The New York Herald Newspaper, May 22, 1848, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. Whole Ne, 5102. NEW YORK, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1848. 3 Extraots from Foreign Papers. Affairs of Austria and Huw . Prsru, April 15, 1848. In the midst of the general confusion in whic! all Europe is at present involved, it seems decided that the authorities and rulers in Austria shall try to make things everywhere within their control, if possible, worse than elsewhere. Italy is all but lost; the only question that appears now to remain to be settled, being either war on a great scale, or how to be quit at her; whether the old Marshal who has occupied the line of the Adige, and who is already in communication with the second and hird corps de armée, under Generals D’Aspre and Nugent, should try one great battle with the king of Sardinia, whom he could not fail of crushing, and then, having levied a war tax on the principal towns, retire out of the country; or whether he should negotiate as to the terms of abandonment from his present strong position. i In Vienna people begin to doubt the good faith of the present ministry. They remark, withjustice enough, that to carry out honestly and conacien- tiously measures of reform, the choice of Fiquel- mont as minister is_a bad one; he is the personifi- cation itself of the Metternich system, more Rus- sian, perhaps, even than the latter, besides being as old and as mapopalsr. But it is here, in Hun- gary, that the irs are in the worst state; one continued series of ministerial blunders is driving the country rapidly to the verge of a most sanguinary outbreak, if not of general revolution. e first grand mistake that the Diet made was the spat on having an entire cabinet of ministers; for all goo working purposes two would have been sufficient, finance and public works; but with that they woul not be ‘satined, but must have the whole baich; and this, without having taken any steps so to modify the existing laws connected with county go- vernments, as to prevent the latter having it in their power to throw difficulties in the way of, and even to refuse, ecoupnis daciver of the ministers. The consequence is, that the government are now at daggers drawn with the counties. The first mis- take of the ministry itself was the issuing of the edict concerning newspapers; this was publicly burnt. Their second and still greater one, their not coming immediately on their formation from Pres- burg to Pesth. ‘The result has been, that a so-call- ed central club has been formed at the latter place, has put itself into communication with the coun- ties, and is now really assuming a tireatehing aa sition and defying government. ‘This sort of im- perium in imperio cannot fail of bringing about most serious and fatal collisions. in the mean- time all order is at an end; governors and magis- trates seem completely paralysed ; they have the means of repressing disturbances, but no one seems to think of employing them. WRAP. A tendency to reaction is also manifesting itself among the upper class of nobles, ‘They are exces- sively disgusted at finding that they are fast losing —many have entirely fost—the influence which as yet they exercised in the country, They were qui- etly proceeding to take into consideration the elec- tion of men for Ministers, when they all at once found that the students of Pesth had already named and the Chamber of Deputies adopted them. They have lost all their peasant labor also; and as yet no one has the most remote idea as to when and whence they are ever likely to be indemnified for their loss. The peasants, also, who, every one. imagined, could have no possible further ground of complaint, are, it appears, not yet satisfied ; those who happen to have bad land in their portion find that it is unjust that this should remain in their hands, and have commenced helping themselves to better parcels belonging to the landlord. In Transylvania the calling together the diet has been forced on the government; it is now an- nounced for the 29th of May. This was done with- out waiting inetructions from Vienna. The Pala- tine is likely to be named Royal Commissioner. The sitting will probably be short but stormy, as should the Palatine be appointed he will be fol- lowed by a host of agitators from Hungary. In Galicia there isas yet no outbreak, but one may commence at any moment ; though at present the asantry and others, not only there, but in Traneyivanta also, are frightened out of their senses by the report of a large Russian corps darmée being on the frontiers. ‘This panic has just been greatly increase by the recep- tion here of the imperial ukase. The peasants are completely thunderstruck and terrifiied. Even when it was thought that only 30,000 Russian troops were on the frontier, they had commenced burying their money and holding themselves in readiness to start with their cattle at a moment's notice. Now, the same feeling is much wider spread, and among a very different class of people. ‘he more moderate remark, ‘ What have we to lose by Russian despotism? The despotism of the Czar is preferable to the tyranny of the mob; at all events, one is then secure.” Mob, in the Eng- lish sense of the word, we have not here; but we have a ys good substitute—the students. This is a sort of outward pressure totally unknown to you in England; but here, as in Austria, Bava- ria, and Prussia, they play a most prominent part; though it is hardly fair to compare the students o this country with those of Prussia and the coun- tries on the Rnine, inasmuch as these last are in- finitely superior. ‘This much is certain, that if to- morrow the government in Vienna took it into their heads to consider Russian assistance neces- sary, a Russian army might march through this country, not only not opposed and with no fear of opposition, but also with the good wishes of, many ti the present moment,) up to the walls of Vienna. What is likely to be the final settlement of all this here no one can pretend to say. ‘That much in- triguing is going on with a view of Ue 9 the Archduke Stephen, king, is certain; and he him- self is supposed to be not altogether a stranger to these intrigues. ‘The republican party are not nu- nierous, but make up for want ofnunbers by vio- lence; and if the new_ ministers let them but once get the HOE hand in Pesth, the consequences can- not fail of being most serious. : Vienna, April 22.—The Abend-Blatt, of this evening has intelligence from Girz, of the 20th. Count Nugent had shifted Hie head quarters from Romano to Nogaredo, and the operations against Udine were to commence without delay. The news received from Verona, bearing date the 18th, was of little importance. Peschiera appears to have still held out. ‘The same paper has accounts from Bucharest of the and from Jassy of the Mth inst. A con- spir ad been formed in Jassy by the sons of jars, who were educated at Paris, and a por- tion of the discontented nobility. The lower classes expressed littte or no sympathy with the cause About sixty of the conspirators burst by night into the palace of the prince, and demanded independence of Russian protection, the formation of a National Guard, and freedom, of the press.