The New York Herald Newspaper, January 22, 1858, Page 2

2 tration. ‘The Southern v Drivers and the North- | oN Yr ppers Working to Black- en and Belle the President—Ourtous Coinel- | devces of Falsification and Invention, {From the Charleston Mercury-—Fire eater and nigger driver } Wasureroy, Jan. 10,1858. | There is s general rolling over of in Waehington, ¥ iMioult to see the light. Toe Kansas, Utah and Dicafagua imbrogtics are condensed together, and they producing & general chaos. The fitibuster and Utah matters, however, may be put aside for the moment, ex- | cept so far as they become entangled in their active in- | fuences with Kansas. The great question now pressing upon public bere isthe admission of Kansas under the | Lecompton constitution. Tbe struggle upon this point will be bitter and de perate, J¢is clear that Kansas can only be admutted through the active and determined support of the | administration, and tut for this the President would have | deen more roughly handleil in the late debate, both in the House | amd Senate, upon the connection of the administration with | the unlawful capture of General Walker upon the soil of | Nicaragua by Commodore Paulding. The administration js now weak, And the Southern men are very auxious to strengtben it, $0 asto make its efforts in behalf of the admis- sion of Kansas, under the Lecompton constitution, more in- fueniial. This will account for their ignoring other issues in which they differ from the President. bs ‘The position of things is strange. Mr. Buchanan has been fighting against the South all summer in resolute and desper efforts to make Kansas a free State, and Judge Douglas has been Ly: J with the South in insisting upon the legality of the act of the Territorial Legislature, and upon the sovereigoty of the Convention. And now what a change of posiuon between them! Mr, Buchavan ‘as with the South, and Judge Douglas is with the black republicans. Both have changed. Mr. Buchaman did, last summer, write a letter to Governor Walker, in which he saic to him,‘ Tow must use all your influence to have the constitution referred back to the people for ratification or rejection. Upon this you and I must stand or fail.” This letter will soon be published. Judge Douglas, last sum- mer, i his speech at Springfield, urged the sovereignty of the Convention, and its right to determine absolutely upon the constitution of Kansas. His change is explicable. Pree soilism is omnipotent at the North, and the admission of Kansas with a pro slavery constitution will be the destruc fiom of the democratic party. As one of its leaders he will fall with it. To prevent this he is struggling to abolitionize the democratic party. He is influenced by still another consideration. He has been a candidate for the Presidency since 1848, The North has hac two Presidents in succession, and the South will not tolerate the nomination of the next one from that section by the democracy. This postpones Judge Douglas for seven yeare longer. A great cycle this, in the life of a man now-a-days. Douglas, then, is for change, confusion, anarchy, in order to advance himeelf. His is now appeal ing to the free North,” and is preparing-the way for a sectional fight. Jt will come, and let it come. But Douglas is gone. If the bowstring was around his neck, and the sack prepared for his voyage down the waters of the Hellespont, he would not be more fatally gone. The black republicans will not put their standard in his hands —the South will not touch him—and the administration will fight him. He will be defeated in Iilmois for re-election to the Senate. Kansas will be admitted. The next House of Representatives will be black republican, and in 1860 we shall see—what? Things are drifting to con- fusion. The defection of Douglas has done more to shake the coufideuce of the South in Northern men, than every- thing that has happened before. If he proved false, whom can you trust? The Mercury is right. Our failure 3 — our rights bas prostrated our friends at the ort [From the Washington Republic—Nigger-worshipper.] sovernor Wise’s defection from the administration has a scoret history, which, in the progress of the quarrel be = the democratic leaders, cannot be kept secret much longer. The President started out with the policy of securing to | the people of Kansas afair vote upon their constitution. He seut Gevernor Walker to Kansas to execute that policy. For a while be stood firm, and wrote a ietter to Governor Walker (not yet published, but shown by Gov. W. to many persons,) assuring him of the support of the ad ministration. “Let Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi howl,’ said the President in this letter, “J will stand by you.’ That the President used substantially this lan. guage is « well authenticated fact. poor ed his in the end the “howling” became so terrifi Buchanan was frightened out of his wits, policy and abandoned Gov. Walker. fore he changed his policy, he bad arranged with Gov. Wise to make a diversion against the fire-eaters in Virginia. Gov. Wise and the Richmond Enquirer, under Gov. Wise’s influence, were to support the administration programme in Kansas, and the administration were to support Gov, Wise for the United States Senatorship against | ed ang refused Mr. Hunter, Gov, Wise arrived here, to complete and perfect these arrangements, on the very day that The Union announces the President's submission to the nullifiers. Gov. Wise went home, and bas been since nursing the wrath which breaks out in his letter to Tammany Hall. Not oniy was his scheme of defeating Mr. Hunter blows up, but he himself had been drawn into commitments upon the Kanras question which destroy his democratic stand- ing, disabled as he is from making any effective fight by the treachery of the President. Gov. Wise is a betrayed man, and as @ democratic politician, ruined. If he does not compass some “revenge,” even if “rictory’’ be unattaina- bie, it will prove that age bas wonderfully softened his temper. Per prom the Mobile Mercury—Nigger driver. | TO WHOM MUST THE SOUTH NOW LOOK FOR THE PROTECTION OF HER RIGHTS? Mr. Buchanan was politically educated in the faith of the old Massachusetts federalism, at an epoch which gave rise to the“ Alien and sedition laws,”’ and when democracy and Jacobin sansculottism were beld and used as convertible terms. and te do our venerable President justice, i must be confessed that, daring a long and not unsuccessful pub: he career, be has furnisoed no scandalous proofs of ind- delity to his early instruction. To look for the public secdrity in a strong consolidated government, and to be distrustful of the people, were in culcated in the very rodiments of his party creed; and as proofs that the seeds of his first indoctrination were not thrown away upon a barren soil, it is only necessary to reter to his arregant dictation to the Kansas Convention, and to his more than despotic outrages in Central America —outrages which the recent debate in Congress shows were of the most unmitigated character, withoat a particle of law, of reason or of justice to serve as an apology for them And this isthe King Stork by which the South has been betroyed, through @ reckless and seaseless —> into elevating inte the Presidencyt But federalist as Mr Buchanan may be, and as wng! ‘ul and treacherous to the South as his acts shone him to be, still, not being altogether de- tend of ordinary sagacity, he would-long hesilate before under taking such coups d'etat, unless by some very rful motive; and that motive, beyond quastion, is, to court the favor of that all conquering party which will as certainly elect the next President as that another election will be held Does any fane man suppose that the shrewd Dougins would abandon’ the democratic South, if he believed for ® moment that the ald of the South would be necessary to carry the Presidential election in 1860? Nothing in’ the future is more sure and inevitable than that the next occu. pant of the White House will be placed there by anti- slavery anti Southern votes, whether the voters cali them. selves equatier