The New York Herald Newspaper, August 12, 1859, Page 2

2 ee vazanmpan trac sncammamamen seat me Ramee AG ACTA UAE MG EIGN nate ARRIVAL OF THE NORTH STAR, VIVE DAYS LATER DETAULS FROM CALIZORNE. THE LATEST SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS. Interesting Interview with the Oregon Indians. ‘WOE CASE OF THE MESSENGER BIRD. HE CHIRIQUI GOLD CEMETERIES. CONTINUED RUSH TO THE DIGSINGS. Affairs in Bogota and the New Grana- dian Provinces, &e., &o, ke, ‘The stesmship North Star, Captain A. G. Jones, of the Wanderbiit opposition California line, arrived at th's port yesterday morning at three o'clock, bringing California mavices to tho 20th ult., which have thus been bat about fwenty-one days and 2 bsif coming throngh—a quick re. The North Siar connected a3 Aspinwall with the sioamer ‘Unele Sam, which arrived at Penama on the morning of fhe Sd mat. a7 A. M. The passengers of the Uaclo Sam were eafely put oa joard the North Star in an unusualiy short space of time, as they left Aepinwall in eight hours after their arrival at Panama. The North Star experienced strong soutbeust ‘winds in the Carribean tea. ‘Phe United States inail steamship Star of the West, with fhe customary mails aod treasure, left Aspinwall twenty- two boure in advance of the North Star, ‘The North Star oa bar last outward paseage deat the Baar of the West three daye and six hours. The advices from the southern coast are no laler than Shese rece'ved by the Northern Light The vews from Califorais by this arrival s not very im- it ©. K. Garrison, Bq , who has been for geome eleven months past_occupied in organizing an opposition passenger ‘Me between San Francisco and New Yori, had left for ‘Me East. It is his preeent purpose to remain on the At- Mantic side. He intends to settle ia New York, with the ‘View of superintendiag in person the aifairs of the com- yeuy, while his son, William R. Garrison, Eaq., will re- ‘main as the agent in contro! of the company’s interests ja Ban Francisco. A gentieman in Montgomery bad suggested that, while Bike war was raging in Europe, with a prospect of continu- Jug fer a long time, it would be a good idea for California mpeculators to go into the gunpowder manufacturing busi- megs. Saltpeire is said to abound in the pisin lands near ‘@iiroy, in Santa Clara county, in vast quantities, and als> Sm Freeno, Tulare and Los Angeles counties. Where it is Sound with nitrate and carbonate of soda, in combination ite other mineral earths and substances, ita manufacture ‘ery simple, it has often been found in these combi- adions while making soap from the soda earths, and the Sagoonas of San Felipe, Liano Tequisquitos, San Yeidore and ether ranchos lying in the plains near Gilroy. In the ‘ot months the ground may be seen covered with a sheet ef white particles like snow, which are found to contain he salts of potash, soda and other alkalis, It is also said 0 be found near San Fernando and San J. Capistrano Mis- ‘ions, where great quantities of soap was made formerly, ‘The Trinity Journal sume up the losses by the tate fire 3a Weaverville, at $107,200. The property owners and ‘merchants on the principal business street have determin- ed to prevent the Chinese from returning to their old re. ‘The diggings at Gold Canon continue to yield very large qantities of gold, but the quality is very inferior. Mr, Kiauber, @ trader, has taken a large amount of it at $12 per ounce, and finds himself taken in, by the discovery ‘Moat it is only worth cight or nine doll: ars. eT cous, We Hest 80+ moon Sunday morning Hi6is was colebrated in Bt. John's shurch, S at Il o'clock A. M., by the Rey, J. H. Hard- ane People’s Nominating Committee of 1857 and 1858 ave eppointed the Nominaticg Convention for the current ‘The surveying party which for sems time has been e weged, cucer contract with the Mexioaa government, in survey ing the lands of Sonora, hag been broken up by the military government of Sooora. Capt. Iebam is on hia way to San Frarcieco. Capt. Stone has gone to Washing: fon, He was met beyond El Paso by the overland mail which reached San Francisco on the 17th ult. Captain ‘Mbam went by the last mail from Tucson wone of the #tations on the Gila, where he lay over. The Case of the Bark Metsenger Bird. the missing bark Messenger Bird, Cap’. Jonn H. Delee, which ‘turned up” at Tahiti about the middie of Ma Inst. There has been about this vessel and the mysterious Proceedings of ber master a great deal of speculation in fhe commercial community mor in relation to her will be read with Interest, It ja kmown that the ce jo has run off with the vessel; that hhe bas appropriated the carge, and traversed oceans un- Jewfully; be bas committad unauthorized acts, whish jeo. and every fact or even ru- Pardize the rights and property of othere, and some of the | ‘most complicated questions of mercantile law arize out of his ions; #0 that, should the Messenger Bird be Beized and brought into a court, her name would be known mimoet as Jong as admiralty law, and the name of Delee be handed down to posterity as one of the greatest barra- Sors of modern times. for these reazons it is intereeting Yo give ail that can be gleaned concerning the wanderer her bold captain. Unfortunately, our information is ecant. The mate of he vestel and the steward, who left her at Tahiti and mrrived here on the ship William on Tuesday evening, are | mot very well posted, cnd it is evident from their conver- | gation that Captain Delee attended to his affairs himaelf— making few confidants, and entrusting no person with his Recrets. Some points, however, can be made out from Sbeir accounts of the matter, and we give them as they were given to us. The steward, a young man, states that he shipped ai Providence for a voyage to Rio de Janeiro, and other ports of South America, and back to the United States. He is not able to give the length of timo for ‘which he shipped, nor to state any but a few particulara Of the contract made with him. He says that the vessel ded to near Richmond and took on board over ,000 barrels of flour, and 250 half barrels, and pro- eeded to Rio, where it lay about five weeks, in the Beighborhood of Christmas time. There the four was ipped and a cargo of coffee taken on board, besides a ‘quantity of money. ‘At that place the mate, second mate, carpenter, and Beveral sailors were discharged, aud several others taken ‘en board. A sailor whohad shipped before the mast, was Promoted to be mate, and acted in that capacity till the Yestel reschen Tahiti. From Rio the vessel proceeded to del Fuego, where she stopped to take in wood, and ‘Yen proceeded to Val Coffee were disposed of, more money taken on board, and the vessel proceeded to Tabitt, ‘Port was not ber destination, and the steward left ber, and here his story ends. During the whole course of the | voyage be knew nothing of the captain's intentions, He soxely faw what took place as it passed before bis eyes. He saw large quantities of silver on board, but that was aillhe knew About tt. e mate, who couid tell much, probably, ifs> disposed, Winks that Capt. Deleo will “turn” up all’ Course of a few months, in one of the great commercial cities of the Atlantic, though he admits that the proceed. ‘Ings were not exactry lawful oncs, He says that Delee hhas a “‘pile”’ of money, and will soon haye much more, and that will cure a deal that je rank; but it may be re. marked that a iste spree has somewhat muddled up his Perception, and consequently his viewa must be received ‘With grains of allowance. Aovording to the little he has ‘been pleased to communicate, he shipped at Norfolk for Rio and the western seaboard of South (?) America. At Rio he was promoted to be mato. He received and receipted for a large amount of bullion and ‘soin at Rio and Val but the amount he {s unable fo give. When in the Southern Pacific, he guj “that the was coming to San Francisco, (for which port tl vee. wel cleared at Valparaizo); but, upon weighing anchor at ‘Tahiti, the eaptain took him aft, and gave him “some in. formation,” whereupon he replied by tolling the captain 40 order round the boat and put him ashore, ‘This information is supposed to have been the intended yoyage of the captain and a liberal offer, provided he ‘would proceed on the ed voyage; but the mate an- Bwered that he wes golog to San Frazcisoo, and would not proceed further in the affair. In the meanwhile a portion coffee—zald to be 1,200 bags of 169 transhipped from the Messenger Bird to the William, and in this yeesel the mate took pas- Btge for this port, leaving Captain Delee to prosecute his ‘Voyage without him, # The mate states that the captain used him well, paid ‘Lim promptly, and paid his passage, as well as that cf the Pleward, to Sun Francisco, and It seems to be chiefly for Teazons that he doeg not like to say much tha might compromise him. ft seems, from his conversation, that Le brought e package of papers to this city and lof at a certa! pisce, bot that is hole don impression that was in- ‘Volved in eome manner in this city, and did not wish to =. re] that the verre] proceeded trom Tabiti 4 ney, he laughs at, but doce ‘not know or ie Twiiag to tate = he mane could be gather in relation abject, w: Ihad sold the vessel, that he would room tent pee capa ems thet it was not good in at the Horn—and t take another conveyance for the pice ne hho might choose to stop. ‘There was one ‘paseat ho went by the name of Chesterfield. fave had a band in the business. M4 Be seems inian, an educated. business msn, and was once a licutensnt in th States navy. He was accompanied by his wife and two daughters, about ten years of ago. He is said to have relatives in this city, and it is suj that the package, above ro. Sorred to was’ intended for thom. Tho’ exact na. ‘ere and extent of his offences are as yet un- known; but that much is wrong is plain. At Tahiti, it le Feported, be rubbed of jhe word Bird, and big Dark gallpd igo, where some 600 bags of | where she arrived about | po eS Tt was itt by the crew that she was bound wo Francisco; but it soon became evident that this | right,’ {n the | one about fourteen and the other | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1859.