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Our New Hampshire Correspondence. Concorp, (N. H.) June 3, 1854. Meeting of the New Hampshire L-gis!ature—The Se atorial Elections—Mr. Wells—M>. Dinsnore —Mr. H bb wd—Gov. Martin— Mr. Morrison— The President's Action. The Legislature of this State will moet here on “Wednesday next, June 7. The Sevate is democratic eyond dispute, though one or two of ils dem aeratic members are supposed to be not over friendly to the national administration. The House has a nominal democratic majority of (sey) sixteen, which, with | the party united, would be found quite enough for all purposes; but, under existing circumstances, it may not afford sufficient margin for the accomplish- ment of all the purposes of Pierce, Cushing & Co., | the modern triumvirate, who bear to the ancient | triumvirate the same relation that the dagger does | to the sword. The chief difficulty that the domi- nant party will have to encounter grows out of the election of Senators, that must be at least under- taken by the Legislature; and that difficulty will e greatly increased, not only by the fact that there are two Senators to be chosen, but also by the charac- | teristic duplicity with which the President has treated the subject, promising things to men of so contrary a nature, that to fulfil all his agreements | would require an alteration of the national constitu- tion. Could they be kept by a simple violation of the constitution, no one can doubt that they would be fulfilled, unless, indeed, the balance could be | issue. | Legislature of his own State. would vote for the of the Missouri | mise, his answer would have been in the of the words of the 5; : “Is thy servant a dog, that he should do ?” He certainly can- not complain that people should draw log cal con- clusions, or that he should be subjected to the com- mon ordeal of public men who are constantly shitt- ing their course, having no other beacon light but self interest. Mr. Morrison’s chances of election depend upon a variety of circumstances. He is certainly an unob- jectionable man, according to the standard that prevailed among democrats less than five months | since. The only thing that can be brought against | him is his opposition to the Nebraska bill ; and | during the late severe contest in this State, the New Hampshire Patriot used to solemnly assure all de- mocrats that support of that bill was not a test of democracy. It even went so far as to quote the re- solves condemnatory of the bill, passed by the Con- necticut Democratic State Convention, as evidence suffice to indicate what will & man’s future conduct, Mr. Morrison ought to be less objec- tionable to all democrats who do not like abolition- ism than Mr. Hibbard. But the senatorial elections cannot be decided with reference to anything that took place previous to the bringing up of the new Upon their decision rests the question of the approval or condemnation of the President by the The election of Mr. Hibbard would be an approval of the President's action—the election of Mr. Morrison would be to condemn it. The question is one that admits of no compromise whatever, so far as the administration is concerned. The opposition members are as well | advised of this fact as the friends of the administra- | tion, and may shape their action acoordingly. They have almost one-half the House, even if that is made to incline to roguery through the pursuit of an opposite course. The most prominent persons now spoken of for Senators, are John S. Wells, Harry Hibbard, Samucl Dinsmore, and Mr. Morrison, now of the House of ‘Representatives. After the death of Mr. Atherton, ‘he President sought a reconciliation with Mr, Welle, who was the very first Pe ai upon whom he bad exercised that tyrannical disposition which is 4he substratum of his character, but which the sin ef success brought, as it were, to the surface. The two gentlemen had been political rivals in the demo- eratic party here, and something more than rivals st our bar, where Gen. Pierce had more than once feen beaten and humiliated by the superior abilities claimed by the democrats be admitted. But some cratsfor the Senate. During the election some of the ultra whigs, compelled jine democrats and their radical foes, gave their sup- port to the former. In this way at least half a-dozen democratic members were chosen to the House. It would be nothing strange if gentlemen in the House belonging to the whig party, of this same con- servative view of things, were to vote for such persons for Senators as the administration desires to | see elected. Neither would it astonish any intelli- gent observer were our conservative whigs to go over to the democraey, if the latter should be win- nowed of those of their members who are supposed to incline strongly to anti-slavery sentiments. and outting sarcasms of Mr. Wells. is was long ere the Gen. had dreamed of dating from the White | ouse. As soon as he was nominated, the future | President interfered to prevent the Legislature of | 1852 choosing a Senator to succeed Mr. Hale, partly | because he really desired to have Mr. Atherton in the Senate, should he himself be elected President; | and partly because he wished to prevent the success | of Mr. Wells, whose prospects were at that time | very fair. It is very probable that if Gen. Pierce | Thal uaekesaed by only a small majority, he would have found it difficult to effect Mr. Wells’ defeat; but the vast electoral vote that he received, and which gave him the appearance of being all but ‘unanimously Vy Mee by the people, to superficial ebservers made it impossible to contend against one who seemed to have been selected b; one of her most capricious moods, to wear the | laurel crown and to carry the golden palm. | Mr. Wells would have willingly contended with him, in spite of the tremendous odds that the con: | test must have presented ; but he could find no sup- porters. Some of his friends thought that such a contest would be sheer madness, while others were ; not disposed to throw ay the chance which all New Hampshire democrats en they then had of sharing in the good, great and fat things ever at the command of a President of the United States. | The President elect was everything, and Mr. Wells was nowhere. That gentleman spoke his own | mind pretty frecly on the snbject ; but as for any- | ~thing that he thereby accomplished, he might as | well have lectured the tide on Rye beach on the im- | propriety of rising so high. ‘he administration | ‘was 60 successful in the first mouths of its existence, and the country seemed so generally ready to ac- | sence in the President's proceedings, that it | ed chimerical to think of an individual setting | grievances before the world that he had sustained at | the hands of the modern (and exceedingly juvenile) | Hickory. The utter want