The New York Herald Newspaper, May 2, 1853, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 17436. MORNING EDITION----MONDAY, MAY 2, 1853. THE NEW ERA IN THE ‘NEW YORE CUSTOM HOUSE. Retrospect of that and other United States Public Offices in this City, The new Collector of this port, Judge Bronson, commences his duties in that office this day, as do eeveral of the other officers connected with the ‘Custom House, recently appointed by the President. On the occurrence of these changes, it will doubtless ‘be satisfactory to many of the readers of the HERALD to be furnished with a retrospective view of the Cus- tom House, dnd some of the other public offices in this city. The following statements embrace the -first complete lists ever published of the individuals who have held the principal United States offices at this port, since the adoption of the constitution and “organization of the general government, in 1789. Our lista, it will be seen, include the names of the successive collectors, naval officers, surveyors, assist- ant treasurers, marshals, district judges, district attorneys, district clerks, navy agents, and post- masters. The acts of Congress establishing and organizing * the various departments connected with the revenue and the judiciary were passed at the first session after the adoption of the constitution; and in August, 1789, President Washington sent into the Senate, in one day, a list of about one hundred nominations as collectors, naval officers and surveyors, all of which list was confirmed by the Senate, and the custom houses were soon transferred from the State authori- ties, which collected the revenue under the old con- federation, to the newly appointed officers under the genera! government. North Carolina held out until November 21, 1789, and Rhode Island until May 29, 1790, when these States also having come into the Union, custom house and other officers were ap- pointed for them, and the revenue system was ren- dered complete. NEW YORK CUSTOM HOUSE. The custom house in 1789 was situated in Mill street, now South William street. A few years afterwards it was removed to the government house, a large building which had been erected near the Battery, on the site of the dwellings south of the Bowling Green. In that building the business of ‘the custom house was transacted until 1815, when it was removed to a four story brick building in Wall street, on the site of the present custom house. The building had been * occupied by Eastburn, Kirk & Co., a3 a bookstore and literary room, which had been built on the site of the old City Hall, called, also, Federal Hall, where Washington was inaugurated as President, in 1789. ‘ The annual amounts of custom house duties on merchandise imported into New York, for the first five years after the organization of the government, were as follows:— $145,320 1792 .. 471,339 1793... 788,713, rast with these amounts, we may state that the duties collected at this port, in 1851, were no less than $28,772,558; in 1799, there were thirty-two persons in the custom house, holding the following: Offices under the collector, viz:—Inspectors, 18; gaugers, 3; weighers, 5; measurers,6. In 1828, there were about one hundred persons employed in the various departments of the New York Custom House, in and out of doors. The present number so employed, we believe, is about seven hundred, COLLECTons. The following isa complete Iist of the Collectors of the Customs at this port, {rom 1789 to the present time :— $1,233, 903 + 1/248,351 en whom d Names of Coltectors. ae a. John Lainb Washington. so; hua Sands John Adams. Jefferson, Monroe. Jackson. Van Buren. do. Harrison. jer. Cornelius W. Lawrence. Polk. - Hugh Maxwell... . Taylor. : Greene C, Bronson, Pierce. It will be observed that, including the present Col- lector, twelve persons have received the appointment trom eleven different Presidents, and of these, David Gelston held the office for the longest time, being about nineteen years. A brief notice of the early collectors wil! be found interesting. General John Lamb, the first collector at this port, was one of the most distinguished men of his time, having figured largely as one of the pioneers of the American Revolution and an officer in the Revolutionary army. Bie was father to General Anthony Lamb, who still survives amon us, a6 one of our oldest and most respectable citizens. John Lamb was born in this ity, in Jan- tary, 1835. His father, Anthony Lay yy, was an Eng- lishman, emigrated to this uty and married a ‘New York lady of Dutch pareaty ge. He wasa cele- brated and skilful optician nad ynaker of mathema- tical iestruments, and in cath y ‘the s#we occupation ; butr abi ‘Lamb commenced the Ww sine: and through the trou ot ‘the war, was largely ‘engaged in the liqnoy trade. Althongh Mr. Lamb” pad not a classical education, he sed IN’ che belle (utive knowledge of the spoke the D atch and German, and was a profi- cient in the Pre ach language. He was a good Eng- lish scholar. ® fitient speaker, and a forcible and ready write’, His style of composition was bold and nervy’ is, and he was not restrained by fear of the lave’ of libel, nor the military power of the time, from ‘viving full scope to his indignation, upon all or casions, when the acts of the crown conflicted ‘W¥" x the liberties of the people. The patriotic news- “papers of the day, the chief vehicles which conveyed intelligence to the poople, bear evidence of the indus- ‘try and ability of Mr. Lamb. In addition to his pub- lished writings, he held an active correspondence with kindred spirits in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, and other places. The history of the city of New York, from the commencement of the troubles which preceded the Revolution, to the breaking out of the warin 1775, is, in fact, the history, in part, of John Lamb; as no important