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X \ \ THE NEW-YORK: tribune ^ B I TBLEGMrH TO THE n e w - tork tbibitne . CsiT>inet C o i n g s , & c . ■SpedAlJOispatchtoTheN.y.'Tribune. „ ^ AVASHINGTOIT, Friday, May 6,1853. ' The Cabinet session to-day was short. Sec. Da vis is Still •monfined to his room, but is improving. It is currently reported that a successor to Hon. D. D. Barnard, in the Berlin Mission, is appointed, but this is Houbtfut. Some name Eobert McLane, others James M- Buchanan, both of Marjland. Peniusylvania rostmasters were the subjects of discus- • eion to diiy in tlie Cabinet. Another meeting may possibly ■]be held to-morrow afternoon. Quis. ■^idal Dimtch toTlicN WASHINGTON, Friday, May 6, 1853. The following new Clerks have been appointed in the '{Third Auditor’s Department: Henry E. Woodb>jy, New-Hampshive; Patrick H. Cooney, Kentucky; M. P. Bemis, Florida; T. G. Palmer, George Ott Wunder, J . W Parker, J. Newcomb Knapp, {Ketnoved from the same office, P. L. Schulz. A xkomack . Appalntmeots. ^j>esica Dispatch to TheN. Y. Tribune. WASHINGTON, Saturday, May 7,1853 The following Appointments have been made: Gen. Chas. Gratiot, late Brigadier General in the V . S. iftjrmy, and head of the corps •£ Military Engineers, to a thousand dollar Clerkship in the Land Office. George Humes of Md., Asa L. Haselton of N. Y., Samuel >Sohl of Pa., Blair Laarie of D. C., to Clerkships in the Third Auditor’s Office. A lnomack . A Chapter on Appointments. Special Dispatch to The N. Y. Tribune. WASHINGTON, May 8,1853. Schroeder, Charge d’ Affairs at Stockholm, will probably <retain his office. He is son-in-law of Col. Seatoa, of Tha Intelligencer. Thomas M. Ilodney, of Del., Consid at Ma- tanzas, will also continue there, such being the almost dy ing reqnest-o£ V ice President King, ' The appointment of Merriwether is a wet blanket ttpon the hopes of Kentucky aspirants to foreign positions. Merriwether’s mileage to Santa Pe will be paid by Govern ment. Col. Helm is probably certain of a Consulship, not withstanding. It is now certain that Gov. Tonsdale, of Tenn., will get the Brazilian mission. A. V. Brown, of Tenn.—the same Brown made immortal hy the pen of John Quincy Adams—is green enough to ct to have a foreign mission tendered to him! But sy will not take him from his friends in Tennessee. ’ r Donelson is here. Maj. Pickett, of Tenn., is ardent ly desirous of a Chargeship. It is rumored that he told expect to have a foreign Marcy will not take him from his friei Major Donelson is here. Maj. Pickett, of Tei ly desirous of a Chargeship. It is rumored Marcy that he supported him for the Presidency in the •Baltimore Convention, and established a newspaper at an expense of $ 3,000 to support him. The Premier is re ported to have replied—“ Go away, boy—Go away, boy!” Appointments at Norfolk, Va.—Samuel T. Sawyer, Col- ’ ':or; George Loyall, Navy Agent; C. C. Bobinson, [uarters that the diplomatic appoint- fco-morrow. Nous verrons. Quis. Work on the Capitol—Clerkships. Special Dispatch to The N. Y. Tribune: WASHINGTON, Monday, May 9,1853. The Attorney-General decides the contracts on the Exten sion of the Capitol to he legal. The work has consequently Ibeen recommenced. Beatly, Winter and Scott, the Whig Clerks lately removed the Third Auditor’s Office, have been reinstated. The office-seekers are in arms against the act. Sabi, of Pa., recently appointed to the same office, de clines, and takes a clerkship ui the Post-Office. Boynton of Ohio, Clark of Wisconsin, and Gunn of Maine, \have betn appointed Clerks in the Pension Office. [ovementoTe of Specie. Cabinet meeting—CH Special Dispatch to The N. Y . Triune. WASHINGTON, Monday, May 9,1853. Nothing had transpired in relation to the Cabinet meeting •to-day. It is reported that no appointments .were made. Large lumps of gold from the North and East are on their ray South and West, in e] otwithstanding Exi nd merchants of St, •to make payments. Foreign Missions-New-York Fost-Offlces-Secretary Davis—Western Military Asylnnij &c. WASHINGTON, Saturday, May 7, 1853. The Cabinet had only a brief informal meeting to day. The foreign and local appointments were under discussion - ^ o s e from New-York causing more hesitation than any Secretary Davis is better, but not yet able to attend the Cabinet meetings. The Bochester Post-Office still hangs fire. Hon. Addison Gardiner, ofEochester, and Judges Jewett and Selden, are working for Simon Jewett, of Clarkson, a brother of the Judge. It is reported at the Department that the citizens have expressed a desire that the appointment be delayed a few days. The above gentlemen afe at the bottom of it. Hon. D. L. Seymour left for home this morning, and Gen. Davis has the field all to himself for the Troy Post Office. The chargeship at the Hague has been promised to Isaac V. Vanderpool, of Buffalo, Mr. Folsom being about to be Temoved, on account of his Native Americanism. JPour more clerks were removed from the Third Auditor’s ie, to day, v iz: Joseph Kershmer, of New-York; D. N. \ ' .. .............. ’ ubia; George C. Ke Alabama. The reee reral Democrats, larrodsburg Springs istern Military Asylur Mr. Partridge was re _________________ e copies of theminin_ ___________ obtained at the office of the Alcalde at Saguinillas, also re- iltz was remove F rom W a s h ington. WASHINGTON, Friday, May 6,1853 I learn from a reliable source that no diplomatic appoint- ■ments have yet been made, or even determined upon, 'though some of those rumored are tmdoubtedly seriously :thougllt of. !The Military Asylum Board adjourned to-day, and Gen. ■Scott returned to New-York. I