The New York Herald Newspaper, June 8, 1858, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. ———— JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. CN OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FOLTON AND NASSAU STS. ced cosh, nse conte Reva - Fisiee an Peta aa a one per or seven days at the fort of Forty-fiftu atreet, to the Great discomfort of tue inhabitants of that neigh- borhood. ‘The proceedings of the Common Council last evening were unusually interesting. In the Board of Aldermen & communication from the Joint Com- mittee on Accounts was reai. It gives a brief ré- sumé of their labors, and the work now under their sup: rvision, with reference to the(financial accounts tt GERALD, every Woinssday, at four conte por | 80d af'airs of the city. Tho committee say the re- aa i. ye NOTTOE taken ef anonymous corrempondence. We de nat ein TING excuted with nentnas, cheapness ani dee: TISRM ENTS renmoed every day; advertlesne te tn. AO Warcir Hetero, Fan Hana, and te fhe Sofernis end Buropean Editions, ——— Volume eecesecel@e 158 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, wmoe GABDER. 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Throughout Saturday and Sunday New Orleans was in a fever of excitement. The Independent party, or Vigijance Committee, barricaded the streets, organized an armed force, and appointed a large number of special police to preserve the peace. A similar course was pursued by the Know Nothings. The Mayor of the city surrendered bis authority into the hands of the Committee, where- upon the City Council deposed the Mayor and appointed a substitute in his stead. Such was the condition of affairs that it was deemed | probable no election would take place yesterday. The election, however, was proceeded with, and re- sulted in the choice of Gerard Stith, the Know Nothing candidate. Up to seven o'clock last eve- ning no collision had occurred Letween the opposing | parties. The Vigilance Committee continued at their posts, determined, it is reported, to purge the city of all the disreputable characters within its Limits. The election in Washington city yesterday result- ed in the choice of the democratic candidate for Mayor. The precautions of the authorities prevent- ed any serious disturbance. It is reported, however, that several fights occurred, during which a boy was shot, who subsequently died from the effects of the wound. In Congress yesterday the Senate took up the Naval Appropriation bill. Mr. Mallory moved an amendment providing for the construction of ten steam sloops of war. Mr. Hale proposed to redace the number to six—lost, 31 to 22. The original mo- tion was also lost—24 to 20, At a later period an amen :nucat authorizing the constraction of five pro- peliers and one side wheel steamer for the China weas was adopted—18 to 17. An amendment giving the President power to issue letters of marque in 4certain cases was rejected by a vote of forty to six. The various propositions offered 'od to a renewal of the discussion of the re- cer } outrages in the Gulf. From the tone of the ident that, with one or two excep- tio: vf the Senate are disinclined to ade that will precipitate an issue wit. ( vn the question. A bill making ap- oro; ations (or the transatlantic mail service was re- 4. Bills granting pensions to the widows of sorals Jones and Gaines were passed. In the House it .was announced that the difficulties between Messrs. Harris and Hughes had been satisfactorily arranged. In committee, the Senate's amendments to the Civil Appropriation bill were considered. The appropriations for the Capitol extension and the | claims growing out of the Northeastern boundary question were agreed to.“ The Chairman of the Willett's Point Committee reported that they could not agree, and stated that they wished permission to print their reports and have the subject made the epecial order for ‘the 10th inst. The House, how- ever, adjourned without acting on the subject. The steamship Biack Warrior has arrived at New Orieans with Havana dates tothe 24 inst. There | was no general news of interest. Sagar was firm at the prices previously reported. By an arrival at this port we have files of Buenos Ayres papers to the 15th of April, and news from Paraguay and Montevideo. The financial crisis and the troubles with the Argentine confederation occn- pied the attention of the public journals. The cri- sis had been severely felt in Baenos Ayres. It is estimated that the loss sustained is equal to $1,400,- 000,000 currency. A few cases of yellow fever had ocourred at Montevideo. Nothing of importance had transpired in Paraguay. We have advices from Bio Janeiro to the 2d ult. A private letter