The New York Herald Newspaper, March 16, 1869, Page 4

4 —__ ——_———— CUBA. Another Version of the Rellef of Puerto Principe—Heavy Losses of the Spaniards Hilefreatment of Political” Prisonere=Tho Jesulis and the Volunteers, Havana, March 10, 1869, After the publication tn the Gaceta of last night, giving the oMecial accountof the “Jornada” of Brig: adier Lesca trom Guanaja to Puerto Principe, many other versions thereof have been variously reported, ‘all wore or less unfavorable t0. the Spaniards, more so than appears both from the official organ and the Diario dela Marina, One account stares that “the insurgents were not commanded by General Quesa- da, he being laid up by scarlet fever, but by Manuel de Arteaga Borrero and the Castillos. The former owns ail the land on Key Romano. @ 5} a troops attacked with valor, and, undér a deacly fire, passed to the other side of the sierra, by way of Hinojosa, They lost about 20 men and sixteen officers, Aors de combat, The insur- gents formed palisades, and while the Spanish troops, with their sappers, cleared the way, the former were compietely riddled. But the triumph on the part of the goverument troops was entirely due to their artillery; the grenades did great mischief to tke enemy. The troops were thus enabled, though hel- ter-skelter, to reach the other side, which is a plain quite unobstracted, and it was there where the artillery had full play. Tne column of 600 men sent from Puerto Principe to Santa Cruz for provisions returned after the 26th, but lost fifty men on the Way in one or more skirmishes.’” Another report, from Spanish sources, states the loss of the government troops to have been 180 men, including We oilicers, and, to complete, a revolu- tiowary suurce staies thai few Of the Lroups got Inw tue loWa of #uerty Priucipe, bat were only ia tue suburbs Of tual capital. she prisouers Lodged im the fortresses complain very distiessiugly O tue accommodaiions. oF rataer the Waut Oo: proper treatment, Mauy of thew lave been ordeieu to Lue muitary bospital, owing io ecup- tions that have broken out on tweir persons. Lon Miguel Ge Liavil 18 oue of them. It was this gentie- mau Lie Vo.Uneers oujected to leaving the lortwess aiew days ago. 11e¢ number of prisoners in tue fortresses 18 uot la: iroun 700. We are told that they Wil al be seul Wo rernundo 20; ald It is DOW stated that as LO Sispmasiers nd the terms ofeved for their couveyuuce suitable the goverument Lutends to send them tu tue Spanish War steamer Ciudad de Caaiz, lu wi.cu cuse iuere will be no weed for volun ters Lo escurs Luew to tueir Alrican a Ls. Tue Ucited Wales Steamer Coniwocovusd ta ready to gow sea. feilaps she will sail to-morrow ior Key West to coui tucre, and then craise ab ut tiis isiand for AWhLe, wud site: Wards, possibly, Make a Visit LO Mayu. La ger uoseace te United States steamer Narragaoset wil. rewain here, 1ue sueusvers O& Luc Jesuit College of Belen have becu Very a.teuuve to Lue Voluuieers. One Oi tue batiallous is uuwed Ww practse their exerviaes Ln lhe spacious court yard of taat estaoushment. Yhe sulouus Of [adds collected by the “National Cousei Vuuve Couuitee” Im satanzas already ivvs QD $72,081. Au «tis fox Me SUppOré Of VoluULe2rs 1a Tuat city. Mr, Jou Ctey, cierk of the United otatu Consiuie, Was recnuy released from Lis Luprisva- meu Outrages by a Civil Gaard—Cubans Murdered with Jmpunity—Excitement and Auxiety About President Grant—Spanish Expedition from Sagua la Grande—Large Insurgent Force ut Palmira—American Citizens Warned—ceview of Firemen. Havana, March 10, 1869, Thore has existed for many years in this islund what ls known as the Guardia Civil or Civil Guard, a police orgunization, whose duty it is to preserve the peace and Ww bring to justice transgressors agaipsi the law. Those upon duty mm the country are Mounted, ridiug about at their own discretion or that of their oiicers, and, if composed of bad men, building te people entirely at ther mercy. Of late this vody, taking advantage of the disturbances of certain localities, have been committing great outrages, and num-rous com- plaints of then are being made to Havana. ‘They are a.1 Spaniards, and, of cuurse, the objects of their wrath are the Cubans, whom tuey are shooting down indefance of the autnorities here and elsewhere. The case of J. L. Inda, an engineer on the estate of Sefor Casenova, shot uown by them, as mentioned 1m mny last, will be remempered. Yesterday morning iniormatioa reached here that three youag men, named Ulevares—iwo brothers and a cousin—on av estate near Union, in the jurisdiction of Matanzas, had been snot by tuis body. They arrived at tue estate and searched it for arms—finding two Spencer carbines and @ quantity of cartridges. he young men were arrested and takea to Union and there placed ih the stoci They protested loudiv agaiusi Sis in,ustice, a3 tne arms had veew fo their pos- session fora .oug Ume aud had nothing to do with the lasurrection. ‘hey were kept until the nex morning, and were then informed that they were to be taken to Alacraues, @ distance of two miles, When avout half # mie on the road tuey were shot down. The Marquis Villalva, a planter of great wealth, residing i tis city, also received information yes- terday tbat fis overseer, named Miguei Keyes, hud Veen shot by tius pouce. He nad no couuectou With the insurrection, aod was Working ou tue estate with tus kuowiedge of the Cupuun dei Purtiio, or Chief of Pouce, wud auder assurauces Of protection. ‘He left a wile and severai cundren. ‘ibese aud viaer ects of @Guniiar Character are causing grea: cuu- steraation thruugnout the country, and eaginee:s Sud vlhbers are uying to the city, soaudomuy tuetr work, Some 01 thuse who have Veen suot bad salvo conductas from Vuice. In tae city and forts vo.un- teers stil reiise vbedience to orders, save such as are agreealie wo them, Leserday Vuice urdered the Teveuse Of @ prisouer, Bhd the Secoad Labim.vn oi Volunteers, vu uuly ab tie Cabanas, heretolore Kauwa AS OME OL WE WLS Order, refused tu deliver Liu, ‘the matter was reported wo the Captain General, Wao, though suleriug irom tiluess, rose and caueu for uis uniforms, determined to go in person Ww en- force his orders. Me was after mucu euort per- suaded not tw do $0, and tue Segundo Cubs, Veuein Espiner, weat iu his stead. Le addressed the vo. unteers, rewincin,s tiem that they bad veen urgan- ized Wo mainiaca order, and they Were creatiug dis order. He Was, however, unab'e to obimia te re- Jease of the prisoner unui he had represeated tuat the Tun Was muvcent of any olfence aad dad vee imprisoued by misiase. 