The New York Herald Newspaper, January 17, 1853, Page 4

NEW YORK HERA, JAMES GORDON BEY, yer, PROPRIETOR AND E’yj TOR, SFFIOS N. W. COANER OF FULT’ yy aNp NASSAU STS. ape okt Siena. DAPLY HERALD, ‘sp cents per copy—¥1 per an- | THE WEEKLY HER ALD, every Saturday, at 6% cena Reeth ang dort 9 Sed ania tage bo ong of | reat Bruiai any pa et beth ta the poster ete CORRESPONDENCE containing impor- | solicited e the world ; if used, We teeraily sot np ag ag oe eee oe | Parneviarty Reqvesrep To Skat ALL Lerrens AND | ALL LETTERS by mail for Subscription, or with Adver- ‘Yrement, ys me poe Aor ay Roary ll | 5 J E NO NOTICE taken of anonymous communications. We not return those rejected. ‘JOB PRINTING executed with neatness, cheaymess, and Advertisements renewed every aay. Velume XVIII AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Bonmmsan Gint—Rook ‘weop. . No. 16+ BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—It BaRprere DI Revicuiua—La Masa DE Seva. NIBLO’S—Banner or BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers street-—Pavt Pay— ‘Panis anv Loxvon. NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—Ricneuizu— Prmup Quant AND 1s MONKEY. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Tur Inisn Herress Practical MAN. WHITE'S THEATRE OF VARIETIES, 17 and 19 Bowery— Au Tuat GurreRs 1s Nor GoLp—Roves Diamoxp—PE% FECTION. SEVILLE. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afternoon—Genrrat Tom Tavwn —Vuace Gossir, Evening—Ganprat Tom Tuums—Forry ‘Sanves. SELLER'S SALOON, 559 Broadway—NecROMANCY. aoe 586 Breadway—Banvakb's PANORAMA OF THE Lanp. ORRISTY’S OPERA HOUSE, 472 Broadway—Emworiay Mowrnuisy by Couty’s Mixsrris, ‘WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood's Musical Hall, 444 Broad- qway—Emuoruy MinstKELsyY. €IRCUS, 37 Bowery—EquestRiaN ENTRTAINMENTS, Wew York, Monday, January 17, 1853. The News. The new Cunard steam ship Arabia arrived yes- | Yerday. The greatest interest was manifested in the vesult ofher trip, as compared with that of the Collins steamer Baltic. Their passages from wharf to | wharf were as follows:— ‘Me Baltic 12 days, 22 hours ‘The Arabia 8 | dn favor of Collins ... 2days, 3 hours. The general features of the news brought by the Arabia are of a far more interesting character than the telegraphic synopsis of the same had led us to @uppose. The letters which we to-day give from Lord Palmerston, while Secretary of the Foreign ‘Office, relative to the continuation of the slave trade | in Cuba in total violation of the treaty stipulations of Spain, will be read with considerable attention at this time, when Lord P. has just returned to the English ministry, and when it is declared by the Bri- tish papers that the naval squadrons of that govern- ment were never stronger or more active and peree- vering in their efforts to suppress the inhuman traffic ; wad, also, when American Congressmen are busily eccupied in the discussion of ou: relations with Spain and other countries, and particularly with re- gard to the tripartite treaty proposed by France and England. Among other things, it will be observed that Lord Palmerston urged, as one reason why Spain should abolish slavery in Cuba, that euch an act would create a powerful element of resistance to any scheme for annexing the island to this country. Fortunately for her Spanish Majesty's government, as well as for her subjects in Cuba, her ministers did net deem it expedient to follow Lord Palmerston’s wuggestions. Read the official correspondence, and the article on the same subject which we extract from the London News. These matters afford much food for serious reflection. But the British movements concerning Cuba and ‘the slave trade donot by any means comprise all that is interesting from Europe, as-will be found on reference to the lengthy details which we elsewhere pablish. The terrific gale which commenced on Christmas day and swept along the English coast was of a far more destructive nature than was at first anticipated. A great many vessels were wrecked, and the loss of a large number of lives is recorded. One of the most serious maritime disasters was that which occurred to the brig Lily, which had fifty tons of gunpowder on board. During the prevalence of the storm she was driven ashore on a small island near the Isle of Man, and several of her crew, including the captain, were drowned. The next day, while the survivors of the ship's company, assisted by the neighboring inhabitants, were endeavoring to save the cargo, the powder exploded, rending the vessel into fragments, killing thirty-two persons, and leaving only one of those in the vicinity of the scene to relate the awful calamity. Let us turn to a more en- livening topic. The London Times, in alluding to the spirit of American enterprise and perseverance, as evinced at the recent conflagration of Sacramento, remarks that all history may be searched in vain for @ parallel. True; the Yankees are like India rubber balls—the harder you throw them down, the higher they bounce. The statistics relative to the productiveness of the Australian gold fields are astounding. It is stated that the weekly yield of the Australian diggings may be estimated at eighty thousand ounces. The Hudson’s Bay Company are complaining that the high rates of wages in Califor, nia and Oregon have proved a great detriment to the colonization and permanent settlement of Vancou- ver's Island. British agriculturists and laborers, like most other sensible people, prefer going where they can make the most money, and, therefore,on being conveyed to the possessions of the company, gener. ally take the first opportunity to leave for American territory. On glancing at the state of affairs on the continent of Europe, it will be found that a monotonous quiet everywhere prevails. From Spain we learn that the intended resignation of the American Minister, Mr. Barringer, had