sovereignty democrats or black republi- caus. These facts being indisputable and, therefore, in the highest degree important as well as alarming to the South, we put it to the common sense, to the common prudence of every Southern man, if it be not madness for tbe peo- ple of the abandoned, condemned and doomed slave bold ing States longer to look for or to hope for Northern aid an4 proteetion to their institutions through the machinery Of & falsely called “national party organization?” In this connection we beg to refer again to the brief but significaut paragraph which we yesterday quoted from eipbia J’ress, edited by John W. Forney, the b of Mr. Buchanan and one who under wing currents of Northern public opinion probably, 8 any politician of the present day Forney ays, speaking of the Northern democratic gresamen, that there are scores of them who would ye giad to vote with the South, but that, with the exam ples before them, “they have no that ould like to see ihe Sou! aim, but that mmolation is rather too expensive for even Southern animity , &e.. Can anything be more conclusive than that of th upreliabieness—the utter rottenness of the publi iter | ‘There being a good understanding on the subject, No. x2 hruad street, of couree, continued to be orowd >! therefore ordered Packages were from No. 12 Broad street lo No, 19, and the business was so brisk that the new firm could not The merchants, however, degan to complain against the exaction of the fees. The consequence was, that whenever the merchants complain- Sri Mr. Collector Schell, as we are informed, direct ne charge to be waived, and the money was paid in such instances to Mesars. bay Bixby & Co, from the funds of the United States. The received by the firm for storage amounted to several thousand dollars in a few months. ‘The clerk in the store No. 19 Broad atreet signed receipts in the following form.— New York, Sept. —, 1857. soiterelved of = = the sum of foliar and — Gente tn , for storage, labor and e: on ac es ALU, 8. store No. 19 Broad streets diencumies 111, Lense. Name of vessel. EB. ‘This receipt is copied from one of those given to a party who paid at No. 19. The money received there was in bank bills as well as coin, and was delivered te Meesrs. McIntyre, Bixby &Co. Under the Sub Treasury act the Custom House employés must receive wits but ge and silver for dues to the United States; how did this stom House clerk receive bank bills? It will also be observed that the receipt is for storage, labor and cartage. We wish to know it Rs careae from No. 12 to No. 19 was not paid by the United States If 80, why was any new charge made tor it? Why was any charge made by Mcln- tyre, Bixby & Co.? By the 6th section of the act of March 8, 1841, it is provided— ‘That all stores hereafter rented by the Collector, Nava! Ofii- cer or Surveyor shall be on public account, and shall be ap- propristed exclusively to the use of receiving foreign mer- chandise, subject as to the rates of storage to regulation by the Secretary of the Treasury. The general of the Treasury Department declare that the rates of storage shall be the usual rates in the port, and there rates shall be paid intothoCashier’s department of the Collector’s Office. They also provide ‘that sent to public store for the purpose of testing the accuracy of invoices shall be free trom cl the importers. If the United States hired the store No. 19 Broad street to relieve No. 12, was it not a public store and used on public account? If it was not, why was a clerk or public officer sent from the Custom House to give receiptey Why were those receipts given for goods ‘ in United States store?” Why was the sum required to be paid by the merchants paid at the Custom House? If it was a public store, why was paper money received in liew of coin? Why was the money received at No. 19 Broad street paid to private individuals instead of into the cashier’s office in the Custom House? Why were merchants required to pay, expenses, which, under the law and regu- lations of the Treasury Department, were unauthorized? These are inquiries which we wish the Seuate of the ‘United States to take into consideration. Itis due to the Collector himself that the matter should be sifted. It is due to the Secretary of the Treasury also. The firm of McIntyre, Mather and Richard Schell may expect to hear from us again. We propose to look a little into the mode in which Senators are nominated and gene- ral committees managed, and how fort sites are sold, from Fort Snelling to New Bedford. We intend to ascertain who sell and who buy these profitable localities, and be- fore we finish we hope to show how the defences of the United States Treasury are shelled by political engineers. We have now opened our first parallel. The illustrious Fernando Wood had a ‘brother Ben;’’ the respectable Augustus Schel! has a brother Richard. Mr. Schell suas tained Wood with all his energy and genius, ayd it is pos sible that Mr. Richard Schell has learned some of “brother Ben’s”’ peculiar accomplishments. ‘The Calico Dress Sotree--Mxs, Woodls, of Nor- folk. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. A commnunication having appeared in the Heratp the other day, signed “New York,” in which it was ingi- mated that an effort would be made to appropriate a por- tion of the proceeds of the charity soirée to the use of Mrs. Woodis, of Norfolk, I request permission to set the matter at rest by announcing our hearty concurrence in the posi- tion taken by “ New York.’’ It would, indeed, be “ inde- licate and improper” to send relief to any one person in Norfolk, because it is certain shat the generous citigens of that city are amply able and perfectly willing to relieve the wants of thoseamong them who may need and deserve their assistance. In compliment to Miss Annie M. An- drews oe American Florence Nightingale), the name of the society in aid of whose funds the calico dress soirée was inaugurated, has been chan from that of the Howard Bread Society to that of the Hunter Woodis Be- nevolent Society, but nothing further was designed in the act. Each city bas enough to do to take care of its own poor. A citizen of Norfolk, now in New York, writes me thus:—“I was much pained by a communication headed ‘Mrs. Woodis, of Norfolk,’ in Sunday’s Hrenatp, which speaks of Mrs. W. as an ‘unfortunate lady,’ reduced to the hard necessity of keeping a boarding house for the support of berseif and children.’’ The family of Mrs. Woodis’ father and their connexions are among the most respectable of our citizens, and comparatively wealthy; and if Mrs. W. chooses to admit some friends as boarders into her family. as a means of independent support for the children of Hunter Woodis, instead of suffering them to depend entirely upon her father’s ‘amily, it seems hard that she cannot do so without having ber name -paraded 80 conspicuously before the million readers of the Naw York Hxratn. Though personally unacquainted with the lady, know enough of ber and her family to say that it any of the proceeds of the ball were offered her they would be refused. Again: So far from considering her unfortu- nate, I consider that herself and children are most forta vate as the natural inheritors of the name and fame of Huater Woodis. “The citizens of Norfolk may bave been tardy in paying that respect to the memory of Hunter Woodis’ which his nob character, his chivalrous services and the extreme tacrifice of his life would seem to demand, But it must be remembered that the terrible visitation of 1855 left Norfolk a large inheritance of similar heroes, and that a small city, recovering from so severe a blow, cannot pay that munificent tribute to each that their merits deserve. Hunter Woodis was but the leader of a band of heroes perbaps equally worthy with himself, who like him faced the very hing of Terrors in his most horrible guise. He fell s martyr; but so did Furguson, Roberts, Gordan, Cun ningbam and others; and so might have fallen Cherry, Cooke, Balls, a. Bloodgood, Drummond, ana others of the sar’ rs, mostly men of fortune, who had no direct ties of