WASHINGTON SOCIETY. 1 Graphic Fen Picture of the Social Session at the Capital. The Hale-Chandler and Miller Stocking Weddings. Jolly Robeson About to Enter the of Matrimony. Oundurango, Pro and Con?A Great Row Over a Great Nostrum. the Circles of the Supreme Court?Chit chat, Gossip and Anecdotes?Schenck and Little Emma?A True His tory of the Speculation. Washington, D. C., Deo. Id, 187 L Washington society daring tbe session ol Con gress is at once the most deinocratio, tne most in tellectual and tbe most rasolnaitng In the country. The manners and courtesies of tbe Executive Mail ?on set tbe example, and these were derived from tbe State of Virginia and the city of New York, at the nme Washington brought the Virginian Court with him to Bowling Green and re ceived the calls of our New York ele ment, In the days when George Clinton was Governor?and that big wedding catuo off when bis daugntcr espoused the culzon Genet?and when Jay and the Huguenots, Burr and the Connecticut Furltaus and Adams and the Boston saints lu light poured la to express their oongratuiations. Every year the New Year's festivities at Washington are exactly like tnose of New York, and the same Is true of no other two large clues In the coantry. CAPITOL1NK ETIQUEITK. In Washington tnere are lew Bet ceremonial days, because nearly every day, Saturday and Sunday excepted, in Wasmugton official life, is cere monial day. Punctually on tne first day Con gress meets the Judge* of the Supreme court walk ?U together to the White House to pay their rospectg to the Chief Magistrate, and it has been many years since this ceremonial has gone by delault. Even when Johnson was being Impeached by Con gress the Judges made it a unanimous point of honor to go the whole length of the capital city, clad In their silken robes, to Bhake him by the hand. TUB BORE OF CALL DAYS. At this time we will not particularize about re ceptions and call days, save simply to relate that one of the growing nuisances of Washington soci ety lies In every lady, however bumble or obscure, or who has any pretentions to be considered a part of society, axing a certain day in the week to be called npon. Hence, ir one starts out In a carriage to pay day calls, tbe ohances are ten to one that only a few houses win receive him, the servant responding at the portal that "Mrs. receives on Tuesdays." Of course where so many Idle people NUde, and where so many go visiting merely for the sake of airing tbe horses or showing off the car nage, it is impossible lor a lady to sit w full dress expecting to receive people day after day. If there were less dressing about it Washington life would bo more open: it would cost less to live there and sustain a family, and the people would know each otber better by character than they can do at pre ?eat under all the disguises of dressing, THE CHANDLER-HALE WEDDING. The great social subject or the hour is the wedding of benator Cnandler's daoguter, Minnie, witn Repre sentative Eugene Hale, ol Maiqe. Hale is a child of good luck. He la only tliirty-flve years old, and was admitted to the bar fourteen years aga He went to the Legislature of Maine only four years ago, and now he has the inexpressible good lock to marry the oniy daughter of one of the rlohest, If not the very richest, beuators in Congress. Miss Minnie Chaudler is a blonde?large, good natured and good-humored?but not generally ranxed among tne leading beauties of tne capital. She dresses in exqmsite taste, and is the pride of Zacharlah, her lather, and ol he.' good mother, who have made it a part of the marriage agreement that tbe groom shall come with bis wile to live under their own roof, and not be setting up a lodge of his own. Hale nas always been tne proitoe or Speaker Blaine, and it has been said that Blaine loves him Uke a son He is a thoughtful, modest, ?tudent-Uke young man, with light hair and dark eyes, square head, refined features and In suture he Is not above live leet four or five inches. He belongs in Congress to tbe class or re publican conservatives, and is as mnch unlike in* inture father-in-law in temper aud opinion as it is possible lor a well-educated, discreet, logical young man ol modern training to do unlike a tall, queer, positive, hale-fellow-well-met Western politician, who got bis education la a Detroit dry goods store, and learned all he knows about politics sitting on Uie back couutor, denouuelug the English on the other aide of the Detroit ?uv$r, n iua tll.NDLKR. Zack Chandler has many strong elements of char acter and manv good oues. lie Is the most iloeral man lu the benate in tne sense of speuding his money upon his triendB. Now and then somebody oonies to Washington lor whom za?k has a good opinion, and ne instantly files off to Weicker's, or wormly's, or Gray's or some of the Dig caterers and has a pariv prepared wdicu costs him I'AOuO in a night, cliandier is ono ol the most convivial men In Congress and if it were not lor his powerful fihysiuuu he wouluhave shown the lavages 01 good ivlng before this. He lives lu a handsome brown stone residence, wnicu cost tiiiu $40,h)>?a considerable suin ol money lor a house In Washing ton. His immediate nulgnbors are Dr. Johnson, under whose oversigut me children ot several tbuusand congressmen have been biought Into the world; Freeman Clarke, the Rochester telegraph capitalist; Charles Astor Bristo l Thompson, one of tbe few wealthy natives 01 Washington; Caleb Cashing and several others. Senator Cuandler Is oertaiuiy worth not less than one million, and lie is Caumedly worm not less than two millions of dol 8. ROBESON AND THE WIDOW AtTLICK. Society has also been busied with the story that Secretary Robeson is to uiarry the widow of com modore Aulick, ol the Navy. Robeson la a large, thick-blooded, heavy walkinw. red-laced, gray haired village lawyer, wno originated in Upper New Jeraey. Robeson has sumptuous apartments near the Arlington Hotel, aud is very particular to have his owu cooking none lor him. He buys at the Cottage Market tne most ponderous capons, and U Is a superstition among tne butchers that if nobody comes to diue with him he can cat whole capon alone. ACnesier county capon is as big as a turkev, and requires at least two ooitics or claret and a pint ol champague to assist It to deglu tition. The widow Aulick dresses in black, and she la a tidy and rather dusuiug widow, stout, red teced. with iron-gray hair, and with a young ooy Wbo can aiwu>s ne seen with his mother whether Bobeaou be aloi.g or nou Many people allege that Jovial good humor and a desire to berriciid a spirited widow and her ?on are all that animate the becretary of tbe Navy. Nobody ever says anything ill a out him; tor he Is irauk, cordial and boisterous with everybody. When Robeson got to Washington lie started in all simplicity to decorate bis tame with the contents of a tar^e sideboard and showered gen eral hospitality; but die prudery ot da.