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* “of Mr. Rheinheimer to be stop) Yong as the Prussian government has not published what will renew their unholy alliance, and continue their absolute and des- tie course, or prefer to draw their subjects again Tito their interest, in adopting a more liberal and conciliatory course, time will show. To judge, how- ever, from the past, and from their incapacity and ill-will, such a prudent course is not likely to take lace; on the contrary, they »eem to believe that jus- ice and indulgence will only spoil geir hs that they must be governed and ruled with an iron Oppression of the most lawless kind continues, and is on the increase; the German rulers are, however, no longer satisfied with making their subjects feel the iron rod; they try to apply the same algo to foreigners, and, in particular, to such American citi- zens as were born in Germany. An outrageous pro- ceeding against one of our citizens, by the Prussian police officers at Minden, has been told tome by the sufferer, who, as evidence of the truth of his account, has shown to me his rt from the Department of State, dated 20th October last. The bearer, Mr; Rheinheimer, of Baltimore, came over to Germany to@etch away two of his children, which he had left here for the seke of education. On his arrival at Minden, in Prussia, with the train from Bremen for Cologne, his baggage was examined by the custom and police officers, Minden being a fron- tier town; nothing that was dutiable being found, | the officer took a periodical in his hand, and, finding that the same was printed in the German language, he seized all those in the trunk, four in number—they being a German guactery Magazine, called the “ Didaskalia,” printed in 1448 and 1849, by Maclea, at Baltimore; they then ordered the effects d, and to be sent to the office of the police, where he also was conducted, like a criminal, under the escort of gen d'armes. Arrived there, he had to undress and undergo a bodily search, without, however, any result. He then ail his papers taken from him, which were read by the police officers, and after once more over- hauling his effects, and nothing being found, Mr. Rheinheimer was liberated; only the four numbers of the American periodical printed in the German Janguage, with his travelling contract and a num of blank sea contracts, were re- tained, which fact was endorsed on his Dassport, | in the following terms :—‘The bearer is permitted to Soi Baiolonne, Mayence. Several democra- tical papers, with a contract for a passage, and several blank agreements for passages, have been taken from the bearer bythe police of this place. Minden, the 5th December, 1852. Signed, Rose. Now, what was the crime for which Mr. Rhein- heimer, a citizen of the United States, was seized at | Minden, conducted like a criminal to the office of the | police, made to strip there and undergo a bodily search, and had his passport mutilated by the Prus- sian police, charging that he was a political emis- sary, exposing him the toall the chicaneries of the police, so famous in Germany? Nothing else than that he had with him four American periodicals, printed there in 1848 and in 1849, in the German agoare: and which may contain some passages dis- agreeable to the Minden police officers—nothing else has been Jaid to his charge, Such a flagrant outrage against one of our fellow- citizens by Prussian menials ought certainly not to be suffered by our government. Mr. Rheinheimer hos gone from here to Frankfort-on-the-Main, to | claim there the assistance and protection of our con- | sul; but, to ju from what { have heard of him, it is to be feared that his efforts will be made in vain. -Our consulate there is ina deplorable state. The incumbent, Mr. Swendier, is an old gentleman of | about 80 years, several years confined by gout and lameness his chair, unable to move any of his limbs, totally unfit to help himself, and, naturally, not others. Besides his ay ander and inca- | pacity, he is in his dotage; he only one idea—to et fe as these must be a scarce article with the consulate at Frankfort, he is constantly complain- dng that the office is troublesome, and yields him no Hoch maae aly he keeps it, and would be an; with any one who should advise him to resign. Being paable write, he had a stamp made representing Riguature, which his servant must press upon the authentication and oaths of invoices written by sa son-in-law, and on other papers on which he can seharge his fees. Our fellow-citizens who may require protection or advice will therefore leok in vain to obtain them | | 490, an incorrect description of the revolutio: | in March, 1848, treating therein his majesty the King of | Prussia with disrespect and contempt.” ‘The ing: of the police says further ;— “With him wore found four numbers of s quarterly ma- gazine—the Didanhalin of 8. Maelea,”” Baltimore, 1648, '849—a contract to engage passengers, a num! price lists and cards of '@ Bremen shipowner—Messrs. Tel teaine, ta stuscal eae hiiene eee the hieeeeahy ight reading, in a liberal re; ican sty! ‘ap! of revolutionary men, suchas Robert’ Blum, Frederick Hacher, and others ; and in number three, pages 420 and mn al in, Now, the Prussian police cannot expect that a maga. . printed and intended for am American publication, ould be edited in a monarchical and illiberal style. article of which the Prussian police complains, and which it assigns as a reason for abusing Mr, Rheinheimer, was taken in 1848 from papers printed at that time, and with | the same words, in Germany, nay even in Prussia. ‘The Prussiaw police might have had an excuse, had Mr. Rheinheimer communicated these periodicals to others ; but they were in his trunk, and Mr. Rheinheimer had, on nquiry, declared that they were used by him merely’ for own reading. From this the inspector of the poliee draws the conclusion that by his reading such ertie Mr. Rheinheimer must have the same sentiments, and oon. sequently be @ dangerous subject; certainly not only a very novel, but also a very dangerous conclusion, to hold the readers answerable for the ideas and principles of the writers. As a reason for taki the Inspector of the from Mr. R. the other papers, lice says that the contract author- ized him to engage one hun passengers for one of Messrs. Battel & Co.'s vessels—that, although there was no evidence against him, he intended to persuade Prus- sian subjects to emigrate—that the ssion of such a contract proved that such must be his intention in the State of his nativity. Mr, Rheinheimer having come from Baltimore in one of Messrs. Battel & Co.'s vessels, they hadasked him to recommend their ships to those who intended to emi- grate; for facilitating this purpose, they had given to him the contract. The local laws of several German States require every one who acts as agent for foreign ship- owners to be provided with a special license, with a heavy penalty for each passenger he may contract with for his passage without such a license. Mr imer had undoubtedly a right to enter into a contract with Messrs. Battel & Co.; but he could not make use thereof before he had obtained a license from the State authori- ties. So long as he did not act thereon, so long is the con- tract a mere blank paper; the mere possession will, in no civilized State, constitute such a crime as the Inspector of the Police is trying to make it appear. Not one of the points brought forth by the police of Minden can serve in any way to excuse the outrage com- mitted by the