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8 THE CENTRAL AMERICAN QUESTION. Justification of Me. Clayton, and Attack on the Brittsh Minister, &e., &e., ae. (From the Washington Globe, May 15.] In the Senate of the United States, Wednesday, 14th, Mr. Cuartos—I desire the consent of the Senate to make a few remarks somewhat in the nature of a personal Prewpent—The Senstor from Delaware wiil pro- eed, if there be no objectio n. Mr. CLayToy—I find in a morning paper, sir, thet a portion of the British statement of the correspondence ou the Central American question. lately laid before Partia- ment, by LordjPalmerston, 1s published, end other things, av extract ofa letter from Mr. om, the British Minister at Wa: hin; , to the Ear! cf Clarendon, Gated Washington, March 31, 1856, containing this most remarkable staiement:— ME, CRAMPTON TO THE BARL OF CLARENDON, RECEIVED APRIL being 7-7 March 31, 1856. ASHINGTON. . I: wit! be within your lordship’. recollection tat Mr Olay ton was informed by Sir Senry Bulwer, before the treaty of 1850 aa signed, that Reatan waa de jure and de facto a Britian porwession | and'Mr. Clay on haa. on various occasions since, in Couversation with me, siaied tsat he considered, Bosian as Wess Incia Islands. ee Now, gir, 1 wish to say, in refereacs to this statement of conversations with ze, that it is utrerly untrue ia every particular, and that the British Minister must have Isboreo "under one of the strangest baliucinations that affected the brain cf any man, in making such » statement to the British Secretary for Foreign affairs, in London. Nothirg Uke what he imputes to me ever 3- caped from me to him, or to any one else, Fortunately the fact cces not depend merely upon the counter-state- ments of Mr. Crampton and myself. I mean to refer pre- Jy to a living witness; but before I do it 1 call the at- tention of the Senate to a letter written by Mr. Crampton, and read by me in the Senate of ths United States ou the 12th o! January, 1854, in the course of a speech in which 1 was endeavoring to prove that Roatan was not a depen- éency of Belize, anc was not, therefore, exempted from the previsions of the treaty of the 19th of April, 1860. I had his own testimmy on this subject; { read it to the Senate, and I propose to read 1% again now, (0 contradic: his statement, which is made known to me within this hour, for the firs: time, and of which I had not before the most remote concep tict It will be recoilected that Great Britain bas rested her claim to the island of Roatan entirely ou the assumed fact that it wasa depen‘ecey of Belize. Thst was the grounc, and the only ground, upon which she pretended at the time of tne 1880 to have had title. Ina 1854—the Senate taen consider- I prodazed the letter of Mr. ch be uses there words: — ion, Jannary 7, 1854, 6 scuowiedge ‘the reseipt f your note of to-day "s date i yeu inqu're of me—firet, whetber there may not bea misiake in the despsiches of my goverunent Iate'y communicated to Congress, 60 fares they speak ot British Londuras 4 part of Central America’ 8e- cond!y. whether I uncarstand Central America a3 e ing tha: ve Cra pton, t irish LEG aay ibio| han the tive Central American States? An thirdly rderatand the dependencies of “ritsh Hoa. dures 6¢ anything more than the small islands described oy the reaty of 1726 regret tea: Tem at present unable to suppiy you with an explicit explanation of the passages cf the deepaiches, from bith ft neems w be interved that Belize is stated by the Bri- teh government to be nated ia Central Americs, as Iam Po! in Posreesiou Cf any cflieial communication from my govera- ment in which that question is oirectiy treatea. A fair inference, rowever. from the text of ireavies. and other dcoumeatsto which Ihave secesa. with regard to the tide of ‘reat Briain w Britiah Henduras and ite d , would lead we tocouclude that British Konduras is situated ic. Mexi- S2¢ co! in Central America, properly ao called. [a this opivinn | have good reason to think the govirnmeat of the Upned States concurs, a of ‘ida jondurag are, in my opin! incty enumerated in the treaty of 1756. _ pre? ‘hat in the despatcbes in question, which, it ed. treat of this somewh % complicated mst only, the term “Central america” me geographical sense in which it nas trequentiy been applied ‘o the central! part of this continent ad rotin the true polities! and diplomatic mearing of te-m. Iwoula remark, teo, that the noundaries of Central America, tp ‘he poultice! sense, are, in some respects, not yet comp e'svy Gefined. more part cularly ag regards the boandary between Ccsia Rica aed New Gr it ada whic2 is stil in dia- «tw eeu those States eave my own izciviénsl impressions, and I own only em to you as such. I shall willingly, howaver, apoly to ms own 0 ent tor more distinct explanstios ‘of the Butter, which I doubtnot, will, prove satisfactory to ihe gov- ernment o: ibe Uniled States #-.¢ 10 yourse't. Tam, my deer iz, with much reepect. yours very faithfaly, JOURN F. ORAMPION, To the Hon. Joun F. Crayton, United States Seaste. I thus addneea Mr. Crampton’s own aathortty, for the purpose cf showing that there must have been @ mustake in & previous Gespatea written by Lord Clarendon, who claimed, as Lord Paimeraton bad done, that Roatan was & Cependeacy of Belize, otherwise called British Hondu- ras. He s@rees that there was a mistake in those des- patches. He seys tha: he bat comsulted the records of his legation, and that, stter ccing no faily, and after the ~remonition by we which expressed a wish that he should © 60, b@ basarrived at ‘ar conclusion deliberately, that the dependencies of Boish Homdarasare distinet- \ enumerated in the trenty ct 1780. Weil, air. if they te distinetly enume-a’e: in the trea'y of 1786, what Glows from that? Tae tresty of 1786 describes tae amall lands “that are Cependensies ct Belize, and they are ‘ese islends:— First, Usyo Casino, or %. George's Key, ¢ then those swall ielands embraced ia sringle within a very ncoali ¢tstance from Balize, not oxtaading from it ai epy rate, more than & tew iearues Roatan is stat by Mr Buchsnan to be three hundred mies f-om Belize, anc, sofar trom being ome of those emall islands em- braced in that triacg’e, is ao island of iderabie size, and more than a hundred miles computation. from those small isiae \ “from that Then, sir, Mr. Crampton arrived at the conelu- ion, sad eo authorize by his own handwriting to an- mounce w the Sena 14 to the world, as I dic the time, substantially, that Roatan was not a depen ritikh Honduras. and could not be claimed, in bis opin- such. I mentioned on his authority, in the few days af er his jetter, that the isianis which were the dependencies of Bel'ze were marked out in the treaty of 1786, and tha: the irresistible cousequencs f lowes, that Roatan wee not a depencency ot Balize, therefore coulé not deve been, i Great Britain ciai: it aaa dependency of Be ize, exsiptac from the operstim of the treaty of 1850. That of iteelf is a conclusive refa- tation of the statement which ie now for the first time pubsisbed, as under his authority, that I ever said ‘‘Roa- tan was a British possession as much as Jamaica, or apy other Weet Incia island,” because I had t beard that G Britain claimed the island in any other way, or by sry other title, toan as @ dependency of Belize. How could I suppose the British claim of Roatan waa valid, when b¢ bimeseif thought, as 1 siways expressed my owa opinion in devate here, that it was imporeibie it coula bave been a dependency of Beitze Creat Britain ageeried no other tite? I am in- 6, ia charity, to beheve that this gentleman has imsgined that some such conversation as this tonk place between bim end me from tbe fact that, in all the negoti- atlone ieiating to the subject, and in all conversations about it, I have always said that, if it could be shown on the part of the British government that Roatan was West India island, eo remot+ from the old viewroyaity of Gustemals, acw oailed Central America, thet it was not av ‘sland adjecent” to that territory within the mesn- irg of ths treaty of 1786. it would be exemp'ed from the operaticn of the tresiy of 2780, by which Great Britain abancored ‘co Speim ei claim wo that viceroyaity and the “jelands adjeceat’’ to it; bus whetber it was or not with in the treaty depended on geographicat facts; and those +, a8 DOW folly established, show tha: the island is territory and t the shore of the State , which isa partofit. Itso happened that iu eb, (I think it was in that month,) and while | wae unable to atiend the sessions of the Senate— Deirg wick at my ledgings—L was waited on one dar by my mad froma Kentucy. (Mr. Crtttenden,) avd ergeged in s conversation with bim in reference to & statement that had deen by the Senator from Mas- eacbusetts, (Mr, Wileon,) who bad orverved, as I had suppore}, upon some suihority emanating from the Bricirh Minister bere, that something was to come to tight wowe cay which would show thst Roatan was un- derstood, between the parties who negotiated the treaty ‘of 1850, to be & British possession exempted from the operation of that treaty. 