professional duty or special interest to howd them to Norfolk, and before whose self sacrificing heroism that of earth's proudest battle Belds sinks to in- significance,” The above communication | doubt pot truly represents the feelings of the people of Norfolk with respeet to the case of Mrs. Woodis. CHARITY. ‘The New York State Medal to Dr. Kane. * [From the Albany Journal, Jan. 20.) The medal which was voted by the Legislature of this State to the late Dr. BE. K. Kane, is of pure gold, and Weighs sixteen Ounces troy, The devices are in bold re. lief, not stamped, but acul ee te On one side are qo figures in Arctic comtume, looking out on a sparkling ex- panee of ocean, with the midnight gun in the horison; on the cther the arms of the State of New York. The medal has been presented to Judge Kane, of the United States Circuit Court, the father of deceased. It waa taken to Philadelphia by the Honorable 1. Seaman, the private secretary of Governor King, and’ transferred by him in the presace of a small company of the friends of Dr. Kane, assembled for the occasion. It was accompanied by the following letter from the Governor :— Stare oF New York, Extourivs Derantwenr, } ‘Aumany, Dec. 12, 1757. The Hon. Jon K. Kas Sik—I bave the bonor to transmit to you, by the hands of my private secretary, Mr. Seaman, a gold medal, which, by jo nt resolution (whereof an authenticated copy is berewith sent,) the people of the State of New York, in Senate and Assembly convened, directed to be presented, as a mark of their respect and admiration, to Dr. B. K. Kape, ‘Commander of the Grinnell Exploring Exped) tion and First Dtecover of the Arctic Polar Sea.”’ The sad and solemn duty is thas devolved upon me to deliver to the father the testimonial of honor, which, in the ordinary course of nature, it might reasonably have been hoped his distinguished son would live to receive himself. But, before the hand of man could fashion the memorial’ into shape, the hand of Omnipotence ment of the North’ With these Nortbera patriots the rights of the South are nothing, the constitution is novning, | their oaths are nothing, when coming in conflict with the | all prevalent and omuipotent abolition sentiment of the | maseee Such universal political profiigacy aud depravity are only to be found, we bope, in the land of the Gree leys, the Beechers, the Bloomers, the Kaliochs ef id genus | omne, and the cander of the confessign was only to be ex pected in the man who figured so unenviably in the fi mous Forest divorce ease, and who is vow the valorous champion of the twin apostaies—the ‘Little Giant’ of the Weet and Robt. J. Walker The South now abandoned by her Northern ‘allies,’’ is | it not time that she began to look to herself alone—to the | right arme of ber sone—for the future protection of her | rights © From the New York Tribuse—Nigger. worshipper.) Mr. Collector Schell’s nomination having becn seut to the Renate for confirmation, we hope that a fall in tion of his merita as @ public offer be had. We bave heard of certain acts of Mr. Schell which require some explanation. We are informed that soon after be | received his present appointment an arrafigement was made whereby parties connected with the Collector should | reap @ rich harvest from their intimacy with « powerfal friend of the new functionary. It seems that one William McIntyre, who bas owned the Daily News, and to whom 8 mortgage on that paper for $20 executed, | made an arrangement with Mr. Jobn C. Mather (whom Mr Schell made a State Senator by means of the Custom House patronage), and « Mr. Bixby, who was a clerk in the Custom House, for the purpose of carry ng on the | business of storage. The firm was known intyre, Biaby & ¢ These parties are the friends an political eupporters of Mr. Schell. A! h an arrange. | ment bad been made between Mr. Moses Odell and the late Secretary gf the Treasury Mr ee ee ee en. eral order should be sent to the store which Mr. Odell taken, yet Mr. Sonell ed to remove Odell, and ap- | pointed Messrs Mclnt xby & Co. in his place. The | change had ne other motive except to promote the interests of the new firm. The public intereste had nothing to do with 1, Not satisfed with the share of plunder thus given to his friende, they were further provided for by a pian which was, to say the jeast of it, illegal During the summer of 1857, immediately after Mr. | Schell took bis place in the Cvstom House, it was repre sented to the Secretary of the Treasury by the Collector's | department here that the public store No 12 Broad street | was #0 crowded with goods that another store must be | hired for the purposes of the revenue. Op shis represen- tation the store No. 19 Broad street temporarily hired An errangement wae then made with Messrs. | Melatyre, Bixby & Co, to take thie store, pay the rent and find jabor and oartage. If they | did pot make enough to pay the rent the United States were to cover the deficienc: On the other hand, they were W recere all fees for goods sont to the store. Oo the packages received the sua charge wae 80 conta cach In some few cases it wae 50 | im many it Was over 80 cents. The clerk who | for the money was Mr & Bleecker, sent for | Mesers, Mclatyre } ie, ipted tie purpose trom the Custom House to Binoy & pea plore had transferred t> more enduring rewards, as may be devoutly believed, him for whom it’ was jutended. But though death have set his sea! for immor- tality opon the stainless character,the disinterested ha manity, the patience, the fortitude, courage and skill of your son, the voice of praise which nations utter in pro- noune ing bis name may not be silenced; and least of all, the proud and grateful tribute of patriotic affection with which, as bis countrymen, we claim him asa brother. It | Was in accordance with this feeling that the le of the State of New York spoke, through the in the form and manner now officially made mnowe ares. And, sharp a# must be the sorrows of a parent's at the loss of such a son, I cannot but find all the alleviation earth can , In the consciousness that the heart of the nation, yea, of universal humanity, wherercever the name and deeds of Kane bave been known, beats in sympathetic union with your ows. With great consideration and respect, | remain your obedient wervant, JOHN A, KING. Governor of the State of New York. The reply was as follows — Parspetrma, Deo. 16, 18967. Dear Sin—I have bad the honor to receive by the hands of your Searetary, Mr. Seaman, 4 gold m voted by the State of New York to the late Dr Kane. Accepting it as the representative of his family, and rendering our united ope op to the honorable the Assem- bly for thie muni it tribute to his memory, I pray you, ir, to receive our cordial thanks for your eloquently ex pressed odgment of his worth, and your sympathy im our reavement.—I am, sif, most respectfully and faithfully, your obedient servant, J. K. KANE, Hie kaceliency Governor Kixe. that even these may Scicipe Uxper Prevniark Crecumstanxces 6 IN Crcsoo.