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

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B.g.R Banque, lose at half-past tem o’closk Beran will be Single copies, ia wrappors, six ished at half past aine moming. The News. We learn by telegraph tha! the steamship Pam- pero bus arrived at New Orleans with two weeks later intelligence from California. Unfortunately, however, the gale which commenced yesterday, and sontinued throughout the night with grea: violence, rendered it impossible to prooure the news in season for this moruing’s edition. The steamer No Light is reported to be on the way ¢2 thia city + one million six handred thousand doliars in gold, aud five hundred passengers. ft San Juan on 16th inst., and will prob IroWw Or On iy arr enn, from Bremen snd Southscpton port at au early hour yesterday morna- ing, bringing London files and s ‘vices from tie Con tinent of Europe te the 7thinst. Tho papers brought by the America to Halifax were three days later, contained the last news from the seat of war, a: muumed up in our telegraphic synopsis yestorda, morn'ng; howe we give to-day some interes extracts from the maiisef the Hermarn, so which is « copy of the address of General Barsgasy @Hilliers, the newly oiated Fr minister at Wor staztinople, to tt ultan, with tho reply of that Monarch; a transistion of the specch made by ths (Crown Prince of Sweden to the Chanbe kead'ng article from the London Times whi eonfirms the repor! of the adoption of the new ropean peace treaty by the great Powers, a notice which bad beea previously puvlisicd in the Heaanp. ‘We have alzo the full and very melancholy de- tails of the Joes of the Hull and Hamburg packet Marshal), with over one hundred and fiity passen- gers. She came in contact with the homeward bound bark Woodhouse, from Stockholm. The British gov- ermment had receiv Admiral commanding in the Pacific reative to guano remuining upon the Ch ted that the aysilable supply amounts to ix handred thousand tons; bot the Admiral imagines that the islands will be ex Dausted of saleable guano worth freighting land in‘cight or nine years. We give the de and statistical tables elsewhe and wor that their importance is much increased at x ment bygthe news of the discovery of gaano upon falands ‘n the Caribbean Sea, which was lately aoticed in our paper. The Golden Age left Liverpool for Australia upon the 5th inet. with one hundred and sixty passe 3. No business of importance was transacted in Dranch of Congress yesterday. The only item of in- ferest in the Senate proceedings was the announce ment of a bill providing for the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands among the various States. After a discussion as to what disposition should be made of certain dosumeuts ordered by the Jast Congress, the House went into Committee of the Whole, and a deba’e followed between Mr. Phillips of Alabama, aod Mr.’Bayly, of Virginia, in which the slavery question, the Koszta a‘luir, the demon strations of opposition to the admin were all in turn reviewed. Both houses aJjourned till Tuesday, but from appearances it is a matter of doubt whether a quorum will be found ic either body before the close of the holidays. Our despatches from W: agton House committee to whom the reso! to present Capt. Ingrahem with a sword was re- ferred, have unanimously resolved to report in favor of bestowing upoo him a medal, with a suitable in- seription, commemorative of the gallant conduct of himself and associates at Smyrna. The Senate bay of late confirmed several minor appointments, among them officers for the branch mint in California. As yet, bowever, co important but doubtfal cominations have been sent in; and it is understood that noae ‘will be till after the Hon:e bas disposed of the reso- lntion relative to the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. The steamship Crescent City hes arrived at New Orlesns, with dates from Havana to the 18th inat. There is no news. Ex Ceptain-General Canedo te seported to have amaseed one million of dollars dar: ing his administration of eighteen months, By telegraph we have received some very in‘ere. ing informa‘ion from the South western plains from whieh we learn that, owing to the dulness of trate and the diffe ty of passing goods at El Paso, all the foreign merchants woul! probably soon leave Chibuabua for California. A Mr. Smith having been shot at Santa Fe, a man naned S.allion was arrested, tried and immediately executed, sbortly after which it was Giteovered that Mr. Smith wus rot only alive, but dowly recovering. ‘The ship Island City, bound from New Orleans for this port with a cargo of molasses and sugar, was abandoned in a aihking condition on the 12th inst, abe having previourly experienced & severe gale, tate that th tion proposing 4 official despatches from the | samp | , | trade of this city, there were offre’ for sale during KATRE. Bowery. Rome) axp Jusier =| picked up and carried into Holmes’ Hole. A woollen fictory and its contents were entirely | destroyed by fire at Mount Vernon, Ohio, yesterday. | The property was worth between filty and sixty thousand dollars. | Thetwo hundred and thirty-thirt anniversary of the lasding of the Pilgrim Fathers