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/ THE NEW YORK HBRALD. WHOLE NO. 7528. MORNING EDITION----THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1858. PRICE TWO CENTS. SS ARRIVAL OF THE EMPIRE CITY. Van AAAARALAADGADAD Mighly Interesting Intelligence from Cuba and Yucatan—Another Phase tm the Slave ‘Trade—Increase in the Spanish Squadrun, &e,, de. The steamship Empire City, Captain Windle, ar- rived yesterday morning from New Orleans and Ha- vans. She left the latter place on the 29th ultimo, and brings us letters and papers to that date. Our thanks are due to Purser Craig for late news. Singularly enough, on the day we received our Havana news our Yucatan correspondence, em- ‘bnoing intelligence affecting Cuba, reached us; we ‘therefore give the whole together. OUR HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE. Havana, July 29, 1853. Arrival of the Spanish Squadron at Havana—More about the Slaveship Lady Suffolk—Who is her Owner?—Duplicity and Forgeries of the Spanish Officials in the Matter—Ravages of the Yellow Pever, Small Pox and Diarrhaa—Great Mortali- ty among the Troops, §c.. §c. 3 The Spanish squadron which sailed hence about a month ago on a cruise, have all got safe back again into harbor, “‘ gracias a Dios.’ Although several cargoes of slaves have been landed in the neighbor- ‘hood ef the late cruising grounds, I have not learned that the squadron has been more fortunate than their predecessors during the last fifteen years in falling in with and capturing any piratical slave vessels. To give you an idea of the expense incurred by this government in their naval department alone, I will give you a list of the ships of war now in this harbor, all first class vessels, and which, I assure you, make avery imposing appearance:— Beam frigate Isabel Segundo, (guns) .. = eEsne: . 18 on (large gui 6 “Don Antonio de Ulloa, do 6 “Pizarro, (large ne* guns), 6 « Neptune, do... 4 “Conde de Benidite, do. iba. 4 Total GuDs.....c.sessrsssecsessevecseresceses 205 Besides those enumerated, there are two or three ammaller vessels, the names of which I do not at this moment remember. I understand that in consequence of it having come to the knowledge of our worthy acting Consul, Mr. Robertson, that the late Mexican Consul at this place, Buenaventuro Vivo, had inserted in the documents which he granted to the famous slaver, the Lady Snffolk, that he (Vivo) had granted said papers up- on certificates given by the American Consul, Judge Sharkey. Mr. Robertson had addressed a very, strong letter to the present Mexican Consul, Don Ramon Carvallo, requesting to be informed if it was true that reference was made in the documents furnished by Vivo to the Lady Suffolk to certain certificates perperting te have been given by Consul Sharkey, on the 13th of May last. Mr. Carvallohas replied— ‘That it is certain that reference is made to certificates received from Consul Sharkey, on the 13th of May. certi- that the ship Mary. or Lady Suffolk, then lying Jn the port of Cienfuegos. on the south coast of Cuba, was the property of a certain Mr. pany West, of Boston, who had authorized the Captain. Mr. Wm. Smith, to sell anid vearel at Cienfuegos. but that said certificates could not be found in the archives of the consulate. ‘ Of course they were less likely to be found in the American Cons, from whence such documents never were 3 but that they, as well as Captain Wm. Smith, and the ogner, Mr. Henry West, of Beston, were paany: the creations of Mr. ex-Consul Vivo’s inventive genius, or of some one in his office. The history of this “man, Vivo, you have already had. Having suc- ceeded in inducing Santa Anna to make him Minister to Spain, this ex-slave trading captain could not go upon his mission without implicating ope of the purest men in the United States, Judge , in the scandalous transaction. A person -connected with Vivo’s establishment has openly de- clared that the thing was done as follows :— ‘The \oegecol eertificates from Consul Sharkey were false. Vivo returned here from Mexico, on board the British steamer, on the 8th of May; on the 18th he drew up the pagers which were to enable the Lady Suffolk to navigate from Cienfueqon to Laguoa de Terminos, but hhis nephew Joaquin Soler, a Ind not eighteen years of see, signed the documents as ‘in absence of the Con- Don Julian Zulueta no longer retains lodgings in the Moro. Nothing has yet been heard of the six American sailors belonging to the Jasper, who were left at Cayo Cortez, by the three men who were sometime ago picked up in a boat at Cape San An- tonio, and are now contined in the public jail of this city. It is to be hoped they have not been murdered. One hundred and forty slaves landed from the Lady , and seized by order of the Captain General on the estate of Julian Zulueta, have been returned to that person. It having been proved to the satis- faction of His Excellency that ey were not Bozales, 7. e., recently imported Africans, but had been in the island some time. The cholera, yellow fever and small pox are mak- fog feat ravages on the estates in the interior. thousands of recently introduced Africans have drought with them a terribie kind of diarrhoea, which is ing off vast numbers of victims, and rapidly extending its frightful progress through the island. In Havana the troops are dying like rotten sheep. In some regiments of a thousand men, there are scarcely four hundred available, and all the hospitals are as full as they can hold. All sorts of ridiculous ru- mors are abroad as to a conspiracy having been de- tected among the creole doctors to poison the sick soldiers. The truth is that the yellow fever has this year taken a very malignant form, and that as soon as the doctors succeed in removing the fever, the patient becomes seized with cholera, which carries him off in @ few hours. The quarrel be‘ween the Captain General and the editor Galiano, has been compromised. Havana, July 29, 1853. The Arrest of Zulucta, owner of the Lady Suffolk, @ Sham—Another Cargo of Slaves Landed. Precisely as it was predicted in the Heraup a few weeks ago, so it has turned out, the arrest and Placing of Mr. Julian Zulueta, the owner of the slave ship Lady Soffulk, was all a sham, got up for the occasion of satisfying the British govern- ment that our immaculate Governor was doing his duty, and putting down the slave trade. The late act of returning to Mr. Zulveta the 172 negroes of the Let Suffolk's cargo, which had been seized on his estate, the Alava, pretty clearly indicated that Zu- Ineta’s residence in the Moro was only temporary, and that as soon as the storm which was threatening in England blew over, he wight return to his town residence whenever it pleased