The New York Herald Newspaper, October 24, 1853, Page 1

TH eee EK EES WHOLE NO. 7604. MICHLY IMPORTANT FROM. WASHINGTON. THE SPOILS CABINET AROUSED. No Quarter to National Democrats, THE WORK OF DECAPITATION COMMENCED, LETTER FROM SECRETARY GUTHRIE DISMISSING COLLECTOR BRONSON, Official Onslaught upon the New York Herald, ke., &o, &o. TELEGRAPHIC, pecial Correspondence of the N.Y. Herald, . Wasuixaroy, Oct. 23, 1853, The following letters aro publiaaed in this morning's Union :— Sarvrvay Monxina, Oct, 22, 1863, Sin—Recently [addressed a letter to Collector Bronson, d other officers of the customs in the city of New York. some means an imperfect copy of that letter, purport- ng to have been communicated from New York by tele- ph, was published in one of the papers of this city. This rendered it proper for me to give to the public a borrect copy ; and upon the ground of that publication, der such circumstances, Collector Bronson published long-delayed reply, even before the original had hed ime, Under these circumstances, I deem it pro- per to transmit to you for publication the enslosed letter. ery respectfully, JAMES GUTHRIE, Wastixctoy, Oct. 22, 1853, Su--I have received your letter of the 17th inst. t is not my purpose to respond to the many ositions of that letter, because most of tlem ear their contradiction upon its face, and thers are too unimportant to require refutation; and, ©, because, while in several phrases of it admitting ‘our implied obligation as a man of honor to act in ac- ordance with the known policy of the administration, pd moreover recognizing the propriety and justice of bat policy by declaring that you yourself deprecated and ndeavored to prevent the divisions now existing in the lemocratic party in your State, you nevertheless indulged n a tenor of remark as to various relations of the subject hich not only impugn my motives, but indicates an ittitude on your part wholly incompatible with har- honious co-operation between us, and the proper conduct the business of the government. One suggestion appears in your letter which demands nimadversion. You allege, by implication, that I have sired you to appoint free soilers to office; and in doing b you strangely misunderstand, or misinterpret, my letter the 3d instant. I neither entertained nor expressed any ch desire. It has been my pleasure and my duty not inquire into the opinions which may have been held ly yourself and others as far back as the year 1848, but regard the claims to consideration of all who have ted with fidelity to the principles and organization of ¢ democratic party: since the convention at Baltimore 1852, and those only. And with these views I must bodemn yonr,course, when, in this letter, you inform me t you have selected free soilers for office, without hving given me the notice of the fact which would we enabled me to withhold my approbation from any ch appointments. I will add that the imputation that I have required you act with reference to controversies of a local or State acter, is wholly gratuitous. My letter was intended guard you against distinctions between democrats, junded upon local politics and local divisions. he concluding portion of your letter has left me no al- native but to lay the whole matter before the Presi- int, and take his direction cencerning it. ‘ou assume that in relation to certain things you are receive instructions from this Department, and in ers that you are to proceed without, or contrary to such itructions, ‘This cannot be admitted in any branch of public service, for where the Department isnot ex bssly empowered to give instructions tosubordinates, it s the authority to do so, as inherent ia the power tore- bve a refractory officer. rou slso assume that you are to appoint the various ons employed in the Custom House; some, as you ad t, subject to my approval, and others, as you seom to hceive, on your sole authority. I cannot but regard it singular that a gentleman of your legal acquirements experience should have fallen into such error. e constitution of the United States has empowered ngress to confer the appointment of inferior officers in President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads departments. Congress has not attempted, nor if it , could it have effected, any modification of this provi- In of the constitution. Those who are employed under In the Custom House, do, both by the constitution H the lawa, derive their appointment and their authori- las public officers from the Secretary of the Treasury me. hat the language and temper of your letter would e rendered embarrassing, these unwarrantable as- Inptions, marked as they are by a manifest spirit of i bordination, render impossible, namely, your continu- e in the office of Collector of the istrict of New York. ‘am, therefore, directed by the President to say that successor in the office will be promptly appointed. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, JAMES GUTHRIE. SREENE C. BRONSON, Faq., New York. he Union, in introducing the letter, devotes two co- ans, evidently concocted by the Cabinet, to the abuse iMr. Bronson and the national democrasy, heading the icle ‘‘ The President’s Policy Vindicated—Official In- hordiaation Discountenanced—Factious Disorganization Mr. Brady's speeches, h informing its readers that ‘the New York Henan fms with daily abuse of the Cabinet,”’ the cabinet organ With all these facts before him, Collector Bronson en- ed the field as an active and zealous advocate of that nization which stands stamped in its origin and in ry step of its progress with hostility to the adminis- ion. By his letter to the Tammany Committee he ew all the weight of his high judicial as well as his th official character and station in opposition to the inistration; and when rebuked for his disregard of known policy of the President, he comes forward in pirit of affMgant defiance, and rebels against the hority of his superiors in office. This letter of Mr. ynson completes the chain of evidence, and presents h before the country in the attitude of open hos- y which had been previously assumed by Messrs. ley and Brady. Wedo not suppose that it has ever ed toany sensible man that the President could ‘a moment tolerate such insubordination as Mr. Bron- exhibits in his letter to Mr. Guthrie, We can- supposé for an instant that Mr. Bronson could @ calculated on retaining his office after such act of insubordination. He has evidently sought sympathy which always attaches to thefate of the yr; but he should have remembered that sympathy in manly bosom is alone reserved for those who make fices for their country or for principle, not for men b are animated by selfish objects, and bow to the de- ds of passion and prejudice.” think of that. Mr. Bronson stands charged by the organ with arrogant defiance and rebellion against authorities of his superiors, to wit: Guthrie! 