-binglou society was at once manifested, and the amiable becretary had to put his bottles back into the cup board and coutcnl hiuiseit with giving a drink ouly to such persous as he kuew might be benefited. CDNDUKANOO IN SOCIETY. To turn from these topics ol lue to tne matter of death, i may tell you the great question ol tUe hour Is cunduraugo. At the commencement of the war a tail, dark complexioned and dashing pnyslcian appeared in Wasnlugioa witu the volunteer aimy, and he was put in cnargo ol the largest hospital in tne city. During the whole time of the war lie thus served as surgeon, making plentv of irieuus us well as some enemies uj h.s miscellaneous style of dashing now into surgery and now Into pontics. BLISS THE SPLENDID. This was Dr. Bliss, the Introducer, through the assistance of tne fctate Department, ot eunduraugo, winch is claimed to be the only cure extant lor cancer, but which one of your South American correspondents pronounces a grand humbug. A society sketch at ihe pres ent time would not be complete without some record ef Bliss and his nostrum. He ts lully six leet high, with black eyes, jet black hair aud a goatee worn in the tasiiion of Edwin Forrest, tie drives a pair of stylish, lightning horse* down the wood pavement of the avenae every aiternoon, and he Is troaUng tor cancer?that naitting and ternbie disease, tne scourge of Icinnie human nature?the wives or relatives ef manr per sons in the government. Among these are old Mrs Mathews, the aged mother of tue Vice president. Bhe is a lorge-siatured, white-haired old lady. Her first husband, father to young bohuyler. was the ?on of the commander of Washington's body guard while In New Jersey. Alter CoUhx's birth in Hie city ?of New York she marrny a mechanic named Mathews, who la at present a cleric of the printing department of the House of lteprcsenUiives. Olu Matnews is a dull, non-communicative unlnteriertng old mail, and lie has had several cntl dren, stepM ters to the Vice President, beveral years ago his wife developed a cancer, and she lias suffered much agony ever since, although she man aged, lor her son's sake, to stand up hours at a time during his receptions. it was 10 relieve the old lady from this Durdeu that col fax married. Mrs. Mathews' cancer Is aggravated by erysipelas. Bliss' enemies rely upon her extreme ago to insure her decease, in which case they will all rise up and exnaim that cundurango kills instead of caring. Coliax himself, however, thinks It tne greatest b.ood purifier of the t me, ana tne Secretary of tne senate, George Gerham, alleges that his wile, who has had a caucer lor more than two years, Is In a lair way of recovery through this means, /Vr contra, the widow ol Commo dore Almy has Just died of cancer alter using enndnrango for some time. Wash ington society may, therefore, be said to be in a suite of civil war over tne question of cundurango. Wnen any patient or It Use' dies Dr. Garuett and ibe rebel (so-called) doctors?who some time ago turned him out of their society?Hit up their bands and give Joy. Bliss, who has a good deal of nerve, aitnouan somewhat of an adventurer, relies upon ine Hiuie Department to lurnish Uiin tne root, and be claims that ocrore long he will get the tnanks and the sympaihy of civilization, while the chaps who are now trying to ruin nun will be on their marrow-bones. JUSTICE MILLER'S DAI"OUTER WEDDED. We h ive already uad a wedding in the Supreme Court circle. Tue -supreme court circle is distri buted between Capitol ill.i and tne National Hotel. At the National llotel?that celebrated old Inn where Bucnauan got the Hotel disease?tue biggest, roost robusc and colossal judges 01 the Supreme court keep their abode. Tnere Is old Justice Clifford, ol Maine, who weighs above three huudred pounds; there is Justice Davis, ol Illinois, a man worth his million, who weighs hard upon thiec huuareu pounds; tnere also abides Justice Nelson, ol New York, the Nestor ol the bench, who cannot wcign mucu less than two hundred pounds, ami is a remarkably hand some speciuieu of a line old lrian-amerlcan jurist, covered over with white nair like a wise goat. Clilet Justice Chase bought a country box outside ol Washington last year, but nis paralysis has again compelled him to return to tne home of Ins daughter, Mrs. Sprague, where he is kindly cared lor, and already looks like bis lormer sell, with tuo exception ol his hair, which Is uu Urely gone. Two 01 me Justioes?.vi Her and Field? occupy roomy and agreeaoie houses in the lost waste of Capitol Dili, There also lives the voluptu ary, .viiddlcion, Clerk 01 tne court, who is said to be quite rich, and who cau tell you pie.ity ol stories about Wirt. Pinkney, Kuius CUoaie and Chancellor Kent. Justice Field's nuuse Is said to nave been presented to liuu by Ins bro.her, Cyrus \V. Field. Next door to blm William M. Evarts, of New York, owns a nouse, which Is now occupied by a Nevada lawyer. These two houses form a pint ui what used to be the Old Capitol Prison, where Mrs. burratt and belie Boyd were counucd ami Captain wirz was uanged. Justice Bwayue occupies a qu.ei house near the West End, aud Justice ,-trong boards attheEbbitt House, while Justice Brauiev is the immediate neighbor of General Bherman, in the old Ursnt Dougias mansion, diehard Farsous, the Manual 01 me Court, who is one ol the wealthiest men In Cleveland, Ohio, boards at the Arlington Hotel. The richest man on the buprenic beiicii is Davis, sometimes spoken of a- an auti-Uraai candidate lor the Prestueuuy; he owns most 01 the valuable Sroperty in Bloomingtou, in.; well off are lit auley, troug and Miller. WHO WEEK OUR GREAT JUSTICES? The following Justices ol the .supreme Court have never been elected 10 Lougress:?brad.ey, Davis, Nelson, Field, .wilier and sjwa/ue. Chase, Clifford and Btroug have been in congress. Ol these men tne poorest is Clifford?not worth above fiiteen tnousand dollars, yet happy as a wood sawyer, tie is sixty-eight years old, was Polk's Attorney Gen eral and Minister to Mexico, and was put on tne Supreme Beucu by Buchanan. Moid is aiso indiffer ently well on?worth, perhaus, $&o,ujo. biron.', although nominally from Pennsylvania, is a native oi Connecticut, and a representative Yankee lu sagacity anu lorce. He lelt ale Cobege and took to school teaching, like Chiei Jusuce Chase, and this Drought htm tu Philadelphia, where he eutered toe oar lu 1832, and took up uts anode in the old Dutch county ol Berks, lit serv d manv years as a Judge of the State Mipreme Court. He is