The New York Herald Newspaper, September 10, 1854, Page 7

SOFT SHELL CONVENTION. ‘of the Political Organs. Convienana Boquiver, (Wuig,) sept. 9.) from my frieu 1s,” Presideat Pierce may @ after reading tne doings of his liege onse; for certainly vever was an ad ai- more awkwadly srvet, Che Coavension utiva in uoqualtted Isudation of tie and yet characterises tae Nebraska bill, tatroduced int» Congress wita the Prasi- currence, carried through by tie Presi sigved with she President's sigaatare, strenuously defenied oy President's * inexpedient aud uncecewary.” Now, by far the most iu octavt mea-ure of tl ‘or. OF all pabiic acta since Preside: vent to power, not one bas hada fiftiet! Beope or fdetn part of the effect A of the Missouri Compromise. To o»miema to ap adwicistration which is tor it, is a ridiculous extravagance, too offoeholders to indaige in. Notniag pre powerfoliy show tre extent and for- character of ‘the op osition to the Ne- li ip this State, then the necessity Administration C. ition has fols, so gros. an inounsisteny. Tae cir- phraseology of the resvlu‘ion, and all ths ep:inging out of it, denote inly that the maj viity in tae Convention under the control of cir umstances, ani well defixed opinion on the eudject d i*ce!f at liberty to make known and On this account the Convention was a lu se im favor of ’ The courage evinced in henoring, tor it cou'd have spru: but priacipls, since it is indisputable that obroxious to the public sentiment of the We do not believe that the ground taken by is the right g:ound; but the gallant near- who stand upon it and the loyal char- b leaders, admit of no denial ; and we o further and sey that the steadfast re- hards to make sey terms with tne soft: isdainfal unconcern for the policy whic might observe in framing feecladl ona, ani jominations, have indicated @ self-respeo ommands the respect of every respectable e State, and exalts them immeasurably ut-er camp of the democratic party. on long since declared that the ad- could afford to d> withoat the support ‘ork; we ime, therefure, it is prepared forest. It is well coat tn's is 80, fur a rebuke jademnistered by the E-npire State this fall feuutive unfaithfulness such as, in all its har never before renounced. Tue softs party who will not unite in that rebake; 4y will not have the cong to expresa focal approval. I: is doubtful whether a itgpoken consistent friend of the administra- ected to Congress from this State, though ttleas true tast the candidateof the softs por, by virtue of iis veto of the Prohibitory pill anc of the fratern:zstion of his ty foreign element of our population, will re- we vole—xearly, if not quite as large, as f vege Toe admiaistration must took e than to thie State fr ald and comfort. ik has been the scene of thé greatest abase ‘ive power, and i is parvicalariy meet ik should be the scene of its moat sig- nent. ‘hig Convention will assemb'e a week from a Nothing is yet determined in ® its list of nominations or programme of ut itis certain tha: its doings will have a erful bearing upon the futare ascendan'y party ie this atate. If the.conveutioa eel’ to moderate plain constitational en the Missouri compromise and all relatwg to slavery— ground where solid t convictions may rest aad not mere trau- ods of feeling—it will place the whig party commanding of all ,ositions. The great be people in New York cannot saojo-t the wp it is im, bie for them to give sauction veal of the Mis mor 1 will ountenauce to tb & nos oaly because i them in cootem) asa party, bul bacanse tld thereby favor us administration. Taey ow in a condition t» fully aporeciate the worth of the genuine whig platform and whig nominations. Let these be given Wiatsoever shall be more than these, or n these, will come of evil and ead in evil. m sentiments are rife enough now.a. a, be too plainly underatood that to ‘the whig party will be to destroy it; and an that, to make it wort-y of destruction. p now is just as disioysl in its spiritand in reir ry it was one, Grad or ae 0; aI whig party vow exchanges tility to it for friendly fe jowahip with it, rty will thereby procaim an indiffer- ciple on its part which will make it a and reproach among all true-hearted men. that nothing will be done which will wear semblance of this, and that ia spite of influences, the party will stand firm pold established, wise and patriotic “8 Altavy Atles, (Van Buren orga), ©:pt. 7.) RATIO STATE CONVENTION—THE STATE NOMINs TIONS. dings of the Democratic State Conven- ye gone before the country and tne people. ip of great moment; and deserve to be ith @ deliberation that the press anda the pubiic has perhaps thus far denied onyention was unusually large, and to some eldly; but its proceedings were charac- “/tmore order, decorum, good feeling and culty, than any Convention that has met ‘g for many : weiatiogs (akth one. exception) were adopt- a_entire wi ity. In regard to that one wi--tbe expression of an opinion on the > Sansas biille—the Convention was unini- we believe, (the exceptions were ay, ntwenty out. of the five hundred delegates }») i: opposition to any movement, having the restoration of the abrogated Musouri 4 equslly unanimous in the conviction that these territories would, by txe force of the current of immigration, be made free Denrention congratulated the country on this iénd (without expressicg itsalfon the of. Cong: power involved, farther e latter interventions of Congres ere cause of Territo- convention; referring to the repeal of the Compromise live, at the late session of Con ced it inexp dient and unnecessa it had pronounced introdaction of tua: a many ption, have exceeded one iota measure of reprobation. it the ac e Couvention was one that had already bed already spent its force, and ou bh reealls oat forvunately flowing, (owing penis en tog Ptsd momen fs in the ree ty the members of tha’ tion aud their constituencies. As to the de censure which was to be pronounced upon act, the aoe Ja Ly ees ¥ the majority dec’ stigmatize Y Hon “othe Foposition simply as “ inexpedi- upneceszary.’ Inot to be d that there was a all thie—a question whether the democracy ate should maintsin its present organiza: should take up a separate aud isolated posi- fer as the democracy of otaer States: was od, ond maintain it, awaiting the chances of oa from the whig ranks, or, if the emer- quired it, at once uniting with the whigs of States, in resistance to actual or sap- aggression of the slave ing sentiment of the Convention eech an idea. There was nothing in a bili that offered the slizhtes’ basis for tical movement. There is no fature ac- would proba: their way ly in iho able to take the field, before, ia all biébrasks and Kaneas would to use whatever the repitition of such @ folly; it is equivalent th it But humiliating as the adopticn of these resolutions must de to thore who advised and voted for ths Nebraska sense of a convention. Lawrence district for some ton or twelve Fears, at alfer. ent ties, in Congress, and who is one o from the convention becavse, ‘i coudemration of the Nebraska bili w>: wo gentle. Mr. 6 simi'ar reason. Dorsheimer t” ot Bu ten were in favor of any such