The New York Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1854, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 6694. AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON. ‘THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. SECOND SE3810N. Senate, Wasmixotox, Dec. 22, 1854. JUDICIAL SALARIES. Mr. Toons, (whig) of Ga., reported the judiciary bill Gixing the salaries of the Judges of tae Supreme and Dis twict Courts of the United States, aad of the Orphans Court ot the District of Columbia. ‘OBSTRUCTIONS IN THK MISGISSIPPT RIVER. Mr. Stupetr, (dem.) of La., moved that the bill provi- ding for the removal of thy obstructions at the south- west passage of the Missisippi river be made the special vorder of the day for the Sth of J Ty. Agreed to. ADJOURNMENT UNTIL TOBSDAY, MORNING EDITION—SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1854. favor outside the comm ttee reparting the eubstitute, and it was soon manifest that the Seaate would reject the court project Now, the claimant bas only to get his claim tbrough the two Louses of 8; but under this new proposition, whether it be a Court or » Board of Claims, the applicant for justice first to en- counter the delays and vexations of this new tribunal, | and, if be be fortunate enough to pees here, then be comes before Congress, occupying pre. cisely the position he would have occupied had | spared the other infliction. The he " been Seay is, however, that he would leave this Court, vard of Claims, or whatever title it may bear, #0 much orsted and worm out that he would searoely ‘survive | the process of the subsequent Congresaiova) investiga- | tion—indeed, would abandon it in despair. Such must | still. occu. be the results of the bill now before the Se yen the House of Representatives. A number of | loca! bills have been considered and during that time. The Judiciary bill was up for consideration yes- terday, and Mr. May reviewed the legislation on the | Subject from the formation of the goverament down to THE WRECKS. ‘We published in yesterday's Hxmacp an sccount of the stranding of the packet ship St. Patrick on the Jersey shore, two miles ‘from Barnegat, and about four from the beach on which the ateamship Empire Gity went ashore inst winter. The accident to the St. Patrick oc- curred between five and six o'clock on Tuesday evening, but as the sea wet not very rough at the time there was no immediate danger to the lives of the passengers or crew. Every effort was made to get her off, but having failed in thia, several shots were fired and rockets dis- charged as signals of distress. These attracted the at- tention of six fishing smacks, which immediately stoered Nothing confirmatory of the reported wreck at Mo- Other Disasters. The bark Almeida arrived yesterday from Apalachi- cola, On the 7th inst., in a thick fog, drifted ashore on the northwest part of Matanills Reef in company with a large ship, painted black, supposed cotton loaded. The A. wan got off without any damage. The ship, when las; seeu, was still ashore, and heeled over six streaks There were several wrecking schooners close by her. The ship Medomak, Livingston, arrived yesterday from Shields. experienced heavy weather from 8. E. to N. W.‘ lost fore and maintopsaile, jib and maintopmast stay- stail, split mainsail, foretopmast ataynail, and a second suit of topsails, When in lat. 44 08, lon. 54, the M. fell in with the wreck of the brig Water Lily. This wreck hope that these festivities would long be continued, and ro Ihe New yc dba ey hp York—Ita princi its purposes, sure pledges the great tide a es ‘and prosperity shall ever have it dow from the a re waters PI, Rock. ” » snid—Gent Ihave it received a disquiettremn oar felente eke tos masacban tear as in ton, South Carolina. (Applause. It reads thus: New Society of Charleston congratulate the New Engi Society of New York on the return of fathers on I'lymouth Rock.’’ the Landing of the (Cheers. ) ‘Mr. Griwweti—I propose that we drink a bumper to | our brothers in Charleston, and I will then read you the response which in to be sen$ back tothem. It is this:— “the New England Society of New York reciprocates the congratulations of ton, and pledge: to them the following sentiment:—New England influences and sympathies pervade the whole Republic, and are effec tively wervative of order, union and liberty.” (Loud PRICE TWO CENTS. ie Sneiine bree into this State, The State of Now ia great in agriculture, and agriculture ie owe of the wheels of national prosperity. It is also great mm Which is another wheel of sativest a a a a us w perben Ba When these wneeis all get into vigor- ply oa ape it ia easy to nee that thiselty will noc Jong be the commercial centre of this republic. It will soon be the commercial centre of thia continemt, and at very short period (within the lite of some proven! poe byaweny rere f mine) 1 wilt th courant centre of the world. | (A) < pplause.) Now, there cap be no srumerts whleh ls of tilae Wena pernicious to the interests of man. The value of commerce consiats in the moral, social and political power which it carries with it. In other words, commerce, like political pe ose sa the dagies Exatoes nowledge instead ignorance, freedom ont clilest alent ae pt o Nothi smenee but that social fiuences should also be secure. How li E eireg! el ul Mr. Raver, (whig) of N.C.» ed inten Gita: the pipet Sees Be Fo ptnginny far fee poms wae | townids her, and, an.we Kave slready nae, a bt ad nisi seen by the ship Bavaria, and is supposed to | cheers greeted this sratinent ) ’ be done can bo conceived from what bed A rogrent be, urged a lish vessel. She had a half poop, rudder til- The » Mr. Bacon, of New Haven, responded to | said so uently here to-night. It ia by tors vewterday understood that the'mocting of the Senate | form of our whole judicial system, It waa here denied passengers and brought them up to this city. ler, foremast, bowsprit, and jibboo: . the sixth toast. He said that it was with great | common schools of New throughout “to-day was pro forma, on accoubt of Monday being | that Congress could abolish courts and discontinue the | Captain Keeney, of the Albert Haley, one of the 2 prit, and Jibboom standing, mainmast | riegsure he acknowl i—on behalf of the cler- | of New York, and not ‘ew York, but the whole re A f 4 ervice of judges at pleasure, on which followed a long gone five feet from the deck, foretopmast by the cap, | gy of New Eng! the kindly f-eli cher. | republic. It is by the cl of Ne oe Christmas, it was, not fair to tragssct business; where- | nq lavored debate, although the question was rer | Macks, sald that they remained by the St. Patrick the foreyard gone in the slings, starboard anchor lying | ished for them, and the manner in which it was ut. | ihey are, independent, witie devoted ton thelr duties ‘upon ‘ve Senate adjourned to Tuesday next. adjudicata, having been vettied by the judiciary tteelf. | greater part of the night, and that the passengers were igen sees noe |iternl Whdio: Ghcighalag anpmemcate crtliciecak | Seas TRULeLae man he teaeuare t the re- Eas It will be recollected that John Adams’ midnight judges over the rail, with chain bent, two ropes banging from | { 9 Sys