The New York Herald Newspaper, February 28, 1855, Page 2

458 NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1855. ee a nnn OOO i --aT—--er iT, =—_ Our Virginia Correspondence. Our New Orieans Correspondence. The Universal Democratic Republican Progress of the Municipal Revolution. Supertor Court—Part Fivst. ee ee ee ent wpe eo , Facumonp, Fed. 17, 1855. Now Onueana, Feb. 16, 1655. Soctety. THE CASE OF THE SHIRT SEWER, Bofere Chief Justice Oakley. foe fand upon’ thet request I wrote the @rcat In rease of the Potitical Bzcitement—No Nomina- | Cutan Excitenent— Movements at the Spanish Consulate | The delegates from the different democratic societion | _Jobn Davie, Jr.. his sister and their lawyer made their LITERARY LIBBL SUIT. extract; at’ that our con’ on tion by the Know Nothings—Ine Dangers and Difficut- —Progress of the Colored People—An Honorable in | met at the rooms No. 8@ Leonard street, Mr. Wm. Ar- | ®ppearance at the Mayor's office yesterday morning, Fre. 27.—Etiward H, Fletcher vs. Charles B. Norton.— cemmeuen Wes the Cy Fig Bey be Dabliabed by thes of the Party—abolitionism and Party Hacks to be | “+ Limbo” Administration of the Law. butbnot in the chair, The Jawyer called on Justice Osborn to dismiss the com- | The plaintiff in this case complains that the defendant, newspepers rom ently pee eagh or a time; Avoided—Candidates Spoken of —Mr. Rives, His Retire- ‘The motropolis of the South is now a masa of news, Col. Fornrs called the attention of the Chair to the | Plaint, and to grant an honorable discharge to the party | who was proprietor, &c., of Norton's Literary Gazelle, | letter | wrote at Mr. Norton's ‘and for his sent and Chances—John Minor Botts—How He Com- pares with Wiae—The Lieutenant-Generalship—A Can- Gidate for Congress—Mr, Wise Gone to Take a Sleep. ‘Av the time approaches when the Know Nothings must take action for the nomination of a Governor, Lieutenant. Governor and Attorney General, speculation as to the probabie nominees becomes more animated and interest. ig. The topic is not only an exciting one because of the jaterert always attached in Virginia to an important ekecticn, which fully equals in degree, and is closely akin im kind to the interest felt here ina race between two Blooded horses, but beseuse of the undeniable fact that the result of the approaching election im Virginia ae- pends, in great measure, upon the character of the ticket which is presented by the Know Nothings to the State. ¥ they make an unfortunate selection, they will be killed av dead ss Juline Cesar, Even Wise can’t save them, bard as he is laboring to kill bis own party. ‘There are various rocks on which Know Nothingism in Virginia may plit. One of these I referred to in my last letter, If the Know Nothings at the North permit them- elves to be abolitionized, which I hope and believe they will not, the party here are gone suckers certain, But ha: an evil which cannot be avoided by VirginiaKaow Nothings. They wast leave that to their brethren olse- where, who are, no doubt, equally rescived with the Know Nothings of the South to eurtain the constitution and the Union. But some of the dangers in their way are within the power of the Know Nothings to manage and avert, and Mf they do not do it, the fault and responsibility are rely thei: ows. They must avoid, as they would the plogue, taking up any of thore old political hacks Gholbive made politics a trade, and have never aay otbor vocation, or any other purpose in life, except te dobble in a miry political pool, and who care not how muddy the waters, so they cam ride upon the surface. To bring out one of these spavined and odious creatures wouk! be deprive Krow Nothingism at once of ail the prestigé which it now possesses for its well founded elaims to being independent of all the old party asso- euticns, to being @ bran new, fresh, virgin association of American freemen, whose principal aim is to secure America to Americans, and preserve the glorious Union of these States. We muet bave men—whecher formeriy whigs or democrats it matters not—whose past uietory and whose character will command the confidence of that yast wajority of the people of Virginia, who, at this mouevt, sre willing acd avxious to support any honest, intelligent, firm, wo earted American for the office of Governor o: the Commonwealth, Of course, many Dames have been mentioned, and to some of them, an ilems of interest, I will refer. Among the democrats { have beard the names of John Letsher, tbe present able and independent member of Conmgzers tow the Tenth Legion district; of Wm, Smith, E2q , for- merly Governor of the State, and now a member of Con- g7e08; of our own Holladay, of Richmond, a pure and Tmecrruptible Virgigia gentleman, ‘ene of the olden ‘time’’—who moved to our city to avoid being run again fox Congress—a position which he detested, but which hia constituents insisted he should hold, There is ro man the Know Noshings of Virginia woald more cheer- iely support then Letcher or Holladay; but it is said the? neither they nor Wn, Smith, feq., will accept the nomination. Among the whign whose names I have heard mentioned 1s Wm. ©. Rives, o man of national re- Wetion, and who is now living in retirement on his Ine «mate in Albemarle. I have no hesitation in ex- ressing the opimion that Mr. Rives is, at this moment, te first statesmam in America. There is n0 man who eon even approach bim in all the qualities of tho great, thereugh und practised statesman. He is, moreover, ene of the most accomp'inbed scholars in the country— jsbeo orator, great alike in argument and eloquence, ‘a diplomatist, he commanded in Franse the re- Court, and of the whole diplomatic corps at that great world’s capital. Louis Napoleon and ‘Abe representatives of the various governments at fally appreciated the difference between this accomplis 4d.m nhter, who, among Lis ether qualifications, couli ‘talk French with ease snd elegance, and such cattle es Ds and spect of the kre ud Owen, to re: Woherder Rives would cement to accept the nom\aa- ten of Governor of Vizginia, I don’t know, but he ould con’er mors hepor upon the stetiom than auy av wie bac filled chat seat since the days of Virg‘nia’s war's. ‘Apoih+r wawe Ihave heard frequently mentioned, is Alexander H 2. Stuart the able secretary 6 In- tesior uncer President Filimore’s adinini nm. Mr, Stvarticsidee io rtauntom, in the valley o! Virginia, where be practises #ith great #eocers his profession, the Jaw He 18 ov of the very ablest of the public men of Virgivia—a sagavous, exergetic practical states- man—a man of evlarged and Liberal views, pro foumoly a’tacbed ta the Americas Union, whils> im his adberence to Southern rights and institutons; con- servative, moderate and conc:betory in hiv temper in an emornt degree. He is well versed in political history, ond a commanding aod graceful speaker, He could meet Wise on the suxp witb marked success. Stuart is in the prime o/ lile, of winniog manners, and woold make set only a.g001, but « good ‘ooking Governor of Virginia. You bnow ne used to be called, im re’s time, ‘the Dandeome fecretary. Aot:ber name, sometimes mentioned by hiv friends, 1B Mor Botts. of Kichmond and New York. Ihave ice to Mr. Botts, and I think he has 1 injustice by the press here, pro. by hia own unjust, intolarant and in- » Ld pon Mr, Botts as o man of ex ry vig ject. The structure of his in- tallect is Derculeaw, and in grasp of mind, wad clove, srurbing Iegi:, he Js ® brawny, double-jointed giaa whore grapple cap choke avy ordinary mortal aad y do hit their mark, produce cer- But be entirely reverses the rule of the Apostle Paul. and alwaye fights as one beating the air. At all events, bo in ae apt to fight bis friends as his fees, His gun ‘6 as destructive at the breech as at the muraie. That he is an honest poli- fician, I Debeve, for no man who is not honest wouid take +0 masy unpopular positions, He hesitates not to adept that cours when secmeth right unto Jonn Minor Hotta, whether the people will bear or whether they will Servear. ln openness and airectners of character, io Doki and unheritaung courage, he resembles