The New York Herald Newspaper, October 22, 1853, Page 2

Our Paris Correspondence. Panis, October 6, 1863. Tow of the Emperor and Empresa—Their Recep- tion by the Populace—Breaking Up of the Camp of Satory—The Bread Question—Large Loan— Sentences Confirmed—The Press in France— Legitimist Clubs and M. Berryer—General Changarnier—The Spanish Ministry— The Con- gress at Olmutz—The Bourse, §c, $c. ‘The journey of the Emperor and Empress to the Northern frontiers and depa tments of France, is the exact counterpart of that which was undertaken last year, by Louis Napoleon, at the same epoch, after the comp d'etat, and before his nommnation as Emperor. The same men have preceded him at Arras, Amiens, Lille, Dunkirk and 8:. Omer, to prepare the public enthusiasm; and the only members of the population ‘whe are truly showing their Napoleonian sentiments ‘are these who belong to the government and hold efflces, with their wives, children, and other relations. One who reads the reports in the Moni- tewr, and other sheets published by the government, fancies that the reception given to the chief of the State is enthusiastic, but I know a gentleman upon whose veracity I rely, who has just returned from Lille, and says that the reception was quite the con- taary. Owing to the rain and bad weather, the pre- parations of the Common Council were spoiled, and the whole was a failure. In several other cities, the rain interfered with the recep'ion, and ever since has ition of their A of their Sobers rosie, clergy have always flattered the chief of the State. The speech of Mor ur Paradis, a been read with the greatest it. It ie iudeed a curious thing to hear Minister of God calling Louis Napoleon the of the Almighty,”” “the man protected by his instrument.” Why not call hima ?_ In general the position taken by the of France, at C= moment of the pea o 2 le of good sense, and it will’ be remembered in due time by posed to tne Catholics in France. worth mentioning here is the ad- Louis Napoleon, and signed by all F fy ® ' 5 ce H i : ; i i ! Interesting Intelligence from Venezuela. OUR CARACAS CORRESPONDENCE. Caracas, Angust 25, 1853. Embarkation of Ex-President Vargas for the Uni- ted States—Biographical Sketch of him—The ‘Monagas \—Its Political Prisoners—The @umana Earthqwakes—List of Public Buildings Destroyed—Proposed Removal of the Capital— _ The Shifting Politics of Venezwela— Further Ar- rests. for Philadelphia on the 12th instant, embarked ex- President Dr. Vargas, on a visit to the United States. Doctor Vargas is a physician of great repute in Ven- ezuela. He received his medical education in Edin- burg; was elected second President of Veneauela (General Paez being the first); took the Presidential chair the 20th of January, 1835, and served his con- with you the ex-Presidents of this republic, and no doubt they will profit by making themselves a quainted with the institutions of the great mother vantages of a stable goverament, whose revolutions are made by a sovereign people through the ballot ball. ‘The jails of Caracas and Laguayra are filled with prisoners, who conspired to overthrow the governa- ment of Monagas, and notwithstanding there was a simultaneous outbreak in every part of the country, they failed. In all these operations there is a great want of system. Cumana was the only province that succeeded. The two grea} parties joined in one com- mon cause against the general government, formed a provisional government, and would undoubtedly have kept the troops of Monagasat bay had not Pro- vidence interfered, and a freak of nature set every house of their capital dancing a fandango, until they were nearly all demolished. Many a long year has elapsed since such a melancholy catastrophe had taken place in any part of the world, and had the present casualty ha; din the night instead of the le residing at Boulogne, in ich of the perfidious Albion” manifest in favor of the nephew of the hero Fei li day, t is of the inhabitants would have been buried under the ruins of their houses; as it is, over two hundred ms lost their lives. iH i E prisoner, and whom they tortured to # F Emperor was at Boulogne, the French ra passed a the channel and went to Dunkirk there by him. accounts received from the north an- ival of the Emperor and Empress at of Heliaut, where a grand review of the ‘and infantry took place. Their majesties to Paris on Saturday. of Satory wa: broken up on the Levasseur, Commander-in Chief, ad of the third brigade, addressed enthusiastic speech, and imme- orders were given to remove the army disbanded. The 43d and 44th ue left the garrison of Paris and pro- Macon and Chalous Sur Saéne,and to Thienvilie and Chateau Lougay. On last the plain of Satory was given up to the who began to open the ground with their the harvest of next year. " d’Albe and bis wite, both relations to the Paris on Monday last for Spaiw. They | ificent presents for their mother, Madame They will return next winter here for question is still 4 ordre du jour, and ts have been presented to the Munici Paris, having tor their object to provide Paris with means to pay the expense | the high prive of bread. It is proposed to | used for building toree francs per 1,000 | gE ss iil mil iu ? t i & i : i g § C4 : I § : epy cay peer tale b; “ J F a All the public buildings were destroyed, consisting of five churches—one & new one, built last year—the town hall, including the jail, and the palace, in which was the custom and court of appeal, the co , the barracks, hospitaland powder magazine, the tle of San Antonio, built on Sugar Loaf hill, which overlooks and commands the city; this was the prison of the illustrious ex-President General Paez, immediately before his exile to the United States. Also the bridge, one hundred yards long, which connected the city, it pen equally divided by the river Manzanares. This will give an idea what must have befallen the private dwellings. A few, however, withateod the first general shock, but a sub- sequent one has completed the great werk of de- vastation. ~ It is proposed to remove the capital of the pro- vince to Maturin, the residenee of ex-President Monagas, and the Appeal Court has been ordered to be held at Barcelona. Not tanding the heart rending occurrence, al- luded to above, the principal heads of families have been arrested as conspirators, wrested from their fa- milies and confined in the prieonsof Laguayra. Sena- tor Rendon, the chief of the operations, and many other leaders, left the country for the colonies. There bas been, undoubtedly, great reason for eae against the preseat istration, bat it would have been better to impeach the President at the next session of Congress, or waited until the next election to chose a better man. Among the conspirators in the jail of Caracas is General \tiago Marino, one of the chiefs of the re- 3 Cast iron two irancs; charcoal and coal, imes (twelve centé) the bilaminous hectro- | for fire, ove franc and a half, and to add taxes to tue old oves, to meet the de- | It will ie curious to notice the | sacrifices which have been made by the | of Paris, to paliate the consequences of the high bread at different epochs. In 1816 and pice of bread having risen to seventy one killo, it was reduced by a decree to fifty That year cost government eighteen | In 1838 the price of bread waa 49 ceu- | killo., and the common council distributed | of cour de pain, which amounted to the ,660,000 francs. Atthe end of 1831, the were used and the sum expended was | Lately, during the crisis of 1846 and of bread was 62 centines the killo., ite of things having lasted one year, the the city was 9,024,699 francs tor cour de in distributed to the poor people. It is calculated