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eA OEE NEW PUBLICAT ONS, Lrves 4Np INDIVIDUAL Services oF THE Curse Josrices or THe Supreme Covrr ov tas Usrrap Starrs. By G.V nS tvoord. The present work isa valuable contribution to the biographi- cal liter ture of tie coantry. The mea iltus- trated were veces arily, from their position, not only remarkable as jur sta, but also from the exigencies of the epoch in which they lived, more or Jess distinguished a: potit’elaas, Toere is covsequently a double interest attaching to their biographies, whic» relieves them fiom the dry ners that a purely professional treatment of the subect would have rendered a repulsive feature in the eyes of the general seader. The tubects of tre tive biographical notices con- | tained in the present volume, viz: Joun Joy, | John Rutledge, Oliver Ellsworth, John Mar- ebali and Roger B. Taney, all belonged to the ral school of politics, but Taney sub- | neotly modified bis views, aad advocated | the election of General Jack-on, by whom he | was successively appointed Attorney General | a dSrerctary of the Treasury. and ultimately | elevated :o the bench of the Supreme Court of | the United States. In the ancestral origin of | these yemarkable men may be traced maogy of | the characttristies and peculiar habits of thougnt which distinguished them, Joha Jsy was born in the city of New York, but was descended on We fasbers side from aa old Huguenot family of France; and the father of Joba Ruitedge was an Ivish physician, who crigrated to this conutry in 1735, and settled fw South Carotina; Oliver Ellsworth was of Eegich decent, and drew his first breata in the vilage of Windsor in Connecticut; the grandfather of Chief Justice Marshall, justly styled toe American Manslield, was a native ef Wales, end settled in Westinoreland county, Vi out the year 1730; the ancestors of Taney both on the father aud mother’s side were amongst the earliest settlers of Maryland in Cromwiil’s time, and were also of Welsh origi They professed the Roman Catholic faith; end lke the Puritans of England ia the time of Charles the First, they came to this eountry to seek thot repose and liberty of con- gcituce which, under the iroo rule of the Pro- teetor, were denied them in their own, Of the manver in which Mr. Van Santvoord has discharged bis task of biographer, we are evabled to epe:k in terms of high commenda- tien, He may be wanting in that legal acu- men and extensive acquaintance with the prin- eiples of jurisprudence which impart such a profersional value to the works of his English model, Lord Cumpbell, but he makes up for their absence by the manner in woich he has treated the political branch of his subject— For the general reader, who cares less to analyze the qualities that elevated those men to the highest judicial rank in the country than te arrive at an accurate eonclusion as to the services which their genius and sagacity enabled them to render ina political cepacity to the Commonwea!., We qu:stiin whether the work before us will Rot possess greater interess, It is laudably American in its spirit and treatment, and is ealeulated to exercise a sound and beneficial influence upon the minds of all young legal as- Pirants who look upon their uoble profession as merely a means of obtaining purely selfish and personal objecis, without re‘erence to those grcat principles, an unswerving devotion to which, as exe: plified ia the lives of the distia- guished men of whom we are writing, would enable them net only to become eminent them selves, but uselul to their vountry. With these few prefatory remarks we will now proceed to give a few extra from t@ work ot Mr. Van Sanivoord, in order to enable in our readers to form their own opin’ s ofits merits. The first half dozen pag: Jay’s Biography” detail a series of imp: ser- vices rendered to the Commonweat». which would in tLemselves have been suflivient to shed imperishable lustre upon his neme. They are, however, part and parcel of the history of the country, ardare too deeply impressed upon the national heart to call for fresh observation ea our part. The following just tribute to Jay’s social qualities and kindliness of heart will be read with gratification :— One of the finest traits in the character of Jay wos the warmth of his social feelings, and the con- starcy of his friend bips, Adversity never sepa- raed him from his euriy associates, nordid politvweal d flerenves cause itin to forget the astechmeuts of everdass. It wis curing the adminis‘ration of the C: uvcil of Safety that the formidable invasion of Burgoyne threatened the safety of New York. Gen eel Phiip Schuyler at that time hed command ofthe oi the Norta. Jay was the friend of Schay- ¥e. ; he koew and sppreciated the worth, the patriot ism, the chivairic honor, of that brave officer 2.4 gallant gentlemar. Ina momeatof weakness, Uon- gress, yieloing ei'her to false and malicious repre- Septations, or a timid policy, recalled Schnyler at ‘the very mement whes victory was within his grasp ani pieced Gates io command. huyler felt tue ineig>ity, but with the generous magnanimity of his cowacter, sacrificing every personal feeling to the cause of his country, cheerfully co-operated with the plau of the cempaign. r Gen. Gates to reap the laurels which justly belonged to himeelf. Aaong the fiends who «adhered ough good re port and through evi: report to Golmyler, and who never failed to vincicate his repatation, none waa Qrver or wore faithful than Jay. the same ancestral biood, the blood of tue early Datch set. tlers of thecolony, and satisfied with tne entire eorrect: e63 of Sonnyler’s conduct, as well as the | arity of bis motives, Jay oid not conceal his in nation at this act of injustice. In a letter to Mr. Doane, t: en in Congress, ne exprosses what be con Ceives to be the true reason. “General Schuyler is bs humor the Lastern people, militia will ret fight uader ‘The warmth of his friendship, and the dehcacy of his sympathy, are deantifally ex premed in two or three letters to Schuyler himsel/ abeut this period. In one of these, written