The New York Herald Newspaper, February 23, 1854, Page 3

‘The Missourt Compromise. { MW. CALHOON’S OFLF ION OF THE Mi#8OUKI COMPRO- MISB AND ORDINANCE OF 1787. ‘Mr. Calhoun, in one of bis speeches on the ordi- | of 1787, speaks as follows:— “the ‘act itself was unauthorized. The articles of toniederation conferred not # shadow of authority on | Topgress to pass the ordinance, as ls admitted by Mr. | " , and yet this unanthorized, ene-sided act, (ae it has torned out to be,) passed in the ‘ast mo- ments of the old confederacy, was relied 0a as a pre- | eedent (alluding to the Missoari compr mise of 1820) | for excluding the South from two-thirds of the ter:i- Seguired from France by the Louisiana treaty, the whole of the Oregon territory. and is now | relied on to justify her exclusion from all the terri- | tory acquired by the Mexican war, and all that may be zoquired in say manner he The Works of | Calhoun, vel. 1, page 389. | In a speech on the Oregon bill, delivered June 27, | 1848, Mr. Calboua says:— After an ardaous strnggle of more than a year, on the question whether Mesouri should come into the | Union, with or without restrictions prohibitiag slave- ee & compromise line was adopted between the jorth end the South; but it was toss under circum: stances which made it nowise obligatory om the | eter. It 1s true it was moved by one of her most | distinguished citizens (Mr. Clay,) bat it is equally | Bo that it was carried by the almost uoited vote of the North ogainst the aloes united vote of the Bouth, and was thus impesed upon the latter by sa- rior numbers, in opposition to her streauous effort. Phe South bas never given her sanction to it, or as- tented te the power as awerted. She was voted down, and has simply acquiesced in an arrangement which she has not ‘bad the power to reverse, aud whieh she could sot attempt to do without disturbing fhe peace snd harmony of the Union, to which rhe hus ever been averse. Acting on this principle, she | amitted the Territory of lowa to be formed, and ; State to be admit into the Union, under the @ompromise, without objection; and that is now quoted by the Senator from New York to prove her surrender of the power he claims for Congress. To add to the strength of this claim the advocates of the power hold up the name of Jefferson in its favor, ard go so far as to cull him the autaor of the Bo ilmot proviso, which is but general ex- pression of a power ef which the Mixsouri compro mine is a cave of its application, If we may judge. by his opinion of that cave, what his opinion was of the siple, instead of being the author ef the revise, or being in its favor, no one could be mere Seadly hostile to it. In a letter addressed to the elder Adams in 1819, in answer to one from him, he uses these remarkable expressions in reference to the Mis:curi question : The b.nk«. bavkruot law, mamafastares, Spanish tres- ty, are nothing @ Bre comucrences which. like waves ina storm, pars under thy ship Bat the Mi-souri question is on «hich we lo-w the pate uri euuntsy by revolt, and what more, God only 1ore To understand the full force of these exaressions, it mast be borne in mind that the questions euamera- ted were the great and exeiting potitival qnestioas of the day on which parties divided. The banks and bankrupt law had long been so. Manufactures (or ‘What bas since been oalled the protective taril) was at the time a subject of great exci‘ement, as was the Soanish treaty; thst is, tue treaty by which Florida was eeded to the Union, and by whith the western boundary between Mexico and the United States was | settled, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacitic Ocean. Allthere exciting party eno of the day Mr. J+flerson regarded as nothing compared to tl Missourl question. He looked on all of them as in tieir nature fugitive; and, to use his own forcible | expression, ‘would pass off under the ship of State hke waves ina storm.” Not so that fatal question; it wee a breaker on which it was desbaed to be Stranded; and yet his name is qeoted by the incen- @iaries of the present day in support of, and as the jor of a proviso which would give indefinite and universal extensiom of this fatal questien to all the Territories. It was compremized the nex’ year > the a¢option of the line to which I have refe Mr. Holwes, of Maine, long » member of this body, who voted for the measure, addressed a lester to Mr. Jefferson, inclosing a eopy of his speech on the ocea- | sion. Jt drew out an answer ‘rom him which ought to be treasured up inthe heart of every man who lovea the country and its institutions. I+ is brief: I wilt send it tothe Secretary to be read. The time of the Senate cannot be better occupied than in Batening to it. To Jonn Foumns:— I thack you, dwar rir, for the copy you have been so kind ae to Bend me of the letter to your sonatttasnts on | the Mivscart epse Ts fs m parieet justification to them. I had for a Jong time cxased to Wwapaperscr pay fae aah airs, comfidems that they | Were ip good harda, and oonteat to be s peswenger in our Dark to the shore from which Lam motdisiact’ But this Tomentour quention like s fie bel! in the aight, awakened gud fled we with terror. leonsidered i! at noe as the Reell cf the Usion. It is hushed, indeod, for the mo ‘ment; but this is a reprieve only, not afoal sentence, A ical ine, coincidieg with @ marked principle d politiosl, once conceived and held up t the will never be obiiterated; aad jeeper gud deeper. I oan say, ax trath, that there is not a maa on earth who would sscrifice more then I would to relieve us Bom thir heavy resrovch im any practosbls way. The eeasion of thet kind of property (‘or #0 it is misnamed) is & bagstell., witch would not vost we s sound shongin if, fm that way, a gesera! emaccipation aad expatels: tion could be effected; and gra ually, and dae gecrifice I thick it might ne. Bul, as it is, we have the wolf by the care, nd wecap neither hoki him nor safe- Jy lot him go.’ Justice 19 in ce sanie, axd oif pre- servation in the other. Uf oue thirg Iam certain, thatas the free parerge of slaves from one State to another woule pot make sélave of asiogle human being who weuls net be vo without it Fo their arffo-iow overs greater mrfsoe woull mske then individually bappier, aad pro portionally facili'ate the sccemylispment of their emen- | @ipstion, by cividiog the bur‘en on « greacer nurader of | @cedjuters. Au abstioenos, too, from this act of power would remove the jealousy excited by the aatertaki ©) Covgrees eguints the condition of tha different de- geriptions of mea composing s state This oartainly is the exolusivy right of every State, h no‘bing in the | eoustitution kas ieken {rom them and given tothe general | goveramect, Could Congrons, for exaiaple, aay that the | Ron freemen of Crunsoticut shali be f--ener, or that they shall nt emigta'e into apy other State? | T regret thet lem ao to Cie io th Jers paoridce of themselves by the generati f-governinent and happi Monticacto, April 29, 1820. | geograp! moral ar ir oountry, y by the uuwire aad unvorthy pas | acd that my & ly consolation ts to be not to weep