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MORNING HERALD. ?>!? mIUm mt Km McraM, tl.VM. Pries of tKe Dailv Hntin, 96 96 per unman 0*. Wuiu ? S 00 OCT -V* < r*4U gn tfi So etk, mo pmpti ?ATDHDAV. tfl I OBKK * ?*???'? {?>? Persons wishing the Hemld, to bt- served regularly at their houses, during the ensuing win ter, will p(ttM leave their names at the office, 21 Ami street. In eold winter the newsboys are not found so easily or se plentifully in the streets ? you car hae? it at your houaes, warm and comforta bly with your coffee. The WiillT H?RaI.P will be published at half past eight this nifcrnin^ Independent of its various and interesting: rttumt of news, it contains two su perb wood engravings illustrative of different arti cles. These alone are worth the coat, cents. flir Ualiiaiore Llsclien-Pr?eress ef the ?<in?t?*r*Krrslniisa. I ue accounts rcecived from Baltimore yesterday, giving an account of the total defeat of the Whigs in thateity, ha* astounded every politician in this lati tude Nobody expected so sudden and complete a revolatim, and every one is trying to find out the reasons that have caused such a change in pub lic sentiment. In the recent elections in the western states, it is generally alledged that the pub lic land question and the oppositi: n to General Har rison caused the defeats of the whig* in Indiana, Il linois, and Tennessee. Hat no sneh reasons ought to exist in Baltimore. Wha1 then is the cause of the change 1 We are very much disposed to believe that the conduct and policy of the banks, in our large cities, are at the bottom of these changes. Among the mercantile interests strong feeling of hostility has been growing up against the banks, particularly du ring the last year. Merchants arc becoming loco foeos ia opinion daily. The banks have been build ing splendid palaces, and makiag large dividends, while they have been crushing commerce at the same time by large rates of exchange, interest, and profits. Ia this city one-third of the merchants feel as hostile to the banks as the veriest locofocos. In Philadelphia and Baltimore, they probably feel alike hostile. In short, the conduct nf the banks during the last year is making a splendid inter-revolution, and will probably re-elect Mr. Van Buren in every At lantic etate. In fact we would not bet a sixpence that the whigs would carry New York. Rail Road Cki.kbkation. ? The Banquet given at Nowlan's Hotel, on Thursday evening last, by the Harlem Rtilruid Company, was a very elegant and deligutfal affair. The company consisting of the very tlite of society, among which was the celebrated German traveller and engineer Chevalier de Geres tener, arrived in the ears at Harlem about half past three o'clock. On their arrival they took a prome nade through the gardens of C. H. Hall Esq., which are laid out in the most picturesque style, intersper- i eed with sheets of freah and salt water for rearing oy a- | ters, rising grounds covered with shrubbery, long ser. pentme walks embowered with evergreens, &,c. &c. On sitting down to dinner, the Rer. Dr. Wain wright offered ap the bleasiag and at the close, Mr. Brooks, j the President of the company, made a very excellent . speech referring to the difficulties which the com- ! pany had surmouuted? its success and brilliant pros- ! pecta ? together with a concise and accurate view of j the mercantile relations of England and the Unit ed States. He stated emphathically that if the ! virions internal improvement* bow under way i in this country were to be carried forward success- j fully, we must rely upon ourselves, and not upon the i aale of American stocks in Europe. Several other eloquent speeches were made, and many excellent toasts given. Mr. Braea replied to a toast compli menting the House of Assembly, and Chancellor Walworth, to tli* toast referring to the Senate, or I ^ourt of Error* About eight o'clock the company returned to tew a in the ears, delighted with the din ner and exquisite wines which Nowlan bad fur nished. On the sams day the opening of the Springfield ! Rail Read was celebrated at Springfield, Mass. j This road opeus the whole line from Springfield I through Worcester, to Boston, and we suppose in a brief year or two they will extoad it to Albany. The Harlem Rail Road is only the first section of the Rail Road to Albany; and if the nest legislature do not look t? tkis matter, Boston will tap the whole state of New York. fhrdu. To? Pahuv aw Vb uab? kif* M a kt*? i&| which (h?) twUiatd the iapMUil loss of i din ner About i ) Kir tgo thtj received an invitation lo visit the birias on her second arrival here. The hour was about 4 o'clock. When they weat aboard they found a splendid dinaer, smoking hot, waiting their arrival. This happened to be very annoying, us each of the members had taken his dmnev before they made the visit. To offer a body of legi?latnr* and judges a good dinner, when they bnd .1 read) been weU stuffed, was any thing but agreeable? accordingly they looked up?.n it as an msalt. La?t Monday they received an invitation to visit the Qneen, and expecting, n going aboard, a