The New York Herald Newspaper, October 30, 1856, Page 1

WHOLE NU. 7366. MOKNING EDITION—THUKSDAY. OOTORERK 30, 1856 REFORM MAYORALTY RATIFICATION MEETING, ‘The Supporters of James R. Whiting tn the Academy of Music—Mr. Whiting Pays His Respects to the Editors of Several Journals, and to all the Kivat Candidaus. 4 meeting of those in favor of tbe electiva of James R. ‘Whiting to the mayoraiity of this city was beid iast even. ‘ing in the Academy of Music, under the auspices of the so-called. reformers, It was convened under the follow ing call :— ‘Tux Peortz's CANDIDATE rox Mavor.—A public mass meet- ing will bebeld at the acadews of Music, on Wednesday ‘Srening; ihe ‘2th inst. at 73 o'clock, tog nfirm the numing- don of James K. Whiting for Mayor It is expected that se veral eminent gent will speak on the occasion and among the rest, James R Whiting, our caudiiate. All per- ‘sons, without of party are respectfully invited to atiend: By order of WM SHRP RRLLN Chairman of Bx, Committee, ‘The attendance, if not numerous, was at all events 6e- lect. Ail who came were accommodated with seats ua Uke the occasion when George Law made bis britliaat -@ration in the same place, when it was ciflicult to procure even standing room. However, betore the proceedings closed there was quite a large crowd present. Several ladies graced the meeting 4 baud of music occupied the * orchestra. As the reformers, Leaded by Peter Cooper, ‘made their appearance on the s\age, they were greeted ‘with demonstrations of welcome ‘The meeting was organized by Mr. CoorER nominating ns Chairman thereof Mr. John J. Pheips. The nomination was ratified, and a number of gentle ‘men were then appointed Vice Presidents and Secretaries of the meeting, among the former was Peter Cooper, whose name was noticea witb a cai for three cheers, but ‘the cheers did not come. Mr. Pyetrs briefly returned thanks for the honor dove ‘him. It spoke weil fer the cause that so many respecta ble men were willing at this time of party excitement, to ‘out loose from party and come to ths support o' a man ‘who was determined to govern the city well, (Cheers) ‘It was time to put a stop to the plunder and bad govern- ‘ment inflicted on this city, as it must otherwise iaevita- ‘IY result in a Committee oF Vigilancy like tha! of San Franckco, They must have read of the exposures mate ‘by their worthy Comptroll ad if they elected James R. Whiting, they would encourage Mr. Flagg and othors im performing their daties faiibfuly. Tate movtiag haa been convened almost without advertizement He be- ‘heved that etl the jonrpais of the city were against the movement, which, nevertheless, be was confieut would ‘pe successful Mr. Issac H. Battery came for *ard and reed aa address of the refor mera to the ciiizeus of New York. It scoffs at the eystem of primary elections Aud regular nominations, and presents the name of James R Whitiug as 4 candi date eesing al) the quatitoations tor the office of Mayor. (Applause) He woutt cne ik extravagent expen- dures, and execute the laws fairly and impartially, ‘The resolutions were then reported Th« y recommend Mr. Whiting as & candidate porsrasing uliar aud pre- eminent qualifica‘ions for the office of Mayor aa, appeal Yrom the cavsuses an mercenary politicians to the work ehops, counting rooms and hours of the people Mr. Bawxy G. Waxaron seconded the resolutions. He addressed them as iriends, because they were engaged fa ‘the cause Of their country. The *ané sense of duty wich called togetber this august assem» y oad cailei bim from his sick room. He thougit be had oo fight w re- tire when tncre was sireogtn loft to perform bis duty. (Cries of “Louder, iouder.”’) Hs called ‘upon them to give bim an attentive ear. and every body within this tempic dedicated to the God dees of Music, would hear his v (Laughter.) Now, gentlemen, I will not go oo you make that noise. (Louder and more geveral iaughter.) you were the Wood faction, called to hear Captein Rya- ders (Shouts of laughter—calls for Whitiog, and orice of “Turn him out."”) Mr. Wueaton, (turning to the chair)—They won't boar me. Whatam Ito oof (Goom Laugarer.) | God dese of Music! (laughter) and what sayr pat? He who bath not music tu his soul, Ts fit for treason, stratagem and spoils, Here the audience burst into au aucuvtrolable roar of Isugmer, an¢ \thereupon Mr. Erben rushed forward, ‘ptzea Mr. Wheaton, reconducted bm to bis eeat—a wag shouting out, * Three cheers lor Bruton." The question was put on the address and resolutions, and they were adopter AB interim of five minuter pieasintly vocupied by the “band, was followed by calls for Wong. * Thereupon Mr. Jawxs K Wrutive war tatreduced, end waa baled with rapturous demon iravons of Apoiawe the audience waving their bata aad cheering tor ‘He expr esed the emotion waicn be f SUCK AN an It was the gave bim an opportunity eOurke ad adopted. bimeell a voluntary facriler fo: the pu» ic go ‘pot here to praise them, but to condena ther ‘not here as the repreer otative of a party, but as the rep felt at meet #100 os this Yoexplain the reasons of the He stood hefore them offsring win moity debt of $21,000, tex of $7,000 (00, oreait depreciaied. nad Cormorants to every departmen of the government Aud why war thie? With a ciiy uri ral ele for its commerce it could net sell tte bonds. It covld not even pay the $700,000 Mowed jor the jand wrereou tue reeervoir was to he built. jp another year the tax wonl! be ola oF eo mii Hiour—nearly twenty dollars «bead fr every man woman ‘and cbild. They bad fallen voon bard times, and, like Mr. Gradgrind, they bad got tw dea! win faces. Wao pad wis enormous tax? The productive labor of the country—the bone and #iuew aod mussie of hamaaity. The vaine of labor is measores by the medium of mae, and i wes a mistake to suppose (oat the (axes came out of the pockets of the rich. They oa ne from the woman woo fews the vert, and shirt and pantaioons. and from the Jabs rer who carries the hod and evrne? ma dollar a day Tt theretore beboves al! classes of citizens WO losk to tt ‘that they were not over taxed. Lo: the wxes be reduced, And the means of livelibood were inor wet, mat with heavy taxes the surplos protity of labor wore maven up. Why waa it that it war necersmry in this wity to Mow away twenty families in & house! cause of the price of property \ncrewet by over tax Be would prove that the citizens of Now Yors wore taxed without representation. The wife bf the muni cipal goverament were s lcted avd eircted by protii rate ard corrapt means. fle whe paid the most for nomination ic primary wsemblier received it (Voices, “That's 80") Ie was notorious toat * veral years ago ‘Temmrany cold herself for mony Wasthere a mao hat if be to parchase @ “0 t have govit? fe yout hese of certain officials pominati®n o an overporering would bave rscrifieed t that party bad called 400 | don't Choere to abewer yon,’ " “i YOu ave mominated ac) q tthe offlee oO: Mayor will 0 remove me?’ “Air, rau I * Tt waderstand you are @iocted to your office by the wople, and the Mayor har nit the power toremove you" Literally that i true; but there is anether ay ane remot: ficers, and T soppose ae (ov0" that out be pnt the queetion in & practical way “4f you had the power to 'arw me ont woul yo "t “tr,” avid LT bave ve Au Oxperiment whirb tow men would have the impr Core| myerif for the rultywers Rew York, and iC Lehout Sbeuls happen to Bnd out (oar you were an howess man J wound potrvonch @ hair of your head, but, air, if 1 fond out that you were & ecseal (using an ‘ompbatic adjective with it) I would wie your ews off immediate ly, and you may Pay from m- to every othor felow about the City Ball, that if T get there I'll take the bead off every retten rarcal there ' (lL aoghier and applane ) “le the answer atiefactory?* suid 1“ Most vertecd¥ ro ‘sald be, aad he backed Himsrl’ out of the door. me abou! four o'elock, ao! tye Cow Aud | said ty a friend HU not get chat pomins acd T heve beew 4 the foorth of November of God, and if the it the city will, with the hb Delict box be kept Fac hralie’ aot aaved. (Applanse.) Mr Whi on to may that a member Anet oer poy party came to vark him would he acespt the nomination, acd be @ that he would accept no party nomination Dut would con am the people's candicate. (Applause And new he would tell them who ne was, (4 vole We i koown ty tus sonia sheet in thts city ‘howcver—the Courier and Enowirer—seeme w be nv ” ether he knows me Bit I heppened to make ti "e a0q lance in 1842) TL knew him then protes) iy and officially, 1} vivited mim ta orien wren he wae convicted hy ine ae [hetrict Attorney, tor a violation of the Iawe of the land. And no# he don’ Mcnow me in 1866. Be gaye T am not Mt for the wiles of « Ja ge; but Po one Meederd t> teil me that (Langhtor ) “There ® another ecitor, eho gaye T am pot Ot to be Mayor The editor of @ pier ca'ted the Hanato ret, bimeelf up ae @ pink of eirii:, honesty, faith ape @ Manners if they woald tury to the chapter in Dicke: ‘work, in which he describes Giip toey vould fad a de acriplon of the esttor of that ot “oly Aiferen-e was that Quip wee wma an? the man lene, and tite ip & fourth story con shih be knows Jteewus ciel magistrate is etrtnes, for hie ay (aogier) Leame inte pus Of A Bo 0° tien to alter the oity eh antl nw right a aout ie tbat cone pion 24 > hevor Meru subject of attack by the poble prise & uhat day to this I bave been regularly villified by the public press. But! bave never tothem. (Applause) While! was Dirtrict Attorney I huve had heads of fambhes walk into me with sheets of « certain paper in their hand, agu »zed Jest threats of exposure.of certain matters would be carried out, and asking whether there wa no oereeeey 3 4 oply penders to our baye the pubic ure es the snow, le was in favor of a free public press; came prostituted it wag the most dangerous machine tbat could be introduced into a free society ‘Tals editor (said be) says Iam nota tit peraon for the Mayoralty, hat tp 1842 1 bad acquaintance, official and personal with bim, when I bad to present him for incictment be fore tho Grand Jury for two malicious iibela, to which he pleaded guilty, and was subjected to the moderate fine of $.60.tp each cave. For that—and what else ho knew nol—be had received . ihe blessings of that anevt frou that day to this. There were some other clever heaty ot ‘epapers—among the rest his friend Greeley. Creeley ts a very clever man, they say, but he bas « <0 deal of iems, Bis argument is, that because I wer once engaged to defend the present ohief. msgistrate, aod raved him from punishment, I eam not « be Maycr. Now, the Axa says that Mr Wood committed these offerccs a long time ago. avd they ought now to be remembered agaiust hia and the Tritune says that because I saved bim from punichment Iam note ft person for Mayor, He woule reter to bis connection with Mr. Wood. Mr. Wo.d bas valied op bim at the request of Mr. Ogden Hoffman, a mas sw whom the city, State and county might well be proud to retain bim ese associate couneel with Mr Hoffman Mr. Wood bad told him bis story, but it was not necessary tor big to tell bim the whole of bis caxe. He attended tbe ‘oxemipation, apd it resulted in the retusal of tos applica tion. Subsequently’Mr. Wood was inaivted, amd he, Mr Whiting, bac acted in his defence as the asrociate of Mr Hcftmen. That trial trencd on @ question of law [He claimed it to be the duty of a lawyer todo for a clea what # client, if eaveatd in the law, woud do for him self. He. Mr. Whiting, knew, up to ‘thi time, no more whout the frend in the case than the mes «ng did; but afv be found evt more abont itano bad aconversation with present chief mugistrate, bis (Mr Whitiug’s) connection with the cage ceased, and he thanked God that his chent ai¢ pot die in hig bande = (Lavgbter.) Mr. Whiting then elivered bimeelf of & brief autvojogeapby, in the courte of which he calied Mayor Wood several namer—auch as crepot, ‘yrant, the worstchiel magistrate that ever dik erecec theciy, &c. Asto Mr Libby, be knew that Be bad been in @ Very lucrative office—President of the Sixt! Avenue Railroad Company—and that he found himself svperseded in that office; and if any of them were carioa \« know the reason, he might step up to the captain's cfice and inquire for himself Ax to Mr. Barkor he knew bim to be a gendeman and a clever feiiow but he bad slowed bimeell to be cheated out of bis vote when be voted to give away the land next to the Jeflersou ma: ket, Prether Barker, though a lawyer, never tried « cone ip hve lite, and did not know a rogue whea he met im. Two thieves might walk bebind Brother Barker talk £0 loud about picking bis pockews tbat be would hear them, and yet pick bis peckets at the same time, Brotser Berkey kbew porbing vbout theConiackers (Laughter.) He bad but one o her Richmoud te speak of—bix old and vaiued friend Mr. Bleecke Geman) He wasaa auc tiooeer, and knew nothing of roguca und police, Wha woula Brother Anthopy do with avch @ as thar which was engaged at the cometbing bad passed today between him and brother Bleecker, W.) offeret to tay to ur. Breecker to submit the question to fifteen honest mea to vay whether be should retire or should conunue the contest. He did t Mr. Biercxer’s reply to that proposition was. The ate Lorenzo B. Shepard hac ‘d to bim before bis deeth that Tammany Hui! would ier him the pominanon for Mayor; that if be wae nominated be must accept the nomination, and that if be Was Lot Dominated he must rup as an indepsndent candi cate. He, (Mr. Whiting.) after consideration, consented to accept the Tammany Ha!! nomination; bat it was po: ofiered him. He now ran ag an irdependent candidate aud if he failed the responeibiliyy aad the penalty would If he was elected, he without fall ou the people of New York: wontd give to this city a good government, cyranny. City Politics. SEVENTH CONGKESSIONAL DIS1 RIOT. Jobn Bullock and Jamve M. Smith, Jr., nay from the canvases in the Seventh district, thi the choice of the electors to Hon. George Briggs (Ameri can.) Gen Eifjab Ward, democrat, and Gen. James W It having been charged that Mr Briger used improper means to cause Bullock's with drewal that geptioeman bas made ap alfiiarit reoying vp