The New York Herald Newspaper, November 16, 1854, Page 2

Our London Correspondenee. Lonpow Oor. 24, 1854. American Authors and English Piracy. | Sa an ‘adepead n’ advocate of American inte- | resta and equal justice, we apceal to the Human | for the insertion of a ‘ew facts illustrating the effect | of the late decision im the House of Lords respecting | copyright. Polished, theoretical, and embodying philesophi- al principler strang- y at variance with a spirit of benevolence and justice, the essay agAinet interna- tional copyright lately given to the world by Mr. H. C. Carey, had had a singular effect in aiding the wholesale piracy of American works now going on ia Eogisnd. Nothing could have co strongly en- | couraged dishonesty, or so completely set at aaught that ccrrect system of trade which honest men were disposed to protect. Could Mr. Carey have foreseen the singular revolution produced in the book trade of this city by the late decision, a sense of justice for the poor writer whose bread is eked from his pea’s peint might have moved him to withhold his | able advocacy of wholesale plundering. Coald he have secu those poor but noble-minded men, whose Yessons have gone forth for a world’s good, strag- giing to live im povert:-stricken tenements, the bresd taken from the mouths of honest hearted men who, loving their profeasion, had barely subsisted by their literary labora—the father who had mein- tained his little family respectably by the fruits of _ bas meatal labors, deprived of his sustenance, and driven to seck other meaus of living—could he have seen the pirate publisher gloating in his triumph over his houest brother in trade, who, through the inert prompting of principle, had acknowledged the vuthor’s rights, and paid him for his labors, and all the effect of the very system he so philosophically | advorates, he would, in the very honesty of a frigid beast, have hesitated before giving to the world an essay right of an auther to his mental labors. v re led to believe that Mr. Carey, in his love | ors, did at times reason against his own bot- rjodzment, forgetting the effect jiratical resuits must » forced upon hia mind. Tha pirate pub- isber, in his frenzy of joy for the overthrow o! honesty, carrie off that ‘tor which his bonest brother bas paid, appropriates it to his owa use, and laughs ia his sleeve while thinking how ably he is defended in bis plundering by the very philo- sophical Mr. Carey. The piiate publiaher has no in- tention of remunerating the wretched author. No! His ready appropriation of American literature, with its biighting influence, and total prostration of an honest system of trade, is sanctioued and advo- cated by Mr. H. C. Carey, an iateiligent American, who would perpetrate the groasest act o! injustice Cee st his own countrymen, wuoee labor be makes fill the pockets of dishonest tradesmen. Mr. Carey naadles his subject with a calmness of logic that at fizat sight might make him appear a disinterested believer in the ve: y dishonest system he advocates ; ie further investigation leads us to the conclusion that, he (we speak from results the very system he advocates has prodused,) is governed by that spirit of self protection which long associetion with a trade deriving its pecuniary advantages from a pe- culiar system engen iers in the tradesman. Bat tne anomaly of Mr. Carey’s position is no leas forcible than strang+; for while he professes to be a bold ad- yoonte of high protective duties on articles of con- sumption atd gratification, the manufacture of books must be a@ distinctive exception, ard for which he would neither have protection nor ac- knowledge its being invested with a property right. In the eyes of Mr. Carey, physical production is pro- perty which he would have the government prote with a high taritf—while to mental production he wouid der y all claims to Iropert rights, and leave it at the mercy of every thief who saw fit to carry it off. Ina word, he would make all literary labora secondary to the publisher's interests, divest men: tal produotion of its rights, and give mental con- sumption the broadest aud freest license to appro- priate what may please it to its own use. He would have tLe publisher alone remunerated, while de- the author toa mare dependent being, the tuita of whose labor he would have fill the pockets of dishonest tradeemen. To the same tradesmen he would give the power of influencing public taste in ite demands for reading. We do not mean to followMr.Careythrough the many theoretical intricacies wita which his eessy abounds, contentiz g ourselves with giving a few practical iJustrations of the result of tne system of no copy- right be so strenuously advocates. Woen we have cone this we shall submit to the American reader whether itis not higo time something were done to protect the interesta of American authors, to re- move that stigma of not having a litera‘ure, under which we heve s long labored, and to put an end to that system of international plundering now being pactised by certain publisbing houses, on both sides of the Atlantic, whose only object would seem tae totul sacrifice of the author’s interests. If Congress has hitherto turned a deaf ear to the demands of justice, and set the claime of American aathors at naught—if the publishing power wields its money i fluence at the Capitol to shat out the reasoneble ciaims of these who, though humble in life, have enriched their country’s fame by their mental la- bors, so much more the me and ingratitude. Up to 1862 the merit of American works was opernaiy acknowledged in Eogland. This, we are constrained to say, arose as much from a spirit of prejudice as any other cause. Toere were, never- u ‘a certain number of American authors the intrinsic merit of whose writings attra:ted admira- tion, and gained for them a reputation and circals- tion of no ordi: kind. Among these were Ban- croft, Prescott, Washington , Cooper, Emer- son, Longfellow, Abbott, Barnes, Dana, and a few others. stardard reputation given to the works of these authors soon pe er 2 5 sought after by English pal rs. Prominent among these publishers was Mr.John Marray, who, beiog at the head of the publisning business in London, 4 the works of [ton — these i very best style, jing for them a reputation smosg Pee LE pe surpassed by