The New York Herald Newspaper, March 14, 1855, Page 2

570 VOLCANIC ELEMENTS IN CALIFORNIA, BROANIZATION OF A NEW POLITICAL PABTY, The New Scheme of a Western Republic, &., &., &. ‘From the Alta California, Feb. 11. every may be found a class of aaiaabietes ms, who are alyays on the watch for any revolu- or jon. by which they may better their con- Ib other States they are generally so few ‘Mhat they are harmless, th Occasionally we hear of awild adventure which some one more reckless, more rate, or more talented than the rest has conceived, septate Yrs enough of plausibility about it to call to: eyed these unappreciated geniuses from all parts of California " resort of # great many of these ere ee oa pine away in times of peace and sunshine. Here they are numerous enough to wield an thonogh too few tobe formidable. They SeSuence, tibette been united on anything. Some have advocated the division of the State—seme have opposed %. Some have undertaken filibi expeditions, ‘while others bave preferred to remain withim the bor- bh ders of the State and try their chance for office and ho- they can get up some new schemes of aggression or evol lution. ‘And co we find that new party is to de organized. ‘Some of the leading 8) ry mone ae unhappy, a affected and unapprec: isorganixers now propose ‘get up » new iy: ‘which, as we are informed, is to eekegreat and famous all who engage init, Who will be at the head of this new poy. we are not informed; Dut of one thing we are positive, and that is, the men whe emberk ia this cierens are dissatisfied with their present position, They do not like it that they are not asiled to the highest posts of honor; nor is there one who, if he could be elected to the highest position now within the gift of the people, would not oppose avything towards revolution or the unset of society. ‘The leaders expect to become heroes, and all talk of re- Beving the evils of our society or improving the condi- tion of the State is mere clap-trap and pretence. The is personal gain and aggrandizement; aad if every isa) peated and noisy. dem&gogue in the State does not join , then it will be because it does not promise suffi- ‘ds we understand the principles of this new party, they are extensive and comprehensive.~ Firat, the Sand- wich Islands and the northern provinces are to be an- nexed; then the lands lying within the borders of Cali- fornia, and hitherto supposed to be the property of the United States, are to be claimed and taken as State pro- , and Uncle Sam is to be told that he must travel andiake with him his collectors and receivers, and their Iand office traps. : Of ceuree California is to be divided. This will give ehance for more of our great men to figure in Congress. ¥ will give a chance for more taxation, more plunder. ‘Then it will bring into the new party the ultra men, who Ihave long favored a division of the State for the sake of Sateoducing a new domestic institution. Butof course this latter object will be disavowed by all but those who are in favor and those who are opposed toit. It is un- pular and odious with the majority of the people, and hn intent ef introducing were not deniéd and diravow- ed at the outset, there would be a tremendous opposition te the new party from the start. ‘We do not regret that this new party is to be formed, or at least an attempt made te form it. For the credit ef California, it is to be hoped that no more filibuster- §ng expeditions will be organized in our State, to make ‘war on a neighboring nation with which our country is atpeace. It will give usa bad name abroad, Yet there are reasons why we would like to see this new party formed. Dissatisfied office-seekers, restless demagogues, will generally join it, and, after a brief and turbulen pettiical career: they will sink into that insignificance and contempt from which they never would have emerged in a well regulated society. It will destroy the Mofluence and mischief-making power of many who are ‘Row very troublesome, and whereas the evils resulting from it will be transient, an ever irritating annoyance will be forever allayed. There is no man among all who will join this new fac- tion of sufiicient capacity to lead it to a successful is- sue. Whatever talents they have to pulldown, they have but little to build up. The people of the State neraliy will not approve of their scheme. Those who ve got any property will not jeopardise it by rushing futo a wild adventure, and those who are getting up this magnificent party bave generally nothing to lose. Some men of means must be he ee into it or else the ainews of war will be wanting. The great body of our ¢itizens will not countenance any operations of the kind. want no Western Repulic—they love the Union aad bave little fault to find with the treatment of California Dy the general government. They believe that if Cali- fornia is properly represented in Congress she may ex- ‘and will receive justice, and that wherein she has not been justly dealt with it has been the fault of her own Senators and Representatives. ‘They will not 3 eounter the risks incident to such @ dangerous proce-.i- until they are sorely aggrieved. They do not feel ag- ered as yet, and it will not be in the power of ail the nt orators in the State to make them so restless as to tear down their present fabric of government for me such as they would justly expect from men whose element is diseord and whose strength is only a power for destruction. THE NEW PARTY. [From the Alta California, Feb. 16.) ‘We have received from a respousible source the print- ea programme of the new party heretofore character- im our columns. Weare no particular admirers of anyway, but give their programmes for what as worth, There is nothing in this “basis of a political party”’ that is not in the professions of every party in the State, except it be the annexation and divi- sion principles, and the implied independency of the Pa- gific States, Our readers can see for themselves the do- eument in this paper. ; The heading of the article has been supplied to our hand, It seems to us agreat misnomer, but it may be ‘entitled to more consideration than we at first topposed Is @ movement for a State organization and ticket of the Know Nothings? or a something to get their sup- ? There is some mystery about it—that is, if there anything. There no names, and strong nega- Slons. What appears as affirmed is not worth the pa- on which ‘t is printed. The California party will be made of quite another material. It will be the party of the people—independent of party for the sake of office. There must be some ins; principle avo ved that will ‘wake up the people and arouge the energy which gold eannot purchare, and lead to the accomplishment of an object worthy the struggle of noble men. That princi- ple the anxious ear wakes and listens to hear announced, The Je want a leader—bold, patriotic ani prin. sipled Bake right. The heart aches to catch the words "Onward—march!”’ The necessity of the times has cpa this mirage, which the inexperienced may for the refreshing waters; butit will soon pass away ,and only increase the longing for the cooling stream. ‘‘Where is the man of progress,”’ thousands are saying, “the man of heroe daring, ‘the bold re- Sermer, the patriot, the genius of the people, to or- ganize and lead to victory? Wo are tired of the useless struggle between the ins and outs; we vote this change iy i and now we demand hones. ‘What sort of platform, and what kin} of men will satiofy this demand? Not the old platforms remodified. No, away with them! “4 are organizations which have served their day, and have been perverted to ty- yanny. Here, inthis very programme, they seek to Dind men to the worst things of our civilization, They come forward to crush, by another serpentine turn, the it of freedom which has dashed the old parties to 4, and was freeing itself from fotters to rise into the light of unperverted truth. They solemnly decres silence and ‘‘finality’’ on the subject of negro slavery, ‘What have we to do with it? slavery here, or do these men wish t here, that they @emand silence? Are they afraid of liberty, and American Phought and utterance? Would they make us slaves? The general government has been ostracising and pro- Seribing long enough, and all the power of party machin. has been applied to “crash out’’ popular syinpathies. Fidetity to liberty has been considered « disqualification for office before this new party hoisted its banners. It isan old, an abominable tyranny. We would no} pro- ibe any man for his sentiments on slavery. This ‘tion should not be a test of party fidelity; for, if ty which makes it a test, will not others Start the party of free discussion, and claim the right to canvass all questions of interest and importance? Who is it that would strangle the utter- ance cf manly sentiments, in a manly style, on any great question? He is no! the leader of the California party The claim is a piece of political quackery. PROPOSED EXODUS OF THE NATIVE CALIFORNTA! (From the fan Francisco News, Feb. 10. It seems that the rumor of an entire abandoament of @urState, by the native population, is not without foundation, and that a portion at. le pat ahd occupied the country prior to the treaty of Jalupe Hidalgo, are in favor of an aarly emigration te the dominions of Mexicomrather than longer to what they consider aa injuati oppression of our government. We leara that last evening a meeting of native lifornians was hell at the St. Francis Hotel, which ¢x-Governor Juan B. Alvarado, presided and Senor () as secretary. tteni was not ble, representing the most weal) of the once proud prosperous ranc! Bat little was done, further thaa en into att planation of the pr sfor which the meeting had been convene, and taking partial consideration of a resolution provid ‘img for the election of a junta permanente or permanent Board of Directcrs. The ition assumed by those pre. sent was set forth as follows : That the native Califor ‘ians have been, and are being, deprived of their proper. ty, and insult is added to injury, till it had become a matter of im; ibility for them to remain in the land ‘where they t! ven and their children were born— ‘at there is no hope for peace but in volantary exile. Mexico, once their government, will be glad to receive Lo . Their wealth and vigor and experience will Fender them valuable as colonists to her, and she wi!l them lands and privileges. They do not propane to eave immediately, They will send two deputies to So- And if necessary to the city of Mexico, to obtain a of land in Sqnora, and other concessions; and after Cp prenre hither the gramt will be Lecme nag @ association will th i forms colony of their own, agaeeeatier Tag ANOTIRR ELEMENT OF DISAPPECTION—oPPREaSION OF THE POST OFPICE Laws, yd the San Francisco News, Feb. 12.) ‘We are informed that there is & projecty 1/99, pase a series of resolutions through our Legislature me- meria ising for the tution of the excess over three upon each letter that has been hereto- gofore collected the people of this State, in the phape of postage, This claim is founded on these grounds NEW YORK HERALD WEDNESDAY MARCH 1 Hy | t ge i F i 3 way, and its own affair, It 1m double tate to the failure to take advantage of the nearest road. assume any other ition, it is contended, and allow ernment to choose what route it may please, woula t be giving it the right to send our letters aroun the globe—to forward them via the Cape of Good Hope— and eall upon us to pay the additi expense. ‘The movers in this matter, then, lay it correct rule, that the mail cannot depart from the direct i he nearest route ‘® great saving of time is effected. The department cannot pretend that the overland route is, or has been, impracticable. So much light bas lately been thrown by cag the feasibility of transmitting the mails upon it, by the agitation of the proposed wagon road, that such a position could not be sustajned a moment, fe attempted, The only remain- ing excube is, that the conveyance upon steamers, by the Isthmus route, was preferred, on account of its adding to the rpeed or certainty of transmitting the mails. Both of these positions are disputed. It is claimed that exactly contrary is the case. And another fact is urged with ‘AS long ago as 1851, respon- sible parties, now in this State, proposed to convey the mails by the overland route, and offered to give satisfactory security for its apeedier and safer trans- mission than by the steamers. These proposals the government failed to consider. And, now, itis asked, after our people have pointed out the nearer way, and prayed to be allowed to carry their mails by xt, because the government chooses to continue sending it three thousand miles out of the way, ought it to ask them to pay her a large gratuity annually for so doing? It is onerous enough that her bad management compels us to wait two or three 8 longer for our letters, without having to pay twice as much for this inconvenience. ges i sere The Trip of the Susquehanna, TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. The highly interesting narrative of the Susquebanna’s cruise, which appeared in the Heratn, is full of facts. That magnificent war steamer, her movements and transactions, as recorded by her good chaplain, are entitled to all the consideration so handsomely be- stowed. But, unfortunately-and, no doubt, accidea. tally—there seems to stand, in the first sentence of the narrative, a capital error. The Susquehanna should not claim to have been ‘the pioneer of the late Japan expedition.”? More than a year before the Susquehanna reached the shores of Japan, the Saratoga—one of the fleet— visited the Majico-sima group, the most westerly islands of the empire; and her officers had official interviews with the chiefs of Pa-tchung-san and Ko-kien-san, simi- lar, in most respects, to the subsequent interviows of be oti with the authorities of Loo-Choo and Nipiob. . ft will be remembered that the Saratoga visited those islands in pursuit of the Chinese mutineers who had murdered the officers of the ship Robert Bowne, and had sought refuge upon their shores. After a week’s hunt through the almost impenetrable swamps and over the bleak hills, by the officers in command of the several divisions of the ship’s crew, they succeeded, by night surprises in the jungles, to which the fagitives had tied, in capturing about one hundred of them, who were taken to Hong Kong for trial. Day after doy and night after night, under the broll- ing sun of the former and the drencing rains of the lat- ter, their powers of endurance were so severely tried that neither the officers or crew entirely recovered from the fatigue and exposure, even up to the close of their four year’s crui And in thia affair there were several pratty active conflicts with the desperate Coolies when surprised in their hiding places at midnight, and by the blaze of torch-light. Two or three were killed, as many wount- ed, and more of them died after capture before reaching China, The greatest pogsible care and caution were taken by the officers to prevent injury to those who could be taken without the use of sword, pistol or musket. Afull account of the affair appeared soon afterwards in the Henan, by its correspondent in China, The Chiefa of Majico-sima—five or six in number—re- ceived the ollicers of the Saratoga, dla Japanese, in a house temporarily erected for tne occasion on the beach, near the anchorage, some two or three miles from the capital town—entertained them with a royal feast of soup, sugars, sackee and pipes—volunteered their ser- vices to promote the object of the stranger's visit— made presents to the ship, and recsived presents from the officers with reluctance, Precisely the same man- ners and custom, tho same excessive politeness, similar in costume, and evidently the same institutions, as those which prevail in other parte of Japan, Indeed, there is not so much difference in these respects be- tween Yedo, 1.00-Choo and Majico-sima as between Bos- ton, Charleston and New Orleans. No one can doubt. with good reasons, that the entire line of islands east of Formora are a part of Japan. Again: when, the year following, our squadron visited Loo Choo, the succérsful exploite of the Saratoga at the Majico-simas were referred to as matter of history by the Loo Choo chiefs, and it is but fair to presume that they had a tendency to impress the chiefs with a belief that ‘Americans would be iikely to accomplish whatever they might undertake; nor should it be doubted that the in- telhigence of, these exploits had already been communi: cated to Yedo through the principality