The New York Herald Newspaper, April 2, 1859, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 8245, the Democratic Party—Weeting at the West= chester Housx—Preparv.tions for a Mecting at Tammany Hell, &.,, dc. About thirty prominent democrats convened at the jer House on Tet’aday evening last, in response ing invitatiya:— pag : aS as of dommocrasy by aseting canse of demi afew ipeivucal frten ‘8, On Tuesday eveniog, March 29, at @eleck, £* the the dowery ‘Broome st: Weeschesler Honse, corner ome FAMkS CONNER. Among those “present were Postmaster Fowler, Hon. @ochrane, Messrs. U. D. French, D. W. Clark, T. N Henry @aith, James Murphy, Andrew H. Mickle Crawford, Joseph Cornell and ©, C, Childs, ‘The meeting was organized by the selection of Mr. ax chairman, and C, C, Childs and R. G, Horton secretaries. ‘Mr. Cocmmane sald he was not sufficiently aware of the stg tf the meeting to state them, but presumed there gentlemen present who were able to explain. Any lone who bad charge of the calling of the moeting would Please make a statement. ‘Mr. James Corner thon said that of late he had been ery much afllicted, and had litile else to do but read the papers and look over what he conceived to be the cor- raptions of their own party. He felt constrained to con- flees that he sawa tendency to ruin, and had therefore ‘been induced to invite them this evening. He was not in ‘the habit of speaking, but had prepared an article ex- pressive of his views in regard to calling them together, ‘which he would hand to the Secretary to read. The fol- lewing is the document:— Itis perhaps neceesary, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, ‘that l frames in ag few words as possible, explain the ob- jects for which you have been called together this even- , and more especially #0, as the call which you have just board read was written and issued under my advise- ‘ment. We mect as party men, it is true, but at the same ‘ime as good citizens, for consultation as to the best means te bo used to free ourselves aud the democratic party of this city from a longer association, politically, with men ‘whose official conduct and acts, while they shame the party to which they lay claim as members, are hourly re- Ceiving the just denunciatious of a whole community. From the bigh standing which at one time we occupied as Sa party we have been gradually losing our influence and oid upon the public estimation and favor, by selections to office of men who, in too many instances, were wholly destitute of character, ability or honesty. It is hero wpnecefsary to individualize the many instances of out rage and frauds which these men have committed upon a teo credulous community, aud which they are daily com. mitiing, in defiance of law or popular seatiment. In fast, Yhere is scarcely a department of the city government $m which these men are not wo be found engaged in hourly consultation upon fresh schemes for the further perpe- ‘tration of frauds and crimes upon tne community. {t , Gees pot render less necessary prompt action on our part, ‘to be assured that a large portion of these detiaquents aro members of tue repubiwan party; it is enough to know Mhat the democratic party have added to the number of those public plunders, by putting into places of trust men who are wholly destitute of character and mora) princi- ple, as their acts have shown. Leaving the repablican party to act for itself, it ig our duty to take such public Action in the premises a8 will free us, aga party, from all further cevsure or reproach. And it is especially our duty that we should compe! the adoption of measures cal- culated vo gain the public confidence aud support; an: thus re-establish in power the great and hitherw success. ful democratic party of this city, The preamble and re- ‘lutions which will be presented for your consideration Till propose a course of action which it is hoped you will @opt. As acitizen, I have large personal interest in the ‘gocers of this movement. 1 bave in this city, in my im- aediate employ, over one hundred persons.’ My taxes, ‘as well a8 your own, are yearly on the increase; and at ‘this moment I am under assessments for city improve. ments toa large amount. I have thus, gentlemen, stated to you briefly the object of our coming together this even- ing, and it 1s lett to ypu to take such action in the pre- mires ag you msy think the occasion calls for, Mr. Cake said, previous to reading the resolutions, that Sit was a fact well known to the democratic party as weil as tothe country at large, that for a number of years—say for the past ten years—democracy had been gradually, but sureiy losing its bold upow the people, not from any fault Of ite own, but from the fault oF those in whom its coat. dence had’ been repored. They could see before them the fruns of due i) advised policy on their part, in the diseen. sions and distractions of the democratic party. They could also ave the necessity that now exisis—if they wished to ‘wring the party back to its former vigor and strength— for come step which sbould be taken by them to express their opinion in opposition to Unoge men who had thus by their daily acts disgraced the positiona which they occupied} by fraudulent ante upon the trea- sury of our city. For himself, thoagh perhaps im more humple circumstances than any other gentleman wp the room, be could feel the fuli force that was now esaing upon them for action. They would have an ef- ¢ upon the thinking portion of the commanity. By the sand which they should take tos evening he trusted to resiore a healthy order ot things in Tammany Hall. Such an effort would secure the confitence of those who had hitherto been compelled to leave the party and abandon them in (heir moments of need from the evi! cause named, He believed it would be instrumental im harmonizing the great democratic party, insuring their success in the coming elections, If they wero successful in the ap- proaching fail elections, it must have its effect, and a fa- ‘yorable efieet, upop the cemocracy throughout the State. He firmiy believed that if ell who were there should put ‘their feet down that evening to help forward the object set forth in the resolutions which they might agrec upon, the State of New York was certain for the democratic candidate in 1860, He thought the present Common Council was too much composed of men whose own private interests are regarded in many instances. Ho would not charge the whole, but too many iatereets were made paramount to the public interests, and it was only necessary to lock at the most important departments of the city government to show a cegree of corruption exist- ing tuere which had not before existed since the formation ‘of the couetitution of this country, and was heretofore un- known in the history of apy other country. He repeated his former charges against the Corporation Counsel, Mr. Bostecd, He denied that the authors of these abuses had apy hold upon the sentiments of the democracy of ‘the city. Ivbad been thought proper by his friend, Mr. Conger, to call this meeting, after conversation with ‘others like himeelf, who were free from the necessities of party from their wealth and position. Their design was, if possible, to remedy these existing abuses by securing the appointment of men to office who would secure the reepect and confidence of the people, He then read the Fesolutions, as follows :— berens, the runcomcealed perpetrations of frande and acts of aaunoeny y partien entrusted with the administration of our eity government have become of auch frequent occurrence a8 fo create just to the citizen and taxpayer thereof, placlag Jeopardy and doubt tbe anfety of property honestly soqutred, and destructive of tbe best interests of the eltizen; and where for to ‘these abuses have tous far | ted to ® particular person and a particular depertment of the city government. This person he was assured was | ‘Bow in ‘Bang, assiated 2, a eee — of bis re Ciark's,) 41 wo e republican ri "hts tera ‘of ‘fle. Ho hoped the meeting would that they