The New York Herald Newspaper, December 4, 1849, Page 2

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CIRCUS, Astor Place— Jan Penrormancns, MANHATTAN CIRCUS, near Williamebargh Ferry— Beuns nian Penronmanors. CHINESE MUSEUM—Giippon'’s PanonaMA oF THE Le. street—No Some No Process. equare—Isa ae Le— Aa. . vie MinsrR eis. “Wew York, Tucsday, December 4, 18a, Bows from Europe. ‘The mai] steomship Hermann, Captain Crabtree, ys due at this port, with three days later news from Europe. She was to have left Southampton, Eng- Jand, on the 20th ultimo. ‘The English mail steamer Europa, Captain Loit, with four days later than the advices due by the Hermann, may be expected to arrive ut Halifax to- might, or to-morrow morning. She was to have sailed from Liverpoo! on the 24th ultimo. ‘The Cunard steamers began, on the Ist instant, to run semi-monthly. The First Day of Congress—No Speaker. By our telegraphic despatches, received at 10 o'clock last night, via Baltimore, thence to Phila- delphia, via Harrisburg, thence to New York, we have a report of the opening of both houses of Con- gress. The Senate having a quorum present, or- ganized, sent word to the House to that effect, and adjourned. Jn the House, the Clerk called the roll, and 221 members answered to their names. Susequent- Jy, 229 voted in the four trials for Speaker. Mr. Winthrop stood firm at 96. Mr. Cobb, democratic nominee, 203 first vote, and 202 the other three. We suppose the votes were taken viva voce, as usual, though our brief despatches do not indicate it, nor afiord any clue to the scattering votes. Mr. Cobb bas the advantage of the start; but the ba- lence of power produces sometimes the most unex- pected results. There was donbilees a busy time of electioneering and log rolling last night, at Washington. What the effect will be, we shall probably learn to-day or to-night; for though it is highly probable the fight upon the Speaker will be a protracted one, it is believed that the regulars, on both sides, will persevere in electing a Speaker be- tore they adjourn In that event, the message will and the Progress of the French Ki ln the modern: history of Europe, there have been no years Like the two past. The wave of re- volution which rose from the Vatican, swept over the borom of Europe. levelling, for a brief hour, the thrones of the middle ages, and sweeping them, as the worid then supposed, into the rain of the p: Firet of all came the shout of liberty from Rome —a new Pepe proclaimed freedora to his people— and the voice was caught up and re-echoed through every valley of ltaly. Despotism in Turin, and Modena, and Naples, rust fall, if it should fall in Rome. If # supreme Pontiff in the Eternal City, would give up his long-descended sceptre, sanc- tified as it was with the prestrge of fifteen centuries, how could Charles Albert, the traitor, hope to keep Genoa in slavery? or the bigot Bourbon continue the torments of the inquisition at Modena? or the bieody Ferdinand grind nine millions of Italians into the soil of the Two Sicilies? Every tyrant in Ttaly would be forced to grant a constitution to his people. Next came the earthquake of France, leaving Louis Philippe an exile from the home of his fax there. For the second time, republican liberty un- folded ite wings in the fair land of the fleur de lis Lamartine electrified Earope. The first and most unexpected reverberution of the great convulsion of Paris was felt at Vienna—the centre of absotut- | dem—the home of Metternich, the master spirit of | despotism. An irresistible revolution swept away & proud nobility, a corrupt priesthood, an imperi- ous sristocracy, a rotten government, and an im- becile emperor. On the Lith of Mareh, Metter. nieb, with his grey hairs, and preesed down by the weight of years and the curses of Europe, bore his wembling limbs into exile. Francia, the em- peror, obendoned his falling monarchy, and fled to the factnesses of the Tyrol + later Berlin responded, and the king day against the new born grant of The Poles, who had emerged from the freedom Berlin dungeons, becaine masters ot the monarchy, | tecond di the , and inspired the people with the idea. cf a republic. One minister of the eovneil of Mrederic William, stood calmly amidst the ruins, and handing to his master the na- tienal colors of German wnity, succeeded in keeping the crumbling crown on the head of the trembling king. A few days alter, the Poles and the audenta of Vienna discarded the constitutioa granted by the Emperor on the 16th of March, and made ancppeul te @ constituent assembly of the State, chosen by wi al sufirage. The strength of the 4 ian empire was broken—its invinci- Dility was destroyed—its prestige lost, in a day. And there ley Hungary—a brave nation of twenty | mullione, bleeding aoder the Austrian yoke! Mas; the lore this firet chance, she had had of being free? She rove, and shook from her the incubus of Austrian despotism, like “dew-drope from the lion's main.” Keesuth becemme, for the time, the savior, the regenerator, of bis fatherland. This | Ep .topenn revolution (for it had now become such) began to pass the enows of the Tyrol. There ley Lx wbardy, the garden of Europe, the prairie | of liely, fell of brave men, with DMfilaw for her enpite!, «od this capital filled with savage Croats and fierce buzzare, who could not even speak the languege of the generous people they were sent to enslave. She, too, heard the toesia, and lifted her arm. On the 20th of March—that stormy month—she ros. * and drove the Austrians from her walls. Vente, the quee ¥ of the Adriatic, imitated her example, and once 1, re the flag of the Doges was unfurled from the ty Wers of St. Mark. During the first days of April— ®# #000 ae the news could be borne by fleet horses—,Varma and