The New York Herald Newspaper, November 13, 1857, Page 8

@anpot, with propriety at ail, be compared with the severe and Fevulsion of 1867. Bat the panic was a fixed fact. It became chronic— ‘here was no reasoning with it, there was no ‘walid reason for it—it existed nevertheless, an ‘up and calculate the results, W the question were asked, and an answer to be given what has been mainly the cause of the would reply:—The expansion of yunting on call upon deposits. In thie manner our banks have been filled with the Bosting debts of Western and Eastern railw: ‘curse of all companies.) and which would never have created or allowed had for such loans existed. This system of floating debts fas broken down most of our best railway companies, aad the immense amount of this class of securities always ‘upon the market, and always talmn up by fueb Limes, attracted the attention of the well drilled and party of stock speculators for a fall during the paet summer, and gave rise to the furious studied and successful onslaught, made day by day, for weeks and mouths, upon the character and credit of almost every ralway company in the country. Thoso attacks of the street were stimulated by a portion of the daily preas having knowledge of the exist 1K and malversation ; the spark was thrown off that was to ‘and render combustion certain; the nervous and became alarmed; the facts alleged against corpora- tions and individuals led to the conclusion honesty and integrity had left the world, dence in men and things seemed as things ‘This brings us down to the latter part of The failure of the Obio Life and Trust facts. Charges offloe were uni been characterized dy the most suicidal imbecility and. infatuation. Id acem that common sense had actually taken its flight from the world. Admitted—there has been shocking, wretched management in railways, trust companies &c. could have stood the utter annibilation of a score of these and still have remained intact, sound and healthy. Dave not a railway line in the United States for the whole cost of which (stealings ineladed) the owners of lands fo° tea miles cach side of the lime could not well affor® wo be the ralis should be removed and The railways are the very back- ‘one of the whole country, and the idea that every now and then takes possession of the vacillating gentlemen who @it around a ciscount table in a bank parlor, that | ket. ‘they are worthless and a nuisance, i very erroneous we see now, rich io material faxed rather than the track ploughed over. badly based, and, effect. The country wealth beyond all dent. The great mass of the debts doe from the country to the city are good, and collectable just as soon as the ‘crops can be moved forward. eurred in September, as it did, the months of September, October and November would have witnessed the trans- for of the crops from producers hands to the city, the debts due to the city would have been paid, and vuision could not have occurred at all, in the very mature of things. There was no necessit im August and September at all; there was uo demand for gpecie which the banks could ot readily and without damage meet, and the export of our crops of corn and cotton would have supplied an abundence of exchange on A reduction of diseounts of one million per week would never have been felt: «reduction of thirty mil- tions in six weeks has upset the whole financial basis of the country, and will cost, in depreciation of our main staples, at least one hundred millions of dollars. So much for % most unwarrantable and groundless panic. What are the present results upon the internal and ex- ternal trade and commerce of the country? What will be These are vitally important questions. any satisfactory solution be given ? Substantially, the whole business community are ina ‘The few who meet promptly their obligations do it at great loss, and the majority bave quietly suspended or asked extensions. The debts cannot be liquidated until the crops are sold. pe banks cannot, with any safety to their stockholders or regard for the public interests, resume specie payments ‘antil the actual liquidation of debts fairly commences. Whe: will this take place? Not until after the opening of navi- Western and Northwest winter, will be taxed to If the panic had not oo- for a bank curtailment dead-lock for the moment. gation in the & ern debts. The railways, thi their utmost capacity, but the crops ex 1not all be moved from long distances by railways; aud the probable prices of the cereals for the season will not warrant remunera Live rates for the railroads. The cotton of the South (the great balance wheel of finance) wil and the crop of cotton of 1857 would iteeif bring the country sut of trouble, so far as foreign exchauges are concerned, acd would bave done so any time the last two months. ‘By ataithful investigation and application at the local cemtres of trade throughout the country, it will be found that the farmers, or producers, have the wherewith to pay the country merchants; consequently the country | } merchant can pay the city merchent, and the city mer- | ¢ chant can pay the bank, the importer and commission merchant and otbers; and thus only can the debt be liqui- dated. This is as simple as ABC. ‘Vanity of some banks lo resume specie payments at once; @ere is po want of specie, and there bas not been any want or any undue demand, excepting a want and de- mand caused by the banks themseives; but until liquida- don of debts is fairly commenced, based upon actual re- ceipts, redemption is idle and will be unavailing. e results of our Charivari upon Europe are yet to be fally seen and appreciated. Our troubles come upon them std moet mopportune moment. ‘enough of their own. France, with its credit mobtiier and ex- ionded and speculative disposition of the past year or two, and England, with two wars on hand (India and China), prepared for a complete stoppage of American remmttances and a withdrawal of coi, for cotton and corn, Tt is a great mistake to eup- that we in America can afford to be isolated. We cannot; and a free interchange of products and exchange @t about 109, which is nearly par, is the eafest and eound- tut state of trade that could be desired. The worst has been fairl, to fear for the future. bring aronnd sooner, It may gratify the They have local trouble ‘Both artual neceasities. passed, and we have nothing The next nine months will liqui date three-fourths of the amount of debt due from coun- to city, and from city to banks and to Europe. ie country will emerge from this habbub richer and Doubtless there will be much indivstual ing—doubtless many wrecked estates, but with and reasonable amount of leniency thowa between debt- ore and creditors, and with houest and vigorous efforts to | ,, pay debts, next summer will see all danger pasted. wheels of trade and commerce will move again as of old, and by and by we shall all wonder at the womanly and unnecessary {right which charscteriged tho closing por MERCATOR. 'The Police Commission. eB. Penin's LETTEROF ACCEPTANCE TO THE BOARD LICE COMMISS! OF POLICE COMN Tw Yoax, Nov. 11, 1867. To Tir Hosonarte THE Boanp oF Powics Commissionsrs'— GxwTuGEN—I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Semmunication of the 7th inst., informing me pointment to fill the vacancy in your Board of Mr. Draper. I accept the appoit Delief that the full organization of the will remove all impediments to the immediate Milne of 4 measure go urgently demanded With great, respect PP dy the | tween Tenth and Fleventh avenues; the; tment ia the | and kuocked me against my husband; te one Board thus ef the ranks of the pe Police Intelligence. ALLEGED THEFT OF A HOKSE AND WAGOK. George Hanford was taken into custody yesterday, on charge of stealing a horse and w property of Mr The accused, it is alleged ma, valued at $250, the . of Staten Island drove off the team while Mr. Van Name was transacting gome business at a store in 's movement was noticed by a citizen, who followed him as far as the corner of Chambers and Centre streets, where be was placed in the the Ninth ward police Connolly, at the ed to excuse him oree and wagon Greenwich street custody of offi accused was brought before Justice Lower Police Court, where be end seit by raying that he only drov for a lark, and was just about turning back when he was arrested