The New York Herald Newspaper, November 25, 1852, Page 2

eee eee MOBE CUBAN DOCUMENTS. Mberties of the Spanish constitution. To destroy those meee eesise, on8 tegen io the stead of that eoastitution Renee re the ‘of the Bourbon race, is the avowed object of OFFICIAL PAPERS, : this new invasion of the Peninsula. There is too much ‘TO CONGRESS, AT ITS LAST SESSION, IN ‘REPLY TO A CALL FOR THEM BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. . YrH TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE — Mavnip, Nov. 20, 1822. Bm, * * * Tund 4 thet this government are ander rerions sppoehensions lest Cuba should declare it- gelf independent and place iteelf under our protection: that they sre informed s society of Freemasons in Phila @eiphis bar connesvion with arociety of Freemasons in Tarpore will be , success, The eomsti' bow h nation will again A and despotic sway ehend that, in Spain iterif, attended with immediate, or at lvast with this unhailowed | tation of Spain will be demolished hy the armies of ihe Holy Allience, wud the the neck to the yoke of hether the purposes of | France or of her continental silies extend to the subjaga- | tion of the remaining Ultra Marine possessions of Spain | or not, has vot yet been sufficiently disclosed But to | | confine ourselves to that which immediately ocncerns | us—the eondition cf the irland of Cuba—we know that Hevana, with the edject, it is suppored, to hasten the | the republican spirit of freedom prevails ameng Sts im Geelaration of independence. This, according to their | habitents. ‘The liberties of the constitaticn are to them it ey of judging our condact, is thought to be md countenaveed by our government. The equadron sent to Havana by the British, the pressure ‘tayon Spain at this moment, When she bas so much to dreae determination of the European sov tain. all combine to show the necessity of on our part as to the design: that power. ‘and the probability of their accomplishment afforded by | the prerent condition and attitude of this country. y ecmbined sovereigns, i¢ is not of suffictent importance ‘to induce ber to cusranty the loans of money Spain must have for the support ef the constitutional system. What, then. is the object of the one party, and how far will ne: | ® party to assist imthe accomplish. | tien, what are they to do upom eontingene Paine, xa the wei! “tp upon them Tea tipening into ry has for the jive months constantly excited their attention and | ‘Were the population of the | England deri the weigh: of Spain as a ‘Deets, the benefit of the commerce of thirdly, to beco: a , porression of Cuba to give her the command of the | Guill of Mexico; fifvnly, the cormmuaniestion between the | Atlantic and Pacific oceans. over the isthmus of Darion; sixthly, Montevideo. * * * * + Ae Spanieh territory ) tion of great, imminent a without reorting to spec | peer the mediator between | stimulated them to action ‘the Epanish American governments; feurthiy, | island of one blocd and celer, there could de no doubt or heritation with regard to the eourre which they would pursue, as dictated bi the invasion of Spain | their declaration of independence, That even in their asiow {rem France during d. in regard to that of ite state of things must produce upon « uated, we know that its approach pewerful effect upon them, their in y France col ior extioguished by foreiga vivlemoe in the parent country, the island will be liable to in- the war; and the only reasons for deubtirg whether the attewpt will be made, are, the probable incompetency ef the French maritime force to | effect the conqnest, and the probability that its eceom- Pliskment would be resisted by Great Britaim. Tn the | meantime, and jst all events the cendition of the ala inhabitants, is a condi- m plicated dange' aad that the ques- daily peop! | has already hed | | terests and their rights; would be the siguai for Great Britain bas any fixed determination as to | present state it-will be impored upon them asa necessity, | ‘the fousth, fifth, and sixth objects. I will not pretead afm positively. but my impressions are strong t! 3 . the means of success are, a guaranty af loans, taking « lien upon some er all of them as an eventual indemnity, or purchase cf them. Tne cua- wanty of Cubs sgeinst the designs of the United Siates ‘would mode ef proceeding. ‘he reluctantly surrendered by Spain, and the populaticn of the islend itself is knowa to be hostile to x toGreat Britain, * * commercial treaty opens the road to Great Britain J by the nesessities Of Spain. If the Congress do moihing decisive. | hope nothing of comsequenos will grow out of the determination to treat with Rugland) What | ever may happen. {am here without power to do more | than to give you potice of what may be dene or intended. _ Without imetructions 1 can make no offers to this go- ‘vyerument, in order to divert them from this course, nor fio] I perceive what offers we could [make that} in her | not be an unlikely ‘eland, however, will be most situstion could induce Spain not to pursue ment is to be im Ec) and we sre here, Senmntaatte oxy, not con. | ish nation. and Tam addered im the friendly light the frlemdly light we ought to be considered by @irectly to remove the apprehensions of the gove-nment, To eeveral deputies of the and to persons who I Spain ; that as English property it would be" infinitely injurious to us; as Colombiam or Mexican it would not but be hurtful. Independent of its formidable position. its slave population would make as anxious to | Keep the lsiend ou; of the hauds of goversments which ‘would be compelled by their institutions to make changes in it extremely dangero athe Fouthern Stetes In a conversation wit! mem bers of the politiesl commission of the Cortes, I ex pressed a convietion that Spain would procure, by a1 for te the re d prosperity of | tion to defend ota lmao of the | principles upon whic! only pretence ef right - | has declared her intention of remaining neutral; but t to | 1s mot unlikely; but among ail their reflecting men it ii admitted ax 8 maxim fundam upon their future condition, that they are not competent to a system of permanentitelf-dependence; they must rely ¢ support of protection upon some force from with | out; and, in the event of the overthrow of the Spanish constitution, that support ean no longer be expested from between Cuba and Spain sbould eontinue as it has existed for several years; these wishes are known to the princi- pal inhabitants of the island, and instructions, copies of which are now furnirhed you, were some months since transmitted to Mr Forsyth, authorizing him in a suitable mapner to communieate them to These wishes still continue so far as tuey can be indulged with arational foresight of events beyoad our control, but for which it is our duty to be prepared, If a govern: | by foreign vielence upon the Span- Mberties which they have asserted by their constitution are to be crushed, it is meither to be | : expected nor desired that the ‘On the subject of Caba I have taker all duc pains in- | the reech of the oppressors of overned by them. Should the eanse of Spain herself Cortes, sue more propitiourly than from its prerent prospects Piramal would repeat what Isaid to the ministers, I | cam be anticipated, it is obvious that the trisl through ve spoken of Cubsas a yery desirable acquisition to | whieh she must’pase at home, and the final lees of all her any power, but that our interest required, as there was | dominions on t nO prospect cf its passing into our hands, that it should | unable to extend to the island of Cuba’ that pretection rag meeestazy for its imtermal security and its outward de- fence. | Great Britain has formally withdrawn from the coun- cils of the European allianee in regard to Spain; she dis- approves the war whieh they have sanctioned, and which is undertaken 7 France; and she ortugal ‘against ach unanimity pronounced against France, their inter. Mediate recognition of bia and Mexico, and the | #Pirit cfthe British mation is so = of liberal system of eommeree, a guarantee of | ‘the inland from Colombia, Mexico, andthe United States, | ets are leeply involved im ‘the three powers being equally imtererted to keep it in ‘the hands of Spain, out eash other. Re arked permission to speak of it to the ministers, which I gave him, provided he spoke of it to the ministers as a matter of opinien on a subject which ‘had never been even named to me JOHN QUINCY ADAMB, JOHN FORSYTH TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE | Mavuip, Desember 15, 1622 | Sin— * * * LT received fow days since a note from Mr Ban Miguel, * * * informingme that the Spanith | seut o squadron in the Gulf of Mexteowas abou: te be reia- | fo fered. If dit probable that « similar nove had jt ip Deon written to all the foreign ministers. but find thet this was vot the fact. Myaurwer * * * was written after arcertaining this. What