1 called the attention of my friend to it, and we were in conversation in relation to it when Mr. Crampton came in, for the purpose, as ne said, of invi\ing me to go to dine with him. ‘wo sick to dine with him, but I conversed wih him length, As soon a6 be took a seat, I called hie attention to the state- ment which had been made here in the Senate by the Senator from Massachusetts, and I demanded of him whether be knew of anythin to be fourd in the British records, to implicate me in fuch @ manner as that—whether there was apy charge that I bad ever admittei that Roaten was not wiitin the limits of the treaty, and was exempted from its operation? In the most urqualified terms, in the presence of my friend from Kentucky, now here, he acknowledged that there was nothing ot the kind, and tha® be never ir tended to make such an impu’ation. Now, rir, Tack my friend from Kentucky to stave what his recollections sre of she converra ivn, to which be acciden ialiy happened to be ® witness, on that occasion. Mr. Cags--Does the hocoradle Senstor recollest the date of Lue interview with Mr. Crampton to which he re- fers? Mr. CLayton—I cannot now remember the precise date. My frieca from Kentucky, perhaps, may fix tbe very day. Mr Carrrenpen—No, sir. { cannot. [ toiok it was io the mon h of March, put I cannot be positive about the it was some time sgo. Wrson—The time referred to by the Senator from Kentucxy, { thing, was on or about the 23d of February ‘or *be latter part of the month of February. i ow it was cold weather. I re- ir ead | think there was snow on ound. gonti#wan ‘rom Massachusetis ought collect tt, because {t was shortly after the delivery of b's epeecn, é Mc Wuson—I think it wes the 224 or 22d of February. Mr. Crnteypes—Was your speech on the 234 ot Fel rusty? NM: Wason—t believe my speech on the Kansas jues- tion was on the 18 h or 19th of February, and I remem er the dey on which my attention wae called to it rem the ‘act that I jeft the Senate chamber for the ‘purpore of geing home to Icok{at the proofs of that speech. I think it wae the 224 or 234 of raary. Mr, CRiTTeypaen—As stated by the honorable Senator from Deiaware, I bappined to be presen: at the conver- aatio ed to bet «eon bimeeif and Mr. Crampton. [ will not t te stave the whole conversation, which for a considerable time; but Be ad fi.eot vhat My. Ciayton made no admission that the Toland ot Keatan <A to Great Britain; but, on tae contrary, asserted contended ea that that island waa embraced by the of 1860, and to be abanconed and yielded, the terms of that treaty. Mr, Crampton did not then sey or intimate that Mr. Ciaytom bad ever acmitted to him thet Roaton be- lor ged to Great Britain. | capmot state with certainty the tore of thia conversation: bat my impression f+ that 6° curred ip Moreh ‘set. Tt was the only converration ae read from @ newspaper, asap ‘-extiact” from a ietter Esrl of Clarendon, und+r date The statement, however, is given, only aa an “extract,” and even it it is truly given, te other matters which might explain mevning. Mr. CLayton—I have a word more to esy in to the letter to which Mr, Crampton refers. I hove here- totore made a full ex; of the subject of ter referred to by Mr. Crampton to the Samate. and snown that there could have been nothing in that letter as re- the Senator from Massachusetis, which au- terred to thorized him or anybocy else to draw such an inference asit from the unrevised version of bis speech, he seems, did draw from the letter. indeed, sir, in ths comversa- tion to whicbgl alluded, and which tock sence ot my friend trom Kentucky, I ularly pressed Mr. Crampin upon jthat question, toknow waether he had ever authorized any one to that Lhad a: mitted that Roatan was @ Britieh out of the treaty. He unqualifiedly, him, cenied that he had any such statement. Sir, if you look back to the hist of what actually occurred, ill see thet it must have been impossible I could fore made such dec arations as he has imputed to me in bis letter of the Sist of March lest. Previous to the year 1853, I never saw him to converse with himon the subject. When I left Wael nim July, 1860, a few days after the treaty, Sir H. L. Balwer wea the British Minister—not Mr Grice ing The only conversations between him and me, on this subject, o9- curred in 1863, and afterwards, w! he the British Mivisier; and immediately after I arrived in Washington, im 1858, I wade a speech om the trea'y, such as I have stated. I then placed the title to Belize on the ascertain- ment of geographical fact then not settled, but which was afierwarcs settled, by examination, sgaiost the Bri- tishclaim. I addressed the Senate at length in January, 1854, as the Senator from Misbigan (Mr. Cass) will well recollect, upon this subject, to prove that Roatan could not’ possibly be a depencency of Belize ‘which was tile ground on which it wae thea claimed that Great Britain bad @ title to Roatan. I have ofter—as often as the subject has been debated hore denied the Britirh title. Then, sir, after all the declarations and labored efforts ou my part here in Senate, from ture to time, to prove tnat it was im- porsible that Roatan could be a lawful Briieh posses- sion; while I constantly, in public, was declaring the re- verse to everyjone else, is it to be believed I was secretly admitting to him tbat Koatan was such « British posses- sion, and exempt from the treaty of 1850? It will spear to all men, I think, to bave been impossiole, unless I was bereft of reason. No man in his senses, coming to the Senate, end, day after dey, making speech atter speech to prove directly the reveise of what Mr. Crampton con- tends tor, can be believed to kave, at the same time, aj- mitted what Mr. Cramp'on states to be true. Oar de- fence against these and ail simiiar misrepresen'ations will be foundi n the plain language of the treaty, ard of my own letter to the British Piemipotentiary, on the 4th of July, 1850, at the very moment of the exshange of ratifi- cations All previous letters on either side are, as Mr. Buchauan ra‘d to Lord Clarendon, like the mere acaffold- ing to ® buitciog, which must be taki the etifice is completed. That is triumphant and overwhelming reply to pitifui hoods < subterfuges which have been cr cen be invented. Jt at once meets and crushes all the iidiculous inferences made from Sir H. L. Buiwer’s previous letiers, claiming Roatan as a British isiand, and ail subsequent inveutions to bolster perversicn of the treaty by parole evidence of said, or apy other man said, before or atter the deed was exeeuted, I am willing to place the most charl- table construction on his mistake. 