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4 against the republicans may enter into to defeat that party. He is at present ove of the Washing- ton Heights Commissioners appointed by the bill passed by the last Legislature to lay out that por- tion of the city, The Gell party has brought out one of their best fups in this district, in the person of James W. Ge- rard, who seems to have become politically ambi tious in his advanced age, being nearly or about SIXTY years of age. H one of the most famous jury lawy of the ¢ a good speaker, and pos sessing a great power of mimicr thal, an interesting speaker, and would make uable representative. He is prom nnected with the schools of the city, and at interest in the educational department of the sity. 58 i never been a politician, bu Bet! and Evere and made a lengthy speech advocating claims of Sam Houston. He is a racy, aud danced New York ar for the Prince, having late bal Newland. jidate is Abraham Wakeman, rly amember of the Common with the Weed wing of the member of the state As- i 1851, and a representative in Congress from 1855 to 1857. He orty-tive years of age, tall, of medium 8, wears his member of the in the for his als Coundil, a repul sembly in 1 the TI yan h nat of the puritanical the Tich color of his countenauce indi- stamp, wh ates a hea li ae hard worker and a shrewd mana- ger, with ¢ erable faculty for adapting means two ends, aud if the democratic forces continue di- vided has unmistakable prospects of an election. We thus close our sketches of the Congressional candidates, having given the pablic sufficient data in regard to the different candidates for them to judge of their several merits. We leave it for them to choose their men, trusting that only those capable to speak for New York and qualified to comprehend the duties ‘of a Congressman will re ceive the certificate of election in any district in this city. s THE IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT. Interesting Letter of Daff Green, N OF THE ANTI SLAVEKY CRUSADE IN THE COM- BSSUTIBS OF ESGLAND AND THE PO> ont MEKOIAL LITICAL NBCHSSITIES OF NORTHEKN MEN —CON- HYIMACY OF JUMN QUINCY ADAMS WITH BNGLIGE BTATESMEN —THE SOUTH CAN BETTER MAINTAIN ITS rr: CALH IN THE UNION THAN OUT OF IT—JOBN THY ULTIMATE RESORT NOT THE SU- PREME COURT, BUT A CONVENTION OF THS STATES TRUK POLICY OF THX SOUTHERN STATES TO CON- CKDE PROVECTIVE DUTIES TO PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY, CN ORDER CO GAIN THRIK ALLIAN THE £WO MAIN PLANKS IN THE REPUBLICAN FORM—''LAND TO TH® LANDLESS AND A RAILROAD TO THE PACIFIC’ WILLIAM M, SEWARD QUOTED A GIGANTIC SCHEME OF PUBLIC PLUNDER--1OW TO DEFEAT IT AND OVERTHKOW THE REPOGLICAN PARTY—SLAVERY A NECESSITY OF CIVILIZATION, AND A CHIBF SOURCE OF AMEKICAN PROSPERITY. Wasiinorox, Octoder, 1360, & OF TAR SLAVEHOLDING STATES! — taken in the promotion aud protection should at least excuse this To m™% Pror Tue part I hav of your rights and intercata address. By the sixtcenth article of the treaty of Utrecht Fog- med the contract betweea Company and the King of Spain, by which that company gave to Spain 200,000 crowns, and to the King of Sp and the King of Hogiand each one-quarter sbare in the proits of tueir trade, for the privilege of importing slaves into the h American colonies, Ja 1834 8! gave to Spain two millions of dollars, and has ever since maintained a large fleet oa the slave coast, aud has ex- erted extraordivary diplomatic tafluence to abolish the Glave trade, Why this change of policy? Ib 1713 Foglanda made large profits by tho slave trade; tand cot in 1834 she bad become a manufacturing as well a8 a commercial people, and, having the mouopoly of the trade with the Fast Indies, she believed that she © realize larger profits by introducing her mouufactures into India im exchange for tropical products than Fhe could by continuing the slave trade, aud saw that to enable her to sell these products ata profit sue must obtain them at less cost than they could be bad elsewhere, and that a continuance of the African slave trade woold enadle the Spanish-American colonies, Brazil and the United States to undersell her in the mar kets of the world, and therefore she wisned to abolish African siavery, because it competes with the labor of India. 1a co Wierforee, wh: \a the debate on the treaty with Spain, at thine that the grant to Spainggyill be more ext Brain in commercial wd ent ui sh industry, ao ed UW the alave trade is w be carried oa by tae Such bes ag the motives which governed Wilberforce, > loss for the motives which governed the we can be as a: Brite: people. If any devbt this,T refer them to the remarks of tae Duke of Wellingtoa, who, in the debate on the coro laws ip 1842, said — I aun sure thet no man regreta more thin I do that com. merce add MALUIACUATES Shou be wt all depressed, Dut L de Deve, f the corm lawa were repealed Wmorrow, not & yard of more would be sold in any part of over whic’ this coautry (Kag- [kid) does not exersise «control My lorda.cthe greave st uum ber of Ki f (ae giode Dive Adopted measares for Lae euoouTagement of home mea These measures were wt as stated bY some, takea fo © cove f (3¢ Koglias corn laws. They are wiribavaple to the example of thie couatey Thay had Wair rive tu tine apectacte y exbibied during the late war, waa to the sertions by whieh her power aod streagiy were dumplayed oo every occasion. Those who cumtemplaied (theee eterkons. Aa Well ag (hose who were relieved aad aasut- ed by hem, ougdt (aey might a well follow the exampte of var power of our wdustry, and Of car system of com aerce. ‘They bere follow #1 cot exam pie, and Rave estadlished amongrt Uemarives mauufactared aad given & ati galas w their ovum. merce Hore we have Mr. Wilberforce advocating & gratuity of two milijous of dollars to Spain for relinquishing ber par. Uicipation tm the slave trade, and the declaration of the Duke of Wellington that the repeal of the corn laws would not eoadle Eogiand to sella yard of cloth or s pound of trou more is aay part of Europe or of the world, over which Eogiand @id exercize a control. And why? He gives the reason. Because other nations have followed tne example of England, “and established amongst them nansfactures