The New York Herald Newspaper, February 3, 1853, Page 6

| | 5 | j F , ry fy i th Ay Ele i #2 t ? $ i i L i ¢ Ef ER L F I inter-oceanic communication t i to cost £12,000,000, £7,- | respectively, but for the two | @ very inefficient canal could involving the necessity of locks and liances on an immense scale. Onthe band deep cutting canal, the estimated which is £12,000,000 sterling, would be no feet deep at low tide, 140 teet broad 160 feet at low water's surface. Such aay od stated, carried from sea to sea, is not Jagger the trade of the world ot and ‘wouldform a permanent, safe, and rapid mode of The material to be cut Saccugh ? chiefly rock—a stratified » With thin- which, thongh Koa he cut through, would form an excellent side the canal, and ren- | der the costof its maintenance merely nominal. ~“Phis, accordingly, is the description of canal which ‘the engineers state 2 ‘to their , and it is to the furtherance of this 80 much attention is being directed. By route d great advantage is taken of the formation of the coast, and the | rivers Savannah and Caledonia will also be of essential service. This portion of the Isthmus of Darien is likewise stated to be in one of the most healthy districts, owing to the absence of swamps or everfiowings of the river banks out of the range of the ‘tide, and to the generally dry character of the sur- districts. Up to the present time it is Ht they can confidently recommend | P* somewhat remarkable that, although so much atten- ‘tion and writing have been devoted to this question of | dmter-oveanic communication, very little ng gpd has | im veality been made towards carrying it out. The | ion in favor of the Nica canal route was moet remarkable yet noticed; but the scheme ap- | ‘pears to have definitively fallen to the ground, nor has ing project as yet met with influential According to its charter the Nicaraguan ‘Canal Company was bound to construct a canal sui: fioently large to aceommodate vessels of all dimen- A the surveys and estimates that have | public eve areal] framed for the construction | ef a canal only 17 feet deep, 50 feet wide at the bot- | tom, and 118at the top, A work of this nature would | be hidicrously it ite to meet the requirements of | ‘the very vessels for the accommodation of which itis | designed—that is to =r: those Gyre in | tuade with the east and the Pacitic coast. Asthe cost of 20 i uate a canal by the Nicaraguan route | would be considerably upwards of six millions sterling, | it is by no means surprising that the capitalists of Eng- | Jend and America have refused to commit themselves to the undertaking. It is obvious that no attempt | be made to construct 20 gigantic a work as a of communication between the Atlantic and unless there is every prospect of the work be- img executed in a manner calculated to accommodate | ‘the commerce of the entire world. For a cana) of | large dimensions required, it does not appear the Nicaraguan route affords any facilities, un- | deed, the ‘ies engaged were determined to every obstacle, regardless of cost; in which capital sunk in the work would probably be | os that the undertaking would at once be | of all pretensions to a remunerative charac- | ineering obstacles—including the con- of harbors at points where nature presents ilities for such works, and the damming of the and river San Juan—being of the most serious mature. In the facts that, out of the twelve years within which the entire canal was to be completed, aceording to the terms of the charter, three have al- ready ela) without aay. commencement of opera- tions, that the special protection accorded to the anal company by the instrument known as the Clay- | ‘tom and Bulwer treaty was forfeited in July, 185 e ‘have further proof of the total failure of the Nica- | vaguan canal scheme. This Isthmus of Darien ship | anal is accordingly brought forward, and the state- ‘tents of its promoters are certainly of the most fi- vorable character. By the proposed deep canal, it is mated that the transit of the largest vessels from sea | to sea could be effected in five hours, instead of two | days, asby the Nicaragua route. The promoters enumerate the shortness of the route, the exvellence -of ts harbors, the low elevation of the land, the ab- gence of bars at the Savannah aud Tuyra mouths, the depth of water and great rise of tide in the former, its directness of course and freedom from ob- structions, the healthi: of the adjacent country, ‘the exemption of the coast from the northers and , the feasibility of cutting a canal without Jocks, and the general absence of engineering dit- | Sieulties, as fully justifying them in asserting that it | isthe shortest, the most dir fe, and expeditions, i le route for interma- e ships. One of the not possessed by this route, e entire absence of political ies, the territory in question being universal- dy recognized as a part of the extensive repudlic of Sew Granada. As regards the benefits that would be derived from the execution of a ship canal on ale proposed, little difference of opinion ex the suffrages | of the entire mercantile world being in its favor. The vast saving of time that would be effected by the jon of sucha 2 would enable ships to two voyages where they now make one; other it benefits, consisting in the saving of expense ia i i , of wear and tear, of interest on the walue of ship and cargo, of insurance on ship, cargo, | and freight, and in a great diminution of shipwrecks aad of lifé at sea. The saving of time is not merely to be estimated from the direct diminution of the ce to be traversed between Europe and ; eaand thé bast ghd west coasta of the Pacific, vice versa, but also from the avoidance of the “Yous of time occasioned by calms in the low latitudes, wsbard gales off the capes, the very long tacks to the mt i “i i @ enstmard and westward, and beating against the | trade winds and monsoons. Another eat henefit’ to shipping would consist in the facility with which could re-victual, or take in water ae cal—an arrangement by which they would have ‘a much larger portion of their capacity available tor the stowage of merchandise. It is farther expected that the emi to Australia would ‘take the isth- mus route, as Sydney could be reached by sterm in | ‘from fifty to fifty-five days from Southampton, and | ‘that it id also accominodate the rapidly