The New York Herald Newspaper, December 3, 1851, Page 4

‘attention of this Department having been hme od the t of postal communication between Gaited stance and Mexico, it has that satis- propositions can pi foraline | robably be obtained steamers from New Orleans, by way of Tampico, Vera Cruz. ane establishment of such a line would, no doubt, tly facilitate and increase the postal intercourse Eitiein the two countries, and in that alone is ‘worthy of the consideration of Congress. also, it ie believed, be productive of great political commercial advantages; would abate national antipa- thies and prejudices ; promote end increase friendly views and relations between the people of the two countries, and unite more closely, by mutual benefits, the two great republics of the Westerm hemisphere. For the reasons thus brietly adverted to, I respectfully ad- ‘vine that the establishment of a line of mail steamers to Vere Cruz be recommended to ees, An exami- nation of the Treasury tables of exports and imports to and from Mexico for the last tem years, will, it is be- Meved, show the importance of such line to the in- terests of the whole country—especially to that large portion of it situated on the Mississippi and its triba- taries—and justify Cnaeared from tne Treasury the | nt. ‘expense of tis establishme WCtiere have been made to this department to con- tract for mail service from New York to Antwerp ; From New York, by Gibraltar, Marseilles, and to Genoa; From New York to San Francisco, by the Nicaragua route, which is now in operation; From New York to Gaiway, in Ireland; From Philadelphia te Havana; From New York, by 8t. Thomas, &c., to Venezuela; From Philadelphia to array, ne from New York to ‘New Orleans by ocean steamers, templated railroad service across the State of Florida. Believing that the future revenues of the Department ‘would prove insufficient to justify the employment of the wervice embraced in these offers, most of the parties mak- dmg them have been informed, in substance, that no con- tract for the service would be made by this Department, and that their epplications should be submitted to Con- gress. Some, if not ull, of these lines would be found ex- ‘eeedingly useful and advantageous, if the service could be obtained at rates not disproportioned to the public bene- ‘Pte ecured by their establishment. It is understood that the Belgian government is ready to co-operate in the speedy establishment and mainten- ‘ance of the line to Antwerp. That point is a favorable ‘ene for the correspondence betweenthis country and the continent of Kurope, and it is not doubted that the esta blishment of such a line would be exceedingly advanta- | gecus to the two countries, not only in respect to their postal intercourse, but also, in a much bigher degree, to their commercial interests. A hope is entertained that thissubject will be found to deserve favorable considera- sion. > A copy of the proposition of Mr. Ambrose W. Thomp- son, in behalf of himeelf ond his associates, for the esta- Bishment of @ line of mail steamers between New York | and (alway, is herewith submitted. This ‘wee received on the 28th instant, too late for deliberate eensideration. It wil be seen that Mr. Thom) pro pores to enter into contract to the for ten years in steamships readily convertible into war steam. ‘zs for $100,000 per annum for each ship employed; or teccntract for such service, and receive therefor onl; the postages which shall arise from such mail matter as may be actuaily transmitted in the ships of the proposed sine. This Department has, perhaps, no authority to make contracts giving to such a line the accru- ing teepeen, and even if it has, there isa manifest pro- | ba ty in submitting the matter to Congress. There is much reagon to believe that such a line would lessen the time mow required for the transmission of the mails be- tween thia country and Englend and Ireland; and other end cogent reasons, not direotiy connected with its use falness. for mail purposes, have been strongly urged in tavor of its est hisent.” As these reasons wil, with. dcubt, be soon presented to Congress by those most familiar with the subject, I shall perhaps best promote the clject by simply recommending it to the early and tay rable conside! of that body. Application has aiso been made for the extension of the trips of the steamers of the New York and Havre line © Bremen. The subject ir yet under advisement. A postal agreement with the Canadian Post Office De- | partinent has been concluded, and the arrangement for | which it provided is now in ruccersful operation U this arrangement the postage on a single letter fro peint in the United States to any point in Canada, is ten cunts, or sixpence of Canada curreney—except where the letter is to be transmitted over 3.000 miles from the | when the single | boundary line at the point a rate of postage is Gfteen cents—payaBle in wither coun- ty. A copy ofthis agreement is hereto annexed. An agreement of @ similar character has been made with the Post Office Department of New Brunswick, em- bracing in its provisions Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland Looking to theeventual establishment of « mail line between fornia and China, via the Sandwich Islands, ‘the postmaster of Ban Francisco was some months since inetracted to make up and forward, by every convenient | © unity, all letters