The New York Herald Newspaper, July 27, 1853, Page 4

NEW Y‘oRK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, SPFIGE ¥.* 4. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS THAT itt rem AED. 2 conte $7 per annum. Tie @EERLY HERALD, every Saturday ae 8 conte per COP 4 or $3 per annum; the European the Snaum Mo any part of Gree Hritain, and $5 to amy part eS we Co sbinent both to include the postage. a . Vol mmme XVI... cece ee cee eseee sess eN@, 206 5 ae AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BASTLE GARDEN -Nonma. BOWERY THEATRE. Bowery—Nonan Creima—Ba ‘wane or Man Tears-Wecw AsHone, BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Barn ovr Homm— Ar's tHe Custom oF THE COUNTRY. NIBLO'S, Broadwsy—Boneman Gini. NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—Unenm Tom's Camm. AMERICAN MUSEUM—afternoon and-Eveniag—Donev- wi's TRowrx OF AcTiNG Monkeys, Doce anv Goats. MADISON AVENUE—A e@ons's CoLossax HirropRo: CHRISTY'S AMERICAN OPERA I10U8E, 472 Broadway —£rmoviax Mxvopins By Cunisty's OPzRA TROUPE, mm aud Evening—Faan- WOOD'S MINSTR’ way— Brnicrian Mr Wood's Musical Hall, 444 Broad- wLer. BUCKLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, 539 Broadway—Bvox- asv's Bruorian Opana Trovpm. GEORAMA, 506 Broadway—Pawonama oF rue Hoy Lasp. ROPE CHAPEL—P. ACADEMY HALL, 663 Broadway—Asoznt oy Mon? Bianco. ma ov NIAGARA. Wew York, Wednesday, July 27, 1853. Malls for Europe. ‘RE NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD. ‘The Cunard steamship Arabia, Captain Judkins, will leave this port to-day, at 12 o’elosk, for Liverpool. Bubveriptions and advertisements for any edition of the “\avmroo1—John Hunter, No. 2 Paradise street. Lewpon-=Eaward Sandford & Oo., Cornhill. “Wm, Thomas & Co., No. 19 Catherine street. Pamw—Livingston, Wells & Co., Rue de la Bourse. BH. Revoil, Ne. 17 Rue de i Banque. ‘Fhe Buropean mails will close at half past ten o'clock thie morning. ‘The Waeniy Henin will be published at balf- past mine @eloek this morning. Single copies, in wrappers, six pence. + The News. Accounts from Buenos Ayres to the 4th and from Montevideo to the 5th June have been received, by way of Salem. The former city was still besieged, and guerilla fights were continually occurring. A constitution, similar to that of the United States, bad been adopted by the National Convention at Santa Fe for the Confederated Provinces, but it was unlikely it would be accepted by the Buenas Ayreans while the fleet and army of Urquiza surrounded the city. The time allowed vessels to load had been ex- tended twelve days. There was an active demand for all kinds of American products. Flour had ad- vanced to $10 a ¢12 50, and lumber was scarce. By an arrival at New Orleans we have advices from the city of Mexico to the 16th inst. The press were discussing the question of a Spanish protec- torate, and it is said that the government are favor- able to such a measure, Santa Anna not having the fear of the Monroe doctrine before his eyes. The Jesuits are to be invited to return. Count Raousset de Boulbon, of Sonora notoriety, had arrived at Mexico, and was permitted an interview with the President. Huajaca had been visited by an inun- datien, which destroyed the town, and many lives were lost. Robberies were becoming alarmingly frequent. The death penalty had been extended to defranders of the public treasury—certainly a capital method of preventing a repetition of the offence. The Trait d’ Union had been forbidden to comment on the acts of the government. Much damage had been done to the indigo and corn crops of southern Mexico by clouds of locusts. Our correspondent at Facua, Peru, states that politica! affairs between Peru and Bolivia are becom- ing more complicated every das A Peravian | squadron was at anchor at Arica, waiting orders to blockade Cobija, and a prohibitory duty had been established on all kinds of products imported from | Bolivia’ This last measure, it is stated, deprives Bolivia entirely of resources, and would have the | effect of preventing further warlike demonstrations. Our Washington despatch announces the depar- ture of Mr. Soulé. The case of Capt. Schaumburg, | for shooting Mr. Fuller, was submitted tothe jury | yesterday. The reason given why no appointment has been made to Turkey is that Mr. Marsh, the | present Minister, desires to finish his book on that eountry before he is displaced. Mr. M. will un- @oubtedly furnish an exceedingly interesting work, abundantly compensating for the disappointment of the ambitious patriot who is destined to supersede him. Col. Paine, of Rochester, is looking after the Bordeaux consulship. The mission to France will not be filled, it is said, until] the meeting of Con. | gress. | The Department of State announces the receipt of information from the United States Consul at Frank- fort-on-the-Maine, that the reduction of duties on tobacco, brandy, wine, coffee and tea imported into the States of the Zollverien went into effect on the 1st imst. Intelligence has likewise reached the Depart- ment of the death of Mr. Ambrose A. Morton, of Bos- ton, at Carthagena, on the 31st of May. The ship ‘Galena, of this port, bound from New Orleans for Havre, put into Charleston yesterday, . on fire, having been struck by lightning on Satur day, off Abaco. Her cargo consisted of 2,100 bales of cotton. It was feared the efforts of the firemen would be unsuccessful. Her passengers and some specie were put on board a Danish brig, and arrived at Charleston safely. We are informed that great destitution and suffer- ing still exist in Madeira, and the prospect is that there will be still greater. The assistance sent from New York and Boston was received with gratitude by the people. Senator Borland arrived at Pensacola on Monday, and would embark on board the frigate Columbia for Central America. An interesting