political movement was made, or practical demonstration exhibited, s mind had not assisted to plan or his hand e. He wasone of the original “ Sons of Li- n association formed to resist the stamp act * obnoxious nuisances of the British govern- ment, in i766. He had the honor of serving on the first Revolutionary Committee of Correspondence. It was formed at a meeting in the Park, in this city, on the 1st of October, 1765, the day before the Stamp act was to take effect. Many prominent names were put in nomination, but the hezurdous duty of openly resisting the government in this way was declined. At kenath Isaac Sears, (afterwards cal King Sears,) John Lamb, Gershom Mott, Wil Wiley, and Thomas Robingon, the most ardent of the asso- ciated “ Sone of Liberty,’ men whom danger could not apjpe!, volunteered their services and were ac- cepted. ‘Lhe organization of that patriotic band, “the Sons of Liberty,” which pervaded every part of the colonies, was the germ of the Revolution. By their intrepidity the spirit of the masses was aroused, and by their persevering indvetry and zeal the peo- ple were excited to oppose all efforts to enslave them. These bold spirits formed the nucleus of the Soture aimies of the Revolution. After various daring and decisive acts, in co-ope- outh his son followed nes which preceded action at the Custom offered his services to the Continental Congress, and was appointed captain of artillery. By order of the Provincial Congress, Lamb, with his compa- ny, and assisted by 8 corps of citizens under the command of Colonel Lasher, (afterwards sur. veyor of the port), removed the canon from the Battery, while fired upon by the ship of war Asia, in August, 1775. The cannon were moved off with great deliberation, and all that were mounted, twenty-one pieces, were safely carried away. Se- veral persons were wounded on the Battery, aud some damage was done to the dwellings in that quarter. The alarm was serious in the city, and many of the inhabitants removed their families beyond the reach of danger. Lamb soon after joined the Northern army, and was with Montgo- mery and Arnold in the expedition to Canada, when he was, wounded and taken prisoner. Being re- leased on parole by Sir Guy Carleton, he returned in time to witness the burning of a part of this city, while in the posseesion of the British, in September, 1776. He was subsequently engaged in many im- portant services as an officer of artillery, and was gradually promoted to the rank of colonel, in which capacity he served at the siege of Yorktown and capture of Cornwailis and his army,in October, 1781. On the evacuation of New York by the British, Nov. 25, 1788, Col. Lamb, after an exile of eight years, returned to his native city, leaving his fathily for a time at their residence in Connecticut. At the first election after the peace, Lamb, Sears, Willett, and others, who had been active “ Sons of Liberty,” were elected from this city to the Legislature. Col. Lamb received the appointment, from the State Council, of Collector of the Customs for the port of New York, and vacated his seat in the Assembly, to assume the duties of his new station. In 1781, New York had granted to Congress the import duties col- lected within her borders, subject to the control and regulation of the confederacy. But after the peace, the Legislature repealed the law, established custom houses, and tok the collection into the hands of the State. Repeated attempts were made to restore this power to Congress, which were resisted by the Le- gislature. But in 1786, the revenues, with certain reductions and restrictions, were granted to Con- gress. The difficulties which arose on this subject were among the causes which led to the conventions at Annapolis and Philadelphia, producing, finally, the formation of the federal constitution. Gen.Lamb was among those friends of Governor George Clinton who co-operated with him in opposing the ratifica- tion, by this State, of the constitution of the United States, unless previous amendments were assented to. They continued their opposition after the con- stitution was adopted ; and Gen. Lamb, Col. Willett, David Gelston, and others, formed a society to pro- cure amendments, A large majority of the people of this city being in favor of the constitution, their opponents were threatened with violence. Green- leaf, printer of the paper opposed to the constitution, had his office attacked afterwards by a mob, who afterwards proceeded to Wall street, where, on the south side, between Pearl and William streets, Gen. Lamb resided. The rioters, finding the house well barricaded, and the General and a few friends inside, prepared with firearms for an attack, knew the hazard of an encounter, and prudently withdrew. On the organization of the departments of the new government, great efforts were made to induce Gen. Washington to overlook Lamb (who, as we have mentioned, then held the office of Collec- tor of the Customs under the State govern- ment), in making his nominations to the Senate. Lamb had not solicited the nomination; but the chief arguments used against him were the active measures he had taken to defeat the adoption of the constitution. These considerations had no weight in the mind of Washington, but he was embarrassed by the neglect of Lamb to make application for re-ap- pointment. For several days the President withheld the nomination, in the expectation of a formal appli- cation ; but, being apprised of the footing upon which General Lamb rested his case, namely, that no man knew his services to the country better than the President, he cent his name to the Senate oa the 6th of August, 178?