1 cannot posaibly ac- count for it in any other way than this: he has heard it reprated by me that, if Ro houla prove geographi- cally not to be one of the irlands adjacent to what was called the viceroyalty of Guatemala, it would be without the treaty; and #0, too, if it was one of the small islands ignated in the treaty of 1786, (which he negauved by his levter,) it belonged to Great Britain. I can appeal to the honorable Senator frem Michigan, who eften engaged in debate with me on this subject, to confirm what I have stated, as Iam sure he will perfectly recollect the Giseusticns to which I have adverted, and the impres- sions which they left on his own mind. Mr. Cass—There are two clusters of islands, or rather a clurter of larger islands, and a cluster of islets. Tois cluster of isleta is evpumerated in the treaty which I have befor re—a treaty be:ween England and Spain, in 1786 —in which they are thus descrided:— The English nation sha! enjoy the liberty of refitting thelr merchant ships in the southern triangle, inoluced between the point of Cayo Casina, ond the cluster of small islands which ure eltuated opposite that part of the coast occupied by the cutters, at the distance of eight leagues trom the river Wallis, seven from Cayo Carina, and three from the river Siooon This }ittle cluster of irlets 1s some twelve or fourteen #, 1 think, from Belize. and they have been known as dependencies cf Be'ize. Tbe other islands are in the Bay of Honduras. two hundred. or two hundred and fifty, or three hundred miles from the Beiize, for in :egerd to the distance the accounts differ; I do not know the dis- tazce. The principal of them is a large islacd called Roa‘an, seventy or elghty miles in extent, with very fine harbors, snd it is a very importart stetion for a commer- cial as weil ar a military marine. When the treaty was negotiated, the cluster of islets to which I have alluded, was the one re’erred t-; for in the very letter which the honerable Senator has read, the writer refers to the cluster of islets Cesmibed in the treaty of 1786 end bere they are. There is no reference to the large isiancs in the Bey cf Honcuras two bun- éreé or three hundred miles off, which belong now to the State ot Honduras. I iuerely wished to confirm the statement ot the honorable Sensior om that sudject. There 1s somethirg in this matter that seems to me very iwecmprehensib'e. It is utterly imprasible that the hon- crable Senator could bave told Mr. Crampton euch stuff ; and if so, bow does it happen that this important feet, after # discussion of five or sfx years, does not come ou! until th's Iste day? There must be some very strange mirapprebension. Mr. Bexsamin—Before this matter leaves the possession of the Senate, I would ask the honorable Senator from Delaware wi at is the cate of the letter of Mr. Cramp‘on? Mr. CLayton—Jannary 7, 1864, is the dave of the letter read by me. Mr. JaMIn—What is the date of the letter to the Britich government? Mr. CLarron—The 31st of March, 1856; about the tine of the conversation betwern bim and me, in the presence of my friend from Kentucky. ‘Mr. Crrrrespes—As gives here, it purports to be an ex- tract from a letter cf Mr. Crampton. There may be some qualifcaticn. The of that letter which sre not given here might throw over this misapprehensi:n some light; bat I ¢o not know anything a} ali abou’ that. The language i Mr. C.a) ton bas, on various Occasions since, in cor with me. staied that he considered Hoaian #a much a Britiah ‘as Jamsica, or any other British West India In the conversation which I heard between those two gentlemen, and which seemed to be a fall conversation— it was of ccnsideraole length—tae Senator from Dela- ware pressed hun upon this peint, He seemed to desire to bave Mr. Cramp‘on speak out. The Senator did not, in that conversation at any rate, admit thet Roatan was de jure and de facto British posression as much as Ja- maics. Mr. CLayron.—Mr. Crampton did not pretend that it was. ‘Mr. CriiTexpey.—He did not pretend that !t was, so far asl recollect, The simple fact, that it was known to this government that the Britiah had taken possession of it, was acmitted, as I understood; but that it was not covered by the treaty, or thas it was a British de jure or_de facto, was pot acmiited, nor was it as- verted, by Mr. Crampton: but the contrary, as I under- stood, was clearly conceded snd edmitted. Mr. Fratt.—1 wish to ask, what evidence have we of the suthentictty of this letter? It seems to me that there must be some mistake about it I would inquire of the honorable Senator from Delaware whether he bas arked the British Minister whether this letter is suthen- ‘te? Mr. Ciavtox.—I bave no knowledge at all of its authen- ticity. My attention was called to 1t this morning, and I ‘was never more astonished in my life. I foundit in the purlic priate Mr. PRatt,—Would it not have been the better course for the honorable Senator to inquire of the Minister whether the letter be genuine, before diseussing it? Mr. Clayton —My first duty was to myself, and that was, to sbow that the statement, no matter by whom made, was absolutely and entirely withou! foundation. If Mr. Cramp+on never mace such femant, he {9 not injored; if he made such a statement, it is for him to ex- plain it. I have no reason to coubt or deny the sutben- tietty of the paper, though it does appear the public prints, It appears there, and util it 18 denied or dis- avowed, Iam bound to suppose that it ise fallextrac: from a letter sent by the Mivister to his government. I should be very heppy to find that it is pot ro, Here the converration dropped. Mr. CiayTon subsequently rose and sa‘i—I desire to put # question to the honorable Seaator from New York, (lr. Fish.) Darisg the year 1854, in the month of Janu- ary, I think, I bad a converration with the British Minis. ter here, in the course of which he referred to an im- portant paper on the files of the British Legation, which established the fact that the island of Koatan was no! dependency of Belize, That paper I remember very well; some time during this last (pg ged to the con- versation which har been referred to , Thad aconvertation with my triend from New York in regard I was then and was not able to visit the Brilish Minister} and therefore I requested my friend from New York to eal! on Nr. Crampton, and ask him, if it was e-nsistent with his duty, to let me ree that paper, as it wes an importent one, and I did not see any reason why it ebould not be shown. My friend fron New York called on the British Minister, ond the minister stated to him, on I understand, that he would himself see me on the subject. He came and saw me. He did not #1 y me with ihe paper; but the conversation whit an been detailed by myrelf end by my friend from Kentueky this morning then ocourred. Now, as m: fiiend from New York bad repeated conversations with ‘the British Minister, Mr. Crampton, in reference to this peint—how far the American negotiator of the treaty of 1850 was committed to the Bi: title in Roatan—I de- size him to state what was the impression ade on his mind when the British Micister returned to him on the same day after our conversation, and stated that he hed seen me, and also stated to the Senator from New York bis conversation with me. I wish to knew whether the honcrable Senator frem New York did not distinetly ua- derstand from the British Miniater that he made no pro- fession that I had ever admitted the British title to Koatan; and, on the contrary, whether he did not ex- presaly admit that I bad always denied the British titie to that island ? Mr. Fish=Mr, President, I regret to be called upon a¢ a witness in stage of this question. I can scarcely persuade myrelf that there is not some mistake in the copy of the letter which the honorable tor from Delaware read this ng purporting to have deen written by Mr. Crampton to his government. I am rather confirmed in this ressiow, from the a) - ‘ance of the letter as publ oe ee etna On Ing at it, I find that sre asterisks and italics, w! appear to me hardly consistent with the supposition it is an accurate copy of an offictal diptomatic despatch. Under the conviction that there must be some mistake with regard to this alleged letter, I should P p= sir, to have remained silent for the preeent; but the call upon ire, made by my honorable friend, will not allow me to corenit my own loclination. Some time in tae winter— NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1856. as thought, very wuoh excited by a speech of the Sent tor trom Ma (tr. Wise) the roveatly made, ond that part of it ‘the Sena- tor tN pene led ee Roaten, ard the supposed en the part of the Senator from ware, when Secretary of Siate, of that title, or the delivery to him of @ letter from Sir Henry subject, and the conclusion quest, on Mr. Crampten to 1 