The New York Herald Newspaper, May 4, 1853, Page 2

VERY INTERBSTING FROM CENTRAL AMERICA Re eed Unsettled Claims of United States Citizens. eee Work Traced out for the Hon. Solon Borland’ our New Minister. e., dhe, See Our Guatemalan Correspondence, ‘FO THE KDITOR OF THE WEW YORK HERALD, Crvv oy GUATEMALA, Feb. 1, 1853. Poaiitical and Warlike Movements in San Salwador and Gua- | femala—Corruplion among Government Ojicials—The Presiden!’s Amusements. Affairs here are beginning to assume a yery serious as- pect, and ere long there will be an explosion of some kind, A conspiracy to depose the present President of San Salvador (Duenas) has been detected. Some arrests have been made, but the principal leaders have escaped ito Honduras, and are now making common cause with Oabanos, the President of that State. To naderstand the watnre of the present state of affairs it ix necessary to go Pack a little. in a former letter | advised you of tmek and sacking of the towns of ham, Chi ‘and Zacapa, by the iuceos, who afterwards frontier and entered the State of Honduras. meantime some of them who had taken refuge in Salya dor, were, in consequence of a decree of the President against them, (a circumstance which has astonished every one, from the fact that heretofore he has given them countenance and protection,) obliged them to leave ‘that State and join the other bands in Honduras. whole of these parties afterwards concentrated and join- ‘ed the forces of Cabanas, who is therefore in command of a» eonsi¢erable “orce, and preparing to commence anotber war with this State. His first movement was to destroy the annual fair held on the 15th, 16th, and 17th of Jann- ary, at Eequipulas, and in which be Las been most suc- eevsful, the fair having proved a complete failure, To grain, frnits, &¢., are produced the: Sbundance, the re, in the greatest of the benefit t) a , are deprived might derive from @ direct ie with California, their resources, instead of being developed, are, through the policy of government crippled and destroyed, ‘There is, however, a movement on foot in that quarter at present toopen these ports, despite the goverament here, and itis very possible some serious consequences m: arise therefrom An American, travelling throngh this section of the State is trested with the test hospi- tality and kindness, and is being continually asked the question--‘* Wen are the Americans coming?” But [ ain wandering from the subject with which 1 commenced —let me return Cabanos, the President of Honduras, remains still at Gracias, with about six hundred men, probably awaiting the renult of the movement in Salvador, wh has re, ceived a momen'ary check through the arrest of so Tse it in bow evident that Bis intention is as { predicted in a sormer letter, by a flank movement, to en- ter and make common eause with the liberals there, against the monarehical and servile parties of that and of this State. Io the meantime, that wily chief, Guardiala, has made a fresh start in Honduras; at last advices he had marched from Segovia to Olanshe, where he is now raising troops, but whether to act with Carrera or Cata- The | accomplish this he placed detachments of troops withio | the limits of his own State, upon all the principal roads, ‘and forced back all persons going thither. By this move ment the merchants and traders from Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragus and Honduras, were prevented from at tending, and it is said that the effect upon these ja most disastrous, as they had incurred heavy penses with the hope of realizing « profit at the fair, and are in consequence of this movement of Cabanas al- most ruined. Report says that great morta amongst those who attended it, and that may have ally perished on the roads of starvation. Our last advic orm us tha! Cabanas has fallen back upon Gracias with all bis force, although it was believed asses ex y existed | overcome are no'greater than those of the proposed Te- that a portion of bis foree had been detached to attack | the fort of San Felipe on the Golfo Dulee, and the late Belgian settlement of Santo Toms ‘The President of this State has has not been idle, how ever. A force numbering, it is said, about four thousand men, with four pieces of artillery, (American six pound- rs,) has been eoncentrated at Chiquimula, near the | that of Tehuantepec. Srontier of Honduras, to watch the movements of Ca- | anaes, and several large detachments of troops have Been posted at other points. The main force is com manded by the President in person, and is about the ‘most efficient body of men ever raised in this State. A great deal of sickness prevails amongst them where tney are now quartered, and in all probability they will be moved to some other point. may, by a flank movement, enter Salvador, where he would be immediately joined by the creat mass of the iberal party, and then enter this State at the head of a large force. In the meantime thiv city is filled with ru more. Some say that on the return of Carrera, he intend to play the game of Louis Napoleon on a sunall scale. place bimseif at the head of his troops. eertainly his and not those of the State) himself independent of all parties. ‘There but that many would not only favor b port him in this measure, with the hope of seeing the influence of the Jesuits destroyed, the present head of whom has al- ready been expelled from thirteen different ling propensities. A few weeks will matters. Mr. Heiss, the Prussian Minister, left her some shor time since for Salvador, where he has been successful ebtaining a grant of land for twenty thousand Prussians to settie upon. He made his proposals to this govera- ment, but they were refused in the most polite manuer. 2t was suid that the obdjection was raised by the Jesuit se the Prussians are Protestants, a e large a body of them might end ed religion of the State B McGregor, Esq, and Capt. Wright have « the letter gentleman, who was the principal purvy rying cn the negotia n the government formed you ina previous letter, has been most fully treated. He was kept here over three inonth an expense of aboui three thousand dollars ) > that a contract would be entered into with several iatecviews with the President great things: ap finally, © promi (bribes) to che awount of about sixteen thousand dol Jars, to certain parties, everything appeared to be factorily arranged, when he was informed be m nounee his citizenship in the United nothing could be done for him. At red, the papers were all drawo up an sanction of the comm!ssioners appointed ton Jhim, and only useded the signature of the | De carried inte effect. It w seid that the order to break of ight forgot to promis cial of the hiz project tre the amount of about 1 coming, aitho of the member At pr Some years s » Belgian com ‘the port of Aomas to Guatema having failed tof endeavoring to obtain an ever, The goverument w charter forfeited, and « reversion of all the priv fore granted. Quite # ft pcecurred at one of the dinner parties given by the President during the holidays eon Rixeeliency and the 5 appears that there are ci in this city who claim to b ever a contribution is levied shelter this plea, and refuse to p nish ministe the ay their quota, an has been no Spanish minister they have ‘wined the protection of the French one rty the conve mm turned on this ve is Excellency swore out roundly avd declaring that one of half » dozen of and shoot ‘the rest—withd ® troops from to the mercy of » old Spain for prot abont three years ago, when with a email the main body. the jai tachment of tr m tt he took with him fourteen priso: t one at every league's dis ment,’ and it is possib merely to f his threat tion, One of there v 2 men bad been tried upc charge of ca: to the Iueos, but was acquitted; mevertheless, Car: wore he would «ne him, and #0 be did. EDITOR. Wp. 8.