by the officer upon the matter as @ serious ope, and ac Hanford w the Tom bs ov char, CHANGE OF Rare. Jobn Hickin, proprietor of a grocery store situated at the corner of Forty seventh street and Eleventh a was taken into custody yesterday by officer Leighton, of the Jefferson Market Police Court, on a charge of having forcibly violated the person of German girl named Ver mylia Eckle, a resident of No, 322 West Twenty-third The accused, it ie alleged, drag aut into bis store a above, and there raviebe: her then detained her ip the store for two or three finally turned her out into the treet ickin to bail {n the sum of ove thousand dollars w | The prisoner deniex the charge made against | nd saye that it is @ conspiracy to get money from | bun on the part of the girl. ALLEGED ATTEMPT AT Mathew McManus was taken into custody by Stephens of the Twentieth ward Police, ov charge of at- eompt at highway robbery, preferred against him by Wm Young, of No. 216 West Twenty tourth street Pininant alleges that ax he was pacsing through West Thirty-fifth etreet, on his way home, yesterday morning, | Rodgers had a soner and another man, who mo from bis bands y from the fellows by Coming up with officer Stopuens be in formed the latter of the occurrence, when the robbers based and one of them was arrested. of the prisoner is well ki will not be likely to make 4 of the city for some time trial im default of $1,000 bail CAPTURE OF A Thomas Holmes was taken into custody by Offoer Tack ‘wood, of the Sixteenth ward Police, on burglariously entered the store of William Owen, at No. UA Ninth avenue, with intent to steal. The accused hi fan accomplice in the burglary who managed to eifect bis Justice Flandreau committed the prisoner for trial iw default of $600 bail. ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO KILL. Samuel Lascher, a German shoemaker, was brought | before Justice Brennan, at the Easex Market Police Court, eof having stabbed Philip Soeider, @ tailor, to take bis life. The prisoner and complainant, me house, had a quarrel, when the former picked up a knife and attempted to take the life of the latter by etabtnng bim about the head and body omitted for examination ip default of bail. SPRING THR RLEPHANT. Julia Ryerson, a nymph du pare, was taken into custo ay by officer Webb, of the Lower Police Court, charged named Andrew Rowe, of « wever, looked ordingly commit « grand larceny. The magietrate. eed the compla® JONWAY nOPRERY. he was attacked by the athempted wo wrest an complainant managed the poles, and ‘ance ja the upper McManus wae committed harge of having occupants of the with robbing @ countryman prisoner to enter @ Howard street ! know NEW YORK HERALD, Trial of James Rodgers for the Alleged Homi- cide of John Swanston. COUMF OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Before Judge Russell. Nov. 12.—At the opepipg of the court this morning & respectable looking youth was tried on a charge of bur- Blary inthe third degree. It was alleged that he, in company with a number of persons, broke into the pra ‘Vision store of Conolly & Kirk, 233 Front street, on the Bist of October, The prosecution failing to identify a tub of lard which was found in possession of the accused, the jury convicted him of petit larceny, Be was remanded till Suturday for sentence, Shortly before one o'clock the District Attorney said he was ready to proceed in the case of James Rodgers, cbarged with the murder of John Swanston, in Tenth avenue, on Saturday night, the 17th of October, The ao cused, who is a youth about 18 y of age, was placed at the bar, and the process of cmpanaeling ® Jury was commenced. Rodgers looked much better than he did when arraigned, although his appearance is not very prepossessing. He will be defended by Messrs. Andrews and Kellog. A number of jurors, who had either formed or expressed an opinion upon the guilt or innocence of the prisoner from the accounts published in the newspapers, were set aside, and the following gentlemen were selected to try the indictment:— Robert H. Drake, hatter, 9 Bowery. Hevry Aught, sash and blind maker, 152 West 35th st. ‘Wm. T. Pinkvey, Jr., cutlery, 46 Beckman street. Joseph C. Lewis, boot and sI maker, 106 Third ave. Henry Ogden, Jr., merchant, 10 West 11th street. Robert J. Brown, Jr., gentleman, 200 Fourth etrect. ‘Wm. B. Mann, druggist, 298 Broadway. Abraham J. Hardenburgh, builder, 10 East 18th street, Hiram Wisner, ship Joiner, 626 Fourth street. Henry &. Van Winkle, hardware, 79 Barclay street. Amasa Spring, commission wet , Washington mar- ‘Wm. C. Barnes, iron ware manufacturer, 173 Suffolk st. ‘The District Attorney, in opening the case, observed that the case which the jury were empanelled to pass upon required no rhetoric, but simply a plain statement of the facta, which the prosecution expected to prove. Mr. Swanston and his wife, on the night of the murder, were walking along the highway, perhaps planning their happy future, when in an instant almost the wing of the angel of death stretched over them. A casual encounter, bard words, a drawn knife, a blow, a death! That, said Mr. Hall, is the history of this case. John Swanston, who was the victim, was @ very industrious gentleman, he having been engaged in a factory. On Saturday evening, wbout half-past ten, he was in Twenty-first street, with his wife, going from the Ninth to the Tenth avenue, upon the upper side of the way; he turned @ corner, and en- countered three boys, among whom was the prisoner, Some one of the three jostled against Mrs. Swanston, and another asked Mr, Swanston, who was conversing with his wife, “What are you talking about?’ Mr. Swanston turued as if to say some- thing to the boy, when he made a spring at bim (Swan ston), while the other two boys, who were esses, strove to restrain him; but be broke from them, intent upon the purpose of his mischief. He bad a knife in his hand; he struck Mr. Swanston, and then ran up Tenth avenue, towards Twenty-secoud street, changing his course. Mr. Swanston, with the instinct of self-preserva- tion, suddenly assailed, cried out ‘‘murder,” ran a fe steps, and fell dead. The boy was not heard of for seve- ral days, but was subsequently arrested in New Jersey and brought back to this city in the custody of an officer, and to-day he was put upon his trial for the murder of a human being. This state of facts did not call for any il- lustration or argument. There could be no question but the prisoner was the boy who inflicted the blow, and also that the murdered man died in consequence of the wound inflicted by the accused. The only question that would doping the trial was one of those legal pointe which in all cases of bomeade arqse on a given state of facts. The District Atterney’s ofening address was listened to marked atiexton by the crowded audience, who had & the pr of the trial of Rodgers, wo have tw expiate bis crime by ap den Hasse! was the first witness called and examined D ey. He said—l ama physician ip c 3 71 West Thirty seventh street, corner of Sixth avenue. 1 was called upon to make @ post mortem examination of the body of Jobn Swanston; it was on a Sunday; I can’t recollect the date; I found an incised pe- netrating wound upon the body; it was upon the junction of the fifth rib with the breast bone; the direction of the wound Was upwards, so as (o get behind the centre of the breast bone; it was about three inches in depth; I should fay a sharp instrument with @ narrow blade of about three, four or five inches was used to give the stab; at least three inches entered the body; the width of the in- strument was five-eighths of an inch; the wound which T bave coseribed caused the death of the deceased; the artery of the heart was penetrated. Q. That wound ia your opinion was the cause of the death of the deceased? ‘A. Uncoubtedly. Cross-examined by Mr. Andrews—The wound was three inches in depth, there were no other wounds upon the body; I should Judge the deceased was an ordinaggy sized mat; I bad vever seen him before; the wound wae in- wards, upwards and backwards, inclining to the left hide; {tis very probable that the person who inflicted the blow stood at the right side of the deceased, supposing that the blow. was given by the right hand; the was made by a sharp instrument; the appearance of the wound indicated that it was made by an