and gt mulus wo their com- Peel sa: 1 mat may that I dave my doab # if colony in which slave Ty bas ceee Abolisbed by law cam At present eater ints com POLiog WIA ® disci! im WRG Le System Cont aes b> exe And Wu the same Gedaic be said — The boo wane member for Montrose annonn et his wish © mainiace our colovial dependenciaa, out mud inet bis ob ject ia loser Gach colony paying for tteel!. I (sir donert Peel) apprebend the: the proposal of tn shall we abaadya oar feacies AMO MDEr, up%G (be aseurance of w distressed we: oC Lancashire (hat be was aut aun the worl! alier bevia, 9 Whicd abe Nas estadiiale Tao policy of Bagland in reistion 4 African siarory avd * but @ partof her eyaten Opead Bations, havivg few oF a9 tropical crlvai toey hed ceased to Sogiaad saw alo payment. The aiweria Weet Jadia piacters @ mouopoly of the euppl: tarkst. There were Dut 200,000 white aad $0) 000 jacks in the West Indies. There wore handreds Hons of people in Iné's and China, aud hence tay of the a sieves, or Ling duties opening of the Feet Ia British enterprise, aud tho war ay giaye trade, To mack hor mot on the pretence sod labors to wy morality for the imme the jaw an given to Mores. Heave the aot ola ate tn the treatios of Viewna, of Ghent aod of Waruiagtoo. She makes war on African sia rery because sue prefers ve hundred miulions of consumers in lniia and China to | one million in the Wem Indies Her measures aod poucy are regulate! by what sbe believes to De ber interest The explorations of Livingstone, Barthe, B» rea, and Wher travellers, show that, inetead of being, as many be Viewed, @ desert waste, Ueotral Africe i¢ ao extensive tract of fertile laads, watered by Immense lakes ani large navigable rivers, inhabited by meny miiliogs of people, used lo coercive labor, and it @ Gppareet that aided by TAlways and steambosts, Afrioam slavery i@ Africe Will give wuch rewards to Commercial enterprise that Engiand aod France will become competitors for the ‘(ade of Africa, and that doth Eagland and France will Srail themerives of the system of slavery, as it exists i Africe, to increase the prodncta of African Iabor, fo be received in exchange for thelr sarplus mean ufactarce. Do Ja nok one that there must be & ing change Seve (asta, cannes me on 60 ‘tation of African slavery? Eagiaed, wish \ropieal producte of Intia for the ing to Pubshitute the Products of the American slaves, made war upoa the ia- Jn America, because, ae Sir Sieticn of Afrionn fla fait, the Fast Indian coata hoi "1 compete with the American sieve Ea font eal eats pow believe that the Alricaa slave in af oheaper than the African slave ervea, and the my rality, the philanthropy and religion of Ragland and of France will soon conform to this new order of comansroe their morsis aod their religion will soon be \a accord with their Interests Do youssk why at this timo feubmit those fase ts you! I will explain Me Goward, i bie spescb at Boston and to other air in thick folds about his | y liver, appreciating the good things of | e Kngtieh Gaines | rmation of this view Lquote from Mr. | mero In the debate on the sugar duties, in 1842, Sir Rovers | to these extracts to prove that the mossures and | epeeches ta the Western States, tells as thet John Quincy ‘Adams originated the political suti-slavery movemeat ia this country. | wish t add some ad ittional facts coa- firming and explanatory of that statement, and which will, I trust, ted to create @ reaction in public seatiment, acd thus reconctie the people of the oath, by convincing them that by proper sod united efforts they can better maintain their rights withio the Union thas out of it. The conttict between the North and the South existed before the Revolution. The Congress appointed General Washington Commander ic-Chief, and Jonna Hancock the VPrewideut of Coogress. General Washington was our firet President; Joba Adama was our 3 Mr. Adame was opposed, and his reelection defeat. ed, by Mr. Jedlerson, who aid that the demo. oracy of the North were the nataral allies of the repubii cans of the South. Thos there was a North aod a South from the beginning. Mr. Seward dates the conflict from 1420—the dase of the Missourt restriction. [ was @ citi wen of Missouri—a member of the convention which made her conatitution, aad took part tp that conilict—aod oan give facts, «f my own koowledge, haviog ax import ‘ant bearing on the pending wanes John Quincy Adams was one of the Commisstoaers at Ghent, and a8 guch signed the treaty, the Lith article of whieh piedged the United States to waite with Eagiand in abolishing “the traffic tn siaves."” He was afterwards our Minister in ‘ov, where be was intimate with Clarkson | and Wilberforce. In 1816, Daniel Pope Cook, of [linoia, Was appointed bearer of despatches to notify’ him of his Sppointmeut as Secretary of State, and told me that upoa his returo be totended to remoze to the South. In Octover of 1817 I saw him in thie city, aud he theo told me that he bad retinquisbed bis purpore of going South, pecause Mr. Adums had gatisfed bim that the migration to the Territories north of the Ohio would be #0 great as 600n to enable the free States to control tue political destiay of this country, and that instead of going South he was under the advice of Mr Adams, going back to Hilin with a view to come int Congress for the purpose of ag tatiog the slavery question, He eid that 0 bad siready commenced the agitation by « series of letters publsbed in AMvad’s Register, and banded me a pampbiet covtaining them. These letters, written # the suggestion of Mr. Adams, givo the basia o! the aptiglavery agitativa from that date until vow, | thos trace this ireagovable movement to Mr, Adams, for Mr, Cook did go to Titinois, was elected to Coagress, and, although {t does not 80 appear ou the record, was in truth the person through whom Mr. Adams mate the move- ment in opposition to the admission of Missouri, resulting tm the Museourt compromise. Mr. Covk afterwards became, by marriage, a near rela. tion, and he frequently urged me to unite iu the move- ment, which he gaid would result in auitiag the ree States a8 & political party and thus secare the ciectioa of Mr. Adams; and bis Iuther-in law, who was a Seu Congress, told me