The New York Herald Newspaper, November 18, 1858, Page 2

2 THE OVERLAND MAIL ROUTE. Enthusiastic Meeting of Citizens of Santa Clara and San Francisco—The New York Herald's Correspondent Feted, &c., &e. ‘The citizens of Santa Clara met on the 14th of October, ‘Tor the purpose of giving expression to the views enter- tained by the people of Santa Clara of the great benefits to be derived ‘rom the successful establishment of the over- land mail r. ute, We bave received the following communication from Mr. Wright, the Secretary of the meeting:— Sana Ctara, Oct, 15, 1858. James Gornon Baxvert.— Deak Sin—Accompany ing this please find the proceed- ings of a mass meeting held here Wednesday evening, Oct. 14th. It is with feelings of considerable enthusiasm that the people of this State behold the successful com- pletion of the several overland mail routes, prompted in ‘the main by the fact that as communication is increased and facilitated cur well-being and prosperity advance. ‘The great bane of our State has been the check given to immigration by steamship monopolies, and the natural objections to overland travel, both of which agents have been removed by the enterprise of government agents and mail contractors in the establishment of the several routes. We are confident that speedy and large emigra- tion will be the result of lower fare, safer transition, and the establishment of statious for mail service. Having soil, climate, and almost every advantage de- sired, we need nothing but an increase of the number of the ardy sons of the soil to fully develope the vast re- sources of our State iew, we feel rejoiced in the con summation of so great a work, and look forward to the speedy realization of our long deferred hopes, (the cou: struction of the Pacitic Raiiroad,) when we will be able to take our position among the States as one of the greatest In conclusion, we hope to find in you a ready and devoted advocate of our necessities a8 wetl as our rights, in the firm belief that you will be found doing justice to our cause H. D. McCOBB, President. S. H. Wricur, Secretary TAE MEETING. Mr. H. D. McConn presided, and addressed the meeting at length. He said:—We meet this evening for the pur- pose of giving our cheerful hearts towards celebrat firat overland postal route through our fair val as it were, the mauntaius and plains to th that we hail with unfeigued satisfaction the Councoting of the Atiantic hemisphere with the we slope of our glorious confederacy by the various routes now in harmonious union of one great chain of postul Arrangement. In contemplation of giving honor to the privileges which the progress of American industry is daily bestowing upon us ‘p (his far distant land, we bave to remember that there is a Providence ruling ‘our desti ny; that as Californians we lave but one comm rest to consult; that our destuy is to bind stron, great chain of ‘the coute 1 states; that the Will outstretch her , and the South will braces, while th 4 the West dan nuptials of the Union: that the Pacitic shores of right be tue pet ow Union, and the postal routes and railroads, to carry kind messages to the ever lasting confederal The following resolut: Resolved, That the peop! the successiul establin’ hail the event as migration to the were unanimously adopted: — view with pride nd mail routes, and w give Lupulse to « speedy im tof the various routes now ndeney toencourage the 4 |, the consummati vlogeiy the cherisied hy erland”” with the sons and daughters of the lacie oO coast Kesolved, That the people « Santa Clara Valley feel a lively iuterest in the success s are of the Southern Overland Touie, it being the only one strictly commuuicatiag with our fertile valley. and it deserves our fostering care and patronage. Resolved, That the Hon. A. V. Grown, Postmaster General, in his wise policy in the management of the department under his charge, and for bis untiring elfyrts te give the people of Ca lifornia a 'speedy communication across our continent, de serves our heartielt gratitude. Resolved, That James Gordon Bennett, Esq. Youk HeKALD, in despatching a special corres) paper by the Southern route, for the purpose of givi formation of the practicability, and facts connected of the Southern route, entitles him the pioneer of newspap: enterprise, and sbould receive the hearty support of all well Wiabers in the Golden State. Resolved, That salute of twenty guns (corresponding with the number of stations on the route) be fired at haifpast seven o'clock to-morrow morning. Oct, 15, in howor of the successful establishment of the overiand mail service. of the Naw nd ls Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the proprietors of thy Southern overland mail route. Resolved, ‘That the several papers of the county of Santa Clara and the New York Hetatp be requested to publish resolutions. A. B. CaLpwKLt next addressed the meeting. He said that the establishment of the overland mail route, and its Success, were no longer to be doubted by the most incred ulous; that it wasa fixed fact that the trial trip has been successfully made, aud a distance through an unsettled country of twenty-seven hundred miles travelled with stages in the short space of twenty-four days. He looked upon this mail line as a harbinger of better things coming; that the benefits that would flow from it would not be con- fined to transmitting mail matter, to writing to our friends in the East, or obtaining a speedy home by this route, but the blessings that would tlow from it weuld be innumerable, some of which might be named— first, the protection it would afford the overland immigrant to our State; that it will cause a rapid settlement of Cali fornia with « hardy, energetic working class of men aut women. I have predicted to-night t great road will be completed in less than ten years, and instead of being twenty-four days to St. Louis, we will be able to make to in jess than four day The overland = mail route, now in its infancy, will grow, and great results must proceed from jt; it is the bexinuing of the end, and we may look forwarc to the time when we may be able to get ina buggy and ina few days drive across to the older States with ease, stopping and remain ing over night at « hotel on the road. Then will be seve ral large States admitted into our glorious Union, out of the vast wilderness that is only inhabited by the savage and the beasts. There is territory enough to make the number of States in the Union swell to one hundred What a glorious confederacy of one hundred States! Yet extravagantly drawn picture. Such is ‘mani fest destiny,” and such we will be. Bebold what a great Bation grows out of #mall things! Mr. C. MoOLay was the next speaker. He said:—Thie nd mail prise from St. Louis to San Francisco : a fixed, established fact, that the in running order from the far distant land of s to this our newly adopted garden-spot of the With your permission, Mr. President, I shall read an extract from Mr. Ormsby 's speech, as pablished in yes. terday’s Ala of San Francisco. After reading extracts from our correspondent’s ad dress, he proceeded — I bave no hesitancy in urging our Atlantic friends to come to this flowery land of perpetual summer: my esi tancy has been founded upon the dangers of a sea voyage and the extravagant charges of the steamabip OPO lists. My hesitancy bas given way before the clear, strong Light of trat euterprise which is breaking u the success of our overland communications. considered wild and reckless when I say that California, from ber deepest, widest, broudest, largest heart (and world she knows what a large heart means) senda e creat, grand and univ iv tation to tu whoweb iter their condition to come to our shores and enjoy the very finest climate the sum ever shone ont We have the so:!, the climate, and everything else that good, hon: » want to make them comfortable. You can come by land, safely, quickly, cheaply, and easily. This route is the great, and will be the great highway for the ations of the earth to travel upon. th. litte where west, up y run, whether north oF across rivers, the back boue of mountains, so we have the roa! us the