The New York Herald Newspaper, April 24, 1860, Page 2

2 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1860.—TRIPLE SHEET. Leen ee ee eee EE mn mmnemnnenennnenen: sa URE epeeeeenememeern memes memmemmene ore oo aan A ea ° ' ! four feat | F to this gentleman that bis works be contrasted with his AERIAL %ayic. gecan of water covering the whole world thirty: INTERESTING FY .0N THE RIO GRANDE, INTERESTING FROM VENEZUE! FINE ARTS. early heme secses. Pm TS oe as AAVIGATION. |“ mo an conan wwe fase,” ncaa sen, eS + , drawing. thouph hard, by no Means véry inasourate. Lecture 4c Palace Garden by Pre- | of 78 parts yogem and 22 parts of oxygen, an ir Brewm syille Correspondemes. Our Legusyra Correspndenee. j Wet'onal Academy ef Design. 646. “Angel's Whisper”, HE. Nuvell, A clever work, tower Jenn Wue. ey apborcerey paging ee eer ge oy Baownsvuiz, April 28, 1900. Lagvarns, April 4, 1900, SECOND NOTIOR. BR woald be unjast te deny that the present ex- Witton contains very many works of great merit, though no single picture will compare with several very @>e cnes 'n last year’s, It is in the land- pospe cepartment that the visiter must look for te ¥) st works cf our artists. There are in the pre- sent ecllestion very many pictures which fall under the. @enomination genre, and to these he should @® rect rpecial attention, In portraiture the first mas- ors of thie branch of art have displayed their usual power, and it will appear, from a careful survey of their several works, that even they have made progress. In the historical branch there is but little to be seen and lit- tle to admire. the “Defeat of Braddock,” by Leutze, ts he most striking performance of the historie school, and ia by no means equal to bie former works in this line. SSho smoke and din of battle are well expressed, but there Ww a lack of unity which forces the eye of the Wpectator to dwell rather on the landscape and sky @f the picture. It is far more meritricious than meritori- ‘ous, and butfor the expression of terror in the counte- manees of the party roused would be regarded as the ‘work of a pupil of this great artist. No. 261, ‘Princess Elizabeth in the Tower.” by Mr. Leutse, and “Mary ‘Queen of Soots taking the sacrament with her house- mold on the night previous to her execution,” by Mr. Louis ‘Lang, are the most remarkable productions of these emi- ment artists. Mr. Loutze’s picture abounds with evidence of masterly treatment, and is in its coler all one could @esire. Complaints bave been made, end with great Jastice, against the partiality displayed again this year by the hanging committee. Last season we bad occasion to epeak in very severe terms of their cenduct in this re- pect. The summary course adopted by Mr. Elliott of and executed with spirit. 465. “ Mating,” amd four other fine pictures, by East: man Johnston, “ Mating” is the gem of genre subdjec'’s in the exhibition, The story so truly’and tenderly "old re- flects the highest predit on the sentiment of the artist and his rare felicity in rendering it. Cll. “Twilight”, Alexander Wust. A fine’ evening effect, rendered with great skill and ability. 241. ‘Scene from Romeo and Juliet.” Frank Leighton. ‘This picture, the most elaborate and pretentious work on the wails, abounds with merit of high order, but is sadly marred in the centre with obtrusive figures, over which a veil ehould be drawn. It is bighly finished, but hard, ‘emd possesses all the characteristics of the severe echool. Is does honor to the artist’s capabilities; the finish is superfinously particular. 492. ‘An Italian peasant girl inscribing the confeesi yn of ber love upop = tomb.” Edward May. This simple comporition of Mr. May’s has all the character of his best works,and it is not saying too much of it to say that it ranks with eome of the noblest performances of modern art. Mr. Sontag has four pictures, one of which forcibly ex- Presses the ‘irrepressible conflicts” in the grand and stormy scenes of our mountein passes. His large picture has the fire of genius and great vigor of imagination. Mr. J. T. Peele, as usual, is among the best contribu- tors to the present exhibition. His pictures have won for him a rank which should encourage a spirit of emula- tion ip younger artists. No 280. «No News.’ C. F. Blauvelt. In the department Of, interiors this artist is in the- front rank ; thie little morceau shows an old gentleman falling asleep ever his newspaper, ‘Ti New York Heratp,”’ the frst instance seutting out one of his pictures from the frame, shows that a strongly indignant sense is entertained amongst the pro- feesion as to the continued unfairness of their proceedings. In the water color department there is not muck to motice. This branch of art, the most beautiful in a master hand, is not prized sufliciently to tempt our artists from their old walks of cil painting. There are some very five beads in crayon, pastel and pen and ink: No 10— Pen and ink drawing of Sunny Side, by J. Henry Hill, ‘ebould find its way at a good price into the man- gion of some opulent connoisseur. In the first gallery, ‘through which the visiter too often hurriedly passes, will ‘be found the germs of fine pictures, and the promise of Tuture excellence, which are rarely appreciated by those who are impressed with gaudy efforts, oppressively Duge frames, and ambitious displays of artistic preten- sion. No, 4 in this gallery, “The Wooa Duck,” by Mr. Baye, must not escape censure. We haves right to ex- pect from this accomplished artist a perfect picture; but who can, with all bis admiration of the flying @uek, feel otherwise than offended at the very slovenly ‘manper in which the water, the grasses and lily loaves, fare drawn and colored. The best performances of our young artiste are those litle pictures and sketches which weem to be the rosult of actual observation, The works of Mr. George Innes afford undeniable evidence of the ‘value of objective rather than subjective (composition) Jandecape painting. This gentleman is, we understand, ‘about to (ake up his residence on a farm in Massachusetts for the benefit of his health. He will return here, how: ever, every winter, for the receptions and exhibitions. No. 515. “‘3unday Morning,” by Mr. Durand, is a Mine specimen of composition, and is ® charming work; yet the traveller who has resided in the Old World, ‘amd studied the rocks and trees of the New, will Percetve in this agreeable picture a little English, Italian and Am:rican scenery tastefu'ly combined. 