The New York Herald Newspaper, June 22, 1860, Page 5

THE CANADIAN RECIPROCITY TREATY. ugeiap. Report of Commisdoner Batch--The Treaty Propeunced injurious te the United Mates— Its Abrogation Recommended, Rey ae ae. ir. Israel T. Hatch, who wat charged with the special eve examining the operations of the revgnue laws and he reciprocity treaty with Canada, has reported to Con- ress adversely to the continuation of the treaty. Sub- ned is an abstract of the report, which is quite too long » adinit of its insertion im full in our columns: — Hon. Howsxt Coss, Secretary of the Treasury;— ly Wiecharging the special duty assigned to me, of ex- miming the operations of the revenue laws and the re- iprocity treaty on our Northern frontier, with Canada, I eg eave to report that I have visited the principal points f mtercourse between those countries, for the purpose of equiring ® practical information, and bave also had in- views and correspondence with leading individuals rhoge interests are affected by the treaty, and who are pgaged in the various pursuits of trade, agriculture and fnufactures. The personal observation I have thus een enabled to give the workings of the treaty at the laces where its effects are perhaps most perceptible, and be“ information derived thus from the everyday ex- erience of those who do business under it,1 have be- eved would furnish most important data for forming a ractical judgment of its operatéon. The Ch of reciprocity produced a revolution in the _" the revenue laws, ag well as in the revenue. The principle of reciprocity, in the commercial inter- mt, tbe ith Canada, ourge Uf the United States wii has met the ap- rebation of all political ies in this country at all mes. The territory of provinces is indented with ur own along a line exteuding across the continent from eean to ocean. The wages of labor (the great modern est of one phase of national equality) are nearly equal in mh countries. The cost in the luction of wheat and ther cereals differs but little on both sides the boundary ne. Shown thus to be apparently commercially alike by bese leading considerations, and minor parallels confirm. ag the similitude, it 4s not singular that at various eriods of our national existence the idea of reciprocity b trade between the two countries has received the bvorable regard of eminent men. ‘The leading idea of the treaty was to permit the introduc- ion of the products of one country into the other free of wty, and consequent reci benefits were expected rould follow to both. The various colonies included in its rovjsions were left to regulate their own traffic, and each olonial Power ean annul its honorary obligations without eference to its sister provinces or the engagements of the ire. No statesmanship could, however, foretell the erring? of the treaty, or had a right to anticipate legis- tion adverse to its spirit. Correct in principle, as the jeaty itself was, the perversion of its apirit and the dis- gard of ite substance on the part of have pro- med regulte ie ia the province Of this report to exhibit. ef reciprocit} were first and im- eciately visible in the apt im our col- ction of revenue upon Northern r, and cannot il to attract attention. In 1854, the last year unaffected Teg erper anne posers enumeration was then incom- te, the revenue on articles rendered free by the treaty bring sobsequent years, and imported from Canada ne, amounted to more than $1,263, Assuming this aa basis for calculation in the ordinary mode of com- Ming ap increase of revenue, and tliat the revenue ruuld have continued to increase in the same ratio as uring the we should for the five sen of 67 100,669, me t impor- He 01 or anni on . Mious’ fvom anid proves: meet ted oe vould at the st time have revenue from this the Canadians seek our arkets for the sale of their products remain unimpaired | eWery particular. The revenue derived by Canada from the same class of erchandise was, during the year 1654, as stated by Mr. muchette, then the Canadian ‘Commissioner of Customs, ily $196,671, or less than one-sixth of $1,248,403, the pount levied that year on Canadian productions by the aot States. rit t 1,982, During the four apecd since the treaty came into caleet, ‘and eudded Sist from Canada $28,771,- eye woe rece! pgs 0 ip value articles enumerated in treaty, SréAban she has received rate of he revenue on them have becn $6,754,388, or , 689 if computed on $56,613,449, the value of the a received by us since the treaty and similar- ee Statistics show that while for the five years next pre- eding the treaty duty was paid on nearly five times e «mount of importations from Canada as were admitted re of duty, the exact being $4,487,433 of me goods, against $21,344. of the other class, since e treaty, and beginning with our fiscal year 1866, until ly 1, 1380, a period of four yearé, similar importations the amount of $59,419 925 bave contributed nothing at | to our revenue, We have charged duties only on 150,394, or about one-thirtieth part of the amount ad- itted free of duty, and on closer examination it will be proportion of the duty payiug articles sind tran tala consists of commodities not pro- ed in the country. Dering the years aad and fo tyiel smeent bof ripe c in ¥ ducts of American industry tax as $18, reciprocity and conn being in set in this comtrys in this country; is stance td ‘by the relative proportions of rty-five to one, This is the condition of trade purchased y a loss of revenue, being in 1864, the last year before e operation of the treaty, more than six times the re enue collected by Canada during that year on the artictes ale free by the treaty and imported from the United alee. The treaty was conceived in the theories of free trade, ad in harmony with the and civilization of the . It was forward in political science. Ameri- a tegisintton ‘ad been by an extraordi iry liberality to # foreign , her lines of rtation an Sis sate Sele ¥ NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1860.