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. NEW YORK HERALD. MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1860.—TRIPLE P. Stevens, Thomas Davis, H. D. Eugen. jor De Ri- Geo. Bndres—im al), twenty super! aren fe are off with # spanking northwest breeze. bands im the best of humor. " OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE. ‘The wear approach of the Charieston Convention makes polities the general topic of conversation here. The prospects fluctuate daily. Douglas and Hunter will at fret bave the largest votes, but the same ob- jection exists against them both; they have both Deen strong advocates of admitting railroad iron free of duty, which would prevent them from getting the vote of Penasylvania, and the democrats can’t aflerd to throw away all chance for that. In no event can Douglas get two-thirds of the Convention, although his friends are untiring in their efforts and have promised more places than any President will have the power te ill. Hunter’s extreme notions would not satisfy the demo- crats of the Rastern and Middle States; 80 that he may be considered shelved for the present. Guthrie would run very well in Pennsylvania, but the letter of hia friend W., recently published, showing that b is promising offices andavows himself a ‘‘protectionist,’ ‘will lose his every Southern yote except those of hisown State. If he can’t got it he will try the geological experi- ment of defossilizing poor Pierce. Breckinridge’s friends are alive, bright and confident; they think that after a few experiments with Guthrie, the Kentucky Keen mens will present Mr. B. ag & peace offer- tng and he will be sae a ‘This is not im, . Via PaNine Done'ah Rome WIE Daas SGI Pee tueky. Jefferson Davis, of Miesissipp!, may turn up, although he is too high-minded to be in any arrangement on the sub- Ject. tare tne nests he ot a ee eer eae ciate tal , he get ens, nominated, inthe belt and hope that be will ibe defeated and its succession left open for him, Douglas. Wise will be nowhere, if ia votes a8 ® unit. Dickinson, of yeur State, will be acceptable to a few, but the divisions your democracy, the folly of old Tam- many, and the attempt to crush out Fernando Wood. his fmmense army, will put Dickinson far out of reach. of your }, Will also be caught between pores tp Disned teh tee val op$ =. mour, necticut, although hardly enough nation > make him # serious Sal eres © cant @ushing is in the delegation, and Agel deg he nominate poor Pierce, but the thing is too ridiculous to be dangerous. When the Orleans were driven out of Franee there was no restoration of was selected, and so it will be here. My bpm ag that Joe Lane has the best chance, Deeause he is a new man, a soldier and an orthodox de- moerat, though if all the named candidates should be push- ed aeide, Sam Houston may very well turn Every- Dody is a candidate for Vice ‘President. if Douglas ta nomi |, Johnston, of Tennesse, is to be his Vice Presi- @ent; with Lane, it will be Hammond, Fitzpatrick or Bayard; if a Southera man, it will be Seymeur, of Con- ‘Wasnmaro, April 10, 1860. Delegates to Charleston—Estimates of the First Ballot—The Downfall of Governor Wise—The Republicans and the Homestead Bill in the Senate—A New Engine of Destruc- tion to Democratic Candidates, de. Delegates to Charleston begin to be visiblehere by day- Light. Douglas men preponderate; but they no longer hold ‘the monopoly of the outside pressure. Other voices are ‘Deginnjag to be heard, and the idea is beginning to be en- tertained in the lobby that the nomination of Mr. Douglas is somewhat doubtful, at best. The States pledged to Mr. Douglas are the Western States, from Ohio to Minnesota, which will give in the Convention aixty six Electoral votes. It ia next calculated that he will pick up « dozen votes from New England, and that thus on the first ballot he Will have about eighty votes. Next, Mr. Breckinridge, it is calculated, will command om the first ballot the vo:e of Pennsylvania, twenty-seven, and of New York, thirty-five, and New Jersey, seven, and Missouri, nine, or s total of seventy-eight votes. It is supposed that the Dean Richmond ¢eiegation from New York will, without doubt, be admitted; and as they have resolved to vote as a unit, they will doubtless #0 vote from the beginning. It is also presumed that as the caa- Gidate of this New York delegation for President or Vice President is Horatio Seymour, their united yote will be om each ballot for some Southern man or and indicate sident. sao irs balste_Delawato, 8: Maryisad. 6; Virginia’ 16; —] ware, 3; » 85 Hi North Oarelina * 10; Georgie, 10, and Bout Garolin, 8, oF Mr. Andrew Johnson, for President, Tennessee. For rs Jelereon Davis, = © Minioigpi3.. For Gen, Lane? “ oregon and Oalforaia 1 Tor Me, Guile scattering volta from New ‘Eng! see Itis that some New ‘votes will be thrown for poor Pierce; for the New England States do not, im any case, we believe, bind their delegations to vote ap a unit. making war against Mr. upon this point many of Wise have become indiffe gave him a temporary flash; and the Virginia politicians gave them a little too much of ‘Tae republicans expect to kill off half a dozen Senato- vial Presidential candidates on the Homestead bill. ‘The Southern democratic side of the two Tennessee Senators, are ‘Dil a test of party faith; and that not only will the last nail be Dovglas in supporting this bill, but that ‘off Gen. Lane in the South, and Davis, other Senatorial candidates in the North who Li Tepnessee, may really for Vice President, on account of his support of the bill. ‘The Southern fire-eaters say:—Is it not have now eighteen free States to fiiteen Fi i R i i Z E ' | STE fe Senator Mason denounces this Homestead bill as the: formidab! of all aboiition devices the South, and pro-siavery DELEGATES TO CHARLESTON. ADDITIONAL AND OORREGTED. spots a John Contee, Levin Woodford, ‘Wm. T. Hamilton, John R. Emory. 1—k. H. F. Hardcastle, D. Feld. 2—Wnm. 8. Gittings, 8. Moffitt. Schobert 3 Brent” Philip F. Toomes, mas i ‘ caste 3. M. Gwinn. 5—Bradley T. JoAnson, John J. Morrigon. 