The New York Herald Newspaper, December 25, 1853, Page 4

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WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood's Minstrel Hall, 44: Brosd. way.—Erniorian MinsTRELSY. . 529 Brondway.—Bvex- © BUCKLEY'S OPERA it ous Luy's Eruiorian Overa Trove BANVARD'S GEORAMA, 5% Brosdway.—Pavorama or tug Ho1y Lanp. RHENISH GALLERY, 665 Broadway.—Day and Evening. SIGNOR BLITZ,—Snvyvesant Insrirute, 659 Broad- wey. ‘ ACADEMY HALL, 663 Brondway.—lennam’s Grrr Ex MigiTION OF THE SkVeN Mice Minnon HOPE CHAPEL, 718 Broadway —Jownzs’ Panroscore. THE WORLD IN MINIATURE—Broadway, corner of White street “New York, Sunday, December 25 The News. Tn our columns this morning, will be found the news from California, brought yesterday by the steamship Northern Light. Nothing very exciting bad occurred during the fortnight previous to our latest date, except the fact that there was likely to be a division of the democratic party of the State, similar to the one in New York. One section was Gemarding the immediate election by the Legisla ture of a United States Senator, to take the place of Mr. Gwin, whose term expires in 1955; while tue other ride Cesires to wait until the time shall come round making it incumbent upon the Legislature to doso. The war was waxing warm at last accounts, but what the result will be we are unable t) predict. There are a number of candidate: who desire to come East at the expense of the generel government, among the most prominent of whom are David C. Broderick, Senatur Gwin, and Collector Hammond Jt will also be seen that another expedition was about being formed in San Francisco, for the State of Sonora, which was t> be composed entirely of Germans. Ostensibly it was to be a peaceful expe. dition, the members of which were to visit Sonora, by invitation, for the purpose of forming asettlement. But this may be a dodge t» lull the vigilance of the authorities. The news will be found interesting. Fram Oregon we learn that there had heex great suffering-among come of the emigrants on the Plains, who had taken a new ronte over the Cascade Mouat- ains, and Jost their way. A uumber had beea found by a party of citizens who went outin search of them inthe most distressed condition, and nearly perished for want of food and water. The party learned that many companies of from four to ten men had left the main body, on foot and without provisions, to make their way into the valley, where they hed probably died with hunger. They also earned that some of the party had sunk down along the road from utter exhaustion, and declared they could go no further. They had subsisted on horse fiesh until it gave out, after which they got nothioe but snails and insects to sustain life. There is one feature in the California, Oregsn, and Washington Territory news, that is refreshing to the woild at large, as well as to every Benedick. It is to be found in she long list of marriages which we give this morning from the San Franciseo and Oregon papers. It is really charming, and speaks well for the new empire on the Pac Dates from Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, to the 5th of November, inform us that all was quiet in po- litical circles. The small pox continued to commit dreadful havoc amony the natives in some portions of the islands, notwithstanding which the schools were generally well filled and the eause of education was progressing admirably. A fleet of eighty-five whalers, in addition to a large number of other ves- sels, were anchored at Honolulu, and trade was con- sequently very brisk. ‘We have advices from Kingston, Ja., to the 12th instant, but the news is not of much interest to American readers. Both branches of the Legislature were about to adjourn for the Christmas holidays, leaving a large amount of business unconsidered. Bir Charles Grey had proposed to members a new syste of “ government responsibility,” which caused a grea‘ amount of excitement. He suggests that the crown should employ certain members of the Assem- bly to bring forward all government measures, and that such paid employés be vested with an entire coitrol over) the finances of the colony and the ex- clnsive authority of origioating money bills, which is viewed as a system the very reverse of responsi- bility by the people, and as one at utter variance with the heme reading of the British constitution. The bealth of Jamaica was good. The sehooner Rachel, from Inagua, at Montego Bay, December ‘th, reported the wrecks of the bark Prospect, ct New York, the brigantine Anne and Elizabeth, of Philadelphia, with other vessels, off Inagua, in a heavy gale. Owivg to the violent gale which prevailed on Fri- day vight the steamship America, was unable to reac Borton till two o'clock yesterday afternoon. Her mails will reach the city early this moruing. Our package came through by the New Haven trian, which arrived about half-past one this morning. On glancing over the last English journals, we find lit- tie of importance that has not been anticipated by telgegraph from Halifax. We extract the leading article from the last London Times on the war question, which will be found interessing. The Collins steamer Pacific is about due, with four days later Puropean intelligence, and it is possible that we may tomorrow be able to spread her news before our readers, Judge Grier, of the United States Circuit Court at Philadelphia, has decided that the translation of Mrs. Stowe’s novel of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” into German, is no infringement upon the copyright. Rey. Mr. Dean, the Baptist clergyman whose sudden disappearance caused so much excitement at New Bedford last week, has been heard from at Albany. The application by the Franklin Canal Company for an injonetion to restrain the