ordinary blade of a dirk, | made the post mortem @xamination eighteen hours after the homicide; I made the examination at the house of the de- cvaved, at the request of Coroner Hills. ‘Margaret Swanston, the widow of the deceased, was the ext witness. She was clad in deep mourning, and her | appearance on the stand excited considerable ey fe deposed thus:—My husband's name was John Swan- stop: ] was out with bim on Saturday, 17th October, mar- ketiny ing down Twenty-first street from the Ninth avenue, towards Tenth avenve, we met the young men; we were on the left hand side; I was leaning against him; IT had @ basket and be carried a lantern; we heard some voices before we came to Tenth avenue, as if persons were quarelling, when we first heard them’ we were not far from the corner; as we turned the corner, | was next the young men, and my husband was towards the curb; the men Were about crossing the street when we met them; | we were on our way home to Twenty seventh street, be- spouisgred wi me subse: quently et. uck ind Blow asked me What we were talking #DOUL whéh my busband Asked, “What is that to your” ‘ond bf the otlier young men said to the persoo who struck the blow, “They are not talking to you,” they turned and came back, when the ope that struck the blow was caught hold of by the others, he sprang up from them, struck the iow and ran straight across; my husband was in the street when the person struck the blow; be made a ges- ture with his hand and then ram; after my busband got the biow he ran after him to the lamp post and said, “0, Tam murdered,” I bad never seen any of those men be fore; the lantern was at bis side when he fell Crows cxamined—The boys were very much excited when they passed me and tiny husband; he did not say that the boy who knocked against me was a rowdy, the boys might have gone ten steps before they returned; the three young men met us face to face, one of whom sprang towards my husband, but was held back by the other two, when be released himself, struck the blow and ran up the street; the evening of the occurrence wae rather dark; 1 could not rece the faces of any of the young men £0 ae to identify them afterwards. Re-direct—The person who struck the blow had on a dirty drab coat; 1 think 1 said at the inquest that he wore dark clothes, and wish tw correct that statem the other two young men bad dark clothes; I was eo much ex. cited then that I did not state the facts correctly, but I made the remark to persons in my house on the night of the murder that the person who struck the blow wore a Grab coat Robert Rae examined by the District Attorney, said he lived in Tenth avenue, two doors from Twenty first street Theard a cry of murder on the night in question when wae undressing; 1 rawed up the window and saw two young men ou the lower side of Twenty-firet etre ning wowarde Tenth avenue; the single man from the others; he was the largest of the three, and I saw bim first; be had a drab 1 on and one of the reet had a glazed cap; the deceased allen before 1 «aw him; immediately after I beard the cry of murder I put on my coat, wentacross the street and found that be was dead; it was about five minutes after 1 heard the cry that I arrived at the sidewalk where the de cessed was lying; I lost sight of the men when they got to be lamp post, but think the last one ran ap Twenty-first street. ‘The cross examination of this witness did not alter hie direct testimony Daniel Cunningham deposed as follows —In October T Tenth aveuue, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth know Rodgers, the prisoner, bad been acquainted ¢ the murder; on Satur ay ight | saw Rodgers in company with Mobiveny, in Seventeenth street, going towards the Eighth avenue drab colored coat on and a blabk cap, Rody ore js the tallest of us three; Isaw him first about eight o'clock, he asked me wo go and havea drink; we went down Seventeenth street and got a giass of beer, after whieh went up the Eighth avenue as far as Twenty tret street, we stopped there a while and then went to Twen ty fourth «treet, down Ninth avenue, we got another glace of beer in Twenty Gith street, at a man’s place whom we knew, the other boy wanted to go down to Twenty sixth rtreet, but Rodgers would not go, we turned back ‘and came to Twenty second street, met'a boy, and Rodg ere asked bim for a piece of an apple; the boy fired the apple at Rodgers; he turned back and ran after bim; this was at the corner of Twenty second street; we then crogeed and came down the Tenth avenue ax far as Twen: ty firet street, we were towards the Ninth avenue, on the East river wide; we were walking along; Rodgers was druvk, T believe, and we were trying bim hgme; « man and Ag were coming along, and Rodgers up against the woman; the man turned and made some remark, and | believe MeGiveny told the man to never mind Rodgers, for we was drunk; then I believe the mao made to bit him, after which they got intoa kind of a fight and we got Rodgers cing too strong for ue ae well as be could, Teaw him «trike blows: this the middie of the street, when the man hailooed der,” Meuiveny said Rodgers must have struck bim, I never raw a basket there; Ieaw Rodgers leave the man and immediately after the man hallooed “murder,” he rav after him, Idid not see aknife with Rodgers’ that hight, he ran up town and I saw nothing more of him that night, Rodgers must have drank some before I saw him that evening; I did not eee Rodgers again till I saw bim in the Tombs, | am sixteen years old Cros-examined—I was arrested the Tuesday morning after, the policeman told me if I testified about this mat ter | would not te punished, he said | would have to tell zg, the truth about it, I went home and staid there, I did not that the man was killed antil Sanday morning; J went out a# usual; T did pot ray to any one “we Jed that man ip a f the fight between str, Swanston end Rodgers lasted a minute; Swans- ton struck the first Sad when Hodgere staggered against the woman McGiveny said to Mr. Swanston, Rodgers “jaw;? man and woman told the other boys to let them I did not have a dirk knife @ saloon for some time and also in a cracker bakery; Rod, ‘was so drunk that he could hardly welk; when the blow was struck Rodgers turned and ran the Tenth avenue, while McGiveny and I went down home. Clark 8. Dupning testified as follows—I reside at 169 Tenth avenue, on the North river side, second door from the corner of Twenty-first street; it fs the same house as Mr. Rae boards in; I beard the ery of “murder” when ia the front rocm; my attention was attracted by the cry, apd 1 suw @ map and woman and three boys; ether the man or the woman had a basket, and the man bad a !an- tern, which was not lighted; I the boys pass on the east side of Tenth avenue; one of to bea litte larger than the other; he had a dirty drab }, dark and a red shirt; they appeared to be together; I think they were eight from the map ‘and woman; they were coming from south side of ‘Twenty first street, turning into no other parties in the street at the time but these young men and the man and the large one the man, althovgh I heard no noise; the emailer boys said, ‘Don’t meddle with th has done nothing;’”’ the two 3 in dark clot penned down the avenue ani I lost sight of them at the park; the taller boy was a few steps behind them; I saw the fall; be fell almost immediately after! beard the ory; he might have gone twenty-five feet from the lamp; I could not discover from the acts of any of the boys that they were intoxicated. Cross-examined—I think I could idontify the tallest of the boys, as I saw the side of his face. David Scott, a youth, testified that he heard the cry of “murder” the night Mr. Swanston was killed; saw boys about there ten minutes before he heard the ery; the largest one had on a drab coat, dark pants, a Dluk cap anc ared shirt; saw him put Biv band in his pooket try- ing to get something out, and sew e>out ap inch of aban- dle of a kniie; this was seven or eigit minutes before he «ry of murder; Rodgers took his Land out of his pocket and ran after the witness, whom he asked for an apple. Cross-exi) se¢—When T saw Rodgers 1 was on the corner of T second street and Tenth avepue; 1 was talking to a ‘van who kept a grocery store there; he asked me for an apple, which I refuced to give him;’ he stood there and dared me