The New York Herald Newspaper, July 25, 1856, Page 4

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The proceedings of Congress yesterday, especially ‘the action of the House in committee on the Army Appropriation bill, are important. ‘The Senate passed the bill providing that when- ever unoccupied guano islands shall be discovered by our citizens, they—the islands—shall be consider- ed as appertaining to the United States. The bill also guarantees to discoverers the exclusive use of the guano deposits, and fixes the rate at which the article shall be sold. Appropriations for the im- provement ef the harbors of Milwaukie and Kala” mazoo were agreed to. The bill providing for the improvement of the harbors of the mouth of Grand river was discussed until the adjournment. The House at an early howr went into committee of the whole en the Army Appropriation bill. Mr. Bar- our, of Indiava, moved to amend the clause making provision for the pay of the army by adding a disapproval of the code of alleged laws of Kenses and the manner they are enforced, expressly declaring that, unless they shall be confirmed by Congress, no part of the federal forces shall be employed for their enforcement, nor shall any citizens of Kansas be compelled to aid as a posse commitatus of any officer acting as Marshal or Sheriff in said Territory. After a debate, in which the Kansas troubles were fully discussed, Mr. Stanton, of Ohio, moved to further amend by decla- ring that the laws of Kansas are null and void. This was agreed to—67 to 50. Mr. Barbour’s propo-' sition as amended was then adopted-72 to 57-and the | committee rose. The Committee on Electiont report- | eda revolution declaring Gov. Reeder entitled to seat as delegate from Kansas, in place of Gen. Whitfield. The subject will be brought up on Wednesday next. The evening session was devoted to disputations on a variety of political subjecta. Mr. Burlingame made his appearance in the Honse of Representatives last evening. Nothing new has transpired with regard to the difficulty be tween Mr. B. and Col. Brooks. A namerously attended State Convention of rad'- cal democrate, representing, as one of the speakers remarked, the “ pure essence of the democracy o° New York,” met at Syracuse yesterday. As will be seen by a perusal of our report of the proceedings, published elsewhere, the leading radical democrats of 1848 have gone over, body, boots and breeches, to Fremont. This movement will have an im tant influence upon the Presidential election, will undoubtedly seriously damage the prospects of Mr. Buchanan in the Empire State. Real the speeches of the egates, and the address and re- solutions of the Convention. The Whig State Central Committee met bany yesterday. Resolutions expressing th vidual preference for Mr. Fillmore for the Pres! in favor of a State Convention, to meet at Att on the 14th of Angust, to elect delegates to the Na- tional Convention, to be held at Baltimore on the 17th of September, were adopted. ‘The Massachusetts Know N things met vention at Boston yesterday to nominate candid \'es for State officers. The preliminary proveediags were anything but harmonious. Upon taking a count for choice of temporary chairman, Mr. Fletcher, a Fremont man, received a majority of one bandred and six out of a total vote of five bandred and ninety. This result astonished the Fillmoreite Know Nothings, and was hailed with every demonstration 0/ dissatisfaction. Up to 11 o'clock last night the Convention had not organized, but it was evident that the Fremont section would either carry matters their own way or organize 4 seperate Convention. There were about five thousand persons at the Fillmore meeting which took place at the Academy of Music last evening. Speeches were made by Messrs. Davis of Maryland, Moore of Ohio, Marshall of Kentucky, and others. Only one resolution was adopted, and that was of a somewhat singular char- acter. See our report. The Commissioners of Emigration visited the Quarantine yesterday to take precautionary mea- sures to prevent a spread of contagious diseases to this city. The unusual number of vessels laden with sugar from the West India ports arriving at this port has brought rather more than the ordi- nary number of fever patienta in them. The Health Officer has taken every preventive measure possible, and at the request of the Board the Resi- dent Physician has appointed Dr. James Harcourt, who for many years was employed in the Marine Hospital, as Consulting Physician, to take especia charge of fever patients, The means adopted ren ders the spread of disease to this city impossible. The steamship Philadelphia arrived at this port yesterday with Havana dates to the 19th inst. Our correspondent states that the Captain General was then convalescent. He was about to be rewarded with the title of Marquis, and it was shown daring hie illness that he was very popular. Brigadier Ge pera] Rada bad left Costa Rica and gone to Lima. The sales of cotton yesterday were confined to abont 600 a 700 bales, the market closing without change in prices. Flour was firm, with an advance of 5 cents per barrel, chiefly on the inside figures, and in some cases as much as 10 cents per barrel was claimed. Wheat was 3c. a 4c. per bushel higher, especially on the common and good medinm grades, with free sales’ Corn was active, at about the pre- vious day's prices. Pork was rather more firmly held, with moderate sales of mess at $20 12}a #20 25. Sugars continued firm and active; the sales embraced about 1,700 a 1,800 hhds., at fall prices. Coffee was more active, and the transactions em- braced abort 5,000 bags Rio, 1,200 mate Java, and 150 bags Loguayra, all at steady prices. Freights were steady, with fair shipments of breadstaffs to Great Britain. including grain to Liverpool, at 644. 