him to do a0. Accord- ingly, fhe aia Don Julian Zulueta removed to his house in Havana, and about 11 A. M., held a levee of his friends, which was numerously attended by all the most notorious slave traders. Several of the sailors belonging to a Spanish vessel which landed four handred and fifty slaves four or five days ago at Batabano, (immediately opposite Havana, on the south coast,) were yes- terday brought in here prisoners, as usual. After , the negroes were safely put on shore, the slaver vessel and part of the crew were seized by the autho- Tities. The slaves were conveyed by the public rail- ‘way cars to an estate not three miles from Guines, where yet most of them are to be found. You shall have all the particulars in the course of a few days. * News from Yucatan OUR LAGUNA CORRESPONDENCE. LAGUNA pg TERMINOS, / Yucatan, July 16, 1853. | The Papers of the Lady Suffolk, and the Duty of Our Government in relation to them—Consul Vivo versus Judge Sharkey— The Lady Suffolk to be Judged. By the schooner Mercedes, via Sisal and Havana, Thasten to transmit to yon copies of the original do- cuments fornished by order of the Mexican ex-Consul in Cuba, Buenaventura Vivo, to the pirate ship Lady r) Suffolk, alias Eclipse, alias Mary, alias Mariana, under +4 Which she navigated from Cienfuegos to this port. It ‘will be unnecessary for me to call yourattention to the infamous falsehood introduced into the bill of sale, wherein it is stated that on the 13th day of May last the United States Consul at Havana granted a certi- ficate to the effect : That the ship Lady Suffok (or Mary) then lying in the harbor of Olenfuegos, was tho lawful, pro- 1 ‘ perty of Mr. Henry West, of merchant, and that Mr. Wm, Smith, the master of ship Mary, or Lady Soffolk, was duly authorized by the said owner Mr. ‘Wert to rell said vessel. The character of our Consul at Havana for up- rightness of conduct is too well known to bis count men to be for even a moment tarnished by the and slanderous statements of Mr. Buenaventura Vivo; but as the latter person has had the audacity to found his right to grant the papers which he furnished to the owners of the Lady Suffolk, and under which she sailed for una, upon the certificate which he states he not only received from the American Con- sul at Havana, But the said certificate authorizing the sale or transfer of the Mary, alias Lady Suffulk, at Cienfuegos, to her Spanish purchasers, now exists in the archives of the Mexican Consulate at Havana, it will beeome imperative on the part of the government at Washington, as it will be the duty of Mr. Consul Sharkey, for his own sake, to de- mand that this certificate, which it is pretended was riven by him, be produced, in order that it may be Seolared—what there can be no doubt it is—a vile and infamous slander. The crew of this vessel, from the moment of their arrival here, never hesitated an instant in declaring that their CHE was the famous Lady Suf- folk; that they had landed upwards of 1,287 slaves at the Estenado de Cocshinos, district of Cienfuegos, Island of Cuba; that their captain’s name was Eugenio Vinas; that he, Vinas, landed with the greatest part of the crew to serve as an excort to conduct the slaves to an estate called the Alava, which belonged to a certain Don Julian Zulueta, who also was owner of the Mariana (Lady Suffolk) as well as the cargo of slaves; so that there is not the slightest doubt in my mind that there is as little truth in Consul Vivo’s statement, that Judge Sharkey ever had anything to do with this infamous transaction, as that the Lady Suffolk, or Mary, bad been commanded by a Captain Smith, or ‘was ever owned by a Mr. Henry West, of Boston. An order has just been received here from the su- reme goverment, commanding thet the Lady Suffolk ia sent to Vera Cruz for adjudication. * THE DOCUMENTS. CONSULATE OF MEXICO AT HAVANA. On the third day of the month of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty:three. per- ronally appeared before me, Mr. Juan Gutierrez, a Mexi- can cit.zen, acting for and in the name of Mr. José Ruiz, also a Mexican citizen and renident, and said, ‘That having acquired, in the name of hia principal, the Property of the American snip Mary, anchored in the port of Cienfuegor, as appears from an instrument tn ‘writing, transmitied’an this day by the Consul of the United States of America, to the Mezican Consul, dc., be was desirous that he should obtain the necessary popers, duly authenticating his right and title. Now, therefore, in presence of Mr. Juan Gutierrez, acting for and inthe name of Mr. José Ruiz and Mr. Wil liam Smith, (captain,) first purchaver and second vendor of the American ship Mary, the fellowing articles were agreed upon before me and the witnesses, whose names are hereinafter signed:— Captain bora virtue of the full power which he holds from Mr. Henry West, merchant, of the city of Boston, and by virtue of competeut authorization from his Consul *n this Consulate, relly to the Mexican captain, Mr. Joan Guderrez, agent of Mr. José Ruiz, the American ship Mary, anchored in the bay of Cienfuegos, with her masts, tackle. eails, anchors, chains, running rigging, smalier crafts, and other appurtenances, according to the inventory now presented by the said captain. ‘Tne ship aforesaid measures four hundred and ten tons, snd her dimensions are, 120 feet keel, 130 beam, 17 feet hold, and 82 extreme breadth Captain Smith sells the aforesaid ship for the sum of rixteen thousand dollars, ($16,000 ) for which sum he ac- krowledges receipt in full, he haviog it now lo his posses. ston, and which said sum he acknowledges to have been paid to his complete satisiaction, and he therefore renounces all the rights which he had in and to the said ship, and he grants to the said purchaser, Mr. Juan Gu- tiersez, the fallest and completest acknowledgments of payment that may be conducive to his security, by virtue of which he abandons, divests, yields, and fuily gives up the right of property which he has in the aforesaid vessel, the ship “Mary;” he grants, relegses, and quit-claims the eae, with’ all active, real and personal, useful, mixed, direct, and executory, to the aforesaid purchaser, Mr, Juan Gutierrez, acting as the lawful attorney of Mr. Jo-é Rwz, of Mexico, that he may hold the said vessel, and sell, alien, and otherwise di+pose of the same at his free will and choice, as his own property, sequired with a just and lawful title. Mr Juan Gutierrez, acting as the representative of Mr. Joré Ruiz. accepts the raid sale, and therefore acknow- ledges that he has received the aforesaid ship, with all her apparel, and other appurtenances, set forth in the inventory. In testimony whereof, the foregoing was duly read to Captain Smith. through an interpreter, Mr. Fernando Ruiz, aud he declared the satue to ue currect, aud cust tho Cull’ tents of this instrument were true and certain; where- upon both parties hereto sizned in the presence of Ramon Diaz, Cipriano Munova and Fernando Elias. {Seal.