— ‘The prince acceded to a portion of their demands; but after the withdrawal of the conspirators, and, it js supposed, by the advice of the Kussian consul, he took measures the same, night for arresting the parties implicated, and sent them off under a stron; esoort to Bulgaria, The Russian consul declare the next day that the prince might rely on the pro- tection of Russia, and that fiye regiments were ready on the frontiers to march into Moldavia. In Bucharest, Prince Bibesko had declared to the Bo- jars, that 40,000 Russians were placed at the dispo- al of the Danubian principalites, and he conjured the assembled nobles to avert such a misfortune from Wallachia. a these means he suoceeded in dissnading them from theirattempt. [t is, how- ever, antiga that in. both these places distur- ¢ wifl break out afresh, day, being Easter eve, we had the usu! pro- cession with the Host round the cathedral, in which the members of the Chapter, with the venerable Archbishop at their head, took a prominent part. There was a vast concourse of persons assembled, but no outbreak or disturbance of any kind. Vienna continues quiet, as far as publio demon- strations are concerned, but we feel rather anxious about the approching holidays; the more so as Monday happens to be quarterday, and there is still a violent clamor for the reduction of rents. But at present I feel assured that fy ere isa large and werful majority in fayor of law and order. Dr. Schitte has found few persons to advocate his views, and those who are most loud in denouncing the manner in which he was proceeded against, disclaimed all intention of identifying themselves with his proceedings. The Jewish question 1s still agitated in Hungary. | On the 19th a scuffle took place at Pesth between a young Jew and another party, in which the latter was wounded in the hand, and the town was con- sequently in a state of great agitation, and some further disturbance was apprehended. f 23.—The Minister of the Interior has Apri given notice that several public buildings are to be | commenced forthwith, in order to give employment to the laboring classes. ; From Pesth we hear to-day that there is a gene- ral clamor for the reduction of rent by the land- lords, but the Hungarians go nd the Viennese, demanding that the quarter now due should be ex- cused altogether to the poorer classes. The ex- citement on this sabject, A ang with the Popular effervescence against the Jews, was so great that order was, with difficulty restored by calling out the National Guard, Considerable reinforcements, consisting of two. battalions of infantry, with strong detachments of artillery and saveny, re gaid to be on their way from Laybach to Gorz. ‘They take with them 1 portable bridges to assist them in crossing the nu- merous rivers. Palma is completely invested. State of Affairs in Prussia. Beruin, April 19, 1848. You can hardly credit the reliet which we have all felt here from the perusal of Lord Brougham’s truth-telling speech. ‘To hear the truth, and so spoken, is, indeed, refreshing in this atmosphere of mingled anarchy and tyranny. With pride and pleasure, too, have we read of the noble demon- stration in London, and of the energy and wis- dom L4pe coe duke. What a spectacle for » and Euro what a contrast to what we see around us! There is no government here. ‘The ministers are under the control of 50 self-constituted dictators at Frankfort. There isno confidence or couras any where; ruin coming on apace upon. all the bankers, merchants, and shopkeepers; credit gone: all the great houses shut up; servants and worl men discharged; no rents paid in town or country, proprietors attacked in their chateaux, and oblige to give all that is demanded, or see their Property pillaged and burned. Such is the state o! things. Mobs parade the streets at all hours, exercising the government, The day before yesterday they intruded into the bakers’ shops, under pretence of examining their weights and measures; yester- day the master tailors were attacked, and made to give higher wages and less work; to-morrow an at- tack is organised on M. Camphausen, the president of the ministers, to force him to substitute direct instead of indirect election. “The Burgher Guard affect to keep the peace, but on all occasions show their fear of the mob; worn out with their month’s service, they yet dare not call in the troops, or even allow the 5000 who are in barracks here to show their faces or mount guard anywhere except inside the prisons and work-houses. All authority 1s set at defiance.— The tyranny of the press 1s supreme, and every day produces the grossest pamphlets and caricatures it the very highest personages of the land.” ERLIN, April 21.—The demonstration of yester- day is regarded by all parties as a decisive and total defeat to the ultra-democrats or, republicans of Berlin. It is supposed that wap will not again expose themselves to the chance of a collision with the majority of their fellow citizens, especially when those citizens have arms in their hands, and know how to use them. ‘The outward appearance ot disloyalty and discontent is no longer appre- hended; but that from which it arises remains— viz: great poverty and nets misery, conjoined with a want of respect for the law, and a dislike to the government, as consisting: of persons who have failed in their principles and falsified their promises. The effects of the revolution are felt, and its bene- fits not yet pereeived by the working classes. The know t mall abe aa and wages are more difficult to procure than they were formerly, and that even where they are able to extort higher pay from their masters, they cannot secure for themselves con- stant occupation for those wages. Thus the joiners of Berlin, who had a grand demonstration yesterday, and a feast to celebrate their triumph over their masters, by forcing them to give higher Pays are, I am told, destined to-day to feel the eflects of their victory ina diminution of employ- ment, and at the end of the week will not find themselves a farthing richer than before they “turned out.” ‘The disaffection to capitalists con- tinues amongst the skilled workmen; whilst as to rude labor, it appears to be in so miserable a condition in Prussia, that the benevolent project of the government, to fixe Vea Sefer on pa works, to the poor of Berlin has attracted such numbers to this city from other parts of the king- dom, that the police minister has felt himself under the necessity of issuing a prohibition against the residence in Berlin of persons who have travelled thither, seeking for employment. Individuals so situated, are ordered to leave Berlin craeeaiare and in case they do not do so the strongest punish- ments which the law permits against “ unemployed strangers” are threatened to be put in force against them. Such, then, is the state of the poor in the towns of Prussia, whilst the disorganized condi- tion of the agricultural population 13 testitied by a proclamation from the minister of public works, who in declaring that a law has been prepared, and will be aid before the next Diet for “ the speedier and quicker abolition of all feudal and territorial services and payments, and