The New York Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1854, Page 3

the amount subscribed for him by the public as a defence and testimonial fund:-— Bin—I have read in the artiele of the 24th inst. a paragraph concerning the Btate of Texas in general, more particularly referring to the Galveston, Hous. tem and Henderson Hailrosd Company. ‘As the representative in France of thie railway com. , L have read the article in question with much at ; and, ae troe and correct appreciation is nat wy looked for in the Times, permit me to assure you that your information on the subject above alluded to = derived from a good source. » Simee the ‘exas wirely resolved to annex itself to the great family of the American Union, its political, moral, and commer- ial position has effectually and completely changed. In place of the intestine struggles and disorders of an inde- pendent State. without — or regular organization. the country can now be, and are being, de- unexampled proportions under the protection werful aud intelligent as is that of of A America. The Moniteur Universel nich government, in an article dated the 8th of June last, i & very detailed statement of the extraor- dine! oration and rapid progress of this State. Wit regard to the sheng Houston ate weno Company, which I represent proceed- have Xecn, conducted with the utmost regularity, its @pancial and industrial position {s relatively as advanced as thst of any similar unde: m Europe. ‘The coast of the Gulf of Mexico fora dis! ef 800 alles Dut one harbor sufficiently deep to admit of large tonnage. This harbor is rt of the terminus of our enterprise. Thus the Houston and Henderson railway, intersected by the San Antonio away, (omaletoe. and at Houston by the River and 1s (both of wich are in process of con- ‘become the great trunk line of the State, these numerous lines will provide the of jing to the port of Galveston the ae ‘the West andthe North. The char- ted by the State iu February, 1853, and in uame waht * om loeeagreg py a " it of entrance int city. In A The company was ogee and the reed a under contract, and first section of 53 miles from Galveston to Houston is now ready to receive the rails. All the capital has been subscribed in Ame wiea, with the exception of £150,000, for which bonds Dearing six per cent interest were created and secured by a mortgage to the Hon. William Kent, laie Judge of the Court of the State of New York, with othe special grant from ‘the State of 10,240 acres of land per mile of road to be eonstructed, equal to 542,720 acres for the first section of $3 miles above referred to. By the terms of th: mortgage the proceeds of the sale of these lands will fermi a sinking fund for the redemption of the bonds. During the present month a contract has been made with a German company to sell 200,000 acres of these Se ee ata og) which, were the entire g@mant to which this secti is entitled sald thereat, would redeem the whole debenturé debt, and leave @ surplus of £67,000 for division among the share- I annex a list of eriginal and authenti- eated documents, which are 0 to the inspec- ‘tion of all parties interested. referring to ti documents for the substantiation of all facts advanced I beg, in conclusion, to remark that the bonds of the Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railway Compa- my have not ae yet been publicly offered in Enzland; but ‘an many Paris bankers of eminence have taken a differ- ent view ef the valuc of these securities, and as the dis- ing remarks in your notice of the 24th instant Teale without having the above facts before you) are ealeulated, temporarily at least, to damage the interests ef the company, Bess inde Ela aunge ot anatiee to give to my ex ne of an eq exten- bileit 7, Hue do la Paix, Paris, Nov. 25. Copy of a letter from his Excellency the Hon. J. Y. Ambassador at the Court of France from’ the States of America:— Paris, April 4, 1854. ‘My Dear Sir—At your request, I have examined the d@oeuments which you have placed in my hands, and which Inow return. The charter granted by the State sree te Gemeente we een ee read a sul act of incorporation. ‘The public or ungranted lands within the Limits of Texas Delong to that State and not to the Federal government of the United States, with the power of disposition as the State Legislature may by law direct. Hepce the CF ge ye ee 3 Laced fore an creasing popula- Mon of the Bite, by Immigration from other States and from abroad, is daily increasing in value. Hach section 646 acres. By the set of incorporation, the has the right to borrow money to aid in com- es road, such seri Se duly a the officers company nize Lal 6 law. The right to secure payment of interest ‘qrenionable, usd the vecerity sppecrato fave besa duly and the security appears ve and directed and execu The trustees in the deod fmeurel ¢ company’s prope! for this ose, are, 1 believe, highly respectable and rellable. Judge lent, IThknow, is enti to full confidence. With the other trustees I am not acquainted. It gives me much plea- sure to say that I hove known you well for several years, and that I have entire confidence in your honor, ‘andor, and integrity ; and as the section of the railroad which you are endeavoring to have constructed is of great Soyer tonee to the State of Texss, and to the con- nection railWay of the Pacific and Atlantic - sions of the United Songs I will be Chav awl ° ir of your complete success. I am, very renpectfully, your wbedient servant and friend, le ¥. IN. ‘Col. Groce Mackay, Paris, Consulate of the United States of America, Paris, France. I certify that the above in a true and correct copy of an presented at this consulate. Paris, Nov. 26. . MACKAY, Vice Consul of the U. States, Paris. ‘The statement in this letter that the remarks of the Times were founded on mistaken data is itself a mis- ‘take, and Mr. Micard does not refute a single point. of Pree abt 10 which he refers. The remarks et ‘were, that in a careful map published by the edi ‘ef the American Railroad Journat last year, the line ‘was not placed even as having been projected, and that fom the ruinous panic which has since prevailed in American perils aad other securities, the public would Be able to judge Pe eee rats rene ene likely to have been entertained in the New ‘York and other aed markets, ‘tien for notorious ult is att e whole hinto- xy of Texan finance. As these assertions cannot be con- ‘treverted,no corrections are jired. Accepting Mr. Mi- ard’s letter, however, in the '¢ of an explanation, few words are necessary. He 0 oa that since Texas an- te, Hd fpLrtyee iewise, that all the capital is sub- the wit exe) ‘of £150,000 to be boosts 5 sonal n cecum associa- ry a large tract of Cg 1 a¢ i j FA i E 3 By 3 would have been-much more important if a statement had been ‘an to how much has been paid up. It in times to mind sage gd those whether the estimate which the Thursday seemed to warrant will ‘Dy the lender, but when the time of payment came her ture passed a law that she should not even recog- nize her ol tions except to the extent of the money actual; ved; and that, as it was then extremely ascertain the precise amounts obtained upon description of security—Treasury notes, bonds, certificates of stock, and audited paper—ehe’ should