oo Piymouth Rock was duly celebrate | members of the New England Society, by a dianer at the Astor House, last eveniug. Oor reporters I isewhere furnished graphic sketches of the eches, toasts, aud fr According to the wr ts, | statistics of the cattle | the present year 157,420 beeves, 10,720 cows and calves, avd 41 sheep aud lambs. Th's shows an e over the offerings of the previous twelve | months of 52,195 cattle, 5.039 cows and calves, and 76,589 sheep; and yet, notwithstanding this the supply, the wholesale ; of beef have advanced from $7 25 per cwt., in the ing of the year, to $8 87 at the close. June the rate was $9 68 per cw. These facts concerning the hich prices of meats, not to ek of the rtioaate charges forthe va- of life, sre well calsalated to startle every head of a family, aed msy, perhaps, found a verdi2t im- ing the death in the case wil) tant Aldermea ed st evening to investiga‘e arges: | | | | i | preferred { Engineer of the Fire De- by their descendants, the | lead to the adoption of measures as will tend | vod at more moderate ver coloma which cansed her to leak badly. The crew were | rica for Vice President in 1852, with Dooglas for President. Commodore R. FP. Stockton, N. J.—Waiting for | eure time. Gener. 1 Jefferron Davis, (Secretary of War)— Had a respectable vote tor Vice President at Balti- | more Convention of 1852. Beocasiouist, Howell Ccbb, of Georgia—Stands well with hard Cass men for suovession. General Thomas J, Rusk, <f Texas—-Union demo- erat ‘Thomas H. Benton—Independent candidate of the Van Buren ¢ynosty and Central Pacific Railroad route, W. H. Seward—Universe! Presidential champion of Northern whig free soilers. John P. Hale—Hold-over regular sbolition free a0] Candidate from the election of 1552. Here we have # sum total exceeding score j of candidates, of all gorts and eizes, and of every stripe and shade of politics, and of every grade of availability, from the first class states- man to the lowest huékstering demagogue ; and all of them are doubtless desirous of a rua before the people for the honors of the White House and the federal spoils, rapidly swelling up to sixty millions a year. Andis not this a free country? Itis, And has not every man a right to a fair trial upon his merits, befpre the people? He has. What valid objection, then, can be raised against a free scrab race, open to all entries, for the Presidency in 1856? None. And a serub race may be expected. Now is the time, therefore, for all the candidates for he succession, regulars or irregulars in party politics, to prepare the way for active opera- partment made their report, in which Mr. Curson’} tions at the appointed day. The plan adopted is exonerated from the bim. The f report; — Res That the charres made to this Board agatnst Aired Onrsen, Chief rinear of tha Fire Department, be, and lemissed for want of proof, end th eon is bereby acquitted of asations peading against jution annesed to the here vr bat the raid alfred ¢. all and every one of seid chi A large amonut of rontin of in the Board of Aldermen, but nothing was done that requires special comment. For details see the official reports. The trial of the fifteen persons charged with riot- ing in the Niuth ward, on the Fourth of July last, was brought to a close in the © of Sessions yester- The jury rendered a verdict of guilty against f the accused. delivered last evening, in th that Mrs. Coe is only 2 for the profe 1 of the law, she handled as could be expected. The audi iH one. fee the 3 for Coroners’ Inquesta; Judi- cial Proceedi e to the Commissioner of Jurors; Coart Reports; Account cf the Shooting Affair at Maysville; Obituary of Mrs. Barrett, &c. The Presidency—Oatatanding Candidates— Policy of a Free Biectiou tn 1856, The late national whig party was annihila- ted in 18% The New Yorx I up freely gave a help hand in the work of that terri- ble and conclusive defeat. Now. agreeably to our appointment by the Cabinet as the “lead- ing organ of the new opposition party,” it shall be our business to aid in the national and con- stitntional policy of demolishing this Cabinet and these of juggling spoilsmen. sons for this course are simply these dministration has repndiated and he great national principl elected; that it has planted itsel? m of an unholy al free soilers; and that fis organ ington has boldly confessed that the re Convention was dnt a miserable cabal of hungry cootestants for the spoils, aod the Baltimore platform nothing more than o ndle of the American people. tLere in tavor of the largest in the campaign of 1356, We are standing candi turn up for the succes the ca , und all that may yet on. The full value of elective franchise in the choice of President be secured by the people in a i ell the candidates, old aud it and small, soldiers and civilian all stripes and shades, and of all parties and factions—political, religious, socialist, or in- fidel. To this republican programme all the signs of the times are pointing. There is no other plan by which more than a third of the onat- standing candidates can ever expect to have vilege ofa run hetore the people for the White House avd the public plunder. Let the hold-over ca who have been waiting for four, eight, twelve, sixteen, or twenty years, reflect upon the shortness of human life and the uncertainty of natioual conventions of buckstering spoilemen, and contrast their chances there with the advantages of a free campaign. Let them reflect,and they are with us, The following is a list of candidates, near- ly all if not the whole of whom may be coa- sidered as aspirants for the succession:— FiR®T CLASS CANDIDATES, WHO MAVB HAD A RUN OVER THE COURSE. General Lewis Cass, 1848—Defeated by the treachery of Martin Ven Boren, Jobn Van Buren Talo free soil ticket. dates General W id Scott, 18 -Defeated by the filendehip ot 1 ward, and his free eoil affilia- tions. Gen. Frunk‘in Pierce, 1552.