cover iv. If they woald bat dis- weigh the bl-ssings they will throw «1 ect pricciyle, more likely te v0 effe | by solvation, they would pause before they 1 thisy net Of suicide on th yas, and inst the hopes of*the world. To yoursel , “ie ma het Ib Usion, [ teader the offer | of my high esteom aud re: pec!. | alc lg POTHOWAS JEFFERSON Mark (said Mr. Calhoun) Mr. Jefferson’s prophetis words! Mark his profound reasoning! Li (be queetive) 19 Buaned to; toe moment. Bat this fe w reorieve on or ® tical enon, A geoerapli Bor ocinetiding w iple, moral w: on}, once senceiy Le angry p of Bro, will never ery xew irritation Wil mark it deeper end de Twenty-eight years have passed since these re- markable words were penned, and there is not a thought which time has not thus far verified, and it is to de feared will continue to verify antil the whole will be fulfilled. Certaia it is teat he regarded the compromise line as utterly inadequate to arrest that fuial course of events which his keem sagacity autici- d from the question. It was but a “ reprieve.” Again, 19th February, 1847, Mr. Calhoun remarked | as follows;— Sir, here Jet_me say a word as to the compromise line. I bave always considered it aa a great error— highly injurious to the South, becanse it surrendered, for mere temporary purpores, those high principles of the constitution upon which I thiuk we ought to | stand. Iam against any compromise ime, Yet 3 | would bave beea willing to acquisece in a continn- | ance of the Missouri compromise, im order to pre- serve, under toe present trying ciecumstanees, the ace of the Union. One of the resolutions im the jonse, to that effect, was offered at my suggestion. Leaid to afriend there, “ Let us not be disturbers of this Union. Abhorrent to my feelings aa is that compromire line, Jes it be adhered to im good faith; and if the other portious of the Union are willing te stana by it, iet us not refuse to stand by it. It has | kept peace for some timd, an@ in the present sircum- stances perbaps it would be better to be continued as itis.” Bat it was voted down by an overwhela- | ing oie Tt was renewed by a gentlemsa from snon-slavehulding State, and again voted down by an over#be ming majority. Isee my way in the constitation; I cannot in compremize. A compromise is but an act of C grees, It a 5 overruled at any time, It gives no security. But the constitetion is stable. It isa rock, On it we can stand. It is a firm and stable round, on which we can better stand in opposition fanaticism than oo the shifling sands of compro: mise. Let us be done with corpromises. Let a6 go back and stand npom the constitution! Elsewhere Mr. Caihoun uses the following lan- guage: — But I go farther, and hold that justice and the ooa- stitation are the easiest and the safest guard on which the question caa be setiled, regarded ja réfer- | ence to party. It may be settied on that ground simply by sonaction—by leaving the Derritor es (rae aud open to the emigration of all the world so long as they eontinue 80; aod when they become Sta to adopt whatever constitution please, with t single restriction to be republican, order to their admission into the Usion. If a party cannot safely teke this broad and solid position, and enccessfall: maintain it, what cther can it take and Malatain’ If it cannot maintain iteelf by an appeal to the great principles of justice, the constitution, and seif- ee to what other, snfiisiently atromg to u> fopeal? J old them in public epinion, can greats mistake the character of the people of this inien if such an apy would not prove sucees/ul if either party should haye the maguanimity to step forward and boldly wake it. It ould, ia my opia- | tion, they may expest riots, ‘re! fon, be received with shouts of apprebation by the patristic and intelligent in every quarter. There is & deep feelibg pervading the country that tae Union and our politioal ins:itutions are in daager, which =~ perme would dispel. nd @; ne There isa mer ot ise difference between fee be- sition in which the slavehulding and non slaveholding States stard in reference to the subject uyder consi- deration. Tbe former desire no action of the govern: ment; demand uo law to give them soy advantage in the Territory about to be established; are willing to leave it aud otter Territories velonging to the United States open to all their cisizens, so long as hey continue to be Territories, and wien they cease to be 80, to leave it to their inhabitauts to form such governments as may suis them, without restrietion or condition, except that imposed by the ovnatitution asa prerequisite for admission into the Union. In short, they are willing to leave tae whole subject were the constitution and the great and fundamental principles ef self government place it. On the eon- tery, the non-slaveholding States, instead of being willing to leave it om this broad and equad founda tion, demasd the interposition of the government, and the passage of an act to exclads the citizens of the slaveholding States from emigrating with their property into the Territory, in order w give their citizens, and these they may permit, the exclusive right of settling it, while it remainain that condi- tion, preparawry to ir ees it to like restrictions and conditions when it becowes a State. Gen. Plerce and the New York Free Sollers ~—Moxe Scariet Letters. Ono, Feb. 18, 1854. Jamis Gorpon Berynrr, Esq.: My Déax Sia—Some taree or four months since, ina friendly letter to @ distinguished politician of your city, I casually introduced an exptanatory key to the evident iutluence of the leading barnburners of your State over President Piorce. My friend has communicated to you the suvetance of the explana- tion I gave, bat, through some misapprehension, has slightly misled yon as to the true state of the ease. ‘To correct this matter I will briedy recapitalate what I wrote him en the subject of she letter you are in search of. , In a conversation with a distinguished Senator o° the United States, some time before the {naugeration e! President Pierce, in whieh the probabie construo- tion ef the Cabinet was discussed, the position of the New York barnburners was introduced. He re- marked thet tae barnbursers would have much in- fluence with the incoming adwinistration, and gave as reasons the kvown warm sobtical friendship existing between Pierce aud the leading barnburaers of New York; that immediately subseqnens to tle petional convention that nominated Oass, from which the barnburvers had-been rudely ejected, when they were searching aout them to concentrate their energies effectively against that, to them, very obuoxieus nomination, a corres pordence wes opened, amony other known friends, with Franklin Pierce. That Mr. Pierce sympathized with this movement of the radical democrauy of tae North against Case, who was imimical to them for his intrigues of 1844; tast at one period of thia Mhovemet it was contemplated to ran Mr. Pierce for President, anda reliable radical democrat of Ohio for Viee President, but for fear that the whig free soilers would not cousent to support two democrats, the design was