The New York Herald Newspaper, December 17, 1852, Page 2

pee ASHE BQTTIEW INTERVENTION. ‘an answer of a fe- 1 t Hi Bande > has been 8) oenore the Eterion ile le suld to be, one of the most respectable and intelligent of the ‘ pure blacks.’ The ex Minister of Justice, Franclsque, war recontly t to trisl for his commection with the late con- spiracy, and condemned te death. No proof. however of five guilt was adduced against him; but some of his ‘containing expretsions about the Emperor the re verse of ecmplimentary, having failen into the latter's hands, they were regarded as condirmation strong of the t ‘worst designs. ‘The height of trearon, in his Majesty's cyes, is 2 con- Yeanptueus allusion in any way to bis imperial person, for which no punishment can be too severe. Tt vas por. fect), jerstood when the unfertuna an 5 4 “ro weapeceiie mertial, although a civilian. that bis fate was ecaled He protested eguinst so flagrant a violation of the lows of lard, and demanded to be dried by « proper tribunal; but the president of the court replied that, as the conspirecy was to be effected by force of arms all who were in volved im it, or ruspected of being 0, whatever their profession. were obaoxious to martial law; @ picce of reasoning which admitted of veply. Vive others were tried at the sae time andc demned. among them a member of the Ohamber of De; ‘ties snd an employee of the custom house, whose guilt WW E rapidity of the nation’s deecemt, and every day ates the inevitable catastrophe by lessening their im and strep; th trast Cecweon the picture which is now pre- sented by this country and that which it exhibited worn under the aominion of the French, affords a melancholy confixnation of what I have said. It was then indeed an “‘exuiting and abounding” land—a Jand literally flowing with milk and honey; now, it might be affirmed without extravagance, that where it is mot an arid and desolate ‘waste, it is flooded with the waters of bitterness or covered with noisome and poisonous weeds. “When [arrived | here,” to quote the words of an intelligent foreigner who has been in Hayti sinee the epoch of its independencs, “there was abundance of everything—now there is a want of everything.” The cultivation cf sugar, which was once the main fountain of wealth, is now entirely | gbandoned, except for the production of an intoxicating | drink; add that of coffee has so much decronved, that it would not in the least bea matter of eurprise if, ere long, the supply of that indispensable article for Haytien com- | merce were to be snaeiiciont = the ordinary consump- ‘be inhabitants themselves | Ook gonna in spite of its constitutional forms, is a despoti«m of the most ignorant, corrupt and vicloas description, with » military establishment so enorafous that, while It absorbs the largest portion of the revenue for its eupport, it dries up the very sources of nation: proxperity, by depriving the flelds of their nevessaty Jaborers. to fill the towa with pestilent hordes of de- praved and irreclaimable idlers, The, treasury is bank rupt, and every species of profligate abd raisous expe- arly proved. Wishing, however to give an sp pen as ci moseration to hie sete, the emperor caused The sentence of the court to be aubmitted to a ‘ court of revision,” by whom it was broken, on the ground of in- formality im the proceedirgs. Another court martial has fm consequence been ordered, but its sentence will inevi- ‘be the same a2 that ofits predecessor. ‘A few days since, I addressed » note to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in regerd to the appointment of Mr. B. | | mere soon wh Sa! ~ 0) it. No anew structions, it is needless te send a eopy your obedient at, has yet beem received. With great noe WALSH. Hon. Danre: Wensrzn, Secretary of Bate. . WALSH TO MR WEBSTER. Sr. Ow hae Ag Bawce, BEALS, 1861. frn—In my lest Tannounced the opening of the Cham bers and encioved a ccpy of the emperors speech. ‘The ceremony was performed with all ©. Clark, but as it wi trancmit. His Majesty and suite were robed for the scarey ceahes Sant arrivel from France, making gach a display as I have never seen rivalled oxcept at “ Frapconi’s”’ in Paris ; and certainly none but theatri- eal magnifieoes would venture to exhibit euch glittering ‘and variegated spiendor in any other metropolis, however | ianper toilette of Souloucxe himecif, was quite ween, wept y the chapeaa, with ite wamerous feathers tipped wi a re the warmert part of his dessription of it is indebted for its existence to his imagination alone. streets proceeded from the throats All the shoots in the F wok wang oven| fclipwed the ert. to indicate the real sentiments of tho:e who of a little mob of ro; obligation utterred them. It may be safely abject, thst he lo Duly etree op Son ae che at only strong ion, and that there is no affection cheriehed for itn ether political or . If bis sceptre were to be wrested fcom him to- , he would be trampled at once fa the dirt by those whe are now the loudest in their ejaculations for his per- rule. It is the knowledge of this fact, and his determination to sustain him: that hes caused him to he bas already dyed his bave made their black shed 80 much blood, in hands so deeply that it “ome red.” Betare his Was noted for the mildness of his disposition, amounting to almort imbeeility; and thore who were the chief con ‘of his election imagined that he would be a mere their bands for the sccomplishment of their own jever was there a more as jon, and of these very men have already fallen victims to their ed and stupid as he seemed, he soom evinced enough of wense to understand their purpese. and distrast them im Sonsequence; and the mement they gave him tho lexst exoure pre peered rid of them, he did so in the most ef. fective of sli modes. Since them, and especially « his sesumption of “an imperial charge,” in whic! A end virtuous pature ed recoil,” he has faucied im & constant state warfare with t his power and life; and acting upon the first blow is half the bat! th: 4 ow,” said he thority, “that T am 1s who are seeking my overthrew; rt a4 i t Of the highest a aT I will remain, if I have te use all the i re paren at the villsin Pe vder im ith these blind an ad sve succeeded confidence, as he could have been im adherent [na oe bd esting. is only carrying ‘it the bants, who cam easily fool him ‘an scousing whisper cr » quotation is very appropriate to the ¢f this place, for it rarely happens that the tm- be shot is ‘killed without repeated volleys, superstition among the blachs. that the man jes the fatal wound will be haucted by the ghost in, and they cousequently always aim to miss accidental