The New York Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1853, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD.| “samus GORDON BSENERTT, PROPRIGRON AND EDITOR, of Representatives, the other day, that Congress should purchase it for the United States; bat it is un- derstood that Virginia will not assent to this; indeed, | the Governor of that State has already appealed to | the patriotism cf the members-of her Legislature to secure it. He recommends that it be converted tothe use of some proper institution—for instancs, a model Btate furm. The ladies of the Soath, it will be seen by a communication in snother column, also propose, by subscription, to purchase the estate and preserve it as a hallowed resort for the people of all natioas. Let ua hope that shou!d the national government, or the State of Virginia, fail in securing the ground, that the ladice wili succeed, and thus prevent this sacred | Spot, which it is understood must be sold, trom fall- ing into the hands of avaricious «peculators. We learn from Erie that ene of the justices of that noted city has decided that the injunction from the United States Court restraining the riotera from in- terfering with the railroed is null and void. Ten of the hands employed to repair the track of the North- east Railroad have been tried by said sapieut fune- tionary and fined ninety dollars each. The New Orleans papers deny that there is any truth in the report that another Cuban expedition is fitting out in that vicinity. {wo persons are knowa to have been killed by the falling of a wall during a large fire im Philadelphia last Wednesday night. The body of one of them, a police officer, bas been recovered. We elsewhere give a very full account of the sad calamity. ~ Fifteen persons were killed by the explosion of the steamer Mar!borongh, at Charleston, yesterday. The wreck of the steamtug Ajax has been dis- covered, sunk in fourteen fathoms of water, near Cspe Cod. The A. left this port for Boston on the 22d of Octuber, and is sappored to bave foun: dered during the disastrous gale whick prevailed on the coast two or three days afterwards. She was manned by some fourteen men, all of whom perished. Among them were Gregory Thomas, captain; Richard Lee, pilot; Vimothy Baker, coast pilot; Wr. Skidmore, Hellgate pilot; Joseph Clark, en- gineer; Charles Anger, cook; Deter May and Pa- trick MeAnanoy, deck hands, aud six men whose names bave not been ascerdsined, they having been engaged but a short time previous to the departure of the vessel. Captain Thomas was au old and very populer Sandy Hook pilot, and was, some years ago, nominated as a candidate for the State Assem- bly in comsequence of his devotion to the interests of his fellow-pilots, who were at the time desirous of having a law enacted for their protection against the encroachments upon their profession by incom- vetent persons. That he was master of his art there can be no question, when it is recollected that he sac- cessfully took the tugboat Goliah around Cane Born to San Francisco, an undertakisg that it was pre- dicted would never be sccomp'icbed. The New England Society of Brooklyn celebrated the anniversary of the Pilgrim Landing by a grand banquet, given in Gen. Yule’s Mansion House, last evening. Over ono hundred and eighty ladies and gentlemen, of great beauty and high rank, sat down to dinner at @ quarter to eight o'clock. After the repest most eloquent speeches were made by His Excesleney Goy. Seymour, the Hon. John P. Hale, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecuer, and others; but from the late hour at which the bauquet was over, our re- porters can only furnish a mere outline of them. We have already published tbe results of the pri- mary elections of te whigs aud national democrats, and we now give the result of the election of the free soilers, or Van Durenites, w ook place last night. Tho whigs held their election on the 15th inct., and the natioral democrats held theirs on the same day. Among the former the ward committees appoint inspectors and select placea for holding the elections, while the same business fs arranged for the democrats by the General Committees. A meeting of foreigners took place last even- ing at Eckbart’s Hotei to discuss the pros and cons of the pr: jected exped' to Turkey in aid of the Sultan. Germans, Hungarians, and French, wore present. We give a report of the proceedings Last evening a large eale of ancient and modero paintings commented at the Galiery of the National Academy of Design, No. 653 Broadway. The col- lestion comprised about two hundred and fifty origina! oil paintings, including two or three copies by Ciande, an givala by Corregrio, Rembrandt, Vandyke, and a host of lesser lights. Buyers were ecarce, and the prices obtained unprecedentedly low, rang ‘rom three anda half dollars to thirty dollare—sometimes scarcely covering the cost of the frame. As this wos the frst day's sale, and there are two more dsy3 to follow, matiers may'mend a little; but, certainly, the recent sales of paintings in this city, taken into consideration with the failara of the commiltee on the Latham prize to fiada single tolerable poem worth noticing among the number seut in for inspection, wonld seem to show that matters of literature and art, at least, are not in a very progressive state in this country. An aged man, named Cornelius Sullivan, was y ay arresied charged with inflicting a blow left for the purpose of e holiday festivi- | with a elcb on the head of his son William, a young ties among th i Zhe President, it | wen twenty-one years of age, the effects of which ia believed, back from the Senate all donbt- | d death. The Coroner will investigate the fa) appointments tli efter the