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oes in so short a Saadapting trade and enterprise to the cl that pay have place; and where one or two shipments Brenow made in the course of a year, under circum- Seances of no ordinary risk, three or four will then be made with comparative Camany, is, therefore, but reasonable to say that the new of mail steamships, as proposed, will find abundance of employment—not by our own merchants, but those of Europe—and form the most important and remunerative between the eastern shores of the old conti- ment and the western w: In the absence of large and expensive fleets, the regular visits of our mail to the islands of the Pasific and to Japan, as ‘well as to the ports of China themselves, will serve as a yn to our commerce, and lend @ certain prestige ‘our navigators and hardy whalers in those seas. Our yvernmen' has been reproached by foreigners with not Eee ‘a sufficient naval force in the Indian Archy) the Chinese seas to protect our merchantmen—and ié bas been tauntingly asserted that but for the British men-of-war, which act as high constables of those seas, ‘cor it of pirates, our commerce in those waters would be entire)y annihilated. When our mail steam- ships shall regularly visit the coasts of China and Japan, touching at the Sandwich Islands, spreading intel- ligence in every direction, and increasing wealth b; @gitimate means, civilizition and Christianity will spread so rapidly, ani extend their humanizing mfluenge so far and wide, that the maintenance of an armed force for the protection of commerce will be as unnecessary in those waters, as it ison the coast of Europe. Our advantageous seieraphin? position, as re- ards the Asiatic mail service, equally applies to freights. reights are the great drawbacks to commerce; hence, whatever diminishes freights—that is, whatever renders the expense and time of carrying goods less—adds to the profits of commerce, and to that extent increases and ex- tends it, [have alreadyshown that the distance from Can- ton to London, by the way of San Francisco and New Yar! nage more than one-half of that around the still, against that we have to put the loading and u loading on our Pacific and Atlantic coasts, when we speak of freights. These processes involve great ex- pense and some loss of time, and in a considerable measure counterbalance the advantages resulting from the shorter distance, Still, there are goods not of a bulky nature, which are easily unloaded and shipped again, and these wonld, nodoubt, at once take the shorter route. Bulky articles would probably continue to be shipped from China and India directly for their final ports of destination in Europe, until a ship canal is uilt across the Isthmus of Varien, or until the greater ypeed of the Pacific Railroad would weigh still more heavily im the balance of time and saving of interest against the cost of loading and unloading. These con- siderations, however, ‘ayply only to the carrying trade between China and England, and not t» the trade of our }wn merchants for distribution at home, or to the ship- ments of assorted cargoes. Let ua have the mail service first, and thereby the requisite means of intelligence, and we may safely icave the rest to the genius and en- terprise of onr merchants. It is the exchange of our own products for those of Japan and China that we must look to, as the principal teeder of our commerce with the East, and these (as i have already observed) from the extentof our country, and the great variety of our soil and climate, are so diversified as to furnish a substantial basis for a more extensive trade between two countries of the most gigantic dimensions and almost infinite resources. It remains for me to speak of another interesting on that bas grown out of our settlement on the Pacific coast, and the wealth and civilization to which these have given rise within the last few years. Already a stream of emigration is setting toward California, fron the Celestial Empire; and al- though that stream, aiter the emigrants have enriched themselves, is—in part, at least—flowing back to China, yet while it lasts it atfords the basis of a passenger and emigrant trace, the influence of which on our commer- cial relations is not yet suiliciently appreciated. The command of the ocean always Salonga to the most commercial nation, and the greatest number of ships were always owned by that people who enjoyed the car- rying trade in the buiklest articles. Bulky articles make freights and employ ships and sailors; hence the nation which exports bulky articles of its own growth has a very decided advantage over those whose un- changeable products occupy lees space, and consequent- ly employ less tonnage. We ure, in this respect, most remarkably blessed by Providence, for our staplearticles of export are all bulky, and furnish large employment to our shippers. Co cur most valuable article of export, is, perhaps, the bulsiest article kuown to com- merce; next come flour, grain, provisions, potash, tar, turpentine, &e. There form the basix of & very large carrying trade, and secure to our shippers an outward freight. The exports of England and France are of a less bulky nature, and consist chiefly of manufactured articles. With the except on of wines and bran from France, and hardware and crockery from England, al- most all other articles of export from those ceuntries, though of much value, occupy less volume, and there: fore make less freight je French ship laden with silks, lace, shawls, or oth ly articles of toilet, may carry the return cargo for a dozen separate importations, in the abape of breadstuils, provisions, lard, hides, &e.. on all which freights have been earned, and ships and sailors furnished with employment. It is the nature of the exports from France which, more than the geogra- phical position of that country, or the want of enter- prize, prevents her from becoming a great maritime na. lion.’ A cargo of Britixh woollens, worsted, silk or mixed—nay, even of her ord nary cotton goods—is far wore valuable and less bulky than the raw materials Which make freights for Engiand, and occupies, there- fore, less shipping, and fewer hands on shipboard. bur exports of raw cotton alone furnish probably more rmployment to shippers than the whole imports into the > Unit tes from Fogland. It is clear, then, that our expor regard to bulk, exceed by far our imports, and that, consequently, i our trade were entirely con fined to ‘merchandise, many of our ships would be obliged to come home with but half a freight or in bal- last. Still, having an outward ‘freight secured, they could successfully compete with the ships of other na- tions, few of which would have either a full outward bound or homeward freight secured. But of late another species of trade las sprung up, adding largely to the remunerative pi of our merchants and ship- owners. It is the ps nd emigrant trade, which furvisbes valuable hon eights to all our We: for the coast of Krgland, Ireland or Scotland, the ports of North Sea ten and Denmark, the Baltic and the coast of France. It is precisely those countries which consume our great staples and pay the outward freight of our shippers, while the people of those coun tries themselves constitut» the homeward cargo, and make up afull freight. It is the passenger trade which in late years bas added so much to our shipping, and given such ascencancy to our commercial marine; and [ maintain that what the passenger trade has done for our trans Atlantic