Modena ex- pelled their tyrants, and esta: “ished provisional gov- emmenta. Torcany, already m F¢ than half free, re- rived a constitution from her | beral Sovereige— Nopies extorted a constitution fro, her barbarian master, who signed it with a trembi, 88 hand, and presented it with a blanched cheek to @ © Outraged and lavalted people / Last of all, Charles Albert—the coward bigot, the bare traitor—raived the tri-color of Italy, © to save hie throne and his head, retracted bh ¥ solemn oath, sworn years before in the secrecy of his own and a charter of liberty. He thought of emancipating himself from Austria on one side, anda republic on the other, by attempting a war of conquest. It cost him his throne, Thus Europe was inflamed—thus went the torch of revolution across the continent. From Boulogne sur Mere to the farthest Cape of Calabna, the wave of revolution went drifting—even Eng- land was rocked with the general convulsion. Alarm was felt in London. Twenty thousand troops guarded the palace of an innocent queen» and thirty thousand special constables were sworn into service in the metropolis. Two hundred thou- sand of Carlyle’s hungry chartists, assembled on Kennington Common. But they were not French- mev,who are born with a musket in their mouths— they were not men who could cut down the trees of St. James’ Park, and tear up Piccadilly pave- ments, for barricades. They were chartists—too lean to rebel—as the same Carlyle says—or the upshot of the affair might have been very different, As it turned out, nobody was harmed in London, although everybody was frihtened ; but the thing parsed off, and the two hundred thousand hungry chartists renred, each to his hovel of want and de- gradation, and the bloated aristocracy and prelacy of Great Britain, which had been saved for the hour, by retreating behind a female sovereign, ap- pealing, meanwhile, to the gallantry ot the nations came forth from their hiding places, and began to strut once more on the stage. Europe, for the moment, was revolutionized.— For the hour, there was more liberty in Rome thaa in Liverpool—the Pope was a second Rienzi—Eu- rope gave a maniac shout of freedom, which rang through the world. It tmrned ont, before the earth had completed its annual revolution, that this was buta drama, which began with a farce, only to end with a tragedy. Now, we may #ay that Europe had only taken exhilarating gas. She hai recovered her senses—all is dark, dreary despotism this 4th day of December, 1849. Kings again reign by the grace of God, and the people are whipped back, like rebellious spanit to their kennels, while their chieftains are driven into exile, or shot like renegades. A price is set on the head of Kos- suth, and Haynau is appointed hangman-in-chief to the empire of Rudolph de Hapsberg. Now, it all this had been enacted at Burton’s theatre, and Burton himself had personated Nicho- jas,and Brougham Kossuth, it would,in “piping times of peace,” have been considered @ most excellent farce—rather far-fetched, it is true, and somewhat ineredible—but withal very nice, as the English say. But, being a bona fide matter, it becomes quite another affair. Let us see, fora moment, the other side of the question. Europe went up—let us See how she went down; for we take it for granted she 1s down for the present, flatter than was neces” sery, even—flatter than omelette souffé collapsed, Apropos of omelette souflé—What of France t— Louis Napoleon has turned out a different man from what the world expected. By the dismissa of the Barrot ministry, he has shown that he iS determined to have an opinion and a policy of his own, and his letter to the President of the Assem- bly is, as the Liverpool Courier remarks, ‘ ex- actly the plain,straight- forward declaration needed at the crisis.’ We are strongly inclined to the belief that, with ordinary pradence, Louis Napo- leon may, without much difficulty, keep his place, live out his administration, and perhaps be re- elected. Atali events, we have no belief that the Republic of France can be broken down, or in any manner subverted. It has struck its roots too deep into the soil. The heart of France is repub- lican, and above all, the army (a half a million of men) is republicem. Charles X. made this dis- covery im 1830. Lonis Philippe was convinced of the fact in February, 1848. The French sol- dier is a republican. Changes may, and doubtless will,take place—the present constitution was made in a hurry, and may need some patching. Bat monarchy in France has got beyond patching Like a new piece of cloth put into aa old garment the rent would be made worse. Tur Bostox Menvrn.—The citizens of Boston were, for about a week, considerably excited by the sudden and mysterious disappearance of one of its wealthiest inhabitants; and the interest aad excitement caused by such a strange affair, gave place to horror and astonishment, upoa the an™ pouncement that the remains of his body nad been found on the premises occupied by Dr. John W. Webster, Medical Professor of Harvard College. ‘The particulars and details of events which have transpired, caleulated to confirm the suspicions en- tertained, and fix the charge upon the party named, have been given in our columns, and it is provable | that we shall next hear the result of the Coroner’s investigation. Dr. Parkman was one of the wealthiest men ia Boston, and belonged to one of the oldest families. He was brother of the Rev. Dr, Parkman, a Uni- tarian minister of that city, and brother-in-law of Robert G. Shaw, Esq.,a rich and well known mer- chant, also of Boston. Dr. Patkinan was about sixty years old—a physician of moderate abili- ties and limited practice. He was very eccentric in his manner, and appeared, to strangers, deranged. He was, it 1s said, a man of