6—Wn. D. Bowie, Oncar Miles. ‘The Fourth district is contested between Brent and La- nahan (Douglas), and Thomas and Gwinn (Hunter). Ex- cluding this district, the de is about Southern candidate and five for Douglas. out an if, and or in his own State, but it mend him to the favor of Neither General of the Massa ig dalgaton, will tiend the jeston Conven- ments, while Dr. fa at home by sickness his hamaily. OFF FOR CHARLESTON. Governor Beriah Magoffin, of Kentucky, left Frankfort on the 11th inst. for Charleston. zens to probibit the landing of steamer at that port char. tered for the accommodation of delegates. WHISKEY FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA DELEGATES. ‘The Pittsburg Journal rays that ove hundred and eleven barrels of whiskey bave been already forwarded from that city, to be taken on board the steamer which is to convey the Pennsylvania Delegates to the Charleston Convention, ‘ GOOD NEWS FOR THE DRINKERS. It having been intimated that the allowance of grog to the Democratic Convention weuld be stopped on Sunday, the Charleston Mercury gives the following gratifying as surance:—On the contrary, we learn that the rigor ‘a the will be relaxea curing the Convention, and that none of our hotel bars will beinterfered with for ac- commodating their guests on Sundays. THE STEAMSHIP FROM SAVANNAH. ‘The steamer Augusta will leave Savaunah,ou ber Oon- vention Excursion, Sunday afternoon, the 224 inswat. THE JAPANESE EMBASSY AT SAN FRANCISCO. Their Reception at Honolulu and by the California Authorities. Some Particulars of the Woyage of the Powhatan from Jeddo, ery Rees hee ‘Tho United States steamer Powhatan, Capt. Pearson, Dearing the flag of Com, Tatnall, arrived at San Francisco on 27th of March from Japan, via Honolulu. She brings the Japanese embassy, consisting of two principal Ambasea- dors, Princes of the highest rank among the nobility of the empire, and two associates, who are nobles of nearly equal rank. These four are of the Emperor’s Council. They are accompanied by « suite of sixteen officers, ‘Tho following is a Matof the embassy:— Simme, Prince of Boozen, Mooragaki, Prince of Awadsi, } navoys. Ogoori Mata-itsee, chief censor. One vice gevernor of the treasury. One vice governor for foreign affairs. One Secretary of the firet rank (Sersbay Akoo.) Two of the first rank. ‘Two secretaries of the second rank. ‘Two treasury officers. ‘Two inspectors of the second rank. ‘Two interpreters. ‘Two doctors. Fifty-three servants. ‘The Powhatan arrived at Honolulu March 5th, and re. mained there till the 18th. The Ambassadors were there reeeived with all formal honors. Private hospitalities wore extended on every hand, and the King and Queen held court at the palace for the reception of the dis” tinguished foreigners, and welcomed them in appropriate terms. They were also entertained at a grand ball given by the officers of the Powhatan, expressing great delight at the gay and novel scene. They bring $100,000 to defray their personal expenses, although the Embassy is invited at the sole expense of the United States. They were given the best quarters on board the Powhatan duriig the voyage, and arrived in good heaith and highly pleased. ‘The chief dignitaries are magnificently dressed in em- broidered silk robes, each wearing # sword of beautifu) workmanship. They have conducted themselves with great dignity and propriety. The Japanese Ambassadors visited San Francisco on the Sist ult.,and have remained the honored gueste of the city ever since. Twenty thousand dollars has been appropriated from the city treasury to provide for them suitable entertainment. All the Corporation officers, the members of the Legislature, the Governor and citizens generally, have paid their respects in person, and om the 2d instant a grand public reception was given the strangers at the largest hall in the city, where the United States officers, both civil and military, with the foreign consuls and State authorities, participated in the reception ceremonies. ‘The Japanese carry an immense amount of baggage, imolading many boxes of prevents to the United States government. ‘The Powhatan, on the day of her arrival, went to Mare Island Navy Yard, all the ambassadors remaining on board. It will require several days to overhaul the steamer and take in coal, when she will sail for Panama. ‘The ambassadors will thence proceed to Aspinwall, where the United States steamer Roanoke is expected to be in waiting to convey them to Washington. ‘They are so well pleased with the Powhatan that they express their wish to have her detained at Panama to convey them back to Japan on their return from the United States. They purpose spending about a month on the Atlantic side, although their time is not limited. The Board of Supervisors had sent a memorial up to the Legislature, asking ap appropriation of $20,000 to be expended in entertaining the Japanese embassy. ‘The attaches of the Powhatan gre ordered on board ow the 6th inst., and the steamer is expected to sail for Pa- nama with the Commissioners about that time. Should the Embassy embark immediately on board the Roanoke upon their arrival at Aspinwall, without waiting the transportation of their baggage across the Isthmus, they may be expected to reach Washington about the Sth of May, otherwife they will not arrive there before the 10th. ‘The Japanese steam corvette Candinamarruh has been in the Dry Dock at Mare Island Navy yard and been put in complete order free of charge, Commodore Cunningham explaining that while he bad no actual authority to render this accommodation, he felt sure he was but carrying out the intentions of his gevernment in doing for the Japanese steamer all that he could do for an American man-of- war. ‘The Powhatan arrived up from Mare Island on the 2d, and a great military demonstration was taking place wher the morsenger left. By the Powhatan advices from Japan are received to the 15th of February. The government of Japan had commenced stamping Mexican dellars, making them legal currency in that country, thus obviating one of the prin- cipal difficulties in prosecuting trade with foreigners. ‘Taw ENGLISH AND AMERICAN CaamPion Rowers’ Maton.