abandoned, and Martin Van Burea and Adams placed upon the track. That the letter of Pierce, whick had been received by an old and Teliavle member of the radi democracy of New Yerk, was tym, most probably, io the possession of John Van Buren; and that the ready acquiescence of this distivguirhed politician of the free soil school of New York in the nomination of Pierce ia 1952, the warm side the barnburner delegation in that convention hed for Pierce, even ou the Baltimore platform, could be easily understood with this key to the wystery. The letter which Mr. Cochrane hes acknowledged ‘was received from Mr. Pierce by the barnouraer committes is not the one to which my informant alluded, The .etter or letters you want are in the Fone of John Van Buren, or some ether reliable rnburrer of New York, and were written antece- deut te tse Cochrane letter, which was forthe public eye, and, no doubt, carefully worded. For my own part, the knowledge of the existence of such a correspondence, as related by the Benator, has fully exp/ained to me the power subsequently wielded by the beruburners of New Yerk over the Administration, and why Dickicson, the peculiar architect of the “ platform,” was unceremoniously kicked off it. The barnburners had the tramp card of the pack, and the Dickinson crowd eonsequently lost the trick. 1 have no affection for either “ com- protsise” or “ plattorm,” looking at them only as | political quackery; but if what I have written will assist you in your “ pursuit of knowledge under dif- ficulties,” you are welcose to use it, = Vguiras. Southern 6pinions. [Frem the Rienmoad (Va.) Whig, Feb. 17] * VOLUNTARY” AND “INVOLUNTARY” SKBYEFUDE. ‘The wrath ef the philosophic Greeley is stirred to ita fonmdations by; advertieemente which he has enceun: the New Orleans He od forsale, asd not ous reverend, dooten lawyer for sale, not one reveren % rmity ie awful. “Lis If only been @ doctor, or parson, lawyer in the crowd, the philosopher would have been content. We pray the New Orleans papers to amend their advertisements in this particular, for the quie} of a philesopber’s conscience. Upon the strength of this inhuman omission Gree ley aursts torth:— Has action lost its significance? Has lavguegs osased to be the symbol of thong? davebaos oome agaia? Or to what are we to attribute the stuttification of the free men of tho North om thirquasiioe? Mechaales and work- jeg ferwers of the North pear us! You, who vote the democratic tieket, listen: Here is tuis Douglas, who @ you in the persens cf biack mechaaics, as ite would cas Cr asset! Sut hes bee phyricten, a lawyer, or even ap sriiet! No, no. It is mecheaics aud working fariners who bo troats as hogs aud ssses! Not ome of the learned bred for the shambles. Noman who he rubbed against » co) id imbibed the bumanities of the lowest fo m, is @ by Dovglas. We appeal to the werkirgmea of the North to rouse from thelr im- brute letharey. A harder task master, we apprehend, than Donglas, bad these poor white “ workies” of the North under the larch, and if they knew what was good for them- selves, they would gladly exchange their yolant slavery for the involuntary servitude of their btac! com), of New Orleans. Perhaps it is to recon- cile them to their bard lot, that so many and such exaggerated sccounts of the horrors of Southern ery are held up to their imaginations. The white CS, if left to their own reflections and to medita- tions on their own pecul'ar miseries—on the wrongs inflicted upon them and on the sufferings they eudure at the bands of their unfeeling moneyed task-nasters, might be tempted to seek deliverance from their thraldom. They might inquire “Why it is, that we who are a3 white asthe tyrants who drive us within an inch of our live: extort the last pittance, when bealth and strength fail, from our famishin families—why is it that we should submit to mack gruel injustice and intolerable oppremioe? What law, or what principle of equity, what difference of organization gives these bard masters of ours the right to work ns to death, tuatthey may rollin luxary? Ww Ae rate our dear friend Greeley for example,revel in bis hundred thousands, mude by the sweat aud labor | ofus poor white slaves, while we are smrving? We are as white as he is, and by God and the constitu. tion of our country exdowed with the same right to sa aed @ bellyfuil. He, and the rich cap- itaists like bi li us that we are far setter off than the negro sls ves of the Sonth—that eur servitude is voluntary, while theirs is involuntary theirs by law, ours without law—as shough that altered the case. Voluntary or not, we know iand feel that we are ceappelied te toil day and night fora bare subsintence, sad wheo our health fails, or age evertakes us, we are thrown penniless upen the world, to beg or starve. Invelun servitude cannot be mush worse thas that. No, friend Greeley, philosopierthougt you be, we ave not to be humbeugged after this fashion. You, and the like of you, have the fruits of our labor in your pocket, ‘eo were igmoract or weak, or both, and you profited by our weakness and ignorasee te Oppress us. You must disgergo-—we are starving po Ete Taust surrender us @ portion of that heap of wh'ch you robbed us, er we will take it by these samo aa y= m8 by which it was made.” as md as Greeley & Co. cau, by harptag on the horrors ig very, divert the minds of their white alaver 3 trainef thought and this more serious determination, they may congratulate them- selves that they will eecurely enjoy the fraits of vol- tntary slavery, But this cannot be the cass always. Cunning as they may be, im time all their arts wil fail. Their white serfs will rebel; they will not for- ever submit to toil without being permitted, like Southera slaves, to share the fruits of their ewn la- bor aad the abundance of their masters. The dela- sion that their servitude is voluntary will cease to impose upon them. Hunger and want will make the scales fall from their eyes, and emable them te | contemplate the whole extent of thelr imbruted eon- dition, The Nerthern capitali:ts, to keep their white slaves in su » Will be compelled to resort to a standing army, as every other country where white slavery existed has been compelled #0 do—aad them csases public liberty; or if they meglect that preoau- nd a re newal of the Jacquerie in France. There is no . native. Slavery ia the South, and the wide Anind of newcountry, have combined to protect them thus ae ben dons conservative qualities will be exhaus ed in the end. Supreme Court- Spec! form, Before Judge Ruossvelt, Fen 22—Almira A, Puller ve Wn H Pull .—Deeres of dirorce—eastody of ehild to mother, with alimony and Potrick Me! im. Peer B. Sweeney, Public Adminds. olor —Juaguant tor plalatif, wibe abotanee of $75, Tor land awd fescing ‘or 2.0/6 inlies of road. Ra)lroads in tho State of New York. The following is (hy avnust rewors of the vials Bae gineeer om the ralroadse of the Stete of Yost, for THES = ia the State o» 248) 2,497 to the above number of miles ruw by the pascomger freien is nbout,.... se nevenceee 6,594,963 | The oumoer of miles cun by the freight ireina Mi WOODE ce erceeeceeeseeeececeeerereeeees 4227 SOT Total number of miles rum .............