letter from Captain Marcy, of the army, on the Pacific Railroad, addressed to the Chairman of the Memphis Convention, will be foand in another column. The captain declares the route from the Mississippi river, at Memphis, or its vicini- ty, via El Paso or Dona Ana, and thence down the Gila river to its intersection with the Colorado, and across to San Diego, possesees advantages over all others yet discovered. In a trotting match between Flora Temple and Tacony, at Saratoga, yesterday, the former beat the latter the three first heats—time: 2:30; 2:31; 2:22 nh a The Philadelphia fugitive slave case was yesterday brought to a close. The slave was remanded to the custody of the Marshal, who proceeded to Maryland to deliver the owner his property. No riotous de- monstration was made. A meeting of New Englanders was held at the Astor House yesterday, to take preliminary steps towards final arrangements for participating in the celebration of the embarkation of the Pilgrim Fathers from Delft Haven, August 1, 1620. The celebration will consist of laying the corner stone of a monument on Plymouth Rock. Extensive prepa ratiens are being made in Plymouth render the occasion an interesting one. The Commencement of the New York Free Aca- demy tek place yesterday, in Niblo’s theatre. Not withstanding the inclemency of the weather, the at- tendance wes large, and the exerclees passed off ere oncerned. Under the head of Supreme Court may be found a report of a case of great importance to tax paye.*®. The plaints hoe two renidences—one in this city and ; one in Cattaraugus county. He has be gn taxed for his personal property in both. The struggle is be. tween the supervisors of the two ¢ gunties, as to which ia entitled to the money, it "seing conceded that plaintiff cannot be legally t9:ced in both The Mechanics and Traders’ Bank, of Jersey City. was entered an Monday night, and robbed of about eleven thousand dollars. A reward of one thousand dollars hag been offered by the officers of the institu- tion for the recovery of the money. . This morning we publish letters from London and Montreal, Foreign Theatricals, interesting Railroad Intelligence, an account from the St. Paul and Puget Sound Surveying Expedition, Review of New Publications, Court Reports, Commercial and Maritime News, &c., &c. ‘The Late President of Mexico and the Forged Letter on Annexation—The Fraud Exposed Interesting Letter of Genecal Arista. We publish with pleasure the following pa- triotic letter of General Arista, in reprobation of the forgery which some person or persons at Havana recently promulgated in his name, in behalf of the annexation of Mexico to the Uni- ted States. We also annex the genuine corres- pondence, and the fictitious paper to which our distinguished complainant refers, with the view of affording our readers, at a glance, a connected historical understanding of the sub- ject. First, we give the letter .of General Aris- ta to this office; dated :— Loypon, July 12, 1853. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK UERALD. Sir—An official note, purperting to be written by me, in answer to one from General Tornel, the Mex- can Minister of War, forged for a similar purpose, and containing sentiments at utter variance with my own, and totally unworthy of a Mexican Generql, has been reprinted in your widely circulated journal, as well as in other papers of the United States. "I trast, therefore, you will have the kindness to insert the present communication in the HERALD. The moment the surreptitious document came un- der my notice here, I publicly denounced it as apo- cryphal, and forged for the sole purpose of covering with infamy my name in Mexico. To place this fabri- cation in a clear light, it will be enough to compare it with the real answer which I returned to the Minister's note. Copies of the one and the other are enclosed, which I beg you will publish with this. I have been told that the surreptitious answer, sup- posed to contain my political views, has been favora- bly received in the United States ; but it is not to be credited for a moment that distinguished and patriotic citizens ofa free and independent country would ever respect a Mexican whom they believed to be in his heart an annexionist, or, more properly, a traitor. With how much more contempt would they look on one who, besides being a Mexican, had been raised by the free votes of his fellow citizens to the supreme magistracy of his country, should he shamelessly proclaim the extinction of its nationality ! After a life spent in my country’s service, and in upholding its independence asa nation, it is hard that, through the wiles of unscrupulous enemies, I should still be called on to declare that J am no an- nexionist ; that I am no traitor to Mexico ; that in its defence, and to secure its liberties and nationality, I will ever be ready to fight, and would willingly shed the last drop of my blood, ere I would consent that our race should disappear, that our country should succumb to the domination of any foreign power un- der the sun. It is incredible that high-minded men and true republicans of the United States, who at the same time know unequivocally the opinions of the Mexi- cans, can desire annexation, and attempt to bring it about by force of arms. They would belie, before the whele world, their claim to the title of freemen ; they would soil the pages of their annals with a foul blot, and they would have to extinguish our race, seeing they would not find a single Mexican worthy of the name who would acquiesce in their project. There is no one in my country who prefers infamy to the happiness to which we aspire, and which Mexico would attain were she in the enjoyment of internal tranquillity and of progress, under a liberal and ener- getic government. This would give an impulse to her sources of riches, which