The New York Herald Newspaper, July 13, 1855, Page 2

WATIONAL POLITICS IN THE SOUTH. @ Sectional er a Union — The Charleston Mercury Denounees'tne Know Notnings— = Sew Orieans welts Nominates George ; (From the Charleston Mercury. | _ THE UNION OF THE SOUTH. We hoid it to be impoasibie for any ustional par- touched the South, and subje very peti- tions. Silas Wright, tue giant leader of New York, astered it again and spate in tones of prophetic warning. And Daniel Webster, with his hand upon *be constitution, and in eloquent tributes of patniot- Je love, declared that slavery, it unchecked, destroy the Union. But the South took f:om the mouths of the con- evasive men of the North this potent argument, when, by her submission, she taught them that she wight be insuited and trampled upos with impunity. ‘Fhe memorable leseon then taught bas never been @rgovten. it disheartened and des:royed the frienda ef sce South at the North, and added new vigor and yasolence to ber enemies. What has been the cor- fequence? In each successive struggle from that @ay 10 this—in "46, upon the Wilmot proviso; in ’50, pon her exclusion from California, and Uta end Mew Mexico——ber friends at the North have quailed ‘vefore sboiition, fallen in spirit and nambers, uotil Rew, ™m the yruebect of aggression fiercer than ever wefore, she finds herself without any support a’ the North, wich her laat_hops—the demociatic party-— prostrate beneath fanaticism. Such are the bicter and mortifying truite of that miserable policy which @ried “* peace, peace,” when the watch vord of tne South sbould have been, dieaaion or our rights. The North does not believe in Soutnern resistance, We remembers her past !ond aud angry threats, sli endivg in worda snd nothicg more. It sees that while it ie rapidy advan ing in power, the South is falling behind, and ite arrogance follows the change. Bat, more than a, it calculates upon the magic of efficze and honors—the spoils of Prestientia' ele:- Nens—:+o bay up Southern politicians and calm aud eteat the Boutn. The game bas sucseeded so often before, why +bould it failnow? Tone the fear of Routhern spirit and of Sonthern strength no longer @istorbs or chevks the designs of fansticiem, and persies can no longer be rallied atthe North wits the view of propitisting the South, lest her resistance sbould destroy the Unioa. Rn} if there could arise in the North a party so dele 29 to peril its own strength at home by pledges Ye the South, it is absolutely certain that it will vio. jJate them. They will be made eithont faith, and Viciated without companction. Our experience on thet point ie ampe. On toe tariff—a measare which had ite opponenta in both aactions of toe Usion—the democratic par'y broke ita faith again and egain. At each national convention it renewed ite pledges to the policy of free trade, yet they @iand unredeemed to this day. And the very las: move made upon the subject, Sacretary Gatarie’s groiect, wae & palpable desceat trom the modifl:a- ma ot '46. Bp hat hope, then, of Norshera faith 3m @ question far more intense and controlling, which has banded the whole North together—the question of slavery? Fanaticism hag fixed the wtemp of death upen any party or man at tne North that dares be true to the Sonth. It points to the ignominious fate of the democratic and whig parties 8 Warning, which none can disregard and lize. h prise all to the altar, and makes thim swear the eath of eternal hatred to tue South. No p'edges, therefore, of regard ther institutions can be kept by Northern partie. Nor can the South derive safety from national peities, for another reason. The North is the greseor— the South the aggressed. The crasade upon her bas been sieadily assuming a type more sud more uncompromizing. The only terms upon ‘which a patty can be organized is, that Soath should acquicace in being wronged and degraded. ‘Fhe North will not yield, and the South must, else mo organization can be eff:cted. Time was when were possible. But can there be an en the Ksnsas issue? Must she not be eitner ad- mitied or excinded as a slave State? What ea-thly Chance does any party at the North stand waich goes for her iseion on that ground? And how can the S.uth affiliste with, or find safety in, an party which deserts her on this queatioa? No! it 1s written in the bitter experieaces of the past, th2' the North feela neither respect nor fear of the South—that the pledges of national parties ars beats and mockeries, and that there can be neituer safety nor honor in them for the South. What, then, must be the course of the Syu‘h? AB true men agree that in union is her oaly safety. How ia tt to be accomplished? Shai) sve throw herself into the arms of a national party? Will ‘that unite ber? What surer way of producing divi wien? Did national parties ever do otherwise than set Southern men upon each other, in the hot ecram- Die for office, to the neglect of their pwn in‘eree:s and section? Can they touch or catl forth that deep patriotism in the South which can neither for- e nor forget their treacheries, and szorrs it base trickeries? Unite the Soutn, by chain- her to the woreela of cozrupt parties, having rt the faith nor the power t> protact her! Unite the South, by delivering her up to the North, ‘with all its power and determination to oppress and crush her! Unite the South, py invangiing her into aesociations with men who have no sympathy but thst of the spoiler of the strong towards the weak; wo eim but to use and abandon her! The thiag is impose) de. ich were our reflections upon reading a receas article in the Colambia Times, in woich the course of the Mercury apon Kaow Nothingism is con demned as fatal to toe union of the Suth. Now, What has been its course? What have we dous bat to hold up to the South and to Southera Know Nothings the c*araeters end priacipies of th ir Northern sllies, and to warn them against ther apeceistion? And in so doing, have we prejudised the hopes of Southern union? What! is the South ‘to be upited by hust:ng up the truth, and rashing blindiy iat» he embraces of her deadiiest foes? Do Southern Kyo# Nothings ark of us silence ia refe- Bence to weir Northern alliew efter the scsnes in Philadelohin? We have never accnsed tne former ef treachery to the Bcuth. We velieve that there are many heerts among them brimfal of devotiou to ber. Bot they ask what we can never grant, whew they expest us to be mute upon the ereat @ante of the Synth, in order thst Kaow Nothingism may triumph. [618 a sacnfice of principle and duty which no party ctn receive at our hinds, But again. The position of affdrs, just before tae advent ofthe Know Nothing party, was eminou iy fevorsbie to the union of the Soath. Toe old parties ‘were dismemberat The whigs ia ths South had been driven out from tne party ranks by tos demon @f abolition. The democrats ot the Soutn were ex Periencing a like fate. A storm of asequalied fury Was descending upon us. Througiout the Sonata ‘the necersity of union was becoming an imperative eonvictica. Everything pointed to and favored the oun! jon. The Know Nothing patty arose, and what was the resuit? It restored to Soutnera whige the hope of re-establishing their party, through its organization, avd revived their fait pag hag for national idols. 