561. “The Wilderness,” S. R. Gifford, is objectionable ‘on the score of its not being a wilderness, but a mere composition of elements eseential to such a scene, impart. fing the ideas and awakening the emotions common to Greamy subjects. The picture has neither gioom nor Brandeur, and has been too inconsiderately hurried to Produce a satisfactory effect. No. 480. “Gctober’s Golden Hours,” by W. Hart, will ‘be called beautiful by most visiters, yet it is moretricious 4m the extreme, despite the pretiineas of its composition aad delicacy of handling. “Morning in May,” 256, Regis Gignoux, is a fine ex- ample of litteral rendering. The artiet having painted what he saw, ani with a fidelity worthy of imitation, affords the spectator an‘ agreeable and very nataral pic- ‘Wore. It is in fine contrast with those ¢fforts which are Rot due to the suggestions of nature. But we must pasa, ‘to notice a few of the very fine portraits which grace the exhibition. No, 448. A “Lady,” D, Huntington, is the finest work in te line on the walls of the Academy. He has another pic- ‘ture of an elegantly attired and beautiful woman. Im the making up we are reminded of the worthies of the Eng'ish school—Vandyke, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and others. This artist contributes ten pictures, all of which sustain hie woverely acquired reputation. In the Walk of Emmans, No. 181, by G. A. Oertel, we Feoognize the spirit of Scheffer, and something of his dreamy style of coloring. No. 659. G. P. Healy. The heads of the children in thig @iotare are very beautifully moulded. It is to be regretted ‘that no other works from bis pencil adorn the Academy’s walle, Mr. Elliot contributes seven of his fine portraits, all of which sustain his great reputation. No. 209. Portraits of Brady, the photograpist, and Mr. Bobert Rait, the well known silversmith, show the ex- ‘tremes of Mr. Elliot—the former marked by great deli- acy of touch and sentiment, and the latter having all the vigor of his maeculine genius. No. 484, ‘Christmas Tide.” John A. Haws, is the ‘Rovelty of the exhibition. It is minutely and exquisitely wrought, and affords evidence of high capacity in the Production of Gothic interiors. It is one of the few gems fm the gallery. No. 470. “Mount Mansfield.” R. W. Hubbard, is ‘am improvement on his last year’s works; but why do met our young artists stady eky painting?—a fine spaci- men of which will be seen in No. 375, a nobly ren- ered landscape, by James Hart. - 627. “Forest Life.’’ Penobsoot Encampment. A. F. Bellows. Those who look on this masterly work wil] wonder if the honors of the Academy are longer with- eld from the painter. We know of no picture more deserving praise, or one that is less open to criticism: 3 puts to shame those inanities called cempositions, and foes a reality about it which impresses one with reve- rence for natural scenery. 582. ‘Windy Weather.” Delessard. Executed in the ‘true style of art in landscape—the work of afew hours only, yet essentially grand and emotional. 13. “Twilight in the Tropics.” Louie R. Mignot. This performance will gratify the most fastidious connoisseur. ie a living representation of nature in ber most ‘Deautiful tints. The chiaro scuro is ably managed, as is ‘also the aerial perspective. The delicate handling of the ‘tropical foliage and the splendid diffusion of light which @urrounds the moon could not have been more skilfully wendered. Why has not this picture atplace on the line? 7. The Bay of Naples.” G. L. Brown. Is a wel; ‘wrought and fairly colored marine view. It has all the @bandon of this artist. 609. “Sleighing Party.” H. V. Ergon. Is @ very @plendid though very difficult subject to paint. It has the merit of being true to nature; we could wish, however, ‘Mat the horses were more carefully drawn. 344. “Morning Walk.’ Lazarus. A very beautiful ‘Mittle eeeay of this artist’s pencil. In this brancb of art we vmarely meet with a more graceful or harmonious painter, «We ove that it has already found a purchaser. 582-645. “The White Squirrel” and ‘‘The Little Visiter.’ W. H. Beard. These clever pictures are by = young Dpainter of Gacinnall, whose father hasa name in art. {Bho animals are lively and well painted, and the senti_ «gent is well expressed. £88. “The Amphitheatre of Tusouloni.” Whitredge. ‘Mr. Whitredge, in his earlier works of American scenery, plemeed us more than he does in those ambitious efforts. His residence abroad has not been attended with a corres. ponding benefit. His present centribution}will aot allure the admirers of landscape from home scenes. 501. ‘‘Candacia Lake.” J. Thempeoa. Ia this picture ‘we see @ pronenees to imitate Kensett and Casilear. The artist has painted much better pictares. 523. “Drawing the Elephant.”’ Suydam. Is a very clever ~- work. Mr. Suydam is among the most studious and suc- , Mceeful artists of the day. 672. “Claudian Aqueduct.” W. 8. Hageltine. The treatment of this classic scene is admirable. It , Would have been hung on the line, as the beauty of iis e. Wor and clever drawing constitutes ite excelience. 160. “St. Matthew, chapter 3, verse 15.” Carter. This is the | *ptism of Christ by Johm. Mr. Uarter does not im. Prove , %® his ecquaintance with the Evangolista or their great Te, Sher. Why, in 60 literal and utterly inartistio ‘@ manner, empt such subjects? 474, 492, 4¢ % 498. C.G. Thompeon. These pictures are the froits of 4 Teen stady, and alford evidence of the | preponderating in. "Wence of the old masters, Ti ts dug | on record of any one napping over its columns. Itisa @lever idea, not however as elaborately rendered as it should have been. No. 647. ‘Base of the Rocky Mountains.” A. Biereted. This is the largest and most elaborate picture in the exhibition, and the artist has treated the subject in grand manner. There is, however, a want of care in the drawing and painting of the animals introduced. The chain of lofty mountains are worthy of Church, and the flora of the valley, display the minute handling of that master. “4 A Very Pretty Row in the Coulisses— Davenport vs. Bourcicault, TO THE EOITOR OF THE HERALD. Miss Jean M. Davenport has placed before the public matter of difference between myself and that lady, and the obtervations made in your journal upon the subject oblige me to state the following facts:— In February last Miss Davenport came to Laura Keene’s theatre, in New York, and witnessed my drama, ‘Joanie Deans.” The following night she came accompanied by @ secretary, provided with writing materials. They sat aide by side in the orchestra stalls, and under Miss Da- venport’s dictation and direction, certain writings were done. The performers upon the stage drew my attention to the fact. I omit their comments upon it. A few weeks afterwards Mise Davenport announced at the Walnut street theatre, in Phtladelphia, a new play called ‘The Heart of Mid-Lothian; or, Jeanie Deaus,”” written by herself, Ibad already engaged to play my drema at the Arch street theatre in that city. Mr. Wheat- ly, the manager of tnat theatre, after seeing my piece in New York, had guaranteed that my performances of it in Philadelphia should not realize me less than $2,000, with other contingent advantages. 1 received the follow- ing letter from Mr. Wheatly :— thestre, and witnessed the [ois Tac) of “The Geart of i1- Lothian; or Jeanie Deans.’” lere is, witb the exception of the cpenin, “Jeanie Deans,” which I faw st Laura ork leat Janu Tre has Rightly altered here and there. but che work isthe eame Under these etreumstances I must with. draw the offer I made you, to guarantees you two thiusend Solare fo. the performances of “Jeanle Deans” at 1 do not desire 10 produce any but new works and the bast; the ateraction of your play hes been destroye for use. I regret being ihur drawn into an opiaion on thie matter; frst, oecause there lea lady) the cese; and sesondly, becaue it aifecte another ¢stablehment in thiscity. But your demand ie a0 ur. gent that is Jeaves me no alternajive. W, WHEATLEY, On recept of this letter, I took the prompt manuscript of my dramafrom Laura Keene’s theatre, and sent it to Philade)pbia that it might be compared with Migs Daven- Port’s piece. I confided this duty to Mr. Blackburne, a gentleman of experience in theatrical affairs, wno had Deen a manager and actor. I append his reply:— ‘ToD Bourcicavrrt, Eeq :— My Ibxax Sin—1 received from you the vrompter’s copy of Jour play of “Jeanie i eang,” and. according wy your instruc- Mons, visited the Walut street thea're, on Mouday, March , and witnessed @ pine ealied ‘ihe Heart of Mid-Lothian; or, Jespie l'eaus.”” +6 the play proceeded I compared 1% with yeur maz