Or the! alae ig! conveyed from the stranded vessel on board of the ing, he was reminded that on the left of the Presi- ublic, and when that is done the press ontoe House of Representatives. —as they were called—were discharged in three moaths | 61102. in small boats. Nothing, he told could ex. | te Jibboom, having apparently been used to lower peo- | dent aat an illustrious United States Senator (applause) ther morality. When this happens, what shall we net Wasuivdrox, Dec, 22, 1954. after their appointment, by Congress abolishing their ie ws hie es ‘the ea dd ie at front ple into boat. All the hatches were off, and she was | who last winter spoke for the clergy where they coull | seeY It will be as it Scotland were moved across the AvaAobonstuom. Yon. Mam 'tiervace. othe ease ae sor ow ais e tality ilora towards them, full of water, and the sea washing over hor amidships. not speak for themselves. It was notamong the char- | Tweed to South Britain, or as if Switzerland were moved Me. Hocatox, (dem.) of Ala.,'from the Committee on | 122 72ny classe the Congress usiness antil after | even the women were not exempt from the cruel treat: acter of the clergy of New England to be perfectly scrote the Alps to the banks of the Mediterranean. Lat pel . oe eo e holidays. a ment He was obliged to {aterfere in one instance, TELEGRAPHIC united, nor was it the character of the people, | us take care that these influences—the moral ‘ays and Means, reported a bill making appropriations aati f Ce but it was the character of the clergy of New Euglaud | and social influences of New oye have con fhe the secyios of the Bost Ofte eich anil Cae Vie i OTHER CORRESPONDENCE. when he seized a gaff-hook, and threatened to strike oa: 1088 OF THE SHIP BUNNY SIDE. to think for themselves, and consequently to dite: | tributed to raise the city and of New York to ite twanspertations of ‘mails: b Ca ake, peeling (Correspondence of the Detrokt Free Press.], | | of the crew if he did not desist from beating a pas: | The despatch from Columbia, published in our yoater- | Among themselven, If thore is auything in the cusrac. | present pitch of greatne be extended through. crits, ‘or Ue yous, aqting Suse’ WH: 1868.” tatexea tc Stevens of Georgia.” a | Sitar: Asaiee wellor wohl set: ellow's woman to get: | day's tition reporting the lone of theship'Gunay South,” | tor thew heres It is antag to Gee feapee A Hee eoeteey | Po tees Core OE ea ee ee Came Gata hoc tus vane Mr; Stephens, of Georgia, made. splendid speech in | into the boat because abe refused to pay him a hialf dot- | was incorrect, the telegraph having made a mistake in | ‘The Pilgrims were all layracn, ant tora lore neni that | Covesen at ener merely sek the laws of sieht anaadensinee : fe Sous 8 en aye be! a Lege 7 eed lar for the privilege, and one of his companions de- | ‘he name of the vessel. It should have been the ship | little community remained a church and a state without | nature to determine the relations between States, with Mr. Prizm, (dem.) of Me., from the Committee on | concluded tat the revult of the recent elections in the | manded a sbaw! from a follow passenger, and was about | ‘Sunny Side”, which left the bar below New Orleans on bead, ory igen, latteateeky ands the” penalise, | pal thelr observance by shed emaplaea Let iss, gout. ‘Commerco, reported a resolution with the view of the | 202-slaveholding States was an overwhelming expression | tearing it frem her, when Captain Keeney interposed. | he 224 ultimo, with a cargo of 2,050 bales of cotton for | rity in them was, that these institutions brought men, in conclusion, You a sentiment:— better preservation of life, It authorizes the President | Stefneus isa remartable mam ons of themortremarty, | TH Stst woman was left hanging by « ladder over the | Liverpool, and was wrecked, as already stated, off a. Tile ginet pone Ae i Olea oe Tagleed. Theke or Firmoath Fat thy rit as woll an ‘of the United States to open a correspondence with the | blemen in the t Congress, His figure and face | *bip’s side, and was in imminemt danger of failing into | hama Banks, on the 28th ultimo. strength lies in their intimate and constant relation to | adorn, and therefore to be cheri in every house- British government, or any one of her dependencies, in | *° Peculiar; and the stranger who, for first time, | the water, as the sailor who made the demand removed [The Sunny Side was built in Williamsburg in 1854 by | the flocks they guide and govern. The people of New | hold throughout the republic. sees him rige to speak, is naturally impreesed with the idea that he is some awkward school boy, who is about to prove that nature has saved him the trouble of mak- ing a fool of himself, Not that he is a young man, for I auppose he must be 45 years of age at the least; but | the boat from under her. She was, however, relieved from her perilous position without serious injury, and was afterwards placed on board the smack. Captain Keeney said the majority of them appeared to be in a state of extreme destitution, and that they greedily Mr. Rictanp Warnes, President of the Socie- ty of Plymouth, responded to the teuth son are assembled, he said, to celebrate the most vent in the nation’s cistory. All events wore subel- ary to og of the Pilgrims on rock of Ply- principles Perine & Co., 800 tons A vessel, and valued at about $60,000, and insured in Boston. —Ep. Hrnaxp.] FEARS FOR THE SAFETY OF THE STEAMSHIP NAUTILUS. Naw Orieans, Dec. 21, 1854. England won’t keep a minister who is afraid of them. When you found the clergy united on any given ques- tion, you may be sure that the people are united too. The minister of New England is of the people—bo is one of them, his thoughts are theirs, and his earnest wishes order to procure the erection of a first class lightnouse sat Cape Race, Newfoundland, tae United States to pay ‘@n eq cal portion of the expense. Mz. Curiixe, (dem.) of N. ¥., briefly advocated the “4 sresolution, saying that great loss of life and immonse travel combine to render its passage neceasary. Mr. Sucru, (dem.) of Va., opposed the resolution, re- garding it as the commencement of a system to build foreign lighthouses. Mr Fvr.se said it was of great importance to have a lighthouse at Cape Race, where_lines of steamers start and wirive; it was necessary for the safety of naval and commercial matters. Mr. MCStULLRN, (dem.) of Va., opposed the resolution, «regardivg the proposition as novel and unprecedented. Mr. Fuciee mentioned two cases where appropriations have been made by Congress to build lighthouses out- side vur timite on the Canada shore. Mr. CHANDixR, (ohig) of Pa. favored the resolution, saying the end sanctified the means ; whatever is right cannot be commenced too carly, The resolution was passed—seventy-eight ‘Afty wo. against REPORT OF THE COABT SURVEYS. Tax Spear laid before the House # letter from th Secretary of the Treasury, covering the report of tl ort ntendent of the Coast Surveys for the year 1854. eres to be printed. Mr. Rowaws, oe of Pa., offered a resolution, which was reterred to the Committee on Printing, prot for the printing of ten thousand extra copies of the five thousand for the use of the mem! of the