The New York Herald Newspaper, February 8, 1853, Page 3

On Saturday, 224, the various functionaries of state Presented themselves at the Tuileries to receive from the Emperor an announcement of his intended mar- riage. At noon the Senate ‘and members of the Corps Legislatif, together with the Council of State, met in the Salle du Trone, and awaited the Empe- ror’s arrival. The ex-King Jerome, wearing the uni- form of © Marshal of France, seated himself to, the ht of the throne, and his son, Napoleon Jt jo ntiseate dress, occupied @ similar tout on the lett, ‘The ministers of state, and members of the imperial household grou around the throne as they best might. By and by the Duke of Cambarcéres entered from the 4) int of the Emperor, with the an- nouncement, “ His Majesty!” on which the ¢i-devant Louis Napoleon entered, and taking his seat on the throne, proceeded to read the i bi D Hay <li address, which we Messiours—I assent to the wish so often expressed by ‘the nation, and come to you to announce my intended ? anal. @ allianoe I contract is not in accordance with old Political traditions, and therein lies its advantage. France, by its successive revolutions, has ever abruptly severed herself from the rest of Europe. Every enlight- ened government ought to seek to lead her back within the pale of the vld monarchies; but this result will be more certainly attained by a ‘just and straightforward policy, and by honesty of conduct, than by royal allian- eas, which create false security,’ and often substitute fay interests for those of the nation at large. Besides in this respect the examples of the past have left in the spiritef the people superstitious feelings. It ia not for- gotten that for. mp gss years foreign princesses have as- cended the steps of the throne only to sce their race dispersed and proscribed by war or by revolution. Only one woman has seemed to bring happiness, and to live ~arore than others in the affections of the people, and this woman, the modest and good wife of Gen, Bonaparte, wad not of royal bfood. It must be admitted, however, that in 1810 the mar- | lage of Nepoleon I with Marie Louise was a great ovent; it wasa guarantee for tho future, and a real satisfaction to the national i pete to see the ancient and illustrious Vuonse of Austria, which had so long been at war with ‘us, solicit (briguer) the alliance of the elected chief of a newempire. How, on the oiher hand, under the lust reign, had the amour propre of the country to sufler whea the inheriter of the crowa vainly sought, for several years, to ally himself with » sovereign house, and ob- tained, at length, a princess, accemplished no doubt, but ~of second-rate rank, avd of a diferent religion. ‘When, in the face of old Europe, one is me by the Yorce of a new principle io the height of an dynas- ties, it is not byrantiquating one’s escutghicon (vicillisant | son ), and ing to introduce@hiinsclt at any | price into the family of kings, that one wakes himself | accepted, It is much rather by always keeping one’s ori- | gin in remembrance—in preserving one’s character, andin taking frankly beiore Kurope the position of a parvenu—a glorious title, when it comes from the free souffrages cf a t 5 Thus oblij to poe from the precedents followed seven to the present day, my marriage became but a pri vate affair, and there remained only to choose the per- son. She who is beoome the object of my preference is of high birth, French in heart, by education, by the re anembrance, of the blood shed by her father for the cause of the empire, she has, asa S,aniard the advantage ofhaving no relatives in France to whom it might be necessary to ‘ive honors and dignitie:. Endowed with all the quali- fies of the soul, she will be the ornament of the throne, as, in the day of danger, she would become one of its courageous supports. A’ devout Catholic, she will ad- dress to Heaven the same prayers as myself for the wel- fare of France. Goud and gracious, she will revive, I have the firm hopo, in the samo position, tho virtues of the Empress Josephine. Tocome, then, Messieurs, to say to France that I have Yeo a woman whom I love and respect to any un- mown lady whose alliance would have brought advan- tages mingled with sacritices. Without disdaining any oue, I yield to my feelings, but after having consulted my reason ‘and my convictions—in short, in placing in- dependence, the qualities of the heart, and family happi- mess above dynastic peejnualogs and the calculations of ambition, I shall not be less strong because I am more tree. Ere long, proceeding to Notre Dame, I shall present the Fimpress to the people and to the army; the confidence they have in me assures me of their sympathy towards her Ihave chosen, and you, gentlemen, in learning to know her better, will be convinced that in this alsol have heen directed by’ Providence. This address was received with cries of “ Vive vE: and soon afierwards the assembly broke up, apparently pleased with the announce- ment. Copies of the speech were immediately read on the Bourse, and placarded on the walls of the city. Jerome Bonaparte and son proceeded straight- way to the residence of M’lle Montijo, to congratu- late her on her good fortune. Ifwe may accept the sentiments uttered by the press as an indication of public opinion, the pealg of dissatisfaction with whioh the first rumors of the marriage, was received, is dying away, except among thé ultra Bonapartists, he regard the marriage altogether as a mésal- jance. ‘The name of the Empress is Eugénie,and her mar- | riage will be celebrated in the Church of Notre Dame, on Sunday next, January 31. Respecting her family, we read in the Independence Belge as follows: For some time back the journals of this country, and even more the Engli-h paperr, have been in a way of en- a I 4 F ligious houses, and colleges, of which she is the pat- roness —that of Palafox conspicuously occurs, for the heroic defender of Saragossa against the French invaders of Spain was, we ieve, her grandfather. To go much further back, we are as- sured by a high lappy on Spanish genealogies, that the true sengre azul of the great fro Perez de Guzman, who defended Tarifa in 1292, flows in her veins; and undoubtedly the first Count de -Téba was created about 1492 by Ferdinand and Isabella, for his gallant conduct before Granada. The Count de Téba, father of the future Empress, was a man of talent and science, but he was crippled in his person, and we murpert the military expictts which are now attributed to him in the ranks of the French army are confounded with those of his brother, the Count de Montijo, to whose title and large estates he even- mally succeeded. When the Count de Téba was about to Miss Kirkpatrick, the daughter of a consul at Malaga, it was necessary, as he was a pee of Spain, to obtain the King's consent. The escent of the Kirkpatricks was rather less illustrious than that of the delender of Tarifa, but the Scottish heralds set towork with such diligence that a suitable pedigree was produced, and Ferdinand exclaimed, “Let the good man mi the daughter of Fingal.” The issue of this ma: e was the lady who now attracts so large a share of the attention of Europe. In a significant passage of the speech delivered by Louis Napoleon on this, occasion, he takes the opportunity of declaring his preference for an inde- pendent position, and a prospect of domestic happi- ness, to the prizes of dynastic ambition. The senti- ment does him the more credit, inasmuch as it is wholly opposed to the systematic policy of the Em- peror, his uncle, which he has made on all other occasions, the model and rule of his conduct. Dynas- tic ambition was the mania of the pec Napoleon, and it became the chief cause of his ruin; for, not content with repudiating ‘the good and modest wife of General Bonaparte,” in order to marry