of success, too, that united | on the exertions of Mr. Burke—a much bolder man | than Mr. Wells—against the President, probably had some effect on the friends of the Exeter gentleman. To kick against the pricks was neither pleasant to their feet, nor likely to prove beneficial to the man whom they would have served. Things were in this state when Mr. Atherton died. ‘This event opened up the Senatorial question once nore, but ut a little earlier date than it would | ‘come on through the expiration of } i term of service. The President had to tween a reconciliation with Mr. Burke, or one with Mr. Wells. There could be given no satisiactory reason for his opposing the election of both, whea two Senators were to be chosen. He was not lous in making up his miad. His decision was based on a consideration that is ever imperative with a sinail ‘ortune, in mind. Mr. Burke had been his friend, and had done much toward securing the success of that s bile game which led to his nomination at Baltimore, a game the very least moves in which had been set tled long before the Convention met, although the result astonished the country. The President could never forgiwe Mr. Burke the debt he owed him, and it was equally beyond his purpose to pay it. It was uite different with Mr. Wells. He had always been the President's foe, and could, therefore, be for- given, it being the easiest thing in the world to for- give injuries; and the silly world calls such conduct magnanimous. Hence, overtures were made to Mr. Wells for a reconciliation. The end wasnot that the President promised to give all his influence to aid Mr. Wells’s appointment by the Governor, and his subsequent election by the Legislature. Had the Governor fulfilled the part assigned him, Mr. Wells | ‘would have received a full six years term, on the supposition that the Legislature would have chosen | him. But Goy. Martin, to the astonishment of al- most every one, appointed his predecessor, Gov. Williams, to the place. This was the first overt act inst the Presiden ‘3 aera ao by a} ew Hampshire democrat in high position. Mr. Burke's demonstration, six months earlier, was the act of a private citizen, and many said of a dis- appointed man. Besides, it came to nothing, but rather helped the administration, so far as it had any effect. Gov. Martin is supposed to have had an eye to one of the Senatorships for himself when he appointed Mr. Williams. It is by no means certain that he wiil not get one of them before the affair shall be settled. At the time the President was promising his influ- ence to Mr. Wells, as the price of a reconciliation, | he wae doing the same thing with Mr. Dinsmore. That gentleman had received the appointment of oO at Marseilles. While making preparations | to leave the country, matters of a private nature occurred which required him to postpone his voyage for some time; and before this private business had ‘been finished, the death of Mr. Atherton took place. Mr. Dinsmore’s ambition then took another turn. Why should he not have one ef the Sag gine a ‘Thia honorable ambition he determined to gratify, and he was encouraged to persevere in his ambition by the President, with whom he communicated on subject, and from whom he received full promi- | see of ; and, at thattime, such promises were | worth much, particularly in New Hampshire. Thus, you see, the President was pledged to two yentlemén; and had he stopped there, he would {ave been guilty of ouly promising to interfere in (Chat was none of his business, and of throwing the freasury gold into the scale of those gentlemen. But when he went further, and pledged his infia- | ence in behalf of a third person, he proceeded some- thing] beyond the usual political license. This third reon is Mr. Hibbdrd; and the reason why he has received the President's pledge grew ont of the Nebraska question. Origi- | nally, the President looked with much coldness open the Ferigattion to make Mr. Hibbard the suc- cessor of Mr. Norris. He was afraid that its success | would be injurious to his administration. Mr. Hib- bard had been all but a regular abolitionist. He had voted for anti-slavery resolves in the New Hampshire Legislature; he had signed such resolves as one of the presiding officers of that body; he had made epeeches in support of them; he had contended | veheme: for the right, and stated it to be the duty, of Congres to legislate for the prohibition of slavery in newly acquired territory; he had avowed his hostility to the admission of any more | slave States into the Union. It was understood that | he had spoken of the fugitive slave law as a dis- graceful and an unnecessary statute. To be sure, this was no more than the President himself had done, gees had acted eipelly as a private | citizen, wl Mr. Hibbard had spoken and acted | At all events, the President to see Mr. Hibbard elevated to the should be chosen, would not the act | a sort of ee of abolition senti- | And if New Hamp- | endorse such os would not the | when the Nebraska question all political calculations, and | of politicians into foolishness. by which that measure was sustained in the House shows how n it was to obtain . Hibbard found himself in where he could make terms; and believed by all—I do not undertake Leg ms he bartered _ his i, podeed e administration's camer | all scandal. Only one thing is ce! " sips; and that eeboty ene inp whick oid Rte D1 this eu , which could ni vd six months aco, wih the support of the Ne- srueka bill by Mr. Hibbard, which he would not Jove given mx mnonths neo. Asenredly, if Mr. e-ivaty had Wowe askod, wun Vongress met, it be s | Icannot permit the steamer of to-day to depart | | of a rupture with the United Mr. Kittridge supports his colleague, Mr. Morri- «on, forthe Senate. He isa man of energy and in- flvence, and his labors are likely to tell in the reault | of the contest. Monapnock. Our Havana Correspondence. Havana, May 29, 1854. The Military Preparations—Grand Times among the French and Spanish Naval Oficers—The Cap- tain General, §c., §c. Although I but yesterday wrote a rather lengthy | letter to the New Yorx HeRacp, and although no circumstance of moment has since transpired, yet | without taking with it a few lines, if they be only to correct an error I made in the translation of the Captain General's letter to the Commander-in-Chief of the Department. If I mistake not I rendered it as ordering two companies of negroes and mulattoes to be added to each regiment of the white Spanish soldiers, whilst by a more careful examination I discover there are to be two companies of negroes and two companies of mulattoes added to each regi- ment. This error was doubtless caused by the pe- culiarly ambiguous phraseology in which the Cap- tain General is apt to express himself, and from the great haste in which the translation was pre- pared. | The