—Intelligence from the frontier this morning @nnouncer that no new movements have either hostile feree. and Vreside this city ina few days, I he com: with Genera! Cerna Cry oF GvaTenata, Fe Progress of Hostilities between Guatemala and San dor—Settiement of Aimericans in the Territory —Move toopen Ports—Mail contract with San Salvador—Nego tations for a Plank Road. Oar last advices from the army frontiers are to the 10th instant, but as yet nothing ¢ sive bas cecurred. The President has ordered up some we inforeements and two score pieces of artillery from Tambal, and it is possible that he wi n to the @ity as soon as wes expected. That he ordinary movement in view, |s evident from the course he jn pursuing, for at this moment his mouthly army ex penser are about fourteen thousand dollars, and the nots dollar in the treasury to meet thie dema anderstand his Excellency is most anxious to ob the It iggporsible that Cabanas | aces for his | services of some American artillery officers aud some videmen for bis my; but that the measure ix woe determinedly opposed by his ministers, acd by one Don Lmis Batres, (the most wealthy man in the « antry, and | from whom all the lesser satellites take ibeircue,) who in willing to have men whe have served in the Americar army, but they must be natives of Spain Gormany—({poor fools! as if the adopted citivens of the Woited States are not as strongly imbued with the spirit of ite institutions as are the natives of the he declares that he « ene of the Lor damn Yuniees, or permit iti he can prevent vt Ae he of the prineipal wire-pullers of the Jewuit party, you may rest assured that he do al his power to carry out his threat: but aa well attempt to stay the progress of e\viliz of all he and the Jesnits can 4 this country. Agreeably ne inwe foreigners can purchase and hold land: large estates have been purchased by ountry never consent to the admission of a on, for in despite Amer of and alceady p00 n settl Guaveinal, American T others are being negotiated for slo the bestaatan ot only this, but there isa large and very wealthy party bere called the can party,” prio composed of the liberals, (demorrate vo States.) who are straining every nerve to ope eommereial intercourse with ‘the United the entire disteict of Quevaitenango. ei eof hiv party The jealousy of tb be Qhewetevanye + ‘ Am ‘ he Unit brasiag tha Portagal or | | } nos, is yet uncertain, Indeed it is Possible he may try to play a little game of his own—declare himself President of Honduras, and, with Carrera’s assistance, overthrow Cabanas, and thus seize on the reigns of government. Really the disordered and disorganized state of these epubliss is truly lamentable, and if you turn your eyes to Mexico you will find the came tute of things existing. Everything appears to indicate a complete breaking up, and the present state of affairs reeails forcibly to the mind, the condition of the country under the Indian dy- nasties, immediately anterior to the Spanish conquest, and which, no doubt led to their becoming such an easy prey. ii affords me much pleasure to inform you that Cap- tain Wright has succeeded in obtaining a contract from the government of Salvador for his line of steamers, to run between Panama and Acajutla, or Sonsonate. These steamers are tomake monthly trips and to land mails at La Union, Liberted and Acajutia, the government of San Salvador to pay the sum of $4,000 annually, for carrying the wails, and the contract is given for the term of ten years. Captain Wright is endeavoring to make similar contracts with the States of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, in which, [have no doubt, be will be successful. Itis currently reported here that Colonel Fitzgibbon will be unable, just now, todo asything with the pro- posais of the American compauy for constructing a road acrors the State, but that it will be eventually arranged, no one for a moment doubts. He, therefore, proceeds to San Salvador in afew days to complete negotiations there. I have had an opportunity of examining the pro: posals of the company, which are very liberal; and also of inspecting the reports and plans of different routes érawn up by the Colovel. Enclosed isa rough draft of the country, and an outline of the best tracks to con- struct the read. The best and shortest route is evidently that from Santa Tomas to Acajutla. The estimated ex- pense of @ canal, (connecting Santa Tomas with the Rio Motagua,) with a depth o! cight/en feet water, is put at one million of dollars; and of the road, 155 miles in tabout $35.000 per mile. Ample materials for he road will be found throughout nearly its entire extent, and the engineering difficulties to be buantepec route, The other reute, by the Golfo Dolce, is also reported to be quite practicable; but the expense of removing the bars, three in number, at the mouth of the river, and the cost of construction of the road would be much greater. The Acajulta route possesses superior advantages to The trade of chis country is more than quadruple the other, and the products are of a more varied ebarseter, embracing as they do not only those of tropical regions, but of colder climes. Wheat, oats, barley. potatoes, &c., &c., are grown eqnal to any in the United States, and it ooly requires good roadsjto | open sources of wealth probably unequalled in any other country, The difference in distance in going to or coming from California, &e., is very trifling; and as the Panama Railroad will be the main link of communicating with South Americs on the Pa , 80 would this be of com- municating with North. It is generally known | believe in the United States, that by a deeree of this government passed some short time since, the gold and silver coins of the United States have been made a legal eurrency in this country—a measure which bas been very benetical to the commerce of the State, and which was brought about by the un- tiring exertions and perseveranc: of Henry Savage, Esq EX EDITOR, Crry oy GuaTemata, Feb 20, 1853, he Movemenis—The Belgian Contractors—Abseace of ricon Ships of War from the Guatemalan Porls— rievances inflicted om American Citizens, from time to time— Earthquake and Assassination, No material change in the state of affairs has taken place here since my last letter. The President still re- ine with the army; and, as ranches have been con’. structed for the troops, it is possible they will remain in their present quarters until the intentions of Carrera are fully matured. A report is current that the Iuceos are hemmed in about Jalapa, and that it is his intertion to ¢xterminate them, now that he is in a postion to do 0; however, as it is a wellknown fact that he is in commu- tion with Guardiola, I think the rumor. has been eir- lated to cover bis intentions against Honduras. | ne thing prevents his penetrating into that State here ix a large desert tract, without roads © of about 66 to 80 miles in extent, through mouct manok im order ty accuiuplshs any ting puving bat a very limited supply of provisions, he re not apt it, lest, being defeated, he should be com. pelled to retreat through this desert, where, undoubtedly, most of his wen would perish. A movement on the part 1 Honduras, in his favor, would, however obviate this stumbling block to his movements, and play hin ry the war into the heart of Hon veal nsition to ¢ | | o'el fow weeks must decide the matter. a is nothing later, and for the pre | sent the movement of the libersls appears to be crushed | theseStat . resemble @ eleepio ate an irruption; | for come it will, and that ere long— be terrible and devastating ti Assembly bave decided to the Belgian Company at Santo Tomas howeve wuse inay Legisia’ tin in order to see if they oun complete their contract. A > whole Heiss, er. is breathiag defiance from gy Guatemala with the blockace aware that Prussia had a t here. good faith from the ur fica neir respec 6 goverD requent- —Istapa, &e., ke ‘But let us see and how oar citizens hae been, as y ther of the r naval oflicers these places, to with their possessing euch a hing as # navy is ridiculed. Nor is this a!l, The govern: ment of the United States has permitted repeated ag ons to be committed by these goveruments against the liberty and property of American citizens, and no re dress has been obtained, although their griev: been again and again brought before the not thorities at Washington. How differently would vernments of France and England ¢ acted in such « it may be raid that this statement of wie is mer jon. To prevent thie permit me to give you a few to which T shall cell your attention is an ps, of Philadelphia, (merchant. vs. | Guatemale. Mr. Phillips was doing business } y in the year 1828, (having been some time pre y in Omoa, in Honduras, but, at the time, toe various formed the Centr ican confederation,) and led upon to pay a te the government, be ground of being a fusing, the AMalde ; public and conata- ble, breke i d December, 1828, ani | caused to be herefrom one hundred and twenty six cases Of wine, thirty-one cases earthenware and glass, and three cases of mediciees, (at the same time leaving the store open to be plondered.) These articles were ex- | posed at public sale on the following day, to pay a forced | loan of one thousand one hundred doliars, three hundred of which had been