The New York Herald Newspaper, October 8, 1853, Page 4

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We give to-day an interesting account of the cere- monies at Tarrytown yesterday, on the occasion of the dedication of the monument commemorating the capture of Andre. Governor Seymour dedicated the monument, and his speech will repay perusal. We gave a history of the facts connected with the capture of Andre andthe treachery of Arnold ia the Hezap of yesterday. The third day's meeting of the Trienaial Conven- tion of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States was held in St. John's Church, in t iis eity, yesterday. There was a very large attendance of both lay and clerical delegates. The app teation of the church of California for admission iatu union with the Convention gave rise to a loag and tec'ni- eal debate, as it was cousidered that her Divce-an Convention had nct very clearly expressed thercia the adhesion of its members to the coustituted rules of the body. When evidexce of this is clearly California delegates will be received. The Arch- bishop of Canterbury, England, had addressed @ most fraternal letter to the American episcopacy and clergy upon the occasion of enclosing a copy of the Oxford quarto edition of the Bible. The letter of His Grace gave very general joy to the different members of the Charch prese at. The Episcopal Mis+ ry Soviety held a meeting last evening at the Church of Ascension, corner of Fifth avenue and Tenth street, over which the vene- rable Bishop Meade, of Virginia, presided. The sa- cred edifice was thronged, and addresses were de- livered by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Spencer, late Bishop of Madras, and Deacon Sinclair, of Middlesex, Eug- land. The Rev. Ernest Hawkins, Prevendary of St. Paul's, London, Engiand; Rey. Mr. Casswell,aud Bishop Medley of Frederivkton. Other speakers were to have addressed the meeting, but Bishop Wainwright, in consequence of the lateness of the hoor, moved an adjournment to Moaday evening next, which was carried. The anniversary of the Americaa Bible Usion ter- minated last evening, when" the meeting was ad- dressed by Dr. Achilli, of italy. A report of Churs- @ay and Friday's procee¢ings will be found ia an- other part of to-duy’s paper. Yesterday the ceremony of laying the ¢ ner stone of a new Jewish Educational Institute in Greene street, on the adjvining lot to the Synagogue, took place. The duty was performed by the Rabbi of the chorch, the Rev. Dr. Raphall, who was formerly con nected with the Birminghan (Esgland) Jewish [a- stitute, which Le was instrumental in founding. De. Rapbail afterwards delivered a very able aud jiberal- minded address in the synagogue. The American Board of F Missions, re. cently in sessicn at Cincinatti, adjourned, to meet at Hartford next July. During tue session it was re solved that no more aid could be extended to th Sanéwich Islands, for the reason that their inbabi- tants have been Christian‘zed. ‘The information contained is our telegraphic patches thie mornin varied and anonsually teresting char: ch will probavly at tract the most attention is the brief sketch of the curious transactions which took pla in the Woman's Rights Convention at Cleveland, lis Thureday. in the first place, resolutions were adopted which claimed all the political and other privileges enjoyed by man, inclading his hard work. Then o male delegate had the effroutery to propose the limitation of speechitying to fifteen minutes. This in‘ringement upon the freedom of speech was indignantly rejected. A Mrs, Clark, to the atter cm sterpation of her fellow-delegates, expressed her con viction that woman was ber own enemy, and that ma», wae more willing to deal fairly with her than her own sex. Such aspersions upon the general character of the high-minded coull not be endured, and Mrs. Clark was consequently gagged as soon as yoasible. As if to add to the already turbulent ingredients contaired in the bubbling eauldroo, Mra Abby Kelly Foster, like one of the witches whv appeared before Mac»eth, arose and commenced an onslaugiit npon Cbristianity and its teachers. This was ev tirely too ontrageous—a dozen ladies sprang to tieir feet end commenced talking, the Président fled i+ despair, and the Convention adj yarned acoidst th, direst-confusion. What a tempert these ladies wou! | rake in the hails of Congress. Only think ot it. Secretary Marcy has resumed the duties of his office in Washirgton. Secretary Dobbin will leay this city to-day, with the intentior of inspecting tue Char'estown navy yard. A despatch from New Orleans states that the weather is cool, the city healthy, and absentees are returning. Let not the anacelimated be deceived by ALese laring reports. That ewlul seo yet ow lever, still Unger there, aud nothing but isost wi dive thence. Three deaths ocourred from the lever in Mowile yesterday, and @ despatch from that ci y cheracterizes it as still sickly. the frends of the Rocrac tunnel project, at a re- ent meeting in Fitchburg, decided to hold a Con- vertiog on the 17h inst. te devise means fora speedy completion of the work. A severe blow was expererced in the viciaity of Boston on Thursday