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NEW YORK HERALD, ing to quell the disturbance, was treated with so little ceremony that a flag of distress was hoisted, and the pawson boarded by the French brig Ouivier, which happened w be in the harbor at the time. ‘Two detachments of soldiers were immediately sent on board, and brought the Bashi Bazouks to reason, after dealing some blows, which wounded Bererely ‘many of the defanlters. Fifteen jumped over! i” eome of whom were drowned. A disturbance has lately taken place best the pyle Bucharest, in consequence of their dis- sat at their long arrears of psy, which, con- sidering that it only amounts to six piastres month, might certainly, one would suppose, be dealt out with something approaching regularity. The question touching the pay seems altogether to have been sunk by the authorities, who imprisoned the offenders for their mutiny against their chief. The rei rince of Wallachia has nominated the Bojar Floresco to be director of the Depart- ment of the Interior, in place of Dr. Kretzuleaku. = ‘The vint of Wallachia has piovet this year so remarkably fine that wine is to be had at three krat- zers the okka. An accident which might have been attended with the most serious consequences, happened this ‘week to her Imperial Majesty the Empress. It ap- pears that she was taking a drive in one of the im- perial carriages, when the coachman lost all com- mand of the horses. The animals finding themselves free, started off at a furious pace, but, happily, a countryman, possessing great presence of mind placed his wagon transversely across the road, and thereby stopped the runaway horses. The coachman was thrown from his box by the concus sion, but has now quite recovered from the effects 0 his fall. Her Majesty sustained no injury whatever A code of laws respecting Catholic marriages has ‘een prepared, under the auspices of Chevalier de Ransclier, Archbishop of Vienna, ue six priests, without the aid of any lawyer. The document, which is already in the press, is not to be considered in the light of an established law, but ratheras a pro- gramme for the granny of the church. His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Austria, has definitely appointed Count Francis Kuenstein to be Ambassador Extraordinery and Minister Plenipo- tentiary at the Court of Saxony. His Excellency Sir Hamilton Seymonr, the British amboesador at this court, presented his credentials to the Emperor in the course of the past week. He will be formally presented to Her Majesty the Em- press, and the other members of the Imperial family, in a few days. The Hon. Mr. Elliot, who has been acting as charge-d'afluires pro tem, has now been finally relieved from the arduous duties of his office. Mr, Bright, M, P., on the United States and the E ope ar—Revoludenary Progress archical Depression. (From the London Chronicle, Dec. 18. On Friday eveving a meeting was held in a room of Messrs. W. Eckroyd and Son’s new mili, Lom- beshayes, Marsden, near Colne, to promote the in- terests of the Marsden Mechanics’ Institute. There was a large attendance of working men, and the principal residents in the neighborhood, together with many ladies, were present. Mr. Brieut, MM. P., addressed the assemblage. In the course of his re ‘ks, he said:—But there were two or three facts which were so npn that if they covld be fixed in the minds of the people, he believed there would soon be more interest taken in matters of foreign policy. Look at the United States. Their inhabitants were the same people as ourselves; the population was about equal to ours —at the next census it would probably be a little more. They had large manufactories, although not so large as ours—they had a greater tonnage of merchant ships, he believed, than we had—twice, or perhaps three times, as many newspapers—and representative institutions more complete. They had vastly more miles of railway—their rivers were traversed by gigantic steamboats—and the country presented altogether a picture of life, activity and energy, such as had never before-been witnessed on the face of the earth. America had at this mo- ment certainly not more than one, if any, line- of-batile ship afloat; she had two -or three frigates; and there were 10,000 or 12,000 sol- diers in the country as the nucleus of au army. These were her materials for offence and do- fence. Yet nobody thought of insulting the United States. An American was as free'from violence any- where abroad as an Englishman; and it was by no means certain that he was not much the more sure of redress, if insult or violence was nsed. There was no people to whom greater attention was paid any- where in Europe than was paid to Americans. But ‘the icy of the United States was one of never ing with any of the wars or quarrels of Eu- sore It was a legacy of their great and illustrious ‘chief, that they should keep themselves free from all the entanglements of foreign policy in that respect; ard almost entirely they had done so. We had taken exactly the opposite course. Look at the condition of the two countries. America had no na tional debt whatever; we had an enormous one. Peo ple could not count it; and if puyhody peonopnoad the amount, nobody could understand it. It was called eight hundred millions sterling, and no one could tell or conceive what those words represented. But, at any rate, we knew this: it would take nearl, 100 years’ rental of all the land, houses and build- ings of every description of valuable property, in Lancashire and Yorkshire, to make that sum. If everything paid as rent, or valuable as rent, in these two countries, with three and a quarter millions of po- pulation, were absorbed for 100 years, it would about pay off the national debt. In the United States y bad so much money this year from their Tevenue, that they did not know what te do with it,and were likely to quarrel because the: could not agree what tax should be taken off next. Their national debt was only half paid off—it was never large; ours was not only not being pa off, but was rapidly increasing, Lach State its own taxation for its own government expenses; and then there was the general taxation for the expenses of the general government. Taking all these toge ther, he supposed they would not amount to more than twelve millions a year; but say fifteen millions. ‘This year, in this country, with no more population a sree peared et fees att so well off, lat ey wing a tenth of our pauperism, ig- norance and crime; he would shut cut fom consid- eration that unfortunate and horrible blot upon their system—not upon their system, for it was rather an accident of the past—slavery; but with this compa- rative state of things, they had raised not more than twelve or fifteen millions sterling, and this country ‘would expend, in all probability, nearly one hundred millions. There would be the fifty or Sl Re mil- lions for ordinary expenditure, and adding the ex- sot of the war, he had not the smallest doubt it this eountry wonld actually expend this year eighty millions sterling over the sum which the peo- ple of the United States would expend. They knew the process of waiting before a race, and what chance @ man had in running with another, if he had to take a sack of flour upon his back. A very little difference in the weight made a wonderful difference in the endurance of the man or the horse. He ask any rational man, let his sentiments be what et about the Russian and the Turk, “Ts it possible that these two countries can go on—one burdened with this enormous and incredible expen- ditare, and the other almost entirely free from it— and that this country should keep equal in the race with the United %” If we could conceive ing on for ten years, it would exhanst a sum that would appear equal to reducing this country, to a great extent, to actual beggary; while America was continually