form her own estimate of them, and insist upon the con- gent of the creditors, under penaity of their losing the whole, be ently, when gy ae was jeeet the eral ernment, before paying @ Serinin amount that had. been stipulated, inatsted that ashe should produce a discharge from the holders of her public debt; but inst this Texas strongly protested, She offered ‘authori- ties at PWashington her own certificate that she ‘owed nothing, and considered that such a document should have rogsived from her as a sovereign State Without question. Governor Bell, moreover, in a mes- wage to the Legislature only three years back, placed tthe whole matter on permanent record. ‘The republic of ‘Texas,’ he enid, ‘having executed her bonds and other evidences of debt in.an exceedingly dark and gloomy pe- riod of her history, it became necessary to issue them in meminal amounts, no sort of proportion to tho amount actually received, and to pledge her resources for Federaption,” but, aa these had ‘since become con eentrated in the hands of moneyed apeculators ‘who had contributed nothing to the achievement of her inde- dendence,”’ he maintained that ‘no one could enter- tain the opinion fora moment thatthe government was under any obligation, either in justice or morality, te redeem them by pa; the amount expressed on their face.” 0 reasons likewise urged on the same side. one of the most prominent always ‘was that nine-tenths of the claims wero held abroad or in other Stater, ond in this epirit she continued to fight with the federal government on the question, which has only lately been hrought to a compromise through the creditors bein out. “Such,” ob- werven a recent American writer, ‘‘are the ples of ‘the suthoritics of Texas: ind when, in addition, it is atated that she is almost surrounded by other repudiat- Union—namely, Mississippi, Florida, at incenant additions are ‘ate to her ulation by ns who find it necessary against their tion to depart even from those communities; and that the Mexican government constantly frels iteell ng- es by the encouragement given to revolutionists on , there can be little reason to apprehend that perienced persons will be led from the information eonveyed by the Times to exercise a degree of caution than the circumstances require, or to regard ‘with more prejudice than it ceserves any scheme that may come snch @ quarter. i wep $500.—A German Ca ‘tholic priest, by the name ef John B. Weicemb, was fined $600 in Chicago, on the 6th inst., for assult- ‘The was ac:used efotipera at in church, 08 was cred by ie pen bo w'4nd, before Stople one hour with his arms uplifted. This the ‘ould not do, when the priest setized hoa by the ears, iifted him from isis feet, and threw him it) such force a0 to injure him #9 ay that he could netatand. He was carried to home, where he eee ae The Court decided feat had 20 right nish the boy for w ARRIVAL OF THE CRESCENT CITY, ‘Ten Days Later from Havana—Reported Safe- ty of the Sloop-~of-Wer Albany. ‘The U. S. mail steamship Crescent City, Captain Me- Gowan, arrived yesterday morning from New Orleans via Havana, with ten days later intelligence from the latter city. She sailed from New Orleans December 6, arrived at Havana at daylight of the 8th, and salled thence at noon of the same day for New York. She landed 22 passengers at Havana, and brought 48 to this eity. The C. C. reports nothing of peculiar interest occur- ring at Havema, The weather on the island was de- lightfully mild and agresabdle. H.B.M. brig L’Espiegle arrived at Havana on the ‘7th inst. from acruise. The captain of the B reports that when he was at Jamaica he received a letter from the British Comeul at Carthagena, dated October 10, which stated that the U. 9. sloop-of-war Albany was at Cathagena at date of letter—all well. The steamship Falcon arrived at Havana et daylight om the 7th inst., from Aspinwall, and was to sail again with the mails and passengers from New Orleans for California on the 9th. The Crescent City encountered strong gales from the E. and N.E, with heavy head sea since Paving New Orleans. Mr. Purser Bullay will accept our acknowledgments for papers, &c. OUR HAVANA COKRESPOXDENCE. Havaxa, Dec. 8, 1854. Departure of the Iturbide—Commander Bryant and the Slave Trade—Burtai of an Old Spanish Soldier—im- prisonment of Mr. Feliz, of New York—The New Police Arrangements—Departure of the Princeton—Amuse- menisi—A Singular Religious Festival— Markets, &e. The war steamer Iturbide, intended for the service of Santa Anna er the Republic of Mexico, arrived here on tine 29th of November, and left for her port of destina- tion (Vera Cruz) the 6th inst. The commander, Bryaut, was last previously employed in command of a slaver, which landed a cargo near the Key Cartas, reported a} the time for your paper—to the care of the infamous Pio Diaz—of which the government secured 102, the rest having had the usual disposition out of the reach of in- vestigation. Mr. Bryant, when he left here for the north, had companions—who were described at the time by your correspondent—who would have been good witnesses of his transactions had they been looxed after. The vessel was built in the United States, and as is com- mop, was fitted out im the city of New York. But as the name of the captain was first brought to light in your columns, perhaps the United States District Attor- ney for your district, under his strong sense of public Justice, did not care to pursue the inquiry. For his bet- ter judgment hereafter, he will have the goodness to understand that the agents of the British and United States governments here were indebted for this, and have been for much other information, to the industry of the person and persona who have been your correspon- dents at the Havana; while the civilized world have taken up the subject in earnest, from the exposure and illustration of the African slave trade which has been faithfully and constantly forced upon their attention through your columns. The results show that the labor in all its various branches has been performed with some ability. I shall have a case to advise in my next letter, when I hope to be im_posseesion of full particulars, in connection with which I will only now remark that the captain of the slaver is at present in the Tacon jail, awaiting investigation. On the 20th of last month we buried at the Campo Santa a very noble Spaniard, Brigadier General José Sunga y Cortes, late governor of the fortress in front of the city of Havana, and overlocking the bay calle} the Castle of San Carlos dela Cabana. The Captain General anda large military cortege attended the remains of the old soldier on his last patte outside of the city, on foot— the body escorted by a regiment of infantry, borne by soldiers—the hearse following. In front of the Ta barracks the salute was fired, the coffin placed in the hearse, and the procession was continued in carriages te ‘the resting cota Mr. J. H. Felix, of the pitas New York, at present a temporary resident of the Moro Castle at San Jago de Cuba, came out to Baracon as & passenger, for his health, on board ef the unfortunate schooner C. T. Smith, which was suspected of having landed powder and arms in that vicinity; but the proof did not appear for conviction, and the vessel has been