empbatio terms, tbat be bas cone 60. fhe withdraws: was Mr. Bullock's yoiun ary act. gy ROMER OF DEW GIrizEna, There have beep many abiard rimore afloat as to the cumber of foreigners naturalised this fall The following table ws official -— Faom Sert 1 to Oct, 24 in Court of Common Pleas... ... a in Superior Court,......... TOAD... sees ee ces tener Two-thirds of the above were paturalized in ( It will be yememberee that many of the pew wet» citi zs reside in Westchester, Vutnam, Kings aod Queen © vanities. ° WORKINGMENS’ MERTING. A meeting of workingnien wus held Tuesday evening iv ibs Park yhn C mmeriord was called upou to presiae John Cochrane was present, but excused himeif fom mpeaking on accent of Hines Ira B Davis, Jobe Com merford, Judge Pinney, anc others, addrese! the meet irg im advocacy of the democratic party There was an early adjcurpment ape the meeting + as 4 tbiv one. The Wall street Forgeries. THE SALE OF HUNTINGTON 8 HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE ADJOURNED. ‘The eale at auction of Hantington’s housebuld furmture, #0008, ko, which was advertised to take place yes orday forenoon, at his house, No. 86 East Twenty secnnd ntreot, wne adjourned by Henry H. Leeds & Co, to Wedooaday, the 6th of November, at 10}4 A. M., because the legality of the avetgoment, vader which the was to be made. te being contested by otbor creditors of Huntington to the Superior Coart. There war a large number of persons, mostly .« ies who went (0 the piace uf the anticipated avovon, and read With evident ulsalivfaction tae w mot of the adjourned sale, whicd, written in large charasere, yeated by the door of the houre. Matr nly old bw © their eye glasnes and © 1 it ay oritiontly & Jew would « doubtful bill; then, to be certain, and pot to forget the important day iw wineh the pale was adjourned, they Inscribed iton whieh Was deposited ta teeir portem s fhe jooked forward to with great tutorese by Ly dies At ® bargain,’ avd otners * ho iwrniture at heap prices Agreat many plead. bard te be aqmitied into the heume to ee the woaders shop, but very few gained ad miesion Mr Buntington’s bovre ts by no means titumted tm the ut Vert pert or the city — It is one of & block of brown *tone budinge Of Fimpie but Beat arebiwectare; tis only eix ben leet wide ne has bo mppeRrAnce Of pracdeur, ether «thin or without, On the Ors: floor, besides the whith he Pail there ts only epace for & Very small reor ptiva om The parlors are up the reoend floor: in the frout od back jart of the boiling @ ball raps between them, on + pile oe hich ie he stairway, and on the others beau {wi book cave The pariore are emali aad over furnished, Oolbg €6 fll of Chatra, tables, eofan, etegeren, ke , &e., © 10 leave but hittle row for cecapant= — Bal little taste wn virpleyed Ip the section and arrangement of the een itar: | PeDErally oO mueh too later «rine for puch Small rooms The carpote, cortaine. chairs and sofas are oO) OF joey ed Det better than ie aeaal in well far Wished bons There a a ereat quantity of magnificently Painted vare®, epiendid Merion grompe and other orna meytal works of mt; the ebier expenditore in furmiening the bone ix for ened articles: yet they woud form but a mal hem outet the huadreds of thousands of dollars Hunt RtOD « BmIA 16 have ebiaimed The Hibrwry cov tained about three baw’ red volumes. by some of the bert authors, aed seemed to have been used Ore @8 AD CTDAMment « Notionary,” N Inctuant is New On i”, the 2°06 pomtant, mete ate raion we notiond al pe wi the auetic girt up for sale, and aromnd @ elo ly parked erow that appespnd to be deeply vterested in # ha wae going om. Ourivity ted us to pease and Inquire what woe the onse of (he apparent excitement, be bide aere golng ob Wu & VErY wpirited manner, and a Lerally oF an advance of ouly five dollare ata nis, ana HLevery bio the eyes ef the crowed would quickly turn in Le oeetion ah he pide proceeded, the tote rest and yertemert towg, io the meantime, upon the tnerease. HOT a Preht intetewent mutairess, about fourteen Jeorsold, eae ovilently pot indifferent to what was trang irre There Wak no motttore im ber eyes, but they as om 6 Ab expression whieh in¢icated that phe felt some vomvety th ty {to the reevit of the sale, which is not ge- rere ly (he onse, Ag the bws reached near @ thousand johmre. the exeitement became intense, and aa that figure eo. & Speptaneene Hite wae heard from one and of om tt the ether, ‘ollowed by a vehement shout of Turn bim out 1" farm bim out Arosh was made ©F the deer bammer bad fallen, and the ote the arm ober, who bad become pur. cheser The explanation of it all war that the woman been freca by ber owner, and had earned bough to buy her objid, the mutatress im question, and heing & very valuable servant, several persons were anak. WD ber, but all of them. with one exception, had cledged the mother that they would pot bid ber, they honorably kept their faith, It wae the evndact ht ‘who war Didcing sgainet the mother, which exanperater the crows on the occasion Ce EOOd Hie eacape; fortunately #0 for him, we think, #8 We heard randry es prearions about ‘Lynch ’ Be ae the crowd came back to talk Over the mat mother war eo much affected by the joy ceded in Fetainiog posseaion of he and was cartted oul of to raion ye Fale a8 A RUC CHAB OD Male fhe war not cenigned to be anything more than cominal fue pober y inteuced that the mother should be deprive Of her oh! Sarr or a & [Base AVE A The & ‘ Meeting in the Third Congressional District —Wihdrewal of Gen, Hiram Waibridge jate for Congreas,in Favor of wuntel EK, Siekies. The difficulties between the rival candidates to repre sent the democracy of the Third distnet, Bave been eatisfactorily'ndjusted, Gen. Walbridge has. withdrawn from the canvass, in favor of Dan. E. Sickles, whois uo % the only democratic nominee. The two conventions mot iast night atthe Fifth Ward Hotel, whea Gen. Walbridge tendered his decitnation to the one that nominated him, which was accepted. A allo! was then gone into, when Danict E. Sickles waz upapimously endorsed. Both conyvemtions then met in the upper room of the builcing, aod the joint organization was preskied over by G, @. Bernard, of the Bigbth ward. = Gen, Walbridge and Mr, Sickles wore then introduce! tothe Convention by the cbairman, Mr. Bernard, wh paid en appropriste tribute to the self sacrificing aa’ commendable epirtt shown by Gen. Walbridge to sevure the district against the common enemy. "Gen. Warmnupex. was then introduced, aad was re ceived with lond appiause, He spoke substantially ar ‘ollows:— Gentlemen—In every politica! organization where bors and emoluments emanate directly from the party, it will ofveptimes bappen that subordinate and pereopm® considerations may taterfere for a time to inter upt the generat good, Such an unfortunate con- ‘on of aflatre now eroburraares the action of the demo atic Mnaswes of the Third Congressional district of thir oily, It is known to you that IT wae unaaimousty vrovgbt forward by oue of the Conventions that now cop (artes @ portion of this body~a Convention of honest nteligept and patriotic democrats, whose kiadaess iis ‘aid me wnder renewed and perpetual obligation \oother Convention, allke entitled (0 respect, compose ‘ mocrats of acknowledged {nteg! and worth, als im nomisaiion the Hon. Mr, Sickles. ed unanimously \ conoeded by al! that this condition of affairs. 