demanded before Me. Phillips leit non for Guatemala, Th efu) measures | were resorted to by the / to sacrifice the property at the sale id, hed it not been for the inter. | ference of the foreign merchants, they would have suc- | wed im their disgrace infamous de: Not | ratlefed with this, on the F. Phil- | il fo fifty-one | ed loan of five | signing a en of the Padilla, with for refusing to pey another fo: red dollars, and was onfy liberated bligation to pay the above sur, The ated by the signat were. Willlarn Hail, J d statements of | bn Poin d James God frey Elster, merchan es Mid- | dleton, merchant, ¢ Sepben P. tate: | brought be eroraent, and | the subje on hase t wa lera Phi! granted tw the heirs this city some years actually indebted in the without taking into consid ment. with an astorted oar; vere two six pound field pieces, cons) raosact ooeen he seat o at time at | tion—and with a two-fold object | may be made aware of how grossly the various adminis- | trations{have neglected the interests of }* party | then permitte | arbitary and illegal proceedings, amounted to ‘several | dome, and own | the priveipal owner of this vessel, was, with his brothers, | just be repelled, at whatever risk, by the United Sta | took possession of the vessel and eargo by force, in order | 9.875 Ibs. of gunpowder, it being at t | all persone h Fell, but wubseq dispute, he de him by an officer, direetizg him force, in onset refusal ma te no alterpative, gave ensued between the parties, in which the San Jose people were victorious—the cannon captured and dragged away in triumph. The following month, Mr. Cotheal was at Cartago op business, and was ordered to appear before a military tribunal in San Joe. Om appearing, in pur suance of that order, he was apprehended and imprisoned for having sold the fleld pieces. Every exertion was made to obtain his, liberation, and security offered for his re- maining a prisoner in the country, on parole, All was denied, and Mr, Lawson was also required to appear, which he did, though suffering at the time from ill health; and on arrival, he was also imprisoned. After several days deliberation. the tribunal mned them to pay a fine of $20,000, Mr. Lavson to be banished from the State, and Mr, Cotheal for ten years, to such place ia ‘the State as the government might de:ignate. Gallegas, the Supreme Judge, refused his approval to these pro- ceedings, and the fine was reduced subsequently to $2,000, ‘These cittvens of the United States were then released, after having been confined in prison, the one thirty the other nineteen days. Nor was this all, for s large amount of property belonging to their employers in New ied upc oR, a incal snthorien of York was seized upon and so] Costa Rica. . On the facts ef the above ease being made known to our government, a correspondened,took place in 1836, and in dexnification to the amount of $24,000 was demanded from Costa Rica; but, as usual with our government in such eaves, the matter was permitted to drop, and I pre- sume the sufferers may whistle for antisfaction. ‘The next case to which I wish to draw your attention ia that of Mr. G. Coursauit, Consular Agent of the United States at the port of Truxillo (Honduras) va. Guatemala. ‘The facts are : In early part of 1831, a schooner, named the Phoenix, (and owned by foreigners, as was afterwards proved, viz: Guillaume Peyre, residing in New Orleans, and a Mr. Duplisscs, mer- chant, of Guatemala,) Capt. Heymans, cleared from New Orleans for the port of San Juan de Nicaragua, but in- stead of proceeding there, went to Truxilio, having on board a six-pousder, mounted upon a pivot, powder, handcuffs, provisions, and about fifty m At’ this period a revolution was going on. On the arrival of the vessel at Truxillo, she was embargoed by the authoriti through representations made by the merchants an shipping in port that she was a suspicious vessel. A cor- respondence in consequence ensued between the command- ant and Mr.G. Courrault, U.'S Consular Agent, who, on finding that the vessel was owned by foreigners, deemed it his duty, agreeably to the instructions for such cases, to deiain the papers of this’ vessel, fully proved to be foreign property, covered by the Arnerican flag. Sub- equently, the commandant required Myr. Coursault 10 deliver up the vessel’s payers, that she might be released from the arrest, upon security, whilst the case was for- warded to the supreme government of Guatemia for decision ‘This Mr, Conrsault very kindly refused. Soon after, a decree was promulgated by the Tribunal of Marine at Guatemala, ordering the vessel and papers to be re- stored (although, at the time, the papers had been for- warded to Guatemala, with a view ofa better understand- ing of the case) without giving Mr. Coursault a hearinz, or waiting for the varions documents connected with the provcedings, sequestrating the property of Mr. Coursault | to the amount of $10 000, and requiring him to give ad ditional security, although the vessel and cargo were only valued at $3,500. Now, Mr. Conrsault acted in strict accordance with the laws of the United States, and with his instructions; and yet, although his case was properly represented to ‘our government, together with all the correspondence, decreas, &e., no notice was ever taken of it, and the unfortanete man died of a broken heart, and utterly ruined. Aud all for doing his duty. Who would be a consular agent in Central America after this? The after fate ot the schooner, ana those connected with her, issingular, On being released, she proceeded to sea, and when off uatan I-land, was captured by the Ceatral | American schooner Executive, and taken into Gmoa, where she was condemned asa lawful prize, and Duplisses shot. Dominguez, who caused his death, was finally shot huneelf, and the schooner passed into possession of the goverpment, and was finally wrecked. 1 have two or three more most important cases, to which I shall draw your attention in sy next letter. EX-EDITOR, P. SI bad forgotten to mention two circumstances which bave cecurred here. The first is the earthquake of the (th inst. It tork place at ten minutes before three in the morning, and consisted of five shocks. The motion was undulatory. I was awakened by the cracking of the beams of my bedroom, and hastened immediately into the open air—a circumstance I found very general. Another slight shock cccurred at about four o'clock With the exception of some rmall cracks in several of the private dwellings, and some injury to a building near the cathedral, no material damage followed. Had it con tinued for 2 few reconds longer, with the rame violence, the city would have suffered greatly. The cther circumstance is the assassination of an Eng: lishman in the publie street, on the eveniog of the 14th He was named James Turvey, and was married to @ native of the country. The assassin was arrested, ani is now in prison. There is, however, a fact connected with this unfortunate a(lair that is rather ominous, and which has created no small amount of mistrust in the minds of | the foreign residents here. It is that, on the night of the assassination, & small earthenware vessel filled with blood, | was placed in the window of Mr. Wyke, the British Consul | General, and up to this date no diseavery has been made of who plased it there. The singling out of tne British Consul makes the matter the more serious, and may pos- sibly lead to some disagreeable results, Crry or Guaremata, Feb. 25, 1853. Some Further Claims of United States Citizens against the Cents ot American States Pruesion Colonization. In roy letter of the 20th inst., I gave you a few cases of justifiable claims of citizens of the United States agaiust the Central American States, and which, for seme cause or other our government has permitted to remain dor want, to the manifest injury, not only of the claimants Bhisy at the me tirryinponnibig wader jin af bom fireation, whieh he aie as illegal and urconstit from the fact that the article was introduced imto the country whilst recognized as a lawful article .of commerce. Im consequence of Mr. Savage has been eompelled to aban: these proce: don and yield up wwder to the government, under pro- test, and now claims compensation for thi he hes sustained by their act, in thus interfering with his pursuit of lawful commeree in the country. I am not aware whether Mr, Savage has aa yet laid his case and claim before our government,—if not, mo doubt he will do s0; and it is to be hoped that rome stringent measures will be at once resorted to, to compel these States to ob- serve better fsith, and thus put an end to the grievances and losses Awnerican citizens sustain through the bad faith of the various governments. Things remain here pretty much In the same state as at the date of my last letter. The President still remains with the troops at Chiquinula (watehing the movement of Cabanas) to whieh point arms and ammuaition are be ing forwarded. There is a rumor of an intended change in the ministry, but as yet it has not assuined anything ofa tangible shape. From Salvador, advices state that Duenas has been making an effort to get the Chamber of Deputies together, with a view of declaring that State an inde} it ropub’ lic; but they, having the fear of Cabanas betore their eyes, declined his invitation to ausemble. He had already cansed the decree of declaration to be drawn up, and ap- s to be quite disappointed at finding it “rejected la- r.”