8 prominent place in the Union, adjoining the leader ded to, is given an article from a Boston paper black- rding Mr. Bronson, comparing him toa monkey, call- him a humbug, and such classic and gentlemanly epi . Think of a Cabinet, through its organ, personally uarding any gentleman, much lessa man of such lemished reputation, public and private, as Mr. Bron- . Guthrie’s last letter i# considered here, by independent men, af ¢@ven coarser than his effort, It is now clear the Cabinet intend try and intimidate the country; but they for- that although thoy suppose the great and important je of the last Prosidential election was merely a divi- of the spoils, the masses of the country do not care itten about the offices, enly so far as their distribu- is an indication of principle. Let them remove every man from office, and its only effect will be to ite « still mere intense feeling of disgust for the Spoils net. striking contrast with the language of the spoils organ is nn article in this moraing’s Senfinel, a paper re cently crtablished here by Southern democrats. Speaking of the recent sudden change in the Riehmond Enquirer, from being in favor of the position of the national democracy of New York and the stand taken by the New York Hunan and now being @ mere echo of the Union, trying to go beyond it even in its abuse-of the national democrats and the Hunarp, the Sentinel thus expresses the sentiments of the Southern national democracy upon the traitorous con- duet of the Hnquirer:—‘ But the country aske—and asks with emphasis—Where bo the guns that so lately poured their volleys into the ranks of the mercenary free soilers? Where be the stalworth soldiers that manned those guny? One after another has abandoned his post and appeared in the ranks of the enemy. Were they hireling soldiers, or did they desert from fear? Can they hold up their heads, and face honest mon, after their more than Arnold treasen? That the masses of the people, North and South, particularly of the South, and the majority of the press, are with us we believe as firmly as we ¢o that the free soilers are against and the national democrats in favor of upholding the constitution of the country, We would not apenk harshly, but we feel most keonly tae shame of these sudden and unexampled apostacies, few and incon siderable though they be. As for the Union, it is edited by a Mr. Nicholson, of Tennessee, remarkable prin- cipally for being the man to whom a letter was once written, and more recently as one of the most turbu lent secessionists at the Nashville Convention, where he supported the treasonable resolutions there presented. His advocacy of the abolition faction now is merely sus- taining his own position as @ member of the sectssion faction. The two factions are in hopes, by dintof the government pap, to be able te crush those men who, by the passage of the Compromise measures crushed, their treason but two years ago, Thisis the issue forced by the Cabinet on the country. PETER THE HERMIT, HEMAN J, REDFIELD, OUR NEW COLLECTOR, Political Reminiscences. THE SEVENTEEN SENATORS OF 1524. Mr. Secretary Maroy, it appears by our advices from Washington, has caused the transfer of his old friend and Van Baren associate, Mr. Heman J. Red- field, from the post of Naval Officer to that of Col- lector of the Port of New York. This appointment is not unexpected, after what has transpired with re- gard to the independent sourse of Mr. Bronson ; but it is particularly important to the democracy of this city, as it destroys the hitherto attempted equal dis- tribution of offices between the two sections of the party, and throws the power and influence of govern- ment patronage at this port into the hands of the Van Buren free svilers, Mr. Redfield, we know, claims to have acted with the national democrats, in 1848, in support of General Cass for the Presidency; but so did Marcy himself, and varieus other friends of his, pursue the same course, while they are now known as having joined in the coalition with John Van Buren and other free soilers of 1848, to perpetuate the Van Buren dynasty, in this State and nation. Being somewhat familiar with the political history of Mr. Heman J: Redfield, we shall show that he belongs toa set of politicians who, with their central power at Albany, where they were long known as “ the Albany Re- gency,” haye always been devoted to the fortunes of Van Buren and Marcy, without regard to the interests and feelings of the people. Mr. Redfield belongs to a New England family, which, in our day, has produced some men of enter- prise and talent; but the name, we belicve, is not found among the early rett!ers of the Eastern States. Having studied the pro‘easion of the law, ag most of our leading politicians have done, Homan J. Reus field was admitted ag attorncy tu uo Supreme WuuLE in this State in 1815, and entered into practice at the flourishing village of Le Roy, in Genesee county. Some yearsafterwads he removed to Batavia, in the same county. The “ Albany Regency” was organized . by Martin Van Buren, in the year 1818, about which time Mr. Redfield began to take an active part in politics; and on the division of the people into the two parties of “‘Clintonians” and “ anti-Clintonians,”’ or “ bucktails,”” Mr. Red- field took sides with the latter, and consequently be- came one of the confidential agents of the Albany Regency for Genesee county. The influence of Clin- ton, and the canal question, kept that county gene- rally on the Clintonian side, until the adoption of the constitation of 1821, when Clinton retired from exe- cutive power, and the State passed altogether into the hands of Van Buren and the bucktails. At the first election under that constitution, in November, 1822, the people in each of the eight Senate districts elected bucktail Senators; and, for the first time in the history of the State, that body was composed en- tirely