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?ent. because tt it obrioua that if that were door, it
would put an end to such confidential communications
?a the part of foreign governments for the future. Rut,
Wb, aa the Journal of St. Petersburg, permitted and au
thorized, no doubt, by the govern meat of Russia, has i
alluded to these official communication*, her Majesty's I
government can hare no longer any scruple* in laying j
that correspondence upon the table of the house. 1
(Cheer* ) I trout it will be seen that that corresnond
eooe will show, that i chile we showed every rerpect for the
Mmptror of Russia, my withheld every suggestion for the
4Umembermmt of Turkey. (Hear, hear.) With res
peet to the further question put by the right hon. gentle
Man ? namely, as to the conversation which took place, :
and to the communication made in 1844 ? it is certainly i
?rue that, when the Emperor of Russia was in this coun
try in 1844, he held a conversation, I think, with the
Dak* of Wellington, with Sir Robert Peel, and with the j
Bart of Aberdeen, then Secretary of 8tato for Koreign Af- !
fairs. The substance of that conversation was embodied i
kt a memorandum, and the late Minister of Russia in this ,
country, ltaron Br u now, was cogiTtnant of and assented ;
to the correctness of the memorandum of this conversa- j
tlon. With re?pect to that document, I am not able to ,
give so positive an answer as I have given to the other )
question put to me by the right hon. gentleman. This .
memorandum has not been lately under tho review of :
mem be re of Her Majesty's government, and therefore I !
wish to reserve any answer 1 may have to make upon
that subject. But, with regard to the correspondence to
which I have before alluded? namely, the correspondence
which took place at the commencement of the year ? I
have no difficulty in laying it upon the table of the house.
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AFFAIRS IN CUBA.
and Outrage* npon American Citizen*.
OUK HAVANA OOBRB^PONOBNCB.
Havana. Mirch 21, 1851.
Arrival of the Empire City-Barbaras Port U^tMiont
?Ilcpa (Vain) that Franklin Pizree will Remtmbcf
hit Inaugural? Endeavor* of the Spanish. Ownncnt
to Dei troy our Trade with Cuba ? lUca*e of the Black
Warrior ? The Captain General the Tool of the British
Gorerrmint, <fc., <tc., <tc.
At seven o'clock to morrow morning the Isabel sails
for Charleston. The Empire City arrived yesterday
morning, or rather she arrived on Sunday evening;
%nt in compliance with the regulations of the port?
B relic of a by -gone and barbarous age -she was
Bot permitted to enter until sunrise, (nor can
ft vessel sail after sundown). She brought the
erer-welcome, and, at present, the much sought after
Hxraid with the latest news up to the loth of Maro.i.
K we lived in a free land, whore an expression af our
feelings might havo been given, wo woul l have lit bon
tres. and held meetings of rejoicings, to hud that Ida
American people have been awakened to a proper sense
?f pride and dignity; that there Is a seeming disposition
npon the part of our government to resent outrages and
maintain her rights abroad. Wo have truly become in
.pired with hope that Franklin Pierce hw not forgotten
the American sentiments of his InaugurtfMfcat wero ro
eeived with so much applause throughout the natioa
aor the princij les of the party, and the overwhelming ma
jorities that raised him to his present elova M? ^orttioa.
Looting upon the fate of the nine Amer!<*&'?aOors, and
the inactivity of Marcy and Pierco durlngTCe long term
of their confinement, wo had begun to despair, and
feared that our present executive was " treading In the
foctsteps of his illustrious predecessor."
The Spanish government, too, so long unchecked, had
grown bold in their insults and acts of outrage; and
mistaking American forterance for cowardice, they con
Adcr.tly believed there was no extent to which they
could not go; and, emboldened by leniency and Inac
tivity they determined upon a stroko of policy that
would' not only cripple, but eventually Destroy, the en
tire commerce between this ? ever faithful isle" an 1 the
United States. The piratical seizure of the Black \S arrlor
?M the firBt move in this new game; but the prompt
action of the American people and the determination
evinced by Congress and the executive to resent this
outrage have already had the effect to check the game in
a measure The Black Warrior has been surrendered.
Yesterday the agent was notified that the vessel and cargo
?would be re delivered to him upon the payment of a flue
?f SO 000. The agent has accopted this, and paid the
flue 'under protest, claiming damages for the eutiro
losses, including detention, loss of passage money , da
mage to vessel, expenses of crew, &c.
She will be reloaded, and probably sail on Friday
?r Saturday next, without passengers, for New
?ork This decision and disposition of the mat
bv the Cai.tr in General either evmces an
? unusually generous feeling, or a cloar, unequivocal
while the pa^engors were yet on board, anl
Wfore tlie m^o had been removed, the agent o.ferel to
mv fines under protest, or give bonds for tho reappear
p?y lines un c , ^ permit her to urocecd
w he? vS?Ke- But, no; nothing short of the whole cargo
vessel would satisfy their voracity thon. Now, after
m month's detention and tho removal of the earg >, they
ai? willing to take the tine and surrender tho balance of
SlTbooty Instead of palliating, .Joe* not this coarse
* aswiavato the oirence f Is it not a full and complete vU
ifStaTupon their part that they cannot sustain the
?'without 'cause or justification, and with the utmost
SHE iS,2? thcyS SSiSfXiSST!
H TKr stoam
once and interest. And now, finding they cannot sus.ala
?CP in iustice, by their own laws or cu'tomi,
ttOT Wolly demand 5*, 000 for "heating the poW."
Judninp from the congressional proceedings and the
?IfMt produced upon the people, a proper coursowillbe
this loiter reaches you ; and that
60 ? ?-? AtacareW hope, will be a total repeal of the
neutrality laws existing between the Dnited States and
ol what use aro thev to the commerce and people
ffthe United States, when tho insolent trweherous
SLnhl. governmont folates then, at will? The many
2ts of outrageous inpult to our flag, tho perfect disre
gard of the rights of American citizens, and tho espresso. 1
fonteniDt by the r official journals for our chicf mv1'
StHSd our nation, during the past two year^ speak
in tones not to be disregarded by a people possessed of the
S that ttor. I.
n? life of tampering longer with this remnant of a bad
JJ,|OB in the vafn hope that oar mild peace pohoy,
Shmt our system of fcrtiearance and kindness, will the
sbs fera
bope lor . The viceroy (Captain Goneral) is at
Su^oimnt the most pliable hands of tho
__ | Ponf? io w?is C'l, ahu tiiis iium ?p
t*> nted tho willing tend of I-ord Clarendon. Backed by
iower he lfas grown bold in insolence, and evinces
operfect^ disregard for existing treaties with the United
^nder all these circumstances, we are more thanjusti
fied ? we are absolutely compelled for our own protection
and the maintenance of our national honor? lo a t
nromntlv and energetically, and, without delay, repeal
Sore laws ol neutrality which the ^
and Prain have so long ami so often vlolit. d. The time
?a clme for Young America lo act; she cannot avoid it.
ImoelW by her principles, by a sense of duty, honor and
Sr^tection fo redress wrongs long sulTered-aggra
?fttecl and unprovoked Insult? and to secure rCJ,^t l1.^
Indemnity for the future? she must take her
fort, the world, and teach this imbecilo, weak, but proud,
iBsolont and treacherous people, to vo^o'AJtBHWA
they will be renewed with her. YOUNG AMhKiCA.
Havana, March 22, 1854.
s Warrior Outrage? Anglo- Frtnch Alliance with Spain
? Iheir Relative Forces ? Preparations to Rirint Filibus
tering Expeditions? Landing of Slaves near Trinidad ?
Capture cf a Slaver ? Fears thai the Government will not
Seek Becoming Itedrm for the Insult in the Blaek Warrior
Affair? An American Sen'.mceA to the Chain Gangs for
Receiving a Filibustering l'aper I? Insults to American
Otiisens in C-ula, etc. , rf c.