Wise, bat wauke Wise, be assumes b ‘ton from principle, nut from parsion ands by them when he has adosted ays foolsh things. Were he to maret’ Wise on the stump he would tear him limb trom 1 can easily tcagine Botts, with hia powerfal physical orgacirat mm, his thick, bison hhe neck, and a yice that mekes tho prairies ring, pitching into Wise, with sli tie faculties 2f soul, mind and body etrete! Yo thar utmos! termon, How he would gore and rend ple that renegade whig! But thie mau, eveloped phymeally and intellectually, w thout which all others are valueless. Be bas no * jadgment, no more diecreuon, no more tact than a culid—no’ more, in fact, than Wise Aimeel!, As u party leader, he in the most un safe of ali politicians, His’ predictions of the fa ture ore Kure to be falsified by the result. A» the ebancen become im re desperate, his hopes become more sepgume sud his tune more assured. The late as Leigi sketched the mas’s character in this respect at a dash, wien he ssid that if Botts bad bet on a horse at a horse race, and he sLould break hia leg the first heat, be would Couble Lis bet for the second. The uame of George W. Summers, the whig eandidate for erpor at the lost election, has not been mention im connection with the present contest, because, hoidiog s Jaugesbsp, be is under the new corstitution ineligivie for Governor He is a statesman, av orator and a scholar worthy of Virginia’s palmiest days, Captain Samuel Watis, of Vortxmouth, the candida’ Vckot for Lieutes Congress in tbe Portsmouto district. If such should be thee and be should be elected, look out for a map whe sake Virginia respected by ail men of sense in that buy. Asan orator, as a statesman, af a g men, a one of natare’s noblemen, I know no man Virgie for whom I feel more regard than Samuel Watts. A sound judgment, a well-stored, well-balane-d, practica! pind; plain, unaesuming, winaing maneers, yet a bearing that at once denotes the man of courage aad of courtesy, Capt. Watts would grace any station. ian, he bas few equals in the country. the Speaker's chair of the House of ani if he were, it would soon cease to réen, and we shoali have as good or: asin the days of Henry Clay. Capt sia also spoken of for Governor. Comicg, Hike Wise, from the seaboard, he knows that gentiewan mea beok, and he could use him opin an argument with as ereat eare as you cold svap your finger. Were be pitted aga nst Wise, he would not leave a grease apot of bn, And whilst he wouki be efficient aud thorough going in debate, he would be guilty of no extravagac-e, and never ray or Jo foolish things As & Governor, be would fill the executive ehair with the highest bonor, and every one would teel that the honor and peave of tae State would be seoure in his hands, Wise, after “ baring his arms’? all over the State, bas torned in to tale a map at Accomac. As soon as he is gefresbed sufficieotly, be ~ill issue forth again, ani ad qwinister the death blow to bis reeling party. Perhaps on his next tour he may meet somebody, in the shape 0 a Know Nothing candidate, who will help him edm-nis: ter on the effects of the administer: @ Virginia, JMETHING. KNO’ The Cercle Salsse, TO TRB EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Allow me to correcta errors contaiaed in this ration of the anniversary n of 1848, at Shavspeare Hotel is mentioned as one of the red » went on the oc Corsle Suisse raok among polit! simply a danquet, as report trites who forvanately do not exist. The constitation of the Swiss republic warrants to ite citizens the (all om joyinent of their pobtics) rights. BELVETIA New Youu, Feb, 27, 1865, Bawraquaxe ty Conomnia County, N. ¥.—Two dist net shocks ef an eartaquake, heavy rombling noise, resembling heavy cannoneding, were vx periensed veniding in the noulhwestern porti io the viowity of Stuyvesant Fail, about twelve o'clock om Tuesday night tbe Lota inst. ' The vibrations of the earth, we are informe: by reliable perrons, were #ath elently severe to shake the houses produce consider able consternation among the crockery ware, The next morning the ground was discovered to have opened ia wevernl places two or three inches in #idth.—Kinder book Rough Nove, Fey, 34, of this yillage and on the Summers | vernor, will probably be run for | some indigenous, some gathered, like the rich and varied stores of its markets, from all climes. Her Catholic Majesty’s Consul, Laborde, occupies a pretentious four story “brick”? om Common street, in this city, from the first floor window of which the yellow flag of Spain is seen occasionally courting the sun and our southern breezes. A few days back, closed door conferences in the sanctum of this Consulate put the wide awake to their wits, wondering what was out: when, lo! on the evening of the 9th instant, a post-haste courier was seen to emerge from the suspisiourly closed door, jump into a cab and drive to the shipping. It was a special messenger despatched to Havana with “ full particulars” of filibusterism, the movements, plans, designs, schemes and views of the chiefs in the expedi- tion in esse, together with @ Met of the forces, their munitions of war, rendezvous, when and whence they were to sail, where land, and, in short, the whole secret and more besides. Men with braing and possessing on inkling of facta, looked porten‘ous, Men without brains, the head supplied n lieu with Hquor, blabbed ontright, telling all they supposed they know. A brief period has clapsed, and the result of the mission of the hot baste courier is Concha’s proclamation, innumerable arrests in Caba and missives for publication inflated with revolution nipped in the bud, grand display of valorous cohorts and tion to receive the to-be-shown-no-merc; ?” all fresh in each particular paper of this excitement teeming city, from “our own specia) Hava Correspondent.”” Now, whether a move was to have been ma’e, or be made, or can be made, some patriotic annexationists, familiar with the subject, may surmise or really know; but the masses, all Sang With the spirit of progressive- pess, and the eager to know what’s next, are wregss in perplexing doubt, ‘caught by the ears as one catches a pot by the bandle.” fhe times are rife with momentous projets, and a deed must be done. I am al- moet reminded of the impetent madman who wanted ‘a = of wet paper to t-e-a-r,’”? and thus appease his ire, hen something fierce and decisive transpires here, you shall be duly posted of the circumstance. As an evidence of the ‘barbarism of tue slave States,” I quote the following advertisements, published in our city papers of to-day :— Lapres’ Fair.—Benefit of the Fourth Colored Baptist church, over the Carrolton Railroad depot, coruer of Baronne and Perdido streets, First district, be held at said hall, daily, for one week, from February 12 to 17, from 6}, te 1ls¢ P.M. Adm/ssion, 26 cente. ‘Tue CoLoreD Lapres or THe Meruopier EpiscoPpan CuuRrcn intend bolding a fair to aid in the erection of a church in the Thiré district, commencing on Monday, the 19th, They announce that they have made every exertion to precure all the delcacies of the season, and invite a call and liberal | patronage from their friends and the public, at 141 Canal street. This is troly a dark proceeding, and should, nay, will, be looked into. I count upen some thousanie giving it their special attention, and sbould not marvel if a very snug sum of money was expended in the investigation, Le, sue Pose Afric, whose antuter’d mind, Sees God in clouds and hears him in the wind, The impartial admisistration of justice in the Pelican State is now becoming a by-werd, a very axiom. On a te occasion, one of our Lycurguses, tresh from the legislative halls of the red stick capitol, indulged in a proclivity to serenade the loveable creoles ef this city, when an impudent @harley, having no soul for music, collared and caged the benorable, who spent the wee hours of morning in the sweet scented company of aun- dry “‘vagrom men”? in limbe. ton Roi poses: cacies of life to be found in the Crescent City, in which politicians are wont to luxuriate, and absence and denial but sharpen the appetite. Henve it