—Tiiumphantly nomi- y repeated failures to nominate omphantly elected and inaugu- Jy supposed to be out of the way nated, after m: somebody els rated; but alr for the sue CLASS. LD CANDIDATES, WHO HAVE GONE CONV N aT BaLTIMOAR, AND Havas 1 ITHOUT A NOMINATION. ral Lewis Cass, 1852.~ Defeated by the trvo- hi ule James Buchanan, 1340, 1644, 1848, 1852.—-Ran well three last heats. Stephen A. Douglas, 1552— Too fast. Daniel 8. Dickinson, 1852.—Had the nomination in bis handa, all cut and dried, Virginia leadmg off. Made a speech—declined im favor of General Cass. Dickinson covered with Sowera and giory by the Baltimore ladies in the gallery. William 1. Marcy, 1952.—Ran well in the South, after they dropped Bucharan. Swamped by New York and the Great West. Genero! Sam Houston, 1948, 1852.—Very popular, but very slim yote in convention. General Wm. 0. Batler, 1862.—Twenty-five or thirty votes. Ran with Cass for Vice Presidensy in 1648. General Jo. Lane, 1552.—Vote of Indiana. John B. Weller, 185 ‘ote of California. Feneral Henry Dodge, 1852.—Vote of Wisconsin General John E Wool, 1852.—Before convention, but not voted for. Wato.—Millard Fillmore, tween Scott and Webster. MISCELLANEOUB CANDIDATE? THIRD CLASS. Edward Everett—Fine attainments, ripe scboler, eound statesman on national politics; candidate of Webster mer. John J. Orittenden—Frequently spoken of as high: ly available, but put hack, particularly ia Kentacky, by his agency in 4 i'r. Clay's wominatioa in Ta4e, RM. T. Honter, (Va )~Candidate of young Am 1852.—Defeated b> in behalf of General Houston, some two years ago, by Donaldson and Greer—ibat of a private correspondence with the leading men through- out the country—ought to be adopted by the friends of every candidate without delay. Furthermore, as this next Presidential election will, in all probability, be carried up to the House, let the various aspirants for the succes- sion keep an especial eye upon the elections to the next Congress. Let it be remembered that the three highest candidates before the people go into the House, and that there each State only gives one vote, thus placing every State upon a footing of sovereign equality. Let Southern men, par- ticularly, bear this in mind—that in the election ofa President by the Louse of Representatives: the vote of Florida, with only one member in the House, (she being, like New York, a sove- reign State.) is equal to the vote of New York with thirty-three members on the floor—each State giving but one vote. It is thus clearly the policy of the Southern States to have a free election before the people, with the view of carrying up the final issue to the House. A free election is, also, the only plan by which all the various candidates for the succession can ever expect to obtain a trial bo- fore the people. Let all the aspirants, there- fore, prepare for the scrub race of 1856 The Congressional caucus system was tried and abandoned—ithe Convention system is coa- trolled by juggling spoilsmen: the ouly re- couree left is a free clection, directly upon the merits of the several candidates. Let them act accordingly, appoiat their central committees of correspondence in this cily aud elsewhere keep a sharp eye upon the Cabinet, and the mat s, and look well to the t Congressional eleetions, The true nation- al policy ior 1856 is a free election. Tue Ciemmns axp Foor Lerr Mr. ex- Senator Clemens’ leticr, published yesterday, has done something towards clearing away the mist which obscured his position, though we }t whether it will add to his fame. We trust better acquaiated with the President's mind than he seeins to be with the New York election. Te calls the lutier a “ bitter lesgon,” and obviously casts in the teeth of the Union dcmocrats the transfer of the State into the lands of W. H. Seward. Had ex-Senator Clemens been better informed he would have known that Seward’s triumph is solely due to the interference of the federal government in our election, aud to its open eupport of the Van Buren free soil faction. It was the Cabinet which placed the issue before the New York democracy a3 Van Buren free soilism on the one side and Seward free soilism on the other. We would not openly sustain the former by our votes. and rather preferred that the Seward whigs should triumph for a while than that an equally dapgerous and traitorous party should be installed in power through our active. sup- port. Hence the “lesson,” “bitter” enough, we dare say, to {he administration ; but which to us, loses its sting in the reflection that it must end in the