—TRIPLE SHEET. ‘were accustomed to buy their wines, spirits, groceries, East and West India produce, besides many other commodities, at New York, Boston, or Moutreal—the former system admitting American cities to competition, the duties having been specitic and levied on the weight, measure, or number of ube articles wherever they were purchased. Thus, no greater duty was charged on imports Via Boston or New York to Toronto or Hamilton than via the St. Laurence to Montreal. The present system forces the people of Canada to discontinue their business con- the place of purchase. The people of Western Canada and nections with our merchants, and buy from the Montreal | or Quebec importer. i Thus, the productions of China, Brazil or Cuba, if Drought to Canada via the St. Laurence, will pay duty only on their Value in the country of their origin; but if purchased in our Atlantic cities, must pay duty on that value increased by interest, freight over the ocean, and the various other expenses and of the insurer, shipper and merchant. ‘This is not only legislation against our carriers, but against all our mercantile interest. The combined influence of the treaty and our bonded system, even before the high tariff, was exceedingly inju rious to the largest portion of the northwest. Its farmers Suffer from competition with those of Canada. Its manu- factures, ureful in the daily wants of Canadian life, are now excluded, and in the bonded system the whole trade in foreign is on the frontier js lost to the United States. American duties being exacted in all cases where the or}- ginal is broken, and the Canadian purchaser from the frontier, American merchant would thus be compelled to pay duties twice over—first to the American and afterwards to the Canadian government. The ordina- customer is thus driven from our stores, ahd, so far as the American market is yet used by for pur- chasing foreign goods or manufactures, the common sup- ply of Canadian stores is thrown into the hands of Cana- dian merchants who procure their supplies in Montreal. If, upon exporting foreign goods to Canada in less quanti- ties than the original package, the duties were returned to the owner; the goods, until the recent increase in the Canadian tariff, would still have been bought in the Atlan- tic ports, but they would have been sold to Americans who would resell to the Canadian retailer or consumer as they had done in former year®, and our merchants on the frontier would not be debarred as now from a fair by the discrimination of our own laws against them. An extensive trade had been established in leather, al- cohol, pure spirita, burning fluid, boots and shoes, cast- , hardware, clothing, machinery, cabinet ware, up- holstery, musical instruments, drugs and medicines, ma- nufactures of colton, wool and tobacco, On most of these articles the it duty is prohibitory, and the trade is entirely destroyed or of trifling amount, A ‘al dissatisfaction with the treaty exists on the Southern side of the boundary line, wherever its opera- tuon is perceived, except in those parts of the West where the Canadian js erroneously as an additional purchaser or consumer, aud not, as he really is, a mere grain carrier in rivalry with our own, or in those other parts of the United States as to which, for its own pur- poses, the Canadian or British government has made pre- ferential laws, and to which it has given a local prosperi- ty at the expense of the general welfare of this country. In the profits accrueing from freight between the two countries, the advantage since the treaty has been in favor of British shipping—the value of exports and im- ports by the vessels of each country being regarded as the test. In the five years ending June 80, 1854, the value of domestic exports to Canada in British bottoms was $12,595,816, and in American bottoms $16,595,816, the prepondance iu our favor being about one-third, whilst in the five years since the treaty, and beginning ‘with July 1, 1864, there was an excess against us of nearly one-half; the value being $26,390,730 in American vessels, $38,942,652 in vessels of British nationality. No marked inequality exists in = eee to the United States bj the shipping of both cor jes—the value carried b) being, $7 208008 in American, and $96,628,968 in reign vessels, Canada grounded her ponding Dh secrene en the of the St. Lawrence. The Western States have cansidered it of great advantage to themselves, it was said when we obtained navigation that benefits arising from this national reese fe Eos 8] than counterbalance any fancied injuri wrongs other interests., The