poratble, to obtain @ copy of a letter which was from Mr. Woodson, superinteaent of th: which the Senator from ware stated had been to him by Mr. Cramprop, the contents amd purp: whieh were s!ated to me by the Senator, according recollection thereof. Mr. Crampton was such a letter, contents to the Senator. tly lay his hand on it, but he represented the purport of ii the fame asthe Senator irom Delaware had stated to me. There had beena dircuasion during a preceding gession Congress, in wbich the Senator from Michigan, (Mr. Deans Med cart igainger ieee wel re ferring to this, tr. Woods bere was governme: clsim<f Rostan. He said that Roatan wi ~bat their et police regulation, established by the colonial authorities, and not by the parent government, ting from the necesalits to hich I have referred, and uct arisiag from the relation of » dependency or from identity of title. This, L understood irom Mr. Crampton, was the purport 4 hoyine The Senator from ware was _ red tee it Upon my suggestion to Mr. Crampton that he should call upon the Senator from Delaware, bea take tho Jetter or communication with him in regard toit, he promised todo so. 1 taw the Senator trom Delaware again the eame day and told him what had passed be- tween Mr. Crampton and myself. Witbin » day or two thereafter, the interview between Mr. Crampton and the Senator from Delaware. to which referencs has been mace,dook place. On the same day that it occurred, I egsin saw Mr. Crampton, who told me that he had ceen the Senator tr’m Delaware, and had had @ very pleasant conversation with; him, and explaired everything as he believed, to his entire isfaction. In the course of these two interviews Mr. mpton undoubtedly stated that he understood per- fectly weil that the former Secretary of Siate (the Sena- tor from Delaware) always denied the British title to Restan—tbat he never understood him, as the Senator from Meseachuretts was reported to hava represeated him. as having admitted it either by assent or by impli- cation. Mr. CLayton—That is the point. Mr. Cass—The hororable Senator ta per‘ectly confirmed in bis statement by the despatch ot Lord Glarendon him- self, who puta the British title to Roatan on the basis of “spontaneous rettement.”” The honoradle Senator from Deiaware will recollect the expression in the correspon- ences, There is not one word in Lord Clarendon’s cor- rerponcence claiming it ax a dependency of the Belize but cn thia new right of ‘spontaneous settlement.” This ja one of the ¢ircoveries wi! have been made, one after another, to for/ify the cetermipation to hold on to the Belize and tothe whole courtry—treaty or no treaty. Driven from cre poeition, they have fallen back on other. Now, in the face ct Lord Clarendon’s ceclaration that they claimed Roatan on the ground of spontan:ous settlement. it is claimedasa cependency of the Belize. Spontaneous settiement isa new foundation ot British tie, It is one which will carry us at way. Redigious Intelligence, SERMONS. There will be three sermons to-day in Westminster church, in Twenty-recond street, near Seventh avenue— The Rev. Dr. Maraba’l, of Pitts»urg, will preach in the morning, at 10% o'clock; the Rev. C. 0. Riggs, of West Newton, Pa., in the afternoon, at 3% o'clock; the Rev. Dr. Humphrey, Professor of Theology in the Danville Seminary, Kent roby, will preach the arnual sermon, at ‘736 o’olock P. M. Rev. Dr. MacMensmy, formerly of the Glens of Antrim, and recently of the Irish Missions of Scotland, will com- menee # course of Sabbath evening Jectures on Romanism and Christianity, ia Broadway Hall, 1104 Broadway, be- tween Thirty-second and Thirty-third streets, this even- ing, at 73 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Hague, of Albany, will repeat, by special re- quest, his sermon on “The Antiquity of Prelacy and Rue of Sectarianism,”’ this evening, at 7% o’clook, in the Se- cond avenue Baptist church, (Rev. Dr. Lathrop’s.) Rev. Alexender H. Wright will preach in the church West Twenty ninth sireet, between Ninth and Tenth avenues, to-day. Services commence at 10} A.M and 7% P.M. Subject for the evening—The Sermon on the Mount.’’ ‘he following gentlemen will officiate to-day in the memorial of Bishop Weinwright’s church:—103, A. M., Rev. Charles T. Quintard, ot Tennessee; 24% P. M., Rev. Jobn W. C ark; 74 P. M., Rev. W. A. Muhlenberg, D. D. ‘The Rev. Mr. Beecher, missionary from Barmah, wil! preech in the Macdougal street church this moroing, half pas: 10 o'clock; the Rev. Mr. Backus, at 3 P. and the Rev. Dr. Brown, ot the Burmah mission, at bi part 7 P.M. ‘The pastor. Rev. Samuel D. Alexander, will preach this mort ing in the Fifteenth street Presbyterian church, be- tween Irving place and Third avenue, and Rev. 0. W. Shields, of Philadelphia, at 33 ‘The congregation formerly occupying Bt, Jobn’s Hull, corner of Delancey street and Bowery, has transferred its ga to the Jefferson Assernd!y Rooms, wacre the Bib‘e will te explained to the public attending on Sunday morning, at the usus! hour of meeting. is association of believers ha; no identity with any o! the sects of Chris- tendom, Protestant or Papist, atiafied that they are all, in theory and practice, an apostacy from the truth. « APPOINTMENTS BY THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL BISHOP. To-day, forenorn, a ee New York; evening, at Church of the Redeemer, Yorkville. Tuesday, forenoon, at Huntington, L. I.; afternoon, at Cold Spring Harbor, L. 1. Wednercay, forenoon, at Oyster Bay, L. I.; afernoon, at Glen Cove, Thursday, forencon, at Manbassett, L. I.; afternoon, at Litt'e Neck. Friday, forenoon, at Flushing; af ernoon, at Jamaica. Saturday, forenoon, at Rockaway. ORDINATIONS. Mr. J. A. Wight, for some time an elder in the Second Presbyterian charch of Chicago, was ordained as an evangelist in that church on Sunday, April 20. Rey. Robert F. Chase, of the Episcopal church in Ames- bury, Mare., was admitted to priest’s orders on the lita inst., by the Right Rev. Bishop Eastburn. INVITATIONS. Rev. Geerge E. W. Leonatd has received a call to be- come ‘he aesociate pastor of Pleasant Prairie and Cen're Point Presbyterian churches, in Linn county, lows. Rev. W. B, Dada, of Auburn Theological Seminary, has accepted the enll from the Presbyterien church in Skane- stains, N.Y. Mr. D. expects to enter upon his field of labor about the first of July. Piymovth church, in Milwaukie, has voted to extend 8 uran’mous call to the Rey. Mr. Humphrey, of Racine. Rev. J. M. Beccn, of Salisbury, Mass, bas accepted an invitation to \ske the pestoral charge of the First Con. ional chureh end Society in Essex, late Dr. Cro- well’a, INSTALLATIONS. Rev. J. B. Sted@ard was instailed pastor of the First fexeregaticnal eburen, ia South Windsor, Conn., April 64 yer We F. Loomis has been installed at shelbarn, a8, Rey, F, Senour was installed pas‘or of the Fourth Pres. byterian chureh of Louisville, on Sabbath, 11th inst. The Presbytery cf Bedford held an adj urned meeting at Carmel, Putnam county, N. Y., on 20ch ult., for the rpose of ordaining to the work of the gospel ministry Tir, Semvuet Crittenden, and instal ing him pastor of the Preebyterian chureh at Carmel. At Hinsdale, N. H.. May 1, Rev. M. H. Walls, formerly ot Pitwfield, over the yogregational church in that place. J. B. Gi Son ronaeod th Rey. J. B, Crane has @ pastoral charge of the North Congregational church, in Midd.etown, Conn. The Rev. .J. J. Miter, who for many years has held the pastoral charge of Piymouth church, in Milwaukie, has resigned. DEATH IN THE MINISTRY. Rev. George Adie, = well known minister of the Pro- testant Epircopsl church. died at bis residence in Lou- doun county, Va., on the 3d inst. The corner stone for an Episcopal church was laid in Haverhil!, Mars., on the 8th inst., by Bishop Eastburn, The society has been gathered within the last twelve months, raised all the money necessary for a fine chi ard have secured a rector at @ salary of one thou dollars per annum. ‘The beautifully finished church erected by the Oum- ‘derlana Presbyterian congregation in Louisville, was dedicated with appropriate services on the 11th inst. The cew edifice of the Presbyterian Society, in Boon- ville, is nearly