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Str, Mason Wo Secretar y Marcy. Teas adn Ur Seas akin, Oct. 30, 1854. fen—An incident of very gr sve import has transpired. Be wy No. 361 communicate 4 the intelligence that Mr. Soule, United States Minist ey to Spain, had been prohibit. alleged orders of t'se Emperor's government, from France, on picht, vitbaat Sey, seceetain the facts of this and ‘anusual pi ing, I sent Mr. Piatt Seeretary of this Lezation. to Dover’ to communicats with Mr. Soule, He left Paris in the evening of the 25th, aad on his arrival, finding that Mr. Soulé had left Dover, he proceeded to London, where le had an interview with ‘that gentleman. The order forbidding his entering France was wholly unknown to Mr. Soulé, and he assures me that neither by deed nor by words, uttered or written, had he afforded a shadow of excuse for the wanton mea” ware which, in violation of his rights ay a citizen of the North American republic, and of nis privi one of ‘ite aceredited ministers, has mterdicted to Passage sh France on his way back to Madrid. I host no time after the return of Mr. Piatt in address- ang to the Minister of Foreign Afairs, under date of the ‘26th inst., a communication, of which I send you a copy. BB was sent to the Foreign Oice on the 28th, and I have met yet received dan answer, is impossible not to regard this humiliating in- @ignity as deeply injurious, when it is remembered that Mr. Soule, acting under your orders, has recently spent maore than two-weeks in Paris; and while sojurning here meither he nor 1 received ‘any intimation that hii presetice was objected to by the French government. Seeing no adequate cause to justify an unfriendly feel- img towards the United States, 1 cannot but hope that French government, finding that it has acted on erroneous information, will at once redress this grievous If in this 1am disappointed, earnest as I have been mince I have represented our country at this court to cul- tivate the most cordial relations of amity between the twe countries, I must consider this incident of such grave tmaportance that it 18 not impossible I shall regard it to be my duty to terminate my mission by demanding my passports. I will not lose a moment in keeping you advised of the reply to my note and of the progress of events in connetcion with this most extraordinary affair, have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obe- dient servant, J. Y. MASON. Mr, Mason to Brouyn deVHuys. LecaTion pss Erats Usis, Pants, Oct. 27, 1854. } Mr. DRovye DR L’Hrvs, Minister Foreign Allairs:— Srr—I have received information that on the 24th ‘mmstant Mr. Soulé, on his arrival at Calais from the bores of England, was notified by a police olficer that erders had been given by the imperial government that Ike should not be permitted to enter France, and that b: ‘these orders he was compelled to return to England, where he now remains. Mr. Soulé is a citizen of the Grited States, accredited as an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his country to the Court of Spain, He had, in executing the orders of his ment, visited Paris and London, and was return- to his post at Madrid by the most usual and conve- mient route through the territories of France when he ‘was thus arrested in his journey. He had received no metice of the determination of the Emperor’s govern- ment to deny him a privilege awarded by all nations to Citizens or subjects of frie aly powers travelling under heir protection; and especially those who are clothed with the sacred claracter of public ministers; for he was actually arrested in his journey some hours before received the iutimations in regard to him which you id me the honor to give me in the afternoon of the ‘2Ath inst. If authortved by the Emperor’s government, it cannot bat be regarded by the government and people of the Wnited States not oy & most unusual and humiliat- ‘act towards the Minister personally, but as a national ity of very grave character, only to be extenuated by facts established by conclusive proof. Without wait- ing for special instructions to that effect, I regard it as amy imperative duty to hasten to ask for what reasons ene of my fellow-citizens, chosen by my country as a native to a foreign Power, has been go treated, ‘while relations of amity and peace exist and are cher- ished by the United. States with France. My govern- ment will be filled with painful anxiety until satisfactory imformation in reply to this inquiry can be communica- ted. I cannot but hope that your Excellency will furnish me with such explanations as may relieve the Minister from the perce in which he has thus been placed, and which will enable me to allay the unpleasant feelings ‘which the intelligence of this occurrence will occasion in ‘tthe United states. Tavail myself of this opportunity to renew to your Excellency the assurances of the high consideration with which I am your humble and obedient servant. J. ¥. MASON. M. Drouyn de UVHuys to Mr. Mason. Panis, Nov. 1, 1854. ‘Smm—I have received the letter you did me the honor te write me, unier date of the 27th of the last month, im which you ask me for some explanations as to the motives of the determination taken with regard to Mr. Soulé. I must, in the first place, state the manner in which things have occurred. The Minister of the Interior had to give directions that ‘Mr. Soulé should not be allowed to penetrate into France without the knowledge of the government of the Em- . The instructions of Mr. Billant were strictly Tellowed, and carried out with the utmost propriety by the Commissary of Police at Calais. Accordingly that functionaty did not invite Mr. Soulé to embark again for Ragland Re left him pe-fectly free to remain at Calais mntil be should receive orders from Paris, which he was about to request. It was simply a question of waiting patiently for one day at the utmost; but Mr. Soulé, after saying that he did not expect any regard on the part of ‘the French government, and that beside he did not care for it, preferred to go back to England immediately, The Mimister of the Interior did, nevertheless, forward his defisitive instructions to Calais by telegraph, and I can do nothing better than transcribe them here ‘— it Mr. Soule presents himself for the purpose of en- tering France, you will give him to understand that the Emperor’s government does not authorize him to sojourn there, but that it makes no opposition to his apassing through in order to go to Spain; and you will offer him te vise his passport iggghat destination.”” ¥ou perceive, sir, that the government of the Empe- vor has not sought, as you seem to believe, to prevent an envoy of the United States from traversing French tersitory in order to repair to his post and acquit himself ef the commission of which he was charged by his gov- ernment; but between that simple passage and the stay ofa foreigner whose antecedents, (I regret to say it, have awakened the attention of the authorities wh duty it ie to preserve public order among us, there is a @ifference which the Minister of the Interior was bound te appreciate. If Mr. Soulé had been going directly to Medria, the route by France was open to him. If it,was his intention to come to Paris, with a view of remaining here, that privilege was not accorded him. It was, therefore, necessary to consult him as to his intentions, and it was himself who would not allow time to do so. necessity for such action; and even ther, he makes use @f diseretionary power, which the government of the Emperor has never allowed to be discussed. The quality reigner on the part of Mr. Soulé placed him within the scope of the measure of which he was the object. All that remained was to reconcile this measure with the public character with which he was invested. You will acknowledge, sir, that this is what we have done, and that the government of the United States, with whieh government his Majesty the Emperor has at heart Yo cultivate the relations of friendship and-esteem, has fa no wise been assailed in the potson of one of its repre- sentatives. The Minister df the United States in Spain is free, I