The New York Herald Newspaper, October 7, 1853, Page 4

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POWELLS CREAT NATIONAL PAINTING ror Tux ERNMENT IS NOW OPEN AT THE ART-UN10N GALLERY, Brosvwar. Brot New York, Friday, October 7, 1853, The News. ‘The Arabia, from Liverpool, arrived at this port yesterday morning, bringing files of the English Journals to the 24th of September, and advices from Paris to the evening of the 22d. The Eastern ques tion had lost nothing of its importance, nor had it apparently approached much nearer to a solution, Difficulties and doubts surrounded the subject upon every side, and since the rejection by the Czar of the original Vienna note, as modified by the Sultan, mothing bas occurred from which the future inten- tions of either party can be accurately in- ferred. Count Nesselrode had addressed another manifesto to the Austrian ambassador at Vi- enna, in which he recapitulates the reasons for which the Emperor objected to the altera- tions; and the Sultan had issued a manifesto in which he points out reasons for proposing them. The greatest excitement prevailed im Constantinople; and it was said that the body of the Ulema—the ex- pounders of the religious and politi:al doctrines of the Koran—had called upon the Sultan to either fight or abdicate his throne. The extraordizary ex- penses contingent upon the maintenance of a large army was rapidly exhausting the Porte treasury, whilst the want of any effectual interference upon the part of her allies, and the near approach of winter, promised to give a triumph t» the “passive resistance” fight of Russia, in the dismemberment of the Turkish empire, without any formal declaration of war. In Paris the attention of the government was en- tirely directed to a consideration of the food crisis, f@mu the necessity of procuring cheap bread had cooled the Varlike propensities of the people -con- siderably. From Spain we hear of the dowafall of the Lar- gundi cabinet and the formation of a new ministry, under the presidency of M. Sartorius. Cholera was still committing great ravages in many of the towns of England, the deaths in New- castle-upon-Tyne aounting to as many as one hun- @red and ten in one cay, while in other places the. fatal cases ranged from ten uptothirty. The disease had appeared also ip Belfast, Iteland, where one “wotnan died from it. A large portion of our space is again necessarily occupied with the details of the movements of the various political parties in this State. The hard shells of this city held their primary elections yes- terday, for the purpose of selecting delegates to nominate candidates for the Judiciary, State Senate and Assembly, Aldermen and Council. The names of the delegates elected in the different wards, so far ‘as ascertained, are given elsewhere. By reference to the synopsis of the proceedings of the Liberty Convention at Canostota last Wednesday, it will be scen that the abolitionists are as completely split up and scattered as are the democrats in this State. Those who acknowledge themselves as ad- herents to the old, or straight-out abolitioa platform, Fesolved not to nominate candidates for State officers at the coming election. On the contrary, they will divide the'r strength between the bolting section of the liberty party styling themselves the free domo erata, and soit shells and whigs. Gerrit Smith wished to give another trial to the free democrats, who manufactured 2 ticket in their State Conven- tion at Syracuse on the last day of August, althouzh he acknowledged that they had been and were still sinking. Opposition was expressed to the action of the free democrats for the reason that they were governed in their convention by availability, having among otber tings thrown overboard the temperance issue. John P. Hale, through whose instrumentality the liquor question was tabled, seems to have rendered himeelf especially obnoxious to some of the delegates assembled in Canestota. As if to give zest to this corious anomaly in the politics of this State, the silver grays are chagrined at the nominations of the whig convention, and many of them are in a state of open rebellion. A despatch trom Syracuse states that some of the grays have already proclaimed their intention of voting the na- tional democratic or hard shell ticket. In the mean- time the adamantines are in good spirits. They held @ ratification mectiag at Rochester last evening. which was addressed by ex-Senator Dickinson and other prominent men of the party. Farther returns from Georgia render it probable that Mr. Jenkins, the Union Whig candidate for Governor, has been elected. He is reported to have geined twenty-five hundred votes in the forty six counties heard from. The Women’s Rights Convention organized in Cleveland last Wednesday, by the election of Mrs. Gage as President. The only feature of special in- terest which characterized the day’s transactions was the indignant rejection, after a warm debate, of an invitation to attend a temperance meeting. What strange creatures these high minded ladies are. Some of them were highly incensed because they were not permitied to participate in the poseetiage ofa temperance gathering in this city a few weeks ‘ago, and now they scornfally reject an invitation to be present at a similar meeting in Cleveland. Accounts of the awful effects of the yellow feve continue to reach us by every mail from the South, Out of ninety inhabitants at Lake Providence sixty Lave dicd. We also learn that fonr of the crew of the Yark Franklin died of the epidemic on a reve nt voy- age between New Orleeos and Boston. ‘The monnment at Tarrytown, which has just been erected in honor of the three patriots who saptured Mo'or Andre during the war of the Revolntion, wii! De dedicated to-day by Governor Seymour. The on . rane of the war of 1812 will be present on the | were presented. A full report of the proceedings, casion, and will leave the city at seven o'clock this, morning by the Hudson River Railroad. : The fourth annual convention of the American Bible Union for the Revision of the Scriptures was | commenced yesterday, in the Broome street Baptist church. Rey. Dr. Cone presided, and anaual reports | opponents. Without such enmity they could | not egunt upon popular support; with it they | were doubly armed in defence of the institu- tions of the country. by uniting to the inherent | strength of their positions *that public sympathy which is never withheld from those who do their whole duty. Whatever may be said, genuine testimonials of approval are not awarded to men like medals at a cattle show, nor do they fall upon them spontaneously, like degrees from Yale or Oxford. They must be tried. Real distinction has a slower but more sub- stantial growth, a broader and higher aim, a more genial and intelligent office. Ephemeral reputation occupies an uneasy seat—it too often consumes the food which had been re- jected by men of larger capacity and more sub- stantial fame. Nature at least is convistent in the application of her laws. What General Pierce required was to under- stand and execute the judgment pronounced by the people in the election of 1852. Like his distinguished predecessors, he too required op- ponents; and, like them, he should have chosen such opponents from the ranks of those who had arrayed themselves against the Union, whose cause was entrusted to his keeping. More than ever was this apparent, for the whig party was, by the very act of his election, dis- banded and lost; thus, retaining his hold upon the popular- sentiment that elected him, by faithfully executing its wili, he required the assaults of free soilers and abolitionists in or- der to prove the integrity of his purposes and his fidelity to the constitution. If he has made any mistake it has been in regard to men. He has given individuals too much weight, and not enough to the cause entrusted to his keeping. The day of individual control has gone by. The public judgment has, become critical; men are measured ‘by what they do and say and not by what others do and say for them. Great reputation is not made ina day any more than great trees and mountains. This General Pierce should remember in con- nection with his Cabinet, which isso constituted as to excite popular distrust without in any sense, generating public confidence. Its mem- bers entertain opinions at variance with those of the President and the country. They were drawn together as a coalition, with a vain hope of uniting those extremes of public sentiment which are tolerable only when separated. They have given a caste of management to the ad- ministration which must be fatal to its useful- ness and to its strength. They have degraded the government to the level of their own petty schemes of political barter, and unless arrest- ed in their course will inevitably sink the Pre- sident to the standard of their own character and practices. The remedy for all this is obvious and sim- ple. The cause of the country, the character of the President, his hopes of usefulness, point him to the dissolution of the Cabinct. The examples of Jefferson and Jackson are before him ; their fame, their fidelity to the constitu- tion, their utter rejection of its enemies, their warm embrace of its friends, his own hopes of success, his patriotism and sense of justice—all point him to the dismissal of those advisers who have sown in his administration the seed of its fall. The organization of the Cabinet was an experiment ; it has been a failure. General Pierce owes it to himself and to the country to correct the error he has made, and that promptly. A time is approaching for a test. That test could be avoided by the imme- diate dismissal of the “spoils Cabinet.” together with much other interesting local matter, is unavoidably deferred. The cholera is reported to be spreading along the banks of the Shenandoah river, in Vir-inia, and the people at Martinsburg are greatly alarmed in conse- quence. See the telegraphic despatches for accounts of the effects of the recent gales in the East and on Lake Erie, the latest items from Washington, market reports from other cities, &. The Great Struggles of 1800, 1832 and 1852 —-Jefferson, Jackson and Pierce. There are three remarkable eras in the history of parties in this country—those of 1800, 1832, and 1852. The first grew out of the Revolution, and may be said to be the era of the formation of parties on the bases of federal and democratic opinions—the former represented by the Adams and Hamilton school, and the latter by Jefferson and Madison. Up to the period named the federalists held undisputed sway, controlling the administration, both on the question of ap- pointments and the more important question of legislative measures. Their power was inher- ent in their position, not derived from the people. They were independent, for they had been the leading men of the Revolution~men who had given tone to that struggle, and to whom the country was largely indebted for its successful issue. Their patriotism cannot be questioned. They regarded themselves as hav- ing done a great work, and they believed them- selves justly entitled to the exclusive direction of public affairs inconsequence. It was natural for them to argue that as they had put the pelitical machine together they were the best judges of the manner in Dente it should be kept in motion. In opposition to this assumption—which in truth was in derogation of the obvious spirit of the republic—came Mr. Jefferson, who ex- pounded its theory, and declared that its foun- dations were in the popular will, and that it could