roads, one or a —the more the bett after we get the roads all weil stocke crowding and jostling each other, we shall have road with its score of fiery horses dragging the Jess cars, freighied to their utmost capacity THE MEETING IN SAN FRANCISCO. (From the San Francisco Herald, Oct. 12.) and enthusiastic meeting of citizens was beid inst evening in Musical Hall, to give expression to the sense eutertained by the people of this city of the great benefits we are receive from the establishment of the Overiand Mai Route. The hall was densely crowded. ‘On motion of Mr John Middleton, the meeting elected Col. Joseph B. Crockett Chairman The following gentlemen were elected Vice Presidents — Hon. MH. McAlister, Hon. 0. Hoffman, count (Cheers. ) B. F. Washington ©. L. Weller, F. Macondray, J. Whitney, Jr., D. Gibb, M. G. Upton, W. McKibben J. Sime, T. 0. Larkin, P. Donahue, 1. P. Rankin, J. Middleton, H. Hentach, ©. Touchard: J. B. Thomas COLONEL CROCKRT'S 6PRRCH. Col. @rockert came forward and said le rome great event 00 Which makes an of special com on. Butafew days have elapeed sinew we ail united in doing homage to that achievement ern | science by which two distant continents were united by the electric telegraph; and now we are met to commemo. rate an event which, though more modest in its pre sous, and perhaps more circumscribed in its resuite nevertheless, in my opinion, more important to us tha the laying of fifty cables across the Atlantic. In the brie career of California but two events have occurred of such Paramount importance as to assume a prominent place ih her bistory—the first was the discovery of goid in her Mountains and valleys: and the seeond is the successful establishment of overiand mails. The fret of these events heeds no commentary. It has written ite own history in | the language of every civilized nation on the fave of the globe. Ithas told its own story at every fireside, and Prockeitned itself in every port where commerce unfurls @ 1 co »adent t) accompany the pioneer trij find ‘Mail Company, for the purpose of dissem! sail. But while our gold bas done so much for ‘the ret of mankind,” 1 has done but comparatively little for os. During the inst ten years we have shipped from Califur pia nore than five hundred millions of gold, and have retained amongst us vut a very inoonsiderable part | Of Ue chormous Wealth we € produced. And to aie us for this California haw "been cursed ransient poy und to her by no ties of i eared, Fee ung mo intereat in her welfare, nor | pre th her growth aud progress. It is not possible | nve any other kind of population until se eke | we 1 ased facilities for travel across the Paine. “tor | iace no feliance whatever upon the t «e had @ doren lines of steamers. all aaaged th | «ceptable manner, they would not accomplish | * That mode of convey: naive Jous—g too uncomfortable and disagreeable ped by that class of people whom we es. josire to bave here. What we most need is Ndustrions gone Of toil, with their wives and honest farmers, with their wagons and cattle, ‘ly sons and blooming danghters. skilful me. so? laboring men of all kinds, who will bring with “e household gods, determined to live and to die ln my opmon, one of the greatest bless. NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1858. ings that could befall Calfornia, would be to discontinue, | entirely and at once, all communication by steam be- tween San Francisco and New York. This would force ‘the travel into another channel, and private enterpriso would immediately establish safe, convenient and speedy communttation across the Plains. It would build up at once an almost continuous line of settlement, not only along one, but several routes, and the government would be | forced, by its own necessities, to establish lines of military posts whe «er they are needed, Instead of expending hun- dreds of to: sands annually for transporting the mails by sea, they wculd expend it in transporting them ny ~ 4 and speed |y | y land. I congratulate you, therefore, fel Jow citizens, : pon the most auspicious results which have already atte: ded the first effort to establish overland mails. It» 10 longer a doubtful experiment, but an ac- complished fact. On yesterday we received advices from ‘Orleans and 8t. Louis in less than twenty- four days, via El Paso, Next to the discovery of gold, this is the most important fact yet develo} in the his- tory of California. The results of these efforts are already beginning to be, developed ina marvellous manner. Scarcely is it announced that we are to have an overland mail by way of Salt Lake, until an enterprising firm on the other sive sends out a train of 105 wagons, loaded with 465,000 pounds of assorted merchandise, to establish @ line of stores from the Kansas line to Salt Lake City. Simul- taneously with this movement, a few public-spirited and energetic men in California conceive the plan of building a line of telegraph from Piacerville to Salt Lake City, and alreacy forty-two miles of the line is completed and in operation; abd steps are already taken by another com- pany on the otber side to continue the line frem Sait Take to the Missouri borders. Already our own mer- chants are sending ont large trains, freighted with mer- chandise, towards Salt Lake City, to meet the wants of the coming travel. These movements, fellow-citizens, in- dicate most clearly that a brighter day begins to dawn upon California; and if they do not usher ina new era of feverish excitergent and fictitious values, such as we had in 1849 and 1852-3, it will shine with a pure and genial light which will diffuse light and wealth and energy throughout our whole State to its remotest borders. ENTERVRISE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD ACKNOWLEDGED. Gen. J. P. HavEN said he rose with a twofold object. He would first propose the appointment of a committee of seven, to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting on the successful transit of the first overiand mail from St. Louis to San Francisco. A more pleasant duty was also delegated to him, which was to introduce to the meeting Mr. Waterman L. Ormsby, special correspondent of the New York Heratp, who had arrived in this city— the first passenger who had traversed the continent in the time named. He would make the request that the gen- tleman address the mecting, and in the request be believed every one present would join. Mr. Ormsby was the rep. resentative of the leading journal of the ‘continent, the proprietor of which had exhibited enterprise equal to despatching a gentleman to obtain information con- cerning the route which had been traversed for the first time in such an unparalleled short space of «time. Mr. Ormsby was the pioneer passenger over the .ine, nsisting of a wide expanse of unsettled and wild coun- try that divided the Pacific from the Atlantic. We had now a route, practical and important—a fixed fact—which had been travelled in the short space’ of twenty-three days and twenty-three hours. Gen, Haven said he bad pleasure in introducing to the meeting Mr. Ormsby. Mr. Onatsuy Was escorted to the platform, and received loud and ger se from the immense assem- blage. Mr. y interesting statement was listened to with marked attevtion, aud he received the bearty plaudits of the meeting at its conclusion. The Cuam appointed the following gentlemen a com mittee to draft resolutions inaccordance with Gen. Haven's motion, which was unanimously adopted, viz..