author'ties of Erie, Pa., from tearing up their track, has been grankd by the Supreme Court at Philadelphia. These in- junctions, however, are treated with perfect indif- ference by the people of Erie; indeed, the one graut- ed by the United States Court at Pittsnurg has been declared null and yoid by ope of their magistrates who apprehended and heavily fined several of the railroad employés for attempting to replace the raile that had been removed by the mob. ft really appears as fhongh nothing short of a regiment of troops would prevent the Ene folks from anlawfally blocking ep a public highway aad placing an em- barge upon travellers and the mails, Among the passengers in the steamship Atlante, which left this port for*Liverpool yesterday, were Hov. Thos. H. Seymour, Minister to Russia, and Hon. John Y. Mason, Minister to France. The last report of the City Inspe:tur exhibits an alarming increase in the mortality, particularly among children. We learn that one hundred and four men, eighty-one women, ove hundred and eighty nine boys, and one hundred and forty girls— making a total of five hundred and fourteen— died during the week ending yesterday, being an increase of one hundred gnd fitty-three on the mor tality of the previous seyen days. Itis grati(ying to observe, however, that our city is remarkably free from diseases of an epidemic charaster, There was but one death from cholera, It will be seen by the annexed list of the chie? causes of death, that a large number may be directly ascribed to, or were hastened by, the late sudden charges in the temperature of the atmos phere from moderate warmth to extreme and piere- ing cold :—Consumption, 65; convulsions, 49, of whom 46 were infants; conges ions, 16; croup, 32; dropsy, 32; various fevers, 31; inflammations, 66; marasmus, 14,0f waom 11 were infants; still-born and premature births, 50; and emali pox, 36. One hundred and fifty-seven of the deceased were chil cren under one year of age, and one hundred and sixty-nine were between one and ten years old. Three hundred and thirty-nize were natives of the United States, eighty-three of Ireland, fifty six of Germany, fand eighteen of Great Britain. In addition to many columns of very entertaining and instructive reading, to which it is unnecessary to refer in detail, our eolamns to-day contain graphis sketenes of some exceedingly curious speeches made at the Parsona’ liberty-of suecc: gathering las} Sab- bath; letters from Para, Puerto Cabello, and Al- bany; the Homestead bil! reperted by the Commit- tee on Agriculture to the House of Representatives; lengthy communisation from the Comuissioner of Streets and Lamps, relative to the contracts for cleaning the streets, and the manner in which the work bas been and is to be doue; religious, commer- cial, political, and miscellaneous intelligence, &c. Peace Prospects=The Imperial Game at Chess--Checkmate. Now that the London Times sees no further “danger attending the promulgation’ of the details of the treaty between the four Western Powers of Europe—that everybody talks of peace as a thing certain—that calm is restored to the commercial world and stocks have risen—we think our city cotemporaries may venture to place their readers in possession of the last fortnight’s news. They will save them- selyes some trouble by copying it bodily from our columns; and we beg to place our files en- tirely at their disposal for the purpose. It may take them some time to make up their lee- way; but their readers can wait, and by the time they have copied from the Herarp the account of the execution of the treaty at Lon- don, of its transmission to Paris, and thence to Berlin and Vienna, of the terms offered by the maritime Powers to Prussia and Austria, and of the arguments brought to bear on the two sovereigns, they may then safely extract from the news by the America and Hermann the im- portant intelligence of the formation of the great anti-Russian alliance. is journal were prepared for The readers of thi some such dénowment by the article we gave on the 17th inst., in which we took occasion to observe :-- Whatever reasNS Aurtria and Prnasian may have for sympatbising with Russia, it is hardly possible that they can decline the invitation tendered them by Prance and England. If they do, they do itat the risk of a war agaiiat their own sudjects, and a general crusade by the masses of ceatral Europe against the established despotisms, As we supposed, this risk was too formidable tobe voluntarily encountered by either Aus- tria or Prussia. Within the seven days delay allowed by the convention of the 18th ult. both sovereigns concurred in the proposals ot Napoleon; and on or about the 4th of December an alliance was formed between the four Wes- tern Powers, by which they jointly and seve- rally bound themselves to guarantee Turkey t Russian aggress We are not yet fully apprised of the det of the treaty, but we know that the evacuation of the Principal- ities, and the withdrawal of the Russian de- mandsagainst Turkey. are among the points on whish the allies ist. We may also fairly presume that the substantial aid thus offered to Turkey will not be entirely gratuitous. In re- turn for her rescue from imminent destruction, the least the Porte can do would be to abolish all her existing laws which interfere with Christian residents in Turkey, and to place her saviours on a footing of equality with her own subjects. We have every assurance that this ant concession will be peremptorily de- a by the allied Powers. leading features of the quadruple ascertained, we are in a posi to What will be the next step? To our mind the chances seem cidedly in favor of a cesvation of hostiliti This we infer, as well from our intelligence from St. Petersburg. as from an independent scrutiny of the Czar’s position. A