their own writers of distinction. To their shame be it said, Mr, Johu Murray did that to raise the reputation oi American writers, which they had long ex; in vain from their own publishers: he put their works prominently before the public—nor 8 expenso to make tke author's name known. For all these works Mr. Murray, whose aim is to protect. the character of his profession, as well as to sustain persona} honor, paid liberally. In some instances ne paid Washington Irving as muchas one thousand k. This was not only tacitly ag pee ‘the just claims of authors to freni their labors, but acted as a stimulant of American literature; and the pub- lisher, having .a supposed protection for his legal purchase, that time respectsd by carp cf Bis" goten spol, found hie Aimed an carry off hia ill-gotten spoils, foun ‘an commodity profitable to such ao extent as to war- ract him in making further advances. Thoee ad- vanoes not only stimusated American energy, bat materially aided in removing that long endured stigma American publishers had done so much to tuate—‘America bas no literature.” In addition to this, the supposed rection gave the respectable publisher a limi! power and control aver an honest system of trade, without in any —T affecting or i uerfe: with the interests of Eaglis' guthors. The-demand for this literature seemed to + be of a cisiinctive obaracter, and rather et ed the midaie clase English writer than other, th: froits of hie labor not being sbut ont by all sorts of American trash thrown promiscuously upon the market. After Mr. Morray follow the Messrs. Bentley, ‘who, with less liberality towards American authors, profess to have paid large sums to Bancroft, Pres- cott, Cooper, and one or two others. Were we ignoramt of Mesers. Bentley’s system of dealin; with English authors we might be inclined to G te statement ostentatiously parade before the public, Mesere. Bentiey are not of that s:hool to which Mr, Murray , proat, not remuneration to the author, ir pri it. Few English authors them of follow the pirate’s it course, that they bave paid certain sums to American authors, snd promised others; nor does it follow that the paid by Messrs, B: wore | small their fmaall thet rnogaragement of fevian wnt dd | the sphere of their ane erst Leoeions Ursa shee, | the 4 and the publisher who, acting from princi les | of justice, paid the American suthor for his | labor, claimed no improper control over the | tastes af his patrons. Not so the -pirate pablisher. He would sink the author's rights, aad, | ee heme viet eae forces ey | at percents; himeelf, works for which his honest brother had | ies, and which | se bees right to carry off and give tothe public Be nbab.ver price may’ plonse Rime ‘Foe pubis, wv aid. To | i) pro- who-e teaor of which ia to set aside the | pal ition which Post very centralization Mr. the very system He forgets that by denying ing down fears, but wh tends to preserve. author's right of property in his lisher’s power becomes gbaolute, and. where be can procure mec! loweet rate his trade will centre. Since 1852 a new impetus has been given Americas literature in Great B itain by publica. tion of * Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” No leas than four different London 'g editions, by nineteen different publishing houses, were sent into the market and sold. It is estimated that above two millions of copies of Uncle Tom were sold within fifteen months. No effort having been made secure 8 copyright, the work was at the mercy those who chose to publish it. In a few instances remuneration was made to the author, the pub- stating that they did it yes! what they conceived to bea proper respect for the au- thor’s rights. One house very liberally gave Mrs. Stowe a thousand pounds ; but that the very house which printed and circulated more than any other, never intended to make compensation, is a well fact. Here, then, the Esomapenea of honeat rinciple are brought in contact with a reckless system of purloining ; and all this is sanctioned by lawa of a land denying to an author all it to Bis pevparty. If tas Deoperly be sent beyond the limits of his own country. The singular and unprecedented demand for “ Uncle Tom” led to the reprinting of nearly every American book of promise. If the author could ae- care this copyright t first publishing here, so much the better tor bimself. Another class of American authors now came in,and by taking clan of the apparent right the law gave, received consider- ae | able sume for their writings from bl ran ublisaers. Miss Warner, Hawthorne, Curtis, elvile, Bayard | deaths the previous week was 243, | burg, Taylor, and Adams, were recipients of considerable sums for their literary labors. The last named received £200 for hia ‘Sovereign Rale of South Carolina.” Not one of these authors could now get a sixpence for their works. They have trans-Atlantic names—it may be paid for by the would-be honest publishers—but they now serve | lized open trade only the pirate’s interests. The le; , rod rds has divested or imed by the House of the with it swept away all hope of further remuneration. Dickens and others of class are paeeces by their fame, while the law of taste will create ademand for their works; but the less fortunate English author Cxboee writings may contain more material (gd inds his writings valueless in the eyes of the publisher, who can print any sort of American works, for which he has no copyright to pay. He can print them at his own prive; and the suthor’s property being at his disposal, the onl: pees he expects is a small per cen’ for himself, ‘hus, while the mas ket is flooded with every sort of American trash that can taint the name of Ameri- can literature, the publisher ceatralizes his power, and alone is benefitted. Again, this species of lite- rature becceniig. current in the market, nati destroys the demand for the ordinary Eng! writer's labor, without benefi the American, whose writings are made by the publisher to super- sede. In this state of the case, everything becomes secondary to the publisher who wili centralize nis iets make the most mercenary system serve is ende. The old established and respectable publishi houses, which heretofore did so much to give mid Te’nence to American authors and their works, de- cline to have avything further todo with