cannot learn that anything « f importance was done. The Inspector-General •Mr. Schultz to-day. among ---------------- ------------- has been restored, also Mr. Woodbury, of N. The appointments for the District of Columbia have not ^et been made, and will not he for some time to come. The Cabinet had but a short sitting to-day. F r o m W a a h i n g t o m WASHINGTON, May 8,1853. •It is reported that Albert G. Constable, of Baltimore, re- •cently appointed Solicitor of the Treasury in place of Judge Le GranA who decb'ned, has also declined. The Buffalo Post-Office appointment is being reconsid- ■ered, the President refusing for the present to sign Mri Dickie’s commission. This, if true, is considered another instance of the President’s desire to defer to the wishes of the people where the office is located. i Hil], of Albany, were noticed te this evening, in conclave with The Gardiner 'Trial. WASHINGTON, Friday, 5iiy 6', i m Tn*fhe Gardiner case this morning, immediately cm the •opening efthe Court, Judge Crawford gave his decisicta, snainly ivling out the letters. His opinion was in substance jis follows: , , . Several letters, dated 12th December, 1844, and from 8th llday, 1851, to 8th September, 1852, having been submitted John Charles Gardiner, a witness for defendant, by whom they purport to have been written, and he having said that lie' neither admitted nor denied them to be in his writing, except perhaps No. 6. Col. Thomas was called by the United States and testified that each of the said letters aM •writings, a s ’he believed , w a s in the band-w riting o f _J. C. Gardiner, whereupon the United States offered them in evi- •denoe. To this proposition the Counsel of the defendant _>f an accomplice, they cannot be received, because not done im furtherance of the common object, but are all, except the liteers r s off ’44,44, subsequentubsequent to its attainment—fourth, that o ’ s to i ___________ •«f the evidence—first, to contradict the witness—second, as the acts of an accomplice—third, as acts of •®^ the defendant. There was an indictment the witness for the same offence in relation to t alive to thH and, secondly, that the object of wit- iiected with the original conspiracy. The purpose of that was answered, an award was made, and the money was paid to the delendant or his attori “ ----- gone to Europe, and the witness u sumed from the date of o stage of the business thei If asuhi _nej'. The defendant had witness was in Mexico, it was pre- one of the letters offered. At this __ ere was nothing to conspire about [uent conspiracy took place in relation to the da te accusei', fall ispiracy took place in sea it must have been concot -- —U of 1851, for the defendant was in irope when tho indictment now trying was found cording to evidence heretofore adduced. This indioit- ment was for false swearing in ’49. It was then complete. The crime was not committed. How the acts of an accom plice, two years after the offense was charged to have been perpetrated, and months after its success was accomplished, could he lawfully used as substantiative evidence against the defendant, the Court did not perceive. The Court ar gued the other ground on which the letters had been offered, at some length, and in conclusion they could not be re ceived in evidence as the acts or admissions of a confeder ate, SO as to affect the defendant directly, nor on the ground that the witness was an agent or accessory of the defend ant, but that such parts of these letters as went to contra dict the vritness could be received, leaving the proof of the handwriting as an open question for the Jury. The letter dated San Jose Mirablores, addressed to Anthony Quiros, was collateral, and could not be read. All the others were dated on after the 8th of Ma;^ 1851, most of them to Don luelVerastegui,Prefect ofKio KioVerde,and were excluded ’^erastegui. Prefect except the dates of No. 6, as evidence that witness was at San Luis Potosi on the 9th and 10th of Noy., 1851, the date San Luis Potosi Nov. 13,1851, and the passage on ■others’s mines, their __ - ___ __ o______I, etc, etc.,” and the passage in the letter of 8th May, 1851, “ I have already told you that my brother has in his own name a great business, composed of many others, that we (he and I) have bought between us.’ ’ It was unnecessary for the Court to say hoiw far this evidence ought to be excluded as not rebutting. The passages admitted were then read to the Jury. Capt. Mattox was recalled by the prosecution who pro posed to a: ............................ - . . - .................. May^ 1851, m o t ol Verde,!,and were ;hat witne present—which he saw at Mazatlan ? Objected to, but objection overruled. TheI questiom was jput;^ •witnesi called, and were ^ Mr. Partridge i mining title. The Court then adjourned. questiom was put; ■witness answered: Saw the ac cused ; never knew his brother. The witness was then :oss-examined. The -witnesses Bowers, Jones, and Lei lUed, and were aU positive that Georf was the person they saw. They were ( Uie various matters referred to. 3 recalled to identify a copy of the irt -were compelled to remove to the small chamber of Board of Aldermen, and did not get under way with the Gardiner Case -until X o’clock. Capt. Doubleday recalled—Saw the mining title in the of fice of the Alcalde of the Laguinillas; described it as sewed in between other papei-s, all of which were stained, hut the stains upon the title appeared quite different from those on the papers to the right and left of i t ; read the title through two or three times; was certain neither the Huasteca nor Cerro Gordo range of mountains was mentioned in i t ; he again explained how :au County mi Mr. Ma than first stated. ay proposed to go into an examination of t part of the State of Queretaro, for the pv route to the mii tances on the way. Capt. Doubleday being farther interrogated, testified that the distance from the village of Laguinillas to the southern boundary was about four leagues; thence to Ar- ja Lego, in the 3 junction of i n miles. Tliese riveirs Bre not half way to th< •er, denied that these 1 __ „ I and Aguela, eight or •e Abbot and Slocum had testified Counselounsel forr defensense, le mines. C fo def how- ie were the same rivers. Adjourned. The Canal. Sp<dalJHspatch fo ThcN. Y. Tribune, ALBANY, May 8,1853. Mr. Auditor Newall has received the following dispatch from O. Brett, Esq., Superintendent on the Erie Canal: A lbion , 7th.