House has disposed of | ca day. An account of the affair will be found the resolution concern | in another coiumn. the Treasury. Iu explanation of t | peer the heads o! the departments | cared thi creased salaries granted them by the Jast Congress, it is asserted that the extra allowance was drawn from the fand annually appropriated an- Ger the bead of E for.” of discussion ii the telegraphic a extracts from @ifferent journels to be found in anotier page. Some important instrnctions from tue Secretary of the Treasury to coliestors of customs aud their | subordinates will be found under the telegraphic head. Mr. Gutbrie does not approve of the present system of making wp the accounts by the different government employes, and has drawn up @ sched- ale for their fature guidance. The United States Senate, by a vote of thirty to twelve, yesterday otdered the engrossment of the resolution authorizing the President to confer the title of Lieutenant General by brevet for meritorious y A list of the yeas and nays on this ques- tion will be found under the proper head. It is un- derstood that 2 majority of the members of the House are favorable to this resolution, and that Gen. Pierce will most likely have the pleasure of conferring the distinguished honor upon General Seott before the lapse of many raonths. General Cass introduced a Tesolution inquiring into the propriety of granting a pension to the vidow of Captain Gunnison, who was recently maesscred by the Indians in Utah. Why not extend the same benefit to the wives and chil- @ren of the unfortunate men who were with the captain? Several bills granting lands for railroad purposes were introduced, and a variety of other business of no special importance was transacted. In the House of Representatives muacb time was spent in Committee of the Whole, dnring which the slavery question, ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” the Hun- garien war, and the war upon the administration, underwent a thorough examination. The remarks of Mr. Bayly, with regard to the manner in which he was catechised by the friends of the Cabinet on first arriving in Washington, were very spicy, and afford another rich chapter to the curions developements that have lately been made. Do not fail to read the debate. The credentials of Mr. Johnson, delegate from Nebraska territory, were presented, as was also a bill making pfovision for the organization of « government for that territory. A resolution was introduced authorizing inquiry into the propriety of placing the agents and lobbyers for aims upon an equal footing at the bar. This is anderstood to be a direct slap at the ex-Congress- men, who at present are supposed to enjoy an ad- vantage over other claim agents, from the fact that they have the privilege of the floor. Poth houses will probably adjourn from to-day 1! Tuesday. Monnt Vernon, the home and grave of Washington, being for sale, much anxiety exists as to what hands it will eventually fall into, It wae proposed in the House has been less offensive to the pub!ic than that of ihe Tribune. It approves the verdic', on the ground that we yereecuted Mr. Fry from personal enmity. How is this shown’ Not from the evidence, tor the on'y witness who sw re to anything like malice on our ; ar, was Mr. Maurice Strakosch, who admitted on bis cross-examination, that be could not remember wia laoguage we had used in reference to Fry, and that he was not at the time familiar with the English tongue. Mr. Strekosch’s eviderce must certainly go for no- thing in the eye o° any one practised in weigh- ing testimony. He owned to such a bias against us as went a long way to disqualify him trom appear‘ng as a witness at all, and when closely questioned, retracted all that was substential in bis previous answers, We can- not, therefore, suppose that the senior editor of the Tridune based his opinion on the siate- ments of Strakosch. Nor could he have formed it from #ny true extra-judicial account of the facts, -which were simply these, Mr. Stralosch called on us, and asked us if we would like to become acquainted with Mr. Fry, We replied that we were indifferent on the matier, but had no ob- jection to see him, if he desired it. A few days afterwards we were told that Mr. Fry did not wish to visit us, and we replied naturally enough that that finished the business. Feel- ing on the subject we had none ; and beyond a conviction, based on experience, that Italian opera would not succeed in this country, we neither entertained nor expressed any opinion respecting Mr. Fry, until Mddle. Truffi came to us to entreat our protection against his slan- ders. We published her card, and then begin- ning to look into the matter, we discovered facts which appeared to us to betoken Fry’s failure at no diciant day. These facts, seer- ing to us to fall rightly within the province Bors YW. ComNRs OF FULTON AND NASSAU 873. MBTROTOLIVAN HALI—Juicixs’s Conoenr. BOWLER! THEATER, Bo vea—Kumw~ Oifusu Aw BROADWAY THEATER. Brostway—Porruns Hus wans—Tepvy our Tinek- Lavine Bew ARE. Trvore rt On~-Rap Ro- | AND CLZOPATRA. BURTON'S THEATRE Chambers strest—Marp wink re Mink. G FAit~My GUARDIAN ANGEL Sexious PamLy. RATIONAL THRATRE, Chathaw strovt—Afteravon— Yarriz Kary. byeaing—Uxoux Tox’s Camm. WALLACK’S THRATRE, Brosdwsy—Gaus oy Lirz— Wuo Syeaxs Finer! AMSRICA Bng—Uwoue BROADWAY MRNA Beasts. BOWERY 4MPUITSPATEE, 37 Gowory.—Bauserniay WER sonwanon, MOEBUM—Afternoon—For Conn. Eyea- mis oan 1k. -Stiuces Twos ary Wi CHRISTY'S AYSRICAN OPERA HOUSE, 472 B-ond- ow Gemorsax Mrkopors sy OmuisT T's Miumere els. ATLS, Wood’s Minetrol Ball, 444 Broad- OU RELAY BUCKUBI'S VPLLA HOUSK, BY Srosdwey.—Bues- awry BewiwrsAy Crxna Trovve, AMVARD’S GEORSMA, WS Srondway.