British mimister—Sir H. L, Bulwer— after pressing upon our attention the spirit evinced by Canada towards our manufactures, and promising on be- half of the Canadian govern: to carry @ liberal policy out ie poowlere area the St. Ee. rence, wit adjoining canals, as the consideration be paid by that province for the free interchange of all natural productions with us and for the navigation of Lake Michigan. aap Lateeeas ith aggregate burden exceeding t { with an 400,000 tons, are coaperet in navigating these waters, which Chief Justice im that decision of the Supremo Court of the United States which gives the lakes forever termed “inland seas.” It gE i z F F : | ij TEBE : pt i H i g 8 a &F 7 A Es [ i i é 2 ter 25g? i E z E ear; tes a Grand Trunk inl and political power of the prop iabatitdal 6" divert Seco potcien poe of te carry Western Loe extending py ing le from the West x > that certain articles sent to England via Portland are sub- duties only as if they came directly jected to the same only A caine Grech competitor. } uti th report conc 18 — The mara adaptation of the United States and Canada to give and receive reciprocal benefite, easily and with out humiliation, conferred by neighbors on each other, is well known, but the explicit and earnest of for an honorable and mutually beneficial reciprocity are now no longer uttered. With an increase of wealth and , the liberality of her spirit and of her mises has ceased; and deeming herself secure in our for- , Canada to ¢1 us from ali the geographical Shia ot cry a chison, while she hopes to use atthe vantages for her benetit. Each concession has been used as a vantage ground for further encroachment. She has reversed the natural laws of trade, aud prevents her merchant and agriculturist from buying iu the same mar- ket where they sell. The revenue formerly collected on cat Merthern frontier has been anaiailesed. eel. ta creased her own revenue @ tax on Amer! . pe, pay the cities and villages on our Bag ed. Ou farmers and lum! ‘i ‘1858. 1860. rae a 0 a 2 a 2 ie The i Sieg eh, fora and cach of by Canada With far more ‘to Canadians ‘chief produc- to ourselves, is now rejected. In this exclusive and ‘adjusted ag | unnatural system Canadians yet depend upon oar market citizens for the sale of ee has of our States for their carrying trade, and upon our ter- done, ritory for the means of to the ocean, For their because participation in, the trade of ous, Galea, whieh, le te the object of thelr unscrupulously jive tariff, they do- ‘prohib a an of our revenue regula ‘bot se oF AY i reat discret rowers no check to ii int to be ased in our 4 of ad the, commana of 8 Sevelenereniey, the Provincial The resulta of the ity treat; Canadian xceeding | legislation upon our and Forcnue are too obvi- nounced. This | ous to have escaped the ragacity of British stateamanship. taxation oo ptm hy it Wb by the or the States of this Union, without eubjecting hor to tm carrying | of its burdens, her legislation im imposing extra | ordinary taxes upon the products of inatry duties levie| | she is compelling us to bear ber burdens, created to eus- jafactares, such | tain tie rivalries, worthy of the imperial ambition, , Wear. for Mifematy, by nak end water, over oar com cont: | 4 for PT gd which thus may be ex. hud err our ‘carerr. tach os | “Tie tenor of ths instructions wader. which. thie Yay checks, fc, | is made excludes Semi a aL Ie vlation upon ee Vette Lng te nd | a So myo caus any: ings, uphols carriages, medicines, | tem of miscalled reciprocity. Treannot bot be ere, aa? coer pooee miectbat teed hte oh ‘and can. } ever ‘hat 1 should fal ta ‘the duty assigned to me if 1 narch, (ranks, wamateoturenc brass, copper, lead | omitied to at least suggest the practical results to which wt tin, cartbenwade varnish (3 be'the | the considerations would lewd, a of chips) eecidien ar mactad ta Sa aay { aie teem is a treaty no longer. Obligations upow al ul uJ a been increased sf elt cont, or one ty cease when corelative obligations haye no = } nineties ot i Fite ike | Dinalng force upon the other. That the substance and ch country. They equalities it imposed on as. They vested ia) offeer of the Era & power hitherto exer- ed in the most liberal manner towards the ra nd ying lines of Canada in permitting alike the ex- Rory 1 mee ty rei tion to the United States ’ foreign mapchandise in y merehandie of and merican origin. Upon this idea of being the carriers y us depend the hopes of making profitable their invest- rxte in railroads amd canals. ir public works were = raged as oor carriers, not theirs. now endeavors to deprive us of all the benefits pile epatem by lay!ng Coties on the yalug of goorts at any particular suggestion of the means of abrogating the treaty. It is not for me to say whether or not the repeal ‘of the assenting laws of Congress required by tts fifth ar- ticle would have that effect, or what more limited effect, ifany, it would have. Convinced, as 1 am, however, that the dilatory measure of giving the notice required by the treaty for ‘its abrogation would be fur too slow to afford practical remedies of the abuses I have exhibited in this: report, I certainly should fail in that duty which the pro- longed and most careful consideration of these most im- portant matters brings so strongly home to