some months efter the victory of Saratoga, and wiile tae Yanrels were yet fresh aod zreen upon the brow of the commanding general, Jay, with bis aconstomed deiicacy of expicesion, ventures ‘0 predict what the ature has fully realized, god posterity cordially ad mits, “Justice will yet take placs, and I do no d@erpair of ering the tine when it wiil ba confeied ‘that the foundation of our success in the northers saeleconit Was laid by the present commander's oor. Not only to politi al associates, but even to poli- tical ovpocents, cid Jay evince the kindliness of a poem nature, and he never falied to seepond to reeo'lections of carly attachments. Fav among the revolutionary leaders origicated, advocated, ang ceived cut nore siinugont and effective measares sealzst the soyalisia aud the dis+ffected, and ye: be wae never Céaf to the voice of private frlendaliiy, a4 vever disregarded the appeal of one to whow he had been kindly sttached tn other days. To hia aid elassmate wt King’s College, Pet:r Van Schacter, wo bad from corscientious motives dectined takinz 8 part wit: the .olonists, he writes with a feeling of the liveliest interest; and the cordial iatercourss ix rerew:d when one is the honored reoresenta ‘ive of bie country, end the other an exile ina foreiga land. To Col De Laxcey, who had taken arma ia the regal canee, and who wea a prisoner on parole, be write Goring te trovbies of 1773: “Te tdendshio which en ua % not forgotten; nor will the merly done by yourself and fam'ly ceese to excite my gratitude. How far you miy be for'able Lkoow not, It ts my via, ¥ endesvor, that i¢ be as imaci xo a6 eet Tat the interest of tat geat 0 Wisi ave devout verythi ' Goria ae we ald.” devoured everythiag I bola Jobn Jay «1a & revolationtat, bat no terrorist, Be was rey huts, eter, avd insexihi+, hat not peo @oriptive. His wae the ascomprowising action bused et principle, nut prompted by personal ena y, le had not a sain of bitterness jn him, not» deo, of welice, pot the slightest tine'ure of vindictive nese. Firm, resolute, aad unbsodiag, bas oqaa animens, generous aod jus’, a cain, to sith & wrong, Like Ailstizes he wound | on the peace the bave ealmly written his own rame npon the Fhe", and wit’ out a regret or asic, have retired into bavishment. Of the generone, unselfish and purely patri- otic motives which influenced toe who e career of this emisent man we can have no more striking proof than the motives assigned by him for resigning his comm'«s'on to France. They are contained in a letter to Governor Morris, under date of Paris,February 19, 1784:— “Yon sup ‘one that ilt heals) induces me to reaiga, Youare mistsken, Itseidom agpens that any mea- sure is prompted by one singe morive, taough one sweng others may have rometines a ce isive weight snd influence. Many motives i: duce metores'go; but of those many there '# one which predomiaates, and that is:—Whben [ embarked fio the public service, [ aid very sincerely, that I qnitted private life with regret, ano should be ba roy to return to it when the object which called me from it s:ould be atsain- ec. Yoa know what those objects were. and that ceased 1 opeate. To be consis: | tent, therefore, T wast retire. The motive is trres title, Sn) ervdded to this are the educston of my | £OD, the attention I owe ty toe unfortacate part of my family, sed tre happiness I exp-ot from rejoin. | jog wy frien Pecuniary considerations ever held @ recordary place in my estimation. I koow how to live within the limite of any income, ho vever nar ro" 2 my pride is pot of a uetnre to be hurt by ret g 10 the bnsincss which | formerly foll.- ed. | Pur protessions of this sort are common,an: fa ta | cals con give unequivocal evideoce of ta ir sin- cerity.”” Such were the views of Mr. Jay in ret'riog to pri- vate life, Expreased in the unreserved confidence Of a iotimate friendshop, th-ir sincerity cannot be questioned. They were not, as is 8 often the case, JP feesion merely, intended to cate» the public ear | avd excite tre popniar applause. bus they were ac- French eleryy, di! more to im + ove the morall ty of France and to render the Ives of the Cathie ;riests worthy ‘bei sacred calling, than was ever effected by ail other mfluences besides rince the eppeara ce of that incompa rable eatir. to the present time. Somewhat in ap anelogons s:irit, »nd we ‘rast with analo gous euccess, Mr. Gayerré }.as exh bited in the “Scheol for Politics” the tricks, corruptiens and impostures of modern politic'ans. It is high time the power of ri icule should take cognizance of the universally ackuowlelged depravity and grossvess and frauds of our po- litical men of all parties, 80 yvraybically illus trated in the work before us, The stage, if not the press, may put a stop to this erying evil, which threatens to reduce our system to the merest oligarehy; and we hope to see the drama of Mr. Gayarré represented in every city of the Union. It should at Jeast be read by every man, woman and child in the whole country. for it applies to every part of it. Our dramatic les ees and actors can hardly fail to reap a rich reward by showing up our politi- cal Governors and Presidents upoa, the public boards, to amuse the masses and unmask the infomovs tricks by which our popular sove Teignty is made @ mere jest, aud turned to the exclusive advantage of the interested few What a blessing to the country if Mr. Gayareé thould bring up our public men to the standard tua) sentiments, reaiJivu g rules of action. He bad quitted priv Ife wita regret, he #as about to return to it with pleasure, for the chjects in view bad been ataived, The same elevated motive which prompted Saal ivgton to gird oa bis aword in the revehotien, sod to lay it asrile when that tion bad ceen accomplisheé, had also prompt ad left ted; da ug of Jay. Tea years before he eno weich le bad beem edasa he hat filled the he en—Coiet Jue Jang ipovrtiary at forego courts—and bow, with the aim hope of a lofty purpose, aad the ef wtroe pleso; by, he expressed his de- on to decline further pablic honors, and eo he lebrs of a) aduua pression, oa the means ‘f obtai: ing & livelihood for himself and fa- mily. His i mde, he declares, wilt not be bart at thie, and be bad learned to live ‘ within the limits of any ineeme.” Passages like these beantifally illas- trate the sicpticity asd purity of Jay’s character, They impress uron it the stanp of a high moral worth, pay, of a true grestness, which may enegest a com arson with tie best examples of Roman vutne The following is an interesting sketch of the erly manhood of one of the ablest jurists, and most remarkable man in other respects, that this country has ever prodaced—Chief Justice Marehull:— Young Marshall was entering his eighteenth year when the contest between tie colovists and Graat Gritain ccmmenced. Is found him engaged in study- ing the clastics and io reading by turos poetry and history, and the Commentaries of Blackstove. There pursuits, though congenial to the studious habits of his mind, were not sutlered to eng: osa his at ention to tie exclusion of the exciting political topics of the dey. Oa the oontiery, he eatered in- eo the consroversy with a zeal which hag not yet become tempered by the sober lessons of wisdom and experiesce. Nor did his zeal waste itself in avisy and boisterous devlamation, or in ihe mere expression of sveculative opinion; toshe wae among the first to set tre example of prompt, energetic, and decisive action. The thrill- ing words of Patrick Hen: y—We must fight! Au appeal to arms and the (iod of Hosta is all thet is leit ns!”—bad scarcely fallen from te lips of the great orator, ere we find John Marshall laying eside bis Ho uce and Pope, his Lyttelton and Backatone, toacguire the rudiments of military exercise, and actively engaged in traiving a militia company ia the veighborhvod. His firstappearance atter the ia- telligence of the battle of lexington had been re- ceived, was as an officer of militia company in Fauquier conuty, and is described by a venerable kineman who was bimself an eye-witates of the oc currences he re}ates; and ths description is so gra- phic, and so full of interest, sha Lcannot ref-ain a travacribing it in the words in whic it is writ- Le “Is was ia May, 1 eee was then a youth of nineteen. Tae muste:-tield was soma tweaty mes di-tant irom the cours house, end in 4 ssotion of the country peopled by tillers of tee earth. Rumors of toa bi reu'ated wish the +fiect ol of esvertap popted peare 5 within, the bounds of the milir jarge. The eaptwin had ther and was expected to s Mar-hall bad been appointed a lieutenant to it. Bis fatber formerly commanied i. Soos after lieu. tenant Mershall’s appearan eon the ground, toose who knew him clustered about him to greet him, ethers from cariosity, and to hear toe news, ‘He proceeded to inform the compauy that the captain would sot be there, and that he had been appointed Jient-navt instead of a better;—that he hed cr me to meet them as teow soldiers who were likely te be called on to defend theif country, and their ovn rights ard hibe:ties, invaded by the Bi tish at there had been a battle at Lexingt»., in utetts, between the British and Americsas, in b the Americans were victorious, but that more fighting was expected;—taat solders were catled for, aed thatit was time to brighten their fire-arms ané@ leain to use them in the teld;—and that if they weuld fall iato a single line he woald show them the new. manual exercise, for which var. pose he had brought his gun—bringing it up to his slovider. The gergesnts put tbe wen in line, and heir Jugleman presend bimself in front te tae ‘Le same excellent authority gozs on to describe the personal appearance and figure of Marshall, and the simpie aud famijiay manner of bis inter ourse ’ men whom he bad undertaken to instruct in the “new manual exercise.” The pictare is strik- ing ond graphic; I shall hereafter compare it wity anotber, dawn bya differant hand,of the same Joh» Marshall, as be appeared, not as lieutenant of militia, but as Chief Justice of tue United States:— He was about six ‘eet high, straight and racher slender, of dark complexion--showing little, if any, rosy re’, yet good healeh, the outline ef the face nearly a circle, and withia that eyes dark to black- ness, strong and penetracing, beaming with iavylili- gence ond goed nature; an upright forehead, rather low, was termrnated in « horizontal lige by a mass of raven black bair of unusual thickness and streogth. The features of the face were in harmo- 4 with this outliae,and the temples fully developed. @ Fesuil of this combiaation was interesting and very agreeable. The body and litbs irdiestod agi- lity rather than strength, in which, however, he ‘was Ly no means defi jent. He wore a purple or pale blue bunting ehirt,aod trowsers of the sau material fringed with white. A roand black hav, monrted with tre buck’s tailvor a cockade, csowned the figure and the man. thout the meen an ae Was OF company, thoug’ Ted the company toge ead, but did not. Jony He went through the manual exercise ix word 2nd motion, deliberately proceanced ant pe mad 40) presen: e of the company, before be requ +o cue men to imitate him; and ten proceeded tu exer ise them with the most perfect temper. Never did FRSD BOSseea “pry more hapry, or, if otherwise, more subdued and better disciplined. After afew lessous the compary were distmiss2d, avd informed thet if they wished to hear mere about the war, apd would form a circle aronad aia, he wonld tell them what he understood about it. The cirsie was forme), avd he addressed tie compa ny for something like an hoer. I romember, for I was near him, that he spoke, at tha ciose of bis sreech, of the minute battaiian about to bo coi-ed, aud 6sid be waa going into it,and expocted to be joined by many of hii keavers. He thon challenged an acquaintance to a game of quoita, and they closed the day with foot races and other ethletice ércires, at which there was no betting. He had walked ten milea to the muster field, and retnraed the ssme distance on foot to his father’s &ouse at Oak Hill, where he arrived a littie after sunset.” Such is the lifelike pictare whieh # cotemporary avd ki:.sman