1 yer wiated ik, must Tesult m the logs & democratic member in the next Ca ed itis » admitted that theee two Conventions fairly rene sept the entire demoer of the district. hr iv readily acknowledged by all of us there should be bur one candidate, and 1 that this = mon ceirable resvit be attained, T bave, therefore, desire: to 8e@ you, geDtemen, 10 say that by no act of mine cw thie prerent condition of aifairs be longer comtinued. We sro rapidly approaching the great constitutional atrogg!r veoween the democracy and thoae who offfer from vs or We poncy to be pursued ia the admivisiretioa o the echeral geverpment, and is becomes us as patriows and a: wen that po divided fromt be presented by the ov hearted democracy of this district as we enter the coc vc My name is, therefore, witadrawn from the Jao & (rfiopal arena, and I desire your earnest and ener poue exertione to augment thet majority which wili coxbie your remafping nominee to sustain the incoming Gnaristration of James Buchanan and John © Breoxin ridge, grmtetvl e But, in thus wittdrawing, I must tender my acknowledgments to those enthusiastic and wrous friends whose devotion has nevor been pa and who will, I trust, recognize in © preeent meaeure an earnest desire on my pert to wavance the democratic cavse. To that great and ecependent journal of this city—the Heracy—whose columps bave kindly presented my name, I teoder my thepks jn thie public manner. To the energede mocrate press of this city, whose sympathies are rer jcpetve tomy own, I have public acknowlodgmenta to ‘he, while the able journals of the opposition. whose scvtmeny are aptagonisit, to ours, amd ageing: whos poy we war with wu strife, I thank for thy personal kindness and cou! tbat bave markea (ber opporiiion. Bet I pars from these persona! consi erations to a higher altitude, and to a broader range of von The commencing ion that the city of New ‘Lork bold towards the ral Union has its selemn re «poowibiliti€s, and we Cannot sca e trom our full share of tke obligation which that cf our O@ily svocations, and in the daily strife of contend. piuion® we are apt to attach too much importance UU 'Lee pressing and immediate, without realizing those tha: exe distant and remote. State survives though 4. vie Uals Inay perish; parties may be dissolved and an "Pomied, while somety sweeps onward, cari for ward 1 {ts advancing Career, social comfort, domestic peace, an iperessing, expanding intelligence, the ad ‘ancemen! of seiepee apd art, and the spread of & wnivereal commerce. Where is the wan who wcll net aémit the wesiimable importance to him . of this Union? Where {w the land ip of Me and and reuit o Lappiiess i necured and vino! eT vntter + epnbiican inetitutious? Where wer@we us a politica’ a kity im 1789, when the Union was organized under 1 pcesept matchicre Couetitution? We had thea ouly « teor ory. of 820,680 sqoare miles, with # popu ation tm the ~oolo Upton of lees than that at present in the Slate ¥ York New we bayes territory of rising threw mi: nol square miles, ® population of twenty-seven mil ve. “bie the population i» 1759 to the equare mile fico, Tt pow, im 1860, with ovr great mhew only 790-1 se @ our dom at eoty eight hondr © horder, Withtp this area are congregated the thirty - reign and independent Sater The federal uno the reven organized territories, with a laud oes 1p ite Be rieu!tural and mioeral wealth, pourio. Products in the 40. wrile the total value of our manufacturing ™ Ping interests in 1620 was $52,766,650. tn 1% tipmented © $1,066,606,899; a tonnage eopristed of 142,112 tone, but wich in a sia when end « haif bas resched in )856. to 6 412, orf A tonnage Ourwards and iowardain 1825 of 1h] tove, augmented, tr 1865, 6,179 S61 tons mports of the Unitec States ta 1825 were $24 , eXperte, $00 055,388 The imports of 1855 vere $081.4 8.690, while our exports were Sit6 ' the revenue from ovstoms Mm 1825 wae $21, 100, We RES 865.096,794, Tanob has bern our ad Let aration in matorial weajth and power lo the t+ where Will we sland when the star of our destiny revebeo its zevith? In 1790 our population wax 100 persons. According to the rates of deceaniat rereare we shall, by the close of this centary, ie forty ‘our jenara hence,) have aitained one nove millions in numbers “Contemplate the cur perding cr velopement tu all the gremt luterests of tule ot people, ane then vainly strive tu estimate the valor Coen You wilt be lost tn the grandeur of the cmpation, Amid thie bright galaxy of free and in le 1 glorious fn sire late with & territory Of 46,600 square mntles—a popals. da quarter milijons, consisting of 600 00 th 640 C06 ws = wy rovement rrethes The tom er ree! property is valued at ove tbour: and twenty-five millions. or more gt tb of the value of ail the property of the Ui bing we bave the growth and developement of ® to the unparalleled adv Of this commerciay may justly point ax ovr grea! peeten At the Declaration of Independence population wae 00: the opening of the tp 1860 the censure hile pow it may be estimates ver three quarters of ® million, This rapid advance in population end tay be traced 10 our extending crmercia yeistions abroad, and to our increased vatura) aba artifew! commeneation with that vast region Ising hetwern the Allegheny and Rocky Meuntains. More then two thirds of alt the importativar into the country are rece throvgh thie port, aod one third of ali the ex jortations, Twotbirds of ali the duties are collected tere By & comparron of the aggregate foreign com meree et! the whele country with the commerce of une cy (New Veork, we will that tn 1821 the tmports re were valoed at about $26 000,000, the export: CCOFCO, and the duties at $7 260.600, This was ‘cos to the opening of the Mate canals, in 1825, lake Erie At the same date the im oan vptry in ibe nuaregase were sixty two spd a tions, (he experts jy four and a half millions. mifiiona of dollars. During the . . and periots of ten years rom five years to 1866, the commerce « be cor ptry ane ef his oty compares aa toliows — Import. _ Br Dutieo. To ee Faeain ba laaoar 9RsintTs 97k 9 'Y 7 S0RI09 206,424 651 119,601,851 2,508,203 perees paid here. ape fn entered New York during this period oportion of ebont one fourth of the aggregate wy k yed in the foreign trade of the country. Since hy = i Wert has poured ite vast reseurces op, by the agency of ovr internal improvements; sree what th onsets ve been upon our foreign wring the next ten year JEM to 1840. tempor te te. Duties, Limeetinten #1 BEC O82 1,0R6 RIAL Boe; Say oR 266,070,863. Takers 708 4 3 ie N. York city. 740,772,708 ibe ‘eto of hereaee, aR regards proportions, are simi- to the preceding p except in exports from this which can be accounted for in the to Europe » £41 to 1860, Imports, at Dotion To , United States$1,267 788,782 1,204 476,996 90 81 108.008 h"'York ents 106 008400 “Esq Renae TARSTLAT8 7.305700 be © out the increesing @ poment of the tra aince t Lt ried owing to the me’ ‘ton of rail tne rd fee effeote wy our commeros. T route deferred forthe present Some estimate may ri when we consider that the total importa into (6 ble States, in 1860, were $178,198,818; into New V+ #6007 668 Imports into the 1 “/ 4 ©8020. Tmpports inte New Y: a nt en of the olty of New Vork, in 1896. 