The New York Herald Newspaper, May 4, 1856, Page 1

THE NEW YORK - WHOLE NO. 7188. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1856. HERALD. PRICE TWO CENTS. condition of the inbabt your subscription 1p money OREADFUL DESTITUTION AT THE CAPE DE VERDS. ef conic een Minas ant Wee ‘The Population Pert:hing by Thousands, ceed, Tenia ae ‘on the to band the day aft ys Jordans etme ge ‘able teeli Bi toi same to be tranuates. and p Appeal to the People of the United States. AN EFFORT TO BE MADE IN THE CAUSE OF , 0 to the crowded state TO THE EDITOK OF TIE HERALD. j-—and also with some Wasu~Gron, April 25, 1858, I enclose you the following «lip from the National In: reqnest you to insert it. My is to make another ap- a) talligencer, ot thir date, object in asking of you this fav. peal to the generous and benevolent of our Jand in behalf ofthe sterviug people of tis Cape de Verda, ere they Shall ¢ie by accumulate? thoueanda with all the horrors of atarvation:—~ fe address to bat island, who received them in time toavert a considerable calat A ‘rifling sum which we received atte from the ind, We iso converted into food. and sent it per e Avon, aod we since: ely hope thet Our re fortunate fel‘ow creatures. ‘With the compliments of the season, believe m9 yours, very stneerely. Lieut. W. A. Barturrr, Uniled 8 On passing Madeira three days later, I had Jeft the same in‘ormation with our Vice Consul, Robert H. man, Keq. Henee the relief from that island, Unrren raves Sin Jamestown, x ‘CHARLES L. BRI [have spoken in former of these islaners. ‘The searcity of ram and contequent shortaesy of the crops for the Jast three years, have pro- duced 6 famine cf which from five to six thoutand out of @ poptiation of one hundred end twenty toousand have already died. Of the twelve or thirteen islands the ine has thus far been oor fined ehiefly to St. Antonio, Three th usend per- rving condition W. ; On arriving at Lisbon on the 5th November, I sent the sawe icformation to Hon. J. L. O’Sulliven, our Minister at the court of Portugal, and the following letver from him, a since, through the Nevy De- jain tbe result of bis actioa, so , St. Vincent, and Sal. we come from the neigh noring islands to this (St. Jago), which is the moat productive. moat excellent and energeti: im his power for these missra’ vesrela, as he can ra{xe the means to do so. to the const of Africa for grain, wnich hu distributer witn the strict- est Osonowy to the desiitute. received cnly a few da} partment, will best exp! vighly honorable to his philanthropy:— U. 8 Leaation, Lisnow, Nov, (7, 1865, was already Tae Governor, a man, ia doing everythi He sends sma Dear Sir—-I regretted extremely that the over the bar, outward pound, before vour communication reached me. It had been comitted to the Post office; other uid certainly bave had the pleasure of hailing vou at least from & boat alongside, though I that to shake hands ave been out of the quest 1 tried to see the proper wm! without success. He has visited onr ship several times, and aa he sp(ks French extremely well, it hae tailen to my lot to be the interpreter to-day, in company with the Bishop, to thank the Com- modare tor bis Kindness in having gone, ten dayr ago, to the (s!and of Brava to bring tie Bishop, whose presence here as Preaident of the Council he strongly desired, in order to allay discontent, anu to satisfy the people with the measures that he has been obliged to pursue in the He t+lis me that whatever money 8 can collect he sends to the coast of Afrisa and eise- where for grain, which he distrioutes in such a way as to avoid monopoly. He has nearly exhausted his at he will be able to keap star- vation in cheek until July, after which, unlees provisions are reat from Kurope and ‘Amerfea, twenty thousand per- sons, at the least calculation. will starve to death be- tween then and December; and tne srop in December will depend upon the rain in the weantime. he says, who have been looking to him for bread, do not know. an be does the terrib'e calamity that awaits tuem. In 1832 thirty or forty vessels exme fram the United Witn half that amount now the 8, pravent all starvation. He has made & fui] statement of the eubject to nis own government, and will draw op anotner wi modere will forward to the government at Washington. Moreover, on our suggestion, the Bishop will address @ to Archbishop Hughes, as also to the London and Paris. is the condition of these poor people, as ured to me to-day by the Governor, that under the feelings that his narrative bas awakened I devote my letter to this subject, It is not municatione of the Govervor and Bishop will be ready for theZeno on Monday morsing. They may not, there- fore, reach the United States untti weeks atter this does; Ishould not care to anticipate them. These can be of litle if any advantage to Portugal. There are more people here then can lis liveon the produce of the soil. They had, ter abandon some, 1f not all, of the tylands, ehippiag,the Even in this island, the la geat and best, the water haa almost given out; so that, shold tte drought con'icue, our squadron will not be ‘Where provisions and mo: gent yeara ego from the United States to Mad donors compiained, and justly. of the disposition made ofthem by theeuthorities, A similar misappropriation ofeharity would be avoided in the our Consul bere, provi ‘nich would thua their proper destination, as over to the Governor, who would direct and supervise the distibution, as he now do porta, The revi ‘chase ition. inister hore the rame evening, but But I both wrote bua a communication em- a) the facts furnished by you, and saw bim the next Nl to write, tor the ‘Gover wniiten in auch a tone and to pre-fion that all was ‘he mipisters held an ate ot yepr fucts anpropriated 8,000 mllries to buy milho, Ie at home, that thsy would not the aory'you were going to tell I trust to bearfrom you thet Idid not commit myself to a rash evgsgement for them If you desire to see ber 29) to the Sti it ergency, naee alien’ uous de. to be promptly despatcl Tanswered for our keep a closed heart or them. resovrees. He think: yaded to my despatch (Novem- in about a fortnight attor your tbaltdo soy the next” Widh great respect youre eee B Liver, W. A. Barrier, U, 8. N. The pudlic will please observe that I aid not heretofore deem it necessary to publish these lotters, which exhibit in such golden hues the prompt astion of our representa- relief to those people, and I had that, votwithatanding the atartling facte I publiched lovember Jast, no further appeal weuld become nenes- sary; yet now that Dr. Clymer, who, with myeelf, invesligated these facts in Ootober last, has so feelingly end even ® worse condition of things, March last, and confirms our opiaion, as then expressed, that the criris would be from July to December of 1856, I feel cailed upon to make one more it will be effective, to send the most am ple reliet in food to these starving islanders. Should you and the public desire it, I will refer to my notes, and give you in a future articie, briefly, the sauser have brought a whole of San Antonio, San Ni very brink of the grave, which ya’ famiabed corpses. States with provision: Governor could, he tives abroad in sending set forth the same, down to the 8th of eflort, and I ho robable that the com- T speak of the inhabitants Vicente and Sal) to the ive their A. BARTLEFT, therefore, bet- Personal Intelligence. Mayor Wood left this city yesterday aftercoon in the steamship Jamestown, for Riebmor4, Va., where he will arrive on Monday morning, and will, at the invitation of theLadies’ Mount Vernon Association, deliver an address on Tuesday night, May 6, on “The Genius ond Char aster ot Alexander Hamiton.”” Queen Victoria held a drawing room at Saint Jamen’s Pa‘ace on the 10th instant, at whish the sentations were made:—By Vi: , Wife of the United