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fVVY TWlilRTUVfl Faun
War Between Guatemala and 1'ondn
? Intrtfweior Mexico-The New Zloute
to tb? Pacific, Ac,, die.
The bark Cadet, .Capt. Guide, armed yesterday from
fieilic, Hendurm*. 8ha aallad thenoa oa the 27th ult
Me brlnga late aad highly interesting intelligence
bw Centra) America, eepecially from Hundura*.
Our eoi respondeat (tree as the la tee t aad moat an then
tie account of affaire in Hoaduras.faad of the progress of
(fie war of that State with Oaa'emala.
OCX HONDURAS coi;kj^po> dinc?.
Omoa, 11 induces, Not. 25, 1853.
fk Ctipture ml H rtraalx "?of Omoa?TSe Conduct of Gen.
Oarrcr'V?Spirited Renins'rana of the American Consul?
toe ij 11 i of Jfcrioo? Inter-uremic Itxilrixid? Vice ?Veie
Ante to the Pacific?The Mah--jany Business, Ac , tic.
Too bare, no doubt, already been airload of the o?p
tare of tbii port by the foroea of Guatemala, la the latter
part ef August, ai also of Its evacuation a few days sub
aeqaently. The fort here, built by the Spaniards dui'ng
the good old time* of the buocaaetra, la a formidable
wort, and although at the time of the surprise of the
gewn it wes eceupied by a small guard of only about
thirty men, yet it would undoubtedly hare held out sue
atMwfo'iy had not the influence of the merchants of the
plaoe ('earful of a sack) been exercised te procure ltsaur"
lender. This surrender was made on the exprees condi
tooe that the armament and all warlike munitions should
be respected?and to that end they were to be put under
(fee charge of Mr. Follln, U. 8. Consul. Neverthe
keee, with characteristic bad faith, Carrera carried
aIf fire magni3cent brass 12), two brass mortars, and two
Iron 21s. Be would probably hare entirely stripped the
tort had it not been for tbe energetic remonstrances of
?r Fvliin. 1 learn that 'he facta of the cade hare been
properly represented at " head quarters," and that this
Violation of Ihs terms of surrender may be attended with
?evertr consequences to Guatemala than she suspec's.
The war in the Interior Is, at this moment, In statu quo<
Ike 8tates of Nicaragua aad San Salradoi baring offered
their mediation between tbe belligerents. The commission
era of the several governments were to have met at 9auta
Anna in Saa Salvador, on the 15th, bat it Is doubtful if
they will meet et all; or, even if they da meet, if any
Satisfactory result will bs reached?in fact, if the govern
ment psjer of Guatemala otn be rel ed upon, nothing
will be di n? by ihat State except on condition of a radi
cal change in the personeVe of the Honduras government;
ghat is to ear, unless tbe liberal or union party is effec
tually excluded from power ; for it Is notorious that the
whole object of the pre.-ent war Is to extinguish for ever
the liberal party, and reinstate in erery part of the
aour.'ry, tbe old ser.ile or aristocratio faotion?that
which sided wlih Iturbid* when he attempted to found
an empire in Mexico, and which if now in close com
mat ion with danta Anna. Every nnirb-rof the Guate
mala paper teems with article* against the "nited States
and ' los Anglo-Americenaa," aad in favor of the
"Spanish protectorate." Mexico, indeed, has sent
?cminletloners to Carrera, to engage him in that
an' lime scheme. Tbe Honduras papers, however,
ridicule tbe whole project, and suggest, sneer
ingly, that it lacks one essential provist >n?" Who is
to predict Spain?" They idd that probsbly the king of
Horquite may be called up, n to pi otest the protector !
Tbe Honduras forces, pending tne negotiations, have
been vithlrawn from the 'rontier, and are eow quarter
ing in Las P'.edras. cr Villa de la Paz. on the plain of
Comavtguas, near tbe capital, where Gen Cabanas now
is This movement evinces, upon tbe part of Honduras,
? laudable determination to await in good faith the action
ef the intervening states It is, nevertheless, repor.ed
that the tiuateun Uanr. have taken advantage of this
circumstance to make several savage incursions upon the
fkootler towns.
Mr Squier, of your city, having completed his exami
nations of the proposed line of railway through this State,
frem the Atlantic to t) e Pacific, left h? re a few days ago,
via Belize, for the United ftates. It appears from the
Official announcement that he has concluded a contract
with th? government on a most liberal basis. The terms,
however, have not vet been made public. It appears
that less than a hut dried miles of road, through a coun
try abounding in rII the necessary materials for con
struction, and withal eminently salubrious and rich in
Minerals and agricultural products, will be sufficient to
?nite the two seas. The great advantage of this ronte
?ver all others, is the circumstance that it has unrivalled
forts at both extremities. The Bay of Foninca, its
weetern terminus, is, without question, tbe most magni
ficent harbor on the entire Pacific coast of tbe continent.
Bat I presume yoa are already, or soon will be, better
advised upon this matter than I am
In respect of trade, the mahogany business has epened
with unusual vigor, and there will be a large product this
aeaaou. This activity has been occasioned by the en
haaced price of this article in tbe e> ;ii-h market. Eng.
Hah vessels are scarce arte in great demand, shippers be
ing obliged to glut tbe United States markets in default
Of English ships. The indigo crop in the Interior has
been an almost total failure, and local dealers haviDg
eon'riots to fill will have to go down, since purchasing
yrics* rule higher than tb J- of contract delivery. The
cochineal nop will be .'air. unless the ralus of the past
month have extent ed Inward, in which case it will be
*ort. A. B
The only Information that we can gather of the new
ronte to the Pacific. In addition to that mentioned in the
above letter, is the following from one ef the Honduras
fepwrs ;?
fsT*K-oo*A*ic comrrxicATioN.
[Translated from the Gaceta Official de Hondaras ]
Tne government tbro"g i means of Its eumtnMciouers,
has definitely conclude.) a contract with Mr. E G. Nquier,
representing an American company, for the construction
of a railroad bctaeen tti Atlantic aad Pacific oceans,
through tbe terrttor.es ol this Atate. This enterprise
promisee incalculable advantages for Honduras. The vest
riches of this Atee, (the la'g- st as it is the most abun
dant in natural resources, o' all the divlsione of Central
America ) have hitherto been almoet wholly unknown,
to cor sequence of th? <. fficulties of communication
With the leet of the wo Id. Cider the narrow colo
nial system of Apain. H .nluras was only dlsiinguish
ed for ita precious metals, and li now only known
lor its mahogany, width, growing on the coast, has
floacd for itself a means of .reimportation te foreign
?oun'rms; and It as probable that even to the most in
telligent foreigners, both in Enropsand the United Bates.
Honduras is scarcely known except as a region producing
certain valuable woods?a vast swamp, in shert, in whose
dark shade* tbe mahogany grows and the sarsapariila
and vanilla vinee twine their tendrils They little ima
gine that beyond the ooast where these products abound,
arc broad valleys, high plains, and moun'ela slopes, where
fionrlgh almost side by side tbe fruits and sttplesof evsry
?ooe?the apple and the orange, the wheat plant and the
?agar cane, the peach and the plantain, tobacco and the
potato. Indigo, cochineal?in short, all tne moat valuable
nrnduetiiBsof the earth. Yet such is the fact. There
is no gradation of temperature or variety of s >il or pro
Auction a Inch we do not possess. And, added to this, we
hare err rich macs of gold, silver, lead, coal, and iron,
all -wiy waiting for the advent of population, of capital,
naierp-ise and industry. If they have not hitherto been
developed, it has been because of our isolation, and ths
difficulties amounting to impossibilities, of our means of
?rom urination. If oar trior* have been without ma
?hinerv and our plantations without mules, it has been
ITOm this cause.
We hail tien, the prospeet of a new order of things,
the opening of new relations, ?nd the devslopement of
roeorrces hitherto latent. This pro*pert, fortunate.y, ii
not illusive. Adequate extminatlons hare demonstrMed
not enly that the propoied enterp-ise is feasible, but
?mlneotly and pre-eminently superior In natural adr.n
ta:*? to any similar pri ject whim has yet engaged pab
fic altentlrn. And we a'u happy to be able to a id that
no time will be lost in puttiDg it in execution We ej
tortain the highest confidence in the integrity and ability
of the partis* which have taken the matter in hand, and
know that their efforts will be cerdiaily and effectually
seconded alike by the government and by the people of
Bond eras.
We are able to add that the government has named a
gentleman of the highest die lnctloa, whose oane is in
separably intet woven with the history of Central Amer
ica, as tie r?pre extative in Washing on, who Is instiuct
ed. among*' other things, to negotiate each a treaty with
the United States as shall secure for ever the m joym*ot
"te United
of ih 1 adver. ir es of the proposed work to the
State* and Honduras, and to the world at large.