6 74., aus dour ot 4s; aad w London, tour at 2a 9d, in Con- Congress—What have Done—What ‘The long session of this Congress, which com- menced on the first Monday in December, and which is to close on the 18th day of August, will be a memorable one in, ment&}memorable for conf@@ting materials—for its disgracefully pro- tracted contest for a Speaker—for its bludgeons, pistols and bloody ruffianism—for its unblushing combinations for derings of the public lands and the pub lic money—for its cool neglect of the public in- history of the govern- rdinary, loose and for ies corrupt the public plander— and wasteful squan- terests, its studied contempt of public opinion ~—and for its mean, grovelling and dirty little tricks for Buncombe. Nearly eight months have passed away since it met in December, and the sum total of the work accomplished is a half dozen specula- ting railroad bills, involving a confiscation to the jobbers concerned, of twelve or fifteen million of acres of the choicest public lands in various States, three or four river and harbor bills (passed over the vetoes of President Pieree and the Cincinnati platform, in order to scare up a few additional votes for the democratic nominee in the West), and a few miscellaneous and private bills, This is what the two houses have done in the way of business since the first Monday in December—the net result being equivalent to the transfer from the public treasury of twenty-five or thirty mil- lion of dollars into the pockets ef the railroad jobbers and the various other classes of spoils- men concerned, ranging. no doubt, from members of both houses of Congress and the Kitchen Cabinet down to the backwoods politicians, newspaper letter writers and other agents of the lobby. The business remaining to be done to the 18th of August comprises the regular appropriation bills and numerous useful measures in reference to the army, the navy, the Post Office Depart- ment. &c., and our foreign relations. In addi- tion to these measures, the settlement of the Kansas difficulty and the suppression of the savage ruffianism which, under the benign ans pices of the amiable Mr. Pierce, has governed the Territory by fire, sword. rapine and murder, still remain open questions. Eight months will have passed, and the whole session, of nearly nine monthe, from present appearances, and the all- important question of the pacification of Kansas will still remain unsettled, and will go over to the next session, which is to meet a month after the Presidential election. The two parties on the Kansas question—the party whose object is to make Kansas a slave State, and the party whose purpose is tomake Kansas a free State—have each brought in abill for the pacification of the Territory. The bill of the slave State party isthe bill ot Mr. Douglas and Mr. Toombs, It has passed the Senate, and is before the House. The bill based upon the Kansas To- peka constitution is the bill of the free State party. It provides distinctly for the admission of Kansas into the Union as a free State: and the measure having passed the House, has been amended in the Senate by the substitution of the bill of Mr. Toombs; and in this shape has been in to the House. There it sticks, All parties there seem afraid to touch it. They all bombshell which may blow y m; and they ightened at the re for Fremont in the them up in shrink from it. tremendous fi t Mr. Buchanan in Pennsy}vania, by going ¢ bill of Mr. Toombs, or ruin the cause of n the South by ddopting ka Convention. of the House notwithstanding the fact confessed the t nat sovereignty vat of be one or the nay as well i will be compe it may be p. al Mr. hern State, and ¢ But what any ot m of pe 80 man. com- e wath to con- ath as this projit of jon of Kansas as a pared w the South? ci and harmonize maintain, is a The mise, and the Union is a compromise, with South- constit m, we om pro- of compromises, ern slavery, or rather a seri from time to time. The confederacy thus formed and thus far sustained, upon a system of checks, ba- lances and equivalents, can only be perpetuated by an adhesion to this system. As we now stand, the North is all powerful in one branch of Con- gress. and has a majority of two in the other branch. The South, therefore, as a measare of seli-preservation in the general gov« nent, have the right to ask another slave State, in o der, at least, to have an equilibrium in the S nate. Admit Kansas, then, as a slave State, and hereafter, when new States are to be admitted, let it be a free Stateand aslave State together. There is no other available plan by which anything like peace can be restored between the two sections. But we despair of anything for Kansas from this Congress this side of the Presidential clee- tion. We presume that the scenes of ruffianisn and civil war which our administration. our law makers, ruffians and spoilsmen at Washington have permitted, and, indeed, encouraged, for eight montbe, will still go on, till either the free State settlers or the border ruffians are extermi- nated. The interval to the 18th of August will afford but a emall margin for the consideration of anything except the annual