night and yesterday. So faras known only two accidents occurred to tee shipping, wtz.: U. S.ship Brandy wine was blown from her moor- ings, and the brig Kate Heath was ériven ashore. * Despatches from the East also state <hat numerous’ vessels sustained Gamage by the late severe gale in the British Provinces, The increase of the canal tolls ef this State upto the last day of September, over those of last year at the same date, is $28,567. Great commotion was prodaced at Stamford, Conn., last Thursday, by the arrival of horées of strangers who were anxious ‘to see the live stock exhibition. One hundred and eigaty yoke of cattle, hitched together in one train, attracted considerable attention; but the great feature of the day was the riding match between six ladies. The opening address at the New Hampshire State Fair was delivered by Hen. Edward Everett. “No mail from the South,” was the old stereotyped phrase telegraphed from Bal:imore last night. It is to be hoped that the Postmaster General will speedily perfect his contemplated arrangements for we regular transmission. of the mails between this city and New Orleans, even should he pot succeed ing gaining, they{twenty-four hours’ It would be very gratifying to business men to occasionally receive their letters end papers when due; but, from tae experience of the past {ew mon‘hs, coubtsare entertained whether time proposed. their desires will-be realized for some time to come. ‘be Natave American party in Philadelphia have Tmed a coalition with the whigs. "ae was anticipated, the large influx of bread-tuffs from the West materially tends te check and keep within bounds the prices, notwithstanding the news or wdvancing rates brought by almost every steamer from Europe. Dealers and speculators are becoming very? cautious, and generally de-line to operate very heavily, as will be seen by the report elsewhere. The Board of Aldermen transacted some very im- portant business lastevening. A report was adopted to pave Fulton street from river te river with granite block pavement, the same as that put dowa in the Bowery between Bayard and Walker streets. The counsel to the corporation, as will be seen in another column, signified his intention to apply to the Sa- preme Court for the appointment of Commissioners to open Jones’ Wood park. A message was received from the Mayor, in which he transmitted communi- cations from Major Sprague, relative to the selection of ground in Greenwood Cemetery for the interment of the remains of the lamented Gen. Worth, and from the New York Horticultural Society, concern- ing a site for a garden. Both documents were ap- propriately referred. Among the reports adopt- ed was one giving permiseion to the Secoad Avenue Railroad to extend their trazk along South street to the Battery, and another ordering the rail- ing of the Battery to be set back, in order to widen Battery place. A communication from the Comp- troller, relative to an appropristion for election ex- penses, was referred back with instructions to spe- cify each particular item of the expeuses incident to the election for the adoption of the new city charter, last June. The Beard accepted an invitation to be present at a crisket match between the students of the Free Academy to-day, and finally adjourned for want of a quorum. The Assistant Aldermen concur- red in the proposiion of the upper board to redis- trict the city for election purposes, so as to conform to the council dictriets of the new charter. A report in favor of increasing the salaries of Heslth Wardens from $600 to $750 per year was adopted. Withoat transacting any other business of special interest the Board adjourned tiil Monday. The Revival of Slavery Agitators—Gov. Seward Foreclosing upon the Van Burens. The defection of the democratic party in New York has once more raised to importance the position of Mr. Seward and his abolition associates. In this view of the quarrel be- tween the hunkers and the barnburners, their decision at Syracuse may be regarded as unfor- tunate in ils bearings upon the general politics of the country. But when it is remembered that the latter fection has aided more than the abolitionists themselves to give currency and character to the agitation of the slavery ques- tion in the free States, that they became its sponcors at the baptismal altar in 1848, and have continued since to foment the sectional controversy between the North and the South, it will be seen that the quarrel at Syracuse was inevitable, and that, in fact, it gives to the Sewards and Garrisons only that preponder- ating influence in the politics of New York which they before possessed. They have gained no other strength than that which springs from marshaling the liens which they and the Van Burens had upon the great abo li tion inheritance of the State. [ue mortgages were executed at Buffalo, in 1848; and now that there is palpable bad faith in the morta- gors, and the Van Burens are committing waste upon the premises, and there is no pros- pect of payment except upon compulsory process, we do not see why Mr. Seward should lenger hesitate about their fore: If the ct should interfere some of Marcy’s possessions in New