so much abound; and then, far from being unworthy of the place which, as a nation, we occupy in the world, we should have no cause to envy the prosperity enjoyed by the Ameri can Union. T am, sir, your most obedient servant, Mar’o ARISTA. The official letter of Tornel, by direction of Santa Anna, ordering Gen. Arista out of the country, is as follows:— TRANSLATION.] Ministry or WAR AND Marine. Most Exce.itent Srr—The first attention of the supreme government being to preserve, at all risks, tranquillity and public order, especially now that in very critical circumstances thé nation has entrusted it with its high destinies, His Excellency the President, making use of the powers she has been pleased to confer upon him, has determined that your Excellency shall proceed im- mediately, with the escort granted you, to embark for Europe in the English packet, which is to sail from Vera Cruz in a few days, with the understand- ing that your Excelleacy cannot return without an order from the supreme government, and that while you remain in Tarope you will continue enjoying your rank in the army, and the corresponding pay. Accept, your Excellency, the assurances of my consideration. God and Liberty! Mexico, April 27, 1858. (Signed) TORNEL. His Excellency Don Mariano Arista, the General of Division. And this is the authentic reply : [TRANSLATION] Vera Crvz, May 5, 1853. Most Excenvent Sin—Colonel Andrada delivered to me at nine in the morning of the 4 day of April | last, at my Estate de Nanac Amilpa, the note of your | Excellency of the 27th idem, and at one in the after- noon | was already on the road for this Bott, as re- quired of me. I have jast arrived, and shall embark at once, in order to leave the Republic this same day. I do not conceive wherein or wherefore my coutinu- ance in the country can be an obstacle to the pre- servation of tranquillity and public order, when of my will I have left the first magistracy, renouncing it before the Angust Chambers, in order not to see myself in the position of being wanting to the con- stitution. An arbitrary act is exercised towards me. Without any crime a cruel punishment is inposed upon me, unknown in our laws, with the sole object of tranquilizing those who now govern in conse- quence of @ revolution which is not yet understood, owing to its strange results. 1 ought to protest, and protest solemnly, for such an act ot ke and J will demand, as a Mexican citizen, as 1 am, dae re paration for the damages and en which may accrue to me. od and Liberty ! (Sign MARIANO ArRrIsTa. Most Excellent Senor Minister of War and Marine, Mexico. And here is the forgery of which the ex-Pre- sident so indignantly and so justly com- plains:— Vera Crvz, May 5, 1853. Your Exce.texcy—Col. Don Miguel Andrade delivered tome at 9 A.M., on the 30th alt.,on my Estate of Nanac, Amilpa, your elleucy’s note of the 27th of April, and at 1 P. wis en route to this port, as was required of me. I have just arrived, and wil immediately leave the republic wo day. I cannot conceive how or why there can be aay obstacle to preserve tranquipity and public order b: my presence in the country, if it be not that it is made out a crime that I should have maintained some friendly relations, in particular with Carravajal and other federalists, North Americans, established in the neighborhood of the Northern frontier, as such indicates to me the expression made by your Excel- lency in the note to which I reply, saying that while Iremain in Europe I shall enjoy my pay and rank. Ishould remark that notwithstanding my federal ideas, and the sympathies that I have for the North American [institutions, | have committed not the slightest act that should cause the punishment of exile to be applied to me. I desire the happiness of my country, and to attain it I see no road but through federal rnstitutioms, and, if it be desired, annexation to the United States, in which Mexico will meet an inexhaustible fountain of riches and prosperity, prapenirts amie | she may lose that grand enigma, that squaring of the circle, called by Santa Anna nationality. The day will arrive when this will happen. In the meantime I must protest, and I protest solemnly, against the act of tyranny which tals upon me, and at the proper time I will demand reparation due for the injaries inflicted on me. Goa, &e. (Signed) MARIANO AnteTA. In thie simple documentary array the charac- ter, the honor, and the patriotism of Gen. Arista are amply vindieated ; but there is yet wanting some explanation of the causes of this forgery, without which it remains a piece of malicious nischief, with no definite object in view. Tt will be observed that the reply of Gen. Arista to the Minister of War is dated the 5th of May—the day of the month on which the British steam packet regularly leaves Vera Cruz for Havana, en route to England. The forged annexation letter, we presume, must have been published at Havana after the de- parture of the steamer from that port, or at least so near its departure as to cut off the op- portunity of a refutation at that point. The consequence was that the torgery, as published in the Diorio de la Marina, was widely circu- lated in this country and in Mexico in advance of the genuine document. Our translation from the Diario was also given in good faith ; because that paper, however violent and vulgar it may be occasionally, we have always considered a journal not only of considerable authority, but of some re- spectability. Furthermore, contrasting the accumulated misfortunes which the helpless anarchy of Mexico has brought upon that un- happy country, with the practical blessings en- joyed by the people under the beneficent insti- tutions of these United States, it was thought, perhaps, that it might be possible that the en- lightened mind of General Arista, under the circumstances of his expulsion, had