hes left of the Chief Jastice, 2a be appeared Ce the threshold of manhood. One cannot belp being strack wit Its tentafuluesa ard simplicity—a wask of ten miles fam Oak Hiil po Fe] gt and buck Ly etre ck, friendly aad hearty greeting vom tades—a dell in tee sqawnl exerein’—o faailiar ta’k abort the war—foot races, anda g>me of quoite at which “there wes no beitiog,” ‘ands up the pro minent cointa of the pictura And it may here be acded, that this admirable simplicity of maa- ueri— nay, the very tastes aud habits of his ear.y manhood, remained aith him saroughJife. Thas che never lost bis fondcess for those fled and athieife exercises which in youth laid the founda- tion of that ri bust bealth which he continned to enjoy to @ green old age; nor did he disdain his fa- vorife game of ae its, even when he had been pieced attie bead of the federal jadiciary. The Thief Justice of tre Uaited Ssates never ceased to be Jobm Marshall, Tne ScHoon ror Potrres—A Dramatic Novel, by the Hon. Charles Gayarré, anthor of the admirable History of Louisiana, Ap- pleton & Co., publishers, Moliere, in his chef dauvre, “The Tartaffe,” by exhibiting to ridicule the corruption and hypocrisy of the of our early patriots by displaying upon the stage the corruption of their vuvortby de- scendants of modern times. A PRacTICAL TREATISE ON THB DISEASES OF vHE TnroaT axp Luses. By Robert Hunter, M D. Stringer & Townsend. The variable tem perature of our climate renders the diseases of which the work before us treaty, of such gene ral prevalence, that we hail every new acces sion to our stock of pathological informati on the eubleet ag a valuable boon. Dr. Hunter's method of treatment by the inhalation of medi- cines into the system in the form of vapor is very highly spoken of, and his work gives us the data on which his experience is founded. Without pledging ourselves to an approval of his system, of which we are not professionally qualified to speak, we recommend his treatise to the careful perusal 01 those who have failed in obtaining relief from other remedies, It seems to be the work of a man who has devoted his attention exclusively to the study of this class of diseases, and as such it is entitled to at least an impartial consideration. “ GvuTTLE anv Guipit.’’—Taylor & Co. have published an amusing dramatic bagatelle under the above title. It abounds in sharp and tell- ing hits at the prevailing follies of the day. Messrs. Tallis &Co., of Broadway, have pub lished a new pocket map of the city of New York, which, from the number of improvements introduced into it, will be found invaluable, vot only to business men but to strangers. Amongst ofker novel features in it the num- bers on the corner houses of the different strevis, and the various railroads passing through the city, are shown, Gxn. ScoTr in Panis.—We give below, some ex: tracts which may be interesticg to the American reader, from a work just published by Redfield, enti, tled, “ Fifty Years in Both Hemispheres,” by Vin cent Nolte:— guiness, cansed the fall scconnt to be pnbifshed, as an edverticement, in one ef the Lowden Joureala. | Boch, vo deubt, wera the eronnis of Mv. Nolte’s | fpeera stthe Am-ri ae major general (lov rank errt-inly) inane owd of field maszals, fall gene- rals, and lientenast gevera’s—mary of whom, oev- ertheless, stood towards him as atteativ- friends.” THE AUTHENTICITY OF CAPTAIN CANOT, OR TWENTY YEARS OF AN AFRICAN SLAVER. TO THE EDITOR OF THR HERALD. Barrimove, Sept. 4, 1854. Dear Sm:—Iam much obliged to you for the kind notice you pub ished yesterday of my | memoir 0 Captain Canot. I regrot to observe, Lowever, that you consider it a work of fancy as well as fact, on! conseque:tly that its value would bave been greater had my imagination not been taxed to brighten the slaver’s narra- tive. As I know the wide diffusion and influence of yeur journal, I respeo'fu'ly request you to correct the error, for I ean assure your re- viewer that if “truth is stranger than fiction,” the story of Canot is on'y a sirong illustra- tion of that ancient saying. The adventurer’s original manuscript is still in my possession, roughiy tketched in his imperfect English, and Tam ratistied by competent authority, that its personal snecdotes and African characteristics e true. My ta+k in writing the hook was en- Tely confined to fiting my mind ith Canot’s story, and setting it forth in a style which I thought would be simple, straight forward, aad entertaining, In no instance bave I attempted to increase the artistic or romantic effect of a seeve by additional strokes of the peue'l or brush. Tp outline, shadow, and color. it is Canot the Siaver. I am, dear sir, respectfully yours, Brantz Mayer. Our Boston Correspondence, Boston, September 4, 1854. A Dispute About Politigs—More Know Noth- ing Candidates for Governor—General Anérec—Vermont and Mr, Marsh—A New Translation of TVeffmann—The Weather, &c. You will have seen that the demozratic pa- pers bere declare that the Democratic State Committee of Massachusetts, at its meetiog oa the 23d of August, did pass a resolve endorsing the administration. These declarations show how difficult a matter it would be to write a correct political history of the country from the statements of the political press. Ihave con- versed with two members of the committee— both as thorough democrats as are in the coun- try—and they assure me that no such resolu- tion was then and there passed. One of them particularly authorized me to make the state- ment on the subject which was coatained in my last letter; and of the correctness of bis detail of facts Ihave no doubt, ahd cau have none. Both gentlemen were present through the ‘entire sitting of the committee, which lasted for three hours and upwards; and one of them took a prominent part in the debates thatwere had. The matter would seem to be one that onght to be easily settled, by referring to the committee's records, for surely they must keep an account of what they do. Thus far, I have seen no such reference, nor can I find any one who has seen it. The matter is of importance only as it