especially of the feudal and proprietorial fief rents,” observes, that ‘it is hoped by the government that a con- fidence in its good intentions, which are already proved by its readiness to alleviate in a legal man- ner those burdens which are justly complained of by the agricultural population, will be sufficiently great to put an end to the excitement which pre- vails in the country districts, and thus has led, in too many places, to the combination of the wishes and prayers of the agriculturists with demon- fone that were directly at variance with the law.” The working classes, whether in town or coun- try, perceive that great political changes have been effected by violence, and, imitating a lesson which they have seen so successfully practiced, they are willing to regort to violence to effect great social changes for their own advantage. z A curious instance of the desire to obtain every- thing by violence occurred yesterday. It appears that the minor class of criminals confined in the Berlin House of 1S aati neha goa ens with the food allotted to’ them, as well as the refu- sal to remit portions of the punishments to which they have been condemned, rose in insurrection against theirgaolers, overpowered them, and broke from the house into the court-yard, where they tore up the paving stones and commenced formii a barricade, when the aid of the burgher guar was called for. ‘The latter attacked them, and in a few minutes defeated them, took about twenty of the ringleaders prisoners, and carried them olf to the town jail, where no doubt a severe punishment will be inflicted upon them, ‘The State of the French Republic. [From the London Times, April 20.) The elections occupy the Paris papers to the al- most entire exclusion of all other topics. The re- sults were becoming more and more apparent and confirmatory of the calculation that MM. Lama- tine, Dupont (de I’Enre,) Marrast, Arago, Garnier Pageés, Marie, Bethmont, Crémieux, Carnot, Be- tanger, (the poet,) Bastide, Pagnerre, and others of the ministerial and moderate party, would figure in the list of eleoted, pretty nearly as thus given, while MM, Ledru Rollin, Flocon, Louis Blanc, Albert, and Caussidiere, would have little more than the majority, if, indeed, some of them did not absolutely fail. Thus, as far as respects the Paris elections, the die seems cast. The alarm and apprehension for this result which have filled Paris during several weeks, are therefore on the eve of being justified or proved groundless; but it must be borne in mind, that in that interval—that is, during the many weeks of the agitation of the question—the party of order and moderation has been gaining strength, until it has now reached the point at which the best friends of the zofeniie de- sired it should remain: it has produced a feeling of confidence, and a sense of security and of per- manence, provided that the course which led to it be persevered in. * ¥ , z The question suggested by this issue of the contest for the representation of the metropolis in the National Assembly, on ‘Thursday was, What will the ultra or violent partyfnow dot?” They are literally beaten, for they are outnumbered and ont- voted, Will they carry their threats of upsetting the provisional government and of dissolving the Chamber into execution? The answer to these queries was satisfactory. ‘The parties in ques- tion are republicans above all things, and would not, therefore, it is to be hoped, peril the stability or the republic itself. They may desire that its march be more rapid, and in the line that they themselves deem the best for its prosperity and permanency, but they will content themselyes with strenuously endeavoring hy argument and reason to give to it the success, strength, and importance which unjon in its broadest sense can alone insure. But should any portion of the Exraltés, or any fac- tion, attempt to overthrow the government, and in so doing induce civil war, they will find that they are but a mere fraction of the Paris population, capable for a moment of standing before those safeguards of the republic of liberty and of order, the National Guards, the Gardes Mobiles, and the superb army of France.” | ‘ This reply, or rather this positive statement of the facts as they now present themselves, in we are assured, the predominant feeling in on Thursday. The — part of it about which we feel any misgiving, is the assumption that i lent party will enact the good citizen and su not without a parliamentary struggle, but without resort to these arguments, namely, coups de fusil, which, it was said, they had threatened to bring to bear on the provisional government and the na- tional assembly (should. it be only een Te- publican,) but we freely admit that they would not new have the most remote chance of overthrowing the government were they torevolt. Infact, at the sitting of the club democtatique central of the na- tional guard, on Wednesday evening, an incident occurred of a nature to destroy the last hope of | the malcontents. An officer of the Garde Nationale Mobile presented himself to protest against the in- ference drawn from a list of candidates which was falsely represented as emanating from that body, which recommended to the electors MM. Raspail Cabet, and Blanqui, to whom the officer referre in these terms: ‘All that the Garde Nationale Mo- has to say to them is, “Let Respail attend to his cigarettes, let Cabet repair to Icaria, and save usthe trouble of sending him to a lunatic asylum, and let Blanqui continue his murderous threats.” ‘This protest of the Garde Nationale Mc fobile is of — great importance, for the communist party had notoriously reckoned on their support in case of future disturbances, and it must be observed they had not hitherto inspired the population of Paris with much contidence. * The Moniteur states, that, notwithstanding the zeal displayed by the citizens appointed to count the ballots in the department of the Seine, the re- sult was not known on Wednesday _atternoon. Not less than 210,000 citizens voted in Paris alone. Sceaux and St. Denis added 60,000. The general counting of the votes is to commence at_the Hotel de Ville, at 8 o’elock in the morning of Friday, the 28th, in presence of delegates from each of the sec- A detachment of the National Guard from rent legions of Paris and the suburbs has been commanded to attend on that day to maintain order. The National states that the following seven candidates obtained the fete number o} votes at Bourges:—MM. Bidault, the Commissary of the Provisional Government, 8,308; Bouzique, Mayor, 3,353; Duvergier de Hauranne, 3,116 ; De Vogue; 3,194; Felix Pyat, 3,030; Paul’ Duplan, 2,987; De Boissy, 2,393; Poile-Desgranges, 2,084. "The Jow:nal de Rouen publishes the following list of candidates who obtained the greates number of votes in that city. Lamartine, 11,743; Senard, 10,035; Lefort-Goussollin, 11,597; Theodore Le- breton, onerative) 11,392; "Randoing, 11,065 ; Dobromel, 11,248; Morlot, 11,292; Martinetz, 9,947; Girard, 10,333; Osmont, 11,459; Levasseur, 10,707; Degjobert, 11,571; V, Grandin, 11,079; Germoniere, 10,996; Admiral Cecille, 10,624; P. Lefebvre, 10,859; Charles Dargent, 8,139; Desmarets, 7,615; Boutier, 7,521; Desseaux, 3,971; Denayelle,” 3,533; Des: champs, commissary of the provisional govern- ment, 3,358. 