married to a second wile and has a crop or young children Justice Samuel T. Miller Is a native of Kenrucky, and inauy think the ablest man on the oench. He has been twice,married, aud the daughter just wedded to Colonel stocking is the offspring ol his first wife. Me began ine a physician, expressed ldmseil too lreciy on slavery, and in ls60 he settled in Iowa. He was counsel to a noli widow there, his present wbe, and they have sev eral children. She Is a spirited, able woman, and Miller rank* with Chase as a man of original thought, bold mind, large learning and candid, citarltaole spirit, if cua?e should die now Miller Would get his place aud deserve it. The dauguter just wedded is a fine, robust woman, dark in complexion and slightly burued or scarred npou the lace. Mia Miner's lather is said to have been an innkeeper in Onto. Judge Swayne is noli, made so by judicious in vestments in Western real estate. He put s 10,000 in Toledo property, wmch yiemcd him. alter several years, $juj,o.jO. He uas sevoral capable sous. Justice Nelson has gone home to New York state, and some tluuk he will never return here, being now very.old?on iho verge ol clguty. He 1b very well off and is married to a second wee, bleacued and ocautdul in wen preserved years as hims.if. These Justices are uow a harmonious, concordant body, naviug got over tneir fierce quarrels auout the greeaback-goid contracts. They have Just ren dered a new decision 011 this subject, aud nobody knows what it means, so mat they are all writing Individual opinions udou it. Tne Judges icel mat tney occupy a relation of unpopularity witu the politicians, anu yet one of lnexpungeaide co-ordinate power, so tney are equit ably indifferent and absolutely happy. Four men on the bench would make good Presidents?Chase, Miller, Davis and strong. All the Justices speak highly of Lyman Trumoull. Judge Chase said, some time ago, that Trumbull's opinion in the case ol the Impeachment of Audrew Joun-on was worthy 01 tne best exemp.iflcadoas of tne itomaa Donate. There was a tony scorn in his opening paragraph:? To do Impartial Justice In all thlnf* appertaining to the preient trial, according to the eonauiuilon and laws, la the duly Impound on each Senator by tne position he noide aud the oath he hat la-en, and he who taller* In the discharge of that duty, either 'ro.n oenooaf pr uarty considerations, la unworthy of bU pooltlon aud inertia lbs acorn and contempt of alljuaiuien. Till calmer times shall .10 justice to my motives, no alternative is left me but Uie indexible dis charge of duty. TUB NUPTIALS OP JUSTICE. Justice Meier's daughter married oue of the best looking hud must prosperous young men lu political office, a proprietor Ql ihq oenefal order bonded wareuouse lu New York. blocking served 111 iiie war haudsomely and became a vroiejc 01 senator Morton, 01 Indiana, turough whose good offices lie was transplanted to New York, ana with colonel Lect, of Chicago, formerly on Uraut's staff, ue re ceived the big thing ol the general order bonded warehouse ou the North laver side. It is sup* Sosed that the profits of tuts warehouse have be divided up atnoug a great many persons who do not appear on the suriace. Tne store oupbt uot to prouuee .ess than $6u,0tM, and it may jield $100,000 a year. Justice Miller would probably be made supreme Justice of the Uulted btaics incase Chief Jus ice Chase should die iroin tils paralysis or otner cause. Miller is an agree able man, considerable 01 a politician, and the enemies ol the uupreuie Court?those who think the Court ought to bo an en tirely subservient concern and take lis cue irom tne partv in power?these like .wider. He lives In a $20,000 house, buiu lrom an old one lor the use 01 Delegate Chiiunuu, 01 the District ol Col umbia. Borne ol the finest presents seen at any wedding in Washiugtoa were suowered on this young couple, and tne groom inmseil decorated the tiride with gorgeous diamonds. The presents ol the old couple to their daughter were very quiet, a pocket handkercmei and some gloves, and they contrasted simpiy and effectively witn the rich outfit given by strangers. LADIr.S OF THE SUPREME COURT. There is little to say about the ladles ol the Su preme Court. Justice Field is immensely in love with tils wife, whom lie married in Cadiorma while a Judge there. The Marshal 01 the court married the moat beautiful girl in Cleveland, and he has just returned iroui Europe with a handsome grown-tin daughter. Jusilco rielu Is, la some respects, the most remarkable physical chatacter on uie Bencu. W ithin a lew months lie has had a tumor cut ont of his back. Within three yeurs he has been the recipient of an infernal machine winch, nad it been opened in his presence, would have uiown mm to atoms. Judge Lake, ol Sau Franct-co, suspecting tne contents ol tue box to contain, explosives had a laborer carry it in tne basement ol the capitol and tdrow it repeatedly agaiust a marble column. Tne bottom of tne box dropped off oeiore the top, aud then there were revealed two or threo dozen muske. cartridges pointing in everv direction and pre( nred for Ignition by lulmlnating powder and a "box of matciies, with a told ol saudpaper inge niously prepared to be nulled across tne lop of tue matches wnen the lid should be opened. Field, wnen in the Legislature 01 California, was once menaced 07 instant death li no arose to make a cer tain speech. He persisted, nevertheless, although tne man who threatened mm was a cool desperado; but David Broderlck, who was then tu tne Leg sla lure, aud who was secretly awar 1 ol Field's peril, kept Field's eaeiny coverea with a pistol all the time he was speaking. STEWART ON 8IIIN0K. The heantirul women in Washington this year are not numerous, .senator Stewart's wile, the daugh ter or ex-seuator Footc, or Mlsnlssipi, remaius m Europe, wuere sue has been tor two years, superin tending the education ol her enffdren, among them a very haudsome daughter, who will be out next year auu in Boclety here. Stewart owns a house next door to Minister Scheuck'a. He relates, directly from Loudon, the circumstances under which Sbeuok permitted his uame to be used witu the Emma mine. siewari says that the English directors and cmef capitalists of the mine on that side ol the water were awara that senenck nad some interest In It, and they asked him to let his name be put at the head. Mchenek read his Instructions carol miy over and came to the conclusion that there was no law or usage against Ins consenting. Alter the first dis charge ol light weapons lioin the London r.Yvm omift and other publications there, be stiffened up and said 11 be had made a mistake he should not back out at a time when everybody was firing at turn, mow art