states that the Board of Directors | of the Don Pedro II. Railroad Company have award | ed to the “American bid” the contract for all the | work on the entire “second section” of their rail- | road—all that was advertised to be let. This con- tract, at the engineers’ estimate, will amount to about three and a half millions of dollars. There are about 212 miles of the road yet to be let, which, if the contractors carry on the second section satis: factorily, it is expected will be placed in the same hands. This will amount to some twelve millions. The Americans had to contend against a powerful English opposition, but with complete euccess. At the meeting of the Board of Health yesterday the special committees on swill milk and fat boiling © tablishments reported progress. City Inapector Morton sent in @ communication confaining a formal complaint against the cow . Awated on the blocks bounded by Piftee. yah / 2’? ¥xtoenth ate, i ong @ MULES 6 Sonne ne ee wliitears j,tomih, f a & “Meccan 7 rqgtine Lite e tr ee RENE tts thew be Chee the awe used fe the ofy. a “T cedepte) Coseting the Olty pg NBnpelthe offal contmnctor to strictly a! “S10 bis contract. Complaint was ss@sbbal Was pormitted to eccumulate for sis sult of their investigations has been to lay before the public the disordered condition of the various departments, the reckless disbursement of the pablic money, the defalcations, errors and delinquencies of public officers, and also to thoroughly expove, and in fact to break up, the organized band of contractors, surveyors and peculators, whose depredations upon the treasury for the past eight years have amounted to millions of dollars. They call upon the Common Conn- cil to take action upon the reports and sugges- tions already made, and charge the Comptroller with totally neglecting to farnish, as required by law, a detailed monthly statement of the accounts of the city. They recommend that the Comptroller be directed to comply with the law in regard to this matter, and that he prepare a statement of the re- ceipts and expenditures from the commencement of the current year to the Ist of June inst., also that an appropriation of five thousand dollars be made to defray the expenses of the committee. Resolutions were offered requesting the Police Commissioners to refrain from interfering with old women and cripples who endeavor to cke out a subsistence by peddling apples and segars on Sunday, and also to abate the ringing of church pells, a practice alleged to be a nuisance, and one that interferes with the avocations of a class of quiet and inoffensive citizens. In the Board of Councilmen another communica- tion was received from the joint committee on ac- counts, developing an overpayment of $4,308 to Te- rence Farley. The Comptroller was directed to fur- nish a monthly statement of the moneys remaining in the treasury. A voluminous communication was submitted by the Street Commissioner, giving a state- ment of the present condition of the contracts for work on street improvements. The Mayor sentin a veto on an ordinance reorganizing the Croton Aque- duct Department. A large amount of routine busi- ness was also transacted. Full reports of the pro- ceedings may be found elsewhere in to-day’s paper. The Councilmen’s committee to whom was re- ferred the question as to the policy of repealing the ordinance in reference to the extension of Albany street throngh Trinity church graveyard, met yes- terday in the City Library. Mr. P. Y. Cutler argued at considerable length against the extension, and maintained that the Corporation had no legal power to remove the remains of the volunteers who were buried in the cemetery. He alluded to the laws from the time of the Romans against the desecra- tion of the dead, and stated that if the Corporation had any sense of morality remaining they would not sanction such a proceeding. In the course of his argument he alluded to the debate upon the mat- ter in the Board of Councilmen, and observed that the feelings of a majority of the members were changed in one night. Trinity church would never consent to pay one cent to have the question decided in their favor, nor would that religious corporation ever stoop to pay a bribe. Since the Common Council of 155° and '54, there were great improvements and modifications in the constitution of the corporation, and he sincerely hoped that the discoveries of 1858 would tend to im- prove the workings of the municipal government. ‘The committee adjourned at the conclusion of Mr. Cutler's argument. The Tammany Society met last night and formal- ly installed the new Grand Sachem, Mr. Isaac V. Fowler. Several new members were initiated iato the mysteries of the