of men of the same political party. Among these thirty-two Senators, Heman J. Redfield was one of the four chosen from the Highth district. At the legislative sessions of 1824 he showed his devo- tion toVan Buren and the regency, by voting for resolations in favor of a Congressional caucus to nominate a President and Vice-President of the Uni- ted States, which caucus he knew was to be managed by Mr. Van Buren; also in favor of the Crawford electoral ticket, and, as one of “the immortal seventeen” Senators, against the bill which had passed the Assembly, providing for the choice of Presidential Electors by the people, instead of the Legislature; and with the same Senators in favor of ‘a joint resolution to remove DeWitt Clinton from the office of Canal Commissioner. The two latter votes by the senators caused am intense excitement at the time; and #0 highly iscensed were the people that the participators in those acts who ventured to come before them at the next election, were indignantly rejected. Subsequently, in consequence of the ef- forta made by Van Buren and the Regency to sus- tain those who had risked their popularity for them, and the recurrence of more absorbing questions, some of the seventeeen Senators were elevated to power. Asa matter of curious political history, we give the names of the Seventeen Senators, who, in 1824 voted against the people’s right of choosing Presi- dential Electors, and in favor of removing DeWitt Clinton from the Canal Board:— 1, John Bowman, of Monroe county. 2. Walter Bowne, of New York. 3. Alvin Bronson, of O1 . 4. Charles E. Dudley, ot y: , of Madison. L Jonas a , of Onon x Keyes, of Jefferson. fferts, of Kin, 7. Parl 8 John zB. 9, Edward P. Livingston, of Columbia. 10. James Mallory, of Rensselaer. 11. James McCall, of Allegany. 12, Heman J. Redfield, of Genesee. 13. Farrand Stranahan, of Otsego. 14. John Sudam, of Ulster. 15. Jasper Ward, of New York. 16. Sherman Wooster, of Herkimer. 17. SHas Wright, of St. Lawrence. Of the Senators on the above list we believe four are, or were recently, still inthe land of the living, namely—Messra. Bowman, Bronson, Redfield, and Wooster. Thus we see the original policy of Van Buren and Marcy, in determining to sustain these seventeen Senators until death, carried out, by send- iug to the Western part of the State for one of the few survivors; giving him first the valuable office of Naval Officer, to the exctusion of national city democrats, and now transfering him to the head of the Custom House, after first displacing from that post Mr. Bronson, a true and independent democrat, and an original friend of Clinton and his policy. On looking over the above list of the seventeen Senators, we observe that no less than ten or eleven of them were New Englanders, or of New England origin; one was of Scotch or Irish descent, and fir MORNING EDITION----MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1858. 1 PLES RET EE TIES ENT TE ON Eo ERNE TOA ENTS 8 EN OOM NEW YORK HERALD. | In the Wes! Indies. [tis remarkable that Mr. Van Buren bas found among the readiest co-operaters with him in bis political plots and operations, emi- grants from New England to this State, such as Marcy, Redfield, and numerous others, generally lawyers of cousiderable tact and enterprise. The majority of the members of the Albany Regency were always either New England men, or natives of Columbia County, where the Van Burens were born, It may be interesting to trace the political career and fortunes of “the seventeen,” after their votes in 1824, on the questions which made them so widely known to the people. Mr. Bowman has received several favors from the Regency—among others, the appointment of Canal Commissioner, which office he held, associated with Wm. C. Bouck and Jonas Earll, (another of the seventeen), for several years, until removed by a whig Legislature in 1840. Mr. Bowne was candidate for re-election as Fevator, In 1824, but was defeated by the late Cad- wallader D. Coldeer, who ran on the “people’s ticket” so called. Mr. Bowne was not subsequently a can- didate for office before the people ; but in 1829 he was chosen by the Common Council, (ander the constitution as it then stood,) Mayor of New York, continuing in office, by re-appointment, four years. He was subsequently one of the commissioners ap- pointed by the General Government for the erection of the Custom House, which we believe was the last public duty to which he was called. Mr. Bowne died at his residence in Beekman street in August, 1846, in his 76th year, leaving a large fortune to his family. The first of the name of Bowne who emi- grated to this country, was John Bowne, a native of Derbyshire, England, who landed at Boston, Massa- chusetts, when he was twenty-two yearsof age. He was of humble origin, but possessed a strong mind and sound judgment. On removing to Flushing, Long Island, he became a member of the Society of Friends or Quakers, in the year 1662. From this ingividual are descended the numerous families of the name of Bowne, in Long Island and vicinity, Walter Bowne was a merchant, and for many years was engaged in the hardware business, with Richard ‘T. Hallet, at the corner of Burling slip and Water street. Alvin Bronson is a prominent merchant of Oswe- go, where he has resided many years. The family of Bronson are of New England origin, and several of the name have been distinguished in the political, judicial and financial history. of this State, as well as that of Connecticut. Mr. Alvin Bronson, we believe, was originally a federalist, but with some other lead- ing men of that party, joined the bucktail or Clin- tonian party, and by them was elected to the Senate in 1822. After his vote on the Elestoral law, for the removal of Clinton, and for Crawford Presidential Electors, he retired to private life; but in 1829 was again chosen to the State Senate by the Jackson and Van Buren democratic party of the then fifth district, where the democrats were largely in the majority. Mr. Bronson is a gentleman much es- teemed in private life. Charlas E. Dudley was a native of New England, and as a successful merchant acquired early in life a handsome estate. He was connected by marriage with one of the most ancient and respectable fami- lies in Albany, and his widow has recently endowed 4 benevolent institution. By his courteous deport- ment, modesty, and benevolent