French Vice-Admiral continues to be the , “ lion of the day.” The Spanish NavaLCommander- in-Chief gave him a grand dinner the evening be- fore last, on board a Spanish man-of-war in this harbor. The French and English Consuls General, and the captain of the French and Spanish men-of- | war here, and the captain of the English brig of war Espeigle were also guests. Several highly laudatory speeches were made over the wine, and if half the fine compliments these heroes paid each other were but the truth, they are the greatest commanders the world has ever seen; whilst England, France and Spain combined are able to whip the world before breakfast, and take a walk, also,to whet their appetites. ‘he Captain-General has been in a wretchedly meryous state for some days past. His valet threat- to leave him unless he mends his temper, whilst his pretty Marquesa has been compelled to resort to her softest endearments to keep him beside her on the matrimonial couch. Is it the intense heat of the weather, or the dread of a visit from the Yankees, that makes the Marquis de la Pezuela thns rest- css, Takiog my accustomed walk outside the walls ust evening, I met on my ret the Captain Gene- ral and th iage. I raisedmy hat to the itching smile acknow- cdged my ¢ J ed her place her hand upon the knee of her band to draw his attention ind instantly his hat was raised in retura. an! J fear affairs of state press upon him He was evidently in a ase fit of contem- plation, “a brown stew,” as I once heard a chef de cuisine describe the sensation, when he passed me. The courtesy of the charming Marquesa charms all hearts, aud to it, some of these days, the Marquis may be more deeply indebted than he is now proba- aware of. ‘he native born Spaniards are understood to be totally averse to the present policy of the Spanish government—thus the Captain General finds him- self without friends in any class of society here— even the English, I venture to affirm, will not dare openly to espouse the cause of Spain in the event ‘tates, and to this complexion must itcome, if the latter are but true to,themselves and value their own honor in the esti- mation of other nations. As the friend who is to bear this’ letter to New York ‘departs within five minutes, I must thus abruptly conclude. POUGHEEEPSIE. | News from the Dominican Republic. City or St. Domingo, May 16, 1854. The Anticipated War with Hayti—Efforts of the French and English to Prevent it. Since my last, matters have altogether changed in regard to the war. Five French vessels of war and one English, went to Port au Prince to keep Soulonque quiet. The English vessel of war Trin- | comelee also left Jamaica for Port au Prince for | that purpose. Emperor Napoleon has sent a pre- semt oe lendid nF of porseisia to President dan. tana, which of course he did not refuse. I cannot guess why the French and English are so very at- tentive to this republic; there is certainly something in it. One thing is certain: the day we wish eae sess this island, American valor will take it with as much case as you would a pinch of snuff, Fer. ‘The Turf, KENTUCKY RACES. Oaxtaxn Covrse—First Day, May 30—There were five entries for the first race; but as there were two double entries, but three horses started. Of these, Campbell’s filly, by Wagner, was the favorite, although Murphy’s Harper had strong backers, was very beautiful, although Vaughan’s Gray Eagle dilly, which had the track, was reined back a: the tap, and consequently fell behind, Near the gate, the loiter- era came up well, but Murphy's colt bad it his own way, and although there were some smart brashes, he came down with rapid strides,an easy winne= in The start of the second heat was s bad one, the Gray Fagle filly makinga detour on the grass, which threw her behind. There were now offers of 100 to 4 on the foremost horse, which when. covered that there was no show for the others, 1 to 100to2. The horses came in as in the frst only Murphy's colt distanced his competitors. Ti 2.02, SUMMARY, Galt House stake, for 3 years old, $100 entrance, $25 forfeit. Murphy & Co.'s ¢. ¢. Harper, by Glencoe, dam al- lie Ann, by Trustee, 3 y. 0. SMA EY sea vbass John Campbell's c. f. by Wagner, out of a Tranby mare ; J. Vaughan’s g. f, ty Gray Kagle 02. The second race was also mile heats, and there were three entries, purse $100—$50 to the second best. This was a well contested race. Bob Jordan was the favorite at starting, at least three to two. There were bets, how. ever, on. the Altorf filly, even him. The’ start was good, but there was some tisfaction as to the run on the first turn, the complaint being made by the Toul riding was perecptbie. Te alter filly took the laa ‘oul riding was perceptible. The round the turn and maintained it throughout, apbony® there were some fierce runs, and came out winner in 2:01; Belle Lewis second, and Bob Jordan third. The latter was drawn, and the second heat was wom by the winner of the first, hard pressed, in 2:06. SUMMARY. 0—$50 to the second best. ©. by Altorf, dam by Prince dis yarse $10 a4 ¥ 11 Murphy & coe, dam Tranb; J. Williams’ «, ‘Time, Sxcoxp Day, Jose 1—Th was of the real ol-fashion tendance was far better than it has been an: season and the purses were contended for and neck from the ‘tap ofthe drum.” The first race {taite heats, three best in five) was won, by Price Mo Srath, the favorite against the field, in three straight heats. Time, 1:i4—1:58—1 255 The second race (mile neats) was won by Fanny Loris, beating the favorites Bob Jordan, Rhody, ani Campbeil’s by Fob Jordan, b J Anp 2 Bob Jordan 3, 0, dam by Priam Sdr t at Onkland yesterday entucky stripe. The at- day this most neck that men could be good democrats while utterly | opposing the measure. So far as past acts and words | few of their members, it ought to be added, are not | to be relied upon to support anti-Nebraska demo- | choose between old | ) old, decrepit world. The start of the first heat | Sais | An Exile from Spain. ‘The following has been sent to us by a leading member of the revolutionary party in Spain, freshly exiled from that country :— BALUTACION DE UN ESPANOL A LOS BTADOS UNIDOS. Yote saludo, 6 pais privilegiado y escojido para servir de moledo & los agitados y débiles gobiernos | | de Europa. | Enti puso Dios poderoso eu mirada y por tan alta | gracia vecibiste sabios varones gue establecieron tus venerandas reges. | Oh pueblo venturoso! Dichoso ta mil veces, pues | sabes conservar tan preciosios dones. | Tu has sido, eres y seras el consuelo de miliones de desgracia dos, que gimen oprimidos bajo ¢l ter- | rible peso de la esclavitud ilustrada del decrépito y achacoso mundo. Que seria de la humanidad toda, si no tubiese el recuerdo de una tierra prometida? La luz de la espe- ranza se irla extinguiendo poco Apoco, y los mas ardientes y fervorosos corazones, no serlan eapaces de resistir tan largo periodo de tortura. Ta recibes diariamente en tu grandioso seno 4 millares de desvalidos, que Megan a estas playas, buscando el consuelo que en su patria no hallaron y 6 pet alcanza tu misericordia ; grande como la luz el sol. En todos los angulas de la tierra se levantan can- ticos en alabanza de tu hospitalidad, que hacen tem- blar & los tirans. Tu despreciaste los leopardos, las aguilas y los leones ; y elevando tu arrogante fiente hasta los cielos, tomaste del firmamento la sagrada enseiia, cuya sombra benéfica protege al perseguido en cual- quier confin del mundo, Tu te presentas rodeado de la auréola divina de la libertad, cuyos resplandores, brillando como el rayo, hacen bambolear las calumnas de los palacies dondeto ie esta arraigado el vetusto tronco de los dés- | potas. 