union of all the free soil fac- tions, and the creation of a broad, distinct issue between them and the friends of the Unioa. Mr. Foote has taken a more reasonable and sensible view of the position of the government. He has, in fact, no Cabinet office in prospect, even though Jefierson Davis should be elected to the Senate. Would that Mr. Clemens could say the same! We are told that Senator Cass endorses Mr- Clemens’ letter, and even goes go far as to regret he did not write it himself. General Cass is quite welcome, so far as we are concerned, to strangle bis own offspring, and support the men who are trampling the compromise nader foot. We have no objection to his pursuing this or any other course which he can reconcile to his conscience. It is enough for us that we shall hold him responsible at the proper time. Meanwhile, as ex-Senator Clemens and his friends reem to know so much more about the President’s mind than any ore else, can they in- form us why or how it is that General Piorce has displayed so lively an interest in the resus- citation of the Van Buren dynasty in this State? If, as Mr. Clemens says, he 1s so resolutely op- posed to disunion, how came he to throw all his influence into the scale of the free soilers here— the men who ran against Cassin 1848, and who are io-day every whit as strongly disposed to- wards disunion as they were then? Unless the x Senator has some very strong reasons to give, we shall adhere to our belief that the Pre- sident’s course in these respects was dictated by secret causes—such as the existence of the letter and reports of the speeches for which we have advertised. Some allusion to the former was made by the ational Era, at Washing- ton. It is, in fect. beyond a doubt that more than one person at the capital knows the truth of the matier. For our part, we repeat we cannot ex- plain the conrse of the President in regard to the polities of this State on any other theory than the supposition thet some such letter as the one mentioned--in which General Pierce is scriously compromised—now exists, and is in the hands of the Van Buren leaders, Gore ore Cuear—The ew Hampshire Patriot. the configential home organ of General Pierce, very naively confesses that, on the day it published the President's meseage, it had to give it away. No one would buy the message at any price. John Mitchel—His Speeeh and His Position. Our cotemporaries are devoting a good deal of space to the oration delivered by John Mitchel at the recent Irish banquet. Some eri- ticise the speech severely, and regard it asa gross impertinence on the part of Mr. Mitchel to haye undertaken to lecture the American government; others applaud the bold censare applied to Mr. Marey’s celebrated Kozzta letter. So far as the latter piece of clap-trap is con- cerned, every body knows that it was but a re- hath of the sentiments contained in Webster’s letter to Huleemann ; and, when we can find space for some documents now in our posses- sion, the public will be enabled to judge of the extent of faith Marcy placed in his own doc- trines, It required no freeh review. In fact, we have failed to discover, either in the speech or in the other proceedings at the banquet, any pretext for serious comment. The dinner was a brilliant affair, and afforded a pleasing theme for an artist’s pencil. Many of ihe speeches were eloquent, Those of Messrs. Meagher and Mitchel glowed with thet poetic imagery which has always been the characteristic of Irish oratory. But amid the flowers of language which fell in graceful profusion from the speak- ers’ lips, a single principle of practical appli- cation or immediate usefulness will be sought in vain. Those who expected the exiles to avail themselves of the occasion to develope the programme of their future movements, and to apprise their adopted country of the task they propose to undertake, and the purpose they intend to achieve, will turn from the re- cord of Monday’s proceedings with disappoint- ment, There was at the banquet, as we said, much to gratify the eye; the speeches overflow with sentences whose beauty charms the ear; but there was nothing in the whole performauce to eatisfy the mind or feed the understanding. There was one feature in John Mitchel’s speech which is calculated to produce a more lasting impression than rhetorical display com mands. That feature was the savage hostility displayed towards the government of England and the Anglo-Saxon race. Such outbursts of vindictive feeling are natural to one who has suffered much at the hands of tyranny: though we doubt whether they will raise Mr. Mitchel’s cbaracter as a philosopher anda statesman. But one thing is very certain: the people of this country do not fully share, at this present time, in Mr. Mitchcl’s feelings towards Great Britain and the British government. There was a time—not very long ago—when the memory of a recent war kept alive a spirit of hostility to England and Englishmen among the people of the United States. But that age has past. Intelligent Americans “hate” no country. They entertain an honest feeling of rivalry towards every nation which stands on a footing of equality with themselves, and strive to surpass them. They try to build better ships