—TRIPLE SHEET. of the Mereenger; but this may have teen Renee ree travaire, wvolving We destruction of that por- tion of the veegel Dearing the word Bird, “5 Tt is cetimated that he let Tabidt with pearly 2.590 bags of cole, and im the neighborhood of $10,000 ia money How bo: to make the additional pile’? wricb the oote f, remains to be seen. It ig stated, however, that tie crow all Dutch, and say “Yaw” to everrthiog he orders, #0 tbat, whatever may be bis plans, they aro likely to be carried out, : i ‘ch arrived in the William and for ‘Astor ihe coflee, wh’ which Captain Delee is said to have received an advance at Tabiti, a replevio suit bas been commenced against it in the Tweifih District Court, by John Gallop, and it wan seized Iset evening, under yiceet ‘by the sheriil, Mr. Gallop alleges that there are 1,200 bage, that they belong to him, and that they are worth £25,000. San Franetsco Maxkeis. - {From the Gan Francisco Bu?‘etin, July 20) San Francisco, Menday, July 18—P. M. A very limited business bas been traneacied in thie market di the past fortnight. An active trade ia not uaually looked tor during the month of July, and tue causes to which we reierred in our last fortnighuy re view bave continued t restrict operatiows aud to make business of little importance. But few fluctuations in prices are to be noted, rates having been nominally sua of ovr pres! potion, for W® have many more vill beyond the Ze. that ook contain par more people than tb ashing’ togesber. — Y have, travelled a whole moon to reo vs, yet you Dave passed over but a ematt part of our couptty,, which reaches from the ocean where the 802 yiges, to that im which he rests ot night. Your yes have seen that the wicds, the wators acd (ho Ore Ure our servaote—that we can give more than the speed nd eqiiof the boman band to wood and iroa and bref. It ia then not wonderful that wo are mig’sty to ove, whelm our enemies and protect our friends~ -that the “shite man is rick and the red man poor. Yet our *varis ere not proud, nor do we deepise our red brethren; we cerire to teneh you our wisdom, to instruct you in our ways, that you may de rich and happy too. ‘We will give oa tbe houses promised the chiefs, fence and plow the ‘and erect the mitig, she Bchoo) house and hospi- tal, and will send you the miller, carpenter, whee wright, blacksmith, texcher and others iamed in the treaty. Dr. Mullan has sieenty; been appointed your physician, and wiil soon be with you. Next year you chal! bave piows, axes, blankets and many other things, such ag you faw given to the Blackfeet at Fort Benton laat year, If youreceive and profit by our instruction you 4 your cbildrea will become a wise and happy people, rich and reepected like the Cherokees, and other nations near your white breshrep, on the other side of the moun: tained without the opportonity of determiniog the actual condition of the market, cwing to the default of by forcing sales by tbe certainty that they could not dikpose of them without great sacrifices. The usual method cf fercing gooce at auction has a'so been less resorted to, It being evident that a furiher declive in prices would re sult from any attempts to realize. The aggregate trans actions, therefore, ere of little moment, aud afford bat limited material for a review. Within the past thirty days there have been but five arrivais from domestic Atlantic ports. A number of voa | gels have consequently in the meauwnile been cors\iered due, and at the prerent time there is a largo soouc: : of merchandise liable to be placed upon the mar y moment. This circumstance has, to some extent, prevent ed the country trade from sending forward orcecs, at made the city jobbers diainelined to purchase frova etock already in store. It is tho prevailing impr upon the receipt of the qnantity of goose tha! are now due, the market will go silll lower, while nose are so | sanguine as to anticipate that a change to the disadvan: tage of buyers can ensue from the oilvring of additional applies. iA Pr adeition to this Incentive to the country trade to re frain from calling upon us at present for goods, the dul- ness usual to the seazon preva'is, anda large indebtedaess | onthe part of interior traders to their business conaec- tions in this city exists, which will require liquidation be fore operations can be resumed. The deficieucy in the latter respect we are inclined to attribute more to the cus- tom of pettling up old accounts when new bills are in. curred than to any positive disability on their part to meet thelr engagements, The funds wil maost likely be forthcoming to equare up old bills as soon a3 new ones shall require to be incurred, but a fv:tioment will be es- sential t2 the renewal of business. fall trade, we ray venture the Suggestion that its condition, to the termiaa- tion of the period when active operations for the season shall cease, with the getting in of the rains, can by no pos- sibility be accepted by parties at the Est ag an occasion to resume shipments. We infer tha: there has been a deeirable cessation on their part since the ist inst , and that there will be peop rior fail trade with us s moderate revival in prices, or at t thas goods will become saie- able at some price. But no hope can be indulged of even alleviating the very serious losses that must in any event be iacurred, if upon the first faint revival of trade parties here plucge into unwarraotable speculations, or others abroad take it for granted that they can find a profitable market for ship- ‘ments until the old stocks here shall be relieved by con- sumption. For quite a period of late we have had occasion also to speak of the heavy stocks of East India and Chinese pro- ducts. These continue to be argumented with a declining tendency in prices. Such goods as are supplied to us from Enropean ports are now in excessive supply; but the im- menge glut of American merebandige, while it keeps the market depreesed and renders money Scarce, prevents any activity im imports that otherwise would be having fair profite, Oregon Indian Speeches. | CONFERENCE WITH INDIANS IN OREGON—SPEECHES OF THE CHIEFS AND BRAVES—MR, GEARY’S AD- DRESS. We noticed last week, says the Salem Statesman, the arrival at this place of several Indian chiefs of tribes east of the Cagcade mountains, in charge of Major Owen, Sub- Indian Agent, accompanied by Rey. Father De Smat.’ Tae names of the Indians are as follows:—Alexander, head chief of the Uy per Pend d’Oreilles ; Victor, head chiet of the Lower Pend d’Oretlles ; Adolph, a Flathead brave ; Spokan Garry, ead chief of the Spolcan tribe ; Andre, chief of the Cccur d’Aleines; Buonayenture, a chief of tho Fisitead ‘sub: thiet. Th tw toaavenee {vies totenmmatan). = ‘The chief of the Coivilie Tadians, Derpis, came as far as Portiand, where, haying taken k, he returned to Vancouver to await the return of Mojor Owen and party. Having visited the principal places of interest in this vicloity, they bad, on Monday, a | talk with E.R. Geary, Superintendent cf Indian Affairs, The speeches made on the occasion are as follow :— SVRECH OF ALEXANDER, HEAD CHIEY OF THE UPPER PEND D’ORSILLES. | Iam glad Icame up the Willamette. I am glad that you (Superintendent Geary) came to Vancouver in time to | Prevent our going back without eecing you. You are my | chief. Iam not afraid to talk. I will speak without fear. | Jknow that some of my people bave been b Thave | labored to keep them from doing wrong. When they | sicle horses I returned them to their owners. Iam glad | Lnave come. You are our father, and chief over ug and | our children, We need your counsel and have come to | hear you talk 1 have nothing more to say. SPEECH OF ADOLVH, A FLATHEAD BRAVE. We were on the point of starting from Vancouver for oar bomes in the mountains when you came. I was clad | youcame, Tam giad we came with you to Salem. I wish | to heer our father speak. We are blind. We hope our fa. | ther will open our eyes. Our children are bliod and poor, We have eyes in common with our white brethren, but they do rot reach so far. Four snows psat we made a treaty with our father, Gov. Stevens; in that treaty we pro- mised to b@ friends witn the neighboring tribe; we then buried our tomabawk and have not raiged it since. 