re- peat it, to pass througif France. Mr. Soulé, who has no mission to ful6l near the Emperor, and who, conform- ably with the doctrine sanctioned by the law of nations, would need, on account of his origin, a special agree- ment to enable him to re wach aloe oe the country of his adoption—Mr, Soulé, as a private fedividual, comes within the pale’ of the common law ‘which has been applied t him, and he cannot lay claim to any privileges. Accept, sir, the, assurance of high consideration with ‘which | fave'the honor to remain your very humble ana obedient servant, DROUYN BE L’HUYS. Mr. Mcson to Lopate Honea NITED Sta‘ trons, Nov. 1h 18U4. ‘R—In my despatch No. 37 I informed you of occur- wences at is, by which Mr. Soulé was interrupted in ‘the prosecution of his journey to Spain; and with that despatch I sent you a copy of vee to M. Drouyn de PHuys, Minister of Foreign Affairs, of 27th of October Jest. ‘the Ist of November I received from his Excel- Jeney @ note in reply to mine of that date. I send the erga, retaining a copy for the files of the legation. the receipt of this note I had understood the pro- Aiibitien of dir. Soulé’s entering France to be unquali- fied; and such, tco, was the un nding of that gen- = ie by reason of its exeeution he to retura On 6th instant I addressed to the Minister of Fo- Affairs & communication, of which I send you here- a copy. I have received no reply, and it will conclude & correspondence which I felt it to be my bg 4 to open without waiting for special instructions frem the President. The result, 1 am happy to say, is ‘that no impediment exists to the of ‘the ameri- ean Minister accredited to the Spanish government trough cial duty. This is re- iple of the law of na- ‘tions in to every oe because its denial -would seriously embarrass the maintenance of diplomatic ssissions, whose influence in promoting peace and pre- ecrvil geod a mind in the family of nations is uni- cknow! . jicated tis. Soule, at London, my corres- pondence with the Emperor's government, and on the aserning of the 9th inst. he arrived in Paris, and left on Reine for Bordeaux, where he expects to find the Maited States steam frigate San Jacinto, in which he will take passage for Spain. Ihave the honor to be, very reapecttalty, ‘our obe- Pent servant, iY. IN. Mr. Mason to MH. Drowyn de U Fuys. LeGation Uniteb STATES, Pants, November 6, 1854. ® Sir-—1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Excellency’s letter of the Ist of November, in reply mine of the 27th of October ultimo. I have carefully examined your narrative of circumstances which led to ‘the event and gave occasion for this correspondence. It ds quite manifest that order uader which the Commis. sary of Police at Calais act when he inderdicted Mr. Goulé’s entrance into France, did not present to the Ame- rican Minister any alternative but to return to England ‘or remain in Calais, virtually under duress, until the fur- ther orders of the Emperor’s government could be re eeived. I think your Excellency will concur in the opinion that he could not consistently with the dignity of his government, remain on the frontier of France—there situated, awaiting orders which he had no reason to be- Jieve would be more favorable than the one which denied him entrance upon French territory, I cannot, there- fore, but deeply regret that the precise telegraphic order which your Excellency has incorporated in your letter to me did not precede Mr. Sowlé’s arrival at Calais, That order, I am pleased to find, removes all impediment to the free passage of the American Minister accredited to the Court of Spain through the territory of France. Ibave not tailed to obaprye the doslaration that Ms, resume that | that Boule’s residence in France will not be authorised by the Emperor's, government, As Ine pablic duties require him to im Spain, he has no intention, as far as I am inl of remaining or residing in France. I therefore forbear en’ into any examination of the reasons suggested for determination to deny him o ry WN or of ee im which he has been @ purpose 0 government. Ihave observed also the distinction which your Ex- celleney makes between individualy and ministers. Without undertaking to inquire how far such distinction can be maintained—for it is not necessary to the occa- sion to guard myself against being misunderstood if I pass it in silence—I must say that, in my opinion, one who is @ public minister, passing through the territory of a friendly nation to the Court to which he is aceredit- ed, has privileges under the solemn sanction of the law of nations, about which, if it shall besome necessary to diseuss them, I feel assured that I will not have the misfortune to find conflicting views held by one 80 en- htened as your Excellency. have much satisfaction A receiving the assurance, given in the emphatic declaration of your Excellency, that the Minister of the United States to Spain 1s at liberty to traverse France towards his post, and obeying the commission with which he is charged by his govern ment. The recognition of this right is a!l that I have to ask of the Emperor's government in the premises, and on this, as on all other occasions, I receive with ploasure the assurance that the government of his lmperial Ma- jesty has at heart relations of friendship and esteem with the government of the United States; feeling which itis my constant desire and effort to cherish and strength- en them. I will hasten to communicate this correspondence to my government, and will also inform the American Min- ister to Spain, who is still in London, of the result which has been arrived at. I avail myself of the opportunity to renew to your Excellency assurance of the very high consideratis witn which I am your obedient, humble serwant, J. ¥. MASON, Our Mexican Correspondence. Brazos Sr. JaGo, Oct. 29, 1854. Santa Anna—Miltary Movements—Carvayal, §c. Mexico is again under the absolute control of Santa Anna. Gen. Wollis im command at Mata- moras, and has one thousand regular troops. Col. Cruz is in command at Camargo, with six hundred men and six pieces of artillery. Gen Ampudia is at Monterey, with four hundred men in the famous “Black fort,” and three hundred dragoons are at Mier. Governor Juan dela Garza y Fiores, who was in command of the revolutionists at Victoria, ‘waa forced to evacuate that city on account of the failure of his ammunition. He conducted a hand- some retreat to Guerrero, where he crossed the river, and ia now in Brownsville with hia staff. Col. Ca- pistran is also in Brownaville. Gen. Carvajal is on his plantation, about 150 miles above Brownsville, on the Rio Grande. He hesnot been connected with this late movement, bat will oon moke his name a terror to the foes of li- berty in this hed sd country. The soldiers of Garza and Capistran are of the best families in Mexico. They have fought handsomely and with some success: but having no gunpowder, and no artillery, they have been forced wo fly to this country from their mercileas country- men, the bloodhounds of the tyrant Santa Anna. General Woll bas confiscated all their property, and divided the flocks and herds of Colonel Capisteran among the soldiers, Several hundred of bis horses and mules have been seized for the government ase. His houses have been turned into quarters, and his sick family turned cut of doors. eral Woll bas executed sixteen soldiers, by shooting, within three weeks, As we passed down the river day before yesterday, I saw the whole garrison turned out upon the bank of the river at suorise. A poor sol- dier, hota by peu his coffin, was being confessed by the priest; head leaned neavily against a ho; wooden cross. Six soldiers, evicently exalting io deed, presented their guns to within taree feet of his heac, and shot him dead. A lively air was then struck up, and the gallant (God save the mark) soldiers were marched back to their breakfast. The day is not far distant when such scenes shall no longer disgrace this land which God bas beauti- fled. Alvarez once triumphant, and Mexico under the ben}; influence of s Comonfort, a Cevailas, and a Carvajal, shall take her proper place among