The New York Herald Newspaper, June 18, 1854, Page 6

AFFAIRS I6N CUBA. Our Havana Correspondente, Havana, mere 1854. Payment of the Black Warrior Claim—. lovements of rae ite About the Practical of the Filibusters—A Case of Petty Tyranny—. Man Forced to Shave his Mustachois—Spanish Impressions and Inferences of the Boston Abolition Riots—The Union to be Dissolved—Death of Mrs. Virginia P. Crawford. Your regular correspondent left in the steamer Jeabel, and proposes resting w days in Charles- ton, and thence taking the lan: ute via Washing- ton, so that you will see him it the time the efforts of his substitute reach you. I have no time to make jogies or a speech, following the custom of the . ‘The six thousand dollars have been paid here to the fagents of the Black Warrior, under the clemency ‘and charity of her Majesty, not admitting any im- propriety in the seizure or condemnation, accord: ‘ing to Spanish official version from the head quar- ters of our intelligence. I bave hunted over the mews matter, and have obtained the privilege of reading several letters addressed to my personal friends, but I cannot make anything out of them of a definite character, except that Santa Anna has es- caped from Alvarez, returned to the city of Mexico, into which he made a triumphal entry on the 16th, nd had prayers said for him ai the cathedral, with the chaunt “ Te Deum” for his happy and safe deliverance and return from his arduous campaign. Bome seem to be of the opinion that Alvarez is much more formidable than represented by tue apologists cf Santa Anna—that tue President was compelled to raize the siege of Acapulco, for the famine that was in the land for him, while his enemy had abundance of everything, and from dis- ease induced by the climate, to which his soldiers were unaccustomed, and that at the mountain passes ot the Perigrino he was headed off by the chief he had beld shut up in Acapulco, and that his army was entirely routed and cut to pieces, Santa Anna escaping with muck trouble through the assistance of his guide. I find the supposition, also, that Al- v may show himself in force in the vicinity of bh case it is said his power will be I, however, tiad nothing s here are to misrepresent ition to the present administra- everything in oppos’ o the i on of Mexico, from which it has been thought » anething mii to the advantage of Spain; so that the received from the Spanish agents gives the fair picture to the one side, while the other 38 confused as much ‘as possible. We haye several queer things besides negro : fuirs, which serve to throw palace dignity off us guard. Mr. Pregas, who is one of the in- pedendent order of ** Aministados,” wrote quite acomplimentary letter to General Pezuela, land- ing the Queeen for her royal clemency, and the Viceroy for his exceeding benevolence in his efforts to induce the people of Cuba to subscribe ihe means for return to Cuba of those unforiu- nates who were not able to do so without such as- sistance, that her Majesty’s kindness might not be wasted ; giving thanks from his heart for all of which he should tske advantage, as soonas he might be enabled to do so, even if he should be com- pelied to resort ‘to conveyance of a sail vessel,” appended to which was a piece of poetry, fall of roy- alty and full of gratitude, which passed the criticism of royal censorship, was approved and printed in the Aurora of Matanzas. Lo, and behold, when it had got well into circulation, it was found to be the ut- terance of a horrid acrostic—viva los filibusteros. By. order of the Captain General, an attempt has been made to withdraw the issue from circulation; but it was too late. The editor has been thrown into pri- son, but the “censors” escape punishment. Asa remedy, vice regal genius has been put to the rack, and we have an awful perpetration in the Preina, in response to t air daughter of the morn,” which renders in acrostic aristocratic wit, Viva la nacion Espagnol. The ridiculous seems to have been all powerfnl in this case, so that we have lost vhat sheen of dignity which hes covered us in from gordwUriosity and the amusement of the valgar here- The ene. : 9 the south sla.Ol One Oo! f the Spanish steamors vessels = (ube, (an Bnglichinan,) which vessels ano on duty rhjub®, (an Boglichinan,) whic ers where they S as : showing slav- Img—as may be con, e a or prevent- sts and of the owner- Tare, and as ithoit Law obligations, or with propriety, Bhip, &¢c.—had occasion to gu he was weari mustachois, © of ihe north side,) he dic He wes spoken of by some } 3, of the commander of the steamer he was a remarkably fice looking man, having very si y wh much the appearance of an Ame: £8" be application ior leave toy gecions, he was etd that it prove upon bigatil he ‘shaved thos oa, Could de him look eo much like an Ame! and Wo application for nine cons ve days, the same reseponse was given, until the poor fellow, in despair, "was compelled to trim his beard, to suit the caprice of his superior, and forego the unctious delica with which he regaled his olfactories from the bris- tles of his upper Ie It has been made of sufi tient consequence for the passege of several efficial communications; but I do not presume that it will lead to reprisals on the pase of Eng- jJand, for the better protection of her subjects in service of the Spanish steam marine. 1 mention it to show what trivial things enter into our dail relations with authority. The Captain-General is trying to force from the grave the negroes that were captured and brought to this port with the Por! 1- guese brig Maria de la Gloria, in 1824, and has pointed one Don Francisco Marty y Torrens depo:i- thereof, with orders that she shall be raised from the binding shrouds, and appear within cight days, or that the owner and holders thereof must ide the penalties which the law may inflict. The descendants of thre@ negroes, (all free,) can- not be found—and but one or two of the old sock are on hand—their lives have been sold out as iong ns they lasted, to make Spanish official honesty con- sistent, to keep the several Governors of Caba from starvation. The last mails from the United Btates gave great joy to the abolition circle ‘of the Captain-General of Caba, who are members of recent introduction to the French Iustitut d’ Afrique, with the manifestoes of which our desks are foll. ‘The calcviations are that the disorder in Boston and Worcester wil! spread through the land, and poth- ing less than disunion of the Ne and South is now spoken of by the privileged ignorance of the palace. The news by the steamer now in sight from the Moro, (ten minu past four P. M.,) is looked for with much interest th abolitionists of big ¢ of whom has been more or leas interest- ¢ roes landed on the north side of Cuba for the last te: 3; and now has a slayer ready for sea in the or of