+++ 10,832 770 The whole number et miles travelled by the paanenpers iA MDOUt,..6, 00... 531,572,298 The whole ber of miles enc! of the number of tons eesre 246,554 497 $113 688,181 45 Pt *. 61,238,829 32 ‘of funded and floating debt 59,669,473 38 117,707,620 58 ger travalied woak’ appear from the footing of the ria wo be 443g rage distance whien each ton of freight ‘appear to be 6536 miles But these joes phonld be #iich ly inereasad, in ovnse fa portion of the pacseogure aud (reight Dotug caryied over two or more ross, and the number of pas: sergere and tons of freight being ia those oases repeated cm cach road. Twenty-ib: ee railroad corporsticns have made fal! re- porta, from which the following statements were maate:— ‘The length cf railroacsis......... 103 miles, ‘The capital stock, as per charter. $54,748,800 00 * “ anbveribed.. 90,187 268 08 7 * paid in + 47 480.865 04 milee, and the The ameunt cf fnaded debs ts, « 43.046 781 97 “ floating dedt is, + TALL 590 64 Amount expended iv gracing an’ bridging. 35 457,968 75 Awount expended in superetruction. 7 68.097 75 ‘An oust expended ia station buticin; 8,214 Aud 75 Amount expended ta en, obine sbopr....... 1,209,206 75 Ameunt expended for fon sing. eeee tase 1,781,299 13 Awount expended for engin . BROT .. vere ceeeceeeercereereceees 8,254,501 64 Amount expended for locomotives and cars 9,686,520 77 Total s@ount expeuced in oostrnetion end eqnipment, including gradiog aud SUPE KH MOUMTE.... see cece ee vs 95 496,243 69 Awosst expendedon do, during ths year,, 19,160,411 44 Whole lexgth of road Isic, ts rollen,. 2,098 Whole length of second track laid om the above in artles,., ba Number of loceniotive it 490 Numeter of pascenger and omigrsot cars. 506 Number of beguege ard freight ours...... 6,388 Nunever of miles rum by the pessenge: traime for the lasek A 5,234,963 Nember of pts: aa reporacd. 2,841,147 Nomoeer of miles travel 807 272 208 8.564 807 Number of mikes of movensent o: th 219,464,498 cog The eost of mastotesanee of way (7 roads — milag owly reportieg this ttm)... $1,447,876 65 Charged @ passages busicesad $374,895 608,893 68 epi atel gy Honea at 664,771 86 ~ 4,159,510 61 2155 cave es 1,945,990 64 ads reporting sre:— $6.799 963 62 5 $90 688 10 602,208 46 ——513,992,890 38 The pay ments other than for cunstraction, oa ainsteen reade, were :— For transportation «$6,418 187 71 For interest om debts 2,04hab2 63 For dividemés..... 2211, bdo OF The aversge oot of Construction and sqaipmes’ per mile of road, of thove railroads which bave reported ihess items, hes been as follows:— For graduation, mssonary aud bridges for 2,066 1» of road secee see +B17,162 61 ad to pasreng to Freight ., eri pia on 19 From passengers. From freight From other # For superstructure, including iron, for 2,006 + 11,915 61 1,85 87 Fer station bulidings for 2,066 miles of roed.... For engine bouree and machine ehops for 2,066 miles of roa... Totel expomse of censtraction and eqalpwen' for 2,105 miles of road, sense $45, ‘The aumber of locomotives cm 3,076 miles, is oma to fear end one-third miles of road. The number of parsengsr cars on 2,076 miles, is one to four end one-third miles of road. The nureber of freight care om 2 076 miles, is one to 28.100 mties of road. ‘ The a ge mileage on the passengers for each mile ‘The averege speed of the exprets trains when in motion, ia forty wiles per bour. The average sumber of tons of freight for each mile ran by the sraing, is sxty two tens. ‘The average cistance each ton of train was moved, 72 mites. ‘The average epeed of the freight trains when in motion, {a 16 miles per hour. average len of the freight trains, exclusive of 100 tons. The the freight carried, 5 ‘Tre roace re; the amoant of freight carried show an aggregate of 2 881,836 tons passing over the roads, but an the same freight is frequently carried over two or more of comnecting roads, om each of which it is reported, the feoting of these severs! smounts does not show the true aggregate of the tommage carried. Asmearas can he ss- conakrd sbout one and s ha'f militons of tons of freight were carried om all the railroads of the State. ‘The veports furpish the number of toss of esch clawifi- eation of freight carried, but as the aggregste return must Bececevarily contaim the errors above mentioned, ibese aggregates are only usefal to show the proportions of each descziption of freight shipped, which are nearly as follows:— The tonmage of the procuct of the forest is 12 per cent of the whole toenage The toarage of auimals is 20 per cent of the whole ton- mage. fhe tenmage of vegetable food is 22 per cont of the whole The of other agrisultaral produots is 4 per cent of the whole tonnage. ‘The tommege of manu’actures is 12 per cent of the whole tomnsge. ‘The tonpage of merchandise is 11 per cent of the whole The tomnage of unclassified articles is 17 per ceat of the wholo tommage. ‘The average cost of maintenasce of way per mile of road is as fellows— Charged to the businms of Pe Prewnt $259 61 17 6 88 88 75 $022 81 of maintrnance of way.$465 42 pens, both passenger The average oc by the trains is as follewe:— For repairs of engines. “ow re Nie oil and waste For all repairs of machiaery....... 40 For ali repsira both of passenger aad freight. ‘The average cost of repstrs of machinery per passen Tt, nod per tom of freight sarried oae mile, is as fol we Mills For repairs of engine, 120 earn, 1.20 « 4 tools... 0.10 eo oil and waste. 0.10 For all repairs of machinery....... 2.11 2.00 For ail repaira beth of passenger and freigh', The averege cost of operating the road per mile run by the trains isi— ied to the bao of rastenger, — Frcig! Contr. Conaa Ls Office expenses, stationery. 090 au Agentnand clerks ....... 430 bbe Labor, load: and unloading _ 93. Porters, watchmen, and switebmen 260 23) Weod aauen beaiiies oot beaten 008 oT Conéut bey po jemen, 08 610 Baginerin aed firemen ......... 608 610 Fr cost and jaber of preparing 13 6 1b Oil apd waste for engine, iD 188 2u Ou ned waste f = wh sean 069 130 lon mage to 067 1” Damages for injuries to persone.-eet 1990 \ Oat to property anc cattle ow Ow General ruperia’ nee + 120 135 Cantingeocies ..., F For all expemaos ef operating ..........42 80 } The same per passeoger aud per ton carried one mi! atilis, +. 010 120 0.64 0.60 -_= 160 OM 039 OW 0.19 064 10 0.64 Lo 170 2 0,23 08 010 0.20 Love awd damage to go 010 ow Damages for ‘njortes to perso 0.82 005 Datoages to property and cal 006 010 General mperintencence 017 0.40 Contingencies ..... oe oss 0 6 All expenses of eperatirg. 