of Satzuma, of which Loo Choo is a dependency, if not an integral part. The Saratoga was the first of the fleet which visited Japan—first of the expeditioa to anchor upon the shores of that empire. She made three visits to the country in three suce r the treaty of Kenne- awe urried that important document over the Isthmus to the capital of our country. ‘ihe official interviews of Captain Walker and officers with the dignitaries of Majico-olma in 1852, were as courtly, amicable, and circumstantial (though not so brilliant) an those’ of the Commodore at Napa-Kiang in 1863, and at Yedo in 1854, There was the most striking similarity in the ceremonies of deliberation on the part of the islanders, Everything claimed for the gallant old flagship is conceded, with the single exception of her pretension to have been “the pioneer of the late Japan Expedition.” A SARALOGA SAILOR. The Murder of Two Sisters in South Gard- ner, Mass. The Boston Traveller has an account of the cold blood- ed murder of two old ladies, at South Gardner, Mass., ina letter from that place, which says :— fiendish crime has been committed in this vicinity, between Baldwinville and Gardner. Two aged maiden sisters, living alone, some distance from their neighbors, were cruelly killed on Tuesday night. The sisters slept in separate rooms, and had goue to bed. One was kilted on the bed, by repeated blows of # lazge chair iound, and the other was felled by the same weapon as she was coming from her bedroom adjoining, (probably to see what ailed her sister), and then a large stone had been thrown on her to complete the infernal deed. One lay on the bed, the other at the foot, on the floor, Both were awfully beaten upon the head, The intent of the murderer was robbery, as everything was ransacked They were poor, were somewhere near sixty years of age, and were sisters of the late Abner Kneeland, the infidel. Both were pious. A vagrant Frenchman has been arrested on suspicion of being the murderer The 7raveller adds:—Ths murder, when announced in Fitchbure on Thoraday night, created an intense excite- ment. The fact that there appeared to be no motive for the crime-the victims being without any valuable moveabies or money—was considered a remarka cumstance. It is thought that a mirtake was mide, as there is another maiden couple about half a mile distant from the place of tke murder, who are weil off, but who, however, do not keep any great amount of money in the Ouse, A correspondent of the Milford Journal gives the fol lowing additional particulars of this borrid affair:— Garpygr, March 7, nearly Midnight. Mr. Editor—It was my"purpose to write to you at this time about a far different matter than the one which ia the most plain befure me. [have just returned from witnessing one of the most horrible sights imaginable This evening I was ata Lyceum gathering, hearing some remarks on emigration and secret societies, &e,, ia an- swer to a lecture last week by the Rev. Daniel Foster, io favor of the former and oppored to the la‘ter, under the name of ‘The character and life of Washington,”’ when we were startled by an announcement at the door that amurder bad been committed, and help was nested We started with a rush, and on our way found thet the supposed mur ‘erer was arrested, and we took a look at him and went on. We came to the house—a poor old dilapidated affair — in which had lived two old females, one 78 aad the other #8, known by the name of the Kneeland maids. They were subjects of charity, though not on the town en- tirely. ‘Ibe lower sash of the window was stove in or out, and there upon the floor, in her night clothes, lay one of these old women, with her head ali crushed or stabbed. (There was euch s crowd I had to look in at the window, and therefore could not tell certain.) Oa the bed was the other, and near her was a bloody chair, with which the deed was done. Oh, it was awful! It was probably done for plunder, as their trunks were burst open. The man arrested is a Frenchman, one of the mort ugly looking objects imaginable—some like Dickens’ ‘Fagin.’’ His clothes had spots of blood on them, and be waa seen near the house, which is situsted one and a hglf miles from the village, If he is innocent of the crime he ought not togo at large, No sum would tempt me to be willing to have such an object come to my house, if] lived in such a situation, although this had never ogcurred. The Traveller learns that the Frenchman, whore looks no disturbed the writer for the Milford paper, has been ; hut a man named Geerge Stacy was arrested chendon just as he was about taking the cars for ‘The names of the deceased are, Mian Mir- brother. vndent of the Journal speaks of the person depot as ise ‘8 Canadian, in stature and inferior in ated upon him, and he was y. He said he was going to but some time in the night ves and started from the piace. On being ‘Outing partics were sent in every direction, aptured at this station while stepping on board the cars, having purchased a ticke’ to Darlington, on bis way to Cana Heman Remarys Focxp tw Rocnesrer.—Cons- derable excitement exists at Rochester, indueed by the finding on Friday of the remains of a haman body (ina barn, which has not been used for the paxt three years, The remains were ina desayed condition, and had the appearance of having been in the place where found for some months. The body and limns wore cut im pieces and rate had made much havoc with the fle It is supposed that the remains are those of a fe there ie some suspicion that they are from a dissecting | Teom. about {From the Washington Union, March 11.) OUR PRESENT AND FUTUBE RELATIONS WITH CUBA. ‘The late declaration of the Spanish Cortes, that ‘the sale of Cuba would be the Foyt rere is presumed to embody the sentiment of the na- tion—seems, for the present at least, to have the aceable acquisition of that island by the United States teat all reasonable anticipation. Ap) tly, ite destiny is to remain, as now, a perpetual Morn in their de intrigues of Great Britain, feigned old pst fnrtrument in the heuds of the Angle Freach al for embarrassing our commerce nd oppressing our citizens, aad the convenient rendezvous of the alli fleets, for the purpose of intimidating the United States under pretence of protectidg the rights of Spain. But this is not the woret. Actuated by that comscious- ness of weakness which generates perpetual suspicion, the authorities of the island, and the agents of Lod in the United States, have established a system of espio nage among us as watchfulasd jealous as that of the Folice of s’aris and London. Not a vessel is dtted out at our seaports but is subject to their inquisition; and if it chance that a keg of powder, an old musket, or a rusty cutlass, is detected going on board, the alarm is given, the cry of filibusters raieed, the civil au- thorities invoked to arrest the voyage, and the President of the United States called on to enforce the neutrality laws. The whole nation is agitated by rumors of plots and unlawful combiwations, and a pretext gis to the despot of Cuba for new sacrifices of Spanis! and new outrages and indignities to American citizen: Not only this, but through tl strumentality of the British and French prese, all Ew ings with the atro- cious disregard by the people of the United States of the Jaws and rights of nations, and the inexcusable negli- gence, if not co-operation, of the government, in not promptly arresting these premeditated outrages. ‘Ibus the portentous phantom is perpetually resusci- isted and placed before the world; thus the repose of the people of the United States is u: ingly disturbed by romors having no other foundation than the coward- ly apprebensiops of conscious gi and the deep laid Political schemes of an insidious enemy, Thus, too, is our commerce embarrassed, our citizeus exposed to vex- atious interruptions in the pursuit of their lawful avo- cations, snd the national character assailed by every rumor, however idle, and every apprehension, however destitute of any foundation whatever, ‘No one conversant with the course of policy pursued by Great Britain in relation to Cubs, under color of the brosd mantle of philanthropy, can doubt for a moment that ber object is to convert that fertile island into an- other £t. Domingo or Jamaica, and that she 1s in a fair way ¢f attaining