commerce, it will also do for our com- merce in the Pacific. Let * regular monthly or semi- monthly line of communication be established between San Francisco and the ports of China and Japan, and a valuable trade of that nature will spring up, in regard to which we need not apprehend any competition. Instead, as is now the case, carrying principally Chinese adven- turers, indigent laborers and vicious’ persons, between Shanghae or Canton to Cslifornia, Chinese gentlemen, wealthy merchants and men of leisure, might visit our country, and, perbaps, invest fortunes in our enter. prises, ‘At Grst it was merely the hardy adventurer or exile from Europe who sought the shores of America; now 8 perfect exedus (rom the British isles andthe Ku ropean continent seems to be gotng on, depopulating whole States, and leading toa vast intercourse and an increasing correspondence by letter and telegraph be- tween the two continents. Why should not similar chai be effected in the Pacific? The great mass of the and Japanese people arc better educated than the masses in England or Ireland. There is not within the whole Celestial Empire, missionaries tell us, & mad Whd cannot raed and write, and The Chinese are, besides, an inquiring, imaginative, venturerome peopie, confined and restricted merel; by their government, and that government tottering to its fonndation. When the Chinese called all other nations “barbarians,” they evidently considered only their Asi- tieneighbors, and so far as they are concerned, the thinese had a right to of thelr superiority. They mderstand political economy, and all other sciences, wetter than any of their Asiatic neighbors; they are yore enterprising, more industrious, more civilized and pore literary than any of them, and they are, withal, Je, docile and winning manners. Such of agreeal Fag Derr a in close communication with our own, vith of their numbers now in California, al- ready co jing with their friends and relatives at home, cannot fail undergo t revolutions, which will their moral and relations, and throw a large of them—the debris of shipwrecked politi- cal and ‘es—on the western shores of our continent. Nor will it enly be the trade, enterprise and devel tof thought ween the two continents, which will be stimulated avd promoted by the establish: ment of this line. All the beneficent intinences I Lave described will equally extend to the Pacific islands—to those that only require to taste of the fruit ot meolige 0 ot ‘their animal life for the delicious cares of a higher and nobler existence. The hardy seamen of our six or seven hundred whalers tn the Pestle, will no longer be cut off from ular and quick communication with their friends kindred, but made to feel that they have s home on the western shore f our continent, from which their voices may be heard, their wants understood and supplied. And, what- ever be the shock, when the oldest nation on this earth meets the fal energies of the newest born— whee thered experience of forty centuries meets the aw on of general ideas, it cannot ; it must be met; and it is better that we ‘meet it, with all the peculiar advantages of our ition completely within our control, than that we Id procrastinate or suffer events t» resolution. Our civilization, our societ; political organization, must stand the Asiati stood the European, and control and assimilate the new elements, Ihave nodoubt, Mr trade from and to to which it will lead with Ling oy ‘fod wri Re ge nt Rad | penne | government in a vuniary iat of view, for the establishment of the line of mail steam- fm this bill. I have no doubt but anew Yo direction to the enter people. In behalf, then, of the great interests of hu- manity and eiviliza' of commerce and nay , of our great national devel it, and the indi ‘I hap: our citizens depenaent on the passage of 0, 1 beseech the committee to give it the attention {it deserves, and s support commensurate with the paremount considerations of statesmanship, ave already secured for it the tion of the House will be hailed ae the cementing of another link in the perpetuity of the progress, power and grandeur of the American goveroment. “~qhen Mr. Latham concluded the House adjourned: Our Washington Correspondence. ‘Wasuinaton, Jan. 7, 1855. ‘The Brig Gen. Armstrong—Character of the Claim. In the House of Representatives yesterday, the bill for the relief of the claimants, in the case of the brig Gen. Armstrong, was, by unanimous consent, transferred trom the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, to the Committee of the Whole House. This ar- gues well for this long neglected, but meritorious claim, and inspires the hope that justice, though tardy, will be done the claimants im this case by the present Con- gress, as in the case of the heirs of the Baron De Kalb. As the case of the Gen. Armstrong has excited a gen- eral interest throughout the country, and has been the subject of much diplomatic correspondence, a word here, in explanation of the facts, may not be amiss. The Gen. Armatrong was an American private armed brig, commanded by Captain Samuel. ©. Reid, and whue at anchor in the neutral port of Fayal, belonging to the dominions of Portugal, was attacked by the gun boats of a large British squadron, in violation of the laws of neutrality. @ squadron consisted of the Plantagenet, of 74 guns, the Rota, of 44 guns, and the brig Carnation, of 18 guns. ‘The American brig cari only seven guns and ninety ‘After a defence unparalleled in the history of naval warfare, the Americans sustained a loss of two killed and seven wounded; while the loss of the enemy = ae and wounded, was between two and three hun- red. Out of this gallant engagement, which reflects such Ep aie oeeg renown upon our naval prowess, grows the claim which is now before Co1 for its action—a claim, the full and entire justice of which was by Mr. Madison, on the 3d of January, 1815, and re-as- serted by Presidents Monroe, Jackson, Van Buren, Tyler and Taylor. The only difficulty in the way of an allow- ance of the claim, has been an erroneous construction placed upon the award made by the Emperor Napoleon, when umpire between this [ebb ep and Portugal. A more careful examination of the whole cage has dissi ed much of the opposition, and Congress will now out justice to those gallant men. The committe both houses have reported unanimously in favor sone rted ~~ Wasurwatox, Jan. 9, 1855. The Glorious Kighth—The Convention of the Soldiers of 1812—Nothing Doing at the Capitol. Yesterday was one of the stirring days in our city; every street and avenue was enlivened with the sounds of martial music, and the heavy tramp of the citizen soldiery was heard on every hand. The volunteer regi- ment of the District of Columbia was on parade at an early hour, and presented a fine, soldierlike appearance. ‘The Highlanderr, with their beautiful new uniform of Scotch plaid, were the’observed of all observers. In ad- dition to the usual parade on this national anniversary, we hada long procession of the old soldiers of the war of 1812, who are now holding a convention here for concert of action in petitioning Congress for relief. Five hundred and sixty of these veterans, including some dozen New York Indians, and one old negro, ‘“ with his martial cloak around him,’’ are in attendance upon the convention, which organized yesterday, by the appoint- ment of Judge Sutherland, of Pennsylvania, as Presi- dent, and sundry vice-presidents, from all the States of the Union, With the whole volunteer regiment