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Aunayy, Dec. 8, 1857. Public Documents forthcoming—The Governor's Message— ‘The Bank Suspensions— Reports of the Bank Department, Comptroller's Office, Auditor's Bureau, Surveyor and En- grineer's Office, and Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion, dc, de. Nearly all the public documents emanating from the various departments of the State government, to be sub- mitted to the Legislature, are mainly complete. Ex. cellency Governor King will not be very elaborate, as his message will mainly consist of a synopsis of information gathered from the public offices. He has nothing new to recommend to the consideration of the people's repre- sentatives, About one-third of his message will be occu- pred in furnishing the Wall street banks his reasons why he refused to convene an extra session. He will leave to ‘the Superintendent of the Banktng Department tho tas of discussing the causes and effects of the general suspen- sion of specie payments by all the banks of the State, the prostration of thousands of people who depended solely upoa borrowing from the banks, and the genera! panic, fear and suspicion which ran like wildfire through the State and country. The Superintendent is preparing ‘an elaborate report in reference to the whole matter, in which a detailed statement of the amount of securities which have been withdrawn from the department, and the names of the banks which have made such withdrawal, either in bonds or mortgages, or both, will be given. As yet the public have no information which the particular banks are that have been so manifestly crippled as to be a op. into Wall street aking are and silver tor State government securities. This latter infor- mation will be of very great public importance, ag it will shot once who the lame ducks are. About the middle of J ‘this bighly valuable information may be ex- pected to be given to the public. Perhaps during no period in the history of the State finances was there such an intense anxiety for a report from the Comptroller's office as the present. Tho an- nouncement made some three months since, by the chief nancial officer of the State, that the people's treasury was . and that drafts upon it were indis- pensably dishonored, was a statement almost too starting for belief. ‘The people all over the State were denouncing the last lature for the lar; and extravagant appropriations, but they confided in the wisdom and prudence of their agents at the capital. ‘There was no expectation that even that profligate Legisia- ture had concocted plundering sdhemes to deplete the treasury and tarnish the financial reputation of the State, Mr. Comptroller Burrows hag no object whatever in con- cealing from the people any information which he has in his possession. His skirts are clear of all suspicion of col- Jusion, of estravagance, of profligacy or exorbitance. He retires from office with a reputation of having contributed every effort in his means in guarding the public treasury; but he bas been overridden and overpowered by a set of cormorants, whose swindling propensities can find no parallel anywhere. An expose by the Comptroller y looked for. If he expects to return to Orteans county with his present good name, he must not fail to give the people the true reasons why he has been unabie to meet the demands upou the State—this rich and prosperous State. ‘Tho next in order, aud perhaps the most important, will be the report from the Cunal Auditor's bureau. Mr. toa has beld as close rein as possible over the nec the 2:40 canal swindlers aud robbers. But their dema come upon him much faster than be could tind means to pay, and the consequence was that before he was aware of it himself, though cautious always. not only was the entire nine million exhausted, but all. the appropriations made to the canal fund by the last Legislature also extin guished, and he was compelled months ago to public! announce that the works on the canals must nec be suspended for want of means to pay the contractors If Mr. Benton can, he undoubtedly will, inform the people what has become of the nine millions which was ripped out of the bowels of the constitution, besides several hundred thousands otherwise appropriated to the enlarge ment and completion of the New York State canals. We want no mystified jumbling of accounts, borrowing from one fund to replenish the exhausted condition of another; no refined double or treble entry style of book- keeping, but a simple, honest daily ledger account cur- rent, exhibiting at first view, and easily to be compro- hended, the expenditure of that vast amount of money, and what it has been expended for. Never, since the nine million was borrowed, have the people been informod what bas been accomplished by it; and now that it has been exhausted, and the canals not much nearer comple- tion than they were when the constitution was butchered, it is time that some honest man gave the information. Mr. Auditor Benton, the people look to you for the expo- sition, let the consequences fall upon whom they may, regardless alike of Americans, republicans or democrats. Don't disappoint public expectation. Mr. Silas Seymour, of the retiring State officers, more reluctant than either of the others, wil! have his annual report ready early after the first proximo. This gentleman hes found the office of State Engineer und Sur Veyor no bed of roses. He has encountered more ditt culties, endured more porvlexties, and submitted to more mortifications than all his predecessors. taken t ever rienced. The trouble with him, he much a itician, but lacked the ability uw remain consistent. jected as @ Know Nothing, be turued black republican upon the breaking out of the Fremont cli and bad the disease the very worst kind This t his Know Nothing associates on the canal bold against him. Seymour, assisted by Weed, Dap Sickles and t'p- bam, obtained the passage of a law by the last Iogiela ture, taking power and patrovage from the Cana! Board, which was American, and placing it with the Canal Board, which wae black republican. But never since the eof — that has Seymour been able to carry a single point: it has vir tually proved a mere dead letter. He took his focus to the Republican State Convention, and demanded a re. nomination as a progue for his treachery to the Know Nothings. Though Pan Sickles saved Seymour's Dill in the Senate, he was not permitted to argue his case in the Convention, and so Seymour was thrown overboard. Now, in view of all shese facts, it is rendered certain that the State Engineer can bear no great amount of regard for either of his old party friends—the Know Nothings or the republicans; consequently, there is much reason for be lieving that im bis forthcoming report on the subject of the canals, the nine millions, the expenditure, the suspen sion of work, &e., &c., be will place his pen upon paper with an impartial interest, and give the peopte his honest experience as State Fngineer and Surveyor during the last two years. It will be bis last political will and tes tament. The Superintendent of Public Instraction has collected | during the season a vast amount of useful information fle obtained it mostly by practical experience, as he has Personally visited nearly all the important sections in the interior of the State. Mr. Van Dyck is now engaged tn re ducing his collections into ehape and method, preparatory to be submitted to the Legislature at an early day personal visite to the various