that object. She has established a sort of imperium in imperio in that islan’—s sort of ‘mixed commisrioa,”? agit iscalled, composed of recognized Kug lish agents and Spanish subjects, the latter of whom are known to be the mere tools of the former; and this commission presides over the interests of the slave po pulation—the most important of all others to the creole whites, It is sufficiently notorious that Cuba is now, though nominally colony of Spain, a dependency of the Anglo-French alliance. it ie doubly enslaved : first, by the despotiem of the mother country, and next by the arrogance ot its pretended protectors, who are incessant ly employed in undermining the great pillars of its i ternal peace and prosperity, under pretence of ing the slave trade, which they are, in tact, endeavor- ing to introduce in the disguise of coolies or peons— the most oppressive and aggravated form which ever assumed. Hs es philanthropist, Las doubt believed he bad achieved a great triumph manity by substituting the Americen Indiaas in p'act of the African negroes as slaves; and the great philai thropist, Jobn Bull, pretends to’ believe he will accom- plish asimilar feat by inveigling the poor Chinese into the toils of cooleyism and pera Neither the Chiaese nor the South American Indians are black, and, conse- quently, they do not come within the sphere of British philanthropy. But, setting this aside, so far as we can penetrate the dark region of the future, we do not hesitate to predict that Cuba, under its present and future influences, will continue to bea thorn in the side of the United States, and stick deeper and deeper with the progress of time. It has lately been a bad neighbor, and is likely to become every day worse. The pride of Spain, sustainad alose on the basis of past glory ang! power, which have long been lost, and can never returd, even were another New World discovered, and bolstered up by a crnsh on either side, will, inail probability, hereafter exhibit little else than the arrogance of the slave when conscious he will be sustained by master. We believe it will be impos- sible to live in peace with such a neighbor, so Jong as it remains in its present state of vassalage. The colomal authorities of that island have, it seems, the power of inflicting injuries, but xone to make reparation; and the government of the United States 1s compelled to appeal toa distant tribunal, whose maxim is, never to do to- day what can be put off till to-morrow. ‘The well known fact that Spain is iniebted to the ‘nited States for the continuance of her dominion ia Cuba, so far from inclining her to be even grateful or even just, has only made ber more arrogaat and ins:n- sible to reason or liberality. But for the neutrality laws of the United States, which are far more strict than those of any other government, Cuba wonld at this moment bave been at least independent, if not annexed to this confederation, bad such been itsdesire. The government of the United States was the great instru- ment that arrested what in a few months would have been an invasion, which no other power, in or out of Cuba, could have resisted. The government ot the United States preserved Cuba to Spain, and in go doing consigued many of its heroic, though mistaken, citizens to the tender mercies of Spanish justice, which all know ts equally prompt and unsparing. Whilst the conduct of Spain bas entitled her to no special k’ndness on our part, we bave submitted to her repeated insults and wrong, and have voluntarily preserved on our statute book laws which constitute the practical guarantee of her Cuban property. So far from withdrawing this vir tual protection which Spain enjoys through our neutral- ity Jawa, our government bas manifested a constant vigilance in preventing their infraction, which has pro- yoked the censures of many of its own citizens. All this is lost upou Spanish pride, or only serves to insti- gate it to grorser wrongs and insults. The vigilance of President Pierce in watching, and his promptitude in arresting, every cted attempt to tranrgress the neutrality laws, is sufficiently demon- strated by his whole course of policy on the subject; and yet the foreign and the Anglo-American which is its ‘‘geotle echo,” is not quite satisfied of his sincerity. Nor are Spain and the Cuban authorities at all contented with these public end decisive acts, which have hitherto arrested ali domestic combinations for the invasion of Cuba, authorities of her ‘brightest j ed, and never will be satisfied. They cannot sleep im peace for the apparition of the grim phantom of filibusterism; and in proportion to their fears is their hatred of the government aud people of the United States. There is, therefore, every reason to beheve that the future intercousse between Cubs and the United States, ro Jong it remains a colony of Spain, will be little else than a succession of insults and injuries on the part of the former, and unavailing efforts acne either reparation or spology on that of the ter. What, then, is to be done with such an impracticable neighbor, whom it seems impossible to conciliate, and who, under its present protectors, cannot be intimidated into a cessation or an atonement for insult and wrongs? The obvious answer to this question is, that the pur- chase of Cuba presents the only peacefal remedy which would certainly place the relations of the two conatries on the sure basis of enduring friendship. This is the measure proposed by the report of the Ostend'conference, and approved by the administration. Bat we have shown tbat, for the present at least, this measure is re- garded as impracticable. Other remedies have been suggested which address themselves to the legislative de- portment of the government. The repeal of our neu- trality laws was propored in Congress near its close, but there were obvious reaeons why so grave a proposition could not th+n be satisfactorily considered and acted upon. That the repeal of our neutrality laws would soon be followed by a successful revolution in Cuba can admit of little doubt. That sucha revolution would be effectuated without ultimately involving the United States in ® war with Spain, and probably with England and France, can hardiy be assumed by any one, Whilst we have so fair a prospect of being compelled to resort to coercive measures for the redress of wrongs and in sults already committed and persistently uvatoned for by Spain, we are not disposed to anticipate a resort by Congress to an indirect mode of bringing about a state of war, Jn confirmation of this remark, we rely upon certain earnest and significant passages in the despatch of Mr. Marcy, of November 13, 1854, which indicate clearly & continuance of our present difficulties with Spain is inconsistent with a continuance of peace- ful relations. Mr. Marcy faa “While the island of Cuba remains a cepencency of Spain, and the character of the rale over it is not changed, (and a change for the better can haroly be anticipated.) annoyances to our trade, and difficulties between our citizens and the local authorities, will be of frequent occurrence; and it is scarcely reasonable to expect that a pe thus ren: dered precerious will long remain unbroken.” Again. “Jn resuming negotiations with Spsin, you will in a Arm but sespecttul mapner impress upoa the ministry that it is the determivation of the President to have all tae matters in coatroverey between her and the United States speecily adjusted. He is desirous to have it done by negotiation, and would exceedingly regret that & failure to reach the end he bas in view in this peaceful way should devolve upon him the duty of recommendi a resort to coercive measures to vindicate our national righ d redreas the wrongs of citizens.” ‘These passages indicate with distinctness the probability of an early ruptare with Spain as the last remedy for injuries already inflicted, Our negotiations with spain during the recess of Congress will be coaducted with a full knowledge on her part that they must arrive at a satisfactory con- clusion during that time, or that coercive measures to vindicate our national rights and redress the wrongs of onr citizens will be urged upon Congress. To this course the President stands pledged, and if, unfortunately for Spain, her future course shall te as ‘unjust as ber