The New York Herald Newspaper, December 11, 1852, Page 2

AFFAIRS IN CUBA. QUR HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE, ‘Whe Progicss of the Slave Trade—The Grand Fete of the Captain General—The Offictal Amnouncement ef the Seitiement of the @rescent City Difficulty, &e,, Se, Kee Our Cuba Correspondence. Havana, Nov. 28, 1852. | ‘The Lady Suffolk Affair—Statement of the Ameri- eam Sailurs—All the Circumstances Connected with this Slawer, §c. ‘The topic whjch at presont engages every body’s | attention here te the utter exclusion of all others, even the momentous one of “ war or not war’ with | the Yankees, is that with reference to a vessel | ealled the Lady Suffolk, which sailed a few days ego from # port in this island on a piratical expedi- fion. The American sailors who lately belonged to that vessel, state— “That they shipped on board the Lady Suffolk at New York, from whence they sailed, bound, as they supposed, for Havana, on the 3d November; | that she isa full rigged ship of 520 tons burthen, @ommanded and owned by Capt. Adams Gray ; that they arrived at the port of Mariel on the 15th No- vember, where they took on board a Spanish agent, ‘and on the 16th sailed for Bahia Honda, an unli- eensed port a fow miles distant to the westward of | Havana, and where they arrived the same evening. The following day the Spanish steamer Sirens | astived from Havana, with a new crew of seventy Spanish sailors, and a notorious slave captain, who | immediately took charge of the Lady Suffolk. The | Birena returned to Havana on the 19th, conveying | the Suffolk’s late steward, one sailor, chief mato, | and Capt. Gray, who deilvered the ship’s register | the following day to the consul, stating that he had gold bis vessel. The rest of the crew, ten in num- ber, (all Americans) were detained prisoners on | board the Suffelk till midnight of the 224, when | they were , ut on board the steamer Sirena. After | that versel had towed the Suffolk a considerable distance to sea, they, the American sailors, were then brought by the steamer to Havana, and clan-* Gestinely landed” three at a time. The men also state that, while so detained prisoners on board the Lady Suffolk at Bahia Honda, in addition to the | stores brought from Havana by the steamer Sirena, | two Spanish coasting echooners likewise arrived, and | from them, was received on board the Lady Suffolk, | the water, stores and provisions necessary for a | voyage of some duration, together with sixteen | large sized cannon, one swivel gun, and a considera- | ble number of muskets, cutlasses, pistols, &0.” ‘The American sailors were invited to remain on board the vessel, which they declined deing, as they | had learned from the piratical crew, that, failing thing better, their cap'ain had determined upon g to the coast of Africa, from whenee he would retarn to Cuba with 1,600 or even 2,000 slaves, if he could get that many paeked inte his ship. That he will resist any attempt at eapture, and boasted of his havirg murdered the boat’s crew of an lng- lish brig of war on the coast of Africa some two or three years ago. The present owner of this vessel fs Don Julian Zuluets, who bought her from Capt Gey. for the sum of $28,000. at this is another proof of the scandalous con- | nivance of the Spanieh authorities with the s\ave traders, a8 slave trading is the object of the vessel | in ago there cannot now be the slightest | doubt. The vessel having come directly from New | York to an unlicensed port in this island, cannot | have been furnished with Spanish papers, except | with the knowledge and consent of the competent | authority constituted by law, and which, if granted, | is most assuredly strong indication of conuivance. | Whereas, if the Lady Suffolk has sailed with | @ forged register, (her American certificate of registry I know to be in the hands of the consul,) she is to all intents and purposes a piratical vessel, | and as such, it is to be hoped she will be dealt with | by the first cruiser who may fall in with her. That @ vessel of such a character should have been per- | mitted to leave a port of this island, is inconceiva- | ble. The almost insurmountable difficulties which have to be overcome at this port, before the Spanish | ean be obtained for a foreign vessel, is, if the Suffolk bas been allowed to make the transfer @uring the few diys she was at Bahia Honda, only | nether proof of the connivance of the authorities | se pe) parties interested in the purchase of that | ‘veseel. | General Cafiedo piques himself upon his |-aving | established a rapid communication between this eapital and the several out portson the North co: that he can obtain information from Bahia Honda, | distance by land from hence, of sixty miles, in seven hours and three-quarters! Now it is some- | what extraordinary, that he, General Csiiedo, | should not have been informed by the Lieutenant- | Governor, or by any ether of the many government | officials residing at Bahia Honda, of the arrival ‘there, an unlicensed port, of so very suspicious» | ‘vessel, and whieh vessel remained“at anchor all the | time, from the 16th to the night of the 22a instant ! | Barely then, it is not at all surprising, if that ves- | gel’sarrival having been duly reported at head quar- | ters, and nothing having been done to prevent her | @eparture, we should also put this circumstanec | own as another strong proof of connivance on the | part of these authorities, somewhere. But what I cannot understand, is, how it was pos- | sible, that at this time of apprehension and alarm, | when the governmen: is filled with vague rumors of | American invasion and /illibustero expeditions, that | g@steamer is permitted to leave Havana, with a | large number of men, and that arms and ammuni- | tion to such an amount of what was put on board the Lady Suffotk, at Bahia Honda, could bs sent | from this port or escape the vigilance of the proper | autborities I very much fear thst you will wuw vuis also, if no; altogether to the con nce | of the authorities, to something not far from it. | Yer sir, the Lady Suffolk, a piratical vessel, even | under their own penal law, and mueh more so im the | eyes of the whole civilized world, excepting Spain, | been permitted to leave a port distant only fift: miles from Havana, with the fall knowledge ani onsent of the Spanish authoritses here, and will no @oudt, if she ercapes the British crniesrs, and fails to obtain any thing better, return to this island with o full cargo of human beings, the sale of whose miserable exirience will heip to swell the ill-gotten wealth of the mean and avaricious authorities now | fa Cuba. | Thbave just learned that Captain Gray and three or four of the American sailors, who came from New York in the Lady Suffolk, have been arrested. This act of his excellency General Cafiedo, is simply ab- gurd, and is nothing more nor less than a sham to blind the English functionaries, who are natural! ‘Very wrath at this last scandalous infraction oftheir treaties with Spain for the suppression of the slave | trade. Captain Gray had a perfeet right to sell his ‘Weasel to any purchasers he ceuld obtain for hor. It isa matter of no. consequence to him what use the | wrohager: ju, her to after he sold hor. Moreover, | Franderstand the sale took place in New York, al- | though Captain Gray engaged to bring het out | Bere for her new owners. Aslsaid before, the at- | rest of Captain Gray and his sailors is nothing more than # sham to screen these authorities, who now, well knowing the vessel to be out of their reach, | d to have just learned a!] about it; the whole aGfair relative tothe Lady Suffolk, having been as ~ motorious a8 noon-day here, from the time she ar- | rived at Mariel, till the night she was towed out, by the Sirens, from Babia Honda. _ If they intend to send out their eruisers to watch | Sor her return to this eoart, and want information | gbout her, since they pretend not to know, let them wend for and arrest her owner, who is said to have received » cargo of five hundred negroes | at Camirices the other day, and upon which | Ooeasion, his having feed General Pavia, the Gover- nor of Matanzas, was so notorious that honest Gen- eral Concha dismissed Pavia from his post! Let them send for and arrest the captains of the steamor Birena and of the two schooners, who, in eontraven tion RE ee tee ers in the Spanish eode, wi employed clandestinely to t1 i s I bo jon from one rom to another in this A the manifest danger of its tranquillity, and affording & preeedent for othere to follow their bad example; tnd let thei, also, eend for and arrest the ageut of the owner, who came upon the Sirena with the American sailers, who brought them cland el. ‘on shore, three at a time, aud who busied hi im obtaining for them lodgings, and interested him- golf se much to get them ~ d and out of the city, for feareertain parties should hear of their arrival. Do this, General Cafiedo, instead of arresting Cay tain Gray; and hie two er three men, or you will be nding yourse)f in another difficulty with my coun- trymen, which may probably be the cause of another Deck out, as disgraceful as that ef the affair of the Oreseent City I will acknowledge that I hate the slave fwado, I think that the horrible tra iz in ha- | man which ie carried on to @ frightfal extent between Cuba and the coast of Africa. ough’ to be pata to, and that these Spanish authoritios | ht to be made to comply with the stipulations of solemn treaties farm 9 they have entered into weth othor powers for the ression of this horri- Die traffic. The seizure detention sometimes of | | Btates corvette Cyane and steamer Fulton, the | wretched convicts, in their chains, were for weeks | employed upen this ridiculous affair, which sey | too gamy. There were but two Americans there | representations of his monstrosities within | documents quoted in the rame. | vessel, as has ed once er twice pe Ry Bay abandoned beopes ooast, after the slaves have been safely landed, is ne proof of the determination of these people to put an end to this | twade, although to sorve certain they do | Rot fail to mal Fe gw Longe f oes "0 x ‘veese} suspected , OF te slave trading; and I repeat to J arrives that the Gevernment with good faith with regard and commands that no more duced into the island of Cuba from Africa, the Cap- tain General can put an end to the traffic with the fame care and certainty, as he kaa destroyed the abard trade in flour, whieh was once so exten- tively eacried on hence with the United States. , Mavana, Nov. 30, 1852 Men of War in the Port of Havana—The British Steam Frigate Highflyer— Phe Queen of Spain’s | Saint's Day—Ball at the Palace—The Cholera at Santiago de Cuba—Another Revolutionary Paper | — The Crescent City, &e. The Creseent-City-Purser-Smith General-Canedo controversy appears to have been putting eertain naval departments in‘o commotion, inasmush as we have now at anchor in this harbor, in addition tothe usual quantum of Spanish bumboats, the United Freneh brig Orestes, 12 guns, and mer L’ Argent, 4 guns, the English steamers (sloops, 6 gaus each,) | _ Geyser and Buzzard, and the frigate Vestal, which | arrived on Saturday last. The Buzzard and Geyser | have been eruising on this coast for the purpose, I | understand, of intercepting the slave vessels which are expected to arrive with negrocs from Africa. | It was really quite comieal to observe the long faces made by the commanders of the two last named upon beisg intormed, at Cabarga’s store, where I happened to be when they eame in, of the escape of the Lady Suffolk and her captain. The British steam frigate Highflyer sailed hence on a cruise on the 19th inat., the very day on which the ball was te have been given at the Palace in honor of its being Her Majesty of Spain’s Saint’s day. People thought it rather queer that the Brit- ishors should not have remained te be present at s0 important an affair. Hewever, the ball which they gave on board the Highflyer, on the night of the 9th, to commemorate the birth-day of the Prinee ef Wales, was, I am told, a very brilliant affair, and did them great credit; and the circumstanee of their having arranged the national flags of the United States and England in an harmonious embrace ever the portrait of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, spoke volumes in itself, and pretty strongly indicated that the Britishers fully understand where and to whom their true interests point. The Spanish officers showed their petty ill-feeling that such preference in the place of honer should have been given tothe Yankee flag by retiring very early; their company, of course, was never missed. I was much pleased to learn the above litile incident, with regard to the arrangement of the flags, bi ise I re- member to have seen precisely the same thing over ® portrait of Washington, at a ball given on board the United Btates corvette Albany, on the 2d of March last, an interesting description of whieh wassoon afterwards published im the New Yorn HERALD. On the 19th inst., it being the Saint’s day of the Queen of Spain, it was ushered in with the usual royal salute, in addition to which, as soon asthe held up alittle, so as to enable us to see be- yond us, everybody was surprised te notice, ona conspicuous part of the Mero Castle, the ensign of Spain hoisted to the top of a flag staff, while these of France to the right and England to the left, were floating a little below the other! Everybody de- clared that tueh a thing had never before been seen on the Moro, andit could only be qualified as another act of absurdity on the part of our wise Captai General, who thus expesed his own feelings by a petty demonstration which » child would scarcely | have resorted to. With regard to the ball given at | the palace on the 2Ist, which ought te have taken pl on the 19th, but was postpon i ‘ening im* consequence of the rain, all I cai given by the Captain-General of Cuba, but I do | not remember any to have been so little worthy of the occasion as that on Sunday ae last, given in the vame,of General Cafedo. His excellency, not Leese pay forthe ball, (the funds being pro- vided by the corporation upon this oocasion,) con- ceived the expensive idea of having a sort of Neier in the air, which was to be suspended in the yard of the palace. For this purpose the had nos concluded, although engaged upon it uati very late on Sunday night, when the ball took place. General Cafiedo bad not reckoned upon the weather, which rained incessantly during the latter part of the preparations. The hanging garden was | & complete failure; the earth became mud and washe: bean the planks into the yard below; | the trece and flowers, which had been brought from 8 distance, and temporarily placed in the temporary fae might have looked pretty well on the 19th, | uttwo days additional postponement gave then afrightfully withered look on the 2lst. Bo wih the supper, its being kept two days by no means improved it. Allthe cakes, &c., were stale, the poultry was tough and sodden, and the game much besides myself, and they, I am told, were invited by mistake; one was or is tutor in the family of the Count O'Reilly, whe obtained for him admittance; the other little mau, from the quantity ot hair about his face, was taken for a Frenchman. Our able consul, Judge Sharkey, was not present; reli- ‘ious scruples had, doubtless, something to do with to the English Jegation, their non appearance being | | tomewnat remarkable, especialiy at time when | mony of the scene, thority appears to set 0 much value our chief The | upon demonstrations of political affection. | With some bitter foe of both Spain and Americs | No, the Spanish race will never + | mother