the na- tions of the earth—no longer the suppliant slave of Santa Anna; no longer withering beneath his loathsome touch, she will rise, purified, redeemed, and disenthralled. Should saying “turn up” soon, you shall be duly advised of it by the next steamer. ‘TRiricum. sion of the and Sacketts Har- one Rallroadalistrese of Laborers. [From the Albany Atlas, Dec. 7.] We learn that this foolish euterprise has been stopped by the inability of the company and con- * tractors to pay the men. This is not unexpected, nor a matter of regret, except that it has prodaced great temporary suffering. The contractors adver- tised, two months ago, for five thousand men ; and an immense number of laborers who had been dis. missed from other works, gathered to the line. An extraordinary number of women and children ac- companied them. We hear that these laborers have not been paid—that late in September they received some $10,000 in Lewis County Bank money; and that since then, they have bern put off, from week to week, with promises and with false as- surances of help. On Tuesday the work was abandoved by con- tractors and hands. The stores of the contractors were even before that extausted. There are, we learn, a thousand women and caildren scattered through the.northern wilderness, wao are utterly Cog They have nothing to eat—literalty Rol a In the almost unpeopled region through which this read passes, there are no farm houses, no vil- lages, no c! that can relieve the extremity of dis- tress. The scanty population import their food. The snow storm has n upon these poor laborers— ® new misfortune. The men are wading through the drifts, bartering their clothes for food on their way, for the Lewis county money is as bad 4; there, as 20 much waste paper. All day, and vight, hundyeda are Sampling. on towards the villages. But the women and children stay behind, and if our infermant is correct in tis apprehensions, they have not a day’s supply of food. We know how us the people of the villages aud the tarmers are there, and every where through- out the country. They are ready to share their food and clothing, and tc extend the shelter of their homes and the hospitality of their firesides to every distressed fellow citizen; but we learn these poor women and children are far from any neighborhood, and are not able to reach the poorhouses, to which the masses of them will have to be consigned Sie het haa They may die of starvation—some w: £0 The company which undertook to build this road, sided by immense nts cf land from the State, have spent about $150,000, and owe about $250,000. To complete the work would cost about $5,000,000, It is well that the foolish experriment has been ar- rested, but the reckless and deluded who have been engaged in it sre bound to see that humanity is not outraged by their folly, and human life is not sacrificed by their cupicity. ‘The Late Indian Murders on the Plains. In connection with the recent news of the attack on the United States mail train, near Vort Laramie, by the Indians, the Hartford Times of the 7th inst., has the foilowing:— We are informed by Mr. Heary P. Allen, of this city—a gentleman who has twice travelied the overland route to California, and is ‘well acquainted with the Indians ali the line— that be was in the vicinity of Fort Liramie less than five weeks ago, and that it was then under- stood that the Indians would rot allow the United States mails to there this winter. The foysof Galt Lake Oxy grosly imposed upon’ two a iy groeely upon two intoxicated Indians. Shortly after these boys were found murdered, and the act was traced to the two Indians. They were tried ard sentenced to be bung. The chiefs of their tribe came in and begged the authorities would shoot or burn then— hanging with the utmost horror, believing that the spirit of a person who is thus strangled to death goes into the next world ina foul — and that it pavers ode a form. Tne chiefs were willing taat i diane should be punished by the penalty ‘of leath, bat de- manded that their souls shauld be sent into eternity by some other means than strangulation by a rope. laws, however, were imperative; they must be bung, and were hung, though the ro; broke twice before life became extinct. Toe fe then said that if their Great Father treated them in that way, his mails should not so, their cona- try, and his braves should fall under tomahawk and arrows of the Indian warriors. Mr. Allen says Mr. Kincaid was o1¢ of the princi- pal merchants of Salt Lake City. He also gives a ain account of Jamison. Mr. J. once had difficulty with his father-in-lsw, in which Jamiaon's left arm was shot and shattered so that he lost it entirely. Jamison subsequently practiced with a ight carbine, and im ancther encounter shot and shattered the left arm of his father-in-law, 90 a8 also to ruin it ent Jamison has now fallen by the hands of the Ind Mr. Allen, who is a very intelligent gentleman and close observer, thinks, from what be hes recently seen of these Indians, that our 6 gem will have mach trouble with them, and that it is not safe for an ordinary party of whites to pass through their country. Tue Bank or Coivmnus, Onto, axp tHe Govern- went Duposrrs.—We hear that information has been re- ceived at the Treasury Department that the Bank of Co- Iumbus, Obio, against which there is a government suit pending for the recovery of the $100,000 deposited with it by order of Secretary Corwin, has made an assigament for the benefit of its creditors: or, imother words, has taken that means of preventing the United States from reco- vering by due process of law, We learn, further, that it is the opinion of the law officer of the government, in whose charge the business i will hold good to the prevention of the United States from realizing first, in case they obtain the expected judgment. Weshington Sensines Deg, 6, MUNICIPAL APPAIRS. Important Report from the Comptroller. MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COUNCILMEN. The Board met, pursuant to adjournment—Edqwiu J. Brows, President, in the chair. The minutes ef the last meeting were read and approved. THIRD READING OF BILLS, The Board tcok up, as the first order of the even- ing, the third readiog of bills. The following were adopted:— Report of Committee on Wharves, Piers and Slips —In favor of paying George Briggs $114. Repoft of the same—In favor of dredging out slip between piers Nos. 2 and 4 East river. Report of the same—In favor of dredging out slip at foot of Watts street. Report of same—In favor ef repairing pier No. 43 North river. Report of Committee on Rosds—In favor of grad- ing Third avenue, between Eighty sixth and 110th street. : Report of Committee on Finance—In favor of do- mating one thousand dollars to the women's acsoct- | ation fund, “ Home for Discharged Female Prison- ere.’ Re} of Committee on Streets—In favor of flagging Twenty ninth street, from Ninth to Tenth avenues. Report of Committee on Fire Department—On pe- titions of Elihu R Campbell aod Caaries B. Etiiott, prringi of Engine Company No. 6, allowing each 100. Report of Committee on Wharves, Piers and Slips, &c.—In favor of dredging and repianking piers Nos. 5 aud 7 East river. Report of Committee on Fire Department—In fa- vor of presenting a testimonial to J. W. Garside, for rescuing the lives of three persons at the fire No. 371 Grand stieet on July lat; amended by strikiag from the resolution the words, ‘and also his war- rant in favorof the said John W. Garside, for the sum of $500.” Report of Committee on Finance—In favor of remaut erating the cfficial reporter to the Bosrd of Councilmen, referred Dec. 4, p. 658; amended by in- serting $300 in lieu of $250. ‘The uswal number ot petitions were referred to appropriate committees. RESOLUTIONS REFERRED. To increase the salary of the Commissioner of Streets and Lamps to $2,500. ‘That the ComptroHer be directed to purchase the clock now in use in the Council Chamber tor $200. TAX LEVY FOR 1855. The following is a synopsis of the communication received from the Comptroller containing the tax levy for 185: The following amounts are hereby appropriated for the payment of claims on trust and special accounts for the year from and including January 1, 1855, to and in- cluding December #1, 185 Building loan stock, No. 2 $50,000 Charges on arrears of taxes + _ 2,000 Closing assessment contract: 100,000 Common schools for the city. 958,000 Do. do, of theState..... 