report# that more than three limes the stock offered in London was applied for uy capitalists there. He says that the English are penectly Informed about thw Emma mine aud all oilier good mines in this country, and that the stock which has been sold was sow ui part alto gether for cash, and the rest subject to assessment iroin tluie to time, 8cheuck's daughters, who are P?.S ?7ery liauusome, but very sprightly and lntelliaeur, and not likely to be embar rassed or foreign society much, are hav JPSL ,?r8t ra,e Umo 10 Loudon; but the General bimaeif complains that his salary does not begin to par hu expenses. The valuable archives ot our legation In London are stored over a stable, and are in danger of destruction any day or mgnt. Stewart, the reciter of all these facts, is a man of considerable adventurous and versatile success In public Hie. It is related of him that in a single mining operation, the Qouid and Curry mine, he made i280,oon of which $76,030 was cash and the remainder accrued upon a specified number of lod wtUoJ1 war? 8'ven to the attorney of that rich THE MEXICAN PIRACIES. The Lower California Land Company and the Late Mexican Filibustering Out rage?Interesting Letter from Mr. George Wilkes. New York, Dec. 10,1871. To the Editor of thk Herald:? Dear Sir?Your article of Monday on the reoent piratical events In Lower California reached me while on the road from Washington, on the same day, but at too late an hour to respond in Tuesday's Herald io the Invitation given me, as one of the Directors of the Lower California Company, to state their views upon the subject of tne late Mexican outrage upon the company's works and upon the American colonies at and near Magdalena Bay. I gladly avail myself of your permission, however, as the political condition or those colonies anu of the Lower Cauloruia Company is but little understood, and us vour opinion, that In this raid upon the colo nies lostered by the company "we are going to nave a case oi great importance on the part of the United States against Mexico," w entirely correct. And now, without desiring to encumber this state ment with unnecessary details ot title aud acquisi tion, it is enough to say, at the outset, that the Lower Caliiornu Compauy is the legal assignee and owner, in possession, oi a grant mads i y tne repub lic of Mexico, under President Juarez, in lsfli, lor colonizing purposes, the rig,its, privileges and lrancuises of which extend over tne greater portion or the peninsula of Lower Caluorida. covering about lorty-seven thousand square miles, or say, auout tluriy millions oi acres; and to add at this point tuat the company nought tins grant under an examination oi lis tlile first by Mr. Robert J. Walker, and subsequently oy lion. Caleb Cushtog, Hon. B. P. Butler aad samuel L. M. Banow, Esq., the two latter of whom are now counsel lor the company. rue wnole of the land comprised within this grain lies wnniu the latitudes and under tne tem perature ox soumeru Duly, and is bounded on the east aud west by two ranges of sea coast, each over lour huuurod mues in leugtn, indented by deep bays aud capacious haruors, ah filled with an abun dan i variety of llsii. The Mexican government were moved to make this gran, under a variety of motives, all of whicU were sensloie, statesmanlike aud proper, in tue first place tue peninsula of Lower Cauiornia, tiiougn rating useu as a Mexican province, mid so lar remote from the central government? nay, so iar away at sea?tuat it always maintained a posit.oa of arrogant independence, contributing to mu nation no soldiers or supplies, and only acknowledging its supremacv und enn ui-lit domain iu order to prevent stronger Powers from picking it up us a possession. 1 uas, there lore, always been pracneatly under tne ampatnetic republican protection oi me government oi the Cuued amies. Geographically ueary tue wnole of it was a vast desert, uiue-tentns oi whicn bad never been explored, tne ouiy population oi tue territory being grouped ut the extreme point of the southern or lower enJ, aud wnicu population wore as likely to reject as ,o accept the Governors sent them from the capital?in keeping with the uabitol conducting ail tneir revolutions wunout central Interference. This being tue condition ot things in Lower Cali fornia, and these oeiug tlio loose relations betweeu the national and Territorial governments, it was a proper and a prudegv thing fpr til? twiner to turn tins uesert Id account by Bilfiig tile Waste portion ot it witu industrious coioulsts, 2nd in recruiting its ex. austed unances by cpaiging a round sum of mouey lor the privilege. Tuese were tne motives wiuuu l.iduceu the government of Beuito Juarez tne present president oi Mexico, to relinquish tuo douiaiu whion 1 have above described, uud whicu toon ns distinct provincial form in me grant now ue,j bv the Lower California Company. Utiuer the .eras of this grant, the maiu oungatlous ot which against tue purchasers were that they should pay siou.eoo and place s.Ai tamuies (.he legal measure of wuiou Is soo persons) within tue area witniu a given period. We paid to Ml. uoineio, tue Minister of iheTuexi can government, luen resident ut Washington, tne whole oi the above sum. lu uiree several parts and too, ms receipts there,or. i subsequently uego tmted witu Mr. Romero a special condition oy wmch it was agreed on tne part of Mexieo that men of every race aud color, C.nuese not excepteu, siiouid be regarded as eugioie colonists. Tne?e receipts and agreements were iben uled lu tue archives oi the government at. Washington under tue endorse ment of Mr. Romero, in order mat our owu govern ment uilgiii have oitlcial cognizance of the proper anu lawiui manner in whlcn we, as a portion oi Its cltreeus, were euneavonug to lilt a contiguous por tion oi (lie western coast into a valuable nctgubor These agreements, receipts and rainieations Hav ing been exchangee and hied, lae Luwer California Compauy tueu uoiaiueu a charier lrorn tue State oi New lorK, witu a nommal capital oi $o6,ooo,iwo and subsequently organized Used, with-Mr. Ricn ard oeiieu as president, Wm. lb Travers, Treasurer aad coionei Draxe uetvay as Seoremry. Prominent among too memoirs of me company are the renew ing weii-?uowu American cuizous uud capitalists C K. Garrison, August Helm out, 8. L. M. Burlow. General B, F. Butler, William G. Fargo, Ed warns 8. Sinii? I n.,.1 ,?..i it., Q ueuerai t. liuuer, William G. Fargo. Kdwavun 8. sarnord, Leonard Jerome, David Crawiord, John A. Gruwoid, Marshall G. Roberts, John Anderson Francis Morris, General Jouu A, Logau, Joan Hun! ter, George Osgood, Robert MoLaue, George Wilkes Benjamin ilaliuday. Jacob p. Leeso, captain J. ,t.' Jsuam, ax ?