eplendid dinner, tlie jndgee and senators, of eonrse, took care to preserve their appetites in the highest ?tyle of eicellence; but alas! on going aboard they found no dianer? aothing hot ? only I few bottles of chain paigne and cracker*; forCapt. Roberts was bnsy ?i<oing bill * >?f I uling and clenring out the whole day. Here was a se vera disappoint aseut. Accordingly they went home in *rt at indignation, and the Chancellor <!r*w out a scries oi resolutions relative to this im portant question, which lay at this moment cither on the table or n-?der K. At the same time President uer went aboard tn cue the Queen, and returned in equal dudgeon, leaving hie card fnr the captain, and eayiag " I h^ve bean insulted. ' From Monday till Tkursdwy evening the Court of Errors were out or iaai?r?-b,it ?b*at f?ur o'clock on the latter dav, th< wine of ibe Harlem Company be tun to melt their hear*s, an J the t'Uancellor mnde a speech on the om nipotence of law i ver all torporntiona, as a warning toallsneb blunderers in future. A bill ie accord .ng'y iledagu nit th? llrituh t^neen Company fnr a dinner nod trimmings. An l.?Tikbicrv*k llmqv* r ? Vcterdav I re ceiveri thi* f.?llowin? nete, enclosing half a do* en of tickets: ft* h^w.ir of #-e?'o* of the (?<u|n?t,H r M*st ? I St Hie a .;l..fi? ? nc-wen? ..f UImUi C?l n? >? 14 i? >?? *iil t< IHit.h CtmreU, <>? Ta?.i*. th? *?? ul (I I# o rlnefc A. <, ue? i iaa J win W WaV?, Oai'jrJ C?ra* I, * ail m? t oi.i rrit . (H .. er, tb)9 Well, I er *91 s e pt th:e invitation, an 1 by d >.ni s" I am it t ifrait lh%t I will frighten aw a; C?l?ne (?tnne, b? mjr terrible eye, for where th^re sre n rating ho diiiiLisj-no smoking, there ieiso Col<>n< Ft >ne 4' ret lj 9- have been ishil 'Ihi d li the er? < * ' new ihr.itee o >t a J.?llsr hm t?e? ? uMeriti J f <r the crtsctum J three hurnt dm ore be*. A i ue?:?ev. J . W. feoler. IW.? II l,if<t, ?"er<irr?ei A. Cam* ?, < ?is'te? V.. Aclhos rtm 1 M If I P?rtlwl||iN(alght?in?t^hl|NM ?Mkl Wall ^reet,?nd in various paper*, ab??t tha |nU Witt j of aaother suspension of ipteic ptjrMBU. Well, after all this talk, tome cider hu made it* appearance. The suspension of specie payment* has actually commenced in thia city. In different parts of the country it has also commenced. That is to s*v, those bank* chat have not money eaough to go on ivith a wh<dt-swmt- business, have either forfeited their character, shut up shop, or refusea to redeem their notes, and, consequently, ceased to issue. Amongiit these w e may name a few that we recollect at tins moment : the Boston Middling Interest bank, a bauk at Brooklyu, the Jewctt city buuk, the Mid dlcbury bank of Vermont, several of the Southern banks, and the Chelsea bank of New York city. The?>e must be included in the category we have al luded to. And as the latter more nearly concerns our citizens than any other, we here subjoin a copy of ote of its bills: ? occccc ?oooco?oococcoo?oo??o o TWO City of g No. 946. B. o ? O Q -3 o ?> ?2 ? uf| So" o "3icsr I THK C11DL9BA BANK o 4? g cl*. ? i*Ei O ? Proauies to pay two DOLt-aa* oa tlemiad to o o o -a ?????? D. E. Wlieelerorbe?rtr N. V. Feb. 13 1819. o ? IS. 2*3 ? w3* Gout. Moirts, Prtit. o ? c? o | o N.York. Jl. D. Foot*, Cash. o o two a i ocoaooooocoooeoooooooocooo This bank has taken the leal in the suspension of j specie payments in this city, and is thus, therefore, entitled to great credit as a bold pioneer in a hazard | ous undertaking. Of course it will take the medal. The present suspension, however, is unlike that of 1837. That was a political suspension, and was all done to affect the elections of that year. The move ment wa? simultaneous with all the banks; this sus pension was performed upon the same principle on which passengers rush to dinner in a steamboat, at the riug of the bell, or as horses start in a race, at the tap cf the drum; each rushing uver the other, to see who should suspend first. The former was entirely a political movement set in motion by a word of com mand; the latter is a very plain, common-sense sus pension; every bank that eannet pay its bills in specie has to suspend, and he snuiled out like a can die; the good and sound banks will remain. The rest will gt ? . existence, because they don't de serve to be in existence. This, therefore, must be considered as a good and healthy suspension, and one that will immensely benefit the whole com munity. There are some facts, however, connected with the Chelsea Bank, that are so truly laughable, and philo sophical, also, ?s to deserve having especial attention called to them? and as this bank is to be the pattern for 1839, we must give the occurrences at length. The association called the Chel.ea Hank, filed its hill on the 17th of November 18tf8, and in about three week* they bought a house and lot up town, and fit ted it up as a bank upon the new plan, for which they paid, it is said, about $8,000 They did not, however, obtain any bills from the Comptrollor until sense mouth* afterwards, and spent the interim in fitting up their bank in a splendid manner; deter mined to mnke a show even if they could do no