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fOFFIGIAL.) Stated Session. Boanp oF ALDERMEN, Jan. 10, 1853. Proent—Richard T., Compton, Faq. President; Alder- men Moore, Haley, Sturtevant, , Boyce, Rarr, ‘Tweed, Brisley, Francis, Smith, Bard,’ Ward, nell, Alvord, Doherty, ‘and Peck, ‘The minutes of the meeting were read and ap- PETITIONS. By ‘\derman Moony—Petition of James Darrick, to #e expaision erased on register of firemen. To Com- ua “ze on fire Department. By Aenean soma rtiton of Nathanis) Jarvis and others, ° of Seventh avenue, bet 2 atreet and Harlem foe Co Committee on Roads. m By Alderman Pyck—Petition of Edward W. Bishop, to ay inted a commissioner of deeds, To Committee on 8. Hose Company No. 47, and Offices. By Alderman Surru—Petition of for pay of bill for extra work to their house. To Commit: ‘tee on Finance. By Alderman Warp—Petition of C. C. Ellis and others, Railroad Company using S street. To Special ittee, of Aldermen Tweed, Denman, Peck, Boyce, Boberty, Ward and Bord, et yh * By Alderman Sarmu—Petition of John H. Haviland, for $2 piper to be laid in Fighth avenue, between Forty- a and Fifty-first streets. To Committee on Lamps as. By the Prespxyt—Communication from R. L. Laski, yelative to medical services rendered ; also, bill of J. mnberg, for similar services. To Committee on By Alderman Borce—Petition of Alden J. Hale, to be sipantes a commissioner of deeds. To Committce on and Offices. By the Preemest—Communication from George Hamil- ton, relative to portrait in his possession of the late Hon, Clay. To Committee on Arts and Sciences, in TWEED—Petition of the coroners for room now occupied by city judge. Granted by resolution. i Alderman Douerty—Petition of John Roach and ethers, to have sewer in Forty-first street completed. Granted. By the same—Petition of Patrick Mooney and others, to have sunken lots filled up between Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth streets and Sixth and Seyenth avenues. To Committee on Public Health. By Alderman Peck—Petition of Isaac Britton, relative to certain charges against the warden of Blackwell’s Island. To Special Committee, consisting of Aldermen Peck, Denman, and Sturtevant. By Alderman Dexaax—Petition of 3. Osgood, to be ap- pointed a commissioner of deeds. To Committee on Sula- rion. By the same—Petition of D. F. Curry, to be appointed commissioner of deeds. To Committee on Salaries and Officers, INVITATION. An invitation was received from the Warren ht Guard, to attend their annual ball on Monday evening, January 10, which was accepted. RESOLUTIONS, By Alderman Dexan.—Resolved, That a sewer, with the’ necessary receiving basins and culverts, be built un- der the direction of the Croton Aqueduct Department, eommencing in Forty-ninth street, at the East river, and running thence to and through Second avenue to Fifty- third street, and thence through Fifty-third street to and through Third avenue to Fifty-sixth street. Referred to Committee on Sewers. By Alderman Twrep.—Resolved, That the rooms now cecupied by the City Judge, in the new City Hall, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the use of the Coro- ners of this county, Resolved, that the Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies be, and'is hereby, directed to have the rooms, appropriated to the use of the Coroners, put in thorough repair, and that the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for such purpose. Adopted on a division, viz: Aflirmative—Aldermen Moore, Haley, Sturtevant. - ley, Boyce, Barr, Tweed, the President, Aldermen Brisley, Smith, Bard, Ward, Doherty, Peck—14, my Alderman SturrevaNt—Resolved, That the Counsel of the Corporation be, and he is hereby requested, to me- morialize the Legislature, at ita present session, for a mo- dification of the law relative to police of this city. permit- the policemen of the lower wards of the city to reside ot e other wards thereof. Referred to Committee on ice. By the Same—Resolved, That the Commissioner of Streets and Lamps be, and he is hereby,directed to report to this Poard, as soon as practicable, the time each night, at the different seasons of the year, of lighting the public | lamps in the city, what nights they are lighted, and how long each night; and when not lighted, why not; and all the information in his possessionton the subject. Adopted. By Alderman Hatey—Resolvyed, That the Commissioner of Streets and Lamps be, and ixghereljy, directed to have all the streets in the Second ward lighted with gas, where the mains are now laid; which was adopted, REPORTS. Of Committee on Finance—In fayor of donating $100 to Mathew Farley, for loss of horse. Adopted on a division, viz:— Afiirmative—Aldermen Moore, Haley, Sturtevant, Oak- ley, Boyce, Barr, Tweed, the’ President, Ald. Brisley, Smith, Bard, Ward, Denman, Doherty and Peck—1 Of same committee—In favor’of paying propo: Ming in of lot foot of Twenty-sixth street, East river, to ad Arnold & Co. Lost for want of a constitutional vote. Of Committee on Police. bills of Doctors Kiersted, J , Kilbourne, Charles A, Budd, M. A. Van Lier, E. H. Kimbark, John @. Sewall, Wm. Schulze, James Douglas, and M.G. Porter. Adopted on a division, viz:— Affirmative—Aldermen Moore, Haley, Sturtevant, Oak- ley, Boyce, Barr, Tweed, the President, Ald. Brisley, Smith, Bard, Ward, Denman and Doherty—14. Of Committee on Finance—In fuvor of refunding amonnt of judgment to Claplin, Mellen & Co. Lost for want of a constitutional vote. Of Committee on Roads—In favor of opening Ninety- third street, from Second to Fourth avenue. Adopted on a division, v Affirmative—Aldermen Moore, Haley, Sturtevant, Oak- ley, Boyce, Barr, Tweed, the Pre , Aldermen Brisley, Smith, Bard, Ward, Doherty, Peck—14. Of Committee on Fire Department—In favor of altera- tions to house of Hook and Ladder Company No. 2. Adopted. fame committee—In favor of reinstating Albert McElvain and James R. Tate in the Fire Department. Adopted. same committee—In favor of suspending John Camp- ‘bell from the Fire Department. Adopted. Alderman Twrep moved to take from the Committee on Salaries and Offices the nominations made by Isaac Ed wards, Collector of Assessments, of Samuel Ailen, Robert | MeGary, and Robert McKinnon, as Deputy Collectors of | Assessments; which was carried. ed that said nominations be confirmed, favor of paying medical on, Idermen Moore, Haley, Oakley, Barr, Tweed, the lent, Aldermen Smith, Bard, Ward, Den: man, Doherty, Peck— Negative—Aldermen Sturtevant, Boyce, Pearsall—3. On motion, the Board then adjourned, to meet to-mor- | row, 11th inst., at five o’clock P. M. D. 'T. VALENTINE, Clerk. BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN, Monpay, Jan. 10, 1853. } PresentewAssistant Alderman Brown in tne Chair, Assis- tant Aldermen Tait, Mabbatt, O’Brien, Maybee, Breaden, Woodward, Ring, Wells, Hunt, Bouton, McGown, Stewart, | Wheelan, ’ Barker, Rogers, ‘the President, Brawford; O'Keefe, McConkey. TIONS. PEniti03 By Assistant Alderman Weui%=0f Hose Co. No. 12, for a new carriage. ‘To Committee on Fire Departmont. samc=(f Hose Cox. Nos. 12 and 2 portyon of a Pauging occupied in part. by a, public primary school. To same. By samemOf William Peddie, 61 Leroy strect, for re- mission of tax. To Committee on Finanne. By Assistant Alderman CrawrorpesOf Nathan Jackson, to be relieved frout assessment. To Committee on As- sessments. By Assistant Alderman McCoxkry=0f Thomas Kiernan, | for a reduction of tax for 1852. To Committee on Finance. | A REPORT. Of the Special Committee appointed to revise the rules of order of the Board of Assistant Aldermen. On motion, this report was ealled up, and, after amendment, adopted as amended, by the following vote:— flirmative The President, Messrs. Tait, Mabbatt, O’Brien, Maybee, Breaden, Ring, Wells, Hunt, Bouton, | McGown, Stewart, Wheelan, Barker, Crawford, O'Keefe, and McConkey—17. FROM BOARD OF ALDERMEN. The resolutions on communication from Counsel to the Corporation, in favor of allowing him additional aid in his office; also, to employ late Counsel to the Corporation, &e., to assist in matters In which the city is iuterested; alxo, to allow him the use of the rooms now occupied by the Board of Education in addition to his present rooms, Tho latter concurred in—the former lost. Resolution.