bullet puts an end te the torture im. The ex minister Francieque was thas yar es, and recetved several flesh wounds him with blood, without bowever, caus t last he ba ch wag his executioners for , and besoug! ‘Bt ones; u put their muskets almost to his breast, yuld be no possivility of his surviving the on another ovcasion, the commanding ofi- to bring out a field piece and point it at as the only meant of persuading oomplish their teek No other mde of execu- for any speeics of crime. journal there is report of the doings tothe first of this month, From the the Feoreaine. it might be in- ere impreesed with the ne- cael span 9 perform; and nd. eit et L i ry fF z i f i ni E i i i H if js. , i 5 peli af S.F i i : g8 f SEE 5 H ture of 2 = Fe] £ Pr that the whole is a | upon ‘the grave | i 23 ze e them aleo be My ao gpd pool ad ant there w be good reason for rom thet thelr voloce will not be fir war receive the most willing aad conscientious | savice to thet saere from his faithful Senators and depa- | ties; but we are stili ine state of uncertainty as to his im- | They will be revealed, however, before the ond | whieh | } Sollengues and myself, to be present at the discussion ‘of the Dominicam quertion It seems to have emburraseed | the legislators, and at last they determined to sit wich | ‘Glosed doors, eo that we can obtain no satisfactory intelli. woe of their proceedings, With great respect. your | nt rervant. ROBERT M,WaLsd. | Blow. Dawrex Wenerra, Secretary of state. MR WALSH TO MR WeEnsTsR. Pont av Paixce, April 10, 1851, f S:a~I am informed that the Chambers have inted . committee to make @ report upen the Domiulcan quetion, and thet the Ewperor las added te it rx fy erels, in order that the army may bo represented ia the business. The town is now full of military perremagon, ali the principal officers of the empire baving been sum: moped Bere, to the number of mearly five hundred gene. | Fale aud twice 0s many colonels, for tbe double pucpsse of | atocrtuining their views concerning the war. and of tem the decorations, just srrived fcom France a Order of Bt. Feustin—an Order instivated | i in honor of himself and the salut his patron. I say selected, i6 Quassie, and aot Faustin; but there being wo aint of the former ap- polarion ip the celendar. he exchanged it for an epithet “f more civilized and Christian sound The Order is a strict imitation of similar institutions in other m chico, with nil the different gradations of knizhtho» a ribbens aud croses; and U are bestowed upon the “primers dukes, counts. barons and chevaliia of th» | empire’ 10 recompenre for their © see! patriotiem merit | A tolends” we military wortbies Tans tatelviuins | st whe " mesit dictine’ions for the servicer whieh they | sible parade.as you | ‘will pereeive by the journal which I have now the honor { different hues. As to the entha- | £0 loyally commemorated by the pen | self. at whatever | and unexpected ¢lsvation to the chuir of State he | tie max | me chief without my asking them. and | any design of the sort, and sent an intimation to the | | Perdition But | setting ot defiaree the world im arms to the ini | Of this month. I will leave for St. Domingo in the French he emt is resorted to, fur the purpose of ebtaining ti } Saas of gratifying an insane passion for frivolous Xpen | diture, “A great portion of the public revenue ts wasted | upon the personal vanities of the empsror, and his ridi- | eulous efforts to surround bimeelf with endo | which he fancias to be preeminentty | imperial | Tt is a feet, that the’ same legislature whic yoted him several hundreds of thousands of francs | for some absurd costume, refused an approptia | tion of twenty-five thousand francs for public sehools. | The population for the most part is immersed i Cimme | rien darkness that cam never be piereed by the few aud | feeble rays which emenate from the higher portions o | the social system, whilat there is a constant fermentstioa | of jeslousies and antipathies between the great majority and the only class at all capable of guiding the destinice of the land, which threatens at every moment to shatter | the political vessel in which they are so perilously work- ing. As to the refining and cleva:ing influences of civil- ined life—the influences of religion, of literature, of sieuce, | of art—they de not exert the leastipractical sway. even they can be eaidto exist at all. The priests of the altar set the worst examples of every kind cf vive, and are ual- | vereally mere adventurers, disowned by the church, who | alone con come bere in consequence of the arrumption by the Exoperor of ecclesiastical aurbority which militates with that of the Roman pontiff. The press is shackled to | such a degree as to prevent the least freedom of opinion, | and people are afraid. to give utterance, even in confiden | tal convervation, to ought that may be tortured into the | slightest exiticiem upon the action of the government, | | + Inshort, the combinatien of evil snd dertructive ele- Sderdiecod done everything to | make creature happy. and where the cresture is doing eversthing to mar the work of Goa. Of the individual in whore hands the whole power of the nation is lodged. I have already, in my previous des- patches, endeavored to convey some ides. and it may be easily inferred that his character offers little antee ot proeperity or tranquillity from day to day. Even if he were animated by the purest inten’ 8, he is utterly in- copable of grappling with the difficulties with which he is | sutrourded. ard ameiiorating the condition ot bis subjects, “Whee God ‘hes { of the | ments is euch, tbat the ultimate regeneration Right to Navigate the Gut of Cemsodensed to Amer- | the regulacion of the Snuna ican Vestele— Note of Mr. Remonstrating | country from jut of Canso i i i with the principles of international law. The term Against Proceedings mw Nova Scotia— Important ¥ so geb,” which Me. Ste 4 Despatch from Lord Stanley Approving of them— repens snebreel & he poh aoe copied Chancellor. Kent’s Opinion as to National Juris- Soom the tenparial nah, hs hed been twenty-three diction— Quantity and Value of Colonial Fish Pryor pees ry ad Imported Last Year, $e. tance, and g out of & convention eoneluded As the question of the fsberics has at length been | vith a view to the ortntlichment of | Whose interests, ‘prought officially before both Houses of Congress, in could not but be wetl known to the President's annual message at the opening of | goremnant 0 a paniey, now the Easl ofDorby, the present session, a succinct sccount of what has to the aderesmes complaining ofthe encroachments of taken place since 1818, with