The New York Herald Newspaper, January 8, 1859, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 8)61. NEWS FROM BUENOS AYRES. mmpted Revolation in Support of Reli~ percep wh of the Leaders—Inventory of the War Munitions=The Church, the Men~ d@icants and Freemasons. ‘tho brig Simoe) Churchman, Captain Aukers, which Jeft Buenos Ayres on the 4th of November, arrived at this port ycevorday morning, bringing somo important news. ‘There bad been an aiempt at revolution about sixty Jeagues from the city ia the camp, but It did not amount ‘So much. : ks Jhwas reported on November 1 that the chief was taken wear thatcity. ‘The expert business was very dull, on account of the bigh rates at which produce was held, and without a ehanze & large number of the vessels in port would'baye to Jeave im ballast. : ‘A correspondent in Buenos Ayres, writing privately on the 3d of November, says:-—I write hastily to sen! you the news of the upehot of the long expected revolution hove. Its eurly termination shows the great stro igth of the existing government. Py he leader, Aguilar, will doubtless be shot in afew days O¥R BUENOS AYRES CORRESPONDENCE. Buenos Aynna, Nov. 2, 1958. Alem lution in the Name of Religion—Juan Gi. Vee cas Victor Chirino the Champions of the Church—Sirength of their Army and Supply in their Ma- gazine—The Eoclesiastical War Against [the Freemasons— "Nobody Benvjitted except the Mendivants and Poorhouse Oficers, de. We are to-day enjoying the peaceful and orderly termi- nation of what might have been @ revolution but for want wf men and means. ©n October 28 an uneasy spirit, Juan G. Aguilar, raised aforeo of seventy or one hundred men, and, under a reyo- dutionary banner, they proclaimed themselves the only friends of liberty, law and religion. The scene of their imeeption was about twenty Jeagues from this city. They appointed justices of the peace from their party, and took ‘curates a8 prisoners of war in the nameof religion. Victor Chirino was also prominent, but Aguilar was named commander in intercepted papers directed wo him, i umnas religiosas.”” son the $a about 200 hundred men were marshalled for their arrest or destruction, and to. Aguilar and ‘about a dozen men are brought to the city prisoners. Banners are found prepared, and badges were worn con- sisting of a white cross upon a ribbon worn over the breast. The rallying cry was, “Viva la Religion,” ‘Viva, el orden ala moral!” “Viva la Confederation Argentina!” ‘Among the baggage taken was a cart filled with pre- parations for war, of which this is the invoi ‘40 lances made of cane stalks and blades of sheenshears, 20 fusiles. 7 carbines. 13 bayonets. Ww blades of shears, and alittle powder. The event gathers importance from the fact that it is an abortive effort to rouse the common people to rebellion ‘on account of the danger to religion from the direction of Masonry, and on account of the leniency and miid firm- negs of the present administration. ‘The great body of the people are liberals. Not a news- paper in the city gives aid or comfort to the idea of a re- volution, song. ‘some are opposed to the government. ‘One night last week there was an alarm in the city, and soldiers were ready all night for orders, and double sen- tinels were soak atall posts of probable danger, but AY some that it was mercly a ruse that the government to show how it was for an emergency. But this was certainly not or Tt was rather the sign of kecn foresight and strength of weak- nets Spe fee ‘Mendicants has been formally installed, ‘thoug> on aceount of its Masonic origin no Episcopal bene- diction was p) at its inauguration; and about fifty mendicauts are most comfortably provided with homes. ‘The priestly patronage is wholly withdrawn, but the peo- pie sustain it nobly. A popular concert for its benefit Yiekted 80,000 pesos—about 4,000 Spanish dollars. Paint- Jngs are given by artists for its benetit, and last Sunday a aicourse was delivered by the American pastor before his congregation on the subject of Christian charity, after which a plate collection was taken, amounting to upwards Of one hundred Spanish dollars, for the asylum. Spring is opening, giving promise, thus far, of health pee SURRECTIONISTS DEREATED. FORMING IN! . [Translated from the 'lribune of Buenos Ayr ve for the New York Hyraup,) LAXUELAB, Oot. 31, 808. SxwKrAt D. Mamas Faron, Mixisrex oy War Ap Marine ive gatcaiaea who on the morning of the 28th ult., under the command of Victor Chrirno, numbering about thirty or forty men, raised the standard of insurrection at the estancia of D. Luis Barreda, distant a league from this piace in a gouthorn direction, were routed and dis- persed by the National Guard, by order of Captain D. {uis Barreda, leaving ten prisoners and some war muni- tions in bis hands. TOMAS GARCIA. ‘General Hornos arrived yesterday morning with his troops at the estancia of D. Re Carranza when, after having breakfasted and taken fresh horses, they continued to pursue the enemy, of whom, at this date, there is pro- bably not a single man who has not fallen into the power ‘of gome of the ditierent corps of troops. The Missing Steamship Weser. DESCRIPTION AND OTHER PARTICULARS CONG! HER, EVC- ‘fhe new steamship Weser, of the North German Lieyd’s Bremen and New York line, is now thirty-four days out from Bremen for this port, and her arrival at any port has not yet been announced. She left Bremer- haven on the 4th of last month, having on board si: three passengers and a crew numbering in all 130 men, xo that the whole number of persons known to have been then on board of her was 193 souls. Besides this, she had the usual amount of cargo in freight, mails, &c. Considerable anxiety is now manifested for her safety by those who had friends on board, and a general interest is felt concerning her whereabouts. ‘The Weser was built at a place called Jarrow, on the Tyne, in the North of England, expressly for the line to which she belonged, and she had only been ‘launched a fow days previous to her departure from Bremen. The passage would, therefore, have been her first trausatlan tic voyage had she accomplished it successfully, She was a sister ship to the unfortmate steamship Hudson, of the same hne, which was launched at Jarrow about the Ist of September last, and which subsequently made a voyage trom Bremen to New York and back, but was destroyed by fire in the harbor of Bremerhaven about eight days after ber return to Europe, The following is a descrip. uon of the Weser: The steamshi RNING esor was so Named from the river on which stands the city of Bremen. She was a first class iron serow steamship, of 0,000 tous register, and 746 nominal and 2,600 indicated horse power. Her length over all was 345 feet, and the length of her keol was 348 feet, Sho was 83 fect deep, and she bad 40 fect in the width of her beam. She had four boilers, and eight fur- naces to each of them, which gave her a total of thirty-two furnaces. Her machinery was massive aud strong in proportion to her power and capacity. ‘The length of her screw shaft was 125 feet, and the diameter of the shaft was sixteen inches. The diameter of hor cylinder ‘was ninety inches, or gix inches more than that of the monster steamship Leviathan or Great Eastern. She was rigged as a bark, and her spars were heavier than those of many full rigged ships. With a fair wind it was believed the Weser could steam as much as twelve knots an hour. she was fitted up for the accommodation of 620 passen- gore, including seventy in tho first class, 100 in the