Old Wigwam; nd it was deter- mined to celebrate the Fourth of July by the usual dinner, oration and speeches from distinguished dem- ocrats. Nothing else of public interest transpired. The June term of the Court of General Sessions commenced yesterday, the Recorder presiding. Those members of the Grand Jury who answered to their names were discharged till this morning, a quorum not being present. Ten petit jurors were each fined twenty-five dollars for non-attendance. Abraham Gunyon, who pleaded guilty to an attempt at grand larceny a short time ogo, and upon whom sentence was suspended by the City Judge on con- dition that he would go to sea, was brought up for sentence, he having been re-arrested, and in doing 80 fought desperately with the officers and attempt- ed to escape from prison. Judge Rassell sent him to the State prison for two years and four months. Hirsch Zwich, indicted for burglary in tho first de- gree, pleaded guilty to petit larceny, and was sent to the penitentiary fer six months. The District Attorney stated that the evidence for the prosecn- tion was insufficient to sustain the principal charge. Francis Dimond was tried for mayhem, having,» was alleged, destroyed one of Charles Rico's eyesby throwing vitriol upon it. The evidence was contra- dictory, and the jury immediately acquitted the prisoner. ‘The sales of cotton yesterday embraced about 2,170 bales, chiefly on the basis of about 114c. for fair,and at 120. for strict to good middiing uplands. Owing to tho tows due from Albany being detained, or not arriving in time to enable receivers to place samples on 'Chango,Jand ‘the stock offering being light, holders of flour advanced their terms and obtained some higher rates, which, how- ever, tended to check sales, while there was less buoy- ancy atthe clore. In some cases of common and extra qrades of State and Western about be. a 10c. advance ‘was realized. Wheat wae irregular and less buoyant, with moderate sales at rates given in another column. Corn was in fair demand, while sales were chiefly confined to Western grown at rates given in another place. Pork was beavy and lov or, with sales of meas at $17 95, and emali Jote prime at $14 10.0 $7) 99. A sale of 1,000 bbis. smohcd Western shoulders was made at 7-48c., and a heavy sale of bacon sides was re- ported at So. Beef was unchanged. Sugars were quiet. Tho sales embraced 230 hbds. Caba musc: ado at 6c. a 6c. Coffee was steady and quiet. To Liverpool some 4,000 bbls. flour were engaged at 1s 64. ; 400 bales of ovt- ton at 5-324. a3 104, and 600 boxes cheese at 268. To London rosin was taken at 2s. 43¢d., and o!] cake at 250. , and rosin was taken to Glasgow at 28.64. Engagements to the Continent were light and rates unchanged. The Presidential Succession--The Opposition, the Democracy, and the Admfivistration. The politicians are hard at work, and (le leading political journals of the country, espe- cially of the opposition camps, have entered actively into the discussion of the reconstruo- tion of parties and the probable issues of the great approaching struggle for the Presiden- tial euccession. Of course, the parties and the issues of this struggle cannot as yet be exactly defined, nor even conjectured; but still, among the facts and developements of the day there are certain salient points and certain leading questions from which we may construct a very consistent and tatiefactory theory. The last Presidential election, from the divi- sions of the popular vote, establiched the con- yiction in the public mind that not only a ma- jority, but an overwhelming majority of the people of the United States are opposed to the dex ceratic party. We have heretofore shown thet since the year 1836 the democratic has been a minority party, and that its successes fn 1844, 1862 end 1866 resulted not from its own loberent etrength, bat from the @imensions and Uv isicus ant contteiag feotions of the oppo- co, We hove shown that Mr. Beohanan— Ube (ug demesrasio @andidate that ooald have oarrie’ the @ny in 1866—was thas clipped in bewween two conflicting opposition factions which, if united, would have defeated him by & popular majority of nearly four hundred thousand votes. We moy, NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1858. } therefore, eafely assume that the only fanpe for the democracy in 1860 is the con- tinaance of these divisions in the opposition campy; but, cn the other band, the first, the in- ispenm ble, and yet the most difficult ossential to the sag ees of the opposition is the concen- tration of iheir forces, North and South, upon a single candidate. ‘With the cNeotion of Mr. Buchanan it was generally suppoved that his long in our political