—Parcraua ay war Hour Lawn PRRNICH GALUBKY, 463 Brondway.—Day and Evening, S2IGRORBLITE.-Seorrweane lvrerrerse, 659 Broadway ACADEMY HALL, 5 Brosdway.—Penuaw's Gort Ra- @uaisws Oy tax Sayan Mrue Minzon. BPSK CRAPAY, 718 Boondway.—Jowzs’ Paxrosoo?m YORK WEEKLY HERALD. steampbip Atlantic, Capt West, poet at noon to-morrow, for Liverpool. and acve:tinemonts for any editlen ef the more scruple to avow our inferences than we should do today if we thought we saw obvious tokens of the failure of the Broad- way cr Burton’s. What was there in this so reprehensible as to cail for a fine of $10,000? What crime did we commit to entitle us to the grave reprobation ofcur brother journa.ists? [s it not daily professed by the very Tribune which assails us, that the truth must always be told, regerdicss of consequences? Would the Zri- tune, if it knew of reasons ebviously fore- sbadowing the failure of a scheme which pos- seeses public confidence, hold its peace through fear of injuring private individuals? And, if it were condemned forits fearless devotion to the public interest, would it expect its cotempora- ries to rejoice at the injury done to the liberty of the press in its person? With the Yimes the case is different. No one expects from the Times cither truth, man- liness or justice. Started to oppose the Tri- tune hy the Seward clique, in the expectation that eucaking disingenuousness would be more successful than outspoken candor, it is now an established failure; and its last attempt to stave off the withdrawal of the subsidy which sup- ports it is an endeavor to decry the character of the Henarp, An honest man, under such circumstances, might be forgiven for resorting to questionable means; the editor of the Times had no seruples to overcome. As manager of the Courier and Enquirer, he had already given the publica sample of what he dared. by clrenlating a foul calumny respecting the cha- racter of two respectable hotel kecpors; and though on that ccoasion he was compelled to swallow ignominiously his own words, the’ les- son, we regret to say, was entirely without profit on his disposition. He has continued to resort to falsehoods whenever they suited his perpose better than truth. He has fawned and eneaked round cliqnes and political parties, in the hope of a few subscribers or a stray adver- tisement ; he has alternately praised and abused the Irish, as the chances of patronage from the “ Know-Nothings” or the “ Hibernians” scemed greater or less; he has been a democrat, a whig, an abolitionist, a hard shell. just as the udver- tigers of the day commanded; he would have professed Mormonism to secure a dozen addi- tional subscribers. Eternally dreading a frank expression of opinion, he has given to the world & paper whose course none but an Qidipus could explain-—now on one side, now on another, now bemiring the Cabinet with praise. now exalt- ing it by silly censure, it has exhibited one siagle stable characteristic, and that is uaiform un- wavering meanness. On one single topic the Times bas been consistent—it has always abused the Hrrano, It had nothing what ever io gain by pursuing a contrary course. Not content with exhuming all the thread- bare slanders which twenty yeara of public life have accumulated, it thas gone round, bat in hand, to every one who might be offended with our straightforward course, and begged them with a lackey’s humility to make the Times the channel of their spleen. But neither the Bank Presidents nor the lawyers for whom the Times filled the office of sewer, could kill the Heranp fast enough. It abso- lutely thrived under the infliction, while the Times dsily diminished. What was to be done? Fresh lies. said the discomfited editor, are our only resource. So he set himself to lie with a will. He lied of the past, and lied of the pro- sént; lied of our character, of our opinions, of our motives, of our course; lied in brevier and lied in minion; lied in person, and subormed others to lie. So litile wit had he, poor fellow, that he lied as glibly where detection was im- minent, as where he might have had a chance of esenpe. Thus he said we approved the For- ney letter, when our denunciation of that scan- dalous performance was in everybody’s memo- ry as well as his own; asserted that a “ruffian” and “outlaw” had no claim to justice, and de- nied it with his assertion two days old staring him in the face; stated that our course with re- gard to the Maine law was changed by the Fry verdict, when every one in the city recollects that our acquiescence in that measure was an- nounced immediately after our return from the Continent. So miserably mean has been the spirit which inspired his paper, that it could not help garbling the evidence in the Fry suit, in order to make it appear that an attaché of this journal was not worthy of reliance. Twenty additional sub- scribers would induce the Times to-morrow to publish a fulsome culogium of our virtues. It would defend any cause, or assail any indi- vidusl, ifit could be persuaded that its pro- prictors would be thereby induced to prolong fora little while their weekly payments into Lavenroot—John Bunter, No. 2 Paradise street. Laxoon—Pé wards, Sendtford & Co.. Cornhill. Wn. Toomae & Co, No, 19 Catherine street. Paus—Livingsion, B, B. Revoil, ‘The Furopean mails will close at half-past ten o'clock te morrow morning. ‘the Wemxry Henarp will be published at half past nine @ elect to-moriow morning, Single copies, in wrappern, wiapence News. ‘The telegraphic synopsis of the week's later Earo- pean advices brought by the steamship Arcerica, will be found bighly interesting. ihe four great neutral powers—Ilugland, Fronce, Austria, and Prussis—it was thought would again enter into ne- gotiations for a peice between