fallen back upon the ultimatum of “manifest destiny.” Considering, too, the suspicious facts and re- ports attending the return of Santa Anna to power, indicating, as they did, and still do, anything but the continued republican nation- ality of Mexico, the forgery in question as- sumed a very excusable degree of plausibility. Indeed, in this light the fictitious paper was calculated rather to strengthen the rumors of a contemplated retrocession of Mexico to Spain than to elicit any critical questioning of its authenticity. But the surreptitiously obtained and interpo- Jated letter went back to Mexico, where it created a sensation. The enemies of Arista affected to credit it as a genuine thing: his friends repudiated it, and soon refuted it by the production of the genuine letter. In the mean- time, however. the effect of the forgery was to blacken the reputation of Arista in the estima- tion of his countrymen, and to justify the act of his expulsion. Such was, most probably, its object. Gen. Arista is not without a numerous and powerful party in Mexico. The act exiling him might have excited some degree of popu- lar discontent, without some tangible plea of public policy. The forged letter answered, per- haps, the purpose of diverting popular opinion till the danger had passed. But, whether the work of reckless mischief. private malice, or official emissaries, Santa Anna, we suspect, has had but little cause to complain of the effect of the forgery among the Mexican people. What may be the private opinions of Gen. Arista or his friends concerning the origin and objects of this forged letter. we know not. nor do we desire to know. Our inferences. are drawn entirely from the foregoing correspon- dence and public facts we have cited; and we think they are sufficient for the purposes of the reasonable explanation we have attempted to give, in justice to Gen. Arista. and without in- justice to Santa Anna, We can hardly suppose that the latter would stoop to such acontempt- ible trick as the Havana letter, whatever his partizans or the enemies of Arista might vo- lunteer to do. But there is a point of more substantial im- portance in this letter of General Arista than the immediate question of the Havana forgery. It is that inflexible adhesion which he so warm- ly avows, for himeelf and the Mexican people, to their independence as a race, and to the sepa- rate nationality of their country. He indig- nantly repudiates the idea of annexation upon any terms. He is pained to discover that he could be considered a traitor in the United States. where patrictism is paramount to all other considerations. We look upon Mexico through a different medium, and that is all. She has tried for a full quarter of a century, the experiment of self-government, and has been steadily sinking from bad to worse, until at length she lies prostrate in the utter helpless- ness of moral and political degradation. The enlightened, liberal, and ameliorating policy attempted by General Arista. he was compelled to abandon in despair. Considering then, these things. and the subsequent facts in Mexi- can history, and the uncertainty of impending events, is it wonderful that the aforesaid letter upon annexation should meet in this country not only with an inclination to believe it, but with a disposition to approve it? Finally, we truet that GeneraY Arista may never be called upon to deplore an unhappier destiny to Mexico than that which he so indignantly repudiates— her annnexation to these United States. How. Mike Watsn anp our Crry Fatngrs.-- The Hon. Mike Walsh has written a letter in his own peculiar vein—has commenced a series of letters in one of the Sunday papers—headed “Shameless Official Venality and Peculation,” the first of which has already appeared. It is but the exordium, however. to the facts, speci- fications and proofs whieh are yet to come, if we may judge from the fiery indignation of Mike’s opening. Well, as our unfortunate City Fathers are in for it, let us have all the facts, and all ihe proofs of their alleged venality and peculation. They will be useful hereafter, in stopping some of the leaks of the tea-room. But the Hon. Mike Walsh in this business stands forth as an example to his colleagues of the New York delegation to Congress. Having nothing todo in the recess, (after having dis- posed of considerable Executive patronage at Warhington, one way or the other,) he has turned his attention to the alleged corruptions of our Common Council, just to fill up his time. Now, suppose his colleagues were to do the same thing with regard to some particular sub- ject of corruption or bad management on the part of some particular set of our State or Fed- eral officials all over this commonwealth, just to fill up their leisure time, what a vast amount of corruption, bungling, blundering and plun- dering they might disclose, to the astonishment, indignation and admiration of a confiding, inno- cent and unsuspecting tax-paying people! Let us hope that the example of the fearless and in- defatigable Mike will induce his colleagues also to employ the recess in some useful researches into the vast field of unexplored official delin- quencies and malpractices by which we are sur- rounded. A public man is a public servant and all his available time should be devoted to the public good. Mike understands it, and bids fair to become a public benefactor. Let his ictims of both boards prepare to be skinned », A butcher, rolling up his sleeves, with a sharp knife between his teeth, is the customer they now have todeal with. Dreedfal spectacle! Ovr Surrermos—a Few Praoricat Hints FoR ovr Ciry Farners.