} sigved Juan Gutierrez, William Smith, Fernando Ruiz, Cipriano Munoza, Fernando Elias. Before me. JOAQUIN SOLER. ‘The foregoing is faithful copy of the original instrus ment,'entered in the 44th page of book A, of the records of this Consulate, under my charge. Iu testimony whereof, ard in ‘order that the same may fully appear when ne: ceesary, I have signed these presents, on this thirteenth day of the month of May, one thousand eight hundred avd fifty-three, F ‘The Coneul being absent, (Signed, ) JOAQUIN SOLER. CONSULATE OF MEXI0O AT HAVANA. By virtue of the petition presented to this Consulate by Mr. Juan Gutierrez, Captain of the ship Mariana, re- questing that there be granted to the vessel under his cowmand letters of naturalization, she being the property of Mr. Joré Ruiz, w subject and navive citizen of the republic, as eppears from the instrument of tale made at this Consulate, under date May 13th inst., Mr. Valentine Conigo, merchant of this place, person’ ally appeared on thia thirteeoth day of May, one thou- sand beh hundred and fifty-three, before me, Con- sul and the witnesses whose names are hereunto sub. reribed, said, that in order to comply with the laws, ho bound his present, past and juture property, giving two- thirds the amount of the security of two-thirds of the purchase money of the ship Mariana, he being conse- quently respensible to tha unt for the improper ure that might be made of the provisional patent of na- turalization, solicited by Captain Juan Gutierrez, iu order to allow his sailing with the said vescel under the Mexican flag. In testimony whereof. he signs these presents at the city of na, at the office of the Mexican Consulate, on the day ve mentioned in presence of ths witnesses— Ramon Diez. Cipriano Munoza, and Don Fernando Elias. RAMON DLAZ CIPRIANO MUNOZA, FERNANDO ELIAS, (Signed. } Before me, Joan SouEr. The foregoing document is a true copy of the original instrument, to be found on the 47th psge of book A of Recores of this Mexican Consulate, aud uader my charge. In testimony whereof, and in order that the same may more fully appear when necessary, I have upon request, given these presents on this thirteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty: three. The Consul being absent, (Signed,) JOAQUIN SOLER. CONSULATE OF MEXICO, AT HAVANA. The Mexican Consul at Havana, declares that Mr. Juan Gutierrez, a Mexican subject, by profession a sea- man, and the authorized agont of Mr. José Ruiz, a mer- chant of Mexico, has, duly and in conformity to the laws of the republic, proven that he has scquired for his prin- cipal the property of the ship called the Mariana, avd 1 doriring that she should carry the national flag, he requested that I should confor upon him the requisite letters of naturalization and patert of nationalization : Now 1 declare that the aforeraid vessel, the ship Mariana, of *he burthen of four hundred and ten (410) tona, ani of the following dimensions, keel net 120 feet, beam 130, extreme breadth 82, hold 17, has a right to navigate undergghe Mexiean flag, and consequently I grant: the prevent passport to the’ ssid Juan Gutierre,, merchant captain, in order that, with the said ship Mariana, he may leave the port of Cienfuegos, where sbe ix now an- chored, and proceed to the Laguna de Terminos, for which ‘voyage only this present provisional patent shall be valid, ic being incumbent upon him there to present himyelf to the competent authorities, that they may de- liver to him the necessary national patent. Therefore, Ido beg and entress of all the civil, milita- ty and naval officers and functionaries, the comman ters of ves-ela ef war, or other officers, both national and foreign, unto whom these presents may come, to con- sider the raid verrelas Mexican, and consequently not to place any impediment in the way of her pursuing her voyaxe, but on the contrary to facilitate the same, lend- tng her aid avd suceor, should the same be asked of hem. This present provisional patent. valid for this voyage only, as been given at the office of the Mexican Comsil- vthe city of Havana, on the thirteenth day of May, The Consul being abvent, (Signed) JOAQUIN SOLER, CONSULATE OF MEXICO, AT HAVANA. Pevisional List of the erew of the national ship Mari- ana, 410 tons burthen, and belonging to Mr. Jose Rniz, a merchant of Mexico; Juan Gutierrer, taastar, anchored in the port, of Cieafuegos, to cot sail ona voynge to the Lagura de Terminos, with the hands, whose panes are bereinatter set forth, (Here follow the names of the officers and crew, which we omit.] Igrant leave vnto the eaid captata, with hiv vessel and crew aforesaid, to set sail for the Poerto de Lagona, to which place only this provisional roll will be used by him; and he shall there provide himself with all the pa- pers required by our laws. Said captain fae declared that he has on boart the fol. lowing passengers :—— [We omit the pames.] Given at Havana, thie thirteonth day of May, 1853, Conaul being abren {Seal} (Signed) JOAQUIN SOLER. Manifest of the bulance of provisions taken in by Uap- tain of Mexican ship Mariana bonsd from the pert of Cienfuegon to Lagaa de Term{nos, to.wit:— 14 barrels beef, 8 do. pork: 6 do. biscuit; 3 do. lard; 8 G0, vinegar; 3 do. mackerel; 5 do, brandy’ (de cana, ‘or cane brandy), 5 do, biconit, damaged: 1 barrel beer; 14 do. relt; 4 do. flour, dawered; 1 box sngar; Xa, cheese; 1 do, tea; 4 do, cod, damaged; 3 do, cider; do. Rhenish wine; 3 do. rice: 2 barrels fresh 2 do. salt pork; 2¢o. co! 2do. ealt fish; ladle pre liag He do. ; 4 uit: , damaged; kegs Zo olives; 4 packeges swoked meat ed bag almonds; 8 garrafones wine; 10 bottles wine ( fuseatel): 16 do, cherry brandy: 6 do. syrup; 2 jara olive oil; 10 boxes sweetmeats, 6 small 4 large; 2 do. medicine; 6 bales mata; 300 water provisions; ballast; 25 muskets. Laguna de Terminos, May 31, 1853 {seal} (Cigned} JUAN GUTIERREZ. THE SPANISH SQUADRON AT HAVANA. [From the Diario de la Marina, July 27 } Two new steamsbips in ove single day have come into our devoted to the sole purpose of protecting, de- fending, and guarcing Cuba. Eleven ve-sels of war al-oady lie in our waters, trom the beughty Isabella II to the other no lesa ureful ones recently constructed for the service of ourcoasts, Another, oa the ooint of comple: ‘ton, ix about oom pleting the dozen. "Wheo to these are added the other vensela of different kinds evolutions, a few dayr