—and he was unanimously confirmed. In the subsequent division of the people into par- ties, General Lamb acted with the republicans. Al- though he had entire confidence in General Washing. ton, he opposed the election and administration of John Adams, and favored the election of Jefferson. He was unfortunate as collector, in his accounts with the government, in consequence of the misconduct of one of his confidential assistants in the Custom House, a foreigner, who had been left in charge of the whole fiscal concerns of the depart- ment, after the death of the son-In-law of Lamb, Mr. Tillinghast. Believing his large property wasamply sufficient to pay four times the deficiency in his ac- counts, Gen. Lamb resigned his office. But the most summary process was resorted to, and the property was sold by the Marshal, under an execution of the government. Lands much exceeding the value of the debt were sacrificed, and the government claim was not entirely satisfied." This was in 1797, after which the health of Gen. Lamb declined, and he died on the 31st of May, 1800, After the loss of his property, his friends, Clinton, Rutgers and others stood by him in his difficulties, and tendered what consolation and aid the circumstances required. Joshua Sands, the successor of Gen. Lamb, as Col- lector, was a merchant of this city, but for many years before his death resided in Brooklyn. He was an ardent federalist and supporter of Washington and Adams. In 1803 he was elected a representa- tive to Congress, and 21 years afterwards—viz: in 1824, he was again chosen a member of Congress —this time to represent the Kings county district. Mr. Sands was much esteemed by his acquaintance, and was popular with the merchants, as Collector of tle port. © David Gelston, who was appointed Collector by Mr. Jefferson, was an early political friend of George Olinton, John Lamb, and others with whom he co- operated in their efforts to prevent the adoption of the Uuited States constitution. We believe he was a relative of John Gelston, who was Collector of the port of Sag Harbor, L. I., which office he resigned in May, 1790. As a democratic republican, David Gelston was elected to the State Senate, where he served several years, when party spirit ran high, in the days of John Adams. He was a merchant of this city, and one of the early directors of the Man- battan Bank, of which his son, Maltby Gelston, still a resident of the city, was for some years President. Although correct in his accounts with government, Mr. Gelston was not remarkable for popula- rity with those whose business required trans- House. There was a certain degree of austerity of manners among some of the leaders of the old democratic party, which, ly many, was thought inseparable from honesty and integrity of purpose, but was exceedingly dis- agreeable to men of business, and particularly to their political opponcats who came in contact with them. M. Gelston having retired to private life in 1820, was succeeded by the late Jonathan Thompson, a native of Long Island, whose high character as a merchant of this city, and a leading democratic republican of fidelity, commended him to the favor of President Monroe. Mr. Thompson was not par- tial to John Quincy Adams, but that President re fused to remove him, and he continued in office wv til removed by General Jackson, in 1829, wher 1etlied to private life with the commendatio overnment and the public for the faithful PRICE TWO CENTS. ration with King Sears and other patriots, Mr. Lamb | ministration of the affairs of the Custom House during his career as Collector. The Custom House had not attracted much atten- tion, on account of ita influence upon politics, until the year 1820, when De Witt Clinton, as Governor of the State, in his speech to the Legislature, pro- tested against the interference of the national go- vernment with our State elections. He remarked : “The power of the general administration” has in- creased with the extension of its patronage; and if the officers under its appointment shall see fit, as an organized and disciplined corps, to interfere in the State elections, I trust that there will be found a be- coming disposition in the people to resist these alarming attempts upon the purity and indepen- dence of their local governments.” Being called upon by the Senate, then politically opposed to him, for any information on the subject, the Governor, at the subsequent session of the Legislature, sent in what was called “The Green Bag Message,” embrac- ing a variety of curious documents tending to prove his charges against Custom House officers and others, It appeared, among other matters, that Col. John P. Decatur, then naval storekeeper at Brooklyn, and sundry Custom House officers had made great efforts to defeat the Clintonian ticket in Kings county, and that various other U. 8. officers had been very active in various parts of the State. The Green Bag mes- sage and documents were referred to a committee of the Legislature, who finally refused to countenance the charges of the Governor against the U. 8S. officers. From that time, however, to the present, the Custom House has been considered a political machine, and Custom House officers as prominent electioneerers. a" The history of the Custom House since 1829 is somewhat familiar to our political readers; and we have not the space to give a detail of the transac- tions of those who have been collectors, and are still living among us. We, therefore, pass on to give the following list of Naval Officers and times, of their appointment :— NAVAL OFFICERS, When When appointed. q ; TiS eojamin Walker, ‘1848-"deremniah Tonle. 1797—Richard Rogers. 1845—Michael Hoffman, 1803—Samuel Osgood. 1848—Oor. 8. Bogardus. 1814—Jobn Ferguson. 1849—Philip Hone. 1833—Knos T, Throop. 1851—David A. Bokee. 1838—William8. Coe. 1853—Heman J, Redfield. 