reference to the subject, | American citizens, and ing the’ establishment deemed uninteresting, not only to the pod. esPiag but to these who may be called upon islate. wae convention of that year appears to have been the result of the seizure and condemnation of the schooner Nabby, in the preceding August, under ao order of the Lords of the Admirality to the Com- mander-in-ehlef of the North American station, by the sof which treaty American citizens obtained the right to fish on certain parts of the coast of Newfoundland, in the Straits of Belle Isle, andon the coast of Labrador, and to cure fish on uninhabited thereef. It also grante to the Americans the right of fishing at a distance of three files from any bay, creek or harbor, on the coast of the other British provinees ; and provides that American flsh- ermen may enter such bays and harbors “for the purpose of shelter, repairing damages, and obtain- ing wood and water, and for no other purpose what- » "The convention was followed by an act of the Im- perial Parliament, passed in 1819, authorising the King in council to make regulations for carrying its provisions into effect, and doorecing the seizure and condemnation of any foreign vestels toand fishing, or to have been fishing, or preparing ¢o fish, within the prescribed distance from the coast, and sabject- ing fishermen of the United States, who may enter the bays or harbors of the British provinces, for the purpese alluded to, to any regulations that shall be iseued by the governor, or persons exercising the office of governor, in such parts of the British pes minions, for the purpose of preventing any abuse 0 ‘ivilege. ; om fe facthae provides that aay person refasing to depart from such bays or harbors, er ‘who shall refuse to conform to any regulations or direction which shail be made or given for the execution of the purposes of the act, or otherwise offending against it, shall forfeit the sum of £200, to be re- covered in the Superior Courts of the colonies: ‘, In 1826, the Legislature of Nova Scotia passed ‘an act relating to the fisheries, and for the prevention of illicit trade on the coasts and harbors thereof, which was sent to England for approval, accompa: nicd by addresses from both branches of the Legir lature. By this act revenue officers are empowered to board vessels hovering within three*niles of any of the coasts or harbors of the province, and to re- main on board while such vessels remain there; and if any vessel shall continue in such harbor, or re- main hovering on the coast, for twenty four hours after she ehall have been required to depart, and the master or person in command thervof re- | fusing to answer upon oath questions demanded of | him on examination, shall forfeit £100; and any foreign vestel found fishing within three miles of the coasts or harbors shall, with her cargo, be for- ited Tae act farther provides that all suits for the ro- | covery of penalties or forfeitures shall hg in the | name of her Majesty; and that where Jadgment | shall have been given for the claimant, if the judge shall certify that there was probpble cause of seizure, “then the plaintiff, besides the thing seized, or its value, shall not recover more than two pence | ofa protection jaheries, is rather of an important nature, as it pkg to the foie of ie ore officers, epee that “subsequently to ‘ing basen Yop had frequen’ the ion leagues i hanes , with the view of Eppes —— i rivish interests, buat who had come te the con- dowa in that report, ct ) ae that the ‘tions taken by the lature aipened being now eans, ad a re Ly In 1843 10 adopted another, strenuously recommend: it were tet the other code of re for the of ction ot necessary, for the prev e law laid with of Nova pend provincial ie for the purpose, and that, coprte feed gs by the Ameri- digtes House of ‘Kesombly of Nova Scotia which asserted that the conven- jaded Ameriean vessels in through the Gut }ans0. In ; and in 1844 the House again recom- ‘extension of the fishery to vinces, and to the Islands. In 1845, Ae and 47, similar reports were adopted; and in 1848, the report of a committee of the Assom- bly, after referring to the opinion of the crown offi- eers in England, the provincial govern: ment to exercise = legal right over the Strait of Qaneo by taxing American tonnage. In 1849 and °50, reports were adopted to the same effect; and the report of a committee in 1851, to the House, re commended the ) ates of American vessels passing through Strait. ‘“ ‘This was ® very elaborate report, and referred the objection urged by,Mr. Stevs that at the time of signing the convention in 1818, Cape Breton, which is separated from Nova Ssotia pipe by the Gut of Canso, did not form part of that province, and that the union of the two colonies cannot be admitted as vesting in the province the right to close @ passage which has been freely and indispu- tably used the citizens of the United States since 1783; which is met by the reply, that her Ma- jesty’s exclusive property and dominion in the Strait if Ganso is deemed maintainable upon the princi- ples of well understood international law, aud which it is considered will apply, whether the shore on each side forms part of the samo province, or of different provinoes belonging to her Majesty; the navigation of which, itis contended, is not necessary for communication with the Gulf of St Lawrence, which may be reached by going round the island ef Breton. . : oi ey higher ground was also insisted upon, in accordance with fe opinion of the crown officers— first, that no foreign power has any such rigat was contended for by the American Minister w lees conveyed by treaty; and, secondly, that no such right is conferred by the treaty of 1818 on JAmori- can citizens. In support of which position, the nion of the late Chancellor Kent is quoted, as ex- pressed in a chapter of his celebrated “Legal Com- mentaries upon the Law of Nations,” wheroin he lays it down that ‘‘the dominion of the eovercign of the shore over the contiguous sea, extends as far as is requisite for his safety, and for seme Jawfal end.” ‘The executive authority of this country, he adds, “‘in 1793, considered the whole of Delaware Bay to be within its territorial jurisdiction, and it reated its claim upon those authoritics adunit that gulfs, opannels, and arms of the s ug to the people with whore lands they are eu: passed; and in 1806, the government thought it vould not be unreasonable, considering the extent of the Uni- ted States, the shoslness of their coast, and the ns- tural indication furnished by the well defiaed path of the Gulf stream, to expect an immunity from belligerent. warfare