since, were a subj sdmiserien) New Orleaun periodi whom we bad tscusaion on the subjyct but a few days since may have bis mind conclusively made up as to whether we are. or are not. as hyperbclical and exegger- ated as be would sppear toimagine. The naval forces of Spain in the American waters are 44 respectable for their nun ber as they are for the excellent discipline, the fine armament, and the ardor of ther officers and men. We did not err then, when we contemplated with pro- found conrempt the joy of thore few wretches who dream- ed that Spain saw ber power diminirh with the loss of the Pizarro, Did they fear or hate the Pizsrro? or did they entertain both these feelings agaioat that vessel? For, here they bave her anes, riding oor own bay, and born from her own ashev, bexring the vame barthen the same artilery, the same Spaoirh hearts oa board, and the same proud banner of Castile floatiog over her and protectiag her with its glorious folds, There is but one feature wapting. and that is the materiel part, the planks and keel if the old Pizarro an objact of sacred veneration for us, a8 beiog lickeo in our minds with the remembrance pirecy bumb'ed and chastixed. But the name of the venerated victor still’ survive vod with it all forts, heightened by remembrance and example to stimulate it greater ¢fforta that it may occupy an equal rank among the noble defenders of our country and our queen. NEWs BY TELEGRAPH. From Wi gton, THE BELGIAN MISSION—MOVEMENTS OF THE SPAN- ISH MINISTER—-RETURN OF MESSRS. MARCY AND CUSHING—ASTOUNDING DEVELOPEMENTS EXPECT- ED, ETC. Wasmincton, August 3, 1853. Don Calderon de Ia Barca, the Minister from Spain, left here for New York to-day. Secretary Marcy returrs to Washington on Saturday. Secretary McClelland’s visit to New York, it is rumor ed, is touching an astounding scheme of gigantic frauds just discovered, and kept s profound secret by the go yernment, He cannot well return before Saturday night. ‘The whig convention at Bladensburg, to-day nomizated Augustus R. Sollers, of Calvert county, for Congress, Attorney General Cushing has returned. There is no truth in the statement telegraphed to the evening papers in New York last week, that Walter Feara has been appointed Minister to Belgium. Ne appoint- ment to that court has been made, State Elections, KENTUCKY. Lovuisvittz, August 3, 1853. First District—Linn Boyd’s (dem.) majority for Con- qyees ia 1,500. Eighth District-The majority for J. C. Breckenridge (dem.) is 580. Tenth District —The probabilities to day are that Stan. ton, dem., is elected to Congress over Hodge, whig, by a small majority. The vote is very close, A storm South prevents the receipt of despatches from other districis, MISSOURI. St. Lours, August 3, 1853. Jackson, anti Benton, author of the famous Jackson resolutions, is elected to Congress in the Third district. Caruthers, whig, is olected to Congress in the Seventh district. Edward Bates is elected Judge of the Land Court. From British Gulana, YAvememe THE VENELU=< 10 © REVOLU- TION, ETC. a Boston, August 3, 1853. Papers have been received here from Georgetown, Brit- ish Guiana, to July 14, They report that there was considerable dissatisfac- tion at the result of the importation of Chinese Covlies, who were very quarrelsome. The bark Appollone had arrived from Calcutts, with one hundred and ninoty Coolies ; twenty othera had died on the passage. Four hundred moxe Chinege Coolies had been contracted for, and were expected, hey were said to be the off-scour ing of the Chinese nation. An article in one of the papers declares that if Cuba is allowed to continue to receive slaves, the British West Indies Senses compete with her in the productioa of sugar, &e, e kame papers have details of the Venezuelan revo- lution, of which the Province of Cumana seems to be the head quarters. They had formed a provisional govern ment, and had taken meaeures for a convention of ths disaffected provinces, to torm » confederation. General Thaddeo, & general of Monagas, was ma:ching against them, at the hesd of 3,008 men, The Movagas family had sent 7,000 doubleons to Trini- dad for ratekeeping. ‘The Trinidadian thinks that the Venezuelans are uvfit to be fiee, and that an American rifle corps had better take possession of the country and govern it. CooLTR SECOND DAY. Rocuester, August 3, 1853, The Convention of the State Teachers’ Association re- assembled to-day, A lecture was road by Mr. motives to mental culturo, A debate took place upon a proposition to separate the office of Superintendent of Schools from that of Secretary of State. Speeches were made by Mr. Randall, the Secre- tery of State, and Messrs. Coburn, Woolworth Weller, and Valentine—all in favor of the plan—and the resolu tion was adopted. In the afternoon session a very able lecture was read by Protescor Upson, of Hamilton College, on practical education, after hick the order of business was taken up, and a disenssion on couuty associations followed. This evening tha asvociation attonds # levee given by A. H, Brewster, Exq. Riddle, of New York, upon From Baston. THE DANISH SLOOP-OF-WAR SAGA—FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT—LOSS OF THE BRIG ELIZABETH PEL TON. Boston, August 3, 1853, The Danish sloop-of-war Sage sailed from here at noon to-day, for New York. This evening, as the express train from the north upon tho Lowell Railroad was pessing Woburn, it ran over an unknown man, who was Ising upon the track, cutting Lim to pieces. Loss of the Brig Elizabeth Felton, Boston, August 3 1853, The brig Elizabeth Felton, Rogers, from Boston May 14, for San Frareisco, was abandoned Jane 28, (no latitude or longitude given,) leaking badly. The captain and crew leit ‘n two beats, and after four days hard suf- fering, arrived at Surinam, from whenee, the captain writes, he would leave for Boston by the first vessel. The FF, was a good vessel, of 161 tona, bailt at Kuses 1847, and owned in this city. Non-Arrival of the Niagara, Haurax, August 3—Midnight, Up to the present moment there are no signs of tho steamer Ningara. She 1s now inher tweifth day out, Departure of the Europa. Bostox, August 3, 1863, The royal mai! sternch!p Europa, Captain Shannon, sailed at noon to day © egaty passengers for Liver- pool and thirty-two fox jislitax, Among the former wore Lady Elloemere and daughter. ‘The Furopa took out $283,000 in gold ingots, and $1,500 in English silver coin, Southern Matl Faulure, Bauriwonr, August 3, 1853. We have no mail south of Charleston to-night, Two New Orleans mails are now due. Markets. Aupany, August 3, 1859, Receipts of the past twenty-four hours:—Flour, 8 600 bbls. ; wheat, 14,000 bushels; corn, 39,000 do. ; onta, 11,000 do. thas been in