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r e 6 = ee sddeeeeeieemearenes AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTO: Our Washington Correspondence. Wasurnorton, Jan. 4, 1355. The Filibusters—Gen. Scott and the Army—Gen. Houston—Mr. Sickles Not Resigned, §¢. The President bas no intention of sending to Yorgress a war messsge upon Cuba or any other ubject. This was determined upon just before the peeting of Congress, and I so wrote you at the ime. There never was a period when filibusterism Jas more at a discount than it isat present here, Cuban, Sandwich Islands and Central American stocks are wofully below par, with uo prospect ofa rise. General Scott has appeared before the Committee on Military Affairs, and given many important sug- geations for the increased ¢ ficiency and strength of the army, which have been received with the re- spect due his undoubte2 experience, and will carry ight with Conant es m reached here last evening, look- ing im excellent health, notwithstanding his recent eprint ee says he auponds & resign at mt session jongress, a8 oe affairs fon than irs require more attention he Can bestow upon them if he remains in public life, He is poor, with a large, and nct only grow- ing, but increasing family. He has got down already as far aa “Andrew Ja:kaon,” his youthful indiscretions he will be obliged to num- ber them over again, aa they do steamboats on the Miasiasippi river--No, 1, No. 2, &c.—for the race of distinguished Presidents is well nigh exhausted, and “Sam's” sons are entitled to be called after I’resi- dents, at all events. Mr. Sickics is here, and states that he has not resigned the position of Secretary of Legation. On the LOUMITAEY, he contemplates a speedy return to London. It is believed the President has intimated his in- tention of vetoing the French Spoliation bill, should it the House. From present eppearances he will not be required to exercise his constitutional power in this reepect. Wasuinaron, Jan. 4, 1855. The Delta Kappa Epsilon Convention—The Ora- tion and Poem— Supper at Wiliard’s. According to announcement the annua! meeting of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Chapter of the United \sates convened, at Carusi’s Saloon, in this city, wet evening, and the large and spacious hall was | omfortably filled with a fashionable audience of 1a- lesand gentlemen, includivg the literati of the retropolis, A fine baud of music was in attend- Bae, and opened the ceremonies with a new polka, the oo) . General Dodge, of Towa, then intro: ac eae ener cals Calis, who delivered an eloquent, soul-atirring address, a copy of which I herewith enclose you :— ORATION BY EDWARD ©. BILLINGS, YALE COLLEGE, TO THE CONVENTION OF 7. DELTA KAPPA BPSILON FRATERNITY, AT CARUSI’S SALOON, WASHINGTON CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JA: TR5S. GENTLEMEN OY THD Deity Kappa Epstton Sociert—As a society racred to friendehip and learning, placing your utility, renown and hope in your past and future achieve- ments,.it is matter for eardest congratulation that, as- sembled as you are, in thie your annual conference for the interchange of views, for mutual incitement in tne preparation for the sterner duties that await us, you be- Fold your fraternity expanding'with the advancitg yea like our Republic, multiplying the recipients of its bles ings and augmenting the means of ita greatness, an: like her, too, though in a vastly humbler way, diseemina. ting and vindicating grand priaciples of conduct and po- lity. May the genius of tue place rest upon us, not created by arbitrary ti as the isolated inhabit~ ant of some grove or grotto, but @ living inspiration, the offspring of the sssociative, localizing faculty the mind which clothes with attraction and powsr the places and scenes in which the worthy and ilustr- ous bave moved and mingled. The Romans, either to gratify ancestral prde cr to foster national devotion, mere went tobe guided by the suggestions with which the national metropolis was fraught—the theatre of their struggles and of their glory. the pdbils career of John Tinvite your attention to Calhoun, “Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, as affording to us a high national tri- umph and asdeepa pra lesson as blography or an- nals can yield, Before these three men came to their large inbors, the great questions of national existence and constitutional organization had been decide colonies had come to be independent States. by their union had formed a vast empire, ‘The colonial and revolutionary eras of endurance and hercism had been nobly consigned to history. The confederative and formative eras—cras of doubt, of experiment and inven- tion—belonged to a less hopeful period. The great con- test bad been fought between the school of Jeilerson, whose life of usefulness and immortality of fame are re- vealed in that modest but rignificant epitaph, written by himself—‘ here hes the author of the decree of Inde- sendence—of the Virg' solutions, and the founder f the Virginia University”’—breathing his love f independence—democracy and learning—the school if Hamilton, whose controlling patriot sm, all fnventive inj 'y_and intuitive reasoning itted him to be the artificer of our constitution—than thich no prouder title can be awarded to man—a con- est in which the utility of direct, untrammelled popular overeignty and the ne y of acentralized, vigorous in government, had been canvassed, practically nd forever defined by the American people ‘An undisturbedly prosperous nation, with no cause of danger save the propensities of man revel- ling in conscious & and no source of hope save the innate, irrepressible energies of freedom, was to ac custom itself to wee fully the novel and costly texture of its law arn to move with dignity and harmony in t ional pathway upon which, without precedent or guide it had entered. With their triumphs well won, and these difficulties still before us, these giants in ricam statesmanship came to their labore, John C 782. His early youth was one of qui Then came absorbing interest in eat historical maste brother detected hi: result, an adieu then kis c with its large circlo, privilege incentivos. Here it was that future seemed to break upon i the intuitive sagacity of genius gave encour t to his aspiring resolve. His commencement —the True Statesman--reveals the ideal that haunt- ed hismind. Then came his legal studies, and at theage of twenty.five he brought to nis vocation the spoils and the culture of seven years indefatigable application. Mr. Calhoun’s oratory was unostentatious but impressive, while his style was severely classical and forcible. In his own words, ‘‘he ¢ ite, but lett truth, plain- ly announced, to battle £ Avoiding alike or- nament and embel! nt, npealing to passion or fancy liminating, simplifyix, naing like the type of truth and eloquence, be sp ight on; when he kindled and glowed it was from the fire of pure iatelligence; when he won to his cause it was by the unassisted charms of virtue; when he rebuked, it was, as it were, the voice of angered justice, and whem he mastered and triumphei was by the force and thoroughness of his analysis, His mind was broad and comprehensive. He trusted little to intuitive judgment and much to the verdict of logic. How highly he estimated scho- lastic ision may be seen from his own words-—‘‘More than ralf the errors of wy life,”” says he, “may be trased to fallacies originating in’ the improper use of words.’’ As directness characterized his speech, so rec- titude governed his mind. Intensity, pertinacity, cefi niteness, proneness to strict logic—these were his ental characteristics. He took at the outset a position mmanding the whole field of debate; unless dislodged om this he was inevitably victorious. No ambuscade no truce—no capitulation. He conducted his contest venly—like a giant conscious of strength, and feeling yneed of artifice, dexterously, as having been long tmiiar with the strongholds of argument, and vigor isly, as the champion of right, what wonder that bis inquests were so frequent, sigral and decisive! It is ag a statesman that the magnificent proportions of his most fully exhibit What in states- mans It is the art of defining and maintaining the internal and foreign relations of & government. Its aim is to bape on the grandest le the resources of a country and the capacities of a people. It should be bola, but no} reokleen; cautious, but not timid; sensitive to eral impressions, but guided by personal convictions. to the plantation for academic studi nection with, Yale Colleg and its numérous liter The results of this universally acknow- dignity od oor A peech, vindicating the ‘and demonstrating the that protection and patriotism are al. Of his numerous other parlia- embracing his opposition to re- desire for the morol developement characterized by inexhaustible research, logic and invincibility of purpose, time 0 apeak of but one—his advocacy of State 80 little understood, so grossly misrepresented. itting off the Vice Presidency, at the s sum- wons of his native State, to guard her interests in tthe rational councile—retirit to that august chamber vhere for seven years that dawn of till higher advancement forever dissipated—with the «tonnes of a philosopher and the earnestness of a mar vy, he stood ap to advocate views denounced _al-es aod people, but sacred to him as the a government troly republican. Wh its eminent characteristic is enlarged foreknowledge— the achievement of sagacity, proceeding not in the for mula of logic, but by a train of intuitive thought, from a wide and‘thorough consideration of a nation’s situation, to a clear, triumpbant comprehension of its destiny. For this austere employment, ennabling, as blending per- sonal distinction and national glory venerable, as with the well-being of social relations; illustrated db: miracles of genius, and legitimate for those alone whe are oni itated to quicken and guide, as the soul of a Hic, Calhoun weeme to beve teen peculiarly jualifed. flere were develo that constant Habit of rigorous thought—the breadth, complete- ness and inflexibility of kis views, and ‘unflinching and intrepid action. We are too prone to condemn as ab- atractions any thoroughly elaborated and nicely-balanced system. His statcsmanship was not, as has been some- times charged, a tower of clouds wrought by futile speculation—nor was it a desolate pyramid, aloof from sympathy and utility, Gt only for sands to bury and tme to iy—it was a symmetrical, substantial, in- bitable mansion, founded on the principles of human ‘ture, constructed with a soie view to durability, and everywhere indicative of the daring vigilance and skillof ‘the architect. His Congressional career opened with the memoratiewar question of 1812 war, then so obnoxious, now ledged 4 tributary to our natio! he an grea ina ye! use our imperiled sailor, eat truth that rever reci ARY 8, gret that bia unqualified doctrines did not prevail—so jong as we read with delight of Socrates’ death for philoso- phy, or of Galileo's wondrous devotion to science, or of Luther's sterm defiance of danger—so loog snail we turn with pride and exultation to the page in our political history which the boldness of Calhoun. ~ Fortuna for him—fortu- ly for us—he was enal removed from excitement of debate, and with the moderation of seer judgment, to chisel his own statue asa states- man im a disquisition on government, ing with that fundamental truth often over! metimes denied—that man is by nature a social being recog nizing the dominion of individual over affec- tions—lingering for illustration around the minutely ba- lanced government of Poland, when Poland was ‘State—derlving a convincing proof from the deni- zens of an aboriginal wilderness, by a process of reason- ing at once the most original, vivid and intelligible—he incontrovertibly establial the superior safety and ac- vantage ef concurrent over numerical majorities—of the majority of interests over that of mumbers. As a work systematically unfolding the true nature and gov- erning motives man—evincing profound historical learning and a thorough mastery of the science of re- publicauism, and marked by clearness and reach of thought—it is scarcely surpassed by omy, treatise on the subject of government. If it lack the gorgeous imo ination of Moore and the speculanve invention larrington, it possesses another as an active agency for to uality, higher good—s wise adaptation ing, breathing humanity. A rich product of his it would, alone, perpetuate his fame, and reflect qualities of his mind, Henry Clay was born in 777. It would be but the relation of a story sacredly tamiliar, to describe that youth, destitute of instruction, save the commonest, apparently intent upon humble du- ties, but secretly ravished with a dream of wide influ- ence, high renown, already foreshadowing itself—genius fee’ ing upon its own calm inspiration—how at once and undestably be took the lead of the Lexi yn bar—then so brilliantly studded with lights of ability and distinc- tion—how ¢! law forgot her sterner qualities, moved to tenderness by his unrivalled expositions—how at the age of 21 he enjoyed an ovation, tribute from thronging thousands, to that eloquence which wrought within him and around him—how he bound, by a sym- pathy Caer 3 as that which holds the earth from wavering, his adopted State—a State that yot sits in the shadow of bereavement at -his loss—and how he commanded senates with a majesty and ieee hy that consciousness of acquiescence in admiration which leaped forth to acknowledge his superiority— all this is known to you, for it includes the incidents of one of those rare lives which, having at once the fresh- ness of a legendary tale, and the charm of historic nar- ration, in weaving themselves into all that responds to ‘the noble in country or character, are preserved where memory, gnome-like, guards our richest mines, and are handed down by some roving tradition, thrilling the dull neryes even of stoicism, and rekindling » momen- tary enthusiasm in that darkened presence-chamber where nursing age receives the fading past. Bear with me, while we pause and consider the characteristics of | Mr. Cay as anorator and statesman. Were I to defino eloquence as it appeared so luxuriantly in him, I should say it was the appropriate expression of appropriate thought and feeling. Many circumstances must conspire, many qualities combine, for the production of this ar of arts, uniting as it does the variety of povtry, the vividness of painting, the unity of sculpture, and the inspiration of music. It