only operate successfully by the practical acknowledgment of this fact in each recurring election. This truth—so simple, so obvious. so selfevident—was before undiscovered in the history of the world. It burst upon mankind like the roar of thunder in a cloudless sky. The hearts of nations leaped with sym- pathy. A hidden power had been revealed to man—a power destined silently to advance un- til by asingle bound it should effect the con- quest of the world. Popular rights had thus been clothed with the organic fornis of govern- ment and given the license of speech. Mr. Jef- ferson saw on the subject of these rights. in the practical question of their exercise, there was no room for compromise. The unity of the political system then just established—its effi- ciency—its ultimate power—rested upon the question whether this government, based upon the acknowledged principle of popular sove- reignty, should be administered by the people. through prescribed forms, or by a party of indi- viduals who had taken upon themselves the direction and responsibility of conducting pub- lic affairs in their own way. This question was brought to issue and tried in the memorable contest which resulted in the election of Mr. Jefferson to the Presidency; and it settled this mportant point in the economy of American politics—that parties can control the govern- ment only when they conform to the spirit and letter of the constitution, and that all compro- mises which involve a doubt of the strict fidelity ofpublic oMicers to that compact of union are sure to meet public reprehension and repudia- ion. In 1832 the next memorable struggle came on. The question tRen raised, and which had been many years in forming, was, in another shans, tné same that had been previously de- cided. The Bank of the United States, protec- tive tariffs, the American system of internal 1m- provements, were suddenly thrown into one ad- ministrative programme. and urged upon the country by all the seductive power of eloquence andavarice. That these measures found no au- thority for their enactment in the organic law of the land, but nevertheless were vehemently defended by their friends, and their adoption urged upon the common ground of expediency, to be sanctioned by the “general welfare”— that authority to which all fugitive politicians appeal in vindication of their schemes—was again sufficient to alarm the people and to put them upon inquiry. The result of that inquiry once more rescued the constitution and relieved the country of measures which would have been destructive alike of all equality and justice in the public administration, thus transforming the government into a bridge, the gates of which would have been closed to every producer who would not pay toll. It was not party, it was something higher than party—that popular in- stinct which is seldom wrong—that thus exer- cised its renovating power upon the institu of the country, and raised the administration to that standard of virtue and integrity which underlie the unbiaesed exercise of elective rights in the United States. Failing in the two notable instances named to disturb the Union by diverting it from its legitimate destiny, its enemies from 1848 to 1852, grown more bold and shameless, led on by a band of disappointed politicians who were skilled in the tactics of party warfare, giving reins to the worst passions of hate and revenge stimulated by such motives into factious combi- nations, collecting in one ominous group al those fierce and turbulent spirits to whom the storms of anarchy are the atmosphere of life, nothing less than the immolation of the consti- tution would satisfy their demands and pur- chase their silence. It was another phase of the struggle of 1800 and 1832—another count in the old indictment. A close examination will show that the points in those controversies, though presented in a different shape and clothed in different language, were precisely the same as those which were decided in the elec- tion of 1852, resulting in the almost unanimous expression of the people in favor of General Pierce. That expression was not elicited on personal grounds any more than was the strug- gle of 1800 and 1832. Mr. Pierce wes the repre seniative of a public opinion, which sought in his electiou »y expression of attachment to the Union and its Utuw detestation of every form f madness which had bees. errayed against it. It was pre ly 8 so in the case Jeffer- The European News. We had yesterday the arrival of another mail steamer from Europe, and find that up to the time of departure the Eastern question had assumed no more decided character for war or peace. Hostilities had not as yet been openly entered on between Russia and Turkey; but the attitude of those two barbarous and -inimical Powers, and the agitation among the diploma- tists, consequent upon their fruitless exertions on behalf of peace, are gradually producing the same effect on popular opinion and on the com- mercial interests of Europe and America as if the hordes of the Russian Emperor were in open conflict with the soldiers of the Crescent. Still, every step taken in the matter appears to be one more in advance towards ensuring, more or lees quickly, a rude, sanguinary, barbarian war, on the shores of the Black Sea, and in each such step Russia seems to obtain the advantage. The mediatory Powers have begun to grow disgusted with the ill success of their pacifica- tory efforts, in which they have only succeeded in postponing fora time actual hostilities. to the equal annoyance and mortification of both parties to the impending combat. And now Aus- tria evinces an evident inclination to abandon the position she has heretofore occupied in the matter as one of the conciliatory Powers, and seems re-* solved to range herself on the side of