The New York Herald Newspaper, January 16, 1859, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 8169. IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON. Purehace of Cuba—Demeeratic Caucus— Approval of the Slidell Biul—Thirty Millions to be Placed at the Die posal of the President, . &e., 4c, ke. Wastuncton, Jan. 15, 1859. A most important movement has been made here to- @ay in regard to the action of Congress on the question of the acquisition of Cuba. The democratic Senators hada caucus to-day to con- gider the policy of sustaining the proposition to place thirty millions at the President's dispoeal for acquiring Caba. They agreed that the committee having the ques- tion in charge should report in favor, reserving, how- ever, the right individually to vote for or against when the proposition may be be‘ore the Senate. Ibis probable that all, or nearly all, will vole for it, But several wish to be left free to act according to circum- etances. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs had an im- portant, meeting yesterday, and after an animated and Jong discussion they authorized their chairman to report. ‘a bil placing in the bands of the President thirty millions for the purchase of Cuba. ‘The Senate committee will, at their next meeting, re- port a similar bill, when the whole question of the acqui- sition of Cubs will be brought before Congress, and an exciting debate will undoubtedly follow. ‘Viearn that in the previous discussions of this commit. tee on this question but flye of its members have been precent—the absentees being Messrs. Crittenden and Doug- jas, Of the five present, two were favorable to the mea- gure and three were opposed; but since the caucus, one, if not two, of the opponents have changed their opinions. ‘The Northern democratic Senators will all vote in favor of the meagure, with the possible exception of Senators Dovgias and Broderick, and the friends of the former as- ‘sert that he will vote for it, for, whatever may be his per- sonal feelings towards the administration, his patriotism is guperior to all considerations of a personal nature when a great question on the policy of the country is at stake. It has been to accommodate the Southern democratic Senators that the reservation of the right to vote as they may see fit when the measure is brought up in the Se nate was conceded by the caucus. Some of them enter- tain certain abstract ideas about its possible injury to the South, such as were entertained by Mr, Calhoun and others in regard tothe admission of Texas and California. They wish for time to consult their friends at home, and ‘as the Texas prognostications have not turned out go dire- ful for the South, it is generally believed that that portion of the Union will come up in a solid body in favor of the bill. THE MODIFICATION OF THE TARIFF—A LAN OF $30,000,000 REQUIRED—ORGANIZATION 0” NEW TERRITORIES—OPPOSITION 10 THE ADMISSION OF IN, ETC. Leama ‘Wasmmorox, Jan. 15, 1869. ‘The Ways and Means Committee have before them ‘various propositions regarding the tariff under considera- tion, but thus far they have been unable to come to any determination. It seems to be settled that a new loan of not less than thirty millions will be needed to meet the demands of the government for the next fiscal year. There is no chance of the Pacific Railroad bill passing ‘the Senate. Since the action of the Senate yesterday its friends have given up all idea of passing it this session. ‘The House Committee on Territories had another meet- ing yesterday. They decided the Arizona boundary ques- tion, and will report bills immediately for Arizona and Dacotah. At the next meeting they will hear arguments on-Colona Territories. It is urged by many republican members in Congress that the opposition to the admission of Oregon ought to be party question. But such a course does not find fayor with all. Itis understood that the contract for the engines for the sloop-of-war building at Philadelphia has been defi- nitely awarded to Reany, Neafle & Co. There has been some delay about this in consequence of Mr. Norris claiming to have some rights in the matter. Commander Ryan Perry is ordered to the storeship Relief, fitting out to carry supplies to the Home and Paci- fie squadrons. HE GENERAL NEWSPAPER DESPATCH. Wastinaton, Jan. 15, 1859. ‘There are at present ninenaval veesels employed on oreign stations without regular pursers, namely :—Sloops- of-war Falmouth, storeships Release and Relief, steamer ‘Water Witch, brigs Perry, Bainbridge and Dolpbin, and schooner Fenimore Coop. In addition to this gumber, there are five chartered steamers and one revenue steamer, attached to the Para- guay expedition, which have no pursers on board, viz:— Steamers Southern Star, Atlanta, Caledonia, Metacomet M. W. Chapin and Harriet Lane, for which pursers on board of other vessels are acting, and for which they can receive no additional compensation. ‘The department was unable to assign pursers to the above named vessels, on account of the insufficient num- ber of officers belonging to that corps. Sixty-four only are allowed by law. Eleven of that number are unemployed. Of these one has been in the service forty- nine years, two more than forty-one years, and one more than thirty-five years; one has been recently in. valided from a forcign station and sent to the United States; five are old pursers who have been re- Jieved from duty within a year, andone has just been appointed. There are three pursers who have returned within throe months from sea, and are employed in sot- ting their accounts. The Secretary says the number of seamen in the naval service is that authorized by law, namely, 6,600; number of marines, including non.commis sioned officers, musicians, drummers, fifers and privates, 1,895; number of other omployés under charge of the Navy Department, ag near as can be ascertained at the several navy yards, 8,671. ‘There are in the navy ten ships-of the-line, ten frigates, twenty-one sloops-of-war, three brigs, one schooner, eight screw steamers of the first class, six of the second class, nine of the third class, two screw tenders, three side- wheel steamers of the first claes, one of the second class, three of the third class, one side-wheel tender, three store vessels, and five permanent store and receiving ships. The total number of vessels is §8, A Commander Perry has been ordored to the comraand of the storeship Relief, soon (@ leave for Aspinwaji. Lieut. Fitzgerald, recently restored to the Navy, fans been or- ered to the same vessel, Mr. Mercer, who was dropped ‘as @ midshipman, and reetored ag a lieutenant, has re- signed. 