uscript, ord, except in the carly eceoes of the first Act, 4 round the #=0 drauas 10 be the th quenc of sceres, tbe same plot and charac: ovcaslonally dleguised, but in msny cases fo StH] desirous of adjusting this matter without public trouble, I went in person to Philadelphia. I called on Mr. Sheppard, the legal adviser of the lady; he produced her manusoript and I produced mine. I pointed out to him in her manuscript whole scenes taken from my drama without disguise, and sections of the dialogue yer- batim. Imust here be allowed to state thet my work is not a simple dramatization of Sir Walter Soott’s novel, but an alteration of it. I have altered the story, altered the cbaracters, invented scenes not to be found in Scott’s novel or in any dramatic version of it, and these scenes, jncidente, dialogue and characters Miss Davenport bas taken, and, I regrit to add, has attributed invention to herself After exhausting every means to induce the lady to re- cece fror her position, 1 commenced a suit against her in the United States District Court in Philadelphia, and then waited one month, Miss Davenport then advertised to managers of theatres that she would continue to per- form this piece, and offered this inducement for them to engage her. Under theee circumstances, fladiog my pro- perty pillaged, my remonstrances treated with contempt, and the press of Philadelphia used to ridicule and vilbty wy pretensions, I very reluctantly felt obliged to puotish | warping to managers that Miss Davenport was inviting them todo an fk ‘act—one for which the law held "iis one dato saust tapee before thie queltion ts As some time must elapee before thie qu passed upon by alegal tribunel, and as it will be a maiter of public discussion, I desire to meet the evasion resorted to of baying that my work was only taken from Scoit’s no- vel, and the lady bad @ right to use the mame source. I now offer a reward of five thousand dollars to any person who can find in Scott's novel, or in any dramatic version of it, except mine, the following scenes:— J. The arreat of Eflie Deans at her father’s supper table, and the whole ot the last scene of the first act. 2, Tne exsmination of Madge Wildfire as a witness on Eitie Deans’ trial. 3, The bickering of the counsel at this trial, and the ecenes between them. a The murder of Madge Wildfire by her mother, eg. Ki The character of Archibald, the duke’s footman, with his repetitions of phrases. 6. The whole of the scene where Geordie Robertson rouses the mob and the soldiery are fired upon. 1. The whole of the scene in the prison, where Effie ‘Deans is led to execution. 8. The whole of the last scene of the attack on the Tol- ‘booth used as epee of the work. ‘These scenes ar in Mies Davenport’s play serva- tim et verbatim. I select them as being some of the pro- minent features. Ineed scarcely express the ignance end sincere pain it gives me to find myself thus opposed to a lady in such @ confiict—and if I have to prove incontestibly the wrong that has been done, I that the fair sex to which the lady belongs will remember that she leaves me no alternative. ig wiich dramate Iterary Proper erty pillage! trough ner in Ww! y is pi through- out the count:y by smali travelling stars and insolvent managers; of course I have never received any remunera- tion whatever for “London ,” “Old Heads and ‘Young Hearts,” ‘Used Up,” the “Oorsican Brothers,”’ and many other dramas which have afforded the public many a night's entertainment. These works were produced in London and became public property here. Bat I do claim, both from the public, always just and kind, and from the press, who should be the guardians of literature, thet those works which I wrote for the American stage, suchas ‘(Jessie Brown,”’ “The Poor of New York,” = py ? Moga Deans,’’ v “The Colleen wn,’” 5 ret visit the aes take gic the dramas and hawk them for sale amongst irre- sponsible rs and actors who are willing to risk the performance, ing on their own worthlessness to es. cape legal consequences. I do feel earnestly assured that the respectable Leer hopnibeeneremnstow thd press will not encou: a law! oul upon ts Fr iabor and an open feflanos of law. success [have the public has aroused must submit to detraction 'y of my family. 1 bow humbly to any criticism upon their merits, but when they are stolen it is an unworthy acton the part of certain journals to hound on the thieves aud to shelter the theft under the abuse they cast upon my remonstrances. is it probable that while dramatic works 80 humble and 60 worthless as mine are thus treated that dramatic authors of greater merit will arise and sacrifice their lives, hopes, and aspirations to found and cresto an American drama DION BOURCICAULT. Scppex Deata or Fatier axp Sox.—At a town meeting in Meaway on the 17th inst , saye the Boston Journal, Mr. Isaac 8. Foster, apparently in a fainting fit, fell upon the oor of the town house, and soon died. The deceased ‘wre about 55 years old, and probably died from some at- fecsion of the heart. in view of the solemn event tho meeting was immediately adjourned. In tho afternoon, Mr. Warren Foster, of Hopkinton, son of the abo named person, having heard of the death of his father was $0 go to Medway, when he was suddenty Beived apparently a fainting fit, and although medi- cal assistance was at hand, he was not restored to con- | Scioumness, but expired ip a vory few minutes, My I kan 8in—Last Friday night 1 vistted the Walnut street . A lect. was delivered, on Tuesday evening, by Profeeor Wise, the well known baloonist, upon his fa- yorite topic, im the spacious hall adjoining the Palace. Garden, on Fourteenth street, Not a large audience was , jp attendance, but it made up in intelligence what it lacked im numbers, and throughout the evening evidently warmly sympathized in the meritorious object 0’ the leo- turer. Among the notabilities present was T. Carlincourt Lowe, who was extensively advertised last fall to make an aerial voyage to Europe, but from various causes failed togoup. He informed our reporter, however, that his arrangements for the purpose were all perfected, and that within « few weeks, or as soon as the weather was settled, the ascension then deferred would certainly take Place. Prof. Wise was introduced by Mr. De Forrest, and com- menced by saying that as he had chosen a select subject for his lecture, the fact that he had a small and select audience to address would not deter him from speaking es freely and fully, as if crowded house were present to greet him. The art of navigating the air was yot in ite infancy, and notwithstanding there was an estate above us which invited man to take the wings of the wind, and fly to the uttermost parts of the earth, it was one which | must encounter many difficulties before it could be brought to perfection. Though not more than three quar. ters of a century have elapsed since the first experiment was made with an aerostatic machine, comparing its progress with the advance of other arta to which the world is indebted for its prosperity, ballooning is half a century abead of the age; and if the spirit of mechanical Progress necessarily requisite to a high attainment of acientifio principles keeps pace with the onward march of intellect, he believed that the time would come when our children would travel to any part of the globe at the rate of ahundred miles an hour. In such » view the art stands out in prospective grandeur, worthy of the moet ardent application of genius, and the support of both the nation and the individual. Something