We have ri oeived a copy of the constitution or basis of
organ ration of tbe new British colony of Belize. Thts Is
an Important document just now,* aad which, with the
taforr .Hon .n on r possess ion, may enable us to be of
?cm* a H-lsUnce in the debate that will shortly open in
the Be'at* on Central Aaier can affairs.
The British brig of war Daring, Commander Napier,
?ailed from Belize on the 18th rlt., on a cruise, but would
return in a few days to await despatch** of the Consul
Saner* 1, Mr. Wyke at Guatemala.
The Hondaras Adrertiier gives the following specimen
at native poetry ?
XOBTRRN JUrm.
We sail long d* eea board
To de Nodeo ribber?
Dsddie, him da teerman
Kin*, trong, an cllbber.
Jean sit pon de taat,
Uooknn at de wedaor?
Mammie him so fall ob work
Bout he 111 bndder.
Daddie tell dsm all to mine
An no beg-n fee bawl?
De bash an Ky begin to meet:
f tink we hab a quail
We gone roue de Barrack pint.
An eight de Hicks'* Key,
Hockey pint, an Moho?
Now see wn oat da sea.
Down come share naff
Win an rain togidder.
An den we try for fait Creek,
For Ned nnshiff de rudder.
But no get dere breeze blow
Cabbsg* Hdge nibber,
De padt le Ii] bit foresail?
we bar de Noden rl >ber.
, November 7, 1853. i. H
Mi UK IT*.
Pmrrn Crne?vr, Nov. 19 1868 ?Flour, supe floe,
in $10 pro- bb) pfl-u bresA, $6 a 34 60 per bbl ; pork,
?see*, $20 a 321; do prim-, gift s 317; bn*f, city me**, 316
? filff- do extra, 31# a 3'AO; aoeti b, 36 60 a 3d per owt..
vtoe. 31 a 3d 50 per ewt.: sugar, 38 a 310 per cwt ; soup,
fit 76 a 13 per box of 56 los Spirits?Hrsn.ty 32 60 a ti
23, for Heooeey ami Delsfaruue's brand American
^ randy 31 50 a 32 per Imperial gallon; rem, 3t a 3' 50
g#* gallon. Holland gin ( n ca<ee) is scarce and wanted
??mber, 336 per M feet, for W. P., nod 345 for P f, j
Arrival ml ik* Mwuaiklp Marlon.
INTILHOlJiCH PBOM HALIFAX?Till 8TIAKBHIF
UIMBOLDT? ANKEXATION.
The steamship Marion, Capt. Foster, which left her*
for Halifax, to assist la saving the itsamship Humboldt,
returned yesterday morning, with the offloer* end ervw
end th* Mred eargo of th# loet vessel. W* at# under
obligation! to Mr. Trnvar, parser of th* Marion, for lie* of
provincial paper*.
In refereao# to the Humboldt, the Halifax Chronicle of
the 17th inst. says:?
The Humboldt wee finally abandoned to her fate, by
the captain and crew, on Thursday last, at which time
it waa very evident that nothing farther could be don* for
the salvation of the v***el. An attempt waa male yes
terday by a pai ty of the Royal Engineers, to blow up
her upper deck, la order to get at the valuables below,
but the attempt failed A large number of persona went
down to the scene of th* disaster to witness the opera
tions, but they were dooned to disappointment. The
shore is literally strewn with wreoked materials and rem
nants of the cargo. It is satisfactory to be assured that
reports circulated to the effect that the shoremen were
plundering the wreck, are grossly exaggerated. The
southeast storm new btewing will doubtless demolish
what remalna of the once gallant Humboldt.
The Hali'ax Colon in of the 18th inst. publishes the fol
lowing :?Favored by the calm and genial weather of th*
las' tea days, the ill fated steamer has so far hold to
gether as to enable her owners to :emove a large portion
of her valuable cargo, which haa been brought up to the
city and put on board of the American steamer Marion,
which sail-i to-day for New Tork. The Humboldt was
abandoned by the captaiu and crew several days ago, and
notwithstanding the tine weather, the constant action of
the sea is gradually strewing the shore with shatterel
Garments of the wreck. From the -bore, however,-he
can yet be surveyed in all her majestic length, the after
part from the paddle boxes being aground, and at low
tide showing some feet above the water. Forward of the
paddle bcxes Hhe has (piit in halves, the starboard side,
which is next the shore, being still held by the eable at
the bow and by her planking at tke stationary part of the
wreck. This side of the vessel Is still unbroken, exposing
its concave surface to the sea, which before many days
must dash it to atoms. It is supposed tbat mush valua
ble property still remains m tow vei-el that coald be
saved if she could break up, end under this impression
an attempt was matte by some of the officers of the Roy
al Engineers yesterday to blow up the cabins with gun
powdi r. For 1 liis purpose s cask had b-t-n properly pre
pared, into which a jswter or gut a percha pipe, of suf
ficient length to reaoh from the deck to the cask ? hen
submerged, was imerted. and inside of this was a fuse
communicating with the powd*r. At about two o'clock
ths cask was carefully lowtred ,ac<1, all thing* being pre
p&ied, at half pact two the match waa applied, but
through some imperfection lu the tube, th* experiment
failed. Another attempt will be male this morning, and
we doub. not with ?uoo*e*.
The liritiih Worth American, In speaking of the wreck of
the ?te*mer Humboldt, fays:?? We were much asto
ni-lied in the midst o' s.> much activ.iy and bustle,
and in an emergency where so much energy was required,
to see crowds of strong, sturdy looking men, evidently
fishermen belonging to the ) lace, leaning indolently over
the side of the quarter-deck, acd gazing lutlenly at those
at work, while some village Hampden waa descanting oa
their wrongs. This amphibious patriot was qulta as mo
dest in his expectations as most gilevanae mongers elre
where are. The first item in bis ' catalogue of woes' was
that the ca itain waa unreaaonable enough to expect them
to work for twenty shillings (four dollars) per diem I On
inquiring we found that the men had demanded ten shil
lings on the first day, fifteen on the second, and strubk for
more until they reached twenty shillings. Nothing caa
be more discreditable than such conduct Fortunately,
a sufficient gang was at hand to perforin all the necessary
labor, and the malcontents, looking very sciky, and not
a little sheepish, were 'left alone in their glory.' Every
box and bale that came up was dripping with water?
come of thtm we noticed marked ' this side up with care '
'to be kept dry' the owners evidently never having
dreamed of such a mishap The accident, it is said, is
entirely attributable to the pretecd?d p.lot, who waa
' half seas over' at the time. He may thank his stars
aid the forbearance of ths sufferers that he did not meet
at their bands the punishment he deserved."
The Halifax papers are busy speculating in advance
upon the probable contents of the President's message,
which they had not yet received. The ffun, in a curious
aiticle on "annexation," says:?
"A recently mooted question, vexed and perplexing, but
which Gen. Pierce and his Cabinet cannot iliirk. is the
proposed annexation of the Sandwiih Islands. "Formal
negotiations,no doubt, "have been opened by the
United States 'government with the authorities of the
islands." Still, we question much whether the General,
or any other statesman, in or oat of his Cabinet, (of any
party,) really believes in the possibility of annexing
Cuba or other islee of the sea, without the consent of
England, France and Russia, or even of England alone.
The United States are preparing to "absorb" Mexico; and
they can and will do it, despite ths armed interference
of all the "powers" of the old world. An eye have they
on Canada and the lower provinces too, but the time is
not yet when a rcuw.a may be hazarded in this direction;
Jonathan will hare to wait until he be beqFoned from over
the border line; and that will not he while .slavery cursee
the soil on his side of it."
Theatres and Exhibitions*
Bowtkt Theatre.?The receipts of this treeing are for
the benefit of Mr T. D. Rice, the representative of negro
character. Several eminent artists hare volunteered
their services. The pieces selected are the comecietti ut
"frying It On," the nautical -.'toi of tha "Red Rover,"
the ? Vunmy"tbe Ethiopian opera styled "OHuih,"
and ths farce called "Antony and Cleopatra."
Ero.ai.wat Theatre ?The selections for this evening
are the new comedy ceiled the "Fortune Hunters." M
Collins as Gfraid Desmond, the Irish drama entitled
- Teddy the Tiler," and the farce of " hades, Beware
Mr. Collins will sing the " Sprig of Shiilelah," and the
' I/>w Backed Car." Miss Adelaide 1'rice will appear in
a fancy dance.