—I think we shall he able to let in the water to-morrow (Sunday) noon. National T:rpograpl>ioal Union. Special Dispatch to T h eN. Y. Tribune. PITTSBURGH, Pa., Thninaay, May 5,1853. The National Typrographical Uaion, now in session here, ■will close their deliberations to morrow morning. The fol lowing officers of the Union have been elected for the en suing year; President .............................. GIRARDIRARD STITH,TITH, of f New-Orieana. <ident ..............................G S o 3 It Vice-President .......... A ndrew M c C owdry Second Vice-Preeident ........ F. A. A lbough , of New-xork. Recording Secretary ........... S. H . \W hitecomb , of Buffalo. Corresponding Secretary...!. P. ‘W oodbuby , o f Chicago. Treasurer ............................ M . C. B rown , ol Philadelphia. The next session of the Society will be held at Buffalo on the 1st Monday in May next. T ypo . Election of a Bishop of Sonth Carolina. CHARLESTON, Friday, May 6,1853. Gadsden. Arrival of the City o f Glasgow—The Norwalk Catas trophe. PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, May 7,1853. The steamer City of Glasgow, from Liverpool, on the 20th nit. passed Lewes last tight, and will reach her dock here about 11 o’clock this morning. Mr. Enoch Clapp, of this city, who was on the fatal train yesterday, has reached Boston in safety. F r o m F e n i u i b i i c o . PHU iA D E L P H U , Saturday, May 7,1853. By the bark Emily Banning, we have Pernambuco dates to the 3d April. She reports that the fever had subsided in that port, and the Province was generally healthy. The cargo of slaves recently landed and sent into the in- irior, had all beenI recapturedcaptu and taken under the protec- S re ening-wi Faud RaUroad i of the Government lusiness was opening-with much activity. tallroad Aecideats. PHILADELPHIA Friday JHay 6,1853. John Heck was killed yesterday at the Falls of the Schulkill, by being run over by a irain as he was walking on the Heading Kailroad track, Eehecca Moore, aged lOyears, was killed at noon to-day in Schuylkill, corner of Third and Hamiltou-sts., a train running over her as she was crossing the track for a bucket of water. Anothex Railroad Accident—Many Ferooaa Iqjared« but None Killed. BOSTON, Saturday, May 7,1853. This afternoon, at half-past 4 o’clock, as the New Bed ford and Taunton train was near Taunton, Mass., thei axle- tree of the tender broke, and, with the baggage and pas- aining twenty-five passengers, was precip- Rev. Bloazer Williamo. , BALTIMORE, Friday New'-Orleaiig |japsrs of Saturday have been received. Eev. Mr. Hanson, of Bourbon notoriety, was in New-Or- leans. The Bulletin says: “ 'We learn from a gentleman, himself conversant with the facts, that important testimony has been discovered in this city respecting the mysterious case of Eev. Eleazer Williams, which go far to confirm the belief lhat he is indeed the Dauphin of France. It is rivt d from a person who was in close intimacy with Bourbon famUy in the early part of this century, and tirely sustains the arguments presented in Putnam’s Maga- The R e d R iver R a ilread CoaipaBy-Soatheni F laat- era» Cenventloai A bc . BALTIMORE, Monday, M«y 9, 1853. New-Orleans papers of Tuesday last are to hand. They contain Texas dates to the 29th ultimo. 6. W. Smythe had declined being a candidate for G ot - The Galveston Nete.i learns that some of the heaviest stockholders of the Eed Eiver Railroad, in New-York, namely: Messrs. Erastns Coming, W. S.MeAlpin, Le-viS. Chatfleld and O. C. Clark, are e.xpected in that city in time for the organization of the Company. A Convention of Southern Planters, of Georgia, Missis sippi and other States, met at Montgomery, Alabama, on the 2d insh . Hon. G. K. Gilmer, of Georgia, was elected President. Senator Toombs addressed the Coi ‘ ' invitation. , , . , A hill was introdo to provide for the b in this State. in the Maryland Legislature! to-day tter security of passengers on raiilroads The steamship Perseverance has with Galveston dates to the 3d inst. The accounts from the newly-du Hamilton Valley, Colorado and flattering cnuacter. newly-disoovered> gold mines in I River, are of the most exciting nplemenis, &c., expecting to realize fortunes The country for a hundred miles around has been exam ined and found to contain rich gold deposits in, every direc tion, said to be equally rich with the best in California. People in all parts of the State are in the greatest excitement. Governor Ilell has consented to become a candidate for Congress in the Western District of Texas. Another Canal Break. A large break has again t^n\^pls’c^libout^fo^^ ^i^ea east of here, at the aqueduct over Butternut Creek, near the same place as before. The break is a bad one. About 8i.xfy or seventy feet of the embankment is entirely washed