The New York Herald Newspaper, December 3, 1853, Page 3

of Marie Louirs Morgan, to te used at a trial of a petition for divorce before the Supreme Court next to be holéenat Newpert, within and for ssid county of Newport, on the frst Monday of March, 1864, wherelu said Maurie Loulas Morgen is petitioner, and William R, Morgan is reapond ent, and the said respondent, beiny notified twenty-f¢ hours and upwerds of the time and place, was present ia person acd by attorney at the taking thereof. (Signed,) WILLIAM GILPIN, Justice of Peace. TESTIMONY OF RICHARD SHAW, SHERIFF. Newport, bring duly worn; yet saw bc W. 8 Morea lewport, july sworn, says—I saw Mr. W. af his private room in the Truvo Honte: L went up to him and asked if his name was Morgan; 1 then informed him that I was the Sherif of the county of Newport, ‘and had come to take his wife: he wanted to know if I had come to take his children, also; I was directed by one of the counsel to ray yes; I did so: he raised his arm aud put his hand upon me; I put my hand upon his shoulder and told him to stand back; MMs, ‘Morgan was present and wanted the children; the writ was not for the ctildren; I said yes at the suggestion of the counsel; Mr, Morgan did et demaed’ my warrant; I told him what it was; I then the nurse to dete : the un amp Whe cnestion whether th luggage sho ma; in eee upon being consulted, replied that he neither refused nor Formitted it; Mr. and Mra. M. were talking with the nurse in French while I was in the room; he said stay; Mr. M. wished to stop me from taking the children by using force; he did not try to take the writ from me. Cross-exsmined—Mr. Morgan p ut his hand upon m:; shoulder; he behaved like a gentleman after that; T told him to stand back. fh seg oF P7OROR Davis. - of Newpor' ay a swol says:—I was at the Bellevue House at the time whem tho arsault upon Mr, Hone took place; Twas driving stage; Mr. Mathew Morgan did not interfere; he was some fif- teen fest distant from his brother; Mr. Winthrop took him off, and snatched the cowhide away from Mr. W. R Mor- in. and Mr. Mathew Morgan then advanced, took his ther by the arm and Jed him away; Ihad no reason to interfere in this quarrel; I tried it once and it cost me something: (the witness here looked very serious;) m: Inst interference in a difficulty of this sort cost me $20; Spice tha sidewelk; one gentleman was upon the piazua o atel, TESTIMONY OF HENRY G. CRANSTON, G. Cranston, Exq., attorney and counsellor Jaw, (ona of the counsel for the defendants,) was here ealled to the witness box—During the taking of testi- mony upon the petition for divorce Mra. Morgan was sit- ting upon a sofa en the north side of the court room; I was ten feet from her and fronting her; I looked for marks of violence upon her face; her veil was down part of the time; T also saw her with her veil thrown up, and could see no marke, although I noticed clorely; when the purse described the scars she left the table and went up to the wingow—the east one; while she had her head thrown back in that direction somebody pulled aside the cur- taius; then the nuree described the scars, as in her depo- ; she had e bonnet on; when Mrs. Morgan lett the window she took # seat by Mr. Sheffield, within about six feet of my position: she had her bonnet on still; I saw no mark; I had on those glasses, which don’t help my sight; my sight is as gocd os it ever wos, or nearly so; when I tax my, vision—as I did in that case—I look over my glas- res; I don’t undertake to say that there were no marks; the nurse described tie marks in French, Dr. T. C, Dunn translating. xy TESTIMONY OF DR. T. 0. DUNN. Dr.T C Dunn. of Ne«port, RL, being auly sworn, said—I saw the lady (Mrs. Morgan) at the time mentioned and did not see any marks of violence; she wore her bon- net, and [ think a voil; I was for the purpose of translating; I looked for the marks out of curiosity. Mr. Payne, one of the defrndsnts’ counsel, here remarked that his client attributed much of the difficulty which had eccurred betw: <n himse f and his wife to the malign influence of her faiher and mother, the Seldens; that he had invariably observed when away from their influence that they lived tegether most happily. while usder other ciroumetances the reverse was the case. TESTIMONY OF GEORGE D. BREWSTER. George D. Brewerton, of Brooklyn, N. ¥., being daly swern, eays:~ Iam an occational reporter for the public press; I waa, during the last summer, the special cocres ent of the New York Dai/y Zinvs at this place, when first heard of the difficulties between Mr. William B, Morgan and biswife, which reached my eara through the medium of a common rumor shortly after they had oc- curred; I was dispcaed to treat the whole matter lightly, and menticned it in my letters to the Times sa _@ rumor wanting foandation—a paseirg scandal of the day; after there things had assumed » more serious bearing, when not only common report proclaimed their truth, bat the intervention of the law had been called in, I felt it my duty to publish the whole facts, with the names of the concerned, anxious to obtain the most trath ul jpformation, and also to furnish that information in such & way that it ehould least wound the feelings of a lady whom Ihac rot the slightest reason to regard with any- thing but the mort profound respect; I took the liberty of waiting upon di ne, then sivpping st the Be'leyue | Eoure, It with him, and thereby plase 0 m as Bhould be most istently with the truth) to the feelings of a; I bad, pi ) to this interview, never sven Mr. one to my knowledge; I did not then know him until he was pointed out to me; we me: in the lower hall of the Bellevue; I said, ‘Sir, H. permit me to introduce wyself to you; my name is Brewerton; I have call ed upon you to axk for yout suggestions in relation to the affair of Mre. Morgan; Mr. Hore at first misunder- stood my meaning, and exprewed some rise, and, I think, a little indignation, that I should believe him capa- | dle of giving me a one sided statement; I then undeceived | bim, and eaid, “Mr. Hone, my object in thus calling upon qs is to spare, in my comaunieations to the paper which | repre-ent, the festings of a whe is now under your | Serban sl this matter must go to the pudlic prints; itnot better, then, that it should enter the columas of one of the most wicely circulated papers in the country fas trotbful and proper fo m?? Mr. Hone then said, “Me. Brewei ton, Lean give you no in ormation on this subject; | you can have no ¢ifficulty ia learning the facts from other | sources; these things are the talk of the town; but this I do say to you, that if your pen was the only channel through which these unhappy eircumstances will go into | the public prints. I would cl eertully give you fy: haa- | dred dollars to suppress the;”’ to thia Ireplied, ‘I under- | stand, of ccurse, Mr. H., that you are supposing @ case, &s I cannot believe that you would be willing to {nsult me by offering = bribe; this is a matter in which money | ould have no influence over me; Iam here under s con tract, aud rhall perform it ;” we then parted; I must do Mr. Hone the justice to say, that I do not believe him ble of doing an underhand »ction; throughout our w he displayed a manly and straightforward desire to act the part which becomes an honorable man, ARGUMENT OF SAMUEL AMES. Samuel Ames, Keq , of Providence, then rose and com- menced his argument for » mitigation of the sentence to be proncunced against the accused. Tne learned gentle- | oan enid:—I shall occupy but a small portion of yuur , time. The defendants have test pro; to the charge of an assault comuit ig parcon | of Mr. Hove. Tha’ they istended to inflict no great amount of personel injury is abundantly proved from He ature of the weapon which they ysod, There war, 60, LO Bormous violence cone cr Cntemplated in this tack. True, Mr. Hong comes {rward and tells us that is afilcted wita a beart complaint, which might ren- Ger the excitement attertent upon such ap attack pre: judicial, if not absctately dangerous; bat is there auy svicerce to show that the defendants were aware of bis infrmity? It has been proven that they were utter strangers until the night of their meeting | at the Bellevue—until the houw when the pra- wecuter attempted to deprive him of bi, wife andcf his children. This, therefore, should not affect the sentence your Honor is to pronounee, for it was un- we tomy cients. If Mr. Hone was in the situation which he describes, it seems most fingular to me thet he should have enterea upon a courte which was so well calculated to lead to just such scenes an these Common prudence should have warned him to avoid causes which | ld necessarily geperate groat excitement I regret most deoply that th