? That there is a Peng under current workiug against him is evident, and it is highly probable that a change of Presidents will occur ere loug. In a former letter I stated that a report from Salvador informed us that the Prussian Minister, Mr. Heisn, had obtained permission for 20,000 Prussians to settle in that State. ‘This is not actually the case; he has obtained per- mission to settle. and lands for some thirty or forty Prus- sian families, in Salvador, who had originally formed part of that miserable, broken down and bankrupt Belgian set tlement of Santa Tomas, but under the stipulations men tioned in my letter before referred to. He has also ob- tained permission to erect a Protestant church—being the first ever permitted in the Central American States. EX EDITOR. City or GuATEMALA, March 1, 1953, Earthquake--Indian Depredations---Commercial Affairs. ‘The destruction of property by the earthquake of the Sth ult., (alluded to in my letter of the 20th ult.) in the department of Quezaltenango, has been very great. Several large pucblas have been over- thrown, and are now in ruirs, whilst the churehes have suffered more or less. One of the largest in the depart- ment has been rent in several pieces. This awful visita- tion has been attended with some loss of life, but to what extent we have no definite information here. It is hizhly probable that that part of Mexico bordering on Guate- mala has also suflered severely. Letters from V'eten, received up to the 20th ult., tate that the wild or uncivilized portion of the Indians are still continuing their depredations. ‘They have recently acked and slaughtered some of the civilized Indiaus in- at | habiting the pueblas recently established. A treacherous attempt was made to place Peten in their possession, bat, fortunately, it failed, the traitor having been shot by the very chief whom he {atended to lead into the town. Some of the bullets made use of by these savages, (for many of them being supplied with guns by trading with British Honduras,) have been forwarded to this fity ase curi- osity. They are of a species of marble, from two to three inches in length, and polished quite’ smooth. A great deal of labor ust evidently baye been spent to form them, On the Mexican frontier there is still some difficuliy about the old affair of the province of Socomuseo, which, a8 you are aware, Mexico unjustly seized upon some time since, and added to her territory. All the available troops located in the Altos are now ordered to this point of rer vice. From the army on the Hondnras frontier we have dates to the 2let ult President Carrera has thoroughly fortified the church of Chiquimula, and placed that town in as excellent a state of defence as possible. A garrison of five hundred men is to be placed in charge, and the President will return to the city. Two hundred addition- al troops will leave here on the 6th instant for the same Place. General Cabanas, it is rumored, has fallen back Upon Comayagua, with a foree of about’ 400 men, having teveral small :kirmishing parties on the frontier, with a view to plunder and annoy. ‘the general impression ap- years to be that he will make no attack whilst Carrera remains with the army. In the city we have no news of interest. The strict ob- servance of Lent appears wholly to command the atten- tion of this chureh-going people, AU the fashionable portion of our population are at present abseat at Es cuintla, the Saratoga of Guatemala, Rather an imperfect report of the state of the com- mercial business for 1852 is abroad—the retuins fron Santo Tomas are not complete. The arrivals at Santo Temas, of foreign vessels, as far as is ascertained, were 7, at Izabal 48, and at Ixtapa 22—in all, 77. The tonnage of the whole is estimated at 8,033 tons, ‘The value of the imports for the year, is put at about one million of dol- lars, although this falls far short of the amount, as the original wsvoices are never produeed here at the custom houre.. The amonnt of duties paid into the treasury is about $230,000. The custom house valuation of the ex- ports for the year 1862, is estimated at $868,550. Of the above enumerated foreign vessels, there were but two American—one at Tzabal, with cargo of provisions, from New York—the other at Istapa, for hides, The di- rect American trade, thercforo, is really nothing, though a large amount of American provisions, cry gooda, & find their way to this market through Englis versels tia belize, Britinh Honduras. The value of this indi ect trade with the United States is, therefore, un- brown. I am glad tolearn that an attempt is being about to be made to open up direct commercial relations with the United States, and which I feel assured will well EX-EDITOR. repay the parties undertaking i The Sandwich Islands. but of other, citizens residing in these States, and whom | the local authorities seem to think they can tregt with | simi impunity. In this letter i purpose giving you | two or three more—not that these few will exhaust my | P catalogue, but thet they are suflicient to prove my asser- | First, that throngh the’ | colynens of your paper, the people of the United States ns abrow secondly, that the present administration of his Ex celleney, Franklin Pierce, President of the United States, Daving the subject thus brought publicly under his | notice, may take the necessary steps to cause ample, though tardy, justice to be rendered tue gufferers, and | also prevent the recurrence of similar acts. I defy contea ion to these statements, either upon the part of our goverpment or that of these States; they have beea, with many others, collected with the greatest eare, and | from sources indisputable, during @ residence of over ax | | twelve years in various parts of Central America. n aud owners The case of the American schoouer Ca! snext In the ye and sailed from the port of New York, (consigned to Joseph Croskey, part owner, aod who, I believe, is at pre- sent United States Consul at Southampton, England,) to Vabal, it having been declared a port of entry for foreiga vessels, by the sep government of Guatemala, in | coment uence Of the port of Omoa being in possession of a | hostile to the government, and to which the seh oner had originally intended to proceed. Owing to the | bad state of the river, the vessel was detained at the bars ome deys; but just as she was crossing the inner bar, an | order was served upon the captain requiring him to pro: ceed, within twenty-four hours, to Omoa, under penalty of | confiscation of vessel and cargo. To comply with this r, a portion of the cargo had to be discharged on tha | om beach, (the river b sfallen in the meantime.) that | the bars might be d; and then the vessel pro- | joUmoa. On arrival every effort was made to in- captain to enter tha vessel there, which he re- ‘The revenue officer then threatened to use force, | ce of which the vessel was detained twenty: | of the ca: o had to b sold at a’ great sacrifice, and was | to return tothe Rio Dulce, and proceed to Ivabal. The part of the cargo landed on the-beach was | also greatly damaged. ‘The loss to the owners by these | thousands of dollars, withont including the expenses en | tailed upon them; but up to this date, although the case | was brought under the notice of our government, they | have received no satisfaction or indemnification, | The next is the ca:e of the American schoover Plan- | s, Pinol & Brothers. Don Manuel Pinol, | an adopted citizen of the United States, and establishe in business in the city of New York. To 1832 they des- patehed the above named schooner to their consignee in vabal, with parmission to touch en route at Truxillo, where, on arrival, General Ferrara, purporting