1a Virgiavs—through- eur the South, the whig journals welcomed its ad. Yent, and espoused its cause. It galvanized the hopes of defunct politicians, sid brought together ‘We bungry horde. Bat worst of all, it caught the Sympathy of many trae Southern men, wnose sup, port, while it gave respectability to the cause weakened “ee south in her tenderevt point, It ab! ionaliam, and speaks only of nat sm. feat of the constitution and out rigate, it de: elares the Union to be the paramount politi- cal a5 maa the neces mea baghee 4 y em on the same foot- with abolition fanatics, aad as if to throttle the South and tie her down, that abolition may trample out her life, it binds the consciences of Southern men by the third degree. jt introduzes mew, interior, aud destructive questions into our Poramioant ‘question. It proposes a "tan" etee le ‘veat,” whic! bitterness and discord in every community. 0 these, and more, has Know Nothingism broug at upon us.” Yet the Columbia T'ines speaks of it ay a perez 0 unite the South in resisting the agzressioaa of North—the genuine resistance party now formed in the {Will the J'imes point us $0 euch a claase in its platform? It is anionism, ne. tionallam, in every line. How can such aa objest be accomplished without complete abandonmen, ot ‘ita moat solemn injunctions? Perhaps it will tell us that the Southern Know Nothings will resist, should the national party fail te falfil their pledges. ie it that Southern men should again be duped and betrayed before they even talk of resistance? Tne Columbia Tomes may be right wien it says that ao long as the Mercury pursues its course the South will not unite. But it will be because she still cling: a to ba tional parties, in spite of their faithlessness to her, apd because, in the moment most propitious and oriticel, these party interests will be able to drag ber pack into the toils. {From the New Orleans Delta.) A WORD TO THE AMERICAN COUNCIL NOW ASSEMOLED 08 THIS CITY—THE TWO PREAIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, LAW AND FILLMORE. mur advice to the democratic party was con- femediy beneficial in ite effec, and induced the to discard the drag-weight of the ir stand apon broad, polic ground; ae that eivice ba: been received With approval ia the North aa well a2 in the South, audits wiedom and timeliness ware practically illustrate’ bé tne ection of the late Ba- son Rouge Conventior, which ignored the foreign and domesitc policy of Mr. Pierce, with the excep- tien of ¢! ortion thereo’ which the iaangura! and Presidential vetces embrace¢—it cam scarcely ve coveidered presumptuous if we adopt the same dis- interested policy tow: the Americana Conacil Doe sssembied in this cisyas the repraeentative of the Know Nothing Order of the S:ate of Locisiwaa, and venture on a fea suggestions with reference to ite course ov the foremost national question whion Mnvet occupy ita immediate attention There are two candidates on the American inte- reet for the Presidency in 1856, whose claims will probably be brought before the convention, formal- ly or informally, at an early atage of ite pro:eed- inge. When we remember that Houston, of Tsxas, fe political): , and that the corpee of his repa- tation bas ignominiously diseacted within the Jest month by bie oid companions in arms, a0 that even the distinction of San Jacinto is denied to his memory—that Stockton was never fairly in the fisld, anc bas certainly ceed very little effors to promcte dis litical interest—that Garrett Davis ia ex- clured their favor by bis derce aad undis- guised sectariaziem, the €xtirpation of which, in this Btate at Jeast. is ane of the objevts of the Coun- cil—that Re: , of Carolina, fel! between to stv0ls 8¢ Philadelphia, and neither concilisted Massa nbu- setts nor fatisfied the South—when those stern sod positive facts are valued at their intrinsic worth, it 1s Deediess to aid that the candidates to whom we refer are ¢x-Presidont Fillmore and George Law, of New York. Between their pretensions, merits and availabilt ty, the Cuvnci! must decide. That decision maat be vencered or ata future period, and the soouer the del ga’es come to a satistactory conclasion the beter for the prospects of ei pers . Cne qiez tion of the Presidency underlies her questions —it capnot be trifted with or staved off, and the a:- t4on of Lonisiana in the present convention will have great weight with her sister Staves which have not af yor heen brought fave t2 face with the vital ue cf the times, Jne alternative of tae delegates ie oleic; itia Law or Fillmore; aod theie decision will ba watched with esgerness by the whole nai on. Ic is undeviadle that Mr. Fillmore is a very strong wan in Lonisians, especially with the adherents of the American order, and his partisans are both numerous acd influentin. He is obnoxtius, it is true, to a largec'ass of the population who c2anot forget hie precipitate action in the days of Lopez, but the suorequent atrocities of Franktia Piarca and bis pald spies, nave dimivished the popzlar resentment on thas score. Ia the last Presideutiat cermpaign he was the choice of the Whigs of this State in despite of the chivalrous exertions of Ma. jor Kelly aud the Scott Association, and is still abead of sny of bis cotemporaries ia tae esiimation of the retainers of the old party which has ceased to bo a living entity, and nes degenerated into a hall-oreamy recolle:tion. Bot we must not forget, st the same time, thnt outside this and a few ober States, bir. Fillmore has no real etreogth, aud that bis prospects were openly ridiculed at the Pailadel- pbia Convention. He is too thorougly committed tothe oli whig party, with all its peculiar tormu- las, prinerples, ideas, and machinery, to ba accepts ble to the new, avtochtonal organization which sprung up with such unparalleled rapidity, and con- trived meanwhile to sirike its roots s9 deep. He may rest under the shadow of the old whig vine ana fig trees, but there is no pla:e for him in tne darkness of the great American banya2 which spreads so umbrageouely, far and wide. Tt is unnecessary to detail the sacies of ascidents or inevitable combinations, if you will, which brougat Mr. Law before the people, in the character of an aspirant for the nigheat office of the United States. Great movements often spring from small bsgin- nipga, and scarcely six monty have elapsed since the tiret mention was made of hie name in connec: tion with any political station, aud yet it is a tower of strength to-day. The centre which sent forth ite modest radii trom New Orleans, has uow a cir- cumference which embraces the strongestand most intelligent States, and its sweeps bacome wider and wider every month, every weel Tt was objected at firat that regular politician, and bad never served an sppren ticeahip to statesmanship. He had not spent years in the stndy of local or national politics, and was rarely or never iv the ranks of any party excaot cnetection day. But the answer of his friends con- tenced that this fact, went to establish his fitness aa the representative of the new party, which roge fron the ruins of the old organizations, and waich neither sought nor solicited the countenance of their leaders, but was sought by them. Heis an original man, they said, and therefore best suited to represent sn original idea. Besides, he is entirely national, as American as the Alleghanies or the Hudson, and endowed with the robust com- Mon sense and indomitable will waish are regarded ag the foremost characteristics of the American patty. So his