same on tir, Heincheimer ; the main excuse is that the same had in his possession four numbers of a magazine in which his Prussian majesty has been abused. ‘These were, however, printed four or five years ago, at a time when, even in his own dominions, he was not better treated by the press. No one can deny but that the Prussian government has the right to forbid the entrance of such publications into its dominions; but the police hayo not proved the prohibition, nor even’ cited a law by which even the confiscation is ordered or allowed. As long as such is not the case, neither Mr. Reineheimer, nor any one else, commits any trespass by having such or similar publications with them, for their own use; and the police which takes them from them certainly commits an unlawful act. Our fellow citizens certainly have a right to see this affair clevred up, and to receive from the Prussian government assurances that henceforth they will be secure». inst similar outrages being committed on them by its subordinate officers. At the request of Mr. Reineheimer, I shall hand to him a copy of this my respectful letter, also the one of the in- spector of police, mine to him, and his deposition given on the record of this consulate. (ee CHARLIS GRAEBE, U. 8. Consul. Fon..Daxret. D. BARNARD, Envoy Extraordinary and Min- ister Plenipotentiary of United States of America, Berlin. The festivals of Christmas have taken up the time of all Germans, high and low, to the exclusion of everything else, so that I can give to you no political news. The German rulers have not, as yet, formal: acknowledged the new French Emperor. Of their doing so there is no doubt. They only put it off to show apparently, thereby, the indifference with which they view the event, and that they acknowledge him anerey de facto, not believing that he can maintain himself any length of time. This becomes more and more the general belief. The result of his election is generally considered a forged one, as, according to the official reports over eight millions of votes were given at the last p/ebiscet, and more thantwo millions have, by the official accounts, abstained from voting, mak- ing at least ten millions of voters. By the last cen- sus of 1851, there were in France about seventeen and three-fifths millions of male inhabitants, of which, certainly, not more than three-eighths can be voters, which would only makea total of six andseven-tenths millions, in lieu of the pretended ten millions. At the Presidential election in our country, in Navem- ber last, not more than millions have voted, with a population of twenty millions of whites, and with a general suffrage extended, as it cannot be in France, which fully confirms the supposition that there; consul Swendler, whatever may be his inclina- tion of advising them, is in reality unable and unfit | to dogo. The old gentleman is not to be blamed; it is our government on which the responsibility rests, | for continuing such an ojd, infirm, and unfit gentle- tan in an office like the ¢onsulate at Frankfort; | which, although for fees of dollars atid cents | a very unimportant one, in point of making itself | useful, and necessary for the protection of our ci zens, itstands foremost. We have legations at Paris, Berlin, and Vienna, all of which are too remote | from the great thoroughfare, the Rhine. The least which we Americans can, therefore, expect from our government, is that it keep at Frankfort an able- bodied, intelligent consul, and not a superannuated old gentleman like Mr. Swendler. As Mr. Rheinheimer will have little chance of re- ceiving, at Frankfort, from old Mr. S., any assist- ance and protection, you had better take Mr. Rhein- heimer’s case in hand, and all our German born citi- zens will thank you for it. Yours truly, | H. Howarp. | Mayence, Jan. 1, 1853. The Arrest of an American Citizen—The German Police—Opinion of an American Consul—Louis Napoleon's Election, §c. | A happy new year, and a great many returns to you, and all connected with the Hrranp. In my | letter of the 20th ult. I gave you an account of the outrage committed on an American citizen—a Mr. Reineheimer, of Baltimore—by the Prussian police, at Minden; and I told you he had gone to Frankfort, to seek redress from our Consul. But as the present | tne, Mr. Swendler, is too infirm to help himself, I | knew he could not assist Mr. Reincheimer. Although | I baye been borne out in this my belief, [am happy | to say that our government has made some provision for that neglected consulate, by charging our consul | for Hesse, Mr. Graebe, with its duties, who for this | purpose has moved to Frankfort. This gentleman | bas taken the affair of Mr. Reincheimer in hand, | noted his depositions on the record, and, after having | ascertained by a direct inquiry of the police at Min- | den that the case was really such as Mr. Reineheimer had represented, he has reported the same to our gormmmen at Washington, and to the American | legation at Berlin, in order that the latter might | insist on satisfaction being rie to Mr. Reineheimer, | and the guarantee of our citizens being no more ex- | posed to such ill treatment by the too often over | officious Prussian police officers. Our Minister at Berlin having now in hand the proof of these overt acts, ought not to neglect to defend the rights of our | citizens, Ae by so doing we can alone expect to be cted. r. Reineheimer has permitted me to t: of the letter from Consul Graebe to Mr. Minister at Berlin, which will explain his fully. The following is a cory. Frankrort, Dec. 20, 1952. I beg leave to transmit herewith an extract from the record of this Consulute, from which the Hon. Sir will see that a citizen of the United States, a Mr. Reine- heimer, of Baltimore, has made complaints of an outrage Deing committed on him by the Pruasian police at Min- den, for the particulars of which I beg to refer to the enclosed. The main point to which I permit myself to draw the attention of the Hon. Sir, is the visé of the ¥russian police, by which the same insinnates and leaves to infer that Mr. Reineheimer had come over to distribute probibited democratic publications, whereas he had only four numbers of a publication called the ‘“Dida- shalia,”’ which is more a literary than a political paper, containing novels, anecdotes, biographies, and, in each number, a review of the late events in Europe. The numbers which Mr. Reineheimer had with him were rinted already in 1848 and 1849, and no American would ave considered it any wrong to have them with him. In consequence of the vieé, Mr. Reineheimer will be con- sidered by all the German authoritios as a kind of demo- cratic emissary, sent over for the distribution of demo- cratical papers, whilst his sole object is to take his chil- dren back to the United States. An lhl Tse of the conduct of the Prussian police will prove of interest to all Americans; the more so, 80 ake a copy | nard, our ase more printed matters travellers through its dominions are not yermitted to have with them, even for their own use; so Long will every American citizen coming this way be ex- posed to a similar abuse. Most of our fellow citizens who of lato have entered Ger- many by way of Prussia complain of the vexatious treatment they receive from the Prussian police officers, incipally in regard to the visés of their passports. Fir casts were not, however, generally of so flagrant a nature as to require your Honor'sinterference. Desiring to give to your Honor both sides of the case, I have solicited information