schools has brought to bis immediate knowledge the means of communicating facts, upon which he intends to recommend various important modifications and indispensible reforms in the present sys tem of public instruction. Among others we understand that he proposes to elevate the standard of teachers in primary schools, which will render the occupation more imviting to our Normal graduates, and at the same time infuse increased vigor among the people in the support and encouragement of their own common schools Our Nebraska Correspondence. Omana Orty, Neb. Ter., 7 Fourth Seavion of the Nebraska Legislature— Who will be Gerernor of Nebraska’—What He is Expected to be— Hard Times on the Frontier, and its Effects—General The fourth reasion of the Nebraska Legislature assem Dies here in the course of next menth. Itis composed, in the lower house, of but few of the members, but 80 far as T ein able to judge they are generally men of in telligence and business tact, well calculated for the posts they were elected to. The Council, or upper house, hold over from last session. In the lower houve there are a few contested cases. By many it \« supposed another attempt will be made to remore the capital from Omaha City to some intorior point. This, of couree, if the scheme be not entirely a speculative one, will meet with much favor with the people. With the Governor, as a co-ordi nate branch of the Legislative Assembly, this matter, toa considerable degree, resth. Last session a bill passed doth houses to relocate the capital at an interior point—a speculative scheme, by the way. The Governor vetoed the bill, and upon its foal vote on the veto it war lost by a smal! majority. This coming seaston, Izard, the Governor, will not be here to mar the interests of «pecalators or patriots ia 8 simi ar attempt of the kind, Possibly Cuming, the Secretary and now acting Governor, will officiate. Ir #0, probably the Il be attempted the applicants for the Governor:tip of the Tor ritory—a question, by the way, of much comment just now—I understand, is Enos Lowe, of Cousci! Blu ( >< Jowa, TB. Coming, the present 5 Parker, of the Land Offive. The appoint gentleman would meet with but litte sympathy with the motual se scheming lating politician ie not the man wanted for Governor of this thriving Territory The latter would ly be urged against TB Cuming. Ind outeide of all unkindly feeling existing throughout t Territory against Mr Cuming, the pr je of effectual ro. tation would him beyond the p Mr. Parker bas ee conducted himeelf in the Tand Office here and amongst people generally ae t + and obtain a opinion from the peo My own im pression he would make a good and give general satiefaction. The principal argument gtiuet Mr. Parker would be that y bas he bad his band sufficiently long in the porkets of govern ment. So ferastam able to judge, the acceptance of Richardaon, of Minots, of the post Would meet with more general approbacon A man to euit the times as Governor here, must be pro gresrive, manly and independent. He must soar above even the suspickm of speculative schemes, make bims: ‘acquainted personally with the Territory, and strive to advance the ceneral interest of the whole This would be such & pleating variety attached to Gnd ie duties as would not only astonish the people, but satisfy all only im spenuiative towns—like this, for instance—does hard times,” to any cousiderable extent, affect the peo ple. Property in and around many towne in Nebraska had resched Qn exorbitant price before the crisis came upon the people. The fall was necessarily greater than the popular pulse could stand. The revulsion swept imaginary fortanes away speculations of a heavy charac. tor were gone: lots fell in ralue of price one-third. In ordinary towns, where spscniation tid tit run se wild, but little “bard times” are felt. Many are talking of emi grating farther south in the spring, but they are generally those who elther came from a wartoor cimate “or came vere under misrepresentation. The number, however will be comparatively few i @ rumored that Postmaster Wyman here bas Pooea NEW YORK HERALD | | jeeming their issues. It is a poor business Our Oregon Correspondence. Fort Umrgua, Oregon, Oct. 6, 1857. Peaceful Condition of the Country—The Indians about Fort Umpqua and the Adjacent Country Quiet—How People Live in Oregon, §e., §c. Since you occasionally hear reports of Indian dis- turbances in our vicinity, I may as well, once for all, disabuse you of any fears you may have for our peace or safety. We are in no danger whatever. The Indians on the coast—I mean the whole Pacific coast region, up to the Columbia—are subdued, and col- lected upon reserves. Occasionally a few leave and endeavor to re-establish themselves in their old homes; but finding them occupied with whites, they willingly return, as was the case a few days ago. Some thirty-two were found below this poiut, which is the southern extremity of the ‘Great Coast Reserva- tion.” A detachment from this place brought them here and conducted them up to their appointed place on the reserve. Some dissatisfaction naturally ex- ists among them, as there would be with any peo- ple forcibly taken from their birthplace and the home of their fathers, but no hostility. The case of the Indians in the interior is different. They are in many instances still at large, and capable of giving trouble. Moreover, in case of necessity we have 150 men, and the strongest “block house’ on the coast which is the stronghold or place of refuge of a post. The block house is impregnable to Indians, and is used as a commissary and ine, so that when needed as a place of defence, of the food, amuni- tion and arms will be at hand and under protection. But we will never want its | Peele Truly, we are more safe from assault and danger of every kind ¢ban you are in New York. We rest a with- out fear of assassination, robbery, incen ies, or the other causes of dread with which New Yorkers are nightly tormented. We are faraway from the man incentives of villany and the schools of crime, witl | their refined modes of murder and theft. Night comes over us without danger, and the voice of the ocean king to the hills, or the hourly ery of a sentinel, is all that disturbs its quiet. We are in fine health. ese and ducks are be- ginning to grace our table, and salute our olfactories with their savory odors. The pleasure of hunting | them is equalled only by the enjoyment of eating them. | Our California Correspondence, i San Francrsco, Nov. 20, 1857. The State Debt— Mormon Outrages on Immigrants —War with Brigham Young Considered Inevi- | | table—The Opinion the Californians Entertain of | | the Latter Day Saints— Volunteers anxious to take the Field against the Mormons, §c., §c., §¢. The past fortnight has not been productive of any local event of interest beyond the boundaries of our State. The press, for the most part, is engaged in discussing the late calamity by which so many of our citizens lost their lives on the Central America. When the people voted at the last election, by a large majority,to paythe State debt, it was con- sidered that, as far as its assumption was concerned, the matter was finally settled; but it seems a ques- tion has been raised that the people, by the vote of September, could not, no matter how large the ma- jority, give solidity to a debt contracted in de:oga tion of an express provision of the constitution. At the time the subject was before the Legislature much difficulty and doubt existed