Otlior correspondent!! will undoubtedly give you all the
particular* of tbe Black Warrior outrage, and the further
insult of surrendering the vessel and cargo to the agent
?pen the immediate payment of $6,000 fine. This decree
of the Captain General elenrly settle* the quo<tlon that
the aeisure, confiscation, and defention of her command' r
m a prisoner, were wanton acts of cruelty ? regardless of
the rights of passengers, owners, or respect for the Ameri
can government. The steamer sails In the course of an
boor, and 1 will only have timo to glvo you a few items of
news that will proro interesting at this moment.
Aa it Is an admitted fact that England and Spain are
operating with secret treating an! understandings in rela
tion to the destiuy of Culm, it may not be amiss to the
American people to know their exact relative position and
foroes. On land the Spanish force is variously estimated
at from 24,000 to 36,000 men ? the first number Is nearest
the mark? and they consist of Jtist nueh men as tlio
Americans encountered in Mexico, with the diffcrenco that
these are forced into the service. Afloat, the Spanish
have twenty-three indifferent vessels of war, male
up of worn out brl???, ships and schooners, two rc-ipect
able steamships, aud seven or eight small coast steamers.
The Englith fi< et consists of fifteen vessels cruising la tl.'s
?ieinlty, eight of which are stramor.1. The veiMlS of
both nation- are acting in pcrfect concert for the prote ?
lion of the i.?l nd ami e?;>ture of sUwrs. Inth'<)\ent
of a filibuster < edit'.ou the English vessels am dircctcd
to capture, if th^y fan, and carry their prisfj to Ja
mtica. Dispatches to the Captain f'eneral, and al..o to
tht Hritlah ( ociul, have been rocelrnd from Washington.
The ?ovemmetit is on the alert, ani theripaniFh floet has
b< vn iu d? H* t tit sea.
To a lo? L? r on, t.:e i;?i? povemm-nt of Tiba, wilh Eng
Lmd it-> it ? .? r an 1 wire polle r, work- -nr t boatitlfully:
ovotjl'.u g i d< no no aali t, j.rom.t and eif'jc'ually, that
yoa csiiDot help but admire. V/iilio^l the least flourish
or tn.ir ?ct?, Bfliier a will regulated English Spanish
jry ?yntem, |..!vate dwellings are ran lacked and jiUnta
" C3 ,*''l t ul' thulr newly imported "HomI" negroes?
tot, hov. t\ cr, as some may suppose, lo be restored tofrce
m m : tut !o become government "omnnHpadoJ," the
p.ogt tUau'il'le and hopeless pj all sUiyta.
On the 8th of the present monthrthe English Consul
gave notice to the Captain General that ha had raoaived
information of the landing of a cargo of slaves near
Trin dad. On the 12th, he retired a note in reply, that
the negroes, to the number of 663, had been captured on
an estate of the famous slave dealer, Zculeta, and that
they were now in possession of the government.
There exists a private quarrel between Zeuleta and the
Consul. The latter has sworn to deatroy and impoverish
the slaveholder; and, with the Captain General aa his
tool he will etVect hi* ends. On the lflth, Count Per nan -
dino's bouso wa? searched, and flfteen 14 Boaal negroea"
found. The English bloop of war Vestal, on her passage
from St. Thomas to Havana, full in with the schooner
Maria, formerly the Cornelia, of New Orleans, with 180
negroes on board; tlie prise was carried into Jamaica,
and they are now slaves of the English government for
three or five years. This is English humanity and philan
thropy.
La .t Sunday the Consul General of fireat Britain and
the Captain of the American sloop of war Albany dined
with his Viceroyahip the Captain General Pesuela. This
condecension upon the part of the Viceroy ratli r indi
cates a denire to pass the BLick Warrior outrage by as a
matter of little importance, and the fears of the old Ame
rican residents of Cuba ? those who have witnessed insult
upon insult, outrage upon outride, and wrongs without
number, patiently, yes, cowardly submitted to by our
government ? have little or noconddence that the present
administration, will apoly any greater force or energy to
procure satisfaction for the psst, and iudemnity for tho
future ? they fear tho usual reference to Madrid, and
finally, a lizzie out of the whole affair. Others are con
fident that this last act will arouse the American senti
ments expressed by Krunk fierce, in his inaugural, ami
that he will prove tot lie insolent tool.* of Qjceenl.uibel that
America is still among- the nations of the world, ready to
recent insults and to punish outrnge*. AMIUO.
P. 8. ? I understand that an American has lust been
sentenced, without trial, to the chain gangs for one year,
be< auFe fc me person sent him from tho United States a
fillbustero paper. An American gonth-man, resident, of
Havana, while riding on the C'ero, on Sunday la.it, with
! his wife and daughter, was grossly insulted by the civd
' (uncivil) CuariU of tho city; himrelf, wife and daughter
wero compelled to alight from their " volants," and
kneel in the duct and dirt to a small waxen figure carried
| by a mulatto priest. The gentleman was well kuown to
i the parties to be an American ? therefore the insult.
Common Pleas? General Term.
M. VP.cn TUKJ4 ? DECISIONS.
Before Judges Ingraham, Woodruff and Oaly.
Prince vs. Down. ? In^r&harn, J. ? Tho wife of an as
signor of a claim in a competent witness for tho Assignee.
A complaint for work, labor and material' is sufficient
to include a claim for patterns, which the plaintiff agreed
to make and deliver for a fixed gum.
Marline vs. Willis. ? Ingraham, J. ? Where a claim is
assigned, and the defendant claims a set o'f of a note
due from the assignor, ho should prove that he held such
note against the aiai-nor prior to the date of tho assign
j incut
In the absence of such proof tho note should not bo re
I ceived in evidence.
Brvcevs. Me Urvdt. ? T>nly, J. ? Where the Sheriff takes
I the property of joint debtors under several executions,
1 some of which ore upon judgment confessed by oao part
I ner against both, until the commencement of a suit by tho
! sr rvice of process, the title of a bona fitU purchaser at tho
i Sheriff's sale will not be a'focted, bat ths s.i'o under tho
jadtrments rot so confessed, and which are biiuiiujj upon
both defendants, la sutiicient to pas* tho title.
An owner who lias parted with his property to another
for a specified term, cannot, before the expiration of Wio
term, maintain replevin against a wrong doer.
. Aruurscn v*. Broad and others. ? Ingraliatn, J. ? Where
an agent employs another person to sell a note for him,
and such person, in effecting the sale, makoa statements
to the purchaser as to the character of the note, and tho
I sale is subsequently ratified by receiving the proceeds,
such statements may be given in e\ ideuce aa part of tho
trar.iacticn attending the ."ale.
Whether declarations made by a sub agent under su.-h
circumstances are to have tho effect of an estoppel in the
! same mauner as if made by the principal ? Qce.o.
I Hat drop it. Gallaiiker. ? Ingraham, J. ? A person in
' possession of a house damaged by blading in the street
adjoining, may recover whether ho is the owner or not,
and title to land is not necessarily in questlou.
Evidence that the defendant was superintending and
giving orders as to the blasting v.as sufficient to sustain
I a judgment against him without proof of the contract
I under which he was working.
Thompson vs. Sulplien. ? Ingraham, J. ? An aelionona
judgment in a Justice's Court of the city of Now York is
prohibited by the Code without leave of Court, obtained
on notice lo the adverse party.
The case (2 irandford 3. C. Rep. 44) is not in conflict
with this court on this question, as the Code lias been
amended since that decision by limiting the jurisdiction
of the court in this roapect.
M'Cinner and Monciiif vs. Harnett. ? Ingraham J.
Tho Court of Common Pleas wilt not, after tiling of a
transcript from tho Marine Court, on motion examine the
regularity of proceedings by which the judgment was ob
tained in that court. It can only be dose on appeal.
Before a motion can be made to net aaidu an execu
tion ou a judgment in the Marine Court, which has b?en
vacated by that court, un order should be entered in that
court, directing such judgment to be ?9t aside.
