The New York Herald Newspaper, January 11, 1859, Page 2

oc NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY ll, 1859. 4. | Francisco Correspondence, THE FILIBUSTER BILE, | of nour conduct, andi: hed besmeny inci of hes, THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE President flatters himself he cau intimidate, and PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION. Our San S IN MO pitality seen atte t ut. No complaint war made REA: « at whose hecalculates on easy laurels, THF ¢ | ‘San Francimoo, Dec. 10, 1888, ment on either side, as our 0 | u not ‘& cocoanut manent an ‘There is in all this which merit the atten- inary pic teu. Coudiebiien a Without paying for i a ‘ths ‘slanders had been as kind Opinions of the tion of Europe, were it not for the strange doctrines which | ‘The Democratic Candidates _ im. Af Sacramento—Lgnch Law, Arrival of the British War Steamer Basilisk | ‘ey could be. he “ul inquiries into our com- (Prom Ia Prease, Dee SE) Mr. Buchanan professes in matters of public right. The uled. ‘The clipper ship Heary Brigham, Dow, 131 days frem fort, the Governor, with Captain Phayre and their party, Teoneenaiers re rrevitons ‘the United Statesarrived | President doubtless imagines that it is necessary that the | (From the Richmond ie im reply to the Richmoad New York, arrived at this port December 6. The ships at Mobile—Return of the Fillbusters— returned to the ship. Th same evening we sent off inthe in . Nothing could be more instruc- | New World should have a fresh code of morality, and iner.) J. Wi if ik led for the late British ship's boat most of the stores we had saved, and on Sun- tive. It is not composed of vague and even somewhat ob- | that the United States have & right to free themsolves | THE EXAMINER THINKS THAT ALL virarnta a§- J: Wakefield and Challenge eal Hong Kong, Courtesies of the Officers, 1, Bath, embarked all hands for home. au) ligations which are called | pmants MUST BE EXCLUDED FROM COMPETITION ter December 7, the former December 6. &e., &e., &o. ext meareing (Ortp) ent edovecem Key Dieel, Wvilized | BEFORE THR CHARLESTON CONVENTION—THE EX- Yesterday morning a very deplorable affair took place ' cers and crew from the sin to the cook, have been Ser ane Toe TE, OF COUREE. sy ust lo Sacramento, D. Wand, a Jewish dry goods morchamt, [From the Mobile Register, Jan. 4.] most untiring in their attentions; wd wash, Diese ae much more easily understood than explained, AS it seems tempted to kill his wife, an American woman, and after~ THE BASILISK AND HER OFFICERS. Genpouintantns, more Senile 208 my: . to embody something like a mew move on the chess board wards fired a pistol into his mouth, the ball lodging in the This Eigtiah shoo: of-war that extended such admirable | “ Refore leaving Balize I inted Mr. Hempstead agent he fuente capieaeica, Sel wince, despite a sear back part of his skull. ‘The ball passed through the dress hospiaity tothe, wrecked emigrants of the Susan. and io site up the afar ofthe wrook, instructing him ts be | Jumides hime; be expoees his projects wo that they may | ossesse is not desird Uy a more powerful neighbor. | Avista cokamunieate Ir import to the readers of the of the woman without doing her any injury. Wand was our bay. She willremain here, as weunderstand, forseve- | taco carn ct wicca eae be cectalenved from he wreak. hie appreatcecp in the oratorical straggles in Congress. | * v4 ‘toat pata " ¥ it ae : very seriously wounded—perhaps mortally. Mrs. Wand, ral days, SL BamAy barat ih coal nad oboe Se om bis well Known character and positon as wellas his | Ho peaks on Uta Brazil aad Chioa; of the | wasthere that the dst seican ined who ever pis it | as eae Cae Eee ee Taearas ber husband says, bas been guiky of infidelity. The i cal necessaries before she resumes her orders. She is ® | friendliness and we aro ¢3 tariff, of the price ofsugar and coffee. He protests against | ¢. the Ai il, end it was the aro given by the Sacramento Bee:— jarge and substantial vessel of some nino bundred tong, | in having our affairs left in his bands. the slave trode on the coast of Africa, and pleads in favor | {pt 00 the American soll, ani breads ue field clear for Southern aspirants, undisturbed by North- Owing particulars with a steam power rated at four hundred horse effect. | Jp j to ‘South ited | Which was hoisted on that previously unknown | ern competition. The justice of this assumption is, per- _ An unusual excitement was created this in the “ y myself, I request that you,as the other | of that same trade in the of the U1 |. Cuba for a century past has been a prosperous | haps, questiovable. The Little Giant has made no public quiet vicinity of N and Fifth streets, by the report of at ae owners of the Susan, will taxe pains to ascertain from | States. He thinks it dangerous to have the num-| colony, and was so before & village bad been formed on | annotncement of such an intention, and unless oo Pee: Fistol, followed by loud and agonizing screams, apparentiy- Licutenants—Broadrick and Mead. those whe weve an, beard the clrouinateneasesenteamans \T/nas | Satan. Morennedi Ae dangerous to have} the “present _ terri of the United States. The | nouncement shall be made, he will, undoubtedly, carry Roma woman, Upon examination i waa found thas the Master-—H. W. Burnett si causing her loss. HARRY MAURY. them lessened. He turns al fomeaine, to public] jaws, the inhabitants, the uage much strength to the Charleston Convention. sounds emanated from the come: honak on SPs eee Surgeoa—Dr. Finucane, [From the Mobile Register, Jan. 4.) 5, he soaks, for poe e.. p.% ogi ag habits—every thi in Cuba is Spanish. Nevor- | ‘The main burden, however, of the Kraminer’s article near the corner of N, and that the cause was an unsec- Paymaster—Mr. Anderson THE SUSAN. Be Saeko mong seoses the North: whic is abe, | ‘beless, it ie ‘American Property. unjustly de- | consists of a demonstration that it is improbable that cessful attempt at murder and suicide by the master of Chief Pagineer—Thos, 8. Murray. On our first page we publish this morning the letters self of taple he the hich tained by Spain. The n of that island would, in | Virginia will furnish the candidate of 1800. ‘We are first the house, Mr. D. Wand, who is well known as a former Mate—R. B, Creagh. of Captain Maury and ‘the lence in relation to | litionist and in favor of peace. Digna, beartey fact, suit the interests of the United States; it is closo’ to | informed of a fact, which, if it wants the spice of novelty, dealer in dry goods, corner of J and Fifth streets. ‘Assistant Surgeon—Mr. Ricnings. the voyage and lose of the Susan,” This ‘vessel, it is need. | covets Cuba; if he runs in debt, and consequently makes | ¢heir costs; it commands the mouths of the Mississippl; | may at least be regarded as axiomatic, under the ‘consi, Having been satisticd on Wednesday of his wife's ua- Midshipmen—Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. Binnington. legs to say, left this port about the 6th of December last, joans, he im peered pare reno cea it is constantly frequented by American traders and tour- | tution of the United States, viz: that “the fleld from which _faitnfulness, he became almost a maniac, and instead ef Clerk—E, W. R. Veale. under circimstances that awakened universal intorest, | Vory Slightly concealed: fw te fan Indernnity of ten | ists; it might ‘a couple of prosperous slave States, | to select (a Presidential nominee) is not confined to Vir- retiring to bed, he walked the floor in the wildest state of Master's Assistant—T. Stringer. The letters referred to give all the information our com: | Millions dollars» from sane, . Plup- | and consequently Spain bas no right to retain it. | Mr. Bu- gina.” Moreover, the idea that “Virginia isthe only slave excitement all night, until daylight, when he went out for ‘Assistant Eugineers—Mr. J. Bins, Mr. Cooper, Mr. | munity may desire as to the reeult of that departure. It | dered some American cil sett Oe 8: eS oe le | chanan is kind enough to offer a pecuniary indemnity for te with statesmen of the proper Presidential dimen- aboutan hour, and, it is thought, procured a pistol. Gilen . will be seen that after the Susan left here she | ‘9 Pay it, he wants to rf Resor, ua from | it; but if Spain should think that she has a right to keep | sions’? is a ‘popular delusion of a very dangerous charac. Shortly after his return. it boing Lalt-past seven o'clock, Warrant Oficers—oliver Richards, gunner; Samuel | Wa wrecked about sixty miles southeast of the Se ee err CETTE oe: Ar re rena, ana. wo setuen all propels! fe 18, | Aer oe. ‘Beamer also announced tha! Virginia bas no be wont to the door of the klicken and saw bia wilt pt Curtis, boatswain; i Kle, er. ize, Honduras, on the 16th of the same month ', ¥ + 4 , the Unit wi oe possession Of it ln | less tl ve residential aspirants in the field, while perintending the preparation of breaktast, the atswain: Caries Backle, carpenter. 