good, steady demand for the Kast avd home trade; rales of 2,000 bbis. at $5 a $5 12 for State, snd $4 87 2 $5 12 for common and mixed western. Wheat firm; good inqniry for milling pursoses. Corn in goed request, at better prices; 10,000 bushels sold at 710. for uneound and 74c, 8 76¢ for sound mixed western, Onta steady: rales of 16,000 bushels at 44c, a db44c, Whiskey cold at 263¢0, for prison, THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Progress of the Exhibition—Description of Articles, The clinking of “bammers closing rivets up” still continues at the Crystal Palace, but with daily increasing indication that their work will soon be ended. The machine arcade will be ready for visi- ters in a few days, and will add much to the other attractions. Many of the packages from the ship Centaur, which we bave before noticed as being received in the building, were opened yesterday, presenting new gems of art to associate with the already numerous collection. A marble bust of Pope Pius IX., by Tenerani, is among the new contributions, and is much admired, especially by the Catholic visiters. Also, a group called “ The Lovers going to the Fountain,” is a work of much merit, which was yesterday placed in the west nave. By no means the least interesting object, added from the Centaur, is a large marble dish by Lazzarini, from Benvenuto Celliai, Florence. This artistic work is set upon a pedestal four feet high, highly carved with clusters of grapes, &c. In the centre of the dish isa likeness of Cosmos, one of the dukes of Florence, and around the centre are numerous allegorical groups and landscapes. The dish is about two feet in diameter, and may be considered as one of the finest specimens of the fine arts on exhibition. These artigles spoken of, all belong to the Itulian department, which excels all others in sculpture and painting. While all the civilized nations of the world are represented in the American Industrial Exhibition, at the same time many isolated sects and principalities contribute their mite to the great apotheosis of labor. The Waldensians have sent some specimens of silk, which are worthy the attention ofall who sympathize with these people in their struggles against ages of persecution. The silk is in the skein, and is from Genicourd, in the Protestant valley of Piedmont, somewhat celebrated for producing the most superior silk, which forms a great staple of the country. A group of statuary, representing an eagle carry- ing away a child from its sleeping mother, has been lately placed in the west nave, around which daily gather crowds of admirers. This work has many admirers, although it is not entirely faultless. The body of the mother and her face, upon which is the calmness of “balmy sleep,” is wrought with much excellence. But the head of the child is dispropor- tionate with its body,'and the eagle is not large enough to impress one with a belief of his power to carry off his load. The claws of the ‘bird are firmly set in the flesh of the babe, and the countenance of the child, indicating fear and pain, is eminently superior. The face of the orying infant powerfully excites the sympathy of the spectator, who actually forgets, for a while, that he gazes only upon marble, and feels a thrill of horror in beholding the peril expressed. This work is by Auguste Lechesne, of Paris, and was much broken during its transit to this country; weeks have been consumed in repairing it, and its appearance now is free from any mutilation. Another yery beautiful contribution exhibited during the last few days, is a hose cart made in Phi- ladelphia, but owned, we understand, in New York. In richness it far surpasses anything of the kind ever manufactured, and with firemen in particular it isa theme of praise. It is composed of great quan- tities of the precious metals, and it cost $5,750. The side plates and boxes are massive silver, ornamented with fine giltedging. All the iron work is silver plated. On the front box, in gilt, on a groundwork +#ailvow, is Neptune and his sea coursers rising from the ocean; om sesh cide, in bas-relief, is a repre- sentation of Night and Morning, from tue vxiginal, by Thorwaldsen. Upon this box, dolphins of gilt sup- port Neptune and Amphitrite, the two holding a golden scroll, on which are the words “Neptune Hose.” The lanterns on either side are of pure sil- ver, supported by nereids in gilt, Upon the rear box, in large silver raised letters, is written “Nep- tune.” The inner part of the side plates is ele- gant papier mache work, illustrative of va- rious ocean scenes. The outside of the plates are highly decorated with dolphins, shells, and imple- ments of navigation. The support of the side beam is an oval silver reflector, in which is a dancing nymph, supported by two ofthe horses of Neptune. ‘The speaking trumpet and two torch boxes are mas- sive silver, beautifully embossed. Two miniature firemen’s hats are hung upon two flag staffs, and all are placed in a glass case in the north nave. We were told that, in a few days, in the agricul- tural department, there will be shown a plough, the identical one which was used by Roger Sherman. This will be a very interesting relic. ADMISSIONS AND RECEIPTS. Number of single admissions. . Do. season tickets .. Amount of cash received. THE UNITED STATES COAST SURVEY. THE ELECTROTYPING PROCESS. Among the most valuable contributions in a scien. tific point of view, are the instruments employed in the United States Coast Survey. These occupy a place to the right of the Forty-second strect entrance. As very few of the thousands of visiters to the Palace understand their use, or are even acquainted with their names, we intend giving a description of each from time to time. Meanwhile we present the follow- ing description of the process of electrotyping, to our readers. It is a very irsportant art, as will be seen from this accoumt :— The Const Survey exhibits three sets of electrotype plates—the larger !s 42x38 inches; the medtum 38x27. and the smaller 22x18; these are the general sizes of the Coast Survey charta, @uch sot contains the original plate, or that produced by the engravers, the ele rtrotype mould taken from the origins! and the electroty ve dupli- cate af the original taken from the mould. This duplicate is fo farthful a fac simile of the originsl, that the oue cannot be distingui-hed from the other; the most atten- tive examine tion fails to detect a difference. This exset- ress of copy odtains in no otner art of copying forms; even the common printing type, simple as their forms are, differ somewhat from the steel punches used to make the matrices ; bat when wo reflect what lars nod celicately wrought surfaces aro exactly duplicated