American works until some protection be afforded them. They even decline to publich an American work. The consequence is that te pirate publisher waite till they appear in America, procures an early copy, and puts bis edition before the English public, male too gle to avail himself of the security the decision of the House of Lords affords his plund Much as the mind ma; meaning ipfiuence of such protected piracy, it cannot but view with contempt the intelli- gent man who would boldly come forward as its advocate. And satisfied then with destroy the market hitherto open to the poor Ei au- thor, usually pee aed American authors must now be content having their works published in the most deplorable manner, and by ons made reckiess by competition, and unable, want of mesns, either to preserve the reputation of the au- thor or to return him one cent remunera‘ion. The Messrs. Sampson, Son & and Sors, who have strug- gled hard and done much to protect the interests of Ame ican authors, now find themselves stript of all legal means by which to keep American works from the pirats’s hands. Their house mude ageacy ita chief business; and in its endeavors to protect American interests, bad recently gained great ad- vantages for those interests, as weil as c edit for themselves, by the prompt and honorable maaser in which they made returns to American authors. Le- lly, they now find themselves helpless; and whas yy may hereafter do for the pro‘ectlon of Ameri- can literatare, will depend much upon the respect shown to the 'y expedieuts of incorporating portions of Eng! writing in American works, to which they are now driven. An act of justice to the rights of authors by thetwo governments would peas this driving honest men to such miserable ifts. The reader cannot fail to see that in the absence of all protection or acknowledgment of the au- thor’s right to his mental labors, that the poor au- thor is shut out; the man whose name has become femcus in literature increases his strength, and the publi hing Eo becomes centred in that point where labor is cheapest. The rich man, with means to publish his own works, may write to gratify nis taste, and. give his labor to the public without remuneration; Mesars. Dickens, Bulwer and Tnack- ary will yet obtain large sums for their light labors, for the pirate publixher must have a cloak for his iniquitovs trade, and will make his boast of lar nzation for certain worke and names to total sacrifice of the author’s whose works he pi- rates. To the pirate publisher some pretence is necessary for the purpose of giving a shadow of character to his system of trade; and the works of such suthors as we have heremamed, he conceives recoil from the necessary to give an Caetano to his sales. This, then, is the very sys‘em which must create that blighting centralization Mr. Carey so much fears. He would give all power to the London publisher, and forever keep London the centre of book mak- ing. The very state of things which Mr. Carey so much dreads is now, by the system tw adivoceaba; becoming a fearful ee On the effect will be blizhting inthe extrome. The American publieher has long kept them under his thumb ecrew; but now 1g can save them from utter destruction, but the passage of some protective law. American writers are driven back to their own country (not so their works, for the London ublichers will flood the market with them, while e sends nen publications to America at a cheaper rate than they can be produced there) when | they will again become mere literary % | aud; to he publisher’s pecalations. r land, which now supplies so large s portion of our mental demands, bas it in her power to farnish tae whole. Aw American AUTHOR. Tue Exrertence or a Sensttive Man tn New Yor«.—“I dined one day at the Irving House. The man next to me said to his neighbor, ‘(How's flour to day !”” “Why, rising—we made a nice thing of it this morning— a few thousands.’’ Dined next day at the Astor. Man next to me observed to his friends. ‘Well, how's Erie?” ‘Oh! down, sir, down—dull—very dull; but there’s money in it.’’ Dined next day at St. Nicholas. Man next to me said to his neighbor, “Shipping business bad, isn’t it?” “I should think 80; you can oie ship now for five thousand perenne = so iy could two months ago, and freights are awfully low.”” Dined next day at the Metropofftan. Man next tome said to his neighbor. ‘What's the news from Europe | ad ‘*Consols have fallen one-half, and money is tight ’ Dined next nel New York Hotel. next to me said to his thbor. ‘By Jove, that’s a pretty girl yonder.’ “She is so, and besides is ‘worth » hundred . Tat once left the table. Heavens! exclaimed I, is there no spot in this great city where a man can eat, without having such talk crammed down his throat with | his food? Money—money—money.—Buffalo Courier. Haartx of New Onteans—The total number of denths in New Orlengs during the week ending on the 9th inst. was 192, of which 42 were from yellow fever. ‘The Picayune of the 6th says:—The total number of and of yellow fever, 107—showing a very gratifying decrease in favor of last week, Of yellow fever cases, thirty-four died in the Charity Hospital, leaving only eught for the entire city beside, This, in'the face of the great number of unac- climated persons who have arrived in the*city during the week, is proof conclusive that the fever is rapidly and surely dying out. Ayruony Borys Recovers Fro Hrs Inuvess | AND SoLD.—A few weeks since the Boston Transcri; stated that letters from Burns, in the Richmond jail, his Boston friends, informed them that he was danger- ously sickof typhoid fever. It may be some gratifica- tion to hia Poston friends to learn that Anthony, their woolly-headed friend, has pao illness, and that he left here on Frida; possession of David McDaniel, Esq., of Nash county, N. C., who purchased him for the purpose of putting him to work ina cotton field, or where duty calls.