The New York Herald Newspaper, October 4, 1853, Page 4

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The mails fer California and other parts of the Pacific, ‘will clore at one o'clock. ‘Me New Yors Warxty Hemur, Californie edition, con (mining the latest intelligexce from all parts of the world, @ill be published at ten o'clock to-morrow morning. Bingle copies sixpence. Agents will please send in ‘heir orders as early as possible. Mz. Jauss Gorpon Baxnert, the proprietor and editor of this journal, returned from Europe yester- day, in the Baltic. The News. The Baltic, from Liverpool, arrived at this port at sm early hour yesterday morning, when we received eur London files to the 21st of September, a3 well a3 the latest continental advices. The long-protracted Eastern disptte still remained mmrettled but it was expected that the diplomatic ction of the reassembled Vienna conference would vesult in a modification of the original note so as to predace a series of propositions which could be ac- eepted both by the Czar and the Sultan without eempromise of dignity. It was hoped that the coun- gels of the Congress of Sovereigns at Olmutz would fend also toward @ pacific adjustment. We mast, however, observe, that neither the enthusiasm of the ‘Berks nor the obstinacy of the Russians had been aBsyed or relaxeg by the progress of negotiations, and that the merest accidental collision betwee the forces of the two Powers would assuredly kindle the ame of war. By overland mail there had been highly interest- ing intelligence received from China and Japan. The ships of the American fleet immediately under com- mand of Commodore Perry had left the Chinese ‘waters for Japan, and when last heard from the voy- ‘age had been most successful. Two of the vessels hhad a delightful cruise to the eastward, and descried an island colonized by Europeans, who were most friendly to the commander. He had purchased a pieee of land from them, to be used as a coaling @epot, and thus acquired a “local habitation” in the ‘waters previous to the arrival of the Russian ships, which came np shortly afterwards, “We have no very specific information from China; ‘deat the news is very clear upon the point that the imperial government is wholly unable to cope with the successful revolutionists. Amoy was still in the ‘hands of the insurgents, and the Tartar troops failed im their efforts to expe! them. It was thought the rebel army would establish itself upon the banks of the Yellow river, and then march upon Pekin, the capital of the empire. ‘The mercantile intelligence from Australia will be found interesting. Corn supplies, food tariffs, and the principal regulatiors of bakers’ prises, engaged the attention of most of the continental capitals; te- Jegraphic despatches regarding the Tarkish ques ion alone producing an alteration of public feeling. ‘The Asiatic cholera was continuing its ravages in gome of the towns of England, being particularly fatal in Newcastle-on Tyne, where it originated in ‘the October of 1832, and afterwards extended so rapidly that 6,000 persons died in the islands of Eog- Jand and Ireland before it disappeared. It is stated that Attorney General Cushing has been appointed Minister to China, or, indeed, to the whole of Asis. Mr. Cushing was appointed Commissioner to China by President Tyler, and ne- gotiated the treaty with that empire. He will now go as full Minister, with extraordinary powers, such as no other American diplomatic agent ever had, to China, Japan, the Dutch Bast Indies—in fact, he will ave a roving commission to all parts of Asia. Onur special correspondent writes that Hon. John Y¥.. Mason is reported to have accepted the mission ‘to France. The extraordinary position of political affairs in this State is still the chief topic of conversation in Washington, and much anxiety is felt with regard to the result of the deliberations of the Whig State Con vention, which assembles at Syracuse to-morrow. It is asserted that, with the éxceytion of Secretaries Marcy and Davis, neither the President or his Cabi- net will interfere in the contest between the hard+ ‘and the softs. Col. Davis is reported to be » warm advocate of the soft cause, and thinks that nothing short of the decapitation of Messrs, Bronson and O'Conor will do. It is again denied that the Union ts the organ o/ the President or that its recent course ia in consonance with his views. Our advices from the city of Mexico are up to the ‘27th of September. The files of journals which we received contained no important or interesting news, A telegraphic notice was, however, published io one of last evening's city pepers, to the effect thas a vomor had reached Mexico of the breaking out of tostiities ip the Mesila Valley. The report, however, appears to be utterly with foundation. We refer t Or eummary of Mexican news for tne latest pertionlars. Late rews from Utah states that the Indians had recently killed mary of the white: habitaute, aad that the utmost consternwetion prevailed in coase- quenee. Gov Brigham Young had called the miti- tary force of the territory into service, and, as a fur ther measure of protection bad ordered @ wall to be built around the city of Salt Lake. A desperate struggle ‘s anticipated betore the whites will succeed in qweting their red foes. The October term of the law conrts was opened yesterd-y, but the general terms of the Supreme and Superior Conrts adjourued immediately, ont of respect to the memory of the late Chief Justice Jones, it being the first time they sat since his de- In the afternoon there was a large meeting of the juoiciary and the bar held in the Superior sourt at which high and deserved eulogiums were