—J. P. Haven, William Blanding, Frederick McCrellish, A. Dib- ble, G. M. Wilson, C. F. Lott, and J. L. Brent. On motion of Vir. J. dvpsow Ames, J. C. Brent, of Los Angeles, was added to the committee. On motion of Mr. Haven, Mr. Alfred Robinson was also added to the committee. The committee retired, and the Chairman suggested that any gentleman desirous of addressing the meeting could come forward. ‘There were s calls for Messrs. Baker, Tracy'and Beuham. It was stated that Col. Baker Was bot present. ‘MR. BENTIAM'S REMARKS. In answer to the general request, Mr. Caumoox Basan came forward and said:—We are no longer an outpost or province neglected, as we have been for years past. By this road the great benefits long wished for will be realized—benefits which we have often deliberated upon in this ball. Hereafter—and it is a subject of great re- joicing—more miners and farmers will come here; fewer non-producers will be among our immigrants, San Fran- cisco, though not directly benefitted by the additions to our population, will derive the advantages the commercial emporium of & country always obtains from its general prosperity and progress. Mr. Benbam added that, who: ever was the person who had been instrumental in pro- curing ,the establishment, was entitled to the gratitude of the people. It was of greater importance than the Appian Way, or the construction of the road by the great Napo- leon over the Alps, or the less classic monument of enter. prise across the Isthmus of Panama Mr. F. P. Tracy followed Mr. Benham, and made some pertinent remarks. He considered ali the routes entitled to support; and the one which proved best and most feasi- ble would be finally adopted as the one for the Pacitic Railroad. Owe of our Senators bad lately left by the Placerville route, and it was said they intended to put him through in eighteen days, but the speaker doubted their power to do 60. RESOLUTIONS. The Committee on Resolutions reported the following, which were read by Mr. Blanding, and unanitnousiy adopted:-— Resolved, That the peor San Francisoo, in mass meet ing assembled, esteem the successful establishment of the overland mail ‘routes as the accomplishment of the most im- portant work hitherto attempted for the developing of the wealth and permanent prosperity of our possessions on the Pi Resolved, That in our opinign the establishment of these routes will not only induce the speedy tof the im- mense iving between the eastern borders of Califor: nia and Oregon and the western lines of Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas, but will afford facilities for and a security to emt- gration which will very soon attrast to the Pacific coast a vast opulation, which will not only confer, benefits npon us, ut Will themselves reap & ponding benefit from our fertile Resolved, between the Pacific and Atlantic bj maintained exclusively within the nail domain, ts caleulat- ecto bind together the Kast and West; to unite by firmer ties the States whose shores are laved by the watersof the two Freel oceans. and by creaurg a warmer sentiment of brother vert between the different sections bitherw separated by nati. ral barriers, now « erstepped and encompassed by energy and enterprise, is an additional guaranty to the nation of our Union. Resolved, That, in our opinion, it is the bounden duty of the federal government to . without delay, suilictent mili tary posts along these ) protect them from hostile In. na. Resolved, That the emancipation of the people of California from the thraidotn of the ouly speedy routes hitherto available, the necessity of whose use bas subjected our citizens to the dangers and privations of sea travel and oft repeated indigul es and wrongs from semi-civilized foreign governments, is hailed with sentiments of joy and of gratitude to those whose energy and indomitable perseverance # glorious a result bas it been achieve Resolved, That the Hon. A. V. Brown, Postmaster General, tn ‘his oficial acta, presents claims to our consideration of no ordinary character, in the guccesstal result we now celebrate, im the establishment of the various lines of communication across our continent. Kesolved, That the route established from St. Josepha, via Salt Lake, to Pincerville, ts an evidence of the enlarged and statesmaniike views of the head of the Post Orlice Memphis line, the intention of the general Errernment to consider the | o8seasions numerous and efficent Hines of internal communication, and as giving promise that we are po longer to be separated from ‘our fellow aitizeans on the Atiantic slope. Resolved, That the raphiity of transit in ite pioneer trip, under all the Cleadvantages inseparably eonnected with an en: terprise of such magnitu le, has satisfactority demonstrated the practicablity of the Mt Leiig and Mem hia Ureriand Mall route r the Wansportation of the mafis and passengers within the schedule Ume: and that it is eminently favorabie for emigrant trains from the great valley of the West destined fer California Sonora, and the Gadwien Purchase Resolved, That, in the judgment of thie meeting, enough bas already been accomp! to demonstrate beyond doubt or cavil the feasibility of maintaining constant and regular over: Jand mail commupieation between our Atlantic and Pacific sea boards, at a moderate expense to the government, and we trust that the tine is near ai band when we shall have « regular daily reall (rom the Kaatern ches otherwise be thus expended, be appropriated iowards iner Abe facilities for the vveriand communication. Resolved, That the successfn) establishment of the overland mai) routes is but the forerunner of a eontinnous line of tele- early day, from San Franeieno to 8 tevata, 1 work alsn speedily accomplished. ful for the increased advantages ast conferred upon the State of Call the varions overiand mail routes that have been | ber citizens will only regard existing means of com munication as preliminary 0 the construction of & ral whose ties are the only thes which will defy sectionaliams a disruption, and enabie the one extremity of our beloved Union to bagten to the defence and succor of any other portion that may be menaced by foreign foes—and that our Senators and Representatives be urged with unremitting zeal 10 press upon Congress the importance of immediately commencing the con struction of this great national work. THR NEW YORK HERALD. Gen. Havee offered the following resolution, which was unanitoens!y adopted, after some discoasion — Resolved. ag a compliment to the citizens of the Pacife and ent action the ng an intelli the Over to the public a correet knowledge of the facttiies of travel od thowe whe desire to emigrate to the extreme West, and that the thanks of this meeting be tendered to Mr. WL. Ormaby for is very interesting aecount of the line of travel from St. Leuls to San Franctace Mr. Wasuncns offered a resolution to the effect that the Proceedings of this meeting be transmitted, by the next overland mail, to the New York Hwxatn for publication Thie proposition was supported by Gen. Haven, Mr. Washborn and Mr. Jewett. £y thought it would be invidious to other jour wt the resolution. Mr. Washer ky withdrew his motion, and in explanation conat, the liberal proprietor of the New Youn Hitnaio in dap Faid his olject was to compliment the journal and the Young gentieman who represented it who was present, Which Bad shown #uch interest in the opening of the tail route from St. Louis. He regretted that it shold have caused al disagreement The mecting then adjvurned THE OVERLAND ROUTE TO CALIPORNIA, AS VIEWED IN ENGLAND. (From the Loudon Post, Oct. 27.) By the enterprise of the people of the United States an overland route has at length been opened from the Mis. Rissippi to California. In the beginning of last year an act ‘of Congress was passed which authorized the annual ap propriation of 000 fora semi-monthly, or for a weekly, postal communication between any point on the Mississippi and Sau Francisco, in the State of Cali- fornia. This permission having been obtained, a com. pany of eight persons was at once formed, and in the short «pace of little more than a year and a balf . mente been made by which the mailean be carried in twenty-eight days from St. Louis, Missouri, to San ey distance of two thousand six hun. af) and fifty.one miles. The vehicles employed are ‘good four horse post coaches or spring wagons,” and as the region traversed is, for the most part, an unin- habited desert, posting stations have been establiehed, at whieh travellers can obtain Kach vehicle ‘and om the first journey to pay two goecing of this route not to move the jealousy of our four-in-hand club, or to excite the unavailing regrets of the rapidly decaying race of ioglish stage coachmen, whose occupation the railways have destroyed. As Ame Tica is celebrated