The New York Herald Newspaper, December 3, 1852, Page 4

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The English papers seemed to be mainly taken up with descriptions-of the obsequies $m honor of the Duke of Wellingten;~and in France, the coming Empire absorbed general attention. Everybody will be pleased to learn that there ‘was no foundation for the rumor that Mr. King, the Vice President elect, had died. It is asserted that he will soon be able to resume his seat at the head of the United States Senate. From Washington we learn that Congressmen are rapidly arriving from all sections of the Union, which, with the large number now in this city, ren- dors it certain that there will be a sufficient number te form a quorum in each House on the calling of the roll next- Monday. The President's message, whiéh will make about five columns of the H#RALD, is in readiness, and all is in complete order for the twansaction of business. A dispute, relative to the successorship of Mr. ‘Olay, will have to be settled on the meeting of the Benate. Mr.Merriwether claims the seat through the appointment of the Governor of Kentucky, and Mr. Archibald Dixon claims it from having been elected to fill the post by the Legislature. ‘The lower branch of the North Carolina Legisla- ture has adopted a resolution, claiming on behalf of that State an equitable share of the public Gomain, or else the proceeds derived therefrom. This land question, which is beginning to create almost ag much controversy in the old asin the new States, will be likely to use up a large portion of the time ef the coming session of Congress—that is, if there is any time left after the Cuban difficulty, and our foreign policy generally, shall have been properly disposed of. At all events, we may expect 2 com- plete overhauling of the whole land subject during the Thirty-ibird Congress, for which Colonel Benton is fully arming -and equipping himself. Look out for mischief. Some difficulty appears to exist among the demo- erate, who are in the majority in the Legislature of North Carolina, relative to the selection of a United States Senator, to fill the place of Willie P. Man- gum, whore term will expire on the 4th of March. The democrats have a majority of two on joint bal- Jot, but the caucus nominee, Gen. Dobbin, at last accounts, lacked some eight or ten votes, in conse- quence of the non-support of the friends of Gen. R. M. Saunders, formerly Minister to Spain under the administration of President Polk. If the party hangs together, their candidate will, of course, be eleeted. Under any circums:ances, however, Mr. Mangum will be kept out of the Senate There was a disgraceful row at Tammany Hall last evening, between the opponents and friends of the Democratic General Committee, in the course of which some hard knocks were given, and the Com- mittee were compelled to vacate their reom and go ever to the Astor House. This does not speak very well for the amicable feeling supposed to exist in the great democratic family. See the report else- where. je Mr. Alfred Turner was killed by the falling of the walls of Chickering’s pianoforte manufactory, in Boston, last Wednesday night. Mr. Foster, a watch- man, was also buried in the ruins, but was fortu- mately rescued alive. The loss by the fire is esti- mated at $200,000, on which there was an insurance ef $67,000. About one hundred workmen are ssid to have been thrown out of employmeut by this enlamity. The latest accounts from the interior of Georgia represent the freshets as having been far more destructive than was anticipated. In the vicinity of Columbus, the Chatahooche river is reported to have swollen to the extent of thirty feet. Build- ings were underniined, bridges washed away, and various factories and other property were materially damaged. One of the walls of massive stone reeervoir, which was erected at an expense of forty thousand dollars, was carried away, and the entire construction isin ruins. Fortunately for travellers, the railroad running from Savannah has not been in- jured to any great degree, and the managers declare their intention of having it once more in complete order by next Monday. Thus far we have not heard that the storm extended with any great violence beyond Georgia. By way of Cincinnati, we ha@® accounts of two serious railroad collisions. Two freight trains on the Bellefontaine road ran into each other on Wed- mesday night, and the result was that one of the hands was instantly killed and three others were seriously injured. On the New Albany road, one person was killed and a great many were badly wounded. Both locomotives were damaged to the extent of seven thousand dollars. The ship Marathon put into Provincetowa yester- day, having lost three of her crew by yellow fever. She was bound from New Orleans for Boston. Several kegs of gunpowder, which were being con- veyed over the Portage Railroad yesterday, exploded. Fortunately no person was injured Mayor Hollis, of Baltimore, it is reported, intends &o rosigthis office, in consequence of being unable to wepress the overwhelming spirit of rowdyism which prevails in that city. Unfortunately, the Mayor isa democrat and all the oflicere under him are whigs— Sheir terms do not expire till March—vsonsequently, ‘the latter are not disposed to co operate with him in Preserving the peace. The local authorities being thus divided against themselves, the rowdics do as ‘Shey please,'without foar of being brought to justice. ‘We have experienced some of the ill effects of hay. Srg ovr municipal officers politically divided, but, + cer preecst errangements, manage to get along 2+0ty well, consldesing al} things, and taking inte | comparison Baltimore and Philedelphis. Tue, there was a rumpus at Tammany Hall last uight, but that was a mere family quarrel that will bo all settled ina day or two. One thing is certain, we are pestered with very few, if any, riotous firemen. We elsewhere publish » vory interesting biogra- phy of Junius Brutus Booth, the tragedian, whom we yesterdsy mentioned as having expired on a steamer, while on his way from New Orleans to Cin- civneti. He was one of the most remarkable men ever connected with the stage. Blaise Skupinski, the survivor of the Polish ‘brothers convicted of the brutal murder of young Lehman, the pedlar, about a year ago, is to be exe- cuted in