—Rich- mond Enquirer, Nov. 13, A Town Soup ror Dest—The town of Poters: former county seat of Lavaca county, Texas, was nold by the Sheriff of that county a short time since, for debt. The property went remarkably low. The old Court House sold for sixtecn dollars; the old tavern stand for fifteen dollars, aud other property im proportion. merican author of all rignt to bis works, and | recovered from his | the 3d inst., in | Rambles in the Weat. YBOM OUR ROVING CORRESPONDENT. Cutoago, Il., Nov. 10, 1854. Situation of Oincinnati_Names of Streets—Society— Anecdote of Thackery—Cincinnatt Ferries—Archilec- ture—Cathedral— Reflections upon it—Hotels— Private Residencea—Eastern Friends Met Here—Rev. Dr. But- ler, of Christ Chutch—Paid Fire Department—Its Suc- cess and Benefits—Line of Travel to Chicago—Aspect Of the Country in Indiana—IUinois—The Prairie— Prairie on Kire—Mamner in which the Railway Track 4s Carried inte Chicago. The Queen of the West did not captivate me long, though her charmsare far from being despicable. Almost everybody knows how Ciacinnati stands,on the lofty, sloping bank of the Ohio—e hideous, naked slope of water-worn earth when the river isfow, and | showing the marks of its immense rise; at other times making the incredible difference of some sixty fest. | From the brow of this slope the city rises on a pret- ty steep hill, something like Atlantic street in | Brooklyn, to a broed table land, which is the princi- | pal level of Cincinnati. The sereets parallel to the river are numbered First, Second, Third, &c.; the cross streets are variously named from trees, like Philadelphia, as Walnut, Sycamore, Vine. But Cincinnati recem bles New York more than Philadel- phia, without yet having the metropolitan aspect of either. The manners of the people are more cour- | teous than at the East—there is leas hurry and dis- | traction. In intellectual culture, it begins to vie | with Boston, and partakes largely of the spirit of | Maagachusetts in its social life, but is vastly more ge- | | nial and leas cliquey (if I may coia the word), leas | pretentious, in fact, as, indeed, it has far inferior pre- tensions, we must allow. The Young Men’s Institute has fine rooms—the bes: I have geen out of New York, where the Mer cantile Library distances all competition. They have 14,000 volumes and a reading room of really noble extent and admirable arrangement. Their enterprise in the matter of lectures merits all praise, Al! the principal atere of the East are ontheir list. Taack- | ery wes engaged by them—ne, by some indivi- | cuales I think—at s great risk, but left the country | witheut even sending them word—s singularity which I bope admits of explanation. The ferries are unworthy of Cincinnati. Tue only communica- tion between the city and Covington, on the Kentucky side, is hardly superior to the old Brooklyn horse boats. Tne immense difference be- tween high and low water is, it is true, a disadvan- tage to them, but surely it is one that Yankee inge- nuity and enterprise might easily overcome. It looks as-much as one’s neck is worth to descend in a bugey the naked and steep bank to the ferry; and then you mount the boat’s side by & crazy make- eit a bridge, without even a side-rail to pro tect \ To architectural beauty this Western metropolis has yet no great claims. Most speak of the Catholic cathedral as somet fine. It is of white marble, to the cross that crowns its lofty spire, has an unfinished portico of giant columns, and the roof is supported within by a noble colon- nade of massive gry atone, with rich capitals. It would be grand if it did not lack depth and long- retiring space at the sancti end. Without this majesty of vastness in the ion of the temple which is appropriated to the worstip, no matter what cost may be lavished on the part which shelters and accommodates the worshi, no Ro- man Catholic church will ever produce the impression of awe ard sublimity which is felt in the cathedrals of Euro; Can it be that they have lost the mighty conviction which inspired the old unknown cat dral builders? Are they, too, as well as Protestants, votsries, without suspecting it, of the “anspiritnal goa” utility? As a lover of art, I should be glad to k otherwise, for I should be sorry were my country to lose the only chance it has the glories and sublimities of religious architecture; and if the Catholics would only once build ue real cathedrals,we might do like the English, and appro- pa them to ourselves. As yet, I must say ey ve not built a charch worth our taking; st whic! I feel very much disgusted. We have done neatly as well as they ourselves, and in the way of paro- cbial churches, better. The Burnet House is reckoned the best in Cincin- nati, but as we were staying with friends, I cannot speak of its merits. Our /oca’e was very at ve, and gave a pleasant notion of a domestic resideace in a Western city—garden court in front of the wide double house, and @ longer range of shtubbery and t ees between the house and its neighbor, formed a rett sus in usde inthe beart of Cin-ionati. We er many an old Eastern friend, long los sight of, di micuiated there, a3 well as here, among whom we may mention the Rev. Dr. C.M. Butler, formerly of Wa+bington city, who has just assumed the rectorebip of Christ Church. But the taiog which cmpressed us most with tie sease of practical utility » the sphere of municipal and social progress in C ncinnati, was the new paid fire corps. For nine mot ths, I was told, there bad not been a firein this city gerieus enough to be noticed. The steam fire evi nes are @ particularly su cessful experiment; and the gain to public, and, cially, juvenile ino relity, frem the breaking up of those rendezvous of disorder, idleness and mischief in a large city—the engire houses of volunteer companies—has been merked. How long will metropolitan New York exdure a system that experience shows to be fraught with eo many evils? As I wished to visit Chicago and Milwaukie before the cold eet in, I quitted Cincinnati after a few days. Five railroads, five -hanges of cars, and fifteen hours’ travel, carried me across and Illinois tothis city. The line is very level. In Ivdi- = there are Gers Aree i a, it, as you upon chigan Cen- tral rad, a oe of bouand’ess prairie, mostly denuded of wood, breaks u, you. As es the e; e Co pep aa om) level plain, jJellow grass, al o peta the soil sormed FP, 8 black, rich ee cam. Occasionally there is a grove of low peal and at a distance of ten miles the horizon is uy Yj twinkling flights of pair chickens. At nightfall the renig onde lendid. The prairie was on fire all around us. ‘ou would have said that an e1 was passing | it, marking his path by of barn- ing Nee ae or Srian, ig