past, Congress will be required to determine whether the remedy shall be applied by an open and direct resort to ‘oree, or by the indirect mode of repealing our neutral- ity laws d There is still another proposition which looks beyond the mere settlement and satisfaction of injuries and wrong: ready | flicted the seizure of the Island of Cuba after a refusal by Spain to sell, upon the principle of na- See ee eer te Yue This proposition, like the former, ade resses itself. to the legislstive department of our go yernment. It is presented with imposing weight in tho report of the late Ostend conterence. The fact that it has provoked the violent denunciations of the leadiag journals opposed to the acquisition of Cuba, furnishes no evidence that the doctrine arserted by the’ three dis. tinguished conferees is not sound and defensible. Con gress may not arrive at the conclusion that the state of things exists which would justify a resort to itaa proper, but we venture confidently to predic: that no American Congress will ever repudiate the principle iteelf. A re- sort to it pre-supposes two precedent conditions; first, that a full and liberal price for Cuba has been refused by Spain; second, that the annexation of the island is sential to the integrity and permanence of our Unio The wo conditions eatemished, the principle of nation. self-prerervation hecomes as clearly tenable as is the same doctrine amongst individuals. As «ll said by the conferees, this principle ‘ been made the pretext for commiting flagrant injustice, for that reason it ought enly to be resorted to as a Inet remedy, and thc uy for eelf-preceryation. Thus understood and thus cherished U; lanenene of the Ostend conferees : ‘‘Our past t we should acquire the island of Cuba with- consent of j by the great law of self-preservation. We must, in any even’ serve Our own titude our own sel & the possession of Spai: usly poe and the existence of our cherished Union. Until iplomacy shall have been exhausted in fruitless efforts to obtain redress for past injuries and security future 8, these grave questions, addressing them- selves seeli to Congress, may very well be postponed by the executive. When the proper time comes, the re- commendations of the President will indicate distinct; the measures which, in his judgment, shall be demand by the national honor, News from the British West Indies. LOSS OF H. B. M. WAB SCHOONER BERMUDA—THE WEATHER— CHINESE IMMIGRANTS IN TROUBLE ~IN- DUSTRIAL PROGRESS AND EXECUTIVE NSGLECT—A MOVEMENT IN THE BAPTIST CHURCHES. We bave received our files of Kingston (Jamaica) papers, dated to the 26th of February. The news is not yery important, but the journals contain some interest- ‘ng miecellaneous items. ‘The Kingston Morning Journat of the 5th ult., saye:— ‘The brigantine Bermudiana, from Turks Island, arrived at Port Antonio on the Ist inst. She reports the total oss of Her Majesty’s schooner Bermuda, Lioutenant Cushman, lately commanded by Capt. Jolly. The sbip Prince Albert, from Portsmouth, with a de- tachment of the 36th Regiment, was in the Offing last evening. The Falmouth Post of Feb. 15, speaking of the weather, fays:— Breezy, rainy, attended with a heavy swell of the sea from strong westerly winds. About half-past ten AM., on Sunday, the Yown was visited by a sort of whirlwind, which 'raised a cloud of dust over the house tops, and seemed for a moment disposed to carry every. thing before it. It began'in a northerly direction, and round to the southwest, stripping leaves from rotten limbs, which were strewed about in large quantities. Several pe trees were snapped as if sawn, through the midale, and other trees were also bro- ken down. The waves rolled into the bay with great violence, lashing the already dilapidated seawalis on the shore. While we write this the rollers continue to break upon the shore with a tremendous roaring noise. ‘The Kingston Morning Journal of the 10th ult. al- luces to the condition of the Chinese immigrants, in the following terms:—‘ Several of these people are still wan- dering about the island, begging alias of the inhabitants. Kings‘on, Spanish Town, an Ann’s Bay have beon more troubled with these ars than anywhere else; but the second named town will soon be entirely rid of them, as the magistrates have given directions to the police to tahe them into custody as vagrants, Already have their Worships sentenced many of these idlers to the St. Ca- therine’s District Prison, and they are now working in the streets of Spanish Town. ’’ The same journal informs us of the industrial pro- 8 of the island, thus:— We have just returned from our second visit to the Local Exhibition, and we are glad to find that it has proved, in spite of ominous precictions, a complete triumph; and those gentlemen who have so indefatigably persevered in getting up ar- ticles for the Paris Exhibition, are entitled to the thanks of the community.”’ Notwithstanding thie favorable picture, we find that Mr. Thompson gave notice of the following motion in the House of Assembly, on the 13th of the same month: Resolved, ‘That the depressed c-ndition of the country, aggravated by the increased duties levied in the British market on its chief article of export, demand the serious consideration of this House, representing the general body of the people, with the view to the early enact- ment of measures tending to the relief and support of the agriculture of the colony. Kesolved, That this House, whflst regretting that no proposition should have emanated from the Executive Committee caleulated to aaviate the distress under which the agricultural interests are confessedly labor- ing, feels called vpon to declare that unless some com- prekensive measures are at once proposed with this im- portant object, the island must speedily cease to be an exporting country. ‘A large meeting ofan association’called “Ihe Jamaica Baptist Association of Ministers and Churches,’’ had been held in Spanish Town Upwards of sixty delegates at- tended. Among the objects contemplatea in this union are the following:—1. ‘lo promote @ interests of re- igion in connection with the Baptist denominations in this island and in Africa, 2. To cultivate friendly in- tercourse and cordial co-operation in everything tive tothe asrociated churches. 2. Te establish fraternal correspondence with the churches connected with the union and other bodies of Christians throughout the island. 4, To acdrese an annual letter to the associated churches, with such information as may be deemed ne- cessary, 5. To cbtain accurate statistical information relative to the churches and schools,in the coanection. 6. To aesist in the establishment and support of new stations, and to take cognizance ef evecytoom affecting the interests of the denominaticn, and of religion and education in general, throughout the island. Tre Union 1s founded on a full recognition of the dis- tinolive principles of each respective church, viz : the Scriptural right of every church to maintain perfect in- cependence in the government and administration of its own particular affairs. Opening of the Great Railway Suspension Bridge at Niagara Falls, UNION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CANADAS. [From the Buftalo Express, March 10.] A special train left Hamilton, C. W., yesterday morn- ing, for the purpote of crossing the # , being the first train that has passed over this magnifi- cent trivmph of engineering skill. The Managing Di- rector of the Great Western railway, the Vice President, and the beads of the several departments, with their invited guests, arrived at the bridge about 1 o'clock, ‘The parsenger engine and tender, crowded with people, crosted over tothe American side, and after returning, one of the mammoth English freight engines made its appearance on the track, gaily decorated with British snd American colors—flying in honor of the union of British America and the United States—and crowded with the novelty and excitement seeking spectators. At the moment that the colosssl engine entered upon the bridge, the crowd united their voice in singing ‘ God Save the Queen!”