York, and slightly depreciate his political income, he ill bave the consoletion of kaowing that it is not the first time that specula- tive mo ente have ended in bavkrup and ruin. But. layis g aside the question revival of ihe slaver great State. and t of new and formidable elements of discord into the movement, which it ingyres—looking to the elevation of Mr. Seward to the Presidency— calls for an expression from every good citizen. In the economy of our institutions we present but one weak point; and it is to this domestic and foreign agit direct their assaults, The question of slavery, then, becomes one which should be carefully studied by every wellwisher of bis country ; and assaults should be made upon it, if at all, with « full knowledge of its bearings upon the social, industrial, and political well-being of the American people. It is not a local institution at all ina p cal sense. It is recognized by the constitution ofthe United States, in which instrument appro- priate provisions were inserted for maintaining the relation of master and slave. By that com- pact, as well as by the practice of federal au- thorities in the sale of negroes on execution issued from the courts of the national govera- ment, slavery is recognized ; and in this view it is both unwise and unmanly for the citizens of the free States to claim an exemption from the rerponsibility which thus attaches to them We believe it to be far better to meet the ques- tion boldly—neither to surink {rom the obliga- tions of the constitution, or from the relations which that compact undeniabiy establishes by tween us and our Southern friends. This lead us to an inquiry into the actual condition of slavery, and the office it is performing in our own country as an element of labor and a8 a means of retarding or advancing the cause of civilization in the white and the black race. We eay nothing of the ab- pitact right of the masigy to bold hig slave oauguration tors in bondage—the question has no practical abstract ‘bearing. It is altogether relative in its pature, because if an evil it is an evil on hand ; and he who would remove it must con- siderthe efect of this or that plan of extirpa- tion, not only in reference to the slaves, but also in its bearings upon the whites. This is made plain by reflecting upon the effect which immediate abolition would have upon the two races. That they could not exist together— that it would bring on a war of classes and end in the extermination of the one or the other— is inevitable. No sane man will contend that the two races could exist on the same politi- cad and social plain. In this view the retention of slavery as it vow exists is a mercy to the black race, for no one questions that, being in- ferior both in mental power and in physical energy, their freedom would end in their anni- hilation. But there is another and a higher view of this subject, which we address to philanthro- pists avd men of liberal opinions in the North and elsewhere. It is undeniable that the condition of the peo- ple of Africa is infinitely worse than that of the slaves in the United States. There hasbeen no period in the history of. that benighted race in which the native African in his own country has. been as well off in the substantial comforts ofiife as the slaves of this country. Upon the question of slavery itself the African is more fettered at home than here. Sunken in the deepest barbarism, degraded to the very con- fines of humanity, with ecarcely a trace of intel- lect, not a ray of civilization has penetrated their native land except throngh the instrumen- tality of foreign slavery. The combined missionary effort of the world in all time has numbered of its converts to Chris- tianity in all Africa only fifty thousand persons, while the Methodist Church alone in this country numbers two hundred and fifty thousand communicants of that race at the pre- sentday. Thusis the account practically stated ef the effect of slavery in the United States upon the civilization and .christiapization of the negro race; and all this surely comes through the instrumentality of American sla- very. Those who seck for benefits to an oppressed people—those who look to practical labors and results—those who regard the form and the name as of trifling account while the great end sought is reached—will find in this statement a most interesting fact bearing upon the question of domestic slavery in the States, and will see in it the operation of a principle which goes far to place that institution among the causes which are silently working out the regeneration of a people whom other and more direct means could not redeem from barbarism. The missionary labors of England among the African people has borne other and still more important testimony upon the question of the civilization of the latter country. It is made apparent that by Africans must Afriea be civil- ized. The efforts of philanthropy, however well directed. have proven unavailing as a means of regenerating that people. A hundred years has failed to make its impress upon them —a hundred years of faithful missionary labor has left the objects of such charity in hopeless barbarism-—while the colonization