The New York Herald Newspaper, August 20, 1853, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 7544. NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. THE YELLOW FEVER AT NEW ORLEANS, The Administration and the Pacific Railroad, important OMcial Letter Relative to Ex- Collector King’s Proceedings. THE SAN FRANCISCO CUSTOM ROUSE LEASES, PROGRESS OF THE MATHER TRIAL AT ALBANY THE EPISCOPAL GONVENTION AT BUFFALO, de, &e., &e, The Epidemic in New Orleans. New Ontxays, August 16, 1853. ‘The total number of deaths during the last twenty- Tour hours has been 198, of which 174 were from yellow fever. f New Onizans, August 17, 1853, ‘The total mortality yesterdsy was 218, including 108 ‘by yellow fever. Yellow fever prevails at Mobile, but the Board of Health pronounce it not epidemic, Brom Ws City. THE CONTEMPLATED RAILROAD TO THE PACIFIO— POLICY OF THE ADMINISTRATION—THE CASE OF * CAPTAIN GIBSON—ADDITIONAL OUTRAGES DIS- COVERED, ETC. ‘SPECLAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. ‘Wasuisaroy, August 19—7 P, M. We have the very best reasons for atatiog that the re- Gent articles in the Union newspaper upon the subject @f the Pacific railroad do not express the views of the administration, and must not be regarded as identifying the President with that project. It will be found that the President, in his annual message to Congress next Ression, will leave the matter of a Pacific railroad an Open question, giving, of course, the results of the surveys po far as then ascertained, but not appearing in any way av anedvovate of the measure. In this connection his recent remark is especially pregnant: that he considered he was elected President of the United States, and not President of « railroad. So far as the opinions of individ. wal members of the cabinet are concerned, it is known that come of them are opposed to any scheme by which the United States will grant more than the mere right of way ‘s unconstitutional, It is possible the statement now made may be controverted in some quar- ters. We desire to change ne man’s opinion, but simply ‘to atate an important fact, the truth of which will be de- veloped when Congress meets. We put the fact upon ‘record. Perhaps those papers who supposed they were rendering the adminietration a great service by abusing these who disagreed with the Union’s article, will see the wisdom of thinking for themselves instead of play- ing the game of ‘follow my leader.’ For our part we oye the road will be built, whether the administration favors or opposes it. Capt. Gibson has received information, and laid it be- fore the State Department to-day, of an additional out: tage committed by the Netherlands Indian authorities, ia baving intercepted and retained correspondence and pro- perty belonging to him, which had been forwarded by mall by the acting United States Consul at Batavia in the mail for Singapore, He has called the attention of the Department more particularly to this outrage, as the correspondence implicates all the generous individuals in Batavia who had aided him in his escape from captivity. The President evinces the deepest interest in the whole a@aiz, and has treated Capt. Gibson with great kindness. Any delay which may occur will be merely with a view Of strengthening the case and making the demand still ore explicit. XYZ IMPORTANT OFFICIAL LETTER TO TIE SECRETARY OF TAB TREASULY, RELATIVE TO CALIFORNIA CUSTOM HOUSE LEASES, UNDER EX-COLLEQTOR THOMAS BUTLER KING. ‘The following letter will be read with interest at the time, in connexion with Mr. T. Butler King’ Aifficulties in adjusting his accounts at the Treasury De partment :— ‘Wasnincton, April 30, 1853. ‘Sm-—I have seon the memorandum of leases of custom ‘house, appraiser’s store, and bonded warehoures in San phim and, as requested, will give the following statement :— ‘The first lease is from Daaiel Saifarans fora four storied fireproof building 25 by 100 feet, for ton years, at $1500 Mnomth. This building is the Battery street warehoure. roof, being of iron. and 13 as easily destroyed es a frame building. It is impossil to store than two thirds of what the warehouse could hold, t of not being able to rest the goods against of the lofts for sup » It has not sufficient we are obliged to leave one-third «f each loft for a pa-sace, te receive and deliver merchandise, The rent is certainly $700 rer month more than it could be lysed for to morrow, for the balance of the ten ee AsT do not consider this building safe, and it not being ageussy ute fire proof, I would recommend that the loase bs no - longer recognized by ent on account of the giving what the lease calls for, viz: a fire proof buikling. ‘The second is one from James Eldridge, of four fire Proof buildings, four stories, 30 by 80 feet, for ten years, at $6,000 per month. Thee buildings are situated at the extreme north end of Bat street. being some distance from business part of the city. It is expensive to the importers, beeause the drayage is double, and they have , two wharfages more than would ne- goods were sent to any other ware- of Battery street not yet half of theee stores are upon mado Tas have consequently settled, which caused the our the “last one to crack from the foundation to the up| reps eed adel told me that it was tly which waa dai to Mr. King. who was then Collector. The rent I thi is some $4,000 per month more than they could be lessed to merchants, for the proof of which I would refer you to a on the corner of Montgomery and California atreets, (which I consider the most valusbie property in the city.) built of white granite, three stories and a cel- lar. 76 by 80 feet, large enough for custom house and -@ppraiser’s store, was offered to Mr. King for $2 500 per month, if kept until the new custom house was flaished, There buildings of Mr. Eldridge’s cont, I have understood, 970,000, 0 you can understand if $72,000 per annum is ® bigh rent or not. Iknow that one year’s rent in advance was paid for there buildings, a few days before I left San Francisco. , . The third is the custom house leased from Palmer, Cook & Co., two stories, 24 by 75 feet, at $3,000 per mosth. This bui'ding is some distance from the com- mercial part of the city. It is not fireproof, and the rent is very high The California Exchange could hare ween taken by Mr. Sanders at $4000 per month. It is 78 by 160 feet, three