The New York Herald Newspaper, January 17, 1853, Page 1

«ft THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 7381. MORNING EDITION----MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1853. PRICE TWO CENTS. DOUBLE SHEET. NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. ‘The Cold Weather. THE HUDSON FROZEN OVER. Cox SprinG, Jan. 16, 1853. The intense cold of last night has closed the river at ‘this point, and people cross on the ice, to day, from here to West Point. THE WEATHER AT PHILADELPHIA. Pumaperma, Jan. 16, 1853. The weather is intensely cold. The thermometer at day- light indicated 26 deg. above zero; at 11 o'clock, 18 deg., and at 4 o'clock, 15 deg. above. The Army and Navy. PROPOSITION TO INCREASE THEIR EFFICIENCY. Wasunncroy, January 16, 1853. We understand that in view of the situation of our foreign relations, the Military and Naval Committees of the Senate have under consideration several propositions for increasing the efficiency of the army and navy, and will probably recommend a thorough fortification of the Pa- cific coast, and perhaps report some measure for the em- ployment of a commercial steam marine, should the con- tingencies contemplated by Soule and Marshall's ten million proposition, require it. Serlous Accident on the Erie Railroad. Gosnen, Jan. 16, 1853. When the express train bound east, last night, struck the point of connection with the Lackawana and Western road, at Great Bend, the switch bars broke, Jetting the train in upon the L. and W. track, while the engine followed that of the Erie road. The baggage car was rolled over several times, and badly broken. The smoking car was thrown against an apple tree, which broke the force of its descent, and saved those in it from injury. Two passenger cars also went off the track, but ‘the passengers cecaped unhurt. The train was detained some ten hours by the accident. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Excur- sion, &c. Batrmors, January 16, 1853. The excursionists from Wheeling did not get home till five o’clock this morning. We have no mail south of Wilmington, this evening. The James Adger at Charléston. Cuarieston, January 15, 1853. The steamship James Adger, Capt. Dickinson, from New Work, is now (5 P.M.) off Charleston bar. Markets. Cuartastoy, January 13, 1853. The sales of cotton to-day were 1,750 bales, and of the week 11,600 bales, showing an advance of Xc.a 1c. We quote fair ee at 9%c.a10c. The receipts of the week were 9,350 bales, and the stock, excluslve of that on shipboard, consists of 18,600 bales. (Cuar.eston, Jan. 15, 1853. The sales of cotton to-day were 700 bales, at 8 to 103, cents. The market is quiet. Telegraph to the Pacific. TO THE HDITOR OF THE HERALD. A memorial was presented to Congress on Wednesday, asking fora grant of 1,500,000 acres of land, to be lo- cated along the line of a telegraph, which the memorial- ists propose to build between St. Louis and San Francisco, by the way of Salt Lake City. We have seen the plan and estimates of the above project, and are ac- quainted with the individuals who are engaged in the en- terprise, as well as with their means, and feel convinced that not only is the plan perfectly feasible, and the best that could be devised, but also that the projectors have the adequate funds, and are the very men to put it through. The projectors contemplate the construction of a sub terranean line, with testing tubes every five, and working stations every one hundred miles, throughout the route The distance from St. Louis to San Francisco, by the way of Salt Lake City, being about 2,400 miles, there will con- sequently be twenty-four of these stations on the route, each settled by several families, furnishing a nucleus for s0 many towns at no distant day, and serving, from the first day of their occupation, as halting places for the innu merable caravans of emigrants that are constantly tra versing the great prairies of the West between St. Louis and the shores of the Pacific. The advantages of the under- taking, even from this point of view, can hardly be over estimated. But it will also open to he market an almost unlimited amount of land along the line of the proposed rant, which is now lying waste and trodden only by the foot of the Indian in pursuit of game, or the hoof of the wild buffalo, and thus be the means of adding a large sum tothe revenues‘of the country. The memorialists propose to give to the government, in return for the grant, the right, forever, to transmit, free of charge, over their line, all oficial despatches and’ communications, with a pre- ference over all others; and they stipulate, in addition, that if they, or their assigns, shall, at 7 time after the line is opened, cease to operate it for the space of six months, said line, with all its appurtenances, shall be forfeited to the government. The projectors of this vast enterprise ask for no money, but simply for agrant of land—land which at present is worth nothing, and probably will not be fora peccmge 4 to through the agency of this, or of some simi- lar undertaking. And this is asked for on condi- tions and stipulations that make it not only safe to grantit, but, in view of all the accruing immediate and prospective advantages, absolutely a profitable investment for govern- ment. Among these advantages, that of having at all times, but especially in case of war, a channel of instan- taneous communication between the Atlantic seaboard and the shores of the Pacific, are too obvious to need an argument, and its importance is too great to be measured by the value ofa few acres of worthless land. To the mer- ant and business man—to every one who has business or friends in California or Oregon, its importance will be equal- ly obvious. The mode of construction of the proposed line will give to it a permanency, a comparative exemption from interruption, and an efficiency, at all times, and in all weathers, that can be attained in no ether way. The men who are ready to build it, and risk their money on its success, are no theorists, but practical men, who are already en: in the telegraphic business, and tho- rou; ly acquainted with its operations, as well as its pe- cuniary affairs; and, having counted the cost carefully and closely, they are willing to risk their own fortunes and reputations on the result. It is hoped that Congress will look favorably on the petition of the memorialists, Messrs. H. O. Alden and James Eady, and, if consist- ent with their duty, grant the prayer of’ their memorial. From Texa: We have received Galveston papers to ths 31st ult., one day later than the previous dates. e Galveston News says:—On the 28th ult. Dr. Grant, whose residence is near Washington, on the Brazos, was shot in Houston by Mr. Anselm Hudson, who was acting ‘as barkeeper in the Houston House. Dr. Grant died in- stantly, after receiving the second shot in his body. A difficulty had existed between the parties for some time previous, and Dr. Grant is reported to have threatened to cowhide Mr. Hudson, which, having come to his know- ledge, Mr. H., on hearing of Dr. Grant's arrival, went to see him, and they met in the old capitol. After some words, Dr. Grant drew a pistol and shot at Hudson, the ball passing through the skirt of his coat. Hadson imme- diately turned and ran some distance, till he had time to draw his pistol, when he turned and shot Dr. Grant in the leg, Dr. G. Sty | a second shot about the same time, without effect. Dr. Grant then shot the third time, the ball striking Hudson's finger, but Hudson's second shot was then made, the ball passing through Dr. Grant’s body, causing his death almost instantly. Hudson sur rendered himself to the Sheriff, by whom he was taken into custody. Our information is that Hudson is a young man of respectable family, and came into Texas but a few months since. Gen. Mirabeau B. Lamar, ex-President of Texas, arrived in Galveston on the 31st ult., in good health Laws of the United States. ReGeNTS In THE SMITHSONIAN INstITUTION Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the vacancies in the Board of Re- gents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class “other than members of Congress,” be filled by the appointment of Alexander Dallas Bache, a member the National Institute and resident in the city of Washington, and John Macpherson Berrien, of the State of Georgia. Approved, January 13, 1853, Crimmwat, Statistics or ALBANY.