1REH, $218,728,708; tm 1845, $244,062.405; in | 94 6,008 278 19; while the total yaluation Of the property |. : i the United States, tm 2860, was $7,066 662.066. In 1855 It way Minin bo attimeiad 60 the enermous sam Of 99,00). 090,000, ‘the: whieh can onty be 6. B constitation which biads us ‘> gether ef ons people, baving common tnterests, and woo must shere & common fate Gen. Walbritge then Book ine seat, amid loud applenss Mr. Sexuxs was ther called upon, and responded e: Selows:— Wx PRemperr anp Gexregemy ov tax Unrrep Uonves- nioxs—We cin, F am sure, congratulations to Aigbt, upon the proceedings which have resulted to uplitmg the @emocrazy of this district upon one nommee for Congress Next m imy yace to the emocess of our candidates for the fad Vice Prestdency, ts the itty in. the next House of the poliey of the de The Prosidé ot can distribu offices asd recommend measures; Dut, un 03s be ts sustamed by the representalives of tie peopie in Congress, he is forced to stand on tae defeustve—be can bave ro affirmatve pregresst re policy ef his own. Upon tbe next administration will devolve the great duty of restoring those fraternal relation betweer tbe States welch baye been so much disturbed bp the events of the isst three yoars. Thi? Guty canpot be diecbarged tna manner to faim the ox pectatione oftho country amd to meet the exigencies of the crigte uniegs the democratic party elect an emphauc wo kibg majority of reliable men t0 the next Hoare o Representauves. This chy, whton has tatarests at stake, both moral aod mat rial, net inferior to those Of amy por tion of our confederacy, ought to aend a tuk delegation of emocrats to that body. ali that we are, we owe to the copstivtion ana the Union; all thai we aspire to de HeDOr Of tbo Preservation of one and the roaintenance of vbe other. ¢ sity of New York i an epitome of the re pubic. Within it» vast population we find evary State of ihe conlederacy represented. Here we havo the prudent New — the chivalrous Southerner, the bold men of the West, and tbe adventurous and enterprising sons of the North. In a metropolis where all interests, al ciastes, all the various elements which make up our wi derful, social and fabric are blended, a public optuion ts geperated which is the true reflex of the rea! entiment of the country, This city is faitbfu! to the Union, the constitation and the democratic varty, because the great heart of tho naion beals th the borom of the city of New York. Geutleman, (be democracy ot the Third Congressionul district aca vuririencs every where, will pot be uomiaufai of the menly ake patriotic copduct-of Gen. Walbridge, at tnws iometure i Our politica! aflairs, 1u retiring {rom the fel Uiteelf saoriticing course bas removed whatever doubs vay © existed as to the success of the democratic candiconte for Coagrers ia this district Up tothe present moment, 8 hough we bave been placed by untoward oir 0D efapoes iD Bn @utagonistica! attitude, the canvass bas been siogulurly free from thoge asperities which pecu arly characte ize the internecine conilicw that some vewiably arise within parties. We now join tiepk and cordial reconciliation And I re oo to ree that white he bas confided «0 me the banner ot he Cemocracy in our district, be bas won an endurin “ece ip the affections of those who regard the success ‘we democratic perty as vital to the repose aud prusperity tthe ropubiic — The democratic party is a generous and grateful party, To those who make persoual gacrifices for 6 succes#, ii ala@ay* cherishes a warm regard—to those «ho coutribute to its fortunes at thie moment, when so ompy patdotlc bearts yearn for its triumph, and when 28 dismaters to the yore. must issue from our de. . that gallant and noble party will yield ita largest ‘ootidence and tte cheicest honors. Bad gentlemen were cheered vociferously at the close Hou E. B. Har thon read an address acd resolutions evforsipg the nemipation of Mr. Sickles, and eulogizine Gen. Walbricge for the course he bad taken io withdraw ing W save the distriot to the democracy. A‘ter addresses from Capt. Rynders, Judge Morton and bers, the Copyentions & ijoursed sine die Mr. Choate at Lowell. NARROW ESCAPK OF THE AUDIENCE FROM DES- TRUCTION. ene of the teks On oa aweLt, Tuesaday it . 26, 1856. The Hen. Rufus Choate arrived in this city at six ‘ciock Uns €vening, to fulflan epgagement long made. to aedrers the cwzert of Middlesex “On the Political lope vow Promtent before the Country.” Ot course be appouncement attracted numbers, not cooly from ali parts of the county, but indeed from distant Slates. The sb1ODe Was Brewi—(be events of the night startling—the yepeastons of fear and bope such as cannot soon be for poten; apd taking sl! tb the experien see wore ruch as one jopg remembers. Hear « brief an. Surried recital. The meeting ¥as convebed in Huntington Hall, ove ree, ged thronged, the doors —— a mutitade, ‘Tbe hail is one hundred twenty b eighty feet at reven o’clook it was filed to repli tion Men ptord packed together in the closest possible man er, abd it Was c#imated that there were over five thou avd persens wihen the wails, The crowd outed amounted to bigh numbers. ‘Ths wes the condition of matters. The mee! cam wo order, was organized; the President Mr. Whipple wa pirocuced, and wwe gracefolly eaylog that he would no: (tain Ur that this eudience was bere to hear saother od while thas agreably around, ux if from cuppon at a distance filled ali ears, and we felt the floor ‘eldipg There was @ general panic aod a movement voward the platform, apd a great dea\ of excitement. Yr Choate was sitting op the rostrum, calm, contem- yayve sod apralentiy indifferent, not that be was up epsewus of the sbock. He inquired of a goutioman sensed near bim in bis characteristic Are we neirg to the earth!’ and being informed that the ¥ ed for oancing porposes, and that tt was the vring floor only tbat given way, he observed, Very well, let us go om, then’ But the crowd was slormed, and it was necersary to may that “there was ww danger,” and to anwounce that “Mr. Joseph A. Raad, * member of the city goverpmeat and an ex; arebiveet, would go below and examine the building.” J entimpated the greeting with tome fear, lest i. should be the signs! for our destruction—but it passed over with wl any Tepewal of the forewarning and the memory of tow Beat shook was faced, by Ye attractive elo. , ‘soon wree opd vobtle reasoning of the orator li thoaght anger, Me Rend’s return, every tii viven piace to the pleasures of the hour: poken fully any Nutew, and bad reached that point of Hie ACO re tRm* ut le 18 10 you of me; what te it to the vert. mnpocent and quiet body of our countrymen, North ind Bouth—whore folly, whose violence, distrust «bore feoraticm for slavery or agrinat slavery, whore ewbition low ay high. is respoorible for the past or pre ertr’—when another diemal sound waa heard; more soning of the floor experienced —there was @ panic again arueh Mr. Chome paused; Mr Bother shouted that here War po Capger '' otber# gave similar aewurances; lotthe men were restive. The ladies alone were com- fumed Mr Whipple attempted to make himself beard, but 1, Mr. Choate came to bis assistance Fie ange + Vemen to be calm and firm, that an in«pection of the 1g— thor ogb and satisiactory—woul! be made, <1) the place wae pot deemed safe, aa orderly adjourn ment would be bad wt onee Mr ¢F stated sbat he would go below and endeavor in the true rtate of things N or retiled at leant fx Inober {more then a thonean’ men cosire to enjoy in foil the “feast of rearon oti th the ladies’ gallery, ana @ movemert ‘oe was reetored, auc for ten minutes geveral Mr. Putier returned, and said:—* Gentlemon— Although wvet confidence in the strength of this Goor, al perevaded thorn te no danger, yet such i the I think we Dad Detter adjourn ‘ampede—retire in order”? re wae dang *r—imminent be dtguired nis feary T expecting 10 leave It alive; and to ity Credit should be given for at great concourse of men aod red, with Mr Rand, that the foo perceprbly. that the poise which wo alarmed FLapping of the trou fact nings and supports at if the ave wns pet sven removed, the floor and rool, end verbaye the swie walls, would soon como down. © diecowered that corwion timbre and jotuts upon which + foor rested bad given way, aod thet the ceiling of the pet beneath war opening aud threatening. Rut the audience ret ed iy occer and without accident Tre genvemen on the platform were of the Inst to leave. Choate, while passing to be door, fo~ the first time med to Indien’ by cxpreesion, « realization of the apeer which environed us The floor actually sunk noer bim (wo or three mches, and he was heard to re ak “lhe & going: bat be retained bis self pomseasion aod walked op. Brookiyn City News. IpentincaTios «rf ve Lapy who L&ArEmp From Tre Perky BoaT.—On Sunday nigot woek last a well dressed jedy, Of med/um size, was seen on one of the South ferry cate by some of the bands, who shortly after misee er, Sod supponed rhe had committed auicide, A bury eof recovered at Thompson's dock, on evening, nd recog nized an tbat of the rame person. [t was con veyed to the dead house, and yesterday three ladies from New York identified her as Evzabeth Howard Tre ACCIDENT IN THR RaiLmoan Towxr!.—Ooroner Red- ing Deld an inquest yesterday upon the body ef the man «bo wae found in the railroad tunnel in Atlantic street on i 3 I i 2 $s 38 ii H = ‘eoe'the wedy:iptng, oe We waok. Seae Brroahes ieh tbat Soevesed campo 00 bm entl vy ving ren over y ® raltrond car, The progpectne of the astern Bengal Pullway has been received @iib marked favor in Calcutts scree in Bega, reek pay (BPONe tee } man-of-war, which would leave Havana as i u PRIOK PW CENTS. News from Havan ARRIVAL OF THY QUAKER OTY AND ISABEL—TIE MEXICAN AND @4N DOMINGO INVAPION PKOJBOTS STILL ON FOOT—ADVIUES FROM MADRID WalTsD ¥Ok—BEALTH OF THE CITY—TBADE KEPORT. ‘The steamabip Quaker City, Captain Saufeldt, from Mobile the 22d, and Havana the 2610 of Uctobver, at 8 4. M—baving remained {n the latter port 26 hours—ar Fived at this port yesterday forenoon. ‘The steamship Isabel, with Hevana and Key West dates to the 25th instant, a ~ived at Charloston yesterday ‘The news trom Havana is aot important. The ramors of war with Blexico ( entorce the recogaition or payment Of Spanish debts, anc the annexation of the Dommicaa re- Pubic, on the other site of Cuba, continue. ‘The consiaut witeotion of ull departments of thegor- ernment was gives io '5¢ preparation of these matters. ‘The arma for St. Domingo were on board # Spanish government at Medri! bas determined what it do in the premiyes, or for absorption. A royal order bas been pitbilshed at Havana, tha United States gold hereafter will only be received for lan. ‘™g permits at euch value ag tue officers may deem’ correct. Mr, Biythe bas net yet assumed’ his ditties at the United States Consulate, ‘The health of Havana is very good, and the peace and good condition of the place perfect. Txe steamship Empire City, Capt. Gray, hence for Now Orleane, arrived on the 24th, and was waiting the arrirai Of the Granada from Aopinwall. The stock ot sugars ov nand is 160,000 boxes, the bust- ‘nets Pot active; prices for the bost qualities fully mata- tained ; low grades declined 34 cent per pound. Exchange cr New York and Norinern cities, 73; to 8 cent dis- count; London, 4} to Sper cet premium; New Orleans, thort eight, 6 per vont discount, ‘The berk Joseph Hall had been discharged, and was to be repaired immediately Additional News from Mexico. THE NSW POSTAL ABRANGEMENT AND THE GULF PORTS—FEAB OF WALKER, BTO., BTO. (Correspondence of toe Now Orieans Delta, } Crey or Maro, Oct. 1, 1866, The interruption of the American mail ccnvey ances frem Vera Cruz apd New Orleans have sus- pended ail correspondence between ‘hs two capttals, save what may be accommodated by the Hnglish and 5 steamers that pees nonthiy from the city of the Trac Cros © Havana Citizens of the United Siaies sojourning or resiaing in the Mexioan republic heve been mach moved ta fact of dependeuce on toreign courtesy ; and they bave been more disturbed bey the reports that tbe contractors for the Vera Cruz mail have been por mitted to abandon their obiizacions on the plea of inace quate compensation, und with the suspected design of defeating 6 postal arrangement. with some commercia privilepos, which bas beeu 1p prograss of negotiation bore for mavy months. The antagoni#m to this postal arrange inates in the tact that it returns to the commer chel Cperrur of the Valiey of the Mississippi ber inheri tance im the irecdom and frequency of commercial and posta! intercourse with the Mexican ports of the Gulf; and recognizes (if Casifornia chooses tos vail) a similar ad vaniage op the Pacific to her. Walk great bugvear to Mexico, and @ recent in ment, and the poilcy ot Mex ico tm recoguieing it in w treaty of alliance, occasioned much excitement tp the opposition church papers la deed, we have bad quite ap iniore@ipe passage at arms between the Extraordinary and the Omnibus on the ex citing topic of Walkeram THE CONVENT OF FRANCISCANS IN MEXICO A¥D ITS MYSTKKIES. [From the New Griewns Deita, Oct. 22) A correspondent at Mexico favors us with the follow ing curious tevelation of munastic life in the coavent of Franciscans in that city. The recital seems to belong rather to the fourteen century than to the pigeteentb:— Mexico Oct. 6, 1856 ‘The auppreseion of the Couvent of Frauctscans tn tals capital bas been criticixed only by those whe see noth ood tm the acts of the prevent governmeat, although 4 Just os they are. This measure has been pre- wepted by them in such fiiusive colors, with une objent of ra @ party ; but thatthe people should be undecetve, it is necessary to spesk, ano that fearleesly, that decency, morality, and