1 am not afraid te epeak to you, my fathor. Too hands of our forefathers were unstained with the white man’s | blood, and of my people are the same. To day you have | made our hearts glad. You have shown us many things, | which, could we follow, would befor our good. We have heard your words—and when I return I will take them to | my people. We want good menu in our country to pro. | tect us from whiskey traders. Whiskey makes the In- dian crazy. not only for myself but for my peo- ple. This is ail I have to say. | SPEECH OF VICTOR, HIRAD CHIEF OF THE LOWER PEND D'OREILLRS A few of my people were in the war last year. Tnis has troubled me, and for this reason have come dowao | to see you, and talk with you. I have always advised my people not’ to go to war with the whites; some of my | Young men were persuaded to join tbe hostiles; but they were afterwards very sorry for not having listened tome. My people were anxious to know what the white father would gay to me; I did not know what to do; my heart was good, and I concluded to come and hear you talk. Twill carry your words back tomy peoplo, and we will follow your advice. I have opened my heart to you; [hope shall not be sorry for it. I have not opened my heart for myself alone, but for my people. I am done. | O°" tam ermacn OF ANDRE—CHTEP OF THE COFUR D'ATEINES. Our hea’ chiefs sent me down to seo you, and show you our hearts. It is true that we, and some of the Spokans, Were foolieh last year. We went to war against your People; our eyes have since been opened, and we are forry. Since the great talk at the Cour d’ Aleines Mis- tion, with the great soldier chief, Col. Wright, there has been no danger for whites passing through our country. | You bave shown us your schools to day—you teach your children—you bave more sense than we have. Our great father (the President) is father over the Indians as well | asthe whites; and our father (the Superintendent) will aleo be a father to the red children as well as the whites. | It is your wish not to have trouble with the Indians, and it is our wish not to have trouble with the whites.” We | are well pleased with the kindness you have shown us; it | sends us back with glad hearts. I now wieh to hear the father speak, that I may take his words back to my chiefa, for the good of the Indian. i am now done. | SPEECH OF BUONAVENTCRE, GUE? OF THE O@UR D’AL- | BINES, | The Indians are all poor, We are the same as blind, We have seen all you have shown us. We areall satistied that the blame of the last war rests on the Indian; wo were foolish then, but the great soldier chief, Col. Wright, opened our eyes; he spoke well, and treated us better in we deserved. As the war is now over, and things quiet once more, we have come to see you, our father, hoping that you will advise and counsel’ us for our good’ We are ignorant—you have sense. My People said to me, “Go gee the whites in their own country, aud your eyes will be opened.”” I wish to hear what you have to say to us, - what you say we will take back to our people. am done, SPERCH OF SUPERINTENDENT GRARY. Chmers 4xp Braves—Your country is distant, and you | have made a long journey to sce the great war chief | (General Harney) and myself. It ie well you have come, you have eeen much of which you have not even bas been hidden from you, beard before. Nothin; Our garrisona, ehips of war and steamboats, you bave visited. Our mills, foundries, shops and factorics have been opened to your eyes; our printing presses have made the “speaking paper,” and our sowing machines made clothes while you were looking at them. T have heard you speak; I like your words, for they arc | 00d. You # Rat have been blind, that your eyes are | Bow open, that the hearts of some of you have been fool i and tor rar, but are now wise and for pesce—that carry our words to your le, and they will believe them. The great father (the President) will read for! words to me, for J will send them to him. He will glad to hear that his red children have epoken wisely— that their hearts are for peace. He fails Rot to chastise the bad, but he profers to reward the good. Some of you have tid ed been our frienda—the white man’s biood bas not stained your forefathers’ hands, nor your own, Others of you have not always been £0 . But you tell me you are ashamed of your conduct, and have buried your Weapons of war, to dig them up again no more. This is well. Forget not your good words today. Gur hearts are not stone—we the Mg you all—henceforth we are friends, of one heart; but should any of you, or your People, forget, and dig up the tomahawk again, re member the words of the great war chief. He’ will be ee track, and you cannot escape him, You must not our gd in pagsing through your here Al should their lives or Property be | taken by the Indians, we must hold you responsible. To | the Flatheads and Pend d’Oreilles I would say that the council of the great father have lately confirmed the | treaty that Governor Stevens made with you four years ago. You thought bis words had fallen ‘to the ground; | but it !# not so, You will soon find that they were all strong and true. But the goods promised mus} be brought from & great distance, and cannot reach you till after another snow. When the summer returns we will begin | to send them. We have taken you to our schools where our children are taught; to our prisons, where a terrible punishment ia inflicted on bad men, ‘You havo algo geen our churches where our people worship the fame Great Spirit the missionary fathers have taught you to love and obey You find uss numerous people; far | wore fo than ti Indiang, Yet you baye seen but few tars, Should bad men come among you, you must not emoke their pipe nor hear their talk. If they do you wrong you mvst be patient and nottake revenge into your ow bands, but call on your father, the Agent, who’ wifl protect you, and punish’ or remove from the country those who injure you, Let noone bring the deadly tire water fnto your country—it is your woret enemy and will speed ily destroy sou, sbould you touch it. Igive you alls few presents for yourselves, and to car- ry with my words, to the good Victor, chief of the Fist- we anc a few others. My words are ended. Major Owen wi'l be with you on Jour return home. May tho Great Spirit biees you, and may hig red and white children ye heresfter be at peace and live as brothers. Tn addition to the presents made to the chiefs present, eis and ouher articies were placed in their hands to ‘ivered by inem to Denais, chief of the Colviile io ead chief of the Flathead Natisa; Moyes ebief of the ead tribe; Michele, chief of the K nay tribe; Ambrose, a sud-chief of woe Flathead tribe The [nd.sie Jef Jhis place for their own country, io charge cf Major Owen, on the 14th Jaze, apparentiy much picased wit their visit. News from New Granade, REPORTS FROM THE CHIRIQUI GOLD, CRMBTERIES—-THE YLFLD OF IMAGES AND OTHER VALUABLES--GHOS8TS OF THE OLD INDIANS AROUND—AFFAIRS AT BO- GOTA AND IN TILE INTERIOR. {From the Panawa Herald, August 2.] Lettera reveived ia thig city from David, dated July 14, State that the people from all directions continue to tock to the gold diggings, aua that tho yield of gold obtained from the huacag continues undiminished, Prefect of the Department informe the Governor that the elections (for Procerador, &c) did not take place on the day sp: Pointed, ae no ciectora appeared at the poll, all being too bugily engsged in the grave diggiuge. A letter received at this oilice yesterday from Sr. Carlos | Wegener, cated Jane 24, though rather out of date, con- taina a fe iterns worth transcribing :. lait cate Indian who itve hom you probably know), and who nas been in of digging up Indiau graves for the sake of the are and piedvas de moler generally found therein, took it into his head to dig a little deeper, which brought him to the real grave where the body is deposited in a coffin of rudely ixed stones, and there he found the ekelo- ton of the deceased, together with a besutifelly worked “bat? in gold, Since then tt bas been ascertained that every ‘‘buaca’’ contains goid images in more or less num- ber, the earthenware and other articles having been buried only balf way down, and thia ae why, up to the present rime ro few of the remains of the es had been found in the graves. One man took out of one grave in one day $1,000 worth of thinge, amongst whizh were throe gold plates of the size of dessert plates and the thickness of rtout tin plate, an eagle of the size of a span, and mauy other animals and