The New York Herald Newspaper, February 7, 1854, Page 4

1h per om Poy the Ms to any part daciucted from . Ne 37 AMUSEMENTS THIS RVENING. BOWERY THBATRS, Bowery—Uncux Tom's Canry. BROADWAY THEATERS, Bron4way—Domrstic Econo, my—Mipsunwens Nigut s DRAM, BURTON'S THEATRE Biout's Dkxam Unore Sam. WATIONAL THEATRE, Ohatham ctrest—Attornoos— Iartix KATY. Aveaing—Uxcie Tox's ann. WALLACK’S THEATRE “roadway Lover over anv Muspen— PRrerry Piece oF Sus NA Maze 3. AMERIOAW UUS Wes) Bor. Ewin BROADWAY MENAGESI&—rawron wre ase Wop Beasts, < URRISTY'S AMERICAN OP% Way STUOPIAN MeLovies PY 4 WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood's Hino war—Erwiorian Winer n air. BUCKLEY'S OPESA it M, 383 Breadway- Bvew aera Brucrian Vranas Troves BANVARD’S GEORAMA, 5% Leonday--Panon ama on wax Kory Lasp. BBENISH GALLERY HIGNOR BLY wer. AOUSY, (72 1 v's Uivarn ans. al Mall 44 Breads As ron¢way--Day and Mrontag, vesany Inverrrure, 889 Brose iv LL, 063 Brosiway—Peemau’s Girt Ex- omven Mane MIRROR, + AOADENY 5 MaSFTWONs OF T BOP OHAPES, 713 Deosdway—Jones’ ‘Panrosoo: BRYAN CALLERY O£ OHRISTIAN ART—S Broad New York, Tuesday, Februsry 7, 1854. The News. The Nebraska question was again the grea! theme of debate in both the United States and State § nates yesterday. In the former body, Mr. Wade, of Ohio, made slong speech in opposition to Judge Donglas’s bill, and was followed by Mr. Jones of ‘Tenneseee, in eupport of that measure. A vote was then taken on the motion to strike out that portion which provides for the supersession of the Missouri compromise, and it was defeated by only thir- teen yeas to thirty-one nays, A desultory debate ensued, in the course of which General Ca made the important assertion that he believed “ the Miasouri compromise was unconstitutional, aud would say 80.’ A very full report of the leading speeches, including sketches of the spoutancous remarks elicit- ed thereby, will be found under the proper head Our State Senate, afer alengthy controversy, re- jected the resolutions proposed by the silver gray whigs as substitutes for those offered by Mr. Dic son in behalf of the free soil whigs. On motion of Mr. Putnam, the first three resolutions were stricken out, and another inserted, which, in effect, remon- strates against the adoption of the bill now pending in Congress, for the reason that it will annul the Missouri compromise act. This was carried by the casting vote of Lieutenant Governor Church—the yeas aud nays being thirteen each. A large amount of businers was transacted in both houses of Congress yesterday, to which we canaot tefer in detail for want of space. Reoorts were made by the Military Commiitees in favor of giving gold me iais to the captains of the three Bells, Kilby and Antarctic, as lokens of gratitude for their humane efforts in sa) the lives of the persons on board the sinking steomer San Francisco, and elso to place a gum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars at the disposal of the President, in order that he may appropriately reward all who parti- Gipated in the rescue. The Speaker laid be- fore the House a large number of communica’ tions from the Execntive Department—among them reports thus far received from the several parties authorized to explore different lines with the view of enabling government to decide upon the best route for a railroad to the Pecific. In submitting these documents, the Secretery of War remarks that they are all so partial, and st the sume time so incom plete, that he should have preferred retaining thom until they had been made more perfect. The Com- mittee on Post Offices reported bills to annul various ocean postal contracts, and to authorize the Secre- tary of the Navy to purchase the Collins, Liw, and Aspinwall steamers. The Military Committee re- ported a bill, which provides, among other things, against the practice of army officers becoming in terested in contracts for suppliss. Preliminary action was had en a great mauy bills in our State Legislatore yesterday, but none of any importanee passed. The Senate spent consi time in pmittee of the Whole on the bill for the suppression of intemperance. From ‘appearances, our legislators are becoming more carefal in tae handling of this measure. They are alr ning to remove some of its mere restrictive fea! and by the tine they have covcluded their labor: readers way not be surpriset to find that it is a very moderate law. See the regular report of the pro- ceedings, and the despatch from o pondent. The steamship Arabia arrived at Boston yester- @ay afternoon, and our files of foreiga papers, from which we extract all the additional news of pa: - Jar interest, reached our office about two o’slook this morning. The Collins steamer Pacific is dae today, with four days later advices, We regret to be soon called upon to add another chapter to the appslling calamities wh have be yen the country within the last few months. A de- spatch from New Orleans announces that a fire broke out among the steamboats at the levee on Siturday morning, aud that fiftcen or twonty negroes perished in the flames. Seven steamers, together with several barges, were entirely destroyed, with their cargoes, consisting principally of flour, cotton, and provisions. But this loss of property, which is supposed to amount to nearly one million of dollars,is a mere cypher when compared with the awfal destraction of human life. This is the third catastrophe of the kind that bas oceurred in the South in the space of eight days, v ‘Some Y persons perished by the burning of the steamer Georgia at New Orleans on the 28th ult, four negroes by the burning of the Eagie on the Chattahooche river Monday, and on the ensuing Saturday fifteen or twenty more negroes by another conflagration of boats at New Orleans. This will be traly classed by future historians as the era of horrible disasters. ‘The cemocrats of the Eighth Congrossional district cial corres- n the following of Perr iia have elected Mr. J. F. Jones to fill ‘the vacany occasioned by the death of