House, and (ie remainder for the Coast Survey office—to be dound in a quarto form with the plates. ‘The House then passed the bill reorganizing the courts ¢ House then reorgai cour! Mim the District of Columbia, and Le cetige, | and improv- sing the awe thereof, by a vote of yeas 113, nays 35. House thon went into committee on private bills, aml after passing one, adjourned till Tuesday. Our Washington Correspondence. Wasuinatox, Dec, 21, 1854. Will for the Relief of the Texas Oredttors—Capt. Gibson's Claim against the Dutch Government—Mr. R. G. Scott and the Ostend Conference—Mr. Keitt on the Know Nothinge. ‘Of course nothing of importance will now be done in Congress till after the holidays; but unless something abouls arise to change the disposition of members, it is evident ‘hat after the first of January a good deal o; "eusine-s will be transacted. Among the measures swhich wiil probably be acted upon by the House, is the -Senete vill for the relief of the Texas creditors. The State -of Texas has at length become as anxious as the credit- -orsare that the matter should be adjusted, and as the sopposition of the State delegation has ceased, it is be- “lieved "tue House will ratify the well digested Senate bil, In the present State of Europe it is evident capitaliats ~there wiil seek investments in the United States. It therefore becomes a matter of no little moment that the diverent States should place themselves in an honoratie position before the world, and clear their akirts ‘entirely from any suspicion’ of bad faith to- wards ‘tueir creditors, or semi- m, It may be “That this consideration has had due weight with Texas in indue nga change in ber policy towards her creditors. peg ¢ tne tepecttlen £ Co: A date tn ee and tbat the wy age! strong ly of assintivg her to wipe out the stain which now rests upon her escutcheon, Captain Walter M. Gibson, probably. dispeiring ofa eke adjustment of hie claim againat the Dutch govern- * , has issued a prospectus fora work he is engaged in writing, entitled “The Prison of Weltevreden, sud a Glance at ive-East India Archipelago.” baby into contain some issued early in d sul treated of are of much interest, at Ae ere Gibson will meet with more success sidual enterprise than he has accomplished in preraing is claim for damages upoa the Dut amen! i. Mr Robert G. Som og hee som ae beg tre jimia ia whi 18 th occasion leny the Suracy uf your statement the Ostend Confo- wence, wut without vouchsafing to say what the facta are ‘But notwithstanding Mr. Scott's vague denial of » gover n- “matter Le knows nothing about, it is wel! known here in official circles, that your tment correct. Mr. Scott confesces one thing— 1 Mr. Soulé repaired to Ostend by orders from the sute lopartenent hers. This, in iteelf, shows that that weeting was official; and as official character of the -confereuce has been deniod, aon, with the statement -of the result, it follows that the contradiction is entirel: rihy of credit, Mr. Sco't i distinguished ind! ho, by his circular letter, before the Baltimore ‘on met, brought down all the prominent Presi- pirante, and was the unwitting means of pinging about the nomination of General Pierce. For this piese of good luck he has received the consulate at Rio. But it by no means follows that because Mr. Scott followed successfully the example of the celebrated cand q:vally distinguished Messrs. Donaldson and Greer, that nis letters are always to have the same success. In the present instance his attempt to impeach the accuracy of your information regarding Mr. Soul is a weft failure, and contradicts iteelf om its face. Mr Keitt, of nears Ose pe peg 4 bag Bawha’ defence of ow Nothings. and it is some ather Southera men will ‘also break a lance with ‘the member from Massachusetts, Mr. Banks possesses snuch leas talent than is usually accorded to him if hs does not effectually turn the tables on thore Southern rmowlers who may make war against his doctrines. Certainly, if any section of the Union reason to compla’n of f interference in its loeal and domes- tic inatitutions, it is the South, Wasatxcton, Dec. 22, 1854. Katemates of the Postmaster General—1he Court of Pri vate Claims—District of Columbia Matters, dc., dc. ‘The Postmaster General communicated to the House yesterday his estimates for the Post Office service, for the year beginning July 1, 1855, aa follows -— For two mail steamships from New York, by Southampton to Bremen, under the contract with the Ocean Steam Navigation Compan; of New York, at $100,000 s year for eac! i . 9200,000 150,000 Havana, per annum. + 80,000 Por tra napertaticn of mi us 150,000 Vor domestic mail transportation. + 6,921,938 For compensation of Poxtmasters. + 2{160,000 Fer compensation of clerks in post offices 676,000 For msiscellaneous items. ......6++++++ 611,500 Heh hai, pacatt < $9,908,498 Here we have a call for nearly (ev millions: of dollars for mail service, and that, too, exclusive of the Colllas and Aspinwall steamers. The fact of these steamera not being included in the estimates from the Post Office Department, has lad some error ot supposing the department, by thi: Iniended « condempation of thove linen’. 1! fuct ‘The estimates for these lines come fr am not trom the Post Office ‘tment. dye Campbell will decline taking the responsibility tq avy contract or arrangement with these «team- ers, ancl will very properly turn them over to Congres with wom the present contracts were made. ‘The Yepale yesterday continued the debate on the Dill e-twblishing the Board of Claims. The Select Com- aniites reported o substitute, making it a court instead of # simple bourd, and fixing, necessarily, the tori of office “during good behavior.” If Congress make it a court, Ue constitution of the Uni ates will Aix the tease of olive, Bul this proposit wort with Heer there is a sickly, gawky juvenility in his appearance to one who views lim from the Representative gallery, | which may well excuse auch impressions as Ihave sug: gested. He is of medium height, with slender, attenuated | frame, shoulders rounded almost to the point of de- | formity, small, sharp head, prominent features, un- usually long and skinny looking arms and fingers, and » complexion of most deatb-like hue. His thin hair | is combed down quite straightly; and beneath his heavy; overhanging brow flashes an eye as keen and full of life as the eagle’s. His voice, issuing from blanched lips, at | ordinary times is thin and weak, yet it possesses » |: quality of impressiveness in its lowest intonations. You will agree with me that this ia an unpromising picture of an orator. And yet, when warmed by the subject of which he treats, there is no man in Congress whose eloquence takes firmer hold of the pereeptions and emotions of an audience than does the oratory of him J have described, As he rises to address the House, mem- bers flock near his seat; and as he with his re- marks the hum of the galleries and the lobbies dies awa: in the listening silence. There is, too, a power of fasei- nation, of tinm, in his voice, that fastens attention upon him, and gives to hia appeals to reason or to aym- thy, an influence seldom equalled and never surpassed. never hear him without