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crime in the metropolis.
p>.F >f>n p r ons In the Tombs on ChirgN
mft1nn>*r, fl*mlrl..e o?d Art u?il Vult to
(tr < nuuU Oil*. iV.
the rou>i er?f trm"? now confined In the Tombi on
Cbarfc vt rnu <ler, homicide aud arson, is unusually large,
mod pret tots a picture ef crime truly lamentable. Already
of the prnoaera t.avo been conrhted of lie capital
tSmcr, and two of tho n-imber arc ua Jor sentenro o#
Araib. KfWUly ocr teporter paid a Ylilt to lb* city
priavii, where, through tbo politeness of the wardca and
(be keepers, he was shown the various petrous now ooa0?ed
there cn charge of marder, arson and homicide,
the Ornt , er?cn that attracted our notice on the murderer *
corridor was
,1AU*8 STBPIIIN9,
ewvicW of ths murder if bis wife, Sophia, by adnslnisIcrnf
U> her ar mic. Th prisoner, it will bs recollected,
ts now andtr f tcure oi' i.eath, thi elocution to take
efiect ?o tie 2Cth proximo. Re is daily Yiflited by
bis, rkrtcr and olhtr re'atlTOO, who bold out tho
hope thut a n w trial will soon bo granted him.
the Sieph:ns fuse Is so fresh in tho memory of
wr readers Wat a reiapituUlton of the facta
at tbis (tage is entirely unnecessary. It is but a few
weeks ago biboo h> was tried, onnyicted and centenced to
be executed. The prisoner K>ars his situatiju with more
Mun ordinary flrmi ejn,doggedly refusing 10 be moved by
Bra near approach of the fatal day, and eTinciag a determination
to protect his itiooctuce to the last. An application
for a writ of error ami stay of proeceuiugs was made
y?sterriay in behalf of Stephens, and a decieton on the
oikm w ill be rendered in a day or two.
QCIMBO APPO,
Tke Cb mitotan ronr.cied of tho murder of Mr?. Miry
VMl.'Der, at ino. 47 umcr sireev, on uie em amino, uucuptcc
one of lb# condemned cells. The prisoner has not yet
keen ecttnoed, but it is probable thst bis case will come
fi belore the Court of Oyer and Terminer at an early day.
Appo'* cafe is a poen.iar one, and tats already excited the
lympatby of many icllnenlial p rsons in big behalf. The
prisoners wife wan an intemperate woman and food of
keeping company crn'rary to bis express desire.
Ftadmg her intoxieatod on hit return boma
? the even.uk ?.f the Eth of Mxrcb, be
enmen-cd to abnfo her. A number of women,
tauten of the tous among tbe number the de eased,
a to the rescue of Mrs. Appo, whoa the prisoner, in a
omen! cl patfion, pit feed a eiapger oU the bureau and
jrtabbed Mrs. Kletcbcr, killing her almost instautty. The
prisoner then tied, but was soon afterwards arrested an J
committed to the Tombs. The jury, in convicting Appo,
reoamuH cc'cd him to the mercy of the Court, and already
majority of that body, together with the District Attorney,
have signed a petition for a commutation of the
Mtetice. The probability Is tlist the poor Celestial's life
will be spsred, and that Lo will spend the remainder of
kta days in Su,g Sing.
JAMBS SnSPHEltD.
The prisoner was convicted of arson in the first degree,
1b kavmg set fire w his dwelling bouse and burned up his
wtfe. Shepherd ooenpied a frame bouse in the upper part
?t the island, which was insured. Ontbo22d of Septomfew,
1857, he was committed on charge of arson,
was tried, convicted and sentenced to be executed
a the Sth of February. A stay of proceedings was
Mained by Ms counsel, and an effort was raide to got a
turn trial. The ma'ler is still In the Courts, anil whej it
will be finally adjudicated upon no one seems to know.
Al one time the prisoner pretended to be insane, but flndlag
tbe ru.'e did not work us well as he expected, he
kanAoned it. ,
MICHAEL FLYNK
li charped with the murder of Freeman Cutting on tbo
5th of December lait, at a hooso of ill fame iu Roosevelt
street, by stabbing bim in tbe nock with a dirk knife. In
this case, the District Attorney thought proper to accept a
plea of manslaughter in the third degr*?,but the preoner
teettaed to ucei>l the offer ol lheSUVc.mi l put him.-vjif
Mi trial for bis life. Tho jury found him guilty of rnan taofchtcr
in the first degree, and the probability now 1?
that be will be seut to Singling for ten or Miami years. T'ao
j/r\- oner was rather nnturky in not accepting tho otter of
tot District Attorney, as he might have got ofT Willi two
m three jours Impriaonmant. Now the minimum pun'iabment
Is ten yeirs, and it miy be extended far .be term of
feds Mural life.
Wit. EFDY JCOORE.
the priwner is charged with the cruel mu'de- of John
Tu Wart, on the -9th of March, at No. 41 W ?rtii street.
SM prisoner mirrifd a former mistress of Vaa Wart's
aad lived with ber quit* happily until (be deceased re
tHMd from sea and renewed his acqnintanc 3 w.tb the
woman. Jealousy then took possession of his s .ul, aad
he determined to avenge himself upon the author of bis
ttoery. Meeting with Van Wart one Bight in a drinking
place in Worth street he assaulted him with a knife.
She wound proved fatal, and the prisoner was arrest; i on
ehargr of wilful murder.
BESSY KAUAK, ALTAR CIIKAP JOTIS,
to ctArg+<l with tr&oa in the first der-ee, in setting Are
k> tbo premises So. 133 Pbat'jam ulrocl, for the purpose
at ektaining tho insurance n ocey. T!ie prisoner was
placcd on trial abont a week but the jury failed U
?grr+ and wore discharged Ft ce then the Recorder has
tignifled bis wlUiagMM to ?i'"w lb? prisoner t# go at
large open bail, and fiZ'd tbe amount at t2.6M.
Ik* evidence against Um privonei" is purely circumstanfcal,
and it is rery duubtf.i if be will ever b# convicted.
JOHN D. mourn.
1m this ewe tbe prisoner Is charged with tbe murder of
Shwlea J. Sturges, at No. 30 flowery, on tbe 2sth of
Bamh Tbe prisoner kept a cc.Tand cake saloca it the
stove number. Sturges en.ar^d t'le kitchen, where
yrtoooer war at work, and commenced skylarking, irh.a
PTtohmt ordered bim out. Not complying witb the deasasd,
the proprietor snatched up a revolver ani repealed
the ardor Still Sturges refused to leave the premises,
When the prisoner fired at bitn, inflicting a mortal wound.
It to not likely thai tbe prisoner will be convicted of murder,
as there aryears to have been much provocate
tor the ratal assault.
JKAS B09QU15T,
tetter known by lb* appellation of "Monkey Man," '
accnpiee a cell next door to Stephen*. The
prteoncr murdered an Italian named Martin da San
tea, at No. 17 Baxter etr< el, on tb? night of December 20, I
ky atat b.ng blm in tbe breaat with a dirk kDife. Bo?<(uel
Mfced Do ttantet U> treat blm, when tbe latter refused,
?t applied tome opprobrious epithet to the priaoner. Da
)j?soon left tbe premise*, but wa? followed by the
yrtaooer, and assassinated brfore he bad scarce reached
tbe sidewalk. Bouquet >1 a most revolting looking speclmd
?f humanity, and Is by nature a vicious creature.
Beaae persons think him inrane, but he manage* to con
verae quite sensibly with any one gifted with tbe kn?wMge
of bis native language.
JOHN AND KLI.KV LYNCH.
The prisoner* are charged with tb* murder of a sailor,
Mrnd William F. Baker, In the month of February last.
A family quarrel led to tb? tragedy. The male prisoner and t
he deceased were brothers In law, and lived In the sans* j
kHM together They had some difficult? together, wh?n j
lynch drew a knife and stabbed hi* adversary to the
heart The wife of the prisoner was committed by the i
Ooroner as an accessory after the fact, and occupies the
MM cell with her husband.
JOHN AND J AMR? OLAAfl.
Ike prisoners are charged with the murder of Wilhe'm
Becker and Bichard Owens, at No. 21 Elm street, en
Batarday night, the 16th of January The prisoners, after
emmiUmg sundry acts of violence is Decker's house, re- ,
Wasted to Uie street, when they (lred at Vhe proprietor
trough the hall door, killing bim. A third shot was thaa
(Macbarged at Mr. 0w*ns, which caaeed instant death.
xwm rnaaaos uecapea, dui wri subsequently captured,
tbrough the exertions of Captain Howling, of the Sixth
yreclnct. Jamee Cilaae hu been conrietel of maniiaugliler
tm the drat degree Tor killing Mr. Decker, but bit brother
John baa yet to go through the ordeal of a trial.
JAMS* I.0FTT8, JOHN qCIHUN AND JAMBS BKJOTNS
an indicted (or being participator* in the Elm street
awders and alders and abettors in the crime. The prison
an were with the brothers Glass on the night tn quesMes.
bat how far they were Implicit*) In the murders
has net folly transpired. The accused hare been confined
tnee the lRtli of January. I-oftus is the present constable
ef the Sixth ward, and Is not more than twenty one years
af age. These prlsorers will not be put on trial until the
9km brothers are first disposed of.
ELIZABETH THOMrSOV.
fills prlaoner. it is alleged, causod the death of
krr bnftband John Thompson by cutting him m t?i?
taaiplc with an axe or broken tumbler. Tbe partiet
HTed on bad Wrm? with each other, and wer? continually
quarrtlllng and Intoxicated. Tha prleoncr'n daogbw-r, t
gtrt aboi.t eighteen yearn old, la the chief wit>i"? for
the prowcntion. Mrs. Thompson ?aa committed to the
*?mb? on Sunday lact.