Bcrto.v'a Thkatri ?Three very gecd piece* are an
nonnced for thi> evening by Manager Burton--th? nev
cornediet a of the "Maid with the Mdaing Pail," the
farce of " My Guardian Angel " and the eomedy of the
"Serious Family." Messrs. Burton, Johnston. Jordan,
Miss E Raymond, and Mies Reberteon will appsar.
National Tbratrk ? Afternoon and evening perform
ances are given every day at this theatre. In the after
noon, the drama etyled " Little Katy, or the Hot Corn
Girl," and in the evening the drama of " Uncle Tom's
Cabin? Mentrs Prior, Lingard, Fox, Howe, and Mrs.
Prior in the leading characters.
Walla fx's Thkatri ?The new comedy called the
"Game of Life" having drawn very good houses is an
nouncec again by the manager, for this eveniag. The
cast embraces the names of Blake, Lester, Brougham.
Iiyott, Rea, Mr*. Conway, Mrs Brougham, and Mist Fanny
I>ar. The amusements close with the comedietta, "Wno
Speaks First?"
American Mrsr a ??h? selection for this afternoon is
the new drama, by Cooway, styled "Hot Cera, or Life
Scenes in New York," and in the evening the drama cal
led "Uncle Tom's Cabin." The caste embrace all the
members of the dramatic company attached to this
theatre.
Ji LLnoi'a Conamiw.?The benefit of M. J allien comes off
this evening, and the muatmi selections are of a charac
ter which can hardly fail in drawing a large assemblage.
In addition to his last and greatest :ompositton, the Ex
hibition Quadrille, will be performed for the first time in
America. A grand selection from his own opera of the
"Destruction of Pompeii," together with all of his most
popular danoe music.
Christy' - Vi?strkm.?This band announces a variety of
negro melodies, the burlesque concert, a la Jullleo, and
the performances of the Chinese acrobats, for this
evening.
Wood's MrxsTT.r'.-.?The selections for this evening ooa
silt of negro melodies, concert a )a Jullien, and the bur
lesque opera cf the "Virginia Cupids.''
Bvfuirr's Berevadkfp.?This company arc doing well.
The programme of tuts evening consists of melodies and
bnrleeq .e opera. They give a sacred concert on Junday
evening.
Beoadwat MrvAGKRir ?The exhibition of the Siamese
Twins as sIso the fine selection of lionn, tigers, elephants,
<vc , can be seen every hour during the day.
Sio.vor Bi.rrr. continues to give his very amusing enter
tainments every evening at Stuyvesant institute.
Joy ix' PA.vTifwxii'E of California, the Plains, and Salt
I*ke. is every evening exhibited at Hop* Chapel.
Plkham'h Seven Mux Mirror is being exhibited every day
at Academy Hill, Broadway.
AcctoBT at Baths' Tueatri, 3t Loria?Falling in or
ths Roof.?This theatre has been closed by an unex
pected accident, which occurred ab-> . nix o'-lock last
riatuiday morning two or three sections of trie roof,
near stuty feet across, extending the enti e width of the
building, and ooveiirg tee sucl-nce pert ? t the theatre
gave * ay an 1 fell crashing into t^e p*-qustte. The wall
on the side of the alley was damaged and a part of it
faced down The iron lail.og ar< cud the upper gallery
tu knocked down, lLuch o' tti? fine decoration of the*
h u e ruins I. and the parquet e seats smashed. Tne in
terior, excepting the sec- nd tier and the Ires- rirnls and
tags, has t: e aopeurauce of a complete r.iln: >nt n c >n
iidcrsb e sum of n one/, with some months of ? >-i, vill
be i.e-essary to it* r*"t.'ration T ie watihniAn if
e tfioli-hment, an I/ishman, o?rro?ly estaped I'.ue ! > ?
f re. hsd the arutdent occu re<' t eight v ;eu the po
orer-nee was goirg 0.1 an l a 1 -g- ?odi-nee o-e eat.
would have been terrible. The pos?ibilitv of such a die
aster should t?ach the neeemity of ereoting budding* of a
a public character in a considerate and seiure uianuer
In, this Instance somebody is culpa' le, but it Ls not yst
known who is responsible. The accident cannot be attri
buted to the weak n?se of the walls, which are eighteen
inches thick frem the f< undation to a line above the gal
lery. Thence rises a nine inch screen wall, of which part
has fallen. The accident baa resulted from the weakness
and insufficiency of the roof itself, according to the jadg
men. of skillful mechanics who have examined it. It wa
designee as a self-sustaining roof but was so very defec
tive in the manner of framing it, as to be on-'y a bad imi
tation ?St. Louit Jntelligmcar, Dec. 19.
Additional from Mexico ?We are in reoelpt cf files of
the fV/mcveto, of Tamplco, the official journal of the go
vernment of Tamaullpas, up to the 30th November.
The <'omercio of the 12th and filch has articles lament
ing the decay of the pert of Tempie-.. It says that
thirty four fays have occurred since the las', venal en
tered it, and that w.-i a Spati-h brlgantlne with a cargo
of paper The situation of the plao-?, it says, Is daily
he coming more aod raCT* deplorable; languor and stag
or tion freveU every where, ar d the p pulatioo i* falling
off. The government is st.ongly appealed to to ust Its
efi-.rts to resnscitate the port, anc the chief of
the parti
cutar mean* by which the Ommrrcio proposes this shall
be tone is by a reduction of the duties on imported cot
tf n ivisr.tifac'uros
The c thca 1 j-.urtal of Zaenteca* c?|( hrate* with extra
'idinary hc-.K<,;D? a vioterv obtained hy the local '.rr.ops
over a party of Indiana, wherein thirteen of the latter
were killed The rAttain of tb-i Mexican party transmit
teo the heads of the Indlacs to the commanding g-nwral
of tb* depart incut, and receiyer] therefor tne stipulated
r? ward of IU04
The anniversary of ihe day on wb'ch the city of Ta u
pl<o bad pronounced in fav-rof trie plan of Jalisco?
under which Santa Anva was recalled?was commemo
a ted on the i9tb November.
Important Po'ltlenl Lrttcrt.
TBI HON. JBJUDflAH CLBMMN8 AND TH? ADMIN I STB A
TION.
Washington, Dec. 15, 1858.
Grannim:? Tow letter of the 10th, inviting me to
attend and address a bih meeting of the national demo
crats, at the Cbioaaa Museum, Philadelphia, on the 19th
inat., haa barn received.
Tha objects of tha meeting aia atatad to ba two-fold: ?
First, 'rapodiation of tha di> onion tendencies of eartaln
members of the federal government; and aaaondly, "tha
aalaei ion of a sound national Union democrat aa a can
dldata for Governor."
W 1th tha laat I troat you will readily perceive I cannot,
with any degrna of propriety, Intarfare. I am not a aiti
aan of Pennsylvania, and have no rolea in tha selection
of her public officers. I should ba loth, at any time, to
give utterance to unkind opinions of any of h;r distin
guiahad sons; and in tha case of Governor B gler, I knew
nothing in his previous history which can justly deprive
him of the confidence of the Union democracy.
The Brat object of tho meeting alone remains to be
considered. 1 need not say that all my feelings and sym
pathies are with those who have steadily maintained the
compromise of 1660 aa a dual adjustment of the slavery
Question Rut you must allow me, kindly and respect
fully, to doubt the wisdom *f the course vou propose to
take. The Pretident, in his Inaugural and In his recent
message, haa left no denbt as to his position; and I
know the man too well to believe that he wonld re
tain among his confidential advisers any cne whom he for
a moment suspected of disunion tendencies. That he
has made mistakes in some of his appointments, I do not
question. That he has been imposed upon in other cases,
is very probable. Such things have occurred to all
Presidr nta before him, and will occur to all who are to
come after him. But warfare against a national admin
istration for such causes, has heretofore been con>idered
the legitimate business of Its opponents?not its friends
What has been done cannot be remedied by dsmooratlc
assaults ifpon a democratic President. The recent elec
tion in NVw York is a bitter les?on, and one by which we
should endeavor to profit. With a large majority In the
State, both sections of the democratic party have been
prostrated, and ihe control of the State has passed into
the hands of Win. H. Seward. Surely this la not an
entertainment to whloh any national Union man would de
tire to be tnvited. Allow me, gentlemen, In conclusion, ta
say that 1 love tha 'Jnion cause too well, and have sacrificed
too much in its defence, to sillingly put it in jeopardy by
associating it with a movement of more than doubtful
propriety and of certain disaster. And while I thank
yon for the kind feehngs which prompted your invitation,
as well as the liatteriug terras in which it 1< couched, I
feel constrained to decline all participation with you, on
the occasion referred to.