on the subject from the police of Minden; for which purpose I sent them a copy of Mr. Reincheimer’s deposition, Your Honor will see that the police of Minden concede the fact, and asa reason for the same, the inspector says that the officer charged with the control of foreign travellers had suspected the motive of Mr, Reineheimer's voyage and the identity of his person. Now, a traveller who merely passes through the territo- ry of a friendly State, on his way to another one, tainly not bound to state to the police officers of the for mer the reason why he is visiting the latter; besides, the reason Mr. R. gave for his doing «o was certainly neither xo extraordinary nor 60 unnatural as to excite Suspicion. ‘The mere inquiry ax to the motive of his coming over ap- pears, to say thé lenst, a novel procedure. As regards the doubt the police officers pretend to have lind identity of Mr. Reineheimer, nothing i clenr this up: Mr. ng provided wi the State Department, in which w was needed wa: All | pwith, | den is certainly not traveller, to have bi ‘office of the f | subordinate pe himself on inflicting on Ei the election of Louis Napoleon as Emperor must be a forged one. All accounts agree therein, that the enthusiasm for him is by no means @ natural but an artificial one; and the time may not be far off when treason against the new Emperor may be considered by the French as patriotism to the State. Yours, truly, H. Howarp. SE Me teh teat Revue des Deux Mondes and Annuaire of 1851 and 1852, M. Buloz, the worthy publisher of this valuable review, which is considered in Europe as the rival of the celebrated “Edinburgh Review,” has just issued the second volume of the ‘ Annuaire,” which obtained last year such success among the literati o Paris and other parts of Europe. This book contains the most precious documents of évery court in Europe, which have been furnished to the publisher by the diplomats and governments of all the coun- tries here mentioned. The part of the United States, which has been written by M. E. Montegut, upon documents furnished him by our minister in Paris, Mr. Rives, and also by our correspondent, Mr. B. H. R., (who gave him the file of the New York HeRawp, the best document to be had in Paris,) is treated with the utmost lucidity and ele-- Fance of style. The important questions which have had so much fame during the past year are developed with great energy, and will receive the approbation of all its readers. This book, as well as the ‘Revue des Deux Mondes,” is to be found at Mr. Buaillére’s book store, in New York. The Policy of ot nore, ees Minister of ingland. {From the London Globe, Dec. 31.] * * * * * Nor can it be expected that Lord John Russell should insist on our neighbors retracing every illegal advance which Lord Malmesbury’s idleness and weakness permitted them to secure. But we are per- suaded that Lord John Russell will keep a jealous eye on any renewal of such outrages as resulted in the new Press law in Belgium, that Austria will be called to give account for every post that she throwsforward in Central oe and that the rights by her exercised on the plea either of Custom-Unions or Mili Con- yentions will be narrowly watched and scrutinized. Whereever the local liberties of a neutral nation are assailed, whether Switzerland is to be annoyed for | exercising the right of asylum to which the present ruler of France owes his fife, or Sardinia to be ham- pered in working out her domestic liberties, there, we may be sure, will the shield of England be thrown over the weak, and our influence be honorably exert- | ed on behalf of civil and religious liberty all over the world. Above all, we may look for the summary chastisement of such impertinences as every ear lis! travellers. Lord John Russell has once or twice been blamed for his overhaste. But this is precisely the point in which nobody would blame even that excess of a prompt and gallant spirit which forms not the least attractive or attaching feature of Lord John Rusgell’s character. Ihnproveme: the Value of Labor tn Eu- rope—The 88 of Reform in England. (From the London Globe, Dec. 31.) Although it may be stated with truth, that in France, as May nase with England, the ratio of un- sound and factitious enterprise to genuine industrial energy is reversed, it is not to be denied that there is a certain portion of active work going on in that country, besides the artificial employment given by the Emperor to win public favor. The causes whieh operate in stimulating the prosperity of this count: extend to the Continent. There have been demani for exportable goods from the West, and especially from the southern part of America, This country, also, has created @ demand in the French staple trades; the commercial fasitities of intercourse with Spain have not been unfelt; and the renewed inter- course with Belgium has contributed its effect. The consequence we note in a marked rise of prices for articles of general ha opt Sal and the wages of labor naturally follow that rise. In Paris, men who were content with four or sel td @ day, now ex- pect sizor seven.” The English workman, therefore, ts not singular in his improved condition; for we see that he is accompanied by his French fellowe-work- men; and accownts from Germany are ‘of the same tenor, similar causes having operated also there—that is to say, the general activity of commerce through- out the world, and ome, also, ‘of our own special causes, extensive emigration. Emigration from Ger- many has long continued; but since 1848 it has pro- eceded at an accelerated ratio, under the combined influence of greater social attractions abroad, and tr discontent at home. It has been attended by a rise in the value of labor, and it has now gone 80 fur as to excite the alarm of more than one Uer- man government. We cannot say that we receive these accounts with any dissatisfaction. They may disturb the calculations of some economists in this country, who have taken alarm at the rising value of industry, and have thrown out hints for means of keeping ‘down wages; but the alarm is needless. Amongst the sug: estions were these—a check to the rapid rogress of emigration from this aay, warnings fiat the emigrants in Australia would be starved for want of food; and proposals to import labor from Germany, Fiance, and other continental countries. A very little reflection will show that these remedies are as baseless as the fears. Transmigrations of working men from the continent to this country have gone on for many years past, political causes having helped in this as well as in other migrations; and workmen of peculiar skilldo not find much difficulty in ob. taini mployinent. But we know that ‘many of rking vetugees now remaining amongst u | have long been in a etate of destitution, because they cannot obtain continuous work. One reason appears to be, that the training of the continental workman does not fit him for that sustained toil which the English employer expects. Any very ex- tensive im) ition of foreign workmen, therefore, is not likely to fit into our system. As to the starva- tion threat, it is a sheer delusion; with beef and mut- ton at 24d. in Sydney, with the ample supplies of rice that Singapoor and Culcutta can furnish, and with American breadstuffs ready to seek the best market, there is no fear that the digging Croesus of Australia should be in want. And as to any sys- tematic check to eomigrasicn, by official means, no- thing could be more disastrous in its moral effects, it were practicable to