THOMAS DOTY
t^aod* r barged with having raoaed th? death of a wo.
an named Bridget Kennedy, on Monday night, the 21?t
?f March, by b??ung her and inflicting eucb lujarie* m to
NEW TORE
mom death to a ftw bonn arter. tt? evidence if'1'* 1
the prUooer ii yiuj fcht, ana Ui* probability a that b# J
I Will 1>? atiytimed. i
) john m'dpnald, tub matricide. <
The latest aJdit.ua to the number of perams nWffsA ]
with murder in John McDonald, the fra'.rioilo. Tne pn.
i soLcr c belied his brother UkbMl to deuth at No SI Barter
trcct, on Friday mom lj?, and upon an *nv?*'.>xitioa by
the Coroner ?u committed te a*.alt the action of the
Grand Jury. The pr isouor a-Jmlts Iho killing, but say# n
nut uoiutetuteiial.
NEWSrAFEB ESTEttPKISE IN AIEEICJL
lta (trlgln, Its Pioneer and Leader?J?N
Ustrdou IV illicit mid th" New Y?rk l'rciu.
(KromUie New Yorfc l<eodt.r, April 23.]
Did you or or look over tbe oolite lion of the aistnrca!
Sciietjf Among its many cvioamea Uiere in uot'imj
moro curious than its collectics of old newspapers, those
brief al.st.acls end chromcUs of the times, U.tml>>t nulls
the poor cta^e players. l<et tbe historian discourse a*
(ti ve y ?s he may oi the bate!'.Igenoe of any f;i?on s|?-ejti >.f
modern li'Mory?let h'm puiut as rirtdJy ax be iuiy tlie
manners, tbe moral*, the tone of thought, of politics, of
buMB -s, of all that concern* tho pro jperltjr of tho time?
nlltw us to rummage among tho oews;>it .'rg of the period
be .'escribes, :.tid -*u ptraip htforfcunl put to the test
tlit- fidelity of bis views, and tbo accurary of h>a fact*.
What sort of people must our grandfathers, n.iy, <i*ea
cur lathers have been, to hire beeo contented for
their daily allowance of current lufjruiation with
SUCH smi.ll an?i III served morsels as wore doled out to
them in the journal* of Mr day*? Surely it is not i
for ub to impugn the inltsl.ipenco of our anca*tors. 1
We ate o>n 'ant y pointing to their wisdom ami pr.idenne '
as models for our own imitation, and lamenting ilio do ?
parti, re of these gooil old timos when pwple vera ho *
Bluet wiser and,U #iS<tora bo ukia to goo Iness, so much t
hater, Uutii .11 our ilig-uerate days. Bui it pui/i.;? us '
vaj-i y, wt' u comparing a uev.so?uer of the present tune I
with ono ef no ear'ier n period than tlnrtj ynara a*o, ?/> c
recetcile the ap;<arer>t contradiction of so tnur.h wtadu'.n ti
aid intelligence, and so nule to aaltfy it, ia I Lie ouui.nu- 11
blcn'.'o! F of li e daily ("-etf. ti
Ifar. g<od old Johnny I.antr, pagcsl of psragraphists. I
n'.ost soiemn I'ouiiter on the suae of the weather?we h ?1 d
do t'fciio: ophral mi rriam tnen. to turn tLo thermometer u
tit.' 'oiaturj??b?t a miracle of barrenness was presented u
:ti the pities of the (ijtz'Uf, albeit crammed with a Iver- b
tiscments, each in its proper pi it", aooord.ng to the strict n
I old fashioned aotions of propi n:ty. II
Idtittt venturingupon an editorial of ttore thana*<inare, ti
becauie it did not look like bu?in*vs, an I when to '
ex| ali.te in an att.cle of the fourth of a column, with 1'
wtat tolcr.u'ty were thoso representations given to the t
j world ! True, those " pithy paragraphs," while thiy hut
U. soul of *!i, ?<> far a* brevity concerned, coutd haid- *
ly be u' t of that soul P try otb r respect, and w.ire not t
a ways intelligible, envi*to the Initiated, wuo by d nt of H
ii?ry study t ?d bn ruj aceusiomod to their philosophical a
ictrua.ns of expres on. \Vh< Uier at the t! ig stairon the c
Mattery, whrre IVter Uaytrd In his juvenility mnist red "
to tbe merchant princes, who from that point oi" observa- ?
turn tooi. 4 teltscopie view of vessels arriving and depart '
tag?0' in the iate hour* of the evening meeting your com- l
mercial tuiroiii in your office in Usnorer square, and a
gravely o scouring on the state of the markets and ttie I1
laieanivaf?lliero was ever over you tbe samo placidity '
i of dillness, the bame equanimity of tfoubt. A gilded bust f
of FraDklln ailcrned th -nlracce of your news room. It ?
was in the <ia<s when Halleck tirst essayed to please thfl f
town with his playful ' Croakers," and the wicked wag '
wrote of you:? ii
Tate Frankln'sbust from olftlr> door, P
.and place thine own bead tbere : c
thereby ictlmatm? that as tbe bust of Frank'in was carved t:
from a b'ock of wood, the substitution of your own ia Its p
place would not be inappropriate. In the courso of years a
I>octor William Turner, a son of your partner and a ten- t
I tleman of education, carae into your tifilce ar ane l'to"ial c
! assistant. The ambitious voun* Dootor na 1 an aspintiM o:
common to young editors, of a ring his vocabulary in your b
coUimtiB, and of editorializing in somewhat boi ler form u
and at greater length than ti:ul characterized your n?i ?i
important lucubrations. But the poor Doctor's ambition n
was nipped in tbe bud. "I'ithy paragraphs, Ocvitdr," Bii'i tr
the venerable Lang, "tbey look like business, and oditori- pi
als crowd out advertisements;" and tho aspiring Do.'tor U:
wns compelied to clrcumtcnbe his articles to tho dtmcn- as
sions of a square or two. Tbe same rule* was afterwa-ds co
preset ib> dto Kobert lang, the son of the veteran editor, di
and he, though a man of some disposition to sprightiineg*, p.
c o?..?ll? rtn?. K<l? K ?..J... .?
'1 w. u'liiurn, lUltll
had bccome ibe inexorable rule of tho GaieUe tb
HoncH John lADg! H was the great fire that prog- c!<
trated him. as he feared that it hail prostrated the com- Iii
mercial prosperity of his dearly beloved city; ao<l the Jc
"pithy para* raphs,'7 all of his own inveutlon, -'oon Icn^w |?i
1 no more the cunumg band that hid indited thorn. Ha of
itood upon the verse of a period or doubly quickeosd br
act.vily of progress, to keep up with which hia aiow m?a- to
! *ured steps were unequal, and bis pen^ja already begin- st
tnng to get giddy with tbe wnirl, he passed awny, am.Klcl pi
of honesty and simplicity, a gentlemm of the old dchool, pi
1 so "content to dwell In secresies forever," that auvihlng cr
' bejoui the (>ale of consecrated dullLuas seemed to alia au Ft
i to proprit tj. m
But look again upon the columns of the Gazette. Whit di
a change where we had looked upon change as an impos. a
nihility. tidiwrials balf a column?nay, come of them ex- ti
i tending to i veu a column m length, suarkliog with life, si
pointed with antithesis, raney gurnet itn. a, and o'.'ten witty, e>
I though the effort at wiialrilla too apptrent.and lhosranrt- w
nefs anmewbat siraiued. An.lall th.gintao doar, good, l *
stupid old Gazette. One would have tbo;ight ibat tin very ?