away, just east of the aqueduct. The channel of the canal Charge o f fflnrder. PHILADELPHIA Monday, May 9,1853. Capt. Daniel Malony, formerly Captain of tne snip Sara- nak, and recently commanding the ship Roscius, of New- York, had a hearing this afternoon before U. S. Commis sioner Hazlitt on a charge of having caused the death of tv o seamen on board the latter vessel on the 18th of De cember last. He was remended, and left in custody* this afternoon for New-Y'ork. Mnrder Trial. PHILADELPHIA, Monday, May 9,1853. The trial of James O’Neil for the murder of Mr. Solly, at Olney, Philadelphia County, was commenced this morning Tfee Parker Kidnapping AlTnir. PHILADELPHIA May 3,1853. Gov. Bigler is in town for the purpose of consulting with Attorney-General Hughes in relation to the demand upon the Governor of Maryland for McCreary, the kidnapper of the Parker girls. He designs answering Gov. Lowe’s ob jections to the requisition. Bliller the Forcer—The Martha Washington Con spiracy, Acc. CINCINNATI, Monday, May 9,1853. Miller, who confessed to having forged checks in this city last winter, was finally brought before the Magistrate to-day. He confessed his guilt, and was committed in de fault of $10,000 hail. His confession is substantially the same as stated in our dispatch of Friday, but it is reported that parties of respectable standing, not before suspicioned, are now implicated. The trial of the Martha Washington conspirators com menced this morning before Judge McLean. All Jhe pi-isoners were present except Nicholson and Stei From New-Brnnswick. BOSTON, Friday, May 6,1853. St. John, N.B., papers of the 5th inst., are received. The Legislature was prorogued by the Lieut. Governor on the 3d iDst. In his speech he said the subject of the fisheries and trade with the United States had been submitted by him to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and he did not doubt that the loyal sentiments of her Majesty’s subjects there, would be appreciated by the Queen. CITY ITEM S. ^ ’’’The weather yesterday was delightful, giving a warm earnest of approaching summer. L ove and A ttempted M urder .—Fred. W. Michael, a German, 25 years of age, was brought on Saturday to the Essex Market Police Court, charged with attempting to take the life of Miss Madaline Thompson, by shooting her 3er and ball. r paid his a; ng forbidden I , finally discouraged by herself, he became somewhat reck- impson, b with a pistol loaded with powder and bal It seems that he had during the past winter paid his addresses tc but his suit being forbidden by her father and less in his deportment and led a loose and idle life. He was frequently observed loitering about the corners, appar ently watching an opportunity of seeing her, but no sus picion was aroused that he intended violence toward her though he had been heard to threaten her. At 1 o’clock on Friday afternoon he entered the shade factory of Mrs. Goldstriker, No. 355 Sixth-st., where she was employed in the ornamental branch of the business, and where none hut two apprentice beys were present, drew a pistol and said, “ It is weU I have found you—now die,” and snapped the pistol, pointing it at her breast, but it missed fire. At this she sprang up and ran up stairs, and when near the head of the stairway he again fired, the ball tak ing effect in the fleshy part of the left thigh. He than ran down stairs, threw the pistol into the yard and ran to the leventh Ward Station-House and gave himself up. The girl’s wound was examined and dressed by to the hone, and then around it, in such a manner that it could not he extracted. A paper was found in the prison er’s pocket, -written in German, which indicated that he in- H. Kimhark, of No. 108 Columhia-st., and found to he se rious, though not necessar’ily fatal. The ball has passed in inld ’s pocket, -written in German, nded to kill her and then himself. He was held to await examination. _ S lave C ase —^K idnapfing .—^Two telegraphic dispatches have been received in this City announcing that a little colored girlhad been kidnapped and brought to this City, and was about to he taken to New-Orleans and California. On the application of E. D. Culver, Esq., Judge Duer yes. terday granted a haleas corpus to bring up the child, and also a warrant to an-est the woman who brought the child from Cincinnati. Both have been served, and the woman and child are in custody of the officers, to he brought before Judge Duer at 10 this morning. The -woman claims to own tlie child as a slave, hut the father alledges the child has been kidnapped. _ _ _ _ _ I^^W e learn from The Preslyterian that’bliss Mary Murray, of this City, has gratuitously conveyed, for a Pres byterian congregation, organized, or to be organized, in connection with the Presbytery of New-York, and to be known as the “ Murray Hill Presbyterian Church,” a suf ficient portion of land on the north-west corner of Thirty- fourth-st. and Fourth-av., for the erection of a church, Sun day-school and lecture-room. The land is valued at from $25,000 to $30,000. Yesterday, in Greenwood Cemetery, ivere interred the remains of Wm. H. Tracy, Esq., formerly of Norwich, Conn., who died suddenly at Guayama, Porto Rico, April 12,1852, where he had been U. S. Consul tiventy-five years. His decease was not properly noticed in the American papers; although every demonstration, public and private, was shown him in the place, where he had so long resided. The colors in the harbor were at half mast during the day and the American flag hung draped from his\ dwelling. His coffin, wrapped in the ensign of his country, was followed to the gruve