busi ness. Their banking house was on the corner of Hank and Hudson streets, and a very handsome look ing bank it was; though some of the businesa tram acted therein was not conducted in the moat hand some manner imaginable. Alter the new desks and green baize doors, and Cotton's maps, and Tanner's charts, and Bennett's ey*trm of Book-keeping, and Gouge on Banking and I ables of Interest, and Bonnyca?tle's Arithmetic,and pens and ink and ledgers, and a little shovel for spe cie, and an iron safe, and all the eteeras necessary to create a bank were procured, they found they were in want of a president They therefore purchased a di rectory, and studied it clnsety, to find out a big name to astonish the citizens with, and give confidence in the stability nf the great Chelsea Bank. They accord ingly found out a man named Gouverneur Morris, a dealer in dry goods or some other commodities, and as there was one fiouverneur Morris uncom monly rich, and the public knew not which was the Simon Pure, they made this man president of the bank. He staid by them a* long as their bill* lasted, and then " shot the pit." They then madea la vye their president, and be, fading that he could make more money at the bar than he could by banking, cleared out ; and then, we believe, they were all pre sidents, a Mr Foote officiating as cashier. On the 3d of July last, Mr Foote swore before Mr. Ireland, commissioner of deeds, that the amount of capital stock paid in was $4*1,9(12, and that the balance of gt-KM.tOO was secured to be paid in* that $379 000 was held in bonds and mortgages on lands in the State of New York, $58,000 in Arkansas stock at 6 per cent, and heaven only knewa how much more in debts, aud specie, and stock, and lots, and rail roads, and mining companies, and God only knows what besides. At the same time, there were i about $-(7,000 circulating in their nates, and tboy took a new bank in Exchange place. That such an institution should go on prospering and to prosoer ti I the resurrection morning, every body fully be lieved, until at Inst it was discovered that it could not redeem $8ol it* notes in specie. This was a funny stale of things, for one of the ?;reat banks under the great banking law But the nn Was only commencing A few days since, a bro ker called on them with $77. The letter took it and counted it; be handed it ton clerk; he counted it and handed it back to the teller; the latter laid it daws on the counter and looked very funy at the broker. ?' Come," aaid the latter, " aint yon gome to pay aae V* ' Why, vee, 1 guess so,'* aaid the teller, but just wait an hour or two. and our clerk will be in, and I Euesshe's got some money." ?' 1 can I wait," aaid the roker.'Thvn we'll send the srnscy over to yon." "By throe o'clock, certain"?" "Certain " The broker left. Three o'clock came? no money. Next day a- notary took the aotea to demand them. He went into the bank to demand the money. " We don t ohix.se to pay yon today; call tomorrow " The n*Ury pro ceeded to demand the note* pro forma ** look hare," aaid a clerk, " we can't bnve any such u ? d nonsensical buaine.s as that done here" " I must do n?v doty,' said the notary, " unless I'm pal out by force." " Well, we'll devilish soon do that my fine fellow; so slide," and taking the notary by the arm they put him out of the bunk. A stamlur by said " what makes yon get into these serapeal" ?? Why," ?aid the tellor, 'Mo tell von the troth, we know nothing of the business of bunking, and so tbeae squabbles are sare to come, as a ma'ter o'ennrae " Next day aaother broker sent $ltVI h> be redeemed ?? We ha v n't g#t any money," aaid the teller. " I must have it," aaid the brnker. " Well, now, don't make a ronss, we're poor desils, yon see, and yon mustn't be hard with us " Next dn? a notary de manded this money. *' Howl your Irllow was here with theae bills yesterday,' smd the teller; what'a the me of coming again so ?r?on with tbemV " I in siat on the m*ney." said the notary " Well, we'll give you $70," aaid the cashier ?? I wont take it, K replied I he notary, "why ilo yn? iaaoe prn?n*e? and not piy tb? mV " We don t, ' aaid the pre.ideM ?* You d-?," .aid the notary " You rr a d el liar," said the p<*u?ident " (>*n t make n raw," said one nf the clerk*, **111 pay it." and p Ming out a wallet, be paid the money. Then uum in a man with eight dollar* nf the bill*. ??Give me uperie for tbi?," said he " G ? to the denl " '* You're prone hem already," *uid the man. and going into all *treet, he cri'-d the note* at W oenta Another mat brought in $00 " Oive aperie." aaid ho ?* <? e II give y?m cents " aaid lliev " Yery well, * aaid lie, and going h?me he hro nght a tin pa. I, and cirried awav the .pecie. " N'? , I gno** we've done bu?ine?s j e?.?*ngh for today," aaid the president, *? let's go and take a drin ? " I'hi* i. a beautiful system of banking. Tn be sure i tSey arr 1 po??r dev?l?;" but the * poor devil*' I sh ?it I work ?aw wxif nr a iv Ihi ?*. a id not ?et np for bank em i*e regnln'wr* of the ewrrVnSt*. ?\>es P et a err*! cop of ba-ik *??