6 aa: | Om the tre day Of the new yearn in whe mdetot | \£ the citizens of the, the United States in Nicaragua | The name’ ofthe imperative and all powerful, law of thelr | Mississipi, Talitsiana, Kentucky, Georgia and South Garo. {a the room at the stove, Wand. spoke 10. his wife, 90 of Besides these she h: men. We welcome her to our waters, and hope that our community will extend to this vessel the courtesies due to intervational respect and our own honor, LOSS OF THE SUSAN---REPORT OP CAPTAIN MAURY, AND OTHER DOC Sovriwesr Key, Grovge’s Ri nas, Dec. 21, 1858. To tie Ownnns oF THe Sus. 8 my duty to report to you the total loss i, under my command. a in on this coast by adverse winds, the vesvel not proving at all weatherly in the heavy head sea then running. At3 o'clock A. M., on the 16th inst., 1 discovered, from my position on the poop, breakers on the lee bow, ant ordered the heim to be pot “down”? rds braced sbarp up. ‘The man at the and confusion, put the wheel hard “up,” which brou schoouer bofore the wind, and before tHere was time to remedy the error, the Susaa vi stem on toasunken coral reef, with eight knots way. 1 and broke in ‘The two, Jumped out of the forem . Van Siycke (acting second offi- uuder our lee, from whence he was the gallantry of a seaman named | cer) inte fortupately Jos. Wittgenstein. * Daylight revealed to us « jagged reaf of coral rock, the northeast point of Glover's Reet, latitude 16 degrees and 54 minutes N., longitude 87 degrees, 42 minutes and § secons W. ‘Bwwo passengers attempted to cat away the boat, b nd the inost rigid’ dtsc discovered key, covered with cocoanut trees, bearing 8 8. W., hed the mate and rations, to seek ixteen miles, to which T despa nih our only boat, with two day ance. We then got overboard (having beatenYato | et Water), and went to work to construct a catama+ ran, or raft, capable of taking off ail hands. By noon the next day (Thursday, 17t:), we bad, by securely lashing Spars across empty Water casks, made a strong and buoy- 1 hands (112), together with er. The passengers worked | + mort of them being in the suri tweive hours at ‘At one o'clock P. M., just after having completed ant rait, which would hold atime. our raft, we descried a sail beating up inside the reef for us, which proved to be the schooner Wasp, of eight tons the bp Shi lg ad Asaph ne of our citizens, they were surprised by the unex; al ce of Capt. Maury in one of our most popular tewvesttares; with his banner flying over him and a train of a large number of the adventurers that had shared his spirit and his triais in an attempt to plant his foot upon Central American soil. ‘The Captain Jed them to the place of the most public and general resort, and after refreshing them with a weicome courtesy, they received the gratulations and sympathies of a large mass of our citizens, who rushed to salute them, The welcome was indeed generous and cordial; but yet the contemplative brow and suppressed sigh which were observable on all sides showed that in spite of the frankness of the reception there was a cloud of dis- appointment that overshadowed the hearts of all that greeted them on their safe return. After the wreck the unfortupates found their way to Middle Key, where they were not only hospitably received but generously farnish- ed with al! the necessary means of subsistence and com- fort. Capt. Maury speaks in high praise of the firmness and geod conduct of the men under his command. His position was a trying one, the crew and officers of the Susan baving deserted him on the night he left, with two exceptions, whieh the captain might have remembered—to wit. Mr. R. C. McKitrick and another—she was manned by the volunteers on board. The rest is accurately told , Caribbean Sea, December 28, states that he and Colonel Frank Andersoa proceeded iu a snanil boat to Balize, Honduras, for the purpose of chartering @ vessel to convey their party to their original passage of two deys, in which they ‘wamping in a gale, and wereentirely without foo arrived at Batize on the morning of the 24th December. With the aid ofan American merchant, Mr. C, Hempsiead—formerly Consul—they succeeded ia effect: ing ap arraprement with a Mr. Henderside, owner of the brig Kate, Goodspeed, master; but Captain Goodspeed promptly refused to go'in the vessel if she took them. He was in New Orleans when the Susan left Mobile, and knew. the circumstances of her departure. When his statement became publicly known, there was much excitement among the people of Balize. While affairs were in this state Captain Maury received a request from the Hon. Frederick Seymour, Governor of the Bay Islands,to visit him at the Government House, which be states he did with many misgivings. He was burthen, belonging to a family of turtle fishers who inhabit the Midule Key on this reef. They h: brought to our assistance by Mr. Carr, the first officer, whom I had sent off in our boat. We immediately commenced freighting the Wasp with provisions and men—no easy tsk, as every thing bad to be transported through the surf. The mea Were embarked in canoes, without confusion, each stepping over the rail s his name was calle This day we succceded in sending otf about fifty, in charge of Colonel Anderson, with some of the Susan's sails, wherewith to construct tents onthe Key. They were safely and expeditiously landed, and the Wasp sent back for more. This was coutinued until to-day (21st), wheu the man was lauded without accident comparing dates, that the last party was rly six cays, exposed to the surf, which | tly broke over them, and they were for the last y hoors without food or water. As commander of leave ber; 80, when every soul had been safely taken off, Ltook my flag and papers, and left in a cauoe for the Where Lwas received with three hearty cheers from our high spirited and undaunted passengers. Upon our arrival at Middle Key we found a feast prepared for 'y our friends in advance, and did ampie justice to the | ( conch Foup, fried plantains, yams, coftee, &e., which was | 4) set fortu to regale us. To the steadiness and good conduct of the passengers After making some further verse] to take them to N Col. Anderson, st), | his Excellency’, thanking bim warmly in the namne of the You | passengers of the Susan. Ki w Middle Key, four and a half miles N. N, sc! it was my duty and privilege to be the last to | wrecked passengers of the Sasan still were. The: assented to the proposition of the Governor, ceived on board the Basilisk in the character of guests. The Governor was particular to inquire of the islanders if y cans received courteously, and after learning the turn which matters had taken, the Governor offered Captain Maury and his comrades, should they desire to return to the United States, a passage in her Majesty’s steam sloop Basilisk, six guns, Captain Phayre. He remarked to Capt M. that he cid not choose to inquire what the original intentions of the party were; that he regarded them sim- ply as shipwrecked citizens of a Power with which his vernment desired to cultivate the most friendly relations. navailing efforts to. procure a icaragua, aud consulting with Captain Maury accepted the liberal offer of Goy. Seymour and his Secretary accompanied Capt. Mau- ‘y and Coi. Anderson on board the Basilisk to Southwest , where they anchored, and then proceeded in the gig E., where the and were re- ;aud were assured they bad none. the 27th) the Governor was landed at Key Bogel, and he sloop got under way for Mobile. Captain Maury, in his report, and