—Are the aldermen asleep? Will nobody take in hand the sorrows of the city, and offer us some prospect of consolation? Does the august body which takes counsel on our collective welfare contain no zealous reformer, whose bowels of compassion are moved by our sufferings, or are we to remain forever, like a community of Micawbers. waiting for ‘“‘some- thing to turn up?” We are, we protest, very patient, most patient individuals. Job was, an impostor beside us. For every plague which afflicted the patriarch of Uz, a dozen weigh on our shoulders. Zeno would blush with shame could he compare our stoicism with his. Those early Christians who sought to gain heaven by dint of penance and sore mortification of the flesh, must think themselves accursed they were not born here, where patient suffering is a necessity, and discomfort alaw. An ascetic would Inxuriate in New York. And yet, we bear all with smiling face and pleasant words, consoling ourselves for some grievous annoy- ance with the proud reflexiou that “this is a great country.” Does any Kamstchatkian want to hear the de- tails of the minor miseries of New York lite? So manifold are they, that we know not how to begin their recital. They assail us bodily and mentally ; threaten our life and endanger our limbs ; jeopardize our health and poison our morals; destroy our domestic peace and dis- turb our individual comfort ; attack us in the street and worry us at home ; respect neither age nor sex, and follow us from the cradle to the tomb with unrelenting perseverance. Are we seated comfortably in our home?—A cloud of dust covers our papers, damages our books, and destroys our furniture and damask curtains. A heap of offal poisons the air oppo- site our door. Complaints are useless—we close the window and suffocate in peace. Hav- ing taken a house “with all the modern con- veniences,” we find the whole family, from the baby to grandmamma, taken suddenly ill one fine day; the doctor is called in, and we discover that the “‘ pure Croton” we have been drinking is, in point of fact, a fine solution of lead. We purchase chemicals and filters. but they are quite superfluous, as next day the pipes are empty, and we are forced to beg a can of the precious fluid from the grocer. We re- side in a very quiet, respectable locality; in fact, the only store near us is the small grocer aforesaid, at the corner. On Sunday afternoon, as we are pondering the morning’s sermon, and the children are reading the “Young Christian,” anoise is heard, which is soon discovered to proceed from the grocery. Men are fighting. A woman, ‘in unwomanly dress,” is endeavor- ing to drag away a short, stout man in his shirt sleeves, whose face is scarlet and whose eyes are glassy; he roughly pushes her from him, and she falls, crying bitterly. We close the blinds, for the sake of the children, and pro- mise ourselves to write to the Henratp about the came. At night, as we are gently going off into our first sleep, a shout rises at a distance, swells, and at last rends the air under our win- dow. We protrude our head, and discover a company of firemen who are commemorating their successful victory over a chimney on fire, by shouting at the top of their voices on their way home. We go out in the morning. Our way lies along Broadway. Ata certain spot the rain or the water excavated from the foundation of a building converts the carriage way into a pond. The sidepath on one side is occupied by acart employed in carrying away earth; on the other a dry goods seller, or a grocer, or some other trader, has filled up the vacant space with empty boxes, in order to persuade people that he is doing a large business. Be- tween the boxes and the carter we choose the latter, as the more intelligent, and civilly request him to move his horse, so that the ladies and ourselves may pass. He gazes for a mo- ment at us. with an expression of mingled fe- rocity and scorn, then, shaking his whip, he assails us with a volley of expletives which show that he is a constant reader of the Tri- tune. A few moments are lost in a vain search for a policeman, and we betake ourselves to the pond with philosophic resignation. It does not much matter. in truth; for we are barely landed on dry land when an omnibus passes at a smart trot. and the mud, which is one of our civic institutions, splashes us from head to foot. Tired of complaining, we embark in one of the popular vehicles aforesaid. The seat is wet, but we don’t mind it. We are twelve inside, and try to look happy. The omnibus stops. A stout man, who boasts that he never carries an umbrella, and drips like a water god, forces himself through the door. He is followed by a thin man in spectacles. who does carry an um- brella, invariably at right angles to his person; and a washerwoman, who has both an umbrella and a large basket of dirty linen. A faint ery— “Full, driver!” is heard, but meets with no sym- pathy. The new comers are accommodating peo- ple, and will put up with a seat on our knees ra- ther than make afuss. You have the washerwo- man for your share, with the corner of the basket under your chin. At every jerk. it makes your teeth meet with a force which would terrify your dentist. Out of patience, you stop the ve- hicle, pay your fare, and scramble into the open air, You are at length free. In the midst of a reverie on the occurrences of the morning, you hear a peculiar sound behind you, a huge body flies past, with a whiz like a cannon ball, and you have just time to sce a small boy before you whirled into the air on the horns of an in- furiated bull. A crowd follows, but the bull pursues his way unmolested, tossing people here, breaking windows there, and spreading devastation on all sides. We forbear to pursue the theme. Other mi- series more painful still—letters detained for a week by the Post Office—telegraphic messages so distorted as to be unintelligible—robberies and a myriad of similar annoyances, combine to swell the recdrd. All are a source of just complaint--all are susceptible of an easy cure. To take the case of the