appropriations, and even these will, most probably, be crowded, as usual, into the last three days of the session, full of blunders and adroit amendments for plundering the treasury. How long is this reign of spoilemen, specula- tors, land jobbers, plunderers, Galphinites, bloody ruffians, and small beer politicians and gamblers to continue at Washington? What are the signe about us? Good. There is a revolution at work—a spontaneous movement of the people— deep, strong, general and earnest—for a new order of things, We have nothing to bope from old politica) fogies or old party hacks—they are trammelled with the corrupt devices of huckster- ing cliques and cabals. The people are aware of this, and, sustained by the independent press, they are rising to decree a revolution. Let not our old party tricksters and hucksters of this, or that, or any party, imagine that all this commo- tion is merely a passing excitement about Kansas, and a nine days wonder for Fremont. Kansas is the prominent iseue of the day—Fre- mont is a popular man; bet there are other issues, deeper and broader than Kansas, and other thinge, stronger and more comprehensive than a Popular name, anderlying and uplifting this mo- meéntous reaction of the people against all the old parties and party deceptions, frauds, spoils- men and conspiracies, which have brought the government, our politics and our republican in- stitutions into corruption, imbecility and public disgrace. A deep and comprehensive popular revolution is at work, and the Pierce administra- tion, Kansas and Fremont, are but among the instruments employed to give this revolutionary uprising the essentials of cohesion, consolidation and practical effect. This popular revolt is not a thing of the pass- ing hour. It has been heaving, surging and boiling, and seeking a vent, here and there, ever since the great commotion of 1840, Had Mr. Pierce been true to his promises, true to the public expectations—to the principles upon which he was elected, to the country and the constitu- tion—there would have been peace. His inau- gural was hailed as an assurance of peace. But he has proved faithless, incompetent, imbecile and treacherous; and political confusion has fol- lowed in his wake. All the old party barriers are broken down—all the old landmarks are ef- faced—we are all at sea; but the people are moving, and the independent press is moving with them. Between the demoralized and rotten materials which have risen to the control of our public affairs—State, national and corporation— between them, we say, and a betrayed and indig- nant people, there is now no other medium of reliance than the independent press. Fortu- nately, too, at a crisis when most needed, the in- fluence and the power of the independent press are everywhere recognized and felt, from Washing- ton to Tammany Hiall,’and from New York to San Francisco. As a member of the corps of independent presses, which have risen upon the ruins of par- ties, party organs, regencies, conventions and ad- ministrations, the Nsw York Heratp adheres to the independent masses of the people, and is for them and with them in the great work of a sweeping revolution in the government, in party tactics, political morals, and in the standards of official availability and official honesty. This is a great work; and, whether Fremont be elected or defeated, the November election will be but the beginning of this mighty revolution. Let the two houses of Congress close up the appropriation bills and go home. Troveies or THE New York Democracy— Bvenanan 1x Dancer.—The democratic party was never in greater trouble than itis at the present moment. In this State it is divided into three factions—the radicals, the softs and the hards —each holding a separate convention, and so far acting in opposition toeach other. The first was opened yesterday, at Syracuse, adopting its own line of conduct, and the other two are to be held on the 30th iust., simultaneously, in the expecta- tion of compromise and reunion. It was the union and harmony of the democracy of this State which enabled it to carry the election in 1828, i the votes of the remains of Clinton's . which adopted the policy of their chief, was in his grave; and the same policy was equally successful in re-clecting Jackson ia 1832, and Mr. Van Buren in 1836. A division, however, took place, when the financial schemes of the latter gentleman were brought before the country, and made an article in the political creed which was put forth for the adoption of his followers. Its enforcement ted extreme disorder, and led to the revolution in 1840, as sudden as it was irresistit tenant of the White Hox was ov rown until red in the governm nt of civility. in 1848, on the ever very, and General C. per, s routed. “he ‘The reuniting of the de procured <b and the Ne But such was th of the new Presi that in the very first year hards and soft sepa- d soup to the time of the Cincinnati Conv The bitter waters of strife flowed more ireely than ever, and were drank profusely by those who had previously pledged each other out of the We Both factions were represe in Cincinnati juggle; and by this attemp: nite James Buchanaa received the nomination w Mr. Pierce and Mr. Douglas fondly fact themselves would be their own. Thus, by the had policy and absurd conduct of the Pre and by the nomination at Cincinnati, the demo- cratic party has been broken up, the players wicket is are bowled out and the down. There are now three factions instead