The New York Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1853, Page 6

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The Furopean mails will close at half: past ten o'clock to morrow morning. ‘the Wamx.y Hararp will be publimne’ at half past nine @elook to-moriow morning, Single copies, in wrappern, sixpence The News. ‘The telegraphic synopsis of the week's later Earo- pean advices brought by the steamship America, will be found highly interesting. ihe four great neutral powers—Kugland, Fronce, Austria, and Prussis—it wae thought would agein enter into ne- gotiations for a peace between Russie and Turkey. Indeed, it is propable that tae Czar himself de sires a cessation of hostilities, for, according to last accounts, while one portion ef his army was fast being destroyed by sick in the Daasbian Pro- vinces, bis troojs in Asia were being dread‘ully cut to pie Several battles are reported to have taken place, in which the Turks were victorious in elmost every instance. They had been joined by some Americans, and their general success appears to have given them such increased confidence as to render them almest inviacible. Under these cirenmstances, ft would not be surprising if Nicholas wer2 will- ing to once more enter into negotiations; but whether it would be really for the purpose of establishing peace or of gaining time to push forward strong ro- fnforcerments, and be ready to renew the campaign iw the spring, is @ matier that must be ascertained hereafter, There is very little of political import ance from England or the continent of Enuroye. There had been no change in the London money market. Cotton and breadstuffs were firm, but had not undergone any material change in pricés. Yhe news from Honduras is interesting, Accord ing to our correspondence the Guatamalan troops, Owi2a, carsied off several al previo the capitula Consul protesied against the n to Wasbingtoa on the een that the contract for the nte to the Pacific, through Hon- nt to Washiogton, to effect a treaty with try for more intimate relations, aad to perfect the arrangements for the openiag of this new comumnication with the western shores of this continent. A yoriety of very interesting paragraphs are far nd other Washington corres- now pretty certain that no- ce will be done in Congress till many members having alrea left for the purpose of enjoying the holiday festivi- ies among th iends at home. Whe President, it is believed back from the Senate al! donbt- ter the House has disposed of the resolution concerning the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. I: explanation of the intimation the heads of the d tments bad improperly pro- cared the increas laries granted tbem by the last Congress, it is asserted that the extra allowance ‘was drawn from the fund annually appropriated an- Ger the head of aims not o} se pro’ for.” For particulars relative to the leadiog topi of decussion in Washi is referred to the telegraphic des @iffereut journels to be found in anoter Some important instructions from the Secretary | of the Treasury to coliectors of customs aud their | subordinates will be fouud 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 a sched- nile for their future guidance. The United States Senate, by a vote of thirty to yore rt On -Rav Ko- | 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 patriotiem cf the members-of her Legislature to secure it. He recommends that it be converted tothe ure of some proper institution—for instanc>, a model Btate farm. The ladies of the Soath, it will be seen by a communication in snother column, also propose, j by subscription, to purchase the estate and preserve | ites a bellowed resort for the people of all natioas. Let na bope that should the national government, or the State of Virginia, fail in securing the ground, that the ladies will succeed, and thus prevent this sacred has been less offensive to the pub!ic than that of ithe Tribune. It approves the verdic', on the ground that we yereeéuted Mr. Fry from pereonal 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 notremember wia laoguage we had used in reference to Fry, and that be was not at the time familiar with the English tongue. Mr. Strekosch’s evidence mus: certainly go for no- extracts from | 5 ing into the hands of avaricious »peculators. tionary and fined ninety dollars each. ‘The New Orleans papers deny that there is any trath In the report that another Cuban expedition is fitting ont in that vicinity. ‘wo persons are known to heve 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 iu fourteen fathoms of water, near Cape Cod. The A. left this port for Boston on the 22d of October, and is sappored to bave foun: dered during the disastrous gale which prevailed on the coust 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; Timothy Baker, coast pilot; Wm. Skidmore, Hellgate pilot; Joseph Clark, en- gineer; Charles Anger, cook; Deter May and Pa- trick MeAnaney, deck har aud six men whose vawes bave not been ascerdined, they having been engsged but a short time previous to the departure of the vessel. Captain Thomas was au old aad very popular Sandy Hook