conduct, Mr. Dudley secured the esteem and respect of his acquaintance He was familiar with the subjects of finance aud commerce, and was & man of strict integrity and honor. while he was a member of the Albany Regency he was sometimes persuaded to follor the deuders of that cabal in movements which he Oigtked. as Mayor HMCY WUMpeied tine ve yore eve MUMSEI while he held that office and presided over the Com mon Council of Albany, in 1824; the object being, by retaining himseif in office, to keep the city offices inthe hands of the Regency. The scheme failed, much to the satisfaction of Mr. Dudley, and the late Judge Spencer was elected Mayor. In 1829 Mr. Dud- ley was elected by the Legislature United States Senator, to succeed Mr. Van Buren, and was for some time acolleague with Mr. Marcy in the Senate. He was a warm personal and political friend of Mr. Van Buren, and hostile to DeWitt Clinton. Jonas Earll was at the head of the sub-regency in Onondaga county, devoted to the Van Buren dynasty. The Onondaga concern was a most powerfal clique, and hard to beat. Jonas and Nehemiah H. Earll were lawyers, located at the county seat of Onon- daga, and were almost constantly in office. , Both were elected to Congress—Jonas, in 1826 and 1828; Wehemiah, in 1839. The Regency rewarded Jonas for his vote against the people, and for the removal of Clinton, by appointing him Canal Commissioner, and in various other ways. Doctor Thomas Greenly, of Madison county, was not much heard of in political life after 1824. Par- ley Keyes run for Congress in 1826, and was defeat- ed. He was a remarkable man in many respects. Sly, cunning, and fond of intrigue, never taking part in debate, but possessing immense influence with the democratic party, and asa legislative manager, he was much relied on by Van Buren and the Regency, to assist in their schemes. John Lefferts, of Kings county, retired to private life, after 1824, and dieda few years afterwards. Edward P. Livingston was a wealthy landholder of Columbia county, and was born in one of the West India Islands. He was originally op- posed to Van Buren, and ran against him for the Btate Senate in 1812, after which he became his friend and supporter. He was elected Lientenaut Governor on the same ticket with Governor Throop, in 1830, and after his term expired he was dropped by the Albany Regency. In 1837 he was again elect- ed tothe State Senate. Messrs. Mallory, McCall, Ward and Stranahan were not known in public life after their Senatorial terms had expired. Mr. Redfield, ournew Collector, continued in the profession of the law, in Genesee county, after his Senatorial term expired, and was not again called by the people into public life, except boing, we believe, once or twice placed on the democratic ticket asa Presidential Elector. The Regency have occasionally rewarded him with office; but Governor Clinton in 1826 refused to nominate him for Cirsuit Judge of the Supreme Court, although urged to do so by the friends of Mr. Van Buren. Mr. Redfield is under- atood to have been successful in acquiring a for- tune by his business. A few years since he married, for his second wife, a daughter of Ephraim Bolles, Esq., of Newark, N. J. Jobn Sudam was s distinguished lawyer of King: ston, Ulster county. He was originally a federalist, and was one of the “ fifty high-minded gentlemen,” as they were called, who, in 1819, issued a manifesto. against the re-election of De Witt Clinton. Mr. Sa- dam ever afterwards adhered to the fortunes of Mr. Van Buren and the Regency. In 1832 he was again dected to the State Senate, having been in private life @ few years. Sherman Wooster, if still living, resides in Her- kimer county. John H. Wooster, Esq., a son, or other relative, of the Senator, is a lawyer of New- port, in that county. We have not heard much of Sherman Wooster since his Senatorial career: in 1824. The late Silas Wright is too well known in our po- litical history to require a notice from us. He was the life and soul of the Albany Regency for many years, particularly after the transfer of Mr. Van Buren to Washington, After serving as State Sena- tor, member of the House of Representatives in ngress, Comptroler, United States Senator, and ere Of New York families, of whom one was boru , Goverger, he was defeated in an attempt at re. election to the latter office in 1846, and died in pri- vate life in August, 1847. He was, beyond all dou, the most talented aniong the seventeen Senators re- ferred to, if not the most able of the leading support- ers of Van Buren. We have now ran over the list of the associates of our new Collector, in the moet important political transactions of his life. Twenty-five years ago, or more, the peoole of this State wondered how long the rule of the Albany Regency would endure. It remains for the democracy of the State aud nation todecide whether this Van Buren dynasty shall be perpetuated much longer by the management of Secretary Marcy, John Van Buren, and Redfield. Theatrical Intelligence. MR. JAMES ANDERSON—MISS ROBERTSON—HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS. We are really to have something new in the way of legitimate theatricals, ‘and Mr. James Anderson commen. ces an engagement at the Broadway theatre, this evening. Mr. ‘Anderson unites, like Charles Young, in his own person, « large amount of natural talent, an experience of the stage from boyhood, a fine figure and melodious voice, A\j these will be well displayed this evening, as he opens in “Hamlet.” As his presentation of the cha- racter is diffe rent in style from that of any Amorican ac- tor, amd possesses all the artistic beauty without the mannerism of Macready, we have no doubt that ‘all New York” will rally to-night at the Broadway. At Burton’s theatre, on Saturday evening, Miss Agnes Robertson, (Mrs, Bourcicault,) made her first appearance in the United States, toa full house. The public expec- tation had been raised to a high pitch relative to this lady. We had been told that she sang superbly, danced divinely, and acted with the versatility of Mra. Fitawil- liam. The piece selected for her debut was “The Young Actress.’” A young woman whose futher is a strolling manager, desires toenter the profession, The ‘“Gover- nor’’ refuses, and she astonishes him by giving imitations of French boy, a Scotch girl, an Irish boy, Madame Rachel, and Madame Grisi, She was very