*pen?i?nii Hnrinf the r n xi dd m Hith, It is the only way tn sep-iiate the sheep from the *"'at? I - - ? ? n (V; rue 'rtdrev* Fair at 1 1* Apollo, 410 llroadn ay, f is open nil day. ? MJ~? 'jtmnm " ' Barlr aua moramg in *a mmlk* Oeteber, ?? the year IMS, a yeuag dm sut ruaiiag awtame of Grti; smith** Natural History, in a small k?use street, in this city. He *? Jwt entering ?? year; his for. vu admirably Molded, thoagh slight; hisstatare rather uadsr than over the middle sixe; hi* dark hair, parted back, displayed a forehead aa u* aally well developed; his features were fiacly formed, aad lighted up by eye* dark aad fiery aa the eagle'*, gave token of intelligeaee of ao common or der. Hi* eye glanced alternately from the page be fore him, to a small and beautiful bird in the room, fluttering against tbe bars of hit wirey prison; at last, closing the book and rising from his seat, he exclaim ed: " This description is true, but the drawing is bad; I will paint that bird myself from nature" Be fore that day's sun went down behind the western hills, the bird was painted with a truth to nature uevrr excelled! That young paiater was Audu ben! This was his first great effort; the fire of true genius, which nothing on earth cau quench, had long been smouldering in his b?soua; it new Wurst forth with an ardor nt ver again to be repressed. Young Audubon had made rough sketches, and drawings, and copies of birds often before the time we speak of; but from this hour, the destiny o! his future life was fixed, lie was thenceforth to be the painter, the historiin of the birds of the great continent of North America. Thirty-fire year* have rolled oter his head; the fiery suns of summer, and the frosts of winter have left him unscathed in form or intellect; his figure is still erect; his sinewy limbs as active as ever; his feature? calm, clear, hale and hearly; and though the hand ol Time has somewha> silvered his hair, his eye still retains the eagle fire that beamed from it iu dawning manltood. And in every sense of the word, Audubon is a great, an illustrious, an ex traordinary man. Audubon left the City of New York whilst still a young man, and went to Louisiaua and Kentucky -? Here all his leisure time was spent wandering in the woods, with his gun, pencil and sketch book. At that early age, he had resolved to travel on foot over North America, and find every bird it contained, sketch it from nature, shoot, stuff and finish it. He has done this. At Louisville he first met with the eccentric and talented John W ilson, the pioneer in American ornithology, from whom he obtained much valuable information, and with whom he was on terms of the warmest friendship to the day of his death. Leaving Lonisville be descended the Ohio, still exploring the woods and forests of the then far west, till he reached the Mississippi: and soon after this he gave up every other business, occupation and pursuit, and devoted himself entirely to this great undertahing of describing with pen and pencil, all the hirds of North America. His life has been a most eventful and curious one; sometime* teeming with pleasure and delight; some times abounding with psin of body aud bitterness of soul. His has been alternately a life of privation, glory, suffering, delight, want, misery, care, wrong, prosperity aad happiness. He has crossed and re crossed every passable portioo of North America, at least ten times, aod mostly on foot. Alone, un heeded, unaided, uncheered, except by tbe inward delight thrilling through his own bosom, be has ac complished most of the great task that will haud his name down to Time's latest day with aever dying fame. He has caught, killed, prepared and painted with his single hand, every known bird in ths country, numbering over 500 He has ?pent 35 years of his illustrious life to effect this; be has succeeded in his tremendous task. He has every bird and every ori ginal drawiuK uf each bird in lata poi?e??luu. He has been to Kngland, and succeeded in getting all his drawings engraved in a style of excelleaee never surpassed. He had V0 sets oaly of his great work printed, five volumes forming a set; of these seventy six have been sold in Rureps, and seventy-four in the the United States, at aa average of $1*100 each set uf 500 plates, the letter press forming a distinct book. And alter accomplishing all this, he has re turned, at the age, of 53, to the city of New York, the successful sceue of his early efforts, with his splendid and uari vailed collection of original draw ings, whieh are now ia the course of exhition at the Lyceum in Broadway. Such is a faint outliae of this great uas's labors; be his still here, bat haviag arranged bis beautiful drawings he will leave ia a week, perhaps uever to return. His active, enlightened, original and ener getic mind will not allow him to remain kdle even on the verge of sixty years of age He leaxes us w ith tbe warm wishes of all who hnow him, on a grand tour through North America to hunt, kill, paint and describe all the quadrupeds of North America; and Ibat his valuable life may be spared to the comple tion of this ennobling teak, we most fervently