The New York Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1854, Page 2

‘THE HARD TIMES. Another Meeting of Workingmen in the Park, The Excitement on the IncreasomA Meeting to be Held in the Broadway Tabernacles Bien, Shes Another meeting of the unemployed workingmen was held in the Park yesterday, at 4 P.M. The attendance was much jarger than om the day before, and consider- able feeling was manifested both by speakers and audi ence. Some of the speeches were of « very infamma- tery nature, but they were heartily applauded by the crowd, Mr, Epwarp F, Jomyson presided, assisted by J 7 Sarva as Secretary. Mr. Joun N. Brace spoke at some length, and avowed himself a friend of the working classes.} He sympathised with them in their affietion, and hoped that something would be done, and that specdily, for their relief. (Applause. ) ‘The following resolutions were then moved by Mr. J. T. Smith, and adopted — { Whereas, There are thousands of our fellow laborers at thie present moment deprived of means to obtain an howest livelihood, by eeing thrown out of employment, and im consequence thereu! are suffering for the common mecessaries of life; #0 much 9, that every charitable institution (whether sapportet by the public purse or not,) ix overrun, and every resource is fast becowing exhausted, in relioving this saflering. And whereas, | this state of things is mot the product or effect of the mechante or laborer, there‘ere cannot be attributable to licentiousness and dissipation om their part, but it is the result of excessive speculation, and in aidition to this, stagnation of mapatacturin,: 4 Inboring interest. ‘The rents remain excessively igh, and provisions great- er iu proportion. And whereas, such a state of thingy domanis the earliest attention of mechanics and mer- chaats to the wants of toese sufferers, and in fact, re: ire immediate relief to be extended towards them, if j# desirous on our part to preserve the peace of our city and jrotect the property of our citizens ; for this state of things cannot continue much longer before there will be a general outbreak, and the scenes of 1837 be re-enacted with deuble force and loes of property therefore, be it Resolved, That in addition to the committee of four ‘which was appointed at the meeting held yesterday it this place,) {> solleit subscriptions for the relief of dhe poor mechanic and laborer, eleven more be adiled, ind the press in general be requvated to solicit subscrip: ions. Resolved, That an office be located in each ward in our ity. in charge of a rehable person, for the purpose of succoring those who need relief ia kaid ward, am! as a receptacle of cast-oif clot blog, &e. Resolved, That all sober aud industrious mechanic at of employment and require aid, receive the $4, after such information has been received by erintendeat of such ward wherein the party so applying may reside. ived, That it will be earnestly requested of those who employ to lend their aid to this movement by em- ploying those who may be thrown upon the hands of the Association. Mr, Ravywa spoke next in support of the resolutions, He hoped every man witha heart in his bosom would now stand by the poor, in this their extremity. Mr, Fugene Suilivan, of the Eighteonth ward, the next speaker, He had not intended to say anything, but he did not feel that he would be justified in withholding his voice when the cause of the workingmen de. manded it, Why don’t the Common Council do some- thing for the working classes? Why not enter upon a series of public works to give employmext to the thou- sands who throng our streets, and who know not what to do to got the wherewithal to live. Build a new City Hall—do auything to employ the people. (Applause.) The poor will go down to the lowest depths of misery,unlesa the city authorities come to their relief. (Hear, hear.) If the workingclasses paid more attention to their own inte- rests than they did to the interests of the politicians, it would be better for them. A mouth ago,they thought only of who would be elected to this or that office, when they should have bean caring for No.1! (Applause.) The grain of this conntry should not be allowed to go abroad. He (the speaker) agreed with Mr. Walford, who spoke the evening before—a tariff should be put on all provisions, so as to retain them in this country. (Ap plause.) Theland, too, should be seen to; for if the poor man is allowed a foodhold on the soil, he can maintain himseif,sud be no burden tothe community. (Applause. ) The merchants should be appealed to—no doubt they will respond liberally to a call made in a public manner. Mr. Ika BUCKMAN was the next speaker. He said— Why has this vast assembly been gathered together to- day in this place? What need have mechanizs in this rich city to complain of poverty? There is plenty of all that can make life pleasant in our midst, and why have not the working classes their share of ther: it ix be- ruse the speculators absorb all to themselves aad lock hem up in their store houses. It is they who make the wor give, their little all for the bare necessities of life. ‘in right all should have their proportion, but, as the neeting weil knew, they did not. But mechanics have yen negtigent—they have not done what they should for themselves, They must look to the Legislature, aud see to it that none but the friends of the working classes are elected to places of trast and honor. Our legisla- tion heretofore has been of a character to make the rich richer, aud the poor poorer. (Applause.) If a new bark is ssked for how soon it is granted, but if a measure is proposed for ths benefit of the poor, whut scruples arise in the minds of our legislators. It is voted down and thus the poor can vever rive above their conditiva. Look at the way in which the poor ure swindled oy the banks that are breaking every dav. He (the speaker) had fifty doilars on the Empire tank in his pocket, for which be would bave to pay a discount. It would be « good idea to treat these speculators with a coat of tar and feathers. (Loud applause.) Mr. B. liked to talk to mechanics; he earned his bread by driving a jack plane, sand he would always be found standing by the cause of the poor. (Great applause.) 5 Mr. Woon was introduced. This, said he, is a question det ween capital and labor, and for one, he had no faith in capital. It is the rich who have brought this state of aflairs about. He was not tn favor of stooping to capital, and although nine children depended on him for support, he would never beg his bread, nor would he advise mechanica to ask one cents worth of the rich. Starve—do anyt! mat don’t beg. All have a right to life, liberty and nd govern- ment should see to it had justice dou him. The speaker continued this strain for some time, and closed by saying that he would address the ioe soend Other aes, Winn be would chow up the onduct of the rich fn ite true light. Mr. K. Soriivan said he had an announcement to make which would cause much pleasure. Mr. Thomas Bell, the superintendent of the Cninese Assembly Rooms, would grant them the use of rooms for nothing, to hold s public meeting. (Applause. ) tr. Wx. J. Youne said he had come forward, because he bad heard tones on that stand that spoke to his heart. He had met a poor girlin the street, and her tale of misery wrung his heart, to think that one so young sheuld be acquainted with all the wretchedness and despair of poverty. Mechanics should demand of the Tegtdature that justice be done them. Every right of the poor man is taken away from him, and his dearest interesta are violated. If proper bg lation were