The New York Herald Newspaper, June 4, 1859, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 8398, Lorre THE NEW YORK HERALD. © ADDITIONAL FROM EUROPE. Arrival of the MaPis hy the Amerton. ‘The European mails ta the Sist ult,, brought by the chip America, reached this city about twelve o'clock night. Our files cortain mo news of importance that THE STRATEGETICAL MOVEMENTS OF THE AUSTRIANS. ym the Lonion Tuves, May 20.} Ih may be eensisered simost certain that the month of june will hewe begun before apy blow is struck in Italy. Mme fies, even w those who are watching daily for events, ave it 48 DoW @ month simce tho rumor frat spread tbe Austrians '@ on ths post of sending an ulti- tum t@ Sardiwia. Op the 200m of April the bret Frecch Fegiments were despetbed from aria, aud betore the end ef the month the augiianr, with & force variously esti Mates, bus cervenly vot falliug thort of \20,000 men were ever tie ficiee, And harryiny, the villages of Pied- \t. to tho present campaign, itis impossible to chronicle Progress where there is vn progress. The Austrians oo: Jeupy the itse cf country on the right or Piedmontess bart of the Toro, und their left extends past its juncvoo © Po to the neigboorbood of Strudvlla, where th neb, sbouid they eucceeed in revoluioniziug Parm ‘and Modena, are likely Wo strike a biow. The Austricas have, beyoud doubt, resolved on Plan of warfare; indeed, from tba very begi was no olber course for them, The seizure ria, if they could Bave carried it by a coup de main, jeuid, no doubt, bare been a fine thing for them; bas the piace ig too strong to be taken except by 4 regu- Jar ‘siege, and fer that bere wus not time. jas for remaining manenly in the Sardinian Terrivesy, that is ous of the queetion. ‘The austrians have jone of the best wellitary Positions in the world—a position ly anvantagevos Lbat if they ahow themselves to be driven from it the Proseians will probably coneide that ‘Ger. py’s abicid”? may well be allowed to bear uil the biows f rmapy’s sword”? attempting to answer bem. But pet uotil the French aud Sardiniaas come upom, e lines which Genersi Gyuiai now holds will the Aus- favs buve # (air chanoy ip battle. The shortest exami ven of the map of Laly will show that in the present political condition of the country it would be padne+s in be Austrians to go too far from thir base communications. foe Tyrol and the Ter: Prieste must supply them with reinforcemen’s. Nd be futul to torm to leave the Milanese and Venetian rMtory a: the mercy Of an enemy operating from Spex #, for instance, across the Dachies, or from the f woicb the Frcach have complete commend, F Nerd rontiers of Italy to the Ticino is more thau two nored miles, and @ vast army, composed even of th syrriied aud rapidly movmg troops, might be unwi Wo be reinoved eo far from ibe nearess point which peuli be cobwidered frienely ground. Every copsiterstibn, therfore, leada to a belief that the wsirans wil! figtt mainly witaia ther owas te slowness of Movement which seems insepa: @ elaborately prepared armies of the present day threat- that the attack of the French wilt be 4s unlike as posst- He w tbe briivant dashes of 1796. A quarter of a milion pt mec do not dash exsily. The Austrians, though they ii probably im avother fortnight be inferior in force to beir Opponents, wilbbave ali the advantages of modern Jence tn resisting the attack; and it gortainly seems a most fortunate fur che human race, that modern im- werent render defensive warfare every year more y. If, then, Gén. Hess or the Emperor Francis Joseph uke proser to bold the positions the army occupies, ni8 Nay oleon will have need of severai couasila of war fore atteokig @ great force posted 10 a position it has hosen for itself. But it ws quite possible that this prudent cures will not be acceptable to the Austrian legiong, Nations, ike mdividvass, buve their weaknessys, aud it ig qoaiity of meokind 10 desire more a reputation for wuat bey do not possess thun for that which all the world at ivvks to them. We, as impartial apectators and as ere of Thiersand Jomini, think it the best plan for mab and Siavic troops to stand on the defensive, and « si to their rolidity , their excellent organization and the 08 which'three generations of engineers have clabo- ved, rather than throw away their advantages and isoirect their faculties by operations against an army quick and go excellent in the beginning of a cum- ign as the French. Such aa opinion, how jer, would possinly be most distasteful "among ‘ officers of General Gyulai’s army. Tay ape, remember with ail the retentiveneas of national ity certain encounters in waich an Austrian atiack ove back French troops, and they may be deairous of epewing such glorious deeds against the force wnich now ceupies Pieamont. With regard to the rest of Italv, there is as yet scarcel¢ ytoing new. Tue French seem to be waitiog for the h of the unbappy King of Napies, and it may be that event will lead to political changes in that kingdo: 8, of Course, Of great importance to the French Emperor ht tbe whole Itaiivn psopie shoald appear tomake coramon with Serdinia, und the myitary ambition of the higner ra will be stimulated to {the utmost to induce iem wke parkin @ revo) meaner. movement. The Siaten a: é Chureh wiil probably be ieft to their neutrality,’since feeble Pope is not tikely to imitate bis predecdreor in days of “Napoleon I, but we must prepare ourselves every part of the [tatian peninsula being forced into bomen action with the French urmios. ald une: cted success attend the French arms these complica. , may be avoided, nud the French Emperor may per 2eton the -Fincivie, “ The fewer mon the gremer bere of honor,” but snout the victory tremble for any -© 1p tbo balance, the wholo of Itely will most aseared!y com peiled to take part in the war, IEW OF APFAIRS FROM THE AUSTRIAN HEADQUARTERS. [Correspondence of the Londoa Times } AUSTRIAN ARADQUARTERS, MORTARA, May 18, 1869. ‘The Paris papers of the 8th arrived here today. They wap some criticisms on the Austrian military move- ete here. One writer blames them for not marchiog h Novi; nother for not walking over the prepares de- ces Ob the Dora Baitea straight to Turin. Now, Novi within afew bours of both Curm and Genoa by rail- ; and at all events mx days march from Pavia ey had, therefore, fully ten days atart in reaching bvi. The original ‘pian of the Austriaos was to attack ere; but it was defivitely given up when they agreed to jpone thetr advence at ‘Iand’e request. When they p crocs the frontier it was too late also to march op rin; aod ell thoughts of an offansive movement were peoued. Tao musaing of the troops here, wita corps ob-ervation nortb, west and south, was entirely a de- psive measure. This snould be borne tn mind in Eng- p Acetria did not attack Piedmont. She threatened do e, but at ove word from Eugland she totally ve up the project France begaa the war by nding her troops 10 Geooa. Can any person gue that the Austrians should, after that, ited bebiud the Ticino, allowing the allies mass their troops here or at Novarr; and choose tr own time for attacking? Had they acted go, a glo batcie might have decided the fate of ail the north stot Lombardy, whereas, by taking up thle position, the allies from advancing by the northern they can first draw off the Austrians by a D rds Stradeila end Piacenza. Cieably the Aus. we could not act otherwise, in seif-defence, than cross feino when they did. It would have been biter, haps, bad they not bevore threatened to do so as an ive movement, 6 French were seen from Vercelli yesterday— least, some brick-colored inexpressibleg were ob- ‘ved, but at the Dorm Baltea some Ptedmonteso thea their nether halves in that color to mislead ‘opposite party, and the same trick may have Bn repeased. 