The New York Herald Newspaper, February 11, 1860, Page 4

4 {NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY IJ, 1860.—TRIPLE SHERT. “CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. News from Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, New Granada, Nicaragua and the West Coast of Mexico, &., &., &o. By the arrival of the Atlantic from Aspinwall at this por, yesterday we wore put in possession of interesting ne ws from the above countries, which will be found detailed in etder below — NEWS FROM TEY sOUTH PACIFIC. ance and embar foment to Sag Offcor Moatgomery, on coount of the nccessity that exists for seavtug yesseis of to different points on the coast For example, by reason of our exteting difficulties with Peru, the ttmediate presence of a vessel of war is re quired at Callao another is wauted at Guayaquil, ia order to make the anthorities OF that place respect Une rights of the American Gas Light Company. Mr Ferris, maanging egebt of the Company ano superintendent of th» works, who reached here a (ow days emce from the Uniwd States, en route for Gaayaquil, brought out instructions from the ofthe Navy to the flag officer, direot ing bim to cend @ vessel to that port as so2u es bo could | conveniently «to 80, Tho War %oiween Peru and Ecuacor— | Two ents im Power in the Last Ne ced RK: ubliceRevolutionary At- opt im LeliviaeAnxiety Regarding (be Relations of Peru with the United States—Sager Trade with Chile, &o. ‘The steamship Bolivia arrived at Panama on the 234 of January, with the South Pacific mails and passongers. ‘The Bolivia brought $340,5v0 in specie for England, and | 290 packages of merchandise. The dates are Valparaiso Ist, Callao, 12th and Paita A6th of January. t H ‘The Bolivia did not touch at Guayaquil, and the news | from that quarter is by way of Paita. Gea. Castilla was about to withdraw his forces from Bouador, and was daily expected at Paita He had issued | & proclamation to bis army announcing tho restoration of peace between Peru apd Eouador, the terms of whic bave already been published in the Herat. CHILE. GERMAN SETTLERS BURNED OUT—THE BUDGET—RAIL- ROAD) PROGRESS—LAKGE IMPORTS OF AMERICAN SUGAR—TKADB VERY DULL. A fire had occurrea at Valamnia, by which fifty build- ‘ings, principally occupied by German settlers, were de- siroged. | ‘Tho Southern Railroad bad been completed to Ran- cagua The budget for 1860 amounts to $6,495,619 56. The new system of weights and measures, as established by the late iaw, bad gone into effect all over the republic. Don Mapuei Carvalio, Chillean Charge d’Affaires noar the government of France, bad sailed fur Europe. The Arancano [ndiaus in the gouth still continued to commit depreaations. Busipess was extremely inactive in Valparaiso, and Money continued scarce, the rate of interest clarged by the banks bemg the game as at last report—12 per cent. ‘There was litule doing in American proguce. During the ear 1859 there were imported into Chile four nultion ur hundred and eighteen thousand poun Js of American refined sugar, more Wan twice the amount imported {rom England and France. There was not much doing in copper. During the fort pa acm prior to the sailing of the sleamor only 3,000 quin- tals changed hancs—price $19 a $19 50 per quintal—tho former price being paid st Valparaiso, and the latter at juimbo. PERU. A LLL IN POLITICS —KOBBEKIES IN THE CAPITAL— ANXIETY RESPECTING RELATIONS WITH TUK UNITED STATKS— GUANO TKADE---EXCHANGE RATES AND FREIGHTS ‘We bave bat little pews from this republic. Ina political point ot view everything was quiet. Some sixteen or een German emigrants, from ‘Texas, parsed throngh Panama a few days siuce, en routs for Chiriqui, to join the colony already established there. ‘The Britivh ebip of-war Alert arrived here on 22d ult. from Realejo, with deapatcnes from Mr. Wyke, the Bug- lish Minivter to Central gs his government, aad Bailed seain for pete on the Zitb. Et er "0 ‘eel 1y peo in still in po: pm es es ships oom are in port:— om caetes i] jusdron), si Chace aed steamer ae ee Tye Pacific im Navigation Company (English) have {t in Contemplation to po eon pt bi be- tween the ports Esmeralda, ta and Guayaquil. Gen. Horrar, new Grenadian Minister to the Uaited pa }) WhO came out in the Atlattic, is now Roce. sensots lor of a8 suitable persous to fill the mission. mong the late arrivals from the United States are H. 8. Rantord, of Now York, bearer of dospatohes from Wash- ington tothe United States Resident Minister at " and B. Donnelly, of the “ Wiso- Donnelly” letter ™ who proceeds fof here to Havana in a few days. Quite an excitement prevails bere and at Aspinwall, as well as at ali the villages and settlements along the line of the Panama Raliroad, occasionr:d by the discovery of gold, @ few Guys ago, in and along the bunks of the res river, near the town of Cruces. A great many per- sons have already Icft here for Uruces with god atl implementa, and otbers are to go Althoagn | bat fear days have elapsed since the news reached here | | of the discovery of gold, thore are probably collected at and near Cruces by this time not less than two hundred persons, independent of the regular population of that town. Afew more days will determine whether tho } | precious me al exitsa there in apy very great quantity, | | | | | The capita: is said 10 bo tnfeated with robbors, who go | about in gangs of fifteen and twenty, and rob stores and | dwellings in open day with impunity Considerable avxiety was felt at Lima and Callao to hear the result of the “mission of the United States Secre tary of Legation to Washington respecting the American { claims against Peru, and w jected. Iu the month of Decembor no less than twenty-four ves sels, of the aggregate tonnage of 21,213, loaded guano at the Chincha Island, 15,509 tous of which were tor Europe, and the remaivver for the United States. The export of nitrate of soda from Iquique during the year 18F9 amounted ta 1,574,199 quintals, against 1,220,- 640 in 1858—the whole of which was shipped to E Excl on the United States commands a premium of 28 per cent, and on Eugiand 42 pence. Freiglts to the Unitea States $15 per ton ch have been go insoleatly re- ECUADOR. | | | The few specimens that have been exhibited here, being Dugects, aro not of that character usually found ia the boos of streams, but resemble more the gold found in the “dry oiggivgs,”’ which has led maoy here wo be lieve that the gold found iu the Chagres river is the pro duct of the Catifornia mines, and was probably lost thore by some returning Californiaus, or stolen, aud deposited there by some thic!, who afopied that means to prevont detection. The most of it that has been discovered is re parted to have been foued near the landing at Cruces, If | Ubis be so, it would seem to confirm the supposition that it isCalifornia go.ds Panama, Fob. 2, 1860, The Rival Stamship Lines—A Race to Aspinwall—Gold Disoover'es on the Chagres River—French Officers Drilling Central American Troops—Ex-Filibusters Playing High woymen, de., de. Tho contest now going on between the rival steamship lines plying between New York and San Francisco has at tained a height which is perfectly delightful to tho travel- | line public, who pray night and day that tho same may be continued from now to the end of time. Commodore Vanderbilt, it is said, bas at last taken his