the motive is for sending @maval reinforeement you may probably understand bet- ter than Ido, having direot information from Havana. As fax as we are informed here. sland force would bs more urrful fer destroying the piractes of Cuba. and of Dwshing »p their connection with Havana. Itis more probable the view is to protect Cuba and to asrist the government party against the Mexican amd Colombian governments Hen. Joux Quixcy Apams Ke. MR ADAMB.TO MR. FORSYTH. Deraatueyt ov State. Wasninctox, Dec. 27, 1822 Bin—The present eondition of the islandef Cuba ‘has excited much attention, and has become of deep interest to this Union #rem the public despatch and other pa- Fess which you will receivo with this, you will pereeive the grrat and continued injuries whieh our commerce ie weif-rimg from pirates iseuing from thence the renented @emands wade upon the authorities of the island for their wuppression, and the exertions but partially effeetual, of eur ows naval torce agaiost them There is another t ef view. borever. in which the eondition ot the re anebject of concern. Frome vai 2 been received here thet the Britich government have it im contemplation to obtain postessi J. It is evem asserted from soure-s | te which some oredit is due that they have been for more than two years in seeret eegotiation with Spain for the ceerion of the ijjand; and it is added thut Spain. though to such am arrangement, might reeist it with ent if for @ limited prriod of time. she could obtain the joint guarantee of the United States aad Frenee. eecurivg the to herself. 7 jeve that the fut of the island ie a subject of mu of informs} deliberstions among ‘both France end (irest Britain h: ebserving the course of events perhaps endeavoring to give them dierent direetioos. The President hes, therefore. determined to derpatch to yeu a special mos- wenger to deliver this letter, upom receipt ef which he ee you to take such measures ax nay be adapted to obtain correct information whether such a negotiation as Beas bees above sercested. is om foot betweem Spain and Great Britain; and. if ro, to communi woverrment. in a mapner adapted to the ease. the rentiments of this government in relstion to this gsarjeet, whick sre favorable to the centinwance of Cuba ia ite connection pain Jon Forsy ru, Minister Plenipotentiary, U. S., Madrid JOHN FORSYTH TO THE BECRHTARY OF STATE. Manzip, Pebraary 10 18s) * T remindeé Mr Sam Miguel thet there f the Bpanirb dominions whose vicinity to dered us deeply interested in their fate, island of Cuba; that, im the event tilities With Colombia and Mexico eontivuing. the ritua'ion of the island would be ext: y oritiens]. [ requested. therefore, to be informed w the loen! force in that i a was sufficient to defend it against a rodcen attack, id whether thir govermment eontemplaied to imcreare its force in thet quarter Ue wemed, at first. to undersiand this asa sort of offer to Protect the irland; but whem he was made clearly to um derstand it. be said the Meient for the o agents there of ii 8n— * were portio jerent; that the gover: y itaelf imme- Fately with thi aly ; thet they relied upon their own rerource upem us for the seeurity of the ieland, ‘Bo this pla‘n remark I could only reply that, without im atreetions I could only epesk uf what I supposed to be the wishes of my governmeat and believed to be the in- derest of t United Stales, that we desired no other neighbor in (nba than Spain; thet I felt confident the Umited States would do everything im their power. com: sistent with their obligations to preveat Cabs from being Wreeted from fpein; that he was mo doubt aware that “there could be nv understanding between the two gorera- ments on this peirt without « referenee to Washington Be said he war aware of that 4 should, as soon as the m here, whieh was varying every momen: was Ie sattied. give iutructions to the Spanish minister iu the hyve «pre oad, and are till teeming, United Btatee on this subject to the deep and almo-t untversal feelin; BJoun Quincy Avaws, Secretary of State. and to the alarm which the mere ME ADAMS TO MR NBLSOK. Derantwant or State. rox, April 28, 1883 j and Spain, now commenc in all probabi er may be the ise of uropean powars. {t may minion of Spain upon the Ametioan conti South, ix irrevocably gone, But the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico still re- main reminaily, and #0 far really, dependent upo p be any epeeial instructions im relation wo it that she yet poss power of transferring he: ‘o © Fearcely Know where you will find the @ominion over them ion of thea, -Spein upom your arrival tu the eountry, n together with the te others. There islands. from their lecal porition and matural appendages to the North American continent, sod one of them. Cuba, almost im sight of our shores. from a multitece of conriderations has beeome an object of transcendent importance to the commercial and politica interests of our Uuion. Its commanding position. h reference to the Guif of Mexico and the West Iudia pean; the character of itve population; ite situation midway be ‘tween our Southern cost and the Island of 8t Domingo; its safe and capacious harbor of the Havana, fronting a Jong line of our shores destitute of the same advantage; ‘the nature of ite productions and of ite wants, farnishing the eupplice and needing the returns of a commerce im- meneely profitable and mutnslly beneficial, give it an im- pertapes in the sum of our national interests with which $ of no ether foreign territory can be eom ttle inferier to that which binds the differen: members of this Union together Buch. indeed. are, between she imterests of that island and of this country, the ceogra- al, commercial, moral, und politioal relations, formed mature. gathering. im the process of time and even mew verging to maturity, that, im looking forward to the probable course of events for the shert period of half « century, it is searcely possible to resist the conviction that the annexation of Cuba to our federal republic wiil ‘De indispensadic to the contépnance and integrity of the ‘Union itself. It is obvious. however. that for this event we are mot yet prepared Numerous and formidable ob- jeetions to the extension of our territorial dominions their connection with Spein. Wi teyona fea present themselves to the first eomtemplation porilion om Ofr part. either to obt ‘of the rubject; obstacles to the system of policy by whioh or Porto Rieo ourselves, you will that reeult oan be comparsed and mainvained are ‘to be forereen and sarmounted. both from at home and @broad: but there are inwe of political a» well ae of payrical gravitation; and if an apple. severed by the tempert from its nati¢e tree, cann™% ehoose but fall to Cuba, foreibly disjointed from ite Spain. aed ineapable of » ean gravitat lly towards the North Am ame law of mature, cannot east her is than that which pring: from this Incipient war between France and Spain, these eonriderations would be premature. They are now merely tovebrd upom to illustate the position that, In the war pening upon Europe, the United States have deep and ferpertant intereaty imvolead proulterly =n =the SOUIGUm OF Cube SEBMOL DUE depemd Upon the ineme of Adu war, Ap an lniegial part of she Spsuish teriiteries, | erted and sion of Cub: ence tow wae the in ‘the eon ed; and however indiepored the British govcrament might be ungenerously to avail themselves of the distress of tained from Spain an immediw which ber generals bad prociuimed en the coust of of Onba mi rence bas stimulated 1 most repor' of terocurre repeat, ¥ the witbes of your government continue in connection with independent You will add that no countenance has beem given by us to any projected plan of reparation frome Spein, which may have been formed im the island, This asrarance becomes proper, an by slate deepatch re- and / ceived from Mr. Forsyth he intimates that the Spanish government have been informed that @ revolution in Oubs was secretly preparivg. fomented by communios- tiens between a society of Freemasons there a) of the rame fraternity in Philadelphia. Of this we have no other knowledge; and the societies of Freemasons in this countr: ofa politée riean government bad no of for she principal which remai 1PAL De wae mIrAId tHAt im, Ub wastail the hrancial oper tut de] aced on the deelarat te of pense then still trom of all the sto i to extort from her exy rem , they did not forbear tot cer of reprisls given to two ru By measures thus vigor aad also, an acknowle g claims of Pritich subje the pational debt. The whole ever. as well aa that of the reparation and indemn' romised for the capture of Britich property ander the loekades of General Moreles and by the Porto Rieo p: vateers, yet exists imthe form of claims, and the who mare of them mow is acknowledged claim. for the satit- faetion of whieh pledges have been given to be redeemed hereafter. and for which the island