The New York Herald Newspaper, April 2, 1861, Page 8

8 . THE BSCHANAN CABINET TROUBLES. ‘The Indiam Trust Bonds and the Arcept- CON. STATEMANT OF WM. H. RUSSPLL. The mrasares recentty iustitite ageines moby %oia- rei suthorities, legisiatrve and judicial, in sue on with the Indian Srust pocds, sad the asepracesa 0” no Inte Secretary +f War, baring terminated, [feel i: ta he @ duty which f owe t> numerous friends, sat We ig o8n Feputation, @Broake a tui statomen, of Lhe cre to the pabiic. This ie iho more imperative, booeese Ube © mitive of the late Hovise of Representatives whi hb was: created for the purpose of making & fnih disclrenco OF | ally Nepeired, aud ail 1a Uo inter cat of the Keverument facie—seem to have tioaghs uw gheir duly cot only to We thes chore ve account of the year t807, Smucress eopceaball the materia) points involved in the subject | Rua neprcten to muke (be uel spprep ations tor ie ’ “ follow! gsorson A lange amoy was nuddied imo slope matter of investigstica, bat to vo gover then eva WAS } quarters tn che cory heart of avast wilderness, twelve marstatements and false deductions as to reader Dard hundred miles troaa the frontiers, aud sucrousaed vy & tion impowsidie ftve my SaMpee dow Mot | powerlit!, one.gotic and hosite papelnsion, Mhey must erence ‘tbe very unfair aad partial eotlon ofthe | be relieves Dy eupiies t» oe tor warded carly the committer us 0 ext aa dingle view,6'l the fate } evening suason. Mhesw suyplies were vit iM anoust, re Dearing ups vy comnection with the Triv? Dou wad | quiring, ae t have said, four Chousaud four Gundred wa @oreph ances |} gope ano Otcy-inree thousand head of cattle to do tae Tam nat unm ndful of the didiculties Save to contend sporting them—aturoe wh ch. if brough? 1p with wo thus seck na to epiist ap uperesRaiced ascent on id bave formed @ continuous train, allowing to my Ptitemencs, bocanse, 80 far sf (ar ahie to sas sad Working distabees ter euch wagon, of one bun- © ¢ Mpicaved trangantune involved, they hive | dred sud ity miles ‘n lengeh, ZV Mourepreseoted ard pervertes vota Toe War Lepatment nad advertised for parties to fe apd out of Congress. undertake this service, Not a supgie vidder pressatad For more thac wwetve yess Eheve beca a oromicent | himself, My tom eptered into another agreement, tixiog, transporter of milrary steree for tha government = the | the ratesas *bout $26 per huudred pounda; but Cou Magnitude ob? peor ay catn © of this service, and the | grees hit uegected ty make the useal arpropridtions, ‘@ifly tien atyene: execution, are, | sugoose, but | The work -emiuced greatly exceeded my expe ttations Mase anoeratood “Frage devoted to tt, ‘iret ard last, my ppoated te the department and “4 Oogrees for iniemui Beation, Yut in vain. ‘The miebtednes# of the ¢svermment to my firm, on countot the losses arising “Aievy from its owe wegiact uod fattures, amounts © tree hundred Ubousand dolians. Thece years’ interest Ca his sam at twerve per cent por anon, every dolier of which we havojactuauy paid, is $208 000, aiaking 1” alt $408,000. 1 venture to gay ‘det when the ature of the service in wich we were, eugaged {3 fully coasiveres, 20 fair minded mag dl deny Dut teat a moral obligation resis upon the United Svates wo indemnity us, oven thuuys wo mpighs be “ure Againet such indemnifiration by the oudiies OF Our cuatrast. The service was faithtully per- forme! MM Odeotence to the overwhelming Lecessitios of the War Vey arte ut, We ee chs ageats employed, or meens and cradit were Ingolved, the (ormer was nacrifoul, the latter fa- T required exten ted credits 2 order to exabla me to per- eptireenergios Jbave labored zealously aot unremit | form i IT ndermed tne lute Secreary of War of tingly to vive mois'atiwa w the War Deptrtment. [| the difficulties | hud 1 convene with; ana urged pow Mick | may wpowal wica some qontidence to siticers of the | hias whe aroption of rome plan by winch persons ud ariny of every grade to bear teatimoay t the tdetty | vancing money should have the credit and bene'ts of our wih which I teve vo. ducted tha groxt work Of travapor- | comtrart 1b was nov my Work, Dat thas of we govera- Racine for che troops» work much larger than hatever | meni, which was Wo be done fhe troops must be ted Def re bows undertaken by eae mau or fm. and ciottva [¢ ,equired mildione of dollars to Cransport Within « ag) season} have been called apoo, with | the matertal A failvre would be utterly dtagracerui to soarce!y 2.0ay’s preparation, to tranport eightean mi | the w'mimmtravon ana the country; Jongrese bad BG ap Bons 91 poouis of aailtary Stores oye? Wilde ness roues, | proprivted 9 dollar. and by far tha large postion of tha vast suppiy to be | — Cuder these circumstances it was determined, with a dehvere* twelve bua ired miles trem the frontier depots. | sole view of ensbiing me to raise m wey to sransport Bn cotpy this gwacvic work wo hedoa the road at ove | supphee for the army, to accept the drafts of my trm tune four dionsand four Bun iredsires tou wagons, Gty- | mage on the War Department. This was the omgin of two thowsaod oigh. nusdred teat of working cuttie, | tbe acceptuncrs avout warch 8o much bas deen sa\), aud tweury-tve hendred ores ari mules, and more thea | the iseue of which hes trawn upon mysel aad tuc late fave toovenno mea Wo paid oF cCurtie alone Wo do this | Secretary of War such unmeasured abuse, service in one your /t¥o mu)'D three hundred thoussat it 1 not my duty to discuss the legal authority of the Goriare; Cor wager, © ra &C ,one mithon tw haudred | Seeretary to iseve these acceptances. {tis enough for Wousaha, avw iF ober wrverial for eurfit, quite a mi | me to kiow that the army of Utah could not nave noes eon we & halytore. relieved without the credit they extunded to me. Every Phi greatest was quite all thrown beyond the fron. | dollar obtawed from Ubeir negotiation was employed in trer limits 404 tm che very midst o” the Todtea trines | che service of the goverpment which tssued them, and #0 er coug!t De moved tu large bodies so as fo make it | it has been trom the delivery to me of the first, evea welt proche; ie must de aistributed tosecure way | down to the last of their issue, Had the protits of ths tori grout w rk performed by me been sullictont w re estao- lo mibia-y pes have been established and muin- | list ihe pecuniary responsibility of my house, or had Md we pootssk settiers upon the Durders, 1 here na Congrese pata ub what is justly our due, there never raakeu Ube Lravsvor ation of supyiles Tor the army— | would hav» been any necessivy Tor resorting to “accupt- ropvery agi plunder—throaga tne tr Iu this work & vast outluy of 10 enable us to carry 0a Our transgortstion fapitd wax requiret, every duller of which was atalt rassed by the faijure of the governmeut co do us justice, avd cowpelled vo pay high rates of interest, we mow the Buje st of capture or destructiva on uli tae nes of traneportauios have never been able to withdraw these acceptances: from the market. ‘Jo have withheld them from us, atter Dalate to tuese t2iaga for the purpose of opening the | their current vge, would bave driven us any time toto ear of a generous peop e to all the circumatances attend. | tiquidation. Hence it was when Secretary Floyd was ud- ing the iene of acceptar by the War Depsrt neat, | monished by tho fresicent aot vo aguin issue theee papers, ‘and that [may be hears aad | trast, understood ja what | Linformed that centieman that @ refusal further to aid us Thave Ww say cop ernng my Gonoe: Truci bonds. Thali make no technical \¢) | would break up the entire work of transyortat | Jeud to Deavy loseee thereDy on the part of the ¢ foot hi [ med with facts which Bare the ovwer | ment Knowrg, ae tbat officer did, the almos? bouatless © Vindiv»w y NOoor and justity my cogduet Defoe im effort we had made to cerry op the work or the orn. parte) men | mevt, for a large portion of which we Radgnever Deen Althongh, mM connection with otners.