3 The Assemblée Nationale at length gives the let- ter addressed to the editor of that paper by the club presided over by M. Blanqui, in which the utmot indignation is expressed at the statement published by the Assemblée Nationale that the club recom- mended the erection of the scaflold to ensure the marclnof the Republic. ‘ We do not,” say the club in their letter, “dream of the scaffold and of vengeance. It is not we who thirst for furious re- pressions. Refrain yourselves from. erecting the gestions, and the time of the guillotine will have passed. , 4 : The same paper contains an article condemning the oe fétes contemplated for the 4th of May, but there seems no reason for supposing that the SR abandon their intention to cele- rate the sitting of the assembly by a National te. Messrs, Napoleon Lebon and Huber, who. fi- gured in most of the conspiracies during the reign of Louis Philippe, “ finding it impossible to assume the responsibility of the last acts of the revolutiona- Ty committee, and approve the course it had thought proper to adopt,” had withdrawn from the com- mittee. The Reforme states, that a telegraphic despatch has been received, announcing the election of citi- zen Frangois Etienne and Emmanuel Arago at Perpignan. Panis, April 26th.—‘ Nouvelles de la Cour.—Yes- terday there was a dejewner at the Petit Trianon, attended by ladies. Mr. Ledru Rollin did the ho- nors. “There was also a hunting : They hunted the stag, and had battues in the park of Appemont.” ‘The days of chivalry are not gone. M, Ledru Rollin, carries out the principle of [’etat, c'est mot, into his menus plaisirs. See what it is to put at the head of a republic, instead of a lean and hun- gry Cassius, a jolly, fat fellow, who spends in two months nearly one million and a half of francs, for which he disdains to account, and is ready, if you ask questions, to meet you in the old Gothic chi- valry fashion. When the pede put a bonnet rouge on the statue of Louis XIV., they meant a sly bit of satire; for have we not Louis XIV. revived, wearing a bonnet rouge, in which he breakfasts at the Petit Trianon, and has his battwes like a faineant Bourbon? Does not Ledru Rollin also understand the representative system, as it was understood by the great King—that is, the repre- sentative of himself, through those mirrors of his Highness the Government Commissioner? It is pleasant to havea parody of monarchy, as the Hee give their most amusing farce after the tragedy. B°CV one Property of Louis Philippe. __ La Republique of the 23d ult., has the following: We borrow from a journal, but leaving it all the responsibility, the following details on the ex-king, Louis Philippe The property at the disposal ot Louis Philippe, in his exile, is not near so conside- rable as is imagined. It is quite true that in 1880 831 he placed, almost daily, considerable n the English and American funds; but since 1834, convinced that his dynasty was secure, he drew out a part of these to place them in France. ‘The ex-king has left more than. thirty millions of debt. ‘The observation of M. Dupin, which seem- ed a jest, ‘Ihave no doubt the civil list is poor—it is alw making purchases,’ is, however, a truth, Louis Philippe was always buying, and always left a part of the price unpaid. Without this, it would be impossible to explain such an enormous amount of debt. His possessions are magnificent. After deducting his debts his fortune may be valued at 250,000,000. It is well known that the woods of the private domain are well managed. |All the other family possessions have been considerably improved since 1880; nevertheless, Louis Philippe has left his private affairs in the greatest disorder. ‘There never was a royal household so badly ma- naged. It was the same with that as with public affairs; he meddled with everything, and got every thing into confusion. He thought by that to show his shrewdness and ability. He liked to see those employed by him disagree; he was in the ha- bit of saying ‘when the asses fight, the flour is safe inthe mill.” In short, owing to his low cunning it was, that the measures of the 24th of February, de- prived of all unity and control, were worse than us less, Louis Philippe was in debt every where ; he paid no one, if he could avoid it. His tradesmen were always making applications. Ie owed the person who supplied him with vegetables and fruit 95,000 franes, and his baker at Neuilly 25,000f. No man ever had such a mania for laying up household stores—always buyirft without limit and without judgment. In his cellar at Neuilly, there were 75,- 000 bottles, containing 150 kinds of wine, and more than 1,200 casks, all full; and 24,000 wax candles, which served to set fire to and burn that resid The collection of bronzes of Villiers, contained in ‘objets dart,’ ‘statuettes,’ clocks and bronzes’ ite to furnish three palaces ; they were neaped together without order, as they were bought, with- out taste, although he pretende to be a conn: ar. At the Tuileries, at Eu, Dreux, and Ferte-Vidame, there were as many kitchen utensils and saucepans as would have cooked a dinner for anarmy. We are of the same opinion with a person who knew Louis Philippe well, and had frequent opportunities of seeing and observing him, who said: ‘That man is covetous, rapacious, but he is too much a spend- thrift to be called a miser.’” iperor of Russi: ht to doin Crise of Kuropean Affairs - rty at Chantilly. Mr. Eprror— _ Ist. Restore Poland to her national limits and rights—all Poland, whether Russian, Austrian, or Prussian, and defend its integrity within its an- cient limits, against the attacks of the neighbor- ing powetes ‘i 1. Give to Russia in Europe, a constitution suitable to its present wants, with the comfortable assurance of extended rights, when the people | shall have been prepared to receive and exercise them. 8d. Reform the territorial governments in Asia, from the Caucasus to the frontiers of China. 4th. March 150,000. troops upon the Indus and survey the plainsof Hindostan; the rights of way through Persia, from the southern shores of the Caspian sea and the possession of Khiva, af- ford quite as easy lines of march as the route from the Rio Grande to Mexico. | 5th. Proclaim to the native princes and tribes from Bokhara to Belovehistan, freedom from “ter- | | ror of the British name.” | 6th. Cross the Indus, and announce to the world | that, throughout India, the British power has | ceased to exist. | 7th. Open India to the commerce ef the world, upon the most liberal principles, pe and Asia ary betwee! extinguish the Turkish rule in Euro and make the Euphrates the boun the Russian and French possession Mth, Open the canal between the Mediterra- | nean and the Red sea, and invite France to co- | operate in this great work. 12th. Combine with F , free to manage its concerns in its own way; 80 that Ireland, being independent, may develope the dormant resources of her magnificent country. 