for those distant countries where the inland portage to the Ban Francisco office was pre- im the second section of the postage order was made. by the advice axa consent of the President, and went into effect on the first of Jnly last, establishing two cents as the rate to be ss on each newspaper (not passing through Great Brit }) mailed in the i nfted States for or reeeived from ‘any foreign country. other than the British North Ame- rican provinces, anid the West Coast of South America, where different rates were found more applicable and different arrangements were made. A rate of two cents fcr United States postage on newspapers transinitted be- tween the United States and Great Britain, had been siready fixed by the existing postal treaty with that ccuntry. This order was considered advisabl tn view ¢f the desired postal arrangemen' Prusria, and Belgium. but also of having, as far as practi- <avle. eimple and untform rates of newspaper postage be pan the Unived Btates and the Stutes of Wertera jurepe ‘The pertal convention with Prussia, which has for many months been ready for signature, as soon asa reduced rate of traueit postage should be consented te by the British government. is still um in conse- uence of the failure of negotiations with @reat Britain lor the adoption of tory rates of transit postage on letters pasting thre thet kingdom to countries be- ond ‘or the pame reason the negetiationy with rance, for # similar porte, artangement, have not been Freeeed to & final conclusion: and a pending proposal for & portal convention with Belgium in connection with & proposition for the establishment of « line of mail fteamers to Autwerp, has been post poned for future con. tideration. The renewed determinaty be wi transit rate on Le which jeemned excess postal treaty of December, tbe most liberal concessions { Great Britain to imsiet y the S48. this government mals The terms of the treaty were bighly favorable to \ireat Britain, but [ am con- strained to say that, in my judgment. Wberal spirit then manifested by the United states bas Proceted ment might send letters United States. (mostly by to their North American Provinces, at twelve and ta the ounce, which was deemed eu { the rate then paid by our own citizens on erly cue, letgers cAnvayed the same distance provision was conerded, om letters paesing through from cr to this country, were left (te then supposed.) Office, exoept that they were not to exceed the rate that office them charged, or should thereafter Upon letters from Britith colonies or possess m ccuntries paasing through England in and altheugh # knowa that the rates though the transit orarily or urvuly charged (being ditferent in respect to letters ad- Greve-d lo diferent ¢ untriee) avetege about thirty cents in respect to be speedily without lose of nts for the com. * and closed mails, e United Sta of the time, in order to effect such ai veyanoe of jetters an\ new per thro the turiterien of t United Kingdoms, and of France, respectively, as way be meet conducive ¢o the intereste of tue three counte Negotiadons between the three countries on this sub cot ware protracted by the refusal of Groat Britain to eevomt to au arrangement deemed fair and reason watt) Poa ws atlength consented te @ separate « ment with Grevt Britain, reducing the trans that country from ty four cents the ounce d upon as the beris of an ar ty, but wae deemed excessive av ne ‘ with Great Britain can be aonulled by wo gowernments after one year's notice to and if tatistactory transit rates be not soon his govecument should seriously consider © notiee provided for in the treaty shall not known that vertels from fo ti ui iarce ‘Toulon, | connection with a con- | to be determined by the Britian Post | to invite rrance | because the; not om the lin: sot yy are not om e te Peteblished. po post route It is, therefore, | thet a law be ‘authorizing contracts for declaring suggested plank roads, and chat plank the io maaan: gettin prive the offender of his frank- roper to the fact that the penalt law, ing of person Congress ld be | of five hundred dollars, imposed by the existin | found to be insufficient to prevent the count franks, either with or without the assent of the whoee frank is counterfeited. Authority should be ‘given to the department to in- | | | crease the | onding with foe general high prioes of thoes sections | the genert ose sections. | Foses mente, ection ‘at points remote from the central | organisation of the department, must necessarily be in- vested with a large discretion, and implicitly relied upon for the information on which the action of the depart- | ment, in respect to thore portions of the country, must be based. The highest salaries now authorized to be paid are entirely inadequate; and to secure the services of competent men assurances have been given that au- thority to pey « higher compensation for past as well as future services would be as! for. The early passage of an act authorizing the Postmaster General to allow them @ just compensation for their past services, and adequate salaries for the future. is earnestly and urgent- ly recommended. The Postmaster General should also be empowered to authorize the special agents in California and Oregon, respectively, to receive, open, and decide upon proposals for mail service, and, in the presence and with the eid | such Postmaster as the Department shall designate, to