of Cuba may be the only indemnity in the powrr of Spain to grant, as it will unioublediy be to Great Britein the most antisfactory indemnity which she covld receive ‘People of Cuba, far from pain, should submit to be American continents, will leave her the invasion of Spain raises ite Te the war, \@ issue, their mational re- oe Coy rnoqanasy = be - ereihy tit the of England, and of by the progress 1@ war. whatever it may be. that. unless | pene of a the confit hould be ae short and the issue as decisive at that of which Italy was recently the soene. it is scarcely orrible that the neutrality of Great Britain should be | | lomg maintained. The prospect is that she will be soon | engaged on the side of Spain; but, in making common eause with ker, it is not to be supposed that she will yield her ascistanee upon principles altegether di As the price ef her alliai ‘ze nde of Spsin imthe Wert Indies p: hjects no longer of mueh possible value or benefit in, but of euch importance to Great Britain that npossible to suppose her indifferent to the acquisi- tien of them. The motives of Great Britain for desiring the posession of Cuda are fo obvious, especially since the independence of Mexico and the anuexation of the Floridas te our Union; the imtermal eondition ef the island since the recent §; persibility ef its eontinue have been Fo precarious, the want of provection there, the power of affording it poszersed by Great Britsin, and the necessities of Spal equivalent, the support of Great Britain for herself, have formed @ Temarkable eoneurrence of predispositions to the transfer of Cubs. and during the last two years rumors ave been multiplied that it was already eonsummated. We bave been confidentially told by indirect communica tion from the French government, that more than two yeare since Great Britain was negotiating with Spain for the cersion cf Cuba andro esger im the pureuit as to | Lave offered Gibrsitar, avd more, for it in exchange. There is reason to believe that, im this respect, the French goverrment was misinformed; but neither is entire re- Hance to be prerent British Secretary for Foreign Affatra to the Freneh | govermment, and which. with precautions indicating dis- trust. bas been siso confidentially communicated to Vie , that Great Britain would beid it disgraceful te herself of the dittressed@ ritantion of Spain to obtain pos: fession of avy portion of her American colonies The ob- | ject of this deelaration. and of tbe eommmnieation of it ere, UMloubtedly was tofeduce the belief t | Britain entertaimed no purpose of obtaining the posres- but these aesurances were given with refe al to all deliberation | Spanish government. ayows her determins- the application of the it commences, sh trongly and with so ated nish revolution, and the pendence upon Spain, to seeure, by some ion lately made by the | reat existing. and which tion and hope of Great Britain to preserve. them has since ehang- t of her former pos- advantage of it by ive squadrons dis patehed to the Wert Indies. and stationed im immediate proximity to the island of Cuba peremptory, they ob © revoeation of che bloekade Terra, Firma. and pledges of reparation for all the captures of Britich erels made under cover of that m'litary fiction. dgmeut of masy long- cts upoe the Spanish goveroment, and promises of payment of them as a part amount of them ho The war between !ranor and Spain changes #0 totally outeet, produce events wnde: A guaranty of the isl ndemce, » rerort It je no’ meceseary to point + the cirenmetanees under which the decleration above- mentioned of Mr Canning was mae. that it mey, at its t which the possession be obiained by Great Britain withous even ratring reproach of intended deception againet the Bri- lich government for making it Great Britain and Spein moy be one ef the firet froite of this wer. emeng the stipulations of that alliauee; and. in the event either of a threatensd sttack upon ‘the island by Fianee. or of a'tempts on the part of tue islanders to ae- sume their inde cupation of the Havana by British forces may be among the probable expedients through which it may be op ber age by concert between Great Britain amd Spain her- elf. tirgeneies by which the tramsitien from a tempyrary and fiduciary occupation to a permanent and proprietary pos- pestion may be efleeted. An alliance Between land to Spain may be to the temporary oc- out the numerous con- ‘The transfer of Coda to Great Britain would be an event umpropitious to the interests of this Union. opinion is so generally entertained that even the ground. rumers that i wae about to be accomplis Tades itself upon our councils t Lo wee all ihe means t and forefend it. it will be among the primary feo, with certainty. by whom it will be adm! Your eredentivls are addressed to Ferdi Hpave, under the co: the guardianship of a Cortes, in the ith, or under the proteetion of the imvaders of his couniry. So lo continue to be administer Mr Forth has been ins uijopal Spain. are #0 little im the p It MR If no buyers for the new loan land 6 Inland by about $1.500,00 high been nd im al objeot t of the Cortes pt could he neg nam the hrne the anatom: wn atone question both of owr right aad of our power to prevent it. if'mecessary. by lores, alr You J J APPLETON TO MR. ADAMS 4 ia the United This d. which ay be traced ‘of avernion te it, probsbility of its eocur- and the administr: is called upon, jn the performance of its duties to the na- tion, at lews to guard agai within its eompeteacy objects requiring your ent avd unremitting a‘tention, te ascertain and te every merement of negotiation between Spain Great Britsin upen this subject. We eanmot, indeed, We ean nd, the king of ay find him under stedy of am army té them you mill icted to Pay. that re that Cuba and Porto another ractice of using agensy nature ow any Osoasiom, that we think !t most probable the iaformation of the Spanish government, ia that reepeet. is uufourded marons at the Havana bave taken part of lave in the po- litlce of Onba, and, #0 tar as it is known to as, it has been ap earvest an active part in favor of the continuance of is trae that the Pree. hile disclatming wil dis nia possesrion of Cabs | declare that the Ame. now ledge of the lawless exoe dition undertekem against the istter of those islends last rummer. Capiz. Aug. 6, 1823 offer without eeonrity, the interert may be reoured upon the revenue of ihe of Cuba, which exceeds the ordin ry expenditures 0; more than euMeient | to be dinpoved of. A ths confidence of the | constantly employed in | cant’ came to see me of foquiring whether @ slew mortgaged — Taped purraing mer potiey to of Spala, aad to eurist) of the Yar thus her means of resistance, would prevent a negotiation of the “ invcriptions;” and that Spain would thus become a victim of the reliance upon He was, therefore. anxtous thet should bevond Eng. land, and hed thought the United States, know- ipg best howto vaiue the island of Cube, would be most in a likely to engay efore venues,” We ther sch « loan, If ine teli what would be the suecess of ulation resting me to teil him frankly Whether the goversiment of the United States would favor | such transfer of ti ted. I answered that I coult not ite re an offer of this kind to fer of these islands. he was authorized to declar Spain the aeons with which the United States would see t there to any ether power ‘Taneferred fer to seo the connection lands eontinued, to their severance from{Spain, and ja tion to any such power who might be desirous of aeqiriog these rich posrecsions; that whilst instructed not to c( n- cealfrom Spain the repuynance of the United States to islands, be was authorized un- equivocally, to disclaim all views of jizement, on | their own part, in reference to these ebjects. and to de- the United States; that there wero some shapes in which | clare the exemption of his goverewent from all commivamcs it would meet with great and perhaps insurmountable | at, or eountensnce of, i1 objections, that there were others where the diflloulties would be less; that it appeared to me, however, to be a subjeet of so much importance to Spain at this moment me then what steps could be. tal that I should be astonished if she did not teke the necerrary steps to ascertain di | what che could expect fe refer otly ence to it He asked ken I answered that I kaw no other way but by tending to the United states & perron posrersing the entire confidence of this overnment, ¢alculated to gaim that of mine. and fur- ® nithed with ample powers. He observed that he had thovgbt of the mme expedient, and that he though! the government was diepored to send a minister to the United Btates Let one of your vessels of into thie port and I will assure hi would then have the means of getting to his destinat ion. Treplied that I would let Mr Nelron know what he had told me, that he might, if he found it practicable, ‘one of our vessels