had, the millions of this free country might be made happy and prosperous. To think that there should be beggars in this country! Why, it is shameful. The means of wealth and comfort—the land, is withheld from the poor man. There are great tracts of unoccupied territory at ‘the West, which should be given in limited quautities to the peor. Will the mechanics of this city longer submit to the impositions practised upon them. (Cries of No, no.”) Will the workiogman, once for all, stand up for his righta’ (We will! we will!) In the time of peace, it is said, we should prepare for war, and if the work ingmen atood up for their mghts, the poor would soon vanish from the land. The speaker here produced a document, which he had drawn up daring the day; he ‘was too exhausted to read it, but asked the meeting to endorse it on his recommendation, which they did. The | officers of the meeting, however, seized this mysterious ocument, and would not give it up antil it was passed | gpon dy them. Mr. Young said that the resolutions rould be carried out faithfally by the committee. All sonéy collected should pe given immediately to the | nfferers. Another meeting would soon be held in th troadway Tabernacle, provided they bad sufiicient fand ohire ft. The speaker bad no doubt but that money rould be forthcoming when ca i ‘A commitice was here appointed to collect money from the crowd. Mr. We. B. CARrEsTeR was introduced amid considers bie applause, He said:—Fellow mechanics, what has brought you fogether this evening in such numbers? Is | it not because you want bread? (Cries of yes! yes!) Now the question arises, how are we to get it? (Excite ment.) Shall we go te the storehouses of the rich and take it? If not, what are we to doy We will not sterve. (No, no.) ‘There is nofamine in the country—our gra- ‘Baries are full, and we should not want for bread. We | must have some soon, or we will perish. But how are | | Source. When the retailer cannot pay the importer, the latter falls to meet his —— abroad, and the re- , we to getit? If there is no othe: , We must go and take it from where it is stored for it would be a shame for American citizens to starve while we are sur- rounded by plenty. The rich tell us we save nothing in good times; bat how is it possible to save at the present eates of rents and provisions? Let us take counsel to- gether, and do something to better our conditiow. (Loud applause, and Canny 0 AM ifter some few remarks from the chairman, the meet ing adjourned to meet egain on Tues’ay afternoon, at hor ed place, if the Broadway Tabernacle could not be NINTH WARD RELIEF ASSOCIATION, A public meeting of the citizens of the Ninth wari will be held in the lecture room of Rey. Dr. Marcellis’ church, corner of Bleecker and Amos streets, on Mon- | day evening, Dec. 25, at 7 o'clock, for the purpose of organizing some place to aiford temporary relief to the poor and destitute, at this inclement season. Obarles Crane. James W. Fair. Peter P. Voorhis. William D. Kennedy. Willam J, Prisley. Peter Van Antwerp. FPLEVENTH WARD RELIEF ASSOCIATION. Ata meeting held at the office of the Neptune Iron Works, on Friday morning, Dec. 22,1864, for the pur- pose of making arrangements for relieving the poor of the Fleventh ward, on motion, D. D. Wright was ap- inted to the chair, and Joseph K. Sibel appointed Tt was moved and carried that s committee of the fol- Jo named gentlemen, William H. Webb, Philip Keely, D. D. Wright, Jamos L. Jackson, Andrew Mills, and Win Boardman, Jun, be appointed to make arrangements for | calling a public meeting of tho citizens of the Kleventh to inte consideration the distressed condition | of the mechanics and laboring classes now out of em- ployment. 12 pwremence of the above, » meeting will be hold at No. 23 avenue D, om Saturday evening, 234 inst., at 8 o'clock. William H. Webb, James L. Jackson. Philip Keely. Andrew Mills, DD. Wm. THE COAL BEAVERS ON A STRIKE. About fifty of the coal heavers employed on the Collins line of steamers assembled on Thursday laston the wharf at the foot of Canal street, and after a brief consultation among themselves, determined to strike for the rate of | wages which they had received previous to the reduc- tion. They were addressed by reveral of their leaders, | who called upon them to stand firm in the position they had taken, and that they must eventually succeed. ‘They spoke also of the high rate of rents, the price of provisions, and of the difficulty which they had hard times tomake a living for themselves and It was feared at one time that there would be a quarred between the heavers and a number of men who had been | employed in their place at the reduced wages, but fortu- | nately the meeting terminated peaceably. ‘Several of them, it appears, haye gone to work at the low rates, being unable to stand out. DISTRESS AMONG THE POOR OF BROOKLYN. | The office of the Superintendents of the Poor is crowd- | ed daily with applicants for aid, some of whose faces are | to be seen there every winter, whether the times be good or bad; but there are also many others who are | forced, from the pressure of circumstances, to solicit | alms thus publicly, for the first time, as the only alter- | native to keep them from perishing with hunger and | ‘the cold. | Coroner Bal! called at a house in Partition street yes- terday, to view the body of a child thar had died on the day previous. The parents live in a garret, and every xppearance indicated that they were in the most dis- tressing condition for want of the necessaries of life. ‘The child, it appeared, had died from want of nouris! ment and the cold, and a verdict was rendered accord- ingly. Tho situation of the family being made knownto | the neighbors, they brought in provisions and fuel for | thets immediate relief. MACHINISTS OUT OF EMPLOY. ‘The Boston Journal uncerstands that the proprietors of one of the largest engine and boiler making establish- ments in East Boston, have notified the employes that their services would not be wanted after the next week. A large order for machinery, which this estab- ‘ishment bad from the South, has been countermanded, and hence the dismissal of the workmen. DONATIONS TO THR POOR. ‘The City Commissioner of Hartford, Conn., says :— | Tho poor had some valuedle gifts’ presented them | through my hands on Wednesday. One of our dry | goods merchants sent mo about three hundreds yards of cloth suitable for winter wear, together with fifty dolars in cash. Others presented money and eatables | REDUCTION OF WAGES AT THE CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD. An order has recently been received at this yard for | curtailing the wages of the mechanics employed about | eleven per cent, ‘The exact rates to be paid by the new | seale are not yet known. First class carpenters are to | receive $2 50 instead of $2 75. THE HARD TIMES, (From the Buffalo Commerciai Advertiser, Dec. 20.) Those who lack patience or capacity to investigate a subject iy all its bearings, and yet feel the necessity of having an opinion, are prone to adopt the cheap method , of catching up some one-sided view, mounting it as a hobby, and insisting that all are fools or knaves who are | not a8 narrow-minded as themselves. It is convenient for light minds that cannot carry a very heavy weight to have small portable opinions. It is easy ior those who cavnot analyze a complex result, to put in their tiny sciseors and clip out one of the threads of the com. | plicated knot, ond then asseverate, in a sort of slam- bang style, that they have untied it. present commercial distress is a problem of which