very violent tem- per, arbitrary in all his dealings, particularly in money matters. Ase landlord, he was exceeding- and, although possessing immense wealth, was close and miserly in financial affaires. That he was subject to fits of derangement or abstraction, we have no doubt, both from our personal know- ledge and from that of others; and the peculiari- ties of his disposition were euch that difficulties with those with whom he has been brought in contact have frequently oceurred. It is necessary to give these faets, before entering upon any remarks in relation to the cause of the murder, and the probability of Dr. Webster being the murderer. It hasbeen stated that Dr. Park- man held a note against Ir. Webster, for $450, which had been a long time past dae, although covered by a mortgage upon real estate. Dr. Parkinan had repeatedly urged the payment of this note, and had resorted to means to secure its pay- ment which had deeply incensed Dr. Webster and | created bitter animosity between them, which had, up to the 22d of November, been no further de- veloped than in angry words and strong epi- thete. At that time, m consequence of ite coming to the knowledge of Dr. Webster, through some exceedingly good-natured fri that Dr. Parkman bad stated that he would have the pay- | ment for that note at any risk and all hazards, Dr. | Webster called at the house of Dr. Parkman, and not finding him at home, left word for him to call at the hoepital at 1 o'clock on Friday, and his | demand should be satisfied. Agreeably to the re- quest, Dr. Parkman went to the hospital, and, itis said, never lett it alive. The rest ie already weil known. Dr. Webster, it is reported, was very much emberraseed in his fiaancial affairs, having involved himeelt In building a large and splen- did dwelling in Cambridge, which haa already breome known as ** Webster's Folly.” This, and other extravageai expenditures, eurround- ed him with embarreements, and made the payment of a debt of 9456 almost an impossibility. With his feelings wounded by the remarks made by Dr. Parkmaa, and a know.edge, doubtless, of his utter in y to meet the demand of sucha relentless creditor, an interview too. place between them, the result of which is still wrapt in mystery. So far the evidence i: irely cireume/antial. Dr. Johan W. Webster has, for several years, been the Professor of Chemistry in Harvard Cob lege, and is somewhat celebrated as a lecturer on that seience. He is about fifty years old, and is connected, by marriage, with many of the most respectable families in Massachusetts, In dieposi- tion he is mild and amiable, and in habits strictly moral and temperate. Nothing, in the whole his tory of his life, has indieated that he possessed a ly summary in all his dealings with his tenants; | mind that could, at one fell swoop, dye itself in euch a damnable and atrocious deed as that with which he is charged. We find, however, in the annals of crime, stranger cases than this; bat when it comes down in our very midst, we are for the moment paralyzed with astonishment. Should the evidence in this affair prove that the perpe- trator of this bloody act was Dr. Webster, it will be another illustration of the truth of the old and trite maxim, that “ the love of money is the root of allevil.” We refrain from further remarks in re- lation to this affair, until the verdict of the inquest about being held, is known. In the meantime, we shall give full reports of all the evidence, as it is eheited. That Dr. Parkman has been foully dis- posed of, is beyond a doubt; that circumstances strongly point to Dr. Webster as his murderer, is clearly shown ; but, in consequence of the peeuliar characteristics of Dr. Parkman, allowances should be made for any sudden derangement of mind, and any mysterious movement on his part that would naturally follow. Propose Experiment tv Soctatism.—The idea put forth that Philosopher Greeley wants to be the Governor of one of the new territ in the ‘West, is by no means a vague assertion, without foundation or plausibility. We believe the plan of making a grand experiment in French and German socialism in action in this country, has been de- vised, discussed, and determined upon by all the leading socialists in the old and new worlds. It is proposed that the attempt should be made in the new territory about to be organized, under the name ot Nebraska, or some similar one, on this side of the Rocky Mountains, and that an eflor, should be made to procure the nomination, for Go. vernor of euch new territory, of the philosopher in question—including his old hat, white coat, old boots, with one leg of his pantaloons inside his boot, and the other outside. The Mormons are making an experiment in the great Salt country; and why should not the socialists make a similar attempt in some of the regions out West, where there 1s so much room and plenty of wood and water? On the whole, we think this 13 a very good plan, and we are not sure but we may aid and assist ite progress and passage through both houses of Con- gress, provided Philosopher Greeley will abandon his mileage business for the present. As all the wing editors are leaving this metropolis, and aban- doning this fair field to us and those that remain, we think we may as well get rid of Greeley, and send him out to make experiments on some of those principles of philosophy, before the country is filled up in the Western region, and the old social system perishes before the attempt to try the new one is made. There are thousands and thousands of visionaries in France, on both sides of the Rhine, all through Germany, who would be glad to make an experiment, in these western regions, of esta- blihing a new moral world, as they call it, and commence that new era with which they are