Russia and Tarkey. Indeed, it is propable that the Czar himself de sires a cessetion of hostilities, for, according to last accounts, while one portion ef his army was fast being destroyed by sickness in the Dangbiaa Pro- vinces, bis trooys in Asia were being dread’ully cnt to pieces. Severo] batties are reported to have taken place, in which the Turks were victorious in almost every instance. They had been joined by some Americans, and their general success appeirs to have given them such increased confidence as to render them almost inviacible. Under these circnmstances, it would not be surprising if Nicholas wer2 will- ing to once more enter into negotiations; but whetaer it would be really for the purpose of establishing peace or of gaining time to push forward strong re- inforcements, and be ready to renew the campaign in the spring, ise matier that must be ascertained hereafter, There is very little of political import avce from Exgland or the continent of Europe There hid been no change in the London money market. Cotton ond breadstuffs were firm, but had not undergone any material change in pricés. he news from Honduras is interesting. Acgord- ing to our correspondence the Guatamalan troops, after the surrcader of Omoa, carcied off several ary toan arr ‘onsul previous Onv Consul protested agalust the written to Washington on the be seen that the contract for the ronte to the Pacific, through Hon- leted with Mr. Squiers, and s been sent by the Honduras ton, to effect a treaty with re intimate relations, aad to ements for the openiag of this es of this © special ag rernment to V this. country f perfect the arra: new communication with the western sho continent. A yoriety of very interesting paragraphs are far nished by ov ial and other Washington corres- pondents todsy. It is now pretty certain that no thing of importavce will be done in Congress till after New Year's, many members having already et Our, Asguilants. e to rescue the Tribune olution by raising the price three cents. The arguments | used by M ‘ath, on bebalf of Mr. Greeley and himself, were very well put. It is béyond a doubt that sucha paper as the Heraty would be cheap at three cents, in proportion to other commodities; but we can live hy selling it at two, and we will not tex the public an addi- tional cent. The request made to us by Messrs, Greeley and McElrath, through their agent, was | very politely worded. It grieves us to becom- pelled to reply in the negative. We must do so, hor d in addition to the pain it gives us to disoblige our neighbors, we must bear pa- tiently all the iil temper which their disappoint- ment provokes. In like manner, we must make cur mind up to d whatever asperity the misfortanes of the Times may give to its tone. About a year ago it boasted of « circulation of twenty-five thousand: it now claims twenty- three. Sorapid a decline, at the outset of its career, can hardly fail to create dismay in the minds of its proprietors; and it is not a matter of surprise that they should evince particular sorenees on the eubject. In point of fact, both the Trilune and Times have, by their owa confession, reached a very critfeal point in their career. If the price of papers cannot be increased, something must be done to break down the Herarp, or both will be driven to choose between a mirerablo death and an exist- ence protracted at the expense of their owners. In consideration of these peculiar circum- stances. we are disposed to view the abuse of ovr cotemporaries with more composure than we might otherwise have felt. Something must be forgiven to the pangs of disappointment and the acute misery of declining fortune. Hence, when the Tribune tells us that it rejoices over the verdict in the Fry case, we at once make allowance for the satisfaction which it must have derived from witnessing our injary, and we find nothing remaining to be ascribed to an honest sympathy with the motives of the jury. According to its own statement, the Tribune has suffered more from libel suits than any other journal in the city—a fact by no means surprising to thorc who have noticed its usual violence oflanguage and brutality oftone. Many libel suits have been brought against us; but until the Fry case, we have never been com- pelled to pay anything over nominal damages. urely this would go to prove that our course We cannot from impending of newspapers 6 treasury. * Such are the journalg which glorify the Fry jury-—the one writhing under our refusai to save its life by increasing the price of news- papers; the other, cut to the quick by its ac- knowledged decline and the threatened refusal ofits shareholders to pay up further instal- ments. Are there words in the language forci- ble enough to express the contempt they merit? of journalism, we published, and made no |. Hox. Joux Y. Mason anp Tre Mission To Fraxce.—Our new Minister to Franse, the Hon. John Y. Mason, will leave this port, we understand, in the steamer Atlantic, tomorrow (Saturday,) en route for his official destination. We anticipate a cordial reception of this impor- tant functionary by the imperial governmeat and court of Napoleon the Third. Judge Mason, like his predecessor, Mr. Rives, is a Virginia gentleman of the old school. He has not, perhaps, the cloquent address and courtly accomplishments of Mr. Rives, but is yet a man of polished bearing and of easy and agreeable manners. He has had a classical education, excepting the French classies and those of the other modern continental lan- guages of Europe. He has the benefit of con- siderable experience in public affairs—on the bench in Virginia, in Congress, and in the Cabi- net at Washington, In this last position of a Cabinet officer he doubtless learned much of the arts