[ have been ao | paid, and of our sincere deverminauoa to protect the Ine iduw coucracwr, the Service required of ms bas ia | paver iesued, he consented, even sgainst the remon. fact been the serviow of the War Depacument iteal’ 1c | stranzes of the President, to Curtber acinus Ee so acc fag hon toe sudsis'enee of tke srovps from month ty | ed, Tbeueve, beckase hy knew the merits and justice of Mupth avd yearby yeer-—a work of absolute necessity | gur posit: xs a8 Contractors, and how heayity we bel at ail times, ard wn % adm@itof failure uffered On account of the failure of the gorernmeat to a any tie t in every | gansfy our just demands, The gross amsuat of che in- acs of my | e nilitary travs- | debtedness of the governm’nt, ariawg whuily out ot tae portato ¢ yectly chat my owe | travea tous of the year 1557, exclusive of Interest, ta tereste Mist O# beld WW comp ete sub rrdination to those | $95,680. ‘The sacrince of Lis yust sum Jaid the founda- of tbe governmect. and ( shall ve avle © Show, | tion of ali one difticalties. ‘fhe accumuiations of years by reforming to tres. how comylstety | have may | were thus swept uway. Nor can I forget that these this vrinsp + w muck 16 bys ost me. | accumulations, tous sacrificed, have gone In roality inty It baie otte ui my power Lo evstract the move- | the treasury of che United States What was tikea ments of rigbts a+ o contra y bya simple reliance upon my lege! w Thave never looket to the mato fenanes of such right, abw 0 ands of the service Not even when such aemauds threateaed w invuve we ir Davkeuytoy have { Lesitated to reader my utmost means tothe government I fait that, al though I was woting onder a contract, the aatire of the work us such thac whitever wag required by the de from us wassaved to the government Our losses were ite gains, ‘The business of 1858 was undertaken more in the bope, by remaining in the work of transpurtation, of securiag edem1 ification for past sacrifices than of future protite; = 80 it wus the succeeding years, even down to the t. ‘The government had had my services, and every Sr a cae at a tee means | could command, for the best i ad A 1d co } est pert’ of my Iife. one 1 vero nag iP be ay nine io 82 | Every dollar T could raiee had been appropriated to its snc to taushort & maximum of ave micoas | Work nnd every faculty aud power of my ming and eS Sanit a Memmi Oe ~ y hud boon devoted to its service. pacts, from, certain | depots to othare mamas | YOR ceetanooe green, my hota ‘were largoiy nepot Vlad Wh.n this contract wus executed no rervice was | St0d in the East and Weet during the years 1854, "59 and 60. During the latter season our work was postponed to a Jater pertod than usual, thus entuing off receipts dur ing the summer months. ‘In June, July, Augnst, Sep- | vemoer and October large amounte’ of the ucceptau came due, and my anxiety and eflorts were very Kreat w protect them. Wheu I was thus surrounded by embarrassmenta, and whist I was at Washington using every exeruon in my power to get the clauns of our tiem against to ment allowed wad paid, 1 was iatrodaced vo anveipated on the Oth route beyoad Fort Laramie, no | miiitary pois having been ostablished west of that i; and soon al t=r oncers were wctually issued to dis ota Laramie and Kearney. Our agresment raver of trausportation to Utah at $14 17 pe: red pounds; but th.s wus regarded as a mere form, no actual Rervice hoig then coateniplated, ‘About the middle of June te goverument determined to tet on foot 4 powerful military expedition to salt Lake Omy. Anterior to this determination we had sont for- ~ 4 ley, Who, as Ihave since learned, was a disoureing ot!)- + hla Oy Rg Say sveeaed (of cer'in tho service of the government, Befo"w mooring we Beason, ani ova 7 ot Oar with bim and forming bis scquaintance, { hei loarned material for tranaportation. Our stock bad been re duced to 160 hea: of cattle and thirty-three wagons. On tue loth day of June we were formally notitied to trans- Port, ip adaition vo the supplies thus forwarded, as tui- Hiative to the new rovement, three miilious of pouuds. We bad a right to demaud sixty dave’ notice, thus prac- Vicadty exciuoing the entire Utah work. This notice we wore wked ty waive, and W engage ia a work altogether ‘outside of our contract. The rates of transportation to Sait !eké City, on sutler’s stores and geperal merchan- @iso, wax $25 por hundred pouodg, | notified Assiatant Quartermaeter Brent that the work he demanded, at con- tract rates, if performed by us, would entail certain bansruptcy and ruin upon all concerned. [ reminded him of the couditions of our agreement, of tho eutire ex- haustion of our stock, aud of our utter inability to do what waa required of ué without sacriiciug not only our own meaner, but those of our frieavs who migot give us credit. It s.on, however, became evident that af we rofused to act, and act promptly, the troops thea that he was an able ana influential lawyer, who would pe ale to agsiat me in my business with the War Depart ment. Ail the circumstances atteadiag the formation of his acquatntapce— bis inquiries reapecting the acceptances: of the Wer Department, and the provable effect upon the Secretary of War of their being d'shouored—are set forth at length in my published statement, made to the Svect Commitiee of the House of Representatives, and | neca Ot Dow repeat them. It is sufficiens to say that be tin formed me that ho had some state stocks at his command, which I ight use for purposes of bypotavcation, 1¢ 1 cvulu return them tn ninety days. [tod tim thet | bad no doubt of my ability to return them in toattime che loan was uccerdingly effected, and I proceeded, on the eve- ning of the same day, to New York with the State stocks, ape used them in the manner and for purposes already indicated. When } obtained them aud pledged them for movey, with wh.ch to protect the maturing accentances of \he War Department, Iwas wholly ignoraat of thelr , | true character This statement to the Select Com- OO te cok Giant forward could not pe Sub, | mittee under the solemnities of a judicial oath, I was Sutod We had een the principal traasportors of the | no. awace at that time, nor for two or thros montus army, aud were its ele reliance in tbe emergenoy then | ihe,, after, that there was en iodisn Trust bond in exiat Eris ing. The expedition Rad Peon doc rmier) upoa 2 | euce. It was only when stocks declined, and the parties ee See re a togech hea us Testa. fay | With whom Thad mase the bypothecstion notited me aor ee thin to tae cabinot oe Mr dashanee UY | that they must eel! them or have an addivional deposit ta vemttt ue tne caraas sasaraane of make good the margin, that [learned therr crue charac Thus situated, on the verbal ussurauce of Capt Bront | Type” Fie on Oe ie and sent tor Mr. Taliey that such representations khould be mado as wosid Lusure | Why wha sew of msoruiten bien bab | Wee Sow be wee & Prompt a missivn by Congress of our right ¥0 adeiasto | v, veturn the State stocks which Thad borrowed from Compensation, we undertook the. hoxsy tramxporiation 0! | ee oe ane ew Our agrecuent. In the jon sone ed OOEAY, cones tosant fo aoe artis joterview wivch | the» bad with bim, | told him of the the banda of cumorricee agents. and compelled us w pry | ComMAnd that had been made upon me by the parties who neid them to increase the deposit, of their determipaticn to eli them unk nd of the Latics suob adartional ‘the mot extravagant revs for everything pur "haved, and oe thi eae tae bBo ie ced | deposit was made, He tuen told me, for the first time, Of the Mormon war aud Indiaa disturbances, cupp eed to | at they gbeiorged to the ladmn Crust fund. Ths dis have been stimulated by the Morman goveruaent, wita | ©“aure completely overwhelmed me. It added eutaugie ment to embarrassment. i saw instantly aad with iw. teose reality how aifficult it would be to extricate myself from my unfortunate dilemma. | bad no means at my nd with whictPto redeem the hypothecared bonus, they were likely to be sold, ! feared that | mgat not be able ever to recover them. ‘the goverameut owes our firm, as will be seen from this paper, for foages opt freighta tr, 1867, exclusive of interes:, $955,550 From mutives of policy only @ portion of thi cium has been rates of transp tation ice by our conéiac' at 400ut on8 half its actual cowt a reliance upon Congress vuly Proper indemo'tication, tt was not eeranye that « Decame seriously tmpuired For every pound of excess material transported by us toUtsh we shonld, have been palit tarty ‘three cents. Fre Ng, DO contract work was pose:dle uj {t was exclotively