s of the one-idea school protess to have found the solution. The cause and the remedy have fortu- nately been discovered without turning aside a hair’s- breadth from the well-worn rut in which their minds have been revolving for years, and the ready-made theory which they have so long had on hand to account for all poxsiblo business disasters, now standa them good stead, without even the trouble of a slight revamping. ‘The Cayenne pepper doctors, who traced the origin of | every disease to a cold, could never be at a loss in tell- ing their putient what ailed him, and why shoald they waste time in a careful attention to symptoms, whem the only treament ever resorted to was lobelia and the steam-box ’ And why should not our political quacks get the start of all the world in assigning the cause of a commercial revulsion, when their whole stock of causes is limited to one Whoever would understand the true nature of the pre- sent embarrassment must first attend to the facts. To bring them all into view, and determine the precise in- fluence of each, is a task not easily accomplished; but some are so prominent that they readily present thera- selves to the most hasty glance. Let us attend to one or two of them. It is 4 general fact, at all times true in this country, that our realized capital is insufficient for the develope- ment of our resources. Any robust, industrious mam can ina few years becomo the owner of an excellent farm in the West if he can get the use of a little capital to start with. Ifbe can hire money to purchase land, animala and implements, such is the fertility of the | -oil that in a few years he may pay off the debt and | become independent. His success in lifo depends upon whether ho can borrow, and whether his cre- ditor will have patience and lenity to allow him all the time he needs. He could get on if he should | first earn money to start with, but much slower. Such a person as we have described is a ‘ representa- tive man’’—a type, ona small scale, of the collective coniition of the country. We have a vast a rich ill await the hand of the cultivate | | soils, which vatvre for roads and canale, that would as velope these other resources. We have not, not bave for the next two centuries, an amount of accu- mulated capita! at all sdquate to the uses for which it is wanted. Hence, it will be necessary for a long period to come, to borrow abroad on time. If compelled, at any time, to pay before we can bring our enterprises to bear, the effect would be ruinous, fust as our western farmer would be ruined if compelted to pay all his debts the next year after fencing his farm and erecting his buildings. The rie canal was built on credit, and was 4 good investment; but had it been necessary to pay the whole debt within the first five years after its comple- tion, that enterprise would have ruined the State. This general, and, for the present, permavent conii-. tion of things, rewulting from the newness of the coun try, is one of the t facts that should never be los; of in reasoning on our monetary affairs, A grea. deal of the declamation we hear about our foreign in’ debtedness, seems to overlook this fundamental conside ration. ly discovered mines, the demand for our breadstuffs in Great Britain, and the new trade which has «prong up with the const of the Pacific, have given a powerfui im- pulse to business, and, as it ge: ly happens in times of great prosperity, when money is plenty, and credit at its good tide, the spirit of enterprise, overloaping sober and sectional bounds, hurried us away into a great deal of overtrading and overdoing. Large dividends by some favorably located railroads, created and fostered the rail- road manta, which has been correctly assigned as one principal cause of the present financial depression. ‘Such was the condition of the country at the breaking out of the European war. Independent of the operation of any extrancons circumstances, over-trading tends to produceja commercial revulsion. Under any circum- stances we should have with a check, by the mere natural operation of the laws of trade. Occurrences for which we are not responsible hastened it, and augmented the force of the blow. Our foreign creditors are, for the most part, English capitalists. When the war broke out, that country needed her resources and her capital for other purposes than to lend to hor Atlantic cousins. ‘The stream of capital which had been flowing Into this conntry was interrupted and diverted. As ill luck would have it, another event, haying no connection with this except coincidence in time, occurred to enhance its i fluence. We refor to the drought, which disappointed the hopes of our agriculturalists.’ It has left painful evidences of its extent and severity, in the present prices of provisions, which are exorbitant in spite of the plen- tiful harvests of Europe, which abated the foreign de- mani. If the millions thus lost to the annual revenue of the country had gone abroad to diminish the weight of our foreign dobts, the present crisis would have been | disarmed of much of its severity. Within the last few daya, we have seen paragraph going the rounds in the newspapers, relative to astern | merchants or their agents who had been west on collec ing tours, without realizing enough to pay their ex penses, They found property, but no means oi payment. Money was wanting, In analyzing cases of this kind, i is only necesenzy to consider what became of the goots for which payment was demanded. From New York, they went to the shelves of the country dealer. Part of | them remain there unsold, because the short crops o! the farmers did not allow’ them to purchase as usual The rest were sold on credit, before the commence- ment of the drought, with the expectation of pay- ment from the proceeds of the elds The caus of disappo! is obvigys, When the customers 0 the ON aloe ae we: to pay, tho ‘rile wptch feed the stream of commerce are dried up at thir ault is a erseh. If the wholesale dealer, instead of im- pontine buys of the American manufacturer, the case is not altered. The mancfacturer, im ® country of limited capital, being umable to collect his dues, must step for the want of means to purchase materials and | pay his hands. Or, if he bas the command of capital, he will not be so foolish as to continue the manufacture | of goods for which there is no longer a market. In these obyious remarks we do not, with the self- complacency of the philosophers of the one-idea school, | faney that we have exhausted the subject. But it | seemis to us that the cireumstances to which we have alladed are among the prominent causes of the present financial distress, We have no faith inthe explana tions that entirely ignore them, Tur ice Baier at Atnany.—A bridge was com- pleted yesterday from the pier to the ice at the foot of State street, aud the railroad dock om the opposite side of the river. A continuous procession of teams loaded with freight for the railroads was i up during the Gay. In order to make theice wee Ra Dee, 21, 5 i is Pam Foppgr on wo Fonpar.