The New York Herald Newspaper, September 28, 1856, Page 2

2 VIRGINIA POLITICS. Our Staunton Correspondence. b «fo result \s looked to with no coalition between the Fre- in Pennsylvania has not ly dreaded 1’ Sraunrom, Va., Sept. 18, 1856. be ing influences, and it is seri- Political Aspect of Afairs in Virginia John Minor Bots | “Aiea Fr’ aaah similar reeults will follow in other - ee ; 6 comfo " Jor Fremoni—How he Stands with the Fillmore Organs— Set _, Stuart, who set out with a grand dlourish of Private Sentiments of Many of his Friends—Know Nothing been * amaediatel after enenrs akeeeeen, oot apers Denouncing “ of Southern Politicians . ake but little interest lection. He ~~ Talk about y tee \ apa yp Law of the last - ul for some time, but he is now sufficiently well to ~—ene . es _w the fight. Ithink his indifference iz superinduced Legislature in Regard to the Punishment of Persons De- | her by despair than int ity to in the cam- Fillmore’ Chance 5 bas the whole eld to himeelf; but sadly tected in the Act of Seducing Sta Bopelas— New York said to ve for Fremont, de., de. Never, perhaps, in the bistory of political conte this country has there existed such a degree of and fear in regard to their results as exist and, in fact, throughout the South, with rr fesue of the pending elestion, But itis democracy. The Know Nothing pa their condition would be no worse v ‘than \t bas been under democrat here regarded a criminal indi!” sult ef the election, Indee' eret of their preference f* tistomea matter 0° ecalition being nego’ ef the party with ate in anxiety @ Virginia, erence to the a4 on the side of 4g, detteving that ode black republican ate, manifest what is erence m regard to the re- teeny of them make no se- vt Tremoxrt over Buchanan; and @cudt whether, in the event of a shed dy eny of the leading members a hearty respo sho Diack republicans, it would not find hn ga. The see from the great body of the Know No- manly 'D . fenctions of ihe press of that party consist eMrts to defeat Buchanan. H» appears far more o? more ae 0 them than Fremont; and what is still ae , @enificant of their preclivities tn favor of the latter, ataracteristic silence is maintained in regard to the Mmenly sectional character Ww! the democracy are weeking to impart to the present contest. That the Kuow Nothing party here entertain a serious bope of Fillmore’s election, 1 strongly doubt. There is mething in the present relation of parties to justify such a hope. 1t is questioned, im fact, whether be will get a sin- gle State in the Unicow. What, then, can be the motive of this party in adbering so pertinaciously to a candidate for whom there docs not exist the remotest chance of wuccees? There is a mystery about their action not easity solved. While I regard tbe contingency ofan open and ayowed coalition between the Kuow Nothings here and the Fremont party improbable, I fee! perfectly jasii- Bed in asserting that the Fillmore men, in view ef bie hopeless condition, would and will cheer- fully reader all the aid they can in ap indirect form to the black republican cause. To this end, and to this aloze, n the flela, The defeat of Buchanan |i is party ia the overthrow of dem: e 4 little of them As to tue idea of Souta er Fremoat, that is Would be by the 8 % with ¢ re, but aps. Ty ailble with a pro jer promoted. A mere would be more consis the cause allusion to bis Pre 1 cere purpose feature worthy of note in this connection is, Wat the private sentiments of every far us J) to ascertain, mont sgainst th ag forth as re of its products, for siave As to Fiilmore, they say nothing about him pro nor con ‘While they have a inl) conviction of the utter impoasi0i of bis election, tuey nevertheless withhold the ex {apy opinion upon the subject—at least pablic- for by 80 doing they weuld expose thomselves to the prese, aad thus fail to accom plish what is only practicable by some indirest mode. 1 ‘would not do here W make a2 open issue upon that ques . Botts bas gone tbe ful 4th to which ne could venture with prospect of avoiding the charge of being out abolitionist: and even for the sentiments ered, obscure and indeflaite as they have been, be is as#aiied by the democratic press of the com- wonwealto. His frieads eutertaia a wtrang hope that he will be choten as a member of fremont’s Oabinet, in the NOD, id WE PO COUR, W'pPomoie Fremiont’s interests in the South. All the ranting &: © in regard to Southern rights J (bat tender concern about Southera iaterests, diz ayed in Kuow Nothing papers during the late Guberna torial canvass in this State, geem, except, in very tew ve totally eschewed in the present campriga. 4 which at that time, were rabid on the sub- hts, Low denounce every ul:ra senti ent upon that av 2) This looks Lise paving the way for Fremont. While the issue was merely Southern and Jecal, ax in the case of the Gubernatorial election, they favored an ultra policy; and so it would be in the present ecure Fillmore’s elec tion. & result is nop b conserv y Eisty who procaimed Bots unsound upou th question when he {nveigbed sgainst tbe po! tg the ‘twelfth section” upon the Know him the great shining light of the Know he is. It may be traly Wudwerect be may be, is O man of great intellectual calibre, and is prob better posted upon the poiltisal history Of the country than any in the commonwealth. io is re markably mincte in hit estimates of political points, and ations with reference. to party movements and purty issues. However m aregard hia prophecy about Fremont s of the Kanas di @culties vertbeless accorded to bi thie instance neir iptiuewce are saaity disce: the anxiety and fears which are now manifest among the democratic party in regard to the prospect of Fremont's election. They cannot resist the iadaence of the mauy Proofs of far sightedness which ne has furnebed in the course of bis political career; aad many fear that bie prophecy im tLe present instance be bai too truly ee Outeide of the democratic ranks not aw about disunion. With them the cry Wg dodge to produce f ng the more servetive men of the N » accomplish « ‘unapimity ainong the Southern people would be intispea- sable, and that cannot be secured. The interests of by Sections of the Union are so interwoven as to ren: such a thing impossible; and whatever idea may be eo Yertwined of such a purpose at this time, will entirely ‘vanish when the election excitement ides. Tae Know Nothing party, | am led to think, wi their assent to any such project, for they seem to think that the democracy would oe impelled to sucha step Rot by tecliogs of patriotism, but chagrin and disappoint- ‘Ment on account of the loss of the epols. They say they never will consent to anything of the kind to gratify the resentment ot any party. A law entitled “A bill for the better protection of the Slave property of the commonwealth,’ passed the Le @siature of thie State last winter. Iw execution, which conten, the appointment of river police, the empioy- ‘mont, | intake uot,” of cutters, or one or two small Steamers in the Chesaprake bay, with power to search all veene's leaving James river, as also the payment of a Feward of $500 out of the public treasury to any persons ‘apprebend ng an abductor of siaver, involves an expense to which most of the residenw jn northwestern Virginis are very vnwilling to submit, not being slaveholders. During ® recent