for the space between that | limit and the American shore;” and he apprehenis at “it would not be unreasonsble to assume, for pperie purposes connected with our safety and welfare, the control of our own coast, ough in- cluded within lines stretching from quite distant headlands, as, for inetance, from Cape Ann to Cape Cea, and from Nantucket to Montauk Point, and | damoges, nor any cost of ruit, nor ahall the defend- ant be fined more than one shilling,” in any suit that | may be brought. It is also enacted, that the term Tn 1838, a déspatont wa’ tymdtth twat Of vO PRT. Secretary of State to the Governor of Nova Scotia, | in reply to a joint address from the two bri the Legislature of that provinos, co: the habitual violation, by American citizens, of tue treaty subsisting between Great Britain and the | United States, praying for additional naval pretec- tion to Britieh interests, and informing his Excel- | lency that “her Majesty’s government nad directed | the Admiral on the North Amorican station to de It is not believed that he can sustain himeelf for ‘any length of time. and when he is ovérthrown the beginning of the end may be antici Universal confusion will probaf bly ensue with all its poseiblehorrors. It is the dread 0 | | | ‘t support of histhrone Beneath its ruins. in the | but the nationality of Eat may be irretrievably buried | =a result. however, which. deplorable as it be to | individual interests and feelings will not eventually bs a | source of regret to enlightened philanthropy ‘n its largest | sense. When a pation has proved itself utterly unfit to | Perform its duty for its own benefit and that of man. | Kind, its destruction can fearcely be constiered a cause | ofgrief, and its epitath will have no claim to be written | witha pen dipped in tears, | ohedien; rervant, RO. Hon Daniex Wensten, Secretary of State, April 13 Bir: I learued this morming from a reliable sources, that in the report of the oommitiee which will be given in to morrom, there is a recommendation that the government | shall cend agents‘o London, Paris, and Weshington, to | Open pegotiaticns of ite own for the settlement of the question—a step which would not only be absurd, bat | Under the circumstances might be ecomed offensive. I thought it my duty, therefore, to put # stop at once to minister of foreign affrire, that, an answer of such a de- | scription would be regarded not only asa retasel of the | | Gisrespectfui refusal. The message | Broporitions. but as | was received by him in sueh a way as to induoe a cont. dent hope thut it will accomplish its cijest, as well as to | prove ibat my information bod been perfectly correct, | _ Intelligence has just arrived that Prince Bobo, com- | open rebellion. | “The enclosed proclamation was issued vooterday. | i. M. OW, | MR WALSH TO ME WEBSTER | Port av Paixce, April 23, 1951. | , Sin—On the 19th we received the definite answer of the | Haytien government to the propositions of a peace or & | truce of ten years with the republic of 8t. Domingo. You | will perceive by the enclosed translation of it, thet both | Propositions are positively rejec:ed. The proporal of | another mode cf arrangement which is contained in the note, is of courte inadmissible, as it involves the recog t them, if they were men, to | ition by the Dominicans of the sovereignty of Hayti as | British government by the Legislature of Neva Sco- | pon Which, the officer inom. | & sine cua non There being & promise, however, of ab. | tis, | staining frem hostilities uncil the three governments are | | tmormed of whe: has been done, the English aud french consuls did not think themselves fully authorised to ee- | | Race blocksde; and we therefore sent a reply which we could ell sign—a translation of whieh iserclosed Thor: | lictle Coubr that the Emperor i pretty well satistied of | imopossibility of ever getting possession of the “esstera | | Part of the island,” and that he will scarcely make | | another attempt to conquer it. Bo far, therefore, our | wistion has been productive of good—of great good, I | may eay—for it would be ® consummation sont ‘deeply | to be depioregif the Dominicans were to be brought | win usder jhe ¢ominion ot this wretched governme which would uly Greg them along with it to inovita ve will rf | never acquiesee in any such Tapgement as bas been proposed until he soon a sqaadron im the harbor, ard thea he will yield at ones In the meanwhile, he will assume all the airs of a,hero, | admiratii of the mags of his subjec:s. and will bay. xcure for keepitg up the immense army in beholds his glery and his strength, His‘hetred, also’ of the Dominiesox, will be gratified by keeping them im a state of uncertainty and diequietude, whien Will prevent their devoting themselves te these peacefal purtuits which are indispensable to their welfare It is & matter of satisfaction that the ides of rending agai to the three governments, to wateh I adverted in despatch, ix not broaebed in the note ef the Minister of Forcign Affairs 1: ie corvain, however, toat it was sug- gestes in the report of the Chambers. Ineed not cal your atteution to the abrurdity of the ed ior tho refuealof the propositions, as ame tbat have always been given by the for iteaction They wre more especially ab ver, as coming from the legislacive body, un der the clroumstances of its eoavocation the pretence for whieh was that it porsersed the power that it now de- clares it is not comperent to exerci It the Water Witch should not arrive before the end tteomer, the odie, and there await your orders, With great respect, your obedient servant. & M, WALSH. Hon, Darien Wenoren, Seoretary of State, Massachusetts Congressmen, THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS Dis is such & consequence of his fall, which is perhaps the | spprceension of the most intelligent, not only the empire | With great reepect, your | Br. M. WALSH. | | tach @ small versel to the coast of Nova Scotia, aad | another to Prince Edward Island, to protect the | fisheries, and that the British Minister at Washing- ton bad been instructed to invite the friendly co- operation of the American government for that pur- In 1840, the Legislature of Nova Scotia, having | ; adopted very etringent regulations, passed an ad- | | dress to her Majesty, requesting government to | | frame and adopt simtiar regulations for the fishery | | for New Brunswick, Prince £dward Is!and, Canada, | and Newfoundland; and calling attention to the wie of the Strait of Cavso, by American fishing vesseis seeking the Gulf of St.” Lawrence, in violation of the tieaty. In 184i, the House of Assembly adopted | @ report, and annexed