extend. | ing with that important portion of the British | The, prospective advantages to New Gra- are 80 immense that nota doubt can be enter- of a continuance of the cordial c ration | accorded by the government tc t. The scheme, indeed, involves the re- | > the ship | generation of that ion of the American conti- ,, as the ‘ianeultibated and uninhabited tract in | the vicinity of the canal territory would be quickly | covered with population, and the necessities of com- | meree would soon establish large commercial cities atthe termini of the cans!. New Granada would thos teke much higher ground in the family of na- | tions, and E the increased vaine of the lands Ne | “evety description of security or prope connected Rd that republic, there is stable voatle specula- to reap a rich return. H f This great undertaking, however, is not to b ance ay brought forward for pablic sup; Kt that its promoters, duly impresse ‘the de of the enterprise, fevl the neces i with every possible caution, and th it has been determined to have full co of the surveys and plans before any at In this se sapade.to carry out the project stated a preliminary assoc forward to rise £ aution money with to en the Keovernment of New ‘toramad moking a iu xeross the dronte,and making a se b on the most detailed scale. The subs ‘40 this fond, it is stated, will have a prior cla to the shares in the great ship canal; and » it is understood, a great number of inthe names has already been placed on the sabserip list, only a smaif portion of this £75,000 yaised from the general pnbtic, [two the cosmopolitan character of the wor penn pala that co cently the co-opera the chief commercial! nations of the world will listéd in its support, Itis eve: | that measur he adopted for obtaining div stance, probubl the shape of guarantee on a h or the theory on favor the shares, from great -omme; ially Great Britein, | In accordance more United > “the Cla: the Great Britain and the United States wi extend their joint protection to any compun ander taking the construction of a ship canal, and Dr. ( See deedle ths ht woth el oes tet to eat Fritish and American enterprive. For the present however, a already stated, only a prelimiaary su seri list is to be formed, to raise the compars- tively ii ificant sum of £75,000, of which a large portion it be subscribed by the promoters, with a view to definitively maturing a]! the requisite ar- | Sale ened for this great commercial enterprive. It ie also confidently expected that a more gpinnte exa- | | magnificence of their decorations. The picture gal- , from Napoleon's head-quarters, by Sir Wm. A The | the ceramic art, oat { pecially is remarkable for » fine Candelabra in this room f ! ieE. 4 : | z Fe i | A aks, et | Seb 2e ee f of the ancients. tations, and in thestruggle an and the anticipation of future, rence for the past becomes less potent honors. Time has now, indeed, “a back, wherein be puts alms for oblivion”; our great duke the old spirit returns. His house, his pictures, his furniture—the hall in which this victory was annually commemorated, the library in which he transa his business, and the bedroom in which he slept—these are objects of no ordinary interest nor of any impertinent curiosity. His en know how to appreciate a spectacle to which they are admitted as trustees and guardians of his fame. As a mere mansion—for spacious apart- ments, magnificent embellishments, and a ona of wealth, luxuriousness, or taste in decoration—Apsley House is not comparable to many of the town resi- dences of our nobility; yet how vastly it surpasses them all in interest, notwithstanding ! Even in the laces of the sovereign we question whether there is to be found an attraction so absorbing as in that grim, undecorated edifice at the corner of Hyde Park, with its iron window blinds always down, and its great iron cover so seldom seen open. The site of Apsley House and the name of its late occupant have alike combined to make it the best known pri- vate dwelling, externally, in London; and however faint the impressions strangers took away with them of the great metropolis, at least they had the duke’s mansion, overlooking the parks, Bel- gravia, Mayfair, and all that is wealthy and grand in town, vividly impressed upon their minds. Yet, while all knew the place without, few and favored were those who could boast that they had been within. It was made by its illustrioas possessor a private dwelling in the strict sense of the word, accessible only to the circumscribed circle of a great man’s family and intimate friends—occasion- ally, indeed, made the scene of large receptions, and once a year appropriated to the commemoration ofan event which summoned around their old chief the most illustrious of his companions in arms. The op- pasa now afforded, therefore, of visiting Apsley ouse is no ordinary privilege. In its apartments we expect to find many interesting traces of the Duke’s character and habits—some insight into his domestic taste, and many souvenirs of his fame. We have not been Saese pv bag) nor will any one who goes with some touch of the reverence which he fecls for the great man to whom s0 lately all belonged, The rooms to which the public are admitted are ten in number, and, as already stated, are by no means remarkable for their proportions, or for the lery, which is the largest of them, has nothing very striking about it apart from the merits of the paint- ings themselves, and the appearance of some cande- labra and vases in porphyry the gift of the Emperor Nicholas and the hing of Sweden to the Duke. The candelabra stands in the centre of the gallery at each end, and the vases at the sides, They are splen- did pieces of workmanship certainly, and presents not unworthy of crowned heads to bestow. It is ques- tionable, however, whether they are advantageously placed in an apartment of the kind. The picturesare many of them dome of rare excellence, and of themselves well repay a visit. The great masters of the Italian and Spanish schools are sparingly repre- sented, but there is a large show of the best Dutch and Flemish painters. In the picture ey the an- nual Waterloo banquet was held; and hong! it mast be confessed that for such a purpose this long and narrow apartment was by no means well adapted, yet to the visiter this Yact is its chief attraction. For upwards