States Minister. Dailas—Mies Dallas and Miss Sophie Dal the United Stat FY Ni United States Minister—Mr. Philip N. Dallas, Secretary to the Legation. (Panis (April 12) Correspondence of London Court Jour- pal, An interview has taken place between the Count de Chambord and the Countess de Necily, ana at which ‘were present the Duke de Nemours and the Princess Clé- The Countess de Neuilly havi rersed a desire to visit the Count de prevented by the state of her health, the Count an- ticipated the intention of his august aunt, and visited her at Nervi on the 6:h Inst. Some of the French papers apeak of this interview asa rignal of advance in that “tusion”’ so long discussed and announced; but, in fact, With many others of Louts Philipp2’s own family, the Queen Marie Amelie disap- proved of his acceptance of the crown; and she sought by her prayers and deeds to avert, au it’ were, the ‘ judg- menv” she feared to follow such a all to the lineal inhabitaats to Brazil. able to water here. nt instance by be sure to reach would then be tumed ‘hat ef all tha provisions of the islands be de- instead of sendi: home government. be has not tovehed during the two and a hai hu governorship, though he cl as Mer hes poor, dressing very plainly and living with great lity. The crumbs that fall from the wealthy tables biladelphie and New York would more than fatten these 120,000 tslancers, You are aware that] was at the islands San Antonio ané San Vicante, of the Cape de Verds, as late as the 29th Oorber, and (as I published on arrival home) did, as I was charged by Commodore Crabbe, communicate the frightful facts to the public, ss your columns and repub- ligation will tully testlty (this intelligence being copied by telegrsph and type throughout the land.) Bat un- foriunately for my appeal, as then made—it being at a time when most unusual and long contin- wel dratts on the public rites had been made for the intense sufferers of Nor- tol and Portsmouth—so sadly scourged—and likewise ‘tht fact that the let of Desember is the time when the public charities are invoked throughout the land to re- fiere distress visible in all our cities, at the commence- womb of our long, and as it bas proved, unusually severe wiater—our own poor needed our aid; and hence it was pda time when an appeal from a foreign land could be mite effective. But fortunately for the sufterers on those ishnds, 1 did not wait to get home before I had set ma- clinery in motion, which I am now rejoized to nay did perform much im the way of immediate relief ; for on pass- tng the Canaries, Madeira and Lisbon, I dropped copies of ‘the correspondence and facts, with what excelient results ‘the correspondence lately received and now published will ahow. Ali honor be to those who deted so promptly ia the emergency. But I regret to have it to say, that I prepared also a copy aad rent it with all the facts, to the London Zimva, on the ‘1th and 11th of November, but they neither notice my peal to the British public, and even stu- diously omitted all reference to the “famine” in their news items, 20 far a4 I could discover, up to my lesving Eng- Jand, on the 16th of that month It would probably, have rent corn from Englana, as gifts and merchandize, and this might have enhanced the then rising prices at thelr Corm Exchange. My object in asking you to repub- Meh 18 to make another appeal to our generous people. Spring is upon us with all granarics are full to overflowing, cansen, lowered the price of grain, and Providence pro- ‘mises us an abundant harvest in then, a¢ a thank offering, at this season, when all is 50 flatterirg to us as a people, rush to the sid of th hing islanders at the Cape de Verds, w Id out their attenuated hands to the West for succor. now sent you, from the columns of the igen’ from an eye-witness, and the outpouri of the heart of the fleet surgeon of the American squad- ron, Dr. Olymer, shows that the famine is continu- 18, and that the crisis at hand is so dreadful in its (con- pequences that the noble Governor dove not let the truth ‘ve known to his already dying people, for fear of more terri- ble consequences, But there is yet time for us, to do something—aye, much—for these poo and 1 believe that the appeal will be heard, and that out rain and flour and bread and as I can now attempt it indicates nothing. cose breach of the descendant of the sion will never be accomplished whilst the Duchens of Orieans remains to assert the right of her he may of his owa accord mbord 28 the bead of his all di benevolence and cha- rena: ea son. When he comes of acknowledge the Count de house; but, until then, the Duchess of Orleans remains iavlated from the family. AREI I—Misa B H Chew, Connecticut; w At the St Denis Hotel- ‘Oincinnad; Mr famtl , Henry C Hasorouck, William worth and | Willian Roe and lady,'Misa Roo From Savanpah in steamshiv A\ sta—Dr Dyche and lady, WB Ferrell. W Heath, Mra ‘Aranator a mando, ri strong, J 8 Dany: JD Jenkins. RH Sap} Goul 3 Jochran. ¥: B Ward, child and eervant, D Parks, BF Bu; Mra Eames, Mrs Shaw and iwo children, @ Bowan, Jr, J itherby, Joel Witherby. From Oharieston, in steamship Southerner—Mra & W Orren, Mrs Nichols and servant, A Comb und lady © Riley, Everett, J B Foot, RO Pi » D Hass, A Hans, J C8 » JM Lovell, # eery—b8 in steerage. wee DEPARTURES. ‘or Havre in steamship Arago—Mr aud Mrs Ingersoll and ark, Mra F Depau daughter and ‘maid; Master F @ Dale, Dr feaacs, Mra R Verst Capt A Fletcheri@ F abry, B i @ Zulant Mr and Mrs Depau, Mr and Mra Thire, man. Rey Ferland, J Pi GH Penniman Mise Bi Courey, two children and nurse, } ys Mr mn Liese, Mr and Mrs Stebbins, Mr aud Mrs child and servant; Mrs Soblop and two children, Mi James Vandevoort. Mrand stra {+ irs Davenport Mr and Mrs Sche dig, Mr and Mrs Cliff two chil ‘emies. M G: ir. Ki 5 idren, Mra 8 han, F Hembert, rs 4 Viade, Mrs Lede 0 id Lovo child its Dbleasiags —our e Schenck, Mes A Pence haa, with other Michel Mrs Eh Marburg and aot da, Mr C Leds and 2 children, mer, Mrs A Galeppt, Mrs U Stetgell, Mra C Blies, Mri holz, Mre F Heldipger, Mra F C Coupert, Mi . Mrs M Oliver, Mra M wet Mrs 8 Andoux,' Mra Renou, Mi met, ‘M Machmen, Mr , Bymoe. Roche ra © Bias, Mee Wechman, Se Pena aoe Robbpteiffer, Rev T ‘Thi Bame), Mrs Bai- Gunthier. Mra kmo' and, Mr ; Mivelbroun. F Mii kiber, Mra Paltman and din, 8'De Castro, Miss B De Onsiro, Miss T Mr W H Fircber, ET Buchler, A Tilge luff, Mr and Mrs © Irminger. child an Gamarche and two children, J T Disiche: Eady, T Lonia, CM Fearing Mr White, Mr Murdock, Mr ‘Tougias. it Mr Guterev, A Aloerttni rd, J Reiber. Mr Gan- 1 @ Castro and maid, JO Hundt, A Heid. norse, Mr aud Mrs H yy, Me Yamour, Mr Barnes, 4. B® De Cova, Mr Balliani, i, J Delervise, H Hulmes, Mr and Mra Sebatiner and child, T Abiiea, Mra 1 Ablia, 3 childre maid, Bodinier, H tcharpp. [11 Col C F Mend, C B Cromwell. Wm Popve, Mr Gabier, WF’ Fenero, bearer of dispatches to Sardi mo and maid @G Barbs, P Mr snd Mrs © Oipenbardt and 2 chidren, Mra A Converse, A Pollosk. H A Stover, T Sch wat imlos, A Novelie, M Nonelle, J fmmot, Mrs 5 Angeraball, Mrs Rubens, Alma—Mr Jean vin, Mr Finance. ‘8 de Paiva, Mr Bruyard, Mr of our sbhandance stores will be sent, and that quickly; 4o do that which, from the painfuiness of my position as pped officer,” I couid not do in December last, I desire to offer my mite to the general contribution, and ‘to tender one hundred bushels of corn to the first shi; that_will take it to the islands; and request my friend, Mr, Wolfe, President cf the New York Corn Excha to aupply it,’ well put up for shipping, and to ship it (ita vensei' offers) to Porto Grande Jale, St. Vin Antonio Joaquim Martens, United States Vico Consul, for public distribution on the island of San Antonio, together ‘with any other contributions which may olfer. my own contribution I will pay the freight, and trust