Cages right yough a grove, an wae curious as well as pitiful to see treea whose were still covered with autumnal leaves, tranks all blazing brands. About half-past 10 o'clock P. M. we came upon Lake Michigan, and the cars rolled along in it of the city of Chi On & track laid uy it through the » with water tala won pee rie 1d on the lake side by a solid stone breakwater. Ror. RaMBies. OUR CINCINNATI CORRESPONDENCE, Crncinnatt, Nov. 1, 1854. | Last Words about “ The Glades” of Pennsylvania | —TZowrnaments in the Alleghanies— Healthiness | of this Region—B. § O. R. R. from Cumberland | Wet—Beauty and Picturesqueness of the Route | —Trestles on Cheat River—A View Missed— | Valleys of Western Virginia—Wheeling—its | Bridge—Cathedral—Episcopal Daring— an Idea Touching Know Nothingism—Ohio Central Rail road—Peril of Passing the Temporary Suspension Bridge—Splendid Condition of the Old National Road—Scenery of Ohio—Cincinnati. My last letter was dated from the Glades of Penn- sylvania. I had the best will to send you some curious notices of the election in that State, and of | the Mmanceuvres of the Know Nothings ia the back regions thereof, where the honest Ger: | em native Americans, of the old stock, do not accept the new tarian proscription. I was still tempted to write youan account of fair of the county of Somerset, and tournament, in the Southern E | and whose names, with those | Malvoisin, and Stanley, were mingled in gloridus defiance of chronology om the same field of chivalry. | The woods that crown every slope of those end- | ond the raging of reported—all Young Men's Institute—Their Library and Lectures— | [ il 2 i fF f gS Ha ne E E a I [ 8 re : F mn ir ee H bey | but 1 was astonishe g ens of weetern Virginia. As we spproached tne Obio the country grew solt, and began to be richly cultivated. Wheeling is celebrated for its bridge, and boasts a rather plain but large Roman Catholic cathedral. Apronge of the latter, the inhabitants relate, that when the spire was finished, (which is very lofty,) no one of the workmen wasfound bo!d enough to lant the cross upon the ball, whereupon the Bishop mself, who had labored like a mason in the erection of the building, ascended tothe ball, mounted upon it, stcod balancing himself at the Biddy Loe be he had acquired his equilibrium,amid the hor- ror of the multitude below, who expected each in- stant to see him fall, plant bands in the socket prepared for it, and safely de- ascended. It is probable that few American prelates have ever been in a more elevated position. Tais bishop, Dr. Whelan, is an Americas by birth, and a rara avts ee J Catholic bishops in this country— an old fashi whig in politica, which with some po may account for the fact that the Know fotbings entirely failed at Wheeling—the onl place, almost, in the State which failed carry. But for the fact that the so called Catholic vote in this cvuntry has in the main been cast all on one side, Know Notbingism would never have originated. At least this is my view of the case. e Ohio Central Raitroad was not yet completed when we passed through Wheeling, no poasi- bly it may be at the present moment, as I was po- sitively assured by th-se interested that the first train would pass over the road in three days. We accordingly had to take the old Ohio mail coach line, and it was with a load of fourteen inside and five on top, with at least twenty huge trunks, and small articles ad libitum, that we committed our- selves to the mercy of the temporary suspension bridge, just one carridge-track wide, which hangs fearfully in the air, for a distance of one thousand yards across the bed of the Ohio. As we rolled over, the frail stracture bent beneath out weight, and t thirk the boldest heart in the stage beat more firmly when oor heavily laden vehic e reached the opposite end of the bridge. The new bridge, to replace that carried badigd ian $ by the tornado, is to be a lateral noble work. ampler syatem of braces, so that it is hoped it may defy the most violent Though it was a tedious thin, spend ten hours in making the Wheeling and Cam! the sake of seeing the old national road, a most beautiful work, equal to any in ing like a silver ‘ibbon over the asa bern floor, broadand firm and white. In the pay days of staging it must have been gicrious to travel over it. The bridges are extremely solid and beautiful, and the numerous sharp turns in descents are guarded by fine wa'ls of masonry. It seemed a great pity that so perfect a road should be just bs- coming useless. The scenery was fincr than I expected, the rages gue exceedingly varied witb bill and vale, with ional bursts of noble prospects from the brow of a tedious ascent, or the top of a lorg ridge, extending like a huge wave be— tween two valleya. But the villages were wretched. The houses ail atood directly on the street, witnout ga) dens, without trees, half painted, of mean archi- tecture. I had expected a richer and more fertile New England; it was anything else. But after a nae passed in some two or three trains of cars, ‘vhere we dozed very comfortably, we dashed into Cincinrati ata little past }, and | was not dissppointed in the Queen of the West. Not to ty miles between string out this letter too long, I will reserve what I saw, both of persons and gs here, till my next letter. Ror. Ramsues. Our Connecticut Correspondence. Haerrogrp, Ct., Nov. 13, 1854. State of Political Parties in Connecticut—Result pers The world, inc'uding every man and his wife, looks to the New Yorx Heraup for news, let it ccme from whatever quarter of the globe it may. Connecticut is no unimportant part of the world, ted the cross with his own | have an additional pier, and an | | Monday last, five vesaela went in these days to | bridge, I was glad to do it, for | | the same tate Exhibited by the State Elections—The Hartford | Town Election—The Know Nothings Likely to | Return their Man—Sale of the Courant Newspor | and her political condition is always a matter of in- | terest to the shrewd politician. It ie not unlike that of New York. The two States, one large, the other small, most generally decide alike upon political qvestions, though New York bas more frequently voted for the locofo20 candidates for the Presidency. Last spring the Nebraska bill was a great help to the whigs of Connecticut. It