must have the pulsations of the real—we must feel that itis the utterance of sentiments native to us; it must litt us to the regions of ideality, for we yearn to be borne beyond ouzmetrens it should be animated by nobility of séntiment, for whatever ele- vates and aggrandizes humanity commands our reve- rence; it should possess cogency, for we willingly andim- plicitly lean upon strength, <° myst have carnestness, for the soul heaving, overdowing With 14s uwm amotions, alone commands aborbing sympathy. I have called eto quence anart. It is above all arts, as the human coun- tenance is superior to that talismanic shadow which is caught und detained by modern invention, for it is the direct three-fold breathing oxpresgion of that which art can coldly reflect of the soul itself. Dut necessary as sro all these refined qualities, it is an art which'con- stitutes the secret and test of eloquence. Propriety it is that forme the eloquence of the divine—the elo- quence of subdued faith, i Shen consolation to men sorrow stricken, hopeful only of Heaven; propriety dis- torted that masterpiece of Napoloon’s’ oratory whi Egyptlay before him an epyenl to all that love of romance and glory that animated his soldiery and nation. True eloquence finds’ words of tenderness when’ griefs encompass—of ecstacy when the heart swells with joy. When avenging ‘individual wrongs, it moves b: particularities, by unfolding cruel, betrayed, and silent, lacid endurance; when secking to avert public calamity, it marshals the arguments of public justice and phi- lanthropic affection; when expressing a nation’s woe or triumph, it elevates its tone and dignifies its diction, summoning the instincts of patriotism and commaading at willall of hope or sorrow that dwells ina nation. ‘The power of Mr. Clay’s eloquence did not lie in that voice whose depth and music seemed to unlock all the storchouses of sacred associations—nor in that princely presence, grave, as corresponding with his high destiny— nor yet in that fecundity and felicity of expression, welling up from hidden powers—but in all these, com- bined is a loftiness, force of character, infusing their qualities into terms and actions, making words to quiver and dilate with the vitality and functions of thought. The sources of his fascinating oratory were within bimself. His eloquence—is it not always thus ?—was a matter calling on him as a prophet of nature. Wellmight Demosthenes he said to have had that perfection of conciseness and simplicity, that each sentence he pronounced was amepitome of thought, elaborately earvod in lan- guage—for in youth he had wrestled with imperfeo- tion. Well might Fox have come to be, in the langua of Burke, ‘the most brillian d accomplished debater England ever saw,”’ for his boyhood had been so wedded to classical studies, that when manhood came his thoughts voluntarily took the flexibility and sparkle of ripe scholarship; but Henry Clay stauds unapproache solitary, as an orator. His statesmanship was gen ship—not the practice of technical rules, but gener ship in its highest sense, comprising ovigimelity, « fathomable foresight, unerring promptacas, a willingness to brave oli—to risk all—in pursuance of his winning views, and above all, power to command the imperious- ness of the tentorium, without its strategy—the prerogative of greatness of souls, which awes like the glory or terror of the firmament, and in the lLalls of Congress awake the chivalry of the tournament and the impetuosity of the war horse. He moved with the conscious rectitude of the Cra- sadere, with that'rapidity which approaches, views, and conquers within the circle of the hour; he proposed, he commanded with the skill of the veteran and the frank- ness of a boy, and with a steadfast, undoubting expecta- tion, surpassed only by those who contend for more than earthly victory, His moral heroism, transparency of motive nd ineifable contempt (or narrow views, were reproduced and expanded in his policy His stateman- ship had other clements than formalism and pressrip. tion—it was sympathetic and impressible. He origin- ated for the nation’s wants; he gave utterance to the nation’s sympathies; he kept pace with the nation’s grewth. Isee him rearing that stupendous sytem of internal improvement; I see him fashioning and adjust- ing that grand policy of protection: I hear him pleading, supplicating for struggling republics, He was the Peri. cles of our age. He adorned no Acropolis —he flung no blaze of glory on the shrines of art; but he stimulated a generous, unsectional activity; he roused disponiing industry, causing the furnaces of the iron-diggers to hiss by day and glow by night with the fiercencss of subter- ranean fires, and making those mammoth factories— parlors of industry—musical with the incessant hum of smiling trade; he developed and directed the energics of @ people, and so long as on that great thoroughfare there stands (and long after it has fallen) that statue—type of the spirit he reverenced and inscribed with his name —so long will the American people, as they recount that more than legend of his life, say ‘not for a day, but for all time.”’ Daniel Webster's whole life was blazoned at his death. The eloquence of the Senate chamber, teeming with his memories, commenced the national requiem; the bar, its sternness all meited away, poured forth its sorrow; the pulpit, reachin, above the range of sense and time for consolation, mee for this unutterable logs, added its expression of griof; learning, at her founte—her guardian gone—spoke her tribute and her woe; and art sought, by the reproduc- tion of the perishable, todo honor to that which cannot perish. Bencatha durkened sky a nation knelt at a great mau’s grave. * ‘s, © er ee {fhe beautiful allusions to Mr. Webster are unavoid- ably omitted.} The inflaence of each of these men, losing, in combination, its distinctive peculiarities, like primitive colors in the formation of pure light, is with us to-day, and will be tillour march as a nation is ended. Webster and Calhoun aided in determining the formula for the action of our government—in defining its nature and fundementallaw. One saw reflected fron the constitution an original government, with complete powers: the ah at ee formed by the inter- vention of States, with its authority definitely specified and rigidly limited: ono feared the coils of distraction and severance; the other those of absorbing, unchecked consolidation and despotism: one placed the perpetulty of our institutions in the interests of the individual citizen, determined by the equitable laws for the de- scent of property; the other saw mo security save in livi pi collective sovereign interests acting s# States. Clay, paying little attention to the primal law of our poli al organization, sought to bring to light its immediate ad vantages, The motto of Calhoun was restrictive vigi lance over a confederation; that of Webster, unreserved confidence ina well balanced coustitution; while that of Clay was practical progre ‘Forina meatis est eterna,”? says that great au who amid the tears of a son did not forget the candor of the biographer—guam tenere et exprimere per alienam materiam acartem non posses sed in tuis ipse meribus, The outlines, the products of the lives we have been contemplating, caw never (ie, Oblterate al other Kiterature—rave to the ground our national mouments— scatter even our national existence, and in the cha- racters and achievoments of these men would be mir- rored the characteristics and fame of our people. Their care is a signal exception to that cold sentiment, possi bly authorized by the darker teachings of antiquity, that fod heed are incapable of lively gratitude. Let England bestow on her champions rewards and pagean- tries—let France give the diadem and scaffold—but we profier to greatness the attachment of a loyal mation, lofty as the genius of freedom, strong as the grief of maternal bereavement, and lasting as the throbbings of human sympathies. Irom these lives we glean, with all that awakens veneration or emotion for departed great- ness and excellence, the same lessou that fell from the fanes of the Delphic oracle upon the cars of Cicero, pant- ing for at eo iagherig bidding him, ‘would he win the most lasting and honorable fame, to follow his own convictions, and not the voice of the multitude,” The speaker was inter:upted with frequent barats of applause. The address is a model of classic beauty and chaste eloquence, and was delivered ina Most captivating style, Next came Mr. Charles T. Congdon, the well known editor of the Boston Atlas, who recited a poem written by him for the occasion, fall of spark- ling wit and scathing satire. It was received with | ahaa applause from every part of the large From te hall, the convention, and invited guests G \ repaired to Willera’s Hotel, where » gamptuous NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANU banquet had bees prepared ia the best style of this a8. Pofvar the substantials bad been disposed of and the cloth removed, Senator Dodge was called to preside, and the regular toasts were given as follows:— i 1, The President of the United States. here called for, and risi Senator Dopor ee pair qi responced € toast, and passed a eulogy upon the Ex- ecutive. 2. The Senate of the United States. Judge Doveas was called on, and Lg tooo in his tal happy sta in he nas of the ite, of which body he is o distinguished a member. 3. The House of Representatives of the United States. Calls were here made for Hon. Mr. Kerrr, of South Carolira, who unded in eloquent terms, and concluded by of ‘s— ‘The A. K. E. Society—The representative of American literature—esto perpetua. To this sentiment the orator of the day briefly responded, in a few beautiful remarks. 4, The Judiciary. Hon. Mr. Rocews11, of Mass., was here called up, avd spoke in behalf of the judiciary of the country; and closed by wishing that the States of the Union might differ only as the stars differ—in glory. 5. The Army and the Navy. Here Hon. Ms Poco of ie: was called tat the floor, and passed an eloquent eulogy upon these arms of oat national defence. e 6. The Literary Institutions of Our Land. Tbis sentiment called up Hon. Mr. Exxior, of Mass., sho epee glowing terms of literature and th . wh closin, et the iregeins seems. tie Toate of reagon and the flow of ” became and the light of the found the gussts atill at the festive board, Pair aie wine, the toast, the song. This annual convention of the Delta eevee Brslin aie ang tome nares the metropolis of the As the cars are about ieariaas Thave no time to give the current rews in is letter, bat must close. rites OR EB. Wasnin@ron, Jan. 6, 1855. “ Tekel” of the Boston Post—His Mask Of— Rich Private Correspondence—Friend “ Sid’s” Ve- racity— Tariff to be Postponed—Duty on Railroad Tron—General Sam—Latcher on Swamp Lands— Dr. Baird's Lecture—Turn About is Fair Play, Se., Fe. Tho very spirited and semi-official correspondent (“Tekel ”) of the Boston Post, not satisfied with assuming censorship over the columns of the New | York HeERaxp, compliments several of your corres- pondents by publishing their names in his letter of the Istixatazt. To this, I presume, they do not ob- ject, as their names and their connec'ion with the HERALD are matters of neither secresy nor conceal- ment. Can the Boston correspondent venture to ray asmuch? Ifear not, although his official posi- tion near the President is one of honor and responai- bility. In this war upon Captein Gibson, however, Iwculd remind friend Sidney that, although the HERALD’s correspondents have given to the public many interesting items concerning it, they still have in reserve the most interesting chapter of all, con- taining “ Tckel’a”” private correspondence with his particular friend, Mr. Beluat, in which this whole conspiracy against Captain G. is origimmeca and deliberately planned. suspected,” ard as “one of the corresponding at- tachés of the New York Heratp ia thiscity.” AsI have written all, or nearly all, of the letters which have lately appeared in the Heranp on the subject of Captain Gibson’s claim for indemnity upon the i Dutch government, I deem it but justice to that gentleman to say that I have not the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with him, nor did lever see himto know him. So much for “Sid's” White Houss veracity in his unprovoked attack upon the HeraLp and its Washington correspondents. Will “Sid” ia- form us of his efforts to enlict the newspaper cor- respondents in this city in the crusade against Capt. Gibson! If he does not,the Hera.p’s correspond- i ill. Mark that. ‘ue mittee of 8 and Means to call up tie bill for the reduction of the tar:ff, and such is the understaad- ing of the press; but { can assure you that Mr. Hous- ton will be foiled in his attempt, as Tuesday is the day upon which the Pacific Railroad bill the regular order, and Mr, McDougall will not give | way, hor can force Lim out of the way. are numerous, but they are not so strong as to dospise or even wiight the railroad party in the House. As I know Mr. McDou- gell will vot consent to a further post- ponement of the Pavific Railroad bill, which has Mr. Houston geta two-thirds voteto already been twice postponed, it is certain that the | tariff question must lay over. Waen it does come up it is believed that Congress will yicld to the popular sentiment, demanding the duty to be taken off railroad iron. ity is demanded by evory principle of common justice, and every consideration of pud- lic policy. For eleven years railroad iron was in- troduced into our porte free of auty, and during this , period the Eastern and Middle States constracted their railroads. These States were denssly popu- lated, and pogsessed immense wealth, yet they paid no duty on the iron for their roads. Now the Southern and Western States, in their straggles to construct railroads through tacir territo:ies, appeal to Congress not to tax them on the iron ri bat to admit them free of duty—and it comes with a bad grace from the old States to resist this appeal, when they have enlosed, and are now reaping the benefits of similar legislation. Pennsylvania has been more favored in this respect than any ether State, and can she row deny the same privileges to ber equal though younger sisters ? Gen. Sam Houston, or, as he is better known throughout the country, Old Sam, reached here last svening. coking ten years younger than usual, and with usual flow of humor. He says the Know Nothings are making a clean 2p in the Southern States, Lodges are being established (so he is informed, for he professes to know nothing,) in every town, vi'lage and crossroad in the State of » The Inquiry is frequently made there, to, “ Who is Sam ¢” but every one knows nothing. Mr. Letcher, of Virgitia, is untiring in his efforts to settle the diffcult'es which at present exist in relation to theswamp lands, between the Stata and the settlers. There are row one huudied and twenty-four thousand susyvended patents. Great credit is due Mr. Letcher for the stand he has taken in this matter. Dr. Baird’s lecture last evening, on the Ea’ n war, was largely attended and loudly applauded. Yesterday was private bill day, and not much doing in gress. The government steals the people's money four days in the week, and then only allows two Cee londays and Fridays—for the people to steal it back again. OTHER CORRESPONDENCE. (Correspondence of the North American.