1. L. Dawson, of Texas, late clerk in the Law ‘Uffice, has been appointed second Lieutenant in the Ma- rine Corps. ‘The Treasurer’s statement shows an amount subject to pts ‘3726, , an increase over last week of nearly $82,000. ‘The drafts issued amount to $688,000, and the drafts $644,000. The net balance in the Treasury is $1,017,000. THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. BECOND SESSION. Senate. ‘Wasntteron, Jan. 15, 1859. ‘The Senate is not in session. House of Representatives, Wasmmrarox, Jan. 15, 1869, ‘THR PORTAL SERVICE. Mr. Foster, (opp.) of Me., asked, but failed to receive, consent to introduce # bill authorizing the Postmaster General to contract to carry the mails between Bangor and Halifax by railroad, PATENT RIGHT EXTENSION. The bill extending the patent for seven years to James ‘G. Holmes for an improvement in chairs for invalids was passed by 108 against 57, NAVAL AFPAIRS, o Fra Wa wee, ang on Bn Berar op Navy for information, Yards, the object being to ruary 1. does not affect the similar bill recently passed by the Senate.]} PRIVATE CLAIMG. CODIFICA’ we, ‘The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the bill to codify the revenue laws, Mr. Comms, OPP.) of Mass., while not approving all the details of the bill, would give it his support on broad na- tional grounds, it'being important not only to the mate, but all the transportation interests of the ‘Mr. Ginpivas, (opp.) of Ohio, gave notice of an amend- ment to abolish the traflic in slaves, to which this count in the treaty negotiated with Great Britain in 1814 is com- mitted. He said—Will gentlemen countenance the trafiic in human flesh, and involve the nation in the guilt of per- jury? ar. ‘Swrru, (adm.) of Va.—What 70 think of the coolie trade and the French traffic in Africans? Mr. Gippixcs—I think it as bad as the coastwise slave trade, If it was to sell the oman and his wife and children, 1 should object. chter.) It would not be as well to Mr. Smarn—I suggest w! comment on the inte) fact that thirty-five vessels in free States are engaged in the slave trade and only five in the Southern, before he undertakes to reform the morals of his neighbors. Mr. Gippivcs—I would be ren a Dron x ry 5 Tae | nor: my vows. inner In the course of his be Mr. G.) said, if he should be nominated for Governor of nio he wanted to make a straight out isaue with the democratic party. He wished to know from his colleague, Mr. Cox, whether the latter’s party was for or against the slave trade? Mr. Cox, (adm.) of Ohio, rose to pay his respects to his collcague for a few moments, and a crowd red round him. He said Mr. Giddings knew that the democratic members of the former seasion voted that it was inex- pedient and unjust to restore the African slave trade, and that democrats North and South are opposed to it. Mr. Gippincs remarked that he alluded to the coastwise slave trade. ‘Mr. Cox resumed, and said that Giddings had undertaken to place democrats in a false position, and inculcate the idea, that the democratic party was pro-slavery, when he knew that it was neither pro nor anti slavery, but placed itself on the doctrine of leaving the people to regulate the matter as they may think proper. He hoped his colleague may be nominated for the Governorship of Ohio, and when the election was over the latter would be left to ponder over the result, and exclaim, with Aristides, “I yield to popular opinion in everything, even when the people drive me into exile.”’ (Laugbter.) His colleague made negro equality in his speech the other day, but in his printed speech modified his language. Mr. Gippixes remarked that bis colleague misunder- stood him Mr. Cox—Are you in favor of negroes in Ohio voting? si Gwwincs—I expressed no such opinion. (Laugh. ter. ‘Mr. Cox—Would you permit them to vote? Mr. Gippixcs—I would whenever negroes excel the de mocratic party in intellect and moral virtue. (Excessive laughter. , Mr. Cox—My colleague does not come up to his doc- trine. Is he, or not, in favor of African equality and ne: gro suffrage in Ohio’ Mr. Gippincs—I would put them and the democrats on the same footing— (laughter) —but I will not interfere in the quarrel between them. Mr. Cox—The difference between my age and that of my friend—if I may #0 call him—wil! not allow me to put him to the torture, because he cannot be elected Governor of Ohio. In rising, all I wished to do wasto put the demo- cratic party right—and it is right. The gentleman can come on with his forces, and we will meet him. ‘Mr. Stanzox, (opp.) of Ohio, wanted to ask Mr. Cox-a question. Mr. Hovsto, (adm.) of Alabama, objected. The House had had enough of this. There was much confusion during the B iyi everybody being evidently interested in the dialogue. Mr. Joux Cochrane, “gal of New York, in closing the general debate on the bill, said he did not anticipate they would embark on the sea of abolition and slavery discus- sion simply on a question of commerce and codification of commercial law. He proceeded to anawer the objections to, and advocated the passage of the bill. The committee rose aad House adjourned, Brutal Murder in the Sixth Ward. TWO MEN SHOT IN ELM STREET—ONE INSTANTLY KILLED. About half past twelve o'clock this morning a party of rowdies, while passing through Elm street, attacked = man and before he was enabled to gat clear of the ruffians they drew a pistol and shot him dead. His name cuuld not be ascertained. They then turned upon a man named William Dicher, residing at 21 Elm street, who had come out on hearing the shot fired, whom they beat severely and shot at him five times, three balls entering his body andhead, He was immediately conveyed to the Hospital, where it was found his wounds were of such a nature that he could not live. Capt. Dowling and officers Galligan and Finn succeeded in arresting two of the alleged murderers about an hour afterwards in Broadway. They gave their names as (ico, Glass and James Higgins. They were locked up in the station house for the night. There are said tohave been two others with the party, but they made good their escape. News from Havana. ARRIVAL OF THE PHILADELPHIA—POLITICS OF THR ISLAND QUITE DULL—CLEARANCE OF THE BARK J. J. COBB—AMERICAN TRADE WITH AFRICA—THE CUBAN NEGROES UNRULY—SUGAB MARKETS, ETC, The United States mail steamship Philadelphia, Captain G. Harrison, from New Orleans by way of Havana, ar- rived at this port last evening. She left New Orleans on the 5th inst., reached Havana on the morning of the 8th, left port on the 9th, and made ner dock as reported. ‘The Philadelphia landed and transferred 110 passengers at Havana, and brought 26 passengers and a full cargo for New York. ‘She experienced heavy weather in the Gulf of Mexico. ‘There was little of interest occurring at Havana. Stock of sugar on hand 27,000 