movement as that wa epeak of. Oa the contvars, they deprecated, uf need hed been, would have deaounced it, Governor Seymour was uominated under insruo tions from the several districts of the Sta'e, p’ aud peremptory, vot withstanding his retusa to be capcidate. Mc. Ludlow, woo won golden op nions by bis demeanor in the Soeaker’s chair 0’ tre A+ 7. of 1852, wes alao nominated by acslsmation. Mr. Clark, the candidate for Canal Commissione:, ts a well n d+mecrat of Jefferson county. Andrews as late a warden in Stug Sing prison. As to Mr. Seymour's eptance, we kaow nothing. We koow that his opvugaation to being 8 candidate remains urchanged; but wasther it is 80 great as to force a re-call of the convention, for the pu of subs:itutiog another n sme, we caanot sey. The convention, after makiag the aominsti on declined to appoint the usual committee, tu ovate: with the nomivee on his scceptance. elements of strength. It can be elected. Wa be lieve it should be elected. We are confident that if democrats exert themselves in its bebalf wita their accustomed energy, it will be elected. [From the Evening Post, (demi-sem! & !ministration Van Buren organ,) Sept. 8, ANOTHER NEBRASKA SETTLER—THE CONVENTION AT SYRAOUSE. ‘The Democratic Ftate Convention brought its delibera- tiot s to # close last evening, after a session of a littie less than two days. Mr. Seymour's re-nomination was a mattsr 0° curse, not to say a matter of necersity, that his pubiisiy ex- ressed wish to be excused from being a cao‘ is Fit was pot regerded ase sufficient resson tor relieving him. ‘the same necessity aid not seem to exist in the cose of Mr. Chnreb, the Lieutenant Governor, who also éeotined to run, anc Mr. Luclow, of suffolk county, ster of the Assembly in 1852-3, was nominate as hi uceessor. Mr. Luclow isa young man of tine talents, his political associations bave been such as to ia- spire confidence both in his moral and in his politisal principles. The r-solutions which were adopted, occasi »ned a aome- what discussion; and if the report which reaches us by telegtach be correct, led ti alts whicn reile xt great diseroait upon the majoriiy of the convention The repeated refussl to hesr Mr. Mana, or even the resolu- tions he wished to report from the minority of tue com- mitteeon resolutions, is sn indignity for which we can 0 excuse or palliation. The convention seomed become ashamed of their course afterwards, but not in time to wipe a 0 insult which nad beea given to the powerful constituency which Mr. Mana represent- ed, and to the party of which Mr Mann has been a dis- tinguished crnawent for more than thirty years ‘The resolutions sdopted were far lesa service than misht hi © tem expected trem & conventiya, x majo ity of whom o ited of office holders and their de ,endants. =) pronounce the introduction of the Nebrasks-Ka: bil repealing the Missouri compromise, ‘ivexpati«nt and unnecessary,’’ and reaffirm the Bal amore resolutions of 1862 against the agitation of slavery. ‘We presuine we shall not be expected to disguise the ure we bave experienced from reading this deiiber- ate and solemn declaration from the oniy organization whieh bas any im to represent the democratic party State of New York, and the only orgaoizstion in Siate whieh pretends to be on any sort of terms wih the a¢ ministration, that the law which has opened the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas to slavery as tne: pedient and unnecessary; that the nation has been coi vulsec, the democratic party prostrated, and many of its truest friends alienated from its support, for the sake of rying ® measure which was not only not saliod for by considerations of public vecessity, but which had n«t the poor excuse of expediency. We trust after thie hear pothing more from Washington or else- jeout New York sustaining the sectional policy of Pierce and his pro-slavery advisers. ‘The language used by the convention i« uivocal and decided. What they fay ebout not ber, and about not makingit a test, more eo than the resolu’ by the convention of a party in power remain there. They do not abrogate nor quali! Pp rtant admission that, in the judgment of its frie: this State, the administration did a very wrong thin, when they made themselves responsible for the repeal the sisscuri compromise. This resolution is equivalent to an invitation to the people of every Congressional and Assembly district in the State, to choose men this fall who witl oe prepared | fo As it stands, itis a ticket that combines great | rae eter fluence they may uire to prevent a ro. pad. buke of e1 Teprosentative in Congress, and every Mc officer, who shares any of the responsibility of it, an4 itis. highly flattering though indirect commendation of rho haa the courage and the good sense to resist bill, they appear to have com short of exvressing the Bomerous aod influential portion of the 1 Presta King, who has represented the st. the purest aod wisest statesmen in the country, felt comp:lied to retire his iadgment, their Mann also left, at a later etage of | 2 pr , for west olf postmaster ae ealled ia a conven- woderate terms of the .ane, ® personal friend of cmbent of a lucrative federal » hexitate to deciare that ha am of tree soil, free speech at is change, men change with s change never.’? Thi¢ remark, bout him so many , declined to hive hi tion which could apeak ia © Nebraska business. Sr Pre. dent Pierce and t ly, 6 _tised that it did. Even Westbrook, the enter. £ ques Congressman from Kingston, who ascom- ..ed bis views upon the Nebraska bill to the exigen- .« of the administration, ho ubsequently candi ry h he did not out boldly and decla’ed, just asthe convn- bout to adjourn, that When he voted for the Nebraska bill he thought he was voting ‘‘in favor of freedom, free Jaber and free men. If he had known the of the case. (and that John McKeon was to be t Attorney.) Lo leaves us to infer that he would seen the bill acmewhere before he would have voted for it. All these fac's go to show that the cause of freslom is Icobing up In this State, and that when we come to call the roll ef, delegates elested to the next LegisJatare and Congress, thero in a prospect of a more ‘average crop of honest men. [From the Jourval of Commerce, (noutral), Sept. 8.) TBE SOFT CONVENTION AT SYRACUSB. It will be seen by our telegra; hic report of pro. ceedings at the Syracuse Convention of soft, on wext page, that the rabid fection was completely put down. The resolations reported by the majority of the committee were all adopied, inclading that which sustains the Nebraska We say sus- teins it, for although expressing the opinion of the con- vention that the portion of said law which repeals the Missouri Compromise, was ‘‘inerpedient and unneces- eary,’’ it mavertbeness declares the convention ‘ op- posed to any agitation having in view tho restoration of tbat line, or teading to promote any sectional contro- yeray in relation thereto.” Very good. ‘That brings the convention, as to all practical ivsues in relation to the Nebraska law, precisely on the ground of the hards, aod oppored to the fusieviste of every atripe, who make the restoration of