for fast trotting horses aud for fast loco- motion of every kind, the cultivation of the art of driving along the prairies, ravines, caverns and valleys of this jong journey may be the means of introducing to our de- mocratic cousins a laste which, whether aristocr or not, still survives in the old country, and is gratified when- ever an opportuity presents itself. But our object on the present occasion is to show that this postal route must, in course of time, be followed by | an extension of settlements across the contiuent. Ou this | pointour New York correspondent, whose valuable com- munication we published yesterday’, observes :— T have said that the importance of this inauguration can scaroely be rated too highly. Selling. aside the iaumense value of rapid mail communication, this Tine of stages, dotied witn poat stations, must inevitably’ create a ebain of seklements ‘along the road, and in all probability prepare the way for that Pacitic railway which is to give the nation possessing Iso many advantages. A telegraphic ling will undoubtedly follow, ia& few months, the stage line, and tremendous efforts will be used to seoure the e of reesional act authorizing the | goustracton of 8 allway ‘over oue or uther of the routes which ve been projected. ‘Whatever action may take, we are very much inclined to believe, with Mr. Asa Whitey, that there are sectional differences in the way of en interoceanic line which no federal legislation can satisfictorily adjust. Each State through which the proposed line would pass, moved by jealousy or by some sipposed interest, might not con- cur in the arrangements as to grants of land, tolls, &., which its immediate neighbor might deem tobe expedient. But there would be another difficuly. It is impossible to conceive that the slave and free Staies would unite in ‘one genoral and uniform system, go that the latter would sanction a line of this national importance, which would pass exclusively through slave territory, and thus tend to the extension of that ‘domestic institution’? which the pace of the North view with abhorrence and dismay. ec report of the United States Secretary of War, made in December, 1857, states:— for y railroad to the Pa- ‘The surveys of the routes cific have been completed agd the results pablished. |All com- pean eters agree that the route from Ei Paso to the Colora- ©, besides being the al it, possesses tery decided advan- ‘8 over others, in several lars. stage line follows this route; butit mast not be for- gotten that when the Secretary of War sums up in its favor such matters as the military defence of au exten- sive and exposed frontier, facilities for the movement of troops, and communications with arsenals, must have oc- cupied his attention rather than considerations connected with the extension of settlement and the developement of trade and commerce. The only nation which can compete with the United States in this great work 1s England, and the most competent authorities in America, notwithstand- ing the report of the Secretary of War, have expressed a decided opuion that the British North American Territories aflord infinitely greater facilities for the construction of an interoceanic line than any portion of the United States, whether the line should start from Mi- chigan, to which there is a railway communication from the Atlantic, or start from the extreme South. In this country we have lately read many statements on the sub- ject of a Pacific railway. We have heard that the royal engineers who are now marking the line of boundary b tween British North America and the United States ar also to survey the country with the view toa railway from Fort William, on Lake Superior, to the shores of the Pacific. We know, moreover, that the Legislature of Canada, by the incorporation of the Northwest Transpor tation Company, has taken a very important step towards opening the territory which stretches from Canada to the Valley of the Saskatchewan, and that the postal communication which that company las established with the Red River settlement is intended to be follow ed by the construction of a railway. At the present moment three members of the Canadian administration— Mr. Cartier, Mr. Gait and Mr. Ross—are in personal com. munication with Sir Bulwer Lytton on the subject of the British North American railways. The provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have deputed certain geutle- men to represent their interests with the Colonial Secre- tary, and Lord Bury, it is understood, has proceeded to Canada to ascertain on the spot the wishes of the colo- nists, not only with respect to a uniform postal system, but with respect to the far more important question of that federative union which Sir Edmund Head has sub- mitted to the home government. What moment, then, can be so propitious for the consideration of an inter’ oceanic railway as one when all the British North Ameri. can colonies have authorized representatives in this country to express their wishes, and to state the amount of support which they are willing to give to such an undertaking? The formation of the colony of Britis: Co: lumbia bas already provided a terminus on the Pacific; the abolition of the Hudson's Bay authority in the licensed Territories will in a few mouths remove the great obsta- cle which has hitherto impeded the progress of Canada to the West, and the completion of the line from Halifax to Quebec will provide a terminus on the Atlantic, open thronghout the year, and communicating with those Ca- nadian railroads which reach to the inland seas of the south and west of the province. The prize which has to be won by the construction of this interoceanic line is not only the’ progressive extension of British industry and British institutions across the coutinent of North America, but the wealth of India, of China, of Japan, of the Eastern Archipelago, of the thousand islands of the Pacific—ia a word, the most rich and valuable commerce of the most productive regions of the earth. Our New Granada Correspondence. Momros, New Granapa, Sept. 23, 1858. Description of Mompos, the Queen City of the River Magda- lena—Its History—Rivers Magdalena and Cauca —Steam- ers’ Route to Head Waters—Seasons—Diseases— Intense Heats— Productions of New Granada, de. As I promised you in my last communication from Ma gangué, I now proceed to give you some account of this famous old city, which ig situated in the department of the State of Magdalena, on the left bank of the river Mag- dalena, twenty-one miles above the confluence of the river Cauca, in N. lat. 9 deg. 14.20, and W. long. 74 deg. 27.43 of Greenwich. Its topographical situation is somewhat singular; it stands on-an island formed by the confluence of the rivers Cauca and Magdalena at Pinto, and by a brazo or arm of the Cauca at Banco. It is distant one hun- dred and one miles by the river from Barranquilla, the whole free from obstructions, with deep water, and the bed so expansive that it is more than a mile across in the narrows. The distance from Pinto to Banco is eighty miles; by the Cauca it is circuitous, and may be computed at 110 miles. The dry season sets in with the beginning of December and lasts til! the end of March. The river is jowest during the whole of that period. In those months the Mompos route becomes so shallow as seldom to be available for the navigation of large steamers, and two- thirds of the Waters of Une Magdalena are carried off above 4 the Cano Lobo into the Cauca, thas rob. ters the more direct route to Mompos and replenishing that through the Cauca. On entering the Cano Lobo, at a distance of a mile from the Magdalena, is a rock situated at mid-channel, forty to fifty feet iu diame- ter, which at low water rises six or seven feet above the surface. In a straight line Mompos js distant 120 miles north from the capital, Bogota, but by the road 153 Spanish leagues; it is one of the principal stations for steamers plying on the river Magdalena. In former years it was described by Stewart as the only eon the river where amything like: the bustle of active human life and industry was to be found; but fine then Barranquilla (a description of which I purpose giving you in my next) has taken the palm from all other cites, both on the rivers and coast, for smmnerce and industry. Unlike Magangue, Mompor is a place of steady and increasing bosiness. it has extensive stores and large aud handsome private residences, and is noted for the number and extent of its churches, and the Pantheon or Temple is considered one of the most beautiful in the country ; it has two public colleges and many echools, but education is @ blank. The inhabitants are hospitable and industrious, and they are passionately fond of music. This city was founded in the year 158% by Alfonse de Heredia, - niard of some note, and probably the same Heredia who, six years previously, had founded : its position is. cen and it enjoys an active commerce with the adjacent towns aud villages; it is noted for its suffering and heroic resistance in the war of inde; when Colombia was shaking off the yoke of and which has earned for it the title of Ciudad Valerosa, the “ Valorous City.’’ It is without exception a houer place than any other in the country. For days and weeks together the thermometer will stand atover 100 de- grees Fabreinheit in the shade. 1 bave dined on board steamboat at P. M., in frontof the city, with the ther- mometer at 106 degrees. An uninhabited island some- ‘What obstructs the view directly opposite the '. ‘The population might be calculated at abont 00 souls, the greatest tion of which are negroes: indeed, f suppose that In the whole const territory of New Granada the traveller will not see the almost real African negro to greater perfection than in this city. There are also agood Proportion of Creoles and Sainbos, and a tolerable sprinkling of whites. The most loathsome dis canes of worst kind lurk in the blood of the lower classes, particularly amonget the blacks, and a sort of leprosy exists, and the of some of these wretched objects, with their horrible looking wounds, is disgusting in the extreme; the causes for it are their own uncleanlinese and neglect, the intense heat of the climate, bad food and water, and the annoyauces of vermin—as morquitos and fies, of different kinds, torment them day and night. Country fevers, called calenturas, prove very fatal here at the changes of seasons, and st are almost sure to be attacked, and the medical p is # sadly neglected one. There are many wealtky inhabi- tants; bot lately many have left, for reason of the inse- curity of life and property in times of violent outbaeaks on the part of the mob. Political revolutions also fre. quently occur The market of Mompoe is wel) enpplied with meat, fish and vegetables, and all kinds of tropical fraite. The fish, though, of the river Magdalena, like all other rivers situ- ated in the tropies, are very indifferent, totally without flavor; and the beef ie poor and tough. ' From the colder regions of Ocana are brought potators and onions, The oranges of Margarita, a place near to this, are noted for heir delicious flavor. and are certainly superior to any I bave tasted in the South of Europe; one can purchase a hundred for areal (10 cente), and ‘for haif a real, an enormoue pineapple of several pounds in weight. Svrrosey Mcrprr ix Connectiout-—ARREST OF Srepecrap PARTIE. —In August, 1856, a man named Timo. thy Fgam, was found on the rallway’ track, near the Now Haven and New London freight depot, in a ao in consequence of Revere cuts on the head, He remained senseless wntil bis death, which took place within twenty four hours. He bad apparently been murdered, and then thrown on to the railroad track to be run over by the coroner's jury returned a verdict to the bad been killed by some persons unknown. ‘The exertions of the oMeere were unavailing to unravel 'y of the transaction, but within a short time, Juror Clark bas obtained a clue, and, by its aid, the Jaw have ferreted out a chain of eireum- Proof which seem to render it certain that murderer is discovered. An examination was to have been held yesterday. but it wae postponed, in ener: cf Ue justice and the counsel. Aman, to be the murderer, is arrested, and evidence is h ire hot at liberty tostate, which seems fia upon the transaction.WVew Haven ‘ov. 9. & ci Karl Formes on the Character of Leporello. ‘TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. ‘The musioal reporter of the New York Staats Zeitung of the 11th inst., giving an account of the first and second representations of “Don Giovanni,” and of my perform: ance in the part of Leporelio, expresses himself in such a Way as to put me under the necessity of replying to him in a few words, Both the German musical public and the English and American are well acquainted with what German music is, owing to my efforte, particularly for my having intro- duced our great masterworks into the Italian theatres of London and Paris; and without taking pride in it, I think I have, by my German songs and my German method, not only pleased and deeply moved the ears and souls of many of my countrymen, but have awakened the the interest and sympathy of many Americans for German ‘song and German music in New York as well as in the larger cities of the West. Yet I am very far (with regard to the musical merits of the Italian nation, to whom we are indebted for so many great masterworks and for so many distinguished artists), from misrepresenting and treating them in such a contemptuous and coarsely disparaging manner as was done by the reporter of the New York Staat® Zeitung, in a criticism of “Don Giovanni,” purporting to be ascientific one. No nation ts permitted to extol itself and its achievements by disparaging and misrepresenting those of another nation. National presumption, as it has, in a political point of view, caused the ruin of the Euro- pean movement for liberty, cannot but be dangerous with regard to the performances of art. As one of the chief representatives of German music on this side of the Atlan- tiv ocean, (I am proud enough to consider myself as such, “for only seamps are modest,"’) I feel it my duty to pub- ely protest in the most positive manver against the whole conception and character of the report alluded to, inorder that my Italian musical colleagues may understand that it is not every German here who considers theiy per- formances in the same light as this reporter does, who does not shrink from offending a whole nation in order to appear as a genuine Teuton’ yp php Leporeilo is concerned, it is my custom to leave criticism entirely free; and I do not like to interfere with the qua relg of newspaper writers, who generally by every line betray to the eyes of connoisseurs their perfect igno- rance. But the expressions employed by the Slats Zeitung, and the whole tenor of the articie, are such as to deserve, (cousidered even from another point of view than that of musical criticism), the severest reprehension and blame, To throw into the face ofa man, who in the opinion of the critic himseif is to be considered as one of the first re- presentatives of German musical art, qualifications like “hombug,”’ “foppery,” “ caricature’ —this proves the existence of a juvenile petulancy, of a want of tact, and of a roughness ‘bordering on coarseness, which not only outrages the laws of the most common politeness, but might easily, on the part of more susceptible uatures than my own, leail to a paipable chastisement, more conform- able to the style of the scribbier. I played the part of Leporeilo just as fam playing it here, in Paris, London and St. Petersburg, and the reporter is entirely mistaken when he is believing and saying [am “already given up to American humbug.” But in the same Way in which the Teutonic youth first kicks the Italians, he could not resist the temptation to give, en passant, a cuit also to the American public, in order to prove to the German readers how intinitely his musical genius soars above Italian tinkliag and American humbag. For ten years I have been playing the part of Leporelio, and everywhere with unequivocal success. I saw it played by the greatest European artists, such as Lablache and others. I have been studying as a consciencious