types woulu nave rebelled at their no# juxtaposition. h
The thought of tbe Oatette becoming a sprightly paper b
wu? a? Ptariling as the id^a ol Watts" psa'ms interleaved s<
with Moore's nieiodics, an the ehnrob organ bursting forth b
in Yankee Doodle, as a merry Andrew in the pulpit, as a p
jest tt a !antral, it wan Daniels, formerly of tho u
Ontrter and t.nquirer, who entertained us with thij) daily Et
disb of " smartness." But it could not lust. All this no# s(
sort of thing was very wall in its pi tee. b.u the semirn';at
was equally j^rvading tnat tbe old Ga:*tt was not the n>
place for it. (i entertained no old atbscribors, for it was w
j not in their line of thought. It gain*!-! no new ones, for lei
by this time a new spirit had beg in to animate the pres*, at'
I to compete with winch tbe newly awakened vi^or of th? of
6*u?ftewas but as child's play. It had to die, whether of
under tfce burden of (he gravities of Bactc, or tho gaieties op
of l>si?iels. And so it die-i and parsed away, not in such lo
garb of solemnity as it would have worn under the minis- be
tration of the elder I.aEg, but it passed away in motley, ex
its giavitita subsiding iuto ill adapted Jests, and its .puts vr<
unheeded. tal
We have selected tho Gazette a3 a typ^ of many paners illi
of the rame school, the marvel of which is, that iu an cli
intelligent comtnunty they could butre lived ao long. wi
The old Mercantile Adrvrtitcr, under the directito of the iu
Messrs. Butler, was a Journal of somewhat the same do- tie
rcriptiOD. In Its latter days, under tho management of ui
stipendiary editor*, it gavo occasional flickers of nervs hi
and stronger light. But there was apparent in Hi columns ar
the same struggle between dull respectability and c ipri- of
clous cleveruets. When it was forced to employ talent it as
employed talent of a very ordinary grade, and before it pe
was compelled to engage editorial assistance, approaching iu
tho taste and demands of tbe public, it was probably tm rq
ixmr to give adequate compensation to all writers. In To
truth, i'8 proprietor could have had no appreciation of pe
such talent, even if it had been obtained. Tb y had stood in
itill too long while the world was moving around them, wl
and their efforts? such as they were?to bring up
the paper to t! o new grade, came too late. They had tr;
e[>g*p< '1, while far on its downward course, a man, It
if wc recollect aright, by the nama or Ty?on, to Su
do lis editorial jobs; but he mode a blundering si<
piece of work, and whether he wai dismissed before rs
the paper became defunct, or whether they became do- tu
funct together, matters little. Extreme dulness ha 1 only an
been exchanged for extreme foolishne-ss, and beiwcf 11 ite itf
chronic ailment and its new malady It died and madu no Ur
sign. wl
< >f the DmQy Adtxrtitrr It Is enough to *ay tbat while its dc
editor (Dwigbt) handled a pen of eome po*cr, and Its lai
working manager (Townscrid) did a vast deal of business th
in tlie way ot llaancieriug, it dragged along at the fM of fix
It* old school rival*, until It slipped out of being. It de- cn
rlined like the others we hare mnntloned, simply because U>
It was too inert to employ the proper restoratives to pro- ed
long it* exietenee, or if the remedy was ever attempted to na
be applied, which we believe It was not, it Came too ad
late. en
The Courier trnd Brujuirtr was boasting about those tai
da>?. and not without tome reason, of Its great enterprise in
ami its largo expenditure. Passing over everything that is ha
personal about the |*per, it is but just to nay tha^ mingle*
with a great deal of boasting and pretension, it exhibited wi
1 more enterprise than any of its rivals, thatr,lever |>en9lar- th
nlslied its editorials, and as it boldly claimed iu position as be
a journal of the Orst rank, it maintained that position. cn
With its own news schooner?a mighty enterprise in those Tt
days?and with other a<ccMones loudly vauntel, Its lofty l?<
pretensions were in part, at least, sustained, and Its boast- gn
ings of Inlluenoe and circulation wore, to a considerable Ki
extent, well founded. I<ot it have all the credit to which di
it is entitled. ot being as fir ahead of its cotemporaries 10 pt
enterprise then, as it Is behind them now. Its reporters, th
foreign Idler writers, and other adjuncts, were at iev-t an Hi
improvement cn the slow and easy system of its elder* in of
the Held, and there are many [Knots of enterprise con- wl
nected with It not unworthy a placc in the history of jour- b<
" " *1 of
Our brief and imperfect sketch brings to our notice, in fa
the order of lime, the establishment a: a press which mors pr
than any other in the history of American newspajiers, if
bus quirkened .tournaliFm into rri-ater a> tivitv. enlisted a l,i
competition of talent of the b'Kbcat grade, kept arcurale Tt
pace with the hurried move-menu of the age, and given "I
J direction to lu lima and impulses. It is true to.it the .Sun at
newspaper (u the ltrit in the Held of the penny pr"?s, 'In
' ar.d cot I'M true that in it) day and below competition III
i r.?me thronging In, of great and not undeserved influence. ti\
But in Ita general arope aLd trnotr tt ww comparatively wi
local and circutrncrlbod, and on one point, to which the tic
! eyes of so many In tbis bank nolo world are turned?the
i mitred ol flDarire and tbe money market?M mea$rro and M
urratifactory as any of it* brethren in the dull old aobool. wl
It wan in tlie Bkkaiji, a little one cent paper, that there trl
first apjiearcd a dally series of article* ou tne subject of th
the monry market, bo filled with details well arranged, no ly
clear In ita views. to searching in IU inquiries, that tno lie
eye* of business men were immediately turned to them, tfi
I a? conUiD.cg a far freater amount of informitlnn than pi
I conld be eisewhero obtained, accompanies with com- i*
menta made with a boldness and sagacity to which the tie
financial article* of otLcr paper* were almost strangers. all
It was thia feature, more than any other, which gave im- in
mtdlalely to the Hhuiu a buslnew character amongst id
bus mesa men, aa<l which waa the foundation of ita repu- of
tion upon usecure bacia. It hvl ita fortune to ptiah and mi
to make, Ita circulation to extend as bent it could; but in tr 1
tin* one point it seized at ooco and lenac.oualy wl
held the public attention. We mean no disparage ro:
mint to the present money artir.lca of other journals, tin
nor presume to qnegtioo their general ability. (4t any (lit
among them, evfti of tho poorest, be compared with tbi
the ht Kt of the daily financial newspaper article* ?f live th
and twenty years ago, and their great superiority In at tbi
or,ce made roa/ilfeat Tti? quickening impulse to till* Improvement
was given by the financial articles of tbe ha
llmatl) from almost the first day of 1U aopearauoe. as
itber journ* s, as they have suraesslvcly appeared, have for
l>e? n compelled to emulate the fulness, at lea/t, If not the tht
arz-iirary, ol the linnj. money article* and tins d'part f?i
m< ut of jnurmJtom, ?? long ahullled off, or most imper- wl
fectly filled, has enlist/-d the labors of DM of the higneet gai
dtgree of shrewlnesa a?d cajiar. ty. ml
No higher oommi Dilation can be given to Mr Bennett'* U>*
: HERALD, THURSDAY,
px?raordlnary adaptability of talent, than U)? statement
;Uat ibis work wa.-<, at the eommencemeal ol his pipe,
'1 am exclusively tun own. To bave alien' .-d to lie
other rir|>a(lm> cm of bis paper, almost alono and unaided,
inv(fet<ig ui.cn ail ho wruie t.'iu very image and sip?r ci<i
111. uf bis style, would bate been enough to oneupy
the wbo'r attention o( ?I moat any other mm, however
itca in all that irrumi to the conduct of a paper. But I)
have acdeo ui tins tbo cailv labor of digging deep lulo (lie
mj (teres of Wall street, and sounding, as with a pluinnit.
the tuddm depth?, and explaibtng the rocks aui
tliou.F and qmckiaj.ds of thooe dangerous wat<;t8?nevsr
ptipexid cor couf.istd, but grasping ev^ry f*ct within
rcat h anii deducing thcor.ea which wcro alway3 read wuh
avidity, if not with protli?rrgues a versatility ?f talsut
nf which few dure t<> boast the (io??rsslou. Yiitiiawuj
Ibe teif imposed la k of Mr. Bennett, when, with a ctpitil
Lot < qual to our day a receipts of the fliiuui, ho started
b t adventtroufi bark upou the waters of public opinion.
We rtp>al that be ma le his tlr*t great mailt by hit Will
!tr< el articles, and that be gave to tbia species of reportii.g
a lift, a uo?h, a boldnea, tbat put Ibe Wall struct reporters
of otber Jouruals upon their mettle, and cutnix
llul Ui id, in the spirit of competition, to employ a
timber order of talent In tins department, until the daily
i: wtpapera' financial repoitaof our day, compared wtu
ti?e of twenty yeais ago, arc as light to dar Kor
ilns In rocut. niore in.ui to any man llvmg. the pubic
mm ,1s ac> nowled ;rai '.us U) Jaiuea Cordon Beuiiott.
la tbo early ikiumI ot toe extabllsbmcnt of the
Heboid. when it wiiR t.ccceea. y to make a bold effort
ft attract the alltot'on of iho public, it any be
ibargeu tbat many of its articles, while they amused
)V their wit, were ceniurrd lor their personality,
hat bis overdarinfc j^n atuu k> U too ruci.-ty many bab.ta
>f thought which tl c world was unwilling to iMUrust, that
le dwelt with too glaring co.ors upon scm.ea wli'ch should
)c touched in an undertone, airl that many ot hrn pfl'orls,
?hi'e too much directed to nnkii thongntkBS spcct.t'irs
a Jt *i - Mem CJllenl.lled lO nrni'ii, I hn i.ut icmna h
villi tlie hocumtiou, and the reply cornea as (ptick'y, if uot
* rat sfactorily as the charge, lie knew uuo thing which
ii had le-trned by heart in hie experience an au editor,
bat the reaotui'pubiir; will pard >u altivwt any fault lu a
?r iter but duimss. Tosuccoed, to must Orst catcli the
lubitc attention, for. r kIii or wrung, botdno** and rail
ifs, combined w:th talent, will attract. IK- w?i deterBinet)
that bis paper rbould be real, even if to rei 1 wai
n rut'di'B.n it. Around Inm were tlio sleepy Journals of
bo eider school, maintaining the propriety of their ayclni
alic dul'nevj. His puper was at oaee read, a??*iled,
enounced, condemned, but suit n-o4. and with ami .unlly
iffTftlni attention. Still, iu those days, nouah >u moey
articles gavo it a wide cirdilution among commercial
ncu, they ftave It no reti;>n in the wiy of alvr:**uenn.
As to bin "forty do Ur subscribers," who for
hat sum wre entitled vnder the old rule to aiv ti-w
a an .mount about equal to tlio coal of tbor composition,
htre ei onesnch ujion h>s list; an I iu lb -eu I it ,(ki>i
o his advantage trial he was not cacumbtrud by an> palonujie
of that description.