others of the party whom we have conversed with, speak in the warmest under these trying cireomstances we must attribute the | terms of the kind and hospitable treatment they received extraorcinary good fortune of having lost no lives. bo crew nor oflicers belonging to the vessel, all having deecried the night we leit Mobile, and the vessel was worked entirely by volunteers from among the passen- gers. They all seconded my eildrts, and submitted to my authority out & urmur, ‘We are ali now in good health, encamped in a grove of cocoanut trees, feasting and making merry over past hardships; and’ the knowledge that not a life has beea lost ina great measure cousoles me tor the chagrin of having lost my vessel. To-morrow Coli. Anderson and myself will proceed in our small boat to Batize, Honduras, for the purpose of chartering a vessel to conyey our party to their original port of destination. Accompanying this lett: reef on which we were wi log Thad | curing the passage on the British vessel. yon will find a chart of the and HARRY MAURY. Os Boarp H. M. Sire Basmask, } Canmmman Sea, I , 1858. To THe OWNERS OF THE Stsay— Geniiemex—In my last Frauk Anderson aud mys er I wrote you that Col were about to go to Belize f two days, in which we caped swaroping ina gale,aud wére eatirely J, we arrived 1 ze on the moruing of the Upon our arrival we went to the office of formerly our Consiti, named padily assisted us in our efforts passengers to thelr port ‘ded in effecting an ar- r had we made the refused to go_in the i beeo in New Orleans Labout our fighting the @ in ehort, gave 0 Goodspe took us. He said that when we left Mob: revenue cutter, an such an recount of my pi iy vessel for lov assured every one any craft we got on board of, and run away with her. was an American ship- in Island, Batize and Orle: bark seage to New York to Colonel J cers aid Crew of the Sesan; but of course ed to wccopt any proposition which did not include ail The whole town was soon in commotion; mer urry ing to and fro, g us as they passed, “i curiosity and distrust. New Orleans papers demand; and as they had dates up to the 13th ins! oon—aesisted by the wretch Goolspeed—possessed every particular of our departure from the States. W sant dilemma Excel for +xa back by their arrest, and sent straightway for Judge Edmonds were wable to | f Police Intelligence. (uring these visits Mrs. Halleck missed a numbe of napkios and other articles appertaining to the dinne tab nicated her suspicions to detective McDougall. cused was watched. leaving Mrs. Halleck’s premises she was arrested with a She was led to suspect Mrs. Seymour and comm. ‘The ac- and on Sunday night just as she was r of the stolen vapkins in her possession. Sabse- ° Mrs. Hartwell was arrested as an accomplice, and the two ladies were taken to the police court jon. The prisoners were very much taken their legal rights should be pre- are somewhat related, Mrs. Hart- ¢ Mrs, Seymour’s last. ‘The ma d for exam\natioo. wes Woxky.—Abont six o'clock vening a stabbing affray occurred in the dance house, ton street, between two of the inmates, dle and Joanna Veut, in which the wounded witha dirk knife in the The blade of the weapon entered dangerous wound, from whieh “don torrents. Policeman Werthiemer, of st precinct, upon hearing of the r ithe perpetrator, ‘to the foriner Was severely bands of her the the the the spet and arr wounde’ woman was was atte Miss Vent wa p to answer vers 1s Cr note roporte <cription of two new connterfe ance in this cit nee Hank. Vigu deer bebind him: surgeon of that aken to the station house and ULATION. —Mesers. Gwynne , have furnished us with the which made portrair of Washington in jernor of the 1 rn wer corner; female on left end; unlike genuine. Twenties on the Bank of North America, New k city. Vignette—Indian girl geated, look wt distant city; wena snd yail cara; oval pleture of a locomotive oa peg tebe anlike geunine, inquired, with an apf Guaxce ov Ficrway Romery.—Edward West and Wil- tion of the passengers, a } nents bad been | jaw Miller were taken into custody by policeman Maldon, made for their relief.’ A’ soon as he was mado awar “ed hi Wists “saath ts bie ot mi the awkward turn matters bad taken through the of oe Bite precinct, On eee ee eae ness of Goodspeed, be remarked that if We co preferred against them by Frank Webster, ot No, 208 better, and should eto retarn to the United States, Li street. The complaiuant, in his affidavit, he would o steam sloop t he met Me accused in Worth street, near Mis: Busilist ion place, where they knocked him down and stole his to look a : nd hint, and attempted to carry off his coat. Jus- leave, he inquired kindly after the fate of J tice Connolly committed the prisaners for trial. and scemed please’! to Jearn that be bad been sent back 19 | Ay spicy op ax ALLRGED POLICY VaNDER.—A man named the ship Ore were and WI he chose not to inquire; t'might have been our original intentions, that we had violated no law of Fugiand, and he regarded us simply a8 ship wrecked citizens of a Fower with which his gov- ernment desired to cult'vate the most friendiy relations, and paid that be would assist us to the extent of his means. ‘After consulting with Cojonel Anderson, and tnaking some further unavailing eflorts to help ourselves, we ceptes, in proper terms, we very liberal oller of ws E He then remarke? that, as to who we | Jobn Whveler, keeper of an alleged policy shop, No. 58 ktman stroct, was arrested yesterday morning by offi- cer Hilliard, of the Mayor's squad, on an alleged charge of venoing ‘policies. lie was taken before Justice Welch at the City Hall, and beld Wo bail to auswer at an examina: tion this inorning. Coroners’ Inquests. Dear rom Atunern Cxckiry,—Coroner Jackman held celieocy, thanking him warmly, in the name of sengeré, for the prompt and kind manner t came forward to our Bese when # wa much needed, No sooner but we male known, through Mr. Hempstead, our acceptance of the proposition, than the latter received the fi note — Decestuer ypy to give pnesi accompanied bim to Baliz ment house at that hour Mobile with the wrecked American citizen r ping me at Key Bokel. FREDERICK SEYMOUR. . Bemvergap, Keq. In fifteen minutes the the “ Biue Peter,” a sigs Smoke was soon issuing from her ch’ we we ly steaming out from Bal ensign floating over us, a novelty to some of wv Phayre, Mr. Broadrick’ the Firet Lieutenant, and every officer in the shy forget our troubles wonias nd Pal bat not get them. At ‘about 3 P- M. on the 26th (Christ South West Key. and Capt. Phayre, ilisk fred a gun and holste 4 and officers. and at3 P.M We Britisa n fact seemed determined to make w d to anticipate al! on e® were shown to those who wil s) we anchored a ', Lieutenant To! Seoret Anderson and myse! dle Key, on which our me. four anda half miles N.N. 5. Ti ‘very curious at the sight of the cusign flying in the of our fn ae soon ag tley recognized Colonel Anderson in party, testified their joy by ged cheering. Governor Seymour requesied An- ashore and explain to son and to , position of aflairs, whilet he, ©: ip eae boas, ane. what was going on; they were drawn and were offered by his Pt ng passage some in the Basilisk, nt the Sune them that they were to do as they if they went on board, he desired thom that they wore there sn tee ea responded with threo dened three ‘more for the cap tain and ‘the His en pro. wueded to | 16 We islanders bad complain an inquest yesterday at No, 626 Second avenue, upon the body of voy named John Bamman, Jr., who died from ju cts of a beating alleged to have been received at the 8 of his father, Jobn Bamman. The evidence | elicited on went to show that on Tuesday | morning last the fa of deceased, while intoxicated, dragged the child out of bed, where it jay with its mother, and throwing him upon the floor, beat and kicked him Fey A post wnortem exarinat YHanlon and Fiteh went to show th tion of the liver ¢ ‘The jury rendered a-verdiet in accord- facts, and tue secused was committed it the action of the Gran tJury. uy 4 Morse. —Coroner Schirmer held ay at the Seventeenth precinct station child, supposed vo her, Maria Kenne Tae ae an unmarried wo: , and was by oconpation irth of the child she managed to concea! her pregnancy, and it was only when b who had her suspiciove aroused, examined ber | and tound a newly born child wrapped up in on apron, Uiag the truth was revealed. Dr. George B. Bouton made a post mortom examination of the body of decent, and gave itas his epiuion that death had been caused by strangulation. The jury rendered a verdict of infanticide against the mother, who was thereupon committed to the Toombs for trial. Supreme Court—Special Term. Before Judge Koose velt. Jax, 10.