that he boarded with Rufus King; that the movement was the subject of frequent conversation, and that £0 confident were the old federal party, or whic Mr. King was a prominent leader, that they would rega o power by means of the sectional organization of tie [roe | States, that one of the sous of Mr King bad removed to Ohto, And a eon of Alexander Hamilton had removed to Iinois, to be in postion to avail themselves of sie aati. cipated political revoiutiwa We thus see that, as the British anti slavery move. | ment originated in the commercia! aeressities ot Kogland, we may well argue that it will be regulaied aud modided | by the same necessities in which It originated; to, a8 tue sectional anti slavery movement of ths North originated in the political necessities of the leading Northern politt cal aspirants, We may argu that it, also, will be regu. lated by the same necessities ‘in which it ort ginnied. We bave seen that the new discoveries in Africa, and tho immense commercial intercets to be developed by the employment of — slave Jabor ip africa, will mecessarity modify aod con- | trot the pudlic opiuion of France aud Eagland in relation | to the abstract question of slavery; xo I am persuaded that the new combinations which must result (rom the new developements of the political autisiavery of the North will react upon the public seatiment of the whole conniry,and by uviting and consolidating the South give to the tlaveholding States, as such, the influevce | which will protect your rights and interes: The abolitionists aegume that there is an “irrepressible conilict”’ between free labor and slave labor, and avail kbemselves of the social condition of Northern society to | mnake that —— s cvntroiling political element. In | Pennsylvania and New Jersey they demand a protective | tariff; in the Northwest they demaad free farme for foreign voters und European immigraute. Can we give to Poun aylvania and New Jersey such a moditication of the tartif ag to deprive tbe abolitionists of that element of political agitation’ I believe we can do this, and that the South, united with Pennsylvania and New Jersey, can preserve the Union as Orgavized under the constitution. Can we fo regulate the sale of our public lands as to render the giving them away ns free farms to foreigners odious to the voters of tbo Northwest, and thas sink that plaok of | the abolition platform’ I believe that we can. These | two measures, 80 easy of accomplishment, will emascu- late the abolition party. I refer you w the elfect of the diseussion of the subject of slavery in the Southern States Who in the South doos not realize that thero is now much greater unity of opinion and sentiment in gup port of slavery as permanent institution than thore was in 18360? In 1853 the Legisiature of Virginia were nearly equally divided on the question of emancipation; now there are Rcarce uny who desire it. ‘The change bas not been go great in the North, but it has been very great, aud there are many in that section who believe taat it is a divine inativation, originating iu the necessities of maa’s fallen condition, and she only means by which demora. | lived savages can be broaght under the restraiaw# and | Bubjection Indispensable to the progress of civilization | and Christianity. We cannot expect the warfare on slavery | tocease. The same self-righwous, egotirtic, athotstioal fanaticiem which persecuted the Quakers and Anabap- Lists of New Engiaud characterizes some of the descend ‘ants of tbe Puritans. They will continue the warfare | and against them we must defead our righws, our homes, our institutions, our religion, the Uaion and the con. stitution. For myself, Lam uot alarmed at the increas. ing number of the free States. It isin the oature of large majorities to divide, [t (8 in the nature of minori Wes w unite in defence of common rights and common interesta, A corrupt majority will always make a cor- Tupuse of power, Such will surely be the case if Lia coln is elected. He may be elected, and yet not receive more than one-third of the popular vote. Hungry for power, and elated with temporary success, his partisans Will drive him iato fatal extremes, and with prudence on the part of the South, # reforming tide will reinstate oor rect principles of government oo a basis the mo-e por manent because of the dissensioas whico, by dividing the friends of Uhe conatitation, will bay in powers minority Presiaeat. But we must proit by our past experience. The South must be upited. Muck of our present weakaces te bie to our own divisions. Our leaders have been Diinded by ambition, and we have foilowed them w our injury—they Title party phrasee As Pennsyivaate, and New. Jersey istic party As Pennsylvania iow bave been arrayed for a tariff, 80 the South bave been arrayed against it. Aud to be for it in ae section and aguinet it in tne other, has beea the greatest political ‘merit. It is in the very uatere of things that whea a particu- lar lanue bas become & test of political orthodory, it wit! be used by demagogues to mislead tue poopie. All who are well read io the history of the constitution know Uhat the chief end of its adoption was to create a govern ment to be charged with our foreign reiasious, aud that the power to regulate commerce with forciga nations is given expressly t) Cougreas. {t is trae that we, of the State righws party, iaist that this power t bold in teast, fod ia limited by the parposes for wnicd it is granted; sad hence, when after the election of Mr. adams it was sen Uhat the party in power intended by bigh protective duties op foreign merchandise, competing wita New bag aad | manufacturer, to create @ Surplus revenue to be ex- pended on Western turnpikes, Mr. Calhoan, looking to the early payment of the public debt, saw that susn du Lies levied for soch parposes were inooosistent with the powers granted to Congress, aod urged nullification as the | proper remeay. So far from denying the power of Con- \ grees to levy duties for legitimate purposes, whon \t was objected to the tari of 1816 tbat tae duties were protec tive, he repuied that this fact was an argament in favor of the duties, because they were necessary to moet the le gitimate wants of » oe t, aod inet