under a mitt Bary government. Uyon Us was devolved tbe work of ting up toe tralui ding them forwar presented for adjustment w the department ced Cung as Tooush to mock te veer een hep eetoat ty be cae | Tkvew the groat aificuity of secaring paymont tur 60 Sauk, Gad ware nes tk Ghaey vanes ect | large a9 amount, and 80 presented as to procure ao en- orders We provide? the material acd Xpe- | dufeethent of the prizeiple involved, and in the hove, dition complete, and m hocosary feces to | Sterwares, of obtawing the entire ‘amount eh it forward This force was large acd exponstva, | Patment was in posession of all the facte, a suddenpers with whieh ft was demanded 1 » | We C was able to junge, had taken no excep: ard of the servic, the inteness o' the @ the delavs | Hon to the cia m itself without prevenamg* to uoderstand fm the payment ft ext, aot that timed to nowt beie | Lally tbo Justice of each partiewar item thereof. Tae the cost of the work, are imore than euill-ieat to astad,isn | 0M Sreretary of Ter says, ia bee published statement, Gur chats eo seirsy-chrun Gcllars par bextra pocnae, tbat we were entitled to “more thaw what @ milion of The material thus ofrwerded to Hiab whied werua | 4 dortaken at the urg-nt eolicitation of the gorernseat, i When | sigcovered that the bonds I had borrowed aad hypotheeated belonged to the Indiae fru fund, 1 would have freely given the whole of this large claim, and everything | wae worth besides, to tave oeen obedience to au ov rwhelmiag ueceseity, «xcovd od, I eve, three million tive huadred + ioukend povaus were uoder no obigetiontods the work [t war a exeed Suan eumtanat, bur ai Teck is ean net eatied Yor veh tus (9 that moment wo restore thea, Other acceptances of ths <i dune, nnd, an Bo Gere eSitied to elsty days’ bo Wer Departivent were then maturing ead likely to go to on | Protest, the [knew would #9 impair the credit ot one | drm as to render the sale of tae bonds certsin and their | Fecovery impossinly J had no time ty devote to calm | ction, A werk of ten days mixht have ear sled me fame of tho-ows 00 $18 18 per banded on tue ac: ust fo mature some plan by which to rocover and restore three millions vve Luoored ‘poande, makiag the wom +t | them. bat, inthe meentime, they were hikely to de a: SS J ney sfroa us for | Then, and im that event, I knew tbat the « $060,650, This has boev uajostly ‘wituhord from as for | Them, Ane am that ovent,, 1 Knew tbat 8th of Augutt would have hee ‘he cares we conld have been brid | undertake it On the good thus spt forward we coil -hundred, an) ore entitie! by every cousideratin «period whe to 8 Fe bave wait ou ma reve: | " rm, aa ts apt place at leant Lwelve per ov ahtnd at par | under circumst«\.ces that placed mo uncer the high aanum, giving @ (al of (udebtedaers 00 Cirt frou for | Ot possible cbrigation to protect them, must nevi the year L457 of £801 648. Hee! 2» nom ma ts ae a a ay di a, 18 nu mm large, bet t , | 1 wae in uo condition, and, as 1 have sald bevore, | had ons ts dated Bae Then dey hut ie Ms got an ive tht | no time to weigh the reponsibility, o@ the oue vad 0! difficulties.and hesorde of work, router, | Wrecking our firm, siscrediving the War Dopariment and does required in ris eet maar. Dertaitting the hypotiecated bonds to be eold bey ond m+ reach, against Ub other hand of mcceptioy wm Skcncat tk We conn Bartormet 18 9ROF t bends with whi @ that Thad already Frompt paymm nt of €i4 27 por ae m " used, anti! Congroee should authorize the department to one tlt its aot sel Che militar ditiua ¢ i ay us our dues. { determined upon the fatter averaa 00 Wen pulupy a war ion prin eee tive. This decision involved the necose'y of using & lained by Gereral Yoox, thet “remtan t sufficient amouut of bonds to protect Crom protest the ee and focaidal (JOS SS | ether mataring acceptances of the War Departmeat, for these bs Cae dea tas it wae perfectly obvious that a provost wonla pot 't wholly government of tae military authorities Gur tre and permacently out of my power to retura either the 1) | firet’or seeand tot of boads, Lecordiog!y, Jaccepwod ap pat upon a miiitacy r atditional lot, and ured them pertiy to protect thore distan without Perioue stopped by army ov iors © already hypothecated, but ebieily to raise meney upon aoven days, for which we ware with which to pay off the other acospiances eben ma rates—rates t xed ¢ > the bane turing. weetlon that in receiw in exchange therefor it @ proper remark in this o We required separa orcorts, © sneral * ng the goound lot of bomis { ya General Scott, but never prov orce were plarad within the ave the roceipt of our owe frm in my own hand Da were thus cnt of frow ad Writing, to he depoaited in the Interior Deparcinest as Deing crippled #0 as to pro. | evi tI had received them. The money due grees dificult aad slow. Three our irm wes very Jargely in exces of the Buffered vw move forward, but witout os bh Ponds, abd aa | left io the deparvaent the ovidexce that were burned ava destroyed by the Mormon t bad reewved them, there could have beem no intention Generai Welles W» deracded iademaitication (a ch MY pert to defraud the government, Dor ie ft poteibla fous, but wore wld oy the Quartern D that the ge ot can lose one dollar on account of that the goverugent wos nov bouad by oar coo Poovide soverte y obtained the recond lot of bonds the rikis, cocasioned by the aritation of the cone es take possession of all Why did the m ataert “ \ ‘the other tralian, au rot thon ty immense hogs thera | HY, Cane op. Financtat embarrassments began to be by. if it was not their cuty pro vhe three bucu, | SO allover the country. Stocks of all kiads oommenced rupping down with ® rapidity that flied me with the traine? | vos fer iso | BPORLest Dowsibie alarm. My fear wae that the bunds But it was benause we were traogporting at 1 overnment that she Mormons destroyed our properly. A was destroyed in tha wide! of astual Lostltice, wos ts |, *TR@ eecount of my firm with the government stands damage ws, but to out «if woe supplies of vos army. Cag | fn fact thus:— tela was @ miliary sleld regulae contract work | For freights withheld in 1857, ‘ 855,560 iid iy strictness be p eefort upon it The great mac | Interest three years, at 12 per cout, actun iy pala the traing were actin y iupreseet into thy moluey by ue. fee eeee see 298,908 vervios They were ms, ehe? at ome time more Cl 800,000 sixty miley direvtiy off sue route, and in guny | Inwreat on ¢ eoeees ‘ . 108 000 and returging tbat vunce the lows of oath | Freighte w vernment for 60 and 61, 50.000 aloo numbered quitetwo thou. aod head. Not a dollar ot | nae all these ivssos and gucritices bu’ pee paidus, We Wayg ! Total... ccc cieeeicceeecccepeccnecwens $1,940 548 NEW YORE HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1861. Dad hypothecaPed waukt down tos very low figure, end be wade ag would further cu- Ddarroes J Sa8, me that I was in imaivent peril, 1 Bard gecetved the se lot of pends the betier tw apabte "ng to recover the tirst,and with a knowlesge of their "rue charaster. I did this force of ci corostyaces which I was utterly rev that J was in di Uese aino thas { Papago *pougbtanot through me like (lame, My misfortusoassum- ed an altitude ane expansion that shut out all hope for tha fuwure. I would have given the world if 1 bad aever hoon epgoged w the service of the goverument, by whose direct ageooy, in withholding our duce, my em ar men's were first brought upon me. As a last foriorn hop? t determined to throw all the bends upon the market, aud even to obtain and sell ot ers, with the view of prov tdigg the means wherewita, mo + nection with other resources, Co repurchase the whole, when they reacued their lowest markec price, But in bis attemp: | wus suddenly cut short by the public avowsl of Godaro Buley. ‘The course pursued toward me by tho governwent when che tucty that I have now detailed became pubiely known is alreaay well underatood. | wie notnedistely acrested gud held to bail ia a sum exteeding anything over before known in the snus oF judicial prowrdusg mn apy vourtry im the world. My friends m the West vame promptly furward aud proilered. security te che smount of muthons; und, alshough { was wv the milst of siryngers, nearly two thousan’ mile~ fiom b° me, bos proflered, asstanee was rejec ad yesivent security was demanded to three-fifths of te whole amount. | hia, of course, | was unable w 4 in cefault of which Lwas remanded to prison, where | re- mained vutil public sentiment forced Ube aaminrstration to reduce my DunU to a ingore reagonable limit 2 was vext summ: ned before a committes of the House of Representatives and subjected tw a tedious esamina- tien in regard to the Iotian Crust bonds, aud alsy io relation to the acceptances of the War Departaent L propose, in thig’ connection, to review a porcion ot their regurt. REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITT It i Dot true, as the committes represeuc, thit & ceptancer are now ‘ outstapving” to ike ameunt of $6187 996, which must evbor be paid by the government or “fall upon the Laiders.”” In fact, it ever was trae that any such amuuot was over ‘ou standing,” and this the committee knew periectly well when they mute tho statement, [ will demonstrate, before 1 am dove ibis part of the subject, that the amouat of yptinces dia not then, and does Not now, excoed one-to'd of tne vast sum Which the committee, for sensasion jirposes have represented as foaming about “ia geucrat cireuls. on,” and likely to “sali upon the nolders? 