to come out; the other boys dragged him away, but he came back again; I was in the store door and he came up to me; the knife had a gray colored handle; he did not open it, and Idid not see the blade; Rodgers talked as if he Was @ litle intoxicated; I had never seen him before. It now being an hour after the usual time of adjourr ment, the further hearing of the case was adjourned to-morrow (Friday) morning. The District Attorney no- titled the counsel for the defence that the case for the prosecution would cloge at noon to-morrow. Affairs Washi i [Correspondence of Forney's Press.] ecale - ae a is Prospective Hard Money Message Ir, Buchanan—Ri, ‘State Banks to Virculate Notes—Bankrupt Law for the Banks, die., dc. It is rumored that Mr. Buchanan, in his first annual message to Congress, will take bold ground on the cur- rency question: that he will re-afirm the principles laid down 80 clearly in his celebrated speech on the Inde- pencent Treasury dill. He believes that it was the inten- tion of the framers of the constitution to estabiish a hard money currency, and that the action of Congress since has been a steady departure from that intention. Jt will be his object, then, to retrace the false steps taken, and to bring the government back to the true ground. The issue will be made in the next Congress, whether State banks have the constitutional power to issue circula- ting “promises to pay.” There will bea larga party to take the negative of the argument, who will not, it is said, yield until a decision has been given on the question by the Supreme Court of the United Stetes. A general bankrupt law for the banks will be preseated for action. This will provide a fixed legal course for putting into liqui- dation insolvent banks all over the Union. e {Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.] Wasuivoton, Oct. 29, 1857, Activity on the Public Works—Blythe Island. There are no perceptible evidences oi a reduction by the government of expenditures on the pubiic works. On the contrary, there appears to be an unusual degree of activity at ihe Navy Yards. It was recently stated that the Secretary of ibe Navy would refuse to carry into effect the provision made by Congress at the last session for the purchase of Blythe Island for a naval depot. But this, it is now said, is a mistake, like many other reports in regard to a reduction in expenditures. The title to the island has not yet been examined and approved by the Atiorney General, nor bas the State of Georgia ceded to the United States jurisdiction over the land to be selected for the depot. The Legisiature will, no doubt, do this at ‘the approaching session. The Turf, UNION COURSE, LONG ISLAND—TROTTING. ‘The trotting match between ch. s. Plough Boy and b. s. Hiram Drew, for $1,000, mile heats, best three in five, in harness, advertised to come off on Wednesday last, did not take place, on account of Hiram Drew paying forfeit. He fell lame a few days previously. Plough Boy is a very fast little horse, of the Bashaw family, got by Long Island Black Hawk, and of indomitable courage. It will take a much faster borse than himself to beat bim mile heats, dest three in fy Excise Comminsioners. The Board of Excise Commissioners met at 1 P. M. yesterday. Affurther discussion occurred in regard to tbe propriety of the Board instituting suits against persons who are selling liquors without licenses. Commissioner Kerr was in favor of letting the District Attorney and the Corporation Counsel institute all suits the violators we Excive law. He considered it the simple duty of the Board to grant licenses and attend to their own affairs, the prosecution of the violators of the law under which they act betug in the province of the District Attorney and Corporation Counsel. Commirsioner Haskert was of the same opinion as Com- missioner Kerr. So the Board will not give their authority to any person for the institution of any suit against unli- censed liquor dealers. ‘The Board adjourned to 1 P. M. to-day, which will make the forty-thirdseasion. There will be only seven more sessions, their sittings being confined by law to fifty. ‘The Commissioner of Streets. ‘The following correspondence speaks for itself — Tran Sin—The Comptroller has requested me to confor ‘with you in relation to @ suit brought against the city by Charles H. Ring, for bis J for the month of October, as one of the persons appointed by Mr. Devlin in the Street Commissioner's offic je informs me that in the former suits you did not feel at liberty to question the legality of Mr. Deviin’s appointment; and that judgments were ac cordingly obtained for the monthly salaries of those ap- pointed under him as subordinates. ‘Since Justice Peabody has decided that Mr. Conover is Strect Commissioner de facto, are you not free w adopt a different conclusion? ‘The decision of the Supreme Court recognizing the Com- missioner de facto, thus giving a construction to the statute under whieb the Street issioner was appointed, isa practical construction of the law which protects and gives validity to any act done in conformity with that judgment, until its reversal by the Court of Appeals. (24 Rev. Stat., duh ed., p. #14.) May I uot, then, ask your co-operation in resisting these claims? 1 am willing to act as assistant counsel without charge to the public, or, if you prefer it, 1 will relieve you from all trouble in the matter, and place the suit with such attorney as you may suggest. Lam, respectfully, your obedient servant, J. BLUNT. No. 1) Wall street, Nov. 5, 1857 ‘To Ricuaxp Bostexp, Feq. , Corporation Counsel. Law Derartamet, Crry or Naw Yor, Orrick Counset. 10 THe Coxronarion, Nov. 6, '57 Srm—In response to your polite note tendering your ser vices as counsel w assist the city in defending the claims for salary of Mr. Deviin's employes, I bave honor to ray that | do not understand ex-Judge Peabody to have decided that Mr. Conover was Street iasioner to such fan extent as t bring into operation the clause of the Re- vised Statutes to which you obligingly refer me. But I understand Judge Ipgrabam, recognized as the ablest mu- nicipal Judge im the district, to have beld that Mr. Devlin was Street Commissioner, in a special proceeding, which brought up the question of title to that office far more di rectly than it Was mooted in the controversy whereto you make reference. This preponderance of judicial authority , added to my own professional and official convictions that Mr. Devlin ia, de jure and de facto, my associate under the charter, prevetite me from acceding to your request to put in apy speculative defence and pl the city into a greater expenditure of costs. And I, therefore, think your emiuent legal abilities can be employed to better ad Vantage, and may hope, in some other way, hercafter, to avail my office of your distinguished experience. Accept the prot assurances of respect, with which | have the honor to remain, Your very obedient servant RICHARD BUST! To J. Buest, Pe Co | to the Corporation. City Intelligence. Mretixe or Rartroan Exorweans.—The National Protec tive Association of Locomotive Engineers of the United States beld a meeting on Thursday in Haight’s Hall, Fourth avenue, the President, T. B. Askew, of Baltimores Maryland, presiding. In consequence of the books and papers of the aseocintion being in the hands of the See: retary, Moses Doughty “of Altona, Pa., the Convention was enabied to do but a limited buewness. Mr. Doughty had been telegraphed im the morning, and the Convention would meet formally as soon after getting word from their officer as practicable, notice of which would be pub. lished. The meeting represented thirty one railroads in fourteen of the United Stater, and the number who have taken an active part in the movement since it was pro- Jected, two yeare ago, is about 2,600 engineers. The meeting held that the rapid multiplication of railroads in the United Atates has caused a corresponding demand for locomotive engineers, and through the facility which the absence of any license laws or standard of qualifications have afforded, many persons wholly unq for the responsible pest of locomotive engineers have attained to that position to the injury of the profession, to the detri ment of others engaged in that booiness, ag well ax to the hazard of the ipteresta of the corporation who employ them, and the great jeopardy of the travelling public. ‘The aesociated ergivecrs are devising a plan to be sub: mitted to the several State legiviatures, having for its object the pasenge of an act to form a board of examiners, fo that no person pase the ordeal but competent, practical locomotive engineers Fine 18 SUFFOLK @TREET.