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IHTEEESnHG C0EIE8P01DEICB. The CaiMui <tl?v? Trade. Oil WASUINOTON COIUttM*OKDE*CE. Washington, May 19,1853. interesting Correspondence Between Ltrrd Palmer stein, IajhI Hwdtn and the Spanish Government. With reference to my communication of the 6th of January laat, accompany in# which 1 did myself the pleasure of transmitting to you souie highly import" ant diplomatic papers connected with the island of Cuta and the slave trade, I have, seeing the man" ner with which the others were received, availed myself of so good an opportunity as the present to forward to you another batch of correspondence upon the same subject, of a very recent date, and still more interesting than those transmitted in January la*t. You will please have the goodness to addre* ? copy of the Hkrai.d containing this correspon dence, to <;en. Canedo, at Havana, in case he may not be aware of its existence; and 1 should be very sorry if you were to neglect conferring the same t'avor npon my charming, but rather ugly friend. 1>"H Mar tin (ialiano, the political secretary of Cuba, who treated me with such marked civility when 1 was at liar ana, about the l'jth of November last. Antiquary. YISCOl'NT PALMEHSTON TO LOKD BOWDEN. Forkiu.v Omca, April 7, ISol. *T IiORti?With reference to my other despatch of this day i-dale, in which I speai of Spain having received a Urge moDey raiment on condition that the Spanish flave trade should be abolished I thi"k it right to men tun in care >oiir lordship or M. ileitran de Lis should cot be a*are of the (act. that the ?um given to Spain for that purpose wis ?400 000, agreeably to the stipulations ot articles 3 and 4 ol the treaty signed at Madrid on the ?id of September, 1817. (Signed ) PALMERSTON. V18COINT l'ALMEKSTON TO LOUD HOWDKN". KXTUACT. toiiiuu.N Oftios, July 10, 1861. ??* *?*???* You will observe how unreasonable it is in the Ciptain Uenersl of Cuba to expect that British Consuls aud Slave Trade Commissioners should be able to furnish htm with tbo-e detailed sta'ements and precise proofs which he requires in t hat note. All that Rritisn oWeers can pos ?ib y be expecttd to supply him with, are general state meuts of the particular iustaLces in which i* has come to their knowlecge that vessels are titling out or have been titled out for slave trade, or in which landing < of ?hive* have been effected, nod it is quite absurd to sup pose that the Governor Genern 1, who is aruied with nil the towers of government, and who has at his command all tbe means of inloiiuation and of action which an im mense number of govemmen' officers of various kinds afieid kim should ne*d ai.y;hiug nio'e than sucbgta ?rai iLCicatiotis to enable him to pursue his investigations. Indeed, it is st'aDge that he should not be better and oarlier informed upon these matters than the British ?tii em can be, and that be should not ot his own accord, and without any srg^e-tioDs or informatioa from them, take those measures a hu h a proper sense of his own du ties and a due iegard for the honor of his own govern ment should pomt out to him a1- proper for the eutiee aodab-olute prevention of those criminal proceedings Rut far different in the couduct of theCaptain tieuerai; ana while on one hsnd, be shuts his e>es to crimiual and disgraceful practices which it is his bounden duty to preveir be returns angry and discourteous answers to eannnumcaiions which it is the duty of Her Majesty's officers in Cuba to make to him. Tbe Spanish government wUl do well to consider that if such a course of proceeding shall continue, tbe people of this country, instead of looking with displeisure at attempts which may be made to sever Cubi from the Spanish monarchy, may be led to view with satisfaction the accomplishment of an event which, in consequence of the conduct of the Spanish colonial authorities, will have btcome the only means of putting an end to the ooeoniisslon of crime* which the Spanish crows aolemuly bound itself many years ago utterly and forever to pre vent any Spanish' subject from committing (.?signed.) PALMERSTON*. LOKD PALMERSTON TO LORD UOWDEN. Foukion Omen August 7, 1861. *T Lord?I have to instruct you to present a note to the Spanish government, stating that U. H '? rernaent have directed reinfotcements to be sent to M 's cruiters employed on the coast of Cuba for the suppression of the slave trade: and H M.'s government deem it due to the frankness which ought to charac terize the intercoune of friendly government^ to let the Bianirh government kiiow that it, as aectus to be the oaae the government of Madrid is unable to cause its sub ordinate officers in Cuba to carry into execution the treat* engagements of the Spanish crowu for the suppres sion of the slave trade, and to enforce the laws promul gated by the crown of Ppa:n in execution or those engagements, the British government must deem itself Obliged to take the matter into it* own hands, and to have recourse to such matters in relation to it as may appoar to H. M '? government best calculated to accomplish the purpose in view I am, kc , (Signed ) PALMERSTON. TBE MAHQI I8 OF MIRAKLORE3 TO LOKD HOWDEN. TKASM-ATIOK. MatiiUT). Auiru't 19, 1851. Mr Loan?On repHing to vour L>rdship's note of the 14th rust, your Lordship will allow me to abstain from taking into considera'ion. on account of the dignity of H. M.'s government, ths supposition brought forward bv iour Lord-hip. in lulfiimeni of rhe instructions of H 11 L'a Principal Secretary of State for Foreign All"?irs, thi* tbe government at M idrid is impotent to enforce upon ita subordinates m Cuba the executon of trie laws and treaties relative to the suppressiau cf the slave trade. I will therefore, confine rnjself to stating to your Lord ship that the Queen, my august sovereign whom I have informed of the contents of the aforesaid note, wdl see with particular gratification that the cabinet of London, by means of a timely reinforcement of the British cruisers in the seas of the Antilles, may co-operate to tbe easier and moie effectual suppression of the reprobated traRio to slaves, so long as this de.-irable oo o.eration remains confined within the limits of the same aforesaid laws and treaties. Hrr Majesty's government does not en'ertaia tbe slightest apprehension on this subject, relying as it doe* en British loyalty; but it thinks it ueces'sary, however, under the present circumstances of the island of Cuba, to make a solemn declaration. If. by any unfortunate combination of circumstances, cr perhaps in consequence of an inoonsiderale zeal, or from any motive wiiatesoever. an nndue interference on tbe part of the command-r* of tbe new naval foices in natters of maritime or internal jurisdiction of the Island of Cuba, were to give rise to soaoe conflict with'.he authorities ot that island; if in this or any other way. a new element of disturbance were added to the numerous ores which, in spite of the gov ?rnment of the United States, are fostered against that Mai d by American pirates, in combination with some dialojal natives of Cuba, lier Majesty's government de dares at once that aiter iepul?ing with all the energy in fee power anv intrusion of that kind it will hold thecabi net of London responsible for the fatal consequences which might therefrom ensue to Soani.-h domination, u>4er the critical ci'cunistunces under which it is now placed in the West ladies And finally, that icoild the conflicts above alluded to take place, the Spanish government would not hesitate to aef eal to the decision of the whole ef Europe, trusting that public opinion, even in the ever loyal aad enlighten od English na'ion, itseir would justly appreciate whether tbe ooDouct of the British government would have been such as the government of tbe Queen, my august sov ereign. has a right to expect from a power which calls it sell the friend and ally of --pain, and even consistent with what was required by the interests of England itseU. I avail, he (Signed ) EL MAKQUIS DE MIRAFLOREd. TJSCOCXT PA I.MKK.