that the intention of the article is , tolimit and restrict the general principle, and the effect of the law of domicile, to an oxtent sufficient to allow American merchants to retain a right to the ee stipulated for, notwithstanding their having settled and become domiciled, or to confoss that the article etipulates for privileges in favor of a class which cannot exist, and that ic is absurd. There can be no doubt that in case of a war with Spain, the United States would be bound to claim and evforce the fulfilment of the thirteenth article; or, in other words, would be bound to protect a class of her citizens, which, according to the genoral principle, bad lost their right to protection, because that general principle is modified aud restricted by the said article. I cannot-—I say it with great diffidence—agree with Mr. Webster, in believing that ‘‘the seventh article cannot be construed as conferring upon foreignere a privilege not enjoyed by the natives, because it ty not the practive of nations to concede Such privileges.” The exemption of the property of foreigners, whother transient or domiciled, from embargo or detention for military purposes—the ex- emption of their persons from military and manict duties, and from the obligation to receive troops illeted upon them, are all privileges not enjoyed by citizens Mr. Webster concedes more than isclaimed by Bpain, for theSupreme Court doos not attempt to deny the privilege coneeded by the seventh arti- | cle, but asserts that it was observed even in the | cuseof Mr Thrasher. t is trne they may be un- derstood as ascerting that natives are allowed the fame privilege, but euch an assertion would be noto- riouely false. The Captain-General merely attempts to limit the operation of the seventh article to civil procoss; but the Supreme Court expressly admits its exten- sion to crimiz al cases also, except thoze tried by court martial, while the words of the article itself, viz: “all trials,” clearly indicate that no oxception can be made. True it is, that the Americans resident in the Spavish dominions haze become ro of their own freo will and choice, and must be supposed to be | aware of the difference between the two systems of | gel but at thesame time there can be no | doubt thet they counted upon the protection of their government, to enforce the execution, in their favor, of the stipulations of the treaty, evidently inten- ded to nentralize the most objectionable poiate of the Spanish system; and thit they looked upoa the “domictliation” required by Spanish law as rothing more than a specific acknowledgment of tubmission to those laws, to which, even previous to that acknowledgment, and as transient residents, they would equal'y have been subject; and thet while Spain would have an undoubted right to punish them, whether transient or domiciled, ne cording to her own lowe, for any offence they migh’ commit, they would, under the treaty. have aright | to claim that the mode of trial should be that pointed out in the 7th article, and that they would retain that right until, by becoming naturalized they expressly forewore it It may have been an oversight on the part of Spain to make euch concession. She may not have forereen what Jd have been tie nature of its operation. But she is nevertbo' bound thereby, 8 Great Britain waa “ hy the most favored nation” clauee of some of her treaties, 1 admit Plave grown sugars, though abe could not have for seen & result so adverse to her principles regarding slavery i Neither can I understand why the 7th article ehculd be construed as intended for a protection only | against the ecclesiastival syetem formerly prevalent in Spain That systew is not specially referred to— or was it much moro to be dreaded than that now if other nations have | preval irg, which is only a Jittle le: | it, as well us under the 7th article, whivh does not | | of the treaty, the effects ef it cannot be admitted b; | tect, and the American citizen, not naturalized, | by the treaty, had not lost his right to the mode of west ot justices Sueh cop revert Mr Websre: rule for ieterpreting treaties by a compariron of the privilegesen) yed by the natives with those claimed bg foreigcers; and mstruction would at one besides, as the ecclesiastical courte wera at that time not only entirely independent of, but in most Tespeots superior to, the governmunt itself, it is nob ralioval to suppose tb. » fatter would have more wihngly iofmeged up ehureh than vpou no donbt would, bave disputed the righ: goveroment to infringe on its ju such @ concession as that co: article of the treaty with tbe United From the foregoing remarky the follow tions mry be made :— Ast That the general principtes of intera law are modified and restricted by speoial troati | gdeduo- | 2d That the treavy with Spain. by making pro- visions for the protection of American resident merchants, clearly presuppores the possibility of such residents preserving a right to that protection, | and th vre modifics and restricts the general nciple and the effect of the Spanish law of domicile 8d That the 7th and 13th articles are those which | restrict the said geveral principle and law; gnd as the 13th article is clearly and evidently inapplicable to transient residents, it can be applicabie only to | permanent ones Therefore is is to be dedased that | there las» preserve their right to protection under | specially except them, but, on the contrary, makes, in the opening clause, provisions appareatly intend- ed rather for (bem thau for transient residents 4th That if the Spanish law of domicile be con- ceded to destroy the right to protection under the treaty, its enforcement 18 a@ clear infraction of that treaty, inasmuch us it renders impossible that which the said treaty is clearly intended to make possible, viz: the residence of American citizens preserving @ right to protection under it 5th. ‘That the law of domicile, being an infraction the United States as a ju-tifiable plea for not fulfil- ing the etipulations thereof, with respect to an American citizen who has been ubliged to submit to that law er to relinquish his residence 6th That the United States has the right to pro- the right to claim that protection, to the extent of Sera the mode of trial stipulated for in the 7th article. 7th That the 7th article embraces all trials, whe- ther civil or criminal. Sth. That Thrasher, in consequence of the modi- fieation of ‘he general principle and law of domicile, trial therein stipulated for. 9th That though, perhaps, really guilty, and meriting the punishment awarded, he was not tried according to treaty, and that there was, consequent- ly, an infraction thereof, which the government of the United States was bound to protect him against, and demand a new trial. And, enh that the refusal of the government of the United States to enforce the fulfilment of the stipulations of the treaty, places in jeopardy the sons and property of the Americans resident in panish couttries, and constitutes a concession which no otber nation strong enough to resist would | ditional number of patients, but which at present is Our Quebce Correspondence. Qvesxe, Ovt. 1, 1852. Tnvane Asylum at Quebec—Railroak Minia in Canada— Introduction of British Capital, and its Probable Bffeets—Siate of Publie Feeling with reference to Colmial Dependence—Kespect Paid by the Lege lature to the late Duke of Wellingtoa— | The Lines of Torves Vedras, ete I was one of a large party, composed for the most | part of members of the Logislature, who on Satar hie Asylum at Beauport, about twe miles below Quebec The drive was through @ | level and well-cultivated country, on the north | shore of the St Lawrence, aad the asylum is dom / Jightfally situated, commanding a view of that | poble river and its grand and imposing scenery. The building is of stone, two stories high, with » | spacious attic, fitted up for the reception of an ad | not required. The number in the institution is one hundred and sixty-five; about balf of whom aro | females. The grounds embrace eighty-two acres, | and there is a fine garden, well cultivated by the tients ; and in the rear there is a well stocked farm. The building is lighted with gas gonerated on the premises, and is heated by means of furnaces beneath. Every precaution has been taken to uard against fire—two cisterns on the top of the ouse, being supplied from a neighboring river, and hese conducting the water to every part of the establishment. Underneath is @ canal, and a3 too round descends, everything which is discharged fy means of pipes, is carried away by the current, which doubtless contributes to tho superior health- fulness of the patients i The province is indebted for this institution, to the enterprise and philautbropy of three medical Eipreerehg Fremont, Douglas and Morrin, who uilt it at their own expense The government has since assumed the payment of the expense of main- taining it, and pays £25 annually for the comforta- ble accommodation and care of the paticats. I was shown tbrough the various wards, by the former of these » Who is a relative of Col. Fremont, yppeared to be a universal favorite of the inmates, of whom, conjointly, with tho others, jas the entire management and control. What speaks volumes for the ability with which thie duty is performed, is the fact, that of one hundred patients who were received within one year, seventy were discharged as cured. Ina book that lies oper for inspection, the various causes of insanity among the patients are recorded, and which differ but little from what is found every- where. There was one entry, however, which ar- rested my attention, from which it appeared that a Woman had become insane in consequence of “hor husband having run off with another female.” What a record is this of the enduring affection of woman! and what a host of images does it conjure up, of early love and conjugal affection, succeeded by neg- lect and abandonment—of the destruction of al the fair prospects ana promises of life—and event- ually, of the subversion of reason, never to be, in all probability, restored—or, if restored, unaccom- panied by confidence and respect for the man by ntleme make to the United States I should be the last to desire the intervention of | our government to protect the really guilty, but | where trials are conducted as they are in the Span- | ish dominions, there is no way of arriving at a know- | ledge of the guilt or innocence of the accused, ex- | cept. by carrying into effect that stipulution of the | trenty which provides for the pape. of his own | chosen agent at all the stages of the proceedings. | I should ve the last to desire to see an American, | guilty of abusing the hospitality he enjoys, essape | the punishment he merits, but in