The New York Herald Newspaper, November 22, 1853, Page 6

nnn nnn nnn nT ______t Our Washington \. | Ww. » Nov. 14, 1863, ‘Phe Consus Returns—The Publication of the Burcau, A long article in the Courier and Enquirer, relatiog to ‘the fortheoming census, until copied into the Union, was Bere deemed a hoax, as no one couli believe that any eeeretary under the government would permit a bureau @Micer to effect so gross & violation of the law of Congress | @2 appears to hays been perpetrated relative to the cen- was printing. But we suppose the secretary has never Yeeked into the law, or thought of the work. The publi- @ation in the Star, of the title page and contents ef the ‘werk, while it proves the article to be correct, raises a Jamgh from every reader at the impudence, vanity and Severance that would prefix the name of Professor De ‘Bow as the author, an honor no one wil! be desirous to Gepate. It is naturally enough predicted that Congreas Wil refuse to pay for the printing, or receive the work, ‘aa Mts arrangement is s clear departure from law, and @engress could in a much cheaper way and in a more it form procure the gazstteer extracts so abun- copied, if they were desirable. The Union terms ameminent statician, which he may be, as there a difference between staticks and statistics as a weighmaster and a a The professor as a statist is limited to those ——— the term, while the idea is seout- who understand the science. For two years not appeared in the Review which so tly name, one original idea from his except rein he declares ‘we do not believe in manifest .” in “forcible intervention’? in propagandism of tieal tenets, and have suite as little faith in what is “Monroe »’? When he uttered this the 92d pege of his review for this year, he ce- that he ventured: « similar idea ‘‘three years We tuppose the idea was Ree ted, t Burke’s place under General Ta: x ress, ‘when determining the manner of printing the census, ‘teok Kennedy’s work on Maryland as the basis ef their aetion, and expressly proviced for what should be print- 04, and rejected what should not; but this man erects Ahimeelf superior to the law, and has taken ths very ‘Tables published in the Hexaip last winter, with slight ‘Variaitons, and, it appears, has copied the history of the Siferent censuses which was given in Keanedy’s London . and incorporated them as original ideas, with ‘the same freedom that he assumes the authorship of the eeures, although the Courier article admits that “the “material in great part had been previously prepared.” is is now made to “ppear that ‘the fiual report ‘ta row passing through the press.” while ‘a sup- plementary report will be ready during the coming ses me See first and last lines of the Couri-r article. This is politieal econemy. How these economists hang em to any uncxhausted surplus of an appropriation made fer a Jarge work, but one reduced after making the ao tion to one half its dimensions! How legitimately to ® professorship is he, who ‘ by an economical administration of the office,” has in six months mace all ‘Me honor of three years labors crown his own brow wih ls. How could the University of Louisiava vacate the hair of such a professor? His history is without a paral- Be), and should certsinly appear in the census for the be- wet of future administrations and the world. Why, such | @ maz is fiited to fill the chair of each State bureau he is te recommend, and that of the United States to boot. Query, what has the United States te do with State bu et with their cpnnection with foreign govern- mea n e é HH ge BUHL 8 £ s Had es Wasuineoron, Nov. 19, 1853. Proposed Ship Canal Across the Isthmus of Darien —Despatch of the U. 8. Ship Cyane to Examine the New Route—Mission of Dr. Black to this ' Cowntry—Interesting Facts Coneerning the Proposed Work—Opinions of Humboldt, the King of Prussia, Lowis Napoleon, §c., §c. | 3s was announced in the New York Henaup | wome ten days ago that the sloop of war Cyane, | of the Home Squadron, had been ordered by | fhe government to prepare for an expedition | te the Isthmus o° Darien, for an official survey of the new route recently discovered there for a ship canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. Since | that time, various statements have been published in the newspapers concerning this new route, and the mission of Dr. Black to this country, at whose in- manee the Cyane is about to be despatehed upon the aforesaid exploration. The facts in the matter, how- | Over, are the following :— | The route of the proposed strait for a ship inter- @ceanic communication between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, has one of its terminations at aledonia Bay, nearly midway between Porto Bello ‘and Chico Bay, on the Atlantic side, one hundred and twenty miles below Chagres, and the other at Darien Harbour, in the Gulf of San Miguel, nearly | midway between the city of Panama avd Vape San Francisco Solano, on the Pacific side, lying between 84 and 9 degrees of North latitude. The celebrated | wettlement by a Scotch colony in 1692 was at Port | Becoces, a harbor about five miles ees! of Caledonia | Bay. | In a letter from one of the colonists to a friend in Boston, New England, it is stated tnat this harvor ‘was two leagues south of Golden Islaad, or Guarda, and eight or nine leagues across the isthmus to a siver, down which boats could descend to tue South Bea. In Jane and July, 1852, Mr. Lionel Gisborne, ax | emivent English civil engineer, with his assistant, | Mr. Forde, and some sailors from a Dutch vessel, made a reconnoiasance of the proposed route. The | peoulta ot that reconnoissance were the facts, that Da- sien harbor was among the very finest in the world, | gma Caledonia harbor, naturally a fine one, was ca- pable of being made a magnificent harbor at a mod- @wate expense ; that these harbors were forty miles | @part ; that the Sarana river, flowing into Darien arbor, was thirty-six feet deep at low water sevea wales from its mouth, on the line of the Strait; that Waledonia river, flowing into Caledonia Bay, pierced the chief ridge of the Cordilleras ; that the dividing ridge between the of the Sarana and Caledo- aia rivers was one hundred and fifty feet hizh, with @ narrow bace ; and that the fair inference from the yocks brought off from the different lapses of the Foute, without boring, was that the cutting would be rough stratified rec! Mr. Gisborne is corroborated as to the harbors, and Sheir distance apart, by s British Admiralty survey of Darien harbor, and an old Spanish chart of Caledo- aia Bay, as wellas by an old Spanish tradition as this route ; ashe is in relation to the dividing ridge and other particulars, by the suggestions of Humboldt. The strait will be forty miles long, thirty-three of which will be cut one hundred and sixty feet wide and thirty feet deep at low water, from the point of on Sarana river to Caledonia Bay; estimated cost of the whole work being | $75.000,000. work is to be executed by Chizese laborers, as coolies, in the grea‘est possible numbers field of 0 . It is proposed to estab- | pseudo military nization of these work- , under American cers, which it is ascer- will be agreeable to them, in order to insure ity the eee po lett Se wangements; protect them from the heat ie gan while ak works to provide healthful water for rip! ard a supply for ablutions; to furnish pro- food for their sustenance and proper dwellings them from the climate; aud in every pos- way to avoid that careless, irreguiar manner of eating, (ry and working which has uropean laborers in extreme 4 Fry