tangleé difficulties should have been gone into by the opposite party a: all, except no far a it was necessary to establish the position of the prose- eator, We don’t object to Mr. Hone’s interference ina Proper manner. Under such civcumstances, as the old and familiar frienc of he nts, and in accordance with the application of the lacy herself, such interven tion seems not jmuproper. What we complain of is the manver and spirit of that interference; his me iiation skould have been in the spirit of peaes and friendliness. But how different is the eral which he displays? How widely different from the o uree which the experience of so many years should hive dictated. He is not satisied with beliolding a reconciliation between my client aud his wife, but even after the reconciliation has taken place—when be knew that such was the fact—he Bull attempted to break those peacefal relations which had #0 recently been re etablished betreen Mr. korgan end bis wife; from all of which we believe that the manuer cf Mr. done’s interference with the af- fairs of wy client was an unwise and ill regulated one, ealculatei to do no’ good, but rather harm. Except s eokdress; growing outof the interviews of Mrs. Morgan | with cerisin ladies of high respectability, we have no proof of any great cifficulty between them up te the time of Mx, Hone’s most uewise intervention Now, my client | had 8 perfect right, in governing his yourg wife, to ey | with whom she should or should not assvciate, That Sppro7 bis taste in this instance I will not say; the Jadies whose visits to his w 2 anne yed him were, as I have already stated, people of high [donee aU esti mable people, of whoa I know one personally, and the othe: by reputation: but, as I have said elvewhere, ve ewantto open there diMealtie«afreah; things hare now dean reconc led, ard to go into might interrapt that | Feeonciliation. 'Except a shriec—exeept » mark not #0 large as the nurse’s finger nail, und an abrasure upon the nose-—there is no proof that the least personal violence hae ever been inflicted, The nurse, who had lived with them fora iod of fifteen montba, knew of no other diffi- culty but Tia and the coolness growing out of it. My clients have shown, by their affidavits, that their difi- salties are rec: nciled. | It 4s enough that they are recon. eile. Itis most convinci:g proof that the conduct of the defendant waa not as bratal and outrageous a4 tne ecution are wiking to represent, It appears from | affidavits of my clients that the parties have since Bved together harmoniously, here, upon Staten Island, | fm New York, and finely, at a hotel in Paria; and that | Mre. Morgan is now unly waiting for her hasband to | Prepare a house for in New York to join him. Would | She have done all this; gone abroad sith him, and pro- mised to retorn to him here, if she had net seen some inhin? Yet, after this reconciliation between has ard wife has been effected, Mr. Hone is williag to de stroy this ha ppy + tate of affaire by advisiug her todoabt the of her own husbaud—to piace no relianos upon his promises This old men, whose head is white with the grey sof Kixty winters, purausn thia unreasonabie course, ‘What conduct could be bettsr caloalat«d to oxanperste, (as ft did,) my client, young and impulsive ashe is? Mr Hone forgot this in the epirit of hiv interference Now, we don’t deny that thisintérference of Mr Hone’s was in some measure adoty. Bat be shoul’ never have nted it in @ vituperative or a vindietive manver He should have ected the part of a pesowrmuter. Mr. Hone never «aw aay | violence, It waa a rumor current in Newport duriag hign eummer time, when the idie throngs axseia led ia a great summer resort were most willing to lir to aod ciron- Jate ruch ecandais. The prosecator vas old enough to bave Roown tha: ramor iam moxt uncertain thing. 3ut | what does he dc? Without Men. Margaa’s koosledgo or , Tequeet, becaure Mr Morgan wished to prevent his wife from associating with certain ladies who wero dinsgceva- ble to kim, ce sh, by the way, we must confens, wana piece of bad upon for we know Mea. Oris J@ nonally, oud s very agresabie she is,) and because | matters shou!d be recor id. | have thought the same, if his mind had been unclouded. | precedin her, evi | Be bim ir. Morgan) had locked one door of her a} Bier bein; y open, and forbade her receiving of Jetters from these adios, although this lady came a went as she pleased. visiting Mr. Hone and his holding communications with him upon the piazza Truro of use—I aay that fo- such trivial eauses,and in the face of all these facts. which were known to Mr Hone, this Bw tleman, most unwisely, I may say, most untraly that Mrs. open eae restrained of her liberty at the hands of her hus! How is she restrained of her liberty? One of the two doers of her chamber was pe singular method of confisement. ‘This was the prosecutor’s first step. Was this acting cau- tiously and guardedly, thus to hurry into these affairs witb such blind zeal that he even takes the oath of God upon him that she was restrained of her liberty in the fense which she must have been to have bsen entitled to the benefits of & writ of habeas corpus? How iojudicious wes this zeal, and how great was the excitement of Mr. Hone, any man of sense ot ordinary ¢xperience may judge from this, his imprudent line of conduct. Mr. organ had no previous notice of thie writ; but in the ight sea on, after Mrs. Morgan and her chilcren had re- tired, thin gentleman, with his lewyers and the Sheriff, make aa inroad into his private chamber. One of these counsellors has seen fit to state that he accompanied the party Out of delicacy. A strange reason, truly. I don’t ‘now what that gentleman’s ideas ef foliar: may be, but it appears to me the very last method which I should have taken to shew my delicacy under similer circumstances. But thi: zealous gentleman breads into he room. Their visit was unexpected, as the lady was in bed, as also were her children. She was then but ill prepared to receive so much good company. We don’t know hew the: manazed their tion for this suddendeparture. We presume that eriff issued his imperial mandate to the nurse te dress the obildren in dignified manner of a sheriff, Did it never occur to thi heated gentleman that his manner of carrying out this writ was a reedlessly in- sulting and vexatious one? Mr. jan is ever refused a sight of the process by which bis wife and children are to be 1rt from him, any exhibition of whish, although the Sheri’, who was new in office and excited at the tims, neglected to perform his duties, ought at least have been sugges:ed by one of the two counsel learned in the law there present. His wife, being thus carried away by this raid of Captain Hone’s, du: the night season his children beixg reft from him, what wender, then, that m client should feel that the action of the prosecutor tend. cd, and was intended, to degrade and frritate him? Would not any man, under such a state of things, feel exaspera- ted? And I say that this feeling of exasperation is not elways c:imins|—it is net the weakness of human nature, but ite strength ard its glory. The court kere adjourned to meet agaia at hall-past 2 P. M., which was affected by the same formula as that uted in opening the court, except that these words were substituted—‘Depart in peace, and give your attendance in the afternoon.” AFTERNOON SESSION. At half past two o’clock P. M. the court was called to order and the Judge resumed his seat. After some short time occupied in the swearing of cer tain geatlemen from the Emerald Isle—who desired then and there to renounce Victoria and all her works, and to register their allegiance to the United States—the case of the Morgans was again taken up. Mr. Ames rose and proceeded with his ples in behalf of a mitigation of the sentence to be pronounced upon the Morgans. Let us review what took place in regard to the serving of the writ. There was no direction in the Precept to take the children. This is admitted by all. Io regard to the serving of this writ Mr. Sheffild and the Sheriff disagree in their testimony. Mr. Sheffield says no force was used, but that the children went with their mother in accordance with her request. Yet this was the act which draws from him the very natural exclamation—What, my children! will you take them alot? The reply is—‘“I am directed to take them.” My: client did then, and does now believe that,that writ was held back with the intention of taking the children also, He therefore thinks that the prosecutor was willing to go beyond the process and exceed the lay. [am surprised at Mr. Sheffield’s testimony. Ha knew that Mr. M organ had a right tosee that writ. He knew that they were taken under that writ, but contents