countries where | justice is notoriously bartered for gold, where criminal prosecutions are cone‘antly made the means of sutistying private vengeanoo, where the simple | | denunciation of the most notorious villain euffises to) hundred and twenty miles, and which will con- subject his victim to a long and ruinous tria!, during which he cannot for months take a single stepin his defence, and where no decision is made as to bis guilt or innocence until he has suffered an imprisonment, | longer, perbaps, than he would be liable to ifcoa- | demned, (except, indeed, cases like Thrasher’s, where there exirts @ prior determination to condewa at all hazards,)—in such countries, I say, it is not only preferable to go to the extreme of protecting the guilty rather thon to leave the innocent exposed, bur it is absolutely necessary, if it be intended that the title of American citizen should be considered as worth baying. AMERICUS. Census of New Orleans. FIRST DISTRICT. FEMALE WHITE PERSONS 98 From 1to_ 6 inolusive.3 221 “ 6to “+ * 616 bed 4545 “17 to 80 be “17 ta 30 “ 25 © Bi to 46 ye « 81 to 45 bss 4,790 “ 46 to 60 « « 46 to 60 % 930 © 61 to 70 sd « 61 to 70 ie 200 “ 71 end upwards... 121“ 71 and upwards .. 71 Total... .....s6. 26501 Total.....sesse0e 22,006 FREE COLORED FEMALES From 1 to 21 inclusive 705 “ 22and upwards., Total.......++ 1,905 FEMALE aia From 1 to 21 inel: 1.780 “ 22 and upwards.. 1,625 FRFE COLORED MALES. From 1 to 21 ipelusive 505 “ 22and upwards.. 416 Total... sees 920 MALE @LAVES. From 1 to 21 inclusive 1,140 * 22 and upwards,, 1.520 Totmlesceesee seen cree 8,605 Total white pepulation . - 48.686 ‘Total free evlored pop + 2.225 Total slaves . Total population. Total number of SECOND DISTRICT. MALE WAIITE PERSONS. From 1 to 5 inclusive. FEMALE WHITE PERSONS. 1.270 From 1 to 5 inclusive.1,358 8,255 “ 6tol6 be § “ 6 told “4 8,536 “17 to 30 6,101 “ 17 to 80 «4.057 “ 81 to 45 ie 6.388 = BL to 45 bi B42 “ 46 to 60 2783 « 46 to 60 & 1,369 “ 61 to 70 by 754 © 61 t0 70 be 683 “ 71 and upward al “ 71 and upwards 283 Total + 19.972 14,660 TREE COLORED MALES. E COLORED FEMALES. From j to 21 inclusive.1.193 From 1 to 21 inolusive.1,693 “y2 and upwards. 1105 Total. » 2298 , From 1 to 21 juclusive.1 265 *O2 and upwards. 845 Wotah. ceisservncs Total.....ecseeees ATR RECAPITULATION, Total white populotion... « $4452 Total free colored population. 6.923 Total tlaves... sovoes 6 282 Total population of the Second dirtrict........... 40,002 ‘Totel number of voters io tue Second distric! 3681 THIRD DISTRICT. MALE WHITE PRRSONS FEMALE WHITE PERSONA, From 1to 6 inclusive.1,¢60 From 1 to 6 inclusive. 1.590 6t0 16 ie 2.819 61016 16 2a4L 17 to 20 es Phe 17 to 80 = 2,679 31 to 36 3019 Bl to 45 * 2,258 Hw 0 bed ae 46 to 60 < 61 to 70 Ms 181 61 to 70 set 7A and upwards... 137 Land upwards.. 141 Total........00665 10,547 Totalese.seeveces 0,779 FREE COLORED MALES, Pru COLORED FEMALES. From 1 to 21 inelusive, 852 From 1 to 21 inclusive. 973 22 and upwards., 01 22 aud upwards. .1.273 Totel........ +. 1,75 teens 36 FEMALE, ALATBS. From 1 to 21 inclusive. 470 22and apwards,.1 084 seteeeeee eee 1654 Total population of the Third district............ 26 Total number of votes in the Third disirict....... 2276 FOURTH DISTRICT. MALY WINTER PERSONS, LE WHITE PERSONS. to 6 inclusi: 1 “ 6t0l is 6wl6 & 407 \ Titoso “ITtow 2448 * Blteds «© “ Bite 982 “ 46tof0 * “ 48t000 261 “ Olto7o “ Oltom | 42 “ 71 and upwards “ TLand upwards =. 25. Total..........0+4-6,453 Total... +++ 6 850 FREE COLORED MALES. PALE COLOMRD PRMALES. From Ito 2linclusive £5 From 1to 21 inclusive 105 ~ 22 end upwards 75° 22and upwards 102 Total... 6. cece eeee 170 27 MALT SLAVES, From 1 to 2) ivelnelve 269 rom) io Ql inolarive 81 * and upwards we “ lend upwards 493 Totel...... . Total... 87 RY CAPITULATION population... . 19811 elered population 1 OTT Sear eri ie 1,379 Total population of the Fourth district ,, Dotal nusober of voters in the Fourth divtriot. 14567 1,270 | BPCAPITULATION Total number white inaics ia the ity... Total number white females ia the ety... Total white population of the city 110 275 | Total number free colored males in the olty Hist | Total number free eoiored feraales in the ol! 7 885 | Total free colored population of the city...... 1520 | Total male elaver in the city, i 6.440 | Total female flaves in th. ety... 10,25 Totnl slave pepulation of the elty Total population of New Orloats.... Total number of voters in New Oriean: 15 645 | +145 449 | » WAN | 3 | of carvying up a dozen persons. In this ear he propos whom she has been wronged, and whom she doubi- Jess still loves ! The railroad mania has fairly set in here, and Mr. Jackson, a large railway contrastor, is expected here to morrow from New Brunswick, to complete the agreement for constructing the line from Mont- real to Kingston, the company haviug surrendered its cbarter to the government. He has, it appears from the papers, entered into @ contract with tho government of that province to complete the rail- road from the provinces boundary to that of Nova Scotia, and which will extend to Mirimichio. A bill is before the Canadian legislature for establish- ing a railway between Point Levi, opposite Quebeo, to the River de Loup below, a distance of ona stitute part of the main line to Halifax, or it may cross New Brunswick, and eonnect with the line in that province already alluded to, and in