thinking of John Randolph, ‘There is about him much of the eccentricity of personal appearance that Randolph prosented; and he seems to possess very similar characteristics of simple, eloquent | directnesa in his debates. His speech to day was worth of fame, and will be read by tens of thonsands; but i ey do him the injustice of attempting to de- | scribe it. ‘The New Law Department. IN THE SENATE OF TER UNITED QTATES, ‘TO KSTASLISH A DEPARTMENT OF LAW TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN DUTIkS OF THE AUDITORS AND COMPTROLLERS OF THE TREA- SURY, AND FOR OTHKR PURPOSES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represonta- | tives of the United States of America, in Congress as- | sembled, That from and after the of this act the existing office of Attorney-General of the United States be, and the same is hereby, constituted a depart- ment, to be denominated the Department of Law, | whereof the Attorney-General, tor time being, shall | be aeemed the princi Ctteer: Gout ba shail partoem all i ow ing to the office of A.torney- Gener: such as may be required of him by law. He shall cause to be prepared, recorded, and transmit- ‘ted or delivered, all appointments and commistion ia the jadelers of the United States, of Governors and Secre- taries of the thereof, and all special commin- sionera or other officers not under the direction of any other department; but no such commission shall be recorded until afver'it shall t e avtested by the Attorne; General. It shall also be the duty of the Attorne: General to su; tend and direct the District Attorneys States iv the transaction of their official duties; to superintend and direct the Solicitor of the sury, and the business of that office; and, to that end, the sald solicitor, who hereafter be styled the Solicitor of the United States, and the clerks and messenger, with all the fboohs and papers of that office, shall be, and they are hereby, transferred to the Department of Law, as a bureau of that depsrtment, | and placed under the superintendence of the Attorney: | Gener: | Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the su; iao- | Ty power now exercised by the secre! of the Interior | over the accounts of the marshals, ke, and other | officers of the courts of the United States, shall be exer- | cised by the Attorney-General, who shall sign all requi- sitions for the advance or payment of money out of tae Treasury, on estimates or accounts. subject to the same | adjustment or control now exercised om similar enti- | mates or accounts by the accounting avd comptroliing | officers of the Treasury. Sc. 3. And be it further emacted, That if the Presi- dent of the United States should, in his discretion, re- General, or other person, to attend to | interests of the ment in any court of the United States not in the district of Columbia, or in apy State Court, there shall be made to the Attorney General, or other person, to be paid out of the judicial fund, such allowance as President shall deem reason- able and just. Src. 4. And be it further enacted, That in case of | the death, absence from the seat of government, or in- | ability of the Attorney General, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, in cave he shall think it | ion at his discretion to | ‘& successor be ap- | poi util such absence or inability shall cease. Suc. 5, And be it further enacted, That the commis. | sions of all offleers of the United States shall be made out, recorded, a neceasary, counte: and sealed, in the department under supervision of the heads of which those officers may respectfully be ve- | quired to act, or to which they ioe ot Sve. 6. And be it further enacted, That as soon as may be practicable after the parsage of this act, it shall be the duty of the first Auditor to audit and adjust alt ac- counts, disbursements, claims, and expenditures, of | whatsoever nature and description, that may arise or | be unsettled in the department of the Trensury;that the | Second Auditor sball audit and adjnst all accounts, dis- bursements, claims and expenditures, of whatsoever nature or description, that may ariveor be unsettled in the Department of the Interior; that tho Third Auditor shall audit amd adjast all accounts, disbursements, claims, and expenaitures, of whatsoever nature or des: | cription, that may arise or be unsettled in the Depart- ment of War; that the Fourth Auditor shall audit and adjust allaccounts, disbursements, claims and expendi- tures, of whatsoever nature or description, that may | arise or be unsettled in the Department of the Navy; | that the Fifth Auditor shall audit amd adjust all ac- counts, disbursements, claims and expenditures, that | rise or be unsettted in the Nepsriment of State partment of Law; and the Sixth Auditor shall | dit and adjust all accounts, diebursements, claims | dex; res that may srise or be unsettled in the | it; and all accounts audited by the | Auditors, shall be revised apd coer | roller;and all accounts audited | tor by the Second | Comptroller; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall di- | rect the transfer of all books and accounte relating to | the business, and such clerks empl: thereon as will give the proper force and effect to this act. ; The Twelve Belgian Paupers Confined a the Tombs, | The twelve Belgians who were arrested last Wedne. § day on board the packet ship Rochambeau, on her arrival | from Antwerp, on the supposition that they had been | convicted, but pardoned felons, shipped from their ma- | tive country by the government, are still in the Tombs awaiting judicial examination of the facts. This was to have taken place yesterday forenoon, at the police court, before Justice Bogart. At twelve o'clock, noon, Sergeant Bell, of the Mayor’s ofice, who made the ai rest, attended, but Captain Stackpole, who commanded the Rochambeau, was not then in court. The captain and his mate came in after some time, when the hour of three o’clock in the afternoon wan wet down as a | proper time for the inquiry to commence. Judge Bogart took his seat on the bench at the last | named hour ; bat up to 6 o’clock—the time of adjourn- ment—neither Mr. Bell, Capt. Stackpole, his mate, the | of the i + | | Belgian Consul, nor any other person at all conserned in | the matter, appeared, when the case was further adg | journe: to this morning. In the meantime the men are deprived of their liberty, and sudject to the sume prison rules as if really convicted of a crime here. A French gentleman applied (or permission to visit them yes evening, but could not be allowed that privilege, as the hour of 3 o'clock had passed. We published in the | Hraaty yesterday the story of the men freely, and | seemingly fairly given ; and it is certainly in accord- both with justice, law, and the dictates of Iw , that they should be heard ia court speet i very iniportant case, as rogarda the arrivis « dere gh LeUgte OF criminal, bronght to am issue, | which the unfortunate passengers received on board the | smacks, Everything that their captains and men could | ther being so fasanadiy-cabds tt oes Sapvele to on | seamen and hospitality as men * wire, 10 casks cream ‘tartar, devoured two barrels of bread which had been