Havana. Whether hisabolition zeal w yplish his'wishes for license to run grants from Africa, which he will care shall be ianded out of exe- cutive res ut the probabil: are in his 1 niely contemplates a ted States to make the acquaintance ‘rison and other worthies, composing us political communion of the North. We already have our strikers among you, and not with. out their under current influence, in inflaming the parsions of your black enthusiasts—these with the agents of France, recently appointed, and your provincial members of the British “ Anti-Sla very Society,” who have been for years at their t in the United States, it is confidently asserted, will have the effect to produce the desired separation; when perhaps the South may chance to have a visit from five or six thousand of ovr colored veterans, to ameliorate t ondition of their slaves. Sach sug- gestions spring here from yery high quarters, and we suppose them entitled possibly to a passing thought. ‘There are some that aay that these things will not be allowed to come to pass by the Unite’ Sta there are others, and I am on that side of t) fence, that believe that the United States authorities’ under their terror of the frowns of Popular ‘will, will believe nothing aud dare notuins, ‘until the moment of prudence has passed, and the country is involved in a ruinous contest for its preservation from the veritable shadow of Afric: * :egenerating the land,”'in the very graphic language «1 our most by reve scholar and most astute n. He is determined to provoke the whirl- wind, whether he nf the wrath of the tempest or visit to the U of P not. We are national in all our views here, and do not put our negroes in military harness without an bad far beyond the mere present. advance of the negroes to equal social and civil privileges with the governors ey Caba—the li- cense to ack where they list to las hed the desirea ' Ject, and it is said that over three thousand have tonched the Queen's money, which she drags from py, ym Cuba. ¢ Biack Warrior isin, and we have in ic of a filibustero proclamation, that ia very Ww: reed Tussey—and ramors that Cuba {is soldi! of which has the usual quantity of belle? aad doubts; office holders want faith—the Creoles won't fight (if they knew how), and the Women wish to he d from the negro We shall probably be stend, in due tim ouly portion of t tly informed how we | ‘nglish merchants are the | gn community that the presence 0 stated that Qn the noxt eve, to itioniste here who distance Sy nes GaeGet eich an gradual all fin, with ith to the white. This ition in eeoame Soe intelligent 5 re hed in contemplate. in all the various plans for the con- one of our most interesting members— nia Pleasanton Crawford, of John Crawford, Exg., who died at the residenee of her father inf , the British Consul-General. The lad was to have left by the Cahawba for Phi- ladelphia, but she has gone to join a band of waiting friends in Heaven. Slie had become a great favorite in Havana society, from the peculiar sweet- ness «f disposition that colored everything she did, and gave pleasantness and charms to everything she looked upon. é The town is full of conversation which will proba- bly result in nothing. We have the excitement of the thing any how, which is something. I hope Robertson, be the last American Consul of Cu' —no country ever had a better. Havana, June 11, 1854, Intrigues of Lord Howden and the Captain- General—Indignation of the Catalans There- at—Character and Condition of the Spanish Army—How the Soldiers are Treated—-Another Rising Expected, §¢+, §0+) §¢+ Every one believes we are on the eve of a great revolation—politi¢al, civil and religious. His Ex- celiency the Marquis Pezuela, our present Captain- General, seems bent on the ruin of the island. He is the tool of the intriguing Lord Howden, the Eng- lish Minister in Madrid, to carry out a connected plan, ora series of measures, to place Cuba on the same footing of “ prosperity” as that of Jamaica. The Catalans and other natives of old Spain are farious against him, and are really more violent in their condemnation than the Creoles themselves; in fact, they are uniting with them, and only wish the Yankees would make their appearance in sufficient force to give them security, and the whole island would be revolutionized in less than three months. The army, of which a correspondent of the London Times, from Medrid, boasts so much about, of being armed with Minnie rifles, of their spirit, energy and bravery, is entirely misinformed. The fact is, there is not ‘one of these rifles in the whole army, and the soldiers are a sallow, lean, sickly set of men as ever was’ collected together and dignitled by the name of en army. They are miserably fed, forced from their mountain homes in Spain, brought here in vessels crowded like the slavers from Africa, they feel the climate much more than natives of the United States, and “ die here like rot- ten sheep,” as the Minister of War remarked to me last year. Their food, too, is entirely different from that ‘in Spain—stewed beans, vermicelli, sweet pota- toes, jerked beef, with a sparce allowance of bread and poor wine. It issaid their clothing is made all of one size: if a fat man, they diet him until he is of the required size; if very lean, they feed him with beans to swell him out. The first {s true, but { doubt the extra food ever allowed, even of beans, After a very careful examination, every well inform- ed person will be compelled to arrive at this conclu- ion:—that there is neither moral nor physical force it; its elements are those of discontent, decay and quick dissolution; officered by proud upatarts, who beat and kick about the poor soldiers worse than the chain gang prisoners. I was at the Moro a short time since, when a captain ordered x soldier to get hima coal to light his segar, and happening to let it fall as he was in the act of handing it to him, he gave him three or four kicks and ordered him to be put under guard. Will men so used, fight? No, they will not stand fire, but run away when they can; they have nothing to fight for—the love of country is not a feeling that gives animation to their hearts; their Pe too has been humbled by the formation of mulatto regiments forced into service and dressed like prisoners of the Tacon jail. The natives of old Spain were invited to form volunteer companies, and not one as yet has come ‘orward to subscribe his name. a The people generally are ardently longing to enjoy the blessings of freedom aad independence; they are stretching out thgr hands towards the United States for help, succor, freedom from the yoke that so heavily pressts them do for endurance has ceased to be a virtue. N was there a stronger feeling in the human bi than that exhibited by ali parties in Cuba, I may almost say, without exception. The Cre: young ladies are capable themselves of armia {inevontest—some of them veal Amozonus. long eudure suck a IWillicways.do1, A cB al, without terms, only ad to of freedom. I have been told by hundreds th 3 is the lest request to heaven that arises from their hearts when they resi; themselves to sleep, and the first that they utter when awake in the morning. The name of Washington is, if possib!e, more venerated and beloved among them than it is with us, and they invoke his name with an enthusiasm that would thrill the beart of many a trae born American. CARDENAS. an The Poetical Constcrnation at Matanzas TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Dear Sin—I have been greatly surprised at hear. ing, through your Havana correspondent, (Poug*- keepsie,) that my most enthusiastical and melo piece of real poetry, respectfully and humb! scribed to his most respected and high Marquis de la Peauela, has proved to be a acrostic. Indeed, sir, such was not my and I do not see but the old black fellow of the Gark regions has had a part in this trick. I enclose a copy of the original manuscript of ) » ill-fated “ode,” and_ you will see how rich it is sentiments of “loyalism” towards her Catholic Majc ty and the Great Iberian Hero.” 1 am sir, very r eye “ated Anronro Maria PRaGas. New York, June 17,1854. AL EXMO. SOR. MARQUES PEZUELA, POR SU MEG./A- NIMIDAD AL HACER MAS LATA LA AMNISTIA Dé REINA DE ESPANA, EN CUBA. Ven, Musa, del nito Pindo; Inspira mi humilde genio; Vea, y que mi lira cante Al nobie procer ibero ! Nunea can tant Oo Sabio en pa Feliz la Cul Inocente, y su fel pueblo, La clemencia desu Reina, imitada en wa gobierno, Bendicen con mil cantarres, nidos caantos su suelo nples i}uso" Elevan & Dios 8: Repiten tu “Oh, salve !— “Salve, gran procer ibero | ANTONIO MARIA Paracas. It will be observed that the acrostic in the ori- Vivan los Filibus- ibusteros.” ginal as printed above, rea teros,” or “ Long live the Fing inv Newronr—A Lance Desrroren. bout two o'clock yesterday afternoon, the extensive cotton mili of ‘omas O'Shaughnessy, Wsq., situated on the bank of the river in the upper end of Newport, was de- voyed by ire. It had only been in full operation yout two weeks, and when the fire brolce ont, about one hundred hands were at work. The eause of the fire is not positively known, but it is supposed to have originated by a spark from the furnace being borne by the wind through a wiadow .to the loose cotton in one of the upper stories, When the fire was first discovered, it could have easily been extinguished, if water had been handy, but there was none within reach. The alarm, as may be supposed, caused much consternation among the operatives, a large number of whom were women and young girls. They tled from the building shrieking, leaving behind them everything. For a wonder, none of them were hurt, exoapt one man, whe by some means had the flesh of one of his arms badly lacerated. The fire ran through the building very rapidly, so qnickly indeed that nothing whatever was saved from the two upper stories. A portion of the ma- chinery was saved from the first story in a damaged condition. The buildings wero ecampletely de- | steoyed. The tire companies of Newport and Covington were early upon the ground, but were auable to do more than to prevent the fire from extending to other bwildings, They worked hard and bravely battled the foe. Several thousand people witnessed the couflagra- tion, large crowds from this side of the river being gathered on the streets opposite. ‘ne destruction of the factory is .@ ead disaster to Newport, throw- 'y of its people out of employ- bnessy, the proprietor, was oa at the time of the conflagra- alario, and knew nothing hing the nding to er He did not hear th Js wide of th © fire, until app: ~arrived—a crisis is at hand—human naturs ‘The Greeks, THE CHRISTIANS THAT ARE STRUGGLING FOR LIBERTY, The people that are now calling upon the Ameri- cans for sympathy, live in the following coun- tries:— First—The inhabitants of all Roumelia, being the greater part of European Turkey, ani consisting of the following provinces :—Macedonia, Thessaly» Epirus, Albania, Thrace, Bulgaria, and all the prin- cipalities. P Second—The islands between Europe, Asia, and Africa, east of Italy. ‘Third—All Asia Minor, Syria to the Euphrates, and Egypt with the adjacent countries. Fourth—The Ionian Islands, ‘All these people are asking for the rights of man. They desire to be free, to live under laws. They contend for the exalted rights of haman nature. All these people, together with the inhabitants of the present liberated Greece, took up arms in the year 1821, . It was then that, after a long and bloody war, it was agreed by the great Powers to free only a small —a very small—portion of the whole. They freed only the Peloponesians, or Morea, the southern coast of continental Greece, that little strip of land which lies north of the Gulf of Corinth, or Lepanto, and south of Thessaly and Epirus. A line drawn from the Gulf of Volo and that of Arta forms the northern boun line between the little kingdom of Greece and the Turkish empire. Now these people are contending for what they did in 1821, ey contend for that which was granted only to a handful of Greeks, inhabiting a smull portion of rocky country called the kingdom of Greece, It was just then to liberate that small part of the whole. It is equally just for the rest to become free and united into one powerful nation, under one iree constitutional government. i It is to the interest’of the world for this people to be free. [t is to the interest of commerce, o: religion, and of man. It is just that these people should be free. If thé inhabitants of liberated Greece, laboring under so many disadvantages, have been the means of spreading edacation so far, what might we not expect from the whole millions of their brethren now contending or sighing for what is noble? It is this people that will carry light and civiliza- tion into the heart of Asia and Africa, being next door neighbors, through the light of the Gospel, commerce and education, and not the arms of the mighty. t was @ grievous mistake to free ouly a ver; small part of the country that so heroically fought, with 9 population of Jess than a million. By so do- ing they created a feeble kingdom, to the sorrow of its freo inhabitants, for ‘to be weak is miserable.” The independent Greeks have had mighty pro- tectors—protectors with interests diametrically op- dl. Some ‘ask, why did you not fight against the Turks before the present war between Turkey- and Russia? We did, Americans, take up arms often before this, but we were prevented, and they will always prevent us, and misrepresent us until a move gene- Tous power steps forward, and, like the angel from Heaven, gives peace to the world. Americans, the sorrows of the