artiste this part, and in conformity with the idea of the great composer, and to the best conceived characteristic features of Leporello—immensely different from those ideas which a superiicil critic is too apt to adopt. Leporello ig not the sneaking, crafty servant which critics would like to baye him represented; he is neither a Tar- tuffe wor a Mephistopheles—he is, above all, the Spanish servant of his master. Had the reporter of the Staats Zeitung, like Lablache and myself, travelled in Spain and in Sevilla, or Vittoria, and procured for himself a true specimen of a Spanish servidor, he would have had the ‘opportunity of being enabled to judge a Leporello as he is—a Leporello immensely different from the German valet de chambre of a German Count or petty prince. Leporelio is the servant of a Spanish grandee, treated by him less as a servant than as his confidant. He is over- flowing with insolence and wantonness—ever fickle; when in good luck, bold and reckless; when in danger, craven and trembling; in his conversation, coarse—in his movements, partly rude, partly polished. ‘Add to this bis Southern vivacity, which, in a German valet de chambre, into whom ‘the critic of the Staats Zeitung would like to see him transformed, would 2 — ay on and oa rated. Lastly, Leporello, who certainly is super thie master, is $0 cunning as to still exaggerate these natural qualities im order to ceceive his own master with regard to his own shrewdness and craftiness. The great opera public in Paris, London, and also New York, well know how to appreciate this conception of character such Lablache myself regard as the right one, and in spite of increased prices of admission rewarded us with a numerous attendance and much applause. Therefore, we may be easy under the whining rancor or the customary coarseness of an obscure reporter. Proceeding on the truly democratic principle to which I always adhered, as it is well known—oftentimes under great ee principle Vox i, vow Dei—T thi he my life always courted the favor of the le—of the great w wen at the risk of digobliging thereby crowned heads or the reporters of the Staats 7 Respectfully, KARL FORMES. The Littles Murder—Ira Stout. From the Buffalo Advertiser, Nov. 13.) Wo make a great deal of unnecessary fuss over our murderers. The reprobate whose naine graces the head of this article, before explating his crime upon the righte- ‘ous gallows, was the object of more feminine tears and masculine sympathy than a prolonged course of well-doing would have secured to him. Beyoud a lively wish that he might be hung in due season, and with all proper forms of law, we have, personally, felt little interest in him up to the present time, when ‘a perusal of bis “Last Writings” “The Statement’ of his sister, Sarah E. Littles, bas n a disposition to say something about the actors in the Littles tragedy. Of the two pamphlets just mentioned, we need only say that the «‘Last Writings’? is a verbose, windy, declamatory attempt of a braggart to keep his courage to the sticking point and ‘die game.’ The statement of Mrs. Littles is a quiet document, with strong internal evidence of truthfulness. The essential facts of this strange affair as they stand ‘nt of these documents, aud of the evidence on the trials, are to this effect; —Stout, a smart criminal, bot rather unlucky, an expert in forgery burglar andin: cendiary, after spending some mouths in a New York jail, was released, again arrested for acrime committed in Pennsylvania, condined ia jail for a period of nine months, and at the age of seventeen years was thence transferred to State prison, where he passed four and a half years in soli. tary confinement. After at this istitution, he came to Rochester and joined his family, except his father, who was at the time an inmate of Auburn prison, During his imprisonment, his sister Sarah. et look- ing and pleasant tempered girl, bad married Charles W. Littles, having first, in obedience to an honorable and honest impulse, told him of the heavy disgrace which at- tached to ber family. The marriage was cohappy, owing to the drunken and licentious character of Lites. When Stout came hor he found that the two had separated, and that bie sister propored a divorce. Ascertaining that Sarab had told Littles of the past career of himself, ‘Stout became alarmed lest Littles, in some quarreleome moment, woald let out the secret of his early crimes, and #0 ruin his own chances of success in life. To prevent this, he brought about @partial reconcilia. tion between the unhappy couple, and made bimself the friend and adviser of Littles, For some time things pro- gressed emoothiy, and the secret seemed safe, but Littles soon became Jealout of Sarah, and a new quarrel, with new danger of exposure to himself seemed imminent. He then resolved wo act on the principle that dead men tell ne tales. He encow the jealousy of Littles, and with a basenese unparalleled, offered to produce to him the evidence of bie sister's guilt, To the sister he pre- sented another face. He talked to ber of the cause! suspicions of her husband, and, at last, after repeated failures, induced her to go to Falls Field on the fatal night, there to confront Littles, and laugh him out of his jealousy. Hesitating, fearful, relenting, with a strange doubt in her heart, she went down the lane leading to the Fiekd— destined to become a second Acel saw her brother and husband follow her steps Reaching a rock in the Held, she took a seat upon it,’and waited long minutes for their coming. No sound, no footstep was there, until she heard the voice of ber brother calling ber to come. ‘She sought him out in the darkness and found bim stand. ing by the corpse of her husband. Full of untold and indeseribabie horror, she fled to the fence and bowed her- relf down beside it in an agony of grief, leaving to the morderer the task of bye | of the body of the victim. He dragged it to the cliff and fell with it upon the rocks beneath. Stunned at first, and insensibie, he at last revived and called for aid. Sarah groped her way towards him: a bush gave way, and she, too, fell down beside the slayer and his victim. At she recovered from the shock, which lad shattered ber wrist, Ira said to her=*(ood God, Sarah, have you, too, fallen? The way of the tranegrestor is hard.’ He was also injured, an arm broken, and she with womanly fortitude nursed and cared for the weak wretch who had selfishly involved her in this fearfal catastrophe. At last the work of horror was over, and she two fled homeward together—she with a goul terror, weeping for the dishonored head wick, now crushed and Dleoding, bad often lain upon her breast, asking with sobe if there will ever be another happy day—he cursing the fate which had rendered his detection probable, and lamenting only that he had not carried out other and earlier plans for the murder. And thie man Stout—the scoundrel who, to conceal his own past crimes and their punishment, could falsify his sister's honor and make her the unwilling accessory to the murder of her hasband who knew that secret—he was the man over whom pious ladies wept, whose lips they kissed, and locks of whose hair they begged as trea- fure® and mementoes ot one who might have been, they thonght, good and great, but who was in reality only a vulgar, common place scoundrel, ripe for the gallows. Sentence of the Murderer MeM: in New- crbmficartiens Conduct of the Condemned. ¥rom the Newark Advertiser, Nov. tee | James McMahon, who was convicted last week of mur- der, was sentenced at nine o'clock this morning, by Judge Haines, to be executed in the county prison or yard, om Wednesday, January 12 : McMabon was brought into court and stationed within the bar, just back of the lawyers’ tables, and immediate. ly facing the bench. He stood erect, in soldierly position, curieg the delivery of the sentence, aud reveived it calmly. Judge Haines then to speak as follows:— James McMahon :—By the verdict of a jury of the coun- try, you have been convicted of murder in the first de- gree, in the wilful, deliberate and premeditated killing of ‘Ann McMahon, on’the 19th day of September last, in the