more, how- ever, than mere experiments ef a few hours’ duration was necessary to inspire the public with confidence in the art. That the air is pavigable is no longer to be denied. Its practica- bility only as a generally useful art is simply deubted. Steam, the agent which has revolutionized the moral and commercial world within the present century, might have remained what it was in the beginning to the present day, bad not a Fulton demonstrated its utility by build- ing aeteamboat and propelling it up the Hudson at the rate of four milesan hour. So with aerial navigation; gomething more is wanting than mere theorizing to bring it to that state of perfection which art, science, and the gevius of our race demands. So fer as the mere naviga- on of the air is concerned, ithas already been demon- strated that there is. current of air constantly moving from west to east, at a rapidity varying from thirty to 020 hundred miles an hour, according to its height from the earth, In my own ‘experience 1 have found this to be @ fact without what may be calied a single exception, and the celebrated aeronant, Charles Green, of Eogland, who has mate more than five hundred ascensions, bas, in his own experience, Tepeatedly verified the same fact ‘The lecturer bere read a statement from Mr. Green, showing.tbe different altitudes in which he found this west- erly current to more or less prevail. Prof. Wize refer- req to the patygal systematic calculation of the air, and said that the abcients must have been well acquainted with the subject, for in the firat chapter of Eociesiastica, sixth verse, it is recorded, ‘‘The wind goeth towards the north and turneth about towards the south. It wheeleth continually, and the wind returneth agata to its circuits.” "Such was in reality the case. It was woll known to meteorologists thet at the equator there was a zone about five hundred miles io breadth in which the wind wag contmually rushing from eastto west. Boing always under a vertical sun this air becomes rarifled, goes up in a northwest direction, finally aecenas to the polar circie, forms an eddy there, whence it return ‘in to the temperate zone, and thence proceeds to the zope, where it per/oras its unend- ing circuit. Between the puratiels thirty and sixty, there. fore, it was feasable at ali times to sail (rom west to east, fo thas if a balloon were to jeave the city of New York, it could, by risipg and falling to accommodate itself to the different currents tt woulo encounter, go into Nerth- erp Evrope, or directly across in the game latita@e 10 which it started to Fravce or Spaiu; or, taking a still lower current, the voyager wight sail down uvon Con Btavtinopie or the coast of Africa. In his own experi- ence the lecturer said that on only one occasion during ‘the last twenty-four years had he faiied immediately to Teach thie westerly current, aod he usualy fonod itat an altitude of from five to ten thousand feet. That occasion was last August, when ascending from St. Lonis they eailed ip a lower current and were driven to the north. east. Subsequent ascension, however, from the city of Lafayette, mace for the express purpose, had settie1 the fact that the current was there and could at all times be found, though, from a multiplicity of causes, he had pre- viously failed to secend into it. He bad no hesitation, therefore, ip saying that a circum-mundane feat of the character which he proposed could be accomplished, and that it was nece! 'y it sbould be accomplished before the subject of air pavigation could be laid before the world in its proper light. What was reqnired to effact this object was @ balloon from one bundred and fitty to two hundred and fifty feet in diaineter, thougn for @ mere voyage to Europe, one of from oighty to one hundred feet would ba ample in its wers and proportion. ‘The latier would require about 500 yarcs of linen, and would possess a carrying capa. city of six tong. In botn cases & reaworthy boat should be attached to the car, and contain all the appurtenances necessary for the emergency sbould the baloon fail to accomplish the voyage. It was an important fact in the expansion of balloons that at the time of startiog they shouid not be more then one-half fliled wich hydrogen gas, for such was the rarifying power of tha air that at an altitude of three and a baif miles the balloon became completely distended. Such is the effuct of the atmo- Sphere at these great allitudes that an apple, wrinkled snd corrugated upon the earth, at a height of twoani a baif miles becomes ae smooth and plump as a fruit in fall bloom upon the tree. Even the human body expands when thus elevated, and he bad himeelf experi- enced the povel sensation of having every ine aad wrinkle removed from his face, and appear as smooth to the touch as if he were a boy. ‘In reference to the sensa- tions experienced by balloon voyagers, they partook of the tame change which marked everything remove. to these aerial heights. The circulation of the biood is increased, the brain becomes more active, the respiration quicker, impressions are more vivid, and in bts own case the leo turer said hie feelings ‘became eo exhiliarated when gazing upon the beautiful country him, that it was impoesibie to restrain his ejaculatory devotion to the works of pature The time required to reach the Qonticent of Europe would vary with the character or the current In ‘which the balloon was allowed to progrees. It might move at a rapidity of one hundred miles, or at ine rate of only thirty miles an bour, but taking the average, say of about fifty miles, the voyage would probably not consume more than sixty hours. Were the attempt made to circum- navigate the globe with a larger ship, it might occupy twelve days. Professor Wise spoke in an entertaining strain upon the seNeet for about an hour, covering a broad ground, to which @ mere sketch like the preeent cannot do jastice. In the course of bis remarks he referred to many interest ing incidents in bis own and the experience of others, the improvements which had taken place in the art siace the early experiments upon it, and concluded by an eloquent apoeal in favor of acrial navigation as all important to the military, ecientific and commercial interests of the world. Systematic Ballooning. THE CIRCULATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE~IT@ RE SOURCES. ‘TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Franklin said of a balloon: ‘It’s a new born child; we don’t know what it may come to.” And wesay the child must learn to craw! before it oan be expected to walk and run, The child would probably be a quadrupedestrian for more time than is usually the case, were it not taught so early that its position was an upright one—that it could learn to balance its body as well on two pedals, nearly, as the quadrupeds can on four. So, als0, to the knowledge of systematic ballooning, we must first learn its true post. tion—that is, the true nature of the elements upon which {ts moat successful uses depend. Wo already understand how to construct balloons, and elevate them with definite to indefinite loads, in the air; and we know that the air currents will carry them along as smoothly and grace- fully as move the planets in their erbits, or, perhaps, by better comparison, as smoothly, but crrati- cally as comets in their siderial travels, Comete ‘all go round the gun, but they seem to be much like bal- loons in their vagaries. While they have a general de- termination, they have very ungeneral times and courses to their circuits. So with the balloon—while