of two. Worse than thie. There is another «juad in the field. The central Railroad int its tent pitched in Albany, has come pate in the melce, and to watch the opportuni the establishment of another overshadowin: gency. Wielding important material interests— having at their disposal the bread and tratter of a large number of active and subserviest men—it expects #0 to shape ite course as to obtain an ax cendency in our State government, and to wield its political and financial power for ite own selfish purpoees. While it nominally falls in with the movements of the democratic party at large, it is managing to secure its own objects, and already ie creating a spurious public opinion to secure the eucess of ite peculiar candidates. Noone can think, without alarm, at the control of the great power of this State hy a heartless body of epeen- latore; and the democratic party, if it permits them again toshear ite locks, will find itself, though a giant in stature, a helpless and betrayed victim in their hands. The only possible escape at this crisis is in the nomination of a new and popular candidate for the cffice of Governor of this State, and there are strong indications that such a candidate is not @fficult to be found. Indeed, he hasalready been named, as well along the tier of Southern counties, as in other parte of the State—and that person is Fernando ‘Wood. There is evidently a strong current set- ting in his favor; and the democratic party can either bope for cuccese in the State elections, nor with their electoral ticket, unless they look in the direction we have pointed out, and act in the manner we have suggested. There must be an independent man at the head of affairs. We do not wish to be crushed by any locomotives manu- factured at Albany, nor to have E. Corning con- ductor of the State train. ‘The Brooks and Burlingame Affair. Shoukd this affair remain as it now stands, the gossiping public will have much to say on the question—which of the belligerents showed the white feather? And though, really, at thigjtime of day, it is of no sort of consequence whether Mr. Brooks be more or less afraid of powder and pall than Mr. Burlingame, still for the sake of the feelings of a certain class of Northerners, and for the benefit of the Southern press, it may be well to render justice to whom justice is due, and set the affair straight before the people. ‘The quarrel sprung out of a remark made by Mr. Burlingame in the course of his speech on the Sumner assault; that remark was to the ef- fect that “ Mr. Brooks had smitten Senator Sum- ner as Cain smote his brother.” On this Mr. Brooks, inferring that Mr. Burlingame wished to imply that he (Brooks) was a goward —an inference for which, by the way, there is no Bikgigal warrant, as Cain, though immortalized as a mitrderer, is not said to have been wanting in courage—sent a friend to Mr. Burlingame to talk with him on the matter. The friend desired the conversation to be confidential ; and it was so re- garded by Mr. Burlingame, who stated thus con- fidentially to his visiter that he had no doubt whatever of Mr. Brooks’ courage. Matters re- mained on this footing for a time, till Mr. Brooks began to make his speech in defence : he then so- licited Mr. Burlingame to give him in writing a statement of the remarks he had made verbally and confidentially to Mr. Brooks’ friend. This appeared to be contrary to the spirit of the first communication had with Mr. Burlingame; and moreover, the statement which Mr. Brooks had drawn up all ready for signature, was not deemed suitable by the Massachusetts member. He accordingly drew up another one, at the re- quest of Mr. Brooks’ friend, signed it, and pre- sented the Brooks party with a copy for publica- tion. A day or two afterwards, hearing that this statement was being misconstrued—that on the one hand Southern men were boasting that Brooks had bullied another Northerner, while on the other the New England delegates felt sore at what ap- peared to be in some sense a retreat, however slight—Mr. Burlingame withdrew his card, and let the speech stand on its own merits. At this point, therefore, the parties stood exactly on the ground they occupied when the speech was first made. Nor did Mr. Brooks pursue a materially different course from the one he then adopted. He wrote to Mr. Burlingame, asking when and where a confidential message would reach him. Mr. Burlingame replied—at Niagara Falls, at such a time; and instantly, with great secrecy and pre- caution, he left the city en rowe for Niagara. Mr. Brooks did not leave. On the contray, he forthwith published the whole correspondence, declining to fight at the place chosen, but offer- ing to meet Mr. Burlingame, “ ifthe latter could be screwed up to cal] upon him.” The consequence of this proceeding was, of course, to render the duel a comparative impos- sibility; for Brooks was arrested and bound over to keep the peace, as he must have known be would be when he published his card. Now the question arises, was the choice of a place so far distant as Niagara sufficient to war- rant this peremptory course? And secondly, supposing that the place was unsuitable, was the publication of this card the proper way of no- ticing the mistake? We epprehend that a negative answer must be given to both these questions. The rule with re- card to duels, as given in all the works which treat of them, is that the challer¢ed party bas the choice of weapons, distance an ,pyace ; nor is this rule