Hy i pouthern latitudes. In ‘‘the Declaration of the Council constituted by | the Indian and African Company of Scotland,” (Pat- exson’s) dated Dec. 28, 1698, at New Edinburg, (Port Becoses,) it is said that “the chief Captains and Su- preme the People of Darien, in compliance Leaders ‘with former agreements, having now iu the mos Kind and obliging manner received us into their Country, with Promise and Contract to aesist and join in Defense tiereof ayriust their and our Enemies any time \) come: which besides ‘its being one of the mosi healthful, rich, and fruitful Countries on Barth, hath the advantage of being a marrow isthmus, seated in the heignt of the world, between two vast Oceans, which renders it more eonvenient than any other for being ti amere! al Btorehoure of the insearchable and ase Treas ‘tres of the spacious South Seas; the Door of Com- merce to China and Japan, and the Emporium and le of the Trade of the Indies.” is curious, that this rou'e, known to the Spa- miards—to the Buccareers—to this Scotch colony and to Humboldt by scientific infeence, and by ‘Mm urged upon the atiention of the world for halfa , showld remain unknown to modern com- men till 1952. ‘An arran; it in London, in 1851, was made n Sir tes Fox, one of the most remarka- of the age, and Dr. Black, of Kentucky, that 6 di ion, of the stock, and of the con- the ¢: of the work, if a practicable found and s company formed, should be the option of citizens of er the government nited States, and that the management of should be placed in Dr. Black's hands of sush permanent company. wr current expenses in the preparatory Provisional Association has been formed of lish portion of the direction, consisting of first and wealthiest men in Europe. int of the Chevalier Bonson, Sir ‘ox pisspring visited Baron Hamboidt and Berlin. The whole scheme ascertained by Mr. Gishorne were fully Daren Sxiressing kis great satisfac- ions been verified, and the lie readiness to nid the great work, ‘Maritime powor, Prossia was a com- In Mareb last, on intimation of the French ambas. soder, Sir Charlee Fox, Dr. Black, Mr. Glaborne and Ved the Bmperor Louis F i ; ~ > ltt ee : Fg F E i i I | Toute is to settle the question by a competent corps | through town, and find it as quiet as achurch. Yet | $250.000 was made at the last session for the pur- Na who displayed his great knowledge ef the Serre tos which be pak’ After which he expressed, promptly and energetically, his eonvietion that at last the proper route bad been found—that the plan was right, and that the plan | ought to be begun and executed 23 goon as possible; | for the commerce of the world lst for the want of it | more every year than i: would cost to make i+. He | declared himself ready to assist the enterprise by a | guarantee, a sinking fund to render it in time free, or by joining the United States and England im con- it for untolled ze. Lord Tice ig and colleagues of the present English Cabinet, | am aseured, are ready to assist the enterprise in any way which is agreeable to the United States. But Dr. Black haz, however, returned home to offer to the government of his own country the opp rtu- nity of assuming the lead, as we are more interested in the strait than all the rest of the world together. He has, therefore, presented the subject to the government at Washington, as an American citizen, irrespective of any future company whatever, and soli governmental action, on the ground that the unsurveyed harbors and jored rivera on the eastern part of the lethmus of Darien, and the bre bable practicability of a route there fur a great ship navigation, deeply concerned the commerce of the United States, the integrity of the Union, and the common defence. Hence, the gov nt has given a favorable consideration to Dr. BI avplication; and the Cyane, Capt. Hollins, is about to be des- tched by the Secretary of the Navy to survey the ‘bors indicated, and to convey Lieut. Strain and small party to ascertain, beyond question, whether or not there be a route pe! spe practicable for a Dyes ship way across the pass of Darien, which may constructed so deep and broad as to permit any two vessels to pass each other, and be conveyed in five to eight hours through an open strait, from ocean to ocean, without delay, as represented in the solici- tation of Dr. Black. The advantages of this Darien route over all others discovered, are, first, a good and spacious harbor on each side; second, sever miles of river navigation on the Pacitic side, thirty feet deep at low water, leav- ing but thirty-three miles for excavation; third, the depth of ibe excavation of the dividing ridge will be Je+s than two hundred feet; fourth, it the -canal, at an estimated cost of seventy-five miilions, when completed, wil be an open strait, with the tides flow- ing through from sa to cea, and admitting of the free passage of a line of vessels in each direction; fifth, that the work may be completed within four or five years, and when completed will be kept open by the fiow of the tides between the two oveans. ‘The Tehuantepec route, 175 miles across, is with- out a good harbor on either side; and from the eleva- tious to be levelled or surmounted by lockage, is simply impracticable, exvevt for a railroad. The Nicaragua route, even by lockage, can only be available, at great expense, for a limited oumber, per day, of small vessels. And the same objections will apply to ull the other proposed ship canal routes, except this of Darien, where the great ultimatum of an open highway from ocean to ocean, free as a nat- ural strait, is attainable. The object of the government in the despatch of the Cyane to the proposed survey cf this Darien of engingers, and through an Official report to our government, and from our government to the world, of the exact character, capacity and capabilities of the harbors on each side this Darieu route--of the topography of the interveniog isthmus, of the prob- able cost of the excavation required to cut through a0 artificial strait from one bay to the other, and of all other facts essential to a full understanding ofthe | advantages and the disadvantages to be considered in connection with the great eterprise. The shortening by ten or twelve thousand miles of the sailing yoyege to California is but an item in this business. An'open highway, through the cen- tre of the Americay continent, dispenses at once with Cape Horn and™& northwest passage to Asia— draws us into more intimate commercial relations with all the West India islands, and Central and South America, and will give to New York almost the monopoly of the Pacific trade, and the traftic of the Carribean sea and the Gulf of Mexico. The Secretary of the Navy, in this comprenensive view of the subject, has detailed the Cyane for the po osed survey of the Darien route. she will pro- ably leave in the course of ten days, and before the expiration of the winter we venture to predict a re- pert tsat will settle the great problem of Cuistoraax CotusBrs. Our Delaware Correspondence. Witmineton, (Del.) Nov. 17, 1853. Affairs in Wilmie gton—Defeat of the New Con- stitutin—A New Custom House—Civilization in Delaware—The Pillory and the Lash —Swm- mary Mode of Arrest—A Man in the Pillory— Political Speculations. Here I find myself located ia the city of Wilming- m, at Foster’s Hotel; and I have had a ramble thire is considerable business done here in the way of roauvfacturing machinery and ship-building. ‘Thus the city looks quiet until the bell rings, when the streets are lively fur a short time. Warm diseussions seem to be going on among