were in earnest. The IRMAN announced the following committees, in f@ccordance with the resolutions: — ‘On preparing for the meeting at Tammany Hall—Peter Crawtord, Joseph Cornell, C. C, Childs, Henry Smith, Daniel W. Clark. ‘On aa address and resolutions—Thomas N. Carr, Fre. R. Lee, Andrew H. Mickle, James Connor, Hiram Wal. ge. Upon the suggestion of Urveers 1. Frexcr, each mem- der of the meeting was constituted a committee of one for ‘the purpove of getting names of prominent democrats in favor of the propored meeting, a8 soon as the proper head- to the.call was prepared, Ir. Cocuzarn being called for, said he really had no- thivg tosay-xpon the subject, and, if he had the good * sense which some attributed to him, it would he better ta to @ay nothing on the subject. fie was happy to there with them for the purpose of lending what assis- tance he couid.te the object they had ia view. He must exprees bis entire ignorance the details of tho ovils eS of, for the reason that he had not of Jate paid | it attention to.the affairs of the city and State which was ! wbaps duo them. He heard of these charges for tho rat time now. Ho delt confident that the course suggest od was the proper one to reform the alleged abuges, and had no doubt that if a mecting were callod )\ iu Tammeny Hall, threugh the instrumentality proposd, tt would do good. “If gentlemen of influential character | sbould give their names, the party could not fail to ro- spond, and if any guch acts a# those alluded to wero proven, the copreher 6f tho party and the community mast, wi ai fait ‘upom the authors of them. One of the most glaring abuses of the day he deamed to be the imposition of Atbany legislation on the city of Now York, and he conddenuy expreesed dis foare ‘that that oppression {| wonld inevitably end in revolution, Tt was unparaileled fu the history of usurpation of power over the people, eitber in this country or the most despotic country abroad, | ‘and if no other reparation could be found, ho thought. it was sufficient for revolutvon at the price Of blood. (AD plauee.) While ho was willing to be in the thickest of the dpbt, he folt thet it would result in internecine slaughter, Whore the evila at present complained of reated, those NEW YORK HERALD. MORNING EDITION—SATURDAY, APRIL 9. as 1859, who were the offenders must bear the consequences them- but through the instrament: through the authority of the might sign the call. Sych a meeting would remedy to apply to the com of. Mr. Conwum exprested the hope would meet at an early day and facilitate the ol which they had been , and thereupon ing adjourned, The Twelfth Regiment. So much has been said through the newspapers against: the consolidetion of the Tenth and Twelfth regiments, that we deem it fair to give the other side a hearing. We arc assured, from @ reliable source, that the state- ments in the following article from the Journal, of the inspection returns of the Twelfth regiment, in Ootober, 1857, and October, 1858, are correct. If £0, the consolidation or disbanding of the Twelfth was & measure both just and necessary :— ‘We Jearn that the Tenth and Twelfth regiments were consolidated for the purpose of increasing the effectiveness of the troops of the First division, and more especially that portion of them comprising the Fourth brigade. This brigade was composed of four regiments, namely ; the Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth and Sixty-ninth. ‘The Tenth and Twelfth were email and ineffective regi- ments, the latter not comprising members sufficient to warrant a legal existence. By combining them, one substantial and reliable regiment would result, and one regimental organization would be dispensed with, thereby increasing just 0 much the quota of the commutation fund apportioned to each of the remaining effective regiments of the division. ‘Thee reasons, we think, fully justified the Command- er-in-Chief in directing the consolidation urged by the commanding generals of the division and brigade; and if our militia, which yearly costs the State so much money, be really eomething cise than a show affair, the order of consolidation should be epforced and obeyed. If, ou the contrary, however, it be intended on the part of those who com the foree that it shall subserve a Ve pore other than the military one required by the law, why not at once repeal this law, and enact another more congenial to their tastes? Inour populous cities and counties a well regulated militia is doubtiees a safeguard, but an armed and irres- Pponsible force ig no less a nuisance than it is dangerous to the liberties of the people. In fact, if the militia can- ‘not be maintained upon strict military principles, it bad better be abojished, and the various arsenals and armo- ries erected during the past year had better be sold and the proceeds put back into the treasury of the State. ‘Th: Twelfth regiment certainly made a fine display in this city on Tburaday last; but upon an examination of the ingpection returns for the years 1857 and 1868, it will be found difficult to believe that this regiment had not temporary accessions to its rauks. It should be remembered that great offort is made to swell a regiment to its utmost limit on the occasion of its annual inapection, because its military standing among the regiments of the State is there graduated; ia this the case where the regiment is a small one, for the reason that companies inspecting short of thirty two non- commissioned officers and privates are liable w be dis- banded. What, then, was the condition of the Twelfth regiment at the annual inspections of tho last two years? At the inspection in the month of October, 1857, there were present for this regimemt— 19 officers, 8 non-commissioned staff officers, ys 34 pon cowmissioned officers of companies, 98 privates, And Sn all six companies, averaging only twenty-two non- commissioned officers and privates per company, being ten per company below the Jegal standard. ‘At the inspection in the mouth of October, 1868, there were present 20 officers, 3 ron commissioned staff officers, 35 non-commissioned officers of companies, 87 privates, And in all ‘seven companies, averaging a little more than geventeen non-commissioned oflicersand privates per company, being nearly fifteen per company below the legal standard; and yet, notwithstanding these facts, this regiment has recently appeared in this city upon aa “ox- cursion,’” numbering, it is said, over two hundred and ‘itty men. The City Inspectorship—Another Conraant- cation from the Mayor Respecting the Ap- pointment of Mr. Purdy. The following is the communication sent by the Mayor to the Board of Aldermen, but not reached, on Thursday evening:— Mayor's Orrice, New Youk, March $1, 1359. To Tne Hononss.e Koaxn oF 'LOEKMEN:— GENTLEMEN—1 have received from the honorable the Board of aldermen a communica'ion, made by me, nominating Fli- jou ¥, Purdy av City Inspector la place of George W. Morton, ‘whoge term of office expired on the 31st day of December, 1858, by the Sint section of the charter of 1857. This communi hus Leen returned to me by your husorable body with the fol- lowing endorsement:— Boarpor Avpermen, March 24, 1889, So mueb of the within communication as relates to the with- drawal of Dr. 8. Conant Foster, referred to the special Com- mitiee on Oily inspector, und so mich as relates o ihe appoint- mentof Eljsh F. Purdy to anid ollice of City Inspector, direct. €d to be returned to his Honor the Mayor. D. T, VALENTINE, Olerk. F. J. Taomey, Deputy. deem it my duty again to call the atiention of the Boara to the tact that i bave nominated Bljjah ¥. Purdy as City Inspec- tor in place of George W. Morton. whose term of ofllce expired ‘on the Sistday of December, 1888, and that such nomination hag neither been rejected nor confi: med. 7 iy which L have romfnated Mr. Purdy ie, im my judgment, without authority. The nineteenth section of ‘the charter tej on the Mayor cf the chy the duty of nominating certain public officers of the city, and to the Board of