The New York Herald Newspaper, January 13, 1858, Page 2

Sketch of the Way the House Obtained tts Privters. Usivep States Horst, t Wasnineron, Jan. 10, 1858. Yvur Washington correspondence has already re- | vealed some very curious, striking and extraordi- | ¢j, nary facts with reference to the fat job the public | Printing, how it was obtained « wud these Tevelations were near enough to the iiilite be ex | tremely unpalatable to, and to jas: created a great | excitement among the parties cuncermed. These | parties have had enough to do since the appearance of the Henatp of Friday, the Sth, in speculating who was the author of the letters contained in that | issue, how the d—I the writers thereof coald have oDtained their information, or what weak sister or disappointed member of the modern holy alliance could have turned traitor and let out the damning facts ior the benefit of the world. It happens, however, that your correspondents, though extraordi- narily well informed on the subject, have not probed it completely to the bottom, nor more than partially exhibited the crooks, turns, in- trignes, combinations, promisesand corrupt arrange- ments throngh which the splendid prize of the public printing was @rawn by Messrs. Steedman and & Banks; nor, indeed, the exact relation of those gentlemen to each other and to other parties outside. Fortunately, I am able te supply you with all omissions and, in fact, to give you a complete history of the whole job, trom its inception some time during the months of September and October last, till the moment when, having secured the prize for themselves, Messrs. Banks and Stcedman undertook to repudiate the promises they had previously made, and to disa- vow the secret partnership which actually existed detween themselves and at least two other parties. ‘These facts have been in my possession for the last four weeks. Some week or more since the Cincinnati Enquirer | contained a letter from Washington speaking of the election of Steedman as the triumph of honesty and | virtue over corruption and intrigue, giving Steed- man himself a character only less saintly than that of Paul the Evangelist, and going into general pious ecstacies over the prospect that the contract for the pablic printng, thus honestly and fairly obtained, would be executed in the same faithful, honest, saintly and incorruptible style. 1 have the means to | show, on the contrary, that a true history of the | election of Steedman as Public Printer of the House of Representatives would expose an amount of dark intriguing, bargaining, corruption and general ras- cality that completely extinguishes and puts to the blush al! the previous records of Congressional, edi- torial and office-seeking venality, whether embraced in the election of Wendell or any previous public Hama in the operations of Greeley’s Fort Des foines Company, the Patent Jobbers, the Forty Thieves, Matteson, Simonton & Co.,or of any or every scheme or operation of that kind which’ has taken place since the beginning of the government. The actual origin and first cause of the scheme through which James B. Steedman became a candi- date for public ay was the financial and gene- ral debility of the Cincinnati E’nguirer. This paper had been struggling along in a feeble and precarious way. inthe constant, ardent, but hitherto ungrati- fied hope of getting the printing of the Post Office blanks, or some job of that sort trom government, in order to Le the breath in its body, at the same time that it growled fiercely towards the Union for hold- inga manage of the fat things connected with the printing. Early last autumn Alexander Walker, then the filibnster editor ot the inquirer, formerly of New Orleans, came to Washington to look about, make inquiries, kc. Finding a good many persons dissatisfied with Wendeil’s managment of things, he suddenly conceived the idea that the Enquirer might come in for at ieast a share of the printing of the House, changed his plans, went home, and im- mediately set about forming a combination to get the printing away from Wendell. The result was a written agreement between three persons, forming a partnership for the So age in view, namely, Alex. ‘alker aforesaid, Wash. McLean, a famous 0) gen financier, and James B. ie agreement being that each of the partners should receive one-third of the spoils, in case they were successful. There was then no rude outsider to come in and say, “ How now, ye secret, itician and ‘teedman black and midnight hags; whatis't yedo’” But McLean was understood to have gone away from the meeting singing, “ When shall we three meet again?” under the inflnence of a small glass of the excel- lent corn whiskey manufactured in and about Cincinnati. They met in Washington. Some ten days or more before the commencement of the session of Congress th came on here, with all the friends and helpers they could bring, and begun ,the contest by making the most extravagant promises to every per- On sup) to have the slightest influence. Coun- try editors, small beer politicians, lobby members, and not afew newspaper correspondents, were se- duced by vague but brilliant suggestions ; “ under- standings” were created by indefinite nods and hints, and the whole pack were in full cry after the spoils in prospect some days before the democratic Con- ional cancus was to come off at the Capitol. Among the original blowers and strikers who came on with Mclean & Co., were Robinson, ¢x-Marshal of the Southern district of Ohio, ex-editor of the Enqurer, & Cross, correspondent of the same paper; Burt Churchill (of Tennessee), and, finally, a saint named Santmeyer, who wanted badly to be doorkeeper, and to that ‘end kept open house and free liquors at the National Hotel until he was ot off by Steedman. and induced to go in for | fim for printer for and in consideration of having his hotel bill (amounting to some $300 or $400 for free liquors, segars, ‘e.) promised to be paid by him, the said Steedman. Up to this poiut things went on swimmingly. Probably there was never before a greater shoal of small fry politicians congregated to- gether in pursuit of the same quarry ; and each one was, of course, duly impressed with the fact that his | influence was essential to the success of the combina- ‘i Certain inflaences were also brought to bear vias and Bright, and the appliances proved to be potent enough to secure the services of th these rival houses of Capulet and Montague. dust in time Messrs. Steedman, McLean & Co. discovered that Wendell was too strong for them to beat without more sid. He had possession, and “the inside track.” A young gentleman from Vir- ginia, A. D. Banks by name. had a certain support which it was absolut ary to have. Cheva- lier Banks, aided by Chev ryor, had the Vir- ia delegation and some few others pledged to im, and he persisted in standing in the way Of the virtuous Ohio combination, until it was seen to be absolutely necessary for them to bay him up, or sub- mit to let Wendell walk ensily over the track. Ac- cordingly, after some higgling, he was let into the arrangement so far as to receive a written engage ment that he should have half—not of the whole job, as your correspondent seems to think, and as the general impression is, but half of Steedman’s share— that ix, one-sixth of the whole. For this considera- tion Chevalier Banks traded off his friends to Steed- men: and the