successful in her dancing; her Scotch was good; her Irish not so good as many we know of, and her French passable. As Grisi she attempted Casta Diva, After dancing a jig, singing “Widow Macree,” dancing a Highland Fling, and a large amount of other work, she made terrible work with Norma’s prayer, and everybody was sorry that she attempted it, bocause she is @ pretty little girl, and, when she discards a little affectation of pronunciation and speaks the English lan- guage as it is nid down in standard dictionaries, she will be quite a favorite. We must aay a word for Mr. John- ston, whose make up for a misanthropic tragedian was capital, and his acting better than that of the “star,” because her part was made for her; he made his for him- self. To-night are, ‘“ Delicate Ground,” (Jordan as Sang- froid,) “The Young Actress’ again, and ‘Paris and London.’” At Wallack’s theatre, “Bleak House” still proves at- tractive, and it will be run during this week. For this evening, added to ‘Bleak Honse,’’ we are to have a dra- watic version of the pretty little opera of “ Asmodeus,”” Miss Keene, Mr. Lester, and Mr. Phillips, in the principal characters. The opera has been very successful, and Niblo’s pre- sents, every alternate night, a grand display of the ‘fair women and brave men” of Manhattan. Max is doing well, and intends to goon in the same road. To-night, “for the last time,’’ we are to have “Ernani.”’ Where's ‘“Rigolet- to?’ Where's ‘‘Jessarda ?’? Where’s anything new? At the Bowery, Mrs. M. Jones has concluded a success ful engagement. The excellent stock company appear to night in “The Black Doctor’’ and “The Bohemian Girl.”” At the National, the “Uncle Tom’’ drama is still at- tractive. Miss Howard’s performance of ‘little Eva’ is very clever. She is represented to be but five years of age, and is certainly wonderfully precocious. ‘The Giraffes and the Bearded Lady, and other curious things, are stillto be seen at Barnum’s, while ovory af- ternoon and evening an excellent dramatic performance \ ‘Sifhe great English steople chase at the Hippodrome is very attractive, Misa J. M, Davenport was playing last weok in Pitts. | ens np She will soon appear in ton, and then at the Brondway theatre, ‘The Commercial Journal, of Pitts rang, BAYH: — This distinguished arti¢e has for the past week been delighting the lovers of the drama in this city. The unpre cedented houses attractod by her afford the best evidence of the high estimation in which she is held. For seven nights the theatre has been crowded, the boxes exhibit- ing an array of female beauty that for the same number of nights has never before been drawn here, Pauline, Parthenia, the Countess, Camille, and Lady Macbeth, have each in their turn borne witness to the rare ta: lents which have gained for Miss Davenport her high reputation. By her representation new beauties are unfolded im cach character, her powers seeming to extend through the whole range of passionate emotion, The leading characteristic of her acting seem to be the combination of intense feeling, with a chaste, subdued, and highly cultivated manner, moving by doep pathos, and never offending by violence or rant. Much of her success is doubtless owing to her estimable por- sonal character, she being as much distinguished by the virtue and accomplishments that adorn her private life, as for her qualities aa aa artist, ‘The present is her third or fourth visit to this city, and on cach occasion she has not only soc seeded in preserv- ing the admiration won in former efforts, but has largel added to the tributes heretofore bestowed. The last fif- teen months she has been abroad, and this is her third engagement since her return to the United States, having appeared only in Philadelphia and (Baltimore previous to her arrival i Pittsburg, from whetice we understand she proceeds to Boston. All who desire to witness whatever is attractive in theatrical representations, should avail themselves of the opportunity afforded by the few remain- ing evenings of her engagement. “"hiise Julla ‘Dean had benedt In Boston last Friday. Her engagement at the National still continues. Mr. and Miss Richings have closed @ fine engagement of four weeks at the Museum, and go West. Miss Kate Saxon is iving Shaksperean readings, Mine, Thillon is at the Toward Atheneum; she goes to California, in December, to Mrs. Sinclair’s theatre. Mr. nd Mrs.Barney Williams commence an engagement at the Walnut street theatre, Philadelphia, this evening. ‘The Bateman children are at the museum in Baltimore. ‘Tho |Holliday street theatre, in the same city, will open to-morrow evening, with the Ravels and M'lle Docy Barre. The Russian danseuse, M’llc Yroa Matthias, is also engaged there. Mr. McCreedy is at the Bates theatre, St. Louis, Mr. Couldock is playing at the People’s theatre, in the same city. Br. B.A. Marshall, the lessee of the National theatre, in Washington, intends shortly to open the establishment with @ series of attractive entertainments, the first of which will be afforded by tho celebrated Ravel family, and other performers. Mr. Goodall, who has been playing a very successful en- gagenent in Baltimore, received a benefit at the Front street theatre on the 224 inst, Anna Cruse closed her engagement in Hartford, Conn., on Saturday evening. Signors Arditi and Pozzolint, and Malle. De Vries, are to give a series of concerts during the present week in Detroit. By the last foreign papers we have the following : Mr. Brooke's bonefit at the Drury lane was a bumber. Tt commenced at two in the afternoon, with “Othello,” and “Tho Stranger’? was played at eight in the evening. The Sunilay Times of the 20 says : “Friday night, when the tragedy of “Richard the Third” was performed, old Drury witnessed the most extraor. inary revival of dramatic glory in the metropolis that has been experienced since the days of the ‘0. P. rows. ”” The portals of the thentre were from an early hour in the evening by crowds of enthusiastic critics, anxious to witness the last phew of Grooke. Such a bumper has not occurred since the time of she t Kean, and the result was that not only Drury Lane realized its old traditionary prosperity, but the Lyceum, and other ee theatres benefited by the disap- pointment of those who were unable to find even standing room. This isa most gratifying circumstance to evel one who feels an interest in the revival of histrionic a: ‘We do not, however, think that Richard is the bert of Mr. Brooke's Shaksperean personations; he can pourtray with eat power the broad characteristies of the man; his Fiuntiees, courage and firmness are well displayed, but he fails to convey an adequate idea of the profound disai- mulation and subtle cruelty of Richard’s nature. His death, too, is @ painful exhibition of elaborate physical agony, which might better be avoided. Mr. Davenport's Richmond was an excellent perfo:mance; he looked the rt to perfection, and acted admirably.’ Miss Anderton eserves commendation for her carefal performance in the character of Iady Anne, and Mrs. Vickery for the effective manner in which she personated the Duchess of York. ‘A dejeuner wee given to Brooke, at the “Coal Hole” tayern’ in the Strand, where he was presented with a splendid dirk, by the lesseo of the theatre, Messrs. Oxen- ford and Renton Nicholson were present and made npeechen. The Marylebone, under Mr. Wallack, was to open on the 84, with the comedy of ‘A Cure for the Haart Acho,” Plancho’s burlesque of ‘The Fair One with the Goklon Locks,” and @ farce. Mr. H. Vandenhoif plays Young Rapid, in the comedy, ard Miss Harriet Gordoa, the Princess, in the burlesque. Mra. Wallack, nce Jano Sefton, will shortly make her first appearance im Kngland at this theatre. pdt Zari, ft in anid that Jenny Lind intends to feturn to 1@ #1 5 A \d new ballet was produced at the Grand enthed "Ft ot Mynic’” En tes ate oy Masttieg nd om Poter, waiek served tor we devuds of diadeare Staphian and Petipa. "The opening of the third opecatig PRICE TWO CENTS, theatre hax just taken place for the season with a sew work, entitisd “La Moissonuieuse,"’ the music of which ie by M. Vogel. Our Italiaa opera has at length found « new lessee in the person of Count Ragani. A new opera, in two acte, by M. Lianader, ia shortly to be prouduced at the opera; and subsequently a grand five act work, “La Nonne Sanglante,”’ = Seribe and Gounod. One of the bes? informed journals contains the f towing paragraph— “It appears certain that Ma‘temoiselle Rachel has ob: tained £ the Comedie Francaixe » conge of eighteen months, and that she proceeds to Saint Petersburg, where she has, they say, obtained an engagement of 400,000 francs, besides 100,090 franes for the troupe who usually accompany her on her foreign tours.” At the Varieties a piece entitled Les Entersde Paris has been produced. This piece is drawing crowded houses, and the acting of Madame Schriwaueck is much admired. Several reports speak of the re-engagement of Madlle. Sarah Felix et the Comedie Francaise; others state she roceeds to the Odeon. M. Duperche, one of the oldest ‘rench dramatists, died a few days since near Paris. He was upwards of W years of age. The latest accounts from Xt. Petersburg state considerable doubt to exixt, whether there devte be any Italian opera at all during the enruing season, in the Russian capital, owing to the probability of a European war. A letter from Floreuce states that there was in preparetion the early production of a posthumous opera, the work of Zamboni. Letters from Germany state that great preparations were making at various towns in that country, for the celebration of the anniversary of Schiller’s birth-day, which occurs on the 1thinst, “M. Auber, the present esteemed Director of the Conservatoire, has beea seriously ill, but at the latest date was improving in health Meyerbeer's new three-act comic opera, L “ile du Nord, is in rehearsal at the Opera Comique, Scribe and Halevy’s new three act opera, Le Nabad, is drawing crowded houses at the same theatre; it is strongly cast. Sermon by Bishop Atkinson, of North Carolina. The newly consecrated Bishop of North Carolina, Dr. Atkinson, delivered an interesting discourse last evening, at St. Johm the Evangelist’s Church, Bleecker street, taking for his text the words. ‘Come and ave,’ lst chap., 46th ver: One striking peculiarity that distinguishes the inspired writings is the calm and dispassionate manner in which they narrate events, They simply tell us what men did, and leave us to infer their characters from their actions, There is not a single attempt at elaborate description— there are none of those endeavors to portray the idiosyn- cracies of individuals which mark the writings of secu- lar authors—it is enough for those men to whom the sacred task was entrusted that they narrate circumstan- ces ulone. I consider this to be a most striking evidence of the divine origin of the Scriptures, They speak of events and persons weil known to them, and we would naturally expect that their own sentiments, whether of indignation or admiration, would appear; but no, they assume the tone of the calmest witnesses. That tone, that manver of narration was derived from ® more than human source. How candid is their avowal of the faults of saints and the doubts of believers! The inspired writings are a mirror in which we seo reflected the mien themselves, as thoy are, not as they ought to be. It is not an enemy who tells us that a man after God’s own heart, ina moment of temptation, slew his friend, after corrupting that friend's wife; nor was it an enemy who informs us that a disciple of Christ betrayed him, and that another refused to be- lieve in his resurrection until compelled by ocular evi- dence. He was invited to “Come and see” and he saw and became convinced. ‘This invitation is no less appli- cable in our own day, and to ourselves, whon rightly ap- plied The main evidence of the truth of the Gospel is our own personal experience. The seeker after truth | THE SLAVE TRADE IN CUBA Historical sketch of the Movements for its Abolition. The Several Treaties, and how they have been Observed. SUBSTITUTION OF CHINESE FOR AFRICANS, THE POLICY OF GREAT BRITAIN TO PRE- VENT ANNEXATION. A REVOLUTIONARY APPEAL, ho, &0., &. in a recent number of a Spanish periodical pab- lished in this city, we find a very full and highly in- teresting review of the past policy of Spain and Great Britain, apropos of the Island of Cuba and the abo- lition of the elave trade there. The writer, whosigna himself ‘A Planter‘” seems to have digested the subject with great care and thought, and he presents his views with remarkable force and perspicuity. We have considered the article so very important and in- teresting, as well in a political as in a historical sense, that we have caused a full and literal transla- tion of it to be made, which we now present to our readers:— ‘ ORY OF ALARM IN CUBA, ‘Tn the Antilles the white race appears destined to die out, and in the Continent the black race.”