The New York Herald Newspaper, August 2, 1854, Page 4

| whe fpanish Ensurrection—Iw Wiemente so@ | aod disgraceful state of affairs, With this party, Probable Resalts, : | prompted by Russian emissaries and aided by The reign of her Yost Cattolic Majesty of Puesian gold, the insurrection first commenced; Spain, not inappropriately term:d the modern ang jt is not likely that it will now contentedly Messalina, and the inheritor of ali the facile | resign to either of its rivals the fiuits of its virtues of her worthy m ther, bue, inell pro- years of patient endurance and wateh‘ulness, | Dability, by this time been brought toaclose. Backed by all the influence dnd dicposable As much sinned against as sinning, this unfor- | power of the Ozar, the claims of the Conde de fortunate woman—the victim of th> base in- | Wontemolin assume a greater importance than trigues which linked her fate with an imbesile, | they would otherwise have, It is impossible, in and consigned her purposely io the uncontrolled | faet, to predict to what strange revolutions in oe sont. Wedo | "WY Of her own pa:sions—is, perhaps, Ow @ | political opinions and prejudices the present si ean | disconsolstive fugitive, flying, not before the | exceptional state of things may bring about in NEW YORK HERALD. > SMBS GORDON BENFETT, *PFITK N. W, CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON BTS | TERMS, cash m advance. LIL ¥' HERALD 2 cents per annum. 7He WEBKLY HRRALD soery Aa had i coms annwm; the European f Bar Wary Balt of Great ‘Bréasn, and $3 to any part of the | f, BOtA to include ; ; | UNTak ¥ CORRESPONDENGE, containing enpor- says. solicued from any guarter of the world Af used be iDerally paid for —agr Ovn Porson CORRESFON: | Servs ane SanwicuLARiY ReausersD 70 seal Att. | Berrers ano Packacee NO NOTICE taken ofan wot return thove rejectes —— ae aid, | Pesentment of outraged Spanish morality—for | regard to his pretensions. The rumor that it is the intention of the in- sargente to offer the throne to Don Pedro of Portugal, is too absurd to deserve serious no- tice, Such a project may have originated with ; the allies, as a means of ‘counteracting the ‘em- | barrassments arising from these Spanish com- | Plicationé, but it could never have been seri- | ously entertained by any Spaniard having the | interests of his coumtry at ‘beart. From the conguest of Portugel by Spain, under Philip IL, it is a carious fact that the gradual decline of ‘the latter set in, and the Spanish people have a traditional horror of agy closer connection ee | on such points Castilian propriety i¢ not over | AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. nice—but before the political necessities that ° are about to convert the Peninsula into a sort | of provincial battle-ficid for the interests that | hbeve been brought imto conflict by the Fastern ‘question. As might be expected, the Czar bas found it convenient to chaoge the venue for the “lecision of that iseue; and, from present appearances, the allies are likely to be saved the trouble of geing out of their way to con- front it. Before many months are over all Burope will be lighted up with the flames of war, and then the realities of the Eastern dif- ficulty will bo brought home to every men’s door. ‘The further details that have reached ue with regard to the progress of the insurrection, prove that it has now reached a point where it will be almost impossible to arrestit. The insurgents are masters oPMadeid and in mostof theraxthern: and central provinces, along the eastern coast, end down to Granada on the extreme south, the revolutionary spirit is spreading like wild- fire. Thus, Vittoria, Burgos, Valladolid, San + ; Sebastian, Pampeluna, Saragossa «nd Barce- lona have almost simultaneously raised the fiag cf insurrection, and the central-and wes- tern-cities and towns have probably by this time followed their example. The Cabinet has been dissolved, and .a newhalfand-half minis- try, composed of moderados and progresistas, has been formed in its stead. This arrange- ment, however, can only be a temporary: one, as the men who compose the new ministry are not of astamp calculated to inspire general confidence in the nation, or to.reconcile the va- rious pretensions and interests that will be now called into conflict. Narvaez and Espartero are said to be both candidates for the conduct of public affairs; but under what new modifica- tions of their old principles adopted to suit the present critical position of the kingdom, we have yet to learn. Narvaez will in all proba- bility be opposed to any alteration in the pre- sent régime, further than the removal of his enemies from all offices of power and trust, .and the banishment of Christina from Spain. He desires no more favorable field for the grati- fication of his ambition than the uncon- trolled possession of the supreme power, subject only to the caprices and boutades of a frivolous and pleasure-loving queen. With the queen-mother and the Munoz fac- tion removed out of his way, he would have