coat off, and is riow in hot pursuit of the big machine, including the Panama Raitroad; and if he don’t succeed in establishing perma Bently cheap fares and good accommodations between New York and the principal cities on the Paculic, it will not be for want of making an effort Your correspondeut left New York on the 20th of January, on the steamer North Star; and as there was much excitement and much money staked by the friends of the rival steamers, the Star and the Atlantic, as to the time each would make, I deem it but fair to state that orders were given to the captain of the Siar not to make the pazrage ia less than seven days and a half, as the pas- fepgers would have to remain on the Isthmus until the are rival of the New Orleans mails, if made within that time, | Were it not for this, the Star would have beaten the At- lantic at least twenty four hours. When we left the foot | of Warren street, New York, the Atlantic was seen to Two governments wore exercising authority-—the junta at Quito and General Franco at Guyaqui! Guayaquil ond the contiguous portions or Ecuador may de waid to be virtually in the posseasion of Peru. BOLIVIA. ‘This little republic, which has remained quiet for some ‘time undor the administration of President Linares, was ina somewhat disturbed state. Soveral provinces had ro- volved against the general government, but were quickly suppressed—Prostdent Linares having taken the fleid at tho bead of three divisions of bis arm; Dr, Ureta Las been bavished from the government. y. Bolivia by ordor of Agood deal of excitemont provailed at La Paz, the | capital of the republic, in consequence of the revoluvonacy spirit which had shown itseif in some of the departmon Dut tho prompt manner in which ithad been put do inapired confidence in the existing government. General Castillo, Who Was banished from Pere by Pro- sident Castilla, and General Urbina, who was driven out of Keusdor by’ the revolutioniats when the Robles govern: >| ment was overthrown, wore both at La Paz. General Echenique, who claims to be the conatitatic President of Poru, and who has long mediated un throw of Castilla’s government, was a Caracota. WEWS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA. Progress of American and British Diplo- macy—En i to Retain her Mosqutto Protectorate. ‘The United States steam the 20th January, from P. the 25th ult. She reports the arrivs aranae reached Panama oa ajo, which port she left on of the steamer Goatemala, from Panama, at Kealejo on the 24th, with ex President Mora, of Costa Rica, and family on board, bound for Sau Salvador. ‘The ex President did not lond at Panta Arenas, bat was joined by bis famity in the harbor, wh wag atanchor. It would seom, by his and proceeding with t America, that be has ab vw: othe ‘eli idea of resurns +4 Mr, Dimitry United Stats Mr Wyke, British } Manacun, Ni fagaa, when the Su was expected to lea 3 Negotintian® with tho government of Nicaragua, owing to the vaciliating policy of tho Nicaraguan Cabinet. Bir, Wy ke, it is said, is he pretension of F his port Britain to exercise the pri ato over the Mosquite territory. The impression, therefore, which provails ia | the United States, that Groat Britain intends to a her protecterate over-tiat territery seen: neous NEWS FROM NEW GRANADA, Our Panama Correspondence. Panamay Fob, Reort of a Revolution in Again Generat Moequers—Br Sorte Gomiiuctef the Uns teal on the Cyanc=-Mere Enigrans quimdlovenenis ¢f Anwvrican dent Mora Pails Again to Land in C frm ak cy in Ontral America General Herran. & New Mintstén for Washington S, nelly on Hit Way (» Aarona— River—A Rush for Cy Yield, ae. ‘The lateat dates received here by mal f to the 20th of Decemb ae nut the 10tn of January hayiag fale? to A letter has been roc" geva, Written as late ay the % lish gentleman lis from Bogota, in adver Von haying broken are given All the States of the Confe‘ere Moe tapi are quiet. ‘A paper calied the Fe Cauca, accuses Goper proposals of alliance fro Peru, in case be (Mosque he Granadian Coniederation. Gen. Jones, Minister Rocw Bogota, is much censured by | hat place aud this isibmus for allo viv €y to burn op tho. public equare of th tetant Bibles withopt ofuring auy ©. on neeeaNaiure cn Kate ya Bognta ar hot Garth wy I4K, f hard om Cartha ¥ hat an Haz ebaptte!, but to Charge Affaires strongiy prowsted aga'ost the prooed+ ioe was.the duty of Gon. Jones 10 bive alo. O COBPtiLution aud lawaef New Grapa lo ; eotheareedom of religions worship in ai parts of thd oommtey and Be ther fre caanot excuse wet wibaduhe Cieoubadion, of Protestant Bilas or any oted GonOBS Mae Mocraied by Taw Hire. Keen th F oi aul ak comntry > are att Catholic vole oils aie dita ai pang M4 have a oat Lo A artcesp r se that stroog represea| ng hive dre 1) the governmen Pat Waah ition. ¢ si which comyed@deon beard tae Uaite cop of-war-Osane oa the 23d io: OT Conrad against:the firat, peg . of that vess eh Atlas Rome three . x hits a2 yettranepired ar tor its proc sou, Thor dillion board the Qyape are of i Some Aftoon month? art onghy " fe Pag Ortiost Lon, ‘Vhe-cothroand oF the Pacifetyusiron. | Tani te vesig vem Ut tue late day Las beer # sourve of anao, enencth leave Ler wharf two minutes Inter than us, and then, with fi steam, put aftor us; but betore eeven o'clock I M that cvening Wo had so far leit hor in tho distance that many agers expressed the belicf that ghe hat At noon the next day sho came when we bad slacked sway, pulling tn trouble, determined bp to and blowing hike an old lady | to win or die in tho uttompt. The occasional dashes of | D'ack smoke seen to emit from her pipes wore attribated us, ‘to the uso Of pork and pork barrels. The appearance of thoee block clouds created much merriment amongst our pastengers, in consequence of: the remark of a tall, lauk Kentuckian, who deciared what covery time he saw tho emoke be could hear a pig squcel, and one, wo, of hia own raising. Notwithstanding al thts the old Indy went on to win the bets of her backers, who had staked their money on acican heat of the North Star of thirty-six hours to Aspinwall. With rough weather, but cool, sick firemen nnd tn- beaten isto Aspinwall precisely by two hours and fity-livo minutes. The Atlantic, however, probably made tha voyage aban expense to her owners somewhat greater ‘than thi ‘orth Star. But what of that? Sho hasa | id away, as tho natives here say, by ber owners, to be used as a aiaking | The Atlantic, and hor associate, th 5 money. . used to pin money, and it seems to me ‘that Uncie Sam furnished it at one time, when their youth and beauty | ated and won bis constantly bi ssongers of both steamers wore immedintely r the road to Panama at the rate of eight dollars | yor Woad, and were placed on board of their respective | uncering heart. Iu consequence of a defect in the y they not having sufficient hold ° she has ot met the ex friepds here a to Mme, but as removiod it is cl the will here t Free i of coal per day; ame time, will be with an occa: it is a marvel to a e furnished dt still be mad! Ir jo her oppowents 1 to burn is ow bow such Avery animate? appearance at pre town many of ihe officers and crows of n apd Lancaster, ng in the hay ere iu afew days 2s which have ry of gold on the baaks of rent. having in the United State a, in conse quene en place cine: Chaz et, women and R ja, while ou—the former baying their paus aad at, called to bin et jet a wees Trelagd. The trkipp hy ¢ to jet him otly dida’ena <a8 Fok jammy 4 ahnlf foot deep, ant ck aud pat hin under the ow the bik of Ule native siloatly WE A good ome. A vad worked by he stage proprie tor of the Ameri as doing weet, ure ON4 OF two French ollicers ohn to tne et the oiflcers at repdbtics oF ¢ ral Amorion method of wirfare, Wurat mesny These gontiemom row im Cente an¢ are per orming the dutive néetgnad them. The mavy exploring aud other expeditions contantly or turg’ he re fronr the Stare, wich a view. of exploring aat ‘preting the Tstlimme aad over parts of Central Ame Bre be eten'ns to be regarded here by the natives as ® grand Mibastering Aoheme, destgnet hier ie the pr Tam who were © tre 1 bealt.y ebaracter 6 general Tf one were to Any ramet ow rout here, Mr. ¢ y him | We ayes! rhy ptanrs 5 th Le Wow Teaetnt rows oe in ontward -appoaranee jc nck A < feow New? Hampabtro. 