persevere in it; which it would not be. Fears have been expressed, and have not been un- warranted by theory, that the sudden influx of gold, disturbing the relations of capital to labor, might un- settle the right balance, and raise labor to a tempo- rary prosperity, in order to visit it with a sudden re- action, in the meanwhile ry, injuring com- merce. It happens, however, that with the great in- crease of precious metal, there has been a propor- tionate increase of production Generally, and a pro- parronats activity in exchange; and hitherto, at , any superabundance of the precious metal has been absorbed by the increasing want of it. We do not learn that in any ire of the country wages have risen to an unreasonable level. In the agricultural district, where the fear was first felt, the rise has been comparatively small in any part, and in some parta none at all; the principal effect being the ab- 60) of able-bodied pauperism., The most marked ce is that in the mining districts, where the workmen have been demanding 6d. a ton, or 1s.a day in coal mining; not an advance which can be taken to disturb the social relations of the laboring class. Inthe meanwhile, however, there has been an extraordinary stimulus to every branch of the trades which need coal as fuel; workmen have been called into renewed activity, ata time when their numbers are diminishing; and if it is equitable that the workmen should obtain ashare of that prosperity which is always the last to reach him—for the rise of wages iad follows the rise of profits—there is also a social and political advantage in the pros- pect that such wilf be the case. There is no doubt a practical improvement which may be introduced into the conduct of emigration, ana which, without impeding it, should render it less capable of mischief to this country and more capable of good to our own colonies. It would be, to cai the machinery of selection home to the laborer in his own district, and by affording facilities for those who are fittest for emi (Becton oe the market of those who can best be spared—to call into play for those other classes who can least be spared the in- ducements to stop at home. Agricultural laborers can atthe present moment be best spared, and they are most valued in the colonies. Townsmen are par- ticularly wanted amongst us just now, and they are, earns generally, the least valuable colonially. An efficient machinery for emigration would carry out such a selection without violating the feelings of emi- grants or colony. The immense emigration from this country has had two causes—one very obvious and very exten- sive; the other less obvious, much more limited, and only of an auxiliary character. The first motive is thedestre for a better condition—the desire for an opportunity to rise in life; and the auxiliary motive is the love of greater political freedom than the work- man can readily obtain in this cowntry. Both in America and Australia the workman, with moderate industry and moderate discretion, is sure of a com- tency, and of full rights as acitizen. At the same ime, however, that we observe such immense num- bers passing from our country to those more favored lands of the moreng classes, we note that the very first consequence, the rising value of labor, supplies acounteractive. The concurrence of’many political causes brings together statesmen like Lord John Russell, Sir William Molesworth, Sir James Graham, and Mr. Gladstone, to agree upon an extension of the anchise; and, at the same time, in the flourishing condition of the country, we have the most favor- able tunity which tranquil and hopeful” times can afford itr the deliberate and gradual ‘extension of political privileges. The true means for coun- eee an, Ue cae os ee emi, s lon must be sought in the hopef ae are opening tothe working man, polltc and socially, and which are promising him a gradual admission to the political privileges already enjoyed by other classes—a rising value for his commodity—a i in the material prospertty of the whole realm. cemameceemeescnamea The Amazons in the Legislature. BY MRS, TIMOTHY GRAPESEED. With firm, untrembling, martial step, They passed within the door, And boldly on that platform stood— The legislative floor. Yes, boldly stood that vig'rons band Of women spruce and bright, Resolved to vindicate that day Their majesty and might; Resolved, with nérvé of triple braas, To prove it ne’er was right To take a glass, and blind yourself By doubling your eyesight. Aye, boldly stood that radiant group, o tremor in their breasts, Before the public gaze that day, To speak their high behests. With unabashed front they stood, And, with unflinching ken, Stared ey, on that mob Of modest, blushing men. With gathered brow and flashing eye, And little nose dilated, ae They sternly said they must be heard, And certain things be stated :— “Here stand we, legislators all, Before your august mugs, And claim protection for our homes, Hearthstones and water-jugs ; “ Protection for our firesides, Old well and oaken bucket— Relief from rum, and succor for The suckers who would suck it. “ We tell you that our husbands, and Our brothers, sons and fathers, Will take the nasty stuff just like Their rummy old grandfathers, “ The constitution, we announce, Will be endangered quite, If men continue thus to get, In their low language—tight. “Wee tell you, if this thing goes on, All virtue it will throttle, That men will cease to hug their wives— Hug only their rum bottle. “We tell she when we want a kiss From husband or from lover, We will not have a scorching nose Laid on one cheek or t’other. “ We will not at our tables, ’stead Of nosegays in a vase, Have noses with grog-blossoms there, Allin a floral blaze. “ We tell you that this game must be At once forever blocked; We will not see immortal men Become what they call—cock’d. “ We tell you that there’s not a crime Committed in society, That you can’t trace, by hook or crook, ‘To rum and inebriety. “No! there is not a single throat, Cut clean from ear to ear, But you will find ‘twas sliced by rum, Or else by lager bier. “ Then, legislators, to your post! Arrest this dreary slaughter ; Let men, like guileless beasts and birde, Drink naught but sinless water. “ We tell you that the universe The awful deed will rue, If men who bear the stamp divine Thus get what they call—blue. “ We tell you the millenium, With all the world in clover, Will never come if men thus get What they call—half seas over. “ To Heav'n we raise our hand to-day, Extend and high uplift it, And tell you that this land you must Of all rum sellers sift it. “ Here stand we in this hall of State, And where we stand we cry, That grog no longer of this realm Shall make one vast—pigstye. “ Here, ‘midst your wisdom aggregate, And in on? ahrillest tone, = We tell that we witness things Would melt a hard grindstone. “ We pierce the sky with clam’rous dole; We tell you we are martyrs, And must be, if you let these men Get tighter than our garters. “Up! up, then! legislators, up! p! up! for glorious water; Up! up! as each one values here This mammy, wife or daughter. “ Up! up! your mighty besom seize! Your legislative broom! Sweep all the liquor men away, Like dirt from out a room. “ Go forth! go forth! ‘tis our behest, With crowbar, club and mallet; Knock all the bungs out, stave the cask« Of brandy, rum or claret.” They wheel'd about, they walk'd straighs out, They shook their little bodies, To think they'd trinmph o'er mankind. His rum, and all his toddies, The legislators silly