the people at the defeat of the new constitution at the late election, which gave to the pesple the privilege of voting for all officers. Senators Bayard and Clayton stumped the State against the ratification of the new instrament, and divided the people for tueir individual interest. Thus the only salutary measure ever offered in the State of three counties was defeat- ed by over 2,000. When Cesar and Pompey divided the people, Rome was free no more. There is 9 new custom house to be built here; the foundation is now being laid. An appropriation of pore, yet they want $8,000 more. I learn that the Teeeipts at the custom house here for the last quar- Ge) amount to the enormous sum of two hundred jars! Bat Delaware is in a conspicuous position as one of the middle States, and her citizens are allowed to vote for governor and members of Assembly only. Now, Senator Clayton was returned tothe United States Senate when over one-fifth of her entire popu- lation are not able to read and write. Notwith- standing this, she retains all the marks of the civiliza- tion of the middle ages, and inevery county the poet and pillory are conspicuous marks of her pro- gress. Samuel Cornish was convicted for murder in the second degree, and sentenced on the 5th instant in one of the lower counties. Here it is. ‘* Sentenced—fined $500 and coste, to stand in the pillory one hour, to receiv ty lashes, and to be im prisoned for life’ Quite an enlightened state of things! The stranger who may not one ows cent in the State miy be kid- payped here and placed in jail by the person tele- graphing to an officer, from another State. You remember @ former Secretary of the Treasury was once caught in this trap; yet Senator Clayton tells us in Congress that this is the Diamond State. No wonder he was so much opposed to the HexaLD. When ‘etary of State, he was fearful of its radia- ting influence. Still, here is another recant case of their law. It is beautifal On last Saturday, the 28th ult., in accordanse with the sentence of th€ eourt, Daniel Morgan was placed in the pillory for one hour, at the expiration of which time twenty lashes were well laid on his bare back, While standing in the pillory the blood became so stagnant in the prisoner's face and hands as to render them almost black. He was then re- manded to prison unt) ke should pay $75 restitation iy and $100 fine. Being a poor man, his time is xed. Politicians here are just about like s»me they have in New York. [+ is asserted that as high as hundred dollars was paid for toe interest of » a ted in procuring a mail agency worth about undied dollars per anoum. The amount o ight r tue | larger appointments of postmaster and collector { | could not learn. It is expected the new custom house will be a fine job, and 1 be ou hand about two years. de party expect to be governor ond meoyer of place of Hon. George R. Riddle, the prese bent; bot neverthel they must have house and a member of Congress, ogress cext fall, in the Extra Pay To Sonpiers cya Certain Crr- cumstances —The following extract from a recent official letter from a goverment accounting offiver is of mnch interest to the rank and file of the army :— In reply to the question submitted in your letter, “ Whoth ove made to certain érfisted men detailes a4 clorks. &e, in lien of their daily ration, by the Secretary of War, can deprive them of the com tiou granted by the act of March 2, 1819, while em n constant labor?” I have to state. that whenever itis found expedient to employ non commis. rioned ¢ musicians, and privaces at work on forti fications i ng Toads, andl other Javor, of not less than ton days, they are eatitie to receive fifteen cents, or an extra gill of wh apicite, (oF the commutetion fixed in lieu of the each, per Cay, while ro employed ; ent tion of the cepartiments, or decision 0 off. vers, can righ'ly deprive them o the Secretary of War has granted them a com of their dally ration at seventy five cents en in liea of this allowance and the daily ration, and they have ae cepted it, then they Bava received the allowance gran'od | by th of March 2, 1819, in the commitation, and are not entitled to receive itagain. But if commutation, authorised by the Secretary of War, be in lieu of the ration only, then the receipt of it cannot ellect tue legal right of the roldier to the allowance granted act of March 2, 1819, while employed on consian as provided by th Tar Mostauiry Amonc rue Orricers or Tur Army —Thirty-one of the nine hundred officers of the United States army have died off since the first of January last Thie, in time of peace, is a very large per centage of deaths, provin 1d ques- tion the hazardous natare of the ser 'y are at all times called to rexder to thei: eoumtry. ° a} Railead was somethi decidedly in Nw. The Pacific Bubble Explained. [From the N. Y. Tribune, Nov. 21.) We are credibly informed that Mr. ton, of this State, has become connected Walker, Chatfield & Ashmun’s moonshine proj for making money in Pacific Railroad stock. Stanton will thus continue the career, in the course of which he bas variously figured as an. abolitionist, a leader of the liberty party, a free soiler, a barnbur- ner, and @ wery democrat, by assuming the functions of a lobby agent and buyer up of newspa- pers and Congressmen, etc.,in behalf of that great scheme for the transfer of from the pockets of those who have it into the pockets of those who have it not. We the B. Slan- Messrs. 08 congratulate com) on the atquisition of a gentleman so well ‘qualited 1 for their | service, apd we congratulate the new agent on having paseed from political life, in which he could abine no longer, into a station where his genius is sure to find ample room satvente ere The New York Atlantic and ic Railroad Com- By owes its existence in + part to Mr. Levi 8. tfielé, its President, who, as A’ General of the State, has rendered his name ilk » He got the charter through at the extra session of the Legislature last summer, and a very bad charter it is, for every other ek geet except sellmg stock, and for that it may be good enough. Mr. Chatfield be- ing a _Jefferronian democrat, was naturally led to adorn his cbarter with a democratic clause rendering all and each of the stockholders personally liable for the debts of the company. ‘This, however, need not alarm small stockholders, for it is not likely that the company will ever owe any debts to any body, heavy eapitalists like Mr. R. J. Walker have come forward and subeeribed ten million apiece, whereby the directors will elways have lots of cash at com: mand and can fulfill John Randolph’ this charter Is this, that like Aaron’s rod, it swallows all others that may be granted by other States, and excludes Missouri, Arkensas, Texas, and California from ary share in the management of an enterprise which they must all be asked to charter ani assiat. How fur those States are likely to grant chartera, merely for the pleasure of seeing them merged in a gigantic New York company, aod how far they are likely to give land to a body of capitalists who bave @ bundied millions already in hand, and are accord- ingty perfectly able to carry through the work with- ovt ary such subsidy, is # question to everybody but Messrs. Walker, Chatfield & Co., with their agent, Mr. Stanton. tores; but we trust that in their future dealings with those bodies they will take good cure to avoid every: thing like a per-onal liability clause. The line of this splendid speculation is ingeniously devised. It begins at St. Louis, in order to secure the suport ot Western men, and head off C lonel Benton; it