6.66 9 The average receipts per mile of road are as follows 420 8 seeeeseeeseresteeserereeee+: 96 398 8S por mile ran by the trains are as fol right, and other rourees.,... :15 b=) recip per passenger per milo carried was 1 conte. ‘The rece; ton of freight carried one mile war 28-10 poo os thot frmbshea fae ist report We wll bo Oboe That the eort of repeirs of the track per mile of road sxeveds that of th: Bit but shes trains is sb track bas prevented th frou ipereasing with the increased rates of spr i which operating the roads has icereased about twenty nt over thor of the preceiiag year. owing to the ineveased speed of the traius, and to the higher price of Imbor. | ‘The tables which bave been prepared chow the oompar- — o jou and repsirs, aud of operatiag ali ratlrosd eompaaing their reports with the same care ani a0- geveraliy obs bas been adopted for preparing the means of Cotesting many ef | oelieved that the pablivation of the owl be found one of the most «| ine ust g more care pv the preparation of the reports. my last report I pointes out some stria) and suggested that a/ dition couferrea om the State Eoginser, to im to inquire into the scoursey of the returas mi I resprottully revew this f i exhibited by the expecnos of de. hi bie « fiiae. The following atatemen's tables, will show how widely the oost the various roade differ from eash oth Highest, Lowest. Cost ef gradvation and masonry per mile sec +e+, $26,099 38 $5 540 57 Cost ef supers ruatare par wile. 1802 6.0 14 Cout of laad and fences per mile... 6,448 98 1,080 28 Cost of coestruction ands quipment per wil... .. cos teevees $1,812 16 16,848 93 Cost ef graduation spd masonry persvile of ingle treek......,.. 21,607 70 6,200 62 Cout of superstructure per wile for single track... sasrees 12,150 60 4,496 92 Cont of land aud fences per wile for tingle techs... ...c.. sees cere, 6,878 77 1,140 23 Coat uf corrtruction aud equlpaent per mile for ninglo traes........ 50,131 68 10,040 41 Cost and maistenancs of wey p' mile ram by pacsenger Ursius, — Mee ; at 30 10 98 Do, ¢o. freight trains. 66 80 #96 Cost of repetia of mech wile, pasrer ger treing 15 87 431 Do es, freight teics ...... 27 68 193 Cont of 9 x mile, pas- t pe iy, 20m reps 39 12 3 a1 010 Lo tools 0 03 By feat. trains, repairs of engine 169 0. Qe, OAT Ay 24 ¢o tools .. 046 Do Cost of operaticg per mile run by waine— Pasterger agents—conts, + Fuel... me of the lowest rreul, aad sue of the reports ed to be evidently errozeous some esse, shew pretty plaialy that nrore are caused efcher by oarsle-snesa or doaiga, oly for the purpose of reduciog the expen.» of particular jem. Tce whole number of persons earried in the reon twenty railroada.......... 8 174.263 Number of siles travelled... + 997,272,208 Wacle number cf parsengsia tr jare : 19 Of whom were killed. * n Whole number of emplo és icjared. Of whom wi killed Whole nom! ef ot Of whom ware killed Making the total an Of whom were killed, r was © pastenger was ivjured for every 49,- velled, The claxtification of these accidents is 29 fol!a Kid, Jumping on or off trains in motion 4 6 Feii er thrown from tr, 19 8 Collirioms cf traina. 9 18 Traine terown off 6 6 Roe over while walt io on the track 87 bus Collisions with ve! 10 2 AC work or stam-ing by trator 5 wb Sancing on platforms 8 - Defeative machixer} id 4 Other accicents,. 1 8 "he Albany and Went Stoeb bri ge, Buffalo, Ooreing aad New Yuk, Boffao ama New York City, Sackett’s Harbor and Siliburgh acd Boberecta¢y and froy compauies, have not included im their reporta auy statements in rela- tion to socideata, it is pot knowa to the department whether or not avy have ocenrred apn there rosas. It w ll be observed how fow aovideuta have ooourred to Passengers from causes beyond their own coatrol. One pascenger was billed from such causes for every 196 626 149 miles travelled. and oe passenger injured for every 6t,212,0t0 miles travelled. Tenty ope per cent only of the accidents causing deatb, and thirty three per cent of the sosidests not osusing Geath to the employes, were from causes beyond th: ir controly, By a comps)iron of the ratio of secidests ami miles travelled in 1852, with that of 1858, it will be ebserved that during the last year the camo travelled nearly three timer the nce traveile1 in the Reeth fame before weetizg with an accident causing death. one- ter farther before meeting with an socident not re- of railroad ‘engers om railroais as they are to the peblic, «specially when it is remembered that the opéed of trains has been greatly inereaced during the past ear ~ This is partly due to the better condition in which the track and mactinery are pew maintained, and partly to the observance of greater care on the part of the travel- lera, ane to the exersie of greater rkill om the part of managers and workmen. Respeet.ally sa >mitted, WM. J. McALPINE Thrilling and Melancholy ¢ Casualty, A correspuncest of @ Lexwgtoa (Va. hp. Tuil postieslarnel Mechel opcarscoas on "intra t Bateony Falls, on Yaturaay, 2ist of January:— caval beat Clinton, Capt. Wood, with seout arty erconsom board. prinsij negro hands, on their wa} tO" the Central Ralro goes 4 rOxd, attempted to proceed up the river to Buchanan. Jast afte: ike North river J ir bridge, the tow lise broke and the bost drifted dow: iver being very mach swollen, the bottom atream. The ris could not be resebed with poles, and consequently the dost was completely at the merey of the curreat. About s hondred yarcs stove the mountain cam, five persons jumped off and attempted to swim ashore, but three of the sumber were drowned—a Mr. Paine, of Fredericks. burg, and two negroes. By the skiful management cf the Captain, who heli the tiller, the boat leaped the dem in safety, and rapidly approsched the White the Litile «nd Greas Balooay Fails, aud the Tobacco Hills, places which, the writer says, formerly made the boldest heart quake under faver- ab'e cirenmetences. As it paseed withia a fost of the White Rock, the Usptein and four or five persons jumped opt, end were left on the rook in the riccle of the river, vith the water raging sround them. The boat hurriea by, and. eseaping reveral cangers, hung lightly on a rook nesr tbe Tobacco Gilis, Perrons oa shore mow undertonk to reseue the five or i inging to the White Rock. A batieau was sistanse ard Isunshed in the river, the F still rising, ame the wind blowing » perfect barri- through (he mp of the moustaim, Frank Padget, xptijenced boatman, Messrs. Mstihews and it Begroes on boerd had leaped yon s rook, where he s%od without his coat, wel with spray and pm en with honed imploring help. The betiena under com: of Paégetcould not reach him, anc Lp pea on towerd the ethers, all of whom were rere aroze whether the man on tha rock ibe brave hearted Paéget thorgat he me men end two more embarked with 6 attempt. Jast as taey reaehed the @ man hed jamped on board, the batteau .truek amd wan crashed like aa egg nbell. Five of tes party jeaped on the room, ung to ad drifted 'o land, Det Paéget aed the mae they bad gone to rescns were Crowned, Seme tim ‘d before aucther hatteau sould be ob teined. At Inet it arrived and was laucchrd bats megro suffered it to be carried off, and it wan daabed to pieow vpow she rocks. w dark acd pe other boat was st hand. Thos the reek were vecerearily left there all mpoeed to the dresohing meray rnd frevwny Duriog the pight # third batiean waa brought 4 placed under the commaet cf an eld ferrymen im Bvans. Next morning, oontrary to the ‘ail, the men were fonad to de slive, though im were badly front bites, and all of them the shout ‘Lae spectators. Pa Ervow