of thirty years did the duke here assemble around him the chiefs with whom he fought his last battle, and here, as time rolled on, he found himself among the last of that distinguished band of veterans —the greatest spared longest to witness the perma: nence of his own fame. When the next 18th of June comes round who will be worthy to preside over the surviving representatives of that army which con- quered at Waterloo? There are two distinct sets of drawing-rooms at Apsley Honse—the first on the Piccadilly side, the second looking towards the park. None of them can be described as either spacious or lofty, nor are they very magnificently furnished. two rooms on the Piccadilly side have the most formal, stately appear- ance; the others are, perhape, the most interesting. In the former are placed Wilkie’s great picture, “The Chelsea Pensioners,” and its companion, “The Greenwich Pensioners,” by Burnet. Here also are Sir Edwin Landseer’s painting of “ Van | Amborg in the cage with Wild Beasts,” the ‘Mel- | ton Hunt,’’ by Grant, and copies of four of Raphael's | most celebrated works, by Bonnemaison. These | rooms also contain some fine portraits, among which | those of the great Duke of Marlborough, Marshal Soult, Mr. Pitt, and Pope Pius VII. will be found | worthy of particular attention. In the furniture | should be noticed two magnificent side tables of | Roman mosaic, and two others of beautifully inlaid woed. There is also an exceedingly splendid pair of | Sevres vases, the gift of Louis XVIII. The drawing | rooms looking towards the park appear to have been | those most ured for the reception of friends, and are | fitted up with greater elegance and comfort than | those in front. Here is a malachite » presented | to the duke by the Emperor Alexander; a service of | Sevres china, the gift of Lovis XVII; and another, “ formerly belonging” to Joveph, King of Spain. Here, too, is a collection of paintings, chiefly por- | traits, which cannot fail to rivet attention, since they speak more significantly to us than, perbaps, any | other objects of the great man to whom they so re- | cently belonged. ere is but one battle scene de- picted in Apsley House, and that is Waterloo, taken In these drawing rooms appear portraits of relatives, and friends, and companions in arms, some ¢xecuted in the happiest style, and all extremely interesting— | Lord Beresford, Lord Lynedoch, and Lord Anglesey, Siz Thomas Lawrence; Lord Nelson, by Sir Wim. rechey; Lady Charlotte Greville, aud the late Lord | Cowley, by Hoppner; Sir George Murray, Picton, and many other distinguished officers, decorate the walls of the ‘striped drawing room,” their stern countenanceés and military uniforms strikingly con- trasted with the traces of quiet social fife around. At the foot of the grand staircase stands a colossal | statue of Napoleon, presented tothe duke by the allied sovereigns of Europe. Placed as it is, ite merits can hardly he judged of, and the potentates whove gift it was, probably never contemplated that so in- adequate a site was all that the duke could provide for it. The waiting room, into which visiters pass before ascending the staircase, contains marble busts ot Lord Castlereagh, Mr. Perceval, Colonel Gurwood, and Colonel Ponsonby, a spiritedly executed bronze statuette of Marshal Blucher, and a bust of the duke | himself, which has no it merit. Having thus dis osed of the state apartments, and the manner in which they are approached, we now proceed to give some account of the royal presents | collected in what is called the China room, to which | the visiter finds a by descending the back stair- | case. Services of china seem the least congenial of- fering that could be made to a victorious general as | acknowledgments of his exploite; yet these appear to have poured in upon the fron Duke almost as abundantly as the field marshal's batons and mili- tary decorations. Besides the two already mentioned in the drawing rooms, there are three in the China room, of Prassian and Saxon manufacture nted by the Empéror of Angtria, the King of Pru and Louis XVII. are extremely fine apecimens the turquoise blue servive he extraordinary bril- jiancy of its colors and the beauty of its forms, The silver plateau presented to his grace by the Regent of Portugal, and the Wellington shield, the gilt of the merchants and bankers of London in 1822, are also object: of great interest. The former is dis- tinguished by the novelty and playful elegance of its | design, while the latter ‘is one of the most creditable specimens of ornamental work in the precious metils ever produced in this country. There are also some d five busts in br » not often been su e the Murqnix nce de Conde, Lo e which, in spirit and. finish, hie ‘The sutject of them ‘y, Henri Quatte, the £ nd Marshal Turenne. mains for us to notice the secretary's room, the doke's private room, and his bedroom, “in the rangements of which,’ we are told, “not the slig est alteration has been made since they we used.” The privilege of admission i ment# will be more valued than quite the effect of an intimate introduc character and habits of the illustrious dead. the library he consulted, the books he kept bevide him for reference, the mass of papers, maps, doov ments, and other readin; live, energetic mind was to the letest magazine; there they all « p over the other, without arringement, and yet not precisely in confusion. The duke's room. is almost | destitute of ornament, the most noticeable ovjects | Leing a quaint decoration on the mantel-piece, and a medallion likenest of the present duchess near it. | Among other prints suspended on the wall we ob- served one of Lieutenant Waghorn, the originator of the overlong route tary'’s apartment fy | phe eecye i SRITE i 5 =e room, the only orna- unfinished sketch of the present prints of military men, anda smal! duke was a wonderful man—won- in his fortune, but still more eo in the moderation with which he received fortune’s favors. The interior arrangemenfs of Apsley-house furnish the most recent evidences of what he was. He had great presents made to him, but made no ostentatious parade of them. He won many great battles and sieges, but Waterloo is the only one of his achieve- ments for a picture of which he has made room upon his walls. The genius of such men as Wilkie and Lawrence has transferred