runs down through Arkansas to Marshall, in Texas, and thence west to El Paso, in order to secure the support of the slave States, which wan! no Pacific railroad through free territory: thence it passes through the north of Chihuahua and Sonora, by virtue of a'special grant obtained or to be obtain- ed from Gen. Santa Anna, for a consideration—ran- ning a3 near the northern boundary of Mexico as possible, Jn order to secure the support of General Pierce and of Congress,as the best and cheapest means of preventing Indian depredations in that quarter, and fulfilling the treaty of Guadalupe Hi- datgos and, finally it reachés San Diego, oa the Pa- cific, and runs up to San Franciseo, having taken the Jongest possible course from Bt. Louis to the Western emporium, the shortest, however, it is be- | lieved, to the treasury of the federal government, and the pockets of those who are to buy the stock at | fecene hand. The romizal capital on which this ee is lion of doliars; the real capital is nothing, or as near there- At first it was not intended to call in any part of the rubscriptions, but finally the obser- vatious which several journals thought proper to brought before the public, is a hundred mil to as possible. make on the speculation, and a certain regard for re ‘a maxim of “ Pay as you go.” Another objectionable featare of | They know how to manage Legisla- Capt. Russell, of the Ship Southerner. New You, Nov. 21, 1853. | Jas. Gonpon Baxnerr, Esq : Sir—In your issue of yesterday I tind a long tissue of prevarisations in regard te the treatment ef my- | self and crew, in which my private letter to my | owners has been assailed by Mr. J. Marquetti, late | U. 8. consular clerk at London. I should have pass- ed a notice of it with the contempt which it deserves, | were it not that the falsehoods are too glaring. Mr. | Marquetti states that he was present at my first in- terview with the Consul, and says: ‘Cel. Aspinwall consented to make him the requisit@ advances on his draft most readily.” Now the facta are these:—The ! Consul seeing my destitute condition, did ask ‘‘ How much I would require to-day, for my own immediate wants,” in the presence of Mr. M. From the man- ner of bis question, 1 answered: ‘ Seven or eiga! pounds.will be sufficient to-day; for I eannot make out an estimate of the whole amount I may require until I ascertain what the sum total of my expenses might be, and that I should be governed by his ad- vice in regard to the time when the pay of my crew ceased.” He answered that ‘‘he was not well versed upon that subject, but would consult with some one in regard to it.” I asked “if he had not a book on the vights of seamen, for mine was lost.” Mr. M. | banded me the book; I found the clause elf, and | pointed it out to Col. Aspinwall. I then said I should pay them according to that statute, and would make out their accounts and my estimates that night, and y them next day. I then was in the private office. hy Marquetti filled out a check for £10 and handed it to the Consul for signature. Colonel A. then said: “Captain, let me see that letter of credit of youra;”’ I did co, handing it to him. After examining it, post marks and al], he asked me to draw the requisite draft for that amount. I then requested him to at- tend to the necessities of my crew, who were below, and also to extend ty protest that day, as I was earful of missing the steamer from Glasgow. I ten left the office, as Mr.M.says, perfectly contented, telling the crew to be there next day and I would eettle with them. ° Next morning, greatly was I surprised when he informed me that he expected his euccessor to enter upon bis duties on the 3d; therefore he could not make any further advances. 1 then told him I was sorry he had not informed me the day previous, as I would bave been enabled to save one day's post. I then handed in my draft of protest, and wished it extended that day, in order that I might forward it by next steamer; and was told that owing to the change in the Consulate, it could not be acco\.,plish- | ed. After he bad looked at it, he advised moto breviate it 23 much as the nature of the case would dmit, informing me that it would greatly lessen the expenses. I then took it away, not “ with hesita- tion,” bot to comply with his wishes. My crew were digeatisfied by disappointment, and wished me to | again urge the need of clothing, (they had worn | out their clothes and were in rags for three weeks,) and I left the office upon the promise that I could | depend uponheir having them that day, as soon a3 | Mr. M. came in. That afternoon I wrote to Glasgow, | stating tke amount required; thenext day was Sunday | and my men were still without a chang? of raiment; | the delay was hot caused by the unprepared clothier, but ney to the want of orders filled and signed. Oa Monday I visited the office, and told the clerks I was there expressly to see the crew have their raiment, and should not leave until I saw the last boy receive his order, ard then gave Mr. M. my draft of protest, which was accomplished that doy, and not, as be as eerts, when I psid my crew off, which was nos till the next day. As my offivers and most of my crew | are now on their passage here, I shal] leave the man- ner of their trestment to be explained by themselves, | and then it wi!l be seen whether they “bore them- public opinion, seemed to render it necessary to call | selves cheerfully.” Not withing to be too prolix, I in something, and accordingly an assessment was Jaid to the enormous amount of one mill on the dol- lar. This, it is euppored, is all that will ever be necessary for any stockholder to pay. The means relied on to give consistency and re- spectability to the undertaking, are gifts of lands to be procured from the federal government and fron the State of Texas, with a fat mail contract fora long eeries of years. With a sufficient number of millions of acres, aud a mail contract of from tiree to five million dollars yearly for fifty years, it is pro- bable that the ‘stock, havwg cost its authors and holders exactly cne mill on the dvllar, will rise to something substantial. Supposing it rises en twenty dollars a share, the portion of Mr. RJ. Walker will fetch the sum of two million, pase i the pleasant little profit of one million, nine hand: and ninety thousand dullare—which would go far to- | ward yeying off the repudiated debt of Mississippi, @ purpore his patriotism wuld naturally lead him to devote it to. Or, if he should prefer to keep the shares till the lands were sold. ey borrowed on the bonds of the company, the road actually completed—-upposing he could tive to the vevera.b'ce age which that would impl, ould then be the owner of ten millions of stov @ par, and payizg as great a dividend as ever was expected from Law's Mississippi scheme or the grea: South Sea babble. Such are the general features of a plan which al ready holds out glittering temptations to the geutle men of the press, and will soon appear with big bribes in hand at the doors of Congress. These ribes are not offered in ready money, but ia this wonderful stock itsei, We have not the slichtest doubt that any respectable journalist, who wishes to sell himself, may obtain from five thousand to two hundred thousand dollars, according as he is sharp ata bargain. Forthe honor of the profesmon, we trust that no one will take less than the latter sum. As for the price of a Congressman, or an Executive official, we have ne advice to give; and besides, there is no reason to doubt that he commodity will be held up to its full market value, especially