for an escort, the delegates to the convention proceeded to pay their respects to the President of the United States; but, at five o’clock, again assembled in the Fourth Presbyte- rian church, for business. Gen. Leslie Coombs, of Ken- tucky, chairman of the committee appointed for the purpose, reported a series of resolutions, (a copy of which I'send you,) and supported them by’a mast inte. resting speech, in which he narrated some thrilling un- written incidents of the late war. Various other apeeches were made during the evening, and the convention ad- journed to meet again to day. Nothing was done at the Capitol yesterday, and, there- fore, I find but little of interest to communicate in the way of Congressional items. Both houses of Congress are in session again to-day, and business will not be again interrupted during the session. . NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. Senate, Axayy, Jan, 9, 1855, BILLS REPORTED. The following bilis were reported -— Mr. Putyam’s—Relative to unclaimed dividends of in- surance companies; also to repeal the law prohibiting the circulation of bank notes under five dollars. Mr. Ricarps—To authorize the Sackett’s Harbor Rail- road Company to improve certain rivers; also to extend their pre-emption rights. Also the bili taxing non-residents doing business in New York. RESOLUTIONS, Mr. Srexcer then laid on the table a resolution of in- quiry as to the efficiency of the law respecting the assess ments of incorporations. Mr. Brooks submitted a resolution inquiring into the propriety of amending the general banking law, so that mortgages be taken at less value, and to allow the capt tal of no bank to be less than one hundred thousand dollars, Rerolutions proposing an amendment to the consti- tution in relation to bribery were then taken up in com- mittee. Assembly. ALmANY, Jan, 9, 1855. The Governor's message was taken up in committes, and referred to appropriate committees without debate. NOTICES OF BILLS. By Mr. Stvyvesayt—For the appointment of clerks of the police courts. By Mr. Ruopxs—To close South Tenth street, Williams- burg. By Mr. Arrkes—To legalize primary elections in New York; also to facilitate trials vy the Court of Oyer and Terminer. Mr. OpELL then introduced a bill to expedite the can- vass of the special election in the Twenty-ninth Senate district, and moved its reforence to a special committee. Mr. Hoynton objected. Mr. Op&LL was sorry to find that any member of that House would rise in his place to object to this reference. orto throw any obstacle in the way of justice to the people of a district who were likely to be disenfran- chised—he boped not intentionally—when a most im- mig question was pending in the legislature of the State. Mr. Lamport dared scarcely trust himself to speak upon this subject, lest he should be tempted to say more than he desired, more perhaps than it was advisa- ble to say at thistime He regretted very much that circumstances should have arisen tending to throw doubt and discredit upon nearly the first official act of a high State officer. He hoped that no wrong was intended to the Governor in the matter of the special election in the Twenty ninth district, but it was a fact that the election bas been so fixed as to render it impos- sible, if the proceedings are regulated by the general law, that the seat should be filled before the United States Senatorial question has been disposed of. The Tuesday following the day of election was the earliest period when the vote could be canvassed, and that was the day on which the United States Senatorial question was to come before the Legislature. He could not tell what might be the result of the special election, but he ites we , a8 @ matter cig ht, son the Le peng ti by Kome person, at at the le of the ict should not be virtually ‘Uisfranchises. He acknowledged a feeling of grief and humiliation in being obliged to come and ask of the House, as a matter of ity, what is guaranteed to the pegple by the con as a matter of right. If tl ‘ttempt to fill cant seat should meet with serious opposition, he would only characterize the conduct of the House by a word that would grate harshly on theear, He would, however, bridle his tongue on this occasion, and aince the fact is so well known, that the day of election has been so fixed as to render it impossible that the Senator elected should take his ‘seat in time for the United States Senatorial qu yn, he would take the liberty to ask the following questions of the friends of the administration:—Are these acts designed to disfran- chise the people of the district? Are they accidental? Are they matters of necessity? Mr. , Of Steuben, regretted any person should be in a position to complain of the official acts of our —_ Governor. He thought, however, that although it mig it seem there was a desire to stave off the election of a Representative in the upper House until after the election of a United States Senator had taken place, yet there wasno proof that Governor Clark has acted dis. honestly or unfairly; and although every effort should be made to give the district s representative, yet it should be done without any disrespectful and unwar- raptable attacks on the Governer. Mr. Ope. had no idea of drawing out this discussion,and regretted that the election of the United States Senator had been dragged into the debate; that subject would be on us = — re A oes yee! Cae and, he'feared, angry feeling. He went into an explana- tion of the law, to show that there was no certainty as to when the result of the spec! lection would be pro- perly and officially made known; but it might well be concluded that he would not take his seat unless the was acted upon at once, until within one or two weeks of the close of the session, Mr. Boynton then withdrew his opposition to the re- ference. ‘The bill was then referred as asked. BILLS INTRODUCED. Mr. Srvyvmant, requiring the police justices of ew va Ae ge EE the law and Bushwick; also to establish Ausayy, Jan, 9, 1854. On looking at your paper 1nd myaallroporte asl at your as ing on the table the resolution of inquiry into the con. dition of Savings Banks, when the fact was, I was tho mover of ig 1 will thank you to correct it, ‘ours respectful: F. W. WATERBURY, Member from Westchester County. Political In rom. Ribs A wi Virginia counsel an abandonm ome pote =f convention and the whig organi: . They will into the Kuow Noth- ing ~e Meanwhile, Mr. is actively canvass. be ite, and img to the democracy of each The virginia struesle bids fair to be Lively NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1 Interesting from San Dominge. | OUB DOMINIOAN CORRESPONDENCE. Santo Domingo, Dec, 4, 1854. ‘The Government Blockaded by France and England—Con- tinwance of the Excitement—Grand Political Stroke of the Annointed Soulougue—Louis Napoleon and Padre Eligs—How Santana is Bullied and the Americans Hated—The Treaty Negotiations in and out of Con- gress—International Law—What will be Done at Washington? Our situation is rather novel and extraordinary here in Santo Domingo. The Dominican government is in a state of silent blockade by the naval forces of France and England, Itis an every day occurrence to blockade @ seaport, but to blockade a government, to invest it, to subjugate the action of a nation by force, yet without declaring war, is something new under the sun. Our neighbor Soulouque must have the credit. He has had the cunning to make use of England and France for his own private purposes, and is ina