may be reasonably inferred the honorable in questien exceeded Charley’s idea of discretion, orcer aud due cbaervance of law. With us, who are vot exiled, the wonder is, ‘Can such things be, and overcome us like a summer’s cloud,’’ Kc. Thia affair furnishes additional argument for the imme- diate removal of thereat of government to New Orleans. HIPS. New ORixANe, Fed. 20, 1855, Cuban Detpatches—Reports Somewhat Exaggerated—The Kinney Rendezvous—Ezpeditionists on @ “Spree? — Locat Items—Mayor Wood's Example. The Henatp of the 12th is before me, and I confess to some dificulty im prosuring the copy, mine having been filched, The Hrrapsef the 1th, containing Wise’s great rpeech at Alexandria, and of the 12th, were sratened up in bandeful by greedy readers, eager to devour their interesting contents. Morgan, the great news and htevary purveyor of our city, is wide of his mark in estimating the publ'c wants—at least so far as the Hxratp is coneerned, for within en hour on S:n- Gay last, he Lad suld every copy of the large batch on hand. “By the bye, yotr despatch from this city of the 9th, relative to the * Reporiea Expedition against Cubs,” by no means tailies with my experience, and I profess to be wide awake. In the fizat ,no armed men have loft here, or other Southern ports, within the lact forinight; but a rendezvens within this State, near the Guif shore, of colonizers for Kinney’ expedition, hae been made, 2 some few hundred men (and very iew at that) have Heft this city for that spot, smd reash- ed it. These men frequently visit this city by twoe, and in mall squads, and doing of a social communicative turn, imbibe fresly and talk ae they drink. Whilst ostensibly Kinneyites, they p:o fess a trong itching for the immediate capture and nexation of Cuba, and pronounce that circumstance a fixed fact, In all that pertains to Cuba and fil. busterism here, there may have been secresy, but a secret commu- nicated to many soon leaks out. ‘There is not ® man from the Belize up to this city who cannot tale eonfdent- ly of all vhe details of the contemplated expedition. Had the blow been struck a month ago, Cuba would ave been effectually revolutionized and at this day republican in its institutions; bat now, though the derideratum may still be accomplished, it will Ve a work of slaughter without quarter, fully advised and fully prepared. The rushed to the Palace, responsive to his call for volan- teers, cager for enlistment, i¢ conclusive, in my mind at Jeast, that the valorous, patriotic, never-say die creoles of Cuba, who, with piteous voice and cpen arms call for aid from their American friends, are holiow-hearted at the best, and with the fewest possible exceptions, double. eyed traitore, Trust nct such men. If shere Is to be an expedition, Americans mast rely on themselves and fight their own battles, and, having made the conquest le tre Norman William, make the most of it. That there is a movement on foot, # formidable movement, with skilfol and experienced leaders, and that this pro- jit, Cuba's capture, will bo attempted, is ce Tt will not be done this week, nor the noxt, nor the next. If 'twere done, whon 'tis done, then ’twere well Tt were done quickly. . ‘ * * . . * * Our Chief of Police in making descents upon the upper ten gambling boures, and some indicrous scenes have been the reault of fully two or three of these gushes of duty. The Chief bas been in office row a twelvemonti: | and has actually found out now what every body that pretended to see thiogs at all koow a Jong time ago. His | Vigilance and untiring exer‘ions in behalf of morals,law | and order cannot be two highly commanded! The ditfer- | ence between Mayor Wood and our Chief is this—the one | bas done his duty from the start, and done tt boldly fearlessly and "vel; the other has’ just only discove: | that be has adaty’ to perform. Copies, however, are seldom as good as originals, and New Orleans must lag behind New York “for a few days” in its entire puridca, tion, HIPS. Avrest of a Counterfiter In Chicago. THIATY THOUSAND DOLLARS COUNTERVEIT MOD SEIZED. {From the Chicago fribune, Feb, 16.) Op yerterday morting Deputy Sherif ¥. T. Bulkley arrested a man calling himrelf Nelson D. Riggs, but whose real name turos out to be whose capture way safely be considered the most bril- liant and important haul of the season. Tae eircom stances attenoing it are as follows:— Sheriff Bulkley bas bad intelligence of the existence and movements of this Mr. Driggs for some time past, and was well aware of his inteation to visit Chicago, and ef the time when he would be likely to put in operation that intention. He also knew that Mr. Driggs would send | by express to thie city a package of considerablo impor- tance at the sume time that he esme himeelf, and that he would probanly bring with him pro} erty of 2 description wbich fn contraband and legal.” The Sheriff, then, was not at all eurprised, when on going to the express offices ine addressed to Mr. Se behind» newspaper, Sheritf Bulkley of that gentleman. He came, enquired for his J after moch eireomlocation and with great delteration, paid the charges on it, and started with it up Dearbor the Tremont on Driggs, and Sieval | House, the Sherif walkyn Hetance behind \ > rocerded slowly and with some hesitation up Dearborn street to ol) and down Randolph to the corner of Clark, at which point Sheriff Bulkley arrested him and conveyed him to jail Upon searching bim two gokl watcher were found on bim, and a small yoanth of money, mostly cou terfeit, in bis vert pocket with a larger quantity in his overcoat pocket Flin waliee was then examined and in it war found a large quantity of counterfeit and altered But the great haul was yet to come, Locking his pri- toner ap, “beriif Bulkley proceeded to the hotel near the Rock Inland passenger depot, where the prisoner had putup the night before. Going to the room occupied oy | the prisoner the previons night, no bageage of any kind wan found, and the jandlord for some time had no récol- Jecticn of the strenger having brought any. At length, however, Mr. Bulkl-y dlecovered underasath the coun: | tbagandaloak. which the landlord finally might belong t> Mr. Driggs, Taking the articles, Mr. Aulkley brought them to the eheriit's office, and there examined the carpst bag. In | it were found two p les of bi! nterfeit and altered, of the amount of not lens than $20,000, The bills were of all denominations, ané on various dante of the South and Fay Some of them were ate, the alteration bel ihe others were all ready for ine generally done very well. jaoner if & wan of Hout forty-five of gentlemanly appes . polished addrera, fi | Place, and from Cairo as well as of this State, finiabed nce and te came fre Ro. Jelamd. . ber ought here to be leas than 10 a fact, that at an adjourned meeting, held during the past weeb, a lengthy report had been presented on the state of the working classes in the city, It was then read, but n0 decisive action had been had on it. The follow- ing is an abstract of REPORT TO THE CONVENTION ON THE CONDITION OF ‘THE UNEMPLOYED POOR. In conformity with the wish of the delegates to this convention, expressed by. them at our last meeting, I have prepared the present brief report u the condi- tion of the unempioyed operatives and poor in this city. ‘The frighttul suffering actually existing among the laborin, brings ‘uppermost this subject in the thoughts of all good citizens, and I regret that the time indiapensably requisite for me to procure informs tion, together with my inability exclusively to devote my attention to this sole object, should have eompelied me to delay till this evening the presentation of this document. ‘A false statement bas been widely circulated, represent ing, the want of employment and consequent distress in this city to be almost wholly confined to fo- reigners. Though it is emphatically denied that the recessitous are nearly all Europeans, nevertheless, it should not be a mstter of surprite if a large portion of the unemployed and poor mechanics, operatives and la- borers be of ‘a birth, for we learn by the last census of this city (180) that out of 516,457 inhabitsnts, 277,- ‘762 were born in the Un.ted States, and 227,705 in other countries. It is certain that there are many men of wealth among the ado citivens, yot the greater number of immigrants are in humble circumstances. These, _neverthele: are men who, in their sphere, are eS useful to the nation, for they mao the vessels, builc houses, ships, &c., construct railways, docks and piers, dig canals, subdue the wilderness, an transform it into fertile farms, to!l in mines, or on metals and machinery, or at manufactures, importi with them much useful krowledge in the'r sever branches of industry—while others among them are instructors, or a are in bookkeeping, tailoring, shoemaking, &c., or im cecorative and ornawental work. When wide spread distress visits the community, a pro- portion of the calamity must, of course, fall upon the adopted citizens, to whom it is but justice to state that, by referring to the above ment census, we find the nueaber of pudlic pavpers in the United States, on the Ast of June, 1850, to have been 36,916 native and 13,437 foreign born, and in the State of New York, 5,755 n to 7,078 foreign. Who those are who may legally claim prblic relief will be shown turtber on in this report. those who have sympathy only for the native born American must recollect that thongh im the census above quoted the native is a fraction more numerous than the foreign born population im this city, (277,162 te 237,705,) very many of these latter have families, and that their children, born her», were included under the head of native population; and, as it is palpable that children are for many years dependent upon taeir parents for support, whenever such foreign born parents are deprived of employment, their native born American ens: are reduced to beggary, aud even to star- vation. It is impossible to make, without a suitable organiza- tion, a per’ectly correct return of the unemployed ope- ratives im this city on any ore doy. By the estimate of the delogates on the 16th ult., 195,000 persons (includ: ing the families of the unemployed) were ina state of destitution, This number, howevor large it may ap- , Lan been by the delegates asserted to be far wader actualamount; and it must be likewise taken into considexation that the majority of those who now hi some employment (and are, therefore, not include the 195,000) are at reduced wi working three-fourths and two-thieds of the day; while others, though they have en.ployment only two or three daysin the week, are considered a9 being in work. TLe statistics of deaths furnish us with some evidence for those who ir death from starve ar. nut the only victim who 18 the effects of distress. The deaths in thie city, in the year 1868, amounted to 22,702, and in the past year (1854) to 28,422—of which consumption claimed 2,95: lung Giseases, 346; cholera morbus, 326; acrofula, 1! typhus fever, 593. Tnis ratio is nearly double the pro- ion of mortality iu London; whereas, the mortality eing much greater amon; infants under two years of age than for eny other period of life, tue average nam- part ot Europe, since so large a portion of the New York population is con:posed of immigrants, who rarely come out as infaats or as aged people. The rates of lite insaance, it is irve, are not much Leavier here than in Londoa: but it rust be observed that the poor rarely (if ever) insure their lives, thie hab t bing nearly exclusively condned to those who ace in easy circumstances. Thee bave been rons severa] remedies for the existing distress. ‘rominent among tne suggestions ‘be found the appeal of the iste, who demand that a bigh tarilf be established, with to raise the prices of manufactures, &c., for the advantage of a few speculators, who might, if they could procure for the selves @ monorvly, undertake Jarge manufacturing, mii ing, and other enterprises—r ardless of the ricuitural, aud etherinteresta,, The Deteed mereantile, Staves cemaus of 1850 gives as the average wages for operatives in cotton goods, im this State, $18 32 for males, and $0 68 for females, per month, out of which pittance they bave to feed, lodge, and clothe themselres—while im several other States the wages (or the same operatives are much les, as in Virginia $1018 and $6 93—North Carolina $11 65 and $6 13—in Ababama $11 71 and $7 98 —Tennerseo $10 94 and $6 42—Missouri $10 93 and $10, Operatives in woollen goods in N 9 97, and females $11 76; in iron, $26— while in North Carelina the same man would earn Dut $10 37 per month for hs support. Farm servants ip New York 8 ato, on the other |, earn from 100 to 150 dollare per year, besices their fcod and lodging, and they bave more healthy and less severe work to form. Moreover, the fluctustions in the devaand for bor augment in proportion as the manafactures be- come more numerous; consequently distress and panica will be more frequ There is another aspect from which the tariff question should be viewed, but which tue capitalists. have lost sight of, and which ought to demonstree to them that what is sty py dyrebaens would, in fact, be ruinous to its partisans; for it is no improbable as almost toamount to.an imperribility, that they could enjoy high prises through Piha for @ length of time suflicien’ to yemunerate themselves for their outlay; for, through the dufluence of the South, if from no of cause, some ion weuld soon be effected which would depreciate eture id cause the oe to lose all their investments. 8, to use a homely phrase, them by hin ’ Under & proper system of relief of the poor, there need be no opportunities left open for impositicn—those cnly who are actually in need would be rolieved, nor should these be required to part with their little stock of clothing, tools and furniture If they are in receipt of any small earnings, the amount thereof should tahen into account by the relieving officer. As to the threatened flood ot paupers from other States and countries, it isa mere bugbear. Other States will follow the example of this State, when it recognizes the sights of the poor; and now tbe vast majority of immigrants from Europe are persons of more than usual energy and enterprize. At no great expense the able- bodied unctoployed poor ean be sent to @ where it has been ascertained that there isa demand for their lator, or they can be set to work in their owo parish or town; and the advantages which will occur te t jablic sre incalculable. What is required is a hearty and de termined effort on the part of the State to aid those who cannot help thems " This system would tend powerfully to augment the wages of labor, especially in those departments where there ia an exeras of work people, since these would no longer be compelled, by the fear of starvation, to re- ceive a mere nominal remuneration. ‘The relief, as administered in England, {# not so Kbera’ as it should be, and in its mode of administration nume- rous improvements ae t he introduced with advant to tne public in general, both rich and poor: but # xall it be said that because hon ‘ons exist in that country, the principle upon which the law is founded shall not be adopted here, where opular sovereignty prevails, and where those defects in the acmintstration, which miy, by hl oStninbed of the practice across the ocean, have deen ditcovered, may be avoides? Shell it be aaid, that uncer the English government the poor are better cared for, and have rights which under a popalar rule thay have rot? The thing is too moustrous to credit; but if the present lawmakers (elected by the votes of tae masses) should, by rejecting the claim of the unemployed ope tives to s legal relief, prove that the interesta of the poor are not properly cared for, then, indeed, will it Te necessary to take measures for the formation of ® radical axsociation whose apesial object shall b tection of labor and of the poor, and wich shall withstanding all the existing machinery of the primary elections and eavcuses, devise means to insure to the masses their legitimate othe #ide of the property owners, but fend the rights of all, stad _ The Crainmay said that he had been looking at the report, and in it he saw much to approve of and some- thing to object to. He objected to the statement that the workingmen looked fur land to be given them gratul- tourly. Now, no man had aright to give land to ano ther; God gave the fan: for all, and the men do not ssk @ goverpmeni fo give it to themany more than a — al to give them water or hould was ‘olonel nton The laad belonged Speculators are vhe ruin rh country ; aud the squatters after in: Pornting four or five years of their Hives om a farm, ovght from under ‘hem an! they are driven off.’ The ts ral rights of ms to lant should be restored, and hey cowld go in compacies—mechanics, and settle on «mall viliage lots. inois Railroad Coupany had already ¢ millions of acres, and if monopolists were on al) free lands, there wou'd soon be no such thing left a4 public lands. Now the lend question was the great question of the day, but the reformers did not look on it ae acea for ail the evils from which the workiug- men fered. Hevingoniy half read the aidrese, he could not at prevent give ua opinion on it, but would be sorry that rome of its arsartions should go forward to the le ae they at present stood. He represented the landrerormers, ond denied in their name some of the Coctrives advanced Colonel Fortes wished that the Hope Chapel Committee bad the document before them, until the delegates beard the opinion of the poor ani workingiaen oa the quse- tion, After a few rewarks the society adjouraed until mext Tuesday evenin :. Axorure Crry m Kassas Tenarrony.—We learn aD who bas recently returned from s toar riitory a* far as Fort Riley, thata erty hae douton the ae river, about miles above thie point, and named Wau; guage oft members of the fourth England. It is represente very besutifal location, even rurparr'ng that of Lawrence or Topeka —Kantae Herald of Freedom, Feb. 3. against whom it had been made. The press, he said, had committed a great injustice in publishing » preju- diced account of the matter, and even the justice him- self had allowed himself to be swayed too much by his sympathies. Having expressed himself in this manner he went to the Mayor, where he made the same complaint agaiast the prees. He desired to know the decision of his Honor, and was beginning to make a speech in bohalf of his clients, when the Mayor interrapted him and declined to hear anything further regarding it, stating that he bad the testimony before him in the shape of affidavits, He then asked the lawyer whether there was any dis- pute as to the fact of $2 having been received by the parties, and as to the three shillings which they owed the complaipant for the work done? To this he replied that there was none as to that, and was proceeding to enter into the merits of the when the Mayor agnin ceclined hearing hin. There is, said the Mayor, a general principle involved im the deci- ‘ion of this matter which is of i Pon) deal of importance fee imiisr instance, There is, he contiaued, a clara of offences in this city which are so ingeaiously committed »* to evade apy criminal law, and which are of the wors’ character. Among these he considered trated upen these Fr women was of He did not refer alone to this particu- Jar cane, but ail cases of the kind were a double wrong. In the firut place, 1t was oppressing that portion of the laboring classes who had no means of protecting them- selves. ‘nm (he case of thie ee girl a gross wrong had €n committed in withholding, not only tbe money for e work she had performed, but the deposit of $2, which she had left with the party as socurity, He re” gretted that tBis class of offen:es was not made penal by the stetute. Before rendering his decision in this case he would require them to pay me money to this coer girl, In conclusion, he stated wes glad to find at such offences, if they could not be reached by statute, could, through the medium of newspaper pub- — ve brought before the tribunal of publis opinion, The parties here took their Ieave, with the under- standing that the money would be pald to the com- plainant, Mrs. Byrnes. ARREST OF A LIQUOR DEALER AND GAMBLERS. ‘The following statement was made yesterday to the Mayor by Jobn Bradley, of the Sixth ward police:— On Bundey morning, about ten minutes past twelve o'clock, I novified Michael Sexton, who keeps a grocery and liqhor store at 51 Mulberry street, to close up his place, telling him that it was the Sabbath morning. He did not do 60, and paid no attention to my orders; about half past twelve I called the attention of office Martin, of the Sixth ward, to the fact that the house was open, We both ordered him to close. He told us to go ahead and do the best we could. While standing at the door, we saw a number of men playing cards for money on ‘the counter. I then proceeded to the station house for aid, and on procuring it we went tothe place and arrested six of the men, who were taken to the station house. In the morning, they were temporarily committed by Tudge rt for examination. At 11 o'clock, the examination took place, whon they were fully committed by Judge Bogart for trial; cabsoquently hey were discharged, during that day, by Judge Bogart. I arreste* the pro- 4prleter to-day, Tuesday, for Leeping a disorderly house judge Bogart held him to bail in $1€0 to answer—his own recogn xance vas taken, This in o very dworderly Louse, and ca: much trouble to the offisers, $1 20 and some-cards were taken from the counter by Sergeaat Caveny, ‘ THE COMPLAINT BOOK. Martin Muck, of the ship India, complains that he was defrauded by a mosk auctioneer of $15, for a worthless wateh, ata mock auction store in Broadway. The moncy war recovered by officer Wines, Mary Ryan, of 44 Hamer treet, complaica that she wailed a letter on Feb 1, 1855, for Mr. Ryan, of New Haven, Conv., containing $11, and that the same ba aereae received. Keferred to the Postmaster of New ‘ork, Benry Offmer complains that his ash box is full and rupnipg over, at 47 avenue B, and thet the asd carts have not eslled for the same a longtime. Referred to Commirsioner of Streets and Lamps. ‘Henry leibold complains that Hague street is so on- cumbered with snow, ice and other nu almost impassable. ‘Referred to Comminsi and Lamps. W. Pevrington, of 29 Sixth avenue, complains that Caroli Stedman, a very respectable colored woman, allowed to enter one ot the Sixth ave sara al relay street. by the agent of said car, on morning of the 26th February, she being on her way up town to ork 3 it beim cold morning, and nsoquently had be- a juest wi'l be sh respect. able persons to enter and ride in said Sixth avenue care, Referred to T. Bayly Myers, Secretary of the Sixth Ave- aue Railroed Company. Jobn M of Ne. 6 Second avenue, complains ue, frout r buildings, keep their sidewalk in a filthy condi- tion, much to the annoyance of the neighbors Captain ‘ward, notified. ‘That she ash carts do not call rerularty at 52 and 54 ™ 4 street, and that sthes are accumulating in graat quantities, Referred to Committee ef Streets and Lamps Mayor Wood and the Effect of Good Govern= ment in the Count: [From the Baltimore American, 13.) Msyor Wood, of New York, bas shown how quickly oF bow certainly an fer gpad picbeain ms: ved oye tbe honest, impartial and persevering discharge o| Ligh putlic duties. The instance to @ striking one aad whilst it reflects the most e: honor «poo the indivi- dus), we also recognise in it the sure evidence that the of our great cities are, in the main, and by an overwbehming majority, in favor of the stricte-t, the most upfaltering enforcement of the laws. It is in this aspect that the great social revolution that has charas terized New Yorh—for so it deserves to be cateomei—is most worthy of notice. Mayor Wood has demonstrated not only fer New York, but for the people of eve Ameri; city, that it ie possible for them to be well ae ao the causes of disorder, of riot, and of » have grown and etre: ed among them, bave not their foundation in any inevitable nv cessit; from which they cannot escape—that the people are well dis to rally in defence of law, order aud justice, and willing to protect with their coun: d bation thore who