—On Saturday evening, John Fodder, near New Albany, Ie. shot his brother Joseph Fodder. their r otarn & quarra) ensned, which reso! apother connecting the ice with | in mer | within @ mile in fromt of the city—Albany Argus, td been huntieg, and on | Important from %. Démingo. OUB 8ST. DOMINGO CORRESPONDENCE. Sr. Dominco, Nov, 22, 1854. Large Importation of Counterfeit Money from St. Thomas —The Cazneau Treaty—Its Approaching Ratification | and Sudden Postponement—English and French Inter- ference—Threats of the French Consul—His Unwar- vaniable Conduct towards the Pre:s—The American Flag Hawed Down—An Extra Session of Congress, Having nothing at present to occupy my timé, as business and all except politics ace dull, I thought I would write you some of the news that is going the rounds in this city. ‘The latter is rather on the stir, on account of news from St. Thomas of eight casks of codfish being seized by the Danish government, on account of having about $1,000,000 of this currency in eounterfeit money, enclosed in tim boxes inside of the casks. The person to whom it was to be consigned here is.in prison, and since then it has been proved that he has introduced the same amount before, which is now in circulatien, 1 presume be will be shot before long. ‘The treaty between this government and the United States, made by General William Cazneau, was settled, and was to be signed the next day, the Sth of September, when suddenly the English steamer Devas- tation made her appearance, and as yet it has not been ratified; but we live in hopes. Three-fourths of the population are in favor of it, but the English and French Consuls have done everything in their power to impede it. It is rumored that the French Consul, Mr. Rabeaud, has intimated that if the treaty is made by | this and our government, that he will immediately oblige Emperor Soulouque to march against this republic, and that he will likewise blockade the ports of the same; and it has all the appearance of truth, as there are now four French men-of-war in the roads, and two or three more daily expected. To show you the influerce he has here, I will relate two cirsumstances that lately occurred :—The only news- Marine Affairs. Faoorants asp Toga Fammum.—The packet ship Aas- | tralia, Capt. Macoduck, from Liverpool, arrived yesterday morning, has 421 passengers, of whom 327 are Irish, 66 English, 6 Welch, 4 Scotch, 6 Swedes, 2 Poles, 1 Ger- map, 6 United States citizens, and one born on the pas- | 0 ‘Their destinatic ns are—for Camads, 10; Penn- sylvania, 61; New Jer:cy, 16; Masssebusetts, 12; Ulinois, 5; Ohie, 10; Cincinnati, 3; Long Island 8; Michigan, 1; Oneida county, 1; Kentucky, 7; Counsetieut, 11; Mary- land, 12; Rhede Island, 2; Indiana, 2. The f towing shows the oceupations, what an emigrant family is com- posed’ of, and the ages of the whole number, including | thres children who died on the passage of debility:-— Adutts 12mo. & Infants. | | | | 4 years. 12 mos. Hatrdrensor and family. . Machinists, i fe by ‘Sawyers, ard joiners. Miners ed brassmoulers 2 eacimasceeks eSacl 1 2 % 1 LLL lee el lee Storekeepers and ss Weavers, dyers and cloth oar mis i ee Piddettilt 7 1 Shoemaker Painters and giazicra. Butchers and bakers. mlItlilile. Pbattealittt waren! Hon » » tee cseeeeeeee 174 146 39 42 10 10 421 Lacxcu,—The ship City of Mobile will be launched from the ship yard of Wm. Perine, at Greenpoint, at 11 o’clock this morning. The City of Mobile is of the bur- then of 1,800 tons register, built for the general freight- ing business, and is one of the heaviest built and best fastened ships ever constructed in the port of New York. She is owned by Messrs. Harbeck & Co., of this city, and paper in the city, called the Porvenir, of which I send you some copies, was stopped by him on account of its “Yankee principles,"’ and its being supported by Gen. Cazneau, as he said, although the editor never had seen the General but once since his arrival here. One day last week, on firiug salutes from the for!, the American flag was hoisted, together with the English and French, and he immediately obliged the government to haul it down; and in several other instances of this kind he has mado himself very officious; but I think that Cazneau will gain the day yet, if Santana does not allow himself to be frightened out of it. ‘These same Consuls have circulated several false re- ports as to the intentions of the Americans if this treaty was made, One was that they would make slaves of all the blacks; another, that they merely wanted Semana as | a rendezvous for the filibusters, and others of the same | mature, merely with the intention to inti: te the people and government against it; but all this hay been pro- tested against, and as yet it is not settled. Au extra session of Congress is to be held on the 27th, and then we shall know the result, which I will trans- mit you by the next opportunity. AMERICA. THE EUROPEAN PRESS AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. {From £1 Porvenia of St. Domingo, Oct. 29. As might have been expected, the reports aud captions observations to which the arrival of Gen. Cazneau, Menipotentiary of the United States, to negotiate treaty of amity, commerée and navigation with this re- pubhe, have given rise, have received the honor of pub- licity in Europe. In order that our readers may not be deprived of the pleasure of knowing what they say over there upon this matter, the solution of which, whatever it may be, interests solely and exclusively the Domini- can republic, we copy what has come to our hands, and take the trouble to append thereto a few remarks. The correspondent of El Eco Hispano, of the 30th of September last, speaking, as is its habit, against the United States, (because that is the only nation of which Le stand in fear over there,) says amongst other things: — ‘The nunexation of the Sandwich Islands, and the mysteri- jan which a diplomatic Gevoral is carrying on in’ San Domingo, are the othor questions which are now on the tapis. In respect to the latter tar states that e nesotiations in progress have po other object than to secure for Amori- ean vessel: the Antilles which the flag of the United States shall enjoy privileges superior to those of all other nations. How great an error! In the first place there is nothing mysterious in the mission of Gen, Caznean, except to the profane, to whom all diplomacy is a inyster: they call it’ plan. That is quite another ti cause a plan is—a plan! The plan being mys the Star proceeds to explain it, as having ‘ object than to secure, Ac. Kither there is no mystery in the case, or else the Star has in respect to diplomacy what our Holy Church claims in regurd of religion, the science and the right of explain ng mysteries. We hardly know which is most worthy of langhter, the Star, or El Eco Hispano. What is’ said of “privilogos superior to other na- tious,” is of a piece with whatggoes before, ani indicates that the editor of the Star isan adept is what is called tale-mongering. Because, by the terms of the treaties which have been made with France and Englaud, what- eyer commercial privileges may be conceded to other na- tons, are equally to be enjoyed by them, So, gentle- 1 én, be calm, be tranquil! We shall ace now what the French journals say. "The correspondent of the Journal du Havre of the 19th of September, has the following :— “The mails from the Antilles bring us new details of a matter which now engages the attention of the American ss. They refer tothe arrival of the United States rigate Columbia in San Domingo, followed by other ves. sels and a steamer of war. This is another version of what we find in an English journal, and which we pro- duce under reserve, awaiting further explanations. We merely mention now that this American squadron has for its object, to demand of the Dominican government the cession to the United States of the port of Samana, with a certain extent of adjacent territory. It is said there is on board the Columbia # gen officer, with various other officers and engineers. It is also said that, as soon as informed of the demand, the English and French consuls despatched couriers to Puerto Prineipe.”’ It is a pity that this correspondent did not inform us of the object of se these express couriers, instead of leaving us in this labyrinth of dark suspicions | Our readers wilt find al merriment in these grave bundant | enuaciations of diplomatic falsehoods. Fora Ry ee past the influx of gold from the new. { Interesting from Utah, ONE WEEK LATER NEWS—MORMON OPINION OF COL. STEPTOE, ETC. We have received the falt Lake City News of the 26th of October, which is one week later than the intelligence received by the last steamer from California. fhe News says Governor Young and suite returned on the 18th, hav- ing Ween absent eight days on a trip to Manti and the intervening settlements. Talks were had with the In- dians on the route, who, with few exceptions, manifest- ed friendly feelings. and a strong desire for the continu- ance of peaceful relations. Much counsel and instrac- tion on the policy to pursue with our red neighbors, and on other matters, was given to the inhabitants in each settlement. ‘The netorious Washear, or Squash-head, told Governor ‘Young ‘that he had been mad, and had acted foolishly, but had got over it now, and would do better; and as he | was very poor, if he would give him a blanket he would go out hunting, and get his living honestly.”” Tho Go- vernor overlooked Squash-head’s past folly, and gave hima blanket, being well aware that an we have been twenty-four years in severe drill to learn what we know, we should be very lenient to the natives, who have to start from a position so ‘ar below the vantage ground we had at the beginning. ‘The following is from the same paper:— While tending Governor Young's large circular saw, the man who carries off the slabs, and boards, acci: dentally Tot « loons board touch the teeth of the saw, when it was hurled from his hands like lightning, and ‘the end of it struck Brother Bingham Bement on his left tide and in front, passing across his bowels. Notwith- standing all the help that medical and other skill could afford, Brother Bement failed rapidly, and died on the morning of the 98d October. He was about 36 years old: In him our comrausity has suffered the loss of an in- dustrious, intelligent and faithful saint. MORMON OPINION OF COL. STEPTOE. Elder Orvon Hyde, one of the big guns of the Mormon church, and second onfy to Brigham himvelf in regula- ting th ive of Utah and Great Salt Lake City, en- dorses Col. Steptoe in the following mandate;— Col, Steptoe, of the United States army, with his com. mags i# now in our Territory, and expects to winter with us, This nilemaniy officer his associates have the good will of our iy, and have thus far act- ed in a manner becoming officers of their rank. The colonel wishes his men to conform to the best princi and rules of moral society, and if we mistake not, given orders to this effect. Will the trading citizens of this town sell to the soldiers liquor, by which their own peace and that of their families may be disturbed? If they wil, do not a the blame ve pen but to our own citizens, who for will corrupt the soldiers, and themselves mae firme that path | death instead of life. So far as lama witness, the of- ficers and the wen, with few exceptions, of the United States army now in our midst, take extra paimsto have all things move on happily and amicably, and it affords | me pleasure to be able to this testimony in their behalf, It is hoped that all the citizens in the southern | country will receive Col. oe and his command with | cordiality and kindness, for his highminded and gontle- | manly Learing merit this testimonial of our reg and esteen. Respectfully, ORSON Es. When the news reaches Salt Lake that Brigham Young nd that Col. Steptoe is to take the reins of government, and administer to the wants of the Mor. | mons after the #tyle that it is done in New Hampshire, we should not be surprised to hear quite a different | story from Elder Hyde. We find the following notices in the Nevwt:— FELLOWSHIP WITHDRAWN. ‘The Seventies of Lake City, Utah county, have with drawn.the hand of fellowship from Arra’ Adams and Robert Pinnkett. D, HUNT, President. Octoter 13, 1954, NOTION— TO WHOM IT MAT CONCERN. Enoeh M. King is disfellowsi'pped from the Church of Jeans’ Charch of Latter Day Saints, for repeatedly re- fasing to conform to the rules of ‘said church, in the law of tithing. JAS, HENDRIX, Bishop. Ravage, (Ak, willbe commanded by Captain Robert Marshall, late of ship Wm. H. Harbeck, of this port. Eyrening New Yorx Harzor.—The following letter is from the Boston Journal. It refers to a notice publish- ed in the New York papers, headed ‘Sailing Directions for Vessels from Sea,” bound into New York:— Mr. Evrron—The enclosed slip is taken from a Now Ye are grave errors in ra, » should not. be As an illustration, take what is | to New York, first sentence. Don’t | whether you strike | ‘said for vessels you steer for Sandy Hook, in Now take the chart of the course northward of west, where you less than thirty fathoms, will not’ put Again:. What sort of a course is PA vessel striking the than thirty fathoms anc twenty, would be between 100 and 130 miles from Sandy Hook, and if she were directed to ateer W.S.W. true for seventy-five or eighty miles, edging southward whenever she found herself fathoms, and then wait for the fog ht, she woul. have directions that to be followed without danver. Any- where from green mud in less than thirty fathoms—on the Coast Survey chart—any course between north and west would put @ vessel ashore in a couple of hours, if she were going quickly; and yet the Boat of New York endorse these sailing directions. The green | mud of the chart is Block Island mud. Jess than thirty fathoms, for twelve or fifteen miles only to the south of Block Island. Underwriters, it is and where is Sandy than prkere te are practicable an of Underwriters , It extends, in The New York Board of ed, knew where is Block Island k, and they know, without looking hat any vessel from sea that should, in a | fog or the dark, after finding herself in thirty fathoms course between west and north be very apt to find herself in diffi- Ity. Suppose a ship has not the Coast Survey chart, but the captain has cut from the newspaper the sailing | direetions endorsed by the Board—suppose that he is | bound into New York, and finds himself in less than thirty fathoms green’ mud—he will say, naturally enough, now as I am to stecr to the northward of west | is place I must be south of Sandy Hook, and | away she goes dead upen the shore as straight as she December 18, 1854. tig mud, steer oy for two hours, woul SMALL BOWER, {From the Albany Argus, Dec. We copy elsewhere from the Mayville Sentinel a manly | ‘igh: toned address from Judge Osborne, ibed Deputy Collector of New York, to his fellow citizens of Chantauque County. JUDGE OSBORNE TO THE PEOPLE OF CHAUTAUQUE. I come again among you, to enjoy the high privileges of your association, confidence and friendship, so long, 80 constantly, and so generously vouchsafed me. leome proscribed and removed from official station, but I trust not dishonored, either by my own acts or | those who have displaced mo. Tam proscribed for no infidelity to the interests of the Collector or the government—for no want of attention to the demands of commerce, or the just claims of im- porters, to accuracy and business—for no for no difference wit ublic policy—but w! for a difference in the entimation in New York are held by myself and by those in po “The head and front of my offence hath this extent, no more,” that I voted for Judge Bronson for Governor! The great principles of the democracy which 1 have cherished with a life long devotion can never be “erushed out" from me by proscription or weakened by unkindness. The demosracy of the must draw their own conclusions from the act. mts, but to my old democratic to say that no ‘‘ private gi be to be “wounded in er hinder my cordial co- operation with them in all measures calculated to re- nent ascendency of the us old days of Jefferson atoa are nothing—and whether one or another is in or out of office is nothing to the ts and interests are protected and promoted. My design is, therefore, not to appeal for personal sym- | on any one, but simply ny 0 70 tens Bares no wise lost m: ‘but come among hand and heart in the reats of the county, a1 which I have been so long associated. T. A. Theatres and Exhibitions. Broapway Taratns.