—That one of the track of Sixth and Eighth avenue Railroad Co., in College place, be taken up. Laid on the table by the following yote ;— Affirmative—Assistant Aldermen Browne, Tait, O'Brion, n, Ring, Hunt, Bouten, MeGonn, Barker, Crawford, O'Keeffe, and MeConkey—12. Negative—The President ; Maybee, Wells—4. “Assistant-Aldermen Matbatt, REMONSTRANCES, By Assistant Alderman Bovres—Of sundry persons agalast the proposed market in avenue A, between Fit. teenth and Sixteenth streets. To Committee on Markets. The Board then adjourned to Tuesday afternoon, at five | @elock. From the minutes. C. T. MeCLENACHAN, Clerk. The Florida Indiana The Tallahassee Sentinel of Jan. 4th, says that let- | ters were received from Tampa on the 2d, from the most reliable sources, stating that, at the Grand Council recently convoked by Billy Bowlegs, to de- liberate We the agreement at Washington, the In- dians decided, with great unanimity, that they never | meant to, and never would, emigrate trom Mlowids At is fortunate that this determination is known be- fore the Relea of the Legislature. Gen. Blake is expected here this week. | The following letter from General Blake to Go- | vernor Brown was read to the Florida Legislatare on the 3d instant:— Exemigst Sim: noles ref Fort Myens, Noo, 5, 1852 I regret to inform you that the & © to comply with their agreément to emigea y intend to stay here. I have reported the epartment, in Washington, and recommend y be surveyed into townships at on the surveyors to be protected by the military of Flozida, 4c, and {hat 300 Creek warriors be sent into the «wamy Mor their own officers and in their own way, bringing into the nearest post all they can capture, Very respec bly, sir, LUTHER BLAKE, Special Agent. United States Cirentt Court, Before Hon. Judge Betts. TAN. 10.— The Case of the Henry Clay Steamboat Qlamity.Notice was given by Mr. M-Mahon, cansel for the defendants, that he intended to move tequash the indictments in thia case, The Court directed that the motion stand over for agument till ten o'clock to-morrow (‘l'ncsday) morn- » | this establishment, havin, | their reward in a corresponding increase of patron- | this ev | Atrophia. Heart, disease of. | ‘Angica. Hip disease... | Bronnhitis Hooping cough, | ci Inflammation of bi | ‘on her way to pay England a vi The members .of this society held an adjourned meeting, at their rooms, Stuyvesant Institute, last evening. The chair was taken by Vice-President Waddell, and Mr. Meade, Recording Secretary, acted as Secretary. Mr. Ooxiey, as Chairman of the Finance Com- mittee, reported that the had examined the accounts for the Poe year, as well as the vouchers and certifl- cates, The’ accounts were correct, with the excep- tion of an error of fifty cents, and the transfer to the new books was duly made. The treasurer had an amount of $280 60 in hands, or, at least, duly de- osited in the Greenwich Savings Bank. He (Mr. akley) would now hand over the books and vouch- ers to the new treasurer, if the meeting adopted the report of the committee. The accounts were dul certified and passed, and the books were hande over to Mr. Parsons. Mr. Tuomas Hoae read the report of a committee to whom it had been entrusted to draw up the pre- mium list, and the regulating of standing commit- tees for the next exhibition. The committee report- ed that the value of the premiums given, or Bropoesd to ven, would amount to nine hun and jar 98 ight dollars. The report was amended thus: ‘hat roses and piccatoes be exhibed in pots,” and ‘‘that the order of arrangements be according to the different months in the year.” The amended re- port was aconied; and two thousand copies ordered to be printed. Mr. James Hoge would wish to move a resolution, to the effect that a committee of three be sppomited to prepare a record of all vegetables sent in for exhi- bition, soas to make their exact size and weight known, for the guidance of the Committee on Pre- miums. Mr. Hogg read from the minutes of the meeting of the Society in former years, to show that yegetabies were exhibited, as far back as 1822, equal, if not superior, to those now brought in. ‘Ihe stan- dard should be raised. The Chairmen of the Committees on Flowers, Plants and Vegetables were a ppolntedt to form the special committee, on motion of Mr. LiverMoRE. Messrs. Hogg, Parsons and Livermore werg ap pointed a committee to inquire and report upon suitable rooms, to be taken for the society's meet- ings during the year, from May. Messrs. Meade, Groshong and Dunlap were ap- pointed as a committee to negociate with the direc- rs and managers of the New York Crystal Palace, in order that the exhibition of the Society should be held in that building if possible. Mr. OaKLEy proposed the following resolution: — That the Recording Secretary be directed to purchase notices for members, and to vontract with a city post for the delivery of the same. Carried. The meeting adjourned to the first Monday in February. Theatrical and Musical. Burton's TukaTRE.—The same bill as last evening is announced for to-night, namely, the new piece called “ Laugh and Grow Fat,” and the very attrac- tive feature called ‘“ Paris and London,” which is every night drawing immense audiences. The character of the barber, by Mr. Placide, and that of the English coachman by Mr. Burton, are so ably re- presented that to see them alone is worth the price of admission. But when it is known that Mr. Dyott, an actor of great celebrity, and admired by every one, as also Miss Weston, Mrs. Hughes, and Mrs. Berner, appear, a rich dramatic treat may be ex- ected. Nationat TuEatre.—-Three very attractive pieces are announced for this evening, by Manager Purd namely, the ‘* Eve of Waterloo,” “ Gale Breezely,, and the beautiful drama called the “ Sicilian Bride,” all of which are cast in an excellent manner. ‘The last of these is put upon the stage in a manner which reflects great credit on Mr. Purdy. The scenery is beautiful, and the respective characters are ably filled. Jones is admirable, as also Mys. Nichols, Mr. Clarke, and other attachées of the National. Wauvack's Lyceum.—This celebrated Thespian temple is every night crowded by highly respectable audiences, which to us is no way surprising, con- sidering that Mr. Wallack’s company is composed of some of the best comedians in the country. Mr. Blake is an excellent actor—there is nothing’ vulgar about him, and he uses no effort to excite the ap- plause of his audience; but his keeping true to nature is more effective. Lester, in his line, has no superior. Walcott is excellent, and Brougham, Miss Laura Keene, and Mr. Reynolds, are capital. The bill for Cee is “The Road to Ruin,” and “ His Last Og8, Wuite’s THEATRE OF VARIFTIES—Miss_ Alber- tine’s benefit is to take place this evening at White's. The great amusement which this lady has afforded to the public by her excellent personations, claims for her an overflowing house on this occasion. The pieces provided are ‘Jack eae ard,” the “Good for Nothing,” and the ‘Forty Thieves.” Mr. Chan- frau has kindly consented to appear. American Musrum.—The pieces to be presented this afternoon and evening, in the lecture room of the museum, comprise the laughable farce of the “Village Gossip,’ and the drama of the ety Thieves.” General Tom Thumb will appear on eac! occasion in his pleasing personations. ‘The curiosi- ties in the saloons are as attractive as ever. New Yors AmpuitneatRe.