himself with saying that there would be no impropriety in showing him’ the writ. It should have been shown. Those who went upon this raid against the ener of my clicnt’s famiiy knew it, but neglected todo it. In obedience to the sug- gestions of the Judge, who acvisos « reconciliation, my clien' goes to the Brllevue House. That such was his intention will appear from the testimony of Mr. Hone. He asks for Mr. Hone—goea with himto the room, Mr. Hone goes in and brings the eldest child out into the hall. Mor- gan objects to such an interviow. Could s grenter insult be offerec? What, see his children in the public hall ofa crowded hotel, where every eye would be upon him, and scandalous tongues repeat his eve:y word and ‘look! Delicacy shou! have forbidden ‘such a course, Having none, common humanity should have prevented it. Shortly afterwards, while in that room end er gaged in caressing his children, he is rudely interrup od by Mr. Hone with the remark, ‘There is enough of that; come, let ux proceed to business,’ wko at the saing time reacs or attempts to read a pa; My client would not hear it; he came in a spirit of peacs; he asks to see his wife: refuses. She ha: ‘0 said to Mr. Dumont that she wou'd net be reconciled; and because he (my client) wrung his hands in the very agony of this rejection, he ia supposed to be ivsensible to the indigaity put upon him by the prosecutor. All this we gather from the principal statements given on cne hand or the other, without re- jecting either, which 1 think « very fair mode of acting under existing cireumsiances. Their next interview is on Friday.-at the Bellevue House It forms no small pari of the provocation received by my client, though by no means the greatest. ‘They met to listen wo the testimony upon tke a; plication for divoree. It took place before a commissioner, aud was @ public occasion. Mrs. Otis was giving her testimony. Feeling a sympathy for Mra, Mor. gan, whose friend rhe was, and whose wrongs sho so powerfully paints, sho alxo spoke of the peculiar situation in which Mrs. Morgan found hereelf, and would seem to represext that all carehad bees put upon her. Mr. M had casuelly, as any otber gentleman passing the sammor at Newpert might do. gone off to New York. This accoach- ment happens a week before it is expected—a fall week. Mr. Cransen aska “What did you do?” Why, I eent for ® doctor—thet was sendiug across the strect. I got a nurse to sit with her during the earlier portisa of the night, and yet arother te attend her etalaier period. Was she, then, unp-ovided with the sinews of war, and of love, and of genera‘ion? Did she have no money? All this being known to my client, be naturally says “This is capital!” What does Mr. Hone do? Why, he callshim @ monster to his fsca in the preeence of si] who were as- sembled there. And more than this—what in my impres. sion levels all cifferences between them—he threatens him with personal violence. It is a strance thing, that a man who pleads before us his age und infirmities’ should himself have been the first to threaten viokncs. When aged man pursues auch acourie he does away with the protection afforded him by his white hair and length o! days. 1 Fuppore this little party had hardly ted Leforé ail Were acquainted with the imiignities ch had been offered to my elient We know too much of the course of this kind of scandal to doubt it for a moment. Was th nothing in all this to excite my cli:nt’s indignation against the man who had invaded the sanctity of his hone? Me. George Selden was sent for; he saw both parties, he probed this Cifficulty to its bott’m, he knew their history—the man- ner in which she had been educated—the difficulties an- der which my client bad been laboring. He thought it dest for her—for the welfare of the children—that there The fathar himeelf must The prosecution bave produced w letter from Mr. Selden. I was shocked to hear a father thus write of the husband of his child. My client must be ruined; every dollar must be taken from him; he must be reduced to beggary before he will be satisfied, Iam sorry that this letter ‘was brought forward. My client has ne desire to enter into there difficulties. The motber slways opposed the match from the begisning, and has, since it has taken place, endeavored to eabitter the lives of both. Icannot conceive how one who bad suckleé babes could thus; of the husband of her daughter; but it opens some light upen the difficulties under whica my clieat has beea la boring. My last provocation was that which was communicated to Mr. Morgan upon the night the day upon which the ult was made. . Hone swears that he came on Ss- turday evening, and found her husband sitting with ently upon the terms of a well received guest. If thought that a reconciliation had taken place. He goes away with that impression—the visit 1s com- leted—yet, on Moncay morning Mr Hone goes to this now reconeiled to her husband, sad advises her pot to trust him, telling ber that he deceived her bfore and would deceive er again. Is there anything in the posi- ticn of that gentleman to warrant him, a: the friend of her family, in breaking up a reconciliation between hus band and wife? The caweliia very patient animal, but thers is a last #traw to breat his back. Ido not mean to say that my chent i: not impatiest; on the contrary, ha is young, impulsive, and fuli of blood; but he is herdl, an upgererour man—his reconcijiation with his wife pr.ves that. Had she known no in him it would never have taken place, with ali there influences of pa- revts ard friends which have been arrayed against it Was there nothing in all thia to stir up « natural feeliag of revenge against one who had interfere: wich him, ia tulted aud dared him in the presence of others, and who had shown himeelf willing to renew the quarrel between himeel’ and his wie? We must under- stand the whole matter; we must look at the causes. We must look pot ovly atthe inte:fer-nce but at the nu de in whith he appeared to interfere to my cli- ent. by his injudicious inter ion Mr. H aided fuel to the flame and etrergth to tl ‘torm. He argered the husband, and he at !ast succeeded ia ing the wife alo. She contides t gs to her husband—tella him bow her friend tried to k up their reconciliation. She don this even so late a4 Toerday night. I ask your Honor is there nothing to excuse to human weakners—to ha. man parsion—the offence which has been committed--an act which was not intended to inflict any outrageous in- jury? My client wax held up, from beginning to end, ana monster, When Mra. Morgan wished the chargos of vio- lence and babitaal cruelty to out, as untrue, it wan jetained by Mr. Hove to nasi t their common cause We Co not attempt to justify or palliats the breuch of te Pidee, for which my cliene toust he punished, under the w: but we desire to mitigate that nentence by exhibit- ing am amount of provo:ation which was wost calcu ated to excite and intlume my client egainst the Who can ta} aking fur himself that under siailar cir cumetances he weuld not heve acted in a like manne? I now leave thie care in the hands of yoar Honor. I think your Honor will not be inclined, while sitting as Jucge, to enter into acy feelings of excitement or of in- diguation which may have attended thia Prosec ition. My client bas already suffered erough. For the sake of his wife and his children, who are svon to be wi bh him, I trust that you may me no necessi'y to put any degrading merkupobim. You mut vin ticate the law; but [ nee nothing in the ctreumstances of this case, in view of the excitement under which my client han suffered—Ii ray that I see nothing in it to require more than the usual fine—I see no reason for ‘mprisopment. Wita regard to Mr. Mathew Morgan, Jr, he sympathized with his brother. Whether he acted wisely another question, If he had Gene ro this might have been spared; bat he wan younger, ad, perhaps, more impul-ive im his feel. ings. To talk ¢f controlling these impulses is to talk ignorantly of that which is ove of the noblest, as well as ope of iho weakert, attribntes of our human nature, It in because he ueed words of ace tan that this in- Cictment has been found a at him; that he inter- fered we have the evidence of his own oath; that he ear ried off his brother te admitted by all, only deny that he did not do it soon enough. Honor will not separate these cases, to his disadvantage. REPLY OF THE ATTORNSY GENERAL. To there arguments the learnec Attorney General rose and replied fin his ‘usually able sod eloguont ‘manner, but as they were for the most part a review of the facts as given in the testimony, we must deny ourselves the pleasure of reporting his speech. He considered the cave ore which called most inflexibly for the fullest