1 Wr Corrina js generally t al clams Cc pt «those §=outlnwa bere from the States to Carry) on ally practices of robbing and plundering lay hands) on. AS soon 43 t, tried and convisted, and sen inthe ebatn gavg, they manage 5 hy of passing Americans by-telling ty t (hey are perfcetly innocent-of ali crimes saving that of being an American, lake occasion. atthe! same Une to polson ¢h® minds of their hearers ngainst the res! deme Caren, whe ts roprosented by thom as belbe a very bad mon. The fact is that our Consul -has-done Hist the *smy ‘mote for seth sate than the interest ofthe conotry ro. i. 'gitibe funds $ hes Heme pmoae and ot of bit There is a notorious folioweby the name of wards, originally from Vhlladeiphi>, in the chaia gape, having been sontenos# thore for nine years for. ass:sung 1d. a robbery whitly Was dotamnitted somo tive years agy of the Jethmue! He wasvan engine runner at home. one of Walker's mén fa Nicaragia: Sines thon be bas lod the Ne of highwayman and gambler, Ax coon as he ova ether to carry him td Sam Franoizco, it is thoughs that he will slip away from the simpleand somo. what corruyt officials here. Bewssp to Dastu,—The dwelling house of Mr. Wm, Nable, of Cuariestons, Mey was Burned on 1 o4 Ine, end his gon, Jesse No! vd years, Was consitm the faure, Wiasuppeced he decathe Dewudcred by tu (a8 unavie to dad his way out, jons to keop within seven and eight days, we were | the Golden Age and Champion —the rnoon. Tho Champion is a new , | makes her first trip tonight from here to ¢ Naed with men, | fy ond judge of + NEWS FROM THE NORTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO. Oar Acapaico Correspondence, ACAPULCO, Jan. 26, 1860. Fine Weather Another Miraclo— New Shrine of the Vergin— General Alrarez's Birthday—Oireus Riding on Sunday— he pectators and Performers—A Whale Chase in Prus- pee', de When you open this letter in your snug sanctum, with tho cold winds and elect beating agsiast your window, you will Gnd it bard to behevo that tt was’ written only two short weeks before, under an orange tree, in the most ao- ligbtful climate in the worid. As informed you in my last letter, the “Virgin’’ has maco her sppearance again, and this time she is escorted by all tho satnts im the calendar. An earthquake it seoms: dislodged an enormous rock in the mountaitis; (ebout fr. tecn leagues from this place,) which, falling in the valley beneath, was rent asunder, disclosing likenesses cf uhe Virgm and all the saints. reads leadiog {0 this shrine have been for coveral weeks with country in the immediate vicinity is of the faithful, ‘with their lamps Uimmed aud barning.’’ ‘We bac a graud earthquake hero on the 234, which dis- cloged to our astonished ed ‘& multitude of virgins, and 10 are pilgrims, and the ised thousands tome that were pot All sick, the lame sag bliud, are Cm their way to the Virgin, and remarkable mira- chee have alseauy been performed. Virgin's teuder ‘ove for us is but “Amour fatt virgin gold, at pletes bis seventy firet year), amd a great company vice bp te Le Provideaciees olleties the day. A cirous Pom ong have algo goue up from here to ride before him, They pertormed and I assure ‘you that, ail tbe best riders in our country, seep beter bare back ridivg in my on Sunday last. The beauty and the chivairy were ga- therea there, and from cight to eleven two men and one boy, with two horses, enchained us all. Rice could eee a Mexican clown. Hig dress was maguill cent, d la br of velvet embrokiored with gold We opening 8} was eloquent, and spoken, too, in ure Castilian. He is ala> an iq] » and, in ‘his ‘dike effusion, he cut and slashed our foes, while ever and anon be poured the sweet unguent in our flattered ears. kvery body and his wife and their oldest child at- ene the cirous, each one taking bis own chair, like con euls in their curule chairs. Two (ret eke ag Came Salling into the harbor the other day, and they may be seen almost bard ov outside the heacs, We are making ‘ments for a grand attack ‘upon one of them soon, in which your yndemt 1 to Oyure; and the only chance I have is, in casethe boat is capsized, that in the noise and confusion I shall float off, (he whale supposing “I’m one of 'em.’? As it ta, ogr first ettempt thore will aoubticss be more blubber in the boat than ia the whale. Acapurco, Jan. 27, 1860. Miliary Tx and Around Colima—An American Schooner Runs from Port—Miramon: His Position and Remi- nescences—Gencral Alvarez in Want of Cash, de. Our latest news from Colima is that one regiment of one thousand men now occupy the plaza, commanded by one of Miramon’s favorites. The liberals have four thousand men, under Rocha and Rojas, within twenty leagues of Colima, Tho liborala are also in fuli force on the road beiween Manzanillo and Colima. The Falmouth, a schooner, bound from San Pranciseo to this port, touched at Manzanillo on her way down; but finding that the stars and stripes would not save her and her freight it she remained, slipped her cabje ia the night avd ran down here, where she arrived on the 2ith. Late news from the city of Mexico informs us that Miramon would certainiy move in person against Vera Cruz, and to that epd was Rrepakes | two columas, one at Jalapa avd the other at Orizaba. le will find there, I think, nis Waterloo. The estrangement between him and Marquez bas weakened his power, and one more fuilure | to take Vera Cruz will destroy his prestige, and then down will come the blackened stick of the now rising rocket. He deeerves to fail, for your correspondeut re- members well the night when he seduced the garrison | trom their allegiance to the government—only three hours | before we were to attack the enemy—and then joined the enemy, tying his colonel to a post, and whipping him with a ramrod of tron, forgetting in his treachery that Col. Buenarides had obtained hin his position by the moet earnest entroaty. Gen. Alvarez cannot move for the want of money. If Le had $20,000 in cash he could move a column of 8,000 men. His soldiers do not fight for pay; but they must have arms, ammunition and something to cat. Interesting from the West Mexico. ¢ CAPTAIN PORTER'S LETTER TO GOVERNOR PESQUIBRA ON OUR LATE DIPFICULTIES—THE AVENUES FOR THE INVASION OP MEXIOO FROM THE UNITED STATES—THR ROBINSON OLAIM FOR AMERICAN OITIZENSHIP—ITS DENIAL BY ViCE CONSUL ALDEN, ETC., ETO. Mr. Stephens, government courier at Fort Buchanan from Guaymas, has