travel throngh the counties bordering om the Obio, | learned ihat the greatest dissatisfaction Decause Of the burdens which this enactment impose upon them. They say that it i# unjust to them Ww a tax for the protection of property they bo @ and feel no interest Enraged by this ua- post, many in that region—in fact, the grea! ma ty—will undoubtedly go for Fremont. Even betore ‘any soch caure of cxtrangement war given, several ia northwestern counties were largely tinged with free soilism; but thie act haa added materially to the umber } therto in existence, and given e freab \mpulse to the movemeat. The fact is, that if vote by baliot ex wwred irginia thousands wouid be foand voting on the that be persons ection is enid fide of Fremont, but wita the exiaung syste: ‘overwhelming preponderance of the siave power, Of the sort would involve no little riek for the unforta ate voter, Iam myselfasiaveholder, and I condema his system of coercion of intimidation in regard to Voting. Every man should epjoy the prirtlege of ox- rage in any manner he pieased. can seo and learn with reference (0 the ding election, { am satisfied that Fillmore has no ly chance of election. | had supposed that the Waig % held in Baltimore, would wind up a recommendation that Mr. Fillmore withdraw his ‘om the candidacy; but so far as I can judge from soounte, bo such intention seems toexist. I was prised to eee the nam of the Hoo, Wm. © the list of adventurers in the Qaixotic and of promoting Fillmore’#chwnces. Sach a was never entered upon Coverration with who had just returned from Ne through different parts of the Siate, aod le the en that the State would cortaumly go for In that came the game ie up #ito Lacbanaa for his prospects that divisione sen the democracy there at this time viewed ip a very aggravated jight from the o coincidence of the Presidential and \oca' taking atthe same time. It is apprebended the Prejudices and influences which will go at your phe i and other district elections wi)! carried into Presidential election, aod a@ a some time in advance other, We ae and distractions consequent uy them be pHootbed down and concentrated action secured. Thinge | ir the party, bis efforts will rather ¢amage thin im- prove the chances of their standard bearer. Hundreds through here each day on their return from the amines. The numbers at the several watering phos ‘this seagon were umusually large. The Centrai road will be complete next ceason to within eight miles of the celebrated White Sulphur Springs, The faci- jities thereby rendered wii! make them the most fashion- ableresort in the country. A Fremont Man ‘mn Virginia. NIGGER DRIVING DEMOCRACY RAMPANT—A CALM AND DIGNIFIED REBUKE. We find the following correspondence in the Wheeling, Va., Timea:— WHEELING, Sept. 13, 1856. iain Oe oelinas This with deep regret can Chul a! we learn there is to be a black republican meeting held in this city some time during this month. The object of this letter is to warn you against taking any part in said meeting. We feel friendly towards Pricipies nw being auiaguutetieal to the interes of c as ant Virginia. The love een for our noble old State compels us to resent any demonstration made by your party. { conclusion we ask that you will not be present at this meeting. Feelings of friendship demand this warning, and we hope you will take heed. Noone knows what will happen. By order of the VigILaNce ComMMITTEs. 70 THR EDITOR OF THE TIMES: — Ideem ita duty I owe to my fellow-citizens to request you to publish the communication herewith enclosed, received by me through the Post office. I beg leave to state for myself in relation to it that I have not instigated nor encouraged the meeti: ing referred to, snd knew of it first by a hewspaper vert sement, and may feel regret if it shall occur. am also grateful to the nal triends who warned me of the danger of being present; but I shall not, on account ot personal , hesitate in asserting my rights as au American citizen on that or any other lawful occasion. I hope I shal! never become so base and recreant to republican principles as to forego the blood-bought rights transmitted to me b; my fathers, and guaranteed to every American citi- zen by the constitution of the United States, and constitution and laws of Virginia, as to be driven from the discharge of my politica! duties by threats or intimation of violence, emanating from any self: constituted body of men unknown to our laws. Ido not say this in the spirit of defiance, and trust and beg of my fellow citizens to permit no state of things to arise by which a respectable class of men must be compelled to feel themselves de- graded and false to liberty, or must subject them- selves to violeace in vindiation of it. If the meet- ing referred to on the isth shall be held, I shall be found, I trast, as ever have been with thousands of my enlightened fellow-citizens, the advocate of free speech, end the rights of the citizens to use it, and amenable ouly for its abuse to the laws. I be- lieve this a time, above all others we have ye* seen, when the interchange of sentiment and opinion in reference to the political affairs of our nation should be the most freely expressed. Now, when violent prejudices have grown formidable in entire tions, and politica! demagogues of ail parties mis- represent the intentions of each other, and threaten iseolution of our Union in case of the success of their opponents, I say at atime like this the pre- sent interchange of sentiment should occur, that those violent prejudices may be mollitied, andeach become willing to be and remain good citizens obedient to the laws as expressed by the peony of our ceuntrymen, so long as they shall be ad- ministered according to our constitution and bill of ty I 7 5 believe with Thos. Jefferson that even error may sately be tolerated whilst truth is le’t free to com- bat it, and the palladium of American liberty con- sists in the liberty of speech and the pres:, and | them: subsequently a receiver was | property and eflects, and they execu’ I for one, with, as I believe, millions of enlightened men, do not care to survive its overthrow, and see substituted in ita place the most tyrannical of all goverpments on earth—an unconstitutional demo- cracy, or an aristocratic oligarchy. “ A strong political sentiment being antagonist ical tothe interesta Of our glorious Old Dominion, this must be left open for discussion. But as I have been branded an abolitianist, and as that word seems to be sufficient to blacken any man, no matter with how much propriety he may have conducted himself as a citizen of twelve years residence, I will take this occasion to state that I am not an aboiltionist. If the question of emancipation was left to my decigion to-day I would not incur the responsibility of freeing the slaves In Vicginia. I never discuss this subject. T om a believer in States rights and States sove- reignty, and have, as I do now, stand ready to shed my blood if necessary to vindicate this prin- cinle, AFAIMits PFen' ete toTavade ‘i TO] am not a sla’ Pp I am willl it should spread no f ir, but if it must I want some arbitrary line established b; gress, where slavery may go, and its rights and limits defined #0 that the discordant element of tlavery and free Ja- bor shall not have in the future to contend with each other for supremacy on the same soil, threat- ening