that direc- tion extend to Halifax. Mr Jackson has also commenced a line from Quebec to Richmond, about eighty-five miles, where it will intersect the Montreal and Portland railroad; and Mr. Baring is expected from Boston, who | doubtless intends to vest capital in this province. The cstablishment of these railroads, and the | advent of English capitalists, will be productive of | consequences of which the primitive inhabitants of Lewer Canada can have no idea. Already hae Mr. Jackton given notice that parties will bo paid in cash, and that no person in his employ will be per- mitted to furnish or sell supplies. The effect will be to overturn the truck system, which prevails | extensively in thie province, and which is a uni- | versal accompaniment of lumbering, and to reduce the price of imported goods, whica here are extra- | Vagantly dear, while the laborer will receive a bona | ee, for his work. | e bad a constitutional question started on Moa- | day, @ bill having been incroduced for ixing t time for the fucure meeting of Parliarzent—or of t Legislature, ax it would be more properly called. the determining of which ie a prerogative of the rep: | resentative of the sovereiga The bill was event- | ually withdrawn, upon the assurance of the Inspec | tor General that an address, which be considered the proper course, would meet with due atton- tion, provided members could agree among | themeelves—which appears doubtful—as to whicn would be the proper ecason of the ycar. We had a little blowing off of gas, and from quarter whence I did not expect it—two of the | coneervative members considering tho necessity of proceeding by address as one of the effects of colo- nial dependence. nee talked differently, how- ever, when the Clergy Reserve questioa cams up, | and xo one gives them credit for siacerity on the | present occssion. But straws often show how the | wind blows; and as the object was evidently to ac- | quire popwiarity, the movement may be considered , as an indication of the popular feeling in this pro- | vince. The government has not yet come down with their yroposition to raise the toll on American ves | sels passing through vke Welland Canal, and to im- | Jnited States. | The papers of Wednesday contained the telegra- | phic account of the death of the Duke of Welling- ton; and wher the House of Assembly met in the afternoon, the Inspector General moved that tho orders of the day be diepoeed of, and thatit adjoura, asa mark of respect towards the departed warrior and statesman ; with reference to whom, he said, | any eulogium were uncalled for, and would be in | bad taste on that occasion. Perhaps the highost | which could be bestowed on the hero of a hundred | fights, is contained in the simple effusion of the poet, when he wrote, | “ There is not a dishonoring blot On the wreath tha: encircles proud Welliagton’s name!” The mind of the Duke, at once discriminating and | determined, peculiarly fitted him for the perform- 2nce of those arduous duties that devolved upon | him when he assumed the command of the British | troops in the Peninsula, The campaign was at that time an unpopular one with the British nation, who considered the oocan as their proper sphere of ac- | tion, and he had not only to contend against a tardy and reluctant support at home, but was con- | stantly annoyed by the jealousy and provarication of the Bpanisn Cortes and the cowardice of tho Spanish troops in the field. | But he triumphed over every obstacle, and the | construction of the Lines of Torres Vedras will atand prominently on the page of history, as a monument of his skill and foresight. These, which were con- structed in 1810, consisted of two lincs, one extend- ing from the Tagas to the Atlantic ocean, twenty- nine wiles in Jength ; and the other in the rear of the former, aleo reaching from the Tagas to tho mouth of the Lorenza on the ocean, twonty- four miles , in extent ; thus forming an imponetrable barrier be- | tween the enemy and Lisbon. | __ There were thus upwards of any miles of fortition- | tions, brietling with six hundred cannon, avd one | hundred and tifty forts, flanked with ttia and breastworks, which were dofended by seventy thou- sand disposablomen Massena, with # similar force, | | after ene tome ineffectaal attempts to storm the | | works, was finally igi peers by hunger to retreat, Wellington having laid waste and destroyed @' thing that conld be useful to an encmy. The lines of | Torres Vedras, therefore, saved Lisbon, aunibilated ® well appointed French army, and afforded the British General a fair opportunity of entering upon offensive | operations, whict he continued antil he ultimately | entered the South of France, and finally fought the crowning battle of Waterloo, which gave to urope | | @ peace ofan bette 4 long duration, and of which the Duke has not lived to witnova the termination. | When the official intelligence of the death of his , | Grace shall have been received by the mail, which is expected to day, orders will be issnod for the ce- | Femonies usual on the death of a Commander-in- Chief of the army, In the meantime, as J have | stated, both branches of the Logislature adjourned Wednesday. withont transacting acy busincss, A pervading teeling of regret is apparent throughout the community, and a ball, whioh was tohavo taken | ploce at Goveroment House that eveniag, war im: | mediately postponed. Tie BatLoon AGAtN.