—The follow- ing statistics show the amount of crime in Albany, during the past year :— Whole number of persons arrested for criminal offences . 4,154 Males... . 3452 Females . be EPERVACEL Lath Vets tes eam Last year the number of arrests was......... 3,957 Whole number of persons committed to jail for all offences... 06.6606 e cece cevesee 1,685 Whole number of persons sentenced to the Penitentiary ........... 65 tone 262 Last year the number was. ... dervvev, SE Number of persons sentenced to the House of Refage....... bas o4 eesbey ‘ 20 Number of persons sentenced to jail at hard ME cas céc ser scivees oh sien begets tas 26 Number of persons sentenced to the State Lu- natic Asylum, at Utica..........0.0...065 7 Number of persons arrested for violation of corporation ordinances... 66.6666 cece ee + 201 Ini from Havana. the Nee Orleans Picayune, Jan. 7.) ‘rom By the Keating Bees Warrior, which arrived at Mobile on Wednesday, we have received files of the Diario dela Marina to the 2d inst. From a resumé of the state of the Island, published in that paper on the Ist, we extract the following :— ‘The political state of the Island, up to a certain degree, although more favorable in regard to the future, is, with very little difference, the same ax at the commencement of the last year. The government, based upon a strict sense of justice and the unity of power, has viowed and still views with the utmost contempt, not only the at- tempts at invasion during the past year, by phe buccs- neers of the North, but also certain tendencies in their fa- vor, that have appeared in the Island, among a few ill. advised partisans of Christianization ; men who are un- rateful, restless and habitual adiie disturbers ; who ie victims of the arms forget that they alone will be they sharpen. ‘In regard to the foreign portion of theso Partisans, we will only say that thoy are proud to a high jegree, thirsting for gold, longing for wealth, accustomed wate Gos cie withont Ca for ~ means, and specting no rights nor law. They consider everythin, lawful which furthers their ambitious views. in Fortunately, on one side, the dignity snd sense of de- corum which we have displayed in certain questions, (as, for example, in that of the Crescent City,) and on the other side, the temperate but determined course of re- pression so necessary for the existence of all woll-consti tuted society, have formed, and continue to form, the greatest and most admirable qualities of our present licy; and these are doubtless the causes why neither invasion has occurred, nor the disturbers of order, whom we must admit exist amongst us, have been able to carry out their wild plans. bd s = The crops of sugar and tobacco, our principal staples, if they did not come up to the hopes of some, have been iter than the aver: nd though the export of sugar as diminished 200, boxes, as compared with that of 1851, it should be remembered that the export of that year exceaded that of 1850 three hundred thousand boxes. he advices from all the producing districts agsure us that the crops of 1853 will be very abundant, and that the yield of tobacco will be greater in quantity and better in quality than was ever before known. The number of vessels which arrived at Havana during the year 1852, was two hundred less than that of the previous year. The Diario thus closes its article on the material progress of the island:— We repeat, that without positive data we cannot ex- ress a certain opinion, nor extend our remarks farther, ving confined ourselves to a slight sketch of the state of commerce and production, the increase of which dur- ing the past year is undeniable ; though under circum- stances certainly not the most propitious, if we take into consideration the uneasy state of the public mind, which has been produced by the menaces of the fillibusters of a neighboring nation. Our private advices, as well as castal notices which we find in the Havana papers, inform us that the small pox was raging in the city with the great- est virulence. All transient visiters were leaving the city. Several of the foreign residents had died of the disease. The cholera had almost entirely disappeared before this new plague. An extra vaccinating office has been opened in one of the police stations, besides the usual one in the Municipal Hall, and on Sundays most of the churches are opened for the same purpose. Advices from the eastern part of the island report the cholera as being very violent at Bayamo, Jiguani, Manzanillo and Holquin. A railroad from gua la Grande to Villa Clara has been authorized by the government, and the by-laws of the company are published. The capital is $800,000. The distance between the two places is about Se anes The Captain-General Caicedo was making a tour ee the country. He was at Cardenas on the The Ravels were performing at the Tacon theatre. On the morning of the 2d inst., the new steamship of war Ullua, which is to replace the Pizarro, arrived at Havana in thirty-one days from Coruna. The mail steamship line between Spain and Cuba, which has heretofore been in the hands of the government, has been ceded to a private company. Message of the Governor of New Jersey. The following i jummary of the ere bere of Gov. Fort’s annual message to the islature of New Jersey :— The laws districting the State for Assembly elections ; exempting homesteads to the value of $1,000 trom execu: tions; the general Banking, Insurance, and Plank road laws, passed last winter, are approved. Tn rd to taxes, he adheres mainly to his views ex- res inthe last message, approving the principle of the w; many of the embarrassments arising from the pre- a aystem of assessments he thinks will be relieved yy time, The cause of common schools is commended. Teachers’ institutes in the several counties would tend to improve the teachers and elevate the standard of instructlon. Three times the amount of money now given for schools would be well appropriated, even if an annual tax were resorted to, to supply the deticiency. It is recommended that the trustees of school districts be empowered to use the amount necessary to support free schools for part of the year, and the expense levied on the people, if addi- tional appropriations from the Treasury are necessary. ‘The Banking