second fod 450 in the third. ‘The first class suloon was richly furnished and elegantly adorned with carved rosewood and fine paintings of German and American scenery, landseapes, &c. The second class cabin was liko the tirat, in the after part of the ship, but on the deck beneath the main deck, where the first class saloon was located, ‘The berths of the third class passengers were forward, near the bows of the steamor, and those of the crew were around the machinery, which occupied the contre of the vessel. ‘The Weser was very massively built, with a view to strength and durability, Her contour was symmetrical and her appearance majestic. She had no figurchead, but a long overhanging prow, extending beyond which was a short, stout bowsprit. Her exterior appearance, on the wile, imparted an idea of strength as the leading feature in Ler constructio Aa the Weeer was a new steamer, it is not unlikely tha her machinery may have been deranged before it had go properly into working order. In this case her command ‘er might cither continue Ikis course to New York, unde sail only, or he might return to Kurope, or perhaps steo: tor Fayal or Halifax. On account of the stroug westerly gales which have prevailed in the Atiantic for the past month, the Weser would scarcely have time yet to reach any harbor on this side of the Atlantic, even assuming that she had travelled half her journey before she was de prived of the use of her machinery; for the sails of any steamer are lightor in propor- to her size than those of a sailing and therefore no steamer could make same amount of headway as 0 ship could when travelling under gail alone. If she returned to Europe after having been many hundred miles to the westward of it when her machinery ve way, itis not likely she could be of in’ New York for some time to como; and if she put into Fayal the time at which her whereabouts could be fearned would be still longer, for the news would have to be first conveyed probably to Europe before it would be forwarded here. Considering that the Weser is a new and strong steamship, to have been well guarded against fire or other accident, there ix every reason to believe that she is cither making tho best of her way to some port in America, or that she has returned to Bremerha- ven or put into Fayal. If the vessel's supply of coal ran ‘out sho might be detained at sea by adverse Winds, in the Oe eee tt aie ee her lant passage to Galway, geveral opinion, how- ovor, if ip favor of her safety. Three Days Later News from San Franclsco— Comptroller, in bed with his wife. Subsequently Ward shot at his wife, and thinking he had killed her, shot bim- self, intlicting a dangerous wound. Melony is fifty years old, married, and bas a large family of growing up chii- dren. The press demand his resignation. having, by administering an overdose of opium, produced the death of a young man named Bradley. Islands Noy. 20, had arrived at San Francis brought no news of importance. ever before known. Business was quiet. New York; ship Black Hawk, from Liverpool, at El Paso, but the President’s Message was beiug ex- pressed at the rate of two hundred miles per day. river mine, discouraged in consequence of the scarcity water there, Vessels, with provisions for the miners and government stores, had Jeft San Francisco for Fort Yuma. opportunity occurred, and they and the employés of the mail company are virtually at war. The latter are build- ing strong station houses, which are provided with ten to twenty guns each. turned back by the Navajo Indians, with threats 0: mas- sacre if they attempt to cross their country again. Births, Marriages and Deaths In California. Kerr, of a daughter. W. formerly of Pittsfield, Maine, aged AREIVAL OF THE OVERLAND MAIL. The New Tariff of British Columbia, dic. ‘The overlan? mail, with San Francisco dates of the 13th ultimo, arrived last night. ‘The news ig unimportant. Governor Weiler had offered a reward of $1,000 for the conviction of any parties in the late mobbing of Los Ange- Jes and Columbia. A man named Ward had caught A. R. Melony, the State Dr. O'Dowd had committed suicide, in consequens of ‘The French sloop-of-war Eurydice, trom the Sandwich she ‘The weather at San Francisco had been colder than was Arrived at San Francisco, bark David Godtrey, trom The passengers by the mail train report Mr. Pardee sick About fifty pergons were met returning from the Gila y of ‘Three companies of dragoons had gone from Los Ange- Jes to establish a post in the Navajo country, three hun- dred miles above Fort Yuma, on the Colorado. The Camanches continued to rob the stations whenever The Stockton and Kansas City mail party hai been BIRTES, Kxrr.—In San Francisco, Dec. 5, the wife of Joseph W. ‘McCormick.—In San Francisco, Dec, 8, the wife 0° Jon , MoCormick, of a daughter, McE1roy.—In San Francisco, the wife of James McElroy, of a daughter. MARRIAGES, FRAzeR—MyErs.—At Sacramento, Dec, 7, by the Rev. J. W. Ross, Sanford Frazer vo Virginia Myers. Henvey—Horz.—In Nevada, Dec. 5, by the Rev. D. A. Drydon, Mr. Samuel Hervey to Mrs. Charlotte B. Hotz. musnp—Davinsox.—At Downieville, Dec. 2, Hibbard to Margaret Davidson. Kigesk—YacEx.—At Shasta, Noy. 29, by Rev. Father Ralph Rainaldi, Charles Kleese to Caroline x Morny—GiirIn.—At Fiddletown, Noy. 23, py Rev. W. J. Cooper, Nelson L. Morey to Hannah P. Mf. Gilpin. OntrtI—Dono1ax.—At Shasta, Nov. 28, by Rev. Father Rajnaldi, ©. Onitt to Catharine Donolan. PERRY_—DartoN.—At Los Angeles, Dec. 1, by the Rev. Mr. Ellis, W. H. Perry to Elizabeth M. Dalton. SHenoRN—HumPnreys.—At Boeton Ravine, Nevada county, Nov. 28, Albert F. Shelhorn to Emily Humphreys. Ware—Mavi.—At Mariposa, Dec. 6, by Rev. J. D. Blain, J. P. Ware to Barbara Maul. Wetis—Rocers.—at ownieville, Noy. 28, H. A, Wells to Abby 8. Rogers, Lemuel MmED. Anams.—At Sierra Valley, Nev. 26, Charles M. Adams, years. Buuir.—At Central Hill, Calaveras county, Nov. 27, Sarah, wife of Wm. Bright, agod 35 years. Buooxs.—At Long Bar, Yuba county, Caritlc, eldest daughter of Julius and Fanny Brooks. CANAaN.—At Yreka, Nov. 27, James Canaan, aged 50 years, formerly of Missouri. Hannixe,—At Ashyille Ranch, Nevada county, Nov. 21, eifo of Capt. Joshua Harding, aged 41 yoars. McEwas.—-At Yreka, Nov. 20, Cordelia R., wite of P McEwan, formerly of Holt county, Mo. O’krmg.—In San Francisco, on Dec. §, Johanna, daughter of Thomas and Eliza’ O'Keefe, a native of Sav Francisco, aged 10 months. Quiss—AL Sacramento, Dec. 9, Mary, Quinn, aged 23 years. Saunas At Balighury, Sacramento county, Nov. 29 Facy Matilda, wife of T. . Salisbury. Toraxp.—At Sacramento, Deo. 4, Ars, Susan Toland. Trnniti—In San Francisco, Dec. 9, Mary Susan, daugh ter of Ohver B. aud Josephine C. rre}l,ageu 3 monuh and 16 days. Wretmes.—In Sacramento aged 7 months. Wirr.