her oldally, Russia; and Prussia, too, will most likely fol- low the same lead. In fact, it may be said that the whole of Germany, from the Alps to the Baltic, has been for some years past Russian- ized under the influence which the Czar has been able to exert on both sides of the Rhine. Russian princes and nobles, and persons of wealth, have been flooding that part of the Continent and affecting public sentiment in favor of Russia by means of their influence and gold; and even France and England have not been free from the same operations. Those things bode ill for the permanence of the Ottoman empire. It is now even doubtful whether the British government will not make for itself an oppor- tunity to withdraw from the alliance, and leave Turkey to fight her way out of the difficulty as she beet may. Indeed, present appearances indicate that England has resolved on pre- cisely that course. df this indication be veri- fied, then all real opposition to the progress of Russia towards the south is at an end, and Constantinople will soon experience a like fate to that which Granada underwent three or four centuries ago, when the last of the Mahometans in that portion of Europe were driven out by the monarchs of Castile and Aragon. The march of events towards that ca- tastrophe is inevitable. Nothing can save Tur- key from dismemberment and absorption by Russia; and all the diplomatic efforts made by France and England in opposition to that de- cree of fate were and could only be puerile, in- significant and useless. This is sufficiently ap- parent to European diplomatists, and therefore itis that Turkey is to be abandoned to her ir- revocable doom. But the trath is that the western Powers have begun to recognise the existence of a ons just as much re compromise between the Union party and ite | L€W ™2 more important danger. which has enemies in the traggles of their day a3 had | heen for 80M Lim. menacing western and cen- General Pierce in March last, What the for- | tral Europe. and the perieanence of the present yovernments in that portion of the world. This peril has recently presented itself to their ap- prebension in a strong and very remarkab) mer required in order to build up the temples of their fame. and 4o dedicate their altars to the trne worship of patriote, wae the enmity of their — point of view. The outburst of wwdutinn ta cat eetiiceec eens, in France which marked the close of the {ast cen- tury occupied the allied Powers of Europe for many years in curbing and overcoming. and it was only with the fall of Napoleon at Waterloo that the triumph of monarchical princi- ples was established. It was the dread of the influence which French democracy was calculated to have on the masses of other Europes: nations that produced the extraordinary coalition of that period among the various governments of the Old World. The French republic of 1848] was better understood by diplomatists; and so, in- stead of its existence being openly resisted in the field, it was attacked in a different mode, and destroyed by secret intrigues from without and dissensions within. A great republic can+ not be tolerated in Europe, and hence the’ leagues and holy alliances formed from time to time in the vain hope of perpetuating despotic and aristocratic institutions there. This being 60, it is easy to understand the hostile feeling which animates those old despo- tisms against the great republic of the United States. This is the new and formidable enemy whose increasing power is regarded with more real distrust and aversion thanis even that of its imperial rival, Russia, The influence exercised by this republic over the masses of Europe is known and dreaded so much that even the Czar’s ambitious programme of con- quest will be acquiesced in by the western Powers rather than that their subjects should have achance of manifesting the revolutionary republican sentiments which they derive from this side of the Atlantic. In fact, we have every reason to believe, not- withstanding the extraordinary noise and fuss made by the European governments with re- gard to the Turkish question, that they are much more earnestly engaged in endeavoring to counteract the immense influence which the United States, as a great and powerful repub- lic, has begun to wield over the popular masses of Europe, and on the progress of civilization throughout the world. Every event in which this country is interested, every movement which takes place in it possessing any bearing on our relations with Europe, is seized on, dis- cussed and commented on with ardor and avidity by all the despotic governments on that continent. This in itself presents a clear indi- cation of the new views which are being enter- tained, and the new policy beginning to be acted on by those governments, in relation to this country. It is believed, and with much reason, that nothing can possibly save Europe from some tremendous ‘internal convulsion taking place at an early day, involving the ut- ter ruin of all existing governments there, if the United States be only allowed to goon prospering and to prosper as it has been doing for the last half century. If we are but true to ourselves we need have little apprehension of all that Europe can do to thwart and impede our progress; and we will not only ensure the continued glory and aggrandizement of this republic, but serve, by our moral influence, to promote the cause of civilization and free gov- ernment throughout the world. Talk on *Change. The commercial news received by the Arabia intparted greater firmness to breadstufls, but transactions were checked by the advance in freights. Common bra ndso State flour, on the spot, sold at $7, and 3,000 barrels, to arrive in the first weeks of November, at $7 12. Wheat and corn were both firmer, with fair sales. Mess pork sold at $17 25, which was an advance of 25c. per barrel. Whiskey sold at Slc. a 32c.