law is considered at considerable length. The twenty-four banks charted in the State have made deposits sufficient to redeem their capital, but greater security is necessary for the circulation, and he sug- its that stockholders as well as officers of banks, be held responsible for the liabilities. The bank statements afford no reliable exhibit of their affairs, as the worst are made to appear as well as the best. He recommends that the old banks, at the expiration of their present charters, be included under the general banking law. Attention is called to the evils of an inflated paper currency, and the abolition of notes under $5, is recommended. The attention of the Legislature should be given first to public business, and special legislation avoided where the measures can be embraced in the general act. Attention is called to providing for the election of all State and county officers directly by the people ; the statutes relative to commissioners in other States, and fugitives from justice, should be improved, and a better organization «nd compensation of oftices who constitute the pardoning power, are needed. He suggests the propriety of publishing the public laws in at least one newspaper in each county, and some means of reducing the expense of public printing should be adopted. ‘The amount realized by the discontinuance aud sile of the House of Refuge will be $14,888 90, being less, by $6,316 62, than the total of claims allowed and paid. ‘The objects of the institution can be obtained in a great de. gree by encouraging the erection of workhouses for youthful offenders, in connection with the county jails, and he recommends the measure. ‘The receipts into the eT have been $171,683 34, which, with $1,553 76 on hand previsusly, make the available fund $175,257 10. The disbursements have been $165,538 12, leaving a balance in the treasury of $7,698 98. The estimated receipts for Sare $155,763 48, and the disbursements $134,570, leaving a balance in the treasury next January of $21,193 48. The amount of the Free School fund is $37 1 06, being an increase of $5,700 since last year. Under the General Banking law nineteen banks have been established, with a circulation of $767,744. ‘The State prison has paid into the treasury, during the year, $5,000 of surplus earnings. $2,000 have also been paid to discharged convicts, of whom 131 have been dis- charged and one died. ‘There were 207 in confinement | on the Ist instant. In the Lunatic Asylum there are 182 patients. The erection of two additional wings to the building is re- commended. Twenty-three deaf and dumb and nine blind persons are in the New York and Philadelphia asy- lums, beneficiaries of the State. The milf in the State number $1,985, and the quota of arms to which the State will be entitled, from the ge- neral government, will be greatly increased. The forma- tion of voluntecrscompanies is recommended to suppress civil commotions. The subject of the compromise, intervention, the deaths of our statesmen, & are alluded to, and in speaking of the Crystal Palace in New York, he mentions the fact that all the glass, with part of the iron work, are of New Jersey manufacture, while the chief engin is one of our own enteprising citizens. Finally, he suggests that the Governor's salary should be increased, and that he should reside in Trenton. He recommends the passage of an act increasing the com- pensation to his successor, on condition that he fix his residence in ‘Trenton New Jersey Colonization Soctety. The annual meeting of this ty was held on the 13th inst., in the First Presbyterian Church, in Tren- ton. Hon. Samuel D, Ingham was called to the chair, and Gov. Fort occupied a seat onthe platform. The Secretary, Dr. J. G. Goble, made the annual report, from which it appears that the society has sent to Li- beria twenty-one colored persons during the last year. Rey. Dr. Haun, of Trenton, offered the following resolution, which was adopted, and advocated it in a. brief addres Resolved, That the action of the Legislature of this State, at their last session, in behalf of the Coloniza Society, meets our hearty approval; and we rejoice to learn ‘that as the first fruits of that action, twenty-one colored persons from New Jersey have been landed on the shores of Liberia, The following was also adopted, after a strong ap- peal by the mover, Dr, GontE:— Resolved, ‘That the facilities furnished by the existence of a free and independent republic on the Western coast of Africa, for the suppression of the slave trade, and for the introduction of the gospel into that benighted region, should induce the friends of these measures to give to the colonization eause their full and hearty co-operation. Rev. Mr. Mrap, the agent of the society, presented the following resolution, which he advocated at some length, and which was adopted:-— Resolved, That the success which has attended the efforts to establish an independent republic on the West: ern coast of Africa has surpassed the most sanguine ex pectations of the earlier friends of the cause, and calls for devout thanksgiving to Almighty God, who has so gra- cionsly smiled upon this enterprise. The following resolution was presented by Dr. MACLEAN, and advocated at length: — Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting, the United States owe it to themselves, to the cause of free. dom, and to a just consideration of the origin of the re public of Liberia, to recognise the independones of that government, Marino Affairs. DePARTURE OF ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN EMIGRANT SmP.—On Saturday the ship Baltimore, Captain Northup, left port with 180 passengers, for Australia. She is one of Measrs. Ogden & Cameron’s Pioneer line of Australian packets, and ts the fifth vessel they haye despatched. None of their vessels stop at any intermediate port for provisions, all being furnished wit! tock sufficient at least for six months consumption. In addition to two slaughtered oxen, and a large quantity of meat preserved fresh in hermetically sealed cannisters, the Baltimore's list of live stock for the use of the passengers consisted of thirty dozen of fowls, twenty sheep, and forty-two fine porkers. Of bread alone she carries 22,000 pounds, in addition to a very large quantity of buckwheat, rice, &c. ‘The ship Elsinore, of 600 tons register, will succeed the Baltimore, and sail on the 10th proximo. The names of the passengers by the latter vessel will be found in another column. SreaMEKS ON THE SouND.—The past week has been one of the hardest of the season for steamboats on the Sound, On Twesday night the Worcester, of the Norwich line, on her passage to Norwich, broke her connecting- rod, and was wholly disabled. She was towed to New York by the Commodore, Captain Lewis, of the Stoning- ton line. On Wednesday, the steamers Commodore, and the State of Maine, of the Fall River line, left for the East, and proceeded as far as Throgg’s Neck, when, owing to the violence of the snow storm, they anchored for the night. They got under way on Thursday morn- ing, about ten o'clock. The Fall River boat went as far as Sand’s point, when she abandoned the trip, and re turned to New York. The Commodore proceeded on her es to Stonington. The C. Vanderbilt did not leave itonington on Wednesday night. The Commodore took on board her mails and passengers, and returned to New York the same night, being the only boat that has per- formed her ae since Tuesday. The steamer Empire State, of the Fall River lino, on her pas: to New York, on Thursday morning, struck on the rocks at Hallett’s point, near Hell Gate, and was so mugh injured that she was unable to take her place in thé line on ‘Thursday. She will be repaired in a few days, and resume her trips, ‘8 usual.