occasioned expressions of regret in @Miicial quarters. Emperor Napoleon III. is busily engaged in making ample provision for his relatives, and is said to have sent a couple of them on a mis- sion to Dusseldorf, to plead for the hand of a young German Princess, whose name is entirely too long for repetition. So he has not given up his matrimo- nial intentions, and, as he usually carries his point, it is likely that he will get a wife, after a while. One item of especial interest to the upper ten of this city, will be the announcement that the latest Parisian fashion is to powder the head with gold dust and sil ver filings. As this is an extravagant kind of luxury that cannot be conveniently affurded except by the very richest, we may possibly have an opportunity shortly, of ascertaining what the aristocracy of New York are p of. The Sabbath and the cold weather combined have tended to render our telegraphic intelligence exceed. ingly brief this mornir The weather was almost too keen to expect reporters to venture out of doors, | even had there been news to look for. From Cold Spring we learn that the Hudson river was frozen over on Saturday night, and that yester lay people | were crossingon the ice between that place and West Point. The day and ev were intensely cold in this vicinity, as all knov ntured to at tend church. At one o'clock this morning the mer. cury in the thermometer was only twelve degrees above zero, with a prospect that it would reach a still | lower point before daylight A correspondent at V ington states thatin view of the present complex state of our foreign relations tLe proper committees of the Senate are contemplat jug the importance of incre the efficies army and navy. itis p tha capi iar pl 8 eroc gs ptcata € anda | intense. ‘thing now betokens that Congress will cacry out 00 the letter the precepts of Washington, Jeffetson, Monroe, and others of our illustrious countrymen of by-gone days. Let us be fully prepared to meet and drive back. any trouble that may hereafter present itself from abroad. We elsewhere publish a communication relative toa projector erecting a telegraphic line to the Pacific. Should Congress accede to the request of the memorialists named, the latterexpect to complete the work in two years or less. It is anticipated that a tariff on communications to San Francisco, about twice as high as the present between this city and New Orleans, will yield the company an adequate profit. The letter from General Wool to the Secretary of the Mechanics’ Institute of this city contains many interesting incidents relative to the rise and progress of a few of the eminent men of our own land. Young and old, male and female, will read it with pleasure and profit. A full report of the Military Convention, which took place ai Syracuse a few days ago, may be found in another column. The Rey. Charles Spear, of Boston, who has dis- tinguished himself by his continuous efforts to im- prove and solace the condition of prisoners, and to procure the abolition of capital punishment, delivered an address last evening, in the Bleecker street Uni- versalist church, on the subject of his recent mission to Europe to examine the prison system there. We give a pretty full report elsewhere. On Saturday morning the Broadway Railroad In- junction case was in part heard in the Superior Court. Mr. Van Buren submitted and argued upon various points for the plaintiffs, on the order to show cause why an attachment should not issue against the defend- | antsfor contempt. Mr. Field replied on the part of Al- derman Sturtevant, one of the defendants, but did not conclude his argument, the Court rising at5 o'clock. The case stands adjourned until Saturday next, at half-past 10. The southern mail, due at ten o'clock last night, had not arrived at one this moruing. In addition to much other interesting information, our columns to-day contain a lengthy communication relative to the Cuban Question and the Cuban Inva- Synopsis of the Message of the Governor of New Proceedings of the New Jersey Colonization y; List of New Patents; Distressing Suicide in Philadelphia; Law and Commercial Intelligence; a great variety of local news, including further particu- lars of the attempt by a negro to murder Mr. Hay- dock, &c. WUI the Cabinet be an Unit !—That’s the Question. As the time for the inauguration of the new President approaches near, the anxiety to know who will compose his Cabinet becomes the more The rumors which are whispered in private circles, and the bold assertions that are confidently telegraphed each day, respecting various names before the public, are alike founded on idle speculation and private feeling. They are unworthy of notice, and of comment. The publication, therefore, of this kind of news, must be taken only for what it is worth, with- out any endorsement from us as to its intrinsic value. The calm which now pervades the political horizon may be assumed, by some, as a sure omen of serene skies for the incoming adminis- tration. Others, less sanguine, may view it as the lull that follows the storm of an exciting election, which, if of long continuance, may stagnate into pestilence, breeding defeat and destruction to the party so recently triumphant. One class believe that certain well defined principles were established by the people, in the election of General Pierce. whieh will be adhered to for all time, and that his administra- tion, sustained by public opinion, will have nothing to dread, and no dangers to encounter. Another class imagine that some of the princi- ples which should govern the incoming execu- tive were not clearly expressed, but were only understood, and on that point there is a wide margin for a difference of opinion and for dis- pute.» Moreover, that understanding may be construed in a double sense. The plat- forms of the two national conventions—whig and democratic—did not materially