stand forward a: against the social disturbers of a sbeying community. Ameng the victories of which peace can beast there in nove more worthy of high sppreciation than that effort of moral authority which conquers the turbulent, aw: into peaceful obedience the passions of those that have heretotore set the law at naught, and exerc'ses over se cret as well as open crime the wholesome fear of detec tion and punisbment. The man who, clothing himeelf in the trast confided to him by his fellow citizens, ac- complishes these results, is a victor of the proudest merit: he is, indeed, the “conqueror of a city” in an eminent senso, and deserves the civic crown of a good peme and a revered memory Judging the future course of Mayor Wood by tuat which be has so far pursued there te pothing [iypercolisal cr foroed im ‘aoplying to bim such Jangunge. He took New York in the very acme of her wickednerr—the law appeared to hivo faiien powerless before the number ani the daring of its sesailants—corrup‘ion had established « permanent location where rigd honesty should have deen found, ana the evil influence of fraud amongst public func: ef connivance at outrage and disorder of professed conservatives of the warently usdermived the very foon- hich the moral and social economy of the city The press confessed the city anihorit unwilling or unarle to attempt a reform, and there seemed to be no hope, except through some powerful and overwhelming popular demonstration, of finding an eMickent check to the growing ani monstrous evila by which the city was afflicted ‘Sut at the very momeat that necessity had become the greatest, help was af. foréed from an unexpected quarter, It is not contended thet Mayor Wood les at one effort, aad in so short a period, cured all these evils; such an accomplishment would de well earned by a life-time effort of the strictest reformer, But be hae done what is almost as valuable ; he bas proved that they sre not incursble, and that the Jaws promptly, sternly, and unremittingly enforced are equal to the emergency of meeting and re- straining the concentrated vice of a graat city. He bas proved, too, that the public officer who assumes al] the responsibilities and duties of his porition, with a manly determination to leave nose of them unperfermed, 18 sure to secure the sympathy, ap- provel, and support of the community; tbat whatever may have been bis antocedenta, and however great may have been the political or personal animosity en. tertained toward him, it will be obliterated by the re- membrance of the benefits received from the good officer, that he may even contidently rely upon the zealous m of those who have moat bitterly opposed m, It is tobring prominently forward these results that we dwell upon the example of Mayor Wood, and not from the mere desire of aiding to the general ery of approval ade his name familiar ia all parts of 5 been the first to encounter, upon the fi of its greatest power, the evils which, as al good citl- zens bave seen. were becoming more and more fastened upon the bed cities of our land. The attack was bold. ly, successfully and resolutely made, and the cause of law and oréer rejoices ia toe result, Bus the victory will be comparatively barren of benefit H its influence dors rot ex beyond New York. We would have the example coptagious, until each of our cities can boast of a Mayor who bas the des re to understand, aud the will to discharge all tke duties of a post, which, to those 1m- mediately concerned, i the most important that can be conferred, Amendments to the Constitation of California, A list of amendments to the constitution of Califoraia has bern introduced in the Senate. The first amendment proposed provides for biennial sersions of tha Legtslature, and fhe second that the members of the Assembly shail be elected ‘The third amendment provides t! elected forfour yea: the Menate who hi of California at least two y . and of the county for which he in ehoven at Iraat one year. Th ment provides for the relative nam 4 Assomdlymen, aod that one-bait acate their seats hienolall amen tin to the effect that m ‘ball brace more than ope object, and that to be expressed im ite title. ‘The rixth and last amendment is the most important of al}, and it in one that ought to have been submitted to the people long 60. Its object ix to provide that when a constitutional conven aball bave bean called, and that convention shell have formed a new constita- tien, it shell be submitted to the people for their alop- | bom oF rejection, per be elected a resvient of tho state published on bim libellous article, The plaintiff is aleo engaged in publishing and «Jing books in this city, and was engaged in preparing for publication a work, to be called ‘‘Burmah’s Great Missionary, or Records of the Life, Character and Achievements of Adoniram Judson.’’ A‘ the time of the publication of the libel the plaintiff bad numerous agents engaged to obtain orders for that work, and bad been at great expense in advertising and preparing it for publication: About this time there appeared in Norton’s Literary Gazette the following alleged libellous article — Wayanp’s Lire or Jupson.—In the last number of this paper we called sttention to the above work, com- mending it to all such as wonld be interseted in the faithfully drawn portrait of a most noble min and de- voted missionary. Having since learned that another memoir of Dr. Judron was announced for speedy publi- -ation (meaning the work to be publisbed by the plain- iff), we wrote to the Rev. Dr. Wayland requesting him o inform us whether this torthcomi volame (the Ja:ntifP's) was autoorized by Dr. Judson’s family, and whether Sy. other papers were likely to ex‘stotber than hose already made use of. From President Wayland’s pawer we take the liberty bf extracting as following:— “In reply to your inquiry [ have to state that I have PO reason to believe that materials of amy value exiat for @ life of Dr. Judson which I have not seen; and, moreover that the portion of the materials fora ma- inoir which has not appeared in tae public journals can ave been accensible to no person except myself. No ne of the family of Dr. Judson has n consulted n the sunject of this publication, and neither Mrs. ve been informet of the name of the antbor ese circumstances I think that undertaking could he received in no other hght y rable men than an attempt to deprive the widow of Dr Judson, upon whom two helpless familics are dependent, of the means of daily subsintence.”? We give prominence to the above, because ¥6 do not think apy one would willingly ast in an unjust manner towards the widow and the fatherless, The plaintiff alleges that this article was designed to impute to him an attempt to publieh a work of no real merit, and a farther attempt to deprive two helpless fa- milies and the widow of Dr. Judson of the means of daily subsistence, Damages are laid at $5,000. Mz, Willard appeared for the plaintiff, and baving called one witness, rested his case the defe nt, who denies nd libellous, that it had re- ference to the plain'if, or that it was imt=n4ed to injare his business or reputation. He further sets forth that ine time when the plaictiff, by his own state- engaged in the publication of his work, Preai- d, of Brown University, wae upon a life of Dr. Judson, under the title of *A Memoir of the ti and Labors of the Rev. Adoniram Judson, D. D.,” the copyright of which was the property of the widow, Emily ©: Judson, who then had two helpless fa- railies, consisting of her father and mother, and of her five children, entirely dependent «pon hersetl for support. The proceeds of this work, upon whieh Dr. Wayland was engaged, were to be used by her for this purpose. He alone posrensed all the mterials of any value availa- bie for the wort, and none of the family of Ur. Judsoa had been copsulted on the subject of the plaintil’s pub- eation, or anew the name of anthor. The defen- dant further alleges that his journal is iesued with the special view of communicating iaformatioa respecting new eee that the iste thereim pub! and alleged to be libellous, is essentially trae; and