as to the precise manner | the people could legalize the debt—how they were | to vote, and in what manner the evidences of ont- standing liabilities of the State were to be rendered legal and of binding force. Those who now moot the question say the people were without power to as- sume the debt in the particular way they undertook to effect that purpose,and it is understood a settled or agre case will be submitted to the Supreme Court at an early day for adjudication, in which they | will once more be called upon to pass _ the State | debt question. The ground taken by those who, for some object, assume to deny the legality of the pro- ceeding on the part of the people is, that though the course followed is the one pointed out by the Sa- preme Court in the decision which declared the debt unconstitutional, and that tribunal will be obliged to | ratify what was tion; yet it appears one of the Judges who delivered the opinion of the Court only suggested a vote of the people as a proper means to assume payment of the jlebt, but did not commit himself unreservedly to ita legality. The other member of the Court was of opinion the debt could be legalized by a vote of the | people in its favor. Since then the Court has changed in its Judges, and the point referred to is now raised, for stockjobbing ends solely, for no sane person | doubts the Supreme Court will unanimously approve the action of t ople. ‘We hear every day of some fresh outrage ed by the Mormons on emigrants crossing the trat- become so familiar in our ears that they no joomee excite surprise. It is confidently believed in Califor- nia that a war with Brigham Young's followers is inevitable, and that if hostilities have not com- menced ere this, it is to be attributed to the non- appearance of Col. Johnston and his force at this side of Fort Bridger. There can be no mistake about the tone of the’ discourses delivered by the elders at Salt Lake. They are fall of threats against the soldiers, and show a fixed resolution to prevent, at all hazards, their entry into the Territory. Even if the language used admitted of explanation or could be ascribed to the fanatical and ted feelings of the Mormons, | there can be no mistake as to the acts and measures | of the leaders and ge Months ago the settle- | ments occupied by them in this State were aban- doned by order of Young, and the Mormons pro- ceeded in a body to Salt Lake City. In disposing of their stock and other property they sought more to exchange them for rifles, pistols and ammanition | than to obtain money in return, All the late arri- vals from Utah agree in stating that the entire people there are in arms, resolved to resist the United States soldiers, and determined to Fay or their approach- | ing the city of Salt Lake. late massacre on the | middle Plains has left a deep impression on the pub- lic mind, and within bs gv week additional proof has been farnished that the Mormons were at the bottom of that inhuman bate! if they did not take | an active part in the massacre. The government can- | not allow matters to oy over, even if there was any attempt made to shift the responsibility from the actual criminals to the Indians. But on this occa- sion it is not likely the government will have any | chance to avoid the contest with honor. Young has | his forces in readiness, and irs to be sanguine of overthrowing any army that can be sent against | him. It is a subject of painful regret that so small a | body of men should have been despatched to Utah. We are here almost forced to believe Col. Johnston, with but twelve or fifteen hundred troops, stands on the brik of destruction if he determines to advance, and it must be mortifying to him if obliged to retrace his steps, or go into winter quarters, when the only canse that obliges either resolution is the superior number of the Mormons, who declare neither he nor his troops can enter that portion of the United States. In California the Mormons enjoy but little share of the people's affections. scandalous and infamous harangues which so long have emanated from Utah, have served to create an abhorrence of the entire people, and the wrongs endured by thousands who have travelled the overland route, and passed through that —d have not moderated the bad opinions held of the Saints in California. The gene ral government would find it an easy task to raise five to ten thousand men in this State to operate against the Mormons. Already many who served in Mexico are waking +. and proffer their readiness to join any force that may be sent from here to Utah. menaces and threats of Brigham have little effect on men who have lived six or seven years in California, other than to add zest to an ex pedition that hard fighting, and the extir pation of a of rule that impiously consigns to perdition ali who dare to canvass its immoral and debasing tendencies. The next news from Utah is anxiously looked for, as our last advices from Salt tae Col. Johnston within a day's march of ‘ort Ager. The trial of Mr. Haratzthy, late meltey and refiner of the Branch Mint located in this c’ v3 has been poned until February next, owing to the absence rom the State of important witnesses for the defene. | Mr. Harstrthy, expects to prove the deficiency of $250,000 in his department occnrred through the nse of bad ma: , and that be had tedly calle 1 the attention of the other officers of mint to the fact, and alao advised them of the lowes which were | continually taking place by reason of the defective | condition of the work». Colonel Soowden, Superin | tendent of the parent establishment at Philadelphia Is su to attend the United States Circu't | Court as a witness for the defence on the trial, to gether with Judge Lott, late Superinteudeat of tu: and will have to be decided. The object is probably | and it is a melancholy fact that these reports have | Branch Mint in this city. Congress to examine into the condition ot the estab- lishment here, the de re of Mr. Snowden for California would be a favorable nity to aaAo- inert the aoe Hck rani isco. is very little faith en- n under its present manage- ehh 9 tl ernment, under the piece mee ube qualities camels, it If it is found necessary by |, as the mint, has arrived will be required to Interesting from Key West. OUR KEY WEST CORRESPONDENCE. Kur Wrer, Deo. 6, 1857. Arrival of the United States Steam Frigate Susquchannah from the Mediterranean— Increase of the Guif Squadron —The Fortifications in the @ulf, de. , dc. ‘The United States steam frigate Susquebanns, Capt. Joshua R. Sands, arrived at this port on the 28th inst., from the Mediterranean via Maderia. The Susquehauns left Genoa, October 25, 2P. M., and arrived at Funchal, Nov. 2,11 A. M. Distance run, 1,576 miles—time, 7 days 18 hours—exclusive of stoppages. The consumption of coal for this portion of the passage was 38 tons per day. ‘The sails were not used, as the wind was light. She sailed from Madeira November 4—from the 14th to the S4th the paddies were unshipped, the vessel being propelled en- tirely by wind. On the 24th they wore replaced, when team was again used. From that date to ber arrival at this place the wind wasffair, and the ship's progress, with steam and sails, very rapid. Undor her sails alone she made the distance of 1,314 miles. and with her steam, 2,618 miles. Total distance run fron Genoa to Key West, 5,508 miles. The aver: daily consumption of coal, atter leaving Madeira, was 31 tons. While uader sail the speed of the ship reached ® knots. For a vessel