ascending ia the scale of prosperity. And yet people told us that the interests of England were concerned in the East! Why, our interest, as far as regarded supremacy, whether on the sea or in and commerce, were a thousand fold ~ more en; in what was now taking place in the ‘West, to w! chica arralgc! nt id not seem at all to tarn their attention. (Hear, hear.) ‘was no writing it out or taking itaway. Bombas- tic articles in ay ge the speeches of men anx- ious to curry favor with constituents, or who thought at would joer the farmers, because corn was high, nor the ing of men who never thought about the matter—all could never wipe off this great and destroying fact, that £80,000,000 sterling were paid by the people of this country—either from their own pockets or from capital lent to the gover which wae never got back—over and above what ‘was paid by their rivals in the United States; and no power, and no witchery of stateoraft could give our tao a chance with the United States while at state of things Tt was aid to be a vel low consideration to talk about da, lings and ce; but ‘were foundation of every! ng What &@ man do without food, home and clothing ? ‘Was there pl poy pes increase of pauperism and be; all over the country? Look at the as- sizes—the brutality, the crime, the severity of the ents. Look at the efforts made to get uj reformatory institutions in different parts. All this only showed that there was a world of work for our olent men, our goverument and our statesmen tordo in this country, which never could be done so 5S om, fifty fo eighty millions a year should he a cted from the industry of the country more than would be necessary, if we pursued a different licy. He was certainly of opinion that every £100 ken from the people in taxes more than was neces- sary for the honest and faithfal management of the affairs of the country, provided for the coun- try @ pauper or a criminal; and until we could keep more within ourselves the vast cts of our in- dustry, and apply them to our own advantage, he gaW no Aort of result that could come—or at least no considerable result—from all the efforts made to im- prove the condition of thecountry. We somettmes spoke harshly of our forefathers, and thought thal if we had lived in their days we should have been wiser than the: that we should never have stoned the prop! and that we should have at least avoided. burdening our posterity to a degree from which they mon tk could extricate themselves. ‘But we appea io following the same Course : burdening our posterity, Tooklng after ever: description of vague aud visionary advantage, an actually protesting, almost becoming violent with SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 1856, gagtody, who thought it his duty to call in question this icy and asked the to be moderate. doubt that ex Pe “ in Ei eeraee pt Waglan’ every Power in Europe, y would wish now, after two Ta ey estore tranquillity to Europe. It was @ fact which he stated, he was sure, information that could not be mistaken, that if there should now be a great probability of the war being carried on for another campaign or longer, it was owing to the zealous and almost violent advocacy of further war by the press and by a portion of the . Every nation con- cerned, but England, wou be in favor of making Peace; but somehow or of we were so very pug- nacious. We were likes horse that ‘can’t stand corn’’——we hai had too much corn for some years, but there was little enough now--we had sore fat—we had kicked—we had thrown all the lessons of prudence to the winds; and, while at this mo- ment he supposed that in France there was hardly to be found a man who would lift up his hand in favor of @ continuance of the war, yet in this country he would not say the majority, but a very large number, no doubt, would be very much dis- led if it should cease. He thought that one of the objects of a mechanics’ tution should be, m to teach men, women and children all tbat which was very useful to them in their own homes, however beautiful and excellent that might be, but to enable all those who had stronger heads and some leisure to go further into the examination of Soe which affected their interests. For all the follies of statesmen came home to the heartns of the laboring classes; and every man, let him talk as he would of glory and sabe and empire, if he abstracted the money of those classes and spent it on a peth which were not moral in themselves, and which were not essential to the safety of the country, whatever he calted himself, it might be de- pended upon that he was a much greater enemy to the comfort of the laboring classes and to the pros- pority of their children, than the Russian, the French, the American, or any foreigner whatsoever. He (Mr. Bright) thought, therefore, that whenever working men read in the newsroom or ‘library of their mechanics’ institutions, they should study, a3 far as they were able, those public questions, aud especially such as referred to what might be called national “wealth; for the waste of national wealth was the pauperization of a nation. The des cription of literature which treated on those subjects would be found very advantageous to guide the people when amongst rocks and shoals, as at present. They must beware of this—that newspapers us a rule were not guides absolutely to be followed; because the majority of newspapers were matters of business, and the editors and pro- prietors, of course, wanted to offer to their Teale that which they thought their readers would like to purchase. But putting aside any supposition that editors and newspaper writers were any worse than other people, it was quite clear that they had the temptation alluded to; and, therefore, it was far bet- ter ior people to take the facts of a newspaper and reasol m them for themselves, or, if they read the reasoning of an editor, they should never for an in- stant take it for gospel truth, unless they had them- selves worked out the question and made it clear to their own minds. He would mention one point as an illustration. There had been nothing more com- mon these two years than for the newspapers t» speak of Russia as “a barbaric empire’—as “ that collosal barbarian of the north”—of “ those savages coming trom the north to overrun Europe,” and so on. Would. it he believed, that in the city of St. Pctersburg—a city built in modern times—there was a library, a public library, which had in it 10,000 volumes more than” were in the British Museum? (Hear, hear, hear] He gave this on the authority of a work he read not long since —that this library in St. Petersburg was the third largest in Europe. ‘Take the port of Odessa, which some sort of Christians had been begging the gov nt to destroy-—a city only founded sixty year ago. In 184% that city sent to this country more than five million bushels of wheat; but the country, if it produced all that, could not be barbarous, could not be savage. It world be much better, if nations did not get to war with each other, that at any rate those who wrote and spoke upon the matter should not exaggerate with malice the shortcomings of their opponents, or at least should not excite the animosity of their own fellow-citizens by statements which were absolutely devoid of truth. That had been the case to a very great extent; but if whe working classes would make themselves acquainted with the real facts connected with Russia, they would see, probably, that the alarm about Russia was just a3 well founded as those about France and the Pope. Those who lived twenty years ares would edge bly find the young fellows of that day pushing them in the ribs and saying, “‘Why, you were ex- cessively foolish twenty years ago. You went into & war quite as bad as that French war; and you add- ed two hundred millions to the national debt. We shouldn’t have done that.” (Hear.) Let us, at an: rate, bring up our children