— A communication is published in Bell’s Life, in London, purporting to have come from the President of the New York Regatta Club—which, by the way, is not the Empire City Regatta Club, which has given a regatta an- nually for the last six years without any aid from the Common Council—which reads as follows:— sce te Bde ao were, for Foo ie ob ‘the Hudson river, at New: ee ener te club, Tecling Pa deg in this interns. tapeer ‘arrival here you shall receive the courtesy of this club, and any advice the members can ou shall be at your spproval; at the same time this club feels anxious to — the preliminary arrangements stand at prenent What could have induced the sending of such a letter ‘we are at a loss to determine. The tides and currents at Newburg run now as they did many years ago, and will probably continue the same to the end of time; and Mr. Chambers can make himeelf as well acquainted with them in forty-eight hours as it is possible for Mr. Ward to be at the present time. According to the soundings ef the coast survey there is sufficient water at Newburg to float the Great Eastern, and a much greater depth at low tide thon can be found at London. Pelitical Intelligence. i Stave Srarea.—The republican jour- nals assert that five slave States, to wit:—Delaware, Ma- ryland, Kentucky, Virginia and Missouri—will be repre- sented in the Chicago Convention. It will be well enough to understand how far this representation will extend. ‘In Delaware the opposition held their State Convention last week, and resolved not to send delegates to Chicago. In Virginia only one county, Obio, will send delegates. In Kentucky, the extent of territory which will be represented will not exceed two hundred and sixty acres, which is owned and occupied by Cassius M. Clay. St. Louis will be about the only place in Missouri which will send delegates worthy of being called represemtatives. A number of persons from |Maryland, who will represeat themselves as having been sent by different localities in that State, will no doubt claim seats in the Convention. Sovrnxnx Coxsmnvarim.—The Brandon (Miss.) Republi- can says =" No man who goes against the Union of our Tepublic ie any better to-day than Benedict Arnoki was eighty years ago.” uicx Raromucans Soance.—There are ten towns in old Brown county, Wisconsin, which together contain enly twenty-seven black republicans out of nine hundred ‘voters. Govsnnor oF Anxanaas.—The Democratic State Conven- tion of Arkansas met at Little Rock on the 24 inst., and nominated Richard H. Johnson for Governor. It is currently reported in New Orleans that Wm. 3. Starke, ® prominent cotton factor of that city, bas failed. ‘His liabilities are said to be large. SHEET. TRE POTTER AND PRYOR AFFAIR, The Correspendence Between the Principals and Seconds, Mr. Potter Desires to Fight with Bowie Knives, . Pryor’s Second Considers the Knife as Vulgar, Barbarous and Inhuman, Col, Lander Offers to Fight With- out Restrictions, MR, CHISMAN DECLINES THE OFFER, MR. POTTER PUT UNDER BONDS,< Ree Ree, Re. Our Special Washington Despateh. Wasuiyaton, April 15, 1860. 1am permitted to lay before the readers of the Hmraip the following correspondence between Messrs, Potter aad Pryor, the friends of those gentlemen, Messrs. Lando and Chisman, having this morning agreed that the samo may be made public. Just before the House adjourned on the a‘ternoon ef the 11th instant, Hon. T. C. Hindmaa, of Arkansas, banded Hon. John F. Potter the following note— MR. PRYOR TO MR. POTTER. Avrit 11, 1860. 8m—Will you have the kindness to designate a place outside the District of Columbia,and the time when and where there may be further correspondence between us. Thaye the honor to be, very respectfully, ROGER A. PRYOR. Hon. Joun F. Porm. » Mr. Hindman then addressed Mr, Potter the following note, which explains itself:— MR. HINDMAN TO MR. POTTER. ‘House of REvRESEvTATIVES, Apri} 11, 1890. Dear Sin—I have just received a despatch informing me of serious sickness in my family, and will, therefore, leave for home at six o’clock to-morrow morning. Hon. L. M. Keitt will conduct the correspondence beyond to- day in my stead. Very respectfully, 1. C. HINDMAN. Hon. Joux F. Porrsr. At this stage of the proceedings Mr. Potter solicited Col. F. W. Lander, of Massachusetts, to act as his friend, who afterwards conducted the correspondence. Tue following is Col. Lander’s report to Hon. Mr. Potter, de- livered to the latter in person on the evening of the 13th ingt.:— Wasninaton, April 13—44 P. M. Hon. Jouy Porter, House of Representatives— ‘Dear Srr—I transmit to you a copy of the correspondence which has taken place since receiving your letter placing a certain affair in my hands, and naming your terms. I would suggest that this correspondence canno; properly be made public except by my consent and that of Mr. Chisman. On the 11th of April, near midnight, I delivered the fol lowing letter to Hon. Lawrence M. Keitt at his residence on F street. At the same time J left my card and place of residence with him:— MR. POTTER TO MB. PRYOR. Arpt. 11, 1860, Sm—Your note of this date, received by the bands of Hon. Thos. ©. Hindmas, invites a correspondence to be hereafter conducted outside of the District of Columbia,evi- dently to avoid on your part certain penalties imposed by law. I reply, that the constitution of Wisconsin allows me no escape from the consequences of such & oorres- pondence as you seem to contempiate, wherever it may ve conducted. I therefore inform you that such further correspondence ag you may wish to make may be deli- vered to my friend Col. F. W. Lander. Thave the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedi- ent servant, JOHN F. POTTER. Hon. Roars A. Prior. At balf-past one o’clock, P. M. on the 12th of April, I re- ceived the following from the hands of Hon. T. P. Chis- man — MR. PRYOR TO MR. POTTER. ‘Vincima, April 12, 1860. Sm—In order to he assured that Ido not misapprehend the precise import of your note by Mr. Lander, I beg to inquire if you will accept a challenge from me in the Dis- trict of Columbia? I have the honor to be, very respect- folly, ROGER A. PRYOR. Hon. Jonny F. Porter. P. S.—My friend Mr. Chisman will deliver this note. R. A. P. A delay now occurred on my part, for which you are not responsible, and the note was not delivered to you untilevening. It was immediately answered as follows:— MR. POTTER TO MR. PRYOR. Apri. 12, 1860. Sim—If there be any ambiguity in my note of last even- ing, after the explanation by my friend Col. Lander to your friends—Ool. Keitt last night, and Mr. Chisman to- day—which I understand he made, I beg to say that I will answer the inquiry contained in your note of to-day when a challenge shall reach me. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, &., JOHN F. POTTER. Hon. Roosr A. Pryor. ‘The following note was at once presented: — MR. PRYOR TO ME. POTTER. e ‘Vimarnia, April 12, 1860. ‘Sm—] demand the satisfaction usual among gentlemen tor the personal affront you offered me in debate, and for which you were pleased to avow your responsibility. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, ROGER A. PRYOR. Hon. J. F. Porrze. P.S.—My friend, Mr. Chisman, will deliver this note. RAP. The following was delivered at twenty minutes past li o’clock P.M. :— MR. POTTER TO MR. PRYOR. Avail 12, 1860. Sm—Your second note of to-day is received. I refer you to my friend, Col. F. W. Lander, to make the neoes- sary arrangements.{§I have the honor to be, very reapoct- fully, JOHN F. POTTER Hon. Rocrr A. Pryor. Atfhalf-past eleven o’clock the following was delivered: — COLONEL LANDER TO MR. CHISMAN. Arn 12—11% P. M. Hon. T. P. Cmsmax:— ‘Smm—I have to state that my principal, Hon. John Pot- ter, disclaiming the particular rules of the code, will fight Hon. Roger A. Pryor with the common bowie knife, at such a place, private room or open air, in this District as we may agree upon, at a time to be fixed within the next twelve hours by you and myself. Distance, four feet at commencement of engagement. Two seconds present toeach principal. Seconds restricted to one navy re yolyer each. Knives of principals of equal weight and length of blade. Fight te commence at the word three ‘Tho calling of the tally and the word to be decided by turning a piece of money. I have the honor to be, most respectfully, F. W. LANDER. At about three o’clock A. M. I received this answer:— MB. CHISMAN TO COLONEL LANDER. ‘Wasmixeron, April 12, 1860, Col. F. W. Laypar:— Sm—In response to the demand of my friend, Mr. Pryor, for the satisfaction usual among gentlemen from your friend, Mr. Potter, you state that your principal, dis” claiming the particular rules of the code, will fight Hon Roger &. Pryor with the common bowlo knife, &¢., & Not recognizing this vulgar, barbarous and inhuman mode of rettling difficulties as either usual among gen tlemen or consistent with the notions of civilized society I must, without referring your communication to my principal or even seeing him, emphatically refuse to al- low him to engage in it, Whenever your principal will reply to Mr. Pryor’s demand, in such a way as may seem to me consistent with any fair and even most liberal con- struction of the rules of the code, whether particular or general, I shall be most happy to communicate to my principal such response. I have the honor to be, most a T. P. CHISMAN. My reply was as follows:— COL. LANDER TO MR, CHISMAN. fasmrnatox, April 12—8 A. M. Hon. T..P. Cnsmar:— x : Bir—Your note is just recetyed. Without replying to the terms of indignation which seem to pervade ft, I wil! simply say that my principal detests and abhors the barba” yous and inhuman mode of settling difficulties usual among gentlemen. He represents hie constituents in the follow- ing manner:—He asserts and maintains his right to pre- nent om the fleor of Congress, within parliamentary rules, any matter Which be believes to be correct. Called upon by note to reply to your principal, he has made his state- ment. As bis friend, Ihave presented it, You object to the terms. They wore such as would alono enable my principal, who is upacquainted with the usual weapons of the duellist, to meet your friend oa equal terms. He will net go out of this District to fight a duel. He waives the usual last resort of the nen duelliat, the assertion that he will defend bimeeif whenever assailed. He even goes so far as to be willing to pame time, place and weapons, . When at this stage of the affair you appeal to the etrict terms of the code amd express yourself dissatisfied, there is but one result. I disclaim any o! the scruples which have actuated my friend, Mr. Potter. Differing with him as mauch as & man can in politics,1 believe with him that every American citizen is entitled to the free expression of opinion. I therefore present myself to you in his place, without restrictions. Ihave the honor to be, most re- spectfully, F. W. LANDER. At half-past seven o’clock A. M. the following reached me:— MR, CHISMAN TO COL. LANDER. Wasn IN ol. F. W. Laxper:— INGTON, April 13, 1860, Sm—Neither my friend Mr. Pryor nor myself have any Personal quarrel with you. I cannot, therefore, either Permit him or myself to take advantage of your courteous offer to substitute yourself in Mr. Potter’s place. as Mr, Potter, who %, as you state, unacquainted with the usual weapons of duelliste, cannot meet my friend on equal terms in the District of Columbia, except with the oom: mon bowie knife, which mode of fighting I have refused te accede to, and as he will not go out of this District to fight a duel, and moreover waives the usual last resort of the non-duellist with the aszertion that he will defend himeelf whenever aggailed, I must terminate this corres pondence with the expression of my regret that we have deen unable to adjust the matter between our principals in the manner usual among gentlemen, which manner, thongh your principal detests anc abhors it as barbarous and inhuman, would seem to men of plain senge not moro so than a fight with bowie knives. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, T. P. CHISMAN, It was replied to by this closing note, admitted by the courtesy of Mr. Chisman:— COL. LANDER TO MR. CHISMAN. Waseivaton, April 13, 1860—8 A. M. Hon. T. P. Carsman:— Sir—] received your last note at balf-past seven o'clock this morning. In it you reiterate your assertiou that your principal shall not meet Mr. Potter with bowie knives, making assurance doubly sure. I have to correct an impression I have apparently conveyed in my last letter, an expression also referred to in your note. It appears that my statement that Mr. Potter waives the usual last resort of the non duellist, the assertion that he will defend himself whenever assailed, has led you to believe that be will not defend himself if assaulted. This is @ mistake, If for atime be waived the mere assertion and placed bimeelf, go far as he could, at the disposal of Mr. Pryor in regard to a personal combat, by no means believe that he will not defend himself. 