—Decetox.—Fromeis A. Brewster vt. the New England Jewelry Company.—Demurrer overruied, and Judgment for plaintiff ba the Inquest tdoath was upon the © Tombs to secre IN¥ ne ated by its n toshow that 3 | | | Supreme Court—Circult. Lofore Judge Davies. TAN. 10 —Spofford dt Filestom ve, the New York foundiand anil London Telegraph Compan} 8 Case Was | set down for trial this morning, bat at the sittiog of th Court it was sated that the parties ad come to an ain) Gable arrangement, Now. 'y readily splendi¢ Semrrcat Mepivms rx Trovarx.—Caroline Hartwell and | ;. Harriet Seymour, two spiritual mediums of some note, were brought before Justice Quackenbush at the Jeffer son Market police cours yesterday, on charge of petty larceny, preferred against them by Mrs. Sarah Y. Halleck, of No. 2 West Twenty-ffth street, under the following | bly. circumstances:—Mra. Hartwell it appeared was a boarder | at the bouse of the complainant, and was an intimate | assertad that the people of the United States owe it to thei friend of Mrs, Seymour, by whom she was visited almos an abstract of our | daily, | to the Uvited of the body made | and on the Isthmus of Tehuantepeo; the revenge of the nsult offered to the American flag by the governmeat of Paraguay; the purchase of Cuba, and he proves that the transaction would be excellent, as well for Spaim as for ithe United States, Cuba and everybody. He quotes the example of First Consul Bonaparte, who sold Louisiana be- cause he was not adie to keep it; he s1 that nego. ‘iations are going to be renewed with Spain, and that they may possibly succeed: that much money will be needed to nduce the Spanish government to sell the island, and that cash down; he urges, he entreats, he im- piores; he is afraid to leave to his successor the hovor and the benefit of such a bandsome transaction, he wants to leave the confederation greater and more powerful than he received it from the hands of ir. Franklin Pierce, like the Consuls of ancient Rome, who fought constantly for the interest of their popularity and for the greatness of Rome. T am encouraged, said he, to make this suggestion by the example of Mr. Jefferson previous to the purchase of Louisiana from France, and by that of Mr. Polk in view of the acquisition of territory from Mexico. The suggestion of which he 5] is a demand for money, which is the more pressing since the deficiency — which is, however, a trifle when we consider the immense resources of the United States—is quite extraordinary when compared to the prosperous condition of the preced- a ch is the Message—lear, firm, polite, conquering, sometimes cavilling, in which one finds all the opinions. all the sentiments, all the desires of an American, of the head of a republi¢, and of a citizen more anxious about the interests of his country than about what is just or ‘wrong. 4 [From Le Journal du Havre, Dec, 22. ‘The unuenail importance of the words just pronounced by the chief executive of the Bnited States, particularly as far as that which relates to Cuba, Mexico and Central America are concerned, imposed on us the duty to give them n ex- tenso in our numbers of yesterday and to-day, This task has something painful io us in Havre, where whatever the United States involves a special interest in Proportion to the multiplied and intimate daily rela- tions which exist, not only from territory to territory, and from nation to nation, but algo from to houses, and from individuals to individuals. It is this lively and friendly interest that causes us to regret the attitude as- sumed by the American government towards Europe in ia politics concerning its neighbors in the New orld. If we examine more especially that part of the Message where the question of Cuba is discussed, the least we can of it is, thata yery bad canse is defended by very piti- Mr. Buchanan loudly proclaims that he does not intend to annex Cuba to the American jessions save by poss B0- | means of honerable negotiation—in other words, by means of purchase. Unfortunately for Mr. Buchanan (and the sad manifest re-copied from that of Ostend, by which he wanted to close his Presidential career, superabundantly proves it.) he has been called to power as the instru- ment of the men of the South. Now, the wishes of the South with regard to Cuba were nothing less than al- ways honorable. In this respect the insolence and the insult were carried as far as to pretend that a handful of Pirates had the right and the actual force to take away from Spain the finest jewel Jett her of her ancient and colonial diadem. They did not stop at threats and bravados; there was an actual landing of filibusters effected on the soil of the Pearl of the Antilles, the expedition having been prepared on American soil, a tolerance which was but a shameful complicity. Now that in, in order to protect her insular treasure against similar coups de main, reaolved to charge her own exchequer with the heavy burden of entertaining at Cuba and in the Mexican guif a land ermy of 35,000 men, and a naval force of 5,0000n board a fleet of twenty-six sail bristling with 381 cannon mouths, the South has turned the heroism of its Lopezes aud Walkers towards Nicaragua, and as to Cuba there is question only of an honorable ac- quisition. Honorable acquisition be it, if by this ex] jion there understood that Spain in exchange for ber pearl will reccive a large amount of gold and silver; and in that caso the fact may be congidered as such on'the part of the treasury of the American Union; but on the part of Spain “the cession would be honorable np A as far ‘as it were voluntary and really consented to snica- But is that, indeed, the limits to the pretensio the party of which Mr. Bacharan is the orga and would’ be the instrument? Certainly, it i reputation not to wish to acquire Cuba save by purchase even if they had the means of taking possession of i otherwise; but it is, however, added that they will re main fettered by this rule of conduct only as far as ther will not present themselves circumstances by which they will be duly authorized to depart from it, in virtue of the imperious but clastic law of solf-preservation. By this it is clearly, as it seems, understood that if the amicable ne- gotiation does not lead to a result, they i! not disdain to have recourse to the last reason of kings and people. But, perhaps, in tbis respect the American people have not yet attained the point where they believe to have arrived. ‘The military and maritime forces of tho Union coukl not as easily overcome those of Spain as il 1s supposed at the White House. However that may be, after the exposé of a simi- lar policy it was somewhat surprising to see quoted to Spam the name and example of Na- poleon the Great. Indeed, nobody in tho whole world biamed Napoleon J. for having accepted a pecuui- ary compensation for the cession of Louisiana to the United Stites, under the conditions that the territorial transfer took place. But who would atlirm th leon, if he w: alive, and his bri ain and Ww oneent tO ali ¢ * the same Napo: © reigned over al be willing to y atte what has mud to and on the ame ration of the $ cainst Spain, nsion wilt which she ‘ range of Cuba for preten to count upon the obii is to receive the offers of the resident of the Union is, to say the uth, not so much asking from people thair life or their purse, us toa certain measure pifering them tne choice between the purse aud a sound thrashing. Now, in a similar case, people accept the purse only po they are sure of not being wble to return biow for blow; aud weare of those who have reasons to believe that Spain, | with regard to her adversary, bas not yetarrived there. AS to the reasons allege’! by Me, Bachanan in order to justify and legitimate the transfer of Cuba from Spain ates, the one is