so that they should re: and think; and that, if they ever got into a war they should know its definite object, cost, probable result, and whether the things to be obtained would at all pay for the charges of blood and treasure that wonld have to be incurred. (Applause.) Many pre- sent might say that he had no business to go into this question at all (hear, hear); but if you had to talk to people it was no use talking about what they thonght they understood as well as yourself, or about things in which they felt no interest. (Hear, hear.) He was a politician, unfortunately, and was obliged to pay attention to this subject a8 much as the surgeon to anatomy, or the physician to medi- cine, and that which he had examined and thought he understood, and in which his audience a deep interest, could hardly be a question that be could be blamed for touching upon at some length. {Applenee,) If they did not consider the facts he had stated as to America, it would be found ina generation or two that a prolongation of this kind of thing might leave the country in a state of anar- chy and chaos such as he should not like his child- Sree . grand children to be partakers of. (Ap- plause). Military and Naval Strength of Sweden. [From the Paris Constitu:fonnel, Dec. 19.] The eran organization of Sweden is rather complicated, but is excellent, and admirably organized for the special “ome of the country. There are three manners of recruiting and main- taining its army, which consist, first, of troops enrolled in the active army, composed of volunteers usually engaged for six years; these form the regi- ments of the guard and the kernel of the artillery and engineering corps, and the number is limited to 7,692 men. Second, of troops under arms (indelta) 33,405 men, not reckoning their officers. This por- tion of the army is exclusively formed of military colonists, stationed on the estates of the crown ani of ane individuals, according to a system in- troduced by Charles XI. in 1630, which obliges each domain to feed, equip and Ray one or several in- fantry or cavalry soldiers. The soldier of the indel- ta, a soldier laborer, is compelled to serve as long as he is physically fit so todo. These troops, perfectly drilled, disciplined like veterans, and hardened by’ the labor on roads and canals, in the construction of. which government at times employs them, form a Tmanent army, always to march, although they are concentrated only once or twice durin the year. Sweden can thus dispose of a stand- ing army, in time of ce, of 42,000 men. The Island of Gothland has, moreover, a local mi- litial 7,621 strong. The war footing is established, thirdly, by the conscription, or call to arms, of all Swedes from 20 to 26 years of age, who forna cies of Landwehr, easily mobilized, whose effective is 95,295 men. Thus the Swedish army alone num- bers 144,000; that of Norway consists of 14,324 regu- lars and 9,160 militia, or a united war foree of 170,000. The Swedish navy is likewise maintained on a most respectable Hong's hen eggnprises 10 vessels of the line, 8 frigates, 8 i oad schooners, 6 cut- ters, 12 steamers, 256 gunboats, Xc., &c., with an armament of 1,841 heavy cannon and 456 carro- nades; 3,765 pailors are enrolled. The liners have, it is true, been lately cut down into frigates or trana- formed into floating batteries. Carlskrona is the great milit port of Sweden, inthe Baltic. The inboats, with other small vessels, form what is rmed the skaeren fleet, and is destined for the pro- tection of the coasts, whose Tagged approaches offer a great element of security. Norwa: ecg a rising navy of 2 frigates, 4 brigs, of which onc has a screw, 4 schooners, 5 small steamers and 120 gun- boats, armed with 358 cannon. This fleet might re- ceive an enormous developement from the one fact (elon sailors figure on the lists as capable of service. ‘The Coasting Trade of Canadian Vessels. {From the London Shipping Gazette, Dee. 14. Some difficulties have just arisen in the United States lake ports upon the construction to be given to the terms of the Reciprocity treaty, as it bears upon the coasting trade carried on by Canadian vessels. We do not conceive that these difficulties will long exist, because the American journals of the lake in the most liberal spirit, desire to see the ol removed. Several seizures of British vessels have been made atthe Port of Oswego foran alleged infraction of the American revenue laws, in carrying cargoes from the American 2 on the Upper lakes to Oswego, by the Welland Canal. The seizures appear to have been made in virtue of the American acts of 1789 and 1793, regulating the coast- ing trade, and eg certain conditions and pre- requisites upon the vessels en; in such trade. ‘We have not the clauses or conditions of these acts before us, but the former, we know, imposed a char; of 60 cents per ton on every or vessel, not of the United States, entered in one district from another district, having on ee or wares and mer- handise taken in one district of the States to be Golivered in another district. Under that act, vessels whoily owned and commanded by American citizens are alone enrolled and lieensed to carry on the coasting trade. The discriminating duties, which en- tirely excluded foreign ships from participating in the coasting trade, have been preserved to the pre- kent time. Any one looking at the map will see, however, that the case has béen falsely sti the Americans, and they are not justified in their position of classing these traders as American coast- ere. The taat seizure, for instance, is of some twelve thousand bushels of wheat, ahi from Chica; to Oswego,’ ou ‘bvard the Northern Ligus, a lian vessel. A voyage involving the artificial transit of thirty-two miles of territory cannot properly be regarded as a coastin; yoyage within the United States, by whatever vessel it may be performed. It involves # shipment from an American to a Canadian port, and then a re-ship- ment from the Canadian to an American port. The opinion of the Collector of Customs of Canada is clearly in favor of the perfect fegality of the trans- action on the part of our colonial vessels; but the matter is to be brought formally before the Ameri- can government through our Minister at Washing- ton, 80 that the matter in dispute may be finally set at rest. The reciprocity treaty, in reference to articles from Canada inte the United States, applies only to the productions of the colonies, and therefore it may |. be contended thatit does not embrace the cases ua- der consideration. Article 4 of the treaty, in its first division, provides for the navigation of the St. Lawrence ‘and the canals in Canada, used as a means of communication between the great lakes and the Atlantic ocean,” by the citizens of the United States, upon equal terms with the citizens of Canada. The third subdivision of the same article is as follows: It is further agreed that British subjects shall have the right freely to navigate Lake Michigan wita their ve-sela, boats and srefts, x long as the pivilege of navigating the river St. lawrence, secured to American citizens by the above clause of the present article, shall continue, and the government of the United States further engages to urge upon the State governments to secure to the sub- jects of her Britaunic Mojesty the use of the several State canals, on terms of equaliry with the inhabitants of the United States. The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser observes :— It will be borue in mind that the two countries border alike vpon the natural waters embraced in the treaty, otber than the St. Lawrence and Lake Michigan, which luke is entirely within the territory of the United States; and, therefore, this special provision was made for the navigation of fake Michigan. In this term ‘‘ nevigate”” something else must have been included tesides the mere right of sailing an