cease. passed upon the great legal attainments and moral worth of the ‘ate learned judge. important decision in admiralty on aypeal. The ca- lendars wer? called in the trial branches of the Sape- ri-r Court, but no cause being ready they adjourned for the day. In the Common Pleas a trial, at the suit of Keeler against Church, for l'bel, was com- menced and is stillon. The cause of action arises out of commercial information given by the defend- apt and alleged to be erroneons. By a communication to the Board of Supervisors Jast evening, it appears that the amount ot all the debts of the Pablic School Sovicty, at the time of surrendering their property to the city, was $150 000. The salaries of the clerks and deputy clerks of the Sessions, in consequence of increased labor, were raised, the former to $2,500, and the la'ter to $1,500 peranpum. By a communication from the Receiver of Taxes it appears that there will be an increase of more than four million dollars mm the taxes to be rol- lected this year over the taxation of the city in 1843, A striking proof of the progress of New York. The Oct ber session of the Common Council com- menced yesterday, and by our special report of the debates it will be seen that a very exciting con- troverry took piace in the first Board, respecting the proposition of certain petitioners to have the Harie n Railroad track removed from the Bowery to Crosby street. The language wed on the occasion is not calculated to inepire a very high opinion of the re- finement and cratorical sbitities of some of our city fathers. Among the most important business trans acted was the adoption of a measure to reorzanize the city into regular election districts, so as to con- form with the council districts under the new charter. The regular districts, according to this ordinance, will stand as follows:— Words. Dists. Wards. Dists. Wards. Dists. Wards. Dists ition to the transaction of considerable mis- celJaneous business, the Board of Assistant Alder- men refased to concur iu the resolution from the upper Bosrd providing for the immediate removal of <he Chief Engineer ot the Fire Department. By reference to the report of the debate upon this sub- ject, it will be seen that the members prefer that the Engineer shall have an o>portunity of being heard + in his.defence before resorting to the decapitating , expedient proposed by the Aldermen. By telegraph we have reports of various mari- time diseaters, movements of the politicians, news from the fishing regions, state of the markets, &., all which are quite interesting, but not of sufficient im- portance to sequire comment. The Designs of England upon Cuba—The Policy of the United States. It is a littleremarkable that the island of Cubsa—familiarly denominated the most precious gem in the Castikian crown—in which neither Great Britain or the United States have the slightest legal interest. has been the means of eliciting from the two latter governments a peculiar, if not an unguarded expression, which we deem to be wholly incompatible with the conviction of either power that the island is long destined to remain in dependance upon the parent State. The jewel is either set so loosely in the crown, or that emblem of domin- ion has so long been tossed from faction to fac- tion, from conqueror to conqueror, as to force the conviction upon the two governments that it is soon to be an ownerless prize; or, what comes to the same point, the cabi 1et of Madrid. by its blind and stubborn adherence to a cruel and wicked colonial policy, and by a still more wicked connivance with the African slave trade, will force the island from its present allegiance and drive it into the embrace of a more liberal and enlightened sovereignty. The recent correspondence between Mr. Eve- rett and Lord Jobn Russell has essenf‘ally exposed much of the policy of their respective governments on the question of the ultimate fate ot Cuba. We have nothing to say upon the merits of that coutroversy, beyond the ex- pression that it has left upon the public mind here a very decided conviction that Mr. Everett has more than vindicated the course which the United States thought proper to pur- sue touching the proposed alliance between England, France, and the government at Wash- ington. This, however, is only the diplomatic feature of the case—the public skirmishing of the combatants. It has ended precisely where Lord Jobn Russell knew it would end before the tripartite treaty was presented for the ap- proval of this government. It was a mancu- vre for a position, and with no view of bringing onan engagement. The ground occupied by the United States, in diplomatic point of view, was before by no means as well defined on the ubject in controversy as that of Great Britain; and in this respect, if in no other, Lord John bas secured the advantage in the correspon- dence. It might have been remembered by the Britich negotiator that in this country the ourre ot the government may be accurately foretold by the barometer of public sentiment. What the press expresses from day to day as the conviction of the people is pretty sure ulti- mately to find its way into diplomatic notes. The President of the United States consulted this text when he informed Lord Malmesbury that the ratification of the tripartite treaty, in- stead of putting a stop to even lawless aggres- sions, “would give a new and powerful influence to them”—*a most melancholy avowal” in the eyes of the London cabinet. Mr. Everett, how- ever, pursnes the same point, and clearly evinces, for the first time in so authoritative a manner, to the British government, that there is a power to be consulted higher than the opin- ions of cabinet officials at