allowed to ina cargo and return to New York. Mr. Felix, however, was in rather worse luck than his vessel, as he was so un- fortunate as to have and to acknow! the acquaint- ance of Mr. Lacost, who has been excit the fears of this government by his secret shipment of arms and powder, without the fear of the Queen before his eyes, or due respect and care for the dignity and peace of the Asi representation been made to the Captain General in favor of Mr. Felix, by the very able and intelligent acting consul, Wm. N. Robertson, Esq., and it has been responded to in terms that justify the expectation of the prompt release of the gentleman; so thathis friends need not apprehend any punishment further than detention until the facts can be clearly brought to the notice of General Concha. His confine- ment will be but a light reward for having been found in bad company, which sometimes happens to male—or female as for that—and draws its own punish- ment Ly eeeahacts, Combs. The schooner John G. White, McCulloch, master, (native of New Orleans,) will’ be condemned, as ‘she was dis- covered in the fact, with arms and powder on board concealed. This vessel has been taken to St. Jago, and the officers are in the Moro, waiting the determination o: justice. They have been made the subject of correspon- dence between the acting Consul of the Untted States and the Captain-General, and they will be regarded only an having violated the revenue laws of the land, in not having manifested the goods found aboard. Itis also probable that ot they m A tolerable ae. of head nothin: ey may avoid any personal penal iopeiancnent, ‘and (hat confiscation of the Levent Mec the goods will satiate the maw of Spanish justice. The: claim lgnarence of the actual contents of the cases; and, in proof, exhibit a letter addressed by Mr. Lacost to the captain in New York, requesting him to take charge of the stating that they contained jewelry, &c. The Captain-General is inclined to mild policy, and has given up the idea of holding these persons to account for bay- ing aided and abetted treason; so that we consider them safe and free, as soon as all the formalities of justice are vindicated. . The new regent, ——, of the Royal Audiencia Pretorial, was installed and took the oaths of office, with the us solemn forms, on the morning of the —, in the halls of that tribunal, the Captain General being present, The snbstitution for the country police is arranged go that the government are saved the necessity or hazard ef pa arma into the hands of the people, who but im- understand the use of them, leaving them still fal rance of their own power. A military pa- tro) is established, which {s provided for by the assesn- ment of the community protected, and who would be lia- | prone in turn for the service. They are divided three classes, and are to Py in conformity with thelr pi 'y qualifications—the first class the sum of seventy-five cente per month, payment to be made in advance four months; the second class fifty cents, and the third twenty-five cents each able bodied citlzen who would be liable to militia duty, if it were permitted or juired. : Tithe United States steam frigate Princeton, Commander Fagle, left this for Aspinwall and San Juan on the 2d of this month. The Falcon arrived yesterday morning from Aspinwall, and will probably leave on return sei to-day, if the connecting steamers for New York New Orleans sppear in time. Our opera house 1s full every night that it is devoted to this braneh of our amusements, and Francisco Marty y Torrens is making « rich harvest. On Sunday last we had a black holiday, it being the feast designated for an African saint, and called by the people the feast of the Ganga—many thousands paraded the streets with their rude music, an image in front, and the beads of the mul- titude covered with a cloud of umbrellas and parasols, of all sizer, from the area of an acre to that of a thimble, and of all the colors and their shades. The most re- markable, on a pole that would have served as a staff for Goliab, was surmounted with an ostrich, having a black chief astride, It was decidedly the most respectable looking religious festival we have had during tho season, as the white affairs are generally black; with this the whites were spectators, excepting a few commissaries of [ve rd and soldiers to regulate the disorder of the de- votees. We continue in good health—sugar-making zeneral— business about as at it advices; freights no better; ygeon New York and Northern cities 13 to 24 ma; London 13% to 184¢ premiuan, have from Rew Orleans @ synopsis of the President’s message, which, if a sample of the whole, is @ miserable affni We know how far it isto England, &c. Steamer Cresce City in at 7 o’clock. Db. FLAvam@a, Dec. 8, 1854, The Warehouses of San Josi-—A New Secretary Appoint. ed-—Dull Times—Amusements—Inierest in the Russian War—The Patriotic Fund. It will be in your recollection that I wrote you a little time since that the almacenes (warehouses) of San José were to be pulled down, and that the railway leading to them was to be taken up. In spite of the orders of the government upon this subject it appears the company to whom the above-named warehouses belong refuse to permit to have their property destroyed, but, on the con- trary, seem to be making arrangements for the transac- tion of an extensive trade during the coming year, a new tariff of charges for warehousing sugars, &e., having been recently insued. You are aware that Queen Chris- ting is the chief shareholder in the company which owns these warehouses, and yeu are alao aware that Senor Mou- talvo, whose wife is, (not to mines matters,) the mistress of General Concha, is the President of the company. 1 am not, of course, enabled to state whether it is the in- finence of the ‘Queen Mother’ or that of the chere ami of the Captain General that enables this company to thus defy the highest authority in Cuba, Parties, however, who profess to be in communication aimont daily with the Spanish authoritios do not hesitate to avow their conviction that it is the mistress of the Captain General, whore control over that functionary is 10 great as to enable ber husband to do just what leases him in the matter, regardless alike of the Cap- {ain General or any other Authority in the lland,. *? In consequence of the ‘‘presa of business’’ at the of. fice of the Civil and Political Secretary, hia Fxcolloncy the Captain General has been pleased to appoint another Secretary, who is to grant licences to private establish. tS ments, t> public spectacles, to public balls god other en of im a, ime pte fluor debian for ; ery sy clerks, traveDing licences, ow &e. ‘The salary the pew Secretary 9 to be $1,890 0 year, with three clerks, at salaries of $1,200, $1,000, ‘and $800 a year, and $5,000 a year be: aselgned (or other required assistance, the wages of a porter, ke. The young gentleman who addresses the wrappers in the ‘LD office does more work than will the-e three clerks and the new Secretary invo the bargain. But thus it is the revenues of Cuba are squandered away to provide offices for partizans and their friends. i! A mallitary commisnion at Villa Clara, of which Briga- dier Don cisco Velasco was President, has ren ced Antonio Maria Canero to ten years imprisonment, negro accomplice to eight years imprisonment, for murder, on the 10th of August last, of Don Felix Aralos, Senor Olaneta, late Regent of the Real Audtencia Pre- torial, and who was the well known eaemy of General Concha, has been sent to the “right about,” and Senor Don Ignacio Gonzales de Olivares, a gentleman from Spain, appointed, and sworn into the high appointment. Don Frectnoso Garcia Munoz, appoint principe Crleknt Police in this island, has en posscasion of is office. ‘Traders in this city complain of wretchedly dull times, apd I believe not without just cause. A friend of mine, who keeps an extensive retail dry goods store, as- sured me, afew days since, that the total amount of his cash sales that day had been les» than ten dollars. “Were these Spaniardx,”” added he, ‘‘posseased of the feelings of mean, they would take their speed; re prep en us, and not remain here Tecnlan t e last drop of the life’s blood f-om unfortunate Cuba.’’ Yet, notwithstanding the depressed state of the times, the Tacon theatre is crowded each night the Italians repre- sent an rope ‘We bave had “Krnani,” with a Sigaor Boys in the principal character, represented a few eve- nings sinee, and are promised’ “Luisa Miller” in the course of the enauing week. On Sunday last there were three masked balls. The names of ‘« tadt,’? ‘the Crimea,” and ‘Sebastopol, have been given'to the three Lall rooms. It ie quite surprising to witness the intense interest taken here in the war between Russia and the allies. The other morning on the wharf two Catalans got quite into high words on the subject. One of ttiem expressed a hope that all the allies would be taken prisoners. You fool and bypocrite !’? was the polite rejoiudor of the other; whereu a stick was raised, and, but for the interference of a ia civil, personal chastive- ment would have been inflicted. T am invited to « ball to be given on Tuesday even’ seh Stoops St. ——-—, who has been recently mar- ried. and anything of » piquant ebaraster take place, it sbali form the subject of my next letter. POUGHKKEPAIE. P. 8.—The British Consul-General is taking up a sub- seription on behalf of the Patriotic Fund, in aid of the widows and orphans of those killed in action during the resent war. I bave heard the question put, “Is Groat tain so impoverished that she cannot provide suffi- cient pensions for the widows of those who die in her ice??? However, quite a respectable amount of an deen already subscribed, and not all by Bri- tish subjects. P. Supreme Court Cireult. Before Hon. Judge Clerke. BUIT FOR COMMISSIONS. Dec. 13.—John Ely vs. John Mason and others.—Tbis action is brought by Messrs. Kirkland and Velavan, om behalf of the plaintiff, to recover'for obtaining for the de- fendants from the United States government, duties il- Jegally exacted upon importation of sugar and molasses, which had suffered loss by means of leakage and drain- age during the voyage. It appeared in evidence thatone ‘Thomas Latimer entered Into a contract with the de- | fendants, engaging, for s stipulated compensation, tb procure the return of the excess of duties upon impor- tations made by the defendants; that Latimer and his associates, of whom the plaintiff was one, were exciu- sively instrumental in establishing the principle that no duty. was legally chargeable upon such loss by Jeaki and drainage, and that all duties which had been paid upon importations of sugar and molasses, without al- for that loss, should bo refunded to the extent of the value of such loss. That under this principle, {be government refunded to the defendants about $7,000; that Latimer assigned his claim for the commissions to the plaintiff, The defence offered by Mesara. E. D, Smith and Myers was, that ‘Latimer did nothing under his contract with defendants, and that the amount recover- ed by the defendants, for pheir own account, amounted to only $2,600 or thereabouts. Verdict for the plaintifi, $2,725 46, being the amount claimed, with interest. AQTION FOR SLANDFU—BIVAL TRADESMEN. Dre. *14.—Daniel Buhler vs. John Wentworth.—The Jntiff in this case isa mannfacturer of cabinet ware Pearl street. The defendant is also engaged in the same business in the same si Tt 16 alleged by Messrs. J. 1. Brady, Allen and Wagner, for the plain- tiff, that in July, 1859, and at subsequent times, the de- fondant, in speaking to several persons of Mr.’ Bubler. said—‘‘He isa cheat. If you go in there (pointing to plaintift’s place of business) yon will get cheated.” To other persons it is alleged that he said—“He in a Jew, and if you go in there you will get ‘Jewed.’ If you go in there they will sell you. ‘They sell in there nothing but old second hand furniture for new. They have nothing on hand but old furniture polished ovor to appear as new, full of bedbugs,” and several other such expressions. For the defendant, Messrs, Whiting and Dyott entered o general denial of the complaint. ‘Wm. Askin, who had been in the emyloy of both plain- tiff and defendant, as porter, testitied that, when in de- fendant’s store, in July, 1853, a lady and gentleman came in; they looked around and were going away towards Buhler’s store, when defendant said that plaintiff kept polished over and sold for new; he also told th: not to go there, as several of plaintif’s men bad small pox; they turned into Wentworth’s store again and made a purchase; while making the purchase Went worth said to them if they had gone to Buhler’s stor they would have got cheated, as he was a Jew and bali negro; that he was thief, and he knew him to b x0; the lady and gentleman bought from the plaintiff buregu, a mahogany bedstead, and several other things amounting perhaps to fifty or sixty dollars. Other witnesses gave similar testimony. Adjourned. Before Hon. Judge Mitchell, Dre. 14.—In the Matter of Isaac Adriance for @ Man- damus against the Tax Commissioners.—Motion denied as to all the property except that in John street, and grant- ed as to that. ‘The Chemical Bank vs. The Mayor, de., of New York. —Injunction denied without costs. aa Theatres and Wuaceunine ADWAY TREATRE— evening the great Shaksperean spestacle entitled “A " sidsumnmer Night’s Dream,” wili be presented for the fifth time. The scenery is beautifal and the acting very good. The new farce of “A Blignted Being” will close the amusements, Bowrsy Tuxarex.—A programme of great va- riety is announced for this evening. The receipts are for the benefit of Mre. Yeomans. The * trian troupe commence, and the farce of the “(iuar- Angel” The next will bethe drama dian Angel’ ef nage the Piper,” and “Jack Sheppard” con- | clades Nrsxo’s Garpen.—Auber’s opera of the “Syren” will be given to-night, Mile. Nau as Zalina, in which | the was so much admired when first she appeared in this city. Mr. St. Albyn as Soopetto. The otver characters by Mesers. irving, Horncastle, Harrisou and Miss Brienti. Those who love good singing should hear Mile. Nan. Burton’s THearra—In consequence of the crowded houses attendant upon the prodaction of those favorite pieces the ‘U, er Twenty,”and ‘‘Apollo in New York,” they will be — Burton, Jordan, Johna‘on, Mise Raymond, Miss McCartny and Mrs. Hughes will appear. Watuace’s THEATRE.