punish ment allowed by the law. Towards the conclusion of the Attorney General’s argument, a discussion arose as to bow far a fine would be s punishment to the Morgans. This finally elicited the information that W. R. Morgao was worth $80,000, accumulated by bis own exertions since he had come to years of discretion while the oa x waa depen tent upon the charity of his father, tthew Morgan, 8r., of New York, who allowed him $1,200 a year. Upon the Attorney General Cemurring to statement, Mr. Payne remarked that hia client, Mr. W. R. Morgan, knowing that the Attoraey Gereral was fond of speculation, would be willing to sell out his in- terest to him for $80,000 cash; to which the Attorney General replied that he ‘thardly desired am interest in the present prospects of the young gentle: ” @ remak ¥ eémed duly Sypeccianed ry the 6 tors. The Judge then observed that he desired to reexamine the written testimeny, and would give his decision the fol- I think that your |, lowing day as tothe amount of punishment to be in flicted, JUDGE STAPLES’ REMARKS UPON THE EXTENT OF THE PUNISHMENT TO BE INPLIOTED. His Honor then briefly remarked that this case was one which bad caused him much thought and ro little aaxi- ety. The case is an unusual one, We hear of such thi in otker sections of our country; but im the State of Rn Island we have hitherto most happily been unfamiliar with such violations of the law as that to which the de- fenéants have japon The novelty of this out- rageous attack exemplified by all the circumstances at- tending the assault, There is t disparity in the aze ofthe parties. A young man attacks, wantorly, with reconcerted intentic an oldand feeble gentleman of the highest respecta bility and the most unblemished char- acter—attacks him in the presence of his wife, waen he is encumbered with his coat and umbrella. Look the charac! of the weapon used. ed to degrade an honorable man; to disgrace him among his fellows. All these things, I say, ren- render this case an unparalleled one in this State. I esnnot but consider this a most aggravated assault, which requires not simply a fine, but an imprisonment, to vindicate the insulted land, deter others—either our own citizens or strangers from abread—trom a like course, and prove to ell that we have laws which will be moat rigidly enforced. We believe that in the present case the disgrace of imprisonment is required. We do not think that that disgrace can be increased or lessened by the term of that imprisonment. It is the fact that they have been imprironed. Under all the circum-tances of the case, I ehall, therefore, sentence the accused to pay all costs, and be confined for ten days within the walls of the county jail. The Jucge then delivered THE SENTENCE. The sentence cf the Court is, that you W. P. and Ma- thew Morgan, Jr., be imprironed in the State jail, in the county of Newport, for and during the time of ten days, from ‘and after this first day of December, A. D., 1853, that you pay all costs of prosecution and conviction, and that you stand committed until sentence be performed in ail its parts. This rentence was received without any demonstration of applause, (unless one might judge from the pleased ex- pression on the faces of the younger portion of the spec- tators,) aud the prisoners retired with their lawyers to an antechamber to await the making out of the necessary dcouments for their commitment. This done, they pro- ceeded under charge of the Sheriff to the door of the State house, where a carriage and pair had been provided for their accommodation, about half past one P. M. | Chey entered the conveyance with the Sheriff, and disappeared in the direction of their new quarters. Quite « change this, from the very comfortable rooms of frend Rider, of the’ Aquidneck, to a cell in the county jail. THE CIVIL SUIT. PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF ISAAO 8. HONE YS. W. R. MORGAN AND MATHEW MORGAN, JR., IN AN ACTION FOR DAMAGES FOR AN ASSAULT AND BAT- TERY COMMITTED UPON THE PERSON OF THE PRO- BECUTOR IN SEPTEMBER Last. Noe.—It is proper to remark that this case was called in the interim between the close of the arguments in the criminal care and the annourcement of the amount of the sentence to be inflicted for the violation of the crim. inal Jaw. Mr. Potter, one of the counsel for Mr. Hone, rose and made the following remarks:—May it please your Honor, Thold in my hand the written instructions of my client, Mr. Hone, te di continue the two actions brought by him against Wm. H. Morgan and Mathew Morgan, Jr., hle trother, and now pending upon the docket of the Court. Ia compliance with these instructions, and disclsiming now and hence, in his behalf, as ha bimself has before done, all inter tion or desire to take or touch the money of the defendants as a satisfaction for the gross outrage committed upon his person, and believing that the vio lation of the law bas been and will be amply vindicated by the criminal proceedings which hi been iustituted against them, now diseontinues both actiona. Arnexed 1s a copy cf Mr. Hone’s letter of instructions to his lawyers:— LETTER OF ISAAC &. HONE. Newrorr, Nov. 29, 1853, Mesars Porren, SHEvFIRLD, AND PRRRY : Gextiuaen—I respectfally request that you will arrest further proceedings in the civil suits against the Mor. ens. I bave determined to withdraw them, for the fel- lowing reasoner ;— 1. Tbave entire confidence that in the criminal auit the verdict and senterce will give adequate redross for outrage of which I complain. 2. The damages which might be given would be of n? bencfit te me personally, for I sbou'd deem Lt sy duty to Cistribute thim amongst objects of pubic benevolence ard utility. 8. The great wealth which the Morgats ara reputed to poxsess would rencer&® pecuniary ponishmsnt an object of inéifference to them. 4 Trechronic disesre with which I am #Micted ren- devs it a duty to my:<elf 2nd my family to avoid the ex- citement which would attend another trial, With many thanks for the warm interest in my cate which you have manifested, ‘Most respectiully, your obedient servant, ISAAC 8. HONE. Ames one cf the counsel for the defendants, then rose and esid— We call this a ‘‘fetch,’’ got up to increase the amount of puniehment in tte criminel suits, After scme little discussion among the lawyers upon either side, the Judge directed the Clerk to record judg- ment in ‘avor of the defendants, with costa. Col. Benton on West Point. Washinoron, Novernder 20, 1853. Drar Sm—The accompanying letter fiom Gea. Davia, Secretary of War, gives the anewer to the application which you sent to me a few days ago; and as the answer 6 beyond the individual case mentioned, and contains formation of interest to other parts of the State, I de- sie you to publirh it, that the information may be spread. The recommendation you sent is filedin the ‘Wer Office, with a respectful endorsement upon it, and the case you present is one of favor, next after snother clase, to-wit: the orphan class, whose fathers Lave died for their country. This, ss you know, is the origin of gratuitous instruction, at the expense of the public. It is eo in Great Britain now; it was ro in Athens almost three thousand years ago, as we learn from the oration which Thucidydes puts into the mouth of Peri- cles at the funeral of the first slain at the commencement of the Peloponerian war; and although the law has not ‘iven this preference in our country, yet the reason of it Geen with the, You will sce this that your appli-, cant is (with me) in the second class; and I do not know whether there will beany inthe first. Bat the word “commit” has no place in my vocabulary in relation to reccmmendations for offics. I remain till all are heard, and until the appointment has to he made. Very truly and respectfully yours, THOMAS H. BENTON War Darartaeyt. ‘Wasrxaton, Nov. 19, 1863 Sm—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of our letter of the 15th inst., enclosing one to you from ac H. Sturgeon, Esq. In’ reply I have to atate, that uncer the new cer bus, Missouri is enditled to seven cadets, one for each Congressional district, and at this time has four. I annex the rames of the cadetr now in the acad my. date of their appointment. ant the Congressioual di trie ap,cinted from, but cannct give the aumber of the div- h DOW corstituted, the Lepartment uot having the districtic 6 the State. Tue following are the names t cadet ; r,...1852, Howard county, old dist. 3, new. 2% Kitpmell.i863, Ca. Girardeau, i, © 3 Wile. ..1853, Platte, Cer ad 4. Marmaduke “' Salinecounty, = 5 You will be abie te see from this statement whether the district in which the youth re erred to by Mr. Stur- geon resides is vacant—if #0, the nomisation of the re prerentative