The New York Herald Newspaper, October 7, 1852, Page 3

WEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Interesting Paper from the Mexican Boun- dary Commission. “Tho regular monthly mecting of this society was held on ‘Tuesday evening at their rooms, a the University, at 734 O'clock. The library of the society is very extensive, and contains upwards of 20000 volumes. among which may befound many interesting documents connected with the history ot this republic. A large and very respecta- ble audience was in attendance, ex-Governor Bradish presiding. The minutes of the last moeting of the soclety were ead and approved. Whe Prxsoznr stated that communications from the | dficers of the society were now in order. The Sxcnetany informed the meeting that the Royal | Academy of Palermo and Socicty of Belle Lettres had enclosed in a box to this society, various specimens of na- tural history, and that having recvived no comamnica- tion in reply, they had again written, transmitting diplo- tas to the members of this sociery and requesting to be informed if the box had been received. ‘The Hon. J. W. Bernoan said that he had received a Commuuication from Salem Couaty. Oregon. requesting | that copies of the coustitudioa aoa bye-laws of this focleiy might be forwaraed vo that State, as it waa deter- mined to found a society on thy same principles and basis @s the ove now inthis cr y. ‘The Treasurer then 1c" se report as follows ;— Balance in treagury siuce diet repos $8.47 48 Received tor dues ... * 4,215 00 Total. Amount paid Balance in treasury, Oct ober 1, 1552 ‘The above statemenc juciua members of the society us ac 1 dues of $60 each and pard into th formity with the resolution of the suciety, MORSE's Tr The Caasuman—Iy wilt be and tho librariam, thot the suo was presented to Us two years rates *. commtiiitee Wad Appolat=4 experiments made of that inventioa and, I think Mr, Prime was chairman of that committee. I would in- quire if there are any members of that committee pre- | sent, and if so, ifthey have taken auy action upon the | subject referred to them ? Mr. Bexenicr—I was on that committee, but they were never called together, that : am aware of, The Cramman—1 hope the Committee's attention will | fe ouiled to the subject. —The Chair had better do this an—I will comply with your request. PORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. . io the absence of the Chair- Man of the committee, recommended the following gen- tlemen for nomination:— Corresponding Members.—Richard Hildredth and Frank- Un B. Hovgh. Resident Membere.—Wenry §. Wunter, Daniel Shepherd, nd Thomas C. Taliinidge ‘The Cuainman stated that miscellancous business was wow in order. Mr, Berumas said; This society numbered among its he members a man mort distinguished for talent ‘andability—I mean Henry Clay. I, thorefore, respecttully move thai a commitiee be appuinted to prepare suitable resolutions expressive of the sense which this society en- tertelns of his worth and ability. The motion was put qnd carried, and Mesers. Beekman Broadhead and C. B. ‘King were appointed as the committee. Dr. DeWrtt moved a similar resolution in referonce to Dr, Mibedoler, which was put and carried: and Dr. De- Witt, Dr. Julian Verplank and the Rey. Mr. Hide were palin MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS. iio Kecording Seoretary) said that be had reosived, through Mr De Peyster, as a do pation from Mr. Ogden Hoffman, a box containing many important papers of the Colden family. The honor je gentleman read a paper relating to this matter, of whioh the following is an extract:—Alexander Colden waa born in Ireland ia 1078. came to Philadelphia with William Penn and returned to England in 1715. In London he preparod a paper which was read before the Royal Society,and came back to America. Having re- linguished the practice of medicine, he entered upon a publio career, and is better known from his connection ‘with the Province of New York in which he filled the office of Surveyor General and Lieutenant Governor, until hhis death, which oocurred on tbe 28th September, 1766, Just before the city wa: burnt to the ground, The | yation of this city establisted their plan of @rainage on the principle laid down by him. He was the author of « valuabie work entitled the “Prin- elples of Action in Master,” to whish he devoted miny of study previous to ite puoiieation. Tho history of five fndian Nations was written by him, and his cor- pespondence #ich several ccledrated men. is extraordina- ry and valuable, embracing various branches of science and philosophy.’ He corresponded with Beajamin Frank- lin and Linius from 1710 up to the time of his death. and | eommunicated the art of stereotypivg to Or. Fraakiin. | In conclusion, Mr. Field movea that special soknowledg- ments be made by this seciety to Mr. floffman fur the pretentntion of these valuable pavers Mr. Bacapuran seoonced Uie motion, and steted that | the box conteined the drafrs of Mr Coldea’s dispatches altected by the socioty | of Morse’s telegraph singe which gue g pate & paper Upon ule Arse Mr. Fiewp to the British government, copies of which were procured tn Lordon | ‘The resolution was put acd carried unanimously. A letter was here read trom tbe Elon, John &. Bactlett, Commissioner on the Mexican Boundary, containing much interesting information which ts as follows :-— MR. BARTLETI'S MEMOIR. Tw Caur, NBAR THE PRESIDIO OF San Disco, i Cauironsia, May 20, 1852. My Dean Frrenp— T made you a promise, before loaving, that I would occosionaliy communicate to the Historical Society | any facts possessing an historical iaterest, which I might possess myrelf of, in my wanderings acro:s the continent. Nearly two years have transpired since | Tleft Now York, and my promise has not beon ful- | filled, for tas rea-on that I have not met with tho:e objeots of antiquarian and historical interest men- tionod by previous travellers down the Gila. My route was not down the entire leugth of that river, | andour enginecrins parties ocly struck it atthe | point where the western line of New Mexico iuter- | geota it; henoe, we passed by most of theintoresting | Tegion referred to, and only saw some inconsidera- dle ruins, eccompanied, though, by great quantities | bd of breken pottery. Oa my return I shall endeavor | to ece more of the ruins In my journey across the continent, from the Gialf | of Mexico to Ki Paso del Nort, and then across to | Chibuabua, and various purts of Sonorato Guaquins at the Galt of California region rarely visited by | foreigners—I did not meet with a single specimen | of ca A wo an earlier age than the | present. ‘be fronuers of the States mentioned | -abound in ruined buildings, formerly inhabited by | the Mexicans, but abandoned in consequence of the | incursions of the Jadians Depopulated towns aad | villages, in most of whica are found fine old churches, aro also quite common, bat no vestige of'an ancient | race. It wag, indeed. o melancholy sight to visit -tho deserted towns and ranches Some of the latter | Wore very extonsive, showing that wealth aud luxa: | TY once abounded there. Thoy ace now overgrowa | with grass and weeds; serpents, lizards, and veno- | mousrepilos harbor in theirdecaying walls; owls and | bats in great numbers, ad’a resting placa in their | dark chambers; and even the hungry wolf does not | hesitate to become a dweller of the deserted place. | Some of the churobes are in a ate of preser- | vation, the statues of the Sui: titl adorning the | niches; and in order to render them again fit places | for worship, it would only ce necessary to extermi: | pate the bats and swallows, which, in