observations of Capt. Alexan- | der Milne, of her Majesty’s ship Crocodile, on the | fisheries of Newfoundiand, and pressed tor the adop- | tin of regulaiions, especially at the Magdalen | Islands And in the same year, Mr. Stevenson, tho Anor- ican Minister at Loudon, addrcesed a note to Lord | Pajmerston, then Secretary for Foreign Affairs, | atatixg that “he bad been instructed to bring ua- | der the notice of ber Majesty’s government, with- out delay, eertsin preceedipgs of the colonial authorities of Nova Sootia, in relation to the | Seizure and interruption of Awerioan vessels, and | | @itizens of the Uniced States, engaged in interoourse | wish the ports of that vines, aad the progecu- | | tion of the fisheries in its neighboring consis; and | | which, in the opinion of the American government, | | demanded the prompt interferencs ot her Majesty's | | government.” recapitalating the provisions of the | treaty of 1518, and stating that difficulties in the | actual application of those provisions had arisen, | under eover of tho provincial laws, the local govern- | ment asruming @ right to exclude vessels of the United States from all their bays, and from ap- | roaching within three miles of a linc drawa frum | headland to headland, instead of that distanos from | the indents of the shores of the province | | . He also alluded to the application made to the » praying the extension te the adjoining colonies of rules ana regulations similar to those in active Operation in that province, and which had proved so onerous to the fishermen of the United Stator, some Of the provisious of which he declared were “a vie- | lation of well-established principles of the common | Jaw of Eoglaud, and of the principles of the ja laws of all civilized uations.” He also brought ua- der the notice of the British gevernment the posi- tion acrumod by the provincial Legislature, “thet the Gat, or Strait of Canso, is & marrow strip of wa- ter, completely within and dividing several counties | | | | t \ Wel burglaries in Troy, in 1851. oon a from that pont to the Capes of the Delaware, and from the ‘South COspe of Florida to the Mississippi ” Such beirg the construction of international iaw, by the highest legal authorities of both nations, it is evident that the privilege of fishing within the headlands of groat bers. AWaf wRAEVR! Witte it might be viewed in this eountry, would not con- stitute a ground for hostile provee ings. Tosuch a negotiation, however, Nova Scotia must be a con- | seuting party, as the law passed by the Legislature of that province, which authorises the seizure of American vessels found fishing within three miles of the coast, or of ite extensive bays, has received the royal acsent, and cannot be abrogated but by another emanating from the same source. An allusion having been made in the message te the reduction of the duty on colonial fish entering American ports, and the effect of the warehousing system by which it be entered in bond, “in which way,” the President observes, “it has ao- quired the monopoly of the export trade of our inarket, and is entering. to some extent, into the home consumption,” it may not be uninteresting to state what was the quantity of pickled fish shipped last year from Halifax to porte in the United States, and what the average price at which it was sold, being taken from eke consular recerds, which were :— 6,786 barrele No. 1 Mackerel, at from $7 00 to $8 50 12.463 do. No.2 do. do. 5 50 to $6 60 16,735 do. No.3 do. do. 3 40 to $500 13,722 de. Herringe, do. 2 20 to $275 1,790 de. Balmon do. 1050 toil 50 51,496 barrels. Ww. pete ae eS The Hudson Fire—Remarkable Disclosures of Guilt, We have already published acsounte of the burn- ing of the Franklin House in Hudson, and of the arrest of George W. Symonds, by whom the house was kept, upon disclosures made by his wife Tae Troy Budget gives an account of the examination had before the magistrate, and the revelations are substantially to inis effsot :—The wife’s story is, that sbe was lett an orphan at an early age, and lived wish an uncle of her’s, a Wealthy and respecta- ble citizen of Brooklyn Symonds persuaded her to Inarry bim, much against the wishes of her uncle, When she was but fitteen years of oge, he being a Cozem yours her senior. Soon ater their marri they went to Boston, where she was soon mx aware that her husband supported himself by dis- honest means. Soon, nearly s ecore of indictmonts re found against him, aad he was convicted on three of them, and sentenced to the Hoase of Cor- rection for thre» years, as a oommon and notorious thief This was m February, 1845. In the April following he cecaped from his confinement, but was soon retaken, and sentenced for the residue of his term, and one year additional, Bene Btate prison. This term he served out, and then reclaimed his obiid; and thus forced his wife (who had supported herself by keeping ® confeotionery ehop,) vw live with him again. He was conneeted with an extensive system of While there, he fired bakery of Mr Dexter, against whom he had , for dissharging him Mr. D suspected him at the time; but no proceedings were commenced, as No positive proof could be oatained Soon after, hofleared the Franklin House, Hudson, i ‘and cot ced a series of robberies as singular as of the province,” and that the use of it by cisisens | they wi ld and sucscesful. Ho did a very pros- of the United States was in violation of the t YY | perous bi ees, for he stole large proportion of of 1818, which he contended was not the oase. Aad | the goods with which his house was a ished, aad he concludes his wove, by remonatrating against | a1 “‘ the illegal and ve: on which he kept his boarders. lous procesdings of the aa- | He stole #u; nd segars, butter and flour, pi; thorities of ah a 5 ‘et by requeeting that | from thes 4 peuley from th coop He sole it be taken to remer the month afcer the ate of this note, an application was made by the Lieut G Bootia for an inorease of the fo: ries, and asking for camers; and @ case wi same time transmitted, to be submitted to ti officers ef Eogland, as to whether the distaucs of three mi: sbould be computed from headiand to headJand of bays, whother American citizens had a right to enter therein and fish, and whether Ameri oan vessels, fitted ont for the fishery, had a right to pass through the Gat of Oanse, which in some be is not @ mile wide, or to anchor and A. there. The opinion of the crown offiscrs ag ia well known, wasin favor of the line from headiand to | ¢ headland; and with reforence to the Gut of Oanso, | & they decided that, independently oftreaiy, | country has the right to use or navigate of