as the sellers are well aware that that the article given in exchange costa the buyers nothin; % | howe who are green We add, for the information of in such matters, that they are sometimes arranged without the actual delivery of he scrip; the journal- ist or official gets his douceur in stock, but in order to save trouble, the party furnishing it takes it off his | hands at once, and down the premium he might expect to get on it in This mode of the market. transacting the business also affords an opportunity of Te] 1g @ Movement in the stock. Thus A gives B id for services rendered, or to be ren- a dezed to the ocm| , and at the same time, bi sie RES Te cent premium, or such other rate as the state o market will justify. Thus B receives $500 or $1,000 without a stroke of a pen, and it is reported next day as a bona fide sale of a thousand shares at an ad- rie mere exponary of uth t ought to suf: e mere exposure of such 8 project ought to suf- fice for its extinction, and there'are indications that the public judgment is not misled with regard to it. Not one respectable journal has yet been found to lend itself to the scheme—and we dure say it has not | been fcr want of solicitation and proposals—while an honorable war bas been declared against it in many quarters. In Congres, too, it has to encounter the redoubtable opposition of Col. Benton, Gen. Rusk, and cther gentlemen, who cannot be seduced by the allaremente of the most briliiant speeulation in moon- shine shares. But its supporters are active, their power of invention and intrigue at, their offers Javish, and unless public atteution is kept alive to the subject, their project may become a much more for- midable hindrance in the way of o genuine Pacific railroad enterprise than the real friends of that great national desiceratum now ioagine. It ie earnestly to be hoped that the next cession of Congress should not pass by without the adoption of ticabie plan for the building of some honest aud prac the road. Ther y is urgent, and after the re- port of the officers mit to explore, there will be little difficulty in determinios which is the most easy and advantegeous route. What is the best mode of getting the work accomplished will not eo readily be agreed on, but it is certain that in one form or anv- ther the sid of the government must be had. Oa this head there is one suggestion which may well be borrowed fromthe plan of Asa Whitney, a man of large mind and noble ideas, vith whom the Pacific @ sore than a stoex specn- lation. Mr. Whitney progosed that the road should be built from the products of puble lands, and that baving thus been con-tiucted from ose property of the whole country, it shoul! not be converted into a source of private gain, but that the charges for sage and transportation shonld be eo redueed as simply to suffice for running expenses and repairs. Here is a sound princip'e, so fer as the road is built by the money of private subseribers, actually paid in and used in the work, it ought Py a pratt ike any other A ae enterprise; but if three-quarters or seven eighths of the means of building it are de- rived from the federal governinent, it ought, so far to be held as public property, open to public use at rates similar to those contemplated in the Whitney project. The cheapness of transportation thus at tained would immensely enhance the public benefits of the work, and add moral grandeur to its colossal magnitude a8 an industrial en‘erprise. Pork in St. Lovis.—We can hear of nothing in the packing line—no contracts or engagements of any sort. Our packers still offer $4 for No 1, delivered this and early next month; but berond one or previously reported. we leara of nothing are inclined to think, however, t been made vhich are bept private. for what reason, we know not~ unless it ia to prevent the idea from getting abcoad tbat there is anybody in St. Louis willing or abla to buy hegs, It is known, nevertheless, that $3 75 nad $4 can beo per 160 Ibe more on w really fine weighing 200 Ibs. or over. It ix be the early curing in this city will Ket. The hegs, therefore, nord of fatest kind ki 2,000 to 3,000 head the prineiy boxed meats 80 KOON 8 ° in suitable “i hogy arrive, The opinion prevails nt prove Rnglish cute and larting wilt oousnae the bulk of the hogs cat at tbls pointy Wiriled acd banked eats beg in voostive.”"—St, Lewis Jatclligencer, who buys them of B at | ie | ined, and we would venture to seore up 260 | would merely state that in mine of the 4th October, i I complained of my detention, (whereby I was too late for the steamer,) and did not speak in terms of | censure so much for myselt as I did for my desti ute crew, nore of whom ‘“‘refused to join in the protest,’’ but some of whom, after being paid off, offered to do 80, simply because Col. A. told me there was no occa- sion, those already signed being sufficient. One did say he would not sign the protest until he was paid his wages. I will conclude by giviog an extract from Capt. Dargett’s letter, wherein I received a drefton the Union Bank fir a)l my wants, end the conversation I had with Co!. A. upon the sub- ject :—“I regret I did not send you the funds ‘at first, but I was ignorant of the amount you would require, and I presumed there would be no objection onthe part of the Consul t> advance the money.” The emphasis is in the original. At the time I held | the drait in my hand Col. A. held another for the £10 advanced, when he remarked—“Captain, your agent in Glasgow appears to be a prompt business map.” I respoiuded, * Yes, and I am happy to see that you bave received your remittance before I left Lon- don.” He said: “Cxptain,bad I known that my succes- sor would not Lave besa here at this time, I should cer- tainly have advonced you the funds; but really I did expect Mr. Sanders here befcre new.” 1 remarked that I wished he bad dose so, for that it would have faved me a great sourze of annoyance, but that now t was of uo avail. Mr. Marquetti may wish to see how his name would look in print, and justly says | that I did nst expect to see mine; bad I have done go, I should have detailed the scene at the clothier’s, in Ratliffe highway; therefore I shall close this unplea- sant business until the arrival of those who will cor- | roborate my statements. Respectfully, your obédient eervant, Bens. Rosse, Master of late ship Southerner. The Winter Prospect In Ni Orleans, [From the New O:leans Picayune, Nov. 12 ] The election is over—a result for waich we are truly thankfal. The votes have been counted, the ad- ditions and comparisons made, the results published and well known. The noise, shouting, speech mak- ing, bustle and excitement, have ail been concluded. The killed and the wounded have been properly cared for, and ‘‘ to the victors belong the spoils.” Men accustomed to “dime drinks’ have purged themselves of the Lah imbibed at the picayune shops, while drinking with the wedbeed Gt the head- | aches and heart-bi g8 are over, and the feverish and delirious excitement with which the community has been afflicted has happily disappeared. With such a good riddance from politics and elee- tion, the prospect before us for scenes of greater uti- lity and more pleasantness is cheering. Our’ citi- zens, as well as our transient population, have mostly returned to us. The city was never more healthy. Families have become settled in their domiciles, | The yearly repairs to stores and dwellings have been completed. The greatest variety of both useful and fanciful merchandise has been received b; our merchants, and is now temptingly clapayed, The ranks of