—At Yreka, Nov rmerly of Miasouri. In San Francisco, Dec. 9, CL of Charics Hl. and Apna €. Woods, ii and 14 days. of James Deo. 8, Joseph H. Wieliege, , lafayette Witt, aged rles Francis, son 3 yearg, 7 months Market: Say Frascseo, Deo, # ominal at $8 a $10 »s af 400 bags wheat at do. barley at $1 . Potatods—sales at 80c. & 0c. per 100 Ibs. Provisions. —Sales of 100 half bbls. clear po: do, do, isos. 2ige. a 800 bbls. sugar at 130.; 26,000 Ibs, Rio coffee ut 13¢ Kensett’s oysters, 5o'do, do. peaches, 281 cases assorted English case goods, prior to arrival, 205 tive gallons kegs E. B. syrup, 140 mats China No.1 rice, 80 chests Pouchong tea, 190 ball bbls. 1 Liquors. pipes Eastern gm, bbls. alcohol, 47 casks old Bourbon whiskey, on private terms. Saves ar Avction,—Sales of 3 hhds. superior New Or s sugar, dark, ages green tea, in annigters, 08c.; 65 cases leaf lard, Iie. a 16c.; 250 boxes Bail’s adamantine candies, dark, 183{c.: 100 half boxes mperial sperm do., 23%¢c.; 50 2 4K voxes Grant’s do. 97 boxes do. do., 2: boxes Hawes’ do., boxes d p Voxes and kogs natural leat tobacco, 2434. casks mixed brandy’, $0c.: 20 frkine Oregon uti THE NE By an arrival at San Francisco we have ti papers to Doc. 4. ‘The ball on board her Majesty’s ship Ganges, Nov. 28, given by her gallant officers, was a very pleasant affair, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather. WS FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA. of Victoria ‘The Sisters of Mercy have established a school at Vic toria. We learn from miners arriving from Fraser mver that old is being taken out in remunerative quantities. Mpany composed of eight men took out 124 ounces in seventeen days. Mr. Hermann Schwartz has exhibited to his friends a piece of gold which he dug on Bridge river, about six miles above its mouth, weighing $17 50, valuing it at $16 per ounce. He is on his way to Califorhia to spend the winter, and says that the prospects are sullicieutly encouraging to warrant all such as can procure provisions in remaining; but owing to the scarci- ty of provisions many are preparing to leave, with a view ‘of returning in the early spring. ‘The Victoria Gazetle says that Mr. Anderson bas made arrangements to establish Post Oftices at Langley, Forts Hope and Yale, and Port Douglas, and mails will ‘be for- warded to those places by every opportunity. We learn algo that arrangements have béen, of soon will be com pleted, by Which the mail matter for British Columbia and Vandouver Island, at San Francisee, will be forwarded by every steamer leaving for Victoria, iustead of exclu sively by the P. M. 8. 5. Co." vessels THK BRITSH COLUMBIA TARIFF. A proclamation dated December 3 appears in the V toria Gazette, from which we take the $ There shall be charged on the mentioned the following duties of eustoms:— Igor sacke, 1%) tba. Spirits, and strong waters of all kinds, sweete ‘otherwise, for every imperial guilon of fall strength of proof, or less than proot by Sykes’ hydromeier, ana m proportion for any greater strength than the strength of proof, and for any greater or less quanti ty than a gallon... hee 4 042 Wines, in wood oF botilé, per imperial gallon... 2 Me, sprnice an hour, porter, cider, nud perre, in wood or batt wert gallon 006% Beans, peas, and Of nll deasriptions used for food, per 100 ibs. YP Barley, oats, and all other grain to’ be used for food, yer"200 Ibs af 200 0% rkec. 3. "the following articles will ‘be entered tree of ak duties, to wit ‘Coin, quicksilver, fresl) ment, fikh, fruit} vegetables, sawed timber’ and shingles, fuel, hay ‘and straw, wheat, potatoes, poultry, live stock of all’ kinds, machinery for agricultural pu geeds, bulbs and rools of plants and shrabs, sait printed vad manuseript books aud papers, passengers’ bag fage, apparel, and professional apparatus; all ardcles im ‘oried for the ‘public service and uses of thé colony of Hiritish Rotumbia, or for the use of her Majesty's land or naval torces siationed therein, or for the une of any holding any comma! or apyointment in her Majesty 's forces aforesaid. ‘Keo. 4, She biloventry and the declaration of the imporier shall be’ according to the form prescribed for the eatery of dutl- able goods by the act of the imperial Parliament passed ia the sixteenth and seventeenth year of Queen Victoria, entitied the natoms Consolidation nc 1888," ‘See. 6. All evasions and offences committed by may or persons, to defeat the payment of the dnties hereby made payable on all goods imported into British Columbia will he ‘owecuted and punished to tT el prescribed by the said ‘Consoli ‘act, Sec, 6. And whereas, the of Victoria, jn Vancouver Inland, ta wits port i Included tbe harbor of Esquimault, is a free port, and versels entering or leaving the same, or landed thereat, are subject to no tolis, duties, payments or ex- eoution whatever, (except auch as ure apecitied iii the schedule hereunto appended.) And wherens, there fs at present no offt cer in Columbia ‘empowered to levy the duties station in the said colony at can conveniently be levied, or doents enact, for the rovision be made for the collection: ihe said port or , Vancouver Island, portot entry AP air quose i into British im Ita de qi Cauien heey mad ‘fons imported to Br y the le payable imported into British ‘Columbia Aydin dependgugicn, fra be under phe manage person "s customs at + Pe 3 4 ; PEE & qi Hy ae £ ; 58 i 4 i 4 Hi an OF repealed by lawfiil fo kx alin the Tosniiine, by prostamation or 90y i 5 Ls eee Ww be criniedrpeoneed The French Spollation Bill. ORIGIN OF THE CLAIMS—TRE BILL IN CONGRESS— ITS HISTORY, ETC., ETC. It will be seen by our Congressional report yesterday , that the French Spoliation bill was taken up for debate in the Senate on Thursday, by Mr. Crittenden, of Kentucky. This bill has been before Congress now for nearly fifty years. It has passed either one house or the other several times, Victoria, and | and bas on two occasions received the assent or bob houses, but has each time been vetoed by the Executive— first in 1846, when it was returned by Mr. Polk wih» t his approval, on the grounds mainly, Srst, that the bill had been before Congress for forty years, and that twice during that time there was a surplus in the treasury, vot government had not paid the claims; and, secondly, be cause a section had been introduced into it (for t 1 first time) making the claims payable in public lands instead of money; and lastly, that the claimants consented to ac- cept an indemnity of five millions of dollars, whereas it was well known that their claims, if they had any, amounted to a much larger sum. The bill was again passed by both houses in 1854, and again vetoed by Franklin Pierce. Previous to the year 1826 fifteen diferent bills in behalf of the claims bad been presented to Congress, all of which were approved by the committees to whom they were referred. ‘The first memorial of theclaimante was made to Congress as far back as 1802; but until the year 1826 that document, with the evidence supporting the claims, lay in the State Department unnoticed, and its existence almost unknown, So much fer the history of the bill; now as to the nature and origin of the claims it is intended to satisfy. ‘The demand upon our government for indemnity, by certain American merchants, for the seizure ofjtheir ships and cargoes by the French government, during the war between France and England, prior to the convention of Sept. 30, 1800, originated in the settlement by the United States government with France of all the claims arising out of the spoliation of our vessels on the high seas, de- creed by Napoleon to counteryail the British Orders in Council, which declared our ships trading with France open to seizure by vessels of war and cruisers, even when not entering blockaded ports—a declaration on the part of both nations clearly in violation of all neutral rights. By the French decrees nearly two thousand American vessels were spoliated. When the United States made the con- vention with France in 1800 our government agreed to forego the claims of the merchants for their loss, in return for certain concessions on the part of France, which were held to give large advantages to this country, in the maintenance of peace and increased prosperity and it is contended that by so doing the govern- ment took upon itsel/ the responsibility of in- demnifying those individuals whoge claims it had sacrificed for the public benefit. It is not denied that many advantages accrued to this country by the concessions granted in lieu of these claims, and the claims themselves have been shown to be just, by our own commissioners, and admitted to have been so by Franee. The spoliation Dill has been supported by gome of the ablest men in Con- gress—Webster, Clay, J. M. Clayton, W. Hl. Crawford of Georgia, Lowndes of South Carolina, and others. The amount asked is five millions. Mr, Crittenden, however, has brought the bill up now at an unpropitious time, just as the Treasury is empty, when, even if it should pase, there is no money to pay the claimants, or rather their representatives in the lobby, for there is probably hardly one of the original claimants now living. If it should pass Doth houses this session, it is not unlikely that Mr. Bu chanan will veto it for the reason that the Treasury is de- pleted. Police Intelligence, Tar Brown CAse ix 4 New Lidat.