nothing to fear from the influence of the imbe- cile husband of Isabella, whose feeble attempts at political intermeddling have been only made at the crafty suggestion of those evil counsel lors. Espartero is, however, a man of a different stamp, and the part which he will play in this struggle of factions and interests becomes an interesting subject for speculation. Notwith- standing the disorders of his early life, he has attained a respectable position amongst Euro- pean statesmen, and his administration of the public affairs of Spain during the six years that he was regent, was marked by a modera- tion and disinterestedness that single him out as a bright exception to the general selfishness and corruption that have characterized the con- duct of public men in that country. Owing to the intrigues by which his best intentions were thwarted, he was unable to carry out the patriotic views that he was known to have formed for the regeneration of Spain. Obliged, eventually, to succumb to fhe re- ascendency of the queen-mother’s inflence— that fatal obstacle which for the last fifteen years has marred and defeated the efforts of every Spanish statesman who has exhibited a desire to further the interests of his country— he abandoned his task in utter hopelesness, and retired to England, where he continued for some time to reside, after the simple, unosten- tatious manner of a private citizen, avoiding rather than courting the associations to which his rank and personal merits would have en- titled him. After a brief sojourn abroad, he obtained permission to return to Spain, where he has ever since carefully abstained from taking part in, or in any way mixing himself up with, the intrigues of the different political parties that have been contending for power. If it be true, then, that Espartero has placed himself at the head of the movement in his own province, it is only another proof of the serious character of the events of which Spain isaboutto be the theatre. He must be con- vinced that the period has arrived when it is necessary to put an end to the disorders and scandals which have converted the cem@mpt entertained by the civilized world for the pre- sent royal family of Spain into feelings of in- dignation and astonishment. From the caution that has marked his previous conduct, it is evi- dent that he would not thus compromise himself merely to obtain a partial miti- gation of the evils under which the country has been so long suffering. Assuming, there- fore, the correctness of the statement that he has cast aside the reserve that he has hitherto maintained, and has committed himself to the insurrection, we may safely conclude that his views embrace wider political changes than have been put forth in its programme. The ramor that the Duc de Montpensier has been eppointed Lientenant General of the kingdom, is, in itself, significant of the course that tie ex-Regent is likely to pursue. He cannot eer- tainly contemplate the possibility of any longer ma@taining the present Queen upon the throne ; and, in the event of her forced abdication, it is probable, from his known opinion, that he will at once boldly declare himself in favor of de- volving the succession upon her sister. But there is a third party, which hobs an in- dependent position between the two that we have described, and that may, possibly, in the confusion to which their dissensions will give rise, sueceed in establishing pretensions that the joint action of the others would have neu- tralized. Although the strength of the Carlists has been, to some extent, broken by the un- equal contest which they so long carried on, as Well as by the defection i most of their princi- pal leaders, they yet constitute a formidable party, and may suceeed in again rallying to their cause many who hold in as much aversion the idea of placing the Dachess o pepsier and her French consort on the ove, oF the youtinuance of ihe jate MASE GARDEN.- Mai BOWLET THEATRE, Bower: ‘Rows. ~Jaow Suayraxp—Tenr WIPLO'S—Raovi—Fousnwan’s Dawaw. Ctathas etree. -A New Way MaTIONsL TARAT NOU SPY. Me vo Pay On Devs ~F, AMERICAN MUSEUW—Atterncen am Bveaing, Frow Yaunees TO JouRT—Dear ase Port. WOOD'S MINETREL Bali. 44 Brcacway—Erusorien Moneyenlev avy Bunisecvu Ovens. ae BUCKLEY'S OPERA BOUSE, 5 wav 5 Brweriax Orne Trevre. FRANCONI’S AIPPODROME—Msrisow Serene. Broné way. —Bvcw —————— phical position imposes upon them. Mew Work, Weknesday, Augwet 2, 1856, The News. FROM WASHINGTON. The Senate held an executive ecssion yesterday, having under cousideration a'message of the Presi- @ent ip regard xo the position of our affairs with Spain. The message may be fornd under the tele graphic head. Considering the course of the Presi- dent heretofore on the aubject, the tone of the doz ment is surprising. We were prepared fer some- ahing quite belligerent. The fan Juan affair had Jed us 10 suppose that the administration had primed ‘ideelf for an explosion, but on the contrary itis very peaceably inclined. However, the ten million @ollars will probably