look All standing there t r, Like sheep just.snnbbed in sume way by if old belwether. THE TROUBLE IN *THE WIGWAM. ‘The Counter Statement. TO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. At the last meeting of the Democratic Republican General Committee, the undersigned were appointed a committee to address you upon the recent separa- tion from that body of a portion of its members. It is due to you that a statement of the facts should be presented for your judgment. It is also due to your representatives—the General Committee—that their action, if it hasbeen proper, should receive your sanction and approval. The undersigned, in the per- formance of their duty, have endeavored to avoid the statement of any facts which might be made the sub- ject of dispute, and to abstain from all censure which might arouse unpleasant feelings. The facts are simple. The General Committee for 1852 called the primary elections to select members of the General Committee for 1853, and in that call certain inspectors of election were named for each ward. Those inspectors, with one or two individual exceptions, held the elections, and the General Com- mittee for 1853 was thus chosen. The evidence of that choice, in the first instance, was of course fur- nished by the certificates of such inspectors. The difficulty upon which we appeal to you, elec- tors, grew out of the organization of that committee. There were several causes of embarrassment in the way of harmonious organization. The vigor and as- perity of the primary conflicts naturally caused near- ly every ward in the city to be contested. ‘The uncontested wards are believed to have been the 4th, 8th, 13th, and 18th. It is proper, however, to say that there may have been contests in these wards unknown to the undersigned. Again, the Ge- neral Committee for 1852 had not called the commit tee for 1853 together as they might, by vote, have done, in accordance with usage. This omission be- gat-serious doubts, and threatened to disturb the har- mony of the democratic party, when the Grand Coun- il of Sachems of Tammany Society, in a spirit of peace, unanimously made the following call:— Whereas the Democratic Republican General Com- mittee for 1852, although it directed the election of delegates from the several wards, toconstitute the De- mocratic Republican General Committee for 1853, has omitted to provide for their organization. ‘And whereas, it is. important that the regular crgani- zation of the democratic republican party should continue without intermission; therefore, Resolved, That the delegates from the several wards to the Democratic Republican General Committee for 1853, elected pursuant to the call of the Democratic Republican General Committee for 1852, at the times and places stated in such call, according to the certificates of the in- spectors for the wards appointed in such call, or of a ma jority of them, are requested to mect at Tammany Hall ‘on Thursday evening, January 13th, 1863, at half-past 7 o'clock, for organization, The chairman of the General Committee for 1852, although that body was dissolved, its term of office expired, and its by-laws at an end, and although it had never pretended to give him authority to do so, ne presume, in a similar spirit, made the following Dewocranic Repcaucan Gevgeat. Comuirrex.—The mem- bers elect of this committee for the year 1853, are re- uested to meet at Tammany Hall, on the second Thursday 13th) of January, instant, at half-past 7 o’clock, P.M., pursuant to the by-laws of the committee of 1862. The pny of time and place in these calls was for- tunate, and make it necessary to consider the author- ity of neither. When the doors of the committee room were ened, a vast crowd of contestants and spectators filled it. Simultaneous motions were made that Daniel E. Delavan and Alderman Barr take the chair. The persons making such motions pro- nounced them carried, and both cena placed themselves, side by side, at the head of the table. Simultaneeus motions were made on one.aide that George H. Purser and Thaddeus B, Glover, and on the other, that Geo: G. Glagier and Gershon Cohen, act as secretaries. It is proper here to re- mark that Mr. Delavan’s seat was uncontested, and those who sustained him thought there was a mani- fest pro] in placing in the chair some one whose decisions might not be brought into disrepute by any supposed leaning in favor of the maintenance of his own seat. It does not seem just or delicate that any member should be placed where he can indirectly aid his claim to a seat by his power to appoint committees—to decide upon the order of fC ape or the preponderance in viva voce votes. ‘he seat of Alderman Barr was contested. It was quite evident, when the candidates for tem- Lt chairman were named, that peace could only restored by get @ distinct vote from every person entitled to give one, To effect this it was necessary tnat thé ¢fbwd, not members of the com- mittee, should be prevailed on to withdraw. A member, to whom both chairmen assigned the floor, moved that thore persons should retain their seats temporarily, for the perpore of organization, who possessed the certificate of their election, signed by a majority of the ae ts pointed by the Gene- ral Committee for 1852, and that others should withdraw. Both chairmen declared that motion ; carried. The roll of such persons was then called and responded to, and the crowd of contestants and spectators retired. This decision, beyond all question, recognized the right of those remaining to vote; but the undersigned do not feel disposed to rely upon decisions which the parties to them are not themselves inclined to maintain. A resolution was then offered— That all those now sitting in General Committee— that. is, all those holding the certificate of a majority of the regular inspectors of each ward, under and a¢- cording to the call of the General Committee of 1852—do now proceed to ballot for a temporary chairman. It wax moved, as an amendment, that those only hay- ing a certificate signed by all the inspectors of election in each ward, shall proceed to the election of a temporary chairman. After considerable discussion, Alderman Barr refused to entertain the motion, on the ground that it must be previously determined who should be permitted to vote upon the resolution when submitted. The question was | then taken on ayes and nays by D. E. Delavan, and the original resolution adoted—ayes 30, as _follows:—Haley, Leonard, Miner, Mabbatt, Donnelly, Fletcher, Oakley, Hilton, Purser, Delavan, Wm. D. Kennedy, Steers, Farron, T. 