of a nationul—the others are, or pretend to be, of a morai order. The first onea we well understand, and Mr. Buchanan made a superfluous expense of words to prove what is plain enough to the eyes of the least perspicacious, viz :—That the possession of the island of Cuba wonid be of immenge importance to the United States, But $0. Buchanan abuses the permis- ston to quibble accorded to diplouw when he ia speak- ing of taking by ferce Cuba trom Sp under Spanish dominion, that isiand became civilized world where the slave trad statesman, in daring to exp the maxim which forbids th hones of him who was hanced. What then? It 1s the organ of the men of the South that is to reproach Spain wish ialitaining and fagoring the slave trade—the trace in human Is slavery and breeding and soliing of negroes abolished im the Southern states of the Uaiony Are there no more slaves in that Louisiana that Napoleon I. sold to them? Do the United States, in the face of the civilized world, take the engagement of supproasing slavery in and of Cuba from the di me into thei No; it is universally iso negroes im the Southern States are | ibuahia, Nica ragua, Costa Rica find there new and ready markets for the produ ° homane indus nt Wy sit in this way, forgot a the rope in the of the try. ‘The word that may be applied to too Mr. Buchanan on this ocr it would be too harsh to prowon temporary chief ofa great proper part. But, be cast a glance on the mentation of uk out, for other’ p ing Mexico and Central Ataey [From the Courrier de Paris, Doc. 22.) We connot give in full that jo ment, whieh seoms rather to represent the personal opinion of tho President than the views of bis Cabinet, for he is ia. complete oppo sition to the Secretary of the Treasur he tari! | one of the moat important questions in reierenee to the | commercial rigime of the United Stat [From the Patric, Deo The Message of Mr. Bucbaua h example of the tactics invariably followed ideots when they find themee! Hebe Rel administration eces 7 f cena endeavor if muavte to di ant by i ting up fn the United State “eee Mr. Buchanan has led + goo venient f from the checks given to his born proposition so badly re ‘ #, and hig partivana £6 ‘1! treated ty A‘ tho qaoationa which have been opened this yor bave cnded in defeats, and jt was therefore high time to originave sore dimngeas: ment abrond, At the end of the last seswion of Oongrent an attempt was unde to take © of the complaints of some American captains whose vesse's hat been visite? by English cruisers; but the promptitude with whick the High Cabinet renounced the right of search ‘rendered be all the notes and procts amations which bad beow already prepared on . It was therefore neces gary to turn to some other grievance. und the Mewsage which has just been addreseed to the ¢ rees may be summed up in the title suited Wa vaudeyile, Une Que relle s'il vous plait, * * * * * * * With the exception of a long and pitec measures retative to Kangaa, nod whicir ho 1 on the part of the electoral body the object of such con. dempation, what, in fac is there to be fonnd in this document?’ A seriet of petty grievances, laberionsly ex aggerated, against Spain, Mexico, Nicaragua, New Granw da aud Paraguay—against all tle weak States which the ogy for self-preservation.”’ This is a new principle introduced into the law of nations; it is expropriation for purposes of American utility. [From the Constitutionnel, Dec. 23.) ‘We must take care not to exaggerate the importance of a President's Message; as for the ex.ct appreciation of tt we should not only look into the natue of the document itself, but also take into consideration the circumstances which surround its author. We should receive a simple and impartial account of the affairs of the republic without distrust, and accept it without restriction; but if beneath @ Presidential message we ct nvefence of a purely personal nature, if the entire truth does not seem to be re- vealed; if, moreover, it adopts certain adventurous aud aggressive modes of dealing, with a view to the futares if, in short, the President who signs it bas entered the last period of his temporary power, are we not justified in not accepting it quite literally, and in fearing that it expresses rather the thought and wishes of a man than the real will ofa people? Such is the impression which it seems to us the present Message ought to produce. * « * * * Mr. Buchanan certainly makes the affirmation; but then comes very soon after a demand which may well excite our distrust. According to him, the politica! condition of Nicaragua olfers no guarantee for order and security. Who will protect American citizens and their goods in their transit through Chis Sttate, if not the troops of the United States? This has already ‘been proposed, but objected to by Nicaragua, through an apprehension that a supalation of that kind would place it atthe mercy of foreign inter- vention. What the President could not obtaia directly from Nicaragua be hopes to get from Congress; he ‘“re- commends carnestly’”’ that he be “immediately authorized to employ the land and sea forces of the United ‘States to protect the lives and property of American citi- yelling that road.’ In other terms, Me aanan urges the United States to act alone, by arms, in Nicaragua against the will of Nicaragua itself. What then becomes of that neutrality which he spoke of previously, and which he claims in the com- mon interest of all nations ? Bat that is not all. The Presi- deut asks for similar authority to employ the naval and military forces of the repulic on the Panama and Tebuau- tepec routes, And he dwells on a series of grievances of a doubtful character, for which he contends the United Statics have to demand reparation from the governments of Nicaragua and Costa Rica. It ‘‘in a short time’? these two small States do not submit to the demands of the powerful republic, nothing will remain for the latter but‘ to adopt such measures as shall be deemed neces- sary.’ Against New Granada the government of Wash- ington has also ‘ certain cause of complaint of old stand- ing,’ und others again of a recent date. New Granada be assured that Mr. Buchanan is not disposed to act fess rigor towards her than towards Costa and Nicaragua, or Paraguay, whose ports a squadron has’ just entered’ to demand promptand spontaneous reparation for wrongs done to the United States. In face of these requests, in presence of these menaces uttered in an imperious tone, can-one help doubting whether Mr. Buchanan evinces a very sincere desire to establish an absolute neutrality, gua- ranteed by several nations, in Central America? Is not his aggressivg policy in this cage a little inconsistent. with his protestations of pacific disinterestedness ? And will Eng- land consent to this new and truly practical construction ofthe Clayton-Bulwer treaty? The Constituionnel expresses @ conviction that Spain will never consent to sei] that fine island for money. The article concludes, asit had commenced, by warning the public not to attach too great an impor- tance to the document, but to regard it as the expression of an individual mind rather than a manifesto unani- mously approved of by the national will. [From the Gazette de France, Dec. 23.] ‘The Megeage of the President of the United States is of no ordinary importanc + * * * * Ae eat In reference to the differences with Cuba Mr, Buchanan states clearly what he means. He wants to purchase that island. and thinks that the other Powers will offer no op- position to that transaction. He asserts his rights to an acquisition of that kind from the substantial benefits to be derived from it by his fellow citizens. * ¢ * * * * * © cet ‘That is, to say the least, « policy of frankness and diplo- matic considerations of a new character. If such princi- ples were to triumph, there would ‘be no reason why the Mnited States, foliowing the example of England, should not make their choice of the territories that may suit them, eetablish themselves there, and proclaim their an- nexation, inorder to avoid the annoyance and delay of applying to a far distant metropolis, ‘It requires an Ame- rican or an Englishman to formulate such theories. Mr. Buchanan does not wish to be suspected of nourishing