to act un- der instrnetions from the Central American government, to fit her ont to assist in the siege of Omoa, then in a state of insurrestion A trifling sum was paid the cap- tain for the vessel and cargo, which, together with a sum paid by the New York State Marine Insurance Company, partly indemnified the Messrs. Pinol. But the whole sam paid was not a tithe of the value. The claim of Mrs. Pinol, (for Mr. Manuel Vinol is deceasel,) who is a native of Philadelphia, amounts to $20,000, independent of that of the insurance company, who are also a perty interested. During the time that Mr. De Witt was United States Charge 4’Affairs bere, he had instructions from the go- vernment to prosecute this claim, which he never did; and as the seat of government wae soon after removed to salvador, this affair was also abandoned, This claim is a most just one, The vessel was American, sailing under American colors: her owners, eaptai d crew were all citizens of the United States, ond the eaptain was com- pelled to give her and cargo up by foreed sale, and on wuch terms ae suited the authorities at lruxilio. The last case to which I shall cail your attention ie of recent occurrence, and my be said 0 be stil! pending, It is that of Henry Savage, Kaq. vs. the State of Salvador. The facts aze these —In September. 1851, the American bark Homer, from Boston, landed at the port of Acajutla he time a legal art- cle of commerce, and paying duties agreeably to the tariff seale, Sales were efleeted by hie agents at Soneonate to | the amount of sbout 1,0 Ibs., at the rate of $12 psr 25 | jos. for one quality, and $25 per 25 Ibe. for another. appears however, that av soon as the intel Crampton: Webster treaty (I) my ham) 2 di graceful affair, and certainly one that will not exist long) ywnment, and at which the well ag | », have teken great umnbroge the Chamver es passed a deeree that withia six month from | iblication, the sale of gunpowder should be | he governmens, of 2 Salvador, and that ng a quantity exceeding three pounds, | ld remove it from all inhabited places, under severe | This decree stopped the sale, aod a custom nse officer required of Mr. Savage the removal of his | from the custom house, where it bad been onder the pletge of the gation, ava larfula ce. The object of thie manwayre bor he powder might be declared cont a monopoly 0: and when pn Ted to purchase the rema © apd not a oF w | nation, | vessels of war, a flee | A people so recently emerged from barbarism, now & | disregard to the principles of justic It} a APPEAL OF THE KING FOR PRO! From the Provie ny 2.) Private letters of recent date from Peru bring very riant intelligence concerning these irlands. Tbe | pendence of the young kingdom is seriously threatened, | and urgent demonds for assistamee have been forwarded to Washington, asking protection again-t the impending danger. The French government have made demands | upon that of Hawaii of an extortionate and totally inad- missible character, incompatible with the liberties of the Perhaps, with a view of taking possession of the whole Archipelago, these claims are to be supported by 8 squadron, consisting of two 60 gun ships and four other tfully capable of seizing the islands and subverting the government, as was done with the So- ciety group a few years ago. The imfamous conduct of France towards the defenceless Queen Pomare, leads us to expect no better fate for the unfortunate King Kame- hameha III. unless the protection uow so urgently asked is exftnded by our government or by that of Great Britain. trug- gling into civilization and laboring to sustain their pendence, rhould be supported and protected by all ci ized nations, To the United States the appeal comes with « double force, for to this coustry the Hawaian go- vernment owes its existence and its subjects their civili- vation, while the possession of those islands, flanking as they do the coast of California aud Oregon, furnishes the key to our Pacific seabonrd. Like Cubs, sc long as they | remain subject to their present proprietors, their ac quisition can only be attended with danger to ourselves; but like Cuba again, they must never fall into the hands ofany great naval power which can control them to our injary. ind designs of France upon the Sandwich Islands have been pursued insidiously, but steadily, for many years. Their reintive importance has rendered it impolitic and impracticable for her to proceed, with the same open and the rules ternational law, tliat stamps with opprobrium her recent acquisitions in the Pacific. The Society Islands had not the good fortune to be recognised asa part of the family of nations, aud something of the same audacity whien originated the idea of “* posession by right of discovery,” was allthat was needed to transfer that title to its mno- dern synonym— posses ion by right of conyenienca, Bat the islands bave a stronger claim than that of un Sandwich availing pity upon the sympathies of the world. They are an organized and recognived government. ‘The Ha- waian kingdom is an integral member of the political | seven days, at a great expense; to cover which a portion | family. Her geographical porition and her internal pro- gress bave made her such, and rhe cannbt be extinguish ed without deranging, in some degree, the existing rela- tions of States. Hence the cautious manner with which the measure, now threatening « speedy consummation, bas been approached by France For years have frivolous pretexts been found for présentiog ex- orbitant claims against the government of the islands, and eyery concession made with the hope of peace has been foliowed by yet more insolent demands. The latest movement is One calculated to produce alarm from various causes. The occupation of the islands by France ‘The reasons of this necessity are obvious ata glance the map. and the prevailing tone of the French Emporor is not indicative of peace. ‘The nephew of his uncle’? can hardly hope to retain a throne won by the magic of a name, without doing something to prove himself, in the estimation of his new found subjects, worthy of that name. That war in some direction must shortly succeed upon bis coronation pees (80 us a and two wers, diametrically op) In every respect except in the degree with whieh they aro. disliked by the present government of France, appear most likely, one or both, to be the chosen objects of the crusade. Republicao France would rejoice once more to pour across the plains of Lombardy, under the banner of a Napoleon, to re-enact at Lodi, Marengo and Austerlitz, the ruin of the Austrian. bed ptr France would gladly make herself the champion of despotism for the chance of humbling the pride of free America. Both elements would rush blindly to conflict with any power, thoughtless of principles and reckless of results, under the maddening shout of “La gloire e la victoire.” At the recent marriage of the Emperor, the church of Notve Dame was gorgeously decorated ‘in drapery of green and gold, the colors of Napoleon I. Tue master of ions, upon receiving his orders, is said to have 4 that purple would be the proper color for his Imperial Majesty on that occasion. ‘No; we will wait till we annex a province,” was the pompous but signifi- cant reply. Possibly the Sandwich Islands may be in tended to furnish the occasion for this imperial display; and in truth, there is nota province adjacent to France whove forcible annexation would be attended with results so important to the interesta of the whole wold as would that of the Hawaian kingdom. The consnmma- tion of this scheme in the mode attempted would furnish rofficient casus belli both te Great Britain and the Uni States. That itis now rapidly assuming an attitude alarming to the friends of this feeble isiand State, and ix made the subject of urgent diplematie appeal, we know from the highest sources, That a prompt and decided stand upon this question, assumes by onr government conjointly, if need te, with that of Great Britain, would be the means of préserving the independence of the islands without endangering the peace of the world, is not im- probable: but should the domestic policy of the Smperial | Court require a foreign war an oceavion ia readily pre. sented in the pending question. If @ war with France be ‘he apnsequence, let it eome, but at all hazards the inde- adence of the Hawaian kingdom must be maintained. Hiaw far the declaration, made on the Ist of Febrany by the new French minister at Honolula, that" France entertas no ambitious designs against the islands { calculated 40 allay the fears of