single glance reveals the risk which Russia would run holas to declare war upon the whole of Europe; and, unless it were forced upon him, we can hardly give him credit for such folly and rashness as it would imply. Again, we are told by writers who are entitled to belief that at this moment the Czar’s rage knows no bounds—that he complains of having been deceived on all sides—talks of having Menschikoff tried; and, in short, like every baffled bully, seeks furiously around him for treaty speculate on its net results. now Napoleon who turns round upon him and subjects him to the horrible affront he is about to endure in the face of all Europe. A whole lifetime will be too short to revenge sucha defeat. Ail Nicholas’ energy will find ample employment henceforth in conspiring ven- geance; and if a period of peace should follow the present symptoms of war, and the demo. cratic element should again acquire strength in France. we may rest assured that Russi gold will once more begin to circulate in Par To- Day. On this day the Christian world will cele- brate the anniversary of the birth of Him who founded the religion which has civilized and humanized nearly three-quarters of the globe. Millions of voices will unite in songs of jubi- lee at the recurrence of the day which has been set apart to mark the second great epoch in the history of humanity. From the hardy and gallant explorers of the North Pole to the little English colony in the South Pacific, where the descendants of the crew of the good ship Bounty atone for their fathers’ sins by ‘ives of patriarchal simplicity, men of all nations, speaking all tongues, unite in one grand Christ- mas hymn, the burden of which is ‘ Peace on earth and good wil to all men.” Hand grasps hand more firmly than ever—the baser passions are unseen and unfelt for the time—and “out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaketh” the common salutation: a right merry Christ- mus. We join in the universal greeting; and te-day—the anniversary of the birth of our Seviour, and also of the “first day” when He arose from the dead—we wish to all our readers that their Christmas may be as merry as they can desire—that they may gather around their festive boards, and that there be no vacant seats by the “ingleside’”— that all their adventures may result prosperous- ly. and that they may be blessed in all the rela- tions of life. We are not of that school of croakers who are continually mourning over the “good old times’—who prate of the “misle- toe boughs,” the ‘yule logs,’ the “ten-gal- lon punch bowls,” and the debauchery which (ifwe believe the old writers) was once con- sidered as indispensable adjuncts to the proper celebration of Christmas day. We opine that people can be merry without getting drunk, and that “potations pottle deep” do not prove of themselves that the drinker is a follower of Him who was the incarnation of temperance and virtue. We would have the festival used, not abused. We would have a good Christmas dinner for every inhabitant of the great Christian world—we would have a Christmas tree for the children of the poor man, as well as the costly souvenirs for the sons and daughters of the rich—we would have good wine and good cheer on every board. And this is our Christ- mas platform, and one upon which all men and women may stand, and upon which may be reared a superstructure of good fellowship—a ‘temple not made with hands,” and which would be eternal. In America Christmas is generally celebra- ted with a great deal of zest. The founders of the colony at Plymouth were opposed to its observance, giving as a reason that all the forms pertaining to it were Popish mummeries. Another reason may be found in the severity of their habits—they feared that the youth of the colony would become debauched and debilita- ted by indulgence in strong liquors, and that, consequently, old Miles Standish would not have so suuny recruits to his army employed in the smiting and slaying of the “Amalekites,” as these gentle souls called, not only the In- dians, but Quakers, Episcopalians, Roman Ca- tholics, and all others who did not believe with them in disputed points of faith. The Pilgrim Fathers, therefore, made stringent laws against the celebration of this day as the anniversary of the birthday of our Lord. They went so far as to set certain persons in the stocks for the crime of eating “ mince pies” on Christmas day, and spared no fins to blot its official character from the calendar. Their descend- ants, however, have no objectiongo Christmas gifts; they rather enjoy the wassail bowl, and the eating of ‘ mince pies” is no longer a felony. In the Eastern States, for the past few years, the recurrence of Christmas day has been sig- nalized by the usual forms pertaining to the ancient churches. In other temples as well as Roman Catholic and Episcopalian churches, the cross is uplifted; the interior is garnished with evergreens and laurel; the bright holly sheds a radiance on the fair young faces in the choir as the Christmas Anthem is pealed forth; ani the ‘preacher (his prejudices mellowed by the halo of good feeling) pronounces the universal doctrine—Christ came to save all men. The artist and the writer may find plenty of material for the pencil and the pen in the ob- servance of the Christmas holidays in New York. All nations join in the festival—tie staid Hollander—the enthusiastic Frenchmin —the cold, steady Englishman—the hot-headel, warm-hearted Irishman—the phlegmatic Ge- man—the American, who frequently is a com posite of all these qualities—all these meet, fer once in the year, on our platform. We only wich that they would stay on it. In the South, in the West India islands, and in South America, Christmas is enjoyed to the “top of its compass.” There is no such thing as