'y and yesterday there seems ve been an castward movement on the part ef the es couth ot the Po, They can nardly be serious in an ntion to penetrate Lombaroy in that direstion. The with the Tuscass, or tho w: ire they quite sure of Eowland’s neutrality, a corps 5 beet Speez'a and marching by Parma on ptus, would be very troublesome, or they might leave troops enough in Piedmont to keep the Austrians check, and land the rest at Cbioggia, near Venice. [ d hardly say, therefore, that every expression of Minis or pubiic ae yo Engiand is received with eme interest bere. I cannot help thinking that ic opinion is mistaken with respect to Austrian do- ben I hear a statesman like Lord Palmerston express _ ppe that this war may result in the Germans being en- 'Y driven out of the country, I naturally hesitate in ning an ite opinion, and re examine the evidence ch bas been gradually convincing me I confess, fever, that the more I compare statements with (acts oro settled does my opinion become. Under the Piedmont, Lomnardy, Parma, Modena, ard part be States of the Church, formed o1e province® In these all had a fair start under different go: pmonts. Look at them now. Lombaray ig the province under the sun, but the upper one- are di ; others the mate- Dreaper! 1¥ lees, and the upper one- and of Piedmont are contented, all the rest arc dis- pred; all wish for a change of seme sort, from the This magnificent plain of before me, is inferior in no 1Ze no maz would hesitate p and two 10 tbo wort, “Surely abe Rogie oman bare ged this for disterans by the ame of ‘constitu 1”” given to the Piedmontese government. Is a con- ion a blessin ¢ OF & curse to @ Latin nation? Gow bas loved in Fragoe, how in Lat how in Spain? Now the national dent ear by your, in spite of taxation of the most ‘ive kind, and the people are ripe for red repubii- —— oo vo be wd mebatene wan Mago form eq capable ing use es. If discontent ex: ar ', con- phrases, 80 often used by persons meaning, aro jost the same in ag in Torin, and in both places are tie fame falas ‘1815 it was given to Austria as & possesalon withoul im- statements made. The Lombards are sald to de subject 10a more exacting conscription than the other navon+ comprising the Austrian empire. What ia the fast? Uuatis 1848 the Lombard on'y served eight years, the others four teen. Now this bas been equaiizet, bat who ia tp blame? Who i to blame? I beg pardon—I mean to way Mo whine disinterested friendship does Lombardy owe the heavy Conscription of this year? As to Venice, France reduced it to absolute ruin. Ta portance, its trade having 4 aod Population diminished, Austria made it a free port, gave it a railway, bridged the Laguoe which separated it from the mainiand, and tiftesn days 820 it was a happy, pros; town, with every pros pect of matili furtoer and more rapid advance. Yat, be- Cauge there once lived at this place # great [talian nation, there are people in England who think that Sardiois bas # right to ruin the present inhabitanta, uot one third of whom are of Venetian origin, and annex the territory. ‘This is what they wish to do; whether France will lightly give up her hoid on Italy, if she can obtain one, is an- other question, and must evidentiy depend on the permis- sion of Russia, for, Itaty, France and Austria crippled, England and’ Germany dare not interfere, — Poor Yoa capnot conceive how desoiate she Venice in May, without ten visiters, Tre state of stagnation is complete, all the military pre- parations being already made. ' These are of a mot form idabie nat and, considering the diflicalty of access to veeseis of any size, I do not heartate wo stave that a merely naval attack on that place would bave no chance of succers. Every ebannel bas either already been qrite blocked up by sunkea ehips, or vessels laden with eto: es are moored close by, ready to close the email rematoing pateage at a few minntes’ potice, and guns of large cali- bre (moatly 93¢ tach ebeil guns, but longer than tne &ng- lih 10 inch gos), command wil these obstacles. The natives certainly looked to me happier in 1850, when the Austrians bad just returned, than they do now. T suppose some few are ready to mnke great sacrifices to get rid of the Zedescht, but the shopkeepere think much more of the total stoppage of trade than anything else, Trieste presented an equally melancholy appearance, more to, perbaps, for the ruin is greater. There, at all evenis, there is but one feeling—tbat & the most intense hatred of tbe French and Sardinians, or rather of the Em- peror Napoleon and Count Cavour, A mrong force is out to day to reconnoitre beyond the bre the Austrian left bas been reinforced to watch the French on that side. Should anything be discovered to caure a general movement I will write to-morrow, but I think this unbkely. ‘The Allies cannot be prepared’ yet for an advance in force, THE POSITION OF THE FRENCH ARMY. [From the Liverpool Mercury, May 21, We have at length a French official tien of aportion of the French army; but whether it is that dart which is going first into action, or whether it is mentioned with a view of withtrawing the attention of the , Austrians from more important movements on the part of divisions of the army which wre not named, re- mains to begeen. According to this telegraphic despatch, which ig dated Allesandria, May 19, the Emperor on that day.mepected the First and Thitd corps of the French army at Tortora and Ponte Curone. Both of those places ¢ situated to the south of the river Po, and on the line of the great road and railway from Allesandria to Voghera, Stradella, Pavia and Picenzs- Tortona was formerly a strong fortress belonging to the kingdom of Piedmont, but the citadel was biown up by the French in the year 1796. Ponte Curone is a village, with a bridge over the Curore, one ef a multitude cf small streams which flow down from the Apennines into the river Po. They are both within a dozen miles of the Australian position be- tween Bronio snd Stradey): All these movements appear to announce the approach of a great struggle for the possession of Milan. Beforetho French obtain possession of that city thay will have to fight a great battle and to force the passage of the deep and wide r:ver. In proof of their ability to eflect the lat- ter object the French despatch of yesterday mevtions that the fire of their artillery from the south bank of the Po had dislodged a body of Austrians from a position which they bad taken on the north bani, near the rail- way bridge at Valevza. The distance to which the French guns carried with effect in this engagement Is said to have heen 2,600 metres. The French metre i more than 39 inches—a trifle above an Fuglish yard. Account of the posi- THE STRENGTH OF THE HOSTILE ARMIES. Torin, May 17, 1859. With respect to the strength of the armies, # point of much interest, it is not easy to obtain accurate informa- tion. as the pumbers vary from day today. If we state the Piedmentese at 80,000 effective men, it is a very libe- ral estimate; and in theso are included the volunteers, about 10,000 to 12,000, who enlisted in the regular army. I. very probably gwould also inclade Garibaldi’s corps, which is 8,600 on paper, about 3.000 effective. There is another corps in progress of formation, which was to have been Uiloa’s, and which will probabiy be about 3,000 more. As regaris the French, all that I can tell you as positive, derived from official sources, is that up to and on the 6th inst , 64,000 men had landed’ at Ge- noa. The dato is rather remote, and there have been many arrivals since then, to say nothing of those troops that came over Mont Cems, and whose numbers it is scarcely possible to estimate, even approximate. The general belief seers to be that there are now 130,000 French in the Sardinian States. ‘There