pilot, and was, some years ago, nomineted as a candidate for the State Assem- bly in consequence 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- petent persons. That he was master of his art there can be no question, when it is recollected that he sac- cessfully took the tugboat Coliah around Cane Horn to San Francisco, an undertakiug that it was pre- dicted would never be a plished. ‘The New England Socicty of Brooklyn celebrated the anniversary of the Pilgrim Landing by grand banquet, given in Gen. Yale's Mansion House, last evening. Over one hundred and eighty ladies and gentlemen, of great beauty and high rank, sat down to dinner at a quarter to eight o'clock. After the repest most eloquent speeches were made by His Excellency Goy. Seymour, the Hon. John P. Hale, the Rey. Henry Ward Beecuer, and others; but from the late hour at which bauqnet was over, our re- porters can only furnish a mere oatline of them. We have already published the results of the pri- mary elections of the whigs and national democrats, and we now give the result of the election of the free soilers, or Van Durenites, which took place 'last night. The whigs held thelr el mn on the 15th inst., and the national democrats held theirs on the same Gay. Among the former the ward committees appoint inspectors and select places for holding the elections, while the same business 1s arranged for the democrats by the General Committees. A meeting of foreigners took place last even- ing at Eckbart’s Hotel to discuss the pros and cons of the pr: jected expedition to Turkey in aid of the Sultan. Germans, Hungarians, aud Fen were present. We give a report of the proceedir Last ev sale of ancient and modero paintings commenced at the Gallery of the National Academy of Design, No. 663 Broadway. The col- lestion comprised about two hundred aud fifty origina! oil paintings, includiog two or three copies & origioala by Corregzio, Rembrandt, tof lesser lights. Buyers were scarce, and the prices cbtained unprececentedly low, ranging from three and a half doilars to thirty dotlare—-sometimes scarcely covering the cost of the frame. As this wos the drst day's sale, and there are two more days to follow, maticrs may* mend a little; but, certainly, the recent sales of paintings in this city, taken into consideration with the failure of the committee 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 Snllivan, was esterday arrested charged wilh inflicting a blow with a elcb on the head of his son William, a young wen twenty-one yeirs of age, the effects of which caused death. The Coroncr will investigate the case to-day. An secount of the affair will be found in another column. Our, Assailants. We cannot agree to resene the Tribune from impending olution by raising the price of newspapers to three cents. The arguments used by Mr. MeHirath, on bebalf of Mr. Greeley and himself, were very well put. It is béyond 2 doubt that sucha paper as the Heratp would cheap at three cents, in proportion to other commodities; but we can live by selling it at two, and we will not tex the public an addi- tional cent. The request made to us by Megsrs, Greeley and McElrath, through their agent, was yery politely worded. It grieves us to becom- pelled to reply in the negative. We must do so, however; and in addition to the pain it gives us to disoblige onr neighbors, we must bear pa- twelve, yesterday ordered the engrosgment of the resolution anthoriziog the President to confer the title of 1 utenant General by brevet for meritorious A list of the yeas and nays on this ques- tion will be found under the proper head. It is un- derstood that 2 mojority 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 lapee of many months. General Cass introduced a Tesolution inquiring into the propriety of granting a pension to the widow of Captain Gunnison, who was recently massacred by the Indians in Utah. Why not extend the same benefit to the wives and chil- dren 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, during which the slavery question, ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” the Hun- garian war, and the war upon the administration, underwent a thorouzh 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 curious 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 provision for the organization of a 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 understood to be a direct slap at the ex-Congress- men, who at present are supposed to enjoy an ad- vantege over other claim agents, from the fact that they have the privilege of the floor. Poth houses will probably adjourn from to-day ‘{!! Tuesday. Monnt Vernon, the home and grave of Washington, being for sale, much anxiety exists ae to what hands it will eventually fall into, It wae proposed in the Hous tiently all the emper which their disappoint- ment provokes. In like manner, we must make cur mind up to stand whatever asperity the misfortunes of the Z'imes may give to its tone. About a year ago it boasted of a circulation of twenty-five thousand: it now claims twenty- three. So rapid a decline, at the outset of its career, can hardly fail to ercate dismay in the minds of