13th. Leave Sweden, Denmark, all Germany, Italy, Greece, and Spain, to the operation of peace- ful revolutions. All this might be the work of an Emperor of Russia, Let us sum up. Poland free, and indepen- dent,—Russia beginning to educate her own peo- ple in political knowledge, with a view to a safe ex- | tension of political and social rights,—Italy, and all | Germany united under one federal government— Denmark and Sweden following in the steps of Russia—Christian laws and institutions estab- lished in Turkey—Sy: and Egypt — receiving French colonists, and_ affording an asylum to the surplus population of France—lIreland free, and England, with the loss of India, becoming a fourth rate power, would furnish a funny sequel to the veracious history by Allison. So may all these things be. (on ee, and set Ireland | Wasnineton, April, 1848. Exposition of the Game for the Presidency. In November next the electors for the election of a President of the United States are to be elected. In the interval, the national convention, (time and place designated,) of either party, has to nominate its ticket for the campaign. Both pamies are now in an inexplicable state of delightful confusion— the whigs being divided upon men, and the demo- crats split up and sub-divided upon men and princi- ples, Let us first consider the present aspects and prospects of the whigs, and ascertain thereby the drift of the tide, if we can. The visit of Henry Clay to Washington last win- ter, revived the old flame, and his subsequent move- ments have placed him as prominently forward as if he had made an electioneering tour of the Uni- ted States. The old school whigs, with scarce an exception, are for him. We find the steady whig States still steady in his support. In Vir- ginia, and in Alabama—States inevitably de- mocratic—we find the whigs leading off tor General lor. The design 1s obvious.— The object is, from the neutral position of Gen. Taylor, and his military popularity, to subtract a iaticienay of the floating materials of the demo- cratic party, and, upon this device, not only to carry those States for the Presidential ticket, but also to carry along with them the district and local whig candidates, who may be mixed up in the election. The old whigs demur to this expedient ; they have no faith in it, even as applied to Virginia and Ala- bama, and far less in its application to Ohio and New York. But there are associated with the Taylor men many influential whigs of Pennsyl- vania, Kentucky, Tennessee, and other States south of Pennsylvania—none north of it, to the best of our understanding of the case, Louisiana is clearly for Taylor; Mississippi is for him, and Georgia and South Curolina have a decided leaning in that direction. Superadded to these agencies, we have the Tyler party, the no-party men, of Mr. Tyler’s adminisiration, Is office men, his Baltimore convention men, his corporal’s guard, excepting the few retained under the present ad- ministration, who, of course, are democrats—such men, for instance, as General Cushing and Mr. Wise, shrewd and able men—whigs under Har- rison, Tyler men under Tylef, and democrats un- der Polk! The body of the ‘Tyler men, displace and exiled from either party, on account of their devotign to Tyler, are for het fl He, they sup- pose, 18 a no party man, and they are of the same party. They can support him consistently, because they are not considered as whigs or democrats. Of ‘such heterogeneous elements is the nucleus of the Taylor party, But there 1s a large body of the people, all over the country, and especially in the South—a large body who ure in favor of ‘Taylor, without regard to party, but simply because of the sterling qualities and shining military exploits of the war. _ But the whig party have resovled upon a conven- tion. All the States will be represented in that convention, and there General Taylor will fall be- hind hand. He has only the prospect of five or six States, south of Mason and Pixon. The chances for Mr. Clay are that he will receive a large major- ity of States, and a larger majority of votes on the first ballot. me Slats however, as they have been, the friends of John McLean do not despair. Between the friends of Taylor, and Scott, and Webster, (Mas- sachusetts,) the disciples of McLean expect the probability of a balance of power ; while the advo- cates of the claims of General Scott expect to use him. successfully to offset the military influences of General Taylor, in case of necessity. Mr. Clay, by all odds, has the prospect of the nomination, and they rest his availability upon his chances for the Irish vote, and for the vote of York State, which the count upon conclusively from the defection in the democratic party, on the Wilmotproyiso. Add to this their calculation that Mr. Clay will carry all the States that he carried in *44, and his prospects in Indiana and Georgia, and then the nomination of Mr. Clay, by the whig na- tional convention, appears to be one of the most probable occurrences of the coming 7th of June. We assume, therefore, that Mr. Clay will live in good health to the meeting of the convention—we hope he may live in a green old age for many years to come; we assume that he will be nominated as the whig candidate. We further assume that, from he settlement of the Texas question—from his past efforts in the cause of liberty, all over the world from his known sympathy tor Ireland—from his undoubted sympathy with the French people—and from the magnetic influence of his personal popu- larity—that he will be hard to beat in a fair field. A’word upon the democratic side of the question. Here we have a host of, candidates; but the only embodiment of the party is the proceeds of success, There is no personal embodiment of the democra- tic party—there has been none since the death of Old Hickory. ; At this juncture, Gen. Cass stands forth the most prominent man; but he is not the favorite of the South. The South would prefer Mr. Polk; the East would prefer him as the least dangerous com- promise candidate. But itis understood that the nominee of the democrats must come from the North—so Mr. Benton has said, at all nts. Who 1s your man? What man but James K. Polk can be acceptable from the South? And do not his river and harbor vetoes emphatically kill him in the West? They do, in our humble judgment. Mr. Polk could not ‘carry either Indiana, Michigan, or Ulinois in another election, no more than he could carry New York. Ifthe harbor and river vetoes which he has sent to Congress are not sufficient, he will have another to give at the present session, and possibly before the meeting of the Baltimore convention, which will settle the question. We will, for the present, then, consider Mr. Polk as out of the question; and we will also sume that the frends of Gen. Cass will not giv way to Mr. Buchanan. How then? ‘The case is easy of arrangement. The friends of the admi- nistration of Mr. Polk, of Mr. Dallas, and of Mr. ker, may find it to their interest to split the difference upon Levi Woodbury; who may per- haps compromise the New York dissensions, who is not hopelessly committed against rivers and har- bors, and who has no. irreconcileable sectional jealousies arrayed against him. We hear this compromise spoken of by men behind the scenes, | and also that it is contemplated to place Jeflerson Davis, of Mississippi, the