country. This is clearl is, that I have been to several balls | spontaneous recognition by her of the independence | ol in America will one day all constitute free and in- | dependent nations. i zation will extend its dominion and influence over | the greater part of the werld, and what she forme: description of the sumptuou: Sunday, at the residence of tain General, and which was given by the werthy representative of an august sovereign in honor of her who is the idol of the great Spanish nation. our description is to havea Prologue, we can select | no better theme therefor than w der the prologue of the evening, that ie to say, the animated and smiling aspect presented by the Plaza de Armas befere the commencement of the sarao. Daylight had aay enh ie aving been the bearer ef news and commu- jeations jibelling the government ef this Irland. and that be had never taken any part, direet or indirect, st the reeurity ef the same or offensive to the au- thorities thereof This rtep baving annulled the eause which prompted my determination of September 4 last past, with regard | ‘to that individeal, and the vessel on beard of which he is employed. you will ree that in future no objection be | made to the entrance of the said steamer, God preserve us many years, VALENTINE CANEDO. To the Captain of this Port, Havana, November 29, 1852, DOCUMEN f8 CITED. RST A eertified translation ef Mr. William Smith’s affidavit. BRCOND. Legation of Spain at Washington, cory. DerantMent or Stare } Wastixgron Noy. 15, 1852, LDERON Dr La Banca, Ke, &e, 8ir— I think that you have been informed already of the reason which induced this Department to believe that the information received by the Captain General Governor of Cuba, with regard to Purrer Smith of the steamer Crescent City, was erroneous. To demonstrate in a per- fect, eatisfuctory and authentic manner, that this is phe case. I take the liberty to accompany a copy of an affi- davit of Mr. Smith. in which he declares in the most posi- tive and unequivocal terms that the accusations against him are totally unfounded. A copy of this document has been sent to Mr. Barringgr. in order that the government of her Majesty may mote she contents of the same. At the same time as it is w ‘stood that the sole objection in the way of snpulling the order of his Excellency the Governor Captain Generel of the Island. under date of September 4, is the want of a personal declaration on the partof Mr. Smith, that he is entirely innocent of the charges against him, Iam persuaded that as soon as your berms will communicate this dosument to the Captain General, it will enable him at once to re establish communication with the Island, on the accustomed amicable footing. I take advantoge, rir. by this opportunity, to renew the assurance of my distinguished consideration, EDWARD BVEREIT. in and Her Colonies. 8 {From the Eto del Ozama, Santo Domingo, Oct. 17.] e t hand two resent numbers of the paper published at Turks Island, and known as the Royal Gazette. One of these numbers contains an article, from the pen of a North American, denying the au- nourncement made in a former number of the same paper, with ird to the hostile projects of the Yankees agai our island, and attributing such reports to the inventive Realus of certain foreiguers, who represent, at Sante Domingo, people hostile to the United States. He adds that neither the citi- zens of that republic, nor the Freneh, would see with pleasure the increase of the relations between the Dominicans and the citizens of the Union; and | he concludes Ly declaring that it cannot bo said of | them, as of a certain high official personage repre- | senting a foreign nation. that they feigned to be | friends of the republic while they were plotting its | | ruin with the neighboring empire. We regret that | this North American gentleman should not be more explicit it would seem that the Turks Island newspapers have resolved to amuse themselves, after the fashien of the Spirit in the Scottish legend, by repeating | sounds, and serving ag the eeho of the most alarm ing news. They now repeat information alleged to have been gra by osher papers, in reference to Cuba, whereby Spain would be resolved to give up that island to Soulouque, should she not, with the aid of England and France, as | ture her shaken authority. This is the greatest | insult which could be offered the Spanish n: It is equivalent to saying, that after hi derived all the benefit in her power from the | eolony, with the assistance of slaves and an iron rule, she is now ready, in @ moment of disgust or weariness, to abdicate the sovereignty in favor of these same slaves, and enable them to wreak all the horrors of a horrible reaction om the innocent and unofiending families that people the colony. Our character, as descendante of that Spanish race that came over to settle im the wilds of America, bids us | repel this infamous supposition. can readily conceive that Spain, enlightened | | of the New York Pri leotion should live in the the heart 1] present, as ubted- ¥ Met for to the and delight derived from this ball was added that still greater pleasure that fills the heart of every loyal Spani at the men- tion of the name ir adored sovereign, that sym- bol of peace and felicity. More Opt [From the Diario dela Marina Nov. 22, 1952 The very serious error to which we hi y frequently alluded, and which oo: in supposing the evidence of a truly conservative party among our neighbors, likely so materially to influence the judgment which may be formed with regard and events, that we must again revert to the same subject, and state the reason en whieh we found our opinion. y the truth, so natural is this supposition, and so incomprehensible is it for any one, judging with our European ideas, that there shouldbe an ab sence of a school or party whose efforts are bent upon checking the movements of certain impetuous doctrines, and upon seeking to maintain society in a certain, well known course; this, we repeat, is 30 and the reverse so incomprehensible, that, by & spontaneous instinct, the idea has been adopt. ed by the mejority of men. The idea once adopt- ed, it became, of course, logically consequent upon it, to attribute the conservative part to the whigs rather than to their rivals, the democrats. The mere name of the latter appeared at the very out- set openly to battle with such a supposition; and names are of Yipee importance (perhapsnet without none influencing the character of popular er- ror. ides, the democrats have a clear political creed, which they openly and unequivocally pro- claim in all their platforms or periodical deposition of doctrine, and which leaves but little room for illu- sion or doubt, however predisposed one may be to entertain either. The absorbing power of right be- longing to these well defined and erpry opm has also incorporated into the ly of the demo cratic doctrine all the tendencies of that country, good, bad and indifferent, without omitting in tite ftecondof these that insatiable longing for territo- rial expansion by any means, and at any e The whigs, on the other hand, timid, undecided. and without any strong convictions or decided pats except ons certain ibe of Beesebal con: Versy, present reater ambiguity of appoarance and of words, and are therefore Detter adapted in appearance to a part which was, in reality, not theirs. Indeed, we have even now before our eyes a@ pamphlet of little volume, but of eonsiderable substanee, published and assiduously circulated, under the title of “* Why Iam a Whig,” by the no- torious Horace seer proprietor and chief editor : In this book, covering only sixteen pages, there is much calculated to strengthen the opinion which we now combat. It contains many passages, setting forth sound dec- trines, hard truths, and salutary counsels, passages in fine which, with very slight