wonid secure bim an appoiutment when the Lext selections shall be made, in February or March, 1864, Very reepectfully, your obwdient servant, JEFKER DAVIS, Secretary of War. Hon. Thomas H. Benton, Washicgton, D. 0 The Railroad War In Erte. (From the Cleveland Herald, Nov. 28.] We learn that the Erie and Nor h Fast company bave Ato change their track from the State line to the e corporate Limits of the city of It_ will be done Ip all this week, the day not being fixe!. This will concentrate public opinion upon Erie alone, How much longer the people and authorities of Erie will bs permitted to “rive superior to the law’? may be soon determined On Saturray evening last the Krie City Council pxe an order te station a line of men along the Erie and North Fant track to rigual to Krie the commencement of the work of changig tha track. Tae order alvo provides that, when the signal shall be received, the entire track within the city of Kirle shall be torn up and the bridges eestreyed. The hot heads engzged in this matter have hed plenty of time to cool off, and reassume what sense they form- erly ha The railroad company has condacted itself with care and prudence, studiously avoiding everything which covld add to the general excitement, Now the whole respooribility restr with ihe Erio gentlemen. They will undovbtedly commit acts of violence, and in doing ro they wi)l certainly get into trouble. The people along the line of the rosd in the State of Penraylvania are begioning to move in the matter. Meetings have been helo at vartous points, and atrong re. solutions parsed denouncing the course ‘ip by the people of Erie, and sustaining the action of the company. Crins 1x ConumBus—We learn from the Columbus (Ohio) Journal that Savah Williams, wife of Z Williams, Intely deceared, han been arrested aod ebarged with bay- ing caused the death of her puadand by osiog poiron. For reveral years they bad not lived on friendly terms, ard he had fre tly cba her with infidelity. Some ith another Cry only seo her very ruddenly, and under circumstances of 1ather « sua- piclous character. frgede's legal avictigntetar as yot the case has not undergone a NEWS FROM SOUTH AMERICA. Commerce and Political Affairs in the Vari- ous Republics. LATER FROM PERU. Our correspondence and files of papers from Peruextend up to the 29th of October, OUR PAYTA CORRESPONDENCE. Payta, Oct. 29, 1853. A Revolution ona Small Scale— The Rewolutiomists Protected | bythe American Comsul—Senor Elias and the Governmmt= Arrival of our New Consul to Payta. As you are fond of having the first news of occurrences throughout the civilized and uncivilized world, I have thought fit to take advantage of the steamer to-day for Panama, toray to you that we are threatened with » revolution again in this country, which, although for- merly a thing of almost daily occurrence, has not taken place in Peru since 1845—a strange thing in South Ameri- can republics. Your correspondents in Lima have probably informed you of the trouble between the government and the Senor Elias, (an influential merchant—s candidate in the last Presidential election, and » prominent one for the coming, ) and his banishment trom the country; and I will, there- fore, not go into a history ef this matter, and only state subsequent events, Senor Elias, who was expected, or directed, to go to Eu- rope to pass the term of his banishment, and which it was confidently expected he would do, as a part of his family are now in France, did no such thing; but, stopping in Guayaquil, immediately set himself to work to raise ap armed force to invade this country. This he suc- ceeded in deing, although secounts differ ia regard to the number of men, with whom he landed in Tombez, a small port of this republic much frequented by our American whalemen, and distant from Guayaquil twenty-four hours sail; but from the best information I have I am inclined to believe that tho number did not exceed thirty ia all, although he had raised some two or three hundred in Goayaquil, who, from some cause or other, were not per- mitted to leave the port—probably oa the principle of non-intervention. On landing, his small force was immediately cispersed by the authorities, assisted by the militia; and Senor Elian and a part of his followers took yefuge in the house of the Consul of the United States, Samuel J. Oakford, Eeq., who legally or illegally, as the case may be, was able to protect them fcr scme time, until the ness arriving in Pina, the capital of the province, the Governor started, by the way of this place, for the scene of action, being followed the next day by’ tae war steamer Rimac, which Sccidentally came into port in exactly the right time by the way, I wish this would sometimes happen with our men of ‘war cu this coast; but this is an occurren-« wbich is not within the memory of the oldert exile from his country; and when they happen to be very muoh needed, as was the case ashort time since at the Chincha Islands, there 1s not even the slightest notice of them. A force was landed from the steamer and marched to the scene of action, and the Consul’s house was surround- ed In what follows reports differ, but the most credible story ie, that one of Sr. Elias’ followers, a slave of his, fired onthe attacking party, from the yard, which was followed hy a discharge from the other side, which killed the slave. The house was thea broken open ard some twelve of the invaders taken prisoners; but the principal party, Senor Elias, was not to lm found, he having managed in some way to make his escape—reports say for the provinces of Chinlago and Lambayaque, where be has a strong party— on his way passing through the very heart of this pro- vince, which he was enabled to do from having iu all parts many personal friends, and from the fact also that, ing a very rich man, he can pay liberally for all services. On his arrival at Lambayaque we shall probably hear more of him. In my opinion, there is not the slightest probability of his suceceding, because be is not popular with the cffic-rs of the army, who ere jealous that if he should suceeed he weuld curtail thsi: privileges and im- munities, and perhaps even disband the army; and with cut a party in the army there is little hope fir him, pri vate individuals not being very fond of riskigg anything in such enterprises. With the military itis another thing, and their best chance of preferment is in changes in government. By next steamer perhaps I can advise you of the end of this afiair. It is said here that our Consul for Tombez, Me. Oakford, embarked immediately after the events narrated for Cailao, in order to lay his grievances before the Amori- can Minister, Mr. Clay. What he will get from it is to be seen: althcugh, in my humble opinion, he had no more right than I have, wuo am oaly a private citizen of the United States, to protect a msn or set of men who had committed high treacoa against this country. But let di plomats settle that, my business only b-ing to give you the news. Oar new Consul, Dr. Ringgold, enters upon the duties of his office to-day, and will, (have no doubt, give perfect sutirfaction to all who bave busive:s with him. He is a talented and perfect gentleman, und an American of the right sort—that is, with warm American festings, Tt appears that this repblic is not enjoying a vemarka ble degree of harmony. Sinee the es‘ablishment of tho government of General Echineque some of the proviaces have been in a continuous state of internal excitement in consequence of the appointments made by the govern- ment The provinces of Chiclayo, Huanuso, ani lattecly that of Conderayo, had had sanguinary strife, and had reat back the eub-prefects which the government had placed there. In the midst of these disorders the present ‘Governor of Callao rec gived eulogies from the press of Lima for his bravery and prudence in the critical moment whish had cccurred there. On Domingo Elias proceeding, in compa- py with the French Minister, to embark on board th Sitgate Eucy dice for Europe, he was greete’ with enthusi asticrives, and the exci.ement of the p»pulaos became so great an to render the iotesference of the military neces rary. Oneof our correspondents gives some particulars of Mr Elias’ subsequent cour.e. ‘ ‘fo allay public ecmmotien a giand ba'l had takes place in Lima op the right of the 15th October. It was given by President Eshineque to the members of Congress then aftembled in that capital, in proof of his gratitude for the extraordinary power: with which he had been invested. Madame Bircaccianti, Barilli, and Lorini were present, arg come pieces of music for the company, which received withgreat applause In the midst ef iis the President's laty joined the artistes, and. ape:ch, expressed