The New York Herald Newspaper, November 28, 1869, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY,’ ‘NOVEMBER ‘28, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. ee a Nn en EDU NUUnrTnnrnnnnnrenemenmmemenae eerie emma et hus. am @ quick and law. | ported by s government stenographer, with a view, the weight of evil tnd: A. OAKEY HALL colege dae” We have’ see MeL OF TOE tes | Fore aad brillant ivecaie was Made, aud. is | ka'wat sual atthe time, to procecd, ucamist Wi (oF MEXICO. Parag rhage ve mh gh merge nd on Led ® : udder which be entercd college, We see hum alter ty wiih tue fuily established, At bis | locendiary and violent |i The goverument pen 4 deserves more than Siaetiaenend comments enters joremoss in bis stadies, foremost ip the nomination for the ofice, in the tall of 1854 be | did not think it worth while w prosecule him, but | The Ministerial Crisis Ended—Mextcan How P "ts, = the hour of expiation is near and Tecitalion room, 1 bis Com) A cpm i ae papaya berger meta $ ray neo ped Pog pt Aegean hrbhenck yy wane $0 Bi pitaliiies to Mr. Seward—Address of the iene tC Toe fall Emeotleagiy fone them. I i nov st give the election figures; 11 jollcal document in * in @, — bag = BriBiant Type of Young America and Long | 12 te uweraty societies, tors moet ut et ehin. th | he wastte-clected for turee terns subsequently, when | the McClellan cainpaigh. ‘This, as will ve remem- | GOVeruor of Collma—Speeches of Mir. Sew | treat somincit ete amen Olam ta ane lberty And Chapter of Brilliant Saceesses—College and Law Stodics and Early Journalistic Carecr and Sirnggles—Ten Years os Distriet Attorney—Carcer as Pri- vate Lawyer, Politician, Mayor, Orator and Litterateur—His Personal Life. Proteus has his many modern prototypes, but no one ih Whom Versatile accomplishments and marked brilvancy of success 1b Varied pursuils reveal them- selves with snore lustrous spicudor thap ta the career of A. Oakey Hall, Unus in omne et omnia in no was Wwe graud cpitomization by Livy of the character of one of the oid Roman consuls, This A. Oakey ail epitomized, Lawyer, politician, eaitor, Butuor, orator, litterateur, dramatist, poet, critic, ‘wit—one 10 a] and all in ede, These characters, of course, are more or less blended together, His Sparkling wit, (or iustauce, shows Itseif in every- ting he does, and 1, in (act, part aud parcel of himeelf, Oratory bus ever becu @ distinguisuing element of Aus legal career aud poittical lie, and his diverse Yabora as autor, editor, littérateur, poets and Gsawatist are uly tie varied expressions of bis divergout literary tasies, His great dis- Mnotive characters aro those of lawyer, Politician, wiiter and orator, In each he Bas shown those siining qualities enforcing nighest admiration, and Lringing with them those rewards of @ truce, noble and weil divected geulus—place, promi- Bence and power. In, iact, he goes @ good ways Bbead Of the old god of Grecian nythology who, with the power to cuauge himsoil into apy torm he Pleased, could be ouly ove thing ata time. A. Oakey Hauliis al) his diversiied characters at once. He Practives igw, nowwing ta peliuica oO political ofics being abie to divert aii from lus profession, attends to nis duties ag Mayor, makes speeches, delivers lec- tures, aud cuits @ paper, Wile tie cacuelies scrtvbends as developed in the more extented form of miscella- Meous Bud DOK Writing sill rages and buras within Dim witu saierimiitent viruicnce, These duties, dis- tloct Irom cach otier, are yet deitly interwoven into the siugi¢e wool of a busy iile, walle helping to make Up (he WoveR [abric, ald give Lo 1b not only tus rich+ Mess abd beauty and suaay glow and warinin, bat Ma cuMpactuess, durability and strength—are the uuceasing sparsie of his exbaustless ‘Wit, bis wruchtulness tat never falters, his inieg- rity, the weilapriug of every thougnl, word and act Ol bis ic; bis sivengta of will aud steadfastness of purposc—overcoming obstacles that would appal ordiwary meu; his pcasig suavity of manners aad that obliging gentleness of the neart stamping bim that rura avis of Usese degenerate, selfish and grasp- fig Uunes—a truc wou reduced gentleman. He a @ilerent type of representative man from those we Rave oveu sketoliug. His succedses are not vue suc. cesses of advauding years. ie is nov @ veveran sol- @ier in lite’s batiiedeid. He 13 Young America; ,not Youug Awerica of brassy unpudeuce, not our mod- @rn school of fast, undisciplined, inconsiderate youths who sacrifice everytuiug to breacueck speed, Dut the euibodiuieut of our yuung activities, aurart bess, tact aud go-2head spirit, the personiication of the Licod aud muscie tat tell, the Young America tut keeps itg eyes open, looks shead, gives odds aud Leats the worid—the charac- ter crystallized tato one of fery determination, im- petuous courage, pussiod, inieilect, forve aud bold Supsemacy of impassioned genius aad wil, Few Meu su youay ia Years Lave been so successful poli tically, socially or otherwise. Bievated to the high- @8i wWuniclpal fice Mi Lhe gift of our citizens, he has brougut to iss duties not vuly the higuest executive bilities Dui wierilng Hdelily to the behests of justice, Giapassionate Culinness aud diguity, indomitable in- @epeadcnce and the true manliness of @ brave and Mayuaniwous spiri, lic has not sought popwarity, Be has compeiied popuianty, There ts not a more popular mau in our city to-day, Among our repre- seutalive men be siauds tn the foreground, The skeich yivcn below of lis lie, and Which we regret having to compress Witain such innited space, shows that be is a scli-wade man, and that bus spirit has been tempered in the ilcsy furmave of early airuygies. ANCESTRY AND EARLY YOUTH. Genealogically A. Oaxcy Hail represents the com- posite as weil as cosiopotitan character of the Ame- ficau people, Lis pateroal graudiather, was a Baiive of Hampshire, Eagand, and fled to this ountry In (he iatter part of the last century because, @8 a turbulent Wordingman poliician, be was ume- Mabie to political arrest. He was of quite humvie Origin, being & house carpenter, His wile was a Welsiwoman, His maternal grandfather was Uneally descended from Colouel Joua Oxey, as the Bame was tien spelled, aregicide member of Par. Hauent in tbo surring times of Charies}. Readers Ol Luo Stuie irda Wii secullect Low Colonel Okey sl to jiolland, where some Of his Jéescondauts Wero bork, Lut ofierwards was decoyed back to England sod deneaded ou Tybura will in the Qpproved fastioa of the day. He died, as did some Ot (he OLber regiciies. giorving ta Lis deed oi king- Killing. Mr. Liaii's maternai grandiather, Abranaw Ouxey, Was derivatively of Hollaudisn extraction. He warrict @ Freach lady veariag the family Dane LD’ Assigue, Wiu was @ daughier of a refugee Freucu count, Lt will thus be secu that if Mr. Halt be a somewaat turvulont politician and & baer of @espousu be comes by these trai boty logi- cally wand genculogicaliy. Late Avraham Oakey, @ller Whol Jit, Lal is baMed, Was educated ut old King’s Co lege, now Coiumbia College, und stose queauy, as oivii cugincer aud surveyor iu tie employ Of tue Diale, hat consideravie to dv With Making We Maps of the interior’ Cuuulics, For @ period of twenty yeurs, from 1810 vo 1530, be was Leputy Treasurer of Lis Sale. bis coluborer tp the Comp- totes office, Puiip Phcips being BU alive at & wv iai’s favuer Way @ New 4 pected witn tue firm of P. K. Barr, wftecwarus Chaud er, Starr & Vo, Commg now fo the wrth of A. Oakey ial, we fad that singu- Jariy chougit he was veri rigit im the very atuos- Pllere Of Albany poliliciads aud WithiD & BLOue’s Turow Of the State Capitui. ‘Tue event occurred at Dis grandia.uer's residence, IN tae Baaner Ol 1926, Wane is Mother Was there On o visit, jkecenuy @la public daver ta releriug bo Lois ratner Liupor- tauierao: Ws Kory Le iaugaingiy sald, tus vor Gea, OWS Doras he accident, as Baniue Lover says Qoout St, Pawek, | think | am euliied iy be culled a New York boy. ‘The tty of New York will certainly always de jure claw him as acr sou. Wiou he Was oniy three yeara oid nis fainer aicd Of yellow fever coutracted im New Orcans. Lis fuiher ieft very litte property, aud the Tesuit Was Liat his mioluer Was obliged vo take Dourders us 4 means Of wupport. She was not un- mindfui, however, of ber young son's education. Bho saw his bright promise aod eariy seat him to Bows OF Lhe Vest ScAOdis 19 the city. Haviag @ fond- Ness lor Luly aud & Mind as quick M3 1b Was eager fa acquiriag ku Fieize He Made rapid progress, “1 want bu go LO culiege,"’ ue 2aid one day to his mother. “+L wim too poor, my son, to rend you to college,” mhe ausweres sorrowl ull, “buvuga 1 would sacri- fice auy thing Lo do #o."" “you bould mie ana i'll pay the college bills,’ he enswered, With ease) Lape. uosuy, “How wii you get tue mower”? “Work fori.’ “Work at what “Head work, Ili manage tt some way.’” ENTERING SBW YOK UNIVRUSITY. And youbg Uacey did enter college. He was four- teen wien Lue avove CO \versauon occurred, tue Minmuin age of sdinissos, He Was examined Bnd found fully prepared. Ho entered im 1340 we New ierk University, It wasa bappy day jor him, ‘ihe tempie of Kuowledge was to tim wad ‘Through its portals ie saw ia the dim distance uve- Dues leaiiux to goals of bighest ambition, Mo Pppreciaied his (pportuntiies tog Digily to Waste his fiwe. An jodefatigabic student, always prompt and GBidost aiways periect im the recitation room, his Studies Were not Wholly confined lo the prescribed WAxt bovky. DViscontented tivroughiy wita ali of: Euclid aud conic sections end the diderential sud fov gral caicuius laid down in the college COUtse, ho Was not contont With tio Jinitation to Sho Aacient clussics, Virgil, Horace, Cicero and F nae Were bis favorite Laila auviors, aud there ‘ad & line When le cauld repeal Wali the oe of Old Quintus Mo ratius Fiaveus, He read ali their Fa 4 WIL MVidity aud loft but Jitile unread of A Sailust, Jusdoiaa and Qninulian, The works of Justinian om Keman jurisprudence first revealed fo huis youthful mind tae paiosophy of law and the Vast compass aud dignity of legai acquirement. Ho had bis favorites miso among the old Greek writers, a Homer, Demositienes, iterodocus aud Thucy: ides; but his chief delight was in t grand old tragedies of Sopnocies and AMachylas, aod in their careful study im his college days can be tracéd nin rowiie luwerest ever suCe in everything pertain 2. oe Kiterature, But he Was @ dill biden Mo was likewive a at reader, 6 = Tewdlug, howe was ai inating ‘ith irrepressivie ardor aod je comprenensive, rrepi ® TADged over tie Whole domiuion of Sctence. It isan pel ee st gi Alter iLie, aad 16 Would be speciniy 4 his genius, w according to La Bos, 1s ouly an uptitude received from navure to do well and eus! Vas Which O.ners can do but indifferently and wi # great deal of Daiwa, 10 Ms uvely aud original fancy ud in bis wit precoc.cusly pungent and voling und buvbling over Wik racy Tichuess, We bee ulsy tue germ OF ihe iuiure an, bur we Cannot Loger bere. Late ab might burned Lis studentiamp. in whose night Vigis, Like all younw Iuea of genius wad Lg aspirations and consciousness Of muale power, be Builleb nes bulls elately air casiies, aud wa fervid aspirauens endowed ile WIth @ grand purpose. Lut be had nutmuch time to give to archiiectural Jabois In the regious of the upper @ir, sad With Lis 1uture aspuructous Were Ingle perpetually present BS periues, His motuer was poor, ie had pro- mised Ww bis college bills, He did this, gad wore too. He julilled lus prowse, and he did it by head work. FIRST ESSAY IN JOURNALISM. Everybody knows Wio knows anything about A. Onkey lini Lust ue us been &@ youd iauy years Adeaiiiied with Journalisa. Not everybody kauws tac oy We labors of bis pen and brain he paid bls Way through’ college. ‘The yeurus iat euavied vr. Jobnson Ww write Kasecias to Tulse wopey with Which to dus mother’s fuueral expenses; the enfus tuat kept Oliver Goldsmith from a debtor's aud starvation; tie genius that has ited many & poor scholar avuve waut and privation came (0 Lis rescue, Hie early commenced wing ior pews papers and magazines, in those late night vigils Ne wrolw-arucies Wick by readuu of ther spice aud originality readily found their way taco ty; ‘raere was @ taking cpigramuatc terseness of style ana Ea Rata onsen re init aig founa tuem apeeduy ier oy the ew mente proibpt and ete o Wi York Ainercan, he Park Benjamin’s veutuivs; om Nichoi’s Aurora, Boenwny mirror end ovher papers. They were Kkindg of articles—ligut essays on literary Lopics, treatises OD grave questions of govern- meul, fnauce, political ecovomy and reform, book Teviews, dramusc criticisms, police reports, dead and live toples—anythisg suas bad an interest, pointed @ moral or adorued a tale, We might give several aneedoves of his experiences In journals 10 those days, Wuen Lhe New LOrk piers Was NOt the gigautic power 1 ts @t | Tesen!, aud Wien jourualism Was Dot the estabished proiession 1 DoW ts and rauking second tw wo other 1p diguiy, Lover aud in- fluence. We must make oue answer our purpose:— “Lam @ reporter,” ue suid oue uight at tine gale of the oid Purk theatre, “and wish Wo pags inside,’ “You are nob old enough to be @ reporter,’ spoke up Mr. Kdward simpson, the mauager, scanning hus youtuful face aud igure; “you can’t passin ou any SUCK laise Provence,’ “fami old euougi to write that,” indignantly re- torted young Vakey, pulilug 8 new! x iow nbs pocket aud show @® Wemenduus pullippic ue bad writlen agituat the Tieatre. *}0u can pass,’ growled Mr. Simpson, “but draw your criticisut milder neat time, i you please.” ‘He also Wrote brillidus gossiping lewere Lo papers in uther cities, for Waich Ue received pay; Gud as We lave statea, he wrow Jor various magazines be- sides. lnteresting as it Would be to dweil upon these detalles we ave uot tue Lime or space. Oullid tucse early products of itis brain be read vo day tue Dieas- lung fase.uauion Of bacir siyle, Mis vivid power ul de scripuon abd their aliernating humor aud sound jogic Would bardly sugyesi tue pressure Ol necessity under which they were writved. But they were weil written, aud he was weil paid for them. They ac- complisied his purpose. He relieved its mosaer of expense on bis account and pursued uuluterrupted his coliege studies. GRADUATES AND BEGINS THE STUDY OF LAW. In 1sd4 young Oakey graduated at college. His commenceinent exercise Was w burlesque colioguy writvan in Verse, eutiticd “ue Ghusis of tie Fast aud Future,” The University commencements were (wen heid in the o'd Church of the Messtad, Duw tue New York theacre, Cuancelior Frenagauysea, » airaightiaced Vreabytenaa, in reviewing the col- Joquy struck ous some lives prophesylug that this cuarch would ove day become & Lueatre. A quarter of & century aud ide propuecy Was iuilied. Coliege eiforw ure geucraily very dry wud siale, This was exceedingly humorous, aud 18 stil) remembered by many wuo heard 1 as replete with we happiest tuuagmabie Couceits, He bad eariy selected tuu law as ins proiessivu. dhrouga the pecuniary Kindness of nis uncle, Samuel W. Oakey, @ imerchaut of New Orieaus, he was enavied, after taisning Lis collegiate studies, to enter tue harvard Law School at Cambridge. ibis was darog tue proiessorship of Judze Story and simon Greenieai, wutuor of the great text book on evi- dence, His career here Was briet but brilliant, He witended fultutuily the lectures, tn tie “mock tiuis? bo bore off the patm, fur sagacity in sifl- log evidence and adroit aud eloquent summing up he Was unequa.sed, snd at @ supper given by sole Ol tue dedgiog lawyers on cumpleuon of a new law buidiog gave swing to lis poetic procitvity ino lively epigrauw, the two ciosing lines of wiich run thus— How fittingly fame’s laurel climbs Iie Greou-.eaf to one Story height, He remaiaed at Cambridge only one term. He found it Hiow business, RKevuroing to New York, he entered tue law omice of Charles W. Sandford, but Femained ou,y @ short ume. He went w New Ur- leans, and there resumed Dia law siudies in the ofice of Thomas & Jonn Siidell. He studied law wih trees avidity, Fouowlng the chart aud ouliine laid down in Blackstone, he mas- tered “Coke Upon Lisueton,’ mustered the science Of pieadiug, mastered Lue awa 01 evidence, Mastered we common law, civillaw, maritume law and inter. uadvaal aw—souw lu Lact, bie deepest deptus of jaw as @ acieuce, ull he could sport and pluy fawilitarly With it¢ most suotle distinctions. But as ln couege 80 here he had to combat