the jast sup port that every citizen esbonld give to the goverement Comanded the supprersiun of the Convert of ihe Fraacis cape. apd thet 60 much tniguity, so much mi whould be put @ atop to; that the By pocrives abould be di cover od, God per mitted to be brought to light on the night of the 14h of September that infernal plot which woulu bave caused such calawitiee that we shudder to thick or t The Convent of the Franctrcans ia Mexico was pot ouly the focus of revol tion, but # cloak for the most fitny snd repugnant viet, aud it Reems incredible that men could hve to sveb & manuer, avd ipat they bad euch hard bearts ax to oblige the povices (0 pars their time in sol. tude, living ip thore Ditny reome, where they oatsled al! thelr peceseities. Whoever visi the convent, be may enter these rooms with repngnance, as we oid, will be cenvinced of the truth of what we stato, and be frightenes at ibe right of the disorder and abandon: ment which be will see in every part. The picture which we prescnt to our readers ie of the most dix; evsting nature. We found the library (containing more than 20.C00 volumes) in complete disorder, the books jnmbled together. the Utler of which with difficulty could be rend, acd cavered with a thick cloak of dust the to ride of them ferving a8 & habitation for insects, ‘be leaves: stuck together, stained and dirty, This alone was #atf clert for strong charges myawwet the possesrora of the Convent, Who, it appears, dedieated thetr leisure time to pleasure ore sgreeabe than study. True it is, im these books they would dnd truths «hich woald not have given to them very agreeab'e momenta, and examples of virtue and precepis of morality in direct opposition Ww their conduct, ‘The horribje emell * bioh came from the roome of the navices, which we eircady mentioned, was almost \wsupportadie, There unbappy beings one oa the t bel to leave the small colle which infying In them whatever pecemwily na. ven the cell of the friar who wawhed Jo it wae we ress which with ciflioulty we recognized as such, of olor, covered with ith. In fact, everything as repugnant. In the centre of the chapel of the same novices was found @ subterreseous passege which bad former. ly contained some mummirs, which diwppeared Curing the time of the invasion of the Americans. in place of the mummice were found coffiaa of dif. ferent sizes containing dead borties, ana jadging from the appearance of tbe weod they bat pot been placed there jong; alee wyrbin the wood work of the altar mail cof Ops, with the dead bodies of children, were found, What is the meepirg of thie Cheovery’ Were the friars au thorized to bury? At what hour were these ceremouies terformec? We are Gilet with surprise, anv unforta- pately We cannct aDewer eattxlactority to Ourselves these questions. ‘We fowod the bole convent in complete disorder, in the cells we breathed the same Githy atmosphere as in Ue places we above stnted, and it Is Decessary to devote more tim than we did yestercay in the Convent of the Franciecan®, to give a jaxt idem ot the lamentadie state n whieh we found it, aod which proves that the whieh inbabited |: co pot merit the least copsideration whe pereiit as pubic. the convent, in «bic the friars oagyt to five in se. clus on there were very few who passed their nights cbere Where did the ministers of God and pesce pass ats 3 ho complies with his sacred obliga Ae 6 good priest: who com: wit toe, 8 Worthy of and Fhonld receive all possible respect ereretion, ‘ould he whe deviates from the path wrioh onr rehelon haw mi d out, merit disgrace, and “bould be looked apon as pern'cious to the community. INTERESTING FROM FLOKIDA—A Florida corres- pondent of the Pbiiadelpbia Ledger mentions as a rumor that @ treaty if now on foot between the United Stater aud the ¥ orice Incians, watch i net ree Report bas it that the government har ep 9 ver: vane of rom” of the Sominores who have emigrated weet of the Misrireipyt, anc that All ie Dow as io conference with Co) bonror rame writer _ ti also state! that the government # to take the tock, &e., of the Seminoles’at a fnir vi and pay them the sem of $700,000. They also agree to quarantes to Billy Fowlege the cbieftatnehip of tribe, « it they bave te give bim « diferent weet Misaienipot bas always been the sore Inlly, a8 that portion of the tri 7 re HE have chosen Micanopy for thetr chief. after the in said to about 28 Buly, the leading man in the Brovenas’s Bowery. —The exeitir g play of the Stranger’ isto be the first piece to. Dancing follows, and whole closes with that everiasting and excrutiating favorite, " Po-ea-hon-tas. " Benson's New Theater —No better evidence of the se coms of the new play of "eit \e reauired than the fact that bs > Mr. Kurton atill continves itas the ments, “denny Lind” also to-night. War sonst ey an bey my , A4 ' ort of Sit Fdward Mortimer, “4 The ’Fire Kater” follows. Go enrly—neatly every sent will be taken, Jobnaten’ Moscow.’ and Mr ; the “Masencre of Glencoe.” ds daoascaid : . Tom Thumb continues the chief object Meee ea ihe countieen curioalies. “Romance Talo be performed in the Vaninrirs.—Parenta who desire to afford GRIASTTSGRTT I ceceem, atts at, ate {hem to see the “Flying Dutchman’ snd the “Good for hething.”” A Woon's Mivereeie and Pocetry’s epee ane es perio programmes of eongs, dances. Ac, for vr adremetic line, the former play “Welle,” and the Trovatore. —————— Estates of Intestate Forctgners—Datter of Foreign Comvals, Posue apm "3 Orr, Bon. Caras Cramas — Suk--I perceive from the newspagery published in thie city, that you bi Gelivered ap opis id op the subject ef the relation of foreign Consuls to their deceased country. men. At Tem cally brougbt in contact with foregn Con- buls ip cases of thie nature, if it would wet bé trespassing’ too far apen your courtesy I would peg of yOu to farnis with @ copy a your opinion st your convenience 1 ir, JOurs wiih res PETEX B, SWEENY, vublic Adusinistrator. Artonimy GuNeKs0's Orvion, Oct. 2, 1956. Sm—1 dey recetved your Jester o} te Lith hast.) re Questing @ copy 0: wn opinion readered by me onthe 12h WL, af the requeet of the Secretary of State, oo the'sae Jct of the relation of foreign Cont ats to the watetés of de ceased countr} men; and, with coseurrence of tte Séeré- tar) of State, J fave the bonor to enclose herewith the cesired copy. I am, respectfully, C. CUSHING. Patex B. Swany, Beq , Public Administrator, it ¥ ‘THS OPINION. ATTORNEY Ghemmal's Orviow, Sept. 12, 1858, Sm—I have the honor to recwond hereeii ste | guiriee of the Eevoy of the Emperor of Brazitt’ Me Cavalcanti d? Alouquerqve. regarding the settlement ed she eatates Of pervens, rubjects of other goveruments, who may diein the United maves leaving property tere. ft 8 necessary to) remark, in the first place, that, with e2reptions Dot material to be mentioned here, becacan of ter hule copsery so the tuterests of foreigners with seeh immeateriat exceptions. the regulation of sucore- "sions ip the United’ Mtater, whether testa or mlettate, De lomge vo the locs!:jurudiotion of the individual state, Ta the second piace, ti the property of