Christians of the East are very great. Weare wronged. We are an injured people. ‘They say that we are paid by Russia. They say that we received Russian gold. They say that the present revolution is the result of Russian intrigue. Americans, if they that write these things be lieve them, they are mistaken; if they do not they are very wicked. Sooner or later truth mast triumph. Americans, we are wronzed, we are in- jured, we are misrepresented, Who killed President Capodistrias? Who prevented our attempt when we took up arms in 1840? : Who destroyed the commerce of Greece in 1854, and captured'ail the Greek vessels, and blockaded the ports of Greece Independent? : ho are now in sweet alliance with the enemies of the Bible, and the tyrants of the Christians? Who are now sending their armies in liberated Greece to crush down the feeling of sympathy of the free Greeks in favor of their brethren straggling for life? We all know who they are. But what is more wicked, is that though they fare the perpetrators of such crimes, they acorn at the Christian, and devise arguments to throw apoa us the odium and contempt they merit. C. EVANauLIpes. Gur Rhode Istana Carrespondence. Newrort, R. 1, June 12, 1854. Annual Meeting of tie New England Friends— Subionts- fry Aelgte— Oneniagol the Eysinoy whe Maine Lew. On Sunday the yearly meeting of the Society of Mriencs for the New England States commenced procecdings in the venerable old meeting house be- longing to the society. The first meeting being open to the public, a large number of strangers and townspeople attended. The number of “Friends” from abroad is about one thousand. Many of them come from Maine and New Hampshire. All matters of unsettled business terly meetings are discussed and passed upon. 7 meeting will continue all the week in session. It is expected that the fugitive slave act of 1850, and the repeal of the Missouri compromise by Congress will bea prominent: topic for discussion. As a class, the quakers are anti-slavery in their politics. Many of the wealthier members of the society from abroad Lave taken quarters at the Atlantic and Belle-Vue hotels. Their appearance in the parlors of these hotels, so generally devoted to the gaity of the fashionable world, is a novel sight; however, their conduct proves them to be less cynical than t_o world is pleased to regard them. The Atlantic and Belle-Vue hotels have only been opened a short time, yet from the number of visiters already present, a full eeison is expected, The Ocean House will be opened on the 20th instant, by Mesars. J. G. Weaver and R. $8. Holman, Jate of tl fi us Winthrop House, at Boston. The Atlantic will be conducted by J. B. Weaver, Mr. G. W. Vesey, late of the Union place hotel, New York, and Mr. it. §. Eaton, late of Syracuse. The Belle-Vue will be conducted by Mr. Ha: The Atlantic and Ocean have been greatly it ed; steam engines hive been added for the purpose of throwing water oyor and through the hotel, and gas lights have supplied the place of the oil lamps. The city marshal “called ronnd” yesterday .t many of the bar-rooms, and intimated that the pvo- prietors would be prosecuted if they kept them open on Sanday, but on week days no interruption is anticipated.” The proprietors of the chief hotels have inti ‘1 their intention to sell liquors only to oe boarders, and not to the townspeople, of New- port. R The High Prices of Beof, TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HEALD. Sim—Now that the high price of beef, and p J visions generally, engrosses so large a share of the public attention, and as it isa subject in which we all feel so lively an interest, I hope you will not cor sider it out of place to give publicity to the vie: @ of an old boarding house-keeper, by a few lines in the columns of your ubiquitous journal. Every one knows that the United States are agri- cultural States—that the State of New York is pre- eminently an agricultural State—a grazing State~ that the city of New York is neither so populous as London or Paris, or many other cities in the Old World. Yet provisions, especially the several kiu # of meat, are higher here at this moment-than in Paris or London, or in any other city in Europe or America, San Francisco, perhaps, excepted. Now, why isthis? The why,I thiuk, is clear enough In no city in the world do the people go so mach Aboarding. Every day we hear of more people giv- ing up housekeeping and going to board. The num- ber of boarders now reached @ higher figure than ever before. This, I believe, is the event of the high markets; this is the canse of their invariably upwacd lagen? for the last few years. This is just. why provisions are now quoted at a higher figure than ever before. In a boarding house ever: ene sits down to table determined to do as much cate as he can. Bread, vegetables, pies, &c., come in for more than a fair share of the onslaught; but i¢ is on the meat—the roast beef above all-—that the wax waxee deadliest. Ina boarding house peo- ple conenme at least fifty per cent more than hey would do in their own houses. What confirms me in this view is, that I have kept my house ou the Enropean plant for the last few woeks—that is, rented ny rooms, aud purchased the victualing for my lodgers just aa they direcled me—and I have foond a saving of wt least what I say, for all part concerned. The pe pie fa Hurope seem to be pretty wide awake to this, for they have nothing like what referred to the yearly meeting by the several quor- 4 | Jibel. Important Decktn oo Pieeding tn » Linel SUPERIOR COURT—SPECLAL TERM. WHREDE VS. JAMES GORDON BENNETT. Mr. G. for tiff. Horrusn, Justice The pplication is to strike [OFFMAN, a] out various portions of the answer as irrelevant and redundant, or redundant merely. The complaint is for a libel published in the New Yore Heraxp, of which defendant is stated to be tor and by harged valued at $400, from Mrs. Mary der alleged false representations ; that the Tustice held the accused to bail in the sum of $500 to answer the charge. It is then alleged that the publication was entirely false; that no complaint was made by any one for obtuining a lot of g, linens, & the publication stated ; that the said plaintiff was never arrested on any such charge, with an aver- ment of damage sustained, &c., py, reason of such falee and cious libel. To this the defendant puts in an answer divided into four heads, or four Be] te answers. In the first, he sets out as to all said alleged libel, except the words “ a lot of bedding, linen, &c., valued at ;” that on the 21st of May, 1853, J. McGrath was a Justice of police in the Second Judicial District, in this city; was there holding a public court; that he had authority to cause ersons Cl d with criminal offences to be brought feed him; ‘that on. the day and place before named, Mary Pohl went before in said