advocates reasoned, aud 89 his cause pro: grersed. The Know Nothing portion of the Penn- Ivenia Legialature accepted him asa candidate— New Jersey followed suit—the flag of the G:apeshot wae ron up to the peak by the national section of the party, and the Commodore was fairly afloat. Since then the qualifications of Mr. Law have been freely canvassed—his antecedents examined— his availability discussed, and the resalt was tiat bis popularity with the Philadelphia Convention was noes greater than that of sny other candid: ate, and the North ana South combined in tueir estimate of his chances. It a nomination for the Presidency had been torsed upon that body by in- judicious zeal, there is no longer a shadow of doubt bu! that the Commodore of the Grapeshot, waose name is connected with our greatest national en- terprises, and is es familiar in California as on the new Harlem Bridge at New York, would have bien the unanimous choice of the delegates. ae now ek the mater mabe ae grave reality, we eave to auggeat to Mericad Conucil of Louisiana afew substantial reasons for the preference of George Law over Millard Fillmore as their standard bserer in the next campaiga. It is for the delegates to devide whether thess reasons gre sound or not. They sre briefly as foliow Ist. The or.ginahty of the American part chiet characteristic. Itacknowledges allegiance to none of the old organizations. Its leadera are new men; its ritual iseven more novel—its objects are peculiar to ifeeif, It must therefore select 2 new men for the Presidency, or show itself in a groasly toconsistent Lght—a man who has never been com: mitted to the practical workiag of the axcient par- ties, but is still gifted with great experience and in- tuitive political talent. Taiy necessity obviwusly excludes Millard Filimore, and is gives the nomtna- tion to George Law. 2d. The nommee of the party should not be a lawyer or professional office seeker, for the adoption of such aman would belie the originality of tne party aud reduce it to the old vulvar level. Ag Americanism drew its beet support from ths mer- cantlie classes pf the coaimantty,® person in iati- mate communion with th assea and ba‘ongiag vo them himeelt, should bi das ite represen: tative. Tbis is% principle wuica involves th? sac. cess or failure of the ‘party. ‘Those wao cunot appreciate it are behind the times, an? this priaot pie, agsin, gives the nomination to George Lin, while it irrevocably rules oat Millard Fillmore. 3d. The forianate candi laseshoaid be as welcome to tee people st large as to the commercial visses —s self made man, who alone could appropriately represent the party which essays to consolidate the nationality of the American race; and hers aguin George Law appears as the man of tre crisis, for he is quite as popular with the working classes us with the moneyed men of the United States. Perhaos no other individual of ths present day 60 cloasly unites the reapect of opposite and apparently aata gonistic sections of society, aud no stronger claim than tbis could be urged in his favor before the Lonisiava State Convention, 4th. He possesses @ truly American mind—bold, speculative, aud at the eame time conservative. [t would be ‘mpossible for him to be a commoa-place President. He would do something, or die; but in the fiercest whirl and inepiration of his energy, he would adnere strictly to the constitution of the country to which he has always ben a dev ted subject. The laws would be safe 1a his hands. fae flag of the nation would be respected, and he would require no “ special agents” and irresponsibie de- tectives to vindicate his foreign or domestic policy. 5. He is a non-sectarian, and would never degrade himeeif by joining in religious equabbies. He is not & blueflight{preacher or a Cromwellian saint, but an American gentleman, of liberal feelings and enlarged viewe. Such are the grounds on which we venture to suggest that G: Law should be prefecred to Millard Fillmore in the American Coun3il of Lonisi- ana. We have ontlined them hastily, but candid'v, and eend them forth for what they are worth. We trust we will not be accused of any undue interfer ace, inasmuch as our real object is to see both par. ties—the democratic and American—putting in no- mination their best men, 80 that 1856 may be a gal- lant campaign, aud not # mere csacns—a struggle to call fortn the intelligence and enthusiasm of the people, and not a miserable game of pushpia, intel- pees a. to the few who happen to be initiated in eecreta. ° Trsiry Kou.—It will bs recollected that some time ago the Commissioners of the Lind Office passed @ resolution authorizing the proseci- tion it sgainst Trinity chursh, to test the title to its lands, on the compliance with certain conditions. Afterwarda this resolution waa re scinded. Yesterday the latter resolution was re- semded, leaving the former, anthoriziag a suit, im force Albany Argus, July 12. Lady PRAXCH® CALDER died Intely, whieh took place in Surrey, England. Her ladysbip was fourth daughter of Femund Henry, first Rar) of Limerick, and was born the (th of Joly, 1796. Mer ladyebip merried the August, 1#19, Sir Henry Calder, Bort NEW YORK HERALD,. FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1855. ERESTING FROM CALIFORNIA, Our San Francisco Cerrespendence. San Faancisco, Jone 16, 1855. The Election--Know Nothing Defeat—California Luxw ics— Great Land Claim Oonfirmed—The Fall Eleetions—Prohibitory Liquor Law—Sali- fornia Wine~ Theatrical Gossip, §., &c The alteration in the time of the steamer’s depa:- ture bse ite benefits and disadvantages to the peo. ple of California. Among the former is the tact that it causes the retention of a certain amount 0! our treasure bere for a week longer than under the former arrangement, and also that it preventa the usual weekly ‘‘shinaing” and sharp financiering stong some of our business mon, necessary some- timea to raise the wherewithal for remittances” But then it deprives us of our weekly dish of news, and canes a lull in the excitement which wae kept up pretty constantly when a steamer arrived every seven caya. By the steamer which went on the 1s’ inst., you probably received a very uncer‘ain and noreliabdle sccount of the result of our municipal election holden on the twenty eighth of Mey. For saveral days thereafter the political market was ia a s'ate of great fluctation, and characters given to sport ing were cflering to bet all sorts of #sgers oa al sorts of results depending on its tinal decision. Seme of the legs) quidonsca and the disappointed candidates, thought they had found a mare's nest in the new charter under which the elestion was held, and were loud In their assertions that the whole thing was illegs). Bo’ this ery his about quelled down, and although the Board of Aldermen have not yet declared the returns officially, it is well known thatthe following ticket {a elected:— Mayor, James Van Neas, (dem.;) Comptroller, A. J. Moulder, (dem.;) Treasurer, J.McKtbben, (dem.;) Tax Collector, E. f. Batturs,(K.N.;) City Atvor- ney, Bailie Peyton, (K. N.;) Surveyor, J. J. Hott, (dem.;) Marshal, Hampton North, (K N.) In the Board of Aldermen and Aesistinte there is a tie between the dem crate and Know Nothiogs. Flt will be seen by the abova that the Know No- thing Order has received 2 severe che k in the resu't of thie election. They went into ths canvasa stimn- lated by the success