innumerable | numbers, now occupy them. ‘The ravage, though he would murder every soul in the villoge, and plunder every house, seems vo have folt a reverence for the churches; for even tho gildings and ornaments, which would attract his atceatioa, are left uztouohed. These churches are always sur: rounded by extensive ran, of buildings, which were coubdtlees once ocoupied by the very Iudians, (or thoir ancestors) who have rendered thom so de- | selate. In fact, it is gencrally conceded that they were the chief builders of them, working uacor the | direction of the priests or ochers charged with their | erection. Many of the churches referred to, were exclusively missions, established for converting tho | indians to Christianity, but more frequently iaso | laborers and mechanics Hence, every thing around | seems to have been adapted wo a large household They were alvays placed in the richest valleys, and | surrounded by large orchards of peach, pear, pome grapatc, quisce, and other trees. Aceywias op ir- Figeting canala, intersecting every portion of tho | valley, rendg-ed it extremely prodastive, and capa Blo of sustaining a large onaber of people | The renches or baviendas, before movtioncd, | are a'so situated io the midst of fine valleys, where | the attension of their ocoupwots was chiefly directod to th g ot stock The deserted rancho of | near the San Pedro onse had 20,000 | head of outile, and there were scarcely any which | did not posveta 5 G00, besides unules aud horsas We | cholter from te ruin 4 couple of nighss with- in the walle of this ranoh, aod here mat with x party of Sonoriwns engaged im huatiog wild cattle; for, though tho owners, when they abandoned thos Places, drove of their sock, enouga had strayed | away smong the hills and sceluded spots trom which | there been & large increase Hence wild crtele abound in the porthern snd central parts of Sonora, | and aie obtained by all pessing travollere through | ther region Col Cooke, to passing throng this eoun- try in 1°47, subsisted bs en'ire battalion of 450, on | thet for tao weeks. We Jonnd them very shy, ant | Eifien't to approach near enoagh to shoot; besides | having « bord of tame cattle and shoop with ua, wo | Gid Wot exert ourselves to ohtain than | © Siw more or less of cho various Indian teibos | from the Rio Grande to ‘he Poetic. With them all, even the most warlike, we were onthe most friendly | terms Wich the warlike, ant now bosile Apaches, | Thad ny cawp for three months, sad in the very centre uf their country. The ebiefs aud others | visited me duily, ute o* imy table, and slept on wy floor; aud © ofcen been atoue | with ‘tn or fitieen of these people ia say | quarters, or about the door Daring this tas | Sess eek plas Shigk Would Mave Ouragen laser Indians, and, perhaye. brought on ® messaoro ot tho whites. First, au Apacho was killed by o Mcxicag | the latter were very insolent, when nine of them ‘ | California, us to the cause of the Indian depreda- | discovered by an observer in all classes, in the same | manner that you can recognise an Englistiunan or | ebiofs and their families are always fine epecimens of | cular developement. | much as I'wished | eary for our surveys | reading public after every arrival from this attached to the Commission, im the ver: eur camp, and when moro than fifty of their people were amongst us They acized their lances, bows and arrows, concentrated their party, and made ready for an attack, But with a little parleying, we induced them to come into the fort, and there convinced them that there was no dosiga ou our part to kill or harm them, and that the killiog of their man was wholly a matter between the desensed and the Mexican. “I gave the wifo and family of the deceusod some blankets, cloth, coro, and other articles, und furthermore, agreeing to give thom montbly the wages oue the Mexican arviero, ail was amicably settled. I also took from these same peo- ple two Mexican boys, who had long been among them as captives. This came near being # serious watter, but it, too, was amicably settled. I men- tion these faota to show that the Indians, howover wild and savage they may be, are conquored by reasovable and pacific measures. These Apaches for many years been at war with the Mexicuns, and, in fact, with all around tbem,,other Indian | tribes included. They had stolen property to 8 | Jarge amount from the American settlements in New Mexico, and had been the terror of all who | had passed their country Since we left the copper minex, thet post had been taken possession of by United States troops, and war commenced. A pa- Ue which | have just read says, “‘in an interview tween the United States troops and the Indians, were abot!” The Indians then retaliated by laying in ambush and shooting several coldiers, after which, they stole all the Gaited States cattle tions of cruclties practised by the whites upon the | Indians—tke lattor then retaliate, when an open war of plunder, fire, and extermination is ut once carried on ugainst them. I have made diligent in- quiries in Chihuabua, Sonora, New Mexico, and in tious, and the war between them aud the whites, the result of which hes been, that in every instance the whites were the aggresavrs Even tho Mexicans knowledge this Iu Culifornia, this is clearly the case. A more happy and quiot race of Indians was not to be found than thoee of Califorvia, until the Americus got porsession of the country. Now, so avaricious have the latter become, that, not content with the regions that furnish gold, they are seizing upon all the torest lands ef the country—the only places whero the natives can carn a subsistence—and are unwiiling that any land shall be reserved for them, which the Americans can turn to account. I could fill many sheets with the accounts of the cru- elties and aggrosaions of the whites; but this is not wy object. A in my intercourse with the various tribos of In- dians alluded to, I have obtained ful: vocabularies of their Janguages. My vocubulary is the same as that formed by cur late vencrable friend, Mr. Gallatin, with the addition of forty words, making the oum- ber two hundred. These will, therefore, be the full- est vocabularies ever collected, and will be of great use to philologists in studying the analogy between the Inaian languages. Ihavonow obtained vocabu- laries of nineteen different languagos west of the Rio Grande, most of them taken down by myself, and teated in such a manner as to satisfy me of their cor- rectness. Most of these are new, not having previ- ously been taken down. In my unfortunate journey to Sonora, to procure provisions for the parties on the Gila, and where I ‘was confined nearly three months by the fover of the country, I did not forget the Indians. Governor Cubillas sent to Tanori, a distinguished chief of the Opate tribes, living sixty or eighty miles off, to come to Ures, where I then was. He came, and I got from him a vocabulary ef his language. I ob- tained also vocabularies of the Taqui and Ceres tribes; the latter has never been taken down bofore. They are the most hostile Indians in Sonora, and live on tho island of Tiburon, in the Gulf of Cali- fornia, and its adjacent shores. I was eo fortunate as to find one of these people domesticated near the city of Hermosillo, a very intelligent mun, from whom I obtained the information required. Such particulars as I could gather in my short intercourse with the various trives, relative to their manners and customs, were duly noted. Vocabularies of languages, however, will only be interesting to the learned. 