empty vessel upon that lake, and the right to navigate would reom, without any violent stretch of const-uction, to imply the right to take a ca to Chicago, and return with such ace’. as Lake Mishi- gan affords. The Awerican citizen,» such, had certain rights upon Lake Michigan, and certain privileges upon the canal were secured to him by the Reciprocity treaty. So the British subj-ct had certain rights upon the canal, and the treaty gave him in return certain privileges upon the lake. Meeccutasitdctdndt eos unrentont: ble to us that our Conadian friends should entertain the belief that a fur avd liberal construction of the treaty will place the citizens of the two countries upon the same basis throughout, in these respects, The difficulty in the cuse is, that the sets of Congress above mentioned tmpose upon citizens of the United States, in reference to the coasting trade, certain requirements which from their nature cannot be complies with by the Bri ish subjects; and under the grneral views edopted by our Canscian friends, they would have actually an advantage over our shipowners, because of their being free trom trammels to which our citizens are subjected by existing laws. Nothing should have been left to doubt or uncer- tainty in so important a point in the treaty. Free coasting upon the lakes should have been explicitl provided for. Governor Marcy was in favor of suc! a provision while the treaty was under negotiation, and it isto be regretted that it was overlooked by Lord Elgin and his Colonial advisers. It appears that freights have been less in Canadian bottoms than in American coasters from Chicago to American ports on Lake Ontario and to the St. Lawrence. The hest informed American journalists agree, however, that the remedy for this is not, as proposed at Oswe- go, to compel a re-shipment from one Canadian ves- sel to another at some Canadian port, as a burden- some form, but to frame a new set of coasting re- gulations for the commerce of the Lakes, which shall be aisniee to the circumstances of the present time. Intelligent commercial men at the important American ports on Lakos Erie and Ontario have long been sensible of the fact that the Present ma- chinery is exceedingly and unnecessarily cumber- some and annoying, and that regulations framed in the jealous spirit of fifty or sixty years ago are quite unfit for the large reciprocal commerce now carried on between the two countries on the great inland seas of North America. States have been settled and peopled, cities sprang up, containing enormous gra- haries, and the network of water communication for conveying these food supplies to the ocean, and to the large towns re Grid Sere 80 intermingled between Canada and the Union, that the greater the facilities of transit that can be afforded to each, the greater will be the extension of commerce, of settie- ment, and of progress in the West. And the impor- tance of an adjustment of this question will be bet- ter understood when we state that the value of the ors sent over the lakes is probably greater than value of the merchandise which passes over the Mediterranean; that the American tonnage on the lakes has doubled in five years, being now 250,000 tons, whilst that of Canada has increased quite as rapidly ; and that all this commerce, and the nume rous boats and sailing vessels, have been built up in half a century—more than half ef it in the las: twenty years. Four years ago the ag; lake and river trade employed more vessels and more men than all the ocean and coast navy of the United States—although the total tonnage was less, owing to the large c of vessels which navigate the oceans. Railways in Austria. We find the tollowing important communication in the Vienna Gazette of the 18th ultimo:— ‘The projected Raab-Semlin Kailroad is one of the great- est indusuial enter that has ever been under- token in Austria. The railway, which will be about 300 English miles in i will pass through the most fer. tile parts of Huzgary. The projected line will go b Stony, Kis Ber, Mor, Stablwefoonburg, Kalo, Semon. torny, where @ bridge will be thrown asross the Sio, Szotes, Mobacs, Essegg, and Mitroviere toSemlin. Few difficulties will preeent themselves in the construction, as there will be neither tunnels to build mor dams to wake. Some bogs, will, however, have to be filled up, and a long bridge to be built across the Brave at Kssegg. The rough estimate is, that the German mile (somewhat less than five English,) will cost 500,000 florins, and con- sequently the whole line 30,000,000 florins. Almost all the land through which the railway is to pass belongs to the founders ot the company, so that the cost of the fer- rain willnot be great. listates belonging to Prince Lippe, Prince Fsterhezy, Count Zichy, and Count Lamberg, which have an area of 400,000 acres of land, either eulti- vated, or capable of cultivation, lie close to the projected line, #o it is probable thcse nobles will join the company. Tue’originators of the plan are the Counts John Wald- stein, George Apponyi, Charles Apponyi, and Geo: Caroly. The first operation of the "Fastcion Commerctal Bank will be to purchase the Italian railroads, in com- Pry with certain English, French and Italian houses. . Pereire greatly desired to have the railroads in qnes- tion for the Crédit Mobilier, but when he last called an Baron Bruck, the latter plainly told him that the parties who establiabed the new Austrian Commercial Bank would also ave the Italian railways. Up to yesterday evening 16,469 persons had applied for 2,077,060 shares in the new institution, so that the nominal umount sub- seribed is 415,411,800 florins. ‘The raitrosd feom Perau (northern line) to Troppau and Bielitr is finished, and will be opened on the 17th of this month. On TRE Ick ON THE MississiPrr at Sr. Lovis.— Yesterday was a gala day on the ice in the river op- posite this city. At least two thousand persons’ took the journey across the bosom of the Father of Waters as dry shod, safely, and in good condition as did the host of Israetites through the bottom of the Red Sea. The point of crossing was opposite the mouth of Chesnut street, and the place of recreation was a bot of ciear ice about a hundred is wide and extending for a mile up and down Illinois shore. Upon this amooth surface were sporting day long hundreds and hundreds of men and bo: Women were there, too, looking on and enjoying fun. Of course so large a crowd had to accom- modated with drinks. The river had frozen over and water could not be eprormed, for love or money. A few benevolent individuals of our city, therefore went across and undertook to supply the general thirst. One man struck a tent had painted in large letters over the entrance “ Jake's House.” Around this hospitable acores were crowdin, all day long, anxious to slake their thirst. All 8 of liquors were served up in regular bar-room style. Other stands were scattered here and there on the ice, where the weary skaters, and, hose who had en- dured the fat of @ trip acress the river, were abundantly hed. Not a few of our citizens who generally suffer the colic on Sundays, and com- plain of the prohibitory law might be seen, from time to time, making the transit for their health’s sake, and to test the strength of many other things beside that of the ice. To accommodate other tastes of our people, a wagon load of peanuts was hauled across. am a out at at a dime a pint. In the afternoon,the moderation of the weather had softened the ice, so that but little en- joyment was had in skating; nevertheless the stream of pedestrians to and fro along the path which wound among the jagged fragmenta of ice, was kept up all day. Up near the Shot Tower there was another gang of men and boys enjoying them- selves. We heard of no accidents during the day.— St. Louis Democrat, Jan, 7, all MDEATH OF A LUNATIC FROM ExposuRE.