differ on the point of principle upon which the election turned. It might be said they did not differ at all. Yet, with similar principles on record, no one will say that the election was canvassed with reference alone to personal pre- ferences and personal popularity of the candi- dates. Upon what, then, was the issue? Now, upon the solution of this question depends the complexion of the incoming Cabinet. This fact must be borne in mind by those who so confi- dently speak of the gentlemen who will sur- round the President. It would be well to settle that principle before writing down names in fu- ture. It might be supposed that both united in destroying the freesoil party, which was in the field with their candidate. But their supposi- tion would be wide of the mark. For the free- soil party was divided, and, as a formida- ble enemy, despised by the masses of both whigs and demograts. One section, led off by William H. Seward, was ranged under the ban- ner of General Scott, controlling his move- ments and making him their candidate; while another section, under the banner of Martin Van Buren, were no less zealous, but less con- spicuous, for General Pierce, who, after desert- ing their party and electing General Taylor, in 1848, came in again in 1852, the most ravenous for the spoils. and of the least importance to Gen. P.’s success. The Southern States were clamorous for a strict adherence to the compromise act and the whigs and democrats were bidding high for their confidence and their votes. The real issue. therefore, was narrowed down to the question of which party was freest from the taint of free soiliem. Both whigs and demo- crats admitted that free soil men were in their ranks; but both denied that they would have any share in originating the measures and oar- rying out the principles of the next administra- tion, as-cabinet counsellors. in the event of their success; but the known opinions of Gen. Pierce and Mr. Seward on the compromise measures satisfied the country that the election of Geo Scott would be the renewal of late ¢ tation. It must, however. be underst candidates, on this point as the grave. The platforms had not settled the matter—the candidates had not been more explicit. The people of the Southern States where the contest was decided, had to trast to promises. and promises. too. by i ication in casting their votes. by an unprec ited unanimity, in favor of General Pierce. Yet all his does not create an obligation on the par of the new President to re id to their con- fidence and comply wishes. H is free to follow the bent of his owa mind. ‘There would be no apparent violation of faith on his part. him it becomes only a estion of policy whether he will select, in the face of the overwhelming defeat of Seward ftecsoiliem in November last, a democrat with free soil tendencies for one of his cabinet. Ant tis polnt much can be said on both sides, thorough , se the Pacific coast. Every- | given to a free soiler, would reconcile this State to the new executive; firmly bind the demo- cratic party as a band of brothers, and add largely to the numerical strength, at all subse- quent elections. But this is only supposition. The event might be different from what is anti- ‘cipated. If the hunkers should take an oppo- site view of the case, and imagine themselves ostracised because they had always been con- sistent in their opposition to the free soil mania, and that the other wing of the party was re- warded because its members had once been traitors to the Baltimore platform, and would be again if not well compensated, it is not ha- zarding much to say that treason to the party will flourish again, in proportion to the benefits to be derived from it. But the next breach in the ranks would come from those who heretofore stood the most firm to democrat- ie principles. What, therefore, the executive might gain in strength, would be dearly paid for in principles suspected and in prestige damaged. In the adjoining States, and more especially in the South, those who had advocated the election of Gen. Pierce, as free from all taint and free soil tendencies, without communion and brotherhood with them. or any of them. and who had been elected to Congress on the strength of their as- surances to the people, would have to answer for their false prophesies ; and the sins which they had so eloquently portrayed as likely to be perpetrated by Gen. Scott, if elected, would have to be answered for by them, as being com- mitted under their own darling democratic ad- ministration. How could they flee from the wrath to come? How could they face their constituents with their former speeches quoted against them, and the no less eloquent and ele- gant extracts drawn from the choice literature of the barnburner library. denouncing the traffic in human flesh, and declaring the duty to humanity to draw a cordon around States that were a libel to republican principles and a disgrace to human nature? Uncle Tom’s Cabin contains no choice gems so rich in thrilling eloquence. in words that breathe and thoughts that burn, as the speeches of those gentlemen who now are aspirants for the highest seats in the political synagogue, and whose claims are, in reality, founded on the position which those same speeches have given them in the party. It does not require the gift of prophecy to foretell the result of such a canvass. Every democrat would go down, and if not, he would go into opposition to save himself. Should a free soil democrat be selected for the cabinet, the equilibrium, no doubt, would be restored by appointing one of the State rights party as a counterpoise. That is, the load would be lightened by making it double, on the principle of the miller’s bag, where two stones can more easily be carried on horseback than one. The mosaic composi- tion of such a cabinet would certainly be fanciful and ingenious, and highly beauti- ful, as