1 will prove this trom the table accompany ing tie report of tho committee, apd from the report iteeil ‘Other and ipcontestiole proofs are at my commuard, and were at the command of uke committee. If they hal reuily o: Wo know the precise amount of acceptances now “outstanding,” they might readily have uvormea themselves by #endiug ror our books, im wnien the a. count bas been accurately kept from the dbevinuing, or tbey might have sent for cancelled acceptances thom- selves, which We never Jaited ty take up at metorty and tle, until long after the government had faite! to pay us what the heads oF the depar/ment have acknow)odged to be due us, and what would dave eaabied us at aay ime, and would pow chable us, to pay oi! every demand ot every character that exists against us. 1 distinctly informed the committee that our books, nua the tiles of cancelled acceptances, would show What amount we vow “outstacuing;” and, although (he resolution wader which they were appointed gave them “full power to secd for perrons uni) papers,’ aad caarged them wo “inquire into and report the fucts,’” tney eaose to assume, und publish to the Worla, thas tne woole amount we had received was still outstendine, rather than send for the evidence to whieh | retoried them, and which would bave shown that nine tenthe the whole had beep paid ifat maturity. aye sail, are now at my command, and w map¢i of the committee; but as they bave fa © oom and embody them in their report, which every cocsidera- tion of jussive and fair deahug required tava: to du, t will also pass thea vy, and coutlue myself te the © facia’? and “figures ? beture the committee Before proceeding to demonstrate, a to do, Ubal the report ot the commit potas within itself is own maatlest rotudation, so iar ws Wis mona’ of acceptances represented to be pow outstauding’’ 1s concerted, } am Goustraiaed, a8 & matter of simple jes hice to miyscil Wo Bay a iew words in refereace to my exuwinanon velore the committee, Usttcliiny Chis parts cular post, a8 they have repurted iv to the House of Representatives. When desired by the eommittce to inform them what amount of acceptances 1 had received from the late secretary of War, I replied, “1 ao not know.’ in whe same convection, and for the purpose of explaining why fdid not know, L informed the curomitves tha: I had received the wcceptances in varying amoums of from tive to ome haudred and fifty thousand collars, at bregular igtervals of from one to three months extending turough's periog of nearly three yeurs, ano that 1¢ WaS quite impoxsipie, ander those cir- cumstunges, for inc to carry the gross aggregate in my head, and thus be able as wy moment, witoout referring to the books in wlach 1 onrae account of them wus Kept, or to the files of cascotled acceptances shemsel Wo state what amount had becu received, or witat portioa of the whole oad Geen pu d vi! ana cancetled. The committee then arked moto give my ‘‘impres- sion’’ a8 Wo the amount recorved This | did; averrimg at ‘the came time toat 1% was only ‘au impreasion.”” I was next desired to give my “tmgression’ as to the amount that baa ween pas off wud caucelied. (dit this also; bot proceeded as oefore wm oxpiain how {mpossibie it was Wo even approximate the icuch without reterriag to our booka or the ties of cucceled acceptances. diy “im- pressions” Were laken down by their stenogeaphor as | gave thea, but the accoupanying explanatious he was Lot permitt : Arter the foregving intorrogatorics concerning my “‘fmpreasicns’”? hea been propounded and answered, I made substantially Lae following audit ional statement: — © Whilst it 1s uot important, ia my opinien, that i should tax my mind wish the grove amount of acceptances re- cetved and paid off tarvugh 4 term of years, and whilet it would be imposxible fur any living maa to keep the account inthis heat, with auychiag like accuracy, if it were important, | 90 regard it a6 Doth possible and im t Lor & Business Man to Keep she Keueral run of bis tinancial affuirs, so as Wo Kuow very Sealy at ali times, without having to refer Wo the bouks, the amount of his outstanding Mabilities [un this sease I claim to be tho: rougbly acquainted with my business. | am wholly una. ble, us I said Detore, Lo tel! you bow many acceptances [ have raised muney upon during the wat chree years. All that matured prior ty the eightwenta day of September Jast have been paid gu; and aS MO practicai advaniage could pownbly result irom my keepiag un account of them in my pead, | frankiy con oss that | bave had no n olive, and bave made no effet to do so, But T do know very nearly tho amount of those now outstand- ing; apd | am able to stute, do stare, that the amount does net excere $600,000." ‘This part of my tes- Umony, for reascus heat Knows W the committee, does Lot appear tn their pubtished report, Why the committe saw fit to publish my “impres- sions” rather Uheu Wy positive testimuny, I isave tor fair minved men te detorauae 1 wilt oary add, in this con- that the eommittee conja not nave tawauder- stooa mo. for when J stormed tuem that the amvant of outetanding acceptar not exceed £600,000, one of their number, audremirg me, sata:—" ff you are Hot able to etate the amount rr 4 nor che amoant paid off, how can you umvertase to state the amount now out IT have promised sianaip) To tais interrogatory 1 replied as follows —1 know from a ce sheet re: cently made out the g oot of our iirm, inemdng the also, very weary the accaptanees, |} tetanding acoapeuices. 1 know the debt of our finn, independent of tuorerore, that the aggre: gate 8 ances may hs readily ascor faizen by subleseting the inter amount from the for. mer.” che commutes pave aiso iavea w publish this statement ia their p inted report {1 will now proveed te demousir: from the table ac company ing the report of tho committes, ans from the report itself, the amount of neeeptances -outstand- ing’’ is leas than oue tenth of whet the committee re- preeent into be ‘be fret Acceptane-s reesived by our firm from the War wepartinent, avshown by the table Above yolLrred ty, Decame due in cae month of May, 1868. The amcnns was $41,600 lie amount of our earnings al) ng ove ix the seme movth aes $59,000, or $8,400 inere then the 1otof manring acceptances, These ew. niber t recorved from the War eoartmeat, aad with them J pain +f ard Work up the maturing acces tances By commarieg the amount ptances fall mH inonth ot the ing due ine: 1453 «ich the amoont of our ea bing’ tor the same perwus, respectively, @ similar result wil be obtanei im every , without = ¢xception Or if ty rege = aggregate of ncenpte on Paling, m th ar 1868 be com pared woth oar gross ew the period, the latter amonut wil bet of the former. fw truth, year 1868, 8 wil ba seen by ret ropart ot the com: MLS, AMOHHO 1 FL.40 STS 96; aud the gross aggre gateor the weceptane s ten the War De Partment Curie the sure (oeluting uore Chiat Matured in the early port tolliwing veer, Was OO ly $1,102,768. in other words, our earnings during whe th excess year 186% excecded the acceptunces