Washington, by frank- ly avowing that his own individual views, ex- pressed in the Senate many years ago and stil) entertained, are against the acquisition of any more territory, and in favor of cultivating what we have; but this did not permit him to over- look the obvious conclusion of the American people, that their mission is by no manner of means limited to the existing boundaries of the Union. It is precisely at this point that Mr. Everett’s etter is significant of what is to be the policy A report of the proceedings will be found io another column, In the U.S. Cirenit Court Judge Nelson delivered another of the United States, not only in relation to the island of Cuba, but also to the continent of North America, It covers the whole ground by an appeal to the judgment of the American people. and thus relieves Lord John Russell and every other British statesman from any further correspondence with the government at Washington with a view of eliciting specifica- tions of what the United States will or will not do upon this and kindred subjects. It will thus be seen that our position has been most distinetly defined; and to this extent the meretricious labors of Lord John Russell in the correspondence in question have been crowned with entire success. It would be satis- factory to the American government and people if as much could be said by them cencerning the actual intentions of their transatlantic cou- sins. But this could hardly be expected. The designs of the British government in re- lation to Cuba are pot known, and for this all- suflicient reason—that they are not settled by the London cabinet. The conquest of Cuba by that power is impossible. We have no idea that such a contingency is thought of; and this is evinced by the plan of the tripartite treaty. which, thongh a diplomatic manceuvre, is nevertheless expressive of one thing, and that is—the best means of preventing the acqui- sition of Cuba by the United States. The first of these means—that of complicating the ques- ion with European politics, and resorting to he old game of diplomatic combinations, balancing of Powers—is found in the proposed tripartite treaty. The second is foreshadowed n the. proposition onthe part of British authorities in Cuba tor the gradual abolition of slavery in the island and the introduction of a system of apprenticeship. Th. success of either of these preventive measures would foreclose the United States from the acquisition of Cuba on any conditions. The first is purely political in its charaeter. Had it been successful Eng- land and France would in truth, as the pro- tecting powers, beve made a political lodgment on our Southern coast more formidable for its strength and for its means of holding in check the people of the United States than is to be found in ali the territories now held by what- ever government on this continent. That, how- ever, was @ failure, and something more—it was the means of placing distinctly before the world the fixed purpose of the American peo- ple: to settle in their own time and way the question whether they would or would not ac- quire the island of Cuba.. We deem this an- nouncement of great importance. It enunciates a policy searcely Jess startling and quite as well sustained by this country as that set forth in the inaugural address of President Pierce, and as that which has been published in con- nection with the arrest of Koszta at Smyrna. The other branch of British policy which is found in the overtures made, or believed to have been made, to Spain—that of the gradual abolition of slavery in Cuba—rests upon a very different Basis, It.bears the came impress, tobe sure—it evinces the same purpose—it proposes toreach the same end; but it is urged on under the name of philanthropy and with the express intention only of alleviating human suffering. We say nothing inthis connection of the pro- priety of complicatiag a purely philanthropic object with the vexed and disturbing question of international polities. Philanthropy, we know, in this day and generation, is an old fogy whorends best at a distance. Objects near by are obscure and indistinct. Nothing is worthy of relief in one’s own household end neighbor- hood: Suffering and starvation at home are too readily accounted for, and from this infinite rea- sons are extracted for withholding needful aid. We are apt to think that British philanthropy in modern times is like water from the mountain —it runs and courses—it does not extend like the dews of Heaven—that beautiful type of true charity—ove the arid plain and the parched de- sert to nourish general vegetation. It is profes- sional, and is more known for what it says than for what it does. The movement of the British government in Cuba is influenced, be- yond question, by an insane desire to prevent the ultimate acquisition of that island by the United States. This is the motive that under- lies the action of Lord John Russell and his as- sociates. The question of slavery is secondary in its character, and its abolition in Cuba is sought with no view of benefiting the slave and releasing him from bondage, but, if need be, to destroy the values of the island in order to ren- der its acquisition undesirable. . Now, in this state of the case, it may be well to advance one step beyond the ground occu- pied by Mr. Everett. by declaring that the peo- ple of the United States, anxious as they may be to acquire the island 6f Cuba by purchase, ond the payment of a fair consideration, and in all respects to observe the laws of good faith towards Spain, would regard the first authori- tative enunciation of @ successfal movement to abolish slavery in Cuba, under British instiga- tion. as a