the thought of using violence. He only wants to purchase. AS a worthy representative of a republic of merchants he does not uncerstand that human life should be pat in peril when a better result can be obtained with money, He also declines being an innovateur; he states that formerly Lou- isiana was transferred for money by the great Napoleon, ‘This precedent cannot justify Mr. Bachanan’s doctrine, The Emperor Napoleon I. was often too little concerned about the rights of nations; his sword was his law; and he believed himself the sovereign master to rule every- re—frontiers of States, colonial posses- We caunot believe that such a ted at the present day. The Powers of equilibrium; it isto be hoped that it wal be iavoked by Franee and England against tho United States. It is important that the young republic should know that Europe aud the Old World are still some- with Rica thing. Mr. Tucbanan extends the same principles to Mexico He does not require that that conntry should be pur- chased: he has not the money to doit; he only wants to seize a partet th xican territory equivalent to the amount of his Lit against the government of Mex! * * * It ig not v creditors; nether ts tt advantageous for a small Power to be the neighbor of the noble republic, as may be seea by Mr. Buchanan’s proposed scheme of protectorate over the northern parts of Chihnahoa and Sonora. ich 18 the policy of that nation, where republican prio ciples are the basis of the constitntion. [From Galignani’s Meesenger, Dec. 24.) The American mestage is not as much remarked on by the Paris press ag might be expected. Only two journale— the Patrie aud the Constitutionnel—discuss at any length its various heads, and neither takes a favorable view of tue document. The article of the first named journal is remarkable for its bitterness of expression, not only against Mr, Buchanan personally, but against the United ates as anation, We regret to find such a tone adopted by our contemporary, being of opinion that whatever objections it might have to urge againet the langwage of the message are wedkened rather than strengthened by the garb in which it has invested them, {From the Independance Belge, Dec. 21 It is from pre philanthropy for the Africans that Mr. Buchanan wants to acquire the rich Spanish colony. * * * * a * * ited States as * The motives for quarrels with the different States of Central Acrica acd Mexico are not wanting, and the Message formulates intentions concerning them which a far from being benevolent. In fuct, there is on the entirc American continent only Brazil with which the cabinet of ‘Washington has uot some difficulty, (from Le Nord, Dec. 22. 0,28 we have Jest analyzed it hastily, that document is of great importance, and cannot fail to make a great commotion. It proglaitng about Mexico and Cuba princi- ples which cannot be indifferently accepted in. Kagland, although the London journals appreciate the Measage, in its ensemble, in a sufficiently favorable manner. The pro tectorate in contemplation over Mexico cannot fail to ex- cite serious objections. Tt must, however, not be forgotten that a message of a mt of the United States is not a sp from the Itis rather a political manifesto than « positive programme decided in advance Douglass on the Next Content, [From the Londou Globe, Dec tter to a friead in Presidential 24.) Fred. You have perhaps alr tiona this wntumn, except the republican purty (semi-abolitionist} Las be ug. Theso ol have only been for State oflicers and membors of Con gree: Wat they are exceedingly important as indicating the probable charac great national election in 1960, Uniews om en and nnforeseen revolution shail take place in the public mind during the next. eigh- tee mouths, I Uhiais it morally certain that we #hall have loual policy concerning slavery. Tt will not be manly abolition poliey, regarding slavery as @ great iranegression and to be jwstantly put downs bat it will be opposed to the arrogant demands of the slave power, endeavor to check the sprea/t of the sys tem, and thus to bumble and weaken it. A good thing will Lave been done when the skveholders shall hav. been taught that other than their chosen meu can get éon- tro! of the government. The present and several pre. ceding administrations have been apparentiy blind to such a possibility, They have known no power to oon cifiate but slavery. They have not only conceded all tha siavelioiders have demanded, but bave endeavored to anticipate thoir wants and to quicken their eupidity and love of power. Tu this respect the present administration hae ur passed all ite predecessors, A Nerono Eveeren 10 A CANADIAN Counctt— The Detroit Zriune ways that at a recent election for Coun- oilman in the townahip of Raleigh, Keut county, near Chat- ham, C. W., « negro, named Shadd, was triumphantly clectad, Devting his opponent (a white man) by a hand. majority. Shadit w “as black as the ace of spades,” and figured promiuently in a receat slave case a# the barborer Of a fugitive, Jina have but one a piece, each of whom wil! be “the en- thusiastic and unanimous choice of his own State.” ‘This, the Examiner thinks, looks ominous; for “a State that presents to a National Convention two candidates for the Presidency, stands @ poor chance against a State presenting a single candidate who commands the enthusiastic support of the whole State Convention.” The Examiner evidently does not think that this objection to Virginia statesmen can be met by the fact that some one of them can command the choice of Q majority of delegates, and thus be entitled, by the tra- ditions of our history and the unbroken usage of Virginia democracy, to reecive the vote of the State usa unit. AS sSibility of a Virginia aspiraut being th mous choice of the delegation, the Examiner coo 8 contingenoy entirely too remote to enter into the calen- ation. ‘Yhe Southera aspirants who, in the opinion of the Exa miner, have the vantage ground of ali Virginians, avo Messrs, Davis, Stidell, Breckinridge, Cobb and Ham- moud. Three ‘out of the five, however, our cotempo- rary presents as Lable to some excepton. Mr, Shdell is ‘a dangerous man—a “dexterous and adroit politi- cal manager”—a “ magician!’ —asieight of band “ Herr Anderson, of political diplomacy” —who, aibeit be pos. sesses *' more wariness than all the foxes of Samson,’ must concoct Fome very sudden and mysterions strate. efore he can * floor his enemies, Soule and Benja- Tudved, the Beaminer is by no means compiimea- tary towards Senator Slidell, Astor Davis aud Hammond, y are deseriled! us furnishing *+ instances of very sail den conversion from apparcat gectionalism,” and excuss- Die only on the grouno thot they have recently “+ tatensi- fled £0 rapidly and vehemently iu their conservatism aud national The gether free from objecti Cobb, of Georgia, with bis nationality ot bis present orthodoxy on the tariff quest probably loom up in Chartestou the unanimous the great State of Georgia—a State in popuiation and re- sources fast gaining on Virginia.”