75,000 Groton water works extension, Ke. 215,000 County Clerk’s office. ., 20,000 Do. do. Common Pleas... 7,000 Fencing vacant lots. 2000 Interest on assessme 20,000 Revenue bonds of 1854 ( 8,692,009 Revenue bonds of 1855 650,000 ‘Assessment bonds of 1 100,000 City Inspector’s liens and lots * 6,000 Street opening......... 1,251,000 Street paving. . 1,498,300 State mill tax 346,678 Surrogate’s office. 12,000 Wells and pumps. 1,000 Refunded on assentment sule: 5,000 “ ax 3,000 Arrearages for Surrogate’s offce,.. 5. , ea Arrearages for City Inspector's rtmen Tor Hep UGl'd oostagte esos cies tness 0,000 fect. 3. The following amounts aro hereby appro- priated for the support of the city government for the year from and inc. uding January 1 to and including De- cember 31, 1855 -— Alns House. + -$613,450 Aqueduct repairs, &e. 20,000 Battery enlargement. 25,000 Board of Health... 10,000 ity Inspector’s Departmen’ R Cavenes'a, fees... 18,000 Cleaning Corpo: 6,000 County contingencies 120,000 Cleaning streets 170,494 Common Council, pay 36,100 Docks and slips, (New York). 100,000 “ (repairs) . 20,000 Election exp 18,000 Errors and delinquencie 5,000 Fire Department, (for Chie! 75,000 Interest on revenue bonds 194,000 Assessment .. 30,000 Intestate estate i. 8,000 Lamps and ga 330,380 Lands and place 15,000 7,000 160 35,000 Folice...... 819,600 Police and fire telegraph 9,000 Printing .......-.++++ 85,000 Public buildings (contracted for). 40,101 Repairs to public buildings 50,000 Repairing streets by contract 50,000 Rents... a 20,000 Real estate, 4 Real estate expens: Roads and avenue: Stationery ... Street expenses Sunken vessels, removing pg and cleaning, Laying water pipes. New York Juvenile ith avenue (re-appropr Sec. 8. It shall not be lawful for the se pa ments of the city government, and those having charge of expenditures, to make contracts or incur expenditures authorized by the Common Council to an amount ex- ceeding the several appropriations made, unless an propriation sufficient to cover such excess shall have been made by the Common Council. Sec. 4. All resolutions authorizing expenditure to be made hereafter, shall provide for the defraying of the same from the general appropriations for the year; but in case any special appropriation shall be made tor any object of expenditure under any of the several heads of account, the same shall be considered as forming a part of the several heads of account of the general appropri- ation. Sec. 5, The Comptroller is hereby authorized to bor- row from time to time on the credit of the Corporation in anticipation of its. revenues, and not to exceed in amount such revenues, such sums as may be necessary to meet expenditures under the appropriations for the current year. Resolved, That the Comptroller cause application to be made to the Legislature of the State of New York for the passage of the accompanying Act to enable the Su- pervisors of the City and County of New York to raise money by tax. The communication was referred to Finance Committee and ordered to be printed. DEFICIENCY IN FUNDS OF BOARD OF EDUCATION AND GOVERNORS OF ALMS HOUSE. ‘The Comptroiler in bis communicetion concludes thus in relation to the deficiency in the Schoo! mo- old and in the funds of the Governors of the Alms louee. In the present condition of the estimates for ap- |B ecane for the Board of Education ani tne jovernors of the Alms House, it may be desirable to authorize the finance department to make an advance to each of these departments to mest pressing demands for the psyment of tes:hers in the Ward Schools, and for the maiatenance of the Lumerous 8 dependent on the Governors of the Alms Houee for daily sustenance. , It is therefore respectiully recommended that an ropristion be made of $125,000 for each depart. ment, in anticipation of the regu!ar appropriations for the current expenses of . This wilt not in- terfere with the questions before the Board of Councilmen in regard to the regularity of the esti- mates for meeting the deficiencies of 1854. Councilman Clancey moved »n connection with this patton of the Comptrolier’s communication, the tollowing resolution :— That the Comptroller be authorized to advance to the Board of Education, in anticipation of the appropriation for 1855, the sum of $125,000, to be applied to the pay- ment of teachers’ salaries and such other pressing claims ‘as are due and were embraced in the original appropria- tion of 1854; and the said sum of $124,000 is hereby ap- propriated for the objects before specified. resolution was referred to the Committed of Ocalero reports then upon and re jumercus were - ferred to the Committee of the Whole. The Board then went into Committee of the Whole, end recommended the adoption of Council man Clancey’s resolution on the deficiency in the school moneys. Numerous other bills were ordered to a third reading. On the rising of tne committee the resolution of Uouncilman Clancey was adopted by the Board. ‘The Board then adjourned. Tne Mortaxity or Bostor.—During the month of November last 266 deaths occurred in this city, @ decrease of sixty-nine from the corresponding month Jaet year. The chief diseases were:—QOon- sumption, 69; small pox, 14; accidental, 5 (all males); drowned, 4 (2 males and 2 females); hoop- ing cough, 8; typhus fever, 4; scarlet fever, 6; ty- phcid fever, 10; measles, 2; affocation, 2. OF the whole number of deaths, 150 were males aud 114 females. Nine (5 males and fonr females) were seventy years and upwards, ope of the femsles being 90 and one 80.” It will he seen from the above that, if we except small pox, (from whivh ali, if they desire, can effectually pro’ect themseives,) no epi- that ne soch assignment | demic is at present prevailing here. Svaret fever, | next to cousumption, is usually the prominent die Dee im the winter months—fuston Traveler, “fy ‘him in the street, and meeting ‘Trial of John N.'T. Tucker for the Murder of his Child, KINGS COUNTY COURT OF OYMR AND TERMINER. Before Hon. 8. B, Strong; H. A. Moore, County Judge, and Justices Stillwell and Stryker. THIRD DAY. Dre. 8.—The Court assembled shortly after 10 0’clock, and the testimony fer defence was continued. Herman J. Eddy recalled for defence—I examined Mrs. Tucker’s face the morning after the occurrence; found no wound on her temples; found wounds on her cheek, chin and neck. To the District Attorney—Made this examination whi she wan lying on her bed; ber face was not covered; wes acquainted with Tucker’s parents; his mother is | still living; has a brother living in Sodus, Wayne county; | he bas four or five sisters and ene brother living in 7 he has another brother; don’t know where he ives. To Mr. Hadley—His brother in Sodus is a physician; he attended a course of lectures last winter, and | know he borrowed a coat to pay his board bi David Ewen—Resides in Phenixville, Chester courity, Pa.; keep a drug store; know ‘Tucker; Tucker came to our neighborhood in 1851, where he settled as a preacher of the Baptist church, about seven miles from the place; he remained there about a year and a half or two years: he purchased an article from me called foagate cordial; Tdid not have it, and sent for it to this city, at his re- quest; never analyzed it; sold it to him from six to twelve ae ata time; | think he got about nine or ten dozen in al Q. For what purpose did he state he took it? Ob- jected to. He complained of chronic diarrhea; he delivered a public lecture there on the 4th of July, 1853; he had a written copy of the address before him; the one he de- livered was different from* the one published; he said that Odd Fellowship was « powerful adjunct to Chris- tianity, and afterwards that Christianity did not equal | it; Tucker’s general character and reputation were good; | he was peaccabie and quiet so faras heard or seen; never knew him to be