—Three capital pieces are announced sgain for this evesing. ‘Two to One” will commence the amasements— Blake, Lester and Mise Rosa Bennett in the principal parts. ‘A Gen- tleman from Ireland” will follow, oe tg being the cular feature; and ail closes with the farce of the “Artful Dodger.” Mrrrorouitan Trrat#e.—The new play of < 1,” which bas b:en produced at this cheatre in superb style, is announced again tor this eve- ning—Mesmrs Anderson and Eddy in the leaiiog parte. The scerery is new and beautiful. Adkins celebrated brass band play in the grand pracessioa. AyrricaN Musscm.—Mr. J.R. Scots and Mr. C. W. Clarke 6; this evening in Sheridan Knowles’ pay of the *‘ Hunchback” —Scot’ as Master Walter, ike as Sir Thomas Ciifford, and Miss Mestayer ae Julia, In the afternoon, the “Dumb Man of Manchester,” with other amasements. Woon’s MinsTarLs.—The amusements given here are gieatiy admired, if fall houses prove the fact. Negro melodies and the burlesque of the “Virginia Copids” to-night. Buckixy’s Sxrexapers—The much admired fairy ¢xtra' nza of ‘‘Beauty and the B:ast” is an- neuneed for evening, with a great variety of negro melodies. Woon’s Vartertrs—This ball is becoming again a favorite resort. Mr. Wood's capital Tslsotiowe are drawing well. A bill of great variety is announced for this evening. TO MORRIS BARNET, E8Q., ASTOR HOUSE. My Dear Sin:— ¢ You are the author of the “Serious Family,” a comedy, which has been piayed at my tneatre with much h populeriy and prot Will youallow mean opportunity of rendering you some little jastice in shape ofa free benefit on any evening next week that may select. Iam, my dear sir, Your obedient servant, W114" E. Burton. Chambera sweet, Dec. 12, 1854. ANSWHR. To W. E. Borron, Esg., Onawnmes srrenr:— My Dram Bm With mueh vlessere I aceept your unexpected and kind proposal, and beg leave to name next Lge 18, for the benefit thus liberally offered. 1 id like to have the comed: of the “Serious Fi ”* produced on this comple mentary eccasion, , if agreeable, I will perform in the afterpiece, ‘‘Mopsiear Jacques,” im my own piece ot that name, making my first appears ice en any stege in America since my departure fron New York in the year 1827. Tam, my dear sir, Your obedient servant, Moanis Bauxrr. Astor House, Deo. 33, 1854. AcquiTtar oF Yates, Tum JURYMAN IN TAR Warp Casx— Yates, indicted for perjury, a3 aja im the Word care, has bees Jed. Canes Haag te er yma, who ‘were Indicted pon THE LECTURE SEASON. Naturalization of THR LECTURE BY BISHOP HOPKINS OF VERMONT. ‘On Wednesday evening, #¢ Hope Chapel, the Right Rev. Ir. Hopkina, Episcopal Bishop of Vermont, delivers’ @ Jeeture at Hope Chapel, before the Young Men’s Chria- tian Association. ‘The subject announced by the Right Rev. Prelate was the “Administretion af the Law in the Naturalization of Foreigners.” Fie commenced by referring to the publie excitement at present upon this matier, of Know Nothings, . said that there must be atthe root of the popularity and power of this body some truth. That teath was, the a nation, had been subjected by jzenship of masses of unworthy ( reigners. Asa remedy, the abolition of all naturaliza- tion laws had been proposed; but that was unnecessary The law of naturalization, he con- tended, was wise and just, but the evils complained of | bad arisen frem the unrighteous mede in which it had Universal suifrage is the grand ex- ponent of the genius of our nation, but in its app! tion a competent degree of virtue and intelligence in | the people was assnured by the framers of the constitu | tion, The statesmen of the Old World have no falth in , the practicability of our national principle, because they have no faith in the sufficiency of the virtue and | nce of the people; but every friend to the con- ion denies the low ‘estimate of the capability of | the popular mind, and demands from society the means | of ity true developement for wise yet it is well to consider the facts of our history and our condition, that the present question may be wisely The lecturer spoke of the character of the colo- niste, and that they bronght what was better than wealth or the sword, or both united, for the well- being of the State—virtue and intelligence ; and built up @ government whose foundation principle honors the eapacitivs of rears of our existence, we are re- period in the history of a nation, ana already we are hearing complaints from every quar- oy that ae ene ae in di the eclipse of our glory is approaching. fears the speaker did not ymipetates atall. plained of came from another clasa of errors than It is not that the prinetple abuses to which we, the admission to c! and impracticable. been administered, here bad bey race, But the sixt minded, is but « br ould nothing of greater importance transpire, those of principles or laws. touching the elective franchise is wrong or impractica- ble, but the power involved has been lightly eonferred on a large class of unprepared foreigners. enough, but the people are not of the character contemplated in the law which provided for their admittance to the administrative power of the the great evil—s charge must diciary of the country, seri- ch a ‘charge really in, nds certain qualifications, and the court must be satisfied thnt the applicant has these qualitications, or citizenship must not be conferred, But how does the matter now stand? Two witnesses coming forward to testify of the character of tho, appli- cant is sufficient, without any effort being inate to di cover whether these witnesses have any character a —whether the applicant ean read or has ever had read to him the Constitution, or is attached to its principles, and in well disposed to the order and well being of the United The law in good same—they are not be preferred against t ons aa the act of mak naturalization law de: ‘The lecturer would exonerate the judiciary from allin- tention todo wrong; but the fact ia too palpable for denial that one of the most important of all acts is made the emptieat of forms. tance to exercise jucicial prerogatives. Custom is pow- Many outside influences operate to prevent due attention to the obvions meaning of the law. It matter of just pride that our system refuses to demand any property qualification, but it makes a demand for | something better. It demands in the foreign character an understanding of and attachment to the constitu- tion, and disposition in behalf of the well being of the country. Tremendous issues are here folded up. The court should de satisfied that these and therefore inquiries should be made 6; be ascertained whether the a citizen at home, whether he the constitution, and what evidence he has given of being well disposed to good order in the nation. is born amid influences institutions of the republic read; the newspaper is famillar to him, and he | may be suppo-ed to have become acquainted’ with the main scope of the various political quostions of the | time, and the entire training he receives is favorable to the system of our government. thia van be taken for granted in the case of crowds of foreigners who land u hi few years of mere residence de towards accomplishing in them the fitness forcitizenship ? We have among us who were born amid the most abject circumstances; who have taken everything from those they blindly follow; and who are the subjects of a priest- hood which