alterations, we would be willing to Lane #8 Our OWN, Were we mem- bers of the society of that country. But when it is well known who and what the man is—what are his aspirations, and whither tend all his efforts—al- most all the value of what he writes disappears as through enehantwnent, and the jewel of pure and shining gold is but a worthless eounterfeit, of the vilest ore. But to attain to the truth, the most careful at- tention and the most minute comparison are noces- sary. While our own notions with respect to Aa- glo- American politics were reduced to those gene- ral ideas resulting from am incomplete study. we fly shared the error which we now combat. Nay, still farther—when circumstances compelled us to remain for no very brief period of time in the United States, and when, during that period, we bent our efforts, with the utmost perseverance, in discovering and understanding the true spirit and essence of that society, and iis tendeneies, we con- tinued, for a time, imbued with the same error. though weak heir and successor of the old fedora! party, a shoet of the sound eonservative school—a sickly shoot it may be--but still derived from the same parent trunk. and nurtered by ame sap as she is at present, should put amend to that sys- tem ef slavery which the barbarous tendencies of ast ages eo eae and induced her to adopt. ‘ere she to do this, she would do no mote than | obey the demands of actual civilization; but the bare idea that, actuated by an atrociou® thirst for | revenge, she would sacrifice her own descendants, | can only be accepted as « foul calumny, originating e sacrificed by the proved by th her most beautiful colonies. The sons of Spain | By this means, Spanish civili- | rly | overned with her ats, she will one day rule with er language, her literature, and her customs. Desc iption of the Great Sarao or Fete in lonor of the Qucen of Spath. [From the Diario de la Marina November 22 j We shall mow endeavor to our readers a brief xcellency the Cap- | If at We must com disappeared, before the Plazes, | ted up by the illumination of the surrounding ii | edifices and by a magnificent moon, began to be filled with persons of both sexes, the crowd graiu- ally increasing, until which isto be seen on the evenin, Santo, (Moly Thureday). Around the Plaza could | be seen a double file of splendid coaches, in which the gentle sex, im numbers by ne means small, exhi- | bited their charms. | alightly winsy, was propitious ot aory for te | the agreeable temperature was a & lovely moon- | is absence, and the same probably with respect | }j hh acid w clatal te J | it became as great as that | of the Tueves | The evening, which was | ky. t tO paint the beauty, the har- | which the aspect of the Plaza then ¢ would be diffi offered to the spectator. To the perfame of the flowers were added the bubbling sound of the fountain, and front rooms only were thrown open upon this occa- | the echoes of two bands of music, which, by turns, | sion. Many of us ber of the charming woman | who, as hostees, presided with so much amiability upon the last occasion we enjoy the elegant and splendid entertainment of executed select pieces of opera music, while the | yful murmurings of the bystanders and their igaity and | jo: met to herpy faces showed the satisfaction which they de- rived from the enjoyment of nature’s beauties and General Concha. Some attempt at show was made, | the arts of man been and a quantity of old transparencies had At about ten o’clock the persons invited to the raked up, from God knows where, arranged, and | magnificent sarao began to reach the palacio, into might. I cannot give you @ better idea of the effect given to the palace than by eomparing its sppearance with Barnum’s Museum, when he crowds out all his canvas, om a Saturday for in- stance, as an enticement to the unwary countrymen, who come to town to atftnd market, b: painted * jim, @ greater contrast to the refined and elegant entertainments we have been in the habit of en- joying at the palace could scarcely be imagined. Whilst General Cafiedo is thus amusing himself in absurdities, such as I have in vain attempted cloth, was brilliantly illuminated with on the occasion of the last féte at thepalacio Atthe | foot of this staircase stood a macero, (a sort of h ald,) attired strictly after the antique style, whi a number of lackeys, sumptuously attired, were s eae, the cholera. The Diario de la | tered all over. to dercribe, the wretched inhabitants at Santiago de Cuba, and other cities, at the other end of the island, who have suffered so lately from a terrible earthouske, are now being decimated by hundreds by that feli p Brod gave out last week that the daily mortality | ofSt Jage was over sixty aday; but Lam assured by a gentlemen who fle be left last week it was double that number. The Myares, in four days lost four sons, one grandson, a brother, and five servants, all carried off by the cholera. Is not this frightful? My correspondent, | ways that the cholera is making fearful ravages; | al! around in the country it has carried off hundreds | of the colored and poor white population, most art of whom were, there is no doudt, withou*any | ind of assisvance. Anotber subversive paper, entitled, as the former one, La Voz de la Pueblo Cubano, made its appearance in town @ few days ago; it does not appear to be very ably written, I am inclined to think, from the tenor of the enclosed editorials, taken from the Diario dela Marina, that we ha backed out, and that we eball be eatiefied, notwith- standing M. Galiano’s last positive prohibition of Mr. Smith and the Crescent City, with the affi lavit sworn to by the Pureer so lon; 0 as the 2ist ult, although it was done in New York. I thiak, after you have read the remarks which I allude ts, en- closed herewith, you will agree with me that this ‘overnment has ‘ caved in,” and that the Crescent Jity, Pureer Smith, and all on board, will be wol- comely received on the 3d proximo, and General Cafiedo be devilishly well pleased in having at last found an excuse for backing out of a scrape which his own absard policy and want of judgment brought upon himself. OpseRy ador Dec. 1, 1852. | The captain and mate, and part of the crow of the Lady Suffolk are still here in jail. The Crescent Cit the Hon, Kdwara {From the Diario de In Mari Dee. Orricy. ov THE Govemnment axy Carta Tae even varturur Istawo of Ouna His Excellency the Governor ead Captain General, has been pleared to order that publicity be given, throngh the offietal paper. to the following communteation which he has directed to the oaptain of this port, amd also to the } Pifieulty—Letter from rett, | 1) G OF — | MARTIN GALIANO, } Havana, November 20, 1862. Political Secretary. suas Uae ce Lape at tate i an in due form of lew, to the effect thet | ener of the da- bosques, (forest-keepers,) clad in green. to this place, that when feature of the whole attention of the guest ¢ same paper states that Don Ramon de Armifian y | viewed by the artificial light, it would be impor sible to describe in words marble fountain of running water, and eight J i | ofthe same material, on pedestals, were | writing from St. Jago under date the lith inst, | ground | beautiful, elegant and rich of Havaan being | prerent. | variety, and the richness of tho dreeses of the ladies, | refrain from attempting es | lighted up. The outsiders laughed, and well they which edifice we will now usher our readers, to in- | troduce them to all the beautifal things which it enclosed. The first object that attracted the atten- | tion was the woods formed in the principal courtyard, resembling the green mansion of some pagan divini- ty, and adorned with a marble fountain in the centre and a number of beautiful transparencies. | Lighted up by a multitude of little colored lamps, this spot presented an enchanting effect, dissemina- ted