—Balfe’s admired opera of the “ Bohemian Girl” is announced, by request, for this evening, Mr. Harrison as Thadeus, Mr. Meyer as Devilshoof, Mr. Borrani as Count Arnheim, Miss L. Pyne aa Arline, and Miss Pyne as Queen of the ness in despatch of pon and exclusively ich some men in State and nation them I have no friends at home I house of one’s friend,’ store the true unity an democratic party of pathy, or to call dcwn the common inte- welfare of the part ony rand operatic Stender on Monday. Bowery TuEatne.—The selections for this even- ing are very attractive—four pieces on one night. The farce of “ An Object of Interest,” commences the amusements, which will be succeeded by the | the Tight ” The drama of the “Old Chest’’ will follow, and the amusing farces of the “ Mysterious Family,” will conclude the entertainments. Tiis bill ought to draw a large house. Nrsxo’s Garpay.—Bellini’s opera of | bula” is announced for this evening. Those who love good singing should by all means hear M’lle Nau in her role of Amina—she is, without doubt, | one of the best representatives of this character. The opera is a favorite one, and contains a variety of musical gems. | time to time, or | the system remains liable to the same abuses, The We say to all, go and | Bortox’s THEATRE—Buckstone’s comedy of “Breach of Prom'se” is announced for this eve- ning—Burton, Johnston and Mrs. Hughes in the principal parts. The musical drama of “ Mons. Jacques,” with Barnett as . Ja low, and the idence of aati “ Apollo in New York,” concludes the amusements Watiack’s Taratee.—This neat and ably con- ducted theatre is doing very well, considering the times. Morton's comedy of “ Speed the Plough,” embracing the names of the most distin: nished members of the company, is Footten Sil vening- MernorourraN Tasarns.—Mr. Anderson, who | drought under their notice. wat received last evening in his admirable repre- sentations of ‘ Claude Melnotte” and the “ Elder will spear in it boing. the last GY inger of Boston,” a new drama, is in rehearsal, and will shortly be produced. Amertoan Museum —The dramatic for this afte:noom is Banim hias”’—Scott as Damon, th J. Re Scott as Rob Roy, , aud Miss Mestayer Woor’s Vaninrirs.—The selections for this even- ing are ench as cannot fail to diaw a ¥ white a of the “Gold Dig- gers,’ with Signor Carlo and son in leading charac- ters. Barton as Jupiter, ced for of the “New amusements of the Brother” with both night of hie as Disna Vernon. iy This is the resort every BcckLky’s SERENADERS—' to he delighted Granp Conorrt—A. Sot fistinotion sion. artists of will Signer Ardittl leeds the orc musical festival at the SENTENCE OF CHARLES A. PRVERBLLY, Dre. 22.—At the opening of court this morning Judge Proceeded to pass sentence wpon Charles A. Pe- verelly, convieted of an attempt to burm down his store, 147 Front street. On being asked what he hadto say why he should not be sentenced according to law, the prisoner answered. | “Notbing.”” His Honor said 1 am sorry that at the close of my official career 1 am called upon to perform the” petkeat duty. Your position in the estimation of your friends— the fact that you have been respected by them—that | you are surrounded by those amenities of life which | add to its charms, weigh heavily on my sympathies. of titer | You have been: found guilty pt to commit an offence, which, bad it been carried into execution, have probably terminated in a great loss of life. ity of your crime must even now fall crushing- you. Had your offence been completed, te | South have Deen im the power 06 thie ited te Lave stat’ t ousto the State prison for the term of your natural fe. Upona careful examination of the statute I And that I have no power to sentence you for the attempt beyond » period of five years. My discretion runs be- tween two and five years. I know that every day of your imprisonment is consequence to a family, and T have determined to sentence you to four years and six months. I have had my own sympathies warmly ex- cited for you, and wish it was in my power further to reduce your punishment, but I do not think it consistent with my duty to doso. The sentence of this Court is that you be imprisoned in the State prison at hard labor during the period of four years and six months. PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND JURY. ‘This being the last day of the term, the Grand Jury, before being discharged, made the following present- ment:— Tar Granp Jcry or THR City anp Countr or New York WOULD RESPECTYULLY PRESENT: — ‘That, in the discharge of their duty, they have called before them a number of persons Va oe ett ne leh fi ot the city, for purpose o! in wl manner known burglars, thieves and others, disorder! persons, who are arrested and the criminal commitment, at large, on the citizens and er i the city. From the ———, yone sate pe rhe ae Fea lh ing cases are given, for the purpose 7 crfminal ie is done at the city criminal courts:— by eggravated assault was made on an citizen @ notorious disorderly person; a com; assault was made to a Police Justice. Ap) made, after the — to said Justice, who informed complainant that, the ps had ‘been —- the Dis rict At 5 com nt, by request, appea before the rnd Jury, and it was ‘oortained that five months had elapsed since the complaint was made, and that it had'not been sent to the District Attorney, but had remained in the desk of the court. A farmer from Long Island came to the city with Joad of hay. After disposing of his hay, on his way heme, near Fighty-second street, a man stopped him, | on the avenue,-and leading his’ team into a field, he, | with others, took from the wagon one of the horses. ‘The farmer went home with the other horse, not being able to take his wagon. The horse taken belo: toa | citizen living on the Eighth avenue, who had left the | horse with the farmer eae the winter. The horse | aes wagon were recovered by the ice, A owner, assisted by the arrant for the arrest of the thief was asked for by the owner of the horse, from a Police Justice, and was refused by said Justice. “The owner of the horse, by his request, appeared before the Grand Jury. ‘The police arrested a number of riotous persons. On the way to the station house, it was discovered that one of them had a weapon answering to a slung shot or billy, concealed on his person. The police made the complaint. The Police, Justice refused to commit the accused. . Two females of bad character were arrested by the police for disorderly conduct in the street in the day time. They were taken before the Police Justice, and committed. They were then taken into a room leading to the prison, where a person told them he would get them clear for $8. The arrangement was made, the women paid the sum, and gave the n $1 more for his trouble, and