open the dead letters accumulated from time to time within their districts, to destroy those found to be of no | value. and to return to the cepartment those containing valuables, under euch regulations and instructions as MDa extension of toe build! ied by this di An extension e ing occup! y le] ihe the batter susummtintioe of is soviet! Un: uditor’s Office, and the City Post Office, was reaus, recommended in my last annual report. The reasons then urged for such extension are constantly acquiring additional force. The rooms of the Post ofle building, now uureasopably crowded, will soon be entirely it t for the accommodation of the business of this de; ment and of the auditor's oftice Indeed, it is now, and during the last year has been found necessary to occupy several rooms over the City Post office, where the papers —_ auditor's office are a rd vation by fire and other causes. Large quantities, too, ortant papers are from necessity packed in the hails in the basement or cellar of the main building, where they are e: to | mildew and gradual destruction. They should not be so exposed; for the loes of the papers of the especially of the auditor would be a a. Fry ry 2] and would be irreparable, I respectfully ask that it earnestiy and urgently recommended Congress to take immediate and effectual mearures for the extension of the west wing of the present Post Office buildivg, or for ~ erection of its nofth front, as originally contem- plated. The sccommodations for the Post OMlce of this eity are entirel; Coe and SRG ine eee the seat of the onal government appropriated chiefly ts the correspondence of its various departments, it ls continually visited by the representatives of fo fi vernments and strangers from every part of the world. its present condition is not only unsafe, but decidedly dincreditable to department and the country. Bome improvements made during the last fiscal year have eitorded partial snd temporary relief from the evils be- fore experienced for want of room; but other arrange. | ments of a creditable amd permanent character ehouid soon be made In my last annual report I also recommended that the laws for the govermment of the department and its offers, which sre numerous and complicated, have been | enacted at different periods, aud contain many obsolete and conflicting provisions. should be revised. An entire there laws, and the pasage of a act ‘all the provisions of law relating to de. partment and its officers, would give greater efficiency to its operations, Such & revision is again respectfully recommended. | again renew the recommendation that the Assistant Peatmaaters General be placed upon the same footing in Tespect to as the heads of bureaus in other de- peitments, I cannot but regard the invidious discrimi- nation now made between these ofticers—whose duties certainly require e,ual capacity, and whose labors are admitted to exceed those of officers grade in other departimente—as incongruous, and detrimental vo the | interests of the department 5 The imereased business of this lepartment, consequent | be p> the rapid growth of the country, and the extension of ite correspondence. mace it necessary in 1846 te as sign to the chief clerk of the department the duties ap- propriate to the head of m bureau. These duties have since been greatly increased. and it is submitted that he should have the official desiguation and salary corres- ponding with his duties. To bestow them now would be to render but justice to au able and faithful officer, who has rerved the department long and well. ‘The foreign desk of the department has become one of great importance. requiring more than ordinary capaci- ty wed labor for the discharge of its duties, It is reapect- | fully euggested that authority should be given to in- erense the compensation of the officer performing them | to that ofa principal clerk. by adding $200 to his pre- The annexed reports, from my Viset and Third Assiat- will present useful and interesting details of the business of their respective bureaus. as well as ahow the ceasity for @ small increase of the clerical force of the Department. Believing that such increase is re- | quired for the diepatch of the business of the De ment with promptness and accuracy, [ recommend the increase which these reports «urgest in conclusion, I desire again to acknowledge my obli- gations to the Assistant Postinasters General, and the the Department, for the seal and assiduity 4 by them in the discharge of their laborious e dis. patch of the business of the Department, labored beyond al cffice hours, and in the discharge of duties not ¢ to the desks to which they had been assigned N. K. HALL, Postmaster General To the Paeerognt (For reporte of the Secretary of the Navy, and Commissioner of the (ieneral Land Office, see Sixth Page J fix Dares Laten vnom Burros Atane—We have re- colved & copy of the British Pocket of the llth of Oeto- ber. The latent advices from Oribe are of the 84 * ed that he had repeatedly offered battle to ize, whieh the latter declined Oribe was concen- ¢ his forces, and preparing for any emergency. J¢ doer not appear, by this, that be was eurrounded, and on che eve of capitulation The Pocket, ins postectipt, «ays-m informed by the t, that a heavy t. 9.) apparently » direction n till six o'elock a the evening eight Thef the 1th Howing is the Buenos { October— report of Patriot dow a England, 7 # dollar, 2164; Bills per cent wis follars ar ne 2 Bile ren. € par n, (Mf. per Supreme Coart—%yp: f ’ of its special agents in Call- | No. 335. AMUSEMENTS THIS BYBNING. ASTOR PLACE—La Sownamava, BOWERY THEATRB, Bowory.