to the canvas his soldiers and his chief lieutenants, but of himself no faithful or worthy representation appears in Apeley-house. Oddly enough, too, the statesmen of this generation arean duchess, two cheay rtrait in oil. ao Cong aan gn no in his collec- in. is tl one of N apaleon’s Wah be keane bomeee hand aie pet or included among his portraits is a Roman pontiff. The numerous likenesses of the present duchess are a touching evidence of the affection with which he re- regarded her. Go into his study, and you will see the traces of his indefatigable labors for the public service ; enter his bedroom, and you will understand how, by disciplined regularity and self-restraint, he did so much and lived 20 long. Important from Texas. MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR—MEETING OF THE LE- GISLATURE IN EXTRA SESSTON—THREATENING AT- TUDE AGANIST THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT, ETC. We have received dates from Texas to the 22d ult, The Legistature met in extra session at Austin, on the 10th January, but in consequence of a quorum not being present the House did not organise until the following day. Governor Bell sent his message on the 13th ult. The document is very long,and contains an elaborate view of all questions connected with the interest of the State. The Governor puts forth some very se- vere strictures on the general government for its want of promptness in furnishing proper defences for the protection of the frontiers, and for not supplying sufficient treops to guard the inhabitants of the State against the incursions of the merceless savages that infest the borders. He says,as a mesure of purely self-defence, the citizens of every trade and profession were driven at last to the extremity of or- ganizing themselves into military corps, armed and equiped at their ownexpense, and of course at the sacrifice of all the advantages accruing to them from. the ordinary pursuits of their several vocations; and having no means of obtaining ammunition and sup- plies for the support of this service, the Executive was compelled to throw himeelf oo the liberalit, and tism of the citizens of the country—an all this because the government failed to give the promised adequate protection to the frontiers. The Governor, having under consideration a com- munication from the retary of War, in which that functionary remarks that “volunteer companies, pars without the sanction and contrary to the judgment of the authorities pro charged with the defence of the country, have a tendency to create hostilities and endanger the peace of the frontiers,” thus replies :—Here, then, we have, in regard to our military history, a specimen of rare intelligence, and an cfficial courtesy of which I sincerely wish we may have few examples. Amidst the gay, gaudy glare of the federal city, the great emporium of fashion and elegance, it is not wonderful that the Minister of War should forget the history of our country, even so far back as the period when she made her transit from a republic to a State of the Union. Not ig the information, if the honorable lating ha the virtue of patience, he might have learned that Texas before she trans- ferred her nationality, and with it her resources, to the federal Union, had demonstrated the efficiency of her volunteer troops, by a series of unparalleled successes over common enemy, while, at the same time, she beat back from her borders hordes of theirsavage auxiliaries. This is a matter of history. If be had possessed the liberal and enlightened views of a statesman, combined with an adequate military knowledge of the wants of the frontier, he | would have acted above the suspicion of prejudice, and afforded to democratic Texas the military aids she needed, and had a right to demand. If with a proper sense of duty, he had possessed any of the | milk of human kindness, instead of the cold, calcu- | lating, political communication, such as we have | now to lament, the honorable Secretary would have | confined himself to the Bropriety of stating that under existing laws, the ‘volunteer companies mus- tered into the service of the State could not be re- ceived, but that the executive would recommend to Congress the justice of making the necessary appro- | priations to meet the contingency. In relation to the five millions of dollars of Texas | indemnity, retained by the United States for the dis- | charge of claims against the State, which were con- | tracted previous to the act of annexation, the Gover- | nor says:—The financial committee of the United | States Senate reported a bill, the object of whicb was to fy the revenue debt of Texas at its face va- lue. in three per cent stock, cancelling the five mil- | lions of five per cent stock due the State, under the | boundary act of September 9, 1850. The source from which this proposition emanates, certainly en- | titles it to respectiul consideration; and if it is to be valued by Texas in the ratio of the pecuniary bene- | fits likely to be derived from it, then indeed, she | might, without ceremony, embrace it and rejoice | over the bargain; but in this instance it is my honest | conviction that we cannot faithfully serve our coun- ty and mammon too; and if a measure should be | adopted by the federal government without the con- | currence of the people of Texas, it will manifest an | utter disregard of the soversignly off the State, and | should be indignantly repelled. Does the tive mil- | lions of dollars retained in the federal treasury be- | Jong to the United States? Tt does not. Itisas | much the property of Texas as was the five millions | which have already been ee to her, and she alone bas the right to prescribe in what manner it is to be applied. It is true that it is retained, anfortunately, | with our assent,as a guaranty against the supposed liability of the general government for certain debts of Texas, contracted prior to annexa- tion—retained, however, only as @ securi- ty, and without the shadow of a right to appropriate any portion of it. The act of Congress | in which this fund had its origin was accepted by the people of this State as a measure of romise, and it manifestly contemplated that * i be paid to the State; that payment to be w held until a certain clase of her creditors should file veleases at | the federal treasury of al) claim