py tae sumof L522 620 3 how, fo pot the qu mn to any fiir minded man: What became of the money receives by our firm from the yovermmont in 1868— ia sbown by the rope oaUOK io th tie conuuttee, aggregate 98 to nearly two and a ba’? intliions a dollars’ fhe commitioe wore not Jeft in doub! as to waei became { cold them. tn the cour, oi my exo pation, thet! bad applied tt—that ie to ray so mucho! st as uN Neceeary—to the payment of the txsued to oor firm by tha War Depart Ment ip 1568 J cold thea the? the arcuracy or juaccaracy Of Chis ata er cnt.eoid by row ily oscercained by referring to our vorks or the flies of caueells wecopte. daa, Bat It Thad pot t ta them towwe facts. and if the bie recone pany ihe thelr report Bad Boi Shown that che amouns of our re Avie vari be per d reterred vo waa mare vie above thet of th ni hort if they oad sim- ply kro} thay vid know, mvt from mo, tat from count lcer? Of the pOveromeut, that Us aecantan cre ip question, although more than two years pant aie, bad never bern presented for payment et the degerEMent, thin ringle fact oughta bee. satietos them, and will Re tiey theomntry, thar every dollar of those teauet fa 1408 had fowgeince been pad of nd the eame may be ai thoes ieued im is50. The bt me down ty a etly clear that nono of the od prior to thay time aro bow iy aire ’ Tt remains to ¢ seen what amount wax meued ip what portion of tha’ wv bes bonw paid, aod Wis portion ie “atl ia eirewlar By exetith ng the tedie accompanying the report of the COM H ee it Will be seen Liat the v-ves aggragate of ac ceptacces (ued to our firm iv 1860 wae $2,118,000 What portion of thie «um i “attil » cirealation?” | Let Ue report of rhe commitys and their accompanying taVe Avewer Lhe question. Krum thors eources of infor ation it eppeare Cnt there ar in the Interior Depert- ment conditional acveptances umouncing to $798 060 There are vio irmosnditional acceptances at the same opine to $72,000 The amount of pone 1 1860), and net weed, ag atiown y the table, ts $140 00), she amount remaining in my poeression, and wot teed, ax shown be the report of the committer, ia $200,500. e amount That matured prior to the perma Pent wepeneif Of Oot frm, apd Which djd aor go w pro- Remaining in my possession unused... 200,000 Matured and paid off, ++ 296,000 Outstrading Rae nceay SU And yet, in the face of these facts and tgures, the committee have had the hardihoot to asset that the amount of acceptabces “still im circulation, ’ bkely “to tail op the buiders.”’ is $6,137 05, which @in tact more than tem tmes the emouant actually ootwtanding. By turping your attention once more tw thy table accompanying the report of the comm tive, you will per- colve by Whul sure of apitimetic this f.valvus sum of six millions ig made ont. The result is ovtalues by adding together all he acceptances received by our firm from the War Department during the three years of 1368, 1869 uking no deduction Wharever for those Lust pave deen patd and thos that wero returaed unused to ‘the cepartment; and the gross aggregate thus resulting is declared to be ‘stil in cureuia.ion.”? La fact 20 dedue- tion 8 bade for Lao $370,000 now iu the pe iva of the government, locked up in the Interior Depytinent, xeon there by the commi'twe thomeelves, known by them vw be there wow aud nut “still in cirutlauon”’ or heely to ‘“fai) upon the holders. It the government will only pay our Urm what the heads of the departments ha wkvowedged 10 be due us, J will restore the Indian fruat beads or their equivateut im thisty days. The $570,000 of accrptancea “stl in erculation,? in the vaults of tho lutemor Department wil then belong to me apa Wit not be wett to “fall upoo the holde s By the convenient logic of tue emmitee i am showa to be ineehted ta te government the par value of the Inejan Trust bonds, and also @ like sum 90 acount of the 9870 060 of acceptances which I «ft with the devartment thew oF ‘be bonds wad as Beourity for Choir eetara—thst is $1 74€ 060— whereas the t uth i fon + ove the market value or the doeds, whicd is leve than $575,000 Boe, us 1 have ulready shown, tho govornuemt oves me $1,849 648 = So far, therefore, fr am being dedtor to the goverbmient in the sum ot $1,740 009, the grvern ent, when the 4 is strock, wilt be round to be dabtor ta, Me, over and uovvO the market vaine of the Indian Trust bends aud the outsiaading acceptances, in the sum of $127,548. Ja view of the valuab'e services whick [ have readered to the governinen’ as cutracto;—in view vspoctally of their vast magattaoe sma the pesuliar p them) unpeai to tho mora) seneo ana aiig! a ment’ of my countrymen to say whether lam or not en- titled to % fur apd oqaitable setlement of iny just clay exd ac . AS contractor to supply the army io Utah during the Mormon ear, I waa com: peded to risk «il tho oarnings of a not mative life, J was competied to put im jeoparay every dower [ was worth; to exposo my trains to the portle of a country ia- babdites only by wil beaats api wilier men; to incur the still greater peri) of haying my tra‘os get vpow 6 2d destroyed by the disloyal Mormons, wo were then in open rebellion against the tederal government, and whose kpewn policy it was to cut off the supplies of the federal army; in short, f put to hazard every dotlar of my own Property, ond every dollar beiongmg to my partners in business, all, absolutely all, tn attemoting to transport supphes @ an ili fed and half clad aemy, who were ia tho midst of ap enemys country, a th msaud miles be yond the reach of any other ad, surrounded by hostile foes, and expose’ besides to tbe doudie da yer of death from starvation, and from the rigors of inclemeat na ture. T embarked in this hazardous enterprise at the urgent an: py ers.ng Solicitation of army aud government officers, Who gave we Overy MSouracce that [suffered loss from fidan or Mormon doprosutions, Comgress woule give ms And though [ red the large logscs herem seated. vo relief has evor been granted. J have thus frankly detailed all the circumetances at- tending my convection with seeptances and the Trust bonds. There is no ovhe on ia the cours bustness life, iu which | haye had very iarge operations with a great variety of persons, upon whicn | caMnet lols with entire satietaction. {t was novertholees a necessity bronght on eatirely by tho failure of ‘he government to fulfii! its engagemen on the one hand spd its moras obligations on the ot 21 Iwas dealing with a party exempt from prosecution and indifirent to the obligatims of honor. Hat my business been with one oqua! with myselt, and alike amenalto to law, none of the diftieulties 1 have encoun’ terea would have occurred. Ihave always maintained, and still believe that the Secretary of War bad the autho- rity, by law, toadjoztand pay all my accounts. Ho, bowever, ceciined to take the reap psibility, and this lett me the foriorn hope ouly ef obtaining justice trom Con- gress. W. Ht New Yors, March 28, 1861, SHIPPING NEWS. SUN RISKS. SUN SeTs. B Allen, . nak (br), Lo Mesurier, Nassan, NV, and Ha mara, Steamnatip Bienvilie, Bullock, Havana and New Orleans— Livingston, Crooheron & Ship N B Palmer, Low, oug Kong—A A Low & Bros, Ship Columbia, Bryant, Liverpool—-C i Marshall & Co, Ship Palestine, Lord, London—bs & Morgan & Wiley. Bark % Churchill. Carte, Guadaloupe Miller & Coaghton. Bark Sebra Crooker, Staples, Sagoa—H D Brookmun & Co. Brig Tasso (Ital), Cavaco, Cork or Fulmouth—A Wnndt & Co. Briz Hampden, Nickerson, St Pierre—Brett, Son & Co. Brix B Baruard, Coombs. Mata TE, Wurd & Co. Urig B Pishev, Staples, Olenfueg s—Breit, soa « Co, Sebr Golcen Fleece, Matanzas~—J 8 Lindsay. Schr Ad: St John—D & Dewol? Behr T awards, keonville—Masier. Sehr) M Taylor horn—R M Blackwell & Co, Sehr Mairfax, Mit, andria—-I’ Dodge, Jr Behr Onrust, Thompson, Perth Amboy--\ an Brant & Blaght, ARRIVED. Ship Ceylon, Leckie, Singapore, and Yenang 94 days, with pepper &¢, to Crocker, Warren & Uo. Ship Jaines Foster, Jr, Abeel, Liverpool, Feb 24, with mdse and 223 passengers, io UH Marshall & ©. 4 Ship Alexander Gibson (Prus, of Bunzig’, Mews, Liverpool, 90 days, with coal, to Hamilton & Co; veasel to Puneh & Metneeke. Ship Gartbald!, Adams, Liverpool. 