all mosaic work is, or ought to be. But this kind of art belongs more to the ornamental than the useful. All composite productions are brittle—they are liable to break—they lack strength. Those of a political cast are not free from the imper- fections attendant upon all others. It is idle to suppose that the country will put faith in the sincerity of any man professing to uphold principles which he had opposed until his com- ing into office. Communion with saints will not give a new heart, but communion with saints may make a hypocrite. The recent defeat of the Derby administration in England clearly teaches that the public will never permit any man or set of men to take charge of measures which they had opposed ; and the present Aber- deen ministry is deficient in prestige, because its component parts are not solid and united, but of a composite order. No one will suppose that the free soil wing of the democratic party ought to be excluded from. office under the incoming administration. They were useful allies—powerful auxiliaries—and fought manfully for General Pierce; but they were only allies and auxiliaries—not an inte- gral portion of the party. It would be un- generous not to reward them for their services and sufferings; but it might be unjust to pay them out of the spoils which more properly be- long to the veterans who never deserted nor were diemayed in the hour of disaster. to which the others had contributed. The Roman Consul caressed, extolled, and remunerated his Ger- manic allies; the French Emperor, in after times, imitated his example towards the descendants of the same people. But Casar never gave to one of those allies the command of a cohort, nor did Napoleon create from among them a marehal of the empire. These suggestions are not thrown out to in- fluence the choice of gentlemen for seats in the new cabinet. The decision of this delicate ques- tion, we are inclined to believe, has already been made by the President elect. If there be any doubt in the mind of any one speculating on cabinet formations, let him consult the coun- tenances of the leading whigs, democrats and free soilers at Washington. The bump of hope is more strongly developed among the last. This will put an end to the daily parade of in- significant names for cabinet appointments. Tar Navy AND THE OLD Focrrs.—As an offset to the bill of Commodore Stockton for the reor- ganization of the Navy, the ational Intelli- gencer at Washington, with the zeal of a faith- ful old antiquary, digs up from oblivion an old letter of Mr. Richard Rush, illustrative of the splendid achievements of our naval officers in the war of 1812, Everybody, in the country and out of the country, is fully aware of the glory of those achievements. But naval officers at that day. of twenty-five to thirty, when they came to have forty years added to that, are apt | to become a little shaky, a little superannuated, a little selfconceited with their old notions, ‘The Social Relations of the United States and England. “One great advantage of this country,” says an eminent English writer, in speaking of the United States, “is. that here circumstances are comparatively powerless ; that they do not ex- ercise such an influence on a man’s fate as in Europe ; that it is more in his own hands.” This random touch, hastily added at the close of a long and interesting letter. betokens the eye of a shrewd observer. Nothing is more charac- teristic of Americans than their perfect confi- dence that their destiny is in their own hands, and that it will depend on themselves to rise to affiuence or sink to beggars. It is to that con- fidence that they,owe much of the energy which raises them so far above other races of men ; feeling a calm reliance in his own powers, and in them alone, the Yankee knows no insur- mountable obstacle. and estimates objeetions which would deter a foreigner from further struggles as mere delays of a greater or less duration. Succeed he must—and he does. How could he help it? That pale faced man, with straggling beard and hollow cheek. whose igno- rance of the conventional usages of refined so- ciety has shocked you so much. is calmly caleu- lating over a segar whether he cannot build a railroad over the Rocky mountains, or lay a line of telegraph across an arm of the sea; if nothing more promising turns up. and he re- solves to make the attempt. depend upon it. in nine cases out of ten he will succeed. This other gaunt. barenecked man. whose splay limbs are in everyone’s way. is just maturing a scheme over which he has brooded many an anxious hour ; a few weeks hence you will hear of his name as the patentee of the famous new steam boiler. No one will know of his project until he has secured his patent. Step this way. Here stand assembled a couple of dozen pioneer settlers of the far West ; they require a road. which will cost $50.000: amongst them—and they are all here—they can only collect $12. Do you see any signs of hesitation or doubt? Far from it. One can subscribe provisions; another boards ; a third his own labor ; a fourth that of his team—and so on, each relying calmly on himself and his associates, and the road is begun with as little uneasiness as to the final reeult as if they had thousands deposited with their bankers. These are common instances, They illustrate one of the most striking traits in our national character—our independence and self-reliance. A steady habit of leaving no- thing to chance and nothing to Providence, but foreseeing every mishap and providing against every possible accident, has matured within us a consciousness of power which is, of itself, an admirable guarantee of success. That such is not the rale in Great Britain, the writer whose remarks we have quoted above might well regret. There, circumstance is every- thing, or nearly everything; the man little’ or nothing. Professional men estimate their chances of