the Missouri Compromise line a funda. mental article of tseir creed. it, then, forbids the softs, after being a little more ed of the abolition leaven with which they have hitl beon afflicted, to vnite with the ha and the haris with them, in electing candidates for State offices, members ot &> Acting separately, both sections of the party are certain to be defeatei. Acting together they have afair prospect of success; though even then they will have enough to do to whip out the combined forces of secticnslism abolitioniem, Seward whlggery, &c , which being one in spirit, will no doubt be one my mes they may talk of separate nominations at 1@ out To go back to Syracuse—whén the Nebraska resola- tion was declared adopted by a vote of 245 to 149, seve- ral of the Gre eaters, one after another, took their hats and left the Convention in disgust. Among thom were P.W. Lawren:e, of St. Lawrence county; Charles D Meyers, do, and Mr. Seacord, of county. Pres ton King, of Lawrence county, said ne could no lon- gernct with the Conventior—it “having s*opted the Nebrarks bill.’ Butheo did not leave the houss imme- Gintely—at least it is pot stated toathe did. But we hear nothing of him afterwards. Abijah Mann, another of the rabid gentry well known in this stood it out a whilelonger, until a set of Wilmot Proviso, nec- tioval resolutions which ho offered, had been laid on the ble by a vote of 222 to 1¢6, and until he bai voted sgninat the nomination of Horatio Seymour for Govern- or, because be Lad not avowed to be opposed to the Nebraska bill reymour was nominated, however, by scclamation, with only s few dissenting voices and a committee, con sisting of Mesers. Lorenzo D Dean, and ‘Kich- mond, was appointed fo notify him of the fact. Upon their reporting his absence from Albany, and that he could not be mored to accept the nomination, the vote in bis {aor was confirmed unasnimoasly, and the com- mittee wero released from further duty. William H. Ludlow, of Suffolk, Chairman of the Con- vention, was nominated by an’ immense majority for Lieut. Governor, snd Jasen Clark, of Jeffersoa, by ac- clamation, for Canal Commissioner. ‘ho nomination for State Prison Inspector fell upon Mr. Wm. #. An- drews, of Rochester. ‘the ovnventicn closed harmontous- ly, general spirit prevailing in favor of joint concession and mutual good feeling. {From the New York Tribune, (Seward whiz, and organ of the Saratega Convention,) Sept 3} ‘The soft #tate Convention yesterday adoptela milk and-water Nebraska platform against the most strenuous exertions of Preston King, Abijah Mann, and all the emi- nent barnburners not in office. The vote on the test question stood:—Douglas, 283; free soil 177. Some of the leading barnburncra thereupon withdres from the convention, which ‘‘ran em; ge’’ towards the close. ‘the ticket nominated is as follows :-— For Governor. For Lieut. Govern For Canal Commis: . For State Prison .W. R. Andrews, of Livingston. If that fen’t a sick t we never saw one. Seymour declined ; Lieut Gov. Church do.; in short, the whole concern seemed to bo in the last stages of a decline. We don’t believe it will even “ up to be knocked down ” See report for interesting details, [From the National Mei shell democrat,) Kept. 8. THE SYRACUSE CONVENTION. ‘That ringed, streaked and rpeckled affair, the Conven. ticn of barn burners, soft shells, free soilers, aboli- fionists, shoulder hitters, short boys, und office holding demagogues, has at last como to an end, after two whole days of ‘great tribulation and jh.” Well may we cisim with the ancient, while contemplating the rs It of their important labors —‘' Parturient monte: laborantet nascitur ridiculus mus’? And truly, if there ever was a “ridiculous muz,’’ it ia contained in the reso- Jutions adopted as expressive of the scntimente of the by brid gathering. ‘The record resolution is a perfect model of ite kind, av@ ‘out-Herods"’ anything of the popular genus we haveeversven, At the same time vothing could been more adroitly formed to real y represeat the ing gTLOUS seotiments of such » heterazenevas masa. It Ufelly joimes medly of the most Masini ar anti h, when separated. migh: severally moos the posing factio , he acc but as a wuols ean naw of uoscrupu mgues. who h nure of ihe most abject ayco- to the Neoraska bill, and th it, althouga it was “ivexpedion’ wai unnecessary’? It approves the Missouri compre nise Dut aequirsces ip ite repeal— nd “crngratulites tae country”? that the “results will prove beaelicial to the poople of the Territ-riea.”” In the same senteoce it re puciates the * test,” a i tains on by Col over the Feutly sasoo'e of the Nebrarka bill beiag # party commends the priactp's of Stato righ's ords are, “we regard the ac: of reaua- of thi wer it has heestofore exer vets as the precticsl surrender of a non the part of the feieral govern. ment, andas the accession of aright onthe part of the incipient sovereign’ice that are to constitute the Sts°es ot the Un on, the exercise of which can in Il probabiitiy reeu tonly ibauspicicusly to the peuple of the Turritories and the peace of the Union ”” ihe resolutions will be found at length in another co- lump They endorse the adrinistration, aa1 reso've toat the “Union must and shall be preserved” They Giscard Know Nothiog'sm, and approve of free trade They condemn wasteful exp*nditure in river and harbor improvements, while they endcrse s liberal hom stead wheme. And they finaily express the utmost laudation of Goverpor Seymour. Probably the mst ridicnlous part of the whole affair ‘was the attemst to renominate Governor Seymour “+ acclamation’? Out of four hencred aad ‘fifty low mouthed delegates, only tweaty euthusiastic bottoms cvula be founa to lend acclaim by ‘‘ro»ring like sucking doves.’’ Even the poten: claoquers were silent, and oaly twenty Cell:ate bravos applauded to the geatie echo. What sa enthusiasm! Whatan awful excite ment Th's convention is certainly without a parallel, and will probably ‘long remain a unique monument to the ekill and wanegement of the immoital Joha Cochrane ‘aud his allies, the shoulder hitters and short-boya. (*rem the True Nacional Lemocrat, (adituistration or. gan.) Sept 8.) THE SYRACUSE CONVENTION, The Cenvention has Jabored and orought forth, Gov. Seymour has been renomuated. Wether bo will thiak Proper oF not to wocept the nomination, after declining it io advaneny 1s @ question that @ day or tivo will deter: mine. ‘she majority resolutions are a remarkable pieos of po- iticnl moraic. As far as their expression of coaddence iu ‘he Preawent govs, they are very pooper, thoush we doubt their pertinen se, ir non-committatism on the subject of Nebraskais ingenious, if not honest. Their denunciation of the Know Nothings is not only gcatui tous, but in bad taste and worse poticy. We bappen to be very old fashioned, consistent and ic dent in our democracy. We cannot. therefore, Ie y8 agree with the would-be managers of the purty asto the mode of managing it adroitly. Somsho + we have always been taught to look to the people ani to principle. The managers in question usualy look to poss and presumption. Hence itis that we cannot invariably