43 dave, with cost &e, to Adams. Was § days in the Channel; had beavy W gaies. Mareb 20 int 4%, lon 40, saw a double topsat! bark showing & binek star in her lower iore torsail, b 5 wath, lat 42, lon @, signaliz+d bi Blizac bo Ship Coinmy Me), Small, Cardtf, March 8, with railroad iron, to order,’ 3 25, iat 35, lon 66 40), spoke sehr Christiank Keene, of Amboy, 1 distress, having Deen boarded by heavy seas, stove buuwarks and after house, Joet cc mpars, ninveal books and boar; the eaptaan, mate and men had bech washed overboard, bul managed to et aboard ain; supplied her with a Compass. epitome, and a barrel of brow: she hud % passengers: she did no. nobd any other as- mistanie¢ Bhip Jave, Daggett, Glargow, 42 days, with mdse, to Dun hom & Dimon ‘liad'vory heavy weather during the passage. Frederick Gwen, oF nowdein, Me, reaman, ond Patrick Bren pan, of ireland, ded oa the ‘This morning while at anchor in the Lower Bay, lost an and chain. ‘ship Mereury, French,’ Havre, March M4, with mdse and {9 passengers, (o Boyd & ttiucken. March ‘wi, Int 43 35, lon 60, Passed a it propeller, bound Ky Both, iat tis Lom OO al nalized ship Kliwood Waker, hence, Bound E 24, lon {Y S5, ehlp 1 @rowell, steering SE; auth, dP. Jon 68, péssed a Br propeller, vound E Ship Asia cof Butt), Duncan, Anteern, Jan 9, and Flushing Feb 8. with mdse and 45 passengers fo © Duncan & Co, ind 2deaths, Sailed from Kinghing Roads Fey 8, and from th to the ist had a successfon of heary W gales, with & very low tarometes; on the 2ist, in lat 46%, Lym 15, du ring a very beavy gals trom SW, al § AM, the barometer teil tn 3) minutes {ror 29.45 to 28 U3; eame day, while turiing the lee clew of reefed foresall, was @truck with a trightful gua ft wind. which blow away fore staysa‘l and main apencer, and th main topseti sheets; there being @ very high cross 0, the eigp lay in.® most dange-ons porition for three re.’ March 9, ‘at 32, low Js Gh, was boarded by a boat con t Brown and Mr Whilinore, of ship Hydra, trom 7 Maurits: all well 29ch, took a ptlot after being 44 anya to the westward of ton 6s, with very Leavy W gales, with Violent squalls ¢ nder, Yghunmng and hail Bark Jub to Koger Bros Rark JG , Clark, Waterford, 49 days, in ballast, to Wakeman, Dimon & Cs Kark b'Von Heaulien (Olde pm), Katee, London, 2) days, in batinst, billing, Bremen, $0 days, with wdse and 11 perrengers, to ager Brox. March’ (7, (ar 83 #, lon G), spoke Brom bark ‘Doreiin, from New Orleans for Lavercol, 2ath, m the Gnir Strenm, pneed « ship's howsprit, a nua.ber of shooks and water casks, and over wrecked ma terials. Bak Cambridge (of Boston), Sparrow, Palermo, Feb 10, paseed Gibraltar Mareb 2, with frait, (o Chamberlain, Phelps & Hark Elizabeth. Wikia, Montevideo, J hidea &e, 0 Biwaen * Noble, Seiled ia compe rk Arear Pickering. Curltield, for salem. Feb 2, 6 8, lon 3019, spoke bark Glare C Bell Shackelford. trom Buenos Avres for Thott ntwrrd passage), lut $N, kon 26, epoki shaiing Derk Darnol, of NB, bound ( the ABrulias Bank»; wiLnot ataved Back William (of Fail «th sugar to B&B J Peters for Wiscasset, and 1 Psa or 4 (ut Philadelybia), thanter rf, Carlenas, March 24, Soiled 1 company with sears pendent tordo, March ity uf pine Kimber Farrell, Rea te (Dan), Funke, Ariroswan, Feb W, with coal, to brig Yankee inde, Measina, Feb 8, with trv Jonas Smith & ( mpany’ with Dark Blins It to Yor NOricups March 28, 22, lon O84), fell in wich mito of At John, NB, Larkin, from Cardiff f ismmasthdand aky; took from ber the cspiain Hin number and brought them todhis port. Next and round the hatches oif and e having doen in that condition réed the bark agatn the Vankee Blade’® crew ¥o- to bring, art. The volunteers’ name: tm Hughes (first othoer), Robert « uuningham, Frede » oay, B Bailart ond Julie Baldwin ted compa ervexteay Nareh apoke ship Wm H Whartun, jalvemen Cor Antwerp. brig Abby Elizabeth (of New Bedford), Phinney, Messina, A days Wibraver 0 cays, wien trait tod’ R Dow. ar (of Boston), Bock, Fortuventure, Canary with wine de, to Post & Small, Mareh at, lat 24 04, lon 64 WO, passed ww Mariint ne; ated, tnt 4°, Yow hs, kaw ache GR Dickinag wn, steering §. ie Kilov (Br, oF Windsor, NE), Surges, ana, Le daye, woh eogar frig Exp gar. te mess Brig Ne tle (Br, of St Andrews, NM), Sneligrove, C land tiarbor, Mdoys with sugar, to Brett, non a Co. Brig BOL Swan of New ven), Prindie, Sena Cruz, March 2, with com, to T Towner, of Now Haven, where the vessel is bound, March 2p, iat 8 95, lon 73 39, spoke dbeig Humartag Bird, from Philadelphia, sound + Brig & Your g, Cook, Pail ki Hohe Kate Welker, Guliver, Arroyo, 16 days, with sugar & whP (a chr Mayflower (of Warren, RI), Henderson, Ragna, March Aging Ieland ound, wth signer &e, to Metcalf & 010 javoh 16, Int 88 44, fon 7690, had a heavy gale Crom N h heavy cross sem, awd shippedt a nex yliich wtarted seok toad and @ansed the ‘sebr wo Jynk; 22d and 234, had a WNW gale With heery «en, the sche inburtus hard nod leaking badiy, stove 6 bhds molasses in the run to bring her head t) the sea, Jet go pert enobor and 0 cathame chado to bring her head to We wind ond agpped a heavy sea which started deck loud, stove hones balwarks and partiy filled the cabin, damaging 10 D it Dewoll aneut (Be, Rogers, Matanzas, 9 days, with sa mber Tworlewis, ke. Macch 13, iat 38 04, lon 748, apoke ship Lax Fagin, feom New Orleans for Liverpool; 140), Trt 388, lon 77 ah, webe Witek Queen, (rom Cardenas for Portinnd, brGilbert Bent (Hr), poward, Cornwallis, 2) days with powtoes to Dunyee & Hyde Aebr Spray (39), Munro, Corneallis, 18 devs, with potaoes w DB Lewolt, Bere: ay Sehr Flora, 7 Sehr Powow, vi Robr TB Brown, faker, F Joseph verbury, Schr Wm Wood ward, Oundiff, Sebr P F Brady, ball, blizabethpert. oo Aebr Grecian, + 9. Elizabelhpurt for Charieston Sebr Wm # M: Pina, Elizaberhy for Hranchnort, Schr N brown, Tate, Elizabethport for Pive Mile River. Nehr Amelia, Santorn, Machtag for Flushi Sehr N Cliffard, Shute, deliast for Ron Senr A Jaw Jam’son, Rockland. 15 days, Schr Einpress, Waruswvorth, | 10 days. Sehr Peru. “hesmas, Re nobr & B Pitta, Sehr Delaware, Sebr Justina, stockland. Sehr E83 Manaeil, Kelly, Glonovster, 3 days. Seb: Kuigh', ears, Boson, 4 days. Sehr Geo uu, Sherman, Host Senr Golde Sebr WH Mail Sebr Leesburg, Sobr A Barrett, Hostou cor Albany. hr Gazette, Roult, soston for Albany. ‘Lovell, Boston for Albans > ickerson, Burton for A}sany. chr Monitor, Beste, Warebers, 3 : Chase. » Ke ak, , Preanray, Taunton. Bebr Jobn N Geno, 1! Ecbr Thomas Porter, —-—ey New Landon, 3 days, Sloop Excel, -eotield, vor. Sloop Gen Lewis, hubbard, Eiizabethport for Norwalk. Slop Apollo, Freeman, Elizabeth port fur Mystic 4ridge. Sloop Presiden’, Morrell, Elizahesbpart for stamford. Sloop EA Watkins, Finley, Bllzubethport for oemaway. Sloop Meridien, Nicboison, Elizabethport tow Newburg, Sloop Mount Hope, Reynolds, ‘wunton, 2 days, Sloop Victory, -ladding Providence, + days. loop prague Gibbs, Providence, 2 days. eamer Mure, Nichols, Phiade.phi Reruxnep—Sebr George W Glover, folk, on account of head wind. BELOW. c Ship Bterprise, McLane, fram Havre, Feb 7, with mdse, to Robert} Taylor, r SAILED. Steamsbips Yontonia (Ham), Southampton and Hamburg; Karnak (br), Nassaa und Havana: senville, Havana aud New Urleans, Wind at sunrise E; at meridion SE; at sunaet NE, snowing, ‘vom Camdea for Nor- el MisccNuncous, Amenican Lioyps—Supplement for April 1, containing ad- ditions and correctiona to the American Lio; ds, fs now out ‘This number contains @ Ustof 85 vessels, par resurveys. The work can be obtained at the oiice of the American Lloyds, $5 Wall street, and of E & G W Blunt, Suir Contest, Steele, which sailed hence March 1 for San Freneiseo, prt into &t dhomes about Varch jeaging Ls inches yer hour, 200 tons of cargo had been thrown over: board. “She was di-charging to repuir. Br Smp Covcwsus, of Dublin, which was abandoned Voreb 16, in at 54 40, on 72 03, was seen March 25, inlay 33 &, lon 6%, by bark Contest, at Saltimore, Sie Wa Pexx—A Canno—We take this occasion to render ovr heartfelt thanks t+ apiain carme and bis ollicers, late of the italian vark Sicilia, from Genoa, tor taeir many acts of kinaness while on board Cieir ves el,—inos MO>TOKER, Mas: tr; thos 4 Loorer, mate—Lave of the ship Wm Mean, aoan. doned at sea. Br Pang Mansanrro—apt Larkins reports:—Sailed from Cardiff Feb 1 for city voin: with a cargo ef railroad tron (600 rons), Mareh 22, lat 37 11, lon 71. experiensed & hurricane from WNW, durmg which shipped a sea that cared away dowsprit, roremaxt. matnmasthead. stove ull three boats wud sprung aieok, Maren 28, rel in with brig Yankee Blade, from Messina for New York ‘Lbe ansantto was built in St John, NS. 5 years old, 477 tons burthen, aud owned by the captain and others at St dobn, NB. Banc J RFouxsox, for Buenos Ayres Matonzas, bas deen Jowt on the Uruz de} Padre Key Orew paved, and arrived at Matanzas March 19 in brig Penobscot- The J’ BJ was built an AZ veseel (at Searsport, waere she was owned), in 1860, and was 273 tons buthea. Kn Buig ALtox—Ship ® m Commings, at Philadelphia from Liverpool, reports: —Mareit 26, iat 39 24, !on 67 89, fell in with the brig alton. of Guysboro, waterlogged and decks awept foreand aft Ali hands are supposed to be lost Bric Sanan Stans Eday, from Cardenas, with a cargo of Sit hhda, 25 tes.and 10). obls molasses, wont ashore on Oak Island beach, 27th wit The vessol bilged, and will prove a to: tal loss. About one-fourth of ibe cargo was saved Vessel and cargo ineured. The Saran atar? was owned in Wilming- ton, NC. by. Menara C © & WJ Munro, (The Sarah Starr was reported sailed from Cardenas for #oston.) Bric Bexeuxa, of Stockton, from Portland for was wiandoned at ‘sea March 25, in a sinking conaition. 1 oflicers and crew were rescued by ship splendid, from Liver- pool, and taken to Oharleston. Brie Tus, of Bristol, Ri, from Cardenas for New York, which went ‘ashore march LI, on u reef about 30 miles N of Caroenaa, wil! be @ total loss, A lighter with 45 hhas sugary the deck loud of molasses and some rigging, had arrived at U up to the 2ist; and another lighter was on’ the with @ aemaii part of the cargo, comprising al: taat could be saved. from the wreck. « Bric Lavrantea, of Freeport, from Matanzas for Portland, betore reported sebore on Wood Island, discharged part of her cargo, came off, and arrived at Portland March 29, Scnk Marrns, Robbius et Wilmington, NC, from Boston, exyeriented heavy Weather; lost jthduom and bost, stove bul: warks, split sails, &° Br Scun Gro Prescort, at Boston from Curaco, on the 224 uit, lat 32.3), lon 67 9, had 2 heavy gale from’ NW, in which had buiwarks ond boat stove. nino cabin windows slove and caoin filled with water; split sails, &c, via St Thomas for at Bion ‘Sist ult, from Wil- mingion, NO, saw 27th. about 1h miles off Veemix Isiand (or Penwick’s Island, the mastheads, gats and booms of » sunk- echt. ‘ihe Lizzle Maud got ashore on Galiop’s Island at 4 PM Wth, and came off at nigh water 31s without damage, un M Y Davie, from Boston, with loss of part of deckload arr at Charleston 30th ult, Waatemen. Arrat New Bedford March 28, ship Adeline Gibbs (of Fair. haven’, Withingrou. Ochotsk sea. Honoluln Nov 12, with 28 66) do wh oi), and GY) Ibs bone on board sent home 36 Dbls sp. 250 do wh ofl, and 6000 Ibs bene. Took 28 4 wh and 00 lbs pone on the voyage Has on freight 1723 Wh oll and 20,679 Ibs bone from ship Onward, to Kdward W Rowland, — Reporte, spol New 7% Deo 13, shy Fite & Mason, rmith, NB. no oil eines leaving Sandwiet ids. March 13, ix’ Gulf stream, stperienced & violent wind, lost a bont and davils, Bad balwarks stove, and received other slight damage. Haskina, Bay of Islands, NZ, Also arr 28th, bark Cossack, Oct 22, with 80 pbla ap ana 620 wh oll.” Reports spoke Jun 3, ue Mact, Havana, off River late bark Corumbia, ateCorkie, SE, 2 right whale: and 2 burapbecks. Arratdo 30th, bark Ki her, It Atlantic Ocean, River Plate Jan ist, with bbls oil eports off Kiver Plate Dec 20, bark E © Vowdin, Cleaveland, NI, 420 «p all vold (and took from her &% bbisas above); 20th, Mermaid, denks, Westport, 48 ap (and took it as above); ist, Wave, Courthey, #2, 40 sp, bound to st Catherine. Ath cb 4 dared 12, barks Een, Marchand, arr 10cb, no oti; Solon, do. Ar, at co Feb 38, brig Pavilion, Cannon, FH, from a cruise, 45 bbis ofl; 19h, bark Geean, Cornell, “andwich, do, 300 bbia ofl; 2tet, hark Huntress, alleu, NB, do, 65) 001s (and ald); Vark Solon, Xmtb, = B, fo, ico vbls; 24th, brig. Messen: Holmes, Salem, Yo. 160 bia; March 1," brig Hopeton, Verry, of sivpican, J, 22 bbls Arr at Mauriti 2, aaig Brunswick, Baker, Dari, 200 #p, 100 wh (aad sid sith), “Reports spoke off Fort Dauphin Doc Js ship Alwwira, Smith, Fdgactown, 135 bhis sp since teaviay Mauritins in Nov last: barks Jos Maxwell. Jenney, FIT, 400 ecum, NB, &) bbis since teaving Mauritius in a, Luce, Matt, 400 so Tn pert Feb 6, bark Millwood, Gruninger NB. A letter from J © Silvester, first oficerof bark Solon Smita, reper ber atrat Saroados Feb 23, with 190 bbls op and p black fish oi}, ai) told, tier from the first officer of brig Amelia, Kempton, Matt, its berat Barbados Feb 9 having taken 30 bois bieckiish lasteruiee, “ound to bay of Honduras to cruise until All we) A letier from a be p, Pamelia, Nov last; A\ tsteerer on hoard ship Comoro, Mareiel, , reports her at st Augustine Bay, Madagascar, cov 25, G6 bia sp oil. Was bonnd to some port to reerult, being short of provikious, Had theyellow fever on board, aad two men had Gud Win Gorman, the carpenter, and @ buaisteerec pated “Hen ‘A letter ‘rou Capt Martin, of achr ‘Williagn Martin, reports her at Porto Rice 24 ast, with 36 bbis bampback oll” All A letter from the second mate of bark Mara Bell, Fisher, of Vout, repurta ber wt Cailao Feb 17, with 800 bbls sp and 2) do we oll, mi told, Would touch at Erica: ano um March Ale om on board ship *lize Adama, Thomas, NG, re- ots herct sabiti Jao 17, naring takea | ap whalesince leav ing tan Froneteco | ie " ote Spoken: (per shin Anglo Saxen, at Liverpoolb—Jan ak YOO W, ship Leviathan, of NB, 100 80; Feb 1d, lat 20 W, abvid Louisidoa, of NB, 30 mos ont, 300 bis off av ng Coolte Jan 2%, off Staten Land, ship Champion, Worth, of and from dgartown for he Poelfe, Spoken, dic. Ship Wild Cot, Morse, from NOrleans for Bremen, March rd, fran Boston Nov 30 for Singapore, Ny 1 ww, Vd »k Harmon, hence for Havana, March 17, lat 3614, ton wes, from Boston for Pensacotn, March 24, i, bin 78 whe St Mary 20, days from Baus Ayres for Boston, Feb D Jet 22 8, 10m 2h 0 ‘olivetto, from Baltimore for Cardeuas, March 23, off Cape Catieras. Schr icung Teaser, from NOrtoaas fo- Providence, with lors of rail end boom, steering for sermuda, March 26, tat 25 at, ay Worer Rewsry, Hom, Maren v0. park Dallas, Kidaie, Hav na (where ahe arr Zieh) HARRADOS Dh M—in port bark Reindear, Lanfatr, frotn NYork jw id othe oo), March G—Old bark Mana, Hazeitine, Havana BAvANA, March 2l— arr scor 4 4 cantare ok Law), West, Golvem i; 21 barks Aveomng Star, Willard, NYork! Ducid Kimball fared, Boston; Pabar, Bite, Belize mon. nid dist bre 1Hindeltn, Kater, Segue, "schra WH Miller, Colby, Cie eres Soren ‘ Wait egtiny Misninwpp', Wat, Cards me Sark honnro, test Fy, Cronstadt cies mt rene; Ba Vaskina, feman, taxna, dechenic, L ne, eon, Fortlaud; rebca Fanny Fern, Kemp, Unrdenas aa, eh brig CO Mathers se ley, Cards Tn port 2iib, shiog Jona | Martha Rideout, oo), for stow, 90: Village Belle Ports Am vessel in port. Sid 18th, ox, Noven, for Mareeitioy ndon. Highland Chief, tar, laincell; wrote, Wood, and Abby | Srv Corts, une; berks’ Grapesnot, Wataon, for NYork;) tt BD hrookman, henry, for Uron Gindts LILIA, Of. hioere, for Antwerp; Garibaldi, Rendell, for Hamburg; James ‘ok, rey, for agus. Windward, finer. gon, for Cropgtad ; Faith, Kenney, for Cark; Merrimac, for’ Fale “is, Merrytman: Southerner, Campbell; Temerie Mich sins, Topeka, Church; © Heddle, Or vs by Vairferd. J 8 carne, farman; oe nett: “anaro, Perry: Reindeer, Cummins. sid RW Bevage dang. ne brige ® Allen, Rav, for NY -« Dazzle, Vear: for (Senay « Thurston ‘campher, © Ti srtle, 8 ; Angostura, Mab itaan; dumba'B chapman, Spicer E ¥ New. T' “orieko, Drisko; Artarinas, tins Ho ve, Gould: Gee re By Park; oe Daweeet; ‘uiveu: ‘Sauul Mary Cobb, Corewalltend ipaeatin, Reed, 2 shes Fe. ina oud, ‘tor aiter Phin Kdie Setrace nchse; diane, “Watt, Lanne Wondleten, Peptone, Tibbat ‘na Bush, and Wanderer, Moore, une, aera, Mart Tn port brig Samuel Ooos, Dyer, tor ssn a, Bob 71d bhip 8G Glover, Kellum, Calentia to P tot. Mowmvneo, San —In port bark Damon, 8; ie (or Bede <t Vhomes, ballasting (before 1a Son ur —). kid Vist, bark artuur Miekering, Caulfield, Saiom, of which are, laurie, tard ‘Koeds. Be LT MORE, March Baliett Boston etl Aun None nah); solps J ©'Boynson, 1 baid. a nae ‘Arcadia, ‘in, brig ADDtt Liaw y Chy Poirt; echre’ R & Howitt, 5-mers. ‘Anna, oa Tslond; @rah © Kaveh J . rchrs MH read, Kelly, TBBLF ani, Siarch 2+ Std brig Obertes Baward, ste, LISTOL, March 29—Arr sloop Thomas. ru, sia sey Uecige Dau, Nickernod, Philagelpia op Fenepss re arr sera dsined Meta, Mola, Port Binet Cwlifo Camm . seur Pi ‘Toore, at schus HT B Metonit. Burton, Baltimore} ‘Bva ork. FALL RIVER, Mareh 28~Sld David ett Philadelphia JR Watson, ocker, DS Amschts Daniel Brows, arr Lil iol Brown, Heal Wi ti 1, Bilemer| *, ravisy NYOrk. Bhd brig 3 rowel, Lovett, for NYork; #ebre M © Durhe, © Chase, NYork; White Cha ; ee ae : GLOL CEST, Warr brig South Boston, Lanes. 