Beach vs. Bay.nonuand Man. ? Ingraham, J. ? On an ap
peal from a referee's report. Judgment netting aside re
port, and referring it hack to rel'eroo, the tcatimony to
stand in the case, anil tho referee to receive such other
testimony as the parlies may offer. Coda to abide the
event, unless plaintiff in ten days serves a written con
sent to dcduct from the amount of the judgment $787 75,
j with interest from April 1, 1848, to the day the judg
ment was entered, in which caje judgment is afilrm'-d
for the balance.
i\re Dtparinunt vs. Buff urn. ? Paly, J. ? A building, the
first story of whfch is of brick, but tne front and rear of
which in the second and third stories is exclusively of
wood and glass, is an erection i% violation of tho Un
laws.
It is no protection to the owner tfcat the building was
put up with the consent und appiovul of one of the fire
warden*. A fire warden cannot dispenso whh tho re
quirements of the atntute, or authorize the putting up of
a prohibited structure.
Where a statute prescribe* the form or subatanco of a
notice it mu?t bo strictly followed.
The live laws arc remedial statutes as respects the
cases designed to be embraced in tiiemjthey are to bo
lib? rally construed. Judgment affirmed.
Dunaldi vs. yew York Stale Mutual Insurance Co. ?
Woodruff, J. On a point of practice us to the regularity
of the service of a writ of summons. Order appealed
fiom affirmed, with $10 costs.
Bretieand Elliot vs. Banye. ? Paly, J. An agreement,
endorsed by the lessor on tho back of the lease,
aligning all his right, titlo and interest in the
lease to the lessee as security for the payment of
certain promissory notes, is not a surrender of tho
lease, and a merger of the term, so as to work a
dissolution of the relation of laudlonl and tenant. It is
not an absolute but a conditional transfer, subject to-be
defeated before the expiration of the term by the per
formance of the condition, and is a mortgage.
The attribute or quality which distinguishes a mort
gage from snother and u different kind of security is tho
condition that, if the debt which it is intended to sccuro
be paid at a day apecitied, tho conveyance is to bo void;
or if not, that it becomes, at law, absolute, though sub
ject in equity to the right of redemption.
An assignment of a leasehold interest carries with it
the unexpired term, nnd.necessarily includes all erections
U] on the land for manufacturing purposes and other
wise, unless it is apparent that such was not the inten
tion of the parties.
The reason which justifies the removal, by a tenant,
of fixtures which bo lias put upon the land for tho pur
pose of carrying on his trade, does not apply to tho sauie
extent between mortgagor and mortgagee. The laivllord,
who lias received an equivalent from the tenant in the
shape of rent for tho use of his land, can, with
no show of justice, insist upon erections which the tenant
has put up at his own expense to carry on hia trade.
But the case of mortgagor is different, who carries the
land by way of security for the repayment of money; and
whatever is attached to the bind is engaged with it;
whether it be for the purpose of trade and manufacture
or not, it goes with it as pai t of the mortgage security.
When the building and fixtures are erected upon t e
lar.d, and built for and adapted to machinery which was
to be moved by water power flowing over the land, the
i wholo erection becomes a part of tho freehold and
patses as siu;b to the mortgagee.
Mellen et ctl. Smith. ? Woodruff, J. ? When tho evidence is
conflicting the Court will not revises judgment of the,
Justice, merely because the Judges think that upon the
same evidence they should have comu to a contrary con
clusion upon tluc facts in issue.
Kelly i'*. McComitk? Paly, J. ? In an action upon a
bond given for the appearance of a judgment, dobtor un
der altachu-ent upon proceedings supplementary to ex
ecution, it is not noccsaary to set forth in the coraplaiut
the return of the execution was satisfied, or that an order
was made for an attuclimcnt.
An attachment returnable before "ono of the Judges"
of the Court at Chambers, is not void, if even voiJablo.
Qtierc ? Whether an instrument in form of a bond, and
wanting only a seal to comply with all of tho require
ment.'-, of the statute, and takeu in good taitb, is an iustru
t nicnt taken colore Mficii. At all events, such an instru
ment is available for tho benefit of the plaintiff in the
I action, if he ratifies and adopts~tlie acta of the sheriff.
Will the Public Buy Pare MUlit
To lAMfiS (>0iU>01f HUNNITP, EBQ.,
Edhor or tiik New Y<kk mould.
fir. ? Vou think there ?re \ cry few who would not bo
willing to puy from nix to nine ccats for a quart ?f pure
mill.- . tut I, anolil and experienced milkman, tell you
tlmt it Is hard to get tl\p re nt* a quart for it. I sell now
pure trance county milk for the cents a quart, which
n.dfme four and a half ecut?. and fr>r that price I find it
difficult to got customers. Wnile 1 sell only thirty quarts
per dr.y, m.v neighbor? ft corner grocer? who i.eeps adul
terated swill milk, which lie sells for four cent* a quart,
ar.d which costs him only two mi 1 a lulf cents, sells inoro
than sixty quarts per day. If people don't (jet a bucket
ful lor a "penny, tiiey are not satisiied; but if you give
them plenty, uo matter what it is if it only loots white,
jou way fell plenty. You must know, s:r, that out of
ouo hundred peopleof the poorerclagi th"i" are not three
who would buy a quart of milk at once ? U.cy only buy a
penny's worth at a time. And now, fir, I ank you how
could anybody sell pure milk, which you ihink worth
from six to nico cents a quart, by the penny's wortM
flow much would they gi t fur a r>tnny? and would it pay
for any ? ne to retail pure milk in that way? WttoUsald
dealers in pure mil* uo very well if they get a hijjh prico
for it; but iren if they distribute 300 quarts a d y they
wculd not L'ixe a drop "more thaa what la c>mln< t > you.
But what should the retail dealer do, that nil tliu poorer
clanse* depend on? Persons who buy thoir miU by the
quart may get pure mill;, and many <et it now. I kapt a
ml IV busim s down town Inst summer, where I retailed
800 qtia/ts of milk per day, at four and a half ceuts per
quait, (an<l no ine was tiling to pay nioio,) and out of
that quuntiiy I only sold forty quarts by the who e quart;
the remaining 2fi0 quarts I sold by the penny's an 1 two
cent's worih. feme of my cuiti mors b >ught the m.lic '
that way because they thorght tboy could go'. more. If
I did not sell by the penny's worth I would not ha\? a
single customir.
This, sir, la a true and correct atatement of the reUil
milk buaim bs in Xew York ; an I you may bel ere me, 1 hat !
there are thousands in this city who never buy their
milk rxeept by penny'* worth, and never will buy it in
any other way. Now, sir, I am oppose I to adulterated
ard mill milk; but how can I sell pure country milk, 1
when I havo to (jive a good price for it myself, without
pt *" ' Itf Ideas') Inform mi.
Icckty and Politics In WaaUlngton-JVo. 14*
Washington, D. C., March 30, 1864.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD,
What a rumpus and rioting there has been in this
widely scattered town since I wrote yon last. Who
would not be Cutting, or else Breckenridge ? Hit or
miss, 'taint no conseqaence. Its a duel any way.
" That's him. " One of them common newspaper cor
respondents told me that he wanted Catting to hit
Breckenridge. "Why bo?" asked I. "Why," says he,
" then I can get np a capital item for my next letter,
and bead it " A Cutting Retort. " Fanny fellows
some of the Washington correspondents, particularly
Grand. He iB all fan.
The Cabinet and also the P. P. G's were perfectly
delighted at the duel news. Anything delights them
that will tend to direct public attention to something
else besides themselves. The plunder fellows are
down in the mouth at present, at least that portion
of them who are short of fund**. Land bills, railroad
sthenics, patent right projects, and so forth, are
killed for the present ; but the leaders of the lobby
are not scared. "Never mind, Sam," said Colonel ?
j to me the other day, " Congress are obliged by law
to adjourn before the next session commences, and
there are a great many bills that must hold on until
the last moment. Then will come our chance. Mem
bers are weak, and good liquor will fetch them ;
while there is life, there is hope, and at the wind up
we will get a majority of the members so that they
can't see, and then ail of our bills will go through
j both Houses like a streak of greased lightning. "
Frank Pierce sent a note to my room one day this
week, bnt I was out when it arrived; and as I did
not get home till after ten o'clock that cveuing, I
thought it would he too late to call at the Whitj
House that night, and so T postponed the job until
about 11 A. M. the next day. Wlien I reached the
President's mansion I was told t'.iat the Preside n
was not up. I showed his note to me of the day bo
fore. "Oh!" said the servant; "you are all right ?
follow me." I did so, and he took me to a room
I where I had never been before. Ho knocked, and I
heard Frank's voice after a littlo bit respond,
"Who's there? What do you want?"