limited in respect to the latter point, as it is with respect to the two former, by any general understanding as to the distance to be travelled. Instances of persons travelling for several days in order to fight a duel are quite common, French lawyers, who are liable to be struck from the rolls of court if they fight in France, constantly travel from Paria, Nantes, and even Montpelier, to Brussels to fight. English- men—when duelling was commoner than it now n England—took ship at London or Dover to fight on the sands of Boulogne. And a careful perusal of any collection of duels—Mr. Sabine’s work, for instance—will, we haveno doubt, bring it quite a host of cases in which men have ed for days together in order to meet in security. But if the distance—some twenty-four hoursin point of time—was not excuse enough, Mr. Brooks falls back on the pretence that his life would not have been safe in the Northern States. Mr. Brooks is quite right in supposing that his cowardly assault on Mr. Sumner bas aroused a very strong feeling of abhorrence for him in the Northern States; but he is wrong when he sup- poses that that feeling would find expression by aseaults on bis person. That sort of thing may be common in the societies which Mr. Brooks has hitherto frequented, but it is not in fashion here. Were we to announce in our personal column to- morrow that Mr. Brooks was staying at the Astor House and would walk up Broadway precisely at twelve o'clock, there would no doubt be a good many people to stare at him—he would divide with Barnum’s latest sea monster the admiration that is paid to curious beasts, but not a soul would touch a hair of his head. Nor can we, in plain truth, believe that none of Mr. Brooks’ friends knew the North and Northern society well enough to tell him this, If, therefore, Mr. Brooks was not justified in declining the meeting—according to the laws of the duello—on the ground of the great distance he would have to travel; and if his apprehension of being mobbed and hurt on the way was nota feeling well founded in itself, or justly calculated to ehake the nerves of a resolute man, it must follow that in declining to meet Mr. Burlin- game, Mr. Brooks has proved himself to be want- ing in courage. We confess that this impression derives fresh plausibility, in our view, from the unusual man- ner in which Mr. Brooks acted on his view of the case. Supposing he had been right—supposing Niagara was too far off, and the road thither un- safe for the assailant of Senator Sumner—was it right to leave Mr. Burlingame under the im- pression that his offer had been accepted, to say no word of ite unfitnese, and to publish a card in the papers next morning blowing the whale affair? Was thie honorable? Was it manly? Can any Southern gentleman approve it? We think not. And on the whole, reviewing the matter as dispassionately as posible, it does seem to we that Mr. Brooks tried to cheat Mr. Burling- ame out of hie position as tbe party challenged, and to force him, by dishonest shifts, into that of challenger; and that for the very paltry and cowardly reason that Mr. Brooks was afraid of being shot by Mr. Burlingame’s rifle. Heauru or THE Crry.—We have little hope of attention from the appropriate authorities to the sanitary condition of the city, Every day brings the danger nearer; yet nothing is done. We have pointed out many places which are generally nuisances and now spots of contagion. The green stagnant pools abound, the gutters are closed with decomposing garbage, the air around them is pestiferous, and the deaths are increasing. The heat of the weather is intense—it is that of the tropics—and al the conditions of contagion are here for its approach. To speak out plainly, a great calamity is before us if something is not done immediately to keep it at a distance. We have such a jostling among the co-ordinate bu- reaus—euch a want of responsibility in the heads of departments—such a gross inattention to the public welfare—such an utter neglect of reason- able complaints, that the people have lost all confidence in our municipal regulations, Yellow fever and cholera are staring us in the face, and the authorities grin and stare back again. Like the Chinese eoldiers at the approach of an enemy, they make a great noise, and do nothing. Under these circumstances there is but one remedy, and that is for the citizens to meet with- out delay in their respective wards, and appoint vigilance committees, selecting the most active nd respectable men for the purpose, and pro- ceed at once in the work of purification, Let the wards be divided into districts of convenient size, and be subject to daily examination and scrutiny. Let there be reportspublished of all that is done, and all that is necessary to be done. In this way we shall have some security from pestilence, and may shame those lazy, unprincipled officials, who, while they pocket their salaries and their per diem allowances, do not care a fig for the people who support them in their idleness. We under- take to say there is not a reader of this article who cannot, of his own knowledge, point out some nuisance which he has tried in vain to have abated—scarcely one who has not called the at- tion of the police to some outrageous violation of the sanitary laws, and has been laughed at for his pains. Where are all these stipendiaries? What do they do for the city? Isit nota scene of disorder, of stench and nuisances? Let us have our vigilance committees at once. There is force in public opinion—there is safety in public action—but none whatever in the miserable apology for a government which now taxes the city seven millions per annum for its support. Let us talk no longer—let us go ahead, or New York will become the victim of its misplaced confidence. Exrraorprvaky MovEMENT IN THE CvusTOM Hovsr.