throughout, among the trees, were sevoral quar- | The & @ purple | as. as it was | ine, broad staircase, covered with On reaching the upper fluor, the eye rested with de- light on the rrial garden, which was indisputably the | ffair that most captivated the and whose magical effect, | In the centre stood a atuee ationed | The flowers covering the squares inte which the garden was symmetrically divided, the beauty of the females peopling it, the multitude of | little transparencies, now scattered hero and there, now formed into garlands wafted to and fro by the breeze, and the line of colored vases dividing the interior from the exterior, produced together so | enchanting sn assemblage and so picturesque an appearance that the imagination soon took its | fant to the world of the ideal and the wonderful— | in & word, the scenes of the Arabian Nights were transformed into palpable reality. Not one of the present could refrain from praising the exquisite taste that presided over the arrangement | of the precious garden, and which revealed itself | even in the most minute details. At the farthor | extremity of the parterre was a transparency. presenting a Gothic caatle, on which was writt: “To Isabel IL eneral Qafiedo, interproter of Cuban loyalty | ‘As for the saloons that were the scene of tho | sarao, we can add little to what we havo stated in describing previous fétes, for the splendor and taste with which they are adorned on euch occasions are well known. The principal saloon, howerer, was the most beautiful, boing decorated with gar- lands of the most exquisite flowers. It is useless to | state that the chief attraction of the saloons was the select assemblage of females, the most undertake to dopic nce, the But who would with exactness the natural graces, the ele; and the brilliant uniforms of the gentlemen? Yar | n, little used to such tasks, would give but a | feeble image, and this consciousners induces us to deseription The refectory was in all respects equal to the other features of this fée, and so exquisite wore the | refreshments, covering the vast circular table, aod much the magnificence and sumptuous taste with | whieh they were aorved, that nothing but the fact | that La Dominica, (the most celebrated confeation- erin Have taken charge of this depart ment, coul jivish our astonishment. | Such, then, has been the brilliant /é¢e with which | Possible to place the same confidence The State of New Y | that Mr. Greeley, above cil But the time finally came when i no longer ppearances York has, foral ig time, been one of the principal centres of the whig party, and one which has disputed its ground with the most spirit, and with the most varied accidents of triumph and of defeat. The decisive influence of New York, | the Empire State, as it is called, on the politics of | the country, conferred still more weight upon this fraction of the whig party, and contributed not a little to give the mass at large its peculiar eolor. But to proceed. In certain elections which, if our memory serves aright, took place in the year 1846, the whigs, before discomfited, recovered their supremacy in New York, under the banner of Mr. Young, who was raised to the office of Governor. How.Js this change to be explained? Ina maoner sufficiently simple, as far as facts are conserned, but obscure in the extreme as regards doétrines. If the whig candidate triumphed, it was owing to an al- liance with the anti-renters, and to his having con- stituted himself official champion, as it were, of their pretensions. Who the anti renters are the readers of the Diario are well aware, nor are they ignorant that they copstitute a party aiming at the radical destructien of territori Troperty. Fall of surprise at contemplating se singular a phenomenon, we began to compare notes, and collect together prece- dents ; the result was that if our confusion was in- créased, our surprise diminished not a little. We recall the singular principles of Mr. Seward with regard’ to many and gto jaar ont we observed |» Was not only a most bitter radical, on various points, but also an undis- guited socialist, in the European sense ef that word, and though we could not then consiga the conduct of Mr. Clayton, nor the recent fluctuations of Mr. Webster, we arrived at the intimate conviction that if the whigs were a conservative party, it was cer- tainly after a new fashion, and one, to our mind, but mederately satisfactory. The epinion which we then conceived bas since become stronger and stronger, in our mind, and hall seek to pasty it by werd forth the main features of the h'story of the Anglo-American parties from their origin to the present day. (From the Diario de la Marina, Nov. 25.) The United States newspapers, which we have at hand, present no incident worthy of mention, nor is there anything remarkable in the general tone of their articles, nor in the news which they give, nor in the manner of discussing the recent election, nor in authentic reports with regard to the com- sition of the future Cabinet, do we see anything teresting or instructive; all is reduced to the dis- cussion of a few wellnigh exhausted topics Among these figure, of course, extravi t threats of evil designs upon the security of other nations, to which tbreats the more moderate papers answer by announcing the vigilance of the government. As to the questions relating to Hispano- American affairs, it is assured (but we know not on what authority) that in view of the new documents pre- sented to the Cabinet at Washington, by the able Peruvian minister, the said Cabinet absolutel, abandons its pretensions to the Lobos Islands If this be really so, the rights of Peru have triumphed deservedly, thanks to the ability with which they had been supported, and thanks te the spontaneous and energetic favor with which they have been re- ceived by public opinion in Europe. Less founded perhaps, but scarcely less probable are the rumors which 0 reached us with re- ‘ard to difficulties pet, the company of eanal transit and the Nicaragua government The latter, it seems, is indigoant at the reeont diplomatic ar- rangement, to whieh it refused its sanction, and it now maintains (and justly, at least so the Charles- | ton Cowrier thinks,) that the charter of the comps- ny has become forfeited because the company’s | not having fulfilled the conditions annexed to the concession. Viewing mat‘ers in this light, it seoms that Nicaragus has formally prononnoed against the want ef faith of the epent and that she gov- |. erament ison the point ef ae the old castle (Castillo Viéjo), situate on the Rio Sam Juan, thereby to enforce its resolutions on the Nicaragua ewe ae in the Charlest pers. which quote e see in the Charleston papers. from those of New York, that Mr. William Smith has made an affidavit before a magistrate, whereby he denies ever having propagated news with regard to Cuba, which cult be qualified as offensive or hostile to the government of the island. After this humble retraction, whose veracit; atter of me mo! t (for the falsehood would in! ill greater shame on its auvhors), after the ‘al of Mr. Porter, aud after the assent which has been given to ¢ rights of Spain, which are disputed by none, we consider as-at am end an affair the importa of which was designedly exaggerated by the /i busters and their abettors, only to reap'the fruit of another bitter disappoiatwent. Panic Among the 6 Diggers—Santingo . {¥rom the Disrio de We read the following in the Orden:— It would be difficult to doseribe t that have, during some little time past, thorities of this city, and almost paralyzed their of forts to attend to the na and prossing ne censities and demande, occasioned by thi rrible epedemio that is now in our midat. The terrors at- tendant upon t courgs ate, of course, a8 is usual under like cirenmetanees, incrensed by vulgar errors and preoccupations: A very curious one of this char- acter is the ic that now bi ip among the grave- diggers, and those who, until now, fig ae the duties attendant upon interments. They now re. fuse to perform any part whatever tl , an thereby place the Chaplain of the Cemetery ina very painfal position. The autherities have been woler the indispemeable necessity of adopting measures propertioned te the exigenc: of eee stances, for if thore is no one to inter t ape the deceased, it is cary to maging the horril ma 74 pect which the holy precinets of the Gomopery’ on sent, and the d eadful evils which might re rs rom sn sgglomoration of corpees ints co difficulties his Exeellency, our Captain Genera), has given in hovor of our belgved fate, 100, the recel- ‘ag ours, aud where terror increases an han Tred Sold the verious character of the The whig party was, im our eyes, the legitimate | | V..N, impreesed on his (prisoner' of Ed 9684, . COUBT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Before the Recorder and Ald. Haley and Twoed. 