and steamers, to construct more perfect machines, to manufacture cheaper goods, to command a larger trade, to encourage a sounder morality, and to reach a higher point of political and intellectual cultivation than England or any other conntry; but neither tri- umph nor failure in these honorable contests en- genders hatred in the American breast. The people of the United States look upon English- men as rivals, not as enemies; and whatever applause Mr. Mitchel’s denunciations may elicit rom our Irish population, they will find no re- sponse or sympathy among the American masses. We fear that. like many other exiles we have seen, Mr. Mitchel mistakes his position here as he mistook it in Ireland. This take has rendered his whole past career a failure, not- withstanding the many noble acts anil many evidences of commanding talent and indomi- table purpose by which it has been marked. He went wrong in policy, not in spirit, in 1848, when he, with the other members of the Young Ireland party, broke loose from the selfish restraints of O’Connellism, and undertook to make a republic out of cle- ments which were not even fit for a mon- archy. Had John Mitchel known his real position in that day, he would have seen that the Irish people, whom he undertook to convert into republicans, were in reality in the most elementary stage of sociul existence—the obedient slaves of a hierarchy. Blinded by the warmth of his feelings. he fancied that the little circle of ardent youths who surrounded bim was in fact the country; 2nd only“disco- vered his error when the peopke whom he fondly hoped to lead aided in his capture, and placidiy waiched his trial as a conspirator and a rebel. Two centuries hence it is probable that such a manas Johu Mitchel would be a noble benefactor and a beloved leader of the Irich people. Mis aims—which, however right in the abstract, are not suited to the present condition of things—would then he feasible, patriotic, and practically beneficial. He over- looked these two centuries of time, and the consequence is on record. He now occupies in this country a position very analogous to that which he filled in Ire- land. For some years the Irish party in this city has been ruled by John Hughes on principles similar to those so successfully used by O’Connell. Mr. Mitchel comes here, and must obviously, whatever complimen- tary correspondence way pass between him and the Archbishop, organize a new party, separate from and hostile to that led by His Grace. His paper cannot bnt pursue adiferent course from that followed by the sacerdotal organs. In a very short time we shall certainly witness in this country a re- newal of ihe contest which took place in Ire- land previous to 1848 between the O’Connell party and the Young Ireland party. It is. therefore, of the highest importance to John Mitchel that he avoid his former error. and learn to sce his position and the tendency of public opinion in the true light. In the coming campaign the Archbishop will certainly carry with him all those conservative members of the Irish party who were attached to the old O'Con_ nell clerical cause in Ireland. Mitcbel will be left the Young Irelanders; and to rally these into a force numerous and imposing enough to do battle with the Archbishop, he mnst contrive to secure the support and alliance of the liberal American party. This he can only do by en- deavoring to harmonize with their views and opinions, and, above all, by constantly bearing in mind that he lives in the nineteenth, and not in the twenty-second century. Mr. Mitchel is a man of senee—we trast he will benefit by the suggestion. He cannot make # revolution either here or in Ireland, but he can make a good newspaper, and we trust he wili under. stand hig position and do so. Rockiand Mit Burnxt.—The Rockland Mill in Bcituate wan destroyed by fire yesterday about one fi o’clock, It waa thought that one or two dwelling houses would al:o be barnt It was insured two-thirds of tbe lees. Tur Lecrune SrsTeN—LeEcTuRE on JAPAN, Lecturing in the United States during the last two or three years has become as much # pro- fession as the law, or physic, or play-acting, | and the result is that a swarm of lecturers has | arisen, who are deluging the country with their | trash, Most of them are exceedingly super- | ficial individuals, end their productions are like | themselves. They add nothing to the stock of | human knowledge. On the contrary, they \ garble what other men have accumulated, and, | on the whole, the tendency and the actual ef- | fect of their lucubrations are to deteriorate lit- erature, science and art. They make men shal- low who otherwise would be deep thinkers, In- stead of inducing them to read, observe, and, study for themselves—whereby alone the human mind can ever acquire any koowledge that is truly veluah'e—they present them with amisera- ble dilution,which leads them to believe that they | know « great deal when they'kaow just nothing at all. If the information conveyed io these lectures was worth retaining, it ie impossible for the audience to secure it. Without any | previous knowledge of the subject, or any fu- ture reading or study, they listen to the disser- tation like a pleasant song, aud next