-TON TO LORD HOWDEV. Fokeion (irrup., Sept. It, 1861. Mt Lord?I hare received and laid before the C^ieen your lordi-bip's de-patch of tbe 'JOth instant, enclosing a translation of a note which the Marquis de Miraflores ad toetited to von on the 19th inst. in reply to your note written under the Instruction* oonvej^d to you In my despatch of the 7th ult. respecting tbe reinforcement* which have been ordered to the British nnvai force* on tbe eoast of Cuba, and the course which her Majesty'* government might deem itself obliged to take if the Spanish government should be un?Lle to compel It* nub ordinate officers in Cuba to e*rry into execution the treaty engagement* and the laws of .Spain with nwpect to the slave trine. I ha?e to instruct your lordship to say to the Marquis 4m MiraSores. in reply to bis Dote that her Majesty's go vernment have no wish to violate the rights of the Span ish crown, or to do anything Inconsistent with treaties; knt they are derlrous of coming to a plain understanding with 'he government of Madrid. and to make that govern ?tent eomprebend that Great Britain will no longer con ?en' to be bullied In regard to the Spaui-h slave trade, ai tt has hitherto been, bj unsatisfactory excnse* and by un performed assurance* given at Madrid, while the .Spanish authorities In Cuba have continued *yst?malicaUy and avtotiouslv to set at naught the stipulations of treaty, ?ad to vicmte tbe enactments of law. It is high time that this *y stem of evasion should cease. Hor Majesty's government demand from the Spanish go res aiaa at a faithful and honorable fulfilment or the trea ty engagements of the Spanish crown, and her Majesty i government throw unon tbe government of Spain the whole responsibility of my consequences which mty arise fret a longer continuance of breach of faith, in this re speet, upon the part of Spain. Your lordship will give officially to the Spanish g ivern mmat a copy of this despatch. I am, fee . (Signed.) PALMEROTOH. Vlitt to the Jesuit College at Georgetown, OtHI WASHINGTON CORRKSPONDENCB. Washington, D. C., May 16, 1853. 1 take the liberty of pending yoa a short account of an afternoon's peregrinations in the vicinity of Washington. Whether it be of interest or not, yoa ?nd your readers will be able t? judge on perusal. The office seeker about Washington, or any one else who has to remain in that city at the mercy of any of the departments, and who lounges about his hotel endeavoring to get through the day, no doubt often feela?as your humble servant, the writer, has recently felt--like denouncing yiat city as the quint cwence of dulneas, hungrag, manoeuvring and ras cality in the universe; and, after indulging in a few epithets of this sort, adjourns to the bar to regain his humor over a julep or a cocktail. Now, air, m I am somewhat of a philanthropist, Md desire tbe good of mankind in general, and pity ?(Bee seekers in particular, I am willing to show them how I passed an afternoon very pleasantly, ?nd with advantage to myself. After Baking as tolerable ? dinner as the scarcity of servants and the scramble would permit, I sallied oat to a neighboring lively stable, accompanied by a friend, and, rejoicing in a reasonably humane coun tenance, the man in charge entrusted me with a pas sable horse and buggy; and, getting in, we directed our course out the avenue towards Georgetown. Everybody knows what Pennsylvania avenue is, viz : a great trench, placed end on to the prevailing high wind*, and that a great deal of loose dust is left there to be taken up by those winds and dispersed to the four corner* ot the city, for what purpose 1 can not inform you; but I notice that tailors, bootblacks, oculists, and other trade* and professions, thrive thereby, so it is probable that it Ls intended a** sort ot an indirect way of levying a tax ou the stranger for tbe benefit ot" the industrious cla-wes. The day we r?de out, thanks to fortune, the winds were ntili, and the ride was as agreeu ble as could be expec ted over a rough and rutty road. Descending a hill and crossing a small creek brings you into Georgetown, a place having the all ot lt shabby genteel man. The pavements are rough, sidewalks sunken, houses of rough bricks? disguised, indeed, sometimes, by mortar and paint? and, as I remarked before, genteel, but .-liabbv. Driving on through this place, and ascending the heights, you pass many beautiful residences, sur rounded ijy trees and gardens of flowers. These re sidences are. I am told, the pride and ! glory of Georgetown, as a new beaver is I to a man with a seedy coat and pant-t, I the heights topping the town, as the hat topping the | rusty habiliments of tbe other, find well may : they be proud of their beautiful situations; the views thai may be had from some points are not surpassed by any that 1 am acquainted with; every port of Washington is visible, and I must say with the poet | in this case, that "distance lends enchantment to the \ iew.'' Alexandria, and the valley of the Potomac I for a great distance, lend their aid to make up a j beautiful picture; in a word, it is magnificent. A ter enjoying these views tor some time, and inhaling the | fine odors from an adjacent flower-garden, we drove [ to the Jesuit's college, an old aud renowned institu tion of learning. Approaching the gaie, it was thrown open by a porter, who politely invited | us to enter. We did so, and got out at the d >or of a j large pile of brick buildings. On stating our desire ; to inspect the institution to a gentlemanly looking man in a black gown and three-coruercd hat, he in formed us we could do so, und proceeded to show us i the entire buildings, grounds, and internal arrange ments. We first visited the dormitories where the students sleep, two long apartments being allotted for this purpose, containing about sixty beds each. Every thing here wad neat and comfortable; and to our question if it was difficult to keep order where so many young men slept in one apartment, he said "No, that one of ttie tutors remained a short time after they had retired, and that fatigue from the exercises and studies of the day, together with the : early hour of rising, (5 A. M .) made them quite willing to seek sleep at once.-' From thence wo went to the library, and were shown many valuable manu scripts and ancient books. A manuscript of one of the Epistles, written on parchment in a most beauti iul manner, and which would put to shame the efforts of any of our modern protessional scriveners, bore date We were shown also copiws of the Bible in the Welsh aud Irish languages, besides many other rare editions of the Holy Scriptures. Leaving the library, we went into a room devoted to the deposit of all the philosophical instruments ot the institution, and received a shock from an electri cal machine of large dimensions. The collection here was small, but the instruments appeared to have been well selected. The museum next attracted our attention. A close inspection of this room will well reward the visiter, for great care and taste have teen exhibited in this department, and many of our larger institutions would do well to copy from the reverend fathers in collections of this sort. i We were then shown the chapel?a very neat place of worship. Two or three elderly men, seem | ingly citizens of the town, were in there at the time, engaged in their devotions. Our entrance, aud the noise we made, did not cause them to look up from the small books they were intently reading. ? It was the hour for recreation when we arrived, and the students were engaged either in walking about, playing on musical instruments, or in gym nastic exercises, for whijh the playground Ls sup plied with various appliances. Ju.