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 1864. Modifications in the Turiff—New U. 8, Senators. The conspiracy of the demo:rati: members to break down the tariff of 1846, and to deprive the country of the little protection which it affords, was considerably advanced last evening, by a sesret meeting or caucus, held at the capitol some time ba- tween dark and midnight. Statements differ as to the number present. By one report there were leas than fifty; by another, and I amore reliable one, there were in attendance from seventy-five to & hundred. Senator Brodhead and Mr. Dawson were the only members of the cabal from Pesaart vania, and the latter s20n became disgusted with the dings and retired. It was entirely a Know N g affair, secret as the grave. Some facta have leaked out since the adj mt. There ‘was come discussion as tothe expediency of action at this session, but at length the following resolution, offered by G. W. Jones, of Tennessee, was adopt- Resolved, That it ia right and proper that the dutios imposed by law on the geods, wares and merchandize, imported into the United States from foreign countries, whould be so modified and reduced, at the present session of Congress, preserving the principles of the tariff act of 1546, as will materially diminish the amount of revenue annually collected from customs, plet: tive ciple in our legistat reduces the duties Sates which yield three- fourths of the revenue, including iron, wool, and all the creat stapler of the coun to 20 per cent. Upon this plan the duties would have been reduced 7 the Me oy year eng Wate $45,- 757,061, and for average © part years 7,000 to $30,333,000. A of the Treasury has a counter pro and revolutionary in its character, Q the House with al: afiuence. He spends muc': the represeatatives of instra | from $40,90 “Sid,” then, had better be careful how he spesks of the Captain as “a man of whom little is known and much ny next is the Cay fixed upon by tho Com. | The friends ot the tariff | | House, to-day, pazsed i] t is | there about | the lieved to be a decided anti Nebraska Ley nag Rooting ag err which will therefore vote tomeet the House in joint ballot. A whig must be chosen or the election must go over. Indians the xton of the State is somewhat |. ‘There is, however, an unquestionable apti-Nebraska mejority. The House is chances of Hon.s. whig. The haath repregentatiy » —_ en) ae named ae idste, though as against tae com com- petitors, hia friends are possi @ miuority. The demceratic politicians from Pennsylvania express some hopes of derivit party advantages from the present situation of t! the State Senate. They say there is no ible chance of Mr. Price, of Philadelphia, or Mr. Darsie, of Pitta burg, ig with the Americans, in which case the organization of the by the choice of some moderate democrat as President, is inevitable. This occurrence would give color to the pretensions of Gen. Cameron or Mr. Dawson for United States Senator. Martin Speer, a United States Citizen, in an Austrian Dungeon and tn Irons for Ten Years. It is more than eighteen months ago that a na- | turalized citizen of the United States, by thename of Martin Speer, a resident of Brooklyn, left nis home to visit his fatherland, the Kingdom of Saxony, fully protected, as he hoped, with a passport from the Department of State in Washington. Sometime previcus to his leaving h is home, » Hangarian im- migrant, by name of Zagony, had addressed his daughter, offering marriage, stating he was of high respectability in Hungary, and it could be asser- tained by Mr. Speer extending his journey into Hungary, and gave him a letter to his mother. Mr. Speer went to Saxony to look afcer some in- heritance; then proceeded to Hungary, to Debriczia, the residence of Zsgony’s mother, with whom he endeavored to arrange an interview, through the instrumentality of high judicial officer of Austria. For the sole object of see! yee lady, he went to Debriczia, ouly pausing on hia way to get permits from the police to proceed. At Debriczia he went in person to the aforesaid judicial officer, and presented him a letter from Za- ory, upon which letter he was arrested. The au- orities have declined produ: that letter. He was placed ina duogeon, kept for eight moaths, subjected to constant examination before a secret court, not allowed to communicate with the United Btates Legation, although )« was in prison in Vi- enna, for the purpose of making him confess his it. Finding he had none to contess, to justify outrage, he waa convicted without evidence and sentenced to ten years labor in the trenches, at Therienstadt, in irons. A more enormous case of unmitigated oppression cannot be conceived. All interpcaition by our indefatigable Miaister—Mr. Ja:kson—at the Austrian Court have b2en unavail- ing. Will not some member from this city now ia eErvercall onthe Secretary of State for all cor- respondence held with our Minister upon the sab- ject of Martin Speer’s iowa! arrest and punishment, and use prompt measures for bie release? His afflicted wife resides in Brooklyn, and supplirates this protectiou to her unhappy husband. The Fallure of Wadsworth & Sheldon. (From the Chicago Democrat, Jan. 4.] Recent events, in which our State is immediately interested, invest financial matters wi:h more than veual interest just at this time. We refer, of course, to the followirg announcement, which the early ublication of our Wedneaday’s paper, in order to y the Governor’s message before our readers, pre- vented us from giving sooner :-— New Yonx, Jan 2, 1855. Wadsworth & Sheldon, bankers, suspended payment to-day, Liabilities about $2,500,000; assets about $1,000,000. They were the agents of the State of Illi- nois, and, consequently, no payment has been made tnis morning on account of interest on the State debt, This house was, unfortunately, intimately con- | nected with the finances of Illimois, having been | continued,against the better judgment of most of our | best men, State agent for the payment of interest, comes | dividends, &c. A large payment was to have been | or pte on the 1st inst. which, of course has not ben | lone. How large an amount of State funds has been | locked up by this failure we are not advised; but it | must be in ‘the vicinity of $200,000—report says | $260,000. The Legislature will undoubtedly promp‘! | call on the Governor for icformation on this potat | This disester has been anticipated for some time ; | and some of the correspondents of the house in tnis | | city, having had warning tist it was impending, | have prepared for it by withdrawing their funds. | This house was one of the New York correzpondents | of the Exchange Bank of this city, aod the agent of | | the Galena Railroad; but of the position of the | | — relations between them we are not ad- j ae 1855. | The Marine Bavk also kept an account with this | house, but was well enough ‘“pcsted up” to cause | |_the balance between them to be about even on New | '" Year’s day. | Meesia, Wadsworth & Sheldon make a fine show | | of “assete,” but the value of these cannot be deter- | | mined until they"have passed the ordeal of “liqnida- | tion.’ | | | Ovensiant i tHe Recrerociry Treaty.—-- | Quite an impoxtant omission in this treaty has been } page to our notice by an intelligent merchant of | our city, in regard to the articles of molass:s and sugar. The treaty dces not provide for the admis- | sion of American grown mo! and sugar into | the provinces free of duty, and the consequence is, by, Present tariffs, quite a discrimination against American products and in favor of those im- po from foreign countries. Toiilustrate we will | | take the case that actually occurred. A merchant | | of this city made a shipment of Louisiana grown | | molasses ‘to Montreal, and was obliged to py ay | duty of about seven cents pe gallon upon it. Had | | he taken foreign molasses in bond he could have ob- | tained it at the same price as the New Orleans mo- lasses, leas the Unite Faeyr f upom it, which | amounts to about three and a half cents gallon, | passed itto Canada under bond, and ined ad- | | mirsion for it at the duty Dg on the New Orleans | | article. The reeult would have been a saving of | three and a half cents per gallon. The operation of | | | | the preeent law is therefore a discriminotion against | American molasees in favor of the imported article to the amount of about three anda half cents per rf The effect of the treaty as it now stands, | | will be to stimulate the foreign instead of the home | | production and trade in these ont Sphce products of | the country, which we can hardly suppose our gov: | ernment anticipated. We trast, therefore, that such | modifications of the treaty will be made as will | place these American products on an equality at | least with foreign ones, if not to admit them into | the provinces free of duty.-- Portland Argus. | P Mees The following 18 a list of Americans entered at the | iJ benking-house of Livingston, Wells & Co., Paris, during | the week ending 18th ult:— j |. New Yore.—M. T, soy Sag W. M’Dougall, 1. Tallman, | Mrs. n, Mrs. C. E. Weyman, J. W. Porkina, G. R. ©. R. Meade and eer M. Archibald othingham, J. H.’ A. Bell, F. Sampson, Miss ©.’ V. irs. and Miss Kyle, J and fami- | ake, C. L. mpron, H. 1. Hopf, | | | ; . M. Hooper and wife | Massacnuserts. Cummings. | Ruope Istayp,—J, T. Pitman. Lovisiaxa.—A. G. Powers. | Micmnoay.—H. A. Wright and lady | . The London Advertiser of the 7th ult, «ays:—We un | derstand that at the Judges’ Chambers on Iriday, before Mr. Justice Crompton, an application was made in the forthcoming crim. con. case of ‘‘ Hope vs. Aguado,”’ for a commission to examine the Count de Morny, who has lately received the appointment of President of the Corps Legislatif, in Paris. Under the circumstances, and in | consideration of the Count's parliamentary duties, the application for @ commission in this particular case was ranted. The case is —_ to afford some curious reve- fitions of Parisian life in its ‘eas quarters, and al- ready considerable interest {s felt in the coming ‘ deli- cate investigation.’’ The Plaintiff is Mr. Adrian Hope the son of the author of “ Amastaar nd one of the three brothers who inberit the large fortunes of the house of Hope; and the defendant, Count Mg — do, has long been known and distinguished in the fash- ionable and sporting circles of Paris. ARRIVALS, —Gen. Harney, U.S. A; Capt. ory, Corning: Hon. R. Sage, . Moree! 4 jody, Phi- Deb! ifax; Coe ok, Ogedensbu neylvania it ; ‘J, McCormick, Troy; Rageell, Pittsburs: At the Metro) Dr. Beare land; C. G T. Roberteo Charles C. Hel St. Louis; G. B. “Naval itelligence, The sloop of war Jamestown was at Moativeleo Nov, ust arrived (rom Big. | was obtained. New Publie.tions, ROMAN CATHOLIC FaMy!-T BIBLE. The edition of the Holy Bsripturos lately issued from the press of Edward Danigan & Brethers, 151 Fulton street, is a truly magnificent one. It is alarge quarte volume, of over 1,660 pages, con- taining the whole Scriptures recognized by the Re- man Catholic Church, from Genesia to the Apoos- lypse. It is the orthodox translation from the Latin vulgate, diligently compared with the Greek, He. brew, and other editions in foreign languagee—the Old Testament being according to the Dousy, and the New Testament according to the Rheimish ver sion. The text is printed in large, cleag¢ype, on moet excellent paper, and at the bottom of each page are copious notes, critical, historical, contro- versial and explanatory, taken fromthe most smi- nent commentators and most able and judicious critics. The selections and compilations are made by the Rev. Leo Haydock, and commend them- selves at once to the study and attention of the Roman Catholic reader. The volume is embellished with numerous well executed engray- ings, taken chiefly from paintings by the old mas- ters. It contains a theological history in miniature, ore list of the Popes, saints, martyrs, eminent Catholics, writers, councils, &c., from the earliest period of Christianity down to the present time. It has also tables of re’eren :ea, weights and measures, &c., together with an historical and chronological index; and altogether the edition isthe most com- plete and generally the most attractive of its kind that we have aeen. This work has been published at a great expense, and we trust that Mesars. Dunigan will not lose by the undertaking. It is essentially a tamily Bible— a Bible to hand down as an heir loom from genera” tion to generation. In the notes the reader will find abundant matter for study and reflection for the rest of his days. He has there a valuable col- lection of the writings of the fathers and distin- guished prelates and priests of the Roman Catholic church, such as he could obtain through no other channel and by no other means, Abatruge doctiinal points are explained with a fa- cility and clearness suited to every intellect. The possestor of thia Bible cannot be held excused if, when taxed, he should be unable to give good rea- son for the faith he professes. Nor are polemica alone discussed. The work is equally complete in an historic point of view; and the hiatery of the Bible, as all know, is the history of the world from remotest ages. Those who are looking out for a family Bible should see this one before they make a purchase- We do not think that there is a Roman Catholic edition either in this orany other country so com- plete in every particular—at ‘east, none has ever fallen under our notice. Superior Court—General Term, Present—all the Judges DECISIONS. .—Daniel Van Viack and eighteen others vs. Cornelius Vanderbilt.