me, if I did hot at least point eut the fact that such proper alteration of the navigation laws of 1817, in relation to the transpor. tation of goods in foreign vessels from why in the United States to another port in the United States as would make the prohibitions in such case upon foreign vessels equally applicable to a carriage of ty by other foreign means from one of our ports to another; and that the withdrawal of the present privileges existing un- der the laws of 1799 and 1854, in reference to the ship- ment, carriage and re-entry of property going to and from the United States and Canada, would in a most important degree hasten the removal of many, and perhaps all of the numerous evils I have stated. The conse- uence of such action must be the alteration by Cana- ian Parliament, now in session, of thé legislation under which we now suffer. The of would thus be immediately, but perhaps only temporarily, mitigated. ‘The proper, radical and sufticient rem beyond question, is the speedy abrogation of the treaty itself, W. 28,1860, ISRAEL T. HATCH. JaSuinGTON, March 26, . THE OTHER SIDE OF THE QUESTION. OWurmeoa GW April 6. theo *} ee Craia, Esq. , President of the Board of Trade, Detroit:— i Dear Sin—In accordance with request, I herewith —— Langtree pa remar! Sikes ana work- procity tr u ier in district, which extends from Port Sanley, C. We, upon Lake Erle, to Port Sarnia, C. W.,at the foot of Lake Huron, an extent of over two hundred miles of coast, upon Lake Erie, Detroit river, Lake St. Clair and River St. Clair. This request is, doubtiess, made in consequence of an effort in Congress, at the present time, being made by certain parties to abrogate the Reciprocity treaty. In general terms, before entering into argument, or ad- ducing statistics, f would hazard’ the assertion that the abrogation of the Reciprocity treaty would be disastrous: of the commerce of the entire North- western country. It would close the t. Lawrence river to vessels of American bottom, and this, of course, would put aquietus upon our direct trade with Torelgn ee, which trade has been opened under that treaty, It is but a very brief period since the first cargo was depatenes from the extreme Northern lakes, which was at Chicago, at the head of Lake Michigan, for Liverpool. That enter: prise has been followed up until now we haye a fleet of vessels traversing the Atlantic Ocean, whose starting pee are from Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake luron, the River St. Clair, River Detroit and Lake Erie. It is true the Welland canal and the St. Lawrence river were allowed to be navigated by American bottoms be- fore the Reciprocity treaty came into force, but the owners of such property were at the mercy of the Canadian government. Doubtless, should the treaty be abrogated, American bottomed vessels would be allowed to pass through the Welland canal, as the tolls would be a valu- able consideration ; but it is not reasonable to suppose for @ moment that the St. Lawrence river would be kept open to American bottoms when the Canadian goverument ‘would have it in its power to give the shipping of the vast amount of staves, copper, timber, flour, aud other products of the lake country, to British bottoms. Having ma ouenlcpesetegs ie (be. tev: tion of all ‘the lakes ying into the St. Lawrence river, the Canadian go- verpment would secure to the ‘ietors of British bot- toms the entire carrying trade of Northwestern States of the United States, so far as the traffic across the Atlan- tic is concerned. This trade has but just been commenced—it is in its infancy. Dut bids fair to be eminently remunerative to thoee ‘who engage enterprise, besides bei ‘eat benefit to the entire lake States, as will be treaty rogated, and the onward prograss of those who baye embarked in this branch of commerce be, Dot thus checked, of the abrogation of the Reciprocity treaty con- b should present itself to your partic: your associates of the in connection with lusky Erie, side of the Atlantic Ocean without transhi T herewith furnish you with a amount of valuation of all the United States for one year, have come under here to state that articles require no certificate undred dollars, and to eotimate that this Statement embraces but about total FROM THE WINDSOR DISTRICT, ‘END- (i erp ca Furs se) Dried spe = apples. stone 4 Oates. 327 Peas. Beans . 289 Brtteen ooo Limbe 96.211 hy ber. This amount—a little over one hundred and fifty thou- sand dollars—is largely overbalanced in We article of floor alone, imported from the United States into Canada, for consumption. And other articles, the growth and pro- duct of the United States into far out Sets aficient valuation to robe aly official Tous uid not of sul . ‘The flour and corn from Detroit to Windsor, for the year ending Slst March, 1860, amounte, pasion babrele and bushels, juation, ; ) and val |) a8 fol- the soll hat country. The value of wheat, for luring one year, amounts to the trifling sum four hundred and twenty-five dollars. Tt ts asserted haralyany eric which competes with the products of ai by sever’ the ound, and * died ine tase e Campuxxs Casvatty.