1 beg to assure you, without consulting with my principal, that he will protect himself with honor whenever assailed. It also becomes nty duty to inform you that the Hon. Jobn Potter did not know of my offer to appear for him. The furthor remarks of your letter, being mere expressions of opinion upon a mode of adjusting difficulties, the propriety of which we are not discussing, I have nothing wo offer in reply. I have the honor to be, most respectfully, F. W. LANDER. Here the correspondence rested, and the principals being notified that there was not to be a fight on the field, Mr. Potter, who had never left the District, took his seat in the House, where he was warmly grosted by his nome rous friends. He made a report by instruction from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, on which he is chairman, and enforced the proposition for @ clerk of his committee in debate with so much clearness and was so highly complimented by his South ern colleagues on the committee for attention to his du tles as chairman, that the House granted him a clerk, which had just been refused to the Committee on the Dis- trict of Columbia. This gave publicity to the fact that he was no longer evading the police. He walked publicly on the Avenue after the House adjourned, and the whole city knew his whereabouts; yet, yesterday afternoon, twenty-four hours after his appearance in the House, by the extraordinary vigilance of the police of this city, or else for some pretext which may hereafter appear, he ‘was arrested, and put under five thousand dollars bonds to keep the peace and not to fight a due) with Roger A. Pryor. Not until this morning did the seconds of Potter and Pryor agree that the corretpondence should be made public, when Col. Lander immediately addreased to Mr. Potter the following note:— Hon. Joux F. Porrgr, House of Representatives United States:— Sm—There ii now no impediment to the publication o the correspondence which recently occured between the Hon. Roger A. Pryor and yourself. I have the honor to be, most respectfully, &c., F. W. LANDER. Suxpay Mornin, April 15, 1860. ‘With two notes additional to those [send you is th complete correspondence between Colonel Lander and Mr. Chieman, neither of which did Mr. Potter receive. One of these notes was withheld, it is said, at the solisita- tion of some of Mr. Pryor’s friends; the other was not delivered to Mr. Potter, because that gentleman, by some process unknown to him, was arrested and piaced under bonds to keep the peace. ‘Thus the sequel to the scene in the House has demon- strated. There is a report that Mr. Pryor will attack Potter in the street, or whenever and wherever he mects dim. Ancther report is that Mr. Pryor would have accepted Potter’s alternative to fight with knives if his second had notified him that such @ proposition had been made as Potter’s ultimatum, and that upon learning that the correspondence had been closed he sent a mes- senger to Mr. Potter yesterday afternoon, informing him that he would figbt him with bowie knives, but the mes- senger learned before reaching Potter’s quarters that the latter had been arrested and placed under bonds to keep the peace, and did not deliver the message, What trath there is in these reports I know not. I give them for what they are worth. Our Washington Correspondence. ‘Wasnivoton, April 13, 1860. The Pryor and Potter Difficulty—Republican Views of the Affair, and Some Sober Reflections on the State of Things thus Buggested, de: ‘The Republicans are chuckling this evening over their champion, Potter, and what they call the handsome set- ting down administered by him to the Southern chivalry» through their champion, Master Pryor. They say—'‘Look atthe case. Here isa man who knows nothing about the code—who does not recognise it—who abbors it as a relic of barbariam, chal- lenged by a regular professor of the code, and ® man « spiling for a fight !’ Our man says I know nothing about your code, but if you wants fight you shall have it; and what say you toa trial with ten-inch bowie knives, the belligerent four feet apart, in aprivate room, or in the open air ? But the man of chivalry rejects this pro- position on account of its barbarity. It is not in tne code. «¢ And then, says our man, suppose you make {t astreet fight on sight. But this, too, is rejected by the fighing Virginian, when there is the precedent of the street encounter between Ritchie and Pleasants, two Richmond editors, in which Pleasants was literally cut to pieces. But so the matter stands. The pistol would have been just the thing for Pryor; but your bowie knife, a surer instrament in a Western hand, and one which makes a much neater incision between the ribs, startles the man of chivalry with a very lively sense of danger, and he retreats under the ahelter of the code.’? ‘Such 1s the republican application of this affair. They eay that something of this sort was needed to cut the comb ofthe chivalry. Doubtless with the bowie knife, Pot- ter, who is a powerful man, would have butchered Pryo as handsomely as Cassios M Clay, some yoars ago, chopped up a fighting fellow of the name of Brown, atthe Kentucky Mammoth Cave. Clay has been respected among the fire-eaters of Kentucky ever since, and can make an abolition speech at them from the steps of the ‘State House at Frankfort; and having come to the con- clusion that it is necessary to appropriate the firs occasion for @ precedent of this sort in Washington we are rather tickled at this bowie knife argument of Potter. The border ruffians of Kansas thus brought out ag old John i i rth i : t i : : : A if if i Ey j 4 ig Bs gz i ; 3 te contemplate. It argues a state of sectional political ex citement and bSrtility of the most dread(ul character. It Giecleses thore elements of sectional diecord and strife whith a epark may tgnite into a general combustion Hac Sumper cled before No®ember, 1866, (rom tho as- fault of Brooks, Fremont would have been elected Presi dent. From ‘his clrcuinstence, am’ many others of aa of feusive ebaracicr on