of diplomacy, official and social. That he understands the requisites and the impor- tance of a social diplomatic dinner, he will doubtless prove most satisfactorily after his arrival in Paris. Apropos of diplomatic dinners : They are in- dispensable to diplomatic success. The kuot- tiest questions of international law and interna- tione! reciprocities most generally receive their practicalsolution from the reciprocitiesofa quiet, cozy diplomatic dinner. In this view we must repeat that the pay of our Minister to France is inadequate to mect the requisitions of his office. Nine thousand dollars ontfit and nine thousand dollars a year salary make up a fair compensa- tion for the first year; but the bare nine thon- sand for the second year, when the business of diplomacy may be the heaviest, is not enough. Twenty thousand dollars a year would be well laid out upon our Minister to France at this momentous crisis, (to us, with the rest of the civilized world,) in the affairs of Europe. Nor should it be forgotten that in Paris, as in New York, the prices of living have increased, and are still increasing. Beef, pork. roast geese, turkeys, capons and oysters, are all on the rise. Wines are rising, from the blight of the grape crop all over the continent. Vegetables, too, are looking up. Good eating, then, being an in- dispenrable item to successful diplomacy, the salaries of our ministers should be raised, at least pari passu with the rise in beef, roast geeze, oysters, wine, and walnuts. Judge Mason, it is hoped, will devote more particular attention to our commercial rela- tions with France than has heen given to this business by bis predecessors. Much may be done by him in equalizing our commercial reci- procities with the French empire. For exam- ple, the tonnage duties upon American vessels in the ports of France are now nine times greater than upon French vessels in the ports of the United States. Probably, however, this whole subject may have been assigned to Mr. Mason in comnection with the new treaty in progress between the two countries, referred to in the President’s message. But the most important duty of Mr. Mason will be to keep his government dnly advised of all the diplomatic movements of the great powers. To this end, a conversational know- ledge of French would be of the highest advan- tage to our minister. But as Louis Napoleon and the Emprere, and most, if not all, of the impertal cabinet and court speak English, Mr. Mason will be able to get along without much diffculty on that point. He will find it to his advantage to cultivate the acquaintance of ihe Empress. She is a thorough diplomat. and a shrewd politician concerning European affairs. With this card of instructions, in addition to those from the Secretary of State concerning his clothing, and those from the President on other subjects, we wish our new Minister to St. Cloud un bon voyage. Tim Law ov Linen axp Tr Iranian Oran. —For the last few days, the two journals in this city which gloated over the verdict of $10,000 against the Herarp, in the Fry case, have dis- tinguished themsclves by an onslaught upon an opera singer welland favorably known to the American public. The facts arc these: Mr. Maretzek, as our readers are aware, has been engaged, during the fall and winter. inan Italian Opera campaign at Niblo’e. One of his principal artists was Salvi, the tener. Ma- retzek, according to the Times, has not been very successful, and he was very anxious, therefore, to secure a tull house for his benefit on Monday evening last. Among the artists announced, and the second on the list. was Salvi. who, it was stated, was about to leave for Havana and Mexico. Tho announcement of an immediate departure from the United States stirred up the creditors of Salvi like a nest of hornets, and they made a tremendous rush upon him. He wrote a letter to Maretzok. reproach- ing him with what he had done, and requiring him to send him at least $500 before ore o’clock on Monday, to meet the demands of the greedy creditors; otherwise he would go into the coun- try. and would not allow himself to be seen by any living person, The following is a list of the bills sent to him and enclosed to Maret- zek:-- To Pastacall...........+- $250 00 To three dasuranves......... 150 00 To the wick maker, for three wi ks.. 55 00 To the druggist Dubuic 28 76 To interest to Mr, Tow: 193 96 15 00 80 gallons of cod liv- er cil, sent on my account to Italy threo monte 2g0...... a + 288 00 To the lady of the how Now odd to A vote which I top A debt of wice in London, £51.. . My necessary expenses for board.. From the foregoing (in which Salvi is ridi- culed for spelling “wick” for “wig”) it would seem that he owed in all the eum of $2,220 70, and he only made the very moderate and reasonable request of 25 per cent, or less the amount which would be due for his services on the night of Maretzek’s bene- fit. In order to stave off the pressure of hisduns, or believing that 9 bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, he asked for the money a few hours in advance. Maretzek would not come down with the dust, but postponed the opera, and igsued o card in one of the papers, giving his version of the facts. In addition to this, a private letter from Salvi to Maretzek was yesterday published in the same paper, and very severe reflections were indulged in by the editor, in regard to the conduct of Salvi and os to his professional capability as an operatic singer. It the articles for which the Hanaup was sued in the case of Fry were libellous, this and the other articles in the Times and Tribune are ton times more go, If the sum of $10,090 fs the cost of a criticism on the Fry Opera, at least $20,000 onght to be exacted for