3 FIRST Day, Dec. 9—The prisoner, who was tried and acquitted om a similar charge in the course of last summer, was again pisced at the bar, indicted for forging the mame of 1 former employer to « bank check, for the above amount. He is ® young man of remarkably good appearanes natu- rally, but his late imprisonment has had a very percepti- ble efiect upon him, and be looked deadly pale and his eye sunken His accomplice, as it is alleged, . H. Wood, a young | man about the same age, who was to be used as State's evidence, and bad been detained as a witness, presented even a more melancholy spectacle as he took his seat in prioner's box—Wilbur being seated by his counsel, Mr. | ©. S, Spencer and Mr. C, Burling. | Mr. A O Hail opened the case, stating the facts as de- veloped in the subjoined testimony. Wood, he said | would be called to the stand as a witness for the State, and would prove the charge directly, as it was unsafe to | convict on the testimony of an accomplice unsupported, | In this case Wood, who kad moved in a most respectable sphere, far beyond what his present appearence (eee duced by suffering and a long imprisonment) would indi- cate, had been the tool of the more designing prisoner, Abraham RK. Van Nest, 222 Pearl street, hardware dealer, sworn—Was acquainted with Edwin Wilbur; in February last he was in witness’ employ as book keeper; he (witners was acquainted with his handwriting; kept en account in the Seventh Ward Bank, and did #0 last February. Check produced as follows:— 99.000000002000000000000000 09 o No. A. New Yorn, Sept, 21, 1852, 0 | TK 1. o | SEVENTH WARD BANK. Pay re LG, Miller or Bearer © — ” Six Hundred Eighty four Dollars. © $684. Annanam B, Van Nest. 0500000000000000000000000000 To the best of his belief the filling up was In the prison- er’s handwriting ; when he was in witness’s employ, he used to fill up the cheoks. Crores examined—His attention was first oalled to it mot | five minutes after it was presented, by the cashier of the Seventh Ward Bank; it was never ed to his know: ledge; at the time his attention was called he was in his store, four or five doors from the bank; went immediately to the bank; found there the party who presented it; and whom he identified as Wood now present; Wood stated he received it from rome perron at the United Btates Hotel; did not ray who the person was, nor state the cireu stances; he further raid he was aware of the situation wasin, and knew the consequences of answering qu tions; ‘and seemed to decline answering; this was about half. past two in the a was Dot present when he offered | to show the person, if he did so; (check handed up;) he judged of the writing by the general appearance. Q. Point out to that jury. if you can, any partioular | letter or charaeter by whieh you judge it to be Wilbur's writing. | A I can’t go any further; I swear it is my belief from — general appearance The witness continued—The check was shown to him on the day it was presented; it might be some two weeks | afterwards that Wilbur was arresied; did not pre any | charge, at first, agsimst Mr. Wilbur; did mot eo any tteps to have bim arrested; recogmised the handwriting | the moment he saw it, and had his suspicions, but mot | svfficient proof to charge; did net, on Wood's exami- nation, implicate Wilbur; was present there; the check was in his hand then; another reason for suspecting it | was Wilbur's writing was, his attention had beem dra: | ‘Trial Bank Forgery for Revelations of am Accom ° ° ° ° | that time? | Q. Hew did you occupy your timet la PMR a A Meo RI EI wt ener erateiner A. Nothing” ing ‘house, s Q. Where? ‘A. I don't recollect the many eter -@, You doa’ raaklime Q Who kept it? A A woman (| ). recollect the mame? A No; | think now it wan F. street, Q. How lovg had you been out of employment? A. About six weeks Q Had you beem on the town all A. No I was at Surat A. Enjoyii 4 Q What hoiel did you put up at? A At ee Oi Q They charged you two dollars a day. aid they nov? A. They charged us ten doliers = week sir. Q, Who was us, Who was with you’? A. Ayoung mam, Q. Ills pame? ‘The witwets bere hesitated aud asked the Court whether he was obliged to am wer, being answered ip the afficma- tive, replied, Charles Chomberlain of this eity; he had Bever been, to witness's knowledge, up im this court; he had no reason for eoucealing bis name; they did nothing at Saratoga, and only went to sce the place. Q Where . A. At Mr Flo A. Because I Grank too much. ( Where A. At the Gem. Q. How long? A, Two weeks. Why did you leave? A. Beceure he took in partner, and did mot require me; | was a) Freveh’s three or four weeks; left because | got drunk one night; then went to Dunlap’s; was twice tm Mr. Daniap’s hag ys ment; wad there about four weeks. and left because ‘aia net get ot im the morning; had about four hundred dollars when came to the city; that is gone; I have passed by other names; by that of Alle Hunt other; I took it in my head to do so; I not had a deeent education; not an average education; I have no reason for having passed by another name, and might as well have passed by my own; it was becaurel chosetodoso; Iknew 'ir De Forrest us long as Wilbur, and used to see them together; when at the bank, I did say I got it at the Uuited States Hotel. but that wasa lie; 1 did not get it there. even from Mr. Wilbur; I did not, when examined at the Police 0 implicate Mr. Wilbur; Mr. Van Nest was there; I do n know whether Mr. Hobson was; I made the same ex- planation as at the bank; was in prison about three weeks before I made the charge against Mr. Wil- bur. Q—Did’you say or did you not, when you were ushered into the Combs from the police office, that you | would bet a certain sum that they would mever get you into the State prison—that you knew too much for them? —I said I would bet asum of money they never would cenvict me, because I wasinmocent Q.—Did you mot scoompany it with an oath. A.—I don’t knew, but I think not. BiFamuel! 0. Hill, hardware merchant, in Platt street, called and examined—Knew the accused ; he had never deen im witness’ employ ; first knew him two er three years, at fimt in Taunton, Massachusetts; had seen him write, (Check produced and shown.) To the best of his knowledge and belief the filling up was im the writing of Edwin Wilbur. Cross-examined—Never saw him write but once, that was in hi itness’) store, when he was a clerk in Mre Van Nest’s employ ; it was a note of humd for ten dollars, witness lent him ; could mot teil bow long it was ago. Direct resumed—Q. How long had you that note of hand in your possestion? (Objected te—objeotion over- ruled.) “A About two or three montha. By prisoner's counsel—Had no particular eceasion te look at the handwriting ; it was in his oash box and he saw it every time he opened it; knew his writing for three or four years ‘To Assistant District Attorney— Had known the writing, as be had from twenty to fifty invoiees made out by toner when be was clerk te Mr. Field ; witmess was agen. to Mr Field. 