the preeent crisis will cost the city above one | is wi in certain quarters that the Bank | of England loaned one hundred million to the , Bank of France. It will be remembered that on the 20th, 2ist, and | 22d of July last, the court of session of the depart- | ment of Seine, sentenced MM. Felix Pyat, | Boichot, Caussidiere, Avril, and Rougie, to ten years imprisonment and a fice of 6,000 francs. Bar- | , Bravard, Berlier, Genin, and Gravier, to five years and the same fine, and Cordier to two years 100 francs. mode geen also eee prison for copapiring agai overnment. | al was made to another court— ths Imperial | Paris—which, despite the exertions of the | attorveys employed by the prisoners, the sen- | was ed. | press, under the reign of Louis Philippe, were prosecuted 429 times; fifty-seven newspapers were Seotroyed, and sixty-nine sentenced by juries. Political men were sentenced, altogether, to 3,141 imprisonment for writing against the govern- ment, and the fines impored exceeded 7,500,000 | Such is. not the case ander the reign of Louis Ni , for the press is closely muzzled, | is ible to know che truth, and no one write. unfortunate Constitutionnel, the most devoted journal of Paris to the Empire, has just received * ing,” on the ground ot Lele published in his money market article, quotations of stocks, with | a view to private speculstion. This warning has | created the utmost sexsation among the members of the press. While the old Queen of France, Marie Amelie | is the ocean to go to Spain, the widow of the | Orleans is going to Germany with the | of Paris and his brothers. ote | is much talk bere, in the legitimists clubs, | the reception of M. Berryer at the Academy, is customary, to deliver a speech, in is usually complimented the chief of the State. | ceremony, which had beea delayed till now, | , at last take place, and M. Berryer is at a loss | kwow what to do Chateaubriand gave him an | 5 the Empire of Napoleon [, as well . De Mont bert, a few years ago. Mole, ef the best friends of M. Berryer, has advised to use the utmost cunning and diplomacy, but Ret rid of this ceremony a3 soon as possible. ne try has returned to Malines, in where he will remain for the present. rele Madrid, we receive the intelligence that a 7 has been named by the Queen. The nis accepted the charge of composing a administration, and proposed the names of [esera. Castro, Feteban, (ol ites, Roca de Togores, Domenech, and General Blazer, who were all agreed . The new ministry is considered very favorable to constitutional princtples. General Narvaez has been recalled toBpain. Much anxiety is felt about the result of the inter- view of the Emperor of Russia and the Emperor of Austria #& Oimutz. Nicholas — # ey $: _ 20th inst, with his son and . grand Duke by all the distin- ral EN Fa Hl i E | i 2 = i i § i E E Fy fey E ir gif Tn fff lett iH Nikol and accompanied gui officers of hisarmy. There will be at Ol- mnt: true congress of diplomats. All the foreign ambassadors are already present, even M. de Bro- kesck, President of the German Diet. There are 26,000 men in the om of Olmutz. The Emperor of Austria arrived on the 18th inst., and was received in the most enthusiastic manner. The city, near which the camp is situates, is one of the finest of Moravia, and the capital of the department of that name. It contains 19.000 inhabitants, and is situated at about one handred and twenty miles north of Vienna. Its Citade) is celebrated on acount of the prison where General Lafayette was kept from 1792 to 1797, when the of Campo Formio made him free. The diplomats of Enrope are quite puzzled to know | my the King of Pruasia is notinvited to Olmnutz. It is underatocd that the king desires to be neutral in | for a bres | was menticned in my last, remains in volution for independence, and a liberal supporter of the party of the present administration. He haa an pers ae oe of 0s ae pare salary for life o: r mont, and the Congress o! last year voted him $20,000 as a ; yet, notwith- stane ‘4 he is seventy-two years of age, he has been arres‘ed and confined in the common jail, awaiting the result of a criminal trial, on a charge of conspir- ing to overthrow the government, which is of the same political party as himself. This will show the Testlees character of the people of i OLIV AR. Interesting from Italy. THE SPIRIT OF ENTERPRIZE A4OUSED—NEW STEAM- BOAT AND RAILROAD LINES--POLITICAL AFFAIRS —MARTIN VAN BUREN, ETC. {vorrespondence of the Newark Daily Advertiser. ] Genoa, Sept. 29, 1853. Tre utility of yoluntary associations and joint stock compsnies, which have done so much for the advancement of society in the New World, is just beginning to be ap- pieciated here, and the fact may be reckorf@ among the evidences of the awakening influence of liberal political institutions; for jealous power in these old feudal coun- tries, has ever interdicted, with unerring instinct, all as- sociations of men for their own benefit. The principle is, in truth, the antagonism of feudalis a. Among thr several private corporations recently organ- ived in the kingdom for important objects, I notice one (or working certaim mines ‘of great apparent value, which have beea recently discovered in the mountain districts, or have lain reglected by rulers—dogs in the manger— who have ruled the people only to impoverish them. An- other is now successfuly making bricks by the use o! the mineral coal o° the mcuntains, now nearly bare of wood, heretofore regarded as useless. Wood in fact has become searcer and dearer in this eountry than in any part of the wor Ihave heretofore mentioned the formation of the At lantic and the Oriential Navigation Companies with large capitals. The papers to-day publish the advertisement of 4 “Trams-atlantic Navigation Co.,’? (Messrs. Arnard, Tonache, Brothers, & Co,) who advertise that they will commence in January » regular service of screw steamers (of 2,000 tons, and under the Frerch banner,) between Genoa snd Kio Janeiro, touching at the intermediate poris cf Marseilles, Barcelona, Malaga, Lisbon, Teneriffe, Per- nambuco, Bahia, &c They are to be sumptuously fur- nished, provided wish all the latest improvements, and of- fer every practicable accommodation for both first and se- cond class p esengers. The first steamer (L’Avenir, Capt. Bruce,) will make the provisional and experimental voyage aout the mid dle of October. She is now preparing ior the voyage, and will leave about the 16th. It isa cause of great rejoicing here that the Grand Council of the Swiss Canton Ticino (or Teasino) has just pronounced in favor of prolongiag the Sardinian railr:ad, which terminates at this port, from Turin to Lake Con- stance. There has been a violeat opposition to the project in | Switzerland, but this decision settles the question, and is | therefore regarded with reat joy in the kingdom; and on { the reception ef the intelligence the Mayor of tis city is- sued a proclamation snnonncing it. ‘Sach # fact,” he says, ‘is a victory which opens to us a new future.” The Canton ofersino, the Grissons, and St. Gall have all united with Sardinia to execute the work. Thus new and stronger ties of fellowship will soon ink together the only two free countries in the South of Europe. and Genoa, in the language of the Mayor’s proclamation, “must become the only port of nations, of many millions of induswrious freemen.” ‘A steam packet company has just succeeded in navi- gating the Po, from the Adriatic as far up ax its junction with the Ticino, and thence to Pavia, within three leagues of Milan. In some of the late town elections thy retrograde party has prevailed, through the secret schemes of the Jesuits, where the liberals have undoubted