—We hear strange reports in these revo- lutionary times, from the Custom House. The latest on dit is that the employés in the Customs and Post Office, commanding about two thousand votes, are deliberating a wholesale bolt to Fre- mont. They are impressed with the idea that with the election of Mr. Buchanan, a new set of books will be opened by Mr. Forney, involving a pretty clean sweep of both the Custom House and Post Office; and so the gentlemen now in are dis- posed to leave Buchanan and trust to luck with Fremont. If these gentlemen seriously contem- plate this thing—as we are inclined to believe they do—we would advise them still to preach for democracy, and brag for Buchanan, and keep their scheme quiet till the day of the election, and then go in and strike home in the lump against Forney & Co, If they do this, and Fre- mont is successful, we shall see to it that they lose nothing by their coup d'état. Let them con- sult and arrange their plans, but be cautious and discreet. Interesting News from Central America— Refusal to Receive an American Consul tn Honduras. By the Quaker Ci'y steamship, Dr. Joseph C. Tucker, United States Consul in Honduras, arrived at this port oa the 2ist inst., in good health. It being rumored that the return of Dr. Tucker to this country was in consequence of some jasult offered by the govermmept of the republic of Honduras to the American flag, we despatched one of our reporters to wait upon that gentleman, who gained from him, in the sourse of conversation, certain interest- ing details, whieh are worthy the notice of our readers, Dr, Toeker left thia city on the 6th of March last, vy steamer bence to #sn Juan, bearing with bim bis creden- tiale as United States Consul, or Commercial Agent, to reside at Comayagua and Tequeigalpa, the old and new capitals of Honduras, at neither of which has the United States heretofore had a representative. The Consul was obliged to take this route by reason of there being no vessel leaving direct for any port in Honduras for some months His going by the Nicaraguan route, however, appears to have brought upon him severe suspicions in the eyes of the Hondurians, as will appear by the sequel. Altnough the party in power in Honduras has pot openly declared war against the government of Nicaragua, they are deeply bostile to the American and democratic party of the latter republic, and they watch the movements of the Walker party with deep concern. After be.ng detained at Granada for some weeks, by an attack of the fever of that country, Dr. T. started alone, except being accompanied by his servants, proceeding through Leon, and crossing the border between Nicara- ‘a and Honduras, Scarcely bad he entered the latter try when he was summoned to appear before the Al- calde of Choluteca, a small city on the frontier, to give an account of himself, and why he trespassed upon the sove- reign territory of that puissant State. To this judicial potentate the Consul was required to exhibit his croden- tials, whieh he promptly declined doing, replying that he was commissioned from the President of the United States to the President of Honduras, at the capital, agua, te which place he was then proceeding. TI calie undertook to put a number of questions as to Gen. Walker, bis foree and intentions, the results of hie engagements with the Costa Ricans, &c., all of which the doctor declined answering, stating that be had passed through Nicaragua, a country with which both the United States and Honduras were at pence, as an agent of the former government, avoidiog any participation in wars or civil disputes, and that he knew nothing of the circumstances enquired abont. After a long interview, which seemed to alford but little satis faction to the Aicalde, since he had succeeded in eliciting #0 little information from the Consul, the latter was allowed to depart to his quarters. The next adventure was with Gen, Fetrada, the ex- Present of Nicaragna, and the predecessor of Gen. Cha- morro, by whom he was driven out of Nicaragua before the expiration of bia term of office. Estrada summoned the Amer.can Consul to appear at his headquarters and give an account of hunself, which he declined doing, as ex-Prevident Estrada was not then the representative of, or connected with any government, and was a mere ya. grant outlaw, with a band of Ofty or sixty half clad sol. diors, then on bis way to Segovia, in the vain attempt to incite the Indians against Walker. This refusal greatly exarperated General Estrada. The doctor's two servanta, through the threats of some of Fatrada’s people, were now induced to desert him; the one being a native of San Salvador, who had only been in Nicaragua a few days, and the other a resident 0” a town near the border of Honduras, and both of whom had been selected in preference to native Nicaraguans, in deference to the hoetile feelings of the Honduranians against the demo- crate of the neighboring State. These servants were im. mediately brought before Estrada, and with the proverbi- al treachery of their race, testified at great length, to the effect that the Consul, their master, bad participated pro. minently in