—The orcumstances: attending the shooting aftray the domicil of Mrs. Brown, in Hast Nineteenth street, wear Broadway, must be fresh in the minds of our readers, Yesterday Coroner Gamble despatched his deputy, bv. Beach, to the scene of the tragedy, witb instructions to inquire wter the health of Mrs. Brown, and ascertitin whether or not it would be neceagary to hold an ante mortem examination. To the great ns tof the deputy, he w + at the door by the vi ber death bed, Upon making known the object of his errand, Mrs. Brown im she was not exactly a'case for the She was not ina dying condition, aud did not it necessary for the Coroner to go tarough the of holding an aute-mortem ia her case. Upon tioning, M. jrown di that she had been wounded at and seemed to tre: reports that had Deen published in the newspapers coucerning her as an excellent joke. How the police could have reported the affair in the light they did seems alittle curious, The imagination of the ntendent’s aids must have been hard tasked if any faith can be pt in the state- ment of Mrs. Brown. We are tnelined to think, however, that the Deputy Coroner must have been humbuagged by some one, and that there may be a case for the Coroner in Nineteenth strect after all. Axomimk Brust AMONG “ame Faxcy,.—There is now lying at the New York Hospital « man named John Tooley, who was dangerously injured at Johnny Lyng’s place, No. 40 Bowery, « few nights ago, by the notorious Pat Mathowe. It appears that Tooley and a man named Quinn were fighting, When Mathews stepped forward and beat both combatants so badly that it is feared they will ve maimed for life. Tooloy was cut and bruised in a frightful manner, and one of his eyes was put out, while Quinn suffered equally as bad. Mathews firat commenced by soparating the inen, and then turning upon them banged them right and left without merey. Alter finish ing off Messrs. Tooley and Quinn, Mathews drew a pistol from his pocket and invited one of the bystanders to ex- change shots. Scine parties ihterfered, however, and put an end to the night’s amusement, very mach to the chagrin of the chivairous Pat, who was “eager for the fray’? and desirous of Guishing off a third person--he did not care who. A New Counrenenir ox THe MAnker BaNk.—Last even ing a new twenty dollar covutertcit on the Market Bank ot this city made its appearan: Though well executed, the paper is very poor and the fraud ean very readily be detected. The following is a description of one of the bills which was succesfully passed :— Qe nena sete Lette PL LELOLOLETELELE TOLEDO DELL DOLE LE 20) £4 Secured by pledge of public stocks, \20 3 3 Vignette. N m 9 rock, with « city A female leant und steamer in the distance, A THE MARKET BANK y twenty dollars to bearer on demand, New York, Nov. 20, 18h3, R.S. WILT, R, He 1 aypos enadndenreatardionntarstaat 3 s iM, Prost. Coat of arms. vi id tender. y POOUOLLEDPGL ELE LELELO BEGLEI EE BDEDSE DEDEDE EDOODE HED One of the above bills was passod at the store of P. W. Turner, No. $3 Reale streot, corner of Chareh, t man about 28 years of age, who got $19 in good 1 exchange oney in RRMARKABLED AACE. Intelligence has jnst come to hand of the extraordinary and rapid paseage of the bark Mar tinho de Mello, recently built at this port for the Portu- guese government, under contract with W. H. Webb, Esq., of this city. The following is an extract from Captain Gi rand’s letter, dated at Lisbon, December 3, 1868:-— We made the run to the Rock of Lishon in sixteen days and twelve hours, having sighted the Rock November but could not enter the port on acconnt of the weather. From the 10th of November till our arrival we experienced nothing but gales and hurricanes: on the 12th we encoun tered a tornado from the northwest; | frled all sail and ran the ship before the wind under bare poles for twelve hours, to save the spars. lowing that time we ran a dis tance of 132 miles. The Martino has only proved herself a fast sailer and a good sea boat, but in every re- Epect a Superior vessel. When we mate the land it was Mowing a heavy gale from the southwest: m: e and four of the crew were invalided, | did not think it Prudent to run in, 80 1 socordingly hauled of shore, and weathered ‘out the most severe galo that hoe been kaown on the coast for many rs. | was obliged te carry a tremendous press of sail to work off from a leeshore, On the lst the } md moderated, and on the 2d we entored the harbor with ing colors, and camo to anchor olf the governme: Wharf. | immodiately delivered my papors and despatel to the Minister of Marine in person. He was ape shang lighted with my account of the vossel and her port 5 ance, and said T bad made the quickest passage on re- cord, I havo rooeived & number of visite from nayal officers, and they all with one accord pronounce the Mar- tinho the finest vosse! of hor class in the Portuguese navy. Thus the specimens of American ship building are showing their good qualities throughout the world. In Ruesia, Turkey, China, Portugal, &o, &o., American built Ships aro to be seen beating (hove of overy other nation Jn speed and beauty. 1 MORNING. EDHPION-SAPTURPAY, JANUARY 8, 1859. Trance Lecture by Mrs. Cora (. V. Hatch. MRS. HATCH AT THE COOPER INSTITUTE—TAE SURIEOT OF THE LECTURE SELECTED BY THB AUDIBNCE- HOW THE COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED—A MEPA~ PHYSIOAL AND NOT A THEOLOGICAL QURSTION— PERSONAL APPEAKANCE OF MRS. BATCH—PKAYER BEFORE THE LECTURE—-WHAT SBE THINKS ABOUT GOD'S LAW, ETC., ETC. Mrs, Cora L. V. Hatch, the somewhat celebrated trance lecturess, more recently prominent before the public on account of a difficulty with her otber half, Mr. Hatch, having dissolved partueraaip with the gentieman who formerly tended door for her and povxeted the proceeds, lectured last evening at the Cooper Institute on her own book, and at the rate of iteon cents ® head must have realized a very fair remuneration for her time. At the hour of half-past seven, the time an- nounced for the beginning of the lecture, the room was about balf full, and the crowd stil! flocked round the ticket office, 8 that by the time the laly made her appearanc the room was about two-thirds foll, comprising an audience of perhaps twelve hundred people; and in justice to them it should be stated ‘that they were generally reformatory looking and strong: ly suggestive of spiritual rappings, Grabam bread and woman’s rights mecting»—that is to say, of a