fair way to make them conquer the whites for him without costing him a dol- lar. Soulouque is not the thick-headed, thick-lipped, stupid negro Mr. Bigelow represents him. He is as black and cruel as his infernal majesty of still warmer re- gions, but he has also enough of his sharpness to keep the French and English war steamers doing his errands, and may shove them into a war with the United States for his own exclusive benefit. When Ventura Baez was President of the republic, Soulouque made a bargain with him to deliver Dominica to Hayti, but the plot was discovered and Baez was exiled. One of the projectors of this plot against the whites, was a priest, named Elias, who, as the price of his treason, was to be made archbishop of the whole island, through the influence of France. This Haytien padre was exiled with Baez, and, like him, went to France, and was made much of by Louis Napoleon, who bought him body and soul for the cheap decoration of the cross of the Legion of Honor, He was sent back to Santo Domingo to excite a revolution, and kill off the white government. The French Consul-General com- pelled the Dominican government to receive him, al- though Soulouque himself could hardly be a more bitter pill for the whites than this Haytien priest. The mo- ment he landed he commenced preaching a crusade against treating with the Americans, and organized a party to bring back Baez, and raise the Haytien flag. The city of Santo Domingo is a dirty, crowded town, less thana mile square (within the walls), and pretty much controlled by the negroes and foreign merchants. The trade is in the bands of a half qozen Jews, who hate the Americans, and are entirely devoted to France and England. The Dominican government deserves the fate it has met, for planting itself im such a nest of traitors, and where it is also forever under the guos of the French and English men-of-war. The whites, and all the solid respectable population throughout the country, are in favor of the Americans, but they are discouraged by the cold and sluggish action of the United States. They can see that Faus- tin the First is too smart for them, and the Domi. nican government dares not trust to theslow movements of American policy. It had hardly signed a treaty with the United States when five ships of war came up here, and, without calling it a blockade, they took positions tocommand the city, and stopped the treaty. Maxime Raybaud manages this business; he goes at any hour from daybreak to midnight to sce the President, who never dares refuse him an audience, and dictates his action with regard to the United States. The English Consul lackeys his steps with the most ludicrous servili- ty, and between them and their ships of war, poor San. tana has an uneasy life. When Raybaud arrived, the Dominican Congress was about to meet for the purpose of ratifying the treaty, but the Consuls ordered Santana not to send it in, He saw the squadron from his window, and held it back. .The Dommican Congress had been called there to ratify the treaty, but the members were told that France and England wou!d bring Baez and a Haytien Bay, upon them, and Congrem adjourned in a flurry to avoid taking up the treaty. Saveral members of Congress went to the American Plenipotentiary, and notified him that no free action could be expsated of that body uncer these threats and the guns of France and Eng- land, Seeing this, and that the Consuls had blockaded the Executive as wellas the Congress, General Cazneau wrote to the government and the’ foreign Consuls to the effect that his government wag treating with the Dominicans only, and would not submit to the dictation or interference of the diplomatic agents of Europe. ‘This was a shower bath for the Consuls—they began to recollect how large the Yankee Congress had talked about foreign interference, and it was just possible all this insulting dictation might arouse it to deeds, They quit crowing about what the Baltic fleet—especially the famous bomb ketch Fanfarron—was coming here to do with the Yankees, and changed their course about the treaty. They directed Santana to put the treaty before Congress, and have it suffocated there under a pile of insults to the United States. Raybaua and Padre Elias had arranged it through their European tools in Congress. Amendments highly insulting to the United States were written on the mar- gin of the printed copies in Raybaud’s own hand, and sent to the members in Congress, who were to pr. and discuss them. Everything was ready for the scien- tific attack—if not slaughter—of the treaty, when all at once the word ran like lightning through the city that the American plenipotentiary bad withdrawn it. Tt was said he boldly gave as a reason that the Domini- cans were under European duress, and the United states only treated with free and independent governments. The whole community is in a fever of auxety. Raybaud is frantic at being headed oif by a Texian, and he ordered his friends in Congress to go on and smother the treaty, at any rate, Others say the treaty is not withdrawn, and that the American plenipotentiary can have no such power over the treaty after it is signed. A member of the Domini- can Congress told me that when Raybaud found he could not bring out an insulting correspondence between the Dominican executive and this ¢ete de fer of am American plenipotentiary, he sent two of the ininisters up to his eagle’s nest, on the heights of San Carlos, to preach in ternational law, and force him into explanations, But it appears they made nothing out of it. General Cazneau told them plainly ‘the treaty was a nul- lity, per se, as one of the primary conditions of a treaty—namely, the independent and free action of the contracting parties—was wanting on the part of Dominica; that granting the Dominican republic was tree from foreign coercion at the moment of its sigs ture, this was no longer the case—that in the annil lation of the independent action of the Dominican go’ vernment, and of its power to render the proposed equ valent on its side of the contract, the uncompleted con- tract was annihilated with them. He said he was au- thorized by his government to treat with the Dominican republic, and not with France and England, and, there- fore, when Erance and England usurped the power to arrest the treaty or control its ratification, it be- came something which his goveroment had not contemplated, and bad altogether ceased to exist as a free contract between the two sovereign and indepen- cent republics. He also said, in reply to Raybaud’s position, that his powers ended with the signature of the treaty; that he, ‘‘the American Plenipotentiary, re- presented that act until it was ratified by one of the Revers and submitted to the other for the last action; ut the treaty having changed its conditions, through foreign intercerence, while still incomplete, it is now void, and of no effect.’” Is this true international law? or is it, as the Haytien party say, only Gen. Cazneau’s law? If this is true, {thas by the French, English and Haytien project of sending the Yankees in disgust, by forcing the Dominican Con- gress to reject the ainsi & ere Is something so queer and perplexed in the face of the British Consul, and so sour and yellow in il that no one doubts it in St. Do- mingo. Now, what will the U. States do with this block- ade? Will they send downa ship and drop a bomb or twoin San Domingo, to show these people they are not afraid of France and England? If we thought you would take us