may be more, butI do not think there can be maby less. They are still deficient in cavalry, artillery and comp equipege. At Lyons a tremendous siege train is preparing, deetined, of course, for the Lombard for- tresses. With respect to the Austrian informatioa, on whish I place great reliance, and which is up to the most recent date, states the whole force in Italy at about 220,000 men, distributed as follows: — At Ancona 7,000, Ferrara 4,000, Venice 12,000 to 15 000, Legnano 1,000, Mantua 4,000, Verona 6,000, Peschiers 2,000, Piacenza 6,000, Brescia, Milan, Borgamo, Cremona and other places in’ that district 20,000 to 25,000. Be- sides these, within the last day or two about 20,000 men have been concentrated about Piacenza. Non-com- batants and sick are get down at .20,000. Including tho 20,000 men that have just been drawn from it and assem- bled round Piacenza, and 4,000 or 5,000 that are in Pavia, the effective strength of the Austrian army in Piedmont js about 130,000 men. I have strong reasons for believing the above figures to be substantially correct, THE BRITISH CHANNEL FLEET. (from the London News, May 17.) Beveral of the versels which were orginally intended for thie service have been despatched t) tae Mediterra- nean, and they include five line of-battle ships and one corvette, namely :—the Royal Albert, 121, screw, Captain Rice, bearing the flag of Rear Admiral Str Charles Howe Fremantie, K.C.B; the Renown, 91, Captain A. Forbes; the Orion, 91, Captain Watlace Houston ; the Victor Emanuel, 91, Captain Wilcox, ©.B.;the Brunswick, 80, Cap- tam E. Ommanney, and the Racoon, 21, Captyin J. a. Paynter. Iva:much, however, as Rear’Admiral Muady bas been appointed second in command of the Moditerra- beau fleet, the probability is that Admiral Fremantle will vbortly return to reaume his command of the Casnnel squadron. The Hannibal, 91, Captain Conno the flag of Adwiral Mundy, and will shortly the Mediterranean fleet. Sh short of her complement. Therefore, for the immediate defence of our own shores, in adaition to the Roy Alvert, there are the St. Jean @’4cre, 101, Captain Thompson; the Exmouth, 91, Cap- tain Stoprord; the Gero, 91, Captain G, H. Seymour, C. B the James Watt, 91, Captain E. he Algiers, 91, Oap- @.W. D. O'Cailoghan; the London, 91, Captain o. the Cressy, 80, Captain the Hon. G. J Elliot, ©. B.; the Cwsar, 91, Captain C, Frederick (now on speci pervice a the West Indies), and the Agamemnon, 91, Cap- tain T. Hope. Of frigates there are the Liffey, 51, Preedy; the Emerald, 61, Captain Arthur Cumming; th Mersey, 40, Captain Caldwell, C, B; the Diadem, 32, Cap- tain Moorsom, C. B. (also on’ special service); the Doris, 32, Captain E. Heathcote; the Cur: Captain T. Mason; the Termagant, R ; the Cadmus, 21, Captain H. 8. Billyar, ©, Of smaller vessels there are the Brisk, 16, Captain Al- geron F, R. de Horsey; the Falcon, 16, Commander A Fitzroy ; the Pioneer, 6, Commander ©. H. May; the Fly: ing Fish, Commander C. W. Hope; the Intrepid 6, Com- mander G. Marryat, and the Assurance, 4, Commander C. M. Aynsiey—all of the before mentioned ships being screws. Then there are, of paddles, the Firebrand, 6, Command- irago, 6, Commander 'M: B. Dunn, er James M. Bruce; and Gorgon, 6, Commancer B. C. F. Pim, The mejority of the ships composing this important fleet ave been commissioned during the past few ‘weeks, and are, for the most part, fully manned. There is also commissioned, including ton, 131; Royal Sovereign, ;j 102} Edgar, 91; Colossus, 80; Goll 80; ‘Majestic, 60; mars, 80; Mcipomene, 51; Orlando, 50; Dauntless,” 32; of home defence, there are the screw blockships Nile 91 Captain A. Wilmot, ©. B.; Cornwallis, 60, Captain Ran? dolpb; Pembroke, €0, Oaptain Chariewood; Blenheim, 60, Captain Scott, C B.; Russe, 60, Storey; Hawke, 60, Captain Grispin; Ajax, 60, ; to join @ is now only about 100 men and also, for the Captain y Captain Boyd; Edinowi 60; Captain D’Eyncourt; "Hastings, 60, Captain, Monde} Hogue, 60, Captam Moore, ©. B.; and the 1 AT ye Captain L.’ G. Heath, C.B. The number of vessew in commision, therefore, on the home station, exclusive of the Royal Albert, Cwtar and Diadem, are—ships of the lipe, 17; frigates, 8; emaller vessels, 9. Line-of- ships ready for commission, 10; frigates, 8. THE LATEST DESPATCHES FROM THE SEAT OF WAR. ALzseanpriA, May 18, 1859. This. morning the enemy opened a so vigorous capnonede, which lasted from three till six o'clock, op the bouts moored on the rigbt bank nf the Po, near the rail. road from Alessandria to Mortara. Our side made no ree- ponee to the cannonade, the result of which proved to be insignificant. ALRSRANBRIA, May 19, 1859, ‘The Emperor inapected to-day the positions of the tirst and third corps d’armce at Tortona and Poniecurone. reaterday the Austrians endeavored Peri f and block up the windows of s house on the left bank of the Po, and by entrenching themeeives witbin it to dispute the pas- tage of the river at Valenzia. A few discharges, however Of capnep from a distance of 2600 metres dislodged them from their sheltered position, which they have since sPamacoe. _ At eleven this morning tne Auatrians with. ase Vercelii, and have blown up the bridge over . ‘Tort, May 19, 1869, soe troops, occupled Vercoilt ut half past four this after. left Dank of the river, “mele artillery, are all on tne iver, ‘The Mayence Journal states Poms Reetinaee nh taal information, 26,000 Bavarians are hext week to enter the Rbine Palatinate to protect the frontier, Interesting Suit for Breach of Promise in St. Louis, Verdiet for $100,000—The Plaintiff a New York Lady—Unsucceseful Attempt to Defame Her Character, &o.; &e., &e. A breach of promise case of a very interesting charac- ter haa just been concluded in St. Louis, in which the plaitiff recovered the unprecedented sum in damages of $100,000. The plaintiff \s 2 New York lady—Miss Efe C. Carstang, a daughter of Rev. Gideon Carstang, for many years a Metbodist preacher in this city and Brooklyn, The lady, who is between twenty-five and thirty years old, it appears, remioved to St. Louis some years ago, where she resided with her aunt and sister. Here she made the acquaintance of a very wealthy gentleman of abcut. sixty-five, named Henry Shaw, who paid her very marked attentions for two years, and dually proposed for her in marrisge, and was accepted. For some reason or other, however, he changed his mind, and breke off the engagement, whereupon she brought a suit ugainst him ‘of $10,000 damages; but subdequently, by the advice of her counrel, laid the damages ai $100,000, the entire wmount of which the jury thought she was entitied to upon hearing the evidence. The defendant put in asa plea the character of Miss Carstang, which he alleged had been bad during a previous residence in Charieston, 8. C., and more recently in St. Louis, but he failed to sustain the allegation by the testimony. He also offered a letter of the plaintifl’s, written to him in the spring of 1858, which he claimed was 4 release from bis promise to marry. The Court would not receive the letter in ovi- dence; therefore it made po part of the proceediogs; but as it detaks a perfect history of the courtship and con- duct of Mr. Shaw, we give it here: — LEITER OF MISS CARSTANG TO MR. SHAW. When I last saw you I said that I would see you again or write to you, but delayed dog either, as I hoped your own sense of rigbt would lead you to seek an interview with me. I write to you now, not because it is & pleasant task,nor do Ido itto annoy you, for believe 1 am 40 constituted that it is my disposition always to heal rather tban wound; but, at the same time, I consider my- eelf, under ali circumstances, a8 bound to protect and de- fend wy own person, honor and reputation, let who will sofler; and I write now to