Aldermen the duty of confirming or rejecting such nomination In parsn- ance of this provision, on the bth day of January last T nomt- pated to the Board of aldermen Dr. § Conant Foster to tho office of City Inepector, io the place of George W. Morton. ‘Vbis p mination wae made onl» afer I had the consent of Dr. ¥ ent bis name to the Board. My authority to use bia name bas been revoked by Dr. Foster withtrawing nis name and refusing to allow it to be presented to the Board of Akiermen, ‘Ibis withdrawal of lr Foster’a consent was commuricated Wo le body at time J nominated Mr. Purdy fll the “place of Mr, Morton. ‘The refuaal of Dr. Foster w permit bis name to be ured formed the foundation ef 1g action in nominating Mr. Pordy. Since the withdrawal ef Dr. Foster no action bas born bad by the Board. It apveared, therefore, tomo that the duty which I owed to my constituents reqnired me to take pro- per messures tn have wn important ollice filled without delay. Under the charter, the Board of * idermen has the right co o01 firm or reject the pom tpad-n of the Mayor, Months had fred without action on the first nomination made by me of Dr. Foster. and in the present instauce itis reta’ned to mae without any action of the After a nomina*ion has passed from my hande into the Board of aldermen, the charter assumes that ft will be confirmed or rejected, so that the public interes. shall Pot be permited wo muller by delay. The 19th waction of ‘the M the charter expressly states that wi @ Board of aldermen shall reject & nomination made by the Mayor, thst officer slill immediately nominate another person, provision would seem to require prompt action on the part of the nominating power which shonid naturally devolve a readiness on the part ‘of the confirming body to act on such nomination, ‘The Board cannot but admit that so far a the charter has tbe municipal government, but the Board may rest assured that all power wi been ¥ © Offlee of Mayor shall be exercised by me promptly and with a single view to the pro- motion of the public in ‘Our conatiiuents look to Jsnyor and Board of Aldermen for tbe Ke heaith.. be immense interesta ma of 8 are not to be jeopardized b itung the him. On y be shall bs armed or Hacoordigly retura to your ‘honorable body the communt- cation in which the was DAL F. FTEMANN, Mazor. Onur Baden Correspondence. é Baven, March 2, 1869. The Halian War Eacitoment—England Apprehensive of Trouble with the United States, dic. ‘The war is now unavoidable. You may set that down as a “fixed fact.”” And although the fortresses of Rastadt, Mentz, Ulm and Coblentz are to be at once armed for a siege, neither Prussia nor England will at first take part im the struggle, The miasion of Lord Cowley to Vienna is merely advisory, and he has no power to bind England | to anything in the shape of an alliance. Austria is at the verge of bankruptcy. Her now loan is not yet subscribed for, and she bas another one already on the stocks. Tho best informed financial men in Frankfort assured me that it i imporsible- for Austria to the interest on Ber public debt, and that she will be obliged to make a grand jasco. ui Gortechakoff says ‘Russia is ready for peace or war;”’ but should war come, she will act wward Austria as Austria bas acted toward her in the Crimean war. They talk of the danger on the Rhine and the Po; I believe the greatest pn to Austria threatens on the Vistula and be | Borne ‘e shall Pe. h dipt I bave jt from a very hig! lomatic person, that Eng- land js unwilling to derert France for Austein, because she is nett of difficulty with the United States. (Sie!) diplomatist referred to was an Koglishman and a partican of Lord Palmerston. How well Mr. Buchanan understands tbat British statesman! Unked States Circuit Court, Before Hon. Jadge Botts, Avun. 1.--The Grand Jury presented bills of indictment in the following cases:— Robert Walker, boatswain of the ship Antarctic, fer in- flieting orael and unusual punishment on a seaman called “Obariey.” Joweph 0, Broadford, third mate of the same vessel, for the same crimo, George Drew and Thomas Campbell, of the ship Livor- pool, for larceny. John McNepoy, of the abip Fttiwan, for inflicting cruel aod unusual puuisbment on a seaman named Robert Glendening. John ft. Palsing, for forging a voucher in relation to prize money. Ox or tHe Vietsms.— The Richmond Pnquirer has been informed that Mr, Fayette Robingon, who has fallen a victim to the wholesale poisoning recently perpo- trated in New York, was ason of Mr. Anthony Robinaon, dr,, of that city, the former cashier of the Bank of Vir- ginia, Inauguration ef the Tehuantepec Ratirosd. © OUR TERUANTEPEC CORRESPONDENCE. TeavayTarec, March 6, 1859. | Breaking Ground in the Construction of the Road— Presence { of the Authorities, Ourate and Officers of the Company— | Speech of Mr. Sidell—Remarks of Futher Lopez—Speech & Gov. Diar—Official Documents, c., dz. | We had quite an imteresting ceremony yesterday a! | Huilotepec, a small village about nine miles south from ( this place, on the occasion of the beginning of the railroad | work upon this isthmus. | Early on the morning of the 6th Mr. W. H. Sidell, chief | engineer of the Louisiana Tehuantepec Company, aceom- panied by the Governor or Gefe Politico of the district Don Porfirio Diaz, the District Judge Don Nicolas Garrido, tne Cura of Tehuantepec Father Mauricio Lopez, the ex- City Judge Don Juan Avendano, the United States Consul; ©. R. Webster, ‘Heq., and a party of atachés of the com- pany and invited gueste—‘quorum pars parva fui”—al started on horaeback for the appointed spot. We were eacorted by a battalion of the Tehuantepec garrison, whom Gov. Diaz had ordered out in honor of the occasion, and who gave to our little expedition quite an imposing and military appearance. About an hour and @ half’s pleasant ride across an open and level country broughtus in sight of fuilotepeo, a very Picturesque Indian village on the Tehuantepec river, which here runs through a gorge or valley between two ranges of high granitic hills. Here we met M. Von Hip- pel, the gentleman who has charge of this division of the line, and his party of engineers, about seven in number. After some preliminary explanations from Mr. Sidell, the whole party, including the military, the native labor- ers and the population of the village, proceeded to the banks of the river, where the stakes indicating the line of the railroad, as well as the course of the propored bridge, had already been driven, and everything ‘was in readiness for the commencement of the work. ‘The soldiers and native laborers having been ranged double file on both sides of the road, we took up our sta- tion at the top of the bank, when Mr. Sidell, advancing a little in front of the Governor and the other invited guesta, delivered a brief and appropriate address, of which I cap here give but an imperfect sketcn:— MR. SIDELL'S SPERCU. ‘The work which we are about to commence, Mr. S. said, is one fraught with sach important consequences, aud one destined to exercise such a@ benificent iutuence over the future, not only of the two sister republics of the United States and Mexico, but also, ina measure, of the world at large, that its value and importance can hardly ‘be overestimated. The undertaking which, ia our humble way, we are now Initiativg, and which, with the blessing of Providence, we hope to carry out to a success ful igsue, is one of great difficulty and labor, reauiring the outlay of a large capital and calling for the display of the highest powers of science, 1t is er atop forward in the march of civiligation upon this continent—another link added to the golden chain which ig to bind together ‘the scattered memibers of the great buman brotherhood. Experience has shown us tbat when men are kept apart, whether by impassable mountains, or desert plains, or tempestuous oceans, they are liable to form misaxen ideas, and te entertain unfounded prejudices against each other; but when once brought together, wheter for the purposes of commerce or of social