roused a hope in them. They saw that upon that issue they could | unite the free soil interest, at least, with their own atrength. They saw, too, that it was distracting their cpponents, and this gave them fresh courage. The locos ncminated the Hon. Samuel Ingham, of Fasex, in Middlesex county, as their candidate for Governor. He has served in Congress, has been a jodge, and was probably about the strongest man they could have selected. The whigs ran Mr. Dut- ton, who had been twice defeated by Col. Thomas H. Seymour, now Minister to Russia, a secondcousin | Earope, wind | staves, her rudder and stern post gone. The William of Ohio, smooth | PE yb ary Late Nov. 14.) aw tanon cousits, L. 1-—TRoTrING. Yesterday the days that have given : pete te ee OR wee Ai] | A matoh came off on Tuesday aiterncon, between th the lon, bt the = -, & trotting horse and a double team of pacers, mile while and the slamming of | heats, three in five, for $2, totter ebutters, and the oresh of broken windows made | he Safle up the mournful accompaniment. | Went three heats of the race in harness, aad the two In the lower part of the town there were sorrow | last under the aaddle. The owner of the pacers and suffering in pleaty. The water had spread over | drew them after the fourth heat, believing.that they ‘‘the flats,” and femities were drivea from the shel- | nad no chance of wianing, as it had become dark ter of thelr tenements to seek oharity among / ors. In many geet chactis ammang aoe, and the ‘saddle herse had all the advantages in from their a , and drifted off upon the | running. The time made was nothing te speak of — boiling flood. “Domestic animals, out ) | 2:45 being the quickest heat im the race, The afloat and. weat with the Surreat, wherever chance | Peers were Post Boy and Lady Bevins, well knows and the gale determined. The cellars and lower | 00 the track, and old favorites. They could have floors of more substantial buildings, within reach of | won the race very easily had they beem property the devastation, were submerged, and property was | handled in the second heat; but Mr. Remeea, their destroyed to a ruinous extent. Tt was 8 pitiful sight te see the members of these | owner, could not hole them together, and one of poor fala wae ht eadenly en visited by the | them broke up as they came t> the score, thereby ood, stanc’ ia thelr might clothes, or with such | losing the heat. The betting om the race previous momeut of slarm, runsing hither aad taither sasone | to the stars wan.in forge oféhe seaaay sieges. bem the wreck, endea' to save their little store | fe eaten Senter te Tal | Sree vans anal ioe low a be ‘thered about the body of some drowred friend, | just _extricated from a cellar or basement, where doetth had inteadedne CoSteaty 9h SScereanarmanes o ; Or 8 group of curious spectators, the efftrts of a charitable fow, who vainly to restore to lifean unknown, nameleas one, who: met his fate ina barn or under a stack or pile of a lumber, having crept there ina dronken moment by lengths. Time, and gone to sleep forever. Second Heat.—The pacers broke up soon after ‘The vessels at the docks had parted their moor- leaving the score, and the trotter took the lead ipgs, and getting foul of each other, had stove their | aroun the upper tarn, and Jones 15 dowre ip ah bulwarks, torn away their rigging, and shattered | stretch and around the lower ura, coming onto their spars. Shreds of canvass, bits ot bunting, the | bomestretch oa in advance; but from the frayed ends of rope were fluttering in the storm, and Limp the score the pacers weat lovg pieces of rigging, ‘with blocks attached, were | much faster the trotter, passing him ut the swinging like penduloms, threatening with death pray ag ge led him three or four Kagske, se, any one who ap) d to secure them. neaing judge's stand, Lady Bevins up, ‘An cccasional echooner, with but a mere stitch of | and not being taken up until she crossed the score, canvars set, with her topmastsand jibboom splinter- | the judges gave the heat to the trotter. Time, 2:48. ed, ber bulwarks gone, and her huli and shrouds en- Third —Mr. Oakley now took the pecens ia caged in ice, would make the harbor, while others, hand, Mr. Remsen being unable to drive them lees fortunate, lay stranded om the beach, above longer. They had a gcod send off, and went below the mouth. Crowds of men, with spy glasses, | #0ng, up to the trotter, until they reached the swept the foaming surface of the lake reported | quarter pole, when the mare broke up and out her vessels ur der Point Abino out the storm, and | quarter. She soon settled, however, and her and others scudding for dear life away upon the | mate clcsed gradually on the trotter, passing him, expanee of ta: 1K, es oe and taking the on the lower turn, coming home the streets, eignboards and tin roofs rolled and | three lengths ahead, in 2:46}, crumbled like paper, conductor ipes, brancnes of wth —A great deal of time was wasted in trees, parta of y8, sbingiee and lumber,.im- | Scoring, and it was dark when the word was given. eded wayfarers, and gave ‘of the destruc- | Nothing was seen of the horses from the time they Hon the vempest had t. Businees was sus | left the score uatil they returned; they came im pended; none thought of or selling; mer- and head. A dead heat was declared. whitiied. tile the iadies Ket at hook aod fait sa eh Heat ‘The pacers being drawn, the trotter Ww wi 8 t at as 1 blue as they had a mind. ker was started alone, and he went moderately around. she gute Crretatng Bata Commercial} TE orth a aliens ie of yesterday continues, andi: morn- ie? ing pom Ms d Oye bitter anow storm; wind a | Pfeil hg 14.—Match $2,000, mile heats, little south of west, Out door business is almost | Que Roith named ch. - Obe Bmith asre ded. The schooner Armada, which | ““inder the saddle.....-..--..:. 