all professions, artizans, mechanics and laborers, are now full, and the soldiers of the differ- ent occupations are ready to receive marching or working orders. j Country merchants, planters, and even the good women folks, are now visiting us, to make their win- ter chases. Ships and steamboats are maltiplying each day in number at our wharves, while the levee, having been thoroughly repaired, presents a scene of | Unsurpassed bus'ness activity, with ite vast piles of | country produce or foreign merchandise, each seek- ing its appropriate market. With these facts, aaited with general prosperity, large crops, and the well known energy of cur people, the promise of a sno oye ed profitable business season is unusually ering. In matters of amusements, sociel enjoyments, and meats! pleasures, the glance shead is full of cheering aseurance of ‘a good time coming.” At no time witbia our remembrance have all our theatres and concert rooms been in the same good order as at tre present time. The St. Charles, the Varieties, and the Orleans theatres bave been thoroughly altered, decorated, and much improved; the Amphitheatre is entirely 1ew, while the fine concert room: of the Odd Fellows’ Hall and Mechanics’ Institute were finished oaly last year, and Armory Hill was then repaired and rearranged. Many other goncert and ball rooms about the city are now in the hands ot zens undergoing repairs. The ‘ play-actor peo are now daily arriving; musical artists are on way hither; lecturers nave been engaged; our tes and fashionables have returned with lots e of white kids, opera glssses, and foreign airs; race hores are in training, and—but what is the use of adding to the catalogue? The list of attractions is leng enough already to drain our pockets and drive us half frantic with delightfal anticipstions. Resignation Or A New Orteays Jupae.— Judge Larue, of New Orlesns, on the 12th instant, addressed a letter to the Governor of Louisiana, re signing his office of Judge of the First District Court. ‘The reason assigned for this step we give in tue re- tiring Judge’s own language :— 1 would be happy to rerve tne Stato in the office which I pow hold, but I cannot afford it, I must pay my debts and rupport my family, and therefore find myself andor the necrasity of returning to the practice of my pro‘es- tion. Tho ralary allowed in 4646 to the incumbent of the piace which } now hold, war Barely sufficient to maintain, with strict economy, a rmall household; but times have | changed since then though the salary remains the sam The rent flux of gold frem Califorom and Australia, and the great increase of paper circulation sli over the world, bave permanently depreciated, and will continue to depreciate, with rome alight flactuatioss, the valae of | money; thus rendering n salary, which was barely aufii | cient im the firat instance, utterly inadequate, from the increase ofthe price of all objects of consumption.” Risen FROM THE Daad.—The New Orieans True | Deta bas the following figures showing the vote cast at the four last elections, from which it appears that notwithstanding the notorious fact that over 10,000 people died of the epidemic, and that from 2,000 to 3,000 of the resident citizess are stil! ab- sent, yet the vote cast on Monday last exeeeds, hy nearly 3,000 ballots, that on former occasi ans :— Presidential ejection, 1848,.........,.. 10,990 Presidential election, November. 1862. 10,670 Governor’s election, December, 1852. . « 9832 \, Monday, November 7, 1853, «18,272 Navigation of the Amazon. ‘ We have been favored, saya the Washi Union of the 20th inst, by a friend, with a copy of a letter written from the mouth of the 5 The question as to the navigation of the river, and of ope jte solitudes to emigration, commerce, steam and civilization, is beginning to occupy a large space in the public mind. Everything that relates to it is received with interest, and we can only hope that Mr. Nesbit mane ones im the opinion which we gather from his letter, the sc: are about to drop from the eyes of Brazil, for certainly no po- hiey could be more blind than that which kept the Amazon and its wilderness of wealth shut up Pre the enterprise of the age and the commerce the world. The paragraph in the National Intelligencer of erdey in regaré to the a} ‘tment and action of Tir Senitett, as consul, on subject, contains in- formation which oper to * and which we suspect will turn out to be incorrect: — Pana, Brazil, Oct. 31, 1853. Dear Sir:—* * * vious vw our at for this point with the two steamers for exploring she Amszon, &c., (Dr. ore’s contract.) I promised to drop you a line or two occasionally, if anything of interest should happen to occur. I therefore will new iry to redeem a portion of that promise. We left New York on the 21st ot July, and reach- ed the pilot station, at Salinas, in twenty-six days. Capt. Hudson followed Mr. Maury’s direstions alto- gether, and made the best run of the season. * * * The an eriien here had received Tabet sors tei to give e' ay assistance in their power eulerpcie, which they very cheerfully did, and al- | lowed Dr. W. the use of the arsenal or navy yard, with the privilege of lighters, &c., which added very much to the 5] cessful completion of the job. It is just e weeks to-day since the keels were laid, and this day week is appointed for launching the vessels, with all the mac! on board and in proper order, except the boilers, and with the greatest part of the cabin and upper works complete; so that we hope to be on our way up the mighty Amazon about the time you ase reading Pre- sident Pierce's first message. Quick work; bat Yan- kee enterprise. & You are familiar, I lmow, with the twenty-year contract to a Brazilian company for the exclusive privilege of navigating this river. This company has two steamers in successfal operation on the Amazon; but the people of this empire have been, and are now, very much dissatisfied with the charter thus given, 2nd have been importuning the governmeat on the subject so much thas the Emperor has ordered a com- mission of the Senators to meet at this place for the purpose of exarcining and deciding upon the legality ‘Uf this twenty-year contract. This commission, now in session, bay found a flaw in the contract, and is about brongunclsg it illegal, and, of course, void. They are about, I learn, to offer the said. company pay forall they have paid out, break up ‘concern, aud leave the river navigation free to all Brazilian citizens. Bot some of them seem to think that this is a Yankee trick—that Brother Jonathan will form companies under Brazilian names, who, of c>urse, will macage the business in theirown way. Others are of opinion that it bad better be opened at once to all flags. Between the two parties | think and hope | it will be so arravged that American enterprise can | have a ‘finger in the pie.” Indeed, if this monopo- | lizin, COM ARY, is broken up, the Amazon may he cousidered free; broken up it will be, and that very | soon. Many ot the most intelligent citizens here con- sider it es good as broken up at the present time; at all events, those most interested, and they are the most influentia!, are determined that the river shall be opened. There has been a very considerable change in pub. lic opinion, I am told, since Lieut. Herndon left here. He bas left his mark behind him, which is exercising a silent and effectual influence; he isTespected here, and his report is looked for with intense interest, es- pecially by the mercantile and American portion of the population, and 1 must ask of you the favor to send me one or