As to the paper belnif a commercial one. iu the i?cn ?e in
pbicb Lang's Gatrlte was a commercial paper, it beioryed
0 no such restricted ci%se. B it took at t!iu Hkkaui no iris
thousands of new advcitinemetits a day, p-nU f ir, an1
t no starveling rattR, contributed, not liy tko so c?IM
oit'Dirroial clams alone, but by every kind and degree
f humanity tbat wish< 8 to make Unowu its muitifarto is
ranis. Sober propo as seem tbe<o long annunucemcuts, In
hi ir exemplification cf the vast and varied in'.ereoUs wtuih
b<y rcprisent? the restless, struggling, active world
round us, with all the added waoui winch occomptuy itn
i>.bcft stale of civihzition?tbey <(tvo the amplestscope to
fco nn.igtnaiion, wbile dwelling on tbo resources ana tho
xtraorumary piosircrl'.v of our gre?t metropolis. They
te pictures cu a small scale oucb, but with a mighty a<regate.of
tbe activity or our c.ty. Let tbem be r. irapired
nth Hie numbrrol advert'.'; mcum iu tho Loud jo Timti, and
1 is Ci*sy in this way to judge how closely, in a bmincM
loiiit of view, w<j art) treading on tho heels of tho gre\t
omrm rcial capital of tlio Otu Wurld, In other words,
be Bhmld ib a picture ofNew York, a picture of its
rosperiiy, Ms life, i's activity, its enormous
ud Oui.y increasing wealth, and its daily accelerated
uce toward* the by.liest point of greatness. And the reeetion
Mint this vast refer voir of in for mation iVmt alo-m
i'matters local to our city, but of intelligence furnlahetl
y its ngt lib and coriespondents from almost every ipiarir
cf the world, and sect to every qiarter of
.e gtubo where civilization reaches?is but an exnpliUcation
or the geuius, industry and energy of ono
id, its unaided founder, its sole owner, itu director and
oprlelor?c*r>uot fail to awaken feelings of regiMct t'or
e cupaclty wnich has created and directed it. Jiille/iog
wo may trotn its views, oppo-ed xm wo miy bo to its
ndtctor,there it is, something which we may aflect to
preciute, but which, in spite of ourselves we aro com- )
lied to admire.
jsoei oi ur nave oeen compelled to laugn over tue wit or
c late M?jor Noah, anil nono c*n dcuy his aptuot un l
!Vtrcens in tlio days of fcls editorial supremacy,
it as we have all of ua laughed over tba
c lllller jokes wmch Joe Mdler never wrote o' utrrd,
fit have we chuckled over Bcoroa of iii'-is.uitr.M
M. 11. Noah which wero the offspring of Mr. Bena?U's
alo, Atfociated with Noah as i contributor yeata prior
the cEUblithment of tt.e Hkjulu, in the fulness of
rcugth of that vttoiau cditur, ami doing his full share in
fteLting a duly offering of good things to too reading
iblic, the pleaf untriis of Bennett were received by thu
edulous multitude us the jokes of Noah. Hul circutnaucce
compelled Mr. U? urn it to remain in tti>: sutiordiUc
i < I tkmtB which ho was then placed, ho might lrivo
rui'ged thjorgh lile liko a carl horce in the traces, with
comjivtifat'OD jnft above the point of respectable starvaor.
lie might all his life have ?*a the seeds of pleaiiitry
and fotd humor, of which others would liavo reapfl
tl e bar v. st, and happy for him were the clruirRstaoesa
phich firetd bim upon (mown resources,to Wio, If lie
(as worthy, a reputation for himself, or to lo?fe it if unrortliy.
It ?a? not until he was thrown entirely upon
imKiir, with to encom >"ring ad?is"r? a bo it hra to
amprr turn with ihmr oWcluui cotirwolg, thsit he rcal'y
;i m"d to be aware of the energy that wai in hiru. In I
s enterprise ef tho establishment of the Hbkald erery
rotabdity of success was, from the very nature of the
uili rtakiur, strongly against him, an! tbnnt-a to deserve
jeeeft id nut am'ijs to command it, in his instance de it
and success were linked together.
We will not here meddle wilt his politics or his oplctt.
'ibeyarehis own, and it it enough to sty, thai
hctber right or wrong, be expresses them with a foar-v
independence that '.,0 one can question, as to the
surdlly of bis being b-red to support or oppose any get
opiniors. it is euouehto unfwer tbat'.he very strength
l.is |K)?,ticn before tho public enables bim U> support or
l^cse whalever party, wh?te.ver op.nious Uo piea*e<.
willwjrly bind himself to tbo shackles of party would
au *r,t of self stultification for whirh there would Ye no
cufo. an exhibition which, at bis timo of life, he
>nld hardly care to make: and we have no early expecLions
of Rt e pg bim place himself In this ludicrous pre:f
merit. We believe sincerely that from habit, aseo
if tun and conv.ctlon he is a demosrat, but whether he
elf in the convenient cloak of democracy, la a quesn
to wbich be has already Riven auswers easily
iderstood. There Is no party lliat affect* to cleapiee
m; that would not, if It ctiuld, secure his goo 1 will,
in the support of bis presi. There is no set of men,
whatever parly, that docs net regard that press
a fixed institution of the country, rather morn
rmnmnt than any city charter which Is at the
ercy of any I/fgis'ature. or thaaWiy State constitution
ually at t) >e mercy of any bind of t'nkerlng reformers,
i almoft everything id this world there h allotted a brief
rioo of rest, but there in no rest to the dally press; and
rcgaid to the Herald, even the Sabbuh or repose,
bich is enjoyed by its coteroporarios, comes uoi to it.
It is art -, illy and trulv the only rtuily pa|>er in thecounY,
every other pri'?s claiming that titio falling short of
l-y fifty two otrnrKions. More linn this, it is the only
inlay paper published which ha* tho slightest preten>ns
to the character of a newspaper. With no dispagement
10 the very clever .^uudaj preep?anothor laitllion
which babitpias aimot-l made a necessity among us?
d aoniiitii.fi as we do the amount of t&lont exhibited in
i columns. It has utterly failed to All the deinaa I for a
lowledye of the immediate- <loin<<'. of this busy world,
fiich nine tenths of tho saints, and all o." the sluuars
s.re to receive even uu the Sabbath. Hut up to lbs
t syllable of the immeiii.aely recorded time
e tranfaclinns and lbe news of ibe previoui twentyir
hours are spread In all their fulness in lu Sunday
missions, and the Monday tmisnonH of all the rest of
e ro called dallies are hut lu |art what hat api>34rIn
the columns of tbe Hkrm i>. If the slow coach jour.ts
of the old and sleepy school lagged behind their mora
venturous modern rivals, so do the rest of their more
rjfr??, nuu inriMU flCWIU'I IUU 11KtlAU) III pftUKing W
ke their Sunday's breathing limp?that piper realizing,
one *? nee, that idea of the "perpet ial motion" wnicn
s m long puzzled the brains of in ronton and projectors.
We hrar much bow a dayh of rep. i-neuUtlve men?and
s ore tbe pbra?e in it? more narrow sense, ta applied to
Ofe who attend to public alUira iu our legislative halls?
>t if tbe pre rs be tbe organ of public opinion, surely its
ndurtorn arc tbe true represents! ve mm of tbe time*,
te duties of tbelr rcpreientu.on are not confined to leftslion
Id its nirrow sewe, but extend to all that favors,
nd<-? or rellert* tbe gcnrrul opinion of tbe ni?.:*os.
rerytbirg that concerns every department o: tuim in inistry,
and every phare of hutnan life, ii wltbin its
iere of actien. Parties change, ami tne reprejenta e
man or tbe bour paot away with tbe party.
t is generally tbe lead it of one opinion, tho echo
one iil?a. tiie mouthpiece of tbe dominant theory
bleb brought bin party Into power. Tho (trilling
to of the changing drama pisws away with tbe whittle
tbe niece shllter, and the audience only wonder* wlaU
rce will come next. But the representative man of Uw?
i*v?whose constituents are the whole reading world?
be be true and ?v[ii*l to Mr duties, will make himself
ard and felt beyond the limit of tbe fleeting moment.
ie voice of the orator, in another forum, it quickly bueh,
and even if his eloquence be printed and neutered far
d wide, it i? hut one great effort, while each and every
y, snd so long as be pleases, and in ever/ variety of
netration united to the changing hoar, }bn repressntar*
man of the pre** may force his view* even upon un.
lling mindi and compel them to give him their atten10.
The two m(*t rommandlne men In ibis position are un
iioroon iso nnow and lloraco Oracle?, and
tbout drawing cornjiaruionR t?> the ttdtrantafln or the derni
i t of either, It l* enough to nay that In each of tiinm
trc > an ld.o*>Bcraoy whicb given tbomauch prominentdiltinctlre
traita ax to attract and Qx thorn In the pubmind,
and laalen its atuntlnn 'ipnn car position they
<y chooee to nwalM. It Id dllllcult to roncelvo two
raor.i more unlike in thought and action, and when It
Utcd that each ha* made for hnnieif n llxed po?ln
In the public mind, from which It will not be avortod'
other dmllarity ends We wwh only to ipeak of them
tiila connection n* cotempoinrtca in the new wide awake
tiool of journalism, compared with the drowsy nystetn
their predecessors I/ot us remark, besides, in it their
ril? In tbc oonduct or th? tr Journals arc not to be atbnlcd
to those startling giving" out which < haranterlze
iat ! called the Iwnaallon school, such a* distinguish
me of our modern divine*, who do not he?iuu? to play
fir antic* in the pnl[ It. ratbT than n?,t attract an an
rnr-e. If they havo been holder than vu the wont of
b presses of in earlier date, It ?ki bec.au- u thoy liwl
r> iarw ty to perceive that the public ?aa prepared for
I* boldness and directness.
Having said thus mich of them In this connooMon?
ving brought them togctncr '"on thin occttiion 'iBlT,''
tne playbills pay?let us divorce the connection at once,
it I* Impoeaible to cxnrees any Idea more Indiorou*
in that of H nneit ?nd (ir rley under the s?me voka; a
it accomplished but once by lionner. of tiie l.tcrvciKK.
10 placed the two worthies aide by Aide In hi*
ilery, to the. newly added wonderment of bin
llion of readern. And alnr.e we bare In
way?nlromt uncuBacioasljr to oursclvea?