gratify them in our comments on their ardu ous ereriions. ‘40 apeak the sober truth’ in few words, the Syracuse Ccnvention bad novhing whatever to do with en lorsing the federal administration, with the Nebraska question or with the Know Nothings. I: was not etected for the purpose, Nobody made its members representatives of the democracy of New York for the construc'ion of a demoeratic political platform and they excee ‘ed their poser mben they unde:took, at short notice, lise “Bully tom, ’? that performance. The simple purpose for which the delegates to Tyracuse Were elected, was to make certain nominations. The Baltimore p\atform was broad enough for ali the nomina- tious they could have to prevent to their constituenta. It wos in existence, was well understoo3, was sudmicted ‘to by the whole party, and compromised no man’s acts andro man’s opiuions. Togo beyond it was to invite discord. To attempt to substitute a new platform, was to ensure opposition and perhaps defeat. w satisfied with t2e acta of the President and his asa whole. Weare content wich the Nevrasks ent. But there are good democrats who do not precisely agree with us on these poiats, and we really Cun see no justice and no wisdom in setting up a new shibboleth for the purpose of expelling them, too, from the ranks of the party. We are not so frightfully strong, nor are our antagonists so weak, that we sbould venture, at this orisis, uyon so rash an experiment We utierly, wholly and totally deay both the exnedi- ency and the necessity for such @ course of os:racism; and the action of the convention, yet, we suspect, will svetain our views in the premises. The national demo- cracy is able to got along very well by iteelf, without a New York endorsement, and we pronounce it an egre- gious mistake to endesvor to saddle the State democracy with any such additional and superfiuous burthea in the coming context. The same toing may be said about tho resolution in re- gard to the Know Nothings. Wuat had the Syracuse Convention to do with the views of the order? Why should st travel out of the road to give them its ana- thema? Was it to lose the democratic ticket a few thoa- sand votes in this city? Can the party, afford it? Or does it already feel upon its brow the flush of victs 80 strong that thousands of votes can be taeultSnpty aloes ated from us, avd handed over to the ‘whigs without a shacow of di faction? We any ell this pluivly and’ frankly, because we mean it. We yield to no mean in our honest sffection for sound democracy. We like to assist ia every gos ible wa; contistent with propriety, to advance its principle But, we utterly despise all'that kind of mysterious trick- ery by which the party is bela up for sacrifice in one quarter, in order, on that sacrifice, to built it np au aitar in another. ‘If the party is to be beaten, “ horee, foot, and ns,” in New York, at the comiag eiec- tion, it will not be difficnit to sey, therefore, to which of our indiscreetly zealous friends wo shall be indedted for the mortification. . Fon. Joseph R. Underwood is spoken of as the next whig candidate for Governor of Kentucky. City Politics. DEMOORATIC REPUBLICAN GENRRAL COMMITTER. A very full attendance on the part of the mem- beis, and the important business transacted, gave proceedicgs of the general committee on Thursday last a degree of interest and enthusiasm, which calls the attention of every democrat to the phat hing campaign, and the novessity ot therough organization. Vacancies in several wards were filled; @ com- mittee to prepare and call the primary election was named, to report at « ial mecting, to be held on the 14th inst.; a committee of one delegate from +ach ward was named, to make arrangements for a ratification of the State and County tickets; and the following resolutions, offered by Mr. George F. Alden, of the Seventh ward, were adopted, with a unanimity of feeling which evinces the firmness of the tanta of this city and county upon the principles an y set forth in the resolutions. We commend them to the carnest attention of every democrat:— Resolved, That the Democratic Renublican General Committee of the city and county of New York, ia bebalt of their democratic constituents, approve of and endorse the resolutions adopted by the Democratic state Conven- tion beld at Syracuse on the 12th day of July last, ratify the nomination of State officers, and pledge for them- relves and the democracy of the city and county, an eat- neet ~ fear'ess support of the Lapeer Ppl ras — Gates, in whom they recognise mon not tingaisho: for tem by moral wort than their devotion to democratic rip r Resolved, ‘That in the nomination of that distinguished jurist—Greene C. Bronson—as the demo:ratic candid se for Governor, clamation of the Convention, we hail an ipcication that fearless spirit of Americin inde Fendence, so characteristic of the nominee, and a happy omen of the en‘husiastic support which the democracy will give bim io the hing campaiz; thereby via- dicating before the Leccagd reson ot cook ans Loot sited integrity from as ofa ‘unpi le pled and treacherous administration; by the vulgar flat of the administration he ceased to bs Collector of the yort—he ed ad th = of the State by the united voice of an le. Resolved, ‘Tht the” Taamocracy of this State have pursued, without fear or favor, a firm and consistent course of action, amid the defections and treachery of the State and eral government—the abuse of pa- tropsge and attempts to control local elections by fe deral authority; 80 they now enter upon the approach- ing eam, , asking no favor of the ral or State acmibistration, unwavering in opposition to every at- tempt of the administration to promote a fusion of hire- Jings and spclismen with cece se gry Uigeny ment aither — _ acminiateation ane tl Le gene < posure weakness, OF og: atitute and de: troy democracy by the contagion of @ foul acd des- tructive coalition . kesolved, That amid the distractions now dividing the political parties of the State, the democratic party, stand- ing consistent and true to the ancient principles of Soffer- sonand Log see Coy jabouue s mace people, and, in view @ encow 1g pros s vonlota victery to our banner, we urge upon the demo- eracy the importance of nominating at ths county con- na, thore only who will command the confidence of the people, by their moral character and tried cemo- cratic principles. -| Action for Purifying the Custom House. FIRST DISTRICT COURT. Before Hon. Justice Gree: Sxpr. 9—Spencer Burton va, Edward Stansbury. —The plaintiff in this case iv a colored white washer, and ea action against the defendant, ao officer of the Custom House, for services rendered in purifying that edifice for the democrats after the evacuation of the whigs. The pisintiff claimed $41 ‘for the job, and admitted that he had been paid produced witnesses to prove his capability g standing in the profession, and that the work done the amoant claimed. For the Cogn ee ae mers sed that the i of the work was xe Su we a verdic' for the plaintiff for $8 and costs, wing already received $22. Smavtan Comcrpencr—The Rev. Dr. Bedell relutes that while Rishop