into the family of the Cysars, it drove him to place his brothers and relatives on all the thrones of Western Europe. Probably it is for the benefit of the world that the present Emperor of the Frenchylics under the influence of # milder passion. Yet there are ex- ressions in this very speech, the sting of which will pe felt in several of the courts of Europe. The House of Austria will not acknowledge that it ever ‘‘solicit- ed the alliance of the elected chief of the new em- pire;” and more than one Princely family will feel the sneer not undeservedly levelled at their anti- goatee pretensions. Although Louis Napoleen lays it down as a maxim that it is the duty of every wise government to endeavor to restore France to her place within the pale of the elder monarchies, nothing would seem to be further from his own hopes or intentions at this very moment; and it is easy to trace, even in these guarded expres- sions, & consciousness of his own power over & new and formidable element in the societies of Europe. The people, the army, and the clergyare distinctly alluded to as the necessary and natural guardians of his power, without whose assent the solemnity of these nuptials would be incomplete. But as for the rest of the world,and even the august bodies to which this speech is addressed, they are told with- out disguise that they will one day appreciate the Emperor's choice better than they do at present. We have already observed, that the partisans of this marriage are not for the most part to be found among the adherents and admirers of the new Empire. But, in a case like this, where every- thing is speculative and adventurous, a new and unexpected mode of proceeding is at least as likely to succeed as an old and inapplicable one; and the ulterior consequences of this marri i dey » in great part, on the disposition, the judgment, and the lady who is shortly to share with Louis Napo- Jeon the highest position in France. We shall re- joice if any approach be made to a more just, cle- ment, and liberal spirit in the conduct of public affairs. If the Court gains something in respecta- bility and decorum, and if the country finds, in its future sovereign, not a wayward and headstrong foreigner, but an enlightened and courageous mis-. tress, this much is certain, that the Countess de Teba, on whom this extraordinary lot has fallen, is likely to py @ considerable part in the coming events of these stirring times. THE EMPEROR'S SPEMCH TO THE SENATE TRUE, AND PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THLE Ct DE TEGA—HER FAMILY—OPINIONS OF NAPOLEON'S RELATIVES AND THE MINISTERS, ETC. -tertaining their readers with stories of the sayings and doings of Mdlle. Eugenie de Montijo, but we cannot ima. | gine in what ante-chamber they picked up the gossip thoy | give respecting her and ber family. For us, who prefer | to be better informed, wo have opened the Guia de los Fo- | rasteros, that is to say, the royal Almanac of Spain, from | ‘which we learn that Malle. de Montijo bears the surnames | of Guzman, Fernandez de Cordova, Leisa, and La Cerda, | which recall the most glorious passages of the history of | #pain—that she represents in her own person, three , randee-hips of the first class, namely, those of Teba, | ‘anos, and Mora, with au infinity of other titles; that | whe is sister to the Duchess of Berwick and Alba, and own | daughter of the Count of Siontijo, Duke of Perands. We | ave learned that Mdlle. Montijo was born at Grenada, and that ber mother is al-o an Andalusian, desconded from a noble family of Scotland, the Kirkpatricks, of Closeburn, who were exiled from their country on the fall of the Stuarts. The Count of Montijo, ove of the | ‘best officers of the Spanish army, a colonel of artillery in the l’eninsular war and the cain- | paign of 1814. He had the honor of firing the last shots at St. Chaumont for the defence of Paris. Returning to | his country covered with wounds, he sat for several years | in the Senate, where he was one of the most influential | members. Inheriting 4 noble name and considerable for- | tune, he made the n« tuse of both. Patriotic, useful and charitable enterprises found in him a protector as se as nitinol = died in se (eles all | parties, and regrett every one who enjoy ‘is per- | onal acquaintance. They preserve at the Artillery Mu- woum, at Madrid, his arms and uniform, as precious relics. | It is roe known how much the dotation of the | Em} be. Five millions of francs were at first | spoken of;but later rumors say that the sum will be only three hundred thousand irancs, the same amount enjoyed by the Duchess of Orleans. In the meantime she ‘has removed to the paiace of the Elysée, which is already placed at her disporal. 2 There can be no doubt that nothing will be left un- done to render the future Empress popular. Even now rumors are in circulatiou—whether well founded or not remains to be seen—that the lady has already exercised her influence to induce Louis Napoleon to restore to the family of Orleans the proceeds of the property belonging to Louis Philippe, and confis- cated by the decree of the 22d of January. An am- nesty more or less extensive, and owing to the same | influence, has been also spoken of, and even it is whispered that a further small reduction in the army may be expected. ‘Ihese ure given as rumors only. Of course 60 excellent a handle for wit as this mar- riage ia not allowed to pass unimproved by the small talkers, and numerous bonmots are current—none of them very , the most “excruciating” being no stronger this: La passion del’ Lmpire vient de faire place aU Empire de la passion. ‘THE FRENCH EMPEROR'S MARRIAGE. {From the London ‘Times, Jan. 24.) The speech delivered by Louis Napoleon on Satur- day last, to the principal political bodies of the Em- pire, and, in fact, to the French nation, for the pur- Pore of announcing his resolution on the subject of is marriage, has rather strengthened than altered the favorable opinion we have already expressed of his choice. Indeed, we had ba a on Friday several of the ents by which the Emperor now recommends the selection of his consort to the favor of the Je. Itis true that a government such as that which has arisen in France, after 4 long series of revolutions, has nothing in common with the older monarchies of Europe; and several attempts to con- -nect them with that country by the frail bonds of a matrimonial alliance, have only ended in the misery, the exile, or the death of Aisne worthy at least of a more tranquil fate. & is trae that the protract- ed solicitations of an unsuccessful suitor are not con- nistent with the dignity of an elected sovereign, or of the people who have raised him tothat position; and, though the allusion to the Finn gh the Chey of rieans is not generous on the one who has puoseeaea that tami upon the ‘throne itean hardly be | served the French cause | doubted, in spite of the personal merits of the Princess Helena of Mecklenburzh, that this alliance was pred ouis dicial to the Orleans by dao Whatever may be fe bo raquectiousbly the sadn nasduot Jousphine; no ie he josephine; and, although the ‘Dame of it is endeared to the people of France by compassion for the unmerited and cruel treatment she met with from Napoleon, as much as by her own qualities, the allusion to his an- cestress comes the more gracefully from the present | cation, his strength in the Em; , inasmuch as, in spite of all provisions tothe cont , the imperial succession has reverted to the line of her offspring. Nothing, too, can be in better tone and temper than the phrase in which the Empe- ror adopta the title and position of a parvenu sove- reign, kly bearing his origin in view, preserving his independent character, and asserting his entire freedom from the traditions of States in which the foundations of society have not been