they were di scharged. It is in evidence that persons known as pocketbook droppers have been arrested almost evory week for some years past. They have been taker. to the Police Court, with those on whom they have practised their deception. It is also in evidence from onc that should know the fact, who says he never has known a convic- tion for this offence. ‘Three pocketbook droppers were arrested by the po- lice, practising their vocation on a Sunday; they were arrested in the act. They were taken to the police court and committed for a term of months. The next day they were at large, practising the same deception. The boys that infest the city are frequently arrested for petty larceny. They are taken before the police jus- toe''and discharged, and are permitted to grow up con- firmed burglars and thieves. On Thursday, the 14th inst., a boy was arrested by the police for petty larceny, was taken before the police justice, and, notwithstanding ample proof, he was discharged. ‘The Grand Jury could add many more cases similar to the above. They understand they occur almost daily. The Grand Jury have in evidence that in very many cases where burglars, thieves, disorderly persons and vagrants are arrested by the police, and are taken be- fore the police courts and committed, they frequently find the same persons, so committed, at large. Ia some instances they are back in the ward in which they were arrested before the officer who conveyed them to the court, ‘The Grand Jury have, in some degree, made inquiry how the pened 80 committed, as above stated, are again found at large. From the evidence on this su it appears that the vehicle known as the Black Maria, in which prisoners are conveyed to Blackwell's Island, calls in the morning at one of the up town police prisons, and, being partly filled, is driven down to Tombs prison. Here, the mers coming in the vehicle are confined for the time , and the vehicle returns to the other (up town) prison for the isoners there confined, who are also brovzht to the Tombs prison. The vehicle is then filled with the prisoners thus collected, and the prisouers are conveyed to the penitentiary at Biackwell’s Island. It appears that itis the practice while the nee. ers are, as above described, being collected at the bs of being carried to the peniten- to procure a writ of habeas yy said writ taken before a Judge, and discharged upon the nd that the is confined in the prison at the confined in the penitentiary; when, in fact, is in transit, penitentiary. Frequently writs of habeas corpus are granted, and prisoners are discharged on the ground that the com- * mitment committing said prisoner is not filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Sessions. It is in evidence before the Grand Jury that the com- mitments from the Jefferson Market Police Court are only taken down twice in each week to the office of the Clerk of the Sessions, and it is su that it is the same with bo Rdong! eaten matte be, mm | seen that upon the groun comm Ere aut fled ta the office of the Clerk of the ‘Court of Sessions, a wide door is open for the discharge of prison- ers by writs of habeas corpus. The captains of police state that in consequence of the practice of discharging persons arrested by members of the. lice department, the men are discouraged in the performance of their duty, and the effect is very dete ental to the efficiency of the department. The investigations made the Grand Jury, with re- spect to the mode of administering our system of crim- inal justice, have satisfied them that it juires a thorongh revision. Partial abuses and individual in- stances may be proceeded against by indictment from formally presented by Grand fase of the evil is not reached. A complete reform of the system would involve an amount of labor that cannot be undortaxen by grand juries in addition to their naual | duties, and an acquaintance with law that they are not “Sonnam- | expected to possess. The Pai in wn it toon of the Grand Jury, is sufficient! to claim the attention of the ture. An intelligent and independent commission, appointed by that body, | would,perbaps, be the most appropriate and thoroug! mode of accomplishing the object. The Grand Jury feel constrained to present the subject, that it may receive the consideration which the welfare of the community demands. The Grand Jury, visited the tity, prison, in me street, on Sunday last, and found, upon e: very great Iapievemsat in its Giscipline and cleani- ness, and believe the keeper, Mr. John Gray, 1s entitled to great praise, ‘The female rtment, also, under the care of Mrs. Foster, was in the same commendable order. ROK LOCKWOOD, Foromaa. Coantrs H. Movnt, Secretary. Grand Jury Room, Dec. 22, 1864, His Honor the Recorder made a few remarks in reply. He thanked the Grand Jury for the extraordinary devo- tion and attention they had given to the business of the term—an unusually heavy one—and promised that the Pee ag should be promptly referred to the proper authorities, ‘We understand that during the term thus closed, 217 indictments were found, 56 complaints were dis- miased, by the Grand Jury. ‘The Recorder then dismissed the petit Jurors, thank- ing them also for tl attention to the various cases ‘The court thea adjourned, Before Hon. Judge McCarthy. ACTION AGAINST A POLICEMAN FOR ASSAULT AND BATTERY. Wm. M. Nichola re. Robert King.—Thias was an action for an assault and battery committed on the plaintiff on the 4th of July Iast, and also for false imprisonment. ‘The circumstances arose out of twofold and very general evils, the insolence of a cabman and the inefficient con- duet of police. The plaintiff travelled with some friends and arrived here from the West in July last; he was ac- conted by a cabman, on board the ferry boat from Jersey Gity, and acreed to hire his cab. On arriving at the New York side, the vehicle appeared to be such @ miserable Spology for a travelling machine that tho ladies of the plaintii’s party refused to ride in it. The cabmaan, how. ever, insisted on taking the 1 and putting ah behind: when the plaintiff interfered he was sasaul and held by the neckkerchief by the cabman. A poli ice- man (the defendant) waa called w but would not take , plana of had no marks notice ef the cabman, as the violence. Plaintiff then proceeded to piace one of the ladies of hie party in another cab, when he was again Iaid hold of by him of the antenantable vehicle; plaintiff For his suey ueeeht and oie Diian iceman 0) int Iaty. The pt n thought proper to interfere, drew a knife mpathiring with the cab man and jured and insulted travellers, took the paint to tbe Tombs, whither be was foilowed by friends and Grose outrage haeid to bail in the eum of $200, For | store iu Catharine street. The store was rented belo ‘to the pol Spey Commissioners of Taxes and the Supervisors of 1 county, but were disregarded by them; and that 4 tax assessed on the United States stocks, There can, no need of an order of the Court for the bank to pay} arising (rom either ignorance of uty or partiality friend the eabmam, the plaintiff’ brings this against the defeudant, and perl, ‘verdict against the star for $150 and costs. Before Judgo Thompson. ‘THE LIABILITY OF TENANTS FOR REPA! Mulvany vs. Alert.