—Boston Journal, Jan. ty Key West 4 Navat Depot.—A correspondent of the New Orleans Bulletin at Key West sayy :—‘A commis- sion, consisting of Captain Latimer, U.S. A., and Colonel Jamison, have been ordered to this city by the Secretary of the Navy, for the purpose of examining the various sites for a coal ta ey for the convenience of the naval steamers cruising in the Gulf ; and these gentlemen find a greater depth of water upon our bars at the mouths of the four Gulf entrances than at any other station on the Atlantic coast—34 feet. At the head of the wharf known as the Isabel’s wharf, the depth is 24 feet—sufiicient to al- low man-of-war of ‘the first class to lay alongside. In selecting a site for a coal depot, the commission will be governed by its adaptation for a large naval depot. Our por nie to the Island ef Cuba—the ition of Key fest on the line of travel to and from California, and the deinen state of our foreign relations, has, no doubt, brought about this commencement of a system of defence. A contract has been made by the Post Office Department wito Gen. John Scott, of Ocala, Florida, for carrying the United Statos mails between Now Orleans and Key West, via Pensacola, Apalachicola, St. Marks and Tampa, twice a month, in steamers suited to the trade. The compen- sation is said to be $20,000: The first boat is to leave New Orleans on the 17th of January.”” Simp BurtpinG IN Maing.—Preparations are making for much activity in ship building in this State this year. ‘The demand for Maine vessels abroad gives good encouragement to our builders to goahead. In Freeport, preparations are making for several new vessels. Cushing & Means are ting ready for a vessel of eight or nine hundred tons. ear Strout’s Point, a ship of about 600 tons is to be built by Sylvester & Brewer. Master Soule has a keel laid for a ship of about 900 tons. From other yards in Maine many fine ships are to be turned out during the year. Portland Argus, Jan. 15. Lavncies.— Clipper shis Highflyer, 1,200 tons, was Jaunched by Messrs. Currier & Townsend, Newburyport, on the 18th inst. The H. is owned by David Ogden, Exq., and others, of New York, and is said to be the sharpest ship built at Newburyport. She is to be commanded by Capt. Waterman, recently of the St. Patrick. The clipper ship Empress of the Sea, 2,200 tons, was launched at Boston on Friday, from the ship yard of Mr. Donald M’Kay.. This ship was purchased by Stessrs, Wi- liam Wilson & Sons, of Baltimore, when but partly built. She will shortly come on to New York, to load for San Francisco, in Mr. J. 8. 5 Daktord's line. bs e clipper ship Frigate Bird, built by Mr. John A. Robb. of Yell’s Point, Baltimore, for William ‘Cummings and John R. Rue, of Philadelphia, was launched on Wednesday afternoon. Her dimensions are 164 foet in th, 83 feet 6 inches breadth of beam, and 18 feet 6 ches depth of hold, measuring about 800'tons. She will be commanded by Perry C. Cope, and is intended for the Pacific trade. Thomas Francis Meagher. Last evening, Thomas Franeis Meagher gave a magnifi. cent and recherche supper to the committee who made th» arrangements for his lecture on Australia, at Metropoli- tan Hall, and also to the committee of the Meagher Ball. The bill of fare presented the choicest description of viands and drink. All went merry as a marriage bell. Mr. Meagher, after a few preliminary remarks, offered the following toasts, which were all received with great enthusiasm :— The President of the United States—He wears no crown, but wields a thund: rb olt—his title to rule is incontestible, for it proceeds from the people, and no mistake. Ireland—The most sorrowful of the sad nations of the earth—may the sun of freedom soon waken her from hor restless dream ‘o healthful life, and her joy be as boundless as her hope, throughout her agony, has been inexhauatible. The Press of the Republie—May it become the text-book and testament of freedom throughout the world ; may the good it is capable of doing be as indestructible as the power it wields, In connection with this toast, some compliments were paid to the Heratp. The Militia Service of the Republic—Peace will. breed no weakness, and war entail no ruin, whilst it is pre- served. The Companions of my Banishment—May some favored sail soon speed them to’ these shores, and to the enjoy- ment of the friendship and the honors which their ser- vices deserve. In response to the last toast, Mr. Richard O'Gorman made ashort specch, and concluded by proposing, ina very happy and witty manner— The State of the Lone Star. Mr. Dwyer, a gentleman from Texas, made a very bril liant. speech about Texas, in which he referred to the prodigies of American valor and American prowess at the battle of San Jacinio. ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA. THE LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE The Recent Terrible Storm on the English and Irish Coasts, ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST. THE CUBAN SLAVE TRADE. Interesting Correspondence of Lord Palmerston. THE FRENCH EMPIRE, Sketch of the New English Premier. ~ INTELLIGENCE FROM CENTRAL AFRICA, Additional from the Australian Gold Fields, de, ke, &e. The new Cunard steamship Arabia, Capt. J udkins, arrived at her wharf at one o’clock yesterday after- noon. She left Liverpool on Saturday noon, the 1st inst., and put into Halifax at five o’clock on Thurs- day afternoon, for fuel. She left that port on Friday morning. She experienced heavy head winds, and is slightly damaged in her bulwarks. She was fifteen days and one hour from port to port. The news is three days later than that brought by the Baltic. We gave a brief telegraphic summary of it in the Henaxp of Friday, but the details are quite interesting. ‘There had been an active demand for all American securities, especially for the leading railway bonds, and prices have again advanced. The following were the quotations on the 31st ult.:— U. 8. Five per Cent Bonds (1865), ex. div.... 97 a 98 “*” Six per Cent Bonds (1862), ex. div..... 104 al05 “ Six per Cent do. (1888), ex. div. .......1003¢a110 ‘© Six per Cent Inscribed Stock (1867-1868), Ce | See 108 3401003 “Six per Cont ‘do. (1862), ex 103°‘a104 N. York State Five per Cont Stock (1898-1860) 07 = 98 Pennsylvania Five per Cent Stock. a 88 «Five per Cent Bonds (1882), 95 a 96 Ohio Six per Ct. Inse’d. Stock (187 050108 Massachusetts Five per Ct. Ster. Bds. (1868) 108 3109 «4 Dollar Bonds (1872) 97340 9836 In Maryland Five per Cent Sterlinj Virginia Six per Cent Bonds (1886), ex. div... 98 a Kentucky Six per Cent Bonds (1808), ex. div. 97 Tennessee Six per Cent Bonds (1892), ex. diy.. 98 a 97 Canada Six per Cent Sterling Bonds (1874)..115 11534 “ ix por Cent Sterling Bonds (1876)...116 allé Boston Four-and-a-Half per Cent Sterling Bas. 1872)... fasaeate csubasvess 108 - A104 Montreal City Six per Cent Bonds (1857-1865). 86 a 87 N, York City Five per Cent Stock (1855-1870). 