1 therefore sought other matters of a more pleasing and popular character, such a8 would illustrate the manners and customs | of the Indians, and present to the world their cha- racteristic features, I have thus collected a fine series of portraits of the size of Jife, of the principal tribes, always selecting such as I believed would be characteristic and no; om account of the beauty of the individual. But in all the tribes I have seen there is a vast difference betweea the chiefs and the masses, or those who pa no power or wealth ‘he characteristics of a tribe may bo Irishman, whether he belougs to the nobility or to the common laborer—or the meh Boston merchant frow @ downeastor of the Sam Slick stamp. You would know them both to be Yankees Tae Indian the genus home— well made, of good height, regu- Jar teatures, full faces, and generally of fairer com- pleaion than the This may be acrounted for in the same manue: you would for che superiority people in every nation, i ¢. their modes of lide Tne [ndian chiefs are rich—ihey always have tho best toeat and to wear Their wigwams, too, aro always tho best. Bat thoso of inferior grace are generally half starved—many are | without wig-rams or blankets, and with buta sean- ty covering for the body. Hencv you see disheveled limbs, lank bodies, shrunken sk'ns, and inferior mus- or inferiority of My portsaits aro generally of the chiefs, as they aro prominent men in position, as well as in inte gence. Many have figured in war or treaty nego! ations, and hence porsess an historic interest. Lhave in my journeyings found three classes of Indiars:— | Virst—The wild tribes livicg by the ch@se or by plunder, bke the Apaches, witheut villages or fixed places of abode. | Seeound-- ibe semi- cis cultivate the ao’ after their own manner, raise eat- tle, ond spin and weave—as the Plinos, Coco- \Lari- id Navijos, or Navihocs | © tribes which reside among, or nest, | the Mexicans aad Cualiforoiuns, who are. or have | been, under the iiluence of missionaries, and have | imbibea many of the customs of the whites. This class embraces certain tribes in Mexiso, and all those in Catifurnia south of San [rancis+0, along | tho coast, ard about ton miles back, which is as far as tho missions oxtended. | The second class have not received their kuowledgo from foreign sourcos, but it has grown up with | them. | In adgition to the portraits named, I have quitea number of drawings, illustrative of their msuners and customs, arts, &c , groups about their villages, interior of their wig wams, refigious seaca, &o , also | their bows, arrows, lances, dresses, epecimens of pottery, basket work, blankets, and a variety of other articles of their mavufacture. But the manu- | facturing tribes are very few; and ns their | wants are few, there is but little variety in their pro ductions. I hope, however, if no accident or unfore- seen obstacle presents, that I shall be ablo to pre- sent to the government at Washington such a col- lection as muy be creditable to the commission, obtained, too, at little or no expense. It was my desire, on coming out with the com- mission, to bring with me a small corps of nataral- ists, in order to investigate and make coilectious in the derpactments of geology, mineralogy, botany, and zoology; but Congress refused tao appropria- tion ] arked for, axd I have therefore been com- yelled to do the best I could without their assist- ance. Fortunately for me, io the organization of the commission, I selected two gentlemen well versed in tho departments of botany and mineralo- ¥, Who, when not engaged in othor duties, have Cevoted themeclves assiduously to these branches of science, ard have made very good coliections. Zoo logy, too, has not been forgocten, though IL was not | provided with the neccssary means for preserving fpecimens, and hence found it impossible to do as r T have, however, some novelties inthe order reptiia Tho barren regioas between the Guif of Mesi d the Pacific, via El Paso aud the Gila, aro quite rick in reptiles. Of these we have quite a collection, though many were thrown away on the devert, where, from the loss of our mules, it becarne necessary to abandon their loads. Glally would I, and ths others who collected them, have lugged them on our backs, rather thaa lose them; | but we were not with the party which had them ia | their charge, and they doubtless thought such | hideous creatures as serpents, lizards, horned frogs, centipedes, scorpions, tarautulas, &e , might betcer | be dispensed wich than some otor articles. [ hopo | that on our return journey we may be enabled to pro- cure specimens of the animals we los. Lf wo get them safe to Hl Paso, there is no danger fron thenee. In physical ecience more has been accomptishod, | being so directly connected with observations nece Oar instrameats, too, tor these purpores were amplo and of the best descrip: | tion. Heuve, in our tables of observations for mag. | zed trikes, or thoee which | | a desire to soo it It makes my blood run cold to listen to the rela- | | to bring the land uncer cultivation | pico | prepare for further explorations. some rar 1d less known objects in California then the diggings ” portance took me to pers from whiob pisse | deeatined to take horses and push up Mapa Valley to the voleanio region neur Clear Lake, accompavied by Dr. Webb end Mr Thurber, to whom I am indebied for the mineralogical and botanical collection thus for made I bad but a faint iden of the spot wo act cut to vicit, bavirg mot with no one who had been there. 1 cbteined some particulars, however, that came eeoond hand from a gentkeman who had visited tho spot; ond it seemed generally known that there Was tuch a place somowhere near Cioar Lake; bat how to reach there no one knew J fortunately met a g«vtleman residing in Napa Valley, who knew its lecelity, and who agreed to accompany us, having fimsolf, Our party, therefore, consist d of four, together with a man to take care of our animals Our journey was up Napa Valley some seventy miles This 1s one of the most agricultural distrists in Ce lifornia, being a plain, perfectly level the whole Gistance. Its width for fifty miles up averages ebout fcur miles, when the mountuin ravges which bound it on both sides diminish it to one mile. Napa Creek is navigable for smail vessels or steam- ers as far as the townof Napa, twenty miles, when | it diminishes much, bat still winds its way up the rater portion of the valley. The whole of this pesutiful valley ia filled with gigautic oaks, thinly | tcuttered over its surface, - Sometimes they are in groups or in lines, as though planted by bund Bat with the exception of these groves, they are just hick enough for shade and beauty, eo that no rg of lxnd or chopping down trees is necessary A larg» por- tion of it is vow under cultivation, and bus yivided crormous crops Muny of the settlers here were old. treyyers from Missouri, who found their way here twelve or fifieen years ago, and being delighted with the spot, took Cuhfornian wives and became perma- nent settlers They then obtained very large travta ofjaud. By the sule of these lands now, aad the roceeds of their crops, they have realized larg fortunes. They treated us with much kindoess, an gave we the information I desired as to the objec of my search. Notwithstancing the wealth of on of these families, I cannot refrain from repe sting aa apeccote, showing how old oustoms will continu: with them. A few months since, one of the son was married, avd the neighbors within twelve o- fifteen miles were invited on the occarion of th marriage. After the ceremony waa over, and th gucets had partaken of a besutiful repasc, a fiddl: waa introduced, when all joined ia the daoce. Al ed off well, and tho strangers who were