under your care, we would run up the glorious stars and stripes before this could come to your hands, It is mean and cowardly in France and England to force this poor Uriah of a a todo what they dare mot do themselves; but the United States will be almost as bad if, after all their Buncombe speeches, they let » French and English squadron drive them away from this islaad. ESPERANZA. ADDITIONAL. Capt. Moulton, of brig Oxford, arrived on Monday morn- ing in 25 days from Gonaives, reports business as being generally brisk. The new crop of coffee was coming in, and was selling at $112 a $122, Haytien currency, There were a number of vessels in port. The Oxford brings about 700 bags of coffee of the new crop. The place was very healthy. Distress at Cape Verd Islands, Capt. Rider, of brig Planet, arrived at Boston on Sa- turday, and has furnished the following earnest appeal, which explains itself. Capt. R, brings letter-bages the United States African squadron :— AN APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PROPLE. It is but a little over twenty years since the people of the Cape Verd Islands, then in a state of starvation and unbounded distress, appealed to th nevelence of the citizens of the Un and relief under the terrible ¢ oy Provinence—and now again, we, the peo and Sal, have to _ into your ear the grievous taleo distress and want For the two years these two islands have been entirely itute of the necessary rains to promote the cultiva ion and growth of the coarse prune epon wiley the inhabitants principally we were supplied, and subsist, but the last ‘th the sacrifice of he tree or jn with sufleient to on relieved, death will be i is no produce of | amongst us with whic eee food—our of cattle and goats is exhausted, and only through the kind hearts and hand of charity can we expect or hope for relief. In your pros; yy and pt ns std spare something for our relicf—and may God reward and bleas te A. A. F. United States Vice Consul Island of Sal, Cape Verd i Nov, 16, 1864, OPINION OF THB CORPORATION COUNCIL—THE GO- Ameeting of the Board of Ten Governors was held yesterday afternoon in the Rotunda in the Park, at four o’clock—Governor Townsend, President, in the chair. Present, Draper, Henry, West, Smith, Taylor, Tiemann and Dugro. From the weekly statement it appears that there are now 6,788 persons under charge of the Governors, being an increase of 68 over the previous week, After the transaction of some unimportant business, @ communication was received from Hermon Eldredge, the Superintendent of the Workhouse, as follows:— By Justice Clarke, 870; Stuart, 635; Osborne, 649; Boyd, 616; Wood, 157; Welsh, 166—Total, 3,093.’ Also, a return showing the number ‘of discharges | pear by each Justice, where the it has been confinement for a period of from one Rpcars Bap fe only, although committed for a term of from one to six montha. , the total number discharged by the said Justices during the year 1854. Discbanat’ within twenty days—By Justice Clarke, 71; Stuart, 120; Osborne, 10; Bogart, 18; Wood, 9; Welsh, 6. Discharged above twenty days—By Justice Clarke, 59; Stuart, 63; Osborne, 46; Bogart, ; Welsh, 5. Aggre- gate number disc ‘The number of disc! by city Judges and others, (upon writs of habeas and certiorari,) the commit: ments being defective, or not recorded, has been 92— Total, 524, This document was ordered on file. The following communication from Robert J. Dillon, the Corporation Counsel, was then read:— OFFICE OF THE COUNSEL TO THE CORPORATION, January 9, 1855. To THE GOVERNORS OF THK ALMSHOUSE: GENTLEMEN—I have received your resolution request- ing the opinion of the Counsel to the Corporation as to ‘+ the legal relations, if any, existing between the Mayor and the Department ‘of the Governors of the Almshouse, and whether the department is legally bound to furnish to the Mayor the documents asked for in his communi- cation?’ “Accompanying your resolution is the letter of | the Mayor requesting you to furnish him “ with copies | of specifications and abstracts of such contracts now on file in and wade by your department, which are in course of being performed or have not been commenced, with such information in relation thereto as may enable him to comprehend the obligation of the city and of the con- tractor in every instance.’ First; Prior to the year 1849, the Almshouse depart- ment, in all ite br&ichés, was under thé exclusive management and control of the Common Council, who appointed all the officers and disbursed all the moneys appropriated for the use ot that department. y the act of the 6th of April, in the year 1849, the Legislature enacted a radical chan, in the sys- tem, deprived the Common Council of all powers over the Department and delegated them to a Board of Governors to be elected by che people. The sections of that act which are material to the present inquiry are as follows, to wit:— | Sec. 1. The Almshouse Department of the city and county of New York, including therein the Almshouse proper, and the support and relief of the poor, the County Lunatic Asylum, and the nurseries for poor and destitute children, the Penitentiary, tt ‘ity Prison Bridewell and the other prisons and houses of detention in said city, with the hospitals connected therewith, ex- cept the Sheriff's Jail in Eldridge street, and the House of Refuge, shall hereafter be under the exclusive con- trol and management of a Board of Governors, to con- rist of ten persons, who shall be named and styled ‘The Governors of the Almshouse. Section 4, Said Board of Governo: haye the ful! | and exclusive power to govern, m ‘and direct the several institutions hereinbefore mentioned; to appoint sucl dens, chaplains, physicians and cler! be necessary; to define their respective duti thority; to prescribe the number and dutie: | ous subordinates to beemployed therein, and to fix t! | amount of their compensation, and shall generally | possess all the powers and authority now by law conferred, ana be subject to the duties im- posed on the Commissioners of the Almshouse in said city, the Common Council of the said city and the Board of Supervisors of said county, in respect to the said department and the said institutions. Sec. 12, Board of Supervisors of said county shall annually rai sonal property taxable in sai of money as aaid Board of Governors shall time require for the puspones ef this act, to by said Governors exclusively to said put be accounted for by the said Governors, which sum shall be in lieu of all taxes in said county for the relief and support of the poor thereof.”