pray. In the mean lime, we haos a few words of whole ome ad vice to give the thousands of young, beautiful daugh ters of America, and the thousands of amiable and in tellectual mothers o* our great counter, whose bright eye* will rest upon the columns of tbe " Herald*' todsy. Neglect not the opportunity to see this un- ' rivalled eolleetiom illustrating ths natural history of ! your eowntry NegUct not lbs opportunity to see, | thake hands, aud eea verse with tne great illustrator.: of this history, la after life, " not to have seen An* j dubon,' will aMach itself as a stigma lo those who had tho power to see him and ne^lf ctsd to do so; not | to havaeoen hisgreat collection will exclude one fsom refined society. The high value of his greet work | render* it a sealed book to the milium ; but the sipht aad study of Ike magnificent originals, whence that work emanated, is within the compass of every seal i in the city. Ge then to tbe Lfcram Tie* Pmt?uu 11* Wut HTaiiT-Forlk^Ml lw?d?yi tbera Imi We* I grtit presaare ii Wall itrNl. Crowds kite u*inbl?l opposite ik? m? MirchuU* Hank, to aitawi llw very inttrtding ofMMina of raising l?a apical id graaite eolanaa to their proper placea, alaextof $1, 000 eaea, oaah or tick, ?? dna't know which. The atreet extending j from the Rtehingt to tko Cwetom Ho?h was filled ail day, and many Mrioai remark* were made br i tkaae who were stopped short ia a sltinamg light, at & mmatra Mart S o'clock, by the crowd It appeara ?traofc to a prraon seeing the piles a( gmite re cently thrown w<s when told that there ia a heavy I presaera I* the money whet. " Xnaet tight, ehV fan it be possible! The bank a are certainly aidip* the merchants, ainttbeyV* asked one fail leman of another yesterday. " Vta, aiding *.kem on to bank rnptcy a? fa?t as the deeil aids the sinn-r. They | think more of bailding aplendid puLtes lika these,** pointing to the seteral new haildin.;*, "with co?tlv Corinthian columns andthiape to in ich," aa* awrred his friend Ho wags the world Cnnking hail.linw* are going up at a coat of JW 000, and com mercinl paper aeiliag in the atreet at two |er cent a month. Whea Ooeeroor Marry waa in nSt>, he mid one day?** They want me to pay fifty cent a for mending * mJ breeches lorn in the pibltc serrice, hut I'll ?ee them d? d first *' lnirrttM lltmetjo ? -The mums mutiranlia ??'?? at the ln?tilnte n at week Fasiiion* aLK Aa iVal> ? f?me? John Va* ll?? r? ti nrrired 10 town day belore uatfrday, iwd hm lah?n spartmeata in tha Globe Hotel. Tot Imi Tmima?. ? Two trottiag Mtcki came off ywteedaj an IIm iNntL Me wider the nidia, udthi other ia huntu. Theflnt 1MB for >pMtof NO dollars, and tko distance two mites.? Col est*, Henry, and Americas wore entered. Hen ry won Ibe first beat, distancing Americas, and Ce leste won the second and third. Dutchman and Awfnl, in harneis, entered for the second. The for mer won the purse, 250 dollars ? tlie distance also two miles* Dutchman did the first beat iu 5 min utes 11 seconds, and the second iu 5 minutes 15 se conds. The African. [ CorresjiouJeuie of the Herald. j New Haven, Oct. 1 Dear Sir: ? The interest in the Africans continues intubated. Since they have returned to the prison I here, the curiosity of our citizcn* seems to have re | ceived afresh impulse, and crowds throng to see ' them daily. Comfortable and airy apartments have been fitted up for them in the hotel to which the jail is attached, and they eat and drink, and smoke the livelong day, and are as happy as clams at high water. Col. Pendleton, the keeper of the prison, turns tbem out on our beautiful green daily, for ex ercise and exhibition, and their feats of ability at tract great admiration. Jinquaand Garran tumble | about with the activity of monkeys, and the specta tors shell out the sixpences freely. | A native African of the Susos tribe came up from | New York yesterdayor the day before, and the Abo ' litionists have been examining the blacks thruugh j him; but they have learned nothing satisfactory. ' The Africans have begun to distrust the intentions | of Lewis Tuppan, and those of whom he is the tool, and their replies to the Interrogatories of theie mis ! etiicvous and disorganizing fellows, are getting to be j eva?ive, and sometimes crusty. The substantial > kindness which the Africans have received from the Marshal and the keepers of the prison, Is intelligible to them, and they place a higher estimate upon it than on the specula* ive benevolence of these tinpriu cipjed schemers, whose humane regard for the ne ?-os, prompted them to frighten the children nearly into fits, in order to produce an effect on the audi ence, when they were brought into the Court at Hartford, on the Habeas Corpus. The Africans abound in that instinctive sagacity, which enables all animals to distinguish their bsnefactors, and they manifest their regard to those who have bestowed presents of any kind npon them, with a warmth and earnestness that soon becomes troublesome. I dis tributed a handful of segars among tht occupants of one of the rooms a few day? ago, and have been tor mented bv their iuupoitumties for segars and tobacco ever since. Some doubts have been suggested whether these Africans are all negroex. 