? and as {t passed to the centre, three hearty cheers were given and responded to by the de- lighted multitude on both the American and Canadian ricer of the river. The train ther proceeded to the American British mingling with Yankee voives— bia” and “Yankee Doodle” were sung with the sa heartiners and spirit that had characterized the singing of Britain's natiopal air. The opening of this mighty and magnificent structure —well worthy of being classed with the world’s wonders —really ferme an epoch in the history of the world. It unitys with strong iron bands two countries—to the in- telligence and enterpriso of whose inhabitants the bri¢ge owen its existence, and stands a fitting monu- ment. Its ‘strength can never be fully tested—the weight of a fully laden train being but a trifle in comparison tag its capacity. A train of eight cara, flied with pasvom: ers, two baggage cara, locomotive and tender, wei Gut about 15¢ tons; this being only one-sixtieth’ of fia immenge capacity. The influence that this unfon of railroads will have, toth in a commercial and social point ot view, ean hardly be over-estimated judging from the enoriuous traffic that already sceks this delighéful and expeditious route under the heretofore e: ing want of connections of the railways terminating at the bridge. Thi y portion of the bridge ir, we understand, leased and controlled by the Great’ Western Railway Company, ard bas laid upon it tracks of three different ganges, viz:— The New Yerk Central, ‘The Elmira, Canandaigu The Grent Western, 5 feet 6 inches; —thus affording facilities for the transit of passengers and freight from all the different lines. The following statistics will give some idea of the great bridge nnd its capacity, from which some inter- esting calculations might be made—such as total length of wires, &c , &e.—but these must be reserved for a tuture oecasion:— Length of span from centre to centre of towers, 822 feot. Height of tower aboverock on the American yjde, 88‘ Do. do. do. Canada beg Do. do. do. floorofrailw’y, 60 *« Nomber of wire cables. 4 Diameter of cach cable. 10 inch, Number of No. 9 wires 3,669 Ultimate aggregate strength of cable: 12,400 tons. Weight of superstructure... é 760“ Do. do 1,250 « Maximum weight the ppert.o... Height of track abov Supreme Court—General Term. Hon, Judges Mitchel), Morris and Clerke, presiding. DRCISIONS. Abraham Be] y. William J. Staples et al,—Order ap- pealed from: afirmed with costs ftepben Binney y Eugene Le Gal et al. In ap action aginst two partners, one of them has no power to moke the offer to the piaintiff to take judg- ment under the ewe on behalf of himself and his co- partner, without rime evidense from which it Is to be ipferred that nis copartner authorized him and made the offer, or asentedto it Order appealed fron to be modified without costs, bl Bouland, the otler defendant, need not give # curity. Edward Beck and chars y. J. Ryback et al.—Order appealed from to be modfied without costs, according to interlineations made by the court in the copy sub- mitted to the court. Andrew 3. Garr, petitions, &¢., in Kanouse v. Mor- ton.—Order appealed from lirmed, on condition that plaintiff consent that petition be made a co defendant; if consent be not given, order ®pealed from to be modi fled with that condition, George W. Busteed v. James Lyach.—Reserved. lewis Curtisy D. Leavitt et &—In this case a spe- cial receiver bad applied to the curt’ for instructions with regard to the funds in his hens; held, that he is an officer of the court, as mach 80 @ the clérk of the conrt would be if he held the funds, aad is therefore en- titled to the instructions of the court, vith reference to his duty under ita directions. Special receiver is directed not to pay the sums de- creed to be paid by the first decree, until the appeal be dispored of, or the further order of the csurt. The on this motion to be pe oxt of the peal shall be disposed of. y George W. Elwards.—Orcer ap- pesled from afirmed with costs. The People ex. rel. Cropsey vy. Richmond Plank Road Company.—Order appealed from affirmed with costs, John Grabam y. Pierce J, Avery,.—Order appealed from affirmed with coste, Notices ef Medical Publications. ‘The “Awmnican Mupi0a, Gazerrs AND JOURNAL or Hearru,” edited by Dr. Meredith Reese, and published by Dix, of New York, has reached the third number of the sixth volume. This number (new series) is now before us, and is well caloulated to sustain the reputation of the periodical as a vehi- cle for the diffusion of interesting and original mat- ter amongst the members of the profession. A con: tribator, “Knickerbocker,” farnishes an article under the heading of “Medical Education in New York,” in which he cguterizes pretty severely the management and arrangemests of the medical de- partment of our City University. Dr. J.C. Lee, of this city, publishes his notes of case in which a large uterine tumor was successfally removed by ligature, and his patient completely cured. The use of the muriated tincture of iron in cases of yel- low fever (accompanied with black vomit), erysipe- las, and scarlet fever, is advocated by Dr. John C. §. Monkur, who founds his confidence in the reme- dy on the result of satisfactory trials in his own ice. The number also contains a carefully compiled table, showing the total mortality in the four principal cities of the Atlantic coast during the past year, the number of fatal cases occurring from the various prominent diseases, such as consunmpticn, cholera, fevers, cholera infan- tum.’ &o., with the averaged ratio of the deaths to "the present estimated population of each place. Some usefal remarks on the application of wheat flour during the inflammatory stage of burns and scalds, a notice of the Medical University of Michigan, and the usual editorial matter. Dr. Robert Hunter, of New York, has furnished an ori- ginal contribution on the use of ‘Inhalation in the Treatment of Diseases of the Chest,” which we deem worthy of reproduction in our columns. The article is clear, well written and sensible, and is ad- dressed by Dr. Hunter to his brethren of the pro- fession at large as an explicit declaration of the principles on which he practices in a speciality with acknowledged benefit to a large and widely extending circle of patients, both from this city and the surrounding distriets. His avoidance of every indication of empizicism and his rational diagnosis of all affections of the throat and lungs, with his very successful application of remedial agents in the shape ot medicated vapor, have caused Dr. Hun- ter to be already patronized by some of our leading physicians, fand his house is daily crowded with patients. We give his communication entire, as it Will interest a large class of sufferers from bronchital affections: — INHALATION. To THe Eprror OF THY AMERICAN MEDICAL GAZETTE :— Smr—As the treatment of chronic disease of the lungs, by inhalation, is now attraeting the earnest attention of the profession and the public throughout the entire Union, a few remarks regarding the manner of its applt- cation cannot fail to be interesting to the readers of the Medical Gazette. If there be ameng the ills to which humanity is liable one which y,re-emimently claims the attention and thought of our profession, it is surely that melan: affection pepularly known as consumption. Thei few, indeed, etther in or out of the a who have not a direct and painful interest in the subject. The object of this communication is to lay beforo Ri readers a very brief explanation of the treatment y inhalation, and its merits, as a remedial means, I shall not now consider it necessary to review what | conceive to be the errors of usual practice—its inade- quacy—and its total failure; since these are already be ‘ully known to every physician. Nor shall I deem it necessary to fortify my own position or observa- tions by the proofs at my disposal. I have thought proper, as a specialist, to enter into a popular and practical discussion of inhalation; and to carry that discussion forward with vigor, in order to save inbalation from the hundred pretensions and impo- sitions of quackery and nostrum vending, which I fore- in saw would immediately follow its announcement. my opinion, there is no greater antidote to quack than sound information given to the people. But, though the popular discussion of a medical subject ne- cestarily involved the violation of a somewhat stringent code of ethics, I have endeavored, throughout, toobserve dsmy professional brethren; and itis now my happiness to