—The superb troupe of equestrians and acrobats, regularly engaged at F been considerably aug- the proprietors are reaping mented the present week, age. A bill of great attractive power is offered for | to-night. Cunisry’s Opera Hovse.—The attractions an- nounced for this evening, by Christy’s popular.band of mirth- provoking darkies, are, a3 is always the case, such as must fill the hall in every department. Woon's MixstreLs, whose success is on the in- crease every night, have provided a well-selected programme for this evening. All the favorites are to appear. Go early if you want to secure comfortable seats. Rotent Henxer, the celebrated magician, whose feats of dexterity are the astonishment of everybody, announces a programme of great attractivencss {¢ ning—his “ Second Sight,” which is un- | doubtedly the most clever feat we ever witnessed, will be repeated, together with his inexhaustible bottle | tric BANVARD's PANORAMA OF THE Hoty LAND.—The exhibitions of this splendid painting are witnessed with as much zest as ever ; and very deservedly so, for it is not only a beautiful work of art, but is highly instructive, Mr. Banvard, the illustrator, having a thorough knowledge of the many interesting scenes | connected with the subject. re Ristey’s THames continues to he exhibited at 406 Broadway with much success. Those who can admire an excellent painting, should, by all means, see i it. norita Soto, the distinguished Spanish dancer, having recovered from her indisposition, was tomake her appearance at the Walnut strect theatre, Phila- delphia, last evening. ‘Weekly Report of Deaths Inthe City and County of New York, from the 1st day of January to the 8th day of January, 1863. Men, 64; Wonien, 63; boys, 109; girls, 88.—Total, 324. DISEASES, 19 Fever typhus 1 Fever nervou: Inflammation of bowels Inflammation of chest Inflammation of kidney Inflammation of tun, Inflammation of stomach, Convulsions. . Cc Cy eee Congestion of lungs Amin Simic mA Seaman D Scrofula ... Small pox Suffocation, Teething. Unknown Varioloi Fracture. Fever remittant Fever scarlet. Fever typhoi Cyanos Inflammation of throat. | Debitfty... 6... Inflammagion of liver | Delirium tremens 1 Intemperance | Diarrhoea . . 1 Jaundice..... Dropsy. ~.3 Lues venerea. Dropey in the head....,..10 Malformation Dropsy in the chest... 2 Marasmus. 1 Drowned, , 1 Measles,, . 2 Morticflation, D1 Oldage Erysipela: : 4 Palsy Exposure , . 1 Rheumatism . 3 we 4 Per 8 2 Under 1 year 1to 2years, 2to 5 years 5 to 10 years, 10 to 20 years. 20 to 30 years. 30 to 40 year PLACES OF NATIVITY.<=L England, 9; Scotland, mark, 1; British Possession Indies, 1. : FromeHospital, Bellevue, 9; Penitentiary, Blackwell's Island, 1; Randall's Island , City Hospital, house, Blackwell's Island, House of Refuge, 4; Colored persons, 12, Interments returned from Ward's Island. 24. THOMAS K, DOWNING, City Inspector. City Inspector's Oflice, Jan. 8, 1853. 70 to 80 years 80 to 90 years 90 to 100 years Unknown iermany, 19; ms in North Amerina, The Ericsson. ENNETE -— As the new steamer Ericsson will sail ys tor southern ports, viz.: Philadelphia, ,and Charleston, may I not ask, in behalt ens of Savannah, that Savannah be includ- ed in the voyage ? She will receive a warm recep- tion from the enterprising merchants and citizens of the “ Forest City.” You are aware the first steamer that ever crossed the Atlantic was owned in, and sailed from, that port. As the Ericsson will soon be t, showing a new era in navigation, would it not be appropriate tor her to visit the above port. The merchants of pout having constructed a steanter for rade, and Ker visit may result in Say building the second steamer of the kind—they in railroads and fast steamers ? I hope the enterpris- ing proprietors will favor Savannah with a visit of their ste Your obed servant. AC ubidbsi Ga Say asiid, | cumulated under whig misrule. | Marshal for the District of Columbia; and Mr. Key ) tiv i ' OF THE BATTLE OF MEW ORLEANS. Its Celebration in the Capital and Metropolis of the Union, THE BANQUET AT WASHINGTON. errr Special Report for the New York Herald. Wasurnatoy, Jan. 9, 1853. This affair came off last night, at Jackson Hall— ladies’ tickets two dollars, gentlemen's tickets three dollars.” Extensive arrangements had been made for a large assemblage; but, somehow, either patriot- ism was under par, or the fatigues of the day, (occa- sioned by participating in the ceremonies attending the inauguration of the statue of Jackson,) incapaci- tated many of the “unterrified” from an enjoyment of the festivities. Perhaps the marshalsandaids, for the most part, who careered on horseback in the pro- cession, conceived that they had “glory enodgh for one day,” without running over their measure at night. Besides, a few weeks only have elapsed since the democracy had a banquet at the United States Hotel, in honor of their Presidential victory, at which feast, it will be recollected, Messrs. Douglas, Weller and Olds laid down the programme for the incoming administration, both with regard to “progress” and “expansion,” and the severance of whig official heads from offending bodies. But if General Pierce him- self, instead of his picture, by Healy, had been at Jackson Hall, last night, the crowd would have been extremely dense—such is the relative effect of sub- stance and shadow. A year since, Kossuth was the star of the eighth of January banquet, and large was the number who came to worship that eccentric light, now no longer visible in the republican heavens ; but notwithstand- ing the toasts then drank to his honor, and the crazy demonstrations of joy in consequence of his brilliant oratorical achievements, on this occasion his name was not even breathed, perhaps not thought of, by the comparatively slim company of celebrators. “ Thus passes away the glory of the world.” Jackson Hull, on the eighth of January, 1853, was beautifully and tastefully decorated with flags of va- rious nations, gaslight giving to the scene a cheerful aspect. The pea of General Pierce was set on the “stars and stripes;” but as we all expect to see the gentleman himself in our midst ere long, we prefer waiting to pay our court to the original— epeely when we crowd in for fat offic which, entre nous, is the great point with our Di trict of Columbia patriots, instead of bowing to | the artistically arranged paint upon the canvass. At the south end of the hall sat the President of the Jackson Democratic Association, J. D. Hoover, Baneupncred by Father Ritchie, (the old editor;) Col. G. W. Hughes, who figured in Mexico, anda gallant officer; Hon, Linn Boyd, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Gen. Armstrong, the pro- prietor of the Union newspaper, and the executor of the public printing, legislative and executive; John W. Maury, the Mayor of Washington, and several in- vited guests. The Rey. James Gallaher, Chaplain of the House of Representatives, an old and undeviating democrat and uncompromising Jackson man, asked a blessing, and then the choice things on the table were discussed. An hour was thus occupied. Nearly everybody had | been satisfied with the solids, when’ Judge Douglas | made his appearance at the door. Col. Hughes was | the first to perceive him, and proposed three cheers | for the orator of the day. They were given with a | will. The Judgeacknowledged the honor by making | repeated low bows; and by the time the last hurrah was ended, he was in his place at the head of the table, engaged in eating his supper. Anon, Mr. Hoover, the President of the Jackson Democratic Association, announced the regular toasts, which were received with demonstrations of delight, namely:— 1. The Day we Celebrate—Memorable in the annals of | America as the day on which the conquering sword of Andrew Jackson desolated the invading host of haughty | England, and consolidated our independence forever.