majorites. The surprise will prove a protitable lesson, which the free press in all parts of the kingdom is’ earnestly in- culcating. The people will thus learn the American fenton, that vigilance is’ the price of liberty. | The ec- clesiastics have been excited to fresh eflorts by recent decrees appropriating the management (not at all as they vould have the world believe, the revenues, ) of cer- tain large church funds, and subjecting a portion of the icle priests (of whom there are some 60,000 in the king dom, including monks,) to military service an’ other du- ties incident to citizersihip. Under the last decree seve- ral priests have been incorporated in the army as soldiers, An appeal has been made to the Holy See, which will doubtless see in there heretical measures new cause of offence against this rebellious people. The virulence and blackguardism of the clerical press here egainst the min istry exceeds anything of the sort known in pirty war fare in the United Stater. Fx-President Van Buren and his son, who have been so jourbing at the baths in Savoy for some weeks for the benefit of the he: Ith of the latter, are expected at Turia on Saturday, en route for Rome. Rev. Mr. Prime, of the New York Observer, passed through a few days ago, ac companied by young Mr. Rankin, of Newark, for Milan avd Venice, Florence and the Kast. THE CASE OF MISS CUNNINGHAME. Froxayer, Sept. 20, 1 Miss Cunninghame, whose arrest at the baths of h of the law against Protestant propagand. rison awaiting She is, however, comforta sly provived for, having and’ a pleasant sitting room, with « Charity for her constant attendant. The trial a good chan worthy Sit the coming Huropean question; but will he have the | power to do it? P. &—The utmost agitation has been prevailing to at the Bourse, owing to tne- depression of pana funds and other stocks. Last night on the Boulevard des Italian, the bulls and bears of Peris were ga'ing in flocks, like birds who were on the weer quitting the coantry. All this movement is attributed to syeculation, and it is of no conse- uence, though those who have (nnfortunately) | pds Tnvested in stocks are much ct Mie of the stockh«lders of the Onondaga Fine Salt Manufac- | uring Company, held at Syracuse last daturday. it was Resolved. That we jeokaead the Beard of Trustees to tdvance the price of salt to $1 26 per barrel, from and utter this date. *e In acoordance with this suggestion the Board of Tius- tees moet ard raised the price as recommended. Tho rates wore advanced in consequence of the increased price Ot wood and barrels. Fontan Vion Consui—J. F, Meline has been officially fy mye by the Prenident, aa vice consul of evra for the port of Ciagiapati, ministry w: enough disposed to let er off with sim- ple banish ‘om the country, but the Grand Duke, : nt g strings of Rome, says she is in the hands of over whjch he cannot properly exercise | wny control. It ia conceded on all bands that the young Indy bas acted foolishly in expoving herself to the law, | while at the same time, all parties concur in the opinion that it would have been wise and better to have let her | leave the country as ber friends propored. | A Mas for By A Young Woman,—A melan- | choly afetr occurred in this county, about eight miles from the city, on the Bardstown turnpike, on Saturday | morning. A man named Christian @. Martin had been chool there, and engaged himself to Miw Emily |(Bhaw, also a teasher, whose parents reside there. Mortin | had in fact obtained the marriage license. Afterwards he | concluded nyt to marry her to sereon him elf from the consequences presented a paper to her for her | ture, in which she was charged w: wing grorsest improprieties towarda his Sue, of course, |. refused to sigm it. Martin and a brother of Miss Shaw then got into a fight on the road, Shaw drow a pistol, which Martin attempted to wrench from him, and it went | off accidentally, the ball ente: ing in front near the shoul ‘and lodging in the baek ) Shaw, unconscious that ae wounded, then jumped the fence, walked up in, and shot him in the side. Ile died in about hough it was thought that the first caused bin death —Loviveille Jonrnal, In the bark Thomas Dallet, which left Laguayra’ stitutional term ef four years. You will now have | republic ef the New World. They will see the ad- | box, and not, as in their country, by powder aad | Meqmer Fairy Queen in the Gulf The Picton. contains a tion of the crew and of the of the was held at Pictou after the socident. It turms out mow that there were §) of ten lives lost—that there were four la- dies on ‘and that but one of them wassaved. The Pictou informs sceneere was not clerk had not collected their fares, until which time no register of the names could be taken. It is thought, however, that ten lives are lost. Their names, as far as we can ascertain, are:—Dr. MeKenzie, of the army, who was on his woe Bermuda ; Misses Arabella Alice DeWolfe, daughters of the lato Elisha DeWolle, Eaq., of Wolfeville: Mn. ‘Kaye, of the East River, Hugh O'llura, cook, and ‘t, Hai of Charlottetown, ‘There was ano- ther female whose name is not known, the steward of the boat, and twe others, names also unknown. When the news reached Pictou, the authorities promptly assembled to investigate the matter, and the captain, his crew and the passengers made their statements :— The following is an extract of a letter received at Hali- fax from Pictou, written by one of the surviving pas- sengers -— “We came to anchor, and tried to keep her free, and Icannot help thinking’ that if the crew had used the same exertions the pasiengers id, we could have suc- ceeded, and at least kept the boat’ afloat; but the crew seemed paralyzed, and there appeared to be a total want of discipline throughout. I was, thank God, perfectly self-possessed, and succeeded in keeping all at’ work but the crew, (with the exception of ene or two of the latter.) ‘As matters became hopeless, I told the captain to get the largest boat afloat to ease the ship, and to drop it | astern ready for use. The second boat we also bad lowered, and dropped astern too. I told the captaye ty into that boat himself, and see that they were both kept ready, and cautioned him repeatedly about any of the men either slipping off the painter, or cutting themselves adrift, and leaving the passenge: nd several times told the manager or clerk the same thing. I said we would remain as long as the boat would float or hold together, and take to the boats only asa last resource. The boat held out as long or longer than I thought she would. Went aft to say that the boats would be wanted immedi- ately, as we would probably be either thrown abroad, or buried with her for a time, and they could pick up the survivors, and make the best of their way te land. When I went aft I took hold of the ropes to see if all was right, and I think the boats were still fast; but imme iately the rope came aboard, and I knew the cowards had left us to our fate. I could get no answer from any of jthem, al- though they could hear every word I said, We wanted them to take the female passengers, but could got no answer. They quietly drifted astern, feeling certain that not a soul’ could be saved to teil the fate of the others. The passengers generally behaved exceedingly well, and resigned to their fate. We all collected on the upper deck and awaited the end. Arabella and Alice De Wolfe were quite resigned. I had nct given them any ho at the commencement. Oh! how my soul sickens at the recollection of the fate of these young creatures. We were allelustered ina group. I sat down near them to keep them warm, when two of the party were thrown overboard. Pineo threw a rope to the one