Mr. Muhlen- berg. By order of the President, ar was yesterday convened at th ary court ofinquiry offise of Gen. Seott, for the purpose of inquir » the facts connected with the loss of the ste an Francisi0, and such matters as to the embarkation of the troops, and the con Of the officers and moa con wmected with the commend of which Catone! Gites ings is given elsewhere, Tho February session of the Common Connei commenced lait evening, aa will be seen by the letigthy cetatis of the proceedings in another page, Appended to the report is a statement of Conptraller Flagg, conteiniag some very interesting statistics relative to the finances of the city. This document should, and no doubt will be, carefully read by al! Bax-poyors. The crowded state of our enlumns prevents refer- ence to mach that ie interesting in this morning's paper. The attention of the reader is directed Chambers stvest—ipsuarwan | caused by the codfish failure and potato blight in Newfourdlen’; a variety of railroad intelligence, shipwrecks, Ac. We have in t ne reports of the proceedings of the ir indignation against the Pope's , ard ‘of the Horticolturs! Society, whish met last evening, but are compelled to omit them | together with many colamns of other local matter, Gon. Gededen’s Treaty—Very Like a Plun- dering Operation upon the Treasury. The more we inquire into the history, the facts, the intrigues, the stock jobbers, the wire- pullers, the scene , and the treasury blood-suckers connected with that monstrous abortion called the Gadsden treaty, the more are we inclined to the deliberate judgment that it isa grand plundering operation against the treasury of the United States, The description which we give in another part of this paper of the God-forsaken, man- forcaken, and most horrible desert tract of country for which Gen. Gadsden has contracted to pay the sum of twenty millions of dollars, we commend especially to the attention of the members of 211 parties of the United States § It will be useful to them in the event of this trea d to the Senate for aphy of this nate, y being subm its ratification. The ge territory, as it will be seen, from the observations of the « late boundary commission, Mr. description, therefore, may be efiicial account of the couutry by the officer of the government, detailed expressly for that ob- ject among the other duties of h If any body can tell us what we are to make of this new territory except a common place of refuge for the final extinction of our Indian tribes by starvation, we shall be glad to hear it, The swamps of South Carolina, the pine be ofthe Old North State, the nds of New Jersey, the windy waste of Coney Island, the great plains which flank the Rocky Mountains, without a tree within reach of a telescope, are like the Garden of Eden in beauty and fertility contrasted with this Daate’s “ Inferno,” of the Gadsden treaty. Here and there a scanty stream, i g from the defiles of volcanic mountains, waters for a short distance the sel- vage of a little valley, and then sinks in the absorbing sands. Here and there, along these scanty streams, is a ragged Mexican settlement protected by a detachment of ragged Mexican soldiers ¢ ust the fierce Apache-, If there is gold in t territory it has yet to be found; if there is anything in it but starvation to man and beast, it has yei to be discovered. Practi- cally it would be an advantage to Mexico to give us this Gadsden country, and twice as much more of the same sort, asa free gift and a good riddance. Why, then, this chuckling among the administration journals over the treaty w 2 exacts an equivalent of twenty millions of dollars? sy We shall explain, First of all, the treaty requires that the Pa railroad shall pass through this desert waste of Chihuahua and Sonora, And upon this point we find a grand combination of railway stock-jobbers leagued together in a sort of holy alliance for the spoils, with one or two of the leading spirits of the Cab- inet up to their very chins inthe grand specula- tion. The ratification of the treaty fixes the rail- road route; and without buildivg a mile, or in- vesting a dollar, the parties interested may sell out their right, title, and inter for millions of money. Secondly, tive millions go to the relief of the Garay league, the Hargous asso- ciation, the Benjamin copartnership, and other Mexican claimants connected with the Tehuan- tepee scheme and other projects. Upon this point we are informed that Gen Gadsden must have forgotten the verbal instructions of Marcy, or that he confounded them with the instruc- tions of the Tehuantepec people, and that hence the Marcy division of the Cabinet are not sutis- fed with the general result, though it is just the thing for Davis, Cushing, and company. Marcy appears to have been left out of the holy alliance, whence, we presume, the delay in sending this precious piece of “South Carolina diplomacy” to the Senate. Hence, too, the im- pression that Gen. Gadsden will be finally seat back to try for a more plausible bargain—for a treaty which, upon its face, will not betray so ly the joint stock conspiracy involved ‘ust the public treasury. The third and most conspicuous feature of this splendid “specimen of South Caroline di. plomacy,”’ so-called by the Charleston journals in their innocent ignorance of the subject—the third and principal fea: lent, is the item of fifteen millions for the relief of Santa Anr three millions down, upon the jon of the compact, for his immediate ities. In respect to this bre t we understand Gen. Gadsden w posted up before bis departure to M Santa Anna’s minister and special fay Gen, Almonte, at Washington. Upon the whole, hat the treaty is the result of the uctions of the Southern Pacific R road coa ), headed by the Davis aud C. section of the Cabinet; of the rtepee alliance of stock-jobbers, (the Sloo com, included—their share being the sole occu- huantepee route.) and of the Alot The result is per- y consistent with the schedule ot the par- s represented. The railroad route