sent from the ship. All the sailors, with a very few exceptions, bebaved in the same brutal manner, knocking them about the vessel, and beating them with ropes and whatever they could lay their hands on. The pas- sengers were set to work in helping to un- load the vessel, and because some could not understand the directions, they were kicked and cuffed about the deck, and if they ventured to com- plain, they only received a repetition of the same treat- ment, It is reported that their baggage and trunks, whieh they were unable to take with them om board the fishing vessels, were broken open and rifled, and several articles which they contained were afterwards seen in the possession of come of the crew. However, they were glad to be released from their power on any conditions, and none of them would willingly have remained behind with their baggage. There were, of course, exceptions. While it is almost impossible to find words in which to express our opinion of the conduct of the St. Patrick’s crew, if all the charges against them be true, it is with pleasure we refer to the kind treatment do to alleviate their sufferings was done. They were all brought up to this city on Thursday morning, and landed at the foot of Fulton street, East river. Several are in need of assistance from the Commissioners of Emigration, and we hope there will be as little delay as possible in furnishing it, as they are in a state of extreme destitu- tion. ‘The sailors, we are informed, came up from the St. Pa- trick yesterday, in the John Comstock, which is at pre- sent lying over at Brooklyn. At five o’clock on Thursday evening the St. Patrick was full of water, and the steamer sent to her relief had not arrived. It is feared that the easterly wind of Thuraday night and yesterday may have injuriously af. fected her. Dr. Macfarlan, the surgeon of the ship, has kindly furnished us with the following statement of the disas- ter:— DR. MACFARLAN’S STATEMENT. This vessel went ashore at Long Beach, below Barne- gat, at about six o’clock on the evening of the 19th in stant, during = dense fog, and immediately after striking she began to thump very hard, when imme- diate measures were taken to get her afloat by the crew and pasengers, who were all employed in throw. wg the catgo overboard, and t1 to work her off with her sails. During the night there was much suffering and anxiety on board guns were fired and rockets were off for aid and assistance. On the following morning, at about 3 o'clock, the ship’s head paid off pth A then braced the yards around but she again broug! t up, heading south by east, made all sail trying to her off, still throwing car- overboard, the wind blowing fresh on her quarter. ie passengers and |i lighten the ship aft, but #1 that all efforts to get ber off were of no avail. light steps were taken to land the passe: by means of the ahip’s boats, and one boat swam) immediately after she was lowered; the lifeboat was then sent out from the ahip with fifteen passengers on board, in charge of the chief officer, Mr. Mount, but when she had pro. ceeded about one hundred yards from the ship the peo- le on khore made to them not to attempt a nding, when they immediately returned to the ship. A line was finally conv: ‘to the shore and male fast to high and the wea. e were then sent forward to was making water 6o fast At day- the heat ee to land the passengers. for assi ance were then made to the people on shore, when seve- fishing schooners came out, anchored near by and to on the sbip. ie mrs were finally all aay conveyed on board of the schooners and sent up to e city. phe the time the ship went ashore up tothe time the gers were safery landed, Captain Whitman and his officers were untiring in their exertions to not only save the ship, but render the passengers as com- fortable as the circumstances would amit, and to whom too much credit cannot be awarded for their skill as The ahip now lies broadside on the beach, and full of her sails and a portion of her rigging have been stripped and sent up to the city. Should the weather continue favorable, there are fair prospects of saying the ship. Dr. Macfarlan also brought the following letter from Capt. Whitman to teh owner:— Ox oARD Sm Sr. Patrick, } Lone Bracn, N. J., Dec. 21, 1854 Daviw Ocnex, Esq. :— 1 suppore ere this you have been informed of my mis- fortune in losing the good ship St. Patrick, en Long Beach, a little south of Barnegat, the particnlars of which 1 must see you to explain. I hope I have done right in making use of several fishing vessels to trans. port the passengers to New York and to attend on the ship. I have today unbent all the sails and sent down topgallant yards, as I think there is little hopes of ever qtieg het off—at all events, unless assistance with * ‘pumps are sent immediately. My crew are getting dissatisfied, and Isend them to New York by the sehooner Comstock, with Doctor Macfarlan, who ia able to tell you all the particulars. {shall stay by the shi as long as prudent. The wreck masters are here, but ven up the sbi Yours truly, y ITMAN, Master of ship St. Patrick ‘The manifest of the ship was also received atthe owner's yesterday, The following is a copy: — RGO OF THE &T. PATRICK. 2€5 tons coal, to New York Gas Company. 467 bars iron, to W. Outhout & Brs., N. Y. 798 bars and 223 bundles irop, to E.G. Ripley & Co., N.Y. ‘285 bundles sheet iron, to Naylor & Co., N. Y. 271 bundles sheet iron, to order. 240 bundles ber iron, to M. N. Dean. water; 1028 bars, 201 bare iron, to Smith & Hegeman. 474 bara snd 192 bundles bar iron, W. Outhout & Bre. wire rods, Naylor & Co. wn; 1h do; 3 do. hardware, E, P. Hoyer & Co. rdware, Hy. Dickinson. 40 hoxes terne plates, to order. 70 cavke bottled ale, 8 ig bundles and 5 coile bars iron, 600 sacks ; end 33 dozen mats, to Barclay & Livingston.* casks chains, 90 fathoms chain, and 1 wood stock anchor, to Harbeck & Co. 800 bundles heop iron, to order. 5077 bars and 406 bandles bar iron, to order. | A canks skivers and 4 boxes leather, Abm. Bek & ons | 124 hampers potatoes, Joseph Sands, Eq, | } 1 crate earthenware, (. C, hy ‘‘ 41 crates and 5 casks earthenware, W. Doughty. 70 bundles iron wire to onder. €6 bundles sheet iron, Saltera & Co. 7 caven steel, Blevins & Mead. { bundles bar iron, J. W. Carmer & Co. 7 chains, Ed. H. jacot. 800 bars iron, Henderson & Burger ' 600 bundles bar iron, Jee Carmer & Co 380 bundles bar iron, Davenport & Slipper ! 