by a vast concourse of people, whose esteem he had gained by his long residence among them. Ho was particularly fitted for his station. He lyas aUQ ft Director of the Seamen’s Friend Society and a silent promoter of good works. His private' worth demands this tribute to his memory. (Norwich and New-Orleans papers please copy.) ^ Mrs. Mary L. Ward, whose death at Sing Sing was recorded in our obituary column some days since, was the wife of Maj. Gen. Aaron Ward, formerly member of Con gress, and long a leading Democratic politician, whom she married in 1820. She wasthe daughter of Blkanah Watson, whose name is conspicuous in the annals of internal im provements in this State. Mrs. Ward was a woman of fine education, accomplished, refined, and most estimable in all the relations of life. She has left a family of daughters, of whom the eldest is man-ied to Col. Ward B. Burnett, a second to Hon. John R. Thompson, H S. Senator from New- Jersey, another to a son of Josiah Randall, Esq., of Phila- delphia, another to Mr. Todd, a retired merchant, and an other to a son of Senator Brandreth. ^ S l a x aiaretzek, the popular and efficient Opera Manager, is crystalizing a new company, with Steffanone as Prima Donna, and other first-class artists—probably halvi as the first tenor. _ _ _ _ _ F atal R ailroad A ccident .—Shortly after 12 o’clock residence o f its parents. C lose of F ather G avazzi ' s L ectures . - The last of the second course of Lectures was delivered on Saturday evening before a very large audience. His theme was His turer. The announcement was loudly applauded. years of age, found in the water at - --------------- ----- was about 5 feet 6 inches in bight, had long brown hair and whiskam-rand was dressed in a heavy black cloth coat. his 1 ^Cormier Gamble y e s terd^hel^nlngu^st at the New- domestic who died from burns receiv^ at the house, No. Ill Eldrige-st, her clothing having taken fire from a cam- phene lamp which exploded as she was filling it when lighted. The particulars of the case we published yester day. A verdict of accidental death was rendered by the _ jmooD, by administering to herself a dose of poison. She was found almost lifeless, by Mr. Geo. Tice, an em ployee of the office, who notified Sergt. McGratu, of the Second Ward Police, and she was removed to the N. Y. HCfspital. Love and jealousy is said to have been the cause of the rash attempt upon her life. The California Newa. By the arrival of the El Dorado on Sunday from Aspin- wall we have dates from California to April 9, anticipating OUT regular semi-monthly advices by one week. A weekly line of steamers is to run from San Francisco to Panama for the future, of which this is the first trip. The news pre sents many interesting details, though no event of striking importance. A statement of the passengers by the ill-fated Independence, strongly inculpating Capt. Sampson, has been published in the San Francisco journals. An affidavit has been filed by the U. S. District Attorney, before Henry B. Janes, Esq., U. S. Com missioner, charging Captain Sampson, -with manslaugh ter. Captain S. appeared before the Commissioner, waived an examination, and entered into bonds for his ap pearance in the sum against him. W« also are informed that a Grand Jury wiU at once he applied for, and that a thorough and searching examination will take place into all the causes of the loss of the steamer, and that nothing whatever will be spared on the part of those charged with the responsibility of this investigation, to see that every fact and circumstance connected with it shall be elicited. In the me-antime it is but an act of justice to the defendant that public opinion shall he suspended until the evidence is furnished on which a just and fair conclusion can he based. A number of citizens have nndei-taken the humane task of collecting subscriptions for the relief of the destitute pas sengers wrecked on the ill fated Independence. The suffer ings of these unfortunates are described as really affecting. Women and children are left without protection, friendless, and in need of the common necessaries of life, food and clothing. The members of the dramatic corps of the San Francisco Theater, including Mr. George Loder and the ex cellent orchestra under his direction, have volunteered their services for the purpose of giving a benefit to such of the surviving passengers of the ill-fated Independence as may require assistance. The steamer Sea Bird, sent in pursuit of the Independ ence, has returned to San Francisco. Gaining intelligence of the loss of the Independence, she visited the wreck, which was burnt doira to the water’s edge. Nothing living was to he seen in the neighborhood. Her officers report, that the place where the Independence was run ashore, was the only spot on the island which it was possible for her to run on and not have gone to pieces at once, with the loss of all on board. Great excitement has been produced in Sau Francisco by tlie passage of a bill in the Lower House for the extension of the City Water Lots, and a strenuous memorial present ed to the Senate against the enactment. This measure, it is maintained, will fatally prejudice the interests of San Francisco, and cannot be carried into effect without a viola tion of the public faith. Our accounts from the Mines are of a favorable ebaraoter, A remarkable miu-der and sui cide in Stockton crowns tlie record of violence and crime, which is contained.in all our advices from the land of gold. The shipment of treasure by the steamer of April 18, it was anticipated, would be unusually large. OrcKon. Our files of tbe