I am, gentlemen, very respectfully, your ob't servant,
J ERE. CLEdEVS.
Messrs W B. Griffith, Isaac C Bryant, snl others, Phila
delphia.
G0VKRN0* TOOT* ON N1W YORK POLITICS.
The following letter was received yesterday from the
Hon. Henry S. Foote, in reply to the inviiation ef the
CcmmiUee of the National Democratic Jubilee, held at
Metropolitan Hall on the evening of the 23d of Norem
b?r last
Jacks:)*, Nor. 80, 1853.
GxMuaraji?I deeply regret that I wan not in the eity
of Jackson when your letter of the 17th instant reached
its destination, as, In consequence of my absence from
home, considerable delay has arisen in responding to its
contents.
I assure yon, gentlemen, that yon have but done
me simple justice in supposing that I "could nntte
with you in congratulating the national democracy" of
the Empire State of the confederacy "upon their recent
and unprecedented triumph;" nor is it, in my judgment,
to be in the least degree doubted that the lustre of that
triumph is gieatly enhanced by the circumstances to
which you so emphatically refer?that this grand result
was "accomplished solely by the spontaneous uprising
of the people, unaided and unsupported by government
patronage." Few events occurred in the last half cen
tury better calculated to rejoice the hearts of all true
patriots, and to strengthen the confidence of all enlight
ened meD in the stability of republicah irstitutions, than
the signal and surpriilng victory which has just been
achieved in your populous and influential commonwealth,
by the champions of the "Constitution and its Com
promises" over that pestilent and lawless free soil
faction which has so long kept the whole public mind
of tbe ountry in a feverish and unnatural excite
ment, and involved the Union itself in suoh fearful
jeopardy. 'Whatever tray be said or published
to the contrary, In any quarter, I trust that those indo
mitable champions of the national democratic creed?the
lhckenscDs, tbe Bronsons, the O'Conera. and their va
liant comrades in arms?will rest thoroaghly*assured that
they have the sympathy, the res pest, and the gratitude of
all in this section of the confederacy whose esteem and
confidence are at all worth possessing; and that there are
but few men of standing to be found in.the whole South
who do not feel the liveliest Indignation at the attempt
of a trio of corrupt and besotted Cabinet ministers to in
termeddle in the domrstic concerns of one of the sove
reign States of the Union?to break down everything like
freedom of opinion?to extinguish all of that just and
legitimate State pride which constitutes one of the main
pillars of our system of confederated government?
through the instrumentality of anacenrsed spoils pelicy,
under the reign of which all public virtue must infallibly
languish) the most elevated and disinterested love of
country only constitute an insuperable impediment to
all public advancement, and a wild and infuriated spirit
of Jacobinism be seen, sooner or later, usurping all the
high placet of civia trust and diguity. I hops and confi
dently believe that a wholesome reactionary move
ment has occu-red in the S'ate of New York, wnich will
o-ntinueand diffuse itself until faction and factisnia;a
shall be consigned to that death which knowB no resur
rection, and the repose and happiness of the republic be
placed upon foundations as imperishable as tbe fame of
those llluslriots sages with whom the " constitution and
its eomptomises originated "
1 have the honor to be, gentlemen, your friend and fel
low citizen. H S. FOOTS.
Messrs. E*istn* W Glover, William Me-. try. Joseph M
Marsh, David Dodge, and N. Dimond, committee, tu. .
Affairs In Washington.
MISCELI. AVEOl'S CORRESPONDENCE OF OTHER PAPERS.
[Correspondence of Cincinnati Columbian. J
Wahiiinoton, Bee 18, 1853.
Ths very last humbug 1? the stitemmt thst Mr Gads
dsn. our Minister to Mexloo, hns demanded ths immediate
recognition of the Garay grant, en penalty of Amerioaa
occupation of the Meesilla Valley. Of coaise, the govern
ment here places no sort of reliance upon the rumor, for
it is manifestly absuTd. The President in his recent mes
sage, declares that all the (questions with Mexloo promise
as early and amicable adjustment. It is nonsense to sup
pot e, then, that any Instructions had gone to Mr. Gadsden
whieh would admit of his assuming so unfriendly an atti- j
Jade as that assigned him by the rumor.
Again, if we make any demand against Mexico, it must |
be basec upon some manifest right; and if we possess such
right to demand, we surely are not to offer a price for its
concession yet the inference of Mr. Gadsden's reported
threat is, that if the Garay right is recognised, we won't
occupy Meesilla: and this failure to occupy is the consid
eration for that recognition. A more perfect diplomatic
absurdity could hardly be suggested.
The President In his messes assumes our right to the
Mesiila to be perfect, and intimates that negotiations co
vering that question, among others, are pending. Where,
then, did Mr. Gadsden get the power to offer concession of
one right for the roongnitirn of another, both rights ap
pertaining alearly to the United States? Tnere is not a
word of truth In the ab?urd report.
I have no hesitation in saying that our government
has not demanded ths recognition of the Garay grant,
and will not demand it. That grant gives to an American
company a right of way aercss the Isthmus of Tehaun
tepec. Mexico refuses to fulfil her contract, whether It
was or was Dot valid. To recognise the grant would be
to consent to give this right of way. Can the United
States ask it? I opine not. If a man buys a bale of
merchandise, and the seller refuses to deliver it, what is
his remedy? Can he go into court and enforoe the deli
very of the merchandise?the fulfilment of the oontract?
Certainly not. He can recover damages for the failnre to
deliver, but there is no power to get possession of the
merchandise itself.
Just so in the Garay ease. The very furthest our go
vernment can go, is to arrange with the Mexican govern
ment for a trial of the Issue of damages for her failure to
fulfil her ccntract. We cannot foroe her to deliver np
the semijniisciction she had proposed to cede. The go
vernment of Mexico can be suid in her own feler&l courts,
the tame as an inc ividual can be; and I snpposs If Mr.
Gadsden concludes a treaty with Santa Anra, an under
st nciog will be bad tbat Santa Anna, as Judge, shall give
the Garay people a fair showing, and that they shall be
permitted to receive, undvr form of snit, all that they
canjos'lvand rightfully c'Min for actual losses. More
than ihi* they will never g?t.
The government does no! crsdlt the rn nor of another
lihibuetering expedition airalnst Cuba, at this tim ; nor
do sincere fr ends of the C-hau revolutionary move
meat put any faith in it. Trie Utter pr?f*r to bide their
t'wie, until Kngland aud Kranoe nhall be actively involved
in the evper.tei jiv-eral I.ur war Then they know
ihey can strike a sn:ivs*ful blow in Cuba; bat now the
s'ruggli. would be, *" bust, doubtful They anticipate,
too a large accession to ihefr pcpnlnr streng h in the
Island, 'o result from .tie yra ticil io ilioatlons of the
new C<a;t? in Genera!. P- zu a, who has j ret reached Ha
isna T? jreoipita'e ? contest now would b? as madly
to'l'sh as the aot of a g -uorti who attack* a g-e?(ly so
jerlrr force, when he xnoas that a few hours delay wih
hazard nothing, bu' ado lumen eiy to hisosn force.
I have read several Utters from fl*rati*, by the la"t
r ail con*-rr iDg the o|!u!ou that England Is acting in
had faith, and actually tarrying oat her scheme of Afri
taritation. How else can the fact be accounted for, that
while her "preventive squadron" is oonUaually crui ing
a round the Island without Intercepting a single slaver
not a day passee that does not w;tne>a the successful
laidlng of poor wretches from slave ships?
Th?-re in some talk of revlvl? g the French spoliation
Mil; but any efforts to pans it daring tne present ad mi
slat ration will be tpt to fall It inay, and probably will
pass the Vc?te; but it will surely be overslaughed in
ihe Honse, in order to save the i'restdent the tionble and
responsibility of vetoing it.
[Correspondence of the Philadelphia '/fcdgor ]
WiattwiTu!!, Deo. M, J >i69.
The Penate held to day an executive Mselon. It wti
prtndpally on post office appointments Byway o" %
feeler ihe nomination of The free noli fillibuster, Mr. r^atli
nn, wee sent in end re'erred The appointment of Red
li-ld bee not yet been sent in, end there is no probability
of ite lining acted upon hefoie Jane ot July. tfev?r*i
hundred softs'and hards are now here, to pioo tm nls
cmfl-rnatlon end rejection respectively. My opinion now
i , that he will be rejected, In spite of the herculean
eflort to save him.