be placed in the hands of the Predent to provide for contingencies. The Canadian reciprocity treaty was up again yesterday, and,it will probably be ratified to-day. Our despatches this morning contain mach that is interesting, but we have no room fore more ex- tended reference to their contents. An the Senate yeeterday General Houston, in a wet speech, defended himself against the attagks of General Thomes Jefferson Green, who, in @ work recently published by him, has taken exceptions to ‘tbe conduct of Gen. H. during the straggle for ‘Texan independence. He was listened to with marked attention. A resolution calling for infor + Motion as to our affairs with Spain was offered and adopted. Thisisa preliminary movement to the yeu million dollar proposition, in order to enable ‘the President to carry out certain measurea with wegard to Cuba. The River and Harbor bill was taken up, and, after various propositions to amend, passed. The bill making appropriations for forti fications was taken up. ‘In the House several bills creating ports of entry ‘were passed. In Committee, the General Appropri- ‘ation bill being under consideration, the Senate's amendment increasing the salaries of the Supreme Court Judges was disagreed to by a vote, of fifty- ‘six to eighty. The amendment relative to the pur- chase of the New York Assay Office building was agreed to. The amendment to indemnify certain parties for sums of money advanced to forward the American portion of the. London Crystal Palace ex” hibition elicited considerable debate, but was finally rejected. The appropriation for running the North. ‘western boundary line was refused. The very delecta- ‘bie schedule of custom house and court house build- ‘ing, involving the sum of about two millions of do!-. Jars, distributed in fair proportions from Maine to Texas, was agreed to after some debate. Tre amendment increasing the official household of the President elicited from Mr. Hibbard the remark that the Executive had not asked for the appropriation. It was rejected. Most of the Senate's amendments to the bill were disagreed to, when the Committee rese and reported. Pending a motion to lay ou ‘the table, an adjournment took place. NEWS FROM MEXICO. in another part of today’s paper we give the latest news from Mexico. It is exceedingly interest- img. A Vera Cruz papersays that tranquillity reigns thronghout the republic, except im the States of Guerrero and Michoacan. A deapatch is published from General Morriega, commanding the govern. ment troops in the South, which informs the supreme government that a detachment of two hundred ani fifty of hié command had encountered a party of four hundred insurgents, near Agatta, and aftera sbort engagement totally routed the enemy, taking apnumber of prisoners, and leaving a considerable momber killed and wounded. The affairs of the Southern revolutionists are represented as being in adesperate condition. A battalion of 500 troops marched irom San Luis Potosi for the State of Michoacan recently, to operate there against the rebels. The yellow fever continued to rage at Vera Cruz with considerable virulence, especially among the troops. In some of the Southern departments the locusts have devastated the country. The agent of the holders of Mexican bonds in England has ar- rived in Mexico. » He asked for an extension of the time for the commencement of the railroad from Vera Cruz to the Pacific,and the extension was granted unti] August Ist, 1855. PROM HAVANA. By the arrival last night of the steamship Black Warrior, we have later advices from Havana. Thare was nothing of interest stirring in politics. The yellow feyer was abating. THE PAWLEM RAILROAD TROUBLES. A meeting of the stockholders of the Harlem Railroad was held yesterday, st which a committee * of thirteen was appointed, with power to investi- gate the books of the company, and the privilege of suggesting some plan by which the present diffivulty . May be settled. The committee is to report at an « Other meeting, to be held on the 15th of this month, A fall report of the proceedings wil! be fuondin another column. . , COMMERCIAL APPArRS. * Flour continued withont change yesterday, with “some less activity, owing to light stocks and re- oeipts.- Wheat and corn of good quality were sald at fall prices. | The stock of cotton having become | Mauch Fedaced and very light, sales were limited, closing steady at Monday's official quotations. 3 Freighte were dull, owing to light stocks of pro duce and* the disposition on the part of shippers to await “the receipt of private letters by the © me store order. Tae San Juan Vicrony.