impecumiosity, During mis stay in the Crescent Vity, wien con- unued through two years, 06 performed reporvorial labor for the New Orleans Commercial Bulletts and Delia, aod also wrove for and tauly edited the Lierary Work, His sketches in the last named periodical, uuder the ttle of “Tne Manuatianer in New Uricans, or Phases of urescent City Lile,”’ were subsequeutly pubushed in book iorm by J. 3. Ked- fied, in thus city; and certainly most pleasing aketches they aré, and teitaiul portraiture of life and character and places as they then presented taemselved in Lue great aud growing metropoils of the South. He was admiited vo the New Orleans bar in 1846, then only twenty years of age. One of bis examimers was Judah P. Benjamin, Secretary of tue ‘Treasury of the Southero conteue- racy. And tills reininds us tuat during the war it was quite Comicon to denounce Mr. Hall as @ cop- He certainly enjoyed good opportuniues of imoioing the wovtrines of tue Iuture Confederate chieis if he had been disposed to do so, ‘Tue fact 1s that duriug the war oe was @ tuoroughgolug Union nian aod Was foremost ln Dis eifords 1 all matiers pertaining to tue raising of money and men to help put dowu the revelluon. ADMISSION TO THE NBW YORK BAR AND EARLY PRACTICE. The fall of 1848 founa A. Oakey Hall again in New York, sais Ume with a determination to make tuis city lite Vermanedt ome, However the gay souta- era capital migut suit M18 mercurial tasies, he saw here a wider fleid tor b13 amvlion, and tae more assured prospect Of # successiul carecr in his proies- miou.~ Shoruy after his return he *was ex- amined und adunitted to tue New York bac. For two year, as iar as legal practice weut, ne Went virvugh the ordimary siatvation process commun to must young lawyers, Bue i was nut in him to wait for cients aud starve. He took up ONCE More Lis peu—Uis faluutul ally agalase want, due wrote for various city papers. He aiso wrote weekly leticrs to Lae New Urieaus Commercial Bul- letin and Deiid, over tue Teapevtive noms de plume “croton” and “sans Yorkai.’’ Spicier or more reada- bie ieiiers Were Dever Written frou thls city, During this period he also contrivated, as he bad previously duue, urtic.es Lo Lhe Jiiernalvnal Alagazine, eaived by Kulus W. Griswold, aud wrote @ good deat for te Hume Journal, auder the direction of George P, Morris, and to Wuom), as ths favier’s sien, ab Will be remembered, he dedicated bis Curtsunas story, published vy Harpers, chiied uid Wiitey’s Carisi- tids Grou’? A circuumstuace about this tie Occurred m connection with his jouraullstic labora tat 1a wort relaug. Tnere Was a Vacancy Op tae repor- tortai stadt of tho New York Commercial. He went W the office, inquired for the editor, saw Lim aud made @ verval appitcatiun for the positioa, “Luere 13 & Vacancy, 1 Uaderswud, oa your repor- torial stad? guid air, tiall, “Yes, sir,” auswered te editor, “1 would like he pina”? “Any refereaces!" “yes, air.” “Who are they?” “Toeae are wy references,” and he showed some Of his arcicies iu priut “bxceedingiy good references,” said the editor, glauclug over thew, “Lue piace is paruaily prowised, however, but you cali again and I will bee wuut 1 a ‘ali did call again, but he did not got the piace, We may as well Unisu iue story. ‘ihe posi- on Was given to {heophilus C. Cailicot, Whodia (ae paper essential service for several years, as reporter aud city editor, but ws now domg the State more essential service ta the Aibauy Venitentiary. ‘tue Obvious logical sequence IA thal if Mr. ail had ob- tained thus position ue Would have goue to Wwe enl- teutiary, Wheres, Ou the coutrary, oy Iatiiug in his Sppiication, be has since a8 District Atiorney sent Bue 12,000 persons LO Statg Prison. Tempora imu tantur et nos mucdinur ii Wis, ‘rhe daye of compuisory L.terary labor for Mr, Hall, Happily, notwitusiandiug his iailure in the above Ose, BOOK ended. As junivr conusel In a case NO had, about this time, the good luck to gain tue Laver of Nathaniel Bowditch biunt, @ distinguished adyo- cate and contemporary with Ambrose Jo1 Om- den Hoffman, Vuyid Granam, kdward Saniord, Chuton, Dewilt aud James T. Brady. ‘This acquain- tance résulted ta ie formation of a frendsuip with B iormer classmate, Aaron J. Vanderpvel, as one of the partners, Which, at the request of Mr, Brown, an oid partuer of Mr, Biunt, ornated the now well Known frm of Brown, Hail & Vanderpoel. In 1450 Mr, Blunt was elected Vistriot Attorney. He ae lected Mr, Hall a9 Assistant District Attorney, and, being re-olected, continued Mr, Hail in the same oitice, Mr. Biunt dying in 1864 Governor Seymour appointed Lorenzo B. shepard to fil the vacancy, Mt . Hall tomporariy retired from the oiice aad ayain resumed bis private practice and literary labors. Bay he did Jong rewain in retirement, ‘The voice of tle peopid at Lhe earliest opportua succeeding tie death of Mz, Blunt proclaimed Mr. Blunv’s successor. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. Tho long, successful and brilliant career of Mr. Bali as District Aitorney is Weil Known, No one has ever filled this arduogs and on maore ably. 48 Assistant he decitned @ re-eiecuion, and sor three years, from 1855 to 1861, gave is time to private, practice and Tegal and literary etudtes. In Ve latter year he sub- mitted agaia to @ nomination aud was once nore elected to his former pos.tion as puvlic prosecutor of the clty, @ position he continue! to hold through seven years, When ho resizued—although having two more yours to serve -to enter upon his duties as Mayor. Jt will thos be seen that Jor ten years he ited the omice of District Attoroey, desides tree veurs and #1X Months as Assistant District Attorney. Very many trias of great tmportance were had in bis ew EA tigh- eg bsp the ane ings ou part © peopie, and in wo! was oppaged by the best inteltect of the bar. The caiendar®f the Vourt uf General Seagions shows 00 fewer than twenty-two murder tria.s while he was prosecuting counse!. Of these, with one exception, that of Lewis Baker, tried forthe murder of Wil- lam Poole, tuere were convictions 10 every case. Out of the twenty-one thus tried and convicted eleven been executed, turee imprisoned for hie, the weniences of four condemned to execution commuted to imprisonment for life, and three found guilty of mausiaughier. Of course these are out & fractional part of the cases tried, Many very tm- ortant cases, not capital, caine beiore this court for Thai, among which we may mention the celebrated Huntington forgery case, In selecting as his assiat- ants such able and efficient men as Guoning 8. Bedfori, Jr., present City Judge, and * Kovert O. Hutchings, the newiy elected 5: le, he showed 8 thorougn knowledge of wen. This Court of General Sessions ls @ great and curious criminal school, Every passion and i phate of ie is here laid bare, kvery le of criminal is here ed for trial. ‘There is no end to what could be written. We must burry on to other matters. We will only stop to say What while, as public cutor, ar. Hall was humane tg those Unving Hewiy. entered tne crooked ans of e, he Was UNCO! in Lugs 4 Uap "ygevent penal - as AL ty Of the law on indurated SUCCESS ‘WYER. Mr, Hall was not ye twenty-four and barely en- titied to act in the court when ho argued before the United States Supreme Court # case agatost the At torney Genera: of Texas and other distinguished counsel, ‘Tne ful) report is given in 11 Howard, U. 8, 33, The tact, ability and judgment he siowed in this case at ouce gave him & proud status at the bar. His private practice for a cood many years has been very large. From tiwe to time he has been extensively engaged beforo legisiative committees at Albany a8 municipal saqwyer, having had very important interests entrusted to nis charge. To specuy the causes cciébres in which he has been engaged would make an almost unend- ing chapter. While District Attorney he argued more than 200 cases in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, involving’ important crimi- nal principies and tO ® -great exient set- ting the criminal polity tunis Stace, He also contributed w large number of reformatory Statutes applicable to tn city. Kor many yeara he uaa been at various times counsel to sherity and coroners, boards of