presont, several being gentlemen from San Francigvo, were delighted with the backwoods hospitality of the family. But the finale capped the climax, when the grcom took his hat and passed it round among his guests for money to pay the fiddler. Land in this valley now brings readily $15 an acro; a year ago it was sold 3 and three years previous it could have been ad for little or nothing. Ican pers the whole of this beautiful district only to the highly oultivated parks or lawns of England, which have required centuries to bring to their present state. Atthe head of the valley, ten miles from any other house, I found a young man from Vermont, whe bad been there seven years Ho came across with the first emi; ts to Oregon. He has a large farm and come 500 head of cattle ; but the most in- teresting sight to me was to eee on this verge of civilization, andin the very heart of tho mountains, 8 piano and shelves ot books. A fow miles beyond, we reached the last settlers. He, too, was a New Englander; but instead of the iano and books alluded to at the last rancho, he ada wife and family, appendages of unquestion- ably greater importance. Here we passed our third night, and engi the services of MoDonald, our Isndlord, to gi us to Volcano, as he termed it. We ret off early the following mornin, jour- ney being entirely over mountains, and down deep gorges ard valle; distance, though but six- teen miles, took us till four o’clock in the afternoon to ‘accomplish. This you will not think much for men on horeeback, but it was a most tiresome day’s journey. The sre tps the journey was a rapid descent of some 1,! feet, down which we had to lead our borses. At this point we fell in with four hunters who had left McDonald’s three days before us, and had come out to hunt bear. As there was still a descent of somo 500 feet to the stream neat which wore the objects of our eearch, and a distance of a mile throug’ gorges and | ceiions, we determined to prepare our dinoer, and rest till morning, when we should have the day be fore us. The hunters said they had novhiag but bear meat to offer us, but would go out aud shoot a deer. Three went out for the purpose, and in less than an hour returned, each bringing the hind quar- ter of a deer they had severally killed) There was | alrendy a rearing fire, and ton minutes suffised to bave our venison exd bear meat roastiog bofore it. Bot I must tell you what our cooking utensils and fornituse were. Tho whole list embraced a tia oup for each, and » kettle to boil our coffee in The most was roested in this mauner:—Sricks about two feetloug were cut and sharyoued as one end; the meat waa then cut in chuoks, or slices, about balf the size of one’s hand, and of tha thtek- ners of su inch or less. A hole was then cut throagh the meat, acd the etick thrust through is, there being alternately a layer of bear meat and venisy the tut ofthe former dripping on the veui-eo, giv it a delicious flavor These sticks were then stucic in the grourd before tbe fire, when ten or fifieen minutes sufficed to fit it for tho table I mistake, though, in eaying table, as wo had none broad canopy of beaven was over our heads, re wero satisfied with the earth, both for our resting place and table. Arranging ourselve peor the fire, a etick of meat was inserted in sho grovnd before each, wnen, with good hard bread ond coffee, and such appetites as are nos to be pro cured in New York, we made s hoarty meal. Atter listening an bour or two to tho exciting tales of our fricnds a bunters, ana theiradventures with boars, we rolled curse!voz inour blankets and soon dropped asleep. Tha fe © wing morning, afer an early repast on | bear meat aud venison again, we set out for tne volcerocs, which wo reached in an hour. We first met with pluces in the ravines aad on the hill sido near the stream, wi nature had been at work — the rocks being bare and decomposed by the grass which bud issued from beneath. We noxt came toa | spot about balf an acre in extent, also of decom- posed rock, or scorta, if I may so call it From tis, | Steam aud fumes of sulphur issucd in vaiious plices Buskels of chrystatized sulphur might have been collected here We fillod a soda powdor box with the fiver particles, and tock epecimens of the other Afew hundred yards, or perhups a quarter of a mile, beyond, we came tothe grand wors saop Here baiure wasin reahty at work. Spouts of boiling water and jets of steam were issuing from the bo'tom and sides of a vast gorge which led from the moun- tain to the streem below, accompanied by a deep toaring sound, not unlike that of a dozen oosan steamers letting off their steam turongh their smoke pines With some difficuity, by crawling oa our ands and knees, we descended to the bottom, or | yather to thick grove of pine trees which grew on the verge of the scorta, from which we hada fine view, looking down, At our feet twosmall stre ums came tumbling down, and united inthe main stron which passed through tho gorge This was bat ema)i, a8 wo could leap across i¢ in many places, We examined the water as wo descended, and found it pure and cold. A few yards brought us wo tho first jets of steam, which spouted out, not ina coa- tinuovs colurn, bat at interval, as from a high oy engine. We first saw and heard tho work: ings of this place from above, perhaps 125 to 10 fet But hero tho noize was tremendous. We do- termined, however, to follow down tho gorga. which can only be dons by keeping tho bed of the treant, Jucaping from rock to rock aorossit, and occasionally lotting ourselves down a sudden proce’ The sides of the gorge were so steep as to render it impossible to climb, and the only way, | Derofore, to see ali was to enter nt the highest point follow down the stream ck our nostrils at every step, und occasionally a larger got of steam would envelopo and nearly sat | foente us as we progressed. I examined several cv vities as I passed along, in whion the water was boiling, snd in which stoves as large as an egg were in a state of commotion. In sowe of thess the water would subside about six inches, and then rive with an additions! roar. Thoy were in every part of tho gorge, sometimes within folie inches of tho | cold riunnrg stream, and agin spouting maay foot | up the back. As we continued down, the water beeame warmer from the accessions it bad reocived, which iacuced usto take a bath, whereby to rest ourselves aud Prozeeding 09, we kept down until all volcanio action had cisip- Fames of briastoae | As tha) thorefore, | | flint. as the called it, which we knew must be obsidian, and which we determined to visit. On the way, we picked up acattering pieces whiok had bubly been dropped by the Indians, wko, for ages, ad resorted there to procure materials for tavir srrow and lance heads This we found without @ifficulty, » man, on whose farm it was, accompa- nying vs to tho spot with a spido It asa spur of the mountain renge, on the eastern side of Nay valley, and projocted quite out into the plain. sides were covered with forest trees, its tops with trees more scattering, and shrubbe The whole seemed to bo of obsidian, covered with a thin layer of gol. The top, in many places, us far as we fol- lowed it, was one continued mass of obsidian, brok. en in pieces like a newly made Macadamized road. T seraped sway tho surtace some six inches in depth, until | met it in place, oraa it was originally thrown up. This volcanic substance, a3 many suppose, does not existin a largo mass like graoite, but in conglomerate. The bed in which it is imbedded is quite soft towards the surface, which makos it diffi- cult to procure :pecimens which will exhibit the actual stute in which iv isfound. I