The New York Herald Newspaper, January 28, 1850, Page 4

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BROAD THEATRE, Broadway—Lonpon Agsu~ Bance—Prinit ov Gout BURTON'S THEATES, Chambers strect—Smarovs Fa- Miya ar lew fh _ THEATRE, Chathau square—Born ro Goop ig pre Jvne—Borres lur, THEATRE, Broa@way—Tweive Moth LvMPe OLS MPIC yin RAVOLE OF TuB Poon Hovenr—PRA perer sican M SM RRI FEKNOON 4 XELODEON~ W SexeNADERS—BLAC “DOUBLE SHEET. Kew York, Monday, January 28, 1850. AN MUSNUM—Auvsine Puaroasamoxs, Ar- ) BYERING. Lion Krxe. Ghe Kmpire Cy ste is now fully due from Chagres, ston, Jainaica. She may bring two weeks lligenece from Callforaia Thi va Kin Jater The Adminl.tration on the Slavery ues- n—-New and Important Develop —Clingman’s Great Speecn—Stool Pigeon Poles. The recent remarkable message of General Tay- is views upon California and the lor, di slavery qu to believe, only a part of the very important pro- gramme, or pe which has beea agreed upoa by the cabinet at ngton. The recent speech of Mr. Cl av, of North Carol na, in the House of Representatives, we have the best red eons for believing, is also a part and parcel of the d upon by the cabinet. That deal of sensation id-in varrous oth tare sughout the c ad Washi n and th us lift the veil a litt net, which has “bees £106 mpcsed Iris well known that Mr and intelligent whig, representing le of North Carolina; that he eners! Taylor, and still is decided- irmed in the belief of his capacity, veritable patriotism Clingman is an able portion of the was tn favor of upon Ger in the history ef Mr. Clingman, h the present cabinet, it has and nota little mystitication, House of Re- » assumed euch an ultra tion to the slavery question, which demonstrates more eech in the i in tion, than even that which has heretofore marked the Sou n pohey conceived under the lead of Mr. Calhoun and his fnends. Mr. Cling- mon, in his able, powerfal and remarkable speech, which we publish entire in our colamns of this day," will be found propos to “stop all the sup- plies,” until the slavery question, as connected with the new ternitories, shall have been settled to the satisfaction of th ith. ‘That 1s, he proposes, in effect, tod z Congress—to put an end to all le stion—to paralyze the action of goverameat— to keep the country in a state of excitement and d to the seetionel agitation prevail- rately to teke the first steps towards on, uotil such a compromise shall be ef- fected between the discordant materials of the North and South, as will satisfy Southern intere in the new territones and elsewhere This is certainly a bold and novel line of policy, | very different from what has hitherto been pro- pored by the Southern whigs, and even a little be yond that of the democracy of the Bouth this? We have the best reasons for believi that this line of policy bh rted of path been f parce! auspices of the cabinet. In of of these views, the Repub. ised organ of the admin- egnant and highly curious ect, and upon Mr. Chagman’s curs in this view, aad proves there surmises. The following extr om that journal :— From the Washing: agitation, under the corrobore wey one per, the r li istranon, contain article on this speech the correctness « gue some , whi the { North Carolina, dei entatives, upon the rlavery red with much deliberation on with members eatertein- milar opi and may be considered as the platform of the uitra South for the present. ‘That Mr. Clingman ebould be the oman of such opioions and eentiments, (hat be should have allowed his imiod to ponder upen (be value of the Union in taking a post- tion cn the inflammatory side of @ question which it bar become the fachlon to discuss, in view of that | ow dangerous # ive prinoly sions in considering mat drrectul alternative thing it te, for nm It in net positions te Lo] We find it in speeula will give more comfort to the diloysliste thi ject which we devoutly believe the « That some of our attain. [You don’t ray ro’) hern friends (meanieg the cabinet.) have arrived cenelusion that agitation aud temporary con- jon @iil reeult in permanent peace and ultimate al- the Union. there «amnot be a doubt. Bat that. tn purewing such a course, they should bring to thetr ard considerations having no relation to the aub- effect, it eeems to ua, to make ject matrer in irene, f the baven of satety easier of access by sinking obstruc- tion in the channel. ofocos giconte inesrity bave hitherto ¢>ou- ertainly. Siok the | ed found fo cabinet @ whige | to begin to cviculate the val of the n. alee, and that party i# composed of all those whe regard the | ston invalusdie, When the North im fs rowelled wp to? © a question which ie urged for the sake of agitation merely, and insulted by the fippaot ot (he chucking demagogue. who eries alvnd “face the music.” why not anewer, “we face the Union,” when the South te invoked to apply the brand of the Incendiary to the fabrie of liber'y, why may they not chow that they light thetr torches from the burp upon the altat of the Union? Were done, the eouthern ag tacor would be over «helmed storm he bas invoked. sud the northern inees- oud be consumed in th jodied his done tl t wom on anges hese commendatory remarks, and the sed purposes Concealed beneath them, cing alee, as proof, the publication of Mr this wettie From t hali dine emen's able and powerful epeech ia the Columns of the administration journal, while that seme is excluded from the pages of the Union— we ed to the full conviction that the | progromme developed by Mr. Clingman is part and parce! of the Y agreed upon by the cabs net, ond to which the Pp, enly the opening rive given him to play in this Which