96 a 97 Philadel) and R. Rd. Six per Cent Mortgage (1860), ex. div......e...00.-..- 86 a 87 Pennsylvania Central Six per Cent (1880)... 99 4100 New York and'Erie Seven per Ct. (lirst mort- ge), (1868-1868)... aereees 10536010636 “Seven per Ct. (second mor ), (1859) 96 a 98 “Seven per Ct. C’vertable (1862), ex. div. 91 a 92 M’igan Cent. Eight per Ct. C'vertible (1860)..105 0106 Ohio and Penn, Seven per Ct. Inc. Bonds..... 92 a 94 Ohio and Ind, Sev. per Ct. (frst mort.) (1868) 85. a — Seaboard and Roanoke Seven per Cent (first mortgage), (1860)....s0seeeceeeseeess 84 a 85 The death of Madame Kossuth is thus mentioned in a Bruseels letter, dated the 28th ult.:— ‘The above lady departed this life about 9 o'clock this morning, in her temporary residence in thia capital. She had ‘been seriously ill for some weeks, but yesterday some strong hopes of her recovery were entertained by her medical attendants, one of whom was Dr. Perkins, a long established English resident, and who is distinguish- ed by his kind attention to the yarlous political exiles in this city, Some unpleasant rumors are afloat respecting the refusal of the Belgian government to allow of her son’s coming over to this country, unless he consented to be constantly accompanied during his stay in Belgium by a police offic It is understood that the venerable lady herself urged her illustrious son not to submit to so de- grading a condition. Galignani’s Messenger gives the following para- graph:— ‘The case of the Countess de Bocarme came on again be- fore the tribunal of Tournay, in Belgium, on the 20th in- stant, to hear her advocate, M. Morel, plead against the demand for her being placed en interdiction (declared in- capable of administering her own property.) M. Morel said that the charges of dissipation brought against his client were unfounded, and that she had still clear in- come of more than 10,000f. a year. He also entered into explanations to show that she had not been guilty of the impropriety of conduct imputed to her by the covinsel on 4 the other side. The court,sufter hearing the speech of M. Morel, adjourned the case for a fortnight. It was stated in court that on Monday Inst Madame de’ Bocarme had sold off the furniture, carriages, horses, &c., at her house at Peruwelz, where she had been living since the publication of the banns of marriage with M. Van Da- erne. This marriage has not taken place, an opposition having been made to it, waiting the decision of the tribu- nal in the present case. Eighty-seven persons, belonging to the best fami, lies in Rome, have been arrested for circulating cari- catures of Napoleon ITI. The Sultan has had a suitable house purchased for Abd el Kadir, at Broussa. The Hamburg Correspondenz contradicts the statement that has been going the round of the Ger- man papers, that there would be an augmentation of tariffs in Hamburg after the Ist of January. Advices from Paris state that the official recogni- The entertainment passed off in the most agreeable,| tion of the Empire by the Northern Powers would manner, all being delighted with the warm-hearted and cordial manner of the distingiushed host. Brooklyn City Intelligence. DRATH FROM INTEMPERANCE AND ExPosure,—Coroner Ball was called to the Third district station house, yesterday morning, to hold an inquest upon the body of James Me- Guire, who died in one of the cells during the night. De. ceased, it appears, was discovered about ten o'clock on Saturday evening, lying insensible, in a vehicle, on Van Brunt street, where he had been placgd by some parties who found him lying on the pavement, intoxicated, daving the afterncen. Officer Toole conveyed him to the station house in a cart, where every assistance possible was ren- dered by the officers, but without avail, and he expired towards morning. The Coroner's jury bore evidence to the attention of the police, and rendered a verdict, that MeGuire cwme to his death from intemperance and ex posure. De leaves a wife and two chili ho re- side on the corner of Walcott and Van Brunt streets. Azteurr To Commit Sticipk By TaKina LAcpANuM.—On Thursday evening a young female, named Jane E siding with her parents, on the corner of York G attempted to terminate her existence by i laudanum, It appears that she had been acting in the capacity of a serv |, not liking the place, came home: bit. her mother, insisting on her re- ker herself in a room, determined to com- rather than obey her commands. The her aid Capt. King, of the Second w about an show its effects. Some lamp oil was immediately admin. istered, and she soon showed signs of returning cons ness. Dr. Rhodes was afterwards called in and att to her necessities, and she ix now doing very well. Sexiovs Accipent.—Thureday afternoon, three men en- gaged in framing the lows of a new building on the corner of Atlantic and Columbia streets, fell from second story upon the beams of the first floor, in iving way of the scaffolding upon Two of them were seriously inj ed unhurt. The officers of the INJURED IN A Figitt.—A man named James Mulligan was beaten in such a violent manner, in a row at a porter house in Myrtle avenue, on Thursday night, that his life is despaired of. Several of the attacking party, together with the I i, have been arrested Tue Case or Racnen Park This case, which bas produced so much excitement in Chester coun- ty, Pa., has been before the Circuit Court at Baltimore for neatly a week. Rachel was a free colored girl, re- siding in Chester county, and more than a year ago was carried off asa fugitive from Maryland. Many of the citizens of Chester went down to Maryland to attend the examination, and attest that the girl wasfree. The prin- cipal witness, on his way back, left the cara, and was not seen afterwards, till his body wax found hanging to tree, in all probability the work of suicide, though, in the excited state of feeling in Chester county, it was charged asa murder, The Governor appointed Attorney General Campbell to attend the trial, and defend Rachel, There was 80 much voluntary testimony to tho girl's right to freedom, that the idea of collusion could not for an in- stant be entertained, and the person wlio claimed her as a slave, abandoned the claim before the trial waa termi- nated. The girl was set free, and has returned to Chester county. Some of the citizens of that county revive the charge of the murder of Miller, the witness, hy offering a reward of $1,000 for the apprehension of the murderers —Philadelphia Ledger, Jan. 14, shortly take place—the delay which had occurred was occasioned by a dislike to the clause respecting the legitimate or adopted heir of the Emperor. Ex- planations, however, have taken place, which proved satisfactory. Nearly ten columns of the Moniteur, of Thursday, the 30th ult., were filled with lists of promotions and appointments to the Legion of Honor, and it was expected that a decree would immediately appear, making very extensive promotions in the army. Twelve new senators would be named, ten of whom were to be general officers of the army. The Belgian Senate has voted the adoption of the provisional convention with Fyance, by a majority of thirty-five. ‘The greater part of the Scandinavian Mormonites shad decided upon emigrating to America. On Monday, the 27th, the Obotrit carried the first in stalment, about 300 souls, to Kiel, whence they would