Philadelphia to-day. The Episcopal Convention at Burlington, N. J., adjourned on Wednesday evening sine die. The report of the committee was adopted, and accord ingly Bishop Doane was pronounced innocent of the charges preferred against him. The result of the investigation appeared to give satisfaction to the inhabitants of Burlington. A meeting was held last evening at Knisker- bocker Hall, relative to the formation of a new Baptist church in Twenty-third street, near Ninth avenue. We give a report of it, and the action ta- ken, elsewhere, The Rev. Dr. Manahan delivered an eloquent lecture yesterday evening, at the Stuyvesant Insti- tute, upon the “Natural influences of supernatural agencies, or the indebtedness of the uncatholic world to the Cathelic Church,” of which we give a fall report. Onr inside pages to-day contain a very interesting document relative to the Nicaragua Ship Canal, to which we have alluded elsewhere ; another chapter concerning the Amazon and the Atlantic Slopes of South America ; letters from New Hampshire, Bos- tor, Nebraska, Halifax, Honduras, and Buenos Ayres; Commercial Reports, &c. fhe Proposed Ship Canal in Nicaragna— ‘Will it be Bullt = In anotker part of to-day’s paper we give a sum- mary of the report of the Engineer of the Niceragua Canal Gompany, and an abstract of the other documents published by the Oompany, relative to their enterprise, as also of the letter of the capitalists of Great Britain, declining to ongage in the proposed work. The documents referred to have been for some time printed, but for some reason or other have not been allowed to get in possession of the public. But the question of avanal rises above the usual considerations of a mere private enter, rise, and is one of great general and national importance; and we have, therefore, ta- ken the pains to condense into a reasonable space the reeults, in which the public are most interested. For it appears to us, that whatever the effect of these re- sults on the public mind, whether favorable or unfe- vorable, no good can come from their mystification or suppression. The report of Mr. Childs, the engineer, seems to be fairly written, and we see no good reason for not accepting it, with the usual allowances for the co- loring that the most conscientious engineer may give in favor of an enterprise in which he has em- barked his professional reputation. It will be obeerved, that although the charter of the com- pany binds them to construct a canal of sufficient dimensions to pass the largest ves- sels, the canal proposed is far from meet- ing these conditions. The surveys and esti- mates are all predicated upon a canal only seven- teen feet deep, fifty feet wide at the bottom, and 118 at the top. The cost is estimated at a little/over $31,000,000. Most of the vessels employed in the Eastern trade, upon which such a work must ehiefly rely for its support, are, from neeesssity and econ- omy, far too large to be passed through a canal of this size. They draw from twenty to twenty-five feet of water, and, for reasons sufficiently obvious, and which Mr. Childs does not attempt to conceal in his report, to construct a canal of the capacity to pass these, and meet the terms of the charter, would, even if it were practicable, treble or quedruple the estimated expense, and raise it to upwards of $100,000,000. Apart from all financial, the plan proposed by Mr. Childs involyes several great engineering difficulties, which, even if surmounted, would lead te reoutts of doubiful value. In the first place, the line surveyed, (and Mr. Childs is satisfied that it is the only prac- ticable one,) has no harbor on the Paciiic. This de- ficiency is proposed to be met by an artificial har- bor, which, even if feasible, in the language of the British engineers, “‘ would be, in shape and size, unworthy of this great ship navigation.” The principal objection to the line to San Juan del Sur, has always been its inefficiency, as a harbor, for @ great work like that ofa canal. But San Juan del Sur is a hundred fold better than the proposed artificial work. Again, to get sufficient depth of water for several | miles of tho lake towards its outlet, and to supply the western section of the canal, it is proposed to raise that vast body of water five feet above itssum- mer level, by means of dams. Under the best of circumstances, and with all the appliances of waste- ways, this would produce immense overflows of the lake during the rainy seasons, and would never be permitted by the Nicaraguan government and people. The river San Juanis proposed to be used, for most of its distance, as slack water navigation, to be effected by means of a number of dams, at various points. But what dams could be constructed, in the wilderness, to sustain the enormous rise of water in the river during the height of the rainy season—a vertical rise of fourteen feet. But we do not care to impeach the physical possi- | bility of the canal ; at this age we aro disposed to | believe everything possible. Still this work cannot be built without means, and to secure the means it will not only be.necessary to show that it is possi- ble and practicable, but that it will prove profitable. And this isa point upon which, if we had not the opinions of the first financiers and capitalists of the world, we might ourselves venture an opinion. As it is, we have only to refer to our abstract, where will be found the reasons assigned by the capitalists of Great Britain for not embarking in the enterprise. They are cogent and conclusive. The proposed work is inadequate to the wants of trade, and will not pay; and, therefore, very clearly, tho money is not to be had It is a general and very natural error among men who have not given the matter their epscial atten- tion, to suppoee that a canal across the American isthmus would greatly shorten the voyage between the ports of Europe and the great commercial centres of the East—Calcutta, Singapore, Canton, &c. But this isan entire mistake. The distances from the ports of England to all these ports, via the Cape of Good Hope, are less than they would be by way of the canal, even if it were bullt, and capable of parsing the largest vessels: to Canton 500 miles less, to Calcutta, 3.900 miles, and to Singapore 00 miles. The sole advantage to Europe would be in its communication with Peru, Calitornia, Oregen, and