so much fascinated. Fanny Wright, a few years ago, attempted a similar establishment in Ten- nessee, but failed; Cabet is doing the same thing on the old Mormon ground on the Upper Missis- sipp, but doubts ar entertained whether he wil } lists of Londonand | sucered. ‘T ading s¢ P Proudhen, Louis Blanc, Le Chevalier Con- sic 1 others—might cc out, and inaugu- ra # new meral world, to the astonishment oft ‘flaloes of the West, and the great gratifi- ce {the Pawnees and other savages there. | \\ trust that General Taylor aad the cabinet will take this matter into serious consideratien, and also that both houses of Congress will proceed forthwith and organize some new territory, to test the principles of socialism, before they turn topsy- | turvy all the present systems of society in the civilized world. There is plenty of vacant land 19 | | | the West. Let them have a chance. Dancer, Wester ano tux Caninet.—Some of the New England papers doubt the assertion which | has recently been made in various quarters, that Daniel Webster thinks very tightly of the cabinee at Washington. It has been asserted, we bel: that Mr. Webster, in correspondence with friends, has spoken very lighily of the present ca- binet, and alse of some of the appointments made by Mr. Clayton. We have the best reason for be- lieving that these statements "are, to the fullest ex- tent, accurate. Many of the appointments ia every department of the government have been anything | | but wise or discreet. This truth is admitted by ail parties, and by none more than by the whig leaders and the whig journalists. It has been ad- | mitted by the leading whig journalists throughout the country, that no administration has been guilty of nepotism and misuse of patronage to such an extent as has the present cabinet in power. Even Thurlow Weed, as ultra whig as any one throughout the country—a perfect red mouthed whig—hns acknowledged so, with sorrow | on his gramite face, and tears trickling down | cheeke made of secondary formation, What may be the course of Mr. Webster during the present session of Congress, while he enter- tains such views, may be now difficult to solve. — | Many of the leading whigs, in Washington and | eleewhere, entertain the same views of the cabinet | as there that have been attributed to Mr. Webster. | That some ground of common action will be | adopted by the whig party, to bring about a better | state of thirgs, and to support General Taylor, we | cannot doubt; but what it may be; is difficult now to guess, Fanny Kemrir ayn wen Lartators.——Some twelve months »go, Mrs. Fanny Kemble Butler | commenced in this city her readings of Shak speare. She was a fine spirited woman, a poetess, and had the sympathies of the public on her side. | She wasn lioness, and herreadings drew overtlow- | a houses, ata dollar a head, when the same plays, with all the scenery, characters and costumes, at the theatres, only drew a “beggarly account of empty boxes.” Fanny was successful; she con | tinues successful; and upoe this hint a host of imitators have followed upon her heels with their readings of Shakspeare. But they have all failed, aa might have been expected, for it was the woe | man, and nother readings, that the public patron. | ized, and the real aristocracy, euch as we have, coerced the codfish into her suppert. Bat, as with Fanny, so with every other success ful genius. As soon as they do anything which | peys, up spring the imitators to divide the profits. A few years ago, the Greek Slave of Powers ned off the palm from everything else in New | York. It could not be very well superseded in | marble, bat Pr. Collyer hit upon on imitation, | even more suecessfal, in the real thing itsell, and the model artuwts had a splendid rua till, the | polee and eur moral and religious city fathers put their veto on these classic tableaux. So of the | panoramas. After many years of hard labor, Ban- | vard preeented for exhibition his great moving picture of the Mississippt; and such was ite sue- cess, thet all the sign daubers out of employmeat went to painting panorama. One imitator, bolder | then all the reet, hurried ap a Mississippi of hia | own, and is now contesting in every town in Haw | land the nght ef priority weh Banvard himself. | Avother has got op Evers’ grand moving pano- | rama of New Fork a Cveily—as gomplete a piece of ecene-daubing Was ever got up bya | wandering Thespian company ia a couatry bara. Latterly, Miss Cushman, from a tour to Marope hae returned to carry all before ker. She will doubtless have ber imitators, in some overgro Wo, Strapp'ng country women, ambitions of the state. Miss Davenport may expect a similar opposition from the young and talented milliners of the sea- | board cies, Everything that is seccessfui must have ite iwitators ; but every impoeture, sooner or later, will be found out ; and bad imitators ealy add to the success of the gennine thing. They have thas contributed to advance Banvard ; and so tt ie wih Christy's Minstrels, and #0 with Panny Kemble A qood panorama may be painted by one man ag we) ae anothers and with re the grand | one it New York, a very poor imitation tight eclipse the original; but not so with Fanny Kem. ble. Itt Fanny that the people want to eee aad hear. Agvbedy can read Shakespeare; but any- body, alier Vanny, isabore Thai's all. MovgMENTS OF THE ADOLITIONIST®—FIRE AND Buimstong.