intoxicated, but knew him to aét strangely. Cross-examination—Never attended his church; pre- sumed the congregation was pretty well off; the address wasdehyered in the afternoon; don’t know of my own knowledge that Tucker used the cordial he got of me. Nathan T. McVeagh rvsides in Phenixville, Pa.; knows Tucker, the defendant; knew him during the time he re- sided in our neighborhood; he proposed to deliver a lec- ture; came to my house’ and called me in a side room, and proposed to poet some bills (written) stating to the | villagers that a lecture would be debivered by the Rev. | J.N.'t. Tucker, at the Temperance Hall, on the next | Saturday evening; the subject should be any one that ehould med by any lady in the audience; I told him I feared they might name some subject he wax not acquainted with; he requested me to name a subject, which J did at his urgent solicitation; I mentioned the settee, which was in the room, upon which he delivered a lecture; this was in 1863, shortly before he left; I did | not consi‘ler it a very sensible lecture. Cross-examination—Don’t recollect any paiticular re- | mark he made; I considered all rather out of place in | one of his profession; he had then given up the charge of his church; he desired that I would assist him to | bring this matter about, but I discouraged him, and the | propored lecture was not delivered; this was in the | aiternoon, on a Sunday. | James Boyle sworn—Reside in New York city; am a | practising physician; have been for nearly ten years in the city—for nearly twenty years altogether; know the prisoner; have known him twenty years; { formerly re- | sided in the town of Meriden, Wayne county, but don’t | know that Tucker lived there when I did; 1 Lard of his conversion and connection with the church, but don’t know that he preached there before I left; saw him ef- gaged in religious exercises a number of times; there was formerly a great revival of religion in this State, | under the influence of Charles G. Pinney; it embrac all that region of country; I was myself at that time en- gaged in them, being an orthodox Presbyterian clergy- man; my own parish was Meriden, but { was preaching in Lyons, Palmyra and various other places; first became | acquainted with Tucker in Lyons, by means of Judge Bar- Dour, the county clerk, now of Michigan; there was a revival in Lyons, under my ministration; the clergyman there was very anxious that Mr. Tucker should become a member, as he was a talent, but was rather skeptical at the tim ter was very anx- ious that I should converse with him; after that he became connected under the ministratiou of Mr, Littlejohn, when he participated in religious meetings by prayer ‘and ex- hortation; I had seen very excitable people in Methodist revivals, but I never saw in a Presbyterian meeting so much excitement as evinced by Tucker; the Presbyte- rians are generally quiet, and his action was repulsive to many of the congregation; when he was occupied in prayer he would throw his bead back, his face up, and work himself up to such a state of excitement that his face became more than ordinarily red; the manner of vio- lence corresponded; he was all excitement; after meet- ings be was in th ate of mind, so much so that it was impossibl ; recollect hearing him make expressions which cast a doubt on my miad that he hed mistaken the true character of religion; that he mistook excitement for religion; the mcre excitement the more religion; there was a wildness of expression in his whole manner; it was difficult to cateh the ideas he expressed while praying. Cross-examination—| now feel myself connected with all the Christian churches, and p ‘ach for all; am not now connected with any particular church; have very little faith in preaching; 1 practise the eclectic system of medicine, this treatise is set forth in various treaties-—- that of Drs. Wooster, Beech, and others; I combine all systems; take what is good’ from all, and reject all that Teonsider bad; we take no man as @ leader; I studied in the old sehool, in the New Haven Medical College; m office ix 21 College place; am not an cut-door physician; my practice ia contined to all chronic diseases, Tao not treat patients by specifies; always ascertain what the case is, and administer accordingly: have no great spe- cific tor all diseases; I commenced practice in Whites- boro’, in tl State, in 1827 or 1828; commence: practice at the age of 25; never lad charge of an insane asylum, but have had charge of insane patients. Direct resumed—When I first became acquainted with the prisener I deemed him a mopomaniac; was satistied | that there was a constitutional disposition in him to- | wards monomania; he was obliging and humane; nothing objectiovable as to his private character; saw him ence | in jail since the occurrence. | To the District Attorney—This religious excitement | was about the year 1831 or 1832; would not havo | thought so stratige of his conduct in’ a Methodist meet- ing; I call him a religious monomaniac; all his ideas of religion seemed to be excitement. dames C, Stewart sworn.—Reside in Syracuse; am a | practising physician; know defendant; he called upon me to visit his wife during her last illness, between 3444 and 1848; don’t know whether it was his second wife or not. i Q. State what Tucker related to you at that time. A. I was struck with his manner when he entered my of his countenance presented a wildness of expression; his language—if I am correct—was, that some one intended to marder his wife; did not ray who were trying to mur- der her; my impression is that he disapproved of what had been done by the other physician. Croxs-examination—I knew Tucker first in the spring of 1844; saw nothing of him after that until I saw him in Albany. Direct reaumed—Did not state who the other physician was, To the District Attorney—His wife died of the disease she then Iabored under. Reamond Eddy sworn—I reside in Michigan; am engag- ed in the 1umber business; am brother-in Jaw to prisoner; I was in Wayne county at the time spoken of by other witnesses; Tucker’s conduct was strange and exciting on these occasions; throughout the whole of these pro- tracted meetings, there was a wildness in the expression of his countenance, extravagance in his manner, and in- coherence in his speech; his ideas were not well connect- ed; bis general character for integrity was good; waa considered kind and humane; I have been absent from the State for ten years; saw Tucker in Syracuse in Octo- ber, 1853; he waa waiting for, or soliciting a place in the office of the Republican; he stated that Gavazzi lecturing there, and that he (prisoner) had writ something on the Catholic question; while walking with tranger, prisoner would at once cease talking, or talk ina very suppressed tone, expressirig fear that it was an Irishman whg was follow- ing him, and had a design upon his life; he attempted to dirguise himself by pulling up his coat collar, and drawing down bis cap; ld me that he did not appear any two days in the same dress; I attempted to quiet his tears by stating that I doubted very much that it was an Irishman he saw, but he would not be quicted; he stated that his connection with the Republican, and the manner of his writing, was the cause of his fears; he said that the principle of ‘anti-Catholicity wouli sweep the State; this was in a public street, in the fore- noon, there was no reason or cause of apprehension or fear; am acquainted with his brothers and sisters in MicHigan; they are poor, and unable to come on here, Cross examined.—My own pecuniary condition ix poer; the prisoner bas a daughter named Mary E.; she lives in Syracuse; she isa young weman; the’ prisoner ani hiy last wife visited Michigan before he had children. Direet resumed.—Have heard that his daughter Mary lind been sick recently. Naney D. Coldin, sworn.