subverted or the jnatitations of monarchy overthrown. At the same time, these Lad ica and declarations would proceed with more weight from Louis Napoleon, if it were not well known that he had been so he for eight yoonths or more, in the negotiation of divers royal al- Hiances, which had proved abortive; and if this final determination had not ares to coincide with a very strong personal predilection for a lady whom he could only win by the offer of his hand. Of the future empress of the French we wish to speak with the deference due to herself and to her position, for it is impossible to have remarked the attractions of her person, the distinction of her man- ners, and the vivacity of her character—as many of ‘as must have done in her visits to this country, where It is necessary to say a word ortwo as to the effect produced by the address of the Emperor. ‘That ad- dress was posted up at the Bourse aud in other pub- lic places in Paris soon after its delivery, and, as may be supposed, attracted groups of readers. Several pronounced it to be skilfully drawn up, and gave its author credit for the ability that is occa- sionally to be found in his compositions of the same character. Others found in it a still clearer expres- sion than in any previous act of his governmental policy. Ithad been thought that the Emperor would in his address make some allusion to the devotedness of the great bodies of the State, and disappointment | ‘was expressed that, while the army, the people, and the clergy were mentioned, these were passed over in silence, and that he again placed, by impli- resumed — attach- ment of the soldiers, the working classes, and in the clergy. It was remarked, also, that the Emperor seems to have taken his revenge by unmistakeable allusion to the dela; Clee in the recognition of the empire and the alleged op- osition of the northern powers to his marriage wit! he Princess Carola Vasa. He again establishes the princip'e of the sovereignty of the people in opposi- tion to the heriditary principle of the old monarchy, and the term ‘dynastic prejudices” has not passed unobserved. The address will,. it is believed, be.ill received eon Europe, on whom a sort of re- prisal is taken for the slights offered by Russia, Prus- sia, and Austria. Some see in the language of the Chief of the State an admission that France is iso- lated from the rest of Europe; and that in the labor employed to prove the advantage of such an alliance is detected the erful motive—that of deep affec- tion for the Countess of Teba. These were what may be called thefirst thoughts of the public, suggest- ed by the perusal of the address, The allusion to the father of the Countess, and to his having shed his blood inthe cause of France, is uo doubt intended particularly for the army. The Count de Gévodan, director of the Archeo- logical College of France, has sent the following communication tothe Paris journals:— “ The family with which the Emperor forms an alliance is one of the most illustrious in Spain. Our futnre Empress belongs to the honse of Guzman, whose origin dates back to the earliest times of the Spanish monarchy, and which several historians say was the iasue of royal blood. Allthe branches of this family have played a distinguished part in history. We will qoute among others those of the Dukes of Medina, of las Torres, of Medina-Sidonia, and of Olivares, and those of the Counts of Montijo, of Teba or Teva, and of Villaverde, Marquis de Ar- dales, de la Algara, &c., &c., grandees of Spain. The Duchess de Teba, Countess de Montijo, descends from this last branch. It is not the first time that this family has been called to ascend the throne, for in 1633, Dona Luiza Francisca de Guzman, daughter of Juan Perez de Guzman, eighth Duke of Medina- Sidonia, married the King of Portugal, Don Juan IV. of Braganza. ‘The Counts de Montijo have the same arms as the Dukes of Medina-Sidonia, their near relations, and bear the same name, which is de Guzman.” As everything connected with the marriage pos- sesses interest for the moment, I subjoin, as a heraldic curiosity, the list of the numerous titles of the Goun- tees of Montijo. It is as follows :— Dona Maris Manuela Kirkpatrick de Closburn, Countess Dowager of Montijo, De Miranda, Banos y Mora; Duchess de Penarands; Mother, Guardian, and Administratrix of the person and property of my daughter Dona Maria Francesca de Sales Portocarrero, Palafox y Kirkpatrick, Croy de Havré y Tanti, Lopez de Zuniga, Fernandez de Cordoba, Leiva y la Cerda, jas, Guzman, Luna, Enri quez de Almanza, Cardenas, Pacheco y Acuna, Avellaneda, Gurman de Isear, Rodrigues de Aza, Ochoa, Bazan Osorio, Enriquez de Valdé’y Cardona, Acevedo, Chaves, Hinojosa, Chacon, Mendoza, Cardenas y Zapata, ‘Vargas, Luna, Vi- vero, Cabrera y Boabdilla, Pacheco, Funes de Vil- lalpando, Francés de Arino, Albion, Gurrea, Fernandezde Heredia, Monroy, Aragon, Enrique do la Carra, Navarra, Lodena, Hracamonte y Davila ; Countess of Montijo, De Mirands, Le Banos, De Mora, De Fuentiduena, De Ablitas, De San Fatevan de Gormaz, De Cassarrubios del Monte y de Sunta Cruz do la Sierra; Duchess of Penaranda ; Mar- chioness of Valderrabano, De Osera, De Barcarrota, De la Algaba, De Ia Baneza, De Moya, De Villanueva del Fresno, De Valdunquillo y de Mirallo; Viscountess of Palacios de Ia Valdnerna yu Infan y De Ta Calzada; Lady of the Gua Fuerte de Arteaga, De La Puebla de ls Calzada, De Huetor-Tajar, De Cespedosa, De La Adrada, De Codesal, De Vierlas, De Romanillos, De Yas Baronias de Quinto, Vigueruelas y Estopinun, De Las Villas Valles’ de , Iscar, Valdeginate, Puebla Naciados, Palos, Villalba del Alcor, San Pedro de Tatarce, Horeajo de Jas Torres, San Martin do la Fuente, Moguer, Belmonte, feron y Layor, de Las ling y Preeminencias de Mariscal Mayor de Castilla, Aleaidia Perpetua de In Alearaba y Fortaleza do Guadix y apitania Principal de = Ce Satie wren pe! In casa de Castilla; Pa- irona de Las Insignes ine les de Pot Duero y de Santa Maria la yay Villa ‘hice ba In Nustre Capilla de la Santa Epifania de la Ci Hate ded Colegio 00 ante Cate h ece de Cladad do de Universidad de Alcala, de In Universidad y Colegio de fan Gregorio de In Ciudad de Oviedo, y del de San Pelayo de Salamanca, del Convento de Religionas de la Sects Espina de Gelsn, y del Hospital de San Andrés de Ia Villa de Belmont; Grandes of Spain of the first class, &c. The young lady has undergone no change in man- ner since the day the formal proposition was made to her by Louis Napoleon; aud as yet, at all events, has not ‘appeared less familiar with old acquaint- ances, or less ready to see and chat with them. She 'a letter, dated Wednesda ult., the correspondent of the says evening, the 19th gg! Chronicle —The great event of the day is the pro] ze of the Emperor with Mademoiselle de Mon- ich creates an indescribable sensation in every gestion and among every class. I understand that the ministers are so much alarmed at the effect the announcement will have onthe public mind, that they qestentay saa the sole exception of M. Fould) sent in their resignations, but that the Emperor has refused to allow them to retire. In my letter of yes- terday I mentioned that Lonis Napoleon had himself announced his intentions to the assembled cabinet. It appears that before making the communication he sent for the Count de Morny, M. Tro) long, and he, not for the purpose ask- ing their advice, but to announce to them his intention to marry the lady as a thing com- psely decided on in his own mind, and to express a ope that they would show the same devotion and the came affection to the future Empress that the: had done on so manny Enpertart occasions to himself. The council of ministers, on hearing the communica- tion from the mouth of the Emperor, were in a state of consternation; and, as I have already stated, al- most the whole of