4 Y considerando que eves el solo pueblo don de el hombre puede gazar de los derechos conquerino al mundo, yo te saludo como patria comun del género humano, y mi corazon rébosa de entusiasmo y ale- gria solo al penzar que he Iegado al pais clasico de Jos hombres libres. J. Ru F, New York, 4 de Juino de 1854. A SPANIARD'S GREETING TO THE UNITED STATES. I t thee, O eerie rivileged ti greet thee, O favored an vileged country, who art a model for the agitated and enfeebled go vernments of Europe. Heaven has smiled on thee, and by its high favor thou hast produced men who have established laws ever to be revered. 0, DIORRSTOUR, people! a thousand times happy, since you know how to preserve such precious gifts. Thou hast been, thou art, and thou wilt be, the comfort of millions of unfortunates who groan. be- neath the terrible weight of the despotisms of an What would become of humanity if it had not a refuge in one promised land? The light of hope would then be gradually extinguished, and the more ardent and impetuous spirits would be unable to en- dure the torture. Thou receivest daily into thy generous bosom mil- | lions of helpless ones, who come to these shores | seeking a conselation that is not to be found at home; all obtain sympathy, as freely bestowed as the light of heaven. In all quarters of the globe, songs that sel ed tyrants tremble are raised in honor of thy hos- pitality. : Thou rejectest alike the leopard, the eagle and the lion, and raising say proud front to the sky, hast adopted the sacre: Serer i of heaven, whose ea tet the persecuted in every quarter of the globe. Thou showest it crowned with the divine glory of liberty; and its splendors, brilliant as the light, have | entered palaces where the oldest trunks of despotism | remained rooted. And knowing that thou art the only people among whom man can enjoy his rights, I greet thee as the common country of the human race, and my heart overflows with enthusiasm and joy to think that it is in the land of the free. J. Ruiz, F New York, June 4, 1854. The Reception of Santa Anna in the City of Mexico, (Correspondence of the New Orleans Bee] Mexico, May 19, 1854. The firstact of the war in the south has termi- nated to @e satisfaction of everybody. The big bells have rung out their chimes in Mexico, and the little bells of all the villages of Guerrero have res- ponded. A ¢e deum has been chaunted in the capi- tal, and another has been sungin Acapulco. Every- | thing therefore is for the best in this best of all pos- | A commercial union with™ the provinces would have an important influence npoe the question of their ultimate annexation to country. This sulfect has seldom been earnestly agitated on this side the line, not orca is — rq ho weit hopelessly impractical for a strong iy thaw Gecdedly in favor of the idea—but because the North has ever been more reluctant to disturb the peace of the Union than anxious for territorial pe acne If such a territory, a ery, rested upon our southern border, it woul long ago have been annexed, even though war had ir (asi too continual e price paid fer it. robable) the borders of slavery are to be contin extended, even at the hazard of the Union itself, very many at the North, who have either been indifferent or opposed to the annexation of the Canadas, will be found cheerfully supporting any measure which will pave the way to such a re- sult, There is little reason to believe that Great Britain deems the posseasion of her Northern provinces es- sential either to her political or commercial great- ness. The United States have been worth far more to her as an independent republic than they would | have been as colonies. The same thing would be true if the Canadas should swing in to the same haven. It would require less effort to secure them from England, with their millions of freemen, than to ol Cuba from Spain, with her millions of tuodley, Cock a Congress) the Onandaa vill be por- modity, (out }») the Cana per- mitted toremain in quiet possession of England, while to procure Cuba we are likely to be plunged into a war. The chief argument urged against the annexation of the Canadas, by Canadians themselves, and doubtless the chief objection to such a consumma- tion by the mother country, is the existence of slavery in this republic. More than one of the lead- ing men of the provinmss (and among them editors and members of Parliament) have assured us that but for their antipathies to slavery, and their un- willingness to become part and parcel of a nation re- cognizing the pencias of involuntary servitude, not a voice would be raised against annexation. If the South, as she threatens, should secede, not a twelve- month, we verily believe, would pass, before the unanimous peace of the provinces for annexation would meet with a favorable reception from the home government. | sacrificed to prevent the establishment of a Southern sible countries. General Santa Anna, after having | threaded the redoubtable defiles of Peregrino, ad- vanced upon Acapulco and summoned the town to surrender. The commander of the garrison being remarkably inate, rejected the « proposition, caring but little for the threats ‘and less for the se- ductive promises of his Serene Highuess—where- upon Santa Anna perceiving that there was small | chance of capturing the city, that provisions were failing, that the season was advancing, and that Alvarez’s Indians were re-assembling in his rear, decided upon raising the siege and withdrawing. It was high time, for the Pintos had burned the gras-es and crops, and in spite of the rapidity of the retreat, the cavalry lost most of their horses, and the artillery was abandoned and buried, so as | to prevent it from falling into the hands of the ene- | my. The passes were scarcely defended by the | troops of Alvarez, and Santa Anna regained Chil- | pancingo, after ef, at the outside twenty-five | men in several skirmishes, and five or six hundred by sickness and starvation. He has candidly ac- knowledged that if Alvarez had defended Peregrino with four