the nation, depeuds npon the positton whieh that Zuvetionary may aaxume wich regard te the Usitoe ho ir sant to enforce “Upoo the nothing b¥# ye! been made put is coasting | | "The New War with LESTER FROM MR. BARTLETT UPON PROCLAMA- TION OF GOV. LANE OF NEW MEXICO, FOR THE SEI- ZURE OF THE VALLBY OF THE MESILLA, To Tux Eviron oF THA PROVIDENCS JOURNAL, ‘The proclamation of William Carr Governor of the Territory of New Mexico, announcing intention te take possession of a district of comnts the Rio Grande; north of El Paso, called the Mesilla Valley, abounds in so many errors and misstatements, which may lead the igen yernment and the people to form erroneous views on subject, that I deem it my duty, on account of my ¢on- nection with the Boundary Commission, to make,the fol- lowing statement of facts bearing on the dccuiment in question, in my remarks, I shall examine each clause of the proclamation reparately, and point cut its errors. The first clause alludes to the territory in dispute:— 2. From the year 14, and anterior thereto, until the yoar 1861, this portion of territory was aeknowledged to be withia the limits of New Mexico; but in the year itl, the State of Chihuahua assumed jurisdiction over the sime, without Producing any authority for this act from tho republic of th obtainea the assent of the United jexieo, and withont having azent of the United States or the Territory of New Alexivo, an ; remonstrances of a large portion of the inhabitants of the disputed territory, who then numbered 2,00) souls. ‘or this assertion Governor Laue doudtless relies upoa a decree of the Mexican government, passed in July, 1824, whieh says, that ‘the province of Chihuahua shall in- clude all that is comprehended between right lines drawn from east to west, from the point or town called Paso del Norte on one side, with the jurisdiction it has always posressed, and the hacienda of the Rio Florida, on the side of Durango, with its respective appurtenances.” ‘On this old decree of Mexico, four years before Chihua- hua had adopted her constitution, and ten years before she had made known her limits, rests the strongest claim of Governor Lane to the disputed territory. But this de- cree says the line shall be drawn from El Paso, with the jurisdiction it has always possessed. What was, then, the jurisdiction of this town? and where is the evidence that i tended eight miles, more or less, north of the town, as Governor Lane asserts? As there was no town within fifty miles to the north of it in 1841, it doubtless extended that distance, or to the very limits of the State, agreeable to her constitution. It is “well known that our eountry towns have an extension of teo miles or more, but the jurisdiction of the Mexican towns often extended fifty miles. So at the south the territorial limits of Chi- huabua extend to the ‘hacienda of the Rio Florida, with ite appurtenances.” New, having been at this hacienda, Tcan assert that its “appurtenances” or posseasions ex- tend some twenty miles to the south, and thatthe farthest extremity of these constitute the boundary of Chihuahua. ‘hese limits, moreover, correspond its boundaries ax laid down on the official map, apd ay defined in its constitu- tion. ‘At the time this decree was passed, all the northern rovintes of Mexico, including Sonora, Chihuahua, New lexico, Coshuila and Texas, were embraced under one government, without any déiined, acknowledged terri- tgrial limits, Their boundaries, when Inid down on maps, re according to the ideas of the map makers; hence no two agree, In the State, and adopted its constitution. “In 1°33 it appointed ‘a corps of engineers, the two principal of which were Senor Pedro Garcia Conde and Mr, Staples, aa American, tomake a survey of the State. done, aad a large and beautiful map, the result of this survey, now hange on the wall of the Governor's hall in the capitol. In 1886, General Conde presented his official report, which embraced a statistical account of the Btate.’ This was published by order of the government, in 1842, in afolio volume. In’ this report, not only areits territorial limits defined with great precision, but every town over which it exercised jurisdiction is named, as well as its mines, rivers, mountuins, &e. This official map, as well as the report, claims for its northern limits a line crossing the Rio Grande at about $2 deg. 30 min., and thence extending north to 32 deg. 57 min. 43 see. north latitude, embracing the copper mines, and a terri- tory nearly forty miles north of the line agreed upon by | the Commissioners, and which forty miles of territory had always belonged to, and been under the jurisdiction of, Chikuahua. New Mexico never claimed, much loss ex- ercired, any jurisdiction over this territory. In 1847, the constitution of Chinuahua was revised, and its limits defined with great precision, They are embraced in the 2d article of the Ist chapter, as fol- possessed and which is no sknowledged to be between thi parallels of 25 deg. 53 min. 30 sec., and 92 deg. 57 min,, 43 north latitude; und between the meridians of 1d 16 6e6.,, and 7 deg., 17 min., 52 see. longitude weet city of Mexico, according to the map of the sid State made by Messrs. Staples and Garcia Conde in the year 1834. ‘Ihe State o Chihuatua did exercise jurisdiction over t the very time the commis- se of fixing the boundary ; and so far from that State ‘assuming jurisdiction over the same,” as Governor Lane assers, *‘ and without having obtained the consent | of the United States or the Territory of New Mexico,” the latter never metended to claim it, and of course no consent was necessary. Goy. Lane says this assumption was ‘ in defiance of the remonstrances of a large portion of the inhabitants of the disputed territory, who then numbered 2,000 souls.” ‘When the boundary was determined on, the “Mesilla valley,” which includes the whole populated portion of the disputed territory, numbered but 700 instead of 2,000 souls, among which tiere were not twenty Americans. And when it Was avnounced that this settlement would | continue in the state of Chihuahua, according to Distur- nell’s map, to which State it had always belonged, there was firing of canon and public rejoicings on the occasion | at the town of Mesilla. In the autumn of 1851, when in Sonora, J was informed | that some Americans had settled at Mesilla and endeavor- | ed to create among its quiet citizens a feeling of hostility towards Mexico, offering them great inducements to re monstrate against ihe established boundary; but with what success I have never learned. But when it isknown tha’ of the population which composes this valley, no: more than one in fifty can read and write, it will be seen that an evil disposed person might induce them to afix their mark to what they could neither understand o read. I will epeak hereafter of the population of the Me sila valley. 3. Duriiig the discussion of the boundary question, under tho treaty of peace, the Commissioner of Mexico proposed to abondon a part of this disputed territory, by dividing it be tweon the two republics, and during the year 1852 the United States virtoully arserted right of sovereignty over all the territory in dispute. ‘The first aseertion in the above clause is entirely with out foundation, as far as the Joint Commission is con nected with it, no proposal of the kind ever having beea made by the Mexican Conmmissioner or by myself, With regard to the latter assertion, that ‘the United States virtually asserted a right of sovereignty over all the territory in dispute,” I will state the following: A committee of the Senate, upon statements made by a party who objected to the line, and who withheld impor- tant facts ia relation thereto, and moreover, witbout hearing from me in defence of the same, reported unfa- yorably to the line: while, on the other hand, the Presi dent of the United States virtually acknowledged the cor- rectness cf it through the Secretary of the Iaterior, as ap- pears by his official letters to me. 4, The claim of Chihuahua to this disputed territory is be lieved to be bused upon the tnwarrantable assumption the Board of Comimissioners had ag line between Chituahua and New agreement in the premises was bin United States and ti where yet been mado by raid Board 1 the Board has been virtually repuuiated and United States. The claim of Chibuahua is based upon a jurisdiction 1 by her over the territory as far north as 30 deg. 7 min. 43 ecc., which embraced Santa Rita del Cobre, (the copper mines.) But of this territory she was com: pelled to relinquish to the