dug out a fow pieces, but on being exposed to tho air tt crumbled away. leaving the vbsidian The largest mavsI dag out was about the size of aa ostrich egg, of similar shepe. This, it was told me, was the largest yet found. Most of tho fragmenta, of which hundreds of tons lie about on the surface, are angular. We esrried away as much as we could oa oar animals— about a peok measure full—which I afterwards shipped from Sau Fran: fore closing, I must not forget to mention that Lkave founo a matter of great nistorieal iatorest, beng the original manuseript of the journey mado by Padre Pecro Font, from Mexivo to San Francisco, in 177-77. ‘This has never been pubhisbod, nor was tho manuscript known to be in éxistence. EHum- boldt speaks of it, and sought for it iv v. Some years ayo 1 vent to the city of Mexico for it without success What adds to too interest is, that 16 18 ac companied by a large and accurate mannssript map, whicb was found in the possession of one of the old Californian families. The journal aod mao are now brovght together For my amusement, [ made a eopy of both journal and mup, the furmer extend- ing to seventy seven pages fulio The route of our surveying parties from Santa Cruz to tho (ilu, aad thence to the Colorado and Sau Diego, was precisely that of the Rev. father. Tho route of lather Garcia, who established @ mission among the Yumas ia 1776, was laid down on the ssme map These two zealous missionaries set otf eee for Ures Tuey separated at the Colorado, I'untes goimg up to San Francisco, while Garcia, keeping in che interior, crossed and recrossed the Colorado, and reached the Moqui country. I regrot to say that Garcia's jour- nal has not been found; but us he set out from Ures, in Sonora, I intend writiog to some friends there, whom I interested in my historical inquiries, to search for this valuable document, and, if found, to send me a copy. Yours, very traly, Joun R Baxtuerr. Mr. E. ©, Benenicr wished to draw the atten: tion of the meeti logue of the Society's Library, one that at present existed, it was impossibie for members to kuow what manusoripts or books were on the shelves. He trusted that o private eubd-criptiva would be entered into, for the purpose of preparing, ia the simplest form, an analytical catalogue of the books of this society. and movod that the Excoutive Uommittee be request to report, at the next mee ing of this so- ey, the best practical mode of carrying this view into effec Dr. Horace Green seconded the motion Mr. Cuancey said that it was necessary, before pre- paring a catalogue, to have the various manuscripts Pray arses and bound. as it would be impossible, nt were not done, for the librarian to place them im 6 catalogue. Mr. Bexzpict—It is most important for the members of this society to have such a catal: ‘as has been mom; tioned. We have to hunt up every book we require [ do not wish to cast any reflection upon th» calatogue. red by our librarian but { do not think tt is adapicd gemeral ure. for it ix practicully inaccessible to the society. Itis in the brary undoubtedly and you.cun, by ing to it. find any particular book you require, Dut you can as well do so by going over the thelves and hunting up the volume. Members of the eonicty canact come here and epend their time in such a manaar, Mr Broanuran thought that the friends of the society ‘Would not allow of the expense incident to the printing of another catalogue Mr. Moore (the librarian )-.-T do not think that mem- bers of this rociety have had to hunt up becks or arcielus of curfority when they required them — I betleze I bavo been ablo to satisfy their inquiries without avy goat hunting by the uid of the present catalogue. Howevor. it would be very advantageous if such 2 subscription | were aptered into for what might be called aa outline catalogue, referring to every work in tbe Kbeary. I second the rerolution with much plsasure, The resolution was put and carved ‘There being no further business to transact the meet- ing adjourned, More of the Secret History of the Gardiner Claim. OUR WASHINGTON ConRKsroNDENCE Wasuincton, O stober 2, 1852 The Corwin Investigating Commutee—Mr. Slocum and the Gardiner Claim, §c. The sperial committee appoiated by the Houso of Rey reeentatives to investigate the chargea masa by | Mr. Olds against Mr. Corwin, in connection with the Gardiner case, aro bringing their ‘“‘iabors” to a | close. There are but two members of tho sommit- tee hero at present, Mostrs. Preston King and Vol- ney KH. foward. It is believed the committee wil ho prepared to report noxt week. Severst wituesce have been exauipod ; but, 93 yet, I undersiaad Mr. Corwin remains uneoathed, as faras any knowledge is showncf his heving any reason to beliove the claim @ fraudulent one. George Law, who pur, chaved Mr. Corwia’s interest in the claim—an iate rest which aros: from his connection with it as coun- sel—come forward, and, like an honorale mau, ox- plained the whole transaction, Tao saly of Cor x win’s interest was conducted through the agousy of the Jaie Joba Young, and was a bona fide trausac- tion, exceuted before the board had made the award The committce nad also taken the ev dence of M some Mexicans, against Gardiner, but thus sort of (@ pazte testimony will, in all probavility, amorzat te nothing, as it must strike every one thas whilst Garcirer 19 uccergoing @ trial before toe regular itis mausfescly un- vation of an ext lieve him from the regular jadieint ing’ gee purle testimony egriogy bio, vefore 1 takes pl way prejudice bis case = Lun- stand Gardiner intends to eater geinst the pultostion of any of thy evic aguiost him taken before the com attzeo, on tha grovnd that it can only be used to neibrsjud.ce, of defending timsolf, ned | where be bas no apportunit; and that as iar a4 the ends of justios aca doncernsd, its publication wi!l not advance them, as tha evi- donee will regularly como bofore the C.rsuit Court, at the term in December. It is said thar Me Slocum, the agent sont by the gevernment to Meaico, is sbout to rep!y to tne states iment signed **B. B,” recently published in the Heranp. As Mr. Slocum’s positiva is a peculiar one—that of an agent teat by goveromont to inves tigate the facts of the case, not, isis to be presnned, to hunt up evidence purely against (Gardiner—ne had better restrain his wrath aud await the rogular legal examination. The biiter hosti‘ity whica has followed Gardiver throughout sll the proceedings is very near akin to perseention If be 14 gailiy, jus- tcc can afford to await the decision of 4 jury. If he is innovent there is no necessity of #iding to the wrong ho das slroudy suffered, by continuing to pel recute him. The hotels aro brushing up, proparatory to tho wintereampaign At Wiilera’s, Major Ield, Inte the New York kote}, has boen daly insta led, aad wiil add to the reputation of thas woll kept estab: lichment. MR sLocuM's NOTE ALPNANDRIA, VinGinia, Sept 20, 1552. TO TUE BLITOR OF TRE NEW YORK HERALD Sir—My attention bas been called ta « pub- lication in the Henaxp of the 23d instant, entivicd “ Beeret History of the Gardiner Claim—I mportaac t ions,” Ke, &e It is not my intection 6» + this romance, but simply tosey { am tho “ngenv’ referred to, and here denvance that parcofthe * seerot history,” in which alinsion is made to me, to be alie; and, I will add, that if prrson nequaipted wish mo hay written or «ans- tioved the writing of that statemen:, [ denoanw such person to be ascoundre! Understardiug that ® commission is to be sent to Mexico by tue Sena’s | Committee, te eenrch for the mines of Gardiaer & peared, and the stronm united with # muca larger | one, whish, winding its way among