hundred determined men, neither he nor any of his soldiers wonld have returned to Mexico. It would be an exaggeration to state that forty men | have fallen on both sides in the course of this cam- paign. The colic undoubtedly carried off more than the sword. The return of the President may be styled a de- feat or a retreat; but as Santa Anna invariably as- sumes to be victorious, a triumphal entry was _pre- et for him, and the municipality set apart three lays for public rejoicings. It was, however, all in | vain. official cortége, the arch of triumph, the | salvos of artillery and fireworks, did not affect pub- lic opinion. The vane looked upon as a dis- aster. Santa Anna marched through the city in the midst of a procession of brilliant carriages and hired | vagabonds. He seemed careworn and wearied. Not a single hurrah was raised during his passage. Peo- le gazed at him in silence, and with covered heads. ‘he freezing coldness of his reception evidently | touched him sensibly. Viewed in a purely military light, Santa Anna has evinced both rashness and folly, As a political movement, he has committed a fatal error. He has left Alvarez stronger than ever, and the revolt in the South, far from being suppressed, is regarded as unconquerable by the result of this campaign. It is daily expected to spread from point to point, until it reaches the frontiers of the federal district. In short, Santa Anna has lost his imperial crown onthe highway, and his days are numbered. | A report prevailed last evening that the forces left at Guerrero had disbanded, and that many of them had fraternized with the rebels, This is but 4 rumor, but is probable enough, and has found hun- | dreds of believers. The poor devils who were lett behind had, in fact, ecarcely any other alternative, except to perish of famine. Santa Anna’s absence has been exceedingly fa- yorable to political intrigues, which are now swarm- ing amonget us. The clerico-conservative party, fearing or hoping that Santa Anna had perished the South, attempted to establish a triumvirate com- posed of Messrs. Bonilla, Lares, and Bishop Mun- guia—the latter a bigoted servitor of the Papal au- thority. Their object wasto retain and wield power in the event of the death of Santa Anna. fine little plot was overthrown by the resistance of the | officers of the garrison, who refused to acknowled; any other ruler than the President. Santa Anna is now rae ungavelling the intricate Web of this ob- scure affair, It {is rumored that a new cabinet will be appointed, with Mr. Barranda at its head; but I think this doubtful—Santa Anna \s destined to fall with the party to whom he has attached himself since his return from Carthagena. The Mesilla treaty, as amended by the United | TM aT he nly spramed his Satppenrat ed | H.M. 8. H. has openly exp disapprovi the modifications, and swears he will not take a | dollar less than $20,000,000. His Minister of Fi- nance, Senor Parres, aasures him that they can do "Til eeate ample pecuniney esppies by inoresing will ¢ ample pecuniary eupp! yy ini | the duties on Tapas it per <ent, and by pro- | bibiting the expostation coin. Suoh is the finan- | chal the present cabinet. The pious Lares has established an intellectual inquisition in Mexico. The books which are interdi at Rome are interdicted here. If this law be strictly enforced, we will hardly be able to read any save the Catechism an Ts Conduct like this oe commentary en! yy uous. ignorance poltroonery in the fide brunderng tepid ia po 3 ferocious ‘supe! an bigotry in ‘burch | Really one ht imagine that we were the nineteenth century. AMERICAN deans ates Raters ee hot icians of the Unite ly sented by the above named crgualastion, Taare their annual gathering in this city this week. The | Senveaeeas consisting of- delegates from many States, meet at the City ll on Wednesday morning, and will probably continue in session two or three days. A preliminary meeting will be held orm 'Tnesday evening at the Cfiice of Dre. Paine and On” Wednesday evenin, plic meeting, the trade of the city, with the West, and, | | for the first time, Philatelphia 1s acknowledged to ‘in Deprecate dissolution as we may, it 1s a possible event. Slavery is as insatiable as the grave. Every new concession is succeeded by new demands. Its sppette grows by what it feeds upon; and if it shall be foiled in its purposes—as it will be—its threats of secession will hereafter be followed by in- vitations to secede. Freedom will not again be republic. New York in 1853 and 1854, om the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, June 5.) year ago New York was the scene of the utmost excitement. Her hotels and boarding houses over- flowed with the vast crowd gathered there from the ends of the earth. Her shop keepers of all kinds were worn down with excess of business, and her hundred nye of amusement could not accommo. date one half the host of strangers in the town. Extravagance was rampant, and a sort of fury of expenditure raged among all, to such an extent, that every one whose bu brought him into con- | tact with strangers, was enriched. It was the sea- | son preparatory to the Crystal Palace opening—that | ceremony 80 au, in its promise, but so tamein | its conclusion. The world was taken in for the time, | and New York gathered a rich harvest from the seed then scattered. | The rage of high prices became an epidemic. It | seized upon landlords, who advanced their rents | fifty per cent; it spread among the wholesale deal- ers and retailers; it attacked the cab drivers and | the porters; it ran through the ranks of the ae | and small manufacturers, and it spread especially song, the richer ranks of the community. The | oor laborer by the day, however, was compelled | o work for his old wages, though his rent, his cloth- ing. and his food were enormously advanced. The niu: P x of fortune was not for him; Crystal Palace rosperity was chiefly for the benefit of the smart stockholders, the rich hotel proprietors, the mer- chant princes. They did, indeed, gather in wealth | by thousands, and ‘throughout the summer their good fortune continued, although the palace itself, | the chief instrament of their prosperity, was soon | pronounced bankruj | The excessive inflation of affairs in New York last | summer was regarded as unhealthy by all sober- minded people. Individual fortunes, it is true, were made, to an extraordinary extent, and there was a | feverish excitement among all classes that was mis- | taken for sound prosperity; but it went down a3 rapidly as it advanced. e last winter reduced New York to less than its former bustle. The spring showed it to have lost a large amount of what bas hitherto been regarded as its peculiar Western trade, and the present summer is one of unexampled | dulness. One of its leading journals speaks of the hotel business being