—Ellea McDonald, the girl who was #0 severcly burned by the explotion of a camphene lamp at the store No.8 Franklin street, on Tuesday ‘evenifig, died on Wednesdey night at the New York Hos- pital from the effecta of her injuries. Deceased, it ty ae q a b Sov ig Schirmer held an inquest upoa the body. Verdict, “Aotidental death." Fatal ACCIDENT ON SHIPROARD.—Coroner Schirmor also beid an inquest at the New York Hospital upon the body of Antonio Rose, a native of Portugal, aged thirty-two years, who died from the effects of injuries received om the 10u of May by fulling into the hold of the steamship Albatross. Verdict ia accordance with the above tacts, Deceased was a resident of Providence, RL, where he leaves & wife and family to lament his loss. AcciM@TAL Drows1xG.—Coroner Gamble heli an in- quest at the foot of East Forty-fourth street, upon the bedy of « man named William Kirwin, who was found drowned. Deceased had been missing since Wednesday week, and when last reen alive he was Intoring ander delirium tremens, brougkt on Intoxication. vecidental drowning. Kirwin ve native of Ireland, and was thirty-five yeare of age. was @ quarryman by and tived in a shanty near the where he mi drowned: rs a was playing at the window with his sister, when be lost his balance and fell to the pavement, a distauce of nearly INTERESTING NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA. ADDITIONAL NEWS FROM JAPAN. THE INDIAN WAR IN WESTERN UTAH. The Savages Preparing for an Attack. MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, &e., &e., &e, We publieh below a letter from our San Francisco cor- respondent of the date of the 25th ult., or four days later than the news received by the North Star at this port. It was brought by the overland mail. The additional news from Japan will be found particularly interesting:— OUR SAN FRANCISCO CORRESPONDENCE. San Francisco, May 25, 1860. 4 Proposed Successor to Senator Gwin—New Line of Tele- graph to Western Ulah—Coinage at the Branch Mint— An Extensive Steamship Lawsuit—New Telegraph Com- pany—Army and Naval Movements—San Francisco Harbor Defences—San Juan Island Affairs—Fire in Cresent City, e., &c., Archibald C, Peachy is spoken of as the successor of Dr. Gwin, whose term expires next year. It is said that the latter and Mr. Denver will support Mr. Peachy for United States Senator. Aline of telegraph from San Juan to Watsonville has been completed, and is now in working order. The Los Angeles Company intended to run its line along the coast; but after reaching Gilroy an independent line was made from that place to Visalia, along the route of the overland mail; and then this line, being brought into prominence by the regularity, speed and importance of the Southern overland mail, the coast project was thrown into the shade and abandoned. The people of Santa Cruz and Monterey, who bad hoped to obtain telegraphic communication to San Francisco without expense to themselves, no sooner saw the coast line abandoned than they subscribed money to build aline connecting with San Juan, and the line now in process of construction is due to their enterprise, ‘There was received in the branch mint of this city last week $125,000 in gold bullian; $308,000 in double cagles ‘were coined, and $53,975 converted into silver bars. ‘The Mechanics’ Institute of this city will hold its an- nual industrial fair September 3. On Saturday last William L. Youle commenced a euit in the Fourth District Court against John T. Wright and others, the well known steamship owners, Youle states that in October, 1849, he and Thomas Wright bad fitted up the steamer West Point, at New York, for San Fran- ciseo; that afterwards Capt. J. T. Wright and John T. Wright, Jr., each purchased an interest in her; that b arrangement between the parties, Capt. Wright ‘took charge of the steamer at Panama and brought her up to San where she was employed for several years. Capt. Wright, Nov. 21, 1851, made a settlement with her other owners to that date, since which time the steamers Sea Bird, Goliab, America, Brother Jonathan and Pacitic were purchased by the parties, at various dates, and all in the coast trade, under the sole direction of Capt. Wright, and all have been either lost or sold by him, the ¢wo rg tone Deen sold to, the California Steam Navi y in November, 1858; that five- cightbal &¢ tes Geeuune aes cod prees'iatl Goan Si lerwards: with some of the of tho kale; that Capt. Wright has not rendered any account of the doings of said vessels or of their sale, nor either of them, since the above date of 1851. The plaintiff prays ution of the copartnership and an accounting. that there is $80,000 due him by defendants, The ehip Zaritza, which’ arrived here a few days sinc: from Sitka, reports that, April 11, the Russian bark Kodi- ac, in Beating out of that bor, struck on @ rock, cap- sized-and became a total loss. She bad a full cargo of ice on board for San Francisco. Another of those it occurrence in tragedies of 80 frequent in this tay the 224 inst., in which Jose Bustor, a Chileno, stabbed Kdleo- Perasa, inflicting the assailant was the imagi- the crime, The culprit immediately after affair committed suicide. illiam Kochue was killed Muy 23, at Jacksonville, Ore- gon, by eae oe He inflicted two stabs witha person of » who expired in five i May 8, whilet intoxicated, started from for his home on Poorman’s creek, but on the way perished. A heavy snow storm camo ‘on about this