1841—Thomas Lord. Of the early names on this list, Walker and Rogers are not distinguished in our political annals. They held the office under the administrations of Wash- ington and John Adams. Samuel Osgood, appoint- ed by Jefferson, was an active democratic republi- can, and was onthe city Assembly ticket in 1800, which effected the election of Jefferson and Burr to the Presidency and Vice-Presidency. Mr. Osgood was a director of the Manhattan Bank, and first president of the City Bank, both de- mocratic institutions. John Ferguson was a quiet politician, of literary tastes and social habits. He was appointed Mayor of the city, in March, 1815, in place of De Witt Clinton, who was Temoved by the Council of Appointment; but not being allowed to hold both offices, Mr. Ferguson re- signed the Mayoralty in June, 1815, and Jacob Rad- cliffe was appointed Mayor. Enos T. Throop, it will be remembered, resided many years in Cayuga coun- ty, where he held the office of Circuit Judge of the Supreme Court. He was afterwards elected Lieu- tenant Governor and Governor of the State; and, after resigning the naval office,in 1938, President Van Buren appointed him charge d'affuires to Na- ples. The remaining names on the above list are too familiar to require special notice. SURVEYORS. The following persons have held the office of Sur- veyor of the port:— When When | appoint . appointed. 1789—John La her. 15.5—Heetor Craig. 1800—Willium 8. Smith. 1829—Ely Moore. 180¢—Pete: H. Schenck. 1841—William Taggard. 1816—John Hof. 1844—Honry C. Atwood. 1818—Joreph G, Swift. 1845—Elijah F, Purdy, 1827—Peter Stagg. 1849—Zebedee Ring. 18:9—Mordecai M. Noah. 1853—Jobn Cochran. Colonel John Lasher, the first on this list, was a revolutionary officer, and, as we have seen, a coadju- tor of John Lamb in his military career. Colonel William S. Smith was son-in-law of John Adams, and for a considerable time cut quite a figure in society, in this city,as a dashing man of the world. He built a country seat on the East river, called Mount Vernon, but by some it was called “Smith's Folly.” In 1789 General Washington appointed Smith United States Marthal, which office he held about three years. He subsequently held a commission in the Provisional army of 1798, and his father- in-law, President Adams, appointed him Sur- veyor in 1800, which Jefferson permitted him to hold for some years. His successor, Peter A. Schenck, was from Dutchess county, and a relative of the late Peter H. Schenck. Jolin Haff was a ship- master out of this port. He died recen ly in West- chester county. Gen. Swift was a well known offi- cer in the United States Army, of the Corps of En- gineers. After retirement from the Custom House he removed to Geneva. Peter Stagg was a well known merchant in his day, and a zealous friend of John Quiney Adams and Henry Clay. The re- maining names of Surveyors are well known, except, perbape, Hector Craig, who was, many years ago,an auctioneer in this city, from whence he removed to Orange county. Being elected to Congress from that district, he and John J. Morgan were the only two members of the House of Representatives from this State who voted for General Jackson on the presi- dential question being decided by the Honse, in 1825. This gave hima claim on Gen. Jackson for office, and by that President he was appointed Sur- veyor in 1825. ASSISTANT TREASURERS. Whn When appointed. appointed 1040—Stephen Allen 1k52—Luther Beadish. £40--Williain C. Bouck. 1849—J bn Yourg Mr. Allen held the appointneyt of Sub-Treasurer a short time only, under the act of 1840, which was recommended and sigued by President Van Buren. That act was repealed in 1841, and the present ene passed under Polk’s administration. It will be no- ticed that the office has been conferred on two gen- tlemen who have been Governor, and one who has Leen Lieutenant Governor of the State. It is doubt- ful whether Mr. Dix will perform the duties of the office, as he is reported to have been decided upon for Minister to France. UNITED STATUS MARSHALS. 1858—Jobn A. Dix. When appointed. When appointed. 1;89— William 8, Smith, —-1816—Thoias Morris : 182)—Wm. 0. H. Waddell. 1841—Silas M. Stilwell. 18145—Ely Moore. 1849—Henry F. Tallmadge. 1863—Abraham Hillyer. DISTRICT JUDGES. When appointed. When appointed —Jnmes Duane 180€—Mathias 6.Tallmadge. i—John Lawrence. 1812—William P, Van Ness, Robert Troup. 1827—Samuel R, Botts. 08—Jobn Slows Hobart. Mr. Duane was the first Mayor of this city after the Revolutionary war. He was also a member of the Continental and Provincial Congresses. He resigned in 1794, and retired to Duancs- burgh, in Schenectady county, where he died. Jobn Lawrance was the first representative elected from this city to Congress, after the adoption of the constitution. He was subsequently elected a United States Senator, and President of the Senate pro tem. Col. Troup, who had been in Yistrict Court, held the office of Judge tempora- Lata short time after the resignation of Judge i..weance. Judge Hobart had been on the Supreme 18 1807. Peter Curtenius. 1814—John Smith, of L. 1. bench and United States Senator. On his death he ‘was succeeded by M. B. Tallmadge, of Dutchess coun- ty, in 1806. In 1812 am act of Congress authorized the appointment of another Judge, when William P. Van Ness was appointed associate. In 1814 the State was divided into two districts, and Judge Tall- madge was assigned to the Northern district. He was succeeded by Roger Skinner, in 1819, and the latter, in 1825, by Alfred Conkling, now Minister to Mexico. On Judge Conkling’s resignation, Nathan K. Hall, the present incumbent, was appointed Judge of the Northern district. DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. When A ited, When A; . 1634 Withee Me Price 1789—Richaro Harriton. 1801—Edward Livingston, 1830—Benjamin F. Butler. 1841—Ogden Hoffman. 1804—Nathan Sandford. 1815—Jonathan Fisk. 1845—Beojamin F. Butler, 1819— Robert Tillotson. 1849—J. Prescott Hall, 1828—Jobn Duer, 1853—Charles O’Conor. 