finished, and will be dedicated ina few weekr, The cost is about $8,000. ‘The beautiful and commodious edifice recently erected by the First Preabytezien church of Cataaanq ue, Penn., of which Rey. Mr. Earle is pastor, was dedicated on the 11th inst. ‘The Bush street Beptist Church building, San Franels- co, hae been sea by the Rev. Abbe Bist, and will be . into a chapel for ® congregation of French Cat The layin of the corner stone of the new Episcopal Sard at ean ‘Mass., took aed on the 16th iest., in the presence ofa concourse of persons, embracing all shides of religious opinion. , We Jearn that the Indiana street M. . Church, in Chi- cago, have determined to erect @ new and commodious house of worship. A building committee has been ap- pcinted, and plans are to be procured, and subscriptions taken immediately. The r ish synagogue was, on the 6th inat., laid on Carondelet treat Now Orleton, amid much of imporing ceremonial, This synagogue ts to supply the plece of the one which formerly stood at the corner of Canal and Bourbon streets. It 1a to be eighty- See ye aaa width, and in every te substantial and structure. The congregation is fedevted for there new house of pager tote borlty new ‘the if t the late Judah Touro. gs MISOELLANBOUS. ‘The trustees of the Church of the Messiah (Rev. Dr. Orgocd), bave resoived to cispose of the volt erect another uptowm. They are negoiiating for five lots on the weet side of the city, bove Fourveesth atreet. ‘The prevent edifice will not be sold for leus than $160,000. On the 14th inet., at! Mills, Mase,, Rev. Rober: ¥. Chase, tector elect of Bt Lake's ‘eas sdmattoed pin Shy SER ebureb, x ‘i .D.. Of the diocess of Massachusetts, erate Degen The church on new St, Paul street, in Rochester, for- merly cecupied by & Congregational sooiety, hae ‘boon purebased, and in future will be ceoupied by the Presby- ‘torian Cenominaticn, Rev, L. Rice has taken the pastoral care of the tint eburch at Antwerp, Jefferson Co., N. ¥. ae Rev. A. Lily has taken charge of the Presbyterian church at Silver Creek, N. ¥. sag Rev. J. Guerpsey. late of Dubuque, lows, and formerly of Derky, Connecticut, has made a pore, arrange- ment to supply the vacant pulpit in Woodridge. OUTRAGE BY A ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST. We take the following trom the York (Pa ) Republican of the 7th inv.:—The priest officiating wt St. Mary’s Catholic chapel, (German,) in the South ward, took o3- casion to kick « lady, the mother of grown up men, all of thew members ct his cougregation. The sons, indig- papt at such concuct to their eged parent, called at his residence and resented the outrage. The sony Cie at their accustomed place at St. Mary’s chapel, the sack they had paid for, at the afternoon service on Sun- ‘sy Just. No scomer hac they made their a: rance, however, than the pries: attempted to eject from the ranctuary with violence, which was resisted by them, when a general melee avd “tree fight’’ ensued, 1a whico the ccrgrepalion joined, whet battered heads aod Diovdy nores repuited therefrom. The citizens in that sec'ion of the town were called to the spot by the tumult, and were sbesked at such # disgracetal riot on the Sab- bath day. Officer Warren and others hed « busy time cn Moxdey moruing in arrestirg the parlicipants (priest ard al) i» this riot, avd they are now all bound over to appear at the next term of our Court of Quarter Sessions. GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST EPISCO- PAL CHURCH AT INDIANAPOLIS. «15 The action of we (inc urati Conlerence, in deposing from the minwiry L. P. Harlan, charged with slandering Bishop Hamlize, was eusiained by a vote of 189 to 6. Dr. MeUsix tock, from wwe Committee on Revivals, pre- sented @ eport in which it was recommensed that that part ot ‘be Discipline eptitied, ‘Of the Band Societies” be struck ont; also that the word ‘bands,’ and all allusions thereto be struck out from every other part of the Disci phne. This wae laid over. The decision of the New Jerrey Conference in expelling N. Stekely was reversed, 124 membera voting for the re- versal. Mr. Benge, from the Committee on Temporal Economy, reported the following:— Fesolved ‘That the Discipline in relation to support of minis. teze be #0 chenged es to read, that all effec ive travelling preachers bave ibeir a.lowavee Sxed by the Ketimating Com: mites G16 quarterly mecticg conference, and that wil other things perteizing 10 that eubjcci be siricken out, Th § was laid over uncer the raie. Mr. Bemiiton offered the foliewing, in part, ea & report from the Committee on Miseions:— ‘The Mizriona:y Committee beg leave to report, in part, viz:— the following retolutcns, in reference to eo much of the Bish. op’s edcregr as teers to the evbjest of Kpiscopal authority in onr Liberia Miss‘on Contererce in Airica, beeolved, That we reccwmerd the appointment of a mis- slotary Dibop, who absl resice in Liveria, on the western const Of 4 tries, or in ita vicir ity, and have episcopal juriacic: tion in sfricaoniy. The #1 bishop ard churcbes i Africa shal! stil be unc er the eupervision of the Methodist & piscopal Church ir the United Sisies. Beroived, That in case # suitable man oannot be found dur. ing the present tersios of the General Conference, who is wiliirg to go to Liberia ard reside, we recommend snd au thorize tbe Liberia anvus! conierence, under the | direc tion of the bishop having charge ot the said conference ‘at prevent, ae by the Corresponding Secretary of the Misrlonary foctety, to elect an Kider in good standing in the Methodist kpiscops' Church, snd present, ordination to the Bisboos, or any ot them, who are hereby autborized to ordein such perron fo elected, certifying in the rcbmept ordination that his ¥plecopa! jurisdiction is express ly iimited to Airies, [Correspordence ot the Cincinnat! Gazette.) IspiANaPoLs, Wednesday, May 14, 1856, Rev. Mr. Wilson, of Baimore, chairman of the Com- mit ee on Itinerancy, reported this morning sgainst ex tending the time for stationed preacters to three years. Rev. Jobn A. Collins, Rev. Henry Slicer and Rey. Mr. Griffith, cf the Baltimore Con‘erénce, all spoke againet en extension of the ime, They were etrozgly opposed to any cbangs. ‘Mr. Kevnspy epoke in favor of the change, and moved the report be recormmitted, with instructions to report in favcr of sn ex ension of two to three years. Messrs. KyEnson and Jones, delegates trom the Canada Conference, both spoke in favor of the change. They had extenced the time in Canada, and were highly pleased with the result. In doing so they had followed the example and recommendation cf the Britian Con ference. Their prosperity had been greater since the change than be‘ore, and they attributed their prosperity om part toit. They apclogised for obiruding their views upon the bedy, but their excuse was the common bro therbood of the great Methodist family. Mr. CaxtwnicHt, of Ulinois, a distinguished and some- what eccentric man, spoke against the charge. He said ot might work well enough in the East, where preachers had a great stcok of divinity, and could’ preach year after year without exhausting ibemselver, but out West here Ubey bad not a sufficient supply on hind to try this plan asyet. In fact, he did not believe their stock in the Fast wae balt ss great as bar pretenced. He would re- jate an anecdote ihat threw floods of Jighton the sub- ject:—Onee, when a member of the Missionary Commit- ee, 1t bad been bie duty to travel East. In New York ‘ity he fcund some of these learned doctors of divinity, all used up, They told him that they had been there so jong that they had preached at everything they knew in the world. He said be coultin’: preach unless they paid bim for St, for as he was on business of the committee, it was not bis duy to preach, ana he woulin’t do it for nothing. But they were so bard up that they inei: and finally agreed to give him $5 « sermon, and for price be preached once all round for them. ’ He bad been robbed on the road, and this came very conveniently to rep enith his puree, and he got besides # pass trom New York to Aluspy, Here be appealed to a brother in the Conference for tbe trutl e s‘atement. aid he bad no splendid sermon to