Chase, of Ohio, was at the house of Mr. Beck, in Pniiadelphia, he received a packege from Dr. Ward, Biehop of jor and Man, mi in fries relating to certain property in 4 ras which some old person of his diocese was the heir. The letter had gone to Ohio, followed lelphia, and found _ AFFAIRS IN EUROPE. Our London Correspondence. Lonoon, Angus: 22,1854. | Importance of the Capture of Boma: sund—Rumw- | ed Recall of Sir Charles Napies— Project of Giv- | ing the Principaltties Permanently to dustria— Convention Between England and France as Re- gards the Affairs of Sprin—The United States end Cuba—Louis Napolem's Appresensions Re garding the Eventuality of an Iberian Republic, Se., ke. Bomareuné, the chief Roesian fort on the Aland | isles, has fallen into the possession of the Western Powers. These islands, which command the en- | trance to the gulfa of Botusia and Finland, have been taken from Russia, This is the most serious blow that has been infli sted on the Czar. It is hint ed that this capture will assist in inducing Sweden |» to join the Western Powers, because it hus proved that Rossia’s power near Sweden ts not invulnera- ble, and that France and Exgland have proved in earnest in destroying it there. It is ramored that Sir Charles Napier is to ba re- called from the Baltic in consequence of bis haying betrayed signs of age. Theee rumors about Napier’s ineffl_iency bave been gaining ground lately. ‘There is still a hitch about the Austrians entering the Principalities. They professed their intention to enter the Principalities not in hostility to Russia. This probably induces Omer Pacha to be loath to leave them to Austria. Russia still jingera about the Principalities; and her excuse for this ts that the Turks are there. She professes to bave com- menced withdrawiog from the Curkish territories, and waiving ber claim to retain material guarantees from Turkey until the latter Power had satisfled the Czar’s demands in deference to Austria, and to cn- able the latter to enter the Principalities in a friendly maser; and now the Czar finds the Turks in hostile array on the north of the Danabs, and the Austrian governmect foregoing its claim, or hesitating to enforce it. It is, however, strongly sospected that the ultimate arrangements will be that Austria shall permanently occupy the Princi- pslities in order to protect Turkey proper from Rus sia ; in other words, that the Turkish provinces on the Danube shall be taken from Turkey and given to Austria. Perhaps this bas something to do with Omer Pacha’s refusal to fall Bick from the vantage ground he.has gained. France, England, and Aus tria demre that Austria only should watch the Ras asians in Europe, and that Omer Pacha should now fight the Czar in Asiatic Tarkey, where ho is at pre- sent triumphant. A profound sensation has been created in Eng- land by a letter in the London Daily News describ- ing the sufferings from cholera and unwholesome food in Tui key, of the English army. Russia is evidently victorious diplomatically, amongst the tribes and nations bordering on Britisn Iodia. English writers are at present busy in attempting to show that England has nothing to fear from the hostility of Russia in that quarter. Jews are reaping profit from clandestinely con- veying the particulars of the war into the interior of Russia and distributing them amongst the inha- Ditante. England and France are agreed that no dynastic changes shall be made in Spain, and that no violence shall be offeged to the Spanish Queen Mother. A more monstrous interference with the rights of nations was never heard of. If the Spaniards had the spirit which the French had at one time, they would im- mediately rerept such an interferance, and proclaim a republi¢, and confiscate the whole of Queen Cnris- tina’s property. How impudently inconsistent doea Epglend act! She could not interfere to compel Spain to pay her just debts to Spanish bondholders in England, but she can interfere to prevont the Spanish people from making the infamous Caristina aisgorge the sums she has plondered trom the «ople. The cholera is very bad in England. In the pro- vii ces the fact of its existence is concealed, to pre- vert panic and the injury of trade. In she summer waleriag plices especially, the local newspapers are formants Dy ee a onbsctibers and patrons from raylog anything sbout it. ‘There by oi to bea general opinion Smapngst the most intelligent that america must have Cuba. The Leader newspsper, the organ of the high church and high irtelle-t party in Eogland, erys that Spain’s right in Cubs is only that of prietor of land about to be traversed by a rail the rigat of sale at a fair valuation. A 1eport io the London papers yesterday, that the Russiona, before they surrendered’at Bomarsnod, blew up a fort containing State priseners and se- oreted Aland pilots, because they should not be of any use to France and Ecgland, has ex ited univer- eal horrer, Piussia is disputing with Austria absut its inter- pretation of the treaties whereby the iatter Power wes to aseist the Western Power's againt Ruasia, acd is endeavoring by every means to set Austria at variance with England and France. Prussia is, in fact, in the mest impudent manner siding with Russia, and doing its utmost to assist the Czar, with the ex.eption of actual fighting. It is expected that the next operations o the French and Englishin the Baltic will be oa tse northern shores of the Gulf of Finland. Louis Napoleon is alarmed a‘ the fear of a repub- ic being proclaimed in Spain. LKapartero and | O’Donzell cannot put thelr: horses tgether, and the | former will probsbly makea moss of it, owing t» | | bis nonsensical re nee for tas off-scourings of royslty. No one yet can seo the end of the Spanish revoiution. Greece is stilltronblesome. Nothing can be doa until the scstip Otho is eent back to Germany. The Emperor of Franee was uot ia Paris darir the Napoleon fétes. Tho discovery of a plot to te hia fe is understood to be the cause of fir nb- sepee, The English who arrived here in the last W dia packet, and who were present at (iro, when it was bombarded, bave circulated a r a that the American firing was bad, and that C. Hollins was drank. i. Our Paris Correspondence. Pants, Monday, August 21, 1s,‘ Sensation Created by the Capture of Bomaxsund-— ; Louis Napoleon's Proclamation tothe Army of the East—The Cholera and its Ravages—Woman Under a New Aspectin the Eat—Unfavorable Opinion of Affairs in Spain—Effect of the Court Martial on Luut. Perry in France--Accidenial Discovery cf a Singular but Effective Cure for the Cholera. The cannon of the Invalides, which four days be- fore had opened their deep mouthsto do honor to the manes of the dead hero who, while living so often called upon their “earthquake voice” to tell of victory to the delighted Parisians, on Saturday last etartied tie cars of the metropolis with the intelligence of the slmoat bloodless cap, ture of the fort of Bomarsund. It requires an inti- mate knowledge of the French character to under stand the delight of the people under such circum stances. Tenof the hundred and one gans had pot boomed over the capital before