Oregon papers are down to the 2d of April, tivo -weeks later. A new charter has been adopted by the citizens of Portland, under which the municipal officers were to he elected. The Surveyor General of Oregon, in his report recently published by 2'he Times estimates the expenses of the service in his office for the year ending June 1854, at $59,250. Up to the 23d of October last, it appears that there have been received and placed on file in the office of the Surveyor General, since the 5th of February last, the date of the approval of the first township plats in Oregon, notifications from 777 settlers, claiming 640 acres, and from 202 settlers, claiming 320 acres, under the 4th section of the act of Septembar 27,1850; and notifications from SOjsettlers, claiming 320 acres; and from 20 settlers, claiming 160 acres, under the 5th section of the same ac t; making an aggregate of 590,720 acres claimed by 1,089 settlers, as appears by their notifications now on file in bis Puget’s Sound, and the district adjacent, is attracting a large number of settlers, and when we take into considera tion its agricultural, lumbering and fishing resources, to gether with the fact that an excellent coal mine has recent ly been discovered there, it requires no prophetic vision to foresee the gathering of a dense population in that vicinity. At last accounts there were fifteen vessels at different points on the Sound, loading with lumber, fish and coal; three saw-mills are in operation, and fifteen more are build ing, where last year there were none. The town is already of respectable size, and supports a weekly newspaper. Claims are being taken up, houses erected, and this hitherto neglected portion of the territory making rapid strides in its advancement toward a State. In the south, on the other hand, the Umpqua and Rogue River mines are attracting a numerous population. The diggings are confined to the rugged sides of the mountains, leaving a large extent of de sirable agricultural land, which is rapidly filling up with permanent settlers who are drawn thither by the profitable market at their doors. _____ THE ISTHMUS. We have our files of Panama papers to the 26th ult. They contain little matter of interest to our readers. A destructive fire took place in the village of Gorgona, on the morning of the 26th. It broke out in the office, of Hennann & Co., and spread very rapidly, consuming every house between the river and “ Barharita.” The “ Union,’ St.Louis,” and “ American” Hotels, are all leveled with the ground. . The natives are highly excited against the foreigners, especially those from Jamaica, and the Carthagenians. The authorities took considerable part, and had to use their swords to compel those standing aside to go to work and tear down the adjoining houses, and thereby save the balance of the town. The inhabitants were obliged to go to Barh^oas to pro cure something to eat, as there was nothing left in the town. The sufferers were making preparations to remove up to Cruces. ■ - f r o m t h e s o u t h p a c i f i c . We have later advices from Valparaiso reaching to after! in the morning of O^uraday, the 2tth hlffidings destroyed wm from Mr.Eber- hardt’s house, in San Juan de Dios, to the last bodega on ffie w e s S of Bella Vista, which, as weU as the house of Mr.Cifuentes.i8 much injured. ^nohez’s houses, on the east side of the Bella Vista, suffered loss of balcony and dilanidation of roof. The Custom-house stores in rear of th e conflagration, are also injured. The estimated loss is about two to two hundred and twenty thousand dollars^ Heurs Eodri»-o lost about $30,000 in documents, $2,000 in casb, and a considerable quantity of sugar and other mer- cLazidise. D o n P e p e R o sales, in th e s b o p adjoining, a large quantity of country produce and other merchandise. Mr. Eberhardt, furniture warehouse, a very heavy and expen sive stock. Don Acario Cotapos, in office and warehouse in same house, about $10,000, We understand that Mr. •Eberhardt is partially covered, to the extent of $25,000, by insurances at Hamburg. The new fiscal stores were threatened a few days after by another fire, but escaped without any actual loss. The munieip^ authorities of Valp<raiso, have approved of the proposition made for the introduction of American ice instead of snow, and it is regarded as a great boon to the people. The French residents of Valparaiso have offered Admiral Blanco, as a mark of their esteem, a beautiful portrait of >y a French artist. Garribaldi, who has been on the coast for some time, is again in Chili, commanding a smsdl vessel. A severe northerner occurred on the 30th of March at about 12 o’clock, and continued, accompanied by heavy rain, until the morning of the next day; fortunately, the shipping in the bay at that time was limited, and the extent oftheloss was only trifling, compared with that of other himself, executed by The damage done to the shipping is as follows: The steamer Caupolican, formerly Mexican steamer Guerrero, struck against the American clipper Warner; much dam aged, lying two feet above -water. Lost: Chilian ship Cali fornia Dorada and brig Lord Cochrane. More or less dam aged : American clipper Warner, Chilian brig Los Amigos and schooner El-vira, and a few launches. The Lord Coch ran and the California Dorada are both old vessels of httle In Chili there is nothing of interest, if we except some severe strictures in a paper which was suppressed on the 12th of March, censuring the Government for concessions to the Jesuits. The distinguished veteran. General Blanco, has been ap- lointed a Charge d’Affaires to the Court of