affai's, and his approved ebilitics as astatesman, woud enable him so to ehape and direct the general policy of his administra- tion as ina short time ti) melt away this exist- ing opposition popular ma,ority, and reconsoli- date the democracy upon a «We, substantial and solid footing throughout the Union. Nor can it be denied that the whole poy of Mr. Bu- chanan, from the appointment of 4is able, con- sistent and conservative Cabinet dows to this day, bas been carefully directed to tis great end; nor can it be safely disputed that, ad he been properly sustained by the leaders and would-be-leaders of the party, North and Sou th, the democracy today, instead of being a de- moralized, divided and desponding party, would be a party united, harmonious and full of confi- dence for the future. Bat, unfortunately, all the well meant and well directed endeavors of the President and his Cabinet to reunite and harmonize the de- mocracy have thas far been flouted and frus- trated by the selfish aspiranta, demagogues and Gisorganizers of the party, in both houses of Congress. Thus, while on every important measure or movement of the administration, with scarcely an exception, the democratic m- jority in the Senate and in the House has been reduced to a disorganized and impotent gang of filibustering factionists, the apparently irre- concilable elements of the opposition have been united and harmonized to an extent which has astonished even themselves, Thus, too, while the wise and well considered counsels of Mr. Buchanan and his Cabinet have been disregarded by the factious mutineers of Congress, upon this question, that question, and the other, it is not surprising that the opposition leaders have seized the advantages thus offered, and are'seeking to turn them to the best account. And so it is while the democracy in Congress, opon sectional and factious iseues and upon their petty eqnabbles over the spoils, have become demoralized and disorganized to an extent never known before, the prospect of the union and the triumph of the opposition in 1860 is correspondingly increased. In this connection the late financial revulsion, among its natural consequences, is just bringing to the surface a political issue upon the money question, which, if skilfully used by ihe opposition, may give them in 1860 victory as decisive as that of 1840. The slavery agitation may be considered as suspended for some time to come. Without the interposition of some new “aggression” of the “slave oligarchy,” no disturbing breeze of sec- tional excitement can be raised “upon slavery and the “slave power” in the approaching gene- ral campaign. But the financial revulsion has unfortunately operated seriously to diminish the receipts of the treasury, while the legacies from his prececessors have quite as seriously increas ed the expenditures of Mr. Buchanan’s adminis- tration. We have thus the extraordinary spec- tacle of heavy issues of treasury notes and loans to meet the current necessities of the govern- ment in atime of peace. For all this Mr. Bu- cbanan and his Cabinet are in no way reaponsi- ble ; bat still the fact of these embarrassments and increased expenditures may be made the pivot of the Presidential election. It will be almost impossible, among four or five millions of voters, to separate the responsibility in the premises from the party and the admiuistration in power. In this view, and in view of the popular strength of the opposition forces, when united, it would appear that nothing can prevent their success in 1860, provided they coalesce upon a common ticket and a common practical policy of “retrenchment and reform,” North and South. To this. end, however, none of their outstanding candidates will answer; for Seward, Banka, Chase, Hale, Crittenden, Bell, and even Fre- mont, would be encumbered with sectional or factious difficulties which could not be recon- ciled. But some new candidate, occupying a central and conservative position, geographi- cally and politically, of democratic antecedents and possessed of «lmitted abilities—some euch man, for example, as Cameron, of Penneylva- nia—might be made the basis of a fusion which would not only settle the question in 1860, but the question of party ascendency for many years to come. For this gloomy state of things in reference to the democracy, we repeat that the President and his Cabinet are in no way responsible. It isa condition of things which is due, first, to the factious, ambitious and unscrupulous leaders and would-be leaders of the democratic party in both houses of Congress; and secondly, to the tremendous pressure of the Jate revulsion upon the country and the government. The demo- cratic majority