1820—James A. Hamilton, DISTRICT CLERKS. The following persons have held the office of Clerk of the United States District Court :— Robert Troup. Gilbert L. Thompson. Edward Dunscomb. Frederic J. Betts. Charles Clinton. Charles T. Betts. ‘Theron Rudd. James W. Metcalf. Robert Finn. George W. Morton. James Dill, We have no record of the dates of their appoint, ment by the Judges. NAVY AGENTS. The Navy Department was organized by act. of Congress in 1798. The following persons have held the office of Navy Agent at this port :— When When Appointed, Appointed, 1743—Jumes Wataon. 1$24—James K. Pauldi 1801—Daniel Ludiow. 1837—J. R. Livingston, 1806—Robert Beekman. 1841—Robert C, Wetmo: 18¢8—John Bullus. 1844— James H. Suydam. 1819—Kobert Swartwout, 1823—Eaward N. Cox, (pur- 1849—William H. Leroy. ser,) acting. 3853—Con. H Swackhamer. James Watson held various offices of honor and trust—among others, member of the Assembly, and Speaker of that body, and United States Senator. Daniel Ludlow was a merchant, and first President of the Manhattan Company. John Beekman be- longed to one of our oldest New York families. John Bullus was a surgeon in the navy. He was born in New Jersey, of English parents, and died in 1818, at the age of forty-two. He was a gentleman of the old school, and much esteemed. The other names on the list are well known to our readers. 1845—Prosper M. Wetmore. POSTMASTERS. * When When 1780—Febastion Bauman. 1812—John L. Graham. 1805—Theodous 1845—Robert H. Morris, 1820—Eaml. 8. Gouverneur. 1849—William V. Brady. 1830—J. J, Coddington. 1853—Isaac V. Fowler. Political Intelligence, MISSISSIPPI, The DemocraticState Convention of Mississippi, to nomi- nate candidates for State officers and members of Con- gress, willassemble to-day at the city of Jackuon, ‘The democrats of Chickasaw and Calhoun, Mississippi, have nominated Hon, W. S Featherston as a suitable candidate for Congress in the Second district. The latter foamy! nominated General R. Davis for the State at ge. VIRGINIA. ‘The municipal election in the city of Petersburg will be held te day. ‘The Democratio Convention of the Winchester (Bighth) Congressional district bave nominated Charles James Faulkner as their candidate for Congress. ‘Wm. H. Stephens, Esq., of Jacksor, has been nomi nated by the Somerville Convention as ‘tho whig candi- date for Congress in the Tenth district. Clayton G. Coleman, Fxq., has been nominated by the whigs of the Richmond aistrict (Third), as their candi- date for Congress, in opposition to Hon. JohaS, Caskie. Gen. Millson has been nominated for re election to Congress in the Norfolk distcict, (Second) by the demo- cratic district convention. ARKANSAS. Col. T. B, Flo#rnoy, of Desha, has been put in nomina- tion by the deimocracy of Hot’ Spring county, for Con- er. ome dem ut Orittenden enunty haye rominated Hon. Thomas 8. Hanly, for representative to Congress from the Northern district. Col. N. B. Burrow bas beon nominated by the democ- racy of Jefferson county, for Congress, in the second dis- trict. , Col Edward A. Warren, of Ouachita, has been nominat- ed by the demccracy of Ouachita for Congress, in the Second Congressional district. We learn from the Little Kock Arkansas Whig, that it is generally admitted that Gen. George W. Clark, of the Van Buren Intelligencer, will be appointed Superintendent of Indian Afiairs—the position now occupied by Col. John Drenuen. Flovida Indians, [From the Ocala (Fa.) Mircor. April 22.) We comme through in the stage with Col. Winder, of the U.S. Avmy, ecminander at Fort Myer. He says the dele- gation which went on to Washington left most of their prevents at Fort Myer on their rerurn, and have since de- clined receiving them, as they have failed to comply with their premise of emigtation. He says also, by a careful ate made by John J -, one of the Westera dele. gation. that there are only 286 Indians ia Florida, and only £6 of these men and boys able to bear arms, We see what the citizens of Hillsborough think about their removal. Let us consider welt before we act. We under- stand it is the determination of the general government to have the country t least into townships, which will facilitate the for the Indians, whenever the attempt is made to +. We incline to the opinion that if the people on the frontier can be patient, we, who are leas exposed, might wait to take counsel as to the be-t time and method for their removal. Gen. Childs, commanding «t Tampa, informed the eiti- zens at the Court House that the Indians were again com- at Foit } , and, though unwilling to emigrate, provered & cestre to remain at peace. Avsinwah, a sub chief, was in at the post, and said Billy had not been de- poad, Jersey City Intelligence Thor, Annests, &e'—Last evening feveral persons got into difficulty on board one of the ferry boats, and afier Inn’ing on the Jersey side they strack cne another, which led to a general’ row, in walsh nearly a hundred men, boys, and policemen were engaged, using bricks, pavibg-etones, and other dengerous weapons, with sensi: ple eftzct ‘The Recorder, with the assistance of the Sun- day police, suceveded in making several arrests, and the web dispersed. Oxe party seriously injured in the beck with a paving «tone, ner had his head broken, and othors were dangerously Up to 10 o'clock last night, an extra police force i duty, in anticipa- tien of renewed bostilidies. IurnovENENTs.—A new church edifice is to be erected on Grove street, north side of Pavonia avenue, for the Reformed Duteh perruasion in the Third and Fourth wards. It will be com:nenced in a few days. Groce Church, Episcopal, on the corner of Erie and South Seventh street, is nearly Snirhed, and service will be held \herein soon. It is of stone, and a beautiful specimen of architecture. Canat IMprovexENts —The Morris Cane! and Banking @ mpany propose building cne handred canal boats, of various sizes, to be employed on the canal during the ear. Arrangements for the disposition of the water: ‘ront Property, belovging to the company, are also con- templated. Willtamsburg City Intelligence. Gran Larceny.