the two part sident's message was great geine begin upon the American peoyle By other accounts, we lear: ee are about to » that ever since the meeting of Congrese, the members of the cabinet, including General Taylor himsely, count: ing eight altogether, have had various ard remark- able discussions vpon the best p io relation to the slavery question in the new ter. ritories, and particularly in reg to Califorma On the simple question of the Wilmot proviso, we understand the cabinet have generally developed a perfect equality of forces—Ewing, Clayton, Mere- dith and Collamer, being in favor of the proviso —Preston, Crawford, Reverdy Johneon, and General Taylor being opsosed to it. Consideriog, however, the position of the democracy, both North and South, and also that of the whigs, in the same sections of the country, it is deemed to be, at vlicy to be adopted ente | tion in general, form, we have reason | m, and the sounduaess of his policy. With | aception, and more danger | How is great programme of present, the safest and best policy to conceal the opinions of the President and his cabinet upon the Wilmot proviso, and to pursue such a course as up another, a different, anda more im- portant isswe—that is, the crisis of umion or disso- jation—when General Taylor might have the op- | portunity of playing @ great part, similar to that of Weshington in the whiskey insurrection in the | last century, or to that of General Jackson in the nullification excitement of South Carolina. The recent message of the President upon California, disclosed only so much of the views and purposes of the cabinet, as were necessary to carry out the | game, end meet the contingencies endeavored to be excited by the policy of the subordinates. Messrs. | Clingman, Stephens, Toombs, and others of the Southern whig party, have, therefore, taken appa- reutly on ultra southern ground, in order that it may lead on and stimulate the Southera demo- cracy to act more urgently, more violently, and more pointedly, m the same direction, calculating, in the end, at a suitable opportunity, to leave them | in the lurch, as stool-pigeons are well known to | leave criminal adventurers, who are first led on | to crime that they may be caught in it afterwards | ‘The game at the North 1s somewhat similar, though starting from a different point, and acting | on opposing principles. Seward, Corwin, and others will run off in the opposite and abolition direction, but will stop at that conservative point | re the cabinet, when the’ excitement 1s fully matured, may step up and take conservative | ground, saving the Union against the agitations | of both the ultras? | By pursuing this policy, starting from different | points, one point South, as sketched in Mr. Cling- | man’s able speech, the other point North, as is well understood and acted upon by our Legisla- | ture at Albany, the anti-slavery excitement will | be completely let loose to run to all extremes, | from one end of the country to the other. Both extremes will run riot at the same time, till they go so far as to violate the constitution, and make the first breach constituting the crime of treason; | and then, at the nick of time, General Taylor, as President of the whole American Union, wil! | come out with a magnificent proclamation, de- | nouncing the traitors to the Union, calling upon | the people throughout the country to rally round | him erd his administration, commanding the ar- | rest of the agitators, changing the whole course _ | of affairs and thoughts, and hurrying men’s minds and fears in a diflerent direction by a grand coup | @état. This plan and purpose is shadowed forth | in the article from the Republec newspaper, and 18 | well understood by the cabinet and their cliques, ath and North, | Such we beheve now to be the whole programme | devised by the cabinet for its course and policy. } ti-slavery excitement, by the whig stool-pi- | | geons North and South, will henceforth be stimu- lated to its utmost extent, until the democrats, for | local purposes, rush even up to the verge of trea- son. The President and his cabinet will then come forth with a great proclamation, the traitors will be arrested, there will be a great excitement throughout the country against both the ultra fac- tions. A great union party will thus be organized, | witheut any reference to the Wilmot provieo or any such questions, but with the general and com: | mon purpese of uniting the people under one ery— thatof keeping the Union intact and sacred, in site of all the agitators, Northor South. Itis a meguificent programme, and looks quite | feasible. Itisa splendid game, but itis a dan- | gerous play to carry it out tothe point and extreme | projected. Let us see, however, how the two par- | ties, the whigs and democrats, can arrange their cards and gain the odd trick during the present sestion of Congress. But what a melancholy | sight! This great and glorious Union, with its | good, emiable and patriotic chief, magistrate, is now at the mercy and in the hands of small stool- | pigeon politicians in the cabinet and in Congress. | The great statesmen of their age, or of any age, ueh as Clay, Calhoun, Webster, Benton, and the like, are ehoved into the background and buried | alive. The great drama of a mighty people 1s re- duced toa mere stool-pigeon farce. Oh! oh! oh! eoch aspiring to the seventh heaven, have called a meeting on Wednesday evening, February the sixth, at the public hall of the Hope Chapel, in Droadway, for the purpose of adopting measures to stop the sele of all x | preventing the demoralizing influence of the Sun- | dey press on the