leader of the Missis- sippians at Buena Vista, the son-in-law of Taylor, on the ticket, for Vice President, in order to, neutralize the Taylor interest in the South. ‘We conclude, then, that the whig candidate for the Presidency will be Mr. Clay; that Mr. Wood- | bury isas likely to be the democratic nominee as | any other man, and that there will be only two candidates in the field. But what then becomes of Gen. Taylor, and the Taylor party? He has promised to stand a can- didate only upon the spontaneous movement of the people. After the party nominations shall have een made, this spontaneous movement will be cut off, and the Taylor party, including all the | no-party Tyler men, will be left to choose their | sides in the contest, or to scatter their sufirages. Itis probable, however, that South Carolia will run Mr. Calhoun; and Mr. Hale, on the part of the | . Declare to China that her entire territo shall hereafter be respected, and, being released | from English assault, that justice, ag well asa | sound policy, shall leave’ lier to’ the management | of her affairs in her own way. | Mth. Invite France to take possession of Egypt and Syria. c L 10th, Take possession of Constantinople, and no-party yen, and the disaifected of all parties, will have tout candidajes froty which to make a selection; and if the barnburners of New York should ran John Van Buren (and we doubt not he would “run like the cholera”) then the no-party men, and the disaflected of all parties, as aforesaid, will have five candidates from which to make a choice. Dogror. abolitionists, is already in ie field; so that the Wasninaton, May 7, 1848. The Presidency. ‘The Taylor stock is rising. It is beginning to assume a bold conventional plausibility. It begins to develope itself into a tangible subtance, Th attenuated and almost invisible lines of party p ferences indicated in the Taylor letters for the six | lunar months last past, were not sufficiently defin- ed for a party eandidate; and hence a letter that would ‘satisfy every body” was imperatively de- manded. Now, sir, the “Signal letter,” the ‘ Delong letter,” the “ Peter Sken Smith letter,” the “J, R. Ingersoll letter,” the ‘* Alabama lette: and all the other letters, are neutralized, nullified or inter- preted in the Allison letter and in the Richmond Republican letter. Following the whole chain of the Taylor letters, there will appear to be a thread ot consistency respecting pled, satisfactorily sustained, from the first brief letter after the victory of Resaca, down to the methodical, politi- cal, well sifted, well digested and elegantly in- genious letter to Major Allison, and yet this last one will bear an interpretation bisects the most satisfactory pledges to the doctrines of the whig party, : The indifference of the strong minded old sol- dier to the glories of station and power, has gra- dually melted away before the persevering blan- dishments of the politicians, into a desire for the White House, paramount, if not superior, to all other aspirations. What was at first, regarded by the old soldier as a mere ebullition of enthusiastic praise of his high deeds in battle, has grown into an absolute reality, so manifest in its fascinations as to elicit even from the old hero, who knew no- thing heretofore but the blunt, frankness of the man of war, a diplomatic exactitude, a Kane ter nicety of adaptation to all latitudes, which shows that “ A man’s a man for a’ that,” which shows that however lofty his natural simpli- city of independence, and unapproachable _ self- poised dignity, when man is brought into collision with persevering invitations to the chief position of an empire, he will eventually beat to the wind- ward, and surrender. There are now strong hopes among the Taylor whigs of his nomination—a strange letting down of the Clay men—and serious misgivings, on the part of the oracular exponent of the administra- tion. If the friends of Mr. Clay insist that the issue shall rest between him and Gen. Taylor, the latter will secure the appointment; but the Clay men were confidently Paleclating upon Scott in the convention, if driven to desert Mr. Clay; but this Allison letter, and the Richmoud letter, in presenting the impediment of “ another Richmond in the field,” if another than Gen. Taylor should be selected, presents a serious obstacle to the suc- cess of the whi pty, to wit, its division upon two or more candidates. Z We conclude, now, that in any event, the whigs and anti-administration men will have more than one candidate. Can Massachusetts set aside Mr. Webster for General Taylor? Can South Caro- lina give up Mr. Calhoun for him? We think not. Can General Taylor carry the State of New York? We think not—or Virginia, or Pennsylvania, or Ohio, or Kentucky, with many of the’ friends of, Mr. Clay inappeasable, from the declaration of General Taylor that he would not regard the no- mination of Mr. Clay—will that declaration drive the Clay men to the support of General Taylor in the convention? Not likely, Nominate General Taylor, and the abolition vote will leave him in a minority in the North, as far westward as Ohio. The democratic States in the South are not certain of a revolution. But if the whigs nommate any other man than General Taylor, he will be still in’ the field, on his own footing; and between him and Mr. Hale, the abolition candidate, votes enough will be sub- tracted from the whig aggregate, either to secure the election of the democrat or to throw the elec- tion into the House of Representatives. .. The democratic nomination will not be without its military capital, sufficient to retain the aggre- gate strength of the party on that ground, so that issue forthe whigs is most likely to be a deteat, from their divisions, or the casting the election into the House of Representatives; and nothing can stop it except Onp Hasty. 'The Prospects of Peace. (From the New Orleans Delta, May 12.) The last news from Queretaro, up to the 25th April, again sends the peace stock down. The unanimous opinion of all the officers who have lately come from Mexico, was that the treaty would be ratified, and peace was certain. Mr, Trist said that he saw no one who was opposed to it, which is probable, as the oppo. nents of Mr. Trist’s treaty were not likely to manifest their feelings to him. Mustang has always been san- guine of a speedy ratification of the treaty, and so was Peoples, of the Star, until lately, when both these in- telligent and sagacious observers have indicated some doubts and apprehensions on the subject. The Mexi- cans are a strange people, and their government is queer government, ‘The rules and motives which sway and control the actions of other people, and the cir- cumstances which influence the governments of other countries, are unsafe premises from which to draw conclusions in reference to the conduct of the Mexi- cans. They are « peculiar people, who defy all the or- dinary principles of human conduct. and put at fault the sagacity of the most profound philosophers and ob- servers. Hence the uncertainty of their political affairs —hence the utter folly of predicting to-day what will occur in Mexico to-morrow, Though we hav ir been distrustful of appearances in