day, per- haps in the same hour, forget all about it. For the most part, the matter and style of the lec- ture are such that even the most trained minds | cannot seize avything to treasure up. to | a bushel of chaff they may, with great winuow- ing, find a graiv of wheat; and they may tail, after all their pains. The subject is over- whelmed ina multitude of fine words, which tickle the car fora moment but leave no im- pression on ihe mind. Indeed. the attentive observer, who may chance to attend one of these lectures, will perceive that those parts are always most applauded where the sense, if there be any, is lost in the misty obscurity of the lan- guage. If the matter and manner should be unobjectionable, still it will generaily be found that, at best, the thing is a poor compilation from books easily accessible—pcrhaps taken in whole or in part from the newspapers of the day. We were led to these observations by read- ing, in Thursday’s Herat, a report of the lec- ture of Rev. Dr. Vinton, on Japan. If any one will take the trouble of turning over the files of this journal for the last two or three months’ he will find, in the news and editorials relating to the Japanese empire, the same matter, and eyen the very words, which the Doctor em- bodies in his lecture as original, and worth twenty-five cents a head to hear delivered at the Brooklyn Athenxum, and heaven knows in how many other places at the same price. These lectures are hawked from town to town, as a Connecticut pedlar hawks his wares: and they are precisely of the same value as “wooden nutmegs,” or as stale vege- tables, with this difference, that whereas the pedlar sells the same article but once, and the green grocer is not paid twice for the same tainted head of cabbage, the lecturer sells one and the same rechauffe of verbiage five hun- dred times over. Thus a lecture, the original manuscript and copyright of which were not worth a quarter of a dollar to any human be- ing, ismade to produce thousands of dollars irom the gullible portion of the public all over the United States; and the operation is repeat- ed upon them by other literary jugglers, with the same effect, till their pockets are drained and their heads made empty, if they ever con- tuined anything. We do not wish to be understood asincluding all lectures and lecturers in this description; but the exceptions are “so few aad far between” that they may be set down in the same category as ‘angels’ visits.” Asa general rule, we can safely say that the lecture has become a public nuisance, and it oughi to be abated. It is eal- culated to emasculate the youth of the country of all mental power; and the sooner this hybrid kind of composition, unknown to our vigorous ancestors, is got rid of ihe better for the future fame of our literary men. the better for the students of sciznce and philosophy, and the better for the progress of the couniry in the arts and every branch of human knowledge. ConoresstonaL Honors To Generar Scorr. Very much to our astonishment we find that | Scuators Douglas, Adams, Pettit, and one or | two others, oppose the resolution authoriziag the President to,confer the rank of Lieutenaut General upon General Scott. That the at- tempt should have been resisted at a time when its success might have exercised a pow- erful influence on the Presidential election wé can readily understand ; but we are quite aia loss to perceive any solid objections to the creation of the title to-day. Some such mark of respect is the least we can offer to the old hero. General Scott’s political life has been a curi- ous one. In 1840 he lost the nomination by writing and talking too much. Seward’s in- trigues against him had something to do with his failure; but the prime cause was his own cacoethes loquendi et scribendi, In 1818 he avoided one of his old faults—be did not talk too much. Unfortunately, the other propensi- ty was as violent as ever; he would write, and wrote accordingly a long correspondence with Marcy, which lost him the nomination. In 1852 he did not write ; but, as though he were physically incapable of curing both de- fects together, he relapsed into talking, and this, together with Mr. Seward’s unpopular sup- port, ruined bim again. Amid all these disap- pointments, General Scott» worst enemy can- not but admit that he has conducted himself in a manner highly honorable to him as a soldier, as a patriot, and as a man of sense. Whatever want of judgment his speeches and his writings have evinced, his actions have been uniformly correct, judicious, and manly. In view of this fact, and of the philosophical equanimity al- ways displayed by the veteran under the most trying circumstances, we should not be sur- prised to see his merits recognized some day yet by his country. One of those sudden revolutions in popular fecling which are com- mon to the history of all republics may yet con- for on General Scott a reward which accidental errors of his own have three times torn from hie grasp. Wuo Rutes Excianp?