2 120 1 suspen: ch from this poit for Saginaw a few days since, returned at an early hour moi herig made Point au Pelee light before the gale struc her. Capt. Tracy reports a large number of ves sels under shelter at Long Point. Luckily there is not as yet much of a fleet on the lake bound down. A ph btn name unknown, is ashore on Wiud- mii] reef, between the lighthouse and Fort James Remsen named Lady Bevins and Pt Time, 2:45—2:48—2: The Purchase of the Sandwich [From the San Francisco Herald, Oct. 23.] Erie. This subject has been long under consideration, ead The canal boat East , loaded with rai attracted so much attention that it is of interest to the fron, was ron into ard eunk by the schooner Lewis | entire community. The last rumor relating to the mat- Cass, on Sundsy right, near foot of Main atreet. | tet Wa4, that the American government had agreed te give King Kamehameha $800,000 per annum di life, and the same to the heir ayparent while he consideration of their surrendering their claims to the sovereignty to the United States government. The state- ment is 80 entirely absurd as to scarcely require a cen- tradiction. It is to be presumed that those at the head of our national affairs are at least not destitute of com- She will be raised with difficulty as soon as the wea- ther moderates. : The acow Granville from Gibraltar, with a cargo of staves, went on Point au Pelee a week 8g, fast night, but succeeded in getting off, by throwing over a part of her cargo, and in reachin; his in i ‘veasel nse, and such a statement as the above is +. Be tt. ne Sal ceene oe plete contradiction to such ® surmise. Intrinaiaally, ‘We learn from the Brighton Sentinel, that on | the value of the Sandwich Islands amounts to but little, The whaling fieet has made them what they are, and now sustains them, and when once withdrawn, as it will be, in favor of its natural depot, San Francisco, the islands will only be valuable for a coaling and recruiting station for our anticipated China and fleet te rs. To corroborate this opinion s refer to Ail will acknowledge that the main foundation of the prosperity of the islands must. be thelr agrl- cultural products, yet Cglifornia is shipping to them by every vessel that leaves for their ports a con- nigerablo emount of potatoes, barley, onions, te. ‘The Fi Pemes, which sailed but » short time took 3 of potatoes, 20 sacks of onions and bage of barley, and this is but one vessel out of at least four a month which leave here for that destina- tion, This fact must be a heavy offset their official account of domestic produce shipped, which in 1$53 amounted to only $281,509 17, notwithstanding in his amount a suppositionary calculation is made, harging each whaleship’s supplies in gross. ‘Yo recur back to the consideration of the ai ashore in the gale, to the East, and in sight ao Iele harbor. The Edith, of Hamilton, laden with 4,000 bushels wheat, sunk her deck two feet under water. The Forest Queen, of Oakville, from Lake Erie, laden with pg nape tia eel insane ee pe 0B , of on! old, ‘The Sareh Frances’ of St. Catharines, rudder and foremast . There is The Toronto Leader, of Monday, says Friday night, the schooner Jane Wood, owned Forward & Smith, Oswego, went ashore fo a.gale wind, a:_the Highlands, about 14 miles below To- Tonto. The night was dark, and the command er, Captain milton, @ fishing light for that of Toronto herbor. The vessel was laden with 400 bble. of pt marble and some merchandize for mount as- erted to be paid to the United States government, for Toronto, which is probably_all lost. The crew hap: | he purpose of arguing the complete absurdity of the ily escaped, tatement, we give the full amount received by his FECTS OF A GALE ON THE Urrer Lake.—The Kanaka Majesty at the racen | Cie, from the nation, for Chicago Journal ot Saturday eveving th the support of his dignity. It is taken from the civil ovine teens ted Hae the So | Ee ppoored hogar ae ieed et ee number | Tor his Majesty’s Privy Purse $1 Since yesterday there have been ok Bi y ve a large For his Majesty’s Royal State, Loke arrivals. Quite a number of the gal: | For his Majesty's Forel Siete Tor her Majesty the Queen... lor his Royal Highness, (heir apparent For Prince Kameba: ‘General of Division and Privy Counsellor. Tice oats obity ano Total.. seceseebs sccesssscsecccessesesecs’ $20,800 —Which is ‘the whoie amount received by the King and heir apparent. ‘We opine it would be « satisfactory speculation for hia Majesty to sell out for the snug sum of $300,000 pee annum. The whole receipts of customs amounted in the 1863 to $156,64017, from which is to be deducted the cost of, collection, Jeaving the amount of net assets at a small figure. That these islands will eventually be incorporated into our Union is beyond a question, but not on such exorbl- tant and indefinite terms. There isa posal ity, if not a Leeper f that the “heir apparent”? may live fifty years, and it is searcely to be supposed our government ‘would lay itself liable to give him twelve times the sala- ry of the President during tlfat period. 0, 2 1, 3, & 33383 ‘Theatres and Exhibitions, ACADEMY oF Mvstc.—The managers of the Opera House announce that Signor Mario will appear on lay even- ing, in Rossini’s comic opera of ‘II Barbiere de Siviglia.” Bs Lae embraces the names of Grisi, Mario, and Broapway TikaTre.—The dramatic pieces selected for this evening are the farco of a ‘Pleasant Neighbor,” the comic drama entitled ‘Bob Nettles,” and the drama of List of patents issued from the United States Patent Office for the week ending November 14, 1854, each bear- ing that date. Edwin Allen, of South Windham, Conn., for improve- ment asians for carving stone. M ‘utnam, Ohio, prove! smut machines, heats ct ‘Wm. Bancroft, of Whiteford, Ohio, for improvement in | cultivators. the “‘Devil’s In It.” This theatre is well filled every Henry Bates, of New London, Conn,, for improvement | night, and the performances to afford great * in slide valves for the exhaust steam,” 2 nt | ure to the vieiters. Biss pe of Gov. Seymour, of New York. He (Gov. Dutton) | ‘was nct a very strong man, but after all was a pretty good candidate to draw in outside votes, such as free soil, Maine Jaw, Know Nothings, §c. The Maine | law men nominated the Hon. Charles Chapman, late a member of Congress from this district, a keen criminal lawyer, aad recently a convert to the order of Know Notbings. The tree soilers nominated John Hooker, Eeq., a Farmington lavyer, who has aa office in this city. There was no election by the *| people, Ingbam leading in the popular vote. But the whigs found no difficulty in uniting with the free oilers and Maine law men io and elected Mr. Dutton. j i z BE Ey Sat i if : s rs E Ff i: <j i 3 et i | i é Wm, Beebe, of New York, N. Y., for improvement in double cylinder boilers for hot water apparatus, in Bell, of Sabbath Rest, and Edward B. Isett, of Cold Spring Forge, Tyrone city, Pa., for improvement in furnaces tor waking iron direct from the ore. ‘Wm. Bell, of Boston, Mass., for improved lamp caps. Job Brown, of Lawn Ridge, Ill, for improvement in cultivators. of Oldtown, Me., for improved de- Bowery Turatre.