them tendered their resigna- tion. M.Fould alone assumed the character of a courtier, and affected to act as conciliator between his colleagues and the sovereign. His conduct is said to have given great effence to the other minis- ters, who declared that his evident object was to make himself ‘master of the situation” by flattering the Emperor, and thus raising himself to powerat the expense or his colleagues. M. de Persigny and Mar- shalde St. Arnaud were the only two who had the courage to oppore the marriage, and they did so, de- claring that they were only expressing the unani- mous feeling of the public. Their opinion was, how- ever, overruled by the Emperor himself, who plainly told them that his mind was made up, and that he did not ask their advige as to whether it was to be done, but as to how if was to be done. It does not appear certain whether the ministers will persist in their retirement or not; but the general opinion is that as soon as they find that the hubbub created by the first announcement shall have ceased, they will quietly resume their places. As to the opinion ofthe Bongparte family on this great event, it is fenerally unfavorable. The ex-king Jerome and is son have kept aloof, and the Emperor, probably knowing what their feelings on subject would be, has made them no communication. ‘The ex-king makes an excuse of his recent indisposition to re- main at home, so as not to be called upon to explain himeelf with his nephew. The Princess Mathilde, to whom, as I stated in my letter of yesterday, the Emperor communicated his intentions, is the only member of the family who has ventured to remon- strate on the subject with Louis Napoleon. She has not only made use of facts and arguments—some of them by no means complimentary to the future em- preas—in the hope of dissuading his Majesty from the mésalliance, but adopted the usual course of a pretty woman, tears and tte gees All was of no use. Louis Napoleon said that his mind was made up, andthat he was inflexible; andhe added, that he knew that the salons of Paris were not favorable to him, but that the people, when they saw a young and beautiful empress, on whom rested the hopes of the Napoleonic dynasty, would welcome and apres both him and her. The marriage may, therefore,be consider- ed as a matter which, though not yet a fuit accom- pli, is as inevitable as ifit were. I have justleamed that several of the ministers who were present last evening at the Princess Mathilde’s weekly reception, spoke of the marriage asa settled affair, and said that it would take place ina month. The contpany was very numerous, and many expected that Mile, d Montijo would be present; but it was stated that the future Empress would not attend any more soirées, and that the Emperor had intimated his wish that betwe he present period and the naeaee she si not go into any society wher he was no himself. I have been informed thai Na- poleon | onaparte, (Jerome's son,) is to be married to the you ¢ Princess of Wagram. All the prelinina- ries have been settled. This marriage is much more within the ordinary rules in such mattersthan that of the Emperor. The Princess of Wagram’s grand- mother was a Princess of Bavaria, and asthe mother of Napoleon Bonaparte was a Princess of Wurtem- burg, he will find himself connected with most of the sovereigns of Europe. It is expected that a note will appear inthe Moniteur of to-morrow op next day, to prepare the public for the approaching marriage. 1 understand that orders have already been given to Prepare the Palace of the Elysée #0 receive Madame le Montijo and her daughter. Yesterday there was a dinner of Louis Napoleon's timates at the Palace of the Tuileries, at which Mamile. de Montijo was ented in the place of honor, as head of the house, and in rant of the Emperor. The cham- berluins and aides-decamp already treat her as em- press; and even Madame de Montijo céde le pas & sa jlle. “Perhaps the best idea 1 can give you ef the state “of public feeling on the subject of the marriage is by pointing to the state of the Bourse, where it has pro- duced a veritable panic, and brought dows the fands something more than two francs. I have spoken to many persons of all ranks on the subject, and I can truly say that I have not met with a single person that did not disapprove of it. Several senators have to day expressed their.regret that the senate had not to be consulted on the question, and intimated that they would never consent to it. Last night, at the Princess Mat0ilde’s, there was a complete chorus of disapprobation. The panic at the Bourse to-day was seized upon by the ministers as a pretext to meet in council, and to make a last representation to Louis Napoleon on the subject; but I understand that at the present moment he persists in his fesolution, and will hear of neither change nor delay.’ The French Empire. RUMORS OF MINISTERIAL CHANGES—LOUIS NAPO- LEON’S SECOND BALL—COLONIZATION OF ALGE- RIA. ree areal rumors that were rife lately, was that of a Ministerial crisis. lt was alleged that M. Drouyn de Lhuys had tendered his resignation, and persisted in it; and that his successor would be either the Marquis d’ Audiffret, or the Marquis d’Pas- toret; further, that Count Morney was be the Minister of State, and that the present holder of the office, M. Achille Fould, would resume the direction of the Finance Department ; finally, that General Caurobert would succeed Marshal de St. Arnaud in the War Office. The Moniteur denies that there is any truth in the statements, Pha the probability that Caurobert will take the War Department, is generally believed, the only difficulty being that he makes the recall of the exiled Generals a condition of his ac- ceptance. [he emperor's second ball wasa great affair; 6,000 persons were present, among them a good many Spaniards, but neither M’lle Montijo, nor her mother. It may be remembered that sometime since, we mentioned a report that a colonization company on a gigantic scale, was among the cherished projects of bed Emperor. Thatreport has again been revived, and the sum of five millions of francs is to be taken from the reserves of benefit and charitable societies, for the purpose of transporting a population of 500,000 per- sons to Algeria. Cape of Good Hope and Maurit OF THK War N LS IN TABLE BAY- B IN D THE MAURITIUS—PORT LOUIS TO BE LIGHTED WITH GAS. The mail steamer Lady Jocelyn, from Calcutta, November 15th, brings Cape of Good Hope advices to 20th December. The Cape Town Mail of the-18th December, says: —Few events have occurred since the departure of the last steamer which can be regarded as indica- tive of the prospects of the war. None of the pre- scribed chiefs have yet been given up. Twenty of Montague’s horse, under Captain Villiers, have been surprised at Keishamahoek (Ae hundred Hotten- tots. The party fled, and left five guns and two horses in the hands of the enemy. One of the Uitharlders chiefs, taken states that the total of their loss throughout amounts only to 120 men. General Cathcart, with 2,500 men of all arms, crossed the Orange river into the sovereignty on the 80th November. The policy of his Excellency to- wards Moshesh is unknown. Some say his sons will try their strength with the British troops; others allege that Moshesh has sent off the bulk of his cat- tle to the mountain. The Governor is in excellent risoner, the war health and spirits. The general tenor of the news from the seat of war is not so sati as previous advices seem to indicate. In the m districts bees prevails, and the crops are abundant. In Table Bay there are at present no less than thirteen veasels destined for the gold regions of Aus- tralia, and conveying Sei prante from various, quar- ters, including England, Ireland, and Americ&, and some fewfrom the Cape. The gold fever, however, ie ne in Cape Town on the arrival