of the two houses of Congress has been reduced by a dozen disorganizers, more or les, to an almost hopeless demoraliza- tion; and the only remaining nucleus to the party of harmony, consistency, discipline, prin- ciple, confidence and security is the adminis- tration of the President and his Cabinet. In the work of its destruction democratic disorga- nizers have been giving some very active “aid and comfort to the enemy; but still it sur- vives, though the purty, in failing cordially to support it, has been well nigh broken to pieces. The administration can exist without the party; but what would become of the party without the administration it requires no prophet to tell. Mone Deratcations tm Crry Arratra—We understand that the Committee of Investigation, or Committee of Accounts, have made several further discoveries, exhibiting the awful extent to which the city bas been pillaged aud pin dered within the last few years by ite oMoiale Some additional defalc .tions have aleo boven de- tected in (he Street Commissioner's Departinent, to the amount, it ir stated, of some hundreds of thousands of dollars. There disclosures hav began to alarm a great many of the members of the Board of Aldermen and Counctlmen, and we suspect that efforts will be mate to annntess all further inquiry into the pa@ y ue 0sof their co-laborers in iniquity, ‘Jo mnggulnni that the Committee of Investigat ion, — + smal tee of Accounts, ne it is called, p 4.00n- tinuing their inquiries for some tir © va, It is probable that the mest vigorous exertions will be made to place these inquiries under the control of old Flagg, who wants to keep the of. fice of Comptroller snag in his breeches pocket. In the meantime, it is to be hoped that the Mayor, the Street Commissioner and the Com. 5 amen een eae mittee of Accounts, who have some little hones- ty left, will come forward with euch further dis- coveries as they may make, and help te probe the exact extent to which the people of this city have been robbed and pluadered. It is possible, however, that no facts, however strong—no abuses, however glaring, willrouse the taxpay- ers of this city. ‘War Measures mv Concrxss.—We publish in full to-day the amended Dill introduced in the Senate on the 3d inst. by Mr. Douglas, to meet the present emergency in our relations with Great Britain, and also a joint resolution intro- duced by Senator Gwin to meet the diffioulties likely to arise ont of the present state of affairs with several of the Spanish-American repulflics. ‘The bill of Mr. Douglas revives, with certain modifications, an act pased by Congress in 1839, on the occasion of the Aroostook war ex- citement against England. It proposes to au- thorize tho President to call out the militia of the United States, and in case of invasion to ac- cept the services of fifty thousand volunteers, and to man euch e navy on the Northern lakes as he shall deem necessary. To carry out these purposes a loan of ten millions of dollars is au- thorized by the bill. A special mission to Eng. lan’ is also authorized by it, and the appropria- tion of 4 million of dollars to put our seaboard fortificcNions in erder. The resolution of Mr. Gwin is imply to authorizv the President to use euch force against New Granada, the Central American S*stes and Mexico as he may deem proper in the event of the refusal by any of those States of just satisfaction for wrongs in- flicted upon American citizens. Both of these now lie on the tab%e of the Senate, and may be taken up and acted upon at any moment. These ‘two measures are good in their wey, and both of them are practical pesce measures, But Congress could takes much more simple and economical step than either of them, and one which, at the same time, would tend more powerfully than any other measure to strengthen the hagds of the President for coming negotia- tions, and settle all our difficulties with these States. Let the President have the simple power of suspending the neutrality laws toward any one of them, and we shall soon have amica- ble negotiations established for the settlement of all our Cuba, Central America, Mexico and other similar questions. As the matter now stands, the Preaident is backed by no possible application of physical power in his efforts to effect a settlement of any of our pending ques- tions; and all these Powers, little as well as big, understand perfectly the dilatory and factious character of Congress. Ita course on the Para- guay resolutions is going to breed infinite trou- ble with our Spanish-American neighbors; while, had it acted with promptitude and con- sistency on them, it would have produced a directly contrary effect. Recent DeveLoremENts OF FrvanctaL Fravp.