result was, as you all know, that Steedman was elected—the trinm of virtue, honesty. incorruptibility, &c., &c. “ Virtue! a fig! yon know the rest. Bteedman, finding himself safely in of the prize, and not liking so many partners, immedi- ately” after his election undertook to repudiate the | claims of Messrs. Walker, Robinson, Santmeyer, Chorchill & Co.; and Mosars, Steedman and Banks published a card in the Star, denying that any other persons were interested with them in the printiag— denying that = had made saybety any promises, &c., &c—in a style of high Pecksniffian morality. ‘This brewed a storm, of course, and for afew days there was a terribly indignant crowd of editors, cor- reapondents, ex-members and others, who had been promised fat slices off of the job. During this period of ferment present correspondent — alarge number of important facts from various sources. An old band Tike Walker was not to be put off in that style. He was in possession of the most dan- Rerous secrets of the business, and he threatened to biow up the whole concern unles* his expectations were complied with. Messrs. Banks and Steedman found that they woald be obliged to come down, and Mr. Wevker was, accordingly, mysteriously put in es n of $5,000 in promises, on which considera- | & he renounced all further claims upon the concern. Santmeyer's hotel bill ($300 or $400) was paid and receipted; and Ry after having confiden- | tially toi some dozen people how he intended to up- set the dish for Banks and Steedman, by letting out | the whole secret of the election, was suddenly quiet- ed, and left for Cincinnati, not without having pre viously let slip some significant hints and adinis- | wions, which people who cen pat two and two toge ther could meke something out of. None of the | partics were satisfied, however Walker grumbled | internally; Santweyer refased to be comforted by | ont of his bill for free liquor and segars; « other parties i them y unhandsomely very ples in telling all they knew about the which, to be sure, was little enough in some tr anes where | have made inquiries. They knew, | however, that they had been clieated, ta in and o r, chiseled out of th ns, &e., 7 vlished «hy tginia, whom Vy Py Ohio, and hay | is so Yi oe | substantiation. evidently means to seek extensive field opened to him in capital. It is not supposable that Messrs. Steedman and Banks will dare to repudiate the Baws and ticre their connection with him, though their disposition to do so may be gathered from their conduct toward After all its bluster and fuss and the actual suc- cess of persons connected with it, the thus comes out among the cheated. On the plea of po- verty it then put in in for the printi of Post Office blanks, and had a prospect of success until intimations of its connection with the plunder schemes of, the phia Pennsylva- nian, an assiduous aappcent of the administration, on the principle of “Not principles but spoils.” The only hope for the Enquirer is now the Post Office of Cincinnati, which is most sesigoanety gt by its editor, Mr. Faron; but as the adm! ition” has doubts of his soundness on the Kansas question, and cratic State Executive Committee, with a host of friends, is on here after it for himself, it seems ex- doubtful if the Enquirer will get even a of any kind—a melancholy instance of the pase tude of republics towards country Rarepspers. All these facts, with more that might added, constitute an alarming picture of the way in which the public are Lc ssagg Sopa by mercenary political combinations. -y have been gathered by means of a long course of patient inquiry, pee | through et ee of time long prior to the actual! meeting of the parties in Washington, and ramified among all classes of politicians, sub-agents, &c., both here and elsewhere, gathered piecemeal, and finally collated into what I believe to be a pretty correct history of the whole affair. There may be some trifling inaccuracies here and there, but the main important facts will doubtless be found to be capable of complete if, in thus laying them before the pane through the columns of the Hexaup, I have jisclosed facts which were imparted to me under the seal of confidence, the consideration that in exposi venality and bringing to the light corruption I shal do the public and the cause of morality a service will be sufficient to justify me in my own mind, while the portion themselves, whose confidence may have been ‘trayed in view of the great public good to be at- tained, may perhaps be willing to pardon what they not have originally consented to. ‘The upshot of the whole matter is, as I said at the commencement, that there has been a flagrant amount of truck and dicker, bargain and corruption, and venality great and small, about this business of the public printing, which wel! deserves the severest and most searching investigation. Let some honest and fearless member move for a committee, and then let Mr. Speaker Orr appoint one which will not whitewash over the startling facts which it will not fail to discover, and the result will be a significant and striking justification of the course of the HERALD in thus bringing to light one of the most corrupt combinations which has ever existed in or about tl federal Capitol. Let the committee when appointed call on the gentlemen named in this communication, and I pledge myS@f that it will find that instead of exaggerating Thave only briefly stated facts which might well be revealed in much more frightful, enor- mous and startling proportions. Board of Ten Governors. ORGANIZATION FOR THE YEAR EFFECTED—THE VACANCY NOT YET FILLED. The Board of Almshouse Governors held their regular weekly meeting yesterday at the Rotunda—C. Godfrey Gunther in the Chair. ELECTION OF A PRESIDENT. After the minutes were read, Mr. Towssxxp moved that the Board go into an election for President of the Board for the ensuing year. Mr. W. T. Pivekwry moved that a recess of fifteen minutes be taken. Carried. After the recess the Governors resumed their seats, and & ballot was gone into with the following result! — ‘Washington smith. Isaac J, Oliver. The elect) . Sim! made 3 Mr. Swurn briefly returned thanks for the honor confer- bsg him. He urged an economical administration of the irs of the department. THE VACANT GOVERNORSIIP. The Board then proceeded to ballot to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Daniel F. Tiemann ‘Among the candidates proposed were Colonel Schwarz waelder and Messrs. Torvure, Scheiffolin and McKiroy. The following was the result:— ‘There being no choice, a recess was taken to see if au understanding could not be arrived at, but ihe half hour was spent fruitless abject was finally igid over until next week. The Board then aujourned, CENSUS OF TEE DMP ARTMENTS. Nomber remaining week ending Jan. 9 at Bellevue Hospital. + $92 Lunatic Asylum + , 626 Almshouse + 1,597 Penitentiar: ct Do. 1 Do. 487 Do 52 Workhouse... .. 1,264 Smallpox Ho«pital 29 Randall's Island, . 1,103 249 248 7 10 278 180 Children at nurse. 