the part of Southern agaimet Northern men, the republicans fully believe that even @ bloody rectional tgit on the floor of the House would really be to their advantage aruopg the Nortnorn people in the Presicentut campaign, They think that sued # feene would practicelly inaugurate the “ irrepressible conflict,” and array the solid columa of the Nortnerp States 1b vinsi vation of free speech, free men, and Noruherp freamens Tights in Coogres Joubtlers Bome such iJea as this was up in the mind of the Rev. Mr. Lovejoy the oth r Petar the midst of the crowd of repuvlicans and democrats, North ern and Southern meu, gathered in front of the Speaker's chair, and ready for a acrimmage, the reverend gentleman stood as if courting the death of a martyr. It is not, per: haps, eaying too much for the Rev. Mr. Lovejoy, to say that he carries his life upon bis sleeve, and is ready to sacrifice It at any moment, in view of his great revenge against the “slave power.” Hud there been, on the day in question, another man equally reckless aud desperate on the other side, we might to-day be deploring the abrupt and untimely dissolution of the Thirty-sixth Gon resn; for it only needed, on the day aforesaid e ow from any one of the members in the crowd in front of the Speaker's chair to bring upon the country thiv ruinous catastrophe. In such critical times as these we need all the discretion ef cool and sensible men to hold in check the fighting fire-eaters of the South, and the desperate abolition fanatics of the North; and in this view we can neither regard with indifference the folly of Pryor, nor look with approbation upon the bowie knife remedy of Potter. Tho peace and harmony of the country depend upon entirely different instrumentalities of honor and bravery. The Steamship Adriatic off for Europe. The splendid steamship Adriatic, Captain J. J. Com- stock, left her dock, at the foot of Canal street on Satur: day noon, for Southampton and Havre, with a large amount of freight, and one hundred and ninety-seven Pagsengers. With the exception of the Great Eastern, the Adriatic is the largest steamship afloat; measuring three hundred and fifty feet in length, fifty feet beam, and about five thousand tons burthen. The Adriatic was modelled and built by the Iate George Steers, and is a model vessel in appearance, appoint ments, speed and every other respect. Her two oscilla- ting evgines were built at the Novelty Works. Her total cost Was over @ million of dollars. On account of some error in the management of her valve gear, the engines at first did not work properly. Messrs. Renwick, Everett and Coryell, a trio of well known engineers, were consulted by the owners, and ro. commended an entirely new arrangement, of which the fol following account is given:—A high pressure arrangemert has been provide d, to be instantly put in operation, ia case any derangement of the air pumps occurs. Another new feature is an independent feed, a great improvement upon the usual arrangement, The valves, which are at all times accessible, are lifted py ® new plaa; ancow cutoff motion, which can be adjusted throughout the Jenghth of the stroke; an apparatus, connected with the cutoff cams, by means of which the valves are forced to their seats as soon as they are released from the valye gear, and s0 arranged that it adjusts itself to all alterations of the cutoff. A double-link motion bas been introduced for working the engine, gov- erned by two cocentrics, which are worked by steam cylinders, the pistons of whieh are controlled in their motions by water cylinders, provided with pistons, which are moved simultaneously with those of the steam cylindere, the whole arrangement being 80 eimple, and eo completely controlling the vatve-gear, that @ couple of boys could manage the engine, as far as strength is concerned, with perfect ease, elthor when working by hand or atits highest speed. This new ar rangement was manufactured at the Novelty Works, un: der the personal superintendence of Mr. Everett. ‘The perfect condition of the enginca, aud, indeed of the entire vessel, was demonstrated upon her trial trip, which took place upon the 2ist of February last, when she was tested in every possidle manner, and the alteration in the machinery appsare2 to work admirably. Her highest rate of speed upon this trip was sixteen and a half knots an hour, making seven- teen revolutions per minute. At six revolutions shé made six knote; at ten revolutions, eleven knots; at fourteen revolutions, fourteen and a half knots. During the whole of this trial trip the weather was very rough and heavy, and while out she encountered agale, bat in spite of this her performance was such a8 to reflect great credit not only upon her builders, but also upon the American marine. Her vast machinery worked perfectly. Captain Comstock is wortny the noble yessel he com- mands. Well known to the public from his command of the Baltic, the gallant captain took that fine specimen of naval arthitecture, the General Admiral, across the seas to increase and probably to improve the Russian navy; ‘and he also assisted the late Captain Harrison in navigat- ing the Great Eastern upon her trip from the Thames to Portland. Captain Comstock, as an experienced and able officer, and a noble and true hearted gentleman, has no superior, and in the Adriatic and her captain we have a realization of tho old lines— “A gallant vessel, a brave hearted crew; A captain worthy of his noble ship.” In spite of the drizzling rain quite a crowd assem. bled at the wharf to witness the departure of the Adriatic, and es she left the dock she was loudly and repeatedly chered. Dodworth’s band was in attendance, and discoursed most excellent music in honor of Mr. D. R. Stanford, an amateur musician and a patron of this band, who was among the passengers, and in- tends visiting Europe on a pleasure trip. ‘The following is & list of the passengers:— Jas M Brown, lady and servant, Miss Sarah © Brown, R P Mis W Brown, Miss J _£ Brown, Captatn Mo Kisatry, USN, and lady, Mre Capt Hatetene and daughter, Capt T J Wood, USA. Ur De Leon, USA, aad sister, Rev Dr Murray, Rev Dr Leyburn and lady, Rev J Soott, ( 1 stuart, Misa Neil, Mra J MeNeoce, Rev A Hi Olapp and lady, Mra Bor rie, Dr 0 Orpood, H Brown, Mra H