stories, on the corner of Cisy . large enovgh for cnstom houseand (and then both would have more room ©.) but the situation being no better than the present one, Mr. 8, did not take it A buildi oa the correr of California and Battery streets, beds 7 feot, two stories and barement, fire , (lesa in New York ) and ono of the bet built stores in San Frau cisco, is no # rented, at $1,300 per month. This proper ia the best position, I consider, for a custom house, (41 1 em eure the mercantile commaupity would coaficm what Inay;) tt is worth one third more than property situated where the prevent Aiebner house is, and yet rents for 1,700 month Ms ihe tour dhs the appraiserta store, leased for one year from Grogen & Lent, three stories ard basement, at $1,500. - This buildin; rot convenient for merchants; but its ¢ituation being much rearer the custom house, and the building being an excellent oae, Mc. Sanders took it at the rent bofore stated This building ia not wide -evongh for an apptaiser’s store, It would be much bet. ter to have a two stcry building double the width of the t, and even to lose the third atory and cellar. Kivcspuee of taking geods to a third loft. or from the basement, in Sen Francisco, is double the ordinary charge for the first and second lofts. ‘The fifth is a contraet with Theodore Adams, for cou- | , structing « building for an appratver’s store. 45 by 125, three storiew and ce lar, on lot 326, batweon Broadeay, ‘Vallejo, Battery and Sansom streets’ This store, if placed pon this lot, would be hulf way between Battery etreet and Eldricge’s warehouses, and would consequently be as inconveniect avd expensive to the merchants as te are. The rent. I shou'd think, would not be high at all if the baildieg. was to be placed in California street; but certainly on the lot spoken of by Mr. Adams, I enasider it double the rent that should be paid Battery street was not yet opened through this block whon I left San Fran , chaos, and the whole block must also be levelciod before this bullding can be commenced. Imust #0 inform you that the building formerly used naan appraiser's store in California ntreet, wan toa the government at $2,500 per month, and I know that the owner of the pro my! Ovly received $1,100 per month, Mr. Savders having learned this, re- faved to poy the last two months rent, (viz. November and December ) antil Mr. Griffin signed some documents, in which he declared that nose of the $1 400 was patd to the former Collector, These papers, anda letter to the former Secretary of the Treasary upon the subject, I think was sant in Jannary last The nex is the Lighterage Acovunt, npon which you have asked for information. As regards there accounts, Imust state that the former storekeeper, Col. Worth, would not sign thom, and they were peld without his sig: nature. This wns told mon short time after my recety- ing the appointment as storekeeper. I then examined esch account, and found that there were some whose lighterage had been re over and over again, oven in the same aoount; aad Tales fonad that one oo THE NEW YORK HERALD. MORNING EDITION---SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1859. & copy of the amounts paid an’ the amounts collected, and due to this Sees te nue, alee: ney that, when Cong poets Saffarans to accoun’ ‘Overcharge of he sent his young man to ealon eebe seit ose’ teat Kis seen on splaint agoinet Me Sei wi mw eRy com ir. S. told this to Mr. King, and’ platnt ogainst Mr. re Was abo a Mr Green Deputy Collector, for Houre export move Mr. Gi the late Secret you were to it. T have the hover to remain, with much rexpect obedient servant, FRANK WARD. nee James Gotu, Secretary of the Treasury, Wash- 8! AMOUNTS PAID FOB LIGHTERAGE TO SHPLDEN AND SAFFARANS, AMOUNTS 01 Le aap OLLEOTED FOR LIGHTERAGE. From April 1, 1861, to Jane 30,1862, 821.995 Burned in fire, May 3d and 4th, 1861,, 9,600 Unclaimed goods sold 600 Seized goods unsold, Amount Overpaid.....eseseseerseseee eae 914,996 aL The Mather Impeachment Case, Ainany, August 19, 1853. ‘The morning session of the Court of Impeachment was ® private one. On re-assembling at 4P.M., the Court came to s vote on the motion to strike out the first five articles in relation to the canal lettings, They refused to strike them out, by a vote of—nayes, 12; nays, 17. ‘This was rather unexpected. Mr. Loomis then proceed- ed to open the case on behalf of the managers; but before he had concluded, the court adjourned till ten o'clock to: morrow morning. een Se The Democratic State Convention. DELEGATES FROM OOLUMBIA COUNTY. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD, Hupson, August 19, 1853, The Firat Assembly district have nominated John S, Anable, Esq., Postmaster of this city, as the regular de- legate to the State Convention to be held at Syracuse. ‘The Second Assembly district sends a delegate of the same stamp as Mr. Anable—the Union democracy. The rottens bolted. P.U.B. The Episcopal cae of Western New Burrato, August 19, 1853. Governor Seymour attended the Convention yesterday. f The committee to whom was referred the subject of ascertaining the number of trustees of the General Theo- logical Seminary to which the diocoss was entitled re- ported such number to be twenty-one, exclusive of the Bishop. They reported the names of said trustees. The Bishop reported that the present missionary fund amounts to over $10,000. H. E. Rochester moved that so much of the Bishop’s address as related to Bishop Ives be referred to a com- mittee of three. Much animeted discussion arose between the Paseyites and strict churchmen on the subject, and it was eventu- ally laid on the table. The following gentlemen were elected the Standing Com. mittee :—Rev. Benjamin Hale, D. D., Rev. William Shel- ton, DD., Rev. W. H. A. Bisrell, Rev, Edward Livor- more, Mr. David 8. Hall, Mr. William C. Pier:epont, Mr. T.D, Burrell and Mir. David Hudson. Deputies—Rev. Pierre A Prost, D.D., Rev. Henry Gre- gory, D D., Rev ‘Joha V. Van logen D-D . Kaward Tager. tol, Wm, © Pierrepont, Horatio Seymour, Geo. B. Web- ater, Benj. Pringle. ‘The usual business committee was appointed, and the Contention adjourned sine die, 4 Business at New Orleans—The Crops. New Onaxans, August 17, 1853, Business is extremely dull here. The accounts of the growing crops aro favorable. Military Encampment at Syracuse. Syracuse, August 19, 1853. Very extensive preparations are making for the en- campment here next week. Twenty-five or thirty com- panics are expected; also many visiters. Forger Captured. Sr. Joux, August 19, 1853. Brown, the forger on the Casco Bank, Me., who broke out of the St. John jail, was caught near Woodstock to day. He was again lodged in the £t. John prison this evening. Navigation of the Ohio. PrrrasvurG, August 19, 1853. Recent heavy rains have swollen the rivers, which are pow in fine navigable order, The Ohio at this point measures five feet six inches, and is still rising, Markets. New Onrzays, August 16. 