The fha-ge to the Hague, the Coneul to I/oodnn, the
ronsul to Palermo, (a hero of the Mexican nr,) are all
baogb g in the srind The probability l?, they will a I he
r-jected. Bo much for Buekttghiim. The minor In, the
a .'inluistration, and especially Governor Marcy, has r.ot
the ibghtest o.ij^ctlon 10 bavin,t aoms of tne President's
nominations returned to him, in order to give him a
fi ance of making a better rel ctton
The House shows a ?ery ronemendthle readiness 'o
p neeed at onon to business. The Civil ar.4 Diplomatic
b ii it all ready to oe reported: so Is the (>efl< i?ncy bHI I
a>.d ibe Navy Pension H'l All the committees an rt
w rk; en! all have as much hiiain*"s no ha-d as 'he_.
ci o reasonably attend to The House bare also co .
n need inferring the Prrsident s Message to tte^iroper
a. tl orlHes.
'iolonfal Jeremiah Clem?n?' i'Ver to the CommPiie of
National Demorre's In Philadelphia, found Ite way pre- .
maturely to the Washlngtoa prww?no doubt with a
?tow to throw ookl water oo that Dortmiit. General
Cassis alao quoted a* having endorsed Colooel (Semens'
letter. There wait be a breath of xoafideun# somewhere,
u no oee eoeld bore authorized the pibll cation of eoeh
a statement in General Cass's >kme. he hlmeelf nerer
having euthorieed It. We ha>* fallru upon ill timea
when private notes or eosversatlons are no longer eon
sidered eaored as soon as they eaa be twteted and turned
to terra a particular purpose. If people at a distance
from the seat of government wait till they obtain per
mission from Wasbicgten to think and aet for them
selves, they will have to watt a long while before they
arrive at years of discretion. This Is the last eity in the
whole I cion from wlilrh a pure stream of information
can be derived through a partisan press.
[Correspondence of the Baltimore Son.]
Waxiiinutos, Deo. 21, 1858.
The Austrian Charge d'Affaires, Mr. Halsemann,[was at
an earlv hour in the Home of Representatives, to in
quire after the Ingraham sword, but he did not even see
the handle sf it, inach lesa the point, which will be shown
by the debate.
Hard* and softa are 'now filling a I the hotels on th*
avenue, and we have a regular New York political ea
cbangc bore in Washington. Thera will be a good many
rejections by the Senate? some that the administration
will not care a button for, and some that the administra
tion will care about; but, on the whole, the thing will be
done merely prnf,rma, to show that ''soma things may
be done as well as others."
Th* descending trade of th* cacal ti Georgetown for
the month of November, anionstel to 33,510 barrels of
of flour, 71,500 bushels of wheat, 43,600 bushel* of oorn,
17,381 tons of coal?total of alljjar'.icls*, 25,581 tone. As
cending, th* total was 3,(99 tons. Total collections on
the whole canal for the month, 818 030 71.
On Monday evening two youog men?Robert Mudd and
Thomas Arncid- wets taken to the guard house, charged
with stoning end breaking the windows of the house oc
cupied by U. F Morrison. From the evidenoe given by
seversl respectable witnesses, this ease will become of
serious Importance before the court. After the windows
were broken the parties entered the house, and severely
beat the inmates. Mr. Abbott, a teacher, had hie head
badly cut, and a servant woman was severely injured
abcut the head and face. Mudd and Arnold were sent to
jail by Gept. Birch, to take their trial before the Crimi
nal Court.
In additioqto the above, I understand that the same
parties pursued an unoffending and aged citizen who was
passing st ihe time, and threstened his life. His escape
into the house of his son in law, a short distance off,
a'oce saved him from violence. Let this evil be checked
in the bud.
To* proposals for furnishing bricks for the construc
tion of the Washington aqueduct were opened by Gept.
Mrigs to day, in presence of the bidders. The bids and
prices per thousand were as follows Sidney Htyden, of
Pennsylvania, for the whole quantity, 813 ; for a portion
only, 812 60. C. L ("oltman, of Washington if made of
untempered clay, 89 69 ; if made on the line of the canal,
89 20 ; if made at any other place. 811. Thomas Irvine,
of Washirgton, for the whole, 810 76 William H. Biggs
& Co.. of Wusbington, for the whole, 88 75. J P. Braw
ler sod C. F. Musnrh. <f Pennsylvania, for not less than
10 000,000, 813 56. The whole quantity of hrioks whlih
will be needed for the construction of the aqueduot t?
estimated at forty milliena. The con tract will be awarded
in the oourse of n few lays.
Opinion*, &?>, nt the National Capital.
[From the Washington Star, Dee. 21.]
A HEAVY DAY'S BU8INK88.
The money transactions of the Treasury Deportment
were remarkably heavy yesterday?the United States
stocks redeemed being larger la the aggregate amount
than ever before in a single day. More than $300,000 of
such stocks were redeemed on aooonnt of the Baltimore
Savings Bank?upon which there has recently keen a
severe ran, it will be recollected.
JAMES COLLIER, TBS DEFAULTING EX-COLLECTOR.
We understand that the Secretary of the Treasury has
Instructed the Distriot Attorney of Ohio to appeal to the
Supreme Court of that State against the decision ef the
judge who recently discharged James Collier, ax-Colleoter
of the pert of San Francisco, front custody, under a writ
of habeas corpus. The laws of Ohio authorise such an
appeal in such oases.
THE WHEEL WITHIN A WHEEL.
It seems to be thought that the proposition to allow
the Public lands (House) Committee a clerk was con
ceived with the view to make a place for Mr. F. J. Grand,
the talented newspaper man. It is certainly a plaoe
wherein there will be "little to do," and, It may be,
"much to get." That, however,will depend upon whether
the person to be elected to It shall busy himself in "grlnd
lrg axes," or not. It trill offer charming facilities for a
lobby man, indeed.
consul Clayton's alleged resignation.
It Is preicmed here that if Judge Clayton, United States
Consul at Havana, has resigned that post, ss alleged thla
morning in the newspapers, hit aot has resulted from the
death of his favorite nephew, whom he carried out with
htm as his private secretary. That gentleman died
shortly after the Judge arrived out.
THE CURRENT OPERATIONS OP THE TREASURY DE
PARTMENT.
On the 20th of December there were of Treasury war*
rants entered on the books ot the Department?
For the redemption of stocks $409,437 33
For Treasury Department, eielusive of stocks. 6,788 87
For the Customs 18,05179
Covered into the Treasury from misoellaneous
somces lt810 07
For ths War Department 26,418 61
For the Navy Departmant , 26,603 88
For repaying for the Navy Department. 389 00
For the Interior Department .. ..'7. 27,627 97
ffhs Home and Orawe of Washington.
TO THE EDITOR OP THE HERALD.
Philadelphia, Dec. 16,1863.
At the request of a largo number of your friends and
subscribers, I send you the Charleston Mercury of the 2d
inst., containing an appeal from a ' Southern Matron" to
the ladies of the South, in behalf of a noble projest for
the purchase, by subscription, of Mount Vernon, to pre
vent this sacred spot from falling into the hands of specu
lators, who are now negotiating for its purchase.
The Washington family have stipulated that the bar
gain in net to be consummated until after the adjourn
ment of the present Congress, in order that Congress
might have one only more opportunity te make the pur
chase for the nation; but the ladies of the South?Gad
bless them I?now aspire to that honor.
There is no time to lose in spreading this proportion
before the public; and a* jou are knewn to wield a moet
powerful influence as an editor, and your paper has a
wider circulation than any other in the United States, It
has been determined to place this matter In your hands,
as the surest method af securing an early and efficient
interest in this praiseworthy enterprise. Your Weekly
Hxsald has, I suppose, the most extensive circulation,
and you will, I trust, give It a place there, with such
favorable remarks as the theme Itself will, 1 am sure, in
spire you.
What spectacle on earth could be more beautiful
and sublime than this act of refined patriotism from
the purer sex, thus dolsg honor to the grave of the
Father of their country? 1 am sure you will agree with
me that every American, whether citizen, statesman, or
1UO vllat w?ci j niuciii/?Uj wuuvuvi viuaou. Dsaimomais, vt
editor, should take pride in calling attention to this inte
resting pr< j?ct. and aid it by giving to it his warmest ap
plause and a wide circulation. I feel that you will aot
onl; giTelta plaoe in j*ur excellent journal, but that
you will also accompany It by your hearty and sincere
spproval, and thus aid In exciting Immediate action upon
the snbject, and of presenting to the world an axampla
and a patriotic spirit amongst the gentler sex unparalleled
In any other country.