sufficient reason for armed interven- tion in the matter, and for the certain expul- sion of both Spanish authority and British pro- tection from the island. Lord John Russell and his associates would not be compelled to record this step “as a melancholy avowal for the chief of a great State ;” for he would find in it nothing more nor less than the deliberate judg- ment of the American people against the ac- complishment by Great Britain indirectly of that which it had failed todo directly. If there are sinuosities in European diplomacy, there are none in the onward course of the people of the United States. They believe they have as much interest and as much agency in improving the condition of mankind, and especially on this side of the water, as their transatlantic friends, and with this advantage over them: they have a practical knowledge of American wants and remedies. France anp ENGiayp ov tie Koszta Casn.— The Wational Intelligencer is disposed to sus- pect that. in the official denial of the Union that France and England had taken sides with Austria on the Koszta question, the material facts have been suppressed. This is bad. If France and England join the Austrian league against us what becomes of poor Koszta? If delivered up to Aus- tria he will be hanged; and what then? A war with Austria, of course. in which cause the forty thousand old muskets of Kos- suth will come into play. Koszta and Kossuth are both deeply interested in this business, To relieve us and the Hangarian Central Commit- tee of this city of all suspense, will the Wash- ington Union be good cnoug’s. in plain English, to say what is the attitude of England and France on this subject? Whatisit? Are we to have a market for Kovsuth’s old muskets and George Law’s second-hand artillery or are we not? Everything depends upon the attitude of England and France—everything—every- thing. Important from Mexico—Proposed Restor- ation of the Empire. We have received some interesting news from Mexico, Santa Anna is not satisfied even with his present position as uncontrolled dieta- tor of the republic of Mexico. He aspires to the imperial purple, and is determined to don it. We have private information from Mexico, of the truth and correctness ot which we en- tertain no doubt, that this is the darling scheme on which Santa Anna has set his mind, and that everything is being put in train to facilitate and ensure the success of the under- taking. There is to be no Spanish domination in Mex- ico; but there is to be an empire. and his Ex- cellency Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, bene- merito de la patria, will be the first Emperor. It is so determined on. Ample means are in his power to carry out the coup d’etat ; and many months are not expected to elapse until Santa Anna takes his place among the family of mon- archs—of Emperors. It is well understood that Spain has long been desirous of again obtaining a footing in Mexico. That the government of Spain could hope to carry out their plans with Santa Anna in power was out of the question, because his ambition would not tolerate any one taking the precedence of him in his native country. What they could do, however, was to assist him with money and every other means in their power to establish the empire, and then. calculating upon his age, trust to their further intriguing to be enabled, after the death of Santa Anna, to establish a Spanish prince upon the throne of Mexico. Such a plan they now anticipate to put into execution, and Santa Anna will avail*himself of all the means and assistance which his Span- ish allies have promised to furnish him with. He will proclaim himself Emperor, and, as he has no son, will care very little as to who may become his successor. With himit may be, as thought a celebrated statesman—“After me, the Deluge;” but so long as that event occurs not during his lifetime it is a matter of perfect indifference to him when it may happen after his death, Itis somewhat important to the administra- tion at Washington to have some foreknow- lege of what Santa Anna’s project$ are, and we therefore commend to the serious considera- tion of our statesmen and politicians the views which are herein ascribed to him. Tue Russian Navy at JapaN—MaritmMe Ponicy or THE Czar.-The presence of a considerable Russian fleet among the natives of the Japanese islands had created quite a sensa- tion in that quarter ofthe world. It appears to have been understood at Amsterdam that the Russian government had resolved to resist the attempt of the Americans against Japan, and that this fleet was intended for that purpose. And weare further informed that “the Dutch government is said to be pleased at this deter- mination of the cabinet of St. Petersburg. as the Americans also threaten the Dutch Archipel- ago.” Now, it is quite posssble that the Dutch gov- ernment, which fora long time past has had the monopoly of the Japanese trade, may: fvel some jealousy touching the designs of the United States—it is quite possible that the Dutch cabinet may entertain the fear that the mission of Commodore Perry to Japan is to annex that empire to this country, and that he is algo instructed to appropriate come of the best islands of the Dutch Archipelago on his re- turn home, according to the principles of “mani- fest destiny,” with ‘all the modern improve- ments.” But the Emperor Nicholas has other objects to compass besides watching the move- ments of Commodore Perry. The vast Rus- sian empire in Asia is without a seaport, Its great rivers emptying into the Arctic Ocean are useless from being locked up at their estu- aries in perpetual ice. The Czar wants one outlet into the Pacific for his Asiatic