police comnissione ra, the Com- mussiouers of Charities aud Vorrection and raliroad companies. We canuot refrain, however, {rout indl- cating briefly the basis of his success at the bar. in the tirst viace he t@ unquestionabiy, for bis years, one of tue best read lawyers at the New York bar, On occasions his argument 1s elose aud rigid, @ com- Pact network of steel Lupressions to assault. Gene- rally, however, his. jega) arguments abound in cor ruscatious of vivacious fancy. He bas @ faculty of breathiog life into the duliest materia: and impart. tug On LO the dryest topics. Conceiving bis argumenis strongly aud clothiug ais thought with the choicest phraseology he beguiles his audience of Weariweas by bis combined logic aud Wit, ‘The humorous vein, s:rong sense, and simple style, ‘To teach tho gayest, make the gravest amie, His atyle of speaking ia mainty coiloquial. Like Minerva glittering from the brow of Jove, bis thoughts. come forih mature and splendid. There is nothing of patchwork in his ideas aud notuing of labor in big manner and gestures. ‘Tis the glance, the expreasiona, the well-chosen wor By dened magic the depths of the spirit are rb ad ‘The smile, the mute gesture, the soul-stirring pause, Tue eye's aweet exproasion that meus wulle 1 awes, Ho rarely Jost an important case when he was public prosecutor, and pever in Lis private prac- uce @ Bult he advised Lringiug. Wit AND HUMOR, Were each boox oi the Pentateuch eniargea to the size of the iargest volume of the American Lastitute Transactions they would not swell into greater Voiuwinousueds tian @ record of the wit aud humor of A, Oakey Hail, We will cite only three or four cases showing his aparkle of repartee. 1n the cele- braved trial of airs. Cunainpgluaim for the uyrder of Dr. Burdeil 1¢ was proven tur tue defeuce, to slow her innocent frame of mind, that on Sunday morn- mg—the one succeeding the murder—sue und her daughier were singimg hymas. Mer couusei quoved one of the nymns, “Tne counzel for the defence,” said Mr. Hall, in sumining up, ‘nas given @ hymn Mrs, Ounmng- bam aud her dangater ang On the morning after the murder. Here 18 0 appropriate one for tue other side aud their witnesses:— Hark from the Tombs a doleful sound, ‘Yoine ears attend the cry Ye living men, vome view the ground, ‘Where ye must shortiy ile, In the case of Lewis Baker, charged with the hom- ictae of Wiliam Poole, 1% appeared that George Law had ient a sieamer go alter the vessel iy Waich Baker bad escaped, “An COLA se , kidnapping,” yo ae F, Clark, one 0} er’s counsel, ‘ant agains: ." “Not #0, brother Clars,”” retorted air. Hall; “the capture was made according Wo George Law.’’ In the same Case it Was urged lor the prisoner that when captured he was wWituin the jurisdiction of the erro mngnd uo having veen captured of the Canary es, “‘Dalk of jurisdiction,” exciaimed Mr. Hall, “tne Proper jurisdiction is that of Sing Sing.” At Mr. Hails election in 1800 he received an enormous majority, nearly forty thousand. Au acquaintance expressing his surprise at Uus resuir Was answered with @ grim surug, “Faw persous have #0 many tried ifieuds a4 1 uave, wied friends are always in@guauiimous,” We wiil pot muitiply these instances, He has, in fact, rareiy tried a case Without tloctaring it witn uns, sarcastic crilicigms aud briiiapt repartecs. aot of the force of Bia witticisme la due, of course, to hia extraordinary imperturbability of iace aud mann 18 LITERARY LABORS AND SPRECHES. We have made repeated allusions to Mr. Hall’s Mterary labors. He 13 still @ hard and indefatt; worker with tie pen. For severai years ae has been @ regular contrivutor to the New York Leauer, whicu the lamented John C, Ciancy, as editor, by the force of his original mind and the abilities of the gentiemen no eran! around bim, made the fore- oat past of its class in this city, Although Mr. Hall has never been the avowed editor of the paper and reaily has but a political mterest in its success, he, togetaer with Messrs. Sweeny and Mradiey, of ‘Tammany fail, has an extended connection with that organ. His sentences, clear-cut, crisp as letwuce, with ‘@ flavor of both sugar aud vinegar in them, may be Icequently detected im tue pungent edivorials, stray Joe Millers, dramatic gosaip and Greeiey corkscrow- lags of ite pages. But we will go back furtuer, At tae request of Wiliam E. Burton, while the latter was manager of the Lafarge theatre, after- wards Winier Garden, Mr, Hali wrov for the beacit night oi Mra, Hughes a iarce, siuce pubiished, en- titled “Coroner's inquisition,” intenaed to burlesque the one heid over Dr. Burdell by tae then Corouer, In counecuion with the late Charies W. Walcott he assisted preparing several pieces for Mitchell's Oiympic theatre. He also, in coanection with Parse Benjamin, wrote for the Park theatre a comedy en- titled ‘Fiscal Agency.” At various times indeed, but not m @ very pretentious manner, he has con- tributed dramas and portions of buriesques to vari- ous metropolitan tyeatres. His magazine ariicies are models of composiiion, We will only refer to one and Which 18 among the best he has written, “A Dinner at the Mayor's,’ publisi Harper's Magazine, When it was written Fernando Wood was Mayor, Irviug, Bancroit, General scout, ex President Van Buren, John Van Buren and other notabies were present His pen and ink sketches of these gentiewen evince periection in the limner's art, The aroma of wit and relined geniaity per- vading tn er mark him as one of the vrightest, most pil and genial writers of the day, His misceilaneous brary is copiously ricn in books lacing to the drama, both American aad foreiga. is, 10 fact, tho beat dramatic library im this city. His favosite ok Oulgiue the iaw and drame is “Hamil. ton's io. teravure i hie raling passion strong. 111s the sweet solace of his ufe, his refage feou: his cates of oulice and profession, In the quict of his library some of the neat and tenaer pocms flowing from his yen have been written; and here, too, have escaped from Mis pen some of bis charia- Christmas stories. ; 1 One depariment of literary effort, the delivery of lectures, Mr, Haii long since made a distiaguished mark. His lectures are always delightful literary treats, His recent lecture berore the Young Alen’s Catholic Association of Brookiyn, on ‘tue Modern Drama,” was of surpassing me soul was in the theme, and ne wove luto rit and jie drank from Shakspeare, the great master of te Passions, it 18 10 his speeches on grand public occa- sions, euch as the recent unveiling of tue Vanderbilt bronze statue, at great political gatherings and at public diuners that his power as an orator is fully dove MY oa His style of sentences is of the order of Wen Phillips, Victor Hugo @nd Cariyle—sug- gestive, sententious and pointed. He ipduiges in no Stexre typed rehash of wornout piatitudes. feathers and lets grow his Wings, Lt speeches ere full of masculine lorce, fre, humor, patios, ——whose words Haunt us as cagies haunt the mountain alr, POLITICAL LIF. « ‘The political life of Mayor Hail 1s too well known to need extended elahorasion, Originally @ whig, during the procesy of crystallizing the barn burne! witigs, hunkers, abolitionists and otuer politics Parties into one party, he acted for 4 time with the ‘Wig or old honker republicans, and it was then, by the way, wien veaturing to combat the devices and eccentricities of Horace Greeley, he encountered the personal animosity of that geuvieman—an animosity Woich is i vigorously kept up by both parties. When whe whig party passed away he naturally aMilated with the democratic party, as, in his view, the best exponent of national liberty, and of =wiich =e has been for years and is mow one of its abiest and most leaders, He has passed through many foremos' mong whica was hig taking the stump against Nelson J. Wal ‘y in ‘the race ior Distriot Ai ip. His noted speect: tainat Abranacn Loot ia which ue acca ih Of nearly 81 oF the im the deculogue, was re Was shortly aiter he came out openly ay a Tammany Union deiocrat, and presided at a meet ing ta Cooper Inatituie tur Governor seymour, aud inade What i8 known to puiiticians as te “El tu brute speech” in wiich he wok extreme grounds agains¢ the wmillitury arrests in staves not tuciuded i hostile nes by tue yovernment. Duru the McUleilan campaign he served as secretary o! tue Democratic State Comin.tiee, Several times in Gemocrat.