the Sandwich Islands—a trade cempa- ratively insignificant. Of course, the advantages to the United States would be very great; but her trade, even if the canal were of sufficient capacity to accommodate it, would not pay the current expenses of the work. For these reasons, it is utterly hopeless to expect aid from Europe, or its governments, for it is not to their advantage to have this work constructed. If built at all, or of any size, it must be pursued pure- ly as an American object, by Americans alone. The interest or interference of Europe in the matter will only be directed to retard and prevent it. Such is the scope and object of its diplomacy. Three years of the twelve within which, by the terms of its charter, the Canal Company are obliged to complete their enterprise, have expired. The gusrantec, both of the United States and Groat Britain, in their favor, has terminated by its own linzitations. In fact, the company themselves seem no lorger to cuntewpiate = evmpiianco with the rovisions of their grant. Tho great capitalists, done, have withdrawn the ‘‘canal rights,” as have now only s nominal ket. We may, therefore, Project as at anend. It will hardly be resumed for many years, for the object which it proposed to accomplish will be quite as well effected by the Panama railroad, now verging to s completion. Unless a canal is built of the amplest dimensions, ® railroad will answer much the best purpose, at less original and current eost. That the two oceans will ultimately be joined’ we cannot doubt; but it will not be until the requirements of trade are greater than now, and hardly within this, perhaps not in the succeeding generation. It will be observed, from the paper which we pub- lish, that the special protection or guaranty extend- ded to the Canal Company by the Clayton and Bulwer treaty was forfeited in July, 1851. It will aleo be seen that the privileges of the Transit Com- pany are dependent upon the canal charter, and, if that falls, must fall with it. The whole Nicaragua business, as respects both politics and the canal, is in a bad way. We see but onej solution in the policy merked out by Gen. Taylor, and which Mr. Clayton so bunglingly managed. ; Tus Recenr Ovrrack—Dienity OF Courts or Jvsrice.—The palladium of the judicial office is the respect it inspires. Strip the ermine of its title to reverence, and you wil! seon find that Lynch law is the order of the day. To the superficial observer, it seems @ matter of small moment that judicial proceedings should be conducted with gravity and decorum—that the Judge would be addressed as “your Honor,” an€ the most despotic sway over the court entrusted to his hands. But, in truth, there are outward and visible signs of an inward and spiritual grace which is the keystone of our liberties and the safeguard of our person and pro- perty. It will be # sad day for America when the former disappoar—the latter cannot long survive thom. Melancholy , indeed, would be our task, if it were our duty to chronicle frequent scenes such as that which occurred in the court roem, before Mr. Justice Osborn, on Friday last. ‘The facts are fresh in the memory of our readers. ‘A practicing barris‘er, named Chew Snebly, takes offence at being termed a ‘‘ Tombs lawyer” by our reporter, and having learnt, in the practice of his profession, that a man is always at liberty to take the law into his own hands, resolves to inflict sum- mary punishment on his fancied calumniator. More- over, having read ‘ Ruasell on Crimos,” Mr. Chew Snebly determines, lawyer-like, to give notice of his motion, and to revenge himself before the very nose of the justice—so erudite prae- titioner was well aware that such evidence of “malice aforethought,” and the selection of such a locale for his operations would be viewed as extenuating circumstances. He accordingly notifies the justice that he means to assault our reporter. Our legal reminescences are very mouldy—but it is about to be committed, and who, having the power, does not prevent it, is viewed by the law fact. A refusal to interfere on his part almost amounts to “‘ aiding, abetting, and comforting,” the criminal. At all events, he would not unnaturally be considered an accomplice, if, from his peculiar position, it was his epecial duty to prevemt and pun- ish offences of the same nature as the one of which he was notified. Buch being the law, as we laymen understand it, we shall naturally expect Mr. Justice Osborn to reply to his interlocutor in terms of merited severity, and to place him under the su- pervision of the officers of the court. Nothing of the kind. He simply ‘advised Mr. Snebly not to take any such course,” and ‘ at all events,” said he, “‘you, must commit no breach of the peace in court.” Perhaps the Justice did not expect Chew Snebly to execute bis menace, and viewed it asa mere bravado. Perhaps he rather enjoyed the idea of a good stand-up fight in court, asa decidedly new sensation, even t> a police ma- gistrate. Whatever was his motive, he was obvi- ously not the man to spoil the sport. According, when our reporter entered the court room, Mr. Snebly invited him to approach, and im- mediately struck him. The Justice, you will imegine, bursting with indignation, ordered both parties into custody. Far from it. Without exactly lean- ing back in his chair, clapping his hands, and leok- ing on appreciatingly, with the eye of a man who could sympathize with Johnny Walker, Mr. Justice Osborn nevertheless viewed the proceeding with a tolerably calm face, until our reporter recovered himself, and began to retaliate on his assailant with his umbrella. The Justice then felt it incumbent on | him te interfere, and the belligerents were separated by the officers. Now, the conduct of Mr. Justice Osborn im this affair is susceptible of being viewed im two distinct lights, in neither of which does it reflect credit on himself or the bench which he represents. As a judge, clothed with almost unlimited power for the time being, he was bound to sustain the honor of the bench, and to exact the respest due to it, by « preper display of that power, ifneed were In this duty Mr. Justice Osborn has failed, and has allowed his office to be disgraced and himself to be insulted. He has suffered the solemnity of the court to be vio- lated with impunity, and scenes to be enacted im his preence