is secured the Tehuastepeckers are provided for, and Gen. Santa A o have the necessary means for sustaining bimself and enforcing the due filment of all the rest of the barguin. But, considering the desert character of the to be ceded us, the i hwe are to pay twe considering the Pacific railroad alliance, the Tehuantepec combination of spoilsmen; and the fuets and the naiare of the subsidies for the relief of Santa Anna, we cannot avoid the im- pression that this Gadsden treaty is a diplo- matic humbug of the first water, covers a string of log-rolling schemes fi ntold millions from the treasury or the 7 ta of the people. But the is not shed. The treaty hangs fire in the Cubinet. There is a hitch in it somewhere. Willit be sent up to the Senate: or sent back to Mexico? The public desire to know as{soon as ¢ i If, in a single bound, the spoils system of operations at Wash- zton is to be reduced to the Mexican stand- is to take all minutely detailed ial chief of the Bartlett. Our regarded as an commission. 8 > of the cash eq rati nec it appears joint ins te. nt rness millions—and country ing w for whj work vvevient, rd of public plundering, whi in the treasury at What with pa road log-rolling, and spe under the auspices of our present spoils administration, is driving rapidly to the Mexican policy of a clean sweep of all the supplies, The ratification of the Gadsden treaty will open the way for short work of the five hundred millions of the pubiie plunder, there single haul, let us know i nt extensions 1 monopolies of va- bled for the purpose of giving ex: | Tue Apwiistration, Joun Van Buren, axp Tuk Nesraska Question.—According to the givings-out at Washington, the President and his Cabinet are the active supporters of the proposed repeal of the Missouri compromise. But the announcement falls dead upon the pub- lic ear. It creates no confidence—it gives no satisfaction to any party or political faction. The hard shells distrust the intelligence, and the soft shells detest it. The fact is, ifthe ad- ministration could defeat the bill of Douglas without running some risk in the South, they would not hesitate to do it. There seems to be | 2 prevailing opinion, however, that, do what it may, this admivistration, from the discordant free soil and secession materials of the Cabinet, | and the free soil entanglements of Gen. Pierce, | will in the end be brokea up, root and branch, upon this ugly Nebraska question. Meantime, John Van Buren, it seems, is cast- ing ebout him for anchorage. He has, it is re- ported, tried ex-Senator Clemens, one of the | kitchen cabinet, to induce a hold-up against Douglas. But it has failed. The Prince, having , heard, no doubt, that Gen, Cass had not been new | converted by the Cabinet, nor yet by Douglas, | in this Dusiness, has even condescended to over- tures of peace with the Senator from Michigan, The result has not transpired; but we sus- pect that the General has not forgotten the Free Soil Abolition Democratic Buffalo nomi- | nation of 1848, and the congequent election of General Taylor. It is hard to forget a bit of ndship of that kind. Still, these overtures of John Van Baren are full ofsignificvnt fore- shadowings. They indicate a free soil split in the Cabinet among those very elements which at the “very basis of the present free soil Cabinet spoils coalition. Such a contingency at such a crisis as this would be fatal to the administration. See how it has fallen already. For instance, the elec- tion of General Pierce was supported by all the newspapers of this city, excepting the Tribune and the Times, the greater and the lesser Sew- ard organs. Aud now, within a year of General Pierce's inauguration, we find his administra- tion left here to the defence of such smail fry as the Evening Mirror, the Morning Star, and the Day Book, each circulating some six or seven buudied papers, scarcely suilicient to pay in their distribution the expenses of a single ragged newsboy. Even these little satellites are only secured by such small allow- ances of government pap as may serve to eke out their wretched existence. At this rate, with the rebellion of John Van Buren and his faction impending, in less than ayear General Pierce will be Tylerized, and a proper subject for another Baltimore Tyler Convention, Tre War on THE Five Ports any orner Svp- sects or Cuariry-—Casu Recervep at THs Orrice.—We have received various applica- tions from the religious belligerents at the Five Points, inviting us to take a hand in the war. But we are a neutral; and shall con- tinne to occupy the position of a neutral— an armed neutral—until we can satisfac- torily ascertain which side is right and which is wrong. Meantime, the war rages like that between the Turks and Russians, and we are besought by both sides to take one side or the other, Among other papers we have received a long communication from Mr. James Redpath, who has been furnishing other jour- -from time to time,with his peculiar contri- butions in support of the cause of public moral- ity. But as we desire to steer clear of any libels upon Mr. Pease, we must dispense with Mr. Redpath’s letter in this instance. What we desire to know of this Five Points controversy are the facts, the figures, and a plain statement of the merits of the case from some impartial authority, if possible. On the other hand, the friends of the Rev. Mr. Peace are not idle, as will appear from the following not Mr. J. G. Bexnwit :— Sir—Enciesed I send you $2 for Mr. Pease, I have had, heretofore, one of bis boys for an apprentice —I mean a boy from under his care—I believe Mr Pease an henest aud a good man. This comes from the came that sent you $2 for the Brooklyn widow, and signed bitnself Rough and Ready. So now, with re- spect, J will put PTR These two doilars added to the twenty re- ceived the other day, make twenty-two dollars for Mr. Pease, which he called for and received yesterday, otherwise we might have turned it over this morning to the benefit of the rival institution of the Methodist