—Weo 16 rae Lucky tain Ingraham for the Presidency, on the Koszta. But there is this difference between the two cases, The storming of San Juan was an act of the administration, Captain Hollins was but the instrument employed in its execu- tion. The release. of Koezta was an affair in which Captain Ingraham acted entirely upon net. is mostly entitled 4o the honors? in-Chief of the army.and the navy. Whocome we must decide that Marcy is the man. case, that the insult to Major Borland wa “gn indignity offered the nation as wel gy will save the place from the infliction which such an act justly merits.” Dobbin says that it is “very much (mark that) very much to be hoped that you can effeet the purposes of your visit without a resort to vio- lence,” and that “the Department reposes much confidence in your prudence and good seuse.”” But for more particular advice, he refers the gallant Captain to the instructions of Marcy to our resident commercial agent at San Juan, Mr. Fabens. Marcy, therefore, next to the President, is entitled to the honors of the vic- tory. Dobbin’s instructions are rather pacific: Marcy’s are peremptory and belligerent. He clearly suggests that unless the authorities of San Juan apologize for the indignity to Bor- land, San Juan must be destroyed. They did not apologize, and ihe town was destroyed. And what are the results? Marcy is satis- fied, Dobbin is mortified, Borland is appeased, Gen. Pierce is gloritied, Congress is perplexed. and the country is disgusted. Borland got no apology; but he is revenged. The Nicaragua Company has secured no indemnity; but they have secured the ruin of the town which was the Atlantic depot of their traffic. The best of all is, that the administration will probably sacceed in creeping out of the difficulty in the House, with an apology, and in the Senate, with an explanation. But if neither explana tions nor apologies will soften the scorn, the Contempt and disgust of the manly American People at sugh an act of savage cruelty, cow- ardice and idity, it is not the fault of Capt. Hollins. He simply carried out his insiruc- tions, as sent to Mr. Fabens, from Marcy, by order of the President; and, we doubt not, he would have carried out those orders had there been a British naval force present of twice the strength of his own. ‘If we are, therefore, to have a Presidential candidate or two upon the strength of the vic- tory of Greytown, Gen.. Pierce must be the first choice, Marcy the second, Borland the third. Captain Hollins, we presume, will be satisfied with a gold medal, and Dobbin with a leather one. Tae Harp Saeits axp Sort Saetis—Waat’s ty THe Wixp?—We have had various rumors within the last two weeks, of a projected fusion of the hard shells and free soil Van Buren ad- ministration soft shells, for the single para- mount object of securing the spoils of the No- vember election. It is said that te soft shells, instigated by the administration, the New York Custom House, and some of the flexible free soil sachems of Tammany Hall, have been try- ing the poor unfortunate hards at Albany, New York and Washington, and that the hards, though not as yet hooked, have been nibbling at the bait. The free soil soft shells do not wish to m#ke a display of their weakness in November—the administration does not wish it, and Tammany Hall desires to avoid it. The faction is consequently prepared to do anything to conciliate the hard shells, except to support Jndge Bronson, The Jodge being a direct issue sith the edm‘pisiration, whey gan’t yote for e. “NEWS PROM RUnoPr. Some additional European intelligence may be found on the seventh page, including the market ‘Teporte. In our next issue we shall be able to lay before our readers the details of the news brought Dy the steamer at Boston. The new steam propeller Indiana, from Havre and Cowes, 16th ult., arrived at this port last night- MISCELLANEOUS. The Mayor of Philadelphia seems determined to Suppress the traffic in ardent spirits, on the Sabbath, Wm that city. Yesterday twenty dealers were bound ‘pver in five hundred dollars each for a further hear- Ing for violating the law. Texas dates to the 23d ult. are received, but they present no features of special importance. The ac- wounts of the corn and cotton crops continued Savorable. Later advices from New Mexico state that a very @estructive fire had occurred at Santa Fe. A num- ‘ber of establishments belonging to prominent mer- chante were among the buildings burned. Gov. Young, of Utah, has made a treaty with the Indians of Utah, whereby the savages are bound to de peaceable towards the whitre. Colonel! Bur- ¢ i] +) 1g dsegerouay Dat Berkely soringg, Virgauw ‘a Tayous between the two kingdoms than their geogra- We are curious to learn what immetiate ef- fect this startling intelligence will ‘have upon the merves of the Spanish officials in Cuba. The patziotic and warlike ardor of General Pezucla will, we apprehend, be cooled down considera- bly by it, amd it is mot impossitie that, during the remainder of his brief term of office, he may be induced ‘to lookepon American Citizens and interests with more complacency. Tt-may hap- pen—alihough we @o not like to ‘wound his feelings even by the bare suggestion of such an hypothesis—that te may find it.convenient to take shelter under that flag against which he has manifested ee-much hostility. If-such an event should come to pass, we can promise him that we will willingly rub the sponge over old scores, and receive him with a true Yankee wel- come. In the meanwhile, we expect that he will have enough to do to hokd his ewn upon the island. The moment this news reaches Havana, theremay be a general scramble for epoils, and possibly some party conflicts and bloodshed. Then will be the time ‘for General Quitman and his associates to step in and re- Man ?