— (Jackson's Mareh 2. ‘The Memory of George Washington—“ First in first in peace, first in the hearts of his countryme (Washington’s March.) 3. The Memory of Audrew Jackson—His glorious deeds, both as a soldier and a statesman, constitute a monument | more enduring than the matchless statue this day erected to his honor.—(Dirge.) ae i President of the United States —(Prosident’s rch. 5. The American Constitution—Sprang from the wis dom of our revolutionary sages; and, if not perfect, the nearest approximation to perfection that human intellect ever devised. Under its benign influence, in less than a century we have become a prosperous and a mighty peo- ple. the nations follow our example.—(Star'Span gled Baer.) 6. The Union as made by the Constitution—The wgis | of our poiltical liberty and national glory: blighted be the | | intellect that would plan, palsied the tongue that would | I advise, paralyzed the arm that would strike for its disso- lution.—(Hail Colum 7. The Army, Navy, Their past is a gua flood they have y they ean and will (Yankee Doodle.) 8. Frank. Pierce, President Elect of the United States— | “The man for the democracy, without anything of the | demagogue :” His modesty could not conceal from the American people the merits that made him a man of mark ; and they have verified, by an unprecedented una- nimity of vote, the prediction of the immortal Jackson, that he was destined to be President of the United States. (Hail to the Chief.) 9, Win. R. King, Vice President Elect—His intellectual accomplishments and matured experience, combined with his spotless purity of character, haye made him the mete associate of the illustrious Pierce. May returning health realize the hopes of his friends, and give back to the de- woeracy their second choice in the adiministration of the goverment. (Auld Lang Syne.) 10. ‘The Democratic Party—Always indomitable, gene rally successful, now triumphant. ‘They will turn the sweeping current of a just public opinion into the augean stables, and cleanse them of the political corruptions ac- (Wait for the wagon.) Il. The Press—The potent lever of public opinion. When pure, enlightened, and free, it is sure to pull down the haughty despot, and to lift up his prostrate victim, | giving to both their true relative positions in the political | and social state. (Marseilles Hymn. 12. The Triumph of Democratic Principle—We united in battle to secure it; let us not divide in victory to lose | it. (Old Folks at home.) 13. The Ladies—*+ Heaven’ last, best gift to man." Let them ever revere the name, and instil into the minds of the rising generation the principles, of the hero who shielded them from a brutal soldiery, and silenced, by the thun- der of the cannon, the ruffian cry of “ beauty and booty.”” (Still so gently o'er me stealing) Judge Douglas, while some of these toasts were being drunk, went down each side of the tables, See out and exchanging congratulations with his friends. Just before the “complimentary sentiments” were | announced, three or four gentlemen were seen mov- | ing up to the table, one of them, (Mr. P. B. Key, Esq.,) | holding up a beautiful rosewood walking stick, with | a gold head. Fa directed to that quar- ter, he addressed Mr. Hoover as follows :— Mr. President—Will you permit me, an humble representative of the Jackson Democratic Associa- tion, to thus interrupt your proceedings, and to pre- sent you, in this interval of the ceremonies, a slight testimonial of their esteem. We remember, and feel, and know how much efficient service you have ren- dered to the democracy, as the head of this association, in the most arduous campaign through which we have recently passed. In consideration of these ser- vices, I have been selected as the honored and hum ae representative to present to you this cane. (Ap- jause.) : The testimonial was handed over to Mr. Hoover | who, receiving it, said :— - | Gentlemen—With feelings of unbounded gratitude | I accept the gift just presented. Whatever those services were which I rendered, you are the best judges. If they had the least effect in securing the triumph of the party, you, the gallant members of the association, have sustained me. But I realize that [ | have done nothing more than my duty—nothing more than I would do again, and which every deiocrat | should do. (Applause.) For the complimentary manner in which you have been pleased to give me | this evidence of your friendly regards, LT return you | my sincere thanks; and, in conclusion, I will merely say, I accept the cane, with this proviso—when [ prove faithless to the great and glorious democracy, let it revert back to those in whose name it has been presented. (Applause.) ‘ * (Mr. Hoover, we may here remaik, is one of the dozen candidates for the office of United States d Militia of the United Stat ntee of their future. On field and icated American rights and honor— dicate them against a world in arms. is one of the six or more striving for the United States District Attorney-Generalship.] ‘Three cheers were given for Hoover, and three more for Key. The complimentary sentiments, twenty-two in number, were then commenced. ‘The first, Clark Mills, of South Carolina—The artist whose inven- genius has given to immortality the form and fea- tures of Andrew Jackson. [He it is who desigued and consirueted the equestrian statue, } ‘Three cheers were sent up, and, at the instance of Father Ritchie, three more ; and there were cries of “Mills!” “Mills! He was reluctant to rise ; but the calls were so loud and earnest that he could not | resist. However, le rose, saying ‘I wish merely to express my gratitude for the compliment you have just paid me. Words cannot express my feelings be- | cause of your approbation of my work. Unaccus- | | | | i tomed to public speaking, I must allow the Hero and his charger, (the statue.) to speak for me.” He then resumed his seat between the two ladies whom | had accompanied to the banquet, and amid shouts of applause, - Complimentary toasts were then drank in honor of Cass, Houston, Buchanan, and George M, Dallas, followed by— : Lem, rig ice De. gas Dia leat anes, sp ihe | mocracy, a long while ago, foun platform of our common world that we are a free and earth, marching onward in the cause of liberty, without metes or from will never recede until our proclaimed throughout the world.’? The ‘Little Giant” immediately mounted a chair, while the audience loudly cheered. o crome ty i ki borhood, which caused at the tables to cry, “Down in front.’ Senator Dovoias said—You coat expect a speech from me fe, nag think performed my whole duty this day. A Voicr—That you have. (the gentleman had Severs? the address at the Jackson statute inaugu- I feel grateful for the compliment you have just Paid me, and trust that no net ife shall he me unworthy of the good opinion you have formed ee nea (A aaa): ave fener ates q or m & speed . of “Go” on!” Go on.”) My at ise been turned for the last few days to the history of a man and to the examination of it events, which will live aa i as republican principles shall be cherished and heroism shall be admired. I have been tracing the immortal Jackson Suen & most eventful life, and may here be per- mitted to say that no portion of his hi has made a deeper impression upon my mind than that of his celebrated Indian camy I have been struck with the examination of that wonderful cam 0D the result of which depended the success of the war and the safety of New Orleans and the Mississippi Valley. I there find, according to history, that for a long time victory or defeat wavered at the beam, and it was doubtful which scale would be turned. Panic and despair seized on most of the little army, and there seemed to be no hope until the gallant Coffee, who lay wounded, rising on his arm, said, “Unless a desperate effort is made all is lost !”” ‘And, springing from his litter, he