temperance in the tropics, and nobody expects it. The custom of celebrating New Year’s day is continental. but that of observing Christmas is universal. It therefore forms a starting point, and also one from which we review that which has past and that which is tocome. Perhaps there some victim on whom to slake his rage, All this betokens a reluctant compliance on his part in the terms of pacification to be proposed by the four Powers. He may hesitate, en- deayor to protract the negotiation, require de- lays, and resort to all sorts of stratagems to escape from his humiliating position; but how be can avoid succumbing at last we are at a loss to conceive. The improvement of the tone of the markets, both on Friday and yesterday, goes to show that a similar view has been taken by our mercantile community. Perhaps the most striking feature of the whole of this Turkish dispute has been the skiil and tact with which Napoleon IIT. has out-ma- neeuvred his imperial cousin, the Emperor of all the Russias. From beginning to last, Nicholas has been duped, foiled, and trapped. It was Napoleon who fostered his fallacious hope that by insisting on his impudent demands upon Turkey, he would at length realize the ambi- tious dream of his ancestors. It was Napoleon who encouraged his belief in the impossibility of an alliance between England and France. Napoleon had, no doubt, much to do with the formation of those opinions in the mind of the Czar which are now going to cost Menschikoff his rank, and perhaps his head. It was Napo- leon who laid every snare for him; and it is never has been a Christmas when so many im portant events ywere expected to grow out 0 existing circufstances. In the Bast, the great empire of China is shaken to its centre, and o dynasty which has been endured for six cen- turies is undermined. We look for free and un- restricted trade with the Central Flowery King- dom. To the North, that great empire, Japan, seems almost ready to pour its treasures into} the coffers of our merchants. On the Pacific shore of our own land, the new State of Cali-| fornia bas awakened like a giant refreshed, and| San Francisco may yet be the golden gate through which will be poured the commerce of the world. In Mexico and Cuba, the rulers have attempted to strengthen themselves by further oppressions of the people—a line of policy which must soon bring out insurrec- tions, perkaps revolutions. Europe stands on the brink of important changes, and Asia must be greatly affected by them. This is what we have to look for in the future—perhaps before next Christmas. The position which we occupy is the proudest among the nations ; let us be wary lest our pride should bring about our downfal. And now, having preached our sermon, as a benediction we conclude with and repeat our salutatory, “ A merry Christmag to all,” Anather Ten Thousand Dollar Case. ‘The operatic public is all ago® at the brilliant prospect of another ten thousand dollar verdict, to be rendered in the case which Sigaor Salvi cannot fail to bring against our cotemporary, the Times. Several pettifoggers, we under- stand, have already offered to take the case, and pay counsels’ fees, for a mere fifty per cent on the amount of damages; but we trust Signor vi will not consent to any bargain of the d. He has a beautiful case, and one which will go a long way towards supporting his fac- tory on Staten Island. The Times bas accused him of shamming sick; of entertaining a hostile fecling to his manager; of being unpopular; of resembling Shylock the Jew; of being imperti- nent; of having suffered from public dis- pleasure; of caring for no one but himself; of be- ing mercenary; of being passé as a singer; and of a variety of other faults of omission and com- mission. Here is full twice as much 2s we said of Signor Fry, at a cost of ten thousand dol- lars. An intelligent jury, such as the one be- fore which our case was tried, could not fail to levy fifteen or twenty thousand dollars on the Tinves for this abuse of Signor Salvi. The in- jury done to himin his professional capacity would not be compensated by either of these sums; and when we reflect that the Times, from motives best known to its editor, has pur- sued a course of uniform hostility to Salvi, we cannot anticipate the slightest hesitation on the part of the jury in bringing in a substantial verdict. In advising them before they are empanelled, asit is our province to do, we might have experienced some difficulty had the occur- rence taken place a month ago. The prece- dent established by the Fry case, fortunately, removes all embarrasement from our mind. The twelve men, therefore, who shall be called upon to assess the damages to be paid to Signor Salvi by the proprietors of the Times, will be careful to take into calm consideration the an- tecedents ofthe editor of that paper. They will pay particular attention to every story which has been circulated respecting his character. If apy one, no matter from what motives or with what design, has accused him of erime, they will give due weight to the charge. They will especially bear in mind that some years ago he falsely slandered two respectable hotel keepers inthis city. This being, according to the Fry precedent, particularly pertinent and material to the Salvi suit, they will allowit all the influence it deserves. They will, moreover, take into aecount the course of the Times with re- spect to this paper. They will remember how it fawned on us and abused the Tribune until its circulation exceeded that of its Seward rival; how it then tarned all its ener- gies to soliciting an advertisement from us in the shape of a reply to its silly twaddle; how it writhed under our contemptuous silence, and surpassed itself in the invention of incredible stories respecting our character; how, finally, when