-— On Friday next, it is understood that Judge Russell will render a decision on the prelimi- nary procedings had before him inthe case of the people on the complaint of Charles Gould against Henry Dwight and others. What that decision may be, it isof course impossible to say; but we believe that the proceedings already instituted only constitute one of many cases which are to be prosecuted against the de- fendants. There seems to exist, in certain quarters, a strong belief that by pressing these inquiries in connection with the organization and management of the Western railways, some frauds may be detected and some knaves be exposed. That is a consummation to be de- voutly desired. Simultaneously with these judicial inquiries there has been published the narrative of the astounding frauds committed in Wisconsin in connection with the La Crosse enterprise. ‘These disclosures, on which we have heretofore commented, reveal a chapter of fraud, roguery and impudence which has hardly been psrallel- ed in the history of this country. It is equally shameful to the people of the State where the fraud took place, and to the interest which prompted the fraud. Some good may fairly be expected to flow from these inquiries. In véry few cases can it be expected either that rogues will be convicted and punirhed or the money recovered; but people may look forward to exposures ‘hat will brand at least some of the knaves with infamy. And it may be hoped that it will be » little more difficult than it has been ficretofore to perpe- trate the eame class of swindles afresh. In this connection, many persons are wonder- ing why the Ohio Life and Trust Company, which led the race of rain last year, has never been called to account by any of its vic- tims, and why its officers have not had the bene- fit of a judicial investigation of their conduct. The failure of this concern wae and is an inex- plicnble mystery. No one seems to know why it failed or where the two millions of capital which it had went. Adi is obscurity and dark- nes in its affairs. Yet its failure undoubtedly contributed more than any other single eventto the catastrophe of last full. Surely no more time should be rnffered to elapse before this concern and its downfall are made the subject of judicial inquiry. Apventistne ty Onsccne Newsrarers.—When @ merchant, an auctioncer, a theatrical mana- ger, a real estate owner, or a chambermaid de- sires to advertise, they always select the news- papers having the largest circulation and widest influence. But when the Governor of a State, the head of a department of the government, the Comptroller or other officers of the city gov- ernment wish to advertise official matters which are of importance to every one, they almost always select some obscure paper, with a cirou- lation of a few hundreds, Why is this? A Hoven Diviorp Acarvet Traeir—Mr, Au- gustus Schell wasjappointed as Collector of this port by the President, and we believe that in re- gard to the capacities of the appointee for the place no objections have been made. this democratic appointment by a democratic President hangs fire in a democratic Senate, and because of the opposition to the Collector from thm democratic side of the chamber. This is an illustration of the old proverb of “a house divided agninst itself ;” for how can a party ex- pect to stand which is thus cut ap into little ecwhbling clicnes and factions over 3. + 4 gwen in the Sencto of the United Stal Som Oswrag Paun—The cour © ; toicce by the molterity of the Commbe . ...! bo Onatral Peri rhows thes they meh uy woatewor of {> Dneiness whieh they have in hand, and are unfit for thelr places, The only members of the Board who know anything of the great European parks are Messrs. Dillon and Belmont, who have had large experience and observation in such matters, The person who fe absurdly called Architect-in-Chief is, for And yet | various reasons, without sufficient capability for his important post, Mesacs. Dillon and Bel- mont, profiting by their Haropean experience, suggested certain valuable amendments to the socepted plan, and they were rejeoted by the other Commissioners, either through stupidity or design. Any way, it is quite elear that the Park bids fair to be a humbug and a failure. THE LATEST NEWS. INTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON, Debate on the War Question in the Senate. SIX NEW VESSELS OF WAR AUTHORIZED, bo. ao, a. Our we Despatch. MEETING OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FORBIGN AFFAIRS—PROBABILE EXTENSION OF THE SESSION OF CONGRESS, ETC. ‘Wasumnatow, June, 7, 1858. ‘The Committee on Foreign Relations of the House dis- Cursed this morning roveral