4hey told Lin that auder these circumstances he coud go, but be must ted the Capuun General that no prisouers could ve .e- Jeased Witiout tis accountlag bo thew. ihe wivent of tue new administration ta the Unived States has causeu cousweravie excitement ani auxiey. Tue Cuvars ave hopeiul vu wcip sa some mauner from Grant, aod the Syauiucds, Whe pruiessing to be extremely couddeus vi the Coutmued INeUy Reutralily o. the Uniled states, wre @ litle fearius Sue curious ramors uf Grau s declaratioas and imtentious are adoat, aud qurer stories ure told. For example, | bave veeu assured With great posiiveueds that a telegram Was received on Saturday by Yuce from the Spanisu Vousur io New York simply sayiug, ‘4a Yeu de Cavu, para Espaiiu, @ta perdida” (“The island Of Cuba is tuwt to Spain”), This and nothing more. My imivruaut Adds that two operators present when the despa Was received ana Kuowing of it have been piaceu incommunicado, in order thai it might but Decvwes known, ‘Tae Diario of yesterday says the forces with Which Lieutenaut voveruor Trillo left agua Grande jue stuns BuvGUE Lo Tyd WER, CoUpooed vi @ part of # cowpauy Of the line Bad the Daauce of Moviized cavaty, voluuteurs and Civil ward. Un the 6th they ci Upon 4 pabulatvon on fre aud they Made every efort lo extnguish it, They allerwasas encountered & baud of 1,00 rebels frou) Uieusuegus and Villa Clara and completely routed thirty, imciuding the Jeader, Monteagu og many fags, aris aud horses, Wicie the loss on their side cousioted of a leutevant named Gorvste- Qui, killed, aud two suldiers wounded, The Civt! Gourd statioued In Santo Domingo, juris. geen gs Gagua, aud wry volunteers, receuny fn éncounter wita lov rebels, Wouading 1) and Killiag 81x or seven. > eee The comes of riuar del Rio of the 7th says the mobilized company Which joined the force oF Cou- maudant Biancy had revarned to Mal aud Guane, from which Wey Were to march to Lue capital o tue jurwdiction aud Were ww ieave for Guasaa, The Governor permits (he larmers to have oue picee ot firearms to every wang of en slaves or wvvties, besiaes the castowary imacaetes for eld labo A letier irom Paluiita, jurisiiction of € dated (we 4h, says.—Tue revel force w ay jared hee on the might of the 16th wit, numbered 600 men, weil artwed und commanded vy Adolva Cavada (who is styled ther commaader-ta-cr.e:), Juan G. Diag Villejas, Mauael Gopsales Aveved Jose Apreu, Caros cerice, Antonio M. Entenz., Luis Arredondo, Kawon heroandes Pi.vto aid Augusun Villas, Juan Viliejas bs @ general, the others cap. tains. ‘There are aiso severai other ciieis and oi. cers, They attacked the stores an | LOOK What Wey wanted. ihey comiitted many sinali depredations, destroyed the telegraph wires and = machioery of the raiiroad At midnight they — ied, taking the road to the baths of Ciegu Montero, At dawn the folowing moruing 0 troops arrived from Cienfuegos under Seuor Salinas, lary Commandant of tue Jurdiction. Juan vias je one of the principal piauters here, He wi Hecwor of Tithes ior mary years; Serice is giso Owner Of @ Sugurestucc; Kntetze is & wealthy planter; Acevido owns a large cattle fara; Heruau des has @ tobacco plantation; Arredsudo owas & small sugar plantavion, and \Liegas (Augustin) has @ hacienda and a ir extare.”” ‘There is att to tue coluinn of General detona. operating in Cienfuegos, 125 cavairy aud two teid pieces, With accourements, Lie number of reves in the eutire jurisdicuon is estimated at frou 8,000 to 10 000 men. Jue Trinidad Correo of tue 6th contains an official NEW YORK. HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1869.—TRIPIhE SHEET. : citation from 0. Mendez, Fiscal of the Military Com- mission tn 0-4 Francisco Cav ex-Con- Schmidt, late Coasul Uaioe inst mary 3, selves within t days In default whereof they wil council of war. On Sunday moi last the the Havana firemen took piace on tue Champ de Mars. The commander of the battalion (for auch it is), Pedro Tome, audressed the men ina discourse which was received with much enthusiasm, Departure of the Expedition for Mayari— Reported Killing of Spaularde—Disnppeare ance of the Chelora. SANTIAGO DE CuBA, March 5, 1869. On Monday, the lst inst., @ force of infantry left here per steamer Monte Christo for Mayari, to act in conjunction with the column which left last week by land ander Colonel Lopez Camara. The insur gents are said to be in force, there and it 1s reported tnat they bad killed some twenty-seven Peninsulars in revenge for the massacre of prisoners at Sagua by the Spaniarda, It is further reported that th® in- cares officer bY wiidse command the assaasinations took place was alterwards shot by order of Donato Marqgol. was on Sunday on ac- count of the cessation of the cholera; nevertheless, the deaths still amount to eight or tea every day. At Guantanamo the disease hag appeared and made ene havoc; the sugar estates , however, thus eaca: Four insurgent prisoners were brought in lasi night. The railway i« being rapidiy repaired a a soon be tn wor! order in. ‘The news of the rise in sugars in New York has caused great Grmneds in the sugar market here. Delivertes are going on, but no vessels are loading yet. At Guantanamo great activity 1s betug showa and shipments have already boen numerous. to t the infantry barracks, ibe declared “ouslaws by Monthly review of Arrival ef an American at St. Marks from the Insurgents’ Camp—Address of the Revo- Iationary Junta to the President of the United States—Rensous Why the Cuban Patriots Should bo Recognized us Bellige- rents, St. Marx’s Fla., March 11, 1859, Colonel Stockton, of Pennsylvania, arrived from. he Cuban rebel camps bearing the enclosed message trom the chief of the rebels to President Grant, After some delay and diMculty I procured the enclosed copy, which rapid copying may have made slightly incorrect. The Colonel gives the most encourazing accounts of the prospect. and future of the rebels, bat his report will probably reach you before tis by telegcaph:— To Le EXCBLLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:— Sik—Lhe people of Cuba, by thelr Grand Supreme Civil Junia and throaga their Generalin-bel olor Cospedes, desire to submit to ypur Excellency the folowing, among other reasons, why your Excel- jeucy, a8 President of the United States, shouid av- cord to theim belligerent rights aad a recognition of Ande peducuce:— ‘ause ‘rom the uearts of nineteen-twentieths of the twhabitants of the ialand of Cuba go up prayers ior the success of the armies of the repubiic; and irom the sole and only want oi arms and ammuni- tou tuese patieat peopie are kevt under the tyrau- aical yoke of Spain. ‘the unanimity of the masses of tne people for the republic 18 ominous. Because the republic have armies numbering over 70,000 men actually im the seid and doing duty. ‘These men are organized and governed ox the cipiea of civilized warfare. ihe prisoners whow they take—and so far tucy have takeu three times as many as their enemies have irom ihem—are treated in every respect as the prisoners of war are used and treated by the most civilized nations of the earth. in ths hope of recognition by the United States, they have never yet in @ single instance retaliated deatu sor death, even i cases of the most provoking na- ture. Because the Spanish authorities have almost in- Varsboly vruily jaurdered tue soldiers of Lhe armies of the republic Who have surrendered to them, and wave reveutly issued aa oiicial order requiring their milltary forces hereafter insiautly to kill and marder every prisoner of the repuuiic wuo surrenders. Inis is done, the order cueerfui'y tells us, “to save trouvie and vexation to the spanish civil authorives.” ‘Ths is an outrage the civilized nations of the earta ougnt os to