against the United | States for their debt; but by none of its provisions could it have been intended that these debits were to | be paid out of this fund by the officers of the United | { States treasury, and much Jess could it have been contemplated that these officers, or Congress, or any other power than the State of Texas, should deter- mine what was the amount of ber indebtedness; and to assume to do so now will be a violation of the com- pro act, and a divect insult to us, implying, aa it would, a want of integrity on our part in the adjust- ment of the claims of our creditors. The proposition contained in the bill of the finance committee of the Senate, was no doubt adopted from patriotic vi and with the best feelings for Texas, Inher sovereign character, however, she claims the ondeniable right to examine its material features, and judge of their merit. Believing, then, if this measure is allowed to pass tamely and without resistance, that it will swee; away with it every shadow of State sovereignty, t must be allowed to say i is, in my opinion, wholly inadmissitle 3 nor is submission to it, ia my judg- ment, the proper way to indicate our vegard j the | federal Union or our velotion to it. As a precedent it is dangerous and should be avoided. & very sa | writer justly observes :—‘One__ pre eates another. They soon accumnlate constitute law. What yesterday was fret, M4 an to- day is doctrine. xampies are supposed to jus tity the most gerous measures, and wien they do not exactly, the defect is sup plied by analogy.’ The position which I now o rds my constituents and fellow citizens, will urrendering mn generously contided to I should feel that | had acted the part of 1 servant, if | fail to do ell that is i y power eey from their eseutcheon the foul blo’ which, in my humble judgment, would. tarnish it | were we lomey and silently to allow the Congress of the United States, or any other power, to riterfere | with ov nal affeirs, and to asswme their man agement v teen catending to us the poor com pliment of conculling us on the subject. The executive closes his rather important message with the toll efeyence to the three great men Kentucky, and Massa- respe pation mourns the n, Clay one, and each mem ber of ovr Unigp des res the privilege of jotoing in, | | must beg to say that the presidential ¢ tae oct eal cncneek tenon eeed ie hole of 0 owner 5 wi the last session ofthe Legislature af this place urging this relief a resolu- yment of this claim. And for td was introduced into the Senate allowing him $100,000 with interest to about $250,000. The reso- then 7. wary eanied in the Senate and was a single vote. ann The abe passed, the State would, ac- cording to the statement of the memorialists have been defrauded out of the enormous sum of: it i transaction erick Dawson to themselves. They also show that Dawson, in 1843, became an applicant for the benefit of the bankrupt law, and, of course, could not hold that property after that time. Hon. James C. Wilson has declined to be a candi- date for a seat in C . The roads leading Houston to the capital are said to be impassable on account of the excessive rains which have recently fallen. The Journal says that Mr. James Tool, in attempt- ing to ford the Little Chocolate, recently, was carried down stream and himself and horse landed on sepa- rate sides of the stream. Mr. Tool, who was found ever’ on the bank of the creek in a hel condition from his ex] re and struggles in water, states that bei L his saddle bags containing twelve hundred jars. Paty Capehart, one of the most noted horse thieves in Texas, was arrested in Galveston on the 20th instant, on the charge of stealing Houston some two or three months ago. Capehart has been often indicted and tried for various acts in his profession, but he has heretofore managed to es- cape punishment. Letter from one of the French Refugees. New Yor«, Feb. 2, 1853. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. In your paper of yesterday I read afew lines taken from the French paper La Patrie. This paper de- nies any escape from Cayenne. Why so? Is it to withdraw from those individuals the sympathy which every noble-hearted man, to whatever party he may belong, will feel for them ? I will simply answer to the Patrie that on the 8th of September, 1852, Riboulet, from the Jura; Reussé, Paris; Siol, Ardéche; Tournaire, Béalet, Billiard, Allier; Miaille, Vaucluse; Castenel, Bouches du Rhone; Barthélemy, Basses Alpes; Brulat, do.; Isserie, do.; Lemaitre, Kévre, escaped from the island la Mere, fearlessly risking their lives to escape the blood-thirsty villains appointed by Bonaparte to slay, on a rock, men whose only fault was to defend the laws and the liberty of their country. I will add that, a few days afterwards, three more victims, Quesne, Gourieux, et Chanbonniére, escaped from Cayenne on board of the Mermaid. Iwill say to the Patrie, your calumny has arrived too late. The democrats and good hearted citizens of the city of New York, have made up a subscrip- tion, which has produced sufficient to enable eleven of my countrymen, still in English and Dutch Guyanna, to come to America, the land of the free; and I hope that some other subscriptions will be entered into to supply their first wants. I cannot help speaking of the noble conduct of Holland towards us. She kept us prisoners; but when she ascertained that we were victims of Bona- arte, we were set at liberty. During our stay at aramaribo we have received the necessary victuals, and the officers of the Dutch marine bestowed every kindness upon us. I hope, Mr. Editor, you will be kind enough to — this note. I shall not be taken for a swindler the Americans, and am ready to furnish you with the proofs of my identity. Resp'y yours, Risovner. Trouble on the Hudson River Railroad. The following letter was sent yesterday to the directors of the Hudson River Railroad Company. It speaks for itself :— GENTLEMEN— It becomes our duty to announce to you, that, after a fair trial of one entire season, in the management of the operative department of your road, considera- tions of self-respect, and a due regard for our own interest, demand of us that we should withdraw from your service. We, therefore, desire, that as soon as proper arrangements can be made for filling the va- cancies, we may be allowed an honorable discharge. In