—Ixcoman—Fonust oF Bory. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Inconan—-Mo- peBN Mopgr MasanieLto. 5 JATHERINE awp Pa- ravamo “Menean IizEmmessesWisow's Victim Ja ANNEDTE AND JEANNOT, BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers street—Pavi Pay— Finer Niexr. | WATIONAL THRATRE, Chatham strett,—Zetixa—Poor | pee'Tnav-Faasen Brt, BANS 1 Breadway—Foun Sisrens— te Roser Kom BRO! Liuzaicx Bor= BOWERY AMPHITHB?RE, Bowery—Rquesraian Pune PORMANCES, cl riAn eT RRLSY. - = FaLLOWE, Fellows’ Musieal Hall, We. 646 eposdway—BrHiorian le AMERICAN Panvonmancns Ay ‘mBROOn AnD BOWERY CIRCUS—Raueeraiam Penvonuances. ‘Paintine ov Wasnine- rom Oncenmve THE DetawaRe. DOUBLE SHEET. New York, Wednesday, Dec’r. 3, 1851. ‘This Morning’s News. Our columns are filled this morning with im- portant national documents. Without any unu- | sual effort we are enabled to lay before the public, in one sheet— A | The President’s Message, Post Master General’s Report, Report of the Secretary of War, | Report of the Secretary of the Navy, Report from the General Land Office. These State papers, nearly twenty-eight columns | in length, give one year’s history of the United States. The wonderful facts detailed in them, re- | lative to the progress of this great republic, will | afford Kossuth abundant material for some bril- liant speeches, surpassing even those recently de- livered in England. The President’s Message, the regular resumé of markable decument. The Cuban question is the | most prominent feature in it, and is discussed at | some length. If Mr. Fillmore and his adminis- | tration had devoted half the attéation which is displayed in this part of his message, to proouring | the conviction of Lopez, for his violation of the neutrality laws, in fitting out the Cardenas expe- dition, he would have saved some bloodshed, and rendered bis country a great deal of service. | There was evidence enough to convict him, but imbecility was the order of the day. Our columns are so much crowded this morniog that we can- not comment at any length on this message. Very little was done in Congress yesterday. A most important movement, however, was com- menced In the Senate, by Senator Foote giving notice of his intention to introduce @ resolution to the effect that the Compromise measures of last Congress are a final settlement of the slavery agi- tation. We hope it will be passed by a great | heroes ot his creed will never be forgotten by the majority. The same Senator proposed a resolu- tion, directing the government to interfere in fa- vor of the Irish revolutioniste, and, if possible, procure their release. There is no doubt of the closing of the canals by ice. The cold weather of the last day or two has done its work on our internal navigation. Owing to the very low stage of water in the Hadeon river, several steamers and a large number | of other vessels were aground yesterday in the vicinity of Albany. yesterday opened by Mr. Cayler, in a lengthy speech, after which several witnesses for the pri- soner were examined. We regret being compolled to omit the proceedings in the case until to-mor- row. There were several lectures and meetings last night, the reperts of which are crowded out of this morning's paper. One was on geology by Dr. Jackson, of Boston. ‘The Historical Society held their stated moeting, and the attendance was unusually large. The regular paper of the evening wason the subject of the renowned Captain Kidd, read by Judge Camp- bell. Mr. Edwin Williams also read a paper on | an important subject—that of preparing an index to the newspapers filed by the society, so as to ren- der them available as seurces of informationonthe history of the last century and a quarter. ‘The lecture of the Rev. Dr. Bacon, of Now Ha. ven, at Brooklyn, main'y consisted of an account of the various cities of Syria, and the joining coun- try, together with remarks upon the present condi- tion of the ‘Turkish empire, which, in his opinion, was falling to ruin, and must eventually become the prey of the Russian empire, unless prevented. ‘This calamity had been hitherte prevented by the | management of the British ambassador, Sir Strat- | ford Canning, on whom the lecturer passed a high eulogium, for the kindness that he had shown, not only to his own countrymen, but also to those Americans who had visited that part of the world. He dwelt particularly on the domestic state of ao- | ciety, and advised our social reformers who wished to divide the interests of the husband and wife, to visit that country, to seo its baneful effects mage of corruption, without vitality ‘Tho Board of Aldermon, last evening, adopted a ceport of the committee on law, together with a | resolution in favor of applying to the Legislature for the parsage of a law providing for the clection of four coroners for the \ow ind county of and for the York, inatead of one, as at pr | pointment by the Mayor of one of the Coron | elected to cach of the Senate | oppor to b the reports of the departments, is not a very re | settled by Catholics, who, like the other sects, fled from persecution st home. It was the most tole- rant of them all, and while it held eut