allow. Because the United States is the nearest civilized nation to Cuba, whose political institutions strike a respoasive chord in tae hearts of ail Cubans, Tne commercial and Mnancial interesis of the two peoptes being laigely identical aud reciprocal in their na- ‘tuves Cuba earnestly aypeals for tue unquestionable right of recognition. use tue arms and authority of the republic of Cuba uow exteud over two-tuirdg of tne entire geo- graphical area of the idand embracing a very it lu.goraty of the popuiatiou in every part of the dl. because sn¢ has & Davy in Course of Construction which will excel in poiut oi Wuiuvers aud eiliciency ‘hat heretofore muatntaimed by the Spacisu sutuori- ules in these waters, Because these facia plainly show to the world that this 13 not @ movement o. a lew discon‘en‘s, but the grand aod sublime uprisiag of a . Chirsting Tor liberty, aud determined wich this last effort to secure to themselves anu their posterity those uu- questioned rigns—liverty of conscieuce aad freeduin ol the individual. Finally, because she is following but in che foot- steps of Spain herseif in endeavoring to banish tyranaical rulera, aud in thelr stead her own choice. The peoviv of Cuba, having a ten- fold more absolute and potent right than >patu had, because Cuba's rulers are seut without her voice or couseut by @ lorelgo Country, accompanied by and with swarms of oilicials to O.1 Lhe varivus oilices created only for tueir individual comfuri, urawing ther susteaance ant sup ort from tue bard earn- tugs of the nutives of the soll, Allow us to add, with we greatest dtMdence and Sensitiveness, that the differeuce between the rebei- uou ta tie United Slates anu (he preseut revolution in Cuba is simpiy that 1a tieJormer a small minority rebelled agaiust laws Whica (hey had @ voice in waking and the privilege of repealing, wuile in the case of we are resistiug @ loreigo power in crushlog us to the earth, as they have done for cen turies, Win no appeal but tuat of arms open tous, and appointiug, withvut our cuowledg», voice, ad- vice or conscat, tyrannical C.tizens oi ther own country to ruce us aud eat out our substance. “Palila y Libertad 1" Approved by the Suprome Junta and ordered pro- muiyated by Si Nu GENERAL CESPEUES, Cclumander-in-Chiet Republican Forc.s of usa HeavQuasress IN TAB FIRLY, March i, 190d, MEXICO. Mr. Romero on the Insurrection Under Nee grete—Everything Lovely in MexicomLarge Namber of Exccutions—Dismay of the People. HAVANA, March 10, 1869. The following is an abstrac: of a ietier from Sedor Don Mateos Komefo to a itiend:— The tasarrection healed by Yezrete finally termi- hated, almost wishout any fgutiag. Lis bands were overreacaed by the government forces on the 2:4 ut. aud completely disbanded. Lais Malo, who comma ided the Cavalry corps of the national army end prosousced i Paebla against the government of President Juarez, was killed in the encounter, Esteves, @ SpaniarJ, wo acted a9 aiie-de-camp to Negrete and many others befure hun, has beea ap- prevendet, ‘The rebels, beside the above dofeat, saffered an- other not less complete, Luis Leon, Soza, Piz and the rest that pronounced in Apam were promptly secured. Cankes Was aio routed by ta ul Geueral Escovedo tu Ta, suliyas, haat: i Wik UeCedsartiy Coucuute to consolidate peace ti the republic siess and macuntents receive dally proois vaat tue uation, far irou wlaiag tuem. ts Ured of rivts aud disorders, und jmakes every possible eifort for ihe preservation of order. A necting as tha. of Vuebla Would have placed tne goverawent 10 & very ser.ous predicament tea years ago, Whereas now it has scarcely bea percep- sule. ‘The opposition to the goverament has been fo- meaung or avetting these revelions, and is now breaking l008e, shuutiag for 4 chant? of nunsiry. As 4 motives are anything but noble, ant as ‘it only represeats @ very Sitali portion vi we nation, tts clawors uave nut been heeded. Untortusawiy inercaatile ataira coutinae paralyze, owing to the disastrous Wars that have bled the republic; but we do uot despair of au early restoration ti the United States will only continue to icnd us ber moral say. ort, A te’egram from your special correspondent in Mexico cay, daved the od the. nas te lowing, — “fhe number Of execatous that have tukeu piace aud the stil greater number of condemned persons have caused great dismay everywuere, Presideat Juarez issued an order ta consequence on tne lst lust, to ail parts Of the revubic, to suspeud ail further executions. Every oiliver taken prisouer has since beeu sent to Mexico for trial ‘here was a rumor that Colonel Mayer, iate of the United States ariuy, bad deen 8u0t; DUE HE Was Ofered Lo Lhe Cap. ital. there to andergo his trtal, ‘The city of Mexico is quiet. It is rumored tha Negree was uot cuul- plevely routed. He caunot ve iouad any where. Porurio Diag says nuthiag."” JAMAICA. Rumored Change of Financial Minister—Ar- rival of a Prussian Frigate. KINosTon, Jamaica, Fed. 28, 1869. It is rumored that in consequence of the unpopus Jarity of Mr. Rushworth's fluancial statement for 1968-69, his Exceliency the Governor has been pleased to cail to the legisiative councti of this island Mr, George Levy, to waom has been confided lug porttuilo of doance. The appointment ts popular, rived wt Port Koyab sia ST. DOMINGO. THE FEVER SHIP. The Proposed Protecterate—Desire of Presl- | The Inquiry Before tho Commissioners of dent Haez—The Insarrection in Seybo—A Loan Negotsated—Commorcin! Affairs. Kiyeston, Jamaica, Feb. 26, 1869. Our correspondent writes:—You have, of course, Tead of tha move in the United States Congress for offering ‘protection, allas annexation, to the people of the island,” This 's undersiood here, on the faith of letters from Washington, to be a collateral step with the projected acquisition of Cuba and Porto Rico, “with or without the consent of Spain, as events shall decide,” says one high in oficial rank. Baez, however, will take no step in advance. He would prefer @ general alliance between these islands, under treaty recognition and friendly countenance of allthe leading Powers of Europe and America. This he has invariably and publicly stated, and, in pledge of his good faith, he proposed to make Samané s free and neutral port, if three or four of the great Powers woula agree to make it the entrepot of their subsidized mai steam- ers, And this is most likely to bedone, The coun- try was startled last month by reports of a rising in the interior province of Seybo, but it was an tn: nificant atfale, easily put down without bloods though several prisoners were brougnt dpi ge od for trial. You may be ised to hear that, witl all the reports of revolts, rious commocton in any ritory e,xcept-the usual and never-ending Caco fo- tays over the borders of Hayti, in the whole of 1563. Just at its Close the less than 200 insurgents at Seybo issued their proclamos und then disappeared so completely that the government soldiers Lad some birrrip det piok up baif @ score of fugitives as tro- phies of victory. ‘fhe London joan to this government has at last Deen settled mn al! its details and the earnest money paid in. In May the first regular inataiment of £30,000 Will be paid in to meet the contracts and op- ligations of toe Bacz administration. The whole own is £400,000, and a handsume portion of it is to be set apart for roads and pablic improvements, As the Dominican goverument has no foreiza deot to speak of this is considered @ very nice and safe ne- gouation for the London men. The government mmtuday rents and a part of the Custom House re- cvipts ure assigned us security. Baez alms at ‘plac- jug ali the nationa: elements lor mouey raising be- youd the reach of bis enemies or of those woo wish to oust him for the sake of the spoils, aud he has auc- ceeded very well in tis inteatiun. ‘Tne new steam line from New Orleans 1s not yet inaugurated, buta packet line is started by Jesurun, of Curacoa, to bring that piace and his Venezuela steaw ilae in direct connection with New York and New orleans, via St. Domingo. Cannot Jamaica put twseif in contact with 5& Douungo and Porto Rico, and thence to New York aad New Orieans by tue uew tines? ine Jamaica specialties of tine rum and her unique pimento coruial would go far to- ward peyiug jor @ regular mau! couununication in this ine, . A Freach company has sq} American iperseded the Pardes ou the guaue isiaad of Ata Yet. The Case ef the Suspicions Steamer at St. Thomas—Dowinican Guerillas Gone to Cuba to Organize the Negroes Against the Span- iarde—Ditiicalty About Alta Vela—Commierce. ‘ . Sr. Dominao, Feb, 18, 1860, The Dominican government has had oficial notice from St. 1homas that ex-Generals Adon and Lupison had obtained a steamer and fitted her up for a fili- bustering expedition, The Danish authorities laid the suspected vessel under the guns of the fort, and found in her five cannon and other evidences of warlike intention; but the result of the investigation leaves 1t doubtful whether they were to de directed against Salnave of Hayti, or Baez of the Dominican republic, There is equal reason to believe that the steamer, which is @ remarkably swift and successful old blockade runner, 13 not, 1m fact, destined for the the Cuoan insurgents, Lupison and Cabral ing toc ® month past toat they and other Dominican guerilla officers, who are now kauown to be in Cuba, were pledged to assist in forming the liverated slaves into wo ee ‘and cut off the advanced post of the Spanisn lorces, The Cuban leaders have devoted friends here, and the governwent has some troubie to keep its army officers in orderly bounds. Three young Dominicans, two of them youshs of sixteen and eighteen years, were shot by a Spanish captain at Santiago de Cuba, and the svory brought here by an eye witness of the tragedy has stirred up the old Vominican hatred of Spain. Saez wil find it impossible to prevegt twoor Uiree hunured Vouiinican guerillas joining and head. ing the Cuban emancipados, and you may be prepared to Near ot new and horrible features in the conflict with Spain, if the Captain General falls to estadiush a v 3 peace. peer has been a8! difference of opinion be- tween the Dominican Minisier of the Ii ir and interested parties as to the extent of the power of ue Veigado cuarter for taking guano from Alta Vela. ‘The case has referred to Wasiington. and Min- ister Fabens has oeen charve:t to lay copies of the charter, and of all other proceedings of govern- ment on the question, before the:American Secretary ot State, and accept nm in the case. There is but one American vessel in port—a schoover loading for Boston with hides, honey and tine woods. The others are daily expected, one from Boston and one from Baltimore, with provisions, A Steawer from New York is also expected, SALE OF AUTOGRAPHS AND BOOKS, Quite an extensive sale by auction of a large col- lection of autographs and of a private library com- menced yesterday afternoon at four o'clock at tho rooms of Leavitt, Strebeigh & Co., in Cuinton Hall, The catalogue of autographs comprises 1,100 sepa- rate “lots,” @ large majorliy of which contain a number of sheets bearing the signatures of different men, distinguished in politics, art, war, letters or science, a8 far back as the fifteenth century. Whea the auction began, and throughout its continuance to the close of the day, it was re markabie that the most valuable objects, valuable voth for ther genuineness and rarity, their antiquity aud the reputavioa of the author, went off for a few cents, while mere trash was spiritediy bid tor and brought large prices. For instance, @ letier vrince Kauuitz was sold for 10 ceuts, one of Count seckendori fur 15 cents, and a subscription list to some work, to Which the signatures were written by tue pubssher, brought ¢2 lv aad a namver ol bored ryphul signatures of popes sud over Roman lic ecc.esiusiics were sold at irom $3 to $7. American autograpus brought very A ietier Sir Jewrey Ambei r- of der-in-chief ot Jeun eet to Sir Amherst, dated in 1763, at $3 245. Uneot William Penn, who sigus himself “B; tne Providence of Gou, Proprietary aud Governor, was sold tor $8. Jonu Haucock’s signacure brough $2. Gene Enoch Poor's, of New Hampshire, , it $5 59; General Arthur St. Clair’s, $11; Baron Fang $i; General John Stark's, $5 50. A levter of Washington, daved “Hi nas irvers, is 7y,"” Was suid at #3 60; one from Geaeral Anthony Wayne daved “lamp Hobsuu's Choice, way 12,” at 8%. A pay roli recet yt, aaced Watertown, April 2 1775, aut sigued by General Joseph Warren, Teach A military letier of General Sir Wi, Howe, dated January ui, 17v2, and directed to the Secre- ary of War at London, brougit 96, The same price Was paid for a post revolut.ouary letter written vy Sic Guy Cariton in 17% A letter of Sir John Bur- goyne brought $7, and one writen by Lord Corn- wails to tue Duke of Portiand, wita an eadorse- ment of the Duke, brought only $9, and one by Lord Kawdon, aterwards the Marqots of Hastings, was sod lor $0, At tae catalogue No, 360 the sale of autcyraphs ceased for the day, In tue evening the sale of a private brary com- menced, of whica 855 “iow” are to be sold, The sale iast evening reacned ouly the nawber 272, auoug Waich Wiere Were some rare “cariosiues of literature,” a8 Bea Disracli’s fatner would pave cai od tuem, but notoiag of any intrinsic merit, ex- cepog some few works termed “Facetiw,” and tervstic of the time in which they were writ- prices realized were quite iow. Amina- ‘vec'aration at the Meeting of Friends,” 1710, was soid tor only 20 cents, “Wisdom and Genius of Edmund Burke” reached $1 65. ‘ihe sale mw to continue vila alter. hue, The grand national handicap steople chase was run at Liverpoot on Wednesday, 3d instant, with twenty-two stariers, The Colonel, six year oid, & ball-bred hunter, by Knight of Kars, dam Boadl- cea, with 147 pounds np, won, Harcourt second, Gar- dener third, The Colonel had veen first favorite Wednesday previous to this event, when he ran and won asteeple chase at Nottingham in #1ch & manner as vot to please the bookmakers, and (ook his piace in this race as Jirst favorite, ‘One, however, Was backed at Oue agaist ten to @ large amount previous to tne start, ther events followed th with the following results: Gna ay sett The Weiter Cup—itim Bobbin, first; Pompeian, second; King Kicttard, third. Five rane’ ‘The Marco Stake: allendaruse, fiat; Siege Train, + Seamstress, filly, third, Four rim. secoln ihe Alntree Stakes—The Stork, ‘ eevond; Hiackiuna, third, Six co lama ie ¢ Hardie—Ada i’eneiope, drat; Parnabo, H Cnorver, tira, Five ran oe anche rhe — Row bad rst; i Sailiet, third, Six ran.” ae eeange asta ‘the RaLnoaD TRAVEL Now Dug ttadrond. all clear fur tr ioe. ourg Rail clear fur trains, A train leit Mon- treal on fuesday, Consisting of nine cara, and got through; but three hours iater the road was inpae- sabie, full ix feet of snow havi duifted into tue road ved. A very Leavy force are at work breaking ous, but it will take several uays to restore regu- Lartig.—Bustiun Bvening Traveler, Marva lb reports the Emigration Resumed—fhe [ahuman Treate ment ef the Passengers Further Cerro- berated. ‘The investigation, which had been adjourned from Saturday, was resumed shortly after twelve o'clock yesterday before Commissioners McElroy ana Kapp at Castle Garden. About half @ dozen convalescent passengers of the James Foster, Jr., werébrought down from Ward’s Island, and the testi- Mmeny of those examined was in the main cor- roborative of that elicited from their fellow sufferers on Saturday and published 1a full in Sunday's HeRaLp. Mr, Hupbard, the counsel for Marshall & Co., introduced one of the crew of the James Foster, Jr., a8 @ witness towards the close of the proceedings yesterday, whose testimony, given below, fatly contradicted that of the passenger wit- nesses in many respec:s. ‘TESTIMONY OF MIOHAEL CALLAGHAN. Tam from county Cork, Ireland, and @ laboring man; Iwas @ passenger on board the James Foster, Jr.; the carpenter beat me twice aboard the ship. (The witness here corroborated the preceding wit- ness as to the bad quality of the provisions, the short supply of ratious and water, &c.) The captain used to order the carpenter to beat the “Irish sons of —— if we did not go and pull the ropes, and to stop the water and give us no coals or provisions until we did Work; the carpenter compelled me to pull ropes and all the passengers besides; if they would not they would get nothing to eat; I had to work every day on deck; one day I was into the walley to cook a little oatmeai, tae carpenter Ce a i on i the galley ayother and the boatewain struck me two blows and kicked me down because 1 was going iow the galley co warm myseif; I sigued the petition that Was sent to the Caplio, the captain said we coud nut get auy uvre; when the carpenter used to come around he would throw wa- ter oa the couls aad put te tire out, Croas-examined—fue Germans were kept as short of provisions as we were; | never heard of any pas- sengers selling their food to otners. cea TEWEIMONY OP ABSAHAM METRE, got mixed with tue provisions; 1 never got hungry; the carpenter me quick enough to take my waler was Dot prevent ; 1 signed the gave us no aus uever compelled mie to Wor brirfes +4 most of the work I had to do was done during the night; 1f we refused to work tie captain would not give us our aliowance of water or any- Uross-examined—I took some fish and sausages and meat ou buard with we at Liverpool; also sume cailee, sugar aud butter; never soid auy provisions to other passengers; 1 bought provisous of other passengers; bougat about ten ‘Pounds of meat during the voyage; 1 bought the meat from the Jews who would not eat pork; went ou deck three or four niguts to work tue ship; never heard the captain give orders that the passengers suouid have no water uniess they worked. Siar! TESTIMONY OF BARTHOLOMEW TOBIN, I am from the county Cork and a laboring man; was @ passenger coox on board the Jawes Foster, Jr.; | paid two pounds passage money ia Liverpool; they told me I would Lave nothing to do only to cook for the pussengers aud ‘keep watch, like the saliors, every four hours; the provisions,{ got on board were not half enough; 1 could eas what victuals I got for a week in two days; tue carpenter hit me with @ hammer in the head untu [ was dead nearly lor two on me out of the cau he out of; altnost every day dari voyage he beat me aud kicked me down on deck, and jumped on the top of my face witn his boots; Le was an awfal man; 1 understood he was an Ameri- A don’t cnow. witness’ cross-examination did not vary in any maternal point from his direct. TESTIMONY OF JAMBS BURKE. I = from tye bare § dupperaty, Ireland; my busi- ness m toa geutiemaa; 1 was a passeuger on board iis veasel; the provisions wi pretty tair, but { could use i three uuys tue quantity i got, and could only PT A i shouid do for a week wi one’ meal @ day; I had a little money, and only for that I should die with the nunger; 1 had sixteen shilings and I ut things from the Germans; | brougnt po of bis- cuit; 1 brought half @ pound of tea and about three pounds of Ly ph Eph J wave one shilitog, british, to one of the wns for one biscuit, and was very glad vw get it; 1 gave sixpence for a mouthful of water to the Germans; the carpenter gave me @ shove to go out Of is Way, but he never struck me; i saw the carpenter abusing tie saliors; 1 bave no complaint to make against the captaim; I had to work for six weeks; there were about twenty or twenty-four died during the voyage—sailora and all; 1 came here to try to get paid for my work that 1 did on ovard the vessel; they used to call me up at night to look at a whale, or jor something else to get me out to work, Commissioner aicElroy (Addressing Mr. Hub- bard)—asir. Kapp and wysesf think we now have subelens evideuce and have come to the conclusion W finish the exuuumatiun, Mr. Hubbard—I would suggest that it would be only fair thas some ol the uermansa they spoke of snould be examined. Nearly ali of these men are of one nation, and perhaps it would be an act of jue- tice to exauuine the Germans to ace What tiey have to say. Mr. Casserly—Mr. Wells, the Governor of Ward’s Island, stu.eu te me that he sent down the only 81x that were avie lo come. The others are pot able to come. ‘They are sutfering irom fever. Mr. Kapp—The man troin Udeasa, on the Black Sea, who was examiued, corroborates the other wit- esses to sume extent. . Mr. Hubbard.