it goss with the great eastern current above us, it is liable to be drifted north and south by local causes and providential ordina- tions, that make {t appear as erratic aod unsystematic, to our ideas of order and usefulness, as are the heavenly wanderers just spoken of. And yet, who can say—who dare say—that comets are not performing as usefal sad economical functions, and playing as important a part in the great design of God’s universe, as do the more sober and regular bodies of his handicraft? The fact is, we do not yet fairly understand the order of the comets, Decaure we do not undergtand the elemental condition of their motions and movements, and, until we do, we cannot fully appreciate their uses and their harmony to the general well being of the universe. Even so to the economical and general ures of balloons, ever enigmatical, until we study aad learn their elemental positions, and particulerly the nature of the great atmoepberic ocean im which they must ore. nthe atmospheric ocean which envelopes our earth is 8 vast and unexplored region indeed; and yet from it we live and breath and have our being, as have alt taings that live and breathe, whether in or under the earth and the water, It is surely, then, worthy of all the considera. tion and all the study that learned societies and the disciplined minds are devoting to it. Its whole body, in | are in ali Beason! | and vebicle—oxygen is vioientl; | grating, dissolving and dismem| ture, a little carbonic acid, a little hydregen and a tittle of several «ber local effluviss. The nitrogen and oxygen parte of it and m all places of it, and at all of the year, as far as buman examination bas ex- tended, in that constant due proportion of 22 oxygen, 78 Ditrogen. While nitrogen is ‘net parently & dilutent ‘tructive, disinte- versthing that it can fasten iteelf upon, and very few™things are full proof egainst its attacks; for gome things it bas a rapacious ap- Petite, especially when that appetite is quickened by its prime condimente—heat, moisture, sulphur and acida—it fame $e heshe father of acide. i wed Sey get Setes sirege: found ts de reportion, make Manifest that the atmosphere & constant and general circulation;that it must go from pole to equator and frem equator to Pole, and from the vast plains of Airica and Asia to the seas, and back, and from the seas to mountain tops and back, and in a systematic order, as all the works of uature—thore that we do not under- Stand just as well as those we do understand, Had the atmosphere not this grand circulation, like unto the blood of the arterial and venous system, the equatorial regions of t would beoome bereft of their oxygen, as the greater heat of that torrid zone facilitates its abstraction from the air and minglee with its affinitative food. ‘At the poles there is comparatively no oxidation, and yet these two re- gions hold the same ratio of the two gases—nitrogen and oxygen. While Maury bas alroady potnted out the motion of the air at the pats of the ped sper the sea, we have yet to learn its true and general motiwn in its upper That wehave in our zone @ great longitudinal cur- rent is mapifeeted by all balloons going castward when they get ten or twelve thousand fret up. That there mast be great latitudinal currents, Maury’s eluci. dated #ystem leaves no room to doubt. To become ac- quainted with these currents, with all (heir ramifications, will bring to general use baMoops ag means of travel and traveporters of merchandwe over the whole surface of the globe we inhabit. Like the using of steam wo the propulrion of stationary and locomotive engines, it may not ‘pay’? at Gret, and must consequently depend for awhile on unrequited and expensive experimenta, and withal may cot ® few human lives, Bat what of all that, where eo vast a field of exploration, and so vast an amount of human progress and happiness lies unde- veloped and unappropriated! A contemplative mind, when posted im tho realms of space a few miles above the convex surface of the globe, feels at once that a more exalted destmy is in store for progressive man—that an unknown Fegion, anew world, surrounds him. While on the earth ‘and on the séa & convexity of eight inches to the mile obstructs our view, which visual obstruction increases with the squares of the distances, 80 thal at tea miles we have alreaty an obstruction of 800 inches, or about 66 feet, se that an object beyond that polot of distance must de over 66 fect above the earth’s surface before we can fee it, we have, when elevated at ordinary balloon height, a range of vision of more than a huodred miles before and sround us; and this never fails to awaken the mind to the importance of developing the meaus by which this vast and boundleee highway is to be brought toa knowledge of human understanding, go that it may be used for hu- man comfort and edvancement. ‘The horrors of the sea and the bardahips of transmon- tane journeys looge all their terrors when contemplated from Dalloon altitade. So much is this the case that a few yeare ago my son and eelf went out over Bosion har- bor some ten miles in order to show the.pleasing manwuvre of coming in to land again by the sea breeze, after haying drifted ont to sea that distance with the upper eastern cur- rent. And it seemed like no risk, had we not even been aware of the lower current or sea breeze, because we could eee hundreds of gails scudding the ocean within our range of vision, rendering it impossible to alight within that distance an not fall in the reach of help by some of them. A knowle*ige of there things brings the trip across the Atlantic, in its untried and pioneer character, within the province of pleasant contemplation. While writing I receive a letter explanatory, and draw- ings, of a contrivance that gives the balloon a rudder and keel, ag it were, when gailiug over and near the garface Of the gee, Such is the resutt of the spirit now inspired to the investigation and developement of this nobie art. While Mr. Gage, who has sent mo this ingenious contri- ‘vance, seems to put no great value to its invention, I am happy to say that it is of more importance to the present condition of the art than any other accession it has lately received, as itatonce combines the power of kodging, steering and anchoring the balloon when within cable’s lepgth of the surface of the water. It ought to be illus- trated in some popular journal. This art, when fairly in- augvrated, will revolutiouize the order and laws of mu- nicipal and nstional reguiations; it will render all States apd nationalities provincial, and the atmosphere the world’s postal highway When we look atthe huge bodies of clouds moving gracetuily along with eagle's speed, and the tornado in its gient career teking ou its back houses, barns, trees by the acre, and sometimes large slabs of marble, and glid- Jong with them, heedless of bridges, toligates or turppikes, avd with # speed that langhe defiance to tho eteam locomotive, itis passicg strange that none ofthe great engineering spirits of the age, the Stephensons and Bru- ells, bave given their attention to the powers of the air, its mobility, bueyancy and anti-friction quality. Take a equare column of air of one foot diameter for your lever, and the earth for your fulcrum, and poise the end of your lever into an empty space, and the atmospheric power alone will lift up in thet space 25,920 pounds. Nature does this daily, frequently to our most disastrous satistac- tien, when it unroois our houses and carrice off our bay stacks, and lifts our bridges from their