time, covering the body of the unfortunate ‘not found until Sunday lace via Sap les, ‘ta Cruz and Monterey. The gf $100 each. len, U. 8. N -, commanding, the be . , arrived Bixth eat 3 leary ~ here May 23, on the and last eten on for Carsou Valley, to re- inforce Capt. Stewart vn mand. ‘A musi of Compauy H was drowned at Homboldt whe rst or, lowest tier haf inn Fort Potnt, at the entrance of our harbor, has mounted. are i 4 forty-t ders. The whole fortification, when com- a 4 be armed with 160 guns, averaging treme two to one hundred and twenty pounder. Workmen now in build: are and laying rails on the ‘ofthe fort. tly Captain ett, Un . ined to be comnected hhistoricall to Fort \ done to offset the Royal Marines at the north island and complete the joint occupation offered by Gen. Scott. Still It is somewhat singular that the officer who first landed should be ordered back. It would almost ap- weakens ly by bis government, or se Se arewa that’ the Dulied fs taking inference may be drawn the Uni @ bold position in reference to the island in dispute. FIRE 18 CRESCENT CITT. +i *F Hl ? 3 i Fs H i #2 inl Eg i 72 i 4 is HFT inara ebesztizt | i | : a bits lent ; F gf ; il i i ; 35 A] ee alte fest others, the declaration of martial law. A ing of mauy citizens united in requesting Judge Cradiebaugh to open his court. Others, again, aivocated vigilance cor. mittees; but nothing definite has yet beeu agreed upon. As Judge Cradiebaugh is the only federal officer here, we fee! satisfied that the eptire community will sustain bim in that course, and Congress, taking the exigencies of the ca ito consideration, will no doubt endorse any deci ion on bis part. He, at Salt Lake, gained a noble Prestige; be can now add to that reputation by acting with promptness, The death of Major Ormsby is an occurrence that re- quires something more than a parsing notice at our hand. He was born in Me ‘a., Sept. 3, 1814. He wins in 1349. During his residence in engaged in staging and April, 1857, he came engaged in business, came to California a them again in 1862 and 1854 California he was extensive various other kinds of bus to Genoa, Carson Valley and Col. Sanders, of Sacram , arrived here on the 17th inst., with 250 stand of arms and 8,000 rounds of ammunition, Mr, Wallace, of Placerville, arrived at the fame time, with forty-seven stand of arms, which he has handed over to Col. Sanders. General Haven, of the Cali fornia militia, has telegraphed to Charley Fairfax, of Col. Sanders command, that he will soon be here with 200 men and 60,000 rounds of ammunition. Ma mand of dragoons from Honey Lake Valley has got as far as Truckee river on their road to this place, INTERESTING FROM JAPAN. The schooner Page, at San Francisco, brought news from Japan to April 15, A passenger gives the following information to the Alta;— On the 24th January last, the Page left San Fra for Yokohama, which port she reached after a pass: forty-four d: In the bay, during their stay, twenty shipe, five or six of which were American. On arriving at Yokohama the Americans went ashore, and were everywhere treated kindly and courteously, He did not venture into the interior, for the reason that it would have been unsafe, owing to the e: ‘ation creat- ed A the murder of the Dutch captains a 't time pre- viously. ‘The port of Yokohama is situated on the thirty-fifth de- gree north latitude, and is the embarcadero of Kanagawa, pe reornne town, which lies some forty miles above the 8." ‘The port contains some six thousand inhabitants. The town is built of one story houses, with tiled roofs, and contains about six thousand ipbabitants. From this port are exported ware, oil, flour, beans, &. Flour is so cheap here that it is shipiped’at a profit to China for the small sum of two dollars per sack. We fear that it will be im- possible for us, while these rates hold, to make the Ja- or Chinese eat our flour tn lieu of their rice. " bo] are a number of old California merchants in Yo- chama. ‘The country adjacent to Kanagawa is very fertile and rolitic, Grapes, peaches, plums and other temperate ite thrive luxuriantly. ‘There is an abundance of beef cattle in the vicinity of the coast, but the masses of the people subsist on fish and vegetables, Bullocks command but $18 apiece, and other cattle in proportion. Great quantities of tea are exported from Japan, the flavor of which is highly commended, on account of the intrinsic natural purity of the herb. ‘The waters of the bay of Jeddo abound in fish of every species and of delicious tlavor. of the Japa- nese subsist on these, and other thousands accumulate a Spee by catching and disposing of them in the markets. The city of Jeddo lies two hundred miles distant from Kanagawa by land, but by water the distance is further, Public functionaries and others go there ad libitum; but im the present distracted state of the country few for- eigners care to veutore from the seaside. Two years hence, when the city of Jeddo is to be opened to our peo- ereeably to the Perry treaty, hundreds of outer. 