7 hare iron, Bailey, Lang & Co. ' 4 bundles bar iron, C. keymour & Co. 2% lots iron wire, Vandervoort Dickerson, 15 casos mase., Ashton & Gillian. bundles steel, Rogers, Ketchum & Co. | +8 lots wire, W. B. Lang & Co.; 1 case iron wire to do, | 1 ota andi cask iron wiso, to order; 1,503 buntles bare Hic 3,724 focus ecw, tw do. | fe ta than in the mother earth bars ond 4776 niles iron, Carles Congreve k 8.n, | Great fears are entertained for the satety of thesteam- thip Nautilus, which left Brazos on the 4th for this port. Mt is thought that some accident must have happened to her during the heavy gale which occurred om the night of the 4th. DISABTER TO THE SHIP ADRIAN. Norrorx, Dec. 22, 1864. The ship Adrian, Hunter, from Liverpool for New York, put into Hampton Roads on Wednesday, in » leaky condition. THE PILGRIM FEAST Annual Celebration of Forefathers’ Day— Dinner of the New England Society at the Astor House=Speech of Scnator Seward on Know Ne die. dice The New England Society of the city of New York, celebrated ita forty-eighth anniversary by a public din- ner at the Astor House, last evening. The arrangements for the dinner were under the direc tion of Messrs. H. P. Peet, C. A. Stetson, W. C. Noyes, Paul Babcock, H. A. Hurlbut, and L. B. Wyman. The annual oration was delivered in the Church of the Mes- siah, on Thursday evening. The whole celebration was in commemoration of the two hundred and thirty-fourth auniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Dee. 22, 1620. The grand dining hall of the Astor was tastefully decorated for the occasion, by Mr. James Stetson. The pillars, cornices, and spaces between the windows, were pleasantly relieved by red and white drapery. At the upper end of the hall portraits of Washington, Franklin and Webster were hung, and at the lower end a fine en- graving representing the landing of the Pilgrims. ‘The tables were tastefully arranged, and among the pieces of ornamental pastry were representations of Danie) Webster, the Plymouth Monument, the Pioneer’s House, the Landing of the Pilgrims, aud a statue of Washington. Mr. Moses H. Grixvevt, President of the Society, oc- cupied the chair, supported on the right hand by the orator of the day, (W. M. Evarts,) and on the left by Senator Seward. Several representatives of other city benevolent societies had places at the guests’ table. Major Sprague, U.S. A., was present. The company numbered about two hundred. ‘The company sat down at the appointed time, « most commendable instance of punctuality. The dinnec was in the best style of the Astor House, and by no means on the Maine law plan. After full justice had been done to the eatables and imbibables, the Rev. Dr. Bacon returned thanks, aud the President announced the regu- lar toasts as follows:— 1. The Day we celebrate—The Morning Star of univer- salfreedom. (Received with three cheers.) 2. The President of the United States. (Nine cheers —broke down on the fourth.) Music—Hail Columbia. 3. The State of New Yor@. (Three cheers.) Music— March from Norma. 4. ‘The Gity of New York and its Judiciary. (Three cheers.) Music—Home, Sweet Home. 4. The Orator of the Day—His learning and eloquence prove thathe nobly sustains the weight of the honored ree ag Inherits. “(Six cheers.) Music—The Veterans, larch. 6. The Clergy of New Kugland—True representatives of those who ‘for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith,” planted the “first civil body politic” in New England. 7. The Connecticut Colony—It possessed the first writ- ten Constitution of bes gored iment ever knownin the political mstory of the world; its liberties throagh every peril have remained unbroken. (Cheers.) Music — Yankee Doodle."* 8. The Common Scnools of New Eogland—Next to the Pulpit, the hope of the country. (Cheerr.) 9. The Senate of the United States—A Congress of in- dependent sovereigaties—May its action be such as to insure the unjon and prosperity of the body politic. Music—‘‘Sound the Trumpet”’—Puritani. (Nine cheers.) 10. The first Sabbath ot the first Worshippers on the soil of New England—The fervent prayers of that day were the earnest of the prosperity and success of thy colony. nh. "ine Bar of New England—Its members have been at once the foremost champions of civil liberty, and the tirmeat “ing hon of constituted law. 12. The May it ulways be a Herald on the Tri- tune of the Times, and enjoy auch liberty that it may Ap ey by Express a Messenger im the Post of a Courier to the Sun, 13. Our Sister Charitable Societies—Heaven-born, (charity being their aim,) they are only rivals in doing the greatest good to the greatest number. 14. The Army and Navy of the United States. 15. The Women of New on ese bead grace and deauty bind ue to the earth; their purity and truth point us to the akies. During the reading of the toasts tho space in the rear of the guests’ table was filled with ladies, who paid the most exemplary tribute to all the speeches—good and vad, long and. short. Hon. C, P. Dart responded to the fourth toast, It did not become him, he said, to speak of the judiciary of the city of New York. It would be better to speak of the judiciary of New England. If he were to single out the particular point in New England character, he would take the submission of the people to the decrees of their judiciary. They obey the law, not from fear or force of habit, but because it is the law. (Applause.) In no other country is this to be seen. In Great Britain jus- tice is surrounded with show to make it imposing; bat in New England no such show is uired. The orator of last evening of the noble berttage of the common law. t that heritage has done for New England—for the Revolution and for the Republic, eaamot be estimated. civil law is like be a utiful temple whose fixed proportions cannot The commen law may not be a xtem, but it is more like human nature. w has written on its aed the word authority— Tn the cx the individual is nothing. cox trary, the individual hese facta were weil understood in New i They wage gos in 1840 that no man should suffer in nis person and property, unless by a known law established, and when the known law in defective then by the law of God. And later, in the Senate, John Adams said thatif he had laa ee vefore the Revolution that the comwon law would not have been the lvw of the United! States he would never bave drawn bis - { in the contest. Judge Daly con. cluded by giving The roots of the Common Law —Transplanted to New England eoil, they have produced hardier and more |. Evante, Exy., responded to the fifth He disclaimed any credit for the oration \teringly alluded to. . His learning, he said, such ax it was, came from the free schools of Massachu. cy oe ‘Spplause,) and the usendowed college of Con cut. (Ay use.) The love of the New - landers for the Plymouth Rock had. be said, ven rise to many anachroniams. We have Plymouth Rock testing onthe Western lake and another on the *ound, he (the « rt) had lately been employed @ tbree mariners to libel the Pt; uth Rock. ‘ha eh. ter.) Whyt Because the Plymouth Rock had run into thew and sunk; and he bad always found that the im tutions which had teen run into and sank by the Ply- mouth Rock were always realy to lbel it, (Laaghter ant nue.) Me, Ltarts clawed by caressing Uae vtaon law, on the tonst. ab | | | eagle grasping | liberty is to be saved, the | find you assembled | Bor yet are for their welfare. (Applauee.) Mr. Deana, Mayor “of Hartford, responded to the seventh toast. He could have wished, he said, that some of the Yankees he had left behind him could have been here toreply. Thoy had paid so much attention to the State’s history that they had got to consider it a the superlative of all States. He had tempered his en- thusiasm, so that he only considered it the greatest little State im all creation. (Loud laughter aud ap- plause. ) Connecticut was an independent sovereignty “trom the word go.” The people of that State were apart from the courtly and kingly influences which