ingects beautifully msnofactured. This is the richest. grave tbat hus been found ag yet, but none have been opened that bave not produced something. The old man who made the discovery Kept his secret for some time, ae it is reported that he succeeded in accumulating about 000. The place where the first discovery was made is called Bugaba, situated on the other side of the river Piedra, on the road towards the Costa Rica frontier; but as the whole of the foot of the Cordilieras in Chiriqui is full of ‘‘huacas,’” it will take many thousand people during many years be- fore the whole will be dug up. The finding of’ so much worked up gold in the “huacas” is a positive proof that the country must be very rich in gold, and I haye no doubt that ag soon as the above facie become known to the real mining public, rich and extensive deposits of the ore will be discovered. The rivers are now very high aud moet of them impas- sable owing w the FMiUs, ommerwise more persons would hare obaswen for the diggings. People who come W Work bere must expect to rough it, live on tesnjo (dried beet) and plaintaing,and sleep in the open air; it is no easy matter to dig holes eight to ten feet decp and remove jarge storee. All kincs of ghost stories are aflost among the natives, who report hearing unearthy noises and fambores (druma} in the Cordilleras, which they auribute to bis sable Ma- Jetty, who does not wish the graves to ve molested for tear the dead may not be able to find their bones at the lust Cay—e0 at least eeveral bighly respectable natives have seriougly aeeured me; you can judge for yourselves, As wo stated in our last issue, we are in receipt of Bo. oe Papers to the 12th of July and of Santa Martha files to the 17th Our Carthagena papere did not come to hand by this mail. We translate the following, which appeared in our Spevish edition of Seturday last:— It is said that in Carthagena the Hberal party haye pro- rounced against the authorities, in consequence of the new law of elections. On the night of the 26th a party of the liberals proceeded tbrough the strects, accompanied by a band of music, and finally marched to the jail, which they suddenly attacked, and captured the guard, none of whom made any resistance, except Sr. Franciaco Gambin, who was wounded, Tho party next proceeded to the real. dence of Sr. Juan Joré Nieto, ex-Governor, and induced him to accept the provisional rule of the State. Sr. Cal- vo, the actual Governor, who was absent at the time in the interior, bad not returned to the city. fa Tho following proclamation has been issued by Sr. Nieto:— ‘TRE PROVISIONARY GOVERNOR TO THE INHABITANTS OP CARTILA- GENA, Crmzexs—The time has arrived to snbstitu'e ia this State a ich now exists, 80 contrary to ve adopted. Above all, do not enterprises are never accompa. rem aggured the rights of a'l romises because my ante- obtained, it only re- people to convoke a mset- o’slock, at the Consist il, to take 8 Cur aitvation msy require. CARTHAGENA, July 26, 1899, ‘JUAN JOaE NIETO. in Dolega (Roberto The American Association for the Advance- ment of Sctenee. SPECIAL REPORT FOR THE NEW YORK HERALD. Srrivcrmip, August 9, 1859, ‘The Association copyened this morning in general ses- sion at 10 o’clook, President Alexander !n the chair. The sections previously met in their respective roomson tho first floor. There being ecarcely an audience when sec- tion A met, it adjourned to the large hall. In section B. however, two papers of yesterday’s programme were read hastily, there being but very few members present. Afterwards the membere of the section repaired to the large room on the second floor. The minuces of the last meeting wore read by the Secre tary and accepted. Henry A. Ward, Cinn., the Rev. G. C, Robineon, Robt. L. Winterton and F. G. Sandiman, N. Y.> were elected members. The President then announced the Standing Committee would respectfully recommend Newport, Rhode Island, as the place for the next annual meeting, and algo the following named gentlemen for offl- cera at the next meeting, viz. :-— President—Isaac Lea, Philadelphia. Vice President—Dr. Benjamin A. Gould, Cambridge. Secretary—Dr. Jos. LeConte, Columbia, 8. Treagurer—Dr. Alfred L. Miwin, Philadelphia, Pa. The President then said the Standing mittee have directed the Chair to report, that it be respectfully recommended to the Association that it make arrangements to hold « winter scssion in some one of the Southern cities. This suggestion was referred over to the meeting at Newport, to be held next yoar. The names of candidates for office mentioned above wero Put to vote and the gentlemen elected. The Presipewt then read the following resoluticn:— Rerolved, That the Association tender their thanks to Professor Caswell for his able address on Friday evon- ing, at Hampden Hall, and that 250 extra copies of the report be granted to bim for bis own use, This resolution ‘was immediately seconded and carried. ‘The Present then stated that he had been requested by the hie Committee to say that a letter had been received from Lieutenant Gillis, United States navy, ask- ing the sanction of the Aescciation to his expedition for ob- serving the solar parallax of Venus. It was immediately resolved that a committee of seven should be appointed to confer with Lieutenant Gillis on the best moans of carrying on the expedition and of attaining ite objects. ‘This was seconded and carried. The PRexipeNT asked if there was any one present to read the report of the Committee on Standard Weights and Measures, No one answering to the call, it wes resolved to continue the committee. He also asked if any one was preeent to read the report from the commit- tee to memorialize the Legislature of New York in refe- rence to fieh breeding. Noone answered. The commit- tee, it was decided, waa continued. Noone read the re- port from the Committee on American Ethnology, nor from the Committee on the Abreviation of the name of the Aesociation. The Presipxnt then announced that it had been pro- poted to alter article 3 of the constitution, 80 that it would be necessary for gentlemen not professionally scien- tific men, or entitled to the name of scientific men, to accompany their recommendations with a claim. That is, it was proposed to divide the society into two distinct clarsee—ecientific men and those not entitled to this dis- linction, By the constitution of this Association, mem- bers of acientific societies or learned bodies pants | in view any of the objecte of the Argociation, and publishing their transactions, are considered members on subecrib- ing to the rules, Collegiate professors, algo civil engineers and architects, who bave beon employed in the conatruc- tion or uperintendence of public works, may become members on subscribing to the rules. But pertons not embraced in the sbove provisions cannot Lecome members of the Apsocistion without the recommendation of two members of the Association, a nomination by the Standing Committee, and aa election by the majority of the members prerent at any cne meeting. Ik was therefore proposed to make the admission of un- Profeesionally acientifc men sti! more difficult. This Cauged considerable excitement ana a warm opposition by representatives of both these classes, Prot. JewEit, of Rochester, N, Y, theught the proposed amendment was in its character very oifensive. I under- stand boat a member, by this alteration, must be a goien. tifle man, one devoting himself entirely to science, HO id Dot approye of this condition at all, Prof, Ba and paid (hei che nigtory of the con- | dition or Dr inten woe sufficient io iteelf for the neceastty | of the alt” At Baltimore, Prof. Heary Rogera, bis brother , Prof. B. Rogers, and @ homber of menbore ex- PreseA'different views ou th's subject. So many have Xp'enwed their spproval of this provision I thought i | Wsuid poss without « comment. The Px BNT then seked that Prof, Bache should ¢Puci- dete the term, ‘‘devoied to science.” Prof. Banh raid be thougnt the term was general evough—that it ucloded a great many. Profestor Dewny tock the floor again, aad ro) a that he thought gentlemen should ba admitted, whether atientife men or not, If they paid their dues regularly and had common sense enough to vote for the advance. ment of the interests of the Asgoviation, be couid not see why they would not bave common sense enough to be- come members, Professor WituiAM Cuacvenet, tho General Secretary, took Professor Dewey's side of the question, and said that Many patrons of ecieace, worthy and meritorious men-— trovs of science from the common achool up to is Bebeet brancbee—tuese men, many of them, often desire, but will not offer their names for fear of being considered Tresumptuous, He thought that any such provision would tend to ipjure the Association a# an instiiution. ‘Mr. Hyarr thought this a very grave question—ono that ‘Was calculated to cut off the popular feaiure—tbe popular ebaracter of the Aegoriation. This institution depends upop-popniar influence #3 much as ary other institution in the land, In this country, Dir, President, it ia umporsible to sustain any’ ‘jastituion in opposi- tiion to popular favor. The influence of the people through the avenues of inteltigence open to every man—-the public journals—makes everything depend on popular favor. Thero is besides, gentlemen, auorher question, It js this: Are scientide mea competent to carry on the interests of this Association? (Laughter. ) ‘This '¢ a ques'ion which I should tixe to see elucidated Professor Dawky thought thai scientific men could carry op the aff of the Aesociation properly, and, moreover, they could dogo just as well and properly when other claeses of men were init. The scientific men would ne- cessurily do the mazagement. Pro‘estor Caswmit, then quoted from Bishop Baller, apropos to the occasion, which caused considerabie lay: ter. Dr. J.B, Gusnon, of Ohgrioite, N. C., offered an amend ment (0 the effect thet those who were not purely goon. tulle nen should not be entitied to vote nor hold any offi» that the membere should cousist of two clazse:- purely devoted to science, and the others associate m: bere or friends of ecience, A meosober then roee, belonging, as he said, to the latter ciars, and said—I a8 an aseociate member, not a acientidc mor—and I think I now speak for many besides myseif— would ery that che gentieman on the other side of the house (Mr. Hyatt) has mistaken the general opinion ‘a this matter, We are gateided to be ranked as sasociate | members. | “Dr, Dewey wanted to know if the ansociate members papers? itt, (of N.Y.,) rose and 2aid, thet be thoug’ | diego waste words on the question. Aa lovg as the ase | cintion was a scientific one, scientific men would take the | lead. It would be as difficult to keep oil from rising on the top of water asto keep the acien\ific under the un- | rcieptiic, Why? Gentlemen, without the knowleige | necereary to compete with professional men, we would | leave, we would walk, not after makicg such an attempt, with (ne blush of shame and confusion on our faces. ie was eurpiiced that the question ‘id cause 80 much | diecussion, Altbough an old me: gf the association, be was willing to be called an member, but be wihed that the subject would be no longer so idly dis- cussed, and, therefore, moyed the resolu be laid on the tadie. ‘This motion was immediately adopted, and the resolu- tion was laid on the table, andthe collision between the ungcientific and scientific stayed before an ebullition had time to take place. The Pxesipent then announced that the final meeting would take place in Hampden Hall, this evening, at 734 o’clock. The general meeting then adjourned to the rection rooms, on the first {loor. In section A, this morning, m the mathematical aad phyeical department, a very {ateresting and highly in- Etructive psper was read by Professor Joseph Leconte, of Columbia, 8. C., on the correlation of physical and chemi. cal forces. Profestor Leconrs said:—fhe mutual con- vertibility of the various forms of force is called the “correlation of force.’’ The invariability of the absolute amount in the midst of constant change 1s called ‘“con- servation of force.” This principle of correlation and conervation of force must be looked upon as one of tho grandest generalizations in modern science, a principle | Startling af frat, but. when already grasped and under- stood almost tic. The correlation of phy 1 forces is universally recognized as a principle in science, | and not only g0, but bas already been productive of many | beautiful and useful results; but the correlation of physi cal and vital forces bas oaly been speculated on in a vague, and, as yet, unfruitful manner. The most elavo- 5 i rate attempt of this kid which I have seen ts contained in the very remarkavle and sug- gestive paper of Dr. Carpeater, entiiled ‘Correlation | Ur Peyetsel and Vital Fowvos..” and published ia Philadel- | pbia.” In the present papcr 1 wink w prevent simpy a few thoughts which have originated in my own miad in the course of reflection on this subject. There thoughts have at least the merit of being unintlaenced by the writ- ings of others. Tuere are four plaues of material exist- ence, which may be regarded as being raised one above the other. The first and lowest is the plane of elementa- ry existence; the second is the plane of cuemical com- pounds, or mineral kingdom; the third, the plane of vege- table existence, and the fourth, of ‘animal existence Now, it is impossible for any known force in nature to raite matter through all these grades at once, On the contrary, there iz 2 special force adapied to the elevation of matter from eeca plane to the plane above. It is the Apecial function of chemical sfliaity to raise matter from Plane No, 3 to plane No. 2. AU the changes which tako Place on the plane No. 2 by the mutual reastions of odies situated on that plane sre under the guidance and control of this force. | Tt ig the apecial prerogative of tho | force of vegetation, of vegetable life, to lift matter from No, 2 to No. 3—from the condition of mineral matter to the higter condition of vegetable matter. All the changes which take place on this plane, the laws of which constitute vegetable physiology , are under the guidance of this force. Finally, the force of ‘animal life, and that alone, enjoys the privilege of lifting matter still’higher, into the fourth Plane, ia the plane of animal existence. No force in nature can lift from No.1 to No. 3,or from No.2 to No. 4, | Plants cannot feed entirely upon elementary matter, nor can animals feed upon m'neral matter. The reagon of thia will be seen in the sequel. Thus, these different kingdoms are truly represented as successive planes razed one above the other. Again, as matter may be ar- ranged in several distinct and graduated kingdoms, so it feems to me the forces of nature may also be properly divided inte distinct groups, arranged in a similar man- ner, one above the other. These are the physical, che- mical and the vital forces. And as in matter, sofin tho forces: it is impossible to pass from the lowest to the highest group without pasaing through the intermediate groups. It is well known that chemical elements in what 4s called the “‘noscert condition,’’ at the moment of libe- ration from previous combination, exhibit a peculiar energy of chemical affinity not exhibited under other cir- cumstances. At the moment of decomposition the chemical ailinity which bound the elements together and which was before ratiafled, is suddenly left unsatiefed. There ian altraction set free which was before disguised—a force liberated which was before latent, If conditions favorable are present, this force may preserve the form of chemical affinity and expand iteolf in forming either chemical compounds, or even, a8 we shall seo hereafter, in organizing matter. It isa fact now well established, ‘hat the geed in germination forms carbonic acid, and in doing so loses weight; that ig, the organized matter of the | feed te partially decomposed. A portion of its carbon n | Sara the oxygen of the air to form carbonic acid. Itig thie decomposition which developes the force b: which germination is effected. The forco necessary, ani therefore the amount of decomposition necessary, is small, because the work to be accomplished is merely the change from one form of organic matter to another, or rather from organic to organized matter. But how, i¢ may be asked, 18 this decomposition brought about? Heat and actinic rays ave been spoken of by many wri- ters; by Carpenter and by Robt. Hunt, as the physical force which is changed into orgamzing force by the | Meang of “the subetratum of an organized structure;”” but the peculiarity of the view which I now present is, that this conversion does not take Place immediately, but only through the mediation of another force more nearly allied to the vital—viz., chemical force. A por- tion of the carbon of the seed unites with the hydrogen of the air in decomposition, and it is this which gives it the force necessary to shoot the plant from it. It ig, in a Word, a change of matter from one plane to another by this force of decomposition. He then enlarged on this principle, elucidating it beyond a doubt, as the remarks of several members, whose judgment cannot be questioned on such scientific subjects, afterwards proved. He gaye many examples of different kinds of planta, and by thelr p>- Culiarities in Nght and shade traced this principle through- out the physical force of their growth. He demonstrated it to bea chemical force beyond a doubt, and proved other forces heretofore ascribed and set down. by different authors a8 subsidiary. At last ho reached in his treatise the consideration of the fourth plane—the plane of animal existence, His remarks on this subject were vory inte- reating. The connection between the animal an ‘voge- table kingdom, ag traced in this paper, commanded the Wrept attention of all prerent. Paper was very lengthy, but