— While the Governors and the people of the Southern States threaten us with the most TELEG APHIC INTELL @ENCE. eens THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. | and ectivity of the abolitionists. | The results of the late ele fearful extremities, if the proviso goes through FIRST SESSION. Congress, the aboliticnists, in various quarters, are Senate. poulaag out their vials of wrath against “the ‘Wasnixatox, Deo. 8, 1849, Southern system of human slavery,” and their re- THM @rENING. solutions have a most sulphurous and bituminuous smell about them, as will. be seen from the follow- ing specimens of their proceedings. At a late abolition convention, at Washington ‘The Senate was called to order at noon to-day, by the Hon. Mnisap Fitmoax, Vioe Precident of the United States. A prayer was then offered up by the Rey, Mr. Siicen. €ALLING THE ROLL. Hollow, Mass., Abby Kelly Foster, and Lucretia | qno Seeretary proceeded to call the roll, when the Mott, were appointed op the committee to report resolutions. Of course, the report trom these two fe- male apostles of immediate emancipation goes the whole hog against the constitution and the Union; but it also gives a slashing two-handed blow at the churches, in the following style:— Resolved, That, in the language of the Rev. Dr. Young. of Perth, Scotland, ‘the grand error of the Ame- churches was opening the door of their fellowship mission of slavebolders. It was this which, by us moral sequence, sophisticated their con- jences, lowered the tone of their testimony, led them tamper with the word of God, and involved them in ell their present troubles. They excluded the thief or the robber whe happened to have secular law against him; but the legalized in theft and robbery, whose guilt was far greater, they Jook to their bosom as breth- Ten in Christ. This was their error—their great, their Primary, their stupefying error; and till this error be retrieved—till they are brought to feel and to act on the feeling, that the pure morality of the gospel is oppored, and oppored ulike, to every ‘want of conformi- ty te or travrgression of the law of God,’ their recoy- ery is hopelees..? Mra. Abby Kelly Foster and Mrs. Lucretia Mott, present us, also, the following practical view of the bleaching process of amalgamation :— Resolved, That the system of wholesale smalgama- tion which everywhere results from slavery, in the striking down of the marriage institution among the slaves, and in depriving wowan of all tection for her person, and which is rapidly bleaching out the complexion of the slaves, proves be; that the guilt of jcentious aimalgation reste wholly on the slaveholder and bis abetter und apologist, A resolution transmitted by J. S. Rock, a colored man, of New Jersey, was adopted, to wit:— Resolved, That we recommend the Congress of the United States to mak appropriation to send all the eolonizationists to the land of their forefathers, “A palpable hi This man Rock is “ a brick,” and drives the home at asingle blow. Con- gress, however, will not have the money to spare. At the fourteenth anniversary of the Rhode Island Aunti-slavery Society, lately held in Provi- dence, the following were among the resolutions adopted Resolved, That inasmuch as the slaveholder has no right to keep his slaves in bondage, and therefore that the tlave basa right to escape to freedom if he can, ave, consequently, no right to hinder him from or to help retake and re-ens! him; and as we ‘no right to make promises which caunot right- fully be kept, or laws which cannot rightfully be obeyed, it follows that the provision of the American constitu- tion which requires the giving up of the runaway to iw master, ought never to have been adopted. and ought not now to be obeyed; nor have we any right to promise obedience to it. Resolved, Therefore, that we hereby repeat the an- mw nt cf our fixed purpose cto aid in tl Tecapture and reenslavement of the escaping bond- aD, Dor to herpes support or obedience to the co stitution while it contains the provision alluded Dut will always, to the best of our ability, as opportu- nity effers, help the fugitive togainand Te price- less blessing which he seeks, and to which he hay an inalienable birthright. rolved, That we have no Gi, ba to ald, or promise to aid, in potting down, by bloody violence, an insur- rection of the slaves, for freedom, because, if it be right to fight in detence of owr most sacred and precious rights. the slaves would be right in such an insurrec- tion, and, of cource, to fight against them would be wrong; but if, on the other hand, it be wrong to fight in defence of our own rights, still more must it be Wrong to fight against the no less sacred and precious hts of our fellow-men. esolved. Therefore, that whil quires us to go, at the bidding of suppress, by foree, an effort of the si by Violence, we have no right to promise, a Promire, support and obedience to that constitution, A resolution was embraced in the report, to “abstain from the products of slave labor;”’ but as that would cut off the supplies of sugar, coffee, and segars, and stop the cotton mills, it was laid aside, for want of time to debate it. ‘The report goes on to say, that The meeting was concluded by @ powerful apeech from Frederick Douglass, urging all abolitionists to me on with the great moral anti-slavery movement, jeaving the political movement to follow on behind, as it mast of necessity, and showing that no political par- | ty ean lift the people above their moral condition, or ir to succeed without adopting the policy of ayalia- ity. He declared the purpose of the people of color , whether well or ill-treated, ind appealed to the Xba abured without being This nation bas four millions of enemies i own heart, made so It has the power to convert them hy *hould it not do #0, by respect- ing their rights?’ Mr. D. closed by a “Then let ua pray, that come it may, As come it will for a th te man the w others be for a . These extracts are sufficient to show the temper Bat, on the lich day of January, they intend holding a grand mags State convention, at Syracuse, whieh, besides add- ing a mass of combustibles te the inflammable ma, terials in Congress, will doubtless throw conside- rable light on the mysteries of the late election. Terrible times, these, and worse coming. Tax Covrrs.