? o material modification of the powers thus granted to the Governors of the Almshouse was made until the passage of the act of the 12th April, 1853, amending the charter of the city, the sixteenth sectioa of which pro- vided as follows:— “All ordinary appropriations made for the support and government of the Almshouse Department shall, be- fore the same are finally made, be submitted by the Governor’s of the Almshouse to a Board of Commiasion- | ers, consisting of the Mayor, Recorder, Comptroller, the | President of the Board of Aldermen and tl President of the Board of Councilmen. If said commissioners approve of the appropri tions, they shall immediately report the same to the Board of Supervisors; if they shall disapprove of the same they shall return them with their objections to the Governors of the Almshouse for reconsideratior and in case the said Governors shall, upon a reconsi | eration, adhere by a vote of two-thirds of all the Gove: | nors then in office, to the original appropriations, they shall return them to the Commissioners, whose duty it sball be to report to the Board of Supervisors.” It will thus be seen, that the Governors of the Alms- house are elected by {he people, have exclusive control over all matters relating to their department, and may imyeratively require the Board of Supervisors to raise by taxation all moneys which, in the judgment of two- thirds of their number, may be considered necessary, and which they can disburse for the purposes of their department, without interference, supervision or con- trol. A body more independent could hardly be created, From these statutes, therefore, lam of opinion, that the Governors of the Almshouse, like the Board of Edu- cation, have exclusive control over all subjects within their jurisdiction—that in regard to all contracts made by them the Mayor has no power, either to supervise, to enforce or to annul them—and that ‘‘the legal rela- tion existing between the Mayor and the Governors of the Almshouse.”’ is that of mutual independence, save only and excepting the power of the Mayor, as one of the Beard of Commissioners, to approve or dis- approve of the appropriations which the Board of Go- vernors may call upon the Board of Supervisors to raise by taxation for the use of their department. Secondiy—Prior to the passage of the act creating the Board of Governors, the charter of the city wa: ended by an act passed the second of April, in the same year. By the 17th section of that act they were made a depart- ment of the city government. It provided as followa;— Section 17. There shall be an executive department known as the ‘Almshouse Department,’ which shall have cognizance of all matters relating to the Almshouse and pibben of said city, the chief officers thereof shall be called the ‘Governors of the Almshouse,’ they shall consist of the number, derive and hold their offices, and be charged with the duties, powers and responsibilities #s prescribed by the act entitled ‘An act to provide for the government of the Almshouse and Penitentiary in the city and county of New York,’ referring to the act not then passed, but doubtless theh upon the tables of the Legislature intended to be passed. By the 21st section of the same act it is provided that “the Mayér and each Board of the Common Council may atiany thae require the opinion in writing of the head of any department, upon any subject relating to his de. ment, or any information possessed by him in re- lation theret: and the question now arises, whether this section is applicable to the Governors of ‘the Alms- house. It might be argued, with some plausibility, that this section was intended to refer only to those subjects upon whieh the Mayor might possibly be called upow to act or advise, and that it cannot refer to those over which hi 8 no jurisdiction, But the lan- guage of the section is broad, general, and comprehen- sive, without limit or restriction, and inasmuch as it nds to promote publiity in the m ent of public jairs, it should, in my judgment, receive a liberal con- struction. I am therefore of opinion that the Board is “legally bound to furnish to the Mayor the information asked for in his communication.’ tfully submit- . RO! J. DILLON. Considerable attention was paid to the reading of this document. After it was finished. Mr. DvucRo wanted to know what kind of a document that was. Who authorized the Corporation Counsel to make a reportof that kind? He was Mm! to give the Mayor the information he asked for. Let him have all he wishes. The rej don’t say the Board are bound to give any official an account of their transactions atall. Mr. West read a paragraph in the re; , to show the gentleman was mistaken. The report didn’t say so. Mr DvGro—The President of the Board is the proper one to look to for ating and why don’t he ask him? There are ten men in this Board, and in my opin- ion, every ene of them is as honest as Fernando Wood, Mayor of New York. | . Weet—It was my motion to refer this to the Cor- ration Counsel, as | bad serious doubts whether the Mayor had any rightto question us on matters that come exclusively under our control. But! am willi to give this informaticn, and I therefore move the fol- lowing:— Reseived, That the clerk of this Board furnish the in- formation oe SP, ‘gt ee of his Honor the Mayor, ig date January . The ‘Zotlon was Paty and i unanimously, with- out any further debate. Over two hours were «pent by the Board in reading requisitions for the various departments under their harge. F Mr. TowNsenp announced the following standing com- mittees for the year 1855: — Lunatic Asylam—Henry and Taylor. Out Door Poor—West ani Dr: d collect ier upon the real and per- id city and ony such sum rom time to Penitentiary and Smallpov *Hospitals—Tiemann and Draper. Randall's Island—West and Smith.t lor, Henry and Herrick. 855. ¥ The ANOTHER MASS MBETING IN THE PARK—MESSES. SMITH AND PAUL ABOUT—SPERCHES AND tBAN- NERS—SOME FUN—A PROCESSION DECIDED UPON. Alarge number of unemployed men assembled in the City Hall park, between 10 and 11 o’clock yesterday forenoon, in order, as set forth, to consider the best means of procuring relief by work, and to denounce again a resort tothesoup kitchens and other charitable food establishments as degrading to the able bodied and industrious mechanic or honest laborer. About five hun- dred persons were assenibled at noon, and to gay the truth they constituted a very motley assemblage. There were some respectable Jooking mechanics present, who were evidently hardly pressed upon by the ‘‘hard times,’’ but they were very few in comparison to the number of newly arrived Irish laborers, who crowded around, and who evidently never added tothe material wealth or industrial resources of their own country. This last named class consumed as much tobacco in the course of an hour as would feed many a hungry family if they had ita cash price.*The usual quota of little boys, always on bead on such occasions, made up the remainder of the assemblage. The old banners (the inscriptions on which wehave publisbed,) were hoisted in front of the City]Hall, whilst Messrs, Paul and Smith bore up two large flags of white calico, with a black star imported in the centre of each. Towering over all was # board with the follow: inscription:—“Have we not all one father? hath not man against bia brother by profaniag the covesant ot 8 ro! cov it our fatherst’—Melachi 2: chap, 10 vo— nae Mr. Surrm ascended the steps of the Hall and com- menced an address from the above text, showing that God had intended that eager § of interests shouid yo in the Same ouy, but the capitalists of New ‘ork had set his wO¥@ aside and deait treacherously with their brothers—hence the present distress. The capi- talists, who did nothing,”or produced not! » got al but the working man was robbed, and then told to starve or go for soup. He would never do that. He waated work, and work only, and to earn his living in the midst of plenty, This he must have. He counselled peace and would never advise illegal measures, but the people must be fed. A Voice.—It’s ten minutes past twelve now—get us ourdinner. (Laughter.) Mr. Surri.—I cannot now do that, but I would‘advise that a committee of twelve men be appointed for each ward, to consult on the best means of combining the strength of the working men, in order to decide on some suitable demonstration by proeession or otherwise. Anotusr Voick.