the most lively excitement prevailed. Strangers unhesitatiogly stopped each other to ask the news—carriages das’ ing down the Champ Elyeses suddenly pulled up their horses, andthe inmates rusbed on the pave, pour demander les nouvelles—cab rivers forget thelr vocation and turned on their eeats to hold a confer. ence with their fares—gentlemen of the Bourse were observed to be) all speaking at once— attachés of the different embassies were everywaere looking as if they had something to do—the Boule vards were crowded with busy thron3s, which every renewed roar of the cannon seemed to break up into combinations of litt!e knots of orators, all inspired with the sacred fire of political prophecy; in fact, Paria, the quintescence of gaiety, thoagttessners, fickleness and beauty, was fairly caaght dallying in the arms of the lover, to whom, perhaps, alone of all, she has rever permanently proved incoustant— namely, Victory! The details, boyond or loss vd red and ficteen men on rt aenuesr te cagtard of two thousand Rossiuns and ene hondreé carnon, and that the fleets, sfter five hours fighting, at a cistance of three bundred yards, rencered the fortress much too hot to be pleasant, sre not known. But — one the primitia—the first fruits of ‘the archipelago of Alsnd, Russia, is om magnificent port, station for — troope. conata are menaced, the gulf of closed, and eens will heeds the news as tocome. hed from ie ay formidable a fortress woud have neosas'tatel © ee mg siege; & canaice-vbla materie! bal, in fart, en landed. No doabt tho rhiva played s ast in portant partJy the encores. by the power wad ovr reo were of their fire. The troops, it nis, carried the two principal towers by sealing afwer Wiis tie gar ikon very seOv sor Gndered. But while man, t is thordering with pigey blows on bis fellu #, toere is » more terrible agent om fos, who is slaving bis tens of thousends. Tbe trust), long evsted, can ve concealed po fartver, The ohvlera, grum tyract as be ix, ie stomping bis iron heel on friead wud fo; and English, Freoch and Russians alike are crashed beneath it. The esavou of tne Invalides are scarce hushed ere the voiie of toe Sovereign of France ts heard in toves of condvleoce aid ex ortation. Ia & proclamation addresed this day to the Arny of the Eest, Napoleon, after paying # jast tribute to the success whi h the mere presence of ths army had aliendy acvonplished, aod feelingiy sympa- thizing with it under tne dreatful plagae wales otands yet in its path, reminds both soldiers aud fuilors of the First Conaul’s proclamation to his army ip 1799, toat the first quality of a soldier was constancy und-r privation and fatigue, and that to their vitue valcr itself was but secood. Toe Em- perer cheers them »lso with the intelligeace of the surrender of B murrt.d; ord exhorts them, like their fatbers ip Egypt—the conquerors of the Py- rewida and Mout fabor—who ‘had in the same Wanner to conterd with pestilence as well as war, to endure onto the end. They, he reminds then, in spite of pestilence and the efforta of those armies, retorned to thir country covered with renowo. Soldiers, he sys, have confidence in your con- mander, and inme. J am watcoing over you, acd [ hope by Gcd’s help, soon to see your a jogs di- miniehed, and your glory augmented. Swiduts, a revatr. The epidemic aprears to have commenced at Galli- pou, then proceeded to the Pi:eus,ad after to ave settled awn among the camps at Varas. B. letters under date of tte LUth of August, Gallipolt is reported to be alinost freed from we plague aud at Vorna it is énily moking 'eas progress. Hospi tals sre provided witn double canvass, and evory exertion is being made on the part of officers, com- rade, medical men, avd Sisters of Charity, in ait of the sufferers. Nothiog appears -to astonish the Tu bs more than the auge)ic performaace of these da- ties by this noble arm of the Roman Catholic Caurch. Wherever the fever is bigiest, wherever pestilence is most baneful, wherever sorrow ia beaviest, the cholera most deadly, human suffering most excru- Cleting,there are these ministering angels to be sesn. It is to the Ottoman a new creation of tue being he bas called woman; and perhaps among aii the strange accidents of flood anc field which the Dastera war may give rise to, there are none 80 hkely to exercise a beneficial effect on the sons of Ma- homer es this insight into the lofty destinios of that sex wiich their religion teaches them is a mere creature, formed to minister to the lower propen ties of man. It appears that the Journal de Con- Stantincple had announced that 4,000 Zonaves { encamped at Kasteudje, in the Dobruts:ha, bad been surprised and cut off. Tie French in consa- quénce made a forced march to the spot, und-r a burning sun. The report proved to be utterl; with- out foundation, and the men, exhausted with exer- tion and parched with thirst, broke their ranks, aud in spite of every persuasion to the coutrary on the part of their officere and the medical staff, rashed towards a stsgnant pool, and fliogiag themselves on their breasts, drank immoderately of the impure { element; the ccnsequen'e of which was that ina very few hours the plain was covered with tie bodies of two hundred and fifty dsad men. ‘The Moniteur furmatly announces the death of tke Princoss Zenaide Bonaparte, on the 8th inst., of cholera, at Naples. Tris lady was born at Paria on the 8th of Joly, 1801, und was the eldest daugh- terof J h Bonaparte, ex King of Spain, wno, under the title of the Count de Servilliers, after the events of 1815, dwelt so! ng in the United States. Sbe married in 1822 hor consia, Priace C rarles Bona- parte, son of Lucien, and the followiog year joined her latherin America, tue delicate bealth of ber mother compelling ber to remain in Enrope. In 1828 she re- turned to Europe with her busband, not without, itis believed, leaving souvenirs of the most gratefal kind of ber four years’ sojourn at Point Breezs, in the State of New Jersey. Her qualities of heart ‘aud mind appear to have ‘been of the highest order, and her losa will be feit alike amoog the houses of the poor aud the palaces of the rich in that [taly whose climate she loved so well. She had twelve children, eight of wuom still live. Fifty three thousand men, traneported by thirteen Englich,eight French and five Turkish vessels, besides trane ports, were to leave Varaa and the neighboring ports on the 15t of August, the féte of Na oleoa, to make the siege of Sebastopol. The greatest con- fidence seems to be felt that the fortress, like Ant- werp, can be reduce aliies are said tonumber 125,000, while the a 2e pot moe than 75, 060. There are, also, = 75000 Turks and Cir cassians. It ia said tha Omer Pacha baviag sent & three bundred cavalry to make a sbout four hears from Bucharest, the troop st bled upon a Russian cclonel and twelv: © ond that the former, on being interrogate i, avowed trata proclamation had been made to the Russian famy by the Emperor, in which two roubles were promised to every man who had pnssed over the Tight bank of the Danabe, and extraordinary ro- + werds to all who should distingaish tt ves ia te compaign of 