as at this moment in Kansas to plunge the na. tion into civil war, creating sectional’ imosities, aud making enemies of those who else would have re- mained brothers. I oppose the party and the meno who distorbed and broke down ine, becaase I think it done for sestional purposes. and they have but too well succeeded. I should, if I had an op- portunity, support Col. Jno C. Fremont, because he, as I understand him, is in favor of about the same — thatIam. If, however, he should deceive me,1 shall immediately abandon him, and sesk some other candidate for his successor, and so will thousands of others, as they are now leaving the de- mocratic ranks, because its leaders have deceived the people; and, in short, I am for free speech, free press, and at least some free territory, and Fremont, Li. M. Nonton, Commissioners of Emigration. The Poard met a# usual on Wednesday, but transacted mbiy routine business. Reeolutions respecting the death cf Lorenzo B. Shepard were also paseed, when the Board adjourned over. WHEKLY SUMMARY. arrived to september 17 since, to Sept. 28 Same date in 1866... Decrease..... Inmates in Insti TOA... serecesees oes Overdraft, January 1, Receipts to September 17 Since, to 24th, for commutation of Disborsments, as per previous ac count, to September 17 ot Sundry expenses paid, Sep Overdraf..... Supreme Court—General Term, Befce Hon. Judges Roosevelt, Clerke and Davies. Sert 23.—D'leernvis and others wt. David and Rufus Leavitt —Thia was an appeal from the decree at Special Term. (n the 40th of March, 1845. the morsantile firm oft, W. &T, Leavitt, io the city of New York, suspend ed payment and became inso!lvent—bdeing ade ted to the defendant, David Leavitt, for jent aod advanced by him to said firm $70,948. Before their failure, Davia Leavitt bad incurred liabilities on their i wad them (n their business, which liabilities existing at tho time of the execotion of the assignments amount ed im the Ly to the sum of $106,124. and were all paid by him. Thie firm at’ different times, before their failare, bypothecttet to David Leavitt, as security for his ioaee and advances, certain debts, claime and and on the a uth of March, 1545, they bypothecated to him, a# further recurity for such loans and advances, the surplus of all ecorviee belonging to them, lodged with the american Facbang? Baok. after LJ, ent of their indebtedness to enid bank. On the lay of March, 1845, Joho W. Leavitt oud Rufus Leavitt and Froderick T. Mygatt, by deed of assurnment of that date, ame: to David Leavitt and Joseph ©. \anderyoort, upon certalm trusts for the benefit of creditors, ail their joint and several property and estate, witbin the State of |ow'*\ana, and all merohan dige, moneys, creci# and etfects belonging to them, or either of them, in the possession of any firm or party in New Orleans, (n the Let day of April, 1946, the said Fona W. and Kufue Leavitt executed t» the said David Leavitt lervoort six other deeds of assignment , for the benellt of their creditors, On the 26th of July, 1845, in the absence of David Loavilt from this State, a judgment was entered in the Supreme Court in Lis favor, against John W. and Rutua Leavitt, on a bond and Warrant of attorney for {fy thousand doliars of debt: an execution was iseued and returned, and on the Sist of Joly, 1846, a creditor's bill was @led against of their delivered to him an aesignment £ On the 26th of January. 148, the plaintifts Gled their bil! against John W. Leavit and Ro itt, and a subpeona and injunction issued upon Certain tro ) thereon were served upon them. Jndge Roosevelt decided, at Special Term, that some of the se goments wore fraudulent and void, ae against tho plants, and that others were not; that the hypotheca: Hon of the securities and prior liens of David Leavitt, upon Certain of the aewgnmcata, were unimpaired by the ac- coptance of said aasi;ninente, Argument wae heard, and decision reserved. Our Constantinople Cex Ooxetantivorie, July 18, 1856, English and Prench Policy in the Basi—~ Why Kars was not Relierd—Sacrifive of the Circassians by the Aiica—Sym- pathy Manifested Towares Them by the Sultan—The Cir- cassian Slave Trade, &c., dc. You will remember that during the late war, Omer Pasha was sent with a large force to Cirsassia, in the view of creating a rising among the people of that coun- try in favor of the Allies, and a'so for the relief of Kars. Perbaps you mayaigo still recollect that the Britiah gov- ernment sent two agents to Circassia—a third having died At this place—to set up a fellow feeling between Great Bri- tain and the wild mountaineers of Circassia, and that one of these agents was Mr, Longworth, the British Consul at Monastic, in Albania. You also, perhaps, have observed that when the late British Minister of War, the Duke of Newcastle, came to the Crimea, on a tour of personal in- spection of the havoc aud ruin the imbecility of the Bri- tish administration had caused, he went also to Circassia, ‘Since the conclusion of the peace the Circassians sent a deputation here of 200 men, to implore aid of the Allies against their old enemies the Russians, and this was re- fused them on the score that they bad not joined common cause with the Allies when they wero warring against the Czar, Recent occurrences have rendered these incidents ia the history of the late war of more than ordinary inte- rest, inaemuch aa they show the causes which prevented the relief of Kars, and also explain why nothing had been done at the Congress of Yaris for the Circassians. The French govern ment has always been well aware of the policy of the British in the Fat; it bas had no imme- diate object in view in opposing this policy, other than the genera) one of not allowing its own commercial relatioas to be curtailed or suspended by the extension of those of England, and to prevert, if possible, the growing power of Great Britain in the East, as wel! as all other parts of the globe. English influence has prevailed in Paris #0 greatly as to prevent the French from eyen making a treaty of commerce with the Shab. It was only lest year, when the alliance was im existence, that France was allowed to make one. To an American, it is difficult to imagine why such an animosity should exist betweea two governments lying side by side of each other, and wh: prudence shou)d pot suggest the prowess of a policy tend- ing more to friend!y feelings and good neighborhood than thie, But such is the Euro] Itey of the Our Paris Correspendence. Panis, Rept, 8, 1858. Fiealth of the Emperor—-"'he Scandals Circulated Regarding the Imperial Cougle-Approaching Marriage of Pelissier —Prince Adalbart’s Marriage— Embellishments of the Bois de Boulogne—The Theatres, dc., dc. ‘The private infermation which I receive from Biarritz is satisfactory oa the subject of the Emperor’s health. His Majesty is wisely availing himself of the present lull im political affairs to obtain that perfect repose which is absolutely necessary to his state, physical and mental. Jt ig not gewerally known that within a few days after the imperial baptism bad been solemnized at the cathedral of Notre Dame, he tripped and feil, when traversing o2¢ of the principal chambers of the Tuileries, the Salon de Diane. His ankle was slightly spraincd, and it was at firet thought the accident had erisen in consequence of a foldn the drugget which hadbeen