which attended them las) fall, and confidmmt that they had neme- vical strength sufficient to carry thelr 7 lire ticket, did not exercise a sufficent 6» gree of caution or exhibit very good policy ia its composition. But two democrats were p.acid upon the general city ti ket, and but one man from south cf, Mason end Dixon’s line, and the democrats and Southern men in the order fesling themasives considerably aggrieved, many of them in spite of the strong oaths which are s3d to bind their con- aciences and their polttical actions, bolted, and vo- ted a large portion of tne democratiz ticket. Agit ja, the city will be well governed, for the ticket elected ig, a8 8 whole, as good & cne as was ever successful in our city. We are enjoying delightful summer weather. Green peas and ¢trawberrieca (the later almost gone) have been plentifally furniebed for the pact six weeks from the neigoboring gardens. Tho latter sell readi'y at from twoto four dollaraa quart; end it 1e said tha: one mon in Oatland, op- posite the city, bas made a fortane within the last three yeara by raising them. In connection with the sgricultural prospe t of this S‘ate, it is not an uninteresting fact that tne clipper ship Telegraph sailed afew deys since with a cargoot grain for New York. Beside politics the principal topic of converss: tion during the past fortnight has been the con” firmation of the claim keown asthe Bolton & Buar- ren claim, to lands adjoinwg the city of San Fran- ciaco. The opinion and decree of confirmation in this claim were given on the Sth inst., the former bring given by Commissioner lardwell, aad con- curred in by Commissioner Thompson. The initia- tory proceedings in this cage were commenced be- forethe Land Commission in March last, aad since rbat time no stone hes been left unturned, n> means ‘bat could be spplied neglected, by parties who were intercated to defeat the claim and prevent its confirmation. A most voluminous mass of testi- mony bas been taken, aud a large amount of lege) ore expended in the endeavor, but all to no pur pore. As the contimation of this claim is a matter whish wil materially affec!, ia all time to come, ths best interests of Ban Francisco— giving confidence, as jt muat, to persons desiring to come here and settle, that there are such things a8 valid land titles hbere—a short history of theclaim, end description ot the property confirmed, not ba aninterest- ing to those, in ali portions of tre world, whose eyes are now turoed upon California as a fatare residence, or @ field for apaculation. The sands embraced witain the graut wh'ch has just been confizmed to its present holders are those which formerly belonged to the mission of Dolores, the church esteblishment of which 1s located about three miles ecuth of the centre of cur city. All this mission property, which at one time, in toe early history ot Calirornis, embraced nearly all the lead lying within the territory, and which belonged to the church, was secularized by an acs of the Mexican Congress, and thereby made governmen’ property, and revdered subject to the same contia- gencies and jiabilities as otner government lands. On the 10th of January, A. D. 1846, when tne pro- perty was of comparatively little valac, it was granted by Pio Pico, then Governor of the territory, to tee p iest who presided over the mission of De- lores, one Joee Prudencia Ssutillan, a Mexican citizen, on the condition that ee should die charge the debts which had accraed from tre mission establishment during tue years of ite decline. Santillan accepted the conditions, and determining to return to Mexico, trausferred hts grant to James R. Bolton, in the year 1850, by whom 1t was again éransterred to the present holders. ‘The chain of title having been most thoroughly triea before the Commissioners, was decided t» 08 perfect, end on Tuesday, the 5th of June, the cise which had bren so long pending was brought to its fortunete termination—s termination not only tor- tunate to the present holders of the grant, but for- tunate for the resid:nta of our city, tne peopie of the State at large, and ali who wish weli for Cali fornia, ae it setties tre fact that there is a valid title where otherwise there cou'd bave ben none, and replaces doubt, distrust and uncertainty with confidence and a fixed feeling of aafet The lands embraced within this ciaim lie imme- diately adjoining the city limits, aa deacribed by che Valiejo line, recently fixed upon by the Land Vom- missioners jin the suit of tae city against the United States for the public lands of the formur, and contains about three eyuara leagues of the most valuable Jard in the State of California, embracing «| every variety of bill, plain and valley. Nearly the wcoole of it is admirably adapted to sgcicaltara: par- poses, and its proximity to the city mua: make it of Immeree value in this respect. That portien of it immediately adjoining the city is well calculated for building purpores, ond will soon bacome thick! covered with the residences of our citizens, All that bas been wanting to cause this whole trast to be settled with s permanent population has been the Jack of any valid title ander which parcnasers could expect to bold. But now, ae this matter has been ecttied, (90 far at least as the Board of Land Commissioners is concerned, and there is no doabt that if the cage is carried to the Supreme Court the eame decision will be made there.) the lands will be immediately brought into market, snd improved ana built upon. Some portion of it has already been oc: capied by squatters, who have taken advantage of the uncertainty of whish I have spoken; but the present owners have no intention of dealing with them in other than a liberal spirit, and 9 satis- ag A ben gl Bea be see ag a large me cases. impossible to give any ides a! prveemt of the immense value of this claim, but I besitate not to eay it is the most valuable one in the United States. Since the confirmation a better feeling has existed among all claeses of our citizens. Toe great incubus which, since ita first settlemsnt by Americans, has hucg over California has been the uncertainty of her land titles, and every confirms: mation is bailed with a token of satisfaction by all who bave the permanent good of our State at heart. ‘Tbe lan ia embraced in the claim just confirmed aré st present owned in about equal portions vy Messrs. Palmer, Cook & Co., of this city, and « company of rich capitslists in Philadelphia. The means are, therefore, attainable by which | portions of thie lapd may be rend: of incredible value; and it wou'd not be surprising if mush of the business of the city should be carried on to the portion of them sable for business p' The varions political and factions are brash- ing up their armor for the fall election. 