-t before we lett, they were marshalled, and marched in single file to the supper room; we fol | lowed them thither, and observed the arrangements for the meal, which was of a frugal kind. One of the students mounted a kind of pulpit, and read in a loud voice from some entertaining book of travels, i while the others silently ate their supper. Leaving the supper room, ?e made a brief inspec ; tion of the grounds. Several hundred acres are owned by the college, aud some portions are most beautifully laid out. The whole south side of a oon : siderable hill is devoted to the vine, producing a tine wine; whether the fathers make use of it them I selves or not, I wis not curious enough to ask. lt is a fit subject, however, for our Maine Liquor law fanatics to investigate and inveigh against; 1 there I lore turn the subject over to them. Thanking the polite gentleman who hid attended us, we stepped into our conveyance and returned to tie city?paying two dollars for the use thereof? | highly pleased with our visit, and with a high tense ! ot the merits of the institution we had visited. In conclusion, I would advise all persons who have to remain any length of time in Washington to , visit this, and many other places of interest iu the ; vicinity; it will put them in better humor; cud if tLey are obliged to go home with a " t!ea in the ear/' they y. ill, at any rate, have had a pleasant time, and gained some useful knowledge. Tuombonk. Oar Albany Correspondence. Albany, May 11,1353. Mating of the Legislature?The Cunal Question and the Code?IVhig Majority in the Senate?No Appointment* during the Session. Since the adjournment of the Legislature, the capi tal city has enjoyed a short season of repose. In the course of two short weeks the city will again be fill ed with members, and their appendages, the lobby ites, and the usual excitement will again prevail. The session, it is anticipated, will extend through two of the summer months. At the regular session very little public business of importance was accom plished, and all that was left over will be recom menced where it was cut off by the adjournment. By a joint resolution, neither house will entertain any new proposition of any character; but we doubt whether the Legislature can thus fence out the peo ple who have business, although not heretofore pre sented. Neither house has such a right, nor can any resolution which they may enact prevent their masters from demanding the passage of laws which may be for the public interest. The canal question will be taken up where it was left undisposed of in the House. The matter under discussion was the proposition submitted by Mr. West, Chairman of the Canal Committee, in opposi tion to the Senate's amendment of the constitution. As no vote had been taken upon either in the House, no estimate can now be formed as to the result, though several who pretended to know, stated, after the adjournment, that if a vote |had been taken, the proposition submitted by Mr. Went would have re ceived a majority in the House. The whole subject will be again renewed and rediscussed, and will un questionably consume three or four weeks time in the House. From the course certain antagonistic papers have taken, it is a moral certainty that there will be no caving in by the Senate, and that they will adhere to the Vanderbilt plan for completing the canals, and yield to no other. Public opinion, which the mem bers of the House have gathered during the rece.^, and will bring with them to the Capital, may how ever, be the means of disposing of this absorbing question much sooner than is now expected. Should either house determine to take up the Code l?v sections and proceed to deliberate discussion of its thousand pages, the debate will be intermina ble. There are several lawyers of the Coke and Blackstone antiquity, who are determined to defeat its adoption by the Legislature, if they possibly can. Among them, in the House, are Heudee, Wood, Hastings, and others, and in the Senate, Babcock, Van Scuoonhoven and Taber, all strong men. But a majority of the Houae, and perhapa of the Senate also, may choose to give it no consideration at all, but adopt it in a lump, as other portions have been, taking it for granted that the commissioners have made the codification psrfert, and in accordance with the popular notion of wtiat is called law reform and legal progress. The al*en<e of Mr. McMurray^nd the appointment of Mr. Smit^ as United States Collector at Platts burg, two aemocratic Senators, give the whigs a decided majority in the Senate. It is therefore ren dered rertain that no Harbor Master for New York, or Salt Inspector at Syracuse, or any other demo cratic appointment of importance, will be made. Neither can any political ui(*uute, of any character, be adopted during the special session. Albany, May 20,1853. The Volunteers and the ImH Suiion?IVill Any thing he Done for Them T?Hard Shell Appoint, ments?The Next United States Senator. By referring to the list of titles of acts pas-ted at the late session of the Legislature, published in the Hkkalp of Monday, April 18, you will find the last are in the list styled "An Act to Provide for Cer tain Expenses of Government." This is the tit'e of the law usually known as the "Snpply bill,'* which is passed at the close of each session, too.often (as in the present case) at the last moment, and which | generally makes prevision for expenditures of all kinda, from the public traaanry?pay of clerks and officers ef both houses?pay of men, women and children employed about the Captol?pay for books, stationery and champagne suppers ? pay for old ?oldiera, dispensaries and heepiUls. Such a bill did undoubtedly pans the Assembly at the late session under the identical title which, to the personal recol lection of your correspondent, it has borne since lt?45, and, as it was sent to the Senate, it?ontained a provision, moved by Hon. D. B. Taylor in the Assem bly, appropriating #25,000 for the relief of the First Regiment of New York Volunteers. It was referred to the Senate Finance Committee, composed of Messrs. Me Murray, Conger and Morgan, who re ported it back without the provision referred to, but under the same title. It was passed without being read, otherwise than by its title, in the Senate. When it reached the Assembly in this amended form, that body had no resource left but to pass it in the condition in which it was presented. It bore the usual and immemorial title which the "Supply bill" bears, and was in no respect a simple vote of money to the officers of the legislature, since money canuot be ceiutitutiocally appropriated otherwise than by bill (Cop., art. \ II., sec.8 at d 14.) In view of these unde niable tacts, yonr correspondent submits that he has correctly stated the matter in oue of his late letters. His object is attained in calling public attention, through the columns of the Hlkald, to the manner in which the poor volunteers have been treated. It is well known that the niggardly appropriation made lor their relief, in lho'J, has long siuce been ex hausted. The Comptroller's Annual Report inform ed the Le^'lature at the begiuuing of the regular session, that the amount appropriated had been ?'found wholly inadequate,'' and recommended that it the system of providing for the sick and disabled volunteer should be continued, " a further suin ot f2.5,000 ?hould be appropriated." This