of the Susque hanna’s tonnage, (2,500,) with her wheels dr in the water and materially diminishing her speed, this may be pronounced a splendid run. ‘The following is a correct list of the officers attached to the ship:—Captain, Joshua R. Sands; Ist Lieutenant and executive officer, J..N. Brown: 2d Lieutenant, J. C. How- ell; 3d do., Paal Shirley; 4th do.,C. H. Wells; Sth do., 8. Ledyard Phelps; 6th do., J. R. Hamilton; Surgeon, Vivian Pinkney; Purser, J. B. Rittenhouse; Passed Assistant Sur- fron, Robert T. Maccoun; Marine offer, Ist Lieutenant lenry Queen; Boatswain, Thos. 4. Bell; Gunner, James Houtchinsnn; Carpenter, Wm. M. Leighton; Sailmaker, James G. Gallagher; Chief Engineer, John , Whipple; 1st assistant do., Edwin Fithian; 13t assistant do., G. W. Alex- ander; 2d do., Alex. Henderson; 2d do., E. D. Robie; 34 do., John A. Grier; 8d do., Wm. H. Cushman; 3d ‘do., Glendy King; Captain’s Clerk, Louis Sands;’ Purser’s Clerk, J. J. Lyme. ‘The Susquehanna dropped into the Naval wharf on the 4th, took on board a full supply of coal and water, and is now only awaiting the arrival of the Ieabe! (his evening, with her orders from the department. Lier destination is San Juan. ‘The United States mail schooner Josbua Skinner, Capt. Filer, arrived Inst eveving from Fort Uallas, having oa board a detachment of the 24 Artillery, together with the regiments! band, in command of Lieut. Tillinghast. They are ordered to Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S. C., and will leave in the Isabel ou the 10th inst. Brevet Col’ Winder, ‘of this regiment, and in command of the garrison of this place, bas been ordered to the command of Fort Dallas. Ist ‘tenant Beckwith remains in charge of this post. First Lieatenant C. B. Hunt, Corps of Engineers, having been ordered to the command of Fort Taylor, will arrive this ing in the Isabel, from Chgrleston, aud releave Capt. Woodbury, the officer now in charge. A full foree of mechanics and laborers are at work upon this important fortification, and have already made con- siderable progress in the work. The lowér lor of guns, consisting of S-inch column brads and 24-pound howitzers, are mounted,and the work is in such a condition as to be made available asa means of defence in a very short time. The namber of operatives engaged is 200. At Fort Jefferson, 60 miles west of this place, Capt. Wood- bury has employed a force of 300 mechanics and laborers. ‘The lower tier of this immense fortification will be com- pleted with the present appropation. The armament of this tier will consist of one hundred and eleven 8-inch columbiads and 35 howiizers. When completed Fort Jefferson will mount 348 8-inch and 18 10-inch colum- biads, and 71 24- 1d and 31-pound howitzers. Total number of guns, 437. The two works will have 659 guns, of which about 425 will be in casemate batteries. Con- ress at its last session appropriated $500,000 for these fortifications: Ker Wear, Dec. 10, 1857. The United States mail steamship Calhoun, Capt. Jas. law from New Orleans via Florida ports, with a large number of passengers, arrived at this place on the night of the 6th. She was due the 2d, but en®ountering » severe gale of wind soon after leaving the Belize, was obliged to seek the harbor of Mobile, where she lay for three days. She sails on ber return om the morning of the 12th Hon. Stephen R. Mallory, United Florida, leaves to-day in the Isabel, for Washington 14, Tilingbast, United States army, in command of a detachment of artillery men and the regimental band of the 2d Artillery, leaves to-day in the Isabel for Fort Moultrie. Major Dashict, paytnaster, United States army, arrived from Cherleston in the Isabel, and sailed on the 8th for Fort Dalias 14. E. B. Hunt, United States Engineer corps, arrived in the steamer of the 6th from Washington, will assume charge of Fort Taylor on the 11th inst., relieving Capt. D. P. Woodbury, who will have command of Fort Jefferson. The United States steam frigate Susquehanna, Capt. Sands. sailed for San Juan on the afternoon of the Sth. Firat Assistant A. W. Alexander joined the ship at this "8 Senator from performed under their own direc- | port. New Patents Issued. ‘The following i« the jist of patents issued from the Uni ted States Patent Office, for the week ending Dec. 8, 1857, each bearing that date — Benjamin Beers, of New Fairfield, Conn., improvement in churns. J. H. Donham, of Elizabethtown, Ohio, improvement in corn planters. John M. Brunswick, of Cincinnati, improvement in bil lard table enshions Chester Bullock, of Jamestown, New York, improve- ment in the catting apparatus of mowing machines. John Watson Burton, of Eyre, and Geo. Pye, of Ipswich, England, improvement in the mode of treating flax, hemp and other fibrous material, Patented in Rugland, March 20, 1856. James Carroll, of Laporte, Ohio, improvement in soed planters. Jarvis Case, of Springfield, {[linois, improvement in ploughs Charles Clow, Abram Clow and Charles N. Clow, of Port Byron, improvement in agricultural forks ‘Hugh W. Gollender, of New York, improvement in bil- liard table cushions. Jolin D. Dale, of Philadelphia, improved planing ma- chine John Devlin, of Mbiladelphia, improvement in sewing imble. Zina Doolittle, of Perry, Ga., improved machine for boring bobs. Abram J. Gibson, of Worcester, improvement in life proservers H, Goldsmith, of Philadelphia, improvement in piano. 3. Samvel Hall, of New York, improved machine for cut ting metallic bare. ‘les W. Hawkes, of Boston, printing pres Seymour Jolinson abd Liesestér Johnson, Jr-, of Avon, improvement \n harvesters. Aimer Johnson, of Buffalo, improvement of propellers. Samuel Kelley, of Washington, D.C., improvement in bee hives. Edward 8. Keyser, of New York, improvement in secur- hatches of vesels. ‘iiiiam H. Lazelle, of New York, improvement in sew + machines. rancia Declair, of New York. improvement in lamps Francia D. Iza, of Charleston, arrangement of life and treasute buoy for vesrels, Joe! Lee, of Galesburgh, Tll., improvement in ploughs. Joel Lee, of Galesburgh, Ill, improvement in seed plan- ters. David Matthew, of Philadelphia, improvement in steam boilers. Charles Moore, of Buffalo, improvement in sewing ma chines. Nathan Scholfield, of orwich, Conn., cush’on for wings of bomb lance R. Stenton, of New York, improvement — William Stoddard, of Lowell, pocketbook alarm Stephen H. Strong, of Bramswick, Ohio, improvement in potato planters. Stephen R. Bennett and Asa Bennett, of Hubbardstown Mase. im shingle. H. G. Vanderwerken, of Greenbush, improvement in reaping and mowing machines iiiam 8. Worthington, of Newtown, N. ¥., improve ment in construction of aalt pane Thaddeus Fowler, of Waterbury, Conn , assignor {to the American Pin Company, of same place, improved machine for sticking ptne on paper James 1). Foster, of Cincinnati, John J. Miller, of Springfield, Ohio breaking boats J, W. Brokaw and Thos. Harding, of Springfield, Mhio, aesignors to Ten). H. Warner, John W. Brokaw and Jona than C. Child, of same place, improvement in reaping and mowing machines Ww Watson, of New York, assignor to himsoif and George H. Wooster, of same piace, improvement in sewing machines arles Weed , of Boston, aseignor to himself and Stephen of same place, \inprovement in steering appara iny and HI. ©. Foster and improvement in we ment in cleaning top card ot cardin dated Angust,1, 1854 Reissue dated » 1867 Design. —Garretson Smith ant Henry Brown, of Phila- delphia, nasi to Woolf, Moore & Co., of Wrightville, Pa., design of cook stove. .