its proprietors; aud it is not a matter of surprise that they shou!d evince particular sorenees on the endject. In potut of fact, both the Triluae 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 Henaxp, or both will be driven to choose between a miserable death and an exist- cnce 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 furgiven to the pangs of disappointment and the sente misery oi 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 muet 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 tho:c 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 seal Maw wire ray | Pot, which it is understood must he sold, trom fall- We learn from Erie that ene of the justices of that noted city has decided that the injunction from the Uxited States Court restraining the rioters from in- terfering with the railroed is null and void. Ten of the hands employed to repair the track of the North- cast Railroad have been tried by said sapieut fane- thing in the eye of any one practised in weigh- ing testimony. He owned to such a bias against us as went a long way to disqualify him trom appearing ass witness at all, and when closely questioned, retracted all that was substential in his previows answers. We can- not, iherefore, suppose that the senior editor of the Tridune based his opinion on the siate- ments of Strakosch. Nor could he have formed it from eny true extra-judicial account of the facts, -which were simply these. Mr. Strakosch called onus, and asked us if we would like to become acquainted with Mr. Pry. We replied that we were indifferent on the matter, 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 caine to us to entree’ 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 distant day. These facts, seem- ing to us to fall rightly within the province more scruple to avow our inferences than we should do to-day 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? Is itnot daily professed by the very Tribune which assails us, that the truth must always be told, reger' of consequences? Would the Tri- tune, if it knew of reasons ebviously fore- shadowing the failure of a scheme which pos- sesses public confidence, hold ita peace through fear of injuring private individuals? And, if it were condemned for"its 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 Zimes 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 thai sucaking 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 Henan. 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 keepers; and theugh on that cccazion 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 purpose better than truth. He has fawned and sneaked round cliqnes and political parties, in the hope of a few subscribers or a stray adver- tisement ; he has alicrnately praised and abused the Irish, as the chances of patronage from the “ Know-Nothings” or the “‘ Hibernians” seemed greater or less ; he has been a democrat, a whig, an abolitionist, a hard shell, just as the adver- tisers 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 Gidipus 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 onc siagle le characteristic, and that is uniform un- Wi ing meanness. On one single topic the Times has been consistent—it has always abused the Herano, 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 ‘has gone round, bat in hand, to every one who might be offended with our straightforward course, and begged ther with a lackey’s humility to make the Times the channel of their gpleen. 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; led 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 little wit had he, poor fellow, that he lied as glibly where detection was im- minent, as where he might have had a chance of escape. Thus he said we approved the For- ney letter, when our denunciation of that scan- dalous performance was in everybody's memo- ry os well as hie own; asserted that a “ruffian” and “outlaw” had no claim to justice, and de- nicd 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- soribers would induce the Times to-morrow to publish a fulsome culogium of our virtues. It would defend any cause, or assail any indi- viduol, ifit could be persuaded that its pro- prictors would be thereby induced to prolong for a little while their weekly payments into treasury. Mach are the journalg which glorify the Fry jury-—the one writhing under our refusal to save its life by increasing the price of news- papers; the other, cut to the quick by its ac- knowledged decline ond 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 |. Fraxce.—Our new Minister to France, the Hon. John Y. Mason, will leave this port, we understand, in the steamer Atlantic, to-morrow (Saturday,) ¢n route for his officia! 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, bat 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 knot- tiest questions of international law and interna- tiona! 