204 City Cemetery ..... crease from Jan. 3 to Jan Number remaining Jan. 2, 1858.. . Admitted Jan 210 Jam. 9... cee ceee ee eee Discharged. souk Sent to Penitentiary. Seut to State Prison... Number remaining Jan. 10, 1857, Board of § ‘This Board met last evening—Eljah F. Purdy, Esq, in the chair. Supervisor Tween moved that the Board proceed to elect a Sergeant-at-Arms and Messenger for the Supervi sors. He intended to propose the name of Henry J. Ma- thews for the office of Sergeant-at-Arms, and to do the du- ties of messenger. Srpervisor Hewt moved, as an amendment, that the matter lay over till next meeting, as there wore two mem- bers absent. The matter was ultimately laid over. Several petitions were received and referred, amongst which was one from Geo, T. Maxwell, Clerk of the Supe. rior Vourt, for a suitable room for the business of hie of- | fice, the present one being miserably deficient in ite accom. | modations. ‘THR CORONERS’ RILIA. The account of the Coroners for the last quarter of 1857, for holding 457 inquests, being $3,315 66, for fees and charges, was received and referred. THR RULES OF TH BOARD. ‘The special committee reported the rules, as amended, | for the regulation of the Board. The report wae unani | mously accepted, and the by-laws adopted. The Clerk ‘was suthorized to have a sufficient sumber printed. Supervisor Voorms offered the following -- Resolved, That the Clerk of the Board be, and he i hereby, directed to procure from the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of 1867 all papers remaining unacted upon in the bande of the several committees of said Board, and transmit them to the appropriate committees of the Board | of 1868. Adopted - SALARY OF THR CLARK On motion of Supervisor Conwor the ealary of the Cle’ of the Board was by & unanimous vote fixed at $1,400 per annum, to date from Ist of January On motion of Supervisor Kewweny the enlary of the mes- eenger was fixed at $600, to date from Ist of January. Supervisor Bert moved that @ committee of two be ap- point! to name a suitable person to codify the laws fo the regulation of the Board. Ad id. Supervisor Prepy offered the folowing — Retolved al! county officers and others, before in- | curring any expenses (the payment of which \* a consty charge), authorized or not apecially authorized by law, be required to make requisition, and when #0 made, that it be referred to the appropriate committee, to be in quired into and reported upon by sald committes, with their opinions thereon. Adjourned to Tuesday next at 8 o'clock Svattrox in Marynaxt.—This disease prevails in Somerset connty, Md., and the Princess Anne /atriot says In Salisbury a number of cases have occurred, and tlewe there will be others. We learn that the mer vnis there, with come exceptions, have closed doors business of all kin Ke very generally auapen:ied, ali i Pe me Ist. 2d. Sd. Mth. EA Schwarzwaelder........ 5 4 5 6 4] McElroy’. 1 4 4 4 4 Scheitfeli 2 1 -_ oo @ Turnure... 1 0) . 6 ° Blank... o ° 1 0 1 ' | although ready to dissolve the | and spreading with every succeeding day. The Hall Letter of Gov. Wise— Mae Fasgeesment of Wate ie he mate at the Men of (From the South—Fire-Eater.} GOVERNOR WISE ON THK LECOMPTON CONVENTION. Te anethes column of The. paper the reader will find a letter from Gov. Wise to the Tammany Socie- ty Rw New York. ‘ Governor writes without producing a sensation; but Pas we venture to yates an unexampled on the mind of he country. From one end of the South to the other it will be read with astonishment and mortifi- cal From one end of the North to the other it will be read with it and exultation. ‘The pro-sla y in Kansas have just achiev- ed an unex} \d decisive triumph. © They have organized a government, and have incorpo- rated slavery into their political system by a deli- berate vote of the people. President Buchanan avows himself in favor of the admission of Kansas with the Lecompton constitution. Every member of his Cabinet writes a letter to the same ef- fect. Indeed, the ition of the administration is ascertained beyond doubt or dispute. They urge the admission of Kansas with the Lecompton con- stitution as the obvious solution of that ntous difficulty which threatens the peace of the country and harmony of ioe nerd » In sy of the measure, they are not only sustained by the united democracy of the South, but by a host of true and fearless patriots in the North. On the other side, all the elements of black republicanism age arrayed in ree resistance to the Lecom constitution. vy denounce it as a fraud; ey Dre to op- pose it by force of arms. Kye! will not heed tl administration who contend that, inasmuch as the slavery issue was submitted to the popular vote, the abolitionists have no just cause of complaint. They ist in their policy of violence and revolution at ¢ hazard of involving the country in unimaginable troubles and dangers. At this stage of the struggle, when we oes to anticipate a triumph for the administration, the de- mocracy and the Union, Governor Wise comes for- ward, and by stigmatizing the work of the Lecomp- ton Convention as “a usurpation,” as “unveiled trickery and shameless fraud,” arrays all the influ- ence of his personal character, official position and sectional locality against the only fair, justand satis- factory settlement of the Kansas controversy which the Sonth can possibly a to accomplish. Astonishing developement indeed! No wonder the black republican press bee such excess of joy as is manifest in the subjoined’ article from the ao York Shag Times—the special organ of Wm. H. Seward. No wonder they exult in the glory of anti- cipated triumph over the administration, the de- mocracy and the South. Fortunately the Legislature is in session. Goy. Wise invokes the name of the “ Virginia democracy” in support of his position. Let the representatives of the Virginia democracy in the ture accept and emphatic the issue. Let them, by a prompt action, give assurance to the faithful men in the North who stand by the administration and the South in the struggle, that the democracy of Virginia will not desert them in the hour of need. Let them declare to the democracy of the South that they stand _immovably on the admission of Kansas with the Lecompton constitution. Let them rally to the support of the Southern representatives in Con; t them sustain the administration in the policy upon which it stakes its existence. By every obliga South, the party and the administration, the demo- cracy of Virginia are bound to make manifest their position on the dominant issue of the day. The Ex- ecutive of the State has thrown his opinion and his influence in the adverse scale. With equal propri- ety may the Legislature give utterance to its senti- ment. voice of the General Assembly will expect as potent an authority over the public mind, and the democ: of the State have a right to exyeet that their representatives will place them in a correct po- sition before the country. {From the Richmond Whig—Opposition. ] A REMARKABLE LETTER FROM GOV. WISE. The New York — of Saturday contain one of the most remarkable letters of the age from Goy, Wise, in reply to an invitation to attend the celebra- tion of the 8th of January, by the Tammany Societ: of that city. We say it isthe most remarkable let- ter ever penned by a Southern man, and we think our readers wfl agree with us in opinion when they peruse it—which they shall have an opportunity of doing tomorrow. We have no space either for the letter itself, or for comments thereon to-day. Suf- fice it to say, the sentiments of Gov. Wise on the Kaneas , and especially on the Lecompton constitution, are lauded by the New York Times,a rabid abolition journal, in a long leader and in the most extravagant terms. The Governor, in a