incidental Protection to the int created by the war was right | ard proper. Be saw that the tariif of 1825, if continued after tbe payment of the pablic debt, would leave a large surplus in the treasury to be expended by eectional legts. | iatiow, corrupting the public morais, and Jag the public liberty, aud therefore ne inaugurated the move- meat by South Carolioa, which coerosd Congress to pass the act of 1892, keown as the compromise. The aul. Geation of 1852 was an exercise of the reserved power of | the State, intended to preserve the Uniou, by restraint | within proper limite the legitimate exorcise of an ad- mitted power granted t Congress by the constitation. | Mr. Cathoun held that the reservati the amendment | to the constitution was s reservation againat all the do- partments of the government; and tbat, inamnca as the | federal Judiciary was one of the departments of the fede. | goverument, the reser ration includes that depart nent ito the others, aud that, therefore, & questiva of the rigbtfal exercise of political the federal government cannot be decided by the federal Jucyolary, bat must be referred t> a convention of the made vhat, {n case they come into power, they will reorganize she Supreme Goart so a4 to emaacipate our slaves by write of badeas corpas. What protection would we have in such case Wf we had not the reserved power of the States? Congress Thou may sive to Poonsylraniaand Now Jorsoy wach duties on from and coal as to silence forever the con ‘tet Detwowe free and slave lavor in those States {hws being dome, my word for it, Poousyivania ands Jersey will vot th the Booth And | say this because have been mach in Poansylvania and New Jersey, ant believe that but for this singte isgue the people of thers will vette with and eusteim the South other and only material iene is the donation of thy public iands to foreugners Mr. Seward, t@ bie speech at Carengo, a8 reported, maid — Afvor ibe onmmaye of the Kanan Meeaaka pill ta 1854 That man Uber | was but one man loft that did not deapair. bie 4 eet : lint * he Wiser: 4 Compromise, ie ee aatene r ¢ Seward, werar bes 1 rt oor ow that freedom in the i z § i ile ree, compedtivn with them. By ‘thet it was eo. Tels Sooce i g tions of the public landa to Sot put his trust in his own countrymen, hia r open foreigners, whose votes he would purchase NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, Of dollars, in United states bends, interest to accumulate antil it makes seveaty millions, and in addition thereto, a con tract for carrying the mails and troops aad muaitions of war, at the rate of six and half miilious of dollars per appum io ity—under pretence of an arrangement with them to build a road tothe Pacidc, This bill was recommended by a report, of which fifty thousand coptss were to be printed, but whieh the partics interested bave failed to publish. Why bave they not published it? The Dill proposes to give to these partics a doustion whicd is vo be digtributed at the pleasure of a majority, enong the persons to be selected by them, ead which, ia thirty ears, will adi up tothe sum of ‘two hundred and sixty ve mi)l\ous of dollars. Be not startled at the magnitude of these figures. Mr. Seward toadd as free farms the whole of the public lands wasted by the foreign voters, upoo whom he relies to control the elections sad regulate tue future of this country. Who are the men among whom this $265 000,000 are to be distributed? How much is to go to members of Coa- grese? How much to the lobby at Washington’ How much to the old firm of Seward, Weed & (Greely? How much to abolition editors? How much to abolliion, tie e lieve, if you cap, that such @ messure can possibly past Congress without the most barefaced corruption. And yet this is @ republican measure, urged by republican ers, and to be forced through the next sessiva of by the previous question. Can it pass the Senate? Iam told tt will be forced through 4s a party measure, and by the pressure to be brought to bear upon ‘the Senators from the Pacific States. If so, then the future of this country will rest with the President. I envy him the honor ot his veto. Warren Davis, of South Carolina, used to say that he could trail a whoie pack of hounds with @ sin, crust bread How many abolitionists can . Seward, Burlingame, Sum- ner and Curtis trail with one thousagd millions of acres of public ands in the shape of free farms; and seventy millious in United States five per cont bonds, aad an aa noity of gix and a half miflions, which, in thirty years, will make ove bundred and ninety-five miilious of doilare more? Such is the avolition programme. [4 there saf- ficient virtue, intelligence, energy aod patriotism in this country to defeat it? ‘The prevence if that this large subsidy is indiepen sadic Lo enable the parties to construct » Paciiic Rsilroad. I pave before ine & pamphlet igeued by « Mr Wharton, editor of an abolition paper in New York, called the Wide Awake, which asserts that the Grand Traok Rail. road of Canada has just beea compieted, at a cost of seventy-five millions of dollars, and that ‘that company have made urrangomenta, by leasing lines of American railroads, to control the Pacific road, aud offer to carry freights from St. Louis to Laverpool for fess than | the cost of transportation from St. Louis to New | York. How much wouid the Grand Trunk Ratiroad Company give for such a subsidy us is proposed to be given by Mr. Curtis’ bill? What gusraotes have we ‘Ubat the purpose of the bill is not to euadile the parties to tel] out to that company? If they are to have the subsidy, | 18 it not beter that Congress shall make the grant to them | direct, deducting the premium which the assoctales may extor? Let me not be misuederstood, 1am not opposed to the construction of a railroad to the Pacitic So (ar from it, I would @id the construction of more thanone. Bat instead | of giving free farms to foreign emigrants, to purchase votes for Mr. Seward, I would g:ve the exclusive right of Preemption to the railroad companies who, by building ratlroade, will give such tocreased value to the land that the right of pre emption would enable such com panies to build and equip their road. Congress assumes that the coustraction