boxes. ‘The United States mail steamship Granada, Capt. Berry- man, arrived at Havana on the 8th, and would sail again for Agpinwall on the 9th inst. OUR HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE. Charter of the Bark J. J. Cobb—Wages of the Hands on Board—The Trade from Cuba to Africa—Trouble with the Negroes on the EstatesmSale of Knives to the Colored Po- pulation, de., dc. navi- coun- Havana, Jan. 9, 1859. Thave examined at the United States Consulate General, as to the shipments of the crew of the bark J. J. Cobb, &e., Cleared, as advised some two weeks ago, and tind the following facts:— That the vessel was chartered for six months for legal trade between Cuba and the coast of Africa, or to return to the United States, as might be most to the interest of the charterere—charter signed by one of our most re- spectable houses; that the crew were shipped under the direction and supervision of the United States Consulate— part for $18 Der iionth, two at $20 por month, ana three eed at $25 per month, the usual wagos at this port when hands are scarce; and that wone were shipped at the {xiraordinary price of $68 per month, reported as the (eo bly oe Paid on said vessel. Subsequent to the # “cI the aptain, in consultation with the consign- greed, -<#8el, and with the approval of the chatter ers, perce ‘9 put the wages of all the seamen at $25 per Hor’a, to prevent diseatisfaction on board, and for eanon of the length of the voyage, the climate, &o. , Where they might be detained In disposing of outward cargo and porcbasing for return. As previously reported, ‘for a ‘voyage of two years,” and “lowest seamen’s wages $60 per month,’’ the public is imposed upon. Reports are frequently spread here to catch the unwary reporters for the press of the United States, generally having strong features of British origin, expecially when vessels of the United States are sold to Spanish owners, and the flag changed, as recently verified in the case of the American ship Horatio, sold to Messrs. Sama & Co., by the master and owner, Captain Chase; which ‘vessel is without armament on board, and will have none—unusual with vessels of her clase—being intended for the cotton trade between southern of the United States and Barcelona, or other Spanish porta, and to return with car- oes for Cuba—on which business she leaves for New Or- ins this week, where her first cargo is waiting her. ‘The negroes have been a little unruly—many were found armed, and were imprisoned... Two thousand five hundred knives have within a few days been sold to negroes. Marine Court. DAMAGES FOR’ CARELRSS DRIVING. Before Jndge Thompson and a Jury. Jam, 15.—James Fitegerald vs. Phelps, Dodge & Co.—Ie Avgust last the plaintiff had his horge and cart backed up against the curbstone in front of the store No. 27 Clit street, to take ona load of carboys, weighing about 220 nds each, A driver, with a team of the dofendante, rove up the strect with a lond of four tons of block tin, and in passing tho plaintiff's horso the hind wheel of the defendants’ truck ran upon the near fore foot of the plain- ree, injuring him go badly as to render him almost entirely worthless. The Court charged the jury that the Jaintii! at the time the accident happened was in the law- J occupation of the street, and that the question for them to decide was ane of negligence; that if the jury believed that the carelessness of the piaintif’ contributed inthe slightest de to produce the accident, altho the de- fendante were in fault, he could not recover, The jury gave a verdict for plaintiff for $250 damages, SUNDAY MORNING, The Revolution and Counter- Revolution. ZULOAGA IN THE BRITISH LEGATION, PRESIDENT. MIRAMON Federal Successes in the East and Re- verses in the North, &., &e., By the arrival of the steamer Philadelphia from Havana we have received our Mexican exchanges to the 36th ult. from Vera Cruz, and to the 27th from the city of Mexico. The following recapitulation gives the principal Points of the news, including the late interesting political movements in that republic:— {Translated for the Nsw York Haratp from the Diario de Ia Marina, Jan. 7.) General Echeagaray, commander of the Eastern divi- sion, pronounced in Ayutla on the 20th of December. After carrying on a fruitless negotiation, the government determined to combat him, and for this purpose Geno- ral Zuloaga was to leave the capital. In this state of affairs, and when Echeagaray had been made a prisoner by General Perez, Governor of Puebla, it became known at that place on the 24th that on the previous day the capital bad pronounced, and that Gen. Robles was at the head of the victorious revolution. In effect, on the night of the 23d arrangements had been made between the insurgents and Gen. Zuloaga, in ac- cordance with which the capital came under the govern- ment of Gen. Robles as commander of the garrison, under whose auspices the junta of notables was to be conyoked to determine in regard to the future. Gen. Robles expected to make arrangements with Gen. Miramon and his forces, and he appointed a committee to proceed to Vera Cruz and treat with the federalists. In the meanwhile communications between the capital and the army of the interior and Vera Cruz were going on; important adhesions, like that of Puebla, were being re- ceived, and the junta of notables had met to decide the form of the eupreme government, when ad- vices were received of the new victory of Miramon over Degollado, and under this influence the junta re- solved that the supreme power should be exercised by a single person, and that this person should be the com- mander of the victorious army. ‘The Vera Cruz Progreso contains the following items of news:— General La Liave had occupied Jalapa with the federal forces under his command. On the night of the 20th the federal General Trejo took the town of Huatusco after a hard fight, in which he captured seventy-two prisoners, all of w he relieved from the penalty of death in the name of his government, which had approved the act. The same journal gives the foliowing account of the revolution in the capital:— When the citadel pronounced in the afternoon of the 28d, the movement was followed at all the other points where troops were stationed, excepting the Palace, and at 934 at night Zuloaga was overthrown and had left the Palace, taking refuge in the house of the British Minis- ter, where he still remained at the latest date, notwithstanding that « convention had been entered into with Gen, Robles, under which the liberty and security of his person was guaranteed in the territory under the ju- risdiction of the new authorities. Before flying Zuloaga took sion of $20,000, which were in the treasury and divided them among his adherents, reserving $8 for himself. On the 27th the commiltce appointed by Gen. Robles, composed of Don Valente Mejia, Augustin del Rio and Don José M. Esteva, left the capital’ for the purpose of con- ferring with the authorities at Vera Cruz. Cordoba and Orizaba were in possession of the federal forces, they imving beg eyacuated by the troops of the government of Mexico. i Au the political prisovers in the capital had been lib- rated. &, THE ROBLES PRONUNCIAMIENTO. {From El! Progreso of Vera Cruz, Dec. 29.