decidedly intellectual and strong minded cast, not usually met with on ordinary occasions. They were quito as impatient as ordinary mortals would have been at the slight delay in the commencement of proceedings, and were evidently quite relieved when, shortly after the hour anuounced, a door opened from behind a forest of chairs back of the speaker’s desk, and Mrs. Hatch entered, led forward by ® venerable £ , Whom our reporter afterwards was Gibbs, but who had a decided objection to haying his name in the papers, ax he said the lecture ‘was Mrs. Hatch’s, and not bis, and he merely wanted to orpniee the meeting. . GIBBS Bai :— it is understood that the subject of this lecture is at the leasure of the audience. It has heretofore been for the audience to nominate three persons to ‘a8 a committee, and if it is your pleasure you will please Bominate. ‘Hereupon a number of voices loudly nominated sundry \ necorsinge from among whom Mr. Gibbs selected Dr. Joveloy, and, upon putting the question, declared him ‘Anumber of names were now suggested, among them thoee of Dr. 1. B. Wright, Dr. Humphrey and Professor Mapes. Mr. Gibbs did not at first heed the call for Mapes, ‘but finally put his name and declared him elected. Anu of voices now called for Charles Partridge, the spiritualist book publisher, as the other member of the committee; but the audience manifested disapprobation ‘by vociferous cries of ‘No, no, no;” and ee in- sisting upon the appointment of Dr. L. B. Wright, his name was added to the committee, which, being now full, the members were requested to retire to an adjoining room to deliberate, and after the request had been re- the gentlemen retired. Meanwhile Mrs. Hatch had seated hereelf back of the desk, and fixed her eyes unalterably heavenward, cross- ing her bands on her lap, She was dressed in a drab dress, close to the throat, with a fancy collar, and her long fair ringlets drooping on her shoulders, with her light blue eyes and deathly palencss, gave her a very in- teresting to say the least; and without’ flat- tery—with eager of a married man and skeptic as to ‘spiritualism—she called quite pretty. Her features had a deci jntellec wake sh and, with her heaving bosom, denoted some “erhe committee bad not been long deliberating when the general buzz of conversation was hushed by Mr. Gibbs ‘advancing to the side of the desk, holding a paper in his hand, which he said contained the question decided upon by the committee as the subject of the evening lecture, ie read it as follows “Is the Law of God a unit; or is a violation of one com- mand the breaking of the whole lawt’’ At the request of a gentleman in the audience, Mr. Gibbs. again read the subject distinctly. ‘Mrs. Hatch, whoge intense gaze beavenward had been all the time vontinued, now rose slowly, still looking up- ward, and, partially led by Mr. Gibbs, advanced to’ the desk, where, cr her hands upon her bosom, she de- livered in-full, soleran and impressive tones the following prayer:— infuite Jehoyab, Thou who art our God, F pret unchang- might, without straining point, bo ly to-day and forever, who art immutable an able, we approach Thee to-night with thanksgiving and prayer. Not because of thjs occasion do we praise Thee more then atapy other ti because Thy children have assembled here to listen to what we have to say— Dut because at al) times, under all circumstances and on all oveasions, we feel necessity of Thy it and ‘mighty power to sustain, upliit, ogo and assist us, ‘Thee ower | Wento. mot a8 to-night to any especial 4) “¢ upour is. We do not approach Thee with ‘aay wonder ov er Nice we would feel ards a or king. But we seek as a companion and friend—a guide and @irector—to ask the inspiration of Thy presence. Our Father, Thy children here assembled feel in the depths of their inmost souls that law which binds them to Thee. They know Thy infinitude, they know Thy power, they know Thy majesty. We do not bow in humble an suppliant adoration not knowing whom we adore; but wo bless thee as an everlasting existence, a God of love, of aflection; we still acknowledge Tay power and greatness. May Thy children, therefore, that are here assembled ask to night the inspiration of truth, of light, of love, of intel- ligenee; and the answer will come from ¢very part of the universe, from the most distant stars—the rolling orba that fill yon space—from the deepest bosom of the sea whose waves forever lash the shore. ‘The prayer concluded with a supplication for God's blessing on all present, and after entirely changing her demeanor into an animated, declamatory style, Mrs. Hatch proceeded to say that the subject of the evening was metaphysical and not theological. A theological dis- course wus based upon gome assumed platform. She should treat the subject entirely as a scientific and metaphysical one, and had no intention to treat of theology. The ques- tion would require an explanation, and a proper under- standing of the platform before she spoke. God signifled to their understanding that intelligence and power which controls, guides and directs the vast machanism of the universe. There could be no mechanism without intelli- gence, no intelligence without existence, no existence without power, and no power without life. Such was God. Law, according to their vocabulary, was that ar- rangement of universal and particular influences which, under all circumstances and at all times, was flxed—some- thing which in its regular developement produced a re- sult of harmony. A command was that which one per- gon in aathority exercised, exalted aboye one of their sub- jects. If there was intelligence in the Divine Being, and wtelligence guided the universe, it must be done through Jaw. There was no such thing as a constant, everlasting eflervescence of the spiritual intelligence to control the universe. it must be organized and strict. If intelligence raled the universe, there must be some law of intelligence. If that la Jed the universe, it was the intelligence which we called God. Infinite Jaw implied inflaite wisdom. Ubual- ly speaking of God's law, meu thought only of God's me- chanism. They had delved for years, and had mistaken tie mechanism of God for his law, which they had not ‘yet discovered; yet it was simple. | It was no astronom geology, theology, or any ology at all. Tt was all over the world harbinger of power and love. Inspiration was but one of God’s means. God's iaw was law tnto himself, and for himself. The commands of Deity are said to have been given to us by inspiration; but that inspiration bas come to us trough various languages, nations, traditions, intixences wud changes. So the commandments of Moses and the commandments of Deity are as diferent as Moses is from Neity; they came through inspiration, it is trae; thoy were jaws of Deity to Moses and his followers. But are they to bumanity and you? Has God auytiing to do with finite calculations, with tinite brains’ No: they ailect not his laws any more than doe slightest atom affect the universe. IL we obey God's laws, theologians say we will be happy. if we obey Prychological laws, psychologists say we will be happy: if we obey all law, we will doubt: Jess be happy. But there is a vast diflerence between theory and practice. There is no such thing as understanding God’s laws—we must make laws for ourselves. The law of Deity is simply the law of su- preme intelligence, that operates in and through and | with all things, and applies to the various creations | erea- | of life in proportion as each