youth of the ety. | The meralists in this reform confine their labors tothe Sunday newspapere; but we think, if the movement is right, they should extend their ener- gies ewoinet the very general practice of driviag noity milk ¢ | for sale on the Sabbath day; also, against the open- ing of the Poet Office, and the crowding of mer- chents and all sorts o} people around that estab! meut, during certain hours, thereby disturbing the peace of the Sabbath; also, againet the sailing or erriving of vain vee and sinful ships on the Sab- bar ; and, in fact, to the necessity of vessels at cea, Whether steamships or other veasels, lying 10 on that ¢ ‘ead of, contrary to the law aad the prophets, procecding unimterruptedly and irre- verently on their severel voyeges. If we are to reform, let us have a thorough, effectual, and radi cel reform of all nuisexces of all deseerations of the Sobbeth ; and when we have senctified that dwy clendy, we ean begin with Monday, and go through the week wp to Saturday. \TRAL Amenica.—The accounts received by the last arrival from England, relative 10 the pending negotia' between that country and the United States, in connection with Central America, are fidgetty and very unsatisfactory. It appears that ferther orders have been issued by the AND AND C British governménat for the concentratioa of other portions of the British naval force at Central Armerica Why oil those naval movements on the Atlantic and Pacific, directed to that part of this continent? We mach fear that American interests in Nicara- gua and Central Ametica are not looked after with the energy and-attention, by Mr. Clayton and the present cabinet, with which British interests seem to be cared for by the British goverament. The femous treaty negotiated by Mr. Hise with Central America, as we have frequently shown, gave the United States great and manifest advantages ia the possession of the route of the canal between the two oceans, so necessary to the consolidation of this republic in its Atlantic and Pacific States. Yet that important treaty was thrown under the table by the Secretary of State”at Washington, and is entirely withheld from Congress, wati! per- haps now it is too late to retrieve the errors that have been committed. News rrom Tue Istanp of Cuna.—In another pert of our paper will be found a summary of the mostintereeting news received from St. Jago de Cuba. ‘The anticipated failure of the coflee crop | will, no doubt, hive some eflect upon our mar- kets, and cause some little stir among speculators. | The journals we receive from this port are, it is a ler fact, better written and contain fuller | pe litical intelligence, accompanied with greater latitude of remark, than the journals published at | Havena, the capital ef the island. Tne Redacter ofthe Ith January contains copious translations | from the American papers, and gives, in slices, the message of Gen. Taylor. This is a means of con- eying American sentiment to the island of Caba, | which the Havana journals seldom venture to put | in pracwee. Perhaps the residence of the Gover- hor or Co, tain General at the last mentioned place Mey, in conve degree, account for this restraint | and politcal “wmdity and bashfalness, and also | help to exjlein Why the journals at a port more distent from the em eye of the despot are a lit- le more tree and ib etal mn their extracts and se timents. The news, 1. Xovgh searce, will be found BO! Uninteresting mpers on Sunday, and of ris through the city, and erying milk | Socialism at Home and Abroad. Ip his history of the last French revolution, La- martine, the great writer, has, in the most gra- phic and vivid style, traced the progress of So- cialism, and shown how near it came to bathing all France in blood, and upsetting the whole strue- ture of society. This unprincipled party attempted to overwhelm the new republic, and produce a general massacre of good citizens ; and it was only by the most ua- sleeping vigilance and dauntless heroism of Lamar- tine and Cavaignac, and other true friends ot liberty, that France was saved from the most frightful scenes of blood and disorder. There have always been crack-bramed philosophers, novelists and poets, in every part of the world, but Irance has abounded with them. The revolution of 1789 changed the state of society ; and the long period of peace which followed the downfall of Napoleon, was characterized by greater intellectual activity, 1 every part of Europe, than had ever been knowa before, since the period of the revival of letters in the fifteenth century. Pans, under Louis Phi- lippe’s reign, beeame the most brilliant and fre quented capital of Europe, and literary clubs and coteries, without number, assembled nightly in that metropolis, where statesmen, bankers, am- bassadors, philosophers, novelists, poets, and ex- quisite idlers, of all descriptions, gathered, to while awey the tedious hours, and enliven them by wit, satire, and enchantment. France has never been | considered a remarkably moral country, and Paris | has always been considered the centre of luxury and wee. It has always been distinguished tor the licentiousness of its manners and opiaions; and since the time that Damas, Eugene Sue, Paul de Kock and Madame George Sand held their first coteries, and made them brilliant with their | bon mots, and afterwards struck off into fashion- able novels the substance of the conversations of French drawing rooms and literary societies, the poison began to be diffused through Paris, and the works of these writers became the chief subject of conversation throughout France. In many of their writings the grossest