—Taivaion Lyford, of Lowell, Additiomal vement in portable chairs, Patent epee May 13, a , Additional ver Costing oF THE Canats ON Scwpay.—The fol- lowing petition to the Legislature, proposed by the Sab. bath Conventian, which assembled last week in Buffalo, is now circulating for signatares in Frie county —The,under signed, inhabitants of the county of Eric, believing that the desecration of the Sabbath is demoralizing in its effects and tends greatly to increase crime and the cons» quent expenses of the administration of criminal Justioe and believing algo that there i¢ no exigency in the com mercial business of the State requiring the transportation of goods on the canals or other thoroughfares in the State on that day, and that the interests of the State would be greatly promoted by suapenéing navigation on our canals on the Sabbath; we therefore pray your honorable body to pass a law instructing the Canal Board to close the locks on that day: and your petitioners, as in duty bouwd, w ever pray, &e ‘The Wallgontimentof the Bouth. THH PRESIDENT ON FILIBUSTERING. the New SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20 1857. reat = peg American, Dec. 16.] morning an early train from the weat brought Calvin Walker, |», and Mr. Robert Lay, of Geneva, having in charge the colored boy, John F. Hite, who was kidnapped and sold by N. B. Van Tuyl, whose arrest and discharge on bail have already been mentioned. It will be remembered that two boys were kidnapped, but one of at Carlisle station, in Ohio. Hat For the following histor of the case we are indebted to the Cincinnati Gazette, and to Mr. Walker, with whom we the train lef? for Geneva:— dulged in by Mr. are intended for the late Pre- sident of Nicaragua, and his movemenjs are charac- terized as lawlees outrages. ‘We may well exclaim with the Mobile 2ribune, what a change has come over the spiritof Mr. Buchanan’s dreams since the famous conference at Ostend. drawn up by the sage of Wheatland on that occasion, and signed by him, together with Messrs. Soule and Mason, he assumed positions infinitely less tenable than those on which General Walker bases his return to Nicaragua. Mr. Buchanan then boldly enunciated the dogma that Spain had no right to have Cuba; that the acquisition ofthe island was essential to the developement of the strength and resources of the United States, and to our defence foreign invasion; that Spain ought to be made to sell Cuba, ‘and that if she persisted in refusing a liberal offer—why’, we ought to take it forcibly, whagever should appear indispensable to our Batety. We rather that this line of policy constituted filibusterism full fledged and full grown. Mr. Buchanan was willing at that time to wrest Cuba by violence from the dominion of Spain, provided the latter declined selling the Queen of the Antilles; but now he regards the ayempt of the lawful President of Nicaragua to resume that power with which he was invested by popular suffrage, and from which he was e: led by foreign invaders, as a crime of the first magnitude, The key to this wonderful metamorphosis is plain enough. When James ie put forth the Ostend manifesto, he was ambitious of becoming President, and, like a true politician, he pitched bis tone 80 as to catch the admiring ear of the progressive democracy, and especially of the South. Mow he is President, and, faithful to the custom of his predecessors, he waxes timid and deferen- tial, is very fearful of offending Great Britain, becomes hugely pacific in his intentions, desires above all things to conciliate the good wishes of his national democratic friends of the North, and thinks nothing so comfortable as quiet inertness and gentle mediocrity. ‘The slightest sym- pathy with Wi Walker might bring down upon bin the thunderous invective of the London Times, and the virulent abuse of the Northerp press—evils which mea of hardy temperaments and force of character regard as “trifles light as air,” but which to your senile, hesitating politician are (raught with portentous magnitude, and omi- nous of the aisturbance of that drowsy calm in which he foves to dwell. THE ADMINISTRATION AND GEN. WALKER, The Washington letter writers express the opinion that the appointment of Gen. Lamar as Minister to Contral America evinces anything but a real a. hostility on the part of the inistration towards Gen. Walker's enterprise, inasmuch as Gen. Lamar is well known to be ey in favor of the extension af our institutioa south- ward, ARRIVAL OF WALKER IN NICARAGUA. (From the Mobile ter, Dec. 13. The joyful tidings which reached us yesterday of the safe arrival and successful landing of the glorious Walker and his brave followers in Nicaragua, sent a generous thrill of pleasure through the hearts of ‘this community. May we soon hear that this devoted pioneer of American civilization has reaped the reward his constancy and valor in triumphing over every obstacle to the re-estab- lishment of his ri J authority in that interesting re gion. We earnestly hope that the reported movement of the British and American squadrous in the direction of San Juan may not portend any interterence on their part with Walker. FF amg tsintwonee ehoeld be red by them we trust the people of the whole South will rise up with one accord and protest against the unlawful and un- justifiable procedure. Interesting from Mexico. PROPOSED COUP-D'KTAT BY GEN. COMONFORT— OW IT FAILED. (Correspondence of the New Orleans Bee.} Mextwo, Dee. 6, 1857. | might write you at great length, if 1 desired to des. cribe in detail every event, public and private, which has ocourred within the last few Jays, but this is unnecessary, and indiscretion might be attended with daager. I shall content myself therefore with a glance at the position of afairs. « Things look bad. The position is good, but is badly maiptained; the country might be tranquilized, but is terribly convulsed: the executive power might be over whelming, yet it is in reality feeb! Ihave repeatedly stated that Comonfort, though an excellent man sad animated by the most laudable inten. tions, is absolutely destitute of the qualities which consti tute the statesman. His perpetual hesitations; his desire I might say, his mania for compromises and middle terms, deprive bim of strength and prestige, aud alienate his friends, who can no er rely on him. ‘The reaction is not to be dreaded, for it is powerless and justly unpopular, All agree that the troops which are fighting against the government are bandits rather than revolutionists. The danger emanates from the adminis {. Hore is a specimen:— ready aware that Comonfort by no means ap You at proves the new constitution; that he has declared dimself unable to govern the country under it, and that he would ask nothing better than to get rid of it. Iam far from ‘ition, for the constitution of 1857 But censuring this oppos! would be just as Well suited to Japan as to Mexico to continue: Comonfort, according to this constitution, to take the oath of allegiance before Congress. and as sume the Presidency on the Ist inst. Well. he had re solved to do nothing of the sort, and had prepared the | following pian:— ‘On the Ist December, instea of repairing before Con- gress, Comonfort had determined to transmit to the ties @ communication declaring that, being sincere vineed of his inability to administer the government under the constitution, be preferred resigning his office, and withdrawing into private life. Congress would have eagerly accepted his resignation—thia