of the Aust al Lew a ee oral feet and many who recent urposed emigrating have wisel; concluded to let well alone, at least until society is more organized in that modern El Dorado. The shipments of provisions, implements, and necessa- ries hence, have necessarily created much additional business in the various mercantile houses here. Large an rey are being made for Austratia, not only in provisions, but also in wearing apparel. An advance in price has taken place on many articles of fone: consumption in consequence. Flour and randy are now reported at an advance of fully ten Per cent on previous rates, No less than 2,500 tons of merchan will be shipped from Cape Town for the Anstralien colonies in ie course of The present onth, From the Mauritius, by the Port Louis Prices kbar of Algiers states it for a fact, thata | News from Australia. CONTINUED GOLD HARVEST—GOLD IN NEW ZEALAND —PROVISIONS—MELBOURNE MINES—SYDNBY MAR- GREAT BRITAIN Nov. 19. contained in these advices is highly 2 in the diggings, both of Vietoria and New , is still immense, Five new po fields have been discovered in the two colonies, and jntelligence had been received from New Zealand of extensive gold discoveries in that province. As the first of the nowly discovered localities, the Goulburn Herald mentions Boro, in the county of le, at the distance of about twenty four miles from Goulburn. It is now incontestibly proved that the country all around Goul- burn is highly auriferous. The next new field ia Cuna- wang, where copper and lead mines had already been discovered at an earlier period. “At Cunawang,”” says the Sidney Empire, “there is ‘a quartz vein, in which gold, in considerable quantities, is plainly discernible with the naked eye. Ifthe specimens we have seen are fair samples of the vein, this new discovery is incalculabl valuable.” The Tuena gold field has advanced to the rank of ‘diggings’ in the interval botween this and the last mail. The daily gains of the diggers vary from a quarter of an ounce upwards to half an ounce, and one or two ounces. The largest yigld which hasaa yet been obtained at Tuena amounted to twenty-four ounces, which a party of three cleared in one day. "The diggers are, us yet, fow in number, and the yields, as is usual in such cases, are comparatively small. It is confidently expected that a larger mining population will place Tuena on a level with the richest and most renowned gold fields of New South Wales. There is room for thousands, and all the neces- saries of life are aroat very low rates;'’s man may live for 10s. aeweek. ‘The Ovens is another of the now diggings which have sprung up in the interval between this an the last mail. Several thousand miners are at work in that locality. Parties are mentioned, who in three weeks obtained 433 ounoes, and others have cleared from £100 to £200 each, ing few'weeks, Gold has been found in @ variety of places round the Ovens, and it is confi- dently asserted that the whole district is highly auri- ous, The old fields, that is to say, the fleldx which were quoted in former reyorts, still maintained their distin guished position. The Turon is yieldiug largely. On Chureh Hill, some of the dry diggings have yielded well, while in others the miners have been less fortunate. Ai Tambarouca, too, the yicld continues good. One man sold, in Sedney, the produce of six weeks’ work, and, after paying all expenses, he had a balance left of £135. ‘Some of the “claims” on Bill’s Paddock were turning out ex- tremely well, and Bingara is spoken of in terms of high culogy,|Softla maintains its reputation; the old claims at Golden Point have suffered from the rainy season, but many new holes have been opened with god auccess; and the Sheep Station, Patterson, and Lucky Point dig” gings, are mentioned as ‘doing fairly.” Of gold com panies there {a special mention mado of two—viz.: 0 the Australian Mutual Gold Mining Association, and the British Australian Gold Company. On the Turon, & company bad united to cuts tunnel through Lucky Point, about seventy yards long, six feet high, and six feet wide, at an ‘ostimated expense of £120. A company had been formed at Sofala, with a capital of £5,000, for the purpose of working on the co-operative principle. They have applied for a large portion of the ‘uron. Some troupassers attempted to establish them- selves on tho Australian Agricultural Company’s lands, but had been beaten off. Intelligence of the most satis: factory nature ts contained in the Sydney papers with re- spect to the diggings at the Maroo Creek yea to those at Braidwood aid Ophir. Provisions, too, were, all things considered, by no means over expensive at the various diggings. At Maroo flour is sold at 46s. per bag of 100 lbs, Maize sells at 12s, 6d. per bushel; beef and mutton, at 1344. per Ib.; sugar, 434d. per Ib.; tea, 1s. 9d. per ib., aud all other necessaries and luxuries are equally. moderate. The came prices, with slight variations, range in almost all the other parts of New South Wales, and the Sydney Herald speaks of the condition and pros- pects of the peered in terms of the greatest satisfaction. At Melbourne the average arrival of gold was nearly 100,000 ounces a week. In a fortnight 4,969 persons had arrived. The prospects of the next harvest were excel- lent, not only in New South Wales, but also in Victoria, South Australia, and Van Dicman’s Land. The farmers havo suoceeded im getting in » considerable breadth of wheat throughout all the principal grain-growing dis- tricts; the season has been favorable, and the crop is not likely to fall short of the produce of former years. Ne- vertheless, the vast increase of the colonial population has had its due effect upon the prices, and that effect is most to be soverely felt. With wheat at 12s. 0 bushel and flour at £40 per ton, the Sydney Herald appre- hends a ‘temporary inconvenience’ unless early supplies arrive from America. In the Sydney markets hay old at £6 to £7 10s.; and straw £3 per ton; wheat 10s., oats 3s. 9d., and maize 3s. 3d. per bushel. Fowls sold at.2s, 6d. to ds., ducks, 6s., geere 9s., turkeys 12s.; butter 1s. 6d. per pound; cheese and bacon 84. ; eggs 1s. per dozen. At Melbourne the price of flour was £47 per ton for fine and £43 for seconds. ‘Wheat sold at 12s. per bushel. The price of gold was £3 9%. an ounce at Melbourne, and was not expected to rise above that quotation, Ifan export duty was imposed it ‘would fall in proportion to the amount of the duty. The Great Britain steamer reached Port Philip on the 12th of November, left the Cape om the 17th of Octoder..Tha Tact er Passage was performed with extraot speed, and it is highly credititable to all concerned that out of the large number of passengers only one died on the passage. The Manifest Duties of America, [From the London Times, Jan. 22.] We Henna yesterday @ correspondence of re- markable interest between the government of the United States and certain European powers on the subject of Cuba, and the communications in question became the more instructive from the illustration which they received by a contemporary debate in tie American Senate. It will be remembered that in the course of last summer overtures were made by Lord Malmesbury to the government of the Union for a final settlement of the Cuban question, by a joint declaration and guarantee on the part of all the three powers affecting any concern in the result. As no countries but Great Britain, France and the United States pretenfled to any interest in the pro- prietorship of the island, and as each of these States ad declared its own unwillingness to see this colony in the possession of any power but Spain,it appeared to follow that a convention between these parties, disclaiming any ambitious intentions for themselves, and jointly undertaking to discountenance any such | partes in others, would terminate