her gratitide to them for the pleasure they hed sfforded her and her guests. The Pe ruvian Congress intend returning the compliment by an- other splendid entertgipment. Don isidso Cordoves as been appointed Peruvian Con. sulat Bogota. The commission naming Felix Ausdeo Mercier to the consulship of Dunkerque has been can celled, and Mr. Frederic Perzet has been named vice consul to that port. On the 18ih October the government grant. ed an exequatur to the commission of Dz. F. M. Rioggold, as U. 8. Consul to the Port of Payta and other contiguous placer, - engineering commiratons have been appolcted to Two survey and Crew up topegraphical maps of the depart ments The corresporaance between the Peruvian governinent and the Mivuster from B-azil on the subject of the navi- ation of the Amazon continues. Tha lest letter pub- lishe< 18 from the Brazilian Minister. It says ‘Peru having agreed, by the second article of 23d tubsr, that the treaty «f ople of the States washed by the wuld ‘only have the right of ntvigatiug in the Ama- opted and obliged herself to sust-i1 op that point raxil, an could not declare, as she rt th a0 of the 15:h of April, ¢ven with the condition which it contsined, that she parmitted the subjects of uthor Pewers the navigstion of t: without th Brazil, Supported, therefore, by the right and by the presented my protest, and | now renew it and declare, sane time, thatit is slso extended to the second art the decree of the .6sho. April. Miss Catherine Hayes was daily expected to ariive in She was to make her debut in “ Lucia da Lam Her appearances wouid be limited to eight. LATER FROM ECUADOR. The Peruvisn papers publish the message of the Pred dent of Ecuador to the Senate and Honue of Representa- tives. The President tou hes upon the impostant parts of his policy of the past year, ard felicitutus the coun- try on its present position. In one paragraph he saye:— Yon will be presented with the protocol of the confererces, and tho agreement signed and ratified with the logation of the republie of tho Unit-d St # to the manuer of payin an ancient cett, Thetepublic of the Urited States is the grand eolumn w! i rts the d«mocratis principle. Reundor has tions of the lively in- terest whieh of that model nation fur rer pros ority and prog tion has been accred- ited to that goverumont. ‘the Presi-ent highly approves of the legislative revolu tion bantahing the Jesuits frem that republic, and says that under their shado « rebellion was fostered. Ne reply of ti e Ecuadorian Senate to the Presi‘ent’s mernege ir ato published, It finds cause for congratula- tion in the baypy termination of the question in dispute between Ecuador and l'eru Jt believes that the gurern nent of Chili zealous of its honor and of its good name, will :estrein the bbe: pd @ Tefuce aw naylum ab- rclutely, to the traitor Juan Jore Flores, in case that chief, abusing the protection given him, should again at tempt to realize bis piratical projucts. The Seas e is also much sstisfied with the promptitude displayed ia re- establishing friendly relations wita the French nation, and congratulates itself that the republic is pow at with ali nations, The humave and philanthropic law of mapumission—saith the Senate—decree i by the National Avembiy of Guaynquil,to tate place in March, 1854, bes correrporded tO the expectations former of that il Justrious body; and the Senate hoes that ths executive will be scrupulous in the fultlment of that law, which aces sQmuch honor to the republic, LATER FROM BRAZIL. ‘We are in reesipt of files of the Correio Mercantil of Rio Janeiro up the 16th of October Regular transactions were being effected in the coffee market, not exceeding 4,000 bags daily. The quotatiurs were;— Warhed.. $5 808620 Second boa.....94 400450 Superior . « 4960600 second ordinary 4100420 First boa, «4760480 Escotha ....... 32003 60 First orcinsr; 4600470 Spanish dullars were worth $1 90 of Brazil money, aad Foglith sovereigns $6 70. fhe newspapers were discussing the matter of the navi- gation of the Amazon by Unitea States companies. Jirnal do Cumercio says that the apprehensions of the Correio Mervantid in that reapeot are groun leas, foxsmuch asthe steamers which had left New York for Para had other destinations than that of violating the territorial ‘hts of the empire. The latter journal #tates that it eceived letters from the United states informing it that the evturers, with the objxct of seizing by force on the ation of that river, but that this plan of audacious aggrersion was frownea the dirapproval of the woverpment. LATIR FROM CHILI. ‘We have files of the Mercurio of Valparaiso up to the 18th of October. he | 1868, tithes—another giving privileces to vessels esrrying emi- franta, and another proposing & reward of $50,000 to General Bulnes, for his services 1p the Revolution. The firet of these projects will probably soon be alaw. The difficulty about the second was that the Senste required that the emigrants +hould be exclusively Roman Catholic; but as the Houre of Deputiva incited upon the suppres: sion of that clause, the Senate hai conformed and the Jaw was enacted. Pesides these projecta and questions, which have occupied Congress, another great question has becn prevented by the government, which as been received with great enthusim throughout the country. We speak of the project of establishing a line of steam- ships through the Magellan, Straits, #0 as to put Chili in cixect c:mmunication with the Atlantic States of America and vith Europe. Toe markets have been extremely dull, both for expor- tation and for the interior. Interesting from Texas. CONTINUANCE OF THE YELLOW FEVER—MEBTING OF THE LEGISLATURE—GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE—NEWS FROM BL PASO AND THE RIO GRANDE. We bave received dates from Galveston to the 17th. The Legislature assembled on the 18th inst. The Senate was called to order by Lieut. Governor Hen- a ae James F’. Joheson was elected Secretary; fares tl, Hagroming” Crk: HW. D In the House, 'T. H. Du- val, Becretary of State, presided, and H.R. Runnells, Raglin, Enrolling Clerk.’ of Bowie county, was elected Speaker, and Benjamin T. Hill, Clerk. The Governor, iu his m e, comments at length upon the ad that would result to Texas from the construction ofthe Paeific Railroad; and in view the Biate has been ordered by ine general govesa ie ite has been orde govern- ment, recommends that steps be taken for that pur- pese by the Legislature at as early a day as le. The Governor considers the system of military de- fence of the frontier hitherto pursued by the general mons, inadequate to the task of repressin, dian murders and depredations. The subject referred to the Legislature. The contains the large amount of $3,966,125 08, iadependent of $80,275 belonging to the general school fund. The public domain of Cexas comprises 102,747,301. There were three deaths by yellow fever in Galves- ton during the week sratigion the 12th inst., and there was a light frost on night of the 13th iast The News speaks as follows of the present aspect o Galveston :— Our city is now rapialy filling up by the retura home of abrent citizens, but much more by strangers and emi- grants, who come to establish their residence among us, We welcome them most heartily. and we thick we may offer them this encouragement, that if there is another city in the South that olfers a fairer fleld for the eacour- agement and remuzeration of their enterprise we have not Leard of it The largest and far the best port of the Gulf of Mexico, with the largest and richest pack country in the Union. stretching half way to the Pacitic, surely offre no contemptirle inducement for the investment of capital. To this consideration it may here be appropriate to add, that this day is commenced, with one hundred laborere, the fret railroad from Gaiveston to the interior. Whether it wili ever reach the Pac fic wa leave others to juige The Journal of the 17th, however, advises the un- acclimat’d not to return at present, as the weather was warm, end there was a sensible unwholessme- ness about the atmosphere. ae following items are from the News of the 151 A gentleman just from the Upper Trinity says the ellow fever was still prevailing ai Cincinnati when ie passed through, and that there is considerable sickness ip other places, though not the yellow fe- yer. He informs us that a gentleman came down from the Robbin’s Ferry to Cincinnati, a short time sigce, and fier returning home he took the yellow fever and cied, and two of his children took the same disease afterwards, and also died. ‘The Trinity is stilllow and fordable in some places. The planters are fast hauling in their crops to the landings. ‘There is now considerable cotton ready