—I reside in Adrian, Michigan am sister of defendant, was at his house in Cazenovia } | drink; I think he had been drinking previous to some of in this State, in 1848; I believe he prea recollect that he delivered a temperance lect church in the village; I wept with him and heard the | lecture; on the way back he would start, thinking there me one afier him; thought the distillers were im; eaw no one following him; after he got home down he thought he heard some one; I neard my opportunities for hearing were the same a hin; he went out into the wood shed and got an axe; he went up stairs; thought he heard them jumping on the wood shied; he fastened the window: he then camo down and thought some one was at the cellar stairs; he took his knife and stuck it over the latch of the cellar door; | no other person but his wife and myself was presen‘ in | the room; Lheard-no noise up stairs or on the celiar steps; be looked wild at the time; I remained in the rooi with him till about eleven o’clock; our usual time | of retiring was about eleven o'clock; leit his wife with | him; he retained the axe till morning: did not notice | anything in bis appearance next morning; I @id not stay | there long after that; the reason I left was because his | actions and conduct alarmed me; did not see him intoxi cated about that time. Cross-examination—Observed nothing unusual in his deportment acter that night; it was in July; had no conversation with him about his actions; did not ree axe next merning; the lecture was about an hour long the hoy 1 filled; he said nothing about i night, can’t tell where he went | to frem Cazenovia; hin strangeness of conduct occurred | on Funday, and I went away on Tuesday: IT went to his | house to take eare of bis wife, who was ill; le made no | dc monetration of violence towarils me Cs am | ! Jovathen H. sworn—Reside v5 a practising physician; know the defendant; have krown him some three or four years; when I was called to attend him professionally, he was laboring ander ebronie diarrhea at the time; 1 attended at three different times during the four years ; the attack upon him varied a little, but might | have proceeded from the same cause; his ays. | tom was of a peculiarly nervous temperament at bret lconridered bim a bypocbendriac, the effect o! there him | 7 attacks was to render him melancholy , there wan a pecu- liar expression of the eye and countenance that indi- cated a melancholy temperament; the lagt time I at tended bim was on his way down to Brooklyn; then I considered him laboring, under mental alienation; he made use of remarks which | thought a sane man would not make; chronic diarrhas debilitates the nervoug ays tem, and given rise toa diseased mind; | should call the state he was in monomaniae; he seemed to carry things farther thon a man in a sane mind would do; he use of « number of expressions, such as being able to de- liver # better sermon, or temperance lecture, than any otber man in the State. hie —Made no remarks to him as clerk of the Senate at the time; have not seen him since I saw him at the railroad hor on his way to Brooklyn; hypochondria results from a disorderéd state of the stomach, Direct—Such a train of diseased action produces in- senity; noticed theeffect of the disease the last time I saw him, To the District Attorney—In the course of conversation on religious topics, I thought he understood the prinei- ples of morality; never heard him express anything mo- rally wrong: think it would be very hard for bim to practice morality, in consequence of his tendency to my visits; he was in the habit of taking brandy and laudanum cceasionally fot his diarrhea; | told him his nervous system was so constituted that he could not bear it; Padvised him not to use it at all: at times I re yarded there nervous excitements owing to an indul- | gence in drink; am not a conservat not a Maine law man, not an @dd Fellow, or a member of a church. Direct resumed—A tendency to drink gnight be the re. sult of a disordered mind; i never saw prisoner drink liquer; know nothing of it but what he told me: he said he bad taken considerable. Jobn H. Driscoll sworn—Re: ruetising physician; my exper is little short of twenty-five years; ly with the New York Hospital for eleven years as an at- tending physician; never had the supervision of a lu- | natic asylum, but frequently visited them; have been | acquainted with defendant since May last; first beeame acquainted with him as a member of a prisen association; Mr, Beale brought him to my attention; I heard of his case vefore I saw him; he had been in prison buta few days, on a charge of taking clothes from a hotel; he was out then; irst saw himin the Prison Association ofice; he then presented to me a very remarkable appearance, and in New York; Tbecaine fi terested in his condition: {conversed with him several times on his history and present circum stances, “i saw that he was notin a sound condition of mind; he had a very peculiar expression of the eye; he was very restless and irritable; he seemed very much depressed on account of his pecuniary circumsiances, and was very anxious for employment, and J felt equally anxious thai he should get it; he was offered a situation at $100 asitwas found he could write well; he lad a literary education; was a realy writer; 1 en deavored to get him employed for the association itvelf; wanted to bring the association mere prominently before the public, man jor us; I asked d 1 thought he im to do some ht be the very he said he would try, and he ‘was some time before I conld get him to writ al days aft commenced writing # story, in which he develo great readiness of diction’ but no depth of judg- ment; he wrote a second with wonderful rapidity; neither of the pieces were accepted, as they were not of a character we desired; I saw he was not competent to | take care of himself; le had refused the offer of $10 a | week offered to him previously, as he said it was not | enough to support him; his ambition then was to be | edMor of a newspaper, an occupat which he had | a beer before, and in which he considered himself compe- tent; these interviews with him lasted three or four weeks, and I was-fearful of his state of mind anti I | heard he had been engaged on a newspaper in Brooklyn; I did not prescribe for him; I think he was an insane man—not competent to take care of himself—not ft to be about; I have seen no reason to change my opinion (bottle of foxgate shown him); I think the ‘prmeipal ingredient is opium, with almatics, as almost all quack medicines are—opium and brandy; the effect of using it would be like that of opium—first effect stimu- lating, the second sedative; opium, on those habit- ually using it, produces an exhaustive effect upon the mind; it tends to impair the reasoning facul- ties, it prostrates the mind; the stimulant effects | of opium are limited in time, producing temporary ex- citement; Iwas fearful of some fatal issue with the | prisoner, in consequence of his state of mind; | think I ex) ressed the opinion frequently that he should not be at lerge; there is considerable difference in the effect of | alcohol a condition in which I saw Tucker: he could sit cown and give we a minute history of his life; | could converse without wavering; he could reflect and | call upon his mewory for facts—with difficulty occa. sionally; there is nothing more frequent than to mis- take am insane person for a sane one by his conversa. tion; there is comparatively little difficulty now in as- certaining whether a man is sane or insane: a delusion on any subject is insanity itself; there are different forms of insanity; unfounded fear may be an indication of insanity. Cross-examination—The science of insanity has re- | ceived a great deal more light of late; in the course of my interviews with Tucker in May last, can’t say that I | discovered obliquity of moral perception; on the con- trary, he seemed to understand the relations between right and wrong, in the genera) sense; he was restless, uneasy, could not sit long, would walk about the room, come in the room with bis hat on, and walk about whistling, forgetful of the proprieties of life; he had a peculiarly penetrating eye; 1 asked him about his physical condition, and he said he occasionally took | brandy and laudanum for chronic diarrhoa with which he was afflicted. These stories I spoke of were cohe- rent in the narrative ‘To