you may be sure of—but effectual measures had been taken to avert this result. Emissaries bad been despatched to Puchla, Vera Cruz and Tampico, with instructions to get up pronuncta micntos as s00n as information should be received of Comonfort's movements. The Zuloaga brigade had been sent to Tacubaya; that of Keheagary was to repair to Paebla; the garrison at Vera Oraz, and General Moreno at Tampico, were to take part in the aifair—all of the promun ciamientos were to be started under the rallying ery of * The Organic Bases aud Comonfort'’ By this stroke of policy he would have been restored to the Presidency by the sovereign will of the army, would have rid himself of the constitution, and would have substituted the organic ‘bases in its stead. Everything was in readiness, and we were all prepared for a signal coup d'ctat, but at the very crisis of action the President's heart failed him. Orders countermanding the entire programme were transmitted along the expected line of operations, and Comonfort appeared before Con. grees and took the oath, as you have seen by the papers. In bis inaugural speech the President appears to insinu- ate that he accepts office upon condition of certain radical reforms in the constitation. He has announced various projects as in reserve. These have not yet been present- ed to Congress. The fact is, Comonfort hardly yet knows what to propose. He would like to retrogade, but dares not. He is desirous of conceding to the clergy: lst—The proclamation of Catholicism as the religicn of the State; 2d—The conferring of political rights on ecclesiastics 34d—A modification of the law of expropriation, or the law Lerdo, so as to favor the clergy, & Mr. Jucrez ie violently exe views, He has already tendere:' bis resignation once, but withdrew it for the purpose of employing his official influence to combat Comonfort demonstrations of weakness Misjolnder of Parties—What Constitutes a Community of Interest. SUPREME COURT—SPRCIAL TERY Before Judge Peabod Dee 18 —2he Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad Com pany ve. Henry H. Goodman and thirteen other defen dants—This i a demurrer to a com it The plam in their complaint, state that sore time prior to the mencement of this suit, they deposited with the defendants, Goodman Bates & Whiten he firm of H. Goodman & Co , in the of New York urities to the amount of nearly a million of dollars several kinds for sale for their (the plaintiffs’) account. The securities thus deposited ate said to have been all of them for sale and as to some of them, H. H. Goodman & Co. were also authorized to hypotheoate them as collateral security for t be able to procure for plaintiffs, and as were only authorized to sell, For loans In6 allowed to give the notes of plaintiffs, em ! by Apperson, and to this end plaintiff left with them notes of papers signed in blank by pl en hy Apperson, to enable them to write and fil up netes therein as they should be able to use them from time to time. The authority given by piaintifs to A. HL G. Co, was in writing, and is set forth in the complaint The complaint then proceeds to state different trans fers and deliveries of sail securities to ten defendants, ani states in one way and the different contracts under which they w: ed or otherwise delivered to pat fendant, stating the case of exch of the defendant rately. A® to each of them it states the reason why the contract between that defendant and fi. MH. G & Oo. was vold, and then proceeds to for tina! Pelef against the defendants, according to the case mais aad then asks the temporary relief of an injanction restraining phe dix posal or transfer of them during the pendency of suit. To this complaint the defendant Ackerman 4 substantially on the ground of a miajoinder of actions, urging that he should not be united with the other de fendants in the suit, but should be sued alone if at ali, ‘and the question presented by this demurrer I am to le cide. In the original measure lying at the foundation of this matter the defendants have interests somewhat in common, at least they would seem to have a common in terest in the contract between plaintiff’ and Goodman & Co., for on that contrart de ia the authority of the lat ter to dispose of the securities in question After an clabo rate review of the facts of the case, the Indge concla tes that j must go for defendants, with liberty to plaintiff to amend, so as to separate him from ali defend ants ¢ Goodman & Oo., who as trustees may properly xoept | be united in a suit agninat each cestui que trust. at the op tion of the plaintiff, (2 Paige, 273,) oa the usual terms, an ve. ‘Yan Tuyl, or Lensington, as he was known to the Ken- tuckians, came on a day or two after, and made a sale of the boy to Jenkins for , alleging in the bill that he was ‘nineteen years of age, of copper color, and that he was the true and lawful owner of said boy, and that he was a slave for life,”’ which he signed “Paul Lensington.”” ‘The bill of sale was made out for $750, but $500 only was paid, the balance being voluntarily deducted by Van Tuyl wr the trouble of the purchaser in aiding him to secure his “ property.” Subsequently the negro was sold to Lorenzo Graves, Fsq., by Mr. Jenkins, for $750, who took him to Warsaw, Ky., but afterward sent him to Louisville to be confined until he should require his services else- where. This brings the history of the case down to the arrival of Mr. Walker with the requisition from the Go- vernor of New York. ‘On the arrival of the two Now York officers at Warsaw, they had no difficulty in finding Mr. Graves, and on ex: plaining to him their’ business, and exhibi the evi- dence in their that the negro was free, that ntleman, with a disregard of self-interest which does fs head and beart the grgatest honor, replied, “I am satisfied he is afree uegro, and that he has been kid- napped.” He spoke with indignation and contempt of the kidnapper and the crime he had perpetrated, and pledged his honor that the boy should be in thei and safely conveyed to afree State. Like am honorable man, he kept his word in every particular. Mr. Graves immediately aided in procuring horses for the party, and proceeded to the residence of Mr. Jenkins, who had made the sale to Mr. Graves, and that gentiems: was as much astonished as bad been Mr. Graves, that he had been so foully imposed upon by the rascal Van Tuy, ‘and immediaiely refunded to Mr. Graves the amount af the v.oney, putting to bis private loss account the paid to Van Tuy!, merely reminding the offi if apy portion of the amount could be obtained trom ‘Mr. Lensi , that it should be forwarded. Matters being satisfactorily arranged thus far, the whole ty started for Louisville, where Hite was still iu Reeiwent; and Mr. Graves not only opened the prison doors of the captive with his own bands and delivered him to Mr. Walker, but he accompanied the gentleman with the boy to Cincinnati, gave the latter money to spend on the way, and on his’ arrival there bought several acceptable presents to send to the boy’s mother at Geneva. In reply to Mr. Walker, as he was about leaving for home on te mail boat Saturday noon, who thanked him for the trouble he had taken in the matter, and for his honorable conduct hout, Mr. Graves said:—‘‘I promised that you sheuld have the boy on free territory, unmolested, and I have kept my work. I was satisfied a foul wrong had been committed, and I have done what I could to right it. 1 only hope the laws of New York will be equally prompt