successive tion is capable of receiving it. For instance. mind it is the same intelligence, the same law, . that causes the blade of grass to neath the sod as that whieh exists in man of grass cannot receive so much intelligence has not the capacities for 0 much power—therefore it to our receives its own form. Its form is to itself, as man’s is to him. its life is av great, powerful, delightful to itself as ie the fife of man to him. Rut the blade of gr great as man. Man is organized so that he aii the jutelligence, all the power, that ali si ave feeeived before him. it is customary sto speak of Iniinite Deity—of his ve wrath, pleasure, pain, regret, sorrow, and of his cogni- vance oF all Of man's altairs—of all actly Rut when we think of God as an infi- nite beiig, We cannot believe that he is pleased or dis- with any little thing that thie or that child We know of none who obey the Commandments s given by the theologians. It cannot be done. An judaite God, Watching his children as they play with the bubbles of life, as they quarrel with each other about these bubbles, ready to wreak his eternal vengeance upon them if they in the least displease him, is nota picture of dof love. If we aecopt the theological law, he is a of vengeance, revenge, hatred aud passion, aud will wreak them upon us throughout endless time—npon all of us; for ihere is no one person of us who has not at some time broken the commandments, and most of us do it daily. If these are the laws of God, and this the meat by which man isto obtain happiness, you may all make up your minds to be unhappy forever, for you have every one broken these laws, incurred the penalties, and are therefore sentenced to eternal punishment, Then God's lawe are all broken—they lay in fragments at your feet, for you don’t love your neighbor as yourself—you obey 20 one of them. You frequently steal, you fre quentiy lie, you frequently commit murder, not always bodily; and yet you fancy you will be saved. ‘If God's laws are like himself, infloite and im- mutable, then they cannot be’ broken by finite beings. It there is no law that map can’t touch or break then God is not safe on his cternal throne, and some day will be dethroned, Now, the god of humanity is very different from thie. Every man bas three distinct na- tures, which apply to three distinct principles of existence which may all be traced to three several meghanism One mature is that © echanism or form. This is the vaniem it 15 beaatifal—it is poworfal; or vonsiructions spimal. ig tho iho bighest wrought mechanism xnows. It has iis lawa, its ¢ ents, its wants, ite requirements, id tneda toven be atrictly attended. to and followed; sf the penalty ensues. instance everything that is vy aica! requires sustenance, food; it requires protection. Fyerything in ature desires and requires reproduction; so with man’a physical pature. The next naturo is supe- | rior—intelligence: not superior in quality, but superior in quaputy and arrangement. This department of Iso bas !s own lawa, and reguires to havo 3 i tended tw and follows violated, in 4 other evils follow. The intellectual ore atudied than the phy: nature, and still is jess understood. The chief pro! is to solve what telligence ie. If we say intelligence ia something diffo- rent than taat which appears in the physical world, we are left to r in the boundless scope of intellect; but Mf we take it asthe imvelligence that pervades all nature, then the probiem is solyed, Thus man’s intelligence is just the eame ag that whieh obtaims in the pebble, the stone or flower, Still further is the religious nature of man, which is entirely diferent from his intelligent nature, Religion has no more to do with intelligence than it bas to do with physiology. Religion pervades and permeates tho whole of a tan, or it may exist exclusively aad become a thing itself; it may exist as the rae and principle of a man’s life, Or it may exist in oue corner. Keligion ig the mystery of man’s nature. Religion {3 that which is so superior, so vast and infinite in ite complexity, that man has jong since given up the study of it under- standingiy. Religion and intellect are entirely dvesimilar. Religion is different from science. Religion knows no law; scwnee does. Religion knows no boundary; science does. Religion will not be cirenmscribed, or brought into rales, or con- tnved, or limited, but will be unto itself a law. Intellect is simply another mechanism, as is the body it has its laws, and they mast be obeyed, It uses all things for its own happiness. ‘That is all man lives for; that is all you get religion for; that is all you minister tw your wants for. Why do yon bless God? Not because you know anything him; not because you can conceive of bis greatness and power; not because he is endeared to you as are your kindred or friends, but be- cauge you think be will do something for you that will render you happy. The soul does that (prays) for itself. ‘The soul fashions for itgelf laws which are as unchanging to it as God’s laws are to Him. You say in your inquiry, if'a man violates one law of God, or one commandment of God, does he violate all? Yes. If man can violate one of God’s laws then God will fall from heaven and there will be noOmnipotent, No, you can’tdoit. You may try as much as you please, but you can never touch one of God's laws. If a mau sins, if he kills his own brother, he of- fends not God, but that which isin his own bosom. If you have done anyt which your soul tells you is wrong, then you are . If you are guilty, and re- morse. If conscious, deep, inexpressipie despair will follow you until the soul has worked out"Its own redemp- tion, It is not required that God should stoop from his ‘whorever it may be, to punish you; it is not re- bea seething hell, with an actual evil toypunish.you—the devil of conscience actually with- in yourself is the curse you will suffer, and eternity were all too short to wipe it out were it not that the law of God is a law of mercy, and when a man has suffered for his sins sufliciently the punishment ceases. ‘The laws which affect and interest you most are, or should be, those which apply to yourselves. Earthly laws are not immutable—they are not unchangeablo— . Though you may Feeley wi is an advantage. : \pelopecre deity, you are still lengthening the march jumanity; you are still throwing burning coals of tire upon your heart, which must burn out in pain if you vio- Jate the law of your own soul. If you wish to understand the laws of Deity, learn the law of love. The ‘er then declared she had said all she cared about, but if the gentlemen of the committee wanted to bave any further explanations, she would make them, The committee made no response, when she again asked them to express an opinion one way or another, so that the audience might not be detained. ‘Ono of the committee in the back of the hall got up and said that he could not hear the discourse distinctly enough to understand it, 80 he could express uo opinion. ‘The fair speaker kindly informed him that the medium bad dono everything in her power to make the audience hear, but if her voice could not fill the hall she was very sorry. Whereupon the meeting adjourned. The Weather, the Streets, and the Fog. ‘The January thaw continues, and under its influence tho snow is rapidly diminishing, and must soon disappear, un- legs a frost setsin. We were also favored with rain on Thursday night, which also had its effect in reducing the volume of what was once snow, that cumbered the streets and made walking