— Yes, but one of the witnesses said on baturday that tue Germans were in with the car- Mit, aud that he gave the Germans more Waler mn the others. an — iy sp agen a Keone Ba Mr. Wells, stating tuat tuere were none other 0: Dy Hit © leave the Dospital yet. afew Tanntites 0 ‘on tae island were very sick indeed and uot able to give in- forma:ion. Mr. Casserly also stated that there were that ani ca Eck yc ete as p 1 y the c rr heltver one of taem was avie to be moe TES(IMONY OF GRIFFITH RICHARDS. By leave of the Vommiss.ouers Mr. tiubbard called this wituess on behalf of tue defence, and he testified as follows:—lam a sailor and Have been sodor tue jasi Sixieen years; aun a Welsuman; was oue of the crew of the James Fos er, Jr.; sie had tairty-three Or thirty-lour seawen on her ast trip; not more than six or seven of them could do anything, althouga they were shi as able seamen; whe passengers @uu crew got same iad of provisions; tae pro- vVisious | saw On board were as any er saw on Baip; tuwe Were two kinds of bread in the siti ty yt Ad tee FEELS Ss passengers; assenyers received just al ie same quaaity from the time we left Liverpool tii we came here; 1 Uunk the carpenter did not give them thy Same quantity of water; the water tanks were bored to swal Water, but we could not prove wae did it; about four days before we came here tue captain culled sowe of the passengers and said be would give taem 80 Giusses Of grog a day if tuey woud nelp to ieud & hand; tweive oi: thom volumieered to do 80; never knew any vut those tweive to be culled upon; they wei caped up at night after the piiot came on board; L had @ hurd time working; the carpeater would it me once or twice; 1 saw iiquor given by the captain to one of the passeugers m) self to distribute to those who voiunteered to work; it was very bad weatner alt the time; simost ail the gpiiors were sick except myself; seventeen or jateen, If think, died; the passengers were never called up at night; sometimes tho carpenter would surike the ora with @ delaying pin and with hus dst; never saw oim strike a pas- senger With @ hauiwer; when we lay in the Mersey the capiam shipped one crew and sent them back nh because wey Were shoemakers and tailors and the like; he sent them Gud got another; tue captain never touched me; I heard tie captata tell the carpenter aud buatswaln not to beat tie passeu- gers many times. ‘The mvestigation was here adjourned until such time as the passengers now in Hospital at Ward's Isiaud may be abje Wo be exaintued, Inquest on the Body of John 0. Southard— ‘Vestimony Against tho Officers of the Ship— Verdict of the Jury. ‘The inquest on the body of John 0. Southard, one of the crew of the James Foster, Jr., was resumed yesterday before Coroner Harcourt. The following is the evidence tak Jobn L. Finney, sworn—I am honse physician of the Seamen’s Retreat; I knew the deceased; | frst saw him Tuesday evening; he was twenty years of age; he came to tho hospital from the snip James Foster, Jr.; he was admitted on tue evening of the sth inst, and gied Thursday night last at eleven o'clock; I visited him several tim day; he told me that from the Ist January he received fivo biscuits @ day on board the ship; the biscuits were small, about the size of the palin of your hand; the water he received he said was one-half sait and one-half fresh water bored; he 41d not teli me by whose authority ho was placed on such short allowance; on his admission he said he kad been abused on board slip; he said he was once knocked down on deck, and while Be lay on his face the officer held fast to the bunting with his hands and jumped on bts back; he was sane when he told me this; my impression is that he men- tioned the third mate as the officer who knocked hum down; the mate, James Marphy, Was prosent in {Ave room when Southard made this statement; there am seventeen or eighteen seamen from the James Fomor, Jr, now in this institution; six are brought about, I from ship bth ay, they were of necessary food and badly treated on board the — during tue Voyage; @ mad named Mooney, ip a mao bamed MeKenoa, who was ina ee ,femarked, Aeariga ted who uae pointing to tue third mate, Wao Was a Thomas ©, Mowatt sworn—i am the chet of the Seaman's Ketreat; { saw deceased ‘hen he aduutted to the hoapital on the sta of March; he was eu extremely when adimitied and looked like a dying man; from thi WOreesn examinauion | made on bis b that ne ‘tex ne jon, caused by want of nourishing food; Lexammed all the viscera; there were three physlolans when the examination was male; found all the organs healthy: the bowels were von- in patches about six or seven inches below i <4 85 HU Be E ‘the cause of death; 1 understand that an of the ship came here to visit the men in tue hospital; the condition of the patients now in tal is very Jow; they have occasional delirium, diurrhea and are Very much emaciated; they show no symptows of ship fever; in my opinion the cause of their suf- ferings is the fame Which occasioned Soutuard; thelr statements are all corroborhuve. ol the fact they had been mail br. Finuey, recalled —! the surface of the boay uted of extreme i gECERERRECEE clei sereier BE fg Es penSee Psg6s Ebbareteceee EegeSgEECESES gees atizel if tee E i! i i BSELtEedies tion. Justices Taylor and Garrett here testifled to having in the depositions of Southard. [hese deposi- tious have already been published in tle HERALD.) Dr. Jordan, agsistaut physician of the Seamen's Ponene Sas caijled and corroborated tue tesumony ir. Feeney. J. H. bryan sworn—1 shipped on the 12th of De- E month, when We left; on the 22d the to me, “Bryan, you don’t ‘haze’ these men round quick enougu,’’ Lreplied 1 thougit they were gevtln, on pretty well and that if he wanted me to beat tue. 1 would not do it; the carpe ter and boatswain used to frequently beat the men with beiaying pins because the wen didu’t move about as quickly as they waute) them to; Oa the ud the tirss mute told Bie to go for- Ward (that is, become one of the orditary scame:), as he intended to choose another third mate; he tucu put in wy piace a sallur named James Murpay; afver getting ordered forward by tie frst mate my room to get my clothes, wheu he 10u0wed me in and struck me several biows about the head with bis first, at the same time using the most abusive lav- guage; he did not state why he strack me; une of tac crew and & passeager named Hilil wituessed tue action Of the lirst mate; a short tle after I had gone forward tue first mate called all tauds on the quar- terdeck and selected Murphy and preseated hia to the crew as tueir third wate, saying, “nell make you sons oi b—s work,” ou tie fui- lowing day Murphy vegan wo lay about with beia,- ing and abuse the men im ever way ne coud, aud did so until the latter end of Feoruary wheu ue Was seat jorward jor having stolen the second wate s prevty fad, and aturpny tnat day beac the Wieu wost arp! NE Wed OSE unmereifwily with belaying aud a6 one ume while in the foretop eudeavured to Kick & seaman named Wiison 07 into the sca; he saw we looking at bim and he came at me, but | told ulm that t wouldn't stand more vf his ul treat wuen he de- sisted; 4 this time, owing to ment of the carpenter, boatswain and Marphy, tie third mate, several of tie men were and and suffering very much; ove of the seamen, named Arthur O’Connor, on the 14th of sanuary, ieli no the sea from the waingatant yard and was drowned ; he had previously veen beaten aliost to w jelly, aud unable to huid on wuen he fell, owlug to us condition; O'Connor swam fora short t.we aiong- side, bat no one was allowed to give him any us- sistance; the first mate was told that @ man had 14lea overbvard, and he replied, “Let in the first part of Jaauary we were @ short allowance of provisions ming tae anvariaby, 10 or mal 4 tne carpenter, the boaiswaim and the toird inate, vy Oider of tue first mate und wt times by the capita ‘when he was on deck, used belaying plus to beui tue men; the trst mate ‘always eucouraged the vther Oilicers to beat the men, praising them whea thoy used the men badly; on the 24:n of January, ac eleven o'clock at might, all hands were called to shorten sail; a boy named George Grant and Hugh MoUail did not tura out; Mcvail