here; but that I ifficult to arrange the opportunity he and ebould be sorry if the government waited undersny pret. feared it would desired, be'd f war, added he, come is appointment. for he send, for it, as in affairs of the importance of those in question despatch was everything. The converration, with whom I had this friendly to England, portance of securing her 2s through which the Cortes ha j ae with the English minister and upaccredited but confidential agents of Mr, Canning at this court coming to me, under suck elreumstances, has impzessed me with thy d to that she has been found cold and di | of her engagements to other powers, and her liltle confi- has always good will, airistance. and bas, in cousequence, been one of the or- idee that there was but little hope of en- in the speculation which he pro- That rhe has been sounded alogous point. I hi gentleman thongh not felt the im- if not her if Imay #0 say. con- | His | | istant, in consequence | dence in the stability of the government from which the | overtures proeeeded is also not improbable. What, how- ever, you may rely upon as certain is thet up to this day | there has been nothing done involving the fate of the island of Taba, MR J. J. APPLETON TO c Sin—The contents of the tette: enclose a duplicate, are substanti that nas come to my knowledge sinee ,it was written. shall say nothing of the official declaration of Zngland ; they are documents which murt long since have reached | 1 have it, however, in my power to say. upon the | ou. MR. ADAMS. Davia, July 10, 1823. ref whieh I herewith ally confirmed by ail | st authority, that the sentiments she now professes in relation to the acquisition of territory at the expense of Spain bave not always been entertained by her. Mr. Qua- | Gia, ow deputy of Marine, in the year 1840, distant 0 ie Cortes bad, when Minister of Ultra vertures je to him for a cession of the eastern ride of Cubs to England. These | overtures were treated with pored have not been repeat munieated to me im eonfidence by from the Havana, who, had more access to the secrets of eo) nic and has of evity. This gentleman ', MOTeO' these overtures were the Co ones kis Kvewledge. though. b made it a eubject of Pp Cuba have, within a few days. writt vincial de} with the events which ha a hope tbat, if some of ave sacrificed ev be obliged to cross sm asylum in the island of is, am informed by one of to prepare the people of pen here, the Atlan! t coldness, and it is sup- This fact bas been com- mer, being a European by birth, has ly received » distinguished proof reepect in which he is held in beim side over the Cortes during an epoch of partieular difi- fore leaving Madrid, he hod articular inqui ‘putations, in which, after acquaintin; lately eecurre thin; | erties and taptalone at ‘the ‘ba for the worst that can hep They suppore and no doubt correctly, that javasion ofthe mother country will elicit much - lation as to the future fate of the island among tapts, and that the impulse whieh they have received in favor of independence will not new be essily repressed ; Mr. Ge deputy | | | | the cabinet than his | | called to pre- | ver, assured me that | that had ever come to | ‘The deputies of | stter te the pro- | them | tbe. worsiy pation: worthy Nett to support lib- ° Peningula shonld | ie. they wi od | Cubs. This letter | the signers, intended ive inbabi- they see ealsmities, therefore, brooding over their island. There deputier, who in common with their eolleagues, | voted for the removal of the reyal fomliy to this place, | are pow deelared traitors by the regency at Madrid, and will, if the cause of the constitution fails, be exposed to cruel persecutions Under these circumstances, itis not astonishing that they should wish to ensure themselves an asylum among their friends, and save their particulier hands of 8 provinees from the despotiem with which these of Europe are threatened. der potiem, it does not exceed their Great, however, as is their horror of ‘dread of beeoming in- uependent too soon. In their anxiety. they enst their eyes | towards the United States, and inquire whether an ar- Tapgement could not be made for the proteetion of the islend against the evils with which it is threatened in cate thinge ge badly here, Is there no remedy, say they, but holes: gain our necks to the yoke ternative between deepotisin and the ruin that if, uneupported, we attempt to resi t? ie there 10 ai- raits us, Ihave not dared to suggest any, though I should suppore that the United Stater, or the United ste find one in a guaranty of island enjoyment of tho provincial governme for it by tbe Cortes. fueh an err influential their country, gement mi ok to th @ would probab'y ri and Boglard jointly. might to Spata, while in tie tely deereed The preeent is the moment when ht be made pain; all ber 8 @ chance of being driven from ejoice in having it in their porer to reconcile ite best tatererts with their orn retety. Should Mr Nelsop come provided with adequa'e insirtetions. be will arrive in the best possible moment (o fix the fote of the island in the way interests of the United Sta Jenin Quincy Apams, Becret ry of that will best wuitihe | State. HUGH }ELSON TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE Maparp, July 10, 1825 Sin—T sve the hencr to enclore a copy of my last note te the Seer: on hie re 'y of State of bis Catho Istate what buy oie Majesty in whi e been imatructed say tothia gevernment in reference to the aversion © the American government to sre 1 he feland of Cuba pass inte the bends of any other European power. ani our dirclaimer of all views om our par! same rulject. This note was writ! the Secretary, and om his stating from them om answer in writing on t im reference to the ten on the request of that it ould extrac the application which I had made for tke privilege of sending Consuls to these ivlande. have called repeatedly and have delayed my di Thave only obti As I presui RCCHREOT, Henwy Cia’ DON SAN FRANCISCO TE NELS! Par It has produced no such effect; and although I person and urged the ure fram Madrid rome weeks bject: ned a promire that ed. from its de Becretary of State. BERMUDBZ TO MR. pace, July 12. 1825. fin :—I had the honor ef laying before the Kisg, my august master, the note which yox were pleased to ad- Gress te me on the 32d ultimo. His Majosty has, with the greatest eatisfaction ren confirmed in it the friendly dispositions of your government, and, firmly persuaded of their continuance, will always take pleasure im re sponding to them with that faithfulness and noble frank- ness whieh are charaeteriatic of him. His Majcety har at ne time thought of eeding to any mds of Caba power the frcm such f your gevernment, as you equsl the 8 afford their aseistamee to any plan which. by means ef ex- peditions er armam: to foment internal discord i tempt their Bing. my master. Wherefore hix that yur government. duly appreci which I had the honor of m: i ect to the said posses. JL the amplitude recessary to the aararances aud es Which you mention to me. and thatin @ feith- Porto Rice and. so far pore, is firmly deermineé to keep thean jon and authority of hie legitimate sove- y. formal declaration will be satisfactory to the have been pleased to te to me. with reepeet to the intentions of Spain; and xplicit ceclaration which yeu make me, that tes will not suffer, far less take part o: or of any other mode. is intended istands, to disturb their paration from the Spanish im the highest degree grateful to the ajesty doubts not ing the just obser- ‘ag to you verbally, ful obeervance of the strietest neutrality it will be pleased to take the most prompt and effiescious measures to pro- yent the rebellious subjects of his Majesty in America from availing themeelves of tortuous and recret moans, in baving. in the ports and on the coasts of the United States. commerce of Spain in si armaments intended to barass the the American seus, to attack exit into them a revelutjon or promote to introdece separation from the mother country. His Majesty is still further por- evade that your government will i immediately direct the preper’ means for uprooting these evils. as it cannot be igmorant that there have been and now are, mapy oases in which. by eluding the laws of the country. there have been built, armed, amd equipped ef Mexico. Colombia, and porte of the individual are em |. om aecoust of. by the ion_and with the flage of, the self-styled govern- Buence Ayres. in the that, frequently converted into pirates, they ved in insulting and harassing not only the said | flandsand their commerce, but also the commerce and navigation of other nations. ‘When, therefore, by these and other reenrities, which the American goveroment may ja their dignity ond interests to give to Spain, the minds of | the inbavitants of Cubs and Porto Rico are tramquillized | reepeeting the injuries which they hi evils which Mn ‘take