>eivh, John R. Garlaud, Levi a. Howley, milium c. Piapuagen and others, wno, taken to getnei, represent. a personal responsibility to the extent Ot ?ioo,ut)u,000. immediately aitcr their organization the company took tue next propei step, of having the territory, the control ot wiucn thoy had thus lawfully ac quired, surveyed, this is an act alw.ys rccog uizeu by natious as one of the most meritorious cnaracter, lor the survey and recovery of waste lands la always done in the common interest of the world. Tue survey tor this purpose was organized, under tue command 01 J. Ross Browue, subsequently Minister to chiua, and Proiessor Gabu, weii known to the seleulihc world, ft is sufficient for the purpose of this ictier tu say that it was very expensive to the compauy, having occupied several montns and hav ing covered several degrees of latitude and longi tude. ine company, having thus regularly Informed it sell' o. tue eligibility of their acqutshion, and Its adaptability, not only to mining uad Usuiug, but aaitouiiurui development, next took measures 10 pro vide lor tue eBtuuiishmeni oi colonies, luey oougnt vesseis; they s?.nt dowu from aau Francisco pioneer expeditious of engineers, agriculturists and well borers, with Colonel Drake De Kay, tuo company's secretary, as their superintend ent, bcverai locutions lor settlements were lormed, out tue main one was looatod at Magda leua Bay. wiicre wharves aud warenouses were built and extensive agricultural estuoiisuineut* formej. Arrangements were made oy tuo compauy by which tne Pacific Mall steamers were Induced to stop at Magu.deua Bayou their up aud dowu trips betweeu Pan,una aud San Francisco; and, following this prosperity, a newspaper appeared, aud gave Its evidence oi a suosiautial civi.ua'iou. Ad mis ueariy two years ago. lhe prosperity of tue company was greatly en hanced aoout a year and a nan ago, however, by tuo discovery tuat a valuable moss called "orcuilia," ihat yielded a purple dye which is probably the aucieut l'yriau purple that disappeared lro.n use in tuo earlier ages on lhe appearance ol cochineal, grew in the greatest profusion in Lower Caliioruia, aud covered every suruo, stick aud stone witu two crops a year. Tuere was one continuous natural plantation of It stretching north anu souin iroin Magdalena Bay of ninety miles long by twelve miles broad, tue orcbida capable ot being gatnered, packed and snipped at Magdalena ut *4u tne bale and sold in Liverpool lor $.'63 the bale. Gere was a source or wealth to the company almost without limit? a 90ureo more valuable than a discovery of gold; and they coiiKoqueutly went into extensive expenditures ;o import uoorers to gainer it ana export it abroad. In carrying out this latter purpose they entered into arrangements with a firm of 8011111 Americans, Iroin r.cuador, named Uobos A Co., wuo took charge, In targe part, for the company, 01 the Introduction and direction ot the laborers so employed. Under these operations and under the Influence of au extending agriculture the American se.tle ineut at Magdalena was made a port of entry oy the Mexican government ana a Custom House estab lished tuore; wbue, on the other hand, tue Interests of the American colouies, which had grown up under the protecting snadow of the company, had become so Important mat congress 'estab lished a Consulate at Magdalena, and the President appointe I Colonel Drake De Ray to fill toe post. Here was a state of prosperity whicn exempted the company from tne necessity of goiug upon the market with their stock aud wnich enabled them to keep within themselves the enure property which tbev had tuus acquired and laboriously utilized. The company did not lutena,- however, to manage their pos session*. in auy narrow spun, and I only mention this clrcnmsiance to show that they were not lu any sense a mere sueauiatiug or stock-jobbing association. Tney felt tney had too custody or au empire, with quasi political power* equal to those of tue Hudson day or East India companies, aud that upon its proper development depended much of tne luture oi tue Pacific ooaai, among ono of the lead,-tig incidents of which was the establishment or valuable markets to our own thriving communities la Upper California. Tuo land owner* and citizens of Upper Cadfornta not un derstanding tncre our vie wb ana motived have con stantly endeavored to uudervaiu our possessions ana discourage emigration to Magdaiena 1 ay: but, knowing that alter a wntle tuev would bee tne mat ter In a duicient light, we did not direct rnucn of our attention tn correcting these impressions. Tne company, on tne contrary, bent upou large projects, sent me direction to Kurope, early last suriag, to open negotiatioud witu piouunoni bankers and emigration agents in Hoiiaud, for tne acquisition 01 two or uiiee nandred thousand Dutch colonists, in a plan of distribution 01 stock, wnicn was thought to M available, and at a later date tn lite summer directed ine to also lay a proposal bo,ore the Preach government to accept the Communist prisoners as colonists, who then num bered thlrty-uve thousand uien and women, many of the former being skilled workmen, who would have aastmdaied wed with our Dutch agricultures. The gradual development of these broad plans of oars through the newspapers, and the too obvlons prosperity whion wo were enjoying w.th our Or cniiia, excited the jealousy of the Mexican authori ties, aud iu tne nndst of our progress and our plans we were astonished to learn ear.y last rail that the Juarez government on some pretence or other naa revoked our charter and closed autgdaleua as a port ol entry. We had 110 omcial notice of these acts, but, with the view of malting proper in iuiry and protest, we despatched an envoy in uctoner to the city ol Mexioo, and directed two of our local superintendents at Magdaiena to go there also, to co-operate with him iu his efforts and r -piMenta tions. All tne conditions ot our grant liad been rigorously lunilled, ana we had complete couudence that the Mexican government would ulUmutely do as justice. While thus depending upon Us sense of equity. Coins A Co., wno had cnarge of our laborers, and who had the advantage of being of ilio Spanish race, entered upon a conspiracy with cerium or tne natives to dispossess us aud tne Amerioan colonies whlcn had grown up uuder us, and, taking advantage of the absence ot cerium of our loaders, went south to La Paz, formed a cabal, came to Magdaiena at the head ol a large body of armed men, who lell upon the settlements unawares and succeeded in taking liiem into their possession. Wo ttuve details ot this outrage iroin our secretary, but tueiolluwing is a summary of the affair as taken iruiu un extra ot the daily union of bacramcuto. '.taring