remind you that by your at- tentions the last two years to me, und our engagement, | and your subsequent desertion of ine, you have attacked and compromised ail three. It is unnecessary for me to say that] em much a out and dissatisfied, though per- bape you thik I ought to have had better sense than to have believed you. It is over two years since you govght my acquaintance, and requested permission to visit me, and offered me references as to your character and position, and very soon after came your: proposel to marry. You said your wealth and business did not auswer for company; you were very lonesome; that your mother was too old’to live with you; that your single sister would probably die, even be- fore your mother, and Mrs. Morigse had her husband for | company. After delaying some time to teat the sincerity | of your offers, becoming satisfied that you really desired | me for your wife, I accepted you, and from that time you Were a constant visiter. You sent me flowers and fruit, | and made me presents from time to time, and frequentiy | invited me to ride, avd seewed to desire that our relation should be made public. You invited me to meet friends at your bouse in tne city, and to ride out to your country | seat. You sent mea plano, and desired thet I should | employ ateacher. You told slater that you were going to take me away, and finally named the time when we would marry, aod I mace preparations for the same, The time arrived, and you postpobed it, on account of your desire | to perfect your arrangements in reiation to the botanical garden. You removed the piano to your own house, under the pretence that you desired it on account of a musical party to be heid there. Finally you cease to visit me, and when J become solicitous for fear you are ill, and call at your bouse, you insult me with a proposition which any true woman would reject. During our engagement I have avoided general society, and declined the attentions of others, and bave endeavored to please you in every way. Your attentions bave beea remarked by many, and I am BOW subjected to all the unhappiness and mortification arising from your desertion of me. Had you called on me a8 a gentleman, and offered any ressonable excuse for this treatment, or simply asked me to release you from this engagement, and assigned no reason, I trust { shonid bave bad too much pride not to have complied at once; but your cezertion, a8 it is, deserves whatever punish: ment the opinion of a just public may visit upon its au- thor, and you may rest assured that if my couneel so ad- vigeS, such reparation shall be demanded of you as our Jaws grant to my sex under the circumstances. i ‘ANG. E, C. CaRst, It was proved om the trial by the testimony of one OF tur 1s that Mr. Shaw owned property to the amount o” s.million ana @ baif of Collars, and this fact, no doubt, ia- fuel the jury materially in making up their verdict. For the better understanding of the case, we give some extracts from the leading portions of the evidence, ATTEMPT TO DEF#ME THE PLAINTIFF'S CHARACTER. TRSTIMONY OF ROBERT CAUSSE. By Mr. Shepley—Q. Have you ever seen this lady be- fore (pointing to Miss Carstang)? A. I have agen her at Charleston, S.C. Q. When? A. In ’49 or 50. Q. Do you know her general reputation there? A. From reports I do. Q. What was the general report as to character; good or bad? A. Bad. Crose-examined by Major Wright—Q. Where do you live? A. In St. Louis. “i Q. What is your businees? A.’ Commission merchant. Q. When did you come bere? A. January, 1856. @. Where did you come from? A. Fiom’ Charleston, Q. Did you ever speak'to her in your life? A. I never lid, Q. How old wasshe then? A. Can’t say, sir. Q. Where did you see ber,on the street or in your ttore? A. On the street and in her own store. Q. What kind of a store? A. It wus a millinery es- tablishment and dressmaking; don’t know her father; don’t know sbe bad a father living there at that tine; was not a man of femily then; am bow; was married in Mas- achusetts; have children; bave sisters living in the South; one in Charleston single, and one in Nashville, who is a widow; Miss Carstang lived on King street, near Beresford street. Q Was anybedy in the store besides hersclf? A. A nuraber of !adies were there, whom she employed in car- rying on the millinery business. Q. Do you know her weil enongh to distinguish her from otbers? A Yes. Q. Have you reen her before in this city? A. Never. Q. And though ten years bave elapsed, and she hag grown from 8 young girl into womanhood, yet you can Gistinguieh her countenance through her veil? A. Yes, Q. What is the color of her heir? A. Don’t know. Q. Do you know Mr 5! ? A. No; wes introduced to Mr. Shepley yesterday afternoon by Mr Peck; have been talking with reveral parties about this suit; parties who are from Charleston; know her name there was Madame Carstang. Q. How do you know it was the same person who has Drought this sui? A, Was told so. Q. What was the latest time you knew her in Charles- ton? A. In ’51, or ’5] and 52. Q. What do you mean by general reputation? A. From various reports [ beard. Q. Do you know what the people thought about her who knew her? A. Among young men I did. Q How do know they knew her? a. They merely told me she was 80. Q. Was there avy peculiarity about this Maiam Cars- tang that Jou should recognize her after ten years ab- sence? A. She looked very gay. . Q. Does she look very gay here? A. Shé looks diffe- rent here, Q Did you ever see her in gay colora? A. Yes, rather gay. Q. Did she not ‘ays dress in black while in Charles. ton? A. I never saw her in black, Q. Can you name one single person in Charleston who knew ber? A. Yes; Mr. Gronnig; Mr. Caspar; 1 have oe ur. Gropnig with her. S _ E w maby persons haye you ever heard speak of her? ‘ai a = maby. se) rp }. Out of such a great number I suppose you can us atleast a few pemes? A. Yes, three or four. Lane zi Ri let us have their names? A. The two brothers jet Q. Where did they live? A. In the same city, about a block and a half.from Madam Carstang’s; I knew a Mr. Miller who knew her; my father was @ Frenchman; my mother a Bostonian Q Did you never bear of Mi#s Carstang having a mister in the establishment? A. Iam not positive; tpink [ have seen ab advertisement in the papers announcing the re- Teceipt of new goocs. Qa woe her name spelt? A. Same as it is here, Q. Bow is it spelled here? A. Don’t know. Q. Then how do you know it was spelled there as it is ere? A. Well, Ican’tsay. Q Is y mystery to you how you were summoned ip this cavee? A. I do not consider it a mystery; I was summoned yesterday. $9. Did you ever see tho sister of this Isdy in Charles. ton? A. I have seen a lady said to be her sister. Q When did ths lacy leave Charleston? A. can’t say. Q. Abo you can’t remember the last time you saw her in Charleston? A. Can’t say; think about ’60 or ’51; when they left the establiechment was occupied by others, Q Fol rig ot ce ace when Mies Carstang was there? A. Can't say; quite a numbeg; as many {eval to euch an establishment. Bei ss Q. Weil, do you forma an estimate of what you saw er qhat yon thought to be in such an eatablishment? AY By 0 latter. Q, Well, by that method of mathematics, what do a Suppoee would be the number that onght to be in such 2a establishment? A. Don’t know; I have seen three,or four there; it was quitea large enablisment; I was never in there; Tg 1 wan large by passing there three or four times of a i: Mr. Gronpig was an unmarried man, and 20 were the '8. Jefforde, and sa was Mr. Miller, i bad ‘Were young men about town, were they not? Q. Pretty gay, dashin; adhe, Ray @ fellows? A, You, tolerably, Q, Not as dasning as tho Indica? A. Can’t pay. Q. Tsuppose they wore respectable men? A. Yes sir; young men of standing tn society; Mr Grounig