the mouatains, falls into Russian river. This stream, ag might be euppored, is very rapid When we forded it, it ras from thirty to forty feet wide, and from threo to fuar teet ceep ‘The banke of the gorge, from which the geysers, netic declination, inclination, and inten: na astronomical and meteorological observations, all | that could be dono bas been accomplished ia a thoroug's and satisfactory mavver. Those rogults | reflect great er on the offcors charged wita | them, aod. | am sure, will be appreciated by the | learned world. You must not expoot mo to say math aboat Cali fornia in general, or the gold region ia parsioatar, for you sre already well posted up in theag on tttsrs, aod T cannot add’ to the fucts paraded betore thy a nos t try. Streoge me it may sppear ro you, Ib heen to the * gold diggings.” Tho time to devote to their examinution was that of t freshets The valleys wore thon flooded and t y for wooks was rendered iinprssable © Was therefore lost to ma subsided, and the valle not time for the jowney reiuTh WO bun Liege 5 mained before my owns, which I determined to au the Tats hen the water ye became pavwabia, T a my dav) tow aaya, howsver, re- \ipage weuld be rowdy, to aa examination of | | of | visited voloanes or voloauia ag they may, with propriety, be eailed, throw up the | | | | | water snd steam, are composed of se mria. or desom- | pored rocks, chiefly grontte, and are of every ve rioty of color, pure white prodominating the field of white are interspertod pat shes of vright yeliow, light biue, green and brown of variou ehader, lend color and black Frew # bili top 1 discovered another spot similar to that 1 have just deavribed, a short distanos above, ard direotly on the benks of tho main stioam. Lhe other gentienen cf our party visited this, a weil us others stiil farther beyond, which, however, wore jess imposing. Cremained bebind, and spont a few hourd in taking eketohes of this exovotingly inter CHUNG Spot, as seen from diflerent points, as woll os f the wountein in which it is feand. bly doseri ticn can give bo adequate idea of it, never having gions before, ant withel, makiog " no preteusions to geologivial iN, co = With the specimens we obtained, avd wy ‘a mo SUCK bohoiar as Krofeseur Agassis thlo to give a more coiontide desuription oar revura we a | approved. seip> | | beme with him ¢ T mt them ¢ | beLef that they yan ty Of a mountale of biack tendered to Thastes M. Mears, I tke this occasion to nsert that no m.ie will be diveovered other than tive one that has al- ready been found in the Treasury of tho Unites States, and from which these suieatific miners Ueve drawn $531,000. Respeo fully, sir, your obedieus servant, Gro W. Siocun, U. 3. Ageat. _ _ Board of Edacation. Oot. 6 —Drastus C Benedict, Usq , Prosideat, ia the chair ‘The minutes of the Inst meeting wero real and NEW TRUSTEE AND INSPECTOR A commuuicaton from the otlicers of tho R th ward, recommending Williaa Lambier, ae T rustee, in the place ot Luther U appointed Commissioner, and A A. spector, Vieo Lambior, was adopted RLGIN MARBLES Tho following oommunieacion wag read Gentl men—M Y¥ friend, Pro sor Dov gan, Korepe lately, suggested to mo the nececetty 0 tho Free Academy models for drawings fp intecest in she audjeot T nuthoriaed acbles, whine with sated Aad heoug Acwtomy ta thy se of art ia the Uae OAS. M, LKEUP?. Roeoived, That the thaaks of this Board ars hereby Leupp, Beq,, for his vaiaadle de- for the inetivation # re5 of the Figia come Other works of art be has ted States. Vi his protest | 4 | Play at that Game,” | of marbles, and other end bev Eigin rare. Interesting ASSISTANT CLERK Mr. Bain, Assistant Clerk, sent in his res'gnation, and it was resolved that his communication show be referred to the Finance Committoe, to appoint an aesistant clerk in his place. The President and | Clerk (Mr Gilbert) wore authorized, in the moan- | time, to appoint an assistant clerk, until the fur- | ther action of this Board. hs Canrer, lsq., presented the following reso . That the Clerk of this Board be. and he is hereby, instructed to rend to the chairman of the school | officers of each ward, wine copies (one for each of their members) of ail the documents and papers ordered to be | printed by this Board which shall. in any way. affect the | | geverpment, control or interest of Une scho.is of this ob | ty. Adopted The first annual report of the Faoulty of the Free | Academy on the admission of students, and the go- | nezal state und conaition of the instituuon, was | ordered to be printed | MINERALOGY, The report of the Executive Committes, ia favor of purchasing the mineratogieal cabinet of Aaron | A. Thompton, Hsq , for $500, was adopted. [Unis | cabinet is said to be worth $1,500] | EDUCATION AMONG COLORED CHILDREN. The report of the Committee on New Schools, | relative to the trans‘er of the schools of the Soviel for the Promotion of Hducation among Colored Vt dren to the jurisdiction of the Buara of Educa! was adopted Resolved, That the report of the Committes on Fiaanoo in reiation to the books purchased by the school offers of the Sixteenth ward be recommitted to the commiitoe, and that they are hereby iartructed to report to chis bourd bow wavy of Kaid BOOK™ Were eceaFary. and who ther the prices’ paid for them woe reasonable snd pro. per. Adopted. TWELYTH WARD SHOOL The report of the Coramittoe on Build: and | Repairs, on tho appliewtion of the school offsers of | | the Twelfth wura ‘or #m appropriation of ten or eleven thousand dollars, to cobuiid ward school 23, Manbattanvilie, aud recommesdiag that pians and specifications °@ procared, was adopted The report of the committee appoiated to confer with the Public Schoui Society, fur the purpose of eflecting an union of the systems of public edu- cution, was ordered to bo printed, aad the Board adjourned to Weduesday next Court of General Sessions, Bofore the Recorder and Ald, Startevantand Haley. DOK THIRVES~ A HARD BOY Ocr. 6 —Kdward McGrath, one of the hardest *pecimens that hus been seen at the Court of Sea | s10u8 for a long time—s stout, thick set, and dogged | looking fellow—was obarged with grand larceny on board the sohooner Delight, on the 16th August Jast. While that **o fe was quietly lying off Washington Murket, waiting for the tide, as ic seom- ed, the prisoner was actively pursuing his ‘‘craft,”” and in such pursuit he went on board, and fouad the qwptain asleop under tne lee of a sail, while the mate was in @ similsr condition below. Under these favoring cirowmstances, ho seized upon the only “watch” that wason board, whioh ppened to be a gola one, inthe Lean pocket. @ jerk aroused the sleeper—Captain James Groen who caught the prisoner by the lee as he was aacending tho rigging, uponyhioh the latter dropped the watch into the water. A boy afterwards down, aud, at the first plunge, brought it up from the bottom, and gave it te the ceptaia, who sow identified it, and the pricaner, too. The watch was worth $70. These facts being sworm to by the captain, closed the case The prisoner, before the magistrate, had oxhibited tho same ronchalauce.and doggedness which he now preserved, aa appours by his examination, whioh is thus recorded on the papers: — Q —How old are you? Ans — Twenty one yoars. Q —Where were you born? Ans —In Ireiand | betevo. Q —Where do youroside? Ans — Wherever I see fit Q —What ia your ocoupetion? Ans.—I do a5 I’ve 8 mind to, eee belts you to gay to the charge” or now whother ae hed anything to *T should like him (mosaiag che rosecut>) to tell the Court when Ge was in the tate prison last J can prove tuat, by several | witnesses, I don’t brow the man; L never saw him | before. And, besides, that watch was stolen pro- | perty ; it isn’t his.’ Alderman Sturtevant asked Lim whether he had | sayy lawyers or wirnesses \o; I've no lawyers—no witnestes. I've them bere [t's all oa the other | side, if bis oath’s to be taken. Why, that man | welds & @oree character than [ bave! (Loud teugh- ter Wr A O Hail said he regretted he hai not the boy who recovered the weich; bs waa band on board @ ‘rane ship end but lets the pert fy | submitted the considering the evidence cva- J clusive. The Rcorder charged the jury to ‘he | seme effeot, ard immectutely returi @ vor. abe: was pisced forward, and ¢oclined to n, but said he had or losrut any trado, but worked (or his living uttendivg an oyster sill ‘Le Court then, with some pertin-nt remarks, sentenced ry prison; upon whior be —“Four yeuts! Cory may go and be d with au indepundent, oweggoring | rit to his cel | Tux Cass or Roneet McGows.—Thia caso has been | | befers this Court aud the Court ot Special Sessions on | previous ceessions. To-dny a Lary ber of witnesses Were in attendance and the oa on. It arisos | out of ariet ls of m year ego. and thy evidence beiag | £0 conilteting art of Spucial Sas | 2 defeadaat is charged Jamo. on his betulf, | pow tenc it was understood tas conflict fore made ehould be banted considerstivn in the question of | panicbment There wero to further oases ready. aud the jury were | dischazged till to morrow morning. EXT CHAND JURORS AWORM, | The following gentleman baving be+a eummoned, tn | pursuance cfs precept to the Sherif, aud answering to | their ames, were sworn as Grand Jutora, namely: | Cortstopber Delauc, Alexander Inaao, Larael Suydam, sad | Joby J. Dowell Musical and Theatrical. Bowrny Toxatas.—Tho attendano: at this favorite re- tort is very flattering to its talented manager. house fs every night well filled. end the audiene with the performxnces The drawa cf * ‘is played iv a vers effective munner, Tt will com- alpmants this eveping, and will be sus- ceeded by the rom*ntic pisow called “Der Freysohutz,”’ | Mesers. Eddy, Stevere. Miss Heron, an@ other artists of celebrity, 1n Ube various chyracters, Broapway Turatur.—Vhe prea in which Mr Forrest | may be ed to excok abgve nll others. although he is good | in everything he undertakes, yet it would seem that his | Lerreventaticn of Jack Gnde ty universa!iy admired, and | pronounced to be a master pices of acting. ‘Jack Cade’! | Will comms nce the eptoctainments this evening, and the | farce of + Sink or Swim” will termtaate all. No doubt tho ur ual result, @ fail howse. may be expected, Nimo's Ganpex—A great bill is announced for to- night The entertainments will commence with “Young america.” which will be euceveded by a Lallot divertine- ment from the “Bw of deville,’ wad the musical ore act pice of “Frightened to Death”? All the telented | members of the dramatic and ballet companies will sp- Be in thore pieces, Among them are the names of Mr | rowne, the distinguished comedian, Milv. Pougswud, ond | Senorits Soto, Benton's Taxatas —This famous Thespian temple is ag | well supported as ever Burton is an excellent minnger, upd ker p- preo with the improvements cf the age. tle he: on sdmiralle company of comedians, and be mikes the wort of their talent, To-night the axousemen’s vom. | renee with the One eld comedy uf the “3chovl for S1aa- | Gel! in which Piacite, Bucton, Ch mpson, Dyott, Joun- | sten Fisher Sirs, Hughes, Mi« We-ton, and Mrs, Skee. Mitt. wili appear In the leading ebaracters. Nationsn Tresine —Chis establishment was never | move prosperot mat the present dare. The mavager | is using enterprive, snd his exertions seem to be ptopo:ly | appreciated. He ancounces foar pieess for this eventug | The fiest is the dram of the © Beil Bye!—ths next wil be cho ballet pavtomime en’ tu | Pointer whick wilt be sueceeded by the pantom * Frieac” aed the eutertaioments wil terminate with the farce of the“ Poantom Nigger"? Watiscx's Lyoaust —Tho exertions of Mr Wallick rine the opening of is establistment, have beer crowned | wiih eveces He hee produced two new pleces—tevired the duecid comedy of the * Will.” aod has a new comedy | ard odrema et preeentin rehemesl The beatiful mac. | ner io which bo preeened the fing old comedy of tha | © foheoi for has b-ou the sabjrct ot Laudation | with the «ramotic public It has been put on the stags | in the mest costly und brillant manger, wish farnitura orthe richest dos m, aud a cast which cauno’ bo | ruzpansed. The « vue (or to night are “To Usa Laugh whea You Usa" snd the | “ Gmmibes ' Amnuioan Museut.—Tbis setablithmeat was crowded hi performance, yesorday, wad the grentost sath faction wae evtuced LbEUNKg HE ‘Tae “Orptaa’s Dew is to be repen’ed ageta thit eveoiog, and two exosliwat pieces wil be given iv the afternoon =Cdtioty’s Minstrele, whose jnvelably give the grestest delight. aa. oa very alvracive programm» for this ereniog : seontiove to be largely patront, create roars of Leugh’ee, dapeos, fovtsemental suio’, sad | Caristy’s Orxua Hoorn Warren's Vawex Nena | b pbly emn-tog belt of entert dolly Wil atteneed, ond t Word bas provided a | cnt for this evemtog— | performances weil ro The Gorar Sournweerene Ourcus —The proprietors of sled emadnlng three days longer | undoubtedly far moro | Yours rospeotfuliy, | wero all casbed over wy head. ‘Ihe Fair at the Ansestean Institute, A foretaste of the sighte whiok are te be exhibited in the great Crystal Palace next year, may now be had by visiting.the expos tion of Ame- rican products and industry, on view, in the Ame- rican Institute, Castle Garden. Tho Fair, which is tho twenty fifth of the annual series, opened yester> dey morning, and throughout the day the place wae woll filled by citizens unxious to behold the various commodities laid out for inspection Tho managers of the exhibition, in their general circular, state :— “The American Institue bas been the pioneer im movements designed to adlvance the manufacturing and mechanical interosts of tue United States, to improve its agriculture, aud to improve the condi- tion end elovute the charac’er of its laboring men. lt pledged itself, in its cartiest address to the pab- lio, to stand firmly by these interests; and, for » riod of twenty-five yeara, it bas kept its faith with the public inviolaty. [t has expended, during the last veventeon yeurs, nearly $35,000 in awards, as premiums to American genius and industry dis played tn the various depurtraenty which have come legitimately before it Under these oiroumstances, wo besitate not in relying with the most implioit confidence on the continued support and countenance of the citizeus of the United States. We oanaot believe that the mauufacturers, mochanies, invem- tors, or agriculturists of our country, will be induced to withdraw their actontion from au institution exclusively national in its obmracter, acd 40 mani- firtly usiul, by any ordiasry adventitivus propasi- tion.” To this address there has been a practioal and astis- factory response, for the articles sent for exhibition include specimens of almost every article of utility; and creditable as is this demonstration on tho part of our manufacturers, equally praiseworthy is the taste evinced by the managers ia laying the arti- cles out for view. Along each sido of the entrance corridor aro vi-tributed every imaginable desorip- tion of agricultural implemunts, interspersed with fire engines and gurden pumps Before outeriag the ae cond room, the eye of the spectator is attracted by ge~ vorfl massive ralamander sues. The scene oa oither sido. again, is animated in the extreme, foria ti room ure innumerable gcods laid out in regular basear fashion, and numbers