? The Eraminer finds yet another unexceptionable candi. date. “Turning to the Sootiwestern States, Breckinridge, the popular Vice President, with hands uusoiled by Kan- sus quarrels, (?) alrendy attracts the attention of the de mocracy of @he en West. The invar of that young statestoun, his conservatism, lis unbounded personal popularity, his briiliaut career tn Cougress, bis triumphs in Kentwel at bis admirablo private virtues, place him high upon the iists of probable candidates.” ‘Apart from the assumed superiority of po main- tained by Messis. Cobb and Breckinridge, the has yet another objection to Virginia aspirants ginia has already been five times honored in the enjoyment of Presidential honors’’—and oar cotemporary seems in- clined to favor the poligy of an equal division of Presi- dents among the States, We most admit that if such policy is to pre |, the present and the next five generations of Virginian statesmon are altogether pre- cluded from Presidential aspirations, It is fair wo presume that within the next 164 years the Union wil! include at least fifty States. Give to State five Presidents, of ope term each, avd subtract from these the nine Prest- dents already furnished by States otuer than Virginia, the result will be that Virginia must waitat 164 years before she can furnish another Vresident. “Happy is the man whose father bas gone to the devil,” has already be- come a proverb. Adopt the policy indicated by the Examiner, and we will soon have a converse maxim, to the effect—“Wo ‘0 the politicians whose ancestors have done honorable service to the nation." ‘The Kzaminer further urges that there have beea ‘dis- sensions and factions which have, for two years past, di- minished the influence and contributed to disorganize the pes in this State’’—and asserts that this is to be attri- ited entirely to the ‘eagerness of the Virginia de- mocracy to secure for fome distingnished statesman of Virginia the nomination of the national democracy at the Charleston Convention.’” The inference obviously intend- ed is, that Virginia democrat:, for their own good, ought to abstain from such noxious “eagerness.” The Examiner also deprecates the intervention of “por. sonal preferences” in the choice of Presidential canai- dates. Our cotemporary does not, however, lay down any rule by which this Supposed evil can be avoided. Tn- deed, it puzztes us, also, to dicover such a rule. When two men represent the same political principles it seems. to us that it would be best to give the personal preference to the man who can most ably enforce these principles. And, supposing men and principles to be equal al! round, we can't, for the lite of us, see how personal preferences are to be excluded, unless it shail be found expedient for the good people of the nation to stand undecided, like the iano ass who divided his attention between two bundleg of bay. From all the foregoing considerations, howe Examiner deduces the conclusion that ‘unless can present to the Charleston Convention another Jeffer- son, Madison or Monroe, such considerations wil! have their weight.” And the Examiner eviden bors under the apprehension that Virginia can’t present anything hke another Jefferson, Madison or Monroe. Indeed, our eo- temporary seems disposed Jer our surviving slatesmen all “second chop"—that, too, while South Carolina offers a candidate “every way ‘equal to the la- mented Calhoun.” Now, from ail this, thoughtless readers would immedi. ey min,” ac t date, and 2 ately conclude that te #zaminer is unfriendly to the Presidential nomination of any Virginia sta! un. How easy is it to mistake the spirit of a great thioker, when bis profound cogitations are forced throngh Uke tay dium of writtenswords. Recog K man perception, our sagncious to prevent sucli a misappret enormity of the offence, in ments of national safety, the Examiner froukly guilty” “toa strong desire, that, shouid the sel the democratic candidate be made from the slay: it should be made from Virginia.” We shure the guilt, if guilt there be. Our doairo, though perhaps much less ardent than that of the Erami ner, lies precisely in the same direction. Supposing us to be brethren in sin, wo appeal to our cotemporary, who understands the ‘nature of ti much better than we do, to point out which itcan be avoided, Verily we are even r dark here than we are on the “personal pi question. The Examiner intimates that the fr Messrs. Wise and Hunter are al! too eager for Hic fu tion of their respective favorites. Inteed, our cotempo- rary expressly states that the ardent desire for a Vir- ¥ takes good care . Fully conrcions of the jaw of the present requ pleads inix President ‘is shared by every democrat in the Sta How are we to shake olf all these democrats from their misguided inciiaations ? Shatl we persuade inem to agree to tak unex- coptionable outside fayoriter Ab! we 1 even the name of Breckinridge or of Cobb upon them, both Wise and Hunter men would much more strin gently oppose the getting aside of both their leaters for the sake of an e a Virginian fertinm quid, than Wise or Hunter men either bave yppozed the claims of either Vir ginia statesman to the nomination, Can we persuade the Virginia democrasy to stand aloof, to foid their arms, ant allow the other States w selock a candidate without any reference whatever to Virginia's preferences’ If we can persnade them to thix onght we todo it? Would not such a position of “mastery in. activity” at once deprive Virginia of all the vousted national influence of which our cotemporary iz so right: cously jealous? We cannot, for the life of us, see our way through the problem, If it is really necessary, as the Beaminer indi- cates, to throw Wise and Hunter overboard, how =lvall it be done? Quo modo? Our neighbor must inétrnet "s. Whe Slave Trad: (From the Winsboro’ (8. C.) Kegister, Jan. It appears that all the parties engaged in the ful enterprige have go far avoided apprehension, Capt. Corrie; but should they be discovered, we ho a due sense of the sacred obligations of citizoushin ani of our relations with the laws of our land will manifest itself by thelr captore and the infliction of the penaity their crime #0 richly merits. Tt constitutes no mitigation of the criminality of the perpetrators, or palliates in the slightest snes, toaver the unconstitutionatity of the right of Congrees to adopt the course has been vindicated by recent judicial research. on though the adverse were trae, it would be ab surd to plead it io extenuation until its formal repeal by constituted authorities. We hope that an opportunity now offers ikeolf to oar people to redeem and contirm their character as consis tent advocates an’ supportersof the principle © obedience to jaw,’ and of repudiating forever the foul Seward aboli tion dogma of the ** higher law,”” which may perbaps be predicated to the injury of our State in the Tecent action of the grand jury in Columbia, And nbove all, the citizens of Edgefield, if they are true to the commonest instinct of justion and’ right, must de- dounce any attempt to profit by the crime ot others by subjecting these Africans to Bervitude, but should deliver them up to be disposed of as the President prescritvied. (From the Edgefield Advertigey, Jan. 4.) Ata recent meeting of the Rock Cre®k Fuptist church, the following regolutions were passed and ordered to be published :— Thereas, we have been credibly informed that a large body of native Africans aro within our midst, and an effort i being made to spread them broadcast over the conn- try Resolved, That we do not oppose the existence of slavery as we have it among us, bat aro willing to dofend it with all the means that God bas given us. Resolved, That we have heard with deep regret that a number of these native Africans are in the midst of us, Resolved, That to bring untrained nogroes from Africa, and land them upon any portion of the soil of South Caro- lina, for the purpose of making slaves of them, meets our unqualified diaay ation, and we will oppose it with all the legal means within our power. ‘Wo call upon our sister churches to co-operate with us in this landable enterprise. : Done in Church Conference this Ist of January, 1850. JAS, F. PETERSON, Moderator. H, B. Rapors, Church Clerk. to attract her attention, aud as she turned her face to imag med terribly, |, a8 he immediately put the muzzie of the into his mouth, saying, before he did so, “Good bye,” and polled the trigger, the b ‘pall catering the root of his moutl, and passing to the back part skull, where it re- mained at the time we visited him. ; , Mr. Wand was able to speak after shooting himself, amd stated that, at ha'f-past nine o’clock Wednesday ey fe he came home comewhat unexpectedly, and found Mr x R. Meloney, State Comptroller, in bed with his wife. He bardly knew what to do, and, after walking the floor all night, be concluded to put an end to the existence of both himself and wife; and from the fact that his wife dropped when shot, he supposed that she was killed; Otherwise he would not haye shot himself, Mr. Meloney has been boarding at Mr, Wand’s house for some time, ‘and for the past month suspicions have been aroused of improprieties. Mr, M, and Mrs. W. have been quite intimate, she visit- ing the theatres with him frequently, riding out pleasamt afternoons while her husband was at his store, and duiging in other innoceut pleasures. Recentiy Meloney has been, or pretended to be, il much of the time, and Mrs. Wand would