Simpson, Mrs an mid, Miss Uozzens. Mr Kelly, J Thompson, J Graydon and Wite,i8 Tweedy and indy, Geo De Forest, lady, son, 2 children and maid; T C Foote and ley, Terrance Donnelly and Mrs Andrews, 8 W Waterbury. Mr. Benjamin, WW vawiray OP Dobrmann, J A Bliss, Mrs HC Butler, V Butler, Jr. G Diefenbach, L Leberman. K Btenfeld, Mr'Borrle, lady'and friend, wr Ehrman, Mr Dazenaner, T A’ Pat ‘and lady. BM Jackeon and Indy, Mina Hattie N Potter, Mra, Rubel and 3 children, U Mathey, Lr i © P Turner snd lady, B C Cowdin, © H Sherban. © Cook, 'C 1. Cook, Dr Spear, P BEpear, A Déclouet, WC Behaumberg, pH Wiel Mra © C Sebaumberg, Kham and lady, Miss Julia a Wickham. s.r Henry and lady, T Riggs, W Warren, Mr ‘Turrell, MB J Godéard, A T Sullivan, ‘t Cox. OG uel, M Sclntosh, Mise Julia Beers, Mrs K A Hont Miss L nett, Mae lennecart daughter, J Jack, D D Arranyo, Mr Landon. K Moreau, © ¥obrrind!, J ‘J Walker, A Lingen, Lee, W MB Hartley, Mr Erriemen, * Renier, HT Brot wn, & A Boyd, O Popgle, 1 W Cameron, Marx Levy and children’ HL R Morgan, J T Roos, C H Meade, JK Alexandris Geo Grexo Grai Gibb, Mendish Calhoun ‘Ber: a . Indy and two ebiidren, Max fleid, Jos Rosenthal a Ob! F Antoine, A 8 Lawaon, Mr J omin conard Kerder. Mr Tri CK, Sant Dorgan, JR Boylston, & B aN If the Adriatic should equal the expectations of her per- formance upon this trip, sbe will donbtless become a great favorite of the traveling public, both for epeed, com fort and eafety; and that she wil) thus succeed we can en- tertain no doubt. ier, Lord, is) ATs Et g = wl S bi i Williamsburg City News. Dreaprot Accipaxt—Two Cuitpren Burvep To Dati. — At six o’clock, on Saturday evening, two little girls, aged respectively three and five years, children of Mr. James McOoy, residing at 184 South First street, were burned to death by setting their clothes on fire with matches, with which they were playing. They were locked in s room during the temporary absence of their mother, and were ‘80 dreadfully burned before her return that they died in 8 few hours. Augcep Arrempt To Commit 4 Rapg.—A young fellow, named James Kelly, was taken before Justice Ryder, of the Eastern District, on Saturday, charged with haying attempted to commit a rape upon a girl eighteen years of age, named Mary A. Whittaker, residing in Meserole street. It appears that the young couple have been keeping company for s year or more past, and, as is al- leged, on'the 8th of March iast, while they were walking home in the evening from Greenpoint, the socured took advantage of a secluded locality, where he attempted to violate her person. said ‘nothing to her parents about the affair, but feesed to her spiritual adviser, the circumstance to the parents. Kelly Persomal Intelligence. ‘The Prince of Wales will not leave Eagland till the 10th of July. Private letters received in Toronto state that the Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief, and the Duke of Newcastle, Miniater for the Colonics, will visit Canada Stiended by General Brown, who Governor. The admiral of the fleeton the North Ameri can etation will meet the squadron in his fisgship, and subsequently visit Quebeo. $ Operatic aud Dramatic Matters. The performances of Italian operas at two establish- ments—the Winter Garden and the Academy of Musio— bave been the town topics during the week. The Aca- demy management has given the “Barber” and Don Pasquale,” with Patti, Brignoli, Ferri, Amodio and Susini. The prima donna has made a very grea: #16- cess in Norina, and Brignoll! has won fresh leurels as Ernesto. ‘Lucia di Lammermoor” will be given at the Academy to-night, with Patti, Drignoli and Ferri. At the Winter Garden ‘‘Ernant’”’ will be presented, with Madame Fabbri, Stigelli, Ardavani and Weinlich, Mr, Mulder will conduct the orchestra. In toe theatrical world we have no novelty of impor- tance. The “Colleen Bawn’’ is siill very attractive at Taura Keene’s, It ig announced for every night this week, and it will probably run till the end of Miss Keene’s season, which will close early next month. Mr, Jefferson then takes possession of the theatre, opening about the 15th, with Mrs, John Wood and a very well selected com- pany. Among the engagements already made, we hear the names of Mr. Sothern, Mr. James Dunn, Miss Corne- lia Jefferson and Miss Sara Stevens.” The off nights of the Opera at the Winter Garden haye been devoted to beneit performances. On Tuesday, when Mr. Jordan appealed to the ‘public, Mrs. Jordan made her debut at this theatre, piay- ing in the neat little comedy ®Living too Fast,’ and achieving a very decided succees, Mr. Peareon’s beneiit is announced for Thursday of this week, and Mr. T. B. Jobnston’s for Saturday, At Wallack’s theatre, Congreve’s comedy, “Love for Love,” was revived for Miss Gannon’s benefit on Wed- negday. On Saturday Mr. Walcott played ‘‘Layater,” for his owa beneslt, and was wormly greetea by myery full and brilliant audience. Tonight, for the benefit of Mr. Dyott, “The School (or Scandai” will be given, with a very good cast. On Tuesday, Mr. Biake will have his benefit, and will play his great part, Jesse Rural. At Niblo’s Garden Nixon’s famous circus troupe is at- tracting full houres, as usual. To-night the “Bronze Horee” is announced to be brought out in grand style, Among other attractions it is stated in the bills that ‘Mise Ida Vernon, in the character of Prince Zamna, will make @ grand ascension upon @ real horse, from the stage te the sky borders—a feat of equestrian herolam never before attempted on any stage’? As some people, net versed in the technicalities of the stage, might imagibe that Miss Vernon contemplated a real celestial flight, we may eay, that the borders of the sky are the pieces of canvars to which the angels of the coulisses take their flight, and the distance is about thirty feet from the footlighis to the borders. Various other novelties are included in the circus programme this evening. At Barnum’s “Jeanie Deans’? ia stil) retained in the bills, and will be played for two afternoon and three evening performances this week. ‘Jeanie Deans” thig afternoon. ‘‘All that Glitters is not Gold” thia evening. At the New Bowery theatre an original drama, “Robin Hood,” will be produced to night, witha fine cast, and entirely new scenery, drestce, &c., kc, A