existing jea- jousies, and most effectually establish that Spanish title with which all professed to be satisfied. This proposal was not accepted by the United States, and e reasons of that government for refusing its con- sent were communicated to Congress by the execu- tive in the despatches to which we refer. At the same moment, General Cass had introduced to the notice of the Senate a resolution of his own, directed particularly to the affairs of Central America, but embracing in its full extent the Keene question of European interests in the transatlantic world. The elaborate and circumstantial despatch in which Mr. Everett justifies the refusal of his govern- ment to concur in the proposals of France and England is, perhaps, the very best defence that could have been made for the policy in question. It confesses with unusual candor the ulterior expecta- tions of the American people, refers to what is termed “the destiny” of the Union in temperate lan- guage, and dissects the probable results of the con- vention is apes with what we must admit to be considerable success. It would he absurd to deny, that by the proposed renunciation the sacrifice of the United States would be greater and more sensible than that of the other contracting powers. As it can be affirmed with perfect sincerity that neither Great Britain nor France desires, or has ever desired, the possession of Cuba, and as this possession, even if obtained, must certainly be far le3s productive to either of those States than to the States of the Union, it follows, of course, that the two European overnments would have lost nothing by the execu- ion of the convention, whereas the American gov- ernment would have surrendered whatever prospects it might entertain. We are quite prepared also to acknowledge that, considering the position of Cuba, at the mouth of that gulf which receives the mighty rivers of the United States, and the pro- bable developement of so young and so powerful a nation, the acquisition of the island at some time or other might not unnaturally enter into the visions of American statesmen. If Americans had never said cither less or more than Mr. Everett now says for them—if they had confined their own views to the ordinary chances of the future and had forborne to ascribe views of a different com- plexion to others, the proposal of the tripartite con vention could hardly have been divested of the char acter of impertinence. But we learn from their own diplomatic publications that the government of Washington has for some time been engaged in impressing upon Spanish ministers the aggressive intentions of other States, and especially of this coun- try, respecting the island of Cuba, and in justifying, by these allegations, its own officious and impor- tunate proceedin, At the same time, the popular feeling of the Union has been so resolutely bent upon a forcible anticipation of its “destiny” in this par ticular, that the supreme government had some diffi- culty in preventing, on the part of its own citizens. an explosion of those very designs which it was im- yuting to others. Under these circumstances, there- fore, the governments of France and England were manifestly warranted in taking the American govern- ment at ita word, in disclaiming for themselves all the pretensions ascribed to them, and in asking for snch a disclaimer in return as would set at rest for. ever a question which the Americans themselves had beef exclusively concerned in raising. Mr. Everett's refusal, though justifiable, in our opinion, as a piece of national policy, must, nevertheless, be conclusive evidence of the fruth of the case, and convince the world of the real views of the several parties con- cerned. The despatch of the American Minister, however, entered at considerable length, and not without a certain de; of eloquence, into an historical ex- position of American policy, and of the relations successively assumed by the expanding Union to- wards its own neighbors, and the States of the Eu- ropean continent. But, while this temperate and Jausible statement was lying before the Senate, General Cags was communicating his own views of the “destinies of America,” and of the policy which in his opinion the government of the Union was en- titled to pursue and enforce. The General's “ reso- Intion proposed to declare that the United States would not interfere with the existing possessions of Russia, Great Britain, France, Holland, Portugal, and Spain ou American territories—that it permitted those kingdoms and colonies to subsist on sufferance; Lier he some a nent is not enough for him; he pares to a couple, and the islands of the fing oceans and the ulf will, of course, add but imperceptible morsels to the meal. As an exemplification of his practical views, he delivered himself of a severe against the federal government, because, in a treaty recently concluded between the United States and Great Britain, respecting a mutual! renunciation there of certain districts in Central America, there had not been comprised an unconditional surrender of the ancient British possession of Honduras. In the same spirit he might have deplored that the settlement of ¢ Maine boundary did not include the forfeiture by this country of New Brunswick and Newfoundland. It was in vain that Mr. Clayton referred to the noto- rious rt of the treaty, and to the perfect under- standing on the of the Senate that Honduras did not enter into the question, General Cass’s “main object was, that all the power, dominion, and control of Great Britain in Central America should be swept pala and on no other condition, as he declared, would he have voted for the treaty at all. That the United States, by this ver convention, had themselves solemnly renounced title to occupy, colonize, or fortify any portion of Central America, was probably forgotten by the General when he filed his Pg os jive claim to every square mile between the two poles. To sree these extraordinary Bo pantgc the reader has only to glance ata map of the two Ameri- can continents. He will there see that the particu- lar State for which General Cass claims the ultimate dispoeal of both is not absolutely the most extensive evenin the Northern alone. ‘The territories of Great Britain, as far a3 square miles are concerned, are still as spacious as those of the Union, notwithstand- ing its’enormous acquisitions. There are, besides, the independent provinces of Mexico, the considerable colony of Russia, and those great central States to which all claim on the part of the Union has been just formally renounced. The islands of the gulf are shared between Great Britain, France, and Spain. The southern continent includes three flour- ishing settlements of France, England, and Holland, the immense empire of Brazil, and numerous large republics. As a general deduction, it will be ob- served that the United States, though poasessing boundless resources within their own territories, have no settlement or footing elsewhere, either to the north or the south, in the centre or the gulf ; whereas European powers are established in every direction. We are well enough acquainted with the political reputation of General Cass to be aware that his views require no very serious discussion, and that they are not to be taken as evidence of true American feeling ; but it is unfortunate for the moderate and careful manifesto of Mr. Everett that the policy he assumes for-his country should meet at this conjunc- ture with so bold an exponent. Important Relative to t “uban Slave Trade. [From the London News, Jan. 20.] The attention of Lord John Russell has not, it would seem, been directed in vain to the re- vival of the African slave trade from Cuba. The Admiralty, we understand, have, on his lordship’s instructions as Foreign Secretary, is- sued orders for the despatch of some swift steamers