preach to these New York copgregations—he was vot prepared; but then he could not be taken by surprise, for he was born in tbat fix. No Methodist preacher could. It was bis busine load and fire every time they flew; to be al eccked and primed to take ’m on the wing. Preachers wight talk about their larity with certain congregations—he krew all about bis populari'y. He had just as much of it as he could wear, and be krew one thing—it was the mort trouble- some thing he ever did have. it was a terribly fatal com- plaint in their church. He bad seen a good many car- ried off by it. He bed eeen the symptoms of the big- desc and the etiff neck coming on many & young preach- er, ond he bad rever known one that was good for any- Ubon alterwarcs. He described in a humorous way how petitions were got for a return cf certain ministers toa corgregaiien, exd thought the edoption of the proposed change would create 5 deeire to ish for there petitions. Bis speech was bhumcrcus throughout, and excited fre. quent Jaughter. Mr. DvRwin moved to rubstitute for Mr. Kennedy’s amerdment, that the committee be instructed to report im favor of continuing preachers for » pericd not excerd- ing three years, ony when requested by the congregation apd approved by the Bishop of Conference. Pex. Mr. Fisiky, of Cincinnati Coptezence, bad the floor at 12 o'clock, the hovr of adjournment. A vote was cailed for. ard Brother Finley offered to give way for if but the Conference decided it was not ready for the vor et. Acumber of members are anxious to aveak on it. Tas Rastern wensbers are urging the change, but the Ma- rylond, Virginia and Western members oppose it. Brother Finley will continue the cebate at the opening of Conference to-morrow morning. Profesecr McClintock left thie morning, called home by the sickness of his wife, A Casg For ORpiTHOLOGIsTs—AN EAGLE HatcntD anD NURSED BY A SHANGHAL—About six weeks ego Mr. Robert Cameron, who resides on the Miami river, & few miles below Hemi.ton, Butler county, Ohio, disco- yered a bald eegie’s nest ona huge sycamore tree stand ivg rear the river, and ene of his sons, an active and ad- ventnrous fellow, by ‘‘ tal climbing” reached the eyrie, and made ® prize of two eggs of the bird ot our country, which were at once deposited under a ‘setting hen,” andin two weeks, a fine, lusty eaglet picked the shell, and made his sppearance, with lesa pain and pomp, and cir- cum+tance, than attended the virth of the ‘enfant de France.” ‘One of the eggs proved a failure, and this, with the ¢ of the hen, were thrown away, it being consi- that the barnyard fowi would have quite enouga to at- tend to in thy person of the feathered “prince imperial:”” and the chicken and eaglet are both, we are ploased to learn, doing as well as could be expected. The plebdeian puree fowl ia, we aré informed by Mr. Oamercn, appa- renily, at times, very much astonished at the eccentri- cities ot bis roysl highners the infant bird of Jove, whose keen, unflinching eyer, and atont, sharp, crooked beak, and appetite tor fish and flesb, sre slightly terrible, and beyond her appreciation. Siill shs attempts to relieve his wante with true motherly devotion, and io wyieg to Induce him to take # promenade cincks at nim vainly by the hour. His lege are not serviceable, and disclatming to crawl after ber, he looks with esgor aspirations, as be- comes bis illustrious race, shywaru. He is fish, and luxuriates in rate and snakes, though yet strong enough to rkin them for himself. The Vity of skinned garter snake that he consumes is queer, he being competent to dispose of almost his weight in that srticle of prepared suake.—Cincinnati Commercial. The Turf. VIRGINIA. New Manker, May 13.—Sweepstake for three year olds, mile heats. W. H. Gibbons’ ch. g. Nicholas I.,by Glenooe, oat of Naspy Bhoces, by Wagner.. eccssse oo 2D T. W. Doswell’s f., by Revenue, out of Sarah Vorniegion, by ORR... 0s socvessess 2 @ J. Tally’s cb. ¢ , by Tally Ho, out of Betsey White, | Bae s sees . socseeee 8 8B C. Green’s b. c., by imp. Glencoe, dam by Wagner. 4 dr ‘Time, 1:60—1:48%4. ALABAMA. Trornxe At Mopte—Bascomnk Covrak, May 8.—Purse 26, mile heats, best tbree in five, in harness, D. Tripp’s br. g. Tom Parker, [are 824 Sam Hice’s r. g. Silver Tail... 21123 Time, 2:60—2:45—2:40-~9:47 i 2:59, Same Day—Parse $75, mile heats, in harness, D. Tripp’s lady Lancaster K, Robinson’s b. g. Doestic! Time, 2:5634— ‘Tue Dericigncy Brtt.—The Deficiency bit has been approved by the President. ts sggregae ot appro- pristions emount to about $4,200,000, By Monday mext the officers of the Treasury Department will be ready to meke peyments under it, we presume, we Kings County Circuit Court. Before Judge Rockwell. Mar 16.—William W. Bussell agt. George Lavw.—The trial of this cause was reeemed this morning, and the Paintiff having rested, several witnesses were emamined on behalf of the defendant, and amongst there were Mr. Law and Mr. W.H. Aspinwall. Mr. Law testified that he ployed Benson, but that his services were wet bim is the strest and @skea him if he hed any objections to meet Mr. Law on the eubject of » con solidaticn of their rival lines; that through bis means a merting was subsequently arranged and negotiations started; that the subsequent meetings generally toox lace in Benson’s office, and Berson w: ut that he thought Benson ¢id more and bavivg so expressed himecif to Mr. Lew, said that Benson bad nothing to do with he (Mr. Aspinwal)) had always looked upon son mere'y as s mediator, bringing the fin tegeth and bis functions as ending there. bake jeoented himsel(as having any authority from r. Alter ecnclusionof Mr. Aspiuwall’s exemi by the Cour’ jour:ed til] Monday next, when toe cause will be sgain taken up. It will probably occupy two days more. Crry Court o¥ Brockiyy.—Ca'endar for Moniey, May 19:—Nos. 19, 23. 49, 69, 60, 61, 64, 66, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 78, 76, 76, 77, 78, 78. Superior Court, Before Hon. Judge Bosworth. Max 16.—Kavanagh vs. The Hudson River Railroad Company.—This wae an action for injuries. ‘The cave wes tried Inet term, but the jury did mot agree. In aaa aes suit there was a verdict for piaiatiff for Exrraorpinary Hart Strom IN ALABAMA.— Aw unusval hail storm occurred at auburn. Ala., on the 4th ult. A writer im the montgomery Mail says tue size of the rvonen varied from ax email as & pes to as large asa lewon. ‘The large ones were mostly of the shape of an oblate spherofd. I measured one of ordinary size, aud found it eight inches latitudmally avd seven inches lon- gitudisally. The prevaiiog size was thetof « guinea exg, wbile the shape varied greatly. I found plenty thet would weigh four ounces. STEAMERS TO OALIFOBNIA. rr 1 ggenslnsnae Shonen Law 2ta of each month, BTEAMERS TO AND FROM HAVANA. Isanar—From Charleston 19th and 4th, due st Havana 294 nd ju” From Havans 10th and 28th, due at Mew York 17tu e Haring Crrv on New Granapa—From New York 17th, ar: From New Or Jeans 5th, Has Biack Wakkion—From New York 1zih, arriving at Havana 18th and New Orleans 2iss, From New Orleans 7th, Havana ‘S0th, due at New York 5th. ‘Quakes Orrr—From New York ist of each month, arriving at kinvane Git, and “Mobic th, From Mobile 151s, Havana 16th, due at Sew York 224. ‘Oinawes—From New York 27th, arriving at Havana 24 and ‘New Orleans tin. From New Orleans 12h, Havana 1b, due at New York 20th, ‘When the above dates fall on Sunday, the steamers will sail ou Monday. They leave New Orleans as near 8 A. M. as tide Wil admit, and the Inabel eaves Charleston and Havana st THE OVERLAND MAILS TO INDIA AND CHINA. ‘The following may be of value to those having ence with the kast:— ‘The mail leaves Southampton en the #th and 20th of each month, and Arrives at Gibrnitar about the 9th szd 25th of same month, ‘Arrives at Malis about the 14a end 30th of same mouth. Arrives at Alexandria about the 18th of same and 4&2 of foi. lowing month. Leaves Suez about the 20th or 2lst of game and bth or 6th of following moni Arrives at Ader: about the S6thor 26th of same and ithor 12th of following month. Point de Galle abow the oh or ‘mon the same day, if the at bas alread: td ip arrived which ties : eset Pulc Penang abont the 12th or 13th