—Our readers will remember the late case in the Recorder's Court two colored men, Pierce and Liverpool, for assault with intent to rape Mrs. Margaret Lyon, a white woman, residing op Buffalo street, near e lor. ‘Ag it was believed to be shown by evidence that the nature of the aseault, from the previous relation of the the character stated in the indictment, the defendants were acquitted. Mrv. Lyon has since been much depressed in jw, and on Friday night sent her little daughter to a di ve store for some laudanum, saying she wished to bathe her feet. Instead of making such use of it, she deljberately swallowed upwards of two ounces. It was discovered by her elder children, and the neighbors ‘being called in, Dr. Wickersham was summoned, who did everything in hie power to counteract the effects of the potron unfortunate woman lived until eight o'clock yesterday morning, when she expired. At intervar throughout Saturday and Sanday she avowed her full pur pose to take her own life, as #be “bad nothing to live for, now that her character was gone,”’ tw the impw tations cast spon ber in the connection ali between py and eS the colored men. Deceased was & woman of more ordinary intelligence and personal ap pearance, and had been the ‘mother thirteen children, four of whom, ender the age of fourteen years, are now Jeft without protection, and in a condition m" poverty. Her bueband, now in California, or ince Janitor, and had charge of the Market tw Mal Chieoge &rees, Jars 49, ded @ copy of the convention, but appeared in the act Preaten only. to this, it is now proposed to substitute the new conven- tion herewith submitted. JAMES BUCHANAN. ‘Wastinoton, Dec. 17, 1867. CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AME- RICA AND HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE NETHER LANDS, FOR THE MUTUAL DELIVERY OF CRIMINALS, FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE, IN CERTAIN CASHS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; DONE AT THE HAGUE THB TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF AUGUST, BIGHTREN HUNDRED AND FIPTY-SEVEN. The United States of America and his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, actuated by an equal desire to further the administration of justice, and to prevent the commis- -ion of crimes in their respective countries, have defer- mived to regulate by & convention the conditions under which individuals guilty or of certain crimes in one country, and who shall have taken refuge within the territories of the other, shall be reciprocally delivered vp. The canstitution and laws of the Nether! cver, not allowing the Netherland government to surren- der their own subjects for trial before a foreign court of ustice, a strict reciprocity requires that the government of the United States shall’be held equally free from any obligations to surrender citizens of the United States. The two high contracting parties wishing, moreover, for the protection of their commerce, to come to an un- derstanding with reference to the arrest and mutual deli- very of deserters from their respective vessels, the said United States of America and his Majesty the King of the Netherlands have named, as their plenipotentiaries to con- clude aconvention for these purposes, that is to say, the United States, August Belmont, a citizen of the United ‘States, and their Minister resident near his Majesty the King of the Netherlands ; and his Majesty the King of the Nether- lands, Messire Daniel Theodore Gevers Van Endegeest, Commander of the Onder of the Netherland Lion; Com- mander of the Order of Wasa of Sweden; Knight of the Order of St. Anna, 2d class, with diamonds; his Majesty’s Counsellor of State, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, who, after baving communicated to each other their respective full powers. found in good and due form, have agreed upon aud concluded the following articles: — Article 1. The bigh contracting parties promise and en- gage mutually , upon requisitions by them ortheirministers, officers or authorities, r ively made, to deliver up to justice all persons, who, being charged ‘with the crimes hereinafter enumerated, and committed within the juris- diction of either party, shall seek an asylum, or shall be found within the territories of the other; provided that this shall be done only when the fact of the commission of the crime shall be so established as that the laws of the country in which the fugitive or person so accused shall be found would justify his or her apprehension and com- mitment for trial, if the crime had been there committed. Art. 2. On the part of the government of the United States, the surrender shall be made only by authority of the Executive thereof. Art 3. The extradition can only be granted in cage of judgment or of indictment, or of proceedings instituted on account of the following crimes committed within the ter- ritory of the country, the government of which demands the extradition: — Ist. Murder or homicide. 2d. Arson. 3d. Rape. 4th. Robbery. 5th. Forgery. 6th. Fabrication or felonious circulation of counterfeit money, whether cod or paper money. 7th. Embezzlement of public moneys. 8th. Piracy Art. 4. The expense of such ehension and delivery shall be borne and defrayed by party who makes the requisition. ‘Art. 5. Note of the contracting parties shall be bound to deliver up its own citizens or subjects. With reference to the application of this convention are comprised in the de- nomination of citizens or subjects such foreigners as, ac- cones laws of either of the contracting parties, are assimil to citizens or subjects, as well as foreigners who are domiciled there, and who, after having married a citizen thereof, have one or more children by that mar- riage born in country. Art. 6. The extradition can only be granted upon the exhibition of the original or an authenticated copy of the Judgment, or of the order for the institution of proceedings with warrant of arrest against the accused, or of any other document of equal force, delivered according to the forms prescribed by the laws of the country the de- mand, or upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged sball be found, would justify the apprehension and commitment for trial, if the crime or offence had been there committed. Art. 7. The provisions of the present convention shall not be applied, in any manner, to the crimes enumerated in article 3, when the same shall have been committed anterior to the date thereof, or when, by the laws of the country from which the extradition is demanded, the pe- riod of’ limitation for proceedings against them or punish- rent thereof has taken place, or when the demand of tradition is made on account of the same crime for which the individual claimed is andergoing or has undergone his junishment in the country where the demand is made. Crimes of a political character are expressly excluded from the present convention. Art. 8. Whenever the individual claimed is under trial or arrest for any other crime or offence committed against the \aws of the country from which the extradition is de- mended, the extradition shall be delayed until he has been acquitted or discharged, or until he has undergone his punishment. ‘The laws of the United States not permitting the impri- sopment for debt, a strict reciprocity requires that the extradition shal! not be refused or delayed if the individual claimed shouldge detained for debt by a sentence passed under the Jaws Of the Netherlands, either before or after the demand of extradition. Art. 9. The articies seized in the possession of the indi- vidual claimed shail, if the competent authority have or- Gered their restitution, be delivered up at the same time that the extradition takes , Art. 10, The high contracting parties, wishing to favor their mutual commerce, by affording in the ports of their territories ev assistance to their respective specti sels, shall be arrested in order to be sent back to their or which purpose their ve consuls general, consuls and vice consuls shall themselves to the competent authorities, and shall demand the said desert- ors in writing, proving by an exhibition of the registers of the vessels, or ship's roll, or other official documents, that those men were part of the said crews, and on this de- mand,s0 proved, (savi however, where the contrary is proved,) the delivery shall not be refused, and there shall be given all aid and assistance to the said con- suls general, consuls and vice consuls for the search, seizure and arrest of the said deserters, even be detained and kept in the prisons of the country, at their request and expense, until they sball bave found an opportunity of sending them back. But, if they be not ent back within four months, to be counted from the day of their arrest, they shall be set at liberty, and shail be no more arrested for the same cause. The etipulations of this article cannot apply to deserters from vessels of war, who are citizens or subjects of the goverumen' from which they are claimed, or who are in- cluded in the category of foreigners mentioned in article five, nor can they apply in cases where the period ef limi- tation for proceedings has expired according to the laws of the country from which the extradition is asked, or where the individual claimed i* under trial or arrest for any crime or offence against the laws of that country Art. 11. This convention shall continue in force until it shall be abrogated by the contracting parties, or one of them, but it shall not be abrogated except by mutual oon- sent, unless the party desiring to abrogate it shall give six months’ previous notice of his intention to do so. Art. 12. The present convention shall be ratified by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate of the United States, and by bis Majesty the King of the Nether. lands, afver the necessary sanction of the law shall have been obtained for such stipulations as require the same, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at the Hague with. in ® year from the date hereof, or sooner, if possible. Ip faith whereof the respective ipotentiaries have rigned the present convention, have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. Done at Hague this twenty-first day of August. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Bfty-seven. eetablishment of an international it. after a certain date (to be authors of works of literature or of art, to w the laws of ei:her of the two countries do now, or may hereafter, give the right of property or copyright, will be entitled to on) the exercise that right in the of the other of such countries for the same term and to the same extent as the authors of works of the same nature, if published in such other country, would therein be entitled to exercise such pany pe mp in either coun! any work of literatare or art published in the other wi be dealt with in the same manner as the piracy of a work of the same nature first published in such other country; and so that suoh authors in the one country ball have the same remedies before the courte of justice in the other country, and shall enjoy in that other country the mme jon against piracy and unauthorized republication as the law now does or 9 grant to authors in that country. “ Works of literature or art’ will be eens “qreviag, putogs eoren musical compositions, drawings, paintings, sculptures: engravings and I 8. The’ protection ‘of copyright is Seates wo ireneligine The convention will tome in force for a period of six yoars.—, Times. Tre Purcnase oF THR Provixces—Commend us to American free soilers for matchless impudence! Aud commend us especially to Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, for the effront with whi An opponent of Walker's Central Ai forays, himself to filibuster northward on a wholesale scale. telegraph tells an almost unintelligible tale of Mr. Campbell's effort in Con- gress yesterday. We ir, however, that he proposes to counterbalance Soutbern extension by the purchase of Canada and the other British North American possessions, the poor provincialists ready to aub- sale without @ murmur, he pro- ily to admit them to ashare in the a — ae The mails, probably, will onli to in a day or two, Meanwhile, we cogitate upon the modesty of this Mr, Campbell, and the territorial abstemiousness of hie rabid free soil compatriots. For ourselves we must say that if our fate, individually, be to be swallowed, boa-con- strictor fashion, we prefer to pass into the gullet of a Southern man rather than that of an Obio lawyer. — Serena 1 Yaa 49 in all the SchooleValue of Schoel Pro- perty, dic, dic., die: ‘During the last twenty-five or thirty years there has been a large increase in the number of Catholic echools in the city of New York and vicinity. In fact, previous to | end the year 1830 there were so very fow for the instruction of Catholic children oxclusively as to be hardly deserving of notice. They have now, however, grown to be go nu- merous, and take such a prominent position among our educational institutions, as to ronder an extended ac- count of them tnteresting at this particular time. ‘The Catholic echools may properly be divided under three heads—the colleges, seminaries, and other higher institutions of learning, in which only pay pupils are taught, and where they are instructed in the higher branches of education; the free schools, connected with churches, which are supported by the Cathelic communi- ty—that is, the congregation,of each church maintaining its own school, the pupils connected with each of which are educated free of expense, with the exception of a nominal amount paid for books; and the Orphan Asylums, the name of which is an index to their character and the duties they baveto perform In addition tothese there are other institutions in which young girls are instructed in dresemaking and other branches of the sewing art, besides the lessons they re- ceive during a few hours of each day, in reading, writing and the ordinary course of a common education. ‘The first school established by Catholics as such, and in which religious was joined with secular instruction, was in the building in Prince street, between Mulberry and Mott, which was erected for and is still occupied by the Sisters of Charity. The organization of the first Ca- tholic school is therefore owing to them, under the sanction of the Episcopal authority. A small body of this religious order came from Emmetsburg, Maryland, where the headquarters, or mother house, as it is called, exists, and which continued to supply teachers to the Catholic edaca- tional and charitable institutions of this city as they were required. It is in the building in Princo street, which has since been enlarged to meet the increasing demands of charity, that the Catholic orphans were and are still eup- ported. In 1830 St. Paul’s School, in South Brooklyn, was established, and in the same year St. Peter's, in Barclay street, was opened. Those were followed by St. Stephen’s, in East Broadway, organized also in 1830, the Half Orphan Asylum, corner of Eleventh street and Seventh avenue, and St. Mary’s Select School—both of which were com- menced in 1838. A large number of schools of different grades have been opened since then, the majority of which, however, were established between 1841 and the present time. In 1846 thero were fifty Sisters of Charity in New York whose special duty was the instruction of chil- dren, seventeen of whom left for Emmetsburg, leaving thirty-three still in the city. During the following year a Mother House, in which teachers were prepared for the different schools under the charge of the Sisters was organized here, and a piece of ground for the erection of a suitable building was purchased in the upper part of the island. This is the same institution to which the name of Mount St. Vincent was given, and which, falling within the limits of the Central Park, has been purchased by the Corporation. Tn anticipati the removal af the institution, the ostate of Font Hill, formerly owned by Mr. Edwin Forrest, and which is in ihe vicinity of Youkers, has been purchased for its use, and a building is now in process of erection on the grounds. The Papal authority for the establishment of a separate Mother House was granted on the applica- tion of prey ome in 1847. Since 1847 the com- munity of Sisters increased from thirty-three to more than two hundred, and they have senta colony to Halifax, where they have an asylum and schools under their charge. As the edgcational institutions which are intrusted to their care ee eee, we propose to speak of each under its proper head:— THB HIGHER SCHOOLS FOR FEMALES. The Academy of Mount St. Vincent is situated on One Hundred and Sixth street, between Fifth and Sixth ave- nues, and is, as has been stated, under the charge of the Bisters of Charity. The pupils, of whom there are about one hundred and eighty, vary inagefrom eight to bo sw years. Theseare principally from New York and adjoining States; but there are some few, we understand, from the British Provinces and of other religions beside the Roman Catholic, although, of course, a large majority are of that denomination. The institution is supported entirely from the receipts obtained for the education of the pupils, and