" It's Mr. Green, sir," said the servant.
"Come in, Fam; you aro the vory one I want to
see." I entered. Frank was up, only pai tly dressed,
and, in nothing but his drawers and shirt, was
standing before the glass performing the operation
of shaving.
" How ere yon, Sam, this morning?"
" So, ko. How is the President?"
" 1 feci d? d bad, Sam."
" Well, you look so. My stars, old hosa, you must
have been on a hell of a bust last night."
" Do I really look so hard this morning?"
" Upon my soul, you do. I should judge you had
been out on a spree for a week at least."
"Oh no, Sam. I don't go on sprees now. I nsed
to do so sometimes when I was only a Senator, or
down in Concord with some of our fellows; and out
in Mexico I used to go it j^etty strong occasionally,
but not now Sam, not since I have been President.
I don't go out of the house. It wouldn't do yoa
know'i"
"Don't tell me that Frank. Why you are so shaky
now that you can't shave; and if you don't mind
you'll cut yourself. Come, I'll bet you segars against
a tod that you didn't go to bed before three o'clock,
and that yon stimulated like a fish."
"Doue, I'll bet you, and I can provo by Forney
and a whole lot ot fellows that I w;is in bed by half
past two, and that I didn't drink such an infernal
quantity cither."
"Did you have a party np here?"
"No ? about the same Bet that are usually here at
night. No, I forgot, there were two or three devilish
good fellows, strangers? one of them I'd like to in
troduce to you, Sam. He is a perfect gentleman. His
name is Charley Abel, of New York city."
"What is lit ? a fancy man?"
"Oh no ? he is a perfect gentleman. He is a lead
ing politician in New York, and controls the Four
teenth waid."
"Is he as great a man as Captain Ryuders?"
"Oh Lord! yes. He has more influence than Ryn
ders."
"What were you all doing ? playing cards?"
"1 didn't pity long. Tho fact is, Sam, I have lost
too much at "bluff,' and 1 am generally sure to be
"euchwcd." No, no. 1 am careful now; for if I
lose, and mv opponents wont take the money, they
aie pretty d- d sure to ask me for an otlice, or
some favor that 1 can't refuse."
"What did you do, look on?"
" No; I played dominos with Charley Abel."
" Ah, Frank, I see how it wai. Under the excite
ment of the dominoes you must have lushed like
nxty, and that accounts for your coppers being so
hot this morning. Why, Frank, you have drank
nearly that pitcher full of water since 1 came here."
" So I have; but I have got enough left to wash.
But I must lire up. Just ring that bell, will you?"
The reply to the bell was a colored fluitfe brought by
a servant, who seemed to know what was required.
After lie left, the President drank off the couteuts of
the tumbler. " That is decidedly refreshing, Sam,
but 1 really wish you had come over last night. I
want you to meet Charley Abel. He is one of the
right sort. I expected him here this morning to
breakfast."
" What does he do in New York ?"
" Oh, he has a magnificent residence in Broadway.
Lives on his means. His house is the favorite re>ort
of all the leading politicians of the democratic party,
and the mott respectable people in Now York. The
democratic public sentiment is made at Charley
Abel's. You must go and see him wheD you pass
that way on your return to New Hampshire."
" I will with great pleasure, Frank. I would like
to know him."
" I will speak a word for you, Sam, but I know
that to any friend of mine ho will show all the ropes
of New York, and Charley is pretty well posted, I
reckon."
"What is all this muss about between you and Jer
ry Clemens ? He seems to have frightened you and
all your honest surrounders by that letter of his to
Huntsville."
"He misrepresented me in a very unhandsome
manner !" *
"I'll bet drinks that you dare not tell Gen. Clem
ens so I He reads you like a book, and you dare not
open yeur mouth and say nay, even if you are Presi
dent. You know yon are completely w his power."
"I don't understand you Sam ?"
"Yes you do. As for hia statement In regard to
his views, you know and so do your friends, that
sometimes when you arc a little bit excited you talk
at random and rather wild. You forget yourself.
But so far as regards saying one thing to a Southern
member and the very opposite to a Northern one in
regard to the Nebraska bill, every little boy about
the placc is conscious that that chargc is true, and I
am verry sorry that it is so. It is undignified for a
President. Such petty manouvres might carry a
village election or even a town like Concord, but
when tpplied to the representatives of a confedera
tion of btates, amounting to millions, such trick*
aie sure to fail, and load with disgrace the high olli
cial w ho tries it on."
"You say I am afraid of Jerry Clemens. It Is a
damned lie."
"No, Mr. President, it is not. Yon are afraid, for
yon dare not treat him as yon do some others, and
as you would like to do. Yon know what ho could
do if he chose. He could unsap your military repu
tation by telling what he know, of your conduct in
Mexico ? that you wrote your own despatches, and
that General Scott good naturedly signed them ? that
you were a m<at ai rant coward? that your lainiing
in buttle was God's own truth ? that you were not
wounded ? and that these matter* Col. Clemens had
held back. A rupture with hiiu would bring them
all out."
" Let him try it. Who will believe him now ? The
Union and the Pr.it would come out and say that
Clements said such things now because he was a
disappointed man. It would kill Clemens. I tell
you what it is, Sam, I believe Col. Clemens is in
Loait a Scott man."
If he aint, he ought to be. I am.''
"You,Sr.m. JEttu Brute. You go for General
Scott 1"
" By all that is holy, I do. You know, Frank
Pierre, that 1 am in heart and pnrpose a sound,
wholesale New Hampshire democrat; but, as old
Jackron ouce said, I will do ju.iticc though the
heavens cave in. 1 feel a rankling and tearing in my
bosom for the wrong 1 have done that old veteran,
ami I speak not only my own feelings but the senti
ments of millions, v. horn, I pray God, will givo me
the chance once more to repair a wrong by a right.'
" Why, Sam ? He is a whig."
" That be damned. What's a whig, and what's a
democrat ? In the,;e days, Scott is a glorious old
patriot. He is a great man. The day of little great
men Las paired. Excuse my frankuess, Frank, but
it iH no ufe concealing matters, you are ' the lait of
Mich political Mohicans.' "
" Sum, I never t>aw you so wolfy; yon quite shock
my nerves."
"Why did yon send for mo yesterday? I could
not have ccme, but 1 thought from your letter tiiat.
Bishop Wainwright had come, and that it was him I
was to meet."
" D ? n the Bishop. He refused, and I am rifirht
glnd of it ; for between you and me, Sam, I think |
Charley Abel has got more to say in New York than
fifty Buhop Waiawrighte."
" Ton seem sore about the Bishop. Ilfta he not
answered your letter ? Of coun? you wrote himT ?
Or did you do as usual, forget all about It? |
" Well, Bam, to be honest with you, I concluded
not to do it Forney and several others thought it
wasn't best. I told Forney that anecdote of how
Old Hickory came It over the Presbyterian chap,
and he said he knew a better one than that, and he
told it to me." ,,
" I should like to bear it. What was it ?"_
" I'll toy and tell it as Forney told it me, although
I have not the " gift of the gab" like Forney has.