forwarded us packages containing Our correspondence from the west coast of Mexioo. Our advices from Guaymas exiond to the 17th of De- er, and contain full and interesting dotails o: the srees of events thore from the 28th of November—the Const of | pondent's writing Governor Peequicra, in company with his wife aad iweuty or thirty other ladies and gentlemen, visited the United States ship St. Marys. Captain Porter entertained them cordially. They were delighted with the naval ex- ‘cises on board, and acknowledged that the vessel could enecessfully resist or keep down the twenty thousand inhabitants of Sonora. Captain Stone’s commission, in charge of Jasper | Whiting, protested against entering Sonora until our go vernment docs somethirg towards guaranteeing their claim to public lands and other privileges. Jack Powers had been entertaining the officers of the Si. Mar) s at Hermosilio, and went on to Guaymas, where he Jy to remain as long ag the funds held eut. TR Was determined to make some wholego ne re- forme. Sningaling and cheating of the government by Waders weuld be put a stop to,and the exchequer be | richer by sciae $400,000 per annum. Tue monepolist ants tbreatemed to depose hit if be carried out his GES ON AMBRICAN OPTICLALS AND CITE ENS—-CAPTAIN PORTER LETTER TO GOVERNOR PBEQUTERA, Usiren States Sur Marva, } Guavatas, Oct, 16, 1859.” f Nacto Pimgenma, Governor of ‘the as been infortaed eu citizens of n expelled trom Mextco, cor § aadt ar Excellency will bose: mimi that the. United government have. ‘ong treated ico wath forbearance: ig x pomt when thit will conse tu.de will also recollect that the In fully waged by the United Su Cipilated in consequence oi B. Porteryand other acts of ke character, by Mexicaus. Jaa very short periea Moaico Was overran and conquer | ed by & banctolor Americans, apd the war roaulted in the lose to Mexico of New Mexico and Cailiforaia, and that Your Raecllency | whoaethe whole.gf thescouque d county iay abtho feot | ef the Ame rean foross, the United States «i not forget to | art with clemency and maguanimity towarda Mexico. Suce th \inevican @u sous, oven m large numbers, have | been buteneredada Sonora. and that even the boundaries ‘of the United Stxtes have 194 been respected, but helpless iy murdered within she notovly received the tes an'l her inoral inilaence Mexico, but her citizens took part in her strag- manded bee hayy; and atmost the first Mion Ov the part of Mexico was to murder im on Of tie aR W.0 aided Po muck in giving This and thor acs precipitated war, which stronsiy to Next: cn the dé States of her des ° Mexico 1D prosperous. condition; but at pr desire em the mY LOVE care uot grawied, Mex- my ment apy never in £0 distracted ant unt few was ae abpresen.tdiscordanc disuarw prevail everywhere; pate a condition (andl the only ¢ Ss who, by their inte } and ove oyaoying babits, would: bay. j of ata eve been vert arerive At Ub eSemt moment Moxion sonrcor-—her commerce is stagnant, ic are progressing, aud her agricnitura! 5 | enotigh to supply the want of her pev lay un th Tas im the Bowels of ed perseverance arte por ecience | thm eartli are we bs | ‘Yhen permit me to draw your & Aceliency's attention to » | those sec try forme i now ub- | der tbe gowertiticut of the United States ef America— California nod New Mexied. "the former but afew years | ago wes 8 tery « With but btu celare and a | wandering ane grazing population seat, by the a thous, iafembiaing, : getit porulackm, i has Boeonwe one « Siates Woot repabtic. © Her ciues ofthe world: bor resoargesare becoming every das . ae creas exnggorsted image tionwef ni, and & : ye ‘Le Status for industry, colleges, schools, Arts aod ecien all Deon cstabiiehed, and ta thess the fs NOt be hind’ a sivgie Statein the Uuion. It is shi clase of Amerieth oltre who have beea ruthiess!y mar- + ered, as well Raat teen from Mexico, by the authorities of 4 Sapcra. These Auioriean-eitizegs have accomplished 90 toneh for Californie “New Mexico and Argoua have under the han4s of Ammricins Leena alroaiy to prosper, and theirs ces are now being develope T place these frets before your Exeslioncy to show Low mich the State of Sonora is Acting against ite own perity in pursalng@ narrowem: course towards cate of our previous reporte—to the day of our corres: | nope cf the United States, Bu io addition @ the, ta drivig American cllvzens from Mrsieo in time of peace, tove vee the violation of trealy obliations and may pre cop ate War, apa atih presest tice Mxico is but litle i epared for such aa event, while, cu tae eoutrary, United States Was never in ® beller condition to in Mexico. Tre United States have alrcaty on the Pacifid const @ powerfu! squadron, which is con-tant'y augmentin.: one on \be Gulf side of Mexioo, 9 tuat withia thirty from a ceclaration of war, the United States could invaue Mexico frou the Atlantic States, New Mexico, Arizoum sad Callorvia by ratlroad avd steamrbips, large bodies of troops to land on the Pactto Paoilic equadrou would lake posse op this coast. Your Excelleney must bear in mind the goverament of the United States would not have cespatched this ship two thousand ties merely to make an empty Ciba but a continued violation of treaty ovli zations will bring on So. pore aud Guaymas & sovere affliction, which I 9 your Exceliency will have the good sense to avoid _ ithuiag: the weaty stipulation betweem Mexico and Uaned States LD ne itr aeabie heen ig oper to the authori- ties of Guay’ mas. 1 will bere atate to your Exooliency that I am not au- other with the mas except to thorized to enter into any Gorernee. of ? samen of wake this protest. Iam your Exoollenoy’s most obedient aervant, W. D. PORTER, Commanding United States aloop-of-war &&. Marys. ss ona VAN A. ROBINSON FOR AMBRIOAN PRO- ‘TROTION. Use States Sar Sr. Marrs, Guavmas, Nov. 26, 1859. How. Sacuetany or Ts Navy :—Sig—I herewith two communications, dated Nov. 16 and 19. It appears that a Mr Juan A. Robinson, who claims to be an Ameri- can citizen and who is the father of tne present Prefect of Guaymas, (who in the expulsion of Captain Steve and bis party) addressed me several munications, requesting American protection for his family, and foreign goods in his . The matter was re- ferred by me to the United States V:ce Consul, whose busi- ‘mces it was to receive the proofsof Juan A. Robinson’s citizenship. ‘The proot of citizenship rests altogether with Juan A. Robinson, and under the rules and regulations of the State Department (see Consular Regulations chap. xxv. pp. 164, 168, 166, 167, 168) if the proof was conclusive he bad « right to protection; but deeming this case a matter of erme future importance, I directed the United States Vice Consul to address the enclosed (dictated by my- ry Degertansat asce! fesued the circular herewith enclosed, and ali known citi- zens in Guayams availcd themselves of the opportunity offered, except this Juan A. Robinsun, aud they recoived it, as their letter dated November 18, and herewith en closed, shows. This matter of American citizenship be- comes every day of more importance, and it will be seen that tp Juan A. Robinson’s case he bas refused to avail himgelf of the neccesary course of proof to obtain pro tection. From a iewer, dated February 1, 1843, on the files of State Department, and found in the archives of the United States