—This establishment, since the in- troduction of the equestrian troupe, is doing a fine bual- ness. The evening’s entertainment will commence with equestrian scenes in the ring, which will. be followed by the drama of the “Lonely ‘Man of the Ocean.” There will be an afternoon performance on Saturday. Burton’s THxaTRE.—The manager of this theatre, ever anxious to present his patrons with dramatic productions Thos. M. M. Chapman; of novelty, will produce, this evening, for the first time vice for adjusting mill saws, Matthias P. C Brool + on any stage, a new American piece, “The U; ircintthias P. Coous, of Brooklyn, N. ¥., for multigrade Ten and the Lower Pei aes his leading artiste in Horace J. Crandall, of East Boston, Mass., for im- proved method of adjusting vessels upon the keel blocks of dry, sectional or railway docks, Geo. Crompton, of ad es -, for improvement ics. Namronat Treatre.—Manager Purdy is as active as ever in catering well for his patrons. To-night he an- nounces the drama of the ‘‘Ethiop,’’ with Grattan Daw- son as the hero of the piece, and the drama of the in looms for hedeabie, oa fal Daniel Harris, of Boston, Mass., assignor to John P, | ‘Devil’s Daughter,” in which Miss Hathaway, a favor- Be wker, Jr., of same place, for {mprovement in sewing | ite actress, will appear as Miranda. WaALLAck’s TukaTR®.—This well regulated theatre coa- _ Jonathan Hibbs, of Tullytows, Pa., for improvement | tinues to draw large and respectable audiences, Mr. in ploughs Wallack has appeared himself for nearly eight weeks. to Geo. Hodgkinson, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for improved | crowded houses, ‘The selections tor this evening are i nging machine. “London Assurance,” and the farce of “My Wite's Second Floor.’’ Mrrrorourran THEATRE. —Miss Julia Dean, an actress of considerable dramatic celebrity, has been playing for et week, with success. She appears this evenin: nay of \ Tortosa, ‘the Usurer,’” as Isabella Fat and Eddy sustains the part of Tortess. ane pleger mies we Wye performances to be ven here this afternoon and eveni: prise four very attractive pieces. eee oe Cincrs, Castix GaRDEN.—A very attractive entertain- Ceo T, Leach, of Boston. Mass., for improvement in Legh of engaging and disengaging self-acting car rakes. Francis Maton, of New York, N. ¥., for improvement n breach loading fire arms. \m. Morris, of Philadelphia, Pa., for improvement in coinibus registers. Jou. Miller, of Olean, N. Y., for improvement in rail- road car coupling. (Wm. Moore, ot Pelleville, 0., for improvement in grain winnowers, in cone, irAlvbeus Myers, of Logansport, Ind., for tape-worm | ment is advertised forthe bene of Mr Sweet, “Dp. evening. An af rmance Aiptcus Myers, of Logansport, Ind., for tape-worm | given. ey sissies assou operation. ‘ ye Miekendtk Ct ‘7 C. B Normand, Havre, France, for mode of control- Goes —‘‘The Mummy”’ will be given to- milla without a carriage. ve ling and guiding logs in saw Patented'in England the 270 Oct., 1862, Patented in France, November 6, 1852. C. B. Normand, of Havre, France, forimproved method of hanging sawa for mills. C. B. Normand, of Havre, France, for BUcKixy’s SeRxwaprrs.—The opera of ‘Norma’? wit! be repeated this evening. Wooo’s Vanier, 472 Bropwar.—The y ea. gaged here offer a good programme for to-night Bexesrr op W. V. WALLack.—This diatinguished com- of controlling the log for curved and bevel sa‘ » Pa- s bene! place on Monday evening tented in France, Nov. 6, 1862. English patent, Oct. 1, pets Erond vay toertel Stine Louten Pyag, Mr Hare? h others are ty on the occasion. There Julius A, Pease, of New York, N. Y., for improvement | 02 And others are to MEPS ‘Wallacg wil reooive oa in Indie rubber over shoes, that evening a substantial proof, from the musical peo- Charies A. Robbins, of Iowa city, Iowa, for improved ple of New York, that his merits as» musicai composer excavator and ditching plough. are properly appreciated. ‘Geo, D. Stillson, of tr, N. Y., for improved ex- bee ' machine. ‘Wm. Stoddard, of Lowell, Mass., for shingle Incob Swarts, of Bullalc, N. ¥., for improvement ia aera happens ‘nat: 6 AL 9 Prep. ForstA.—It often ba) that » letter intended for grain and grass harvesters. ia is mailed in the Atlantic States with a Penjamin James Tarman, of Philadelphia, Pa., forim- | {hiiformis lt eee thereupon. The Post Otlee fee provement in machinery for aging 3 ‘and drying cloth. | partment has that, inasmuch 8s this prepey- Orson Westgate, of Riceville, Pa., for saw guage. ment does not satisfy single full rate of , it cam Leon Jarosson, of Jersey City N. J., for improved me- | only be regarded as a deduction of three cents the thod of constructing printing blocks, ‘unpaid rate, leaving seven cents to be collected Gee. Bruce, of New York, N. ¥., for improvement in | at office of delivery. nen three cents have been cagting types. id on a double letter sent from one office in the Atian- George Thompson and Merrell A. Furbush, of Worces- States to another, the amount due at the ter, Mass., for improvement in rollers for pattern chaira for in ease the office of delivery is but five cents, for looms. sum id in sufficient to satisty ne of the two rates Jonathan W. Caldwell, of Rochester, N. ¥., for im- | with ch double lett prt phe ag eons vr lover and eaten "tor tow lines of Seow xs ce gegen canal 3 BE-ISSUR. Tre Isranticiwm mm Pata Pamela Samuel Canby, of Ellicott’s Mills, M4., for improve- | Myers was fully committed i Philadelphia, on the 14th ment in winnowing machines, Patented’ December 28, | inst., to answer the charge of murder, The uncle, Mr. 1852. Snyder, was ——— ot being no evidence of hin F ADDTETOMAs, EAPeeTMtmecovoenedl in the | S60 to cpreat ee e witness. Thos, Bice wae held ine . A. GI ae 0 appear as a witness. 5 ine construction of reed mfusical instruments, Patented j lke eum the same purpose, and the female witnesses June 20, 1864, were held in $200 cach es witnesses. ~