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 year salury make up a fair compensa tion for the first year; but the bare nine thou- 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- dispensable item to successful diplomacy, the salariés of our ministers should be raised, al least pari passu with the rise in beef, roast geeze, oysters, wine, and walnuts. Judge Mason, it ie hoped, will devote more particular attention to our commercial rela- tions with France than has been given to this business by his predecessors. Much may be done by him in equalizing our commercial reci- procities with the French empire. For exam- ple, the ionnage 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 connection 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 duly 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 Empress, and most, if not all, of the impertsl cabinet and court speak English, Mr, Mason will be able to get slong without much difficulty on that point. He will find it to his advantage to cultivate the acquaintance of the 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 or Lrpen axp thu Itantan OPara. —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 well and favorably known to the American public. The facts are these: Mr. Maretzek, as our readers are aware, has been engaged, during the fall and winter, in-an Italian Opcra campaign at Niblo’s. One of his principal ortists was Salvi, the tencr. 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 snnouncement 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 oe 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 apy living person The following is a list of the bills sent to him and enclosed to Maret- zek:-- To Pastseali... $250 00 ‘To three dasur: 150 00 To the wick wakor, 55 00 To the druggist Dubuic 28 76 To interest to Mr. Tow! 193 96 To my lawyer +e vt) To the druggist Dubuic, for 80 gallons of cod liv- er oil, sent on my account to Italy threo MODUS MgO... 2.0065 Se tkigd 00 To the Jady of the house. 45 00 A vote which I have to pay. A debt of wice in London, £5 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 « bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, he asked for the money few hours in advance. Maretzek would not come down with the dust, but postponed the opera, and issued 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. & the articles for which the Zananp was sued in the case of Fry were libellous, this and the other articles in the Times and Tribune are ton times more so. If the sum of $10,099 fs the cost of a criticiem on the Fry Opera, at least $20,000 ought to be exacted for an exposure o! the Maretzck management. The only difference between the two cases is, that Maretzek is a 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 assault 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 musie to which they bave danced at the expense of Salvi. 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 Heratp. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gauder. We may therefore expect two or three libel suits to be instituted imme- diately, growing out of the comments on the Maretzek regime. The two jouroals 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. And if it Joun Mrrcnet’s Parer.—There is a perfect JSurore among the Irish in the United States about Mitchel’s new paper— The 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 agent in Philadelphia an order for five thousand copies. Similar orders lave come from other cities, in- somuch that it will be very dificult, 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 flerce- ly—some Hint dinlike, Willing to wound, but yet afraid to strike— 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- dern 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 meaus by which the liberties of Ircland must be won—and he proved bis bravery ky offering to lead the Irish people to death or victory in 1848; and when, by the edvice of other leade:s. thenation was kept back, he‘sealed the trath of bis principles by becoming a voluntary martyr for the cause. This is the true reason why John Mitchel is so popular with the Irish, in despite of his religion, and the reaton why O’Connell’s popularity so much declined at the close of his career, when, being cornexed 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 the teeth of the government. The Ivieh 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 fur the most popular Irish American journal that was ever published in thiscountry. Hine ille lachryme. Hence all the whinings and forebcdings of the miserable, trashy papers that have so long fed the Irish mind upon moral and intellectual garbage. BEGINNING OF THR WAR ON THE SENATE BY que Canrser Orcan.—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 jis judgment as 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. When the question is taken upon Mr. Redficld’s confirma- tion, we may expect something still stronger and more to the point. Let Senators beware! Tue Free Sor. Sewarp Orcans anp Mr. Evenett.—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 fay of W.1. Seward, and must be made to step aside. It ie another siraw indicating the opposing currents for the Presidency in 1866. Onrino Bany.—The Washington Union, with the spoils of the House of Representatives and all the executive departments in its pock- ets, hewuiling the loss of the Senate's privting. Crying babies for enle here—ingnive at the Union ofiice, Warhington. | Tombs for ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP HERMANN, ‘The U. 8. steamship Hermann, from B ramen atid Southampton, arrived at her dock about heii oa ‘four ,o’clyck this morning. The leading points of her news, to the 7th inst from Loudon, were antici- pated by the America. We shall publish the details to morrow. Mone Pourrica, Lerrer¢’——This is the era of public letter-writing. Scareely a day passes without the appearance of an epistic to the Americans from a rising or falling statesman, defining his position end giving his sentiments in'regurd to the present edministration. 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 “dams it with faint praise,” Marine Affairs. 4 FINDING OF THE STEAMER AJax.—The steamiug Ajax, which left this city for Eoston om the 92a Ostober, for tho purpose of towing round the clipper ship EAqin For- Test, aud waa supposed to have foundereiina gale on the 24th, two days acter, with the loss of all hands, has bem Gigcovered near the endof Cape Cod, sunk in fourteen fathoms of water, The following letter will oxplain her posttion:— . . 'ROVINCETOWN, Dec. 16, 5 Fror what I can learn, I eu spose the hull of el er jax lies sunk two miles couth of Wood Fud, 1. P.. tp fourteen fathome of water. I hear that some of the ah- srmén have sounded her out, I have not been to her ag yet, but ifthe owners or avy of the boa:’s friends wish it, I will be ome sure of ber condition. I suppose her top work iygone. Ishouid liks 'o kuow how mach coal she hed in probably, wheu ebe arrived here; and if the owners wink to bave her raised. 1 will do #0, or try to raise her if they 80 order ft, I think she can be raised without aay (eter and hn on, ng pepe Wheres she is ‘er where they say she is) ix no or soft boli C & fine rand, f terre Sceret Societics-'The Know Alls, ‘This seems to be the cra of recret organizations, Bince the ‘Know Nothingn’’ have ceme into existence, other sociotie: have ssrong fnto life, ofa like nature, and where the mania will end so one can guess, The Know Alla is the name of a new body, which has just entered the list. They having advertised that a meeting would be held Jast night at No. 27 James street, our reporter re- paired to the spot, to kuow all that was intended for the public ear, by those belorging to the order. Upon enter- ing a drinking saloon in the front atery of the ery: a ‘atleman was found, with wkom was carried on the fol- 8 Sonyerensen >=; i‘ sina er as ou know, sir, if a meet of kind ia held this bulldirg to bight? aN ne Uae A. Yes, cir; there is a meeting of some kind or other, a hed Cosi’ ‘ots } Con you show mo 1 onter doorkeeper; I shot like to ask him one or two questions ? * oy A. My directions are to show mo one the door, whose name fa not entered upon this list, (Pointiag te a list of names Iping upon the counter.) " Q. I Believe those comporing the meetiag call theme seiver the ‘Know Alls?” ‘ A. That is the name they have given thererelves, I bee eve, Q. Thay are an opposing party to the ‘Knew Nothings,”? I presumet A. Yes, sir; they have s'arted in opposition to the Know Notbings, and will soon exceed them in numbers, power and influence. . Q. The inference is, then, they take in all pa. tions end creeds, for it would require all to the Know Nothings, #] of course, attract all the native bern ¥bo ore inclined to join any societies of the kind? A. No, slr; the Know Alls are exclosively American; aps of Americans, and American in feeling and de- jen. Q. How, then, can they exceed the Krow Ni who are of the feme olass, with the same ends in A. The Kaow Alls are more liberal than the Know Nothinge; they admit a!i who are Born, upon this soil, regardless of their ancestry ; the Know Ne g8 exelude ali for three ganerations—s prinsiple unsustaiaed by ne- du‘y to our country, or justice. Q Then Tunderstand the only difference to be hatween ‘the two rnocieties, that cne goes back one generation, the Other three generations? A. This is the main difference. Q. The two societies with the same American senti- mont, snd cipeeiog only, a8 to the time quslifying » mem- ber, must eventually resoive into cne body. A. How so? Q. Being both Amerioan, thy Know Nothing: will the Kuow Alls, and vicc versa; and finally the enme will con pore both sogietles. ‘A. You are very much mistaken, The Know Nothings, by their poli teu course since thelr existeace, have rea- dered thexiseives very obnesious to the enlightened and lioersl ¢reriesza who compose the Know Ally, anda Evcw Nothing has no chance of entering tho opoosite order. A very strict inves'igstion and initiation will keep out every Know Nothing in tie city or out of it. Q Ars the facts you give me intended for pudlication? Uthere is any objection, of coarse this conversation wili be coosiiered confidential. ‘A. Thero is no objecticn to having thoze facta pub= ished. the “Kaow Alls” sim for, nothiog thay sre ashamed of, All that have told you will bo contaiasd in the by laws of the order, whica will be gives to tho public as econ as publishe’ ore ix nothing svoret but the system of organizati ‘Tee converration here ‘was concerned. ‘We understand that the next secret society ia the list wll be one who are to elect for their president the gen- ticman, fo thoroughly Amoricse, that, when iavited to reside at the celebration of the landing of tha Pil; Pe replied, “that he would nct join im celebrating the are rival of the cured foreigcers.” What tho name of this rociety is to be hss not yet been made knowa. Waat will grow out of all these secret organizations it is difl- cult to conjecture. Police Intelltgence, ed, as far as the new order Charge of Stealing a Pocket Bouk.