France from ixpected steamer from the South, en route to Paris. and is expected to arrive at Panama on the next The whole Republic of Peru is in a state of great agita tion, on account of the expulsion of the Peruvian Minister from Bolivia, by the President, Gen. Belzu. Rumors were rife in Valparaiso that the French corvette Prudent had sailed for Guayaquil to demand satisfaction, in the name of the French Government, for insult received by their Consul, Mons. Montolon, dur’ing the late Flores ex pedition. The French fleet was at Payta, on the 15th March, under orders to sail for Guayaquil on the 20th April. It consisted of the steamer Ponay, the brig-of-war Obligado, and the frigate La Forte. Some trouble may be anticipated from this formidable armament, and the state of the coun try. noticed above, will probably induce another Flores Ex pedition. From I to last acconn! different parts of the Republic. Sr. Mauel Ancizar. Minister from New-Granada to Ecua dor, has addressed a note to the Secretary of Foreign Af fairs of that Government, relative to tbe boundary between the two Republics, in consequence of having heard that the Ecuadorian Government was treating with Mr, Mocat- ta to rent or sell certain Government lands on the River Napo to the British Ecuadorian bondholders, the said lands being, according to the opinion of Sr, Ancizar, a portion of New-Granada, and heretofore under the Government of that Republic. In Copiapo some new silver mines have been discovered, and have yielded considerably. The copper mines in Coquimbo are worked with much WEST INDIES. Advices from Port-au-Prince to April 19 state that the Empire was perfectly tranquil. On the 11th of April the Chambers were opened by the Emperor in person, all the nobility and gentry of the island being attracted to witness the imposing ceremony. Business at Port-au-Prince -was very dull. Americ.an provisions were plenty, and in sm all demand. One-third of the coffee crop is lost in consequence of the incessant heavy rains of the month of March. Log wood was scarce, and had risen very considerably in price, owing to the great demand in Europe. We have received a file of Barbadoes papers with dates to April 8, from which we gather some items of interest in regard to the British West Indies. March has been, on tbe whole, the most favorable mouth sincethe reaping of the Crop commenced. The wind has been good f ^r the mills, especially in the latter half, and considerable progress has been made in the reaping. We hear general complaints of the yield of the canes, wbieh do not answer the expectations formed of them from their ap pearance. On many estates, they have not averaged much more than a hogshead per acre. Great improvements have been introduced indhe manufacture; one of them,, that has been most highly extolled, is the use of a centi-ifugal ma- Church, by which about 3 acres of canes were burned. It ■was extinguished by the laborers, and a party of the Dauntless’ men, from the encampment at St Ann’s. Last ;ht another occurred at Hopeland, justabove Codrlnj . Monday night there was ano leap, at Palmer’s in St. Phil ed of the taking fire of a fiel .. . _______ -u Sunday night, in two places at once, which was considered to have been done designedly. At Grenada, which had hitherto escaped the fever, some cases had appeared; the infectionheing brought very proba bly from St. Vincent, where the fever is still prevailing in the garrison. At Tobago, the 9th of March was set apart as a day of thanksgiving and religious observance, on the lembers of the House c Gazette says, the m( thought it wiser to ke At Demerara the Co ____________ _______ ^ site COUTee, of laying the foundation of a large expenditure, leaving the task of providing the ways and means for future consideration. FromBerbu suDorainaiion. rne escape or a large numoer or slaves from this quarter into Berbice has no doubt given rise to these distm-bances, by creating a feeling of excitement among the slaves and of increased severity among their owners, to deter them from following the example set them by their lucky comrades, of getting their freedom by running away beyond the river. Lord Harris had returned to Trinidad on the death of his wife. Her remains are to be conveyed to Trinidad for in terment in the family vault of Archdeacon Cummins, her father. Much sympathy is expressed for this affliction in hisJLiordship’s family, luhjeets engag a distance of 14;270 miles, in a direct course. To All Who Wish for the Maine La-nr. Friends and FeUoiB-Zaborers ; The wisdom and efficiency of the friends of Temperance throughout onr State should now he concentrated, that an edition of the M aine L aw , adapted to the Empire State, may he speedily obtained. Permit me to suggest, that at some convement_ place and appropriate rime, di iniversarj ' * ' ” dons hold •mmittee \ ejqness purpose‘of aiding in a judici* lecturers to all parts of the State, so%tha be neglectec abyth „ __________ ___ field. J. R. J ohnson , Agent of N. Y. State Temperance Alliance. Williamslurgh, L. I , May 6, 1853. Consfderant—Brisbane. Conespondcnce of The CleTelead True Democrat, CINCIh ---------- IS. luessrs. xirisoane ana- uunsiueram., nave _______ nati in their route for the purpose of visiting Benjamin Urner.Esq., a gentleman who for years has enter tained views sinfilar to their own with regard to social re organization. _________ __________ . eg* Ex-Senator Merriwether, of Kehtuoky, has been appointed Governor of the Territory of New-Mexico. A ppointments .—The following nppouitments »to li. nounced .