— Robert Thompson, & Scotchman, 35 years of age, who had lived at tie Nail Works, near Trov, becoming de- ranged, was brought to this city on Thursday and placed in the asylum for Innatics, attached to the ‘Almshouse. During that night be managed to make his escape from the room in which he was placed, by forcing his body through the bars of his window, which were but bl tnscead ota and ina nude state made off. His absence from the build- ing was not discovered until the next morning, when search being made for him he was found in 6 vacant lot ining St. John’s burial grounds, stiff indeath. His lower limbs were muti! , cauaed by the heavy crust of anow through which he had walked. Deceased leaves a wife and three children. Albany Argus, Jan. 12. Hntereeding, Bows fypee Tans... * OUB SPECIAL CORRESPONDENOB. wi Suawsax Musson, K.T., Dec. 29, 1856, Cod Weather—Sleighing at Shawnee. The weather here ts almost cold enough to ireeze the Kansas free State question. Reports from Lawrence asy that the ‘enemy’ are still entreaching themselves, but ‘a sooing is belfeving, we shall start for the late eat of War to-day, and if we don’t die of cold om the road, shall be thore—p'ease the abolitionists—day after to-morrow, where you may expect to recekve epistles from Lawreace. ‘The éleighing hers—if one only had w aleigh—is A No. 1, and the mercury bas ceen below vero fur » week, Seasonable, aimt ity We shall enter Lawrence, K. T., oa the first of Jouuary, What an auspicious beginning of the year | Snawwxe Mission, K.T., Dee. 27, 1865. Prs-Slavery Yarns—Gen. Quitman Coming —The~ Hapected Emigration from the South—The Buffaloa—New Stage Route to Lecompton—Whitfield, d&e.—Major Clarke's, (Indian Agent) Statement in Correction of a Misstate- ‘momt in the Free State Organ. We have some two or three pro-slavery yarns, which as they are veritabie facts, and withal nuts to crack for the abolitionists, may as well come in here. ‘We are ansured that the standard of the pro-slavery company which marched tothe seat of war from Jack- son county, Mo., was carried by a slaye—a slave, born and bredand dyed in the wool—in short, what Henry Ward Beecher would elegantly style ‘a long heeted, thick lipped, flat nosed and kinkey-headed apecamen ot the be- nighted and down-trodden sons of Africa’’--who, never- theless, marched geliantly in the van, bearing aloft the banner of pro-slavery, and armed cap-a-pis. Poor de- luded fellow! he didn’t know they “want a going” to hed their life’s blood for hia benefit; and this is what these terrible pro-slavery chaps call ‘+putting the seeds of dissension in their lead!” Weil, it does took hke at; but we object to, this procedure—it was taking an un- fair advantage of the sbontionists. Where were the seeds ot dissension on their side? Who should have lei on them Sharp's rifles and revolvers to do or diey Where were Grvvicy and Beecher, Parker and Seward’ Some months ago a slaveholder in Lafayette county, Mo., passed through the town ot Westport, in that itate, on his wsy to select a farming location in Kansas Territo- ry. He was accompanied by half a dozen likely negroes trom his own plantation, all well mounted and completely armed, each feliow baving a Cult’s navy revolver tacked into bis right boot, ‘Where the ¢—1 are Fe going to with those niggers?” shouted an inquisitive friend to the iter, as the caval- cade trotted into Westport. “ Going?’ was the reply, “why, where should I be go- ing? I’m bound for kansas to hunt «claim, and as I knew Vd have to go by Lawrence, and down among those d—d abolitionists, I thought I'd better have o bedy guard. and brought some of my niggers along ac- cordingly. " An old negroman, a slave, belonging to a gentleman in the vicinity of Westport, was asked whether he did not want to go and live among the free state men in Lawrence!’ when he instantly repiied— i “Nol ’spectnot, massa, dis nizea been cased ’mong qvality—could’it think of guine thar, sir; crother stay at Lome mong white folks.” It is currently reportei in those parts, that when a planter wishes to rcare a refeactory darkey into good behavior, he bas only to threaten sellicg him to « Law- rence man, whith operates as effectually asa hint to a nigger in the OM Dowivion, tuat he’s off for New Or. Jeans, if he don’t amend. ‘the South is “ up and rising’? on the Kansas question. She will pour a tremendous emigration into the Terri- tory in the carly spring. The following items may, we think, be relied upon, as they come from the highest and most Katinfactory sources :— From one county in Georgia, one hundred bona fide ewigrants have already made theic prepi More will leave trom other counties ia that © Trom Misstesippi no less a personage than Gen. Quitman himself, with some hundreas of the boys of the cotton Stave, are confiiently looked for. Geu. Quitman has given $2,500 to premote the objects of the Southern Kun- sex Aid Finigration Society, This may not be the proper titie of the association, but it has the peopling of Kansas by pro-tlavery men for its aim. Msjor Buford, of Alabama, (writes our informant,) has contributed from his own purse $25,000 for a similar pur- pose. He himself is coming out to the Lerritory in March with 300 Alabamians, who will settle in Kansas, cast their votes to make her slave Statte, and if necessary, handle their rifles in the same cause ‘And ali this may be regarded but as the beginaing of the end—for the stream is swelling. There is no mis- taking this simuitaneous awakening of our entire slnve- holémg popula’ion. The North must no longer shut her eyes to that great issue which is now closc at hand. let hier set to work, then, with an honest good will, to root out fanaticism, and lay the axe to the very heart of thet deadliest foe to ths Union, the agitation of this much yexed question of slavery. A contract has been entered into with a man trom In- depencence 10 run a tri-weekly four ho:ve stage, (which will also carry the mails,) between Weavpert, Mo., and the town of Whitfield, K.'T., via the towas of Franklin, Lawrence, Lecompton, Tecumseh and Topeka. all in Kan- sas. It is expected to go into operation by the lst of Ja- nuszy next. Ir well managed and properly kept up, tt shoud prove an accommodation to the public, and @ pay- ing thing to to the proprietor. junters just in from the plains report buffalo in great abuncance. They came in fall to within 15 miles of Council Grove, nearer than they have come for years. A party of men arrived here and in Independence, some ten days ago, with four wagons loaded down with their meat. Wouid it not bea geod speculation for some en- terprising fellow—a Yankee, of course—to come here and go into the buffalo butchering businesaY Although reo ft @ general thing to ignore the ex- tatence of local paragraphs Proocecing trom any ultra or partizan sheet, we take the liberty of correcting an error onthe part of the editor of the Herald of Freedom, (a free State organ, published in the town of Lawrence.) We have not the pleasure of the gentleman’s acquain- tance, but presume that the paragraph which we are about, to quote was written under some Logg nna sion. of the real facts in question, which have, however, been furnished us in writing by Major Clarke himselt. Major Clarke seems to have ted wisely in correcting statement that might otherwise have been copied into our eastern papers, thereby doing st injustice to a gentleman whose reputation is as unblemished as tnat of any citizen of Kansas Temntory. frum the Herald of Freedom, Dec. 15.] Mojor Clarke, Pottawotomie Agent, reinforced the mob at Lecompton on yesterday, with a party of [ndians. As this party through Topeka they boastedth at they woula not return without a scslp—one on each shoulder. Clarke atiempted last evening to shoot a free State man, but the ball passed through the leg of one of his own friends, shattering it ety much, rendering it quite probable that it will have to be amputated. Mojor