of @ railroad doubles the value of the atjacent puplic lands In many cases it will do much more. If we assume this basis, a pre-emp- tion to twenty miles on each side of a railroad will be worth thirty two thousand doilars per mile. This, with a fair compensatioa for pubiic service, will gaaran- tee the completion of more than one rajiroad to the Pa citlc. If this be not enough, then give a preemption to thirty miles. In such cage the government will get paid for their land, which being the common property of all the States, and pledged for the payment of the pablio debt, Congress cannot rightfully appropriate them to Mr. Sew: ard’s use, anxious as be ig to use them in the purchase of the foreign vote. The right of pre-emption may well be giveu to all companies coustructing railroads, and auch grants cannot fail to be much more acceptable to the ac- tual people of the West than the parchase of abolition votes, as proposed by Mr. Seward Let the 4yath unite on this measure, and Mr. doward may again sink into his slough of deepair. The abolitionists offer to Penoaytvania, New Jersey and the Northwest an increased duty ou iroa and coal, and a Single road to the Paciiic. They have framed a bili which will enable them to transfer that road to the Grand hance the value of the subsidy which they tatend to carry throngh Oorgress by a party vote, under the prosaure of to conflecate the pub- much for Mr. Pp much for the plan for distributing two hundred and uinety- five miilious of dollars among © fow loading aboliticnisws in league with the Canada Grand Truok Railroad Com- | pany, whose purpose is, it would seem, uot only to con trol the only route to the Pacific, but t monopolize the principal rattroads of the West, s> as to deprive the American railroads of their proportionate share of basi nes. do Mr. Wharton, the aboiition editor of the York Awake. Can this purpose be defeated? lieve itcan be. The public lauds are held in trust by the federal goveromens, and may be sold for the beaetit all the States, and the fund created by such sales be- joogs in common to all They cannot be givon as frae | farms to purchase abolition votes for Mr. Seward frontier than the gi free farms to the “poor” and “humble” “foreign” paupers whom Mr. Seward wonld bring from the workhouses of Europe t control the fu- tare elections of this country. Lat the South at the next session meet these igeust as patriow. Let them adopt @ syniem which, being wise een iteeif, will De more popularwn tae West aod west, aad by eirengtheaing oar system of rail will ensbie our own people to own and contro! oar rail- ways, a8 well ax to own apd control our government. Mr. Seward would sive aver tae control of the goverament the “poor,”’ “bumbie’’ paupers of Europe, and tenders ‘ail the public Iands as a Bonus to indace them to come here and sccept of it. med, we can put aside eoabled designing men to divide us, and, by uniting on measures which will on0s more make ns one people, inspire that confidence at home end abroad which is indispensable 0 our prog! the permanence this country people sources: of their welfare and prosperity. DUFF GREEN. The Fire Hester Street. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. From the various conflicting statementa and cards which have appeared tn your vatuablo paper in reference to the fire on Saturday evening at No. 103 Hester street, adjoining house of Hose Company No. 22, at whish Mr. Edward Donnelly was ucfortunately burned to death, 1 feel called upon 1® justice to myself and the company I Command, to reaseure our neighbors with the feeling of ercurity they bave always expressed, to present a plain, truthful statement of the facts —Previous to the parade T procured trom the Chief Engineer a reserve hose car. riage, placed & compliment of hoee upon the same and directed two members of our company, Moears. ©. V. tomané Geo. & Rosa, to remain at the house and to in read incas should fire occnr in the neighborhood. Immediate'y on the fire breaking out, the ‘hose was at tached t ibe hydrant directly in front of our carriage house, snd the pipe taken to the fifth story of the ten ment houre, adjoining, but, unfortunately, the water would not reach above the fourts story; and hed the par- Ves above named and their friends not been assured that waa safely out of that portion of the lows of if would not have occurred. The said parties then went to tho tion Yard, forced tho gates and took posseesion “of an ‘ and brought the same to tha fro, end after get: Ling said engine (a workiog order, asaisted engines | 2and 19 to the fire, deem it butcteally eeiorvuaate | that oar house should be delaged with water, our furni tore, &o., destroyed, without the attemot mate to destroy the repotation tor eiticleney wad pr our company loog since eared and have well and faithfully | mastained WM. RW. CHAMBERS, Foreman Phenix Hove ( ympany No. 22. | TO THE EDITOR OP THR AYRALD, Naw Yorx, Oot, 16, 1860. In perusing your valuable column of the 16th inet. 1 noticed an article in your paper, signed Faward J. Knight, stating that Rogine Company No. 2 was the first apm. ratas at the fire. Now, Mr. Editor, I wil! make an aft davit, and can get ton more to substan: iate it, thet Hook aod Company No. 11 was thore at least twenty. five minutes before any other apparatos came thers, and there being 00 water on the fire, ‘We passed pails of water from one to another—which was the moans of saving the Toom opposite—uatil an epgine arrived WM. T MORLEY, Foreman Hook and Ladder Company No. 11 Military Affairs, SEVEN TD ROIMENT ANNU AL INSPROTION. This regiment inspect on Thursday, the 18th inst, at ‘amilton square. They will arrive, after iespection, at Tweaty seventh etreet about four o’elock P. M., and cross over fo Fifth avenne, and march down Fifth avenue to Fourteenth street, op Fourtecnt!: street to Broadway, and down Broadway to some convenient point, waea they will cross over to the Bowery, and up the Bowery to their headquarters, over the new Tompkins market. The high Atate of dieeipline exhibited by the gatiant Sewenth on the day of the Prince's parade, and the disappoiatment expe- rienced by many of those assembled to Bee thom, as well as the Prince of Walee, will no coubt induce large numbers of oUF Cit.2008 10 take Advantage of this oppor. tunity to witness tho parade on Thuretay Jury—The Bungling Legislation and Ite Effects. COURT OF OYER AND TEBMINER. Before Hon. Judge Gould. Oor. 15 —Judge Gould, of Troy, presided in this Court, in consequence of the indisposition of Judge Ingraham. MOTION TO QUASH AN INDICTMENT FOR FORGERY. An the Mat‘er of Charles Devlin.