¢ interests Le las stumped every county in wie stare, Having been seiweved as tae organ of Tammany to nominate Jouu 't. Lottman in the State Convention for Goveruor, which he did ta au efect- ive speeck, be supporied we nominee with abun- dant zeal aad ddelity. ‘Ihe ugures 10 nis own elec- tious to olice and the caudidautes and conspiracies he bad to combats Would be interesting, DUL It 18 Bot worto while tO go into \hese jamuiar details. in umusing up mr, 1ali’s character as a polit.cian we will omy further add that ue Las always been con- spicuods fur (rankness, Liuutuess aud extraoriinary Adelity tO big associates, Bud Is Kuown 10 poilucal ‘rcieS 88 & Man who Lever set up lor aimeell, aithouga he adheres to party tactics aud dicipine and oslel tothe most Myid extreue, His pulitical motto is that tue hudividusl should merge In Lhe Political co-operative coimmuuity; in ower words, tat “united we Baad, diviued we ia.’ MB. HALL A$ MAYOR, We will not recite tur :amiliar tacts connected with the somination of Mr. tiaii as Mayor, neither dweli upon rhe Handsoine uajority of votes securing Miu is elecuion, or the cowbination of circumstances, aside ifoul his peraoual popuartty, rol up for mui guch an aslound.as aud uuprecedenied mwyority vole. His election Wad a spiecdid wiuiuplb—a Ui ‘umph more personal popwiarity tuan party power. ‘The publiv, irrespective ol pariy, are weil Sausiled with tue result. Everybo iy Kuows tie cons scieutious zea) and tidedty wil which be Rag dis his duties as Aiayor. Tue best way to get ua iusigbts into hw wanner of doing lis work i8 W visit the Mayor's office. At ibe inside fron gate stauds ax sentry Jim Golden, an eX-detecuve, AMarsial Tousecr, at the head of the lieense vureau, is reguiatiuy tue ufaira of hacks, trucks aud Peter Funks, Onel Joline, a brother in-iaw of the Goveruur, 1s attending w the auction hoenses and communicating with wwe other departments. Major tiart is acting as aid-de-camp to ihe Marshal. & ward J. Mali is computing merci- jess columns Of Oguies. Gus L. Cardozo, a brother of the Judge wld ie gentivinan par excelieme of all clerks, 18 wiTaugiog warrmge statistics, Dr. Marrs bas @ Jong list of ali newly arrived emt- grants beiore hun. Maor Hoey, Lke Mra, Gamp, “we hardworkinest of creevures,’? is distributing the mail, ‘Wo oluer Oilcers are Waiting tor orders. fo the ite ante-room messengers irom ihe treasury gud the law departmeuls und from tue newspa- pers are waiting, in tie suum sanciorum sis ‘Wwe Mayor, abd beside him his private clerk, J. 0, Goidsuita, pen in daod, dasuing of Lue Huurtest of suorthand Doles iniv w lluured Various memor- Uduind ws they Cole qUICK aud {resi {rum Lhe lips Oi the superior, Aun hour Jater measeagers go in ait Girectious with these Messages aud documenis, Aud Men tae Ude of Visitation pours in, Mayors of otuer cities, reporters, editors, beggars, politiciaus, generals, colonels, Merchants, aidesuen and olnciais. Ouveness tO every Visor, Lue LUNE Ubu 1OWLY as wellas the proud and rich, is warked aud most ple feaiuce tO wis character. ie (rausucts is routine Dusiuess W.ti despa.cu, and examines resvlu- tious and bike With @ Keen and ali-seeing eye, bis mes#ayes are muuels Of couciseneds aud elogauce, its firwt message as Mayor, in puint of perspicuity @ud attractivesess, migit ave beed written by dnackeray. His mind ucts lutuitively and rapidly, yet metmodically Aiihough for recreativa be dub- bles m poetry, phitusophy aud belies veitres, he is eimmently practical, iis words, acts, tavugnis, are ail practical He calls a spade a spade, and Horace Greeley & humbug. Evertnmg abou. te oliice, and particularly tus private oiiice, 18 an ex- pouent of the mag. Paintings, picrares) ido graphs of friends aud sta) ucties adora fie Walls and mauies; the ceiling 18 ricily Irescoed, capacious armenaira, woftly cush.oned, invite guests WW com- fortabie seata; the desxs are of the wost elegaut destription, and casing & yemial glow over we waru and brigit Carpet is a biaziug Ure Of Canuel Coal ta the cosey grate. Tuus tar the Mayor bas shown Diuseif the rigut wan tu tue rigut place. 16 13 likely that through democratic iegisiauon ut Ajvany the oice Will Boon become B Much more LNporiant one than now, and tiat ine Mayor will become to tie city of New York what ihe President of tue United States is to the federal government, or a Governor wa Stute—an cxecutive head. jt 1 likely tha: upou bua will be placed aii the diverse responsi- butties which now are broken Up inw parts and dis- triouted through 80 wiany iresponsibie suborul- nates, Whatever the power \urust upon him, no Outside pressure or party influeuce can sway bin trou Udelitg tu the puvile huterests. WORKING HABLLS AND PERSONAL LIFE. Mayor Hal) ia unquestiouadiy one of the hardest Workers in New York. A nizat-vira, Working sume- timed Ul three o’viock 10 the morni.g, le never breakfasts until be has read aii the worn.ng papers, AL bis desk tn nis law office le early suoInite ty she Code, as if he cared for noting but law. Before ten A. dL. be Ruishes Dis Correspondence, and tucn goes to the Mayor’s Office, Where we have described uls duties. His day’s work ended there, he slips back again to his law office aud i.uckstone aad siack eb ter again cial Wis brain, Eveuing vrings hit treen work—lec.ures, speeches or political meetings, or consultations with drumaiic mauagers aud critics - for he 1s a great actor olf the stage—or cousultauons With DewWspuper smen—for the ivs.ons he jearmed when be was 4 poor reporter sull stand him weli— Lueu nome and to ilterary Work; Wensies). Heeariy m. has several culidren. In sociely he 1g ‘he most charming of men. fie 18 u great diner Out, Lis eminent social quaiities, tue contagion of his witand bis broad universality of cuiiure wake Dim @ most desirable companion at a diner party, and hia acyuaimtance aud presences are eagerly sought after in refined and cultivated circies, He has @ tine country piace on Milbura E ide bis su.umer vacu- orta, boxing, Fencing Qud equesiriauism, aod tuus keepa himself strong and hardy. He isin the prime of heaita, us in the Prime of jife, and pas @ great iu‘ure stil Leiore him. Nove aré more humaue avd iew more ctiariiabie, To whatever heigut of eminence the suttrages of tue people may elevate him in the tuture, tue record of 18 genius as an abie lawyer, eloquent orator and distinguished journaust will outlive every oMfval diguity that can be bestowed upon bun, PRIZE FIGHT IN PHILADELPHIA, Righty-four Rounds fn One Hour and Six Minutes. (From the Philade!phia Evening Telegraph, Nov. 26.) On Monday last our city Was diagracea wit an- other brutal aifair, in tue shape of a prize tight be- tween two noted bullies in Wwe northwestern part of the city, the arrangements for the imavier having been going om for @ week before. it nad 14 origina- tion withia @ square of the j Welith district stacon, and yet there was uo effort made by our reyreseutu- tive body (tbe Pouce Department) to prevent us commg Of indeed, It 18 Whispered that the fight Was witnessed by more than uc of the oilicials Wao are sworn to protect the peace of the city. On Sunday week there was a barroom squabbie between oue Micuael Leafy aud one Patrick ‘tracy, im which the former was worsted. Lealy Unen issued a “def,” woich was accepted, and tue iriends hit upon tne succeeding Sunday and “Jiminy’s’? Woods @3 the time and place fur the ring to be pitched. dowever, at the time specilled oue of tie com- Datants Jailed to put in aa appearance. He was calied upon, and the reasou given being a satisiuc- tory one, tue pext day (Mouday) Was set apart. ‘The thing having been generally promu.gated the Interesting party repaired to the spot, wiici ts be- Yond Broad street, in squads, aud, as some of tuem Say, in so doing several policemen, wuo Were “ily’? to the movement, were passed. the ring Was formed, seconds selected, and a feree appointed in accordance with the ruies prize ring. tae ‘The men having tossed ior ciowe of* ground, jamped into tue enciosuce—wiilch was sur- rounded by @® crowd of at least 10) mea—stripped oi everything Bave