'lhe natives of Africa comprise several distinct races of men; but the true negro, or Kthiopian, is characterized by the same peculiarities which distinguish the blacks that are domesticated among us, whether he is found undera vertical sun on ths gulf of Guinea, or on the Orange river down towards Cape Town. With four or five exceptions, these Africans are genuine negroes, presenting all the repulsive fea tures of the race; but some question exists respect ing the exceptions ? To the natural cunning of the savage, some of the blacks have added the deceptive arts practised by the abolitionists. Mr. Ludlow came into the prison yesterday with the Susos in terpreter, and called for a man that could speak Foulah Half a dozen blacks immediately presented themselves as candidates for the postof linguist, aud Mr. L. selected the w orst looking rascal o I the num ber, and took him out After a momentary show of disappointment, those who remained grimmaced and jabbered apparently highly delighted at the trick played on the black coat. "Foulah," said Shuma, grinding, "sas, hella, moni, fabau, Munding , Bultom , Gal'ina " That is, "we will all talk any thing you j want, KcuLth, Manding, Hullom, and Gallina, only give us enough to cat and drink." Jinqua acknowledged to the interpreter that he had b'-en engaged in the clave trade, and had been | sharked by Sharka because he was unable to falfil a contract that he had made to deliver a large number at a given time. [FriTiate Oorrrspouileucc of lhe Herald.] Paris, Aug. 30, 1839. 1)?.ar BtsxrTT : ? Let me bespeak your forbear- | ance for the very unequivocal symptoms of | IiiMc tliat you will find scattered in profasion throughout this rapidly whipt-up piece of com position that you will be tempted to liken to *y llalitb, if you choose, for its ;roth> and unsub stantial character. But I have urgent reasons for this despatch; 1 am on the ave of an excursion to? 1 have not decided where exactly ? but as 1 am in quest of a change severally in air, diet, and occu pation, l hardly think I could direct my step* to any \ place with sach advantage as Kngland, for 1 am sure , to find them all there essentials so immeasurably in- { ferior to those 1 leave behind mc, that 1 shall return I to my present home with a longing delight and con tentment that will make my continued stay here doubly satisfactory and pleasing. Not that Parisian j life absolutely requires the restorative of change to ; make it | ('alible and enduring, that 1 have found so , indispensable in all other places it has been my lot to live in; far from losing its attraction hv wear, and familiarity, it only deepens, and widens, and broad- i ena till onr souls and bodies both are caught and en livened in the dizzy and seductive circle of ita fas cinations; till leaving it, become* painful and diffi- , cult, even temporarily; what, then, must he the part ing pangs of that unfortunate wretch thai is destined , to *ee it no innre. The t'l-ropeau new* 1 have selected for yea ia of a * ry c4ik?- i mir nature and more decisive character l Itaii any past accounts we hare had from the trou bled region* "I the rant. There hat been a moal C? pi"u?i<>w of r>port fmm the head quartern of strife poured forth oa this agitating suhiec mix id up with Mine ju?t thought and a great deal of absurd m re* twin. 'I ke newspaper* have seized upou this proli fie topic, at this dull season of the y< nr, with the desperate tenacity of drowning men, and have wa naged. by dint of endless cum men t and " enormoua lyinff." (to borrow an Eaciish phrase) to keep this ?ubyet and themselves a Utile longer from sinking in public notice ; (Hit their tme is conr j they must, perforce, resign aay longer retention of this exalting and ever discussed question, since it is now clearly known and incnuUstably established, that the Five Ureal Poweis ha se entered the field against them. ?nd w rested the disputed at one " fell s*??p" from their reluctant grasp. The settlement ?f the eastern q?u ion ba? passed under the Tail of " Protocols,'* sad henceforth we arc t?? b? indulged with only such glimpses. few and rare, m it mnjr please the l.igt* and mighty contracting parties to lavor ?? with; but whatever may hi the ludiertas disappointment of the *? editors.