opposite him, and succeeded in getting him aboard again. I got his rope and got aboard the one opposite me—did not know at the time who it was, afterwards I learned it was Dr. McKenrie. (Pineo and Parker were farther aft than our group.) A few minates after the final crash came, and we were all hurled into the deep. I was standing holding a piece of rope I had made fast to the windward rail or davit, and Was swung round, and did not see theni ge over. I think all above the maindeck went. I was the last in the water, and when I rose I saw some heads near me, I was buri some two or three times, but succeeded in getting to the longest piece of stall I saw, which proved to be the upper deck, all aft the paddle boxor. I neither heard nor saw a soul but those already on the raft. I suppcse they were all buried at once. When I looked round for the boat I saw nething above water but floating pieces. There cannot be a hope for any others than those al- ready named astaved. Would you believe that, amidst all the horror of that ‘night and next morning, { had no dread of perishing. God be praised, I had not. I felt I should be saved, even while under water, and some poor soul grasping iy legs and keeping me down. I think two persons ha¢ hold of me, and you have heard of the grasp of drowning persons. There were eight in all on the raft, or upper deck, and we remained on it, going with the sea, fo: eight hours or upwards, with a very heavy sea after us, and a strong gale of wind. We landed at Merigomish, (Fig Island.) in safety, and’ made our way, after being Kindly trealed and refreshed; aad 1 immediately, on my arrival at New Glasgow, telegraphed to Pictou to arrest captain and crew. Tax Trai or Roserr SwAN FoR Moxper IN ManryLanp.—This man was recently tried in Boons- boro, Maryland, for the murder of Mr. Willi Sprigg, and acquitted. After the verdict had been rend a meeting of the citizens of the place was called, which was very numerously attended, and the fo'lowin resolutions, among others, expresses the indignation which was felt by those who composed the meeting :— Resolved, That this verdict is im direct oppositien to the Jaw and evidence in the case, and is opposed to the peace, safety and security of life ané property. and stands with: out a parallel in the history of jurisprudence im the State of Maryland. Besa ved ‘That this jury have set a — gud ruinous precedent in criminal cases, nitting and casting up- on sceiety a nan who in cold bid, in the right use Bt his reason, deliberatedly and premeditatedly shot down like a dog, and bexpatiered the floor and door of a bar-room with the brains of a fellow being. Re: That the jury are guilty of the violation of a solemn and binding oath between their God and the com- monwealth of the State, and should be held in contempt by every lover of justice, law, and order. Revolved, finally, That the men composing the Jury stand for ever disgraced in the eyes of this and any other enlightened com ounity, and are wholly uaworthy of confidence as jurors, and t} at we express our disapproba- tion of their verdict, by burning them in efligy in the poblic square this evening. The citizens of Hagerstown, also held an indigoa- tion meetizg in to the verdict, and adopted the following resolution: — Resolved, wn, in town hat we, the people of Hagers meeting assembled, do utterly repudiate, as we unquallifi- edly condemn the verdict of thejury in the late Swan case, viewing it as palpably against the law and the testimony nd we do protest against the responsibility righteous verdict resting upon any other portion of our community than the jury who rendered it. Superior Court—Part First. Before Chief Justice Oakley. Oct, 21.—James Bridges and wi; ys. Harmon Miller.— - This was an action brought by plaintiffs to set aside a deed of property situated in Delancy and Forsyth streets, in this ciiy, made in favor of defendant by his late wife, who was a sister of the plaintiff, Mrs. B., on the ground that at the time ef the execution of the deed she was of un- sound mind. The evidence showed that during the month of February (the deed being dated 13th March, 1852,) she was of unsound mixd, reudered so by the elfect of a disease which subsequently terminated her life, and in March, some days after the execution of the deed, she was still of unsound mini. There was no direct evidence of the state of her mind at the date of the deed, but seve- ral witnesses testified they were refused admittance to her room about this time. Dr. Davis, who was the attending physician, testifed that during the mouth of Februacy rhe was Undoubtedly crazy, but that it only continued for forty eight hours; and further, that Mrs. Bridges had said ste did not wish any portion’ of the property—that she had enough. Superior Court—Part Second. Before Hon. Judge Campbell and a Jury. 21.—Henry Tietjen against John Ives and B. L Budd,—Th 4 was an action brought by the plaintiff against Dr. John Ives, late Coroner, and hia assistant, Dr. Bud for assault and battery and false imprisonment, all to have been committed on the plaintiff by the defendants, on the 22d day of April, 1853, under the following circum: stances, viz :—On or about the 2z4 of April, Dr. Ives, in his official capacity as Coroner of the city, received a no- tice to attend and hold an inquest upon the body of a malo child about seven years of age, named Joseph White, resicing in Twenty-fifth street, near the plaiatifl’s grocery, ho had been killed by takirg a glans of brandy, wdmalals: tered to him by one Thomas Kennedy, who, it ie alleged, Purchased the same at the plaintil’s grocery, from thé plaintiff's clerk, named Alfred Buhrfeid. Upon the Coro- ner’s arrival at'the house where the deceased lay, accom- panied by his assistant, and having ascertained the above facts, and alo having been iaformed that Kennedy had fled, they both proceeded to the plainti’s grocery for the purpose of arresting the clerk, who they was apprehensive would also escape. In their attempt to arrest him, they were resisted both by the cle/k and the plaintiff ;'but succeeded at last in taking them to the station house, where they were de. tained seventeen hours, and from thence conveyed to the Tombe, where they were locked up for forty-eight hours. Subsequently the Grand Jury found indictments against both the plaintiff and his clerk, for assault and battery with intent to kill. The plaintiff was tried and acquitted upon said indictment before Judge Beebe, who held that the Coroner was a trespasser, ia using the force he did in arresting the plaintiff ; and that when a Coroner, by ver- bal order, seeks to coerce the attendance of witnesses, he transcend’ his authority by statute; that although ‘the plaintiff was guilty of a noral wrong, yet he was guilty of no legal wrong; that the prikoner had a right to use ne- cessary feree to overcome violence, and protect his person am premises, This action is now brought for the assault and battery, and false imprisonment of the plaintiff by the defendants as above set forth, Damages are laid at On the part of the defendants, it was conteuded ¢ Coroner entered the plaiatii’s store in his official and in good faith, and not otherwise ; and that ant acted under his direction and that all their subsequent acts were done in good faith The cause is still on, xO iN Covrr.