—the highest point it had reached for several years. At the close 15d. for grain and 4s. a 4s, 6d. for flour was demanded for Liverpool, and 16d. a 18d. for grain and 5s. for flour to London, which were above the rates paid in the morning, and above the views of shippers. They were also better for California and Australia. ‘The fine clipper ship Cathay was put on by Messrs. James Smith & Son for London, and, being a fast sailer, she would no doubt make @ quick trip. Private despatches had been received which stated that the tobacco crop in some sections of Kentucky and Virginia had suffered injury from frost. The Eastern question, it was considered, had become more;complicated, at least if the various rumors circulated in Parisand London were to be cradited; yet private let- ters in many cases were still sanguine that the trouble would finally have a pacific termination. It had been stated that the failure of the harvest in France, with the appre- hension of cholera, would be a bar to her going to war. This might be ,the case so fur as operations on land were concerned, but did not apply to the aid which could be ren- dered to Turkey by sea. The consignees of the ship Deflance, Capt. McCerren, Messrs. Jones & Johason, stated that they valued the ship, her freight and cargo, at near about two hundred thousand dollars. She had been on a voyage to California, and was returning under charter, via the Chincha Islands, She lmd taken a full cargo of guano on board, and was proceeding to leave port when the ocenrren ok place already published. house had not re a line from the captain, mate ship, and the; death. , or any party connected with the would not be surprised to hear of the ‘Teey would probably make their claim through the government of the United y expected to receive later intelligencegby the next steamer from California, via the Isthmus, as another departure from Callao for Panama was expected to take place in about ten di It was considered in the main fortunate that the American captains, when so roughly treated, were unarmed, as very serious consequences might Lave resulted. Obit JUDOE ELIJAH PAINE, OF NEW YORK. Died, at his residence in Fast Thirteenth street, on Thursday, 6th inst., at about 1o’elock, P. M., Hon. Kusaw Paine, one of the Judges of the Superior Court of this city. He was taken dangerously ill at Poughkeepsie, and was brought to the city on Monday, His disease was a congestion of the lungs. Judge Paine was fifty five years of age, having been born in Williamstown, Vermont, in 1798. He was a son of Hon. Flijah Paine, of that State, who died in April, 842, at the advanced age of eighty five years, having been a Senator in Congress from 1796 to 1801, and Judge of the United States District Court of Vermont. The atter office he held for more than forty years. He had hree sons and two daughters. The sons were, the subject of this sketch, Charles Paine, Governor of Vermont, and lately deceased, and Poctor Martin Paine, an eminent phy- ician of this city, still living, and the eldest of the thre brothers. After receiving 2 good academical education, Flijah Paine, the younger, entered Harvard University at a very early age, and graduated at that college with due honors, He studied law in this city, and was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court in 1818, Some years afterwards, he formed a law partnership with William Duer, afterwards member of the Assembly and Representative in Congress from the Oswogo district, and late Consul to Valparaiso. Mr. Duer was admitted as attorney in 1826, and is son of Judge John Duer, of the Superior Court. Paine and Duer were, authors of a well-known work on practice in the courts of the United States. Judge Paine enjoyed in this city an extensive legal practice, and took part in politics as an Adams man, and subsequently a whig. He was a prominent member of the American Institute, and an advocdte for a protective tariff. On the election of General Taylor, in 1848, he was a candidate for Postmaster in this city; but that office hay Yr been given to ex-Mayor William V. Brady, Mr. ax appointed by the President Consul to Panama declined. In the fall of 1849, he was nominated Liga, and elected by the people one of the Judges Court of this city, for the term of six years, « a Judge has been’ approved by the bar and His decision in the Le ill be recollected, excite: » time yutthe Union. Th riet conformity to the Inws of this State, an ced in, al-hongh bearing dudest n slaveho! *. oy thelm n fami ion., The Ju y of Judge Paine, a tho prime of (0 hia dark domains The Celebratio MONUMENT IN COMMEMORATION OF THE CAPTURE OF MAJOB ANDRE, IN WESTOHESTER COUNTY. This day, (Oct. 7,) the monument which has been erect- ed at Tarrytown, Westchester county, for the purpose of designating the spot where Major Andre was captured, om the 28d September, 1780, will be dedicated with appropri- ate ceremonies, Governor Seymour is expected to ofti- ciate on the occasion, and other dignitaries will be present. A grand civic and military procession is announced to take place; and a number of individuals, will, take am active part in the celebration, some of whom have availed ,themselves of this opportunity, as they always do when they have a chance, to cause themselves to be puffed into notice, which it would be in vain for them to hope for on their own intrinsic merits, ‘The story of the capture and fate of Major Andre has been often told, and is as familiar as household words to all read- ers of American history. Elefen years ago the original pa- pers found in Anére’s boots were placed in our possession, and copies of them published in the Hxratp, in 1842, ac- companied with various other