—Woe loam that, Mons. Po!in is copriting upon the feasibility of sno’ her balloon as. cension His project is to fill his balloon with at bis leieure. und fit up a magnificent floral ear, « to take op such gentlemen nod ladies as wish to y ray 600 feet and then pail them down. they payi their pasrnge Ia this way a large number of nacensions eon be madr in a day and when the short passengers are | exhausted the long pursengers will be taken on board, ond a grand nssevsiom without eheok. inade in the floral cur, ‘Tbe admi-sion to the tot will be by a emali fer, #0 that all enn ive. aud all contribute something for what | they vee, This fs as it should be, This would form a mort magnlficen’ attraction We learn thatsines Mens. Petin’s return, the armorers | have made up a subseription of $200 for kim, In addition to what ther hind already given. ro that he ould lose nothing by bie late exbibition.— Syriv'gyield Republican,’ | greot democratic meeting in Faneuil Hall, wal alemen ose higher duties on articles imported from the | t | bg everything went off admirably. Our Boston Correspondence. Boston, October 2, 1852. The Democratic Meeting Mr. Soulé--A N “Dodge” -- Congressional Nominations Muine Law and the Whigs.-- Miscellante This bas beena very dull week ia our political world, the most remarkable oecarrepce being @ ut was jammed full, on Tuesday evening. to hoar Senator Soulé, and Col Seymour, of South Care- Tina; and capital speeches wera mde by these gen- The Louisiana Sonator is a man of genius, and is much edmired here He and Col. Seymo ur have placed our democrats uuder great obligations. Mr Soulé addressed the Churlesto wn democra'‘s on Monday evening, and with great effect. The Boston Post opposes the regular democratic candidate for Congress in No. 6, Mr. Wood, becanse he once said gomething about the Fugitive Slave law, very like that which General Pierce is reported to have saidat New Boston, Tho fact would hardly be worth mentioning wore it not that it is likely to lead to # curious effect on our electoral ticket, which the editor of the Post heads. It is the in- tention of the democrats to strike his name from the eleotoral ticket, and substitute for it that of some other person. bly run some twenty or thirty thousand votes behind General Whitney, the other elector-at- large, unless Col. Greene’s friends should, in re- venge, strike his colleague's namo from the ticket. The matter may, unless it should in some manner be smoothed over, lead to » ‘regular row,’ as many democrats are very indignant .that the editor of the Post should undertake to decide how the par- ty shall act in the various counties and districts They hold that his conduct amounts to a virtual censorship on the doings of the party. Cooler coun- cils may prevail, and the affair be ‘* compromised,” one way or another. The various branches of the opponents of the whigs are contriving, with a sort of laborious ingenuity, to throw away all the great advantages that have been awarded to them through the Webster movement. Never, even here, was stupidicy more glaringly displayed. The whige of the Eighth district have nominated Mr. Wentworth for Congress. He is the chief of his party in Lowell, and was nominated with much unanimity, his competitor, Mr Bartlett, having withdrawn from the field. He is the ablest man thus far nominated by his party, their candidates being uncommonly weak. To fili the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Rantoul, the whigs have nominated Mr. Fay, of Chelsea, a gentlemen of strong free soil notions, but a warm sup porter of General Scott. Tho Webster men growl at such conduct. To succeed Mr. Thompson, in the old Fourth district, some whigs propose to | nominate Mr. Sabine, the same gentleman who has been writing articles for the New York Tribune about the fisberies, and who has written a history of the American Loyalists. In the Second district, Solomon Lincoln, formerly United States Marsnal of this district, has received the whig nomination. In the Third,a Mr. Edmonds has been put up by the same party. J do not know him, and have not yet beon able to find any body who does. It is said that some whigs wanted to make Mr. Borden, o! Fall River, successor to Mr. Fowler, in the hope of catching free soilers, as Air. Borden was one of those whig members of our Legislature who yoted for Charles Sumner as United States Senator. His vote, in fact, elected Mr. Sumner. The whigs are turning fast back to the abolition side, preparatory to the announcement of General Scott’s defeat. But a Mr. Lord got the nomination. The democratic hunkers are not making much headway out cf Mr. Wood’s district. Thoir coa- ventions and other meetings, thus far, have been very slim affairs. The idea that General Pierce is not dieposed to make much of them, but leaves the | democrats of every State to manage their own | Ree in their own way, has evidently gravelled them, The opponents of the Maine law are drawing out the canaidates for Governor on that sudject. Mr. Bishop is understood to have written a letter ex- pressing bimself adverse to the law. Mr. Mason is about to write one of his pungent epistles, taking ultra ground in opposition to a repeul of the law. Mr. Chfford, like another gentleman of tho examo name (see the Hunchback), will not ‘speak. The whigs ore playing a nice ane on this