territories; and the river Seghalim, emptying into the Sea of Ochotsk, and open at its mouth all the year round, offers the very place for a Pacific seaport which he desires. True, it belongs to China ; butall that is required to secure it is a proclamation from the deck of a ship of war to that effect and the erection of a small fortifi- cation commanding the mouth of the river. The present revolution in China offers a strong temptation for this seizure, and for the exten- sion of the Russian doctrine of annexation in- definitely tojthe southward. Such, perhaps, is the ultimate design of this Russian fleet in the waters of Japan. At all events, Commodore Perry has shown that it is extremely absurd on the part of the Russian squadron to attempt to keep up with his movements. But the policy of Russia is to stretch her arms to the sea in every possible way. At present, though all powerful on the Continent, she is comparatively weak upon the ocean from her insulated position. Hence the real secret of the pertinacity of her claims upon Turkey. The Czar desires the command of the eastern straits of the Mediterranean from the immense commercial and naval advantages which such occupation would bestow. Nor is Denmark, with her seaports in the west, perfectly sate Against the great plan of Nicholas, which is simply, by the appropriation of the territories of her neighbors on all sides, to render the strength of Russia as great upon the water as upon the land. This policy is indispensable to the fulfilment of the programme of Peter the Great, which contemplates the absolute power of peace or war over the whole continent of Europe. We think, therefore, that instead of the Rus- sians watching the movements of Commodore Perry, he had better watch theirs, in reference to the integrity of the Chinese empire. Tue Jerry Reseve Cerepration at Syra- cvsk.—On Saturday last the abolitionists, (in- cluding the Bloomers.) of Syracuse and the sur- rounding country celebrated the anniversary of the rescue of the fugitive slave Jerry from the officers of the law, in that village, two years ago. This in itself was a piece of fanatical folly of very little consequence; but our reports say that at ‘a special meeting of the Common Council, by the casting vote of Mayor McCarthy, the use of the City Hall was given for the celebration,” and this fact gives to the affair very considerable importance, It makes the official authorities of Syracuse the endorsers of mob law in the rescue of fugitive slaves. It degrades the office of ‘the Mayor of Syracuse to the disreputable and unlawful acts and purposes of our most rampant abclitionists, Ag the chief administrator of the laws of the village nothing could be plainer than the offi- cial duty of Mayor McCarthy in this case. It was simply his duty to sustain the laws of the land, and to refase peremptorily the slightest official countenance of this scandalous jubilee. The next step of the civil authorities of Syracuse will probably be to devote the City Hall to the eheltering of fugitive slaves, under the com- bined protection of the police and the abolition ists. No. gentlemen of the South, the agitation of the slavery question is not yet ended. There will be more work, in due time, for the Castle Garden Union Safety Committee. Mr. Buowanan on Freg TRApE AND THE CuinEsE QuesTion.—According to the letter which we published of Mr. Buchanan, our Minister at London, to the Liverpool Ameri- can Chamber of Commerce, he is not a whit behind Robert J. Walker upon the policy of universal free trade, and is fully as enthusiastic in regard to the tremendous harvest which is pre- paring for our merchantmen in the prodigious but hitherto unknown empire of China. He has the greatest taith that the revolutionary move- ments of the Chinese Christians will not only re- sult in the suppression of paganism and the de- struction of all the wooden idols in thé country, but in the opening of the whole Celestial Flowery Kingdom, to its utmost extremities, to the bless- ings of free trade with England and the United States. Mr. Buchanan believes, too, that the three hundred millions ot people of China will furnish just as much traffic as John Bull and Brother Jonathan can possibly attend to—more, in fact, than they will know what to do with. And yet we have no special minister detailed to China to look after the revolution and appro- priate it to our special advantage at the first opening. On the other hand, the agents ot England follow close upon the heels ot the vic- torious Christians, ready at a moment’s notice to put in and monopolize the trade with China. opium included. Can the administration find nobody to proceed at once to China, or what is the matter ? Talk on Change. The foreign news received by the Baltic produced great excitement in the market for breadstuffs, the like’ which had not been witnessed since the famine/?4 1847-48. The aggregate sales of flour reached 4 4! ‘+ barvels, including parcels here and to arrive. Comyon brands of State olosed at $7. The sales included consider- able parcels of Western and Southern brands, at improved prices. Wheat was also very active. fhe aggregate sales exceeded 100,000 bushels, chiefly Western and Canadian, closing at an advance of from 3c. a Se. per bushel. Corn was also firmer. Freights were also higher, with more offering. Pork was sold at an advance of 2c. for mess, which closed firm at $17. Cotton was heavy, with sales of only 400 bales. We were requested to state that the reported failure of the Messrs. Diagos, in Havana, would not affect in the least the standing of the house of Messrs. Diago Broth- ers in this city; that the house implicated in the report at Havana was that of