others will dothe same—for to be effective it must arrive at the point of mecd.) And I further offer, in this emergency, to take the command of any substantial vex- sel that may be loaded with breadstuffs for distribution at the Cape de Verds; and at my own charge to find the means of officering, manning, and navigating this vessel of merey to the Cape de Vercs and back, an: moment such vessel can be | ‘will be heard—that it will Scbeeckeit, L Pitchy and daughter, Mr'Schroerer, ED For Havre, in steamah) Dofriche, Mr CI Doroiny Bernard, Mr Normand, ‘Toye, Ialea Florence Gray. Mise Laura 8 Mr and Mrs Maurice Valkenhuyzan, HE A tinrbey, Mi ermia Govzalez, Mr aud Stra John Blatter, irs Josephine, Mr ra Geo ‘and Mien Lazarus, “Mr Acoiph Kolatachek, Mar Caracas, Mra Keene, Mise Briard, Miss ir Martial Crotis, Mr J Risong, Mra Wm D Volghi, Miss Voigt, Mesers Bouverot, Letevre, Mavone: roy, T B Aubert, Jean Pierre puvas, Lonis Gage, Felix cbard Allouette, Francois Colomb, Ferdinand Mrs Richomme, 4 Dr Peter Reim- ust this appesl ‘Mr ene Nrs Mariajous, by the press of the that our New York merchants and citizens country will sustain my call; ‘ortuguese goveramen: jovernment, as shown ley should take acti Chariat, Chouat sr and Ji Christ Wolf. F Genaux. Charles, Dancavere, Laurent Boe, Paul Abadie. Frott Rictard, Auguste Perret. Lucien Marchand, Olement Mre Marie Dohme and two ebvidr ore, Mrs Colomb, Mre Charles, Mra Bonduau, Mi lenry Thos Acrien, Theodore eneraily throughout the and that al! the officials of will see in the aotion of their own by our Mioister at Lisbon, that ti means to aid me in sending fnether relict to their famteh- fi Rak a pul will excuse the prominent Tam ob} to tale in this movement, but Provigence hay impor upon me as a racred duty, which I do not realize that I have discha: unless there be landed hundreds of tona o! breadatuits on these desolate islands by the 1st iblis’s obedient servant, ASHINGTON A. BARTLETT, Late Firat ae a U. P, 8,—At a moderate caloulation these people need to have sent them gratuitously—for they have now become rished to buy—at least half rations for people for five months, or 25,000 rations of breadatuifs for one hundred and fifty days—tis: July to lst December. This will require nine hunired aud thirty-seven tona of breadstuils; and how easily iv can be en, Mre Ll, Marcaand, Mra Fa- Morgee. Chenaux, Bricka, Marcisen Bona, Frederic Ringe. For Charieston, in the steamshin ley, J R Gaines, & B Bildreth © 1) Brahe acd'iedy, Mra Norville, Mise Davie, Indy ard child, Wm A Gay, J Shaw, 'V_A Helliwell, B 8 Cassel: foot, P W Chureb. © 8 Holton W Luling, MF Ruggles—nnd 11 in the steerage. For Norfolk, &c, in Fernando Wood omery, Peter Acorn, H : mat Obspin, A Hireh, Jobn_ & Biliay James A’ Rnyster, Jon helden and lady, Chris id lady, Charles Howell, J Horsman, Mra Hookins. Mra B Trask, Mra Margaret Dever, J H Upton, P M Burbanx, Job P Smith, A 8 Bradley. Teving ‘and daughter, Uleboeffer, FE Mathews lady, JW Killing, son and daughter— ida—Wm 1.00, 0G Crock- 1 In, anchard and indy. 3 iM N Ginley, Samuel Kaw Chorrill, Wm HJ Hamilton, RG Prout. N Ludiow, BHT Tattle, D of July next, The be hip Jamestown. Tamestown—Hon ‘The following is the correspondence, not be: lished, relerred to above:— THE ACTING UNITED STATEA CONSUL AT TENERIFFR TO LEROT, And 19 in the steerage. For Savannah, p en er, Mra Mitohell, Gol ¢ Santa Cuz ve Texenirre, Dec. 81, 1856. 12—T reeatved your kind letter. covering extracts correspondence with Commodore Crabbe and Seates Gonai at Cape de Verds, on the subject of the starving ie 1» Dwriatit Kueworth, Willebw Conley and aay, Wm "i Johnston, Waa A Her, fl WB Wootht!' and son, Capt (oe un SJacknon, WL Mitebo i--and 5 ow the aeorage. THE LATE OGDEN HOFFMAN. Meeting of the New York Bench and Bar— Hulogies on the Meceased—The #uncral Ceremontes, In accordance with the previous announcement, a moeting of the members of the New York bench and bar ‘was held yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of adopt- ing eome appropriate moans of expressing their feelings at the loss which the legal profession has sustained fn the death of the Hon. Ogden Hoffman. The meeting was held fn the United States District Court room, which was crowded with lawyers and others who had come to pay the last tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased. On motion, Samuel R. Betts, Judge of ths United States District Court, was appointed President; and the follow- lng Vice Presidents:—James J. Roosevelt, T. J, Oakley, D P, Ingrabam and A. W. Bradford, Alexander Hamiltoa, Jr. and Alexander Wallace, officiated as Secretaries. As soon as the meeting was thus organized, the follow- ing preamble resolutions were presented by Hon, J. W. Epmonps :— Called together again 80 goon to mourn the withdrawal from d brother of the imonished hot 39 to the sorrow and respect for the man, but aa fitting oocasious to tke home to themselves the Jereons whieh his lite and e1 le wo torcibly Luusirate. death of Ogden Hoffman, we do not merely sorrow for the removal from among us of one whol adorned our profession by a long life of honor, of purity, of Renius and of usetulness, For near bali 8 century be has been engaged with ws ta our Profession, shay with us in ilstoils, da trials and ity re. ‘wasds, and he has left no enemy pehind bio. In the tierce political atrites in which be has heen engaged — and it was bis tate to be invoived in nota few of them—he waged ro vindintive war with his asversury, but even ac- corded to tim the same freadom of thought and integrity of purpore he c'simed for himself. In the conflicts of the profesion, he has been kind, cour- teous and cigvitied, giving no unnecessary offence, but wield- ing his bri‘lian! powers with equal vigor and forbearance In the various public positions be has ocoupied. whether in onal Congreaa or as the public prosecutor tor the nation oF the State, he waa ever lveral, enlightened and incor ruptible, p private life he was ever kind ‘and affestionste, freely eac- rificing every selfish consideration to the promotion of the happiness of othera, As 6 soldier, gallant, as ® civilian, brilliant; as a man, enlightened; ax'as orator, eloquent, speating eve? at pleasure at the heart of bis hearer, he bas left us an example which we may well regard aa precious, ‘Therefore, we resoive, That while we mourn his loss as @ companion, we will cherish his memory, because of the novle exarple be bas presen! our imilation~because of the Jersons his life taught so forcibly to us all, namely, to be ever minaful, in every set of our professional career, that as minis tors of the law, like him, we are exercising the divine attribute of administering jusiice amor g wen. When the foregoing were read, Mr. Josxrn Bunt pre- sented the following :— Resolved That the members of the bench and the bar wil attend the funeral of our aeceased brother. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the oflicers, and iransmitted to the family of Mr. Hoffman. In support of these resolutions, Mr. Buust epoke sub- stantially as follow:—I little thought, said he, that wheo at the begioning of this week I addressed a note to the departed, we would be called upon at this time to at tend his funeral. I have been intimately acquainted with ‘the late Mr. Hoffman from his boyhood, and have known him in a'l the various relations of life, trom the the time he commenced the study of the law fo his decease. Hy waa emphatibaily a gentleman—a man without re- proach; and it ia that as much as his eloquence —it is that quality of tia being a gentioman—a man always respect- fuland regardful of the feelings of others, that has endear-” ed him ta the generation co which he belonged and thore he has lett bebind him to mourn his loss. He was a pat- niot, and at the time he commensed the studies of his profession the country was ageailed on its Atlantic coast and northwestern border bf » powerful foe, who threatened, in the full confidence that taey could make good their’ threats, to divide thisj Union by means of ibe occupation of # superior military force. “When they were making thelr preparations to cut off New Orleans from our confederacy, Ogden Hoffman quitted his pro- feseion, and volante: in the meyai service of his toa the Algerie wary by the tantiasoay ‘ef Sur brighvos and jerine war, by our navai eo NO Decatur, who became most sincerely at'ached to him. After these wars were ended he resumed the pursuit of his profession and was admitted to the bar. He studied in the office of one of our most eminent ju- rists, Jacge Duer, then practiciog in Orange county. He coutinuea the practice of the law chere till having ac- quired « reputation extending beyond the limits of the county, he came to this city, and since that time his tri- umpbs and the many noble qualities by which he was dvsti hed have me femillar to youall. In she xercise of his profession he exhibited those high traits (nat commanded the attention of the court as well as the jury. “Jadge Exot next addreseed the meeting, and in voice which was half suppressed with emotion, spoke 4 follows:—I would ask leave to pay a brief and feeble tribute, but a sincere and heartfelt one, to the memory of our departed friend. An intima ey of nearly fifty years, amounting almost to a tcaternity between us not only justifies me, but calls upon me to express those fe with which my heart is now oppressed. I knew Mr. Hoffman in boyhood—a bold, aspiring boy, who, when bis country was {n arma, gave up the prospects so bright before him, aud which were presented by ‘he career of his own fatner at the bar, and joined the navy that he might be one of the pre- tectors of our institutions. He was the cherished and favored aid of Commodore Decatur; and | know, from what I beard his illustrious commander say, that if he bad continued in the navy, his career would have been as bright as that of any officer in the service. When peace was restored he returned to the practice of the law. It has been stated that he commenced his career in hice county, and there is « living witness in this court who could testify to the brilliancy of that career before he came to this city. 1 believe his first appearance in the legislative halls was as a Hy girporei from that couaty in 1827; L believe, because J had the honor myselt to be an arsociate at that time, and 1 can bear wiiness not only to the brillianey of his eloquenes, but the influence he pos- sensed over older minds than his own, from the sagacity und wisdom of his judgment. Young as he was, he was locked up to by such men a6 Elisha Williams, and others in the Legielatuie at that period, not merely on account of the sauvity of his manners, or his high character for honor, but for his discrimination in public affairs, which reoured to him that good opinion whish frequently takes a long life to attain. There are other circumstances ia which I bad ocsasion to observe the pesuliar delisacy of his mind. It was in that year that the Superior Court of this city was organized. There were particular reasons why he should feel a strong desire in the success of that measure, for his own honored father bad been talked of as one or the judgee. A knowledge of that fact operated upon his mind, and mate him not only reluetaat, but ab- -olutely determined him to have nothing whatever to do with the success of that bill. All thia passed under my own observation. Therefore, when I say Mr. Hoffman was endowed with those qualities which made tim « brilliant man, I can also say he porseased = thore finer traits cf character that are frequently passed over in our estimation of a wan. The world, in giving its admiration to one great quality, is very apt to deny the existence of others. Thia was so in the case of the famous John Philpot Car- rap, who, while it was admitted that he was a most elo. quent advocate, was not sap; to be a profound iawyer. I don’t mean to say that that was the preva- lent opinion with regazd to our deceased friend, but 1 - it 1s exceedingly possible that nome men may have Abubted whether he possessed the learning of a sound lawyer, in addition to his abilities as an @dvocate. I ray emphatically there may have been others wuo knew more of Jaw, who read more cases; but no man at this Ume was gifted with a mind better constituted to make those proper and nice dietinctions which enable him to obtain a right view of a case. It would be also a great mistake to suppose that he was nota stadent. He had early furnished bis mind with ® thorough knowledge of the principles of his profession. The constant practice which his grest abilities brought him into perhaps pre- vented him from keeping up that study with the rame intensity a4 others; but he kept up with the orogress of our profession. In addition to all this his mind was imbued with all the beauties of clasrio jearning—more than falls to the share of most men who have gone through the came career. That was one of the elements of his eloquence which enabled him to tower sbove men who had nothing more than the ordinary gift of words. Let me speak of himasa man. [ said 1 knew him from a boy: we were playmates together. [ nave known him since, in the various relations of life, and ewy that @ more honorable, candid, generous, libera and unselfish friend never drew the breath of life. Ihave known him in the moet trying sitnations, and I know that he always bore himself az became a man of the high- est character. I bave haraly been able to realize the tact that he has departed so suddenly. 1 was not aware ot his iliness ti { heard of his death. When I look around and see this assembly collected for the purpose of paying the last honors to the friend I knew, and spoke to not more than a week since, I confess my weak. ness; and though my hears is full— and out of the full- vers of the heart the mouth speaketh’’—if I have suc- ceeded in paying a tribute to my friend equal to his me- rita, 1 shall fied with what I have done, Hiram Kercuum, Esq, also Paid ‘a just and feeling tri- bute to the memory of Mr. Hoffman. The next speaker was Mr. Evarrs, who spoke in substance as followa: I cannot but respond to the call of the committee who arrai this meeting, to way « few words expressive of the sentiments and feelings of that portion of the ‘woo stood a6 1 did among the admirers at a distance of Ogden Hoffman, and among the many recipients of his personal regard, and of his friendly aid and assistance. 1 do not believe that there is any one among the younger members of the profession who not remember in all the intercourse he ever had with Ogden Hoffman, the kindness of a friond—of an honest friendship which spoke to him the truth, and that kindly. I, more than most others should feel this relation of a young man to his elder, in the case of Mr. Hoffman, for it was my fortune just fourteen years ago, whiie a a! r to the bar, and the community in which I have since tived, to be thrown prefeesional connection, though upon the opposite ide, CC soMoWhat celebrated cause, with Mr. Hoffman & efninal envve, that attracted much attention from the character nnd conduct of the soured, ond from the e@winent list of counsel upon bob sides, om which 4 indeed did aot con F myrelf entitled to be includeé. ths resalt that case was tbe conviction of the offender, © stranger to Mr. Hoffman till thea, but I have forgotten neither the angular kindness of the man F windom of the counsel. At the conclu- ie took oscasion to speak tw me. ving me the mont agreeable assuraves that I bad io repute fora young man. through of the trial, he said:—‘Mr. Evarta, thuge it to you now to know that sour been defeated, let me say to you, that it is fortupate circumstance in the