the right hand of welcome to men of every creed, every colo- ny, with one exception, refused to hold communion with it. The Puritan settlers of Massachusetts, of Virginia made reprisals by the expulsion of eve- ry Puritan. To the persecuted of both colonies, and ofevery other, Maryland offered hospitality anda home. Ite constitution, established two or three years after the first landing of its colonists» admitted al] freemen, without distinction, to a share in the making and the protection of the lawe. In the words of Bancroft, “The asylum of Papists was the spot where, in @ remote corner of the world, on the banks of rivers which as yet were little ex- plored, the mild forbearance of » proprietary adopt- ed religious freedom as the basis ofthe State. * * * Axd there, too, Protestants were sheltered against Protestant intolerance.” Thus by the Catholics of Maryland was religious liberty eetablished for the firet time in the history of Christianity. All the Protestant sects in the colonies had persecuted the Catholics, and each other. In England and other countries, the Catho- lics had persecuted and burned ‘“‘heretics,”’ as they were called ; and the heretics or Protestants had persecuted and burned Catholics for conscience sake, and in the name of the Lord. The faggot and the stake were the instruments of conversion, alternate- ly used on both sides, just as coach happened to have the atcendancy; and there are modern Chris- tiang, who, like Mahomet, with the Koran in one hand and the sword ia the other, would now wield the same appliances, if they had the power. This per- secution did not proceed from anything in the Pro- testant or Catholic religion, but from the want of the spirit of true religion in the professors ofboth— from the alliance of church with state, and from the bad passions of men in high places, veiled under the garb of religious hypocrisy or fanata- cism. The first country on the face of the globe where religisus freedom was proclaimed, and prac- tically carried into effect, was the United States; but Maryland was the sacred spot, and its Catholic population had the proud distinction of giving an example to the colonies and the rest of the world. This blessed example gradually prevailed over the dark dogmas of pergecution, and a spirit of universal toleration and Christian brother- hood marked the first blow oZ the Revolution. A common danger and common interests, common hopes and common fears, drew the hearts of the colonists together, and the hatchet of religious dis- cord was buried, to be disinterred by Archbishop Hughes, after a lapse of more than eighty years of tranquillity. It was not for their religious toleration alone that the Catholics of Maryland were distiaguished. They fought in the van of the Revolution, and their blood mingled in one common stream with that of their Protestant brethren of overy denomination ; and the Catholics of the other colonies were equally true to liberty and American independence. Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, among the bravest of the brave, and a signer of the Declaration of Indepen dence, was a Catholic. Other Catholics appended their names to this Magna Charta. The sagest and staunchest members of the first Congress were Catholics; the most distinguished in the field, both The defence of Castner Hanway, on trial for They contribute, in a high degree, to the national treason in the Cirewit Court at Philadelphia, was | wealth and prosperity. Their clergy do not inter- | United States | wind and may reap the whirlwind officers and rank and file, were Cathelics; and the names of General Sullivan and other revolutionary American people, till the records of their gallant deeds are effaced from the page of history Ever since that struggle resulted in the freedom and independence of the country, the Catholie por- tion of the population have been among the best, the most industrious, and most patriotic citizens of the United States. While other sests have ob- tained a bad notoriety for the prominent part they have taken in the anti-slavery agitation, the Catho- lics have continued steadfast to the compromises of the constitution, and have most religiously observed the obligations of that solemn covenant. They are good and true republicans, and cordially har- monise with their Protestant fellow-countrymen. fere in the political feuds and faction fights of the day. On the contrary, like true mon of God, they | are too busily engaged in their sacred vosation. | Eminent Protestant divines at our anniversary meetings in New York have borne ample testimony to their zeal and success in the Far West, where they outstrip all competition, and are the pioneers of civilization and religion, standing between the darkness and the light—the flood gates of infidelity, ignorance, and licentiousness on one hand, and the blessings of Christianity on the other. The Catho- lie Church has prospered ever singe it was planted in this free soil, because it was brought bask to primitive Christianity, and not being entangled by any corrupting connection with civil govern- ment, it has beea kept pure, and is, therefore, vigorous, energetic, and useful. For all this, and for more that we have not enu- merated, the Catholic religion and its ministers are honored and respected in the land. The best proof of this, as wellas the most remarkable illustration of the religious