'B. Glover,’ Walters, Andries, McKinney, Vosburgh, Cassidy, Riley, Cochrane, Woods, Froment, Shepard, Ir- ving, I". Woods, McCarty, in, McConkey, and Ryer. The following gentlemen declined voting, by arising as their names were called in the order of the roll, and pro- testing in"their places, viz:—Hart, Jackson, Barr, West, Constantine, Glazier, and Farrington. During the call, and before the announcement of the vote, Alderman Barr retired from his position at the chair, and took his seat at the other end of the room. He was followed by a» number of members, who immediately organized a separate body. The precise ground upon which they retired was, that those who had a certificate of a majority of inspec- tors had no right to vote during the temporary or- ganization. This ground, under the circumstances, necessarily included another. There had been no call of the wards to ascertain what wards were con- tested. The ground of seceasion, thercfore, amounted to this: that those who had the certificate of a ma- jority of the inspectors, had no right to vote, whether their seats were contested or not. That there may be no mistake about this matter, the undersigned quote from the official proceedings, signed by “Alderman Barr himself:— It was also resolved, that a call of the wards be made upon those gentlemen holding certificates of election signed by all the inspectors, when the following credon tinls were presented:—First ward—Nicholas Diamond, Michael Halpin, R. T. Mulligan; Fifth ward—H. K. Hoff- mire, E. B. Hart, Joseph A. Jackson; Sixth ward—Thomas J. Barr, William Sinclair, Thomas W. Constantine; Seventh ward—. C. West, Geo. G. Glazier, John D. Far- rington: eighth ward—Richard T. Compton, Gershon Cohen; Ninth ward—H. Arcularius, Jr., Eugone McGrath; ‘Tenth ward—Richard Norris, Joseph M. Marsh, J. W. Thorp; Twelfth ward—T, McGuire, T. J. Hagan, Willlam L. Wiley; Fifteenth ward—R. Schell, John Wheeler, Chas. D. Meade. Such a ground is not only extremely unjust, but anti-democratic and anti-republican. In the national government, and in every Sfate in the Union, the cer- tificates of a maf of The inspectors are taken as prima facie evidence ef election. The decision by majorities controls amongst the people, in all legis- lative bodies, in pps tribunals, in common coun- cils, in boards of supervisors and commissioners. It has always been maintained in Tammany Hall, with- out question, before the present time. The under- signed concede that Alderman Barr and his supporters sincerely believe that the gat, doctrine is dan- gerous; but they believe from habit, and upon princi- pie that there is no safety in any other doctrine. Look at the nature of an inspector's certificate. It is the official testimony of the persons signing it that the person to whom it is given is elected. It is true it is not conclasive evidence. It may be shown to be false or fraudulent; but it is aome evidence, an good evidence until it is impeached. It, then, t inspe tors sign a certificate for one person, and one inspector signs a certificate for another, it is clear tht the former has twice as much evidence in his fevor as the latter. That person is entitled to sit as @ member who has the best evidence of his cleetion. During a Lod tio organization, and until contested cases can be heard, the only evidence of election is the certificates of the inspectors. The certificate of two inspectors is certainly better evidence than the certificate of one. But this new and anti-democratic principle involves the Barr Committee themselves in fatal difficulties. ‘The General Committee is composed of sixty mem- bers, when all the seats are full. At the time of the secession there were, however, but. fifty-nine mem- hers, one gentlemen having positively declined to nd the members from his ward not having led his place. There was evidence of the election of fifty-nine, and a inajority of that number mits a smaller 1 Barr Committee th when ho Agger that they had only evidence of the elec! of twenty-five decided members, in effect, that although there was of the election of some members of the commit tee, there was no evidence of the election of enough members to organize the itself. Upon what principle, then, can Alderman and his associates organize or pass resolutions? Upon their own assertion, and one plain and indisputable tule, they are no committee, and never were. Nevertheless, though still-born, they resolve in the following words:— ‘That the committee adjourn, to meet on Tuesday, the 18th inst., at half-past seven o'clock, for the purpose of deciding upon the contested seats of thove claiming to have been elected as members of this commitice. With twenty-five members, they assume the right to decide contested seats. This is directly maintain- ing that a minority of the General Committee can manufacture a majority. This the undersigned deny. No such doctrine was ever before put forth in Tam- | many Hall, or in any democratic organization. _ Consider the consequences of such a doctrine. Every man by himself is a minority of the body. | Fifty-nine minorities, upon the principle asserted | may gather to themselves fifty-nine committees, each | of which would have an equal right to sit in pores as 4 | Hall and act for the whole democratic party. [t is quite apparent that the largeness or smallness of the minority makes no difference in the principle. But, while there are fifty-nine minorities in the com- mittee there is and can be but one majority, and this majority can never be represented by any smaller number until a formal rule or resolution is adopted by that majority, allowing a smaller number to represent it. Nosuch rule was adopted before the members of the Barr Committee seceded, and they are of course powerless to adopt any such rule, If these views be correct, the seceders are without r to settle contested seats, or do any other act,as acommittee. Moreover, they have seceded in vio- lation of the doctrine that the majority shall govern, in violation of the usages of the pty, and of the proprieties and reasonable sense of the case. f fifty-nine originally elected members who serve, thirty-one support Mr. Delavan, twenty-five spp Alderman Barr, and three delegates from the Mth ward have not come into the former organization, under whose rule they are entitled to seats, aud cannot get into the latter, under whose rule they are not entitled to seats. The majority of the General Committce did not dis- pute or question the right of the seceding ‘minority tosit with them; on the contrary they assertedit. But, on the other hand, the minority denied the right of the majority to sit with them at all. They held separate meetings, and advertised that they were about to decide who should compose the General Committee. Every democrat must concede that this state of affairs was lamentable, and boded no good to democratic principles. It was necessary that the question should be settled, and it was settled. | How it was settled, requires a brief statement of | facts. Tammany Hall is the property of Tammany Society, a benevolent institution, of ancient estab- lishment, though not incorporated till 1805. It has | been the happy destiny of that Hall to be the home of a resolute democracy, and the temple of those who were devoted to republican Fens It isa place of historic associations. All its trophies have Peau gained in battle for repels rights. In various litical convulsions, since the time of Jefferson, men, in anger and disappointment, have quit its protec- tion and sought to build a new Tammany; but it has been their fate either to fall into the whig party, or, after fruitless wanderings, amidst uncongenial peo- ple, to return to their own kith and kin, in the home of their early days. The affairs of Tammany Society are usually man- aged by the Grand Council of Sachems, who have the general control of the Hallitself,and the power to decide who shall occupy it. Tn 1842 a lease was executed by Tammany Society to Mr. Howard, who, together with Mr. Brown, are the present occupants. In that lease Mr. Howard covenanted ‘That the present Democratic Republican General Com- mittee of the city of New York, and their successors, shall have the privilge of holding all their political meetings in said Tammany Hail, during the continuance of this lease and the renewal thereof. He also covenanted that he would not Let or lease, directly or indirectly, any part of the said premises to any other political party whatsoever, calling