might net bave been quite so moral as e others; the Messrs, Jeilord were prudent, careful men; I formed my | sbout ber. | (Objection made and overruled. ) estimation of her from town talk of young men who would epesk of ber when rhe passed by; 1 have seea ber in company with young gentlemen; T ‘bing unbecoming or immodest in secidentally introdcced to Mr. ; Shere area uum- ver of Charleston men bere; T have given some names to Mr Shepley; I neverkuew her to do apything else but keep a mmliipery establishment; 1, fret beara of this suit two ago. TESTIMONY OF J. M. GARDNER. Tem & watchmaker and jeweller, corner of Locust and Fourth streets, in a ot 1 formerly resided at Charles- top, South Caroliva; | ‘teen Mise there. Q Do you know ber genoral reputation ? Not from my own bnowiedge; there was a good deal of talk about wnat that time about her. Q, What was ber r * Cross-exemined by bave never seen any- ber tment; I wes ? A. It was not good. jor Wr'gnt—I bave never spoken ‘Car stapg; I cid not know that she bad a father or a cousin; I know pothing of her relatives whatever; knew notbing of her female acquaintances ip that city nor ef Jobn B. Seaman; [ lived in Charleston for eleve years, When was it you knew the plaintiff? A. Can’t state olin it was between the years 48 and ’62; I wa: morried in 49. Q. Who were the persons that spoke of her? A. To me? Q Yes. A. I never had a conversation with anybody about her; when sie wes passing at times on the strect, I bave heard remarks made.about her, both by gentlemen and Indies. Q. Did you ever hear ladies speak of her disrepatably? A. I never oid. Q, Was there apything peculiar in her manner or ap- poe ON the sireet tat occasioned those remarks? A, Ihave noi seen ber for some time; I think there was 8 slight inchation of ner side in walking which attracted attention. tion. Q. Do you reslly know whether she bad anything to do with the eetabii#hmeat? A, I do not; it went by the name of Madume Carstang’s. 7 Q. Have yon any idea of her age? A. I supposed it was about 20 at that time; I know nothing bad of the lady myself, TESTIMONY OF J. L. MOSES. Ideal in fancy goods, on Fourth street, in this city; I bave lived im Charierton; 1 have seen Miss Carstang there; to my own knowledge I can’t speak of her reputa- tion; I have beard young men there say it was not good. Q. What woe said? A. Just caval remarks; nothing ‘that made spy impression on my mind; the remarks would be made as she would be parsing by: Q. Had shea. Teputanion in Obarlewion for chastity, or the reverse? A. It I bad been guided by what the young mep said of ber, I should judge her not very good. Cross-exawiped by Maj. Wright—Q. Did you ever hear of apy act or conduct of apy kind on the part of Miss Cars- tang Unat was at ali iodelicate or improper for & lady? a, never did; never spoke to her myeelf; ber conduct and deportment were lady-hke; was once standing in front of my store und there were some young men standiug eround, and Miss Carstang passed by; some remarks were made about. ber by the young men which were not very fa- vorable to ber character; the store she kept contained milli- nery goods, ribbons and bonnets; have never seen avy men there in the caytime; know nothing of her female acquaint: ance nor of ber mode of living: once or twice of an evening have seen geptlemen talk to her inthe doorway; it was not very late; customers would come in and she Would leave them to wat upon the customers; the place went by the pame of Madam Carstang’s establishment; never saw auy- thing abont the ertibieoment which made me doubt its character; have sometimes seen men in the store speak- tog with her, but that would have no weight with me; never saw her do anything immodest or uncecoming. By a Juror—Q bere was a good deal of talk you say Wae that talk based vpon what those young men knew, or only what they had neard of her? A. Just what they had heard, TESTIMONY OF MR. JOSEPH J. MBRSMAN, I live on Fifth street, between Morgun aud Franklin ave- nue; I kvow the house occupied by Misa Carstang; 1 don’t know of the general reputation of the bo Q Have you observed anything? If ao state it. Major Wright objected, but the Court allowed the ques- ything that would either good or bad. A. Tean’t eay that I have observed be likely to give the house a reputaty Q. Bave you complained about any doings in that house at any time? Mr Shreve objected. ‘The Court stated thet in these breach of promise cases the party, either man or woman, was liable to ha whole history inquired into, Objection cverruled, A. 1 dia. Q Wi their there spy indecent exposure {a that house, and A. There was once, I believe; don’t remember ‘ag two Or three months afver they went into bere was a young man who had exposed him- | self to my servant trom the back window of une second story of Mire. Seaman’s house. (Objected to by Mr. Shreve ag mere hearsay. Objection sustained.) Q. Did you ever make any complaint to these parties? A. Inever did myself, Dut—— (Interrupted »y Mr. Shreve. Ciors-examines by bisjor Wright—after the complaint ‘was made oid your ever hear of euch acts again? A. The second or third day afterwarde it again occurred, and ano- | ther complaint was made, after which we heard’ no more } ot tm 4 bh Med you come to be summoned here? cm lou 3 Mr. Shaw on «my stor 1 | to boow ir Pxnew anythtee ebBad bane Moe ant ial been in my store before twas. Q Dia he ask you of their es and merits, or of their vices and wickedness? A. I cdn’t recollect; he stated to me he bad been sued, and asked if | could be of any use to him as a witness, ana I toid bim I covid not; I have ‘been residing next door to Miss Carstang rince 1855; I firet moved there in 1854; they came there after I did. TRAEMONY W. HARES. I live op Fifth atreety ween jan street and Frankim avenue, No. 147; know the occupied by M Carswng apd be ter, Mrs. Seaman; have jways been told tbat Mrs. Seaman was the peraon who ept the house; frst became acquaint with the ladies four yeure ego at their house; it began through | Mr. Warren Chapin, @ cutter in my store, who Jodged in their house; he took myself and family in there one evening ,and introduced us to Mrs Seaman and Miss Effe; our families were intimate; we were close neigh. bors, there being only two dwellings between our houses; tance continued until the commencement of I forbid my family visiting them afwer that; can’t say I know apy particular grounds for such a course. Q What was the cansoof such an order on your part to your family? A, Miss Carstung had written a letter to Mr, Shaw, and he came around w my store and snowed me the letter; and I was surpriced when Ieaw the letter that spything of the kind shouid occur, for I knew that scandal would grow out of it, and I did not want my family mixed wp in st; I went home and forbade my wife having anything more to co with the family; Mr. Shaw showed me the ictter; that bappened nearly a year ago— robably a little longer—can't say exactly; that evening Pivene into their house ant hada talk with Mies Effie; Mr. Cantwell was there when I went in, and [ desired him to leave, and he did 80; I then asked Mies Rifle what diff culty she had got into wita Mr, Shaw; she was surprised, ahd asked me whet I meant: T told her I had gocn a letter e had written'to Mr Shaw; I told her I thought entirely wrong in writing that letror, that it would occasion & great deal of scandal, and as my family | bad been intimate in the hoase, I desired her to | drop i d to be very muca enraged against | ba aid she would Lave satisfaction; I asked | ber if she bad any proof of Mr. Shaw promising to marry ‘her—if he bat ever writen any lor to her. she sald no; asked her then where was hér proof’, pointing to ber sister she said, ‘‘there is my proof;’’ I turned around tober sister and asked