an exposure o! the Maretzck management. The only difference between the two cases is, that Maretuek isa good manager, and Fry, to say the least, was | ARRIVAL OF THE STE ‘AMSHIP HERMANN, a very indifferent one; and this is an argument in favor of heavier damages for both Maretzek and Salvi. Again, a professional artist who depends on his reputation for a living, has « greater cause of action, and is much more injured, than a manager would be, by an ascault in the newspapers. We may therefore expect. according to the new code of procedure recently established, that the Tribune and Times will have to pay the piper very handsomely for the music to which they have danced at the expense of Salvi. And if it should turn out that Maretzek fail—as the Times says he is likely to do—then that mana- ger will have a far better cause of action against our little contemporary than Fry had against the Hrratp. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. We may therefore expect two or three libel suits to be instituted imme- diately, growing out of the comuents on the Maretzek regime. The two journals in which the libels appeared cannot complain of the ap- plication to themselves of the same rule which they so strenuously advocated for others. Maretzek and Salvi may thus make a good season of it, after all. Joun MitcreL’s Parer.—There is a pertect JSurore among the Irish in the United States about Mitchel’s new paper— Zhe Citizen—the first number of which is to appear on the 7ih of January next. As an evidence of this, we may mention the fact that from one man in Brook- lyn he has received an order for one thousand copies of the first number, and from an agentin Philadelphia an order for five thousand copies. Similar orders have come from other cities, in- somuch that it will be very difficult, without one of Hoe’s lightning presses, to supply both the local and general demand. We understand that the quality of the paper on which the new journal is to be printed is to be of a very supe- rior article, and that a large quantity is already ordered, Altogether, The Citizen is likely to be not only a very vigorous, but a very pretty jour- nal. Every indication shows that it will have a tremendous circulation, and will seriously af fect all the Irish American papers; indeed it will totally swamp some of them. Hence the jealousy they display. Some attack him Slerce- ly—some Hint dinlike, ‘Willing to wound, but yet afraid to atrike— others try to “damn him with faint praise.” But none has shown the cordial feeling evinced by many American journals. If one were to judge of the sentiments of the Irish people on this continent, in reference to Mitchel, from the journals that profess to represent them, he would have but a poor prospect for a successful paper. But this is not so, and the very anxiety betrayed by these journals to con- demn or to slight him in advance, is the best proof that they regard him cither as a powerful antagonist or a dangerous rival. One of these papers amuses us a good deal by cautioning Mitchel against believing that the warm reception he meets with from the Irish in this country is any evidence of the favor with which they regard his principles. Now, if these organs ot the Catholic Church are sincere in what they say, they betray their ignorance of the Irish character. The Irish, from time immemorial, have been a fighting people, and their pugnacity is such that they fight with each other when they have not the opportunity of being match- ed against eny other! foe. The Celtic race, therefore, admire a man who opens a field for the developement of that characteristic quality of their nature. Mitchel is a fighting man—that is, he believes that the sword is the means by which the liberties of Ireland mnst be won—and he proved bis bravery by offering to lead the Irish people to death or victory'ik 1848; and when, by the xdvice of cther leaders, thenation was kept back, he sealed the truth of bis principles by becoming a voluntary martyr for the cause. This is the true reagon why John Mitchel is so popular with the Irish, in despite of his religion, and the reaton why O’Connell’s popularity eo much declined at the close of his career, when, being cornered by the young Ireland party on one side, and by British power on the other, he backed down from the threats of war he had previously hurled in ihe teeth of the government, ‘The Ivish are naturally a milita- ry race, and they love a man who shows a war- like front. The reception. therefore, that Mitchel has met with, is proof positive of the admiration of the Trish for his principles, as well as for the man. Indeed, in his case the principles and!the man are one and the same. His paper will be by far the most popular Irish American journal that was ever published in thiscountry. Hine ille lachryme, ence all the whinings and forebcdings of the miserable, trashy papers that have so long fed the Irish mind upon moral and intellectual garbage. Brarnninc OF THE WAR ON THE SENATE BY THe CaniveT Oncan.