ladies, But there are objects of charity also ontside of the Five Points which call for he)p, without waiting for the settlement of the controversy with Mr. Pease, Read the following case: New Yorr, Feb, 4, 1854, TO THE EMITOR OF THE KERALY, ANEW Girt ® To send any article of male want. fer food; they nov are enttre!, been iil three reouths, aud sh children. They will be fou street, front basement. guarantee you will join i in distributing your gi rent '8 pa and what few thing: tained yesterday. V No. And here is a case of a tamily of five desti- tute, friendless, and helpless women, which we are requested by the oldest daughter to bring to the public n 2; and ag the best advertise ment we can give, we publish her own state ment in fall :— Yaw Your, Fed. 3, 1954. Mr. Jawes Goupon Benngit:— Dear Sir—To ask a favor of one we do nos know at ali, and to expect it-to be granted by one who dows not know us, wilappear to many persons as an ast without tense, or a thing which ne> slone could teach. Sir, the last case i when I toke the l.oerty to addresa th end to ask @ favor E grant. Sir, tomeke you arquainy elf), would take t_o much time, T only will give you short statement of whatioduced me to take this step, aye 1 will leave itto yourjndement, what ever you will thick of it. Tam theolcest of a family of sour sisters, ard we bave an aged m ther, who we all try to support. We srrived here in the autumn from Boston, for I thought we could make a better living here than there. All was right fora time, and we got on pretty weil, but one day when we erore, ee foun we were robhed of property weporsessed. Tt cousisted of money, w! We io tended to invest in our business, aod some jow- } remembrance of better tiwes past. Mr. Editor, we were all ledies,without without one friend in What could we do potica eftica, but just neither. It tter feeling fur m in such @ yo d free country j ready he bri may cow dewager a We bave ney 3 e avd have felt t ery painfully, k seane ard badly puid, and renta and pro visions very high. Mr. Kattor, we oar ng friend'ess women; all of us like to w nd “ t as one does embroidery and desigoiug, one Jace, kid gloves, shawis,déc, and one mends and does fine sewing ; but we are oot acquaiat have bad e, ed with the people here, consequently we little or no work. [, being the oldest, thought it my duty to persevere in getting some, bot ali my efforis have been in vain, I did-pat my card in per houre, Ihave asked hundreds and bun dreds of times to be shown to the ladies of Uaion quare and adjacent streets, but have just as may Czar of Russia than to get admitted into the house of one of these grand republicans; and by every harsh word, which was felt more by me ‘the icy winds which blew through the large portals I was reminded of our forefathers, who pe ig 0 fought so gloriously for liberty, equality and fraternity. Whea every trial to obtain work failed, 1 thoaght of spplying to the press, which is more aware of the woes and sufferings of the Lge rel aud which is more capable to render asistance than any other medium. Yes, Sir, I would ask of you the favor to insert a small advertisement in your paper for me. I hear on every side that no business is done without the paper. I would not ask yoa to do it gratis for one ou do got know, but being unable pay it now, i would, if you wore. willing, pay it by-and-by. I know ooth German French, and if any transla- tion from either language would be of any use to you I should be very happy to serye you in that way ; or, I wild send you some small compositions on various subjects. Sir, if you will grant the favor I ask of you, you will oblige an yabeppy fend » and will have the thauks of one whore st wishes will bless you al ways for it. Hoping to receive a favorable answer, Tremain, very respectfally. Ipa 3rern, 418 Broad way,cor. of Canal street. On the other side we have received the fol- lowing contribution; and as we think the poor familes turned out by the late fire near the Bat- tery are most in need, the money is subject to draft, by some proper person, for their relief :— Fesavary 4, 1854. Dear Mr. Bennett :—Please ya) the enclosed $5 toany one of the committees for the relief of tue sufferers by the late tires, Heapecsally, ae But now we have something magnificent to oiler. From Mr. Charles T. Crontwell, Coun sellor-at-law, No. 51 William street, New York, corner of Pine, over James G. King & Sons, we have received the following handsome schedule of donations:— New York, March 4, 1854. James Gorpos Brxnetr, Esq.:— Please find enclosed a cheék for three hundred and fifty dol'ars, which iste the frequented channel i as oblige me by distributing as follows: — $100 to the relief of the suffering houseless poor ‘by tne late fre in Pearl street. $50 to the aid of tue poor sufferers ky the fire in Vandewater street. $100 to Mr. Pease, of the Five Points Mission, to gain access to the hearts of the hardened by alle- viating their physical sufferings. $50 for the erection of the church for deaf mutes. $50, one half to the Bellevue or Bloomingdale As » and the other to the Asylum on Black- well’s Island, both for subscriptions to such news- papers and periodicals for the use of those unfor- ,bupates capable of roaing as the superintendents Tespectively of those establishments may judge use- ful and expedient, and oblige, truly, Your obedient servant, OCnanues T. Caomweiu. Who says now there is no charity among the lawyers? Mr. Cromwell was formerly the attorney of Barnum, and has doubtless imbibed from him some of his magnificent ideas of the way of doing things up in style, without any of Barnum’s infernal claptrap and humbug. Our bill of fare sums up as follows: Relief wanted by Edward Walsh, Duane street, and by five helpless and friendless ladies, corner of Canal street and Broadway :— CHARITIES RECEIVED. For Rev. Mr. Pease .. ++ $22 Paid over. For sufferers by fire . ae 5 On hand. Mr. Cromwell's charities. .... 