was well known u> the Senate, and their neglect appears to be utterly inexcusable. Ihe disappointment which the poor fellows experienced was very great. It is time that the State should enact a pension law for them, and that this remnant of brave but poor men would not be lett to the uncertain chauces of the Supply bill, and to the tender mercies of an obstinate Senate r or two. The political world has been considerably startled by the late appointments of District Attorney aud Marshal ot the Northern District of this State. Hon. Herny A. Foster has bees so long retired from the political world as to be almost forgotten in the crowd of new claimants for public honors. The can dilates for the appointment which he has received were legion, running from hard shell hunkers down to outrglit abclitioni*td. AJrnobt every lead in tr dc mocratic lawyer in the State has been spoken of: but the Presioent, in pursuance of the plan he seems to have adopted, ot looking behind the record aud ignonnglong liatsof namessigned to recommendatory papers, has, in this instance, at least, made a most excellent selection, and it is to be regretted that Mr. t oster declines the appointmeut. Mr. Foster has al ways been u staunch and decided national democrat and his only political fiult has been that he was too upright and sincere to bend to the behests of the rree.-ou faction. His ability as a lawyer and his character as a man are unquestionable. He served in the United States Senate with Mr. Dickinson, and lost his seat in lfc'45, by the unyielding enmity of the barnburners, who scut John A. Dix to supersede him. Mr. Marty s candidate for this office was well f,n^n *? be James W. Nye, who was a delegate to Baltimore last June, and who supported his claims to the 1 residential nomination, with great euerirv and eloquence. OJ ihe new Marshal is a man most favorably known in political circles. He is a plain, honest farmer, ot Rensselaer couLty, but a remarkably active and in fluential politician. His political belongings, also, are ., 'he hard shell school, and his appointment is con sidered a triumph for the Argus hunkers. Mr. Jewett, of Monroe, was the candidate of the soft shells, and was strenuously supported by Mr. Marcy 1 our readers will remember that Mr. Jewett was an alternate delegate to the Baltimore Convention, act ing as subxtitute for Mr. Gay, who died duriuc the sitting ot the Convention, and that he voted for Mr. Marcy upon every ballot. But it appears that Gen. Fierce was not to be persuaded into giving the im portant post of Marshal to a freesoiler, in a district through which the famous " underground railroad " runs. It is amusing to see the ill-tempered manner in which the newspapers of the Atlas stamp an nounce these appointments. Beside these, the hunkers have secured the ap pointment of a Collector or two in the north of tlie ????> *D(j ^ere and there a Postmaster, iu the very teeth of the Secretary of State. Such a panic had been created in consequence, in the free?oil camp that Governor Seymour, with several other leading politicians ot the soft shell school, suddenly left for. Washington, where John Van Buren, Erasvus Corn-" U3?r,aD^ others had already made their appearance. I ne subject of U. S. Senator is coming upon the carpet and the State Senators to be elected this .all will be called upon, at their second session, to ii.l the place of Hon. Wm. H. Seward. The political luonauviings in connection with this matter, are well worth watching, and already indicate a prob i Dle split between the barnburners and softs. John \ an Buren is the candidate of the former, who are oesiroi.s to place him in a position where he can bo.dly and with a six years' terra beforehim, resume the labor of " making the democracy the great a.'iti slajtry party of the country," which he announced in Inij to be his especial destiny. But the softs want Horat.o Seymour in the Senate, to support Mr Marcy, and are desirous of placing Van Buren in some tight place, which John is too wide awake to be caught in. 1 his is all fun for the hardshelis, #ho have not yet brought forward any candidate. A great many residents of this city are about ap plying to Judge Bronson for berths in your custom house. Besides these, there arc the posts of deputy collector, surveyor, and inspector of tins port, when your New York Collector appoints. He must have been quite overrun with appli^nts from this city already. '' The Railroad Consolidation bill which lately passed the Legislature, has effected a remarkable rise of btock upon the Central line from this city to Buffalo Several prominent politicians who procured the pas-' Fage of this bill, have realized large amount* from ?hi* ?f vilue' Xearl^ 811 the remnants of tiie old Albany Regency are stockholders-such as Corning, Marcy, John Stryker, Peter Caggerand (.orernor Seymour. The consolidated road isfdoubt Iess, the best paying route in the country, aud would not care a Ilea bite tor the imposition of tolls, as con templated by the tax and toll-bill of Mr. Loomis. It i? quite otherwise with its great rival?the Erie Rail- , road?whic a is poor and struggling with embarrass- i nients, and which has never heretofore been subjected to tolls. Ihe railroads on the central route do not oppoi>e the bill, and the principal epi?osition to the proposed tolls seems to come from the " Southern oullet to market. W Wh?m th? ^ to the ^ in lthe Povt?*hat the chairman of the Mather unpeachmg committee is a " National democrat ?has excited some amusement among poli ticians here. The evident intention is to make it an pear that Mr. Mather hua been accused by his own political friends. Gn the contrary, there was not a hunker democrat upon that committee: and its chairman, Mr. Chamnlin, is actually one of the lead ing barnburners ot the Assembly. Of the four re maining members, two are freesoilers and two whiirs. Ihe joint examining committee of last sessioa, whose figures are re led upon to boMer up the accusation was composed of two whigs and one freesoiler (Se ? !!'e vghV two (Mesflry- Jones and I eters) were upon the Van Buren and Adams elec toral ticket, m lh4s. So wc go. Our Boston Correspondence. Boston, May 21,18.13. Foiuardness of the Season?Action of the Constitu tional Contention on the State Senate?Governor Clifford in Uniform?The Democratic Organs in Boston?Difference in the 'IVeatment they Receive from the Administration?Remarkable "Spiri tual" Revelations?Boston Public Lands?Ma dame Sontag?The City Library?The Athc? ntrum? The Postmaster of Lawrence? The New Catholic Church?Mr. Shilliber's Poems?Mr. Hawthorne's Departure-?Correspondence of the Revolution?New Edition of Plutarch? The "Key to UncU Tom's Cabin''?Hawthorne's New Work?Libro d'Oro?Debates of the Convention of 1820?Kossuth in a Fix. We are in the enjoyment of the most forward spring tbat has been known for years. We are a fortnight ahead of last year, at the very least. All around Boston the country is a perfect garden, and the game is the condition of the remoter regions, al lowance being made for the superior cultivation that is sure to mark the rural districts tint border on a great city, affording sure and profitable market* to agriculturists. It is delicious to travel about now, when the sun is not too hot to make exposure un comfortable, and the fruit trees are in full bloom, the forests well clothed, and the meadows green as the youth of man. Farmers say that if no unfortunate events shall transpire, in the shaftc of frosts and "cold snaps," the agricultural interests of Massachu setts will have reason to remember 185.1 as a great year, as the French* now lo?k back to 1811 as the year of the vineyard greatness. Let us hope that