for the beats as soon as they can go up. The tutal crop of the Trinity valley is expected to greatiy ex- cced that of any previous year. In some places the crop is short, but it is generally very good, and there is nuoh more planted than ever betore We are glad to announce tuat the gutta percha wire, which i: to extend the telegraph across this bay, has arrived by the ship Faunin. The want of it has caused some delay in this work, which we ex- pect will now be prosecu'ed speedily t» completion. We are sorry to learn that the yellow fever still revails in Houston to some extent, though not so as come reports make it. Passengers by Sunday piorning’s beat say there were four deaths on Satur- Gay, aud several other cases were coasidered danges- ous, and among themis Capt. Bodsian, who is well known to our citizens. Passengers by the steamer last night say there were four or five deaths in Houston on Sunday and two yesterday. ¢ bave a Jetter from Brazoria, dated the 10th inst , which states that two negroes belonging to Colovel Sharp were killed on that day, under circam: stances which reflected badly on certain white men who witnessed their sufferings. ‘The same letter represen‘s the crops as very supe rior. On the Gulf prairie plantatious, nowever, th ield is not so good as elsewsere in Brazoria county but it is anticipated that the resent cold weather will be much in their favor in maturing the sugar cane. The State Gazette Soys the press is wel! represent- ed in the present Legisfatare. Toe followiog mem bers are, or bave been, editore or printers, or both:— Hon. Wm. Fields, of Liderty; J. Marshal!, of Mar- sball, Harrison county, the nan who was tied by his competitor in tw elections out cut the gordi im knot by a single vote oa the third trial; Hocace Cone, editor of the Columbia Lemocrat; Benj. F. Neal, formerly contected with the Galveston New;, aud ce the proprietor of the Nueces Vailey; J. W. Ferris, former editor of the Jefferson Herald; G. W. Crawford, founder of the Lone S:ar, at Washington; and &. B. Scarborough, of the Brownsville Flag. A letter from El Passo, of tbe 27th ult., saya that on the 20th the Indians had attacked a company of Americans, and stole five hundred head of horzes and mules, and also the blankets and clothes of the arty. The writer says tbat the depredations of the ind'ans are of daily oceurreuce, and that they even venture within a few hundred yards of the fort occu- pied by the United States troops at that place. The Journal, of the 17th inst., bas the following news from Matamoras and Brownsville :— We have just learned from gentleman who came passenger in the pilot boat, direct from the above cities, that the epidemic is sweeping off the inhabitants in alarm- ing uombers. The Mexican population especially, are carried off like sheep with the rot. That igno- rant and superstitions race have no faith in medi- cines and the prescriptions of physicians. No sooner are they taken, than they resort to the mumeries of charms avd senseless ceremonies. It is hardly nec to say that this plan of treatment is not eminently successful. The soldiers sud officers of the gariison at Browns- ville had not been ¢xempt. Mavy of the former had died and two of the latter--Col. Webster aud Lieut. Dungap. The garrison was, at last accounts, but about three huncred and fifty strong. We have dates from Brownsville to 8th iast., and the Flag, of that date, which announces the death of Col. Webster, makes no mention of the recurrence of the epidemic. We presume the Journal's intelli- gexce is of a more recent date. The editor of the State Gazette says that a pretty extensive interchange of views with the members of the Legislature has impressed him with the prospect of favorable legislation at an ery day of the session on the subject of the Pacific Railroad. He adds :—- “Tt seems to be the settled purpose to make that the first, the prominent, aud the absorving question of the session, and to act upon it in the most enlarged and liberel spirit. We now, feel satisfied that this Legislature will do all that Texas can do to secure the pian prize. All sectionalem will be banished, and for once, at least, we will hear no division on a great question that deeply, vitally interests the whole tate. Gen. Rusk made a great speech at the »ublic din- ner given to him by the citizens of Austin, in which he reviewed the different routes for the Pacitic Rail- road, and pointed out the many advantage: which that through Texas possessed over all others. Sonar Ec: 1n 1854.—On Friday, the 26th of May next, there Will be an eclipse of the sun, which will be more or less visible in a!] parts of tae United States and Canada, and in a portion of both will be annular. Its commencement in the city of Wash- ington will be at 4h. 20m. in the afternoon, its great- | eet obscuration at 5h. 18i., aud its end at Gh. 27m | As the apparent diameter of the moon will be a little | less than the sun, the eclipse cannot be total any- | where. The Christian Almanac says:—‘“The rin; | will be only about one third of a digit wide, and | be visible only in the vicinity where the line of central eclipse passes. The eclipse is central in longitude 73 53 west of Greenwivh, latitude 44 14 north; and | in longitude 64 35 west, latitude 4110 north. By finding these positions upon a mep, and drawi line from one to the other, the towns and countries through which the central eclipse passes will be | readily discovered. The path of the annular eclipse | will about one hundred miles wide, and ‘exterd about fifty miles each side of the | lines we have described. Th€ aonular olpee will move about one hundred mi es per minute, | first time this eclipse ever occurred was in 1813, July 2d; since then it has returned thirty-one times, including its return next year. It occurred in April, 1815, in May 1818, and in May 1836. It will ‘n again in June, 1872. Its last return will be in the | year 2593, August 17th. The next solar eclipse that will attract much attention in this c untry bein March 15th.” | A New Coxrr.—Another comet was discovered laet. evening by Mr. Robert Van Aradale of this oy, in the constellation of Cassiopea, which is n a the zerith: ite leclination and right as- cension at six o'clock fi , mean time, was North dec., 60 deg. 12 min. sht ascen. 2 hours 5 min. it came to nine o'clock forty: it wry ‘ee Loe 3 we lh it & smal | ig emiy arene eet eration it changed its place vere percepti- NEWS FROM MEXICO, ‘Ten Days Later— Approach to Imperiallsm— Interchange of Orders, d&e., dite We are in receipt of journals from the elty of Mexice vp to the 17th of November. The Diario Ofictu, correcting the statement <f the eon- cession of « privilege to Messrs. Bollangé and Richards, fer the eonstruetion of a railroad from Vera Oruz tothe Pa- cifle, declares that the concession in question is only for ® road from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico. The con- tractors bind themselves to collect in England the number cf shares necessary for the realization of their enterprise, and ifthey do not fuldl that condition theif privilege is to be void. The Trait d’ Union of the 16th gives the following sum- mary of affairs: — We have jast passed through « week of fetes, solemni- ties, reception:, and legislative enactments, which form @ contrast to the habitual mozotony of affairs.at Mexico. First, Gen. Santa Anna bas retarned en the 10th from Tacubaya, and has established his residence at the Na- tional Palace. poy ege bos the Council of State assem. oe the whole garrison paraded; three salvos of artillery announced that an important act in the official world was being realised. It concerned, in the ion, by natienal bando, of the dearee rr xican Order of Guadalu; founded by Augustine de Iturbide; the decree rededioa the to the ‘tronage of the Virgin ‘of Guadalupe® and ing General Santa Arna the Supreme Chief and Grand Mester. Another decree of the same date nr Itur- oe the title of liberator, and ordains his it e spilt ot hase tna dipeetuuonis cena ereeenions spirit of ‘Iwo dispositions is to com) A the present govornment has wished 40 reawakrn fo the heart of th xican people the glorious recollections of independence, and render to him who has most eontri- buted to that incepencence the patriotic worship due te him. Perhaps the New York may seo in ita return towards imperialist ideas; bat let that journal deliver i elf at its inclination to such suppositions. There are but twenty one chevaliers of the first creation of the Order of Guadalupe, so that there is a large margin for neprenide sat Bon if rightly informed, i: sident ita Anna, if we are jaforms ja- tends, by means of the Order of ane to render more close the relations of Mexico with foreign Powers, In