af- fects the character of individuals who s0 vehe- mently insist upon the accuracy of stories that £0 flatly contradict one another. The fact that Mr. Hobart resigned his place as chairman of the committee, and threatened that another Awong the countless numbers that Paris had | convention should be called, different from that attra tea, at the time (1815) of which I am wating was the American Generai Scot!, the same wao #45 ‘ately a cepdidate for the Presiuency of the Uniced States. Me hed, doring the three j ears’ war.with Engia: d, distinguished himeelt 10 various operations on ibe Canadian trentiers, such as storming a couole of foits, etc., avd was Jo ked upon by bis bey men 6s 6 militay ctarot we nigh He was incebted to this civevimstance a Europe, whitrer ROvereme nt im to evlarge ban y aad tk art wai e to Paria w reetings of the great miti ary leaders of tie Goptinent, and the testimonials their udmiration, would be ever: ere extended h ur, % his visible chagria, he iy In the va-t collection of wilitary celebrities then assembled at Paris, where, in one single circle, could be found the Dake of Wellin gton, Marshal Prince Blacher, aod Schwar. zenborg, the Rursian Field-Waresal Kutusoff, toe Generais Weronzow, Rostepehin, Tehit- bagof, and all there remarkabie persunages covered wita mitita TY cecorations, sters, and orders, the long, thio American, in his simple blue coat, without embroi- dery of any kind, and distinguished only by a| what the Post’s statement amounts to mocest pairof epaulettes, could not expect to awa ken soy very gieat attention. But Scott could not dissembl in his own country, wherever he showed himself, and bis present position, and frequently gave way to verement, and sometimes even langhable exhibi- tions of temper. But one thing is certain, viz., that he felt and understood what ce was worth; for le the comrast between the part he played | Americ: to be held at Lowell, because he regarded the action of the committee as hostile to the nation- al administration, of which be is one of the ser- vants, (though Colonel Greene did distances him in the raze for the Naval office,) is suflicien' to show that a prominent office holder, aud a very respectable man, thought at the time as do those who declare that the committee did not endorse the administration. I see that the Boston Post speaks of the harmony of the com- mittee in its manifestation of attachment to the administration, aud particularly mentions Gen. Underwood, of Worcester county, who, hav- ing been suspected of ‘fusionism,” and of hav- ing attended the “fusion” mecting at the Awerican House, almost two months ago, assured the committee that he did not attend that meeting, and should support she adminis- tration, Nebraska bill and all—at least, such is Now, L have pretty good authority for stating that Gen. Underwood, if be did not attefid the an House meeting, said that he should attend it, on the morning of the day on which it was beld, and urged at least one other demo- crat to do the same. The meeting referred to was got up for no other purpose except to sce in later days he displayed his not inconsideraple | what could be done, and how it could be best military and strategic capacity on another theatre yran the Caradian frontiers, that is to say, duriog | Gen, tbe war with Mexico, in 1846 and 1847, wen be attracted snd fixed general attention. The following note is appendad by the translator to the above text:— done, against the Nebraska law. If, thercfore, Underwood is now a Nebraska may, his change of opinion has been of the suddenest. For wy part, I do not believe that he has changed his views on the question, though he may not think it necessary to engage in violent The reader must bear in mind that this workisa | open warfare with the nomial chiefs of his tran.lation, and that the free use of ge:onalities is indulged in by a forciguer, aud a m2x -rho hes evidentty formed hasty conclusions, The financial allusions to Edward Livia<ston a0 Mr. Davezas sre upon matters not theroughl; unéereteod by Mr. Nolte. They beloug to tha po- liexcal snimosities of the past, and would have bee: suppressed were it not considered that the duty oi & translator is faitt fulness to bis text. The allusions to General Scott’s appearance in Paris, after the battle of Waterloo, (page 251), were bo doubt ccvasioned by ill feeling for some fascied wight, growing cut of the circumatances des:ribed low—which has been furnished from recollec.‘ in, party, which is on unpleasant thing for any man to do. The names of candidates of the new Ameri- con party as the Know Nothings are called by themecives, continue to multiply. The last pera named for their gubernatorial candidacy is General Andrew, of Salem, and certainl: very sie gentlemen of less claims for hig oflice might be mentioned in connection with it. He was for a long most efficient, prominent, and popular whig leaders of the county of Essex, where whiggery time known as one of the bya gentleman who wea in Paris at the tiu., auc | bas always been of the extreme kind. It was was personally cognizant of what he st ates:— General Scott, scon sfter the battle of Waterloo, wae in Paria. Fiance, then occupied by more than half o miilion of hostile trooos, did not beleug to Frenchmen. Scine of the Britivh regiments which had been with General Ress and Admiral Cockburn at Wasbicgton, were now quartered ia Paris, and as a pleasant conceit, gor up a dinner in that cepital to celebrate the anniversary of th burning of the national buildings (civil), tue archives end library in tle capital of anovher Hundreds of other British oficers, rank, were prerevt, a8 approving guests. This oontinned want of shame on the sari oi the Vandals fired General S. with fadignation and be ar gM mont! s in arraeging a retasistor, celebration. ceiving tie hearty suppert of th: Anerican officers, and many other citizens then 1, Parise Mr. Jacksou, Charge d'Affsires ; Colonels Drayton. M’Ree, Thayer and Archer; hie aldce camp, Mejor Mercer; kis compauion, N, Leavan worth, Exq., of New York, &o., &e,, &0., &O cal &., paasing