to the coasts of that island, to’ see whether it be not possible to check in the commencement the renewal oh the infamous trafic inhuman beings, and, at all events, to show the court of Madrid the sense which England entertains of the scandalous manner in which the Spanish colonial authorities disregard the dictates of humanity and the obligations of treaties. Driven from Brazil, the great slave dealing capital- ists for a time sought repose in Europe. De Sa, Car neiro, Netto, and Fonseca, carried their ill-gotten wealth to Portugal, and the persons whom its former colony had rejected, Portugal has ennobled. De Sa has been created the Baron of Villa Nova do Minho, Angelo Carneiro Viscount Loures; and on Netto was conferred the Cross of the Order of Nossa Sen- hora de Conceigao. Whether these particular indi- jugls have returned to their old Imbits and prac- tices we know not; but certain it is that for some time past arrangements have been made in Cuba, by per- tons of great experience and capital, to fill up, by fresh im) tions from unhappy ‘Africa, the void which cholera had made in the slave population of that island. The first evidence of this movement waa seen in the shipyards of Baltimore und other Ameri- can poriae Thence were despatched, not to Havana, but to the minor and less frequented ports of Cuba, clippers such as only can hope to escape the vi lance of our cruisers. These met with a ready sale the island. The Spanish authorities closed their eyes to these significant preparations, and rejected as im- rtinence all proffered information on the subject. tthus became only too evident that the present Captain General was ready to wink at, perhaps to profit by, the traffic. The fittings for these ships were despatched in other vessels, and from other coun- tries, to the coast of Africa, there to be transferred to the clippers as opportunity served. And the ho) is that, sailing light and unequipped from Cuba, clippers will elude the provisions of the treaties un- der which, when equipped, they may be seized. It is to arrest this iniquitous scheme in its first out- burst that the Admiralty now ordera additional steamers to the coast of Cuba. And though we have never, as our readers know, been tavorable to the large expenditure that has for so many years been going on along the western and eastern coasts of Africa, we are not about to take any objections to this temporary reinforcement of the Cuban squadron. For, off the coasts of that island a check, it is possi- ble, may be given to what it is quite sama effec- tually to repress on the two shores of the great Atri- can ‘peninsula; and it is not consistent either with the honor or the past exertions of England, for her government when so near, as it was anticipated, the triumph of her anti-slave trade policy, to regard with indifference or indolence these monstrous proceed- ings of the planters and government of Cuba. etter even that the “Lone Star” of America should revolutionize Cuba; that the authority of the Court of Madrid should be expelled from its most valuable remaining colony, than that it should be al- lowed to renew in all its ancient abominations the outrages on Africa. And this, itis to be hoped, Lord John Russell, and his forthcoming successor, the Earl of Clarendon, will plainly tell the Court of Madrid. The Brit’sh nation an Jerome can take no interest in the retention of Cuba by Spain, whilst Spain refuses to do—which recent experience has demonstrated she can easily do—suppress and terminate the slave trade in that island. It is use- less longer to argue or to remonstrate with such a court as that of Madrid; for reason and remon- strance it is now indispensable to substitute a de- termination that cannot be disregarded. Unlike Brazil, Cuba is a compact and well orga- nized country; ike the Brazilian, the Cuban govern- ment has always been, and still is, a strong, powerful and despotic government; unlike Brazil, Cuba has a lice, an army, and a coast guard, to enforce its po- icy; and yet Brazil, far less puts situated in all these respects than Cuba, has terminated the slave trade. It is idle trifling, therefore, to say that the court of Madrid cannot, ii it have the disposition and the resolution, achieve what Brazil has accomplished. But it has not the disposition. It is by Cuba, and the means of corruption it furnishes, that the court of Madrid is able to carry on that system of domestic misgovernment which is the curse and blight of Spain. It was under the vigorous and free constitu- tional system of Espartero that the African slave trade “wasfor a while be pea in Cuba; and until constitu- tional government be again restored, our cruisers may check, but they will not be able to terminate this in- famous traffic, unless the court of Madrid is brought to its senses, and taught that treaties may not be wrecked like the hopes of bondholders. Approving, then, of this step as a temporary measure, Lords John Russell and Clarendon must go further, if they desire to be permanently successful, and attack the slave trade where it really receives its impetus—in the camarilla of Madrid Mar! Lonpon Movey Marker, Ja. 26.—Knglish securities were buoyant all the forenoon, but, owing to ihe agita- tion in the French funds, do not leave off at the best. ‘The railway market has been flat throughout the day, clo-ing with little animation—prices met with little sup- port. Gold mines feverish, and business done generally atadecline. Iand descriptions are without recovery. Agriculturals steadily supported at the lower prices of esterday. Foreign markets active, at former prices, but Spanish flat. Closing prices—Consols Account, 98 1,3; ree and-a-Quarter per cent., 108% 34 ; Bank Stock, 226% 74 ; Exchequer Bills, Land, 67 61 pm. Mining Shares—Mexican, ; Spanish New Deferred, 2244; ; Turkish, 3 4%: Austra- He Age Yan Diemen: . Australian, H , 16 18; Railway Shares—Northwestern, 120 1. WRIGHT, GANDY AND CO.’S CIRCULAR. TaverPoot, Jan. 26, 1853. Cortoy.—The improvement in our market advised bes the Canada has since been fully maintained. Tho buy toa fair extent, and speculators, under the full ex- fectation that the Asia, néw past duo, will report the largest excess in the receipts at the ports for the season, have also operated freely. ‘The American advices will now have an important in- fluence upon our markets should the prospect of an early falling off in the receipts be confirmed. The upward ten- dency here will become more eprarent, On the other hand, the moderate stocks held by spinners, together with the favorable state of trade in the manufac districts, will prevent any material reduction in ent rates should Sey continue a few weeks longer. ex- treme prices of Friday last are easily realized, at which the market closes firmly. ‘The sales for the three days are estimated at— Spec. @ Amer. Bra, ® HO. .& 4 Ep Su- Bates, Export. ican. il. Han. rat. Saturday,.7,000 1,500 6,100 100 800 600 Monday ...7,000 1.500 6,108 400 1,008 600 Tuesday....6,000 2,000 4,000 260600 1,800 Prices to-day Now Orleans fair.640. Middling. 5X0. Ordinary.4a5 4. Mobile 6 éo. Ss do..,.dab Kd. Atlantic do,.6% — do. ...6% do... .4ab 4. ‘The Manchester vaackot is reported aa firm, at higher prices than last ir Ugash ne qpeeh anncgntes Westanse es xt Pro: . to imports, with au upward tendency in beooa, fpread tate. —Flo : 7 .—Flour . The quotations must be reduced 64. barrel Wheat is dull, tld. por 70 the. decline, I corn steady. Cotton.—The sales yesterday were 7,000 day they reach 6,000 third of stapled il! creeplog vp, fully middling” quail creeping up, fully mi five and thirteen sixteentha to seven: of & aes ee tt vam of om iy s are also nearly one-¢i s . whilst boweds: at bxa. i shoe lare hentia oa scareely any dearer, In the im io the raw material has led to higher rates to: y for both goods gmt iro which has rather checked bi Fy a firm healthy feeling prevails; and many under contract for some w: to come, are of buyers at present. Pans Boursn, Jan. 24.