Mr. Hadley, for defence—A delusion is evan it comes up and disappears again; paroxysm is excited from different cause—tright is one of the most potent. Charles Rowland sworn—Reside in Brooklyn: ama prectising physician; am acquainted with defendant ; have known him since the 20th of June; never prescribed for Lim professionally; first saw him ‘at the Advertiser cflice; during the interview with him, T observed a pecu- liar manner in his general appearance and character, and [left with the impression that he was mentally d feetive; what attracted my attention was a wild Pression of his eyes, a nervous twitching of the body; had abouta dozen ipterviews with him altogether; I wus left with the impression that the man’s mind ap- peared to be defective; should think he was rot a sound man in bis intellect; the last interview was about two weeks before the occurrence in Fulton street, on the corner of Nassau; the first interview was in relation to an avhiversary on Staten Island; the second time I called at the office was in relation to the publication of an arti- cle on the causes of cholera, which I had w published in three different papers successi Cross-examination—He appeared to be something foreign to the subject we were talking o some instances he talked coherently, and tn some in stances he did not; one subject we conversed about was temperance. Van Buren Lockrow sworn—Reside in Albany; ama practising physician; nave known Tucker for about twelve years; I prescribed for him occasionally; saw him | in Albany last July—I think it was on the éth—when he | told me he was connected with the Brooklyn Daily Ad- vertiser, and solicited advertisements for the paper; think he went back to Brooklyn and come to Albany on the oth, when I again saw him; he was then in a state of great excitement; he said some Irishmen had pursued him ‘on board of the boat on account of his Know Nothing — sentiments; he said be was satisfied they had s design on his perron todo him violence; they wished to embrotl hu in some difficulty and get him into a fight, aud by thal means to kill him and get him out of the way; he did a fight on the boat, he said, but his friends interg fered ind saved him; he mentioned the names of sever: of his friends on the boat whom I knew; I thought thet it was a mere delusion; he left my office then, and in a couple of hours he returned and said he was correct; that | Semeenbay shat this if they did not wish to commit violence upon him, they wished to fasten upox him ,the crime of theft, so as to ruin him; he told me of his’ arrest for taking baggage and lodged in the Tombs, but after Soing through some necessary legal exumination be wat honorably dis- charged; be tlen said that he bad been at the Franklin House and left his valise there, leaving his wife in pos- segsion; he asked me to go with him, and I went; he pointed ton boy, telling me to watch his movements; he did not wish to be leit alone, as he thought every one he saw wat an Irishman in pursuit; he wanted to go to the Eagle Hotel, and I accompanied him a short dis- tance, when I left him; he shortly after called at my office and wanted to know if I had a pistol or revolver; Itold him no, that he was not a fit man to carry a peta on, kind; I believe that was the last time saw him, Cross-examination.—Am acquainted with prisoner's wife; she is an American woman, Recatled by counsel for defence.—The excitement al- uded to was caused by mental exertion, as I thought, nd not by liquor. Thebe McKinley sworn<-Reside in Brooklyn: lived at he hovee of Mr. John @ross last summer; saw defendant; he called at the door in July last, and asked for Mr. Cross; he was laboring under a great state of excite- ment: he came in, and said 1 was one of the right kind of folks, and took me by the hand: be wanted the young misses to leave: he wistied to see John about a meeting, which he said was of great importance: thi was on the 21th of July, he handed me a card, and said he was con- nected with the Advertizer. To the District Attorney.—I asked him whether the meeting was about street preaching. John A, Crogs—Rexide In Brooklyn ; recollect the | cireumstances referred to by the last witness; within a day or two of my return from Michigan she handed me a card; I was @ member of the State Senate in 1850 and 1851; Tucker was clerk of the Sen- ate; raw him frequently; from what I saw and heatd of him, he was a very correct. man: w introduced to aman named Chaplin, at the Dele- an House, in Albany, by Tucker; Chaplin had been rrested in Maryland on the charge of abducting slaves, nd was then at large on $20,000 bail; I asked him re- Jing his arrest, when Tucker launched out against slavery in the South in general, and in Maryland in par- ticular: he mado quite an address, and said “every man in the North should arm himself and go South and Kill all the «lavebolders;”? his conduct was so ¢Xtraordinary that I discontinued the conversation, and leit soon after; he was engrossing clerk in the Senate, and was fre: quently kept bu the night: in April last I met him in the City Hall in this city: he told me he had had bad Iuck singe be came te New York; that he liad been knocked down and robbed; he was out of money, he raid, and wanted to go to Kingston to his family; 1 gave him some; was eatinfied he was not in liquor; hada peculiarly’ wild look about his eyes. John A. Hull sworn—Reside in New York, previonsly lived in Albany; am a druggist; sold Tucker a number of bottles of forgate: he came to the store very frequently; he told me he used it for chronic diarrhea. Richard B. Briggs sworn—Reside in Albany: am a gist; have known defendant for eight or nine years; ve sold bim fosgate cordial; he came for it fre: nily; he used it for chronic ‘diarrhea, and said he 1d net do without it; observed a strangeness in kis language and actions on freqnent occasions. Herman Camp sworn—Reride in Brooklyn, and am a physician; I kept a drug store in Augnst last: I saw Tueker there twice; he was at my siore on Wednesday evening, August 2, ahout 9 o'clock: his manner of en- trance wos very abrupt; be had stumbled over his cant he picked up his eane, and coming to the counter in a hurr'ed manner preeented a revolver, with the muzile towards me, cocked, he said, “Give mea drop of that;’ Teaid, “What do you mean, sir’ he saye, ORxcuse me wir, I thought it wae o bottle,” be raid, Give me rome of your best brandy, I have an awful case of cholera my family—burry your stuinps and be d—d quick name is Dr, Tucker’ he made some other remarks, I disremember what they were now; I poured out so brandy a6 quick as possible, from four to six ounces; seized the bottle, threw down fifteen pence and left on run, saying, ‘If that is not evough, I will call for som! more;’” he did not drink any of the brandy there; the: ~s wildness in his looks and an un in bi and. ‘ Q. What are your opinions as to his condition atthat time? A. My first opinion was that he was drank; an then, thinking he was br. Tucker, thought his then condition was prod. excitement caused by cholera in his fi earning that there had 1 attribyted it to an un- Sound state of mind, laboring under mental ab To the Distriet Attoruey—His thumb was the hammer of the pistol, it was cocked; it was pre sented towards mein about fifteen seconds; I got out of its and he put it in his pocket; he had been in my place once before that: my store was at 470 At- lantis street; he went towards his home after he went Court here adjourned till this (Saturday) morn- t 10.A. Me Cotrian ae Safety of Life Upon the Jersey Coast, [From the Trenton Gazette, Dec. 8.] The life saving apparatus on the Jersey ore consists of a life boat and tite car, (Francis’ patent,) &@ carronade, and 4 supply of balls, to each of which a line is attacked. The hae is wound upon pegs, inserted in a frame in such 4 maoner that when tne ball is fired from tbe cerronade, the line readily runs off. The life car is built of galvanized iron, and resembles, in appearence, @ emall boat decked over; there is a tray dvor in this deck, which, after the passengers are placec io the car, is abut down and secured. A line being thrown