inducing us to abandon the responsible and com- paratively pleasant situations we had attained on New England roads, and in holding out the glittering prospect of a higher position, and an opportunity to carry out upon your prominent enterprise such per- fection of management as our experience and obser- vation suggested, your committee were undoubtedly actuated by honorable motives. But, in thanking these gentlemen, and such other members of your Board, as have kindly given their pps the introduc - tion and carrying out of such plans as have been sug- gested for the improvement of the service, we desire, algo, to express our regret that an apparent want of nerve on the part of our superiors, by yielding in some degree to the * hue and cry” of the minority against ** foreign management,” should have serious- ly hampered our operations. We heve quictly submitted to the Billingszate abuse of sectional prejudice, trusting that the results of ovr management might in time be our defence. Removals trom the subordinate stations have only been made when the honest and efficient manage- ment of your affairs absolutely demanded them. The system of accountability introduced by us detected, within a short time, the defalcation of nine em- ployées; and their removal gave rise to an intimation from an honorable gentleman, whose position de- mands our official respect, that if we were allowed our own way we should soon have the road stocked with thieves and pickpockets. Employees upon the road have been excited by our new Feds enemies to such a pitch of rebellion, thet we have, for weeks at a time, been obliged to call in the aid of the municipal police to protect our trains from obstructions on the track, and our fore- men from the pistol and sling shot of the assassin. Officers of co-operative departments beyond our control have covertly countenanced demonstrations of insubordination, and spared no pains to throw impediments in the way of good iceling and disci- pline upon the line of the road. In the face of a competition of water communica- tion on one side, unequalled in the world, either for the splendor of its accommodations, or the untiring perseverance of the managers of its floating palaces, and, on the other, a railroad famed for its connec- tion with those most untiring of all competitors, the ‘kings of Wall street,” we have been obliged to uustain the reputation of the road as a model of ed and regularity, and to leave no stone turned to secure to it business and prosperity. e have extended its connections in the North to Montreal, in the West to Chicago, and in the South toCincinnati. We have been short of locomotive power, and utterly deficient in machine shop and depot accommodations, and the exigences of the ser- vice have even prevented us from the enjoyment of a “ seventh day of rest.” Against all these difficulties, which it may well be supposed have rendered owr position in the last degree disagreeable, we have battled with such suc- cess as the favorable tone of the public press, the great increare of the business of the road and of the value of the stocks appear to have attested. While our efiorts have been sustained by a presi- dent in whom we felt confidence, the difficulties of our position have been comparatively unheeded. But, with all due respect to parties interested, as now virtually filled, cannot command that confidence and respect, on our part, which is absolutely essential to a harmonious management. It would have given us pleasure to have seconded still further the exertions of almost any president of experience in railroad management; but the ob- servation of the past few weeks « 08 us that railroad experience acquired on the Erie Canal can- not harmonize with our views, or diminish the difii- culties of our position. Hoping that we may at the earliost practicable day, he released from our present responsibities, in which we can no longer maintain the former interest, we, in the meantime remain your humble servants, Geonok Stanx, Superintendent. Wai. M. PARKER] 4 ou Wa. Meare. New Yorw, Feb. 2, 1853. 2 Superintendents. Mra, Lamb, wife of Charles Lamb, of Lafayette, lied on the 24th wit., at tbe Insane Hospital in polit, Her insanity wae the result of religions excitement, praduced by attendance upon the pro- ted meetings now in progress in tbat city, FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. eee MONBY MARKET. Wepwzspay, February 2—6 P.M. The stock market opened this morning much depreased. The transactions were to about the usual extent, buts larger portion was for cash. The bears are evidently availing themselves of the depreciation, te-take in their shorts. For eome days past there has been a slight stringency in the money market, and loans have not been so easily negotiated, or upon such favorable terms as previously. This cannot, however, be of long duration: Upon the opening of ‘an active season’s business, the demand for money is usually active, but it does not continue long. The month of March has, for several years past, been a stringent one, so far as financial matters are con- cerned. We attribute the decline in quotations for stocks entirely to apprehensions relative to future. supplies of money in the market for speculative purposes. At the first board to-day Harlem fell off 2 per cent; Erie 3; Brunswick Company 4; Penn- sylvania Coal. 3; Phenix 14 Cumberland 3; New Jersey Zinc 3; Nicaragua Transit 1; Potomac Cop- per 3; Long Island j; Hudson River Railroad 4; Florence and Keyport 3; Morris Canal }. The firmest stocks on the list are Parker’s Vein and New Creek. Coal stocks generally are dull, but have not reacted so much as other fancies. Railroad bonds were rather quiet to-day, very little demand existed, and very few were offered. At the second board there was a better feeling in the street, and an improvement was realized in nearly every stock sold. Cumberland Coal advanced § per cent ; Portemouth, 4; Nicaragua, ? ; Hudson River Railroad, 4; Phenix Coal, 14; Erie Railroad, 2; Harlem, 3. The rise this afternoon placed prices about where they were were at the close yesterday. The receipts at the office of the Assistant Trea- surer of this port to-day, amounted to $220,052 94; payments, $16,395 57 ; balance, $3,775,344 80. The steamship Europa, from Boston for Liverpool, to-day, carried out $200,000 in