success by the wealth and adhesive- ness of their “connexion;” politicians aim at the favor of some powerful patron, under whose egis they may creep into notoriety and parlia- ment ; the only hope of a man of business is to step into the shoes of his father or his uncle who has gone before him. Few, very few, are the sole architects of their own fortunes. There was an Eldon. of course, a Cooper, a Jones Lloyd, and others whose names we might men- tion. who are exceptions to the rule; but their example is rarely followed. Ambition, in England, is confined to a narrow sphere. The splendid talents of a Disraeli, even backed by the powerful connections of his father’s friends, would never probably have raised him to the chancellorship, had he not flung his weight to the side of that party whose only claim to power was wealth and hereditary rank. Here, on the contrary. a man can set no limits to his aspira- tions. The highest rewards in the gift of the people, political power, princely wealth, regal splendor, are within the grasp of the humblest citizen. Neither friends, nor patrons. nor an } | honored name, nor a magnificent patrimony, will avail him anything. Every Ametican starts in life with the consciousness that he must conquer each grade with his unaided strength. It is to this circumstance more than any other. perhaps, that the practical bent of our minds is owing. We aim at results where Eng- lishmen or Frenchmen would spend time over ways and means. We see everything possible; and having set our hearts on a grand prize dis- regard everything which does not directly ad- vance our pursuits, Foreigners have failure constantly in view. and attach themselves more to detail. When an American has resolved to make a fortune, it matters little to him whether he is miserably lodged in an attic in an obscure street, or whether he is enabled to indulge in the refining intercourse of the female sex; his one aim is constantly before his eyes, and no- thing diverts him from his object. An English- man, on the contrary. may seek wealth with as much ardor, but he will not evince the same concentration. The pleasures of society and the comforts of a home are never forgotten amid the toils of business ; as his receipts increase. so does his expenditure. The deeper he plunges into exports. the more does he relish the society of the great and the sweets of extravagance. It follows as a natural rule. that as he brings less | energy to bear on his great aim, his chances of success are less in proportion to those of the American, whose whole soul is engrossed in his pursuit. After the prize is once gained, the American is in general far more prodigal of money than the foreigner; but during the ex- citing struggle he is not extravagant. not only for want of inclination. but from absolute want of time. : Scheming. planning. contriving, executing. as we all of us are, from January to December, with that inexhaustible fund of energy with which we are endowed, occasional mishaps are inevitable. And this is not the least of the dis- tinetive marks between America and the rest of and too rigidly dead-+et against modern inno- | the world. When a merchant fails in England vations upon the old system of things, and en- | he seldom rises again; superhuman energy is tirely too cautious and slow to be any longer | requisite to raise him to anything like the practically useful. The Wational Intelligencer | position he once ceeupied. In F the is the proper organ of these venerable old | laws deprive the bankrupt of his civil and | stagers, Its glory, like theirs, belongs toa past | civie righte—he is an outcast. Here, on age. Like them, it has had its day. Like | the contrary. instead of fettering enterprise them, it ie in the sere and yellow leaf, and. with | by such an absurd brand of ignominy, so- them, it ought to be put upon the retired list, | ciety strives to compensate the unfortunate with good comfortable pension for life. But | merchant for the losses his energy has eaused this ts the year 1853. It is the golden pro-| him. His fellow-merchangs, far from driving | gressive epoch of the nineteenth century. The | him froin their circle, evince a noble pride in | ld is all awake and all alive. Our country | lending him a he Iping hand to rise from the is expanding into the proportions of a mighty | dust. His miefortunes are forgotten, his errors giant among the nations—our commeree is in- | are cheritably overlooked, and the very men creasing wonderfully the wide world over. We | whose income has been sadly reduced by his have some ugly international questions to set- | failure are the first to tender the’ id to the tle. and we may come to hard kno We | bankrupt. We hesitate not to ascribe to this | want, then an efiicient navy. controlled by | Source much of our commercial prosperity. The | » Vigorous and enterprising men, cotem- | general confidence which exists among our mer- | poraneous with the age. Let, therefore, the old | chants may open a door for frands ; knaves may | people retire, and Jet the navy be reorganized | presume on the good faith of their neighbors to | perpetrate an ceeasioral byt th petty accidents are not worth notice in a gen- eral review of our trade, while the benefit ac- cruing from the same source is a powerful ele- ment in accelerating our progress. To the coun- try at large no trade is #0 profitable as that in which the greatest number of individual disas- tere—occurring in s legitimate business way— afford evidence of the effervescent energy of the mercantile community. Ove or THE Beavries oF THE PLuRanity Law—Governor or Marne.