city of Newark, Haye you, or do you know anything to say why the Court here should not proceed, upon that conviction, to judgment and execution against you? If so, now is your time to speak. ‘The prisoner then spoke substantially as follows:— Thave not had justice done me. The witnesses against me were all of bad character, and all bought up to swear against me. I was tried and convicted before I came here to trial. Judge Haines then proceeded to pronounce the senteuce of the Court with the following prefatory remarks:— tS were arraigned for one of the highest offences agatnst the peace of society and the law of the laud. ** * Itappears by the concurrent testimony of several credible Kitten at ou had ceneeived orares Sie Socpeand, feelings of implacable hatred and malignant revenge; faa had threatened her life, and that on the very day of r death, in your own house in New York, in the pre- sence and hearing of her husband, you had threatened to shoot her; that excited by rum and thirst for her blood, you came to this city, sought the object of your malignity, found her at the house of your own sister; there, in the egence of that sister and of her husband, you fired a all from your pistol through her head, and with an inter- val sufficient tor her to exclaim, ‘“ Oh, Bridget, help me,” you discharged another ball’ through her ' neck and head, and she fell and died without another word, not even a word of prayer for her soul. Then, turning rom the scene of blood, you leaped the fence and walked «aimly and deliberately away. When subsequentiy pur- ‘ued you fled to a remote State, and there in the distance, | opposite. Men from the West and the East, sharp New: ind by the change of your name, you sought to escape that justice which so surely awaits the guilty. There, by the vigilance and sagacity of the detective officers of this city, you were discovered and arrested, and thence brought here for trial. A murder more foul, more malignant, cold- hearted and cowardly can scarcely’ be concvived: its like can hardly be found in the annals of crime. **** It is considered by the Court here, and we do order and ad. judge that you, James McMahon, be taken to the prison of this county, whence you came, and that you be there kept in close and safe cusiody until Wednesday, the 12th day of January now next ensuing, and that between the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon and two o'clock in the after- noon of that day, either in the said prison, or within the enclosed yard of ‘said prison, you be hanged by the neck until your body be dead; and may the Lord have mercy on your immortal soul! At the conclusion of the sentence, McMahon said:— Parker says I’m a murdering soldier; be is a murder- ing son of ab—h, and I hope the hair will never grow again on his head. Judge Haines immediately checked this ribaldry, and ordered the prisoner away. He was then conveyed back to the county prison, in the safe custody of the officers. Immediately after the rendition of the judgment, Theo. Runyon, Esq., one of the counsel for the prisoner, gave notice to the prosecuting attorney of a motion to be made on Saturday next, at Trenton, to the Chancellor for a writ of error, to take up tothe Court of Krrors ani Appeals the indictment, records and proceedings of the cause, for the purpose of procuring the adjudication of that Court upon the questions raised at the commencement of the late trial, Should the writ be allowed, the argument will take lace some time during the present term of the Coart of Errors, now being held at Trenton, and the decision will follow soon after. Incase a new trial is granted, the present trial and judgment of course are set aside; but in case it is refused, then the proceedings will cause no delay in nor alteration of the sentence of to-day, and the execution will take place accordingly. The New Jersey Rape Case. CONVICTION OF THE PURSER'S CLERK OF THE UNITED STATES FRIGATE NIAGARA FOR RAPE UPON A YOUNG LADY OF NEW YORK. In the case of Francis C. Sexton, on trial at Newark, for the alleged rape upon the person of a Miss Wood, of New York, A. V. Schenck, Esq., on Monday, summed up for the defence. He alluded to the importance of the case to his client as involving his liberty, honor, and the peace of more than one loving heart. He then paid a tribute to the just administration of law in New Jersey, but said while we should do justice, we should also guard agaist parties from other Siates using it to gratify their pesy rt He then alluded to the appearance of the com- inant, and that she was calculated to excite sympathy, and asked the jury not to be influenced by sympathy, but only by the evidence. The State must prove physical force and want of consent. He then reviewed the testimo- ny to show wherein the State had failed, alleging that there ‘was no proef of want of consent, nor of physical force, except by her statement alone. The surrounding circumstances do not indicate this, but rather the contrary; and the alleged violence was committed in a public place, where outcry could be heard. He then reviewed the testimony, showing wherein she was contradi by other witnesses, and contend- ing that ber actions were such as to indicate that it was At most only an aggravated case of seduction. The coun- Bel ‘that the prisoner ‘was entitled to every legal doubt, and argued that the complainant was previously a oe and was not such an innocent girl as the State assumed. He closed his speech with an carnest tothe jury to abide solely by he evi: lence, and not to be influenced by any sympathy, an give the defendant the benefit of avy doubt Cortlandt Parker, then proceeded to sum up on the part of the State. proceeded to show the impor- tance of the case, not only to the prisoner, but also to the public, stating that if the Jury found by the evidence that the offence been committed, it was a duty they owed to themselves, their wives, their daughters and society, to convict the defendant. He then portrayed the course of the prisoner in seducing the complainant from home, like a serpent fixing his basilisk eyes upon a poor ird; the bird flutters and flies nearer and nearer the ser. pent, until at last it comes within reach of its fangs and is sacrificed, He then proceeded to examine the evidence, showing wherein the ccemplainant was corrobo- rated, and wherein and by whom contradicted. He paid a bandsome tribute to the manner in which the complainant had stooa her exgmination. Hoe said that he did not contend that she ted prudently, but he did contend that she left home with thie man and came to this ety without an idea of wrong—relying implicitly on the prisover as being @ naval officer, one from a class of men whom she respected and loved—from which class she had received a proposal of marriage. He showed how, having her bere, his honor as # naval officer was violated by the prisover. He contended that subsequent consent to the ravisher was not an excuse for bim; but that in this case it ony ra vated the wrong, as showing how he played on her feel: ings, still striving to induce her young and confiding heart to lean on him so that he could further heat his passion. Mr. Parker closed by an earnest appeal to the jury to con- sider well the evidence in connection with her confiding character, and stated that he could not think how they could fail to conviet. The Judge charged the jury briefly. He stated the law in this case and reviewed the evidence. He told the jury to weigh well the evidence, as the ce of the case demands a fair and impartial bearing for both ‘The jury retired at seven o'clock P. M. and returned at about nine P. M. with a verdict of “Guilty.”” On the rendition of the verdict the prisoner was very mueh affected, and his wife, who was also in court, ap peared to be completely overcome. Masonry in the United States. ‘The following statistics are derived from the latest in formation contained in the lings of the various Ma- sonic Grand Lodges of the United States: — oe be who law 5 peereny is said to be “once a Tar Frompa Ixpians.