specie. The Nassau Fire Insurance Company have de- clared a semi-annual dividend of five per cent. The Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad Company three and a half per cent. The Governor of Texas is very bitter in his denun- ciation of the government of the United States, for retaining the five millions of dollars belonging to Texas. He says that Texas as a sovereign State | claims the right to settle with her creditors, and to pay them at her own treasury, without the interven- tion or interference of any other power. We have given extracts from the message in another column. The receipts of the Erie Railroad Company for the month of January, 1853, were......... $304,151 05 The receipts for January, 1852, were.... 171,441 47 deccseertneseress es engenas $132,709 58 The faowing table shows the imports and exports at this port, for the month of January of the present year :— Inrorts FOR JaNvaky, 1853. Dutiable Specie and ullion. Free Mdse. Value. Duties. $33,048 $1,202,258 $11,563,405 $2,867,362 Withdrawn from warehouse 1,536, 443,312 Entered for warehousing. . 2,2 168,189 Exports Fi Domestic merchandie $2,900,624 Foreign do, 42,574 « Do. do. 265,730 Specie and bullion... 4.46 747,679 Nth rs ch char ashharae tule snes sone + $4,046,607 A meeting was held at Rome, Oncida county, last week, in favor of the construction of a railroad from that place to French Creek. Articles of association for the formation of a company for the purpose were adopted, under the name of the Jefferson, Lewis and Oneida Railroad Company, with a capital of one million dollars. The State Treasurer of Pennsylvania gives notice, under date of the 26th January, to the holders of the past due five per cent bonds of the State, to present the same at the Treasury Department, at Harrisburg, for payment. If any holder shall refuse or neglect to surrender the certificates aforesaid, the interest there. on shall cease to be paid by the State within sixty jays of the date of this notice. ‘The engineers of the Catawissa Railroad, we under- stand, are between Mooresburg and Pottsgrove, en route for Milton. They report favorably, 80 far as they have progressed. The object is to connect with the Sunbury and Erie Railroad at Milton. We learn from the Wilmington Republican, that the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal is to be greatly improved the coming season. The locks are to be enlarged from one hundred by twenty-one feet, their present size, to two hundred by twenty-five; or rather it is expected that new locks of the latter size will be erected as near the old ones as possible, and thus not | interfere with the trade which is continually passing through the canal. The canal is also to be deepened | 10 the entire length, and made wider when necessity re- quires it, thus amply accommodating a larger class of vessels, which will increase the amount of trade at | least twenty-five per cent. If all these improvements are fo be made, we suppose it has been determined to use the surplus on hand, and to defer another year or twoa dividend on the stock, which the stock- holders hoped was approaching. The annual report of the Ohio and Pennsylvania, Railroad Company for the year 1852, gives the an- nexed exhibit of receipts, in each quarter, from pas- sengers, freight and mails :— Omo AND PENNSYLVANIA poe, Passengers. Freig Firat quarter... $28,466 20 $8,287 14 Second quarter.. 45,354 58 16,852 50 Third quarter, 2,795 56 24,760 63 Fourth quarter,. 88,455 8 5,416 57 Total ......4. $231,081 64 $84,006 69 $315,118 53 The report congratulates the stockholders on the results of the past year, and the encouraging pros- pects for the future. The gross earnings for the year have exceeded expectations, being, forthe year, $315,118 53, and the expenditures—including re- pairs, maintenance of way, &c., $142,138 35; leay- ing for net earnings, $172,985 18. Of the above receipts, only one-fifth was from through travel. The total number of passengers carried during the year, was 236,038. The financial condition of the company, according to the Treasu- rer’s statement, stands thus :— Stock issued... Mortgege bond Income bonds... «$1,750,700 . 1,750,000 700,000 200,700 The report says that about thirty days will suffice to complete the track-laying from Wooster to Crest- line, and secure the through travel and the spring trade over the whole distance of 187 miles from Pitts- burg to that point. The timber of the superstructure is nearly all down, and the iron is laid from Wooster to Lakeville, a point 150 miles from Pittsburg, to which the construction trains now run. At or near this point, the Springfield, Mount Vernon and Pitts" burg Railroad will intersect the line, and form its | | best and most direct connection with Cincinnati. With the advantage of light grades, and a cheap line through a beautiful country, we are satisfied that this route will compare favorably with any other that may | be constructed or projected, to connect Cincinnati with Pittsburg and Philadelphia. From Mansfield the iron has been laid eastward to a point beyond Lucas, and the work is in progress in both directions from Mansfield. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany has agreed to subscribe one hundred and fifty thousand dollars to the stock of this company, to be expended in constructing the connection between the two roads in the city of Pittsburg. A short link, of eaty construction, will also be needed between Crest- line and Galion, a distance of about three and a half miles, to perfect the connection with the Belle- fontaine and Indiana road, and with the lines leading to Indianapolis and St. Louis. pending, but not yet concluded, in relation to both of there short but important junction lines. The Kanawha Republican states that during the high water that prevailed in the Kanawha river last week, the Coal River Mining Company sent out eighteen boats, laden with the Cannel coal—cach boat carrying three thousand bushels, On arriving at Charleston, the contents of two boats were put into one, and ihe fleet of boats proceeded to Cincin Negotiations are | nati, Louisville and New Orleans. The Republicaw understands that it is contemplated} during the year, to ship to New York city, by way of New Oricans, ‘wo Rundeed Riana one. ohm that ite sue perjor qualities may be tested + The House of Assembly