0 HaMPTON ROADS, March 3t—Arr tel ship Herzo- ‘on Brabant, toy doin; barks Goludech, oine ean for NYorky: Columbus, Bermuda.” Brig 'Larake, te doe Laraks, tf from Newburyport, bound up the James: 19 here in tress. Avril Iai France. om Catinn— inte Valparaiso tu cisarans, cad bab Bene tid Gage tramn eho rasmerplaat tees Favorite, Lancaster, Big HoLMBS’ HOLE, March 77 PM—are brig Hey Leoday Grant. Maitapony ‘iver, Va, for ‘homasten: selies | Great naplort n for Blan: wow Flake, Ha ae? aetpnit for do; silver Clond, Wi son, Mort “ik for P webmoutt KH ohapnow Maris, and James A Parsons, sbaw, for Savanvsh; Ha tieM “avo, Wass do for Ja :ksouvil\ Neptune, Mages, Poston for tadel , Wm 4, ALvo Foster, do for ouroy, merrill Roeklan for Rich? = io del sorte, vinn, mond; Peru Bix /.ng-line, and dofor pYork Bid schr M @ Freeman $8th— Arr schra Joseoh ? ames, “ave, Jacksonville for Rostov; Vashti Shar, maley, ‘ieo getown, Di for do; Root | Rorkes, Hawes, Baltim re for d ; Wm | arrol), Bucksport for Waldmore; Bunice P Newcomb, ‘<emm Kapr-ss, Wile’, Soon for Jangier Bld toe above | betore yeprrted, except echrs Wilite (repairing), Mery Sunup. Robert Corson. Maryland, Loum soboct + Boul, ¥ loge Queen, Sesuchampe. ‘s & Pitta. Wm Hh Aw. Wilson, Melbourne, Geo @ Glover, RG Colson, snen’ bert, 1A Danenhower, Nathan: iford, Brazo-, riman. Georgia, RH sbanvon, J 4 Parsons, Mavy Pe Mary Largdon, Angeline, J 1: Valley, Unison, Fred Reoa, 5 B Moin ight! Jamon & ms Neptune, HM Mave, wobt Bares, Vasht! Sharp, Wm Carroll, Feru, Convoy, & Moore, Bpib— arr beign Neawee teplary, Coripnas for: onbened Arr brign Reaver, ‘tepley, Ca ror H Horta, Greutt, Norlears for Row on; V: Peavy iver for Portland; schrs “obn i Orosby, , Hobart, Charleston’ for do; Lo! SAM, wind W, Hight -—Sld the above and ell beCove except brig Keaver, schra it ile, Mary and Susan, s VAR TPOrD, Murch Sbe~atr misamer ks, Gru " : : Joy, Phuadeiphis, schrs 4 §'Curtin, Cla Ris id . Sebrs \ an isley. Nex; Sith, stoamor Unest Bates, Sad Chas S asses Bae lard, do i NEW ORLEANS, March %6—Arr abi Mi aot Arkariohee Doris | tin, Tavre, Fiza ‘eo (Br, do barks © Eliems, Eliems, Rockland: Gesoria ‘4pan), %e- viller, Havana; brig Allen A Chapman, Laurent, d> Old’ Sete tee" ee cin take aerate Bremen, Jopn d Albert Gorhasn. Hostos Sal Loulry, Cork tor orders, brig Nabum Stetson, Ol P ‘April I~Arr (by tel) ships Peter Marcy, and Henvletta Mar- og livecpoals Leek ed elle OP p; National, - Montgomery, Hi: ry Cor- ‘ener at as Havre; Queen of the West, toile; bark Wilmington, NC, 20th, sebr Thomas J Tull, Coup h, roters” bur REwavarrorr, ‘March 26—Arr schr Mora, (ardner, Vis | enna, Nid. NEWYORT, March %9—Arr achr Bella Peck, Gacdnar, Wit- mington, NO tor Sew York. | Sid 2th a 20th, sohrs QUT Fe, Queen of the Cape, * L Crocker. sloop Oregon; acd otbers 9th—arr sebr John N Genin, Phi Providence for New York. Sid brig Joby Pierce. Mel NEW LONDON, March 30—Aarr © St Jobn, Doyle, ; Hizabethport: Dikdem Ludlam, do for Fall River; Susan, ebb, ao for Providence NEW HAVEN, March %0—Arr brige 4,_Noteon, Fonees, Barus, Parsons, Atroye; sobre ar jaguex; Maris shaw, Arai Banc, Bdvarde, Biizasetipore Tor Hact' ses Warren, mtokes. aud Southeort, Gladwin, NYora; Heary, Clark, EBlizabetbport; 31st. brig L& W Armstrong, Thomp- on, Mays; 3 sehr 3 PENSACOLA, bere! Henry, Crook. | im, NOrieane PETERS! schra R Hugilett, Wldgew Drinkwater, Rock= PHILADELPHIA, March 30@8\—Arr ship Wiliam Cu mings, Cope, barks Francesco ‘Puermo; Pi Porto : ‘anello; Palerma; A J mare; Calvort Wallar, sierra Leone: so Ce ugae "Ou aa erage fon, A F Prcibrey, Taunton: Golden sue, Paine, 8 York; A Henderson, wen: up, Pickup, ard Hannah Willetts, Parsons, N York steamer Boston, Crooker, N¥ork’ bark M ri Boston bric <tc ——. from < Thomas. old sington, Baker, Boston. bra Wm Orawtord, sobre 4 A Grifin, Foster, Cienfuegos, Idella, 8 L Hammond, Paine, Boston. wail, Kelly, Wilets, Parsons, Newport: 8 F solliday, Seainan, ¥ Hawley, Buckley, NLondon; AC Paine, Jones, April l—arr (by tel) steamer Oxmbrio; 7 dixon, Messin ‘Brigg. ‘itoaton; brig, Urante, Below, » bark trom the Mediterranean; brigs Brandywine, Pernambuco; Thi Operta, PORTLAND, Mom 2--arrbrig Forest Btate, —. Cardenas: Tauretta, Hrown, Matanzas via, Wood (stand, ‘where she, bag heen ashore ume after bam ag Putnam, Me non, sche Tiare ‘Rosana, Palmer, avana, ih, 7 AM—Arr Br ehip ‘ir John Mandovitis, Knight, | ni mo March 28—Arr echr Ringgold, ewe. | PROVIDENCE, March 29— Arr steamer Westchester, Jones, NYore: sohrs Lally Suffolk, Waker. ehiladelpnia: Juai-e, theldon, Filzaerhport: sloop E Sprague, Ge ‘on Photo hve A vn Beepert (wher Gi eek io enin, 1 York via 3 where i ta Fecelvé a new mainbowmis sloop Vletory. Gl NYork, “Arr eteamet rel a Noor: sche tion, Paylor, Was Rowditeh, Philadelphia; sl Davie, Fizabethport, “id schre ia. Wo reall rary, See ‘Del ar ragive, Ginbs, arr seater Plantme: Williams, Rebecca 8 Warren, Warren, Baltimore: ‘Tongier: Martha J ef “a wae 5 el; Mar Dayton; E A Zaunders and Mary i MMR, Buek, Neon? sloop stone, Alen, ng | CHMOSD, warch 9—Arr bark Crenshaw, Midi von, Rio Janetro. rehr ida ss Hoard, Je Rocktend, SAN FRANCISCO, Warch M--Arr brig Trinidad, Colins, ey: Sexy : Colley’ Liverbonl orig Sheet wuchor, Dusklana, Goconsl said t, Mat 8 and A 7 Pick: Also arr k Robert Passenger, Sayres, port ships Aierra ann tor NY¥orks thews, chartered to load w: wheat for pOANANSAH, March 27—Arr_ ship "0 Tas rr. Niwndon; Fisher, Liverpool; Eoomomis Theron, Lisoein brig Fiscroch, satel, ‘Hula tersamr ach JA Brown, J Brightman, Cardenss ‘Off Tybon, sh pe Call ofe, Goodwin from vol tor anders; Mortésia, from do for’ Charleston; J Trundy, Spalding from for NYork. Cli #bip Umtle & /essee. Darien. rigs Bri- Miah Tar, Thuma London, Curie, Brital: Carcaagens echrs Courter, rot at Joon, es i) pet NS me Arr stent i} et Desuinberg (for, Niama, shed ford, Filzabethport; Richard Vaux, hee, khip Charter Qowk, frum Li Below, burk Ellen Moria, « dnckacuville: M8 Hopkins, SALEM, March 23—Arr schr J pha, Sid'zath, sehre Istt vig, ana Bilit, Aviv, Pbth WILMI NG », Mareh %—Azr schre Ben, Hickman, | XYork; Mevtha, bobbing, Boston: 29th, Goo B Preto: Pen’ | Gleton, Bok ovis nh, beige Minerva (Dutch), Van Umieren, | Boston J Me ells, NYork; ‘per, Waddell, Charleston: wh, jeover, Hi 10% ‘em p= ton, Savennah. Cid 29th, schra ‘or hrop, ‘Vuimen, Loraimques ty P Smithy au ork: ‘yonmad erkere bu oy Slade, A York; Charter Oak, Portamouth, Ni. ni A 1" otter, Fates, Phiindoi« i wi ; Plyaway, Da- REWARDS. % hi) REWAND.—LOMT, OW FRIDAY, A BLAOK AWD tan terrier Pup, with cropped ears, about nine monthe Any geescn returning tho same 10 144 Fourth etree’, will recetve the above wa REWARD.<LOST, ON MONDAY, oH 5) laren black Row toundiona Dog, while ane urease ant re toes, spy one retucning hita ivingston dvd, will rortve the above re vari s _ 5 REWARD —LO IT, ON FRIDAY, ee 2) innd clut all Disck; anawers ts the neme oe Fores Tom the store ecrner of am/ty aod Yhompaon eiresta, REWARD —RAN aWaY, O} 5M a'Bun terrier dine Choe ae ‘@ einail leacher atran on her neck Phe paid to any one recarning Fury to No. 18 vam gen » ed rooklym Clty, REWARD. — on ry $100 Be iS Be a aera nada money, smet wii o noe ; ‘ie woe © Dari AST, ABOUT aed) im tf noted Wer down Third 0 BLOT, OTN ite, 1d2 Bass 100 are of ¢ avenne, 170 ward will de Twenty fifih street, $1.000 REWAAD,—ONE THOURAND DOULA ' rewara wilt be pe'd for the ary and ennvietion of the ‘or aaetioa eogaqen reame. at. tempt to reo th of the New fork or Hank, 208 DW. LYMAR, street,