—The Key of the 30th ultimo furnishes some late Ind) = F 2: 358 BE ii Our Philadelphia Correspondence, Ginaxp Hovsx, Pumapeueura, Nov. 5, 1858 } City Improvements—Shops and Shopping—Stil Another New Hotel—The Opera and the Theatres, dc. Under the most favorable circumstances Philadelphia seems a little slow to a New Yorker. Its docks seem onig like places where ferry boats have landings, and its Kx- change the depot for a great number of musty looking omnibuses, in which no one rides. But it will not answer to trust to first impressions about cities, any more thaa | about women, and Philadelphia, though really ‘slow im some matters, has yet many things which go far te confirm the absurd opinion which its people have of their own consequence. Up to @ recent period thoy have been like the Chinese in their jealousy of outside barbarians but railways have broken this dowa, and there is a prospect—certainly a remote one, but still a prospect—that Philadelphia will be a cheerful place one of these days. Just now your correspondent sces the place under rather unfavorable aspects. It is very wet, very dirty, aad rather cold. Chestnut street looks as if some ono had spilled a great jug of ink over it, and as if it wereina brown study as to whether or not it would pay to bring a suit for libel against the spiller. There are somogpoliti- cians of the Douglas stripe, including a Kansas martyr, weather bound at the hotels; but they are not lively, tgr any means, The arrival of the New York papers and the dinner hour are the only brilliant periods of the day. All the rest is a dreary waste. Under these circumstances, antiquarian researches have heretofore served to fill up a portion of the time; but evem that resource is now denied me. Formerly ene could sit im the Girard House parlor and gaze with affection at the board fence which circumscribed the tho old theatre let Yorkers and brisk Jerseymen, with an eye to the dimes, affected to wonder that this land, in the best business part of the city, was not improved. But it was a relic of other days, and therefore sacred. Here, in 1840, the unotu- ous Burton opened a theatre, with a grand combination of artists. There was Charlotte Cushman, without any United States stocks; and Susan—not then the wife of a clergyman of the Established Church; likewise Richings the ponderous; and the polished Placide, whose surnam is Thomas, and whose weakness is meersshaum. Think ef it, O, ye fathers of families who were round jacketed cubs (they wore jackets, then, boys did), think of the young women in the troop of the Naiad Queen! for here was that remarkable dramatic opportunity for the display of femmine si riers first represented. But,as the aue- tioneers say, I must not dwell. After Burton came the deluge, or tle circus, which is about the same thing. OF course, the circus was burned one night—they always aro— and since that time, about five years ago, the site has beem unoccupied, save by the sports of the Philadelpbia yout. I learned to love the board fence, aud presumed it would stand as long as the Hall of Independence remained. Juss on the other side of Chestnut strect, and on the corner of Kighth street, was another nice old lot—the Butler mansion occupying it. There were horse-chestnuts and things around it, and the sidewalk was a good plave to lounge in the summer evenings. Well, sir, what do you think? These oases have been swept away, and their places covered with wildernesses of brick, mar ble and mortar. Let mo hasten to exonerate the Phila- delphians from any such acts of Vandalism. An inne- vativg Bostonian—one Fetridge—cast his speculative eye upon the Butler lot some two years ago, and with that eminent publican, Paran Stevenz—he of many and ex- cellent taverns—conspired to erect upon it what the New York correspondents of the country papers call a palatial hotel. The Legislature passed an act incorporating the Hotel Company, but the original projet was postponed. Fetridge built’a grand dry goods shop for Levy, who is called the Philadelphia Stewart—just as if there could be two suns to shine upon the crinoline world. This shop is the finest mercantile building in Philaded- iia, solid and substantial, Within it is a vast hail, ighted from the top, aud surrounded by substantial galleries. The persons who sell the goods are young women, comely to look upon, I believe, though such vani- ties are not for me. Next to Levy's there beea erected a white marble building, in the style of Tiffany's. and occupied by Bailey & Co. as a jewelry shop. As Mr. Grimscom said about the elephants, it is “wery putty and werry neat.”’ These buildings fill up the major part of the Butler lot, and have caused the Hotel Company to retreat to the theatre site, where they are now erect- ing, under the superintendence of Mr. John Rice, a hotel which will accommodate a thousand guests. The lot has fronts on Chestnut, Ninth and Sansome streets, and is, 1 should judge, of about the same area as the’ land occupied by the St. Nicholas Hotel, which the new house will much resemble. It is to be opened on or before January 1, 1860, under the care of Mr. ‘Stevens aforesaid, who will then have hotels in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Mobile. He is a benefactor of his species; and a magnificent feeder of extensive cara- mind d hat all Unene things nee mind may say that al are great improve- ments, and so on, and that Fetridge, Rice, Elevens, levy, I went to Lig Bailey and company deserve credit; but delpbia, as an agreeable rural resort, repeated Georgice under the horse chestnuts. Now, people buy and sell things there, Well, a few natural regrets, and we fall back upon Boston or Providence. They have buildings enough there to last until they divert the trade from New York. Philadelphia needs the hotel, the Girard and La- pare ens commeaty crowded in the busy season. e éiphians are now enjoying the Metropolitam luxury of the opera vouchsafed by the amiable Stra- kosch. The artists are much liked, particularly Mme. de Wilhorst, who always has been @ great favorite here. I don’t think that Strakosch will make his “eternal fer- tune,” as oe im the East; but as he has announced new operas vance, it is quite natural to suppose that the people are waiting for them before they disburse their dollars. The theatres, Arch and Walnut, are playing old to poor houses. The managers here are alll with a chronic egotism which is excessively amusing, and when they onght to bring out new pieces they produce only themselves. It is a case of too much partridge, evew for this public, which stands a great deal. A Western Railroad Operation. BLACK MAIL BONDS—SEIZURE OF RAILROAD BOOKS. ‘From the Chi Press, Nov .13.] ‘The Iowa Central Air Line Railroad Company is in pre- cess of disint and dissolution. The dent has resigned, as some of the directors. Certain stock- holders have commenced suits in chancery against the officers of the company, the object being to get rid of the $750,000 land grant “ black bonds ** issued the On Monday last. Mesers. W. H. Gi Burton, D. & ©. Scott, A. P. Darlin posersion the company—* peaceably if they could, or forcibly if they mast.” The secretary, George W. Bettceworth, stoutly refused to deliver, except upon the order of the’ directors. Finally, after’ a parley, the matter was compromised by the secrotary agreemg to place them in the safe of Rand & Hazlett, In reference to the Iriab porte of call for the transatian tic steamers, he says that “though Cork bas a ‘spleniid cove,’ still the town is fifteen miles from the sea,” and that ‘no vessel of over one hundred and twenty tons can lay at its 4 Now, sir, without wishing in the least to hurt the foel- of your correspondent, I will briefly say that capacities of admitted by all navigators to be questionsbly’stalod what be nest in the frat place a FE. Bristol ondon. ‘one of thege steamers is lese than 1,000 tone, 1 b objection to see the Galway line flourish, and hope bat ‘fair 1.” Fiat justitia, ruat col + rel nemat, tev. byes. CORKMy Supreme Coart—Chambers. Before Hon. Jodge Davies. Nov. 17.—In the matter of the Evergroens Con Judge Davies ordered a reference. It is an applicat ‘he Court to establish the election of John Hoope, T | years BAH fr. < : i f