so unpleasant. In Broadway, through the efforts of the party who contracts to clean it, the snow has been almost entirely got rid of, This is done by the plentiful application of salt, and by removing the snow to the centre of the street, where it is soon cut to pieces and dissolved by the exposure. A machine has been invented for doing this, that attracted much attention yesterday. Tt consists simply of a two-horee team, which drags a board that cuts the snow in such a manner that it is re- moved towards the centre of the street, where the vo hicles do the rest of the work. In addition to our other comforts, the city was visited by a fog yestorday, which made navigation ou the rivers very perilous; but, fortu- nately, no accidents of any note occurred—a matter of some wonder when we consider the number of ferry boats and sailing vessels constantly plying on the rivers. Alto- gether, the city is ina detestable condition, from which We can escape only by a drenching rain anda sharp frost mmediately afterwards. Such a visitation within the next two days would be looked upon in the light of a pub- lic blessing. ‘The dense fog which prevailed yesterday greatly incom- moded navigation on the Kast river, The vapor was so low during a portion of the day that only the masts of vessels couki be seen by the pilots of the ferry boats, and taking them as a guide they were enablod to reach their ay ~4 with greater facility than would otherwise have been case, The boats of the Roosevelt street ferry were with- drawn «uring the day, as were those also of the Peck alip ferry. The Fulton ferry boats were consequently crowded with passengers, and especially so in the evening, when they were as full as they could hotd. The boats of this | ferry ran with regularity, but made long trips, as a pre- cantion against accident. The Montague, South and Hamil- ton avenve ferry boats were run with as much regularity as could be expected under the circumstances. The bells tolled on both sides of the river, in order to guide the Voats; and although the fog at times was go thick—espe- cially during the early part of the evening—that the pilots could searcely see beyond the bows of their vessels, they steered clear of collision, and avoided accident of any kind. ‘The progress of the boats on the Division avenue and Houston street ferries was greatly retarded, and after | halfpast jive yesterday morning ‘no boats were run to | Peck eltp, and the South Tenth stroct and James slip boats ran only occasionally. On the occasion of the last fog two of the Peck slip boats wero seriously damaged, and yesterday it was not deemed advisable by the officers of the company to run their boats to Peek slip, and thes accordingly ran them across tothe Grand sireet docl only. The fog e river during the day was such as to render it im ible to steer a boat for any distance | with eafety. Fog bells were rung constantly during the | day and night, and it was only by the sound of these bells that the pilots were enabled to steer at all. Most of the citizens of Williamsburg wbo had business in New York either crossed the Grand street ferry or took the cars to the Fulton ferry, aud crossed there. In consequence of this the cars were inconveniently crowded all the day. About seven o'clock in the morning a difficulty occurred at the lip at the foot of South Seventh street, in which some lows were struck, but no seriews damage was done. The origin was as follows:—The boats on the Grand street or Division avenue ferry were run regularly, while but one boat was run on the Peek slip ferry, and that landed pas- sengers at the foot of Grand street, New York. Passen- gers entering the Pock slip gate paid one cent; those en- tering the Division avenue gate paid three cents. It hap- t there Was a crow? of some two thousand per- g the arrival of a Peck slip boat, when a Divi« sion aycnue boat came in the other slip, and those i wait- ing desired to take passage in her across to Grand street, which was the slip to which the Peck slip boats were run- ning. Agate which separated the two bridges was quick- ly demolished, and the immense crowd took possession of the boat and crossed to Grand street. Officors were promptly on the spot, but, no disturbance taking place, ho arrests were made,” The Peck slip boats then suspended T tripe, and those desiring to cross took the Division avenue boats. TELEGRAPHIC WEATHER REPORTS. JANUARY 7, 1859, Syvax, N. J.—Sundown: wind light from south; yery forey Miose Brasci, N. J.—Sundown very foggy; wind south- J,—Sundown; very dense fog—cannot N. J.—Snndown: vory thick fog—cannot is; wind very light from west. ?. M.—It has becn raining and thawing here 0 streots.are deluged, with slush. very thick fog existe, Personal Intelligence. In a letter received from the Hon. William B. Reed by = friend in Philadelphia, he states that he expected to leave Hong Kong on his way home on the Ist_of December, via Bombay, and then take the overland European route, so as to reach America in March next. At the time of writ- ing Mr, Reed was oer in arranging the revised tariff, in connection with 1 Elgin and the Chinese Commis. sioner. Mr. Reed had just returned from Japan, and speaks of that country as surpassingly Deautitul, and the people conciliatory and agreeable in their intercourse with strangers. George P. Hanson has been recognised by the President Vice Consul of Denmark for the State of Illinois, to re- de in Chicago. Hon. Sherrard Clemons, of Virginia, who was wounded in a duel, expects to be able to leave bis room in about three weeks, ARRIVALS. xAtihe Clarendon Hotel—Hon, John A. King, Mra. and Mien 4 a Bam A My a a neve’ Hon. iD. Seymoar, Brith Legation; Hon. ‘Wright, New Jersey; Wim. Van Deventer and family, Astoria; seo, T. ae and family, x - county; Marcus PP Havanss in bark Express—Bernario Lartyo, A From Port au Platt, in the brig John Butler—A © Norton, of NYork; © HA Backiieuser, of Hamburg: Smith ind Dunkle, Ist and 21 ofiicers ot sehr Maria Jewett, wrecked at P au P; Kdward Collina, DEPARTURES. | For St Thomas, in the brig Swift—Solomon Benjamin, peter McLachlan, Viotor Mounalla, Lescigs PRICE TWO CENTS. Celebrities Salling for E To-day. OUR MINISTERS TO SPAIN AND AUSTRIA—SKETCRES OF THRIR LIVES, ETC., BTC. Among the passengers who sail im the Fulton to.day for Havre area number of quite distingmshed person- agee, There are Mr, Preston, our new Minister to Spain, bis family and attachés; Mr. Jones, Ameri an Minister to Austria, and his family. Also, M. Wooler, of Legation wo Spain; and Major J. de Huyiana, at of the Legation to Spain. HON. WILLIAM PRESTON, MINISTER TO SPAIN. ‘The family from which Mr. Preston is desconded settled in Virginia ata very early date. Wm. C. Preston, of South Carolina, Gov. Floyd, and John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States, are all deacended from it. The Hon. Win, Preston, who departs to-day as Minister to Spain, is the only son of Major William Preston, of the United States army, who, shortly after the war of 1812, emigrated to Kentucky. Mr. Preston, the subject of thiss sketch, was born in 1814. He wag educated tor the bar, and graduated in law with high honors at Harvard Col- lege. Shortly atter he entered into a partnership with the Hon, Wm. J. Graves, and practised for some years at Louisville, Kentucky. When the Mexican war broke out two regiments were raised in his State. He was appointed Lieut. Colonel of one of them, and Vice President Breckinridge was ap- pointed Major of the other. Col. Preston served