-At the Supreme Court in Al'red, Maine, on the 14th instant, William KE. 1, Who was convicted on two indictments for store- pg, being asked by Judge Howard if he had any- thing to say, made some hypocritical remarks calculated ‘opitia e the Judge, and ntences of two years in the State prison on tment, County Attorney Drew observed thst the prisoner waa a danger: should have had a more severe sentence; N replied in some personal remarks, which wn the audience ima perfest uproar, so that some time elapsed before order was restored. The She- rif then informed Haskell that Deputy Lord would take him back to jail, but the prisoner objected, and expressed a willingness to go alone with Deputy Moulton. this ar rangement was not approved by the Sheriff: and when an attempt was mace to take Markell oat the dock, a tre mondons Sight occurred—sheriifs, police and lawyers as sisting to bind and carry off the prise who fought like a madman. For this freak the Judge resonsidered ono of his sentences, and rent him to Thomaston for seventeen years, instead of four. He had prepared a heavy Biudgeon with whish to knock down Sherif Moul tin, which was the reason of his anxiety for the plea- eure of the company of the latter to the jail. Burscrierion To Tak OLay Monomunr.—We learn from the President of the Clay Monument Asso- ciation, thet he obtained during the week of the Agricul. toral Fair at Lovisvilie, sub criptions to the amount of six thousand and forty dollary. The totsl amount sub ceribed ts $5,000. It ix designed to obtain $100,000 before » Uke eatery Gomuncuced, tract System. ‘ BX-OONSUL KING IN REPLY TO THE BREMEN MINISTER, Jaum Gompon Bannrrr, Bag. :— Naw Yor, Oct. 17, 1853, Dear Sm—Be assured I have no desire to trouble you or your readers with any long article; but inasmuch as your Hunan of yesterday contains s communication from his Excellency Mr. Schleiden, Minister of Bremen, desiring you to publish, in some ‘prominent’ place, his letter to Secre- tary Maroy, having reference to mo, I must solicit your indulgence, and beg you will place this in some equally prominent position. Thave no desire to enter into » newspaper dissussion with Mr, Sehleiden, but wish to refresh his memory. Now he canrlot forget that in a conversation with him pridr to his departure for Washington, in my own patlotla. Bre. men, 1 remarked that I might soon meet him in the United States. He replied 7 Gaon @ wish that I might long continue as ulin Bremen. I them said it was not at all probable. As it was so common for a new administration to reeal consuls, I expected to be removed, and would have bea but that the fees of the Consulate had greatly improved by the a. of mar contract certificates by emigrants, rendered necessary by the New York authorities requiring all women with oh ren to be accompanied by the husband; and that for other ports, a regard for good morals and respectability should induce the emigrant to file a contract of marriage in emigrating to their new home, rather than live together, as former! in a state of concubinage. To this Mr. Schlieden ald nothing in Feige and of course I had good reason to believe he did not differ from me, Indeed, at that time I feel convinced that he had not received instructions from the Bremen government upon the subject, as I was as- sured, the day before I left Bremen, by a friend who is on most intimate terms with the Senate, that had I continued as Consul, there would have been no change required by the Senate, in regard to thé Consular certificate to mar- risge contracts—but with the new Consul it was best to “make an alteration. A few weeks ago I had an interview with Mr. Schleiden at Delmonico’s, in Broadway, at which time I alluded to his not differing from me upon the subject in question; that I had written to Mr. tha my arrival in New York, and weuld certainly publish my letter, unless he gave me a satisfactory reply. Then for the first time he expressed an opposite opinion, pisring me & copy of a certificate I ted on the 18th July bee to parties from Bucksbury who were yet in Germany, and never intended to emigrate; that in Germany the United States consulate in Bremen was looked upon as a Gretna Green, &c., &c. I asked him to read the certificate I granted. It was toa declaration in German and English, signed by the parties and two witnesses, in these words, “That they are about emigrating to the United States aa man and wife, and wish to have this declaration recorded in the consulate, provisionally to serve in lieu of a regular marriage, the further formality of which shall take place after thelr arrival in the United States.” How Secretary Marcy, Mr. Schleiden, or the government of Schammburg Lippe oan construe such a declaration made by parties who were in Germany, and never in- tended to emigrate to the United States as a marriage by the United States consul, I must leave to the public to decide. If the emigrant make a false declaration it is no fault of the consul. It is an imperative duty en the part of consuls to certify to all contracts made ina foreign land to be fulfilled in the United States. Mr. Schleiden says truly, there is no laws in the United States authorizing consuls ‘to perform the marriage cere- mony. All laws regulating the duties of consuls emanate from the United States. There is no law of the United States authorizing the marriage act by any person, Yot erage is legal in the United States under laws of each tate. A marriage contract entered into in a foreign land, cen- firmed by the parties on arrival in the United States be- fere any legal authority, becomes valid throughout the world. This is undeniable. No contract made in a foreign land could be enforced by our courts of justice until verified by some United States official abroad. - It was in February, 1850, I was first called upon to selemnize matrimony by a citizen of the United States, about forty years of age, a widower from New Orleans, who said they refused to marry him in Bremen without the consent of his parents, and they being dead a certifl- eate of their death was required, which would require some months more time than he could afford, being about to sail for the United States. Having frequently noticed ublications of marriage by United States consuls in foreign ports, and as my predecessor in Bremen had in two instances married emigrants, I complied, and gave a regular marriage certificate, During the year man; applications were made, to whom T gave similar certid- cates. I sent Secretary Webster in January, 1851, a co} of the form I had adopted for his approval.’ He ‘repli ‘that in regard to marriage the lee loci provaila overt domicili, and if continued might lead to vexatious litiga- tion." ‘On receipt of this opinion, I applied to the Bremen government to legalize such, and the certificates I have since granted have been in conformity with the reply of April 9, 1851. In every instance I have instructed the parties that the certificate was not good in Germany until confirmed on arrival in the United States before some logal autho- rity. if the necessity which existed to introduce Mr. Sebleiden’s name in my letter to the Secretary of State of September 1, but it was unavoidable—Mr. Marcy jhaving given him as ‘authority in his communication to my suc- cessor, Consul Hildebrand, of July 22, in which I have been so severely censured; and that I’ had kept the De- partment of State in ignorance of such proceedings, aot- withstanding he had before him on file in the Depart- ment of State my letter to Secretary Webster of March 20, 1851, and my returns regularly made every six months,’ showing a large amount of fees for “filing marriage contracts.’? That the prime mini high order of abilities severely centured any officer without investigation, was to me a matter of great surprise and mortification. His letter of censure was on file in the Department of State; I wished to have it corrected, and laid before him facts which he disregarded. There was then no other course to pursue but an appeal to the public, which tri- bunal, in our happy land, is open to all, from the highest in office to the most humble citizen. Why is it that the government of replies 2 objection to the marrying of emigrants by States Consul in Hamburg ? Very Ferpecetiy, your obedient servant, LPH KING, late U.S. Consul in Bremen, ‘Theatrical and Musical. Bowxry TuxaTRe.