He said that there was an old merchant that lived W
Philadelphia ? no, I am wrong, it was in New York
. ? uaine place aa your story, 8arn. Well, Forney
said that this old merchant, many years ago? long
before Jackson was dreamed of for President ? used
to sell him goods for the Indian*? Seminoles, very
probably ? and old Jackson had bloody heavy
transactions with them. Well, anyhow, o Id i
Jackson took a great shine to the New York
merchant. Let mo see ? what did Forney say
his name was? Oh, I remember now ; it was
Post? Mr. Post. Well, when Old Hiokory became
President, he writes to his old friend Post, and asked
i him to come on to Washington to speud a few days,
i and to stop at his house. Old Mr. Post didu t want
anything? he was rich. Well, tho old merchant,
I Post, concluded that he would accept tho invite, and
he did, and came on. Mr. Post must tell the rest of
the story, Sam. He said that when ho had got to
this house that wc arc now in, he and Old Hickory
talked over old matters, and Mr. Post was made per
fectly at home. ' I had not been," says Post, ' with
the General over three or four days, before there was
a committee of Methodist clergymen came up troiu
Alexandria to uee the President, iliere had been a
large convention held at Alexandria, and over two
hundred clergymen were assembled. Just as they
were about adjourning to go home, a member pro
posed that they should all go up in a body an 1 call
upon the President of the United 8tatcs. That was
agreed to; but, in order that they might notiutoiush
old Jackson, tliey sent a committee oi three clergy- ,
men up t > the White llou* to see if old .)ack*?n
would receive them, lie said he should be nerlectly :
delighted at the visit, and so the next day the wli >,e
two hundred black coats came up. General J acfcwn
received them in the large east room, ami when they |
entered he was standing near the window at the
west end of the cast room. They were all Intro
duced by name, and the President shook hands wit 11
each one, and inquired kindly how he telt. ?V len
this was llnisbed, the principal clergyman asked
General Jackron if he would have any objection to
joining with them in prayer.
'"Certainly not; none in the least. I shall r> el
deeply grateful to join my brethren of tho Methodist
Church in so proper an act.'
" Accordingly, the whole party knelt down, and
the spokesman made a most powerful effort. At the
end of about every ten words. General Jackson,
with the tears of piety streaming down his cheeks,
made the room ring with his deep, fervent ' Amen.
? " God grant it!"?'1 May it come soou! '? " Hallelu
iah!" and other thrilling and exciting Methodist ox
clamfttions of sympathy; and these were only uiter
runted by ilia deep sob.-*. W hen he had got off his
I knees, he wiped hin eyes with his pocket handker
I chief, and with his " God bless and protect you all, ,
brethren,'' the two hundred left, deeply affected by
1 the solemn time they had jnst had witii the virtuous
i old President. They had to pass the whole length |
I of the main hall from the east room to reach the
west entrance. Meanwhile, as they were slowlv de
i filing out of the room, General Jackson looked out
of the window. He had had A carriage presented to
him by the merchants of New York, and he was
very fond of it. He saw nt this moment , thin car
riatre approaching tho White House at a rapid rate;
and just as itariivcd in front of tho window, tho
forewlicel struck ono of the stoue posts which pro- ,
tect the sidewalk. In a moment the General broke j
out into a perfect fury, and sticking his head out ot
the window, he sung out to the careless coachman?
"Youd? d infernal son of ab ? b,you G? d d? d
careless whelp ; 1 wish to J ? s you had broke your
hell-lired neck. What in tho hell and darana
tion " Juat then tho President discovered the
; upturned faces of his clerical brethren, the head of
i the procession having just come around through the
west terrace, and the larger portion had heard
the Presidential oaths. As soon as General
Jackson saw them, he drew his head inside ot the
window, and addressed Mr. Post : " Damn them fel
lows, I thought they had gone." Soon after, tho
coachman entered, and the President gave him a
most hearty cursing, and then added ma perfectly
Christian tone of voice, "Now, don t be guiltvof
such gross carelessness again, if you do, 1 shall be
very severe." " Wbat do you think of that, Sam ?
exclaimed General Pierce.
" Think! Why, Frank, howpat those oaths como
to your tongue, eh? just as though it was natural.
What do 1 think ? Why, I am shocked at Mr. iorney rt
blasphemy in telling such a story. And what tor l
\V hat does it prove? In what political way can it be
an example for you to follow? Do you mean to get a
Methodic convention to come here ? Do you mean
to have your coachman run against a stone, so that
you can curse him just aB the clergy are leaving I
yon don't, what does Mr. Forney mean to bave you
deduct as ? moral from his story ? Just answer mc
all these questions." .
" Why, Ham , what's the matter ? It s a very good
story ? a capital story. As for General Jackson s
swearing, why, 1 do that myself, and there is no par
ticular barm In it, in there?"
" That ain't it, General Pierce. Why do you tell
me this story? It's to hurt my feelings, eh ? Of
course it is, and I say you are downright ungraterul.
Wbat did 1 tell you to throw yourself upon the church
and become pious for? To give you political
strength, was it not? I wanted you to bring up a
party, as you have got none; and now you tell me
this anecdote of General Jackson, which Forney
tells you, in order to throw cold water upon my re
commendation, and to ridicule all my efforts. I don t
like it."
*' Well, Sam Green, if you choose to get in a pas
sion about such a trifle, 1 can't help it; but I w?n!t
quarrel with you. I have made up my mind. You
eny I have got no political party. May be I have
not; but I'll see the Presbyterians, Episcopalians,
Methodists, Catholics, and the whole brood so far in
hell that twenty yoke of oxen can't pull them out,
before I will endeavor to make a political party out
of such materials. I despise 'em.
44 You do, eh ? and I'll tell you what, with your
drinking, sweariDg, aud playing dominoed witb
Charley Abel, you will be denounced in every pulpit
in the thirty-one States, before a year bus pawed
and gone."
44 You forget one thing, Mr. Green."
" What is that, sir ?"
" That I have been made President by the peo
ple, and I cannot be unshipped until March 4, 1857.
That's about three years hence, I believe."
" Unfortunately that is too true; but before three
{ears more have passed, you, Mr. President, will
now more than you do now."
" What will I know in particular?'
" The power of the Press."
44 Bah f Sam. As long as the Boston Post and
Charley Green stick to me, I don't care a fiddler's
damn tor the rest." Here a note was brought in,
which the President read; and as soon as ho had
done so, he added : 4 That old mad cat Marcy is down
stairs, and 1 must bid you good bye, Sam. Don't go
away angry; wait until I get on my pants and coat,
and I will go as far as the head of the stairs with
you." He did so, and I trod my way in gloomy
bilence down stairs, and ont of the front portals.
The Man Wot Nominateo Fkakk Pierce.
1
Scarcity of Seamen.
Mb. Bkhxkit?
You ace the press is complaining? and justly ? that wo j
have \ory few suilors. Wages for good men have got op ]
to $2o per month. Venscla are detained, ( loaded, 1 and '
ran't get men. If a t'rignto now wanted a crew, they j
could not be had. Three-fourths of tlio sailor* in our ,
]>< r'n are fore ^ni ra, nnd hundreds are detained In Eu- !
rope to man the foolish, French, Spiuiish and Dutch ,
nmies. We hate tui, thousand boys in the Atlantic cities j
out of atcady or regular employment, nhoftould go to :
nn, and in two or threo years make gooij aailor.i ; bat |
they are prevented liy tlie impolitic "babv act." It is \
time we did Homo thing in the way of making seamen. '
Will you, Mr. liennett, take the mihject Into cotuddefa- '
tioB, and ffive us ono of your pointed, able articles on tho i
subject of this letter? You will thereby do a g.-eat good, \
receiT* the thanks of the merchants, shipmastera and >
navy officers, and serve, in tho end, tlious.iadi of young
lada who want to go to si'a. I think every registered ves
sel should take at least one apprentice. This would be a
great move toward* crenting seamen. It is time to wake |
up Congress on this subject.
AN OLD CORMWrO-VDENT.
Tun Syracusk Criohton Tfrtimovial. ? A few
weeks since somo of the public spirited citizens of Syra
cure rubscribed money for tho purpose of bo.itowrlng
upon the principal rescner of tho surviving panengfM of
the San franclsco, a suitable testimonial of tholf e,teom.
-Accordingly, a handsoffle silver pitcher hai b<en pre
pared, and is now ready for premutation, faring tho
following inscription: ?
0900e00000000c090c000009939
o To o
o CAPT Boi'WT ('RIOnTOX, o
o of the o
o Ship Threo Belle, o
o of o
o Glasgow, Scotland, o
o From tbe citizens of Syracuse, United ?tate4, ai o
o rocmi rial of tlicir admiration of iiin gallant ?? If le- o
o ToledncuM in rescuing tho passengers on board the o
o ateamsldp San 1- rnneiseo. o
o 1 Re of good cheer. " o
oooocoooooooocoooooocoooo so
The Rteamcoat I, aw a Dead Lxrrr.it is tub
Wwi*kn Kivtras. ? We lenrn that some ateainers a re
liccnsidto carry steam twenty degree* higher tlinn al
lowed by l.,w ; that a atearaer carrying passenger*, ir?