their drawers and boots. ney then Went to work and pumumelied each other to their heart’s content, Leafy was scienced im the pagilisuc art, aud. following in tue Wake of some of the famous figuters, weat ior Lyag, ‘4 See The latter, though a powertuiy. rated man, was Aes snort tn toe arts and not beg abie w reac tlie peepers of his antagouist, struck for the jower part we egy bay ho lowp thau eight tmes knocked the pi or Lealy Quder him. liowever, 1 No one instance did Leafy fail to come up when ime ‘was called, dad walle iracy was Knocking tie wind bs of ho was shutting the daylight from ‘Tracy. Eigaty-three rounds were fought, Leaty’a body slowing signs Of tue terribie puuisainent which ie ‘Was receiving, Bui then ove eye of ‘Sracy was com- levely shut and the otter was fast following suit, t Was evident at the end of that round that Patrick would have to give in, and he was so advised, lie continued, however, and early in the eiguty-fourta round the remaining peeper was closed, which was soon Made manifest Irom the Wiiduess of his de livery. ‘Ihe men citnched, aud white in the *hug? the seconds were compelled to lutertere and sepa rite them, aud Tracy’s representive threw up ihe sponge, "Mus Was at (ie expiration of one hour and mix minutes, Both were then dressed and taken in the same car- Tiage vo ther homes, where the services of puysi- Cians Were required. Leaty’s iajaries througn we hight it wasthougut Wouid prove fatal, but ue bas 80 far recovered that he 1s deemed out of danger, ‘THE New YorK CaNars.—Tho weather has beon cold enough for a day or two past. to admonish all interested In Canal Davigation that they are in dan- ger of finding an ice embargo laid upon thea ab wur, Yesterday morning ice iormed upon iho Erte Canal iu some piaves, and drifting ice might ve seen ail day. Tue water if a4 near te point of cou- elation a8 it can Le and remain in & itquid state, ‘ae last boats of the season have left Buitalo and Rochester for tide water, and tue boutmen are hi rying along toward destination. The last of whe bound eastward Will be fortunate If it reaches ti water this season, Tne Lockport Journad of last evening says:—Tne severest irost of the seasou Was experienced in this chy last Might, The thermome- ter Unis morning stood at 14, The canal above tue locks Was frozen Over, aod the “anchor ice’ now blocking from obstrucis navi; I# Not locked through before nigtt 16 18 feared Davigauhon at this point may be weriously checked. Fears wre entertained that large quantities of apples, now in course of trans. portation, Were damaged by the severe (rose of lawt Bight, y(N. 2’) Boening Unton, Nov, 26. ard—Debates in Congrese—The Giant and the Child—Serapio Craz—Genernl News. City oF Mexico, Nov. 8, 1369. « At the time of our last communication the great theme of conversation and newspaper discussion was the “ministerial crisis,” it being claimed that Minister Romero, Balcarcel and Mejia were to be re- moved from the Caoinet, Rumors of ministerial changes have so many times been tho burden of Mexican correspondence as to have become ure some to your readers, Such rumors seem to be @ favorite means of keeping up the political excite- ment in Mexico when other resources fail, and aiford a favorable opportunity for such articles as the fo.lowing:—Trhe appointment of Seilor Laaredra as “Minister de Gdbernacion,” of waich the HERALD as already been informed, is the only change which has taken place, This office was previously held by Selor Iglesias, with that of Justice, &c. Mr. Seward arrived at Guanajuato on the 24 of this month, where he {3 at present. When ns party was five leagues beyond Leon the diligence was overturned, but fortunately nobody was burt. Below I give you the tousts of Mr. Seward at Colima and Guadalajara as they have appeared im the papers of this city:— ‘TOAST OF THE GOVERNOR OF COLIMA TO MR. SEWARD. ‘Lhe Biate of Colima, whose tive ft is my fortune to be, in order to ceebraie tbe abort in this capital of ur us yuest, WhO bas iy Cabinet of aa, demvcrac: vi pepcenaies of mot quaied bead of Europe cannot unite with the tropical bre ef Young America, ‘The world has jauts in wuich the bigot of the past stubbornly contested oF masery againat ‘of the have yiven us progress, and, crowned ve trembled once more under the fue\itable intluence of frateruity which invokes ali mations to become one. Mexico, waich has besa eo unfortunate as to be insulted by the French invaders, has demonstrated to ail free and independent mations = Wurtuy to igure in, their catalogue, ‘aad conscious ef her Sovereignty she expresses the pairiotic seatiments wit wich wer enthusiaam inspires her for the honor of enter- taining, even for = moment, the eminent statesman who from toe White House stopped the horde of barbarians whu pretended to sow in our serie land the exotie and thoray plant which has lulied to sivep he sons Of the old Continent. sul tois impruence wounded the pride of the world o Celucabbs, ‘which replied with one voice to the piratical intimation caused tue ata ty sung with such ® penetrating ligat that all She enemies of republican Institutions were struck vind. Sir, the giory of wy couatry in tue past struggle has mae era siner of yours, i waiue you In the name o Mexican repuvifé and ‘offer you her friendsiip, which 1s as Sincere as yours has been unchanzeabie lowards the peupie nd govessimeat of this nailun, which sppiauds aod biesses you. ‘TOAST OF MR. SEWARD. Tacknowledge witi ail my beart tue distingufsbed hospt- tality aud tue uouore which have been abowered upon me ia {his Old wud respectaule city of Coma The experience of tue eightesnta century indicaces to mankind two tmportant Changes tu the society aud yoveroment of tue American Con- tineat, First, that ai American States bencefortu should not: be dependencies uf Europe, but independent and iree burn ations. ud, that nous of the Aiherican nations shoud have imperial oF ‘monarchical governments, but republican governments, constiiuies and controued by the free will of tueir own yesple. During w great portion of my politica Ife (nese great changes of the society and government have besa maure OF les discussed in iv,icai devates fn Zurope and ou the baitle Lelue of Awerica, While haye frequently tnvoived the American States in clvil end international ware they have more than once provoked Kuropean iutervention, A third conception soun wppeared nec fa order to guarantee the success of the two principal changes wuich I bave men- towed, waicd Kiva consist iu be combination of the many ‘and distioct continous Biates, whicu, from their nature, were weak when divided, diy country, the United tates, the jeai in the American heaisphers in thage very ensential changes, ‘the Mexican’ republic, Veith bravely and persistence, adopted a lmiiar system, Cau tral America gad aigost aul the States griga have folowed the ‘esaispié’ gfvaa by the Gate ARS ea ES Mexican repuvits, At remains to estabdliah an additonal rincipie to xuarantes the success of the republican sysiem Prati tite Content Ar be made universal bere, we have reason to h aud ayatein inay be accepted vhe ndditional principe te repubica while tuey muta the diifere trom jnteriering with each otber, they wi.l be converted more tuan ever henceforth Into poiftica: irleaus by the strength of w moral aliance. ‘Abia 18 ue renune of the policy wiv I have incu: ad peruiasion and that oi other as far as pousivie vo the South America, 1 hope st ihe distinct eiforts for the republican aystem 10 uevee ied, and 1 shail never veage tu pray to God for the continuance ‘of her inde pendence, uuity, prosperity aud happiness.” When Mr. Seward arrived at Guadalajara, among other entertatnmeuis a vall was given in bis hono:. Al tue Bapper, after Leiug toasted by the Govdraor and other geutiewen, Mr, Seward replied to tucw m the ioliowing words: We are al aware of the fact that the occupation and celo- nization of the aoutbern part of the American Continent was more than a ceatury in advauce of that of the worthera part, ‘has the first principally belonged to the Latin raves of Bburope wnd was governed wader @ (aith aud coufiidence watca Were involved in tue ecclesiasticn! and civii ideas aud instita- Mons waich prevailed {i te whole