abutments. From this point of view @ transport balloon cargo of half a dozen parsengers and their comforts, even with a com- mon muelin bag of 100 fect diameter, need not be deem ed a chimerical echeme, though I would myrelf prefer a good silk gas verge), aud a congenial season of the year for a pioneer experiment. Thad fondly hopsd that this would have been perform- ed this fail, but vow believe that it is left by mauifest des- tiny for me, and nething but providential j..erposition will prevent me from putting it into execution next summer, even though J shall have to try it with limited means and the frailest kind of vehicle. ‘The world of air that surrounds us, like the mus'c of the spheres, singe to us with sweetest tonce of invitation to its life giving, soul-inspiring, and power bearing domain, The condor that luxuriates over the floral tropics—the ea- gle that views his majestio form in the glare of the mert- dian gun—the vulture that plays in the most artistic man- ner upon the art rolante—ail the clean and unclean birds of the air that enjoy the grand prerogative of its uses— they certainly are not the preferred and special objects of God's boupty in its enjoyment. While the lower orders of apimais have their specialities, each circum. fcribed to its particular range of instructive knowledge, man bas been endowed with the faculty of reason, ideas of comparison, powers of construction—and hence the right cf all the privileges and prerogatives of other ani mals He takes to the sea as the duck does to the water; and why should he not take to the air a8 does the eagle? This Osean of air that compasses us all around, avd which is as substantive as would be an ocean of fluid iron of five feet in depth, was not merely put around us for the pur- pose of blowing dust in our eyes and to perform other little gerial pranks, or God would not have led us in the power of reason ® understand its nature and ite capaci tes. JOHN WISE. The Rev. D. King of Greeee. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. The pious editors of the Journal of Commerce never fail from time to time t> bring before the eyes of their readers the worn out question of Dr. King, of Athens, who became the stone of scandal between the two nations. The object of sch publications is clear enough: to attract the sympathy of the benevolent to tho long suffering miesionary “‘martyrs,”’ and send them pecuni- ary contributions for their hard labor in ‘those savage” countries like Greece. I take the liberty to claim a space ix your colamas for this letter, because the course of the Hxnarp in matters of religious fwtedom, aud sgainst bigotry and religious iptolerence, has gathered around his standard the most enlighted portion of our community, who consider him as the pioneer of the liberties of the people and the promul- gator of the liberal ideas of the age. The writer in the Journal represents Dr. King as the founder of the schools of Greece, and not only that, but aleo that it is to him we owe all the gymnasia, schools, and even the University of Athens. Allow me, sir, to tell you in brief, what Dr. King did in Greece, since his arrival in that ‘country in 1828: Dr. King was sent to Greece by the American Board of Foreign Miseions, 8 a missionary. There bo to preacn the Bible, but at the game time he tried to make converts for the propagation of the doctrines of the Church of the Puritans, and by and by introduced in his preaching several theories, which were highly injudicious, to the established church of Greece. government warned him several times on the wrong course he was. pursuing, but in vain. He continued to preach in bis own house untli 1852, when, haying usbed Matters to an extremity, be was brought before court, found biog a Lapig dove and was con- demned to exile. But the King of Greece granted him a pardon aftera few days. What has done Dr. King in Greece for this long time? The people never trusted him to rend to his school their children. He has not made during thirty years, a single Greek convert; and what is still more curious, he hag not succeeded in converting his wife, who is a Greek lacy. How different from Dr. King is the much esteemed Dr. John H. Hill, from New York. ‘This gestieman and his wife went to Greece a few years after Dr. King, being vent by the Protestant Eptecopal cbureh. There both ith the utmost zeal the in- struction of the youth, and continued the!r Praiseworthy For twenty-five years Mr. best school of Athens for young ladiee—frequented by 400 girla, seven-eigbths of People, recetving their inetruc- tion gratis. . Hill, though an American, and a native = rit het alpen by brgpitalia interest for his a country, where he an: virtuous the bigheat esteem, aR sahicate 4 low let us sce wi Dr. King did in Greece. Some yearsag> be bought a piece of iand for about $1,000. ‘According tae plan of the oe of Athens, @ public vare would cover ® portion of Dr. King’s q The municipality ofered to indemnify mnt bayoghs fused. So matters stood for many Years, until 1853, ‘the absence of the United States Congul at Athens, Mr. D. Diomatari, of Georgia, Dr. King remained acting con- sul, He retzed the opportunity t> claim an indempifica- tion for bis property in bis new official capacity of acting United States Consol, and the United States government Dbaving se:onded bit claim, he recelyed in cash from the Greek government $25,000, for the $1,000 investment he bad made some years before. Such ie the conduct of Dr, King, whom the pious editors of the Journal represent as a martyr. How can he com- plain of # country where his iavestmenta give 2,500 per cent? The United States government, appreciating the 8 of that of Greece, on the scandalous con- , dismiased bim two yoars ago, and ap- pointed again Mr. Diomatari United States Oonsul. As for ihe religious intolerance of the Greeks I can only gay tbat ihere exist to Athens hesides the Protestant Evia- i charch, two Catholic churebes, a Jowieh synagogue, anda Turkish mosque, im Chaleis (Island of Eubosa), substance, if we take weight as a computation of sub- stance, ie equal 19 an ocean of quicksliver covering the whole surface of the world thirty inches deep, or to an where niany Turks remained since the Greek revolution, holding «ill their property which they bad before 3821. New Yous, April 7, 1860, ‘The Tewas Rangers. to be Dishanded—Unity of Action Be- foun the State and Federal Army Officers—Cortinas, the Bandit—The ' People of Northern Mexico Opposed to the McLane Trea‘ y— Natural Boundaries of Tesas— Wor In- evitadle 40S ayppress the Irrepressible Conflict on the Texas Frontier, “ée, ‘The mo?,t important Hem of intelligence to communicate by this mail is the distressing intelligence to us that the Texas Rangers are to be disbanded, A Commissioner, appcinted by Governor Houston, is here to-day for the purpose of taking final action, and the result of his le- ‘bors bas bef ghat the service will have to be abandoned, The Commiftioner made proposals to Major Heintzelman to place the Rangers under the control and pay of the United States army officers; but the proposition was re- jected as impossible by the contract of an army officer, and therefore the Governor has concluded that Texas is not in a condition, or sdmitting her to be in condition, is not called upon to support troops for her own defence from foreign invasion, as this Cortinas raid is, and, there- fore, the disbandment of the State’s ferces, Andin view of the action taken by Congress, Ido not perceive what other alternative was le(t to Texas, for it is too