pronounced very valuable, by competent Judges, to science and to the Asscciation. After the Opn! the paper was finished, Professor Henry, of the Smithsonian, rose and said that his ylows were the same as those of Professor Leconte, and that Professor Leconte was well calculated to elucidate such an extended subject. The paper he regarded aga very yalu- able contribution to knowledge. Professor ALRXANDER remarked: We do not know what force is; we know that foree bas been shut up in a bottle, ‘and then let looae to propel the engine and perform otaer mechanical operations, and all that, but we do not know what it is. Profeeeor Heyy thought thie rather a metaphysical question. Professor ALEXANDER replied: Yes, ono that will have to be demonstrated clearly before this subject can be elu- cidated. Other members spoke and coincided with Professor Lo- conte in bis views on the subject, and thanked him for the contribution of the paper. Professor Bacug then read a very interesting letter on the disappearance of ice in the Northern lakes. He said that while an exploring party under his direction was on- camped for the met near a certain lake (I a the pame) in the northern part of the United States, he was utterly astounded in the morning to see a perfectly clear sheet of water whore the night previous had been golid ice, twelve inches thick. He could not account for this mystery for a long while; but upon cloe investigation he found that the ice was compored of priams, apd that those priems, when separated, would easily mel floating on their sides, the axis of the priem, when in the shest of ice, being perpendicular to the plane of tho water. He could account for it only in this manner, Several remarks wore then made by Professor Hxyny Loomis aud othore, and the section adjourned, In Section B several papers were read this morning on the origin of the Azoic rocks of Michigan and Wisconsin, by Charles Whittlerey; on a remarkable vein of gold in the bed of the Chestalee river, by W, P. Blake, Beq., of Washington, and eeveral other papers. The following paper on the Winds of the Southern Ho- miephere wos submitted by Prof, James H. Corvin, of Eae- Northero “demi we, which Standior, Oouamities of the WINDS OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, Yoat of my material is derived from the published wind Clvarts of Lieut. Maury, which now cover all those portions ef the Southern Oceana lying betwoon the equator and the 60th paralie! of latitude, and from the 165th meridian west longitude from Greenwich, eastward to the 100th meridian: cf east longitude, or about three foarths of the round the globe, For ‘bi wort to Cook, Ross, Wilkes and other Antartic explorers. My reaults embody the experience of a man, if such could ba, ‘who bad epent all his winters and halfbia summers in the Southern seas for nearly 650 years. All sum- mers and vine of the winters were spent north of the sixtieth paralicl! of latitude, and except in the vicinity of Cape Horn, nearly ail the former were apent north of the 45th parallel, and 0, of course, afford very unsatisfactory data for that part of the year, Bo- tween the parallels of 60 degrees and 65 degrees, I have obgervations for nine daye in summer and 163 in winter, and south of the latter parallel, for 178 in winter an eleven in the epring. Ihave just been informed that a new whaling ground haa been discovered in latitude 60 degrece to 05 degrees south of Kinguelan Land, and, if 80, the log book of veevels that visit it will afford the reans of flbng up 8a important blank, and I shalleadeayor to possess extracts {rom them, fhe method of investiga tion I have adopted dors not congist in merely finding from whet point of the compass the wind biows most fre- quently, a8 18 gometimes done, but in caleulating, after the ordinary method of composition of forces, the mean reeultapt of all the winds both ag to direction and to court. It may be illustrated by suppostag a balloon to be set locee and to float freely in the air over any district cf country or portion of the ocean, and It is required to find ita digtance and direction from ita starting place after any given time in any ae seaton of the year. Tne method of Lambert's formula ig the same in prin- ciple, but i8 applicable,’ without modification, only where the direction of the wind is noted, for eight points of compaes. Most of the calculations have been made by Mr, benjamin F. Stearn and Mr. James T. Doran, ‘both former graduates of Lafayette College. With these rchinivary remarke, I propose now 40 gtve @ brief ovt- foe of the reenita to whien I have arrived, referring those interegted to diagrame for & graphical illustration, Professor Corry here exhibited and demonetrated several disgramas. If I have shown satisfactorily before that three great systems of winds exit in toe Northera Hemisphere, we should expect corresponding ones in tha Southern, and accordingly } ind unmistakeable indica- tions that euch is the cage, viz:— 1. A system of easterly and southeasterly winds near the cquator, 2 Asyastem of westerly and northwesterly winds in the middle latitud 3. A eyetem of southessterly winds near the South Pole. I will spesk of the features of each of these systems eepazately. The zone of the equatoriai or trade wind sys- tem appears (o be somewhat narrower than in the Northern Hemisphere, extending from the equa- tor only to about the 30th paraliel of latitude in summer, and to about the 334 im wiater. Near the equator the relative motion is very great, about G0 per cent of the total motion, but as we approach the soathern limit of the torrid zone, it dwindles down to 10 or 15 per cent, and often lees, The firet part of this statement is true more eepecially over the Atlantic and Pacific Oveans; for over the Indian Ocean the system is not deyelopad in winter further north than latitude 10 degrees. While the winds of this system are generally southeasterly, yet owing to local disturbances of greater or less extent, they are by no means uniformly se. If we atart from Greenq@ich ant rly, we find the winds at first nearly due east, or perbaps a Little tothe north of east, particularly in the winter months. But as we advance they grow more and more southerly tillwe reach the west coast of South America, where the direction coincides Rat sy ge with that of the coast line. Crossing that continent we find the system nowhere better develo; than over the middie portions of the Atlantic; but as the eurrent approaches the coast of Brazil it seems to be split asunder near Cape St. Roque—one branch following the southeastern and the other the northeastern coset. Near the west Coast of Africa this phenomenon is similar to that just described on the corre ding coast of South America, Through the entire width of the African continent we have no observations, except a few imperfect ones by Livingstone. Over the Indian Ocean the system is well de- veloped in the summer season, but entirely disappears north of latitude 10, and is replaced, for the most part, by acurrent nearly in the opposite direction. To under” stand and exhibf clearly the peculiarities of the winds in this disturbed region, we must extend our observations north of the equator, Along the parallel of 10 deg. there !g in winter little progreasive motion in any direc- tion ; but soon atter passing south of it we fall in with tho regular southeast trade winds, which contin ite till they break up at the southeastern limit of the system, about Jat. 33 deg., as already remarked. A singular system is noticexble in the winter winds near this limit in longitude 55 deg. to 66 deg. east, a thousand miles or so southeast from Madagascar. There ig a perfect whirlpool in the air several hundred miles in diameter, in the middie of which there is no progressive motion whatever. In the summer aceson this feature is legs marked if it existe at \s now in the hands of tho ‘Aszociation, Au. ‘There ure one or two utbor places in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans where there seems to be a tendency to a movement the same kind, but nowhere clee is it so clearly defined. The system of westerly and north- weeteriy winds forma a zone bounded on the north by that of the equatorial winds just described, and extends south. erly, in the winter seagon, from latitudes varying from about 61 degrees in the Southern Indian Qceap, to about 86 or 66 degrees in the South Pacific. Their winter, which Ihave ventured to draw in latitude 60 degrees, is as yet entirely a matter of conjecture, no observations having been obtained from which to determine it. Indeed, the whole Southern Ocean south of latitude 45 degrees, except in the vicinity of Cape Horn, appears to be unfrequented by ships in that season of the year—not a solitary obsorva- tion being given by Lieutenant Maury through the entire width of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, and but few in the Pacific, Our knowledge, therefore, of the summer winds of this zone is confined