thrown over the rich tapi de Gobelin, which covers tbe floor. But from some moettering expression that escaped his Majesty, on being ageisted to @ sau‘eutl, one of bis attendants became alarm- ed, and on the a rival of Dir. Coancau, the Emperor was Jed to bis room and copped immediately. Fora time the unpleasant symptoms entirely disappeared. His Majesty rode out the next day em voiture, aud appeared in bis usue) health, and again resumed his ordinary close ap- plication to business; but about a week afterwards, an- other fal! occurred, and this time the matteripg was more bservable, and the earement altogether more distinct. What remedial measures were adopted J am unable to ay, beyond the fact that a blister was appiied tothe ack of each ear, and for three days his Majesty did not appear ip public, and religiously abstaine frow busiaess, ‘Tt was about this time that the journey to Piombieres was determined op, while the Empress and the Prince Impe- rial were to stay at St. Cloud. The secret was surprising- ly well kept, and the gossips and scandalmongers about the court, unable to account for the proposed separa. tion of the imperial pair, declared that bis Majesty had, since the fearful accouchement of the Empress, experienced an estrangement towaris his connubial partner; and balf a dozen beauties were fixed upon who were to spread with roses bis wandering path at Plom- bieres, When the projected eeparation bad fairly taken place, and no frail goddess appeared on the acene ta solve the mystery, the same goseips and scandalmongers tried another tack, and bit upon the plausible reason fer the Emperor's continued absence from St. Cload of the Em- pres’ infidelity. Wes, tue fair Eugeaie had suddenly for gotten all her love for her husband, her devotion t the child so long the object of her ardent wishes aud fervent prayers; and finging her high estate to the winds, her pure renown, ber wel! knowa nuptial happiness, had thrown herself into the arms of # paramour, leaving the Emperor at Plombieres w brood over the two alternatives of divorce or death—on firet one, and then the other, Who the Pi was tbat thus deprived Menelavs of his Helen I have never distinctly heard; like the beauties which were to adorn the Emperor’s seraglio at Piombieres more than one wae mentioned, but tomchow or otber, exactly when the right party had been Oxed upoo, aud the case was quite complete, the Express took flight with her little one to Biarritz, aud the Emperor, instead of pluogivg bis dagger into her heart aithe foot of the Py- renees, and cuming at once back to his capital, as was distinctly predicted, is stil) lingering on the beach, listening to the music of the roaring eea, and so ea tiefled with the rectitude of his wife, that he ic likely to remain there, for st Jeast three weeks more. The virgience and unscrupulovences of the Freach cheracter, when once en train in euch matters, is pro verbia); but one would think it must be gal) and worm wood to such malevolence to reat the accounts waich daily come up from the imperial retirement—how at early morn and dewy eve Napoleon and Eugenie bask in the sunshine, or wamder in the twlitght of their ma! solitude—how they emperintend tho sea bathing of the young hope of the dy pasty, aod watch him, while carried by bis nurse io the park of Gramont, ag he breataes under the ebade of the forest trees the invigorating eea breeze—how they themselves lave in the geatio billows of that delicious sea, and every day bring back from the operation visibie signs of invigors ted beaith and renewed bappinese, be fat hero of Salakot, Irake of that e, Onds Lim se) suddenly transformed into @ promiging Pridegroom It is currently reported that he and the widow of Admirat Brust were Old lovers in thctr youth, and that now. re tracing his veterts vestiyia famine, and tired of war's alar the Duke intends to ask the priest to bind tbat boly knot Which makes a paradise on earth Wheu hearts and bands combine. The first created peer of the Second Ewpire has left the apartment which, since his return from the East, be had occupied at the Mipistry of Wer, and has taken one ia the Rue de Lilie formerly belongiug to the Baron de Cron- antiquated pol Old World, a remnant of game individual policy of a bygone age, when every man went armed to the teeth, and sought deeds of proweas against his neighbor. There ig no reagon to suppose that this policy wil) be abandonrd by France; the eniente is fast dying away; here, at leact, national animosity prevails over government po icy, and soon these two, 80 recently friendly Powers, may de dis- uBited ~ 4 Buropear questions. English policy in Persia is to render that coun try a barrier tw her Indian pesseasions. Why France should not desire this cannot be imagined; for by allowing Rvsgia to overrun Persia and lay India at her (eet, would be to humbie Great Britain, it is true. but it would raise up a power in Russia most alarming fer France, In the same view, England destred the inde pendence of Russia of the Caucasus. Circassia ts the generic name o1 the country aud people of that moun tainoug region; but of course, it is erroneous, It contains some twenty or thirty different. tribes of people—some Christians, some Mussulmans, aud others Pagan—al! flerve enemies of the others, living by their flocks and herds, by selling their own slaves, aud by ensiaving the ch! up members of each tribe d no doubt still is, greatly ‘rance has heretofore opposed ‘ith views .0 Persia, as bc fore explained, she will cer. tainly #ympathize but little with ber policy ia Circess at oue time, Omer Pasba was much courted by the Bi tish Ambassador at Constantinop'e, especially at the pe nod when he was to march into Circassia. The (user conferred upon bim, (Mussulman as he is) the ‘Order of the Bath,’ not much, it 13 believed, to his ad ), for he is said to hare remarked at the time, that it was ra the ‘too kota bath for bim.’’ The plan was thet be ehould go to the aid ot the Circassians, march into their country, and revolt itagaingt Russia, but not to molest the siege of Kars, which then occupied! the attention of the Russians. Ignorant of the proper route te follow, and thwarted by the coolness, if not indeed the opposition of the French government, 8 well as the secret instruc tons of ihe Porte, bis campaign proved, as you wel! know, an abortive one, The object of the British government was to aid tie Circaseians in gaining, \ possible, their independence o: Ruesin—bdut this under the acknowlecged protection of Evgisnd. Tue Sultan’s government also dewred their in- depenoence, but under bim as their Sugerain and Caliph whilst the French cared nothing about thera, one way or the other. England, to promote her plan, sent the agents already mentioned, aud endeavored to make over- tures of her own peculiar kind to the various obtefs *ubetherreach. What were their off bave Lot yet learned; but | am toid by officers of the Sultan's a1 Dy, then on fervice at Anapa and Tokun Kaleb, that th sought and obtained secret interviews with ther od tpent two or three days at @ time ia the mountains, with out any cuccess. The Dake of Newoastie arrived at Ana- pa at a momert when the Circassians were mach excited - tihe Abies, who bed destroyed the Rassian fortress eo ir cexet, Dut had dene them no good, nor in any: Wanrer promoted thejr hopes of independence. They ax- pete! arm?, smmounition, and cven French A Eng tcilles. This change secros \o give some little conirma Feels J ot ” teh Mon to wereport x sword cf beuor, rod to him by | gSUE® HOO, ie mF Wt Bens oF Ta ee the town of Colmar, bas been for some days exhibiting werne yw «cepa from the mounta’ ne Hotel Ag Jat: une East by the army is now com. | ~° Ccast & extreme disgust. The Circasni my informant that they had no idea of changing their plete. The vessel op board which the last ed " Ss daieeeed un ee Bosphorus oa Pept ipeehondl condition from one GAtaour for anovher—that is, to be Rear Admiral Palion, the superior officer of the navy at freed from the Ro pow an Exglish protectorate. 