1864; ard also, that tre Czar had aznounced that as all Europe was coalesoes to on ni! Hate bis empire, os 10 1212, the Russian armies would pot hesitste, if necessary, to retire feom the frontiers end take refuge ia the heart of the coun- try. 1 confess I iook upon statemerts of this kind with Ss mei: 3 eye; butas the Constitutionvel, with seipi-« ficial wutkority, gives them, it is only right | jon should be possessed of them. Tho opinion in Paris about affaira in Spain is very uvfavorable. Expartero 1s genoraily coudeomed tor not silencing the jnntss ard clubs, aad an tdea pre- vails that O'Donnell, by aid of the army, will rise to the ascendant. A Madrid letter informs me that M. Collada, the Minister of F oe, has resigued, and that i waa zeporte: OD Il was uneasy in the coslition, On the 13th of Angast » deputation of chicfsof bari edes and leaders of cinbs waited 14] Expattero to lay before him & represen of which was to obtain the sao ticle of the cecree convoking the i 4 on of dynasty was ititnent Assembly. nght to fe en b with drew vench have been greatly: erssts Lavent mtial which has been for some time and, on ax officer of the Forty: f wa'ch tends little to raise the character of the Britteh army in their eyes. Cho encral voice Condertns tie whole staffof officers. | ‘he truth ie, the non-ni.itary cha‘acter of Mn zland is especially apparent in the management of ber officer. Ic is desired to keep the army as touch as | pessible cut of the hands of tie people, and com- | missions, therefore, are boug’ cd sold. Young | nen of inferior education are admitted, who have really nothing but money, or @ ceriain position, to reo mmerd them. The colonel, responsible as he is for their good condact, has comparatively lithe power. If he cop plotn to the Horse Guards on the prourd (fone great fanit, the authoritios—if the cul- }rit be yeung—plead bis youth; if the colonel alleges a pember of feule, w he hae noted from time to time, the some autboritics (oot upmindful, proba- Liy, of the young man’s iofinential connections) are di:po-ed to aconse the colorel of 8 persecutin s epint. IV, again, the officer complained of tas sea Jong service, then the authorities intervene a ple ip bis favor on this head. It is true there isal vay the court mattis); bot en officer’s conduct may be very nnfatisfactory, without the proof necessary for sh § otribens) being forthcoming. The crowa can Giemsa without a court martial, but it is thought that unless the crown occasionally. exercises its | Tight the present shuses wil not cease to exist. ‘The chokya, io Paris, ia not ao prevalent as it woe. The city, for medical parprwes, is divided into ninety visiting districts, superictended by wedicel officers, who meet every nigat to compare the resul‘s of their inspection. Last «eek the aver- spe number of deaths waa only twelve above the crdinsry weekly veturp. At the seme time, daily occurences take place of a very eas character, such os trovelless arriving at hotels and being fatally at- tacked, and carried off ina few hours, Tie Gazette des Hoyitoux of the 19th inst., publishes a remark uble core by mistake. As 9 lest resonroe, and with- ont sry hope of substential bene St, an emetic of ipecacuenbe, in three doses, (prises,) had been ordered at intervals of balf an hour. Tae nurse suppored the word prires to meun pine: es, and gave it to the 1 tient to envff, which caused him to enecze ¥ith such violence, and for eo long a time; that @ violent reaction tok place. Heat returned to the sorface, all the eymptoms of choleta cessed, and when the pbssician paid his nex’ visi: be fmod, to Lig astopiehiocns, the patient cured. = Brnriz. abe Murder of Mr. Verkins at Hong Kong. TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF AIS MURDERERS, [From the Overland Friend of Chins, June 22) Tn cur fasue of the 24th ult. mention wes mads Of the myst: ious dirnppearance of Mr. Perkins, late of the fim of Rasaell & Co, Canton; nothing what ever baving been beard of bim from the time of hia | th -fr teetimony can be only the sen‘erce in the case of the women being mw ted by the Coief Justice to traasp wtation for lif. Tie prisoners sere undefended ; bd it b-en othee- Wire the verdict m ghé rave peo different, Tt appeard by the «vives @ thas Mr. Parklar, about 3 P.M. of the 16:e May instead of pr ceed ing into the harbor of Hong Kong, thea distaat about balf adezen mies o presage te Maces in the Chun Actuen, the male pri mart rand owner. the bout, three boxes, ae dding, 8a aMbrad ity and a stick, besidrs w ich becarrivd 0» his person @ valuable gold watch, The male prisuer stated tha up ty elubtc'clo kt Mr. Perkins was lying asloee About that time, the wiud beiog strong, he got up ard went forward of the avat roof of the boat's Boneh and, whilst standing there, asked him how Ly would Le getting to Maca> and woat island 1b wae they were then close to; to which the prisoner suid ner, was the ragitonnd Mr. Perkias took with bim ia : he euewered they were near A-chow, avd would be in Macao by midnight, it the wiad beld— to # Jureh of the boat, he Mr. Merk beard, and the boat was mmmesistely pat about te pick him up, io whieh, however, net susceediog, & course was shaped for Hong Kong—that shov th efterwards the boat was boarded by pirates, be, the prisover, was takea away—that ha waa kept sm conficement several days at Tieapsk, bus, Inspaging to escape, he went w Canton, whee was siay Ing when be heard be was wanted in 4 vag Kong, and come down voluntarily, with the intention Of givibg tpto.mation of the accident that Baa oo curred. —Tois tale was corroborated in the material [pe (up to the po iod wien the boat was poarded She being enciente, waw el k, and lyicg below; but hesriog & noise abowa, ebe came up, aod was then told that ve passer gear had fallen overboard, avd her hasband bad hees taken away by piraks. Bit the male prisoner varied in his statements. His first tale was as we have related it; a second, tat he wos putting the boat about, and tne sail knocked Me, Perkins over beard; a third, thut being pursued by pirates. Mr. Perkins jumped overboard. How much of these ds repuncies bas to be laid to defective interpretar en ft is not possible to say. ibe first witness examined for the proscen tion was Mr, Williams, of the firm of Williams, Anthea & Co, who told of the steps taken fa conn neicating with the Hong Kong lice authori- tes when the ccntioued absence of Mr. Perkins coused fears to be entertained for the safety of bis life. Mr. Caldwell, Acting Saperiotendent of Poliee having procured the prisence of the pilot thes trought the ship into Hong Kong, soon traced ihe boat which bad taken Mr. Perkios away. After further enquiry he suoceeced in getting two of the crew—a Unid could not be found. Search made in the house of the motherof the ee soner, Mr. Perkins’ watch, and some other thir were found. Ul! imately Mr. Caldwell snoseeded getting hold of both the boatman and his wile, the prisoners on trial, Two witnesses were prodaved who distivotlp swore to the marder of Mr. Perkins by the prisoners atthe bar. The yourgest of :nese, a lid of some sixteen yeare, of abad expression of