plain a fact to be argued that the duty belongs to the United States of protecting the frontier, and in the name of all unity of action how can two opposing principles—euch as the State and federal sovereignties aro—be expected to Perform the same duty, when every movement made by the State ts in derogution of the general government? Collisions must result from the two forces in ths oon- struction of their line of duty, and nothing should be 80 seriously apprehended at Washington city as this conflict of authority on the borders. From smaller beginnings than that have grown up destructive elements; and in fact, policy itself should prompt the government to con- form the two principles #0 that they may work harmo- niously, instead of fostering that sentiment of hostility which already prevails on the frontier against the federal authority. * Ie ithad not been for the forbearance of Gov. Houston, and the good sense both of the army officers and those of the Rangers. much ill feeling would have grown out of the present complications on the Rio Grande; but Major Heintzelman and Major Ford have behaved with cour- tesy to each ether, have assisted each other by advice ‘ard in action, and thus the entente cordiale has been main- tained; but if Ferd had been pugnacious and obstinate, why be would probably have expressed the frontierman’s usually contemptible opinion of the regular army, and thence mutual! animoeities would have grown up. However, 1 warn the government that this act of dis- banding the forocs by Gov. Houston is a significant fact which Congress and the War Office may take amiss, and once wrongly construed, no one can estimate the conse- quences. It may be good common sense at Washington that Texas i# now withdrawing from the difficulty as in- compatible with her position and resources, and, indeed, ‘upnecessary, since the cantonment of a considerable st jhe rig dary aa The ner reading of the event is this, that Texas ling to test permanency of the péace once more; that she is not willing to imeard the safety of the McLane and Ocampo treaty by any hostile act of her own; and that she is desirous that the United States should bave another opportunity to do its duty tober. For these purporss she goes to rest; but she ps with her &rmor on: sbe is in « etate of armed neutrality, and a re- newal of these border troubles will awaken her unto vigorous and fleree hostility on her own account. This §s pot an idle epeculation or an empty boast; it is the in. flexible regotve of Gov. Houston, backed by nine- tenths of his constituents, who have been driven to this Jast resort as the only means of safety. It ie not even @ matter of policy at present, ag many pretend, but it isa fixed necessity, which Texas must either pureue, or she must concent to see her frontier driven back to the Nueces. The Mexican population of Matemoras know this destiny ag well as we, and they take the chances of either driving us eastward to the Nueces, or ele being driven westward themselves to the Sierra Medre mountains. They say, and itis easy to be ,that where there is euch an “irrepressible ” in existence as there is between them and our- elves, that a cesert or a chain of mountaine is the proper dividing line, wstead of a narrow river, which in- vites depredations from either side. When the Marshal of Brownsville was deliberately shot down in the streets of the town, Cortinas had but twenty-five steps to take ‘until be was beyond the jurisdiction of she State and the general government. What an opportunity thie offers to criminals of every character; and you must not commit the mistake of drawing a parallel between this instance and the Capada boundary, for you fall into the error of adopting geograpby for morality. The British are a dif- ferent people from the Mexicane—the one detests crime just as mucn as the other loves it; the Mexican instino- lively harbors a thief, while the Britisher instinctively re- pels the raecal. Cortipa* is a bendt', a petty thief and an assassin, even according to the officlal proclamation of the Mexican authorities; yet the highest vigaitaries tu Matamoras are bis friends, and rest their feet under bis table cloth as complacently as] would under Mayor Wood’s. It is all in the education—they cannot hejp it; and therefore they do not take such friendly admonitions as this in high dud- geon, for they know their truth It is, therefore, much to be regretted that the bill be- fore Congress calling out a regiment of mounted Texans was not adopted, for then the frontier would have been protected the Indians would have been drivea back with terror to their mountain fastnesses, the difficulties on the frontier would have been 80 effectively settled that ina few years a sufficient num- ber of settlers would have congregated on the river to prvese order and pupieh rapine. Bat then, I sy it destiny, for the occazion is just now very in’ for ‘Texas to make war berself and she does not desire any beuer task than that of conquering a considerable slip of Mexican territory, and tfve acquiring her natural boun- @aries. With the examp! rnished by France, 1 think ‘Texas can safely pretend that the éastern slopes of the Sierra Madre sball be in her charge, for until that isour rn boundary there will be an everlasting nest of ‘UD&WAY Negroes on the west bank of the Rio Grande which will constantly incite more escapes from this side of the river. ln view of these difficulties, Governor Houston has made this his last peace offering, and if it is lost, why then ‘Jet Joose the dogs of war.” The greatest filipuster ceptaing of tbe age will leap itto the chasm, and it will then be @ matter of provicentia! direction whether our Union wi)! resist the preesure of eternal disturbances, or becowe the mother over all the rich States of Mexico, Let the black republicans look to it in time, or we shall add as many States by conquest as we bave by ‘The northern States of Mexico are much to the McLane and Ocampo treaty, and the Governor of Nuevo Ieon threatens to resiet it by force. It is undoubtedly ‘unpopular with the great maas of Mexicans, for they sce an insidious invasion of the country in its 8, taking that instrument and the recent action of Oommo- dore Jarvis in capturing Miramon’s steamers, which has seriously wounded the amour propre of the people, and the prospect is that the large mass of the Mexicavs, who detest us a8 a people, will unite in’ opposing Juarez and in suetaming’ Mira. mon. This effected, as ail recent occurrences have tended to bring about, why Miramon can muster sufficient force to at the Rio Grande, either in peraon or through Cortinas, with a jarge body of men. Governor Garcia, of Temaulipss, writes very bitterly about our invasion of Mexico, and says that if such acts are perpetrated without any treaty, what is to be expected when the Americans bave a written agreement allowing them to enter the nation at pleasure? There is a very general feeling of digeatiefaction at the occurrence, and the longer the Mexicans ponder on the event, why the worse they feel. As I aid, it is generully credited in Matamoras that this whe the next move of Miramon, and then for a grand fel ‘We bave bad no military movements bereabouts within the last month of any consequence, although there was a very general apprehension of a serious fight at Reynosa two cays ago. Ford, baving beard that a number of Cortinas’ men were at that place, went. up the river with the Rangers and made a demand of the alcaide for porte nap Ano’ eg ie alcalde took in at a lance gt of the gers, and depend up2n fre'strenach of @ strong position and 2,06 ons os fused the demand. Ford gave them such a time in which to comply, and returned to the east side of the river to make preparations for an assault, Four companies of United States cavalry were then called up tothe scene, and the effect was wonderful. The alcalde made ampie apologies, but denied that there were any of Cortioas’ band in the town, if he excepted one poor fellow who ‘Was just receiving the last rites of the church before death. He offered, however, to deliver the individual up it he was alive and the Americans wanted him. Now that is charecterietic of these people; they are brazen Kare from nature, and they always take advantage of our credulity or our astonishment at their mendacity. The Alleged Cruelty om the American Bark Anna. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Grrr Prison (Wrrness' Room), April 7, 1868. In perusing your most valuable paper of the 6th inst, I notteed in a letter headed ‘‘Correspondence from Cowes,’ that I, the undersigned, had my “lassie” to come from London to see me. I deny the statement. The person who came to see me was & sah spe some the .. regard to the cruelty on board the Anna,I to the polio ‘Does it look reasonable: thas se men the case Thompeon, “nigger story,” it is my story, and a perbape, for the friends of those who have been deprived of their lives. I was glad the mates and brought to justice, for 1, who am an American, think Ihiva done no more than my duty to the community at large by having the facts laid before a wiee and discerning pub ic. Such barbarous treatment I have never before witness:d, and hope I never shall again. R. B, ROSEMAN, late Steward Bark Anna, ‘The Revolution in Venerwcla—Horrible Rapacily and B Chirsty Acts of Armed Negrocs—Gallant Conduct of 4: foam Voluntccre—Ounfidence of the Bederal G General Sotilio, the Bindit—His Purswit by Vaca—La Victoria Menaced ty a Bandof Out-N Wegroes—The Repulse of the Federal Troops at Of the United Sates to the American Congress against 0 Remissmess of Diplomatic Agents, dc. : Hearing there is a veasel ready to sail from Perte 0: Dello to the States, I have come down to this part for tt Purpose of sending you the latest news concerniag tl Pe gertbahigmusccver:$ Of the sane culotirs of the: }» wi ‘#0 seriously has endangered the existence this beaatiful republic, After the cheok received by the so-called federal of outlaws at Coplé, and their subsequent d d at Guardatinajes by their ewn chotce, it bas become a: parent that the plan of the federal leaders was to inva’ suddenly the most populated districts of the littoral, whi they considered uprotected by the absenoo of the a as they have appeared eimultaneously in the vicinky. Caracas, San Sebastian, Victoria, Ocumare, and towns of importance, to say nothing of the band-pf 7 negroes who, from the commencement, have ‘kept j] beautiful valleys to the east, south and west of the os alin constant alarm—pillaging the estates, murJer the overseers, and burning and destroying what/t could not carry away with them. Were it not for resolute atand'the citizens have made everywhere, country would have already become ano!her San. mingo, for such is the tendency and character that t most unjustifiable outbreak has assumed from the co mencement. Almost every individual able tocarry a musket has come a soldier, not excepting foreigners, many ef wh have rendered important services on various ocoasic as at Coplé—where the Americans made a most gal! charge with their favorite weapon, the rifle. ‘The government feele, nevertheless, perfectly sec’ under the protection of an army of twenty zens, ready to repel every where the attacks of the ruffans who have spread ruin and desolation thro} out the land. But, although the revolution has 1} men, picked from out of the vast domains of prairie | belonging to the Monagas family; and yet, although cl} the 1 E 1y porsued by the, indefatigable Vacs, he ie 90 wi the volunteer cavalry of constantly attashed see gat Join Vaca, will succeed nr aca, atrocities. José ‘a. Of late La Victoria, the capital of the beautiful terpriting province of Aragua, been menaced by a.bend ring about a thourand cut-throats ie worst claes, whom Garrido dis; with his troop, bu hereafter a ly bold and strong. the way, I must inform you this Garride, who wn so much pluck in gagements of note during this contest, is the ‘vidual who figured so conspicuously at the ever able Panama riot, and a nephew of General Paez; may be considered as a sprig of the old stamp. T believe I have already mentioned the federai arms met with at Barquisimeto, their uent acnibilation by the forces of Brito, the h 1é, who, at last accouts, was on his way to B forced marches, in pursuit of Falcon and his staff, Tepresented as ‘being quite discouraged ‘after his ’ts verses at Coplé and other places. ‘Faloon ! the ostensible pee pete MS bak me on er responsible for acts ju: treated by them beycnd the sphere of his comming she fact is that he mistook bis mark when he con ‘ake @ part with them in this unjustifiable by that arch traitor Castro, who is still ‘emt until the meeting of » Who «fhim. Pity that such a fine country “should fo st the mercy of an unprincipled set of political «Jeo @ prey to another band of marauding n froma fne agricultural istrict, have converted into a bowling wilderness. In the province of Carabobo they have to contend ‘wise sgainst the banditt! of the Sierra, whicn, (ro nature of the ground, makes all efforts to o re quite fruitiess, Tne Sierra is an extensive mountain ridges, somo ine beauilful lake of ‘and the property of Avil, of Caracas, whic pe igm scovarun wa ia. Bex yeu ui any wor! been the stronghold cf lawlers bands of desperad bave al baffled the efforts made by the so govern! who bave had to contend against Jet its teeources are still, as it were, untouched. dition to the products of the country, such as cocoa, sugarcane and corn, vanilla of a su) grows wild in the greatest abundance; a form im silver, copper, iron and other metals wi RP ee: aps ible supplies of fuel to the the brated bandit, who, ‘valleys of the Tuy in’a perfect forces which Colombia sent fastenees, until General Paez the very heart of his a short convereation induced him to ever his abominable career of crime and return with bim to civilized pursaits, which as he declared afterwards in public he was awed hesetcrlanhgy man who dared alone to pay him Pected a v: It is true the General wes compelled in the end executed his own cumpodre—tor he had veq the christening of one of the bandit’s sons—on his rebellious propensities, which well exemp! Paty er ome ans tira re ‘monte, | mi renoe! good English, “The goat make for the busb.”” z President elect to his countrymen for politcal party, boti could political party, no r messenger this patriotic mission; besides, his easy amiable disposition have procured for him the co of every rank in society, but more rious factions, who under the name keep this unfortupate republic in constant respectable married woman time previous to my entering | pubic Duncan on public business during th gation. That when 4 Eeatvare ites to the Minister or other ipl mie at zen of the United States, it ceived and considered ; decline to fulfil the For Hovsror.—The Highland Democrat, a ‘‘national d) mecrat c paper,’’ hss nominated General as Pr. sicent cf the United States, and placed bis mame at th) bead of ite editorial columns, endorse bis reasons thereon applicant, that he a the Scere: That when give it b mey have an o) Of Sine on the pportutty to