1853. Our markets are eee dull, owing to the provail- ing epidemic. The sales of cotton during the past tvo days barely amount to 200 biles. Tobacco has declined 340 perlb., and flour has fallem 50c. per bbl. Freights to Liverpool are firm at 3d. Cranuesron, August 19, 1853 Jon at unchanged, pres, food myddling 1s quoted at bales at un prices; mi 18 quoted a lle. The receipte’ofithe have been 1,250 bales, and the stock on hand is 5,600,900 bales. The receipts at all the Southern porta are vow 196,000 bales over the ssme time last year. Two bales of the new crop (the first this omy wer’ received on Thursday. quality was 6 Whe amenican Party. MEETING IN THE BLEVENTH WARD. Agreeably to a call published in the papers of yester- day, signed by Peter P. Wendover, Ninth ward; Leonard L. Johnson, Eleventh ward; and William J. Roome, Six- teenth ward, » meeting of persons favorable to the plat- form of the ‘American party” was held at Manhattan Ball, Fourth street, last evening. The platform of this party was printed in the Hmnarp a few days since. The attenéance was rather thin; only about fifty persons ‘were present. At eight o’clock, John B. Conklym was called to the ehalr, ard Ivaac Relyea appointed Seeretary. Mr. W. J. Rooms read the call of the meeting, which was adopted. Mr. Roome said that the party had been organized in ce Eleventh ward, and the prespests of the Pr oan £. JouNcON then presented the following reeo- Jutta P Resolved, That we form ourselves into » ward association to carry out these principles. i. That every person before becoming a mombor of see icelation, hall ‘subscribe am approval of those princi- P\Gs motion, the principles of the platfor a wore acted on reparately, ‘The first three and the fourth, which express the be- Mef that geveral government abould lend their aid to the puilding of the Pacific railroad, were opposed by Mr. Jacon SkaMAN, who was opposed to the government lend- ing itead to any company. He wanted the road built by the government itself. ‘Mr Jonson be pre by saying that the government wan to lend ite aid by sny means that could be agreed on, the construction of the platform being oppo to the Whitney specwarion, or any other monopoly. Mr. Seaman withdrew his objection, the section wor adopted. The othor sections were also accepted, and the resolutions were passed. On moticn of Mr. Jonn Law, Mosara. Nehemiah Miller, Leonard L, Jobneon, Silas Schoonmaker, Joha B. Conk- ly, and E. J Godfrey, were appointed ‘a commitse to nominatea Chairman and Secretary of the Association, three delegates to the Genexal Commitece, and fifteen perronsas members of a Ward Committes. ‘The persone present thon signed the platform, and then the meeting adjourned tll Friday eveving noxt. There were no speeches, Justice to Emigrant Ranners, TO THR EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Bm—Ibeg, through the columns of your valuable journal, to contradict « stavement which ee in yesterday's Bexar relative to an assoulton the mate of the ship Aroericon Congrers, stated to be committed by emigrant ronners, As I bappexed to be on board of the ship Nor thumberiend, which lay alongside, aod being a witness to the entire tranact‘on, I must, in Jastles to the emigrant runnerr, state that they were in ho way connected with the assault, My being interosted in the emigrant furward- ing business has given me an opportunity of being per- sopa)ly acquainted with all the runrers which are or- ploy «4 hy the various forwarding cflices, and I can posi- tively assert that there was not an emigrant runver on bewrd the American Congress at the time the assault was comreftted. by sailor boarding house runners, who have noconnection whatever with the other class of men. Your {nserting the above will much oblige, your obedient eercnnt, LIAM WIL30N, 127 Ldberty atreet, New York, August 2, 1963 IMPORTANT TO AMERICANS ABROAD, Interesting Letter from Mr. Thrasher=In- etructions of Mr. Webster. Wasuincron, August 18, 1853. James Gorpon Bennett, Esq. Deas Sm— In the Henao of yesterday I findan extract from General Concha's ‘Essay on the Political Condition, Government, and Administration of the Island of Cuba,” in which that gentleman re-asserts that the government of that island have a right to seize Ame- rican citizens, and states “that this was undoubtedly fully recognised by the government at Washington” in my case. As this question involves the security of more than one thousand of our countrymen, tem- porarily resident in that island, and of their interests to the value of many millions of dollars, I take the liberty of addressing you on the subject, for the pur- pose of making an exact statement of the present Fosition of that question. Mr. Webster, when Secretary of State, addressed ®@ communication to our minister at Madrid, in regard to myself, in which that position was admitted. On receiving a copy of that communication, which I did while in Madrid, after my liberation, I addressed a letter to Mr. Webster, and also one to General Con cha, on the subject, both of which you published in the Heratp, in May, 1852. After my return home Thad the honor of an interview with Mr. Webster, ard in July a communication, a copy of which I enclose, was addressed to the consul at Havans. In that communication the doctrine that the govern- ment of Cuba can arbitrarily arraign an American citizen, without question by our government, is completely abandoned, and the question is placed upon its proper ground. No American citizen, al- though domiciliated in Cuba, is beyond the protec- tion of our government, and I can safely aseert that Iam convinced the present administration will not permit their just rights to be interfered with, nor their persons or property to be arbitrarily disposed of. In giving place to these documents in your columns you will reassure our countrymen in Cuba and con- fer a favor upon your obedient servant, J. S. THRASHER. ME. WEBSTER'S INSTRUCTIONS. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, t Wasainaton, July 5, 1852. W. L. Saarxey, Esq., U. States Consul, Havana. Bir :—Referring to the despatch from this depart- ment, addressed to you under date of April 7, in which the receipt of the letter on the law of domi- cil, as uvderstood in Havana, was acknowledged, I have now to inform you that the subject has received the full consideration which its importance de- mands. The official despatch to Mr. Barringer on the 13th December last, and the communication to the House of Representatives of the 23d of the same month, in respect to the case of Mr. John 8. Thrasher, were particularly confined to the state of facts which at that time had been placed before the department. Upon the law and the facts as they were then pre- sented it was considered doubtfal whether Mr. Thrasher could rightfally claim the privileges se- cured to American citizens by the treaty of 1795. Bat it was carefully stated in cach of the communi- cations above referred to that no communica- tions addreased to the department had been re ceived from Mr. Thrasher himself, and that it was a matter of regret that the department had not before it his own statement of tho case. Since that time additional information has been obtained from your own despatch, as well as from other sources, respecting the Spanish law of domici- liation, both in regard to its practical operation, and the manner in which it has been construed by the Spanish authorities themselves, and by foreigners who have taken out letters of domiciliation. It appears that the royal proclamation of October 21, 1217, by which provision was made for dmicilia- ting foreigners, was issued by the request of the civil authorities of Havana for the purpose of increasing the white population of the island of Cuba by Spaniards from the peninsula and the Canary Islands, and by emigrants from friendly European nations. The reasons assigned for its issue were the small num- ber of inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the island, the condition of,its agriculture, and Its limited physical resources, so that ‘‘one of the most impor- tant possessions of the royal crown was unpeopled and defenceless and its fields without cultivation.” Many privileges were granted to those who took advantage of the invitation thus extended to them, such as exemption from taxation for fifteen years, periect liberty to return to their native country at any time during the first five years, and free expor- tation of the property which they brought with them. As they were “strangers,” they had permis- sion to leave in case of war with their native coun- try. These, and other parts of the proclamat'on, exhibit very clearly its intent—that there was no disposition on the part of the Spanish authorities to exercise the power of forcibly domiciliating foreigners, even if such power were not contrary to all natural law. Itistrue that, on his arrival, the foreigner ‘was required to take out a domiciliatory letter; but, according to Spanish law, this “simply authorized a foreign subject to reside in the island more than taree months, and to employ himself in commerce, or any other useful industry; and it may be added that any conditions, or restrictions, introduced into the domiciliatory oath, inconsistent with the letter and spirit of the royal proclamation above referred to, or the provisions of Spanish law, must necessari- ly be nu] and void. It does not appear that the foreigners who camo to the island and took out letters of domiciliation, considered that by so doing thoy forfeited thei rights of citizenship in their respective countries, or assumed any obligations inconsistent therewith This, too, appears to have been the general understanding of the Spanish authorities thom- selves. Throughout the whole Spanish law there is observed a wide distinction between domi ciliation and naturalization. This is fully admitted in the communication of Mr. De la Concha to Mr. Calderon of May 28th, 1851, and also in the four- teenth and twenty-fourth articles of the above men- tioned proclamation. Thus it appears that, not- withstanding the terms of the oath of domiciliation are so rigid, yet, taken in connection with the pro visions of the law sbove cited, the American resi dents in Cuba have never, in point of fact, regarded themselves as having changed thelr allogiance by taking out letters of domiciliation. They appear to have considered these letters as mere formal requi- sites to an undisturbed temporary residence for commercial or other business purposes. In point of fact, it is believed that these papers aro usually pro- cured by purchase—that no oath is taken—and no act done on the part of the American resident, ex- cept the payment of a small fee. Change of doml- cile is matter of intention, and notwithstanding re sidence—in fact there must be the animus mancndi. Change of allegiance, which is manifested by the voluntary action, and usually by the oath of the party himself, ought alwaya to be accomplished by proceedings which are understood on all sides to have that, effect. It is certainly just that acts which are to be regarded as changing the allegiance of American citizens should be distinctly under- stood by those to whom they are applied ae having that effect; that the practical as well as theoreti sal construction of such acts should be unequivocal and uniform; and that no acts ebould be ceemed acta of | expatriation except auch as are fully understood. focal dls deadly ARRIVAL OF THE CHEROKEE. (Signed,) Danran Wesstsx, | our Ha AMERICAN TRAVELLERS IN PRUSSIA. (@r-m the Gazette, 3. oak ite time pat rls tothe, Uptd ive ives at Pr sian tier, are passports, but simply with, aunt fom in lo cal authorities, which are rot considered in Prussia aseufficient. in the United States the government one ie shied Pe dcoad to the citinens of the for 0 countri.s. The ern- See al eee ae 3 80 an ican citizen sets out travel with a rt = or of the State in which 3 plain at being refused entrance into the countries which he desires to visit. But the central 7 ment delivers 22 Lee unless to citizens or naturalized in the United States. Again, natural- ization