was trou diarrhea and Grant from tne beatings Le nad al- ready received; by order of the first mute the car- penter and a id nawed Miotac: Mannius went to the forecastie aud got Hugh AlcUall out, aud then boih of them beat him with belay: BY; put oa bim aft to the poop deck aud gagge: to stifle his cries; they thea ieft him, wien he forward as best hé could; the secoud nigat after this our watch weat below; Water was very scarce, when Grant advised taat we suouid go aud steal some Out of the tauks on tue Weck; We auvised him no: tu do 80, but he went and was caugit near ‘the tanks by the boatswain; the latter seized hun and beat him with straps and belaying pins; abvat two o'clock Graut went to bed; at four o’cloce we went onueck, out Grant did not; wuen we weat to the pumps at five o'clock Murpiy, the third him, when le weat iorward and beat him aft with ropes wuile the boy had omy his sulrt on; Murpuy kept him thus has nuked ior over & quarter 01 an hour; it Was bier cold at the time; on tae following day the captain ordered an hospital to be lormed to-pyé sume of tue maimed men in, as they were ‘“eainy too much grub;” Grant was sitting on the floor (be was theo hardly able to stand) When the carpenier completed the berius in the aospital, Wuen he seized tue voy by the hair of the head and gave hima Kick wih tus boot inthe tempie and struck bia a fearful blow with bus leit in the face, saying, “you son vu! & b—, you were not s0 sick lust nigut wheu you were stealing the water;” aiter that Grant excepting muuering once ia a while pheos,”’ unsil he died the following mornin; who were paced in the hospital ouly got a iait pint of gruet in the moruing and @ ball pint at nigat; I heard we ca) several Limes whea he caus into tae hospita: say, “You sons oi b—, | wul starve you to death,” there were generally five ve mx patients in tue hospital at one tune; two of the men (vue named Wood who bailed from Virginia, lue other named Vick Willams, from Poriland, ate.) became fhsane irom the ui treatment they ceveived, and Murphy made them clase one another abuut tie deck to amuse huunse.t; they died the loiowing day; McUail Was taken out of the Lospital about thus time aad so badly beaten that he died two days alter being taken out; boy named William Calsioa, who bad suipped a8 passenger cook, out was made todo ondary seaman’s duty, was also taken out of the hospital aad 80 badiy ten by tae carpenter that te died in @ few hours afterwards; the trast part of the voyage the captain was se.dom secon on deck, but whoa he was he used to order the wea to be pinned and beat just as badly as the inate; his brotaer was wont to order the carpemer aud boatswain to beat them; the mea who fell rom the top, and who died during the voyage, died ae, and all tarough bad usage; a maa, who was fevug- ized a& plysician Of toe snip and Wao Was aimost Qi the tue araak, attenpiod to treat @ seaman named Mooney for the gravel, and made lim sit naked for haf an hour in the cisins; it was very cord at the time; Mooney 1s now in tue hospital ta a dy ng coudition. VERDICT OF THE JURY. Last evening tae jury returaed tue verdict “that Jonn OU, Soutuard came to his death by diarh.ca and inanition, sail d.seases caused by brutal treaties received at the hands of James Murphy, third mate, and the Woatswaia aad carpenter of the sap Janes Foster, Jr., and censure the captain and (irae tmavo Of the Voagel as accessories to tue death of deceased.” Views of Correspondents. To Tas Epiron or 7 RALD Im ‘The papers for the inat few days have been filled with ew part statements of crueities which are said to have been practised by the oMcers of the ship James Foster, Jr. on the crew and passengers during her recent voyage trom Liverpool to this port. it is @ saying no loss trite than true that “one side of a tale 18 always good until its opposite ia heard;’’ and in behalf of Captain Armstrong, who now lying dangerously ill at his own house tn is av Brookiyn, the writer would reapooi- Faliy sox came’ abit sus ,end its option, aud ‘paragraph sha Jeoing” the saip, £¢., is owiio = and needea OUly tie One esseniial vic- mant of truth to render J< Of value. He hud been til for an entre week prior (0 INS arrival, aud nobis bus am indomitable will gout have kept nim up. not cen of & post only ulter he lad delivered bis ship to the prover aittrorities, then ia broad daylight and by the usyal Worle Of convey- ance. There was no | ailemps #6 panpsalmens, nor was there any tight beyon of guietiy proceea- ing to his family and friends after au Roeanee of nearly five mouths. If this be a fisist, then he Hea, aud if not, then is the paragraph pure apociryphal, dUpTiOn, Naw Yors, March: 14, 1869, To Tax Eprror oF Tne HeRatL.p:— SiB—1 enclose you the followiag suggestion for publication and tne benofit of tae public:—How to prevent auch crueities as were perpetrated on the crew and passengers of the fever ship Jawes Foster, Jr.—Let the Emigration Society in this city have tho power invested in them by an act of Congress to pus on board of every emigrant snip which comes into the Ufited States a commissioued officer, whose duty shall be defined by law to protect, guard aud watch the interests of every passenger on board, and to preveut by his interposition any cruelties on them and to enforce the full allowance of 100, fuel and water whevever the necessity uf the ovca- sion does not warrant their reduction. To hear up from the passengers of grievances or of 1- juries which have been inflicted, w report tue sae bo the captain aad demand that tacy Buall net bo re . but at once have the oflver or seamau so oifending properly puaished. Aud waeaever dis Lu tercession fuis to secure the procecilua of bus pas senger, make # note of ali tus Laci, aad por the ur- rival of the sup sabuit tuew to Lhe Kmgration Society for its aodon or to the Disuricé Atoracy iC uecesdury. In jact, he should be vo vourd Wulta United states Consul i8 in a forelgn port; besides ue could impart during tue voyage valuable iasorua- tion to Wue pour passengers tit woud be of inca culable benefit to them on their arrival, and, per- haps, suape Weir future course In tue Dew couuly toward Wealth and nappiess. ‘This piga, la my view, Would bo infinitely of more Value to tue otherwise he:pless uni irieudiess pas- sengers thad tie Hmigraiion Sovwty cau ever lupe to aiford them as it af prescut operaws, tur tus officer, boing on bourd duriuy ins paysage, woud strike the rut of the evil aud preveus criues be.ore they were committed. Lassert that if the mmigia~ tion Society had had an oiliver oa board the lilea‘e t fever ship James Foster, Jr., to protcot tie pussen- gers aud Warn the oficers of tue penuity cat would Tullow their acta, tue lives of tweuiy-two humaa beings would have been saved and our souls spared the shocking detuils of the:r cruel fate. We invite the thoussads of poor but honest mon to come to our shures yearly, aad we leave iieud, uu- protected duriug their peruvus voyage to tacit Uic- tries aud the unceleui persecuuions Of & wul- barous captain and his oillosrs, woo vfier do Lut hesitate to take even hu.aan life, xo sale do they feel m their authority. And