word, repudiates the Lecompton constitution as & palpable and monstrous fraud, and says it must be submitted © a direct yote of the people before Kansas can be airly admitted into the Union. We believe, in short, hat this letter of Gov. Wise is calculated to do more harm to the South at the North than any- which has yet transpired iu connection with omas men in Congress who have taken their stand for the Lecompton constitu- ion are completely unhorsed by this letter from Governor Wise, and will henceforth be denounced by their constituents as more Southern in their views and feelings than our own Southern fire eaters. Strange times are these, when demagogues North and South assame any side of any question which self interest and ambition may dictate. Gov. Wise. nion in the event of Fremont's election, is now pandering to the abolition sentiment of the North, with a view to the Presi- dential nomination in 1860. May heaven snatch the country from the deadly embrace of ambitious demagogues and reckless place hunters! oy through a great popular revolution, whic hall whelm with confusion and ruin the demo- ic hp ery party more jesuitical and dangerous than any that ever existed in any age or nation—can the country expect redemption from the political de- moralization now prevailing, and which is increasing ‘or one, we say it boldly, that we prefer being ruled over by an open, frank, conscientious black republican to submitting to the further domination of a party whose principal leaders are: the most unsconscion- able hypocrites that human imagination can con- nine—nigger worshipper ceive. {From the New York Trib } The Lecompte mstitution is doomed. Mr, Brown, of Mississippi, yesterday formally abandoned its advocacy in the Senate, and the country will not be troubled with it mach longer. Mr. Bochananand the fire-eaters are broken down. Walker, Douglas and Wise carry the day, and remain the leaders of the national democratic party. Thanks to them, the people of Kansas are saved from the continnance of a usurpation under whose bloody and outrageous sway tl : have suffered from the beginning. We say thanks tothem, but in reality the thanks are due to the great and formidable republican party, and notto any number of frightened democrags, fearful ot only of the annihilation of their ay but of their own personal annihilation as well. ut for the enormous majorities rolled up for Fre- mont in most of the Northern States, and the com- pact and united front and gréwing power which the republican 01 continues to present, who can suppose of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, and the for all the outrages of 1865 and 18 would ever have thus reversed their pre ourse and lent themselves to the ob- jects, if not to the peeciaten, of the republicans? It is @ magnificent tribute to the trath of the doctrines and the wisdom of the policy on which the republi- can party is based, that its most vehement enemies are thus forced substantially to do its work. We say that the usurpation of the border ruffjans in Kansas is practically at an end, and we con- yon the coun! and above all, the galant State men of Territory, upon the fact. It is true that the federal troops are still there to sustain the border raffian rule, and that the dis ion of the federal executive is as hostile as ever the free Btate cause. Bat when the Mississippi Senator declines to continue the war on the floor of the Senate, it cannot much longar Je kept upon the plains of Kansas. There may still be individual cases of official wrong and of fanatical pro-slavery usurpation, but the system is at an end. re stands the democratic party after this mo- mentous intestine struggle, and after the triumph, for the first time since it assumed its present form, of the Northern element? That is a question whose answer time only can fully determine. Bat, cer- tainly, there is no reason for republicans to doubt as to the fature when the party against which they are contending is thus obliged to choose between des truction frot ithout and exposing itself to destruc tion from within hy the adoption of one great re [my oor measure, in the erection of Kausas into a ree State. (From the New York Times—nigger worshipper.] GOV. WISE ON THE KANSAS QUESTION. Governor Wise's letter on the Kansas question is a perfect bombshell thrown into the ranks of the democratic party. It is the boldest and manliest demonstration made in politics for a long time. ‘Taken in connection with the letter of Governor Walker, the speech of Senator Douglas, the dectara- tion of the democratic party in Ohio and Indiana, and the general sentiments of the democratic masses thronghout the North and West, it will pretty cer- tainly give the coup de grace to the Lecompton movement. Gov. Wise’s action on the subject ex- cites the more astonishment and ix the more credita- ble to him, because he is intensely Southern in his feelings, a zealons champion of slavery, and quite as ready as any of the Southern fire-caters to take the boldest steps which the advancement of Southern interests may require. His letter will be the rallying point for the high-toned, honest na- tional democrats of the Southern States. It will he | denounced by the Richmond South, the Vuailesiou Dlercwry gad the New of regard for the interests of the ‘ than Er Rage have. been truce, Like Senator stitution, and not adopt it, as Mr. Pugh 08e8, for the sake of empoye! the people of Karman t overthrow it is. We have very little doubt that this point will carried—that the Lecompton constitution will be lected by the House of Repre- sentatives, if not by the am eae But hag tone lias much whet Mr. can carry enabli act through either house. A very large portion of his own party, and all the republicans, take the ground that no enabling act is necessary— that the people of Kansas have a perfect right, jn the exercise of their own sovereignty, to hold a con- vention and frame a constitution for their own gov- ernment. Governor Wise peo pcate to leave the mat- ter entirely in their hands, and allow them to take such action as they may think ya He pro- poses that Congress shall simply refuse self a party to the Lecompton fraud—that it shall € governed in its action by the will of the majority, nd, if that will is against it, leave the whole matter, where it properly belongs, in the hands of the Ter- itorial Legislature. This is far more in accordance with the doctrine of Con; ional non-intervention vhan any other plan that been proposed. And it as this additional advantage—that it simply calls upon Congress to do nothing, which is almost certain °fveahington gossi) ‘observe, all that Wise n ip, we' e, alleges and Douaee are acting in concert. Nothing canbe more absurd. Upon a very essential point their tion isentirely different, and the success of the plan of one must be the defeat of the other. We have no doubt that each is acting for himself and with a view to hia own political interests. It is well un- derstood that both are candidates for the Presiden- tial nomination of 1860, and it isequally well un- derstood at Washington that Mr. Buchanan is al- ready a candidate tor a second term. Governor Wise could have had no difficulty in seeing that the movement of Douglas against the Lecompton fraud gave him a very decided advantage in the race with the democracy of the North and West; and, whether it was designed or not, nothing could