two copies of it to the care of H. B. Dewey, Exq., American consul here, who will do me the kindness to forward to me at every opportunity. I want exceedingly to cee it, as I shail not return to | the United Strtes probably for a couple of years or more, and, of coarse, will be very much cut off for | that period of time from everything like society and rees. Plense give my respects to Lieut. Herndon; and if you tind anything of interest to the public in my scrawls you are at liberty to use them. I will give you nothing but facts in my rough way. A news- paper would be very acceptable once in a while. | Yours, very respectfully, Ropsext Nesurr. News from El Paso. Mr. Edrington, eays the Austin American of the 5th inst., one of Stewart’s company, arrived from El Paso on the Ist instant. He wasone of Capt. Kia- sey’s command. They went by wayot Bl Paso from Delaware to Donana—leaving that place about the 18ta of September, they followed northeast course to the Organ mountains. Several veins of silver were fcund, ove of which Major Stevers is working with protit. Thereare evidences at several points of theee mines having been worked—rocks blasted, &c. The party made oue blast which threw up silver ore. Avout a mile from the mines there is a large pine | firest. Near the spot is a spring of good water and o jarge and besutiful cave. From Stevenson’s mines they left for El Pa-o; from there Mr. Edr®gton and companions came to San Antonio with Smith’s train. On Devil's river they met a party of Lipan Indians, who reemed friendly. About the 17th October, near Fort Inge, three soldiers were on te road with a wa- gens the Lipars come upon them—two of the sol- iers ran avd escaped, the other raised up in the wa- ae ard was shot through the body with a ball and illed. Tbe Indians carried off the team, consisting of six mules. Mr. EB. said nothing of their haviog mn pureued. This, in addition to our former in- formation leaves no doubt of the hostility of the oor e San Antonio Ledger of the 5th says:— Capt. William Smith arrived on Phursday last from El Paso, which place he left an the 1st of October. He reports that on the morning of his departure, a man came in with an arrow sticking in his leg, which was shot there by an Indian, within a mile and a half of bis place. He also confirms previous reports, that it is impossible to keep any kind of stock, unless kept within enclosures, and that they are not safe even then, unless men are constantly with them, day aud night, Cattle are not permitted to go any distance to graze, so daring are the Indians in their depredations. These facts skow the neces- sity of soe at that par They not only want troops for the name of having them, but troops well mounted, for active field service. Unless the tro; kent there be mounted, their presence will not do much towards restraining the Indians. They will only be deterred from coming within gunshot dis- boot Pursuit they know, will be out of the ques- ion. Meeers. Dutton & Fristo, El Paso traders, came in witb Capt. Smith, who will freight back for these gentlemen. The captain's train arrived on Tue:day last, bring- ing about $100,000 in specie, for our merchants. A part of the captain’s train will return with the government train. Texas Items. The Texan says the four Sonpenion of the Righth Infantry that been ordered to El Paso have now been ordered to New Mexico, to join Gen. Garland’s commend. Two companies of artillery and one of monnted riflemen will proceed to El Paso, in place of the Bighth Infantry battalion. The Brazos river is reported to be navigable as far as Richmond. The steamer Major Ha and one or two schooners, had gone up at last advices for aor te i bey! planters are fast hauling ia their cotton to the landings. A gentleman from the Sabine Pass informs us that the Ssbine and Neches rivers are now in navigable condition, but that there is but one boat at preseat there. A very considerable increase in the ship- ments of cotton will take ai this year over any previous yeer from that port. Ike Texas Ranger soys there is talk of Gov. Bell raising a Jew companies of rangera to protect the frontier agelnst Indian hostilities, recently threat- ened. ‘The Houston Tlegraph, of the 4th inst., gives the following account of the continued sickness in Richmond: Mr. 8. Allen, who visited Richmond on Saturday las', informs as that the yellow fever is soll yaging in that town with unabated maliznity, An ut twenty-six persons had died of this disease, avd several were still sick and in a critical situation. Only forty or fifty persons remained in the town.” The News publishes a list of those who have died from the epidemic since the 21st of August last, at which time the first case of fever occurred. Siace that time to October 31,there had been four hundred and fifty-five. We take the following items from the Huntsville tem of the 5th inst.:—The weather has grown cold in the last two or three days, just the same as old Winter himself. In Cincinnati we hear of no new cases of yellow fever, though several more deaths have occurred. The town has lost some of its best citizens, and some time will be required before it re- covers from the shock. Cotton has begun to arrive on the banks of the Trinity. Eight companies of the Fitth Infantry, says the Li | Sk Boe Sau Antonio tor Hagle Pass on the 31st ot Ov ober. Hemp Cror ix Kentucxy.—We exhibit below a ‘statement of the quantity of hemp raised in the State duricg the year 1850, as shown by the census tables of that year. fhe counties enunerated are the onl, counties in which the article is raised, and the result shown may be relied upon as correct, or as near 90 as can be arrived at. One county shows 930 tons of water rotted hemp. If this isan error, it is not in the quantity, but the quality. Is is put down as | down and cruelly beaten, were robbed of | verdict of water rotted in the eensus returns, and may only be placed in the wrong column ;— 4 Dew Rotted. Water Rotted. In the State.......545 16,432 1,356 1,366 BOM) ss sercisvrey » 78 Soyuz Buxpress. ooo Bownur “Tezanise' Cyaicine’ which has TRE wi been successfully produced “at this theatre, is to be played eo this evening, the names of Mra. Hamb- and his trained horses appear. = a4 Broapway Tuearry.—Miss Julia D: pears tonight, as Julia, in the “ Hunehback.” “Mean, way plays Master Walter. "8 en; ment is limited to this week, her admirers will to well to secure seats carly. Nisio’s Garpen.—Seats can be secured for the formance of ‘The Prophet” to-morrow night, y application at the box office to-day. Bourron’s Tavatax.—Three comic pieves are an. i Antony and Cleopatra,’ “The Serious Family,” and the “ Toodles.” Bur+ ton appears in two of his best characters. Nationa, Toeares.—' Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is anneunced for this evening, being its one hundred and twenty-first representation. A new tableau has been arranged for the jinale, and it is said to be highly effective. Wattacx’s Tararke.—Miss Laura Keene an- nounces her benefit for this evening, when Tobin’s comedy, “The Fae Moon,” will be played without mutilation, and in five acts, as it was written, Mr. Lester plays the Dake, Mr. Walcot Rolando, Mr. Clarke Jaques, and Miss Keene Juliana. ‘The Pet of the Petticoats” is also to be played. Aurrican Museum.—Amusing comedies are ane nounced for this afternoon, and in the evening the a iia ey Ende ae Cabin” is to be played. the fes, the bearded lad: other curioaities, ate also to be seen. a gee ot Broapway M&naGERIE AND Musrum.