cannot take place yntil after u residence of ave Jou in America. are consequently a great number of emigrants-who are not entitled to obtain pas: 's from thteeAmerican administration, not being as yet naturalized citizens of the United States, although | iid hve the title of citizen in the State which they inhabit, and which title any one can obtain after six months’ rendence. In consequence, as many German e in the United States have severed the ties which united them to their for- mer country, and as for that reason they cannot a) ply to the ambassadors or consuls of the nation “3 which they belonged formerly, they find themselves greatly em) when want to travel on the continent of Europe on or family affairs. ernment to crme fo an" undertanding ai foes ernment to come to an it t of the United States, and it has been decided between them that for the future such persons as desire to proceed to Europe must pany io writing to the anthorities of the t to wi their busi- ber ye them, in order to obtain a permission to T City Intelligence. ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE SraamBoaT CzoToN.—A fow days ago an accident of » most serious kind happened on board of this steamer, which had very nearly caused the death of two of her passengers. Mr. J. Wobbe Archiball. Jr., whore family reside at Glen Cove, L. I., during the sum- mer months, had placed a couyd on board the bost, and having occasion for some article in it, had just entered it, when s sudden heaving of the boat put the carriage im motion, and it instantly rolled overboard, and ccm. menced to sink, with its unfortunate tenant, who. thus exoloced, was given up for lost, when three distinct blows were heard, and immediately afterwards he was seen to rise to the surface. Tne wheel hed struck off the head of the couré, and thas most provideotially, ena- bled him to di ge bimself from bis perilous situation. A lad had seated oateide of the carrisge, and he was al-o plunged into the river, without haviog ben carried down. He secured a fregment of the wreck, and althoush unable to swim, managed to suatain him-elf while in the water. Mr. A. perceived his presence of mind, azd encouraged his young companion, only four- teen years of age, to hold on until relief came. After beirg several minutes floating down the atream. they were rescued, by the kind and humane exertions of per- sons who witnessed the scene from the Brooklyn side. Mr A. was so exhausted that be felt himsesf upon the pont of sinking, having on his winter clothing. His father was on board, and witnessed two figures passivg from the boat, altogether unconecious that one of those in the tearful strogglo between life and death was his owa son until he was made aware of the distressing circum staneo by a aympathising friend afver he had seen him saved, togetber with his fellow sufferer. Tue Wuaruce —The intense heat of last week has been succeeced by sudden cold weather. Complain:s are ge- nerally made of the cold on Thursday night. aad thove who slept with open windows on account of tne heat, must have been disagreeably surprised towards morning by the freshness of the air. The mercusy on Thuraday night waa down to 63, acd if we wero to judge from the ascertions of many next morning, it must have fallen corsiderbly lower. This may have been the cane, for it certainly blew very cold towards the morning, as already mentioned. The thormome er, yosterday st 3 P. M, was at 72, and the wind duriag the whole day blew from the northwest, The cvening gave ene aa inkling of fall weather. Vusrt oF ANOTHER Free Comraxy.—On Thuraday even- ing a meeting of several Gre companies was beld et the engine hiuse of No. 29, for the purpose of the necessary a1 Trapgements to receive Neptune Tanta one pany No. 10, of Albany, who are expected to pay 4 vialt to thie city on Wednerday, September 7, ad the guests of the above named New York fire company. It was se:tled that there should be an evening parade, and the folow ingroute was decided upou:—To form line in Greenwich avenae, the right resting on Grove thence through Greenwich avenue to Charice atreet, Hudson street, Canal street, Broadway, through the Patk to Chatham street, Bowory, Fourth avenue, way, Waveriey plac, Sixth avenue to Amos atreet, and disperse, Mir Eugene Ward sapeecw Ciee ieraetierca e Lond Bie d . Lane, feremish, J, Thomas, A. I’, and H. Rebineon, as aida. a Tax Dmry Srrerrs—We are glad to observe that tho attention of the authorities has been turned to tie Girty condition of the streets. We suppose that the de- plorable pestilence in New Orleans has acd asa pre- monitery hint that they ought to attend to the cleanii- nese a foe oy. Pad de 9) Gap ee Teale ML zeal wi jut that they will persevere ia cari Gut the city ordinances.” At ‘is ties of the, year BS apimal or vegetable matter should be allowed to remain rotiing for deys in the streets, breeding postilence and malaria. Sush provocatives to fever and pestilence ought to be carted away fortheith, and particularly from the neighborhood of markets, where it is often allowed to acoumulate in quantities until it is complete nuisance The streets bounding Washington Market are often in s very dirty atate from the vast body of garbage thrown into them. Considering the sum paid annually for clean- ing the streets—a kerb of @ million—New York, in- stead ot being the di it city in the world, ought te be the cleanest. StannmnG Case Ren f at half past seven o’clock P. M., officers Pattom Houston, of tho Sixteensh ward, heard the cry of murder at the corner of Tenth avenue and Twenty eave Cakd ran to the spot, and found a man named Francia Hughes, who had been stabbed very dangerously {a the lett side. A man was seen rupning away, to whom-they gave chase, and suc- ceeded in apprehotaing him. The prisoner, who is, how- ever, known, gave sa his name that of the person whon he had stabbed. He was taken to the station house and Iceked up for the night. Tne wound of the other man was dressed by a rurgeon, and he was sent to his home, No, 211 Tenth avenue. Ursrrmna or A Boat Loap or Sarors—Oxe May Dnowsen —Thursdey morniog. between 9 and 10 o'clock, Mr. Thomas Coady started from Battery place in a email boat, with ten sailors delonging to the snip Jouth- orn Cross, lying off in the stream, and bound for Ca- lifornia, re was also @ chest and some other