bull, for instance— such occurrences are now so common that we may well ponder some gencral scheme for their prevention; and the only one which experience points out as feasible—as it would obviously be tyrannical to attempt to curtail the liberties of the butchers by preventing their appearance in the streets—-is to engage a new police force. to be armed with lassoes, and to be practiced in the use of that ingenious weapon. Such men could easily be procured from the far West. Lassoes can be made here at a small expense. Thirty or forty men, each with his coil of rope, might be stationed in the principal thoroughfares, and specially instructed to ar- rest wild bulls and runaway horses. The plan would not only be the best possible. under the circumstances, for ensuring the public safety, but it would possess the additional advantage of contributing to the public amusement. Mad bulls might’ become a treat instead of a nuisance. We commend the suggestion to the City Couneil ; and we have no doubt that remedies equally efficacious may be discovered for the other miseries we have mentioned. Ovr Natrona anp Locat Cereprations.— Long honored and observed be that custom adopted and reverentially practiced in this country, of commemorating the anniversaries of the great, important, or memorable events of our history as a people. It binds us at once to the past, to the present and to the future; for the sentiments which inspire, and which are inspired by, those celebrations, are impressed upon the youthful generation, and will be transmitted with fidelity to our posterity, who may, animat- ed by the same sacred feeling, commemorate hereafter. perhaps, events in which we ourselves have been or may be actors. The custom has been, and still is, more uni- vergally observed and honored in these United States than perhaps anywhere clse on the face of the globe. Where is the American, on land or sea, who does not feel that the Fourth of July is a hallowed day in the calendar, and who does not celebrate that annual recurrence of the na- tion’s holiday with an extacy of rejoicing which the memory of no other like portion of time could awaken in his soul? More partially ob- served is the birth-day of Washington; but even that anniversary is beginning to be held as it should be—more sacred,—and in most of our cities the church bells toll their joyous chimes on the morning of the 22d of February, the cannon roar forth in feur de joie, civic and military processions parade with mu- sic and banners, and orations are pro- nounced in honor of the father of his country. In New York similar demonstrations are made in commemoration of that joyous morning in our history when for the last time the British flag was seen floating, an emblem ofsovereignty, from the flag-staff on the Battery, and when the English troops evacuated the metropolis of the American continent. But these celebrations are to a great extent martial and military in their origin; they re- mind us more particularly of our great revolu- tionary era, and of the virtue, patriotism, bravery and wisdom of our fathers. Our an- niverearies are not, however, by any means restrained to the commemoration of events of that epoch. They extend farther back; and while in the state of Virginia they celebrate the founding of the first English colony on this continent, in the year 1607, the sons of New England, in their pious and reverential regard for the memory of their ancestors, never neglect to commemorate the landing of the Pilgrims on Plymouth rock, on the 22d of December, 1620. Besides, every State religiously sets apart one day in the year asa day of thanksgiving, on which family reunions take place. Thus, from north to south, the same sacred sentiment pre- vails among the children of our glorious re- public, binding them together in the bonds of a common brotherhood. Arather novel but extremely affecting in- stance of the popularity of those national and local celebrations was that which took place at Portsmouth, N.H., on the last Fourth of July, and it evidences at once the simplicity, patriotism and love of home which form honorable traits in the American character. At the same time, as, with civic and military display, a monument was being inaugurated on the banks of the Hud- son in honor of the three noble captors of Major Andre, and as throughout the length and breadth ofthe land was commemorated the Sign- ing of our Declaration of Independence, the city of Portsmouth was entertaining some hundreds of her sons, who, in pursuing their various callings in life, had emigrated from their New Hampshire home and settled in va- rious other parts of the Union. It was a touch- ing re-union, honorable alike to the maternal city and to those of her children, who, after ab- sences of various duration, gladly accepted the invitation to re-visit once more the cherished scenes of their earlier days. Demonstrations such as these are worthy of all praise. But yet, after all, it was but a simple mani- festation of that pious sentiment which has its home in the breast of New Englanders. The New England Society, established throughout the extent of the Union. regards it as a pious and holy duty to congregate its members in the various cities on each 22d of December. and then and there to pay the homage of their grate- ful recollections to the band of earnest, God- fearing. liberty-seeking Pilgrims, who left their homes, their business and their pul- pits to establish a church where they could worship according to their consciences, on the bleak, inhospitable shores of Massachusetts, and whose descendants afterwards, with like weal and bravery, aided in establishing the greatest republic of ancient or modern times. The example of Portsmouth is now about tobe imitated on that first English settlement in the northeast, planted by these same Pilgrim fathers. Plymouth