into consi deem pleased te make me. about th of consuls of the United States. of the fidelity with which his Majesty will invariably re- | ales of friendship which he receives spend to the testi ge fit and proper fer ¢ admission into them ou may be assured, sir, from the United States. cheerfully coneurting om his part to comeclidate the harmony and good understandiag be. tween the two nations. I it myself of thie ceearion for the frankness Wishing you the most proeperous 1 I pray you, sir. to receive the assurances of my mdeavored. during y jate the interests of both pow: to express to yon, sir, jue and esteem which the King. my master, bas for ui a good faith with nur evidence at thie nd, eturn to your ere g000 will and very distinguished onpeideration Ged p bumble » rve you MADY years vant FRANCISOO DE HUGH NELSON TO H. C. STATE. Your most obedient, ZMA BRRMU SEZ. M FIRST SECRETARY OF Mapnin, June 22, 1825. The understamed. Minister Pi a proposition in bebaif of the gover tater. for the admission of con Majenty's isiands of Cabaand Por rigned having prevented to his Exorlieney this proposal | inconverration, now. by the requestof his Uxseileae offers ii in writing His Excellene: the conference on this eubjeo!, the of Spain, ander existing eiroumst arrurances, or pledges, to guard #j it from t that injury which might ree thorized to ¢ when he : there then being im crronistion European power was pegoviaiing #1: ment of the United l@ inte bis Catholic © Ries. The under- Weds Ta the pert ing vome “a y heving eo; propriety, ances, of asl inst the haxerd is meaeure wat he was not @ bot th row: that ub apein for the crams: | the most eonciliatory manner possible, before the 8pan | 8 tol e but little doubt; | jy | If there were left the most distant suffered, and the | dread, then his Majesty will hasten to | ration the proposition which you have ternal dissension, or at expedi- tions or equipments having im view either the distuck- ance of the internal repose of these islands, or the dis- memberment of the Spanish empire. The undersigned war also instrected to say that the government of the United States expected, from the friendship and good | upderstandivg subsieting between the two goveraments, that Pais would not conceal from them a measure of his wort. ld they at any time contemplate the tramsfer of there islands, so contiguous to the terri/ory of the United States. These instruetions were enly deemed ne- cevrary from the existence of the rumors alluded to. aud from some insinuations which had been made by the re- resentative of bis Catholic Majesty in the United States, injurious to the geod faith and honor of the United States, which it was presumed have been laid be- fore his Majesty's government. might render thene explanations proper, The undersigned has the honor to ark an snewer to his pi , and te tender to his Kx. cellency his distinguished consideration, and to subreribe himself his Excell s obedient, humble servant. &c. HUGH NELSON. MR. CLAY TO MR. EVERETT. Deranrmxnt or State, ‘Wasninerox, April 27, 1825, Besides the preceding objeets, to which your attention will be direeted, others of great interest will also elaim it. Of these, that of the highest importance is the present war between Spain and her former colonies on this conti- nent. The President wishes youto bring this subject, in ‘pment; it would |be as unmecesrary look to the past, exeept for the purpose of guidin faturee onduct. True wisdom dictates that Spain. withoa indulging in unavailing regrets om aecount ef what she has rejaevably lost, ehould employ the means of retrieving whi ¢ may yet preserve from the wreok of her former possessions, ‘he war upon the eontinent is, in fact, at an end, and not a solitary foot of land from the western limit of the United States to Cape Horn owns her sway, not @ bayonet in all that vast extemt remains to sustain her caure, and the peninsula is utterly incompetent to re- place thore armies which have been vanquished and an- nibilated by the victorious forces of the new republics. What portible chject, then, can remain to Spain to pro tract a war whieh she can no longer maintain, and tothe eonelusion of which. in form, there is culy wanting the reeognltion of the new governments by treaties of peace? men of her r conquering her continental provinces ‘which | achieved their independence there might be a motive for her perseverance. But every expectation of such re- conquest. it is manifest. must be perfectly ehimerical; if the can entertain no rational hope to recover what has been forced frem her grarp, is there not great danger of her losing what she yet but feebly holds? It should be borne in mind that the armies of the new States. flushed with victory, have no lovger empl nent; and yet, whilst the war a9 unprofitable interest anda cemmonenemy; and let it apposed that that enemy. weak and exbausted as he is, refuses to make peace, will they mot strike wherever they oam reach? And from the proximity and great value of Cuba and Porto Rico, is it not to be anticipated that they will aim, and @'in a successful blow, too, at those Spanish ¢ would operate from without, means Would doubtless be st the same time employed to stimu- late the (2k Wi cies within to revolt; and that the dis position exists among the inhabitants to extent te throw off the 8) thority is well known. It is due to the United States to declare that they have cea declined to give any countenance to that dis. ion. position. Tt is not, then for the new republies that the Presiden wishes you to urge upon Spain the expediency ef con- eluding the war; their interest is probably on the side of ite continuanee, if any nation can ever have an interest im astate of war. But it is for Spain herself, for the cause of humanity, for the general repose of the world, that Jou are required, with all the delicney which belongs to the subject, to use every topic of persuasion to impress upon the ecuncils of Spain the propriety, by a formal pa- cification. of terminating the war; and, as the views and peliey of the United States im regard to those irlands may possibly have some influence you are authorized frankly and ed to dieclore them. Tne United states are satis- fied with the presemt condition of thore islands in the pain, and with their ports open to our com- merce as they are now opem, this government desires no political change of that condition. The population itself of the islands ts incompetent at Lapeer from its compo- tition and its amount, to maintain self-government, The maritime force ef the neighboring republics of Mexico and Celombia is not now, nor is it likely shortly to be, adequate to the protection of those islands if the conquest of them were eflected. The United States would enter- tain eonrtant apprehensi ons of their passing from their pesternion to that of some less friendly sovereignty; and of ail the European powers this country prefers tat Vuba and Porto Rico should remsin dependent on Spain. If | the war should continue between Spain and th publics. and those islands should becoms the the theatre ef it, their fortunes have such connexion with the preeperity of the United States that they could Rot be indifferent spectators; and the possible contin gexcies of such a protracted war might briog upon the go- Yernment of the United States duties and obligations the | » performance of which however painful it rhould bs, they Might not be at liberty to decline. idlary consi weight is, that, jar bas been the parent caure of the shocking piracies in the Weet Indies, itagermimation would be pro pakly fellowed by their eeeestion, ond thus the govern ment of Spain, by ore act, would fulfil the double oblga- tion under which it lies to foreign governments, of re- preeeing enormitier, the perpetrators of which find refuge. if not succor, im Spanish territory. aud that to the Span- | | Obituary, DEATH OF THE HON. WALTER FORWARD, OF PENN- Oenceny at SYLVANIA many important stations during his long publie career, and has at times porsessed great influence in the affairs of bis State and of the nation. Reprecentatives. We knew his brother, Oliver Forward, of Buffalo, sbout the eame time, The latter was con epicuous im the canal policy of this State, a decided friend Buffalo as a village and a city, The subject of this motice co-operated with the late Judge Henry Baldwin, of Pittsburg, aud others, in their early movements in favor of a protective tariff, which was the favorite policy of the leaders of both parties in Western Pennsylvania. Mr, Forward also took a decided part in the advancement of the internal improvements of Pennsylvania, in which the interests of the West were #0 much eoncerned. Our impressions are that he was fre- quently elected to the Legislature of the State, and that he was » member of the convention which revised the constitution in 1837. On the rupture of the Harrison Cabinet, in 1841, Mr. Forward