—We perceive that our venerable cotemporary, the Couricr and En- quirer, in a review of one of Mr. Bourcicault’s lectures, takes occasion to observe that the Commons rule England, and not Queen Vic- toria. We suspect that both our cotemporary and Mr. Bourcicault would benefit by a closer study of the matter. If they can find time for the task, they will probably discover that the British aristocracy rules both Commons and the Queen; and that, in point of fact, the oligarchy composed of dukes, earls, marquises, lords, and baronets, is the government of Mng- Jand. NEW YORK HERALD. | Our Mission ro France.—We have received several inquiries trom friends and svquain- tances on the subject of the progress of our ap- plication for the mission to France. In reply to our friendly questioners, we can ouly say that our prospects are as good as can be ex- pected. Mr. Mason sails to-day, and will oc- cupy the Paris embassy uatil the completion of our task in our present oflce—that of leader of the opposition —enables us to succeed him. It taust be obvious to every ouc, that having been regularly installed in an office far higher—to our thivking--than the mission to France, we cannot abandon it till the thick of the battle hae been fought; our residence here is absolutely neceapary until the national opposition is suffi- ciently drilicd and marshalled to be able to de- molieh the Cabinet. This, we presume, will re- quire our leadership for something less than two years, at the expiration of which time our friends will again hear from us. The Fine Arts, SALB OF PLOTURES 47 THE ACADEMY OF DESIGN. At the Academy of Design, Broadway, last evening, one hundred and twenty five oil paiotings were #old at auction, nt prices varying fiom fifty cents each up to foxty dole Jars, In theinspestion of these paintings ws were at ® lois to discover many whioh displayed more ihan me- divore ialent, while the majority wore without any merit whatever. The pictures were upon all sorte of subjects. ‘There were lendscapes and marine views, eaitle’ pleces avd Bacchantes, scriptoral, fruit, and game pieses. There were # 1 fine Davseldort pictures, aad there wara geod animal picture by H. Smith. It is to be sold this evening, Thewile was commenced by the rushing cf off seme fosrfal pain ings, which brought prices rasg- ing from four rhillings up to five dollare, There was a head of Saint Peter, omtalogued a« a “fine ol picture;? but the Saint had rather muldy countenance if this sas anything like him. Saint Peter went for five dollars, and his frame was worth three collira, The geatlemen who‘ did” some of the lavdscapes which were sold at about this time bad evidently mnistakem thelr vocation. ‘The Orst twenty pictures sold were well brought nearly the price of thei) frames. A pré scepe, by Ionis, was rold for $24--frame worth $15. A jandscaye with cattle, fair picture, by Harri, 2s sold at $17 ADussekorf lendscape—rather gloomy—by Jan- nen, was sold at $11. The ‘Heed of a Cavalier,” by G. HH. Bali, (well done,) weat for $7—not quite the price of the frame. Thereise very good landscape, with dgures, by W. Shayer; itisto berold this evening. A female head, Flora, by Clater, well executed, though rather weck in colorizg, wus sold for $25. A cattle plese, by ‘Tehaggein, wont for $24. A capital Dusseldorf picture, «Mother's Love,” was sold at $38, An oval landscape, by Bontelle—not equel im merit to his usual productions —vwae ecld at $16 A landscape by Zucharelli was sold at $29. A fine Iancsonpe by Brese went for $27. Per- hapa the best ptoture offered during the evening was tue head of amold lady, by Humbert. ‘The coloring was ex- cellent, and the expression very life-Jike-—sold for $32. The Hermit,” by Spsgaclette—a fine old pioture—wae knocked down ai $13 50. Some gocd pictures wore sold at low prices, varying frcm $10 to $25, and the paint- ings, with but few exceptions, brought hardly enough te cover the price of the frames. The few good pictures offered went almost unnoticed. Marine Affairs. ‘Tus Sreamsrur Artaxtic, Capt. West, leaves at 12 o’cloole to-day for Liverpeol. Sie bad seventy-five passengeré engaged yestercay, and $550, 00 in specia. ‘Tuk Lats Ouirrgr Rack —The victory of the British clipe per Challenger ovor the American clipper Nightingale, om their Iste race from China to Londen, was not #0 greatan supposed, as will be seen by the following:— TO THE RDITOR OF THE FRIEND OF CHINA Siancman, Sot. B, 1858. Sim—In your paper dated the 17th ult. you state that the Nightingale american clipper, left Gutzlaff at a. M. ofthe &th August snd that the British elipper Chal- Jenger would leave a few hours after her. To give the two vereels as fair a startas possible the Lady Mary Wood wes employed to tow the Nightingsio cut, hoping to catch the Uballerger, which vex-el nad Jett Shanghae three or four days before her, Sho bad got clear away, howsver, 60 tot the Britisher bas had seve: teem hours siart im the race, wuich ia, as you ssy, by interesting match’? bY ling here ix very cordial, and ‘‘a fair field and ? the mette of I beilera, both the oa stains. Challenger left Gatzisff Sunday, 7th August, 4 P.M. Nightingale Monday, 8a 9 A.M. Chaileng-r seventecn hours in navancs, Lloyds’ List of the {6th November reports by telegraph the arrival of the Challenger at Deal oo that day, andom the 26th gives the arrival there ef the Nightingala, thas mahivg the latter nboat thirty hours behiad her compe- titor, instead of two days. ‘Tum Serr Gerar Repcuiic — It is eaid m= Baltimore house has offered Mr. McKay, the owaor of the Great Rapublic, $26,000 above the cost to construct her, whish offer bag bean refured, Theentire eupport of this yaasel when im #8 ling condition will cost nearly $12,000 a menth.