—A young German boy named Freido. line Herman, an apprentice to Conrad Stsinhawer, shoo maker, Going business at No. 119 Meserole street, was ar- rested by Officer Kiehl on Saturday morning, charged with heving embezued and sold about $150’ worth of boots and sboes, at various times within the last nine About’ $12 worth of the stolen property, con- f indies’ shoes, were found concealed in tis bed at the time of his errest. A Jew, doing business in Grand street New York, was arrested, charged with having re ceived the stolen property. Yr4xk Roaps —The recent act passed by the Legisla- ture, authorizing the plaok roods and toll b i King’s connty to increase their rate of tolls it wil! compel inany of the lines from the various ferries to the surrounding villages to withdraw their stages, The toll for twelve stages, over the Newtown and Maspeth plapk roads and Fluehing bridge, a distance of four miles, will be upwards of $4,000 for the ensuing year. Superior Court.—Special Term. By Chief Justioe Uskley. iiliam B. Fairbanks, v3, Sith r overru'ed, with liberty to party fon. Judge Bosworth ud others, vs. Jacob Monasse —Motion Williom Bliss den Jomes W. Ogden, vs James B. Bodle, e.—Motion de nied, with $7 costs, to abide event. By Hon. Judge Campbell. 2 James @. Could. va, Jouph W. Gants,—Motion deniod, with $7 costs. t Theodore T. Edgerton, vs. John Nelson.—Sherit's allow ace in this case for his expenses in keeping and prever ving the property, settled at $94 50. Hoyors To tHE Late Wititam R. Kixg.—Hon. Howell Cobd, Governor of Georgia, immediately on the receipt of the news of the death of the Vice President, or- Sered that guas be fired from the Capitol square, in Millidgeville, from sunrise to sunset; that the various offices of the Executive it be closed ; that the entrances to the Capitol be hung in mourning for thirty and that the different executive officers wear om the left arm, day oraye ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC. FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE THREATENED EXPOSURE or THE CUBAN SLAVE TRADE. More of the Reception of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. THE KOSSUTH ROCKETS. Statement of the English Chancellor of the Exchequer. NEW MINISTRY IN SPAIN. Slight Deline in Cotton, &e., &., & The Collins steamship Baltic, Captain Comstock, arrived at this port at half past six o'clock yesterday afternoon. She left Liverpool at five o’clock on the afternoon of Wednesday, the 20th ult., but was de- tained at the bar two hours and thirty minutes by low water. She brings ninety-two passengers, among whom are Col. A. Dudley Mann, who returns to take the office of Assistant Secretary of State on the first of July; Hon. Geo. W. Crawford, Secretary of War in Gen. Taylor's cabinet; Wm. T. Campbell, Usq., and Dudley Persse, Esq. Our thanks are due Mr. W. H. A. Crary, the purser of the Baltic, for late papers. The news is not of much importance. The English Chancellor of the Exchequer’s finan- cial statement has appeared, the substance of which we give below. Mrs. Uncle Tom Stowe was circulating chiefly in the religious circles of Glasgow and Edinburgh, be- ing received with great enthusiasm by those who care more for black than for white slaves. She will probably remain in Great Britain till August. The Turkish question has settled down into diplo- matic stupidity. The Kossuth rocket affair was still enveloped in smoke. Cotton ai Liverpool was 1-ldc. a jd. lower for or- dinary and middling. The Cunard steamship Asia arrived at Liverpool at a quarter before 10 o'clock on Sunday forenoon, the 1ith ult. The screw steamship Geneva, Captain Paton, sailed from Liverpool at 5 o'clock on the evening of Tuesday, 19th, for Quebec and Montreal direct, with a fall complement of passengers, and a large cargo. ‘Bhe Austrian government .has refused to enter- tain the reclamations of Sardinia, respecting the confis e property of the Lombard re- fugees. An imperial commission, under the Presidency of Count Rechberg, is to proceed from Austriato Italy, to examine the state of affairs, and propose defini- tive measures for the organization of Lombardy. Advioes from Constantinople announce the arrival there, on the 4th, of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, and on the 5th he assembled the English residents, to whomhe gave an assurance of the maintenance of peace, and advised them to carry on their commer. cial operations with the utmost confidence. M. de la Cour arrived on the 6th. ‘The Spanish ministry has been re-formed. There was a rumor on the Paris Bourse that a conspiracy had been discovered at Madrid, for the purpose of overthrowing the Queen, and proclaiming the Infanta in her stead, with the Duke de Moxtpensicr as Regent. 'The advices from the River Plate in England state that Buenos Ayres was still besieged by the army of Lagas, but an armistice had been arranged for eight days. The cultivation of tobacco by the Paraguay- ans was rapidly progressing, and it was generally considered to be, in quality and flavor, equal to that grown at Havana. The dates are not as late as those received here. Capt. Gore, British ex-charge, was at Panama. Sir Charles Hotham, British envgy to the Argentine confederation, M. de St. George, I'rench envoy, Mr. Pendleton, United States charge, and M. Canuti, Sardinian, were at the Island of Assumption, and from that conference it was supposed thata commercial treaty was in progress between the Re- public and the powers represented. No important news from Rio. A diamond worth 00,000 had been found in one of the mining dis- uuicts. Cuses of ycliow fever still cccurred at Rio, aud one fatal caze was reported at Pernambuco. # Harrict Beecher Stowe