interesting matter con- nected with the affair, which we afterwards printed in pamphlet form, and returned the original to the owners of the manuseripts. It must admitted that the story of Andre always pos- nesses a great interest, however often recapitulated. It has been called by a distinguished American writer “the purple flower of the Revolution;”’ and the curious cireum- stance@which led to his capture and untimely death, as well as the romantic life and character of this young British officer, never fail to attract attention whenever his story is repeated. On the present occasion a brief notice at least will be expected by many of the readers of the Hsmaup, John Andre, aid-de-camp to Sir Henry Clinton, and Ad- jutant General of the British army in the war of the American Revolution, was born in London, in 1749. His father was a native of Geneva, in Switzerland, and a considerable merchant in the Tevant trade—he died in 1769. Young Andre was destined to a mercantile life, and attended his father’s counting house in London, after having spent some years at school in Geneva. He first entered the British army in January, 1771. At that time he had am at tachment to Honora Sneyd, a beautiful and accomplished young lady, whom he met at the house of Miss Anna Se- ward, a literary lady, of Litchfield, England. Miss Sneyd did not reciprocate the affection of Andre, but soon after- wards married Richard Lovell Edgeworth, (father of the celebrated Maria Edgeworth,) when that gen- tleman was a widower. In 1772 Andre visited the courts of Germany, and returned to England in 1778. He landed at Philadelphia in September, 1774, ‘ax lieutenant of the Royal English Fusiliers, and soon"pro- ceeded to Canada, by way of Boston, to join his regiment. In 1775 he was taken prisoner by the Americans under General Montgomery, at St. Johns, but was af- terwards exchanged, and promoted to the rank of captain, In the summer of 1777 he was appoint- ed aid to General Gray, and was present at various battles in Pennsylvania and New Jersey in 1777 and1778. Onthe return of General Gray to England he ‘was appointed aid to General Sir Henry Clinton. During the occupation of. Philadelphia by the British army he ‘was one of the most popular and fashionable of the young English officers, and took an active part in getting up the celebrated “ Arischianza,” a Knights’ Errant entertain- ment, in honor of GeneraljHowe, previous to the departure of that officer to England. In 1780 Andre was promoted to the rank of major, and made Adjutant General of tho British army. After General Arnold had intimated to the British general, Sir Henry Clinton, in 1780, his intention of delivering West Point into the hands of the British ttoops, Major Andre was selected as the person to whom the-maturing of Ar- nold’s treason and the arrangements for its execution should be committed. A correspondence was for some time carried on between them under a mercantile disguise, and the feigned signatures of “ Gustavus” on the part of Arnold, and ‘Anderson’’ on the part of Andre, until at length, to facilitate their com- munications, the Vulture sloop of war sailed up the North river and took a station for the purpose, but not so near West Point as to excite suspicion. An interview was agreod upon, and in the night of September 21, 1780, Andre was taken in a boat, which was despatched by Ar- nold for the purpose, and carried to the west bank of the river, without the posts of both armies, under a pass for John Anderson. This arrangement of landing was con- trary to the wishes of Major Andre, who had expected to meet Arnold, or an authorized agent, to complete the ne- gotiation for the consummation of the treason on board of the sloop of war. He met General Arnold at the house of Joshua H. Smith, an American, considered favor- able to the British government. While the conference at Smith’s house between Ar- nold and Andre was yet unfinished, daylight afproach- ed, and to avoid the danger of discovery it was proposed to Andre that he should remain concealed till the succeeding nigut. He is understood to have refused to be carvied within the Ameriean-posts; but the promise made him by Gen. Arnold to respect this objection was not ebserved. He was carried within them contrary to his wishes and against his knowledge. He continued with Arnold the suceeeding day, and when, on the night following, he proposed to return to the Vulture, the boat- men refused to carry him, because the ship had during the day shifted her station, in consequence of a gun hnaving been moved by the American soldiersto the shore and brought to bear on her. This embarrassing circum- stance reduced Major Andre to the necessity of endeavor- ing to reach New York city by land. Yielding with re- luctance to the urgent representations of Arnold, ke laid aside his regimentals, which he had hitherto worn under an overcoat, and put on @ plain suit of clothes which he borrowed of Smith. He received from Gen, Arnold & pass, authorizing him, under the feigned name of John Anderson, to"proceed on the public service to White Paina, or lower down if he thought proper, and set out on his return in the evening of the 22dof Septem- ver, accompanied by Joshua H. Smith, and a negro ser- vant of the latter, cvossing the ferry from Stony Point to Verplank’s Point, a few miles from which place they took lodgings for the night. At the first dawn of light on the 284 of September the travellers roused themselves from their troubled slumbers. Smith wakened the servant and ordered the horses to be prepared for an tarly departure. Having solicited their host in vain to receive a compensa- tion for the civilities he had renderet, they mounted and took the road leading to Pine’s bridge, which crosses the Croton river, ‘on the babe to North Castle, The