have been more judicious than his bold and dashing attempt to take the inside track. So far as measures go, he has the decided advantage of Douglas, though the latter has a holdon the demo- cracy of the West and North which Governor Wise cannot seriously impair. As between the two, how- ever, the South would doubtless prefer the latter. As matters now stand, there is manifest danger ofa serious split in the party, but it all springs from the determination of the Southern ultzaists to tace an issue which shall give them either absolute control of the organization, or an excuse for sece- ding and bringing into the field an out-an-ont se- cession party. shortest way of dealing with these men is to give them rope. If the administra- tration would pursue the course required by the sen- timent of the whole North upon the Kansas ques- tion, it would place the secessionists in a position which would speedily expose their weakness and de- feat their schemes. * —_—_——_ Our Loudon Correspondence, Lonpon, Dec. 22, 1857. Effects of the President's Message in England—Iis States- mantike Character—The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty—Contest between the Two Great Political Athlete, Mr. Buchanan and Lord Palmerston—Anecdote of Their Last Interview, on the Departure of Mr. Buchanan from England. The President’s message is published in London this morning, and it is not too much to say that it will find as many readers in England as in the United States itself. What a singular fact, and what a contrast to only twenty years ago, when fhe annual message was convensed into brief summary, and stowed into some obscure corner of the London journals! Within thmt short period the United States bave become so closely ‘dentified in interests with Great Britain, that, as happeved the other day, a commercial catastrophe in New York caused such a vibration in London as forced the Bank of England to vio- late her charter to arrest it. No wonder, then, the Pres!- dent’s message is to-day perused with curiosity and interest by the upper and middle classes of Engtand; aud no wonder, besides, that the journals of London and the provinces will universally comment upon it, all with more or less fairness, but none in that disparaging cynical tone 80 much the fashion here at the period to which I aliude, It is deeply gratifying to American pride to see the in- staptaneous effect of President Buchantan’s message on the Foxtel proeo; ard frow this we may fairly infer the general opinion of Europe. The London Zimes, as usual, is the first in the field. It publishes this morning the message in full, and with a leading article, in which may e cen in advance the conclusions of the British mind on he subject, but in which is foreshadowed also the views «f Lord Palmerston and the Foreign Office. For the first tme in many long years the Jimes perceives it has come in contact with a State document, from the hands of the American executive, so large in its views, sound in its ex- csitions, practical in its conclusions and straight for- ward, resolute in tone, as to make it pause and contem- piate it with respect—almost with admiration. Two portions of the message will attract peculiar attention here ‘The recent troubles in the money market in this coun- try will invest the conclusive dicta of the President on the topic of an irredeemable paper currency, with a com manding importance. The Times has already seized ou the striking statements and decisive arguments of the meesage, to waylay and confound the charlatans who preach the spurious doctrines of inconvertibie paper. The bext point ia the message that will arouse general atten. tion here is the cajm, able, but firm review of tho treaties and negotiations—past and present—between the British and American goveraments. The sensible Suggestion that a treaty such as the Clayton Bulwer, of which directly opposite v re taken by the contract ing parties, ought to be abrogated. so unanswerable as practical nation like the English respond with “Yee, that is common sense; abrogate it by So certain is this to be the echo of the pe lic mind bere that the Times hastens forward to say, ofore we abrogate the treaty in question we must have a guarantee that “ail its important provisions must be re. enacted.’’ Now this is uch errant nousense that it never emanated from the ceuneil chamber of the Zimes, but must have cotue direct from Downing street, where, with due deference be it said, things quite preposterous are ofted rigged up in diplomatic trappings aud launched upon the waves of pablic opinion. It is not for me to discuss so potent an absurdity. The Herat will do i jus There is one thing I foresee as with the eye of a prophet and beg to call the attention of your readers to my predic top. Let me premise that there is nothing more delicious ly exciting to al! mankind, aud I include the ladies, of course, than the enlivening, stirring prospect of « hearty ght between two well matched combatants, and when the interest is enbaneed by the point contended tor being ly as important, as life, honor, or fortune, there ix no ying it, that a duel, whether the w sare pens or rds, bas irresistible charms for all the world. Lack oid Greece or Rome—bow all classes used to rush to the Olympic games or to the Colosseum! Look at modern Spain—bow they flock to a contest between askiltul mata dor and bis cornuted toe'—or to modern England when two well trained boxers take the field, or lastly, parris 5 nere magna, eee how the mob environs Tammany Hall when Rynders ready to measure his length with any rival aspirant. If, then, such curiosity and exeitement are occasioned by such ordinary conflicts as cited, what will be the interest and emotion when the United States and England send forth their two most redoubted champions, their two staunchest intellectual gladiators, to coutend in the field of diplomacy for the greatest prize ever sought tor by a nation—no jess than the right of way to the com- merce of the world! This is the conflict that is coming, and it is to be fought between two men whose ability , training and experience make them so nearly equal slats aa to ren. der the final iseue very doubtful. Tam gtoJames Buchanan, President of the United States, and Henry, Vis- count Palmerston, Prime Minister ot England. What must tend to sharpen the contest between these two athicta is that for years past they have been fencing with each other, ‘The first, when Secretary of State, and then as Minister to Engiand, bas always exchanging “palpable hits” with tho latior as Bh for Foreign Affairs in this country. But now, singular to say, they each stand for- ward at the head of their respective nations, face to face, with the magnificent stake between them, and the whole world awaiting the mighty result. As an American, I de- mand, on the apot, fair . Lord Palmerston hag already taken a sly advantage. Not = with Da; Lord Napier to Washiny , whose diplomacy and great - larity there make hess a formidable ettlebotter, he has lately shi , besides, Sir Gore Ouseley, not wanting in cunning, but who is suppseed to bave personal influence over the President. Now, thie is diplomatic, but not the thing. 