reqnires complete subjection. foree not contemplated by the genius of the conatitu- tion as taking part in the administration of the nation’s justification for one feature ow Nothing organization—opposition to the Ro- Ubat the greatest evils to be apprehended were from the influence of the Roman faith; but the trae position of the political ac- paition to the Romen ‘The judges have @ reluc | he was, therefore, onl: ualiffeations exist, yy which it may | plicant bas been » \ is cepuble of understandiug favorable to the he early learns to | But how much of all nour shores; and man faith. The lecturer confers their appeal against the peculisr position assumed by the Roman priesthood towards the political ation of the No class in this country, save the subjects of this pries:hood, pay deference to their spiritual tcarbers in politieal matters; and in any other portion of the Church universal the pastors would lose their influence as spiritual teachers by attempting anch interference in iesta who stand thus era io the land? They political action. What are theso apart from alt other spiritual are the sworn subjects of a foreign power; and the prac- tica] Itluenee of these bishops and priests is well known en have felt it, and how they heve No objection is made to riesta for possessing this power, but the grand ystem they serye—its practical in. he genius of our politi on with us whether thi ners ip this system when it was first organized—wheth er it did good in the dark ages, or was condition of Europe nine hundred years ago: er itis suited to our age, our country, ¢r our institutions. As for himself, the | 1 believe two auch systema a6 upiversal suffrage anil Ro- manisin could stand together. litical duty to make war against an; h; but with a faithful administrat! zation law, he was willing to leave the rest with pe trust in Divine Providence. The conferring the right should be a most solemnly i here should be specific da: applicants should be published for tl the day appointed, an address should be delivered on the nature, intent and importance of the law; full timo should be taken for due examination of the labor of the Judiciary should be to teach the whole community what none can tesch so well as they—the and honors of citizenship, showing that r better than proverty qualifications, was ne, then we may courted it. is well understood. Still it is no part « form of religious m of the naturali- mont wise and just. hope to find a corrective infused fnto the festering mass of corruption in our midst, and men will be made to know that the common questions at law are no- thing to the importance of this trial for citizenship in the courts had acted on this tule, what a mass of evil would the nation have been deliver: Immigration would not have been kept from venturing here, Jor better wages, greater advantages for thelr condition, sented inducements cnongh, ercd thing, but national justice is yet more sacred, and its far reaching consequence it shonid he An unworthy representative | dual justice is a sa- most sacredly regarded. in Congress can be got tid of in two years; an nawortby Senator in six; an unworthy President in four; but an unworthy citizen is fastened upon the nation for hte. Here in this mo momentous matter, of conferring nd should it be s fed, and in our large 40 alone; but, in cone with this re he a court for this the name of all just things, let usb haste to confer citizenship on these offse jen all these reforme were carned into effect, ther e no need of secret organizations to maint: the elective franchise, and these orders » die a natural death, The lecturer was in favor of a ing strong tests to candicates for citizenship, and would have none admitted who were atheists, pantheist: who did not believe in the doctrine and punishments. He believed that if the law was pr perly caxried out, tho political abuses from which we now sulfer would be entirely remove tution would be executed acco and_ the Conati- he intention of good enough—the standarl ot chizenship needs to be elevated. The Rev. Antoinette L. Brown ou Slavery. p THE NEW YORK ANTI SLAVE ASSOCIATION, IN THE BROADWAY TABERNAC An audience of over two thousand persons assembled in the Broadway Tabernacle on Tuesday evening, to listen to the Rev. Antoinetie L. Brown, who was announced to deliver the third leeture of the course on the subject of There was considerable curiosity manifested to see the Rev, lady; but the applause throughout the evening was quite feeble—indeod, there way scarcely | any whon she finally resumed her coat, Misu Brown is quite prepossessing in her appearance her figure is large and comely, and her features regular, } There in a monotony in her voter, THIRD LECTURE BIO! and even bandsome. however, that will materially interfere with her ambi- tion to become « popular public «peaker. i tory may the old Irish warrior eternally repose, and peace be to him! For over the waters of the Medite | nean the death bell is tolling; and in the city of Colum- monnen| that the next tecture in revel by William Wellx Brown, the course wou who wouli lecture how it is viewed at ti ‘The Rev, lady then enme f may be divided into two ravel of slavery and those few, @ very few, make it the topte of their lives, and think of naught cle than its extinction; the many, alas, or ignore ite existence entirely. many disadvanta ard and! eaid:—Americane sae—-those who think \o0 ho think too little of it, A cane th vine, # he ssid his rave shoul bo—away from the waters that reminded him of eternity, and the green valleys and the fertile plains, aud the hills which the evening clouds darkened into grandeur, like Ireland in her sorrow, weman labors uo dience, and it should be my part to-uight to furnish you with thore sweeter condiments of excite rather than conyines, which to spenk, but slavery fx #0 overwin that wo cannot «peak of it ima calm an It is tho stvim upon the flag of oar country—it ie our Black Hole of Caleutta—our star ehamber—our “everything thati« vileand unclean, Slavery is es} bard on women, for all ite wrong and tu her, In the ideal of ap American wo ch that please and Life is filled with topies on doomed to perish, an) that it waa not for bright aod pure; but bow different ig the reality on the cotton fields of bd te aang There she is com lied to drudge and toll for nothing, aud can be Frade to do the debosts af her master” What hisders the slaveholder from viewing ber as anything more than his borse or hiahound’ Alas oman a6 she is, and as she ought to on the Sonthero plantation, i4 as Calaban to Ariel. There is nothing in the picture of « slave woman te excite our sympatiies—her degradation prevents ft. 4x the blood flows down her back, it may appeal to our sympathies ; bne the fact that her wetter nature is obliterated, forbids that saine ferling we would have for one like ourselves. It haw been said that woman was made for love; amd it may be that tod, whem he furnished men with one more nerve in the head, gave woman one more cell in the heart. (Ap jlause and laughter. y ‘the Ba ey Midteasd here went into some detail ak to the condition of the institution of it the South. Marriage is there, said she, compul: made. None of the slave's atfections are ; e¥en ma- ternity is not cared ouples who love