bag- gege in the boat, ao that altogether it was rather heavily Isden; bot it would Lave gone safely had not one of the tmlors commenced knocking about and making a dis- turbance Mr. Coady told him to keep still, or they would all get a we'ting. His Rica Dade that he * dida’t care a damn,” and so he kept moving about, in which he was joined by one of his companions, The water was rough, and very soon the boat capsized. The steamboat Téa and « yaw! froma schooner picked up nine ef the men. Mr. Coady saw that the tenth, a young man, could not swim, and was sinking. He swam near him, reached down his hand, and. twisting hie hair round his fingers, beuled him up, avd ¢wam with him as wng as he could. At last, fi that they were both sinking. he was obliged to loose his bold, and the unfortunate man went down, Ussuermusts Trratest or A Youxa Gmi—On Thureday afternoon a girl, named Cornelia Auguste Hub. beil, want to the station house of the Nineteenth wad, and said that she had come to the city in the cars that morning, from a place celled White Huls, where sho bad been living as servant with a family; that they bad dis mirsed her without giving her the means to pay her fare to New York, where rhe hada mother living with her rand parcots. Her mother’s namo is Julia Habel at abe could not tell the name of her grand pareats nor where they lived. The girl was about oleven years of Lieut, Miller, of she above named police distric had ber teken to his house, No. 191 West Forty-thir street, near Eighth avenue, until her mother can be fousd. Accipents —The lee tae cases have been ar admitted into the New York Hospital :—Yostorday af- ternoon, about a quarter to four o'clock, John Moffett. 9 laborer, while at work in the basement of the now build ing now in progress of erection at the corner of Broad way and Fulton street, was severely hurt by the fall of a Book of stone, that was lying on the rafters above, upon his left foot. by which one of the toes was partly cut off, ard pome of the others severely cru-bed. Oo Sunday last Mr. John W. Barney, belonging to the vesaol Statira, but whore Eng ee at the village of Sparta near to Hing Sing. fell down the hoid of tho versel. by which bis shoulder war dislocated, The voasel was at the time lo the stream of tho Kast river, oo the Brook- lyn side. oppesite to Fulton market, about to sail for Key Weet for which port she has since rallied ar the above shore. He was conveyed to the City Hoapttu! where he now dios, the doctors not having deemed it ad- vieable na yet, to ret the ilimb. On the same day a young wan named John McNerney, a hand oa board the Delawere and Hudson canal baat No. 276 delonziag to the Pepnrylvania Cowl Company met with a similar ac: cident, in the same way, having fallen dowa from the deck into the hold while the boat was coming down the North river to New York. JvveNna VAGnANTS.—Two unfortunate children, named William and Charlos Smith, wore aoprehended on Thars day night by officer Church of the Eleventh ward These boys, about seven and twelve years old, were left by their mother in the street about a month since whieh time they havo slept in entries and lived by piok- ing up lumber in different places. When taken by the offices they were nearly naked, covered with filth and vermin, and em, half famished. Their wretched {SEC them wo tbe tation owns, wie Choy Word peo perly cored for until the morning, vana Correspodence-The Spanish Pleeu-Health of the Island, dic., dic. The mail steamship Oberokee, Capt. Baxter, ar” rived yesterday from New Orleans and Havana. She left the latter port on the 14th inst. She was four days and nine hours from Havana to the quarantise station. The following letter relates to the accident to Mr. Baullemet, one of the passengers by the Black. Warrior:— Unrrep States Consucate, Havana, August 14, 1263, no doubt be to the friends of = It will 9 af Mobile and his fel pr " rioana, ithe Oreserat Cy, cupected ber a Con $808 inst. ‘WM. H. ROBERTSON, Acting Consul. Our Havana Correspondence. Havana, Angust 14, 1853. The Captain General and his Organs m New York and New Orleans. ‘The Spanish jomnal La Cronica, notwithstand- ing the considerable ability of its director, Mr. San Martin, having been found not to answer the pur pose intended at the time of its establishment in New York; and Za Patria, with all its subsequent aliases, having become utterly extinguished at New Orleans, it has been sought by this government to obtain the co-operation of an American jour- nal in each of the two principal cities of the Union, who would guarantee to devote themselves entirely to the Spanish cause, and to use their best endeavors to throw discredit upon all in- telligence, however truthful, if unfavorable to this government, which might be received from Cuba. That their plans have partially succeeded in gain- ing over one or two of the New York newspapers has, during the last few months, been well known at Havana, and therefore we are not at all surprised that the spurious phrase introducedinto & letter purporting to have been addressed by Gen. Arista, on the eve of his departure from Mexico, to the government of that country, should have been seized hold of by the Oatalan interest in New York, asa proof of what little confidence ought to he placed in news from Havana, and to insinuate that the spurious phrase above alluded to was the work of the Havana correspondent of the New Yorx Heraxp. Nobody can regret more deeply than we do the impropriety which evidently had been too much practised by former correspondents, of greatly ex: aggerating every trivial circumstance which came under their notice here; but we may safely ventureto assert that during the six months that we have been residing on this island we have never been guilty of reporting to the Heraup aught but what we had previously been careful to ascertain was founded in fact, and no further proof of this is re quired than that those very parties in New York who are go tenaciously disposed to defend the cause of the party they have adopted, have been unable to contradict one single statement which has been made the Havana correspondents of the New Yor LD, at least, during the last six months. Nor would thoso parties have rushed so blindly into the qnestion of General Arista’s letter, had they taken the trouble to look upon the aoe corred- omens upon that