?tead of haviu^a metallic life boat, is provided only with
? wooden yawl; that on many boats the pumpi, vlileh,
with bote, are required to iio in recline. s in caM of the.
arc blocked up with freight; that in the ben. Bern, that
sunk below Memphis on the 4th of January, thel.fe-boat
was cn tho lower deck, an I as ihe boat sank with great
rapidity, it could no!, be of any use to the passnn ,?ra;
thbt some steamers fitted out under the Unl'ed States
law of 1*38, and Bot permitted to e^irry passengers, have
been lined ifiOO each ai d ( osts; others now transgrcaning
the ssme salutary Uw should profit by their example.?
oinrtnMti Gvxu* , Marsh 29, ?
Tht BmllUn HbiMcr1! Orud BnU ?t Wub>
tngton.
Wamewotok , Mareh 2*, MM.
Diplomatic lulls, though usually the moat elegant and
not the leMt numerous iu Washington, have thU winter
been completely tabooed till lut evening, when the Bra
zilian Minister gave the first gTand entertainment of the
season, in honor of the birthday of tlie Empreee of
Braail.
For several yean it had been the custom of the lata j
Russian Minister, U. Boduco, to give a grand ball on the
anniversary of the birthday of hi* imperial master, when i
hie elegant lady, an American, lent an additional charm
to the bountiful hospitality which was dispensed. Don <
Calderon de 1a Barca, the late Spanish Minister, gave de
lightful soirees, at which all the beauty of Washington
congregated. M. Sartigoa, the French Minister, the win
ter before lait, previous to his marriage, also gare a very
large ball. Thin season, howover, the diplomatic corps
have not issued cards at all, with the ixcoption of the
fitt which we will endeavor to describe.
The cards of Invitation, which were engraved perfectly
plain, read as follows: ?
ooooooooocoooooooooosoooooc
o o
o I.e Ministre du Bivzil et Mmc. do Carvalho Mo- o
o reira prient de leur faire l'honneur de venir o
o passer cliei eux la soiree vcndredi, 24 Mars, a 9 o
u heurs. o
o On dansera. o
o o
oooooootfoeoeooooooooooooooo
It is understood that some 1,609 invitatioos were is
sued.
As a matter of course, all Washington ? that is, all the
fashionable portion of it ? was in a delightful state of
excitement. Young ladies dreamed of the conquests
they were sure to ma l.e, old beaux flattered themselves
that beauty would smile graciously upon thom, whilst
fond papas regarded with satisfaction the large bills
which their dear girls ran up at Hooper's and other
fa- luoctible stores, llere and there boujo very "good"
per.- on might whisper that it was Lent ? and Friday at
that; but the individual, whoever it might be, was iu
ktautly frovMied down, and his temerity rebuked. Ho
-ides, was not the Brazilian Minister a Catholic, and
would lie give a hall if lie did not know it was perfectly
correct and pro) cr? The morning of the 21th at length
arrived, and many a beauty doubtless said: ?
" Oh! how impatieace grows upon my soul!
AV hen the long-promised hour of joy draws near,
How flow the iardy moments seem to roll!"'
The residence of tho Brazilian Ministor I.) on tbo corner
of K and Twenty-third streets, overlooking Georgetown,
ll has been occupied by tho Chilian Minister, anil re
cently by Mr. Crampton, tho British Minister.
Washington is celebrated for tho poorness of its
houses; but the one in question is porhaps the
best adapted for tho purposes of entertainment of any
in the city. All the rooms on the lirst floor were thrown
open, and, tho doors being removed, formed an elegant
suite of six apartments loading in to each other. Tire
halls and rooms were filled with exotics, and tho whole
house being brilliantly lighted with gas, the effect was
indescribably beautiful. At the door were servants in
rich scarlet liveries, who ushered tho guests into the dis
robing apartments up stairs. Madame de Carvalho Mo
reira received hor friends in the centro parlor. She was
dressed in blue and white brocade, with feathers to
match. By her side stood the Minister and his brother,
Mr. Audrada, tho Secretary of Legation, both dressed in
full court costume. Passing onward, you reached the ball
rocm, a fine apartment, running the whole length of the
house. The scene here at any time after ten o'olock
was brilliant in the extreme, and the quadrille, the waits,
polka, and ?cliottische, were kept up till a late hour.
A long room was fitted up at the back of the house,
and which communicated with all the rooms. Ilere were
numerous tables, cach attended by waiters, who dispensed
coffee, tea aud refreshments during tho evening.
Among the distinguished persons present we noticed
nearly all the diplomatic corps in full court dress; the
French Minister, the Count do Sartlgos; Mr. Crampton,
the British Minuter', General Almonte, the Mexican
Minister; Chevalier Hulaeman, the Austrian Minister;
Baron tirabon, acting Prussian Minister; Chevalier George
deir'ebbern, Minister of Sweden and Norway ; Scnor Don
Jose de Marcoleta, the Nicaraguau Minister; Senor De
Ostua, Peruvian Minister, &c.
It was noticed that very few Senators or members wore
present. Of the Senate we observed Judge Douglas, Sen
ators Jones, Gwin, Kilipatrick, Shields, and Brodhead.
Among the members were Messrs. Clingman, Ketteridge,
Aiken, and Banks. Commodores Sloat and Ballard, U. S.
N., were in attendance, as also several officers of the ar
my and navy in uniform. 01' the Cabinet we saw but two
? Mehsrs. Jefferson Davis and Dobbin.
But who cares to hear auything about the men who
were present!' With nil their uniforms and decorations
they were at best but tho sombre hue which set off to
greater advantage tho beauty and brilliancy of the gen
tler sex.
" Oh, woman ! who?o form and whose soul
Are the sp<ll and the light of each path wo pursue;
Whether sunn'd in the tropic/", or chill'd at the polo,
If vvi man be there, there Is happiness too."
We will not pretend to give a liat of all who were there
? nor must it be for a moment supj-osed that those not
mentioned were a whit less beautiful than those we men
tion. We merely givo the initials of a few whom we
ilianced to notice.
Mrs. G s, of Washington, wore a magnificent pink
silk, embroidered, and richly trimmed with lace.
Mrs. McC? ? d, wife of the Secretary of the Interior,
wa? becomingly dressed In straw colored brocade.
Mrs. B k, of Va., looked as interesting as a bride,
as she last winter appeared as a young lady,
Mrs. C? t, of the British legation, was one of the
most elegaut and distingue ladies present. We regret to
learn that she intends soon to return to England, and
leave a blank in Washington society.
Mrs. O? ? d, of Washington, was charmingly dressed,
and her society was much sought after by those who ap
preciate brilliancy and wit.
Madame Almonte, wife of the Mexican Minister, mag
nificently dressed in blae brocade, and sparkling with
diamonds.
Mad? me M a, an English lady, wife of the Nicara
guan MinUter.
Mrs. Governor A ? n, ofS. C., was as distinguished as
usual.
Mrs. C s, and Mrs. B e, of Kentucky.
The tpirituel Mrs. B n, of Tenn., was very hand
somely dressed.
Of the young ladies, Miss Ada S h, of Washington,
was dressed in white, and looked as lovely as usual.
" She seises hearts, not waiting for oonient,
Like sadden death, that snatches nnpreparod:
Like fire from heaven, scarce seen ao soon as f?lt."
Miss G s, of Baltimore, a very pretty girl, robed in
white, with Egyptian lilies in her hair.
Miss C e, another Baltimore beauty, dressed in ex
cellent taste.
Mis* A ?, of Ohio, a face a painter might dwell
upon.
Miss g w, of Boston, a voluptuous beauty. Dress
pink, and feathers.
Miss W y, of New Hampshire; a very elerant
looking girl.