Clarke’s statement of the real facts in the trans. action above alluded to:— Major George W. Clarke, United States Indian Agent for the Potawotomies, being in the Indian Reservation, and learning that the country through which he was about to travel, with a targe amount of public funds, was filled with armed and incendiary parties, adopted the precaution of bringing with him an escort composed of employée ot his agency, among whom were five Pota- wotamies, whom he sent back the next day, and who did not participate in ben A manner in the territorial diffi- culties. Upon returning to his residence, near Lecomp- ton, (having in the meantime left his escort at that piace. Oistant by some two anda half miles,) he found is family in great alarm from a threatened attack to be made upon his house that night. In the course of the evening, and at an easly hour, he was aroused by the screams of his family, who were. by one of its members, who came running in, and stated that the house wasattacked by an armed party and that the assailants were already in the yard. Major Clarke seized a loaded fowling piece which happened to be standing in the hall, ran out of the back dcor, turned a corner of the house—it being very dark at the time. Upon doing so he observed & number of men just entering the front door. Fully be- ive that @ ret of desperadoes were about ea! ‘out their blood thirsty intentions—in accordance with the repeated threats which had even upon that very day been made by cértain individuals of the free State party to the effect that they would shoot Mejor ‘Clarke, he did not hail, but hastily fired; the piece was loaded with small bird shct, (not ‘‘ball,” as the Herald of Free- dom states.) The load mont unfortunately entered the leg of one of the men, who proved to be one of # party ot Major Clarke's bors, who had come at srs. Glarke’s request to assist in protecting her house against the violence with which it had been threatened by a free Staie mob, After scme moments of confusion an nation was made, and the injured man was carried into the huuse, where his wounds were as well cared for as circumstances would permit, his request, Major Clarke thea carried the victim of this sad accident home in his jor Clarke's) car The gentlemad injured, (Mr. ) is now rajidly recoverii and at sent able to walk about, and, as Mayor Clarke is most ppy to declare, stands in no danger of being called ‘upon to submit to an amputation. Major Clarke is a ee, man; was one of the party who was supposed to have killed Barlow, and is therefore highly obnoxious to free State men. B* P. &.—Major Prince. U, 8. A., is now in Westport, on route to Fort Leavenworth, DONALDSON's, ON THE LAWRENCE Roan, Eleven Miles fom Westport. We are en roule to Lawrence, and have got thasfar on our journey, in company with Major Geo. W. Clarke, United States Potawotomie Indian Agent, who had kindly offered us a seat in his conveyance. When, on haltiog at Donakron’s for the night, we were met by Rufus Doak, (a brother-in-law of the Major's,) who has just arrived from “House on the Prairie,” (Major Clarke’s residencs,) which Mr. Doak left this morning with the mtention of meeting the Major, to whom he is the bearer of most im- portant letters, These letters come from (ir, Jol who has been several times shot at, as is alleged, by some one of the free State party. ‘They read as follows:— Hovsr, on te Pram, Kansas Tenutory, Deo. 30, 1855. Tan Mason—Rafus, the bearer of this letter, will in- form you that matters are fast coming to a desperate conclusion with us—a crisis which requires both prompt and energetie action ia be fete ‘Your family is not here even for a single night. Your house is watched as though it were a den of thieves. Your dog has dirap ; We presume he has been decoyed away and killed to prevent his giving an alarm. One of your carriage horses has been poisoned, and, in addition, to this, an attempt was made to fire your house. This occurred last Ddetween midnight and one o'clock A. M. It was mont fortunate that we discovered the fire before it was too late; we were but just {n time to nave the building. Had it been otherwise Gvi only koows) what) would = tave = become of your fomily; for, evom supposing that tera exposed tote danger of priahingia tae bition culé ot mex, to the of ter cold of | this incement season, ere they. uid have reached the nearest veighbor’s house. (Mejor Clarke's 00 is ‘$brce quarters of a mile from any house, and the mercury at ihe time stova at 20 deg. below zero, and it wonld have | — almost va mireele, under such Leena nn td they oepenet ane +) Bat to come to tne es you cannot live here; it ial too much; the very oxist- ence of ir family is at stake: your own iife is in ia pepe aoe yea wonia not be sa’e here—no, not 7 rs ou were hore it would onl, vate evi. For oa sake, remove your family. Take them to Missouri or up among the Pottowatamy Indians, They | wouls be safe there. Your property, wo, is in iaminent Every ey ‘brings the tntelligerice of some new aot of outrage—bouse burnings, brutal threatenings and at tempted asraxsinations. 'How can we go on living thus, in God's name? Is there no law in havsast ‘To whom are we to look for aid? How is all his to end? Are our | tives to be menaced—is our property to be destroy ed—snd are women and chiliren to ve driven from their dexo- | lated homes without the upraising of an arm to stay the perpetrators of these acts of lawiens virlenee? Is there ho power vested in our Governor—no protection to be | obtaived from the executive? Or must the law-abiding | citizens of Kansas bo driven into the terrible alternstive | of defending by Lynch law and armed violence, their homes end firesises? If we have laws why are they not eoheratt Something must be done fur our rel(ef, and that 8 ‘The letter from which this abstract is taken is signed by Dr. George W. Johnsen, a son of the present Gover- nor of Virginia, A posteript from William HL Dosk, E4q., @ brother in-law of Major Clarke, endorses and corroborates the foregoing statements, and addy, that they are going to get some neighdors to assist in defend- ing Major C'orke’e houre until arrangements can be made for th» vemeval of his fawily. Moor Clarke hs u letter trom lus wile of stuatlar im- port. Mojor Clarke's residenee is at present occupied by two families—this has been the cass since the breaking out of the Kansas troubles. Among its inwates may be num- bered two feccules and five small chitiren, Had they been left houseleas on the bitter night ot Dee.¥30, to find their way through the frozen snow to the nearest dwelling, (three quarters of a mile distaat,) ic ia most probable that some of these little ones would have fallen victims to the terrible state of things which uow exist in rome sections of Kansas. connected with this incendiary atiempt, as by Mr. Doak, the boaser of tl lotters; are Between 12 an41 o’cluck on the morning of the 30th ot December, Mr. Doak and Dr. Johnson were awakened by the appearance of smoke and a smeli as if of burning tar in the room in which they were sleep They im- mediately arose, and on making an ex covered fire under one of the rooms, adjoi which Binjor Clarke's family were steeping upon looking, thas the underpinning of this the houre (a frame one) bad bee: rad, and @ fire of light wood sticks built under u wander the de- struction of the house more certain ot combnatibles were piaced in suena position as to teed the flames, ‘The privy was also filed wich bey, gretbered trom o neighboring hay stack. This had been ignited, but had gone out—probably from the hay having been wat with snow. The flames were discovered just in time to save the house. Msjor Clarke snd Dr, Jobnson are the only persons lving in the vicinity of Lawrence who sigued the ad- dress to the peop'e, recently published by the “Law and Order Convention ”” ch assembled at Leavenworth City in November