toleration that universally prevails, is the fact that only three or feur years ago, Arch- bishop Hughes himeelf was invited to preach before Congress, the vast majority of whose members did not belong to the Catholic Church. How did he requite this liberality, and this mark of respect to his religion? By delivering a sectarian discourse that insulted the religious feelings of his audience, and excited the deepest indignation. He was never invited since, and never will be again. We should mention that on that occasion he got himeelfin- vited. What is bis conduct now! Archbishop, Cardinal, or Pope Hughes, or what- ever other title he may claim, declares himself the advocate of the darkest despotiom of the darkest spots on earth—the fast friend of Austria, and the bitter enemy of Hungary and Kossuth, whom even the Turk respected—the antagonist of all re- publicanism in Europe—the defender of the worst tyranny in the old world—the foe of our own repub- licdn institutions in the new. He openly promul- | | In bit | gates principles that are a disgrace to the enlight- | opinion, there was no hope of Turkey; it was a | ened spirit of the age, and are only worthy of the benighted era of the middle centuries. Ho is scattering broadcast the seeds of religious dissen- tion and hatred, which may one day spring upintoa crop of destruction and death. He is sowing the He is going in way of destroying the Vatholie religion in the He is offering ita sacrifice on the altar of bis ambition 0 wrote a pamphiet to show that republicanism is not inconsistent with Catholicity. He is now doing his utmost to prove the contrary; and if this socond Laud only succeeds, there are many Catholics who will prefer some t creed, with liberty, to the Catholic ) strong is their bolief in re- est form of human freedom y willdoubt the truth of any religion | is incompatible with it. They will argt a fal particular denomination of Christianity may | ter or worse than other denominations | | @ spark of reason within tells them that | tthe greatest good to tho groatest pua- distracting, dividing, and breaking up our glorious confederacy. It is fortunate that his power is not equal to his will, and that he stands the solitary ex- ception among the archbishops, bishops, and other dignitaries of the Catholic Church in-this country. But they ought to repudiate him as the self-consti- tuted representative of their opinions, and thus save their faith from the odium he has brought upon it. He is the greatest enemy it has, because | he has introduced sentiments which are utterly sub- versive of its prosperity, aud are entirely new in this country. He isthe foe of the liberties which all classes enjoy under the dome of the great edi- fice of many mansions founded by their forefathers upona rock of sages, and cemented by our blood. This fabric it is his aim and purpese to destroy. If George Washington earned the title of “the Father of his Country,” to John, Archbishop of New York, is equaily due the title of “the Enemy of the Republic.” It is to be hoped that the next convocation of bishops will effectually dis- pote of bis deuble treaszon—to the Catholic church | and the United States. Exrzcrep Arrival oy tHe Great Exice — Kessuth, the great man of the century, the repro- sentative of universal human rights, an orator without s parallel in ancient or modern times, is expected to arrive in this city in the Humbold:, to- day or to-morrow. Preparations have been made on a scale of immense magnitude for his reception in this and in other cities. Congress is likewise preparing to receive him with s degree of éclat that will astonish the despots of Europe, and make them grind their teeth in very anguish. The municipal authorities of New York have engaged apartments for him in the Irving House. The same splendid suite of rooms which were occupied by Jenny Lind, after she made her triumphal entrance into this city, and excited the enthusiasm of the wise, the piety of the religious, and the folly of the foolish, have been splendidly re-furnished for the reception of the great Kossuth. A number of distinguished and fashionable visiters, from differert parts of the country, are coming to this metropolis for the pur- pose of being present at the reception. Among others we perceive Madame Tochman and her husband, the former being formerly better known as Mille. Jagella, the celebrated Hungarian heroine. Her black eyes sparkle with enthusiasm, and her stature seems to increase three or four inches when she talks of Kossuth and Hungary. The next month or two, in this republic, will be de- voted to the developement of public opinion, and te an excitement unpara leled in the history of this | nation—ef any nation, or of any particular period in the history of the human race. We will be on the verge of insanity during the whole time, with- cut being quite prepared to enter insane asylums. Human nature has two strings to its bow. When there is a representation ef the highest virtue, patriotism, and liberty, in any great age of the world, thero is alsosometimes a representation of the opposition line. Demosthenes, the great orator, and Lais, the beautiful courtezan, both flourished in Greece in the same age. In the same vessel with Kossuth, it is stated, is Lola Montes, who formerly ruled and governed Bavaria, and in- troduced reforms into that kingdom, and who is now an exile from the palaces at Munich. She iscoming over for the purpose of commencing & theatrical career in this country. Whether the | Ni managers of the theatres have made preparations to give hera splendid reception, we don’t know. Neither do we know in which of our fashionable hotels apartments have been engaged for her—the Astor House, the New York Hotel, or the Union Hotel; but we suppose all will be known in time. Woe have an enthusiastic, stirring, and exciting time in prospect. All the managers of our splendid hotels and insane asylums, throughout the coun- try, should prepare their vacant apartments as soon as possible for the reception of guests. Tux Ovrrage on THe PaomeTHEs.