—The defendant in this suit is the well-known and wealthy slip-owner, against whom nearly one hundred passengers, bound for California, brought actions for breaches of contract, in failing to carry them to their destination. The defendant applied to the court for a disclosure on the part of plaintiff ’s at- torney, as to the existence of his cltents, and his right to prosecute Thsca guits, in order that he might defend him- self against such of those suits as were improperly brought. In some of the cases it was said that the plain- tiffs were dead, and the testimony rendered it probable that some were not residents when the suits were en- tered. The question before the Court is bow far can it control the action of the attorney in suits brought in this way. The Court has no doubt of its power in the case, and it is our duty to make an order on the attor- ney to make a disclosure of where the plaintif is, or where he is to be found. This isa power not usually exercised; but, as in the present case, where the party is sued in the names of very many, it is necessary that he should be informed who they are, in order to defend him- self. We think, therefore, that the Court bas power to control the attorney, in order to prevent anything like oppression growing out of it. Order, that the attorney shall present an afiidavit of the same facts as were given in similar cases before the other Courts. Moser A. Westcott vs. John S. Moore.—In this case an motion was made to vacate it. The plaintiff lived in the country, and sent goods to the defendant to sell for cash. “The property was sold, but the defendant did not pay it over when the owner of the property called for it. the defendant moved to have the order dismissed.as the case does not come under that part of the code which provides that where persons receive money in a fiducia- ry capacity they are liable for it. We, however, think that factors and others who receive money for other per sons are liable fcr it, under the code. Motion to vacate the order denied. Mancer M. Bucks vs, Charles T. Shelion.—Order to bo | settled on application to tke Court, Charles M. Hinman agt. Isaac Newton Judgment affirmed with costs. Catherine Isles agt. Elisha Tucker.—Refereuce ordered. The Mechanics’ Bank ag!. Christopher Kiersted.—Ver- dict set aside on payment of costs. James P. Allaire agt. John Hagyerty —Complaint dis- | missed with costa. Win, Hegan agt. George Law.—Motion denied with costs. John H. Brady agt. Elijah H. Riker—Dewurrer over- ruled. Baruch de Beer agt. Daniel 2. Young.—Roferred to R. Emmet. Roswell denied, Cornelius Kanouse agt. John M. Martin.—Ovdev ap- pealed from affirmed; no costs, S. Benedict agt. Henry Tanner.—Motion Common Pleas—Special Term. Decisions by Hon. Judge Ingraham. Meyer S. Meyers vs. John M. Trimble and Others.—The defendants by their answer do not deny the plaintiff's claim, but set up, as a counter claim, moneys due to them, leaving # balance due from the defendants exceed ing three hundred dollars. To this there is no defence pretended, and under any circumstances the plaintiil would be entitled to receive that amount. The defend- ants have also offered to the plaintiff to take judgment for the same sum. The plaintiff now moves for an or- dex directing the defendants to pay the amount admitted to be due. It would be necessary, before such an order could be made, to ascertain cleatly that the defendant made no defence to that portion of the claim, and when that is established there is no cause why the defendants should not be required to make payment. Any other rule would enable a defeudant, a counter claim for a small amount, to d ditor for a long time of his rights, to which in reality no defence existed. It was said the Superior Court had de. cided otherwise, in 4 Sands, 8, C. R., 678,but in that case there was not a distinct admission of a balance being due, and the discretion of the court was properly exer- cised in refusing that motion. A case recently decided was also referred to, but as the same has been submitted to me, J am urable to see whether it is applicable to this motion or not. It was also suggested that there was difficulty in enforcing such an order, and, therefore, it should be refused; but such a reason is not to warrant us in refusing to make the order. der cannot be enforced, the defendants will reap the nefit of the detect in the law. No difficulty, however, need be anticipated on the part of the proceeting. I xe: no reason for refusing the motion. The same is granted, by setting up jeprive his cre- Gurdon Miller vs. The Eagle Life and Health Insurance | | Company.—The affidavits are so different and contra- dictory that it is hard to discover the (rue facts from them, but as near as Tam able to do 0, it appears that only time was given on the decision of the general term | 1 to make a bill of exceptions and no stay of proceedings Such would undoubtedly have been uted by usif it had been asked for. But afier this ‘ime such stay of proceedings, even if it had been grant ed, would have been waived by the request of the de. fendant’s counsel to the plaintiffs, to enter up the judg- his subsequent use of such other case. The plaintiff! grined the advantage of the defen in the motion to the Court of A) to dismiss the pica but I can see part, and the defendants on be relieved im that Court. There is no ground o1 the sudgrent here can be set aside as irreguls: dition, thi what the irregularity complained of was fifth rule of boy, od Court requires this. The defend- ants also move for a stay of Proceedings in entering up the judgment of dismissal of appeal, in order that they may move the Court of Appeals to vacate the order made udgment in evi- attorney then Tn ad- is motion is radically defective in not stating The twenty- ‘der of arrest was made against the defendant, anda | fre one | | of the knowl he « saa a ec aa sean at | Johnstone & Holm VOL. XX. ia- quiries; and in the ‘absence of such inquirien that bo, a8 no Tight to complain of the defeudaat as of fraud for not making known the exart condition of his this ing th aesigument the supposed. mal e pment; on » bimeelf able to go on, and intended to meet the ments with the’ pistatifl. ‘The frandulent sllogations are dleseenss, be ae sea: for amas pale be va- cated, on fendant’s stipulati: 10 sue, Conte of motion $10, to abide event. Wm. H. Merritt, vs. Martin Thomson.