counte: nance of Andre brig! when he was fairly beyond the reach of the patrol party, and, as he thought, he left behind him the principal difficulties “in his route, fulness revived, and he conversed in ed and agreeable strain, upon a great variety . Smith was astonished at the sudden and y change which appeared in him, from a u anexuberant flow of spirits, plea- He talked upon poetry, the arte, and literature; lamented the war, and hoped for a As they passed Major Strang’s house, two Yorktown chureh, they were observed by the extravrdin: gloomy tacitt santry and gay disc pposed them to be Continentals. In this sed along, without being accosted by any nd a half of Pine’s At this place Smith had determined to end his in the direction of White Plains. The Cow-boys, seinen in the interest of the British and tories,) whom seemed anxious to avoid, had ree been above the bridge, and the territory below was considered their ap propriate domain, The travellers partook of a frugal breakfast together at the house of a Dutch woman. This being despatched, Smith divided, his small stock of paper money with Andre, took a — final leave, and, with bis servant, hastened back to Peekskill, and the same evening to Fishkill, where he bad left his family four days before, at the house of his brother-in- law. Op the way he took the road to Robinson's house, where he called on General Arnold, and dined with him. He gave an account of Andre's progress, and mentioned the place where he left him, with which ‘Arnold appearel well pleased. It if to be understood, however, that Smith had not at this time, as he always affirmed, any Knowledge of Andre's true character, and that he sup posed his name to be John Anderson.’ Although Smitu professed to be friendly to the American cause, his con duct and real motives have always b shrouded in mys tery. He was afterwards tried and acquitted for his pac ticipation in this affair, but was obliged to tlee from this country and went to England, where he published an ac- count of his grievances and ill-treatment, as he called it, by the Americans, The county Fost: chester ‘was called “The Neutral Ground’? during the Kevolr ry war, being between the Britisn The “Cowboyw? were mostly, if not in plundering cattle near the lines aud New York for the supply of the Britis! ” There was another description of banditti called ers,’ who lived for the most part within the Ameri . and professed attachment to the American but in reality, they were more unprincipled, perfi and America Ll dious and inhuman than the “ Cowboys’’ themselves; for these latter exhibited some symptoms of fellow feeling fy their friends, whereas the ‘Skinners’? committed the'r depredations equally upon friends and foes. Tho “Ski ners’? and “ Cowboys’? often leagued tog The forme: would sell th plunder to the latter, px Yew York. contrabant 3 brought fro attempting ug, ocial condition of the Andre was now to fore he could be pe that the great 6 ef New York, at that time in seh to seve and eonvert to force, any person War? his own use all cattle or beef t! should be driven removed from the country in the direction of (whieh was then in ion of the British,) beens, certain line in Westchester county. By military also, the personal effecta of prisoners, taken were assigned to the captors as ® prize, ies ‘Andre followed the Crum Pons which the house of Mr. Hammond, where he called for _—— of water. After satisfy a thirst he he asked Mra. mond the distance to miles,” was ba reply. “1 did not think it was Nimes ” maid be rey ee rome Quakers at Chappequa, he ‘guia inquire tnd asked whether amy trespe. wees ont Wane the forks of the Chappequa road ar he that which leads to ver. Fi oy out on the Albany poe road, mear the ‘of Sparta, He had now securel La about eleven miles of Neutral Ground, roached within » few b yards of the Hudsen river without interruption. A little north of Tarrytown the road crosses, small brook, (now called the Andre brook.) A few rods from this progress of the treason was arrosted. Some of the sa of lider yi on thir morning in question that ber, namely, Paulding, Van Mart an and Wills go pace wi ss Bes remai road y Peboret fed garde ake on nthe gee ter being concealed in They had remained Res shou it one when, between nine and ten o'clock, roles said to Paulding, “There comes ‘ing man, who ap] to be well boots on, and whom ie pad better step out you don’t know him.)? must have observed rising the hill out of Slern r. he ‘was walking. his ney! *Pawiding then” pr his firelock at the ie ahs ra, ha a »” sald Andn i rr Liesl ty Wat Aaweer ee iuaed dean pon that Paulding him that 6 4. Andre thett moont ineautionsly ‘Tam a British offer, out of the country om particula business, and I hope you will not detain me a minute ; and to show that he was British officer he pulled = his watch. (Paulding, on being asked, at the trlal of J Smith, ‘when Andre pulled out the wat it to you asa present, or pull it out as a 2” sai Ape ce that he was # British officer, as I the! ug! The suspicions of his captors beng confirmed byt by th answers of Andre, he was ordered to ount. He the aid, (My God l'T must do anything to got along smiled and pulled out General Arnold's pass, which wart pass all the guards to White Plains. He then dismountec And said, “Gentlemen, you had best let me go, or ro] will bring yourselves into trouble, for your sop me will detain the General’s business,” adding manoing to Dobbs’ ferry to meet a person fea aad nce for General Arnold. Upon being asked if had any lettera stout him, Andre snswered’ B was then taken to the ¢ Bushes, and told fo pull off hi clothes, which he did. tors searched his clothe: but finding nothing told Pine pull off his whe three papers were found in each stocking, under his fost Paulding looked on the back of the papers, saw what the contents were, and them said to his com “This spy.”