one another are oiten parted, Can you wonder that the feeling should prevail among ibose poor women that there is notod? The master buys # woman and she is his, and there is no help for it; but were I, said Miss Brown, with animation, @ slave, and wrong be offered me, 1 would make him foel the keen steel. (Applause, ) If the post woman is a mother, it is no reason why the children may not be Southern market; an en from her and reared for @ ain, she may be put on the slave block and be io the highest lider, Ob, what cana woman be under such a system? These things are enough to make one stand appalled at the crimes of slave But some people ask, “What shall we do with them /"' as if they were so many black cats, and take no thought of the'c manhood or womanhood. ‘The blight it brings on the offections is enough to condemn it before allmen. Ariove woman is whipped—the child in her bosom dies, ter she cannot save it even from its own father, Is not this enough to make us look with horror on the whole system? The American slave can only be the mother of slaves, which is uot true of other systems t ‘an the slave mother see her child beaten responding degradxtion in her spirit? she be anything but « degraded creature? If the system brings forth one good specimen of a noble Christian ty n, it would be Indeed a miracle. The t of slavery is to make men and women increase of numbers is regarded by the in both cases, No affection mustin- as th terfere where his interest is concerned. No matter what a woman may be, when she becomes a slave she loses all her nobility of character. Here is intellectual wrong done to all women, She {s oblige also to nmmolate her womanhood on the alter of Ladyhood; she is buta butterfly. (Applause.) Women have never been what menu bave been, because they have not had the same opportunities, A great woman {s an anomaly; she is a mere compound of flesh and bon fved cabbage and beefsteak. (laughter.) Knowledge ix anid to be power, but what Incentive has woman to acquire it: If it has been a benefit to men, it has been anything but that to her, Public opinion, which has been defined by Hood as the average ignorance of mankind, is opposed to the in- telleetual growth of woman, Such wrongs are unbeara- ble; we are literally buried alive in the tomb of igno- rance. But this is especially true of slavery. When a wonian tries to teach a few children how to read, she is tin jail, Slavery is a curse, and the eyes of the North would see it wete it not that they are burned ont. Has woman no voice in this country; Slavery should make us ali cry out, for slave laws appeal especi- ally to woman, Our pgople should not say that all gov- ernments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, bul from all the governing mon. But woman has her responsibility in this matter, and she should see to it that it is ‘performed. The Rev. Lady here said, that «certain minister was asked what was the good of deacons. He replied, that he (the minister) counted as one, while the deacon counted nothing, and being placed | by his right, would ada to hin ‘vaine, but his deacon always got on the left side, so that er. Is it not possible for women to apply some moral to the question of slavery? Here Miss Brown argued at some length in favor of giv- ing women political priviloges. She continued, when the old clock stopped the pendulum acknewledged itself in error, and said it was weary of always going the namo round—and women have come to the task to set the clock of liberty going when men grew tired of It. (Ap- plause.) ‘The cause of the slaveis suffering from the want of womanly feeling in thelr behalf. kvery depart: ment of human effort shows a wantof woman’s influ- ence, _(Applause.) | Never will the rights of all men be recognized until women have their rights. Dr. Lyman Beecher said that God had inspired his daughter to write, and the devil had taken her work and put it tn the theatre, But might it not be possible that a purer aspiration would arise from the ministrations of anti- | slavery plays? Let not woman blind herself to the influ- ence she may exert on all around her, for she will yet be called to account for her deeds done in the body. Dante! O°Connell. LECTUBM BY THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER. Thomas Francis Meagher lectured last evening in the Broadyay Tabernacle, on the great Irish Reformer, to a very largo audience. ‘The house was crowded to its ut- most capacity, Previous to the commencement of the lecture, Jodge O'Connor addressed the assembly as fol- own — Ladies and Gentlemen—By the direction of the, cow- mittee of arrangements, and at the special request of Mr, Meagher, have to announce that a public meeting will be heid here to-morrow evening, for the purpose presenting congratulatory address to William Smith O'Brien, (immense applause,) on the oceasion of his re Jeane from captivity. (Renegred applause.) Mr, Meacuee then appeored on the platform. The following is s brief sketch of the more prominent por- tions of his lecture. He commenced with a | ra- pid wketch of the social and political condition of Ireland, supervening upon the act incorpo- rating the two parliaments, the English and Irish, in,1800, A fatal injury had been done, he waid, to her commercial spirit, her social vivacity, her political eon- sequence, and that pride which is the soul, tha salva- tion, the providence of nations, Absenteeiat, for throe centuries an exhausting curse, had exorbitantly increas- ed. The heart of the peoplo was all but gone—the head of Robert Emmet had been given to the worms, The peace of the country was committed to # yeomanry, whose implacable passions meessantly disturbed it; | whilst the magistracy was monopolized by men who in- yested the forms of law with the terrors of warfare, and | taught the public to regard the prisoner's stand as. the incvitable threehhold to the gibbet. Bigotry was every- where actine and relentless, A formidable faction was everywhere, in the jury box, the church, the army, the senate, the university, the municipal governmonts—was everywhere suprome, | ‘The operation of the penal eode against the Roman Catholics was not only evident in their exclusion from the honors, emoluments, and immunities of the State, but ’in the gait’ and bearing of the Roman Catholics themselves. John keogh, the leader of the Roman Catholics, in the day® of the Whig Club and United Irish nen, had described this gait and bearmg in the strongest terms of reproach. It had eome to the worst; and, having come to the worst, the stoutost spirit might have stood dis- imayed, beholding, on the one hand, a ferocious domina- tion, with all the auxiliaries of the government to sus- tain'it; and, on tho other hand, an inert mass, counted by two million heads, which, one might think, no magic could resuseitate, Yo face that. ferocious domination— shake it on its throne, then dash it to the pavement—a giant rhould be born! To speak to that dead mass— wake it from the slumber in which it stiliened, like the legions in the snows—tlood its brain with’ burning thonght:—impelit to what was arduous, courageous, noble—to ilo this, a giant should be born! Who comes forth todo it? Who is he that appeareth on the hills, rejoicing in his youth and strengtin, and