—The Washington Union commenced the war against the Senate with the following warning concerning the interest- ing case of the Collector of this port :— We have only to observe that the Senator who mits bis ions to get so much tae master over is judgment os to vote against the confirmation of Mr. Redfield, withont some good, valid, tangible rea- son, will have cause for personal and political regret forever thereafter. The article from which this is en extract, was, we understand, written here in New York, by a particular friend of Mr. Redfield ; and after being revised by the Collector himself, was eent, through a third person at Washington, to the Union, in which it appeared as an official decree. That was the beginning of the war of the Cabinet organ upon the Senate. Whenthe question is taken upon Mr. Redfield’s confirma- tion, we may expect something still stronger and more to the point. Let Senators beware! Tne Free Som Sewarp Orcans ann Mr. Everett—It has been evident, for some time past, that the free soil Seward organs do not like Mr. Everett. He stands in the way of their man and their programme. Hence the late attack of the Tribune, accusing Mr. Eve- rett of “meanness” in using his influence in the Senate to the exclusion of his free soil col- league, Mr. Sumner, from the standing commit- tees of the body. The charge is direct, and is adopted from,the abolition organ at Washing- ton, the Wational Era. Very likely it is an abolition fabrication; but true or false, it shows that Mr. Everett is in the fyay of W. Ti. Seward, and must be made to etep aside. It ie another siraw indicating the opposing currents for the Presidency in 1866. Onyixe Bany.—The Washington Union, with the spoils of the House of Representatiy and all the exeentive departments iv ets, bewailing the loss of the Senate's printing. Crying babies for sale here at tho Union office, Waehington. ‘The U. 8. steamship Hermann, from Bremen ad Southampton, arrived at ber dock about hall gasé four ,o’clock this morning. The leading pointa of her news, to the 7th inst from Loudon, were antici- pated by the America, We shall publish the detaile to morrow. oes Mone PounicaL Lerrar’—This is the era of public letter-writing. Searcely a day passes without the appearance of an epistie to the Americans from a risivg or falling statesman, defining his position and giving his sentiments in'regard to the present administration. We publish two to-day. One is from the Hon, Henry T. Foote, of Mississippi, and the other is from the Hon, Jeremiah Clemens, of Alabama. One is flat-footed against the Cabinet, and the other “ damns it with faint praise,” Marine Affairs. é FINDING OF THE STRAMER AJax.—The steam \ug Ajax, which left this city for Boston on the 224 Ostober, for ‘tho purpose of towing round the clippership Edqin For- rest, aud waa sapposed to have foundere tina gale on the 24th, two days acter, with the lors of all bands, has bea Gigcovered near the endof Cape Cod, sunk in fourteem fathoms of water. The following letter will oxplain her position —~ ’ Provixcrrown, Deo. 11 . From what I can learn, I an.poes the hull of thotreans er )jux lien sunk two miles couth of Wood End, L. P.. tp fourteen fathoms of water. I hesr tha: some of the fah- srmen have sounded herout, I have not been to her ag yet, but ifthe owners or avy of the boa:’s friends wish it, I will be some pure of ber vondition, 1 suppose her top work ia gone. Ishouid liks to kuow how much coal she hed in probably, wheu ebe arrived bere; and if the owners: wish to bave her raised. I will do xo, or try to raise her if they so order it, I think she can be raised without aay (ghee a and the Scat SNe Dae: Where ahe is ‘er where they say sbe ia) ix not hard or soft boii G a fine sand, ee Sceret Societics-The Know Alls, This seems to be the cra of recret organisations, Since the ‘Know Nothingn’’ have ceme into existence, other socictie: have sprung into life, ofa like nature, and where the mania will end so one can guess, The Know Alls is the name of # new body, which has just entered the list, They having adveriized that a meeting would be held last night at No. 27 James street, our reporter re< paire) to the spot, to know all that was intended for the public ear, by those belorgivg to the order, Upon enter- ing a drinking saloon in the front atery of the merry s atieman was found, with whom was carried on the fol- ass Sony TRA EON 727 if sige‘ee ou kuow, sir, if a meeting o: kind ia held this puildirg to-night? bi vayedcviite * A. Yes, cir; there is a mooting of some kind or other, be ub is secret i |. Can you show me to the onter doorkeeper; I should, like io ask him one or two questions? es A. My directions are te show a0 one the door, whose name 1s not entered upon this list, (Pointing to a list of nents I itd ‘upon the coma ee, “ . eve those composi 6 meeting eall them. selves the “Know all?” ‘od : a A. That is the name they have given themeelves, I bee sve. Q. Thay are an opposing party to the ‘Know Nothings,’? I presume? A. Yes, sir; they have s'arted in oj tion to the Know Notbings, ard will soon exceed them in numbers, power and influence. . Q. The inference is, then, they take in sll sects, na- tlons ond creeds, for it would require all to exceed the Know Nothing, aes of course, attract all the native bern who are inclined to join any societies of the kind? A. No, slr; the Know Alls are exclosively American; bie peced of Americans, and American in feeling and de- 2. Q. Hew, then, can they exceed the Know Nof who are of the reme clas#, with the same ends in se a A. The Kaow Alls are more liberal than the Know Nothings; they admit ai who are born Tie ‘this soil, regardless of their ancestzy ; the Know Nothings exelude ali for three generation:—s prinsiple unsustaiged by ne- orssity. du'y to our country, or justioe. Q, Then I understand the only difference to be hatween ‘the two rocieties, that one goes back one generation, the Otber three generations? A, This is the main difference. Q. The two socie'ies with the same American senti- mont, snd didering oply as to the time qualifying a mem- ber, ust eventually resolve into cne body. A. How so? Q. Being both Amerioan, ihy Know Nothing: will joim tho Kuow Alls, and vice versa; aud finally the same will con pore both aoaietics. ‘A. You are very much mistaken, The Kaow Nothings, by their poti ical course since their existeace, bave rea- dered themseives very obaesicus to the enlightened and Hoeral