they are not destined to be disappointed. The Constitutional Convention has at last got at somethiBg of a practical character. On Wednesday, by a vote of 220 to 117, it wo* dccid<'d that the L" giatatnro had no right to repeal the '* Free Ballot Law, so far w applied to the election of delegates to the Convention, so that voting lor delegates to fill vacancies must be done secretly. This vraa a teat question, and the coalition victory was decisive enough to satisfy everybody that that organisation Is ho strong tfcat what it sets about in earnest in the Con vention it will accomplish. On Thursday, the re port from the committee to whom the subject of re constructing the Senate was referred was taken up in Committee of the Whole, Governor Morton in the chair. The prineipal point in the report is, that the | Seriate shall be divided into forty districts, each to [ elect one Senator, and that the districts shall, as near i ly as possible, be equal in point of population. It was moved to amend the report by substituting legal voters for population. The effect of the adoption of the amendment would be to make the Senate represent town corporations rather than people. Inmost of onr email towns the number of voters is large. Probably the average throughout the State, in the small towns, is oue-iiftli. A town of 2,500 inhabitants will have about .">00 voters in its list, and so in proportion. In the large places the average number of voters is not above one-seventh of the population. It is so in Bos ton and Lowell, and in some other places. There lore, the t ffort would be, supposing the amendment adopt*, d, and the people to ratify the Convention's action, to greatly lessen the political weight of the large places. The debate was very spirited, and some of the most thorough-going advocates of ultra radicalism took ground against the population basis ?all because they wish to lessen the power of Bos ton, I presume. They like the people, but not in large masses. As most of our cities and large towns have manv foreign bora residents who would be dis franchised to a certain extent by the adoption of the "legal voters" basis, the foreign born voters do not like this. Yesterday the amendment was rejected, and the report of the committee accepted. This de cision is in accordance with justice and the spirit of the age. Governor Clifford has been on a visit to Salem, where he exumined one of the public schools and talked very prettily to the scholars. Ilis Excellency is having a new uniform made, in which he will " show i ft' ' among the soldiers. His first appear ance will be on Wednesday next, I suppose, m the capacity of Commander-in-chief, as that is our May training day, when some fourteen of our city compa nies will parade. Governor Boutwell played the " military dodge" very successfully, though a peace man or rather a peaceable man. Whether there is auything military about democracy, or anytUiug democratic about the milifliry. I don't kuow; but while our whig governors have always stuck to the dress of private gentlemen hitherto, those belonging to the democratic party have mounted " the gay cockade, the sword, the shoulder-knot, and plume, as the poet has it. Governor Everett used to walk with the soldiers and review them in a full suit of sa bles, looking s;e\ere as Truth. Governor Davis never went beyond putting on his Sunday suit, and Gov ernor Briggs' sole claim to military glory was a stiff stock and a remarkable absence of shirt collar. There was no " dickey" about him. Whea Governor Morton came into office, in 1&40, through the ardu ous exertions of that one voter to whom political writers annually make such eloquent appeals, he re solved to show respect to the military. He procured a suit of clothes from Brattle street that might hav been worn by Washington, so far as age was con ed, a stout cheese-knife for a sword,(which son' pie declared was a yataghan, while others a that it was a krease,) and a three cornered h ularly supposed to have been worn by Napol. in some ol his battles. He was truly an awful 1 .ing personage, and conveyed a terrible idea of the p wer of the sword, but nevertheless made no effort to es tablish a military government in Massachusetts. Governor Boutwell adopted the military dress, but hi* taste was better than that of Morton, and he was not afraid of bis money. It was supposed that Gov ernorClifford would remain a '?pekin;*' but he has dis appointed these expectations, and will pay the mili tary the compliment of being "one of 'em;" an ex ample which other whig governors? should we have them?will not be slow to follow. He is a handsome man, and w ill make a good figure on horseback, un like most of his predecessors. As illustrative of the differences and distinctions in politics, the positions of the two democratic jour nals here are worth alluding to. Both the Post and the Times fought through the late contest to the best of their several abilities, and so far as national issues were concerned I am not aware that the one differed in any respect from the other. Now that fat things in the shape of advertisements are sent forth, the Post gets the cream, and the Times what it can. This morning's Post has a ten column ad vertisement, for which it probably has itsowa term*, as its proprietors are not the sort of men to be die tatedto. w hile the Times has four columns of adver tisements, which it publishes according to the terms of the party advertising. The latter papvr has six tiine3 the circulation of the former, and its purchaser are among those classca from which come demo cratic voters, while the Post mainly circulates in the business world, where whigs and free Boilers abound. The editor of the Po>t has an office worth some six or seven thousand a year, while not a man on the Times has received anything, or expects anything. Such is lite in politics, and the conductors of presses would do well to ponder upon the subject. The "rapping " mania is spreading, particularly frem the countenance that is afforded to it by lead ing people, who visit " mediums " out of curiosity, and come away astonished and puzzled. Two emi nent public men, the other day, visited a lady, who ha? a reputation as a medium, and she " called up"' the spirit ot a great man, recently deceased, (not Mr. ^ ebster,) who made some " astonishing revela tions.'' He told some remarkable stories " about a distinguished member of President Pierce's cabinet, which showed that he carried from earth to Paradise certain mundane feelings not generally supposed to be adapted to celestial latitudes. The visiters left the place as much puzzled as Hamlet was, and dis posed to think that there was something in these " spiritual manifestations'' that transcends mere human reason. It is proposed to create a board of seven commission ers.