court, and made oath charging the plaintiff with many details of circum: stances, with having defrauded her by false pre- tences of the sum of $88, which he had converted to his own use. That Mary Pohl prayed a warrant to arrest the plaintiff, to auswer this charge of obtain- issued 7 dl with obtaining a lot of ing money under false prerores: that such warrant was issued, under which the plaintiff was arrested by H. Kearney, a police officer, and carried before 8, H. Stuart, a Justice of Police of the city, then holding a public court for the administration of justice in such city; that it was his duty, and he had wiful authority to hear and determine the charges; that the plaintiff, being before such aneiee was in- formed of the said charges; that such justice, upon the examination it appearing to him that the offence had been committed, and that there was probable cause to believe the plaintiff guilty, ordered him to find bail in $500, for his appearance at the next Court of Sessions, to answer to any indictment; that thereupon the plaintiff found such bail, and entered into a recognizance. ‘Tne answer then avers that all and singular the facts herein before set forth are the facts referred to in the alleged libel in the com- laint set forth. Wherefore the defendant, on his fiformistion and belief, saith that the said alleged libel in the complaint set forth was, (except as aforesaid,) at the time of the publication thereof, true; and because the same was true, he published the same, as he lawfully might. The exception is the passage relative to the charge being of obtain- ing @ lot of hed linen, &c. The second part of the answer begins with stating that on the 12th of January, 1853, the plaintit’, by means of certain false and fraudulent pretences, cheated and de- frauded one Mary Pohl of $38, the money and goods of the said Mary then and there being, ‘‘and afterwards and on the 2lst of May, 1853.” Then the answer proceeds to set out again the proceed- ings in the police court, before McGrath and Stuart, with scarcely a variation in language and none in substance. (The charge as to amount is general, being. meesed at $88, without the detail of the $81 and the $7.) The answer then proceeds:— “And all and singular the facts hereinbefore set forth are the facts referred to in the said alleged li- bel; and because tke plaintiff did, by false and fraudulent pretences, cheat and defraud the said Mary Pohl of the sum of $88 of her moneys, and be- cause the said Mary Pohl charged the plaintiff with the said offence in manner atoresaid, and because the said Justice issued his warrant for the arrest of the plaintiff, and because the plaintiff was arrested on the said warrant by the said Kearney, and be- cause the plaintiff was held to bail to answer the said offence, therefore the defendant, on his infor- mation and belief, says that the said alleged libel, exceptas aforesaid, was, at the time of the publica- tion thereof, tree, and therefdre he published the said alleged libel in the complaint set forth as ho lawfully might for the cause aforesaid. The differ- ence between the first and second answer is this— that in the second there is an express averment of the offence, viz.: that the plaintiff did cheat and de- frand Mary Poh] of $88; and again the truth of the libel is stated asa conclusion from the facts repeat- ed, of the plaintiffs’ having cheated, and being charged with cheating, and of the issuing of the warrant, the arrest, and holding tobail. The third clause, or third answer, is almost identical with the first, variations being merely verbal, and it ends thus:-—“‘ And the said cileged libel, except as afore- said, is a fair aud impartialreport of the proceedings had and taken upon the said charge of the said Mary Pobl before the said Justice James MeGrath and the said Justice Sydney H, Stuart, sitting in an open hedving ‘or wate*prtiivenii fa Aah EAMG HEPA BAS ng said; and this defendant, before and at the time of the publication of the said alleged libel, being the publisher of a newspaper published in the city of New York, published the said alleged libel in the said newpaper ‘as an item of public news without any malice towards the plaintiff, and in good faith, believing the charge of the said Mary Pohl to be true, and believing, and having probable cause to believe, as well that the statements in the said al- leged libel were, and each of them was true, as that the said libel was and contained a fair and impartial aepore of the proceedings had and taken before the said Justice James McGrath and the said Justice Sydney H. Stuart in manner and as herein before stated.” Fourthly, the defendant, “as to all the said alleged libel, and as mitigating circumstances, on his information, and belief alleges.” He then bec to set forth the proceedings of Mary Pohl efore the Police Justices, beginning on the 2st of May, 1853, her charge, the warrant, &c. Some ad- ditional facts are added as having been contained in her oath before Justice McGrath, such as a promise to return the deposit book, and an admission of not having deposited the money in the Water street Bank. The contents of the recognizance are also set forth. The answer then proceeds:—“And further on informetian and belief the defendant says that the plaintiff did in fact on or about the 12th day of January, 1953, by false and fraudulent pretences, induce the said Mary Pohl to intrust to the custody of him the sum of $88 of her moneys, and that the plaintiff cheated and defrauded the said Mary Pohl out of saidmoneys. That the said alleged libel was published, intending the same to be a fair and im- Nae report of the said charge and of the proceed- ings thereon, and in so far as the samo is at variance with the exact tacts of said charge and proceedings thereon, the same was the result of accident, and not intended to injure the plaintiff. That at the time of the publication of the said libel, the de- fendant then being the publisher of a certain newspa- per, calied the New York Heraxp, published the said alleged libel as an item of public news and as a report of the proceedings on said charge of the suid Mary Pohl, and without an malice, aid in the ‘bona fide belief that the salt charge was true, and with probable cause for beliay- ing the said charge to be trae, and that the plaintiff was guilty of the offence wherewith he was charzod as aforesaid, and inthe bona fide belief and with ports cause for pleats that the said alleged ibel was 4 fair and impartial report of said proceed- ings.” The analysis of the answer, is this:—-The allegations in the libel, and the charges made aguinst the plaintiff are all true, with an exception, which is tinmaterial. The defence is therefore ab- solute, no matter what motive instigated the publi- cation. Again, that the charges were made under oath, in