this idea he sent the Grend Cross to the Queens of England and Spain, and to tne Emperor Nay . This liberaity would doubtless be returned; we have heard of an exchange of courtesy cn the part of the French En- peror, and of the project decreed to instal Santa Aana in the Imperial Urder of the Legion of Honor. Queen Isa- della was also about to decorate the President with the Order 0° the Golden Fieac a Order which bas hitherto been conferred rolely ov royal personages, excepting Gen, Miguel Tacon and a Spanish diplomat, M. 1 jp Sunday, the 13th, the consecration of M. Francisco de P. Verea, Bishop of Linares, took place in the te of Guadalupe. The President was his spomsor. Pp Verea is raid to be one of the dignitaries designed to re- ceive the Orter of Guadalupe; he already been named honorary Counsellor «f State. Another decree of the 12th November offers @ prize for the best national bymn, to be com, within twenty days and still another, in relation the completion of the column commenced so long ago in commemoration of the national independence Several merchants had already departed for the Fair of San Juan de lax Lagos, where it is expected matters wiB be very brilliant. Messrs Jacob Sanchez Navarro, José Maria and Eugenio de Aguerre, who hat been exiled from the De; of San Luis Potosi, have bem declared innocent of the charges against them, and the President has accordingly revoked their orcer of exile. General Uraga had been received at the palace of Belle, yue by the Kirg of Prussia, to whom he bad presented his letter of credence. : The journals of the interior were still Aled with lamen- table reports cf Indian berbarities. Some isolated cases of cholera bad agein appeared. General Jose Gomez Anaya has been named Governor and Commendanw General of the Department of Aguase caliente; and General Martin P. de Cos was named politi- cal snd military chief of the Territory of Tehuantepee. A decree o: the 26th October imponer a tax of five pr cent cn the receipis of theatres aud other places of amuse- mént. Some of the Hexatp's articles and correspondence on Mexican sflairr seem to have given much ofence at the capital. The Universal particularly complains of them. The Z,ait d’ Union publishes the document iasued from the Mexican legation at Washington, disavowing all hostile intentions on the part of Santa Anna, and advises the Diario Uficial to ecufirm that denial by @ positive declara. ‘tion. Le Trait d@’ Union notices the arrival in the city of Mexi- co of Mr Ward, who comes to represeut the interests of the first compary clriming under the Garay grant, to whom wae granted the right of way over the Isthmus of Tehu- antezec. Several casee of cholera had occurred at Mexico. The government had authorized th» shipment ef gold end tilver from Port Guayamas, in consequence of the es- tablishment of a govepument mint at Hermosillo. The mints at Guansjuato and Zacaiecas are ordered te be closed. ADDITIONAL. {From the Few Urieans Picayune, Nov, 26.] Ey the arrival of tie steamship Texas we are placed i porsession of papers from Vera Cruz to the 22d instant and from the city of Seai:o to the 17th. ‘The T -xas brings the following passengers:— 4, P.Jecio anc wife, Mr. Augustine Aguslan and Indy Mrs. Arriaga and two children, Viscount Iogest:e and Su. Lord Elmley, M Pelacic, Dor Gougales Goozales, M. Ca- tnet, E. Simorfeld', John Fulton Messra Garcia, Moore, Maltrepado, Bowa J. Aubst, and three in the ateerage. The Texas also brings on freight seven'y-four bales of tobacco corsigued to Brogierre & Co., and $32,800 in specie, consigned 28 foliows:—— JM, del Cox po. $40,000; J. Villarubio, $800, J. M. Ca- baller», $16,(C0; Brugierre, $2,000 Schmidt, $5,000, A decree has been i sued regulating the formalities to be cbrerved by captains, mates and crews of sail- ing under the Mexican flxg. This step has beea taken for the purpose of prevevtisg the abuses ticed in the Cae in the purchase and sale of vessels sailing in the Pacific. A circular of the Minister of Finance instracta the principal administrators of the revenue that the only duty legally leviable on money transported from one de- riment to ar otber is the two per cent impowed by the Eve of the 24th November, 1849 and of the 24th Jan- uary, 1863, and then only when the money shall be in courre of conveyauce to the frontier for foreign sommerce, The drawing for the conscription having, itis said, been badly dene, the government bas ordared it to be made anew. and that the whole process shall be gone. afresh with tne greatest possible exactness. The jog for the standing army is to take place on the 1th ot February, and on 3th of March the drawing for the militia on service sha'l take place. Mr. Frederic Glennir hes received his eacquatar as Britith consul at M-sxico, The good ‘igs of the city of Mexico have boon e ig an exposition of the, products of the country; and from all accounts it would reem to have been an excellent one. On the 6th inst., the President himaelf, with great eere- mony, in presence of Ministers and a fo! sgh hsm bd of the beauty and fastion ot the city of Montezumas, resented the various prizes Pine Siglo states that the proceedings against Senor Mugioa y Osorio, has rewulted in proving nothing against him, or soci Codi ioe ontaged es same cause that he bac been, but subseque y iberty. Severa) executions of criminals buve place since among them that of Amado Ladesma, eoa- vicied of having commit'ed various atrocious assessina- tions while connected with the police of Mexico, im 1861. Tre Siglo snnounces that the ment bas coneluded ® ocntract with Senor Manuel don for ® supply of arms. A letter from Durango, dated the 28th of Ostober, Bartolo was very miserable states that the fair of San Barto! ailair, a result brought about by the atrocities and pila. ings of the Indians. Asa large and stro! Party were Scents from the fair, an sender bay =! ‘to one of the Magons of Senor Kartin; he was left bebind, with is three wagons and eleven persons. Havil wired, after «me time, Senor Harti havtened to jotn te of the caravan, and had got within half « league of when, band of from 180 to 200 Indians rashed cown om ‘the little company, and attacked it. After some mamcu- vering, twoof the company my a shower of arrows had wounded four others. Of the five rem: one was resently shot by a mounted Indian, who was immediate- ly shot in his turn by Senor Martin, and as he fell, the coptest was for some momenta suspended. It was soom renewed. however, with fury and continued tills Senor Tomas Maleampo stot ancther Indian, when ancther sus- yension took place,and the hegre imdens three killed and five woundec, began toretroat The travellers now hadeight wounded, one of whom died afew momen's afterwards, They prepared themrelves, howe ver, for another struggle; but they bad not to make it, for the Iadians, pereeivi ing the rest of the caravan rturping to their continued the fight they had commenced. On the arri of this timely succor only one of the Kittle band was un- wounded, and or ly ‘bree were able to stand. This affair took place on the 17th of October, im Barrozo’s plain, abcut two leagues from Noria Pedr A new decree, regulating the condition on whish is Fent te faire, &e., shall be exempted on being ret - sc)d, from the impvsts to which they be Hable if sold, has been isened, A decree exempting chief and under administrato:s and aeliers ene stamps from the conscription, has the Wisicter of Fi ith receive. proportions for e Mini of Finance wi farming the talinas of Soto la Marina ‘San Fernando, in Temaulipas, unti) the 171h of December. The cholera, wo are glai to is at Merida and o‘her sincera whloh it bed eeniaienies Many aeiege sare ik penn ee eee been tranaferied to Tatatee a ow vuprltwat lag kept ranafert 1o ACO. Li ‘up efter Sencres Moles and Peraza. A letter that Nolan vith ines cates near Kolbor, and wasted Areepe 8 Wi ree® catoen, pear Xo! y from Sisal to enable him to effect their arrest, Several political arrests had been made in the elty of Mexico, pr geen Gamboa bad been banished on of eo ‘gem coneerne. shel. Artes ‘to re-eata bli] the federal form of gore ‘a eral has been decreed a am howorary for services rendered tion of the in the administra’ finances. Jar from the Minister of War prohibita the im- priscouet, of civilians, in fatare, im military places of copfinemer t. SENTENC! ec with aiding and abetting i pasing pty city." the jesy rwosentoented hte te, the reaee found guilty. re astoat, Be ink coment we a Gne of pillory one hour on the $2 ef December for one . hn Mane ea or snam of merey from T. B since, sentenced to reosive ten lashes, to be im. prisoned one month, to restore the and to wear Moonvict’s jacket for'six mouths after hie Wachatge fess if