maintaing at its own expeuse a free school for the educatoin of the children of the poorer classes who live in the vicinity of the Academy. In addition to the ordinary course of studies, the pupils are taught French, Spanish, Italian, German, music, drawing, ornamental work, &c. There are about twenty-five teachers in the different departments, each of ‘whom is required to qualify herself by a long course of training, an4 is only admitted to the ition 7 & thorough examination. St. Mary’s school, in East Broadway, is conducted by the Sisters, of whom about fifteen have been appointed from the Mother House at Mount St. Vincent. The course of instruction is the same as that pursued in the academy, to which it is similar in nearly every respect. The nam- ber of pupils is 108, and the term of instruction is five and in some instances seven years. ‘St. Peter's school, in Barclay street, has eighty pupils, and these, like the institutions above named, are under the charge of the Sisters of Charity, of whom there are four, whose sole occupation is the instruction of girls. These, however, are not all the members of the order re- siding in the ingutution—a number of others being en- in teaching the free school connected with St. Pe ter’s church, while otbers are employed attending to the calls of charity. ‘St. Bridget’s echool, situated in Tenth street, has fifty pupils, and occupies the attention of four Sisters. This school, like those alreaty enumerated, is self. supporting. ‘St. Lawrence's, ot Yorkville, is also a select school females, and is under the charge of four sisters. There are forty pupils instructed here in the various branches ht in the Academy of Mount St. Vincent, which is the lel upon which all the select achools are founded. The ladies of the Sacred Heart, another religious com- munity of the Catholic church, bave a select school or doarding acad at Manhattanville, It requires the at- tendance of about twenty teachers, and numbers one han- dred and eighty pupils. The same communityahave another «chool of a similar character in East Seventeenth street, in which eighty-six pupile are instructed. There are eight teachers in charge of this institution The Ursuline Convent, at East Morrisania, has a select school under the charge of eight of the nuns. The num- ber of pupils is fifty. Aselect school, connected with the Church of St. Vin cent de Paul, in Canal street, was established some years ago. It has fifty pupils and four lay teachers. FREE SCHOOLS FOR FEMALES. With very few exceptions all the free schools for fe- males in the city of New York are conducted by the Sis- ters of Charity. aud each is supported by the congrega- tions of the several churches with which they are con- | nected. About the year 1841 there were few, if any, in the city; but such has been the progress made {n this par. ticular that we believe every church in the city supports aechool. Until within the last seven or eight years the | education of the children was carried on in the basements | of the churches; during this time, however, several very | fine buildings have been erected for educational purposes, | and these are liberally sapplied with all the necessary aide to instruction. Some of these have cost from twenty to thirty thousand dollars, and are all owned by the churches of the respective parishes in whieh they are situated. These school houses, like those erected by the Board of Education, are divided into two depart for the male and female pupils, and are from thousand childrea. A Ye few of there are under the charge of lay teachers. who are paid from the school fund of the churches with which they are connected. All the schools will, however, eventually come under the care of the Sisters of Charity, and in the dies the purposes of promotion, and to create a lauda- ble epirit of emulation among them, premiums, consisting of books adapted to the capacity of each, are given to the most deserving. The following is a correct list of the fe- free schools, with the number of teachers and pu- im Pitt street, under the charge of four Sis- bas an attendance of 400 pupils ‘a school, conducted by four Sisters, numbers ‘The building ie situated in Leroy street, Roosevolt street—About 460 pupits, under of four Sisters. 's, in Barclay street—Three Sisters and about 's—Three Sisters and 300 pupils. The school held in a basement, but there is @ buildii erection on the corner of avenue B and Fighth school connected with the Church of the Transfigu. ration is carried on im « very fine building, poe | erect. ed in Mott street Chatham. There are pupils charge of throe Sisters, “s, in Yorkville, hae 160 pupils, and is con. Te i 28 an ree achoo! sapperies by the Academy of Mount St. Vincent, already alluded to, has an attendance of about 100 gd under the tuition of three Sisters. Bt. Francie Xavier's has a daily attendance of sbout 450, and has five Sisters ‘The Ladies of the Sacred Heart have also a free school attached to their convent at Manhattanville, in which about 100 children are educated, and three Sisters are in ance. The Sisters of Mercy have a school on the corner of How ton and Mulberry streets, in which about 250 children ‘There are six of this school, while others give reli Hetruction to adulte who attend dai The number of teachers is about tw and {he whole number of pupiia about three hundred and fifty. Shelter and temporary support are afforded to about one bundred poor girls out of employment until they are enabled to procure work for them. The free schoo! connected with the Ureuline Convent at bas an attendance of fifty childrem under in Thirty-first a of Oa. inatitution. sobeo! . “ripe web of Alpouss, a Toompeoa street oan: ‘school ‘Twenty-ffth s00n en attendance of al charge of two iy teachers. The Church Holy Cross, m Forty-second street, near Kighth avenue, bas 200 pupils and two lay teachers. Tt is conducted in the basement of the church. The schools of St. Francis and St. Joha, the first in ‘Thirtieth and the second in Thirty-ihird etreet, have both anattendance of about 500 pupils, who are under the charge of four lag teachers, The Church of St. John the Evangelist, in Fiftieth street, and that of St. Pauls, at Harlem, have both about 300 Pew and four lay teachers. They are both conducted in @ basements of the churches. The school connected with the Church of the Immacu- late Conception, in Fourteenth street, near First avenue, bas two lay teachers and 250 pupils. COLLEGES AND HIGHER SCHOOLS FOR MALES. These institutions are exclusively under the control and management of the Jesuits and a religious order called the Christian Brothers, whose sole occupation is the instruc- | tion of youth. The free ception of a few in which lay teachers are em- ployed, are under the charge of the latter, ut ag a general thing the colleges and higher submitted to the care of the former. 8t. John’s College, which may justly be regarded as one of the most impor- tantand extensive of the higher institutions of learning, ‘was opened on the 24th of June, 1841, and was raised to the rank of a university in 1845 The following year it ed into the hands of tho Jesuits, under whose it has ince remained. The average number of ils a 60, and the course of instruction embraces all the studies ursued in other universities, The number about fifteen. The College of St. Francis Xavier, in West Fifteenth street, between Fifth and Sixth aveoues, 6 under the management of the Jesuits, of whom there are fifteen in charge of the various departments, There are 210 pupils in the institution. The Christian Brothers have a select school, called the Academy of the Holy Infancy, in which over ninety pupils receive instruction. The number of teachers is twelve, or an average of one to every eight pupils. St. Vincent’s Academy, in Forty-second street, has eighty pupils and six teachers. PREE SOHOOLS FOR MALES. ‘These schools are carried on in many of the buildings in which the females are educated, but in separate depart- ments, as in the schools under the direction of the Board of Education. They are very numerous, as will be seen from