—The dofeadant by his answer admits that, after deducting all his alleg- ed counterclaims, there remains # balance due to the plaintiff, and such balance amounts to $2,675 34. To this part of the claim no defence is set up, and the plain- tiff now moves that the dofendant be ordered to pay over such moneys, and that so much of the money now de- posited in court be paid over therefore. For the reasons why in such cases the motion sho uld be graated, I refer to the opinion in the case of Veyers vs. Trimble, et. ad., decided this day at Special Term. It is objected by the deferdant, in addition to other objections therein refer- red to, that in this casea difference of interest will ac- crue in favor of the defendant on his counter claim im consequence of tbe money being deposited in the Trust Company, under an order of the oourt, at a low rate of interest. The objection is unavailing. the Trust Company was not placed ther of the plaintiff, but of est is small, the plaintiff only recet this order. defendant has no right to object to what was done at his request, andit it were otherwise, the defendant bas security in the bond given on the ia- junction sufficient to protect bim against loss on the counter claim, The motion must be granted. Materials for Paper. » (From the China Mail.) A reward of £1,000 has been offered in agent to any person who will discover a substi for rags, in the manufacture of paper. If by the word “gubstitute”’ is meant one that suitable for making paper quite equal to that made trom rags, it is no such reward will ever be paid, and that the advertisers have adopted an ingenious method of obtaining information at little cost. The paper the Treader now holds in his hand is manuf from shavings of the bamboo plantin China. The quali- ty /afair, though not equal to the best ish rin I; yet who can say how much it G pms pee ted exit and the use of ma- chinery? We have only Chinese authority for stating, that this paper is manufactured from bam- boo, a8 foreigners are not admitted to the provinces where it is made; but the report seems. to receive confirmation from the fact, that three tog all the bamboos most common inthe Canton provinces shed their seed and died, and the consequence wad erige of nearly 50 per cent in the price of paper. If bamboo shavings can be turned to such account, the supply of raw material is inexhaustible, thou- sands of acres being kept in the West Indies for firewood alone. {From the Delhi Gazette.) Now that hemp is Longer Bp. in the Ei hh market, we suppose some adventurous trader will’ tarn his eyes on the handred, nanny roduced in the mountains of K e where it is the chief of the weeds, and bat little checked in its superabundance. Itis not, however, 80 tall and vigo;ous in its stems as the same plants in Karhmir, where it sometimes forms slmost im- penetrab‘e jungles; but the latter country is too remote to render g0 coarse a product of any profit to the merchant, and it therefore remaius wit’ this district to {urnish the product. ‘ Ixpran Dirricuntres.—By advices from the set- tlemext on the Elk Horn, we learn that ‘‘Little Bear’s band” of Omahas have recently had a ren- contre with the Punkas. The latter had stolen eeveral ponies from a hunting company of the for- mer. A sharp conflict scon ensued, ia which t#o Pankas and one Omaha were killed, but the ponies — a recovered.—Council Bluffs (Iowa) Bugle, ee, a MARITIME INTELLIGENCE, Movements of Ocean Steamers. LEAVES LJ All packa; A letters intend Hen ak should be seated. "tet Jor the New Youu ARRT 3 Brig Niagara (of Portland), Fiteh, Baltimors, 7 days, with pt ig bound to Portemoutb, NH; put into this port fora arbor. Wind at sunrise NE; meridian do; sunset SE, and foggy. BG A thick fog prevailed most of the day, which, doudt- less, prevented many veasels getting in Memoranda. Qviex Passace.—Bark Sea Bird, Weston, arrived at pda tap inst, from Palermo in 35 days, and from Gibral- er in 23. Lavncnep—At isonssot, $d inst, from the yard of Messrs hip Tamerlane, of 90 tons, She ia owned by the builde: At Newenstle, Mo, 2d inet, hy Messrs Anstin & Hall, «fine three deeked ship, tonnage not given, She has uot yot been named. Telegraphic Marine BOSTON; Deo 7 LArr Oth ship Murilla, Pensaccla: Lark Daniel Webster, Mobile; brig Neptune, Gonaives; Africa Br), Halifax, N&; 7th bark Godfrey, Galveston; brig J ibone, Philaid Below at quarantine ships Shawmut, and Chatsworth, from Liverpool Int 29, lon 79 20, ship Bell Rock, Pendlotou, t Liverpool. Spoken Dec for New Orla Herald Marine Correspondence, PHILADELPHIA, Jan 7,4 P M—Art ships Negu Van Dobien, ‘Leghorn i 2 in ticoo! Noe? jet Hoxie Manwa: bark Fs Br), Richarda, ao; sebrs Ori Bath, Me in A Roneb, man, N York. Cid ip City of New York, Matthows, Boston; briz Gov Brock, Swith, Mayaguer, PR; scbrs Delaware, Harding, ob Raymond, Bourn tacket, A versa ismasted, apparently about 2%) tons, f Water, was passed Jan air) ‘39° NS lon 71 wei it IL of ; f monkey rail and bulwarks pannelled and painted whit | If the defend- | ants have a counter claim to the plaiutiil’s demand, sufficient remains to protect them in case of a recoyery. € | day | J Mayer, Beaw rab | Flanders, from Bos | Brenholm, disg; Spoken. Lip Hy Pratt, from England for Baltimore, no date, 40, Nortolk pilot boat. G M Middleton, from NY‘ for A 4 4 GM Middleton, from NYork for Attakapas, Dee 15, . F Ports, zvipeomTa port Nov 4 ship——, for Rio; _bark chberger, from Baliimore, just arf; Sarah L’ Beye nt, Fonsland, from Bost ag 1p Sgz Ost 20 rf Namsveo—In port v ‘aniper, kei from NYork abt Oct 16, uro; barks Evelyn, fchborn, « i fremont, Burgess, from Boston Oot 16, arr 20th idas, from St Johns, NV, arr 22d; Poorless (Br) ), for United States; Wm Price, Quix, from Philadelphi ne Touched at do Nev 19 ship Ringleader, Matthe ton Vet 17, for Australia (touebed to land the lowering a beat for = in charge of the US in eded same _Burnos Avnve—In port Nov joutta few day; 8 8; California, Hi frem'do; Oves: Woodw: jenry Kel: feutiius, Paine ashore up the river; 3 Jas Caskie, ys Sine oe bisaeee? ngs Lewin, for Rio Janeiro soon; fo a gale, lost bowsprit or) P sad 18 ship Maria, G: Jos Mill, from, for "Rio Janeiro, ‘ork, in ballast, lea! € ireen, for Part! jarshall, from Rich: be AN Chantisleser Titres, fo srt nat janticlees ie] arr 84. for do ldg; Kirkl Bent Ail” from Rich eal ag 1, Avg 26; Baltimore, Rai from Baltimore abt "ernam buco, arr 12th. bi fe nd other ry McRae, Brambal), White, NOrleaus. th ship Joba D hergage, Corr, NYC wol; barks Envoy, Aspinwall; 2 TT EB waives 3th wi ‘olmes’ Holes Pierce, Jacksonville 16th ult, vis Holmes, Cyelone, Glichriet, Cheptank River for Bat id Perry, NYork tor Belfast. From bel Rager (in tow of the RB Forbes). Pat back and | nobered im Lighthouse Channel, Br brig $ Killam, for in that court. There is no reason why this time should | not be allowed. The proceeding is a hard one in that court, taken without notice, and in this case evidently taken before the case was ready for the return, and even at this time the return could not be made lotion for stay be hye tne for twenty days granted, and denied as to other matters, without costs to either party. Victor @. Audibon vs. Eli FPrench.—The affidavit on | | which tbe defendant was originaly held to bail con tained the charge of concealing facts relating to the de- fendants intolvency, and an allegation of falsely repre senting that he expected money from Philadeiphia. The latter represention was not, however, shown to be false, and the only ground, therefore, was the fraudulent con- cealment. Without saying how fara man is bound to disclose his circumstances when borrowing money, it appears to me that when the system of borrowing has deen continued for some time, both of money and en- dorsemeuts, and those endorsements repeatedly mad, for the purpose of renewing orextending former pzper about to become dye at the time Malaga. | “Fai. p Broth IVER—Sld sits Kokenoy Bailey, ang Doane, Nortol 4 from below Oth sobr Richard. Borden, Baker, GLOUCESTER—Arr echrs Ebra, and Volant, Eils~ worth, for N¥ork. | MYSTIC—Sid Jan 4 ship 8 Willetts (new), Spicer, Spree NEWPORT—Sld Jan 5 Brothers, Doans, and Koke- from Pall Ri Steed, ‘York ; Solan, sd do } the ¢peditior has RPOLK iva, Smith, Portland, Thompron, from Callso; ORLEAD t Charlie Havre Nov 19. PORTLAN D—Arr re, All—Arrt Jan 2 rt Abby Whivma: