The New York Herald Newspaper, October 24, 1853, Page 4

RK HERALD. & ~NEW YO! ba Volume XViil....... BOWFRY THEATRE, Bowery—Tux Baacx, Doorox~ Bouxssas Git BROADWAY TREATRE,* Broadwsy—Hawter—Rersy Baxun. { NIBLO'S, Broodway—ku BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers Wetrost—Dericars Guoune—Vouns Acraxse—Lonvon any Panis. NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—Wnere Tom's Bani. WALLACK’S THEA Bovae. AMERICAN Bowss Doc. AB, Broadway—Asuoveve—2. MTS¥ Bvenit M—Afternoon—Srate 8 LaDy or Lyons, UE—Atk and Eyeniag—Pran MADISON AV gona's CoLosaL rROOM, CHURISTY'S m@rnicviAN Meu woop way ir RUCK? Ey’s Brnovias Oren BANVARD’S GEORANA, 506 Brondway—PAanonana oF ux Hoy |. FRANK SNSTEIN’S PANO- ACADEMY RHENISH CALLERY, ¢ GHINESE ROOMS, 5 wariey ey THE Seven M POWELLS O% Beveinyrs #7 Buoavway. The letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, for- mally dismissing Mr. Bronson from the offee of Col Jector of this port, and an article in defence of this act from the Washi n, may be found on our first page. We Another sircet ass sipation was commi Brooklyn yesterday mo: g, about three o’cfock. The victim was 2 young man, a laborer, named McCue. The parties charged ere 8 Dr. Moss and a person named Donovan. They ave in custody. We ] times when there is no safety for Onr files of Cuban } ce. Butaltnough the public prints are no allowed to publish accounts of the actual condition of effaire on the island, revolutionary documents are “gpread all onseen and operate unspent” throughout its length and breadth. We present translations of 3 this morning, which in- » pethans, destined to ex- perience a revuleion; and tue recent efforts of Great Britain and France to establish the apprenticeship system will undoubtedly « erate the catastrophe. Our Havana correspondent states that the slave tuaders are making preparations to import negroesin greater number than ever belon According to the report of # number of dests iu thi gm increase of 20 on th week. The number of ¢ and under is 215; stilibore eroup, 18. The 73—23 more than lact week; conviusi 11; dropsy in the head, 15; fever, 11; inflammation of the tion of the lungs, 14: mirasm in damn debilit tion. F United States, 95 of Ireland, 27 ef Germany, of England. A report of the evidence given at the legal im gation in the of rape and of Catharine Quigley, at Jamaica, L. I., will be found fn today’s paper. The steamer Palmetto arrived at C! Saturday, heaving in tow th schooner Mobile, from New Orleans for New York, with loss of sails aud leaky. United States stocks, to the amount were redeemed last week. “An Official Thug. The formal letter of dismissal addressed to Collector Bronson, which we publish in another column, will add little to what our readers al- ready know, either of th the character of Guth been usual for men filling such stations as that which he holds, to correspond with public offi- ters in language bx th dignified and temperate; but the sample we have already seen of Mr Guthrie's epi style gave us no right to expect adherence to old fashioned rule un- op, and the weakne: erits of his case, or “Tt has, in of his cause goes far to excuse, if not to 'y, the bitterness of his tone. There is s savageness in his allusion to free soilers which entirely be- trays his real sentiments. Judge Bronson’s let- ter would not hove cut half so deep if its ae- ensations had not beea confirmed by the promptings of Mr. Guthrie’s ) Mr. Guthrie must, indeed, be reduced to sad straits when he ventures on accusing the late Coilector of appointing free soilers contrary to his wishes. i Bat the whole transaction, including the defence of the Union, wears the same color. The same old” policy which used to be so ef- fective in the days of the federalists. and the main secret of which was personal abuse of one’s political opponents, is the only one resorted to by the administration. The Washington Union and the Boston Post—arcales ambo--tools both, and ready to say ig that may serve @to the temporary at age of the party, are instructed to almse Collector Bronson; and as our readers will see when the articles are printed in full, they earn their reward con- seientiously. Whether or no he told the truth when he accused the administration of free soil tendencies—whether or no the spoils have been used by Guthrie as a means of resuscitating the Van ,Burenite faction—-whether or no the people have been most grossly deluded and hetrayed by the present Cabinet—neither the Union nor the Posi are prepared to enlighten us. To couple Bronson’s name with a few of those epithets which they are used to atiach to that of the editor of this paper whenever his course differs from theirs, is, in the eyes of those journalists, the most conclusive sort ot reply It has at least one advantage;—it cannot |y noticed. Guthr the Union, and the Posi may waste their breath im coarse vituperation without el Zany reply from their antago- nists. How far it relieves them from the posi- tion of defendants, or exculpates the adminis- tration from ihe charges that have been brought against it, ave very different matters, Were ite members men of a different stamp, it would be fhir to infer that they only descend to per, 0 can | pers contain nothing of im. | 3. | Tice. failed; | uch all o'b er weapons ha ’ nstance ald be en evens, warran able. y 2 tlon we ir ne Position of the Country-.Moraic of onson’s Dismissat.Aminde to General b aken towards the re- » Van Burenite and free soil ow been dealt at the reat principle, so solemn- t elee ; has been once Freed from the irksome n whore notions of rectitude were | } has lax morality of the ration with the ww cherous course ewed vigor n them easy stages, fr bre by eld for son to heir policy is erstood ¢ the last fortnight a flood pon the former support- A world of thought | doubt whether Marcy, be acting as the it for still stronger hefore abandoning a govern- went fi they had expected so much. Upon these two laiter, Brouson’s dismissal will not be lost. They cannot but see t ample | nt that, in the dis- been many © exertions onfine the tan- to that cl nionist fae- | Whether or on what can be defended we All we s | Grmation of our stat ution of power and overn e wh 1185 of official favor con from wh tion ha y man whose devotion to the Union his love of place, and to divide the who are either es, or whe ally themselves for sordid purposes. This is | $ 5 (Fa ch mistaken if the public fail to ise ite moment and maguitude as a po- ical eveut. It will not be regarded as a mere seal of one man for real or supposed de- fects, or even as another detestable illustration of the spoiis system: these are minor potnts of i It demands general and serious attea- | every rightminded man, as the first i wand on alarming conspiracy ze, by the a party dire firet mpt in of the State spoil 1 dootrine will be f ny others, have con- numbers under a nable banner. But these were all private uals; they need rumeut but their isguided taleats, and play. but the folly of their ad dsuch attempts before. and ©. hold -man- onend s3 are we ghtfal to con- spring ofa r chances of suc becomes really iri When th ed, the game tem This is the result of the Presidential cam | and clecti A sorrowful thing it is all of us to look back upon the toils, the ex- ons, the fears, the proud hopes and exulta- | 8 of that ting p'riod, and to reflect that is all the they lave borne! To think thet when gallant old General Seott—whose | name is coupled with almost every victory that has shed lustre on our national name—whose reputation as a soldier is not excelled by any of the greatest capts Surope—whose hone ty and integrity have never been sullied by a le breath of suspicion—when this noble v asked us for our | refused it, in spite of gh the fear of aie, ion of 1852. for | | | c us, and ! For it is well olleet it, had it not g suspicions of Jukewarm- slavery question which hung round | t, the present i mbent of the highest office in this country would never have left Concord. Personally, there is no rea- son to doubt that General Scott would have | filled the Presidential chair with as much credit as any of our recent rulers; and there was uothing in all his past life, with the single exception his supposed affinity for wardism, that could have indisposed the masees against him. Had it not been for that single “damning spot.” General Scott wou ‘most without a donbt, have been Pre- That one blemish was enough, however, to destroy his chances ntterly, from one end of the Union to the other; and the peo- ple. frmly relying on the past history and s0- s of Gen Pierce, and rightly g all priv aod personal feelings to rer considerations of the national wel- ted almost unanimously in his favor. Had any prophet at that day eome forward and foretold that twelve montlis afterwards the go vernment to be inaugurated by that vote would be found sedulously seting on the principles which had ruined General Scott. and persever- ingly ostracising friends of the Union to make room for traitors and disunionists of every shade he could not have collected ten hearers, and would have passed for a madman. The presage would have come true, however, and it is to jail of us a matter of some shamo and some sorrow to see how widely we were Meanwhile, we must prepare for the Already has the administration suc- | ceeded in breaking up ail the existing party | ties, entirely demoralizing the fuctfon that { placed itin power, and spreading a wide and general feeling of disgust among the people The effects of treason in the government will {not stop here, We shall see hy the elections of next month how far they have succeeded in ness on th General “ mistaken, worst, shattering all the old political organizations Should the miechief done be as extensive as wo believe, it would not surprise us to hear of a preparatory movement to bring forward Gen- ‘eral Scott at the next election, in order to re- palr the wrong that woe doue Lim at the leet | chosen a place, a time, and a theme suitable for arded with indifference by | i | of a Matilda press novel. | in splendor, and establish lots of s | exertions. ee NR TS A LR ETT SET SAS STE 1 | or more—has resolved to rever: Mvustcan anp Dramario History axp rects.—Now that Jullien is pone, and it is set- | tlcd that Grisi and Mario are not coming, let | us look beck a momeat on the history of our | public amusements during the past year or two, d more especially of those which were im- orted from abroad, We may say, in general ms, that our Importations of these luxaries | gan with Jenny d. We bad M Macready, and a good many others, befor true; but none of them achieved sucha success as lo draw European eyes on the field prosented by America. We date from Barnum’s hegira from Liverpool. with the fair Jenny under his charge. This was the beginning of systematic tempts on the part of English speculators to ec ze the. American Jemon. Barnum was horn to be their coadjutor. other man, or set of men, with such a a, would have regarded her voi t as ell their capital, and hay i te I rin ha ud her tak their developement, would have left the issue to the unaided discrimination of the public. Not so Darnum. Jenny’s singing was the last thing ughtof, Her charitable disposition was rst card put forward. This judiciously ed, he turned all the resources of bis | ious mind to “puff” the amiable eccen- s of his fair protégé’s character. She fiery, and yet sweet; impationt, but gen- tle: hasty. but forgiving; terrible in her we inely loveable ia her good temper. Su auce as was unconsciously wr round the fair Swede was never yet heard out Then he showed how Jenny might serve as a great adver- tisiag medium; and how, in this respect, she was worth miles of posters and caravans of bell- men. So Jenny advertised bats aod singing masters; and it seemed as though every body was going io share in (the cornueopia ot blessings that had been poured out on the land. Last of all, when expectation had been wrought up to ihe highest pitch, and people slept on Stewart's steps in the hope of seeing her at her window, ibe spell was loosed, and she was permitted to Had her voice been no finer than the of a cracked kettle—hud she been unable | to sing a single bar correet!y—she would still Lave “drawn.” As it was, we all know how | people thronged round the ticket offices, and | jought desperately for front seats. She went home with enough money to keep her husband | chools in Sweden. This was the first squeeze. When | the English speculators saw what a quantity of juice it had produced, they pronounced America at once to be the proper field for their future Catharine Hayes, a fair vocalist, with a pretty voice and a pleasant manner, was the next venture. She failed—whether eutirely because she fell into the hands ofthe Philistines, or from an absolute deficiency of talent, or from her dangerous proximity to the Swedish Nightia- gale, each person will decide for himself It will suffice to say that she found California a beiter market than ihe Atlantic States. Next followed the greatcontralto. Inher ease, there can be no difficulty in tracing effects to their cause. Trom beginning to end of her career the usual pracy tice. by which we received his plays at second hand, and is abont to produce at Burtou’s an original comedy, called “Doo Quix cond.” The event is not without importa Should Mr. Boureieault’s ¢ and lucrative, we may be not be the jast attempt of the kind; aud we may | very likely see England depending hereafter on re that it wi. us for her dramas, as wahave depeuded oa her. On the other hand, we h.ve a duty to perform | that cannot be lightly regarded. Iv will be something new for a New York audience to de cide nally on the merits of a first class drama- | tic work, more especially when its condemaa- j tiou or approval will be tantamount to a coa’ firmation or a rejection of the Europeas opinion of Mr. Bourcieantt’s talent. We must do so, however, and much of our reputation for dis- crimination aud taste will depend on the aceu- racy of our verdict. Tum New York Herarp Gvarn—-A Spurr Axp A Mk Warninc.—Within a day or two | past we have received jhe two following invi- tations :— New ¥ Oct. 21, 1853, | Siz :—You are respectiutiy solicited to accompany | the “ New York Herald Guard,” (organized March | 24, 1851,) ou their fourth anuual excursion, to take plica on Thursday, November 3, 1553. ‘the com- | pany will meet at Centre Market, on the above day, clock, A.M. On behait of the company, JouN c¥, Comiuenuant. rebar ys nk, Oct. 22, 1853, uily invited to ac- which is composed any the ‘ Herald Guard, exclusively of the employees of the Nuw Youk Hrraty estublishment,) on their fourta annual target excursion to Hobcken, oo Monday, the 31st inst. The company will leave Centre Market (upper drill room) at o'clock A.M. By order of the company, Janse Exxis, Commandant. Wx. F. Leonary, Secretary. ‘These two companies, until a few weeks ago, were combined in one organization, standing upon the same platform, governed by the same officers, marching io the same music, and shoot- ing for the eame prizes; but, like the demo” cratic party after the yreat victory of 1852, our | “New York Herald Guard” became too big | for their breeches—and the spirit of discord and division erept into their ranks, partly, we | believe. on account of the seizure of the spoils | by outsiders at their target excursions. The consequence is the split into two separate com- panies ; but in this they have only followed the | example of the two fictions of the New York democmey aud of the whig party. In fact, the spirit of insubordination, rebel- } lion and disruption appears to be the prevaiiing disorder of the times—a sort of moral and poli- tical potato rott striking at the very root of old systems and old societivs, The year 1852 was signalized by a spirit of re-union—by coalitions and combinations on a grand scale ; but in 1853 we hawe the cra of disvaption and revolution among the politicians, from one end of the coun- try to the other. The evil has destroyed the whig party, is destroying the democratic party, and, we are very much afraid, will destroy the Cabinet before they are done with it. But it is only within the past few days that we have been apprised of the astounding fact that this pre- vailing epidemic of insubordination has crept iato the army—the volunteer army—of New York, and, worst of all, that the Heraip as badly managed. Her first concerts in , which ought, at all hazards, to have been burapers, fell off to nothing after a week or two; aud though there was little difference of opinion among those competent to judge, respect to her extraordinary voice and admira- ble style, she never afterwards created a furore in New Y A portion of ibis resu}t must be ascribed, as we said at the time, to the inefli- ciency of ihe singers who accompanied her; bat the main cause was obviously the want of tact and skill displayed in bringiag her out. She made little money. Mde. Sontag came next, heralded by all the | eclat of a Turopean reputation of twenty-five years standing, and ever so many armorial bearings. Intrinsically, ber claims to public fa- ' yer, as one of the most skilled singers and bril- | liant actresses on the lyric stage, deserved a succeseful campaign ; andall things considered, we doubt whether any positive (we say nothing of negative) faults have been committed ia her management. Her success has been ungquivo- cal; but she has not reaped anything like the harvest which Jenny Lind carried away with her. Perhapsshe has tried too much. Perhaps we have scen her too often. Certain it is, that though everybody knows how perfect her ren- dering of elaborate ornate music. she could no longer create a furore, Shall we goon? Shall we tell how the don speculators—still convinced of our com- pressibility—resolved that Jenny Lind, Catha- rive Hayes, Alboni, and Sontag should be fol- lowed by Jullien? The full was ¢ ; but strange to say, pecuniarily , the last was one of the best operations of our | musical purveyors, Barnum was a ham- | bug; so in a mcncure was Ole Bull; ther# wos humbug ip the management of Hayes. boni, and Sontag—they all, managers artists, singers and all, humbug us to a cer- tain extent; but o* all the humbuge that ever jell in our way, Jullien is the sublimest. He is always acting—never natural—cannot abide the truth in any shape—but requires, constitution- ally, to be ‘ays deceiviug some one to enjoy peace of mind. Having brought us about one- sixth of his London orchestra, and played “Hail Columbia,” and a few waltzes and polkas with spirit and ensemble, he now pretends that he has reised the standard of musical taste in the coun- try. He will assure us next that he composed “Yankee Doodle,’ He is the last of our catalogue. What pro- gress is being made in our domestic arrange- ments in the way of theatricals and music, may he seen from the following figures, illustrative of the condition of our seven theatres:-—- . The Broadway will seat Niblo’s .. Bowery Wa tack’* Burton's, National, Museum....... i siden 450 This is exclusive of standees and lobby seats. Turning to the debtor side of the account, the expenses will be somewhat as follows:— y expenses of a good Italian Opera company, $1,40 HH. M. theatre of italian Opera were soime ee # $5,200 a night. | ith ballet...... Sans Do. of am Foglish Opers company Do. of a first class theatre....., 21,600 . 1,700 HX esdeneeene $500 te $325 Do. do, with # star, 500 to 825 [Those of Drury Laue have beon £275.) Le. of a second class theatre, 175 to 200 This looks as though the businers of theatri- cal masagers, when undertaken with judgment and energy, was not so bad, afterall. Hitherto, however, they have filled but a secoudary rank vebind those of London and Paris—content to produce what had reecived their approvin stamp. This era is now, we are happy to say, about to close, A new vista is opening for our dramatic world. One of the most distinguished dramatic authors of Kurope--Mr. Dion Bourci- cault, the suthor of & hundred #accessfal piece 26 | destiny of the Queen of the Antilles. Gvarp have had their Syracuse Conven that they have split into two factions, exch with a separete ticket iu the field, in direct con- travevtion of that system of unity, fraternity and discipline which characterizes the adininis- tration of this office. But we hereby give beth companies in the premises a fair warning of the consequences, unless this breach in the Herald Guard is closed up. And in what we propose to do, the | President of the United States may find an ex- | ample worthy of imitation. If we adopted the one-sided policy of the Cabinet we should dis miss Captain Ennis, whose position in this bu- siness scems to correspond with that of Collect | or Bronson, as the ringleader of our hard-shells, | standing tooth and nail against the admission of any spoils-seeking outsiders into the ranks, But our policy will be more eifective. Accord- | ingly, we sdmonish both companies of the | Herald Guard, that unless they can form a4 junction, and re-organize under the same lead- ers, and meet at the same head-quarters, and | march out aud shoot together for the same prizes, we shall make an example of the princl- , pal offenders on both sides, by dismissing them | from the Hexarp establishment; and we are oppored to all outsiders. While laboring night | end day, from a high sense of public duty to restore peace and harmony among the r | divided democracy, we cannot consent to civil | war of the same kidney in one own office. The | inconsistency of tole ating such disorganization | { i | isout of the question. Attention both com- panies! ¥ Arneanizstion ov Copa—-We publish | in another portion of our columns this morning, | | avery instructive, interesting, and important | article in relation to the island of Cuba, Ibis | a translation which we have rendered from a | communication which appeared some time since in ove of the Spanish journals of this city. The writer reviews ihe various movemeuts made | during the past half century for the abolition of the slave traffic in Cuba, cites the several treaties concluded between Spain aad Great Britain in connection with the subject, shows | the policy adopted by the different Captain | Generals to evade the treaty stipulations, and | finally exbibiis the desigas in which England and Spain are now supposed to be co-oper- H | ' ating to emancipate the slave population and establish an African empire in the island, rather than that it should be an- nexed to the United States. The article evinces a high degree of talent, astuteness, and perspicuity on the part of the writer, and will be found to be worthy the serious attention and consideration of all who are interested in the We alao publish, as a fitting and appropriste pendant to this historical review of Cuban af faire, the last letters reeeived from our corres- pondents at Havana, together with extracts from two revolutionary manifestoes circulated in the island. These are addressed, one to the people and the other to the Spanish residents in Cuba. The same bughear is adduced to alarm public opinion, and frighten the isle from its propriety, as the Washington Union made use of the other day to create excitement hers, namely: the propagation of the report that j England ond Spain had concluded a treaty, | whereby the slave trade in Cuba was lo be abo lished after some time, and whereby, also, an unlimited namber of Africans were to be intro- duced, and hound as apprentices for ten years We do not participate in the slightest degree in the alarm to which these unfounded rumors have given rise, inasmuch as we are aware that no such movement is projected. One of the manifestoes to which we refer affirms that the treaty providing tor the apprenticeship system, | Dardanelles will be despatched to | the Court of St. James that the agent of the | oldest governments in Europe, with a pros- j velopements to make in connection with tho | dence of the American government. | ralized and dissolving condition of both the old was actnally sigued and sealed inthe beginning of Angust lest, and that as coon as the tern question is definitely settled, the new law will be promulgated, and the Briti-h flee! of the Antilles ow that a Je over its execution, We k treaty for the suppression of the trade has recently been negotiated between Lord Tlowden, the British Minister at Madrid, and the Spanish government. What the details of it ave has not yet publicly transpired; but we are coufident that it contains nothing approxi- mating to the policy of carrying on that slave trade with greater activity than ever, under the legal fiction of African ten-year appreuticeship, The British, as well ae every other civilized go- vernment—exeept Spain—is interested in pat- ting an end forever to the reprobated slave trafic, The English ple entertain feelings on the subject bordering on the fanatic; and it would never do for the ministers of Great Britain to conclude a treaty virtually sanctioving and pro- tecting by law the contisuance of that trade on a larger scate than ever. The idea is preposte- rous aud utterly unworthy of belief We know that England, France, and Spain are hatching res to prevent the absorption by the United States of either Cuba or Mexico, but the apprenticeship system does not enter, we are sure, into the modus operandi. Ths rumor of such 4 projected policy Is seized upon with avidity, and magnified by the fi///- busteros, with the object of hastening the revo- lution in the island, and is adopted no less ea- gerly by the organ of the government at Wash- ington, for the purpose of insuring the adhesion of the South at a time when, by the despicable conduct of the administration, it has lost all respect in the Northern States. We repeat, however, our conviction that it is nothing more than a political bugbear. to presi Ovr Appxication For THE Frenou Mission.— The newspaper discussion on the popular appli- cation of the Editor of this journal to the Spoils Abolition Cabinet at Washington for the French mission, developes, somewhat to our surprise, a feeling in every respect favorable to our views, not only on the part of the independent press, but even among the party journals of the opposite schools. We believe, therefore, that we stand a far better chance for this office than we have heretofore stood, though so much cccupied with a mission of more im- portance than a French. or any other mission—~ the mission of regenerftor of the newspaper press, in conjunction with our enlightened con- temporaries in the New World. As a specimen of the way in which the newspapers speak on the subject, we may insert the following :-— (From the Daily Chronicle, (New London Conn.) Oct. 22.} The New York Heuatp denies that James Gordon Ben- nett has been refused the appointment of Minister to Frence, but says the statement inthe newspapors that he had been, has le¢ 6a consideration of the subject, and he cenclates on the whole that he is as well qualified in every point of view for the mission to Frence as is © French Ked Republican paragrophist for that of Spaia, orasan bb broken down socialist (Robert Dale Owen) tor the oles, or asa Jew clerk from Frank- Wall street—(Belinont) is to become at the Hague. The Him is right cnongh; it is dific Bennett could have seen the newspaper disou subject, since it is not more shan a week sin peared, ard he has been for some months it there is no doubt that the appointment of Bennett would table as that of any individual to whom ng perhaps Mr. Belmont, who. having ex- pended ty thousand dollars on Mr. Pierce's elec- tion, and been beputfed into his praseat place by Bennett himéelf, is entitled to more respectable treatment from te about Sow! . There are not two persons in the Unit ppointiment cvuld have been more disereditabie cx tothe country, unless we except the new he United States Court. ‘The exception made with regard to Belmont is not well founded. Ié is true that in our ab- sence several paragraphs found their way into the Hrnarp, laudatory of ‘the Jew clerk from Frankfort.” Had we been at home we would have madea revelation that would soon have disposed of him in the minds of the Amrican people andthe President. During the canvass in the late Presidential campaign, he attempted, by very improper and insidious practices, to depreciate General Pierce and glorify Mr. Bu- chanan at his expense; and it is well known that it was by the influence of the Minisier to an Rothschilds, ex-consul of the Austrian govern- ment and substitute of Hnisemann, has become the representative of this republic in one of the pect of becoming Secretary of the Treasury, from the financial ability he has displayed, and zo doubt will hereefter display, both in the New World and the Old. We have curious de- Rothschilds, who held a conference in the Palace of the Grand Duke of Nassau, in Wirtemburg, near Biberach, on the Reiss, at which certain crowned heads crowed over the ingenuity of the ecleme by which, for about 25,000 florins. Rothschild, of Europe, intended to get pesses- sion of the government of the United States, and change the character of some of its institu- tions. Had we been at home we would have joined the Tridune in denouncing Belmont as unfit, in every point of view, to have the confi- Tur Parry Press axp tun Conerzss Prinr- me—Wuart’s vo be Done ?—The present demo- effete political partics of the country will give rise to many important developements, and per- haps to some substantial checks upon party corruptions, in the course of the approaching Congress. fn the outset, a fine opening will he ved for separating the public printing from the party press, and for the establishment of a national printing office as an additional bureau to the Department of the (terior. This thing, we hope, will be done. The printing of Congress, for the last quarter of « century, has beeu one of the principal sources of party corruption and public pandering at Washington. It is needless to recapitulate the fortunes that have been wasted and the for- tunes that have been saved from this party bonus from the public treasury to their central organ. Clear profits, in hard cash from the sub-treasury, ranging from a hundred to a hun- dred and fifty thousand dollars a year, from the printing of Congress and the departments, soon place the lucky recipient in a position for the most favorable operations in stock jobbing Galphin claims, and speculations in public contracts and the public lands, if he has any inclination to such temptations. Who would not be the Washington organ, with his bonus of the public printing, exceeding. as yearly compensation, the aggregate salaries of the President, the Vice-Prosident, the Cabinet and Collector Bronson and District Atiorney O'Couor, all combined? And what’s the harm in it? Are not the printing of Congress and the pickings and stealings thereunto appended, a legitimate por- tion of the spoils? According to tho practices of twenty-five or thirty years of the spoils sys- tem, they are. But the time has come,’we hope, for the stopping of this bung-hole of party corruption for qnce and forever. We could have no objection to a bonus of a hundred Breccia cee ee a a ae as eee eae i | year, to 27th Augast, for carting ashes, garbage, — et a Sr ee eee a a ee ets of the party, in the or subscriptions. is fund is taken out of the peopl treasnry, it is quite another thiag, and simp!y amounts to an uprighteous filching of the pub- ye for the purposes of private stock-job- 1d party pipe laying. And we think the time is at hand for putting a business. Between the Wash- Globe, and Sentinel, and lonal Intelligencer, and a host of out. siders, there will be candidates enough for the printing of the coming Congress, and some to spare; but such will be the dislocated, shate tered, disorgavized. and revolutionary condi- tion of the democracy, and such the freedom of the disbanded whigs, shat it is utterly impossi- ble to see how any press at Washington, of any | party—excepting, perhaps, the abolition organ | called the Wational Era—ean have the slight- | est chance for this printing. Thus, at length | we are in a fair way of realizing the force of the old maxim, that “when sharpers fall out | honest men get their own ;” for if, in the strag- | gle for these spoils of Congress, the two houses shall be driven to the alternative of a national printing office, the public treasury will at least secure ® saving of one, two or three bnndrot | thonsand dollars a year from the clutches of the spoils-men. “Wo call upon the friends of this reform to | prepare for action. If the Cabinet, or the | deinceratic party, or the frec soil party, or the | whig party, must have an organ at Washing: | ton, let the party concerned pay the expenses, Let the treasury be separaicd from the party press. Let amattonal office bo established for the printing of Congress and all the executive departments, The country is sick and tired of the twaddie, and fustian, and fulsome gib- berish of these Washington organs, gorging themselves upon the public treasury, while they are humbugging the people and corrupting the minds of their partizans with their unlimited basencss and unscrupulous rapacity. There will béa fine opening in the ensuing Congress for the erection of a national printing office upon the ruins of the spoils printing, and we trust the opportunity will not be lost. Street Cieasina—Another of those inte- resting documents, subscribed Henry Arcula- ring, end so full of pungent satire and cutting irony, appeared exclusively in our columus on Saturday. It tells the old story—thousanda | upon thousands more expended to clean streete which are growing dirtier every year. In 1852 we spent $289,000, or thereabouts, for the work. Arcularius modestly thought that $280,000 would sufiice for 1853. The Finance Committee, from motives of