to Uncle Tom’s Cabin | CORRESPONDENCE Lrvervoor, April 14, 1853. Zhe Landing of the Authoress of Uncle Tom's bin in Liverpool. The other Sabbath morning, while leaving my ho- tel, in Liverpool, I heard three distinct, extra, well- defined coups de canon, preceeding, I was informed by James, the waiter, irom the guns of the steamship Canada. James added that Missus ‘Arriett Beecham Sto’ was expected on the steamer, and then there would be “ a-much to de.” Leaving the hotel, [ had time, while saunter- ing towards the docks, to observe the crowds of church-going citizens, and to listen to the hallowed tones of the chi oing bell. Need it be said, to those who ha heard Liverpool chimes, that this tintirnabulation carried me back in remembrance to the woods of Maine, made musical at eventide by the bells of home-going kine? So striking was the similitude of sounds that my feel- ings overpowered me. I drew forth my handkerahief and—blew my nose: it would have been unmanly to have wept- On arriving at a floating platform called the landing stage, of which the Liverpuddlians are justly proud, I found myself in a crowd of six or seven hundred people, mostly, by their appearance, clerks in cotton offices, and all gazing towards the river. ‘The cynosure of all eyes and eyeglasses wes the “ Satellite” river steamer, bringing the mails and Mrs. H. B. Stowe from the Canada. Suddenly the Satellite changed her course to another landing place ; and then began a race of the crowd such as “ our insane artist’? might picture from the rear the retreat of the ten thousand Greeks— coat tails and bair Streamed like twin meteors on the troubled air !’" Eh bien! soon the Satellite makes fast to the stairs—everybody stands on tiptoe on everybody else’s toes, and all necks are elongated to look over everybody else’s hat. Being, as you know, rather shot and squobby, I was under the nevessity of climbing up a passive individual in front to obtain a view of the ceremony. Then burst on my enrap- tured vision, [see Petrarch,] an apparition of the closely veiled bonnet of a lady’s head, which we took to be Mrs. Stowe, buried among a pile of mail bags. Attending on the lady's bonnet was a gentleman of strikingly intellectual axpect, who was, of course, husband of the lady in the boanet, although the crowd insisted that he was Sam Slick, of Blue- nosian celebrity, and who was known to be Mrs. Stowe's fellow passenger. In course of time the bal- ance of the lady and gentleman was extricated, and roceeded arm A arm along a lane obligingiy opened y the people to a fly— siecle ee pind ve wheeied, drab lining, copy ot regulativas ic, vehilling « mile from the stand, horse browa, and Whe Reception By offleg with white stocking. We mention ticulars for ‘the sagerg future intorians dees. Stowe having been carefully put inside by the driver, ner ed gency mt presi te emer er “plunder,” which appeared shape atrunk, with the H's: i a eee eae 2 ess of Uncle Tom and owner of the trunk, what a shout rent the air! It was a true John Ball “ Hip, hip, hur!” with the “rah” cut off, Sunday. Indeed, some warm-hearted individuals, of the sacred day, thrust their hands thi door and windows of the fly to give the ill stran- gers the of hospitable welcome to that shore where no Ni) ees ok can re, igh that); and had me we no doubt the more hospi- table would have treated the Rev. Beecher with beer But before any one had nce of mind to make the pro, |, the jarvey hit the brown horse with the whit ‘king a lick on the near side of his head, the animal kic! out behind, family departed for the hospitable mansion of Mr. Crapper. Another cheer split the Sabbath atmosphere, and the multitude dispersed to their devotions. As it had been extensively announced in the BR aang by sare May ceived on i the Carlisle, a bright look out was kept for those nobles. For myself, | saw no one at all answering their dea- cription, excepting a respectable colored man, black all over, except his eyes and paves, which were yel- low. I once had the honor of dining with one of the noblemen in question, on a public occasion, at Strat- ford-upon-Avon, but was placed so far below the salt it was impossible at the ice_ to say whether his lordship were white or black. Presuiptions, how- ever, are in favor of this colored gentleman being one of the noble lords—at least he kept at a safe dia- tance from the contamination of the crowd, and hia manners had “All the repose That stamps the caste of Vere de Vere.”’ Do not, I beg of you, Mr. Editor, suffer your preju- diced American mind to find anything shocking in the blackness of this nobleman's looks, if nobleman he were. Remember, that in happy. Albion exists the true realization of your beautiful theory, that all men are free und equal. All offices in the British commonwealth, the throne excepted, are open, with- out let or hindrance, to colored ambition. And not a few responsible appointments are filled by the child- ren of Ham. I myself have seen a negro perform- ing, to the satisfaction of his employers, the duties of lance corporal to a stevedore. If neither the Earls of Shaftesbury nor Carlisle did receive the Stowe party on landing, a sufficient excuse may be found in the recent increase of the royal family, whic1, without doubt, demands the close attendance of both noble lords on the person of her aoe: Full of the pleasing reflections which Mrs. Stowe's warm welcome to the soil of England had inspired, I wended my steps homewards. On the way I found @ genuine woolly-head, seated on the stoop of a ‘‘ wine vault,’ trauslate ‘beer kitchen,”—smok- ing His pipe. “Sam,” said I. Remember, Mr. Editor, that on British ground no derogatory epithet must be used in addi the colored maior the equal of the white. ‘Sam-bo” is inadmissable, and the more de; ig title of “Doctor” not to be thought of. “Sam,” however, is a recognized initial and may be applied with im- punity to the lower orders. “ Sam,” said I, figuratively, ‘hang no more your banjo on the willows, nor weep to of Ole Vir- inney ! e Sam's eyes shone through the fog like two copies of the star Sirius. “ W’at ‘ave you to say, sir?” Thie colored Briton already omit.ed to haspirate hia haitches. 