with the voice of the torrent, and an arm that seems to sway the clouds ax he casts it aloft, and an eye that has light- nings in it for the evil-dver, calteth’ upon his people, sleeping in the plains below, and the eceret places of the hills, to arise, for the night is past, and the day hath come again? Here followed a vivid deséription of the +t of King’s Pench, in the elty of Dublin, on the oc- jon of the trial of one John MeGee, editor and pro- f the Dublin Erening Most, for aeditions libel on f Richwond, late Viecroy of Ireland. (eagher then went on to show that O'Connell was to revolution, though his mind recoiled from committed at the establishment of the republic. Tn relation to his repressing the revo- Jutionary spirit in Ireland, he (Mr. Meagher) believed that he strove not for the aasertion of a principle, but with the perti w to carry outa policy by him apacio ; and he was willing, ot to subdue butt z confirm the rule of the wrong: confound and subvert it. Ina word, he wai ig to believe that O'Connell wade use of the weapons whieh, in his , he thought best fitted for the people, whose Hed npon, by hiv owa good impulses, devents of the day, to concentrate, direct rthen proceeded to deseribe the stragzle emancipation, the immense dificulties O’Connel! had to contend with, the incessant efforts of Wit, dexterity, logic from him; the va invective, persuasion it exacted jus combinations. parades, ari menaces o° the popnlar strength which it required, and whieh, pr his absolute dictation, were called forth; ow having anecessfally enconntored all these odde—the apathy of the people, in the first place—the jealousy, timi y, and yaceilation of the old leaders— —of the Roman Catholics in the next— “(he old tog and then, agin, the queralousness of his more b il'iant cotemporaries of the Catholic Association; and last of all, ond above all, the invet ‘ate Intolerance of the English masses, the Parliament and ecrown—he made good the great victory of his life, The proscription of the Irish Catholies was repealed—another instrament of religions persecution was flung out to crumble amongst the clotted blood and rasted rubbish of » barbarons age: and (or ireedom of mind, freedom of conscience, freedom to worship God, to read the past and explore the futare, as faith, or intetlect, or tradition tanght—for this sacred, j-original, supreme right, another recognition was record: ol ther triumph was proclaimed. Mr, Meagher concladed—In the light of that one vic- RAY buw, in the aisle of the charch of St. Lorenzo, @ heavy coffin Hes, on which, by the faint light of the sanctuary Janip, we read the onme of “Daniel O’Cennelt.’? Whence Id man to die in the land of the olfye and the frew the mountains that he loved and where , and the wave from Labrador, which the child might run af- ter end eateb as it Goated on the top of the cliffs; aod the beagics, who, remembering their old master, might with fondness into his face, before hia hand Abt he hod seon what would come to pase— had seer the famine draw nigh; he knew bis poopie were to ave thes. Murt he sit down amouget the dying, hear them speak in broken mtterances of the heauty of the land in which they bad bern forced to drink the of yittiction even to the rt sei! on which, from ering childhood to paleied age. they bad beep doomed to starve? No! There was # time he could have burne up against it all, but that time was with the past. f fallen on his path, his tread whe favorite beagle on the bead, and t+ his favor on goes fre \ds—sorrowful as Hagar waa ia the wil- derness of Beersebee, turning aside from her ehild whom ahe had left under the palm tree, so that she might not die. Let us leave the chamber ol death. On to morrow, aud of other sayings and events of bis momev- tous life, mem will speak variously of him, who lies there ito rock in the shadow of the Appenines.’? To- night, however, there shall be uo dispute. other on the highway, in the streets, outside the gates, in the fields, on the threshold of the Senate, ou the loneiy deck when the two ships meet in the solitude the news—everywhere men pause, aud, pointing to the dim aisle where that massive “¢ Peace be to him | In his day be was the ¥u ‘tim imto strange lan of the sea and excel coffin lies, they ea: the great ones of this earth. preme ruler of his tribe, and peace be to him !’? ‘The lecturer was interrupted throughout by entbunias- Lecture of Dr. Kuhl, Tu compliance with the invitation of the American Geographical und Statistical Society, the well known traveller and writer, Dr. Kobl, delivered a brief leature last evening at the rooms of that institution, in the New There was # considerable number of ladies and gentlemen present, to whom the lecturer's discourse afforded a great deal of interest, Mr. Kohl’« remarks were mainly explanatory of his mew mape show discovery of our continent. from his lecture , about a wook York University. the progress of the not, however, differ very Detore the New ago, on the same subject, ork Historical The Jnfernal Machine Case in Cineinnats. WILLIAM ARRISON FOR THE MURDER OF 18440 ALLISON AND WIFE BY 4 TORPEDO. {From the Cincinnati Gazette, Dec. 12.) aX, ‘The prisoner iato court, He ed to be about twenty-five years of and whiskers, sbaved; rather hic: spent only developements; dress genteel; ap- netural. His broths: crowd im attendance, and groat ie ia ft maniteseed to be puraued, and the 4] Mr. lew and by but te of the ee tea knee would be would be impossi should be pursued. ‘inn said, the information asked for would very proper and desirable for the it wae nut required by our laws, nor any power to demand it. Praden said, as the Judge had decided he was pag er lf. mn said, prove of June last, the that there was enmity between and that tve former had threat- ened to kill tre latter; that immediately after event Arzison left town, and changed bis name, bad ‘was only discovered by providential circum- oF. A rule was then made requiri: the one testifying to retire from the room. ‘TRSTIMONY FOR THE STATE. E ing all witnesses but absence in the country; hard words passed, each said he was the best man; witness forbid any fighting; Arrison left the college in June, about a week before the explosion; Deve wee sitting the 26th of June wit- is i ste i of 5g is 4 I apparent student then; knew my brother and Ar: borrowin; Z z bes iy return, nntil my recovery; Arrison nation as ani Fad another situation; the not kvow that Alison waa about to I time of the ¢xplosion; reraible that he woul not five bat a He lived an heur and a hours after the explosion; do not was in the bahit of receisi that he was expecti recollect the kind certain there was 8 cai tween 2 and 3 o'clock the ble most of tne time; some lua! don’t know their names; did not make any statements about the sion, Direct resumed.—The box was card of the size of a common nants of box and card produced); Mre. Alison, because he was req person banding it to him; saw next dey. Court here adjourned until 9 o'clock morning. s ture room and in great agony. E Et E 3 s HS f fie °F53 Ey Hravy Fartcre mm Boston—The i Mesera. J. W. Blog «& eald heaviest failure phe sai s s é E E é - i & i i 3 i é E i s 3 a) 3 = fi Foraton Ooxsvr.—The President recognised Rollin Thorne as Consul of Pero for port of Boston.