—Saturday the Bourse with remarkable fiemness, under the report extensivelig circulated that M. Fould, the Minister of State, had re- ae me at ‘ice of eqatnet, to maintain the price of government securities any attempt to depress them. This favorable impressien did not, however, long prevail, and pricos wore rapilly declining, when the Emperor's address to the Senate waa ceived, a ices again rove to near mor igure. Haves Marxer, Jan. 22.—Corrox.—The rN, the close, business being favorably by the Atlantic’s news. Pri from 80 a 90. New Orleans trés ordinaire, and 84 8 85f. for New Orleama tioca of the ar precelizg’ “jeeclatien inteet Seaton ms of the day ing. Spee Puopucr.—In coffee there was little dong ued vethdng in ashes, rico, tallow, oils or whalebone.” For there has been a fair demand with sales—Porto 54. 50 goed 4th ocg; Havana mi white, 61f. 60 50 kilog.; Pernambuco white, to arrive, Slt. 60; covado, 25f. For indigo, there continued » mand at sustuined prices, Some alos of dj « little imy . At public sale, 1,187 Grau hides, slightly injured,’ went at 86¢, 28 per Our New Hampshire Correspondence. Concorp, N. H., Feb. 6, 1868. Arrwals at Concord—Pilgrims Incognito—Gen. Pierce's Health— Portrait of the late Master Ben- jamin Pierce—Wazx Cast of Gen. P. by Richter Congressional Nominations—Mr. Tuch—The Cabinet Ledger probably Posted—A Chance for the Watchers to rest a while, §c. Annexed is a list of foreign arrivals at the prial- pal hotels, not already reported :— AT GIBSON’S BAGLE HOTEL, GENERAL PIERON’S QUARTERS. Feb. 4 and 5—C. B. Vickery, Taunton, Maas; ©. C. Kendall, Thomas i Eaton, C. E. Morrisom, ton; H. C. Merriam, North Tewksbury, Mags. ; B.A. Hill, East Killingly, Conn. ; R. Barton, Providemee, RB. W.McLain’ Ohio. F AT GASS'S AMERICAN HOUSE. Monday, Jan. 31.—A. Burton, Boston. Tuesday, Feb. 1—C. S. Root, Woonsocket, R, Ing Major N.. Bodish and friond, Gardiner, Me. ednesday, Feb. 2.—Foster G. Whidden, Mew York; M. Beer, ditto. Thursday, Feb. 3.—W. G. Davis, Portland, Meg 8. G. Dennis, Rockland ; Edward Ross, Milford, Ma. Friday, Feb. 4.—Stephen Bennett, Providenes, RL; Thomas L. Smith, California ; Br. J. V. Wres, and lady, New Orleans; A. Webster, Je- Boston seph Helcher, Providence, R. 1.3 C. A owiiace! +P. ‘Gould, Lowell ee 8. Craig, bs od . 3 W. Hastings, ditto. AT PIBRCE & DUMAS! PHENIX HOTEL. ‘ues » Feb. lames F. i Joy Geman Mt ee ee ef 0.3 urlbert, N.Y. ‘otnetder, eb, 2A. J. Johuson, New York; @. , Washington City, D. C.; H. Smith, Worcester, Mass.; Hon. 8. C. Phillips, Salem, a88. Thursday, Feb. 3—E. C. Jordan, Salem, Mass.; L. D. Perry, do.; James T. Heelys, Vt; Te tus Hutchinson, Woodstock, Vt.; Samuel G. Merrill, Hartford, Conn.; N.C. Poor, Boston; Jona. Ferra, do.; A. C. Robinson, Barton, Vt.; G. W. ard, Bradford, Vt. Friday, Feb. 4—-Henry George, Chicago, IL; Hurlburt, do. _ Thereare quite number of “ Pilgrim in town, whose names do not appear on registers. Whence they come, or ‘‘ whither Pod Icannot say. Many arrive by the 10} o’ck noon Southern trains, and leave in the return traina, which depart at twenty minutes before four ia afternoon. Some, it is probable bring their bread and cheese, and do not indulge in the sive luxury ofa hoteldinner. This have become initiated into the new daguerreotype of office-seeking, noticed in my last. The sat ot expense by this method beats the saving of by Ericsson's new caloric engine “ all hollow.” I saw Gen. Pierce yesterday. He is looking mach. Legs or he did vee pel ree countenance javing lost, somewhat, jancl expression. it wore for some time after hs late me- lancholy bereavement. He has pretty much completed his Jie arrangements Propersieay to leaving for Washington. Mrs. Pierce is oer having returned on Wednesday last. I that she will accompany the General to W: Mrs. Means, of Amherst, an aunt of Mrs. P., am@ other relatives, will also join the party for the White House. It is ible Gen. P. will leave town some time during next week, but probably not te proceed directly to Washington. . Mr. A. Tenney, roma painter, whom I have al- ready noticed as having painted several excellest, likenesses of Gen. P., has just completed 9 mest striking and life-like portrait of his deceased sem, young Benjamin Pierce. It was taken from @ dar uerreotype and recollection, and could oe been better had it been painted from life. a that it will be sent to Washington next week, A fine profile cast of Gen. P. has also been eme- cuted, in wax, by the celebrated artist, Ludwig ee eS pean ae Roy the last week. Mr. Richter has taken his worl ‘ashington City, for completio&, where it will be exhibited. Mr. whig candidate for Congress in this district, has declined the nomination. The whe will probably support the free soil nominee, J Eearay of ‘New Ipswich, against Morrison, de mocrat. The Whig .Congressional Convention, held a& poelag in Rote 1, arr Ames Tue e soiler, for Congress. On lowing” day the abolitionists met at the same , and em dorsed nomination. Mr. Tuck abandoned the democratic party in 1845, following J. P. Hale on bis abolition issue. In 1846, Mr. T. was the abolitionists, and for three successive Congres sional elections the whigs have assisted that faction toclect him. Dr. G. W. Kittredge, of New Market, is Mr. T.'s democratic competitor. Without speaking by authority, I will back the Henatp, for “a dozen in the shell,” in its speoule- tion that Gen. P. has closed the book. of cabinet ag- ointments. Let the watchers take a little sleep, aa@ be on hand for the inauguration. There are several distinguished gentlemen a Gase's American House to-day. whose names are “not in the bills.’ Some of them are New York, others from Ohio, Louisiana, and California. Among others I noticed Hon. Peter Cagger, of Allear ny, N.Y. It is rumored that he has come asa me- ai ay between bees ups? betes bl 7 York, to arrange for a cabinet appoint a late, oe Tatill go the “dozen in the shel” that the cock has crowed. PENNACOOK. Theatrical and Musical. Bowery THratReE.—The picces announced fer this‘evening’s entertainment consist of the tragedy of “Julius Cesar” and the drama of ‘ Kit Carson.’ The amusements are for the benefit of a worthy mam, Mr. Waldron, the treasurer. It ishoped his will be at their post, and give him a Ma Broapway Treatre.—The beautiful comedy of the “ Love Chase,” by Sheridan Knowles, is am- nounced for to-night; the part of Wildrake, by Mr Conway, and that of Constance by Miss Emma Fite- ee Mra. Vernon as Widow Green, and Mrs. Conway as Liydia. The next feature will be « diver tisement, “Married and Settled” will eem clude all. Lo a Pe ray Rw pieces are announced for to-night b; lanager Burton. first is the comedy of “ Paris and London,” in which Burton, Placide, Dyott, and nearly all the leading artists willappear. ‘The comedy of“ Nicholas Nigk- leby”’ will conclude all. oe TIOKAL TuRaTRE—The nautical drama 4 and the new drama of scones don, J. “ Middy Ashore” will commence the amuse this evening, Great,” will conclude all. Between the orobestza will Pay several inspiriting airs, and Miss Partington will dance. Watiack’s TaraTne.—The beautiful Prodaction of Bulwer, entitled the ‘‘ Lady of Lyons,” which is every night drawing very yg, hee ee will again he prevented this evening. acting of Mr. Lester ag Grande Melnotte, and of Miss Laura Keene a Pauline, is with enthusiasm. American Musxum.—' at favorite resort consist of ‘‘ Grandfather in tho afarnoon, end the “ Old Folks at Home” im eveping. Ee at Orzra toes te ene m instrumental performances, and dances, telected for this evening. ‘ Woon's MixsTax.e.—Thia company continass #0 please their patrons—an excellent to-night. Rosgrt Hat.ar.—This great clan continnes bode geben wonderful feate, and