émeriesza who compose the Know Ally, anda Ercw Nothing has no chances of entering tho opposite order. A very strict inves'igstion and initiation will keep out every Know Nothing in the oity or out of it. Q Aro the facts you give me intended for publication? It there i any objection, of course this conversation will be consilered confidential. A. Thero is no objectiin to having thoze facta pub- Ushed. The “Kaow Alls” sim for, nethiog taey sre asbemed of, All that I have told you will bo contaiasd in tho by laws of the order, whica will be gives to the public as zoon as publishe:’. ‘Thoxe tx nothing sseret but the system of organization. ‘Tee converration here clvsed, as far as the new order ‘was concerned. We understand that the next secret soviety ia the list wil be one who are to elect for their president the gen- tleman, ro thoroughly Amoricsa, that, when tavited to res! t the celebration of the landing of ths Pil; he replied, “that he would nct join im oslebratiog ate rival of the cured foreigners.”’ What the name of this rociety is to be has not yet been made known. Waat will grow out of all these secret organizations it is difl- cult to conjecture. Police Intelligence, Charge of Stealing a Pocket Bouk.—Offeers King and Daset, of the Fitth ward, ye lay arrested a young man name? Michsel 0’ Hearn, ‘ing at the corner of ri~ son oud Greenwich streets, charged with stealing a wal- let contsining $35, the property cf John A Hearn, re- siding at No. 196 Chambers etreet. The acsused was de- tected taking the wallet from the pocket of the complain- ant as tho latter was sleepi:¢ io a chair im cho barroom of the houce where he stopped. The prisoner was taken before Justice Osborn, who ceiained him to answer the charge. A Charge of Horse-Slealung.—Officer Coote, of the Sixth ward police, yesterday arrested two men, namod Williany Regan and Gobn Sith, charged with stealing « horse, va- Jned at $150, the property of Daniel H. Carpenter, of White Pisioa, Westchester county, The aconsed were in the act of offering the horse ‘for sale, for about one-fourth its value, ata stable in Bayard street, They were detained by Justice Osborn, who committed them to the Tombs for trial. Stealing a Dox cf Ladies’ Gaiters.—Officer Crossett, of the Third ward, yestercay srested ® man, calling himeelf bn Men lers.’ charged with stealing a box containing xty-four pair of Indies’ gaitorr, valued at $¢0, from the tie of J- Hloom ingéale, No. 74 Prinee street. " The thiot was caught in the act of carrying off the yy. Jus tice Bogart commitied the accused to for trial, Setting ire to hts House yn a Drunken #t.—Fugh Mur- hy, in Douovan’s alley, Pons! street, whilat in a state of FiSiicaticn, rat fire to his premises, The fire was fortu- nately cixcovered by some persone before muck mischief bad beeo done, Murphy was taken into ‘nstody and brenght before Juatice Bogart, whoreommitted him te the | Tombs for five days, in order that Murphy might for ® short interval experieras tbe Colights of sobriety. Gf Brooksy: 1ty Intelligence. KGELECTION OF 4N AsSISTANT NGINMER Ov THY Fire Ds- PARTMENT —An election to fill the vacancy oncrsioned by the resiggation of A. B. Pell, one of the Asdsiant Engi- neers 07 the Broot lyn Fire Department, was held yester- ey, inthe cflice of the Commissiontr of Repairs aud Sup- plier, City Hall, The polla were cponed at ewarise and oloncd at sumet, and considerable taterest was manifested Ls most of the members of the department duriug the en- tire cay. Everythiog pasrod off decently ard im order, apa abont two hours after the clesiug o' the polls ail farther anxiety was anes by the acnounsement o° the reaalt, which was as follows, there being six candidates in the Mr. Williems, it wi number of votes, and ix conrequently elected. He has been foreroen of Engine Co. No. 7, for & Buniber of years, and is an efiicioat fireman, wo'l quslifed to fill the new station to which he hes been chosen. Fme,--At an early hour y: day morning, s fire broke out in the stable of Tuomas O'Brien, on Plymonth street, rear Badson avi . The dames commuvicaied to two adjoining frame Kiernan at d Thomas Collins, and occupied by nine farai- lies. The furniture was montly eaved, but ‘ha b: wore reduced to ashes, Kiornan was insured the Brookly» Ingurance Company. His amount scinewbat. Collins’ loss {a about $1,600; cover- €@ by insurance in f ntic Company, of Brooklyn, Pern Dr. Benedict, the Aaylnm, in now visiting the South for the benefit of his health. Te in at nt in davannah, Ga. Hon. Geo. W, Clinton is in Weebiagton. Hen, E£. W. Leavenworth, Secretary of State elect, is in Albany. Frys ig the poteeet | bed a Te a dee of gov erpment, at preseet br profescional or official business, is the Hon. John McP. Serrinn, of Geo Among thy arrivals at the Si. Nicholas yesterday, were Hon. John Y. Manon, Virzinia; Hon. Russel Sage, Wash- ington; Hon. A. Loomis, Litcls Falla; Lieut, P.ice, U. S A.; Hen, A. 8. Belohor, Weshingtoe; Hom B. ba gro i pervetyad, received the highest Pittsburg; P ofeasor Salisbury, Yale College; and dent Wol « do. Samuel Wheeler, Keq., Boston; Thomas D. Day, St Lon j. Rathburn, Albany; A, N. Huogerford, Conn. ; 6. G. Wolle, Troy; and J Lusk, Conn, were auong the trrivale at the Prescott House yesterday. Accounts from Boston state that Mee, Barrett, the eo- tress, lay at the point of death, with mo hope of her re- covery. ARRIVALS. From Norfolk, &0, in the mahip Jamestown—P & Donaldeon, WJ Bowsn, Janes onsos, Mrs Lebel Soott, MoMath, Joeoph Mason, ppongen, Mrs Warn God t Semuel Murphy, ies Swirh, C Rice and lady Jadge D stone and Jncy, Btonm, Oliver Eenswor m 8 Stowart, HP’ Hoolor, Swette, DJ Pandait, James Uept Rh Poster, Mra Boi Fintex, WP kik, lesae Christian, Jota Timberlexe,