ruled in some measure the colonies of New York and Massa- chusetts. had no Hutchinsons, slaves of the king, and traitors to liberty. (Applauso,) They had no troops to over- awe them, or vessels of war in their harbors. in the Innguage of the sentiment, Connecticut bad the first constitution. which ‘was drawn up by one Roger Ludlow. It was drawn up in 1639, and in the first constitution on record. The name of his Majes ty in not mentioned, and it bears no more intimation of legiance to the King of England than to the King of Siam. (Applaune.) It provides for all departments of a government, and is ax independent mm its tone as if it had deen written yesterday. The speaker gave a rapid glance at the earlier history of Connecticut, and alluding to the French war, said that it was really the commence- ment of the revolution When the last French regiment had embarked, the lion and unicorn began to fade from the escutchen, and the Prophetic eye could see the shield and unfolding the scroll. To that war Connecticut furnished thirteen thousand men sone-tenth of ite entire population, and one-fifth of ite male adults. He paida tribute to the deeds of Major Gen- eral Putnam, In the war of the revolutiou it was the proud privilege of Connecticut to have the only rebel Governor in the Thirteen United Colonies, and that was Jonathan Trumbull, from whom the Yankee nation has derived the name of Brother Jonathan. He gave— Brother Jonathan—The only rebel governor of the Old Thirteen. (Loud applause.) President Cnanuxs Kiva, of Columbia College, respon ed to the eighth sentiment. The common xchovls of New England (he said) lay at the foundation of the glory and greatness of the Union. There is music in the words—the schoola of New Englaud. Every man with « drop of New England blood in his veins must re- member with pride the fathers, who, pite of all the difficulties which surrounded them, paid their first at- tention to general education. In 1640 the General Court endowed Harvard College, and ever since that time that school bas sustained the highest repu tation. And when the college failed and faltered, every class of the community gave somethin, support, The scholar gave a few booke—the furmer, & sheep—the mechanic, some of his tools, and the young mother, thinking that she must contribute something to that school where her boy was yet to be educated, sent a ailver porrin, days im another land. The record of these gifts ix prouder than any roll of nobility in the world. In this zeal for education may be traced the love of constitu tional isharig “agerea brought about the revolution, and established this republic. Let this spirit still be main- tained. Let the common schools be preserved and im- wrod reine. Let the Bible of our fathers be still a text in our common schools, aud may it be many years before any modern Joshua (looking towards M> Seward) shall command that sun of truth to stand still. Letus say unto all men of all nations, ‘‘ Come and drink of these living waters.’ ‘Three cheers were then given for the common schools ot New England. Wm. H. Sxwarp, Senator of the State of New York, ae to the ninth regular toast. He was received with great cheering, and when the applause had sub- sided, he said—Forbear, gentlemen, forbear. {am ac- customed in public assemblies, when I raise my voice, to meet frowns and reproaches, andl am pared for them; but Iam quite unused to cheers and congratula- tions.’ (Rei cheering.) Gentlemen, if you do not desist 1 shall, under circumstances so novel, become mute, (After a pause.) of the New England Society—I rise to thank you in be- half of that important and distinguished branch of the national Legislature, of which I have the honor to be a member, for the consideration you manifest for them. And yet'l am quite disposed to throw myself on your in- dulgence for the criticism you may be pleased to be- stow on the sentiment to which [ am called upon to res- nd. I know that the Senate and President of the United States ought so to conduct the allairs of this government, in conjunction with other departments, that liberty may be safe and the Union preserved. But the habit of my mind and the faults of my heart (for I think more from my heart than Ido from my ned lead me to believe that the President, like the King in any other government, and the Senate, like the Parlia ment in any other government, are not the supreme ated and aro not the real state. The state is unseen js or Tryons, or hind them—it is the people. (Cheers.) Yen, fellow | citizens, never let us forget with all our deference to Le- hing, veiled though it be, than a parilament or a king. The President, like Caesar, or the Senate, like the Par- linment, or rather hke the Roman Senate of old, can de- solate the country and subvert liberty, but neither the President or the Senate can create prosperity, and when people must save it them- 4 gentlemen. Iam welves. No! Mr. President a: some embarrassment this evei Lam here as tive citizen, born in thin great State—at home the sons of New England, whose soil I never trod unti long after 1had attained the years of manhood. I am here a stranger and aguest, and I would practise to- warda you hospitality, I would, for the night, suppress the names of our great men, and will join with you in paying the highest homage to yours—paying homage to your Puritans, your Adams, and your Daniel Webster, (cheern;) and Yet, fellow-citlzens, | cannot forget that { here—not on Plymouth Rock, under the virtues of your ancestors in the centre—the social, commercial snd 1 centre, not only (aaT once thought) of the State of New York, but the social, commercial and political centre of this com. prehensive republic. And since I find you here under circumstances like thene, it breaks on my thoughts that within the period of my own manhood, ‘and that has not been very long,) I have seen and noticed a great change come over both thia city und my own local affec. tiene. Time wae native of commerce—whien England bas infused her sons into our society and they live im the place of those ho- nored names. At the head of them atanda Grinnell. (Applause) The bar in represented before us, and the pulpit speaks through the native iron of a er. (Applanse.) Pardon me, gentlemen, if I as- sure you that I find no fault with this, though I am o/ New York. You all know full well that [ like the asso. ciations of these foreign men in my native land. | bave charity enough to give my right band (n fellowship to the sous of Ki And, while 1 perceive a fra- rance from the rove, hol also the shamrock in respect. lor me there is no pain im the torment of the thistle. ‘The sone of St. David are welcome to me, as a patriot, and also mau, since from their mountaine my fathers cai 1 don’t forget that it was a British ® ® British flag—under which the Maytiower made the rock at Plymouth. God be praised that there was a British flag to ensure their safe arrival. (Applause.) | don’t forget that it was a Swedish @ag which waved over the convey that founded one of the States at Cristiana ereek, where it forms « junction with the Delaware; and, as & loyal son of New York, I shall ever honor the of the Netherlands, under which arrived the company