and 28th and 29th of following month, Areives a; Maeapare about tie ‘Wh or 16th and Sst or 1st of month, Tenves Biaqepore about 13 boars eter Arrives at a and 8th or 10th ef following mon! ‘Leaves next day for Shanghae, Two mails leave Exgland—one on the 8th and 20th of eack month—via Marseilles, and arrive at Alexandria about the came time as the Southampton mail iu and laters intended te New Your onecia baled ia Al Pe—/hy ‘AIMANAO FO NEW YORE—THIS DAY. « 441 | MOOM sets... soe 7 12] MIG WATER. SUN RIses, SUN SETS. Port of New York, May 17, 1856; CLEARED. Steamehio Florida, Woodhul’. Savannoh—8 T, Mitohill. pole Sp ere Aager, Turner, Chari ‘Tileston & Steamebip Jamestown Parrish, Norfolk—Ludiam & Pleas- ante, ‘Steamebip Grarada, Griffin, Havana end New Orleans—M O ship Rxdeavor, Deane, Ean Francisco—Jobn 3 Rarle, Ship Robin Hood, Bearse, Jr. San. Frenclspa jution & Co. fbip Flying Dutckman, Hubbard, Gan ze Deniels, Ship Germania, Higgins, Havre—Wm Whitlock, Jr. Sbip Helene, Val mar. Brermen—Pavenrtedt & échumacher. Eb!p Graham’s Po'ly, By ae, Antwerp Baer & Burbut, Ship John Enox, Ginn, tevideo—R P Buok & Co, Bark Ccesn Gem (Br), Freat, London —Thos Wallace. Bark Gipsy, Millard, Montevideo—Cariisle 4 Zimmerman. Bark @ D smouse, Cranmer, Coatzacoaleos—Walsh, Carver Chase. Bark ery, Gibbs, Trinidaé—G L Stevenson. Brig Wm H Stewart, Scales, Bio Janeiro~Kibby & McKee. Brig Ocean Wave, Morton, Oientuegos—Walsh, Uarver & Chare, Brig MC Haskell, Tinker, Curacoa—J Perkins, brig Bt Bresade, Alexandre, shipposen—Bitfken & Tronsides, sohig Neptune (6), obbins, Farmow', MB—Me aul, Whee rio. rig African, Whittemore, Jacksonville—Mayhew, Talbot & Co. fi brig Ly¢ia Franols, Dageet, 8t Marya, Ga—Yates & Porter: e ‘Brig Zaralla, Havers, Philade!phia—Jas Hand. Brig Vervon, Collins, Bangor— Pillsbury & Sanford. Brig Obi (Br), MeKay, Piotou—Cakamith & Keefler, Sebr Kvergreen, Biiven, Tampico— Wenberg & We Bebr Juin Rotas Fees Guayama—Breit, Sen & Oo. Kebr Jenny Lind, Henry, Baracos Master. Bonr B English, Chase, Bt Kitts—E & W ubbard & Co. Scbr Meriin (Bz), Cole Sach ville, NB—Master. Schr Cordelis, Dunham, Savannah—Dunbam & Dimon. Sehr Humming Bird, Morris Wilmingion—# Blossom & Son, Bcbr Mott Bedell. Bumper, Washington, &e~-Mott Bedell. Seer Bergen, Mesee, City Point—J Bunter & Co, Schr Xntire, Demarest, Noriolk—-M sedell. Ser ¥ Arthemens, Grant, Alexandria—Thompson & Hunter. Schr H Smith, Kelly, Philadeipbia—J W McKee. Scbr Melbourne, Hunt, Portland—G L Haieb. Le oes Peper Mant ried ad ir Roeet' les, Taurton—Master. Fehr Nave “Americans Bibaoy, Newburyport—B P Buck & £cbr Cero Smith, Lanpber, Provijence—J H Havens. Sebr Grece Daring. Craft ' Newport—Master, Sicop W B Bowen, Hallock, Providence—Master. Bteamer Piedmont, Post, Baltimore—Cromwell’s Line, Steamer Totten, Morley, Balti ncre—Crom well’s Line. Steamer Kenevec, Hand, Philadelphia—Sandford’s Line. ARRIVED, s Steamship Philaceiphia, McGowan, Aspinwa!l, Ma; ech. tia Havana 18, vith pera. 1 nod, at passengers, toM O Rol The hr ith 1 seth nay 3 wil ship New pakire, Shelton, Gisegow, via Bermuaa, 8 dave, with mdse and 9 ren to & Co. tise Aten ethan, Sa, sare ith mdse, to Arthur '. “famp Wellington, Barstow, New Orleans, April 96, with mdse and 10 paseengers, to Stanton & 4 Sip Wentminnter, Hilt, Mew Orleans, 24 days, with mdse, to Stanton & Thom Bark Ciara. Winder, Button, Port au Prince, May 2, with coflee ond iogwood, to H Becker & Graeves. May 2, saw bark Chas B Le>, goirg in. Tbe C W has bad light winds and calms the entire pssenge; was 8 dayn gettis g through the pasrages, Berk JM Morales, Brows, Havana 9 days, with sugar, to- beoro, Ae, to Kturges &Co. 5th inst, lat 36, lon 74, saw bark. Oharies Willams, of Borton, bound 8, Brig Oron (Nor), Langer, Newoastlo, E, 64 days, with coal, to Barclay & Livingston, Kixperienced heavy weather on the pase ni Siig Lieut Admiral Callumburg (Hol), ——, Palermo, sed 74 days from Cudiz, with fruit, to John 8 Lawrence. Have had very beevy weather. April’ &, Jat 35 6, lon 32, spoke sehr Mary Forrest, trom Baltimore, 16 days out. Bila Quadruple (Br), Masters, Bermuda, 8 days, with pote- toes ane tomatoes, to McCall & Frith. Brig Devenchire (Br), Prudden, Bermuda, 6 days, with pota- toes and eat, to Penniaton & Jones. Sci May Queen (of Baltimore), Borge, Curscoa, May 2 with hides, ae, to J Foulke & Bons Sehr Moustain Faaie (of Harwich), Deane, Barncon, 9 days, 8 and cccoannta, 10 "Bebe Pi ot Fish, Savage, Bt Jobn, NB, 10 days, with lumber, c ter. +e oe TT enith, Jr, Grant, St Jobn, NB,7 days, withcosl, to T iy be Weene Bolt, Wester veit, Edenton, NC, 5 days, ‘Burt, Worth, Plymouth’ NO. 6 days. peEt ice World, sherman, Newbers, NO, 4 4873, Bont B Parker, Brockmister, Norfolk, Saya, Hobr har, Rioherdson, Bonr G P Lanphier i! Sekr R H Huntiey, Bi Steamer Totten, Mori Propeller Onceola, ©) Propeller Decatur, Geer, Balti with ase, oJ Riley. ley, imore, mdse, e arke, Provigence, lorwich. hips Hermann, Bremen; Rdinburg! nade "Hoven nd New Orlenas: Fiori Koger, Charleston; Jamestown, Norfolk, Ac. ‘Theship Java, Jackscn, for Glasgow, has anchored at Qua- Tanne ip Silas Wright, Freema for Liverpool, has anchored spit. ats Wh ‘Wind during the day from 3K. Ginsy ; Gra- wannahy James Miscellaneous and Disasters. ‘The steamshiys Auguste, Capt Lyon, from Savannah, ard the Boutherner, Capt Kwan, (rom Obarleston, arrived yaster day. The purrers of ench vsenel haa our thanks for papers, ‘Toe eteomebip Hermann, Capt Higgtns, galled yesterday for Bou hampten and Bremen, @e¢ took out ao lees thea S03 pas- epgors, a list of whose namecera be found in ano her column. ‘The screw steamship Edinbur®, Oapt Cummings, also called yeatarday for Giaagow, with 214 pwmeugers. ‘This fine eltp bas fount Savor wit the treveling pul fs 8 brie’ perieg of tens ace—Yesterday we red wre crsivsio ot stopers ates, the passages of which ‘ahio Fiyaway, Capt arnt ew ve 7 aiik, and washorsa shtp Pocahontas, wihitol went and was reliovod on th April. by Key ‘West wreckers, has heen decided st New Orleans by arbitre- tlen, and $7500 awarded as salvege. “ ‘A letter from Genoa of the 24th of Aprilin the Oj ‘arin, states that en American merchanimen of 1800 thus hourd to Chil, ia abobt to be sol there. s:¢ having been abast doped by ber crew, who had mmtinied and foresd their eaptatm to eeek hissafety by ewimmirg on shore. Rebr Angier, 8 tons, built at South Shore, forwerl* of Dax~ bury, was sold et aucion at Boston 16ta ins!, by Joan Tyler, tor $1400 casp. Steamer Win Pern, nov intre Orimean service. 600 tors, about? ears old, built in Phi.adelphia o1 bere, been cold to an Knglieh bonse, to rail under the British flag, ab ‘ Steamer Fag'e, tm good running condttion rear'y 300 toms wan noid ai odedon of New York 1btk fuat, for 910150, case Brig Wx DB: ‘az trom Alezardria tor Bos'on (before re ported ashore cn Hedge Peace), a1 got of night of 14th inst, etter havieg dischar; ‘one ligater loaa of com, with alight da- mage, ard arr at Holmes’ Hole 15th, Scne Ricnarp M DeMu1, of New York, rar ashore 16th om the rocks at the Boutn enc of Palmer's Island, New Bedford Launewep-~At Bangor, recently, by Mr Timothy C; s Wal. 0 Some't sebooner of 175 tore called the Hanni ened Dy rome. rae en & So — tor: Lappe Co, and Capt eo eptworh. Ske wil oly ae @ psci ween Bangor and Kostoa, under command of Capt Notices to Muriners. Rotice is kereby given thai the lighthouec at Bonita Pott, beretofore of the patural oolor o' the brick, will be obsnged oa the 2st of Apri: to white Tre lantert. will remain brightred. ‘by order ot the Lighthouse Hoard HARTMAN 6 4:,Hk, Maj Top Eng Br Msj. Office 12th Lighthouse District, San Francisco, Calilornia, April 10, 1856. A notice to mariners has been puotished by M Leveunie, Fogineer in Chief ot the harbors of Calvados, and certified Mr 1 Bartow, the isuglian View Cova wt Caga, to the ofonk that frov the ‘works which have been executed in the new bed of the Orne, there is now in the chancel of te new eut as greek RB depth of water as forme ty existed in the part of the oid river which bas been replaced. Waalemen. Fld from New Bedford if, barks Gypsy, and Rben Dodge, Ablantic Ocean A Arr at do 16th, bari Sea Flower, Macombor. Atlantis Dominica March 