the fights and feelings of Walker's army, and that he was, in fhot, @ veritable filibuster, and a spy of Walker, Meanwhile, every obstacle was thrown in the way of Dr, Tucker, in his efforts to obtain new servants; Beltber could he obtain for some bours, anything to ot for himself or his beasts, which stood unleaded in the- Plaza. ‘These obstacles being at length overcome, our travel- ler prepared to leave this inhospitable town, when s Hungarian officer, a Colonel in the Aonduranian service, came to his lodgings, and taking the Consul aside, kindly informed him that eight soldiers of Es- trada’s force bad been despatched by thas: humane and patriotic general, with instructions to lie in arabush on the road he was about to take, and in the or- dinary Spanish-American custom rid themselves of this dangerous intruder as he should pass along. Dr. T., acting upon this information, postponed bis departure til? just before daylight, when, taking a circuitous route, he~ succeeded in evading the ambush. Had he been at- tacked, however, he might have probably disposed of most of his assailants with fair notice, being armed with two six barrelled revelvers, a double barreled gun and» a bowie knife. The arms of these soldiers were prine}-- pally flint lock muskets, and they have a prejudice agaipet percussion locks. Proceeding on his tong journey Dr. T., occasionally delayed by swollen streams, (it being the rainy season,} which he crossed in canoes of rude, primitive fashion, @nd roads ofttimes impassable, took his way through. Pesperi and Savanna Grande, at both which places he’ Was cailed upon to report his business and intentions te~ the alcuides, who were, however, aiready informed of) his approach and business by swift footed couriers, des- Patched from Choluteca by their official beother- there, and bearing iformation to the government. To these interrogations our traveller gave general anc? Conciiiatory answers, and he was suffered to pass ea.- ‘This ‘ one of the great silver departments of Honduras, contaiming many known as well as unexplored silver” mines, rivalling in their richness those of Mexico aud Peru. A few of these are worked by enterprising foreigners, principally Englishmen, with great profit; and with proper macltinery and adequate capital, would doubt- less prove the richest in the world. These mines are. situated usually on the highest mountains, with inter: vening valleys teeming with the richest verdure, andi affording uncultivated all the tropical iruits and produc~ tions, such as sugar cane, vanilla, indigo, and many va- luable drugs and dye stuffs. These mountains are a por- tion of the great range which form the backbone ef thoy American continent, catled the Rocky Mountains of the: North, and the Cordilleras and Andes in Central aaéé South America. Upon thee mountains rise the streames which flow on the right hand with the Atlantic, and om the lef} into the Pacific. All the former are gold bear- ing streams, particularly the great river Patook and ita branches. In the Spanish colonial days immense quantities of gold were obtained and sent to the northern coustry from these places, now worked only by a few old Indian, ‘women, called lavaderas or washers, who use a batleau or ‘wooden bow! to wash out the gold taken from the banks and neighboring gulches. With the exception of Mr. Squiers and his surveying: party, no ‘American of the North’’ had ever been seen. by the natives of most of these villages, and many, enter- taining, since Walker’s participation in Nicaraguan affairs, an exaggerated idea of the prowess and personal, appearance of Americans, believe stories the most absurd, According to some of these the diabolos Yankos have bu one eye, like Cyclops, placed in the centre of the forebead; and it is owing to this peculiarity that our countrymen so excel in shooting the rifle. They believe, also, that the Americans eat children and raw meat in immense quan- tities. As might be imagined, therefore, they received our solitary traveller with emotions of curiosity and ter- ror, and by refusing to furnish him with food, evew at the most exorbitant prices, appeared desi- rous of testing his ability to live without it. He was, in fact, nearly starved in some villages. Dr. T. arrived at Tegucigalpa on the 21st of May. This {e.the old capital of the republic, and the largest city. in. Hondums and the third in size in Central America. Here be received, almost before he had dismounted from: bis horse, a summons to appear before the Political Junta, the power of which body is superior to that of the Alcalde, or Mayor. A repetition of the numerous ques- tion which had been propounded to him by the varioas~ alcaldes on the route here took place; and the clerk» noted down the answers with great care. The answer given were in all respects similar to those which Dr. T. had given to earlier interrogators. At the conclusion o be examination he was required to sign the evidence (in. Spanish) eo taken down, which he decidedly retused to» do, This refusal struck the Junta with absolute astonish ment and horror, as fraught with the most frightfa emerity; and after a consultation among themselvoe they adjourned the further examination tll the next mornig. Dr T, was then suffered to depart two his —— which were watched by soldiers during ther following morning the examination before the Junta was resumed, and took the form of a cross exum\- Ration, founded upon the testimony of the previous day. After threats of