date Novetnoer 26: On the 2Sih of October a detachment of territorial troopi came lo Mugilaleua l'roia Da fax to Uiapoiaeas the Mexican auttioride? ami tei/.e the funds an 1 archives in the Cuilom House. the federal oiuocra placed themselves under the protection of lua American Consul, hut Ins aa^ war not respected, ana be was obliged to flee with the uhiuera lor his life. They took rci uge on hoard the llnilsh ship Coma are, and wcro thus enabled to eacape from thu port In a small schooner under the convoy ot the 1'acltlc Mall btesmshln Company's steamer c onstitution. The con sular liars ol Consul He Kay and Vice Cousin Van Win'tle were brought oil i,i safety, aa also thu archives and papers of the fiIreeuwood, of Ne.v York, which was lyln.' tn port, was bred lum by the revotuiloulsts and captured, and is now held by the Mexicans. The sloop Allen, of New t ork, w is a,so captured, haying been aenl with a Consular despatch to the Uuile I .S.ales Con sul at La Paz. A courier to t a?e Nan Lucas, wltu a petition of the American citizens to the upward bound steamer, was likewise tan en prisoner. The soldiers pursued the Consuls and American oitlzens on board tee Hrnlsh ship Csmadre, but were driven off by the determined action of Captain 1'e.ii Ice. Constant thru is of capluritiL' the ship were made, and the capture and shooting Of the refugees, but no further attempt was made. You arc uotv possessed ol' the leading features of tne case of tne late "Revolution til Lower Cali fornia" and tne piracy upou tue Lower California Company, aud l turns you wilt feet continued in the justice of your impression tnat these outrages aud lucidents go to lorui a case ot great importance on the part ot the United States against Mexico. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, QFlOHUK WILKES. RUNNING NOTES?POLITICAL AID GENERAL. The Cheyenne Leader gives a rumor that John M. Thayer, late United state* Senator irum Nebraska, will probably accept the Governorship of Wyoming Territory. The St. Joseph (Ma) Herald thinks the best way to "beat Grant" would be for the democrats to keep quiet until election day aud then vote to make his election unanimous. Good Hop Merchants?Fashionable dancing mas ten. A Western paper saya tne Grant wings of the re publican party very justly have faith tn the integrity or President Grant. Bui strong as he is, It thinks, In the regard of the country, he cannot afford to be de feuded by such questionable fellows as Senators Conxllng, Chandler, Harlan and Cola In other words, Generul Grant should cry out, Save me from my friends." FILTH OFTHB STREETS. The subject or street cleaning has been causing considerable annoyance to tUe Boaid or Health for the last two or three weeks, and numerous com plaints have been received by the Board 01 the filthy condition of the public highways. The police have reported at the bureau that some of the streets on the east side were in DEPLORABLE CONDITION. ad Investigation has commenced before Judge Bos worth, who yesterday examined ihe lore man ot Sir. Brown, ine street cleaning con tractor, oo the existing state of aftalrs. Tne foreman stated under oatn tnat the cleaning had been done according to the letter of the contract; bm a number of policemen contradicted this by swearing that the? bad not been cleaned. The oincers culled the attention of Judge Buswurth to Catharine street, which Is In a most oftensive state. Tney also said that a number or streets in the Eleventh ward, and many of the piers, hau not been touched U# any cleansing apparatus Iroin tue day of last election np to November is. The investigation Is still in progress, and no decision will be given oy the Judge until alter tue examination of a number of other witnesses. ''HIGHWAYMEN AT WORK." To tde Editor op the IIhkaLd:? Sir?The above is the heading of an article In yonr issue of laet Monday, ana we, tne parties men tioned In said article, would respectlully claim, as an act of justice on your part, mat yon publish the fact that the country bas decided that we were not "highwaymenat work." Tilo.uAS HlGGlNS, 237 West Tweuty-sevenin street. GREGORY CRANE, 237 West TweuLy-scventh street. MICHAEL GUKLEY, 241 West Twenty-seveutu street. FOREIGN SCIENTIFIC NOTES. The sculptor Eisel, of Milan, has completed the model of a monument in bronze, gilt and silvered, wmch Is to be erected in Rome la comemorutlou of the Pourlflcal Juonee. Dr. Dcm&rqnay nas discovered a enre for lockjaw; he pnts patients in a room heated to from >dxty-iour to seventy-two degrees Fahrenheit, auu relieves the spas.ns and muscular contractions by intra-niuscu lar injections ol morphine. The latest report from Tasmania lu regard to the expeiliuenis for introducing salmon and trout into that couuiry shows that winle the success of tue cultivation of botu is extremely probable, the exist ence oi trout of large si/.e is uumis.axalne. Captain Burton, the great and accomplished Afri can traveller, is bringing uoine iroin l'almyra a most interesting collection ot stubs, aud, more mteiest lng still, the skeleton of a man eleven feet high, which is supposed to ba one of the giants of Basiian, Sergeant cox writes that a careful and patient investigation of the phenomena of psychic force has satisded tiiui that ttiey are purely physical, wholly a property within the domain of science, and tuat All the conditions ot their production negative the theory of spiritualism, sir Roderick Mnrchlson has appointed Professor Archibald Geikie, of Edluburg, lus literary execu tor, and has left him a legacy or ?l,ooo. The Proies sor will, it Is understood, write Sir Roderick's life, lie will have a superabundance of materials, tor he lias leit a large number of boxes flUed wlta papers. The new mechanical agent, the "jet ot sand." lias as yet only exhibited a fraction ot lis possible applications. The latest adaptation its inventor bus succeeued lu developing luto practical efficiency is to a peculiar process of replacing tne art ol wood cutting. The lew experiments conducted in tills direction In America have promise oi success. Ine process consists of bringing upon a suitable matrix a photographic copy or Uie drawing or engraving widen L is desired to reproduce. This is then passed beneath the sand-blast, and the cutting uius obtained. This Is anally subjected to the electro typing process, and any desirable number oi copies thus produced, (lie same invention nas been suc cessfully applied to the decoration ol marbles and other stones tor ornamental purposes. For this purpose the blocks are protected with an open de sign oi sheet iron, or of sheet rubber, aud tho steam sand-jet directed upon tbeui from a convenient dis tance. Tne cultivation of the Eucalyptus globulus