—Counsel for Mr. Deviin nid that the indictment was against Charles Deviin, for- merly Sireet Commissioner, for forgery. Ho bad given otice of motion to quash the indictment on the first day teehee ot right be heard? fa ae whom the matter first came up, and to 2 for defence gaid that, as there wae a large dia- cretion in the Judge in the matter reapecting the second indjcument, he asked for a it in order that it might come before Judge mot that he had any objection to Judge G id, a8 this was the tirst time be bad met him in ictal ae any right to instruct them not to a bill. After some fartber argument, the Court decide that tho argument shou id go on, the District attorney reCusing {0 consent to an adjourament. ‘The counsel for Mr. Deviin then procoeded with the ar- gument on the motion to quash. The indictment charges tae deiendant, in four different counts, wita forging, on the 11th Novernber, 1867, tbe name of Joho Fitzpatrick to a warrant for $5,790, ou the Shoe und Leather Baak, oa account of the construction of sewers in 1857. so tae court would perceive that if there ever was avy offence on the part of Mr. Devlin, which he was prepared to prove there was pot, the prosecution slambered until the time bad pearly elapeed when be could be indicted. Uoun- fel read the warrant, and #aid that there was no attempt to imitate the writing of Fitzpatrick, aud tuat the defeataat pat under the endorsement ‘correct. Charles Deviia ’’ ‘The affidarit of Mr. Deviin was then read, in which he etates that on learning of toe first indictment against him, he voinntarily appeared, acd gave bail in $2,000 to answer; that no piea was put in to that ladictment, ‘That on the 29: of September last, bis coun. wel poticed 8 motion for the lst instant (the opening of tne Court), to quash that Indictment; first, upon the ground tuat the Governor of this State bad po power by law to appoiataa extraordi- ary eeasion of the Court of Oyer aud Terminer; second, upon the ground that, a8 appointed, 1 was inteaded to be B mere Court of trial, and wot for the Gading of tadict- meus; third, upou the ground tbat the statutory re- quirements as to the pubication of the Goveruor’s ap- poiutment had not been complied with; fourta, upon the round that the Sueritf of the city and county of Nee Fork had not mado due proclaraation of the eitting of the Court; fifth, upon the ground that the six days’ avtice of the drawing of toe Grand Jury had not been given as re. quired by law; sixth, upon the ground that the drawing of the Grand Jury bad not beea conducted conformabiy to the statutes, nor the certifying of the same made tn legal form; seventh, upoa the ground that the Court, without logs! warrant, bad added ve Grand Jurors tothe Grand Jury as origically constructed, without whoae votes the indictment would pot have been ordered against the do- fendant; eighth that the endorsements upon the warrant were not correetly or fully set forth in the indictment. The aifiaavit then goes on to state the Moding of the second indictment for the same alioged mat. ters and no other, bofore one o'clock on tne day of the aciournment of the argament, and that the Grand Jury could not hare examined with avy deliberation toe charge vatraly my against bim, and must have tadicted because be had been indicted once before; that no drawing of the Grand Jurors took place on the 12th of September last, pursuan; \ the notice of the County Clerk, and that none of requirements of the’ statute, beyond the giving of the potice, were comp!ied with im the drawing of the Grand Jurore; that the drawing did not take piace until the 17+h of September; that if dere was ever the least cause for the indictment the defendant, which he distinct ly and unequivocally denies, it appears to have existed a far back as the 11th November, 1857; that defendant is a resident of this city for upwards of thirty years, and the prosecution have never made any complaint to a committin; strate, based apon the matters pre sented in the indictment, The affidavit then goes on to set forth the defenitant’s appointment to the office of ‘Street Commissioner, and the controversy that ensued in consequence of the Governor nominating snother poison, and that « portion of the public and the were ar- rayed against the defendant on political grouads, and ua founded defamation was uttered im reference wo bim. He contended that for all these rea fons he should have the advantage of every legal means of making his ianocence mani feat, and overcoming any bias that mign: be ed againes him. Counsel contiaued to argue at consider. able jength on the motion toquash, and was at lose to know # infinence had been brought to bear upon Mr. Fitzpatrick, the intimate, conddential and business frieud of Mr. Deviin for years, to induce him to promote this Toe District Attorney brigiy opposed the motion, on the ground that the statute ‘by counsel did not avail in this case. Defendant's counsel replied, aud the Court took the pa- pers. Decision reserved. Oct. 16.—The Grand Jury came into court during the Gay and presented the following — Agreeably to the charge of the Court, the Grand Jury have examined the law euacted by the last Legislature ob the subject of the desth , and deem it veer defeo- and @ copy transmitted to the Goveraor, and standing that the ne vapaper editors know more law than the J themselves, be would repeat what had Seen aid | hat the loose and Dangling legisiation of the calc w re the cause of jastiee, the murder of John Rourks, oo the 412 of September last They pleaded not guilty. The male prigouer said bo did it in self defence. “ie ve. Dania Wisenan, for the murder of Hes rhe Parle ot Sarah Chapman ie le 8. for forgery in the second degree. “Tas Peapie we, Dewial C for stealiag a watch from apin, for ing b ae” Pleaded not wainty. People vt. We. While, (or forgery in tae ssovat de- The prisoner pleaded gailily to forgery io tae and Margaret Donohue, Pleated aot guilty. Tae old whea he left hous, fome men on the boat, ; he had $60 ta # him to seatence the prisoner to two yoars months imprisonment at bard labor. g g | & 3 g ; 156, ¥. y to A.M. Tw av) Ofy eix dolara, The defendant ‘After « number of chatienges ® jory was sworn ‘Tho Datrict Attorney stated thst We prisoner wae ia. vis, , OF ord 56 hirty one ROBERT BONNER wae placed at the bar for trial. not under arrest ‘said he knew the brother very weil, but the | OCTOBER 17, 1860.