intercourse, they soon learn to discard such narrow and mistaken notions, and to cultivate a friendly feeling towards the good men of other countries and of other races. This work bas brought us here together from widely distant piaces—from the United States, France, from England, trom Germany—for the purpose of co-operating if the opening of a new, ® shert, safe and pleasant avenue tw the various nations and races who dweil wpon the Pacific borders and ‘upon the shores of the Atlantic. Through and by this new route the inhabi- tants of the North, and of the South, of the East, and of the West, the European and the Asiatic, the American and the Mexican, the Chilean, the Peruvian, the Sandwich Islander, the Malay, the Chmaman and the Australian will come together and become better acquainted with euch other. When this railroad shall be completed, the distanoe between the Atlantic and the Pacific will be crossed in six hours, and in some cases in four, without inconvenience and without danger, through a most, beauti- ful, fertile and salubrious region. ‘This is, then, a work in whicb ali are interested—foreigners, as weil as Mexicans: and Americans. Before the completion of the work which we are now begiuning under the noonday splendor of & vertical sun, there may, and must be, some dark hours. There may be obstacles to encounter from which even bold men might shrink; but let us hope for strength © surmount them, avd trust that every gloomy doubt may, like our own shadows at this hour, be cast beneath our feet. And as such an undertaking cannot We carried successfully through without the protection and blessing of Heaven, I now call upon oar respected guest, the Rev. Father Mauricio Lopez, invoke the divine benediction upon this the begianiug of the work upon the railroad 0} the Louisiana Tehuantepec Company. ‘The Rev. Father Mauricio Lopez, & very intelligent looking native Mexican priest, of about fifty, atticed in the white robes of his order (the Dominican), then came forward. The Tehuantepec ‘oad, he said, was an ‘undertaking with which atl his sympathies were enlisted, not only as a friend of progress and liberal ideas, but also a8 4 Mexican and a native Tehuantepecan. All tho in- fluence which be could wield would be exercised in it favor, and he would lose no opportunity of impressiag upon his flock the duty and the necessity of sustaiaing 1° to the best of their power and abi ty. For mysel’, the Rev. Father added, as a minister of Ubrist, my most fer- vent prayers, as well as those of the clergy uader my charge, will always be offered vp in ite behaif during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, that it may please God to bless it, a8 I uow do, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, aud of the Holy Ghost. amen! AB foon as the Rey. Father had concluded, Mr. Sidell, taking up a spade from one of the laborers, commenced breaking the ground, and invited the Governor, the Padre and tho other bystanders to follow his example, which they all did in succession, amidst deafening cheers for the Tebuantepec Company; and the native laborers then fei! at once to work and commenced their day’s task. GOVERNOR DIAZ’S SPEECH, The soldiers were then drawn up to fire a salute, and Governor Diwz, a remarkably fine, inteiligeat and good looking young man, of about twenty-five, came forward and made a most cloquent and impressive address to the Mexicaus who had witnessed the ¢»remony. ‘An appeal bad been made to them,’’ be said, “to assist in the inau. guration of this work; jointly with the directors, they had put their band to the spade and broke the ground for the projected railroad. They had now another duty to per- form—it was to follow up their action of today by afford. ig in the future constant and efficient aid to the officers of the company—by keeping the road free from molestation, and by dejenaing it, if necessary, at the cost of their biood and ai the peri of their lives. 8 a native of the Mexican republic, aud one devoted to her trus interests, which could only be promoted by the ascendency of liboral ideas, he looked upon this rien nian as a bieesing to his coun- uy. The republic of the United States he considered ag an elder sister of that of Mexico, having preceded her in the path of progress and of republicanism, and having with her a community of principles. The politicab institu: tions of Mexico had been formed upon the model of those of the United States, and novhing ae could result to vhem from @ closer intercourse with its citizens. He, therefore, called upon them as Mexicans, as liberals, as friends of their country’s progress and of their country’s Prosperity, to stand by an enterprise which was fraught with suoh beneficial consequences for the future ot Mexico. He called upon them to do their duty, towards the friends who had come among them to assist in ceveloping the resources of their country, to open new avenues<o-her commerce, and to multipiy aad improve she meanc-of communication between the inhabitants of Sasa ete ee ‘as well as between the izens of Biexico those of other countries. Gov. Diaz comtinued great animation concluding his Louisiana Teb bree hearty 3 g 3 A 8 i i the the and the other things which had beet. them under the direction of M. Yon Hip; Engineer bela ane 5 fe retut wwantepec in the evenin; . Sideli’a invitation sat down to a most recherohé dinnor which had beem provided by mine host of the San Fran- cisco Hotel, Gon Rugenio vyfen, (& most excellent and well kept estaplishment by way, and which f cannot Wo strongly recommend to all the lovers of good cheer who travel upon the Isthmus.) Among . Sideli’s [ed were Gov. Inaz; Judges Garrido and Avendano; ther Mauricio Lape; C. R. Webster, United States Con- ul; M. Von Hippel, and about balf a dozen American goa- Ueman connected with the fan Io The dinner passed off most pleasantly; and sentiments and toasts, very neatly turned and appropriately expressed, were offered. by the various gusts. Finally, at about a quarter 0 twelve, the party broke up on the most excellent term. with each otber and with the world at large, THE MEXICAN OFFICIALS AT TRUUANTEPRC. Tho Mexican officials at this place are certainly very | faverable specimens of their class, from the Goveraor down to the lowest employs with whom I havo been in | contact. They are generally polite and well informed, and manifest every disposition to assist the officers of th company. At Was @ matter of particular regret te us that the effl- clent and gentlemanly Collector of the port, Don Jose Soto- maser, Was prevented % indigporition from joining our party on this occasion, M. er, who was formerly private mand § to President Comonfort, is a gentleman of ebaractor and education, speaking the and Rog. | selected as theline of location for ish langoages with remarkable fluency and elegance, and iw hero held in deservedly high colonel. T oy fay as much of Father Lopez, the cura of this place, a clergy- man of enlarged and liberal ideas, and possessing an un- bounded influence over his parishioners. Judges Garrido and Avesdano, as well as Governor Diaz, are all fine spe- cimens of the Moxican gentleman—a character much more frequently to be met with than somo travellors would havo us ie velieve, lore closing this letter 1 herewith subjoin a transia- Sion of the oificial document certi the railroad work :— ee ome [TRANSEATION. ] Know ye, all men, this instrament, that on the 5th day of March, A. D, 1869, work was regularly. Pat on the grading of the railroad to be constructed on tho Isth- mus of Tebuantepec, in the republic of Mexico, (under the privilege granted with that object, dated September 7, J857,) by the Louisiane Tehaantopes Company, its officors and agents, and particularly ite Ohief Eogineor, Wiliam Hi. Side}l, whoon the day pre nom # eh whe sepee broke railroad, on that di In withees whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Huiletepec, this fifth day of March, inthe year one thousand aight bondred and fifty-mive. PORFIRIO DIAZ, % acre ote District of