1 have no dovbt but that any accepiation of the Duke's offer of the Queen's protection would scon have been turned to the same secount that ig now made by the Britjsh government of her claim to protect the sill more barbarous ‘Mosquito Indians”’ in Cextra) America. The first British agent to the Circas- DF came out here the commencement of the war, awaiting s proper momen: to commence iow. He died of the cholera at Puyabdére, on the horus. He was wholly unqualified for bis agency. The second, was a Major somebody, who apparently had « most vague idea 01 what be was to do, apd, ‘baps, never received apy very definite intiructions. never reached Circas fia at al), thoug be spent geome montha at daiaklava waiting an opporienity. fhe third was Mr. Longworth, who bad already been ic Circassia, many yeare ago, and wrote & work upon it. His agency. Ft failed and alter returning to Pera, where he spent two mouths in drawing up a voluminous report, left for bir Lome. He exjoyed the favor and perticular re. commendation of the British Ambaseedor at that place. The ey of the British government neither met hn Me favor of the Sultan Lor the co-operation of te rene Constaptivople, quilted that port on the 12th, leaving for & few days longer in the Bosphorus the frigates Be'ie Poule end Orinoque, in order to definitively settle some administrative details. We bave no news of apy importance from Spain. The court has made as much ag posstuic of Prince Adaiberi's Marriage with the Inianta Amalia, rather with a view Of distracting public attention from recent events of more importance thau from any real esti mation it attribates to it. Infante is the fourth and youngest daughter of the iufante Don fran- cisco de Paulo, brother of the inte King Ferdinand Vil. The three sisters cf thie pi \ncess merricc—ope, the Count Gurowskt, a Pohsd émigrant, who has long resided ia Brussels ; another, M. Gueiby, a rich mercvaut of Havana. and the third the Duke of Sersa, son of a grandee of Spain. The Iwfanta Amalia, now the wife of Prince Adai bert, of Bavaris, is the first princess of this house who bas contracted @ royai alliance The embeilishments of the Bois de Boulogne are gong ‘on with unceasing activity, The deer which are rupniag abeut ia rk tormed for their ree jeota of general attention, The lakes a: swans avd ducks of every species, 0 squatic birds, At the different entrances to houses are being built of a very picturesque description for the keepere, An amphitheatre, or tribune, for tue race ground, is it courte of construction. The famous mill of Longchans, » is being repaired, aod now stad te on an island, which i@ reached by # bridge of rocite—so great ap upbea ving apd change of ground fo; mer!y around it bas taken place. The water if now in the \pper lake, and ibe garcevers are Jaying Gown the turf on the enm mit of the reck, and forming the path which are leat ‘ernment, for reasous which are obvious; and bari {im induelng the Cir:aveigas to make an eflort for lependence of Russia, under her 100, she now declines doing anything for them, oa the de ition that they, baying positively reiused to join the alliance, aud give \t their support, should have po ebare in ite benefits. This must prove of but little comfort to the Circassians, ud of aa littic advan benceforih to the English government. It ia aid here that Lord Cowley, during progress of the Congress of Paris, proposed to 4a’) Pacua, the Sultan's Grand Viver and Plenipotentiary, to the grottoes ‘and various waterfall. The masons are t eomething in ite protocols im behalf of the Cir- ~ @ dechoed it om the ‘that it Putting cement iu the basin below ihe cascade, 1a order | would involve bis government !n fature dil with that the water may noi cecape, but may feed the river and lakes of the Hippodrome before it retorna to the Seine. All these work* are to be tinaliy completed by the end of September. There is also very seri ous tuk of lengthening the Avenue de | im- perstrice across the Quartier Beaugow to the ave sue de Munich, and @ new boulevard is contemplated from the Arc de Triomphe to the Parc de Monoeann. Oe the left of the Champs Fiytoos it is propcee! to form an additional Boulevard from the Arc de Triomphe to the Pont des Invalides leannot give any assurance of tt of this repori—ihough Lor’ Cowley may bey \bing to propose more useful vown 1 to his baa, bas returned into Circassia o% two buudred men, These are atic undertakings, iy tyrant, &o.: and migha surge to tee fushe to the reign vt ae this, too, after the signature of the peace made ia Pari’. nareb, but our ror bee bo orf tion. Ai pT ep Se cree one eee EE, Hs A sepgeend the moment be bw io bu cal ‘no less th: ome slight promise of future ald. pes, pe sixty-one for carryug oat the projected imp-ove menta of this western extrem‘ty of varie, and epectiators, (ow will remember that some moaths ag? ihe ‘citer esued @ Orman the Circassian siave trade, and builders, ef ornmes hoc venus, * on the ti " tocatch the earlient sound of his derres on tne sab. pe tyre Le wl ioc fon ot; but Re preverven the sceret in his own bosom. | Bade lo the Britlab Ambassador at, ~ roughout all, thera is ome predominant ol ject whieh it aan hd public mind in Eng! ancl induciag it to fee! favorable to bis meanness avroad. ever lost sigbt of wbich, 3 to dessemipate the population the world knew tha to be Of & cily too condensed, sa it is alleged, for row saaltary Pot. | the case here at the pores, and decided! o Y me, and wondered whethor the eBect is ment political tranqallny ine Sayony Engtish people would really swallow so gross aud coarse peop! desires that what is now pertaiuin, SSaits Tet tng Od soemn fo take 8 all OO ene swallow. tain here—that the metropolis shoaid more and more acquire the habit of throwiug cvt its citizens after the hours of iabor—that shope, warehouses, countirg houses, eno all kinds of brroaus, be oveup od mere), for some six or eight hours in the day, while the railroad afterwards transport their ocoupani« to the variour suburbe. Though builders and masons in these eabarhs bese! the parsenger at every oorner, sti!) pou opi fast enongh, aad wea temporary reof, Swiss chaleta are being constructed on the grown! ¢ 1) more batantial edifices can be erected. To induce people ty spend their money in these constructions, the great Mr. Sellier, Lae put up two in tae Ave bu \Impératrice, morciy 43 an annem. (ney are to stand only ax moning, and i the numbers which daily visit them for inspection ia any \adi cation ot wisdom of 80 expensive an advertine ment, M. Seilier bas certainly renvon wo ve eatiafied. One in 19t }on should per. of thone wooden cntiages, tasteally modelled 4 | The biack slave