350 On band. Total ves +» $377 And the parties interested are requested to call at the Heratp office, responsible persons, with proper vouchers, and get their several allowances, give their receipts, and go on their way rejoicing, after the punctual example of Mr. Pease, In conclusion, we submit, that this wrangling among our home missionaries is out of place. There is work enough for all. And to those who are looking to the South, to China. or the Fejee islands, for olfjects of charity, we have only to say what John Randolph once said, on a proposition before Congress to furnish the Greeks with a supply of clothing, &c., “The Greeks—the Greeks—Mr. Speaker! Why, sir, the Greeks are at your door.” Tre Scarier L ER AGAIN, AND THE WHOLE Scarret Panry.—We understand that Mr. Benjamin Galbraith, our reliable withess, whose office as attorney and counsellor at law, is 127 Fulton street, New York, had his attention called yeeterdsy to the last letter of Mr. John Cochrane, denying certain specifications of Mr. Galbraith, published in this journal, touching a recent conversation with the said Cochrane upon the existeace and contents of a certain free soil letter written by General Pierce to the said Cochrane in the summer of 1848; and we also understand that Mr. Galbraith intends answering the denials of the said Cochrane in the premises in a more circumstantial rea‘tirm- ation of the facts in the matter at issue be- tweon the parties. But this is only the begia- ning of our explorations and excavations into those free soil antecedents of General Pierce ard his free soil associaigs of 1848. We shall continue digging with the will of a California gold miner till we shall have excavated, it not the Scarlet letter itself, all the uecessary proofs toesiablish its true character, In this view we shell, in due time, look into certain neglect- ed speeches of General Pierce in New Hamp- shire. and the contemporaneous opinions of his peculiar partizans from “48 to ‘Sl. Among these we shall give an abolition speech or two of Mr. Jobn Cochrane of 1848, at or about the time of the Scarlet letter correspondence of General Pierce with the said Cochrane. We have opened this rich mine of free soilism, and shall dig it out to the lust panfal of gold dust at the bottom. In the end, the whole mystery of the present Cabinet and outside free afiitiations and obligations of General Pierce will be completely solved, oil Nepraska AND THE New Yorx Democracy— Tur Por Farery Bor.twa.—It is out at last that John Van Brren and his free soil associates of 1848, including General Pierce, are in great trouble. It is.evident that Marcy is in trouble, and that the Cabinet Is divided and in great trouble upon this Nebraska obstruction, Tam- many Hall is also divided, uproarions, and belligerent upon the same issue, John Von Buren, John Cochrane. Captain Ryn- ders, and the short boys at Syracuse, did not contract for the bill of Donglas. They egreed to let things stand as they are: now they are all adrift again. The hard shell committee have fiatly resolved to go with Douglas—so does Captain Ryndors; but the soft shell committee swallow the dose with a disposition to throw it up again, Joho Van Buren and others positively refusing to gulp it. What isto be done? The only way is to call a general meeting of both factions favorable to the repeal of the Missouri line, and to expel from the ranks of the democracy all who will not co-operate in the general move- ment. To this end the general meeting should address a letter of inquiry to Jobn Van Buren, Jobn Cochrane, Isaac V. Fowler, Heman J. Rei- field, Conrad Swackhamer, William L. Marcy, Benjamin I’, Butler, John A, Dix, and all others who, from their free soil affiliations, may be dis- trusted. While the pot is boiling stir up the materials aud skim off the scum. in gt the telographic colamns for accounts of the suffering | ADDITIONAL FROM EUROPE, ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA AT BOSTON, Interesting War News, ke, ke, &e. The steamehip Arabia arrived at her wharf at Boston about 3 o'clock yesterdsy efternoon, and was immediately boarded by the Custom House officers, who clozely exam- ‘ned the parsengers’ baggage, &s., in search of smuggled goods, The mails were forwarced by the steampont train via Stonington, beirg too Iste for the 4 o’clock train via New Haven. Our packages, however, were placed on board the latter train, and reached our cflioe about 2 o’eleck this morning. ‘The leading features of the news by this steamer huvicg been pretty fully given in the telegraphic synopsis already published, it is unnecessary to celsy our paper by fur- nisk ing more than the following items, which are all that we find of special interest in the leading Londen papers. Distress for Want of Food tn Ireland. There is great distress in Ireland, on account of the se- Es weather and the high price of provisions, red, and the military were auder arma. Io Limerick also, the populatioa have threatened to break out, ‘The Loss of the Prince Albert. We have further pa ticalars of tha loss of che packet ship Prince Albert, before reported. Oo the 18th and 14th of Deo, flicers were obliged ‘o throw the cargo over: board. January 6th, there wi ve ‘cot of water in the hold, ard the pumps were cbokei, Oa the samo day the passengers and crew, 43 in number, were rescusd oy the ship Norfolk, frcm ‘Madras, and taken to London, The Prince Aloert sunk om the 5th. France. CONTEMPLATED STEAM LINE 70 AMERTCA—SENTENCE OF THE OPSRA OOWIQUE CO? SPIBATORS, 1. 16 to purchase seven steam. ships from the Eogiith Gei 1 steam Navigation Compa- ny, to fom Hneto America, Tho stear to be atthe Gippcaal of the government whea not employed on the live. Judgment had been delivered ia the second trial of the Opera Cem'que conrpirators, and eighteen of them were fined and in.prisoned. Serator Maillsrd died in Paris on the 17th of January, aged 80. Russetan Couricr fom Japan. 