—Great complaints are made re. | specting the delays occasioned to suitors in our Jaw courte, and some Solons of the prees, fancying that the mere vicinity of therr editorial sanctums to the seat of justice imparts to them a more acute power of perception and ability to divine the cause, attribute the admitted delays to the judges, | when the fect is, that the counsel and the partes concerned are alone to blame. We have not seen an instance where the hearing of a trinl was postponed because of the absence of the judge, or his diginclination to sit, even toa pro tracted heur; but it too frequently happens that the perties engeged are not prepared to proceed with the tral—rometimes from the absence of witnesses, end sometimes from other engagements of counsel. This fact was exemplified in the Cireuit Court, yesterday, where Judge Edmonds remarked that many of the causea on the calend a | | which he was then going through, and in which only two out of fifteen were ready, had been called for ten consecutive cireurts,, and the parties were not yet prepared. Is thie the fault of the judges who are ready to try them? Ne. Isit the fault of the counsel or their clientst We shall have a few words to say upen this subject, and perhops a remedy to suggest Tue Henkes ano Barxourners—Tar O1n Grover Reviven.—From a recent meeting of cer- tain democratic leaders at Tammany Hall, recom. mend city organization on the platform of the Baltumore Convention of 43, it would appear that the old trouble on the free soil question is revived. nm were highly favor- able to a permanent junction of the two opposing factions; but it was only an armistice—a cessation of hostilities, in view of a division of the plander. Diseppointed politicians, with the old grudges among the sectional leaders, are still at work; and it ie altogether likely that by the next State elec- tion, both parties will be eplit up, and the fragmenta Teorganized upon new principles and new men, casting off the old leaders on both sides altogether, So be it. Arrame or Goapacovure —We learn by the Canada that the French government have appointed Colonel Fieren Governor of Guadaloupe, According to the ad- vices lately reoelved from that eolony, this appoint. ment will be received with pleasure by the colonists for M. Mestro, the old Governor, app to have made himealf very unpopular. Marine Affairs. Sreamanie Tesweseee —This fine steamer, if the weather permits her offcers to finish loading, will leave for San Francisco, vin Rio de Janeiro and Pawama, to- morrow. On her arrival at Panama, the Pacific line of Merers Howland & Aspinwall will be complete. Wyth ber addition to the I a pemi-monthly commnnt tion Fith Sao F 0 Will be opened. Movements of Individmnts, Mr. Ly BR. Breleach (has reecived @ letter from the late Tung *tlen envoy in London, Francis Palesky, by which be .'s informed that the late Governor of Com morn, and ni. Wty six young Hungerinn heroes (oflcers ¢ = gsrrivom Pf that fortress) are coming to New ork, Mire Prederika Br. “wer arrived in Boston on the Ist Instant, | gs following gentlemen from the States specified, answered to their names:— Conxxeticut, New Hamrsaine, Roger S. Baldwin, Jokn P, Hale, (¥. 3.) Truman Smith, Moses Norris, Jr. Fronipa, New Jensey. David L. Yulee. Jacob W. Milter. Gronor. Nort Carona. Wm. C. Dawson, Willie P. Mangum, Inpiana. George E. Badger, James Whitcomb, (F.8.) Ht. lows. Thomas Corwin. ‘George W. Jones. Solemon P. Chase, (F. 8.) Augustus C. Dodge, Penmayivanta, RNTUCKY, Daniel Sturgeon, James Cooper, Ruove Istann. sMilbert C. Greene John H. Clarke: Sourn Canouima. Jo R. Underwood. rs Lo Na. Massacnusetts, John ©, Calhoun, John Davi A. P, Butler, Manvianp, Tenwesser. James A. Pearce. John Belt. Missieirrt, VERMONT, Samust S, Phelps. William Upham, VIRGINIA, James M. Mason. Alpheus Felch, Robt. M. 'T’. Hunter, Missou: WISCONSIN, David R. Atebiso Henry Dodge, Isaac P. Walker. (Whigs in italics~ democrats in roman.) ‘The calling of the roll having been finished, it was found that thirty-seven members were present in their seats. ‘The next business in order was the PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS. Mr. Underwood, of Kentucky, presented the creden- tials of his colleague, the Hon, Heway Cray, who, after being duly sworn, took his seat, Mr. Mangum alse presented the credentials of Gen, James Suixcos, of Ulinols, who likewise took his seat. The Senate being fully organized, a motion was made that the House be notified of said fact. After which, the Senate adjourned. House of Representatives, Wasuinoron, Deo. 3, 1849, THE ROLL CALL, The Clerk of the House proceeded to call the roll at twelve o'clock, which having been got through with, it was found that two hundred and nineteen members had answered. The absentees were Messrs, Wilmot, (F. 8.) of Penn- sylvania; Shephard, of N. C.; King, Georgia; Julian, (F. 8.) Indiana; Alston, Alabama; Hubbard, ef Als- bama ; Brown, of Mississippi; Boyd, of Kentucky; and Gentry, of Tennessee. ‘There being a full quorum present, the House pro- ceeded to BALLOT FOR A SPEAKER. F st. Seeond, Third. Howell Cobb, of Ga., democrat, | 102 103 Robe. C. Winthrop, of Maes., whi 96 MM. P. Gentry, of Ten: i 6 6 David Wi f 3 8 7 Scatterii 13 9 0 Total vote 2a 221 221 It will be seen that none of Mr. Winthrop’s friends forrook him on the second ballot, and only one of Mr, Cobb's. Both parties stick to their candidates bravely. The figures of the fourth ballot were precisely the same as ‘he third; and, there being no likelihood of an election, the House, at three o'clock adjourned. [it will be observed that the total vote is two more than the number who answered at the rell call, but it is probably accow for from the fact that the me! bers may have dropped into their places during the Ddallotings.) The President’s Message, &e. Barimone, Dec, 3, 1849, The President's meseage will make about six columns of the New York Herald. It will be accompanied by the report of the Secretary of the Treasury. _— rt Calendar for This Day. —Part |.