make their way to Hamburg, Liverpool, or Hull, and New York or New Orleans. About 600 or 700 more would follow them in a short time. They possess some capital, and are all respectable. Accounts from Constantinople of the 16th, state that the Sultan had ordered Ismail Pacha to advance with 14,000 men against the Montenegrines. Unfor- tunately for the Porte, seven districts had declared against its authority, and to add to the difficulty, Omer Pacha, the Turkish commander-in-chief, in the disturbed district, had resigned. The Bastern Arnaout districts have sided with the government, and request arms to equip 4,000 men. A rather se vere action took place between the Turks and Mon- tenegrines, on the 12th and 13th, near Podgorizza, in which the former were routed. One report states that a truce is said to have been concluded for the present. The hurricane wh burst forth on the English and Irish coasts, on Christmas night, has not been equalled in point of severity, and for extent of havoc, since that which occasioned so much destruction to life and property in 1839, As was predicted, the late storm had led to many most heartrending catastro- phes on the coast ; several fine ships, some of them emigrant vessels, perished amidst the fury of the gales, and in one instance more than forty unfortu- nate creatures met with a watery grave. The total number of lives lost is said to be one hundred. It would seem that the effect of the hurricane was first felt on Christmas-eve, and after sweeping round the coast of Ireland, burst over England. The velo- city and power of the wind far exceed anything which has been experienced on those shores of late years; in places it travelled at the rate of between sixty and seventy miles an hour, while the wind guage exhibited the extraordinary pressure of from ae bi to forty pounds to the square foot. The particulars of the damage to many of the vessels will be found under the ship news head. The Cuba Slave Trade and the English Gov- ernment. [From the Landon News, Dec. 31. } __ The correspondence beth in this and other English journals, and the concurrent testimony of our Ameri- can contemporaries, leave very little doubt that the African slave trade is reviving in the island of Cuba. The cause of this revival is- not, however, any abute- ment in the stringency of oar eruising system, either on its coasts or on those of Africa. Our squadrons there were never stronger, more active, or persever- ing. At Ambriz our government has refused to allow Portugal to establish a factory, lest a Portuguese set- tlement in that river for la ‘al purposes should give any encouragement to the visits of slavers; by the recent affair at Lagos, the slave trade north of the line has been for a time, at least, suppreased; south of the equator the most stringent measures are being taken at Santa Tanga, Cabenda, and in the Rio Con- 0; over the Portuguese possessions, of which Loanda is the capital, a very strict watch is kept; and eve- rywhere on the western coast of Africa, especially in the Bight of Benin, so long the emporium of illicit trade, a better industry and a lawful commerce are springing up in the most surprising manner. This, then, is not a time when any revival of the slave trade by Cuba can be tolerated ; and yet, in spite of all our cruising efforts, in spite of all treaties, squadrons, and courts of mixed commission, the P sierage of its revival depends more on the Spanish ‘ourt and on the Cuban authorities than on any other agency. ‘The slave trade,” it is truly remark- ed by Commodore Bruce in his report to the admi- ralty,of the 17th January last, “requires no organized system for its support ; it might cease fora century and be renewed ina week.” It depends on the en- couragement given to demand. But recent experi- ence, not only in Brazil, but in Cuba also, shows the power of a determined government to check the de- mand. Searcely had the Brazilian Chamber passed the laws we have so frequently described—and the Brazilian government begun to act on them—than the slave traders in Brazil took fright, and of their alarm some curious evidence has lately been jee nae In the house of King Kosoko, at 08, When captured by our squadron, were found a series of letters from his slave trading friends at Bahia. In the earlier portions of this correspon- dence they give that chief accounts of the proceeds of sales of his human consignment, complain of the preferences he shows to their rivals in the trade, and exhibit all the usual jealousies of mercantile competi- tors. No sooner, however, were the Brazilian anti- slave trade laws enacted, than the tone of their cor- respondence totally changes. Instead of desiring, they refuse to receive further consignments; instead of slaves, they ask for palm oil, ground nuts, and other articles of lawful commerce. “As the government is decided,” says Senhor Bello, writing to the King, ‘‘upon putting a stop to the trade, i am desirous that you should not continue to make con- signments to me; but for the lawful trade in oil, clothes, and ivory, I shall always be ready to serve you.” Again, a month later, the same once flourishing slave importer, at Bahia, repeats: — “If you are my friend, you will not consign any more slaves to me, for I would not have them on any account, if they could be had for five or six reis each.” So, also Senhor Godinho, another Bahia slave mer- chant, addressing King Kosoko, thus winds up his transactions:— “Our accounts are thus balanced ; and my advices to you, to the effect that I could receive no more commis sions to sell bales (fardos is the cant Portuguese term for iy) are now confirmed. I wish you good health, and am, &e.”” The government of Brazil ordered the suppressal of slave-dealing, and slave-dealers write thus. We quote these passages from this remarkable cor- respondence to show the power of a government to suppress the slave trade. And if this power has proved so efficacious along 4,000 miles of Brazilian coast, how much lighter would be the task of the Spanish government in Cuba? But it is not at the javana that it will be the duty of Lord John Russell in his new sphere of usefulness, to attack this mon- strous revival of the African slave trade. It is at Madrid only that a telling assault can be made upon. the abomination. The british government has, of course, no Bet to dictate to the Spanish court who shall be appointed Captain-General of Cuba ; but it has a pertect right to remonstrate against the conti- nuance in power there of a Captain-General, whos: principal duty seems to be to give encouragement to a breach of ‘the obligations which Spain has con- tracted with this country. And this course of con- duct, it is to be hoped, Lord John Russell will, in the interests at once ot humanity and of Spain itself, lose no time in vate 9 It is not merely the example of Brazil which proves that the Spanish Court can, it it please, terminat> the African slave trade. There is ample evidence in Cuba, also, that a resolute Captain-General can be eaoally successful. During the government of Gene- ral Concha, the slave trade in Cuba was nearly sup- pressed. But its suppression, diminished the gains of the greedy Camarilla at Madrid; and Concha was re- called. Under the rule of Canedo, the slave trade is reviving—that the coffers of corruption and riot in that capital may