—Oficers King and Daset, of 6 Fitth ward, yesterday arrested a young man name Michse] O'Hrarn, rericing at the corner of i~ son oud Greenwich streets, charged with stealing s wal- Jot conteining $55, the property ¢f John A re- siding at No. 196 Chambers eireet, The acsused was de- tectec taking the wallet from the pocket of the complain. ant as tho latter was sleopiry in a chair in che barroom of the house where he stopped. Tue prisoner was taken before Justice Osborn, who ceisined him to answer the charge. 4 Charge of Horse-Stealing.—Officer Coote, of tho Sixth ward police, yesterday arrested two men, named William Regan and Gobn Suith, charged with stealing « horse, va- lned at $150, the property of Daniel H. White Plaine, Westchester county, The ac: wore in the act of offering the horse ‘for aslo, for about one-fourth ite value, ata stable in Bayard street. They were detained by Justice Osborn, who committed them to the Tombs for trial. Stealing a Pox of Ladies’ Gaiters.—Oficer Crossett, of the Third ward, yestercay srested & man, celling himself Fa Men lors,’ charged with stealizg a box containing xty-four pair of Indies’ gaitert, valuad at $0, from the atore of J. Bloor ingéale, No. 74 Prince street. The thief was caucht in the sot cf carrying off the property. Jus- tice Fogart committed the accused to for trial. Seting Ture to hts Bouse vn a Drunken #it—Engh Mur- hy, in Donovan's alley, Pear! strect, whilst ina state of toxication, ret fire to his premises, The fire was fortu. red hy nome persona before muck mischief Yiurphy was taken into -nstody and jaatice Bogart, whoreommitted him te the fe day?, in order that Murphy might fora short interval experieros tbe colights of sobriety. ————_. rpenter, of voli nately cisco bad been brought ti § Brookiyn City Intell: ee FCTION OF AN ASSISTANT KNGINERR Ov THX Fine Da- PARTMENT —An election to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resisgation of A. B. Pell, one of the Assisiaat Engl. ¢ Broot lyn Fire Department, was held yaster- éey, in the cfice of the Comraizatoner of Repairs and Sap- plier, City Hal. The polia were opened at eunrise and closed at sumet, and considerable taterest was manifested by most of the roembera of the department duriug the en- tire ény. Everythiog paseod off decently ard im order, amd about two hours after the «o' the polls ail farther anxiety was allayed by the asnounsement o” tae resalt, which was as follows, there being six candidates in the Ceoere Wil 139 Findlay Bar 129 jam indlay Ambrore Brow: 87 Thom aa Cad 55 William A. Wali 19 William Van V 6 Mr. Wiillema, it will be percetvad, received the highest: number of votes, and is consequently elected. He has deen forermsn of Engine Co. No. 7, for ® number of years, and is an efficient fireman, wo'l qaalifed to fill the new station to which he hes been chosen, Fmx,--At an early hour yesterday moraing, 1 fire broke out in the stable of Tuomas O’Brien, on Plymonth street, pear Hadsou avenue. The dames commuuicsied to two adjoining frame houses, owsed respaotively by Thomas Kiernan at d Thomas Collins, and occupied by nize farai- lies. The furniture was montly saved, but ‘hn b were reduced to ashes, Kiornan was insured for $60", the Brookly x Insurance Company. His loss exoveda this amount «inewhat. Collins’ loss {a about $1,600; sover- 6 by insurance in the Atlantic Compaay, of Brooklyn. ———— Personal Intelligence. Dr. Benedict, the superivteudent of the Utica Lunatic Aaylnm, in now visiting the South for the benefit of his health. He ia at nt in ¢avannah, Ga, Hon. Geo. W, Clinton is in Washington. Hen, E. W. Leuvenworth, Secretary of State clect, is in Albany. Among the eminent gentlomen drawn to the erpment presect br professional or official is the Hon, John McP. Berrian, of Georgia, Among thy arrivals at the 8s. Neholas yesterday, were Hon, Joba Y. Mason, Vicginia; Hon, Russel ego, Wash- fogton; Hon. A. Loomis, Littls Falls; Lieut. Pico, U. & A.j Hen. A. 8. Belsher, Weshington; Hon. EB. Dansoomd, eH Pofessor Salisbury, Yale College; and Preal- dent Wolsey, do. Semuel Wheeler, Ieq.. Botton; Thomas D. ry St Loris; Berj. Rathburn, Albany; A. N, Haogerford, Oona. ; G.G. Wolte, Troy; and J Lusk, , Were auong the serivale at the Prescott House ya J Accounts from Boston state that Mea, Barrett, the eo tress, Jay ef (he point of death, with mo hope of her re- covery. From Norfo Donaléron, ¢ money, Mri MoMath, Jowph gon, Mrs Sarah co Y must Murphy, ies toe and la¢y Jodze D Stone and lady, Wa 8 Stawaty HP’ Hoo! B Swette, DJ Pandail, James Christian, Joba ‘Timberlaxe,