of Liberia, which sprang from the institution of slavery here. has carried into the very heart of Africa he germinating seeds of civilization and Chris- tianity. There is in this the secret power of ailnity—the adaptation of means to ends. It opens a field for observation well worthy of the consideration of all true philanthropists. Itren- ders the question of American slavery important as it bears upon the destiny of the most ignorant and debased people on the fuce of the earth. It furnishes an office for Africans in this country who may acquire their freedom—a stimulant to the benevolent North and South to hasten on the work of colonization. It answers the de- mands of abolitionists by pointing to the solid fruits of American slavery gathered on a field of greater debasement and under circumstances of greater need. It speaks to England, France and Germany, where the slavery of this country is the object of pre-arranged denunciation aud professional atuse, It appeals to the benevolent of every Jand by the results which it has ef- fected in the way of human progress, where otber means had proved utterly unavailing The abolition of slavery in the United States is another question. That it can be effected by agitation here or elsewhere is quite impossible. Slavery is sustained by interest. It has en- tered largely into the social and political machine. It is embedded in the very vitals of our society. It will be removed by the contact of labor, of which itis now an eszential part — “by the inevitable law of population,” as Mr. Clay called it in his “Ralaigh Letter.” It is not a football, to be kicked about by every idle political gamester. Centuries have been required to work it into the texture of society; and during all that time it has oceupied the primary seat of labor and been the chief ele- ment of producticn. and at precisely those points where it could have no competitor from the white race. Its influence upon the latter has indeed been . So far as the productions of cotton. rice and sugar enter into the uses of mankind—so far as they constitute a basis ef commerce, and may be supposed thus to ex- ercise their influence upon the civilization of the world—so far as they bind goveraments to a peaceful policy out of respect to the great industrial interests which they mafntain--so far does the institution of slavery exert its in- fluence upon the white race. It is at this dey an important clement in the general labor of the world, and as such it enters into and constitutes an important part of political government, whatever else may be said. It is supported in this countrp precisely because here population has never erowded upon pro- duction, and it will end only when it does. The only effect of agitation on the subject is to weaken our political system—to strengthen the enemies of the Union—to retard the coloniza- tion movement, and consequently the civiliza- tion of Africa. How important is it in this v'ew that the pub- lic administration should free itself of every possible connection with the agitators of sla- very? Hew necessary that President Pierce should not cnly frown upon all such enemies of the Union, but should draw around him men whoee past conduct give a guarantee of their incorruptible devotion to the constitution— men who, rising above the atmosphere of time- serving worship, will cling to that compact like the apesties of o'd to the religion of the new covenant? Hw neces:ary that he should discharge from his service those who have by their advice compromived the purity of the ad- ministration upon the question of slavery? How necessary that he should dismiss his Cabinet, and recrganise the government on the haeis of the constitution and in the spirit of the Union sentiment of the country? Arvairs in Cuna—Arrarent DIMINUTION OF THE Stave Trarric—In treating of the affairs of Cuba, it has been for the past few years such a uniform part of our duty to expose the undis- guiced manner in which the slave traders of the island were permitted to carry on their unholy traffic, that it appears now quite refreshing to be able to chronicle the beginning of a better state of things. While the eivilized world is interested in all that pertains to the extinction forever of this relic of a mere barbarous aud unchristian age, the United States has a parti- cular and special interest in the present and prospective condition of affairs in Cuba. It has, therefore, always been our policy to obtain the best amd most reliable information concerning events in that island, and to spread such intel- ligence fairly and independently before oyr readers. If the general tenor and substance of our news from time to time represented the great augmentation of the slave traflic which bad taken place of late, and the impunity with which the slavers were permitted by the Spanish officials to pursue their avocations, we were the most sincere and resolute in denouncing in no measured terms the actors in and abetters ofit. And now that we have cause to know that our exposures and denunciations of the slave trade, as carried on with the island of Cuba, have begun to initiate a better state of things there, we are equally prompt in