Is making great progress In the south of France, Spain, Algiers and Corsica; nor is this to be wondered at, if an accouut lately given of Its virtues by Professor Uubier. In the uultrUn d. rh6i aitruitiju?, la even partially true. It is a native of Tasmania, wnere it was of old known to the natives and settlers as a remedy for fever. It prelcrs a marsiiy soil, lu which it grows to a gigantic height wi'h great rapidity. It dries the soil by tho evaporation from its leaves, and shelters it irom tne sun, thus preventing the genera tion oi maifth miasm. Its wood is as nardasiesk. Every part of u Is impregnated with a balsamic, oil oi-camptior-llke odor; and, besides a notable quan tity of astringent matter, it contains a peculiar ex tractive, which Ls supposed to" contain an alkaloid allied to qnlnlne. At auy rate. Its efficacy In Intermittent and marsh fevers bas gained for It in Spain the name of the "fever tree." It It a powerful tonic and diffusable stimulant, does wonders in chronic catarrh aud dyspepsia, is an ex cellent anti septic application to wounds, and utns the skins of dead anlmais, giving tue rragrance of Russian leather. We cau vouch from personal ob servation tor the flonrisiilng condition ot tne planta tions at Uteres and Nice, where trees Irom seeds MW0 lu 1339 are said <9 he now sixty metres nigh. LECTURES LAST NIGHT. BOBERT BPBU3. by Her. Rebert Cellyer. Notwithstanding the inclemency or tbe weather a large audience assembled In the Rrooklrn Acad emy of Music laat evening to bear a lecture de livered bjr Rev. Robert Coliyer, of Chicago, on "Robert Burns." Since tbe great fire Mr. Coilyer has come on a lecturing tour East, and so successful has he been In his efforts to raise a fund for the rebuilding of bis cnurcb mat a sum of Rom thirty to forty thou sand dollars is now at his disposal for the above object. Tbe heroic part lie played during and subsequent to the great disaster, and tbe manly patience and perseverance he dis played in the alleviation of tbe awful distress that has prevailed in the burned city ,nave made nis name almost a housenotd word all over the la-id. The lecture delivered last even ing was in lehalfof the cnitstlan Union. Before commencing tne subject proper he said be was de lighted to have the opportunity to make a small return for the kindness and liber ality displayed by the people of Brook lyn In so Dobly succoring the poor burned-ont city or tne West. Tins was not Ills own Individual expression of gratitude. The tamo reel ings were participated In by a vast multitude, who had been relieved by their liberality, wno were grateful not only lor pecuniaiy succor, but also lor the confidence reposed In them by the United 8tat.es and the old mother country ot their arising lroui tills momentary depression. The lollowing Is an abstract of the main points in his lecture:?A great many years ago, in Dumtries, Bcotlaud, in the old cnurcbyard of St. Mlchaells a spot could be observed overgrown with weeds aud tuisiles?it was the grave of Robert burns. In the prune of his manhood he had passed away from earth, dying m the MOST ABJBOT POVERTY, leaving a wife, "Bonnie Jean," aud live small chil dren to mourn his loss. At the time of his death the British Parliament was voting large sums of money to maintain the descendants of lae bastards ol Charles ibe second in ease ami opuieuce. The royai blackguard wno afterwards wus (leorge the lourtn?a profligate of the worst kind, meaner aud stupider than his laMier, and tnat Is saying a good deal?was drawing au immense revenue from a lull starving population; but yet wan all this waste, had it not been for tue cliaruy ol a irtt-ud, tne greatest genius ol ius age, would not have lud nourish ment enough In Ins lust hours to enable Hi in to die in iMsacc. lie died aud was burled, and It seemed us if tlie world had forgotten aim, but there was something 111 Burns tnai could not be buried away Horn me memory ol niauKiud. Tne gieat ones wno had pelted luui in the day of his no,lUlarity dismissed Ills memory wuu a s.iejr; but among the people of Scotland were those who learned to love waat he had written, and treasure it in tneir hearts, and up and up the wonts ot Burns went wuerever toe Bible or the Pilgrim's Progress wont, winning ail hearts by the 8WKKT OHARd OP THEIR GENIUS. When the Byron controversy was raging throe years since a leatnug bookseller in New Tork was asked of wnatpoet he sold the most, and the repiy was, "Beyond ail comparison Burns-more than double as ma iy ol him as 01 any older poet." The explanation of this popularity Is easy. Burns was tliu chronicler ol the humbler reelings, ibe homely affections ol' maiiklud, TUB POUT OP TITB HANK AND FILE. He was emphatically a raau of tue peopie, sharer of their joys and partaker of tueir sorrows- He wept wtihtbeai that wept aud rejoiced with them tnat rejoiced. Wonder has been expressed that he could be so great, born as be was in such humble circumstances; but his lowly birth was the secret of nls success. The greatest prouueuous that the world has ever seen have oeea given to the world til tne exer tions called lor Hi ia a hard utrugglo wlih poverty. A list ol royal aud uoole authors tuts beou published recently, aud among them names tnat would be uobie m any station; out where Is the oaine iu tne list that can compare with the Immortal bard of Avou, the sou of a poor man, liliuseli the most part ot his Hie in destitute circum stances. The king of sacred singers was the Bed of ft farmer. When our owu country was in the throes of the most awful crisis she nad ever ex perienced where was the man tound to accomplish her deliverance? Not among the high oues ol the earth, but out on the Western prairies, 111 a vil lage almost as despised as Nazareth, iu the person ol an individual who piayed checkers on tno top of a barrel and told droll stories to while uway bis idle time, a long, lanky mau?Abraham Lincoln. 