The New York Herald Newspaper, November 29, 1853, Page 7

The Gunpowder Seizure. PISION OF THE MAYOR IN THB OASE—CONFISCA- ON OF THE FOWDEE TO THR FIRB DEPARTMENT. yor Westervelt has given bis decisium im the case of seisure of 788 kegs of gunpowder, on tue Sth iast., on the hearing, decided to coufiscate the whole of it bhe Fire Depastment, the proceeds when sold to be ap- priated for the benefit of the widows and orphans of members of the Fire Depart uent, fhe following is the deciaion:— accordance with rection seventh of an act in relation powder, passed May 13, 1846, informatioa was laid ‘me by Jobn Crassin, one of the tire wardens of the of New York, of the seiaure of 783 k , om the Sth of November, 1863 from Easton, lying in the fast river, on the easterly ba, in accerdance with said re mr ihe pert of the Fire. Department evidence was ad pa the of t] ire iment 5 ped iodo tates the 5th day of November, 1853, boats, loaded with kegs of gunpowder, were seen ping from a sloop or schooner lying iu the stream, fcom b hundred to five hundred yards distant from the pier | hat the small boats were taken into taken from them and placed on b: lying alongside of the eas erly si er—that notice thereof was siren at fre wi and thereupon Joho Crasi A Lebres iene pier, and there remained un- mm three to five minutes after sunset, and that he then it on board of said barge Eaxton, and in form made a ure of said gunpowder—that attempts were n made to get the barge out of the slip, but t they wore prevented from so duing by the warden, ponsequence of which a scuflle eas: between the den and the agent of the boat, (Mr. Brainard,) which fulted in the arrest of Mr. Braina:d for assaul ing the rden; that the powder was subsequently removed n the barge to the magazine, whore it was ascertained ‘t there were: 788 kegs of powder, and that the kegs ina leaky condition, so much #0 that the powder d out of them as they were being removed. he claimants did not deny that the gunpowder was pat ‘board of the barge, but insist that the barge hada ht to receive it, and that the warden had no authority ize the guapowder. if at all, uotil after suaset, and t, in point of the sum had not set when the der was seized, that therefore the seizure wa: During the examination the claimants introduced se respectable witnesses to prove that the sun had notet, was partially under a cloud, and that but for the in: ference of the warden the barge would have been got of the slip in from tento fifteen minutes. Two quos- ns are now presented to me for consideration, viz.:— Was the gunpowder legally and ly seized by fire n, in accordar ce with the act of May 13, 6? If it was not, then it musi be delivered up to the pants. 2d. If the powder was legally and rightfully red ay the warden, were the facta and circumstances such violation and seizure such as te require m tke exercise of a sound discretion to or- the powder to be delivered up to the claimants. ‘considering these questions it is necessary to look at ‘act in question and endeavor to clearly ascertain what the intention and measing of the Legislature in the 6 of the law, and to see if such section can be con ued so as to make them consistent with each other,and us form @ harmorious and entire law. The firs: section thejact in question provides thet it shall not be lawful xcept as provided in this act—to have or keep any ntity of gunpowder in any oue house, store, bullding, other place in the city of New York, &c. he thi-d section of tae act provider that actual deslera yy have five quarter casks of gunpowder at one time on walk in front cf their stores, for the purpose of pack- the same to send on board of a ves el, &c.. and that it yy be carried through tie street in the deytime, if se ely covered with a leather or canvas bag or cass, toa &ec., &o., and that the vessel be‘ore sundown must wal into the ‘ Rection four provides that any vessel arriving in the bor of New York, and having more than twenty-eight bunds of gunpowder on boaro, shall, within forty eight burs after the arrival, and bef.re such vessel shaliap oach within three hundred yards of any wharf, pier, or to the south ward of a line drawa througl the esatre ty second atreet, cause the gunpowder to be landed means of aboator boats, at any place without said nits, &o. Section five provides shat it shall be lawful to tranship h gunpowder from ane shipor vessel to another, for j@ purpore of immediate exportation, without landing ch gunpowder, but that it sball not be lawful te ap- oach with the same, within three hundred yards of any Pier or alip n the safc city,to the southnard of the ¢ epecifie Bection twenty isss follows :—The;penalties and provis- of this act shall not extend to 1 receiving hnpowder on freight, provided such vessel do not remsia any wharf of the olty, or. withia three hundred yards } {ter sunset, or at any other place whilst having inpowder on board. ‘These are ell the provisions of the act relating to the under consideration. The claimants’ counsel con- nded that the first section of the act did not include els or targes, but only referred to the land. This, I nk, is an¢ntirely erroneous view. fer the section is broad in its terms and comprehends the entire city New York, southward of the line expressed, to its ut- limits, whether on the ships or on th ad re- to other rections of the act for the exeeptions rovided by the legislature. The words pply with as much force and distinctne: ‘vescel lying ina slip, though whe were at ao- as to apy strect, or squere on the lard, and seems to me that these words used by the lature because they comp) every conceir- mlage or thing, no matter 2y what name known, ithin the limits of the city southwa d of the line speci led, and I canrot, therefore, but conclude that a vessel ® barge lying at any place withim the limits «! the ity isa nee! within the meaviog of the act, and that te unlawful to “have,” even for avery limited spare of any amount of gunpowder within said limits, except permitted by the act. The question then arises, does Ihe twentieth section of the act cenfltst with and render jugatory the lat clause of the fifth section, or does it fer to some other secti mm of the act and thus harmonize ith the whole law? The third section of the act pro- des for the shipment of gunpowder on board of vessels ing at apy wharf, pier, or slip, below the line specified; yat does not in words exempt the powder from seizure, al- hough it does exempt it by ‘implication.”” There are, owever, other sections of the law that would by implics- Hon confer the power to seize gunpowder found on board bf any vessel, and in order .o prevent any misundei sanding’ of a jrovision so important in it effec pon commerce, the Legislature inserted this 20th sec- positively exempting gunpowder {rem seizure be- sunset, when found in « vessel, on board of which it been received as freight a3 provided in section 3d of ; A oritical examination of the wards in the 20:h slip and the of the barge of pier No, 4 rT neet, a1 powder itself; but as the power to seize a vessel is not xpresely delegated in any part of the act, ma {aslined bo think that the Legislature did not iatend to confer any uch extraordi power; and I can only therefore reson: ule the meaning 2f this section with the clear and unmis- takable meaning and intention of the whole act by re- ferring it to section 3d of the act wh'ch alone provides or the freighting of gunpowder. Section 5 of the act of 846 only refers to the tiarshipment of guopowder ene vessel to another, und specifies where the nshipment may be made, to wit, in the harbor New York, at s point mot leas distant from wharf, pier or slip, three hundred yards; and it bas no reference to the receiviog on board of any ves as freight, the quantity specified in section three. if the barge had been hauled out into the stream, and h on board the seven hundred and eishty- kegs of gunpowder, she could not have re- ed to the pier, or within three hundred yarcs eof, withont violating the provisions of the act cf 846, and rendering the gunpowcer liable to seizure, If he barge could not have returned to the pier while hay- g the gunpowder cn board, it is idle to suppoze that the Legislature intended to allow the ganpowder to be ought to the barge while lying alongaids of pier. in mall boats, and to be transferred from the small boats to he barge, thereby greatly increasirg the hazard of an xplosion. The evident intention of the Legislature w. ito surround the transportation of an articie so dangerous the community with the legal restriction necessary to | bbe accidental explosion, or to render comparatively armless to citizens any explosion that might occur, aud hence the insertion of fords prohibiting the lanciog lof the gunpowder; and conaider that in the pressnt in- Istance the gappowder was Ia when it was placed on board of a barge, along side of a picr, and that the spirit, land even the letter of the law could not have been more flagrantly violated had the gunpowder been lauded on the pier. In this view of the case, section twenty coos not confilot with section fiv e act of 1846, and [ xnolude that the warden was iuthorized to make the seizure. T have not taken into cons'deration the time when the seizure wan mace, that beirg deemed entirely unimport- ant ae the warden was justified in ing the seizure, either befure or after unset. The ne question, whether in consideration of the facts and circumstances of the caxe, I am required, in the exercise of a sound ¢ixcretion, to order the gunpow der to be restored, remains te Le considered. The power to be exercised under the 7th reciion of the act is not an arbitrary power. It must se ured in view of all the facia and circumatances of the cae, and to promBte tne inter est aud security of citizeas. A few moaths prior to the enactment of this law an explosion took place fu the l»wer part of this city duringa fire, which resulted in the death of 8 number of citize 4 caused the fire to spread y until a large portion of the city was ‘and several millions of bated rere property was thereby destroyed. A large portion of ci evens attributed the explosion to guppowder, whil others attributed it to various other causes. Thi sion led to the enactment of the law of 1846, with all its ‘wholesome provisions for the security of life and the pro- tection of property, and it is eminently due to the men- ‘ders of the Fire Department and to citizens generally,; that Chore | hcl should be carried into full effect. It is in evidence that about ten tons of gunpowder was placed ‘on board of a barge, lying at pier-No. 4 East river, in vio- Jation of the provisions of the fire law, and that it was put up in such a loore and insecure manner that the or sifted out of the kega while being taken from the hg to the magazine, There is no evidence that the -alightest precaution was taken by the persons handling removing this gunpowder to prevent an ex x at tr Me, sountciele Wicks he gence of eve Scaring cf te ier howling an entire dis. ‘uegard of hui life; and had the powcer become ignited by any one of the many acclients that might have ‘occurred, an explosion would have taken place. #0 terride in its effecte, no destructive of human life and of property, «an would have been unpsralelled 6 whole lower pai ruins, aad hundre fe ty seh Mare baye been ent to an tine arava ta Vienne OF the law dwindles into insigaii cance when com} ‘threatened the w era to have been culpable oi tation of th Ta ‘gross and flagrant and to invite others to jeopard the lives and property citirens to save themselves ‘ very, wining right nelzed in ascordance with the ct of May, 1846, and that {t ought to be tl Fire De il ont be coecaiare ene SAl0d dy WROTE, Miss Laura Keeone’s Absence. 10 THE EDITOR OF THE NAW YORK HERALD. Dear Sim—In reply to the assertion mace to the publie on Saturday last, to the effect that “Miss Keene was ab- sent from her professional duties without notice to er permission from the manager,” permit me through the medium of your widely circulated journal, to make the following atavemi nt. Fan ily busizess of the greatest importance having ren- dered it necessary that either my brotber or myself should undertake a journey to Maryland, I spoke to Mr: Wallack, three weeks since, on the subject. On bis re presenting that it would be unjust to leave Curing the ron of Mr. Bourcicault’s comedy I deferred my departure. On Friday Jast, having received further intimation that | the business in question could no longer be delayed, and my brother being absent—having been ordered to the South in consequence of breaking a blood vessel—I signi- fied to the Stage Mavager how imperative it was that I | sould leave the following night for my journey, asking him to substitute a piece in which I was not concerned, at the same time informing him that I should be back by reven o'clock on Monday morning, in time to resume my Cuties. On my return to the city, however, 1 find that the statement before alluded to, of my ‘unaccountable ab- sence,” had gone forth to the public and my uame no longer on the bills of the theatre. I wish that public, which has ever received me with such undev ating kind- ness, to believe me incapable of the ingratitude, and even want of common courtesy towards them, which the com. duct imputed to me would imply. Tam, dear sir, your obedient servant, 498 Brcaiway—Nov. 28th. LAURA KEENE. Theatrical and Musical, Bowery Turarre.—Mrs. Hamblin plays Queen Katharine, in Shak 's historical play of s anny ware Mr. E. Eddy Dias arn ee sey, ant ir. Scots appears as wy Ms. A. Parker, Mise Hiffert, and others, are incladed in the cast, The drama of “ Wallace,” concludes the entertainment. Broapway THeatTre.—Miss J. M. Davenport, the well known English tragic actress, Speers to- night as Julia, in the “Hunchback.” ‘The cast is the same as in the late performance of this play. Miss Davenport has many admirers in this city, and we have no doubt that her engagement will be suc- cesefal. ¥ Bunton’s TozarrRE.—Mr. Bourcicault's new co- medy, “ The Fox Hunt,” isto be played again to night. Everything in the way of scenery, dresses, &c., bas been done for this play, and it is having a euccessful run, Nationa, THEaTre.—The play founded upon “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” is to be played again this evening, with the old cast—Prior, Mrs. Prior, Little Cordelia Howard, and others. The earl; sppearance of Mrs. Howard, the original Topsey, is underlined. Wat.acn’s Toeatre.— A Cure for Coquettes,” 8 popolar comedy, by Mr. Bourcicault, is to be repre- sented this evening. Mr. Blake, Mr. Lester, Mr. Walcot, Mr. Brougham, Mr. Thompson, Mrs. Ste- hens and others appear. The farce of “ More lunders than One” is to be added. The early ap- pearance of Mr. Wallack is underlined. Barnvu's Museum.—Two light pieces are to be Played this afternoon, and in the evening Mr. Con- Way's drama of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is to be played. The Giraffes, the Bearded Laiy, and all the other curiosities, may be seen “ without extra charge. Bowery Cimcvs.—The bill for this evening is varied and interesting. Among the prominent artists to appear we notice Mons. Nicolo, Mons, Chiarini, Mme. Franconi, Mr. Lipman, and others. Broapway Museum axp MunsGenir.—This es- tablishment is now ready for public inspection at 337 Broadway. The original Siame:e Twins, a living rhinoceros, and many other animals, are kere to bs seen. The rooms are well arranged. Buirz, at the Stuyvesant Institute, will explain t> his audience this evenimg the manner in which “spiritual manifestations” are specced The Ca- nary birds will also be introduced. Caristy’s Mrsrrens, (the original company,) ive an”entertainment this evening, at the old place, No. 472 Broadway. The programme embraces several novelties. Woop's Mixsrrexs, No, 444 Broad way, are d ving @ firet rate business. The ‘“ Concert a /a Julien,” with new features is to be given this evening. Buck.gy’s.—This company are cancertizing at539 Broadway. Read the programme for to-night, and have a good laugh at ““Norma’” Mad'lle. coe Cravelli is all the rage at present in Paris. ecently she signed an engagement with the opera for two years’ salary of £4,000 per year. She is to choose her own parts, to play only twice a week, and to have four months vacation each year. In case she should be called ugon to sing three nights a week she is to be paid £60 for the extra night. A separate engagement is entered into fortwo months of the lady's vacation, during the Universal Exhibition of 1855, at the rate of £1,000 per month, so that ber salary for the second year will, in fact, be £6,000. J. M. Field has opened the Mobile theatre, with J. Huntley as stage manager, 8. B. Stockwell, scenis artist. Among the company are Miss Anna Cruise, Mesers. Hield, Fuller, Cowell, etc. Neafie played an eugegement there last week. Mad. Thillon, Mr. James Hudson, and Mr. 8S. Leach have taken passage in the steamer Prometheus, which leaves New York on the Sth December, for San Juan, en route for California. Board of Supervisors. Nov. 28.—His Honor the Recorder in the chair. Several petitions for the correction of taxes were re- ferred to Committee on Annual Taxes. EOUCATION—AMOUNT OF MONEY REQUIRED FOR SCHOOL PUR: POSKS, A communication from the Board of Elucation, sub mitting an estimate of the amount of moneys required for school purposes in the city of New York for the year end- ing December $1, 1854, was received, and ordered to be printed. The amount estimated is $833,813 60, and has been already published in the proceedings of the Board of Educetion. NEW TAX COMMISSIONER, The Supervisor of the Third ward moved that, when this Board adjourns it sdjourn to meet on Tuesday even- ing, at four o’clock. He did so because he understood there would be a vacancy in the office of Tax Commis- sioner on the 1st of January next, and the law requires that the appointment of a successor shall be made thirty days befere the oflice becomes vacant. Adepted. STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, On motion of Alderman Oakzy, it was resolved, that the sum of $660 be appropriated forthe purchase of a com: plete set of standard weights and measures for the toc of New York, in pursuance of the act passed April 11, 1861, and that the Comptroller be directed to draw his warrant for that amount. Adopted. WLS PAID, The report of the Comm! :tee on County Offices, in favor of paying Thomas Moore $56 for expenses ircurred in going to Buffalo and arresting P. W. Saurin, on a charge ¢f forgery, was ordered to be paid when verified, CAN AN ASSESSOR BE A COUNCILMAN ? Resolved, That tbe Counsel to the Corporation be, and and he is hereby, requested to report t» the Board whe- ther a person holding the office of Assessor, if elected to that of Councilman, can still hold the office, together with that cf Courci!man, and if, in his opinion’ said person is disqualified from retaining the office of Assessor, then to report the manner of providing for an Assessor in his stead. Adopted, SUERIFF'S MILL The bill of Sheriff Orner, for $1 300 50, for the quarter endirg September last, was ordered to be paid. STATIONERS TUL CE BILL, The bill of Nesbi t & Co,, for stationary, ($31,) was also ordered to be paid. The bill of Bar more & Co., for ice suvplied to the grand jury roomy and Court of Sessions, ($53,) was ordered to be paid. ‘Tre report of the Committee on Annual Taxes, denying the petitions of several parties for the reduction of taxes, was adopted. re INCRRASK OF SALARY OF THE CRIER OF COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. A resolution in favor of increasing the salary of the crier of the Court of Common Pleas from $500 to $300.4 year wre propoed. An amendment jwas made, to sub stitute $600 for $560, but this was lost on an even vow of vine to nine. Tbe crigival resolution was then put, and carried by & vote of ten to eight. SALARY OF REVELVER OF TAXES The Soperrisor of the Fifteenth wara mor up the report of the Committee on County Offi oting tke opplicatl n of the Receiver of Taxes and the clerks of his cffise for on increase of salary. The report sta & perronal int pection satisted your coramit the lubor pertaining to the duties of the office of has greatly increased since the salaries at present receiy ed by the various officers of that Gepartment were fixed. The sdditional « uties of the paid officers, to be performet by them on account of the large addition in the amounts to be collected since the estab ishment of the present mode of collection of taxes, are much greater. The amount of tax to be collected in this year is nearly seven times the arrount collected in the year 1843, and equal to the amounts collected in the years 1848 and 1849 together. Still there are no more clerks engaged in the transaction of the duties of the office of Receiver of Taxes at present than were employed at that time. This, in itself, is suff cient evidence that the application is one which warracts the favorable consideration of thore to whom belong the right of distributicg @ fair and eqaitable compensation for labor performed; and your committee, therefore, re- commend for adoption the following rasolution:— Resolved, That the salary of the Receiver of Taxss be fixed at three thousand dallars per annum; that of Deputy Recei mat two thousand five hundred dollarn; of first clerk to the Receiver at two thousand dolla: ofsecond, third and fourth clerks, Gollars exch, per annum, and that the salary ofthe mes senger be fixed at seven ‘hundred dollars per annum, to take effect on the Ist aay of January, 1864. The Recorder, having left the chai tered hia protest lost those insreases of salaries, ‘the movement came unpropitioas moment, when every effort should be to reduce taxation on the xation has now reached one twenty-three on the hundred dollars, an amount unprecedented in the annals of this country; with this fact ataring them in the face, knowing that per- sone living on certain incomes cannot afford the weight of these increases, it seemed to him that the Board of Super. virors shovld pause before they passed upon this report, and this, too, at the close ofa year, when one Byard of Eupervirdra te about to be sucoreded yy another, Supervisor Ward and Sturtevant made s few observa tions on the report, and the action of the Board on the matter wea tpomed until this evening, Tuomday,-at 4 k, to which thme the Board adjowrwad, it twelve hund-ed INTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON. The Approaching Session of! Congress. ge and Accompanying | Documents. THE UNIONS DEFENCE OF THE CABINET. THE GOSSIP OF THE CAPITAL, ko, ko, &. Our Washingion Correspondence. Wasurvarton, Nov. 27, 1853. The First Message of Frankhn Pierce—What it will be like—The Admimstration ViewsThe Secretaries’ Reports, §c., §c. In a short time President Pierce will communicate to the Congress of the United States his first mes sage. At no time in the previous history of our coun- try have there been so many perglexing and import- ant questions presented to the view of its people. Our foreign relations—the Cuba question—the tariff —the Pac fic railroad—these, and many others, are agitating the public mind. A!l eyes are turned to- wards Washington, and never was @ message more anxiously expected. Your correspondent will en- deavor to relieve some of this anxiety by giving an outline of the message—as it is now ready for de- livery—and also to state the probable course which will be taken by the heads of the departments. In the first place the President will reiterate his devo- tion to that series of acta known as the compromise measures of 1850, including the Fagitive Slave Act The people will notice the remarkable fact in con- junction with this, that the most important offices have been bestowed upon secessionists at the South, Van Buren men at the North, and Giddingsites at the Northwest. The people may be £0 bold as to say that acts prove more than words. The people have lately got into a bad habit of thinking for themselves. A good authority has said that one of the most im- portant features of the forthcoming document is that it takes bigh ground upon what is termed at the South, “a strict construction of the constitution.” The recent defeat of the administration in New York has arouseg the slumbering energies of the Presi. dent and his constitutional advisers; so much so that the spirit of Father Ritchie and the Virginia reaolu- tions of 1788-’89 have been hovering over the Exe- cutivé Chamber during the last few days. As they say that Mr. Charles Lanman has had the revision of the message, this portion will undoubted- ly be strongly written. The greatest results have been known to spring from the smallest causes, and Mr. Lanman drank in words of wisdom with Mr. Webster's sherry, and imbibed a love of the Union from the steam of the Marsbfield statesman’s chow- ders. Mr. Lanman once bz:ted Mr. Webster's fishing hooks—he now revises Mr. Pierce's state papers. Mr. Forney was once proud to do the dirty work of an actor—he now regulates the affairs of a nation. “We know what we are; we know not what we may be.’ Weare told that the message isto have a“ strong Southern accent,” in order to neutralise the “ Bron- son squabble.” The next great question upon which the people expect to hear from the President, and to hear defi- nitely, is the state of our relations with the Spanish government in the matter of the Island ofCuba. On this head Mr. Pierce will probably adminiatera sharp rap to the British government for its iater’erence in our relations, and hint that Congress should take some means—‘‘constitutional,” of course—to bring about the independence of that is'and, which would Lefellowed by annexation. It is also believed that the President will endorse the general views held by Mr. Everett on this question. The President will take an open atid determMed Btund wgainsd alt *inds of foreign interference in the affairs of that island. In view of these suggestions on the part of the Exe- entive being carried into effect by Congress, the See- retary of the Navy will recommend a large increase of our military marine. The President will favor the annexation of the Sandwich Islands. This is important, as it may alter the whole position of parties. The message will dwell upon the importance of our acquisition of these islands. The President wil! recommend a reduction of the tariff on certain articles- galt and coal are mention- ed. Tho head of the Treasury Department will have @ great deal to say on this subject in his report. A complete revision of the tariff will, it is confidently stated, be suggested ; and with this view the Secre- tary of the Treasury is busily engaged in preparing voluminous deta, to show the consumption of the several articles of trade, and will suggest important modifications in all such articles as come under the head of necessaries. It is yet doubtful whether any material modifications will be made in the duty on fon; but, notwithstanding the most urgent remon- strances of the manufacturers of railroad iron in the United States, it is believed a repeal of the duty on that particular article will be recommended. The President will denounce the doctrine that go- vernment should have anything to do with the build- ing of a railroad, to connect the Atlantic with the Pacific. He believes in the Polk doctrine. He has declared that the project as pressed in the last Con- gress (Senator Gwinn’s bill ) never could have his sanction ; and he has intimated pretty clearly that if such a bill is passed by Congress, during his Presi- dency, it will have te overcome a veto before it be- comes the law of the land. The President's feelings upon the subject of inter- pal improvements by the general government, may be gathered from the fact that he declares he sees no reason now to change the views he formerly held on tbat question, and that his votes in Congress at the time show truly his preeent position, ‘The President will be even a stricter construction- ist than Mr. Polk upon river and harbor improve- ments; and that, throwing out a suggestion or two upon the policy of collecting tonnage duties for the purposes of river and harbor improvements, he wil leave the subject to the discuasion of Congress. He will do enough, however, to convince both houses that the surplus money in the treasury is not for riversand habors, but will be required to meet the contingent expenses of ‘‘manifest destiny.” The Garay and Tehuantepec grant will be endorsed by the administration, and the treaty negotiated by Judge Conkling, recognising the Sloo grant, will not be noticed in any way, on the ground tha’ there was no authority given to Conkling to negotiate a treaty, and that the Sloo grant is a diplomatic fraud to get rid of the Garay grant. The President will recommend a general system 0° reciprocal trade with the British provinces, of all ar- ticlee of the growth and product of each country, and the admission of fish duty free, upon our fishermen being permitted to fish unrestrictedly on the coasts of Nova Scotis and New Brunswick. The proposi- tion of the English government to permit colonial vessels to obtain American registers will not be op- posed, but the suggestion to throw open the coastiag eel of California will be rejected a3 unconstitu- wots stated that the President will recommend non-intervention in European politics, but will iterate the doctrine of the inaugural, relative to a jealous care for the rights of Americans abroad. It is stated that the President bas been fully posted up with official information concerning the Mormons, of great importance—inasmuch as it shows that what the Queen of Sheba reported of the glo- ries of Solomon, may be truly said of the kingdom of Brigham Young, not one half has heretofore been told: about it. The President will do nothing more | in this business than to call the attention of Con- gress to the question, whether the Mormons shall be apy longer recognized and supported as a territorial | organization under the protection of government, | polygamy and al!; or whether messures shali be | taken to Teduce those latter-day saints to the level of the laws and ueages of civilized society. Thisisa nice question; but the sooner it is settled the better. The President is known to be in favor of an in- | creace and re-organization of the navy. He will probably ask for an appropriation of three millions to out this object. The Fe \ The report of the operations ef the syatera of donat- Wg silocunle eoytiqus @ public lands for the purpose | of aiding in the construction of railroads in the new Sta‘es, and doubling the price of the sections re- served by government, will show the most extrsordi- nary results. Wherever the system has prevailed, it is found not only that the revenue from the saie of lends is ‘mmensely increased, but that the number of acres scld is twenty times greater than previously. The statistics which will be presented on this point will be convinciog. The present land system is ap- proved by the President, aud nothing basal some minor improvements will be suggested. With regard to the Indians, a liberal policy will be advocated. Colonization sud a system of schools will be suggested, It is evident, hcwever, if the In- diaus refuee to become civilized, that the march of civilization must go on, even if it sweeps the red sovage from the ear’h The appropriation made by Congress last session, with regard to Nebraska, evidently looked to the earl forma‘ion of that country intoa Territory. {t w'll be for Congress to determine its boundary, and it is net impossible the discussion may involve the disin- terment of the Wilmot Proviso. With regard to the dispute between the Stute au- thorities of California and the federal government, as t the Gebeapea SP the gold lands in that State, I have reason to believe the President, in his message, will recommend that the lands shall either be given to the Siate, or else the right to work them extended to all American citizens, and also to those toreigners who have mace the wevessary declaration of inten- tion of beooming citizens. And, fival'y, the Message is to be brief. Mr. Guthrie is laboring with his repor' relative to the State of the Treasury Department. From good authority your correspundent states that the report that the Secretary of tne Trea-ury will re- commend in his report a redu:tion of the duty on iron, is incorrect. No reduction of the duty on that article is now contemplated, unless in that class de- nominated railroad iron, and even there it is proba- ble that the administration will not seek to guide the action of Congress. The Secretary of the Trea- sury will not recommend a change in the existing system of collecting the revenue, from ad valorem to specific duties. The features of bis report will briefly be an enlargement on the list of “ arti- cles,’ a recommendation to continue the buying up of United States stocks at a premium, and a pa- tronising ‘ed on the back to the Independent 1: tury law. ‘he Secretary will also endeavor to de- monstrate that his purchase in New York for an as. myo has saved the government a large amount. « eeaey expects anything brilliant from Mr. uthrie. The Secretary of the Navy (Mr. Dobbin) has pre- pared bis report. He shows thatthe department murt either remodelled or abandoned, and the ships sold at auction. He propoees, first, to intro- duce promotions according to actual sea service; second, a retired list of veterans, worn out in actual sea service; and third, an honorable discharge from the navy, say, with one year's pay, of all the vete- rans who have spent the greater part of their time at home in the bosom of their families, He ropores al:o to build from five to ten steam rrigates, screw propellers, which are to use steam only in bad weather, or in a calm, and otherwise use their sails—the log to show, from day ‘o day, how many wiles the ship sailed by her sails, aud bow many miles under steam. Govern rent worksheps are to be introduced or established in nearly all the principal navy yards, capabable of doing the repairs of government vessels. Tbe Naval School at Anna- polis, which works very well, is to be still further im- roved. Greater responsibility on the part of con ractors is to be introduced into the contract system, and the government will pay for the use of no pa- tents till the inventions are tried ani found to be succeseful. The Postmaster General will not display a very favorable state of the department, fir ancially speak- ing. The California mail service will demand his attention, and that of Congress. The claims of the Nicarsgua route and that by way of Vera Cruz will be stated. The Postmaster-General will recommend a reduction in the rates of ocean postase generally. The arrangements which he has made with the German States, by which the rates of postage by the way of Bremen have been materially reduced, are ‘epevally being extended over all Northern Europe. ‘he repor’ of the Postmaster-General will show the operation of our sea postage and foreign postage sys- tem, under the ‘al arrangement with Grea’ Bri- tain. It will exhibit how Brother Jonathan is com- pletely circumvented by Jobn Bull, and the financial condition of the department under the operation of the cheap postoge system. It will make but few recommendati: ns, but the exhibits will clearly show what Congress ought to do in the premises. The Attorney General is in favor of a Court of Ex- ae by which claims against government can be settled, and thus do Srey w ie the lobbying system. The Secretary of the Department ot the In‘erior wil make an interesting report. The public buildings bere, with the exception of the Post Office and Patent Office, are very inefficient, ond, eg ler ec the Treasury 13 concerved, it will tum- ble down in a few years if not carefully watched. It would not surprise me to find a plan suggested to Congress to erect a magnificent building on the Mall, for the accommodation of all the depar:ments, at a cost of about three millions, thus placing all tre re- cords of the government in a fireproof building, and algo permitting the public business to be transacted in one spot, instead of,as now, scattered over the whole city. I have endeavored, in the above letter, to give a condensed 5} nopsis of the most reliable accounts as t the contents of the Message and the reports. I think most of the statements will be found correct. * —— a! Wasuinaton, Nov. 27, 1853. ‘The President's Message and Accompanying Docw- ments—Why Not Send Them Rownd?—The De- mecracy und the President — Mission to Washing- ton of Messrs. Wise and Mason of Virginia— Keep Congress Quiet—Africanization of Cuba— Proof Positive, &c. The Presidsnt’s message has been made ont, awb- mitted to the Cabinet, ard approved, and will be delivered to the printer of the Union office perhaps by Friday. Its contents have doubtless been pretty well foreshadowed by the newspapers. it is expect ed that he will speak— Of the continued prosperity of the country, and the prevalence of peace, with some passing allusion to the pestilence of the South, and to the death of Mr. King. Of the hopeful state of our foreign relations, espe- cially with Savta Anna, with a constructive pro- test against the apprehended British Afri:anization of Cuba. Of the failure of the fishery negotiations, with some recommenda‘ions upon reciprocities with the British colonies of the North. Of the latest news from the Japan Expedition, with asmall squint at the Sandwich Islands. Of the beautiful settlement of the Koszta affur. Of the flourishing condition of the treasury, with some free trade suggestions concerning the reduction of the tariff. This willbe a striking feature of the message. Ofthe beautiful working of the Interior Depart- partment, and of the reduction of its expenses. Of the Mormons of the Salt Lake, &c. Of our seaboard and frcntier defences, and of the necessity of strengthening the fortifications of the Gulf coast, in view of the possible contingencies of the future. Ot the Indian tribes, in a very human: spirit. Ot the Pacific railroad, aud the inexpediency of making it a government work. Of the progress of the coast suivey, &c. Of the weakness of the navy, and of the expe- diency o/ strengthening it at once, by the addition of rome efficient war steamers; with some allusions concerning the overbauling of the existing mail etiam ehip contracts; acd of the employment of our various little rquadrons afloat during the past ear, : Of the fuilure of cheap postages, notwithstanding the admirable management ot the Post Office de- partent. Ard various other subjects, we supgose, are touched upon, the whole being woven together upon a woot of free trade, strict construction, the rights of the South, and ‘‘ manifest destiny.” But, judging from the compactness of the inaugural, we may venture to say that very little ofthe message will be taken up with superfluous arguments apon ureless abstractions. The message will, of course, Fach the cream of the accompanying documents from the several de- partments; and upon the whole we shall bave a bighly favorable exbibit of the practical working of the complex machinery of the government. ‘The message will be sent to the postmasters of the principal cities, to be circulated as usual among the newspaper editors, simultaneously with the read- ing of the document to the two houses. ‘ihe accompanying dovuments, we presume, will be obtained by the prees after the old fashion. The Treasury rece!pts, expenditures and estimates, are made out; but bis report, as usual, is behind hand. Now, the question arises, why cannot the rts of the Departments be sent along to the privcipal cities in advance, to be deliver by the pcstmasters with the message, for immediate publi- cation on the pene of the message in the Capitol. A strong effort will be made to keep the New York quarrel out of Congress, by the democratic peace- makers. This is the object, as many believe, of the present visit of Hon. Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, ond Hon. John Y. Mason, Minister elect to France. From the remarkable agreement in the music of the Washington Union and Richmond Erqurrer, there is evidently an eee between them, and the whole democratic press of Virginia is joining in the Cabinet, leaving that matter to his discretion Mr. Wise knows what he is about. Ia spite of all he | can do, there my be a ministerial crisis, and a change, and Mr. Wi-e may turn up next. His ser- vices at the Baltimore Convention ought not to ve overlooked. Tn an article found ina Spanish paper, declaring that Spain will submit to the British West India | policy ia Cubs, rather than permit that island to fall into our poseession, the Union bas proof posttive «f the designs of John Bull upon the key of the Galf. Of course the Union speaks by authority. All this is interded to prepare the two House? to rash to the rescue of the South and the Cavinet (Cushi espe ciaily,) upon the Cuban question. Pe | Wasnineton, Noy. 26, 1853. Jullion's Last Corcert—Visit of the President and | his Cabinet—Thin Gathering. Jullien’s last concert here has just come off And, } botwithstanding it was Saturday night, and not- | withstanding it was Juilien’s benefit, and aithough | the weather was clear aud fiue, aud although the President and his Cabinet were in attendance, the house was not crowded. the house was not full—in fact, it was @ very thin house, extraordinarily thia, under all the circumstances. Some supposed that there would be a grand rush by the bard sbells to see Guthrie; but they were not forthcoming—others thought that there would be a unanimons turn-out ef the offize-holders, in deference to the President and bis Cabinet, but there was a slim attendance of office-holders—others, again, thought that, from the official character given to the concert by the presence of our chief magistrate and his ministry, the fashionables would come in by scores to show off; but the fashionablea were thinly distributed over the house. Generally a second con- cert in Washington, atadollar, is # superfluity in the atsence of Congress, although a circus, at twenty five cents, will draw thousands nighily for weeks together, The passion here for horse flesh surpasses the passion for music, even at tbe same price; and the clown in the ring is more popular, even in the diplomatic corps, than Jullien, Another thing. We have the instrumental concerts by the marine band, twice a week, in the public gardens, during the summer, and to most o! our people Jullien’s company differs only in a multi- plication of instruments. ttessini is tremendous ov his big fiddle, but what of that? did not Herr Rininger walk across Peonsylvania avenue on a wire fifty fect in the air? Reichert is wonderful on the flute; but the flute is at best a poor solo. * Anna Zorr is an acquisition; but upon the whole these Jullien cencerts in this latitude have not paid expenses. The reoort that Barnum is the real manager of Jullien behind the scenes, may, perhins, have acted as a drawback; but Jullien has let Washington, at all events, with the conviction that itis a poor place. The old National theatre isan old barn. It was dimly lighted to-night, and the whole offair was flat, except Yankee Doodle and the accompanying docu- ments, When the President and his Cabinet arrived (all there except Cushin a there was a general stir and some considerable applause; but there was no attempt to get up a scene. The President looked a litle pale, Marcy very gloomy, Guthrie exceeding- ly uncomfortable, Davis rather serious, M’Clelland sgreeable, Dobbin perplexed, Campbell in a brown study; and every man of them appeared as if they were conscious of being under inspection, instead of being a part of the listening auditory of the house. They all cat as still and quiet as if they were sitting for their daguerrectypes. But they had tobe digai- fied, you know, for even the flit footed democracy would have been moved with displeasure had these important officia's comported themselves aud laughed snd chatted like common peop'e. High official sta- tion is a straight jacket, and that’s all there is about it. The corcert closed with the ‘‘Tiger Hunt,” during the performance of which the audience dispersed as if from a Quaker meeting. Oxey Buu. Wasuinaton, Nov. 27, 1853. The Clerkship of the House. Horatio J. Harris, of Mississippi, has presented bimself as a candidate for the Clerkship of the House. Other candidates trom the East and West will presently be in the field. Mr. Harris was for- merly Secretary of the Indiana Senate, then four years a member of that body, thea Auditor-General of Public Accounts, and now holds the important office of Dis‘rict Attorney in Mississ'ppi, to which General Pierce appointed him. He has always been an efficient and consisteut democrat, aud no stain attaches either to bis public or priva‘e chsracter. If clected he will honor and not disgrace the character and reputation of the House of Repre- ser totives of the United States. His election would free the President from all suspicions of improper intimacy with the present Clerk Anti Stoo Piceon. Wasuincton, Nov. 27, 1853. The Speakership—Who is tobe the Man ?-~ Phe Cabinet—Will it Stand ?--Is it a Unit? The administration is now most actively engaged in intiiguing for the Speakership, but their crejit for truthfulness, s'ncerity and honesty of purpose is so much shaken, that they cun only influence the green members, and these only to a limited extent. Their professions, their declaration of principles, and their promises, are all taken at a dissount, like the notes ofa broken bank,’ so that a whole pile of them does not go far in effecting a purchase. But the Cabinet, though unable to drive a direct bargain, will still have many friends in Congress who may be disposed to take office as soon as public indignation shall drive the present incumbents into retirement. Beyond the hope of succeeding them, the Cabinet has no moral anxiliary force in either house. The plan of the Cabinet, in regard to the Speaker- thip, is to retain Linn Boyd, as the person who is least able to set up for himself or throw his weight in the scale of apy measure that may look hostile to their prospects. The administration have thus far exhibited a perfest photophobia in all their appoint- ments, and will remaia true to their instincts in re- gard to the organization of the House. They want men whom they are able to govern, net men of com- manding influence aud capacity, whom they would be obliged to satisty in all their reasonable expecta- ticns. The treasury sheet continues to treat the bards as ineurgents, and the adherents to principles as rebels against the President aud his Cabinet. He is so egregious'y stolid as not to perceive that this cour-e involves a plea of guilty to all the indictments which have been preferred agsinst the administration, and a verification of all the Heras predicted in regard tothem. IfGen. Pierce does not mean to serve a tecoud term, why, in the name of common sense, does the Cabinet organ continue its hostile attitude towards the national democrats, instead of giving tbem a chance of uniting with all other good demo cra's on some new man? There can be nothing so ridiculous as the attitude of the official organ again-t the whole field of competitors for the Presidency in 1866. In spite of all that is eaid about the Cabinet being a unit, it is nothing bat aconpound fraction. In proportion as the position of seay avd Gathrie Lecomes untenable they naturally look around to ree who of their colleagues are willing to stand by them in the last extremity. Men in that position are always, distru-tful, and their distrust followed hy intrigue, begets dislike and distrust in others. The Cabivet may be united on the spoils of office, because in tois respect all the members, or at least the leading members, have the same instivcts; but [ know tbat they are not united on government mea- gures, and that they especially differ in regard to our foreign policy. - The Hon. John Y. Mason is still in Washington, but it is believed our French relations will not ma- terielly suffer by bis absence from Paris In the resent crisis of European affairs master'y inactivity thaps the be-t policy. the four official joorcals which are on file at the White House sre, the Washington Union, the Philadelphia Pennsylvanian, the Nev Hampshire Patriot, aud the New York Ivmes. All other papers have to undergo quarantine. Sach are the sanitary regulutions 0! the Cabiact. Lynx. Defence of the Cabinet--Its Objéctions to a Compromise Party. [From the Was! ington Union, Oct. 27.] PROGRESS OF THE CAMPAIGN—THE BASIS OF THE THIRD PARTY—ITS LEADERS AND TAE'R OBJBCT. When the second Presidential term of Gen. Jack- son was drawing toa close, the question of the suc: cession involved the democrotic arty in diasensions from which it has never complete! iy, recovered. The defection assumed the characteristies of peculiar de- votion to souud democratic principies, whilst it songht to keep out of view its ultimate purposes by | arcent professions of respect and frien’ ship for the | integrity and patrioti-m of the Chict Magistrate. | The alleged errors of his administration were all | secribed to the treacherous counecl: of friends who had obtained and abused his confidence. When the | old hero discovered the conspiracy which was being | concocted for the dismemberment and overthrow o| the cemocratic party, he addresed a letter to an old | friend in Tennessee, the father of one of the | Present California Senators, in which he lajd bare | the echemes of the intriguers, and denounced their | his death. The result proved that he hended the designs of his enemies, and toate ate has been a constant warning to all disappointed aod ambitious politicians who have since sought to sow dissepsions in the purty, for personal revenge or age xrandwement. Tils Gwin letter was denounced as am cnwarraptable interference with the free exercias of thougbt, and an instance of executive dictation which called forthe resistance o all true natriots, The malecntents then looked to their old political evemy for sympathy and support in their disintere ested warfare Upun the abuses of the sdministration, ond in oue time they became part and parcel of the whig party. We recur to these historical reminiscences to re= mind our democratic friends that it becowes them te scrutinize carefully the designs and ends of that movement which is now seeking to control the ad- ministration, or to effect its prostration. If we allow ourselves to be deceived by tair professions of su rior love of principles, we shall forget that it im esreptial to the success of all schemes of the kind that they should wear the ue of purity and disia- terestedness. If political renegades ‘and traitors were to be judged by their professions, hes 3 would all be sainted as models of patriotism. It is the imperative duty of all true democrats to exercise @ wire caution and descrimination in listening to ap- peals which propose to break up their established organization. Within the last few days we have had occasion to speak s word of warning on this subject, which is rendered still more important subsequent developmen’a, We quoted and com- mented upon a late address issued oy the leaiers of the Young Men’s Democratic Club of New York, which contained an announcement that the campaign for 1856 was already opened. This declaration furnishes a key to the movement in that State which has attracted so much of the public attention for the last few months. That we may not subject ourself to the charge of misrepre- senting this unfortunate declaration, we again quote the language in which the announcement is made. The authors of the addre:s say :— We call upon the young men in this State, ard through. out the Usion, to begin forthwith patriotic and thorougt: organization for the next Presidential conte-t, We may have to contend, until 1856, against those in power, from whom ould rather expect cheerful ard efficient aid. o doubt ttat a combined effort of the mational y will make it certain that when we next cle- f our party to the higheat station no intrigue of traitors lurking among us will induce tae man of our selection to disregard the wishes or oppose the interests of the party by which be was elevated We ir commerced the campaign. We desi ion wit! acy men unless they feel entirely prepared to exult as much though we be defeated after a full performance of duty, as if we bad sn unbroken course of success, This is clear of all equivocation—‘ we have already commenced the campaign’’—the succession is the joint to be affected; and it is now Spenly confesses by the organ of this movement—Tas New Yore eRALD—that this scheme, which looks to the suo- coarion cep iagien as soon as the cabinet was an- nounced. Commenting upon an article of ours, the HERALD says:— The Union is right, also, in stating that the “scheme,” 4s it calls the purpo-e of the rational party, “originated a8 602 88 the cabinet was formed.” There can be ae doubt of the fact. The selection of the cabinet was the first violation of the pledges contained in the inaugural, ard the princiyles on which Pierce was elected; and the Yindication of these broken ple ges and outraged prinal- ples followed immediately after. On the day on which it was known that Maroy, Jelferron Davis, and Gathrie formed part of the cabinut, good wen begat to “scheme!” to rescue the country from the impending danger. We quote the admissions of the Heratp as evi- dence, upon the principle that we would rely upom the confessions of a culprit made against himself. The outrage upon justice and fair dealing, so far as the President is concerned, is no longer concealed. The policy adopted by the Baltimore Conventic and carried out py the President, is made the point of attack, and nothing short of an abandonment and reversal! of this policy will appease the wrath of the malcontents. bat 8 commentary upon the pretene sions to superior political purity and sound natlonall: ty bave we im tbe fact that the organ of th‘s combi- nation is corducted by the editor ot the HaraLp, whilst some of his prominent co-labore-s are mem who have, in times past, been steeped in abolitionisng and free soilism. Think of the second in organie command—the editor ot the Nationil Democrat, not long since a clamorons free soiler, and his co» worker of the Albany Argus—in 1849 approving the anti-slavery sestional sentiments of Mr. Dickinten of that Cay; and Mr. Lester, the correspondent of the London 7'mes,who was an abolition delegate te London some years ago—to say nothing of Judge Bronson, who coqueted with free soilers in 1848, and even yet adheres to his heresies; or of Mr. Diokin- son, who, as late as 1849, denounced slavery with al2 the energy of his passionate nature. With such lead- ers as these—themselves led by the editor of the New York Heratp—itis a ti upon political integrity and adherence to national principles to see the South steele to for sympathy and snppoes. But the evidence as to the progress of the can- paign does not stop here. At the late jubilee held im New York to rejo:ce over the result in that State— in whi sh Sewardism wes triumphant —the plan of the campaign is distinctly laid duwn. The second reso lution adopted at the jubilee reads thua:— Re olved, That the late election bas demonstrated thas it fs the earnest wish apd conviction of tue democracy of this State that the Senate of the United States, for the preservation of State rights, and for the rebuke of the cabinet which has dared to violate them. shou'd refuse te confirm the sppointment of Heman J. Rediield aa collee tor of this purt; and, also, that the Pre: t of the Uni- ted States should, for his own fame and the success of the Comocratic party, dismiss his present cabinet at his ear- liest possible convenience. ‘The first fruit of the grand result in New York ie to be the rejection of Mr. Recfield; and yet this gen- tleman has never wavered in his devotion to the con- stitutional compro sises. He was the ardent advo- eate of General Caes in 1848, and acted as an elector on bis ee aS rales be sacrificed, jh he ever countenance soiliam, to tiate Bronson, whose record for nian tissea no Ges ison to that of Mr. Redficld. Bat the main pari point PIOSIOEDL tn Uwe madaat looks to the ies of the cabjoet. The breaks up his Cabinet, reverses bi b be the Boney of the democratic party, and ‘throws him- self into the arms of the Cooleys, and Bradys, and Burrs, and Lesters, and Bennets, and Bronsons, and Dickineons, that a pure, unadulterated, honest, trast- worthy party will be formed, based upon the compro- mice, and that upon this national organization the successor to President Pierce will be carried into power. We have no idea of discussiag the compro- mise measures, nor have we any icea of seeing @ perty formed upon the principle of approval of these measures as its only test of nationality. We advoca- ted the passage,of these measures as an honorable lan of adjustment, and we still adhere to that oj fai But the great point with us does not look ae much to the approval of those measures as in them- selves right, as to a faithful acquiescence in them ag a final settlement of the slavery agitation. {From the Rizhmond Enquirer | A PARTY ON THE BASIS OF THE COMPROMISE. It was thought by some that the public would na longer be vexed by the discordant clamors of New York politicians, after the resuleof the election had éetermined the comparative strength of the bellige sent factions, This, to say the least, waia reason- able expectation; but it has not been justified by the event. It is very true that the “softs” have silent since their defeat. Not so the adverse faction. Emboldened by success, and stimulated by the sym- pathy of whigs and disaffected democrats, the “ hard shell” party display no abatement of vindictive feel ing or factions rage. They are not content with their trinmph—they do not cease their eine they will not disband theie forces. ey are impelled by some other motive than hatred of. free soilers, and they contemplate some more substantial achievement than a barren vote in a local election. If their object had simy been to crush the adverse faction, they woul be content with their decivive victory. If they felt concern for the harmony of the democtatis party and the success of the democratic administra- lion, they would manifest a disposition to bury past fer ds, and to close up a division which simply se- cures the ascendancy of Seward. If they were strivirg after any legitimate and laudable end, their conduct and their language would be of a dau ferent tenor and character. What are we to think of the good faith of democrats who wantonly heap fuel on the fire of faction, and who wage a vindictive and incestant war on an administration which has in horge the principles of the democratic party? Ie it possible to infer that they wish well either to de- m ocratic principles or to the democratic party? It is not difficult to diacover the ulterior purpose orange & portion of the New York democracy are Grifting; and, when once we determine their their language and their conduct are perfectly int ligib’e and consistent. They themselves f the clue to their designs. At first, the specious disguise of patriotism—ac- cording to Dr. Johnson, the last refuge of scoun- del—deceived the country as to their motives. Bat in the intoxication of victory they throw aside the mask, and boldly proclaim’ their determination te woge war on the administration and the democratie party. In the 9 of their orators, and in the porographs of their journals, we find abundant evi- ence of their diseffection. But we have, in s recent manifesto from their executive clab, a more formal and authoritative exposition of their views. In thie address they display their hostility to the adminis- tration and the democratic party in a manner which is susceptible neither of doubt nor juise. The following paragraph New Yore Hrratp, the organ of the malcontent demoorats of New York, being in exact accordance with the gene- ral tepor of their journals, may be taken asa just expression of their feelings and a correct ex; of their designs :— Here the parsilel ends for the present. Could we rad farure, however, it were not difficult to nee that without acme radical change on the part of the President, resulta ike cannes are Centined to repeat themselves, Tt in tm. avible to foresee what coalitions the whioh meets the echo. ‘The plan is, doubtlew, to rally the whole ent as treason to the demooratic party. This | {. pediont {o form. We know that Virginia delegation in both houses. to the support of | fear as tre Manat of tha oiter ry pris a .! Goa ise errs ey wales Sa the President, oither with oc @ change ta | warfare which was waged against bim to the day of joined it in large sumbeen; bat we ena cee plainiy