know that my motives have not been misunderstood. N nt ip my professional life gives me more genu- ine + tion than the daily receptien of letters from pbyricians, appreving, in the most fi terms, my advocacy of inhalation. Daily I receive applications for specific information regarding the medicines to be used, their strength and combinations, and I would gladly comply with every request were it judicious to do so. But © moment’s reflection will convince any medical wan that such a course is wholly impracticable. It is my intention, as soon as I can accomplish it, to give the profession the full benefit of my experience in an ample work on the subject. I am now laboring earnestly to effect this purpose. I regard experience as the safest guide, and every day’s accumulation enhances its value. the past has nothing on this point to bring to my aid, Ip no other branch of our profession are materials of any value so scanty. Until I am prepared, there- fore, to give the complete results of my experience, I do not think it advisable, nor, in fact, practicable, to send out partial formule, which in many instances might, rom being improperly applied, be prejudicial to this treatment, on the correctness and triumph of which I have staked my professional reputation, But while I reserve this privilege as but simple justice to myself and the cause 1 advocate, let me assure, in the kindest manner, thore who are looking for information on the subject, that the publication of my views shall not be delayed lo: an unavoidable circumstances require. of the future, Iam happy at this time to lay before your readers the instruments employed by myself in the treatment of the various affections of the throat and saa, ‘These are : Inbaling Instrament, Showering Syringe, Stethoscope, and Pulmometer. The inbaler, contrived by myself, has only reached its present perfection after years of experiment and contin- ual improvement. It is made of less, ‘and holds about a pint of water. The entrance into it is closed by a cork, having a metallic cap, through which pass two tubes. One of these is glass, and passes from the top of the cork down below the fluid, to within a quarter of an inch of the bottom. The other tube passes through the cork and rises above it, is elastic, about fifteen inches long, and furnished with a glare mouth piece. ‘The principle of its construction is very simple. On inhaling through the elastic tube,» vacuum is created above a stream of fresh air 8 into in- fluid being medicated, thoroughly impregpates the air with its properties; and in this manner every effect that can be produced by medicine is obtained in the lungs, with a degree of certainty un- éqvalled by sny other form of admimstration. By si ly varying the medicines put into the fluid, the vapor ie rendered “expectorant,”’ “soothia timulating,”” “glterative,’”’ or “astringent,” at pleasure. In using the inbaler, we first half fill it with cold, warm, or hot water, the temperature being g governed by the volability of the medicines to be in! . Next we gE into the water the medicine to be used as a dose. e patient is then directed to inbale for five, ten, or fifteen minutes, being careful to inflate the lungs to their fullest capacity, but without straining or violence. Fach inbalation bears the same relation to the lungs that a dose of medicine to the stomach, or the applica tion of a dressing to a diseased surface, bears to other parte of the body; and the same principles should go- vern the frequency of their administration. Usually, in chronic affections, three or four in! ions are taken in the day; but in acute attacks, ten or twelve may be ne- cersary. It wili bence be seen that ‘inhalation’ is not a medi- cine, but merely a method of treatment, by which medi- cines are applied directly to the internal surface of the lungs in disease. It can never be honestly employed without a full knowledge of all the symptoms and pecu- larities of each ease, and the ptation of the reme- dies accordingly. In one case the expectoration ispro- Tuse and exbausting; in another it is small in quantity, and only forced from the windpipe by the most violent cough. In some cases the disease is confined to the lining membrane of the bronchial tubes, while in others it exists in the air-cells and beneath the mucous tissue. ‘Tubercles may have been deposited, or the affection may beentirely bronchial. Asthma may be dependent on inveterate bronchitis, or arise from some functional dis- turbance. In some cases it 1s permanent, in others spasmoilic. In one case the system is nervous and irritable, the body wasted, snd the diseare far advanced, while in another the disease isin its en he and the flesh and strength but little distur! iow, in the treatment, mptoms, the kind of diseare, the stage, and the pe ties of each case must all be considered. Bo: medicines, when inhaled, increase the quantity of mat- ter expectorated; others diminish it. Some are socthing tothe infismed mucous membrane, and allay cough; are stimulating and increase it. act ly on the longs; others are absorbed into current of the circulation, and extend their curative nfluence, through the medium of the blood, to every part of the body, The remedies employed in {nhalation are numerous and varied, according to the indications fulfilled in each Seo case It will be suffisient to classify the in- lations sccording to the object to be obtained by their use. I make five classes:— 1. Expectorant inhalations are used to promote ex- pectoration when it is difficult, or attended with much cough. They take the place of the expectorant ‘“mix- tures,’ and are more beneficial from acting directly on the affected part, We have, infact, no expectorants that are not go 1 their action. 2. Anodyno inhalations are of great service in the treatment of the irritable cough of old people, and, em. ployed in copnection with either of the other classes, render the combined action much more soothing Jungs. on the Though not directly curative, anodyne inba great service in allaying distressing symp: ily in epabhng us to make more free haracter. 3. Aatringen tions are employed im ‘ humid bronchitie,”’ and in all cases where there is excessive expectoration sccompanied by # relaxed state of the mucous membrane. 4. Anti-epasmodic Inbalations are need in certain mia, BETVOUS cough, fpurious cough, sod forms of aat the like, the experience halation is based to order, I introduced it into the U: States in the spring of 1861, as « rational and ay practice in pulmonary diseases. Prior to that time the sieemien of 4 foc S ni haling lodine from s teapot. One physician of city, rominently identified with the treatment of throat sad lung diseases, used to direct his patients to rubiodineom the chest on retiring to bed, and then to draw the blanket over the head, that the fodine, rendered heat of the body, might be inhaled—tnereby competing the poor sufferer to breathe over and over not only the es thrown off from the lungs, but the offensive exe lations of the body. I merely mention these facts to show that there were neither instruments.for inhalation, nor correct ideas ig iegard either te the remedies to be employed or the mam ner of their employment. Breat! the vance of iodine, rimple or combined with conium, rarely beneficial, nd tar vapor is only applicable to one particular form. of pulmonary disease; while in all others it is positively horttul. The physician cannot employ inhalation either with benefit or Coe without the it of ex) om the subject. From having so bored this de. peroint of my profession, with a practice which I ruly say! is unprecedented in its itude, I trast shall not be boogepe too much when regard my exten: sive experience as of great value to the profession. It will pe at once apparent, from the foregoing remarks, that inbalation gives us the means of access to those in. tricate air-passages and cells which have heretofore lain beyond the reach of direct medication. It opens the door to the skill of the physician, and enables him to treat dis- eases of the lungs with the certainty of reaching the very root of the evil. I cannot but regard this as the most important medical fact of the day, and I wish to seo it used in close combination as a powerful au: te other means at the disposul of the profession ; and not degraded by aed, and false pretensions into a ‘ uni- versal specific.” It ie a rational system, worthy the labor of the greatest mind, and the longest life of ma, to develope to its fullest extent. 