last, We forwarded you a copy of the address at the time. We shall press on to Lawrenoe as rapidly as man and horse moy go; we regard these matters aa nut the ve- ginvarg of 4 most sericus, and, we fear, bioody end. Min P. S$ —Information has just reached us f om ble source, that a party of Mejor Clarke’ bors, well meening, but inconsiderate men, it in contemplation to turn out, investiga: the affair thorongbly, arrest the suspected persons, and if suMicient evidence be adduced, lyncl offenders, A man named Joves is m z ly throatennd. to tie hies Ciarke has, We understood that it was in o: up and whip him into a confession However, with great good rense, detormiaod to diseounte- nance any act on the part of the pro-slavery people hich might even be construed into ap atvermp! to take the iaw into their own hands, He will use every exer- tion to bring the perpetrators of these ansuthorized wow to justice, but will do so ina strictly legai way. We leave here in company to-morrow as daybreak—he ta re- press any illjudged demonstration on tho part of his heighbora, whore indignation has been highly ox:ited by there repeated attempts to do him injury; and we (your correspondent) to gather facts which wid enable as to report ‘tne truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,” without fear, favor or affection, It is to be feared that the Major will arrive too R. New Patents Issued. List of patents issued from the United States Patent Ofiice, for the week ending Jan, 8, 1856, each beuring that date— Benj. F. Avery, of Louisville, Ky., for improvement in ploughs N. Aubin of Albany, N. ¥., for improvement in making illuminatin; u Lebbeus Barnes, of Islep township, N. Y., for improve- ment in harvesters. Chas. E. Brown, of New York, N. ¥., for improved mode of hanging double doors, Samuel W. Brown, of Lowell, Maes., for improvement in constructing the bottoms of ships and other vessels. Reuben Brady, of New York, N. Y., for improved ma- chine for sheet metal bending. rah Chaee, Jr., of Boston, Mass., for improvement in coal scuttle covers. George H. Clarke, of Fast Washington, N. Y., for im? provement in bee hives. Fégar Conkling, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for improvement in the form of building bricka. Dominique Emile Costard, of Boston, Masa., for improve- ment in dieintecting fecal matter. ‘Thomas Davidson, Jr., of Kensington, Pa., for improve- ment in atreet paving machines. Jacob Erdle, of West Bloomiela, N. Y., for improve- ment in filing saws. Morris Falknan, of New York, N. Y., Morris Pollak and Solomon Wiener, of Hoboken, N. J., for improved watch key. 1: . atthe, of New York, N. ¥., for improvement in loading firearms. breech . Charlee Bammond, of Philadelphia, Pa., for improve- ment in attaching hammer heads to shafts. James Harrison, Jr., of Milwaukie, Wis., for improve- ment in padlocks. Sazuel R. Jones, of Baltimore, Md., for improvement in peg cutters for boots and shoes. Geo. L. Jenks, of Providence, R. I., for improvement in machinery for making weaver’s harness. Jos, Johnson, of New Urleans, Le., for improvement in manufacture of hats. John F. Manahan, of Lowell, Mass., for improved mode of burning fuel. Anto-dated July 8, 1855. Hiram B. Musgrave, of Cincinnati, 0., for improve- ment in cooking stoves. ‘Wm. C. Pancost, of Geneva township, 0., ment in cheese presser. Charles Phillips, of Detroit, Mich., for improved ma- chine for loading dirt carts. Randall Pratt, of the township of Marple, Pa., for im- provement in horse hay rakes. J. J. Savage, of New York, N. Y., for improvement in excavating machines. ® Christopher D. Copyan, of New Haven, Conn., for roe of preventing bank notes, &=., from being coun- terfelted. Gustavus Stone, of Belott, Wis., for improvement in for improve- blades for mowing machines. ‘Wm. Stoddard, of Lowell, Mass,, for mortising ma- chine. Abraham Straub, of Milton, Pa., for improvément in machines for sawing marble obelisks. fokn G. Snyder, of Wheatfield, Pa., for improvement @ seeding machines. Abner Whiteley, of Springfield, Ohio, for improvement in candle sticks. ‘Wm. F. Wyche, of Brookville, N. C., for improvement in cultivating ploughs, Geo, W. N. Yost, of Port Gibson, Miss., for improve- ment in corn harvesters. James H. Merrill, of Baltimore, Md., fer improvement fn fi jrearms. Henry Pease, of Brockport, N. ¥., assignor to himself, and James Roby of same place, fur improvement in mow: ing wachines. ‘Sohn Reily, of Hart Prairie, Wis., assignor to Talbot C. Doneman, of Ottawa, Wis., John Heath, of Sullivan, Wis., and John Reily aforesaid, for improvement in har- ‘vesters. Sylvanus H. Whorf, of Roxbury, Mass., assignor to himself, and Charles Rice, of Boston, Mass., tor improve- ment in the manufacture of boots and shoes. Re-issum8,—Nathan Chapman, of Mystic River, gt pevete, in cotton presses. Patented Aug. 8, 1854. ‘m. 8. Lougtibe of Rochester, N. ey machine fe Patented Oct. 23, 1853. it washing paper stock. ed Jan. 23, 1866. English patent dated Sept. 20, 1854. ‘Abner Whiteley, of 1d, Ohio, for improvement in track clesrers 0 vial eorentece ‘Patented Aug. 22, pa a Augustus E. Witherill, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for design for perfumery bottles. Runaway Locouotrve.—About 12 o'clock, yes- terdsy, the crowd ot persons at the railroad station. in this eity. srralting ee arrival of the train from Philadel- phia, were not a little surprised at seeing a locomotive and tank coming up the road at high speed, which shot through the stat like a meteor in chase of a rainbow, and hummed its course west, with unchecked speed, without engineer or other attendant. The inference was that some accident had happened, and the excitement was great; but information was received, in # short time, that a short distance below the locomotive works the morning train from Philadelphia here run into a train of bla trucks that was running on the track before it; demolish'ng a number of the trucks, and the locomotive and tank from them. The engineer and fire- man on the truck train, Lon Be tre at the collision, d off, thas leaving the motive free to run down what it |. It was this came cercering through the city at “the top of ita speed,” without deigning to stop ‘and take @ drink as usual, and which seemed bound on a ‘western expedition of such great moment, that it required all to ‘‘stand from under,”’ without even giving wari of its approach. We did not hear that it has caw any lous accident on the road, nor where it finally “brought up.'—Lancaster, Pa., Daily, Jan. 9. ne og ns of New Jer at Trenton, on the $th inst , and elected the. following officers for the ensuing thew Most Worshipfal Grand Master—Daniel Babbit, of Orange. Deputy—Dr. Varick, of Jersey City. Senior Grand ‘Warden—Dr. Taaewey, meee Junior Grand Wai Finch, Red Bank. Grand Treasurer—Elias Phillips, Trenton. Grand Secretary—-Joseph H. Hough, Trenton. Deputy Grand” Secretary—Joua R. Chapia, of Rahway t Brooklyn City News. Ovaxquies or Tux Lave A. J. 5. Dxcnaw.