over the wreck by the earronade, a hanser is bent on to the end of the line, hauled on shore, and made fast. On this the life car is siupg and | suied to the it receives its living freight, aud is dragged through the surf to the shore,end im tois manner the whole of the crew and passengers bave been rescued from shipwrecked vessels more than once. When the state of the sea will adwat of it, the life boat is used instead, as the passengers can, by it, be landed much more expeditiously. Houses, or rather nots are aleo provided, in which to keep the apparaus and also to shelter those raved. This apparatus, or at lrast the carronade and line position, was first tested 12 Holand; the iron tife- car and lifeboat being sn Amestcan invention. It was first brough: prominently before the publi; at- tention of the people cf this csuntry by Hon, Wm. A. Newell, who, 12 1548, offered @ resolu‘don in the United States House o! Representatives for an ap- propriation cf $10,000, for the establishment of sta- tions provided with this apparatas between Sandy Hook and Egg Harbor,on te New Je: coast. By his exertions be succeeced in getring this throngh, (withont any sssistance from the New York underwriters or the New York press,) and the stations were fitted up in the latter part of 1849. The apparatus had been placed upon the coast but a short time before its efficiency was ly tested. On the 10th of November, 1849, the steam- ship Eudora, from New York, svd bound for San Francitco, was ‘hed upon Ludlam’s beach, and every one of her crew and passengers gaved by the lifecar and lifeboat. Tbe ocly account of this dis- aster we bave at band does not give the num- ber of recns on beard, but when we week occurred at the very flood tide of the California emigra- tion, it is nfatter of certainty that the steamer car- ried ber full complement both of pi and crew. Two montos after this,onthe 13:h of Jan- uary, 1850, the emigrant ship Ayrshire, with two hundred ard one passengers and a fall crew, strand- ed in @ severe snow storm on Squan beach. The fale was 80 violent that no boat could approach or leave the ship. The snoiemen brought the life sav- ing apparatus into action, and the second shot fired from the carronade car: icd @ Hne over the ship, and it was fastened toa hauset. The larger line was scon hauled on shore, and the life-car alang upon it, and hauled through the foaming surf to the ship, and during that and the eubsequert day, every soul on board was raved, with one exception—an aaxzious | pageenger—whe, in spite of remonstrances, jumped upon the outside of the var, and was washed off by the sea abd drowned. Another case was that of the Ccrnelms Grinnell, a Liverpool packet ship, which struck gy Squen beach onthe Idth of January, 1852. She had on board 264 passengers, all of whim were cry brnay a by the life-car and life beat, a ine heving bzen got to the vesee! by the ba'l fiom the carronade. On the Ath of December following, the abip Georgia, of Savannab, with 300 ebgers on board, came asbore on Lorg Beach. Ali the paseengers and crew wee safely lanced, by the aidof the life- raving apperatus. The oniy other case which we will Low xotice, ia that of tre ba k Chauncey Je- rome, Jr., which came ssbore at Long Branch, on the 12th of Jauuary last. She was from Liverpool, and bad on beara 40 pasevgers. The firt ball from the carronade threw a lwe acrovs her, and her passengers at.d crew were all raved. ‘These are only ufew of the vessels from which lives bave been saved, many small o:a‘t havieg been wrecked end crews rescacd, of which we have no avtbentic record ut hand. The whole number of lives seved by this spparstus, (wide apsrt asthe station? are,) hes pot been Iess than fif een or six- teenhundrec. Is this puttirg the appropriations to “ bo gcod use 7” The ‘Spal, snd, indeed, the only reason why so Mapy lives were lost on the occasion of the wreck of tne Powhstan, was that sbe came on the shore at ® point some fouror five miles distant from the pearest station. Before the necessary apparatns could be brought to the spot it wes too Jate, and the unfortunate passengers were awept off by the ragir ¢ sea ond lost. After the first appropriation of $10,000, to which we have alluced, was expended, Dr. Newell suc- ceeded, at the following s#ssion, in eecaring @ far- ther appropriation of $20,000, which was expended in erecting stations on tbe rest of the New Jersey coast and on the coast of Long Island. At the last session, Dr. Ske!ton ctierec a resoiution, which was pasted, sppropiiating $20,000 for the erection of new stations, and Mr. Duvham,.of Ocean county, is now, under the authority of the Secretary of the ‘Treasury, engaged in procuring the necessary sp- paratus and establishing new stations. com- pleted, they will be on:y tive miles distant from each other, end Lo shiv can come en shore at greater distance than two miles end a half from effectual assistance. There je still one thing needed to render the sys- tem as efficient as it enould be. There has never been @ provision made tor the safe keeping and proper care of the ap,aratos provided, or for any reward to the gallant men who risk their lives in the humane endeavor to save others. The effect of this was seen in the case of the wreck of the New Era, @ short time mnce, The wreck was at suche distance from the shore that it was with diffizutty a ball with a line atteched could b2 thrown over her, and when at last it was successfally ac: lished, it was found that the wire by which the was attached to the bal, had become so rusted tha: it broke off before the line could be secured. There should be a person, at a. small jointed to each , whose duty it see that everything is ready for effective use. ‘There should also be rewards fot those of the sboremen wards might be the master of the and the extense would be inconsicerable, it would stimulate men to exertion, and render the loss of the whole of the crew and a ee ship- wrecked vessel a thing unheard of, With the means at t: eir command, tre Je/sey ehoremen have always been honorably cons,icucus for their courage and bamanity, and for the success with whieh their efforts bave been atvended. Yet they have done this without the leas} reward, it we except the small presents mace or two occasions by the New York Boa:d of Underwriters, for their suscetsfal ‘| | efforts in caving property. After the stations call- ed for by the second resolution were , there was an unexpended balance of $1,500, the Secretary of the Treasury, at the argen: sdlici- ration of Dr. Nevell, promised should be expended in the manner indicated above, but, for some unex- plained reason, 1t was never don: fe hope that this matt r will receive the attention of our present member, and that an a. tion may be made by the present Se he to se ure the greatest po: sible efficiency of the means elceady provided. Tae Lancrst M111 1x THe Worp.—The Lowell (Mase.) Journal saye:—Tbe Ia and most com- prebexsive mi)! in world is Pacific, at Law- rence. It makes none but the finest kinds of goods, and the success of its op+ rations is looked to @#ith great interest by manufacturers. floor surface f this immenee structure is largest mill in England is eleven anda half acres. There are now in operation 40,000 cotton spindles, and 10,000 worsted spind'es, and these are to be in- creased to £0,000 and 20.000 respectively. There sre 1,200 looms in operation, to be jacreased to ih two thousand hands, cat tem S08 er aes a m $50, ir wages, each one the exact amount she has earned. Paseaxarrs vy rim Usprronocnp Rartroan.—. Last evening seventeen ; assengers arrived in our city by the underground ratiroad, and were immx clately forwarded to ~ the Jond of the free,” where they doubtless have arrived before this notice ig generally read by the people of this city. The lot embraced five different parties, who accidentally met on the read, and smong them were the fagitives from St. Lonis. neticed fa the lican several days ® The Uncerground Railroad ie doing a Jarger business at this time than ever before. We hear thet it averages over twenty-five weekly, av they ail go turough safely —Chicage Pribune,