the following giving their location and the num- ber of teachers and pupila:— St. Patrick’s school, in Mulberry street, taught by the Cheistian Brothers, has an average attendance of 346 pupils, under the charge of four teachers. ern in Grand street, bas four teachors and 447 pupils. St. James’, in Roosevelt street, four teachers and 450 pupils. x Francis Xavier's, Wost Sixteenth street, four teachers and 370 pupils. ‘The Church of the Annunciation, at Manhattanyille, has a school with an attendance of 176 pupils. Number of teachers three. The Church of the Transfiguration bas just opened a school in Mott street, which has an attendance of 250 pu- pils, under the charge of three Christian Brothers. ‘The school attached to the Church of the Immaculate conception has two lay teachers and 200 pupils. St. Stephen’s school has 200 also and two teachers. St. Jobn the Evangelist’s, in Fifueth street, near Fifth avenue, bas 150 pupils and two teachers. ‘St. Paul’s, at Harlem, 100 pupils and one teacher. St. Peter's, in Barclay street, 200 pupils and two teachers. ‘St. Bridget’s, 200 pupils and two teachers. This school is on the corner of avenue B and Fighth street. In addition to the foregoing we Inay briefly eaumerate those connected with the following churches :— Church of the Holy Redeemer (German), 400 pupils, three teachers; St. Alphonsus’, 1! Ping aa two toachers ; , 150 pupils, two teach- 150 pupils, two teachers; St. two ra; St. Nicholas’, 160 pupils, ; Holy Cross, 150 pupils, two teachers; St. John and St. Francis, both 230 pupils and four teachers. ORPHAN ASYLUMS. These benevolent institutions are sy) mainly by contributions the Catholics of New York and the receipts of a festival or series of entertainments which is given once a year in this city. They also receive a small annuity or appropriation from the State. The Female Or- phan Asylum, in Prince street, supports about three hun- dred chilaren, male and female, under the charge of eighteen Sisters of Charity. The children vary in age, from four to twelve years, and when they are strong enough to work are bound out to various*trades. All kinds of needlework are taught in the institution, and a on of its receipts are derived from the work furnished y stores and individuals. ‘St. Patrick's Male Orphan Asylum, corner of Fifty-first street and Fifth avenue, maintains nearly 400 half orphans, who are under the charge of 18 sisters. These children are also appfenticed out when they have arrived at a pro- per age for the purpose. In addition to these asylums there was established very recently, by the Sisters of Charity,*an indusirial school for girls, in Seventh street, near First avenue, where the pupils are instructed in dressmaking and other femalo occupations, and in which @ lage amount of needlework & done for various establishments. There are one hun- dred girls in this institution, who receive instruction in the rudiments of a common education two hoars ever: light remuneration for the work Is. Teachers. In higher schools for females.......... a In colleges and higher schools for males 530 43 In free schools for femal: wseees 6,100 oy . 4,800 6 Total...... docdodbessine ecios 12,938 316 This gives an average of 41 pupils to each teacher. The following table showa the amount of capital in- vested in school buildings, the land on which they are erected, sohool furniture, books, Ac. schools... $780,000 000, The female High schools: K Female free schools. 228,000 Male free schools. , Orphan asylums... 462,000 Total 948,000 About means at the disposal of the different institutions are considered amply sufficient to redeem the property within the ap- Superior Court—Part Third. Before Hon. Jadge Hoffman and a Jury. ACTION AGAINST THE PROPRIETORS OF THE METROTO- LITAN HOTEL FOR ALLEGED BREACH OF CONTRACT. JAN, 20.—Mott & Tucker vs. Simeon and Warren Leland. —This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, who were stable keepers, against the Messrs. Leland, proprietors of the Metropolitan Hotel, for rescinding on one days’ notice & contract made by the plaintiffs with the defendants, whereby Mott & Tucker contracted to furnish the Lelands with carriages, coaches, &c., sufficient to supply the ne ceasities of the hotel and its guests, for which the plain. tiffs were to receive the protite of their services, stipulat- ing, however, to carry the guests to and fron the hotel for fifty cents each, and also to keep in their stable, free of charge, one pair of horses and carriage for the Lelands use. No time was stated for tbe continuance of the con- tract, which was made in the first instance at the time of the opening of the hotel, between Messrs. Leland and Houghton & Goodwin, the latter assigned the contract to there plaintiffs with the consent of the defendants. Coun- sel for defendants contend that the carriages were poor and the guests objected to them; that their servants were rude and used coarse | , and that there was not a sumcient number of carriages: by the plaintiffs for the accommodation of the guests of hotel. The defendants also allege that .the plaintts had a month or two months’ notice that the contract would be resemded unless they were better supplied. The case is interesting, from the fact that an action on @ similar contract i# pot found im any of the reports. Counsel! for the defendants moved for a dismissal of the complaint, on the ground that there being no time speci. fied the contract might be rescinded at any time b: hg proceeded {er7, who were directed to bring reg | (this) morning. —The unable to agree were dis Jax. bens cbarged ata late boar on Wednesday evening. The Milltary Dispia: ‘The military display yester ever ‘wiunessca in this city. ard wore nies out, but they constitnted the never did any march or mancuvre with more precision, or appear, in every respect, to better advantage. It is a matter of no surprise that they are a source of le to Albany, and, indeed, to the State. Their guests, corps and Utica corps, also commanded much admiration for the neat appearance of thelr wniform and soldierly bearing throughout the trying drilling and marching to which they ye [op ery Company B, of which our citizens may wel Proud, paraded with their from New York, and added fresh Inurels to the high ermal ‘hat they earned so early in their career, y doserv. out the ranks, was unexceptionable, and richly deserved the Brat Sereen ue areata foe In the afternoon, the independent : pany B aod their guests te the Maiden lane ferry, from whence the latter departed for home. The Utics corps left for home at a later hour, after bay attended a con. cert by Dodworth’s famous band. brief notice would nog be complete without a remark relative to music ia not often that onr citizens enjoy such & mu- 4 treat as they did yonmday. The owe, bands Iworth's) from New York, especially lightfu! nate, fas, indeed, did the other bands that out. All in all, it! was one of the in winter life that Albanians have wAllany Argue dan 3 1s for males, with the ex- | profeasors | two teachers; St. Stephen's, 200 pupils, two | | calendar at this time Agency Sucd for Motion of the Defendant cur « Struck Jury SUPERIOR CouRT. Before Han. Judge Pierre: TaN, 21.—W. L. Ormsby vs. Benjamin Douglass—The Mercantile Agency.