APRIL 38, 1859.?TRIPL1
drawn Into our avlicle the hm of Bonier, let ? mj at
him ttat be ai?o^ by hi* energy and fornifht baa inaugurated
a new era in the hiitory of literary weeklies, and
by measures aj> fair a-i tbey were bold, forced bia |>?per into
aclrcnUum uD'?-a>e.)ed w literary history. Toeae are
rumple* 'A cb thou Id not ba I' st light of id tbe adventorouB
field of clitics or of letters, but honorably emulated;
however, wi this saving clause, that to suooeed aa such
a cd Lr.vr )? eeded, requires a combination of qualities
rarely lound. There wag once an adventurous youth who
sought to drive the chariot of the iuii, and '.Lie old jioeu
have loid us tbe story of bia fate.
When NapolroD entered upon bia career of conquests
nothing no puzzled the generals of the ohl scliuol m bia
moc'e uf Bgbting, contrary lo all tbe established rales of
military scienco, aud they proved to a dcruanstratioa that
every lime bo woo a victory be ought to bave been beaten
-tbe raid victory having been won contrary to all laws
and usages in such cas"u mude and provided. Ho took
fortresses at once by storm, when it was bis duty to Invest
them and Bit dowu to a comlortable alx muni cm aiege,
wbeu the garreon, having resisted u> long aa it was proper
and becomitg lor a garrison to reeat, then surrendered at
discretion?tbo honor between victors and vanquished
being equally divided. In reading ihe histories ol miuy
ol ibts" sieges we are almost f tcci) to the conclusion tUat
lighting was * tiling ?U-u? by coutract, cull party hiudlug
itscif honorably to (ho other not to do uuy more ini.se aid'
ibun wub at'nolutaly neoiBf ?ry. Napoleon tone it into his
head that lighting was a thing to be done in earnest.
While his enemies were deliberating in tbe 1 old I gill
mite wsy, bo was act>ug; and t- uen army upirn arnirn /it
against lnm were se*tt.r. d?wbi u divisions *iv*a:iug lor
co-ooei alien w> re intercepted and cut to pier .<?wiieu the
v terau ol!ii><;s of many hard fought war-, on Itio o (slow
pliin were defeated or made prisoners, doubly great w??
the indignation i hat all these consummations were outlined
by a mere youth in the practice and a mere try* In the
service of war. la the new era of Journalism in which
Ur. B?nm tt was tbe leader, equany grout was tbe indignation
of tbo veterans of the press ibat he snout t dub
aci ad in such reckless Rtyle, utterly regi'dless of the respectable
conventionalities wi.ich formed t.'ie very at noaphi
iO in Kbii bthey iivsu aud moved and bad their beta?.
H b lui'uic was certain, for tue public wiea.not to be Uvea
bv storm in thi? wild way, aor roused froai its ulr.epy prolyl'
re* by such lust moo m'tiv.
It 'u some mysterious way he first obtained pot-session
of tir.y item of imrort&ut news, they first questioned tt*
authenticity, and when I rovei to bo authentic, tney wore
convinced that be must have resorted to some uqI iwful
i.i,hlfl<i. it Tl... A, I,. .. M.I
>1>. ?. rL VUV.U >. iUBVI'.J
being :Le exeicise of constant vii:il-?n-:e, aud, whou ncces
iary,of paying rauudly?sure of u quick return of pro4t
?lor tny information of importance in advance of other
paper*. On the arrival of a foreign vessel toe n'iW'ptpurs
were tcarce looked over and the matter arriiu>:<*i (or tho
jirtfR by the n:ow iiapers, before tho cry of " Extra
llihiU>l" w?h hoard at their very o(IK:o doors, and the
newt. ol' their furthcoming sheen (oreutalled t?y this in-, d(Uli
g adventurer. who would insiet in cramming the
I ll n>a?r with news as fast as it wis hungry. Is a
uraripe that the |>eoplo, who had so long been ruldea in
those Blow convfyaa,-' s, should iirgin to talie to the fast
vehicles a* they came 'long? Is It not more strange that
the slow coach system laf I 'd so long In a fast Ago ?
To James tlordon Bennett, thou, the [>u)>! 1 c owes Its
warmest thanks in taking the lead in the improvement ot
the American press In en' rgy, activity, and every quality
that giveg inter*st in a daily paper. lit) exulted a cotnpe
tilion in this ri g]>cct the fruits of which were a gam to thpublic
which it cunuot too highly appreciate, fo douhly
estimate this improvement let us plave the newpapTs 01
New York alongside the presh of other cities of the
Union. Kveu they have somewhat improve 1 in life and
enerpy; but when compared with the iIkuai.d of out own
city how meagre rind barren do they appear. U is scarce
more than thirty years ago sinco it wan tauntingly askud
by the Eiliiibujy Jitvittu?"Who read* an America
bockV"
l.et us not extend tills articio by alluding to tho flourishirg
OOndition of our literature, iiut if it wis then asked
who reads an American book, with how much moro pro
prirty could it bavo been asked, who rea ls au American
newppatet? Tbe newspaper press of Great Britain has
vastly improved since that day, hut it bears n >t a sin low
of comparison lo tbe improvements which have tikeu
place in our own dally press. It may now he piaeotl side
by side with that of Kngland, without the slightest iear o:
sullt rir g by the comparison.
It may bo our prov iriee, beforo long, to institute clirter
comparisons between the press of the two oouutrles,
thcwlt.g their pe-'illarilies and estimat'iig toedr separate
merits. Ot the daily newsj>a|?T press of New York we
may well say, that, as citizens, we fuel proud ol' its superiority,
and that we cannot ton much thank its indefatigable
conductors in making it every way worthy of the
Empire City.
We have no harsh criticism on lis faults, for they are
trifling indeed when compared with its ixinrmndjui:
merits. Indelibly connected With 'U history, not only
identified with the Improvement) which barn given it lie
supremacy of positnn, but tho pioneer and leader in all
ttcse movements; commencing bis sagacious and bold
career almofct without capital, an ' persevering until he
bis established an institution yielding constant wealth,
stanoirg on the safe basis of cash. Ilealiziug the truih ol
John iunoolph'a discovery of the philosopher's stone,
" 1 ny as yon go," the occasional shattering t>f the credit
sysh ni of the country parsed by him as harmlessly as a
summer wind. Iiemocratic in all his principle and tendencies,
but spurning tho slavish shackles of mere party,
i censuring i-nj approving as he chooses, censured bv
turns by all diveisities of factions, because hn will not
becrimo factious, his patter is more road, talked about,
purchased and paid for than any other journal in the land.
The Indiana ot Rtw York State.
Ol'ft BATAV1A CORREfeTONIlKNCK.
Batavia, N. V., April 15, 1859.
Ijonavanua in*turns?Their t'iJit Council under the IMi-J
Treaty of 1857?Protpect for tkt Future Improvement v}
| Ihlt Hand cj Senn as, dc.
It if tolerably well known to the public, espec.ally to
hat portion claiming residence In Western New York,
'bat a controversy hu long been pending between that
portion of tho Seneca Indians known as the "To&awanda
band" and a band of (peculator* known as the "Ogden
Company," Involving the title and possession of 12,300
acrta of land, lying mainly in the county or Genesee, and
distinguished aa the "Tonawanda reservation." As the
merit* of that controversy have horetoforo been pretty
fully detailed through the columns of your valuable paper,
it would be ashless to go over them again at this time.
It is sufficient to say that the friends of those Inlians.
and the Indians themselves, considered that they had been
anything but fairly and honorably dealt with In treaties
that had been heretofore forced upon them, by which the
pre emption to their lands was claimed to have pused
Into the bands of the Ogdcn Company, and effiirU were
made to right the wrong that had thus been committed
upon this remnant of a once powerful confederacy.
these effort In behalf of the Indians resulted In the
consummation of a treaty, at the Tonawanda Reservation,
on the 5th day of November, 1857, between Cnarles
E. Mix, on behalf of tho United States and the said Tona
wanda band, by which they relinquished their rights to
certain lands heretofore given them In Kansas, and the
rif.lits growing out of tho same, by tho treaties ot 1838 and
1842, except certain reservations as to moneys to be paid
by the said "(>gden Company;" and In consideration of
said relinquishments on the part of the Indians the United
States wore to |*jr them $25(1,000 In casn.
Out of this !ari mentioned sum it l? tlm
Indians to purchase ha>-S such (tortious of the Reservation?not
less thaa 8,600 seres?as it may bo advisable for
lhi m to (In; ami lho balance?after said purrbwe?of
the $"56,000 to be Invested in stock* for the beneflt of the
Tonawanda bond of Indiana.
A council ol the Indians tu yesterday held at Touawarda,
compoied of the chiefs, head men and warriors,
for the purpose of consummating certain matter* on
their part necessary to the lloal carrying out of
said treaty. The council was very fully attended,
and Its proceedings witnessed by many of the white
settlers on and adjacent to the Reservation. lis proceedings
were conducted with groat order and regularity, and
in a spirit of entire harmony. Ia thia respect, and in its
general tone and character, it might be imitated by the
whit>-a with (treat propriety. The council appointed the
necessarj attorneys and agent to carry out the provisions
of the tri'&ty on their part, and adjourned.
Hits, after a lorg and well contested struggle on both
sides, are the trouble* and difllcultie* whicn have boael
the path of these Indiana drawing to a cloae; and It cannot
but be conceded that a happier and brighter day la to
dawn upon them: lor it may bo said with entire propriety
that the treaty of 18fiT is a commendable exception to
those generally made on the part of the government with
the red man. It ia characterised by Juatiocand humanity,
cpsentlals which should form the ground work of all treatiw
with these mm. Tho deep interest that la felt for those
Indiana in thia part of the State has induced mo to wrila
yon.
The Last Will and Testament of the Kate
Wlllium I<adrt.