making known to the world that a favorable change in that respect has taken place. In our anxiety to obtain the most correct and authentic account of the state of affairs in Cuba, we made the acquaintance a few days since of a gentleman who had recently arrived in this city from Havana. This gentleman is Mr. Sydney Smith, whose name is familiar to many of our readers as having been actively benevolent in mitigating the condition of the American prisoners, the captured remnant of the last unfortunate Lopez expedition. Mr. Smith, by his humane and energetic conduct on that occasion, not only deserved but obtained the gratitude of the American heart, and sub- sequently had the gratification of seeing that sentiment manifested in New Orleans and other cities of the Union, where he was enter- tained at public banquets, and where he availed himself of his position to allay the high state of excitement then existing against Cuba by a fair and candid exposition of all the events which had ther recently occurred there. He has been since then a resident of the island, and from his discrimination, intelligence, and habits of observation, he is perhaps one of the persons best qualified to impart accurate and reliable information as to the condi- tion of affairs there. He arrived here some days ago, en route to England, and on our calling on him and expressing to him our wishes, he readily consented to give us the re- sult of his observations in regard to the present state of Cuba, particularly in reference to the slave trade. The facts embodied in the follow- ing cketch of affairs in Havana we have derived from our interview with Mr. Smith. The island of Cuba is at the present moment in the enjoyment of tranquillity and a high state of prosperity, though some uneasiness has been lately manifested on the subject of the vast increase of the African population. The slave trade has been, for some time past, carried on to a very considerable extent; but quite re- cently a diminution in the twaffic is percepti- ble. This is to be attributed as well to the re- monstrances made by the British Minister with the government at Madrid, as to the personal sentiments of the Captain-General, and to the energetic measures which he has consequently put in practice to enforce the treaty stipulations with England. The cholera had been making fearful rava- ges among the negroes on the sugar planta- tions, and it was feared at Havana that the void thus occasioned would cause a new im- pulse to the activity of the slave traflic. In- deed it was well known that many vessels had actually sailed for the coast of Africa, and that others were then on their return to the island with their cargoes of wretched human beings. The Captain-Gencral had adopted stringent measures to prevent the importation of negre but the coast of Cuba was so extensive, and in- dented with such numerous cayes and inlets— well known to the slavers. but dangerous and difficult of access to vessels unacquainted with them—that the probability was that most if not all of them would succeed in escaping the vigilance of the Britieh cruisers and of the Spanish officials. Still, the traffie could not be carried on now with the same impunity as it formerly was. First, because of the unceasing and untiring activity of the British Consul- General, Mr. Crawford, who watches over and reports upon every infraction of the treaty that comes to his knowledge; and, secondly, because, as we have said, Captain-General Canedo himself evinces a laudable disposition to enforce the observance of the treaty stipula- tions, and has issued orders to his subordinates holding them responsible for any violation thereof which may take place in their reepec- tive districts. We may, therefore, felicitate philanthropists throughout the world on the probability of the near extinction of the slave traffic in this its last stronghold. The Captain-General has un- doubtedly the power of extinguishing it if he would only exercise that power with real sin- cerity. activity, and resolution. And Mr. Smith says that General Canedo not only possesses the power, but, in his opinion, the inclination. too In proof of this he adduces the fact of his Excellency having dismissed from office several Lieutenant-Gavernors and other officials who bad incurred his displeasure in consequence of their lack of vigilance in not preventing the disembarkation of negroes in their respective districts, and of their neglect in not promptly reporting the cireumstancez to him. It General Canedo be really in earnest in his persecution of the traders, what is there then to prevent the consummation so devoutly to be wished? But one thing more: the penalty attached by the laws of Spain to the crime of slave dealing is much too lenient—merely a few years in the galleys, and even that punishment is very rarely inflicted. There are many men engaged in navigating vessels to and from the coast of Africa, not from any real inherent depravity in themse‘ves, nor from callousness to the suffering of «thers, but simply because their virtue is no! strong enough to resist the oppor- tunity cf making a rapid fortune when they can do so without any peril to themselves. But