2 ‘To Mr. Spencer—Tho invoices were signed “Edwin Wil+ bur for Field ;” Wilbur was in Mr. Field's employment before he was in Mr Van Nest’s; the invoices were written before the note of hand; they purported to ba made out and signed by Wilbur, but be ala sot know avy further that they were £0 Mr. Hall then read the prisoncr’s exanaination, ta which he said he knew nothing about the charge; that he wes twenty-three years of ege and @ bookkeeper by oceupa- tion, with which the case for the prosecution elesed. Mr. by Mr. Hobson to am impreesion of his (witness’) aig- nature on Mr. Hobson’s blotter, previous to the forge- | ry; could give no further reason why he was satistied | of the fact; recognised all the capital letters as to his | eneral style; thought he had mentioned te some ono fhat he had his surplctons, but mot to the police: did | not conrider himself wairanted in giving information at that time | Jouatham Cripps Hobson, merchant, Pearl street, sworn—-Knew the defendant, Wilbur; he was im wit- | ness’ employ from February to May, as bookkeeper, | and he had often seen him write; he used to fill up | bis cheeks whem he was there; the check produced was | ‘filled up im the hanewriting of Wilbur, to the best of | lig judgment and belief; knew of is having ‘been in Mf Vem Nest’ employ, and had seen the name ef Mr blotter, as if from | a paper om which he had writer | Cross examined—That was before the forgery; did aot | see Wilbur write it, and the blotter lay open on the de:k, they had several visiters at the olfice; he could | not poimt out ony pees ; first thought it was written in his general style and ‘manner, and had since exemimed and compared it and was satisfled, principal. | ly from the pike ip appearance and the figures; there | was a peculiarity, as there was in evary other man's writing; the figures were made in the way he goneral- ly made them Q. What is the peculiarity about them ? A. Tean’t say; that is a ridiculous question. | Counsel—You thought se once before when I had ecca- | sion to examine you, and the jury did not believe you | then, and perhaps they will not now. { ‘Mr. Hall here arose, and requested the interference of | the Court. It was @ practice much too common fer | counsel to insult witnesses. | The Recorder eaid there was toc much looseness, and it was not for counsel to interlard an examination with such remarks. The witness, bowever, nrust answer pro- | d the Court would protect them from improper one | Counsel—Well, Mr. Hobson. will you be pleased to | answer what was the peculiarity, or cam you point out | apy? A—the Peculiarity can't be defined itis impossible | or me to do so; but there isa peculiar roundncessin the | handwriting, and the letters are formed larger than is | usual with most people Q.—Is that the usual size of the letters he makes? A.—Yos, sir. Q —Then there is no disguise; his general writing is precisely that? A.—What I bave seen is very similar; but there may be an attempt at dirguire, which is scarcely percepti us think it was written under some embarrass. | ment. Q —Ia there not a suit now pending between you and | Mr. Wilbur for a malicious prosecution, in which you swore he was the author of the forgery, and the jury ac- quitted him? . | A —I have heard of euch s suit, and sm ashamed you should institute such a one, Mr. Hall—If the door is opened in this way, I shall | certainly vindicate your Honors myself, and the jury om | that occasion. | | ‘Mr. Spencer only put the question to show there was trouble between them, and the feelings with which the witness testified. Was there such asuit? If not # pro- per question, let it be ruled out; if it be, let me have an | answer. aye or nay. A.—I believe there is. I understand there is such » | suit. Direct reeumed—On that oocacion rome of his answers were ruled out; he had con‘eesed he was the author, but it was ruled out. Mr, Spencer—I object to that. If it was ruled ont, it was ruled out for a reason, If they show the evi- denee as to the handwriting was ruled out, weil; but my queetion does not give bim the right to say anything ofa confession. I did not ask that, and it is only to show the feelings of the parties. ‘The Court held, as the defence had introduced the new matter. it was proper, and admitted theanswer, (Excep- tion taken. . Smith, Teller of the Seventh Ward Bank, ¢ check produced was presented on the day of the date by Charles H. Wood; thought the signature was limitation of Mr. Van Ness’, fe corrovorated Mr. ‘Van Ness’ account of what ocourred at the Bank. Crores examined—The signature is @ good imitation— not an excellent one; the filling up was s poor imitation of the mode they were generally filled up in; Wood said a gentleman at the United States Hotel had given him the check to oollect, and he wanted it “pretty demned quick,” as he was ins hurry himself; witness asked him to step into the room, and he would ree about it; he then sent jor Mr. Van Nees, who pronounced it a forgery; his tention was attracted by Wood’s hurried and breathless ner; he did not like the locks of the eheck when it et presented; skilful penman might have done it better. if he was well acquainted with the writing. It being suppored that the evidence of the next witness would occupy coveiderable time, it was postponed. and the court adjourned till the next morning, the jury separating by consent. SECOND DAY- TRETIMONY OF THE ACCOMPLICE, CH. WooD, Drcempen 10—Charles Henry Wood, the young man above mentioned, called and sworn.— Knew the prieoner; first became acquainted with him at Frencl Hotel, about six months did not know his mame till some two months afterwards; was arrested at the Seventh ward Dank when presenting check, as sworn Peer: Q.—Where did you receive that check? A.—From Wil. bur Q—Relete the circumstances, A—He first met meat French’s Hotel and asked me what I was doing: thie was in one ot the sitting rooms; he asked me if I would be willing to go imto somethin, with bim that I would make something by. Q.—W next was or done? A.—I don't reeollect the words that he used; [ acked him what it was, and he asked me if I had heard the scrape he was in some time ago; I teld him Thad heard romething about it, but not the particulars; I fre. ore d this wa hing of the same sort; he nodded his ead, but did not ray anything; that was pretty much all that was said that day; he said he would ree me again to morrow, and when the morrow came he met me at the same place—at Mr. French’s—and he off something on fome paper; I don’t recolleet what it was; we reparated for that dey, and he said he would meet me the next day at half past ten o ‘clock; I think that was Monday; we went to the Brondway na to get rome checks on the Beventh Ward Bank; we could not find any there, and no we had to put it off, i" + ald he would get come somewhere elee; the moxt time raw him was THiureday;_ be had some ehecks in his hand which he aid he got in Wall street; this was at os ven we stayed there till about 12 o'clock, and ig end with to his lodging house cn Chambers treat ne cate him; when we got there he began writing Galen name on some plain paper at suet ine Mbeokt, ead We get bis bend in; then he ioe al comparing ft with Picked out the best, as we aght, a aoe tg gia he a letter, and he filled it up; there was po wal, Be ed what I should gout wee to got cues «a ard would keep it to meget be fast pretty Inte, near hal Spa nn Chambers atrect and cross. pag he] ‘on the corner of Spruce and Nessun, to go down down to the bank; prerented ag ey orth Adams, Marsachu- reat have been here about s year; came from Spring- field, Masrachneetts ‘Crose-exemnined bY three months be’ . otmT never raw Wilbur MT