[From the Portland (Me.) Argus, April 20 ]
Among the decisions announced In iho .Supreme Judicial
Court ou Wednesday last, and published in our Issue of
1 Thursday, was one of some Importance to tho American
Peace Society?respecting the laat will and tosUment of
the late William lAdd,o( Minot.
By this will the testator, after mnking some small legacies
to bis nephews, nieces and frienda, bequeathed to his
wife the sum ef 100 per month, to be paid to her during
her life timo. The rest of his (state, after leaving amnio
funds for the payment of tho monthly allowance to the
widow, was ocvised to John Tappan el aM., la trust for
the cause of |ieace, to be paid over by them to the Kx cutivo
Committee ot the American I'eaco Society (or the time
being.
Another Item of the will provides that the amount of
prepcrty reserved for his wife shall also be expended in
the cause of peace In ten years after her death.
This will was dated July 0, 1839. Captain Ladd died In
1841.
Mrs. I*dd, widow of the testator, died In D"C?rat>or,
1M6, and the trustees named in the will, John Tapiran et I
a)., there afterwards Died tbelr bill in equity against
Ihnoioa Amory iK-blols, administrator rfe fcmU ??n of the |
ciftif ii <?puiin i/iciu, praying tho Justloee of the Supreme
Judicial (Jourt to de?-.rne that tho Mid defendant
should pay oyer to them "all the goodp. retain and t (form
ot tbo PtUle ot the said William Jjuld, which rrmtinod
after the d??lh of his wife, and all thn proceeds of said
estate to and for the i.??s and purposes Ret forth in Ins the
raid UM'I last will."
? The In arm? in this case csmn off at the law term of the
Nupnffnf Judicial Court In .Inly taut. Ihe der.ison of the
Court was anoonara d on Wr*lripsil*y lan. that tho plain
tiffs stoiild Ti-rovrr the bal&nre of properly iu Uie hands
of the administrator.
By Ibis decision II* American I'eaec Society will re
re ve a handsome l< racy?the amount i f property In the
hands ol Uio admlnm^at ir being about $12,000, from
which >s to be de0u< UxlUio mpensaa of tlie law suit.
(iofKfl to mr. <5r?i.ii Miwep. "At noon yo?ter
day," says the l-?ar?ii worth fKan?as) Mgrr, of the
1 Mb Inst , "we counted thirty si* wagons on tiain street,
between iieiawve and Choctaw, all Uiaded and buuod for
Pike's Pes*." I
IS SHEET.
THE PARAGUAY TREAT?.
Oar lev Relations with fiuaih America Ofcalng
of the Ureal (livers to
American Commerce,
4c., *0., At
Onr Asuncion Correspondent?.
Flag Ship Ft won. 1
Aarxrcow, Pahaui'at, Feb. 12,18b0. )
The .Stiti'factory Ilrtulit of the Para^nuty Expedition? TK
Indecisive Character of Farmer ATepjiiatUnu?Captaii
J'age in III >b nor with the J'aragwiyut Government fa
Releasing American Citiseru?Ltpez's Rimer Intracta
bilily?Cimmitiioner Pitzpalrielc and hu LwklesI Com
mission?7he Arguiisent of the Canu n?The UouMs
Treoty a Triumph?Ejiitome if the l*emnndson Lrpe.zThe
Pendleton Treaty Thrown Oueibxtrd? Advantage.! o,
the /few Treaty?Free Navigation of the Rivers?Th
Treaty to be in Ptrrce Ten Years? Lopes'I Sjn tobeSperi*
Bniv.y to 17*1 hinr/icn? Istpcz' t Resittwice to the Cmpany's
Claim!?Oversight of the Company?Sterling Prieniihti
(if lire HI ?iul the t\mfederati m?Plea ing JZatntiom oj
the Paroyuoyont?Ilrjviciitgi at the Return of Peaw?
Puture Prospects if Paraguay Relieved from Detvolinn?
Lopez's Presents Returned?The Part Played by the Heart
lary cf Legation, itc., tie.
The fruits of the Paraguay commission are treaty 01
friendship, cuvigation ami commerce,a convention a^r-V':
npon for the fljai sctilement of di&igrrosicaU, rochraa
lion*, >n<l all the diflbultiss late)/ crvuh'A betivoen ?h(
United Plates and Paraguay ; a declaration ren-Iorlng tb'
waters of Paraguay ami their confluents free to the nivl
jiailou of all voescls of the United State* of America, au l
Una'.ly the explanations and apobgtes dun to our government
for intuits to the (lug ard injuries done to Amerlsst
citizens. All thia has been accomplished in the brie;
Bpace of three weeks ; and now that tho political slty is ?t
last serene, and tho burthen of expocUtloa and anxletj
joyously removed from ilia hearts of these simple and do
cllo people, I avail nv self of tbo leisure moments tc
dimifs with you the w loio subject as classed above. Ia
the llrst place, I may say wltn safety lhat our past wgo
tiatioiis with Paraguay have been of a character so weak
and blundering as to be disgraceful to t'ue country. Oui
earliest representative was the actual minister to the Argentine
Confederation, Mr. Pendleton, who, accompany ing
?lr Charles Hotham, tho Biitlih Envoy, to this plaie, con
Lnp<z, In which the conHt't'itioaal naoie of our cwd rj
do?? not once occur. Indeed, it almost seems to hivo been
tttidloosly avoidud. The treaty was very properly rejected
by Uie Senate, the title or Unltcl Statos ot
North America being regarded us a barbarism. With
this amendment of the Seesto, it was '-out out t? Captain
Vage, all necessary powers and accompanying doei
ments being conferred ujoti that officer for Its exchange.
At this time, however, Captain Page waa In lbs enjoyment
of the perfect 111 will of the s <p'8me government of
Paraguay, on account of his having, a Bhort period previous,
rescued a number of American citizens resiling in
the country from the tyrannical oppression, if not perilous
hold, of its ruler; and bis official communications
were consequently returned under the plea that they
were cot written in the Spanish language. It was evident
that the Paraguayan govcrnmuut has gained courage
and insolence from the Indecision and Imbecility of a certain
commander of the Brazil squadroi, and an even leis
creditable representative at BuenoH Ayres. With usual
tact, however, on the part of ProiidJnt Lopez, tho State
Department was Immediately Informed that a min ster
plenipotentiary wouid bo acceptable to his government,
for the purpose of settling the pending difficulties exiating
between ui, at which Invitation Mr. B Kitzpatriak had
the honor of being appointed on a milSion nearly similar
to that of Judge Bo*lln, and took with him to Asuncion
the luckless treaty that had so loag boon waiting to be
exchanged. It was then utterly rejected by the obstinate
and iniractablo Lopez, his excuse for ridding himself
cf its slight obligations being that ho objected to
the amendments. At tho same time he oflerel to
negotiate anew with the American Commissioner.
Ueie, then, occurred a most extraordinary conflict of
opinion. Mr. Marcy's letter informed the Paraguay gov
eminent that tho distinguished citizen of the United States,
Richard l'iizputrick, was empowered to act upon all que?tlone
tbf n at issne het?vefu the two governments; but the
oietiiiguislicd citizen buying a muoh humbler opinion of
the powers vested In him, and not having read his mslruc
tioiib with sufficient rare, declareu that his preecncc in
Asuncion was only for the i>ur,totKi of exchanging the aliovo
mentioned unfortunate treaty, and which treaty the most
xcsllf nt President of Paraguay not being willing to ex
charge, OiDimiisioncr Kitzpatrlck permuted his correspond
fnce U) be Indolently closed as It had been begun, and
returned to t,hoUnited states. Finally, President Buchanan,
whilst lire .thing life into all our foreign relations, did
I uui uTcnvoK mc negligent airl disreputable slate of our
affa'r* Willi Paraguay, nnr (Ail to rccommenJ a proper
course ot aetiou thereon to CoogrM*. A competent minister
and a rtnpecuble naval foico gaivantzou and 1m'
p/ovod the Pendleton treaty, wbish. la its present auil
1 more in>i>ortai)t Bhajio, i* a triumph a* unjxpectod as it
is difllruit to obtain. The Bowiin treaty is framed upon
the meet liberal basis, aud embrace* privilege* of wtiich
the m<s; intimate and friendly rela.ions can alone p rmlt,
andwbich have never before been acquired by any Power,
outers I except tbe Brazilian. The Commissioner, in pursuing
a course at once frank, lirat and courtooui, ba*
achieved more than our government ever anticipated, and
tar more than tbe republic* of Spanish America ever
thought pot si hie urder the existing tirCWMtaMM.
Tbe demands wore explicit, the term* aimple. Tile
whole suhject it embraced in tbe following ul/tntt : ?
Kiret? /,n apology for tbe attack opoa the Water Witch
from Kort Itapirn, being a vessel purely engaged In scieotitle
pursuit*, for the benefit of mankind, ami particularly
for that of tbe rlpariau State* along the water* of the
Rio <"e la 1'lata, with an Indemnity to the family of the
seaman who wa* killed on board at that time.
Second?An apology for tho offensive manner in which
Commander Page'* proportion for an exchange of the
ratifications of the Pendleton treaty was recifiv ?!. and for
the insolent rejection,upon the grounds alleged, of the
same treaty at tho time when Mr. Fltzpatrick was special
Commissioner to Paraguay.
Third?A suitable indemnity to the United State* and
Paraguay Navigation Company for the lame* and damage*
Incurred by tb m in conenquence of the treatment to
which tbe indivldaals of that company wero subjected by
tbe government of Parnguay.