Ferdinand Diago; and, further- more, that the difficulties referred to in the rumor were in the way of satisfactory adjustment. ° Private letters received from Havana stated that the receipt of sugars were light, and trade somewhat at a stand in consequence of the scarcity of vessels. The cholera continued to prevail with great severity on some parts of the island, and on some plantations seventy-five per cent of the negroes had been carried off, By the America’s mail duplicate letters by the Marco Polo, at Liverpool, were received to the 10th of June, but they added nothing to the general news of importance to those received previously from Australia via Valparaiso, It was expected that later advices would come to hand by the Cunard steamer due the present week, which would come down to the 19th June from Melbourne and Sydney, and the 6th July from Adelaide, Notwithstanding the complicated accounts received re- garding the state and prospects of the war question in Europe, yet it was believed that its occurrence would be averted, while others contended that as far as Turkey and Russia -was concerned war was inevitable. It was con- ceded that the question had nearly reached a decisive crisis, and would soon be determined one way or the other. It was evident that the financial and commercial interests of Europe were experiencing to some extent the effects of a war without its actual commencement. The rumor of the occupation of the disputed territory 0 the Mesilla Valley by the United States troops was con- sidered quite probable. The government was understood to have authorized this course on the part of General Gar land—not to occupy it exclusively as American territory, but merely for the purpose of keeping order and protect- ing Americans and their property found residing on it, un til the question of title could be decided by negotiation If Mexico refused to negotiate, and preferred to commence another war against the United States, she would be at liberty to do s0. . ELecrion For Mayor in Newport, R. I.—Another attempt will be made to-day to elect a Mayor in the new city of Newport. Since its incorporation last winter its munici- 4 pal affairs have been sadly administered for the want of an executive officer, although the citizens have made two attempts to elect a Mayor, but failed in conse- quence of neither candidate having a majority of the votes. To-day a new clection will be held, George H. Calvert being the democratic candidate, and William H. Cranston the whig. Marine Affairs. A Cuprer RAck.—The American clipper Challenge sailed from Canton on the 13th July last, and the English clip- per on the 14th, both for London. The English ship Patna followed them. The London News says a great many bets have been booked on the result of this race. Drrarrvne oF THe HaNsa,—The Bremen steamship Hansa left for Bremen yesterday, with about forty passengers. ‘Tue stramsiip James ApGer, which arrived from Charles- ton last evening, supplied us with late files of Southern papers, for which her officers have our thanks. Military Visit. RECEPTION OF THE EMME! LIGHT GUARD, OF PATER BON, N. J., BY THE SAKSFIELD GUARD, N. Y. 8. Me Yesterday morning the Emmet Light Guard, of Pater- son, N. J., numbering thirty-five muskets, under com- mand of Capt. Felix Donnelly and Lientenants Rafferty and Brady, arrived in our city for their Grst annual tar- get excursion, on an invitation tendered them by the Sarsfield Light Guard, company F, Ninth regiment N. Y. S. M., commanded by Capt. J. M. Daly. They were re- ceived on their arrival, at 9A. M.—having come by an early train on the Paterson Railroad to the Jersey City ferry—at the foot of Cortlandt street, by the Inst named New York militia company. As soon asthe guests had ouched terra firma, the two companies formed in military order and took up their line of march, he route being up Cortlandt stregt to Broadway, and along Broadway as far as Fulton street, down Fulton street nto Nassau, presenting arms as they passed the Hrratp fice. They then proceeded up Nassau street. to the Park, and crossing, came again into Broadway, marched up Broadway as far as Canal street, down which street they hen proceeded to the Hoboken ferry, and crossed for the purpose of target shooting. Alter having # very pleasant day, during which the target was we Gled by the members of the Emmet Light Guard, Daly, Mr. Joseph Warner and Mr. Philip Rafferty, ac as judges, the two companies returned to the city by tl Barelay street ferry. On their route to Hoboken a very pleasing incident occurred, a beautiful wreath having been presented to the Emmet Light Guard by a young lady—a Miss Murphy. In the afternoon a dinner took place at Lavejoy's, late Florence’s Hotel, at the corner of Broadway and’ Walker street, Capt. Daly in the chair, at which the following gentlemen were present, in addition to the members of the two anies:—Dr. Dillon, Mr. Lynch, editor of the Irish American, Mr. Philip Rafferty, Mr. Joseph Warren, Mr. John O’Brien, Mr. J. A. McPherson, Mr. Jumes McGaw, and Mr. John Hanratty. | After having done justice to an excellent dinner, which did credit to the caterers for the elegance displayed, the following toasts were givea from the chair, which were drank with the customary honors:— ‘The President, The Army and Navy of the United States, Governor Seymour, Commander-in-Chief of the Militia of the State, ‘The Emmet Light Gnard, of Paterson, To this Captain Donnelly responded, retarning thanks for the kind attentions and hospitality that had been hown to them that day. He entoded by proposing :— The health of the Sars ing he 1 Guard. thanks for the compliment that arstielt Guard, and observe course of his whole