which would not be tolerated im a bar- room. The authority whieh was delegated to him, he has negleeted to use at the very moment above all others when it was his duty to exercise it; and whatever respect has been heretofore paid to the office he holds, he has voluntarily abdicated. Mr Justice Osborn is at liberty to renounce his personal claims to the consideration of his fellow citizens, if such be his faney, but he has no right to bring con tempt on our courts of justice, and to permit them to assume the characteristics ofa haunt of rowdies. This will probably be made clearer whem the of- fending lawyer is brought before another court to be tried for the offence committed. In the second place, Mr. Justice Osborn had duties to perform as a lawyer. The country expects that a man in his responsible position should know the law, and should carry it out. To that end he waselected; and we shall not see him neglect that duty without a protest. When Chew Suebly in- formed the Judge that he intended to commit an aseault on a reporter, the notification was an act of “ contemptuous and insolent behavior,” and it was the duty of the Justice te commit him in- atantly. The law says:— Inthe following cases, and im no others, » Justice of the Peace may punish, as for a criminal contempt, per- sons guilty of the following acts:— | Disorderly, comtemptuous, or insolent behavior, | towards such Justice while engaged in the trial of s | caus, or in the rendering of amy judgment, or in judisial proceeding, which shall tend to interrupt Proceeding.or te impair the respect due to his authority 2 Any breach ef the peece, noise, or other disturbance, tending to ae ti the oMfizial proceedings of a Justice.” R. Sp 19%, sec 274 Now, then, Snebly deliberately violated this law twice in the presence of Mr. Justice Osborn, and no notice was taken efit, until our reporter began to belabor Snebly with his umbrella. This is, we are happy to say, ® very unusual oo- eurrence. We are proud of our judiciary, and rarely does it fall to our lot to chronicle nts which, if frequent, would sap the feundations of the most Valued institution of the country. We trust we may never again be compelled te speak in such terms of & judge; and though our mixed society will con- stantly produce, we fear, Chew Sneblys, whose notions of influencing the press are confined to attempting to gouge reporters, it must not, if our voice can avail anything, repeat the painful apec- tacle of a Justice Osborn bearded in his own court. at | Tas Question SerrLep.—Our military and di- plomatic cotemporary of the Courier, from his por- sonal knowledge of Louis Napoleon, coincides with Sir Robert Peel and the New York Heraxp, that the new Emperor of France is something more than an ordinary man. Such testimony is conclusive. Louis Napoleon is not an ordinary man. ‘Tho argu- ment is closed. The quostien is rottied. } seems to us that a man who is notified theta crime | very much in the light of an accessory before the | ——_—_————_——_———— nen = TRALIA.—Some fow weeks si’ .50, we directed public attention tothe fact that an emigrant ship, which had recently left this po, for Sydney, was obliged to put into Rio Janeiro to supply her stock of pro- visions, whieh, accor’ dng to some letters we had re- ceived from paseng srs, was both inferior in quality and deficient in quantity. Woe considered it our duty to publish the fact, both asa warning to those shipowners or * gents who permit their spirit of nig- gardliness to ¢ atweigh their sense of justice, and to intended em‘ grants, so that they might satisfy themselves "gefore leaving port that the vessel in which they, were about to entrust themselves was, at all ev nts, provided with a sufficiency of food and necess9 sies for the voyage. Now that there is such a nun ber of vessels advertised for the gold diggings of A astralia, the publication of this article, was well tim ed and appropriate, and we trust that it will he ,ve the good effect desired by us. We e, however, received a letter from Messrs. ‘Ogden & Cameron,.in which we are requested to state whether the vessel alluded to by us in our previous article, did or did not belong to, or have any connection with, the Pioneer Line of Ans- tralia packets, to which they are agents. We com ply with the request by simply stating that she did not, and further, that we believe their statement as to the liberal victualling of their vessels. But while wo decline to mention the name of the ship so badly provisioned, we must say that we have also received several letters contradisting the assertions made with respect to her, and as corroborative evi- dence of the truth of thia denial, her owners have exhibited to us her invoices, from which it would appear, if the cost ofthe provisions be a safe crite- rion to judge by, that she was amply supplied with everything necessary for the support and comfort of her passengers. It is, however, too often the case, and may have been in this instance, that sufficient attention was not paid to the proper delivery of the goods. It has been suggested that government commissioners should be appointed, as is done un- der the English laws, for the inspeetion of the quality and quantity of provisions carried by pas- senger ships; but we are teo well aware of the care- less and inefficient manner in which the law is exe- cuted in England, to expect much practical benefit to ensue from euch a measure, and we consider it equally as safe to depend on the ship-owners them- selves, whose interest is involved in their reputation for liberality, as well as on the previous and satis- factory examination of the passengers. We hope that what we have said on this subject will be attended with good results. LraisaTors 1n New Yorx.