United St all north of 32 deg. 22 min., which was her limits accorsiog to the map of Disturnell, as determined by the chief astrono. mers, Lieut. Whipple on the part of the Uniced sta and Senor Salazar, on the part of Mexieo; and, in o formity with their report, ostablished by the coumission ers of the two governmenta, The unwarrantable assumption of Chihuabua, as Go- yernor Lane is pleased to call it, consists, therefore, in retaining possession of a district she had always pos- sesce@; over which she had aleays exercised jurisdic- tion; which is accorded to her by the treaty map, and all authorized and authentic ma made by her engineers in 1806; by various printed works on the country previous to the war; and lastly, by her constitution. These are the grounds on which Chibuahua bases her right of occupancy. The aseertion that a valid agrecment bad not been made and has not yet been made by said board, is con- tradicted by the official records of the joint commis- sion “The getion of the board has been virtually repudiated and nutes by the United States,’” says Governor Lan ‘This repudiation aud nullification by the United States, consists in an unfavorable report of & committee of the Senate, which had heard only one side of the question. The following extract fiom the fifth article of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, wil! rbow whether a treaty stipu jation can be ‘repudiated ana nullified”? by a report of a committee of the United States Senate, which Governor Lane seems to imagine as the final action of the govern- ment, and upon which he bases ove of the grounds for his proclamation: — The two government shall exch appoint a commisrionor and a surveyor, who before the expiration of ene yenr from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this tre hall meet at the port of San Diego, and proceed to run and mark the eaid boundary in its wholt course to the middle of the Rio Bravo cl Norte, They shall keep journals, and make out plans of their operations: and the reault agreed npon by h all be deemed & part of thie treaty, and eball have fe same force ne if it were inserted therein. The boundary ling established hy this arth ligioutly respected by each of the two re and no change shall ever be made therein. except by the express and free consent of both nations, lawfully given by the general fovernment of each, in coniormity with its own constita tion. Gov. Lane continues— 5. Bach of the high contracting partice to the Treaty of Guadalupe, ex re necessitate, tacitly reserved the right to accept or reject the decisions of the Board of Boundary Commissioners; and if the board assigned the city of Chi ahna and the country north of it to the United States, or the city of Santa Fe, and the countey south of it to the Mexican republic, the action of the board would certainly not have been regar nal. I know of no right by any individual “ to accept or ri ject the decisions of the Board of the Boundary Commis- stoners.” But Gov. Lane is quite rig at in supposing that “ifthe board had assigned the city of Chihuahua and the country north of it to the United States, or the city of Santa 6, and the country south of it to the Mexican republic, the action of the board would certainly not have been regarded as final,” for such an assignment would have been at variance with the treaty and the treaty map 6. Ever since the territory in question was tho, and illegally annexed to the State of Chihuahua, has signally failed to protect the inhabitants of the in their rights of person, of property, and of conseience, an moreover Lat not made a rengoualie defence against border Indian dopredations, and thereby prevented reclamations Seainst the United states for the property taken by the In- dinus. No force has ever been used by the State of Chihushua to retain poreeesion of her territory to which allusion is made butit is true that she has failed “to protect the inhabitants of the territory in question”’ “against border Indian depredations,”’ in the sane manner that Texas and New Mexico have tailed to protect their people from si- miisr depredations So with regard to the as el of the ‘inhabitants of the territory (in dispute) in their rights of persen and property,’ the Mexican authorities have dowbtless been lax in the administration of justice in the Mes‘Ua valley. But our authorities should sy ns litle ue pop, thle about the protection of the inhabitants both upon the ‘ad terefure final; nm made, and haa not r, tne action of nullitied by the hall be re- @ forcibly at State erritor year 1825, Chihuahua organized itsclf into a | This was accordingly | 1. The territory of Chihuahua is that which it has | nments were at il Paso, for | is; by the olticial report | 7 fon pier forded territo: within Mexican territory, ax fo ee Mente vale et ofationary sondicion of the Mexiean rovestion boing 8! te in this dispute to seek a colony present re' eludes the hope of adequate pi that republig to the inhabitant bal "p reat : bit protection it the ré-ennexation of their territory Hic, rom which it was illegally wrested by tbe State o uahua, ‘The Mexican people will doubtless feel a deep sense 0) gratitude to Governor Lane for his proflered protection| time when they think proper to make a in their government and better their condition. With re gard to the statement that ‘a large portion of the in. habitants now claim the protection of the United States: and solicit the re-annexation of their to Ne Mexico,” I can assert, on authority obtained by me irl New Mexieo and Chihushua, that the whole population o! the Mesilla valley consists chiefly of people from Nei Mexico and Texas, of Spanich descent, who, failing to re ceive protection from our authorities after the Iste-w: with Mexico, colonized that place. Up to the present time nothing official bas been mad public by the goverument in ‘planation of the boundar; established by me as commissioner on the « United States, except what was contained tary Stuart's letter to the President in October my return from the survey in Februa: lash to the Department of the Interior a fact hastily brivg together in elucidation of the accompanied by five maps, which document for by the Lenate and ordered te be printed. contains the facts embraced above, in extenso, others, and enters largely into the question of understood by Mr. Secretary Buchanan and Mr. the boundary defined in the fifth article of the treaty o Guadalupe Hidalgo. When this document have no esitation in saying that it il "be com Governor Lane’s pretensions car stained st preenjOHN R. BARTLETT, Late United States Commissioner, under the fifth ay ti} cle of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Providence, R. I., May 2d, 1853 Massachusetts Liquor. Law. SPICY DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA*| TIVEE—WUO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SALE OF) LIQuor? The foilowing are the proceedings on the liquor law, in the Masseehuretis Hoase of Representatives, on the 30th olen At a quarter before 1 o'clock, the House took up thi Lill amending the act concerning the manufacture and sale of spirituous or intoxicating liquors, the question Leing on rejecting the amendment of afr. Wiggin, of Bos ton, which was adopted in Committee of the Whole. ‘The member from Buckland objected te the'amendment,, because it was imperfectly drawn and was not easily un. cerstood. Ur. Wiccry (of Boston) thought the House was not} ) esponsible for the stupidity of others in their inability to uncerstand the language of the amendment. It was drawn up by one of the best lawyers im the State, and it was a reasonable and common sense provision. He wi beset almost every day by the owners of the miserable dens in Ann street and Broad street, toknow what was to} be done with the liquor law. He wanted » provision! that would hold them responsible for the violation of| law in permitting liquors to be sold in their premises. Mr. Proxce (of Essex) said at first be was inclined to favor the amendment, even though it did come from an anti-total abstinence source. Mr, Wiccix—The member has no right to call me an anti temperance man. PriNcz—I didn’t ray the gentleman was an anti-temper- ance man, but ananti-total abstinence man lowever, to settle the question, I will ask him, is he a total absti- nence man? y ‘That I conceive to be yone of your business. I thought I was right. Silence gives consent. No consent wasgiven. I say it’s none of your’ 1 Prixca— Wicary business. Princk—Well, I don’t eay it is any of my business. The: gentleman may be what ho likes, as he