1a addition to the Know Nothings and the democrats, (for the whigs will make no nominations, having been ab- ecrbed into the former party,) the temperance men are in the field, and as the question of a Prohibitory a of | oor law will be submitted to the people in the J), the contest on their side will be « well fonght ene. They boli the balance of power, und>uiedty, s1d politicians are alresdy fiattering pefore theit manifestoes. The democratic party all, withou' Qcubt, renominate Governor Bigier, and he will ba & bard man (or aby opposing party to bes:, ap be ac uired an Imwenee popularity throughont toe S.ate fyis ecurse daring the las’ session of ths L3zisia- ture, and pasticulerly by his vetoes of soms very obnoxious ao.a passed by it, The Know Novhiage are, however, very confidant that they will elect therr entire ticket. A bet of $1,000 to $500 waa taken a few day» since, in Marysville, thas Fioa toy would be elected Governor of Virginia. The bat was taken by V. E. Geiger, Eaq., one of the Ixdiso subsgents, Mise Sarsh Pellet, a female temperance sp il, is lecturing on probibitery law throsgh out the mining region, ava in tha mea? time a quiet temperance movement, but one wo!c) mises great reauite for California in the fature, is in progress in the southern portion of the Site; Trefer to the manufactnre of native wine. Beside the old kind of red and white wine, waich has al. 9 been made in that se :tion of tha c»antry, Mr. . Wilsow, an old resident of Loe Avgeles, nag recently commenced the manufacture of evarkitn; wine, closely resembling champagne, and o! a etill wire, similar tohosk. Last year he pat up twenty thousand bottles 0/ these wines, but dozs not inweaa putting them im the market fili they are tw» years old. Some samples of the sparkling wine bave beva sent to thiscity, and have besn prop»unced by c20 pojseenrs as @qnal to the best Heideeck. it tais experiment succeeds, s@ beyoad doubt it will, an exvertive field of enterprise will be opened in O4'i- fornia, and it will not be surprising ifin a few yea's the champegaes of France and the hosks of Germany wil) replaced throagh ut the United Btetes by the products of this wonder‘n! coant-y, in which, a8 somebody hae said, “gold grows veces ‘no the eoi] and grapes above it.” Mrs, Binclair bas closed ber connection with the Metropolitan theatre, and is about taxing a trp into the interior, whera she is t> play in the principal mining towns. The seison nes nob been & sneccerefai one, in a pemnriary point of view, but Mrs, Sincisir has bean most lavish in bar endetv irs to pleare the public, aud thair regard ‘or her way testitied to by a grand complimentary benefit given ber on the closing night—laat Saturday—vh7s ehe plased Lady Teszle. Mise Davenport hie heen very succegefal bere in plessing the th2atre goers, bu’, not in drawing very large houses. The Italian o.era sroope, with Barilt Tacra aa the prima dona, nave heen giving occasion: operas, with iadiffzrant suc- cese. A comp imettary benefit was given ts Birili at the Metropotitan, on Wednesday evening. Appa Bishop ano Bochsa bave ™ covcertizing in the interior. They are now prepsring “Lt t:z24 Ladra,” and will soon brivg if oot at tha Metropoli-as. The Roussetia bave been sia> dsnciog in the interior towns. They hive Sao’ been pecuriarily gaccessfal during tueic pre- sent s jour here. Madame ‘hlerry and the Monpiasirs are here, but doing nothing. Tae Sa cramento people have go} a rags for buiidiag thea- tres, and two are already commenced. [5 i3 under: stood that Mra, Sinclair is to have tne miaagemond of one, and Islette Po:ter of the other. At the Awerican, in thia city, the “ Midsammer Night’s Dream” has been brougat on’ in fize style Laura Keene is tte reigning atar. At ber banetit on Monday last, there was an overflowing house. , Tne Jaw closiog theatres on Sunday nights went into effect on the firet of June, and hss been vom: plied with by the managers. Julia Gould was married about @ weak since to Mr. Collins, a singer, Among the theatrical departures by the steamer to-day, ate Dr. Volney Spaulding, late manager of the American ; Miss J. M. Davenport, and Mr. aud Mrs. Kent. A grand benefit was giveo to Mias Davenport at tas Metropolitan theatre last evening. Protessor Risley will open on Monday at the Me- tropolitan. Ww. San Francisco, Jane 16, 1855, Commercial Improvements—Healthy State of Trade —Business Relations with Austratta— Tae Mines and shipping of Gold— Movements of Theatrica! Personagcs--Lola Montez and Company en route to Balaklava--Fruit Market and Prices—Tra- vel at Panama--A Rich Land Claim—A Novel Race. Since my Isst to you |husiness has evidently much improved; money is more plentiful, and a healthy feeling exists emong the jobbers and merchan:a: Yerterday a most gratifying amount of trade took place from tiret hands, and a very decided feeling in the market for almost a}! sorta of goods. Au im- menge smount of freight left yeatetday for the up river towne. Flour continues very inactive, but the holders are gereraliy not quite disposed to make any coneidera— ble sales at present prices. The arrival of tie George W. Kendall a few days sinse from Syduey, placed vs in receipt of later intelligence in regard to fluur and grain. I perceive by the Empire, ot April 7, that wreat is, it anything, lower than last quotstiors, but there has been pientifal suppiy during the week. Flour bas not changed in figure, though several beavy shipmenta have been again made for the Melbourne market. Oats ara very acarce, and high prices are offered. Whea’ ia with- us tolerably firm, bat not many transactions. Bar ley is quite flat; I understand trom a gentlamin from Stockton, this morning, that a parcel of the ew crop was received at that place on Tuesday, snd that in a week more a good deal would be ready for market, a number of farmera being busily eu- geged in hirvesting; so you see that agricuitare is folly alive with us. The payments for the steamer of today bsing very heavy, irrespective of alarge amount of freiga; morey upon the vessels which have arrived since the 30th ult., I anticipate that the shipments of treasure will exceed any tha’ have been made since the great bank failures took place. The country dealers are better prepared to meet. their engegements than for a jong time past, and onur city merchants will in their turn ne made very easy. Viancy that the increased export of goid by the last steamer, and this coupled witn the material im abeess? which has taken place ia the ma:keis ths ast fortnight, will greatly inflaonce shtpmen:s from our side, and inat the fail will flad us with as eavy & Jot of goods $8 we cau well sustaia. Every: thing ia evidently on the improve here. Tho streets ere lively with the ham of basinees and trade, aad our people look blooming aod happy. Wondrous and exciting accounta are pouting in trom the miues in every portion of the State, aud the gold is more prolific than ever. The Placer Herald ssys that Mr. Coarles Apple bey, of Wild Gorse Fiat, near Rattlesnake bar, nas mace some extraordisery develonemen’s of the richrees of the diggings there. Page & Co. tuk from their claim, on Saturday las!, ten pounds ot gold. Armsted’s claim yielaed ssveaty onnces of gold for ove and a half day’s washing. Tae gold is of a very fine qoality, selling for $17 85 per ounce, and really minting $18 85. Mr. A. Dyer sold a one- fourth interest in 4 claim here last week for $3,500, having taken oct of it for his abace in his week's MO Hund;eds are making for this “ flat. The clipper bark Fanny Major, the same veesel which took to Australia Mies Kate Hayes and the Toorne farmly, two years ago, left la week for Sydney with Lola Montez and suite, also Mra. Fidder, (late Miss Harriet Caws2,) Mins Fiddes, Mr. James Simmonds, well known in New York, Mr. F. Jones, Mr. Daniels, and an Irishmen by the pame of Foland. The Countess proposes t> visit Ryarey, Melboarne, the Society Islands, China, Japon, Calcutta, Madras, and finally brisg up at Balekisva. She