—Oh, shat up. A Committee cannot feed us. We must huve bread. (Cheers.) Mr. Smith’s motion was put and declared carried. Mr. Pavr said that talk would not do—they must have action. God would humble the scoffor, and the rich were now scoffing at him, in the persons of the poor, and they would be humbled, The working men had produced the palaces of the city; they produced the railroads, the canals, the docks, the steamboats, and all the wealth of the country, but were now left to starve, or go to a soup kitchen, while the idle capitalists, who produced nothing, lived in palaces. He owned a brick in every house in New York, but he would give up his claim if’ their mas- ters him a house of his own, He never owned a house and he dare say very few of them did, whistling and cheers in the crowd.) Well, they must have land, the public lands. Yes, they must, for al- though he was a man of peace, if he was driven into a corner, he could use the sword of Peter. (Harrah. ‘There was no salvation only through the name of God. ‘The people were despised, and thus God was despised. Loud shouts of “Quit!” “Stop !’’ “Go away !”? ‘Get us our dinner !”’ here greeted the excited tribune, who was evidently a little disconcerted. He proceeded to say that there must be a demonstra- tion, Men would rather die than accept of charity soup, and they could not be permitted to die. Mr. Paul was go ng on in a scriptural strain, when the srowd refused to hear him any longer, and be was compelled to desist, by hooting and shouts, after denouncing all scoffers from Holy Writ. At this juncture a scuffle was got up about the own- ership of a terrier dog, between a gentleman and an itinerant confectioner, and most of the crowd ran to the Chief’s office to hear Mr. Matsell’s decision on the pro- perty question. In the meantime another speaker, whose name our reporter could not learn, but who was known to the crowd as the ‘‘one-! man,” addressed the people, and advised them to rae for the present, and mee! to-morrow morning (this day), when a procession would formed, which would march through the leading streets with banners. This advice ultimately prevailed, amidst great confu- sion, as some outsiders counselled an immediate attack on one of the markets. The following note was left in our office during the afternoon:— TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. The workingmen ¢f New York city, this day assembled in public meeting in the Park, have come to the resolu- tion of marching in procession, quietly and peaceably, through the city, on to-morrow, (Wednesday,) to start | at 10 o'clock A. M., from the Park, for the purpose of awakening to public sympathy in their regard—not, however, with the desire of getting charity—but of procuring work, as soon as possible. Their committee request that you will have the kindness to notfy the same in your issue of to-morrow morning. WM. B. ROCHE, in behalf of the Committee. Malls for Penang, Singapore and China, (From ths Washington Intelligencer, Jan. 9.) We are requested to say that the mails for Penang, Singapore and China willin future be forwarded from England once month only, instead ot twice a month, as heretofore, and that the packet service, which hith- erto has not extended beyond Hong Kong, will be car- ried on to Shanghae. The mails for the above places, commencing with those of January, will be made up in London on the 4th of every month for despatch by the packet from South. ampton, and on the evening of the th of every month for despatch via Marseilles, excepting when the 4th or 9th falls on a Sunday, on which occasions the mail via Southampton will be made up on the evening of the 3d, and that via Marseilles on the evening of the 10th of the month, INTERESTING TO Remrrrers.—The Memphis Eagle has been requested by the post oflice authorities of that city to caution the public against making any remit- tances which may have to pass through the mailon the route between Nashville aud Cincinnati, as a great deal of money has been recently lost between those cities. Between Memphis and Nashville remittances through the mail will be safeeneugh. It is only beyond Nash- ville that any danger is apprehended. ————— MARITIME INTELLIGENCE. Crescent City... City of Manchester. . Phi PP ges and letters intended for the New Youu Henan should be sealed. f ALMANAC FOR NEW YORK—TMIS DAY. 8UN Rises. SUN SETS, Ol) m1em WaTeR Port of New York, January 9, 1855. « mehip Atlantic, West, Liverpool, E K Collin hip Binck Wi 4 le ‘arrior, Bullock, New Orleans and Ha- v ingeton, Crocheron & Co amship Palinetto, Ward, St Thomas, F H Whitmore. Ship EF Willetts (clipper), Sisson, Som Francisco, Sutton 0. Union, Otis, Liverpool, Neemith & Sons, Antwerp, LB L hind &juribat, 1 Meinoxs, e. Mi Princeton, Secly, Demarara, Warren, Conary, Ponee, ‘Averill, Nuevitas, H D rion, Frankfo rookman. Pillsbury & Sanford. rma Tucker & | 5 Trini iad, D R De Wolff. Br Dabney & Cum Brie Nisibi (Rr), Catiaban, St Johns, NE, Barrow Dros, Cole, New bas. Sehr Mary, Newbern, Davie & Holmes, tna, Sehr Gallego, Smith, Richmond, C H Pierson. chr Bergen, Megee, City Point, J Munter & Co, Schr O T Strong, Liscum, Baltimore, Mailler & Lord. Steamer Kennebec, Copes, Philadelphia, Sandford’s Line. Steamship Southe ARRIVED. tr, Ewan, Charleston, 55 hours, with te Spoferd, Tieton & Co. Jee 7,13 exe! je with steam: for Chasleston, issteen detained 24 |, Jan 6, with mdse and it, 815 PM, Hatteras exchanged signals with hence for Savan: Pratt, London and Portsmouth, 20 Ship. Southampton, days, with mdse and 250 passenzers, to Griswold, Morgan & ley. Ship Catbaya (Br), Winder, Manila, 115 rs, with b 5 f fo. ‘Nov 18, Int 85 02.9, lon 18 3071 rant aloutta for Lit distant, to R Irvin & York, Newcastle, 45 Livingston, Deo ‘ulton, in search of U a Rae Ry ea ts Bin and had one birth. ‘ti we leree, Rio Jan: Nowa, 4 iron, to Barel U S steamer wool, 4c, tO W ‘. ke brig Was Boyd, from Callao tor fine: af. vi ew ld Pireom, Patterson, Ambris. SW Coast of ay eye, palm oil, coffee, ore, &e, to Cabalias We. Brig William F (Br) Morrison, 8t Domingo City, 24 days, ith mahogany and hides, to Maitland & Phelps. Ji Tees Be ion td Bh spoke ie Jamee Crosby, tom Sante Baie Cynthia cof Baltimore), Hall, St Thomas, 18 4 LJ mi (of all, jaye, + ‘hip Timoleon’s oarge), to TW he guano (s portion of the je ‘arab Maria (of Cold 8} jones, ia aaa Bechtel An ans tan et on, Grab NC, 8 da) pan Cage Tad ys iy, Mott a Co. Seary weather! ‘Sons, “ifigby, Wilmington, NO, 8 days, with Sate? “ue ABA WoLie, Conblip, Newborn, NO, 7 dors. VOL. XX. Heald, Baltimore. Nelsen, iishmons 3 da ling Sea, Ferris, Nortolk for Portsmouth, widbie aah, Yama oe New Haren, Sy a Alexander M, Tyson, Wareham. u 5 tt HEETEE # BAILED. Steamship Black Warrior, New Orleans and Havana. Wind during the day, NNE. ¢ Memoranda. of Boston, 368 ‘about Bark Frederick Warren, of 5 Park ae years old, bas been ‘under the British flag. New Highland Chief, built at Richmond, Mo, which Bela operetta rted to have been sold in Boston, was sold last week to Col Thomas D Robinson, of Bath, for $41,000. i 3 z is H HE SEE) goon ey the Ocean's Favorite, it expected will be launched the next full tides, eres Marine Report. NEW ORLEANS, Jan 5—Arr bark Virginia, NYork; 6th, ships Heber, do; Astoria, and Grand Duke, Boston. PHILADELP! Jan 9,4 P Meare steamship City of Boston, Baker, yn; bark Oak, Brit do; schre Forest, Baker, do; Honty Mi Sta ford,’ N York. Cla brig Brooklyn, Leight hr John Perk: Hutohinion, Novis, WI; dford, Sandford, r B A R BARK ick ARTHUR, supposed lost near Manila, is stated to have nothing insure ‘Om tho cargo in this city, ag at first stated. 