Jet the Spanish laws once declare the slave trai: piracy, and attach the penalty of death to all persons convicted in participating in it. and then, with an honest execution of such law, it would be a dii!'cult matter to procure sailors to embark in such illicit and inhuman enterprises. Let the British Minister follow up the suc- cess he has already attained, and endeavor to jrogure the passage of eucha law by th EEE | Spanish Cortes, and if he succeed we will not only have to record the diminution of the slave trade inthe island of Cuba, but in a short time thereafter its utter and final cessation. Be sides. Africans are no longer considered by the" owners of plantations as indispensable in the cultivation and work of their estates. The re cently introduced Asiatics are found to perform field and other labor fully as well if not better than the negroes. And this fact in iteelf will go far in consummating the extinttion of the Af rican slave trade, and will materially assist the efforts ofthe government in putting it down. There is little known on the island in refer- ence to the invasion said to be contemplated by the Cuban filibusteros in thiscountry. There is no doubt, however, of the rancorous and uni- versal hostility entertained by the Creoles against the Spanish government—a sentiment not peculiar to any class, but shared in from the wealthiest planter to the most humble pai- sano. No open expression, however, can be given to this feeling from the repressive mea- sures enforced to silence it. As to the rumored recall of General Canedo, it is thought there is no real foundation for such re- port. At allevents, his Excellency appears to be under no apprehension himself in that respect, as is plainly enough evinced in his being actively engaged in organizing and carrying out mate- rial improvements in and about the city of Havana. and in authorizing measures of great importance concerning the general welfare of the island. Not the least of these measures ix the submarine telegraph proposed to connect this continent with the island of Cuba, and now about to be undertaken. The land telegraph was progressing towards completion; and his Excellency has determined to rebuild the old opera house, and establish it under his imme- diate patronage. The foregoing sketch of affairs in Cuba is not only highly satisfactory, but important to the friends of civilization throughout the world. and more especially to the citizens of the United States, whose connections with thr is- land are daily becoming closer and more inter- esting. Mr. Smith has our acknowledgements for the urbanity with which he satisfied all our inquiries, and for the spirit of candor and sin- cerity which he manifested in doing so. Extraorpinary Pouitican Disciosers— Tue Sroms Caper ww Trovste.—The Wash- ington Union and the Boston Post have simul- taneously made a most terrible, bitter, personal attack on Mr. C. Edwards Lester, whom they call the correspondent of the London Times and the grand regulator of American politics in Europe. We understand that Mr. Cushing, Attorney General, who was recently stumping it in New Jersey, is the writer of these articles, and. indeed, they look as if they emanated from his brain. Some rich disclosures may be ex- pected about these days. We have been credi- bly informed that Mr. Cushing and Mr. Marcy took particular pains, by every gentlemanly method, to secure the good opinion and friend- ship of the London Times correspondent, and that their movements can be substantiated by a naive correspondence on the subject. Any person who can give us the secret history of the tricks by which the Spoils Cabi- net caught General Pierce will deserve a place in the custom house, with $1,250 a year, and no questions asked. Specran Eprer FRoM THE Treasury Durart- MENT.—Some noice has been made in a few of the obscure papers of this city about a letter which had been sent by Mr. Secretary Guthrie to Collec- tor Bronson, prescribing his duties in reference to the petty appointments to offices of six or eight hundred or a thousand dollars a year. Itisa very great business, certainly, fora Secretary who has some thirty millions of dollars under his control to intertere in the distribution of these petty offices. Here is the precious document:— WaAsHinaTon, Oct. 3, 1853. Dear Srr—Since the conversation we had upon the subject of the unfortunate division in the demo- cratic paity in New York, I feel more and more con: virced that the present disorganization cannot fail to endapger the success cf the principles of the party there, and to prove injurious elsewhere. But the separation is eflected. A conviction has forced itself on my mind, that by democrats pledged to each other upon a common platform of principles the division could and ought to bave been pre- vented. You are aware that the principles of the Balti: more Convention, and the pclicy intimated in the inaugural address, the President and his constitu- tiona! adv) siand pledged to before the world. They have been and are united ag cne wan ngon these principles and that policy, and had reason to, believe that all gentlemen who consented to accept office under the adjnir istration