received from John Tyler the appointment of Seeretary of the Treasury, and held that responsible sta- tion from September, 1841, to June, 1844. During this time the tariff of 1842 was passed, and much of itsarrange- ments, in detail, was effected under the auspices of Mr. Forward, as head of the Treasury Department. He did mueh, also, to restore the nationsl finances to a sound state, and retired to private life with the gemeral appro. bation of the public, for his conduct im office. As poli- tician he always acted with the whigs, but enjoyed the espect, also, of bis political opponents. In 1849 Mr. Forward was appointed, by President Fill more, charge. d’affaires to Denmark, and after.abont two years residence at the Danish court, he prepared to re- turn home, and was elected, by the people of Alleghen: county, Judge of one of the courts of that section of the Btate. qualified for the judicicl as well as the other stations he had filled. He was of s large and vigoreus frame, and his markably prepossessing. He was on the bench on Monday morning last, but complained of indisposition, and withdrew, promising himself and his colleague, Judge Williams, to be able to resume his seat next day; but he was soon selzed with spasmodic attacks, and rapidly sunk, until death followed nent men ofthe days of Clay, Webster, Calhoun, and public estimation. DEATH OF JOHN SERGEANT. [From the Philadelphia North American, Nov. 24] Philadelphia mourns one of her most eminent citizens Mr, Sergeant died at his residence, in this city, at nine O'clock last evening, after long bodily decline, but, al- most to the last moment, in full and uncloaded posses. sion of bis mental faculties, meeting the summons of Maker in the humble spirit of a Christian, and with the pomaeite coneciousneés of a long life spent in doing good is family. his friends, his immediate fellow- citizens, and. im varied functions, to his country at large. His death will strike painfull; heart in this community. even beyond the family elrole that now mourns his joss. His memory will be affoc- tionately cherished here. His name is associated with that generation of illustrious professional men—almost passed awey—of which Philadelphia bas o much reacon to be proud. Though known to all the livin geant may be described as having been s contemporary with Edward Tilghman. and William Lewis, and Jared Ingerso)l. and Alexander James Dallas.and the elder Rawle, and of having earned the first fruits of his pro- the chords of many a olden and the better times, Beyond the sphere of a local community he was known before the judicial tribu- nals of the nation as a fellow laborer, honored by their confidence end competition. with Clay. Wirt, Pinekney, Taleott amd Webster. Amidst all this professional rival- ry, that rivalry where the most generous and unstinti homege is always paid to genius, Mr. Sergeant, as we al Know, rose to high distinction Of all those, at hoi abroad, with whom, in point of age, he was contempor but few now survive. Mr. Sergeant's fame belonged to Philadelphia eapeeial- ly. It was the city of his buch and education, the home of his bert affe His father, himself a distinguished | lawyer, wi patriot of the Revolution, and the first At- y General of the State, having been appointed by sident Wharton in 177. He died in 1793, @ vietlm to the pertilence which ke, as one of the committee of citi- zens who remained to watch the sufferers, in vain en- John Sergeaut was born at Phila- delphia, on the 5th of December, 1779, and was, therefore, atthe time of bis death, within a few days of seventy- Ubree. After an acadrmical education at the schools a7. and was graduated as Bachelor of Arts im September, 1795 On leaving eollege. afier a brief apprenticeship in the ish mation itself of promoting ite real luterests. MR. CLAY 10 MR EVERETT. | Davantarnt or Srate, } | Wasnis April 13. 1823, | On thetwentieth dey of last December I addressed a | note te each of the ministers from Colombia aud Mexico, | a cepy of which is now forwarded, for the purpose of pre- | ig opon their respective govermments to suspend y expedition whieh both or either of them might be | fitting cut against the islands of Cuba and Porto | Rico, Phe Prevident considered the suspension might | Bave a favorable effect upon the of peace. aud it mas ale recommenced by other eonsiderations We have not yet been offisislly imformed of thi t ef the application, out it was made under stances. and thcre is reaon to ba- be attended with the desired You will avail yourself of this measure to impre:s and urge it as a new proof of the friendly dispositions of thie government. In respect to Onba and Porto Rico, there can be little doubt, if the war were once ended, that they would be safe im the possession of Spain; they would at Jeast be cecure from foreign attacks. and all i whieh the inbabitants may entertain Great Britsin is fully aware that the Unived States could net consent te her oceupation ef those isiands under tingencies whatever. France. as you will ree by the annexed correspondence with Mr. Browi with the French government, also well knows that cowld not ree with indifference her aquisition of those islands; and the forbearsace of the United States in re- | gard to them may be fully relied on from their known | justice, from their patience and moderation heretofore exhibited. and from their established pacific pohiey the acquisition ef Cuba were desirable to the United State, there is believed to be no reasopable prospect of effecting at this copjuncture that object; and, if there were any the frankness of tleir dipirmacy, which bas induced the President freely aud fully te disclose oar views Loth to Great Britain and France, forbids abso- Iutely any movement whatever at this time, with euch a purprse. This condition of the great maritime powers (the United States, Great Briteim aad France). is almost equivalent to un absolute guaranty of the islands to Spain; but we e ter into no stipulations by treaty to guaranty them, and the President, therefore. approves your baving explicitly communieated to Spain that we eould contract no engagement to guaranty them You ‘will comtinue te decline amy proporal to that effvet, should any sueh hereafter be made. Interesting from Texas, We have dates from Galveston to the 12th inst , being three days later than previously received, from whieh we extract the following items :— Governor Bell has issued hie proclamation requir- ing thas the senators and representatives, com- | posing the Legislature of that State, shall assem- bie in special session at the capitol, in the city of Austin, on the seeond Monday (the 10th dey) of as their wisdom may direet upon subjects which will then be presented for their consideration. Mr P. de Cordova has retired from the publica- tion of the Austin Southwestern American. The Ladger eays that more than two hundied houses are in progress of erection at Sau Antonio. Judge Crabb has been elected a reprosentative of Walker county in the next Legisiatare. The Huntsville Lem says that the Trinity is now navigable for steamboats The residence of John Horan, at Austin, was de- | stroyed by fire a fow nights since. The Gazetie | stays the city eseaped narrowly from a disastrous ‘ation. The residence ofGen A 5S. Johnsou,, adjoinicg that destroyed, narrowly escaped At San Antonie, en the day of the election, $37 25 were contributed for the Washington Na- tienal Monument. A wen named Maguire was murdered, by stab- bing, afew days since, im Port Lavaca, by one Hill, who is im irons A railroad convention is te beheld in Rusk, Cherokee county, on the 6th of December. On the instant an affray eeemrred in Mission Vailey, Victoria county, in whieh Dr Edwin Rag- | land was in: tly killed by John A.J. Hamilton; | weapon, # knife. Particulars mot giv Hamilton rendered. bso H. Clay Davis, of the Rangers, with a tachment of teenty five men, visited Corpus Cbristi recently. The Valley says :—Everbody in | Western Texes knows Clay. and everybedy knows him to be a clever follow, and a b and noble hearted man By the way, our neighbor of the Western Texan tells ua where he got the iaforma- | tion, which he published a short time since, rela- tive to Ngagement that Captain Davis had wich | the In which be had lost eleven of his mi The report was bared upon a letter said to hi been written by Davisto Bhaw We stated at the time that there wae pot a word of trnthin it, and wa have eurhority to rev thet on eneh rower | written Wren eleven of avin rangers are killed, hecatembs ofthe exemy Will dite the dust. lenipotentiary of the | United States, has the honor to submit to hie Excellemey | pein the propriety of putting an end to the war, | mercant le boure of Elliston and Jobn Perot, he bogaa and completed the elementary study of the law in the offi¢e of the late Jarad Ingerscil Binney was one of his fellow.students Im July. 1799, then