under General Scott with marked distinction until the termina- tion of the war. After the conclusion of the treaty of peace between Mexi- co and the United States he returned home and entered into political life. He was elected on the same ticket with the Hon. James Guthrie, late Secretary of the Trea- sury, one of the members from Louisville, to tae conven- tion called for the purpose of adopting a new coustitu- tion for the State of Kentucky. The contest was a very excited one, and the ticket was elected by an unexpected majority. After serving in that convention, Colone! Pres- ton was clected a member of the Kentucky Legisiatura from the city of Louisville, and was subsequently returned to the State Senate. He continued actively engaged in po- litical life, coinciding with General Scott in political feeling as well as being united to him by ties of personal friend- ship. In 1852 be was placed on the State ticket as an elector for the State at large, and embarked warmly in the canvass. Afterwards, being nominated for Congress, he was elected in his district in 1864 by an unprecedented majority. He was among tne earliest friends of the Kaneas-Ne- braska bill, and among the first consulted in regard to its passage; be was one of the Southern whigs who warmly ‘supported that measure. When the Know Nothing organization was formed, Mr. Preston became one of the earliest and most vehement opponents of the party, and, refusing to go into any alli- ance, made a very embittered canvass as an independent candidate against the regular nominee of the Know Nothing party, Mr. Marshall. The election resulted in gecat violence and bloodshed, and atrocities that disgracea Louisvillo—the foreign born citizens having been driven from the polls and many persons killed. Mr. Preston was defeated. Afterwards Col. Preston was sent as a delegate from the State at large by the democracy, with whom he affili ated, tthe Cincinnati Convention; he bore a prominent part in the proceedings of the Convention. On Tuesday, the second day of the session, ho announced, asa friend of Mr. Douglas, the withdrawal of his name, whereupon Mr. Buchanan was nominated, and afterwards elected. Recently Mr. Preston was about being nominated for Governor of Kentucky; his (riends had placed his name before the State for Governor, and before the Convention that sits to-day in Kentucky, and it was generalty con- ceded that he would have received the nomination with- outa strnggle; but inthe meantime having been offered by the Executive the mission to Spain, he accepted the trust, and is now en route to Madrid. Mr. Preston is an urbane, accomplished and learned Southern gentleman, familiar with European tongues; £0 much so that one of the Continental Jan- guages ie habitually spoken by all the inembers of ine family when they are alone together, He is a well bell, fine looking gentleman, more than six feet high, 2 ampe- rior conversationalist, courteous, dignified and afjractive in manners, and blessed with an independent fortune. While in Congrees he acted as the friend of Breckinridge in his difficulty with Mr. Cutting, Mr. Preston was married in 1840, toa daughter of Ro- Dert Wickliffe, a family distinguished in the legal and po- litical history of the State. Mrs. Preston is represented as being a very beautiful and accomplished lady. While Mr. Preston was a mem- Der of Congress, her entertainments at Washington were always gotten up and conducted with the finest taste, and, indeed, were not surpassed by thoso of any other family there, while they were equalled by but very few. Mr. Preston takes out with him all his family, consisting of his wife, three danghters—young ladies—and two chil- dren, servants, Ke. Mr. Preston succeeds the Hon. Jowa, as Minister to Spain. HON. JONATHAN GLANCY JONES, MINISTER TO AUSTRIA. Mr. Jones is a Berks county man by birth, bis family being settled there since the war of 1720. His grand- father, Jonathan Jones, distinguished himself as a captain in the Pennsylvania line during the Revolutionary war, and fought at Ticonderoga, where he contracted a disease ot which he shortly afterwards died. Before his death, however, he received a colonel’s commission as a reward for his bravery. Mr. Jones’ father was educated for the bar, but never practised; he took his stand in Berks couuty as a democrat in 1801, and polled his first vote for Thomas Jefferson. In 1812 he volunteered and served as a private in the war with Great Britain. He is still living, and has never failed for fifty-six years to yote the demo- cratic ticket. His first Presidential vote was cast for Jetferson—his last for Buebanan, The subject of our present sketch was born and edu- cated in these assoaiations and political doctrines. He was originally educated for the church; but feeling a strong preference for tho legal profession, for which he deemed himself much better fitted, he applied himself to the study of the law, and was admitted to the bar. He married a daughter of the late Hon. W. Rodman, of Bucks county, Pa., who was elected to Congress from that d in 1812, by the democratic party. Mr. Jones practised law for soveral years in Easton, Northampton county; but being still warmly at- tached to the place of his birth, he returned to Berks county, and was just entering intoa large and lucrative practice when he was brought out for Congress in 1850, and nominated by an overwhelming majority. Owing to a split in the party at the election, Mr. Jones’ majority was greatly reduced. But before he had served half hie torm he succeeded in gaining the general confidence of the constituency, an if be had not declined would have been returned to Congress, probably without opposition. Mr. Jones was elected to Congress from his district at the general election of 1856, by a majority of 6,200 votes. He went in for the Lecompton constitution bill, an 1 there. by lost many friends. He ran again last fall for Congress in the same district, and was defeated by Mr. John Schwartz, * the anti-Lecompton candidate, by a majority of nineteen. He was the Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means in Congress, and was closely identitled with the meagures of the administration. After his defeat he was appointed Minister to Austria. Being dissatisfied with the result of the election, he resigned his seat in Congress, andan anti-Lecompton man—Gen. Keim—was elected in his place, for the present term, by a majority of 500 ove the Lecompton candidate. Mr. Jones succeeds the Hon. H. R. Jackson, of Geor- gia, as Minister to Austria Augustus C, Dodge, of Acapemy ov Musie.—The “ Nozze di Figaro” was give last night, the second of the opera season, The house was well filled, notwithstanding the terrible weather, which was eminently calculated to keep people in doors. Th performance calls for no especial remark, as the last wa the same as that of the recent season. Mlle, Piccolomini Was as piquant und joyous as ever in Susannah, in which réleshe has no rival. Formes acted and sung Figaro with infinite zest, and the whole representation was admirable. ‘To-day, at one o'clock, the “Don Giovanni” will be given, tho distribution including Piccolomini, Poinsot, 4 Formes and Lorini. Without doubt ladies and loungers will come out in full fore. nounced for Monday. Suj VERDICT AGATNST FERNANDO WOOD. Jay, 7.—In the case of Lomucl 8. Slater against Fer- nando Wood, for damages omasioned by the City Hall riote of June, 1866, the jury this returned @ verdict for the plaintif, Damages $260, in “La Zingara”’ is an.