—Nos. 25, 27, 31, 33. 35, ST, 41, 49,61, 89, 05, 67. Part I1.—-Nos. 26, 28, 30, ), 42, 44. —Nos. 1 to 15 inclusive. 9, 19, 21, 22, 26, 34, ‘4 48, 49, 62, 54, 55, t Common Pi 41.48, 45, 32. NEWS FROM EUROPE, THE WEEKLY HERALD. ‘The mails for Europe, to go in the Caledouia, will close, in this city, at 3 o'clock, this afternoon. The | Caledonia will leave Boston, to morrow, for Halifax at Liverpool. ‘The news to go out in the Caledonia will be of an in- teresting character. It will be given in full in the Weekly Herald, printed in the French as well asin the English language, for general circulation in Europe: and will be ready at ten o'clock this morning. Single copies, sixpence; annual subscription, four Subscribers and others can obtain copies in ay for mailing. mn Californin..We would remind a hie Le ele, by the Ke Bich cannot Des Mt “ Calf, $3 40; water proof, from $3 to i bo. ws t Strop.—The Original article, invented by G Saunders, blptnny oy " tion, to color ¢! —_ |, Without injury te the beir op Binstee, at the Depot, Ns. 197 ysadway’ ootver of Bey inwtes, at the Depot, No. roadway, corer of D: ‘wainder tbe eaoklin Blouse. Per bottle, smal I cise, Bt New, York, can b 1A Canal etreet. Retail cents for thie COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS, MONKEY MAKKE®, may, Dec, IanO P.M, | was a duplicate of 1847, which, with tho fine dry au- ‘There has been no ehange in quotations for foreiga or domestic exchange, for specie, or for uneurrent money. Sterling bills have been in moderate demand but drawers are very unsettled in their rates, Remit- tances will probably be small by this packet, ‘The Mechanics’ Banking Association have declared asemi-annual dividend of three-and-a-half per cent, payable the 10th inst, ‘The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company have de- clared a semi-annual deividend of eight per cent. The amount of specie exported from this port for the: past week, was $215,706, of which $193,000 went to Havre; $9,026 to Lognyra; and $2,869 to Liverpool. ‘Total export, this year, $4,447,845. The amount of goverument securities transferred to foreign account for the week ending November 30, was $88,250, of whieh $13,400 was of the loan of 1842; $10,000, loan of 1846; $53,000, loan of 1847; and $11,250 loan of 1348. These transfers are principally for Trea sury Notes funded. The annexed table exhibits the value of foreign dry goods imported into this port, for the week ending November <Oth, and the amount deposited and with- drawn from the warehouse :— Movemrnes iv Foreian Day Goons. Imports, Warehoused, Withdrawn, Manufacturers of wool. ..$45 1 $9.06, 10, 5,028 246 38024 12,788 14 636 3175 4,238 4,096 S264 Ot ‘$57,577 $32,991 ‘The value of articles of every deseription, withdrawn from warehouse for tho woek emdiaz Nov. 29, was, $100,106 ‘The value of imperts of ever: ion, for the ‘same time, was—of freegoo: 101,817 rai 888;; Good 204 Sposieand Bullic 10.138 Goods of every description thrown ym the market $1,119,405. The amount of cash duties upom imports fer the week, was $166,713 ; from goods withdrawn from ware- ho $63,576—total, $220,089. The Bank of Baltimore has declared a half-yearly dividend of three per cent, The Patapsco Bank has declared @ half-yearly divi- dend of three and a half per cent, ¢ It has been reported that the Seaboard and Railroad Company have made an segreement with the councils of Norfolk, for a subscription, on certain ¢on- ditons, whereas no such proposition has even been sub- mitted to the directors of the comp: and, if the President of the company has entered inte any such arrangement, he has transcended his powers, made contracts which are prohibited by the charter, and they are, therefore, null and void. The remarks we made in relation to this road, and the object the par- ties getting up the new stock badin view, will, before the lapse of many months, prove correct in every particular, and these who have been drawn into the movement, upon the representations of the parties alluded to, will fiad that they havebeen deceived. The road, e' at the cost of construction, cannot be made profitable; but, when $200,000 are added to that cost, for the purpore of giving certain speculators a bonus, it will be found that the highest estimated in- come will fail to give stockholders a dividend. The people of Norfolk do uot understand the movements of speculators in railroad charters and railroad stocks, and our object kas been to show them that these ope- raters cared nothing about completing the road, but only wanted te scil one million dollars of stook; whereas an expenditure of only $800.000 is required, aceord- ing to the most liberal estimate. The gencral estimates of the cotton crop, given out during the summer, were 1,600,000 to 1,900,000 bales, and theso were persisted fa during September and Oc- tober, with the only exception that up to the 16th of Cetober, parties here, professing intimate kgowledge of its position, extended their minimum figare to 1,800,000 bales,and then endeavored to fix public opinion upon the fact that the crop would be very short, and could not exceed 2,000,000 bales, and would lay between 1,900,000 bales and that amount. Im October, frost was confi” dently predicted, and during that month, two accounts of ite actual occurrence were received here, by tele- graph, just in season, for the European steamer. We do not know that the departure of the steamer had any thing to do with it, bat it was very singular; and what made it more so, the regular mail brought accounts ef the foe, which was named as having formed, in one despatch, and the whole foundation appeared to ber that the weather had been cool enough, nearly, to make & white frost, which would eeour, if it increased, &e.