we did congent to notice it, and branded it with the true sneak stamp, it mantled itself in its upstart dignity and prated of “ propriety and self-respect.” All these matters are now shown to be material to the issue of any future libel suit in whieh it may be concerned. Nor can the twelve men forget that it libelled an absent man, an attaché of this journal, by sup- pressing a portion of the evidence in a trial in which his character was impugned; and, when the dastardly meanness was cast in its teeth, how it tried to efface it by calling our other attachés “curs.” Such things may be of very small moment, but, as establishing he character and tone of the Times newspaper, they have an important bearing on Mr. Salvi’s case. They show that the Tribune is not the only journal in this city which is a stranger to the usages of polite society; and, according to the Fry precedent, they establish a ground for severe punishment whenever the Times shall come before the courts of law. In real truth, we are sorry for the Times. It has done its best; and it will be a hard thing for its proprietors to see the bantling they have nurtured with eo much care, and fostered at such an expenee of principle, character and money, choked off at this early stage of its career. We beg them to rank us among those who sympathize with their misfortunes. The delight the Times has evinced at the Fry ver- dict would, perhaps, justify us in rejoicing at the prospect of a similar mishap occurring to that journal. But we have no such feelings. Time will cure the little follies of the editor of the Times; and a few such exposures in the pillory as he has had at our hands will prob- ably convince him that policy—we look to no higher motive—dictates at least a semblance of manliness and fairness in a public journal. Tur Trine Lipers.—Mr. Carson’s acquit- tal by the Board of Aldermen will doubtless induce the Chief Engineer to prosecute his libel suit against Horace Greeley with renewed vigor. It wiil be recollected that the Tribune made itself the mouthpiece of Mr. Carson’s enemies, and charged him with speculating, for his private benefit, on the engineering works which he was called upon to perform in dis- charge of the duties of his office. For this un- founded slander, Mr. Carson very naturally in- stituted an action of libel. If we are condemned to pay $10,000 for criticising a ruined opera manager, a much larger amount would be inad- equate to compensate Mr. Carson for the injury he has sustained. He will bear in mind, too, that according to the precedent established in the Fry case, he is quite at liberty to adduce evidence of all the misdemeanors and crimes of which the edi- tor of the Tridune has ever been guilty. Thus he can show that the Tribune has reviled the sacraments and opened its columns to attacks upon the institution of marriage. He can sum- mon witnesses to establish that on many occa- sions it has endeavored to persuade the work- ing classes to rise in revolt against the rich, and has invariably represented capital as an unjust and illegal element in society. He can show, for instance, how, a few months ago, when the operatives of New York never thought of‘ striking,” Horace Greeley suggested the propriety of some such course to them, by hy- pocritically adjuring them to “put the word ahead of the blow.” All these matters, and, in fact, every other story which has been cir- culated to the prejudice of Mr. Greeley, Mr. Carson can very properly establish in evi- dence in his suit, and avail himself of them to swell his damages. The Tribune is fond of the word “Satanic.” There appears to be a latent joke in the appli- cation of that term to this journal, which has peculiar attractions for the editor of the Tri- June. We cannot pretend to solve the mystery; but itdoes appear to us that if Satan himself ere to appear on this earth, and were to con- descend to make use of the English tongue, he would, as a matter both of taste and necessity, -ecort to the yocabulery of the Tribune. Were it his design to figure as a gentlemanly demon, he might seek a more appropriate style of diction; but the language in which he would address the lowest scavengers of the vilest dens of Pandemonium could not differ materially | from that of the leading articles of our philoso- would serve as a text book. Tue SovrnerN Democratic PRESS AND THR | ApmrnisrraTion.—A very interesting quarrel is now raging among the more active demoorat- ic organs of Virginia. sion hung suspended between earth and heaven, fin, the Richmond Enquirer was outspoken on the free soil antecedents of General Dix, and promised to show him up to the world in the darkest colors of the Buffalo platform. The same journal,on some other questions, betrayed, from time to time, symptoms of premeditated mutiny; but, presto’ as soon as the French mission is turned over to Judge Mason, of Vir- ginia, the Enquirer is appeased. Next it comes out strongly in support of the Cabinet spoils coalition at Washington; and now it has gone astep further, in assuming the post of whipper-in of all its party cotemporaries who are disposed to fall back upon first principles in the very teeth of the Cabinet. Thus, the Enquirer takes the Norfolk Mews roundly to task for uttering such democratic opinions as the following :— Unfortunately for the success of General Pierce's administration, he bas in his Cabiuet some as gruceless knaves as ever figured in the political arena. They are not statesmen, but mean, in- triguing politicians, whose lives have been spent among the cesspeols of corruption and intrigue, and among whom office and pe*rivtism are synony- mous terms. With such men to mislead his upright and patriotic judgment, uo wooder great and awful blunders have been committed in appointments to office. By