—The alarm of fire for the Sixth district, last evening about six o'clock, was caused by some clothing taking fire in @ closet om the second floor of dwelling house No. 112 Suffolk street, occupied by Peter Swart, The alarm was given, when the firemen soon ar. rived and extinguished the fire. Mrs. Mullin, who boarded he honee, accidentally touched a lighted candle against Jothing, which caught fire, and before it could be extinguished the entire contents of the closet were destroy ed. Lows about $259; no insurance. The building i wned by Nicholas Fisher, jt i damaged about $30, and covered by wsurayee News from Saint Domingo. THE LIBERTY PARTY ORGANIZING 4 CONSTITUTION— ELECTIONS ORDERED—SIEGE OF SAN DOMINGO CITY —TWO WAR VESSELS AND A LARGE MORTAR WANTED —BARz'S FRIENDS FALLING OFP—THE AMERICAN SCHOONER CHARLES HILL. ‘The schooner City Belle, Captain Pendleton, arrived at this port yesterday from Port au Plata, with news dated at that place on 29th of October. ‘The authors of the revolution of the liberty party im the Dominican republic are fast organizing a new government very different from that of Senor Baez. ‘The election for the deputies of the nation was to take place on the 10th of November, and the members were to meet at the town of Moca on the let of December. General Santana and several other valiant Generals were Lg the city of ft. Domingo with a force of 8,000 men. The besiegers are very moderate in their fire against the city, as it was momentarily expected that Baez would be w capitulate. An expats of fe one men were jainst Samana, 1e place holding for Baez. ¥ . uf Santiago continued quite safe and easy, although all the military fa the province of ‘The Cibao government ish to purchase mall cli government w two small clip- schooners of 150 to 180 tons, to blockade the port of Domingo; vessels that are staunch and strong, that will ‘de able to carry aw four upon a pivot, be- sides small guns of ler calibre. There being no ves- sels in port suitable, any American might find @ good offer from the government, juickly attended to, in Port au Plata. ‘News had reached Port au Plata that many of the first familes had lately left the city of St. Domingo, besides natives that Baez has seht away. The people and abe. residemts were very much astonished that the American government did not send a vessel of war to St. , © demand satis- faction in the case of the Am: schooner Charles Hill, which was seized by Baez (valued at $10,000), and us yet notclaimed by the American governme! Anerican Consul at St. Domingo had gent all the doca- ments relative to this affair in May last to Washington. Fighting men, friends to the republic, would be well re- ceived. Arms and ammunition were in good de! y they were in want of an 18-inch mortar, for which the highest rates would be paid. News from the Rio Grande. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT BROWNSVILLE—FATAL BX- PLOSION OUR PERSONS KILLED—PROPERTY VA- LUED Av $200,000 DESTROYED. The schooner C. B. Knudson arrived at New Orleans on the 4th inst. from Brazos, Santiago, with advices dated on 30th of October. She brought $11,300 in specie. A destructive fire and explosion occurred at Browns- ville, attended by loss of life and injury to several per- sons and loss of property estimated at $200,000. {From the Brownsville Flag (Extra) Oct. 24.] On last Friday night, between 12 and 1o’clock, the alarm of fire was heard, which caused all of our citizens that were awake to rush to where it was supposed to be. It was first discovered by Mr. Nelson in the wholesale establishment of Messrs. Galyan & Co., on the levee, when he immediately woke up three or four that were sleeping in the building. Very soon afterwards notice was given to those approaching that powder was in the store, and an explosion of two or three kegs a few minutes be- fore the last concussion gave a good many warning. In the meantime Mr. Woodhouse and several citizens succeeded in getting 200 kegs of powder into the river from the warehouse of Charles Stillman & Co. About the time this work was finished, Mr. North, one of the firm of Woodhouse & Co., was endeavoring to save their papers, which he partially succeeded iu doing, when the explosion took place—fatally wounding him and seriously injuring Mr. Miller. During this time Mr. Moritz, Mr. Allsbach and Mr. Portilla were in Morris & Co.’s store on Elizabeth street, getting their papers and money. This store being just opposite the powder, the sudden concussion com pletely demolished the whole establishment, throwing the great body of the building into the street, kiling Mr. J. Morits and Mr. Allsbach, and wounding Mr. Portilla very badly. Mr. J. Moritz’s body was found in the morning dread- fully mangled, some of bis limbs being burned off. Mr. Allsbach has not been found, and is probably somewhere in the ruins yet, if not blown away. Mr. Frank North expired about two hours after he was wounded. e fire originated from acandle burning near somo straw in J. Galvan & Co.’s store. There were uineiy-five kegs of powder in the back part of the same buildii where the fire caught, which must have all comm at. the same time to have caused such @ concussion. The explosion created confusion for several miles roand, and wonderment in the minds of those aroused from their slumbers by the loud report and the quivering of their dwellings. Many were knocked from their beds—roofs, bricks, boards and pieces of lumber falling in on them— crash of window shutters and panes, and the tremendous force, unriviting locks and bursting bars of iron from doors, was truly alarming for the slumberers to contem- late. . Colonel Taylor and Captain Dawson, and the soldiers of the garrison, deserve the gratitude of all for the fearless manner in which they entered the scene of action. Mr. Kennedy ordered the steamboat Grampus to be landed ite the fire, and she played upon the build- — Frm for thirty-five hours. itnot been for these active operations, the whole town, doubtless, would have been committed to the flames; and had there been a swift breeze stirring, it would have been almost impossible to save it from de- struction; but fortunately it was unusually calm. It would be difficult to estimate the amount each mer. chant has lost—every one havmg his goods, crockery, house, &c., more ar less injured. ‘We will commence first on the Levee, and suppose the damages some of the merchants have sustained :—Charles Stllinan & Co., blown down, $10,000; S. A. Belden & Co., burnt, $15,000, loss of papers, &c.; Kennedy & Co., $20,000; F. J. Parker, A. Landolt, burnt, $5,000; Marcus Radish, smashed framed; Nicolas Grisaenti and Mrs. Peabody's greatly injured. Along on both sides of Thirteenth street, the Levee to Elianbeth atreet, including the drug and book store, a great deal of damage was done. Elizabeth street—J. Moritz & Co., destroyed, $25,000 Mme. Vincent, fancy goods, greatly injured; Dominguez, Victor Salle and Magnin Freres, ail wooden houses, sus tained some loss. The wooden houses known as the Maxan property, aa far round as the drug store, were torn and shattered a good deal. The Dillon Buildings, owned by Marco Radish. the upper corner of Flizal street. From Webb & Miller's hotel to the bank the loss doors, windows and roofs, dry ke., broken or injured in some shared the same fate; Messrs. Werbiski, Fernandez, and others, injured a good deal, A large amount of the goods destroyed in the ware- houses were on consignment for Mexico, ‘The non-arrival of the ular steamer from New Or- Jeans on last Monday week, was the cause of a large amount of silver and gold being on hand, but mostly all of this is saved. Henry Maultby, of Christi, lost about $2,000 worth of groceries, which he bad in Galvan’s store. ‘The entire lose of property, dry goods, &c., may be es- timated at $200,000. Provision to make Kansas a Stave State, [Correspondence of the Missouri Democrat.) Lxcomrrow, Oct. 31, 1867. ‘The report of the committee on slavery was brought up, and @ most interosting discussion ensued. The discus: gion was not upon the report itself, but upon au amend ment offered by Mr. Boling, of Lecompton. In the rej was a provision which is common to some of the slave States, to this effect—that the trade in slaves should not be alowed. Mr. Boling offered an amendment, striking ‘out this provision. He said that according wo the Dred Scott decision, « wegro was the same kind of property as a horee, a box of dry goods or # pile of lumber. He did not wish, by disallowing the slave trade, to establish a distinction between slave and other property. G. H. M. Moons, the chairman of the committes, rose to vindicate the He said that the provision was not made to interfere with the right of property in negroes. Georgia and others of the a slave States had similar provisions. The provision was designed to prevent tra- ders from ietredemag vere and superanniated ne- grocs and cheating planters with them. pat Jenkins foliowed, taking the same ground as Mr. ling. "Jude ¢ Pumone said that it was merely intended to pre. vent the petty negro trading. Mr. Lytux took the nd that this provision was a dodge to help the rich against the poor, He was in Geor ia when this law was passed, and had noticed its effect. ‘fore the porsage of law he bad five negroes, for whom he could not get $1,000 a piece; after the passage of the law he sold his negroes readily for $1,500 a pices. The effect of the law was to place the slave trate in tl hands of the planters. The planters would buy a fres! stock of slaves yearly, selling off those they did not like, making handsome profits. Mr. Hawperson was opposed to the internal slave trade. He asked the members if they would associate with negro traders—with dealers in human fle-h? Jous Raxpourn, of Atchison, followed Mr. Henderson. Gentlemen, said be, I rise to oppose this amendment. It is not because we bave any conscientious scruples on this question, but because we are opposed to the introduction ‘of the miserable L0-aecout from other States. If he believed that negroes were human, did they think that he would vote for a negro traffic? Did they believe that trafic in human souls? But he did not Delieve that negroes wore human beings. They were allied to tho ape kind. An amendment was offered, providing that a man shail have no power ever to emancipate his slaves. This was voted down, Boling’s amendment passed by a close vote I give the report on slavery. KEPORT OF THR COMMITTER ON SLAVERY. Preameie.—The right of property is before and higher than any constitational sanction, and the right of the own- ere of a slave to such slave and its increase is the same aud as inviolable as the right of the owners of any pro- perty whatever. See. 1. The Legislature shall have no power to pasa laws for the emancipation of slaves without owners, oF wi consent of their \ paying their owners, previous to their full equivalent in money for the slaves so they shall have no power to prevent emi- the State from brigging with them such persons as are deemed slaves by the Tiwe of any one of the United States or Territories 60 ‘As any person of the same age or description shall be continued in slavery by the laws of this State; provided that such person or slave be the Se property of such emigrant, and provided also that laws may be 4 to prohibit the introduc tion into this State of siaves who have committed high crimes in other States or Territories. They shail bave power to pass laws to permit the owners of syaves to emancipate them, saving the rights of creditors, and preventing them from becoming « public charge. They shall have power to oblige the owners of slaves to treat them with humanity, to provide for them necessary food and clothing, to abstain from all injuries (to them) extending to life or limb; and in case of their neglect or eal to comply with the direction of such laws, to have slave or slaves sold for the benefit of the owner or & oaecution of slaves for crimes of higher grade than petit larceny, the Legislature shall have no power to deprive them of an impartial trial by petit jury. Sco, 3, Any pereom who shail maliciously dismember oy deprive @ slave of wuld be at Pensacola. the Navy to Roger J. Mahon, of Alton, Til., and Francis A. Gibbons, of Baltimore, Md., their bid of $63,847 for work ‘and materials being the lowest offered. , FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1857. life, shal! suffer such case the like offence spon the ike prost, such slave. above report was carried by a vote of forty, to two in the negative. ‘Williamsburg City News. ALLEGED SEDUCTION BY A PHYSICIAN—A BTREBT FRACAS. ‘Tho particulars of a stroot fracas came to light yester day, in consequence of an alleged soduction of a young girl by a physician of respeotable standing in the Eastern district, Early on Wednesday evening, as the doctor was Fourth street, in front of the Wall House, he ‘was accosted by an elderly man who inquired of the doc tor if bis name was ———. He replied in the affirma tive, when the elderly man denounced him xs villain, and it is swtd, threatened to have his Low Dlood,’ at the same time thrusting his hand his breast pocket as if to draw a weapon. At this the Doctor seized his arm and a scuffle ensued, and the old gentleman came off second best. Quite a munber of persons had assembled by this time, and the old gentle- man stated that the Doctor had been employed in his pro- fessional capacity, and that several months since he had succeeded in effecting the Pain of bis cecaiane 94 hie (Ge r pled Dector’s) office, and that since that time the gi adopted a life of shame. For this he had attem) 0 ‘avenge himself. Upon being asked why he did not resort to the law, he burst out in tears, and said that he was wr, and it would be of no use. He then wentaway. A Frena of the Doctor’s states that a few days since the girl in question, accompanied by a clerk in a dry goods store in Grand street, called at the Doctor's office and asked for a private interview; that she then presented a bill for dry goods amounting to about $100, which she had just purchas- ed at the store; that the Doctor had seduced her, and if he did not pay the bill, her father would shoot him. The Doctor, it is said, refused to pay the bill, as it was an at- ‘The clerk who accompanied the girl ‘states that the Doctor offered to pay $25 of the amount demanded. Those connected with the store are not favor- ably ianpressed with the character of the girl. The Doctor, t's understood, feeling that his fo was endangered, by | hreats, led yesterday to the Western t to take steps in matter, which, when made public, will probably place tho affair in a very different aspect. Stampa Arrray.—An old man, named Michael Blake, employed in the cow stables at the foot of North Fourth street, was arraigned yesterday before Justice Clarry on a charge of stabbing Wm. Murphy. The complainant tes- tifled that on the 10th of October he went to the stables in question, to see bis brother-in law, where he met and — Blake with having slandered him; Blake called Murphy a liar and then sung out for a knif ery sd wld Blake to throw by his knife and come out and fight him like a man, in the yard. He testified that he walked from the door, when Blake came out and stabbed him in the Jeft side and on the hip, and from the effects of the wounds ‘was confined to bis room about four weeks. Accused was held in $500 bonds to appear for trial. RELIEF FOR THE Poor.—A call signed by a large number of wealthy and influential residents of the Eastern dis- trict has been issued for a public meeting to be held at Washington Hall, corner of South Sixth and Fourth streets, on Mouday evening, to adopt measures for relieving the unemployed poor of that portion of the city during the coming winter, Rosina a Cavrct.—The Reformed Dutch church, in Bushwick avenue, near Bowronviile, was burglariously entered the fore part of the week and robbed of two fancy chairs, one marble top table, cight bair cushions and forty-five yards of carpeting, Valued in all at about $100. Repvction or WaGEs.—Since Monday last the wages of the conductors aud drivers on the various city railroad lines have been reduced twenty-tive cents per day. They are now receiving $1 26 per day for 124, hours work, Naval Intelligence, ‘The United States sloop-of-war St. Louis, at present on the coast of Africa, has been ordered home, and will, on the arrival of the United States sloop-of-war Vincennes, her relief, proceed directly to New York. The United States sloop-of-war Vandalia, lying at the Portsmouth (N. H.) Navy Yard, has hauled out in the stream, and will sail on or about the 18th inst. The contract for the erection of the new marine barracks Fia., has been awarded by the Secre'ary of The United States steamer Water Witch, Lieut. W. S. Lovell, commanding, arrived at Boston, Lith inat., from Washington, D. C., via Norfolk aud New York. She will proceed to Fortsmouth, and afterwards return to Norfoll ABITIME INTELLIGENCE, ALMANAC FOR NEW TORA—THus DA $ 44) moon nines. e+e 445] mom waren. "Port of New Work, November 12, 1¥07, RED. Steamship Cebawba, Bulloch, Havana and New Orleans— Ship Don Quixote, Hale, Sqn Francisco—Wella & Emanuel. Ship Weofoot, Hedge, San Francisoo—W T Coleman & Co. Ship Consignment, Purington, Liverpoo!—Walah, Carver & Chase. chile RL Lane, Coulllard, Liverpool—Thos Richardson & 0. Ship Senator, Coffin, Liverpool—Siade & Co. Ship Asia, ard, Savannah—U C Duncan & Co. Bark Susrise (Sp), Forg, Barcelona—P Harmony & Ne- Livingston, Crocheron & Co, ~ Bark Atalanta (Brom), Horstmann, Bremen—Henaings, Muller & Goslin (Came brig Conquest, Rasmussen, Seville-F Karo&. Brig Frederico (Dane), Brosboll, st Domingo—A C Rossire A Co. 2 Bie § Flags, Rumball, Sagua la Grande—Mayhew, Talbot ig Princeton, Allen, Montego Bay—C & E Brig J Peters. brig Reindeer (Br), Marshall, Halifax—Hamilton Bros, ‘onobscot, Edgeriy, Bangor—Brett, Son 2 Co, Brig Coemopoliie, Kenny, Poruand— [, Hate! KebF Geo Darby. Mullincr, Aspit wall-—Johneon & Hogan, Sehr Qui (Br), Dornin, Horton, NS—D K DoWoit. Sebr Emma, Joboson, Landcnderry W8—C A DeWoit, , alia (Br), ett Bt A Behr babine, i em, Bt Jon ‘N ae aia son, Tankitn, La—Doliner & Potter. T Ra Latham, Key West, mene Behr Wursata, . Savanns Schr Helene, Henderson, Wilmington J Smith & Co, Sehr Ken, Fisher, Wumingtoo—E J Powell. Sebr LB Ferguson, Barrett, Newbern—J C Singht. Sehr Manchester, Chichester, Kicbmond—C H Pieraoa. Bilis, Salem—R W Ropes, iklin, Hostou—Dayton & Sprague. — Jas Hand & Co, ARRIVED. Steamship Jamestown, Parrish, Richmond, ao, with mdse and passengers, to Ludiam & Pleasants, Vth inst, of Old Point, passed afore and aft ache of about 20 tons sunk, no p Pomona, Merrihew, Liverpoo}, 30 days, with mdse and ers, to bas Ae & Frothingham. Und been 16 Ship Independence (of Baih), Eustis, Liverpool, §2 days, with mdse, DCC Duncan & Co.” Had been 18 daya, W of fo 64; had heavy weather, sprung iopmasts. Sth inst, Shoal, spoke ship Nile, Given, from Sunderland for NYork, with loss of fore and mizen topsnils; same time, saw bark A G Hill, bound 8. Ship New World, Knight, Liverpool, Oct 7, with mise and 400 passengers, to Cornelitis Grinnell. No deaths; been 16 W of the Gutenberg (Ham), Meyer, Hamburg, Oct 1, with mdse 5 passengers, to L Rameinck. Had ‘31 deaths on the wage. including ihe chic mais, Nov 4, tat 220, Jon 61 80, fell in with abtp Howadji (of Newburyport), Capt Balch, on fire; took from her the captain and crew, 17 in all, and brought them to this port. (See Miscel below), Ship E Wilder Farley (of Waldoboro), Nichols, Sanderiand et Wh, and the Downs i4tb, with onal, (o Waish, Carver & Weston, Leghorn, 78 days, with Prt. breeze. spruay 4, fon a lize bark Crnsoe (of Boston), marble, Ac, to master. Hh inst, | the head of foremasi. Oct 22 lat 96 whaling bark Endeavor, of New stedford, steeri jon 61, spoke whaling abip Kensington, oN lat 56 ford. § daye oui. Bark G W Horton (of Rockland), Ulmer, Alic and Gibraltar Get 13, with wine, 4c, to Waisl Chase. Nov 3, lat 41 40, lon 57 80, passed Lion, steering E; 6th, Jat 40 08, lon 99 40, fell in wih herm brig Ik ‘Koigne of Boston, lumber loaded and abandoned, with all her houses, quarter deck, tafrail burned off, mainmast standing, foremast # clone to'the deck, apparently burned off. The G WH na experienced bea ywresierly feales from the +4 . Light Brigade (Br), Crowell, Rem Det wil fuar, to master. ‘Sid in company with brig, Circassian, for ¢ Brig Vernon (of Bangor), Collina, Ant Cayes, Oct 3, with wood, ‘oJ H Sanford. Raw a brig going ib, showing a white signal wite Brig Henrietia, to Middletam & Co, vessel 73 &), exchanged ai ude, wool, to Faehiri & ‘arrow im it, ebb, Turks ands, Oct 25, with salt, to MeCall & Fi 7 Ht md Nad omnt ering Ang 2), passed "o. 2d inet, iat 38 20, ip Harmonia, hence for Glangow. ea, Germain, Virginia. ah, Neal, Philadelphia for New Haven. mer, Hart, Philadeiphia for Providence. Behr ( Summers, Philatelphia for Salem Sehr JC Patterson, Stone, Philadelphia for Boston, for Boston. Sehr Granite Lodg Schr Emma L. Da) Sehr EA Elliot Sehr J.B Myers, Cobb, Bridgeport for Virginia, Sloop Thomas Hull Hull, Provitence. son, r, Be tia, Nye. New Bedford. Providence. SALAD Bteamshipa City of Baltimore (Ir), Liverpool, Cahawba, Havana and New Orleans Wind during the day SSW. Miscellancous and Disasters, Siips Nennasea and JW Pasxix—The following isa tele- graph despatch to Ellwood Walter, Eeq, Secretary Board of Underwriters, dated vretos, yia New Onteans, Nov 9. ‘The ships Nebraska, J W Fannin, of and from New York, went ashore on the North Breakers November 7; both |. The Nebraska cut away fore and mainmasia, is full of water, and sanded to main deck. The J W Fannin ‘cut Away foremast, and has six feet of water in her hold. The J W Fanin, Capt Briggs, cleared at this port on the Lsth October, with an assoried cargo for Galveston, and was a good vessel of 4@ tone, built at Portland, Ct, in 1849, and owned by J H Brower & Co, of this city, and belonged to their line of New York and Galveston packets, The cargo was ued at $60,000; freight, $4,000; vessel, $25,000. The Nebras ka, Capt Swagey, cleared at this port on the 12th alt in bal Inat for Galveston, and was a good vessel of 880 tons, bu at Portamouth, NH, in 1845, owned by Hennings, Muller & Gosling, of thie city. She waa valued at $25,000, for which amount she was insured in Wall street. Destruction oF Snir Howansi, oF Newacnrront, ay Free The ship Howndji, Capt George B Balch, sailed from Bos ton S0th alt for Liverpool, with a cargo of cotton, hemp, ofl cake, Ac, Ste was 698 tone burthen. Nothing out of the neva! course occurred until Nov 3, at 8 PM, when the slip was strvek by lightning, Knocking down the second mate and several of jhe wen, and seting fire w the ship Ip the lower frensing tani, she captain deemed able ler attenti waa attracted lue ghta rockets, £34 PM she was spoken, the condition of the Howadji stated, with the request that she should keep with the which she did. The fire, however, progressed fast, and tinal’ ly she was, by requ ve to and ihe taken on board at 11 PM. the chronometer and nds. The deck and fonomibtinees M by ays oot panued ‘abandoned, ity of saving and reluctant Bera? AMof the ath “Tmmediately om leaving the ahtp, the flames burst out, and shordy after the ship went down in Int 4250 N, Yon 6140 W, the mizenmast standing. The thip Guttenburg, Capt Meyers, from Hamburg bound to New York, Was the One that rescued the crew, and Capt Balcy commends his prompt anewera to his signals, hie keeping Fequested, and bis foal heaving to ind rescuing” crew. Capt Meyers showed his unfortunate uests every attention and kit ‘ d i fa Sudo ar ai nda cotton, 4200 slaves, 23 ‘alue of car; i hale ae E i Sftlee $2 200, “ as ny ges woe a merican china f Boylston $17,(00, National $16,000, Merosniite tne $10,000, Franklin $8000; New fingland Mutual ‘and Nep~ faassen ‘The H was owned by Wm Balch & Son, of New- ury port. Bu Suir Kosseru—The owners of the Br ship Kosauth (be- fore reported wrecked on Muntanilla Reef), Mesara Tapscott & Co, have received a letter from Capt Dawson, ber late com- mander, giving the following particulars of her loss:— Massav, NP, Thursda; |. Tam sorry to inform you of the total loos of the sty one suih, on the Manianilia Reef, on the Ite Babamas, about 13g o'clock on the &th inat, I was only four and a half days from the pilot leaving me when Tatruck. 1 am very fearful thet he mate and five of the men are drowned, boat with my consent to go the Great Bahai aud it is now fourteen days since, and crew and pamengera were ail saved, the b ed. oats crew ex- Teiaid by the wreck four daye, uot) T toleavefor want of provisions, as we ba ee ly ume Ile Uread and water. Tarrived here last night. Pay of the salle, rigging, &c, have been saved, and will be sold on Mon- y- (The mate and five men above referred to, reached Charlese ton on the 30th ult, the full particulars of which were pub= lished in the Her«ld of the 6th inst.) Suir Fivine EaGus, Bates, in Ham, Roads from Chin- cha, Inland, experienced during ihe pesseee eorers Goi hich sprung a leak, and had to throw overboard p: 1, Ellis, from Baltimore for Mobile, put into Ik $i inst, Ravinj r, sprung foremas., and atin {oF rea caribaea ‘The clipper ship Webster, 1890 tons registe enterda: morning uken on the lurge'Sectional Geek fot repaiee aak ‘will be stripped, recaulked and newly coppered. Sid from New Bedford hp rom New 1th inst, ahij North Pacife Oceun; bark Favoriion de ee ent: Cae, Arr at Edgariown ib, ships Harvest, Riddell, Pacific Oce- an, of wud for Nancucket, wish 1700 bla wh 6U0'do sp oil, and. iW Ibs bone, on board and sent home during the voyage. 8 on treight Zou bbls sp oll trom bark Elizabeth Swift: Sid from ‘do 1th, ship Ocmulgee, Green, Nordh Pacitie ean. At Si Helena Sept 24, Emma C Jones, Jenney, NB, 480 wh, Udd Fellow, hing, SH, 30 ep, 210 why Oregon Case, Greenport, 50 sp 250 wh. AR ing nchtduler Bay Feb 22, bark Acorn, Puffer, Provineetowu, ol ot stated. ‘Nov 5, lat 35 20, lon 69 10, was passed a whali 5 ing a private signal with white, Bite and white oe — flo Onstae, Stnpene tees thcare Jeans, ip Castine, Simpson, from Li SG IES cate wtf Dense wee ig 1 M Mayhew, of and from NYork f nagect Nov 6, Tat 0,10, Jom 8g, seis cine dea chr Oriental, Harding (peshaps Ci com Nit Goth oe hcksintina™* HOPS Pemeneen, cures oct 2s Orci Horta Avx Caves, Oct 23—In port brig Charles Edward, for N York 10 dave: Mg. - Ooing in 28d, 4 brig showing » white sige mal with an aFrow 10 a JON AIVES, Oct in port lartha P¢ Thom Liverpool 1U days; only re pee &, wed penn, for Jas navoou, Ger %—In port ship Tornado, Mumford, for a mer gad bark Irma, Nobre, Maracaibo for days, Newcasri#, Miramichi, Oct Al jazarel “Magerens') Smit NYbre OY ATT CAFR Nasarene (aot Pal av Puixcx, Oct 22—Arr Br brig Spitfire, © ‘dy Pe littord, Boe- Rio Janwino, Sept 22—Arr bark Mondamin, Collins, Balti more. Remepios, Oot 20—In port brig Caroline, from Bow ton, ding. Sid 27th, Ban Beny urges, Show, Howton, mh, brig Circessian, . TURKS isiaND, Oct 25—In bark Habnemann, Abbott, York. At Sait Key, bark New from St TLomas, to load tor Empire, Kandall, from Matanzas, for Boston lig. Passed ihrough Turks Island Passage Oct Sih, sche Cit Belle, Pendleon, hence for Port wu Platt; 16h, bark Brif- Lant, Sigebee, hence tor St Jago de Cuba; senr Balt Ste. pheos, from Harbor Grace, NF, for do; 2isi, bark Cheesemaun, bence for Port au’ Prince; brig BT Marta, Freuch, from Woxtun for Sagua, 0 VERA CRUZ, Oct2l—In port sehr Ocean Bird, Nickerson, for Minatitlan to load for NYork, ready. “i werehacunoons, Nov 4—Arr schr James Miller, Miner, ‘ork. In port brig Gov Brown, Axworthy, for NYork ktg; schre Vietolia; forfodanole do; Walter Thompsons fer de dor Ralyh Post, Conklin, from NYork, wig; James Miller, Miner, 1A, Nov 10—Sid sehrs Liack Squall, Chase; base, ag Island Ong, Sonate, NYork. OBTON, Nov ARUN stenmer Water Witeb, Lieut Com Lovell, Washington via Norfolk and NYork. Tel bed ir brig Agricola, supposed from a salt inland: for a twig. ‘arr yewerday Capt 1 np whiel 140mm Maniin, left the ship at Mou wecount of ll hem ng recovered he took peraage in ship Corings, Tior Boston, Cid ship Malabar, sunsman, NUrieans; AF Howe, Sawyer, Crenfuegon; Sarah Gages =" haw, rent ¥ Drew, barks Broesune Giddings, ‘Aunle Kimball, brig EA Loud. Lah—Arr (by tel) ships Lady Blessington, Young, Calcutta; | aw) ‘Crowell, Laverpool; ‘Champlain, ‘sa rleaDs, Wyman, New ne brig AbLottst ue; schrs Alabama, Cro’ tier, Matanans; L’Sturvevant, Corsva’ NYork; Oi ale, Kell . Loaton.. BANGOR, Novy 10—Cid schr William A Dresser, Hatch, Martinique. KID OL, Nov 10—Arr JM Perker, Davis, Elizabnth- port. hid sehrs Almira, liopxing and Louisa Reeves, Gif- jord, Marauico Crees Va, Heury W Morse, Phillips, Philadel- PULLARLESTON, Noy 9—Arr steamship Nashville, Murra NYork; barks Ariel, Melville, Havana; Lincom, John ston, Matanzas, schra HP Stoney, Alden, NYork, Cert to, Crowell, Boston, KASLPUKI, Nov 3—Arr bark Leon, Parritt, Salem; 4th schr % A Paine, Sadler, Philadelphia, GLOUCESTRR, Now grr schr B J Talbot, Morgan, Nor- Wh echry Lexington, Colby, und Pocumiuck, kowe, N fo York HIGHLAND LIGHT, Nov 11, 8 AM-—Passed In ships Hin- = and J Boaigomery, wm Caloutia for Bosion; Champlain, M, passing in bark Hen) burgers, SPM, ship Asirea, from Caleutla for it Us cutter Morris, and unset, one ship and two bai bears NNe Ie miles; Hinde Miles; Champlain, 17 miles N; ‘id NW, moderate, irs Fy clear HOLMES'S HOLE, Nov Li—Arr steamer Pie’ mont, Went, i ~ briga Vermont, Elliot, W 'tuingion, NC, Daley, NYork for Poruand; sche id der & co, Plewcher, dofor Bangor. Sid brige Robert Win, Mary k Thomudnon, Kolersom, WH Parks, Baterprise (Br); sclrs George byro, Caroline, Maine Law, Kva, John A Aus- tn, WG Aude ordety, bllen Krish, Stiver Magnet, Joba 8 Shrive Wlack Dismond, Hurd, Gienroy, Ange h, CL Vandervoost, Maytower, st Slephea, . Vermont, P R Curtis, Token: sehrs DH Male, Rosina, Silas W Wright, rit O'Flaherty, and St Hilda, Brown, brewer, Ulmer, and Jas Hicks, o Havre, sche ¢ - ulf Stream, Godfre: ORLEANS, Nov "4, FM—Art, steaunahip, Black War. rior, Smith, New York via Havana; shy adover, Perry, Cid steamehiy’Atinuse, Pmaith; Brakes BLJago via Galveaton and Indianoln «bi OR peas bishop, Liverpool, Hermaua Luce, Romwell Sprague, Paiet, marks Gerhard (brem), Knebel, Hilken. Bremen, Meaco, Gorham, Rid in, Woolingham, Halimore, sehr C Bauntiago. Cid ship Vanube, Gold- hb, AM—Arr ships Barnabas Webb, Watts, Liverpool; Jo- banuisterg, Nelson, Havre, Marcha J’ Ward, Storor, N Yor! Ubland (srem), Labusen, barks Anna Dehua (Kem), us, ustrie (Br brig Mi . Bremen ——iremen, Rosa (Sp), Roche, Havana; Ann Munroe, Tor: Kio Janeiro, = Mary Bliaabeth, MeCon- suiliarans; sche Red Fot James Neem! ‘Oh—Arr (by tel) ships Manling, Pitman, Baltimore; 10th Mikio, Horner, Koston Baw yer: ips hen Kelle, . Jane ih hip Amen ‘mes Tico; S00 ships Carnatic, ‘a 5 5 eee. a ‘ae\d, Bell, Mal- den NY. Sid bark Alesina, Baxter, Wacfoik inet previously); hrs Kilen Kodman, Fuller, N York (not prevtualy); Augasia, a Look, Savannah via Sippican; M Vag- hil j Helle, Alexander, PORT, Now WA ochre Hlempdes Belle, re ia Henry W Motee, Philipa, Bristol fF do (and ald indelpin id AM of Hib), | schra E Ni SAM—sid inst PM and this A! prepa M Nickerson (from Koston), City Point, 8 B Parker, om Camden), Norfolk, Wan Cobb, Badieot more; Israel L snow, Conary, and M: Oh ee . NYork; Romp, re kndicott, Vankirk Philapel i Perth Amboy, and have been ui by bad weather. In port brig Jobe ;, sehrs , Jeffries, from Phila- dciphla, Pandy and ene Ly ey ie] of Newport Hocae of jorwieh; er Jr, of Dennis; sloop Rienzi. Wind NW. ‘Went to sen from West Ray AM of 11th, schrs Sea Nymph, Wild Pigeun. for alugore; Treasuter, Win b Sevens ton, J Willameon dr, Wim, P corbity das 8 Hewit, and Alex iw, Henderson, sil nae tar Light, Collier, New York; ri NORFOLK, Nov TORON Noe lO-Arr brig Resolute, Hill, NYorke or Saco; chee Lautan, and G Hoffman, Gardner, do or Moston. NEW HAVEN, Nov l—Arr schr Sarah Elizabeth, Smit Nore, alcop Vielorine, Post, do. 8d bark Mryfiower Har? badors, achre Anna I Hayes, Philadelphia; Ellen Louisa, New York sleop Hraaiian, do. Yoke oie Lae Nov Lig A ao Teen. Al N ‘ork, echr Lion, Rawards, SIP mehr der, Makely, NYorks H Lemuel, Veleer, Northport LI, sloope Frhicn, Vang, Rondgat, Nearehun, Day Riverhead. PHILADELPHIA, Nov Arr sche & M Shaddock, Wil- Name, Middletown; sleamer Delaware, Copes, NYork. Helow ship Westmoreland. Deean, from 11 \ and about 7% sehra, Cla bark Chet B Lek, Almeida, Port au Prince, bri Geo Whitney, Baker, Barcelens: schra Rarah Lavinia, Cruine, Danversport; Sarah’ Minge, Wever, NYork, steamers Dela Beverly, ree, do. i ware, Copes, a Pawilek er, Nov l—Arr schr Neptune, Magee, Phila- ceyphie, JOCKLAND, Nov &Arr bark Caroline Eilema, Ellems Belfast, sehr LW Al chr ander, Alexanter, Halifax for N Yor G Horton, Myers; A Jameson, Jameson, an ket, NYork , Nov 10—Sid brig Sea Foam, Pearce, Rio Jar Sid 7th Nourms hal, HMO neiro,