generally is om floor, order or no order. Mr. Wicary re-nffirmed that the amendment was pro- posed by as good a temperance man as lived in the State. ‘Mr. Loxp remarked, if this provision would embarras= the law it would only embarrass it to call attention to it, and that is what we want. Yet itis opposed by people who are so filled with piety that they can’t help showing | the whites of their eyes—they who go about whining ani praying, and saying, “ Oh, this liquor selling ts wrong | and wicked,” while at the same time they are putting the proceeds of the traffic in their pockets in the shape of fatrents. It is not difficult to prove eonsent at all. alandlord dces not cousent why does he keep a tenant who will sell contrary to law? Because they prefer the teant and his money to one who won't pay them so: much, They donot dare to adopt this clause, because the laine liquor law men themselves own buildings where the liquora are sold, The religion and morality of these days hardly have the ring of the true metal. I dis- | trust that kind of metal which can religion at | home anc desecrate the Sunday. Just so do I dstrust the retence of temperance, which will punish the seller of Fiquor, and let the owner of the building in which it is ‘go free, I, gentlemen, will take law free from all constitutional objection: I will undertake to place in their alaw which shall sweep away every groggery in three months.” But they don’t want it; they dont want it--and yet they say to me, ‘‘ You are a rummy and.an anti temperance man.” In the bill introduced by Mr. Grant, of Ashland, there is the germ of a bill which will stop greggeries in three months, and why? Because pub- lic opinion is for the suppression of groggeries, and in favor of a stringent liquor law, The fsienis of the pre- sent law say they have a stringent law. It is not—it isa rope of sand, and no convictions can be had under it. User spoke against the amendment, but he thought it would be proper and beneficial to ‘introduce the principle of the amendment in a new bill. Mr. Prince seid if he could be satisfied that thin provi- sion would not embarass the law he would withdraw all opposition to it ir, WiGGrn rose to make further remarks, when—— Mr. Tart, of Buckland rose toa question of order. The- gentleman from Bosion bad ulready spoken twice. ‘The Sreaxen said it was bis impression that the gentle- man from Boston had already spoken seven times on the amendment under consideration. On motion cf Mr. Ususr, the gentleman was allowed tc proceed, Mr Wiccrs resumed. He said he always endeavored to abide by the rules and orders of the House, but he desi red to know by what right the presiding officer volun- pao to inform the members how many times be hat spoken. ‘The Sreaxer asked the gentleman te confine his re- marks to the question before the House, Mr. Wiccis—I will take some other opportunity to | address the House on this subject. The gentleman then read an extract from a sermon delivered in 1709, which he commended to the serious attention of members. The yeas and nays having been ordered on the question, they were now taken and the amendment was ‘adopted yeas, 121; nays, 111 Tne Romance of Crime Continued. MYSTERIOUS MURDER OF A WIDOW WOMAN: | | HISTOR | Awidow woman named Christina Sigsby was murdered | | in Cleveland, Ohio, last week, ina most shocking manner. The Clewiand Plaindealer of ‘the 20th ult. furnishes the following history of the unfortunate vietim -— Christina Sigsby is the deceased’s maiden name. She | was formerly Sirs, Clermont, wife of John Clermont. They | lived in Elyria, About six years ago, rome dissatistac: | tion arising in the family because her hasband was unable | to provide for her, (she was inclined to be extravagant, ) | she left the house. It Is believed he did all in his power | to support her well. She had four small children, ant | these t.0 she deserted. She went to Connecticut where | she refhained one year. She had left home during Mr. | | Clermont’s absence. About two weeks after this he ap plied for and obtained a divorce. At the end of a year | she came back to ‘There and in Oberlin she found | employment for another year. Her character at that time as considered unimpeachable. She was thought tc be an honest but high spirited woman, She remained in Elyria until about two years ago, when she weat to Wooster, 0.; stayed there about six months, came to Cleveland. She has @ father, motuer and brother re- siding at Lagrange; they are highly respectable people. Mr. Clermont still resides in yria, is mach respected there as aman and citizen, and was recently elected Bupervisor of that place, e learn that when in Wooster her reputation was bad, and that she came to Clevelasd about eighteen | months tinse, and resided upon York street. She sued two persons in the Superior Court, for slander, and was beaten in the suits. Subsequently she removed to the house where she was murdered, and in which was found a package of letters, for which, if we may.credit rumor, a large sum has been offered, as they are subscribed with names which the wiiters feared Would be made public. ‘The officers are looking for Liizabeth Baker and Sophia, Bain, women of notorious character, who lived nearly op- osite the house of the murdered woman, Their house as been closed for several days, and, upon examination, was found to be unoceupied. The table'had a meal upon it, which locked as if if had been left untouched, by persone who had made a hartied (eparture. The two women were taken to the Columbus cars by a eabman on Tu day evening. One ‘of the women told the cabmao that she was going to Wellington to sce her mother, who was. rick. There are many suepisious cireumstances con- nected with these women. It is ascertained that Mrs {Sigsby snd Sophia Bain had a quarrel on Friday morning, arising from the fact tha’. the former had stated to the Inedlady of the latter her character. It {s also said that Sophia had made threats against the murdered woman, A NUPTIAL TRAGEDY. A wealthy American merchant of the city of New Or- leans had married a Creole laty of fortune, and, with the estates and servants, came into possession of & mulatto seamstress and her daughter, « child of seven years. Tha entleman was so much struck with the extraordinary Beauty of the child, which had the purest Italian feature and betel gel that he resolved to save it f-om the life of degradation which was before it, and to free it and edu- cate it. He sent the child to a northern school, and there it remained until her sixteenth yoar—by all supposed to bea patrician Creole maiden She-herself knew not to the contrary, so young was she when sent to the North. Beloved by all her companions, the idol of the institute, and caressed by every one, she left it to return South, as she suppored, to the roof of “her uncle.” A young Lou- isiana gentlemen, who had seen her in Philadelphia, and loved her, and was beloved by her, sought her hand on herreturn. The marriage day fixed, nay, arrived, when the mother, who bad by long sold away in La Fourche interior, in order that she might never appear as a,witness against her child, re-appeared, and in the bridal hall, in the very hour, after the ceremony had beer. formed, and claimed the msguificent and now misera- fie bride as her own daughter—a bound slave by birth, and an African by blood! The sceas, as described by one who was present, surpassed the power of m pen to por- tray. That night, the bridecroom, after charging the adopted father of his bride with his gross deception, shot him cogs the body, and disappeared, carrying, no one knew whither, his infamy and bitter sorrow. ‘The next morning the bride was found a disfigured corpse, in the superb nuptial chamber which kad been prepared for her reception. She had taken poison, Exlucation, a eultiva- ted mind and taste, which made her better understand how great was her degradation, now armed her hand with the ready means of death. ‘The enlpey lanter recs yered from hia wound, and has gone to the North, whero , he resides, buried in the Ceepest seclusion—the residue of his years embittered by the keenest regret, The New Orleans Crescent, ia relating the resene of two \yria. along the Rio Grande in their rights of property; for » piteous tale cou'd be told of outrages committed by Ame- ricane oF Mexican population On oar vide of the Grand b compelee them toavancon ther home boys from drowning, by two slaves, at the risk of ther lives, says that there is a law existing im Louisiany, by which a slave secures his freedom, if h life of Wis marter mily. rany of y