—The plaintiff, W. 1, Ormsby, ise bank note engraver, and was stigmatized by the de- fendant ag a counterfeiter. The suit was commenced im September, 1854, but for various reasons has been post. Poned from time to time. The defendant applies for a Struck jury, alleging that it is au intricate one requiring @ struck jury. The plaintiff in his affidavit, which was read by his counsel, says:— ‘That this action is for slandering him in his business ef ‘bank note epgraving and printing; and the alleged slaa- derous words are rg the import that he has been in counterfeiting, and was a counterfeiter; that said ‘was commenced iv September, 1854; that by various oe technicalities, and from the course of pleading pursued the defendant, the final answer was not served until the month of March, 1856; that deponent has always been anxious to bring the case toa trial, but has been uniformly opposed by the defendant, although he has at all times been ready,and with his witnesses in court on six or seven different occasions; that the cause is upon the day the express nt and um- derstanding pean pap an of parties that it should be tried as soon as reached; that it is likely to be reached at any moment; and deponent believes me- tion is made solely to delay the trial further, contrary te express underrtanding; that he has made said business of bank thirty note engraving a A for ae) an a - fellow ata that im years, and bas always able position among consequence of the slander uttered by defendant, as & manager of a mercantile agency, the business of de- pail Rn 6 & positive injury to jeponent's e88 re tion; that unless he can have a fair and im ‘ratet said speedily, he will be utterly and irretrievably ruined, and deprived of the means of earning a living for himeelf and family; that this deponent feels the keenest anxiety to try the case, as he looks upon it as no less than atrial for felony, and be asks only that he may be tried br ae Ede san § Jury; hin br Lapa are prt notes under the present system is ex - ple and mechanical; that the Pratl oan in number and readily comprehended and understood by winery ee that the technical terms are of the most simple kind, and that the process of transferring and re- duplicating ‘the various parts of a bank uote is as readily learned and understood as the mere process of etamping butter balls, and it is Kap! cgi by the most ordinary and illiterate mechanics; there is hardly a trade or profession of any kind go simple, so easily understood and practised, which fact accounts for the vast number of arrests for counterfeiting among the lower order of se- ciety, as well as for the vast amount of counterfeit moneg in circulation ; that this deponent has known of an instance where an ordinary brass worker was instructed in the use of the bank note engraver, dies and in one day so thoroughly as to execute work almost as readily and as well as a practised hand. He admits that the handiwork of engravers can be identified by other as readily as the haudwriting of one person identified by another who haa become familiar wi and that the handiwork of depopent can be as identified by those acquainted with it as that of any graver in this city; and he avers that each and ev charge of counterfeiting in the answer, and reiterated im the affidavit on which this motion {s founded, is a base and malicious slander, utterly without foundation, and devoid of truth. That he is the author and publisher of = large illustrated quarto volume on the subject of the present system of bank note eugraving, showing its insuf- ficiency to prevent counterfeiting, aud recommending a better system in place of it; that this book was dedicated to and intended for the use of bankers: that only five hua- dred copies of said book have been sold, at from five te ten dollars a copy, that said book does not teach how counterfeiting may be done, except 20 far as it necessarily exposes how it is actually done; that a false idea of the teachings of the said book was circulated by certain capl- talists and agents engaged in the engraving business, as the only way to answer the arguments for the present insecure system; that this book has recei the highest encomiums of the press; that pot one word, to the knowledge of deponent, has ever been published against said in any newspaper or other publication; that this book was published in 1852; that the allegation of defendant as to the tendency of this book is a wilful perversion ‘of truth, and, as this deponent believes, made y defendant with a view to injure, vex aud annoy de- ponent; that said book has received the favorable notice of the Bank of land, Bank of France, Professor 8. F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph, Thos. Ewbank, commia- sioner of patents, F, W. Edmonds, ene of the oldest and most eminentcashiers, and of old and emineat bank note engravers, generally, who have retired from active buai- nees and have no pecuniary interest in the continuance of the present system of engraving bank notes—a 8; profitable to them as it is pernicious to the public. the new system of bank note engraving recommended im said book is approved by twelve cashiers and presidents of our largest banks in the city of New York; that this approval is in a written certificate, the original of which om file in the Bank Department at Albany; por age ha seco bas ev iggy Ay ne eee yo will certain cay engaged usiness, for ¢: the secrets of the craft and holding up the Poy 4 public view; that if such men are to be examined as wit- ‘esses their jealousy and envy will be as easily compre- hended and understood by ordi jurors as the same vices ave in any other trade or jon; that the de- fendant is the and manager of a mercantile agency in New York, the friends and patrons of which are confined to the mercantile community and moneyed mea enerally; and that the defendant, by means of a struck jury, would have a more favorable opportunity of obtain- ing a preponderance of such men upon the jury to the exclusion of mechanics and artists, and that the l- lities of @ disagreement of such jury would be greatly im- creased, which result deponent deems as injurious to his reputation and business as if the jury should find a vee- dict against him, for nothing but an entire acquittal can relieve this deponent from so foul a stajm; ‘that as to all or nearly all of the charges of count specified in said answer, the necessity of such a inves! and nice discrimination as indicated by the defendant's affidavit, to detect the author of the work the production the work. i He & iF id Hi Mentioned, will be entirely obviated Court of the artists who actually did employ, he verily believes that a ‘bination has been formed with the aid of the defen to crush this de- ponent, break up his business, ana drive him from the profession, as other artists have been crushed before him; and he believes that this motion is made with a view te promote that end. Judge Pierrepont heard counsel on both sides, Messrs. ‘Chauncey Shaffer and Robert G. Pike for plaintiff, and Mr. Fullerton for the defendant, and denied the application by the following order: — Upon hearing counsel hereon for the respective partion, the motion for a struck jury is denied. The case is set down for y next, and is expected to excite considerable interest. Superior Court—Part First. Before Hon. Judge Woodruff and a Jury. A CASE OF CONTROVERSY ABOUT WOOL. JAN. 20.—Charles Cook vs. Geo. W. Beale and Sch Adams.—This cause bas occupied the Court some days, it is in the nature of an action of replevin. In the spring of 1865 the plaintiff became possessed of a quantity of wool which was in storage at Havana, State of New York, by ‘an advance of money toa Mr. Baker, the former owner of the wool. In May of 1855, a Mr. Davis, of the New York firm of Peabody & Davis, went to Havana, New York, and was (here introduced to the plaintiff, who spoke of ving this wool and wanted to sell. Davis advised Cook to the wool to New York city, and as their firm of Peabody & Davis had gota large store and their lofts were empty they would charge him (Cook) but little or nothing for the storage of the wool. Upon this inducement Cook sent the wool to New York city and stored it in Peabody & in Duane pw gr itremained about a and exhibit it aad negotiate a sale, subject to his (Cook's) instructions. The wool was advertised ir sate fore d time, and a great man; ‘ool dealers went it, made offers, none of which were higher than cepts per pound, the commission house or g duce house of Peabody & Davis exhibiting advertising the same and endeavoring to sell it. cember, 1856,a Mr Tuttle came into the fi defendants 28 Fi “ii 783 vel Hae Ez ui ety Sea ‘of the wool $1468 56, making a total A commanication from W. C. Tnx Comet —A bi yh have been ol ‘eon . by ©. W, Tuttle, Beq., of Newburyport, former- $y ret ty ter. Asaph Hall, eo, an assistant at’ this @b- ‘The distance of the comet from the earth i¢ now about