—We have heard it suggested that Captain Hollins should et once be put up egainst Cap- ground that the victory at San -Juan wasa triumph as glorious to the American navy. and the inchoate American citizen, as the release of his own responsibility. The political capital of this enterprise, therefore, belongs to Ingraham, while the laurels-of the San Juan affair must be shared between -Captain Hollins and the Cabi- But who of the Cabinet is the lucky man; who Unquestiona- bly it is Gen. Pieree himself, the Commander- next, the Secretary of State, or the Secre- tary of the Navy ?—Dobbin or Maroy? Well, He cays, in his letter of instructions in the as himself individually, which cannot be pemmitted ‘to pass unnoticed.” And he fur- ther says, that “nothing short of an apolo- That’s what Marcy says. Now listen to what Dobbin says. He is good deal milder tham Marcy. him; but almost any cther hard shell may com- mand their support. And some of the hards, we are sorry tolearn, are beginning to waver. They reason thus:— “What is the use of giving the State to the whigs? If we can secure the ‘help of the softs, and get the lion’s share of the spoils, why should we not unite with them, and carry the State? Why should we care any longer to stand off and make war upon the administration, when it does not pay expenses? And what's the use of support- ing Judge Bronson for Governor, when he de- clines to accept the nomination? Let us, therefore, pat up some other man; and if the administration faction choose to support him amd elect him, let them doco.” This is the sort of “alk which is going on among the trading men of the hard shell party. The probabilities are, therefore, that Judge Bron- son will be dropped, under the excuse that he has declined the nomination; and that some other man will be nominated, acceptable to the soft shells, who are prepared to swallow almost any hard shell candidate except Bronson, Dick- inson, Brady, Cooley, Birdsall, Maurice, Whee- Aer, or O’Conor. The hards have taken the right ground in the proceedings of their late State Convention, in reference to the re-construction of the democratic party for 1856. If they abandon that ground for a temporary fusion with the soft shells for the doubtful chances of the spoils in November, the next step will be a full confession of their sins and a disgraceful sur- render to the administration. They are dri- ving in that direction. Without any attempt to secure the acceptance by Judge Bronson of his nomination, his party will, therefore, in all probability, drop him and take up some other man better adapted to secure the forgiveness of the administration. It isa month yet before the Soft Shell Convention meets at Syracuse, and in the interval the poor hard shells may be fairly wound up. We must watch them ; they are nibbling. Tar Kansag Euicration—MEptine Te-Nicur IN THE TaBERNACLE.—The free soil emigration to Kansas is said to be going on swimming ly. The first detachment under the auspices of the Massachusetts society have arrived out in fine condition and have squatted. Other anti-slavery squatters are represented to be pouring into the country, to the astonishment of the Salt Creek slaveholders, and to the dismay of the poor Indians, who will soon have to back out further into the prairies. This evening, in.aid of the Massachusetts and Congressional Free Soil Emigrating Societies, a meeting is to beheld in the lecture room of the Tabernacle, at eight o’clock, to organize a Kansas league, in furtherance of the great ob- ject of colonizing Kansas with freem2n. We are further advised that Mr. Eli Thayer, of Worcester, Mass., that hotbed of free soilism, abolitionism and women’s rights, “will bo pre- sent to explain this great plan of freedom.” Now here is a fine chance for Horace Greeley and his tribe. He is a tremendous free soiler; something of a theoretical farmer; has h some Wall street experience in copper, zinc, and Grass Valley gold mines; and would be a prodigious accession to the free soil ¢quatters of Kansas. And then his removal out West, with all of his abo- lition, infidel and socialist gang, of both sexes, and of all colors, would be a mighty relief to the Christian and law-abiding people of New York. In fact, if Greeley and his set of aboli- tionists, reformers and philosophers, were only out of the way, the whig party of New York might be reorganized and put into some decent posture for the campaign ef 1856. We hope the meeting to-night will use its in- fluence to persuade our Fourierite free soil neighbors to emigrate to Kansas, in aid of the “ great plan of freedom” of which they are such earnest advocates. Here in New York they are