be replenished. It was from the profits of this infernal trade that the Queen Mother was furnished with means to overthrow the authority of Espartero; it is by the profits of the trade that she hopes to have the power of restoring absolutism in a country where the throne of her hapless daughter was founded on constitutionalism. The eerie of the revival of the Caban slave trade is therefore a European one; for it is the misrule of Cuba that reacts on the misgovernment of Spain. Deprive the court of Madrid of the wealth it derives from Cuba, and its claws are cut. Throw it back | onthe revenues of Spain, and it is shorn of a great part of its power of domestic mischief. Cuba yields it | more than one million sterling of yearly tribute. But to that tribute must be added the profits which the Queen Mother and the Camarilla derive from the tax pn there by the slave traders, from their jobs in Havana, from the profits they derive from their monopolies, their speculations, and their plantations. Thence it is that they derive means for their plots and conspiracies against liberty at home;—thence it is that the misrule of Cuba is stimulated. It cannot be for the welfare of humanity that Spain shall continue to hold Cuba on such terms as these; and on these terms, and in this state, Spain cannot long continue to hold Cuba. Revolution, annexation, even extinction, will be preferred to the continued and ia So devastation of Africa, for absolutism, royal plunder, and popular debasement to flourish at Madrid. “The real and well known fact,” Lord Pal- Le a told Lord Howden in one of his latest des- itches— . Is, that the government of Madrid has systematicall and intentionally encovraged the Cubs slave trade for tw purpores: First, in order to afford income {oa number of ill-pa toappointesl favorites, by means e traders; and, secondly, for the purpose of r ga hold upon the island, because it is thought at Madrid that as long as there is in Cuba a large number of negroes, the white population will cling tothe mother country for protection againse the black race. But both these motives are founded in error. For it can never be the interest of a government to demoral- ize its own officers and to accustom them to violate the law; and a mother country will seble hold of a colony if the strongest tie wl nnects them is the fear en the part of the planter of an insurrection of the negroes. It is obvions that protection against such dan- ger might be found by other means and in other quarters —by the suppression of the slave trade, which many Cu. ban proprietors desire; or by an annexation tosome other State, for which scheme there are not wanting partisans in Cuba, “The slave trade,’ Lord Palmerston also re- marked, and in full conformity with all the views expressed in this journal— Was till last year carried on in Brazil to a much greater extent than it has been in Cuba; and many per- sons thought that it would be a task of immense difi- culty, and requiring much time for its accomplishment, to put down the Brazilian slave trade. But when the go- vernment of Brazil set to work in earnest, and with a real desire to put the slave trade down, the purpose has been, in a great degree, accomplished ina few months, by the ordinary course of law, and without any dictatorial powers. For the sake, then, of Africa and humanity, of Spain and its liberties, of Cuba and its happiness, of Brazil and its perseverance in its new and better career, of England and its consistency, Lord John Russell will have to address without delay, remon- strances to the court of Madrid, which it can neither avoid nor evade. That court bas hitherto had com- munications from Lord Palmerston on the subject, two of which we elsewhere insert. Lord Palmerston on the Island of Cuba. VISCOUNT PALMERSTON TO LORD HOWD! ForetGn Orvice, Oct. 17, 1851. My Lorp—With reference to the satisfaction ex- pressed by the Spanish government at the orders given to her Majesty's cruisers, to prevent any band of adventurers, of any nation, from landing in Cuba, to excite or to join insurrection, I have to instruct your lordship to say to the Spanish government, that the hest way in which it could make its acknowledg- ments for this measure on the part of her Majesty's government would be by punctually fulfilling the treaty engagements of the Spanish crown against the slave trade, and by rigidly enforcing the laws of Spain on that subject. During the last fourteen or fifteen years those treaty engagements have been flagrantly violated, and those laws have been systematically and yen Mac through in Cuba ‘and Puerto Rico. It must be mani- fest and plain, however, to the commonest under- standing, that these violations of treaty, and these breaches of law, would not and could not have hap- cor if the government of Madrid had been de- rmined to prevent them. That which has happened in regard to the slave trade in Brazil is a parallel case. For a long course of years the stave trade was car- ried on in Brazil to an ‘enormous extent. e zilian government always raet the representations of the British government by assurance.¥ and declara- tions; but the slave trade continued without check. At last, in the summer of 1440, circumstances in- duced the Brazilian governmeri to set to work in earnest to fulfil the treaty engagements of fhe Bra- zilian crown, and to enforce the wir of the Byagilian empire; and as soon as the will to do so existed, the way to do so was found, and in the sbort space of a few months results were with the greatest ease ac- complished, which for along course ef years had been represented as utterly impossible. A similar result would take place in Cuba and Pu- erto Rico, if a similar course were pursued by the Spanish government; an@ her Majesty's government cannot but entertain a hope that the cabinet ef Mad- rid will at last awaken to a due sense of its duties and obligations, and will put an end to a system of-crime and piracy which is a stain on thes} character, and on the honor of the Spanish crown. I hewe to desire that your lordship will give a copy of this de- spatch to the Spanish minister. Iam, &c., (Signed,) PALMERSTON. VISCOUNT PALMERSTON TO LORD HOWDEN. Forrian Orvicy, Oct. 20, 1851. My Lorp—I have received your lordship’s despatch of the Ist instant, transmitting a copy of a note which you had received from M. de Miraflores in reply to bs note of the 26th ult., recommending, on behalf of er Majesty's government, that the government of Spain should follow the example set them by New Granada, in declaring the total abolition of slavery in that republic. With reference to that passage in M.Miraflores’ note, in which he states that the Spanish government can- not understand how her Majesty's government can seriously recommend a measure which would prove very injurious to the natives of Cuba, bake | also recommend that the Spanish government con- ciliate the affection of those Cubans, I have to in- struct your lordship to observe to M. de Miraflores that the slaves of Cuba form a large portion, and by no means an unimportant one, of the ulation of Cuba, and that any eye taken to provide for their emancipation would, therefore, as far as the black population is concerned, be quite in unison with the recommendation made by her be pandl government, that measures should be adopted for contenting the people of