— Throvgh November, the frost was daily looked for, and at four several periods, information was received that it bad occurred. That it did net, is now well known.— That the season is not “like '46,"" must now be apparent to every one; moreover, there was no one month like "46. it, in the excessive moisture of the summer, it tumn, and absence of frost until 27th November changed the expected result of » 2,000,000 bale crop, to 2.347,000; and, aceording to universal belief now, the | ¢rop of 1848 was rendered 2.700.000 bales, by at least 290,000 bales, which were produced in ‘47, and made ready for delivery to the ports, but which was retained in the interior, im comeequence of the low price, which was the result of the French revolu- tion, Two hundred and ninety thousand bales is the lowest estimate we have seen of the amount thus retained, and we reoolleet distinotly havin; in ® morning paper of this city, on the 9th Ootobor last, an elaborate italicised essay, endeavoring to prove that the quantity kept over that year was far greater then that amount; but, a* that was the lowest amount spoken of, the writer made up histable on that figure, This would show that the erop of 1847 must have been 2,660,000 baler, in round fig Now every one con- verrant with the erticle knows that this crop is just ag much “like 46", a9 General Haynan is like General Taylor, and no mere, What the amount of the erop will be, of courre no one can tell at this early ‘The season bas bern the longest on record; and suppos- ing @ killing frost coovrred on the 24 inst., atthe South . and deducting thiee weeks for time lost by the Apri frost, we would have a growing season eq aal te the 12th of November of 147 or “48, and if we have ad absence of storms, and dry, temperate weather fur a month, it will be equal te two weeks’ growing weathor—as, every tumn, we bares certain amount of easualtios, hap- pening from hurricanes, wind storms, &«, which have pot appeared this Supposing that the imereaced Jand brovght under enttiration this year is equal to four per cext—ond we have pean it stated at ten per cent—that, on a erop of 2,000,000, is 104,000 bales— more then twice (he reputed destruction on Red River by flocds. The average date of « killing frost, for fourteen years past, isthe Soth of October, Thus we have two fall weeks over the average date, for the growing renaon, by Tho stock market opened slightly baoyant this morning, but closed heavy, with downward tenden- ey in prices, Enormous quantities of fancy stocks | bave changed hands within the past three or four | days,ard many lote which have for a long time beon | held by out-siders, have beon brought oat aod sold, | ‘wo doubt not much tothe relief of previous owners, The bears are well prepared for this temporary al. | vanee, and wili not letit pass without patting out large cantracts for future delivery, At the second | were alittle lower; Erie Bonds and Erie @ been freely offered for reveral days past, and prices for shares do not improve much, even in view of the Interest payable on the let proximo, Some of the shrewdest speculators are gelling this atook, with the dividend on, under the impression that it will fail more than three percent upon the closing of the books, At the first board, to-day, rie Bonds, old and new, advanced per cent ench; Harlem, M; Long Island, 6; Canton Company, \; Reading Railread, \s; Farmers’ Loan, s; New Maven, 3. Th t the office of the Assistant Treasurer of this port, to-day, amounted to $24,092; payments, 96.202; balance, $3,892,177, The annexed statement exhibit» the quotations for throwing off from the cal crop writers claim as “lost im the epring think ample. tends up to the planting seaso: that, In conse. quence of the low prices ruling in February and March of 1847 and 1848, wt lenet 200,000 bales was left nn- picked in the flelds, and ploughed down. Now, at high prices, everything will be ploked out, and if we havea dry winter, and an absence of storms, we do not see slimit to the crop much under 2.700.000 bales, This may be a startling assertion to such as have been ope- the short crop and “ early frost’ stories; but alittle sober refection will show it fs well grounded, The crop of 1847 would have been 2 850,000 bales, instead of 2,247,000, if present prices bad ruled that season, that the boiledo not yield ag much as that that they are not as numerous on the bush— h is claimed by these parties, although we de not admit the correetnees of either assertion—we will thro off 160,000 bales for that, and yet bave 2.700,000 bales, provided the picking lasts to the Ist of April From that Ogure our readers may deduct the days lost by wot weather. and the destruction that we #! hurricanes, eto. and we think the erop «: duced, by all these contingencies, more than 200,000 to 300.000 bales, which would place the fine! pied, with which we It is known that the picking season ex- foreign and demestic exchanges, for specie, and for uneurrent mone: N it St. Louie, Detroit... Frets cl pa arvers. 68 * lars. te artens. ek bad picking reason, at 2,406,000 to 2.500.000 baler, wl will be an ample supply for the consumption of the world—ae heavy fabrics are still aglut, bothia Eaglaad and the United States and with “ Goe quantity required will be reduced, To tl would #ey, ar before, reli freely. Stock ope i 4 1867 mR =< EB 833 sesessss2 Prereeree PEEPS Cs soe -