has become a sacred place, and to that Mecca ofthe New World a remark- able pilgrimage is about to take place. It has been determined, in carrying out that sentiment which has given a text to this article, to cele- brate on the first day of August next, the de- parture from the Dutch town of Delft, for Eng- land, of those members of the congregation of Leyden who shortly afterwards embarked for the port of Plymouth, in the May Flower. And the sons of New England, wherever they may be scattered throughout the Union. are invited to join in this great demonstration. We have no doubt but that such an appeal will be heartily responded to, and that Plymouth will on Monday “next witness the largest concourse of people that was ever before congregated within her ancient township. So it is that Americans show their gratitude to their ancestry, and keep alive the remembrance of their glorious deeds and mighty sacrifices. Thus may it ever be. Last Canr.—It is seldom that we hear such a peremptory call for information as the fol- lowing :— How long is the democratic party in this State to he disgraced by such associations? Was there ever a more disreputable coalition anywhere ghan that known as ‘‘the united democracy of New York 7° — Albany Argus. Can’t say; but we think that of Georgia is a match for it. But if the coalition is so very “dis- reputable,” why not cut the heretics? What's the use of talking without action? Let us weed all the new officeholders out of the party. We must have a new divide somehow or other. That's flat. Marine Affairs. ARRIVAL OF SOUTHERN STEAMERS, —The steamers Augusta, Capt. Lyon, from Savannah, and the Southerner, Capt. Dickinson, from Charleston, arrived yesterday morning. We are indebted to the Pursers for files of Southern popers. A pls ia Bangor ie new im ‘ull bloom, and his & ere of growing apple on it besides, ener reee creer ere eee ——=—_—_—_=_{_——————— Wantixe Movewznt Down East.—It has beer announced that the steamers Fulton an@ Princeton, and the sloop of war Decatur, have left Portemouth, N. H., for the fishing grounds; but whether this fleet is designed to aid her Majesty’s squadron in keeping the Yankea fishermen outside the limits, or to open the way for them into the interdicted bays and harbors,. does not appear. We presume, however, that the allied naval forces of Great Britain and the United States will, as usual, wind up the codfisty and mackerel campaign ina grand ball at Hali- fax. Vive la bagatelle. Repvucep To TREE PLaNKs.—The political’ platform of the philosophers of the Tribune ap- pears now to be reduced to three planks. Abo- litionism, a high protective tariff, and the Maine- Liquor law. Proceedings will be entered inta by-and-by to gather up a party upon this plat- form. The Crystal Palace is to do the work for home protection; but we must exercise patience, Three planks are a good beginning for “ the higher law” platform of 1856. Land reform will be taken up at the meeting of Congress, and. that will make four. Let the whigs re-organise> Talk on ’Change. The ixclemency of the weather yesterday, particularly n the forenoon, had the effect of checking, to some ex- tent, the transactions in produce.. There was seme dis- position, also, to wait the receipt of later foreign news, due at this port by the Asia, whose arrival woald be Jooked for with much interest. There was no change of moment in breadstuffe, Com- mon brands of State flour closed at $5; and about 1,000 bales cotton sold without alteration in quotations, The action of the Chamber of Commerse towards L’eut, Maury, for his valuable services in supplying important wind and current charts to navigators, was considered both liberal and appropriate. The testimonial was honor- able to those who bestowed it, and merited by its re eipient, Lieut. Maury bad acquired not only an Amerioan repu- tation, but a European fame, which had been ac- knowledged by learned societies in London and Paris. His labors had, aleo, been referred to in the British Par- Kament, during debate. The country would be worthily represented, through him, at the European Meteorologi= cal Convention. The Chamber of Commerce would hold another meeting next Thursday, when it was expected business ef consi- derable interest would be acted upon. A navigation and mining company, it Was stated, was about to be organized in this city, for the purpose of na- vigating the Rio de la Plata and its confluente, and working the mines of Bolivia, Peru, and portions of the Argentine Republic. It would be the object of the company, after due examination, to select those mices which hold out the strongest prespects of suecess. One of the McDougall brothers was on Change yester= day, who had been for several years engaged in navigat- ing the rivers of South America, His face was bronzed. intoa shade almost as dark as old mahogany. Mr. McD. seemed to be well and thoroughiy posted up regarding the navigation of the great rivers in South Ameriea, to- gether with the soil, productions and mineral resources of the country. One steamboat had been purchased, and would sail ina few days. So much for American enter= prise. The capital of the company had been fixed at about three hundred thousand dollars, with liberty to in- crease it. Merchants engaged’ in the California trade stated that, their advices were much more favorable regarding the state of the markets,and especially as respected provisions gold finding, &c. ‘The discovery of coal, of good quality, and in premising abundance, at Puget’s Sound, though previously an- nounced, was considered important. The existence of coal on both sides of the Pacific, in high latitudes, it wae. said, bad fora long time been known by old American whaleship captains resorting to that quarter of the world. If obtainable in large quantities, it would prove only second in importance to