—TRIPLE SHEET. 10 the Court, the prisoner sald that he camo | Judge Gonld rated in order to maintain the fraud. aid that the indictment charged the do- intent to defraud the Nassau Bank, of the to defraud Joan stiles. ‘that there was a Nassau Bank ia eaid the indictment contained the averment, Bot to defraud the bank, but divers other persons. Question by the District Attorney—What is the Nassau |. The prosecution was bound to Prove the agsciativa by the artivies. ‘The Judge sustained the i pt ee of checks to ve identified; Toanect remember what color. hat he wore, exoept that they were dark; ‘my impression is that be had no whiskers; I cannot vali bow many depositors we have in the bank; sbould think presented whe check suflcleuiy Tong to 1aeatity hia, jon George H. Briggs, iret teller of ‘the Nassau Baox, oor. roboraied witness, except that he could not iden- Bonner that om the 6th of October pig pln ‘Check duced ) ‘was not & et the Nagsau Bank. pro: writtea by mo nor by any person ee seria 5 Sb apr ay person by the name ¥ Cross-examined by Mr. J. M. Smith—The ber of checks 1 am in the habit of drawing would a about ten a week; I am not in the habit of drawing checks for small amounts; fives, tens and thirty doliare we pay over the counter; the checks drawa range from $500 to $10,000 ‘The District Attorney proposed to read the check. Mr. Smith objected, but tbe Court overraled the objec- tiou, and the check was read. alexander Kobertson, lithographer, deposed that he koew the prisoner, and bad printed 600 checks for him on the Na#fuu Bank; the check now produced was one of those | pripted for him; I kuow it by certain marks; the prisoner gaid that some officers of the Nassau Baok tat told bim thas they were ous of a certain styte of chek which we bad already done for the bank; that be was a depositor in the bank, and bed been using a green check, with a ehio at the eud; I asked him his name, aud he maid *‘H. Williameon, 97 Washiogton etreet;’’ that he was #8 commission cealer, Mr. Sieber cepored that he could identify the fw d who ordered the check book; at that time be bad light, sice whiskers. The prisoner bas no eide whiskers, and his hair aod mustache are very dark. Officer Elder testified to the arrest of the prisoner at Fast Boston ou the day the Europa was to sail for Europe: bis face was theo as it is now, but appeared t have been gy mney The ry of the defence is mistaken identity. For the defence, Dr. M. . Beach, of Philadetphis, phys!- cian and brother of the prisoner, deposed that the jatter had belonged to that city, and had broken up his business by advice of physicians, for the purpore of goiug to Europe for the benefit of his’ health, being dangerously troubled with hemorrage; he passed through New York and went to Boston for that purpose; he sever bad any side whis- kers ; the entire family, from the grandfather down to the preeent day, including witness himself, never had any side whiskers; to bis positive knowledge the prisoner never had any Side whiskers, light or dark. Rev, Mr. Gonzales that he was a minister of the Gospel, and bad known the prisoner for twenty-eight years; to his knowledge the Een coald not raise any side whiskers, neither could his father; is familiar with the prisover’s bandwriting; the signatare and eadorec- ment were not written by the prisover; he never could write balf as well. After ap admonition from th Jadge to the jury not to converse with any person on the morits of case, trial was adjourned to this (Wednesday) morning. The E. A. Kinsman Insurance Case. The examination in the case of the Poople vs. David S. Milla, Jose ©. Pedrajas, Ozro F. Downs and others, who are charged with having conspired together to defraud the Great Western, San, Mutual and other insurance com- panies out of come $70,000, by effecting bogus insurances on the bark E. A. Kingman and cargo, was resumed yes. terday at the Jefferson Market Police Court in the pre- sence of a large number of spectators. The commenced with the reading of Samuel Cole's alidavit, which is rather interesting, as follows: — ‘Samuel Cole, being duly swor bre tm says that he was shipped on the: . 4, Kineman as cook and steward, and went on board in that capacity nearly a month before the Cn, RN it before is ‘th was in doaurd side; sald store id veasel d water captain using tools woor three in directed Said store Uhat the leponent ed to go three times for depooent on the water Sad; Kaas te caphatn espeeret’ te Ue tants oa Hi ‘8 great deal Of the time after the vessel failed: that when ‘ie it Beeakd ge dow te the lawrer anble, the acize weet cease until deponent would leave, when the said noise would recommence; that on one occasion after deponeat had found the captain very frequently in the said water closet the captain told depooent hat o@ was uawell that the poizes heard by the deponeat were of rome person Working im tools, Dat what tools deponent could not say; that the said ba@ E. A. Kingman begea to leat immedi ately after she sailed from the port, so much 80 as to render the use of the put beoessary. that she ¢oa- timned to teak more or leas the time she sailed until abe was abandoned; that for some ‘8 vefore the wes only s fair the Hole at twelve P.M, hours; one of the men informed that he had, by the captain's orders, taken off the hatches, Charles Brown, oe of the sailors on hoard the bark, testified as follows'—I was 8 seaman on board the & A very Jone, about half three aad a half feet of abandoned her; #he used to i fail; no person to below the water tine witout Temoving some { but poe * Person could make a hole in, Cnet motion, and informed Mr, Oarreras that be was