themselves committees, or otherwise, for the purpose of holding any political meeting therein whose general poli- tical principles do not appear to him or them to be in accordance with the general political principles of the Democratic Republican General Committee of the city of New York, of which Elijah F. Purdy is at present chair- man. And he further covenanted that In case there should be at any time a doubt arising in his mind, or that of his ass or in the mind of the Grand Sachem of Tammany 'y, for the time being, or any difficulty whatever between them in ascertain- ning the political character of any political party who shalt be desirous of obtaining admission to said building for the purpose of holding a political mecting, either might give notice in writing to the Father of the Council of the said Society, in which event it was made the duty of the Father of the Council to assemble the Grand Council, to whom the question as to the political character of auch person or persons seeking to be admitted into such building, for the Purpose aforesaid, shall be submitted, # ® when the same shall be passed upon, and decided by the said Grand Congil of said Society, who shall imme- diately thereupon give; a sion, © * which decisign, 0 notified, shai be elusive, and bindin Under these pro eion the undersigned have been informed that Mr. Brown and the Grand Sachem both gave notice to the Father of the Council. Such notices made it imperatively the duty of the Council to de- cide. In order to decide it was requisite that they should take evidence. The Council therefore gavg notice that they would sit For the purpose of receiving credentials from those por- sons who claim to have been elected to the Democratic Republican General Committee for the year 1853. The majority submitted their credentials. transpired in the council room ix not known to the | public; but from a published protest, signed by Al- derman Barr, it is evident that the minority refused to submit their credentials, or to furnish any other evidence of their right. ‘I'he Sachems, therefore, de- cided by resolution— ‘That the following persons, having heen certified by all, or a’majority of the inspectors appointed by the Demoera- tic Republican General Committee for 1852, to hold the primary meetings called by that committee, for the elec- tion of the committees for 1853, as elected, at such primary meetings. members of the Democratic Republi- can General Committee for 1853, are severally ‘entitled to seats in that committee, until it shall otherwise deter mine, viz.: Then follow the names of thirty-seven persons.] By a second resolution they called such persons to- gether, on the 2Istinst., at 74 o'clock, P.M. Bya third resolution they Resolved, That the committee to be organized under, and in pursuance of the preceding resolutions, is hereby declared to be the Pemocratio Republican General Com- mittee for 1853, and as such, entitled to the use of Tam- many Hall,to the exclusion of all other political bodies, except those duly called by the Grand Couneil of the Tam: many Society, or by or under the authority of the said Democratic Republican General Committee as organized, under there resolutions. Upon this decision, the lessee of Tammanyltall, as the undersigned are informed, notified Alderman Barr’s committee that they could not have a room ia that building. All this the Sachems were obliged to do, under their lease, as representatives of Tammany Society, the owners of Tammany Hall. The com- mittee of Alderman Barr denied certain of ‘the gene- ral political principles” of the committee of which Elijah F. Purdy waschairman. They insisted that the minority of a general committee could act asa general committee without any delegation of autho- tity to do so from the majority. They asserted that the certificate of a majority of the inspectors of elec- tion furnished no evidence of election to those who held it. Here they attacked two principles which lie at the basis of all party organization, and are everywhere recognized as democratic principles. And more than that, they claim a right to hirea room, separate from the majority, in a building in which they have no property whatsoever. But by the lease only the snccessors of Mr. Purdy’s commit- tee are at liberty to meet as a general committee in Tammany Hall. Does the minority constitute a general committee, in succession to that body? They have no quorum, nor regularly elected ‘officers, or or- ganization, They have disregarded the well-known and established rules of organization, and, of course, are nothing more than a self-constituted committee. It may be added that the right exercised by the Sa- chems has been exercised before. On two occasions they have excluded persons, claiming to act as gene- ral committees, from Tammany Hall. On another occasion they recommended the assembling of a con- vention, and the election of a general committee. No objection was made to these acts, nal, con- notice in wilting of such deol: + What. | H either! pha yy} ty of which Alder oe e 2S aa a ope Gal worth am before man Delavan who oct maiztola the democratic femof iss?; no man mr ay an ee of po ing; 20 man «bim whose or have bee er say more, they will add sustains Mr. Delavan ; 1848. Perhaps they ought net the unity of the democratic party cannot be by any ey to pat Lye intone se concerning |) our a aermoctels — we ro write prevent questions, that we — a Seresce wis demeceatic acini ‘that will be supported by anactive and united 5 L. B. Rarranp, Jacow F. Osmuer, Tuos. H. Fanon. How * Pewnarook on the Merrymake iee experienced the Fate of Greece and Rome—dts Pre videntral Rescue by Pilgrims from the © Eimgave State"—Great Arrival of Soft ond Hard Shells at the Eagle Hotel—* General Time @ Health” there—All the Tribes of Tammany tale @ Smoke, Gen. Pierce furnishing Pipes and Te bacco— The Hatchet Reported to have leon Burted, ot least, temporarily, &F.. He. A week ago this political “ Mecca of the Nime- teenth Century" gave signs of having been eneleaty deserted by pilgrims. The Legislature had adjourned and left town; Gen. Pierce had not returned from Andover, where he had been staying a week efter his late affliction, in company with Mrs. Pieree, et the residence of her sister, Mrs. Aiken ; consequent ly, the town was comparatively abandoned by oat siders, and entirely so by foreign politicians, The hotels languished, and the proprietors were making up their minds to retire for the season, on the laurels they have gained during the present full and winter campaign, and patiently await the arrival of eeat summer's travel to the lakes and mountains, fer another rash. The railroad companies, also, south of us, were beginning to congratulate themselves ea having recently made a quarterly dividend, oud oar ried liberal surplus balances to the credit side of their ledgers—otherwise a bad depreciation might hate re- sulted to their stocks. In fine, our whole population, which, for six months past, has very naturally had its head nearly turned with the variations of the pe- litical compass, had begun to relapse into its prinsi- tive state of modest retiracy, to appreciate the em- cellent sleighing, to throng ‘* Depot Hall” one eve- ning in the week at the lecture before the “ Penna, cook, Lyceum,” and “Rumford Hall,” another, te “chase away the glowing hours with flying feet,” te attend an occasional party or sewing circle, “go te meeting” (as the old Plymouth Pilgrims taught thele children to say) half or the whole day on Sunday, &c. Concord