put himself at the side of the gal- lant Jackson. The old hero at once raised the shout, “ Victory is certain, when men rise from the dead !’” (Tremendous cheering.) The troops again rallied, and an impetuous charge wasmade. The lost ground was partial Sargeant still wavering on a hair—when a ball passed through the lieutenant who had charge of the artillery. ie enemy was about to seize the guns, when that licutenant, raising his eyes, apparently in the agonies of death, viewing the pros ing sprang to his teet and gained ssion of the artillery, which decided the tate of the battle ! Geupene cheering.) I find among the ers of ‘ongress the testimony of Andrew Jackson, that this lieutenant saved his life and the fate of the army. I give you, therefore, General Robert Armsirong—The man who, according to the statement of Jackson, turned the fate of the battle and saved his army at Enotochopco. ‘Thiq toast was drank with enthusiasm; and, at the suggestion of the Hon, W. H. Polk, three cheers were given “for the man who saved Jackson's life.” General ARMsrRone replied, returning his thanks to the distinguished orator of the day for the friendly terms in which he had spoken of him, and to the audience for the kind manner in which they received the sentiment. .He said he made no claim to anything deserving of this high honor; and then briefly spoke of his former intimate relations with and high regard for the distinguished deceased, concluding with a toast in compliment to the administration of General Jackson, aud with re- ference to the patriatic designs of that of General Pierce, which 1s shortly to succeed. ‘The next toast was then read, as follows:— The Washington Union—An able champion of demo- cratic principles, under the guidance of a gentleman eminently worthy to be intrusted, as he was, with the | sword of Andrew Jackson, as a precious legacy. Mr. Overton responded, speaking of the struggle from which the democracy have emerged, and re- marking he could put his hand upon his heart and say, “We have simply endeavored todo our duty in a cause which every true democrat delights to honor.” A toast to “Governor Bigler, of Pa.,” called up C. W. Carrigan, a friend of the Governor, who eloquently spoke of the patriotism of the Keystone State. + Sentiments weredrunk in honor of Governor Dick- enson, General Lane, the two Dodges, Atchison, Boyd, Dix, Foote, Governor Johnson, of Va., Gover- nor Lowe, of Md., Marcy, General Wool, Col. Hughes, ington;and John Tyler, The last ‘One of the best specimens of an honest man. He loyes country more than the party which elevated him, Mr. . MCNAWERNY arose and said that one im- portant and useful class had been neglected-upon the occasion. He alluded to the reportorial corps, some of whom had reared monuments to national legisla- tors, and but for whom their eloqnence would be lost to history; but, by the services of those gentlemen, they are enabled to Go-bright. ‘This latter word was directed to Mr. L. A. Gonrignt, who was, by the company, called upon for a response. He said that the gentle- man who had so pointedly referred to him, had, as well as bimself, often, in their former business of print- ing, reared many a column to the statesman of our country. The army had been referred to, and its | exploits landed. In this connection he would merely remark, that during the Mexican campaign, whereve: the American military column perpetrated, there the column of the printer followed—there were leading columns and leaded columns. Both dealt in the. In conclusion, he gave as a sentiment:— Tn all that can elevate morals and our national prospe rity, let us press onward and upward. At a few minutes aiter ten o'clock the ladies | (about a dozen in number) and two-thirds of the guests, retived, leaving an agreeable and sociable cir- cle of about thirty spirited gentlemen, in possession of the saloon, We should have stated, ere this, that Benton, Cass, Houston, and_ the other “ big bugs” of the party, were absent; for what reason we did not inquire.” There were no set speeches, and those that were let off were preliminary or replicatory to, toasts. The servants began to clear the tables, and the noise thus occasioned somewhat interrupted the pro- ceedings of the aforesaid little circle. The Presipent of the association trusted there were gentlemen enough remaining to preserve order, and called to the servants to cease the racket. Colonel G. W. Hugues at that time way deliver- | ing a speech in laudation of Clark Mills, the artist. An orator of the young democracy (the servants still jerking about the chairs, and gathering up the fragments.) shouted, “ Feo) that knife and fork busi- ness; and we noticed that a fat gentleman seized a plate, and was about to hurl it at the cleaners-up; one of whom, however, was struck on the head with a ball composed of the long lists of toasts. Colonel ee finally concluded his speech, and, together with the other gentlemen, began to smoke his segar. P. B. Key, Esq., the. gentleman who presented Mr. Jonah D. Hoover with the rosewood and gold- headed walking stick, made a little speech. He re- ferred to the fact that the party opposed to the de- fault with Jackson because he could not speak. ‘ But,” said the gen- tleman, “of what avail would it have been for the old hero to have mounted a cotton bale at New Or- leans, and made a speech? I tell you what he did do, gentlemen. He put an iron tongue into the can- non, and let that speak for him.” This was most | welcomely received. Major Stephens, (U.S. Army,) Mr. Ould, Judge Legrand, (of Maryland,) Mr. Spence, and other guests, made eloquent speeches. At half-past eleven o'clock a gentleman remarked that it was now Sun- day morning, and there was pious Mr. J. C. Rives at the door, desiring that the proceedings should be brought to a close. However, the company re- mained until midnight. OLD TAMMANY IN HONOR OF OLD HICKORY. Celebration of the Thirty-cighth Anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans—Ball, Dancing, Supper, Specches, &c. The old wig-wam last evening presented a happy and an enlivening scene of festivity and gaiety, on the thirty-eighth anniversary of the time-honored cus- tom of commemorating “ the Battle of New Orleans,’ one of the many great events in the history of our republican independence. On the roll of our his tory’s immortal names, that of Andrew Jackson is | among the highest and noblest. It shines with the united glories of the soldier, the statesman, and the sage; and at this time, when the great political prin ciples of which he was the champion have just been crowned with the honors of a new victory, the So- ciety of Tammany resolved to meet in the spirit of harmony, to renew their attachment to the great na- | tional creed of which Andrew Jackson's history is an eminent exponent. On entering the ball room, which was brilliantly illuminated by a large chandelier, suspended frot the ceiling, and several lesser lights throughout the room, we were at once struck by the appearance pre- sented at the first glance. The whole had the sem- Dlance of a tented field. The windows were taste- | i} | | M | trust that the day is not distant when, | | fally draped, and over the fireplaces were canopies, | with the American flag suspended from the centre. Around the room were thirteen banners of the Tam- many Society, representing the original States. The decorations of the room were under the directions of | Enoch E. Camp, Esq., Chairman of the Decorative | Committee, and reflect the highest credit on his taste and judgment. ‘Then the well known motto— esecccoocoossoooos ofS 0 © ‘TU UNION, IT MUST AND SHALL BE PRESERVED. 