Consulate, he statcs that bis birthplace wes New York, and that he was the son of Captain Thos. Robinson, of the United States Navy. No proof has been yet ebown that he was born in Joby etreet. Juan A. Robinson is over sixty one years of age. By reference 10 the condition of New York in 1798, John street could not bave been opened. ‘The files of the Navy Department will show if such a person as Captain Thomas Robinson was on the Navy Register in 1796. I have consulted the autho- rises within my reach, and find that the domicile of the party becomes the test of nationality, and not the place of his birth. (See Kent’s Com., sec. 4, p. 74; sec. 75 Woeaton, part 4, pages 369 and 370.) Mr. Jaan Robin- sen came to this State (Sonora) at the age of seventoen, has resided in the country ever since that period, paid taxes and imposts to the Mexican government, and traded under the Mexican flag during tho war with Mexico in 1846, 1847 and 1848. He married a Mexi- can woman, reared a large family inthe country. His oldest son, Thomas Robinson. is Prefect, and sided in the expulsion of Capt. Stone and bis party, all citizens of the United States. His youoger son, ® minor, is in the army of Peaquiera. Itappears to me Mr. Juan A. Robinson does not come within the rule constituting an American citizen, “which is, having the right to vote for President and members of Congress.’’ But, deeming the claim of any one to an American citizenstup being a question of a mort delicatofcharacter, Idirected the Vice Consui to ro- fer the # ble to the State Department for its decision; but I will here state, for the information of the depart: ment, that Mr. Juan A. Robinson still refuses to produce roof of citizevabip, though frequently urged to do so. Bare every reason to believe that he is nota citizen of the United States by birth. 1 think in this case the Vice Consul has acted prudently in referring the subject to the State Department. Mr. Juan A. Robinson is a resident merchant, and has been for years enter; cargoos for Unitea States porte under value, aud aiog the United States government of large amounts of revenuc. Asa courtesy in care of troubles or revolution et thie pect will afford protection to all foreign sub- jects. Ihave the honor to be, most respectfully, your Obedient servant, W. D. PORTER. UNITED STATES VICE CONSUL ALDEN ON ROBINSON'S CARR. Consults oF THE Unrrx States oF AmERtCs, t Gvarmas, Nov. 19,1869,’ $ Se. Dox Juan A. Ronuvson:— fix—I received your letter of yesterday, stating that om account of your large family and beavy stock of goods on consignineat from Americans and Europeans, you were obliged to addre#s me, that you might be informed if any- thing serious was abuut to take place, and of the most ap- mode of pr the property under your charge; alo the four letters ou the saine sudject you yes. terday addreseed to Captain Porter, which he has referred. } t© me, in which leters you state further that you were reipstate!| in your consular capacity by Commodore Jones, whilet commanding the Paoiflo squadron, on the 24th of June, 1848, and that President Polk sont your re-nom! nation and commiesion as Consul of this pori, dated 26th of July, 1848, which office you filed ull 1854. All this evidence you offer as proof of your American citizo: ; and in your letters of same date you stato to Capt. Porter that, only having received verbal answers, you “ now so. Jemnly proteat against auch proceedings, and most empha- tically request ot”’ him, ‘ under the rights of a citizen of the United States, that’ he should give you “ written ro- ply to all your letters.”* In repiy to the above communications 1 ha honor tostate that I was all of yesterday ieeuing and cising paesports for American citizens; consequently did not have leisure to answer your numerous communications in writing sooner. Ido not feel bound, as American Vice Consul, to apawer you: because, when J cal! on you for the | eular press you referred mo to your soa for an answer, whe said be dil not recognise me as Vice Consul, therefore would not deliver me the same (to my great in you retueed mo the press. 2. Mt an American citizen. er of Captain Porter, rung all American citi nbip, that they might receire pas tion to whieh American citizen Dave not complied with this order. ©. From the following tacts] most nota citizen of the United States, ‘who you should have obc ed from this ¢ ontitled. As yot x that you are one tliat under | the cenetitution and lawe of the United States has a rigi | to vote for repregentatives in Congress ani othor ic | cMoere."” Do you come within tho pale of the law? You a | Dave married a mative woman by whom you bave r } atarec family, reaiding here for more thaa a quart: of a cf cove being United States Consul is pot. sufficient Cenee te ammount to prov: Nowy in te hour of peril, whilst a coltieion is amost inevitable, your son, the ‘Preict of Guaywas, i 6 yi bearing a inst the United j.and worl have still anetherson, who is a minor, duder your entirely dependent on you for support, who is also bear, ing arms ip obedience tw the commande of bis Ex Governor Pesaniera to give battle to th dary’s under Capt. Porter, if wey should land to enfo: of Capt. R. Sy Rwel!, Un ted Stalea army,from ent, ihe restoration of United Sta property in Lis charge, and bi ronduct to the Thoce fore Tam compelled to infer that by thus alhering ( ofr (temporary) ene ving them “bone of your for their aid and com*ort 3, of the constitatioa of ‘the have riviate see. Unites Stater, consequently guilty of treason, the popishment of whieh is death. Lrefor the facts above set forth to the Seorelary of State and will await his instructions in anewer to your domanidi Witness my haud and seal of ofiice, at Gusymas, tho day and year aforeenid. PARRELLY ALDEN, United States Vice Coneal. ‘Vhe above was written by my dictation, and | approve of the content and decision. W. D. PORTER, Commendipg United States Sbip St Marys. CAPTAIN PORTER DISAVOWS MR. ROPINSON UNtrep Sane Svar St. Marys, { dir symas, Nov. 18, 1859. | 5 To Paxrmir Aven, Fsq., Unit States Vice Consift:— Six—I bave the honor t receive your fetter of this date, enclosing ® letter of one Juan Robinson, who claims ta bs au American citizen. If Mir. Robinson can fully prove his Citizenship he will bave the right to. that protection, but, a8 you are aware, he must strictly adhere to the rntes and repniations laid ¢own by the Siate Department. under the fropresaion he ia notan American citizen, having aworn allegiance to the government of Mexico during tuo Inte war. He ig aigo married to a Mexicaa romam, aud is intimately connected with Mexican intorcate, his eon boing Prefect of the olty of Guaymas. Rospocifaily yours, eo. W. Dot Commanding United States aftp St. Marys Tre Poor Sraves-We have another delicious morsel (o be ewallowed and digested by those misinformed od mirguided persons at the North who yaialy imagine that the slaves at the South are objects of their Epecial sym patby aud commigeration. We Lavo recently alluded tothe Pay went of hundreds of dollars to.sarvanta by thelr tn- Quigent masters, for coru, ke , rais: Of the:r easy Carcs Amen, Mesers.. Sims bance, ke om the farin, and wo now gigd other apy that could he named. Last yéar u@, Grandy & Co. pald to tiiete sulagle banks of the Roanoke river, int ousand collars tor extra Work. five received