result of the you yl ‘Was, a4 you may know, some years ago the counsel of a soaccused. The resu tof my efforts secured bis acquittal. I gaiced, ex you koow in ional repute, but I have ever beea sensible th my own conscience suggests no: hing to reproach If with, that the sober sense of the com aunity have taken some umb: at that reeutt, and | have suffered some from it inc.” He felt that there was au impression that his great pro‘easional adilities bad been interposed between public justise and a dessrving victim. ‘‘Now.’’ said he, ‘in the result of this trial you are cafe from this influence. Take my advice, aihere to civil business and let the criminal courts alone."” He was undoubtedly a very able lawyer, and 1 mean itia the tense that every lawyer is able, if he be able at all, be was able to the time, the occasion, ani the effect. He» hai embodied, digested and assimilated to himself the great principles of law and reasoning that make up ths oberacter of a lawver; and he came into court, not to display the sources from which he derived his e‘rength, but to exhibit the strength he derived. He had an ad- mirable tact and common sense. He hai a high sen-e ot professional and pubtic duty. There was naver any in- stance in his career {a which he helped out an unjust cause by throwing into the scale the weight of his per- sonal ebaraster, fis honor, or his worth. Attorney General CurmnG z id a very handsome tribute to the memory of Mr. Hoffman, after which Mr. Cuttirg submitted the following resolution :— Reolved, That a committee be appointed by the Chair to tado into consideration the propriety of sdopling such other measures as may be expedient expressive of our regard for the memory of our deceased brother. Afier some feeling remarks from Mr. Cutting in regard to the family of the deceased aud their bereavemen’, all the reolutions were uvazimously adopted, and the fol- zs HEMET ihe ut Jowing gentlemen appointed on the committee:—tr. Cutting, Mr. Evarta, Mr. Ketchum, Mr. Lord and Judge Emmet, On motion, Mr. Alexander Hamilton and Mr. Blunt were added to the committes, and the meeting ad- journed. The tollowing letter wes intended to be read at the meeting, but we understand it came to hand too late for the purpcse:— New York, May 1, 1856, Onavxcy Scnarrun, Beq.—Dear Sti—The unfortunate de- mise of our respected ‘friend, Ogden Hoffman, Kaq , will, I Preaume. call orth hia i tier adap ourself T am indnoed to the liberty of supplying you win afew trot. inthe life of our departed Lig sige @ matier ot » may NOt prove unacceptable, especially as I pledge myeolt for i truth, baviog ‘been wa eye witnos in the remiees, Rees Hoffman and myself were midshipmen iv United States Navy in the wars with England and bary Powers, from 1812 to 181 fatiached to the U. 8. frigate Gi Ceeperrens of Commodor ship of Amertoan equad. bars Lode iY den apd mared vere i wo ee ree and hence T bad every opportunity gt wiibeetog ba conte ‘eatinaally “or Cape 4 dain rung, 1815, tho Guerriorre, detached Deen nec entas cb opaccnabcer takee awe tier ethane the Bar- under Ai mi: jur ship was cleared for nection, and a eamued, Ww Ich lasted for nearly an hour. The enemy was bed shatiered belore surrendering to enemy now being dumusted (we having shot ‘away her musta) ‘cil to leeward aud Iny a helploes hulk upon ihe Sosan, Harig Gamsges our beste were ci ecemy and compel her towurvender. It was now late ia the atternoon when we armed i z Ft 3 E f E By Su pec umei eaad mint ent a approvi parol ay @ pistols, and @ cutlass taken by him from tha enemy. He was in truth a gallant offloer, and on his resigaa. tion the service lost one of its brightest stars. Surown together theee few taots in the history of his life. which youare at liberty to we esl eoe see fit,on my suthority. I Pledge myse!f for its truth, Yours, respectful! One otber incident that I had nearly t the Lieutenant who was first in command of mained in of the esemy, while Ogden to the Guerriere with about ten of our own men and the enemy (ibe other bosla were similarly employed). On, Meé tgom the conquered to the conqueror, the tn Ogden’s boat, and an effort was made to get the mastery 0° our men ard pull away for the coast of Spain (in Rothing but the cool and determined bravery ot Mr. faved this ruse from being ; his ‘men had impliolt confidence in bim, and fought like tigers. This little evisode was tor a long t'me the subject of admiration incur: bee OBSEQUIES OF OGDEN HOFFMAN. The Church of the Annunciation in Fourteenth street, near Sixth avenue, presented a most impressive scene yesterday, the occasion being the religious exercises at- ‘tendant upon the funeral of the lave Ogden Hoffman. The church was densely crowded with an audience which, for respectability, wealth, talent and position, is seldom called together, even in this great city, where ciccum stances are constantly transpiring to hurry together the elite of her citizens. The best known and most influen- tial of our judges, lawyers, merchants and politicians were there. Indeed, it would be invidious to particular- ize, in an assemblage where nearly all were so eminent, and filledfso large afmedsure of the publiceye. It was a worthy ovation to an eloquent and distinguished man, alike creditable to bis memory and those who ao fitly dis- played,their appreciation of it. ‘The body was brought from the late residence of the Ceceared, No. 33 Nioth street, to the church, where it was met by the officiat clergy man, Rev. Dr. Seabury, who fellewed it to heater repeating the worda:~ : Tam the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though be were dead, yet shall be live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die.—St. Jobn xi, 26, 26, The burial of the dead service, from the Church of Fogland ritaa! was then read. most impressively by the clergyman, tn a manner to cause the rapt attention of ube audie Tae following words occur :— And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shal! also dear the image of, the heavenly. | Now this that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom ot (io; neither doth corruption toherit incorruption, Behold, I show you a stery: we shall not a'lsieep, but we shail all be changed, ina moment. tn the twinkiing of an eye, at the Inst trump; for the trumpet ‘shai! sound, and the dead shall be raised incor- rupiible, and we shall be changed. For this corraptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. At the conclusion of the service, the coflin was borne to the hearse, the coriege taking up the line of march as foliows:— Coffin, borne by the pall bearers, wearing white scar{s. is J. B, NONES. Gen. Winfield Scott, Com. Mathew Perry, Robert Emmet, Hon. Chas. King, Francis B. Cutting, Hon. Moses H. Grinnell, Rey. John Anthon, Jas. Fester. The officers and members of the St. Nicholas Soctety, with badges of mourning. The ‘amtly of the deceased and €hief mourners, foliowed by the whoie audience. ‘The coffin was of rosewood, handsomely bound with sil- ver, and chased silver handles at the side. It bore simple silver plate on the lid, containing the name, times of birth and of death of the deceased. Mr. Hoffman was 63 years and a few moaths ot age at the time of his death. The procession took up their line of march through Four- teenth street to Second avenue, and from thence down to St. Mark’s church, corner of East Tenth street, where the body was laid in the family vault adjoining, there to awaitits further disposition by the relatives and friends of the cistinguished deceased. The funeral and attending scene will long be remem bered by all who witnensed it. City Intelligence. Tas WeaTner has been exceedingly unpleasant for the east fow days, and May has so far appeared to very poor advantage, compared with her former state and glory, when the last month of spring always brought us the