} On the 28d inst. the garrison of Mexico pronounced in favor of the plan we now communicate, and which we have received, accompanied with acircular of Don Manuel Robles, wherein he declares that he has accepted the in- vitation addressed to him to place himself at the head of the movement. In the considerations of the said gaid that D. Miguel M. Echeagaray agrees with the new forum innamray Corr ar Mexico THE AN tun, Cer or oN — ‘Tau 28D oF ‘The undersigned chiefs ‘and officers, assembled in tho barracks of San Augustin, considering that there is no doubt that the situation wherein the republic finds itself? imperiously demands the ‘of some prompt and energetic regolutions in order to avoid that the evils under which it suffers be aggravated by the division of the armed force, / Considering that, in order to arrive at the pacification of the country, it is necessary that the actual government cease to exist, becase experience has proved that neither itself nor the so-called constitutional one can reckon on the physical and moral force necessary for obtaining the peace of the repubhe, those good results will not be at- tained by the establishment of anew administration, if it does not rely on the support of public opinion, and ‘more particularly on that of peaceable, wealthy and industrious citizens, who have the most to suifer under the state of anarchy and disorder wherein we are living. Considering that this eupport can only be hoped for when the persons who are to give it have due participa- tion in the ization of the government, and in the election of the public functionaries, and by this means alone that cordiality and union so indispensable in the present crisis can exist between society and the armed force; Considering that, provided there be in our actual situa- tion any remedy, it can come only from the nation, that the latter shall constitute itself freely, and give itself a government which, supported by the men of good faith of all parties, sball render justice to all and establish secu- rity and order; -oneidering that, order to obtain this result, itis in- dispensable to establi visiona! administration which a prot ehall begin the work of conciliation, proceeding with im- partiality, justice and encrgy, whose origin shall flow from the popular will as far as permitted by the short space of time wherein it is necessary to establish it, and whose chief shall be elected freely; Considering that within this short time no other expe- dient can be employed in order to ascertain public opinion but that of having recourse to the respectable inhabitants of the whole republic, who, on account of the war itself, have abandoned their residences, who well know an represent the ideas of their respective localities, and who to-day are in this capital; Considering that the proclamation by the armed force of any political plan whatever, the designation by it of acan. didate, and its support of any personal ambition what ever, would only contribute to render the situation more difficult and to extend still farther the civil war; Considering that the nation only should solve the social and political questions of the actual struggle —that it is its concern not only to constitute itself definitely, but also to give itself freely, a provisional administration, and that the army is only to support and assist its sovereign will, and bearing in mind that his Excellency Gen. D. Miguel Maria Echeagaray , in the name of the forces under his com mand, with remarkable «isinterestedness, has manifested his eonsent to these ideas and his desire to see the plan he proclaimed in Ayutla on the 20th ult. modifiea in the part concerning the provisional administration— ‘Wo, the undersigned, have adopted and proposed to our fellow citizens the following plan:— Art. 1. The government established in Mexico in con- sequence of the plan of Tacubaya is disowned. a 2, A popular junta. whigh ghall meet in this cani . ee Hosea of persons from all paris of the républic and the different classes of society, of approved patriot ism, enlightenment and probity, without distinction of political party, shall, as a representation of ths nation, proceed to establish a provisiovaladministr:ion, nominat ing the person that is to exercise the 8Uprome power, fixing the bages to which he shall confine himself, and determining the mode and form in which he shall call upon the nation in order that it may freely constitute itself, Art. 8. The said junta shal! be convoked within the shortest cert of time possible, by a commission com posed of the first of the political authorities of this capital that = adopt this plan, of a person nominated by tho General-in-Chief of the Eastern division, and of another nominated by the chief of this garrison, and shall termi- pate its'labore within five days, counted from its instal- Intion, to which end it isto proceed by shortening the procedures, and without any other discussion but that necessary for laying down the propositions and sug- gestions. Art. 4. As soon as the provisional basis shall havo been adopted, the person nominated for exercising the supreme power shall take the customary oath before the very same junta, which will be dissolved when the pro- visional government is regularly constituted. Art. 6. His Excellency Goncral D. Manuel Robles Pezuela shall be invited to take the command in chief of the forces garrisoning this capital until the establishment of the provisional government. ay follow signatures, Our printed copy has none. CIRCULAR OF GENERAL ROBLES. Ihave the honor to ‘send you a copy of the plan pro- claimed this Le ed this garrison :— I bave accepted the honorable invitation addressed to ‘me to place myself at their head, as well to hone to their sey because the principles laid down Pr lan seem to me to be conformable with reson m. , Tam convinced that being aware of this will lend your important services to the happy result of a move- oante pea one ground my a ished ign to accept on this my list esteem and ciesigereton. God and iiberty! ay MANUEL ROBLES PEZUELA. Mexico, Dec, 23, 1858. NEWS FROM TAMASCO. [From the New Orleans Picayune, Jan. vt We are indebted to Captain Peterson, of the W. W. Hark- nees, froin ‘Tabasco Deo. 28, for favors. The latest dates furnished us are the At Democrata, the official paper of that State, up to the 22d ult. Tho numbers we have do not contain much that is inte- resting. The editor looks at the distracted state of the country with some hope, and records the efforts made to sustain the cause of {Bis Governor ofthe Sato has pv corsoanence Dneeun the die. } and the Reminiscences of the Times in New York. women of the country, aided by the Edward Everett, to move the nation to Vernon estate, has caused a lively people in different portions of the of what yet remains among us of places ed sacred by tho decds achieved by the ilustriovg hergesof the Revolution. In the last muiaber of the ‘Mount Vernon Papers,’’ Mr. Everett gives @ sketch of the rise, progress and demoli- tion of House in Boston, where the illus- trious his early days, and laments that so little regard ly been paid to such remnants of our illustrtoussires; and recently, owing to the ueath ofa @f John Hancock, it has been proposed to purchase the @ld Hanceck House in Boston, and preserve it for a city reak for the Governor of Massachusetts. Apropos of | relics of the Revolution, what remains ’ (reat epoch in the World’s history? One of Our corps apswers this question ina few brief sketches, WASHINGTON’S HEADQUARTERS. Cn the corner of Broad and Pear! streets stands a hotel, known to have been the headquarters of General Washing- ton at one of the most important epechs of his ever impor- tant and ever eventful history. There fs little external resemblance between the hotel of December, 1783, and that of January, 1859. Then, it was a building of three stories high; to-day, it & five stories in height, and propor- tionately extended in width. The principal interest, how- ever, associated with the hotel remains there still. The most interesting scene that was ever witnessed in that or any other building was the affecting, affectionate adieu which “ the Father of bis Country” bade to the officers of the American army at the close of the War of Indepen- dence. There are many interesting reminiscences associated with “Fraunce’s Tavern’? before it was the headquar- ters of the Commander-in-Chief in the hour of his triumph; but in the presence of that scene which we have named everything in its history takes a secondary rank. On Thursday, the 4thof Deeember, 1783—nine days after the British troops aud their Hessian emissaries had left Manhattan Island firever—the principal officers of the Continental army sii] in the service of the budding republic asgembled in that tavern to take leave of the immortal hero, Washington entered the large room on the second floor, where they anxiously awaited his pre- sence. After the usual salutations, taking a glass of wine in his hand, he said:-— With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. Imost devoutly wish that your latter days may be as bappy and ous as your former ones have been glorious and honoratle. ‘Having drunk, he continued:— T cannot come to each of you to take my leave, but shall bod as to you if each will come and take me by the ‘The affecting scene of adieu no pen can describe. The work was accomplished—the colonies were free. The heroes and their hero chief had won their liberty, were about to separate, no more to meet on the gory field. The master mind thai had ever been equal to the trying moments of a frequently doubtful war withdrew in silence from that noble band of freemen, leaving them overcome by emotion. From that day to this the building has been occupied as. & hotel; but with the changes of our city it has changed in its character. No longer the resort of the fashionable of a generation all past and gone in the aristocratic portion of the city, it bas become a commercial hotel, surrounded swith the talans-of bay commerce on every side, In all its changes of enlargement and of the character of the place, the room remains where we attoomg-evcne” tran spired, and thousands and thousands have visited it to feast their imaginations on those interesting moments when worth was appreciated and more highly honored in ‘the solemn silence of overflowing hearts than mortal tongue could utter. THE WASHINGTON HOTEL. This fine old building, from its situation in a place of public thoroughfare, corner of Battery place and Broad. way, has probably attracted more attention from visiters to our city than the other relics of Revolutionary times that have, as yet, escaped the edict of demolition. It was built by Captain Kennedy, of the royal navy, in 1760. Its original proportions have, in the course of time, been greatly changed. At its erection it was doubtless regarded as a spacious buiiding; but the change from a private resi dence to @ hotel has required its enlargement to twice its original dimensions. The early associations of the house would entitle it to be regarded ag more British than American; but as a few of the happiest moments of Washington’s life were passed there, and those also important moments in American his- tory, it bears the hero’s name. At the outbreak of the Revolution, when General Charles Lee arrived in the city with 1,206 volunteers from the Connecticut colony, to strengthen the patriots, then me- naced by Parker, of the Asia, he took up his quar- ters there. Washington is likew'se reported to have sub- 3, but of that there is ‘itish ore afterwards possession of the city, General Sir Henry Clinton ere made his headquarters. While occupied by him Major André assisted in it wa treasonable plot Pa by the infamous Arno! the surrender of West Point to the British general. A small room on the first floor of the hotel is now point- ed out to the visiter as the place where the nefarious work of treachery was debated, where the price for the villany was concluded, where it subsequently, in all pro- | Dality,, was paid to Arnold, whose neck narrowly escaped the halter. The house was subsequently occupied by Sir Guy. Carleton and other British officers. hen the British vacated the city, on the 25th Novem- ber, 1788, tradition has it, both in prose and poetry, that ‘Washington viewed from the roof of the building thelr de- parture from our shores, The poet, alluding to the cir- cumstance, asks:— And who fs he that stately stands On yonder root—bis eye Bright as the lightning when it wakes, Ob, heaven what feelings micat he k 5 } fee! must he know While thus depart the conquered foe! The building was subsequently occupied by distinguished personages, among whom were Aaron Burr, Daniel D. ‘Tompkins, De Witt Clinton, Nathaniel Prime, ke. It was there that Rumor gave local habitation to one of the peceadilloes associated With Colonel Burr's history, and other interesting incidents aré related of