1t is ineured in Boston, in the manner 'be- fore published. | The consignoes ng hopes that sha has been fallen in with by the Bi r sent to look atter, and towed her When last seen was 25 or 30 miles from land, r into port, , from Buenos Ayres for Chincha ntevideo Oot 29, for repairs, her + ‘aught ot water making it impracticable at Buenos Barx Hy Kexsry, which was disoh: Ayres Nov 2 would be surveyed as soon ‘as she leaked the whole passage, and w: Barx Scorr Dyer, ashore above Buenos Ayr: in accounts of 6th November as not likely to be Buic Neo, Simmons, hence for Para, was wrecko mouth of the’ river on the 9th ult; vossel and cargo n total loss, Capt 5 and crew had a narrow escape in their boats, ond arrived at Par: ‘t day in Br sehr Tit Bit. ing @ oa To The N was an A2 vessel of 209 tons register, built at Dorchester, Md, im 1849, and owned by Messrs Corning, Bento & Co of this clty. and cargo fully ingured in Wall street. 7 Portuevuxse srsolL1210, from Bahia gal), in a heavy NNE gale, 'Nov 22, lost spars, and sprung aleak, when the captai taken'off, Dec 6, in lat 3525, lon 26. 30, b: , below Baltimore fromLiv veusal had six feet water in her ho of two feet per hour, Bric DR Arey, which foundered on the passage from Port au Prince to Porto Cabello, is stated in a latter in they Philadelphia North American to have been in consequence of the tremendous weight of two boil had on dock. Bnic Sanva Crana, at Baltimore from Bastport, experi- encod very heavy weather, eplit tails and {ost deck load of athe. Bric Anxowa, Stalknecht, from Saltillo for New York, with naval stores, put into Charleston 3d inst, leaky. 88a from New York, before repsrtod arrived at ated to have been ashore on Holt’s Point 23th a i ship Henry pool. When abandoned the fd, and gaining at the rate , Baton, from Now Haven, in bal- erning tarough Hurlgate night of 8th, was ri mboat State of Maine, which struck her amid. ships, and completely cut her down and capsized her. The captain and crow were be Me Ship Wild Duck, Hamilton, hence (Au; cisco, Sept 30, lat 26 S, lon 38.45 W (was date, Int 57 188, lon 6717 W). " Ship Northern Crown, hence (July 2%) for Auster 80 (not 20), Int 1130 N, lon 41 W. Ship Ariadne, from Boston for East Indice Kong), Deo, lat 8 §, on $1 10 W. Judali Touro, Lewis, from’ Philadel: Jan 7, off Cape Cod. Ship Moses Wheeler, from London, viv Nov 29, Int 2 428, lon 3234. Brig Shibboleth, of Waldoboro, = ' Rico, Deo 23, lat 24.00, lon C8. Se! Baltir 18) for San Fran- jefore reporte’, ae Amnniz (S W Coast Nov 25, Buenos Avnxs barks Isabella, Brenholm; J “ Maxwell, F ais Tap + , aod Oceanv « Wigs Seot* tj eohe TP * Montezuma, C. f deck load; woul Woccamaw, Ober, from Be afew days for Jeremie to om Fa ort Dee 4. Ina ar Blooming Youth, Poniston, Monte, wae slight repairs. Mona cabt Nov 9 bark California, Mitehell, from Buc or NYork, ldg. Por .—In port. Dec 18 brig Zaza, Van Burom,/ hence ra, to finish ldg for NYork (last reported at Laguay a 10 JANE:RO—in port Nov 24 ships Grey Eagle, Kinsman, from Philadelphia, dis; Marion, Hallet, from Boston, doz Coral, Manchester, from Fayal, whaler; barks Rainbow, Etchberger, irom Pernambuco tor Philadelphia, to load in & day of two; Mary Elizabeth, Stetson, from Boston, disgs Hamiltov, Kellum, do; Justina, Black,'from Liverpool, dos % D, Baxter, fm Cadiz, do; Indus, Thompson, fm Baltimore, do; Panama, Gra from lisbon, do; Spirit of the Sea, Clifford, from Boston, co; Rapid, Pike, from Neweastle, do; dJoreph Butier, White, from N Bedford, whaler; brigs Penob-+ foot, Emery, from Bangor, disg; Ohio, Starling, Aberdeems do; schr Kent, Hopking, from Baltimore; also, bark Arango, Lewen, from Montevideo, repairing. St Thowas—Atr Dec J briga Addy Swift, Foster, NYorks C C Billings, , St Croix; 2itt, bark F 5S Cassanova, Webber, NYork; brig African, Trimble, Guadalow sehr Miranda, Rowe, Antigua, (and sld 234 for Turks an 35 5th, sclre t ‘ St Vincent; Governor, Watson, G: son, Dominique, (and ald same. brig Baltio,(Br) Richard-, for $i Domingo); 26ti son, NYork. Sid ad, steamshi Barbadoes and other windward isla 2th, bark Cath: te expect to vessel at Zan: Home Ports. BALTIMORE—Arr Jan 8 steamer Thomas Swann, John - New Yi ps Muscongus, Carter, Liverpool 33 days; jeyer, Bremen; barks Fredorick August themann, Bremen 48 days; Sarah Ht Islands vin Hampton Ri Benjamin Franklin, for ith tl wi now, * Hadley, Kent, bean Sea, (incorreetly Despatch, Harriott, Saco, Me; Santa Clara, stport, see di Wm R kibbey, Booze, Rio Grande; Abbottsford, Cooper, Caribbean Sea; argaroty Mahoney, St John, Ni schrs fram Smith, Rogers, Fall River; Sharon, Thurston, Eastport, Me, via Portland, where i before reported; A! Mowe, Pike, New York; Georgia, Mitehell, $6 4 Billow, (Br) Day, Dominica, Be- low ship I , frm Liverpool. Cid ship Minery: (Brem) Weiting, London; brig Hobart, Jordan, West dies; sebrs Dolphin, Parker, West Indies; Kalos, Matthews, reported spo! Turks Irland Elingwood, St John, N B. BOSTON—Arr Jan 8 barks Edisto, Harding, Charleston Dec 28; Daniel Ryder, Baltimore; Amy, Nicker- rigs Vulture, Perkins, Fayal, Deo 4 via ross, Aux Ci Deo 10; Rio Darien, "Deo 20; Samuel B, Wilson, Sa- Lt Kright, Griffin, Wilmington, NC; sohrs se, Baltimore; A ‘Tirrell, Higgins, Philadel- Sam! Gilman, Crowell; E G Buxton, en, and Wolcott, ‘Haulett, NYork: and Chatsworth, > Jadith, Somes, from’ 1000 tons, has Mobiles Lightfoot, Gros ton, NU, to lond for Ca town, DU: EM Atwood, Fam Black Swan, Laey, mar. and from belo muel Killam. ee Dee 26 sehr Connecticut, from NYork. BATH—Cld Jan 6 ship Escort (new, 1454 tons), Miller, Mobile. BUCKSPORT—Arr Jan 8 sohr Hydrangea, NYork, pelea BoLe-asy ane 4 inns schra F M Dyer, irown,. #, Hopkins, ns. Higgins, Boston f for Tangier; alvo eld bark Jas,Cook; brie Gnselfa, Caribbeos Sa 8 Virginia, Lineoln Webb, Rio 01 Grande, sid Susan (Br); schre B GD Saxon, West- port, Mary E Gage, ¥ ‘lot Fish, Vendovi, ‘St Stephen. ‘Arr Jan Sschrs Benj L Berry, Sharp, B ton for “Morrie n town,” NJ; Elliot, Buckaloo, do do, NW, the above arrivals of to-day, and sehr eturned Sth, P M, on account of headwind, bark James ook; brine |Virginis, Linco! schrs EG Buxton, Saxon, ry Vendovi. nt Berry, Elliot. Pass- ed by bark Macon, Mayo, from Sa for Hostor 4 again Port - ‘jibe, jibbooms Sid bark. id topmast. Virginia, Lingoln Webb; sehre ® G Bux- 9AM, wind light from NW, schrs Lake, In port 8th, MORCKRONVILLE—Arr Jan 1 sohr Henry Curtis, Ho I ecbr He king, Boston, to ond for Barbadoes. Cld prov to 20th ulby brig ‘Tea, Williams, Havana, NEW ORLEANS—No arrivals or clearances Jan 1. Are Rio'de Janeiro; New York; Velocity, Doane, Chat 5 il tied Poverss th, Ni le, Clad ay N'market, che E'S Janey, Weetoott, Phiiae delphia, ’ , Arr 34 ships And: , New York; Wit ron, Newport, Wales 1th Ne¥, Vark Kilsd Ana, “hechead, Mfowed ta sea Doo 28 ship Otevonthe, brig Adams a y NEW BEDFORD—Arr Jan's bark Robert Pennell, Sian tor gare as Deo 18, for Boston. Cid schr Marcia, SEWBURYPORT-—$14 Jan 5 sobre Kossuth, Small, New York, James, Taylor, Richmond. NEWPORT—In port Jan 8, 834 AM, sehr Challenge, May EWLORDON—Atr Jen 6 sohre HN Williams, Pater, for for A 'y S ‘imington, NC; Octavia, LADELPHIA~Arr Jan 8, PM, ve ot, f Simonson, xz ‘enes' Fe See Ri ie dc Chitra Pe ees Jouh it, Hi sshe Hope, Dyer, NYorks ne hon TH—Cla Jaud ship Albert Gallatin, Salter, sR HRnD- edt dhe Den, Soa reed ; Hard " A Barron: ; James Ward, —, do; Bliss, Hotehkiss, At- ‘ HOINCO-—Ia Port Deo 9 ship James Edward, ta eA