by the war events in which he - self tad participated, fix ¥ tle 8th of Jsauary —the first anniversary of tie buttle of New Orleane— hemisphere. of high when some ninety Americans met to give vert to | mire to end in nothing but de bis fortune, however, while much liked by the masses of his party and respected by his opponents, to encounter the il] will of some of the astutest managers of the wh'g organization, the chief of whom is C. P. Lord, a maa of gr-at power, because energetic and daring, and quite regordlers of anything but the end had in view for the time being—sceing with remarkable clearness within a barrow circle, but nothing tvyond it. In Salem, the whigs, until last Merch, were as potential as ever were an armed force in a conquered country; and their leaders had it in their power to bind and to loose, to erecmmupieate this man and to inter- «ict all communication with that one. It was ihe rule of the old Essex junta over again, bat with feebler minds to carry it en, and exercised at the expense of whigs rather than of demo- cats, who were considered of but little secount and as not being worth the trouble of tyran- nizing over. This was submitted to, perhaps, becaure an attempt to resist it seemed to pro- feat, with the their felines. It fa possible that Me, Notte, asa | usual result to crushed conspiracies, that, name- reaent of New Orleans, may have been called upon to mibscrite; but if not, he certainly, beivg on the spot, learned the whvle bat nf this 5 eneral 8. presided. The leading or retaliatory toast wee, of cours, “General Jackson and his gio- rious defence New Qv:leans!” gives by Scott with aad all A stances which epbanced the victory asd] drew were ioo chivalrous to abanden their ted; together with | party, decpened the shame of the defea Se cutie wocrer on woe Ta pig pe! of e U te acts perpetrated le neglected atat could Noghjng was publicity and ‘clat to id Iain pg th ed rp ards tiore were mentione: nest Fren ro sian, an? German circles, with wrich General and bia a\merican frien in were on the .piost amica- ble terme, The Hotel Robert was the place sole t- ed for meetng, where the allied sovereigne when in Paria had abitaaky dined, and where the éite of the Briti-b anpire were daily to be seen in Janw 4 1816— (Pahicent met a month jater)—Lird Hili’s beadgoea ters, with & battalion of household Troops, was within boi! pistol atiot. All the Ameri- can officers were in fu)! Cowtume, * » &., &e. Gea, 8, drew np a fail secoun’ of the aloaer, to publish (being under canatahup) till the mam: of Bir Eds and Pokentiam (he being the brother inlaw of the Duke of Wellingt'm, Wan expanged, as well an the relative mnmbera engary?d at Now Ov- Jeanr, lx canes of the great exces on <h@ British sale, General 8., however, at the expense whtcd the | Freiteh per Comstitutionnel, though g a iberel py, er, Cid not dere | Je Grand. ly, of adcing to the power of the tyrants. When the days of the Povalition pert vie evil days to our whigs, for they showed that it was possible to break down their rule, through the spplication of common sense to the busi- pees of politics—such whigs as General An- but honorably overlooked the harsh treatment they had received, and labored ear- nestly for their party’s restoration. But when that restoration hed been effected, aad to a lerge extent the aid of such Scort | men, it was found that the restored par- ty had learned nothing from adver- rity; that the ancien régime bad . heen replaced “with all its rust upon it,” and that liverality was as little knowa to the whig toagistrates ag it bad been in those daya whn tkey hed ten tronsand popular majority at their call, and a Legislature us obedient in regittering their decrees as ever hud been a Vioment in registering those of Louia It was too much for nos a few whigs ef talent, Who thonght a more libural toe of politica and % more enlightened policy were dtiranded at ther party's hand by the increas ed intelligence of tue pregle, who bad become ef tome #8 tired of the cld cant pf wiggery as of the | perressments. “Vue Jight” and “Hartford Convention” ; twatile of the Boston Post and its cronies. Ia the ten yeors that bad elapsed between the day that Governor Lriggs wos insugurated and that vbieb now Governor Washbern sncereded to | Mr. Chiiford, men had lived at a prodigions rate, and their minds had become enlarged by the contemplation of great things dove and pyeater promised—by the extena’on of American Gominien to the Pacific, the acqusition of fields of geld, the overthrow of dy pesties, the change of the ruling powers of Eurcpe, the resietance to the domination of the Czar, and the prospect of a new pnblic law being imposed upen Chri-tendom, These and , other things had roused the minds of our peo- ple as well as those of the inhabitants of other communities, to reach a cr udition of exalta tion such as was eure to bave a prodigious ef- fecten ordinary polisiey, in the lack of any- thing hetter to attract their aitention and create ademend upon their energies. Hack politi- cians bave never taken this in’o account, and hence it is that they bave bren sxtoni sore of the recent manifestations of opinion. Mr. Rockwell bas also been named for the Kvow Nothing candidate, but not very exten- sively. He is too much of a regular whig to eonsens to bis name being used syainst the whig candidate. There are, however, +o many whigs of preminence in ihe new movement that the opinien is gaining ground that either the whig party is ina far woree condition than even its enemies have supposed, or that tbe Know No- things are in the course of becomivg complete- / ly whiggified. I have heard it said thatif the whigs should | carry ibe Vermont Legislature, at the election of the Sib, as all thiek they will, George P. | will be | Maith who bas just returned home, elected to the United States Sonate. ree, A volume of new translations from the sin- gvlar ord wierd Jike tales of Hoffmann will be We shall published here towards the elxe of the present | month, The translation is by Lafayette Burn- hem, Esq,, one of the frm ot Burnham & Bro- thers, on eminent hovkselling house, wel) known to every one who has ever had occasion to buy literary wares in Boston, Mr. Buroham is an excellent linguist, and bas dene full justice to his subject. Hoffmann is one of the most diffi- enlt of fercign writers to render into our tengue. He is original, wild, fantastical and full of genius, Had he not died #0 compara- tively yonng—in 1822, at the aye of 46—he | would have oceupied one of the very highest places ifi modern literature. is on rhe very verge of that select eircle in which stand the few whom his own country- mek call “the Sunday children of God”’—a tyo- roughly Germanic desigsation. English cr have compared Tieck to Hawthorne, but I thick abetter comparison might be made betw eu He fimann and Poe, the superiority, from the | su;erior clearness of the American mind, being: as strikingly on the side of Poe as it is oa that of Hawthorce over Tieck. Hiffmann’s lite was as wild as were bis writings, which, indeed. they reflected; and this union was continued | in desth. He died of what is called tases dor- sulis, which would seem to be very like that | mortal s)lness under which Colonel Bissel is eufiering : his body gradually stiffening from the feet upwards, until the neck was reached, when death kindly closed his eyes, He wrote to the last, and thoce of his writings that were dictated by him while he was literally pctrify- ing, as it were, are full of force and life. as if the vital energy that had lef; bis boly bad been eonveyed into what may be called his le- gecy to mankind. September has us; but we are so glad to get moisture on any terms, that I don’t believe a suow sturm would be object: d to by any one. However, we have had but little rain, so far. Agricultural gentle- men tel] me that the moderation of toe rain is | its great excellence. Had it fallen in great quantities, the surface of the earth alone would have been wet by it, and most of the water | would have been conveyed into brovuks, &c., whereas the gentleness of the storm has caused all the water that fell to sink into the dry bosom of our mother carth. ALGoMmA. whe Untied tea ned Cuba A French Ee Minx wsher upon Annexation. [Transla'ed trom the Journal des De ug. 18 J 'e only know of one meona of diverting the white populstion of Cuba from their penchant for wivexing themselves to the United States, and ing smonsst themselves one or more distinc’ States We do not know if t's tecdeacy existe—wa hope that itd.es vot—but it appears to ns imp os- sible that the inhabitants of Cuba should not share, at some not very remote the desire to bs an bexed to the powerfn! con! eration of which they are the nearest neighbors, ‘oir interesta forcinly impel them to sucha couse Once admitted inio the Union, they would ferm a sovervign State; they would govern themselves, and administer their owa affairs; they would bave inthe federal government a protector that no cther power would veature to brave, ard they would be freed from the enormous tribute which they annually pour iuto the ccff-rs of the Peninsula. For their productions of every kiud they would have a market, at the entrance of whica they would not be arrested by custom house duties, It must a'so be taid that the agitation in Spain, no matter how brief may be its duration, cannot fall to create in the minds of the Cubans though's of an- nexauon, supposing that up to the present time they have not occurred to them. Now, how is this current to be struggled against, unless by dev-lop- ing in Cubs, by the free consent and iniative of the home government, civil, commercial, aud political fran bires. The best ard the most infallible means cf raising, ag if by enchantment, a barrier bet ceen the dsland of Cuba are its American invaders, would be t» emansipste the blacks, Qn the instant the design | of arnexirg Cuba to the Union would be abandoned by the Americsns of the Southern States, for their }Mincipsl motive in the enterorive is the idea of | 200 insbing one or several slave States, which wouli augment the force of the partisans of alavery ia the councils of the federal government, and in which they would eell to advantage the troops of siavas that come of the States raise like cattle, jast ax ia en Normandy and Poitou they raise oxea aad sheep. : It is becanse the emancipation of the blacks in Cuba would be a hemage rendered to the lofciest and roundest principles, at the same time tnat the effect of it would be immediate and decisive in the discomfiture of the projecta of the American ia- vacers, that we again press with fresh earnestness thie neasure. Sn Vn *INANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MONEY MARKE?P. SaTunpay, September 9—5 P M At the firat beard today there was quits # pouyaut marlet, ond ecnsiderable activity among all the leading fexcies, Winols Central bonds advanced 4 per cent; Deluwore and Hndson, ; Niearagua Transit 4; Cam berland Coa}, 1; Harlem, 34; Erie Railroad, 1; Hudson Revver Railroad, 2; Cleveland and Toledo Railroad, %; New Youk Cenirai Bonds declined 44 per cent. At the Second Board thero was a reaction of some inportanca, Mlinoin Central fell off 4 per cent ; Cumberland Coal 1 ; Reatirg Railroad, 34: Hudson River Railroad, 2; Harle n,. 