Tehuantepec. , GARRIDO, Judge of Fst Instance of the same. M. VON RIPPEL, Chief of Pacific Plains Division of RR. of L. T. Co. FR. MAURICIO LOPE, Parochial Curate. PRIMO FELICIANO, ©, R. WEBSTER, peeve United States Consul. ALBERT. FARE, JUAN AVENDANO, W. G. KENDALL, CHARLES L, ISAAGS, and about twenty oth I certify thaton the day and year first above written, I approved of eomuch of the line of location of the Lauisi- ana Tehuante; @ Company as wag, laid out for construc. tion near Huilowzec, and began the labor of building said railroad by braking b ground therefor in the pregence and with the assistance of the wilneases to the act, who have signed their nanes above. W. AH. SIDFLL, Chief Engineer, La. Tehuantepec Co. Hvmorerec, March 5, 1859, [Translagon of the certificate of the Judge ] The citizen who subscribes, together with the assistiog witpesses, certifes in due form that he was present at the ‘act of the opening or beginning of the railroad as express- ed in the above sct, cortifyimg at the same time that tho above signatures are authentic and have been writen in my presence, acing as Judge of First Instance of the Dis- trict of piety Fe ‘sepals L. GARRIDO, D. A. Witn: kancesco Loves, \eBBCB,) Trip ARRAGON, Hostorersc, March 6, 1859. Qur Haytien Correspondence. Port av Prick, March 14, 1859. Haytien Theatrictls—The Herald in Demand—The Coco- Macaque once More—Citisens Sent to Europe for Kduca- tion—Colored Americans s'reely Invited, &c., &c. Your correspontentof last year, at Port au Prince, gave an amusing accouat of our theatre, and the French play there represented, When the Hxratp of that day was re- ceived we all laugbed and all pretended to be highly amused, but many were very angry, and your corres- pondent found it recessary to be as outraged as any one at the unwarranted liberty taken in criticising anything connected with Hayti, It ia singular that, a8 a people, we should have 80 much mauvatse houte, and so little dignity, or, rather, self contro}, that when the laugh is against us ‘we must necesearily fall intoa passion. The H#raty has before this been tabooed, but occasionally our files come to hand; and although more thoroughly hated than any other paper, it is by farthe most eagerly sought after. The theatre is now again established, but with somewhat less pretensions, and to prevent the recurrence of the scenes of last year a strong police force is announced in attend- ance. Under the old rule the police were among the curses of the city. Receiving scarcely any pay, they, of course, were useless when they might have been of ser- vice, and they only employed the immunities possessed in virtue of their position to oppress those who were heip- Jess; and 48 their pay was net sufficient to live upon, far legs to clothe themselves, they supported life by stealing all stray swine and eometimes cattle; the animal is imme- diately Lubin w revolution the rule of his coco In my Jast I informed you that ughtered, cut up and divided. is republican govern- The exiled Vil rector’ of this sclect body, but thanks to the ment had determined to send each year a certain number of young men to France to receive the best possible clasai- cal education at the public expense. The liberal measure 18 extended to ending an equal number of porsons, chosen from each department, to be thoroughly and care- Jully trained to the arts and useful trades. Should this Irtter regulation be a permanent one, it will ina few years exert a great influence over Haytien industry. ‘Already on every side wo hear of the returning glory of tbe Queen of the Antilles; reform in every branch of affairs ts the order of the day. being negotiated with the Spanish A’ treaty 13 side of the island, winch, if it prove succesaful, will create a woncerfal cbabge ia the north, gud Cape Haytieu may again become the leading city of St. Domingo. Haytiens froro all pai ts of the world are inv®ed to return, and each ‘versel that arrives brings pageengers. A few days since upwarde of thirty arrived from Jamaica, alsoa number from the States; and, curiously enovgh, the political offenders from the Spanish side. the United States are promised security. The isiand wil support ten millions of inhabitants, while the present po We continue to receive The blacks of pulation is but little over @ million. The gail ie as rich as avy in the world, ana the climate in mos places perfectly bealthy. Mechanics are promised em ployment; and to encourage immigration settlers are for a certain period freed from military duty. Under Soulonque the slavery of the aoldiers could be only relieved by fying to tLe mountains, or by age—grown gra ‘and sometimes only by death. With su but few emigrants ventured to Hayti. The mar Femain the game as when I last wrote. in the service— @ state of things Pork and flour low, with but little demand. I quote ior the first $870, for the latter $185, with stuck. Coafish remains pretty firm at $100. Police Intelligence. ‘an increasing Few cages of interest or importance transpired in tho police courts yesterday. After an unusually busy week a calm settles down apon the face of the metropolis, and the spread of crime ds stopped for the time being. Captain Abraham ©, Johnson, of the Staten Island ferry bout Hunchback, was brought before Justice Osborn, at the Lower Police Court, on charge of mansiaugter, in hay- ing, it is alleged, wilfally sunk the revenue boat on Thurs- day evening, thereby drowning one of tho boatmen, pamed Timothy Douebue, mination. Search is now The accused was held for exa- being made for the body of de- ceaged, and it it is recovered the case will be transferred to the Voroner’s charge. If not found, Justice Osborn in- tends to proceed with the examination and take the testi- mony of thore persons who saw the collision in question. Francis Daweon, a resident of while taking a peep at the ele; street, On Thureday minh, waa robbe: containing $76. A nymph du pave, named West Tenth street, it, in Thomas of @ pocketbook nah Wil- Names wae found with the pocketbook, a =f the money, io her possession, and was committed charge of grand larceny. George Anderson was taken in and done for in a simi- Jar manner, While in a house of assignation in Elm street he She Pgh mn: among containing vfihes stolen. The prop @ house, together with George's fair inamorata, were arreated, but the stolen money could not be recovered. Patrick Ronan, residing in Cliff street, for assaulting his wife with a batchet, cutting her in the’ head, was locked up in the Tombs for trial, ‘Thomas 0 cil was arrested on a charge of burglarious- ly entering the, premises No, 85 East Broadway, and Stealing therefrom $10 worth of ~ Committed for examination. Joba Murphy found himself placed in a Toes Ta also aed been arrested harge wurglary. was, it ig alleged, caught in the act of ‘ing off some clothing from the dwelling house No. 189 First avenue, Committed for trial. A Rercrwsn CALIFORNIAN GARROTED aND RouweD Ix TUE Park.—A man named Michael Feeney, of Bangor, Msinc, arrived in this olty ou Thursday, on his way home from California, and put ap atthe Lovejoy Hotel. After snp- x be strolied ipto the Park, em ‘admiring tho \tiful scenery in the vicinity of the fountain whon he was accosted by three individuals, with whom he speedily ‘became acquainted. They spooumes pt interested Oe ee ee eee ite of in, and made Presaing inguiries about the gold diggings there, all of which Mr_ Feeney endeavored to answer to the beat of his ability. Finally, the ad politely invited Mr. Le died 10 and treat them, invitation he accepted. y then condncted hifa to an oyster saleon. situaced under a mock auction sbop, when Mr. F. paid drinks. Ono of him a shilling to bay with; but Mr. overbeard the same man tell the barkeeper to charge high for the drinks, denied the request, and was oven car- ried 80 far by his indignant feelings, that he told the young man that in his opinion, if he got a good chance, ho would steal, at which remark the fellow only laughed. Mr. Feeney then resolved to cut his acquaintance, aud go with the other gentlemen Having settied for the drinks, he started out to return to his hotel. Upon reaching the sidewalk one of his companions pointed to the City Hall, which was lighted up, the aldermen being in session, ant asked Mr. Feeney if be knew what house that was. Mr, Feeney dia’nt know, “Well, I do,”’ said the fellow, with ‘a knowing widk, “that’s one o’ the houses; what do you nay to going over there and having a me?’ Mr. Focney assented, and the party strolied into the Park arm in arm, for Suddenly Mr. Feeney feit somebody choking him and tomebody ene ing his face, and immediately fell down, When he got up again there was nobody near him, his pockets were inside out and empty, anda ring for which he paid four bita at Acapulco, Mexico, had been atripped from his finger. The contents of hia pockets which were missing Were three five dollar gold pieces, from Lovejoy’s Hotel for over athousand dotiars p08 there tor safe ki a @ check,a knife, and a key. Yesterday morning he appeared before’ Justice ‘Welab, who, on hearing hia story, sent two officers with him to sec if he could recognise any of the parties at the saloon they visited, As yet no clue to the garroters has been ascertained. Ronnery IN TH ReStpENcE OF THE CLERK oF THR CouNcr- wex.—On Thursday vight the residence of C. T. MeClena- chan, in Twenty-eighth street, was burglarously entered and robbed of several articles of silver ware, an over. coat, some segars and other property, valued in all at fifty doiars. Mr. MeClenachaa did not retire to bed until one o'clock on Friday morning, when he went through the house and left everything secure. In the morning be found that the bars of the basement windows bad bern pried apart, and the kitchen entered apparently by several persoos, Who, after collecting all the valuanlos within their reach, sat down und regaled themselves with several bottles of Champa, The burglars entered the house arjowing by gotpg through the back yard of the Orat bonse. The exteut of thew depredationg at tho latter Place cold got be ascertained, trial on the PRICE TWO CENTS. Board of Aides men. REMONSTRANCE AGAINST 4L4a>¥ LEGISLATIVE EN- 1880. Hop. Taos. McSrxvow, President Board ep Bin—1 yoderni bers of the Board of Al- semen, reaper requ vei wo conten, tho Loard of Al- ramen, reapecttul)z dermen on Fridsy (ibis) aiteraoon. a pri t. 1860, «4 .wo 0’ slook, in the ebarnber oF the thoard, for the ‘of devieing such measures and taking such wction na to them may *p: ear best suereet inane haviae a iodonenis iettern wile of oar ure of G ing a eodepe; it . {afl the vested rights of the Mayor, aldermen and Commonalty of the city, and auch otbes buainess in auch sonsectian ae may jtimately come betore tbe Hoard. és 7 Comme HeO, BEAM, Seventh district CHAKL TUUME ¥, wixtb district 4H BRADY, Fifth diatrict. SMITH, F wt HENRY tonne Bk DLEY, 'Fourt DL THOS. W. AvaMB, Eighth district Thereupon the President iseued the usual call for a Board. q., President, in the Stephens, Brady, Tuomey, meeting of the a eis; aldermen maith; Henry Sp cbair; Aldermen lenry, Starr, Adams, Lynes, Boole Bradley, Owens and Genet, ‘On ‘motion, the reading was dispensed with. e following remoostrance against the passage of an of ete charter of the city of New York waa preeented by Alderman Surra:— To tux Leoistatune or ree Stare or Nuw York: ‘The petition of the Common Council of the city cufuily represe! That people of the of New be ‘Shet elected directly by the peop! they are immedintels cay by, te beone, bey are sm d direct, onsible iia ly resp them {s, of necessity, ‘That airong the dulles devolving upon them 1s, of meceeay, that of taking care that no usurpation belangtng to the city government shail be pe ‘hat therefore they now approach humble remonstranc: os seems to them, io tnvadg tbo chartered and 8 ‘ ‘hat they are informed that a bill has been introduced into ly Marke the charter of the city, been privately and secretly prepared, in respect to the city nor any of their elected officers have been consuited, and which purposes a d.sfran- inasmuch as control secure the city, inasmuch interests of the city, by sod tbe Legisiature, which which neither the people of Dy the power of mn intended to chisement in fact of tbe great body of the ‘That such bill fa a violation of St takes away trom the electors of the elt over thelr city affairs, which the 10 them. ‘That it is dan, to the best ee ittakes froth Comeac Counc, who are el are r¢ to peop! subordinates, and trapsiers it to Boara apd are not directly rerporsibie to the That it ia injanone, inasmuch ws fiyon tie Logbslature pe Use copia. and 7 pen whom the constitution bus con eet anna e! ity ri ag a vioiaiicn of the constitution in this, tbat’ while it Jeave theofiice of the ‘Councilman power from o ibe city, and ton to oan ma ectful at earn {he'bil ta queaion; aud enced into fanity hae been Aflor¢od of being heard sgl unity has been jo the nia ‘Common Counei) do further respectfully bul pray that before final action J their counsel, elther at the bar of the houses or before committees. le, but in tact to the Common Cor remot eh as And they are the more strenuous in presenting this request, statute, wich ofan appli- Ey in aune of the entire Of the existing enucts that six weeks’ public notice shall be given cation to alter, amend cr extend the charter ot any cor which notice, when the appifcation shall be for ap alteration apy charter alresdy grauled. ‘snail state specifically the altera- on intended to be applied for, Which was adopted by the following vote, viz:—Af- firmative—Aldermen Smith, Henry, Stephens, Brady, ‘Tuomey, Starr, Lynes, Peck, Boole, Bradley, Owens, the President and Alderman Genet—13. ‘Whereupon the following resolution was adopted—By Alderman Peck :— Resolved, That a committee of eight. be upen the Légulatire and present to them of the Common Counell against the phens and Owens as such committee. By Alderman Lynxs:— Lithuania allied Kesolved, That the Board of Councilmen be and they are hereby respect! ully requested to concur with the action of this Eoard in the adoption of the secowpanyinggprotest and reso- ey also be requested to appoint a similar committee of elebt to notin connection with the committee ap: Jution; and that jointed 4 peat heety aopted, Op motion of Alderman Booxn, the President was added to the Comimittee. ‘Un motion of Alderman BooLs, it was ordered (if the Board of Councilmen concur), that the President be au thorized to employ counsel to represent the committee before the Legislature, And on motion the Board adjourned, The Catastrophe on the Ohio River. FORTY-TWO LIVES SACRIFICED—BOATS ANDj CARGOES A TOTAL LOSS—NAMES OF THE LOST. (From the Cincinnati Gazette, March 30 } On Monday evening last, about 8 o'clock, the steamers Natbanjel Holmes, bound from Pittsburg for St. Louis, and the David Gibson, from Now Orieans for Cincinnati, came in collision a ehort distance below Petersburg, Ky., and two miles above and in sight of Aurora, with gach furce few minutes, The Holmes bad a heavy cargo of nails, iron and general merchandise. The Gibson had over 600 bhds, as to sink the former inetaatly, and the latter in a suger for Cncinnati. ight was dark and the wind was blowing vio- Jentiy when the collision occarred, and it is supposed that smoke obscured the lights so that neither pilot saw the | gm ‘boat until too near to prevent the accideat, ~ Holmes was cut into pieces, and sunk instantly, ‘The Gibson swung around and was run for the shore, out befure reaching it she sunk, the cabia flouting off. ‘There was a small trading boat, natned Annie Laurie No. but the owner refused to let any one have the He armed himeelf with a batchet and his wife with a bowie knife, and the pair threatened to kill any ove who Wiliam Nicholson is the vame of 5, near use of a Kiirto goto theassisiance of the sufferers, shouid touch the skiff. this man. The Holmes had a large number of passengers, most of whom were emigrants to Pike's Peak. She weot down in the middle of the river, and nearly every person