in punishing the guilty party.” It is unnecessary to-say that Hite is overjoyed at his escape from slavery. In bis transfer to different parties he bad not told them he was a free negro, for might be sold further South, and his escape thereby en- tirely cut of; but it is probable that had he informed Mr. Graves of the fact, he would have found in him an honor- able man. He was held to be worth $1,200, and in good times would have brought $1,400. He is nineteen years of age, healthy aud strong, and his a i indicates: at least ordinary intelligence for one in his circumstances. Messrs. Walker and Lay express a high opinion of the Kentucky sentionen “whem hey tad occasion to meet. They acted y and honorably in every particular. Van Tuyt has of the fact that the boy was other-than been liberated on bail—too paltry it seems to us—and if he does not run away will certainly have to pay the penalty prescribed, which is a forfeiture of $500 to the party aggrieved, and a term in the State prigon not Penh mois te. years. Deciston in Relation to a Minor Legatee. COURT —SPECIAL TERM. fant, by his Guardian ad litem, vs, Henry A. Isabel Orsono O’Farrel, a widow lady residing in the island of Cuba, was the owner at the time of her death of certain city and State stocks of New York and Ohio, of the par value of $13,200, the certificates for which were in the hands of Mr. Henry A. Coit, the defendant, in this city. She died at Havana, in July, 1854, leaving a will, by which she gave, other things, the above men- tioned securities to her nephew, Louis Gonzalo Ser The legatee being a minor, his father, Victor Ser, was ap- ited his ‘‘tutor or guardian,’ and the estate, bequeathed y the will ofthe aunt, ‘has been placed in his charge, as tutor or guardian. or representative of his son, according of the island of Cuba.” Both have united in demanding the scurities. Mr. Coit demurs tothe demand, on various grounds: insists principally on the supposed insuperable objection that no letters of administration or guardianship have been taken cut in this State, and that even the foreign executor himself is no party to the suit. One portion of the all difficulty is met by the fact stated om the face ye Com) that the infant plaintitY sues, as he hag a right to R. 8. 115 and 446; Code sec. 115, 116 27 @ guardian duly appointed for the purpose of this action.”? If that statement were deemed too general, the proper course, instead of demur- ring, was by motion to make it more definite. The objec- tion of insufficiency in the mode of statement cannot be raised by demurrer. Under the Code, such objections must be raised before, if at all, or be deemed waived. If the statement were not well founded in fact the defend ant, instead of demurring to its sufficiency, should have deviled its (ruth, Besides, there is no danger in allowing @ suit iu the name of the infant; for, should a judgment be recovered, the 54th rule provides that the guardian J itm abal! not receive the money or property awarded without first giving security to the infant—a condition which, as the guardian was “duly appointed,” may be presumed to have been already complied with,’ according tolaw. As to the other branch of the objection it is un doubtedly the general rule that debts due in this State to deceased residents of other States and countries, cau only be sued by executors or admi- histrators appointed within this State, aad sub Jeet, as such, to its authority and control. But where, ‘as in thi case, a legacy hav been given of specific secu rities. the legatee himseif may sue for their possession, if he have first obtained the assent of the executor, whether that executor be of fore \. auch assent, where no debts remain uppald, ‘Ainatter not choice, but of positive obligation. If not'given freely is ean be compelled—and if not given expressly, it can be implied. (See the authorities collected in Jacob's Law Dic tionary, Title Executor; also Dayton’s Surrogate—The case of Stith: = Webb, 1 = R. 280.) Sh Te 4 assent to the legacy, in the present suit it is admitted—for such is the effect of demurring—that “Jose Pastor, the sole acting executor of the will, after baying duly and le- eers end fulfilled bis duties as such according to the laws of Cuba, has been discharged from the office of executor by the decree of a competent court of judicature of the Island, according to the laws thereof, and that since fuch discharge, he has. to the knowledge of the defendant (Coit), refuses’ and disclaimed, and still refuses, to Take any claim to the stock aforesaid, or to assume auy further control over the estate in any capacity.” Such a statement, it seems to me, in the absence of any suggestion of outstanding indebtedness, under the present liberal code of pleading is a sufficient averment, on de murrer, of the required assent: expecially when taken in conne:tlon wie te other statement, al uoted, that the property bequeathed to young Seré—in other words, the legacy in question, had been regularly, according to the Coban laws, placed in charge of his father—the co. plaintiff with him—* as tutor’ (the civil law designation of guardian) of his son. Assent on the part of the exece tor to the legatee's Le possesvion of the securities be- queathed |s not required for {ts own sake, but merely as an admission or evidence that the property given is not necessary for the payment of debts of the testator, and may therefore rightfally be the subject of gift. The’ only substantial question is, are there any debts’ In the pre sent instance, as already shown, none are Jed, and the executor bas clored bis trust and been fully discharged. His disclaimer. under such circumstances, and refusal to assume any control over the bequeathed securities, is a full warrant to the legatee. If, then, the legatee himself may sue, of what consequence is it that a domestic ad ministrator should be appointed ? The same reason which aflows the one dispenses with the other. A domesti¢ ad- ministrator is only required with a view to domestic debts. Property within the jurisdiction is retained when there are creditors within the jurisdiction. It is with a view to their interests—and with that view only—that a domestic administrator ia insieted on. When the reason for the rule, as in thie case, conses, the rule ‘ceases, or should Cessante ratiome, ceseat lem—no ereditora, no ad~ eoane Ministration Defendant's demurrer overruled, and jadg ment to be entered for delivery of the certificates of stock to the plaintiff, and payment of such interest as may have becn received thereon Acciventat, Snootixe or Con. F.M. Wrxkoor —Fatat Rrevrr.—We have been informed by telegraph that Col, Francia M. Wynkoop, late United States Marshal for the Kastern district of Pennaylvania, was accidentally killed while guoning near this piace on Sunday. He was hunting in company with his hired man, when the gun In the hands of the latter was accidentally dis charged. The load took effect in Col. W.'s leg, and he died in half an hour from the effects of the wound. The deceased was but 38 years of age. He was born near Newtown, fucks county. On the a of the Mexican war he (ofaed (he First regiment of Pennaylvania Volunteers, and on the arrivalof the regiment at ditt burg he was elected Colonel. Col. Wynkoop served with credit during the war. Gen. Pierce subsequently appoint ed him United States Marshal for the Kastern district of Pennsylvania, an office he filled until the commencement of the administration of President Buchanan. After the Tetirement of Col. W, from office he went to live upon a farm belon to him in Schuylkill county. He was at the time of his death president of a coal company, which had not yet commenced operations. mother aod brother of the deceased reside in Philadel) hia, Colonel Wynkoop married a daughter of Major Iv iggs, who foll in Mexico. He left no childyen —Patlatelphia Press, Dee. fear he | di report. | took the leed ab the tap of the drum, and it was soon The Turf. UNION COURSE, L. {. Tuvrapay, December 10, 1857.