4 Russian courier from Navkasaki, Japin, passed through Vienne on the 13th January, for St, Potersvurg. The Latest from Egypt. Alexazdria letters of the 3d'Jan., state that the country wastracquil, snd busicess very dull, . Mariette, a French savan, bas discovered a secret entrance into the Egyptian sphynx. Further Relative to the Turkish War. MOVEMENTS OF THE TURKS, THE RUSSIANS AND TOR ALLIED POWBRS— EXTRAORDINARY MILITARY AO- TIVITY, ETC. Tre furks are recruiting 30,000 Spahas for Omar Pa- cha inthe spring, The Spahas have not be:m inarms since ihe destruction of the Janizarisa, A force of Turkish Cossacks is belrg organized by Sa dik Pacha sainst the Rursians. On thelr standard they bear the united cross and crescent. Tho ice on the Danube having dissppeared, the Turks in Kal have free communica'ion with Widdin ‘A coal depot for the Freach is forming at Sinope. Louis Napoleon has written an antograph letter to tho Bult: segreiting the Sinope affair, and assuriog Turkey ako! is re to have ordered his officars not sat the Tarts, except with superior Tho English frigate R: tribution has been sent to Sobas tepol to demand the libe:t of the Eoglish evgineers cap- tured om board the Egyptian steamers. Tue Augsburg Gazelte, however, ssys thoy are alresdy released. ‘ A commissioa cf Tarkish and foreign engineers sre sur- veying the greond, landward, from Constantinople, for ce fences sgainst future invasion. Ont Austrian and one Prassian corvette entered the Blaok Sea tho day after the allies The Saltan bas pardoned the Safias for their recent outbreak, with a warcing to bs peaceable in fature. ‘Daree accidental fires had destroyed considerable pro- iy im Constantinople on the night of the 3ist De- cember. Tae Morning Chronicle publishes the following de patch: Requisitions have already been made by the Czar upon different institutions throughout the empire, to farnish contributions for the support of the orthodox faith. New cstracts have been completed to suppl the Rus- wi end of # in the principalities with provisions June next, The aricaments ocntinued to progress in Ransia, The Imperial Guard and the reserve are ordered to bein readi- res. Gi more cargoes will be permitted to be shipped from een. The Russian Acmiral in the sea of Azof had sent for aid to Sebartopol, The presence cf the allied fleste prevented the ship: ment of 26,000 troops, which were_ready to embark from Sebastopc). Generel Review of the War Question. [From the London Times, The pericd of suspense which must apr wer of the Russian government tot! the maritime Powe-s have entered the Black Sea, o: known, has now reached the highest pitch of inten-it, and suggerts the largest amouut cf specalation Uatu the arrival cf the next advices from St. Potersdurg, which may be exptcted from hour to bour, we cannot relieve the pudlie from this uncs:tain'y, and we are not dir posed to aowecit any of the vague whit such a state of things unavoidably give rice, Upon the 9th inet. the oourter had arrived at St. Petersburg who conveyed to Sir Hamilton Seymour the despatch of the British Government. M. de. Reizet, wao was sont on a special mission to convey this im portant ¢ceclaration on behalf of the French govera- ment in similar if not identical terms, arrived on the 10th or Lith, ard cn the 12th, which ls, ‘socording to the old style, the lat day of the year, the Ministers of the two Powers made their communication tothe Russisa Mivte cr of Foreign affatra; but there our information to this moment stops. The oscupstion of the Black Sea by the maritime forces of Foglrnd and France so far reson bles the peerage cf the Prath by the Rugsian army lest Jaly, tbat it may or may not be regarded as a casus belli by the Emperor Nich:las. It is, in fect, « far lesa de- oded act of war than the inrwion of a neigh- boring territory, which Russia wae bound by ex- press treaty to respect, except under eertafa conditions that bad not cecurred, The entry of the fleets into the Meck Sea ia in itself nv breach of treaty or of right, nor even am sot of hostile import. The allied Powers have, however, gore forther, and afforded their protection to = Tarkieh convoy bound for Batoum or Treb'zond with reinforcements, which ic cloar partizipa- tion in an act of hostility, aud ibeir instrustions power them to go forther still, iuasmaoh oaly thcrleed to compel avy Russian vesrels of warer tra: puts to retura to Sebastopol. The Court of Ru may, if it thioke fit, resist such Delligerent ryhta ou'the filet in this intended proceeding. and if it ac will at cnc recall its Wicisters from London and Paris, prejaratcry to a declaration of war. Bat, if the Emperor 1 chcoses to temporize, he may conten himrelf for the preso:t with protesting against the threaten of the msritims Powers, and he may wait t! rerce cf rome positive est of coers’on or vi Black cea before he resorts to counter hostilities, parties appesr thus far to have sought to throw the re- sponsibility cf s declaration of war on their antagonist, The Emperor of Rusia succeeded, by the occupation of the Principslitios and the r jection of the Tarkish amend ments to Vienta Note, in ¢rivizg the Porte to that final measnre; and now, Ly romowhat auslogoas prosead ings taken by way of rots a on the sea, Russia dade herse f in the same alternative of submission or armed reristance, It is probable, however, that either oourse will be fo ind to lead to the acme resu't; snd, ifthe more cautious mode of proceeding be adopted, the events wo we raaen toexpect on the thesire of war are soon likely to dispel all further hesitation and uccertsinty. We Go not, however, credit the rumor thet the anpe ror cf Rarsis basal adr cacsed it to be distin tl. d at Viewna or elsewhere that he is pre-de'ermiaed to tthe toms, whactever they may be, agre:d wpon by tho Taskieh govern tent end the other Powers of Ea ops Had any cuch declaration been made, it rust have be despatched from St, Petersbarg com iderad'y bofore t were known there; aod it can hardly be u reptatives of the other three powers at Viewos would have etultified themselves by signicg # protocol on the 13th of Jauuaiy avd ceapatoping to St. Peersbarg = com- munication ich the Emperor