—At the last elec- tion for State officers in Maine, John Hubbard received, for the office of Governor, 41,999 votes, and William G. Crosby received 29,127; but the votes cast for Hubbard not being o majority of the whole number given, there being some three or four candidates, the choice of Governor devolved on the Legislature. Ac- cording to the constitution of the State, the House of Representatives, in the event of no choice being made by the people, nominates two candidates, from which the Senate elects one as Governor. Notwithstanding that the State gave 9,210 democratic majority at the last Presidential election, and notwithstanding that Hubbard received 12,852 votes more than Crosby at the late contest, and that the popular branch of the Legislature is largely democratic, the Senate, on the 14th instant. by three ma- jority, elected William G. Crosby, the whig candidate, Governor of the State. Mr. Crosby may make @ good Executive officer, and is, no doubt, personally, a very estimable man, but he certainly will represent the political feelings of but a comparatively small portion of the voters of his State. Tue Tenvanrerec Question.—According to the last accounts from Mexico, there is yet a prospect that that government will concede to the United States. through some company or other, the advantages of the Tehuantepec route as an overland line of communication between the Atlantic and Pacific. The Mexican paper. El Siglo, urges a pronunciamento in favor of Col. A. G. Sloo and Company. from which, we presume. the Garay contract still continues to be regarded as a dead letter. Col. Sloo is now here. and his object is. no doubt, to enlighten the members of both houses of Congress on the real position of the Tehuantepec question in the city of Mexico. Meantime. we should like to know what has become of the resolution of Mr. Mason. chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, declaratory of a casus belli against Mexico on account of her repudia- tion of the Garay treaty. Having had a smart brushing up of the Nicaragua treaty. can’t we now have a little stir and a little light on the Tehuantepec question ? Has Mr. Senator Mason nothing to sayon that subject? Let him speak ont, Let us have the documents. Let him keep up the fire. Tus Wasnincton Repustic—A 4New Pro- sEcT,—We are informed, by one of our Washing- ton correspondents, that Gen. Duff Green is the man who is negotiating for the purchase of the Republic. That paper, since the late election, finds itself, we presume, in the position of Othello—its occupation is gone—and is ready to pull up stakes, sell out, and abdicate. But if the establishment falls into the hands of Gen. Green, let our abolition cotemporaries of the National Era, the New York Tribune, and Evening Post, look well to their beloved pro- tége, the black prince of Hayti ; for we venture to say that the expulsion of Soulouque, and the re-occupation of the whole island by the whites, and its annexation asa slaveholding State to this Union, will become a leading object of the Republic, after its transformation into a demo- cratic organ. Let the free soil allies of the black despot be warned in time. The horizon is fall of gathering clouds, and Hayti is in danger. Catoric anp Steam.—On Saturday Broad- way was enveloped in steam; but yesterday there was a general demand for stoves, grates, and all sorts of caloric engines. Ericsson rises as the thermometer goes down. Nothing like caloric. ‘Theatrical. ‘The past week has been peculiarly distinguished by the contemporaneous appearance in opera, in the two principal theatres of this metropolis, of the two greatest artistes of which the age can boast. The absorbing topic of conversation in musical circles has therefore been the opera, and the two great vocalists who now divide public attention in this city. The operatic furore, combined with the sleighing furore, which, for thelatter portion of the'week, has swallowed up all rival amusements, have, as might be expected, somewhat injuriously affected the dramatic establishments of the city; but yet, on the whole, the latter have been doing a thriving ‘and prosperous business. Niblo’s theatre has been wholly devoted, during the week, to the operatic representations of Madame Sontag and her splendid troupe. This distingnished artiste made her débit on Monday evening, in the opera of the “Daughter of the Regiment,” before a crowded and brilliant house, which signalized its appreciation of her exquisite performance by continuous plaudits. It was a triumph of which an artiste even so celebrated as Madame Sontag might well be proud. Pozgolini and Badiali were also excellent in their several rdles of Tonio and Sul- pice. The orchestra, under the leadership of Carl Eckert, executed the instrumental music with great éclat, and the scenic effect of the presentation was admirable. In fact, ‘‘Le Figlia del Reggimento”’ could never have been better rendered than it was by Sontag and her corps. The indisposition of the Countess prevented its repetition on the following Wednesday, but on Friday it was again presented to another overflowing brilliant house. This evening the comic opera of the ‘Barber of Seville”? will be performed, with Madame Sontag as Rosina, Badia- li as the Barber, and Pozzolini as Almaviva. We doubt not that the audience will be well worthy of the oc casion. Madame Alboni has well maintained the high reputa- tion which she acquired by her first week’s performance in opera in this city. Broadway theatre has been filled each night that she has appeared with fashionable and appreciative audiences. The “Daughter of the Regi- ment’ has been repeated with as great suecess as attend- ed its first representation, and “La Sonnambula” has also been presented. Madame Alboni achieved a most bril liant triumph in the réle of Amina; but the defects of some of her assistants rendered it necessary to defer its repetition until their place could be better filled. Here, asin Niblo’s, the opera announced for this evening is the “Barber of Seville,’ to be followed by a ballet divertise- ment. Burton's has been enjoying its wonted reputation and prosp ‘The principal feature during the week has been the operatic, panoramic, and pant c comedy of “Paris and London,”’ diversified with © Paul Pry,’ “Laugh ‘and Grow Fat,” &. Tonight, “Paris and London’ is to be presented for the last time, for the benefit of Mr. H. Placide, the incomparable Hippolyte de Frizac. Wallack’s has been also basking in the sunshine of popular favor. ‘The performances of the week have been distinguished by their great diversity less than four teen different pieces have been put upon the stage, com prising “Money,” “School for Scandal,” “High Lite Below #tairs,’”’ “Speed the Plough,’ Cousin Walter, ke, For this evening, the pieces of the “ Irich Heiress and “A Practical Man,” are announced. The Bowery theatre lias re-opened since the death of its lat hed proprietor, Mr. Hamblin. The “He brew fon’? has had rome further representations during the week, with “Der Freisechutz’’ and ‘Putnam.’ To: night, “The Bohemian Girl’ and “ Rookwood” are to be played The National has been upholding ity popularity with a good company of artirtes ,The ‘ of Waterioo, Gale Breezely,”’ &e., have been performed during the week, and to-night “ Richelieu” ts to he prevented, leading actor, is making its way in popular estimation. ‘A great variety of amusing pieces have been performed during the week to good houses To-night, the pieces apnounced are “All That Glitters is Not Gold,” ‘The Rough Diamond,” ‘ Perfection,” &e. ‘The German National theatre, 58 Bowery, has put in its claims for public support, and as it seems to be well managed, we presume it will not fail in doing a good busi- ness, with the many thousand children of ‘faderland’? resident in this city. Barnum’s Museum has been reaping a rich harvest during the carnival days. Tom Thumb has lost none of his attractions for the Indies, and ‘‘ Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves” will always have attractions for the young. Heller has been exhibiting his tricks of legerdemain and diatlerie to astonished spectators, in $39 Broadway. ‘The Circus in the Bowery has been largely patronized during the week. Christy’s and Wood's Minstrels appear never to be in the slightest degree affected by the other ainusements going on in the city. Their concert rooms are full every night. Besides all the establishments specially referred to in the foregoing review, there have been several other popular places of amusement open during the week, including Banvard’s exhibition of Palestine, Risley’s ‘Thames, the Studio Curioso, &e., ke. Mrs. Sinclair, late Mrs. Forrest, ia announced to appear at the Howard Atheneum, Boston, this evening. Mr. Forrest is still playing im Boston, to erowded houses. The Opera Troupe in New Orleans is singing to brilliant audiences at the Orleans theatre. Mrs, Mowatt has been engaged at the National theatre, Washington, and will appear on Wednesday next. Miss Julia Bennett, who has been playing at St. Louis for the last two or three weeks, has taken # strong hold of the affections of the theatre-going public of that place, and the tokens she receives of their regard were such as might gratify the proudest ambition. Mr. and Miss Nickinson are playing at Buffalo. Maurice Strakosch proposed some time since to give the citizens of St. Louis operatic entertainments for a month, on condition that they subscribe $9,000 prelimi tohis making the necessary engagements. The subscription did not reach the required amount, and the enterprise failed. Albon! in Sacred Music. Last evening, Alboni and troupe sang, for the first time, inthe grand oratorio of Stabat Mater, at Metropolitan: Hall. Owing, no doubt, to the extreme cold of the night, this immense hall was not filled; but still there was a goodly company in the building, who showed the finest appreciation of the merits of this great artiste. ‘The cho- rus and orchestra were most effective. The overture by the latter was truly magnificent. The new tenor, Arnoldi, acquitted himself with great ability, and Mme, Seiden- berg was also most happy. But the great attraction was Alboni, whom the connoisseurs who had heard her in con- cert and opera, were desirous to hearin sacred music. She fully justified the high opinion entertained of her from the glorious voice she had previously revealed. There was the same rich, overflowing, inexhaustible, and gushing melody—the same deep, sympathetic notes, which take hold of the heart and make it eaptive. But just as in concert, oratario does not reveal the full power of Alboni. As far as her voice and exeeution were concerned, she was great; but from the nature of sacred music, there was no scope for action, and Alboni at rest. and Alboni in motion, are two different beings. She ean only do justice to herself, and can be only appreciated as she deserves, and to the full extent of her genius, from her operatic performances, in which she appears the pro- digious artiste. Sheis of too joyous and rollicking a na- ture, and has too much of jolly flesh and blood, to appear to advantage in sacred music. Jenny Lind and Catherine Hayes looked like saints or angels, but Alboni betrays the womanall through, and noamonunt: of drilling or training can ever make her look pious. Her in- comparable voice, however, makes ample atonement for the want of spirituality in her As a whole, it was a glorious festival in sacred music, and such entertain+ ments cannot be repeated too often on Sunday evenings. The Prayer of Moses was grand. ‘Tur WrartEr.—The weather, since yesterday morning, has undergone a great change. About three o’eloek on Sunday morning the wind changed to the north, and con- tinued blowing from that point all day. The entire day was the coldest that bas been experienced this winter. ‘The thermometer at the HERatp office ranged from fifteen. to eighteen degrees ubove zero all day. At six o'clock last evening, the mercury stood at fourteen degrees above zero, The sleighing was kept up all day. Several people received serious injuries from falls, the ice on the sidewalks being very dangerous and slippery. Funerat or Two More or THr Vo.untexes.