countenance, said hat be was sitting with sooteer man forward, pulling, when, abous 8 o'clock, be saw the mile prisoner stab Mr Perkins in the breast, and tiem the wan and woman threw him into tne water. The body was thrown into the water withia that space of time after stabbing wiich it would take to drink acup oftea—the body was dead—it was motien- less—the body sunk. The boat was thea put aboss for Sah kok. ‘The ma'e prisoner altered the boas’e course. The boxes were afterwards ovened. Tre other witpess said aman of the name of Nankoon was steering. Nankoos is mot to bs fourd. Mr. Perkina was bet .een the male prisoner apd wife. Distioctyy, thoagh with flgaed reue tance and @ grin, this witness swore to osving sem the murder committed by stabbing, aud the thrown overboard by the male and female prisoners, On summing vp, bis Lordship ths Acting Chief Justice desired the jury to consider well the beam Wey the law upon the cise before them, partion larly on two polvts; and tirst as to whether or na& the boat, on board of which Mr. Porkins took hie pase, could be taken as eailing under the Britich lag. ‘Jhat the host was registered in the Registry office of Hong Kong was true; but it was for the jury to consiver whether euch regis:ratioa could be token es placicg the Chinese boatmen under the jorisdiction of this court, in the mamaur of offenos, committed on the high reas, ou the .peraon of ome wh» was not an Eogiishman. The Acting Attorney General objected to the Cpr um Lordship was pursuing in thus addrem- ing the jury. is Lordship desired the Acting AttorneyGeneral to refrain from interruptiag him, and replied to the question wether murder on board @ boat was or was not piracy—that it might or might not ba, ae cording to pecuiiarity of circumstaace, His Lord ship continued, tuat if it was decided the buat was vot under av Eoglish flog, then the jury mast die ies the ease--the Court had no jatisdiction—the e could only be dealt with by that flag uader which it was commitied. In this case a forviguer— en American citizen—had volantarly placed him sel) uncer the protection of the flag carcied by the at. HisLorésbip then, with a de, of fecting e: . sive of the interest he could ust avold tekine Aging son:rs who should never Lave appeared at the bar of , j, the Court without an advocate tor their detence (ama itir a standing dirgrace to the whole of the At of the Court that they can sit callously by and lites: to evidence withvut volunteering their services im seeing justice administered) was oroceediag to state to the jury the opinions he had formed cf the caso— cpinions, his Lordship said— not altogether tounde® on low, but arrived at after a close and im consideration of the facts, and that he felt &.,—when the Acting Attorvey General again resp ay that be must beg the court to alow him te acdrees the jury also; to which his Lordship replied certainly not, and that the Crown Prosecutor had no rightto addrves the jury whilst he (his Lord ship) was charging them; to which one or two expressions were. added in no wey complimentary to the taste displayed by the earned conneel in inverruptiona. Tlis Lordsbip then devoted himself to the second of the points to which he had referred, viz., as to whether, according to the cvidence, one or both of the prisoners could be considered guilty of com mttting murder, And bere agsin his lordship ad drcesed himself to the subject in band with tase painful degree of interest whic so strongly evinced the result of bis long experiense in this extraordi- nary echool, where, in all mattera of legal testi- mony, perjury rules rampant; and hia lordship proceeding to indicate certain discrepancies ‘of | im the evidence of the witnesees, when the Acting | Atserney-General agiin rose to protest on the © pursued by the Court. The in! having subsided, his lordship told the t' es isd to consider whether any credit wiotcredit—could be given to the testimony je witnestes. At the beat, said his mary } talcen as thas of wooous- p icer—ns estimony, it may be, men a6 ae + ve the crime as of | werce€ against. His Lords then proceeded to ia Acate tre nature of the req confirmatory evi- dence which the case required; but at this most im- portant stage of the proceedings his Lordship ap- fared 60 bath week, that the case went to the jay with but litte raid on the points; and the jary, — ike! oe ae a Mo never asked @ single word of explanation from jadge, L yyeiee 3 | or witnesses, almost immediately retarned a of guilty against both prisoners, sentences being passed “4 wolave Deford stated. The Peabody Dinner In Londos. [To the kditors of the boston Puss 4 7, : Lowpor, Aug. 16, I My attention bas been called to an anonymous lee ter cated st London, published in your paverof the 21s* ult., commenting on the proceedingsst a dinner, nby me, at Richmond, in celebration of the sppiversary of Americ in Ind-penden: Veurth of July, #n3 I cannot allowsuch a cation—-so wanting in liberality aod trath—to through the press of my country without perticnlerly as the writer is connected with American legation at the court of Bt. James; his conduct, on the occasion of the ¢inner, stampe him the author of the letter in the opinion of these. Bae: as truly as would the signature of D. & hickles. The motive of the United States Secretary of La gation in this ebulition of bad feeling isunkaowa to me; I stell, therefore, content myself by out the misrepresentations and inconsistencies om tnd i” the rer ond jeare the matter to the con- sideration and judgment of my countrymen, whe ‘ave ever evinced towa.de me the utmost and ho, J feel ssvured, will be'leve me sincere truthfal in the remarke'I am about to make, Tam responsidie for all I say in this lester; bat not for what bas been written by others on the sab- ject of the celebration, and published cither kereoe in the United States, as those commanications fre. reached me through the press; and I expreseed my regret that rome inaccuracies taken place in the repor:—first, in the stat that several gentlemen did notvive wbon the “Presl- dent of the United S:ates” was proposed. Tails was not 80, for everv one joined in toe toast with tiasm, ard all bonor was given to the chief trate of the people. ego Mc. Bachanan’s werks in proposing my health, alth ugh ccm limentary, were not as reported; and as 1 understood that he hss felt anvoyed thereby, { moat, sincercly regret the cause, Having conceded all that truth apd candor require, I will now other portions of hisletter. The Secretary of Le gotion says, the facta are briefly these:—T iis being: an entertainment avewedly flrenin ‘ tion of oar national icdependence, the Ameri:ans present were greatly enrprised to moet a nad! of Engiisbmen at the table; and alao to observe ing the ship Corcordia, when nesr Hong Kong, caverental hom ia on the Len of May. At the Criminal powers! Toursca ys man and woman were tried and found mar. der of Mr. Petkizs, and at onge sentenced to death len; ralte of the Queen and Prince Albert os tach side of a amall picture of Washington, at the head of the table, The absence of any likeness of » President bf the United States was noticed. was