Grrrixa Hor—Street ramor insists it tke Senate sre im grievous trouble, (On the day be yesterday— St. Valen ‘a Gay, or theres dou! Semator is raid te have offered a rercintion fo: comm|tte to bare Gordon Beanstt, of tie Now | York Pensip, Heery mens, of the Tunes, Mortos Mo- Michsel, of the Philadelphia North American, the editors of the National Intelligencer, wad ourm ives of tue Star, for pebliching Suatorial secrets. Report also mayath that t lication of the Gadadem treaty, the Pi mident’s measenye insluded. and other iike thing om inonoed this mo The a 1% : the Hamann fa this Lore bese @ other papers, ourse ves included, being iy Lomooent. The omlebrated #1 Uiuatri ‘ugent, of the Haxato, put in limbo for pu: ‘he wenty of Guadalape Hideigo in 1848, is asad hare been sue pre eedewt proprssd to be followed. A wily old Senateriel fox or badger, we learn, sald they'd had enongh of that, He added that all whieh had come out of that affair, wae that the Se bis board at some six doll end canves back ¢ cuttedy; bad paid tt Beale, geen’ two or three busdie dollare for fees and extras for his hte oarciseabip; eed Reverdy Johnsom or Richerd 3. Oox 0, wore or lena, for advice in the premises. The som Bod + ubetames of this wily old Semator’s advice being, tbat nowe of the wrooredings im that (tbe Magent) case | shone 9¢ pobii hed, oples the Senate are ampitioas of being Iany at. He isvaid to have tei, fo com | clusion, thas po euch proceedings should be a¢a'n had. For our part. we t they ongbt to sead for Banaevs | and um, aed for Miww Enphemia our fefermart (nthe premises, who is supposed to have receives her ia: formation tom ‘ae hy my three Senators. This mo- Bans sgemtaton is, as yet, Seen nweae | Our Henduras Corr spondence. Bure, Hor duras, Fob. 4, 1856 Ravages of Avietic Cholera at Belizem Medical aid and Government Asistancs— Appointment of a New Gover twr—Tie Legislature in Sewion—The War with Guagema- la—Morquito Moralty—Moheyany Product—New Yorke dmpectom of the limber—Stale Dutico—Markels and Shipprng The most important news from this quarter i¢ the Trevalenes e( the Ariatio eholors, which broke out Ia this town last month, ard hes raged uptodate with fata! violence. Nearly al! who have had the disease Lave ¢ied. Among the victims.was Doa Domuge Martinez, one of cur most weaitay citisens, Oar stock of medi- cimes is very small scdoorM D'sare smaller, eoase- quently great {eure are entertained about its continuance. The Board of Health ara very active aad efficient; thy Deve dose all that it was possivie for mes to do, and de- ty, especially that portion who we not comnested with the medical faculty, Taey bave neglected their private Dusiners, and devoted their tise, # rvices, and, in some ser, their means, also, to relieve the distresses of the inc igor end poor ‘The publis bas provided three cholers horpi'ala, and are Gcipg ati tant cau of dime in givicg mediaines to thove who si¢owable to pay for them. You may think it strange ibat there is Do report of the number of deaths; Pus wisdom amd policy requiren that that should be omit- ted, ss oar classes are panic stricken, and some die from fright. All teat is knowa ia, that one day mino- teem c ffas were furniebed out of che jal), besides those 0 were able psy for thelrowncead, 1 hope we have been the worst of 16. Mr. Wodekoure, the Governor of this settlement, has His new appointment d the gi 0 of (ma, and the government o! poo pargern im commcered Be an Appi former cowcuct, and alos Legisiotive Assembly of that island. Mr. Ste’ ° by the wext packet, George ide the Legisin' BOW 1b AeBsiom ting cOwst tution which wa last fall by Her Mojes:y and Cyunei!; 'his is ovne! by some, and was intended tuti as the first step ince. You, who are #0 jnited States snd (ireat by the movers for the new con towerds tasking & oolouy of th well pomted in ‘he affairs of thi Eriia.n, ean form your own opinion op the subj-ct. At all events, is docs pos |ook hike abandoning, or withdraw- from Certral Amerie; meither cord with the the Borwer treaty. Too war between Honduras avd Guatemala is still im Hau que, The troupe of the latter have been withirawn from Trnx jlo end Omoa. and Gea. Oanalms seems to be ted with what be bas done for the present. ‘There it ao neen of auy importence from the kingdom of Morquiss. A large number of its subjeeta who have been in this eeblemont during the last seasom have hired during the iast Onrivunas—taking large advances im cash and goods—when, instead of returmicg to their work, they beve stoen the o aft and the provisions which tbe) were pirusted with to take to. their works, aad Lave xan away with the whole, ‘To the vorthward, im Yucatan, at Coros:l aad St. Helens, the cholera is awreping away the logwood and mahogany cuties Many of tne gargs in the Rio Honda have ios: a greet cumber of haads, acd some of them, i& is (eexed, will bay ty abandon their works for the pre, rent, f vot for the entire sewn; this, aed the boas of Iaborers in tom, will cause ® large dedaioney im the pro- Guct of mabogany sad logwoo in this settle nent. Ja faot, it is slready beginwing to ba felt hore, as the dark Ww. 0 Al'enieteros to your city with leva than balf a cargo, Which abe only got by recuciog the prios of ‘reight. There sre Isrge quantitin of matogeny laying here in the water, being camwaged by the worm), whilve' wharf is town is fall, beiog split and rent by the et ® Vemel—the favor @ with Lhe mabogapy shippera— allowed to leave in baiiast. Tats is not ase wood neDs co iow in New Yar, bat is owing to the syatem pur. sveo by the luspectors ip New York, who, appacestly ia league wib ihe purchasers, call one third, and soms- times ove half, refuse; on this refuse the woo? looren one bal’, wile he bas to pay tl for measuring the whole--in other worda, hy the Measuver (or ce! In common fairness, if the Messnrer oaun why eboul. > demant peyment for me thinks is nor fit to be suid. Tam, auotner great diaw- back j# the nigh Cury charged om mabogany and osdar by your gcveroment—twenty per cent; thie of itvelf is enough, without uoieirpers from the Measurer, Lem informed that ‘he Seoetay of the Treasury will mecd Congress to reduce the daty om cedar, ma ariils, this winter; Jes whtab are not produced in the United wef (he surplas ia your treasury, sod Weed lo Manafseturing, the duty might, with Ke to Ail, be euiiely taker off. Oar provirion market still romalus tight, and, in face of three om) goes provisions remain nigh. Mahogany, ced wud logrood, cannot be bought only by paying evortmo as prices, owing to the high price these article bring iv Koginud. Coshices!, ifdigo, and an they a: U ed States aud Bo The bark Wm. 0. Al fenees very on her pasesge out, Jost a part of her slighiy Camaged & portion of her cargo. 