leged an a just and fair criticiem upoa the facta rtated, and that it was published only with a view of stating facta, in the expectation that the plaintiff, and al) other persons who might read it, would be deterred from oe injustice to Mrs, Judeon and those dependent upon ber. Mr. U’Conor, in opening the case for the defendant expreaced bis surprise that a case so utterly insafficien| ip any just cause of complaint should ever have deen brevght into court. While he had been retained as couprel for the defendant, he had expressed the same sentiments, and was prepared to show to the Suny that be had the best grounds for such an optnien. je ob- served that it rested with him to show whether the truth bad not been spoken in this case by the de‘sadant, with good motives and for justifiable ends, and he was confide nt that he cou)d do #0 to their entire satisfaction, He proceeded to state the fa:ts connected with Dr. Jud- soo’s li'e and missionary Jabors, and the needy clr. eumstancen of his widow after his death. ihe publica- tion of a life of Dr, Judson, snd ell the profits to be derived therefrom, he deemed the pepe pale gy “ri of the widow. ip the hour o/ her destitution an liction. Any interference in this just arrasgement he stigma- tuea lea th illiveral ; ae He aes ** pirati- cal interloprr,” for in most ‘cases the offending part, beyond the reash of ‘the o1 rook edt ‘be copy-righted, and yet the imitation might not be sufficiently close to violate the provisioon thereof, Tt was Proper, then, that some remonatrance against £0 ilbberal a course should be presented by some one, and such covld not be calleialtel. A libel was the pub- Hihing of a falsebood: here everything ntated by the de- jant was true, and couid do the plaintiff no barm, bis conduc! 8 & violation of those —_ of mo- be id would leave 1: tothe jury to determine, whesber $500 or $€00 per annum, which was ail she possesved, would suffiee to support her and her ophan children, comforta- by. kh t some further assistance He contended that she # fairly entitles toall the profits that coald be derived from s publisbed memoir of her buscand, and alluded to certam letters that had passed @ platifi, when it by we knovo that preparing an abridgment of Dr. Pusvoc's ¢ widow, almost on her dying bed, in the ad entreated him ‘not to do her ween Mra. life, in whieh mom tonching terme bi 80 great. a wrong, ip her sickness and poverty, as to pub- lish a work which would interfere with the sale of that in which she was interested. He concluded with an in- Aigoant and eloquent protest at that selfish doc. trine, which sought to claim the life of a pudiie mines public property, even when the avails of it would pre serve the widow and her crphana from destitution. The written ceposit.ons of several witnesses were then read on the ees of the defesdant, The following is the deposition De. Ws: ee " an nm nome is Franco's Weyland; ace, eight A cocupation, aches: comin in Peovide wh if Tienet know Mr. Fietcber; I have seen hin; Mr, Norton I have hvown two or three ye: xawiaed & printed copy of th prefixed to the interr-gator! D e0, abd preeuns this to be a copy from a letter writt me to Mr Norton; I have no copy of my lett think that zs the eopy; I Br Wayland mentiones in the extract; the suthor of ofthe jate Dr. Judson; it baa published by 5 the title as nea mily C Judson;in accordanse wth my was taben in the name and for the benefit of Mra, Emily C. Judron; ihe work was compiled aud prepared by me from materia) furnished to zae by the coacurrent consent and demreof Mrs. Judson and the fawily of tve late De. Judron; Mrs tmily C. Judson rendered me important Assistance in the Work of preparation; the work was compiled from letters in missionary journals, from pri- vate letters and papers of the late fir, Jndsou, from pri vate remipiscences of Mra Emly © Judsoa, from mare rial furnisted by the American Baptist Missfonary Union, and the American Board of Commisrioners of Foreigo Missions; I received such informaton from Mra, Jud- son, various friends and correspondents of Dr Judson v Dr. Brightacd Dr Andrews, secretaries of the med societies; the papers bave since been ra- their respective owners; I presume so; those that were sent to me I returned to the sources from which I received them; 1 do not know of any ono #0 bas any materials other than those x by me, aud from the great exertions made by me and Mre. Judson to obta.n all the existirg muteriais for such a work. [ thi that no important materials exist exe=pt those used by ne; the above named Baptist Union al.o made exer btain for mel) possible isformetion on that I capnot tel the value of mater siderable portion of the materials used hy o appeared in the public journals; I do not believe that ony materials of Smportance had appeared in any public journals or exixted, besides those used by ms in the cowpiation of this memoir; excepting tnore ma- terials which have appeared in the public jouroals, I have no reason to suppore that any other person has bv accesa to the materials used by me; the private papers of Lr Judscn, communicated to me by Mra. Jason, ber own reminiscences, sould bave been seen by no person but myself; the materials furnished by the American Pap*iet Missionary Cnion and the American Boar! of Commissioners of Foreign Missions could oaly be far nished by vote of the Soarde respectively; 1 have vot heen consulted on the subject of any life of Dr, Judson beside my own: and from Mre. Judson I leara that neither she ncr any of the family have been consulted in relation to any other work on the same subject, except- ing that Mrs. Judson, her friend the publishers had consulted wih me in relation to the tim- sod manner of publirbing an abrirged edition of the same work for her bent St; neither Mrs Jucson nor to my knowledge, been informed of th thor of any work other than the one the subject 1 know in Hamilton, Madison 1 am isformed that she i thet her physic net i unt) Ma believe that her that nine persons pendent vpon her for su caushter of Dr Judson, who teaching in a private family; the mily in | ecember, 1853, was sudet above stated; my means of information were co:nmani- cations from Mra. Judson berael’, 1 ¢o not know any- thing about the bosiress of said Fletcher except what I ree in ‘be sewepapers; I have reen auch a work pur- porting to be published by bim, but bave never examin- edit; I should au) the tale of such a work would to rome extent, but to what extent I ar unable to way, interfere with the sale of tha work writter by me: I cannot state the motive or purpose with which said Fietcher’s book war published:+ nut bivlur examined the book I am not willing to criticise it: I never read a page of it; I have nothing further to etate of advan- 6 to the defendant in this ruit. iswer to the cross-interregatories he eaid:—I never bad ord with the defendant on the aubject of aolding him harmless from all damege he might enetain in con- sequence of pubiirhing the extreet from Bim apy assurance in relation thereto Pon the act Jed to for tl who publisbed it on fendant not ini memoir of Dr. Jw was to be podiinned; 4 Mt through the papers, and baye bed juest, formation, alluded to the forthcoming bovk to be pu Urhed by sr Fletcher. Upon belng. asked if any ma| rials of any vaiue for a life of Dr. Judson, that he not seen, were in existence, he answered:—I refer to direct examination more fully my meat to atate if that wi not merely a matter of him,‘and whether he had examized all the pul to eee wkether such was the fact, or by what means knew such to be the fact, and also to atare if the #ta| ment made by him that that portion of the materials fo| memoir which has not appeared in the public prints have been accessible to no m yerg as himself, ¥ not a matter of opinion with hin, and whether he ka| such to be the fact, and by what means, he acewers All but the last clause of question requires no answ an will be seen by reference to my vieus 4 swers; in relation to*the last clause, 1 answer itis a conviction founded on the facts already esta’ 8 of information are from Mrs Jadson h constant communication so lo I derive my information one of the family is sup teaching, as before stated; I been by Mra Judson that she had made arrangements for Beate of suid work in England; of my ewn kad le¢ge Iknow nothing about the matter inquired presume for ber arrangements have been quest‘on I know nothing. To the ninth cross-interrogatory—I do not know { umber of volumes sold, or the amount re:eived by Judson in regard to the per centage; the offer of Phillips, Sampson & Co. was twenty-five per cent on | retail price of ine book; Dr. Bright and J advised he poss it, and soon after they commenced she pub) jon. I wish to correct my smswer to one of the direct ‘ters ogatories nd say that I do believe that no ot! writer than myself has had access to the mater‘als ui 4d me, excepting those then excepted, for the q us stated as to the persons and societies in whose sessions these materials were. Other depositions were read, and the case etande jourzed. The Alleged Contempt of Court by the Newspaper. MARINE COURT. On the Bench, Hon. Judges McLarthy and Pritiips Fxs. 24.