stood pledged to the same prixciples and policy. tS As the President understends the principles avowed as the platform of the party at Baltimore, ali democrats who joined in upholding and garrsing out the seme were entitled to be recognized as worthy of the confidence of the united party, and consequently eligible to oficial station. That «ali could not obtain office was manifest, and that the distribution could not be exactly equal amor gst the different sections of the paity was equally certain. Yet the distribution was intended to be so made as to give just cause of corn plaint to no one eection, and it is believed that this intention bas been carried out, not only by the Prest- dent himself, but by most of his appointees, in respect to the cffices under the Jatter. It has so happened that your appointments have been very generally made from that portion of the party to which youadbere. This you thought bet calculated to re vnion and harmony. ‘That de- sirable object has failed to be obtaived, and the other portion of the party fea that they have not been fully recognized by you, and, as things now stand, may noi do justice to your motives. [call your at- tention to thi ject, and to the fact that the President and bis Cavinet, with entire unanimity, recognise that portion of the party as democrats distinctly avewiug aud firmly maintainiag the prin- ciples of the Baltimore plat(orm, and entitled to be recognized by appointment to official stations in your department Allow me to express the expecta tion that you will so recognise them in the only way that will carry conviction with it. Thave not hitrerto deemed it necessary to make avy particular inquiry as to the section of the demo- cratic party to which Dereon nominated for positions in the custom bouse ew York belonged prior totie reunion of the party in 1840—vwhich reunion was sap- posed to have been thoroughly cemented in the grest and triumphant contest in 1402, Batas the present excited state of feeling among political friends #ho acted together in 1562, and wh) now stand unequivo- cally upon the same platform of principles in New New York, i+ saugestive of a discrimmition of which the administrotion will not Super! I shall sead a copy of this letter to the Naval Officer and the Survey- or of the Port, in order that there may be no mi-ay- prehension as to the Via which tue President wul require to be pursued. Iam, very reapestfully, James Gorarre. G. C. Brenson, Esq., Collector, New York. Copies of the above letter were sent to the naval officer and surveyor, with the following note :-— Wasuincton, Oct. 3, 1853. Dear Sre—I enclose herewith a copy of «lever this day addressed to the Hon. G. C. Bronson. Is will explain it-elf, and show you what the Presideut expects iv r@asion ‘0 the distribntion of patrova re in te respective offices of the New York custoa hovee, to which you will conforn your action in avy futnre ponsneto ou may bave occasion to mae. lam, very reapectfully, es GUTURL This letter to the collector is very character- istic of the present Cabinet. [t isa perfect spe men of the smallness of their policy, and smac' very much of the fifty cent patch on Marcy's pantaloons some years since. when he took too wide a stride in his political moves. This petti- fogging political intermeddling will onlyincrease the fend among the democracy of this State, and aid in sesuccitating the new whig party, wh are all in favor of Seward. with all his abolition and free soli tendencies. Can a President stand still and calmly witness these degrading moves? Is it not time to turn Marcy, Guthrie and Co.—the whole group—neck and hecls out of the Cabinet which they are gradually dis- gracing! Talk en Preadstuffs were somewhat less active, especially four, which, in the face of high freights and inereased 1 fere somewhat with the ingress aud egress to the rotunda, Merchants and others would be compelled to use the side stairways, The alteration, however, would greatly add © the convenience of the bank, aul give additional office room. The change, however, would aot improve the (rong view of the building. A merchant alluding to the proposition to extend @ railroad track along West street, for the use of horse care by the Hudson River Railroad, thought Greenwich street, with a portion of West street ingher up town, would sui§ Dest. He thought, under proper regulations, that a simi. lar track might be laid to advantage, parallel with the Fast river. A gentleman from Boston stated that there was quite @ city railroad fever prevailing in that town, aa@ that the New York roads had been examined with a view of introducing them, or something similar, inte Boston. It was believed that the actual cost of building the Siath avenue read had not exceeded $200,000; yet ite earnings for September amounted to $28,000. two-thirds for interest and expenses, or say about $19,000, would leave a net income on the month's business of about $9,000. Some of this had been due to the attraction at the Crystal Palace; yet all the city reads were doing well, The Kighth avenue road im September had earned $24,000, and the Third avenue cars were earrying as many passeme gers probably as any road in the