—The Gremow turned out im immense numbers on Friday to take part in the funeral ceremonies of the late A. J. & Degraw. Every company in the Western district was out in full force, and the Fastern district and the Depart- ment ef New York were numerously represented. Mr. Degraw, it will be recollected, met with an accident af the fire in Court street, on Monday morning last, caused by the faliing of the south wall of Stilwell’s foucdey while engaged in the performance of his duties as a fire- man. He lirgered until next day at one o'clock, whea he breathed his last. Being extensively and favorably known, the poseemar sd i — 2 ers | pry 4 among men, with whom boos sted anal te time of hla death was President of the Fire Department Fund. In honor to his memory the flags on the City Hall were rit nae tae ts aera ouses in the city were dra in 7 ig and all the dre balla ‘were tolled during the march of the procession. Tho Common Counell assembled at the Mayor's office at one o'clock, and headed by the Mayor, proceedea to the Pacific street Ks E. Rae where the funeral se- lemnities were to take place. “ithe firemen formed on the sidewalk about the City Hall park, under direction of the Matabal, [aravl D. Velsor, Chief Engineer; and Assistants Joseph Reeve, George Staley, Geo, Atwater, E. B. Refll and Joba Taylor. The procession took up the line of march att wo o’clook, in reversed order, as tollowa:— ‘ Fire Department anner, draped in mourning, borme by exempt firemen. Engine Company No. 22. down to No. 1. Hovk and Ladder No. 4 to No. 1. Hose Company No. 7 to No. 1. Bucket Company No. 1. Fire Department banner of Williamsburg, borne by Neptune Engine Company No, 7, followed oy Baga fe give Gompany No. 6, under the marshalship of Ww. Wilson, President of the Fire Department, Kasterm dis- trict; Chas, C. Talbot, Chief Enginver and Wm. Weeks, Arsistant Engineer. ty Delegations of the New York Fire Department came next, pumbering about one hundred, and after therm came delegetions from country towns, who brought up ‘the rear, The church in which the funeral services were held mot being Inrge enough to accommodate one-half of chose whe Wopta he gut of Ine woventon, verlan church, on the corner sf Clinvon and Amity stree*s, was thrown open to the firewen. They were :here arerved by Key. Dr. Smith, of the Dutch Reformed church, Harrison street, who made an appropriate dia- course trom the 2¢ verse, 7th chapter Feetesiastes: “At te beter to go to the house of mourning than to go tothe house of feasting; for tuat is the end of al men; and the living will lay it to his heart.” After the sermon the firemen proceeded to the Pacific street church, where the funeral services were held, and marcning around the ooé- fin, viewed the body. ‘The discourse in this church was delivered by the Rev. Dr, Kennecy, of New Hoven, formerly pastor of the com- regation to which the relatives of deceased belonged. The portion ot Soripture sclected for the text, was ‘Boast not of to-morrow, for ye know not whataaay may brig forth,’ from which aa cloquent address was made, in which the virtues and sa 8 of tne deceased were Deautivuliy portrayed. the collin is of with a stlver plate, tion :--"A. J. 8. Degraw, 2% years and four mouths,” rewains wee placed in a hearre drawn dy twe horses apprepriately capariconed, the Board of Trastees ot the Fire Department acting as pail bearers. Hook and Ladder Company, No. 4, of which deceased wos foreman, preceded the hearse, and a long Ine of carriages, containing the {riends and relatives, followed, auc pri ceeded to Greenwocd Cemetery, where the remains were placed in the fami} It. ‘The firemen were in ing a radge with the here must have been nearty 2.000 persons in the peo- ecsvinn, of which upwards of 1,200 were firemen It waa one of the jargert displays ever witnessed ia Brooklyn, SvFFocATION Ox BoaRD or A ScaooxER—Four Mgy Foup Deav.—The lifeless bodies of four men were found in the forecastio of the tchooner Jupiter, lyiog at the foot of Congress street, on Meiday morning, The vessel bolongs to St. Ubes, Portugal, and had arrived bere a few days siree from Turks Joland, with a cargo of salt. The orew were all natives of Portugal. It seems that they filled a barrel with charcoal, and placing ft. 02 » bed of sand in the forecsstie, made « fire to protect themselves from the cold. They turned into their berths, ¥here all were suf fceated. One of them was found lying near the hatch- way on the deck, having evidently attempted to make his escape. He was yet warm. The others were lying down as if arleep, their limbs i gl ice hee Sol ing the same appearance as if alive. The barrel having been consumed, the fire communicated to the fivor, inte which it burnt a large hole ani also scorched the stancheons, but did not spread farther, for the want of air. It was out when the unfortunate men were disooy- ered. Coroner Hanford being notifed, empannelled a jury ard held an inquest, and verdicts of death by suffo- cation were rendered. rosewood, beautifully polished, bearing the following inserip- Diei Jonuary 8, 1866, aged Police Intelligence. ward, was arrested a few days gince charged with breach of trust by Mr. Joseph Perkins, of No. 44 Horatio street. The afidavit of complaint, which we give, was made in October last, and a warraut for the arrest of the accused was issued at that time, but the officers were unable joseph Perkins, of No, 44 Horatio strest, being duly sworn, deposes that in April I \bacrij tup by bis frlonas for his Genet, he being a unable to work. ‘That said list contained ‘This sffidavit tn su by one made by Mr. Samuel Radeliffe, of No, 262 ‘est Eighteenth street; Mr. Jas. L. Miller, of 363 Broome street; and also by statements made by Mr. Elijah F. Purdy ‘and others, all of who hhad, by Cooper’s solicitation, contributed to Mr. Per- kin’s relief. The accused was taken before Justice Flan- dren, and gave bail in $500 to anawer. He claims that, on trial, he can satisfactorily explain the matter. ROBBING AN EMPLOYER. Henry Mnrphy, a boy, 13 years of age, was yesterday arrested, charged with robbing his employer, Mr. Johm Sexton, soap and candle manufacturer, doing business at No. 12 Desbrosses street, of $60 in bank bills, which he took from « desk in the office. After getting posses- oe Se ane ee it to his mother, and it was found in her jon by officer Evans, of the shares tiers, felonious? Joelved’ the ond o receiv money, feel were held by Justice Connolly to await an exami- nation. ARREST OF HOUSE THIEVES. About two o’clock on Fri ay afternoon, Mr. Charles Hutching, of 30 West street, observed two looking men out of his and thi they haa toa aerate steal, he used eit eae officers Silvey and Hayes, of the First ward police. Om hers, ite ‘a lot of skeleton keys were found on their raons, and some of the keys fitted Mr. Hu! 1 fromt loor. It was soon ascertained that the house been entered and robbed of a set of silver spoons, a aoe, type likeness, and some other articles, all of which were found in a sink in the rear of premises No. 25 Greenwich street, into which the prisoners ran whem they found themselves discovered. gave their names as Joho Moore and George Mason, and were committed to prison by Justice Connolly, to answer a charge of burglary. CHARGE OF PERJURY. Levi Aaron, @ Prussian, was on Friday arrested by Sergeant Jourdon, of the Lower Police Court, charged by Mr. Antonio with wilful and beri 3 perjary, committed on the 8th inst., before Justice A which time he was # witness in the case of Herzog. ‘here were three other affidavits of . made agninat the accused in the case, and he was before Justice Connolly and committed to the default of $3,000 bail, to answer. Asron isa cap mane- facturer, and resides at 208 William street. OHARGE OF James Houghton, an employé of the National Express Company, was on Friday arrested by Capt. Carpenter and officer , of the Fifth ward Mr. Wm. P. James, a member of the having feloniously or otherwise taken $700, of the eed angio yd same to his ewan use. He Justice Connolly, and eom- mitted to await an examination. Coronerw’ Inquests. FataL Fat at a Pouck Stanon.—An inquest was om Friday held by Coroner Connery, at Bellevue Hospital, ; it ‘a fall received a few ago atthe Fourteenth Then ceased had lodgings for fell down avflight of stairs. A City Burs to DeaT.—A child, four years of age, With a plece of lighted paper at the time of the n upon the body of Robert W. Humphrey, » native of Ire- maa te -nine years of whose death was the re- ward station house. ht, and in F to them rendered & of “death from and Meficium tremens, the result of @ fall,’ daughter ot Mr. James Hope, residing at eda e, fatally burned on Th fied tho tame night, Tt appears that the ‘wen pi ine Backes tee fire from it. inquest will be held on the body to-day.