1 have no fears. however, for ‘‘old Buck,’ as we Jove to cail him, yet the Henaun must do ite duty, and see that this eplendia 5 aaa like a true til, aa be tweon the prenx chewal ‘and that all is done in bonor. As Lhave called attentiop with such a flourish of tram to these two remarkable men, # may be interesting to relate an anecdote connected with their last parting in England, known to few hesides myself. Tn April, 1866, as Mr. Bechanag, then Minister bere, was descending one day the staircase of the palace, after taking leave of her Majesty previous to his departare home, who should he meet, gaily tripping up with elastic step, but the juvenile Prime Minister, buoyant at seventy-two. There had been recently some’ lively sparring between them, but as polished men of the world both desired to part with every esible manifestation of courtesy. ‘How sorry we are to jose you, Mr. Puchanan {"' said his polite lordsbip. “Yor may imagine, my lord,”’ replied the minister, smiling, “that my regret at going is quite as sincere and poirnant ws that you are so good aa to express.” ‘But still,’ re. newed Lord Palmerston, ‘we ought, for your sake, br content, nay rejoiced, at your departere.” “Oh, low sor’ inquired Mr. Buchanan, a litte puzzled. “Why, you arc, no doubt, going home to be made resident, added the Prime Minister, No man knew better than Mr. Buchanan that this was just what lord Palmerston feared the most. “1 den't kiow may be, my Lord,” returned Mr. Buchanan, ‘ sure, m advance, that there is one man who will not ve for me.” “Indeed !"’ rejoined bis lordship, a litte per 4 in his turn, ‘and who may he be © Your lford- piewe Fhig,” replied out Minister, sailing‘ Upon my word,” returned bis lordehip, putting bit hand on hie heart, halt in jcet and halt in earnest" youdo me wroyg.” Aud 89, rlabing bauds, ey parted, —_ -, Tom ov Povicx Conuuswommns:— Genrimwen—Baving heard the various reports which have been sirculated respecting « large per centage of the glass ballot boxes having been broken, I have felt it re- quisite to havea careful examination made of those stored in the wareroom 100 Morcer street, subjeot to the or- der of your honorable commission. For this purpose 1 yesterday requested that two policemen might be this morning detailed from the Eighth ward station (corner of Prince apd Wooeter streets) to assist in the examination. ‘They did not arrive in sufficient time for me to lay the report before your meeting of to-day, and I wes conse- quently obliged to have the inspection commenced by the examiners Whom I had engaged to make (he examina ber om ged with them. I enclose you their af- fidavit. By this you will see that, of 2,187 ballot boxer, no more than three have been broken, being a loss of no more than 17 per cent, or 1 in 700. ‘The room iu Mercer street in which they were stored is in the rear of Tuylor’s saloon, aud is subject to extreme variations in temperature, owing to the fact that a steam engine, belonging to Mr. Taylor’s establishment, is imunedi- ately under it, otherwise the reputation of the New Eng- land and Bay State comj as wellas Mr. Dummer’s, of Jersey City, by whom the glass was manufactured, justi- fy me in believing that no fault in the annealing, or even op packiny, could have subjected you to the loss of a sim- gle bailot box. This I more especially believe, as upon application to Mr. Warren, the property clerk to your honorable com. mission, | find that 272 boxes have been in his charge, under | lock and key, since the last week in October, 1857, of which Mr. Warren assures me that not one has beea broken. Might I, therefore, request of your honorable commis- sion to have an examination of those 272, as well as the 2,187 at the wareroom No. 100 Mercer street, made by | ™ trustworthy and reliable persons, as 1 am confident that of those reported to have been broken elsewhere, t ail, if not the whole, of such breakage, has taken place through gross carelessness on the part of those having fad charge of them, if not throwgh absoiute aud wilful malice. . Gentlemen, I have the lonor to sign myself yours, most respecttully, 3. C. JOLLIE. Satuxpay, Jan. 9, 1858. Sarcrpay, Jan. 9, 1858, ‘This is to certify that we, the undersigned, having been employed by Mr. Samuel ©. Jollie to make an examina- tion of the condition of the giass ballot boxes stored in the wareroom: No. 100 Mercer street, since the last week in October, 1857, haye done eo this Cr We have re. moved and bandied each individual ballot box, and fud them all perfect, with the exception of three. The breakage ‘of the glass in these may be. in our opi- nion, reasonably attributed to the exceedingly confined space in which they have beex stored, as well as to the variations in temperature cavsed by the steam engine at- tached to Mr. Taylor’s saloon being immediately under the wareroom in which they are stored. MICHAEL B. COX, STEPHEN HYDE, Jr Sworn before me this ninth day of January, 1858, Wit- uiaM Lee, Comunissioner of Deeds. Copy.) The Brooklyn Breach of Promise Case. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Tn your issue of the 11th inst., under the head of “Brooklyat items—Breach of promise of marriage,” ap- peared a bighly colored etatement, which, if passed over unnoticed, might work great injustice to my cliont, the defendant therein named. Allow me, therefore, to give you the facts as they occurred:—An action for breach of promise of marriage was brought against my client by Miss Blattmacher, (who is, by the way, ateacher in a private, and nota public sehoo!,) whose acquaintance he formed ina German lager bier saloon in Forsyth street. in this city. Under the advice of eminent connsel ade- murrer to the complaint was interposed in good faith, Plaintiff's attcrney moved{for judgment, on the ground of the frivolousnes the demurrer, which motion was sum- marily granted, and an order directing an assessment of damages by a Sheriff's jury entered. 2 defendant duly appealed from the order to the General Term of the Su preme Court. The plaintiff's attorney, however, notwith- Standing the appeal, proceeded to assess the dam- ages by a Sheriff's jury, subject to the objections of de- fendant’s counsel e main witness was the plaintiff Intelligence. ‘Kawase Srare Ovvicuns—The news received from Kaa ‘pas indicates pretty clearly that the free State party cwr- ried the election on the 4th inst, The following are the State officers chosen:— Governor—George W. Smith, Secretary of State-sP. ©. Schuytoe. ‘Troasurer— Andrew J. Mead. Auditor—Joe| K. Goodin. State CoNvENTION In ConngoriceT —The Republican State Convention of Connecticut, or, mre properly speaking, the representatives of all the odds and ends of parties opposed. to the national sdministratiou, will moet to-morrow im Hartford, to nominate candidates for State officer. Mxssacx or THe Governog OF MakyiaNp —The telegraph was in error in stating that the House of Representatives refused to receive the anmual message of the Governor. ‘The action of the House only laid it on the table for the time, witbout reading. Kaxeas Question Ix Tum Onto Lecrstatvre.—The follow- ing despatch was received in Washington on Saturday:— Jan. 8, 1868. ‘The democratic caucus of the mombers Of the Ohio Le- gislature bas snankponesy agreed upon resolutions of im- Btruction to the Senators from this State to vote against the admission of Kansas under the ‘Constitution. This intelligence would indicate that the instructions of which it speaks will pass inthe Legislature by a vote nearly, if not quite, unanimous,} Democratic Ne ONS IN INDIANA.