wae backseper. at French's for three weets; was barkeeper im different places over the city; 1 @i¢ nothing for the firet six months; was parker per for about three mouths in differsat pincer, be De Forrest not answering when called. Mr. Spencer opened for the defence, but called no wit- nesses, He argued that there was no eorroberation of the aceomplice's testimony, and that he was quite as likely to be the seducer as ur; that it was. stromg point that he bad only made the charge against the pri. somer till three weeks after he was in eustody. and saw no other escape for himself; and that the evidence of the witnesses as to the handwriting was umeertain, and their judgments had been misled under the infinence of pane enemies. Ie concluded with a streng appeal on half of bis young client and his aged parents Mr. A. 0. & speech of mach force, im which he expressed his tymputhy in the ooneluding re- marks, but thought, since his escape from what he had himself dercribed as ‘a scrape,” it would have been bet- ter he had returned to taose parents, as the prodigal ron. He explained the delay, om the part of Mv, Van Nest, as arising from fear of am action for malieious prosecu: tion which had been instituted in another case against Mr. Hobson, and ably controverted the arguments of couneel for the defence. The Recorder charged the jury, adyerting to the me- lancholy spectacle presented by the two yeung men bo- fore them, and cautioning them against allowing their mindirected sympathies to lure them from the discharge of their important duty, should the proof of gallt be to their satisfaction Those proofs he recapitulated in a lucid and impartial manner, and the jury retired under charge oftan officer. VERDICT AND SENTENCE—SROTESTATION OF INNOCBNCE BY hour the jury roe- turned into the Court, return a verdist of guilty. ‘The prironer om being asked the usual question replied. He had good deal, he would like to say. but wouid n He would only eay he considered they had received t! evidenee quite uneorrodorated, Mr. Miller whe stated he had some twenty or fi.ty invoices ofhis handwriting in hie possession must be deceived,, he had ever received but one; I do not wish to ray, continued he, that he has spoken falsely, but he must be deceived. The prosecution too have failed to cail John De Ferrest. If that witness had been produced I could beyond a doubt bave eleared myself from the imputation; I understood he was under bonds, and was to have beem produced; but he has been kept away by other parties—not by me; for whem I last saw I wished him to attend; Graves, too, is not tebe ‘ound. who is a very itaportant witness te me; as to Mr. Van Nest’s evidence, that rfectly fair, amd I have nothing to sey agninst it; Wood’s is falee in every par- Hoular. Toe whole has been concocted by him and John De Forrest to get Wood out of the scrape. He would omy | mo more. The Recorder then said—You now stand convicted of the crime of forgery. after @ full and im investiga- tion. The prevent is unquestionably one of the most painful offices which Courts and magistrates can be ealled upom to perform. You are inthe prime of youth; have fea & good education ; are of good fawily ; have boom in good pronase ; have intelligence and understand fully the difference between tight amd wrong. You could, no doubt, but from the fact of having. fallen inte the com- mission of this crime, obtain a good position. All these advantages you throw ie. and must now be sent to prison and a conviet’s cell. It isa hard road to travel and much Seisetetig nee and difficulty will be opposed to you. But you may, by good conduct and amendment of your life, retrieve yourself and become a good member of society, and much depends upon good eonduet even there. ’ There ts mo place #o bad. no pesition 6 dreadful, but that conduct may amend it. Associations are dis- couraging. but even from there, by good conduct, you may become a man of wealth and position. Cultivate better association and ideas, and you may find your- self respected, and when you come out you may meet ro- gard and esteem. and enter the world again under better and different circumstances than if you remain in your present courres. or turned a deaf ear to this remonstrance. ‘The sentence of the Court ir, that you be eonflaed ie the States’ Prison for four years and ten months. The prisoner was then removed. DISCHARGE OF Woop. ‘Wood was ealled up te the bar, and the Recorder, ad- dressing him, said the Court could not di: him without a few remarks on the povition in which he had placed himself, by his habits of intemperance and mis- conduet, as described by himecif. He must resolve there- after, for the remainder of his life, to lead s better one, and had better. with that resolve, return to the eit; where he had received religious edueation, and to hi friends and parents. ‘ood replied that he had mo parents, and the Re- corder advired mim to go back among friends who had known bi in his boyheod, and to better imflaences, and not to remain ip this city or State. He wasthen dis- charged, and immediately left the court. CHARGE OF KFEPING A PISORDERLY HOUAR. ‘The trial of Mrs. Herriot Forrester, indicted for pacing & disorderly house at the cormer ef Canal street an Broadway, commenced; but the prorecution had not Py when the Court rose, and the jury were discharged nday. The Court adjeurned till this (Saturday) eleven o'clock, whem motions will be heard an arsed. Among the latter. will be those em erie Bowne, convicted of the bank forgery im connection wi Rowe and others. Superior Court—Part First, ‘Before Hon. Jadge Paine VERDICT AGAINST A RAILWAY COMPANY. Dro 10 —Benjamin M. Yarrington and Wife vs. the New York and New Haven Reilrosd Company —This was an ac- tion. brought by the Rev. Mr. Yarri of Stamford, Connecticut, against the New York and New Haven Rail- for injuries inflicted om his wife, by ool- Sth Janusry, 1851 as already reperted in jury this ‘morning rendered 0 sealed plaintiff, for $3,760. The j verdiot, in favor of the Superior Court—Part Second, Hefore Chief Justice Oakley. Dre 10.—Catvin Durand vs Robt. W. Pope and Theo- dere Gray. —This war nn action on three bills of ex for $1.548. The defence ret up by Mr. Tagg: the defendants, who ere dents of San Jur minore at the time the debt was contracted. Mr. Cram, counsel for the plaintiff submitted that the defendants should show by the laws of San Juan that infa ras a goed end faBiog to do that, the plaintiff was entitled to # verdict. The Court briefly charged the jury, who returned a special verdict that the defendant (iray was an infant at the time of the contraction of the debt, bat that as to the defendant Pope it was not proven Chief Justice direoted a general verdict to be entered for the plaintiff as against both defendents, for $1,653 86, subject te the opinion ofthe Cor H Our Naval Correspondence, Nonvoux, Deo. 8, 1852. The Steomers Princeton and Powhstan—Cholera. ‘The United States steamer Princeton, now lying in this yard, of which I wrote you a few days sinoe, has boon ordered to New York without delay, and {s now taking in coal and will probably leave here on Friday next. ‘The United States ateanior Powhatan wont up to the d yesterday, and the workmen have commenced ope- Tihows upon bee, Her new centre shaft is to peerprtied | by Messrs, Merrick & Son, of Philadelphia, and it is ex. tod will be ready for shi in about two weeks, Phere bave been feveral salen ot cithons im this vioini- ty during the last few days. Foster, the harbor mas- ter. died yesterday, making some four or five eases with, in a fortnight, Hale was to take up dicted. It is now fore I went to French's; | was at the Lunoh for a month; that was the first place I was in; for the other four monthr I was on the town. To the Court—Was at French's, ster I lett the Terre) wi Dofore I was at | districts In place of ‘i we ew ,