1 hope with the earnest- ness of an enthusiasm, based on practical experience, to seo ‘consumption,’’ at no very Hegel sits brought by the means of inhaiation, properly skilfully used, as much under the control of general medical asaro now the ordinary curable diseases of the body. In the same cut with the inhaler you will observe & stethoscope, formed something I'ke an ear trumpet ; and also the showering a: tay used by me in the treatment of catarrh and sore throat, The chief merit of this stethoscope consista in ite being flexible, without Seales any of its exeele lence for conducting sound. ends are made of ivory, and the connection of a covered elastic tube, lined by & metallic coil, whichis secured firmly to each end of ¢ instrument, and increases very much its conducting power. One great inconvenience experienced in the us of the common straight stethos , is the contained Position in which it necessarily places the pliysician. is is obviated by the flexible stethoscope, more entirely so by my instrument than soe use, The syringe is about nine inches in lepgth, is made of silver, and will hold about three drachms of liquid. It is of the size of the Jargest catheter, and gradual), tapers down at its nozzle to one of the smallest size. hasa blunt extremity, which is also curved to enable: the operater to turn it up behind the curtain of the palate into the posterior nares, or downwards into the Half an inch of the lower extremity of the pharynx. syringe is perforated on every side with very fine holes, rough which, in disehi it, @ perfect shower ig thrown poapek every partot ‘the cavity at the same in- stant. ¢ handles of the syringe are formed with like the ordinary syringe for hydrocele, which gives the operator full control of the instrument. ie chief merits of this syringe are, that it enable us to make mere thorough application to the diseased part thenany other means; that it saves the patient from the pain and injury ¢irectly resulting from the pres:ure of the jainst the inflamed surface; that enabius ug applications to parts which, from their irre= annot be fully and properly reached by any aa for example asal passages; finally that in such cases of laryngeal disease as require liquid medication, it is imfinitely superior to the whalebone and sponge trom occasioning no irritation in its introduction, evabliog us to apply, by the pressure on the piston, just the quantity we 'desire—and in af- fording no hold for th smodic grasp of the glottis. I wos formerly in the habit of using as s syringe ® common elastic catheter, which I prepared by filling up the opening at {ts extremity with sealing wax, and them with a redsbot needle perforated the tube in a hundred places; the director was maie to serve the pur; of ‘piston, and it really proved a most eficient insti te Hundreds ot cases of chronic eatarrh owe their cure to the use of this simple contrivance. ‘The stethoscope and showering syringe were made for me by Mr. Tieman, the celebrated surgical instrument. ids of this city, and are entirely open to the profea- sion. The object of the Pulmometer is to measure the ca- pacity of the lungs for air; and it is a most valuable aid in determining the amount of healthy lung remaining. It ‘was proposed, I bel by Mr. Abernethy, the late emi- mn, Asemployed by him, it consists in s- glass jar, which is filled with water, and inverted in a basin. A bent tube is so contrived it passes Delow the edge of the jar, and comes up on its inside ta the top. On blowing through this tube the patient ia able to displaee an amount of water equal to the volume of air in his lungs. In health, this quantity is found to vary from six to eight quarts, while in disease of the lungs it will not often amount to more than two or three quarts. < The instrument employed by myselt is somewhat dif- ferent, though the principle—that of measuring the ca- acity of the lungs fer air—is Precisely the same. To ¢ top of a beli-giass receiver, capable of holdii anda half gallons of water, I have an elastic tube at- tached, which communicates by a stop-cock and comnecs tion with the interior of the instrument. The jar is im- verted over a pdt chad trough, and is graduated om three sidee—first from below upwards, to measure the cubic inches of air removed from the jar at one ins; tion, by the rive of the fluid within; secondly, from abeve downwards, to determine the eubic inches of air throwm into it st a single expiration. 7 the number of di ae — I re aprons ibe 0 give the average he: y capacit, in estes of different heights, male ith this of fe- yi hith tein addition, it iv s mont accurate and valuable ide wi ard to cay an eu] to avything of the Peo Me agian ised I trust the foregoing romarks will not only prove in- teresting to your readers, but serve to awaken an in- terest in this means of treatment, which promises #0 much, not only for the relief of human sutering, but for the honor of our profession. I have the honor to be, air, your obedient servant, ROBERT HUNTER, M. DQ No, 828Broadway, New York, Feb. 13, 1855. This number of ths Review closes with some well written notices of medical works, and some very readable miscellaneous matter. We have received the March number ofthe “New Jersey Mepicat Reporter.” This monthly journal maintains its well established reputation asa re liable medium for the diffusion of medical and sur- gical knowledge. Iu the present number we have ® continuation of the correspondence between Dr. Williems, of Massachusetts, and the late Dr. Jonathan Pereira, of London, with some other ori- ginal contributions of much interest. Extracta froffi the minutes of the New York Pathological Society are given, with a full report of the transac- tions of the Medical Society of New Jersey. The book notices and extracts contain much usefal matter, whilst the editorial pages are, as usual, well written, and free from prejadice or corporate bias. Mayor Wood and St. Patrick’s Days TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. I see that the Catholics aivertice aa a part of their programme for the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day review of certain regiments by Mayor Wood. If this be one of the new Mayor's reforms, it is much more likely to meet opposition than his ‘crushing out’’ of the Sun- day liquor traffic, In the first place, the Mayor, by this review, would seem to recognise the above regiments ae Cathelic soldiers, and not of the United States—good Romans, but not true Americans. In the second, he aa- sists in celebrating a holiday which is repugnant te the great body of the American people, for the reason that it in celebrated ass religious affair, and contrary to the r constitution usder which we are supposed to live; and, moreover, it is questionable whether sational cr State officers shou'd be made to play second fiddle ta a set of met who keep up religious festivities with ma- tional costumes, arms of war aad public parades. With- cut being a Know Nothing, 0 e A., or anything else of the sort, I question whether it is policy for the Mayor in these excited times to mix himself up with St. Patrick’s friends or his foes—the toada, if you like to call them such. If he keeps up the birthday of the Irish pa- tron saint, he certainly will have to do somet! for the spiritualists for and quiet, and he may be called tpon at no distant day to do honor to Brigham Young, or satisfy every other religions fanaticism of the age. Let Mayor Wood be careful how he mixes himself up with things not pertaining to his office, or he may cut the throat of his own popularity. . A TENTH WARDER. Tox my THe St. Lawrence.—The Quebec says ; The thick mass of ice which covers the St Law- mee 0} ite the city, extended tal a few days jy ss fardown a# Point Levi, where the dark wat has been visible the whole season. The ice, however, {a pow prolonged some torty m les below the Fo with in transversal apace, onl eres be ween the newly formed lower bridge that eed the . A clear sheet having formed on actors thd opening in sight of the city, the entire is now united, forming greater surface of ice on tego + the St, Lawrence than hae been witnessed vince