market of Constamtinop! was, come Suisse, containe four logem-ntr, consieting each of thres [one Poleabonten. Siem the daveoy tactons Managem = eg >! rooms for workmen and their famiier. Tho value is £240: this eum be'vg, of course, irrespective of the Iand. It is fitted up with every convenience, grate, cup. boards, &c., end painted and mye throughout. The other is a private dwelling, aod contains in all tenor ani the poor creatures are of Constantinople in a tien sold at tho Hass market ost abject and wretched condi- a Missent Letters. eleven , & dining room and salon, kitehen and oiber offices below; above them are four exo ‘lent wed List of lettors advertised in the Boston Herald, Wedner- chambers, and aoove these sgain, as mony for servante. | day, Sept. 17, 1866, remaiuing in the Poet (fice uncalled The whole is elaborately painted ‘nride and out, and de- corated with beautifal The material ia eptira of wood, and warranted fire iraly roof. The price is £400. The enly diffeuity is to find iand to piace such construs vores open, as builders 10 are not yet prepared to an tor, 50 doubt mirdirected — NEW YORE Horses, Pudjong, Rathban & Hudson Clopp, Kent & oye 0 TEADRLMA ToreRs, FB GCowperth wait & Co. Job McAllister, certake the * ihey purchased the | Cummins, Seaman & PALTMORE HOT ETS innd, are still not disposed, by letting it for a term, ty | Partridge & Brittan. Appleton & Co, put it out of their power to commence when they will, | Sit, Hurlbut & Co. Brenner & Brother. it forme @ part of M. Sellier’s prospectus ata certain de Ray & Co. ¢ :otion, for wear and tear of cocapaac; Taylor In the way of theatres, all the ‘world being out of town doer not prevent these temples of amusement from beiag ‘lied. atthe theatre Francais Scribe’s exce|lent comedy, “Le Verre d'Rau,”’ has been revived, ani pleases just a List of Jetters advertired in Mh: remaining in the Poat (ffice, Philadelphia, uncalled for, no doubt madirected, Monday, Sept. 22 — much as On the Gret night Of ite representation. The Poros RUT aBS w YORE fore houre is crowded. ‘‘ La Jole fait peur,” bas Bell, King & Co. jonee & Kirk. repeated, and the interest seems more heart touching | Putram & Brother. Montgomery & Co. a oy ‘These are gh of true genius, when, . ee ROL me. Riqnet, Lepr ince & Narcotti. again revived, works appear iro) varia er. 7 cl Ce each time with renewed lite and vigor, At tho irae | cb he ea.c. "*Eiotines Tappan, dy ef tis ‘Guillaume Teli’ is revived, but in the absence tC \ aptageadgon apy real great artist to gustain #0 distinguished « Naylor & Co, is f chef @ awvre, the revival could be no other than what it ‘caiese bote a New York bas proved—a failure. and Boe cp. NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1856. ‘The Loss of the Steamship Florida. :OENES @N BOARD DURING THE sTORM—STRUGGLES OF A LADY FOR THE SAFETY OF BER CHILDREN— GALLANT ACTION OF A GENTLEMAN. ‘The following exciting account of the above disaster is contained in a letter addressed by « lady passepger to her sister:— AraLacmcoxs, Fla., Sept. 5, 1858. ‘My Dear Sister—I know that you have already been advised of the loss of the unfortunate steamship Florida; and ag you were aware that | intended returning home on her, I feel that you are anxious to learn all the parti- culars of my very narrow escape froura watery grave. 1 took passage on the Florida at Pensacola, Thursday, August 28, at 9A, M. I was accompanied to the boat by & large party of ladies, to see mo embark and to wish me a God speca, The weather was pleasant during the earlier part of. the day, but grew cloudy towards night, and the sea be- came very Ln ged increasing as the night advanced, The next morning I awoke very early, and was so happy to think I would be very soon with my darling husband. | looked out from my window and saw land; I jumped up und dressed myself and children hurriedly, thinking the abip would be in by the time I could be prepared for meeting my darling. Went on deck te see if Apalachicola was pot in sight, when I was told that the ship had been put back, and was then entering St. Joseph's Bay. This was a ead digappointment to me, but I was better satisfied when the ceptain told me he was forced fo put the ship back because the sea was too high to cross the bar at Cape St. Blas. The weather was pleasant duricg this A and J] was anxious that the captain should go on, but the ship remained at anchor all that day. On Saturday, when T awoke, I felt quite certain that we were again on our way, and was surprised when I learned that the wind was fast increasing into a gale, and that the engines were working in order to it the vessel om ing ashore. jay, and the vi The wind continued to increase all that cabin now became quite wet from the beating in of the rain and spray from the sea, and goon there was not a or pee jor me to remain in. The captain advised me to take the bridal chamber, which I did, and soon got my two little darlings to sleep, and then tried to seek some reat; but not to sleep. wind continuing to increase, I now became much frightened, and be; some one to remain with me. passengers went down stairs. and I remained in my stateroom as long as could, and tried to be calm and composed. The wind was now blow. ing a terrible gale, and it seemed each blast was vieing to outdo the last. Ob! it wasawful! I was told by every ove who came where I was that there would be a change in the weather at 12 o’clock, for the better or for the woree—they said it could not be much worse than it was then. Ob, dear sister, you know nothing of the horrors of a storm at sea, There I remained in my room, pray- ing to my God to spare me and my two little darlings. heard a crash—looked out eA door, and saw that half of the upper cabin was swept off. I then rushed down stairs with my little boy in my arms, threw him to some one, ‘and rau back for my dear littie Pattie. My servant, much to her credit, rushed out after me with her. | seized my cbild and ran down. By this time the remaining par! of the cabin was tore off. ‘There were in all forty persons on board. Iwas just about to despair, when I saw a gentleman with whom I was upacquatated, but there was someihing ip his face and chivalrous bearing that gave me confidence in bim. I applied to him and begged he would promise me he would try and eave my little io. He said, ‘‘ Ma- dam, I give you m; of honor that I will do all that J can to save yourself and little girl. bad, but J will do all in my power.’? 