experience with the he had never spent so pleasant a now passed. Several other toast “The Press,’? f Robert Emmat,’ ¢ Phe Ladies,’ all’ of ponded to. Captain Daly returne had been paid to the in th ing of a silv up, won by John Ritchay; a gold pencil, won by Jobin Cassidy; ick 1 a gold ring, wou by Patrick Lynch; ‘a gold brooch, won by Christopher Rafferty, who likewise won another prize to be given to Irim on the return of the company to Paterson. Three cheers were then given for the New York Hrmatp, and three cheers more, after which the company formed {n military order and’ marched down Roan to the Jersey City ferry, escorted by the Sara- y Police Intelligence. THE SUPPOSED DON CAKLUS VaLANCIA DISCHARGED FROM CUSTODY. \ Mr. Cornalli Von Alten, who lad been held under arresy during the last five days, on a charge preferred againsy | him by Mr. Storms and others, who asserted that he (Vor | | Alten) was the person named Don Carlos Valeneia, who | had been guilty of certain immoral acts in their familie, | and with obtaining by threats several hundred dollar | from a young lady, whose name we omit to mention, wag discharged, as no affidavit was produced from any quarter | implicating Mr. Von Alten any further than the mere as- sertion that he was the man called Valencia. trate, Justice Bogart, did not feel justified in him any longer. | ‘The case of this young man presents one of } hardship, his strong resemblance to thiv mam eailed Vas | lencia, bas been the means of persons mistakes) in the identity. Mr. Von Alten now asserts that he will procure the nes cessary evidence from his friends in New Orleans, and | other Southern cities, and will show thathe | is not the man Valencia or De Castro. ‘The whole Will hereafter, no doubt, be broveht before » civil when the proof of his identity will be fully developed, i THE LATE MURDER IN GRAND STREET—BXAMINAG TION OF BURNS, THE PERPSTBATOR. =| | James Burns, who stands charged with death of Minard T. Adee, by beating him at on Thursday night last, was yesterday bro Coroner Gamble for examination. When had to say relative to the charge, he stated that ‘ } was a general fight in the bar-room; that he was } and that Raynor caught him in his arms; he did not member going into the street and striking any attempted to go into the street, but was stopped; he put on his coat and went away.” The prisoner ‘of New York, twenty-seven years of age, and coffee room at No. 369 Fourth avenue, After the his examination he was fully committed by the Coroner tq, await the action of the Grand Jury. Tux Late MORDER or Dr. Osnorne.—John Keating, on@ of the parties inghewen in the murder of Dr. Os! } about ten days since, yesterday arrived in the ci Jefferson county, New York, and gave himself up the Coroner, A warrant had 'beem issued for his arrest an@ placed in the hands of officer Duflon, of the Seventh ward, #ho, on the day after the inqueit was eld, went in pursuit of him. A copy of one of the morning paper of this city, however, had been seen by @ Mr. Streeter, of | ‘Watertown, in that county, and he knowing Keating, ad- || vised him immediately to come to New York and have | the matter settled. Keating states that he was at Di- nan’s house on the day Dr. Osborne was stabbed, but | that he had nothing todo with the assault upon ‘him || He will be examined before Coroner Hilton to-day. i Snoomxa wira Intent 10 Kit1.—Officer Dwyer, of the }) Fourteenth ward, yesterday arrested « man Soh Schonwitz, livi at No. 113 Elm street, ¢) attempting the life of John O'Neil, living in the mame building. O'Neil went to the room ‘of the accused and) asked him for $5, which he claimed was due to ing | when the latter took down a gun loaded with powder a Dall and fred it at him, but without effect. He was held! to bail in $1,000 to answer the charge. In his examina.) tion before Justice Welsh, the accused stated that O'Neil gronsly insulted is wife, vy offering her, $6 for an ime) | oper pul , at the same time lay’ money 4} MeN ee ea eating neck OUamsea aera for his money, and hence the assault upon him. Hi Assavtr uron A Femate—Fatat Resvit.-Coroner Wild) helm yesterday held an inquest, at No. 12 Wasi street upon the body of a female child who wae stills vorn, in consequence of its mother having beeing bees |} frightened by a man named James Clancey, who, with, others, on Tuesday evening last, entered her grocery a | the above number, and created a disturbance. * Corneliug || Sullivan, the father of the child, testified that Clancey |)/ with about a dozen’ others, entered the end em deavored to pick a quarrel with him. neey soon bee 1n throwing the bottles and water-pails abont, and finale fFeanght Mrs. Sullivan by the throat and shoved bez three times against the door, at the same time holding = | kuife over her head. The witness called “watch,” and several of the neighbors came in and pulled him from | Her... Shull examined the body of the deceased, and gavel . Shuh] examined the 2 and gave before ita bertng F] it as his opinion that it was alive shortly and that it was prematurely born in consequence of @ fright caused by violence to its mother. The jury ren- dered a verdict of “Death from fright of the mother, | which was caused by the ill treatment of James Clancey on the 27th day of September, 1853.” On the rendition of the verdict, a warrant for the arrest of Clancey was issued by the coroner. He is @ laborer, and lives at No. 17 Washington street. Suspicion oF Granp Laxceny.—Two men, named Williang Diederick and Francis Singer, were yesterday arrested om | suspicion of stealing $230 worth of etclivahers’ and a gold watch case worth $40 from the room of 1 Hugerim, at 344 Seventh street. They were held to awal@! examination, ' Board of Supervisors. Ocr. 3.