local sketch, called “A Fearful Tragedy in the Fighth Avenue,” will also be produced. At Mrs. Brougham’s thestre Mr. Selby’s comedy, “The Last of the Pigtails,” will be produced, together with a farce. At the Bowery theatre o new equestrian drama, called r, the Renegade’s Revenge,” will be ; two other pieces will be given. ‘Tux Covorep Orzrs —At George Christy’s minstrels the second week of * Weflo’’ is announced. At Bryant's the “Stranger,” with J. Bryant and E. Horn, is stil] found attractive. At the Bleecker Buildings, corner of Morton and Bieccker streets, Budworth’s minstrels will commence operations on to-morrow. Wood's minstrels announce @ concert at the Breokiym Athenwum this evening. ‘The annual benefit of the American Dramatic Fund As. rociation will take place on Tuesday, at the Academy of Music. There will be a dramatic aad operatic performance of the very firet class, and ata very low price of admis- sion. We have never seen s0 fine a programme as that offered by the direction of the Fund for to-morrow, aud we direct especial attention to it on its merits. Mr. Barney Williams’ grand testimonial benefit will take place at the Winter Garden, April 24. Concents.—A very pleasing concert of sacred and secu- lar music was given at the Cooper Institute on Thursday evening last, under the direction of Mr. Gustavus Schmitz, organist of the new Church of the Immaculate Conception, Fourteenth street. There were between two and three thousand persons present. The proceeds are to be devoted to the payment of the debts of the German Dutch Reformed Church in Forsyth street. The arrange- ments were excellent, and Mr. Schmitz was ably assisted by Madame Zimmerman, Mrs. F. H. Grosz, Miss Al- bercht, Mr. Hartman, H. Schmitz and the members of the German Liederkranz Society. The song by Mrs. F. H. Grosz, accompanied by Mr. H. Schmitz on the Frencia horn obligato, was deservedly encored, as indeed were most of the pieces of the evening, The opera of “ Rip Van Winkle,’ by Geo. F. Bristow, was sung without scenic effects, on Friday evening at Dodworth’s, with the following distribution of the principal réles:-—Alice Van Winkie, Mies Brainerd; Edward Gardinieg, Mr. G. T. Atherton; Rip Van Winkle, Mr. J. R. Thomas. The other parts and chorus were by amateurs and members of the Harmonic Society, of which the composer is conductor. The small hall wag crowded, and the performance, generally, quite satisfac- tory. Miss Brainerd was warmly encored in the duet with the tenor, “I’ve Wandered,”’ and in the grand fcens, one of the most difficult and lengthy, “He's Gone;”” also, in the sog “‘Vivandiere,” Mr. Atherton, as a recent debutant, gave high promise for thefuture. Mr, Thomas eang bis music commendably. Miss Coleman deserves honorable mention, especially for her efforts in the first act. The choruses in the opera are numerous and solid, the rendering of them on this occasion might bave been considerably better. The succese that this opera met with when produced at Niblo’s Garden some four years since, was very flattering, and some manager should feel encouraged to place it on the stage again. ‘The fifth annual concert of the Brooklyn Philharmouia Sooiety took place at the Atheneum on Saturday evening. ‘The attendance was the largest of the season, and could not have fallen far short of fifteen hundred persons. Tho programme consisted, in the fnetrumental department, of Spohr’s celebrated symphony “The Dedication of Sounds? Gade’s overture of ‘Ossian’ and Weber's “‘Jubel.” These were done the fullest justice to by the admirable orchestra of the society, unter its able conductor Mr. Eisfield. A caprice on the violin and pianoforte by Messrs. Noll and Jerome Hopkins was a creditable exhibition of executive ekill on both instruments, but the piece itself as 2 compo- ssition is nots very striking one. In selections from the “Barbiere,” “Don Giovanni’ and the ‘‘Vespres Sicilien- nes,’ Signor and Madame Gassier created quite s furere, and were repeatedly called out to receive fresh tributes of applause. In the interval between the first and second parts Mr. Wyman, the President of the society, addressed the audience, and expressed bis regret that the lim- ited character of their preecnt accommodations had disappointed many in obtaining seats. This, however, ‘was the last occasion when the society would moet in that ball. When they opened their next season it would be in the magnificent theatre which was in progress of erection. He was bappy to state that so great had been the artistic succees of this winter’s concerts that the directors bad been pressed by their subscribers to give an cxtra one. The board had the matter under considera- tion, and it would probably be carried out. Should they succeed In perfecting their arrangements he would be able to promise them an array of vocal and instrumental talent such ag is rarely to be found combined in any single entertainment of the kind. This announcement was received with great applause,and from what wo can learn will be realized within the next fortnight. It is contemplated to take one of the largest buildings in the city, and to secure most of the loading operatic cele brities for the occasion. ‘Madame Gazzaniga will return from her concert tour in he South in the course of a few days. It is her intention to give & farewell concert in Brooklyn previous to ber de- parture for Europe, which is fixed for the ond of the month. ‘Tuxatess Exsuwarrs.—Two metropolitan favorites, Ma ~ dame Gaszaniga and Mra. John Wood are at present per- Crescent City people. where abe has played in Mr. Mr. A. H. Davenport (who was by the Orleancis) as Captain Price, an amateur actor and vocalist, country about a year since to full the wager, baving fini the time of retura to England. Miss J. Boston Museum, Mrs. Barrow is at A correspondent on the subject of the supply of the Cnaton water during hes ‘saan, eaye:—Were the reservoir in Forty: to prevent the action of the sun, wind and dust water, aad a few tons of ice thrown in cach the summer season, a deficient supply would Pperienced, because the chief cause fe that when requiring water the tap is first left running, in the vain indeaver to obtain ‘Water, £0 that possibly five times thoamount Tequired i drawn to be waisted.