first fruits of the coming summer, and was rich In gras and buds and foliage. Notwithstanding the lateness of this spring, we are glad to learn from our exchanges that the and other fruit trees will not sufler, owing to the snow, which prevented them from being hurt by the frost; and thore heavy rains, thougn they for the present retard v tion, and keep back the strawberries, green peas tomatoen, yet wil) eventually fil our markets with all manner of pleasant frnita, and put the herbaceous products of the country withia the reach of the very poor in our largefcities. streets of New York, also, are partially cleaned by these rains, and for this Yet ts be truly Coankful, aa it way save our city from a pestilence during the coming summer. The wind was very eas 3 on Friday night, and had the effect of awelling the in the Kast river to an unusual height. The water washed over the piers in many places, and damaged whatever goods were lying on the whar’. Yer- terday was cool, moist and dreary, but last night gave promise of a better time ahead. ‘Tue Late Accipent Iv WARREN StRKET—CoRRECTION,—It was stated in several of the morning papers yesterday, that Mr. Edson Osborne, who was kilied by the falling of @ partition wall in Warren -street, was a laborer. Such was rot the case. The deceased has for many years past been on extensive builder, and was engaged in tho con «traction of a large warehohse in Warren street when the accident took place, The deceased resided in Brook- lyn, where he lraves @ wife and three children to lamant his untimery end. Mr, Osborne was a member of the Order of Free and Aonepted Masons, and was also an Odd Fellow. He waa widely known and highly eateomel by ali who came in comtact with bim, Theatres and Exhibitions; Bacran Music To-Niawr —The cert, under the cirection of Cer: at the City Araembly Rooms this evening, on which o¢- casion the very effective orchestra wil: psrform various excellent overtures, including Utriche’s “‘Sinfonie Triom. .’ for the first time m this coantry. The colebrated society, “‘Arion,’’ wil! reader the eoldier’s chorus frm the opera of “‘1es'deux Journees” and the prison. er’s cbervs from "Ficelio.”’ 11 is gratifying toknow that ‘bene concerts bave become quite popular, much more so tban was crigivaily anticipa.ed, and as the attractions Offered for to-nigb! ere unurualy good, a lange and ap- preciative sudience may be expected. ACADEMY oF MI —The opera coatinves to flourish most vigortusly ander tbe direction of the indsmitable maestro, Max Maretzrk, The brilliant success of the eraror thu: oishes the fact beyond cavil that, with the prope! ‘ guiced by kill and experience, operatic performances, whetver Italian, German, b always meet ample this So“ long aa artiste ork bermontougl vantage of each other, (bey full ex ent of thei reent spetance *Exueni’’ tor the last time, indly aasced vo ia che onse in the og we are to have La Grange ia the prin- Tie.—Lt in pleasing to be able to atate tbat tbis popular eviadiixhment is recetving the enterprise and liber ‘al management. of the fourth week of tho: elineatas of trish and Yankee o! racters, Mr. and Mrs. Baroey Wiliams exhibita at q ‘the fgreat popalarity of the artiste, as well as ice discrimination of the manager who secured their servicer. They are, without exception, the most auccess- ful couple who ever entertained 8 Broadway audience, and have the gratification of nightly winning the appro- batina sf greater nutaber of ladies thaa are generally eeen congregated im ote house, To-morry eveving they perform in * Mephistopholes,”’ “Kate Kexrney”’ and the “Widow Bedott.”” Nipro’s GARDEN —Mauager Niblo, who returned to the city a fow cays ago, {a reported to have effcted engege- ments with « aumber of ariiste of Europesa renown, wao will be announced in Cue geason Ina pecuniary point of view it is questionable whether he can do better than be has been ard is stil doing with the Ravels, M’tle Robert aod the bsllet corps, who, under his owa direc. tion, aided by the tot his able assistants, Messrs. Corbyn and Moore, ate ver affording novel ant elegant entertainments to large avd delighted aasembiages of spectators. eepite the great number of years our citi- zens have evjoyed the elegant pantomimes of the Ravela, they are (ully a¢ attractive as when thay first came aino us. The grand «pectacle of ‘ Marulm’’ will be revive to-morrow eveuing, Also, “The Coaseripi ” and “Fes. tival Dansante.”’ Bowery TukaTre.— Multitudes testified their warm ap- preciation of vhe entertainments afforded at this popular ‘theatre Inst week. Manager Waldron may now be said to be on the highway ot success, and fo long as he con- tinues to have his pieces well’ acted and respectably placedon the stage, he may expest to deposit dollars with, instead cf draw them frow, his banker, [a addition to his present very eflicient atock company, he has epgaged several véry supertor performers, ‘two ot whom, Messrs. James 224 Hankins, will make their délut to-morrow evening and exhibit o variety of astounding feats on the elastic cord. The dramatic per- fortances consist of the very effective play, ‘The Last Days of Pompeii,” and the farce called the * Persecuied Dutchman,” in which Mr. Gienn creates a great deal of uproari.us merriment. Burton's TuxaTRE.—Manager Burton, ever on the qui vive for novelty and attracuon, has secured the services of a number of artiste—all distinguished tor talent, bat most of them new to his house. Among them are the oid New York favorites, Mrs. Julia Bennett, Barrow and Mra. Hough; also Miss Nellie Knowla and Mr, Lionel Golismid, a Locdon comecian, who lately made a very favorable impression respecting his sdilities on the occa- sion of a benefit at ove cf the city theatres. Mr. G. will make his first appearance this evening in ihe amusing character cf Bill Downie in the farce of the ** Unfinishd Gentleman,” previons to which to comisal pieces wili be played, viz.: A Prince for an Hour’? aad ** abon Hasscn.”” Mr. Burton, Mrs. Howarc acid the entice ta- Jent of the company sre in the casts. WALLACK’S THEATRE.—The refined and the critical, as well as the sdmirers of elegant acting generally, wilt not by sny means relish the amnouncement that Mr. Wal- lack’s series of performances will shortly close. He has already acted for thirty-six consecutive nights, and on every cocesion im both fair and forl weather, to overflow- ing and bigbly a) tive audiences, doubt that, e be prevailed upon to continus to the close of the season, there would be no diminution in the attendance. It is'seldom that an actor can be found who Gelineates any eingle sbaracter as wellas Mr. W. does éach of his entire series; consequently his patrons will be indispored to havey him again retire to comparative private life. To-morrow evening he plays St. Pierre in the **Wife.”” ‘Poor Pilliouddy”” follows. Lavra Kegye’s VARIETIES,—Vast numbers have filled this elegant place of amusement during the past week to witness the thrilling drama, entitled ‘‘The Marble Heart,’’ which has created @ greater sensation than any of tae remarkably popular pieces hitherto represented at thia house. Miss Keene sustains her already brilliant reputa- tion as an artist of great merit by her graphic portral- ture of the heroine in this play, and as for Mr. George Jordan, who enacts the hero, be has taken the audience by complete surprise; his personation of the character is vniversally admitted 'to be one cf the most vivid, striking erd artistically correct performances ever witnessed. Measra. Dickinson and Johnston, Miss Reiguolds a1 others, alao deserve the warm encouragement they night- ly receive. The ‘Marble Heart” and a new extravaganza, “Norma,"’ to morrow eveniog. Broapway VaRienias.— Among atl the caterers for ee tification of the amusement-going public, probably Eon are dessiving of aor ered tiite pagealiny enter: tie and unflagging rseverance than Manager Wood. ile the wonderful juvenile troupe were filling their engagement at the ray, he discovered in them an unfatling source of future pleasure and profit, such as cculd be msde not only condusive to his own individual interest, but to the vam advanisge aud general happiness of the little omes themselves. He forthwith wade amangements to have them at the Varieties, and how accurately hia calculations have been verified is shown in the densely thronged stete of the little theatre every night. They play “The Day After the Wedding” end ** Black Eyed Susan” to-morrow. Woon's Mixsrrers.—People still flock to see the ever laughable comicalities, eccentricities and whimsicalities of those unsurpassed delineators of Ethiopian character, George, Pierce and their assosiates, See them when and as often as Fou may, You cannot avoid enjoying a hearty laugh. They have made a complete change in t arrangement of their pingremns ot songs, dances, Ac., for to-morrow evening. 8 ‘* Double Bedded Room ”’ is the afterpiece. Tae Kerier TanLeavs.—Artiste, connoisseurs and the public in general, will doubtless be gratified to learn that M. Keller, the mavager of the talented troupe of French artists, whose elegant pictures, or Lee personifications of the works of the most celebrated ancient and modern painters and sculptors, recently attracted such large and refined audiences at the Broadway theatre, will give another ser’ f his beautiful and instructive entertain- mentta, commencing to-morrow evening, in Empire Hal in Broadway, just above the Metropolitan Hoicl. hall has been’ greatly enlarged, and splendidly fitted up and decorated, tor the express purpose of giving pro} effect to the tableaus. ere can be no doubt leated liberality. Gey, ToM THUMB,—This renowned little individual, who has for the last twelve years been a source of wonder, amazement and admiration, both in tnis country an Europe, propores to entertain our Brooklyn neighbors, at their Atheowum, to-morrow afternoon and evening. ‘He wil) relate his adventures among the crowned heada of the cld world, execute @ variery of songs, dances, &., and exbibit his numerous tokens of esteem in the shape of medals, &c. Wyman, the famous joker, is to as- sist at the General's levees, AMATEUR PERYORMANCE.— Miss Louise Elmore, a popular young amateur, ia to have # benefit at the Brookiya Museum to-morrow evening, on which occasion she pet sonates the heroines in ‘Therese, the Orphan of wnd ‘Louise, the Forsaken ’’—the latter a new drama, in four acta, written by herself. She will be supported by a number of talented amateurs, Concerts In NEWARK AND Brookiyy.—Madame Anna De Le Grange and Mr. L. M. Gottachalk are to give cen- certs at Library Hall, Newark, N on Tuesday even- ing, andat the Atheneum, in lyn, on Thursday evening. They are to be sssisted by Mr, Karl Wels and other favorite artists. The great reputation of these per- formers will ensure a good attendance In both cities. Mestcan Omron, e delight expressed by large audi- tories respecting the musical entertainments lately af- torded atgHope Chapel by the Glee aud Madrigal Union, augur well for the permanent establishment of this as- sociation, whose object is to tender the choicest Enghsh songs, ballads, glees, &c., in a superior style and ata price that will’ enavle all classes to enjoy them, The principal artists, Mrs. and Mira Leach, and Messrs. Fra- zer and Leach, are too well known to require eatogy Mr. S. W. GLRws.—This highly promising, exceedingly verratile and ey ee young comedian, hi ing been generously tendered a benefit oy Manager W: arom, of the Bowery, is busily engaged in preparing Yai kee, Irish, Dutch and other novelties, in order to cele- brate the event wits all the ela’ imaginable, The affair takes place next Wednesday evening. Coroners’ Inquests, Fatat ACCIDRNTS,—Corone rHills held an inquest yes terday, at the New York Hospital, upon the body of a man named John 1), Caldwell, who came to his death from injuries accidentally received at the bakery store No. 268 First street, on the 15th ult. Deceased was 62 years of age and was a native of England. An inquest waa yy coroner Connery upon the body of a child named William A. Blauvelt, who died at No, 111 Nynth avenue from the effects of injuries acci- dentally received by being run over by a cart in Nine. teenth street, near Ninth avenue, on the moraing of the Sth of April last. Deceased was s native of this city, and was about 4 years of age. Usxxnows Mgw Fooxn Drowvep.—Coroner Hills held an inquest at pier No, 20, Kast river, upon the body of an unknown man, who was found floating in the water at this point. Deceased was apparently about mediam height, The body was so much decomposed that it was joone i bet get any description of the corpses. Verdict, “death from eaknews causes’ There can be no! The Keller will be amply rewarded for his great artintic ability and THE GENIUS AND CHARACTER OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON. An Address Delivered before the Sacramento Pioneer Association, February 17, 1366, by J. G. Bakiwin, 2np Gentreay—t have selected as tha subjea es tonight the “Character and Gaping o \am frank to say thot [ have made this seeotacn because the presing nacurs of my epgagements hi t permitted me to select e@nl treat of @ topic more remote from the track of former {nveati getion ard study, aud yet I trust that a feedie effurc to do rome meed of justice ‘te the memory of a great man, much and long mirunds: stood—a patnot of the revole- \m trustea tnepc nvd companion of Washingtou— may not be judged to be wholly out of place at this sea- won, near the day which, cieticguished aa the birthcay of Wasbington, brings up in nataral connection the men and deeds of our ear:y history ‘There ia something ct justice ant something of seati- ment in the Impulke whteh prompts ua to turn from the great mep who have won to the groat men who heave fal- Jen in the battle of life; uocens is caually, ia the popular thought, eyncnemous with merit, but we frequently find that the biazonry of conquering banners and the appa vent ard pal; able tokens of victory doseive ua in reapect vo the relative merite of the contending parties, aa well a8 to the character of the controversy and the value amd extent of the triumph. It wea Hamilton's great misfortune to bear the offum of measures which he never adyocated—of principles which he never espoused; to share, or rather to absorb the unpopuarty of wn administration which he really ceepized; to be the man relected to be the representative of ail the berestes and errors which a great politcal party, in the zenith of ite power aud success, and im the heat of ita tanaticiam, attributed to the opposite patty; te be at war with the ostensible head of his own party and more maligned, if porsible, by leading federalie than by their adversaries; and it was his misfortuse to die while the fortunes of the republicans were highest and those of the federalists lowest. in the first term of Jefferson's deserved)y popular sdministration, before be bad an opportunity of vindicating himself or organizang his scattered forces, He had a worse misfortune stilt. ‘The repubiican party kept ita avcendency, and kept it of course by force of the popularity won by oppesiug the federalists, and by making av odious as poasivie ali the ‘ots, men and principles of that school. Hamilton, as the moot prominent, the most feared and the most hated of the federalists, was ee ont as the special object of these assaults; andeven after the old party lines were des- troyed, and new parties formed with new iaanes, these new parties, seeking to avail themselves of the popularity and to tbrow upon their adversaries the unpopularity of ihe old atrugglea between republican aud federalist, re- ciprocally federaiiam upon each other, or par- Heular measures of eech other; and used the name of Hawilton as the byperbole and impersonation of these imputed heresies, No one defended Hamilton; and so, from his teath to this time, his name hes pawed as « bye-word of political heterodoxy. But 1t tu beyond the purpose, as it would be the limits of an essay, to go iate the mertts of this old controveysy, or to reek’ to distare the decirfon which popular opinion has made upon it— “Let the dead bury the cead.’’ Alexander Hamilton was of Scotch descent on the father end of Hu; ton the mother’s side. He was born te the Isle ot ary, 1757. father was in indigent circumstances, left to the bounty of ita mother’s relations, years, he was placed in the counting house of one Nicho- 4 Cruger. a merchant of Santa Cruz, bly precocious—one of the few children who, manit premature talents in youth, vindieste at a riper age ¢) early promize. He geve, at the early age of twelve, Irdication as well of bis ambition as of his character. He wrote the letter to a compacion, Eiwera Stevens, aa 6x- tract from which we give:— ‘To conten my weakness, Ned, my ambition is prevalent, ao that Tconterun the grovelling aiabivion of & clerk or the lie, to which my fortune condemns me, and would my iife, bul not to trace Hamfl- We have no space in this connect! ton’s history, farther than to say that at fifteen he was pluoed in charge of the large ectabilshment of Crager; then writing an articie for a newspaper which gave {umediate distinction, he was seat to New York te be educated; at sixteen, distinguishing himself as @ writer on the side of the colenists; at seventeen, de to the people in the fields, whieh placed bim in the front ranks of popular orators ; a captain of artillery; at twenty, Wash- frgton appointed bim his ald; then going through the entire war—leading the last charge at orktown ; then commencing the practice of the law, to the bead of the profession, and busy in the State polities New York; then devoting himeelf to the scbeme of & national constitution in the place of the articles of com- bye the able champion of the ratifioation of the constitu- jon, Perhaps Hamilton’s best claims to tame rest upom his eonaection with the first term cf Washington’s imine. 2 tration. He became Lnnakal ey of the Treasury in the thirty-first year of bis age. He brought no long experi- ence in statesmanship to the Cabinet. But the experi- ence he gained in the tent of Wasbi mn while adminia- tering the large and varied duties of the War Depart- ment, wes in rome sort akin to that required in his new port. But now he hada wider field. He had a theatre wortby of his fertile and versatile genius, anda task call- ing into exercise the full messure of his powers. He was to assiat to make a country; to start moving a new aod untried experiment of government; to bring system out Of chaos; to adapt a new government to the wants, ne- cessities ‘and genius of a peoplo; to impress upon that peop’ ve begead ané pational character; to revive credit, to inspire confidence, to create stability and se- oety, and to inaugurate the powerful reign of law aa order. The scattered elements which war had ctiewn or left were to be gathered together and moulded into empire. His duties selated to the internal organization and rela- tions of the government; and these duties, it will be seen at onee, were of the most pressing and vital imper- tance. If the new goverument failed, Ita failure woud be re‘erred to the be ape of them, or the Inability te discharge them with efficlency. ‘Circumstances were most inauspicious: the jealousies of the Staten; the pow- erful opposition to the constitution, now ready to be turned into epposition to the government; the large number of influential and embittered malconcents disap- pointed in personal objects, and smarting under a sense of neglect; public and individual suffering and embar- rassment—the effects of the long war; the distrust of the experiment so extensively felt, and the want of power and resources in the government to ensure respect at home and abroad; the Vit Reed of different States with their sectional jenlousies and antipathies; an un- paid eoldiery, dismissed without employment to puffing and destitution; and of hosts of clamorous creditors the worthless paper of the government on hand; the natural jealousy of power in thore who had just escaped from its dominion; and the certainty foreseen or cflending moltitudes of expectanta om the favor of bounty of the government, or of adherents to particular projects and schemes of administration—these things would have made the task of government most embarrassing and difficalt, without the addiiion ¢f the inherent difficulties of administrating +o novel # plan, where there were no lights of experienes to gwide or direct It, and where new and vexatious ques- licks must arise at every turn, Une great pcint was gained—Wachington’s name waa a tower of streng’ the patriots, too, felt that it was now a teat time of all for which they had suffered; tor no proepest of salvation could be seen to reprieve the unaue- cesaitt] issue of the present tria. Hamilton Laag that in this state of things, str and vigor were indispensable ts of wuccess. His military experience had showa him that nearly all the disasters of the war had been occasioned py the feeble- ners of the Congress, and the anmistakable evidences of confusion, anarchy and imbecility which characterised the general administration under the arlicler of confede- ration, and of the individual State governments, oou- firmed and strengthened him in the opinion thet vigor im the head of the nation was the absolute necessity of the ‘ime. It was certainly very uatural for » statesman to suppose that strength was the panacea for a repablie whose great and apparent evils had originated in weak- nessa, Never upon earth was there » sterner trial of greatness than was now exhibited. To talter was to fail—to attemps anything was to risk everything. Irresolution itself wm: irretrievable ruin. Responsibility the most fearfal awaited 6 movement. Yet he did not hesitate. He took the est measure. He was as thorough ia hie execution as he was elear and comprehensive of policy. Hie remedies for existing disorders were sharp, propesed them with nerve and confidence, and prose- cuted them with zealand decision, He struck at ones at the seat of the public disorders. The government must have credit—he sought it in acts of justico—he fanded the public debt—the government wanted he laid on taxse and exsises. The populace clai against the law; he never paused. The roee in rebellion against the excise. them down at the point of the bayonet, He ost the Bank of the United States for the convenience of commerce and the use of government, Soon the effect of these measures became sensible, In the apne of Webster, ‘‘he struck the rook of the pub- lie credit and refreshing streams burst forth—he touohed the corpre of the pubic prosperity, and it sprang to ite feet.’” Such was the magical effect of those measures which classed the clerk of old Crnger the first financiers of any age or country. What clamors were raised, what impediments were vhrewn in the way of the new government; what ques- tions of nice constitutionat construction as to the au- therity of the President to issue bis proclamation of warning and menace against armed rebels in the flekt, and Freneh emissaries mubaidizicg our porta, for the equipment of hostile fleets, againss a neutral power, ia defianee ot the spirit of our treaties; what prodigious evile were to flow from the acts of national justice waich paid the purchase money of our freedom in fuil, and not, if at all, at a jobbing shave, are now among the effetattrash of party history. The stand of dignified neatrallty taken by Washington's administratica, the novel exibition of digniry, jaaticn,