overdone, and half of the establishments now losing money; of boarding- houses breaking up by hundreds for want of lodgers for the accommodations hastily provided for last summer’s emergencies. All the papers have com- plained, and still complain, of the serious decline in | be a competitor worthy to be respected, and even to be feared in the race of commercial prosperity. Those who have visited New York this season ele of the contrast between the appearance of things this year and last as remarkable. The com- | pas jive dulness of the streets, the quiet of the otels, the long rows of unoccupied houses hurried pp last year for the Med Palace excitement, and ¢ idleness in the Jobbing houses, are all impressive lessons. They tell us that thousands of families have been driven to other cities or to the far West, by the extrav: it rents and the high prices charged for every thing ; that New York may be a vee 6 for the rich, but not for the poor, and that that best ele- | ment of a population—a hard working, honest, in- dustrial class—is dwindling down to a very small portion of the entire mass. Their place is filled yy Successive arrivals of inexperienced, ignorant and in most cases, wretched immigrants, who, in turn, soon find that their own only chance of success in the new world is by a further emigration. i While all these circumstances are observed in New York, how is it in Philadelphia, which is leas | than a hundred miles distant? en the inflation of New York last Phy caused no sensible Ly hed sion here. The fall trade of 1853 was excellent. Throughout the whole winter everything went on P rously. The spring trade of 1854 exceeded anything ever before known, and was only to be explained by the decline of the trade in New York. Improvements of every kind have never been so extensive, so costly, or so substantial. Enterprise has never been so active. The advance in rents and rices ss, has not been bike oof the undreds of new houses going up c tly are filled as soon as finished; trade and manufactures of all kinds flourish; our railroads are doing an un- recedented business, and without a single symp- ym of unhealthy or unnatural inflation, Philadel- fo opin cg to be more prosperous than she ever been. In the two pictures thus presented, of the chief American cities, the public see the advantages of a | sound healthy system over an by elf feverish | excitement. The revulsion from ast year, in New York, is a calamity for which no compensation is found in the remembrance of the success of that par, or the fact of a few colossal fortnnes springing | rom it. Here we had no excitement, and no busi- | ness that had not a substantial and permanent basis. The growth of our prosperity has been moderate and gradual, but it is secure, and it is fully war- ranted by the demands of trade and population. in every aspect of the subject we have reason to con- | age ourselves that we had no C:ystal Palace ere, and none of the mad excitement, mis-called prosperity, that the New Yorkers so lustily rejoiced over in 1853. IrntsH xp Necro Row 1s Burrao.—There was — and somewhat bloody a yesterday oon on the dock at the foot Nera Young Mea’s | street, between some fa and [rishmen. were about e in it of numbers when affair began, bat the soon collected in Pea ces and considering it a free fight, counted ives in, until poor Cuffee had not a ghost of a Three of Wrirow Docks tw Mrictraay.— They are ee. ing a willow dock at La Crosse, Michigan. is constracted entirely of willow rigs, abot freire feet long, bound in bundles one foot tog org so inget arranged and woven is impoestble for faye) to work out or the water in. ch bundle contains about one hundred small trees, and it will take thonsand of these bundles to complete the works it in said the willows will sprout and , Footing firmly ther, thereby forming a living superstracture which will last for agra, without the least tendency to decay. Docks like thee occur very frequently ne ban‘es of the | Thine in Gerwary. | | dren. Later from Texas. PERSONS KILLED. TEN ' The editors of the San Antonio Ledger have been Sys doe manches. On the Teh Liout, Goaley. of one fone, had a severe fight with fifty of the red skins. He only had a sergeant and ten men. Sergeant Burn ti aat u , bows, arrows, and lances. Cosley’s men only had revolvers, and fought like tigers until their ammunition ore out. Five Indians were left dead on the field, and as many more wounded. The fight was unequal—five to one —yet C. and his men charged ugh them re- peatedly. Several of the horses were pierced with arrows and lances. Within a week the Indians have done more mischief than within the last three rane They are chiefly Comanches, with a few uscalaroes and Li From another letter we have the following names of those killed and wounded of the government train, the attack of which we noticed in our last:— Killed—D. 8. McIntosh, Jack McGuire, L. Pat- tersons, Perry Petty, and August Sartor. Wounded —Powers and Ferguson; both recovering. The extra Western Texan, of the 22d ult., says :— We have just been handed aletter dated Corpus | Christi, Thursday morning, May 18, and from it we learn that the evening previous an express rider, (a soldier of the Rifies,) arrived there on foot, and re- ted that a party of Indians caught him near the Bon Patricio, and took from him his horse, and ae he had, even the mail, and then turnin; him , told him to go back to Corpus ©! 4 and give the information to Gen. Smith. The same night the mail rider came in, a Witter, left Corpus Christi about 9 o'clock, with a party of mento go in pursuit of the Indians. At the same time an ex- reas was sent to Fort Merrill, with instructions for ‘apt. Hatch to come down and meet Capt. Gibbs with another party, and to join him. This last ex- Ley rider came back about 11 o’clock, and reported at the Indians run him within five miles of Corpus Christi. At1 o'clock the same night, Malor Chap- man, the Quartermaster at Corpus , left with a part of eighteen teamsters to go in pursuit of this last party of Indians. Judge Neal and several others started out on the scout, also, and when the express left for San Antonio, the next morning, hey had not returned. From a gentleman who was present and witnessed the conflict of Lieut. Cosley with the Indians near Fort Merrill, the Western Texan learns that on the same day these Indians made an attack upon some Mexicans at lake Trinidad, and killed Pedro Garza, arty under com- wand of Capt. Gibbs and Lieut. | and also his son and two of his cousins, and a third one who escaped came running in and told our in- formant (Mr. Crawford). He was nearly dead with fright, having witnessed two of his brothers slaugh- tered, and his uncle. It was some time before he could relate the facts. Mr. Crawford and several others immediately proceeded to the place at the lower end of the