—The foll the candidates Tor ‘Bute officers nominated by eee cratic Convention of Indiana, receatly held in Ladia- . Dodd. Attorney General—J. E. McDonnell Superintendent of Public Instruction—8. J. Pope. Court—S. E. Perkins, J. Haome Su saan except Rugg, Hanna and Norden are present incwm- Tudges and David Worden. The Convention passed resolutions endorsing the Cinoim- i eg sustaining the administration, and alse the jowing:— Resolved, That we are still in favor of the great dec- trine of the Kansas-Nebraska act, and that by a practical application of that doctrine the peopie of @ State or Terni- tory are vested with the right of ratifying or rejecting at the ballot box any coustitulion that may be framed fer their government; and, therefore, no Territory should be admitted into the Union as a State without a fair expression of the will of the being tirst had upon the consti- tution accompanying the application for admission INAUGURAL OF THR GOVERNOR OF TEXAS.—Governor Hardim R. Runnels delivered his inaugural address to the Legisla- ture of Texas onthe 2lst ult, He denounces Walker as the proximate cause of the loss of Kausas, if itis lost. We extract the following :— Year by year the South is becoming weaker, the Nerth growing stronger, That equilibrium has been destroyed Wich adforded the only sure and permanent guarantee of firctection against abolition innovation. If the argameut as Hot been exhausted, it has become powerless aud im- potent from the lips of southern men. For the future, te ‘the North must be left the ment ani control of a question which involves union or dissolution, peace or war. In view of these facts, it behooves us earnestly and calmly to look forward to the impendiag danger, for the preblem may soon be solved of the adequacy of constita- tonal restricjions and “paper guarantees”? to interpose sufficient barriers to the lust of an aggressive ant domé- Lant sectioval majority. Should this proposition be de- cided in the negative, I do not hesitate to believe that the determination of Texas will be taken to assume the guar- dianshio of her own destinies, and bid adieu to a connec- tian no longer consistent with the rights, dignity and honor of an equal and independent State. “For while disr woud be a great calamity, it is not (in the language of Mr. Jefferson) the greatest that could befall us: there remaime one yet greater—submission to'a government of unlimited powers,’ Supreme Court—In Chambers, Before Hon. Judge Davies. JAN. 19.—Orrin Terry vs. the Mayor, dc., of New York, herself, and neither she nor the other witness was cross- examined, aor were aay wituesses introdaced on bebaif of the defendant for the purpose of mitigating the damages, which might have been easily done had the defeudant’s counsel deemed it proper. The jury, under these circum- stances, found the verdict yeu named. Judgment was accordingly entered, and an appeal! therefrom duly taken. The statement relative to the courtsbip, the fladi the marriage agreement, is wholly gratuitous, ag no such proof was adduced before the jury. Having no desire to enter inte ‘wenapor controversy, Trefraia from detailing the merits and demerits of the subject matter; and therefore beg of you, and the press generally, to withhold your opinion wbtil the trial of the cause in open court. By inserting this communication in your valuable paper you will do justice to my client, end oblige yours, Teapectfully, G, MILLER, Counsellor at Law, 34 Liberty street. Tayvany 12, 1858, ‘The Case of Michael Cassidy, TO THE EDITOK OF THE HERALD, Flaviog seen in your issue of the 9th of January « state. ment that the policemen of the Fourth ward recognized in Afichae! Cassidy (the young man wbo was sbot in James street on the night of Thursday, 7th,) an old offender, T beg leave to say that it is not true; for be bas been only fourteen mont! this country, and bas lived from the Ume he came bi itil March last with his sister, in Wil- Liamsburg, when be went boating from Newark up the North river until Christmas. Since then, until hix sb, he has lived with his sister, at 118 South Sixth street, Wil- Wameburg. The deceased left bis sister's house at 10% o'clock on the 7th to look for a berth on board of a ship, and was on his way home when he met with his death. By inserting the above you will oblige bis brother, THOMAS CASSIDY. Some Hints to Ladies in the Mud. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Frank Leslie, in his Gazetle of Jan. 9, offers several useful hints to ladies who have the courage to venture abroad into the muddy precincts of Broadway during rainy weather. He suggests several plans, accompanied by choice illustrations, as to the mode of escaping un. seathed atonce from rain, mud and the rude gaze of in- quiring minds, who are always on the alert to criticlwe the varying styles of pedestals which greet their prying eyes. Ladies are advived not to pay any attention to the “sneers or giggles of the fellows im fancy vests avd tight boots who stand on the hotel steps to stare.’ There are six different iliuatrations offered, each lady bolding up her dress according te her own pecuifar train of ideas on this important subject, none of which succeed in conveying the desiderstum of ali fair promenaders. One lady is represented holding up her dress in front, displaying each, line upen line aud precept upon precept, of her boop skirt. A secoud lifts the drapery so high that several malicious young critics might insinuate that cows, not calves, ere encroaching on the prerogatives of sidewalks. Other fair ones, dla Vietoria, not haying ancles that one might swear by, allow their beautiful moire antiques to draggle ingloriously in the mud, while their gaiters and chaussures are not to be * whispered of in the streets of Now, to remedy these melancholy grievauces, let every lady im New York imitate the modest and sens/ble manner in which so many French women manage to defy not oaly mod, bat the impertinent gaze of the idle dandy who lounges about in quest of nothing but the unfair advantage which the rain altords him of peering at what ought to “curtained from the eight of this gross world.” Let covery American tady carefally gather her dress in folds, making the grand rallying point at her lettside. the dress to be caught in graceful plaits, beld with the left band, and lifted uo higher than the pd gaiter (which usually approximates to the region of the ancie). fy this means her drese will be saved equally all round, her ex- tremities will escape the pupoy eyegiags, and her right band will be free jo carry a litte umbrella, whieh will save ber ostrich fedthers and lovely French flowers from ‘ight, not only for a “ father,”’ bat for the indul ruined busband, whe often wonders why bonnets could not be so fashioned as to last more than aweek. Thir h plan of promenading in wet wea- ther combines utility and health with decensy, and should be immediately put into practice. Tremmin, sir, yours, unbespattered, KATE LUBY. ———— Inviolability of the Nicaraguan Soll. TO'THE EDITOK OF THE HERALD. New Yorn, Jan. 12, 1858. Ip the year 1954, or thereabouts, there were no wharves at San Juan del Sur, and a sumber of boatmen were in tho habit of taking the passengers off to the steamrs. They seemed to consider that a# their sole prerogative, and any interference with it was visited with their dis pleasure. About this time there were @ number of pas. rengers on shore who had been