being but twenty years of age. Mr. Sergeant was admitted totbe war. At once—in this reepect unlike some of his contemporarier——he embarked in a large and lucrative practice, and in the earliest years of this c | tury bis mame ie found in the reports, mentioned with | mere than ordinary distinction, From that time till within the last few phd pe his bright pro essional eareer is known to stl, In 1800. and for several years afterwards, he conducted, as Deputy Attorney eueral, the prosecu- tions in this on d Chester court; ‘Mr. Sergeant's public life commenced early. In 1801 | he was appointed Commissioner of Bankrup| Jefferson In 1805 and 1807 he represented this city in the legislature, amd is the latter session was the foremost and suceersful advocate cf what may be described as the firet internal improvement law, appropriating the then large sum of $120,000 for the construction of turnpike roads. In 1806 be was sppointed Recorder ot the Vity, Dut declined the post. In 1815 Mr Sergeant was elected to Congress from the district composea of the eity and county of Philadelphie and Delaware county, im the | room of General Jonathan Williams, recently deceased, | His firet speech in the House of Representatives was on the Military Academy bill He was elected to the three following Coperesses, the inst time in 1820. without oppo- | sitiom. his popularity resting on bis conceded services to hie comstituente, and on their sense of the high position | which—erpecially in the heated conflicts arising out of the Mireourl restriction, ef which Mr, Sergeant was the leading and most distinguished advocate—he had won In 184) he wes Preeideut of the Board of Cenal Comais- sioners of Pennsylvania, pointed by Mr. Adams one of the Ministers Plenipo- tentiary to represent this country in the proposed ame- rican Congress, to meet at Panama and pased the winter of that year in the eity of Mexico, in vain waiting | the reassembling of that body. On his return, he was agein elected to Congress; and in the following year, the year of General Jaek+on’s election, was nominated and defeated by Judge Hemphill In 1832. Mr sergeant was the whig candidate for the Vice Presidency, on the ticket with Mr Oiay. He rotarn- | ed to \Congross for the last time in 1840-41. and during his term cf cervice, or immediately atvermard: | siow to England was offered to him by Mr. Ty! | ol In 1888, he rerved as President of ti tion to alter the St funetion was as arbi War, Mr. Marcy. to determize the long pending sod vexMioue controversy between the United States and tho State of New Jersey His deorte settled the question Mr. Sergeant's lest appearance im pudlic was nt of the great Union meeting, which assembled ty em the adoption of the compromise measures, ime his voice, then enfeebled by disease. was onget us, was im an appeal for ihe constitution Y Tt was am interesting sight to witness eonsiatent effort of Philadelphia's favorite son—of him ad resisted manfaliy and conscientiously the exten- jis early manhood ~ for to the iast hour plored the defeat of the Missouri restric- conven- copstitution. His last public tor appornted by the Becretary of | si | in hs life | tiom—to find him uttering his latest words im bebalf of nited States, ships of war and privateers of | January next, to deliberate and take such action | corciliaticn, and peace, and Union. Le ure of Virginian. The General Assembly of Virginia re assombled at Riebmond on the 22d inst. A large quorum be- ing preeent in both the House and Senate, Lieute- subjects that may claim your consideration. farther than to lerpectfuily invite your attention (which I do with ia erenred coufidence) 10 all that T said im my late measu: ing lines of internal improvements, which are t pended open each of these lines cempleted. He then closes his mersage with ferer: eight slaves from that State were set free: Knowing the deep interest that that ¢ fects the honor of the State, people I have not failed to take coma | reported outrage recently | nities im the city ef New | upon one of our citizens, | perty from thir State to th | rant this report, (whieb I hay 8 enne without its parailel i requences to flow ple cannot be foreveen. action reporte, per | the ju ebeall a when in fronsitu with his pro: at of Texas. ut of eptrit. and the oon have eaured application to be made to the pro idieial proceedings ia this ew a bum tecolved. L wil alee it the enty conse your Wiedem may djetaie, ‘The telegraph awnounces the death of the Hon, Walter Yorward, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, at that place, om the evening of the 23d instant. Mr. Forward was nearly sixty five years of age, and was come time since elected Judge cf the Court im Allegheny county. He has filled We are not familiar with the early life of Judge Yor- ward, our first knowledge of him having been as « mem. ber of Congress from 1822 to 1825, when he represented the Allegheny district of Pennsylvania in the House of | & of De Witt Clintén, and ccnneoted with the fortunes of Judge Forward was eminent as s lawyer, and well | manners were plain and unassuming, although not re- on Tuesday evening. He adds another to thelist of emi- | Sergeant, who at one time filled the first places im the | of our day, Mr. Ser: | fessional fame in competition with the lawyers of the | tached to the University, he entered Princeton College, | If we mistake not, Mr. | by Mr. | In November, 1826 he was ap- | nant Governor Leake took the ehair as President of necesrary that I should do so I ehalinot trouble you with | formal eommunication of my views upon the various | upon the snbject of a speedy completion of the great le ni : i Laie Boje riously | 22d inet. demanded by the interests of the State, and rendered the ecersary by the large cums of money already ex- nd which must remain upproduetive capital until they eball have been severally the following re- | to the reeent decision in this city, by which | | all feelin everything | or the Interests of her | rtioular notice of the ted by the civil autho- York, under the eolor of law, It the facts war- no reason to donbt,) it is the establishment of ench @ princi- | Not willing however, to base an £0 important a charaeter upon mere newspaper authevities thers. for a certified eopy of the regord of When the enae to & ication to you aad submit it forruch setion as ‘Theatrical and Musical, Nimio’s.—It wit bo seen by ‘avtse- ment im another column. that Madamoiselle Camille Urso gives her farewell concert st Niblo’s saloon this evening. ‘The performance of this youthful and imter- eating artiste has made such a decided impression here, that we meed not dilate mow upon hor talent and require. ments. We trust there will bes good attendance. an® that the result will bo as pleasing to Madamoiselle Urse, as we Know it will be to her patrons. Bowrky Twearne.—The afternoow perform: fist of the great drams called. tho © Writing Wall,” atter which Mr ner will appear im a pas comiyue, and the entertainm~pts will comsiude with the d romantic opera of © Der Friesebut: In the ang x the performances will consist of the “ Wrifog e and * Pizarro” This programme btedly crowd the house, s soem oapway THratTur.—A Dill of great attraction is of- by the manager of the Metropolitan for this ing. Bape Colas yr ea ti mn Saturday night will appear this evening in the edietta called “ Her Royal Highness,” end also in the amusing comedy of the» Y Sotertainments Will commence with | * The Woman I Adore,” aud they will terminate with the farce called © Martiod and Settled,” with all | the leading artists attachea t “4 species tan hed to this theatre im the re | Ppt oy vi ie! one | “Lady end the Devil” will commence the ents | at establishbment—Miss Fitzpatrick av the lead | feature. This will be succeeded by the new piece ‘called “Box aud Cox Masried and Settled,” im which the eele- brated Mr, Brown, a comedian of the first rank, will ap- | pear, The entertainments will terminate with the” | amusing Vaalper gc atitied - Mons Decshalumeau.”? The | great variety of this programme aud the high character whieh Niblo’s Garden bas for the best artists, will, ne doubt, attract a large audience .., Buaten’s TuraTRe.—The selection made by Manager Burten for Thankegiving day. .are such as "rill ensure | Dims crowded houre, The new piece called the “Womaw | I Adore.” will commence the amusements, This will be | smoceeded by~‘Begone, Dull Care.’ and the whole will ter-- minate with “One Thousand Milliners Wanted for the Gold Diggins in Australia? Hach of these wild introduce several of the talented members of Burton’s dramatic company, who never fail to please and give de- light to the patrons of this pro-perous theatre. Nationa, TheaTRe,—This being Thankegiving da; Maneger Purdy hes provided three ntertainmacnte, | morning, afternoon an renivg. The “ Murdered Wa- | terman. and the © Monks 7,01, the Piteairn Talands,” ime ening; = Ol ‘ol louse,” “ Ouran, | Outang,,’ and the ‘“ Friekey Cobbler,” Iu the eoenene = | act comedy entitled the yy | and the “Butcher’s Dog of Ghent,” and “ Bva. the dramas Princess,’’ in the evening. The abo neuen | the casts all Purdy’s excellent company. Wattack’s Theatae —“ A Morning Call,” the “ Bol- dier’s Daughter,” and “ High Life Below Stairs,” are the poe selected for to-might’s performanee at this popular | dramatic temple. The casts embrace the names of all the comedians. ‘The attractivencas of this announcement tees us in asserting that the house will be erewded, | im every department. Amrnican Museum.