Nicholas bed already cen the receipt cf the last dea. patebes from Cons! ople, with tie sasentof the Porte to the terme proyosed the Conference at Vienns alopted this rcheme of pacifieasion without sny alteration or cal @ reason to know that the Gormaa lees decided than Wagland and Pri ir instructions to their reapast re Wert LOt in the tenor of Favoyr, directing them to urge ia the om the Cebiset of 8. Petersburg the proporal this time it whl be re: ten’ ot +d that they a of the ros all the mercbere of the Conference that the moment for s Gval effort wis come, and that if it failed ro cthet ehanee of perea remained. If, in the moan tme, events should have teken place still more ua- favorable to the maintenance of » and op phould airen*y have serumed the form lity, the German Powers are the mors bound ty prererve their own independent courrs, which oan alone eave the world from @ general conflagration Thet isa responsibility they cannict rlske ctf. Hituerto they have seles on tho greater exergy and power of Franco avd Fugiend to check the excroechmenta of Russia on the Oxowan Empire, aa to preserve the balance of power; end they have asvemed the position of seocndary Sta j on the preservation of their owa neutraliy, Prus:iaerd Aasiria togetuer, in apite of tae lousicn which thing betwoen them, broaure we cae distioguian no substantiat difference in the cource they bere parsued, sof toth of them have much more to {esr from a ruvture with Fravee and ind thao frow a war with Russa, waged ie com- moa by the whole of Eare snd which s few months must, im thet caso, bring to clos. At however, neither Austria ror Pru: holds that rank which once belonged to them ia There is no Warla Theresa or Kannits at Vienoa ; there fr 00 od at count for Jess in the affairs of our thronghout tbe Eighteenth century. as waa sta’ed th Vieurs, the poser of sve the advan'ige of playing fourth hand, thouga tho trtok is alresdy wade; and, in spite of the univercal dislike war, which is even stronger on the continent of Earopa than it iy in this island we haveno doubt those govern would command the evergetis support of their if they mancipated themselvos once fem the thraléom of Russia, and en- mourced their resoletion te uphold and st all bazerdd those terms of pacification to which have Lega given the stamp of their approval. No reasonable doubt ean be entertaincd of their opinionsand wishes, which they have formally declared to be identical with our own; but it is of vital im acter, and porsibly 'o their exist heve the energy end independence to vietions, The forbearance of hausted to the last evs obtained to the last the concurrence of States. Wo admit that they are cot bound tive evgsgement to mske war ia support o! posa’ but they cannot be inseusible to the maintaining throughout the combined action ure basison which affairs of th! treated; for we do not heritate that coercive messures untertaken by the fow contents or the sole purpose of compelling the ror Nicholas to submit to their armé tion, sre lesa dange: ons to the general tranqaility of Kuro} a cont st begun by two of those Powers only agait Ruweian empire, How was war avoided in 1840 but the f:m union of England wih tke northera whieh rendered it impossible for France to pereevere im her opposition to ruch odds? Agaiast whom can the re. sistance of Europe be so jusily turned as against ® fovereiga who, from solish and shortsighted motives, bas injured the pubdlic interests of ali pr els as much a3 those of his intended Higiin seek per, heightene}, by t hereditary exeitablll.y of Bis family, the enthuris+m of his people, which is mixed with s bar= Dareus contempt for natioca compere with their own, History ‘more im presrive example of the effecte of personal power uncontrolled by the honest laoguege of tr.th, aud of polar fanaticisia uncorrected by free im'ercoures with the world, Tue Ruesian government hi eatiraly mis taken thelr position in Karope, and tho Rassiaw people ivagine that the Czar is omnipotest abroad, because he is absolute at home. Exsept to the wiser members of his counc!!, who havo noy lost all orecit in the State, the real state of things is nokaown: public opinion is stioogly excited in ono dirrction, and no contradiction of his passionate will cnn rexch the ear cf the sovereign. It s impossible, thersfors, to reason om the effects likely to bs produced oa such ® ruler by aay ry motives of policy, aud we oan only rely on the Holt Saran wy jer eebapldes irrosistible strength which it possesses to put an © ® paroxyam 0 fatal to the ‘est interests of mankind, Marine Affairs, The steamship Georgia, for Aspinwall, left yesterday at. terncon with a large number of passengers, bound to Oali« fornia. The steamship Black Warrior, which was to have left) on Thursday next for Mobile via Havana, will not sail un- til 12 o’clock om Saturday, being unavoidably detained. CoincwentaL Fars or Four Mastep Sairs—A Pensacola correspcndent states that it lea remarkable fact, that of the only three four masted sailing ships that were ever built, none bave been fortunate. The first was the Oo« lumbus. built in British North Amerivsa, and sho was the only one that perform: her London, about the year 1824, Cana- da, andcn passage out was lost in the Bay of iH The next was the Baron of Renfrew, a larger ons yet. ge, ai Gravelines, on the coast of France; an lant is the unfortunate Grest Republic, whore career is still shorter, There seems to be a iasg about, cx belonging to, sailing vescela of thiatig.