—It is to be hoped that measures will be immediately adopted to procure satisfaction for the gross outrage com mitted by a British vessel of war on the American | steamship Prometheus, at San Juan de Nicaragua. It was one of the most wanton insults to the Ame- rican flag that was ever committed. In addition to reparation, we should insist that the terms of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain be carried out to the letter, aad that they shall im- mediately evacuate that portion of Nicaragua. If they refuse to withdraw from it, they should be put out by force. One day England compliments our country by ‘‘distinguished consideration” letters, while in Central America sho continues insulting us | in a manner that no administration that ever existed in Washington but the present, would for a mo- ment tolerate. By the correspondence between Mr. Crampton, Lord Palmerston, and Daniel Webster, published in another column, it will be seenthat the whole country, in a lump, is complimented and thanked for the “‘ distinguished reception which was given to Lord Elgin by the President of the United States and the citizens of Bosten,”’during the railroad celebration. England is ¢ for small favors, for nothing more than ordinary courtesy and attention was shown to Lord Elgin on that occasion. That any proof was given of “kindly feeling towards her Majesty and the British | nation,” during the celebration, is all moonshine. The British government had mach better order | these home their insolent officiuls in Central America, if it wishes to preserve harmony between the two countries, and reserve its compliments till they | are needed. New anv Maaniricent P: —A rail from Missouri to San Francisco, a telegraph line for the same distanco—a line of steamshijs from San Francleco to China—a mint ‘alifornia. Those aro the measures proposed rkOTS IN Conaress. in Congress on the very first day of its session, id The annexation of the | This is & good beginning Sandwich Islands—a naval intervention to provent Russia from overcoming liberty in Europe—Britieh outrages in Central America—the illegal condem- nation and imprisonment of Mr. Trasher, in Ha- | amd second stories. | of the approaching danger. These gent | awarded to Messrs. Boyce and ently very thankful | ‘ap emanation trom (ied. Protest Fetaes, becoming TBE WHI@ AND DEMOCRATIC COMMITERES.. qidnete. pay ey ap eed The Whig Generel Committee met last evening wt! jeitany that they should, when they find elie te a beanie Dee oe iae Might elect ON fr the yar Md, Thay Wl bdo art th The would-be ecclesiastical despot is rivaling | a, young Men's Democratic Republiean Genera) Garrison, Seward, and Van Buren, in the work of Po nt Thy whe tense pe ee ma ‘Thrasher’s Snore, andthe firing ‘i wae war haere ing) h Lee waters: jcarag' o President's message handled raiker . The resolations ba ioe rg ‘That the of our fellow co John 8. Thrasher, rom the dungeons of Spanish deepoe tism. awakens defence. & Resolved, That the insult to our flag, and the ‘Upon our ail under it, committed by a. of war, in the steamer Prome- mouth of the river Sam Joas, cannot, eneral Committee, and noble efforts to extend the principles sert the inherent rights of the people. ‘The committee et un tion consists of John Wheeler, P. J. Joachimscen, Thad- deus B. Glover, a Henry A. Warts, a ory = poor yr will Pe ot ever morrow evening. Tuesday nex Probab! ited as the day for holding the p: Pathies of liberty and as- | beg) meet- ings for electing the General Committee for the ensuing: year. City Intelligence, Recertion oF LSrmndy ays Site euibontiions areraln ing active preparations for the public recep’ distinguished Hi jan. , workmen were busily engaged in nace eee ae ‘The following preamble and resolutions in relation tc the anticipated arrival of the illustrious Ha! exile, were unanimously adopted in the Brooklyn a of Education, yesterday:— Wherers, the most distin about to visit our co} municating with the laws and inetituti ore, Recolved, That thie Board has watched the carcer of Louis Kossuth with the highest sdmiration, and regard his visit tc thie country as one of the important events of thie century: w ler to litate as far as jeots of hic ible the obj ding oficer appoint & to the lustrious day of his recep~ sed. * ¥: schools of this city, and that the committee of three to convey this invitat vest of our country. lved, also, Tost the schools, on the tien in Brooklyn, be aushorized te be dist § The fellowing gentlemen ‘were then appointed tc carry out the intention of the above resolutione:—Mesers. Amold, J.