point. Mr. Clifiord is opposed to the law, while Mr. Man- tington is one of 1:4 most strenuous supporters. [t is said that some of the principal temperauce men have been assured that, ia the event of the success of the whigs, Mr. Clifford will be chosen United States | Senator, to take the place of John Davis, whose term expires noxt March This arrangement would take Mr. Clifford out of the executive chair, and leave itto be filled by an out and out Maino law man, morally pledged to veto a bill repsaling or essentially modifying tho law. Io this way the whigs expect te secure both sorts of men in their rty—the opponents of the law as well as its riends—Mr_ Clifford’s business baing to bag the one sort, and Mr. Huntington the other. Itisa | shrewd game, unlees it should be found out, when it will bo call led silly The eeason that is just closing has been an un- | een productive one to the farmers of this State. The quantity of fruit that has been raised is immense, and apples, except selestions from tho very best qualities, do not pay the trouble of tak- ing to any market that ia not hard by the orchards whence gathered. There is also a vast quantity that, in other years, would have been worked up into cider, that the Maine law says shall not (says in effect, i mean), be subjected to the peine furte et dure of the press. In some parts of the State this will make enemies to the law, as the farmers are conservative in their notions, and do net like to be interfered with. Our potato crop has been large, and it forms a great item in the list of our agricul- roductions. The other common kinds of vegetables are also abundant and cheap, while, at the same time, labor is in demand, with a steady tendency to the increase of wages, so that the pros- pect for the poorer classes is very favorable. Tho comparative failure of the hay crop has made itself felvin the artiele of butter, of which it is difficult to obtain good at any price, a fuct that would please the ghost of Mr. Graham, suppose it could come on earth, as that gentleman was used to say that but- ter was good for nothing except to greaso cart wheels. I doubt whether the public condition has been better for many years, if ever, than now, throughout New England; and at our approaching Thanksgiving we shall be able to be devout with- | out an cffort, as we have peace, plenty, and health. It may be taken as evidence of the good condi tion of the community, that the friends of the ten hours system of labor are moving in earnest to have their principles incorporated into the Legislature of the State; tor such movements are never undertaken at periods of dietress—they denote the existence of no ordinary degree of prosperity. A convention of ten hours men was held bere on Wednesday last, | and resolved upon putting the matter into tl litical field, whion it will tend to complicat A ‘peir hares oe is to act Ledeen fro the fas! ion the ents of the Maine law— th ky nection the’ candidates of the various arties, and to support such of them as shall bs found most favorable tothe desired reform. In Boston, where the workingmen aro at once numor- ous, intelligent, and at this particular time in great demond, their appearance in the political field, as a distinct orgunization, or with the intention of se- lecting their legislative candidates from the throo or four tickets that shall be nominated, would make our whigs look grave indeed. oe the buildings just erected hore, the new Musical Hall, on Bumstead place, outrivals anything. Ivis, at the same time, elegant, useful, and capacious, and constructed on scientific principles. Performors will have a place worthy of their talents when they are great; and the defective construction of which oan- not be pleaded as neutralizing ability. Such a place we bave long needed, and the supply is about to eqnal the demand The fire companies of a portion of Middlosox county, to the numbor of five hundred men, and | with twelvo machines, met at old Concord, on Wod- nosday last, and had a id trial of strength. The “Eureka,” of West Cambrridgo, took the palm, though all were found to be excellent. The collec tion of men was tho ficest ever seen in the town, ALGOMA. P. S.—The character of the two whig meetings, Inst evening, is a picture of the times. The Soott meeting was just ‘thirty six” strong; the Webster meeting was crowded. Websterism is full of life: Soottism hae no other hope but that whioh deponds upon the folly of its foce—and that is large, it must be confessed. Dome lweellany+ Mr B. P, Tyler was kitled at Augasta, Ga, on the 30h bd by falling ont of a window of the Eagle Hotel of that place John Heylan and Thomas Kiernan, two policemen, were most rertourly injured in a riot among the butchers, at New Orleans, on the 27th uit. The life of the latter is considered in great dong ‘The New Bedford Stendard saya that forty-e'x Inmates of the State Reform School at Westborough are slok with the lung fever. Two lads belonging to New Bedford, who have been eerving # term there, were vrought home dead a doy or tworince Sap Monranity —Ms mand Ross Riditlo, Dison, Duncan 8, Riddle. and his brother, Samuel 8. Ridole natives of Pennsylvania, died In Talladega county, within a few days of ewh other, of dysen- of Maryland and rity ed the Columbia (8, nently with Col Railroad. itis Fremont, 6 brother abo completed various contracts. amounting to