—His Honor the Recorder in the Chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and ap] | proved. Several petitions for relief from erroneous taxation wer@ referred to the Committee on Annual Taxes, PUBLIC SCHOOL SOCIETY DEBTS. ¥ A communication was received from the Committee om County Offices; whieh states that they had deem furnished | with statements, duly executed by the President and Treae surer of the Public School Society of the City, Showing im | detail the real and personal property of aid society, ag required by the section of the act in relation to commom schools passed June 4, 1853. The report of the com- mittee gives the following statement of the amonnt of all the debts of the School Society at the time of surrendering their property to the Mayor of New York To the Bowery Savings Bank Bank of Savings, Chambers si New York Mutual Life Insurance Mortgage on Forty-seventh street lot. es eeeededqoedey tit oak INS¢s oF cama 50, ptrolier, in This communication on the subj says that all the debts of the Public School Societ: been settled, and a balance remained on hand of and a check payable to the order of the Ma: handed over with the title deeds, and this check is now in the hands of the Comptroller. The report waa adopted. || The list of grand jurors for the city of New York wag |} received and ordered to be printed. FINANCE DEPARTMENT. A communication from the Comptroller states that the | sum paid from the treasury, on account of the Register’a office, from the Ist of January to this time, Is cee 826,107 8G t of 23,833 55 —— $1 The sum paid into the ireasury, on’ acco fees, &e., earned in 1853, is, Total... . The Reg i i in arrear its collections and payments to the amount of $2,274 30. This sum has been paid from the earnii of previous © years, and as soon as practicable ought to be reimbursed irom the earnings and payments of 1853. Ordered to b@ printed. ‘THE MARINE COURT. Another communication from the Comptroller shows that for nine months ending 30th September the expenses of the Marine Court excced the receipts for fees, &c., by the sum of $1,914 98, and the recent appointnent of six attendants of the Court will add four thousand two hun- dred dollars to the expenses of the Court for the coming year. SALARIES OF THE CLERK AND DEPUTY CLERK OF THE COURT OF on ee SESSIONS. The Committee on County Offices recommieitled for adops tion the following: — Resolved, That the salary of the Clerk of the Court of General Sessions of the peace in and for the city and county of New York, be fixed at the sum of twent; hundred dollars per annum; and that the-salery of the Deputy Clerk of ‘said Court’be fixed at the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, to commence on the Ist of January, 1864. Adopted. THE RECEIVER OF TAXES. A communication was received from the Receiver of Taxes, praying for increase of salary, and showing that the amount of Tax collected in 1843 was... + $766,872 25 Taggto be collected in 1863 is, 5,067,122 76, je Board adjourned to Moi Zorclock. =~ y Personal Intelligence. The following names were registered among the arrivals yesterday at the Metropolitan Hotel:—Hon. L. Williams, Mass.; Hon. Wm. Daniels, Virginia; Hou. T. J. Devine, Texas: Richard Potts, U. 8. Army; J. R. Curtis, Kaq., Sa Francisco; David Anderson, Royal Navy; R. 0. Murphy, U.S. Consul at Shanghae; General fnocis Jones, Texas, . Dorkey, Maryland; B. James, Phila.; Col. Derhenden, ; C. Brown, Chicago; Dr. Henderson, Phila.; @, B, Dun= Weed, Illinois; G. B. Cathbert, L. 0.5 G. AL Wood, Canada—arrived 'yester- .G. Bennett, New York; J. Bain, Kinderhook; D. H, Madon, Buffalo; W. H. Foster, Baltimore; F.C. Haken, Va.; Capt. Shields, U8, A.; Geo. Wheeler, Mo.; Hon. J " nm, 8. Ot joore, Ohio; R. Gamble, F , Ala; Hon. C. Rob inson, New Haven—: ved yesterday at the St. Nicholas, Hon. W. 'T. Ash, North Carolina; Doms John W. Davis, Indiana; Right Rey Little Roek, Ark. 5 Sir Harford and lady; John M. Botts, Va.; Hon.’ He Chapman, Pa.; L. Aud ; p, Cutten, Ohio; Noa! L. Wilson, Ohio—arriv it the Astor. 1, in the ste Baltic.—Mr Gi Gordon Beanett Tiholm, a Shaw, J Lumpki hoelter, od P Howard, T Stewart, H Ch mneey, Mis Ko JM Lymn H Lyman, AH Smith, B¥ Hoffman, WH Well Wells, Mrs Bugg, Miss Noyse, IG Russell, F Troutman and Indy, 1 R Brown and Indy, © & Brosler, H Foppen IR gon, WC Lacey, F Van Allen, J Abbott, BS Walcot Indy, MMoConner, M Crofton, W Whitewrl ht JC H Cooper, WW Biadell, BF’ Frederick and lady, Miss Frost, F § Sor: Chas Mogridge and lady, FB Ki:nball Vere, Ed Bevel, Mrs Morgan, ‘Miss Morgan, Mi AW Bennett, Chas Kirkpatrick, L De Yamput, WF Molt, J El. | Hiott and lady, G Elliott, N'Johneon, Chas ¥ Campbell, Chas M Campbell, J Rogers, Jno Fox, Wm Galbraith, © 'E Ste- Pant Penist, H Curran, A Mongrs, John Honvoll, A Do ute, H Tiefloth, Charles’ Gunber, R Cravin and lady, Mra vil, HI Grecn, Me Bricange, Jacob W C' Hammer, ‘Rev A A Miller, CA , Miss Tackerberry, R Gam- nd lady, L Audenreid, P Brault, Chag , John Benison, B Mattel, H Chapman, Mi ‘is, N. Weneott, P_ Blanchard, N Frankau, c rrett, Josiah lady, P Anderson and lady, 7 F Delafield, Rey Dr Berrian and lady, ¥ cher and Jady, Mies Prankau, © F Livermorg Greenwood, J ton, inthe steamship Mite Mary W Master K child, LC Major € acley, J W Byer, WB the steorn DEPARTURES. For Bremen, in the steamship Hansa—J Danne, G Hoeko w plone M Singlo- Isaac Brown, A Falls, 1 Aw iugleton, ani ‘8 mann, J F Gerdes, Mary Gerdes, F Kranyrett, F Ghogemann mann af sour children, W Malion, Wee werk, 9 Weraken FA Kiniker, Sophia Gerdes, D U; ohild, G Surmester Bock, A Hush, F Frederick ¥ Bollbopet, Wm Mark, a Wh Niet dao ney re .