—Stovens’ good management is at- tracting very large audiences to this theatre. Tho pieces selected for this evering are, first the tragedy of “Dovglas”—Mrs. M. Jones as Young Norval, Mr. Eddy as Old Norval, Mr. R. Johnston as Glenalvon, and Mrs. Parker as Lady Randolph. The drama of ‘La Tour de Nesle’’ will succeed, and the comedy of the “‘New York Milliners’? will follow. Broapway TukaTRE.—Mr. and Mrs. Williams appear this evening in four pieces, it boing the last night of their en- gagement previous to their leaving for the South and fest. The entertainments consist of the new local drama , the Newsboy,”” the petite comedy of ‘Paddy Cary,”’ the comedietta of “In and Out of Pla d the comic drama of ‘ Barney, the Baron’’—the | principal characters in which will be sustained by Mr. and Mrs, Williams. Burton's Tiearre.—This favorite resort is well filled every evening, and the audiences generally express their satisfaction of the performances. To-night a fine bill is offered for the amusement of Burton’s patrons. The first feature will be the comedietta of “Trying it On,’’ which will be succeeded by the interlude of the ‘Young Ac- tress.’ The entertainments will conclude with the comedy of the “Old Dutch Governor.” The respective characters are filled by very eminent artists. Nanionat THaTRE.—There will bo an afternoon per- formance of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ to-day, for the conve, nience of children accompanied by their parents, when no doubt, the house will be crowded. The evening’s per- formance will be the same. The orchestra will play during the evening several melodies. WALLack’s THkaTR¥.—The pieces selected by manager Wallack for this evening, are “Faint Heart Never Fair Lady,’’ and the new drama called ‘Bleak House.’’ In the first piece the leading characters will be sustained by Mr. Lester and Miss Laura Keene, and rearly all of Wallack’s talented artists appear in the last piece. The orchestral department will execute several beautiful over- tures and national airs. AMERICAN MuskUM.—The entertainment afternoon is the play of “Love,” with Mr. and Miss Mestayer in the loading charaeters. In the eveniug the “Review”! and the “4 iner's Holiday’’ will be presented. Francont’s Hirroprome.—The amusements given every evening at this popular resort, afford the greatest plea- sure te the visiters. The jumping by the lady equestriennes over the diteh, is greatly admired. The programme for this evening contains many surprising feats. Cumusty's Overs Hover. @ last week's receipts at this prosperous establishment ave: $250 per night; some t ae going as high as $260. A fine bill for this eve- ning. Wooo's Minstreta.—This band is coing 9 fine business. The programe for this evering consists of negro melo dies, instrumental performances, and cansing. Buckrey’s SeneNaens are very popular. Their hall is well filled every evening, ‘and the audiences sem delight- ed with the vocal and instrumental performances. Sicxon Brsi7.—This very able ventriloquist continues to ve liberally patronized. “He giv afternoon entertain- ment to-day, and another in th ng. Prewaw’s Stvew Mite Mrenon.—This gilt exhibition con tinves in a very successful career. The attendance is very reapectable, Baxvano's Hory Lanp,—This bes utiful panorama is still attracting large assemblages. The paintings representing celebrated scriptural loculities are splendidly excuted, Madame Sontag will give the first of a series of concerts at the Musical Fund Hall, Fhiladelpbia, this evening. Mrs. Mowatt’s health is now recovered, and she will soon commence her farewell engagements at the cilferent thea tree. ernment, whose , would have so make no ¢ United for this The Chinese Dramatic Company About to Leave for their Own Country. TO THE EVITOR OF TUK NEW YOUK HERALD. New York, Oct 20, 1853, Dear Sm:—As you have from the first taken so lively and commend «blé am interest in the welfare of the truly unfortunate Chin: se Tung Hook Tong Compavy, I feel it to be a duty that I, as well as they, owe, to communicate to you, and through you to the public, the following gratifying intelligence, After the very many efforts which I bad made without success, to raive a sufficient fund by which these destitute persons could be conveyed to their homes and thoir faruiliea, an unexpected oppor (unity occurred in an offer made by G 6. Dennis, | of Boston, owner of a ship boand to Hong Kong, i sol, which ix exp 'y next week, on condition that the Jou tion would furnish them w th pro- visions for the voyage. This kind offer J communicated to the honorable board through the politeness of Captain Crabtree, who has very cheerfully and punctually in formed me that the board has acceded to this humane and woble proposition. 1 therefore feel happy in an nouncing that with this pupply of provisions, together with the funds now in ny bands, these helpless and inca pable individuals will be enabled to return again to their native land. pectfully your obedient servant, t WM, SECGACU, Doobbveper of Shakipeare Luts. The Island of Cuba. NECESSITY OF HER REVOLUTION PRECEDING AN HOM ORABLE ANNEXATION. Letter the the Cuban Junta in Seem oes TO THN EDITOR OF THE NRW YORK HERALD, Dear Sir—I regret to find that » man calling him- self 8 Cuban should prefer the purchase of the island by the United States, to revolution, as the means of our incorporation into this great republic, The “Cuban Planter,” whose article appeared in your paper of the 16th, and who differs from my views expressed in the Humaup of September 12, may be in good faith, and I would, then, respect his opinion; but I entertain doubt about the genuineness of his representation, and suspect that, under the name of a Cuban, he only sets forth the ideas and sentiments of a real Spaniard. It is a well known and established fact, that Spain, from her pride and ignorance of her best interests never will sell Cuba. To advise the purchase and to foretell the horrors of the revolution, and that it would have no other result than ruin and ashes, is to adopt the impossible against the eventual; is to re- ject the only means left us to shake off for ever the yoke of Spain; and it is to give up the victory to the despotic efforts of the Spanish government and her supporters, such as the “Cuban Planter” may in reality be. In a philosophical point of view I am against revo- jutions; but necessitus non habet legem. Tyranny is. the worst of moral ills. No diviae or moral law com- mands us to endue it, but, on the contrary, we should regard it as an obstacle te human happiness, and endeavor to get rid of it. That a revolution once established in the island would blot it out forever from the list of civilized countries, is a gratuitous assumption, an error alrea- dy examined and dismissed by the Cubans. There was a time—at the beginning of the revolutionary confisgration of Syanish America—when that fear prevailed among some classes, and, notwithstanding, attempts were made for revolution. From 1848, after he example of Texas, and when the island had grown in population, in wealth, in civilization and in experience, from other lessons, we looked toward the United States as the country and people where all the difficulties of our special position could be re- moved. Here we found, as we expected, those sym- pathies and that protection with which every Ame- rican heart responds to the appeals of liberty. Since