It has been suggested that the ladies whose zeal Induce
them to take the charge of subscription lists, should pre
serve the names and residences of all the contributors,
in order tt at tteymaybe hereafter published in book
form, and deposited at Mount Vernon, and in the Capitols
of each of too contributing States, as an enduring record
of thsir patriotism. Yours, very truly. ^ C.
TO TIIK LADIES OF TOE SOFTH.
A descendant of Virginia, aid now a daughter of Car*
lina. moved by feelings of reverenoe for departed great
ness and goodness, by patriotism and a sense of national,
and above all of Southern honor, ventures to appeal to
yen in behalf ot the "borne and grave" of Washington.
Ladles cf the South?of a region o warm, generous, en
thusiastic hearts, where there still lingers some unselfish
love of ostntry and country's honor, some ehivaiilc feel
ings yet untouched by that " national spirit " so rapidly
overshadowing the morals of our beloved land?a moral
blight, fatal to uiau's noblest attrioutei, and which love
cf mosey and speculation alone seems to survive?-t? you
we turn, jcu, who retain seme reverence for the noble
dtaii, roms .idrnhatiin and rerueubiance of exalted
worth snd services when they are no more 1 ().'yoa we
a~k. " W li sou. can yoa, look on passively and b-h-dd
the h'me and the grave of the match less patriot, who is
so coin pie el v identified with your lend, sold as a po sea
sion to speculative machinists, without such a feeling cf
indignation tiring 3 our houjs as shall cause you tu rash
Willi one heart and spirit to the resuef "
I-kdle? of the South, can you be still, with rlosec souls
*r.cl pur>e?, while the world criss "Shame upon Ameri
ca," art1 suferMoani Vernoo, with all its sa-redassocia
tions, to become, as is epo- en of and probable, the seat
of manufacturers and manufactories, noise pud smoke
and the "busy hnm of men," destroying all laoctity and
repose around the tombcf your own "world's wonder?"
Oh, it cannot be possible I
what snch sacrilege, inch desecration, while yon have
the hearts to feel the shame, and the power to prevent
it! Never ! forbid it, sbades of the dead tint the Pil
grims to the shrine ot true patriotism should find the*
forgotten, and snrronnded by blackening smoke and
deafening machinery, where money, money. only raoniy,.
?ver snterstbe thought, and gold, only gold, moved the
heart and aerves the arm !
Once onr congressional haUf wore the reeort of wis
dom, integrity and patriotism; where enligatened heads
and upright minds sought to fulfil their official obliga
tions, by comprehending and faithfully executing the
" glorious code rf 'aws " which bouad us Into one corn
mon aouc'ry, and also by vieing with each other who
should add roost to that country's weal at home, and
glory abroad. Bnt all deems changed. Washington, and
his t'linclplrs ami his spirit, appear no longer to in
llueuoe the city which hears bis name. Oh! who that
has a spat k of patriotism, hut must mourn such early
degeneracy, when they see who fill onr legislative halls
sod crowd cur political metropolis ! Who can restrain a
ping of ehsme, when they beho d the annual rush thither
of jobbers ami bounty seekers, of offi -.e aspirants and
trucklers, of party corrupters and coirjpted?all collect
ing like a fi' ca_of vulturss to their prey?prowling and
polluting the grave and high purpoier of legislation?
ladies of the South ! should wo appsal to such M these
to protect the grave of Washington from the grasp of the
I voci.iator ant worldling? And should we appeal el'hsr
t- or through your Senator* and Representatives? Wbat
1 tk?y tote, or would or could do, in that mephitic
? r?
No, i is to yon mothers anl daughters of lbs Sjuth,
ibat sp;tMl os.i be made with a hopeful confidence It
i wi mio s 1 ft, .s to be a vestal; and -w-n the "fire of
) bsrti" may teed the c ire of bur devotion, aud the
) urlty of her guardianship. Yonrheirts ar#'resh, re
verential, an I animated by lively sensibilizes and elevat-,
leg purpurea. W th yon, therefore, patriotism has not
yot become a name. Aid should there ever be M?lu
"times to try men's ?null." there will be found tmouug
and of you, of old, h?roinee, superior to f?ar and selfish
consideration, acting for country and it* honor.
Boiler log th U, one of jour eountrjwomen feel* sin
boldened to apnea! In the name of the mother of Weah
Lrgton, aad of Southern feeling and honor, to all that la
sympathetic and generous in joir nature, to exert Itself;
and bj jour combined effort now, in Tillage and countrj,
town and ettj, the maana maj be raiaed from the mi tea
of thousanda of gentle hearts upon whim hia name hai
jet a magic spell, which will suffice to secure and retain
bis home and grace aa a reared ipot for all coming time.
A apontaneoua work like thla would be euoh a monu
ment of lore and gratitude aa haa never jet been reared
to purest patriot or mortal man; and whlla it would ear#
American honor from a blot in the ejee of a gating word,
it would (nrmrh a shrine where at least the mothers of
the lend si d their indignant children, might make their
offering* in the eanseof the greetnees, goodness aud pros
perity of their eountrj.
It la kaown to jou that Congress hea virtually da
eliuad to purchaae and preserve Mount Ternon In behalf
<f the nation. Yet there i? now necessity for immediate
action, at schemes are on loot for Its pnrchaae by
Northern capitel, and its devotion to money making pur
pries. It is, therefore, respectfully and earaeetly aug
geatad to you, and by one who in her descent, Inherited
the sympathies and rsvereaoe of thoae who were onoe in
the social relations of life with the "Father of hia Coun
try," that the South, by general eontrlbutlen, each a
mite, furnish the umount sufficient for the purchase of
Mount Yernon?that the property be conveyed In trust
to the President of the United States and the Governor oi
Virginia, to be preserved and Improved In your name aa
a baliowsd resort for all ipeople?that for its continued
preservation and improvement, a trifle be charged each
visiter?and that your contributions to effect these no
ble ends may be gathered into tl e hands of the Governori
of your states respectively, to be remitted to the Go
vernor of Virginia, with authority and direction to make
the purchase: A SOUTHERN MATRON.
Progress and Luary off Hotel Living In
New Yorlc.
Mr. HawJey D. Clapp? a gentleman who unites the en
terprise and business energy requisite for a good land
lord with the polite and corcial manners na less requi
site?hss just opensd a new hotel, situated on the oorncr
of Seventeenth street and Fourth avenue, and fronting
on Union sqtaro. He has christened it the Everett
House, in honor of the distinguished Massachusetts
Senator.
The building is of brick, five stories high, and contains
sixty snltss ef rooms, consisting of elsgant private par
lors, with one or two bef rooms adjoining and eonnscting
with the same, as well as with the publio halls. The
rooms are uncommonly high, fifteen and a half feet be*
tween the floor and celling, up to the fifth story. This,
together with tho fact that they are all warmed by open
grates, in which only Liverpool coal la horned, secures a
good, pore atmosphere.
The fnrniture, of rosewood throughout, is very rich.
The curtains to the win lows, and the covering of the
chairs and sofas, art of costly and beautiful material,
and tasteful
Silken ottomans
Displny their damask beauties, turned to soft
Ethereal hues in polished mirror's light,
Which, as tha waves the sunset clouds, give book
Each thing more lovely.
The earpeta are English vdvst Tha parlor furniture
eost fr >m twelve hundred dollars to seventeen hundred
and fifty to a room.
The house Is so constructed and arranged that the dir.
fezent suits of rooms are almost as retired and quiet, and
free from external disturbance, as separate houses.
Every suite of rooms Is supplied with a bathing room,
with hot and cold water, a water closet, and plenty of
cloceta for elething and storage. The rooms are very
conveniently arranged.
The honae Is te be kept on the European plan, or, as a
Will street broker, not remarkable for his geographical
information or ths correctness ef his language ?*?* it?
the "Ethiopian place."
Some single rooms are rented as low as ten dollars a
wsek, while tome ef the euites command aa high as
slghty dollars. This is exclusive of board. There It no
public table ; families dine in their parlors, er in small
private dining rooms have just what they want, at any
hour Ihey please, and pay accordingly,
In the basement is a resteaurant, expansively fitted up,
Intended to be en a par with Delmonloo's, both iu quality
and price.
Mr. Clanp Is widely known as the popular proprietor of
that delightful summer retreat, the Hamilton House, at
Fort Hamilton. The neat colored Quakeress, whose pastry
became noted among the luxuries of the Hamilton House,
will be recognised In her handiwork by the epicures who
visit the Everett House.
People with plenty of "gold glistening through the
interstlcee of their lone silken purses," who are found of
luxury and quiet, without the trouble of honse-seeping,
will find themselves about as comfortable and lode pen
dent at the Everett House, as under their own vine and
Sg tree.
The Crystal Palace.