0 ° SocreccecescoscccceoeseeseN was ccnspicnously displayed. At the west end was— ceeccoooesocoscescolS PIERO, KING AND VICTORY. ° ° oe | more arduous contest with intestine adversaries, General | ruin, and In another SOCIRTY OF TAMMANY OR COLUMBLAN ORDER, FOUNDED IN 1789. ceecceococcceceoccocecooes At the east end of the room was suspended a large oil painting, headed, in gold letters, with— co0oe' Eeeeccccoeecescssccs coccce ° ° BAITLE OF NEW ORLEANS, JaNUaRY 8TH, 1815, ° ° eeoccoccc ecco coco s0CeCoONSD The painting is by Merrit, and represents the Saltee, and attempt to scale the embankment. The British are in the foreground, led on by General Pakenham. On the right of this painting is a portrait of the patriot Jackson, taken by Jarvis immediately after the memorable event, ‘The oil painting is descriptive of the great achieve- ment. It will be recollected that in the month of December, 1814, fifteen thousand British troops, un- der Sir Edward Pakenham, were landed for the at. tack of New Orleans. The defence of this place ‘was entrusted to Gen. Andrew Jackson, whose force was about 6,000 men, chiefly raw militia. Several slight skirmishes occurred before the enemy arrived before the city; during this time Gen. Jackson was employed in making Preparation for his defence, His front was a straight line of 1,000 yards, defended by upwards of three thousand infantry and artiller- ists. At daylight on the morning of the 8th of January, the main body of the British, under their commander-in-chief, General Pakenham, were seen advancing from their encampment to storm the American lines. On the preceding evening they had erected a battery within eight hundred LRG, which | now opened a brisk fire to protect their advance, ‘The British came on in two columns—the left alon; the levee on the bank of the river, directed the American right, while their right advanced to the swamp, with a view to turn General Jackson’s left. The country being a perfect level, and the view unobstructed, their march was observed from its commencement, They were suffered to ap- proach in silence, and unmolested, until with- in three hundred yards of the lines. When the British columns “had advanced within three hundred yards of the lines, the whole artillery at once opened upon them a most deadly fire. Forty pieces of cannon, deeply ch: d with grape, canis ter, and musket balls, mowed them down by hun- dreds; at the same time the batteries‘on the west bank opened their fire, while the riflemen, in perfect se- curity, behind their works, as the British advanced, took deliberate aim, and nearly every shot took effect. Through this destructive fire, the British left column, under the immediate orders of the commander-in- chief, rushed on with their fascines and scaling lad- ders, to the advance bastion on the American right, and succeeded in mounting the parapet; here, after a close conflict with the bayonet, they succeeded in obtaining possession of the bastion; when the battery, planted in the rear for its protection, opened its fire, and drove the British from the ground. On the American left, the Br attempted to pass the swamp and gain the rear, but the works had been extended as fur into the s no as the ground would permit. Some who attempted it sunk in the mire, and -disappeared; those behind, seeing the fate of their companions, seasonably retreated, and gained the hard ground. The assault continued an hour and a quarter; during the whole time, the Brit were exposed to the deliberate and de- structive fire of the American artillery and musketiy, which lay in perfect security behind their breast- sol cotten bales, which no balls could penc- The result was such as might have been expected from the different positions of the two armies. General Pakenham, while near the crest of the embankment, received a ball in his knee. Be- fore eight o’clock thrge English generals were ¢ ried off the field, two in the agonies of death, and the third entirely disabled, leaving upwards of 2,000 of their men dead, dying, and wounded, on the field of battle. Colonel Raynor, of the I forces, who commanded the forlorn hope which stormed the American bastion on the right, as he was leading his men up, bad the calf of his leg carried away by a cannon ghot. Disabled as he was, he was the first to mount the parapet and receive the American bayonet; 700 were killed on the field, 1,400 wounded, and 500 made prisoners, making a total on that day of 2,600. But six Americans were killed, and seven wounded. About 104 o'clock the company began to assemble, and soon after dancing commenced, to the delicious music of Shelton’s brass band. Many a happy couple enjoyed themselves in the quadrille and ‘Spanish dance, and in the piady, mazes of the waltz, which were kept up till midnight with the most lively spirit. Amongst those present in the ball room, were many very beautiful and fashionably dressed daugh- ters of our happ land, and who seemed to partici- pate most heartily in the joyous festivities of the 1, he following are a portion of the letters read at the suppe e TER FROM MR. DALLAS. Puapeirara, Jan. 5, 1853. | —I am honored by your invitation to join the | mmany, on Mon next, in celebrating the | y-elghth anniversary of the Ratile of New Orleans. Although warmly uniting with you in the spirit of your festivities, Iam obliged to forego the pleasure of being nally present. “The new victory, surpassing all former victorie to which you have’ referred, has thrown wide open tl portals of a bright future for the career of Ameri Xo people ever gave to their country an im animating or a direction more auspicious. Ami less trophies of success, won in the fields of persevering principle and experiment, the democracy tukes a fresh start, and, with redoubled energies and conviction to achieve, in the second half of the nineteenth century, even more than the genius of Jefferson impelled her to ac complish in the first. From the lofty point we have now at tained, how boundless the horizon—how magnificent the | prospect! Where, upon this continent, is the dyke that | shall stay the onward roll of popular sovereiguty, popu- lar self-government, popular enlightenment, popular hap- piness? Where, throughout the world, is power sutfi ciently strong and perverted to impede'a e1 bears on its smooth bosom, hope, comfort, kindness, dig nity and peace, for the masses of mankind? It becomes the United States, gentlemen, on this dizzy as well as dazzling height, to maintain, unwarped by am bition and unmoved by calumny, the ‘erect attitude of composed justice and abiding faith. We are yet unsoiled with the fruits of rapacity. We can yet simile at the vious ingenuity of those who depict, as proofs of our | tional vices, the vast growth, ardent enterprise and bold | equality which draw an irrepressible vitality from the beneficence of our institutions. We have no need to do wrong, even in appearance—we have no need to stretch the constitutional tendons of government a hair's breadth beyond their natural reach, or seck to advance, by a sin- glé hour, the constantly accelerating speed of our great political system. There ix, inseparable from sincere or suffering nian, wherever he ‘may be, a quenchless longing for suclia sanctuary of right, security and freedom as we profier to his enjoyment.’ We haye but to preserve, untarnished, the magnet that is within us, and all hu- manity will, as it approaches, yield to its attraction. The law of American progress isin the bles ings it assures— not in the passions to which its slanderers ascribe it. These remarks, gentlemen, spring out of the leading topic of the day, and the new departure which the ship of State is about taking, with a fit and firm hand upon her helm. Onward we must go—onward, onward—in a track as direct as honor, as calm as justice, as clear as liberty—onward, with no armor but the historical fate of those who invade us; no #tandard but the panorama (long drawn out) of republican union and prosperity—no propagandism save our actual among nations— no commission but that which Providence, guiding the finger of Washington, indelibly wrote npon the entabla- ture of our temple:—‘ The last asylum for the oppressed of every land!” I remain, gentlemen, the cordial and obliged friend of the Columbian Order, and most respoct- fully your obedient servant, 6. M. LETTER FROM MR. INGERSOLL. Pumapetriva, Jan. 3, 1853. GrnTIEMEN—Although I eannot attend personally the celebration of what your kind invitation calls the Battle of New Orleans, yet uo one of the many present with you at Tammany Hall can recolleet with livelier gratitude, or cherish with more patriotic exultation than I do, those glorious occurrences thirty years ago, when, in four bat- tles with the invading enemy, and by four’ months’ still GENT | { Jackson rescued the republie from jeopardy, the Union of these States from rupture, American progress from disas- trous repressure—saved this country, in a word, from f closed its second war of independence with the last of those proofs of power which have ever since pre- served its peace from all Ewropean hostility, aud deve- loped its prosperity with unexampled expansion. By four battles—of which the first, that of the 23d De- cember, was a much greater exploit than the last one, the 8th January, though not so sanguinary a victory, and those of the 28th December and Ist January were links in the same chain of admirable triumphs by which his gentus fettered, prostrated, erippled, cowed, and ex- pulsed the last attempt that will be ventured by arms from Europe to assail our nationality. Andrew Jackson established American areca a if at all, of celebration than the 4th July; of and I instead of mere party, they will be welcomed by universal rejoicing and solemnity. Yes, gentlemen, the American must have lived in that, crisis, and been then in Congress anxiously supporting Madison's administration, with Great Britain at the head of all Europe hurling vindictive warfare everywhere on these United States—the Hartford Convention in por- tentous secret session—the banks all broke—Congress discordant, slothful and intractable—no money, no credit —New Orleans so distant that at Washington we only heard from it once a month—such was the crisis we must call to mind in order to realize what Jackson's vie- id for our rescue. , more: the member of Congress then trombling for his country, for the republican party, for the Ameri- | can Union, for freo institutions, for all that we now en less deserving | servants of the joy and boast, in calm defiance of the whole world, must | have spent several years since in collecting, maturing, | digesting and arranging materials, superadded to his ow recollections, for a history of those ovents—in orer to be able justly to appreciate the merits of such a provi tial individual as the noble illiterate upstart whom God ‘aived up for our deliverance. ‘There may be diversity of op! ntial sdministration, though his conquest of an for the most part exemplary State, and his still more emorable triumph by Net peti joked against money for the defeat of the bank, were strokes of that grand statermanehip which, whether right or wrong, signalize the 1 highest hiity for goyermmgpt, qd Wig yptorting fregy n ag to Jackson's Presi an armed, ‘ORK COMMON COUNCIL, ‘The New York Horticultural Society. place— = THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY | sure of the people—the man who Teqani eae as lng Lae flery and nation, was. i achievement which so it Metternich, pronounced one of the fof bidodiéns intecnatoadl it whatever may be said of his Pi tration, no one who will all the clreumstances, can us—that Jackson's warfare, igen tat pepuinene ame for is lor mines y There defence against invasion, records, be but ove opinion of his admirable cam: t the British. It was the most systematic rn ee combination and application ever made of militia, volun- teers, and raw levies, against superior, disciplined, - enced, and excellent veteran troops.” Jos The present kingdom of Prussia, which King Frederick is entitled the Great for founding by his invasion of Silesia, and then creating by certainly wonderful victories over his foes, was not more emphatically his individual work than the preservation of this Union was Ji 'sfown, by his series of victories at New Orleans. The Fourth of July, in all probability, would have ceased to be celebrated as it now is, from east to west, ocean to ocean, if he had not added the Fighth of January tofthat first national anniversary—there would not be thirty-one, perhaps not thirteen, States in this Union. Nor wag it only by'battles, strategy, tactics, or merely military feats, that Jackson became a hero. The most popular man of his time never courted or flattered the sovereing @ people whom he loved, trusted, and served, but stigmatized as miscreants by public proclamation those who abuse popularity for aggrandisement, Wher the public safety demanded, he put down the press, silenced the retrantoey French at New Orleans, and, by martial law, repressed the equally dangerous though o6- casional indispensability of the law of contempt. Those who unjustly denounced his saving energy as despotism could not call him a demagogue. Into one mistake, as President, he confessed that he fell, by not choosing his own secretaries, and was, there fore, compelled to dismiss what has come to be improperly called the cabinet. I believe he said the cabinet must be aunit. But there is no American cabinet. The British chief magistrate can, constitutionally, do no more—his ministry is responsible; whereas, the American President in personally responsible for every act of his administra. tion. His secretaries were not deemed a cabinet in Wash- on’s time, or Jefferson’s, or Madison’s. Itisaviolation the constitution to let aspirants and aspirants fetter the President with a miscalled cabinet, by official proscription, and « continuance to undermine the actual administration and its party, in order to erect another om its ruins, I trust that the new, victory, au all former victories, to which your invitation alludes, may not lead to a democratic defeat four years hence, as it as- suredly will, if instead of great measures to command the support of a great nation, the petty personalities of gabinet makiog, office-filling, and other supplantation of cardinal pring ples by the little intrigues of patron- age, come to be the order of the new day so gloriously opened to genuine republicanism. I am, gentlemen, your. humble servant, C. J. INGERSOLL, LETTER FROM GENERAL DIX. New Yor, Jan. 8, 1853. Danm E. Detavay, Fsq.—Dear Sir: I have received the invitaton of the committee of which you are chairman, to attend the ball to be given at Tammany Hall, on Mon- day evening, in commemoration of the battle of New Orleans, and regret that it will not be in my power to be present—a day which will be memorable as as the Union endures; for a great victory in the field of bat- tle is not less worthy of the remembrance of the demo- eracy from its connection with a departed patriot, who did So much to sustain the true principles of our govern- ment and bring it back to the republican path from whiclr it had so widely strayed. ‘The celebration will be doubl; grateful now, when the democracy are fresh from a poli- tieal triumph, achieved in defence of the same principles, and when we are on the eve of a change of administration which promises to bring with it reforms as thorough and as salutary as those that marked the era of Jackson. I renew the expression of my regret that I cannot partici- pate with you in the proposed celebration, and remain, respectfully and truly, yours, Joun A. Dix, LETTER FROM GEN. WOOL. Heap Quarers Eastexn Drv . Jan. 4, 1853. GextieMrx—I have received your kind invitation to celebrate the Sth instant with the Tammany Society or Columbian Order, Cireumstances of a private nature will deprive me of the pleasure of celebrating with