the cunning influence of such counsel the unholy and infamous coalition was formed by which a truce to the warfare on free soilism was strack ; and the political pirates and cutthroatsof New York, under the lead of Prince John, have become the re- one of federal patronage, while such patriots as Dickinson aud Bronson have been threatened with excommunication by the Washington Union, the self-constituted guardian of democracy. This, from a Virginia democratic organ, is certainly plain language; it is no splitting of hairs upon nice constitutional abstractions, but it is downright bloody rebellion. The Enquirer very naturally repudiates such ‘independent support” of the Cabinet, as nothing more than “the disguise in which a rankling and en- venomed hostility conceals its treacherous pur- pose.” Look sharp. But, unfortunately, the Richmond Cabinet organ is between two fires. The Examiner, a sprightly democratic journal, of the same city, appears to be as sincerely dis- satisfied with the Cabinet, the kitchen Cabinet, and their proceedings at Washington, as the Norfolk deserter. Says the Examiner:— The free soil or abolition fanaticism, which was so signally rebuked by the election of Mr. Pierce, is taking encouragement and new life. It is rising from the slough of despond, and, under the auspices of the Secretary of the Treasury, is finding its way into high places of honor and trust. It will not do to say that Dickinson’s party and Van Buren’s party are alike unworthy of trust and confideace foes the subject of rlavery. It is unjust to the true friends of the South and the constitution—it is uasafe and in- jurious to the South to inculcate such an opinion through the medium of the press. Such examples of plain democratic defiance of the Cabinet are not, however, characteristic ofthe party press in the South. They are but exceptions to the submissiveness, the laziness, and the spoils principles, of the great majority. Look, for instance, at the Richmond Enquirer, and its melancholy decline of late years to the position of a second-hand fugleman of the kitchen Cabinet. Time was when it held the place of ‘ Warwick, the king maker,” and gave tone and shape to the movements of the stal- worth democracy throughout the Union. Then there is the Charleston Mercury, which for years past has occupied the high dis- tinction ofa fearless, independent, vigilant and intelligent champion of States rights and the domestic institutions of the South, against all enemics and hostile coalitions, whether in the South, or in the North, or at Washington. But here. too, the suspicion rises that the political axiom of Horace Walpole is affirmed, i. e.:— “That every man has his price.” The Mercury, notwithstanding the free soil coalition decreed by the Cabinet, falls back from the wtimatum of armed rebellion against the compromise mea- sures into the arms of John Van Buren. , There is, perhaps, no danger to Southern institutions from Northern fanatics and demagogues as long as the old watch dogs of the South are quiet, though they be silenced with » marrow- bone from the Treasury. But, nctwithstanding the self-complacency of these old drowsy sentinels of State rights, the dangers to Southern: institutions are still the same. There is no safety in consenting to a democratic national coalition with the build- ers of the Buffalo platform—no safety “in the cohesive power of the public plunder.” And Mr. Calhoun was right in the idea that the only safety to the South was in something like the balance, or at least an equilibrium, of power in the federal Senate. While, therefore, we find such Southern champions as the Rich- mond Enquirer and Charleston Mercury opening the gates of Troy to the wooden horse of the abolition Greeks, it is some relief to turn to the earnest remonstrances of those younger chieftains who are coming forward to meet the enemy at the threshold. This is but the beginning. In the course of a short time, all this effete party journalism must give way to something more in keeping with the spirit, the necessities, and the progress of the age. wet Christmas Celebrations. This day is given over to children, toys, and merry- waking. Notwithstanding it ia the Sabbath, the faces of the little proteges of St. Nicholas are as siciling and merry over the gifts found in their stockings as if the snniver- rary had fallen upon ore of the days ef toil. How many have stories to prattle all day long of the marke they dis- covered on the chimney wall where merry St. Nicholas entered with his chariot of dolla and guas! How many saw huge chunks of coal laying upon the hearth, which the merry monarch kicked out of the fireplace in his ef. forts to remount the chimney top! “I wish you merry Christroas” bas echoed from ear to ear—to what extent’ To the farthest limits of Christendom. The same thoughts of the anniversary of the birth of our Saviour Hominum have crossed the minds of all of the human family, from the Ural peaks of Europa in the Fast, to the golden shores of the Pacife inthe West. Yesterday was a busy day among the shopkeepers and present makers. Broadway, from early dawn to midzight, was ere grand bazaar, filled with every object that the human intellect has given birth te, from crying babies to the mort intricate machinury. No one had need to refer to the Almarao, to be reminded that the holidays ‘were wpon us, Green garlands were set up by numberless merchsnts along Broadway, and Wifth avenue and Wall atreet stopped to strike a trade with the humble venders of peney whistles and candy dogs, Who is not rejotond at the return of this day—the oasin of the yearathe green pot upon the rurface of cold aad unforgiving hu marity—the annual pricg, whence flywa the stream of mirth, happiness and love, choking up for the day the turbid channele of