- William S. Pomeroy, Collector,. Fairfield, Conn., -rioe Wm. Henry Peel, removed. Edward Dashfield, Surveyor, Memphis, Tenn.,rice Hume F. Hill, removed. Joseph O. Jones, P Tracy M. Wicans, ] George B. Graves, ----- . W. J.Hamersley, Postmaster at Hartford, C Peter Rambo, Postmaster at Kensington, Pa. ivin his eighty-first year. A recent American tra . . (Benjamin Moran) says: “ He is a hale old man, in th« enjoyment of a Govennental pension, and is quietly wear ing out the tbrea’d of existence in Sheffield. Occasionally he attends public meetings, and gives both his lima and money to aid and relieve the distresses of the poor.\ MARRIED. BR01VN— f l o w e r .—At Delhi, N..T.. April 1, Harvey S. Brown, ofSa^rancisco, Cal., to Mary Augusta, daughter of William Flower, CARNELIW pRY.—By Rev. D. M. Graham, in thia city, on the S tt May, Mr. fiicha’’d CarneiL of Lynne, lEngland, to Miaa deugfcterof Joseph Jory, o f the Isle of Guernsey. FITZMA-URJCE-ABRAHAM.—AprU19,atCon^eM Wmr. Ere-^ LANSING-SHEEMAN.—At Watertown, Wig., April 28. E . 3 Ltmrin^M . D., and Mug Mary A., only gurviving daughter of Hon..G. LEONAR^EM M E R S O N .—A t Milton, Maas., May 1, Re,. Ed ward Leonaia to miea Harriet A. Emmeiaon. New-Haven, Conn., May 3, Dr. E. A. Park to PERRY—THATCHER.—At Boston, Mais., April 28, Rev. John P . Perry to Miaa Caroline, daughter oftho lata Heaiy Thatcher, of Tar- montb, Magg. SPRAGUE—BALD1VIN.—lu New-Haven Coim., April 25. EUev Sprague, o f Wegt Stockholm, N. Y.A o Mrs. Amanda Baldwin. SHABWOOD—BRIDGES.—At Philadelphia, May 4, Dandy Shar- wood, of Ramagate,. Kent, England, to Fanny Augusta, daughter of SEDGW-Jck—\WILLIAMS.—Tn Yankee Springs, Afichigan. Auitl 14, Dr. C. A. Sedgwick to Migg Mary Ann 'Williamg. SHUMWAY—OSBORN.—^At Troy. N. Y., May S. Oeorge Shum- way, o f Leroy,^Jeffer8on Co., to Miss Mary ElumhethOabont. ELDKR—CRAIGE.—In Philadelphia, May 6; h r Rev. Mr. Clark. L. W . Elder, M. D., of Hoboken, n T J., to Helen' H. Craige, of the G R ID IN —GRISWOLD.—At Hartford, Conn., on Thursday morn ing, Maj 5,hy Rev. Dr. TnmhnU, Chat. A. Griffin, of New-York. ta Delia S., daughter of Wareham Griswold, Ksi;, of th e former place. CUTTEE,-On Friday morning. May 6, Mrs. Mary S., wife M ^G H B E RT^A t Savannah, Geo., on the 3d inst., Jamej B. Gilbert^ BILLf—Suddenly,onFridaymBming, May6, Mr. Josooh M. Hill, bj the accident on the New-York and New-Haven Railroad at Nor walk, in the SOtb year of bis age. HUB BELL.—hi Champlain 'Village, ,N. Y., April 25, Frelericlfc Hub- hell, Attomey-at-Law. HENDERSON—In Granville Co., N. C., April21, Col. .Arehlbald E , eldest son of the late Chief Justice Henderson, in the £3d- yai'r of LITTLE.—On Sunday, the 8th inst., Horace Little, aged 69 veara. foimeriy of the firm of W eed & Little, of this city. LEE.—At Ogdenshurgh, N. Y., May 3, John Lee. son of Thomas Lee, one of the first settlers on the shores of the St. Lawrence after the possession and jurisdiction o f that part of the State wag sniMnderedbr the British Government to the \United States. John Lee,.Iiis oldMt sen, was a native of Ogdentbiu-gh, and-was one of the oldest o f onr citizens who was bom there. JIclNTOSH.—In tbe Tjtbing, W orcester Eng.. April 18, in fhe 7Ws year of his age, John McIntosh, formerly of \the E astlndia Company's Service. McCLUER.—In Franklinville, May 1, Manly MoCluer, in the 53d year of his age, son of Gen. Joseph McCleur, who came to Franklin- ville (then called Iscbna) in 1807, his father being the first inhabitant of the Valley of the Ischna Creek. He has always livf d on the ferm fitjit gelectod by bis fathor, and has seen many changes and improvements in Cattaraugus Co. since he first entered the dense forest 46 years ago. SHANKLAND.—A t Ellioottiville, N. Y., May 30, Julia A., of Robert H. Shankland, editor of The Republican, aged 28 years and 6 SPEES.—In the city o f New-York, on Saturday, May 7, Wallace B. Spees, in the 17th year of bis age. ST. CLAIR.—At Dover, Me., April 22, widow Mary St. Clair, aged 67 years, mother of Rev. C. P . St. Clair. THORNE.—At Sanbomton, N. H-, April 29, Phineaa Thome, foe many Tears known as “ Schoolmaster’Thome,” aged 91 years. UNDERHILL.—On Sunday morning May 8. suddenly, fromi dis ease of the heart, Alfred B., only son o f Dr. Alfred and Susannah Un derhill, in the 14th yearof his sge. _ VAN DEVENTEK—On the 6th jnst., hy the catostrephe on the EMs-in iffie Bngland. sndlinge^gU I- tion, Abraham Edwards, in tfc32d\ye’sr of his age.‘‘’ . ’ ^ FLORENTINE.—May 6, William H. Florentine, in the 32d year o f ERBEN.—On Friday, May 6, after a few hours’ IHcoss, Henrietta, youngest daughter of Henry E rhen, aged 6 years and 2montha. GILBERT.—^At Savannah, Gn., on Tuesday, May 3, James B. Gil bert, M. D., aged 33 years. MORRISON.—May 5, Isabella, wifkofW illiam M o n w n , Sr., a na- ^GLDRraG.^May^e ’after a short illness, Mary, wife of Henry J . PLATT--On^huTsdVT,May5, after a short ifinras, SuroA^-wifo of Samuel B Platt, and daughter of Peter Neefiis, in the 2Sd year of T H ^ I A S .—At M«unt Vernon, Ohio, May 3 ,18M, Hon. J ^ B ^ t s t ^ t n A t Honolulu Feh. 18, ship Dover, of NeW-London, was riiipping her oil lahout1,300 bhls.) b y the Syren of Salem. . A t Hong Kong Feh. 23, ship Hannihal, o f New-London, to soil on the 23th for the North. Had shipped her bone (20,000 lbs.) by tb«[Annio Bncknam, fbr New-York. ^ A fetter^om Capt. W ^all\^*u\ witil^bbla.apf660wh.onb<M«d(senthomeITOsp.) - ** The bark Thomaa \Winalow SEall, o f Westport, txamoatbi out, on m ruise to the Gulf of M e x icojut into Port .Royal,. Jama.po toe 21s6 io be at home __________ S^ISkCatalpa. ofNow-Bedfotd. Chase, ofHevwiy. dmoa-out. \ 5, k)«. 34 4pi, tart AlftoiTzilWi pa^Ocea*.