reveral millions of dollars, on the Internal improvements of Meryiand, Virginie, Penorylyanie and other States. In this way he will proba- | Riddle was formerly a contractor on the | Amongst the many works which have been sent us for review, we must direct our notice, first and fore- The | most, to a volnme ecovtaining the * Obituary Ad- | i ry | drevzea on the coeasion of the death of the Hon. Henry Clay, delivered in the Senate andin the House of Representatives of the United States, June 20, 1852, and the Funeral Sermon of the Rev. C. &. Butler, Chaplain of the Senate, preached in the Senate, July 1, 1852.” These addresses were just and able tribntea to the memory of the groat departed, and, being printed by order of the Senate | aud House of Representatives, are now within the | reach of all the adulrers—and they are not a fow— | of Henry Clay. As his fame was world-wide, so i, an ipterest attached to the State which he honored and glorified; and therefore ‘* Ben Cassoday’s His- tory of Louisville” is likely to-obtain » great popu- | larity. Independent, however, of the many asso- ciations connected with Kentucky, the work pos- sesses intrinsic merite, whish the public will not overlook Mr Casseday is already knownas tho | author of the ‘ Poetic Lacon,” ‘ Sermons from the Poets,” &¢, &c Huving no fear of rivalry in Gotham, and in justice to the writer, we must | say that the interest*with whieh he inveats the gem in Kentucky’s crown, historically, statistically, and | socially, is such as to woo the wanderer in search of | #home to make it in this City of the Falls, Ho | has, by the silver thread of his story, bound the in- cidente of the peeaene oventful life with the thin, | of to-day, and drawn the pictured panorame of | past to the present, with beauty and es From a survey of the ‘History of Louisville” wo are strengthened in our conviction that the great Anglo-Saxon race is destined by Providence to more wonders than the world has yet beheld, and we are naturally rejoiced at every thing per- taining to the institutions, political and |, of | our countrymen. More particularly aro we inter- ested when wo maee with aoe penegyrics on any of our great men, inguishs ther as statesmen, itterati, er savans Tao fifsb number of tne “ tional Portrait Gallery.’’ just issued, contains me~ moirs of Lewis Cuss, Andrew Jackson, and J. Feni- more Cooper; and, in order to enhance the able re- | marks of the biographer, excellent portraits aro added. “Tho Havdboox of Anglo-Saxon Orthogra- phy” is ® valuable adjunct to histories of great. Americans, as it is a clever: philosophical disquisi- tion and analytical grammar of the uoge, which, in their hands, became such a fine medium | for the expresion of great thoughts and principles. | While spraking of scholastic matters, we may as | well notify that we have received the catalogues of | the names of the directors, professors, and othor | Fernns connected with the College of Bowdoin, | Brunswick, Me. There is also lying on our table | another catalogue, but of a very different descrip. | tion, though, vo come persons, of a no less in - | ing mature. We allude to the ‘Calendar of the Court of Appeals.” now holding at Albany. | Among the light literature of the month, is the | ‘American Temperance Magazine.” The Maine | Law question has afforded an opportunity to the | editor of entering largely into the subject; and as might be expected, the Maine Law is upheld as a commendable institution. There is also a memoir and portrait of Mr. Francis William Kellogg, the | American Father Mathew, besides other various | brochures. ‘“Graham’s American Menthly Maga: gine” isan exoredingly, interesting number, centain- | ing some racy articles and sixteen wood engravin, having relation to different subjects. The Ttepube lic Monthly Mugazioe” is likewise interesting for there are tales, poems, editorial comments on cur- | rent social questions, ard a reviow of the ipal events of the moath. Members of the Odd-Fellowa society will be glad to learn that the “ Grand Secre- tary’s Report to the R W. Grand Lodge of the United States” has been issued. The report abounds with details of the general society’s proceedings during the past year; and from the cash account of the treasurer it would seem that the society every reason to fee) gratified, asthe insome excoeds the expenditure by over $13,000 Woe have likewise received a memento from another usefal sootet; namely, the Freemasons, who possess 3 journal de- voted to their interests. At the same time, this “Masonio Mirror and American Keystone” contains other matters of general interest, though, of course, Freemasonry forms the absorbing topic. In the frontispiece of the present publication isa fine litho- mens portrait of Dr. Milner, P. G. M. of the M. . Grana Lodge of the State of New York, with « well written memoir. “Australia aud Her Gold Regions” is the title of @ little work just published, from the pen of Mr. Jameson, two, years a resident in that fine coun try. The work is replete with statistical and gen- eral information, and would be found useful, in ma- ny respects, to the emigrant. A postscript is ap- pended, that the author will be happy to reply to any ule OE) may bo addr to him, at 52 jowery, N. Y. Among the reprints from English works which we have reovived, is **Smollet’s Peregrine Pickle,” is- eued by Stringer & Townsend, Broadway. It