Fourth?Tbe ratification of th? 1'nlted Senate* amend
ntcjit* of t'/e treaty of th.) 4th of March, MM, or in li.;u
thereof a new m aty of friendship, commerce and navigation,
embracing the usucl liberal p'lnclple* betweon
friendly nktions, with tbe privilege of continuing aclonttfle
' ipiorkiions throughout tho great system of river*
flowing through tbe valley of La Plata, to develop* their
capacity for commerce.
Tbe President or Paragnav preferring to negotiate a
new treaty, and let tbe old Pendleton Convention be buried
la otdiviou, Jung* Ilowlin hastened toarjuiosoe in
that with, for the reason that bo hoped to enlarge tbe privileges
granted six yoars back, though Lopez may have
u.vy|in un uv mis proceeding (10 might restrict sUil
more Its term*. That fight wo bare won. The Commissioner's
proposition wan that in matters of oommeroe the
treaty should resemble that negotiated In 1R53 with <icn.
L'rqulza; and a> tbe IVesident of. I ho Argentine Confederate
wafi present at the time, the concession was rnailo to
a certain extent. By the Pendleton treaty Americai vessels
were not permitted to procoed beyond Asuncion, un- 1
lets tbe President should think lit to extend bis favor in
this respect to any particular individual; by the B>wlin
treaty all the waters of Paraguay are free to our (lap,
though but one national vessel is allowed at a tlma in each
river. I have no doubt but tbat Urquiza was the mians
(Tour procuring this now and rare privilege, though In
case of necessity, for tbe s&ko of humanity and civilization,
I believe we would have beon justified In forcing It
at the cannon's moutb, to let in tbe wholesome a'mon
phere of tbe outer world Into the long pent up and fa;*.Id
little world of Paraguay. However, without being holllcose
or bomoastlc, it Is sufliolent to say that much has
been obtained in thus securing the free navigation of the?o
ii|>l?r waters.
1 ho next important advantage is, the 'extension of the
time during which the treaty Is to remain in forci ivtiJ
rlfect. Tbe Pendloton treaty was limited to tlx years;
the present one Is extended to Un years, and to remain
Indefinitely in eflh;* until one or the otber party shall
give a year's notice of a d 'tire to abrogate us terms.
Ihefc and other points having been settled, the question
arose as to where the treaty should bo exchanged.
President I/Jpez, who has *>o"n aocustomod to have under
his eje every operation of his government and to oondnet
all it* ..nan ess personally, would at first scarcely listen
to the proposition of exchanging the treaty at Washington,
and on the other l and he was sorely puzzled to (In 1
a man to whom be would be wIMltig to trust such a mission,
particularly as It will embrace other matters of eouflilei.cn
and Importance. Juitge Itowlln pressed the point,
stating tlist we had sent several representitlvos to Paraguay
lor the pnrpoaq of framing and exchanging trestles,
slid that It was now the desire of his government that
iBiuciit i/opr* anouid rerlproe.ato tho courtly. An
ntual, the I'retldeht eventually yielded. Ili< choirs by
fallen npon Ma youngcat non, DflqUO LopM, wJin,
though Hc-arrrly or age, l? perhape the mMl quick wilted
nnti mu lltni-nt of the family. Hi- will proceud to WauhIngton
next fall, and alter dreaming the pure air of I he
VtilioU htaleo, #111 return, It I* to be hoped, with now and
regenerated Idea* for the roo<1 of hi* country.
Finally, the treaty hind* President I/)pez to concede to
the United f-'tated all and any favor* anil privileged that
may he granted, no* or hereafter, to ?ho mo.it lavorod
nation.
Ttie Convention la. of oour*e, entirely nrparat* from the
treaty It refera wifely Ui the Indemnity c'almed by the
(uttering United State* and Paraguay Navigation Cmipo .y,
ind embrace* a mutual agreement for the fln\l rettiement
'if there claim*. I (hall rejoice to s-e every dollar of lh*
mm demanded paid to thMcompany; far, withouidi*.- timing
whether their calculation* be J oat or not, It la a good
luhatllule for the more forcible leapmi ?ro had thought to
ieacli thl* |>etty di ?pot of a young repullo and Inllirter of
nrlvale wrong* and Injure* npon all clwae* of her pcoole.
I ha* proved aa biU'r a do*e ?? abomlmhell. Any quantl
y of money he jKMcr**.'* In gulden ounce* and silver dolun,
the re preventative ol which in the p?|mr trmh which,
.hiongh the mysterlou* l/ifluenco of the tm>rrnie governnrnt
n more ae^wpUhle In a Paraguayan In all nu'ter* of
xircba** than the glittering com itaelf, hut the odlotit
:laim, growing more ndinu* with earh thought of the im
ixirtah/ed llnpkln*, he long and eloully fought. To the
onunieaHiuer * pecuniary demand, he replied with there
pealed rtrDuortatton* wbink you wtU hare reed In the 3*wianaria,
of tfc? ligratitr.de of tbi* general agent, whom ho
hid iimt'il with sueb oa^ecial nvki of favor, nod 1'Uo
wkom tteie *u no I'lucr men in Paraguay. Such e demum)
he *?? Dei williLg Vj tallafy. lie had paid $10,COO
t<> the Frenchman, end aocfinipault i an insult with tno
gi(i. but the American figure ovrrr. ac.beJ his leoAt < if justiro,
and ga re him courage to resist it. Would not tho
nioi-t excellent Mr. Conmmtioner tak.# two or three hundred
thousand dollars and bring to a close tfie wQido
riiscnMionf So quoth Lopez one One morning; but tb"
u miFe'Ocer had not Uie power to accept tun genoroa*
o(f-r, anil eo retorted to bit instructions, according to
winch an agreement wm concluded. Tae claim la to t>e
r< f> rred to a Commission, coiupoaed of a representative to
e be chosen by each of the two government*, and a third
. j one to be mutually agreed upon. In caan an arbitrator ?C
i tbin lust character cannot be found, I should not be ?urr
] prised if either the I'rustlan or Kushiiu Minister at Waan -
| ingtOD should have the honor of firing the casting voio.
li this be a poor consolation to gentlemen in New VV|g
und Providi nee, them Is now no remedy for it. Why did
they not furnish Judge Bowlln with private instructions tc
rreet the offer that was made hitt by Presideut lope*?
f Would they hare preferred taking the ?um above mentioned
raiher than wail some two or three yeaia longer
s fur an uncertain larger amount? If so, I regret la it Ui -y
btiould have committed the wrtor in not preparing l'or mm
I contingency. Tbe convention bunts both parties u> s ihmittothe
decision of tbia Cociuilnelon, which will nke
' piuce konao tune next winter during tlu sitting of Coof
grar, and It is probable that te*rly a year will b<i a.ll?*Po<l
for tbo payment ol' the money, in thus cjnueo ion, yoc.>
HViHtMHUit that tlm (NBdabto of the SUnparar of
Biazll ttiid General Urqulza was evinced in u substantia!
ttai.ntr. Supposing tbat Lopez wiuld not be nbi? to
suffer the pecuniary 1o?b demanded of biin,I have no doubt
. but tbat they oiler ou to meet, from thair oivu coffers,
any detault. lud.wvl, it is probable that Sr. Auiirul had
I instruction* to pay 'lie ohole amount rather than jO'rnit
a war to prow mil of that >|uostlou, which might givn us a
sbow of tlie advanttges mj >ycd ny toe Brazilian JCnj,ur?.
' amoDgst all tbi ss Utile suit?, if not enable us to aMocut*
> with lier tu the territorial absorption she w sticooKctrully
carrying on tloug her entire western and southern frontier
President Lopes has not. however, aoci-pteJ uvy
sueh propotition, aud soeiriB dtterminud to p>y,f.-oin h?
own pocitet, vrha'.i ver rtiay be eventually revnred ot hltru
, Tbe declaration in whi> h I have referred was p u iejsa-ly
framed to udm.t Captain I'age's nxp'orlnjr xpcjition in '
to whatever waters that nlllcer migut Bee At to visit. Ir?
I this respect 1 he'iete it to be satisfactory.
r The apology for tlriuginto the Water Witch I uud "rstant
to be ample unit uaiisfaclory. I/ijiez did not wuu ij yi?il.
the ofltnee uv?n the hea'i of tbe comtnindiog otu.ior
? ltapiru, since be WW lOtfag la oae-l.ouco to ft gCMrkl or der,
but ban recognized tbe error of to mfauiooH an ac.w
The indemnity to the fumUv of Chine*, the omrmr.
I master who was killed on tuc occasion, is sufUolent, porhaps,
to give them a oomlurublo support. I im haopy to
Fay Hit.' ti e President evinced o v-.ry desire to pro7ide lev
Ibis way lor the iminly of tho uufortunito nm.11.
Proper and sufficient exi?;anaiiui ? were olfjred at theFame
i mo tor the discourteous trca'.m*-nt to Comtnaoilei*
Page when he propnted to raffy the trenty, an ?, ii &i for
thu mgulent rorr< si>oodenco addressed to tlr. Pitzptttrtr.lt.
Tbu peaceful ana ruppy MtUMMttt of all HMMdlflnW
ties seems to in! use a. n? ?v life amongst the pro pie u*
Aisof ion. The timid, who bad feared to uvDntonjjtre^.
iven by a word of welcome, the American visitors, hat?
thrown oir their reserve and gtadiv f-atermxa with Ibwir
icw fr:eni!?. The estrangement which tbey hid beuc.
1< ng taught to Ieel for us, on a.* ouat of the nouses in Idcbttiuunuiio,
wr.B ro?di!y converted into an o|>en aai
generous ishibitkin of friendship fo soon as t^e rootbing
ai d complimentary language 01' ihe same all powerful
organ ha<i obliged troca its former ttertiene.ss acs malignity.