great men there in times of peace and war. ‘The building has been greatly enlarged; still the addi- tions have been made in keeping with the original style. The garden behind the house ‘fas disappeared, to givo place for the erection of a large dinin hall, which now connects this houge—famous in Revolutionary histor: with the peaceful dwelling of the no less great man, bert Fulton, where he spent his last days on earth. HE NEW YORK HERALD. tee PRICE TWO CENTS. tere of Gen. Gage, the commandant of Fort George, and captain of the British troops in America some years before ‘and wt the breaking out of the Revolution. The General being considered by his government unlikely to success- fully cope with the “ rebels,” was for Gev. Wm. Howe. During ‘Antic Gardens,k'place that attracts but ttle attention at the present time. pe ‘THE BOWLING GREEN. Directly in front of the buildings described is a piece of round on which frequently patriot assembled, about a century ago, to epeak their grievances, assert their rights, and betimes claim them, in language that meant action, when they felt oyerburthened and oppressed by their Brie tish rulers. Though no tiled roof covered that space, nor no walls re-ochoed the eloquence of facts there proclaim- ed, it js not the less worthy of notice as one of the sacred spots where the spirit of freedom rst made manifest its abborrence of foreign tyranny. The most worthy of mention of those spirited gatherings’ which foreshadowed the general uprising of the Colonics against oppression, and which led to the American war and our independence, took place there on the let of No- vember, 1765. That day the Stamp Act was to take effect. ‘The evening before ‘‘The Sons of Liberty” had metand resolved to oppose the introduction of the “‘infamousact,”’ and to prevent the distribution of the stamps. Handbills were posted throughout the city, and early the next morn- ing the movement was everywhere manifest. The people formed into twocompanies. One erected a gallows “in the fields,” probably about where the City Hall now stands, on which they bung an effigy of Governor Colden. In his hand was a stamped paper, on his back & drum, on his breast a label, and by his side they hung, with @ boot in bis hand, a figure repre- senting the devil. The other company, with an effigy seated in a chair, paraded the streets, and then joined the first party, and unitedly, and with minds steeled to meet the emergency, they presented themselves before the gates of the Fort. ‘They were quickly closed, and British bayonets and cannon soon pointed to the city. Tho People, unable to proceed further, returned to Broadway, broke open the Goyernor’s coach-house, and dragged his carriage to the Bowling Green, where, with the effigies, it was commited to the flames. ‘his was the first menace to the supremacy of the throne, and the very utmost they could do to express their weariness of royaliy. The doings of the New Yorkers that day at the Bowlipg Green told a tale to tyrants. Everywhere throughout the colonies the Revolutionary” spark began to show itself, and the repealing of the act a few months after did not extinguish it. On the following July a small meeting was held in the King’s Arms garden, before mentioned, whence they proceeded to the leaden statue of the king, which stood where now stands the fountain at the foot of Broadway, and unceremonious!y pulled the representative of royally to the ground, and despatched it to Connecticut, where it was afterwards melted into bullets for the service of the patriots. There is a story abroad about the iron railing that (now encircles the fountain. The round tops of the iron posts are said to have been broken off and used by our Revolu. tionary progenitors against the enemy; but of this we have scen no undisputed evidence. "The tops are certain- ly gone, and might have been so used; but in very ancient rints of the lower part of Broadway, embracing the wling Green, there is another character of railing repre- sented to that which now surrounds it. Suflicient, how- ever, for the purpose of this sketch, there are many re- ed to the place to render it worthy of the notice of those who consider it worth the city’s atten- tion to preserve what little remains among us bearing the traces of the glorious etruggie for independence. THE MIDDLE DUTCH CHURCH AND THE NORTH REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH. Perhaps no buildings have been preserved to us from the Revolutionary era that are regarded with more direct and abiding interest by many families in the city than these two churches. Great men and their great acts are public and common property. General interest, however enthusiastic in either, is nothing compared with that direct interest in blood relationship. To the great mass of our population the fact may be unknown that in these two edifices large numbers of the unfortunate patriots who were taken prisoners of war while fighting in defence of the city were there huddled together, and there treated, in many instances, in a manner that reflects no honor upon the then representatives of the British government. ‘Tho roletives of these prisoners havo, in the course of the two generations intervening, multiplied and extended till there are probably few of these unfortunate ‘‘rebels’’ not claimed by numerous families in the city as an honor to the family name. The modern use of the first of the building, as the general Post Office, draws many thou- sands of persons unacquainted with this fact, and conse quently etrangers to reflection thereon, to it daily; and possibly many whose progenitors honored the church with their presence as prisoners of war, in their earnestness of business, may pass it by unheeded, Yet there are, doubtless, another many who view the church, the prison house and the Post Office with reveremial feelings. In the rush and confusion of business few think of the fervent prayers that were offered there, for the liberty that the nation enjoys by the brave hearts who were ready then to give their life—their all—that the colo- nies might be free, and that the soveregnty of the people might be established forever, a sweet boon to their pos- terity, if not to them. Besides its temporary use within for @ prison for the patriots, and afterwards a riding school for the British dra- oous, it Was without, above the belfry, used by Benjamin Franklin as an observatory and a place where he made many of his early experiments in the science of electricity that have since been the basis from which great names bave labored and gained their niche in the Temple of me. The Reformed Dutch Church, still used for sacred worship, on William street, between Fulton and Ann, has similar interesting ‘reminiscences around it. ‘The pews were taken out and used for fuel, and therein no less than 800 prisoners were confined. The imagination, without wending its way into the fanciful and extravagant region of fiction, may picture the condition of such a num- ber of men huddled together into one building; their agony of mind while there, kept strangers to every intclii- ence of progress of the . who had falten of eir own ily in the purugele, and of the weals and woes of the caure for which y were prisoners, may be easily imagined, With a knowledge of these facts, both churches, in their busy thorougfares, are of more note to visiters than the more stately edifices in fashionable re- gious. THE WALT HOUSE. Admiral Walton’s house still stands in Pearl street, op- posite the Harpers’ publishing house. The lower part of the building is occupied by different tradesmen, and the upper floors as private dwelling apartments. here is nothing specially attractive about the house as it is. It looks aged and little cared for, ary without the large let- ters on the front—The old Walton House—it would be passed by unobserved from its surroundings. The Ad- miral had » large circle of distinguished acquaintances, and that now dingy building was once one of the most fashionable resorts of the aristocracy of tho city. It was there, and we believe it was then, that Citizen Venet, the Miniter to this country of revolutionary France, married the daughter of Governor Clinton of this State. RHINELANDER’S SUGAR HOUSE. This building, in which many of the “rebels’’ were imprisoned, as were algo many of the whigs suspected of sympathising with them, still remains. Tt stands between Rose and William streets, near to Duane, but is 30 sur- jens A with other buildings that it has to be inquired for. ARNOLD'S RESID! E. ‘The building adjoining the Washington Hotel has some very interesting revolutionary reminiscences con- nected with its history. When Arnold’s treason was dis- covered he made his escape to the British frigate Vulture, then lying in the Hudson river, and subsequently he got to this city. On his arrival here he took up his residence in the building adjoining that occupied by the British genoral. Naturally enough, Washington viewed with anxiety this close rolationship between the traitor and Sir Henry Chnton. To abduct Arnold, if possible, or, failing in this, to wateh him and gain reliable information of the enemy’s movements, was a very important matter in the commander’s mind. A Sergeant Champe, of Colonel Lee's logion, was chosen for the important mission. The sergeant was to desert to the British ranks. He soon did so and it was but ashort time before he found himscif where he wanted to be, in New York, having all the intorcourse he required with Arnold in this buiiding to enable him to Jay his plans and to furnish the Commander of the Ame- rican forces with all the information ho required of the plans or abandoned by his enemies. The for the traitor’s abduction was fixed, and the for accomplishing it completed; but w the sergeant’s great LL morning he had orders toembark on a British that immediately sailed for the shores irginia. There, however, he the American 8, and was received warmly by his comrades, and honored ¥ those whom be had served. ‘The Arnold House, No. 8 Broadway, has therefore double interest associated with its history. ‘Bho bravery, fidelity and valuable services to the country of Sergeant Champe while there, and in relationship with Arnold, ret der the place as pleasurably interesting as the traitor’s sole occu of it would have rendered it as sadly noto- rious ag its occupant was infamous and detested. KING'S ARMS TAVERN. A little further op Broadway, No. 9, was the headquar It has been used for different purposes; was an ink manu- factory not long since; the greater part of Wt is now used also | as a storage for rage, and the other portion of it is used fag a brass foundry and a turner’s workshop. THE STUYVESANT PEAR TREE. Asketch of this character could scarcely be compiete without a notice of ‘ the oldest inhabitant,’’ on the corner of Thirteenth street and Third avenue. No royal James was ever concealed in its branches, nor charter ever hidden in its tronk, nor was it the rallying place for patriots, to give it a spe- cial claim to & particular mention among Revolutionary relics and asgociations. Yet there it stands, perhaps the only immovable body in the city, during all the varied ebanges that have acterized the city of New York, from the days of the respected Petrus Stuyvesant’s Dutch own upwards of two centuries ago, to the pre- sent time, On the forenoon of Evacuation Day the British troops were mustered near to it before leaving the city. The American troops were towards Harlem on the other side of it, and the pear tree, that still bears fruit in its season, is certainly now the only “living inhabitant’ that “wit nessed”’ the joyiul change from ‘Only afew years back there were many ancient buil ings, the residences of persons of note, left in this cit but beyond these described, and remnants of one or two of little note and scarcely known, they have all been cleared away to make place for others adapted to the times. cinieaaaatemenaiahininnenenn® Supreme Court—Special Term. Refore Judge Sutherland. Decsioxe—Frederick A, Hemmer vs. Charles Gents. — Motion denied, withont costs to either party. R. 1. Allen ve. W. W. Adaie 4 al.enMotion to change Jace of trial granted, With $10 cos P'Charles Swan vs. James Black.—Motion to vacate order of arrest granted, with $10 costs, Kaward Kenos et al. ve. Jobo M, Bence, Jr.—Motion denied, with $10 costs z INTERESTING EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE, eres Arrival of the Jara at this Port and the Niagara at Boston. t THE DETAILS OF ONE WEEK'S NEWS. Speech of Lord Morpeth on the Slavery Question, Gpening of the Suez and Alexandria Bailroad. THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN LOAN. nee THE IRISH REVOLUTION. LETTER FROM &., SMITH O'BRIEN, &e., &e. The Cunard screw steamship Jura, Captain Moody /arrived at this port last night. She left Liver. pool on the Ist inst. The “Cunard mail steamship Niagara, Captain Lang, the news by which we have already given in a telegraphic abstract, arrived at Boston yesterday noon.# She also left Liverpool on the Ist inst. Her mails will be ready for delivery this morning. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland had appointed the,30th ult. to receive the committee deputed at the public meeting held at the Mansion House to present the resolutions adopted on that occasion in reference to improved postal communication be- tween Ireland and America by Galway. The Limerick Reporter, at the tail of a lecture delivered by the Countess of Landsfelt, (Lola Montez,) gravely states that— Madame Lola Montez takes a deep interest in Ireland. and particularly in the establishment of an American and Irish packet postal service, and on her return to America it is her intention to lecture on the subject and to draw public attention to the necessity of selecting the best Irish port, whichever may be proved such, for this great pur- Beq et Cruise's Hote tagechoeng The Cork journals report the death of Sir William. Lyons, J. P., one of the largest merchants in that city. He served as Mayor in 1849. The Giornale di Roma of the 24th ult. denies the reported differences between the Papal and French governments, The journal states that the newspaper reports alleging animated and bitter conversations to haye taken place between the re- presentatives of the two governments, together with other unpleasantness of a similar nature, are untrue. A letter from Saragossa, Spain, says that a French Jewess, named Lonise Collet, had been baptised there with extraordinary pomp, the prin- cipal authoritics and the bishop being present at the ceremony. The Keichs Gesetzblatt (Austrian paper) has published a law for the establishment of emigrants in Hungary, and promises them important advan- tages. The London Herald of the 30th ult. says:— ‘The object of Sir Alan McNab’s visit to this country is to promote the railroad from the head of Lake Superior to Red River. The Abolition Movement in SPEECH O¥ LORD MORPETH AT LEEDS. The Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle took part in the proceedings at a soiree of the Leeds Young Men's Anti-Stavery Society, which was held in the Town Hall, Leeds, on the evening of the 29th ult, ice the presidency of the Mayor, Sir Peter Fair- inn. The noble lord, in addvessing the meet said {ho rummons to" attend the Soirée. of thetiaeds Young Men’s Anti-Slavery Society com va- rious incentives. First, there was the locality in which the soirée was to be held—the town of Leeds—which had witnessed and won many an up hill fight in the good cause of human progress— (applause)—next, there were those of whom the society was composed—the young men of Leeds. (Applause.) In accordance with this view, and also in strict conformity with the very eloquent re- port which had just been read, he had been asked and should be happy to move this resolution: — That, freedom hove bey gift of God, it is the inalienable right of every man; to deprive a man of tais ri is contrary to all laws, human and Divine, and that, fore, we regard slavery as an unmitigated evil, demand- ing the condemnation of every human being who respects the laws of God, or recognizes the principles of natural justice or the equal rights of man. In those days of his early canvass, to which he had alluded, he remembered that, animated b recollection that he was then aspi to the seat which had been long occupied by William Wil- berforce—(applause)—and further animated by the actual presence and colleagueship of ad Brougham, who was devoting his great tale (probably then at their highest pitch of excellence) to this great canse, he called upon the men of Yorkshire by voice and vote to n the day when in the English colonial possessions the slaves should kneel down to thank Heaven for its best blessing, and spring from the ground without a chain and without a master. (Cheers.) In a very short period afterwards, and, as Mr. Cobbett said, principally in consequence of the at was made about it by the “ crack- county of York—(laughter)—at all events, however, that might be, very soon afterwards, as faras British agency and Bhitish participation in this accursed. roperty was concerned, slavery re- ceived its death blow. Their own hands, thanks to the meric goodness, were entirely clean. (4p plause.) hy then, it might be asked, did the young men of Leeds and other towns feel them- selves called upon to constitute eet a asso- ciations and hold anti-slavery meetings? Perhaps it might not be an imperative duty, but he was sure that it was a righteous exhibition of feeling and « graceful act of sympathy; (Applause.) They had not now to learn in how large a portion of the im- mense continent of the United States of America slavery still prevailed. (Hear, be a He did not affect on that account to draw up a bill of indict- ment against the American nation; he did wo sume to assert that the system was incompatible either with the name of a Briton or the faith of a Christian. The complicity of this country had been too recent to make feel liimself authorized to be the person to make that Gir boven hed inherent truth there wight be init; he could not erase from his memory also the knowledge that it was the mother country that originally inoculated her ottpring, with the est, and he felt conscious thatin early life many of ‘is own acquaintance held property in man; but, on the other hand, he knew that there was now across the wide Atlantic a noble brotherhood, aye! and a noble sisterhood, too, he was proud to say—(applause)—who were straining every nerve; who were devoting time, opportunity and health; who were sacrificing station, popularity, power— nay, who were even perilling limb an life; who had caught the mantle of the Clarksons, the Wil- perforces, the Broughams and the Buxtons of this country, and who were now entering upon the costly career of self devotion and self sacrifice, to do the same work and achieve the same result. Every information that had lately been received from the United States tended to show that a crisis was approaching--if it had not already come. The ‘raven was fermenting, efferv ig fast and hot; the struggle was becoming every day more intense, more flerce, more per ‘Hear, hear.) Had not some of them lately read of treatment of slaves which transcended even the usual depth and blackness of horror? Cae ee) Had they not seen what was Peper ol a sort of indi- cation still more to be relied upon—that, for in- stance, e convention of the State of Maryland had decreed that, afer a certain period, all “free blacks,” as they condescended to call them, were to be banished’ from their country? When he was in the United States, seventeen years , he was much struck by the circumstance that, whereas in this country the great abolition leaders were al- ways held in honor and spoken of with respect, even by those who might not feel mach sympath with their views, in the United States he hardly ever heard the abolitionist spoken of except _in terms of slight and contempt. (Hear, hear.) He imagined this was now very greatly altered. (Hear, hear.) The abolitionists had become in the eyes of their opponents more formidable, if not more aocepted je. They excited fear, hatred, rage, but po