gold, for California, and for Ss0 Francisco in particular. It would enable that city to have ber streets and houses lighted with gas, and to cor- duet many important manufactures with greater suc- cess, to ray nothing of its employment in the Pacific steam marine cervice. Obituary. Giana, widow of the late Hon, John Forsyth, (Secre- tary of State under President Van Buren, for many years member of Congresr—Senute and House of Representa- tives—and one of the most distinguished statesmen of Georgia,) died at her residence, Columbus, Georgia, on the 17th inst., in the sixiy ninth year of herage. This lady was a daughter of the late Hon. Josiah Meigs, of New Haven, Conn., Commi-sioner of the General Laad Office under President Madison, and sister ef Henry Meige, Eeq., of this city. She was highly esteemed by a numerous circle of seqnaintance and friends, and leaves a pumerous family of children and grand ebildren to la- mect her loss, ‘ Ayprxw K. Hunt, Fsq., assistant cashier of the Suffolk: Bank, died at his residen: harlestown, Mass., on the 25th inst., after an illoess of oaly two or three days, He had been connected with the Suffolk Bank in various ca pacities, for the last twenty years. Mr. Satmon Biopaerr, aged eighty-seven years, 8 revo~ Jutionary pensioner, formerly of Lexington, Mass., died. in Nelson, N. H, July 15. Dr. Ropert Bvtser, treasurer of the Commonwealth of Virginia, died on the 22d inst., at his residenee in Rich- mond. Dr. Joux B. Writs. of the U. 8. Army, who lately ar- rived from Fort Gibson. Arkansas, died in Baltimore on the 24th inst., in the fifty second year of his age. Personal Intelligence. The Hon. H. J. Boulton, late Chief Justice of Canada, and family, of Toronto ; Sir Charles Lyell (Commissioner- from England to the Crystal Palace) and lady; Mr. Wm. Mure, Her Britannic Majesty's Consu! at New Orleans : Reverends J. Graham and H Von Rohr, missionaries to Central Africa and bearer of despatches te Liberia, and about one hundred others, will leave for Liverpool te-day in the British steamship Arabia. Hon. Robert McClelland of Michigan, Seeretary of the Interior, ex-Governor Vroom, Rey. Charles Van Rens- selaer, ‘New Jersey : Hon, General J. F. Cowan, Pennsylvania; St_G. Gibbons, United Sta J. F, Burgoyne, North Carolina; Judge Crain, Maryland; Colouel Wm. V. Burkalon, Ohio, were among the arri- vals yesterday at the Metropolitan Hotel, Dr. C.'T. Murphy and family, of Missiseippi, have ar- rived at the Astor. Arebibald Campbell, Eeq., has resigned kis office of Deputy Eecretary of State, at Albany, and Joha Oayler- has been appointed to fill his place. Col. John C Fremont and family are now rtayiog for » short time at Nantucket. William Lloyd Garrison addressed the Female Anti- Slavery Society, at New Bedford, on the 24th inst. Robert Boneh, Esq., British’ Consul at Philadelphia, has, with the permission of his governmnnt, exchanged with Mr. Mathew, the lute Con-ul at Charleston. who is expected to commence his dutics in Philadelphia in the course of a few days. Mr. Soul was to leave Washington on Tuesday. ARRIVALS. From Savannab, in the stesmship Augusta—Mise Julie Gam! le, Miss A Chaveey. Mr Peck and lady, Miss Van Val kenburg, Prof Stafford and son, Wm Mackay, Mi Stiles, Mise Carrie Rogers, Miss 1, C Rogers, Re: v CW grr, Indy and two children; Mies Anna Rogers, Mise Agnes jelntosh, Miss Anna Melotosh, E Rameay, John W Buek- iam, Mr Koulinger, M A Franklin, JB W Wood, © Brockway, Chas Marthon, J Me ir, Geo H May, Samuol les, W Woodbridge, J H Hartnett, John. Ti hn L Clark and lady, Ji P B Brokaw, Johi Reynol hildren da. M inden berg, two obild vant, George Redga Reynolds, Geo W ha Jr., John'B Cubbedge, steoraze, From Charleston, in the steamship Southernor—H Chapin, T Abbott, Mrs Detockyille, Mise Castorlin, Mra Brawley, Mise Faker, Rev A Moore, 6 Mra Sarre, and obild, Mrs Towns and chitd lorris and two children, |, Diegrow, Mine E © Gay, P Marsondet, tf Jordan, Rev WH Hughes and son, Mist M Ashton, Mrw Stiliman, Ura S Morris, Miss A Norris, 'E RC: » lady and child, JB Whaley, os nd child, Mrs M Johnston, WF ly, two fet iron and servant, Goo B King and ser Jol ), Thos Jones, J M , lady and four children, R Gamble, B Beecher, P Wiltberger—27 in the Rob , Mrs WC Murray, two children and sor. vane, Ad Crowe TH Walker, Mise Tathill, Mre Dickson, W ws rdner. Jr E Gravely, Rev Mr Boyce, Jr, De Hu roll, Btiae Te per, Mie © Kinsel pften hey Boyee, T Tn r, Mr Vandorzec, Mr Venning, | an PW Tt Hetwes, Miss Fe Holmes, EC Weeestt, Mise BE ‘eon, NW Booker, Dr Wm B Crawford and lady, TF Capers and family, Mite M Walker, FCS Crawford, Robt Mure, and 19 in the steerhge. ace Gonaivos, in brig Anglo Saxon=C W Moyer, Inte of jaltimore. From Canton, inenip N B Palmer—Rev Mr aad Mra John son, Rev Mrand Mrs White, Miss F 1 Lindsley, Mise He- menway, Mr C Smith, Mr Gibson, DEPARTURES, For Norfolk Petersburg and Kichmond i Jamestown.— Wm T Batler, I A Row! the Steamahi Wim H Crai, G Stanott, s Jowett, FS Anthony 1B Skin. ner, EA James, J A Deen, G Of, GW Willems, Jamon Docley, LB Sherar Charles Goodoll, Humphreys, Wm. , CH Buttorseld, JC Lovell, iady ehtla end Crongh WC Rekridge, Miss Coulon, Miss Gutlow, ‘rouch, Miss A Ott, A 'T'Gutlow. A W Manjo, Mra j#on, child and infant. Jno W Buskirk and Iady,'A B Casewell, HW Mononre. WI Bigga Canowell and & ohildren, Jas, W Webb. dno Willn Pinny, R Covill, Jt. JP’ Eldred, Dr Thornly, Mi ruly, Mrs Ridg ‘Way, Miss Dangerfiold—46 in Stocenzo. For Richmond, Peterabura and Norfolk, in the steamshi Roanoke —A F jahorke JP. Copman, dos Ronecky. di Lambreeht, B if Acres, Chacten lowell, dns Bixler, S$ Bie ler, EB A Hi ed, G le H Badger rhinrose and tires childeen, BA Der, JM Ho te, Mra f ger, Misa J We ii eve, M Reeve, © D Jones. Mrs Radd, dd, Master Rudd, 8 © Sweize, Mise Woet, Wm Me» a lady, W J Donahue, and sixty-six in the streorage.