8o it always is; lrom tUe rank and file spring ihose who make the world fatuous. it is better to ue a BLACKSMITH, MAKlNU A UOOO llOKSBSHOB, than a minister, dawdling awny his time through the week auu preaching a bad seimon on bunday? and, said tne lecturer, 1 speoa trom experience, lor I i know them both. When we look at the life of I Bums It Is end to contemplate h career at once so nobie and so base. The earlier part of his xue had been pure and blameless, urul tot we Had mm dying of drink at the age of thirty-seven. And yet witn all bis faults, aud tocy were muny, there is no poet who has ever done so much to elevate tne poorer classes to influence aud power. The grand songs, poured forth from las greut Ticart often under the influence of sorrows and tnaL remain as moauments ol his genius, and will endure so long as the Anglo- sax on race is found on tbe earth. Following the plough upon Hie mountain side the poetic spiru first seized him, and soon tue fame ol the tarmer poet penetrated to the C1TV OF EDINBURU, whither In an evil hour lor tilin he was invited, ffeiore he weut to tue oity tuore was MOKE OF FOLLY THAN OF SIN in what he had done, but afier this latal period the giii was greater than the folly. The age was un propltioas lor a nature like Ins and nis tail was sad gm i sudden. Tue society of the period was depraved aud vicious, and. plungeu Into Its intoxication, the euthusiastlc youth soou forget the teachings of his childhood and ihe lessons or his youth. From tills period uutu his death it is tearful to oontemplute his career. If asperate drink ing bouts aud wild burts ol ungovernable passion constitute the main leatures or it, varied by an occasional return of the old leeliug of the happier days. And yet with all his railings he was a grand, true man, raised up by God to 8INO TUS SONU OF SUFFBBINQ HUMANITY, and raise nis fellow creatures to s nobler sense or the duties of life. His great broiuer poet has said that tue evil that men do irequentiy lives alter them, and the good is ott Inierrou with their bonos. But It was not so with Bums. The dark stains that turow a foul glamour over bis Ufe are almost forgotten, but the sweet songs ne has left are daily becoming more deeply woven into the hearts oi the people. He lias lert a fame wnlch will widen as the uuys roll on. aud a memory dear to all who appreciate true genius. Toward the close of tils life no wrote that greatest of his lyrics, "A rnau's a man Tor a' that," and the ideas contained in that nobie song ore now becoming discussed by earnest ihinkurs tbe wide world over; aud when tue period of UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD or which he wrote shad nave come, and the dlgnltr of labor, ute worth of the working classes, be pro perly recognized, there ts no name will be held tn greater reverence than that of Robert Burns, and we bless Ood that he has lived to make the world wiser and happier. The lcctore was listened to with rapt attention, and at the close tue reverend gentleman was enthusiastically applauded. PROGRESS OF TEE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Lectlire by Dr. Marshall at the Cooper Insti tute Latt Evening. Dr. T. W. II. Mara bail lectured last evening at mo Cooper Institute under tbe auspices or Hie Catliolio Union. There was an immense audience present, which seemed to take deep interest in ail the speaker bad to say. The subject or Mr. Marshall's lecture was "Progress or tbe Nlneieentu century," although 11 he had entitled it "Deterioration or the Nineteenth Century" It would have been tar more in keeping with the general tenor or what he said and what he tried to make his hearers be lieve. Ue asserted that we are drilling Into a state ol barbarism and savagery as lost os^ it Is pos sible lor us to go, and all because many nations or the world have discarded Catholicism and adopted Protestantism. Indeed, a more gloomy picture than that drawn by Mr. Marshall or the nineteenth century In every particular, cannot be imagined. As ror religious progress tbe present century know no such inlug, he asserted, lu wuat we are pleased to term "our progress" we nave lost sight or all that is dear to mankind?hope, laltb and charity. In this connection lie called the attention to what he siyled ino depraved and barbaric condition or calvinistlo Scotland as compared with ine glorious ooudltlou ot that country in the Middle Ages, when it embraced Catholicism. The squalior, degradation aud pre eminent misery or certain classes or Die English, the Scotch and the Germans are, he asserted, without a parallel tu the history or pagan lauds. In regard to moral prog ress, why, it was tbe height 01 Ignorance aud insolence 10 mention such a thiug. The nineteenth ceuiury had fallen considerably beiow anything beretoiore known in any age. Political progress was not to be tnought ol. Were not the statesmen or the mediaeval age incomparably superior to the Hamilton Planes, tue Uladstoues and tue Bismarcks or ihe present day T "Why, ours was an awe o( cala mities and the statesmen ol the nineteenth cen tury bad become lguoraut ot the first principles or oummon law." Our boasted in tellectual progress, Mr. Marshall assured his hearers, was the veriest bosh. Borne bad claimed that this branch ol progress began with the Keloruiation. but he would assure tuose who heard bltn that that one thing aloue put back in tellectual progress lor ages, iu fine, tue true effect ol the Keiormatton wan diametrically opposed to everything like intellectual ireedoiu. These were, the startling and principal uotuu ot this very ex traordinary lecture. ABOUND THE CITY HALL Everything Quiet Ail Along the Line?Rumor* "Thick u Blaekberriea," bat "Nothing Definite"?The Inepeotors or Elec tion end Their Pay. THE VANISHING VOUCHER THIEVES. There wis no excitement In or about the public offices yesterday. The fact that the startling rumors of the (lay before had not turned out to be oi much account in the long run evidently did mucn to make people less credulous about ever>thing that was told them us gospel, and consequently less excitable. The Board of Aldermen was to have uiet yesterday afternoon at rour o'clock, but. there not belug a quorum present wuen Presi dent cooian toot the chair, uo mect.ug waa held. The Depart meet of ubli Park*. It was given out some tun ago that when the new riginut In tne Para Department ouce got control the meetings of tne Board would be made pnbiic, ao that the reporter could t? preae.it and give the puollo the next day the lull oenuat or tne proceed ings. As was mated lu tae ilu t*u> of Wednesday last the Commissioners nave altered their minds on the snojecc. T.ioy held a meeting yesterday afternoon, at. which all the couiunsuoiiors were present, hut no persons oilier i nan tile Commissioners ami the s cretarieg were allowed in the room. A messenger stood guard at too o iler dour aud exe cuted his orders initniuilv by prerouting any one from venturing into the ap irtmeui wnere the meet ing was to oe neid. Wu>ii was done at toe meeting couse pientiy is as yet a mys.eri to outsiders. The Department state that they ha i put tultti lu a rumor tna w.;s set 011 foot over a week ago aud wmca seems destined to tloat around the city lor weeks to come wiiuoul ever becoming a positive lact. The Conptralloi'a OIH-e. All was qnlet At the Comptroller's ofhce mi nothing exciting occurre. asnu o( any 8Ucli qqt intimated tliat n? was uot i toenail* proceedings having been (urS i a Cook or Duupuy. Altogether tut ru Ul ltt0 k&sbs.ssxr?"