@ Bergen, and Anthony. Fines—On Monday bape about nine o'clock while an session was ee on the thiré fivor of the building occupied as Public School Ne. 13, in Fortieth street, near the Eighth avenue, flames were discovered bursting through the ceiling, bet ween the tirst The fire was first discovered by a colored man, pamed Smith, who kas the charge of the buildi He immediatety went to the school room, and quietly informed the teachers, Messrs. Boyce and Finch. en, without piving any alarm, at once dismissed the scholars, num- g about four hundred and fifty. The children were ducted safely into the street, without the slightest ident having cccurred. Too much praise cannot be Finch, for their sound Gircretton, and to the colored man, Amith, for his pre- sence of mind, thus preventing a calamity which would most certwinly bave resulted i bape mcre disastrous than the heart-rending oceur- rence in Greenwich avenue. It appeared that the buiid- ing was heated by mrans of furnaces set in the front and rear, There being found insufficient to heat the roome, stoves were placed in the recitation rocme, the pipes of which were let into the air flues connected with the ventilators, instead of running them into the chim- ney. There fives having valves in them fcr the admis- sion ef air, the high wind which prevailed at the time blew the ‘ks back ® the timbers on which the floor is lal 4 net fire them. Engine Company Hook and Ladder, No. 8. and Index Hose Compa- vy on the ground immediately after the alarm was given, and succeeded in subduing the flames The police of the Nineteenth ward were on hand, and were most efficient in rving order. The loss is estimated at $800. The e+ broke out afresh at about four o'clock Seaterday morning. but were soon extinguisbed by the police. No alarm was rung by the fire be About half-past five ociock on Monday afternoon, » a the hands of a child, who was sent to procure something from an attic rocin in the house. The saoee vars ot Ot pouse was d dt with o ter of Rennreneee Eas ee cra Copier the of the Ninth district, assistance. Taft and Sebring, with at o'el or afternoon, a fire broke out standing the exertions of the firemen, the flames soon. be rage apna Nos. 9 and 13. pena A is ‘iocipally having beet con: e ly bavi ry ~ No. ithe loss is supposed te amount to $1500. ‘The alarm of fire at eight o'clock om Monday evening. ‘was caused by the burning of a stable in the rear of No 171 Prince street, which was extinguished before muck damage was sustained. I: is supposed to have been the work ofan incendiary. A fire occurred in Kighty-fifth street, near Third. avenue, en Sunday. It was cevsed by & stove-pipe having become everbeated [+ was extingvished before ‘apy material damage was rustacoed. ww Foitos Street. Very Straxce —About two o'clock on Monday morn- ing, the cover and side of a coffin, made cf stained pine wood, were found in Albion near the Bowery. ‘They had the appearance (f baving just been taken from: rome vault or grave. It is to be that rome infor- mation will be elicited concerning this eurpicious cir- cumstance. Acciwents. —On Sunday af , named street. peat 2 Mary Stephens, fell down in @ fit ii Pearl . in City Hal Face She was conveyed to the = e Bixth ward by the police. Te aenEnnnemeemmenney rse of private: bis rooma, No. 68 Dr. Antisell wi | Franklin street, cing on Thureday, ‘December, a7) to the course of fifteen lessons, $5." Mental Alchem Last night the expert~ Mare yew, wetine, peveticclogad } aver bat > Tie: hughest performance known, 4. tl eat y, shovid gs early to Hops Chapel, Ne, 4 pandors sud Spinel Prope, adapt- ot Beags aud give ineirvetlone for a Cards, Envelopes, Cake Waters. of the latest and most fashiona- 3 BELL'S, 2 Bros cor. vana, will soon be taken up by Congress, and give plenty of work to that interesting collection of pa- triots to Perform. Tae Tran qu night at the Astor place opera house FirTsen rexsons from ‘Temporanceville, P. were drewned by the sinking ot a canal boat ® fow ue Portamouth, Va, turing a storm oh 14 os. ny lan Court Calendar for this Day, Bernemte Cover—Orncurt Nos, 40. 15, 541, $52, 845, $46, 188, 427, 444, 847, B48, 598, BLO, 951, °2. | Gerenat Teno—Nos, 14, IT, 19, 49. $0 to 00 | Common Purse —Part 1.—Nos. $\7, T025, 1169, 1161, 1168, 1106, 1167, 1160, 1175, 1177, 11 191. 1185, L187. 1189, to ee as yesterday, with the addition of Noe. 8 , 81, 166, 167, 174 84, 185, 196,187 75, 178, 11, 19, 175 193, 190, 191, 192, i ls for Europe, THE NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD— tit Py RSIDENT’S MESSAGE, ETC. ‘The British mail steamship Afric Captain Ryrie, will rerpool. Her mails will clore at half past ten o'clock this morning. The Fort at noon to-day for vexuy Henane will be published at half-past nine Tt will contain the President's Messnge, the m tok news “n a and inee!!'xence from all other parte {the Bingle oop inent to Ube Jatert moment, wreppers, eirpence * Orena—We understand that in conse, | of the illness of Bettini, there will be no opera to. | wey, & branch store ay Trade —The season me pertinent hints to the fur-wearine coms solicits the attention fie 0 his unrivalled a: chinehills and ot ‘wf tri » Sleigh Robes, cheap assortment, fe KS » No, 128 Folton street. Furs and Robes.—Firet Premiam award= the Pair of the American Institute.—The eubscriber Feapeottoily invite the # , to call and ¢ atremely Green wie! Ie own Bn Corestm ki 4 Usion Halt, t the ac ne ap Fr Voi, RUD $nd Werdemade wre + womb Of wader clothing to 0 iwugd in the pentlemen n cloth city of New York,