her where she was when | she beard this promise of marriage; she said she was out side the door, listening;I told her that was very poor proof to offer in a court of Justion, and that she had better with- draw the suit; she said she bad Jeft the matter with lawyer Hannegan, and ebe would go down next day and see him about it; I went back the second evening after that and Mits Effie said she ‘been down to seo her lawyer, and he wouldn’t let her withdraw the suit; at that time I had no knowledge of an engagement between Mr. Shaw and Mies Carstang; Thad often joxed Miss Effie about hor got- ting marriea to Mr. Shaw; Igaid he was a pretty rich man, and she would be doing pretty well if she could get hold of him (Iaughter;) she repiied, he was an old,man— (laughter)—a good deal older than she was, and toat sometimes she din’t know whether she could like him or not; Ipever heard her say positively she was going to marry him;I know several of the lodgers in Mrs. Sea. man’s house; Wm. Holmes is a married man; I have seen bis lady there; I don’t-know whether she lodged there or not; I know Frederick Hoimgg; if he is married Iam not aware of it; he is in an ioe 108 office. Q, When you spoke to her about her sueing Mr. Shaw, did she state what particular injary she had received? A. Sheeaid be bad been coming there for wlovg time; that be had promised to marry her, and she had kept oat of young men’s society on his account PLAINTIFF'S CHARACTER DEFENDED. TESTIMONY FOR THR PLAINTIFP-—EVIDRNCR OF JOHN HEATH. ‘Mr. Heath testified that he lived on Green street; that the frst time he saw Miss Effie was in Cummingsville, Obio, just back of Cincynnati, six years ago; that was at her aut Marsh’; Mr. Beath is a married man, and has visited the sisters on Fifth street with his family, and been ‘visited frequentiy by them; be never saw anything im- proper oF uniadylike in her conduct, nothing at all indeli- cate or immodest, nor had he ever been informed of any- thing to the contrary. TESIIMONY OF MR. FLANNIGAN. Mr. Flannigan testified that he lived in St. Louis since December, 156, or January, 1856; he first eaw Miss Cars. at that time, either at her house or at Mr. Harris’, where he boarded; he was acquainted with Miss Johnson’ who is pow his wife; be became very intimate with Miss Car and her sister; he bas often been,in her compa. ; De Dever Baw apy thing improper or indelicate in her ; on the contrary, always knew her to be prudent and reeerved; he was at Tower Grove, as already testified to by Mr. Garris; did not know of Mr. Shaw visiting Migs Effie other bap ee Q Do you le @ proper companion for a yourg lady you intended making your wite? A. Up to the time of this suit I did, but since that I may be preju- diced; persons are likely to be; when we were at Tower Grove Mr. Shaw was very courteous and gallant; it ap- peared to mo Mr. Shaw thought, great deal of Miss Eille; that is only my opinion, however. MR. RRAY'S TRSNIMONY. Mr. Seneca A. Bray has known Miss -Fille Carstang for fivo years; hes seen ber at her own house, at the Doarding bouse where I boarded, and at my own house; we board ed in the same bouse on Vine street, kept by Airs. Barton; gentlemen and their famities boarded thore; it was a very Teputab'e house or I should not have married there, which Tatd; Ulive on Myrtle street. between Third and Fourth; I never saw Dr. Barton; Tnever know anything uniadyhke nothing at all indelicate or immodest or unbe- coming in & prudent Indy; myseif, wife, child avd have flopped in Mra, Seaman's and Mise Billo’s house or a whole night; wo frequentiy exchanged visits, 5 know View nan; ki ew Tam, a Deputy Sheriff of Sk. Louis coun & Deputy Sher: fo ne er toa know Mrs. before Mies C. came here. Have you known her well? A. I think I hive. On terms of intimacy? A. Yes, we have been there juently. Duriog all your acquaintance did you evr se any- in ber which was st ali imprudent, tmmcest ‘r in- de.crovs? A. I pever did, Q. Have you known ber intimate enough to know of her Teal character? A Ithink I have. Q. Well, sir, with a knowledge of that character, and from intimate associations, what is your opinion ‘f ber character? A. Ver: g00¢—al good: Ihave been to and without wy family; before thie trial I never heard anght against ber, ts ‘TESTIMONY OF JUDGE HAMILTON, Ibeve known the lady for four years; sho, or rather her sister, Mrs. Seaman, was a tenant of mine; { have never known anything equal to them as tenants; they have been pt in paying rept, and kept property in good order; Bret Year's payment was in advance; have always regard: e¢ the character of my tenants; know nothing ita ble of tke ladies; on the contrary, quite otherwise; I have never been calied upon to go after the rent; ihey gener. ally Dring the money to me; I have never beea ia the house since they bave been there; Mr. Fred Holmes has brought the money to me once, and a Mr. Champlin once or twice, A. EPERRY's TesTmMoNy. I lived in St. Louis sixteen years; I kaow Miss Fffic and ber mater: I became acquaintea with them at Mrs. Bar- tenis, on Vine sirest; I boarded there; I married in that Douse; | considered it a reputable house; we have always been on intimate terms; she has always been recetyed into my family aga sister; [have always considered ber chaste and virtuous; never eaw ber do anything immodest or indecorous, nor beard of it until this suit was brought. WHO MI8$ EFFIE CARSTANG 13. TESTIMONY OF JOHN MUDIE. I, have known plaintiff since childhood; she was born and raised in New York city; her father was a preacher; he hivea both in New York city and Brooklyo; his name ‘wer Gideon Carstang; he was pretty well advanced in Iife when he died; he was a Metnodist preacher; I have heard him ch frequently; I kaew his wife, the mother of Mies Effie; she died in 1548, while on a visit to Philadel- phia; plaintiff was in her father’s house in Ne Fas over & year afterwards thas her father 4 South, with his daughter, to regain his health; Miss Effie went to take cars bm; be returved to New York, aad died shortly afterwarus; viawtiil was liviog with ber auat in Charleston; I think trom Charleston she came back to New York; Misa Effie and ber sister then went to Cincin- nati; ber father left. her property; be was very well off; while they were in Cincinneit wrote them ‘hat the church rounds were about t» be sold, and I did not want ber jatber’s remains desecrated, and \bat she better come op and bave them removed; Miss Eifie came on aud had it done; they were living in Cincionati, or near there, with their aunt; sbe was a Mrs. Seaman; is now in this city, ill and in bed, upadle te come out; first saw her on the 8d day of March; I calied on her bere the evening of my arrival; ber deportment as a girl and young woman is virtuous, chaste and proper; a8 ® prudent and discreet girl her character was good; she bas an aunt living in Charleston; Miss Efe lived with her there ew Jobo B. Seamab; he was ao first rate man; she lived with him in his house in Charleston; knew John P. Seaman’s mother in New York city; after the death of Jobn P. Seaman I don’t recollect where she wept; he died the seme iy ber father died; bis mother is the Mrs. Seaman who 1s in this city now sick Cross-examined—I was a member of the Methodist chured, and I knew Mr. Carstang; I knew, Mr. Ca’ staog since 1844; be preached in New York and Brooklyn; 1 knew him some three or four years asa Methodist preacher in New York; in Brooklyn algo some five or six years; be wag a local preacber; local preachers don’t ittuerate, Jobn P. Seamen wi iter; Miss Effie did not kuow I Was coming to St. Louis; Jobo P. Seaman bas a son living at 123 North Fifth street, St. Louis; the husband of Miss Effe’s sister is David Seaman; he is at Long Ialand;I am here on bueiness, bere § to reeide in Miseouri; I ama ‘bookkeeper; the estate of the Rev. Mr. Carstang consisted of real estate and cash; I never asked him; I judged he was & wan of considerable property; he lived’ well and family up well and comfortably; nie bouse sfull; Mr. Seaman and Mrs Csbora are the same person; sbe married Mr. Seaman first; Mr. Ovborn is Gead; it is natural for us to call her aunt Seamua, and I suppose she calls berself Mra. Seaman because of that ‘Lhe trial occupied six days. Tbe case went to the jury cb idebedyria © when they gave @ verdict for the whole amount claimed by Mise Carstang, $100,000, United States District Court. Before Hon. Judge Betts, IMPORTANT KEVENUE CASE. June 3.