as much os $150, others $100—Lae ding to tho iadustry, activity acd workmen. The hands on tho Sirinona & Brother, jn. the rich corn proy ; Hyde, in. North Carolina, received year S00 “oP ibeir work in, addition to the usual 4 weners jor ldbor cmthe farm, Sacliding cl sy Digantit ratiobs, and wood cough to xaake thelr quarters. facts abie. Tacee aro facie about, Southern slave lifo which isla, 40 not, care. 10 corsiler, beoauso they stand and beat sickening statement Ip Stars Mind. wretcbeevems among the Dod slaves, of, ihe North — J of ulk Angus, Jam, 31. Camniae Sito pen El Al wave aitincd a Balvealon ea Fb co Ht ae Brere ment eile Geetaver old j . « couvenience) till after Captain Porter recoguized mo; and when I again requested of you the press, was tlireatened by you ina most botsterous manner, with personal vio: lence if Lever took your name in vain, by repeating that | | century, as you have informed me; besides you remained | ere during the whole of the Mexican war of 1346, ‘47 and '48, a8 well av ever since, thereby losing your citizen | ebip, which cau only be regaigod in the mods open to every for r 4 after diligent seas in, the archives of this consn late, Io net find the proof of your citizenship, The fact T am | + beaklos the product | jom ef the Herald Nows- m Kutraord.nary ons. (From the Linerator, Jaa. 27.) ‘Tire following comptivute the series of resolutions dis- cussed at the receat anti siavery conveatiuus ould at Buflaio, Adburn, Utica, &e., at which Parser Pillebury, Merius R. Robiusom, Aaron M. Powell and Susan B Aa thopy were present.” Let the nation ponder them w I Resolved, That the American slave system is ‘the of all viliapies’’--a compound of ali crueltics aud crimes, robbery, adultery, piracy avd murdor, and whatever else is impure, unboly apd accursed. Resolyeo, That stavenoloers, as snch, have no rights which any buman bewg ts bound Ww respect, not even to Iite, Liberty and the perauit of happiness—but, while re- maining in purpose ané practice alaveholacrs, they should be regarded as criminals and ouvaws agemet bumanity, resistance tyrants, may lawfully and justly compel te release their ‘That our governmental alaveboiders is a sin mids crite, 98 mie re againet over prinoiple justicn aad every nature and of God, ich no possible circumstances could have Warranted in its formation, and surely no conceivable con- ditions conunt in its UALCE. ‘That the throat of disunion from the South should have been hailed with general joy by all the friends of the enslaved, fees eeet aa the only assurance for the continuance of slavery is in the support it derives from the Union and alliance with the North. Resolved, That the so-called ts of the sla PCat ge the » ved, ‘its the solemn and imperious of the Sepators and representatives of the non. sia States and Territories to return at once to their ve to take measares tno ae Escala jy frvnspegpetiyp eg. chow phaticaily the ‘Sy: Satan;” and every oburch Eon minator in. tbe ert whe dees not 60 regard and treat it, 6 false to the Christian pame and trust, and there- fore unworthy cf countenance, feliowship or support. Resolved, ‘i, cheered and eneouraged by tne expe. riences of the enaot- per, we will persevore in petitioning the Legisiature until our object, at once so just and needful, shall be accom- Nighed. ¥ ‘Whereas, by recent disclosures of the Postmaster Gene- ral, Nosthera pewspapers have, in several instances, ‘been exciuded from the maile and post offices of the slave States, on the charge of publishing and circulating aboli- tion sentiments, Cangerous to the security of slavery and the general safety; therefore, Resolved, That we congratulate the friends of the en. slaved everywhere that in the Naw York Henatp they have foun) @ safe ano zealous medium for the transmis- sion throughout the South of the most powerful and elo- qnen: utterances against the slave system, of Garrison, Wencell Philips, Toeodore Parker, Dr. Chcever, and many other champions of liberty in both hemspherce. Keecived, That the thanks of the American abolitionists generally are due to James Gordon Benncit, E-q , for soear- nestly e®pousing their canse in his hour of their trial and persecution by the goverament. How can werefrain from ‘expressing our admiration at the almost superhum.n skill with which he is able to freight his columus, week aftor week, with what are called the “most treasouable, mur- derous, incendiary, inflammatory and insurrectionary doctrines,” and pour them al! over the South, as if they were sermons op ,the ‘‘Fali of Man,’’ by our eafest aud soundest doctors Of divinity, or ths’ publications of the American Tract Society. Resolved, That whatever other public journal shall be proscribed, we trust the New Yorx Henarp will be alowed the mcet uninterrupted circulation possible throvgbout the Slave States, carrying, as it does, all the arguments of Heiper against slavery—all imaginary en- covragementto the slaycsto rebel against their tyrant mastere, in the spirit of our own Revolution of 1776, aud @esuring them at the same time, (though in that assu- Pance we are compelled to ciifer from this most veracious urval,) that the North ig filled with men like General fayette and Captain Jobn Brown, anxiously and impa- tently waiting io come to their rescue. Resolved, That we have read without surprise the Mes sage of Governor Leteber, of Virginia, to the Legislature of that State, in which he insolently and insultingly re- commends that * two most experienced statesmen vo ap poutes to visit the legislatures of those States which ave passed laws to Cbstruct the execution of the Fugi- tive Sleve act, and insist, in the mame of Virginia, upon their unconditional repeal.!? Resoived, That we trust our Legislature will deem such @ threat, from such a source, a strong reasom for hueten ing the cnactment of a law which wit reserve the State of New York cllectually anid forever from the prowling ravages of the kidnapper and slave hunter. Tetoived, That when Thomas Jofforgon declared that Ne is mcre certainly written in the book of fate than that the slaves are to be free; por isit less certain tha: the two forms of society cannot bs perpetua‘ed umder the same go- verprent— And Beury Clay that Until universal darkneas shall prevail, it will be imporaible to repress the sympathies and the eflorts of freemen ia bebalf of the unbappy portion of our race who are doomed to bond- ece— And the Richmond Engutrer that ‘The two oppoaite and conilicting forms of society crnnet, emong civiiived mew, coexist and endure, The ome tual girs way, rd cease to exist; the other become uttversal— Aud William H. Seward, that ‘The collision between the two syetema of labor in the United Staies is ap ‘irrepressible conillct between opposing and en during forces they did but echo the and decree of the eternal God, that between siavery and liberty there can be and shail be no concord; but everlasting separation, wide as the aif- ference between Heaven and hell. Resolved, That the Jemocratic party, in donying that doctrine, on!y 2eserts ita own daring depravity and down- right atheism; and the republican party, whenever it shrinks from ‘it, in a loyal homage rendered to slavery under the demands of the constitution, and especially when it sclects iis most compromising and cmservati men as candidates for oflce,on the ground of