chiefly to its northern half, from latitude 30 degrees to 45 degrees, The winda of this syatem, both in summer and winter, are remarkable for the uniformity of their mean direction, which, contrary to what bas been generally supposed, is far mre uniform than it ig in the zone of the trade winds, though the rela tive progressive motion is considerably lees, reaching sixty per cent. Of all the Feliablo Fonte delineate! ta. tap well defined portions of the system, amounting to over 250, every oue in winter and all but seven in sum- mer are easterly, and most of thom are withia a few de- grees of the general mean, which is about north 76 to 80 degrees weet. Of the seven exoeptions, five are con- tiguous to the coasts of Africa, South America and New Zealand, where there are doubtless local influences, and ‘he general uniformity in the mean direction results pro- bably from there being no large bodies of Jand in the zouth of the current, except the south peninsula of South America. Of the third fe oor comprising the southern polar winds, our knowledge is confined to the months of winter and borg dl spring, no ship, as far as I can learn, having visited this inhospitable region in the other parte of the year. The aggregate amount of time for which I have obtained observations within this zone is but 249 days, sixty of which wore spent along the margin of the zone and 129 at ten different places south of latitude 66 Ceo where, for the most the system may top, Penn. It ciay prove suggestive to wronauts and thore intererted in wrial navigation erally. Prof. Coffin previously eubwitted a paper 9p le of the part, Buy to be fully developed. From the sualogy of the northern hemiephere we should ex- pect the winds of this system to be easterly and southerly, and ac cordingly we find that while the resultants at these ten places show great discrepancies, as should pols gre from the fewnees of the observa- tions trom which they were computed, yet every one of them is easterly, which is the more remarkable, and shows the contrast the more clearly, wecing that in the contiguous system, as I have eee remarked, every one of them was westerly. Ot the five resultants near the mar- gin of the zone all are from nearly a south Point, two of them alittle east and thence a little west, and of the whole fifteen within the zone Ce four tend towards the Pole in opposition to theory, while eleven confine it to re Ceding from the pole, In the entire zone we have not a solitary resultant from the N. N, quarter, the very quar- ter from which most of the winds in jthe contiguous zone come. If it be said thst the length of time covered by the observations is too short for us to Place apy great confidence in the results, I admit the force of the objection, But is it’ not singular tbat the experience of #0 many different navigators in different parts of this gea should go nearly coincide, if it is all the reeult of accident? There is one other conside- ration, which I ought in honesty to attend to, and which I cenfeas cig! impairs my confidence in results obtain- ed in bigh latitudes, to the northern and southern, Trefer to ti great declination of the magnetic needles, and the it of care often on the part of navigators to inform us whother the points of compass were taken from the mognetic or the astronomical meridian. In what I have said thus far, there bas been no attempt at any the ory to account for the facts I have described, and it wae not my intention to touch on this subject; but the whole of this investigation has been called since we as- sembled here, a theory growing out of the “Hadley dis- ease.” He then made a few remarks on this head, and #aid that tho calculations which furnished the results wero made not by himeelf, but by persons not knowing any- thing about the system of winds, but at the same time \d computors, 80 they could not be su; to be af- fected by any disoase of this kind. But, hesald, tho facts thus deierminea show beyond the possibility of a doubt that the air at the surface of the earth a) proaches the equator and the parallels of 60 deg. or thereabouts on both sides. Now, what becomes of it when it gets there? Is it annihilated, or is there a funnel or some Point from whenco it blows back to the by from whence it came, The former is certainly inadmissablo, and eyi- dence bas been sought in vain for the {atter, Tt must then rise notwithstanding the gentleman's sneers, whether we can account for it or not; and if it can be shown that magnetism or electricity ig a cause for it, We are not #0 thoroughly diseased as to prefer to accept it” Again, there is abundant proof that the surface winds blow from the poles and from the parallels of 30 do- grees. Whence is it supplied? There is surely no new creation of air for the purpose—it must descend from above, In reeking for the true caugo of these movemonts— while the heat of the sun is undoubtedly the primary onc—there are others which Hadley, and those that guc. ceeded him, have overlooked. I refer to that which ie being discussed with so much ability by Profaesor Farrel, in the numbers of the Mathematical Monthly. If there were no other disturbing cause, it is obvious that the on- tire atmosphero must assume a spheroidal form, more or lean oblate, according to the rate of its diurnal’ casterly motion, If this motion were increased, it would rush to- wards the equator; !f diminished, it would fall back upon the poles, And what would ba true of the entire atn: 52- Rhee would be true of way portion of it, sequently, {f the diurnal motion of the air at any piace is greater than that of the earth, itmust tend towards the equator; if less, towards the poles, Now, the air #hich rizes ut the equator by Toason of the solar heat, aud Lows from there towards the poles, has diurnal sotioa due t> the equator, and consequently greater than that of the parallels beyond which it parses. It must thet }, from this cause, tend to return back again toward 1! 'y 8nd will recede from it only when the two forces are ia ¢: uilibrium—gay in latitude 30 degrees or thereabouts. like manner the surface air flowing down from the poles and having a leas diurnal motion than is due to tho Parailels over which it pea, ever touce, from this cause, to return again to the poles and recodes from them only, say down to latitude 60 degrecs. .\ movement thus gene. rated is probably further assisted by condensation of vapor at the equator and the parallels of 60 de when the surface currents meet, producing an increase of temperature and a diminution of atraogpheric progsure, Ibo Antocintion adjourned Tueeday eyening ay a meeting ttn beld at Hampden Hall—a winding up mesting, or rather ap unwinding meeting—at which a sudden descent from science 10 glittering compliments, airy novhings, and “‘poncombe”? generally, was very pient. The railroad companies were complimented, the lalies were compli- mented apd Se ony tbe Mayor was complimented, the Common Council was complimented, and all the officers, from the President down to the members, Two mombera complained of their having been called “a mutual adula- tion” ty, and notwithstandicg these complamts and explanations, it is a fact beyond @ doubt that they showed themeelves, at least for that night, literally a mutual ad- miration society or adulation society, for it seems both of theee terms wore applied, aud are equally, for that even ing, applicable, THE WAR ON THE W!SE-DONNELLY LETTER, RAN [From the Richmond Enquirer, At 1H 10. The Tricksters ‘I! i, or the Last Sani sanssle ‘hwarted, or the racy Folied tn the Work of Political A: nation—A Chapter in New York Polttics. No statesman of his day, perhaps, has ever boen treated to more open-mouthed denun:iation, within so short a. period of time, as that which has been poured out bya certain claes of newspaper editorg, during the last day or two, against the present Governor of Virginia. A private letter of his, to nobudy knows who, is placed not knows how,’ in tho. haads of a number of politicians and newspaper reporters; snd tue how! of denunciation which immediately follows its publication creates at once a chorus in which we and the \iag notes of scanty adminis- tration organs blending, barmoniously if not musically, and Ue no means unnaturally, with deep-mouthed tones of the bloodbounds of the opposition. Afew mens will exbibit the tone and temper, and, in no il degree, the intent, of this cat and-dog concert. First, hear the opposition. ‘Tae New York Commerciat Advertiser strikes the following note:— We have called this a remarkable document Ferhapa the writer never Cesigned that tt should be made public Uf that, however. we have no meanecf judging The an to whom it was addressed is reported to have sent copieu of it t> various politicians, and genersily to bave assumed that it is t> be used to serve the politica prospects of the writer For this urpose doubtless, be hes fui the press with scopy of (abd if ita effect in suicidal, a9 we thik {t will be to Governor Wise