TBI TURKISH DEPARTMENT OF THE EXHIBITION.
The Turkish departmeit of the Crystal Palace was only
opened last week. Owing possibly to its political diffi
culties, the government of that country hie taken no
part in the Industrial Exhibition, and it was left to the
private enterprise of one individual?Mr. Chlragny?to
give as a few specimens or Turkish art. This department
is to be found on the right hand immediately on entering
the Palace. There is a quantity of goods yet unpacked,
but those on exhibition are nearly all contained in two
glass cases. In the la? get of these, the first object of at
traction is the silk and mualin de laine stuffs, richly
embroidered in geld and silver. These are for ladies'
dresses, and are only worn by the most distinguished
females in Constantinople. The Sultan's wives appear in
some such brilliant costume in the seraglio. Beneath
these are to be found diminutive slippers, worked in
gold, and set with pearls Reptrt has said that the feet
of Turkish ladies are fabnlonsly small, and the sise of
these, skoes would certainly lead us to believe it. In
this ease there are also Persian dresses cf mualin de laine
and s lk of the very finest texture?silken scarfs from
Aleppo, wrought with gold?bed covers embroidered with
flowers; and what we noticed more particularly, a magni
Gcent table cover of Mosaic Persian broidery, made up of
small piecei of oolored cloth. Interwoven, and richly em
broidered with silk, representing (lowers, &o. There were
here some artioles worked with the hand, really exquisite
in their?way head ornaments for laiiea?wreaths and
crowns of flowers made with silken and silver thread, and
brough to the rarest perfection. The flowers in siik, on
several purses and tobacco pouches, were so expuisitely
finished that they seemed like miniature paintings.
lbe second and large case is burg round with silks from
the famous manuiactory of Brusre, which oarriei on such
a large business with England and France. A gentle
man's winter coat, lined with for, and slashed plentifully
with gold, gives us, we fancy, but little idea of the actual
costume of the country. Among other articles worthy
of notice is a white turban, wrought with geld, made of a
species of mousselln de laine, which oannot be found
either in Europe or Amerioa. We noticed also some Per
?ian manteaus, and were particularly charmed with an
Egyptian cloak for ladies, said now to have been intro
duetd into European faahiou by the Empress of the
French. If anght could add to the c> arms of female
beanty, such a dress assuredly would. The ski .is of
Angola sheep, with the cloth manufactured from them;
Turkish, Persian, and other Asiatic tapestry; various
wooden ornaments elaborately carved; coffee cups of tich
workmanship; Persian araulais and hookahs; a pair of
scissors of Damascus steel, curiourly inlaid with gold
all these will attract the visiter ai very fair samples of
Eastern art, luxury, and taste. Though the artioles ex
hibited in not numerous or diversified, we venture to
say that nie ladies of New York will not be dissatisfied
with tin inspection of the Tuikish department of the
Crys'.al Palace.
Superior Court-Part Second.
Before Judge Emmet and a Jury.
TUB TACHT YARBOROUOIT.
Die. 22.?Motet II. UritmeU against llenrtj Robinson.?
Thia was an aotlon brought by the plaintiff, a Weil known
chirping merchant of this city, against Henry Robinson,
of Newburg, N. Y., for fraudulent representations made
by the latter to the plaintiff in regard to the conlirion
o! a certain vcsiel, culled the ' Yarborough," of Newburg.
of *b> r.t sightj txm burthen, which the defendant
owned, but idd to the plalntiiTon the 2let day of Noveni
ber, 1'61, for the turn of $3.0.0. It was alleged by
Moms La roeqne and Bowdio, counsel for the plaintiff,
tbat the defendant reprej-cnte 1 to the pUintlff, prior to
the purchase, tbat tho vtrssl was entirely st uu<3, and
tbat the bull was as sound as the day wtonshe was
launched. ADe the pli lutiff purchased the vemoi, and
pot the iamo into actual service, it was discovered that
he leaked badly, when the plaintiff oaus?d new and ad
ditional pumps to be put on hoard, and other repairs to
irade: and. m jk n as *n opportunity offered, she was
pltoed on the dPbks, and then it was discovered that her
liull was rotter, and the vessel unfit for use. The plaintiff
commuricated to the defendant the above facts, but the
latter denied that be made any representations, or war
ranted (lie vessel in aoj war whatever. The plaintiff
subsequently advertised the vessel for sale, and she was
sold at public suction, at the Merchants'Exctasge, upon
due r otice to the defendant, on the 4th day of May, 1862,
forth* sum of $877 62. Th* plaintiff new sues for th*
sum of $2,122 18, being the balance of the sum paid origi
nally by bin to defendant for the vassal. For the de
fence it was contended, by Mr. C. N. Potter, of counsel,
th.t the defendant made no representations as to th*
condit on or soundness of the vessel, or In any other man
ner made representations with respeet to her, or that he
induced, by suob representations, the plaintiff to pur
chase tb* same. The answer also denial tbat the plain
tiff bed sustained, by reason cf deceit or frsud on the
part of the defendant, any damage whatever, I1Pwas also
contended that if she was unsound, the defendant was en
tlrely ignorant of it at the time of the sale, and thst she
was not pu-chased by the plaint IT from tie defendant un
til after athermgh inspection and examination of the
raid vessel. The canse is still on.
This beirg tbe last dsy of the December term, there
will be no other causes taken up until the January term.
Ft rut District Court.
Before Judge Green.
Tic. 22,? GrimteU, Mimturn if- Co. w. Htnjamin J.
Dlonkman ? Thi* was an action brought by the plaintiff*
agalnat the d? frudant, for the purpose of ejeatlog ht<n
from a boure and premiaee, known as 331 Fourth atreet, (n
thl* city on the ground that there were $000 rent due
from the defendant to the plaintiff*. Mr E. Bfanknan
and Mr F. l'arker get up and ahoired the faoti to be
that the plaintiff* bad eotnmlttedant* of traapa** In tak
Irg down a wall and d< lrg > ther Itjnrler to the pretuliw*
without leare or con*ent ot the defendant, which amount
ed 1o an ruction and forfeiture of the rent; and, *econd<
ly, that the plaintiff* had re leaned the defendant from
the pajroent of the rent during the term of tbe wholn
year, in conalderation of euch act. of trrapaaa ooaamitted
opt d blm. Judgment for the defendant
Alleged Murder of ? Ion fcy Ml ??tlk?ra
BTBUIGB DBVILOI'KMBNTS IN *H* AFFAIB?At*
LH1D BAD CHABACTXH OF THB DBCBA8ED A*?.
BEST OF THB FATUKB BY THB rOLICB, BTO.
Coroner Hilton >u oalled yeatarday to fcotd no tnqcMrt
on the body at n young man named William SuUlvaa,'
twenty obi yoaro of age, aon of Cornelius Bulllvaa, re
aiding In Forty-first atroot, noar Tonth a venae, who oamfl
to hia dealt, aa la alleged, from a blow infiiotnd on hia heed
with a club by hta father. The body of the deeeaaed no*
Ilea In the dead houae at Be Llama Hoapltad, when the
Coroner lntenda holding the InveatlgaUon at 11 o'clock
thla day. However, in advance of the Coroner'* inquisi
tion the caae being one of a terrible character?we forth
with proeetded to glean aa many of the facta aa waa pos
sible to be obtained prior to the legal inrea ligation.
In the drat place, Co ma Ilea Snllivan, the father of the
deeeaaed, la a man of reapeetable appearance, over sixty
year* of age, a native of Ireland, but a reaident of thie
country aincc hia childhood. Ia the father of ate
children?five boya and one girl; the oldeat boy ig
now about twenty five yeare of age, and William, the
deeeaaed, la the aeccnd eldeet, being now between 31 and
22 jeara. For una yeara past the deeeaaed haa beam
intimately eonneeted with a gang of dlahoneat boy* oC
about bla own age, who congregate In that neighborhood;
and time and again haa he been arreated by the poliee fee
lareeaiea ef various deaerlptioaa, and aa often haa he
be** i?at to Black we ll'a Ialand Penitentiary, there te
aerve out a term of iaapriaoameat aa a penalty for the
crime.
During the laat two yeara tha deeeaaed has been e
aouroe of great trouble te hia poor eld father. MauyA
haa tfc# deeeaaed returned home Intoxicated and
demanded tnoney from hie father, and beeauae ha did not
comply with hia request, haa seized a hatehet or out wttk
a dirk knife, and, with a terrible oath, threaieaed to rip
hia father'a body open. The pelioe would be called, and
the lecbriate aim oenveyed off to the atation houae.