leaves her vast gold joterest at Grass Valley in the hands of her t, Joha South wick, Eaq.,of New York. A crowd of the vessel off, and cheered the voyagers. Miss Daven has had a bri/liant career here, having cleared in about tour monshe $15,000. berefit Jest ni ht was a perfect jam, and she is es teemed to be the greatest actress we have yet had a and she is uciversally respected in her private Dr. 3] jing, the manager of the American theatre, leaves to-day, accompanied by several mem- bers of his stock company, among them Mr. and Mss. F.M. Kent, who are popular here. Mies Julia Gould, once of Wallack’s theatre, hay- ing obtained her divorce from Jaige Lake, was merried last week to Mr. Jobn Collins, formerly of rs. C. N. Sine! up the mapagemen: of the Metropolitan theatre, it having proved a ruinous culation to her. She hss been most generous in her managerial career, and I do hope she may set recuperate in her Sacrawento enter. price, she baving leased the theatre in that city, Yankee Silsbee has done nothing here at all Professr Risley & Bons have arrived, bat 1 do not think will do much. The fact io, pecplase not care for thea'res any mote, a on jacky are those who have gone bome wit . . Cterries sre here at four dollars a quart; about the stalls in market this morning were acme isrge strawberries, eelling at one dollar a box, contatnirg about thirty; bananas Central Ame- rica snd tbe Sandwich Islands, and apples from Oregon. The latter are rather green, and by no tem in sppesrance, from whi sh it would teem that the onians keep their best frait for bome coveumption. The strawberries ars from Centra Costa. I see by the Aspinwall Courier that the amount of travel op the Panama Railroad is very great about this time, and that on the last rua the par sengera for the Statee were about a thousand, while these for California were as geane Bots ton per cent of there were women and ¢2 ren, this large nembcr make transit from steamer to steamer Wit comfort, economy and convenience wit21a nce ours, tegetner with an enormous mall sud over $1,500 000 on freigh’. Some two bundred troops are also traceported without apy difficalsy, in exce!- jent order, and entirely separated tcom the other poseepgers. Althongh thisis ia the ra‘ddle of the Wet season, the passengers have sufferred no fac .a- venience fiom the weath-r, or from avy avuidanie difficulty or vppleasantness in traveiling. ‘fbe ladies and children enjoy the trip as one of pleasure, instead of barely laboring taroag2 the perdsbips of a severe journey as formerly. The health of Aspinwall is inproving with every addi tional erection within ite precincts; the numer of boildivge i# rapidly increasing, and the conveuience snd commodation of the travelliog public 18 conee- quently increasing rayidly. This rou'e is, witrout nee doubt, the satest, quickest and pest, aud is de- cigedly the most popular with Callforsiacs. Toe Pacitic Mail Seamahio Company have always spare tepmera on band, ready for any emergensy; tor ia the recent acciient to the Golden Age tavir steamer Parema wes sent out in search for her. wen cwo days over due a% Panama, and even this Jefs thom @ spare heat at that portto meet emergen:ias. Taocae Nitile cucumetauces show the pertect ability of the company tgpromptly perform their coairacts with the peesengers who travel by their lini nader all and every emergency. By the confirmation 0! the ‘Bolton 81d Barron” claim, by ths Usired Staves Lopd Commissioners, whieh vlaim is owned by tie ban kere, Mesere.Palmer, Cook & Co, t2a wag ligile #monnt of 13,000 acres of land have falien to tae yoesession of these gontlemen. Ha'f of this ia owned in Philadelpbia, The agen: of tus in- terest i¢ Mr. William Liopsneoti, at presant in thia city, and who visited this couatry to look ster their affairs some three months since. Taiz cleim is of incalculable valu3; worth, even nov, over ten millicns of dollars. 30 you cun form some ides of the present and proayective walt of there gentlemen. Below I evciose you a little sporting article that wil) amcse you: SPORTING ON THE WATER. Pacire axp \rLantic Course, JuNx 16, 185t—Distance five thourand miles—Catch weights—$10,010 2 sive— p. p—Mr, —— names steamer Sierra Nevada; Mr — Dames steamer Goloen Gate.—The above nags have been in constant training for three weeks, andeach atvaming ate fight of speed that would naturally put 2 loom) tive to a stand still. Large and liberal sums have been posted. the Nevada having the call at slight oaus. Up warde of eixteen thovrand dollars has beco wagered, tach being old favorites, andeach having troops of jriends, Ihe betting om occasions is » litile mixed, However, we can truly say the Nevade has the call, they have both heen plated for the oxcasion, bottems well ofled, machinery acrewed up, rigging stayed, cabins painted. Bara will be stocked with the choicest wines, Jaraer ip splendid order, and each driven by two 4 thorough bred ‘‘Webs”” as ever bandled a tiller or boxed S compass. The race creates qnite an excitem=nt, as a lorge number of old Californians have taten passage on their favorites, and each back them to large amounta, Don’t all epeak at once; but who can name the winuer for clean set of harness, a ticket to the opera, cham- page, oysters ond fixings at Charley Absll’s COSMOPOLITAN, J wili write you at length per next steam-r. Rrxcon Porsr. Affair: Kansas. Better than any Geant) from tie troubled Tersttory, are extracts (rom their mewspapecs, to show the condition of things there. We take tie following paragrapha from. Squatter Sovercign of val bs The Sovereign ia published at cae town of Atchison, in the Territory: Mr. Patterson’s “disclosed intentions” will never be realized. He would as soon tatok of plasiog himeelf before the artillery of Sebastopol, as visit the Territory. We do not know which would be | the most dangerous experiment of thetwo. One thing we are certain of, it this brazen fazed Scot sh sbolitionist is again caught in this secitou of the country, the entreaties of hia wife would not save his bide. That moment he lands in Kaneis be isa dcomed mau. In the absence of the customary facilities for a due commemoration of the glorious Fourth, a plea- sant ime and a fit type of the day we celeb:ate, would be the hanging of abolitionists. The de zart ed spizits of our revolutionary sires woud greet witb approval a work like thia, for in their time in this mundane sphere, it was their wont to useths utmost rigor with all traitors. Shall we, then, deviate from their example, aud permit treactec: to thrive and grow strosgin our midat? A+ leat, let us devote a portion of thet day to acalm con: sideration of the oppreasions sought to be imposed upon us. “Tis vain for us to vontemolate with emotions of pleasure, the memories of the morrow, while weare ourselves subject to tyranoical aad arbitrors rule. Let ua, then, gather fresh vigor zeal from the reflection of the glorious achieve neata of our patriotic ancestors, which ought to ba brought vividly before us by the remembrances of the evente that have endeared the F.urth day of July to every American. A passenger on a boat informe us that as he pass- ed Kansas the citizens of that place wera in a state of great excitement. They had canght one of tne Emigrant Aid men while in the act of tampering with elaves in tke neighborhood, and had him ae curely tied. A coat of tar and feathers was being