be- tween decks was drowned, while many of those in the cabin were alzo lost. neer, and a cabin boy. STATEMENT OF JAS. L. GRIFFITH. spread among the there they were not to be found, wives. The man left alone. ters. The Wife and and Saw a youbg man ssve one of my daugh her sshoro; in-law; do not know how I got to jhter, aged Wheeling, Va. Tho steamers collided about ono and a half miles above Aurora, Ind., very’ near the bend in the river where the Jowa and Madison struck cach other only a fow weeks since. Mr. John L. Conoway wan at the wheel of the Holmes, and a striker at the wheel of the Gibeon—the pilot, we understand, not being at hia post. Pilot Cono- way blew the whistie for the slarboard, which was not answered by the Gibson until the boats wero near each other. jolmes was in tho middie of tho river, and the Gibson quartering from the point on the Kentucky side, towards the India shore Tne @. struck the Holmes on her larboard side, near her forward chalk, and ebe commenced aking mmediaiely, in about forty feet of water. The cabin separated from the full, and floated down the river, with tho passengers and crew liangiog on to the wreck. The boat was not over three minuves going down; and bad not the hull separated from the cabin, the lose of life would have been far greater Wan jt was, ‘The Gibson swung round apd was ron over w the Ken- tucky shore, whore she also sunk in twenty-five feet water. Her cabin also parted and floated oif, and was met by the Caroline, between Warsaw and the mouth of Log Lick, with a flat alongside, and several mon taking from he wreck boxes, &. fhe cabin of the Mvimes was caught shout a mile above Rising Sun, and towed by the steamer Kentucky to the Kentucky shore. No lives were ost off the Gibson; but of the eighty six passongors— cabin and deck—on the steamer Hoimes, forty-two are ost. NAMES OF THE LOST, From Mr. Tamont, clerk of the Holmes, wo obtained the ollowing list of the lost from off that boat:—A French- man named Louis Dupon, wite and three children, re shipped from the Otara Dean, at Cincinnati; Heory Welch, wife and three childres, of Wheeling, Va.; a family of seven, shipped at Wheeling, names unknown, consiating of aman, wife, two daughters and son; David Gilien, of Alleghany, Pa.; Jobn Milligan, of Rush’ townshig, Pasca: rawas county, Onio; John Yance, from Wheeling, Va.; Samuel Owarth, wife child, from Parkersbarg tor Ma- dison, Ind.; James Caldwell, engieer; Hiram F. Griffith and sister, Emma Ann Griffith, trom Bridgport, O , for Burlington, Ja.; Herman Nold, wife and three children, ‘a Frenchman, shipped at Cincinnati, name mn child, nawe upknowa, was found yesterday at the foot of Laughrey Island; Thomas MeDocaid, — Logan, and John Evans, deck bands, ont a colored fireman; — Thomson and two daughters, from Civcinnati; and — Wil Viams, eabm boy, Four others are missing, but are sup ato have come up on the Kentucky to this city, The Holmes bed fifty-six cabin and thirty deck passengers, ‘The excitement on the two steamers when the cotlision occurred waa immense, Men, women and chilaroa rusheo to the deck of the steamer, screaming and beg ging aeeietance, The was heart rending in the ox Leme, and cannot b One youth named h, whose father, mother and thive sisters were lost, sprang into the river, and of the minutes of the lasy meet of New York represente— tion of this State they are the le- by the lnwa and constitution o mi er jms ly, ce of tracts and iS ec oat dad it lengthens the term of virtually conferring power ‘taking it away trom 7 is corrupting, hh as it | ibe tno teres oF of batit Is corrupting, inasmuch as tt lengthens Corporation, whose peculiar provinceit = maine nts mderd tbe grout bulk of lis ‘wally abolishes the office by transferring the great bulk o| et ficere elected by and ‘reepauslbla to tbe peopl ot conferring it upon men who do not owe their posi- the peo) lata wunell of the sity of New York ‘the passage of the Legislature without any consultation with or le or the authorities of the city, and no oppor- at ite provinione, earnestly upon it. thes may be heard bj pointed ta wait 1 remonstrance ‘amendments proposed to bemade to the charter of this city, now in the lower branch of body. Adopted, and the President subsequently arpotuted Al cermen Sm th, Boole, starr, Peck, Bradley, Brady, Ste- The crew were all saved except Mr. Caldwell, the engi- Iwas talking with the cook of the Holmes on the guards when the boats struck, The cook exciaimed, ‘Sy tiou! we are all going to the bottom.” Consternation at once ersand crew. I hastened to the ladies? cabin to look after my family, and when I reached ‘There were eight of us, yaelf, wife, two daughters, two sons and their boat was sinking rapidly, and at this time T was up to my waist in water. I went back to the door of the state room occupied by myself and wife; I found a entangled in ropes and pieces of the rafts; I fell over ape gus 1 became frantic, and thought I was to came along ina tife boat. Found my came back and saved soa the shore, twenty-one years, teizing a fourth sister, aged five yeers, swam shore. nether lady a. Daniel Bisbard, of Oubridge ine 10, for; until alier sho left the wrecs. i Kennedy found the littie girl ative, iy bs mattresses, close up w the burricave morning about seven o’ciock, the accident took 3 The passengers about fifteen thouan Our Nicaragua Correspondence, San Juan vet Noxte, March 10, 1859, Mons. Belly Remits Two Kegs of Specie to San Juan—How They Grew and Prospered—P reparations to Receive 500 Men—Orders to Arrest Mr. Scott—The Americans to be Driven Out—Reported Lanting of the Fuubustert—The Treaties Before the Asembly—The Cass Yrisarri Treaty Never Taken Up—Padre Vijd—Gen. Lamar—Arrival of Mons, Belly—Siexure of the Transit Steamers—Naval News, de., dc. On the 4th inst., immediately after the departure of the English mail steamer for Aspinwall, this town was thrown into @ great excitement by the circulation of @ report that de Barruel, senior, had received direct from Paris, per last steamer, two kegs of franca, ehipped by Felix Belly to assist in defraying the expense of getting ready ascommo- dations in the town for one bundred French so'diers and four hundred Jaborers, who M. de Barruel said he had ‘been advised by M. Belly would embark from Europe be- tween the Lith and 26th of February, direct for this port, to commence operations upon his ship canal. The han- dred soldiers, with their officers and’s Chief of Police, were to sail from Southampton, in the English steamer Saladin, and de Barruel bas engaged the Transit House, setting the proprietor’s head topsy-turvy with delight at toe prospect, of the immense business about to be showered upon his establizhment, where the French soldiers are to be quar- tered. He has some dozen men at work making cots, ting Up partitions, white washing and brushing cp generally. De Barruel bas likewise rented :two more large bout (we call them sheds at home, but they coubtless appear palaces to De Barruei and Belly) in addition to the other three buildings be had possession of previously, and is making efforts to rentor purchase sey- eral others. Passing down the strect on the morning of the 4th, I, faw @ mob of excited men, prominent among whom was a very thin legged, thin vieaged little French. man, who divides his time between mending old clothes and cultivating parrote—Chattau, the proprietor of the Transit House, @ spruce French darkey, and old De Bar- rue), surrounded by aa odd jooking @ ‘set of bipeds ag could well be assembled, all talking, gesticulating and Ybrowing their arms about in @ most frightful manner. Supposing eome one had been bitten by amad dog or someth'ng ofthe kind, I haltes, when my ears were ga- juted with “Oho! you don’t believe, eh? you zal zee,” from old De Barruel; and then discovering me, he added, “Ze dain tlibuster Yankees zal be drive out; I tells you vat.” Of course I passed on about my business. Step- ping into a store I was informed of the receipt of two kege of traucs by De Barruel, and the expected soldiers vd