you the closing seene of the war of 1812, called the second war of independence. Like the first, it was commenced with limited means, and without generals capable of dirceting the operation of armies, Consequently, the campaigns of 1812 and 1813 closed with the most gloomy forebodings. ‘The campaign of 1814, however, assumed a different phasis; experience, science and skill dispersed the darkness that covered the land, and relieved the despondency of the people, with « blaze of glory éxtending from Fort Eri and finally’ terminated with a brilliane, in the story of nations, on the pluins of New Orleans. Thus ended the second war of independence, on the 8th January, 1815—a day that will be remembered and eel ‘brated, as long as the name of Andrew Jackson remaing recorded in the annals of our country. Ihave the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient seryant, JOUN E. WOOL, ‘To Sachems Elijah F. Purdy, Andrew H. Mickle, Casper C, Childs, &., &e. LETTER FROM ZACHARIAU GREENE. Hempstean, L. 1., Dee, 4, 1852, Cor. Daxter EF. Deravay— Drak Sin—Your letter came yesterda: ly heart ae- cords with the sentiments of your letter vil and reli gious liberty the glory of man”—“the Union must an shall be preserved.’’ “Ithank you, my dear sir, and th + gentlemen associated with you. for the respectful invita- tion to meet with you on the 10th inst. It would give me much pleasure to join you in the celebration of the ob- jects you mention. But, gentlemen, I ama child, and must submit to circumstances beyond my control. Thave a daughter dangerously sick; Thave very little hope of Ler restoration to health. Besides this, if I am alive next Tuesday I shall be ninety-th. ars old—of course not very active. Iwish you, gentlemen, to teach your children and your neighbors that the freemen of the United States’ constituie the sovereignty of America. ‘They are many, yet one—not like the nations who set one man, (or. \ rhaps, a young girl.) on the throne, wha claim the people and their cattle as their property.’ No z the people of t ited States ure sovereigns of a dif- ferent and a better order, looking to the comfort and safety of the whole. Also, teach them that the officers of the United States, and the individual States, are the peer, including Presidents, Governors, Judges, &e.: and if they offer to violate the constitution or oppress the people, the bullot-box will pat them out of office, and send them home to learn obe Henee, you see, the ballot-box constitutes our standing army? and it is all the army onr nation. will if they keep united and faithfully preserve our excellent institutions. By every means in your power teach your children and neighbors the infinite value of the divine Bible. There never h ¥ ion where there was no Bible, and no ed free who have reglected or ne iuspiration. The French em- with thirty-five millions—only two millions who re- and read that precious book—affords strong proof of this fact. My hand is so tremulous I think you have had rather a hard task in getting through the old par- son’s erook marks, Well, if it increases your patience and brushes up your attention, it may uot be entirely useless. Gentleinen, I wish you a pleasant. time, nat have no doubt your object’is the promotion of the best interest and happiness of the United States. Your friend and servant in the Gospel of the Divine Saviour, ZACHARIAH GREENE, LETTER FROM MARTIN VAN BUREN. LINDENWALD, Jan. 6, 1853. GestiEMEX—I regret Iam compelled to deny myself the honor of participating, personally, in your proposed fes- tival. There is certainly no distinct portion of our people by whom, nor any place at which appropriate honors can be more consistently rendered to the memory of Andrew Jackson, and the great acts of his life, than by the sons of Tammany at their time-honored Wigwam. ‘They sym- pathised with him and his brave companions in arms i the hour of peril, and have ever houored the great vic- tory which was won by hisand their valor. Nor was their admiration of his tilitary achievements more siners than the earnestness with which they esponsed, and the unshrinking berg with which they, from first to last, sustained the rigid and. self-denying, yet sound and salutary peeciaie that directed his official carcer in the civil service of his borint i When the stern energy and strict impartiality with which he pressed those principles to their glorious consummation, drove the ‘timid, the selfish, and the venal, from his standard, he was, ow every great emergency, sure to mect with friendly and cheering, and sustaining responses from your patriotic society assembled at Tammany Hall. These are facts which, by affixing the seal of sincerity to your annual demonstrations of respect for his memory ani gratitude for his public services, give to them a value no other consideration eould supply. You have, gentlemen, good reason to exultin the grati- ying fact that those measures and those extraordina elements in his character, which, while they comm: ‘iration and hie he carried so much dismay ta of fair-weather friends, are now, when they are Keskin understood, the subjects of almost universal approval. PR othing can be more true, my friends, than the opinion you express, that the result of the last election isa new triumph of the political principles of which President Jackson was the most efficient supporter, and as far at least as regards their application to our institutions, ‘Thomas Jefterson, their author and great apostle. That such was the intention of the people there is not the slightest doubt, and we need nag fear that their patriotic desires will fail dlrs, Magee hed through fault of the depositories of their confidence. A full review of the agency of President Jackson in the promotion of those principles, and its appreciation by is constituents, would present scenes of the deepest in- terest—scenes alike honorable tothe people of the United States and their Chief riba ina and well worthy the clo: attention of the public men of the present day. But, in a communication like this, kote J beyond @ brief reference to the subject can be thought of. Prominent bie J the principles and motives whiclr regulated the official action of that ee ae man. was an anxious desire and a firm resolve to employ all his constitutional power in honest and sincere endeavors to discountenance monopolics, and restrict the grants of exclusive privileges to the few cases in which they are, for wise and beneficial purposes, expressly authorized by’ the constitution; to put a stop to abuses of power under such: as had already been obtained, and, in particular, to pro- tect the currency of the country from debasement, through the operations of the existing Bank of the United States, and to guard the government, at the head of which he was placed, against the sinister and insidious influences of an institution which he honestly, and as the result has shown, correetly, believed to entertain views foreign to the objects of its establishment, and hostile ta the best interests of the country; to ferret out and sup- press official venality of every description, including first in point of importance, that foul crime against free and equal govermments—the prostitution of public trusts created by the people for their equal benefit, to the illicit purpose of individual aggrandisement; and to arrest, as far as lay in his power, every kind of ‘legislation, however speciously disguised, ‘which, in his own emphatic lan- guage, was calculated ‘to make the rich richer, and the poor poorer.” ‘The great body of the people—the millions who, al- though they make and gustain the government, have but little direct agency in the administration, or interest in its operations, other than that they should be wise, honest and successful—fully believed in his singerity. Nye Whig Gouyictirn, the eect it produced upon the TSION,