that country, ar had faint hopes of a speedy conclusion of hostilities, we lately yielded to the many concurring proofs in favor of the probability of an early ratification of the treaty. ‘The retiracy of Santa Anna, the support of the govern- ment at Queretaro by all the States, the pacific influ- ences of the armisti and the failure of Paredes, were all most favorable indications of an approaching peace ‘The French revolution was not without its happy ef fects on the peace prospects. That event prostrated the monarchical party in Mexico, which had some strength, independent of Parades, who, per- sonally, has but little imfluence. The forcign- ers. Spaniards and others, forming a body, not large in uumbers, but possessing considerable resources and influence, embraced with ardor the projét of introduc- ing a foreign prince into Mexico. But this idea never met with the slightest favor from the native Mexicans, who are as bitter against royalty as we are in this coun- tey. The Puros, or radicals, regarded this intrigue with the most passionate jealousy and hostility. They naturally exaggerated its extent, and dwelt upon its horrors to such a degree that it inflamed their minds to fever heat. Prompted by this strong apprehonsion, they have heretofore opposed a peace with the United States, thinking that the retiracy of our army would loave Mexico in so poor and defenceless a state, that she would become an easy prey to the mona They preferred the temporary and mild goverm our martial law. tothe chances of the permanent oppressive domination of a foreign prince. Being ad- mirers of our institutions, they hoped, too, to bring about a more intimate intereourse between the two republics, and the adoption into the Mexican govern- ment of some of those cloments of strength which cha- racterize our constitution. But the French reyolu- tion, it would seem, had «wept {away all {the pretexts and grounds for these apprehensions and fears in re- gard to the monarchists, With Louis Philippe fell the Mexican monarchy, with many another scheme for the extension of monarchical principles and influence, All the power and energies of old Europe will be taxed to preserve her present kingly syatems, without leaving to any of her States the means or the desire to propagate monarchiam in distant and forein lands. The utter demolition, then, of this whole Mexican intrigue, set on foot by Louis Philippe. Queen Christina, and Paredes, leaves the Puros with but slight, if any, argument against the ratification of the treaty with the United States. In the present temper of the world, with the hesdway which ultra-demoorscy seems 'to bave gained in every quarter of the globe, the Puros might safely calculate upon the ascendancy in the future ical contests of Mexico. They would, therefore, ave strong motives for peace. ence party would place the ratification of the treaty Beyond all doubt. But they still hold out against peace. The most prominent of them, Gomez Farias and others, stand aloof from public affairs, whilst Re- jon. an able and astute man, as ex-Minister Shannon perhaps remembers, and Almonte, are openly and strongly opposed to the treaty. The old ery, “no quorum,” still reaches us from Queretaro. As fast as new members come to fill the vacancies, new vacancies are caused by departures, Pena y Pena’s work of or- ganizing his Congress, is very much like the punish- ment to which the daughters of Danaus were con- demned. They wore required to fill with water a ves- sel, whose bottom was full of holes, so that the water Tan out as soon as poured into it. “Thus,” saith the poet, ‘their labor was infinite, and theit punishinent eternal." Coxxroricet Iysaxk Reyarat.—-We have a copy of the 24th angiual report of the officers of this in Stituyion, just issued. The managers says that the enlarged accommodations and improveme made during the past three years, have resulted satisfactorily, and convince them that the expendi- ture was properly made. ‘These improvements give nee room for the patients, furnish them with halls for reading, conversation, and amuse- ments, giving to all an air of cheerfulness and comfort. The number of patients has been in- creased. The pecuniary affairs of the institution are unembarrassed. A Reading Society has been formed among the patients, which with other z mental culture, has produced highly favorable re- Their accession to the | jole number of patients in the Re j year, and admitted was 211-95 males and 116 te- discharged—36 males nd 53 122 patients in the | institution, e Ist of April of 1848. Of the number discharged, 40 had recovered; 10 much improved; 14 improved; 18 not improved; 12 died. Since April Ist, 1824, one thousand seven hun- dred and_ sixty-four patients have been received into this Retreat, 942 of whom were cured, 587 of -them left in an improved state, and 143 died. The most cases, d which more frequently prove fa- tal, are those who are insane for a considerable length of time before medical treatment is brought to their aid. Insanity all other diseases, should be treated with I skill as soon as it is discovered. The occupations of those admit- ted last year were: Farmers 14; wives of farmers 7; domestic occupation 17; mechanics 8; factory and schools, 4 each; merchant farmer's daugh- ters 4; no oceupati lerks and law students 2 eachers 3; and one each of nineteen diffe- occupations. The State pays $5,000 anually for the support of the indigent insane, The great- est number are admitted between the ages of 20 and 25 years.” This in stitution is ph aitua- ted, on'a high point of ground, where fresh air al- ways circulates. It is conducted with much care, a its accommodations are good.—Hartford Times. he wh a b | during they | males, OF thes Sporting Intelligence. Cestrevitte Counss, L. 1.—Trorrina.—As soon as the races were over at the Union Course, on Friday, the majority of thoso who were there in vehicles, started for the Centreville, to witness the contest for a purse of $300, mile heats, in harness, the ent: for which consisted of threo of tho fastest trotters in the world, viz :—Lady Suffolk, Lady Moscow, and Lady Sutton. Such a bust- ling scene of confusion was never before witnessed on the road leading to the track, and sroundthe enclo- sure—hundreds of vehicles being driven up to the en- tranc hoking them up, so that there was neither ingress or egress ; and to describe minutely the va- rious ludicrous scenes that were enacted, would take up more space than we have allotted for the report of the trotting. It is enough to say, that more than three thousand persons arrived in vehicles, and all were clamorous for speedy admission to the course. The front of the track, stands, &¢., wero soon filled, and the betting portions of the crowd hard at work, backing up their particular favorites—Lady Suffolk having the call at odds against the field; and the scene during this part of the preliminary business of trotting was truly oxciting. Many thousands of dol- lars wero deposited on the result. Several communications have been received at this office, censuring, in unmeasured terms, the judges, drive rs, and all concerned, and no doubt there is just cause of complaint. The whole proceeding was