immorality was carefully ela- borated into a system, and boldly defended. Those ideas which men had formerly entertained about the.sacredness of the married relation, gave place to the most abandoned and rotten licentiousness. The next doctrine proclaimed was the one which prevailed in Rome, under the name of agrarian- ism, and which had been, at subsequent pe- nods, occasionally revived by philosophers. Some of the most celebrated writers in France began to promulgate the principle, that there was no such thing, in justice, as rights of property ; that the labor of a man’s own hands was no more his than his neighbor’s ; that, by the act of marriage, he acquired no mght to the exclusive possession of his own wife ; that all associations and organiza- tions of men, dor the prosecution of business, were @ war “pon society ; that it was the duty of the government, if any should exist at all, to make all its citizens or subjects happy and prosperous, and | that the criminal code should be utterly abolished, and no restraints fixed to the lusts, the appetites, the passions, or even the villany of men. These villanous and disorganizing principles were very widely diffused through Fraace, and infected the mind of a large portion of the people. The consequences have been far more fatal than even yet eppear. They were difiused to a great extent over Europe. Fourerism and Soctalism— for they ere the same thing— showed themselves la Germany, at the very period the cause of indepen- dence was being gained there, and a powerful con- federation wes about to be established, which would have erected a bulwark of republicanism in the centre of Lurope. All good men in Europe be- came alarmed. Anarchy, confusion, chaos, and blood seemed to open in the future. A reaction | suddenly took place ; and men preferred to return to the ancient etate of things, where, at call events, | however intolerable the burdens of despotism might be, they did secuve order in society, rather than to risk the terrible consequences of the riot, ous reign of licentiousness on the continent. ‘The | frighttal principles of Fourierism were the main Dirtomatic Discrosurgs.—The re. places, which would put our statements beyond the aceas be if horrible, the It would be amusing, if it were not horrible, to | ton to i see what pains these atrocious disseminaters of Mr. Potter, the American Consul at Chili, and the vice are taking to create an impression that all | Biitish Chargéd’Afiaires, Mr. Sullivan, has created who oppose their doctrines are the enemies of | very little pubhe remark, but general condemna- virtue. Why, these unpriscipled sectaries are | tion privately among mea of sense. Such a cor- always prating about “virtue,” the “sublime | respondence never should have appeared publicly idea,” the “transcendental philosophy,” and the | atall- Mr. Potter; according to the tacts related, “mystical school of virtue.” They have, by | was perfectly right in chastising the insolence of means of Fourierism, animal magnetism, undermining all established ideas of virtue and morality, until ultraism, in some form or other, has become the prevailing spirit of the times. At one period it assumes the form of anti-rentism; at another, religious fanatacism; and finally it seems to have consolidated itself, at the present time, into a ferocious and bloody-minded type of abolitionsm. These people are crying out fora disgolution of the Union, The most sacred of all obligations of a citizen of a republic, they heed- lessly throw off, and recklessly try to hurl the North and the South into a decisive conflict, that will rend the republic asunder. The disciples of socialism are,{most of them, deceived. They little dream of the fatal consequences that will “ wait on” their principles ; but human charity can hardly believe that the teachers of this system know noy what they do. They must know that they are corrupting society; that, one by one, they are wearing away the cords which bind the Union together. They know that, in every family where their infamous publications go, they are sapping the foundations of virtue. Such has been the result of Socialism in the old world, and such are some ot its develope- ments in the new. It becomes, in a period hke this, the duty of good citizens te frown down every attempt to destroy the peace of society and the firmness of the Union. Such is the duty and such is the business of all who wish to see our institu- tions preserved, and the rich legacy, which cost our fathers treasure and blood, perpetuated to a distant posterity. Tre Parkman Tragepy 1n Bosrox—Asrovunp- inc DEVELOPEMENTS—CriMINAL PRoceEDINGs IN Boston anp New Yorx.—We publish, in another part of this day’s paper, a communication from Boston, which contains some astounding develope- ments in connection with the dreadful tragedy which recently took place in that city.. In this document, a full, clear, and suceinct history of that horrible affair, from the disappearance of Dr. Park- man to the discovery of the remains of a human body on the laboratory of the Medical College in that city, and the subsequent arrest of Dr. Web- steron the charge of murder, together with the finding of the bill of indictment against the ac- cused, and various other matters, are laid before the Public ; and certainly, if the statements and facts which it contains can be relied upon, the mind will have no difficulty in arnving at a conclusion as to who was the perpetrator of the violent deed which has caused so much excitement throughout the length and breadth of this country, as well as in England and other parts of Europe. ‘The author gives as his reason