? One of them asked Andre if he would horge, saddle, and bridle, and watch, guineas, if they would let him go. Andre answered “Yes; and whatever sum of money you will mention, c quantity of drygoods.”” Paulding saya be then said, “1 You would give ua ten thousand guineas, you should nc stir a step.” On the trial of Smith, Paulding said th Feuion Hovcia-abilot: Antics. go was, these pod said was a British officer. “Had he pulled out Gen. Arnold pass first, Ishould have let him go.” The unfortunate offic was reduced to despair by Iris unexpegted: miaforturl which induced him to make the offer above mentione but finding his captors inexorable, he of them t ask him no. questions, and was forthwith taken to th nearest military post, where Colonel Jameson. took ‘ook. his into custody, and his papers were transmitted to. Gene Washington.’ Hs was brought before a board of officers for trial on the 20th of September, at found guilty as a spy, and condemned to suffer death. was accordingly executed on the 24 of Ootober, Ti sympathy excited among the American officers, by th fate of Major Andre, was as universal as it is unusual such occasions, In'1821 the bones of Andre, were d and carried to his native land, by order of the pore Si who had previously erected etiomecsent is memory in Westminster abbe "The foregoing are the principal facts relating to capture and fate of Major Andre, to commemorate whi the monument to be dedicated this day has been erect . Marine Affairs. Tae Curren Sm Westwarp Ho.—This is another Mr. Donald McKay’s splendid clippers. She arrived he: a few days back. Every one havirg a Kking for ships ought to visit her. The Flying Fish, also built Mr. McKay, is considered remarkable in that respect, this vessel is sharper still. An idea of this may formed from the fact that, although she is 220 feet over all, she is but 12 feet wide at 20 feet from inside of the apron. Her greatest breadth of beam about twelve feet forward of midships; when 5! swells out to 403¢ feet. Her model is one of t! handsomest afloat. Her lines are very smooth, good shear “forward, giving her lively, sau look. Her stern is round, and of a light appearance, a: ornamented with some handsome gilt scroll work, twi ing around the letters composing her name. Her mat rials and style of construction are of the best characte] Her frame throughout is of seasoned white oak; her de, frames, ceiling and planking are of hard pine, and she) strongly copper-fastened. Her cabin furnishings are the most elegant description, and every convenience passengers is there to be found. She isa fullrigged sh with made fore and mainmasts. She is most libera’ supplied with ventilators, communicating with the h and between decks, and nothing that experience and sk could suggest to make her strong and durable has be neglected. She is commanded by Captain Hussey, and lying at pier No. 20 East river, (Roosevelt street ferry taking in cargo for San Francisco in Mr. John Ogder Pioneer Line. ‘ Sruamsure Jamestowy.—This steamer arrived yesterd morning about eleven o'clock, with a large number of pé sengers, among them ex-President Tyler and family. Jamestown leaves again for Norfolk, Petersburg and Ri mond, on Saturday afternoon, at four o'clock. Sup Benpixe iN Tuomastows, Mr.—The Thomasto Sickle says there are seven ships now on the stock in tl town, of about 1,200 tons each, two of them of the clipy class. These ships will tll be got off in the course of f or five weeks. From present reports, there will be a lary business done in that town next season than in any forn year. did fe ot “Tue Orrra. —Max Maretzek, our able and success: impresario, has made grand preparations to produce t evening at Niblo’s Meyerboer’s splendid opera of “ Rob: the Devil.” Madame Steffanone is to perform the part | Alice, Salvi that of Roberto, and Marini that of Bertra The accessories have been provided in manner tor der the presentation of the opera perfect in all its par For the ballet scene the services of-the French dance Pougand, Lavigne, and Bulan, have been secured. are assured, and can entertain no doubt, that ‘Rob the Devil’ has never been brought out in this city in magnificent a style as it will be to-night at Niblo’s. Superior Court—Part ‘Before Chief Justtce Oakley. Oct. 6.—In the case of Henry L. Van Wyck agai John McIntosh, which was an action ona note, repor eeay) the’ jury rendered a verdict for the plain’ 7. Court Calendar—-This Day. Uxirm Srares Distaicr Courr.—Nos, 16, rt "22, 24, }, 683, 684, 688, 689, 691, ‘on. 646, 644, 647, 645, 6497 > ood, 653, 654, ¢ 661 to 665, 66° SorEnior Cot hos.)—Nos, 151, 158, 156, 167, 169, 160, 181, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 166) , 186, 187, 188 174, 175, 176, 180" 161, 183, 191} 192} 193) 1v4, 196, 196, 197,'198, 199, 200, 1,142, he Dirceterser the Asveete ae bat itic ifthe Industry of all Nati ive iF OI Lee ot heey ao allie eaachon, a additions. will bi ‘trom tim tam ory. and fine arty the a) be now pronounesd sony) ples, chetee a eekeee 4 ay 5° nebei da tuaety as crease meanofactui ‘tion ma} it will compare favorably with iaplay of foreign art, and products of tho al orld, ta altogothet rupert: to anyt ie conntey, ‘while ts inventive ingenuity in tho taonth of December nex DIRFOTORA. Mortimer Livingston. Alfred Poll, August Belmont. Alex. Hamilton, Jr. johuyler, Elbert J. Anderson, entry R. Doniem. W. OC. W. Waddell. b A. “emton: onthe exhibition will clo holwor “iuRonORs kDOWIOR, Presid Oman, B. Axpenson, Lawaw ©, Srvant, hetinn Bee wong. The wonty-five Cent D nlike all ¢ cheap portratea wt this ostabiieh anount of Hikenossos wante satisfy all fe witene KEES & Office of the General Su rintendeso? 7 New York, Sept. yb a Nowoge i eED nit in thir we”