the decedent be rea) eotate—the immeradle prop: rty of the civil Inwa then ite disposition @epends aitogether on the laws of the place. Uuiees there be treaty stipulations © the contrary, or the euccession _consiat- | entale “eeobostvely, the focal aumthoritie are petent to determine’ questious of inberitaace no suseertton, Aste moveablex—persoval effi sts—tben also, untane We contrary be stivulated by treaty, the administrahes: ofthe emtate of a foreiga decedeat is primeriy a qass on of the Ieoal jurisatetion, apd bis Coueui cao inter: 1 Fene only 50 far as the local iaw may periait, though the ibutiod of the estave will not of necessity be go dy the local law The course of proceeding with re ation to the rights of third parties beirs or creditors, may be illustrated by exnmmple 0| the lawr o! the State of New York It apy peyson die intentate in tue State of New York, leaving eflerta to be adurmivtered, the aimimateation to the widow or th. next of a't, lo w ereéitor; provided that the Admipistvater munt be @ person sui juris iu slaw, aud either a citizen of the Taited States, oF. if not, then & resicet of the State. If m0 perton so cot tled appear te seominister, then administration will go to some priate pubiie officer of tbe State. If the uext of kia be & eee, ma Beardiao May be appoluted admiuisirator te nis steed. If the party die testate leaving effects im the State, let \ers testamentary may be gratted w the esmentery executor, if be be competent to act—tnst is, if he be eut Juris, and wpless he be an alien not resident im the Sate In either contingency, the distribution of the property in case Of tmteswoy, and ita estamenwry dostinalion im cere of testacy, will be govern d by the law of the de cencent’s proper domici!, wb eome exceptions, perbapa, when the competing claims of domestic and joreign are Gitore ailect the property Such is, th supstance, the legisistion of the State New York in these respecte. There ix difference of @e tail Ip bome Of the States, Dut their leg: iation ws all refer able the same genera! principles of jucieprucence In ell theee cases the Consul of the decesents’ coun try bas no jurisdiction’ be may intervene by way of nc viee OF ip kense Of surveiliance, Dut not otherwise as Consul, and of right. ‘Thus if the decendent, deing ® foreigner, leave in the State ® minor betr, tue Consu) of bia country may inter- vepe to see that he bave a proper guardian ts secure hie ivterest in the succession. Or, if tae cecedent leave o ‘Will intended to 07 in county it is the right of the Consul, and bis duty if the circumstances require it, thatis, in the absence of adult oeira on the epoi; te ve to the safe kes ping of the will, and its transmission to the partier intitled Suncry legisiative acts of the United States proceed ew she aeeumption that American Consuls io coms. tries will collect and remit the assets of deceased Amert- cans, Their anthority to do thix will depend, of on the Inw of the foreign country i permitted by teed law, Qnd co far as permitted the Consul may do ft, bet not otherwive por further, uniess allowed by treaty. and Fo it te with rer pect to furegn Consuls in the Staves of the Union Itseema very clear that if a arigee—an If there be debts dn to the entate of she de cede Dt, oF eon theting ¢laime upon t— here can ee UrmeBt of the eetae by the Conan; itoan be admis tered eply by due Dtqent of the local 5 But if there be no ut'yious matt r iovoived—a travetier or onber transl ut persea dying with personal effects im bap¢—the Consul piay wel! tase possession of the same for tranemiaeion to ube decedent's coantry The troe relations of the question are suificieatly @ jostrated by the tenor of n old article of treaty between Frgiand apd Spain, repeated by the treaty ef Utreokt, wocor dy, ich it te stipulaved that the respeotive soreiga Copeuls may laventory the efivote of @ deceamed country map. and remit them, without intervention of ony local ibupal (See Millitz, Des Consults a l'Earem. Leh, partie tp 408, 414, 425.) The difficulty ot complying with thin stipaladon tm Spein soop became apparent in coprequence of whieb we Dave the law of Nowember 0 1724, providing ‘he loeat authority shall maxe duplicate taventory, amd shall hear apd adjudge ali contested matters. (Novisieas Recoptiacion, lib wi lit 18, 14) The rame difficulty must, of course, have existed ie England ‘onruls, in one country or the other, raived the from time to time, ontii, in the years 1839 and 1 DOergODE BiMos: rimultancons di cussion in Madrid 'p London, through the claim of « Britisb Conrul tn Spate ‘0 exercise jurtedicuos tp the matter, which the Soapish government: refused, and the cam of a Spanieh Copee! in England, which the Britieh government re oped, it was at leng'h settind, «© the effect that, notwith- wndirg the py consular right ou both sides munet be limited to tbe invertory of the “Moots fuand te ihe dwelling of the deceased, pubject always to the im tervention ofthe local authorities in case of any coutested right on the part of third persons. (Requeime Deseoke ‘oterracional tem 1, p. 442) Ana the general rule, undoobtedty, in all the coantries of Christendom, i that the local sathority bas power te tke the inveptory if it will, the functions of the Consul being then beonded to toe right of assisting in be half ofthe legal representatives of dronaned _ Traité do Couruiat, tom, 1. p. 21 note 52) Such, and such on! of trenly intervene 10 change autberity of foreign Consuls as to qnesions of successes jn the several States of the Union as well as in - (De Carey ot De Vallot. Guite den Consulats, p 686. In the Federal Courts of Admiralty, wnen a/tjudicating caser of prize of other questions of maritime and interna | right, forengn Coneuls are udmitied w appear io be half of the interests of thetr countrymen, absent or pre went ; but evemthere, what they do in ip the natare of ur. reliance rather then jurisdiction . for tbey are not deemed “ompereat to recelve the proceeds of property libolled tm ve abmence of specific powers emanating ‘rom competent rate in bis o 1y act by procuration. of the country to which the Consul’s feculty of surveiiiance reaches im matters of my Pprimarity on tbe inatruchons i observations cover all the points of im. ai Sinvetw an —T.. I bave ', © cusmxa, Hon, Wa. L. Mancy, Secretary of Sate, Anniversary of the Schoo! of the Reformed Dutch Chureh, ‘The two hundred and twenty-third anoiversary of the Reformed Dutch Church took piece last night, in the Com- tral Reformed [utch churen, in Ninth street, near Broad. way. The buliding was crowded dy ladies aad gontio men, The school numbers about one han ‘red and any ae Kirebeta, Ff. Arkills, Andrew KE Mabie, it atest ny Important to Phose Who Send Ricetian Re-. terns. Firth —Send the wholo number of votes cast for the cloctors of exch Presideatial candidate —majoritios are met, rufdelent. Second.—Sead the majorities only for State officers. ‘Third.—Bend the names and politics of the mem’ Lion dltricts, send af pee » careful eetimate of thet Kaltors throughout the Ollcetion of the returner week by pubhehing the Tuesday,