Misa G s, of New Orleans; exquisitely dressed; on*
of the brightest and sweetest girls at the ball. Brilliant
in conversation a* she is beautiful, it was not surprising
that she received great attention.
" She was a form of life and light,
That, seen, became a part of sight,
And r^e where'er I turned mine eye."
Her sister, Mrs. Sara. W d, was perhaps the most ex
pensively and richly drossed lady present ? in her can*,
certainly, the sparkling diamonds which adorned her
lovely person were but adding
'? Sweets to the sweet."
The Mlsseg g .y, of Cincinnati, gave convincing
evidence that the reputation which their city acquired
here last winter for beauty doe* not depend upon the
recollection* of the absent.
Miss g? t, of Washington, looked very lovely, and
wan much admired. Her aiater, lire. W n, waa very
richly dressed.
kiiss C d, of liogton, and Uisa MtO r, of Waah
Irgton, were becomingly dressed, a* also tu Minn
C h.
Hit* C n, of New York, iu superbly attired in an
elegant dregs of tulle and pearl*, sent her from Paria.
All** C 1, of Alabama, (laughter of one of the Jndgea
of the Supreme Court, wa* dressed with becoming dim
i lie It y.
f> nn tor Brodhead brought two young ladieg, Miig M ? n
and liiss I. ? t.
?I. on. Jame* Buchan&n'a beautiful niece, Miaa L ,
wag also present.
'Ihe Mist eel. ? '*, of Baltimore, were the handsomest
ladles in the room.
Mil a W ? d, rather a *tyli*h young lady, daughter of
Doctor W ? d, o! Baltimore.
MireS? n, of Waghlngton, and Mia* W? ?, aI*o of thia
city. .
The fdxif nnd interesting Mia* II? t, of Brooklyn, waa
simply and laatefully dressed.
At twelve o'clock the aupperroom up 'taira waa thrown
open, and terrapin', oyater*, champagne, Ac., were dis
cussed in great abundance. It wa* astonishing to aee
what de*t ruction delicate female* can create in a aupper
room, Tall, of Slgnor Blits I HI* mysterious disappoar
anceg were nothing to what could be *een aftor twelve |
o'clock la?t night; and jet the cry wa* "Still they come.'' i
But our boat and hostess wore too much for the hungry j
army. Abundance wa* there, and fa*t a* the edible* wero |
destroyed fresh di?he* rarae to supply their places. Aa I
for the champagne, it flowed like water, though, strange
to relate, it* effects were noticed to b* simewhal, I* one
or two instance*, different from that which usually fol
lows a liberal allowance of the latter beverage. After
supper dnuclog wa* nsimed, and V.ept un till nearly four
o'clock. Every per on wa* pleased fit the elegance and
(ante displayed by the Minister and his lady, and there
was butoue opinion? that It wa* the hall of the aea.toa.
PtntiTC "Ewendituhbs. ? Tlio following is an ex
tinct from a elr ular letter addreved by the Hecretary
ol tl.e Interior to tho several bureiu* in hi* department,
en the subject of government e*pendltures>?
" V I enevcr tl;o department submits to Congr^j* its
egtiniate* of tie amounts required for gjieclHc object*,
nnd Congre-s appropriates the rum aakod for. or *#e*
prop?r 10 curtail it, the Ksecntlve departm?nt* havo no
warrant of law fir involving the Treasury beyon 4 tho
appropriation; and if the full amount onkod lor be not
appropriated, and the public service be Injured, or even
suspended, the responsibility will rest with Congress, and
not with the def artment* . and it ig my determination not
to fall in the <ll?clisrge of "O plain a duly as keeping Uip
expenditure* of my department within the appropria
tion*. Of enure, when appropriation* are found to be
inadequate, it i* the duty of the department to make
known the fact to Congres*, and th'- causes, ae far a*
they may be known; but thig necessity msy be avoided
in a great decree, Md I desire that H shall he."
On Um Topic of the Day.
TO THIS BDmm or Til HERALD.
Tb? all absorbing question of the day ? slavery and *4
radon of slavery in theUnlted 8tate?? la ft subject whi^
h*a tormented for yean the philanthropic in yortioaa o(
the northern and western hemispheres.
We are exceedingly sorry and grieved to see and heaf
the present exciting bill in Congress ? the eeiebrated "Ne?
braakft hill"? which, if not skilfully handled, may flnallj
lead to ft rapture, with the seceding of the South fans
this great and glorious Union ? a republic founded by on?
forefathers upon the strictest principles of liberty of ao^
tion, speech, and thought.
Now these United Statea are common property, aa eoclS
State is taxed for the rapport of the Union. By what
right, then, are restrictions to be put upon the Southerner!
Is it to be expected, because he ia the owner of (riftvee, h&
is to bo confined to any particular portion of the State*,
and that he Is not to l>e allowed the same privilege o?
moving fttm one section of the country to another witla
his pnpi rtv, it' it should so please him f We might <ay
his proportion of Uie general taxation for the support oC
thin Union men be pri nter than that of any other por
tion of the Stairs, bis consumption must be greater.
That slavery is a came, handed down to us by our fa*
thers, many a South-rner will acknowledge; but tbftt ill
id also a necemary ovil i- equally irue.
It has sorely vexe : us to sec iliat so many ministers of
, tlie gospel have so fur derogated t rom their calling, and
1 arrogated to themselves the power (,f invoking the ven
' gennce of our Heavenly Father upon tlio pungiif tha
| Xcbi'Bbka bill, when, according to our reading of tha
Scriptures, we liave never yet discovered one passage pro
: hibitlrg slavery: foi when the children of Israel wera
! brought forth from Egypt out^f the house of bondage^
I they were expressly forbid U u To purchase one of theie
, ovu brethren, or to use him or her as bondservant*,
i but they were permitted to buy from the stronger,
and to La' o them for a possesion and an inherit
ance for their children, to be their boudmeu for
! ever. In the "Epistle of Paul to Philemon," does h?
1 not return him his slave, Ones'mua, noi wishing to de
1 prive him of his services, but with a recommendation to
tieat him kindly l" We will not trouble our readers wills
what they must nil Me familiar, the history of the Bible,
hut C' nt in le u lit ? 1 further with our subject.
Were the Sooth to rise up?? matte with mutual con
sent to Mm rat" their slaves, wli-t is to become of theiu'i
They are morally unft' to exer themselves for their own
individual supp. rt; they would necessarily become a bur
den and uuisance to this country. But perhaps tho
Duchess of Sutherland, with the high horn dames oC
England who taUe to deep an interest in tho poor blact
slave of this co intry, with Mis. H. Be .-cher Stowe at tha
head of the ?h< litiouists in th ?;--c State, would then opea
their purse st i ii.f i :nl nobly c me forward to the as
siMance of the poor nepi. ? 'hough we should say ia
tuiiiaca-e, wh.it i to become of your cotton crops,
yoni c?nsum< r of to" \r hu ;?r, &c.. tie.f for tho
white man, it is well .known, is c ns itutionally unlit
and has not the statnln i to withstand the heats and ma
laria of thotc clones
We would advise all the abolitionists to ?"case front
purchasing the c? tton, Roger, tobacco, kc., that are pro
duced by the Work of the sl.ive, which idea, probably,
has never entered their miwis. Among tho iumy an
noyances they 1 inve em! avi r <1 to heap upon the head
of the Southerner, it i..". ' t: 'ud t> further their plans of
liberating their j oor fellow cienturos, and in the end
they migl.t ho so i . .r ? unate as to have the black assisting
in the Legislature ol these United States, and perhaps,
??. en her President, at some future day, from among
them.
Notwithstanding tlie subject of slavery is absorbing so
much of the attention of ib' woild at lar^e, particu
larly in this country and I n ;lnnd, some years ago, whea
England ormplained to t e United States of her luke
warmness in suppre don of tho slave trade on tho coasft
of Africa, they wrr reminded of a case much nearer
their cannon's mo'itli, on the coast of Borbary, when a
Christ en (lag was prevented from embarking from ninety
to a hundred slave* just armed from the interior oC
Afiica, in a sirnll Greek crart, by the United States Con
sul and Agent accredited to the Hot ancy of Tripoli, whiclx
event took place at Bengase a seaport in that regency,
and which had been tlie llrst attempt ever made to put &
stop to that traffic Ui that quarter of Africa, though it id
only from ninety-live to one hundred miles from Malta.