—The fashionable hotels on Broadway have been for the past week honored by the patronage of the numerous Senators, Representatives, and officials of this latitude, in transitu to Washington. Of course most of these high personages tarried by the way for.some days, to enjoy the hospitality, participate in the fun, and see the sights of this great metropolis. Metropoli- tan Hall received its quota of visitors from this | legislative swarm, for whom, no doubt, the delicious strains of Madame Sontag’s voice and Paul Jul- lien’s violin had more charms than the rough and | monotonous tones of the Speaker of the House. Burton’s and Wallack’s, Niblo’s and the Broadway theatres, attracted others of the “‘potent, grave, and reverend seignors,” and the rest, we suppose, divi- ded their time between private soirees and public lectures. They are now, however, reluctantly de- parting, one by one, not unlike schoolboys, linger- ing on the way, and at length unwillingly resuming their tasks. But then while they stopped they had a glorious time of it, enjoyed themselves to the ut- most, mingled in all the amusements of the town, and doubtless, before they left, availed themselves of the opportunity of getting their hair dressed, their chins shaven, and their faces washed, by our neighbor in Ann street, Mr. Blessing, the fortunate successor of Jim Grant, now an alderman in San Francisco. This is the short session, however, and a few months will enable our gaily-disposed mem- bers of Congress to taste again the pleasures and luxuries of New York. Tur Crea Question—A SiGNn From New Hamp- sHiRE.—The New Hampshire Patriot, published at Concord, and considered by the knowing ones as reflecting to some extent, upon great national ques- tions especially, the sentiments and views of Gen. Pierce, shows no quarter to the administration upon the Cuba question. The editor, in a recent merci- less article upon the administration, in relation to our foreign affairs generally, says upon Guba, that— The betttes Tse! injurious course of the Cuban rulers is tamely acquiesced in by the administration, and vir- tually justified by its organs. They concede the right of the Cuban rulers to exclude our citizens entirely from that island, in open violation of both national law and treaty stipulations. Such language, from the home organ of Gen. Pierce, admits of but one interpretation. It simply means that from and after the fourth of March next anew leafisto be turned over upon our foreign affairs, and particularly in reference to the island of Cuba. BeauttruL.—The opening of December in New York. Such weather effects a great saving in coal and overcoats. City Politics. TAMMANY HALL—TROUBLE AMONG THE DEMOCRACY. The General Democratic Committee met last evening, at Tammany Hall, for the purpose of choosing Inspectors for the several wards to superintend the election of the members of the General Committee for the coming year; and while in session, a disturbance occured outside the door, and a aight ensued, in the course of which the door of the commitee room was broken in, and an indiscri- minate assault was made upon the members of the com- mittee with chairs and other such missiles as were at hand. Mr. Augustus Schell, the chairman, received some hard knocks upon the head, injuring him severaly, amd several others wore slightly wounded. The committee were dis- persed, but reassembled subsequently at the Astor House, where they were still in session at near midnight. The offence of the committee, for which;they were expelled by the rowdy party from their own committee room, was the appointment of inspectors for the election ot the Ge- sxeral Committee in the Second ward, which the assailants wished to appoint from among themselves, and in their ownway This is a sorry specimen of harmony for the upterrified demoeracy. Row IN Mapame Sontac gives her third grand concert this evening at Metropolitan Hall. We learn that it will be the last but one, previous to her departure for the South. ‘Tkere will be a crowd, of course. Personal Intelligence. Arrivals at the Metropolitan—Hon. John P. Hale, U. §. Senator. N. H.; Hon. A. Gilmore, Pa ; Hop. Timothy Jenkins, Oneida county; Hon D. T. Jones, Baldwine-- A. Cushing. St. Johns, N.B.; D. T. Taylor, Boston ; D. L. Clinch, Georgia ; J. B. Fenbry, Baltimore; 8. Cole, Washington, D. C.; J.J. Merritt, Troy; A. P. Curbing. Niagara Valls. At the Howard—F. A. Ward, Oregon ; Capt. Gardner, Nantucket ; J.G. Hovey, Boston; M, Hamblin, Troy; ©, Winthrop, Wisconsin; A R. Vail, J. W. Moore, Ver- mont ; J Yates. Schenectady ; D, Holmes, Richmond ; J. B. Billings, Memphis. At the Collamore—N. P. Tallmadge, Hon, J. B Macy, Wisconsin ; James Emmott; Rev. 0. W Wight, the au- thor ; Hon E. Edwards, Conn ; Hor Frothingham, Virginia ; Com. MeDonough, 'U. 8. N. ; J. Ogden Day, Albany; Hon G. P. Gerard, Ohio; A.B. Southworth, California ; Hon. Wm. Sloan, Miinois; Dr. J. W. Buck- ley. steamer Baltic At the American—D. E. Rolleston, J.W. Edwards, Phil- delphia; A, Stephens, Pa ; W. Richardson 8. Goodwin, Boston; Dr Hammond, Harrisburg; J. EK, Todd, Boston. At the Astor—J. L. a, Ohio ; W. Claibonre. Va ; D. Gillin, U. 8. A.; M Chapin, Hartford ; Hon D. B. Coleman, Elmira ; Gept Williamson, (x ; BE. Hartford: Gov. Foote, Vermont ; Hom. L. Campbell, Ohio; J. Lakes Smith, Conn. Gen, Charles T. James, United States Senator from Rhode Islvnd, and family, left the Union Place Hotel yes- terday, for Washington, Tue Cusian CorResronvence.—We notise a statement to the effect that there were Lhe of the ocor- respondence relative to Cuba, essential to a proper under- standing of the subject, not commanicated by the Presi- demt to the House of Representatives; and that, in rticular, an important enge of Mr. Buchanan’ instructions to Mr. Saunders relative to the purchase the island was left out. We are authorized to state that the pasenge referred to had no connection with Cuba, and that, if other parts of the o mdence were omitted, pepe comes fy Ocmelderss ions of expedi- ency.