the re MuavOe LE girl, while on ‘has notuiug Yul Her God by pro- tect her virtue. Ob! Mr. Editor, you cannot catimiate those poor creatures nave Ww pass There is no one on buurd to be @ LerTor to O1 au Olficer duly commissioned tw prowct tue pas- sengers on board of every euiigraut sip tual euie.3 our port. . PEuULS CULLING. N New York, March 16, 1862, To'rug Eprror oy THE HERALD :— Sir—In this morning’s edition of the Hepaxp, It read your editorial in referenoe to the cruc.ties and sufferings endured by the crew and passengers of the packet ship James Foster, Jr. it Is evident to guy person underatanding the management of these “Western Ocean Packets,’ that tue article above re- ferred to is too true. The James Foster, Jr., has bad @a unenviable reputation ior years past, and if the evulence of those who have beeu in ber at didereut times could ba heard it would astouish Lellef. ‘tue writer of im article bas had weu unger hiw at difies- ent pieces and 12 didereut slips, Wao proved) lv be sailors tn every seuse of tue Word; yet tuey bore evidence of cruel ireatuient received at the bands of tue onticers Of the J. K., Jr. Ji those who reside on shore cou.d but see the brutal treatment receiveu Ly some men irom those who call themselves villcers, they would shudder with pity. Tue junior vificers par- Ucularly are the most cruci, aud, as» general thing, uueducated aud unmerciful, 1 have beeu au oiler of severe! vessels during my sea-going career, and have by experience found that goud treatueut ai- ways turned Out tue best, Ut course, there are ex- ceptioas, Where raw las galued tue upper Daud for instance; but, ene ‘Speaking, kinduess, rue esas Gad Oficer-like (Dot brule) sway, Makes te Lost Lkoow waut slips are. and wriid from personai experience, Louce bad the pieasure ofa guod-pye cheer from 400 throats which na sengers gave me as they leit che ship I was an oficer Oly because 1 treated tacm Kindly. 1'il quar. antee thore were more gurses tuan coeers trou ue passengers o! the J, ¥., Jr, Wieu tuey ee, ‘a. ‘Kespecttuily, c., SOUND DUES. New Youx, March 15, 1860. To Tax Epitor or THe HEeRaLp:— Your alticte, headed ‘-Ke-cstablishing the Sound Dues,’ in yout journal of the 14th inst., will no dount be appreciated by the whole commercial interest of the country, although many, like myself, knowing the vast aud powerful influence your independent journai exercises upon ail the questions of the day, regret the brevity of the article refeired to. The term “Sound dues” ts correctly applicaole to the bill now before the Legisiature to which you refer. ‘Che term “Sound dues’ had tts origin im a country older than our own, and became an tuternational question between that country and ours as to its justice re garding the rights of commerce, the United States government demanding its abolishment, so far as it related to the commerce of this country, and Den- mark contending for its continuation, advancing tre thr ory Of Muving jurisdiction over the Straits of Bisi- nore. However, the result was Denmark withdraw. tog from her position and yielding to the just sev Kaitos, don't you think that the “‘goverament ir, kditor, don’t you tl it of Denwark” at that ume Would luve had @ situcg position if she had drawn thi tenuou of our gov- ernment to the parallel case whic! of New York Was then acing, nameiy, ng Sound dues; tur it Was we.i KuOW4, as DOW, thas the navigabie wasters of this country belong to aud saouid be under the jurisdiction oi the genoral gov- erament, notwithsianding its deretiction to the rights aad protection of commerce aud submission vo the unconstituuonal laws euacted by the diferest Stites of the Union, Would it not be we'l, now thas We have @ Pres.dent Who says he Wil see ail riguts protected, for him to seud a ia! envey Or cum mercial agent to the State of New Yors and protess in behalf of the commerce of tis country against New York any longer exercising the rigut of :evywg “sound dues” upou the Commerce passiag through Heil Gate—eapecially whe. for the purpose of su; plying: her citizeus with tue meaas of procuring the! “bread and butter” As you have sug) the ifea that the bill now belore tue Legisiucare 1s for the purpose of keeplug & corte. uf ber citizens Out of tue Puoraouse, 10 doubt the suggestion will be well received by the atures oi Otuer States—ior tnstance, Massuciu- seus, for ane has similar waters in her State, called tie “Vineyard Sound," through whose waters sais the largest commerce of this country. Aa ovjection canuot be entertamed alone prejudicial to tiose waters, with the idea of no danger tv be appreheaded tu the navigation of tue “Viaevard Sound;” for it is well known by ail seamen to tne contrary. In navi- gating Heli Gate the danger has beew overcome by (he mventive gentus of Fulton. ‘Trusting to tae iuture independence of the HaranD a8 in the past in advocating tia ‘peal 01 ail Obnex- sous laws impeding commerce, | so.icit in oehau of the commercial Luveres: of Luis Moirupolls your ab pen in the @xposiiion Of ail scaemes whereby commercial prosperity Of this city will be checked ua its onward career, OOUMMERKUE, Jacos Barxen's Esrate.—We are informed that the assignee, BK. EB. Nort, had oiticuil, ed Regisier Deane of his deteruination to deud of ten per cent upon the proved clans on 10 this matter, Several days will ve necessary, hows ever, in Whica to prepare w complete ist of names amounts, with tho pro rata coming to each ‘one, 4 over matters of detail reqairet tv appear in tas order for a dividend, The creditors may expect to reve.ve notes vu. Wine and i ut paymvat, and the Amouuts which they wiil be entitied to receive oa tue present dividend sone tine next week. ‘The ag- gregace of claiias upon which tuis dividend Is de, Clared (exclusive of a small number and amount of riviexed claims required by the statute to ve pad in fail) is stated by the Register to Le $493,490 To.— ew UNWANS Hepasuean, abarel 1. ‘THe PRNNsyLvaNia Coat Trave.—The anthracite coal production steadily increases, and as the Schuylkiii Navigation has already commeaced ship. ments, Which is somewhat Carlier than last year, ovher canals Will probably be ia operauca this week, @ very constleravie increase over last year is @x- pecied for the- next turce or four weeks, The ship- imeuts vy tie Reading Rairoad and caual from the SCOuyIKUl Fegion tase Week, Were od, 0. Lous, aad 10F (be year, 040,573 tons, against 611,421 tons to ti same time fast year. ‘The vonnage of all the se’ carrying Companies for the Week, was 186,256 agains 104,00 tons in corresponding week las’ yeur—an increase Of 76,417 tons. The total tounago for tne year of ail tho ilues 19 1,457,338 tons, agalast 1,438,519 tons vo samme itme Last year—showing au crease so far this year of 405,810 tous, All the indl+ cations of the trade, 80 tar, are that the price of coul wust Jurther 0.—Philadelphia Ledyer, March Mr. and Mrs. Dwyer, an aged cou residing @bvut jour iniles from Muscatine, iowa vaten u place O4 tae wiverno"d Of tue ivtn last, weat Lome souewhat lntoxica ¢d in the evening, and tie EXE ni ruing they rewaind were found io the ashes of thelr dwelung, wich Lad vevn dearoyed by fire duitag (we Diu