—-#al- timore Hepublican, Mrs. Coe on the Wrongs of Woman. Mrs. Emma R. Ove delivered a lecture last evening, in the Je:turo room of the Tabsrnecie, upon the “Wrorge of Woman, or the Legal Inequality of the Sexes,” The gudience was mots large one, In personal appearance the ly in rather above tho middle hleght, and of a good Sgure. Her face {a quite an intellectual one. Mra. Coo has already won high encomiums from the press, and fo preparing to enter upon the profession of the Isw. Her lecture last evening was delivered distinctly and very rapidly, Like most women, rhe appeals to «)mpathy rather than sevee, and attracts an audience by flowery aistion, and not by solid reasoning. The following is a aketeb of the lecture-—She had a specific purpose In view that evening—ons that beare upon the present mo- ment, She requested thesympathy and sapport of the audicnce, and if possible their sigsatures to a petition to the i+gislature to relieve the wrongs of woman. Every hums» being had the right of petition, But for what shall they petition? A necessity is laid upon them that they preach thir gospol of deliverance for women. In the great thoroughfare of life, woman is suffering obstrac- tions which should not be in her way. She ia im- peded by legal restrictions which s’acken her course, The bosiners of meiniaining woran’s rights properly be- longa to man, It isan unamiable practice for women te complain of thsir wrongs; bat as men will not take up the argument, they must do it for themselves. The law between husband and wife is degrading. It lowers the wife beneath the stending of a clave. Marriage makes the husband ard wife one person, sad that person is the husband. Wera woman the abject thing the law consid- ere her, she would net be worthy of ahnsband. Dosg not this require change? The lnws relating to women are at variance with the Inws of the Crestor. Max war not bern to command, nor woman to obey. These are not the opicions of “strong minded women’ only, butof men, We aceept this namo with pleasure, and are ouly sor t ‘we bave not deserved it; but we hope thet the naxt gene- ration may redeem our ohmracter in this res Why shonid woman be deprived of all ths rights that belong to a buman beiog? Under tho jaws of New York, the husband may compel th. wile vo carry out all his whine, unless sho bappens to bem eriminal, end then she suifers the fall penalty of the law. The marrisge ceremony is suggestive of much that is Indi. crous. Fancy & woman possessed of all her faculties ruddenly becoming chavged by the eimple words of a clergyman. This ceremony wae bora in farcehon, aad that iv fs continued to this day ia s proof of the atrength of one sex and the weakness of the other. Whst cane wowan wish for in this mystical death? Believe me, no. tine woman ever dil Co-erve it. While a wor remeing alone, she bas & certeia individaality; bat when she be- con ea married, she loses this individuality aad becomes merged inthe husbacd Tais ie the coolest ant mption of might over right we bave ever heard of. Shall we con+ tentecly endureit? The plea fer the wife's self govern- mentis very strong in nature A msn who marries a woman unworthy of perfect equality, degrades his ow a obaracter, fhe (the lecturer) know t ube should meat with » one sided view of Scripture auth mity. When God created ual, when sin brought ou \ hat woman's eqrality was lost. The uesrer turned toa state Ot ‘een tanocence, the ees tansy reached equality. Ever ricce Christ to the earth, woman bas been raising her head higher and higher. Weman was the bonored instrument of bringing our hart the bia Fey stood last by the and woman was present when the stone was rolled from the door of the sepulchre. Willany man say woman of lus who coonecte herself with » man of mean opinions is to be guided by him? Will any men say that a Christian woman should be guided bys hesthen husband if rhe bad one? she (the leotarer) objected to thore who nevor looked at their Bible, blackeniag their ‘vieuges, and quo‘ing seripture directly they hear sach questions mentioned as womaa’s rights, She did not belisve in the words of St, Paal, who says, “Babmit to the powera that be, for the Lord’s aetican people inthe war sith aghind Mt te Sone ot war with a je of the revolutiog. She deemed that the priaciple of woman's subjection to men lies at the very foundat ef all her Mla. If woman cannot take charge of herself, of course ahe cennot take charge of her property. Can three yee in the pound 00 tea. or the royal stamp on paper— grievances that produced the revolution—~oan. be Fatuen ae the gi joes under which women live? The laws are behind the time, and wil) be polled down, and other and nobler and grender edifices built in thelr stead. [Mrs Cow entered here iuto a long disquisition be tthe laws of real extate, She wished 10 prove @hat ey were atrocious—that they afforded mo protection whatever tc woman, Mrs, Coe spoke very eloquently and