prepared for the scoundrel; atter which he will be tied on a log, and sent adrift on the turbulent waters of the fMireouri. Served him right. May ali per- ops caught in a similar business ehare a like fate We are glad to learn that toe President ani his Cabinet bave under advisement the cass of the de- testable Reeder. Hopes are entertained by a very large and respectable majority of the voters of Kao— fas that the result of this conference will terminate in the supplanting of Gov. Reeder by some good Soutbern mav. e causes for bis removal sre nu- merous, and it is due to the citizens of thie Territo— ry, who are the sufferers by his rale, that their wants, not the cesises of the abolitionists of tie North, should be consulted in the matter. Nine-tenths of the citizens of Kineas would rather see Gov. Reeder hangiog to a tres than filling the gubernstcris! ctair. He haa no cympathivecs, no endorsers, no friends, save in the camp of the abolitionists, His pretended friendship for the South es with @ had grace while his acts stand out 60 plainly againat her interests. He hears onall sides, from all tongues a disma!, universal nue —the sound cf public gcorm, By coming oa; her? a pro feesed pro-elavery wan, he has attempted to betray the party into the hands of the enemy. That act has reised bim bigh in the estimation 0’ tae North- ern fanatics, and be pow stands nominated a candt- date for the Presidency :~ * ® Js there not some chosen curse, ome hidden thancer in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to dlast the man, Who seeka for greatness by his country’s ruin ? Jt wiil beremembdered that Gov. Reeder, and the few satelites that revolve around him, b-as%e3 Gen. Stringfellow, and others at the Fast, asa “ hocder roffisn,” “cut-threst,” “ blackuasrd,” &>., for whi b he took this occasion to demand reparasiooa trom bia Governorship, which bsing refased, left g sound thrashing asthe only means of redcess. Chia tre General administered in double quick time, sithough hia adversary escaped the full meazre ox hia deserts through the interference of hia friends, Jen. Stringfellow struck Gov. Reeder and knocked Wm down, wheo that person had a pistol cock 4 by his eide onthe table, which nis craven spirit prevented his using. [hia is but the begioning of the eod. After the final decision of President Pier: + in Reeder’a caie, he will either be removed by that fanctionary, or be forced to abdicate by the indig- nant squatter sovereignsot Kansas. ‘The St. Louis Democrat tells a differen’ story ia regard to the difficulty between Governor Rseder and Stringfellow. 1: eays:—By letter from an incividual who was a spectator of the meeting, aod in the truth of whose statement we have full confi- Cence,we learn that Stringfellow did notstrike Gov. Reeder with his fist, nor use towards him taat lofty style of speech which the correspondent of the Republican bas placed in bis mouth. The true state of the case is, that Stringfellow approached Gov. Reeder, and, in a b'uff insulting way, put inquiries to him concerning certain statemen’s made ao et in bis speeches in the East. The Governor, rv ing the blackguardism of his op; ya manner, declined answering his questions, and told him to seave bis presence, as be desired no contact with bim. At this ae made an attempt to strike him, but failed, upon which the Governor death hin antagonist approeched uo lher Nop. r approached another step, Stringfellow then withdrew. Tae Wiiirs Witt Case—We understand that E, Bellinger, jr, Eaq., of this city, has been retained to sustain the validity of the of Mr. Willis, who re- cently died in Obio, leaving his property to one of his tlaven and her chil whom he had taken with him for the purpose we ating them. He pone ve of emancip appointed a Mr. Jolife, of Cincinnati, an abolitonist, we understand, his executor, and that gentleman has ar- rived iu Barnwell upon this business. We learn that Menars. Aldrich and Aldrich what in called party. ‘This is & case about which we have of that class we have pcre MG ) AS & DOwspaper, we feel justifies Pp ve intelligence, that our readers may know who is. enough to take the unpopu- Jar aide of the cause, and who are the counsel op to the Ohio executor. Mr. Joliffe may be an honest and straight forward business man, and in all the contidence of Laem Ieow ¢ che yer hn bf of South Carolins have always exhibited to the lawa of the ae he haa come seen £: Se semen se Er It does a any extraordipary cot should come all the wa from Cincinnati to farawell, oe amd unarmed, er Caroltniana are mot fanatics nor freebooters. But if he be, as he in to be, an abolitionist. he has been foolbardy in risking his 4 population who bave good cause to be wary of entertaining such arth agitators among them. We understand that he has lodg- ed with the Commissioner of Barnwell bonds and notes to the amount of $22,000, which were found on Mr. Willin’s person after his death, to awalt the final decision of thy case. —Carclinion. More About the British For. Jone THE BRITISH FOAKIGN LUGION—-BOTH SIDES OF THE QUESTION. The following ia the petition fron the Crimean recrnite at Melsilie Island to the President, which we gave # few 3338 ago, and which we te-publish agsin, thst tbe pablic msy understand the whole psrticolare. We also subjoin two ovuer letters, one of wich confi-mus, asd the other denice, the trath of the starement:— To me Exceiiescy Tar Present or THs UNFEMD Sra ces OF NOKTH AMERICA :— The undersigned allow themselves the liberty to ad- dhees your Excellency through these lines, and to pray most bumbly for aid and protection of the paternal co- Vermment at Wathington. Jn the beginning of May last, we were engaged by a certain Mr Roeepbaum anda Mr. Schamacber and others, in New York, partly to work on railroads to be con- structed in Nova Seotia, partly to work on farms im the same province, partly to enlist in the Foreign Legion, which was to be raised in Halifax. It was promised to thote to be enlisted a bounty money of $30 each, and $€ salary per month, besides clothing, food and other ad- Vantages, ‘neluding a free passage irom here to Halifax: The famine which prevailed at that time in New York in Guced us to accept the offer, and we were sentoff via Boston to Husitax, When we arrived there, the officers receiving ue, viz: Secretary Mr, McDonald, Weis, Va., told os ail of us, without exception, were to be eniisted in toe Foreign Legion, and no demonstration om our part could protect us against wach proceedings, end that ra:)roe? w were only for the Irish, but not for Gerwenr. What sbould we do’ Without money withont meane, without friends, in the m‘det of bayo- nete snd cennon, famine and prisoa «tering us in the ieee, we were luzced toonter the Engiish army nolens volens, Since tbat time we have been imprisoned on @ smal) island, calied Melville Island, whiea nobedy dare to leave if not accempinied by some sergeant or other offi cer. and tben oply for a few hours each week, We secret'y addressed us to Mr. Frazer, the American Consul alltem, who gave us to understand that we Azess ourselves to the home government in ton, be himself not feeling autaoried to do: thing excep: after receiving instructions from Was) ton. The paternal government of the United States is, there- fore, most bumbly bereeched to enquire into our case, tome of us beiog naturalized citizeas of the United States, and some—i? not the greater part of us—have deen eptic: "ay (rom New York under falee pretences: rome of a! married men, and left wie and children without weane and protection, solely because we were romired constant work and excellent wa; hich we oped to by abje to send to our respective families, lay it please your Excellency not to overlook thie aur most bumble pecition. and God the Almighty will bless your Excellency and the country over which you pre- Franz Eck, Joxeph Bauer, © Fred. Cirieh, Max Rienech, Vincens Schmiedel, Franz Gotze, Leopoid Meier, Julne Bergrann, Tr F, Kuster, Gustav Adolph Heimolds, Henry Taoer, Frieder Fe ger, Heinrich Brada, Melville lelanc r Halifax, June 29, 1855. 