1e00 bopaey, cochinesl, indigo, and tb ri raaparilla are also very high, Temittances, as bills onthe Attempt at Burglary in Philadephia, CONFLICT WITH 1HB BUBGLASS—IHS ROBBERS WOUNDED. [From the Philedelphia Balletin, Feb. 19 ] Our readers will doubtiesa remeaber a desperate en eoupter with five bisck burg'ars, which eccurred about four yeers rince, at the house of Mr. Wm. Wright, 178 South Ninth street, telow Lombard. Mr. Wright was Dadly injured at that time, acd for s long while his re- covery was deemed doubt‘ul Since that hes adopted extrsor inary precaations agal currenoes, aipopg whieh was hav: bell placed at the head of bis bud and so arranged that the back door of his dweli.zg could not be opened withoat causing it to ring. About 2 o’slock this morning Mr. Wright was awoke by the ringing of the bell, and kaowing at oncethat the rear door bad been opened, he im ly dressed himself ard weat cown Lato his dining room. Before golog Cown ~ one Lor ibd = barrelled rev ae and « sort of in. formed of & piece of water or pointed end, and secured to his wrist by dp ot ag The burg! bad effvoted their entrance into the kitch. em, and Mr. W. conld distinctly hear them talkiog to- aay and boring with am avgar into the door lating : Aho tat eee @ dining room. This door was ep ted, and, prefitieg by pact experience, the caution of having it lined on the Taide with host ron had been aiopted. The villains found the bit strack —— the iron lismmg, and that it was impossible to out ugh it, and they were compelled to resort to other measures. The partition in which the ¢oorway wis placed was composed of Iath and plaster—the burglars ont a hole through this, ond ove of them, putting his hand through the aperture thus made, nabolied the door. Four rough Joohing villains, seemingly remging from twenty five to thiriy-five years of aga, entered the dining room. Mr. W. powied himeef benind an orange-tree in the hall, where he conid, unobserved, waton their movements while io the dining com. The villsins then lit the gas, and commenced deliberately to ransack the room io search of ratuables, belptog themselves to brandy, aad to much other refrest memt an they could find, After a time two of the men went wo stalrs, leaving the other two io the diniag-room, Mr. W., knowing that the chembers of the members of the family were kept loeked, snd that po perscn was in his own room, (Mrs, Wrigat Detag abrent frvm the-sity ) suffered the two villains to arcead the «i itho Gi . W. thinking this was favorable moment for an ik, rushed into the ciming room aad made at ons of ¢ villatos with hie javelin, The fellow pted to defewd bimsel’ with a formicable Joking butcher kaife, isches in length. The ruck as it was thrust can sow be plainly neen. fellow and threw him of this weapon Mr. W. a ané the broken portio Mr. W. immediately caught heazlosg on the floor. burglar rushed te the aid of hie ocmrade, end was greeted with « shot from the revolver, but it i* unsertata whether the load toak effect, The scise of the seule, and the shouts of Mr. W., med the two burglars who wer stairs racsssking , hee they immediately rashed down to the ss- of their companions. The fight now became ‘nk see Mr. Wright wae compelled to defend him- felt seninet the four burglars, who out at hin with their knives and strove to kill him, Five shots were fired from the revo.ver-- he sixth misefeg fire—and the javelin was pot kept icie, Meantime, e lad, a ron of Mr, W., hearing the notes. #1 nd the fellows made the best of ther way eff, ithout haviag sus- tained some ewicus wounds. Me Wright {s ro much excited the dreadfal scene through whieh he passed that.his physician deems it proper to keep him as quiet as possible, amd the full de- tails of the eowf et eaanot be marrated at this time, He bas told av ficw owever. ty givoam idee of the deaper- ate enssunte fn whieh he warse sctor. The article leit behind by the ip their retreat are a fearful corroboration of t ial story, Br. W. stetes that be fired a shos at one of the rnfiane while strugg'ieg with him, and that he held the pistol clone to the back ef the neok of the Iatver when he fired, and that the callar of the coat waa thas set on fire, The ariially berni collar wae found in the room after the, asile A rousd crowned drab woo! hat wat alo foand Wilh The riw «tthe rear scorched. Tho crown of thiehat beert a heavy mark of Mr W.’s prowese—the skle is ont through, oricealy by a heavy biow of the javelin, The listeg if etained with bieo', and # clot of gore on the in- side hae & lock of long red bair matied im it, From the maeper in which the hat fs cut aad from the marks ineide, © very svricus wound mnst have been ixiicied on the robber A dinck cloth cap waesleo found: the tnetde ts ty ptaived with blood, andé the cap is torn by the blows in- it tho wearer. One balf of the skirt the chet which caused it waa lodged in the right thigh of the wearer somewhere abont the bip joint, About one- Dall of om log cf s osir of broad striped wee gle, aod was left Pontea by the f were left behind by the disoomfitted vil- They were as follows: a prir of heavy coarse two ineteements for picking locks, @ busch of falee keys, inch aud » halt ceptre bit, the boulder of ion, with a chorter bi ine to Srough wooden handle, veral rperm onan dle ex ds. * lett ‘The In¢les of Savanash held @ meeting on the 16h to stent toe meider (he means to be adopted, im 60 opera- tion with the iadies o/ the other Southern States, to raise # fand for the purchase of Mount Vernou, Superior Court General Term, Deeiinue oy Jatge Boawerth, wy vgt Damiel E. Tyles, Chastdain te eat) was com onnce! oa the 27th of Joly. 1843, by Jone Dempaey, on heft a: law of Catharine Weeterveit wife ot D E Tyre, anc then lately deo sued, to seeert and estab inh Ber litle to to & life estate of her mother Et hreviateoxpe'td fa May, 108%" Om to Daniel lee, Wii -b estate Q the 2iat of Angust, 1832 Danii B Tylee aud wife, their deed of that date seksowiedged (hat my yh conve sed this up ‘ivi¢ed half to James Ty lee. 6 Of that Avgust, Jemes Tyiee, by nie dee tof that knowledged 1 day, recon veped the pre. RB Tyles. Thee desde ware reeorded om the tember 1843, at the requset of B & Brooks, Gefen ding thir uit og alichor of D. & Tylee. of Oct., 168% Das. Ty ee and wife, aed Geo. earcutele ceed by (hem, as tares seve which rectted ae SEES 5 a, Bie ; fi i < x 3 i H i sks a ner BuO prefite Usereot oa Seed Tyles and wife con trust, To let and Lease ¢ ines, a1 srede to the repens’ nee Ty's, or exchange for other lane bold ti lance resolved in exabange ov tue swe to her by will, daring ‘neir joins liv dispose. tame pnd such suber uted jena nue might be posed; aed, im ce'anl. cf much dispreition, then im lor the survivor of ths two Thie was recorded om 2hth of Oo'ober, 1839 Mire. Tyles made a will, executed iu the form reqnirea by law, dated in Way, 1840, and by It gave and Leques'bed all ber sreperty, real and por= tonal, to ber hustan ,Dxcle E Tylee, asd died on the 224 of Febrosry, 1843. Ou the 181m ‘starch, 1843, George Ps Morris, as tuch (rnstes recouveyed sae premisss to Daaiel E. Tylee, which deed was reoordad oo the 89th of said March, ‘In July, 1843. this aet.ow wee drought to ausert the plaistif's ti le, an avoid theese conveyances, and procure them to bs vclared imoperative and invalid On the 2et of Mech, 1846. Daviel E. Tylee, by ® deed of nevigement, eonvaysd all bis pro- perty to the defendants, Onaselain & Tarner, fo trust for the bees his oreditora, Oaaate- lain & Turmer were subdir leave giveu to the ato ble 8 topic mew there waa no deed of the deed. ond the veyed by it, were reo Inter om the 23° of & were rightuily recorded prima facie procf of Corde themaalves, wt! ether evitemoe fn oppee. ica waa © pr t Mire i & 5] A ii Efe fe tha deed executed by i fang: phim | t duly oerti fie he exeeniom aad delivery of at produstmg the deeds or atiow or ¢elivery: That the sufficient to jastify the rec aud velid deliver te she deed execu! by Jamea ~y did mot sfficm bis saseal waedl md executed wo kim two days previ+ wife: That Chaswlain & Turner ¢ rectals im the by fyles in 1846, anc te applicable wader the assigament to the payment of tts cebte: That ihe jaigment appealed from must be ffir ord. s% Jonas A. Hovey against the American’ Mutual Inswranoa Compary —Thiesciew wee om ® policy of insurance om the WUbemsbure cil fctory, which was destroyed by fire cuthes0th of Moy, 1862. The plaintiff recovered a ver= dict for $2,600 Tne mato polat of the cefenoe was based cna clanse gm the p hey to the effect that the sasured “shoule et ali timys, darimy the eentinuaassef the sald policy, keep aud wein'sis asufleent night watch apom ‘dererited , and contatairg the pro- 4 the -ubjret of insursses.” Ths pléintifiz exaployec Patrick Mea to act, and Re did act, aa suck ight watch, ard «se Corisg no night off the premises, Thor wae no qvestiog oa vo his owwpeteney. It eppesred, from bis evidewee, that Per Patte:von & Stack 0° Babipyard w jcining pleintif's premises, aad they auked Mead to keep am eye t) their yard as ae was golog back and forward, and bai they would mako it all right with kim Be couli to thelr yard without going off pléintift’s premi 0 he sometimes got apon® barrel and looked inte th+ yard. The Gefeadant iasleted er ph yine the night wate was a breach of tie wi the jury that if sh Megc to act exela moleew in quertion, per perecm for that perp ciusively on the pleco if pe formar ce of his ont evesgement with Peri ty mede thi toh upon competent aad pi and that he did keep ex- in the faithful jorant of ft counsel excepted. Haid : That there charge. That there had heen liverel compliance with the warranty, 'o keep and maineain « uizit watoh om the ‘pat in cares of i warranty will vot be extewded b thing + ot recesssrily implied by ite terms, Dot wrcasrarily woply thet tae night wate ko time Jock of the premiess or even fall asleep, Dut cn!y that acon petent night watch should ce bona fice kept there, who wight ‘p/operiy be confided ia for ‘he faithful performanes o’ the duties of a night wate, Jucgment ordered for plaintiff om the verdict, Bo‘ore Jadge Loy Fen, 22 —Bartlett tlaairge vs. en three netes, dra and December, 184! Carp-nler.— Action ws, botween August = demand to the qui fence usury was phaded, which plsintiff claimed that all the money that had beew paid was $60 on a note for $100, the balance being for the boots and shees. Verdict for plain- tilt of $60, by way of settlement of the account, deaac C. vs. Aaron Miliingtm.—aciion for aarault and battery. Pleintiffalleyec thas onthe 12:h November, 1858, defendant strack him several biows and injured him severely, apd claiced in comequacos damages to the extent of $1,000. The Cefense set up that plaiatif ‘the quarrel, aud deservei wnat be got. Verdict fer psimtiuf for six and « quarter cents, The Tur THE GREAT STATE POST STAKE AT NEW ORLEANS. An iT OBrOY hae brea esoired, and many inquiries hav ade, both he: 1d eluewhere, in relation to “The Great Post State stake,” which will bs ram for thi city, over the Metairie Course, on tke first day ot April rext, we have thought to int-rest our porting Feacers throvgbout be country with a short des sription Of the origin, terms. present prospects, and provable brilliant results connected with i. This race with- ont doubt, be the greatest »portiag ovemt whieh has ever tekep place in this country ans it bes probably never been excerced ip magmituce by any © agle race through- out the worl’, Wav does ust re 0 the excitement caused throwghout tie world by tue contest between the: yacht America and her Eoglish rivals? Who that wits nerred the great matches between Eclipre and Henry, bee tween Bortcn snd Fachive, cr between Wegner and Eagle, can ever forget (be circumsrances aiiending thess great mportisg vers? Imthe ‘ate aad mat ovlis'ed, in the amount of money a! stake, ia the umber of horses, both in preparation ami shat will ram in the race, ard in the probabie wumber of spectstors who will be prevent, this enxinusiy } oked for race will eclipse all ‘a that have prececed it im this country. The pro- Jeet of this ‘ State Stake” origiwated gen- tleman, from ¢ifferent sections of coustry, who chaveed to meet in this city during ‘acing season. Each was very ‘sweet’ on the merits of the race horses in diffrest parte of theo untry acd im hin preference for favcrite sirsiox of pedigrees im bloodei animals. Tae Great State Stake,’ for $20 000, play ‘or pay, with four States represented, wae the re ‘The fol are the conditionsof the Stake and the ebecribers :— Stare Post Stake —For all ages. Four milehoate, Five thousand delinrs cciption, p p Three +r more race. Mach horse staring to kee, provided he is wot dis ed, and the be te shart rowalader, One horse only ft of Janu ing te the april ri Lepreoepied by the gs res} - dente of eaid Ktate. a majority of whom tooiars, The stakes ts be denosived erie s tate of Louisians-. J. Wells, D. FF. ir J. Hidelestor, jeribers for Alabama—L. B. Swish, 8. M. Miller, J. 8 Hunter. p Sabreriters for Kentucky—Wiuls Viley, James K. Duke; "Zubectibere for Misswsippl—P. B. fucrke, John 0, Jche Linton. Aa (he bg eer Bs run will sot be 4 ¥nown uptil thedsy of the race, we can now only guess which will Rave the homor of representing @ Sate. There the o nntry, expected to ke present Curing the April race this city, aed many of th one eopuenss Va w la H great ateahe. Among these we may men’ who aun aa Pon os by J Hai for $10.000; Nina, Charmer, Trox arrow, poe ina Reub, ag | eomte, iid Irish moe vabdly will be wogered om the ciff-rent poim reeult of this race, Already large 0 Cifferent favorites, aed Ch lee sity of $10,000 that if the dsy of the rsoe, the fore wade in tbe world. it gs | ed rey thiak that the bet isa esfe one, Aside Se cosine montanes abeek Golan te tesied for wt our spriny " wil) be put up daring the meetieg, for prises, thas afford~ ing eport i» variety and profusion, besides. gi horsea of ai] grecea am cpperiunity of atding laurels repetsuoe and money to the pookets of their owners. NO. Pisayume, Feb. 14. bis Briero. Bruw.—A # of the Bovtoty Bee, writing from Windsor, Vt, im reference to tha whic dpeaking othe fepibosmate department while © RC, e tae The famous Bristol Bill works in this department, od tndustaiously as he ever worked in hia nefarious em- ment; wn » lost its brillianey. nfs gentio and correet ment have exciied for him considerable and I doubt not he would have been the half expiration of his sentence, tempted the life of the Sheriff, in the after his conviction. He is a cunning will lose no opportunity to apply his moape, if i A i !