—In Matter of Messrs. Raymond, Ha: and Lee.—Mr. Abbott represented Mr. Lee appeared in per Mr. Reymond bring to show ci whyt tempt, in publishing a 16th inat., entitled, Court—What Wae % Done There,” Mir. E. C. Benedict appeared tor him. objected to any proceedings, on the grourd that Raymond bad never received a copy of 8 accusA’ wt him, By the provisions the statute he eatitied to & copy. Judge McCarthy—That is phew correct, and | be served with a cep: sufficient answer. You shal the accusations within an honr. Mr. Harper’s case being then called, Mr. Benj. N. dott, who appea: for nim, after atating ono er preliminary objections, suggested that the maz should be heard before the full Bench. way McCarthy asked what had the full Bench to wi Mr, Abbott—There is some doubt how far your Hone decision is reviewable; and as your Honor is the per chiefly concerned againet ue, A think it. would be d ble to yourself to he supported by your colleagues, « sides, if this Court has any jurisdiction over contemyl P nd that it is ec im the Court, and mot i ge. Judge MeCarthy—I entertain no doubt of the juried tion of this Court, and IJ deny the motion to have cane heard at yeneral term. Mr, Abbott then read trom the Revised Statuter show that the power to punish for criminal conter was limited to the case of persons guilty of the publ tion cf a false or growly inaccurate report ef proce wn bonefit, if any copyr ted; as to led upon, peer e ord hould not be punished for ings of ‘There were two questions: Is article a falee report of proceedings? Second, is } Ha Countel read menting up rm it, sentence by a re t Dove Thi wa, shat itie imtended as om report of what was done th (laughter.) ‘The article said that Judge McQ won absent under some rale or other, absent from the performance of his duty, bu: im the 7 formance of it. The truth was, that a rale of cou quized one of the Justices to atten: in the cther room, hold inquests, and ths was probably che rule refer! . Your Honor said last saturday that no such wit! as Justinian Theodosia Mckinn eas called stated the article. I suppose your Honor must have u that you did not hear the name called. Indge McCarthy—I know it as a matter of fact. Mr. Abbott then resd the following affidavit of Francis Byrne :— City and County of New York, # bemg duly sworn, says, that be 18 & law. iw attendance on the Marine Court on oF of February ip: Court, or ope 1 ie Bess, and that no person ans’ redo F. BYR! 8yorn mo, this 24th ef Febrosry, 1856.—H. Rice, Commissioner of Lee: Mr. Abbott contend-4 at some La Sy toet there nething in the article which amounted to & false rep of the Court’s proceedings, Af to tae second quei whether Mr. Harper an guilty of the publication, counsel contended that he eas not. a paper whhout Anowlerige or consent, of any publication of which ve bas is sbeut to be published. J rked *aat the repubiication of iL comaeats, was an sggravati only for the: he would have co ficavit sufficient, jarper is willing to meet bis reg] ribility for the confuct of the Times—bdoth bis gen: responsibility amd his pecuniary responsibility for }, whenever the casivned >; responsibility, crt ‘and civil, tor all cts, or acts of oth+re authorised by him; se he was not ianle | Im support of this counrel cited reveral cases, and among otherd that Judge Feck, who was impeeched for eommittiag an tor for contempt illegally. Mr. Abbott cited the towing:— Breese, Justiga, seid—An honest, independen ligent court will win ite way to pu nil newspaper paracraphs, |owever pointed m satire, and ity dign'ty will sul less by passiog them than by arraignins the perpetrators, trying 4 omishing them by the jadgmen| that The ‘oncluded by aewerting the injustice ef cond proprictora of newspapers as guilty of publicati which found their way into the paper withoat knowledge. Mr. Benedict then corsmenced to address the Cow Judge MeCarthy—Do you appear for Mr Raymon: Mr. Harper y Mr. Benediet—Mr depend very m Raymond's case rourt of neces hon the decwion of Mr. Harper's, an ehould Yketo wo Temares at this time, Judge McGarthy assented Mr. Benedict then proceeded to say that this w: attack on tho likerty of the citizen, and the firet qq ton to be Jixpored o! rhoukt he done on } Mr. Harpor ix perfec vocent af this eb ; geuerally at his little teak, atteading to tho An ames| tho paper, and is he sto the conse queg of polling a actlele, Pui amy, ee tae thirty days” imprisonment ? although the pq thal not state frets falerlv, ves it must Ye contended that a mer as the article compinned The article was carmles oke or anelTort at wit, # » shuakd be punish it was with st Ww make the Court ridiculd 1y its haat upon the citizen and ress, for sch © paragraph aa this? fat the only uGeuce of the Kad which 1s contempt within ite this citizen is to bel but for the ting, or any Wal the Court then the public tien on the Lith, sure bis Honor felt, aa mi) a8 any One, tho painful position whieh he was the accuser, the party offended, the witness aad Judge, whilst Mr. Harper bad ao witnesses, and bad no trial. He contended Mr Harper was not liable. wre no tris!, no conviction ; there was a mere sui verved on bim to shew cause why he not be punished; and he came ani “Why, what beve | done Notbing.”’ case wan then put of for a apd How he comes again and asks, what have Id and be is told (bat se bas waived all that by lart week. Mr, Henedict concluded by saying ; protert sgainet the proceedings as being summary eA stelute; we protest against having Ye no trial, no bearing, no record—and we tert againat them entircly as the case now stands, ite anpects. I eee nothing in it, fram begnaing to. whieh gives the court jurmdiction in the matter. Jucge MeCazihy—i have just received a note from| counsel (Mr. Fusteed) of the other party, (Mr. that he is engaged at this moment, and journwent of the cns@, but he does nct time. Tam prepared to dispose of the iter coupsel for Mir, Harper desire it to stand cided with the other case? Renedict a and asked to be served w t copy of the acensatio nat Reymond. ‘the Judge enid onl) have it by Monday morn Mr. Abbott—What as to the case of Mr, Harper? Ju’ge—Iam prepared to act apen i: new ; but I d with to pare upon it by piecemeal. The care was then adjourned, no day belog name ‘The Polistt Soctety. 10 THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. By inserting the following few hnes in your widely culated and valuable ps per you will much oblige me, the Folieb Democratic Assnciation'—Un the 26tn inst| your report about the eeiebration of the French rev. Von, in the year 1848, hele at the Shakespeare Flote the 24th iost., your reporter classed among the p dente present the President ot the Polish ‘-Societien. the first place, permit me to say thi Polish roc'ety in the United States, and that ia in city of New York: seconily, we, in our Society (Poli have no elective president, ant one is ae we send when we hold our meetings. Therefore, yart with the French celebration, and did it was by hin tion. i JULIAN ALLEN, Com'ry of 108 Policy Societ New. Yorn, Fed, 27, 1895,