80 much on her eide that it was impossible to stand with- Out bolding on to “something. The skylight now broke out. This added terror to the scene, for we could then realize how terrible was our situation. There we sat awaiting our doom, | clinging to my darling boy and beg- ging my God to spare us. , my dear sister then, came & sight I never can forget. The whole aide of the cabin in which I was pa way. The angry waves rushed in and Tcame near being washed oif. My dear and noble friend his name {s Col. Winchester, of Virginia,) still held my Atle girl and sought to give me all the encouragement he could. But one hope was now left ug. It was to get into the stateroom that still remained. We succeeded in reach- ing it. There was in this room besides myself, children end servant, Col. Winchesier and a Swedish woman. I put my two chiliren in the berth, ard it was all! could do to bold them in, the ship was so much on her side. i now clung to the Wiadow. it was so dark 1 could not fee anything but tbe sparkle of the sea water. As soon ae the Colonel got out he found a rope and gave it to me to hold on to, and to which I clung from 12 o’clock until 6 next mort ing, while every wave that came would wash. over me; and what was worse than all, the broken timber from tbe cabin was recap | “cane bru: and cutting me. | beid to the rope, which;was attached to the crain. My teryant and the Swedish woman were aiso then hold- ipg tothe rope. The Colonel stayed b; and told me what I must do, and wo lighi—1 would not be able to on long if I did; that | must tighten my grazp before and relax it after each wave would come. I am now going to tell you some- thing which will make your blood run cold: In the midst of all my davger | heard a man cry out, ‘fake this child, or I will throw it overboard—I can’t save myself, much Jens it!’ Ob, my darling sister, can you imagine my feelings? The thought of that speech makes eemalierant woke. The Colonel rigked bis life again by letting go of the rope, and went after the man who held Pattie.” The Colonel told him ‘‘he would cut his throat if he threw the child over.”’ That wasalll beard. I shut my e and did my little a ‘not open them all night. I thought bot ts ey ere throwa overboard. Now, the Colonel coull back to me—the water would have washed him he attempted it. There { was left, banging en to the ride of the ship, with no one by me but my servant. Ob’ it is impossible for me to describe the terrors of that ght. There I clung to the rope, thinking every was drowned, and that every wave would sweep me away. Then a large piece of timber atruck me several times, bg ra roe forget where I was, and I let go my bold, but fortunately caught hoid th be- fore the next wave struck me. ow a sea! we ere turning the pot!’ My frst Was to jump overboard—! wanted to die and be wines Sshore rather than be drowned in the Gulf and mover - bave my Lory found. It was a long time before I thought I could give my darling husband up—! wanted to see him once more. I thor of my little darlings as dead —that was the reason } did pot open my eyes, 1 was so much afraid T would see them floating in the water—that was a sight ) wished to die without seeing. I had not bea word trom any one since the man said we were going out to sea until, about 6 o'clock in the morning, when I seit « hand on my head. It made me shudder, for t felt like the of death, it was so cold. A yoice sald, “Oh, my God! she is dead!” i bad fs cloned, but eaid, “No, | am not.’’ Some one then said to me, “Hold op, we are ashore, look up and see the trees!’ I opened my eyea aud tried to look at the trees, but my thoughts were with my two little darlings that I supposed were then floating mm Une water. Iwas then taken where my sweet little Pattie was. The Col. bad got a colored (free) man to take her from that brute who eaid be would throw her overboard, colored man held her all night, having ber wray up ina Diank«t, She did not ory, but said, “please let mo see my darling mamma.’’ He said he felt awful, as he never expected she would see me agi lam now safe with my — and the gallant Col. is BJ. 8. The with we. Your affectionate sister. Dugaprun Tracepy—Sxpvucen Snor—The readers of Union wit remember that we published a few weeks since an account of the elopement of a mar- ried Indy from Port Hope, C. W.. with a young man. The gui! Lp id came to this city, and were pursued by the v ured husband, who waited here, armed, and resolyed vo shoot the destroyer of hie pesce. Afver a chase of tome days between Fort Hope, Rochester and Niagara, where the parents of the woman reside, the parties be came separate’, and al] became quiet; but the husband only rererved bis wrath for a future oocasion, as we then predicted tuat be would, apd bas at length accomplished hie purpoee by sieying in cool bieod the seducer of his wife. burband is pamed 6. Brogien, that of the reducer was Thomas Henderson. were men, natives of Port Hope, who had been educated and to maphood ber, and both embraced the same profes sicr—thai of the Jaw. Since the iutimacy of Henderson pain ae ee to Mr. B. he had de voted bimee! revenge. fe wok 1 at the residence of ber parents at Niagara, iy tA eluded the pursutt of Progden, and no doubt visited hie wife at bog Cg On Tuesday evening last Hender- ot,” and immedia ely expired. Had of we ou the friend through Henderson {t would have Moubttees injured. ind who was warning him of who stood in front of bim. parties were well Known table relatives residing. A Coroner’s jury mee yenereag tp se invest! ‘ton of the affair, Je bo attempt o escape, but appeared to be sure satiefed after taking the life of Wwe seducer ife and the destroyer of bis peace —Rohester "4 4. Bt CoxPLagration at East Bostox—Brnyre oF THE Surrotk Frovn Mini.—Loss $100,000.—The steam flour mill of the Suffolk Company, on Meri- dian street, Erst Boston, wae discovered to be on fire The fire was firs: noticed bursting out of the roof at the centre of the east side of the building, commenced in the smut room, pro- babiy from friction, The flames spread very rapid- ly, and a large portion of the upper story of the argry | Was soon enveloped in flames. The build. is of brick, four stories high, and covers over a large extent of ground. It has been in wperation for a dozen years or more, and the flour manufie- tured, packed in bags, haa obtained a celebrity thronghout New nd. To this baa liteiy been added the propanag of rice for the market, the company im porting it from the South in the rough state. machinery in the establishment %, therefore, of a costly Character, but the stock of wheat, &c., is not so extensive as it has been here- tofore. The building was badly located for the ef. forts of the Fire Beparti » Nearly the entire force of the city proper having gone over, effort was made to check the fire, but it continues to spread until the prospect of saving any of this wrae -— _ Property, was x ‘ht, the roof aving fa rough and nearly th: 4; - ine hag ta item 4 'y the entire build. écinte hie re ar, is surance, Traveller, Sept. 22. Our Cleveland Correspondence, Cievetanp, Ohio, Sept. 15, 1866. The Wine Growth of Ohio— Visit to the Vineyards of Mr. Longworth—His Art Collections and Gardens— Vines which thrive in Ohio— Annual Produce of the Ohio Valley—Mode of Preparing the Catawba Vintage—New Cork Outing Machine—New Gas from Water and Ohar- coal—Probable Revolution which it will Effect in the Pre- sent System of Lighting, dc., dc. ‘Thinking a few items relative to the vine culture in this would perhaps be interesting to your readers, J herewith transmit a few facts for publication, The vine culture is mostly confined to the southern Part of the State, in the environs of Cincinnati. The yield for this year will be about 600,000 gallons; gallons 3 thus will be made into a ‘chlawba, Be- 6 in Cincinnati a short time since, I worth, the first effort at sculpture was here a female bust; and what struck mo fact that it would lose nothing by co! masterly effort in the Greek Slave. A bust am) neiden! e early life ot Pow phetle of his present Hf lated 10 15 my next J shall probably give you the benefit Some Mexican cloth busts. Tepresenting agambling scene, in which the “play of the passiong” ig wonderfully truthful and ag