be up in’ bis room at most unseasonable hours, ministering to his wants, &c., all of which convinced Mr. Wand that she was being corrupted, but uo positive proof was offered till she was'canght in,the act. Mrs, Wand has taken reftge with her friencs. In view of the frequent lynching outrages in this Goy, Welter bus olferca a reward of $1,000 for the a] hension and conviction of persons engaged in such crimes. The following 1s a copy of the proclamation:— eas, I have received satisfactory evidence that a less individuals did, on tho 20th November, 1858, at Los Angeles, force the county jail and take there- from a prisoner, one Pancho Daniel, and executed him without authority of law; and, whereas, similar atrocious acts have been perpetrated im Tuolumne and some of the other counties of this State; Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority in me vested } by the constitution and laws of this State, I hereby offer | # reward of one thousand dollars for the arrest am coa- vietion of any or either of the persons or parties whe have beeu engaged in these unlawful executions. Le Later from the Rie Grande, {From the New Orieans Picayune, January 4.) The steamship General Rusk, from Brazos Sant Indianola, arrived at New Orleans on the 3d inst ing fourteen de: $140,485 in sp By this arrival we have the Brownsville Plag of the 224 and 29th ult. The Flag quotes a statement from the Monterey Bulle- tin that some seventy Mexican families from Texas have obtained permission from Gov. Vidaurri to remove imate that country. The Flag of the 20th notices a visit from Mr. Walsh, United States Consul at*Monterey, and says:— Mr, Waish is on his way to Washington city, and will, we doubt not, lay important mformation before the gov- ernment touching our relations with the people of North- ern Mexico, , bring. later news from northern Mexico, and The +lug says that Matamoros just now supports twe newspapers in the Spanish language, both adi the liberal or constitutional cause, viz.: Las Netecias ma Liberal Kepublicano, The Fiay snya:— We have dates from Victoria tothe 18th, and from Tam- pico to the same date. The Rifle, of , announces that the expected conference between Governors Vidaurrt aud Garza had taken place, though the result had not been made public, but it understands that it has directes to the important end that Nuevo Leon huila, with Tamaulipas, shall unite for the Li the reactioniets, even to the interior of the ic. General Vidaurri, after terminating the conference with Governor Garza, had returned to Monterey. We learn from a Monterey letter of November 29, im he Brownsville Flag, that Seymour, the absconding Trea- urer of the Hartford | Sg Savings Bank, was then re- iding m the house of Dr. Mears, in Monterey. Letter from Mr, Moses H. Grinnell. Frorence, Dec. 10, 1868. The result of the election in New York hus given me in finite Lebron and I rejoice most heartily in the triumph of Morgan. 1 seit great confidence that the State would go right, ‘os the time drew near when I was to hear the result, I found myself quite nervons, and when I opened my let ters it was with a trembling hand. But, when I saw that ail was right, I sprung upon my feet and gave three cheers for the cause of freedom and republicanism in New York. My courier and a hotel waiter, who were attend- ing us at dinner at the time, ignorant of the cause of such a demonstration, looked amazed, while Mrs. G. was alarmed lest the inmates of the hotel would think me de- ranged. I bave read the speech of Governor Hammond. It isa bold one for a Southern man to make. His advice, in many particulars, to tue South is sound, and T trust they will follow it. Thaye entire confidence that Morgan will make a popu- Jar Governor, and will do credit to himself and confer honor upon the State. Weare dhus far on our wey South; shall remain hero six weeks, then proceed on fo Rome, Naples, Sicily and nita, returning to pass Holy Week inthe Eternal City. About the first of May go to Venice and Trieste, then take a turn © kK, S048 lo go North Nanube to Vienna, thence to Dresden, Ber- af to reach Paris in Ju to finish up our visit ter pa sing a month in England, take the steamer for home in September or Octobe At Nice wk Antoni, the same Vetturino you had im ght us to Pisa along the Mediterranean, ungniticent Cornice road which, for variety scenery, Surpasses anything of the kind 1 M. H.G. and down t! Political Intelligence. Rouxay J. Watxer Lives iv Naw Jeeeny.—The Way Newark Mercury, in referring to the coming election of a Senator by the Jersey Legislature, which will assom- bie tomorrow, thus aunounees a new candidate in the field For a year post many of our citizens have been wonder- ing why it was that Hon, Robert J. Walker, one of tire re- signed Governors of Kansas, has kept up his residence im this State. They have met lim at watering places, at po- Titieal conventions and in other places where the of Dlie trates; and always the inquiry Why is it that the Governor, whe it part in the po! ties of the coun. himself in the classic shades of little st the wonder tsexplained, The Gover- nor desires to be United States Senator. He now comeq forward, we understagd, and asks the appointment on the ground mainly that Le has been a resident of the Stata for ® year, which is very good, certainly, as a standing point. No doubt the Governor agr the argument Uhat East Jorsey is cotitied to the Senatorsbip. gran lpeepelacrseineennslsnate Arrival of Gen. Scott In Mobi! [From the Mobile Register, Jan, 4. On yesterday afternoon Lieutenent Genetal Winfield Seolt arrived at this port on the United States steamer Vixen, shout four o'clock. Gen. Seott is recently from Key West, but immediately from Pensacola, where he had been examining the condition of the fortifications and de- fences on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The General came upon us mort unexpectedly, but was received with: an impromptu courtesy by the Mayor and a large num- er of our fellow citizens, who flew to greet him with tes- timonials of respect. ‘The old hero is stopping at the Rattle House, from whence we learn that it is his inten- tion to departto day for New Orleans. Here, as in Charles- ton, we understand, he does not desire to meet our com- munity with any public display; but at the earnest goli- italiOns of some triends he has consented to receive the calls of our citizens at the Battle House from ten o'clock this morning until the time of preparation for taking the Now Orleans boat. He is welcome aimong us, and many regret that we were taken 90 much by surprise that we are not able to demonstrate our respect in a way more worthy of our municipal honor, But he is welcome, Tar Camens iw Texas.—We visited Parson's wharf on Tuesday to witness a feat of strength performed by one of Mrs, Watson's camels, of which there were near a dozen on the wharf, of all sizes and agos. The camel londed was one of the largest. Upon the word of command being given the camel lay down, ready to re. ceive his load, which consisted of five bales of hay, weighing in the aggregate over 1,400 pounds, which was firmly bound to the pannier placed upon the animal's bump. Upon the utterance of command by the native keeper the huge animal rose, without an apparent extra effort, to his fect, and watked off in a stately manner along the wharf and Cag te city. We were informed that the samo camo! had 1,600 pounds placed upon him, with which Suan cate he easily rose, The animats are all exceedingly and seem to possess much affection for any one who treats them Kindly; as an example of which Mrs, Watson informed um that one of them, a Pom f which she had petted, would always kiss her when she wont within kiesing distance, which fact we really thought proved the animal to possess an excellent taste, ‘98 well as mm affectionate disposition. In their native country, the averago load for a full grown came! is somo 800 Ibs., with which they perform long journeys ovor dé sorts, with but little food or water. fo doubt not thas ‘with the abundant forage foun all parts of Texas, and ‘8 fall supply of water generally, the camo! will improve pl. = fo Pork us tae and be able to trans: larger pase, than in his native Counry.—Galvesion News, Dec. 90.’