hovorably acquitted Our London Correspondence, Lomvon, Sept. 29, 1660. Englih and American Filubusters—Thornion Hunt to Viet! the United States—The London Times on the New Fork Herald—Strecs Railioays on Copenhagena=The Brie Bail | road—Hansom Cabs im the United States, dc., dc The “Thunderer’’ of Great Britain ts very silent on the movement of English Gitbusters to Italy, but never loses ‘an opportanity of pitching into gentiomen of s similar Profession on your side of the water. The eame thing may very well be said of all the other English papers. It | appears, however, that mone of the papers were in the ecret of the Anglo-Garibaidian filibustering expedition, 80 that the Haxatp will be exciusive in the intelligence it supplies. Thornton Hunt is about to take @ two months’ boliday im the United States. He is a well known and dis- tinguished mao, end is the eldest and favorite sou of Leigh Hunt, the celebrated English poet and suther. ‘Thornton Hunt is editor of the Spectator, and has always The London Times has \sid iteclf out to oulogise your In a recent article it mentioned the New Yous Biwnacp no Jess than three times. Europe now looks at the Western world through eyes. This must be gratifying to you, ae it is ing to your numereas — on this side of the ‘big pond.’” The Chevalier Wikofl is on here. It is rumored — the Chovalierinteads to astonish the watives with i io. 3. has street railway conceasion \n Copenhages, to show that there is something souad in tae Denmark. ° Baring Brotbers, Rothschild, Peabody and other finaa- ciers are much astopiched at the wonderful success ef Jamee MaHieory 8 Aulantio fod Great Western Railway yn they were te see your report Mr. ire had contracted to furnish the United jwadron in the Chive waters with funds. The President and be Secretary ing bead Navy —e oy a great service to the country changes made iu that apd have jected =the best man found to represent them, be England te growing poor, aud by and-by in fnavoe New York will eat up London as London did Amsterdam. William F. Splatt, the Australian millionaire, and William Evans, of Manchester, the Loudon director of the Erie Rautroad, went out in the Canada to complete the arrauge- ments for relieving the Erie from its didicaisies ‘Apropos of Australia, [hear that Geo. F. Train intends ‘to send you some black swave for the Central Park laken, and by way of reciprocity for the American street rail- road in England, i¢ about to iatrodace into America twe British institutious—¢ ¢, the cab and Poach and Judy. He has ordered tix cabs, which are respes- tively named The Astor, St. Nicbolas, Fifth Avenue, tropolitan, New York aud Everett, and it is to be that these hotels will give hima helping hand ia edlorta Ww beneiit the public, and to get the tomed wo this new style of locomotion. Nobody wants te pay two dollars for a back when these vehicles can take ou over the ground for fifty cents. So you wiil soom ve the Hangom institution in America. Falsehoods of the London Times as to the | New York Press. The following is an extract from the special correspen- dence of the London Times, dated Toronto, Sept. 13, and published September $7'— From wood his the rame roa i te Toroato, wi he was roceived by aa immense crowd Laborde fat weicome. Coo- trary to the expectations of some of the American re. ‘ers, wbo had telegraphed a most fr so taegrspa wo New wo / ‘that the Province is ou the point of ia arms” ‘as. SS oe ae bad on ly restrained by the Duke from landing at Kinge- ton, and become at once ani isn, But lot immediately afterwards you are informed that same Juke was himself @ mass of lacerations from Orasge violence, @ fact which, if true, would not anoaste- rally account for his Grace's to another bpd and the Governor Geuoral 61 Thea on ‘‘horror's bead horrors acou- Jamely nto “The animosity is contioued| ‘The diss is extended “The terror | with , peeps into palenoss, aad | incidents bipts about hitches, eli duly to appear in some New York papers “From our own correspondeat " Like « wild phan. the soene again — we look ss] a af Par ip Hi | i til 5 £z FE H BE i E 8 g g 2 <8 eB New York papers for iaformatioa oa this subject, that, with the single exception of the New York Tri une, pot ope of thoee journals are to de relied on, even for thew general outlines of the royal tour. It is matter of sur- prise bow accounts fo utterly at variaace with the real facie of the case could have forwarded to aay re spectable jour pale. Testimonial te Captain Wilson, TO THE BOLTOR OF THE HERALD. 54 Sorta Sramer, Oct 16, 1860. As it will be imporsibie to make direct application te al) those persors who are, no doubt, desirous of adding something to the testimonial to be presented to Captain Wilron, mate and crow, of the brig Minnie Schivter, « notice im your columua that aay sume will be received for that purpose by us, and duly sexnowledved, will proba- biy add covriderably to the amount to be raised won the forte of the testimguinia. “Your, errs ‘the form ‘oure, fe a HOWLAND & As? Supreme Coart, Before Ubief Justice Bosworth ACTION FOR ASSAULT AND BATTERY, Oct, 16.—Jeremiah A, Coughlan os Apple Oak- smith —This wee ao action forasmault sod battery. From ube watimony adduced by Mr. Richard Basted, \t appears bat the plaintiff weet to the store of the defeodast, ie ‘William street, to demand payment of a bill of 68 for aa engraving which was used in Appidon's Magarine The Plaintiff was desired by Mr. Oakamith to leave the preml- ses, he refused, words ensued and the assault followed, io which the defendant knocked Coughian down sod fol- lowed bim to the sidewslk, where the sasault com. mitted sguin. The pisinti! was store, where (it was alleged) Mr. and others in bis empioy, fol! from the effects of the sasanit be weeks. were laid at 66 000 brief absence, ht to a verdict for tint for $1,008. The detendast wae, ‘Goitad Bustos ‘Misintce ve Nicaragua. The platatif # an humble artiet Seavey Hin Riome—The Zanesville (Ohio) Cerin faye that Covttle, who reeently eloped from Odio, with a young woman of bad repatation, leaving « wife nnd two chitdrem, Waa sentenced to thirty days’ imprisonment dungeon, ofdered to be fot on bread aod water, and moloted in a fine of one bondrod dollars