reltichnere, indifference aad dec rit? Monday is the cay to fvily indalge the pent up fe ings of this Christmas; and the fabbath, ie day, happy thoughts ane ¢piritual Cevotions fill up the programme To morrow, Christmas balls, partier, romping, danciog cing'ng, giving, taking, thanking, kissing, langhing, &, phic cotemporary. The article on the Fry case While the French mis- | by some invisible agency, like Mahomet’s cof- | { mak ‘rast with the exercises of Sunday, Tos special arrangements are made on the part of all the ministere—each church wil! observe some particular cere: mony, Amcng the arrangemects made is the following:—<+ oe cecccceoccooc cee ceo Cece c ec ee Order of the Music at Grace Chureb, for Chziomn ay, 1853. er Chuiqnas Venite exultimus Domino. Gloria Patri, composed by Hummel, Te Deum Laudamus, ccmposed by Haydn. Revedictus arravged from Diotsch, by King. Pealia 106th, composed by W. A. King. 1 Lord, for ever at thy side Let my place and portion be = Strip me of the robe et prid Clothe me with humility, Meekly may my soul rece All thy Spirit hath rev ‘Thou hast rpoke Though the or Dp oceceocc occ ecccoeocoo poco ee oc ool ool lS, o e o o ° o o eo oO o © cs o © e o ° o be seal’d. Humble as a little child, Weaned from the mother’s broass. By no subthoties begnil'd, ‘On thy faithful word Ir Terao) ! now and evermo In the Lord Jebov: Him, in all his waya, adore, Wise, and wonderful, aad just. Chriam ed Hymn. the 45th, arranged from Mozart, y King. After the Sermon, will be sung by the choir, (Mra. Julia T.. Bodstein, 1300 Julta Ue Norehedt« Miss’ Drees: lor, Mesers, A. Shiv ydor, and Philip Mayor) “Why seas, O God, endureth for ever, tho sceptro of thy Kingdom is rig teceptrs.”—Ps 45, ¥. 7. The music by Joseph Hsycn. eeecPeocescees ceo cocccoccccaacccccccccocceoes On Monday the day will be generally observed as & holiday by the business clexses. Public offices will be closed and sores shut up, as will be seen by the fol- lowing — Cusrom House, New Yorr, Deo. 23, 5 P abe Caste Bowe wit Ks open don Mondoy, 2th perce ‘Tom 0 10 o'clock A. M. eontry and ole: In a oy) 4D, Naval a JOHN COCHRANE, burveyor. \ORioee Nuw York, Deo. 19, 185, As Christmas and New Year's Day noxt ensuing fall om funday, notice ie hereby given that the offices of the mae rine insurance companiss of this city will be closed on the Monday following said days. Having looked upon cue picture—the bright ene, the merry one, the ene filled with good feeling and holy im rpirations—let us turn and see the other. ‘Christmas comes but once a year; what’s the use of having a Christ mar unless you sre on a bust,” says the statteriog ine- briate ashe sweggers in bar rooms by cay and reels through the ttreets at midnight. “I’ve (hic) been @ keep—keep—en (hic) mer~ry Chris—Chris—a merry Christmas. What (hic) what’l you take to (hilo) to Grink,’? Many, no doubt, will be such scenes as this, of which we may rafely make s previous report. No exe cuse, no objection will be listened to, and whether Maine Law man, temperance man, or minister of the Gospel, bard will he find the attempt to convince this class that Grunkerness is not sanctified or excused because * Chris‘ mas comes but once a year.’’ From this freedom of appetite and senmal indnigenoa many may be the etreet rows and bar room squabbles, and some may wear bandaged eyes aad bruised faces ag their memorial of the day, or as their Christmss presents.’ Notwithstanding the day brings its good with the evil, and the better generally predominates, taken in the ag- gregate, no doubt the bestial will suecumb so the hu« man, and the bed of thorns and thistles will be eovered and hid by evergreens and roses. Many returns to merry Christmas. Max Maretzek to the Public. AN APPEAL. Ihave ever avoi’ed newspaper quarrels, as I think tha public of New York, as well aa at all the other cities at which T gave opera, can easily tealify. Whatever annoyances or troubles have from time to time occurred between myself and the artista in my employ have been kept away front public gaze, and my friends outside the green room hava not been bored with them. I donot now complain of the lost benefit, and will publish no card of reply to any statement mace; but when I find an attack made upon my horesty and honor, with the evident de:ermination ta ruin my credit, to destroy the estimation in which I flat- ter myself that I am held by my fellow-citizens, I deom it mecessa) y to give « plain stactment of all the facts, and to appeal to that public which has ever been most gene rous to me. At the risk of beiog considered vain and self laudatory, I must refer to my career as opera manager in this city for five years past, for no one not acquainted with » few of the items can possibly form an idea of the struggles, Isbor, and enxicty which I bad to undergo. When I be- came the lessee of the Astor place Opera House, the most feerfal riot and bloodshed that has ever orcuricd in New York bac just taken place upon those doomed pramisaa, All my friends considered me almost a madman to under- take an expensive enterprise ia ahi use whioh, it was sup- posed, would never be allowed to open again, or would be burned or tora down by the populace on the first night. I keew better—helieved that I had honestly earnc sufficient popularity to have moral protection evea agsiast a moo. 1 went to Europe, brought out artists, and gave the whcle opera season to geue al satisfaction, 1 belleve, though I found myselfa heavy loser and in ¢ebt at the close, T again and again gave seasons, contesting against opporitions whica would have disheariesed almost auy man; I bad to struggle against the strong Havana opera troupe, under Marti, against the French troupe, against the greatest singer of the age, Jenny Lind, and ths wealt! unecrupulousneas and experien cook the