—Ne Intelligencer, Dee. 2. ‘The Troy Budget says that py in lazge being brow; re road to thai and “ulpped these tor New York, city ffem tbe worth, quantities ba | —————— ee 5 DEATH OF JUNIVE BRUTUS BOOTH, THE TRAGEDIAN. BIOGRAPHICAL SEBTOH, AN4CDOTES, ETC. Our telegraphic columns, yerterday, announced the ‘Geath of thie talented and eccentric veteran of the drama- Ye corps. We ure the term ‘‘veteran,” in reference to the time which he has been “upon the boards,” ‘not to his age, for be was at the time of his death but in his 57th year; hav- ing been born im St. Pancras, London, om the lst May Tye6. Mr. Booth had been to Califorpia. where two of his sons are at present pursuing the profession of the stage, one as manager of the Jenny Lind theatre, San Francisco. He had arrived at New Orleans,where he had appeared several times, and was proceeding on board the steamer Cheno- weth te Cineinnati, in which city he had enter- ed into an engagement, when he died. Beyond this the brief socount we have received over the wires does, not enable us to any particulars of hisdeath An idea prevails that he was more advanced in years, owing probably to the early period at which he commenced his career and became favorably known tothe public, but the date above given we have carefully ascertained to be oor- reet. ‘Whatever profession or pursuit he may have been in tended for, certain it is that he received a classical educa- tion, the fruits of which added one to the many charms of his conversation, as remembered by his private friends; but he very early adopted the profession for which his talents eminently qualified him, and in which his irregu- larities alone prevented him from taking the first rank. The first efforts cf the aspirant for histrionic fame are necessarily involved in obscurity, and it is likely that the subject of this memoir filled some post in the lower range of “utility” in London, before his appearance at Deptford ‘under the management of Messrs. Penlay & Jones, where he is raid to have commenced his theatrical career. The latter town, however, (a small ‘longshore one on the south elde of the Thames, and now almost adjoin- ing London) is the first place whence we receive any authentic account of him, Under this management he paid a visit to Brussels, then part of the Netherlands, but he was at this time certainly not looked upon as an actorof any consideration or promise. Indeed, as most of our city readers are aware, his entire physique= voice, figure, and gait, were all against him ; but with on innate consciourness of his own ability, perhaps, he was wedded to the art, though sufficiently.discouraged ; for, in 1813, he occupied the position of prempter at a small theatre in Worthing, s very inconsiderable water- ing place in Suseex. This theatre was the property of a Mr. Trotter, a gentleman of independent means, who kept it up rather as an amusement during his annual re- tirement to the seaside. From this obscurity, Mr. Booth was destined suddenly to emerge, under circumstances which afford another proof to be added to the many, that “There is a tide in the affairs of men ich, taken atthe flood, leads on to fortune.” One night, Kean was announced for “ Richard the Third.” but did mot-arrive, and in the confusion conse- quent on the disappointment, the little prompter offered to play the part. The manager is sald to have laughed at the proposition, and treated it as amabsurdity. No ether member of the company, however, having the same boldness, and the care becoming desperate, he had no better resource than to allow the aspirant to ‘go on,” amid the undisguised anticipation of all that he was going to “make a fool of himself.” The play proceeded—the jeers began to be hushed— what was all that noise about? The gallery was applaud- ing! Peal followed peal, which, adding to his confidence, rendered his success unequivocal and complete. The little bow-legged prompter had made “(A hit—a very palpable hit.” On this occasion John Quincy Adams was present, and, in after years,bas often given his reminiscence of the début, when the hero had become so generally and favora- bly known in this country. ‘At this period, Mr. Booth was but eighteen years of age, when a new light dawned upon him, and after some very ehort engagements in the more important provin- cial towns, he was introduced to a London audience, in 1814, at Covent Garden Theatre. In January of that year, Edmund Kean had.come forth in his glory, and electrified the London play goers by his memorable appearanee' in the part of Shylock. On the arrival of Booth in London. the first mentioned eminent genius was performing at Drury Lane, drawing nightly crowded audiences, the furore of whose admira- tion was at its zenith. Booth, nothing daunted by this apparently overpowering state of things, boldly entered the arena and threw down the gauntlet, as it were, by ap- pearing in the same charaeter (Richard the Third) at the other house. That the committee of Drury Lane Theatre acknewledged him as mo mean rival in the contest for histronic fame and public fevor, is sufficiently evidenced, by the fact that they made overtures to him, and at length offered him terms sufficiently Uberal, to induce him to join their corps dramatique, and to slternate the first and second parts with Keaa, particularly those of Othello and Iago. Now arose the struggle between the two houses which resulted in such a serious riot. After | afew nights had clay . in whic Booth bad added to the attractions of tLane, the proprietors of Co- vent Garden succeeded in Cogent ty agen errant “star,” is great and he was announced for one of part: It may. here, be well to remark that, at the date of which we write, these two patent theatres were the only ones of any note whatever, (save the summer theatre, in the Haymarket, which was an establishment per se.) and a fierce rivalry existed between them; and the public, then a drama loving people, were almost universally interested im the contest. Booth’s conduct, therefore in thus trans- ferring the attraction of bis talents from house to house, and which would not now be thought anything of, gave great offence te “the gods,” and after what they looked pe aa his second treacherous defection, they determin- ed he should not play at all. und a civil war commenced, the fury of which was only exceeded by that of the famous O. P. riots. After various vain ap) to the justice and 8 of the public, it was found necessary to appease the ular indignation by the exhibition of placards. bearing the announcement, “Mr. Booth is withdrawn;” and the great tragedian was compelled to leave the me- tropolitan boards and seek the more obscure field afford- ed bim in the Provinces, until the feeling it him had subsided. Having purged his‘offence by a long rustica- tion, he returned to London and became a considerable fa- vorite, though falsely said, by many, to be a servile imitator of Kean; but his jarities and eccentricities very early exhibited themselves, and he never enjoyed the confidence or respect of the public, or, what was a greater obstacle to his profestional advancement, of the mana- gers. In ene of his moments of excitement, in which hi accustomed to act as (if he were really not. insane man, he committed an assault upon Antonio, @ rope dancer, for