availabili- ty, and in deference to their slave-breeding allica at the South, proves iteelf aleo unequal to the grout contlict of the age, incapable of comprehending or contesting the great struggic for freedom, aud, consequently, like the de | mecratic party, utterly Neha erg of eupport. Rerolved. That we rejoice in the discovery at Inst made | by tho South, that oven their Northern democratic allies, | with ali their Union saving avd other demonstrations, 1 with slavery, aad disgusted witn tneir de co Of it; aud we beg to assure. Senator Ivor: gia, (a8 well as others who have spoken like that when he declnred the Northern dem.oracy to be ‘amentaily Wrong on the great principlo of slavery,” jat, with the Diack republican party, “ they denoun: & great moral wrong and social evil,’ that ‘not a sin- tic Sepator from the North recoguizes the Southern people to their slaves,” he doss bat bose deciarations to that growiog abhorrence of emong the sober and rejiecting of all classes and parties, Which will ere long hurl it to destruction, at whatever cost to constitution or Union. Events in the Life of a Stave. {From the Petersbarg (Va ) Exprese, February 1.) In the ress Of Friday wo published undor the aon of Crime,’? an account of the arrest of a cele wed James Sushanan Cross, accom s, beautiful, elegant and accomplished vaut man go nearly white that the closeat scrutiny ea tw detect African blood in his veins. The | Degro, Woke Fame is Robert Burnell, alias Smite says a Fiusburg paper owas regarded aga white man at the ho 11t was only after Di that the proprictor dis } covered that (ie ladividual ou whom he hat been lavish- ing tious for the past two weeks was neither more nor kes than a slave. His master treated himat all times ve equal. hey yisitew restaurants in company, piay- tint ds together, and wsaeciated at all times oa'terms " } tel ingly w ’ 69 well knowa in Lyneb}urg aa the former popular bartender at the Cabe!l aud Norvell Houses. The Lynchburg Vingind aye:— aged from his owner, Wiliam ai, Burvreil u py affected with fits, an: worthy @nd intoliigeus Rocvant who would bo with bin at . Making acquaintance of Bob at the Nor. ‘kiog Very soon sprung vp, and sthE purchased the negro, paylug. $1,600 for him. A draft, which was duly, houored, on some hou Norto wae given for the amount. Soon after leaving ;the pariy went t) Paria, where, afier re maining som: ome, be lost bis owner; says he searched erai days, but without success. He then we fo the American Embassy at Paris, made A Statement of the facts in’ the care to Jucge Mnzon, our Minister, and | telly prevailed om the Judge io cmpioy him aso servant in his family. | _ He remamed with Judge Mason tintl! the death of that | gentleman; was with him when he died, closed his eyes, and sbrondot him, and roturved with his remains wo this coubuy. | city he coienfally met with hie mastor, ths two being ed With the mocting, Notlong sftarwards m to (aris om Lupiness; ho remained thore a od then returned. to. this country. Fle was | im Tinly eons tino, and Ta the vitinity of so! erito whe that celebrated battle-wak- fought. Ow Thur Isst Bob- very unexpectedly made bis ap ‘ance In this city. The Object Of his visit al this tinse | ap to raise $1,400, for wire! he is to'bo mortgaged. te | br ower of atiorneg from’ his owner, authorizing mike this array 8 that fity doltars ofthe money ehall bo hand- nd the remainder’ sent to Grogs at Philartel ed to Bob, hia. | he at once reraarked that he “considered himseif a gen tleman, and would retain the faithful save of any one. | who would pay the destred/eum of money.” |" Tie professes to have the most nabounded condense in the honor of bis master, a8 well ag Bis wbility to extrioa'e Wrurctf from hig present’didionlties. He says thare exisia uo proet to stbstantiate the charges on which be was | arrested, apd that hiwinnodenco whi be clearly established. | We ure iticlificd €4 histo lit Bab ie’ siogalar in his belief, Bob further efiys tbat ever eines be teft Lynchbacg ha ‘hee passed for a white man, and has never associated sean Fe fous OF bis GWG race. Lob is a decided ubecaater tu his wa, Arid WO MOpe eh Way euccosd in Becuring & Good MASHER, |OH"N OY ae et eee ‘Tt Shor TRADE. The shoemakors of Lynm, Mass, says the Newburypert: Aerald, hal wmges meotiog on Friday Perenine to TkkO Motsares torecurs: an cadvanceon thé rresent low wares, The pay ts indeed poor: tothe work: ers. and it is hard for them to: be on shortiwork:. at low wages, but we imagme they are doing bettor even to-day than the maptfastarers,” many of ‘whom, with email ita), will find 1) diflowlt te mech thelr ‘varey ¢ Sear should business Continins as itwow is, | wee 4 ‘9 Ounsidate for tho Prost« dency, SKETCH OF THE LIPH OF THB HON. EDWAR: (From we New York tribune, Keb. to} tinned Edward Bates on the banks of Virgivia, about tbi:ty seventh sup aud youngest chid of «family of twelve cbidren, ell of whom itved to & mature age, of Thomas Bates and Caroline M Woooson. Bith of bis pareaus wore descencants of the plain old Quaker tamuites which had livea for some generations tn tue lewer counties of the peninsula between James avd York rivers. Thoy were Married w the Quaker meeting, accoraipg w the toras of that ermple apd virtuous people, iu the poar 1771; but im 1781 the fatber lost bia membership tm the Friends by bearing arms at toe stege of York,= volum teer Parse soidier, under Lafayette, In 1805, Thomas F., the father, died, leaving = vory email estate, amd a very large fumily. Left at am ceriy” age an or; , 8Rd poor, the son was fortunate in whet Gigentis te & patrimony, a heart La A Mile ee A Promotion. , Several owners: wore ind aud men, and treated the helpless with rous affection. Que of them, Ficming Bate, of ue bim into his feouly LJ Cs bim he was well taught by ha benefit of two years’ instruction of bw iinsman, Benj Bates, of Hanover, Va , « most excellent man, who, tett bebind him pone mere virtuous, aud few more - Coming under the protection of his brother Fleming, he LS ie Se ISS, Charlotte Hall Academy, St. Mary (ens Barat donate where he remained three years, and then by reason of the aceideut above men d, without being prepared Colluge, tlea uuth, that webes of a wise and afterward, to do mach good for bimseif or his A similar eventin the life of Washingwo will be sug- ted to every mind. country. eee In 1812, having renounced service in the Navy, aad with no plan of life settlos, his brother Frederick (whe was Secretary of the Territory of Missouri from 1807 to 1820, when the State was formed, by successive mente under Jefferson, Maison, and Mouroe, wag second Governor oi the State) mviced bim to come eat to ‘St. Louie und foliow the law, offering to seo him safely through bis course of study. He accepted the invitation, and was t> have started im the eprivg of 1813; but an unlooked for event detained him for a year. Being in his pative county of Goochiand, @ evdden call was wade for volunteers to march for Nor- folk, to repel an approhened attack by the British fleet, apd'be joined @ company ‘n February, marched to Nor- Acay or two after his arrival in New York | ment? The writtem logtrament — When it war fuilmated (BoU that) mest porsons would! | be afraja to invest money ta @man as whito av bimsei’, | fo:k, and served till October of that year, as private, corporal, and