for writing this startling document, that an attempt has been made, in various ways, to divert public attention from Dr. Webster as the murderer, by his friends, by wniting jetters to distant parts, and publishi: | them ; by endeavoring to produce the impression | that Dr. Webster is an innocent and persecuted man, the victim of a couspiracy; and by exciting suspicions againt innocent persons. Under this estate of things, the friends of Dr. Parkman con- | sider it incumbent upon them to counteract those influences, by publishing a detailed statement of all | the facts and inferences tending to criminate Dr. | Webstergand bring the charge of murder home to him. | This result is precisely what might have beea | xpected as the inevitable result of the extraordi- | nary and star-chamber-like proceedings of the judi- | cial authorities in Boston, in their conduct in regard | to this horrible tragedy. When we learned that | they had determined upon keeping the proceedings ts«lf in the hour ef danger. Millions of men who had been longwa for the emancipatiea of Earope, | for the destruction of ite thrones, and the estab- | ishment of well adnunistered and stable republics, | euddenly relexed their exertions; and the recoil soon annihilated the hopes of the friends of liberty, | and gave to tyrants another lease of the toleration of mankind. It perfectly natural that this | should be the result ; for the cormmonest reader of | history cam trace, on every page of it, this great | lesson, namely, that men will choose protection, if | it comes even with the most intolerable despotisms, her than accept a republic with anarchy and order in society. After all, man’s home 1s his most secred place, and his fumily his dearest trea fore. For several months there was not a well- arguments which despotism laid hold of to save | “ | ordered, quiet, respectable tanuly ia Paris, that did not feel the most painful apprehension, when they barred their doors and weut to their beds. The recoil in France was so rapid, from the warmest ond most enthusiastic republican feeling, that the ardent friends of a well-ordered republic submitted } with searce a murmer to the usurped despotisin of | Nopoleon. There is now in France leas liberty than there has been for many years. The form of the republic lasts, and the love of repablicanism is still deeply imbedded in the French character ; but there can be po doubt that, so great is the appre- rpsion of the consequences of socialism upon eceiety, oll right-minded men are afraid of any change, for fear those terrible pnnciples should erin the aecendant . ‘There 18 something more practical ia all this then some of owr readers may tmagine. We our- | celves, im this country, have been for many years | slowly ambibing the French peison; and, under the guise of a pure morality, and a puritanic ery of _ reform, the New York Tribune has been gradually sapping the morals of a considerable portion of the | commumty. For niany years it has unblushingly and continually advocated the worst doctrines of Fourierism; and that school now numbers no ia- considerable portion of our population. Jt has its philosophers, ite preachers, its poets, its orators, te propagators and its disciples, in every part of he There is scarcely a yilloge in New Lncland, or in any of the Northern States, with- out ite lithe Madame George Sand blue stock- ny, hardly out of her teens, learnedly discuse- ng the great problem of living without labor | where there is not some small Paul de Kock, _hetenmg with dehght to her dissertations, and lurkeng like the devil in the garden of Eden, teecy to fall upon his prey. We are aware ‘hot in most instonces these unfortunate people ere vnconeeious of their own danger, or of the | fate! tendencies of their doctrines. But it is clear to every cool observer of society, that the [poison | Greeley echool, is working its way into the very | veins and arteries of seciety. The most alarming of oll, in the progress of thie evil, is, that religious sects, clergymen, and those who preach loud and jong ebout morality and virtue, are as a general rule the advocates of Fourieriem, and the agents of its principal journal. We have it from sources which place the authenticity of our information beyond a doubt, that the circulation of the New York Tribune, and thoee journals which are de- voted to the abominations of Fourieriem, is chiefl emong what are ealled moral and rehgious fe- lies, where the very thought of what Fourieriem will make its disciples, would, in the beginaing, equally sure, too, that among the Fourierites, the phelanses and essociationists of this country, the utmost jrofligacy and immorality prevail. Some of the most frightfal illustrations of the trath of this doctrine have for some time been in our pos. srerion; and, were it nothhat we should neces | serily wound the feelings of many an honest and | respectable father, and many a} broken-hearted mother, we would relate facts and call names and | dotiuced by the Brisbane, the Dana, and the Horace | have made their blood eurdle with horror. We are | eecret—when we saw that they resorted to the ex- | traordinery couree of locking the coroner's jury in a thid story room,and examining the witnesses in the most private manner possible, and were deter- mined to keep the public ignorant of their doings, oret the character of the testimony—we saw at ence that the whole case would be argued, and tned, and decided, as far as it could be decided in such a way, by the epaper press of the country; | and that the cause of justice, as well as the prison- cr’s case, would be seriously impaired. The result, therefore, is