subject, published ia the New ork HERALD, which ut the ‘time clearly informed ita readers that the Arista letter was a translation from the Diario de la Marina of Havana; iastead of which, however, they allow their anxiety to please their Spanish patrons to get the better of their judg- ment, and make statements which only have the effoct of rag rg Sa real object or their utter ig- norance to public. But as thee parties appear to be very anxious to know the source of the spurions letter purporting to bave emanated from Gen. Arista, it would perhaps be as well to afford them the information, as it is understood in Havana, poate it may not per- haps redound to the credit of their Catalan friends. It is said that eo great is the anxiety of the Spanish government to re-obtain once more a footing in Mexi- co, that they are conte: t to receive a piratical slave trading captain as minister plenipotentiary from that eountry, through whose intr; they expect some- thing, and that any kind of trick, however mean, un- der the name of Siplomiacy, cule to be resorted to, to accomplish theends they have in view. Accordiugly, the spurious phrase inserted in the letter purport to have been addressed by General A: to Mexican government, on the cve of his embarkation to leave the country, is ascribed to S| intended, doubtless, for the ing the strong party which Arista still retained in Mexico, and by that meaus leaving the road clear for the operation of Santa Anna and his Spanish plans. There is one thing certain, and that is, that during the two days that General Arista remained in Hava- na, the people of the Diario dela Marina, who, of course, were under the orders of the government, took very good care not to publish General Arista’s letter with the us phrase alluding to annexa- tion with the United States; but the very day after the General had sailed, when there was no danger of his being able to contradict it, then the Diario de Marina came out with their spurious letter, com- menting Epon it in the most savage terms—tal care that the fullest files of their journal containing it should be sent to Mexico for circulation, doubtless with the malicious intent of ruining the interests of Arista and bis party, aud for the strengthening of Santa Anna and his. And with regard to the information received by the New York Harrap from its Cuban correspon- dents, we will only say, that whenever certain par ties in New York have any doubt as to the correct- neas of the intelligence which comes from that island, and is published in the New Yore Hera op, if they will take the trouble to inquire at the Department of State at Washington, and the officials should con- descend to favor them, they will find all the infor- mation which is furniehed to the New York Ha- BALD from Cuba fully corroborated at] head-quarters. OssEaver. Havawa, Angust 14, 1853. Spanish Naval Force at Havana—The Slave Tra der Zulueta—The Missing American Sailors -f the Brig Jaspar—The Cuban Deputy to London —The Yucatan Indian Affair—Health of Ha- vana, $c. With reference to the somewhat grandiloquent, but by no nieans unjustitiable pride, demonstrated in the editorial which was published in the Diario de la Marina, of this city, under date the 10th inst., with regard to the really splendid ficet of steamers and other vessels of war at present in these waters, under the orders of Admiral Bustillos Commander-in-Chief of the naval station at Havana, it may not, perhaps, be uninteresting to some of your readers to be made acquainted with the names, number of guns, &c., of these fine ships, while atthe same time it cannot fail to strike many with wonder how on earth it cam be possible that, with such a large squadronof actively employed vessels constantly cruising around the island, they should never, by any possible chance, fall in with a piratical slaver :— yo. No. Horse "g, Cw power, Remarks, of aid «, qT Antonio ée Ulloa. .Do.. Joan de Austria... D Conde de Venadito Steamer )o Neptuno, Guadalquiver General Leso, Covgrero Treoty. sols... 224 2190 2 630 * The Congress and’ Beran were built in the United Staten about twolve years ago. In addition to the respectable force already enu- merated, there are several smaller vessels, quarda contas, ¢., employed in the reveune aervico, and PRICE TWO CENTS. =—=———_ some four or five brigs and barks, including the twa American veasels—the Susan Loud and Georgiana— which were captured by the Spaniards two or three years ago, at the island of Caatoy, and are now ased. as government transports. With the exception af the steam sloops Bazan and Congreso, which arw almost useless, all these vessels are in capital coudi tion, and would doubtless make a ery inposing ape pearance whenever neceasity might call , an ee ee , in the (ding words of the ed refei to, have the of with hatred and alarm, the tent eaemies our. Eocsleh Bepane | Query ? are the impoteat ene- nen pee is confined to ae own house. He is ore a since the ney has been conrad of the’ ‘ape from Laguna irate " hie Api —_eee Mariana, he has rapidly continuecs ge ‘Very serious: of the sx remain date, known their fate is, that it the bs eg authority, that the were en off the day upon which been secreted, by a vessel bound from Caimito, & cargo of molasses, to this port of Havana, at the custom house, Caimito not entry; but as it has been stated were taken off the Cay so long ago july, and neither the vessel nor the men apiren bere tew. the 14th of A 8 for suspecting were mn off the Cay at all, but not still held at the mercy of the of the Jasper's cargo of slaves, they have been away with to prevent their bene the government, and thus afford of a fact which no less than four cials, commissioners, have sought to ever was a cargo of slaves led Bailen in May last! The other their escape in the Ji ‘s long boat, on which they lef: their now six nions, are still here in jail; pired as to what is to be done with them. of the parties (emcee the American sailors) were concerned in scandalous and fair of the Jasper’s expedition, have been arrested ex molested in any way. sailed on the 10th instang, ee he HT 5aaa ay cee ease gz8 gece Heed Don Mariano Torriente in the British mail steauler Clyde, commissioned General Canedo to proceed to London, and use best endeavors to humbug (really no other word oan be used) the English government into the belief the slave