-tobave charge of the public lands of this city. The present value of these lands?situated on tne Neck and at South Boston?is moderately estimated at three millions of dollars, which cannot fail to be greatly increased in a short time. There are other lands owned by the city, but they do w>t come so closely up to the immediate wants or the day as those specified. The growth of South Boston is very rapid, and it is supposed that no very long interval will elapse before the city's buildings there will have to be removed for the accommodation of the popu lation. r r Madame Sontag cloacd her engagement here last night. She has been very successful. She will not visit Lowell, as it was expected she would. Our " Anniversary Week'' commences on Monday next, when we shall be favored with the same " creeds of dot trine'' that you got earlier in the month. W e do not, however, have the proceedings of the meetings reported as they are given by the J?ew lork press, and particularly by the Heiuld Donations to our City Library continue to come in Mr. Appleton has just contributed a handsome work to it in eleven volumes, being the " History of Nor folk County, England. Everything promises that this institution will be an honor to Boston. Athenaeum, which has been closed Bincc the 14th, will be re-opened on the 26th. The amount of money which is to be raided for this institution will come up to $120,000, the expenditure of the annual income arising from which will soon render the li brary one of the largest, as it is now one of the best in America. ? I mentioned, in my last, that Mr. B. F. Watson of Lawrence, who had been made postmaster of that growing city, was the only coalitionist who had re ceived ft place In Essex county. It seems that Mr Watson s appointment is not altogether satisfactory to the democracy of Lawrence. The Sentinel de mocratic organ in Lawrence, declares that it is un satisfactory to seven eighths of the people there, and will be as destructive as, it pithily adds, '? Mr W's rash, hot-headed acts and indiscretions usually are to the best interests of the democratic party of Law rence. The editor of the Sentinel was himself an applicant for the office, and Mr. Watson opposed his appointment on the ground that he was a foreigner The office was worth a fight, for last year it n?i?i *2,200 fees, though it is only about seven years since Lawrence began to show itself among our imnorUnt tens, and it is said that a twelvemonth will witness an increase of fifty per cent in its population. M? Watson has made a ? ten-strike," and I suppose that he don t care much about the criticisms that are made on him. Home of our "first men" havo presented a memorial to our City Council, praying that the Catholics may be allowed to erect a church on the "jail lands, against which proceeding a great deal of prejudice lias been excited. The memorial is signed by Rufus Chnate, Abbott Lawrence, R C. Winthrop, Edward Everett, (Jeorge Ticknor, and twenty others "of the same sort," twit I fancy that the Catholic*, how grateful soever for such aid, will not exactly like the idea of being ranked with "religious sectn," as the memorialieto have it. This memorial is in aid of another, signed by Bishop Fitzpatrick and Rev. Mr. McKIroy, praying for leave to baild the church on the lands named. The very reverend memorialists state that no pecuniary gratuity is desired from the city, and they express their readiness to pay a fair equivalent for the diflference between the value of the land should it be used for religious rather than worldly purposes. The new church would be a great ornament to the city, and it is to be honed that it will be erected. Nothing but prejudice has caused the opposition that the purpose of the Bishop has en countered. Had a Protestant church been proposed, we should have heard nothing about the superiorty of dwelling houses to religious edifices as taxable property. Those terrible fellows, the Jesuits, will earn tbeJ)ew church. Mr. Khilliber's long promised work "Rhymes with Itejinon and Without,'' has come out. It contains some 1 capital poetry, and Mr. Shilliber ia an honor to the editorial fraternity and the order of compositors. Mr. Hawthorne will bail for Liverpool about the lHt of July. One of hut friend.-* tells me that he started from New York to come here by the train that waa wrecked at Norwalk, but that alter going to the station he, from Heme cause or other, changed bis mind. I don't know how true the story ia, but if true he must be allowed to be a fortunate inan. Among the works annoimed to appear from the Boston press, is the "Correspondence ot the Revolu tion," edited by Jared Sparks,and uj be publiahed by Little fc Brown. It will extend to four octavo vo lumes, and will consist of letters to God. Washington from upwards ol an hundred individuals who acted conspicuous parts in the greatstruggle for American Independence, and aiterw.irds to the close of Ins ca reer. The editor regards these letters as highly impor tant, andjthe correspondence as being the appropriate continuation of his " Washington Writings.' lr judi ciously selected, unquestionably tlie.-?e letters cannot fail to form a valuable addition to that historical mate rial from which some great literary artist shall by-and by construct a "History of the American Revolution ' worthy of the subject, the country and the age. John Adams once said that a true history of that great event never could or would be written; by which, I suppose he meant that much of the material had {>enshed with the individual actors, and that the abor necessary to its accomplishment was too her culean for any man not to recoil from. We must, it would seem, content ourselves with glimpses behind the curtain. Our Revolution is an lsis, from whose face no man's hand is privileged to fully lilt the veil. The same publishers announce a large number of reprints of standard English works, among them being " Plutarch's Lives," selected from Dryden's ' translation, and from other sources. It is rather odd that they 6hould pass over George Long's versions from the old Greek of Chaeroua. Less than ten years ago Long translated thirteen of the Roman lives? T. Gracchus, C. Gracchus, (J. Marius, Bulla, Bertoriue. Lucullus, Pompeius, Ctesar, Crassus, Cicero, Cato of Utica, Brutus, and Antoniua? and published them under the title of " Civil Wars of Rome;" a very happy idea, for you will perceive that these tliiitecn lives cover the precise period of time, and probably contain all the main iucidents of that great contest, which, commencing with tho tongue in the l'orum, had ite closing scenes on the tie Ids of Phart-alia, Philippi, and Actiuin. The notes of Mr. Long are leirned, and, uulike most notes, not ouly do not further obscure the subject, but actually illuminate it. After all, it would, considering the livesasawholc.be difficult to find anything oetter than Langhome a translation, which we have all read, .sub Con* u/c hlunru. As to Dry den s transla tion, so called, it is well known that Dry den never rendered a line of it. It was the child of forty-one fathers, to which "Glorious John" contributed a life of the author. 1 believe it was one of Jacob Ton son's "specs." The "Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin" lias been out for some time, and very many worthy folk have been engaged in trying to get it into the Jock. 1 suspect that most readers will be disappointed in it. Fresli from the reuoing of lively novels, in which every thing is laid on with a "rich brushthey will not fancy a work that is moral and statistical in its cha racter, and therefore dull, as most such books are. Considered as a literary work, the "Key" has but small pretensions to excellence. In making a com parison between Roman slavery and that of the United States, Mrs. Stuwe is content to lake her quotations from Blair' " Inquiry" at second hand, tnrough the medium ot William Jay; and it does ar that biie has even so much as heard of allon s admirable work, 11 >stove de iEaclavuqe ns iAnttquiti. As to the comparison itself, it is ibsurd to institute it on the basis that the lady has assumed, for there should enter into it the considera tion of an hundred tacts that she does not allude to. But it is scarcely fair, perhaps, to speak of the "Key" as a literary performance. It commands our attention rather witn reference to its bearing upon the great political and social question of the day and country. I u that regard it would be indeed dillicult to overrate its importance. For one, 1 have never believed that the slavery question was in any other than the morning stage of