—The United States vs. Four Cases’ marked B. B. & Co., and numbered 486, 437, 428 and 429, containing clocks.—Tbis is an action of forfeiture against these cases of clocks, on the ground of undervaluation, and for the reason that some of them were entered duty free, when, as it ie alleged by the government, they were dutable and shovld have been subjected to import duty. The clocks and statuary were imported by Messrs. Ball, Black & Co., jewellers, of Broadway, in March last, from Paris, im the steamship tna, and were yalued at 4,000 france. The information of the government states that on the 17th of March the goods were entered at the Custom House and that an invoice of the same was left witn the Co!- lector; and that on the 22d of the same month that officar* caused the cases to be opened, examined and that upon examination some of the to be undervalued, and others marked os when, in fact,’ the contained " ‘clocks and parte of clocks.” The Collector, therofore, eat up fraud, as statuary is permitted ‘to be imported duty free, and ‘clocks and parts of clocks’ are subjected to a pnd of twenty four per cent. Mr, Ball, of the firm ef Beli, Black & Co., was examined ai Jength as to the custom of trade in invoicing articles of ‘‘eta- wary and clocks,” and stated that he hed been informed by the manufacturer in Paris that tbe babit of tho trade ROW was to enter Buch articles “article bronzes,’ and that they were ‘‘duty free;’ that he had directed bis broker to pay twenty-four per cent on ali siaiuary piecos which were fitted to clocks, but that in the presgnt :o stance that bad been overiooked, Mr. Charles Hoit, the broker, corroborated Mr. Ball's statement. Mr. Gnediu proved that the bronzes exhibited were always koowa to the trade as ‘bronze statuary,” although they were at tached to clocks, Mr. James Ridgeway, counsel for the defendants, testified that im April last he applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for permission to amend the entry aud pay the extra duty, which was refused. The at rendered @ sealed verdict in favor of the claimants, , Black & Co. City Intetligence. Tax Teuecrara im CaLiFoRNiA.—Mesars, William E. Lovett, of California, and A. A. Lovett, of New York, General Superintendent of the American Telegraph Com pany; bave purchased of the patentees the exclusive rights for using the Hughes privting telegraph, the House printing telegraph, and the new combination ‘printing telegraph patents, for the entire Siate of California. Mr W. E. Lovett sails for California on the 20th of this month, and it is expected that these improved systems of tele graphing will be introduced upon the jines of the Alta Caitorpia Telegraph Company, between San Francisco, Sacratnento and Marysville, at the earliest possible mo- ment. Musrary.—At an election for officers to fill vacancies in company E of the Seventy-firet regiment, held on Thurs. day night, Sergeant Edward Wade was elected First Lieu- tenant, and private Thomas B. Pendergast, of company F, ‘was elected Second Lieutenant. —_— Coroners’ Inquests. FaraL Mistake BY A PaysiciaN.—Coroner Schirmer held an inquest yesterday at No. 310 West Nineteeath street, upon the body of a child, twelve days old, named Elien Laughry, who died from the effects of an over dose of morphine administered to her by her physician, in mis- take for anise cordial. The jury rendered a verdict of death from an overdose of morphine administered by mistake, without attaching blame to anybody. A Sanor Kiizp —Henry Doecke, a sailor, died at the New York Hospital yesterday afternoon, from the effects of injuries reovived the day previous by falling into the cellar or area at No. 26 Oliver street. “Coroner O'Keefe ‘was notified of the occurrence, and will hold an inquest upon the boay to day. Personal Intelligence. Mr. M. S. Mange, of Philadelphia, after having resigned the active Consulship of Belgium, received, in token of ap- Probation of bis conduct, the tite of Honorary Uonsul, and tely the still bigher distinction of Kaight of the Order of Leopold. We rememoer that some years we highly commended Mr. Mange’s spirit and humanity on bebalf of imprigoned Belgian immigrante, whore case seemed negiected by his colleagues. The honors #0 jostly conferred are the more striking when it is consid. ered that the recipient is a native of German Switzerland, and owes nothing, therefore, to party or family influence, but all to his own merits and acquirements. The London Pott of the 17th cf May says:—The Princess Frederick William of Prussia (Princess Royal of England) may be expected to arrive in England immediately, on visit to her Majesty and the Prince Cousort. The Vic toria and Albert, royal yacht, under the command of Captain the Hon. J Denman, sails today for antwerp for ed purpose of bringing her Royal Highness over to Eng- M, de Kisseleg, the Russian ambaseador, took leave of the Fmperor Napoleon at the Lyons railway station, on the day of hie departure for Ital; Majeat and his then and there gave him. the Grand Gordon of the Leg'on of Honor. Thie fact, which has its. importance, has onl, just been made pubic, e f Governor Stewart, of Mirrouri, arrived in St. Louis on tho let instant. from a short visit to his relatives: and friends in New York, Major Bache, U. S. A., and Hon. ©. J. Faulkner, of Vir- ginia, are in Washington, PRICE TWO OENTS. OUR FOREIGN BEWS DEsPaTcHEs, The Rupture of the Entente Cordiale of the Newspaper Press aud the Nova Scotia Télegraph Company. Interesting Correspondence on the Right Prineiples of Conducting Telegraph Lines, a, ko, am 7 LETTER FROM THE AGENT OF THE PRESS. O¥niGR OF TER ASBOCIATED PRESS, ‘Naw York, June 3, 1859, } To rus Exscunve Comarrer -— GENTIZWEN—The recent derangement of the Associa-" tion’s facilities for procuring early and fall reports of news by the European steamers arriving at Malifax seemsto me to call fer & brief explanation to the public, and I propose {> recapitulate in this communication all the essential facts out of which the present difficulty with the Nova Scotia line bas arisen—the delay of our reports being caused by the unjust conduct of the managers of that. ine, -In the first place it may be well to remind you that the Nova Scotia lime was originally built (1849-50) by the government of that province, under an agreement which bound the Associated Press to receive over the line from Halifax to Sackville 3,000 words of news by each of the regular mail steamers arriving at Halifaxy and to pay therefor seventy. five dollars—about double the rates charged to the public. (n the part ef the line, the government agreed to give instant transmission to our reports from the time they were placed in the office until they were finished. Our arrangements with the government and with ite employés continued mutually satisfactory, untll the government eurrendered (1851-2) the ime to the preaent Telegraph Ccmpany. Shortly after the present Halifax Company got contro! of, the lines in Nova Scotia, although bound by their char* ter not to increase the rates of tariff as they existed under the government, they insisted upon the Association’s pay- ing an