prepositions to clothe the Prosident with more power with reference to putting a stop to foreign cruisers searching or “visiting” American merchant vessels, Tho proposition of Mr. Sickles will probably be reported to the House, The committee meets again to-morrow mining at nine o'clock, Mr. Sickles proposes to invest the President with power to authorize the taking by our navy of foreign vessels when in the act of searching merchantmeu, oF after thoy may have violated our flag; to authorize metchantmen to arm themselves, and to act singly or in cwncert to dofend themselves against earch, and to capture’¢ruisers that may enforce eoarch, and to bring them into port to bo adjudged as prizes to the captors by proper cots. Still another stroggle about the adjournment of Con- gress. Mr. Hantor and others are pushing basinoss* with @ purpose (o adjourn on Thursday, the day fixed. .d¢ impreesion i@ that the session will be extended till Mon- day. I believe the Prosident desires It, as he thinks it will give time to finish all important business before Con- gress properly. Tt is understood be docs not desire the sevsion extended beyond chat time. ‘The publication of the recent correspondence between Lord Napier and Gen. Cass on the African slave trade, has led to mmother correspondsnce of more personal if not a more pungent character. In the long letter of the British ‘Minister he connects the namo of a New York firm with the siave trafic. One of the members of that firm has taken the matter up, and I have obtaimed copies of bis letiors to Gen. Cass and Lord Napier, They will bo read with interest. Here aro the letters:— MR. VIGANTERE TO GENERAL (ASS. New Yor, May 27, 1858. Sm—You will perceive by the enclosed copy of a letter I addreseed to her Britannic Majesty's Minister in Washing- ton, that I was led to write it in order to repel unfounded imputaiions cast by Lord Napier upon me, as the partner of a commercis] establishment of this city, which for some Umo has been in liquidation and no exists, inp hay Lene - = ial form address- State, I deem it proper to ou, For the taforstation of ont to the American pamed vessels Interference wits ae ‘truly stated in u reply of 10h of Apel Inst to as you \y wo Lov Napier. T'reter to the un re Mr. Gabriel in bis more, did ‘ich i. > whi y b> have the honor to be very, respoctfally , your follow citi. ven and obetient rervent, GJ. DE La FIGAN) ‘To the Hon, Lewis Cass, of sate. MR. FIGANIERE TO LORD NAPIER. New York, May 25, 1868, My Lonp—I bave read very recently in the public journals of thisctty leters wih your name underwitten, purporting to bave beea officially addressed by you to the ‘American it, the publication of which is, no doubt, taken from some Congressional document. lam, therefore, led to the originals were so Ee odowy roma regard fo poe puumegus Four e some your pote to General Cass, dated Washington, Bin Decensver, 1867. You therein state “the number of vessels cap- tnred and condemped on the coast forms but a small portion of thone of which the character ‘warrant from ber Majesty's government.” “<The North Hand was chartered at New York, ostensi- to pod view to on voyage ~ African coast, uncer Amerinan colors, but, in the absence of convircing evidence, could not ye Deteved to have delivered a cargo of slaves to have been destroyed, In this aifatr, i lence was ma:'o subservient to crime, the notorious house Now, my lord,1,the writer « this, am one cf the two Figanieres of the late Orm, which you most unwarrantadly ‘thus endeavor to defame. dety either your lordship or any other official of H. B. . jeety’s government to prove that either the Isla de Cubda—now lying at one of the wharves °/ this elty, where she hes been since November *' (be ore the date of your letter)—or the Oharioite » & ft vyages to ‘Africa, or aay ether vessel ownc: | eo \eaerioan citizen coe ea eed: aver) owned Tomes Dusmmers gular , Were ever engag’é, | Lureculy, in the slave trade. ‘ To regard to the N. Hart, which yoa so roughly handle, ft behooves me to rectify the | 0: err you or your govern- ment bave been led to mei. ‘u reference to the firm in ‘portion of cargo, to the amount of fifteen hundred dot bit meal parties in the Cape de Verde, was pped in her. So far, and vo farther, was tho Inte Grin bury in respect to the affairs of thie vessel: and ff she, after having de- livered ber cargo, went to the coast for negroes, tho was no mere accountable for the unlawiul act than it would be for the commission of a murder in an office it bad once cccupied, and from which had moved before ‘the crime war committed. But, my Lord, according to your own statement, there byes Lge nly geen od N. eo Ke, or was going to ) A cargo