appeared to be returning to its ancient simplicity. Its recently acquired celebrity seemed to have “gin out,” entirely. The politicians had gone, and no fresh arrivals had come. The Mecsas on the Merrimack was apparently deserted. Othel- Jo's occupation had become non est. But suddenly a change came over the spirit of the dream. The President elect returned from Andover em Monday last. His Secretary, Mr. Webster, had re- turned from Washington on the previous Saturday. The special telegraphic despatch in the HenaLp ef Tuesday morning, announced these facts. Your sheet reached Concord, by regular course of mail, om the following (Wednesday) morning, and with é& came at least half a score of pilgrims. The afternoon train brought a fresh instalment; the evening train still another. Thursday increased the number of arrivals at the Eagle Hotel, and they have been coma- ing ever since, evidently to the satisfaction of Major Gibson and the proprietors of our new gas works, who have taken a contract to throw a little light on the subject of the new cabinet, through the branches of some elegant chandeliers, which the Major has recently had put up in Genera! Pieroe’s suit of parlors, The prominent feature in this new, sudden, and Somewhat unexpected advent—for which I have shown that the Hrratp must be held responsible— has been a tremendous rush of New York politicians, already just announced in your columns. “Barn- burners” and “hunkers,” “soft shells” and “hard | shells,” have all been here, opening their specimens for cabinet furniture to the boss workman, evidently much to his edification and gratification. Og Thurs day afternoon the cars brought the following agenta for New York samples of softshell:—Lieut. Governor Sanford E. Church, of Albion; Peter Cagger and Comptroller Wright, of Albany. They took rooms at the Eagle; and, after partaking of a late dinner, im- | mediately proceeded to business, Friday m | they took a stroll round town, visiting the State prison among other places, and examining its inter- nal arrangement under the efficient supervision of the | excellent warden, Colonel Rufus Dow, who resignea | his place to the last Legislature, to take effect on the first of February, much to the regret of everybody. Colonel Dow has been in office for about two years, and is the first warden the State has had, for a long time, who has conducted the institution so as to make it a source of revenue to the Treasury. The Legislature, in appreciation of his services, at its late session, voted to increase hia last year’s salary from $800 to $1,000. Colonel D. is about to become a member of the Boston business ecmmunity. A few days since, the contractors and officers at the prison presented him an elegant silver pitcher, with inscriptions thereon, in token of their esteem. Colonel Dow, I learn, accompanied his New York guests through the various apartments of his establishment, and, on their return, they will doubt- less render a good report of its conduct and appear- ance to those of your public men interested in subject of maintaining good prison discipline. Friday afternoon, Lieutenant Governor Church and part y were about to leave on their return home, she half past three o’clock train, and had their bag- gage placed on the depot coach pena a leaving the Eagle, however, the arri of Judge Beardsley, of Utica, Messrs. Job Pierson, of Troy, and R. E. Peckham, of Albany, with specimens of hard shell patterns for General Pierce's inspection, as is understood, caused them to change their minds and order the aforesaid baggage back to their rooms. Both delegations of exhibitors leave town to-day, ean) Lunderstand. Last evening “a time of health” prevailed at the Eagle. This mor- ning there are rumors about town that both gations appeared together before the Sachem, offered them the pipe of peace. They all took a whiff; but whether the cco will eventually prove agreea- able and not create nausea, remains to be seen. Gen. Pierce doubtless furnished them with a good article. He isa judge of a good article. It will be bad man- ners for thoxe who came here voluntarily, to.take a smoke and partake of his hospitality, to go away and. complain. Your New York “shells” of all kinds are doubtless gentlemen, ‘honorable men.” Let old Tam- many, therefore, take the advice ofa Penaquog. down carefally from the nail the old calumet; fill her up with good Virginia fine-cut, take a long smoke all round, and then proceed to the division of the on the parallel of 49 degs., if 54-40 can’t he obtained. Don’t let the government offices in the Empire State go abroad begging for customers, om account of your internal dissensions. ict G don't let them come into New England on such a mission. We have places enough here to be already—enough to demoralize a political community oF is if . But now it is objected, in the protest published by Alderman Barr, that Tammany is a benevolent so- ciety. But benevolent societies have the same right as others to determine who shall occupy their proper- ty. Ifthe supportersof Alderman Barr should at- tempt to mect in a hospital, an insane asylum, or any other benevolent institution, it could not, even Hgteror fh be urged that by refusing to permit them meet, the society had arrogated the power of de- termining their polltical character. To carry this illustration further : If some were permitted to meet, and others excluded, it could not be said that the act was an interference with their political rights. The whole argument resolves itself into this—that the Sachems have the right to say who may meet in their building. No one hos any right there without their permission or that of the lessee. But it should be borne in mind that the Sachems have not excluded the members of Alderman Barr's committee from Tammany Hall, except in the assumed character of a geners! committee. As individuals, they have still the privilege of assembling with the majority in the organization to it y is desirous thot postponed the r to give the That They Iw pn of the contested portunity to Which they belong. they should returi decis minority an op, ample tine t ittee, and verely hoped thy ment and justice will induce ther twice as honest. It will be the complete ruin of our “onterrified,” if you thus compel them to emigrate to New York to serve Uncle Sam. Therefore, I repeat, fill the old pipe with the best tobacco: can find, take a whiff all round, then take and afterwards another; but don’t get sick. join hands and “ enade all round.” The cise makes you feel better. Recollect that « loat is better than no bread. “Fifty-four forty” worth trying for, but “forty-nine” is better nothing. Make a grab, then, for the highest parallel ‘ou can get; but take care lest lose your lance att fall baek under the equator while swi: our arms for a desperate jump towards the ole. Thus saith PENNACOOK. FEE “Hi Personal Intelligence. Arrived at the St Nicholas—Frederi ool; Captain Royee, Georgetown, D. jeorge Cowell, Pondon, Captain Robinson, British Royal Navy. At the Irving—Commander Mayo, N.; Dr, MPL N.; T. J. Haines, Jaryis, U.S, AL; M. HL Beecher, U U.S. AL At the Howard—Judge Pratt, Oregon. Washington Trving, Feq., the distinguished author, visited Mount Vernon on the 2ist inst., aud in the eve- ning attended the levee of President Fillmore Mr. of Virginia, is detained from his seat in the House by indisposition Ex Gov. Bo « in this matter Much importance has cal views of mera! attempt has i and some present those whe sup setts. bm the peac ons of Salem, Maas., ~—