imprisonment in case of refusing to righ it, anda song consequent wrangle, Dr. T. at last coa- sented to attach his name to the bottom of the statements, taken down 4 the clerk as coming from him, on tha condition that he should be permitted to explain in writ- ing that he gave such evidence unofficially and ander duress, which he did. This evidence was immodnately- forwarded by the Junta to the President at Camayagua, and Dir. T. was permitted to depart, which be did after protesting against his confinement. After remaiping « few days in Tegucigalpa to recruit himself andjbis animals, Dr. T. proceeded to Comayagua, about three days’ easy journey. The route lay in part over the highest range of mountains in the county, which are traversed by mule paths, often with Precipices of fearful depth on one site or the other. It daily ter- minates in the broad and fertile plains of Comayagua, in. the northwest corner of which stands the capital city of” that name, Lopes te Seg is a city of some toa thousand souls, and ie. the residence of the V'resideat and of a Bishop, It was at or destroyed by the Gua aians, whom the Hon 8 called eg ine; but has been rebuilt, wad whitewashed cit Tho cathedral is large, bat ie yet in an unfinished state, avd ovcupies one side of the _ ceptra) plaza. |t contains—in niches on the frou gures of saints, size of life. Connected with tals church is the theological school or college, supported by the State, in which there are a large number of students Preparing themselves for the sacred avocations of the priesthooa. The clergy, in fact, are the best informed men in the country, and they evince much anxiety toadd to the stock of general information on scientific subjecta. The Consul here enjoyed the hospitality of Senor Rosas, @ Prom nent and influential citizen, who had had the unm ‘usual advantages of am education in the United — and who had been one of the commissioners appoiut on the part of the government of Honduras to consummate = treaty with Squires’ Honduras lateroveauic Ratiroad company. Oo arriviog atComayagua, Dr T. had the honor througts the iptrodaction of Secor Rodas, of an informal personat interview with his Excellency the President of the re~ ace Guardiola. His bxcellency resides permanent- ly am this ef truly democraticstyle. He is extremely courteous ip his bearing, but it is @ saying among the tives that he is the most to be feared when most in behaviour. He received the United States S moet polite manner, and i 18 ap) ‘2 Pa ni ly with bis commission! im reply asked how he (the President) should know that it waa genuine? For, Strange as \t may seem, dtring the independent existence of this republic no diplomatic or commercial represen. tative of the United States has ever been accredited to or received by the Republic of Honduras. Yet, that repub- Nic has a representative at our |, and through that: channe! diplomatic commuanicstigntans been ur Consul was rather taken that he might be considered « explain that the signature of Mr. the cne then t, was attached to both American Ministers and American Consuls throughy owt the world, and that it had never been before ques- aquired into the tment and o(!/ce, aud upon tioned by a foreign goverament. It was evicl apte of all explanations, that the President of the rept bie de- sired to invent and interpose ail possible ob; 5 On the following day, the Consul addressed a forma) and respectful communication to the Minister of External Reiations (Secretary of State) of the republic, stating his arrival, purpose and office, and vesting, at toe convenience of the Minister, an interview to present bie credentials, Some correspondence ensued @ith this functionary, the result of which was, that Quardiola’s a= refused to receive the Consul, for the two Mowing reasons—iirst, that of having recely no pre ‘Jovs official notice from the United States government teeuniie ans yon an agent at the capital; and ondly, Wiig nO Acquaintance wil tre and seal of the United ‘states Naeger ‘On the receipt of these egg reavons A ‘ook his departure back to Tegucigalpa, where he bad eft his banyage and outfits, Argument would have boon \eeless, and resistance foolish, of the authentic cf bis commission would have been undignified. He therefore prepared immediately to leave the country, Where the action of the government in rejecting him | Tejudiced its supporters populace him. He therefore left en route tor (ne of the two seaports on the Atlantic coast, on the cf June, and arrived at the latter place on the with. On leaving the dividing mountain range, the traveller towards the northeast encounters a country in alt border- Roman, @ Negro, Jalam which take tncie tise in the central range. These are themselves either tributaries to pg lp ky yds into the Caribbean Sea, some: of these rivers are navigable by light steamers, and the buriness which could be done them would furnish for invested. Oa these y estates: the grows the year round, and the lordly Old Spaniah pro, prietors of extensive haciendas Iay up in ease and comfort the immense derived from the sais of droves, driven into Guatemala or shipped to we Belize, Tortiliae, cojarres, and frijoles compose theirdict. Their ‘wants are simple and few. Their costume i¢ the prover- bial one of the Georgia yt the dog-day#, minus the spnrs. shirt collar and the ‘Omoa is a seaport not far from boundary tween Honduras and Guntesntin O06 he roe co, siete chicly Of @ lower class Of eatives and of wasp and Umuila, all of