of negroes, been an: Mine would bate been arrested by tho British of-war boarded her, notwithstanding the display Amrrican colors. And, indeed, you only say that beiteved to have delivered * cargo of sla res in Cuba, and to have been od; and yet you assume and tare granted that such was the actual fact; aod there | q Proceed to denounce the house of whick | was aly’ p . You do not even say by whom the story fictal ‘States, known a Seantae ent ‘and yet, upon a mere any y and grosaly di ol eran’ om crime, under wresless of tame ir lordeh'p enjoying certain ¥ of nations iuveste a person hold- » thie country, its courte should ia queation between us jon, if the commercial firm alluded to, which and commenced business on the first of 9 pp | os your Ly we — , it Was raade so by such gratuitous apd un- ‘of British officials, (seo Inte Rritiah Kay "e re. Peete eens late, a which it ie not to expiain here, fhave the honor to be your lordship’s very obedient servant. G. J. DE LA FIGANTERE. To the Right Honorable Lonp Naren, &c. Tt le thought here that something more will grow out of this correspondence, the slave trade, and the notion of the Uritioh om) -*, Other letters will andoubtedly soon ap- pone, TTY valond to elatt’y the whole cakgeok, a. Bilis RETUPAPER, DEPART, Waccrmatom, Jone 7, 1958. Alnwcov. iat tho Wales Pett investigating Com- mitoo tat werniag, Air, Hoplina ealted aitention to the fact that © por:.va of 6 #iatems >! made in the committeo had been stricken from the printed copy of the evidence. Mr. Haskin acknowledged be did it for the reason that the erased remark exculpatory of Augustas Schell was never made by him, but was inserted either through the mistake of the stenographer or was interpolaced at the printing office, He then justified his erasure, The qommiticn have subpenaed the printer tn relation j ; i 3 aH =4923% i l ; F $$ tee, ‘Wasuriaton, June 7, 1865, TH TRANTATLANTIO mars, ‘Mr. Howree, (adm. ) of Va., from the Finance Comet any time within these tea janet Where was Senator frota Illinois (Mc. yugias), Whose bill to clothe the President with extraordi- Mary pores Heron a eaeae ‘Where was the Senator from New Bampehire (Mr. Hale), who could not with tne wise and moderate ogunsels of the the Forege Nommittee, (Mr. Mason)? Those war spirita have left ao mega for Senator following in their wake, except to reso. Or ky e Ling ay _ givo orders to capture the whole pavy. 8) Course was to prepare gradual.¥ and alleniy for a perky sdould it ever come, with thai ,¢eat ana arrogant Power, but never to use bre- vado. Mr. Brows, (@4m.) of Misg., also urged the ia. crease of aeluaey. sa words, such a8 herd eh require to be forlowes by bold deeds. Now is the time to ships instead of ten, with Great Britain, he wouid be p.tepared to maintain honor of the of the country. ‘Mr. Toomns, (adm.) of Ga., reptkd in the same strain ws former spcchy at {Be Dniter' States can whip the vee masts, SS 60 @ moasure sary for our interest aga great ! forring to the tone of the recent *, he said we cannot builda navy, like Aladdin’s pats’, in a nignt. We cannot raise ships by resotutimsof Cy ngress. raise an army you have but to light up she fev frova the & vavy is the work of time. By looking at ‘iries, we find the defoiency of our navy compare our commerce. , Sweden and othe mall States bave navies equal or superior to us. Every stump oTa- tor in the country insists om taking Cuba, acd wiping out , yet Span has a larger navy Wwe our ie (Hammoud) felt these insults in’ the wf be bad been deci¢e what they wore going to do thom* fore saying what they will do with the Bavy. Are the Senate willing to confer power on Ex. the Fx- ecutive to avenge apd repel the outrages by reviving, aa bie bill now ou the table sake, the Northeastern *0¢ of 13397 If they are ready to meet the queation of British Sexression, do it on ie own merits, ae ng nye Roane ol . ery evemy on the the earth ts defied the commhtoe's reeol she first. Because ‘or punish tbe Chinese. Wi avooge these insults when we got ready. re be ready to repel a pe is givear vee repeated outrages, ferent AT éiticers, ia various parts’of Use Gulf, area but the resu.t of orders from Great Britain. subsalt, say uO more: but if we are Mesers. CamEnon, (opp. of Pa, Havwn, (adm.) of ©., and others mado r and Mr, Ha — Hales amendmeat . | i 2 i i i i ge i : tn i #3" i i t i : i | | : i 48 i Es ii f i el Davis, , Foner, Hat aned okion, Feces x 9 ¢. . original Poy re for aa! loops of war was then ‘umendmerta wore thea adopted, alee. Ancant— > J Se gers Fhempen entucky, Thompson of New Jersey, to voted on, and THR DOFFICULTY MRTWREN MERA. BARR AND AOGIRS, Mr, Savage, (adm.) of Toam,, aid that ag the friend of