lake, and found them all lying dead. They were evidently shot with Scopet Sod He also informed the editors that much stock has been killed and carried away by the Indians in the neighborhood of Agua Nueva and the Blanco. A gentleman at San Antonio, on the 2lst, who had just arrived from Castroville, informed the editors of the Ledger that two Mexicans were killed a few days since, by the Indians on the Hondo, fourteen miles from Castroville, and plundered o! all they had in their house and burnt it. He also tells us that the Indians are seen daily within a few miles of Castroville, and great apprehensions are felt by the surrounding inhabitants. Cattle or horses straying off are soon killed or driven off. The news is now current in town, that the Mexi- can Maromas, six or eight in number, who have | spent some six months in San Antonio, delighting our citizens with their feats in rope-dancing, &c., and who left here a few days ago, for Mexico, and also, the Italian Harp Players, six in number, who left here some eight or ten days since for Laredo, have all been killed. cel this last report can- not be strictly relied upon, still we fear it will prove true, as they left here unarmed. In the neighborhood of the Leona we learn that most of the families there have collected together for the purpose of being prepared for an attack from the Indians. They have been furnished with’arms from the Government, upon one of the citizens giv- ing security for their return. The citizens on the frontier are moving in daily. On the Attascosa seve- ral families have left, especially the women and chil- It seems that in the neighborhood some of the men have resolved to remain and defend their crops and stock or lose their lives in the attempt. r. R. J. Jones, of San Antonio, who has just re- turned from Corpus Christi, states that, when six miles beyond Fort Merrill, in going, he saw twenty- five Indians coming in this direction On hisreturn from the coast, he was informed at the Fort, by Capt. Grainger, that an express had a short time previ- ously come in, and reported that a party of Indians, about 200 in number, had crossed the Nueces, at the Recky Crossing, on Thursday evening of last week, proceeding towards this part of the country. It is lieved that ithe twenty-five seen on the previous evening were a part of that number. An extra trom the Western Texan announces that Sergeant McNa'ly had succeeded in catching aul routing the Indians who attacked the Governmen* train near Fort Ewell, taking from them every thing they had, the mules they had taken from the train near Fort Ewell, and all their own mules‘and horses, equipages, paints, bows and arrows—in fact every- ra Affairs in Washi \° [Correspondence of the Phlladetehts Ledger.) Wasuinaton, May 30, 1854, Lord Elgin and the Pacific Railroad. Lord Elgin is still bere, attending to the settle- mentof the fishery question, and perchance advising with certain parties on the subject of a railroad to the Pacific. Lord Elgin will ey, favor the northern route, just surveyed by Gov. Stevens, of Washington Territory, and by him found and pro- nounced perfectly practicable, winter and summer. The route would be from the western extremity of Lake Superior to Puget Sound. at route will be found by far the more practical and profitable than the southern one, which, from El Paso, west, passes through a country without water and timber, and will never be fit for cultivation. A railroad, to yield a dividend to the stockholders, must have a bu: population along the road, to create freight and way travel. The South will, in that respect, hardly even equal the North, though they raise the heavy articles of transportation. {Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.} Wasuinorton, June 4, 1854. The Black Warrior Settlement—Policy of the Ad- ministration with Unehanged—Its Demands for Cuban Authority to Treat with and Against ‘African Colonization Still Made—The Madrid Commission and War Supplies—Santa Anna Accepts the Ten Millions, §c. The reperted definite settlement of the Black of the ndmministation in regard to the speedy Sou e ion jul- sition of Cuba. The Black Warrior case wes not of itself an uate or even prominent cause of war. The casus belli was made out without that, and stands now without any , and certainly with- out any restriction on the part of our government, of their demands. These demand: , that the colonial government be subverted, or be so changed as to be rendered in | rey to all questions arising with the United States, independent of the home government. This vould be : Cee a ‘i reco; s the inde- pendence of Cuba, and is just what in proposes a refuse to do. Then, again, the head and front of offence is the Africanization scheme, which, although cisclaimed by Spain and by the Cuban Governor, is still alleged by our government to be in actual pro- eas of excoution. The application to ponmoes for provision for the appointment of commissioners to Spain will cer- ainly be made, notwithstanding the adjustment of this trifling revenne question. also, without doubt, ae: ask for provisional means to make war during the recess, should he deem it necessary. He actually did suggest the measure in his message of the 14th of March, and since that time things have occurred which tend to render the proposition still more expedient. It is denied that General Quitman is at all impli- cated in the filibuster movement. The rumor was improbable, and out of the fact, I suppose, that he had been consulted. The pin sic yea whom the President's proclamation is 4 unknown to the public. Mr. O'Sullivan is not one of them this time, for he was prudently sent out of the country; and even George Sanders cannot be counted on, while in the cause abroad. It appears that Santa Anna has agreed to take the ten milllons. With the aid of that supply, he may be considered as being as well seated in ower an some of the European rulers are. To re- to the money on the ground of insta- bility government will be absard. But I Py | em was chiefly in virtue of the fact that it secures a south- ern route for a railroad to the Pacific. Acqurtren.—William Rankin, who has recently been tried at Paterson for mi wife, was ac- quitted on Wednesday. When the verdict was announc- ed the countenance of Rankin lighted up, and he arose and addressed the court at some |, saying that Cece hehe pet Sto ey paces ‘ourt said that mi ry situation, as It had teken eighteen hours a4 the ju before agreeing upon a verdict of juittal ; admonished him never again to ince himeelt im jeonar- dy. Nothing can beascertaired as to the j relative to the case when first givea to #1 y cetermined among themselves to reveal Newark Advertiver, May 2, | it was ‘he President will | , are | be new Oeeer erent }, are Ra eog len law- abiding settlers, and the civil and religious rights of all are pie by the efficient adi jon of same latitudes in the States; the soil tive, but in nearly all places requires bring crops to maturity, and by abundant crops are produced. are easily raised, an little feed to winter them. Onr civil 0: ition is strictly in accordance with the constitution, and similar to that of all the other States and Territories. Trusting that this reply, though brief, will be sat- isfactory on the Bou of your inquiry, T remain, respect , your obedient servant, “6 Briana Youn@. Tue Marriage Fers or Mrs. ANNA Cora Mowatr.