city. All cities with, “ magnilicent distances’’ were in want of such roads, aad nothing ia the transportation line would pay better. The Law Courts. The Courts were all adjouroed yesterday at an early hour, out of respect to the memory of the Inte Judge Paine, of the Superior Court, aud « meeting of the bencly and the bar will be held this day at 12 o’elock to adopt resolutions expressive cf the feelings entertained for the lamented deceased. The U. 8. Courts, which have heretos fore offered such miserable Tnstriet Court being held in a smail chamber when the Circuit ig in session—are about to be augmented. Mr. Hillyer, the U.S. Marshal, has returned from Washington with ime structions to take the two spacious rooms on the lower floor of the new building in the Park for the use of the United States District and Circuit Courts. There will be an entrance through the old building for the Judges, counsel and reporters, and the public will have acces@ only by the front entrance, leading to the Sessions and Marine Courts, Immediately under theteach permanent desks will be placed for the representatives of the press, @ desideratum that has boen long and inconveuiently felt ia the State courts by the fraternity of reporters, whe whilst they must be indebted to Marshal Hillyer for hie consideration, should at the same time feel anaoyed at the continued neglect of those whowe duty it is to provide them with accommodation in the Supreme, Superior and Common Peas Courts, City Intelligence. Fires.—Early Friday morning a fire was discovered im the segar ve of Gustave Contin & Co., in the New York Hotel building, situated in the upper part of Broadway. However, by the active exertions of the firemen, it wae confined to the place in which it broke out, but a quantity of segars were damaged by water: Great onl is due to F y No. &, who were first on the spot, | Capt. Dilks, of the Ke , Was present, with a reserve force, h ward, and Lieut. |, With a section of officers. alacm of fire in the Third dis. the burning of a frame stable, situated ‘- inry. the Hudson River Railroad Company, have been the work of an it Hose Company, of Te on the 13th inst., oa the ine e Company No. 44, of this city. They wild) remain ee or four days, and will during their so- Journ stop atthe St. Louis Hotel, Chambers street. The warshals of the Vhiladelphia.company are J. MeKeown and Lewis €. Cassidy. f 14 Free Devarrmr—An adjourned meet- vermbors of the G ia Fire Departmen’ presevt in the At tates, wil be held wt of Humane Hi apany, No. 20 Aun street, in order to arrange for the celebration on the i] st the | New Yerk 14th inst. EUICIE PY TAKING LAUDANUS.—An inquest was yesters day held Ly Coroner O’Lonneli upon the body of Harriet 1. Limend, whe kep¥a boarding and drinking house at No. 40 Lixpenurd street, w dewth was caused by am everdore ef Jaudanum,’ administered by herself for the drug had been procured \o, d2 Walker street, on | fer Lidell tit was wanted we the dece: AM formed him of what tiately procured the attendance before they arrived ed at half past cleven sed was a fine appears +ge, and was born in city & few montha | oe im lay afternoon at Fulton ferry of the pariies omployed time under an attack of taken to his house in Brook- | rlallam, of the Second ward, ser, a German by birth, | = ed enicide on Tuewlay | ly hanging hinself by the neck to the limb of willow tree, in a sunken lot In Seventy-niath street, bee tween First and Second avenues, He came to this coum. since, ani has lived ina state of pover- hanty erected on the lot where he took his found by his son he was dead, with the rope . He is said to have been of intemperate Coroner Gamble yesterday held an inquest upon y, and a verdict of suicide was rendered by the delirium ¢ lyn, in the charge of ¢ ‘ay wdtjoining hts , dead, tout. It had evidenth wea ust loft there, ar the body wae quite warm. Two of the pal ice of that ward the corpse to the station house, and notided the the event. An inquest was held yesterday morn- ing. On the afternoon of Thursday police officer Brush, of the Thirteenth ward, found an intint, in an advanced state 1, without # head, wt the foot of Delancey: "g veme lumber. It was taken to the station he Coroner A verdict of death from turned, With respect to the the Coroner had not been no- to # late hour last at the office of the Guist ot ning a man on horseback, the Sixth avenue, near fares persons, knocking viously injuring one of them, a Mr. ol gentlenian, reskling at No. 8 Se n to the drag stove of Mr. attended to by Dr. Ferguson. rds) deemed expedient to take al, Linvon, He was ath avenue I wae, however, after him to tie New York He Fant. rues A Stagr.--Monday night, about eight o’eloek, man, named Jeremiah Morris, fell’ off a stage in the, war Bleecker street, by which two of hia ribs Lowery, were broken, He was taken into Dr. Abraham's office, No, 81 cher street, who dressed jhis wounds, after which he was taken home to his residence, which is in, Brooklyn. Croton Water Acowkyt.—On Tuesday rome alarm waa created in Mercer street by the bey, Rk tank! situated in the Siger pass of a house in the rear ef the st. 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