—Match for $1,000, mile best 3 in 5 to wagons. heals Bg. John Garland -@haie = é Time, 3 09—3 06—3 08—3:10 ‘Same day—Match for $1,000, one mile, to wagons. E, White's b m. Lady Forsyth. L —'s b. f Time. Same day—Match for $1,000, mile heats, best 3 in 5, te C. Earth C, Caril’s ch. m. Miller's Damset Palo g tag Bo 14 tor ORS. W. Whelan’s b. g. Jake Oakley... L D. Tallman’s b. m. Lady Woodruff. 2 ‘Time, 5: OENTREVILLE COURSE, L. I. Tuvrspay, Deo. 10, 1857.—Mateh for $500, mile beets, best 3 in 5, to w . €. Caril’s ch. m. "'s Damsel. 'W. Peabody’s ro. g. Taoony .. ‘Time, 2:41 54—2:43—2: COLUMBIA, S. C., JOCKEY OLUB RACES. Last Day.—The Post Stake, four mile heats, closed th meeting over the Congaree Course. attendance much more week. loveliness ants were Sue W: greatly the favorite. The want of in the is with the necessity of a dent that Nicholas was not in condition to put her speed. She won both heats quite at her ease, and second heat, from @ mistake of Nicholas’s rider in him up at the end of three miles, she distanced him. We weights, ‘SATURDAY, —Poat stake for all ages, club Five subs. at $100 each, p. p., with $1,000 added by the 187. W. Donwell's eb. f. Sue Washington, by Ro- a . W. ell’s ch. f. yy Yenue, out of Sarah Washington, by Zingareo, " yrs. Mereretete John Hunter's ch. g. ‘by imp. Glencoe, out of Nannie Rhodes by Wagner, 4 yrs........ 2 dist. ‘Time, 7:51},—8:08 4. NATCHEZ, MIS8., ASSOCIATION RACES. Puaraatia Covria, SATURDAY, Nov. 28, 1867.—Matcl for $2,000 a side, $500 forfeit, two miles. R. Chotard’s ch. f. Elza Logan, by Frosty, dam by Ruffin, out of Sarah Bladan, s yrs... received forfos. C. L, Smith’s ch. f. Liz Mardis, by imp. Glenooe, out of Fanny G., «e+ ald forfeit. ‘Tuxapay, Dec. 1.. reepstakes: year olda; colts 80 Ibs., fillies 77 Its. Five subs. at $300 each, $100 for- feit. One mile. Hampton Elliott’s c. by Voucher, dam by Imp. Belshaz- ovi- to her in the ye aiid fos 1 Floyd Walton's f. by by Time, 1:56. Track heavy. Weprespay, Dec. 2.—Association purse $500, for alt es; club weights—3 year olds 86 Ibs; 4, 100; 8, 110; 6, 118; Tand upwards, 124, allowing 3 lbs.'to mares and gelaings. Two mile heats. D. F. Kenner’s b. c. Rupee, by Voucher, out of Ha’penuny, 3 Qocescccesceccoccssscees SRE A. 1. Bingaman’s ch. f." Eliza ‘Logan, pedigree above, 3 yTS..... : 2 at Time of first mile. ‘Time of second mile ‘Total time... % 2624 8.66% ‘Tuvxspay, Dec. 3 Association purse $200, eat. addod, for wil ages; club weights, mile heats. D. F, Keaner’s b. f, Mumehaha, by Mahomet, out of Kate Aubrey, 4 yrs. Sietisalts cae | A. L. Bingainan’s ch. £.Czarina, by Imp. Glencoe, out ot Nannie Rhodes, 3 yi oe | Time, 1:6254—1:5014 Fripay, Dec. 4 —Association purse $700, ent. added, for all ages; club weights. Three mile heats. D. F. Kenner’s b. f. Whale, by Voucher, out of Dot Time of first mile.. Time of second mile. ‘Time of third mile..... 2:03 Total time..... 556% BDI Sarorpay, Dec. 5.—Association purse $400, ent. addod, for all ages: club weights. Mile beats, best 3 in 5. D. F. Kenner’s b. f. Minnebaha, by Mahomet, out of Kate Aubrey, 4 Yr8.......ccescceessee rene 1 A. L. Bingaman’s ch. c., brother to Fanny King, 4 yrs + a78 , : NATCHITOCHES, LA., JOCKEY CLUB FALL RACES. Fuiway, Nov. 20.—Jockey Club purse $250, (or all ages; club weights; mile beats, best 3 in 5. T. J. Wells’ b. g. Moise,’ by Capt. Elgee, dam by Ruby, 4 yrs. W. W, Breazeaies’ bg Bill Bright me, 1: Saurpay, Nov. 21.—Purse $260, for all ages; ciule weights; two mile heats. A. W. Smnall’s (R. Taylor & Co,"s) b. f. Bonnie Las 1 sie, by Imp. Glencoe, out of Madeline by Medoe, 5 .* i: PPeee eT tree ee eeee eee eee) eeeee . TJ. Wells’ b. g. Moise, pedigres above, 4 yrs...... 2 2 Time, 3:49—3.49. TROTTING AT SAN FRANOISCO, CAL. Pronxen Course, SatcrDay, Nov. {4 (and owing to dark- hess coming on after the fourth heat terminated resulted Tuesday, Nov. 17,) 1857.—Purse $400, with an inside stake of $400 cach, b. ft.; mile heats, best J iu 5, iu bu Ga. Ferg: b. g. New York a. A. uson’s b. g. New York. lencoe Chief. ime, 2:35—2:31—2:38—2:41—2'36 2:33 Usion Covesk, Tacrspay, Nov. 12.—Purse $200, (or Prag Lee nen mile heats, best 3 in 5, in harness. ir. Fanch & 22naat Mr. Green's ch. b. Billy Blossom ee we C. Shear’s b. g. Ned McGowan 3 Bain. 3 ‘Time , 2:34—2:42—2:42 5 238-242. RACING AT MARYSVILLE, CAL. Trmepay, Nov. 10, 1857.—Purse $250, for all ages; twe mile heats. B. m. Bonnie Belle, aged. Ch. g. Billy Fifer, Gr. m. Maid of the Hills, aged Ch. bh. Shanghai, me, Tavrspay, Nov. 12.—Purse $150, for all ages, mile heats, best 3 in 5. Mr. Bailey's ch. g. Billy Fifer, aged. a2 2% S. Nelson's Pacific Eagle, aged 2283 ‘Time, 1:57—1 RACING AT STOCKTO:! AL. Monpay, Nov. 2, 1857.—Mateh for $2,000, to carry 100 1s. ; one mile, Kirk's Time, 1:54 TROTTING AT LA SALLE, TLL. Satrepay, Nov. 28, 1857.—Mateh for $800 a side, mile heats, J. Young's b. m. Chicago Maid (in harness).. 2 10 L. Clarke's b. b, Spot Beanty (to wagon)..... 1 2 0 2 me, 2492456244 —246. Track heavy W. BE. CHAPMAN, COMEDIAN. Died, at his residence in San Francisco, November $, 1857, Mr. We. B. Cuarman, aged 70 years. For twenty- nine years Mr. Chapman has held a prominent and dista- guished position upon the American stage He began his career as a boy at Covent Garden theatre, London, where his father had been an actor during thirty years, and where his brother Sam,two years his junior, played Prince Arthur, in King John, with Mrs. Siddous. From thence he went tothe English Opera House, and became ‘noted for singing many of the songs of the elder Mathews: at OF, ne, where he Al in © Delicate Grout s ++ and O“Bmire, fo che’ amb Belle.” For atew. monthe t Mr. evinced sym; of declining health, his (riense and family aia cae the of the final snmmons, until» stant and beloved companion of his joys and sorrows— and two boys, both of whom already evince bright tokens of that histrionic genius with which so many of the same family have been gifted. Mr. Chapman was a pradent, ‘areful man, and must have arhassed @ good property. Peren MATieWsON a citizen of the United States, died at Odessa on the Lith of September last. . and § months. Mr. Miller was a native of South ina and resided several years in Norfolk; Va., had been a resident of Lovisiana for nearly half a century. the son of a whig seldier of the Revolutionary those who #0 nobly assisted in defenoe of New Orleans during the invasion of the Reftish in 1814-15, One of the incidents of his life, among many others, may be bere related ax an example of his enterprise and coolness in dai Truring the war of 1812 he made a successful speculation in tor from New ba to Havana, and was returning by way of Pensa- cold a8 & 3 E fruit and ram, the Spanish vessel was released and ar rived safely at ber destination; and what was not leas ro poi n eye | so invasion of 1814-15 Mr, Millet rae sur] jo meet the same piratical captain at the lines, under General Jackwon, one of those who. contributed much towards the suecess of the battle of the 8th of wer bis charge —