** at the mdden dis solution andqnioh entombment of tbia difirult ques tion, ao bapi^ly strangled in its infancy, it ia certain that ita disappearance has diffused j of among all classes of people, who feel thry have miracaloutly escaped, as it were, from the heavy pressure of some portanding and desolating calaiasity ? the spark of war jual lit in the east, ard extending with a fearful rap?dit* that threat ened au*n to overwhelm entire Eaeope with a direful conflagration, Kas hern abruptly extinguiihed by the timely, bold and deri sive measures of the five great powers, led on ay the prudent, wary, sagaciou? King ol tbe French, who, more than all, has contributed to this most auspi* cisui result. Yes, it is mainly to him we one war deliverance from the tremendous evils that were just opening upon us; the dark course if a diearand apparently me vilahle necessity has been turned aside hv his expert hand; and Bit rope is still palpitating with wonder, not unmixed with gratitude, at btr marvellous escape; war, with her Ions train of mi series and loss, has disappeared; the chances of it e? ven are removed; it has txrea banished most unexpect edly, " like a ship gone down at sea,*' when heaven was all tranquillity ? and I recommend it to all your readers as an abundant source ? f rejoicing, for u?d it j have gone on, the serions difficulties that are now afflicting them cummeri mlly, would havi o? ?.n great- 1 ly aggravated. ' T ? ? ? ? e * Hv waywf postscript, I mast add a word or two i about Alexandre, the rreat vent rib-quiet, w ho m as 10 b we iaile.1 on the 24'W of AukuhI as announcnl but eireumsiunc* s demanded n postpone ment of his de- I oartnre till the Ifilh of September by (he Vtlle de , I, fon*, when he will positively sail i he more | knew ofthM extraordinary man, the more in) int. rest in him deepened, and the greater my anxi.iy lor his , success in Amenca A corilial reception I know , hi nii? him. tor "or eertrr. 11 UbilMled lso?pifalelj | Inall deserving grangers has hi ernne proverbial? he f, i Is, a? I have h?d In qi.eni opi>nrlnnitit ? to i ?i r? e, the liveliest solicitnd ns to the in cling that will meet him, a*?t for tin paltry peruniart i.uvsataf s I that will attend it, b'it for th?? tur more imi>ortair . MMit nohfer re iilt t'"at w ill folltiiv M Ixith I" r ri'i sell , and nohler rrstilf thatwi < individually* and the ties dually, and ihe count r\ at large It ?? fitting that I should say mere at this aootit of Kia . future ?*ows, hopes and intention*, shoaM hi* visit w?" be tbe first to disclose th?i On Thursday tent it was my good fortune to mm htm at- the princely residence of Mr. Welle., 52 ZZ S*g?V I , e*l'iU,? who*e splendid grounds you haTe in,l,M ?ali?ed' in your ? letters from Paris of ayearaeo. The present occasion was in all respects delightful; the weather enchanting, the company highly dmtinguiah f agreeable, the ladies both numerous and beautiful, the dinner itself most excellent, and the whks both rare and costly. Of the latter I need cive no assurance to those who have ever had the priTilere 'nu nf>yin* "P.l?ndid hospitality of Mr. Welles. I he banquet was indeed iuoft sumptuous and ought to have inspired me to say something better than the leeble allusion 1 have ventured lo make to it. In the course of the evening, at the earnest entreaties of the indescribable hostess, Monsieur Alexandre confut ed to give a specimen of his great powers for the diversion of the company. The amiability of the this good-natured concession to our wishes was the more appreciated, as Alexandre universally refuses all such requests, come from whom they may here marked to me that dining at this same Chateau a few years ago with the Princess Vaademont, to whom it then belonged, he stood proof against the urgent de sire of Tally rand himself, who was of the company on that day. It would be inexcusable were I to at tempt auy description of his unrivalled Performance; to do it justice would swell my postscript to aninor dinate length ; and the theme besides is above me. I shall leave the expression of the wonder and ad* miration bis powers never failed to awaken to nim bier and more experienced pens; none short of your own is worthy of them; but you will find it no tri fling task if they produce the same effects as on me, and all present. When 1 saw him making his pre parations for cooking an " omelette economique, as he called it, and heard first the harsh grating of the saw, then the shrill squeaking of the plane, and last ly the spiteful hissings, and fitful, sharp explosions of the frying omelette. I rubbed my eyes in wild amazement, scarcely believing I could be deceived, and that " My ey?? wer* i?m!e the fools of the other senses, Or worth all the rest." Never was illusion more triumphant, and the ludic rous nerplexity of the pretty bov of our ladv hostess, greatly amused Alexandre himself. His* ventrilo quial feats surpass belief, and his voice in flexibili ty, compass, and variety exceeds all 1 ever have met with before. With equal easeand readiness he canas sume every variety of tone and inflection, from ten der youth to the shrill treble of their old age. His transformations are magical, and his powers of face, what shall I say of theml of his transitions of coun tenance, so rapid, various, complete, and endless. But if 1 go on I shall either make a sceptic of you, or awaken suspicion; I am "travelling out of the re cord," as the lawyers say. All I have to say to yoa, and your doubting reade. s, if any such there be, is to go and convince yourselves, the first chance Alex andre gives you You will thank me for the hint. Hobbehy on the Hiohwav. ? A laboring man named Daniel Hart, was assaulted in the streets of Rochester on Sa urday last by two men, and robbed of ?47 ? the proceeds of his summer's labor. A Dun ? Michael Haclicl and Jean