—De Toegue- ville’s in Am rica, Awake! Awake! Such is the urgent ory which should incessantly resound through all the extent ef Cuba, if we would save ourselves from the terrible abyss to whose edge we have been carried by the machiavelist and stupid policy of the Spanish gov- ernment, by the covetousness of the slavetradersand the Captains-General, and by the blind carelessness of the inhabitants of Cuba. It ison the heads of the latter, and those of their sons, that the misfortune will alone fall, whilst their barbarous persecators will display their ill-acquired riches, contemplating pas- sively from distant and safe quarters the smoulder- ing ruins of an unfortunate people who imprudently sheltered them and covered them with undeserved benefits. Awake! awake! inhabitants of Cuba! The oa tastrophe is impending. The barbarians have cried that ‘Cuba will be Spanish or African;” and already the moment is approaching when the extreme of this impious prognostication is to be fulfilled, unless we burst the clasp in which we have been long hel and, acting in concert, escape with promptitude must ‘come and see.”” It is the great remedy against doubt; and Iam most thoroughly persuaded that no man was ever imbued with the Christian spirit without ‘pid sonally experiencing the Divine workings of the Holy Ghost in his own individual case. True, the outward evi dences of the gospel are by no means to be overlooked; but the earnest convictions that Jesus Christ is the only Saviour, do not altogether depend upon it. Wecan know this only by putting ourselves in personal communion with Christ. Tet us learn to do this, and we shall have a conggantly, accumulating mass of evidence that will grow into & perfect conviction that he is our only hope. No man can understand the scriptures rightly until he has himself experienced the divine influence. In, the early dgys of the Christian church it was the lower classes of society—peasants, slaves, artisans—who first embraced the truth. These stood foremost in the ranks of battle; and there was never any epoch in the history of the Obristian church that has witnessed such self-denying devotion to the canse of Christ as these days furnished, That was an age of martyr aud never did martyrs ascend to Beaven in that fiery car,which was a triumphal one to them, with amore eutire faith and confidence in the prowises of God. And yet these were the recipients f His truth maintly through personal experience. They Ix. In all ages of nds of dolief—the 4 xcs equt skilled in the oz ic of tae | the world, men have only had tw one authority, the other experienc: thor ty is usefal, nay, indispensable, but it is not, in itself, conclusive. It is personal experience on which the truth must always depend. In the hour of ailliction is this especially exemplified. ‘There is no human being who is not born to suffer at some period of his existence. In old_age the pleasures of youth pall upon the senses, and when, one by.one, the resources of this life fail us, whither can we turn? Ab! there is bat one unfailing fountain to which we can apply ; but ove which ix never found wanting. Let us apply, then, to that one unfailing consolation from which St. Athanasius, in the midst of ril and tribslation, obtaiaed comfort and in whi Tenry Martyn, not unworthy to be named in the sam: connection, found ever present help in the hour of need. When that faithful servant of God was at his post, amid the arid plains of Persia, remembering with fondness the pleasures of the home he had left — hearing in his dreams the plash of the brook which ran by his home- stead—recalling all the deac recollections of ‘native land and friends—what supported him in the hour of trial but that close communion with that Master whom he loved, and for whom he was about to die? Bishop Atkin. son enlarged at some length upon the words of his text, and closed his remarks with an eloquent appeal to the unconveated. Personal Intclligenee. The Historical Society of Pennayivania held a meeting on the 17th inst., when it was announced that the Hon. Charles J. Ingersoll would deliver the annual address at Reading on the &th of November. Capt. G. W. Cutter, author of the ‘'Song of Steam’ and various other poems, haa been divorced from his wife, by recent decree of the Kenton Circuit Court of Kentucky, ARRIVALS. From Norfolk, &o., in the steamship Roanoke—A Griffith, berratt, PL, Farrington, J L Hill, J B Powoll, G , WB Williams, Mrs Mason, Mrs Cahill, J Ognall, Coleman, JB Carrington, Richard Brace, C It W W Smally and lady, Miss S A Goodwyn, G F 1d and servant: vhiting, Miss Clark, LC Jordan, Dr Whiting—¥ in the ateerage, DEPARTURES. Yor New Orleans, in the stenmship Star of the Sonth—Capt R Waterman and lady, F Masendorff, V Lecisne, H W Jones, A Oaksmith, D P Seanlin, lady and daughter, J Hutty, De w Melnre, Miss Randall, Mrs Gordon, Mra Beck, R F Nichols, J Elgec, WV W Davis, J Woolsey, Indy, two children and sor- vant, J McCall and serv MoCall, B Davenna, F W Wil- x Clair, Edwin Walters, nost Fournier, rie aay three in the atecrag: Police Intelligence. Arrest of a Hotel Thief.—A respectable appearing young ed Finney Hanford, was on Saturday evening found concealed in a lodging room of the Astor House, which, itis thought, he emtered by means cf a false key, with intent to steal. On searching hix person several skel- eton keys were found, and he was forthwith taken before Justice Osborne, who, upon complaint being made against him by Mr. Stetson, one of the proprietors of the hotel, committed him to prison to await examination. Dishonest Serv Mary Miller, a servant in the family of Mr. William Go¢frey, of No. 15 Commerce street, was yesterday.arrested hy Officer Lamb of the Ninth ward, ‘with stealing money and clotiing to the amount of forty dollars from the house of “her omploye:s. The roperty was recovered, and the accused was held by Jislice Ktuart to await etaminatios. A Prize Fight Prevented.