is now | too late in the day to attempt to review a work which the applause of a century has stamped as a masterpiece of tale writing, and therefore, we can do no more than notify the fact of there being an American edition of one of the productions of the great Scotch novelist. Another of the roprints is “Tales from Black- wood,” published by Messrs Appleton & Co., Broad- way, and considerable taste has been evinced in se- leoting from that magazine tales of sterling merit, which are now a days rather few and far betwoon, such has been the decline in English magazine writing. Lane though not least, on our list is the “Art Journal,” whioh is, as usual, embellished with beau- tiful steel and wood engravings The principal suh- jects in this number are ‘Lady Godiva,” from the painting by G. Jones. R. A., in the Vernon colleo- tion ; japoleon’s Mother,” from the statue by Canova. and the ‘Infant Bacchus,” from a painting Sir M. Shee, late President of the London Roy- Academy. The other engra’ aro numerous and beautiful, and serve as illustrations to the texte, whieh are all relative to art and its corollaries. | Supreme Court—Special Term, | DECISIONS: | By Hon Judge Mitohell. i Oct, 5—Dibble vs. Peters—The defendant moves to amend his answer. alleging that he was under age whee t i | | | i \ the 8 for which this action was brought were fold. | He does not now positively aver that he was then under age. He mey aaa his own affidavit to that effect, and the afiidavit of another person who knows the fact, ste'iag when be became 21, if he is now of that ago; and those affidavits may be received as if read on the motion. The —s a eae is at one Cp Leger ony de- | fences which the court has excl nan was | made to its favor to allow a defence. At fhe same time the court may impore such terms in allowing an amend- mentas may be just The defendant has pleaded a re- lence aud in effect has cancelled the present defence. and led the plaintiff to incur expennes and costa to repel the plea now put im, and he was of full age when he put im that plea, ‘Tho defendant therefore, should pay the coste ite. including $10. the cost of this motion. and furnith the two affidavita above referred to, and in dt | £0 may make the amendment, unlers the plaintiff to diecontit which the plaintiff is to be at liberty to do, Kitchen Burdet.—The defendant all that the only terme cn which he bought the goods, for which thie| action wae brought, were that he should pay at his conve- nience. The referee reported jally that such agree ment was not proved before him. From the case made it could not be discerned whether the referee came to this conclusion as ® matter of fact or as @ matter of law. He’ now further reports that he considers the evidenee which | was given of such an agreement could not relate ¢o the goods now sved for, because he finds that the comverie- tiop in which the proposal was made took place after] these goods were delivered, and was concerning beer! [edly be roast These Is evidence from ola @ referee may draw ruch a conclusion, and the oo will not disturb the ings bod ® referce or of a jury oa a question Keil ‘unless it be clearly bin alt th the; Intore rt not be too! neouraged The referos also expresses his opit on the question of lew; but that beoame im naterial, he was right in the matter of fuot, that the conversat! in whieh the suppored agreement was made did not relates”) to these gocds, Report of referce is confirmed with costs, Hover’s v1NG TeLEonarit.—This tel is row in of tion directly opporite the Clipper 7 and we had pleasure of ecoing it work on Saturday last. on which day quite « crowd of people wore attrac to the seene, the machine being on the ground floor ot the room, and observable by those passing on tho pave. ment. We shall not undertake to give a minute de. scription of the instrament. I by keys, some. what in the form of those of a piano, each key acting on a letter of the alphabet, It operates with great rapt ity, and produces a bold and legible print, which saves ali treuble of mar te Thi legeaph must supersede. ail others; and, we think, cannot be improved upon, Whilst viewing the machine « deapatsh was received, | prewatiog to us the compliments of the oporators in. Wilmington, neatly and accurately printed—thus afford- ing us a epecimen of the performance of the instrumont, and of the correctners with which despatohes can bs rent us by this novel modo of communteation. We thought. the old mode wonderfal, but it required much labor i transcribing. which was sometimes done in writing m the most legible We could hardly have anticipated that the time would arrive when the vélegraph woul be con. Verted into a printing press. to scatter intelligence throughout the country ina few momenta Bat here is the instrument before us, exhibiting the most extraor. dinary results of human ingenuity. Seeing this ma. chine in operation. we were almost tomptod to srivo credence to the spiritual rappings, or to any other thing marvellous and incomprehenstbie—for this invention! may be truly clawed among tha most woaderfal dis. coveries of this wonderfulenge We now talk to a distant friend in print, and hold a social oonverastion asi though he were present, —Battimore Clipper, Oct, 4. Court or Arrr bo caves ready for argument om both Fides, Gardiner, Judge directet on adjournment until Tuesday m: | t9 o'clock, . sac