Canso; and that the convention did not, eishor ex | al pressly or by implication, o»vede any righs of using | o or navigating the passage in question They were | } also of opinion that ‘erating bait to Jure fish in | v the traek of any American vessels navigating | bh: the passsgo, would constitute @ fishing wishin tue | for the addi- rowa {8 ul whe pasioge | hb carpets from the neighbors’ dwi he carpeted his own rooms. root of | ornament and articles for use that he needed or thought he needed, he hishand and tock. Aad these high-han | Monday mornin, | then he was enabled, by the aid of his wife, to divert noforoga | monds went ings, with whiew Ho stole articles for Everything, in feet, Bo forth led opera ions be carried on for months, and sucoseded in veiding, or at lonst evading, suspision until last Once only was ho sus; d, aod uspiciow, sud preveut a search of his house. His heits, bold and reekless as they seem to have been, were, mavy of them, conducted with remarkable | ingenuity, apd covered most aaroitly. For several days the week Dotore’ inst there had bern a copetant wrenglo between him and his wifs. Bundsy, the 7th inet, it was carried on very bit- eri, , aud, in the ovarse of the dispute she throaten d to exporo him On Sanday evening Mrs. By- to Now York without informing her ueband of her purpose He, on hing of her beence, suppered, doubtless, that she had gone to arry outher threat. Atthishe wasalarmed His couse was fall of the evidence of his guilt. At olo- ‘en o'clock the Inst of his boarders retired, leaving p ove im the bar room Symonds told his b war guing tobed also. Ia about Dis. negetive terms of tho convention” Tuey “furtaor joare was diroovered to bo on fir, i 7. N. P. Banks gave it as their opinion, that Amerisan vessols may Symonds was met goiog to- +E ¢ 87. gene oegil v enter the porta of the plovinoe for wo rd and water, | ‘ hemod dn " Pi Datu ie Wirt, although at the time of leaving the United “tates | hed been up t - Wittemetepeet ng fa ingen. they had not an adequate suppiy oa board, which | He was suspected and arrested, bus public epinion 6 @.W. Uyhem 4 sound a La ee a mrp | the Jadge of the Ad- | was 0 strongly im bis favor that he was again dig Wry: ve mira! jourt in Nove s bar, Pe eon 9g aay” Gd al In May, 1841, Lora Falkland, thon alainistoring | : tien appointed Hi Whigs lu Maile; democrats in rymoa; free soil in | #patwh of sve Ookeuial Beareary, transmitcing ® | that office on ageount of Deling appointed \ the Supreme email capitals, y oopy of the no‘e ot Mr. Stevonson, who po'nted out Court bench, x! from the town of Bachalar to the Interior — Corrupt ' D Officials of the State of Yucatan— bushels of ecoms we Prompt ted Loss py cagteh Det Ellen. | nogioms trem bread, ea ‘vith the Viewer I promised to sexd you a full account of the great bsotame peal sage ai in all ¥ ficod which has recently destroyed an immense pats Ticcuoune tm thas tows on! , December 9th. amount of property, and done incalculable damage to property, of allkinds, would take months of time and reams of paper. I Commonwealth, Bomervilie shall therefore enly say, tho rains were very heavy, | now, says the Boston continued with scarcely an hour’s intermission, | Arylum. aan py meugraba days and nights. This hes caused | | Lire Me & Cambridge University, has ; the rivers to overfiow their banks, and in many in- sonst Harvard College, viee Jared Bparky, stances to cover the tops of the houses, which wore ; the {ath instaxt, while attempting to cross the raving in this vicinity; but to dose | the ah instant, ryport, ang ‘Mr. Charles West of Trenton, N.J., was drowned on ‘Horatio Greenough, who has been insane, i municipal elections im the cities of Lowell, Newbu- rhe "and Worcester, om the Lath instant, all resulted’ fifteen feet high. The lagoons, eavannabs, and, in | MPO ST or mayer. In Lowell the whig candidate fact, the entire country has been inundated. Cat- Pore heap ee "a tle of all kinds, hogs, poultry, plantations, housos, Pp ee inlety deaths cooured in Phile- and everything else which was in the way, havo becn destroyed. In many cases, people have been taken out through the tops of their houses, and in some instances lives have been lost. In the interior of Honduras and Guatemala, the flood has done im- were obildren. rt % ef which were from cholera. and nine from yellow fever. thousand four hundred bales of cotton were ship- pale ‘Vicksburg on the 4th instant. cochineal and indigo planta- | The numbor of deaths in Boston, last week, was seven: past ern chester entirely destroying the next wees fifteen ad ee sixty years of season’s crop, and in most doing serious and | *8¢, and thirty deer, — pec Srreperable mischief This is to be as last | A little deught miher 6. Lewis, of Sectugteld, car's crop WAS very SbOrts nd rela wil be muck | child wasleft alone « few minntes, when she, got some Phan’ the 6 ‘The food will also ae- | etches, to Play Te, Poavehild oom get af them, ee than the supply. jy affect the next year’s mahogany op e as immense numbers of cattle have , and what cattle are not drowned will be very poor and feeble, as there is no pasture for thom- ‘The water oan ly leave the land before Ist of January, by which time nesrly one half of the cattle now alive will be dead from starvation. Notwith- standing Tears vance shall have a eng jhrist- mas, asthe heavy mi prepared with cash and goods to the next year. I have no doubt $1,000,000 will be advanced to workmen, during the coming holidays. All this cash will pass through several hands, which will make good times while they last. ‘We have no additional news {rom the town of Pe- ten. The Io dians remain in ion, which shows their ingratitude, as the inhabitants of that place have always treated them with the greatest kind- ners. There is nothing new from the States of Hon- | duras and Guatemala as regards the difficulties said | to exist between them. The os revolution (if revolution it can be called) is carried on by small bands of brigands, who rob and plunder either friend | or foo, whom they can get hold of, and do not con- | fine their operations to any particular place, but scour the country, often appearing at and demand. | ing contributions from towns hundreds of miles from the one last attacked. Their last demand was on Sen. Don Peo O. Porter, of Yzabal, of whom they demanded ten thousand dollars, as a peace offering, for which they would sparethat town. Ramorsays they were paid $1,000, and left for other parts. At Bachalar, the Indians, after several feints to attack the town, quietly withdrew to the interior, and their want of courage has saved that town; for bad they only made an