then, all fears and apprehensions have disappeared of the revolution turning in favor of the blacks. The Cubana, assisted by the invincible Yankee, will surely overcome the strong forces of the Spanish ernment in Cuba. Why, then, could they not feep under discipline the pear miserable negroes, who are destitute of everything, without notions of lene liberty, scattered, isolated, closely watch- ed by the constant vigilance of their owners, without arms, leaders or means to carry on any plans of Tevolution. The threat of Africanizing Cuba is nothing but a Spanish humbug—a mere phantom to intimidate Cuban like children. As long asthe Captain-Gene- ral can entertain the hope of checking the revolu- tion, be sure he will not be the suicide of his cause. When all hope is lost for him, the opportunity for the adoption of the measure will be past; the libe- rators will occupy the country. In the meanwhile it is the interest Hd both parties to put slavery out of view, and keep it in good order. If,contrary to these well gronoaed hopes, the Spanish government should anticipate that moment, then the 500,000 Cubans, and all the Spaniards, from the poorest pulpero (re‘ail dealer,) to the richest merchant and planter, will tener one man to thwart that general sentence of death’ and to impeach and remove a de- atructive power and its barbarous executioners. The free colored man of Cuba, in case of war, will make common cause us—first, because he is a rative Cuban, and feels as the white man the love of coun- try, family and property; secondly, because there is in our community a special bond of kindness and eh rrenae tech that al ma ours, wash be- ins in the lest fe, an we mnger 7 tbe rocal peceseities and sereioes of the pa- vy the recip! tron and client; , because there is in the breast of the free colored class a volcano of revenge a the Spanish rulers for the out and atro- treatment they have received on di it ocea- sions and times, but particularly and most recently during the administration of Gen. O’Donnell. Let the Spanish ment incite the slaves against their masters, and we will be free in a few days. ‘Aud what will the people of the United States do? And waat will the administration do from the be- ‘inning of the troubles in Cuba, warned as it is be- foreband of the savage intentions of the Spanish government? The first will go in masses, and the second will prevent the accomplishment of such a misfortune i sending to the ports of the island forces of observation. Cuba not only belongs to the Cubans, but to America; and she will attain the des- tinies which Providence has reserved: for her in the future of this continent, by placing her in the very crater of the great American movement. Your corres) ent finds a revolution very impol- itic, even if whole poraoe were white; be- cause ‘a people debased by oppression and tyranny, accustomed to see and practise corruption in every a of government, know not and appreciate liberty.” Sra he farther affirms ‘that no people can forma republic without some precedents 0! a liberal government. And even supposing @ revolu- tion should be succesefal, we should only be changing masters; for the people, who, with but few excep- tions, are ignorant and corrupted, would become but mere tools in the hands of ambitious men.” _ Here we have, on @ general thesis, flatly denied the rights of an oppressed people to shake off the oke of tyranny, by the only possible meas, of revo- ution. The moat bigeted supporters of the principle of authority; the most zealous despots, the tyrants and oppressors of humanity, could not in better terms Ses your correspondent defend the principles of their governmenta. e, on the contrary, sustain that every peop'e who are deprived by force of those rights with which Almighty God has endowed all men, and who have been reduced to the condition of beasts of burden. have the incontestibie right of rising and conquering, by force, all and every right of which they have been deprived. If they have not bad the precedents of a free government, the better their right to have it, because the longer they have been deprived of the benefit and enjoyment thereof, in common with the rest of humanity, the more ne- cessity there is for their acquiring it. To require Nat of a liberal government from people who ive under tyranny and oppression, that they may become a free people, isa perfect absurdity; it is to deny the right of emancipation from despotism. How Dee free 1 areata fh beg rn Log oe 0) ive power, interes checking not only the rights of the people and all precedents of liberty, but even the thought of such aspirations, preci because exist as if by intuition in the human nature ? doctrine of your correspondent ,would condemn Italy, Hungary, Poland, Cuba, and every other Je in the same circumstances, to live under of their tyrants, because they “have not bad some | salnet of a liberal government.” When ancient e shook off the yoke of the Tar- ae the people had not been previously free. ‘rance had not a liberal ster ae previous to 1789. Even the people of England did not obtaia the rights granted by the Magna Charta through the effects of precedents of liberal government. Spain had no precedent of a liberal goverament before the Constitution of 1812. Before any People have | aie dents of free gcvernment all men have rights to liberty. The instance adduced of the government of the United States is special in the world, and to pro- duce it as tbe only mould on which all other repub- lics, present and future, should be cast, is contrary to a law of nature—the law that opposes the abs»late identity of beings, whether in the moral or physical order. Cuba has « right to be free, from the very oppres- sion under which she groans. If she was made a slave, and is kept a slave, she has no other means of attaining her independence than vi et armis—the means employed by the United States, approved by buman reason, and confirmed by the history of the be nations that have preceded her in the paths of iberty. The communication of a Cuban Planter misrepre- sents the tendencies ef my ideas published in your paper of the 12th. I have raid there that the inde- ndence of Cuba once attained through the reyolu- ion, the people of Cuba, freely constituted, will dis- ore of their destinies as they please. If the will of he majority be then to ask for annexation to the United States, as may ve conjectured from the opia- ions which transpire in spite of the Spanish tyranoy, then there will be no fear of convulsions, no troubles which are the consequences of a change of govern- mept so very contrary in principles to the pro-ex- isting one, and not the effect of ignorance and cor- tuption, as the Cuban Planter suppores, in a people from whom he 3s supposed to be born. The annexation by purchase, says the Cuban Planter, will bring honor and glory to Caba. Glory and honor in the purchase of civilized freemen! What a degradation! What a stupid adjection of human dignity! How much are we worth, on aa average, per head? About $200. Why, the negroes imported from Africa by Spanish kidnappers, are sold at bigher prices on our shores. The Caban Planter says that “ we would submit to presoat im- oats, and taxes, &>., until we paid for our freedom.” his {a not at all true. He feigns to be iguorant, or he may really not know, that Cuba, once annexed would be subject to the general financisl eystem of the United States, and the Spanish contributions would be done away with. The purchase money would come ont of the treagury of tac United States, ood. tween the purchase and the revolution of Caba there is only an acceptable medium, namely :—That Spain, as with the Cubans, constituted Be people, mitt | ik for annexati aaa ask for on, would be honorable and o yportune. " But wh: Took for means of such transaction in our ee vain hope and loss of time, ora mere k our labors and ex- ertions for our emanei| , to skilfully pass away the present time and lucky until an- nie han mt Ses when, lemocratic e fall in the hands of some other Mr, by ee comhitanog of the checl e progress an can Jibert; 3 Cabe be or other necessity of the time acknowledged by all. No solu- tion can be attained by the conzurrence of Spain. The American government cannot declare war; has no motive nor pretext, and if she found one, 8} would evade it. What then is to be done to the imperious exigency of the circumstances, the destinies of America, the liberty of Cuba? The re- volution, nothing short of the revolution. I cannot conclude without demanding of the Ou- ban Planter the title by which he is authorized to represent five hundred Cubans, and requesting him to give his name, go that we msy know if he be a deserter from the good cause of Caba, or if he has been baptized in the waters ot Iberia. P. Vauiense. 