Fer fought a duel on the 2fUh ult at Pascatronla. Louisiana. Jean was obliged to swallow a little over an ounce of lead. Thev were both engaged in the study of latin. Mi chael mis pronounced his, and Jean corrected him, for which kindness he received a slap in the face. This eansed the duel. This Oakland Races. ? A most brilliant horse race was to have come off on the Oakland Course last Monday. Louisville was crowded on the Satur day previous with l>dies and sporting gentlemen. Every atate that at all pretends to the sport of the turf is represented there. The rno.t celebrated horses of t he country were on the ground at an early day. Louisiana has Wagner for her champion. Vir ginia has sent Picton and Hilly Townes; and Ken tucky has entered the lists wiih Grey Fagle, Mary Taugh ., Queen Mary. Hawk Eye, Mnsedora, Tarl ton, and Occident. The races were to have com menced with a sweepstake of ten subset ibers at S'2,000 each, four mile heats. On Monday next we shall receive the particulars. Movemvnts or THE Fobugn Ministers, and Chauce o'.\ri aires ? The Chevalier Antonio Car dido de Fasid presented his letters of credence to tbe Secretary of State, on the 1st inst , and was receiv ed as the Chargr d'Aflatn--, of Purtugnl, in the room of commander Caesar d<- Figaniere K Morao, who is to goto Braail. Mr Budisco, the Rn?sian Minis ter, has returned to his residence in Georgetown, from his northern tour The Texian Minister, Mr. Dunhip, has arrived in Washington. Mr Fox, tbe British Minister, did not leave Washington daring the summer. Senor Don Francisco Pixarro Mar tine*, the Mexican Envuv, and the Cbevaleir Mar tine, Charge d Affaires of Holland, are at tbeir residen ces in Georgetown. Mamvlanb Election.? Carroll and Hillen, the locofnco candidates to Congress, bav? received a. decided majority in Baltimore, and tbe locofoeo ? ticket entire bas been elected ia that city. Actiuo, va. Pa a ac h i no. ? Parsons, the actor, recent the preacher, is again the actor. He ha* at last con cluded to cat Methodism and resume the sock aad buskin. Abolition ? A Riot in Cincinnati.? On the night of the 27th ult. a party of thirty men indie guise attacked the house of the negro doctor Weod wnrd ia Cincinnati, which they partly demolished. They set it on ire, and when the firemen arrived they refused t? throw water upon tbe baildaag or furniture. The next house was also attacked, but whiohtbe mob desisted from destroying, when told that tbe workmen who built it had not been paid. The cause of tbe riot was this. 1 he black dootor had two female patients who were in?ane,ani to cur* them he flogged both most uss ercifully. 1 BrsiNEss or Kidnaj*vino has been carrie a. on by Shearer, recently arrested in Frederreksburg Va. and a few others for sixiyears. Tbe gang was a regularly organized concern, and all the negroc*. they c ptured they took t? Virginia aad sold at pri ces ranging from ?1301) to $500. Anothib Blow Up. ? A powder mill in South wick, Maxs. blew up last Monday. Ifo lives lost. Pf'MHis C mop.? Massachusetts has this year been blessed with a treat yield of pumpkins Thanks giving comes off on th?Dih proximo. Loss or Lira.? Upwards of one hundred sailors lost their lives in the recent storm at Xc va Scotia. Population or Csnuinnatti. ? The eoosus met taken, sets it at 40,f?0k Yellow Fkveb. ? This disease has appeared ia Summer ville, Alabama Th rty persons have died of it. *tsti?t?os. ? ?'nm SfpKiiittr I to Ortater L there w?rt tfi^ehaigrd, hem *?"* M Dwd Pardoned . _ Si ; * nrma n'li ua Ike M, a??n 7#f * " ?? mm U ?|M ciMl Ki wiaM. S*"' 4.-G?f?r*f Clark, i toil mt loblollr boy, who Mid he had mice krlmiird liHhf I' f ?kip Ifnrtk Ca mlinu, a m brought up charged w it h ilriling a pair of bnnli, 'I he (nmpliinint iwnrt that Clark and Ian ?t(Wra eame la hi? ?l?r?, and whilat Claik k< ld him ia eau Tf m*(i?n, tkc mhrri holtrd with * pair of hoota. The pri??ner ?aid he hau been ?tr?linpc on th? Iht ter?. ami frll in with the tan nra for the firat Ua>? I a bia Ida. 'I he C art mhI if nh very elear thai he kept had raaipaHV. and a<)jndtrd him to Ike K)t \ pt ian (naiha (or thirty rfuva. Mary Ann Mo*j an Molf a ailh tnewl (t< m Julia (inrtiw, and Mary Ann aa? ?ent t? lite " tnaka" till Mtnday . Jam- Hamilton had a mn?t remarkable pmpenaity for nltl b*t In feet. Jaae'a bump id ar1411n.it> veieaa wa*eaa?i?lfrahly deeeh?ped. and a b;it ? it H tke hump aad the pri'p?H?*t?, Jane |>i?rlmn?<) ear If thin* ia the fchafr at I?fd bat that ?he c?>i*t?t Uy I and* i.e.? t/a one ??eeeainn ?he Iw h three fn m one Iwmm. 'lie ffi'Nrl aaid .'ane nin?t Milfir w me (m In r pin pen?dy and therefore atat liar to the jn nitentiary for ti e ?i* a ? Htha .tMitc aa d .he/. //the (nil eaormity of her 4/oWt i offence. I J'.ait'y F?'h v. a rfrfk loafer, atole f pilot rout, aad tut. ?eai ? ? the m nif?nii?rtr for three motillia. Patrirl. Kelt*, u re* hexd-d iar< id and tiwfh leaf' er. aaa rhaif ? d aiih kirl n<f op a < hind \ in Centra dm t Paiiirh ?a< irn andtdtw ii qrire '* if be bed h c' afkf ci '* A> h?> l)a#y for aa?-*alting armc tat, aaa teat to tka ten. b? tul M i?.dk j.