—To-morrow, the 7th of June, at three o’clock in the afternoon, this accomplished lady and Mr. Wm. Foushee Ritchie, son of the v Thomas Ritchie, of Richmond, Va., will be joined in the holy bonds of matrimony. The ceremo! will take face at Ravenswood, the residence of Mr. Samuel G. Ogden, the father of the bride, in the spacious mansion of the Gibbs family, which has been specially prepared for the occasion. About two thousand invitations have been issued to the numerous friends of the bride and m, and of their respective families. Among the invited guests are the ident and the Cabinet, and a num- ber of the members of Congress and of the Legislature, personal friends of the groom. ‘he invitations are given, of course, by the mo- ther of the bride, Mrs. uel G. O; , enclosing the cards of the bride and groom, the following card of instructions passim:— Carriage route for Ravenswood by the pantie! den Houston street ferries, by way of W! five miles. The steamer Ravenswood leaves the pier be- low Peck slip at one o’clock, and returns at 534 P. M. Extra trips on the 7th of June. Will return to New York —— OP. M. The ceremony will take place at three o'clock. The notes bear the arms of the Ogden family—a lion rampant, quarterings of oak branch and acorns, with the following motto:—“ Esti ostendo non jacto,’ a I shine ve not ern os ae he com) expectes assemble about o'clock. tthe. oeremcny will be performed at three P.M., in the house. It had been intended to have it performed under a tent on the lawn, but the un- certainties of the weather compelled the abandon- ment of that idea. The Rev. Mr. Wilkes, a receiver of i doctrines of Swedenborg, will officiate on the occasion. Rumor assi; the privilege of acting as brides- maids on orgie eg to Miss Emily and Miss Grace Beh Sos sisters of the bride; Miss Margaretta Ogden, the bride’s niece; Miss Sargent, of Boston, a sister of Ep s Sargent; Miss Willman, of 5 and Miss A. Appleton, of Cincinnati. We have heard the names of but three of the groomsmen:— Mr. James Sargent of Boston, brother of Hpes Sar- gents Dr. Keene and Mr. Peterson, of Philadelphia. he names of the other three~for there are to be six---have not transpired. It is understood that the bride will be presented at the ceret by her father, followed by her mo- ther upon the arm of the groom. Dancing will commence immediately after. Dod- worth’s band has been engaged for the occasion, to discourse its sweetest music, both in the house and on the lawn. Refreshments wiil be furnished the company upon their arrival and after the ceremony. A cold collation and refreshments, embracing delicacy that the season affords, will be su throughont the afternoon and until ten o'clock, when a Upseenscres for the occa- sion, will take back to the city such of the guests as may be pleased to stay to so late an hour. The bride and groom will make a short excursion. from town, return Friday eee Ravenswood, and leave the same afternoon for Brandon, in Vir- nia, the family mansion of Mrs. Harrison, one of ir. Ritchie's sisters. After a brief stay there they wi home to Mr. Ritchie’s charming residence, hear Richmond.— Post. Court of General Sessions. Before His Honor the Recorder. EMPANNELMENT OF THE GRAND JURY—OHARGE. June 6.—The court resumed its sitting to-day at the usual hour. After waiting a few moments for some of the abeent Grand Jurors, a querum was at obtain- ed, who were sworn in the usual and form, by the Clerk, Mr. Vandervoort, and answered to their names as follows:— Philetus H. Holt, foreman—Gerardus Boyce, John 0. Bayles, Edmund $. Clarke, Andrew Farmer, Thos. F. Gildersleeve, Theodore Martine, Sampson Moore, Sandford L. Macomber, Olmstead, John Wadsworth, Ed- mund M. Young, William C. Atwell, William 8. Baker, Mi Devoe, Mantice 8. Kerrigan, ant Joseph Legeett 7 Oe, wurice 5. Ke , am 3 To these Siuls Honor the Recorder delivered the charge usually delivered to the Grand Jury. He by saying that the duties imposed upon.them were of in- finite importance to the community at large, and requir- ed all the attention that could possibly be given. It wa their duty to inquire faithfully, carefully, and calm- ¥ into all cases brought before them for their ac- ion. They should be careful not baled, Meg son unless bo! thought, and, in fact, be- lieved, the evidence sufficient to warrant such @ proceeding on their part. He then proceeded to them upon the different points uired by law. incumbent on him to cl them to inquire into any violation of the lottery laws, from which nafa- rious traffic evil inconceivable had made itself manifest. The rich and the poor were alike drawn into the cunning spare laid for them by harpies in human form. former were often robbed of their thousands, and the latter of their last cent, in the foolish and vain hopo of realizing a fortune or a handsome sum of money without working honesily for it. The sellers of these lottery policies were to be found in all the principal thoughfares of the city, some vending them under the cover of ex- chan, ers. He was obliged, he said, tocharge to make due inquiry into any violations of the election laws; but he was glad to «ay that their attention would needed on this subject, as no election had taken , and furthermore, that while he was on the fore him—thus going to show that the purity of the rs i elective Ly wood Cd robe ht BO The next it wi) ie iw ui im charge fiem'to mabe diligent inquiry into, wae any violations et the usury laws. He then went on to say that this being Ly the summer season, it would be proper for them inquire into the condition of markets, sewers and tenant houses, for it was highly m ‘at this season the year, in order to prevent nce Or have the city as clean as possible so that the the inhabitants and the welfare of the community << be preserved. He referred particularly to the late between two fire companies on them the necessi! ites wise the sot upon them the it, o! theSabbath to be pre I Tomake etelot tat bag bepscn el for pen | was 80 ‘a city as those broils and tomults, among other body of men, on Sunday.’ Although punishment had been dealt out J Ae authorities say, they satiwaed to Fete LY thea pom those not acquainted. with thele ovl ot! {ter cue considernt rende ayainst ‘all the defendants, Sentence delerred Friday. The Court then adjourned