completely overshadowed by the constitution, the cotton trade and the fugitive slave law, and their labors and energies are thrown away. But if they can’t be persuaded to volunteer as emigrants, they should not be forgotten in col- lecting subscriptions for the cause. Nor should the meeting fail in giving a vote of thanks to the administration at Washington for the recent act of Congress approved by the President, giv- ing to every free white settler who is a citizen, or who shall have declared his intention of be- coming a citizen, a free farm of one hundred apd sixty acres of land in Kansas or Nebras- ka. This single act will do more to give the free soilers the victory in those Territories than the labors of all the free soil emigrating societies put together. But with the adminis- tration and these societies co-operating in their “plan of freed: * the slave-holding squatters on Salt Creek, will inevitably be crowded back again into Missouri, or down into Arkansas, It will be the strongest evidence of base in- gratitude on the part of the Tabernacle meeting to-night, if in behalf of free soil they should ne- glect or refuse a vote of thanks to the Presi- dent of the United States, for straining a con- stitutional pcint or two in the approval of the free farm bill for Kansas and Nebraska. Ssgrrovs ILtNgss or Ganerat BarRunpia.—We earn with much regret that General Jose Barrundia, Minister from Honduras at Washington, is in this city, very ill, and was not expected to survive last night. He had an attack of apoplexy on Monday orenoop, and has been gradually sinking since. Later from Havan:. The U. 8. mail steamer Black Warrior, J. D. Bal- och, Esq., commander, from Mobile via Havana, arrived at a Jate hour last night. She brings eighty. seven passengers, 1,000 bales of cotton, and $60,000 on freight. The B. W. left Havana on the 28th ult., at noon. ‘There was nothisg of any interest stirring. The yellow fever was abating, and the weather getting much healthier. Very few American ships in port. Freights were low. Is Ghe a Privateer? Extract from a private letter dated St. Johns, P. R., July 15, 1854:— An English schooner has recently brought us the intelligence that there are piratical vessels cruising in our waters. This vessel was stopped and detained two days, and after having been overhauled, and only a email lot of tobacco in bales found, they al- lowed her to d. Dy the declaration of the , it is believed Se of, the piratical vessel is an Ame- ican. This circumstance will injare our trade, since a general are timid, and full of susp cion. However, I believe that they will soon obliged to abandon the place, when this news reaches St. mas, where there are generally stationed English war steamers. Dearn or a Giant—The La Porte Whig of the 19th inst, says that the well known Scotch giant, who has travelled through the country for some years for the purpose of exhibitions, died in that place the dagprevious. He had ee Tea- garden House with his wife, somewhat overcome with the heat and dust. During the oa asked for some waten, and imracdiately fell vpen the flocr. His remo of re @ taro to hie resi deme ln Witcouri. 7 City Intelligence. ‘Tuy Ware, — Yesterday was another of those scorch- ing days of which we have had so many this summer. The mercury tysld the tale as follows:— / 64M 12 M. SP.M. 18 6 - 88 In the evening, & most delightful shower washed the city. It was very acceptable, after such a hot, sultry day, and will, no doubt, give us a fewdays of cool. invi- gorating weather, in which to recruit our ng ener it nine 0’ in the Sie. fas shower commenced abou 2 ‘and 6 P.M. 86 wi ies are under $2,' ed to cover the case of the inspectors of the pert of New York, whese memorial for increase of has been for some time before Congress. This ia said to have been pre- ena Mr. Maclay, formerly a member of Congress mm this clty and was ® very full, as well ava lucid, statement of the reasons for such allowance. The me- ‘morial states that the extension of the warehousing ays tem, the establishment of mail steamers, and the in- crease of emi this class of officers additional responsibilities qnd duties. Not less than 1,662 vessels were jea in Lapa Emap of alien passengers during the year alone. © pre: sent compensation was fixed by law in 1816, when the duties collected on fers ade at this port amounted to urns for the past year from the increase over this sum of more pres -ttiny institutions, is appealed to by way of illus- Inportanioxs, or Frurr.—We are great fruit eaters here, Sppetives and istulge the palate, te ppb en Totaly about the dubger f eating drut The flowing ing the month of July:— tion, this city, 12,487 Limes, bbls. 8,330 e apples, 600 A Correcrion.—On Monday, in our report of the obse- juiee of Martin Feene; €o F, of the New York Volunteer, wwe said the “Tompkins Blues” enter: the Volunteers with refreshmenta, at tho Atlantic Hotel, Battery. We understand that the refreshments wore ordered by Lieut. » of the Light Guard, at the Washington; andthe ipkins Blues were the en. Ini £. alt ; Rochester; Hiabbord, Bonetcat Dr. B W. Glob, Colom: New Orleans; it, bearer of dew: fois Melbourne, W; J. Palteay, modore Parker, U.S" Army: i. 2, Dhilsiel, . C. Sanford, ; 4. 