—This es- tablishment is now open at 337 Broadway. A vari- ety of amusing Wig eee he are given, and the me- nagerie is a fullone. The whole entertainment ia given at a democratic price. .. Tne Hirroprome.—Franconi’s troupe will give brilliant performances during this week, as it is their last. The hunting scenes, Olympic games, and so forth, will be given this afternoon and evening. -Bowery Crrcvs.—A new entrée is produced thig. week, and various cther novelties have been brought forward. The troupe is foll and effective, Curisty’s Mixstrets, at No. 472 Broadway,. give one of their varied and interesting entertain- ree to-night. Something. is given to amuse every- ly: Woon’s Minstrers, No. 444 Broadway, give a- concert thia evening, with two or three burl sa ed acts, which ure very amusing. “The Hong Warblers,” the “ Holiday Dance,” and many other good things, this evening. Buckxiey’s.—It is announced that Buckley’s “Norma” burlesque has been very succeseful, and it will be centinued through this week. Their hall ia at 539 Broadway. Burrz continues to be a3 amusing as ever at Stuy- vesant Institute. The trained canary birds are very clever in their feats. Mr. J. W. Wallack, Sr., is playing at the Howard Atheneum, Boston. Mies Julia Gould, late of the New York theatres, has sailed for California. At the Howard Athenwum, Boston, Satarday af- ternoon, D. 8. Palmer was severely injured by being accidentally hit with the butt of a musket. He | swconed soon after, aud was carried from the stage. Miss Charlotte Cushman is underlined at the Hay- market theatre, London. Court of General Sessions. Before His Honor Judge Beebe. CONVICTED. Nov. 21—H'ghway Robbery.—The trial of twa young men named Levi Weeks and James Hosey, for highway robbery, was concluded to-day. From the proceso it appeared that on the night of the rob- ery, the complaicant, aloog with an acquaintance, went into a porter house in Third avenue, near Fortieth street, and while there was insulted by one of tbe prisoners, Ho:ey; but bein; prictipescsen le. citizens, they did not resent the injury. Upon their egress.ng from the premises, they were attacked b; the prisoners from Lehind, aud after pecans 1d watch worth $50, and tank ills to the amount of $35. The prisoner Weeks, it appeared from Captain Walling of the Bighteenth ward police, when arrested had in bis a bad bill of the Commercial Bank of Perth Amboy, J., identified as a portion of the money taker from Mr. Yejar, the complainant; and onthe ef Wm. Sparks, one of the prisoners, but not om trial, was also found the watch of complainant. These, together with other circumstances, induced the counsel for the prosecution, Mr. Hall, to ask a guilty at the hands of the jury. For the defence, good characters were shown for the prisoners, ard also evidence to show that the bill found with Weeks did not belong to the}complainant, 8s it was seen in his possession a few days previous to the robbery. Afterall the evidence for the de- fence had been concluded, the counsel for the prisoners summed up the evidence, which occupied abont two hours and a half. The learned Aseistan' District Attorney, Mr. Hall, then summed up the evideace for the prosecation in an able manner, reflecting very creditauly upou the conduct of the police who arrested the deszeradoes, as he termed them. The Court then charged the jury, who retired at 4 o'clock and returned about 5}, when they rendered a verdict of guilty of highway robbery against Weeks, and one of assault and battery against Hosey. The prisoners were then remanded to prison for sentence, PLEAS OF GUILTY. Manslaugh‘er in the Fourth Degree.—A dejected looking man tamed Thos. Murphy was then placed at the bar charged with the homicide of - ling, on the 5th of Ncvember, by stabbing him in the abdomen with a jack knife. On being asked by txe'clerk if he was guilty, he, by advice ef his counsel, pleaded guilty to manslaugh- ter in the fourth degree. The Court, looking upon the prisoner as an object of pity, accepted his plea. The prisoner was then remanded until Wednesday, when affidavits in mitigation of punishment will be presented by his conveel. Assault and Battery.—A foreigner named Fran/ cisco Lacedo, indicted for sodomy, in having commit- ted an indecent assault on a youth James Cook, pleaded guil+y to assault and battery, and waa sentenced to one year’s imprisonment in the peni- tentiary, to be fined $250, aud stand committed until the fise is paid. THE ELEVENTH WARD RIOTERS. __ This case, which was sct down for to ddy, was then called on, and a jury was empanneiled, wher caress conan eae willing lead guilty to assault an The Court after Wteinte, fee the comp! ta in this cage for a few moments, agreed to accept the pleas of the defendants. The following persons, who were indicted some months ago for a riot in the Eleventh ward, were then rem: until Wednea: day for sentence:— lenry Henry, Francis Kane, Andrew Hughes, Matthew Dogherty, John Peg ete David came Patrick Hughes, John Eee: ames Hughes, Wil- liam Londery, Patrick Mulholland, Mathew. Henry, James Campbell, and Henry Hughes. SENTENCED. Petit Larceny—Jobn Fitzgerald, who was in- dicted for grand larceny in having stolen a. bale of cloth, valued at $25, from a German, named Carl C. Martin, was convicted of petit larceny only, and was ba to six months confinement in the Peni- tentiary. pay, comprising 2 ACQUITTED. Grand Larceny.-A German woman, named Margaret Shultz, was acquitted’ of stealmg a Ree containing some few dollars and two due bills, to. he amount of $250, from a conntrywoman of hers, named Mary Swartz, and was accordingly discharg- @ trom custody. Hogs rv 8. Lovrs.—The Intellegencer, of tae At nst., has the following:— The first sale or contract of any note in» this mar ket, this season, took place yesterday. An engaze- ment was made by a city packer for 1,500 head Mis gouri fed, to be delivered before the 20th of J :nuary, at the following rates—all under 180 Ibs., $3 75; and all above that weight, $4 net. As we stated yesterday, packers are in the market for No. 1, at $4, delivered this month; bat as yet we have ascertained no sales that can be considered a criterion for early delivery. One packing establish- ment bas between 5,000 and 6,000 contracted for, in- cluding the 1.600 purchased yesterday. The re- mainder were bought several weeks since, a ion to be delivered here, and the balance on the Missouri river. These hogs cost, on an average, from $3 75 to $3 87}, but they cannot be considered strictly No. 1, as they are all Missouri fed, and hogs fattened in this State do not turn out as well in weight and qua- lity as Illinois or lowa fed. We thini there is ver litde doubt about the market for No. 1 opening at $4, or a shade above; xt all events, they can be sold now for early delivery at $4. One or two. ‘es are offering to contract smalt Jota of new lard to arrive. Before the close of the present week, one if not two small lots will have been received from the upper rivers. The opening price may range from 9 to 94 cents. Information has been received that the work of slaughtering has been commenced at Weston, on the Missouri river. 2,000 to 3,000 hogs have been cut, chiefly for rendering into lard, costing from $2 50 to $3 per 100 Iba. net; and en ita can be made for 4,000 to 5,000 more, deliverable after the 14th, at $2.50. The inerease in numbers on the upper Mis- souri is estimated at 20 to 26 per cent over last year Court of Oyer and Terminer. Before Hon. Judge Kxwards, TRIAL OF WOODSON ANDBSSON FOR THE MURDER OP JOHN BRANNEGAN. Nov. 21,.—The witoenses for the defence in this case bemmg sor~pooming, it wae laid over uutil Saturday,