its discussion; that we have not even seen the end of the beginning of the "agitation."' Messrs. N. and C. Hale, editors of the Daily Ad vertiter, have issued proposals to publish by subscrip tion "A New Edition of the Journal of Debate, and Proceedings in the Convention of Delegates Chosen to Revise the Constitution of Massachusetts in 1620-'21." This journal was reported by Mr. N. Hale for the Advertiser, and a very jejeune affair it is, though quite up to the standard of reporting of those antique times when it was given to the world. As a record of facts and opinions it is of much value, however, and the editors promise to add considerable collateral matter of an im portant character to the new edition. The old edition is almost extinct, and it is not easy to get a copy at any one of our public libraries. Equally ditlicult is it to procure almost any work that illus trates the constitutional history ot Massachusetts. i The exact title of Mr. Hawthorne's new work is Tanglewood Tales. A literary friend says that it is a juvenile work?a book for children! I have hardly patience to pen the words. Only think of it, the greatest genius of the country writing stories for little boys?a class "of animals as ex- j tinct as the mammoth, and which, according to the late ingenious Mr. Joseph Wiltett, " went out" about ninety-three years ago. Shiaksueare on a pantomine would be just about as rational an idea; as pioper an application of talent to its end; as perfect an illustration of the immutable unfitness of things. In mentioning new works, I must not forget our annual, "Libro d' Oro: or, Golden Book of the No bility of Mammon." It bears the very prosiac title of "List of persons, copartnership, ands corporations who were taxed six thousand dollars and upwards, in the city of Boston, in 1852," but is a most eloquent production to those who can rightly read it. 1 shall make some use of it in your behalt another day. Although Kossuth denies that ne issued the ad dress to the Hungarians in the Austrian service < that came out after the late attempt against the im perialists at Milan, and other places in Lombardy, 1 have good reason for believing that he expe-ted more from that affair than was realised from it. do confident of success was he, that he sent over an address to the American people, which a gentlemun who has read it, (and who Is a good judge of such matters,) assures me is better than anything that has yet appeared from his pen. The same mail that brouglit it over, however, brought also the intelli- i gence that the movement had been but a "flash in the i pan," and so the gentleman to whom it was address ed, (a leading free-soiler, who has the care of Kos- ' suth's business here,) suppressed it. Had it becfl received Itefore accounts ot the Austrian victory, we should probably have been afforded another illustra tion of the "follies of the wise." It may be doubted j if the Hungarian cause will be benefited much in , this country by the fact that it has been taken in | especial charge by the free-soilers, Kossuth being in J intimate correspondence with the leaders of that , party. What his associations may be with men of i other parties i do not know, Aluoxa. | Oar Florida Correspondence. Fort Myerh, (E. Fla.) } Carloosahatchie river, April 23,1853. f Indian Affairs?What Will Billy Bowlegs Do? You will attribute the scarcity of news in this quarter to the dilatorinesa of King Bowlegs and the civil authorities combined?for, as the one seems to procrastinate and delay In his agreement and pro mises, the other nods his assent with perfect com plaisance and composure. The Indians, being aware of this, are now flocking in in unusual numbers, ob taining whatever article they desire in the way of trade, (except arms and ammunition,) much to the satisfaction of the red skin, and the discomfort of the sett ei, or "cracker.'' I hear, from the most reliable sources, that Bowlegs and party will be permitted to remain in their native forests until further action is deemed necessary, no time being specified. A rumor of the qpnoval of the troops at present occupying the Indian territory is prevalent, they being relieved by fresh troops from the North. This I have from the Adjutant s office, at Tampa Bay, direct. Gen. Blake lias arrived at Tampa, and is dally ex pected here, but on business of no general impor tance, merely to settle the unfinished business of his department, left so on account of the uncertainty of humaa aOairs, particularly the selection of our Chief Magistrate. The benefit (if any) of his late exer tions for the removal of the Seininoles cannot, at pment, be perceived; hence his unpopularity among us. and the people generally. Brevet Major French, first artillery, recently arrived from Washington, his furlough having expired, lie assumed the command ot the post immediately after his arrival, much to the satis faction of all concerned. Dese rtions from the troops stationed here are nu merous and accounted for. The season is unusually healthy, and the weather moderate. By a recent conversation with an Indian, who speaks some English, I understand that Bowleg* will visit tbe post, propria jxrsonu, in a short time. 1 will then give you a detailed account of his views, pros pects, feelings, etc., concerning the late farce euact t d between him and the government. Bu.i,y Bowleus, Jii. Our Oregon Correnponileme. Vai*001'VEB, Oregon Territory,) February 17,1H53. j Winter in Oregon?Emigration? Selecting Land? Vancouver?The Indians. I wifh I could gather together the news of this im mense Territory and send it to you, for it no doubt wouM prove acceptable to many of your readers who contemplate coming out here the ensuing year. I But the country is sy extensive, nnd communication so tardy, that I can only write you a few Uses, that will contain all the information we have here. The early part ol the winter watt very severe, you: will no doubt remember, and the inhabitants and cattle suffered very much, and a great many of the latter have perished ; but for the last month the weather has been very fine?very little rain and plenty of sunshine, that brought out the grass, and the cattle have recruited very much. The high wa ter of last month subsiding, has exposed many new bars and shifted old ones, so much that the oldest pilot is at a loss, and the steamers get agrouml re peatedly every trip. The navigation, though diffi cult, is not at all dangerous. The three or foai wrecks that have occurred at the mouth of the river were caused by oilier circumstances than any danger of the bar. The inhabitants have many feara that so many accidents In so short a space of time will dcttr ships from coming into the river, but at pre sent there are no less than ten vessels waiting to be towed up at Astoria. There iB a scarcity of provisions throughout Ore gon, in consequence of the great emigration, and the same high prices that existed a month ago in Cali fornia still exist here, as many of the necessaries of life had to be shipped from there up here. News from above state a scarcity of provisions at the Dal ? las; bnt from Walla Walla we hear that the cattle I have suffered but little, the only place in the Terri tory where they have escaped. The emigrants of last year are struggling hard to hold up their heads,. They are scattered about in the towns, looking out for what little work they can get to do, and waiting for spring to set in, 50 mat they can go out to locate their claims. A great many have gone, and a great many more are to go, to locate in the neighborhood ' of Puget's sound. It is contemplated to get a road through from Walla Walla to the sound, in order to favor the emigration to that neighborhood, the great | difficulty being a way over the Cascade Mountains. Vancouver is a pleat ant place, aud would soon be come a city were it not that the ground is a govern ment receive, tn consequence of being occupied by he Hudson Bay Company; consequently the re 1 (1 cute, independent ol the people in the employ of the company and the troops here, are only tempo- ? rary residents?emigrants who are waiting the open ing of spring to locate their claims. ihe hvc companies of the Fourth Regiment U. S. Infantry, four of which are here and the iitth at the Dallas, have recoveied from the diseases contracted upon the Isthmus, aud the officers are quite indig ent that the mortility among their men should be attiibuted to their carelessness by some spiteful little public print*, or rather that these should lie noticed by ihe Department. They are gratified at ihe op poitunit} afforded tliem to vindicate their innocence by au endorsement lrom the Quartermaster General, or his reply to a requisition lor clothing that was lost on the transit, calling for a report upon the mat ter fiom all the officers ol the command. The com mand here will be reduced as soon as spring sets in, as the two companies of artillery stationed in the Territory have been ordered home on the recruiting Eervice, and company C of the Fourth goes to Stn becom to relieve Capt. lliil, and oue more company will go either to Fort Orlord or Fort Hall. There are no Indian difficulties here requiring the presence of troops, and the Assembly appears to take umbrage at the officers having a ball here, which came off' a few weeks ago, and think they might be better employed. They talk of applying tu the Department f or the privilege of designating post-! for them. The Oregon Indian is a wretched crea tuie, and has not intelligence enough to survive civi lization. Once so numerous here, they have dwindled down to a few families, who support themselves by duck shooting, and have sunk stul lower in the scale of humanity, almost to the brute. The troops here arc useful, however, to the civil authorities, in en forcing the laws of the Territory; the guard house here is the only prison for the territorial convicts north of the Columbia. The Oregonians are com paratively a law abiding people, but some difficulties occur occasionally with the selection of land claims. Two men, by the name of Martin and Duncan?the former an old man from Philadelphia?hare been confined here for nousebreaking. They have been here mure than a week, awaiting their trial. From their story they have been much wronged. They say they purchased a claim with its improvements from one man, when they were claimed by another; and when they moved in, the latter had them arrested on the above charge, by a warrant issued by a magis trate elected, but not yet administered. They were brought here by a bona fidt sheriff, and the com manding officer, according to his instructions, was bound to receive them. They have no hopes of ob taining a trial soon. They look honest enough, and should certainly not be committed withotft speedy trial. Such is law 111 Oregon. Their property in the meantime is expoted to any one who may chose tu take it in the disputed house. I know of nothing more at present. When communication opens I may be able to write you a better account of the country. u. a. Our South American Correspondence. Rio de Janeiro, April 3,1853. Interesting Account of the Ascent and Descent of Mount Corcavado?Vtsit to the Botanical Gar dens?The Alley of Palms?The Tea Plant? Jaca Tree and Bread Tree, fyc., fyc. My last communication, under date of August 3d, I perceive by your file of a subsequent date, reached you. Since then I have rambled over a large section of Brazil, but will confine my remarks at this present time to a perilous ascent to the Bummit of Mount Corcavado, which we reached at mid day. We left this city at sunrkc on the 3d instant, by way of St. Theresa, a few miles distant, and shortly after commenced the gradual ascent, keeping close along the aqueduct almost the entire distance. By the way, the fine and beautiful water that supplier the city is entirely procured from these mountains, and the enormous and bold conception of the work does honor to the lethargic energies of the sleepy and quiet Brazilians. It is an enormous work, and will not compare unfavorably with our gigantic Croton Works. After scaling enormous precipices, and leaping across frightful ravines, we finally reached the summit, taking with us our horses the entire distance. The still quiet solitude of nature in the midst of these desolate rocks, trees, &c., was only inter rupted by some enormous reptile flitting across our path. I gave up the idea of attaining the sum mit, and made up my mind that it conld not be reached; but finally reached the top, and to our sur prise found four young Frenchmen playing " earteta"' on the very summit. It iB some 2,500 feet above the level of the sea. I have asccnded higher mountains, but never reached a summit so difficult of access. The remains of a tent are still seen by the iron up rights driven into the rocks. This was done by the old Emperor, Don Pedro I., who, with all his faults, was far more enterprising than his son?present Emperor, Don Pedro II. After inhaling the pure air of this altitude, and stretching oun-elvcs on tho ground, we gave ourselves up to the scene before us, which I shall not attempt to describe. Suffice it to say, that it was the most fearful and really sublime spec acle in nature I ever witnessed. The rolling clouds, far beneath us, would at times strike the mountain, i nd the mist produced by the rebound would partially leach the summit and envelop us. We remained pon the summit, which is a huge barreH rock, some wenty five feet in circumference, forming almost a ircle. With this view before us, we partook of a luncheon, kindly offered us by the persons alluded to, and felt deenly obliged, for I fear we would have almost starved bad it not been for them. They had Crovided themselves with everything, having a Know :dge of the place from having visited it frequently to enjoy the unusual spectacle. After remaining some three hours we gmdually commenced the descent, which is quite as difficult as ascending, and I think still more dangerous. I jumped from my horse three times, fearing ne would lose his hold, and thus be precipitated among the fearful precipices and abyssea below. We finally reached the plains below, and I assure 'you 1 was not sorry, although I was amply repaid by the sublimity of the scene. We came through Saran gerias, a most delightful country, and the residence principally of the wealihy inhabitants of the city, we a mrieted our tour by a visit to the world-re nowucd Itotanical Gardens, the pride aod glory oC BlH7.il. It is some eight miles from the city proper, and is certainly the garden of the world. You have, no doubt, often heard of the Alley of Palms, and so have I; but my conception of it was fur more than realized when reaching this paradise on earth. You enter through a large gate from the principal or main road, and at once are struck with dumb ad* miration, and become absorbed in the view. Ima gine a long alley some two thousand feet in length,, mid forty feet in breadth, lined on each side with, palm tries, which no doubt you have seen. They v ere nil planted by the old Emperor, Don Pedro L and the entire garden was conceived by him and adorned under his direction. These trees seem ta grow like an onion, being precisely the saiae shape* and arc some forty feet in height, and some thirty ajuirt, and the height of the whole of them does not differ ten inches. They have a peculiar bark about t htm, a j erfect ash color, and from the stump