of ladies and geatiomen are moving wbout, eagerly examining the varioas novel- ties. A gallery runs round the room, and is reader- ed attractive by beicg bedecked with articles of virtu. In the room into which the gallery de- bouches a sight is presented tha would molt the heagt of a gourmand, for thoro are some five hundred sprel- mena of the most delicious species ot fraite and kitehen stuff. Those whose appetites are kened by the sight may satisfy their cravings at the ooafection- ary stalls, which are judiciously distributed threagh- out the building. On the outer side cf the pro- menade, & megnifioent view is obtained of the bay and the ships lying at anchor The sight both within and without the Institu‘e, iso way csloulated to excite pleasing reflections oa the benefits accruing from iodustry end commerce. On Saturday, the 9th, the Plowing. and Spadiag Matoh takes place at Nyack, Rooklacd couaty, for which place tho steamer Thomas C Galse leaves the foot of Jay street, at eight o’olcok A M., fer the accommodation of those disposed to attend. The scene will be interesting to all persons of ce Active arations are making to open the Oat- tle Show at Madison Cottage, on the 20th, for the expihiiog of farm stook. Seo proggamme in another column. Remarkable Correspondence—City Inspeeter, TO THE WAIG OITY CONVENTION. The undersigned, a committee on behalf of the Now York Acadomy of Medicine, would respeotfally represent that the academy is earnestly interested in the subject of the public health of this city, em@ is anxious that the officers appointed for its preser- vation, by law, should bo endowed with the high qualifications which are oasential to that end. It cannot be disputed that the sanitary conditiea of hal! a million people shouldno more be enteusted to & person unqualified for its care, than ehould that of a single individual ; and that, therefore, none but ove whose education and practical exporionee im matters pertaining to the causes aud prevention of dicesse, evould be, or oan properly be, entrusted with the supervision of the healch department of thia great city Nor can it bo donied that this city has greatly suffi red, and is now suffering, from the incompeteney of too many of those to whom its sauitary super- vision bas heretofore been entwacted, arising um quectiovably from the fact that the office of the City Inepeotor, the chief of tho sanitary poltoe, has beep for many years ocenpicd by incumbents n& poseeseed of proper qualifications by education aad experience 48 tuezobers of the medical profession, we are toe often witnesses of the very torious loses which we, in cowmwen with tbe whole community, susteém diequaltficstions of the incumbents of thes ssea of beaith and valaabie statistics af ond of cbareeter abroad Without ettemptivg ta ocoupy your time with any details in proof of this position, wish whiah oar ex perience is, however, abuodently ead convinei furnished, we will merye'y here stuse thas thw office ceds a good medical edace- tion for the discharge of i s dates than does chat of the Corouership, fue which, by common consent, medics! men azo generslly ana very properly selocted. In view of tho fact that the nomination for Mf Inepeotor siready made by one of the politi periiecs evinces a coutinued disregard of tnis im- portent principle, we earnestly solicit from you, as cur most reliab © hope, the adoption of a differems policy, having regard to this suggestion, ia whiem the welfare of every family and ot every individmal in the city is concerned. It woud efford the mombors of the Academy of Medicine much pleasure, aa it would be theic duty, to co operate with you, by all the meaus in their power, in endearcring to lace a Lage ee ee medical man in the City Lospectorship While their obligations to themeelves, to the community, to the necds of science. und the publio welfare, will ferbid their aid in the election of aay one defisiest ia the very first requisile—o proper edacatioa—for the in- telligent discharge of ita duties. We dis:lnim aii political bias in the proposition Dow submitted to your consideration. We desire only tho benefit of the common weal, and we trast that he who may be sominased, may be so on aa- count of peoteeatocal merits racher than polisical Joun W. Franors, 4. D. Tuomas Cook. M D. Isaac Woon, M. D. D. M. Reese, M.D. Jouxs @ Gaiscom, M.D Jackson Bouton, Nsw Yours, Sept. 28, 1952. United Siates District Court. Betore Hon. Judge Betrs Oor. 6 —The Potty Jury wore oulled, and the onse of Risk, charged with an assault with a dangeroes weapon, Ws postponed on the ground of the abe sence of material witnesses. The accused, his affidavit, siates that there wasa matiny on board the Queen of the West, and an attack made on the cuptain and mate when the alleged assault wascom- mitted by himin defendingthem The District At torney isto be permitted to examine the witnesses for the prosecution de bene esse. The trial of George Arcold, charged with cous- ter! g. and that of Allen, for laroeny at sea, were eet down for Friday. A DRUNKEN WITNESS. Tho onze of Ttomas Lynch, Hvary Ferguson, and Thomas Fitzgiles, charged with revolt, was them culled; but Mr. Cooper, counsel for the acouved, begged for a ie uotil Thursday, in oom sequence of the absence of witnesses. Taey bad eas- in getting one witness, out he was, unfore in sucha state of intoxication thet he vot be brought intocourt. The trislwas them Thuredey morning. ASSAULT WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON. James H. Bowen was then placed at the bar, cberged with an assaults with « dangerous weapom on Mr. Lewis, one of the officers ofthe American ship Leviathan. Mr. Sivarts stated the cage for the rexecuticn, wad said that although there was ae low struck, bor any injury done, a threat witha pgerous weapon, where it wagnot from any want us purpose toat the assaalt did aot take was punishable by our svatute, and the found guilty 16 liable to ® fino not exoeediag ‘s000, ond imprisonment for not more than three years l-eac B. Lewis, examined by Mr, Kvast, deposed that he was first officer of the ebip Leviathan; Bo: wascook The agemult occurred on the Sth of September, on the bigh seas, eight daya oct from Liverpool On going to the ga ley to nail ap tae coor which communicated with the paweagers” cabin, | told him L was directed by the Captain te 00 #6; ho Rept sbuetng mo alt the time; wale E wee nailing up the door, f saw a blow of the sxe coming; | avcided it, bat the window and sashes If | had remsiaed blow would have d sad idvavided by joas disputes woo, 0m oa@ snotter instant on tho spot, the struck we, (s large axe produce i be witness.) There Ly Lge my Ween the witness aud the pe n. exid thal eftber he would bave Me Lawis'e « bleod, or Lewis should have his After the ettempted acgauls the Cuptein put Bo wen in irons. ‘rere exeanined by Mr. Snebly, Never throatemed ery Lonett at Ninos Gardem pravions to au | Tibe South, He will have thy eulive resourers | Veeatobithur ot together eitt « muaber of VO Iuoteers. Jt is hoped tis frieuds will give hin a bampee | Mrs, Wanwen, who hve beom 20 often spoken of ao an | Qotress of mach mont, will commence aa “ Bogie street theates, Beflale, co the 11th last Cr Jey. Fifday and Saturday evesings, ‘* the pdeover with & hammer; on fea 100% el bh 1 auia to bita that the revented me Tesrvoviay To Me Lyowe Om Saturday ovening | py ms good thrasbio@t 1 was outside boxt the friendg of this distinguished acter aivs olin s | gyy 0. wed Lew corcoberated Me Lewis's posed thet he saw the cock make He sie the biew with Bis twe hseda, bin. bh testi ae bIWW which would have felled man or horse if it hit Verdict, guilty.