36; New York Central Railroad, %. This is nothing to what will be experienced one of these iays The market leaed weok, with a strong downward tendency. The inflation in Erie is.grotty well sustained, but tt must already be very burdensome to the parties concerned. They Gnd no relief from outside purchasers, and thay have the whole load to carry. ‘Ihe +teamrhip Washington, from this port, for “onth- hampton and Bremen, to day, carried out $370,017,47 ia specie, cf which $242,306 was in gold bara; $120,347 in silver coin, and the balance in Freneb gold. The history of the affair about the Merchants’ Bank of Burlirgten is sir ply this —A Wail street bank re- celved from a Western correspondent between seven and eight thousand dollars, ail of the Merchants’ Back of Burlington notes. They were first offered to the Ameri- can Exchange Bank, where @ guarantee was required. They were then offered to the Metropolitam Bank, and LOtlively refuced. ‘The werrsnts entered at the Treasury Department, | Washington, on the 7th inst, were:— For tha redemption of stock. Tor the psyment of other Ti: Fer tre customs, For the War De; Tor the Navy De; For re-paytr For the In! \ ‘The Proteation Iesurance Co., of Hertford, Coan, « com; any which has transacted a very large busines: in | fire risks for many yeara past, bas failed. The Hart- foré Times, of yesterday, says :— i, , ‘The fect did nov surprise our cltirens to a great extents aathise myany bos been embarransed for ss veral years: til the fooome of the office was and to the ab- sence of an extraordinary number it wae hoped Lbanshonn gg 4 wuld soon be abe to overcome its em- jut the oggregate losses during this time las | As it is, his place | crane rather drearily with | a Cthere are wp er be tn ove Lave geome op bs en lity fy Teint Seme al vhs Ibirp mee by horros ing peo to reeure end } |= Io iw 1 o"we yeors ae gi of be differences of t rarefied whh the anda mest thoreugh investigation be demanded and secured The other companies in this city stand rad | all cemends sga'nst them, and will go on, | dably trom errors committed, by the one tha; ‘Tbore who hold pslictes from the Protection will ree the necessity o” getting them ren | otber eftice. | The following ta'le shar priveipal artic? the quantity of of produce left at t de water, commencement of navigation to the Tth of inclusive, daring the years 1852, 140 days} days ; 1854, 129 days -— Recurte oF Propecer at Troe 7’ Oonai cp ened Apr ti x Flonr, bbls. + 1,93 1,486,184 b <. 8,0%0.622 8,197,074 . BRL OHO 1,704,024 118 190 '278,596. 145 102 60.274 2424 766 1,903,273 20.428 25,688, 07,30 97,579 26,818 23,834 950 827 1,062,490 8.317 865 9,915,474 id 842,296 6204 6,114,940 + EDR, 124 19,007,755 ‘The aggregate quantity of the same articles) tide water from the commeocement of navigatid | Tih of September, inclusive, during the years | 1854, was 8 follows:— Flovr, Wis 1,486,184 Wheat, bu. Corn, bu. B | 1888. 8.197 O74) 1,706,006 | 1864 628 Su8 244,888 7 610 Dec.,... 89) Des 782,186 Inc. 3,522,686 In | ‘The aggregate quanticy of the sume artic ¢ tide water from the con mencement of naviyatl Tih of September, inclusive, during the years | 1854, warns follows:— Plowr, Ube, 1¢ 7 Wheat tu Corn, bu. 8080622 3. 09 2,424,6%8 6.227,610 Tet 2Dee 65,984 Tne 1,404,554 Tm By redvcing (be wheet to flour, the queatity latter Jeft at tide water this year, compared corresponding period of Jast year, shows a é 1,032,2€8 bbls of dour ‘the Philadelphia Ledger of the Oth instsnt, says! ‘he Surqnehsnna Division of the Pennsylvani Delo Sunbury, We learn, is bo uOMETIPaDd!G OD aEK | Yow water, «xd the fect thet the chaasel of tH £0 mush filled wi b dirt. eavd wnd otter deposit | the trace uyon it ie much eiminished, to toe g rvef parties trapsporting on it, and occasioning Jone to. the comm: nwe: ‘The near coal tr hak been Istely opened with the Middle Coal Field ould readily be enlarged soas to give the canal over it *qusl to that or the Delaware division, is} in te seriously retarded by this cause There | branch of pro? u topnege to our ca Ex, erience showa ell eal carrying © mo: mating money, whie of the publis “works oalon the ecmmonwealth, none ruved se orofite the capital inves‘ed, as the Delaware division, toprage is made up eLiefly of coal The Junction cana!, which connects Elmirs and Lale with the vast coal regions of Peansyl finished except cne ortwo mils, and the water | Vast quantities of coal sre there ready to bo “F | and yet the Elmira Aepublican insihuates that th nol interests of somebody prevents the entire « | tion of the work, and the opening of the canal. Biock Exenange. i} = ATURDAY, NY $1000 Cal 7's °70.... 19 1000 Exie Inc bonds. 74 5 do | deo bs 74 50 do. , 17000 100 a | _40€¢ Erie bs eo li ao... 80 pam | 240001UCen RR bee 71 300 | 16000 hiectasve FEY AIG 2000 NY mE dss3 88 SHG £600 éo.. + BRAG S00 26 ehsD &HC 6 Am Ex Bark, co do... 20 Bk of Fep 00 Morris Canal, a Fenn Coal Co 00 Nie Trans Co. eo 10 é 1850 do. Mm 10 do.Tuerday 24 a 10 QRASRReVEVsyVEse eS esas RIE | } | 200 do. 100 North tod Rids, 50 Cley & Tol \.4 10 do, $2000 11 Cen RR dds 705 100 whs Erie RR.. 010 | £000 do. - . 70% 200 do. 3. \\t phe Mor Can biO 1134 210 Nic Tran Co,.+80 2834 | 800 do, | £10 Comb C | £50 do. } £00 200 400 | 100 200 200 460 10 CILY TRADE REPO#*, SaTuRDay, Sépt. 9-6 Acure —fales were mace of 70 bbis. at $7 f and 86 for pearls, per 100 tbs, Ervavetcrrs.—Flour tended downwards, The t actions included 4,206 bbis.—ordinary to choles 8 09 42% & $0 8734; mixed to fanc; $10 1134, and extra Western with 2:00 bils Southern at $9 2ba $! faverite, and $9 75 © $1026 for fancy per bbL Rye s1d corp mes! were unchang heat was i cvest, yn burinese Included 2,500 bushels psn whit 05, and 400 Southern red at $1 cats, and barley rematned aa Inst noticed, er lower. The 's enles embraced 85,000 A , unsound, and §2c. a 840 for We mixe ir bneb: 1. Com —The market was steady for Rio, with sal FOO to 800 bags within the range of 9 a tlc Correx —The market was dull, with rales of not ‘ban 400 to 600 bales. The market closed heavy. » Fronts —Pates wera inactive, with light men To Liverpool corn was at 84¢4 in yer bed in Pe sie bate 4 tbe esintts . barre's opi oS raga. To Havre, cotton ) * tdereaa and 60 barrels were ‘and an invoice of 22 tierces afloat, for “eabechand Inox change, with a: €0 to 76 tons Seotch pig. i —‘ales of 200 barrels rite aie cemeiibe cash. civ eter ia ihe 3 for prim in thirty and gt } tales were Hke: ” mae ot it FvcaRe —The rales for | hogebeads Cuba mun ovadoe at bo. & 546. Jers New Orles previous rates; 69 hogshesda Po | liw, EMe, ond 100 noxes at bo. | Towacco.—tales of 16 hogsheads Kertucky leaf wi | Sue Se Oey ea8i0 do. at I¢., wih 30 boxes Ohio | , and the market x yes day embraced jeaf at Ce Tattow.—felen of 12,000 Bhs. Philaielphia | Were sold at 12%0. City rendered was held at 180, Winexgy —There Lave been 600 bhis. sold at 426. a for Obio and ) per gallon, holders afterwards a _ {ng higher