—Four entertainments are an- mounced to take place at this establishment to-day. | “Another Glass” will be given in the morning; “ Wanted, One Thousand Milliners,” and -: Domestic 5 pi 1? i | the afternoon; and two representations of the pepular drama entitled the “Orphan's Dream,” in the evening. Whitr’s Theatre or Vanieties—Manager White announces two performances to day. the afternoon, of the ‘ Toodles” and the amb id im the evening. the dramas of the “Daughter of t! | Regiment,” and the “Idiot Witness,” with ‘ W! | Speaks First.” Cincus.—Three highly attractive equestrian enter- tainments are to be given at the Dowery amphitheatre to-day—morning, afternoon.and evening. The entire of Sands & Co.’s equestrian company are te appear. Cuaisty’s Orexa House —Christy’s Minstrels have pre- id instrumental | | vided s.good selection of vocal Pieces, deneing. and burlesques for to day. They give two formances—onoe in the afternoon and ene im the ¢ ing. Woon's Mixsraexs give two entertainments te day— | m and evenit ‘The programme which they ad- | Yertise comprises many of their best features. Horn, Briggs, Campbell, Herr Zorer, and Meyer will all appear. Mr. Demrstex, whose concerts have always given the | utmost delight and satisfaction in this elty, gives an- other ballad entertainment at the Tabernasle te-night By late arrivals from Mexico, we see on the list of pas- sengers Signor Pelligrini,a tenor of high artistieal repu- tation. He has been comnected with the Italian opera for many years, and Will coon make his first appearance before the publie of this city. Madame Sontag gave her farewell concert at the new Music Hall, im Boston, on Tuesday evening. 23d inst. Her concerts, say the Boston papers, have closed most brilliantly, and -he leaves behind her a deep and lasting impression. 9 eure guarantee that she will be warmly wel- comed en her returm from the sunny South, Mr. Hind, an scter at the Howard Atheneum. Boston, ‘Was wounded in the band om the 22d inst., by the accidental | diecharge of » pistel. Mrs. Frost, who recently made her début im Boston, is now performing im Providence. Mr. Booth the elder, who has just returned from Cali- fornia, is performing im New Orleans, Mr Com is playing in connection with Mr, Forrest, im Philadelphia : Madame Seidenburg wili make her first appesrance in America at the concert of the Germania Musical Society, on Satnrday evening, at the new Music Mall, in Boston. Mr. G. V. Brooke is perferming at the Metropolitam theatre, Buffalo. i Mr Jumes Waileck made hie first ap ce at the Albany Museum, om the 24th inst. cases Madame Pico will give a concert at the Library Hall, in Newark this evening. si = Bostwick gave a coneert in Lockport om the 224 inst Ole Bull's concerts im the West are represented as being highly successful. On the 20th inst. he was at Cincinnati. The Rousret sisters are drawing full houses at the Hol- lday street theatre, Baltimore The engegement of Mise Julian Bemnett at the Eagle street theatre, Buifale, has been postponed om agcount of the lady’s ilin Supre Court, : | Decision by Hom Judge Mitchell, Nov. 24.— Wheaten, vs the New York and Erie Railroan. —The jury in this case have found by consent of parties, certain facts. and by like consent, the court was to find any other fncte from the evidence, which the jury sheuld not ‘There is no direct evidence as to what portion | of injury was caused to the cattle by want of feod and water, snd what portion by the de/ay merely, and the injury that would arise from the delay if they had beem properly fed ard watered. The cattle were somewhat bruised, and were stiffened in the legs—these were imju- ries reruiting trom their being long confined in the cars ; they looked gaunt and hollow—these were injuries from want of food and water, The jury put the whole of the damages at $5 abead. The cattle were not fed from Saturday at 3 o'clock P. M to Monday about & Kc M. I am satisfied that at least balf of this injury must have come frem want of food and water. In this case. it was the duty ef the plsiati(f to furnish food and water. if the cattle needed Jt, and the company were not in fault; and where there was eae! on the part ef the ccmpany, then it was his duty to notify the officer of the company that the cattle needed food and water, and ask them to stop to enable him to procure it. The compasy | allowed an agenit of the plain iit to accompany the cattle | free of expense, expressly that he might care of | them. When the delay was such as to onuse iajury to | the cattle for want of food and water, it was this agent's business to know it, amd to notify the company of is, and to take means to prooure what was neees-ary for them. | His omission to do te 100m neglect, for which he might be account haps. to t! laintiff. bat which the company ot to account nless. ther y the plaintiff consents to reduce the verdict by deducting | $167 60 from it, there must be a new trial. I ennmot di- Tect judgment for the defendenis, as part of the injury ‘was caused by mere delay. United States Circuit Court. Before Hon. Judge Nelson. Nov, 24.—Edward Crehor, Horace Brooks and Timothy Jackson vs. Henry Jolnson.—This was an action brought: by Mr. Gifford, om the part of the plaintiffs, who are owners of the patent for the enusciator, knowa as the Jackson annuncistor, for botols steamboats and dveli- ing houses, against the defendant, who is the proprietor of the United States Hotel, in this city, foran a vio~ | lation of the said patent, It appeared, upom the trial, that im 1860 the defendant caused a bell telegraph, cou- | structed, im moet respecte, according to the pateat granted io B. J. Mallett in the year 1848, to be put np ia that hotel ‘This bell telegraph was alleged to be a viola- tion of the Jackson patent fhe machinery of the Jack- son ammunciator ls operated mainly by spiral springs. The machinery of the bell telegraph, constructed @s- cording to the Mallett patent, is operated 2 the mere- | gravity of its parte. none of them constructed within the | last two years containing any rprings for the purpose of drawing back the lever which acts upon the bell. It appeared, however. that a few brll telegraphs, first con- ueted. contained @ feather spring for that purpose; but the Senate, and 0. M. Crutehfield, Esq., resumed | that, andirg them umnecerrary, (beir use was ditoon- bis seat as Speaker of the House A brief but ap | tinu 1d the weight of the parts cubstituted. The ob- | propriate messrge from Governor Johnson was read | ject of the suit, bowever, was to show that the be!l _ in both houses. The Governor iavites the uttentien | £aph, thovgh constructed without springs, was an in- i i | fringement of the plaintifi’s patent; and this was the | of the legislature to the internal improvements of | great question In the case, It 89 that the dell | the Btate, as follows:— | COegraph used by the defendant had a feather spcing. for Ax it is neither conremplated by the constitution, nor | the purpose before mentioned. Tbe trial ovcup'ed three day ‘The euit was defended dy Sr. Stoughton. for the oprietors of the Mallett patent, their object being to tablish their right to construct bell tel is, as they are now constructed, without any spring the purpose | of rectoring the lever ae aforessia, The jury were out | several houre on the afternoon and evening of the nd. on the 24th, rendered @ special seal ‘verdict. hich they found a nominal verdict for plaintiffs, of six eents. Intes Cireutt Courts Nov. 24.—Hon Judge Nelson having tried three patent canes. Which oceupted the court nearly five weeks has left town; but Hon, Judge Betts will take up the clroult: calendar on iriday morning. — Court—Part Second. | fore Hon. Judge Uampbell | Nov. 24 —In the case of Patrick Kierons against Ww Smith, Mr. Busteed having summed up fer - | the defendant, and Mr. Fullerton for laintiff, | the cause was given to the jary under the charge of | the Court, who returned a verdict for the plaintift, ' | for fifty dollars. ‘The Court stands adjourned for the term. Monument To Gan. Isnant Purxam —The citi- zens of Windham county Conneelioat, are to haves rneetivg at Brooklyn im that county om the firet of De~ Chie bed, 0 take Merneieee Ju Ger Ong & HAM MOOT. | went to the memery of Gen Putmem, vf revolutionary | memory. | |