5 Literary. MR. JEFFERSON'S WORKS. “The writings of Thomas Jefferson, being his auto- biography, ’ correspondence, reports, messages, ad- dresses, and other writings, official and private, published by order of the Joint Committee of Con- is on the Library, from the original manuscripts, leposited in the papermens of State, tory notes, &c., by H. A. Washington.” The first volume of this valuable work has just issued from the press, and is for sale by the pub- lisher, John ©. Riker, 129 Fulton street, New York. It is a handsome;volume, of over 600 pages, and will, we understand, be succeeded by seven or eight simi- lar volumes, at short intervals. The work is ably edited by Professor H. A. Washington, of Wiliam and Mary College, Virginia; -and this volume, as the forthcoming ones will be, is accompanied with a co- pious index. It is stated, also, that there will be a general index to the whole, when completed. Mr. Jefferson, by his will, bequeathed his manu- acript papers to his grandson, Thomas Jefferson Ran. dolph; and Congress, by an act of the 12th April, 1848, made an appropriation to purchase them for the gov- ernment. By the same act, an additional appropria- tion was made to print and publish them under the direction and supervisionof the Joint Committee on the Library. It is under the authority of this act that the present publication is made. From the immense mass of manuscript left by Mr. Jefferaon, the editor has selected everything which possesses permanent public interest, either on aceount of its intriasic value, er as matter of history, or as illustrating the charac: ter of the distinguished author, or as embodying hi views upon the almost infinite variety of top! philosophical, moral, religious, scientific, historical: and political, discussed by him; thus making tl work a complete depository of the writings of mas Jefferson. Besides the copies printed for Co gress, the publisher is authorized to print a suff cient number to supply the demand for public private libraries. The first volume contains the autobiography of Mr; Jefferson, his correspondence before his n to France ; and his letters, written while in Europe, from 1784 to 1790. The autobiography extends ta March, 1790, when Mr. Jefferson arrived in Né York to enter upon the daties of the Department o State, and embraces a variety of important subje: such as the rise and progress of the difficulties tween Great Britain and her North American nies ; the circumstances connected with the Dec tion of Independence ; the debates in the Con tal Congress upon the adoption thereof; the histo ef the articles of confederation ; early st: of French revolution, &c.—all matter interesting ia self, but rendered particularly so by the fact comes from one who was self a prominent in the scenes which he describes.. The writings of Mr. Jefferson must al: attract the attention of those who would well informed in the political history ef th country. Great difference of opinion has ways prevailed among his countrymen with ard to his character as a stateaman and politician! fat all admitthe vast influence which his wridag] and the political doctrines he inculcated have h upon Lad je of the United States. In Virgin particularly, his influence was far greater in polfi cal affairs than that of Washington, during #! Presidency of the latter; and it may be said taat Jefferson be attributed the democratic chi ter of the national government during the great ‘tion of our career a: a republic. The constitutio it is known, was framed by men of the federal ach of politics, while Jefferson was Minister to Fr: ooh the federalists was the government put ration. Being called intothe cabinet of Presi shington, Jefferson differed with Hamilton an his other colleagues in the cabinet, in their views measures deemed necessary to carry on the go ment, and establish the constitution on a strong b: ‘Twelve years afterwards, when he came the Presidency himeelf, Mr. Jefferson the opportunity to give a democratic struction to the constitution, and on all oec avowed his confident reliance on the people, of endeavoring to ‘‘save them from themselves,’ Gouverneur Morris expressed the desire of him and friends to do, through the United States Senat} Mr. Jefferson, by birth and edacation, belonged the aristocracy of Virainia ; but iu early life he ig bibed the principles of the Declaration ef Indep dence, ‘that all men are created equal,” as ¢| pressed by himeeltin that instrument. Hence he pile edie to hereditary privileges, or any oth) distinction: coun 4 8 tending to build up an aristocracy in tH He voluntarily relinquished his own po tion and rank in society, by at all times being aco sible to all ranks of his countrymen, and devoted what he conceived to be their true interests, howe whimsical and eccentric many of his notions app +d to others. , In the volume before us is an interesting from him to Gen. Washington, written in 1784, a0 after the establishment of the Cincinvati Gociety, | which he candidly avows his Lise of c ing an aristocracy which might grow out of the ciation of officers of the Revolution, with heredite| honors, as proposed. Among the objections stat by Mr. Jefferson, aa those of himself and others posed to the institntion, were these, viz Th was against the spirit of all our State constitution that the foundation on which all these are built is {] natural equality of man: the denial of every pre-e! nence but that attached to legal office, and parti’ larly the denial of a detent birth ; th } time might come when a well directed distribution; the honors of the order might draw into it all men of talent, of office and wealth, and in thi would probably procure an engraftment into the vernment; that experieuce has shown that the b citsry branches of modern governments are the trons of privilege and pr cy aay and not of | natural rights of the people,” &c. On many subjects, Mr. Jefferson was far in vance of the age in which he lived. His no Virginia contain evidences of his grest forethou, and views of progress. He was among the ear of out statesmen in making himself acquainted w the extent and resources of the continent of No America, To him were the people indebted for important exploring expedition of Lewis and Cla xoross the continent, to the Pacific Ocean, thus wring the public mind for the gradual exteasio this blic to the West. It must be reme' also that to Jefferson's administration.was this try indebted for the boid measure of the puro! and acquisition of Louisiana, the first great of annexation, so essential to the prosperity CUuier, ond the ady rent of the oativa, ig