7 “ Samuel,” repeated I, with solemnity, “is this time to indulge in the vile weed of Kentuck. whem the fair benefactress of your race is Fed tye on these ehores? J mean, of course, Samuel, Mrs. - “Missus a-w’at 7” “Mrs. Stowe." « Missy’s toe! Lor’ gor’-amitey, what's he ?” 1 was humiliated, paral, by this hereditary bondman—this teful slave. “Man and brother,” said I, “your ignorance die- gusts me”—so I left. Thine, Hasr. eae OUR MANCHESTER CORRESPONDENCE. Maxcinssrer, (Engiand,) April 15, 1863. Arrival of Mr. Beecher Stowe in England—The White Slavery Questicn—A Sequel to Uncle Tom's Cabin, or the Queen’s Dream. The steamship Canada arrived in the Mersey om Sunday afternoon, bringing among her passengers Mrs, Beecher Stowe, her husband and brother. She was expected, and a larg®fumber of persons assembled on the pier- head, anxious to catch a glimpse of the authoress of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” In this, hewever, they were scarcely gratified, for the lady kept herself closely veiled, and immediately on landing got into covered cab and drove off to the residence of her host, Mr. Crupper,where large parties have been to meet her. On Wednesday sha left for Glaygow to attend an anti-slavery demonstration. In this country, just now, we are quite ina furoreabout the slavery question, The dsily papers are full of letters and articles exposing and condemning oue of the most infa- mous slaye systems in the world—the white slavery of dressmakers. The Simes is thundering out its levia- than anathemas ogainst it, and wisely calling for logis lative interference in the matter, whilst it tauntingly inquires of the Sutherlund-House ladies what they are doing in reference thereto. : Isend you paper. just published, entitled “A Sequel to Unele fom’s Cabin,” and have no doubt but that it will deeply interest your million of readers, whilst it im- parts to them @ small insight into Great Britwin’s secial condition. THE QUEEN'S DREAM; A SEQUEL TO “UNCLE TOM’S CABIN.’ Scrun—The emerald drawing room ina Palace of Freeland, ‘the walls adorned with portraits of the ohlonhnopen of all nations ; «. two remarkable paintings : one shoving Howard, the illustrious prisow reformer, aciministering consolation (9 the tenants of a loathsome dungecn ; the other, representing Joux POUND, @ humble getter. fn his habit when ae Hise, ceated on 5 ee legged stool, teaching little ra oys an to ahha they might becier find their ay to ‘hese Heaven iy Fother, Prosext—The Queen of Freeland, | sur- Founded by the Ladies of her Court, weeping ana sob- bing. TADY, who has just finished reading a novel, called “Uncle Tom's Cabin. Con such thiogs be, and overcome us like a summer’¢ éxcam rns SuCOND LADY, It almost surpasses belief ! TIVRD LADY. ‘That monster, Legree ! FOURTH LADY, inted martyr, Tom! Fiera LADY, hysterically. ing kya! who is young and beawiful, and has a very silvery voice I would not be mon- Such scones of life are horrible! arch of that ream in its present state for all the glory ef Use undisputed covereignty of the universe ! SIXTH LADY, old and supposed to be light-headed. May not the description have been over colored ? QUEEN, sadly, I fear not. My archbishops, bishope, ministers of state, aud privy councillors, all concur in stating that slavery i8 one of the greut sins of the Western World. Inever knew before that its features were so ul reg pulsive. I wish, my dear Duchess, I had never to read the buok. = FIRST LADY. Rather rejoice, your majesty : since the information you have obtained will enable you to protest against the in quity. hake QUEEN. No; 1am queen only in my own realm! And if I were to protest, or even implore, the appeal would be useless. The interoommunication between States is founded oa expediency, not sound moral prineipie. SROOND LADY. Suppose the ladies of your court and empire were te send a pathetic address on the subject tothe of the Wert. [have heard that woman s voice, when raisod im the cause of humanity, rarely fally unheeded on the care of even the sternost of the opposite sex; and surely our sisters will not refuse us a patient hearing, Must LADY I cordially approve of the scheme, and intended to have suggested it to your mujcrty myself. Lapis, in sephyry chorus, Sodo all of us! QvkeN. Do as you like—you have my permission! But be lov- ing aud kind on your language; for if our Land be the bleas~ ed abode of hbérty and bappiness, we should not forget that the li which the negro is held captive have not bad, the advantage of the experieace of « thow-and yeers of monaschical and Christian rule. ‘unt Ladies, in agitation.) Hk QUERN, (aleing up “Uncle Tom's Cabin.” Mo: ving, noon, and night, Lam thankful that the air of Freeland 1s too pure for a slave. If L thonght there was ove in my dominions, T would tear the jewels from my crown to buy his ransom. But there is not; it is only im the lund ef the West that literty i: profaned by traffic im the life that only God can give, and only God should use and take: With this queenly reflection her majesty began to road, until at length overpowered by the enotivas t e contenta of the book bad excited, she fell into such a deep study that the shadows of the word gathered around her hesd, and gently closed her cerulean eyes. Hor ol fell into the hellow of her lily hauc, and resting on ber elbow, buried in the cusbions by bor side, she slept. While slumbering, strange signts, stupendous doings, aw- ful revelations, crowded upon her soul. THe UREA. “The air of Freeland is tov puse fora slave!" thouglt s