These poor miserable creatures were constantly driven by
the door of the Consul-General, in droves, like cattle, to
irarket; and when tlie American Consul, by force of arms,
prevente 1 the eml ark tion of those slaves, and cause<l
them to bo set at liberty and assist,] to return to theic
country, there was a huomid try of amazement among
the different consulates, and it was asserted by many than
the Consul would certainly b? recalled for so bold an act.
It was, however, quietly sanctioned by tho United State*
government, which found itself lucky in having such ?
case to refute the charge of Ur< at Britain. Tho Consul,
however, received the than!<s of Kin ft Otho, through Sic
Edmund Lyons, th n British Minister at that court,
i Wo are extremely si rry to find it was the widow
! of that officer who so lately applied to Congress for
assistance to aid her in the support and edn
1 cation cf his children, and wait refused, upoa
tha ground that there was nothing to substantiate
her claim. We should think the archives of the State de
partment would afford proof suflu imt of the high and
honorable manner in which ihat officer always acted to
support the dignity of his co.n.try, and that, too, in
case ol thegreatest difficulty, which ought to have been
sufficient proof, and that the word of his widow should
have been sufficient not to ha\e loft her and ids children
to the cold and j itile-? sco'n of t'ue world. We say more
particularly when, through t'.at itariugand bold act, ha
was the means of exciting tha jealousy of the Kngliidi
Consul General, who immediate ly took measures, through
his government, by sending consular agents resident to
the t-'ultsn at Bornon, and other [daces In the interior of
that portion of Africa, to try, by treaty, if they could
not put a stop to that horrid traffic of their selling cach
other for slaves. In 1848, F. II. Gilbert, now Sir Hast
ing* Gilbert, then Vice Cousul at Bengasi, was sent Con
sul to Alexandria. Egypt, with f iill powers to preveut all
English subjects from holding slaves, though there ar?
stiu many under English protection who endeavor to
"whip the devil around the stum,)" hv lndding them ia
the narno of somo Turk. We would simply a'k ono
question before we finish vis. : has England or I- ranee
benefitted her white or blnck population By the libera
tion of their slaves In the West Indies t W de*
cidedly, no I
\iw Patent* Iseaed.
List of patent's issued from the United States Patent
Office, for the week ending March 21 ? each bearing that
date :? _ _
Victor Beaumont, of New York, N. Y ? For improve^
machine for distributing types.
Henry Green, of Ottawa, 111. ? For improvement id
grain and grots harvesters Ante-dated Sept. 21, 18&3.
Ralph Hulk ley. of New Yorx, N. Y. ? For improvement
in compounds iorextiujruiehlijg fires.
Daniel Moore, of Now York, N. Y., assignor to Geo. 8.
( nmeri n, of Charleston, 8. C. ? For improvement in ma
chine for rubbing type.
F. C. Coffin, of New York, N. Y., assignor to Alfred B.
Fly. of Boi'on, Mans. ? For improvement in safe locks.
Ohadiah Marland, of Boh too, Mum. ? For improvement
in iron safes.
R. P. Benton, of Rochester, N. Y. ? For improved nv
chine in dressing spokes.
Jeremy W. Bliss, of Hartford, Conn. ? For improve
ment In lifting jacks.
Charles F. Appletnn, of Roxbury, Mass. ? For improve
ment in process for dyeing.
? Aug's C. Cary and Jer'li Fmith, of Ipswich, Mui.-a
For improved hydraulic engine.
Dexter H. Chamberlain, of Boston, Mass. ? For im*
provemtat in scre>v-wr? nclies.
Thos. Carpenter, Of Manilas, N. Y.? For improvement
in concaves of hullcrs.
( has. H. Fonde nn<l Thos. B. Lyons, of Mobile, Ai?.?
For Improvement inOredping machines.
J. L. Garlington, of Snapping shoals, Ga. ? For im
provement in grain thi eshers.
Chas. W. Ilawkes, of Boston. Mass.? For Improvement
in nippers for printing presses.
Philip II. Kelts, of Hudson, N. Y. ? For improvement
in harvesters.
Jordan L. Mott, of New York, N. Y. ? For improvement
in railroad ear wheels.
Ambrose Nicholson, of Toland, N. Y. ? For improvf
ment in self- fastening shutter hinge*.
J. G. Shands, of St. Lonis, Mo. ? For improve meat
machines for dressing mill stones.
C. V. Ament, of Dar.iville, N. Y. ? For improvement!
devices for preserving hens' eggs In the nest.
David A. Mo it is, of Pittsburg, Pa.? For improvemc^
In anti friction boxes.
Charles T. Apple ton, of Roxbury, Mass. ? For improve
ment In dyeing apparatus. Patented in England, Jan. 7,
1864.
David A. Cameron, of Butler, Pa.? For Improvement
in bolt saws.
Thomas Dougherty, of Eric, Pa.? For improvements in
?hoe lasts.
George W. Livermore, of Carobridgrport, Mass ? For
improvement in machinery for making barrels.
fnmuel McKenne. or Cincinnati, Ohio.? For Improve
ment In portable mete. I punches.
David & Herman W..lf, of Lebanon, Pa.? For improve
ment in feed planters.
Alexander Wilbur, of iAncaater, Pa.? For Improve
ment in machines for jointing stavm.
Alexander Wilbur, of Lancaster, Pa. ? For improve
ment in eroiing machines.
Hi i man Gardiner, of New YoTk, N. Y? For improve
mrnt In quarts crullers. Patected in England, July 9.
186R.
Jehn W Brown, of Hertford, Coon., assignor to Samuel
M. I'olsom, of Charlestown, Mass. ? For rotary maoo th
ing iron.
Desipn. ? Jrhn F. Allen and Joseph Stewart, of Phila
delphia, Pa., assignors to North, t hase and North, et
same placi ? for design for storey
A STOUK ROBfKD AND Bl'RNKD IN LOUISTOM ?
?fl,o<K) SroiJBf? $fU'00 w"ktti or Goods Dkthwcd. ? Be
tween tbr?e and four o'clock yesterdny morning, the
store ef Messrs. MoNulty ? Owen, dealers In fancy and
sta| la dry goods, on Mar: et street, between Floyd an<|
Preston, was entered by b irglar:; and robbed of between
$7,000 and $3, (.00. The thieTes effected entrance threugb
the cellar. Tlie money was deposited in a tin box, in tn#
de?k. The scoundrels, after getting all the money that
could be tound, set fire to the lious" and left When tho
alarm of fire wss given. Mr. Edward McNulty, who "leph
in the second story of the building, got up, end west
down stairs with a campbeno lamp In hie kut. H#
rushed into the store room, *ben the lamp fell, and tha
door suddenly closed. The flames had by this tim*
gained such headway that Mr. McNnlty began to look
ii round for tone means of e<c*;e. Be made several
effort* to open the front >!oora, but without success. H*
ft nail v got out at the back <loor, but was terribly burned
In the rate and on the hands. The firemen soon arrived
on the spo; and suh.li ed the fl" me a, but not tan til ths en*
tJi e stock of t noil it as destroyed.
Mr. McNi lfy Inforuiu us tbat his store was attem^te?
to be entered before. The money roten cons*sted pria*
rip, nil, of $100 b lis ou the i'armers' Bank of Kentucky,
There were ?l?o ab< ut $1,000 In email IndUna, Ohio, ao?
TVi *es*ec bills. Mr. McNulty b.-d rrceutly drawn th?
nione^ from bank for tlio purpose of going Ka?t to bu^
n new stock of goods. He thinks that some porsons whei
saw hiin tal.e ti.c< money out of hank were i Ueperpetra?
t, it of the robbery. A reward of $1,000 is offered foC
their apprehension.
Thes'ock of mode destroyed by the Are was valued at
from $f,0ii0 to $9,000, on *hich there was Insurance of
$4,u00, divided equally between the Globe Mid Firemen Q
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