politically, or cre properly Pretidentialiy the ‘wultlies Bot whi the opGonente, but with tke friends of that zousiemune ‘The letter sh: how utterly demoralized is the democratic a his ly been regarded as stand- jg aloof from the baser practices of democratic politicians, and yet we bave even that gentleman cou against a por: tion cf hia own political ty, Classing them among hia ene- mies, and avowing bis pur; of resorting to trictery to over- throw them and build up bis own ess “Our only chance is to ory ize jistricts, and either whip the ensem} Coa two party jure from usage, suscess is doubtfal, and. failing to achieve it legitimately, we must resort tothe old trick ding two deley knowing all the while that te delegation we eall end Will not have the thadow of & claim to seats in that bod eo 28 Pie * have called the leticr itseif poltically suicidal Such, it seems to us, must be its effect We will not suppose the democracy of New York will follow Mr. Wise's counsels, ea ce publicity hes been given 10 bis recommenda: that the Charleston Convention will give faiu secure that nomination by & fraud upom the Convention, ‘Ater such an expore 0 7, 3 vanlting ambition b pErpotes of undisguised fraud, Mr. Wise's conservatia e tan great a discount ‘chivalry. Take another. ‘Catekill,”’ the regular correspondent of the Richmond Whig, if wanting in the consentrated and artful venom of the Advertiser, at least surpasses him in sourrility — New York, August 4.1969, To me Epitor of me Wrig'~ It 1 was as Haan orndle ot politcal wisdom “ase fhe Brean ot ° mm. ‘Out the coalition thst existed between Wie and W. of the Distri the to get a few bogus del would be adwited— niends 2 3 i F g i ul Central Committee amet at Albany, for the purgose of & call for a Democratic yuver tion, tke p f deciding how the delegs tes to Charleston should be oa. ‘oot ‘was. on hand to make capital for fil i : = Bi : 2 3 3 7 & j i d Re wi a Tis contents were communicated ‘one a . Wood heard of it He pronounced it a base forgery. Alaa, he was soon to hang his head with sham The letier was genuine could not be diaputed. One member of the committee broke out in a rage—' Well, I thought we had some precious «coundrels among our Northern leaders, but they are not foole as well as politcal Enaves, and to! lel er of Wise takes Seapine off any cheating arrangeme:tawe have ever con M4 Goyerpor Wood slunk away from 4lbany, and came down in the aight boat, hiding bimself away in the clerk’s state room. When that portion Y ir. Wite’s leiter relating lo himeelf was read to him (Wood) he avore ike 4 ooper; Caled Wise every sort of vile name, and added, “I'l be d aval dp not publ e's letters to me, an es lenry 2.. Wise will be a ric volume Bonesty ia on m par with thst of iho letlor ta the aie ee mittee man. ‘there 13 one feeling of uriversal scora from all high minded democrats. The venerable cried when the leiter of Mr. Wise was Be ol :—" Bir, ft is high time thatwe ui but one set of dele; to Chariesion, when so pro- poulog tours shatter deuberaie: polfical ise, tsetse poring to un a chartof de Pe villany, in his nom! ‘ashamed that 4 self a8outhern democrat should exhibit uch woo nbtae! 24 norance, ¢; m., ly and seif-concelt, and expect th New vork Serdsto onopersie Wil tiae i pire, pent the my ther connection witb bi Poor Wise had not one friend in Albany after that letier was read yesterday. Our democratic leaders have some remnants of political virtue left, and Douglas stock went up fifty percent yewerday. Buch a bold, bare’aced declaration from a rival candidate— ean, treacherons and dishonest in reference to Mr. the andro m Dougias, bas made him many friends among the hards and 20! ‘B. Notwithstanding Mr Wood’s bold declaration that district delegates should go from New York to uhsrieston. {t will not beso. That to cannot be played now. Mr. Wise’s letter has made the Wood movement in the State contemptib'e, and any Proceeding, of that kin¢ would be absurd and ridiculous. Tena from Douglas paper in referense to Mr, “Virginia wil be a unit,” says Mr, Wise. I will fx New York is'n unit som 0 far Mt, Wise te coaserseae if the was not before. committee has received and ‘ex- the, ps swindling proposition of the bonorable Vir- ginian, * Beware of stationery” should be the motto of Mr. Wise for one — paper bas killed bim as dead as old Ro- man Pompey. If the honest, truth loving, chivalrous, high minded demo- cracy of Virginia can be a “unit”? in support of the writer of the cheating letter, all I have to say is confident that the first resolution that will Charleston Convention wi!l be as follows:— Resolved, That the democratic delegates from from this Convention for ba’ endo} for the President Virginia be ex- wing red a man sa Yor Virginia becomes “unit,” felegates to Charleston, after his let- in the same building ie ter. no honest Northern delegate will ait Nobody believes, ‘with them. There it ig, in fine stylo. of course, that Mr. Wood or Mr. Dickinson ever made the speoohos or swore the oaths imputed to them respective; All that is a poetic} license, which such men like « Catal? make their living = jut the epithets are piled up beau- tifully :—““Scoundrel—knave—mean—treacherous—disho. hest-cheating—swindling-—rnecality—political villany— an ow duplicity.” itpouring. Rest tie administration press. And here we must give due precedence to Brigadier General i Pp ize ig Bowman, of the Con- Tux Wisk Lerrer.—The wares gto Saget Seat te, mane add: date of Richmond, J by the Governor it, Of Virgints, to some poliical friend in Nam ', the arrangementa ‘which the democrace "or nl great Bate aoe, wit ‘a view of mt might deem {t necessary and bo causing their opinior "eentimen ‘and ™ 1¢ this letter is genuine nothing taid which can fn- crease t! it cesearil; irae Grog tueeny ter riant ght,” 0 any sentiment w! Ameri: and which they ought to require from pustic mee ii, ss Resa dren eo of the people in this . Ifa political turer here- cia atresia oom tage Hops, he might find it in thia extraordmary letter of Gererras Nive is one, And ten is none. ‘That's the cat-faced one-time-one? Where there is 80 much smoke of " he tin the are of ‘6 of denunciation oe where ye, it mi somewhere; but wi kindled it? Bi ¥ Lot his ltler na it Woe it was written It first characterizes the leading York State Committee as the “Ateany presses the fear that the ‘misrepresen to and patronage of the present administration, en, if it was intended by Governor Wise to exe this letter to the “Regency”? themselves, it must be ro. led as an act of defiance, and not an attempt ror with them by intrigue. Indeed, it must ted that he would never have ‘intended exhibited to them at all. Evidently, Governer ter was intended by him neither as an @ppeal to nor threat againat the Regency. It next advises the recipient that the beat course to ba porsued will be “to organize by districts, and elther wi, tho enemy or send two delegations.” ‘The advice gtost, then, 18 to appeal to the people by oalling district ‘com : (ee Firoénia, system) —it much more dificult to pack legates from thirty five conventions than froma singlsonk vention; thus to ‘whip the enemy” of fatr representation and if the packed delegation could not ius be excluded alto Te pincer es at fogelorsgir dl ion fairly chosen by 4 z Charleston, «TOM Of representation at This rort of advice may be considered "7 New York, but in Virginia it is regarded sa uanineone J and Proper. eo says the Commercial Advertiser this 4s “conspiring against Portion of his own party.””” 15 it FoF ,ig.a simple letter of advice as to tho bos! reans oF fefeating fraud and conspiracy, iteelf a conspiracy? “Bor he classes, members of his own party “among his ene- mics.” Well, if members of hie own party attempt to- pack a convention, they are the enemies of er just man. If they are advocates of squatter sovere; they are tho most dangerou Pallet beara is enemies of the constitutional If they are, willingly or i the tools of the present federal atmintetraton, theme wordt and most insidious enemies of the democratre partys If there be treachery in these opinions or in their expres- sion, how deeply dyed in treachery must be the Richmond Enquirer, which bas preached them for a long time and Without intermission! Oh, 10, good Advertiser, the treach- C1y in all your own. "And the motive leaks out irresistibly in the latter end of your article, You and all your kind would resort to any kind of treachery and fraud, could Zou thereby assaesinate “Presidentially”” a democratic Southern candidate who boasts, with good show of reason {or the conviction of an ability fo beat Seward and Douglas, Was it immoral to express tho con . Bue Sbanan ia seeking a renomination? Hom immer ie, re @ course Of & eo arties during the past mount cath ng 4 renomination when Governor Wise’s letter was written. The “feclers’’ were stretchea in every direction to try how tho idea would sult the popular Pulse, The experigoens bag been fairly tried, and now, it to Wire ia.