by the ¢lectrotype, the beauty of the art in com- ison with all other plascic operations becomes wap The iargest plates of the Const Survey present a surfucs of over ten square fect, so elaborately wronght that a magnifying glass is required for viewing the minutiw before the real extent and difficulty of the work becomes apparent. Such a plate requires a set of ski)ful engravers trom taree to five years in its production; and yet, when completed, it cam be duplicated in the laboratory of the survey i three short days, 80 perfectly that the artist who has labored over it daily for yeara cannot discover which is the plate he produced, The practical resnit of this exact multioliciation of forms is, tbat theengraver having once done his work, an infinity of prints may be obtained, and there all of tne first close, or new impressions, as the printers style those taken before the plate begins to show the wear of printing. The plate being gradaally worn out by the printing, the impreseions decreave in valne until they no longer represent the design of the artist Hence large engravings must be costly, and the number limit: the expense of engraving is often incurred. Thi stance early oacurred to Prof, Bache as limiting fusion and perpetnation of the useful results of the aurvey, and he accordingly caused experineatal trials of the alec- trotype to be made. But notwitimtanding the celat which attended the new art, the repetition of the best [aropean procersea gave but unsatisfactory results: it was found that the electrotype plate was +o deficient in mechanical virtues as tobe of but little née, and very often would be 80 fragile, in whole or in parts, as to break like acake of randstone; but worre than all theso defects, deposited copper was apt to adhere xo firmly to the original plate as to wholly spoil it, converting a monument of patience, perseverance and artistic skill inton sightless mass of copper; and the known or recommended moans for pre- bog, the adbesion. defective of they were, oblite- rated the finest parts of the engraving. No cure for these casualties appeared in tho office of the Coast Survoy. except from a radical examination of the principles of the art, and a thorough application of the sciences involved to the principles. This has vielded even uphoged for results, The forming of large electrotypes in the Coast Survey laboratory is now as certain a pro- cese as the moulding of bricks. ‘The first grand result obtained by the Coast Survey was an infallible process for causing the electrotype to feparate from the original plate. ‘This im principle was obtained by attending to a more accurate demarkation of the forces which deternfine the two plates. That sleight of the black-mith, by which he breaks a bar steel by a mere tap of the hammer, af: a fine notch in it, is at the basis of the process used for preventing the adhesion. periment on ae edibaslcon: of et wax, ie ‘ substances - ously proposed for to metals, it found that it was too actin to metallic cohesion to permit thio films of those substances to intervene between the platen, for they actually acted au cements, instead of dim ishing the gobesion. Au 1e operation for ing adhesion now performed, is entirely chemical, and consequently far more delicate than the mechanical operations of coating the plate with air, wax, powders, &, The plate to be electrotyped, is made chemically clean, and washed with an alcoholic so- lution of iodive, and then exposed, for near an hour, to sunlight; the solar rays cause a portion of the iodine to rise in Vapor, forming an extremely low atmosphere of that gas on the plate; the plate being now introduced into the electrotyping connections, newly formed copper combines with the iodine vapor; thus both plates are faced with a thin film of iodid, which admits of the ens force determining a line of cleavage along the cen. The chemical action of the iodine. though causing the plates to separate like the laminea of does not in the least mar the polish of the faces. Although the face must be admitted to be eorroded, whea chemically considered, yet the depth of this corro- sion 19 trifling in 8 mechanical view; the iodine solution used for preparing the plate is very weak, coutaining only one graiu of the balogen to 20,000 grains (over three pints) of slcohol, and Mr. Mathiot, who has the laboratory in charge, has caiculated that the film of iodid is fer less than the ten-thousandth part of a mil- lionth part of an irch, in thickness. This process has in- variably given geod results at the Coast Survey office; aud the copyivg obiained by it is far more perfect thea that obtained by former methods; for in defiance of the most dexterous manipulation an excess of wax will choke acme of the finer lines, and when an air film is used, bubbles are very liable to be retained in the cutting. The beauty and delicacy of the views on the charts of the survey, now at the fair, show that the copying is per- fect. The’ chemical process has the advantage, als», in point of time; the largest plate can be prepared in an our, while the mechanical methods require several days. The other improvements introduced by the Coast Sur- vey are in the metallic virtues of the electrotopes, and the time. economy and facility of conducting the opera- tions. The objections which beset the earlier operations im electro metallurgy were softness and friability in the metal, with scartiness and unevenness in the deposition. Specimens of electro.copper are exhibited fully equal to the best fire made metal in tenacity, hardness and elas- ticity. The plates are now cast uniformly one eighth of an inch in thickress, and work so well compared with the originals that the first duplicate of the largest plate exhibited, printed near two thousand copies with- cut showing rigus of wear. Yet the original, from the fineness of the work, was estimated as capable ef fur- nishing only eight hundred copies, Achief feature in the electro-metallurgic operations of the coast survey, is the use of hot electrolytes for the reduction of copper; this, while greatly improving the quality of the wo:k, has much reduced the time, #0 that which was formerly the work of a month can now be done in a few days It has been frequently proposed by persons not tho- roughly conversant with this subject, to use steel plates instead of copper, as the a‘ee) will print a greater num- ber of copies. Bat this is only putting the evil off in point of time for the steel plate will eventually wear Out. But it is not only the getting of many duplisates that gives the electrotype the preference; it is brought te bear directly in the production of the engraved plate, and greatly reduces the time for getting out large