1% Americans will doubtless be received at the im- p court, The currency of Jay consists of silver, copper and fron. The itzebu, a silver coin, of thirty-five cents value; the tempo, worth two cents, and the cash coppers have been heretofore mostly in circulation, Lately, however, the government has been issuing a copper coin of infini- tessimal value, which is the circulating medium amongst the poorer classes. The weather during the last four months prior to the sailing of the Page had been very starmy and boisterous. For the first thirty days it constantly rained, hailed or snowed, and it wag not uncommon to see the snow seve- tal inches deep in Kanagawa, and this, too, in the lati- tude of 35 degrees north. The stormy season continues from December until May; during the remainder of the Year it is hot, sickly and dry. The return trip was an unprecedentedly quick one, and unattended with any adverse weather or untoward acci- dent. She bas le the voyage from her port of de- parture in twenty-eight days and twenty hours. A correspondent, writ! from Kanagawa, April 15, Since my’ arrival about a month ago, we citing times, the chlef cause of which has been an attack made upon the Prince Regent, on the 28th March, while on bis way to the palace in Jeddo. He was se- verely wounded, and it is reported that he has since died ; but 4his rumor not command We of pomonny hay called. On this occasion, many who were eager for a patrol at a former meeting now began to doubt the necessity of it. After considerable debating it was decided to adjourn sine die. The Russian steamer, after the Dutchmen were killed, kept a patrol of sixteen men am shore all the time. cogpeGAPANESE KILMBD BY 4 BUSAN, Hehe to take a boat and carry him on board, and as he did not quick enough to suit him, he took out a pis- tol to hi hit up. went off accidentally and the Japanese was killed. government here has never made any fuss about ft. A subscription was got up among the fore! , and a considerable sum was for the widow of the deceased, SIRS Sod prmee be. was beheaded. true or not is more than is known among foreigners. ADMISSION OF FORKIGNERS INTO JAPAN. The government officials (Yackanese) are divided on the question of admitting igners into the empire. ‘Theee parties are about eqaally divided; hence arises the fear among foreigners. ist false government remains ip power, we are ail ri ; but when over- San eat farewell pee \. original dynasty a with America, have all 5 m is to be seen at Jeddo. Whether they have been Put to death or not is more than can be known to us. ; F} Marriages and Deaths in California. MARRIED. Arnymii—Movirom.—in San Andreas, April 16, E. J. Attinelli to Lydia B. Moulton. At Stockton, May 19, Amaziab Cort. to Ran 5 20, by Rev. anata x Kelner, Heiarich Wawel! vo Carolee Mausy, Por -bria in Sacramento, May 16, Wm. R. 8. Foye to Julia A. Elis Hamaxy—Kcnmrt.—In Nevada, May 16, Jacob Hamann » both of rill, May 11, Jacob Miner a Nevada, May 20, J. W. Nye to B. ‘PaevensonSenerea in Nevadn, May 16, J. R. Patter. oD ee Error ome permease he, May 18, Join 8. B. Shuart neat igh wie MY Bathe e fen Mrancco, May 90, Heary Grattax.—-On the Mokelumne Hil! road, San J county May 19, Patrick poe ES ih and eal Ape ‘alter, eon of J. H. and Mary A. -Heilshorn, aged 16 Hoan. = San Francisco, May 20, Wm. H. Hogan, » native of Baltimore, aged 33 years. Kowrrn.—Near Alvarado, Alameda cbunty, May 6, Dr. Louis Kompth, aged 63 years, a native of Germany. Larrex.—In Marysville, May 19, Kate, daughter of A. @, and Almira Latten, aged 16 months. Lawsoy.—At Tomales Bar, Marin county, April 26, Wate Lawson, a native of Sweden, McFartaxe.—At Curtis’ Creek, Calaveras county, May 8; Jacob W. McFarlane, formerly from Ilinois. MontGomery.—In Sacramento, May 21, Willie, only som of R. C. Montg , aged 8 years, 6 months and 24 Patwmr.—In Nevada, May 19, Mrs. D. Augusta, wife of J.C. Palmer, Esq od 34 years. Raywoxp.-In Upper Placerville, May 11, Laura Janey wife of A. G. Raymond, Roop.—In Sacramento, May 21, Mrs. Hannah Rood, @ native.of Middlebury, Vt., and born Feb. 2, 1792. Sacnpers.—In Washington, Alameda county, May @y Charlotte C., wife of Alonzo Saunders, aged 85 years. Sayer.—At sea, Jan. 3,0n board bark Roscoe, of New Bedford, Reuben C. Sayer, a native of Nantucket, aged 18 years, Suxp.—At Center Hill, Calaveras county, May 14, Ge0. Shed, aged 45 years, a native of Massachusetts, Suvrpey.—In San Francisco, May 26, James Ri Shurden, only son of James and Mary Ana Shurden, 1 year, 4 months and 1 days. Eisco.—At Chile Ridge, Calaveras county, May 12, Samuel Sisco, aged about 30 years. Stxoxc.—In San Antonio, May 17, Wm. Strong, aged 23 years, a native of New York city. . ee Sacramento, May 23, Anna, wife of FP,’ PA. ER.—In Sacramento, May 22, Lewis Warner, aged years. Wnuts-—At Stony Point, Sonoma_county, May 10, Elizas beth, wife of Wm. Wells. + —_—___—__ Authentic News from Ja) [Correspondence of the Hartford rant.) In times of alarming rumors from Japan, calcue “ te excite apprehensions of the most unp! kind, especially in the minds of those who have friends residing there, any well authenticated information of @ favorable kind from that region seems so desirable that B take the liberty of sending you for publication the follows ing extract from a letter to-day received by the overland mail, via San Francisco, from my brother-in-law, Rev. 8. R, Brown—one of the missionaries of the Reformed Dutel church of New York, now residing at Kanagawa. Mr. B., who has been at wa with his family and other members of his party for six or eight months