Buch haa bean tha carenr of thia undutlful boy,'
who, not willing to work, wharaby to obtain an honeal
living, haa now, by hia own miaeonduot, brought bimaeit
to an untimely death.
On Tue iday laat the deceeeed aakal hia father to let
Archibald, a yonngar brother of fifteen yeera of age, go
to a neighboring grocery atere tfor five ahUlisga left la
the charge of the groceryman for him, by some parties, the
night previous. Tha father told the deeeaaed he had bet
ter go himself for the money; but at the earneet solicita
tion* of deeeaaed, the father consented, and Archibald
went to the grocery atoie and obtained the money.'
Tha father prohibited the deceased from taking
Archibald away with him, aa he ltnee he want-,
ed to make him a thief aa well aa himaelf, and there-,
for# would never permit the younger eon to asso
ciate with deceased away from the houae. After the
money waa obtaired, the deceased induced hie young
er brother to accompany him to Fulton Market, ft*
the purpose of hwying a rooster to shoot at on ChrlstmM
day. They went to the market aa related by Archibald,
and the deceased bought a live rooster for three ahUllngn
and three cents, and both returned In the ears home; but
Archibald, knowing thathle father never parmitted hia ac
companying daceaaed, kept back from the house, ana
from the hill looked on at the reoeption deceased had witlx
hia father. The deeeaaed went into the house with the
rooster under hia erm, end the father observing deceased
considerably under the Influence of liquor, and feeling
vexed at hia taking off the younger aon, naked him how
he dared to take Arohlbald when he prohibited it. The
deceased became very insolent, and, withian own,
seized hold of n piece of pin# wood used by tnn
boya aa a bat to ploy ball, and inatantly sirusk ?
blow at hia fathbr. The old man, to defend hin
person, took up also a pieoe of pine
after his son, who h-d then retreat^outoide the door hn
ran, and the old man, not belag able'toWm, Iwlea
the atiok, v bich struck the deeeaaed about the middle off
the back, but, from the distance the father waa off, , thk
blow must bare been very slight. The old man the*
stopped pursuit. Deceased, in jumping across a trainee
diten of water, stumbled and fell, but, regaining hia feat,
turned eicucd the rear of the house, and as ha waA
ascending the hill, not being able to balanoe himself pro
perly, from the effects of Intoxication, pitched ovee
amongst acme rocks, at .-iking hia head on one of tbamu
thereby inflicting a scalp wound, from whloh the bloo?
flowed freely. He appeared to be itanaad for are
lnatazt, but soon after recovered himaelf, returned
to the houae, and when he entered the room h?
asked his father If he might be Miowed ta
lay down on the coal ashes in the corner, ffla
made no reply to him, and without any more hslng said,
the mother of deceased permitted him to toy d?*? onhee
bed. This occurred, it must be recollected, on Tuesday
evening, where deceased remained on the
parents winted to retire fer the night, and a bed wasthem
made fer daceaaed in ene corner of theiroom. DnrtngtM
following morning deceased was^sensible,
the bed. In the afternoon ho became much worio. ana
also insensible. Dr. Hepburn w ui then sent for, who, on
examination, found that deceased had
brain, and that but very little hope existed of kta reeov
ery. That night it waa thor ght acvisable to ,and '^e da
ceased to Bellsvue Bcapital, whloh wee done, and every
effort waa there made to relieve the deceased J1"' ?
avail *? diath ensued on the following day, (Thursday,!
evidently from the eiTecta of the Injury received on the
^Captain Maynard, of the Nineteenth ward police,!**?;
icg on Wednesday night that mo hope waa *ntortaln?d {0<
the racovary of decoased, sent officers Boss and .
Crarken to arrest the father, who was oonveyed to tha
station houie, where he waa detalnad on a charge oc
causing the death of his son. The arrest was made on
the rumor that the father had Inflicted A blow on^the
bead of devested -ith a club We think thU ru'^^0"
not be sustained in fact, aa the above Meomat ofthe af
fair was obtained from authentic sources; but tf w h
been mislead, the whole ?tory will bobrought to.Ughi by
tbe Coroaer'a investigation The fcthersUtestha^but^
stort time ago be waa assaulted by thei deceased,,*n?
KrMSWSt'Sl
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week."
Material Aid to Turkey.
EXPEDITION IN AID OF TUB RULTAN?MEETING 0?
OKllMANS, FRENCH, HUNGARIANS, ETC.
Quit* a large number of foreigners were collected toge
ther last evening, in Eckhart's Hotel, to discuss the pro*
jected expedition to Turkey. The scene was pioturesquo
In the extreme, and wonld have formed a splendid
subject for the pencil of Tenters. Tables were soattered
Here and there, and on each of them stood sundry hogs
goblets, which possibly overflowed at one time witll
Isger beer. After several spasmodic puffs to dear away
the tobacco smoke which obstructed our vision, we wem
enabled to discover that the room was filled with mini
men of every nation?men with large beards, from whoM
mouths curionsly shaped pipes projeoted?desperate
looking fellows, destined probably to be the saviors of thn
Ottoman Porto, and the terror of the Autocrat of all th?
Russlas.
It seems that this aeclety?for society it is?intends t9
organise several companies, who will start for Constanti
nople cirrct, as soon as sufficient funds can be railed. ItM
principles are cosmopolite. Among its members are
Germans, French, Poles, Hungarians, and even Ame
ricana. Its sympathies are for Ihe Saltan?it*
object the downfall of Nicholas, and its am
bition, rtiili'ary glory. The society is perfectly
serious In its intentions, for it stands recorded on thn
minute hook, " This n eeting is not for fan, but for real
earnest." Even now the first company of volunteers is
ready fo depart. Laglnire leads them on. They leave
New York In a fortnight for the seat of war. Eachmaahafl
nothing to expect but a free passage to the place of des
tination. Eaohinao gees as a citUen, privately, and'
without sny other *npport whatsoever. Each man go??
either to win tuipeiien#Me renom, or to lea76 his bones
tr v hiten the shores of the Danube.
The Prudent, M. Swiinro called the meeting to order,
heverel leitrr? a ere read by the u-cretary, from volun
teers i fT-rlug their servces- one from an American, who
raid be ceula command fl'ty dollars, md would as eoon die
In "f ui pary" for liberty as in America. A letter was atao
lead from a Ilaltiiiiore lady, < rawtrg the attention of the
society to ' an aim"?to wit a gun which can !>e fired
tec time In a minutes, earrvln:: eleven balls a. a time,
to the l i?anee of three b.nnd -ed yards /
The Piikpipknt then announced tiiat Mr. lAwrence, of
the Frie Railroad Compsnv, had offered provisions for
260 men for six months; that Jnllisu had been requested
to give a concert; and that the landlord of the Shake
poire Hotel btd ottered a room for a vocal performance,
in order to rslse funds for t?e object the scotety has In
view. The President also said that a committee had
waited on General Sanfcrd, who answered that, as a pri
vate citizen hi* sympathies were with the projeoted ex
pedition, but that lie eould not, in his official character,
give >nv advice or help.
Ib. Ki i.r/an Mien roae and explained tc the meeting
thet f ver> volunteer should go on his own responsibility
?tb?t there was no fear of infringing the neutrality
law?that every citiztn had a right to leave the country
whenever he wished, and that they did not go as soldiers,
but as private cliU?n?.
On the President Inviting all present freely to exprese
tbstr opirdot.e, a gentleman, whose name we were unable
to catch,/aid that b? thought the law of 1RH forbade
any expedition of armed men to leave this country for
any hoe'liepurpnin whatsoever.
lb Kt itvar explained again. Me spoke eloquently.
He i ic i ot in dsrstand how, in a free conntry, a body of
ireri w?? noi p?rn.ltti-d to lour* whenaver It obose. 114
(bjecte.) to ti e u?me of "Urtlen" being attached to the
society, and projxwed that it ahould be celled a ''Soc.ittty
of Emigrant* to Turkey," wbijh was put to vote and
earned uranlmotiely
The meeting then adjourned, after which several vftlun
teer* rane for want and enrolled their names. The pro
reeding* were ran led on during the erening entirely in
the German l*ngo?ge.
Firb it Bay Ft. Louis.? Capt Walker, of the
uteemboat Cm le, has politely forwarded to ne the tnf >r
matlno that on jmterday morning at three o'clock a fire
broke out at Hay fct Ixmie, by which eight houeea were
dret oyed I wo of them belonged to ,Mr. Geaum, two to
F. 0?lie, ore to Mr. Kleng, nte to llr. Hoffman, one to
M>. Wajn burger. ami one to Mr. Bellmard. It le believed
that they must have been set ffre to by daelgn.?iVeie
rltani /'Uayunt, Dtc. 16.