Cuba, with a view to secure the connection tween that island and the Spanish crown; and it must be evident that, if the negro Popaiaene of Cuba were rendered free, that fact wor create @ moat powerful element of resi-t :nce to any scheme for an- nexing Cuba to the United States, where slavery still exists. With regard to the bearing which negro emanoi- pation would have on the interests of the white pro- rietors, it may safel; affirmed that free labor costa Tees than slave labor, and it is indisputable that a f ee and contented peasantry are safer neighbors for the wealthy classes above them than ill-treated and re- sentful slaves; aud that slaves must, from the nature of things, be more or less ill treated, is a truth which belongs to the inherent principles of human nature, and is quite as inevitable as the resentment, however suppressed it may be, which is the consequence of ill treatment. It does not seem, therefore, that the communications which you were instructed to make of the measure which had been adopted by the go- yernment and parliament of New Granada, can just- ly be deemed as at all at variance with the friendly sentiments felt and expressed by her uae "8 gov- ernment towards Spain with relation to tl of Cuba. Iam, &c., (Signed) PALMERSTON. The California Conflagrations—The Elasticit; of Yankeedom. “4 [From the London Times, Dec. 30.] The name of Terra del Fuego should certainly be transferred from the southern to the northern extre- mity of the American continent. If ever a country deserved to be called the Land of Fire, it is that re- gion in which all other incidents of life are regarded as subsidiary to the collection of gold. Few we may trust, overlooked the remarkable communi- cation which we published on Tuesday from our own correspondent in California. This gentleman's re- port contained the usual invoice of local conflagra- tions quaintly set forth. There was a fire of “some magnitude” in San Francisco, which had consumed “ thirty-six houses” and a “ good deal of property.” This, however, was scarcely worth noticing, and ano- her fire at Marysville, though characterised as “serious,” received still less attention. Certain “ minor burnings,” too, were disposed of by a simple allusion, and one conflagration alone was treat with the compliment of a particular narrative. To be sure this was a large one, for it destroyed an entire city—a city as large as a considerable English town, and far more wealthy. Indeed, the calamity was so extraordinary that even Californian stoicism appears to have been moved, and our correspondent recounts the incidents with visible impression. Nevertheless, the description of the affair, and of the behaviour of the people in so terrible an emergency, is, we should think, without a parallel in any tale of fiction or fact. Sacramento, called the City of the Plains, was a town of great repute, containing a population of some 15,000 souls. It is said to have been never be- fore consumed during the whole five years of its ex- istence, and, though we seem to remewber chronicling its destruction at least once during this period, we must presume our correspondent to be correctly in- formed. Perhaps he spoke like Scott's poe he ed in the “ Lay of the Last Minstrel,” who remarked that his habitation “ hadn't been burnt this year, or more,” and who looked upon a fire as very hard usage after so long an immunity. At any rate, how- ever, Sacramento is destroyed now, and destroyed so utterly that five brick buildings are all that remain out of a town as large as Windsor. Several places of worship, innumerable magazines, and between 2,000 and 3,000 houses were absolutely consumed in the space of a few hours; the loss of property is said to exceed £2,000,000 sterling; and though the practised alertness of Californian citizens exempts them from much of the peril of such visitations, the fire in ques- tion proved too rapid in its progress even for them, and fourteen persons actually perished. Such was the great fire of Sacramento—a conflagration almost as large, even by direct comparison, as that of any ancient city on record, and tar larger if estimated with reference to its actual size. Probably no town or city ever yet suffered a fire which left so few habi- tations standing. At this city, then, thus destroyed, our correspon- dent arrived’ while the ashes were still hot and the ruins smouldering. To him, as he innocently remarks, ‘the scene was familiar, but to a stranger it would have been singularly curious.’ There was literally not,in the whole place, an expression or symptom of regret, lamentation, dejection, or woe. The people took the matter as coolly as a laundress when her clothes have been blown off the line. They had been burnt out, and were building up again; and the event bed ae to be, rather than otnerwise, ex- hilarating; though less than forty-eight hours had elapsed since the fire, the site of the principal street was so crowded with carts, horses, and work- men, as to be ‘almost impassable,” and all other sounds were rendered inaudible by the incessant din of hammer, trowel, and saw. ‘How are you?--all your buildings gone/—let’s have a drink-—you'll build in brick, now?""—were the phrases of salutation poured forth in a single breath; and we are assured that within the space of ten days an extempore Sacramen- to had risen from the ashes, that the shops were opened with full stocks of goods, and that ‘business’? —that true end of American life—had been resumed with infinite spirit.’ Certainly, all history may be searched in vain for such a description as this. An incident of characteristic effect completes the story. While the fire was actually at its height the acute- ness of Californian wit had descried the impending rise in the price of building materials, and a steamer was presently chartered by two or three speculators for the neighboring city of San Francisco, As & natural consequence it was crowded with passengers. intent on the same object, but the original “charter- ers” caused themselves to be put privately on shore, and gave orders that the steamer should beat about in the bay for a few hours while they availed them- selves of the chance to “operate” at leisure. The trick, however, was thought, under the circum- stances, to be too “smart,” and an “indignation meet- ing” was held by candlelight on the ashes of Sacra- mento to protest against the pomeene Extraordinary as such conf is hea undoubtedly are, it must be recollected that these occurrences are generally far more common in America than in England. The ordinary average fires of even a steady-going town in the Union would scare an Eng- lish population out of its senses. We remember that some traveller—we think it was Captain Basil Hall —inquired once of an American what could be the origin of such incessant mishaps; and received for an- swer, that they were partly accidental and partly caus- ed by the insurance offices, to keep people we to the Prone mark of apprehension. In California no sack ngenuity of explanation is required. “A wooden town,” as ourcorrespondent sensibly observes, “in climate of which eight months of the year are and several windy, must burn; and when to th liability we add the notorious vecklesaneas of gold- hunters, we shall have said as much as will be looke for, The most siygzular circumstance in the cage ity ~