The Presiuent set tho example, when, uiitle.-rtuauiiic '
that wo were U> remain but a few nays longer in his capital,
by inviting the UomniSHiouor and Admiral, wittti
tbeofttcers, to t?ke an enthusiastic and most iriendly le.t/?of
mm, and trom that time (he beautiful Ko ion war.
crowded the day .org with acioirli g visiters, whilst blualr
eyes, shedding their lustre from beneath long, dark lasaoii
that some mi 11 would travel 6,000 aiilus vt s;e, soot,
confident glances amongst the guttering lliroug of Ihu
Fulton's and Water Witch's oClcors. Up>n i.ho occasion,
of our final reception by Prnmdont Lopez, another
formal dljcourg'j look pl.ee b?twoen Judge liovrnot
and himself, than which nothing could exceed toe cordial
and feeling sewmenu contained in cub. After gome conversation,
the President raised his weighty frame from ant
an easy armchair, made several dilllc.ult ktcjm to*arilB the
OnmiHIMtniHUr,Mtd finally mtHMIk preying bim to
his spacious breast. Die ctubra.cc ws.S(.ordiaily returned,,
though, from the disparity in mzo, it set-mod a ludicrous
performance. The ditllciiity on the part of tho President
to raise himself to an elevation of six fee', seemed
only i quailed by a want of length Of arm on tho part oC
the Commissioner to encompass his van frlind. Thirty
American officers entered Uio Paraguay Cat<l!do on that,
day?a sight novor before wltne.\sed .n Asuncion?anil
next besicgi'd tho drawing room of Madame Lopez, a
full, round, wholesome looking person, and a lit uiawb, as
an occupant of st?aou in the world, (or her illjstrlous huaband.
Serenades, binfires, Illuminations, fireworks,and.
the government hundo, proclaimed the joyful tidings ot'
peace with the American Union. The booming ctunot
have been shaking the frail hounes with the reverberations
of their report, whilst tho 7V Dcum of the cbure-.b.
has united ito ant hew to the shouts of thnpksgivi.ii: anil,
festivity. It is a happy day for Asaacino, and, if we could
but remain hero fur a short lime, the bes,t and mom cordial
feeling would ?o?n exist between ail classes and ourselves.
You will see by the latest iiwuea of the Ajnanjrio thai;
Ijoper has made the b,Ml of a bad cause. No iu'iult hav ing
been offered him or bis government either on lae part
of Onimiss'oner BnwHaor K!ag Olllner Sliubric.lt, ho ha*
eucerly availed himself of tho rmnnrtnnirv tn i.,t <?wh
! be known to show that hi? dignity and r.ia honor bavo ne*.
been impaired. Amidst the happ<egt felicitations in ?ac
renewal of good :?el)r/g betvre? n the United SU'.ys am.'
Paraguay, be sull proclaims tiimnrlt to tbi people of Para{
guay the magnate us before, in no wine diminished frni#j
bii lofty estate. A spccial getnanario wan issued T'ir tiiift
| purpose, 1b wbJcb tbo Joyous President, delighted to be*
able to lukethe language of a.Tu&n wbo b*i apparently lostbut
little d guity, S'vrr vent to tiioaime ; tyiool magnificent
effusion that al*avs Issues from this supreme governiaMtIt
ik a wrakDi ?s pitiful but pardonable, and if tbo jackass
Stmanario la made to wear tbo lion b skin it can do us
no harm. The luce most come wbm lh'< President of
Paraguay shall no lander monopolize the timber, the ye?b?
growth, ?nd half tbe prolix:ta of tbe country. T latitat.,
conscience, speech mast yet liud au ut.tr .?mn.ile4 CfeenoK.
In this benighted land, and tlie Inflaeueus of Yankee fric
tion will eventually accomplish it. I/lees's sway is as tyrannical
and inl?m<?us an it is possible n be; but let it r?ocive
several such shocks as the Paraguay fcxpi Wan, and
civilization will foou spread its unmeamirod benoQtai
throughout tbo most fertile and lovely country of tbo La.
Plat*.
Our thanks are due to bis Excellency President I/>peu
for the handsome gift of ycrba (Paraguay tea) with wbicCt
be proposed to bonor in ou tbe era of our depart ire.
though there were constitutional objections to aooeptlng'
his gcnoiosity. A large quantity of this yerba had bone|
font aboard the Fulton and the Water Witc.b?about a
i thousand pounds of it being intended (or both the Co mm is _
| e loner and tbo Admiral, one third as macb for tbo Becrei
larics, and a large quantity lor the oltleers and crews oT
the two vessels. It bas been ordered off to day. The
| provision in tbe constitution which forbids persons hold|
int. ofllces of treat and profit under tho government front.
| accepting medals, titles, and presents from, a foreign
I Power, has been satisfactorily explained, and the mplaici
! of tbe port will receive tbe arrobas in return. It waa
: 1/ipez's desire, no doubt, to Introduce by this means intc
: the United States the wholesome and nutritions tea oi
| I'arngusy, wbicb, although tbe universal beverage of in is
: whole country, would perhaps prove an unsuccessful ex
! penmenl else-where; or he may have boon quits as well
acquainted with the constitution as ourselvos, and known
i that bis yerba?the whole growth of which throughout
Paraguay is sold to government according to prices lUod
by tbe latter?would not bo acoepled.
I will conclude by saying to you confidentially, that t*
tbe general sucoess of tbe Paraguay commission, In tbe
.judicious conduct of the negotiation, and tbe happy issue*
on each point of discussion, no little credit Is duo to our
friend woo wears the clerical coat and silver buttons?the
Secretary of legation. I wish Don Samuel futuro succeed
and happiness. May 1 mm him the representative of tbo
United States near Ibis republic.
The .loy of l?pn at the Peaeefnl Termination
of hi* OllH?ulllt?? Ills Gratitude to
Pirilitent I rqutza and the Brazilian ftllnlv
triwHe Ackiiinfth? llenrttta fr??m Uw
Vl*lt of the Amrrlran Hqaulron, Ac., Ac.
(from the Paraguay Bemanario extra (ofllclal organ of
PreaiiJent Utpcz), J?n. 31, 1H60.]
It tiucomn to ttn>knowlj i|(? of Ibo editors or tho S'.m*ttario.
tbalto morrow, Tuead<ty, the latof February, therr
will remove from among uahla Excellency the President (
the Argentine Confederation, lion Jitsto Jos6 do Oquiia.
' with hm respected lady. Donna Dnlares Acosta and one of
| Mb younger mm, with hi* staff, composed of I)r. Benjamin
Victcrlca, Colonel Ricardo I.opc7. Jordan, aid de ramp to
Hit Excellency, Dr. Juan Job*1 Alvarez, Honorary Prebendary,
&c., Or. Angel Maria Donado, Surgeon in Chief of
the Army, and Private Physician to Hit Kxoolloncy- Don
Jran C'oronado, Kirai Olllror of tho Department offtbe
Secretary of War, Colonel JuanJS. Serrano, aid de camp te
Ilia Excellency; Lieutenant Colonel Don (Juan JUtnen
Nudal, aM de c.imp to Ills Excellency; twelve order Ik*
and three servant!.
L'e.orc the dei>arture of his Excellency, the President (if
tbn Confederation, nothing 1* more juat than that the organ
and exponent of the MNMM of the government of the
republic, and of ita mmM Inhabitants.
in its columns a public testimony of gratitude to the Trust(lira
of the Argentine Confederation l'nr Iho kind an<l eml
writ scrvicee which, with so much disinterestedness and
abnegation, he has lent to the country, endeavoring with
all sincerity that the question* which arc agltatad
between tho government of I'araguay and thai of
iho United Ptaies might havo a iriondly and calls
factory arrangement. This (towcrful mediation is so
much more to be gratefully remembered, inasmuch
n? it apjienri to us that the President of Ibc Don
federation, notwithstanding the serious matters which re<|ulr?d
his presence in the country over which he worthily
presides, hat not wished to absent himself from among
us without carry mg with him the pletslng and secure
conviction llist the diflerences which unfortunately divide.
In a certain s< ns?, tho government of the republic una
that of the United States will enter into tho peaceful tleld
ol discussion, in order that the result might correspond ID
every r?spec,t with the intentions of posceful sutileinent
which Imvo brought to our government the
President of the Confederation, tho molt illumrlnun
and excellent H?nor Jove .lo?'|itln Tomas de A marl1,
siK-ciul resident Minister ot bis Mjiestr the
Kmperor of Rra7.1l; and his KxceUoney General and Sena
lor Pon IYimas tJaldo. Knvov Kxtraordltmrr .?i
m nlpnU irlnry of the Argentine Confederation.
Yerterdey, in our ordinary number oftbo .V'min 1W1.
wo would lmve been able to txprei* the opinion of our
Hncero acknowledgments; but *?rvlcc? go grout ?nd dmtnten
*tcd ue*erve a *[w>r.l?l te?tlmony of gratitmle which
correspond* i?nd ImrmonlM* with tlio riiltlif'ul domonMr*
lion* of p<"i? o on the \>?rt of the lltnfltrlons mediator, wtm
ran depart from onr *oll with tho full security of h?viu|[
Irfl among ?* thn miwt llutlorlng remembrance*. jl
Service* ol thl* nature can nevi r be effaced. <m>y*oW*b
ronl? can contemplate with Indifference tho nobio actions
of our brethren. I/ing lire, then, In thl* Haltering P*1"*
lunaion, ?ll the political and diplomat 10 entitles thH h?vo
grouped lh< m^eivi * around our government to Interpol#
their good office* with the object, of mining the JiM'.lce id
onr r*n?i?' to re axrrnd In the eye* of the representative of
the government of th" Union
In eon?ei|uem r the Paraguayan (xnpln and lb* govern
ment which prende* aver It, are thn day peiietral*?'.