28, with 120 bia ep ollor board. Sent 145 bois sp cil, Spoke 15ih inet, Mary Ga duer. of and for Sag Harbor, At Loando, Atrica, Merch 4, Wm Heary, Colt, Warren, 160 sp, ail well, hound ox # cruise. "at Bong Keng abt March 15. Benj Morgaa, NL, reloading for New Louden, having repaired. or Cape Menlopea May 8, Sea Witch, Reed, NL, one right whale. Heard trom Jan 15 (probably at Zanzibar) Bovts, M’Fariand, 440 +p all weil; expected to be at bome te Juve. ‘Of Walwich Feo 11, Greyhound, Wing, ct Westyort, 240 ep, 80 do wh oll Bid from Tabiti Feb 26. ehiv Tiger, Law, ot Stoulngton, and bark Neva, E and, of Greeuport, on a cruise, Spoken—Deo 14, Jat 21, lon 15d, 2wo ssrothers, Childs, New Beaiord. Spoken, dc. Brig Chins. from Port au Priaoe tor Boston, was acen May 11, of Watlizg’s sia: d Foreign Ports. AsrINWALL, May 6—Bid brig Director Kirwin, Trinidad. Banacoa, May 7—In port sclve bmn, Tutte, bee, for- York ith: J # Baker, Baker, co 15th; Aifred Chase, do 29th, Curacoa, May 2~-In port brie Margaret 4 Stevens, for Bal- timore 4 ove; nchr Clara Korgess for NYonk 6 Pow? av Prince, May 2-In port bark Amazon, Briggs, Goraives in 4days, to load lor Aremen: on for rigs Kerni for days; Maria, for do, wig for men; ‘Delatsld, dog Crotcn, do. Kamirscn, April 18—In port ship Hartley, Howes, frou Bustindje, for Constentinople. SMYRNA, april 14—5id bark Mimoaa, King, Messina, to load for Boston (and rct in pori 19th as previously stated). PALERMO. april 23—In port abip John & albert, Crowell, seeking treteht; baras Daniel, for Boston; Zephyr, ne. UDC. ‘81 JaGo, May 1—Arr brig Marshall Dutch, Coloord, Saram nsh. ‘ Bld ist, schr Zephyr, Gege, Obarieston; Coast Pilot, Da- vis. do, ‘Tinian. May 1—Arr brige Hannah Batch, Keen, N¥ork; Repcrter, Ginn, Philscelphia, (CieNyUxGoE, May 1—arr barks Bover, Devis, Havana; 24, dchn Welsh, Ames, Philadelphia; M B Stetson, Castner, Bos- m Bavana. May 9—C'd bark Wyardette, Prrant Remedios; echr Benry Curds, Johnson. Morte. sid Sih. brig § Mert- thew, Gordon, Boston; 9b, ab!p Loch’ Lamar, Eionborn, Oar: der as to Joad for ¥ York; bark UC Fowler, Smita, NYC Matanzas, May 7~ Sie brig By Mathews, Devereux, New York; ecbr Tyemont, Parparo, Norfolk. Port 9b, bark RH Kuight, Luscomb, for Cardenas, to ‘$6 per hha suger, and 23 per hhd moine: bhos sugsr. Canpenas, May 7—Arr bark G! n, Partridge, Fravkfort, Pont rip echr D # Barnard, Farnsworth, tor Phila tev) Ida. ae Ae ti ered a fork; Am )ees, M” , Charlastca; ‘Gestine; dh, ebip "Euphrarin’ Lanfair, Boston; a Jane Lovitt, Lovitt, Poriland; Harriet ton 20 bours; brig Chieftain, Fitz, Philadelphia Cle e Barrareeket, Talbot, Liverpool; ecbr Game Cock, Crowell, Cork. Sr Grorce, NB, May 13—Arr chip Addie Bnow, Linooin, Boston. Home Ports. ALEXANDRIA. May 15- Arr brig Robt Reed Johnson. Bb. Jonn, NB: echrs Zuleba, Eastport: K Stockton, Kawacts New Rie Ba a Music, J Guest, J L Redrer, Monmouth, and Btareaman, do. BOSTON, May 16—Arr bsrk Amy, Nickerson, Philadel- rhia: brige’A Blanchard Blanchard, Say us; Helen F Ryder, Bartlet, Darien: Dr Rogers, Cotire!l. etown, 80, via. Newburyport; sebrs Flesh, Minter. Jacmel; Ohas Parker, Washington. N }; Pa- one Isisnds via Bangor, Me; Montgomery, M’ {nt) wick, Va; schrs Lotua, Clark, Georze'‘own. 80; way, Clark; Wilmington. NO} Belen Mar, Nickerson, and K F Law- is, Berry, Philadelphia; Edvard, Ewer, New York. shiv Ter- quin, reported o'd 14th for Ly iia old to day. now halle from Heston, late of Bath Sid. wing Wa8W to SW, — breeze, with rain. ships Leantao, Joviah Quincy: barks L & A Jaoob Prentiss, & len; brig Vulture. nook Hiver; 16th, brig Harrier Pratt, Stitt’s Pointy schre, Gleproy. Stireon, Jacksonville; Jas Brown, Baltimore. CITY POINT, May 14 Arr bark E A Rawitnge, Hatoh, N ‘York to lond for Bio; achra Mary Tice, Tice, Rockland , for Bicbmond: Juliette, Baker, Boston; Charm, —; George: Firance. NYork. DANVERS, May 13—Arr schr John Compton, Weaver, Philsdelphis. 4uh—Arr sehr Firm, Smith, Phisidelphia, GARDINER, May }4 - Arr schr Beile Creole, Bragg, New York. id sobrSally Badger, Garland, do. HOLMK®’ BOLE, May 14, PM—Arr briga Black Swan, Come nor, Vienna, Md, for Portemouth; Morning Light, Hut, do tor we “11200, Torrey. Fiiiedelphia ford; Mistiower. Bung ; ATZ00, a adel ror do; Georgetown, 80, tor sion, Lydia Caibsrine, Be James River for do; T B Hodgdon Princ intonation: Lender, Hurt, do for’ ; Orion, Hall, Noriolk for Wi doboro’; Rio Grarde, Brenson, getown, D0, for Salem; Georgia, Drinkwater, Baltimore for Portland; Wakulla, Lo- ‘der; achre’ Mii ring, Philaselpbia tor do. Sa brig Helen F be celine, do; Benj L Berry, Baltmore sor do; Quincy; L Sturievant, Boy) ir Dragon, Stearns, do'for Hing! ham: Heudr'ck Hudson, Urosby, do tor Bath; Busan Kldridge, Sidridge, Newak, NJ. for Wey- mouth: Weterloo, Monroe, Georgetown, BU, for Waldoboro; Moco ight, Rogers, Wimlngton, ¢0, for’ Keshebuak; Rappstanpok Biver for ston; Harriet, Trott, Pc for Kiobmord. Also arr brig Wm B Shurtz, Stickney, Alex+ andria for Boston (see Misce)). Sid brig srothers (Br); schrs. Melvine, hystic, Charies Parker, Slia, ‘tonite, and Busen Bl- ari Teta Arr briga Borneo Rogors, Worfolk for Boston; sohrs Jobn R Pisier, Gandy, Fhusdelpais for Boston; Almira, Gendy, do for Salem; Delaware, Hamilton, Onia\s for Balti- more: SAM, wind SW. Id the above arrival, and those not be- fe ted s d, except :cbrs Harriet, velaware, A J Horton. ab, sunk; Compiiarce, sabore, aud being stripped of D LIGHT, Cape Cod, May 16,3 PM—: : Pica eat tian Pye a es le, Swan, and John # Plater, 4.PM—! sobrs Rorarnah Rose, HARWICHPORT, May 16—Arr echrs J N. Nickerson, Bos- ton for * York: Hope, NYork for St Johns, NF. MACBIABPORT, May 9-Are briy_Josiah Jex, Munson. York. Sid 8th, Br bark Mize Barss, Watlington, West Indies; 12h. sobr Bolivar, Small, NY« DEW ORLEANS, May 10, i—Be' oming up. bark Greyhound, from_ Kio de Janeiro; schr on Montague, Butler, from Havana. Cid ships Muremberg. Melman, Liverpool; Vicksburg, Coffin, N York; barks Horace, Carver, Charleston; Gezoria (Sp) Sebels, Barcelona; Brooea, Sprague, Boston; bate 4) Miller, Smith, Havana. NEWBURYPORT. May 15 Arr schrs Mary & Frances. Da- rien. Highlander, Burges, Albany. aon D, May 14—arr echr Nalad Queen, Hate, Yih—Arr echre Sylvia B, Kedne, Darien; Copy. Davis, and Harriet & Bareh, Tice, Philadelphia; Cornelia, Ruseell, New ‘York. N RP ONRET, May 15—In port, ech Ald, Bngltsh, from Phila~ 2'phia. NEWPORT. May 14—Arr sobre 8D Hset, Wall, Virginia Gardner, do for Bata; Weloome RB 's Jaldgboro; Fripire, Chase, ‘Boston for Phi’adel- ge. ‘Wevmouth. 13th, & ABEND ICOLA, May Sarr Bary Muay Taree, Taber, Ass at er vi a 1. Cla 2d, brig Pei chal, Tampico; 6th, Tnip Judals fuorg, Liverpool, POMTLANY ay Harr bark Topic, Raneall,, Matanzas; brige Young Republic, 14bb; Samael Ot, rolomae, Vert Norfork: Grldgon, K York, - se ietan ecg il, Guanes A aa 0) Aneaee oe te Ftia, Colby, Philadel hia: 4th, brig Ananda, Jane. Gove, Wi inington NO; sehrag Sila 14th, achr Washington, Paterson, Baliimore, ° 1dth—Arr in the lower herbor, sch Orizon, Mains, Georges town, 80, for Boston. Isth—Arr bark Albion Lincoln, Duvning. Philad s me Empire, Chambers, do; Jas Freeman Freeman, aver. PROYIDEWCE, May 15—Arr steamship Osceo! Rork, Bid, eche WC Biggin, ‘idwards, Reppchaiaoske Wiss Vioud, Newberry, do. PLYMOUTH, Mey 13~Azr Monte Christo, Magathlin, Phila detpiin, IOHMOND, May 14—Arrachre Inkermann, King, $ Onfaoa Tule: OF Brown, Haalewonds 8 Apnlegtin, = May, Armstrong, and Julis Franklin. Low NYork. bark K A Rawlings, Hatch, NYork; schrs Juliette, Portsmouth Hasover, New 7 . May'ld~ Arr’ steamship Alabama, Schenck NYork, Cla bri _Ehitury, jones fo. a '¢ ir? brig Atiakay jaunders, —; echr jock, Bustport for NYork. Cid bark Gata rine, Phillips, Altica. THOMASTON, May 8—Arr schra Caroline H, Hopkins, Ny York: Algoma, biorson, , Piankatank River, Vai {ang a] a Crean ibe, Geaouses, Fe ‘With, Mayftower, Strong, Go; a 5 nal 1} 9 j WiiMinavone Re, hey Tigre shy D0 Hales, Overs ton, ork: lows man, Ve wharypert; by od ton: Restériey, Work, Ga sik, brig Reber rr, Barry, BREW AMC May 6 Ary coe ev remciin, Cinenin, RWort a wel , ya ter ket, Be tea a Monitor, Rovers, Philadelphia, wd! 12b) ecbra Oretor, NYork; 15'h, Maria Picbup, Savaarad,