when this painting and King Lear were about to be sold tn New York city, there was no patron of art to be found in Gotham who cared to purchase them, and one was bid in by @ Bostonian, and the other by Mr. Longworth, without much opposition. ‘ One of the prettioet things I eaw at Mr. ve was a case of fifty lichens, ar! by his ter, and which at a little distance looded like rich em! > im which the finest colors are delicately blended. from the parlor to the green house, we found a rare col- lection of valuabie plants, among them the celebrated Victoria Regia. The selections showed fine taste and ex- cellent discrimination. In another part of the grounds we found Mr. Longworth himseif, training different species of grapes, for the purpose of testing the relative value of each species, previous to into vineyards. No man, perbaps, is better qualit for this business, and no one is, certainly, more with the history and qualities of the different kinds of ‘The following facts are from the pen of William. his son-in thirty-five years since Mr. riments in grape ones sad wines ce. Ever; ring, automn, he labors five or six hours with ia owed ting, planting, pruning, training, and a view to develope valuable varieties. the same time has been so lary (now it has him whole in respect. oni fully cultivated here for wine, are the Catawba and The Herbemont is, however, rapidly coming for Brel soa 908 or two others give en: 3 yes, however. rages a halfa ninety centa per gallon: 8 very raj exte two hundred (0 five h erage crop in warts 8200 average 1 wi er are rauabie nide in avine ard, justrious progeny, several more acres We visited in the afternoon the famous wine cellars in charge of Meeers. Flags & be true gentlemen. history of the operations in the wine The wine houses of Mr. Longworth, and for the last seven years have been, agne, France, who receives a The method of preparation ia th ‘In the spring —s of tbe grapes, the wines, Fctgn Tes ae un- 6 nous fermentation, by which ten or cent of alcohol is dev is mixed with a small mantis of In tak rong movement is prodused inside rates gas enough to burst the vessels brisk! considerable to the cost. This is called the us tion, and it renders the drink more e: . more prick. ling on the logue and more fruity. This effect is: that the flavor of the fruit mostly passes off carbonic acid gas which is largely in the first or Vinous fermentation, and in less degree in the second, or aseous fermentation. The loss of flavor from the first fermen- tion cannot be avoided, but b: ‘weil tied corks it can be sav Seiavent renner same en deposited. To get ‘this the placed ih racks made to ft thelr necks and shoulders, with corks downward, and well shaken daily for weeks, which process works the sediment down against cork. The wires and twine are then cut, and the gas, blows it off. Then more sugar, for sweetn ‘8 few cork is driven in and fastened, and in a fe article mig ‘The Longworth yy la. About 400,000 corks annually are used about this es tablishment, at a cost of about $5,000. The wire an twine to bind them in the bottles cost each $200, The rae used cost Cpe Bensperd $15,000. From these st cs youcan see som the extent of th bere iD va " by = ~Speskin corks, the new cork cutting en; of Dr. Wombavgh & Bro, of Cincinnati, i nstesaet eee: tion, and will cut corks with the rapidity of — and in @ mostiperfect “style, Heretofore, this work bas al? been done by hand, and was ne ly very glow; but %, ran Cae a can be readily met. ea) innatiywe through the line inter- accted by th Great Mati Railroad, cod ranin teeth Dayton and Sandusky. The gentlemanly management of these roads is everywhere appareut; the of conductors between Cincinnati and Sandusky be profiably imitated on other lines. The scenery by thie route is ex ly beautiful in many places. Arriving four d preparations forward for the fa! hich promises to be « splendid a Cleveland I met with an invention which to be the leading feature of the age. It isa mode of manufacturing gas from water, charcoal, &c. I visited it tn company with Hon. B. F. Wade and Ji Tilden, who both unhesttatin, declared it to be greatest invention of the other we ever saw, tave daylight. ple. saw its whole work! perfect. The vast and com Gas Works ts all done With ite re and ber and a gas holder. arevol i Decisions tn Admiralty on Appeal. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. Before Hon. Judge Nelson, Seemann 23.--Lovet It, Mellen ana WiltigmH, Mellen EPTE MBER 23, —— Love! 5 im HM. ve. The Schooner Charles Henry.—The libel in this case was fied by the owners of the steamboat Soath America against the schooner Charles Henry, to recover damages for #n injury occasioned by a collision on the Hudson river, about 12 o’clock at night, om the 17th of July, 1854. The collision occurred a short distance below Darrow channel of the river. from bail to three quarters of a mile wid claims that she was descending on the the schooner was ascending at river, and considerably to the suddenly changed ber course bows againat the larboard wi ney, breaking the same, otherwise great of tLe schooner insist that the river waa on the west the steamer, and that couree to the west, and sion. It wasaciear starlic! Fareiligeiee cvpnipy of the ebb. ground, stated, upon which the steamer ing Veenel is, that she suddeniy about the middie of the ri hore, along which the steamer ai g iedistetladl S5a3 Hite f i WD of soa” ing oD mer, inch several that she hugged Butter bili, ebich is on shore, as she came round its bese on entering thir Stretch of the river, and kept close to the shore wotll the collision occurred. The proofs are quite full on thie point, and lead to the conclusion that the Bands on the hooner re bably mistaken in saying that thi steamer was wotl out towards the middie ot the river, The wiinerses on board the steamer are most reli wblo ns respects the facta thus testified to. A faot in the care tends to corroborate the witnerses on the schooner. A steamer with a tow was ee | down the river a short distance in advance of the America, and she paseed the schooner on the east, showing that the Intto> must have been well (o the west chore, Another observa tion should be made in respect to the pilot, He was in wheelhouse at the wheel, and Was Mt In & pos con to epeak With the confidence of those persons on board the schooner, not even of one properly etationed on the forward ot the steamer itself, whose sole duty was to |, We take bis testimony, re, with some distrast and qualification, from the want of op; nities to obtair: with certainty a knowledge of the facts to which ho testi. fier. Indeed, there wae no lookout on board this steamer at alla most criminal omission on her part, tly as she large number AL passengers on board. | Thi fault which, upon the facts and ciroumstances of the are, would alone defeat this libel, and, indeed, charge J herself for all the coneequences of the disaster. i yidence bas been taken since this cave was first called on for ar- ment at this term, and, therefore, not admixsible, ax ¢ « fleet to allow the practice would be to take the oppo. | site partion by surpriee, for the there was & lookout on board, it to prove tho fact. ates thas he was on the forward part of the bont to look out, and, ag ‘This is not a lookout with ly Inid down by the fottied ap any role ia, out. i la of tbat bas been re