en gravipgs A» bot one artist cam work ata plate ata time, the time for producivg a plate must be propor tionate to its size. To Abricge this time, the plate is now cut in four or more sections, and distributed among @s many artists. When the sections are done the electro typist pl-ces them in conjunction, and takes an entire cast, as though they were but one. Itcan readily be seen frem this that there need no longer bea limit to the amount of work ou one eheet, and that maps of our cities need no longer be victures of the past, but repre- sentations of things which are. SWISS DEPARTMENT. WOODEN WARE. The Swiss make a very creditable show in their embroidery, watches, snd wooden carvings. Some very interesting curiosities, composed of wood, show great proficiency and patience in carving in this ma- terial. The wood of which these articles are manu- factured is a dwarf tree, of the cedar species, indi- genous on the mountains of Switzerland. It is re- markable that the same wood has two distinct colors, side by side, which give these carvings their beauti- ful appearance. Among the carvings are models of Swiss cottages, of this kind of wood, showing great iineners end skill in their manufacture, Also, salad forks and spoons, carved in the most exquisite style, ornamented with grapes, vines and dolphins, &c.; paper folders, tipped with the chamois horn, and plates, equally embellishea, uic'vn exhibition, Seye- eral beautiful work-boxes, highly embellished, call forth much praise from the ladies. A carving of not the least interest in the collection, is a little statua- Ty, representing a my Sencar a Swiss hunter and a milkmaid; while the enthusiastic hunter is atting the rosy cheeks of his fair companion, the to is lapping in the milk pail. Large centre tables, fans, and other articles of a lady’s toilet, show the inaustry of the Swiss in this kind of work. JEWELRY AND WATCHES. By far the finest case of jewelry on exhibition, is that from the manufactory of Auguste Dubertre, Geneva. Thia city has a universal reputation tor its caheswried in making watches, and the articles exhibited show that this reputation is well founded. Watches no larger than a gold dollar, in perfect order, with all the chains, springs and wheels of the best watches, are in the side of port monnaies, card cases, eye glasses, bracelets and other jewelry. Particular notice might be properly called to a gold bracelet shaped like a coiled serpent, blue enamelled, with ruby eyes, and having a large opal set around with diamonds on its head. The mouth of the ser- pent is made to open with a spring, and discloses a small watch within. Nothing more elegant was ever before exhibited in this country. Various other articles in this case, too numerous to be es- pecially noticed, dazzle the eyes of all beholders with their numerous jewels. There are many cases of jewelry from different manufacturers of Switzer- land, all of them displaying superb specimens. WASHINGION NATIONAL MONUMENT. CONTRIBUTIONS. Cash on hand..............4.5 771 13 Contributions for this day.......... 57 62 BOM Siete ne eiierees $828 75 Terrible Catastrophe on the Belvidere and Delawace Railroad, TEN MEN KILLED—ONE FATALLY, AND SEVERAL SE- RIOUSLY INJURED. {From the Lambertville (N. J.) Diarist Extra, Aug. 3. It befaila us this morning to record the most awful calamity that has occurred in this vicinity. Last evening a tran of platform cars, conveying the laboring men ofthe Belvidere aod Delaware Railroad Com- pany, and about one hundred of those assisting in ‘the repairs of the Pennsylvania Canal, to their homes, wes thrown from the track at Buil’s Island, nine miles above here, and the fatal result aunourced above ensued. ‘The train consisted of ten cers, and there were on board two hundred or mora men, Tidings of the catastrophe were brought to Lambertville as soon as porsibie, and a locomotive was immediately fired up and departed for the scene of the disaster, having on board Des. Lilly, Koon, and Reily, of Lambertville, and Dr. Foulke, of New Hope, some of the officers of the company. and a sufll- cient number of citizens to assist in the duties expected to be required. On arriving at the ground, the heart-rending spectacle of nine dead bodies, snd a number wounded, lying upon the cara, surrounded by the friends who were with them, was presented. ‘The particula: As nearly as we could ascertain them, were oa follow “ | The train was backing down the road, and when at Buil’s Island, about sundown, 2 cow suddenly jumped upon the track, almost under the platform of the fore. most ‘The cor was thrown off, and five others fol lowed before the locomotive conld te stopped—some of thera being overturced. others set up onend, & The men who were not injured, and the citizens of the neighborhood set to work, and when we arrived wo found things as stated above. ‘The physicians attended to the most urgent capes of the wounded, and, having made them as comfortable as pos: sible, the train started for Lambertville, NAMES OF THE KILLED. Matthew Malone, Jobn Dignan, Micheel Caveny, Michael stoGetrick, Jobn Irving, Bartholomew Shehan, Patrick Coffes, Thomas Marran, Jeremiah Leary, Michael Dalton—10. John Conroy was terribly mangled, and not expected to live from ove minnte to another, at the time we put this to wean, (4 o'clock, Wednesday morning. ) We wore not able to learn the names of the wounded, but there are some twelve or fifteen of them. The most voriow ‘three broken lege, one of them badly, and three fractured collar bones. None of the wounded are considered in darger, except Conroy, who cannot possibly live many minutes. In coming down the road with this death train, some of the dead and wounded were left with their frienda at different pointr—the wailing of wives and relatives were heartrendimg in the extreme; and also at Lambertville, Thee oy as crowd was beng hep bye | 9 {ele friends to thelr, homes, in monrning, the wounded were creased and bandaged by the physicians prevent, snd made as comfortable as possible, and con- (who was also on veyed home. @ Rev. P. J. He the ground.) will administer the ral ceremonies in the Roman Catholic burying around, (near Mount Hope Oemetery,) at 4 o'clock this afternoon, AMERICAN DIPLOMACY. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN. - HISTORICAL SKUTOH. LIST OF AMBASSADORS, ke, ke, de, Tae Hon. James Buchanan will embark for Eing- land on the 6th inst., to enter on his duty as Ambvas- sador from the United States at the courtof St. James. Daniel E. Sickles, Esq., of this city, the Secretary of Legation, and William Henry Welsh, Esq,, of York, Peensylvania, Private Secretary to Mr. Buchanan, will leave on the 20th inst. The present favorable position of our relations with Great Britain will probably render the duties of the new minister easy and agreeable, compared with those of some of his predeces- sors. But the present condition of afiairs on the continent of Europe, and the questions which are likely to arise in consequence, involving the interests of both England and the United States, may afford Mr. Buchanan abundant opportunities of displaying talents for diplomacy, quite equal te those which were required of and exhibited by him, when Secretary of State, during Mr. Polk’s adminis- tration. * The change in our intercourse with Great Bri- tain, occasioned by the appointment of a new minis- ter to that court, affords a suitable occasion to take a retrospective view of our diplomatic relations with that country, since our independence was acknow- ledged by jits rulers by the treaty of peace of 1783. Our sketches, extending over a period of seventy years, must necessarily be brief, embracing, however, the most important points in this part of our diplo- matic history, and drawn from the most authentie sources. It will be recollected that the war which led te the establishment of the Independence of the United States, commenced in the year 1775, and was closed. in 1783, a period of eight years ; of which, however, most of the two last years were characterized by im- activity on both sides. The, war, it may be said, was virtually brought to a close in its sixth year,in Octo- ber, 1781, by the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and his army at Yorktown, after which no military events of importance took place between the contending forces. It is worthy of note here, that as early as Febra- ary, 1778, after the surrender of Burgoyne and hia army at Saratoga, and the alliance had been formed with France by the United States, the British minis- try made a decided effort for peace, and Lord North introduced into the House of Commons what were called his “conciliatory propositions,” declaring it to be the intention of government to send a commis- sion to America, to treat with the Congress, to grant pardons and immunities, to restore to the colonies their ancient charters, to exempt them from taxa- tion, and not to require them to renounce their inde- pendence till the the treaty had been ratified by the King and Parliament. This plan, so suddenly de- veloped, but entirely matured, by Lord North, was as unexpected to his friendd as his enemies, inag- much as by it he abandoned the principles upox which he had heretofore conducted the contest with the American colonies. A writer of that day re- marks :— A dull melaticholy aflence sneceeded to the speech madg by Lord North on this occasion- Aatontehtnent, dejection, and fear, overclouded the whole assembly. Although the minister had de- clared that the sentiments he expressed that day had been those which he always entertained, it ia certain that few or none had understood him in that manner ; and he had been represented to the nation at large as the person in {it the most tenacious of thoze parliamentary rights which he now proposed to resign, and the most remote from the submissions which he now proposed to make.” Mr. Fox, who followed Lord North in the debate, congratulated the public on the conversion of the minister, and his own party on having gained so powerful an auxiliary. If Fox and the whigs gener- ally had then preased Lord North and joined with the war party, now disgusted and mortified, the ministry would have been left in a minority in the House of Commons. But the conduct of the whiga was directly the reverse of this ; they took such a hearty part with the minister, that no appearance of party remained, and some of his complaining friends. ‘vexatiously congratulated him on his new allie, ‘These new allies, however, though they supported his measures, showed no mercy to his conduct. The conciliatory terms proposed by Lord North in fact contained all the stipulations that the first Continent- al Congress, assembled in 1774, proposed to accom- plish. America had, in reality, conquered at this early day (1778) every thing for which she originally took up arms. The declaration of Congress of July 4, 1776, constituted no part of the original requisi- tions or grievances of this country ; for the war, im the outset, was certainly not undertaken for indepen- dence. It may be added, that had General Wash- ington’s views been seconded by the co-operation of General Gates and other leaders, mainly of the north- ern army, after the surrender of Burgoyne and his army at Saratoga, a similar capture of the army of Howe, at Philadelphia, would have taken place, im all probability, and the British ministry could not have recovered from the effect of these repeated blows. Peace must therefore have followed, and in- dependence have been acknowledged by Great Britain in three years after the declaration, and be fore aid had been received from French troops. It appears, also, that propositions were made im March, 1778, to Doctor Franklin, then one of the American Commissioners in France, by Mr. William Pulteney, a member of Parliament, who saw him at * Paris, under the assumed named of Williams. The terms did tot differ from those with which Lord North proposed to invest Commissioners to treat with the Americans. Another gentleman, a mem- ber of the Irish Parliament, Mr. Chapman, had a conversation with Dr. Franklin on the same subject. This Irish gentleman was at great pains to collect information touching a peace; and he made such proposals, in relation to independence and commer- cial privileges, as were then fashionable in England. The American Commissioners in Europe, at that pe- riod, had no power from Congress to treat with Great Britain; but Dr. Franklin informed Mr. Pulte~ ney, that, in his opinion, America would not make a peace in which her independence was not formally recognized. Mr. David Hartley, a member of the British Parliament, and an: old acquaintance of Dr. Franklin, also called on him in France, in April, 1778, and in conversation expressed the strongest anxiety for peace with America, and was anxious to- know Franklin's sentiments of the terms which might probably be accepted if offered. Franklin answered “ that the United States were not fond of war, and, with the advice of their friends, would probably be easily prevailed with to make peace on equitable terms ; but we had no terms committed te us to propose, and I did not choose to mention any,’* &c. Dr. Franklin conjectured that Chapman was sent to him by Lord North. Hartley, he says, was generally in the opposition, ospecially on American questions, but had some respect for Lord North, “On the whole, (remarks Franklin, in a letter te