—Two more of this gallant band were conveyed to their last resting place yesterday. William Smith and John Hinck, the former twenty-three, and the latter fifty-two years of age, who died during last week, were the victims of dis- ease contracted in Mexico, during the late war with that country. At half-past two o'clock P. M., the procession moved from the Mercer Street House. Both bodies were de- ited in one hearse, which was drawn by four gra ores, covered with mourning; the coffins were wrap in an American fiag. The Baxter Guards led the proces- sion, after which followed the Empire Band, who played the dead march; the hearse, on both sides of which marched a portion of the remnant of the Volunteers, as the guard of honor, then followed. In the rear of the hearse were the remainder of the Volunteers and the friends of the deceared. In the line of the procession wi one of the veterans of the war of 1812, who looked, to appearance, ag hale and as hearty as any one who joined the funeral. The procession marched down Broadway to Fulton street, and thence over the Fulton ferry to Green- wood Cemetery, where the remains of the deceased were interred with all military honors. It is our sad duty to inform the public that John Hinck, one of the deceased, died for want of the common necessaries of life. His body presented a melancholy appearance, nothing more than a mere skeleton remaining of him who was once strong and healthy. His residence was « most miserable hole, not fit for any human being to live in. Within the last five weeks, six of the volunteers have left this for a better world. All of these deaths have been occasioned by dis- eaxe contracted in Mexico. Several of these men are now in abject want, and, if nothing is done for them, they will in a short time follow the steps of their brethren to a home where all their troubles will be at an end. Aw Uspieasant TriP.—The passengers who left this cit on the morning of the 18th inst. for Albany, by the Hud- son River Railroad, were twenty-five hours-on the train; and on their arrival opposite Albany, they found that the ice in the river impeded the running of the ferry boats, which compelled them to continue their journey to Troy before they were able to find a safe crossing, from whence they took stage to their destination. st three o'clock noon, the pilot hous the Whitehall Hamilton avenue ferry) was discovered to be on fire. Officer Thiall, of the First ward, was heyte on the spot, and with the combined aid of Captaln White, G. ‘an’ Duyne, and the hands of the boat, su in getting the fire under control before it had done any fur- ther damage. Tar Ovtcorxc.—A comphmentary presentation wa made on Saturday evening last, by ‘those formerly con- nected with tne City Inspector's Department, to Dr. A. W. White, late City Inspector. ‘The presentation was made with appropriate remarks, which were eloquently responded to. ‘The 1 hp was of a national and be- coming character, being a ret of full length portraits of Washington, Clay, and Webster, most richly and ele- gantly framed, reflecting credit on the taste of the donors and properly worthy the deserving recipient. Dr. Downing and others, of the department ss the new administration, were present. TestmMoNiAL.—There will be a meeting of the friends of Mr. Macgregor Macdonald, at the Astor House, this (Mon- day) evening, at half-past seven o'clock, to consider the propriety of presenting him with a suitable testimonial previous to his departure for California on a professional visit. He has many friends, and the meeting will no doubt be a large one: AsotuEr ScvpDEN Death oF A City ON RANDALL'S ISLAND. —Coronér Gamble was notified, yesterday, to hold an inquest on the body of a boy who was found dead in hie bed, at Randall’s Island, on Sunday morning. The sud. den and unaccountable death of children on this island appears to bea singular affair, as this boy makes the second death within tive last two weeks—at least so we are informed. It is to be hoped that Coroner Gamble will fully investigate the whole matter. The system adopted at Randall's Island, of separating the children from their arents, is sid to cause many of them to pine away and. lie with a broken heart. If such is the case some remedy ought to be applied qopterday after. ing to the Coroner Hilton held an inquest ital, upon the bedy of a man Humiferson, who died in that institution cts of a wound which he made in his throat or, on Saturday, the 8th instant, whilst he under a fit o nporary insanity. The facts connected with th sing case were testified to by his wife and Sur per. ‘The jury rendered a yerdiet of death from insanity, and the éffect of the wound made upon his throat’ by his own hands. De- a thirty six years of age, and a native of Shrop inquest Thursday evening, at body of a German rowned herself by er, on Thursda: vidence of the employés ceased was laboring under a nervous depres ing from an idea that her parents had east h vase she had been born with a slight but peculiar mark upon her face. The jury rendered a verdict of suicide by drowning. ‘The de- ceused was about seventeon years of age. Arwsrr To Comin St half-past eight om Sunday mo Emma Witherton at. tempted to ¢ cipitating herself into the river at the I ckily she was rescued by two policemen b »mplish her object. She was conveyed te s court by the police. Reseren rrom Drow sisg.— § y, & man named James Williams fell in(o the river, foot of Dey street, and wa ecued from a watery grave by officer Wright and a few citicens pbx Draty.—Coroney Hilton held an inquest Thurs- day, at his office, City Hall, upon the body of Geoffrey Powers, a1 sive of Ireland, aged about forty years, who ad dropped wort at Ne It appeare 149 Anthoy treet, on Thursday I testimony, that he