decency, cut this down to $250,000; but how purely playful and harmlesg the,proceeding was may be seen from the fact that in two items alone—ihe carting of coal ashes, and the increase of laborers’ wages—the excess of 1853 over 1852, for nine months and a half, evas $22,000. At this rate, $300,000 will not pay our debts from this source alone for the year. Noris there any room for surprise at the growing increase of our expenses in this quarter. It isan actual fact that we paid this 4 1G 4 | / | &e., out of the strects, no less a sum than $71,398. These ashes, garbage, &¢., are the very heat manure that can be had, being’ esteemed by chemical farmers fully equal ta guano; and they forma lucrative source of in- come to ihe cities of Paris and London, where the right of taking them away is sold to specu~ lators. We are sure that men could be found here, as wellas there, to bay up our street sweep- ings. if the proper means were taken to put them up to public competition. Whoever did, would be sure to make a handsome thing of it. But these are the last things thought of by Arcularius and his friends. We have in times past said civil things of the Commissioner of Streets and Lamps, when we believed he was. unjustly attacked. We are still ready to ad- mit the entire truth of what he says in refe- rence to the general disregard of the city ordi* nances by individuals, and the lax manner in which the laws are carried out by the muni. cipal authorities. It is one of the misfortunes of popular governments--probably an teu- rable one—to be badly served and worse obeyed. So we find men who ought to know better, violating daily the police laws and regulations, and availing themselves of legal quibbles to esenpe the punishment they de- serve. Sowe have Arcularius, who ought, if he bad any compassion or bowels at all, to try to save us something on the cleaning of those horiibly dirty streets of ours, turning round upon Comptroller Flagg with cavage malignity, because the latter thought $120,000, or at all events $145,000, quite enough for the work for which Arcularius asks $280,000, It is one of onr small miseries to have an Arculariusat all. Barton’s Theatre, On Saturday evening Miss Arnés Robertson made her din at this theatre, an event which will be long and fas vorably remembered as one of the most drilllant and startling succortes we have ever been ealled upon to re- cord. The pice was “The Young Actress,” in which she rnpports five characters, appearing successively as a French minstrel boy, a Seoteh girl, aa Irish lad, Mdlle, Rachel, and Grisi. We were quite unprepared for the remarkable histrionic display afforded to ng in these very’ highly finished performances, In the well-known ballad “ Widow Machree”’ she exhibited a purity of voice, joined to an archaess of gxprovvion, which fairly took the au- dience by storm—a feeling that mounted to enthusiasm when she dashed off into an Irish jig, full of spirit and fan, Dance, song, and burlesque recitation followed with waryellous rapidity, each obtaining an encore, a compli- mont we were induced to regret, as towards the conaleeton of the performangg her voice exlibited evident signs of exhaustion and distreas, Miss Robertson fs gifted with very great personal attractions; her figure ix petite, but finely formed; her features are regular, and capable of grent variety of expression; but the charm which renders this Indy distinetly remarkable is a deportment of refined and unaffected elegance We cannot remember, within our experience, any actress who has made so universally favorable an impression as this made by Miss Agnes Ro- bertson. Her name deserves to be, and will soon become, known a8 one of the most popular stars in the United States. We hope that she will becomea fixed star. “The Young Actross,”” unlike pieces of a similar description, is full of sparkling dialogue, affordiag a fand of comica- lity to Mesers, Johneten, Norton and Rateliffe, of whic they tock ample advantage. Mr. Johnston, in the charac- tor of an eminent tragedian, was irresistible. Mavine Affairs. Larxc.—On Saturday Mr, Jabez Williams launched from his yard, at Greenpoint, the schooner Vunay, 350 tops burden, to be commanded by Captain Burr Hull, ‘he is owned in Charleston, and inteaded for the Southern Naval Intelligence. Sioor ov War Sr, Makv’s,—-The following are the officers attached to this vessel, which left the Delaware om the 10th jastant for the Pacific = Commander—Theodore Pailey. Lieutenants—Jno. sally, Geo. W. Day, ian. He Hays Pat: je. Surgeon-—Jas Hand, Assistant Su —K, T. Droytoh. Acting ‘Maater—-R M. McAram. Lieut. Marives—Jas, Wiley, Passod Midshipmen—Thow. Roney, de. eer ee) 3 Foren A. EF. K, Bonham, men—Hobt. fesse Taylor, Captain’s Clerk, F. H. ‘Wheeler; Boatewnin, E. Kithy; Gunner, ‘Be H. Bot tum, Carpenter, 8.8. Cox; Sailmaker, Jno, King.