attack, | with any force or energy, they would have been sao- | cessful, as the troops were much reduced and badly | supplied with arms, ammunition, and provisions. | Thoy are a'so greatly incensed against their officers, | whom they charge with squandering the funds sup- | lied by the State, for their provisions, clothing, &c. Entortanately for the state of Yucatan, these charges are too true, as there is very little doubt that a large portion of her great men care more for the | than her oe and prosperity. Their in- and plowtloge against their own State, its honor and dignity, are incredible; they are open and bare-faced, and any civilized {country woul ring | | the parties to their trials for treason; yet they hold | up their heads and do not blush to publish their | own treason | Mr. Editor, I wish you would send down your | ball reporter to this town, for our country daneing | season already commenced and promises to be brilliant. Several large balls. parties and weddings are already pbeventen! 3 already the hum of prepara- tion ts beard; already the lines of society are begin- ning to be drawn; already has gossip bogun to define who and what are ladies and gentlemen, and what is most strargo, the less beautiful and chase in cha- racter or person, are making the most noise. They say this one aod that one should not be invited to Government House. A thousand things are said and done among the would-be aristocrats of the little town of Belize, which would form’ a fund of amusement, (if only in the hands of one of your able reporters,) that would make your readers Jaugh, and t tidious gossippers of this town mink dao-vi-vuatacter to the deserving, of whom there are many in this little tows, who would grace any oe iat Peal New Orleans, we hi 'y @ late arrival from New: we have learnt ebster is no more. I was astonished that Daniel W. to leary bow much be was admired and how | be pe >t ges ng ee en ser and oe ing | part o: is community. deeply regret his de- prey roses free! — him to hare been one of the greatest men of the present age. Nothing has ever fe mach & ised me as to ‘hear 8) from Guatemals, San Salvador, Honduras, and Yucatan, ack if thea lott byt and on beiog told that it was really s0, ve said, ‘*t; ® great manjhas fallen—America has lost {ibis constellation of intellect and cloquence.” We can only add, how fast are the great pasting away! Bince my last, the English bark Ellen has been | lost on the coast of Honduras. She had a fall cargo of mahogany, logwood, and sarzaparille, and her bills of lading were signed and cleared. She was caught in a norther, ran on shore, and went to pieces instantly. The officers and crow were all saved, but the vessel and cargo were entirely lost, the latter being insured in your city. When will Jour insurence offices learn not to insure on this coast sett, season of the northers? No Ameri- can vessels in port. 0. dD. Meiancnory Svurcioe —A man named Gilbert Mellen came from Schenectady on eget A evening, and put up at the Merchants’ Hotel, retiring soon | after ten. His room door was found locked the next | merning at ten o'clock, but nothing was thougit of | it. The servant did not return to it until seven | o’clook inthe evoning Tho door being still locked, the bar keeper opened {t with a duplicate key, when Mellen was found lying on his bad, dead, witha a per labelled ** Morphine—Poison,” lying on the floor. Coroner Smith was immediately called, and ths ver- dict of ** suicide” rendered. “The following is an extract from a letter addrozsed to Mr. Whitney, the landlord, and which shows that the deceased had long contemplated suicide. Ho was about 35 years | of age id & native of New England: — ‘(My dear landlord, I take my pen to inform you that My name is Gilbert Mellen I have # Brother in Milford. NH... whare that letter is agoing. I am about out of | money, aud I am Deep in Love for Emiiy F, Abbott. I do not went to live it I cannot have her, I set my life by her, and fore I Dye what thing I have heare I wish you would send to my Father ise name Josephef Mel- len. Uxbridge, Mass, I belonge to the Odd Fellows Lodge, = That you will ee by my Curd I have with me, Itison the table; you will find it. I have a broother im Milford, Mass, by the nemo of Lovett Mellen. I want you to fend that letter; if you will. you will do me s kindness,” In a letter found on the table in the room he o0- it dreesed to James Mollen, Milford, N. H , jenestady, December 9, afier accounting, ified manner, for the causes which com- pelled him to wander from place er plates he says:— “TI thought that I would enliet in Company K of ol. Taylor's Flying Artillery. After staying two days in the Arwy I did not like it, so Tran away, and am now a de- ferter I was informed that a rum away soldier if they caught him they would shave his head and give him fifty larbes, and then drum bim out the army, Ge will not kerp a deserter—they do not want them— ao you see Tam. badly Axed, amd I do noc want to Live, so I shall kill my- relf £0 good by James and Sarab, as you will never see me more He then goes on to explain somo of his condnst, and concludes by expressing a wifh to be buried plcne side of hie mother, and says: “ You ean te)l Emily F. Abbott that I am dead, and that I died for the love ef ber Oh, how J loved her.”’ There were also found several letters—one, dated Braintree, Meranchuretts, September 9, addressed to “*My Dear Husband,” and pened Baily F. Mellen. Another from Milford, te ‘Friend Nathan,” and Beet saa Mellen. —Albany Evening Journal, 1c. 13. vious Drerructive Fine iy Geneva —A vory destrus- tive fire cccurred ia this village last might. It broke oat inthe beot spd shoe stere of Moskior & Humphrey, and when dirsovered, the first story of the building was one living mass of Semen In the rear was a wooden edi tion which. taking @ the fores ot the firemen, ro as ave the main body of the'Temperance fours the building next north of that in which the fire originated. (Mr, Bradt’s,) was lef to the mrrey of the flames, and the fe story destroyed, Several out buildings iu the rear were raised by the hook | £00 ladder men, snd thue the progtens of ths oonflsgra- tion tn that quarter was arrested. The goods and farai- | ture in Mr. Bradt’s Me. Laglere’s, Bartlett & Wilder's, and tho T Houre were removed, of conrse sus- taining m ein the hurry and excitement at- tending rv ‘s We will attempt mo statement of the individual Ineees eurtained by thie fire, The age | Rregate cannet fall short ef $10000.