advance of one hundred per cent, carrying the sum up from $75 to $150. After strong but unavailing Protests on the part of the Association, the extortion- ate demands of the Company were submitted to, and this large qwas regularly paid until July of last year, when the news by the steamer due at Halifax was anticipated by the pewsboat «if Cape Race. rived at Halifax the Scotia Company were noted that we bad received the leading points of her newg via Newfoundland, and that we sbozld claim to have rt ad- ditional details forwarded from Halifax as our agent there might think proper, st the usual rate of tariff charged to the public. The Telegraph Company made no response to this communication. Two weeks later, a second Halifax ste:mer’s news was’ anticipated via Cape Race, when the Nova Scotia were sgaip notified of our expretations as before in rela- tion to the tariff, and also that their draft, for the amount st pulated only,'would be paid. Siill the company made DO response except 10 draw for the full amount ($150) for each report of unimportant detai's over their line “The draft for tne second protest, and then ens: Arsoviation and the Nor was terminated on the part of the former by the following let- we Orrick oF Tun ASSOCIATED PRESS, ~ New York Uet 12, 1858. W. H. Wiswert, Beq., Feerrtary 8.8. Tel. vo., Balltax:— DEAR bin—The absence of ber of the Executive Cons. mittee of the associated Frei unavoidably delayed an earlier reply to your communich fun a*dreawd to Mewrs. Gud- scn and andrews of q ‘Commutiea am ave Race, a8 i 00 am ai chet he Gage udepencentef ail telegraphs tolla, the e encentif Socistec Press after May 1. 1&9 wilnot pey acre tase the dinery rates of tarif! ebarged to the puolic for the details of puted, belly or inyart by arrivais at Newioundiane or pated, w here. Respectfully, ke. D. H. Unala, “e Agent of the Associated Press. At about this time, certain prominent parties connected. ‘with the Nova Scotia Company, sad others leas honorably connected, concerved the wild project of laying a cable from Yarmouth, Nova , tO Cape Aga, Masa., and the Baiifax people were made to beiicve that it was’ possible for them to sell their lines to the cable company for their on company Gat tases wernt Je attended with large 223 ©: st ($120,000), and a public demousiration in tois direc- * tion was tbortiy afterwarcs made at Boson, and in ite progress, the friends and confidauts of the Nova Scotia Company were most profuse in their s!aaderous refer- ences to the Agsoviated Press and its ‘There t8 good reagon for believing that the Nova Scotia Company desired to break with us, in order that it might more effectual y revond the effurts of tae unscrupulous parties wbo were striving to break up our foreign news arrupgements for their own beceGt; snd the foregoing wee —— apo by the company as the pretext for putting an end to the arrangementa with the on the first of May of this year. Thus matters coniinued until Apr®, when the follow! note was sent to the Nova Scotia Com@iany :— me P by 1 To THE Presinest or rue N. 8. uiso"e 6 mua beng any ben append car igel an caren f ay Ballfax, ivom ena atvoribe fit dae of Mes neat Me ain other news burivess, and we trust that yo Officers ¢wploy én will extend to Mr. Hunter each fachities ana 3 sles as are usual and proper to the paironsof your lines ae your company bas seep fit to dissolve end put an ead to ail * pects] arrangemenia with us from and after ihe firatof May, we cheerfuliy acquiesce tn yo de a s7rangemenis ag will en+bie us to compete, we trust euscess~ fully, with the pubuc n the devery of the European ‘sews at Joungiice | P esuming thatthe rule wait ve, © frat come ext served,” we bave vo rigot to ask soythiog and of coursa you wi) potexpect us to submit wm anything Very re- specifully, &o., D. B. ‘Gaal, General Agent NY associated Pres. No response was made to this note, when, tywards the close of April, I avdressed a despacch to the Nova Sootis Company, inquiring if it was true, a» represented by compapy’s recognized confidants, that the control of the Banfax ang Ssckville wires bad been surrendered tocertain private parties for six or ten hours after the arrival of steamers at dalifsx, and begging that if the company bad adopted any pew or unusual rules that we might be “prised of their nature. The response of the company was evasive, but #8 fliciently pomted to indicate that the Nova Scotia Company’s line was to be placed virtoally un- Ger the control of those private parties, and that the regular repo tof the press would be withheld until the Private #peculators bad been served. Our agent was, however, instructed to endeavor to put our report first into the office at Halifax, and to orepay she tolls, which he did, a full hoor in advance of the delivery to the operator of the private despatch; dut, notwithstanding this, the Nova ‘Com- pany wubheld our report from between 9and 10 P, M. until the afterncon of the following day—not civing precedence to the speculators’ report, but actually sus- Denoing the transmission of all other meseages from Hali- fax to Sack ville for fourteen or eighteen hours. This conduct of the Nova Scotia Company has been rq- pested on the arrival of each steamer since the 1st of May; buteach time the speculators have been foiled by the commendable stand of the American 'y who, I unceretand, will submit to you their correspon- dence witb the Nova Scotia Company, which I have been permitted to read, and which I earnestly commend to your attention. Respectfully, &., A. CRaIG; ‘wun Agent New York Associated Press. LETTER FROM THE AMERICAN TELEGRAPH COMPANY* AMERICAN TELEGRAPH COMPANY’s OfricE, No. 21 Watt srrget, New York, June 3, 1859, } Totrmg New York AssociaTED GrnrLEMEN—Ever since the establishment of telegraphic Ines of communication in this country, the role for their use by the pubilc has been that messages shall be transmitted in the order of their reception, and that no preference shall be allowed in the transmission of despatches. The only exception to this equitable and in” dispensable rule bas been im favor of news intended for pubdlication in the newspapers, and therefore regarded a8 the property of the whole community. Telegraph com- Paviestorganized’under the laws of thie State are allowed to make, such preferential arrangements, and no other, The public have @ peculiar interest in the foreign news, ‘Which usually comes to us by way of Halifax, or St. Johns, N. F. For some years the arrangements of tha Associated Press have secured to the public at large the foreign news in advance of and all private advices whatever. Previous to thes ae Tangements the lines were frequently cut, and expecients were resorted to ia order to secure the news for purposes of private specuiation Of late years, how- ever, the business bas been conducted on such & system, as in the main to satisfy the public that their just rights were proper'y protected, About s month ago, however uae notice that the Nova Flectric Te’ Com who control the live from Sackville to Haltes, about 130 miles in length, bad refused to transmit the usual fore! news for the Associated Press, and had given tial and exclusive contract to private for to transmit the foreign in course arrangement could only extend to their but as that line is at the 7 tho ‘Telegraph Com felt that thoy coul® not, in view of their ‘Obligations vo the public, and. to the character of their officers, lend themselves even indirect- against this unjust arrangement, which led to a protracted correspondence with the Nova Scotia Company, & copy of which, a8 it is now closed. they feel 't due to themselves And the pabiie to lay before you, and I herewith enclose it, The correspondence rpeske for itself, Dut it is to be observed that the Nova Scoia Company @ndeayor to ine