—V, City Intelligence. MERTING OF THE TEN GOVERNORI—DEATH OF ONE OF THE BOARD. Yesterday morning, at 10 o’clock, a special moeting of the Board of Ten Governcrs was held in the Rctunds, to express their respect for their Iste colleague, Peter Mc~ Laughlin, who died on Saturday night last, very suddenly, at bis residence in this city. President Drarze called the meeting to order, and after a few brief remarks, stating the object of the meeting, he read the following letter fiom a relative of the ‘eceased:<= New Yorn, Fed. 6, 1854, Sucron Drapxr, Freq, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD Oy TEN GOVERYORS:—= It becomes my painful duty to anronucs to you the de- oolleague, Peter 4clacghiia, Eeq. Thie 9 o’clock on Saturday eveaing Tho gentlemen com, the Board of Governors are most rerpectfully invited to ettend*his funeral, which will take place to-morrow (Taesday) moruirg, at 10 o’elock, from bis late residence, No. 232 Ms tison street. Thave to rolicit of you the favor of commuaicating this invitation to the members of the board; ard believe your obedient servant, ‘TH IMAS ‘MCLAUGHLIN, Governor Surra then rose and made « fow remarks io — to the cnaracter cf the deceased, aad closed by feria = following resolutions :— Resolves }, That tho Board of Governors of the Almshedae learn with Weep forrow the sudden dea‘h of their ri eolles, Bey gue highly, valned fellow on by houored traits of pri- public efforts ef ey, kindnoss, 20h 8@ en- title his momo: te be cherished b7 all, and moss by thoi reel who know him Keoso:ved, That the Bosra of Governors sivco-oly tender their sympattice to his bereaved fal y and cicada, ia vale Sheir hour ¢f ofliction aud ecrrew. Resolved, Tht the Board cf Governors atten! the faheral of she deceased, and all dispentibvo bssinesa of the dopacte ment be postponed until Wednesday nex). Resolved, That tho Pr sidont of the. Go 080 ed to em clone a copy of the foreg.ing resolutions tu tho widow and fawily of the deceased. ‘There were unsnimously adopted, and the board then a¢journed till Wednesday a‘ternoon, at 4 a’slock, Tua Coun Wratsrr—Jcu 1x tue Frvezs,—The atmos er¢ is etill im its coldest mood, All hopes entertained several last week that epriog time was near, were bro- ken, as the mercury Fiend mornivg rated at eighteen Cegrees, marly ag ool as any cay this year. The rivere sre floating ficl(s of ice, aud the ferry boats have a rough ti performing their tripr. Oa Sanday wight the Wile Memebarg beats were vnable to run between ong o’slock at night and five o’clock next mernicg, so compact was the ice in the Kast river, Winter is not near over yet. Tax Sap Errzors or SkYLARKING.—On Sunday evening, a8 Mr, H. E stevens, stege manager at the Bowery ‘was op bis return with some frierds ‘rom Williamsht askylarking sifair took place between Mr. Stevens Mr. Hamilton, reapecting the position of wrestling. They ee a] paps rs ae mh threw Mr, tevens, 6 the fall Mr. 8, rupmred his »; and is now lying in s very dangerous tibration, — a Tus Waish —A meeting of the Cymru (Cambrians) or Welshmen, and their descendants, is to be held on Wednese day, the 8b irat, at 8 o’cl ck D. M., at the M-shanlos? Institute, corner of Bowery and Dirision street, For particulars see advertizement, in another colama of this Paper Dawing Brxstasy.—On Saturéay vight the new restau- rantin Broadway, between Eighth and N broken into, and plundered cf plate A oy om worth reveral hundred dellars, The proprietor, Vr, allen, who is ndown-raster, aye that tho rane thing hes oo curred tbree times before, and he intends in fature te haves msn armed with ariily to mount guard in the aa- Jocn. and shoot 411 comers at uaxeasonably houra, who carnct keep trely hands from pick:ug looks or stealing hig goodr, Eira x tee Ciry Hart —Yestordsy merning officer De- of the Chic t's specie! corps, found s wor named Daly io lator yatue apon the stapa of the ity Hall. When found she wasin « helpless condition, and had given birth to s fine healthy boy. Tho woman was taken. oore of by the efficer, and at cncece:iet to a place of comfort. She ateted thet she was (he wifeof Sgan Daly, ard fred at No. £92 Trenty.nipth sires’, and bed been turned ont of doors early fo the moralng by her crue’ lacdlord, The young tni-ocent was duing woll at last ae- counts, Although copendent upon tio sold charities of the world for support, yet hacav, ia after life, esy, with the provdestin tne lend. he was born sithin marble hil, and extensive cres at that, ExGing ony Tut TRACK ON THR Naw Haven Rarrroan,—Yas- ve s terdey morning & locemotive ron oll tae track oa the New Haven Railroad, a-dcetained the regula: trala for New York for £01 First District Court, Before Hoo Justice Green VIOLATION OF THE CORPOHATION ORDINANCES — EXEMPLAPY P#NALTIBS. @ were about forty fire oases for violation on ersinsnees tred in this court to day at chambers, (the Supreme Court cocupying the court room.) priveipslly for not closring the mow from the sidewalks, fo which jorgzen: tas givon for $3 and costs in each care, beirg the amount of the porally. Thore ‘were leo several canes for ancumberiog the streets, ia which net ents were given against the defendants for tame varying from $6 to $20, accor dicg to (he naw der of violations. [It is to be hoped that these exemplary pemalifes wild Dave @ wholeroms eff+ct cpon our down town mere! who seem to thick that the sdewalks are speolally con- strnoted for their goocs, which ave et!owed to encumber the ages of our greatest thorongafares from morning until night } Mails for Rurope TUE NEW YORR WEAKLY USRALD. Tso royal mil cteamship Asia, Capt. Ey @, Lot, wild leave this port te mcrrow afterncom, nt half-past one o'clock, for Liverpool, Sncrcrlptions and advertisements for guy odition of the. New Yorn Hexaup will be recetved at the following places: in Earope == + deer tare 1 Coral Wm. Thomas & Co, ! athorine streets Panis —Livingetom, Wells & uo, 5 Pace <9 la Bourse, Tie Karopenn mails will close sta quarter to eleven o'clock to morrow moraing, ‘The Warcty Maaanp (printed in French and Raglish> will be published at halfpest nico o'clock to morrow mornisg. Single copies, te rappers, sixpenee, OUR AGENTS IN PARIS, PRANOR. We beg leave to state to eur renders snd patrons im ‘aris, and Europe generally, that Mr. B. A. Revoll, 17 us de Ia Banque, Paria, is no longer connected with the. Sew York Bu7,10, ether an correspondent or agent, Menare Livingeton & Wells, 8 Place da Is Bourse, are- our only agents im Paris, both for adverticoments and ‘Pabeor!ptioss, Mise retreat,