—Geneva Gazette, Dee, 14, i} and eatencive gines factory of Pox & Co, witha quantity of valnabte glass, was destroyed yesterday fire, The Gre originated im the packing room conoes! with the establishment destroying that, the drying, oul eg flattening rooms, and warehoure, The fire Gi eovergd about IT o'clock, Loon after the workmen ket | fe ery for dinnor The low i4 extimated at | 10,000, covered partly by isruramse Rome | ed, and one by ono the crew was picked off watched offered pericr to thove of an: taken advantage of, ter Is Inthe hands of the succeed—and Nig FP Brq ; John Beard, Krq.. re-elected Acoounte, | vice W. Rh. | on the firet Middle—W. 8 Dilworth Beq., vice 8. B and for the South James Geitis was deferred for the of the Cirevit Court eleotic | wis Stave Tar: ‘tat ) Twbary ' Fine at DURHAMVILLE —A portion of the large | Bate fewary, for the fiscal large | celpte into the treasury, Tneladl by | ree $7,716 662, Jon rhia Ledger, Dee. astired So praise | Lrotk, Delaware county. inal, | Qolon Dutchees More than $15 000 bave been subscribed in Bostom for the Webster monument. ‘The question of raising s monument to end his com! unfortunate companions, Crittenden, Ker, Vienne, Al- aE Sentcan halean: Dew ialoamt hundred twe thousand dollars have been sub- sceibed tn, Savanna, ¥0 ald im. the gonstrustion of the Bevannah and Pensacola Railroad. that the fishermen must be e matter of self- of the ocean. ‘The late Professor John a P. Merton, bequeathed to Yale Colle; tus Pooks and Peay rae of the value of more , It osed to unite the New Hampshire Central Concerh tea Claremont allzoed oorperations into — the object of both being to connect the Merrimae Connecticut rivers by crossing Now arab i is good hing in Quebeo, and ara teduigioe in thite: tevorivo. spark, in whieh the spourotan’s Bullding in New Haven, waa destroyed by fire on the 14th inst. Alleghany township, Somerset county, Pa.. « ee Gage ago abet the lontert back ta ae mane ins. The | deer has been known by the name of Old Isase for many eurs—some hunters eay sixteen—he had nine bullets in im in addition to the one thet killed him, ‘His weight was 142 pounds, Dutta teat The Philadelphia police were called on tw quella fiat ave among rome Ears a calling them selves “The Blood Tubs,” who were having @ bell in the second story of the tavern at the corner of Passyunk road end German street. Theattendants at the ball boys from fifteen to eighteen. and the were mi younger. Ine side room three boys were: dim a beast 5 state of intoxication. : ai d value of real and personal i foarte waras or Balt city, amounts to $67.67’ sit being an increare rince 1845 of $22,426.809, The aggre te of sll the wards in the city, it is supposed, will reack $56,000,000, a, to extend a after Mareh next, that an unity may be afforded to | the citizens of expressing Wekreroreciatien of his fidelity to Southern interests. Mrs. Anne Dugan was burned to death roe rape} on the 10th ‘inst yy her clothes taking fire, whil uppesed, she was in a state of into: a. on of Mrs. Dugen’s was burned to death about 4 week eince. agit X. vt te 1¢ Board of Bt ‘of Wayne county, N Y. ir oan session, engl gamelaw” which ibits t! killing or taking or woodoock from 15th January to Tuesday in July, partridge from 15th January to Tuesday im id , quail from 16th January to Ist Tuesday in October, duck in August, and brook treut from 15th September to 1:t March. track on the New York and New Have: railroad, is now finlobed from New Heaven to New Ro- ehelle. tizens of Albany have subscribe $255,000 to tiie Albany tod poryeebenee pcrsere éé eae steithin tae Bete is before the Onio culation of foveig benk bills within eld, Mass., is fernishing some Tecan ox uxtillory for Preehdent Lopen, of Pe **F8*Porusua, a6, was tried, A aplendid Is mornit g, and toward: lake was in terrible commotion; the breakers and were >a let tured near. Tor, bad cape in the water. his cienlacee oan cye witnencen e. Bare of & veesel about half a mile ing to and fro with the waves, Pipes s er mompagd humas was blowing a gale. and th: and up with thelt frail bold sight, even from thi scene If it was an en: must it have been to ed fellows hanging for heroes. and to the credit of City sailors, they were not wanti: were quickly manned, and started amid unfortunate vesel. Nothizg could thrillingly exciticg thaa to witness ho manned the boats. lows WI 5 in the deep trea of the tl them Pai | be = for pv et would be thrown the crest of a it seemed as if a capsize was inevitable. ter. and the 3. ie iF, i F : F | i if Hy i 4 Li d Et FY F i é : | | fh Fe ff F 2 3 iff Fee cars would not reech the ne merted tothe gunwale. At I i fF E t i started for shore. bier were trom bank and pier. ‘he gali md le increased. aud the of the largest boat, with most of the crew, wasslow, fears were enteriained that she would swamp, whem breakers. at the mouth ef the pier. © calamity. Ceptain Stanmard, of the ‘arned his small boat, and. with hers in the midst of the break- ets, and caw them all safe over the surge. It was # shout- ing time on Jand when the rescuers and the rescued reached +till water in the harbor. All had beem saved the daring and intropidity of » few rough coated, bu noble hearted fellows, whose names a niehs in in the temple of fame.— Cleveland Plaindealer, Dec. 18. " i the reached the bi To provide for pie 4 pcre acdir stent untlirersen Domes ar NiaGara Faris.—We are informed that an eastern company bas been e of constructing @ canal js to commence al empty. of course, Porters bave mi and there is no will strike no one with a that it is neue Hee, ex bout to be exsouted. that locelicy for the proseention of maaufac- tures and mechanics! business of every fact tee. there are her place in the world, if properly oher ee world, “ universally conceded, If the mst. i kind of men it cannot bat ‘a Falls will then be a big place — Lockport Courier, D Frontpa Leaistature.—The Legislature is get fairly underway, and is jaring for itself heay important labor. We obeeere already the e. while notice deem tion of several bills of interest, given of many bo hf “e pee the ression promiaes to be one unu magnitude Im the amount of business transacted aed labor On Monday last, the elections were made of t! Btate officers whose terms ex sion. or soon after the ad, General, M. D, Papy. Beq various Ire with the prevent ses jourpment. For Attorney was choren in the the rogue, Req } 7 LY Pthoe rerent incumbent, D P ioe 0. W. ptroller of q., was elected Becretary + e' Tho elvotinn ef Solicitor for abe Eastern it. Wi that @ sto. bo chosen for the Bait those to be Beg ‘will compl he preeent Geners! 4 NDITION OF THE PENNSTLYVA- ‘Trem Fin ancran ‘asuny — We recelved ment of the ree-ipte or i Se ee a v Post Orrice Oven. te din ty, { from 16th April to 2a: Raesday ‘ t ft —— ‘ '