of Kurope tn the Sftecath century, and that the vccupstion and celonization of the hortherh part of the Continent principally selonged to ‘Peuvunic and Blavuuic races, who were ener, ‘a by political and religious reforms, The result nas peed tha: at che commencement of the nivetesnth cemiury Wwe distinct and apiagoniatic en trout to frum. Ome has been extending liseif aiong the Atlantic coast from the bauks of the Masisippi tothe luciement regions North; the otuer uniolding fei from the Mississipp! through ue regions of the South apd Bast. The coutmuas efforts of the North have been to gain strength, aud they have succee ied in establishing there Institutious based va the principles of the sovereignty of He, and such as f Mexico, Cemral aot Would 1a "tne highest degree, cuarautee civil and religho arto the Coudtneut Uberiy. The nations of tue southern have the sai fect extavilshment ven ovstructed by fostered for a long Ume—a spirit animated and sustained by the intivence and intervention of urope. The southera nations Lave amply proved by the faithiuness with whiea they have adhered to the republican system, in spite of ao and a0 werivus obstacies, tat finally, and iu a very complete manuer, they were in ‘conformity and co-operation Witu the republican nattuns of the North, ae regards the Principal foupdations of justice gnd equality, What is heeded, what ie fudispensabie to-day, fe the establishment of ® complete accordance of tua Norih American Blates with the Lutio-American republice; as well ss the crestion in politics of a mutual moral aillauce, which will be benelicial fn avoiding external attacks, ‘and in eonsoildating internal peace, law, order au.! progress throughoul tue wie hemisphere. Tho Mexican people nave pe nay my de- sires during my past poiltical career, and sluce 1 have arrived in thia republic f bave more than ever felt my hopes streagth- eued aa a reiations which al exist will be perpetual. It 18 saiisfactory to me to have convinced myseit om imy way to the caplal thet the politics and sentimente whieh I'boped to find prevatiing bere havo already been eom- pieteiy sanctioned by te poopie of the great, important aud rominent State of Jalisco. You will allow me, geutiemen, express tis seutiment :— aperity and honor to the Governor aud to the State of Jalisco. As yet the most critical ¢xaminations by those who @re jealously watching the words and actious of Mr. Seward of the above, the only speeches which have been printed in this capital, wave HOt discovered tue sinister lutentions Which tiey endeavored heretofore ‘vo assure tue public were the cause of his visit to this country. ‘Tilese toasis have not been pubiicly dis- cussed yet. Ji is Jearned by teiegrain to-day tuac Mr. Seward wil start for Alexico city to-morrow moru- ing. i dn & recent discusmon in Congress in regard to conceding lands w a railway Coulpauy, Boule acu. Tally argued that it was tie most available Incaus of creating Wealti, a8 linwigration wouid thus be encouraged, resullingfluaily in ihe vaiue of lanus bemg greatly eduanceu, Ube Lemus gave expres- sium CoO the prejudices which exist in We muds of the great wass of tae Mexican people agatase luui- gration, and the anupatuy gzainst loreiguers, clain- ing thatit wii result in the much to be abnorred Gvsorplion Of tie country by the Uulted Siaies. He Bay 8:— Ye heard a short time ago that California has increased alue of her sands 07 calling popu aiion to ber bowo.a, tue vanver 0} We appear e are shortly 40 ly culis of the greedy Loa cousirictor, ihe United States is spying About for & pretext to luke possession of our territory —a pretext only—(or tie Yaukees uved nothing more than pre texts. That co: jon of lands which we will give them Is xelug to be tue use OF TnuUMerdol Will Not reaust in the cousoliiation of the absorption of our country by whe A. epaties may woll Mediiale upon tue very dangerous sep which they are going 10 tnke, bus they should resolve tot it they think 1 advantageous, In reply to which Ar, Solo made the following sensivie speech :— There are two diatinot {deas in regard to the manner of im- proving the couaury. ‘he one the oud tied, whica cousiste ta {paring whe vountey to rely yon b ing Up the nation by itself eatirei iw do ae tbe Americana do. La they have fncreased their population, as we sal from 44).00,0N) to y eitants, How ty cad: rope. Jeans Manager to altract Ces by offering them more liberty to work and Dotter security of their rignts, manner ihe States have made themselves great vi a let Ea au ug remain Suro pea they will mig wiih wa, and our interests wil be theirs. By continuing w allow the cui rent of immigration to Now towards the Uuned States those who sited to come {rum that country to ours Invroduce their ind, their laws and we interests of the ghboring repuvile, which is, tn other words, subjection. “That which we inust do to turn ase the current of immigration to the United states, aud direct towards our soll, If we Wnue to be weak, adsviduon will be ineviiavle Very elt; lot ya strengtued ourselves by tbe saue meana whicu tue Americans have empioye hey bave Set We exanipie, ane of bringing Upon Us the evil by Walch we is to rely upou our own tt fag immigration, There oie htthodes of poopie ty bave the Ame Ey How in weakuess wad foactivity, f Topeat, inevitable in thie manog, Let ub Lope tint hi for we bave lands enough to make ua Ie tine will pass ng their immense twrriy Un the ower hand, their 8 a States will for e be in Buch & condition that the North will fear, ud this With good reason, a union of those States with our cuuniry, Whica vaturmiy Would cause the downtall of tye . Ib sees to me that these are consideration Hou Of the present project, aud ‘Wor the genteran wie spo.e By the following translation it will be seen that the people of Guatewuia, heretofore so quiet and peacelui, are to Le Wealed ly some Of the experk ences of Mexico, Serapio Craz must pave beea scuovied tuis side Of Lue line, A newspaper Of Chiapas publishes the following, Which Was issued in Guatemata:— SknArio Cuuz, Field Marshal of the Army of thedtepublic of natemaia, vo bis Ieiiow patriots aud companivus la arm iM CoMPATRIOTS—A vietlm of the tyrannical government which oppreases my beloved covntry, L present myscll anew before you with object of contrivutlag towards Its den lites. For th ‘8 moment, an nd egotistical persous, austated by Oourts, balililm aes, without honor oF slams, have destroyed Kiam in Grave: ‘enriching themselves at the expense Of ibe unfortunate whisk bas beea Joaded down ad to see the nation ruled by patriotic and honest men who enjoy the public cuntidence—these are the biessings which I propose, aad fn the establishment of theag Thope you will ail assist me. Your irieud ano reas RAPIO CRUZ, General Don Manuel Cuesta has been assassinated in Altauira. The Mondor says:—Cexiain persons are denounced a8 the assassins whom we should hardly beileve capable of suck acrime. It is said that Cuesta’s deatu was plotted in Lampico and thas elas parisat conic ‘witn the piot hired herd assa: aying them with money irom the pul treasury. se Hayat y: A conductor on the Tlalpam Ratiroad, who was Wounded on Sunday last, nas since died. He was shot by the friend of a temaie, whom be was putting of his Uraia for using insulting language to the othe passengers, ‘Te revolutionists in Michoacan are acknowled to ve increasing in numbers. ihe Governor BeNt Most Of the State forces vo the scene of action, From Morelia we iearn that two parties of fifty and eighty men bave “provounced,” and on tae 1sth were only six ieagues (rom the capital. A biil has passed its tirst reading veiore Congress, ung & Concession to a New i ork firm to estad- ish anotuer line of steauigrs on tue Pacific coast. ‘They wiil carry the United STaves fag. On the 28th the fags of the 10D and Consu- late were displayed at hall-mast la memory of ex President Pierce. During thé month of September there was re. ceived at the National Assay Uilice ore wo th amount of $27,372, irom the mines of Macauala Guaduicazar, TREASURY POLICY—7HE MISTAKE, To THe Eprom or fun Hematp:— We are pleased to find that another morning papes -Nas seen the folly of an onward specie policy, and the Secretary has so far