ant, successively. TLe next spring he set out for St. Louis, and crossed. the Missi+sippl, for the first time, om the 29th of April, 1814 Here he etugied very diligently in the office of Ra- fus Euston, a Cunnéeticut man, a good lawyer, regularly educated at Litcificid,and sometime a detegato in Coa- gress from Missouri Territory. He came to the Bar im the winter of 1816-17, and practiced with fair success as a beginner. In tho fail of 1820, the State government beiog put inte immediate action, without waitiog to be told by any other power whether or no it waa a State, or had a constitution, be was appointed the first Attorney Gencral of the State, and exercised the office both before and alter its admis. stom into the Union. He resigned the office of Attorney General in 1822, and was chosen a member of the House of Representatives of Missouri, and served as such. In 1824 he was appointed by President Monroe United States Attorney for the Missouri district. Ho was elected a membor of the United States House of Representatives in 1826 and served through tho XXch Congress ag Bole representative of the State. In 1830 he was ciccted tothe State Senate and served four years; and in 1824 he was again elected to the House, and took an active part iu the revision of the State laws: From that time till the present he has hela no office, and sought none; taking little or, no part in local politics, but often sony expreeeing hig ‘views upon oaa- btitntional qaeetions national politics, in public speeeh- pee. in nowspaper ei 8. 1853 ho wad elected Judge of the and Oburt of St Louis county, and after in the office about three serving ne bees Be soe as Presiacet or tho River aud Harvor tas, ‘ent at Chicago; and im 1! of the Whig National Convention’ mn tet ei ited by Presi @ WB appoint dent and coufirmed by We Senate, Secretary of War, but declined the a tment for personal and domectic reasons. Mr. was complimented with tho honorary dogree of LL. in 1888 b; Harvard College. Somo years be- fore he had been honored with the same degree by Shurt- left College, lilivoia. Such, in bricf, ig a history of the early life and public Services of one of the most distinguished and adie states- men of the West. From youth he bas been accustomed to eelt-cependence, and his life has been one of habitual Isbor, and comy tivo poverty. It has, for the most part, been spent in private, in the faithful di ‘of nts professcpal duties, amd is therefore devoid of that flexi- bility and adaptedncas which nothing but official discipline Fittmore can largely give, Tn personal ay ce Mr. Bates has a noble and com tmanding air. In stature he is the type of Mr. Webster. ‘His hair begins to exhibit tokens of age. His eye beams with smtelligenco from bencath massive brows, and his fgce is marked with deep thought His manners are those of 2 polshed gentleman of the last generation. In bis domestic relations he is fond husband and a kind ond indulgent father. He married, in 1523, Julia D., ono of the fiye daughters of David Coulter, late of South Varo. liva. He had by tbat marriage seventeen children, oaly cight of whom survive—#ix sons and two daughters. ‘Thovgh he was born and has always lived in a slave State, yet he hag never sought to live upon slave labor. He formerly owned a few slaves, whom he keptas domes. Uc gervants; but he emanicipated the last of thert some years ago. His aged mother, who died in 1546, set froe by ‘will the few remaining slaves she bad, aud last apring ‘ter, Sarah Bates, emanopated by deed thirty twoslaves, all that remained to her, having before that sot free six or eicbt by separate insteumente, ape Hill, the residence of Mr. Bates, situated about fous nites from the city of St. Louis, is a brick mansion, sarrounded by nicely culuvated gardous, and arbors, and sarubbery, among which the grape, which gives name to the place, is promment. Though ho is not extravagant, he ives macomfortable and substantial style, befliting the man who has a national reputation like bis. fiig private character is eminently exemplary. The pious teachings of big youth bave become the settled Principles of big manhood. Beyond the decent respect aud veneration for religion. which politicians almost universally afiect in their outward lives, ve cherishes, by Gaily acts of devotion in his family, and other ordinances of religion, the sentiments of consistent Christian piety. With the virtucs of head and heart which characterized eome of the early ttateemen of the republic, ho is equal any stationge the goverament which his cougtrymen Many asaign bin. avison, who, wiil De remernbercd, was one of the persous who entered the jail and shot Thomas 8. Lowe about s year ago, at- tempted to destroy bis own life, together with the ives of several other persons. _ It is supposed that -his.objeot was to take the life of Mr. Tom Sterritt, against whom, he hag entertained a deadly animosity sinve tho death of Lowe. ‘This aroee from the fact that’ Mr. S. had exp! bia ecif rather (reely againat thore persons who the sife of Mr. Lowe, and denounced the cowardly manner in which that diabolical act'was cougummateL On Monday iast Dr. Davisom entered ‘the store of Mr, Doncan, w which Mr, Sterrets, with three or four other persons, was eexted. He bad under hiscioak a willow market basket, m which, covered over with some ‘was an inferval machine of hie own invention. A feviption of this instrument of dcath, may be. interesting. ited nap eee the ed pounce of powder, will Gilied, ‘This maga- Pe was contained within another tin canister of double the eizo. ‘The space between the two was fillod with bul- kts or darge sivad shot, a rufliciont number io weigh ten or twelve poonds. = This infernal machine was constructed undor the Doctor’ especial direction, by a unter ia Can- -nelton; Ind., whidt:town is immediately oppose Hawes. vine. be, parison approached Mr. Sterre: d when withip in few fect of him he set firé ty his infernal machine, with the expectation Of blowing bimsel’, Mr. Swrrett, and every booy-cige in tbe room, into-eternily. Tue shock wastorribic. The rvom wis Built of stowe Stic brick. Ono whols side of the beiusir wake blows out, the roof wes jitted from the ratters,aud six darge ils aboye were broken, Mr, Dapcan, tho merchant, wad ery” dangeroitaly { wouritte ‘feared fatally. | Mr. 8 tt was scriously hurt and vadly burnt. Three | of the bullets entered he-faceyand: itis feared be may an ey on had his left fore acm broxen in t r bone broken, hi# right shoulder disic bis oo! | faa torn off thé Bhonider to th@ bone, his cloth { from ‘his. body, and he was badiy- burned breast and arm, He was horrible sg) from the house after the explosion, crytog, Goa’s sake! Tdo not want to live any longer! ‘Pwo -otber persous Were im-tho room, but were pot ly burt Mideesot the town, bearing die moisr and foctag the shork yerabed te ana fro in the wildest confuaioa. thoughtibat a keg of ; i aay YOO! aiid top Were of tho, explatiow many, persons were im favor of killipg Davieon at. ptrous efforts wore mace to do so, owe spread through t¥, and tlie coun le ‘wore Tushitg 10 ‘T chud for the purposesot the mob. The whoistown was apeaigg- and Witcest exeitemer ‘atied ghrougt- sat't out Wertawe,” — A Post Offlee has os- ARs (4SJo, Gdondaga county, tho sburg, Lewis gonuty, bas bee New Youn Posr tablished at Oy Post Off discontin wed, é