70 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD, New York, July 10, 1955. Having read in this moraing’a HeRatp a production purporting to be & ‘petition’? to the President of the United States trom the so called ‘Crimean recraits at Halifax,” I beg leave to inform you thet I am in posses- sion of proofs partly to show that said production isa forgery. ‘The names signed to the petition are the true and correct namee of some soldiers of the Foreign Le- gion, etationed near Halifax; but thet these mamee were willingly given to said petition, or even that the parties are aware of their names having been used for such a document, I soar put declare to be false From one of the subscribers, Leopold Meyer, I have a letter which wil! at once prove what I here state. The remaining sub-cribera will shortly themeelves publish a statement, which will prove thet the document alluded to is false, cource from whence it eprings is also kpown to me, and shall most decidedly be known to the public ere Jong. At allevents, I beg that the impartial public will put no faith in te said -‘petition”’ for the present, but swaik forming their opinion of the “Crimean recraita’” until the other side of the story has been heard. ving these ives a space in your valued jouras} you will greatly oblige the misrepresented parties. F. E, MYLFORT CARSTENSEN. 10 THA EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Naw York, Jaly 10, 1855. In accordance with your always ready justice, I may hope that yon will publish the following in your much esteemed psper, and trust you may not consider it a contradiction, but a confirmation of the article whicd appeared in zo day’s Herat under the head of “The Crimean Recruits from the United States.’’ In this, a well ae in several other items concerning that matter, my Dame ix used to no advantege. My present explana: tion will throw some light upon this affair, io general, which becomes more important every day, not only to he pub.ic, but also to the government of the United States, In April 1 ral of the Germans residing in thia city, and ot tere ved propositions érom the Eaglish government at Halifax, N.S., viz., by the Hon. Joseph Howe, to act ns recruiting agents for the then to be rais- ed Englich Foreigm Legion, They recsived a printed placard, signed by the Provincial Secretary, T. H. Wi kipaon, the contents of which ran about as follows :~ That the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia was em- powered by her Britannic Msjesty to raise an English Foreign Legion; that al bodied mea would receive a free pesnage to Falifax, and $30 bounty on their arrival at that port; $8 pay per month, besides clothing, vie- tusls, &c., apd other advantages which British soldiers are entitled to. It was also proposed to me to act as an agent, and my compepsation ehould either be @ commitsion in the Eng- lish Foreign Legion, or $5 tor every man delivered vy me, or any of my agents, in Boston [ consequently entered into arrangements with the leaders of the trans- action. iter having sent, and myrelt cor seve. ral equade of men to Boston, (from whence they were shipped to Hi: x,) I received a letter from one of the men, by which I learned, to my utter astonishment and Giasppointment, that I, and many more, had too readily confided in the bonor of the English government ef Nova Scotia, That letter was from one of my own de in Halitax; it informed me of the following facts:—Instead of $30, they received only $14; instead of $8 a month, they have four penee a day, and the balance was deduct- ed for clothiug. victuals, &. The other advantages which British acidiera are entitled to soneisted of British borsewhipping, ape close confinement in the barracks of MBjvitle Jeiend. I received this letter I wan myself confine? iridge street jail, charged with having violated the y lawn of the United States, of which laws I rept, having been in the country only fifteen raonths at the time of my sctivity in the enlietment, | war enraged, not omly shout that letter, but also he- coure some English officials in this city, who had the whole expedition under their charge, did net put them- selves to the slightest trouble about the confinement of myself anc eeveral 8 who had been active im that cause, They di ea find me & bondsman for my appearance at hough they wers furnished with the means to euch and other expenses, Two Gays utter receipt of that letter, a youny man visited me who bad beep esnt back from Helifex on account of bis being phy si ucable to nerve asa soldier. He fully copfirmed wbat was said in the letter, I now hesitated no longer, and disclosed all the parti- culate of the trantaction to the U. 8. District Attorney, to assist hima offic further proceedings prevent my countrymen fror rable condition—woreo then «lavery— “ nm the noble British army, at Jeani in English Foregn Legion, This 1# the true parrative of my engagement in that expedition, and it will show, 1 pe, that I have not turned State's evidence either to recerve the witners fee, ay.) Bor for any golden spprohation of the (8) 50 per Russian Embtasty. ANTHONY ROSENBAUM Supreme Court~General Term, Present, Chief Justice Oakley and Hon, Jadges Duer and Bosworth. The following ordera have been made by the ‘ed on the minutes, respe:t the re- he late and the sppotataent of the new Clerk :— ‘3, Tha! George H. E. Lynch be and he ia hereby 'd from the office of Clerk of this Court, Ordered, That George T. Max it Depaty of this Court. Clerk, be and ore Thi orge H.E. Lymch do forthwith if Fuccensor in office, the anid George T. Max. deliver to well, all fees, securities and vouchers in hie hands an Clark of this Court, and forthwith waxwell at moneys er vith him se Cart, vince the period of his 88 Clerl deposit in the trust companies, baa all moneye recetved by him as euch Clerk from predecessor in office, and heretof crder made in the causes in which such moneys were de. posited. Ordered, That the raid 1 forthwith tate raid ys cA the sand papers inthe ited an € this Court, or in ai ppertaini o the office of Clerk of thia Court” "7 ™ eo Dratn oF 4 Convict m THE TERTIARY AT JBFPERSONVILLE.—-A ofpge died on the 6th inst., of an performed, on the da; aes Pext- man 73 affsction of the Previous to his 004 health. B50 te a seyoud the nyt w hin beet’s head of this incarcerated for. two the period of crime of forgery to the amount of chap was miserly in the self the smallest laxu bread and water was tendered counsel, who pledged clear him of the charge for tee of $500. the old man replied, that, “if convisted, tence would only bs for two years, i. think he could and ke hia expenses ana two handred Fwd ay: penitentiary, and nothia, : weold seve that moch any how, Die