oon- ducted in a manner calculated to retard the progress of this truly useful and amusing sport; and, if con- tinued, will eventually disgust and drive from the track the most valuable portion of its patrons. From first to last, all means of jockeying and unfairness were adopted—the rules east to the winds; and, when night came, the motto of each driver was, “ the devil take the hindmost.”” But to the race :— First Heat—After the usual preliminaries had been settled, the nags came up for the word, in the following order:—-Lady Moscow inside ; Lady Sutton secon: Lady Suffolk outside ; and started finely togeth Suffolk broke up on the turn, and Sutton led to quarter, three or four lengths in advance of her, in seconds; Moscow far behind and very unsteady. ' Down stretch the grey mare made a tremendous burst, and was close up with Sutton at the half mile pole—time, 1:15—both going very nicely. Round the lower turn they were neck and neck, and they swung on the home stretch, yoked together, Lady Suffolk on the outside. She broke at the three-quarter pole, and after recovering her trot, drew in near the fence on the inside, and came up with a degree of speed which astonished every one present. As they came to the score it was dificult to decide which was to win the heat; but it was decided by the judges that Lady Sutton had won by a head—time, 2:33. Lady Moscow was about twenty yards behind, and as she came to the score, an imprudent individual jumped from the fenee to the track, striking against the wheel of the sulky, upsetting it, and “ spilling” the driver. Query--Ought Lady Suffolk to have been distanced for not keep- ing her place on the home stretch? and should not Ludy Moscow be entitled to the same penalty for not carrying her weights to the score? No notice was taken of these things by the judges, and the tretting pro- ceeded. Second Heat—-Soon after the word was given, Suffolk broke up. and Sutton dashed round the turn with the lead, closely followed by Moscow, Sho passed the quar- ter pole in 39 seconds. Down the back stretch Sutton continued in front, ‘The grey mare had a large gap to close, and was gradually gaining. On the lower turn w, and was closing with Sutton very ey came on the home stretch, they were head to head. From the three-quarter pole to the score the struggle was splendid—step for step, both drivers using every persuasive effort to force their » utmost, asa few inches more were much vanted by both. In this beautiful and animating style, they came to the score, and it was decided that Sutton had won by a neck—time, 2:33. Moscow was close up, although she had been shut out by Sutton, when at- tempting to take the lead at the lower end of the stretch. According to the rules, Sutton ought to have heen distanced Third Heat—Afte got off well, and veral ineffectual attempts, they pt together round the upper turn; then Sutton began to ereep away « little from the others, and passed the quarter pole first in 37, all doing their best, ang going at a tremendous p Down the hack stretch, they were all together again, Moscow having closed up with the others—time to the half mile pole, 1: ‘They kept thus all round the lower turn, and up the home stretch to the drawgate, where Sutton gavo way, and the struggle for the heat was between Moscow and Lady Suffolk to the seore. The latter won by a neck—time, 2:35, Fourth Heat—They went away from tho seore finely, and kept together round the turn. At the quarter pole, Lady Suffolk was in front, Moscow second, Sutton close up with them—time, 39. They kept together lown the back stretch, and passed the halfin 1:18. ‘The contest was close, and every yard of ground was fought hard for, between Moscow and Suffolk, Sutton laying back to take the chances, if any should oceur. ‘There was no opening made for her, and Suffolk beat Moscow to the score, by a throat-latch only, in 2:37— Sutton two lengths behind. ot oo Heat—It had now grown quite dark, and im- possible to distinguish the nags a hundred yards from the stand; we therefore leave the parties concerned, to take care of themselves in their cireuit round the track, and will meet them again at the score. Some one shouts they are coming—n dark horse is perceived ahead, then a grey,and then the other dark one—all know that Suffolk was second; but it took a few mo- ments to ascertain which of the other two was the for- tunate nag. They return to weigh drivers—and it is announced that Moscow has won the heat—Time, 2:38. Mr. Bryant makes complaints of foul driving: the others accuse him of running the greater part of the way round—the crowd make all kinds of noises, and then go in search of a‘wet;" everything in the shape of moisture having evaporated sometime pre- viously from the bars of the stands; and thus mat go on. until the time is up for the nags to sturt again for the Sirth Heat—Which was performed no doubt to the best of the abilities of the different drivers; and as there is no doubt each has his particular version of the affair, and can minutely describe every inch of ground, | and where the others commenced running, we refer | those ‘terested to them for particulars. But to give an opinion of our own, we should say that the whole party should have been distanced, and all wagers on the result drawn. Time of the heat, 2:36, ‘The fellow. ing is the summary >— Jas. Whelpley nates br. m. Lady Sutton. .1 13331 D. Bryant natnes g, m. Lady Suifolk. 221122 Jobn Case names b. m. Lady Moscow 332218 Time, 2:33 2: 2:36. Lovistaya Races—Brvcavtax Covnse.—The races over the Bingaman Course, on the 7th instant, afforded | Yery fine sport. _ ‘The following is the summary « | Sunday, May 7, 1848.—Caldwell’s Purse, $100—mihy es | T. B. Patterson's ch. f. Blangy, by imp. Ainder- by. dam by Bertrand —4 yeurt oles. Caleb Taylor's ch. g George Sunivan. by Tatter- is) Ul, dam by imp. Leylathaa—5 years old. .... 2 2 | James Kilpatrick's elt, c. Dandy Jim, by Altorf, dam by Sir ichard—4 years c J sfebn CS | JW. Siuek's eh. g. Jack Prigg, by Eoiipse, dam by Sumpter—4 years old 34 ‘Time, 1:50-1:49, Same Day—Second ».-Handicap—Proprietors’ Purse, $75—entrance ten per cent, added—two mile | heats: | James Dunn's Jane Irvine, by imp, Leviathan, | dam by Sir Charles—6 years old. . ... ‘ 1 J. Kilpatriok’s b,c. Lummix, by Alfort, dam |, yim Leviathan—5 years old... .. 00... 23 A. Bell's gg. James K, Polk, by Medley, dam | “hy Bertrand—6 years old... ... 3 Sais ‘Time, 8:50'5—8:54—3:47.— Picayune, 9th inet Macon (Ga.) Races.—I'he third and fourth days’ racing over the Central course:—On the third day, the purse, $600, threegmile heats, was won by Louis ; Lovel’s ch. m. by Boston, dam Emily, 6 y. 0., beating Dr. Burroughs’s b. m. Miss Chase, Sy. 0. Only one heat wae rat Mita Chase ‘bing ‘anabie to chase the joston mare with any prospect of giving her the and being therefore drawn after fi trial eae On the fourth day, the race for the purse, $200 with @ $40 silver cup tothe second best—mile heate—best three in five—was won by Louis Lovel’s Sally Peyton, beating Don Ganon and Putnam. Putnam won the first and ran second for the second heat, and was then drawn—so the silver cup was given to Don Ganon « Four beats run-—the three last taken by the winner,