founded this great capital, under the hum! name of New Amsterdam. But I would not have you think that I have uot a reason for those heresues. ter.) I have observed that the fe the the Irish, the Scotch, the Weish, the or the yf Eng! aa dete teh ecieeenee in a land, do so to forget prejudices and te ckotan valy the virtues of their fatherland. (Cheers. ) T desire to see, above allthings, that this may be fever hea ole may [a most Mf gama 4, owt wise, most upright and most just, and so 1 would i into this oak the virtues and forces that are found in al the trees of the forent, Yelow-citivens, it te fo wee whut were iad Lihue Gai aeons for ita } 1, the last relic of wealthier and happier | Mr. President, and gentlemen | jislatures and magistrates that there is yet an auguater | the old Charter Osk of Hart- | ford; but T find you assembled here to celebrate | mouth, and there were first promulgated the upon which the Republic is founded. He was born near the rock itself, and he was to revere the Sabbath as the best heritage Fathers. (Applause.) It had become late years to say much about Plymouth should never forget it; aud if ever this away from the rock it can no wi ith and Massachusetts are but because we must go back to point for ‘The speaker said that he made this remark. because was afraid that some New England men think Plymouth an old place, and th gone affair. (Cries of (No,”” “Never,”?) I am hear those ‘‘nevers,”’ and will vere F i 4 a3 i E i i Ese: peaker, may ifany New land man has ceased to re the Reck of Plymouth the sooner he disconnects himself with ang New England Society the sooner he will to bean unworthy son of New England. (Applause,) Mr. War- ren proceeded to Cee of the projected monument at Plymcuth, and said that there was now s pect that the monument would be erested. He an appeal for the funds of the Society which bas the building ef the monument in charge. Mr. Warren gave— ‘The Sons of New land, Anywhere and Everywhere —On this day may they lock to the Fact, and bear coendicg: from the Rock of Plymouth and the sands Cape Cod a summons to be faithful to the heritage of im Fathers. ¢ PRESIDENT read the cleventh toast, and some said ‘AN the bars there are closed.” (Iaughter.) Mr. Draper, the Vice-President, read the twelfth Ene played an appropriate air, when said The eleventh toast has been read, and all bars may be closed, I know of no reason we should not have a speech from a certain bar here. There isa Mr. Field here. pa Drarkr was not aware that the toast was to be ven. The Prrstpxxt was afraid that Mr. Grinnell bad bees oD Fnaa, fnq., then made response to. the . D. Fixep, Eaq., . sentiment, and Yaad that the ber ~ land had reflected & profession Fa? find HI F f F fi paid a passi ‘plimen: and its of and aa elegsat the pom fm ee Great as was and talent of these ; it i i F A 2 rt] fon which the | 5? Hy ; ; Mr. Youne, | audience for the com 3 if i E said Mr. Young, if Thad been Brother Jon one #0 me Brother Jonathan too. that my blood runs fi at ford, i i 5 : i E i i and gradually becoming more a; thies of this pe do not go | sent war. Ishould not intrude this if there was any question at issue bets | countries at the present time. I thank God j ef name. (Loud applause.) In t! have just seen the finishing touch given to one treaties made in accordance with the age, and an scknow! it of the | try by another. In South, where there | hornet’s nest for small politicians, we see that | king of commerce has. si in existing difficulty. Although you may mire the manner of its ‘ettloment, yet amount of territory is to be settled immigration and erected into an Tam glad to hear it. (Applause.) The Russian war , A ®@ question of sympathy al ther, and in fer your sympathy we are not the Fmt ag. Bed we have the best reason for that you will act | help the bear, for it is not your interest 10 to do. laughter and applause.) No country hss s0 claim on your sympathy an that same little ot | England (applause), in sympathizing with her you take sides with the coune of civil liberty againat the arch enemy of all liberty. I sbal} give you a sentiment im this spirit. | _ A Vorcey—Give us an English tonst—the mother coun- ‘Mr. Youna then gave— ‘The Sons of New nd—May they never forget that | #ympatby with the cause of a tyrant is dishonor to the memory of their sires. This sentiment was received with cheers, and a majo- }@ COMPANY rose, _Dw Prvstet responied, for the St. Nicholas Society, | and after alluding to the fact that the Hollanders were the first to sow the seeds of civil and religious liberty im this country, gave Gur Country—The descendante of ite first settlers im- printed upon its institutions the impression of theirown | imperishable fame. Mr, O’'GoRMAN, an the representative of the Friendly | Soms of St. Patrick, made an eloquent re es that the voice of America spoke trom the mout the Senator (Mr. Seward) who had addressed them om thet evening, and the fealty of the Sons of St. Pat- rick to the land they live in. | Dr. Atex. Jonna, Vice-President of St. David's Society, | responded for that institution, and an interesting | enalysis of the Welsh character, tra ita influence in | the promotion of civil and religious Ii ‘at all peri- ola, and gave aa a sentiment— | Civil and Religious Liberty—May it de the future | watchword of freemen for all time, and dnally triumpl: | im the disenthralment of all nations. | from the Presi- | i F 3 4 ls in me, eke aF i ith i The Sxcnerary read letters of a | La 4 of Saint Andrew's and the an Benevoleat So- cietier. jor Brragur, 0.8. A., responded to the fourteenth ton He told some practica! anecdotes of former life to prove the attaenment of the to civil law, and Weir self reliance. In conclusion the Major ga’ vo— | “Snecess and iperity to the New Aad |. Aiter the leat rogeia? Yoast the band ties 0 | health to all good ae eee in made an a te respe nse, soon al wi erar | one tiiese, the sompasy sepurnteds wt” Nena Naval {ntelligence. TRY AYRICAN SQUADRON.—The United States frigate Constitation was at Porto Grande Oct, 284, having re- turned from ctive cruise along the north aad south const, as far as Loango, looking into all the ports usual- Jy frequented by American vessels. At Monrovia a aad accident oceurred. In lowering the Ariel, one of the ship's boata, ahe broke from her davits by the drawing of the stern belt, accidentally throwing overboard Thos. Lee, of New York, severely injuring him by the fall. A shipmate, who was in the water at the time, made every exertion to save the drowning maa, but in vain. ‘The Constitution, in beating up to the anchorage, by the way of the southern passage, encoantered very squaliy weather, carrying away the matnsail, foretopeail, fore- topgalianteail, epanker aod jib, also broke the cross. jack yard, compelling the ship to go to sen, reaching Porto Grande (St. Vincent,) two days after, in » crip- pled condition. The Dale was expected daily at Perte Praya, from Madeira, whither she had gone to recruit the health of tue officers and crew. The Marion was on the south coast, to be at Porte Praya by the lst of December, expecting hor relief. Cover—Cirenit.—Non, 219, 960, 1122, 1195, WMT, 1144 to 1180. ‘ev courts, motions and degitoas