trade will not in future be allowed to be carried on in Cuba. In the meantime, the tribunal ef the Royal Audiencia have expressed their opinion that his Excellency was not justified in arrest of so respectable a person as Don Ji Za- reached lueta, much less in ordering newly im; an estate, even whether they were intended to be- f BPE cans to be followed and seized afler' long to that estate or not; and a number e& vessels are known to have recen' M sailed to the coast of Africa, soon to return with oe their unhappy victims, doomed to supply im menee loss ot aman life caused by the ravages made by the cholera. if Information received from Belize confirms the re- Port that besides the owner, J. Ancluse, the master and most of the crew of the schooner Jenny Liad,. which veseel had been employed kidna; Yidians from the villages of Sancti Spirito ¢ » Yucatan, and selling them toa certain Don Pancha Marty y ‘Torrens, at Havana, as slaves, were all im pricon at Belize. Here Mr. Marty has satisfled the authorities that the 170 or 180 Indians which he has their own free WEL, There has been a good deal of yellow fever among: the troops; otherwise Havana is not more unhealthg than it usually is expected to be at this season of the: ear. In the Lntericr however, the cholera has,with- the last two mouths, been making fearful ravages in certain districts, On Mrs. Scull’s estate, nia, jurisdiction of San Nicholas, one hundred and twenty-six slaves died between the 4th and 7th of August. At the latest accounts forty were in the atch WEA) permitted more to be ne Ts are once read by the ever faithful. J Brooklyn City Inte! mee. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WuILE at Work.— On Thursday even ing an employe at the Navy Yard, named James Caldwell, while prep ‘at work upon'the cobb in the Wallabowk, received the charge of a fowling piece in his right arm. The shot was bya young man named Samuel Hel- den, who was gunning in thst neighborhood, and whe carele rly fired at on object in that direction, witheut perceiving him. As soon as he ascertsived the damage he had occasiored. he threw down his gun ‘and fled, sinen which he has not been seen. Caldweil’s sucha nature as to Girable him completely. He was taken to the dispensary in the yard where his wounds were dresred, when he was conveyed to his residence. ‘The gun was subsequently picked up, and is now at the Fourth district rtation house. ‘Witlhamsburg City Intelligence, ‘Tur Granp Strar Avrain —John Dagan, charged with having been engaged in the disgraceful affair in Grand street, op Monday or renterday arrested Ld him with officer Mullia, 0: ting ap acaaalt a1 attery on officers Kiehl and Thomp- son. He gave bail in the sum of $500 to appear and answer the Tos OvTRAGR—RETCRNED AND Gave HIMaeLy UP To THE AU1HORITIEE —The person who was alluded to in ye.ter- day’s Henatp as baving been arrested for an outrage em the person of a girl fourteen years of age, but was subse quenily rel yetteidey moraine returned to the olty and gave himself up to authorities. His examios- tion ae on before Mayor Berry yesterd lay afver- Deave, Esq., appearing for the People, end i noon—Je Mr. Hoffwan, cf New York, for the defence. time having been consamed by the opposing counsel, rele~ tive to the lity of the arrest on » warrant without a special and separate affidavit, the right of a» private counsel to appear for the prosecution in a criminal iaves- tigation, without baving been appointed by the Disteiet Attorney. and the right of the Court to detain the prison- er beyond a specified time, for examination, the case ‘wes finally adjourned until this morning at 11 o’clook, ia order to allow the parties to collect witnesses. Personal Intelligences The following names were vered the late arrivals at the Metropolitan Hotel:—Hon. J. W. Crane, Maryland; Hen. T. Stevenson, Mlinois; Sir Joho Canada; Professor Henry, President of the Smiths .niam Institntion, Wasbingtoa; Frofessar Pleree, Cambridgys Wisiong the departures from the Metropolitan yeater- jong the departures from pol dav were the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, and Proferror Bache Superintendent of the Cosat Survey, for Boston and the Kast. Lord Montecoabeil is still in the city, and occupies apartments at the Metropolitan. Amongst the er ‘a by the Mlinois, for Aspim ur v Goule Butean one ot the’ ploseer oat terant in Col. Stevenson’s regiment of Volunteers in 1846, Aftera visit of a year to the Fast he returns to resama hin position in the editorial department of the Ala Cati- fornia Fe Bom, RS. Bedon, of South Carolin, fs at tae Git also, Col. L, A. Beckham, of 8, C., is a& the Col 10. Br. Benry M. Sbaw, M.C, elect from the first Congres alone! district of North Carolina, is at Newport. i Lieut Budley Davenport, of the U. S. revenue serviea, has obtained leave of absence, and will accompany Judge Jook+on cn bis mission to Austria. Lieut. D. depai from Savannah on the 1éth inst. for New York, and sail for Europe to day, as an attache of the mission. ARRIVALS. WK. Hailkope. R. D. at C, Flogera, F Piffett. B, Piffett, LW. bieni, Mrs. Thomas MeLellon, Robart two children, Mra, E. Blancho, inte Guertnger, four children and sorvan' two danghters, Wm. Davis, Jobn Colbourn, Mrs. 'H. Priestly, Mrs. Robin and obild, Deljade, ©. Gil, J. Mains, J. a. ob Tejider, Mra C. Deville, A. Devill Secarran W. MoFalane, J. May Ri the steam~ Purcell, Serauel Ayres, Wm Boss ewman. P Benjamin, JW. potemood. D W Morton, TB Pa Carri op bs well, Jas E Tyso1 RL Conway, W Jones, R MeDonald, Fmith, & Levy, mu J bday Ladd, Mrs W Junkel, Apthon, Mrs B § Coloma r Mra M A Molmo, Mre E Evans, Mire 4, Steelyand child, Mre C Lowndes, Miss V Barnes, chaste and 197, Geo Stesle, A T Goodloe, P Rahm iy, 4 jott, Mis Aylett, PH Ay- ww ‘Mies Powell Renderson and Indy, Mrs lett, OT Welsiger, Mise Hams, Grozell and Indy, Mrs $ Wommel, Mrs C Dimmool, ‘aise Dimmook, Miss L’ Dimmook, J G Reynolds’ Y W Bil W H Harrison, JJ Holladay, DO Hamaford, Jesse 8: BEM D Debnam, Miss M_A Willlame, Mise © CW Paine, Insno Colt, Alex Duval. RR Ritehio, AM Shworlok, A T Shwerlck, ¥ H Jordaii and indy r Teed Migxine, Mee WGN ire Ketchum, Mre ine, Taylor, Mre Taylor, Mise I A Carter, Miss oth Carter, Mrs 3 WD Seymour, ikingon, and 13 in the \athaway—| omaireyn Wi Jui De Nichols, 5 St Shana men, in ship Hudson -' tenet? oe Pad Paka ena ae