a public court of justice, and action of the Judge took place apon them in presence of the plaintiff, which authorized a reasonable belief that the accusations were true, and 80 believing them to he true, they were published without malice, and this isa defence. Again, that the publication was privileged, being a nurrative, without comment, of what took place in a court of justice, where the plain- tiff was regularly brought by process to answer for an alleged offence. That this forms a perfect devence, whether the charge was true or false, and whether the defendant believed or did not believe it tobe true, and whether the be grr of belief were satisfactory or insufficient. And lastly, that if the defendant fails in establiching the trath of the defam ator matter, and if the tending to warrant e belict of it, and such a belief form no defence; and if the plea of a privileged ante is no valid defence, then, he says, that the circumstances of the charge under oath, the examination ina public court, and the result as detailed, are available in mitigation of damages. It might seem that it was not a necessary or logical that because of the arrest, &c. the libel was true, as stated in second answer; but when more carefull considered, I think it amounts to an avermen’ that these facts contained the information which warranted the belief of their trath, and for this pur- Ose m8) are get forth. (4 Taunton, 30; 6 Bing- ham, 223. resting upon the allegation of the truth of the libel, is pertect in itself. That requires no farther com- ment. As to the defence of a privileged communi- cation, Justice Bosworth, in the late case of Barber ve. Pennett, has decided that x justification of what occurred at a police court, without any defamatory comment, constitutes a defence in an action for a It is a privileged report. I should govern myself by this decision on the cme motion, if T we mean by boarding,except in hotels, and then a } proportionate, but in my opinion a fair increase is | made in the charges, in order to meet the emor- geney. You should endeavor to impress this upon | even it Us he minds of your readers. It will remove half bills ‘to let” that are now pla’stered on the house vid bring back beefsteaks wit) | . i ot | crons the river, he saw hie factory tn flames, Upish this last phase of your affairs with Spain, and | — We could uot get th Toss with eny accur ging to emey, declare unanimously that Spain is not | From the information we cout! gather, we aro co By ng to sacritice her notional honor by any sach | fident Mr. O'Shaughnesay’s loss will ‘be at Toast | npr vmnise: hundred millions would be no | $50,000. He was insur d, but to what extent we | tation to her to part with the ‘gem of the | could not The buildings are owned by Mr. | b crown others think it a very soot Thomas ¢ rd, of this city, * Foe sha for any wounds the national honor may receive, If | covered ” Yowurances: , H-108'Y if Made, it will be « greet blessing, 99 J be | June Md. q humbiest among ua. aint She reach of the New Yous, June 16, 1864. circumstance doubted its soundness, which Lom fat from doing. And the facts which tend to constitute the defence of a privileged communication, may, I apprehend, be properly adduced in evidence to mitigate dainages, hould be ultimately decided not to form an absolute defence. The plea of a privileged com- munication assumes that it is immaterial whether the charges are true or fale. To vet up the sare . in mitigation of mages, does not rly ndagit the fals''y of the acgusatioa, wus it is needless to say that the defence |- y warrant a substantial conviction for the a he ablation yu! tl whit without such evidence would attach to rate, until otherwise instructed, I consider | ‘code as permitti the use of the testimony for | . It is obvious that this sition ferent from that of the ility of general bad character and it this that the celebrated ‘ood was directed, in Jones vs. With these views Iam not able to say that any of this answer is irrelevant or badly pleaded. But it is, 1 think, redundant in that recognized sense of the word which At such @ par is widely mere rumors, or repute. It was opinion of Baron hens, 11 Price, 235. pertinent. It is a wise courage of this nature. More trouble and SATE, is caused by them than benefit is obtained. it I may not refuse to test the present answer in this particular. it appears tome that one statement of the facts, euch as is contained in the first answer, is sufficient. The second answer should then be set forth ina manner like the following : Secondly, “And for a further cause of defence the defendant alleges, and sets forth, that on the 12th day of February, 1853, the plaintiff, at the city and cou of New York, by means of certain false and fraudulent pretences, cheated and defrauded one Mary Pohl of $88, the money, goods, and chattels of the said Mary Pohl, then and there being ; and further that the facts and circumstances touching the office and au- thority of James McGrath and Sydney H. Stuart, prolixity and repetition in sett! f at Ww ‘4 it; petit ing out what may be fractions) per cent discount we look for largement. It would be pretty dificult to tell where stopping point will be now it has touched below Cumberland, Nicaragas, and Harlem were s little to-day, but they were not active. At the first Tinois Central Bonds fell off 34 per cent; Canton © pany 36; New York Central Railrcad, 1; Reading road, 34; Hudson River, 2; Michigan Central Rai} 3. Fancy stocks are fast finding bottom in Wall st: and those -who avail themselves of the now presenting to place their funds in certain ti will, before the lapse of many weeks, reap large turns on the investments. ‘There was no second board to-day, an ou having been made over to Monday, in consequ the death of Robert D. Weeks, Esq., an old member. The steamship Hermann, from this port, for S ampton and Bremen, to-day, carried ont $787,130 74 specie, principally in gold bars. ‘The amount of coal shipped from the Cumber region, by the canal, for the week ending 10th in was only 2,822 tons, owing to the break on the Williat port division. During the same week there were ported over the railroad of the Mount Savage Comy 4,621, and over the George’s Creek Coal and Iron Co pany’s railroad 4,654.14 tons, making an aggregate ffi those two roads, for the week, of 9,275. No report Piedmont or Cumberland y's road. ‘The anthracite coal trade continues active, and price of coal firm. The shipments on the Lehigh Né gation for the week ending on Saturday last, 39,841 t and for the season, 200,894 tons. The tonnage on } Schuylkill canal, for the week ending on Thuraday, 24,859 tons, and for the season, 807,068 tons, 2€4,718 tons to same time last year. | ‘The Boston and Maine Railroad Company have i | a dividend of four per cent. Tho Eastern Railroad G pany four