some pene cause of jealousy, if we mistake not, by firing a pistol at him, and feari: the consequences of this rash act, he left England an Yent to the West Indies, whence he came, in or about 1821, to the United States. His first appearance on the American stage was made the same year at Petersburg. in Virginis, under the manogement of Jame H. Caldwell, and in his great and favorite part of * Richard.” He sustained the rame character in 1822 at the old Park Theatre, when he was first introduced to a New York audience. His career since then is familiar to most of our readers; in the course of it we believe he has per- formed at nearly every theatre in the Union, and it would be profitiess to recount his tions, Thirty pad ago the proceeds of his profession enabled urchase a farm near timore, and in of this spot he displayed his usual eccentricity, It has been described as @ barren rock, on which it was mnecersary to transport soil im catts before any hope ot ¥ jon could be entertained, and which, after an outlay of twenty thou- tand dollars, was scarcely worth the purchase mot he had given. Upon this spot. however, he es‘a blis! his headquarters, and, when not professionally engaged. de- voted himrelf in the most practical manner to icul- ture. He trequently ied at the Holliday Street The- atre, Baltimore; and was frequently to be seen during the day Preceding the evening which was to witness his per. ropation of I e erooked-back’d tyrant, or the Prince of Denmark, in his shirt sleeves, rolling t place In 1830, Booth performed the part of ‘“Sertorius,” in at Paul Brown's play of that name, on its original pro- jcction. As an actor, Booth was a remnant of the old school, and in his happier efforts was admitted by all unprejudiced persons to have been, even in ‘his decline, an example of their superiority; but, unfortunately, so eccentric and irregular were not only his habits and conduct, but it seems, also, the flight of his that a part in which upon one occasion he would lay the most vigorous originality (appearing completely to lose himselt in the character he wheel would, on its attempted repe- tition, prove @ complete failure. We have before alluded to acbarge made against him of being an imitator. This is totally unfounded, and it is hard to conceive how the London press could have so misrepresented him. His poem and defects were at least original, and they were yh extraordinary. Many critics have compared his impersonation of his best parts to Kean. Richard the Third was his favorite; but his vehemence and intensi rendered him an almost inimitable representative of ph tet ny fad Giles bs yeh og t. Booth, beyond the power of ac Ponsessed many other abilities, He was an excellent linguist, ond it related of him that he played his favorite part on one occasion cues and f another gt ance talemtsas a dramatist were of no mean 8 golino,” and some other standard tragedios of was the author, His memory was extraordins. TY; 0 retentive that he could repeat correctly any chap- ter in the Old or New Testament, any of Shakespeare's lays, and ot other of his favorite suthors, en- lucid intervals, he was ex: Ase companion, during his ofa fund of anecdote and potatoes in the mar- | fatormactous butt such a terrible extent were his ir: bi alarities carried, that his warmest and most attached friends were compelled in ® great measure to withhold their hospitality. ‘There doubt that at times, at least, his reason an that his eccentricit; pow y ve Be i was not all the result pation. Some thought this was assum oe For @ Jeng poricd at one time he adherod to vogstable Get. and was continually Le against the enormity of eating anima) food, until he nearly starved lum. SORE “Its my delight of s shi Inve eee ie yee To the great merriment of the audience, whe bore wi him very good humorediy Having succeeded in And him bebiud the scones be was called fore end after a parley. it was agreed bes finish the play. On he went again «1 managers fara were intense. ‘Finich it as qq@fk as youcan.” said be ir. awhisper from the wing On which, the Bir Edward walked forward. und said: “Ladies and Ihave beer directed by the manager to finish yal a porsible, and so Iii Guisn it at once; here, rd me !” raying which, and throwing himself into his he “aia the dying oere.” and the curtain was rung down amid roars of laughter, At Pittsburg, one evening Mr. Forrest was about to play Montezuma, whem Mr. Booth came in, and +aid he was going to support him by playing the Indian chief, Antenino, for part he drersed and made up. when, ins‘ead of , be walked out and in this city, some twenty-five years ‘arrest= ed much in the seme condition, and as he refused to give any other name than that of Lueius Junius Brutus, he ‘wes sent by Justice Wynans to the old Bridewell. Im the courte of the day Simpson and Price. the mamagers, came in rearch, stating he had suddenly left the the night before TheJustice, on discovering who he fent an order for bis release from durance vile, in th mn fa cart load of previsions of va- rts, with fruit, wine, &c. were delivered together with a letter from Junius to ‘ the gentlemen in- mates, with whom he bad had the honor of spending @ few hours in the mcrning.”” He once played Oroveko with bere feet, insisting that, it was absurd to put rhoes onasiave, But the mont ex- traoidinary freak, perhaps. was his performance of Richard the Third on horseback. which he did at the circus, in the York road, Philadelphia, Many similar stories are told of him. many of which are doubtless ex- aggerated but the above freaks we upon whom we can rely. ‘Mr. Booth’s latest performances in this city have beer at Purdy’s National Cheatre, Chatham , where he appeared as lately as last year. He seemed considerably broken, but, nevertheless, at times the fire amd vigor of former days exbibited themeelves with startling effect, ‘and some of his old admirers--and he had many—de-~ clared they had never seen him more impressive. ‘Unlike many geniuses. be had no cause to complain of public ingratitude. or want of appreciation. Notwith- standing repeated breaches of his pe eery and the disappointments be occasioned to the public and the man- agers, he made and received} many thousand dollars inthe the States, and lived and died in easy circumstances. Mrs. Deborah Rendall died at the city. of Annepolis, Md.. om Zaturday