0. Bradford, Texas, Mexico; Casterais Aguire, do.; M. M. Assarie, do; J Comfieta, do.: Don Antonia Satsa, do.; M. and fe- mily, do.; J. C. McDonald, do.; Pevaro Hersando and family, Cuba, were among the arrivals yesterday at the Met: litan Hotel. R. In, Cincinnati; Dr. Froth, U. 8. Navy; T. Adams, Weesrapia! A. Francis, Nashville; T. Carver, Cineinnati; D.. Hachness, Ohio; 11. Cole, ia; Col! Hill, Alabame, were amongst the arrivals yesterday at the Astor. Major Chapman, U. 8. Army; Lieut. R. Ranson, do.; Hon. R. T. Stark, Harrisburg, Pa., were among the arri- irving House yesterday. bird 4 Gg Heary Owens, i Sig. @. G. Gavins, Cubs; Col. Alex. Davidson and family, Florida; Hon. J.'J. Codington, West Farms; Col. Stephen Alexander, hi rrong ‘aoe were amongst the “3, i yooss ed ay, Bs ae aes . L. Jones an ita; Geo. W. Baker, Ohio; Benj. H. Baker, do.; Mr. P. Graham, N. ¥.;.£.K. Lach: Wr Gyonara Wr Re hia pecanane tMearrivals atthe Prescott House.” Oh” Were among For Cowes and Haves, in stenaship Bt, ‘or re, Louis.—) Kirby, Dr D Binsse, Mrs’ Binsse, Miss i Binsse aad on vant, L J Binsse, Edward Binsse, Alfred Binsee, Augus‘us Binste, Mrs M Jllirg and servant, Mr H Bouche, Mr R Tat Sean: SAT"? at Sah Seylgni, Mra de ee ‘and servant, Dire WW Hincken, seni Fuotons atte Miners taro ren, fer ani fe, Charles G: Mr A B Morel, Mrs Meeke, Mr R Preatx, Mr RG Preaur, Mr Mr Walter and son, Mr CE Tindort, Mrs L and child, ‘I Giraud, F Eberle, N C Lasser, wife and child CChalson, \ Clerex, Mrs 38 din, Mr Lewin , Mr N Sleiger, Misa M Cowdia, Mr George -\ndre, Mr D Mathews, Mrs Mathews and two children, ir Mr Rothschild, Mr Peter Hattimer; A Hebement, son, Washington.—Total, 73. ARRIVALS. From Havre, in the st@amship Indiana—Madame La marque, three dat AT Morgan, Mr Lord and two children, Miss Lord, G Keithoby, Messrs Corryer, Lebrua, Duflot, E I.e- comte, Magurier, Dr and Miss Cobman, P R Wyckot, dearer of despatches, Fegrani, ey Hoy Kontow Heltt, Wencker, Weber, Osborne, Kepel,’ Ecker, Wilson’ nla Herat Mr anjure oly Reha |, Meratti, Mr anc irs Ho! Tr, . Mr Pahoer W Connell, Irod, ¢ Lukins, Mrs Koeper, iss and Mre and two children Johnson, Weld, Mostield, Mrs Greenfield, Miss Sharkie, \ Smith, H Debtch, Mrs Wilson, Mrs Houston, Mir and Mra Frith, two Master Tay- lors, \ B Cotton, G Kdridge, Mrs and two Misses Gallias, wife an aall, S Cotterell, 8 D T Martin, € Terhoeon, = J Rykis, A Klei Melis, Van Gersom, Mr and Mrs Ce ie, Matthews, Noornan’ From_ New Orleans and Havana, in the steamship Black Warrior—H M Bassett and servant, Robt J Rose, G Reynaud and family, I! 0 Bolton, Chas F Stickney, T |: Vase, CL Walmsly, J A Mitchell, BS Skates, W J Led- = Mrs Kowerleeki, 0 E Woodman and lady, Mrs Mo- jamara and family, Robt M Rampon, J G Whittaker, pore JN be gel A he covey Neustaum, ‘ettles, Joseph Lovel Jol Aaron, N =t Join, © Auzi and servant, Chas Dickinson, Te F P Browne and cisco Lay M Innoga, Phillip Asqutzoey Jere 6 Gedien Cristobal jose us Delashann, Fernando servant, Jose i I Sitonso, Matilda Zontas, Nel ™ Caricorte, i Pedro F Gortizo Jose M Gortizo, Jose Bella. chase, W ph. Cordell, Geor ge Wi Rosotia, A'S Wood ‘\3 Miller, H Buckmaster, V B Buckman, W C Tinker, J? Haskett, Oli- yer P Cook, James Quantrek, Mra Rainsforth, Mrs Stam. Mabe Carroll yO CH Lorell JE Diord, JH Dam Maw Matebinson, Mes Yous, IH Me Y Daniel child and servant, J Bates, ly and two JH Rogers and cl yaad ee cia Trom Charioston, in steamship Nashville—Two 1, Dr OA White, W Gilmore Simms, ord, D Coben, Miss gM L Holbrook, Miss F 2, he W cunning Tseymour, J H Ge Beekman, 2 J Crews, DA English, R tom, Dr RF Mishael and lady, Ma Bi § Med arn J smyth, J From Havre, in sl Reimheimer, Dr % Pe pe St Jonn, NB, im brig Antelope—Mr Young and y ‘ i out with him, as ireemtly, when he led her to the suburbs of the city. then seized her by the throat, and, under threats, effected his diabolical purpose. Unknown to the girl, MeRinney isa married man, an’ has a family. Bit tay ev aped,—Aibany deveving Journal, dwy he A RES Eo SD TT EDS fo _______ Judge Betie and Mr. O’Coner. New Yong, July 29, 1854. 10 THE EDITOR OF THB NEW YORK HERALD, Sm—The enclosed letter from Mr. O’Conor to Gerard relates to an occurrence in the India rubly suit of Day against the New England Car Sprin Company, which elicited from Judge Betts, at tt close of that case, observations recently publish« in the Heraxp, with editorial comments. It seen just that Mr. O’Conor’s letter should algo appear your columns. “Considering the public use made the Judge's decision and remarks, it is proper state that the proof offered was not objected to fro any desire to prevent the most thorough investiy tion of Mr. Judson’s conduct, but because the con sel for the company, including Messrs. O’Conor a Gerard, were certain that by the well settled ra) of law the proposed testimony was clearly inadm sable, and that if all Mr. Judson said or did we proved, nothing would appear to invalidate the tit of those who claimed under him, or to convict hi of any moral wrong. It was therefore deemed ¢ visable to prevent, if possible, the useless consum tion of time that would occur in adducing the pre offered. + Respectfully your obd’t servt., James T. Brapy. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES F THE SOUTHEEN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. Horace H. Day vs. the New England @ar Spri Company—Eaxly in July, 1858, Horace H. Day came assignee of all the then subsisting interes! Edwin M. Chaffee in the extension of a pat in him by the said agreement. The cause was ti before the Hon. Samuel R. Betts, District Jud anda jary. Inthe progress of the case, it was terted by counsel that the instrument dated ¢ tember 5, 1850, was not duly sealed by Chaffee. ; fore any doubt was suggested as to that ‘ aint proposed rove, by oral oft pvc pea te Le, rocuring the extension; that in order to ind Ghattee to elles region bor ment, he had threatened unjustly to harass and‘ him with suits at law, and to cause him to be tar out of em t, and had made divers false frandulent wentations touching matters of | and fact to him, with a view to deceive and defr Sere weld Beper, become a thereto ‘was, of course, no t the ¢ came within the 8 of New Y: ; Title 3, Art. 8; 12 Howard’s U.S, privies—such be—by bh that upon te fal of each a case fore a jukys evidence was wholly inadmissible for the of , annulling or impafring the effect een ee ee ee may nik tch-idhaseenaas lent naan: ough not in any’ fecting. ee pmpere rg arid agreement void at law. Spommting}y raled thst she evidence so offered e Lt ‘ ing the stuention jury to his remarke, also referred to the great~and unusual length time whlch had been consumed in the argument this incidental point, and stated that the princ announced in his decision and the practice were so familiar that he did not doubt but ad sion to the same effect could be found in every wing been the counsel 1 lume of Johason’s Re Jone arj pointe for the di havipg ea "4 out of progrenre hours which were devoted “to its discussi 1 am constrained to regard the remarks of the le: Ca iaage as inveivin an impeachment Z & 3 Wil a E Re ig E i £ ea. you my which Tauthorze you Betta, if, at date of this fetter, Gi the such shall produce decision in any volume of Johnson’ shall to you a certificate at FE If this offer was made to the author of cision, it might not be deemed entirely res the Court; and therefore it ia made to one wi from his relation to the catia circumstance of his being of for Mr. natal hay ron "readiness tet to vindicate the « tos i were not as familiar as the lear Judge himself stated it to be, and as every la any experience will admit it to be, it ef be proper to suggest a reference of it in form any judicial person. But when a useful purp: pod be served thereby, I presume s Ja without impropriety certify the existence of auy the common legal truisms wi are univers? known and itted hos bench and the bar. It may not be amias to add,as an additi reat for thia conclusion, that his Honor’s decision cam Come under consideration before any Court of ue, as no verdict was Bo iy in the ue It my dear sir, your’s respectfal! Cu. O'Coxor To James W. Gerard, E Esq. Vi July 20, 1854. The Harlem Railroad Swindle={Meceting Stockholders, A meeting of the shareholders of the Har! Railroad was held yesterday at the depot in Tr) row, but in consequence of the limited dimensi of the room, it was adjourned to Tammany Hi At least one hundred members of the comp were present, some of whom came from a distal of fifty and a hundred miles around the city. Th appeared to be a deep feeling of indignation am these gentlemen, and they were evidently de! mined to take the matter entirely out of the har Of the directors, and have a new investigation. directora were openly denounced, and some & that they ought to be turned out as soon as po ple. Considerable difference of opinion prevail’ bat they were all unanimous in the determinat! to have the difficulty settled at an early day, 60 to allow the business of the road to be contin! without unnecessary delay or interruption. Mr. Jonn Avetyne called the meeting to or and nominated Mr. W. M. Vermilye as Chairm and for Secretary, Wm. A. Smith, both of wh were unanimously elected. The President { asked what was the pleasure of the meeting, W Mr. Wetmore, President pro tun. of the railr made the following statement—This meeting, ¢ he, has been called for the purpose of present some propositions in relation to the over issue preferred stock to the amount of 1,389 shares. Fu az the com hat to issne th asan ul white be ‘aotnal iss amounts to 31, aan ene vel Secretary, Mr. Kyle; Mr. Schuy! to do with it.’ Mr. Kyle had been in the habl making over issues of this stock, for the purpox raising morey on his own account. been going on for two and it has bacon? big W brave Ie or fag ia whoag porsesslot |