per cent, payable in Fast Boston Ferry st ‘The Cumberland Zelegraph gives the following ace of the operations of the old and new Board of Directo that place during the recent election :— ‘The old board appeared, backed by counsel, to com| the legality of the election, basing thoir objection 4 the ground that sufficient hotice had not been giv tbat, as the transfer books had been enj iy no evidenee before the board showing who were holders, or who were entitled to vote. An animated engsion took place between the counsel employed respective parties upon this qyestion, Finally the ¢ appointed a conan eo of saVen, including three ag Wat ane notice had been given, and that the certld A tridting | el severally, Justices of the Police in the city of New York, and_ the proceediugs hed and taken upon the complaint of Mary Pohl, hereinbefore stated are true, and were had and taken as herein before set forth, and further that ali and singular the facts, &c., taking in the remainder, including the residue of the last clause of the second answer to the word “ aforesaid.” The third answer should be a with a similar statement as to the pro- ceedin; should be transcribed with such words as—and the defendant further saith—to the end of the third answer, viz : the words “ herein before stated,” on folio 30. The fourth can be modified in like manner retaining the firet four lines—adding the above clause referring to the proceedings before the jus- tices, and retaining the answer from the words “ and further ” at the cloze of page 16, folio 40. The result is that the following passages of the answer “and afterwards” on the 11th folio of the answer, to and including the word “behalf” on the 16th folio thereof. , from the words “that on” on the 19th folio to and including the words “ that behalf” on the 28th folio thereof. Also from the word “that” on the 3lst folio thereof to and in- cluding the words “without leave” on the 40th folio thereof. No costs of the motion to eitherparty. Theatres and Exhibitions. Broapway THEATRE.—This establishment will be opened on Monday evening for a short season, with Ebenezer O’Donohue, and Mrs. Williams that of Lyddy Jinko. The amusing piece entitled ‘‘Law for Ladies,” in which Mrs. Wi will sustain five characters, will conclude the entertainments. As Mr. and Mrs. Williams leave shortly for California we apeenre the Broadway will be crowded during their engagement. Bowgry THEATRE.—The entertainments announc- audience. Mad. pace Olinza, who is celebrat- ed for her wonderful feats on the tight rope, will make her first appearance. The beautiful_ spectacle of the “Naiad Queen” will be revived, and the farce of the “‘Know-Nothings”’ will conclude the entertain- ments. Nuexo’s GarpEeN.—The Ravels and Mile. Yrcea Ma- thias appear to-morrow evening. The successful ballet of “Bella la Paquerette” will commence the entertainments, Mile. Yrea Matbias in yarious slences; also Mile, Franck, Mad. Marzetti and M. ait tani'y BPE Aa scenes, of the “Green Monster,’ will Yeruz_twelve amusements, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” which has drawn large houses for nearly ten months, is announced for to- morrow evening—Mr.and Mrs. Prior and little La- vinia Bishop the principal characters. Mons. Devani will give his feats of posturing, and the amusements will close with the nautical “ Black-Eyed Susan ;” Mr. J. J. Prior ag William, and Mrs. Prior as Black-Eyed Susan. Watrack’s Tagarre—An extra night of dram- atic entertainment, which is for the benefit of Mr. Wallack, takes place to-morrow evening. The pieces selected are the comedy of “ ‘The Wonder" and the farce of “Sketches in India.” Signor La Mauna, leader of the orchestra, will take be- met con pietnendiay evening aire On this occasion veral artista o! ction will appear in of attractive entertainments, ee ciccate interesting ples farce American Muszum—tThe ver with Melancholy,” and the entitled “ Awa; of “ Who Speaks First,” are the selections for to- morrow afternoon, and the favorite drama of “ Raf- faclle” will be given in theevening. The numerous curiosities with which the Museum abounds can be seen by the visiters to the dramatic saloon. Pte Minstreis oa as usual, irge assemblages every night by their lineations of Ethi pian sharectan”. The for to-morrow night comprises many o: features, together with two new songs. Woon’s MinstreLs.—The new burle: 88, or the Lost Baby Found,” is to produced ‘morrow evening. In order to give the requisite scenic effect to it, the proprictors have made exten- sive alterations in the stage department. The char- acter of Nebraska Bill Douglass will be sustained by George. BucKLEY’s SERENADF28.—The operatic burlesque of “Sonnambula” is to be Neo again ip icerow night. The ensuing week being the last of its re- presentation, it is presumed ita success, if possible, will be greater than ever. Castitx Garpen.—A grand Sunday concert will be given this evening, at this health-giving location, where, after the heat of the day, our citizens can enjoy themselves in the most rational manner, in viewing the bay, Staten Island, and other beautiful places, and at the same time be delighted with the charming music of Adkin’s celebrated brass band. All kiuds of refreshments can be had at the garden. Stanor Biirz.—This popular ventriloquist and necromancer will give one of his Ce | entertain- ments to-morrow night at Rondout. amusing correct de- rogramme ? their best ue of “Dou- CHOLERA AT BaRnsapors.—Captain Lewis, of the brig Adele, at this port, in nine days from St Barts, reports that a few days before leaving that place, the news came by way of St. Kitts, that a sickness similar to the Asiatic cholera had made its appear- ance off Barbadoee, and that the day previous there were thirteen deaths among the ngers of the Dawn steamer, (the 26th "hay 5 Much alarm pre- vailed among the population. e cholera had en- tirely ceased at St. Nevis, and communications were about tobe opened with St. Kitts and other islands. The other windward islands were healthy. The markets in general were glautted with Ameri- can articles, and prices lowor than they are in the United States. Tonnage wanted, produce abun- dant, and freights high both for Europe and the United States.