past, writes from that place thus, under date of April 14, 1860:—0 “You wilt hear through the re, of tha itch “Bea cape late murders at Yokahama. Two tains were brutally butchered by some upknowg Japanese in the ‘most public ‘street of Yokae hama, just after dark, on the 26th of February last. “It was a fearful piece of butchery. They were quiet, inoffensive men, just going out for a ‘stroll in_ the street previous to putting off to their vessels, One of them was sixty years old, and left a family consisting of a wife and five children in Holland. Since that, on the 26th of ‘h, 2 murderous assault was made on the Prince Re- gent as he was proceeding with his retinue from bis owm to the Exnperor’s palace. Several of the Prince’s mem ‘were cut down on the spot by an attacking party of twenty-one men, and three of their own number wera killed likewise by the Prince’s followers. Shots were fired into the Regent's norimor, and he was wounded in two ; but not mortally. In consequence of this aflair, and of other signs of a conspiracy on the pers cfcnn at BS, Prince of the royal blood, called the Prince Milo ; a the present government, occasioned by the # in the foreign policy of the country, the goverme ment has redoubled its vigilance to put a stop to the assase sination of foreigners, as well as to protect itself agains® internal enemics. 1 spent ten days at Jeddo, at Mr. Harris’, by his invitation, going up as his chaplain, and wher I was there he had a guard of twenty Fakw A or armed officers, at his house. Since the attack on Regent his guard bas been doubled as well as that at al? ‘the foreign legations. Besides this, we are honored here with a guard at every furcign house except one. The government has put up a guard house at our front ee, and keeps five there night and day. ‘hen we go out at any time we can have an armed officer to accompany us if we choose. A new official from Jeddo, with his suite, has paid us a visit to-day to see if our defences are all right.’” Hoping that the above may have the effect to allay the fears of some of your readers who have friends resiting at Japan, I am yours, respectfully, D. &. BARTLETT. Asyivm Hit, Hartford, June 18, 1860. Rev. Mr. Harden, the Wife Murderer. A lettter from Easton to the Phillipsburg Stander® gives an account of the writer's visit to Jacob 8. Harden, now in the Warren, New Jersey, jail, for the murder of bis wife, for which he is to be executed in about tw@ ‘weeks from this time:— He was perfectly calm, easy and deliberate. I do see how he could tare appeared any different if he been acquitted and we were sitting in his own house. He was unwilling to say much with regard to crime of which he is convicted, or of his trial. He ws listen to my questions and then answer such as ha | agarme some he declined to answer, Rye my! that it might work to his disadvantage if he have a new trial. thinks he ought to have a new trial, but if he does not get it, he firmly believes the Governor will re- pote him to a short time beyond the day now fixed for ix execution. If no reprieve is granted, he says it will not only be in- Justice to him, but an outrage upon society, T asked hime if he felt resigned to his fate? He said, “Yor, 1 am re- signed to my fate, whatever it may be. ‘If 1 aim to die, E am resigned to death. If my sentence is commuted to jim- brisonment for Ijfe.. have been made the subject of a rels for the last fourteen months.” “oly and fluently upon general subjects and things indirectly feomnpsted With Bis case. Te was very lively and merry, and laughed beartily sometimes at remarks and sugges~ tions of his own about others. 1 was very far from boing even cheerful myself, though I must confess his Moen ly strange indifference to his dreadful condition, cay off hand manner, Id almost make me forget for a mo- ment that I was con’ ing with a man doomed to die om the eeaffold as a ion in three weeks. Whether guilty or innocent, he is a mysterious being. He sleeps well and has a good appetite; he reads and writes considerable; is interested in the news, and keeps posted up by the daily papers. He spoke in a thoughtful and affectionate maa. ner of bis aged parents, who he said were standing on tho verge of the grave. His chief trouble was on their ac- count, as they woul! be vo deeply disgraced if he lost hig Ife by the gallows. poke freely of religious doctr ry the gal bs iy ~ trot and mentioned his objections to some whi his. His hope ix strong that he shall be leaves this world. He believes he is safe, £0 firm that his mind is calm and ‘the same cheerful frame of mind in which I TELEGRAPHIC. THE CASE OF HARDEN BEFORE THE COURT OF PARe Dons. Trestow, June 21,1860. ‘The Court of Pardons of the State of New Jersey come vened last evening, at half past seven o'clock, ip the Stat@ House, in Trenton, the following gentlemen being pre» sent:—The Governor and Chancellor, and Judger Risley, ‘Swain, Wood, Corncilson, Macombs and Kennedy. The first case which came up for consideration was that of Jacob 8. Harden, who was sentenced by Judge Whelplep to be executed on the 28th of the present month, for th@ ‘murder of his wife on the 7tb of March, 1650, in Andere son, Warren county, N. J. The father of the condemned ‘and several friends were present, and an interview of ay hi ty tt He i ie