yielded as to say ‘that the ‘ime has not come when such @ thing will be feasie ie.” Thus encouraged we may proceed to jay the trath of our position before the public, with good ground to hope that we shall satisfy the honest, ine telligent ana patriotic members of Congress (if any such there be) that our coiued paper has not depree ciated in value, but that a joreign demand has put @ premium on gold. Mr. Greeley says “that there is nothing needed © effect resumption but the will. Resumption involvea a sorinkage of nominal, not real, values. That some must suifer, anyhow. Kesume at once and all nome Bal values will adjust themaeives to the new basis,@ This ts the proclaimed advice of tue wise aud astute editor of the leading repubitcan organ of the party. Let us see whether this lealer of the blind be nos blind himself, and therefore likely to tumble hig party 200 nimself into the ditch. The price of five-twenty bonds in London yestere day was 84; the price of god in New York was 2634. Add these two sums together aud you have 110%. The par of exchange is 10), Toe charges for shipment interest, insuragoe, &c., will mako up ‘Be duference in the two markets Then if we deduct the difference on excuauge, which is ning per cent, from the price of gold here we have thé true premium on gold here, which is 17%. Thity tuen, ig the real diference between gold and ous coined paper now. This is tue grave and serious curse that our coined paper is charged with having tuficied upon us, and that involves tue necessity for @ suriwkage of uoumal values. Mr. Greeley Dow Charges four cents for iis paper, whica is douvie tue price it was soid at before the war. If w@ deduct tls seventeen and turee-vights per cent fro.a Currency Value, does le intend to reduce the price of Lis paper wo two cents? Do the meabers of Congress aud the great number of officials whosd salaries have veen douvicd duriug the war proposé to return tO @uLe-War prices/ Vo We see or leek auy changes i tac expenses of the srate or city goveruiuent since gold was seuiog for wv? Ou tue eoulrary, you Lave seem & Coustaut pressure for increase Of salaries aud Charges in every departinent, wile the price of gold has gradualiy deckued, Salaries and otuer charged Upou [he people will tot decrease. But as tuere is tie furtuer Chance of an increase) 10 Salaries it ie cousistent and natural that salaried officers should wish to put down the price of wiat they need for suDpori aud put up the price of what Wey receive im payment dnere nas been a shriukage of the price of pond fromm 280 to 117%; but, Mr. Greciey, there has — ue slakage ip the price Of your paper or 1D over articie in demand, if ibe price of your paper did not shrink under 8 deduciion of seventy-five per cent Low can We expect it wo wurink under a de- duction of seventeen per ceatt our figures ail your caéluiations and predictions are baseless, slouid be speeduy correcved, De you know, Air. Greeiey, that to be consisten’ you suould ask Coagress to aestroy the nine per ‘cent DoW existing Ketween our coll and the coin of England? Untiu you procure this to be done we Sua wot stand upos tie level you pro; with Europe, Your ou to Je gece payments wil not erfect tis, You-couspisio of our coimed payer; why do you not complain of our aduieraied and depre- ciated goid com? If ove is ob, ectivnable surely the ower is, You do not tell us what suvantages we wul gain by your process of sirimkage. Ay you d@ not favor us on that subject You wui hardly object to my speaking for you. Do you know, Mr. Greeley, that at the close of every fiscal year since 136i there has remaine@ against us @ balance on the account of exports aid lumporw? Do you know that notulag Dut the pro- ducis of the iabor of our people can pay debis aug im kurope? Do you kuow that for tue last fiscal Year, cudipg on Juue 30, there was a balance against Us Of More than $80,00),000, wick la tess taan for De you know that we ve managed to postpone this great accumulaiing debt by sending to ‘Europe the bouded devt of tue Uniced states, as well as @ large amuuut of city aiid raiiroad bonds—all béaring @ iarge rate interest, and Wiich, with absentee expenditures, amount to more than §$150,0v0.u00 per annum? De You kuow that the price of gold and excnange is now kept down to twenty-seven per cens by the continuous’ purchase and shipment of our boads to burope? Do You kuow that the interest to be sent forward and the excess of tmporws over experts would ran the price of gold and exchange to 16) if bug stipmens and sale of our bonds could and saould stopped 2 ‘Lhese are facts. Now who would be benefited your piant The buyer of exchange, not seller, Par of specie wakes par of exehange. Ti purchasers of our bouds iu Burope st the price sixty Wo eighty-four per a ¥ wouid, with ali otpera, seli them to our Secretary Tor 100 tm gold. This ig tue great advantage you wouid couler, If $100,000,008 in guid were turown on Our market 16 Cor but a temporary elect. ‘Phe premium would rum down, as the supply way be too rapid; but the de- maud at par Would s00u take 1. Ove: to Hurope, and exchange and gold Would run back to @ Ligher prow miu than before, Gold will go where tne demand ig greatest. And until we geud to Lurope tile iruits of Ue toil of our peopie © We eXteni of our deot there goid mus€ How that way aad be at @ preunum were. You Gave encouraged aud ar importatious and tryiug Lo ad th you davor a protective tari, 4 eucy. Youure “carryiog water ou bowk shoulders,’? You are encouraging our Secreiary to make a debt ia Europe, aud tuus wake us pay trivuie to bags land, How long Could Kogiaud uatiesia her lnde= peudence if sie OWed ver puvite debt lo our bank. ers were? Fie upon you, air. Greeiey; to wish to ake our great, yon and proud pativa tributary te bugush brokers, Unui our debt suall be paid to these Lngiish brokers Wwe must dispense With specie lor it belongs Wo tem, aud tue laws of trade wilt wive it w tiem, JUNALHAN OLDBUUK. THE CURRENCY IN THE COUNTRY, CoLumBia County, Nov, 24, 1869. To Tas Epttor or tus Hexaty:— [notice you have got Uncle Vidbuck to write for you on the currency, and his hard sense ts just the thing for us counwy folks, We can understand clearly what he w. ites, and would lke him to let us know what possible harm can come of the people issuing their own money (greenbacks) to the excite sion of the national vank notes, for which they have to pay tueve banks the envrmouy sum of $30,000,000 ayfiiy i shell them out, Jould vhéy Not Witb such an issue take up a larg@, WUOURE of the interggt 4 ag fast as holaer® Would like to exchaige them, saving interest aud reducing taxes Ww tus extent? and could not the greeucacks s00N ve inade equal vo gold by the govs ernment gradually accumuatiag sulicieat COI, Bal ten or fileen per ceat of the jysue as & basis, an guthorizing ties to be converted [itty tives per cen! gold bonus whenever the huiders could not do beter? c ‘The farmers think that when merchants have tq pay tweive to fi/teen per ceut for money and farmera Cannot realize more (nan eighty ceute per bus.el iog Wheat there must Le a deicieucy of currendy ve represent Lie Value Of our Vast products, Which curs. Teucy the peopie sUOuld supply direct irough tueig geverument, JUIN YOUNGBUOK, THe HOLY LAND, Explorations in the Peninsula of Sinai, To Tus Boiron OF THR LONDON Times: Aleiter from me appeared in your columns of the gd inst, respecting We explorations of the Ti Desert, or ‘tue Wiideruess of the Wanderings,” Ic is wita great pleasure that 1 now write to ane pounce thal the Comimittes of tae Palestine Expio> ration Fund have decided to take the proposed ex pey dition wader their charge, aud + henceforta Luere will only be one fuad for the exploration bots of Palestine auu Sinai. The subscripiious that & have already received will be lauded over at once to tuat fuud. 1 woald add that the adoption of tus additional work Wiil at ilrst tax severely tue ro sources In (he ands Of the cominities; and tw! Who are 1(0resied iM the exploration of these Bio: Jands and are willing to subscriue, i conser great favor by seuding in thei subscriptions ee ia y we reer’, fi the Palos! oration sun 0, 9 Pail Mail, bast a bi W. HOLLAND, No. 6 PORTSRA PLAC, LONDON, Nov. 16, 1800,