canal diggers, which at once explained the gathering Thad juct witnessed. I had scarcely got into the street vgain when I met an acquaintance, who recited again the De Barrae! news, with the slight difference of sub- stituting barrels for kegs, and five franc pieves for francs. A httie further on I met another person, who likewise re- peated the *:joyful tidings,”’ with a euill happier variation, entirely ignoring kege, barrels and five franc pieces and declaring that Do Barruel haa received two very Jarge casks of doubloons from Mr. Belly, and that be had acwally bad a handful of them in his own hands. Phew! it wasa warm morning—hot enough, in all covacience, for a Northern man—but this last variation, increasing “kegs” to “very large casks," aud “francs” to “doub- Joons,”’ was a little more than an unacclimated Northerner could bear; and wiping the perspiration from my brow I bastened home. Think what you wil!, believe me the people of this town regard this news as reliable, aud are making arrangements accordingly. Two vessels have ‘within the past tbree days arrived from St. Thomas, ono freighted exclusively for de Barrue), and the other with (sae for Felix Mancho, Wolff and others, and two other uses are Caily Expecting another vessc! from St. Thomas with goods ordered in anticipation of those frog Frenchinen. You have, of course, seen Belly’s letter to Nopoleon III., and from the acts of the French in this quarter it 18 quite evident that something is on foot which Will soon show us whether France will not attempt to monopolise affairs in Central America. M. Belly himself is expected here in afew days, and we shail before long see whether or not Americans can retoain in this country. News reached here yesterday from the Machuca R .pids, seventy miles up the San Juan river, tbat a story having been started at Castillo that Br. Joseph N. Scou had come up the river to gee fteamboat at Masbuca, the commandante at Fort ilo sent a Frenchman, tn com- mand of a file of soldiers, with orders w arrest Scott, dead or alive. Happily, Mr. Scott was at the time quietly attending to bis own business at Punta Arepas, aud the }senchman had to return to Castillo with- out bitn. All the Americans baving ranches along the river, the same person infermea me, were about to be criven wway, avd their property couflecated. This was the threat made by the Frenchman sept w arrest scott. Young de Barruel has again gove into the interior, ae I told you in my Jest; and unquestionably a pact of bis er- Sper there is to urge Martinez t@ harrass and annoy ‘za ‘apkers.”” ‘The Britieh hip-of war Valorous returned from the Ba- lize on Sunday jast, and 3s at anchor nearthe Cesar, The Dindem is daly expected from Jamaica. ‘Tbe United States ships St. Lonis ana Jamestown are both at anchor near the British ships, but the former will probably go out on a cruise during the day. Mancn 12, 1869. The mail from Managua has just reacted here, and there tg a great excitement in town. Letters from various parties at Granada state that the “‘filibusteros”’ bad landed on the 2d instant at Brito Bay, some eight miles up the coast from San Juan de] Sur, had marched upon and taken possession of the town of San Juan, and were preparing to attack Rivas. A letter from an intelligent gentleman at Managua says “the Epgush treaty bas passed, tue Sardinian treaty a under discussion, and will pass—the Unit d States treaty wil) pot even be taken up by the Assembiy.” I am inclined to belteve that this information wiil be found correct. The United States is regard- ed as of but little consequence by Nicaragua, while Fravce, England and Saromia are looked upon ag 1]-poweriul protectors of wis pitifal government, Poor Nicaragua! you will find out your great mistake when it Will be too late to correct your error. Padre Vijit, who some time ago came from Bogota with the hope of again seeing his home in Gravada, returned from Castillo w-day, waoere he was stopped by order of the Nicarsguan government and sent back. The old man looks old, care- worn, and appears deeply distressed, His brotber had obtained for him permission to return to the country, but for some reason or other he was stopped at the threshbold, almost, of bis own door. Gev. Lamar ‘bad gone to Leon, but was expected at Managua within a few days, where come business awaited bim. « ‘Manca 17, 1859, Mr. Cottrel!, for several years past Umited States Oom- mercial Agent at this port, retires 10-day from office, to exter into an extensive European, American and Central American commercial busisese, tor which an experience of some ten years in the interior of this couniry has eminently prepared him. By the last Engiish mail steamer, just arrived, Mons. Belly and a party of about twenty-fve others, among ae eewcen wo root, yesterda: being eleven hours ‘Mur various sums, in all A > in all amounting to whom were four women, came passengers, to commence the survey for a sbip canal, in confor with bis stipulations with Nicaragua end Costa oe de Barroel, although only 476 short of his hom he had eved men, for wi engaged ac- commodatione, is perfectly mad with delight’ The poor old fellow is really an object of pity, ana the shst- tered senses, which have been grad many years, have at last taken leave of his cranium, leaving him a spectacle of commiseration. ‘There are now at this port the United States: James- town and the British ships Diadem. Valorous an English brig, an American schooner loading for New York, and the British mail steamer Clyde. Yesterday Captain Buus, Col. Schlessinger, kit me Cas esterday in be a man, apd others in the employ of the Joe White ‘Tranit Company, reached this port, and confirm the report of the seigure of the steamers and imprisobment of Capt, Car- man and other Americans employed op the steamboats, Capt. Carman was three different times threatened by the Commandant of Fort Castillo that if he did not take his boat up the river to Fort San Carlos be would be shot. Meeers. Bills and Schlessinger vimted Capt Kenneay, of the United States ship Jamestown, immedia oly on their arrival, and communicated to him the facts in thetr cages. Comrtamxtary Concert to Lucy Escort.—A compli- mentary concert will ba given on Monday evening next, at Chickering’s rooms, to this excellent artist. Miss Rscott has, owing toa combination of unlucky circumstances, Deen extremely unfortunate since her return to her own country, and it is to be hoped that an effort will be mado ‘on this occasion to compensate her for the disappointmenta to which her arrival here ata late period of the opera seagon subjected her jast year. Wie Prccoromns was announced to give concerts at Sa- vannab yesterday aud to-day. She is en route for New York. ccctbadaaanitaaiiiestalia Harp To Conviet—The following particulars of the trial of Mra. Frisch for tho a | her child at Batavia, N, Y., we guther & Western paper:—The jory disagreed on the recent trial of Mrs. Frisch, for the ‘murder of ber one at Batavia, Several circumstances about the series Of Indictments against this unfortuoate woman are somewhat extraordinary. First, she is tried for the alloged poioning of her busband, and acqnited, jury being out but a few minutes—that case deing ro- garded and avowed as the only one on which she could probably be convicted (it bewg customary tw select the strongest case first), md, she is again tried for the murder of ber hitele daughter, Eliza Anu, and a verdict of not guilty rendered, by the direction of the Court. ‘Third and lastly, she 18 put upon trial for the allegod powoping of another daughter—deser ibed on ail hands as « brght avd interesting child, and the favorite of tha mother—and the jury, who retired at haf past five oa Sa- wrdey evening, are kept out until nine o'clock on Monday morning (sume forty hours), are uDable to agree, and ard visebarged. The inteligent foreman eatd to the Court, hm roply toa question as to the probability of agrooing, that Hee bad been no chango amongst them for. twenty hours, and that they had stood six against six from the ars