—In‘ormation was sent about eight o'clock yesterday morning, to the Eighteenth ward police station, that a , did! mt to take place at a stone quarry near the foot of Thirty-eighth street, Rast river Lieut. Bennett, with a force of police, rey to the spot, where they found a large number of rowdies assembled to witnes# the fight. By concealing their stars the police manage to pass through the crowd and soon it to the phice where the ring war being fc , and found the fighters in attendance with their seconds. After waiting a few moments the polico attempted to arrest the ringleaders, and succeeded in capturing one of them; the others were too quick for them and ran off in various directions. One of the fighters jumped into a doat and rowed towards the Long Island shore; he was ursued by officer Burden in another boat and soon both finde, but the fighter had get too great @ start of his pursuer, and made a successful escape. ‘The one arrested was taken before Justice Stuart, and held to await ex amination. Lavceny om Shipboard.--On Saturday night the trank of Mr. Richard Hughes, of Mabony county, Ohio, at pre- sent a passenger on the ship Liverpool, now lying in the stream, was stolen from his apartment on board the vessel, broken open, and robbed of its contents, which consisted of clothing, $50 in gold coin and a draft on the Royal Bank of Ireland for £30 sterling. Mr. Hughes was on shore at the time, and upon returning to the vessol, missed his trunk, and soon after saw it in the possession of four of the sailors, who threw it overboard in his pre- sence. Yesterday morning he went before Justice Oudorne gr preferred a complaint against them, and officers Martin and Dowling, of the Lower Police conxt, were dispatched to arrest them, which they did, andalso sue- ceedod in recovering the stolen clothing, but neither the draft or money coulé be found, thoagh, the ship was thoroughly searched. The prisomers were taken before the magistrate, who locked them up to await examination, ‘Thelr ‘names are Thomas Crark, George Franklin, John Bradley, and James Mills, Theft of Offir er Boyer, of the Eleventh wa: hep en arrested tr;o men, named Samuel and Lewls FE. Lamber’,, charged with stealing three coats, valued at $41, frova the house of Jonas Rilver No. 40 Bveoue L. Une of the cuales wee ivruveced, aud the ecoused worg “uold by Justice Welsh to await examination, energy the grave evil which is approaching with huge strides. To keep us in the oppressive dependency of a des ised colony, ani to continue the odious system yy which our p: ty has been wiung from us, the government of Spain has found no other means than that of introducing slaves into the island, and of op; the admission of white colonists, so that, the population being divided be- tween two opposed and inimical races, we may never raise our depressed brow to reclaim our violated rights. Hence that insolent resistance to the fulfil. ment of the treaties celebrated with the civilized na- tions of. Euxope—hence that insulting disregard te our cemands for white population, and that bare- faced and scandalous protection with which the cursed African slave trade has heen favored, which to-day menaces us with destruction. Certainly public opinion does no: err in maintain- ing that Eogland is not abolitionist through m :tives of philavthrophy, but through an internal policy, whoee intent is to destroy her own and foreigt cole- nies on this side of the New World, to protect the fruits of the East Indies aud to piace a barrier to the expansion of the United States. Besides, the Spanish government and the peninsulars have wished in this way to call attention exclusively upon the English; and by making public odium fall upon them,to cover up the Soy : jous: be of Salty Ciel to force us to acknowledge as a favor that 1 cgipro | viclates the solemn treaties celebrated with G Britain and fills our island with negroes, witaout our one Care 2 perhaps, that it wasour metropolis which, day by day, was aseassinating us, and that sooner or jater we had to die in its parricidal hands. No—it is not England alone, but Spain, which is principally the cause ot our present precarious sitaa- tion. Both felt themselves impelled by the principle of the humanitarian spirit of the age which inspired al civilized nations. Policy also somewhat dictated the steps of England, and carries her to-day to the extremes which threaten us. Nor is it England alone which has sought to operate our ruin ; but the government of Spain, which always sacrifices us, be- cause she possesses the exclusive gift of wrong and death in the very remedies which mise to bring et Sia life. Hearken t» ‘history and be undeceived, use it is time to see clearly, 80 a8 to be able to proceed with certainty. The philosophy ot the 18th century fomented ha- manitarian sentiments, and awakened the ideas of CAibgey and civil liberty; and to the United States ae a glory of being the first nation which, im organizing its independent and supreme P sahege en in 1787, declared that in 1808 the slave trade should cease in all ita States. Enoglacd followed this exam- ple, commissioning the Lords of its Council in 1788 Iborit afd not pass the bil which entirely prohibited 80% not pass the which ent 80 detestable a commerce. At this same time the United States dictated the like resolution, and even. gal, three years after (1810) consented to limit “apa, ‘cual iy inkuenced by the sprit Othe , uen the age, without bei Tn any fuvited. oF compelled, voice in favor of the African victims, im ble sessions of the Constituent Ci held on the 26th of March and 2d of April, 1811, in which Senor Deputy Garidi Alcocer Senor Ar. quelles, P , the first the absolute cessation of slave le and the gradual slaves, and the latter “ that it should be instantly decreed that the infamous ever, and that the Council of Regency communicate the decree without the loss of a moment's time, to the government of her Britannic Majesty, for pose that, proceeding in accord in auch a ic measure, they might succeed in realizing to its utmost extent the grand object which the Fag» nation had in the celebrated bill for slave trade.” These — = ‘and referred Oaptain General of the Bg patriotic society of Hat presented. opposition, not to the imeapare, but to the violence with which it was wished to resolve on a matter 80 vital and grave. See, therefore, how the idea of the abolition of the slave trade waa not original nor exclusive with Eng: jand, but a general intuition of the age, which no connection with policy, being purely humanite- i E 8 E 3 i Ht i F li al : HI 1H 3 ie ili i i { zB 5: