The New York Herald Newspaper, November 15, 1857, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 7745. SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1857. MAYORALTY MEETING IN WALL STREET. Mr. Havemeyer is Nominated but Doos not Ac ‘eopt—Mr. Covloy is Nominated but is not cred and Reso- Apprinted—. ‘Totions—Scenes and Incidents. da, &o., &. For several days past a call has been in very ex- ‘waive ctroulation throughout the city for a meeting ‘to be hela in front of the Merchants’ Exchange, a 94 o'clock yesterday afternoon, for the purpose 0 defeating the reelection of Fernando Wood as Mayor, and of putting in nomination another person for that eflice. In responge to the vall an immense assemblage 0 eitinens met yesterday at the place designated, The whole of the street immediately fronting the Ex- ange was densely packed, and the crowd extended Beyond up and down the street on both sides. There was considerable of a crowd also in the yotunda of the Exchange, where, some quarter of an our before the appointed time, a noisy individual Managed to get up an audience by mounting on Simeon Draper's auction stand, and denouncing Mayor Wood aa an unparalleled scoundrel. No one seemed to know from where the meeting was to be addressed ; and, consequently, there was 8 continuous crushing and pushing in and ont of the hall, up and down the granite steps, and along the peristyle of the building. At length a gentleman was heard calling¢he meet- img to order from the balustrade. This was Mr. Chas. Gould, who read the call and unrolled the list of signatures to it. The roll extended down into the street—its length creating a laugh. ‘4 Mr. Govtp presented the name of Mr. Henry Nicoll, formerly a member of Congress from this State, aa President of the meeting. The nomination was ratified and Mr. Nico, came forward and was received with cheers. He said: I seturn you my thanks for the honor of being called upon to preside over this meeting of so respectable & body of my fellow citizens. I will not detain you by any enlarged observations as to the pepo for which we have assembled. Permit me simply to say that there ia a wide spread feeling through this com- munity that our metropolis is the worst governed city in Christendom. (Cries of “that’s s0.") By every consideration, we owe it to ourselves to free Mew York from this great reproach. The time has eome for action. J trust that you sufficiently appre- eiate the fact that nothing can be effected except by a united and vigorous organization, concentrating and giving force to the opinions and wishes of our eitizens in their individual capacity. If this can be done, but not otherwise, we may promise ourselves assure and glorious victory. (Cheers.) The following Vice Presidents and Secretaries were appointed. ‘VICE-PRESIDE Peter r, Alon28 R. Peck, James &. Libby, John C. Montgomory, ‘Wm. Lottimer, Robert H. McCurdy; &. B. Chittenden, Hickson W. Field, ‘Thomas C. us, Thomas Otis LeRoy, Nahum Sullivan, Charles Althof, Barnet L. Salomon, Robert L. Taylor, Josiah Ogden Hoffman. SRCRETARIES. John B. Murray, Edwin J. Brown. Mr. J. H. Gourtey was next introduced and vead the following ADDRESS AND RESOLUTIONS. Fruow.-crzaxs—It is reproachfully but exultingly said by the partisun friends of Fernando Wood that your inte- rest in the muni welfare of this city is one of words, aad not of deeds; but if this was over true, the alarming arpect of the timer calla for a correction of your position. ‘There is no borrower in the market and with fewer available assets than the city of ‘ork. Yet, he taxes are enormous, and under the inistration of Mr. Wood have swelled’ by millions of dollars. The Jo- eeph Walker job was but the germ of an bundred others sanctioned by the Mayor. Two more yours of his rule will prove your rutn. Now that the purest and beet of his own party aro loudest in their dissa- ‘tisfaction at his course, and unanimity of opposition to bis administration pervades all political parties, the time has arrived for the suens mative orppaistion and combi mation for the purpose of electing « yor. There: fore, as the sense of the citizens, merchants and traders, fm this bled Ronotved, That our platform |x “An honest man and an honest administration” for the Mayoralty, irrespective o oo Teed, That the anti democratic sentiments and " of the citizens, merchants and traders in this mass meeting assembled are hereby political ‘and to the uestion which ngitates ev: “ Wood yet aguin bo Mayor!” ‘The question waa pnt, and the address and resolu- tions were vociferously adopted. COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE. A motion was then made for the appointment of a committee in accordance with the terms of the call, o confer with committees of the various political artien of the OS cate Sete © be pasiates ane ry an a candidate for the eo. motion was agreed to, and Chairman ap- ted the following named gentlemen uch Vom- Bites of Conferences — Jay Jarvis, President of the Ciuzens’ Bank, (democrat), Fifteenth ward. William H. Appleton, publisher, (old whig), Fiftecath ward Robert T. Haws, retired merchant, (republican), Tooth ane ot, erchitectural tron works, (Amertoan), ‘Abram & Hewitt, iron merchant, (reformer), Highteonth John Kerr, brewer, (democrat), Twenty-first ward. Gustavus 'A. Conover, builder, (democrat), Sixteonth ward. Stephen R. Kirby, physician, (American), Fifteenth Randolph A. Wiuhaus, importer, (democrat), Seven teenth ware. William H. Anthon, lawyer, (republican), Fifteenth A LITTLE INTERRUPTION OF HARMONY. During these latter there was some excitement and disturbance in the crowd. It arose from the fost that o geakiomes bes got to another portion of the bal and showed himself, by ‘hb or otherwise,to be an adherent of Mayor ‘ood. Capt. Cras. H. MARSHALL was introduced to the meeting. Fellow citizens, he commenced—but he got no further. The disturbing element was still at work, and there was an attempt on the part of one individual at least to get up a counter movement: ‘This person gave his name as William A. Hillyer, a lawyer of street. He wanted to address the meeting, but Mt was silenced by loud shouts of “put him out,” “remove him,” “shut up,” and other like Fell w ciieens be; Capt. Marshall again. Fellow ci . 5 Fellow citizens—— Mr. or from his stand. A Voice rxom Tae Stxset—Are you Wood ar Anti-Wood? Mr. Hityven—Wood. Then followed groans and hisses; and the cries to put him out were renewed. This time he was remo- ved, whereat there was expressed much satisfaction. CAPT. MARSHALL NOMINATRS MH. ITAVEMEYEI. Fellow cit! Capt. Marshall for the third time—1 have not come here to-day to make a speech. 1 cannot make a speech. (Cries of tain.”) But I have come here to-day words to you. The t of this m nate a to preside as city after the expiration of the term of the present on want @ honest man. (Cries of “That's wi we want.”) Well, I am about to offer you such «a man, and to ak your unanimous approval of him—a man to whose ame you will all respond. I am sure he is @ tried man—a man who is known to bean honest man; and although: it is generally understood that this gentle- man will not serve, still T have reason to believe that he will, therefore —- to you the name of Wim. F. Havemeyer as Mayor. The nominstion was received with general ap- plause and clap ing of hands; and three cheers were given for Mr. Havemeyer. Capt. Marsan. —It must be understood, fellow citizens, that all parties stand on this nomination. Voices FROM Tag STaeeT—Will Havemeyer ac- cept? Capt. Mansart—I have reason to believe that he will, A Vorce—God grant it. Capt. MansiiaLi—Now, gentlemen, if you are ready for the question, the ‘Chairman of thia meeting will pat it to you. es of ™ A ” The Caarmman—As many as are in favor of Mr. Havemeyer for Mayor— A Voice—Will hold up their hands. ‘The CuarmmMan—Will say “ sod A general shout of “Aye,” “Aye,” came up from the mass below, and then there were three cheers more for Mr. Havemeyer. At this time a letter was handed to the Chairman ba cna.af Se committee. It was a letter from Mr. lavemeyer aching s nomination. The Chairman Pgebnr yg cor grco [t would never do, he ay to read now to the meeting which the moment before received assurance that Mr. Havemeyer would accept, and to which that as- gurance appeared to give #0 much satisfaction. Ina state of embarrassment he handed it back to one of time to address the . would however, but was and hissed and was ad vised to “shut up” and “to get seas oh ot that’ A motion was then made and carried for the ap- pointment of @ committee to wait on Mr. Have- meyer to inform him of his nomination. The Chair appointed Messrs. Marshall, Anson, Gould, Gourley and McCurdy such committee. Vorces from the street—When will they report? The Caarr—They will report immediately. Vorcrs—Give us a speech. The Cuare (summoning up resolution to present Mr. Havemeyer’s letter)—I regret to be obliged to present to you a letter just received from Mr. Have- meyer. ‘he letter ix as follows: — MR. HAVEMEYER’S LETTER OF DECLINATION. New York, Nov. 14, 1857. My Dear Sim :—My determination not to become a can- didate for the mayoralty of this city at the ensuing elec: tion, or to again assume the functions of that office, has been go distinctly announced that [ capnot anticipate tat my name will be presented for the consideration of the meeting of citizens to be held this afternoon. If, however, such an event should happen yon will do me'a favor by stating that my resolution, which has been already avow ed, and will be inflexibly adhered to, 1s wholly incompati ble with any such use of my name by that meeting, or any other portion of my fellow citizens. Very respectfully, W. F. HAVEMEYER. Te the PResipEst, The letter was received with evident dissatisfac- tion, and there were intimations {rom the street to nominate this man or that men. Mr. Surrogate Bradford and Mr. Wilson G. Hunt were named in this connection. The Cuarmman—I am instructed to say that the Committee of Conference, just appointed, will enter on their duties at once, and, as soon as practicable, hope to be able, in unison with others of their .fel- low citizens, to present the name of a person to the electors of the city, who shall command the votes of all the honest and intelligent citizens. (Cheers.) For that purpose, gentlemen, they will have the plea- sure, on due notice, of convoking this mighty mass meeting of all the people to respond to what they deem for the best interests of the community. And I trust that when we meet again, and when the election comes, we will be prepared on both occa- sions to show that we will do at the polls what this meeting is so splendid an earnest of. It is now moved and seconded that this meeting adjourn. (Cries of “No, no; “Speech.”) This meeting is ad- journed. THE CHAIRMAN AND POLICE LIEUTENANT. Agentleman in the uniform of a Lieutenant of yee at this moment came pressing up to where the Yhairman stood. The Chairman not recognizing the uniform, and thinking that its wearer was anxious to gs those who were calling for speech, told him hat the meeting was adjow 5 Orricer—Ob yes, the meeting may be declared fan (indignantly) Moves moot, This i AIRMAN tly »—1 ! mob! po mob. This is f the citizens of New & mecting o! OrrrceR, (4 ically)—Oh, yes, sir. I do not mean “mob” hes poly Tipean the crowd. I am the officer in charge here. The Cnatrman, (courteously)—Oh, I thought you a 6 ee oe ae waa , 8a: Et journ "paren, (iioving off) —No, sir, Not at all. MR. RIKER'# STERCH—HE SUPPORTS MR. COOLEY. Notwithstanding that the C the meeting adjourned a —- giving his name as Riker was introduced = asa ir. Fellow citizens of New York, (cries of “shat up”) we have convened to-day for the of righti some of our municipal wrongs. We have assem! for the perpose of nominating a candidate who shall represent this great city in the coming contest, and who shall defeat that man who is at present at the head of our city affairs, and who a to the American people. (Voices—“ That's 80.) Not content with taxing usa to the extent of $8,000,- 000 a year, he pointa to your bank vaults here, to the bane ag Rhee! United States, and would send armed bands to take from our vaults the wealth bane ghd them. Bg does so pe eg ot itical ct—for purpose of having tl frill of the masses, and of using them, as he fate: tofore done, for his own aggrandizement. (Cries of aswent.) Mi fg permit such a state of affhirs to continue? (A general shout of No.) Will you again elevate him to a position which he can use for your destruction and the destruction of your political repose? (Cries of “No, never!”) Then, gentlemen, having been called upon by my friends, I presume it is expected that I should say something in to a gentleman whose letter has been pul oa — and who refuses Ls oT any party clique, or oe from the it a ‘Some approbation, but more di I endorsed , James Ketel recive we mich wil tery defeat MR. PATTEN'S SPRECH. Fellow citizens of New York—saith he—Where do ‘stand today? You stand in Wallstreet. And does Wall street stand? Why, Wall street stands disgraced beyond the rest of the State, by this black- . outrageous rule of your Imniipafanthorities Here are men controlling millions, in their homes, here in their proud homes, New York stands infamous before the country and before the world. Why is thie? Have we not laws? Have we not ma- ‘rates? We have laws equal to the emergency: it the magiwtrates are red; and the men of solidity, the virtuous men, men of integrity of New York are awembled here in their great city today, and we ask them to assemble around the ballot box and sustain that man-no matter from what party he may come—who will maintain unim- peached and unimpaired the integrity of this proud city. Ido not a you to-day aa the member phn Tk A Tap to you as men havi their in this great and ‘ul city. 1 as you what does ita power of floance—what d its power of reli what does ita power of politics oe t Is it to be turned into the gutters, or is it not, like the motto of thin Btate, to be “Excelsior” onward and uy ! Gentiemen, this is a eerious cecasion. It is an occasion when people rise up simultaneonsly, without regard to the feelings of party, to doa it public good. The time has ar rived in distant cities when Vigilance Committees have been appointed, and now I put it to this body to become a great Vigilance Committee to surround the polls and to carry onward to victory the man who may be nominated by your committee, the man whose character will stand “in favorable contrast. to that of the wort ey on the other side. Now, what. ll we do? We must not stand here and cheer. We must not stand here to look on, but we must be ap and doing. We must give along a. a strong pull, and a pull all together, and the infamons Fernando Wood will be sunk in a depth of corruption from which the trumpet of Gabriel will never raise him. INCIDE\TS OF THE ADJOURNMENT. There were cr'es for Oakey Hall, but the Chair- man announced that that gentleman was not present. General Hall, however, was present, and would pro- bably have come forward, but the Chairman's ot tience fairly given out, and he declared the meeting adjourned, and like @ hungry and sensible man, hurried home to his dinner. It took @ long time, however for the vast assem- Dlage to disperse. There hat dissatisfaction at the want of preparation mauv ior the meeting in the way of having speakers on hand. It was duak be- fore half of the people returned from Wall street. PROPOBITION FOR A STANDING COMMITTEE. A quiet-looking, res; le old gentleman, who had intended to submit some propositions, but did not get the op ity of doing so, handed to our reporter the following resolutions as those which he would have offered, had he had the opportunity:— Resolved, That the committee be requested to sit month- ly, or oftener, during the year, and to consider the trans- ‘Actions of the municipal government, and roport in tho Rewspapers whatever they may deem necessary for citizens to be truly informed of. Resolved, That the committee be authorized to super- cede any of its members bo noglect heir duties, or prove detrimental te tho efficiency of the body; and to add to their number such citizens as, in their oj , will pro- mote the welfare of the city. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. We would like to know why the chairman of the meet- ing in Wall street didy not ask for the noes when he pro- pad & candidate for Mayor. We would also like to know & policeman has a right to arresta man because ho poses three cheers for Fernando Wood. SPECT. NEWS FROM EUROPE. THE STEAMSHIP ARIEL OFF CAPE RACE, FOUR DAYS LATER INTELLIGENCE. Nearly Half a Million in Specie on Board the Ariel Launching of the Monster Steamer Great Eastern a Failure. IMPROVEMENT IN CONSOLS. NO LATER NEWS FROM INDIA. DECLINING TENDENCY OF COTTON AND CORN, &e., &o., ke. Sr. Jonna, N. F., Nov. 14, 1857. The Vanderbilt steamship Ariel, Capt. Ludlow, from Bremen via Southampton, was boarded off Cape Race last night by the news yacht of the New York Associated Press. The Arie] left Southampton on the evening of the 4th inst., and brings London and Liverpool advices of that day—four days later than those by the Arabia. She has 184 passengers and over $400,000 in specie. The Cunard steamship Niagara, from Boston 21st ultimo, via Halifax, arrived at Liverpool on the Ist instant. - ‘The steamship Vanderbilt fram New York 24th ultimo, had not reached Southampton when the Ariel took her departure. ‘The Ariel is due at New York on or abont Tues- day morning. The news by this arrival is not of an important description. The Belgian Ministry had resigned. King Victor Emanuel of Sardinia had subscribed ten thousand franca to the Indian Mutiny Fund. The telegraph between Boona and Cape Sparteret, connecting Europe and Africa, had been completed. The health of the King of Prussia continues to mend. The attempt to launch the Great Eastern was made on the appointed day, but resulted in a failure, and the sccond trial had been postponed one month. Several persons were injured, two of them seriously. There is nothing new from India. FINANCIAL AFFAIRS. The English money market was in a depressed state. Consols, however, bad improved; the quotations for money cloved on the 3d inst., at 894 a 89}, and for the account of the 7th December 90} a 90}. Bank stock was quoted at 209@ 211, and East India stock 210 a 212, On the Paris Bourse the Three per centa closed at 66f. 9c. for money, and 67f. 20c. for the new ao count. STATE OF THE MARKETS, The Liverpool cotton market opened more steady, but closed on the 3d inst. with @ declining tendency. There was, however, no change in prices since the departare of the Arabia. The sales of the three days were 15,500 bales, of which 2,000 were on speculation. The goods market at Manchester was dail and gloomy; sales unimportant. At Leeds there was little business doing. ‘The Hudderfield woollen market was inactive. The Liverpool breadstuffs market was dall, with a declining tendency, except for wheat, . Mesars. Richardson, Spence & Co., and others, quote flour dall bat steady, at the rates advised per Arabia Wheat booyant, with an advance of 24. on fine qua Kties, while the inferior grades were almost ansale able; red, 68, 8d. a 78. 8d; white, Ys. 3d. a 84. 3d. Corn dull and unchanged; white, 40s. a 41s, Meners. Bigland, Aytha & Co. quote floar dull, and 6d. a 1s. lower, and corn declined 6d. a Ls. The Liverpool provision market was dull. Beef heavy. Pork dull and nominal. Land heavy at 686, Tallow flat and nominal. In the produce market there was not much change. Rosin had declined slightly, bot clowd firm at 4. 3d. for common. Rive was firm. ‘United States District Court. Before Hon. Judge Betts. CHARGE OF OPENING LETTERS. Nov. 14.—The United States ve. Eli B. Nicholt.—Tho do- fendant, who was charged with abstracti: from letters addronsed to Porter's Spirit of the |, where ho was employed as a clerk, but who ploaded guilty tw the minor offence of Vy by ‘was called up for fon. that several affidavits from ro- apoctadlo had beon put in, tostifying to the vious character and epectaiy a johols, and witha that he might become a good member of society the Court would not impose the full penalt which was @ tig, of $600 and imprisonment with hard Tabor for one year, but would sentence him to pay a fine of $100 and be imprisoned for thirty days, United States Marshal's Oftice. CHARGED WITH FITTING OUT A SLAVER, Nov. 14.—Jacob Strom, captain of the schooner Ango- line, was arrested at pier 37 Fast river, by officer O'Keeite, charged with {iting ont the echooner Merchantas aalaver The Angeline was all ready for een, but whether Captain Strom will be bailed in time to go with bey we baye not "AFFAIRS IN NICARAGUA. Letter from Gen. Henningsen to Gen. Oass— Violation of the Walker-Henningsen Treaty at Rivas. Wasmwaron, Nov. 12, 1887. To Tum Hon. Laws Cass, Secrerany or State — Si¥—On the Ist of May last, in Nicaragua, I was charged by President Walker with negotiating, drafting and subse- quently carrying into execution the convontion of Rivas, ‘That negotiation was entered imto and the capitulation wan mands solely with @ United States offloer, Capt. Davis, of the U. 8. ship of war St Marys, under the guarantee of the United States fiag that certain terms would be ob- served by the besiegers. One of the most important stipulations referred to the native Nicaraguans who had faithfully served with us and who were to be left in the country. All the terms of that capitulation have been in a greater or a lewer degree vio- lated, but most tagrantly has the clause referring to those natives, ~ That agreement substantially provides that they shall be permitted to reside unmolested wherever they please in Nicaragua. I have since learned at various times with deep regret that theve men have been forced to carry arms, coerced to labor, and persecuted in various ways. 1am now informed, on unquestionable authority, that ono of them, Gen. Pineda, is now working in chains on the Segovia road. Genera} Pineda, the brother of a former President of Nicaragua, is a brave and chivalrous gentleman, whose Jong record of public service is without blemish, whowe political and military consistency and Qdelity make hima bright example to the Spanish raco on this continent, and would render him an honor to any couatry. General Pineda regarded General Walker as the legitimate President of Nicaragua. General Walker, without any possibility of influencing the ballot, was’ elected by @ larger majority than any President ever received before or probably will ever receive again in Nicaragua, becanse the only classes who labor or produce had witnessed an der his auspices the abolition of forced military service, and saw in his election, for the first time in their genera tion, the prospect of not being coerced by ambitious fac tioniets to Sight through interminable revolutions for a cause in which they took no interest. When the prossure of in. ternal treachery, foreign invasion and extraneous intluen ces prevented him trom protecting them from conscrip. tion, they came to rogard this as an illusion, and resigned themselves, as they had done from time immemorial, to be dragged trom their peaceful avocations and driv slaughter by leaders whom it was never my fortui see or hear of in the front of battle, It is diificult tc one acquainted with facts not to have rogardod, with eral Pineda, or not to continue to regard, General Walker as the legitimate President of N ction can take pluce as long as t occupies any partof the territory of that r orth observing that, besides being still de ju dent, General Walker was de facto President of Nicaragua far beyond the average term. In the fifteen changes of government that have taken place in this respect within six years, there is only Chamorro, whose term of power ex ceeded by one month, and President Pineda, by four months, General Walker's actual exercise of that office. To that legitimate President's government, when Presi dent de jure and de facto, General Pineda took oath. He adhered to it faithfully and valiantly in good and evil for- tune, und this, sir, is the crime for which this man, whose word through a long career has been inviolate, is poraecu ted by native and foreign leaders, whose antecedents are one tissue of per! ‘ry and deceit. Thad urged '4°;"to accompany us to the United States, fearing, not a ‘Dflation of the capituation guarantied by the United States flag, but possibl> assassination. Captain Davis, however, Darticularly undertook to provide for his safety, and that he shi pass to his home without molestation; whereupon Gen. Pineda expressed his deter- mination to remain, and evinced the same confidence in the protection of the flag of the American Union which be had always shown in the Americans who had ideutitiod themselves with the causn of his conntry. Now, sir, 80 great was the solicitude of President Walker with regard to our Nicaraguan fellow soldiers in Rivas, and 80 strong was generaily the feeling of their American companions in arms, that Tam only expressing the com- mon sentiment when I emphatically declare, that if ever circumstances could have driven us to capitulate with the Central American invaders or insurgents, | would have run all risk of dying, sword in hand, sooner than have surrendered these good aud true mon on any guarantee leas than the obligation of our opponents towards ertul nation. y naturally looked to the Americans in Rivas efll- ciently to guarantee their safety. President Walker, ‘who intrusted me with the details of that , aad my ‘ons in arms, who knew that I was therewith intr , look to me, and T, sir, Titve the figrofthe Ame. rican Union to look to. My duty towards the sufferers, ‘and my honor as axoldier, oblige me, therefore, respect fully to for redress of th's great wrong to the chief of this republic, whom I believe it is propor that I should address through you, I feo! compelled, in connection with this matter, to oall your attention to certain facts relating fo that capitulation of Rivas which have been much presented. It had been my intention some day to have set them in their truo ‘ht if no one else undertook todo so. But I had deferred task till that ‘Rottloment of the Nicaraguan question when A\ can institutions aod civilization will predominate on tho very apot which was the scene of un- merited American disaster—=# reault I look upon as even- tually inevitable, and which your own recorded opinions assure mo, General, that you sympathise with me in desiring. fam aware that, ax you ao eloquently state in your letter of the 2lst May, 1856, you “are not to be deterred from the expression of these feolings by ancors, or reproaches or hard words.’’ It is, however, necessary that I should advert to those facta in this communication, because they tend to fix even more strongly the responsibility of re iress on the govern- meut of the United States than appears in the face of the capitulation. ‘An atiompt has boen mado to create the impression that the Nicaraguan army at Rivas was in an utterly despo rate position, from which it was relieved by the interven tion of Captain Davis, whose interference is pretended to have been only officious, dictated solely by motives of Lu manity and undertaken on his own responsibility. Now, sir, though I do not wish to impugn the motives of bs em Davis, and iy we have never done the Cabinet at Washington injustion 1 believe that he acted either upon ita instructions or in conformity with ite intentions, I must remark firstly, that Captain Davis, as commanding Ue only United States force there, represent ed for us the United States; secondly, that in aa far as our position wag desperate, it was rendered so by his own act; and thirdly, that after the commission of that act our sita ation was not desperate enough for ux to have trusted our wounded or our native companions in arms to the ‘mercy of our je without a better guarantee than the word they #0 often violated. ‘We could not have done so, remembering that tn the spring of 1806 President Mora had preached ‘8 crusade of which the avowed object was the extermination of all North Americans who aok any part ia the eftairn of @ (to ph ee that in of that year be abot ail the stragglers and wounded who fell into his hands after the disaster of Hanta Rowa;that in the following April be American citizens in Virgin smacked tn Rivas, in Nicara- wo resi Doth of whom was beyond cavil or dispute. ‘We could not bave done eo even if treating with the only invading of insurgent leaders, whose cha racter entitled them to any confidence or respect—tenorala Canas and Zavala—because the one, Gen. Canas, was subordinate to the Moras, his brother-in-law, who, ac- cording to the common report of the country, jealous of his popularity at home, kept him abroad to bear the brunt of r with the same intent as David when he sent Uriah to battle. Because the other, Zavala, a Gua- temalian general, had evidently not influence enough to restrain hie colleagues. At least, after a letter writton by him in October, 1856, proposing to humanize the war, and requesting the liberation of a favorite bugler, (a requost with which Preeident Walker immediately complied.) Col. Laine, a Cuban in the Nicaraguan army, taken jor by Yavala’s forces, was shot by ordor of the allied and insur. gent leaders—an act in which Iam loth to believe that Gen. Zavala either participated or had the power of pro venti As to the condition of the Nicaraguan army ander President Walker in Rivas, the to city began on the 27th of January, 1867, he being at that time cut off from all communication with the Atlantic States by the un Inwful seizure of the Transit steamers, By repeated and vigorous attacks—onoa at (raje, four times at San Jorge, on the 20th of January, 3d and Lith of February, and the leth of March, by sweeping tho Transit road, and by various skirmishes, the invaders and jnsurgents were for seven woeka prevented from invest ing Rivas. For the remaining six works, up to the lat of May, Rivas waa more of leas closely invested by means of four strongly entrenched camps with connecting lines During the whole of this and indeed for nearly five monte preceding the Int of” May. 1857, wo had received only 135 men reinfercement. 10 besiogers, who reach od Obraje, according to their own report, with 2,160 mon, had been during this time reinforced by 4,000 men, mak ing the total force brought against us over 7,000. Afler the Investment two attempts were made to carry the place 9 surprise and storm, viz.: on the 23d of Marchand 11th April. On the 23 the besiqgers took possession of ail the houses outeide of our works, but by two o'clock P. M were driven out of them back to their lines with great jose, leaving in our hands one cannon and thirty prisoners, including a colonel of artillery. On the Lith of April, 1867, lod in by a dosorter, thoy suceveded in capturing one side of the lower plagt and at tompted to storm on other rides. In two hours they wore again driven back with great slaughter, leaving in our hands nearly 100 prisoners, All thoae who got within our works being killed or compelled to eurrender. Their lows ‘on that occasion has been to have ex ceeded 800, From that time to the Iat of May they made no further attack and received no reinforcement of any consequence They had none whatever to expect, except one corps of Salvadorians, whore advent and thielity was doubtful and unimportant, and whose loader shortly after attempted a revolution, Up to the Lith of April thy besiegors had sine ascertain deen under the impression that they could capture Rivas if they could enter it. They were then eager to get in. ‘The result of the T1th destroyed this illusion, and they were equally anxious to keep out. Op the morning of the Ist of May the position of the be- 6 and of the besiegers was as follows:— the 7,000 men Longe se by the allied foreign invaders vas (two-thirds of which force invaders), there remammed 600 allies and from 1,000 to 1,.00 icaraguan insurgents. ‘Their entrenched camps had’ been much astre 3 but they could no longer, with this reduced force, man Sivey) the connecting lines, which were over two miles in extent, and the besieged sent scouts and moasen- Co them who almoet always returned in safety. besiegors were besides short of powder and threat- ened with cholera and the rainy season, both of which had set in a fortnight earlier the year preceding. ‘The besieged,on the other hand, were atraitened for provisions and encumbered with wounded. For a month they had been living of horse and mule meat, sugar and chocolate. They had been much weakened by desertion; Dat desertion had nearly done its worst. Their force con- sisted of 260 Americans and 40 natives capable of bearing arms. They had still left on the Ist of May two or three days provisions, viz. , two oxen, two mules, three horses ‘and 1,000 pounds of sugar. They were well supplied with ammunition, half thoir store being in Rivas. In tho har bor of San Juan del Sur they had the war schooner Gra- nada, which contained the other half of their ammunition, besides several hundred stand of amall arms. President Walker had remained thus tong in Rivas,appro- hending that Col. Lockridge might march round by Chon- tales, and because there was every reason to believe that shortly after the action ofthe 11th of Aprilthe enemy would be obliged to raise the siege. It was his intention, after or dering the schooner Granada to sail for Realejo or some int northward, to evacuate Rivas when ho came to his last day's provision. He had no doubt, by a night attack, of being able to force his way. throngh their ‘now weakened lines, no thought of the be- siegers attempting to pursue him till aiter daybreak, nor fear of being easily able to rout their vanguard with his rear if they did. There was then nothing to im- pede his march to Realejo or other points where the schooner Grai with the ammuuition and spare arms would have met him. In the adjoining districts, where but for the necessity of protecting the Transit he would long since have carried on the war, his native friends were anxiously awaiting either till the besiegers exhausted their strength on Rivas or tll we appeared amongst them It is truo that the besieged would have had to destroy the ammunition and hea) pieces in Rivas, and would have been © their wounded behind them, but they would have carried with them the substantial guarantee of 100 prisoners as hostage If ft bo doubted whether the bosicged wero strong enough to break through the lines of th gors, have only to refer to many examples in th te only three: On the 11th of No gun, President Wal camp and a | the barricades on th Gen. Canas, with 800 Costa Ricans, and at least four times stronger than the lines of investment at Rivas, On the 17th of the same month, with 260 men and three guns, he forced his way into Massaya, defended by 2,000 men, captured half the city, held it for three days, aud was hourly gain ing ground, though ninety of his’ small fores dl and wounded. On the night of the 11th of N men, landed by him three miles from Granada, carried successively four lines of barricades, and reported to me at daybreak on the 12th at the Guadaloupe ebui To the schooner Granada, in the harbor of San Juan, there was no difficulty in communicating orders. — Its immense importance at this juncture to the besieged is ‘apparent, both as a magazine and as a means of convey ing material of war, which they had no other means of tranaporting. Now, sir, just at this critical juncture, and before the question of capitulation had been discussed, Capt. Davis formally declared to me, on the night of the 30th of April, that he had embargoed ‘this schooner by leaving orders with the United States foree, which he commanded, to prevent her from leaving the harbor of San Juan, and he expressed his unalterable determination to take possession of her before he left the harbor, It was this act of inter. vention on the part of a United States officer which alone caused President Walker to entertain the proposed terms of capitulation. For the act—that is to say the order to pre- vent the Nicaraguan schooner of war from loaving the harbor—had already been given before he declared his in. tention of seizing her. ‘The schooner Granada, (whose commandor, Fayssonx, had fought ber through as gallant an action as any living officer in any navy in the world bas fought,) had been lying for many weeks next to the St. Marys, their officers inter changing courtesies. There could be no reason or protext for preventing her leaving the port or taking possession of ‘on the Ist of May which had not existed for many weeks previously, Therecould be no motive for so domg, except that the besieged in Rivas had never before been reduced to depend on her possession—a motive ao base that, if Captain Davis endeavored thereby to justify the change in his conduct from professed friendship to active hostility whieh I cannot believe, I am sure that neither the Ameri Ne nor ts executive would hold this a aati , ransit route held by; Captain Davis's is in the 8 that he had already pledged himself to give up the Granada to the besiegers; and, in fact, wo attor. wards learned that when ho first announced his action aud future determination with regard to the schoouer Granwla, and the outline of a capitulation to the besieged 1y days been negotiating it w&h the enen:: @ fact of which the besieged were utterly ignorant, and which explained the unaccountable perseverance of the besiogors in continuing the siogo, or their ability to keep their forces together through the end of April, they naturally concluding that these propositions were made with our knowledge and concurrence. By embargoing the Granada he constrained President Walker into the ac- ceytanve of terma which otherwise he would never have thought of. But even aftor Captain Davis bad thereby rendered our position #0 precarious, President Walker would sooner have run the last hazard of war than have trusted his men, hit wounded or hia native follow citizens to the faith of the invading or insur- eut leaders without some such solid guarantee as either stages or the flag of some powerful and civilized nation. Under circumstances more desperate than Capt. Davis liv’ rendered ours in Rivas we persistently refused to do 80. On fhe retreat from Granada there were in Granada, or be- tween Granada and the lake, 419 souls. Of these 73 were wounded men, 70 women and children. Of the 276 men capable of bearing arms 47 wore cut off within ten minutes of the first attack. Of the remaining 229, 76 were subsequently killed or wounded, besides those who died of cholera and typhus (amounting to 120 of ail sexes and ages), They wore oxposed without shelter, night and day, to rain and sunshine for seventeen days, living on horse and mule meat, short of ammunition, in. ceemantly fighting, and surrounded by «force larger than re Seained to beloagier us in Rivas on the first of May —yet sur- Tender or capitulation wax never contem At Hivas, was held to be Vk. first lieutenaut, who sprang apon her the broadside of the St. yan started @ hundred men in boats to board her. a hue (then of seventeen men) pre: reason that they had already lost in the attempt man of war, the brig Onse de Abril, which, of the burthen of 225 tons, with four nine ers’ and @ of 118 men, was destroyed afer @ desperate action by the little schooner Granada, of seventy-five tons, with {wo sizes and twenty vight men crew. Her gallant cap- interference of a United States officer probably alone prevented the raising of the siege of Rivas and roversed the issue of that campaign; since his undoubted act at a critical moment, the embargving of the schooner Granada, decisively altered onr position; and since it wae to the antec of a United States offic command of a United force that wo entrusted the fate of our native born follow soldiers,1 am eure that you will not fail w per. ceive how directly responsibilit ‘Attaches in this matter to the government of tho U: States; and I venture to indulge the confident hope that | am making now an effec. tual appeal for redress, through euch means as the wis dom of the President and his Cabinet will suggest, and not merely placing upon record a solemn protest. Lam, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant, ©. F. HENNINGSEN. ‘Trial Trip of the Adriatic, TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. I avatl myself of an opportunity to let you know of the result of the engineers’ trial trip of the Adriatic up to this ume, We left Canal street dook about nine o'clock Friday morning, and have run out to sea back and forth within fifty miles of the Lightship, and have returned to Sandy Hook to allow part of our company to return to the city; after which we put to sea again, intending to return to Now York Monday morning: As I know the interest felt in the trial of the mighty eo- gines of this steamer I cannot deny myself the pleasure ‘of reporting the satisfactory success thus far attending ft. No one can realize the simplicity and beaaty of the move ments of the enormous engines withoat them in operation. Icannot imagine what more ts to bo desired, or, in fact, in the natare of 0) power without the controlling instrumentaiities are portorming their functions regularly, gently and accurately, presenting a simplicity of action that captivates every beholder, and when sen in combination with such vast proportions and strength, creates the conviction that here is before you a degree of rafety and efficiency not to be found in more complicated arrangements It ls, however, not my object to describe these engines, but merely to let you know how successful thus far is thie first trial trip of tke Avtriatic, and that already all doubt of the entire success of the machinery and boilers of thie noble vessel is at an end with all on board. One word a8 to the model. If the lamonted George Steors were fortunately alive, he would not have desired the lines of the Adriatic to be other than they are. A LOOKER ON, Additional News from the Wagon Trains, MOVEMENTS OF THE TROOPS. The Indian Commissioner and Brigham Young. die., kes, dec. Important from Utah. A friend, says the St. Lonis Democrat, has per- mitted us to publish the following extract from a private letter dated Fort Laramie, Oct. 22, 1667 :— An express from the army on Haws’ fork reports hat the Mormons have destroyed three government trains (burnt them up). Brigham Young informed Col. Alexander, by express, that he must not advance Surther into the territory. Col. Johnston is collecting the trains all together at the Sonth Pass, to escort them in. The 2d Dragoons will be here to-morrow. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Batrmony, Noy. 22, 1857, Your Washington correspondent, in hia letter pab- lished in yesterday's Hen acon, states that in the event. of an attack by the Mormons upon the United Btatea troops composing the expedition to Utah, Col. John- ston will have two thousand men to fight hia battles with, including “ two complete battalions of light ar- tillery.” Unless your correspondent has been furnished with information which has hitherto been excladed from the public, he has exaggerated the number of that force by nearly one-half. According to the latest reliable information, it ap- peared that the force under the command of Col. John- ston, and which has now, in all probability, reached Fort Bridger, unless their passage has been disputed successfully, consisted of ten companies of the Tenth infantry and eight companies of the Fifth infantry ~-numbering in the aggregate not over one thousand men, all told, In addition to this was a light battery of the Fourth artillery, which the general orders of June 30 (No. 12) authori Capt. Phelps to extend to ‘ar complement, but which, owing to the man- ner in which the expedition was despatched, started with not over sixty men and six pieces. Lastly is an ordnance train under command of Capt. Reno, which probably numbers fit Here we have a force of about eleven hundred men, and of these the artillery arm, both light and heavy, which your correspondent seems to rely upon so much for their efficiency, utterly ‘anavallable amid the mountain defiles, or even, to a great extent, upon the plains, if deeply clogged with snow, which usu- ally covers the valley of the Great Salt Lake to the depth of several feet during the entire winter. ‘he number of teamsters and other outsiders would. probably swell the aggregate nearly up to your corres- pondent’s figures; but it is obvious t these can- not be reckoned as part of the available militar strength of the expedition, as they would find worl enough on their hands in taking care of their teams. Add to all this, the want of fo for the animals, which is already beginning to be felt, and which may eventually leave both teams and artillery helpless in the snow, and the chances of desertion among the soldiers, pinched by the severities of a Moscow cam- paign and allured by the temptations which will no Noubt be attractively displayed by B: Young's spies and emissaries, and you may i e what are the chances of this much talked expedition for sustaining itself d winter, much less for making a conquest of the ts or enf respect for the United States officials who go under ita escort. Justice to the men who have been ordered on this need! desperate service requires that the pein unvarnished facta should go out to country, 80 that in the event of @ disgraceful trophe (which, from all appearances, does not seem improbable) the public may know with whom t settle the account. Gur Expeditionary Correspondence. Camp on THe Piarrs River, Axuy rox Uran, Sept. 4, mabr. f Description and History of Fort Laramie—Ren- contre with an Old Trapper—His Oareer and Adventures as Narrated by Himaef—His Perse- cution by the Mormons—The Great Irish Nimrod of the Rocky Mountains—The Pureuit of Litera- ture under Difficultiee—A new Annotator of Shakspere—The Mountain Sheep of the “Buffalo Range”—A Bonne Bouche—A Coming Meal~ Mormon Threats against Uncle Sam, In the present letter I shall go back to the point from whence my last letter was dated, and attempt @ brief description of Fort Laramie, which ig the only place of any interest upon that section of the route. ‘This military outpost is erected within the angle formed by the contluence of the Platte and Laramie rivers, and is the last mark of civilization east of Balt Lake City, Tn this fast and continually accelerating age, after leaving railroads and steamboats, and journeying at the anail’s pace of fifteen miles a day for 600 miles, over one of the most monotonous deserta in the universe, and suddenly coming apon this oasis, ensconsed in a quiet little nook of the valley, with its neatly whitewashed ex- terior, and presenting more the semblance of « hamlet than @ military station, our imaginations involuntarily carry o# back to oar homes in the East, and for the moment we lose right of the unwelcome reality that we are in the midst of a vast desert inhabited only by savages, pro- pn more insulated from civilization than we wonld be at almost any other point occupied by white men upon this continent. This post, aa are very probably aware, was formerly — a8 @ depot by the American Pur Company, for many years was a place of ren- dezvous for Indian traders, trappers and mountain who, after Re gape age annual quantam of , here found a ly market for them: and ia, no doubt, has been the scene of many a r ing frolic and personal encounter, which meet never fail to call forth. anomalous of hardy these veritable and iter, whose idi 'y enables them to find a home ver abounds, their kettles are boiling and their lankets are epread—were in the prosperous days of fhe far companies, when beaver skins sold for ten dollars a pound, quite numerous; but since the sub- stitation of silk in the manufacture of hata, and the consequent diminished demand for fare, have rapidly away, and it ia seldom now one of the old stock ia seen. We had the good fortane to meet at Fort Laramie that celebrated hunter, trapper, trader, guide, &c., “Jim ‘ng who has the greater half of hie wild ad- venturous life in the mountains, far removed from all intercourse with the civilized world, and sur- rounded by savage neighbors, who acknow! no social obligations in common with the pale faces. He is a man of about wy Pye of age, with a tall, gaunt figure, somewhat by toil and exposure, and possessing a firm, open and generous cast of countenance, indicative of the noble which generally characterize the frontier man and banter. ed Lene hk 4 with romantic ad- venture and startling inc! it, is to me interesting in the — degree, and, when related by him in the gp language of his class, is ex ly pi- quant. A native of the Old Dominion, he, thirty-five years Ago, while yet a boy. ascended the Miaouri river to near its ; was employed in that egantey for rev as atrapper and hunter. His ad- ventures this pertoh, exp rng the Black Feet and tribes, abounded with interest and excitement. From thence he wandered southwest into the “ Great Basin "of Utah, visited the int site of Salt Lake City, the Great Sut Lake, and found hia way south ints Lower California, and was bly the first and only white min wiry has ever the Colorado river of the West. He was subsequently with Fremont and Stanabary, as guide, and after encountering all the various changes known to that capricious damsel, he finally halted upon Black's Fork, of Gree: Very where he erected an establishment which has since been known as Bridger’s Fort. Here he hang up bis rifle and hunting implements, laid aside his roving habits, and resolved to spend the remainder of hie days in the quiet enjoyment of a home, and for seve- ra rs did a thriving business both in ts with Indians and California emigrants, But this py state of things waa not destined to continue, as hia roaperity excited the cupidity of the Mormons, who Jemanded a sory o the emigrant traffic, and came upon him with a large force, obliging