detained, and being short of money, they proposed to use the steamer’s boats and oe {whose worinens it we, infec, 9 put Ure" pasoongor or (wi ‘was, in © put the re on Gra ot the boatmen findidg thelr cocupation gone, went to the beach, and taking the steamor's boats, hauled them up high and dry, and afterwards charged the sengers doubie price for them to the stearnor. agent of the company (Mr, White, now of thie ey) wrote to the Captain of the St. Marys (Davis), who came imme diately to the rescue with a boat load of wnarines to try to preserve Americnn citizens from outrage, but he no sooner touched the keel of bis boat on’ shore than the Commandant of the port tog him that his count in- sulted by such an act, and Jprough him personally, and if he did not tinmediately return on board. with his mon be would baul down his flag, and write to his govern- ment, Captain Davis, with bis boat's erew, wont back again in a hurry, and sent a note to the Commandant, requesting him to come on board and “make it all right; but the Commandant replied ‘You cannot buy me with a glass of wine,” and the captain bad to swallow the message. This ig the officer aud vessel we find arresting. the Pro. sident of Niearequa a short time after,and at this end of that line upon whieh we find him arrested by an- ether American veasel of war. Well did that native know bis rights, and well did @aptain Davis know them; and, mark my words, the government forced upon Nicarague by the allies, and now maintained there for a tiae, may recognize this last act, but the democratic of Nica gavua never will. No, though agshousand ere were to be overthrown, they will repudiate it. The vast mn jority of the Will spurn the act, for the very trait which pr mates in them, pride, will not allow them to be. #0 humiliated; besides, in their ignorance they think they are euMiciently strong to take care of their territory, and their vauity will uot allow them to iq oF enUUTE H prgigctorate, GER and others.—Assuming the statement of the com- plaint to be true, the defendant during the progress of this suit can sustain no injury by the doing of the act which be fears. It is not usual to grant am injunction unless to restrain an injury which may be irreparabie; @ such practice has to any extent obtained, recest events admonish us that thie power should be exercitad with caution. This writ is the stropg arm of the Court, and should never be outstretched or uplifted exceyt to pre- tect the weak and restrain an injury for which no other relief can be afforded. For these,aud reasons heretofore stated in this case, I cannot sce it my duty to interfere by ‘an injunction in the present stage of this cause, and the motion is therefore denied. Frederick A. Conkling and others vs. Daniel D. Remsen and others.—MStion for attachment denied, without costs, and without prejudice to an action. Supertor Court. Before Hon. Judge Bosworth and a Jury. SUIT FOR INJURIES. Jax, 12 — Wm. Bigger vs. The Allaire Iron Works.—Tiis was an action for injury done the plaintiff wille in the defendants’ employ. It appears that Bigger was on bes way home from work when av omulbus struck against some scaffolding that was erected near the entrance to de- fendant’s premises, and knocked it down on the plaintiff. His leg was broken by the falling timbers, amd be has never entirely recovered. The defendants paid the doctor's bill, contributed some luxuries to plaintuf di his sufferings, and gave him $16 tn cash and three tons. coal, for all of which the plaiotiff gave an acquit. tance; they then offered him the situation of keeper at $1 a day, which he declined. He subsequently repudi- them that ated the receipt which he had given y did not know tye contents of the paper when be sigued it, Verdict for pion $600. United States Cireult Court. Before Hon. Judge Ingersoll. THE CITY SUED IN THE FEDERAL COURTS. Jax, 12—Ransom and Wenman vs. The Mayor, de. of New York.—The plaintiffs in this case are patentoes of an apparatus for extinguishing fires, and some \ime age brought one of their machines from Cincinnati fer the im spection of the fire department of this city, but t was not approved of, and after being used, was returted. The plaints e city in this Court, and obtaineda verdict of $20, them. The Gomptroller, Lowevee, would not pa: Jas T. Brady now moves, ox behall of the defendants, for a new trial, ow the ground of exces- sive damages, and that the defeudants did nd use the patent to the extent claimed. Supreme Court—In Chambers. Before Hon. Judge Ingraham. ANOTHER LADY IN A LUNATIC ASYLUS. Jax. 12.—In the Matter of the Petition of Ww. F. Cae fora Writ of Habeas Corpus for Louisa Wolftohn—A writ wag granted, returnable this morning, on the jetition of Mr. Case, who states that he bas been personally solicited by Louisa Wolfsohn, formerly of this city, to peiition the Court for her release from the King’s County Lamtic Asy: lum, where she has been for a long time past, and now # illegally confined and restrained from her liberty by Dr. Jobn V. Lansing, resident physician of said aeylom; that she is 80 confiued on the pretence of her insaity, ahe being there placed by her father, Edward Wolfeoin, who. the petitioner says, has secretly and under false pretences contined her there against her will and protest that she is of sound mind and lawful age, and competent and abie bay care aenhee in answer respondent appeares faceompanied by the lady, who is young, appamntly twe or three and twenty, good looking, weil dressed, and o mild and quiet demeanor. The return to thowrit sew forth that the lady was placed under his custody dy virtue of @ Warrant signed, as the law directs, by body trates of this city, and iseued upon the alfidaviis of Brown and Corey, ot the Bloomingdale — she is of uaovand mind, ond that it would be jury 0 rs if she were large. This return was fortified by ‘aldara te Lunatic Asylum th ‘was also ‘liscovered on the 1! fifteen days after Re discovery here,) by Dr. Luther, Sfusecldor? Tt is the fiftieth of the group between Ma and Jupiter, of which eight have been discovered durit the ear, Of those already known, Eaphrosyne («i covered ty Mr. Ferguson in 1845) thas the largest orb and Flora the least; the semi-axis being respective 8.186 and 2.201 in units of the mean radius of the earth orbit. Thetr diameters vary from 49.4 to 4.4 Gernw miles, Vesta beihg the largest and Atalanta the least. Kis coy) that these planetary boulders may extet beyond the orbit of Jupiter; in which cage they would o be discoverable with the optical power now applicable this purpose. Tf confined to the limits in which they ha bitherto been found, there may be from three to five he dred ef them; so that the females of one mythology w not furnish a directory sufficiently copious to designe them, and astrologers will have to come down t river goddesses and saints. We may then expect to St. Agatha, St. Bridger and St, Ca da in the sar starry cotilton with Juno, Ceres, Pallas and Circe, The Freneh astronomers, ay nding a scarcity rood names, have begun to call their annexation: of U class after the principal cities of France; so we have Pa and Marseilles apotheosised wader the names of Lute and Massalia, An English discoverer bas called his p' Isis, though, whether after the river at Oxford, or Feyntion divinity, does not appear. The fifty alrea discovered have been fyund by fourtgyn differemt dist verers,