just what we expected. Dr. Webster's frends have been endeavoring to prove his ianc- cence; and now the friends of Dr. Parkman have undertaken to deny it. It is oa this account that we publish the astounding developements | which are contained ia the communicatioa in another column, ebove referred to. The policy of the police authorities of Boston ia | withholding all preliminary informatian from the | pubhe concerning this tragedy, and ia refusiag to publish the testimony taken before the coroner's jury, wae the most stupid, foolish and imbecile that | could be pursued in this age of the world. The idea that it was adopted lest the cause of justice tight be prejudiced, is absurd and ridiculous. We live in @ day when light and information on every subject are sought by the public mind; and the | she were entitled to the fuilest information in | possession of the authorities, concerning that read{ul tragedy. They had no right to withhold | it from them. Bat they did withhold it, and the consequences are before us. Every statement, every misstatement, every suspicion, well or i!l- founded, every breath, every innuendo tending to show the innoceace or guilt of the party now ia jail awaiting bis trial on the charge of murder, has | been caught, distorted, and sent on the wings of | the prees tothe four quarters of the world. This | wee in consequence of the mystery with which | the authorities thought proper to enwrap the whole affair; and it was done for the purpose of minis- ering to the natural appetite of the public, to know all the particulars of the tragical and horribie affa A similar result has been produced in this city, in connection with the Drury business, which it is expected will engage the attention of our criminal udges this week, commencing to-day. There is a web of mystery conne¢ted with the arrest of the Drorye, Arlington Bennet, and others, which the public have in vain endeavored to unravel; and the case hae been decided by some newspapers ad- versely to all of the accused, in advance of the action of the courts of justice. Sach proceedings are highly improper, and cannot be too warmly denounced, or too strongly reprobated Tue Rairoan Decision is New Jensey.—The every other ultra’sm of the times, been slowly | written on the subject, no certificates published, and no publication made of such discreditable papers, by the Secretary of State at Washington. The publication ot this correspendéhce only shows the utter want of diplomatic tact or diplo- matic propriety, whitch marks the muddy mind of My: Claytog. How to Spenp a Purtosormicat, Eventnc —Go to the Chinese Assembly Rooms, and hear the ex- ceedingly interesting lectures on the Panorama of the Nile and the Antiquities of Egypt, delivered there by Mr. Gliddon. It is the most scientific en- t.rtainment of the times. INTELLIGENCE FROM VENEZUELA.—We have re- ceived letters from Curacoa, of the 4th inst. They state that affairs in Venezuela begin to wear a threatening aspect egain, and another outbreak is anticipated. Sroot-rigzon Mysreries.—Look out for the trie! of the Drurys, and those that will follow. There willbe some rich developements in the mysteries of stool pigeoning, in connection with certain coteries and journals in this city. Ocean Stream Navication —Srienpip Srectacir.—Al who take an interest in the important subject of ocean fteam navigation, as well as those who wis to see ove of the most splendid Jaunckes that ever took place, must not forget that the splendid steamship Artic, of three thourand five hundred tons, and two smaller steamships, will be launched from the yard of Wm. H. Browne, at the foot of Twelfth street, East River, this morning, atbalf past nine o'clock. It is expected that an immense concourse of people will witness those launch As soon as the steamship New World, is leunehed, sbe will proceed on a trial trip down the bay. InTeLLicENce Prom Ja) are informed by Capt. Wright of the schooner Abby Morton, from Fal- mouth, that a creat excitement hed been created in that place, relative to the operation of the open navi gation laws. A public meeting had been held among those interested in British vessels, and after passing sundry strong and furious resoluti-ns eallicg on the residents to support their countrymen, etc., ete., it adjourned. Manet News rrost Cano: We learn from Capt. Eller, of the bark S. L. Crowell, from Cardenas, arrived at this port yesterday, that there was but a small quantity of molasses coming lo, and it was purchased, moe'ly, previous toarrival. Other kinds ot business without materia} alteration. St. Jago de Cuba, ‘We received, at « late hour last night, our files of El Redacter trom the above port, bringing us the latest Gates, to the 12th instant. | ‘The Redacier of the 12th instant expresses surprise that though now the middle of the month of January, yet the coffee of the new harvest has not yet begun to arrive in any quarter from the ivterior plantations, whereas in former years before this time the coffee bad not only come in from the plantations, but generally bad been already shipped off. Ths cause of this delay, orit may be the failure in the crops, is attributed to the heavy rains which preveiled during all the month of November preventing the berry from ripening, and Bfterwards cauring delay in gethering it. Meantine this fect bae caused a considerable rise of coffee in tae markrt at the pace of exportation On the 8th January, the Royal English steamer, the datst Jago de Cube and after a stay iuutes, proceeged to Jamaica, to take Is turope She came direct from Chagres, ani bad op board a considerable pumber of passengers from Calitormia ali bound, with pockets full of gold, for Eurcpe, to spend at bome the fortunes they had made on the Sacramento. In addition, the bad on board two millions of dollars 4: d Co mercantile houses in Evgland. formation came direct from Capt, M. §&: mander of the ony mA A pacsenger board t! Medway, for Kurope. informed the editors, that gold quite pleptitul in California, for those who had the luck to bit ugem @ geod digging; but he fume time, that misery and svffering were iv aba who fic ch mo: janes than geld, op account of ‘the muuibers k to the mines, amd the ecarcity and dearners eovtraries of life, The placers, he said, San neiseo, and thouzh an- ¢ United su) the ilinot proviso, ine forme i be pecs of Cube tat there 4 n0 doubs the D 0 Hot & majority \ writer adds that it will possi ‘chewn oxein the Senate and thus he adds, inion of the States will fora time be postponed. This matter, now #0 agitating 10 Us, seems to excite great interest among other wee tions, whore eyes are intently fixed upon us. The wri. ter draws by bo meanse flattering picture of the Hoase of Kepreeentatives at Warhiogteo, and waye it is very Cebcient this rar in talent and dignity. he varioi wey eet which within the last two year « been undertaken ia Cubs, to a great extent, “bows gees avd advancement of the merican activity and life, seem ‘Cob! pany of 7 cent, which is the Jotn di- ‘bd uivided out among the stock holders of this cou Feoy Uther ratircads ay » p+ tng pear, by ail accounts, to pay Brookiyn City Intelligence, Destavction wy Fire or Lions ‘* On, Soar ayy Canpie Manuractony,— On Saturday morning, at 6 o'clock, @ re was discovered im the extensive oli, die factory of KB. Liekteld, ending | street to the Kast River. ‘The fire con. | tinued to burn from that time till 2 o'clock yesterday, e period cf thirty-two hours. in the a ‘There were th ertabliehwent at the commencement of the fi “7 derable difficulty im electing their es- cape by the rear The engine was in operation ali | night ond the spot where the fire was Gret seen wan clove | to the cbimury trom whieh the probability may be ta fe 1 the coutiagration originating in the fire used ig the Ati ‘ two cwterne ef which were put in requlsiti betd. rupplied ether engines. x at tense was the | windew and mrge OUR PRIVATE TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE. “WASHINGTON (; Sunday, January 27, 1350 } _ We have had a calm for three days in the poli- tical world, but to-morrow we expect the sport to- be resumed with greater spirit and variety than heretofore. 1f any disposition is made of the and | the British Chargé, but no letter should have been | Austrian resolution, or if the Senate has an exe- cutive session, the case of Colonel Webb will come up. Last week, on a motion for his rejec- tion, while Messrs. Webster and Mangum thought it necessary to explain the reasons which com- pelled them to support the appointment, Mr. Benton, to the surprise of the whigs and demo- crats, came up to the rescue of your cotemporary. The vote has yet to be taken on the nomination, and how it 18 to be confirmed, no man pretends to calculate. Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Hacket are both im proving to-day. The weather has been like June. Troops for Callfernia, Bartimone, January 27, 1850. The ship Monterey, of this city, sailed from Fort jay for California, She had on board one soldiers Steamboat Coll Jone Bautimone, Jan. 27, 1850. Accounts from New Orleans to the 2ith inst. state that the steamer Obio, whilst coming up the river, came in collirion with the towboat Dinah, having fa tow propeller Col. Stanton, and sunk them both. The Ohio received no lejury. No lives were lost. The Southern Mall, Bavtimone, January 27, 1850. No mail has been received in this city beyond. Savannah, Markets Bavrimone, January 27, 1850. The cotton market war quiet any, Sales of 500 bale: firm pri bive thousand | bogs of old at 134, Intelligence, Key West, Jan 15. Bark Sarah, Bridge (of Portland), from Gibraltar for New Orleans, went ashore on Loggerhead Reef, Tortuyas, om the ith ip Bor mates ials have beem sold at auction for nine~ um hundred aid tiirty-cwo dollars. It is reported that the as been got ofl , Brig Josep! ine, from Philadelphia for New Orleans, went srhcre in attempting to cross Carrysfort Reef She arrived » lenking slightly, aud will be examined by the Sur- k Henry Tarren, Bathy, was seen ashore on Burning. Inlane, on tbe fth inst. A hKritish brig is reported ashore * Molesemben Req nm her o: The v ree takes ArKO. ine ard este been livellee tor Salvaco— @ brought three hundred and * ymede, from Jamaica, for Halifax, run ashore on ane bilged. Lereargo consisted of sugar, coffee, a ecusien ed. 19th, bing acceler, from New York. Lewes, Del., Jan 27—4 PM, Trig Mail, for Biston, and 4) collier, ‘wens to sea this Mmephiog. &e Anived Maxime Affairs. Sate oF aNoTHeK PHiLaperrHia SreameR —We un- that tbe Mi Howland & Aspinwall, of thie purchased of the Pbiladelpbia and Charles. tou Steam Navigation Company their new and splendid DiladIphia. at an advance of $30,000 the Philadelpbia was built by , and is about 1.100 tons bur r She has made but one voyage, and during the outward and homeward irip proved herself to be not only out, but one of the fastes: steamshi the world, Herengines are remarkable for su. perior strength. power aud finish. Her total cost was $60 000, thus making the cost to the Messrs. H & A. $140 000 The Philadelphia may be expected in our waters sometime this week. Intelligence. Tue Weratner —The weather yesterday and last’ | night was more like glorious Indian summer than | “The oldest inbebil | E wading, and enjoying the refulgent 4 £0 little was the want of overcoats at not only did nobody wear them. but you 5 tee thousends with their drees and frock soats open, | Just as in the month of 5 sover.