—The plaintiff keeps a by the defendant ‘about three years ago. Durin last six months the plaintiff's goods have been dan] to the amount of about $200, by becoming wet rain, which leaked in npon his premises. By the of the lease executed by and between the pai plaintiff took from the defendant the first and ries, the premises being two stories high, wi attic; and it [ps gereed, that the plaistit as to bie caaition. Tue story stove’ the plaintit wan ie another person. There i te to where the ruin caine. inte the. premises la se of a rough a defective covers rere wile pla over his show window. | contends that he is entitled to reeover hured; that by the bound to re of premises act occupied by him; that he had no right to repair thy ter, because he was in possession only of the storia Patera luty of plaint a6 the cing of bo wal Peetk oe a8 much a of ie e as il the last or attic peace seat for the defend with costs, e: ACTION FOR A MACHINE. Steele vs. Beatty.—This action is brought to for constructing a machine for ruling paper. The fence set up was that the machine was never comple that if it was, it was made for a Mr. Town, and that! defendant promised to pay for it. That ‘such pron was void by the statute of frauds. The proof was tf ‘Town was the inventor of a new princip! the struction of ruling machines, and that the one in qu tion was made by plaintiff for defendant, under the rection of Town, and with a view to demonstrate its ration. The machine was completed as far as it wo be done by the plaintiff. Judgment for plaintiff for costs. Supreme Court—Special Term, Before Hon. Justice Mitchell. Dro. 23.—The Chemical Bank vs. The Mayor, &e.’! New York.—The facts are fully stated in the opimo: the learned Judge, as foliows:—The complaint «l that the bank has surplus funds beyond its cay amounting to more than $426,000, of which n $180,000 consist of investments in the United S stocks; that these facts were duly established before J Dank was taxed on the United States stocks as well as! its other eurplus funds, The complainant then asks leave to pay the rest of the tax, and that an injuncti] be granted to restrain the defendants from collecting tender such tax as it admits to be due, and if more} then unlawfolly collected, the bank will have its reme for that excess. The other remedy, by injunction, t defendants’ counsel insist cannot be granted, Jud} of the Common Pleas, in an claborg| explained the decisions on this subject] ¢ oe +. shoe Wend. 183; ‘The case of ' role vs. Brooklyn, fend. Pai a Van Buren Mayor of New pala 288, L ingston vs. Hollenbeck, 4 Bart., S.C. R. 10, ana Bout City of Brooklyn, 7 How. Pr. A. 198, fully sustain t the law stood before the ca was adopted; and the last case adopts the samerule ul der the code. Justice Strong, who decided the last cas| Sums up his reasoning by saying, in substance, thatl| court of law only provides a redress for a usury after} is committed; a court of equity grants its preventive 1] lief before the usury is done, but under certain limit) which exclude a case like this, and that a court in whil| the functions of both are joined (as is the case now u der the code) cannot extend its power beyond what wi formerly possessed by the one court or other p ous to the gag te powers of both courts in o The code aninjunction when it is nays by t! complaint that the plaintiff is entitled to the relief d manded, and such relief, or part ef it, consists in 4 pices ey) commission or continuance of an act, commis: orcontinuance of which during the liti tion would produce ev to the tiff (code 219.) ff is ontitled to any relief, but | If yte law as it stood before, tl} plaintiff had no right to the relief sought, it in hig Own name, he has none now, as the section does n profers to extend the relief which the plaintiff mig claim in euch suit. If the only final relief which } demands ii it then if a mandamus or certiorari would lie, the p: liminary injunction might be aliowable; but such is nici} the language. If the tiff will have a right of actioj| against the collector or su} after the tax shall t)] collected, that does not entitle him to the injunction. in that case his cause of action wilt not accrue until samen hs satiected At the wong it is ev] by the defendants, and the motion for wi] mn is denied without costs. | "Superior Court. Defore Hon. Judge Bosworth and a Jury. ACTION FOR INJURIES DONE A CHILD THRODG! NEGLIGENCE. ‘| Dro. 22.—Daniel Congreve, by his Guardian, John D | King, vs. Charles A. Morgan and James Lee.—Thin wa. an action to recover damages for injury to the plaintiff, « child three years of age, by which his leg was broken and amputation necessarily ensued. It appears tha fi the defendants owned a honse on the corner of Sixt! avenue and Thirty-first street, which was lot in tene ments, the plaintiff's father being one of the occupants while the child was playing on tho sidewalk a fiag gave away, and he was precipitated into a cellar, whereb; one of his was #0 injured as to render amputation necessary. age Ag sought to be recovered againat, a Scores who, mx was contended, were J wa prepared. Verdict of $2,C00 for plaintifi. gf vk Married Women’s Rights. FIRST DISTRICT COURT. Before Judge Greor. Dre, 22.—Mary Ryan vs. Matthew Withiams.—This was an action to recover the sum of $59, for so much monry alleged to bave been loaned to defendant. The plainti™« counsel opened the case by stating that the money im| question was the private funds of the plaintiff, belonging to her before marriage; that since her marriage her eus- and had loaned this, with some of his own money, to ‘ efendant, and that the ad been demanded by her of defendant. The piaintif’s husband ie now sceviny. out a term of imprisonment on Blackwell's Island. Tha) ® Judge decided that the plaintiff could not sue in her ow: name, she being a married woman. If she brought on ction it must te by her next friend. He therefore dix missed the complaint with costs. ‘Will Seward be Returned to the Senate t (From the National Democrat, Dec. 22.] The New Yoru Hana, which pretends to be is pa: session of all the secrets of tae Know Nothiags, informal, the public that arrangements have been gig | render the defeat ee quite lacy, = ake wish we might rely wy) js information, we have very” Sealer cerca a maeeiee se col im now ngs tacticiana ; if we bad, we should regard Seward's defeat | ascertain. They are numerically a very great power, but, im the tate ‘lection, they used that power in a short- sighted and bungling manner. But for help which they had no right to depend upon, and which came in greet numbers to them from an unexpected accident, they would have been literally ‘nowhere.’ And yet had they more wisely refrained from feparate nomi and selected a ticket from the pers in nomination by the old parties, they would have elected every man of | their choice, from the Mayor of New York city to th Governor of the Stat hethor the late disaster wil prove a lesson by which they will profit, remains t be | geen. The Know Nothings have it in their power to do- feat Seward, if they mavage wisely—but if they bring forward a rate candidate of their own, Seward’s tri- umph is in. Some man, must be taken up for whom national democrats can go without inconsistency, bj without peerneing the integrity of their organiza- | } tion. The softs may set down as giving Seward all the aid in their power, aud i¢ will remain for tee na- tional democ: ata (o bring forward some name which will be popular with the people, and upon which all the eno- mies of the Seward free svil factioniste can comscien- tiously rally. ‘The time will room come when the Know ori ae havo occasion to show the ~ seal of thoir sincerity ino} Seward. Common political r igaoi! will dictate that: they should. not, altompt. to raly bags any whig in opposition to Seward. To commavd largest possible voto againat him, some man mist be ut in nomination who will rally the hole oational mocratic Loree, ‘