night last, in the 96th year of hor age. She had often danced with Gen. Washington. She had children down to the third generation, and was the mos f riou ther of several distingui*hed sons, viz :—Judge of Florida ; ve Lear Lope 8.A.; Hon. Alexans der Rendall, formerly mea! Congress from Mary land; John Randall. Esq, prominent planter there ; Mejor Daniel Randall. late paymaster of the U. 8. A.; deceased ; and Hon Richard Randall, deceased, and fors merly Governor of Liberia By a letter from the United Atates Legation at the Hague, the painful information has reached her friends in this city, of the decease of Mrs, Mary Elizabeth Lee, contort of Baron de Maltitz, now and many years past, Minister of the Emperor of Russia at the Hague The Ba- roness was the daughter of William Lee, decensed. for- merly United States Consul at Bordeaux, and afterwards for a number of years a resident of Washington and in the public saploy. The news of the death tinguished as she was, ties, cannot but cause » pang in the relative and friend who survives her. Died, near Narketa in Dekalb county, Miss, Hopiak Sketeena, (Little Leader, ‘hoctaw chief, ever one hun- dred years old. This old veteran, with his felléwers, wag at the battle of New Orleans, under General Jackson. Brooklyn City Intelligence. Finz.—About 9 o'clock. last evening, # fire occurred im the dry goods store of J. B, Sutton, No. 170 Fulton inating from alight im the . As 900m flames extinguished by Engine Company No. 3. te the contents, from water ant will reach $1,000, which is covered by insurance, in the Broadway Company. The building, owned by Mr. J. EB. Cammeyer. was damaged to the extent of about $300; in- sured the Brooklyn and Hudson River Insurance Companies, THE New Governor.—Gov. a mrnnat da ae city, receiving the congratulations of ing hi¢ senidince, wad prepatiog his message. He looks contented and heppy. and, like » good democrat us he is, has a very high appreciation of the virtue and intel of the people, But in escaping the “ills” of private life he will find that he bas flown “to others that he knew not, Of. "Albany Evening Journal. Dec. 1 ‘The “Independent” and Wolfe’s pare 7 em There is hope yet for comic literature. A friend bas hana he Independent of last woek, and it ainly contains as spirited an article, of about two columne 1 we have recently read. It is, we believe, from m of the Kev. Henry Ward Beecher, and if Mr. Ft ait, gublished im pamphlet fora, ho is Pg wi Sopa him tobe. fhe he fort the community will saap ir. Beecher is a funny chap, and it we services for the Pick, we wou! #0 at has immortalized himself as a “wag” of the ind we never krew before that there was 80 id fun a! of “Wolfe's Aromatia ‘The arti: dent commences ag jamb standing in the so that he could not ides these fabulous wolves, we have stories ine f historic wolves. A cettain Mr. Putnam of re= volutionary mex.ory, and irreverently call into t of a Connecticut wolf to brincled neighbor b: followed, and a his much regre e have many remembrance, cannot pause 10 record, hastening ae we do to.chronicle the achievements of Udolpho Wolfe. the manufacturer of Aromatic Scheidam Schnapps. oes hye Mae savant has a manufactory of gin at 0 judes to the Italian juniper berry used by ident superiority to all other kinds, an ut, 0 ings of asience! instead of Holland todribly thanks to ME Wo wall now hayes norte jr incture ation’ of the aromatic Nothing like thi ¢ or sunny italy. Neotare soon. Botanioal junipers were not then growin, jupiter, friends and celestial ladies Olyme isn, ave peenliar delights were mere slope, Ganymede fool, and Hebe a slut. We,tin this‘latter da; dol} he Wolfe bearing to our longing lips ted = ture Cli ad woak- alluding to the for the gravel: send & bottle or two of schnapps to out er, and see if it will have any effeos om have ble Colambia Gpething of Gad water, and’of his experiences nea travels eaking of bad water, and of 3 @: lonces aga travels ler in Europe, Mr. Beecher remarks :— As to bad water, if fe a remedy for its in« numerable evil roll around Am extra turm or two for ous ® boom, Thousands People can no “it. Limestone water, granitio q it cerenms diluvial percolations, antalg the vall: ro fountains ‘valle; }, and Cochituat, all of i! nies . Our travels reve affecting valetudinarianism. On ship ils that only dy could allay. Th al th machi at pro that the mal stil Parisian, Bel, Y and nothi 4 thue writes :— ake boat on ths Ohio i hie name from rop of head waters to t! and no ‘remedy has ever b di effects, except brat whiskey—until Mr. Wolfe discovery of juniper | jut now, with @ niper in our pockets we defy the waters of the world! We hare you bay at laste though ye have in you all the water sprites and nyraphs of infinite mischief, we will drink you now! We are raid ofwells sunk till their bettoms touch Tartar swamps, nor mineral springs. We believe th wo sent with tl happy countrymen to +xplore River, our the Blue Liks, we line of sulphurated hyd ! When your river remem! months of unprofitable chills id if any think thats regular orthodox ‘fev. at shakes, we heartily wish them a lover now. Our home missionsrie: now go to the im ope hand a1 pects ne pay ‘rom, Mr. Wolfe fo the Indepondent’s article, the writer pro We expeet mo pay for it; at any rate, the regulag way. ‘Though —se the water of Brooklyn as wo have Tong lived in malarial rogions, as wo have twinges of rhou- matiom oveaslonally, ae we aro frequently exhausted, as we M 01 mmptome—if oar somperance Wolfe will just a specimen only—w: Ail soe what be send over a bottle to the Rev. Mee 't pay hie just duos, for he certainly vwoa: ay bo surprised at #0 1 5 Know that this Detloal wonded tereae ely longs, we believe, medicines whet, take t] our article ribe to others; and if cold in ite praises compared with tl " must remember ‘unt we wore obliged to writ son pol U4 ens cold wate: we have not as yet been ‘liberally supe yf ple bottle for analysis and trial,” whorena: wo the benefit of Aromatic Schnapps before, Mr. ie only for » sam} forthe Fy week, 8 a nat oe. mone hot before of “Wol pi eheayes wie ine wan! we v fow York Picky ai in any Paper in the Union or tracked, for ne, ue old ostablished ade TLLIAM e] fe H. McDONALD, No. 102 Nee« rms and ear. Papers daily to Antidote Nats tio dolore Meotions, Th. sl. $1 per bots uatry. Depoy 102 per Agoau streot,