—-For some time past the ie vicinity of Prince street and the Bow- ive wt the corner of Elizabeth street and woyed by the coptiaueé muster men, who meet on 1X young Men, who were towards their homes; they were knecked down | ; beaten ina most ehewetel manner. One of | by the | When the police arris the: thatdf they attempte to arrest any one they Jub them A tore.al complaint was made, yes- tothe (Chief cf Police, respecting these out- 2 6. a oye Swill be henceforth] teken by ; tbe police em will eneure peace be far a peace and good of fo that Tre Common Covrcrt..— The Board of Aldermen meet | this evening, efter night's adjournment. Scortisn Batt.—Tb wal ball of the New York the he whled at thet hour | receiving fresh sosessions. | Curemey that ~ Fraok tprech. About half part three Teneed operations by sending ercepe to a window of the thir Nett, wheres person took it ip vtened iton the inside It consteted of @ bar of wood about six or seven fret long, to the ovitreot which @ rope was attached, that bung d wae held on bya man below. The bar war red by being simply placed across the lower part of ike window inside, and by keoj t the cord Int down To the bar of wood was — bY ine, ti whieh the oth bet found greet ei only bait in. the beg was fuoper like ¥ the rope. til at lengt! eed got back tro th shouts of the people Vexw ever bias he revurned to s ‘ered rapiuly by means of the pulley, when tho bettom came to contact with the wiodow sill of the butiding could wotbe | 5, cond +t : 3, arly threw bim out When the by Of the stock seved fr | beg reached the 8 sll the yourg yoode a’ sround the we me on £ t he top of by od nearly emothered him. Two or three Ii vo lowered in the same way, a bs ity in getting into the bag Moulty in getting oxt of it be- d beyond the teach of human fhe 7 t) prevented the extension of the factory twelf. though the greatest alar: ® range of ware Adjoining the 0 be + co 5 precipitate! ‘tbus breaking aed iojuring it, Jt were better the f Dad temeined. fer the hovre way not jojared by thowgh it was in imminent danger, So weil deewion of the bighest judicial authority in the | State of New Jersey, to the effect that the Camden and Amboy Railroad have violated their charter, has created a great deal of attention in this com- munity. A million of dollars and upwards are in- | volved in this decision, for a large number of suits | instituted for the recovery of penalties on the same gtcitads, have been in abeyance, awaiting the de- cision which has just been rendered. Is there not rome hope now of an entire abolition of the mono- | poly? Finewen’s Bant. at tae Astor Pract Tuea- | TRE —Let no one forget that the annual ball, for the benefit of the Fire Department Fund, takes place at the Astor Place Theatre, this evening. if all other balle for charitable purposes should be | neglected by the citizens of New York, this one | ougint pre-eminently to be attended and supported, | for allare indebted for the energy, skill, philaa- | thropy and dangers encountered by our firemen. _ Arrains at Ovracoa—The dates from this island are of the 4th inst. There was no news of . Trade was rather dull. firem-m work, aod £0 overcame were some of | to the ground Whee the flames hed they set to work to pr: Test the ber * faticable perseverance of the +A ths great establishment. ni a re totally demroyed wreck bebind The total loss and stock ie estimed at jigs) is covered heat that they cculd not get near enough to the baild- ing. snd thet labors were therefore, com fi uitlers, as t eet. There | wee rneh aw t ard the building was so y rata | *ith ibe oll whieh flowed everywhere like water, \P ith fatigue and exhaustion. that they fainted | wes the pepulese. is devices, thoagh ie- jnesauch as no There it seatoely say here this fire osca; ould meorion that first raiced by means of a jointed ope joint after ano ber being added, whi» each Kine the pele, which hers book om the Toft tt, te raved fo much higher scaloet the wall, until at leogth it reaches the window, and the persom inaide takes the apperatos cif the heck. A Jadder, after all. is more | imple, more effectual. and, we think, more safe, » Wann Hoar Company — Whatever relates to je tnterestiog They are a clacs of men not caly eminentiy useful by their services to the public in the beur of distress and fear, bat also distin~ puisbed for their courtesy. liberality, and good conduct, being entirely free from that lamentadle rowdyiem awd hich. we are sorty to say, bas for some acter aud suilied the honor of the very erecting ef py took place at the liose Company of the Second ward, Ov this oveaston the company ted & besatitol "ous silver trampet to their wifurmly conducted of a collation together on occasion of the presentation. a trumpet war delivered with @ suitable address by rmony and order which pre- 4 the silver trumpet iteeif. for its great leparce wee the rubject of mech adr ration, Arresrren St was taken into if pact ¢ o'clock. by upon the complaint of Chas Eddy, ing bie wie avd threntening to take her life, He wan very much under the intl " He was taken to the ceil Louse, ae cies to han, early accomplubed hie rash covered by the deorkerper, in time to eave his life. David’ Warerbary, ep Codet, of the Se ward police: mornir from drowning & boy 14 — eae Conan, residing in ‘was conveyed home to hie parents years ‘Age, by the Hiroskaya, wh basi °, of into the dock at the Falton Ferry. He im Brooklyn.