Manage nent thet ake was under; I had t:oubles among my own artists, and a portion of them (Bosio, Bettini, &c,) set up for them- relves, in opposition to me, at half price, at the larger theatre of Miblo’s. I fought through all theze diffical- ties, survived them all, ano I would any man of business, or any man of eense, whether it was possible to Go s without work, energy and capital, Mr. Saivi'sinsiau- atious in Lis letter of December 23 to the contrary not withstanding. Hut whateyer I may have gained cf Tat in Jabor or capita) one precious jewel I Aatier myself that lbave saved, or rather gained, among all this—a fair reputati nnd the public's sympathy, fhis is, or Le, the only consolation left to me, yetis not only s con- sclation, alicr all my labors, but, I trust, the best fuua- dation for future operations. When base attempts are made to deprive re even of that, 1 must appeal to the public iteelf for justification of’ my acta and for pro- tection In order to show the treacherous and geners! character of the parties I have had to deal with, Lecussno trouble tke reader to f low me ia a retrospect of some occur- rences of a few weeks ago. Five or six weeks ago, [ in- formed all my principal artists that my contract with Mr. Niblo would expire about the mi(dle of December, and that then I should close the season andstop. One bright Surday morning,shcrily after this annoancement, Messrs, ralvi and Rovere paid me a visit, and fur the first time informed me that Signor Salvi had already written for = new prima donna, Mme. Ruvolli, and as { wanted to close here, offered to go into partnership with me, discharge Mme. Steffanone. andgo to Havana and Mexico, Salvi had rcarcely left me. before I received an invitation t » meet the prircipal artists that evening at Steffanone’s rooms, ag important propositions would be made to me. I went there according to request, and foucd Heneventano, Steffanone, snd to my astovishment, also Salvi there. ‘The proposi- tion made to me then, vas to tske the company as it then stood to Havana and’ Mexico, on the general sharing tem among the principals. [0 say the trath, what I haé done for all the artists and the Opera generally, I considered this offer derogatory to my digaity, but with- ont rsying as much, I argued against the ide: arguments Sig. Sslvi rcs: protably thought nb prospect of a partnership with himeelf, and he ly tided with me His remarks excited the ot! in the heat of the moment Signor Beneventano, to expose Sslvi's treachery. forgot himself and produced a contract, Jade among themselves (hree months previous, and signed by Steffanone, Salvi and Benevantano, certainly to my injury (even whil-t they wers in my employ, and apps rently mny best friends) to continue the bceiness them selves the moment they had brought me toa failure vi, however, sbrewder than his confacerates, was treacherous even to them in his endeavors to gut a part- nersbip with me alone. Irefused to give aa aoswer to either party that evening, and che next day deciined all negotiations on the eubject. \Ith ough Signor Salvi, in his remarkable letter to the Daily Times, says that ‘the artut can better dispense with the mansger than the macager can do without the artist,”’ yet I very much question the truth of tais asser~ tion, unless, indeed, every arti«t have a soap and tallow chanclery besides a tenor voics; and even he, by his own showing, proves that they either wanted my services, or else the prestige of my name, if it had any; or, at all events, my music aud wardrobe. Now, whether it wae revenge for my refusal of his partner: soreme, or whether he hoped yet to compel ma into it, I know not, but, at all events, he seemed determined to ruin my bemfit. And here I would make a passing allus‘on to his own bereft, which took place the week before, in the very midst of the successful run of the ‘ Profeta.’’? He insist ed on having s Tuesday night, (it was not to be on « rezu- lar Opera night,) and thus deprived my treasury of one. night’s receip's that week, as the great tenor could not, of course, be expected to ning three nights in succession. Only after being called upon in strong terms to give an explavation about the postponement of my benefit, [ thrusted the matier before the public, and then confined myrelf, and in the most gentle terms, to a statement of facta, as the article in last Wednesday’s Times will show. I made no excuse, no accusation, no equivccation, The placard of Monday evening may, Nadel al be said to con- tain a trifling equivocation, which I confess was purposes P Ra my part. I aunounced to the audienos that Signor vi had an ‘indisposition to sing,” whish wasthe aim ple truth, ents it might have been otherwise ex: Prerseé, and in rbarper terms, Signor Balvi’s letter in the /'imes of Friday does not contradict w single statement of mine, He admits all, anc concedes, voluntarily, that he cares as Httls for my honor and faith with the public ashe seema to care for his own faith with hia patrons, or for public sympathy. But, sudderly forgetting that of the money dus to hin onthat Moucay be had received s portion in advance, that alll owed him at Iseet for his long and valuable: services wan w balence of $600, due that day, (which J need not paid even in bank before three o’clovk,) he makes a peremptory demand of payment before one o'clock. or no performance. I commenced the season at. Niblo’s on September 19th, and my benefit was to take place on December 19th. At midnight, after my benefit, Salvi'a month was up, and the nce of $500 was not s eueuntil then, Do these facts sj for themselves? Or did he, by his own showing, time possess the fympatby he so ruddenly claims for Italian figurantes, w whem Iwas supposed to owe trifling sams? Did he care whether J bate cent loft to pay his protges after he