of Virginia have, during the past week, made the annexed three-fifths sub- scriptions and loans to internal improvements im that State :— Intmenat Derrovewevts ty VincINIA—STATE To the Central Sunscnirtioys: $1,000,000 480,000: Danville Rail; Norfolk Railroad Surry and Paes Tae: iu Royal Turn} Virglais and Tennessee Railroad SE8s. aokks sieges S2222 £ 8 g are apprehensive that it may be carried too far. Within the past four or five years the public debt of Virginia has rapidly increased, and is still increasing as rapidly as ever. It willfbe very difficult to arrest this movement, as every new work and every section, of the State, not included in present appropriations, will have as good a claim upon the State for the use of its credit as the works already provided for. The people of the counties of Clark, Warren, Free derick, and Hampshire, Virginia, are petitioning the Legislature of that State, to grant them a charter ta make a connection with the Manassa Railroad at the forks of the Shenandoah river, and from thence through Hampshire county, to intersect the Baltimor@ and Ohio Railroad. The length of the line would ba about seventy-two miles. The petition states that by this connection Alexandria becomes sixty miley nearer Wheeling than Baltimore is—that Fredericks« burg will be brought as near as Alexandria, and that Richmond will be brought exactly as near Wheeling and Parkersburg, as Baltimore now is to those points. The names, number, location and capacity, of ald the iron blast furnaces of the State of Maryland, at the close of 1852, were as annexed :— Location. eghany county Do. Washington county rederick county Do. Howard county - Arundel county Do. essesseee io Do. Worcester county Baltimore eounty 3 3 Havre de Grace Principio... | Maryland Laurel... | Cherape: | Cedar Point Locust Gro ESEESESEE5E8 |; Total .....+4.31 Pig iron... cs s+ +.70,600 For some time past most of these furnaces hava been partially idle, owing to the depression in priceg for iron. The recent improvement in the market value of iron has given a great impetus to thig branch of manufacturing, and we look for much ac* tivity among those engaged, and a great accession of capital to this department of industry. : Stock Exchange. $1000 Erie R R Cert’s. 0034 100 shsC&OStmT&M 21 oa ee eee s 200 Canton Co, . 9000 62 03 99 1000 HudlstMBeexdiv106 1000 Hud2dMtgeBs 93 993, 200 5000 do...... 83 99 5 sha Bank America 110% 150 15 State Bank.......1093¢ 5 Met: litanBank toes 325 v4 ashe “eer | ig | 50 Ohio Life & 105 34 de 260 Morris Canal. 213g 32 100 do... 21% rq 50 do. 15 2134 4 10 Washington Ins Co 96 he 400 Portem’th D Dock 6 hd 100 do., -d10 6} o EESSeeSeczaselecesezesessess: 20 Cleve Col & Cin 20 do..... 1 6 Sixth Avenue R R,12 50 Little Miama R R11 SEE AER Be MRO. Fey c} SECOND $000 FrieR2d Mtge Bs 11034 2000 Hud 2d Mtge Bds 99 100 shs Morris Canal. 2134 100 Cumber Coal € +30 65 6534 BOARD. 50 shs Nor & WR.860 51'¢ 100 do.......060 52 100 do. 50 do. 100 Hudson 2% do 100 Pheenix } 60 do. 50 do. i 50 do 100 do. 38 Reading ea 60 do, 800 Rrie Rail 150 do. CITY TRADE REPORT. Weowrapay, Feb. 2—6 P: M. Astne.—25 bbls. were purchased at $4 623, a $4 68 ' for pots, and $5 75 for pearls, per 100 Ibs, Breapstcrrs.—Flour did not vary mueh. The sal reached 11,000 bbls,—sour at $4 8734 9 $6 10; suj No. 2at $6 a $5 1244: ordinary to choice State at $5 43° a $6 6234; mixed to fancy Western at $6 6234 0 $6 81%; common to good Ohio at $5 68% a 5 814; mixed to favo- rite Southern at $6 76 a $6; fancy Genesee and Ohio at $5 76 a $5 8736; extra Western at $6 8734 a $6 25; extra Genesee at $6 76 a $6 60; and fancy Southern at $6 25 x $7.50 per bbl. Wheat was inanimate, but firm. A sal+ of 10,000 bushels Ohio white was reported at about $1 3). Rye and barley continued dull and heavy. State ant festern oats were in request at 49 a 50c. per bushel. Corn was more freely offered, and found buyers. Th* sales embraced 27,600 bushels new Southern at 66 Corvez—Sales were made of 1,200 bags Rio at 9c. « | 93ge. and 100 St. Domingo at ec. per lb. Market active and steady. Corrox—The rales were 1,300 bales to-day, at en-icr prices, ax holders show more disposition to meet the view « of buyers. Frnars.—Eogagements were light and rates ruled foc Liverpool in favor of shippers. About 10,000 bushels graiie | were engaged at 10d. and 3,500 do. wheat at 11d., bagye 1 by ship. Flour was at 3s. Sd. a Ss. 6d. asked, and 10s | packages bacon at 6s. per ton, ‘There was nothing ne © to London or Havre; a brig was engaged to load wit!t about 2,000 bbls. flour for Glasgow, at 3a, 6d. To Califor- | nia rates were steady at 75c. a 80c., with extreme figure « | above and below these rates, according to stage of loa‘lins | _ Frorr.—About 800 boxes bunch raisins were taken, «t | $2.76 a $2 80. Hay.—River was held at $1 1214 a $125 per 100 Ib:, | without sales, | Hors.—There were 20 bales bought at 2lc. a 23e. per |. | Larne.—Fastern were‘in demand at $2 374g, aud hel! at $2.50 per M. Mot asses.—Some 180 bbls. New Orleans found buyer? at 20. a $0%e. per gallon. |+ Inon.—Sales have been made of 300 tons Scoteh pig, t | arrive, at $87 60 per ton, usual credit. One. —There have been 5,000 gallons linseed gold, at pre | vious rates, Provisions.—Pork was unsettled and lower. Nothin: | oecurred in old. Some 5,000 bbls, new mess were co \- tracted for, for delivery in April, May and June, at $1 $17 26; and 200 bbls. do, were purchased on the spot, » 5. Dressed hoga were in retail demand, at 850. « | $3¢e. perl. Lard was abunaant and cheaper; the day ¢ | sales embraced 500 pkgs. common to prime at 10c. \ 103;¢, per Ib. No alteration occurred in beef, the sales of whieh reached 260 bbls, State and Ohio butter wae more sought after, at 19¢. a 28, and 1c. a 190. per Cheese seemed more active at 8¢. a 9c. per Ib. Rxat. Estark Sales by auetion—B story brick house and lot No | $6,000, 2 do. do. No. 222 Division street, 2 { ¢ and lot 118 Elm street, 21 8x10, $6,450, “a 5 do. By | W. H. Franklin, Son & Co.—House and lot 27 Rssex street, | northwest corner Hester, 26x43, $3,075. By Cole & Chil ton—I lot on Forty-third street, between Tenth and kile- | venth avenues, 25x100.5, $1,350; 1 do. d $1,300; | do. om Forty fourth strect, do. do. house | house and fot 225 Twenty first street, bety | Ninth avenues, 25298.9, $3,400; lot ad } on, come dimensions, $9,600,