—Phi. Enquirer, June 13, The disturbanees at Richmond, the coal depot near Philadelphia in consequence of the strike of the coal- heavers, ontinues. Scveral of the Germans have been waylaid and badly beaten, Marshal Murphy of Philadel- hia has detached an extra force of fifty men to protect je new hands EET A AR STAT FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MONEY MARKET. Sarurpay, June 17—6 P.M. ‘The stock market to-day opened heavy, and with one or two exceptions lower prices ruled at the first board: There were more cash transactions than usual, and the bers were large purchasers. There was a general desire to realize, but holders were deterred by the low prices ruling, and keep back as long as possible with the hope thet a favorable turn may take place. The most impor- tant feature in the market to-day was the decline of New York Central Reflroad stock to below par. This is no more than we have anticipated, and frequently pro- dicted. It is just about twelve months since the conso- Idation was consummated, At that time the stock sold at cue hundred and twenty-five per cent. Since that time ;" has been gradvaliy settling down, and is now mrsinng oe SHinoount of pus c'ghib pox con}, Tec si | , and then the passage at fol. 29 p.12 | must be stricken out as redundant from the words | and Mrs. Wi They will ap in a new national drama, entitled the “Birt of Free- dom.” Mr. Williams will sustain the c r of | ed for to-morrow evening cannot fail to draw a large | Nationau THeatre—The favorite drama of ‘drama of | of stock were sufficient eitianen with the proxies, o | right of the parties holding them to vote. An eleq then, took place, and the following new board was ted: President, Andrew Clark, Esq. Board of Direq —Meesrs, Thomas H. Faile, Davia Stewart, Johy Howard, MY B. Brammall, «William D, ‘Crom Evan Stevenson, A. B. Marks and Henry K | After the election, it appeared that 3,298 shares of ‘over and above the 30,00 shares authorized to be by the charter had been voted. It is epee that} | fraudulent issue amounts to about $1,200,000. Om day night, the old board, tearing that they wou! headed off, executed a deod of assigament, tranafe | all the property of the company, real and personal, P. Roman and Charles S. Darrow, Eaquires, to be sol | the benefit of the creditors of the company; and Mr. | Jewett, the Vice President, issued out, simultaneo an attachment for $500,000. It was generally sup | that the Totten property had added great value t9j ossessions of the Company, but upon examinatio e records, it appears that the title is vested, not | inthe company, but in H, Mali, the President, who: | it convenient to leave suddenly’ for Europe, a8 8000 was discovered that an over Issue had boen | The old Boxrd having refused to deliver the books of | company to the reform Board, the office of the co | in this placo was forcibly broken open on Tu | the Sheriff, in execution of a fad of the © en peepee it is the] | and the books and papers It is rumored at Cumberland, that tention of the assignees to lease out the mine, The stock sales in Cincinnati, at the Stock Board, chants’ Exchange, and at private sale by He Holmes, for the week ending June 14, were as follay 68 shares Ohio and Mississippi Railroad stock, intez | saine rate, 78; 45 Covington and Lexington Rail stock, interest at same rate, 56; 206 New Alban: | Salem Railroad stock, 40; 100 Cincinnati, Wilmingto} Zanesville Railroad stock, 70; 12 National Insuranq | stock, 65; 25 Faton and Hamilton Railroad stock, 54 | Ohio and Mississippi Reflroad stock, 80; 58 Little | Railroad stock, (x div.) 103; 20 Farmers’ Bank of | tueky stock, 107; 36 Madison, Indianapolis and) | Railroad, 45; 80 Columbus and Xenia Railroad stoc div.) 100; 50 Ohio Central Railroad stock, 78; 26°64 | ton and Lexington Railroad stock, 58; 18 Indiana | Railroad stock, 75; $1,000 seven per c-nt bond H | Co., Ohio, 75¢: bid; 24 shares Cincinnati, Hamilto: Dayton fRailroad stock, 97; 20 Marietta and Cine Railroad stock, 50; 40 Southera Bank of Kentuck: 102; 28 Cincinnati Western Railroad stock, 35. Stock Exchange. i Saturpay, June 17, 1 $2000 Erie Inc Ends. 97 40 sha NY Cen RR.. 4000 Erie 24M Bas, 98 117 do. €000 Frie Bs, 85 °° rerco T Cen ER Bas, | 600 N J Zine Co. 400 P &L Zinc Co.b60 | 200 do... “ | 200 Harlem RR:? 763. 47 700 do, Cent . South RR. 20 Mich 50 Mich 10 Mosse. BB yj CITY TRADE REPORT. Saturpay, June 17—6 P, , AsnEs.—Wo heard that 120 bbls. found buyers al vious quotations. BRKADSTUFYS.—Flour was less active and on,4} cline. The day’s business amounted to 8,300 bbls. ; rior State at $7 25 a $7 50; common to good _straigh at $7 50 a $7 8734; favorite do. at $8 9 $8 25; mi fancy Western at $7 75 9 $8 3734; and other kin prorertionate prices. Sales were made of 2,300 anadian at $7 75 in bond, for superfine, headline delivered, with $9 25 for do., free; and 1,600 Southern at former rates. Rye flour and corn meal} unchanged. Only 8,000 bushels good roe) wheat, in bond, brought $2.07; rye and barley rem about the same; State and Western oats were lesa dant, and worth from Se. a 5636. per bushel; 001 Jess valuable. Tho day’s transactions embraced bushels at 740. d 790. for unmerchantable; 80c. a 8% mixed Western, and 830. for white Southern, per bu Cortox—Sales were made to a moderate exten steadyPrices, without ot in quotations. Corrrr—The market was dull and sales unin while quotations ruled in favor of purchasers. Frecits.—Rates to Liverpool , were steady, wit! 5 gementa of about 19,000 a 20,000 bushels of coi 9. 0 4344. in bulk; and at 4344. a 6d. in si’ al bbls. flour were reported at 1s. 6d, # of compressed cotton vere e} ynton, 600 bbls. flour were en; “ 200 bhés, sugar at 203., with 100 hhda baco: To Glasgow 6,000 bushels grain were engaged per st for Glasgow, at 7d. To Havre, cotton was ${0., and ¢. per Ib. To California and Australia, rates varied ic. to 6Cc. per foot measurement, c Fisu.—Dry cod were rarer and firmer, but not ac’ sought after, at $3 60 a ES LP? cwt. Nothing curred in mackerel. We h that 2,400 boxes sm shy brought 82c. for No, 1, and 62c. for d K. HAY—Sales of about 1,000 bales wore made for ment, at 623,c., 65c. a 7dc ; the turn of the mark vored bu; Trow.—Seotch pig was in moderate demand—$40 a hl per ton, usual credit. Leap was held above the views of the Jimited sales. Mcrasexs—The sales embraced 130 hhds. clayed for fine? at 18 3¢0., and 60 do. do., at 18c., and do. Cuba, at 20¢. Navat Stoxes—The market was quiet, and transet} unimportant; there was no chi to notice in yj or 16 last of common ton made at $1 75 a $1 80 per 810 lbs., delivered, Ong.—There was nothing of moment done in any excepting linseed, which was ht to the extent of 000 pallons. 78c for whole, and 80 a 82c for retail cels, per gallon. Provierons.—Pork was rather dearer. About 80t chenged hands ot $134 for mesa, and $117 for prim bbl. There were sold 225 pkgs. cutmeants at fe P €00 bbls. lard at 944 a 93¢¢. per Ib.; 200 bbls. beof at] recently improved rates ; and 120 tros. prime meas at $28 per tlerce, Butter and cheese remained about fame. Puce hag been in demand during the sales of 1,100 casks, rete ing om Pig) for fair to steictly prime, at which rates the m rm. Sucane—The aales inéluded 260 hhds. Porto Ried 4360. & fe.; 150 do. New Orleans, at do. a 4346. ; and| hide. Cubs, at 43¢0., 44g. 96346, ye q : pire & have been made of 400 bbls. ison ai 4429. per gallon ; subsequent! ee, wid eal stop :