The New York Herald Newspaper, February 9, 1854, Page 2

’ Our Paris Correspondence. Panis Jan. 16, 1554 The Eastern Question The Lull Before the Storm —Hopes and Frars—The French Not Eager for War Views of <ustria ax Learned Through its Journals—Court Balls—The Itc Opera—buneral of Amani Bertin, de. There is for a momeat ap absolute pauso—n calm—and men serm glad to fetch a long breath ere ence more they plunges into the fiery crater of the Esstera question. The missive which bears to the feet o' the Northera Autocrat the proof of a Moslem’s more chan Christian forbearance, has aped forth, and Austria seizes the winged words as they fy only to let them escape agsia on pinions more vigorous and bold, So, at Isast, says the legend; but some cry, ‘ Heaven help the Saltaa’s Gorman godmother.” To this mote no reply cen possibly be reveived till the 20th, unless by the yolontary disposition of the Caer, who, a6 be is of course well acquainted with the ooateats of the important dosument en route, may, if he pleases, (ssue his intentions with regard toit even before ite arri- val. Thathe bad really Cone so was @ few hours yes terday the prevailicg belle'—nay, that he had declared himself ready to guarantee the Integrity of the Ottoman empire and to evacuate the Danubian provinces, with the sole proviso that the other Powers shoald not iater. fore between himeelf and the Sultan whils he did so, The funds sprung up two percent and the Bourse was in sostacy. The report was, however, unconfirmed; and even if it bad been it is hard to see how such a reply from such source eould have advanced the solution of the dif cult question, There does sot, in fact, appear to have been « shadow of foundation fr it, if we may except the coincidence of asimilar report prevaiing at the same time at Vienna, where # like agitation easued at the Bourse. The Emperor of Russia bas, in trath, before him, and awaiting his reply, two communications of unspsskable interest in respect to the peace of the world. Oaa from France and Englard, on the subject of theirinvestment of his partioular property—the Black Sea Tae other, the recent invitation on the part of the four Powers, (sigaed Dy the Sultan.) to jrin them in an act of setti-ment, And men are heard tosay, ‘Is it cot fea ful to tuio ‘that in the pineteenth century the ayo or n» of ons x) gle mar should be suficiest to decide the happiness » mirery of millions?’’ It is felt, however, that we have at last arrived at the turpiog point—tha: the game must wow be played out manfully snd befor# all eyea—that all sbufiiog and subterfoge can no longer avail; that the great parliament, not ot England. but of pe, ia about to assemble, and that things, in the face of day, will be ca‘led by ther right names. ‘The Frex oh are decicedly rot enthusiastic about a war ith Rassia, whatever may be the cause; whether the 1y acta of the Czar’s diplomacy have produced their de- sired +ffect—whetber the despotism of Louis Napoleon has broken the spirit of the Gaul, or that there is a bona fide ineisporition to gird on the sword, side by side wita their au pow not, bat the Frenchman does 20 speak of war—war for itse't—as he used todo, Sut this does rot prevent him taving a bizh tone in regard to the manner in which he considers binself to hi been outwitted cy Rusia, That Powsr, he says, must be our friend er our foe fhe present sta‘e of things ts totally unworthy of our position as a pation; it is perfectly ruizous by the steration it has brought on our commerce. The months of November and December, which always see trade ip the throes of intenss aad vivid travail, have behelc our marts in solitude; the neseasa- ries of life are at an exorbitact price, aad the demand for exports comes alone from the far Atlantis. From the Baltic, the Bosphorus, the Kuxine, not a souad of com werocis! life is beard. In January we look for dulasss, but euch Culpess as follows previous excitement; bat now we have @ perfect Cimmerian darkness, ia which n0 man eer even the probability of light. If there ia, therefore, n0 entousiacm, there {s a morbid moroseness, which will very sou find stseif a voice through the Englich Parliament ito France. Much of what will be said there will be the ecto of what is felt her speeches will find their way into the French journals, the sertiments will react on the pepular mind, sndit vill be fourd thet neither Russia nor any other pover can ger defer w settlement of this wrarivome questivn. while, ‘erke x ibitivg « spirit not unworthy & people who would protec: their own, You have fallde tails in the papers of the brilliant vic ories which they bave gained at Cit Tt may observe that Citale ia the same as what ix in some map? written Sittan. It is to ths south of Krajova ant Sisttos. Citale acd Kerazal are both oa the left bank of the Danube, besneen the rivers Schyle ‘and Alonto, It is coarcely hoped, however, tha’ any suceesses of this wturr—and the nore biiliiaut, perhaps the lees so—will ‘Avance the caure of pra The Lloyd of Vienna, w journal though not absolutely ticial yet cne which is well known ouly to speak under ermiseicn, bas put for h aa artisle, haa since eon copind into the Monifeur, and considerable import- a aches toitin ube eyes of many pereons, as if Austria were at last sbont to emancipate herseif from ache all/ance of her powerfal neighbor Tae ar! ‘alll {a'much too long for extraction, but its purpyrt is that if Austris believed that Ruse propored to he:ssif to make @ war of conquest she would be obliged, uader pain of secing hereelf surrounded ia the most vulneradle points of ber territory by a State of superior streng'h, to check that Power ix its Cenigos, even although F-ancs and Eoglacd, in their incredulity, sbould wish to remain nize ple spectators of the war and dirplay apatbetc in difference; that Austria, however, coes not relievs ia such Cesigag; that she rather supposes Lord Aberdesn and the Frevch Cabine: are mutual y a pros to canirless uneasiness, and, therefore, she thinks sh» onght not to take any part in the war; that the Emperor Nicbolss hes Ceelared he will not take a single villege from Tar- key; that the frontiers of that State should ramsin alto gether in‘act by the issue of the war. ‘We wish." #ays ‘the article, *'to give fuil credit to t-e words of ths En- peror if —to forget for a moment that sove reigns are mortal—that their ruscessors may ia herit their power, to bresk the oblgetion to accom plish their promises, and wa, nevertieless, fiad that such a gui @ ts inscfiicieat.”” Sp: the marches acc couctermarches of Russia Danube, when Turkey shal! bave eso crasi “ And for whore benefit, watever may be the conditions ‘of the pacification to be brougat about, will tue power of ‘the Porte have been thas destroyed? Of wi valueisa promise not to attack the property of without hesitating ax to the consid just or unjust, the pooseesor is billed ia order after wards t at hia inheritance as if it had no owaer. If, how over, war ehould break ont, if—what has never Deen seo oefore in medern times—Eogland and Fraace int them- gelves for the firet time united im face cf an acversi in that case it will bs abso utely impossible for Russia to move with p the limite of a promise, Tae stake is too Immense for it to be risked usder the previ ion of auy gin whatever. Russia isto impart to the war an entirely religious character, in order that # fisme may be raised vbey ond her own frontiere.’” "he remark which naturally follows thes observations is, that if they traly represept the sen imente of the Court at Vienpa it iss great pity that facts 30 palpable should bave remaired so Jong withheld fiom its ¥ sion. We have lost every vestige of the fearfal weath~ whish we rufferes so ——. an frost “ai streets of Paris bave reeum: aie news and already the Chao + socustomed ¢ 4 « Klyséae are radiant w totiettes which BAY* 41 ins charming «ifect of flowers . ”. costume was changed by Her M-jesty the Em- ron at the Inst moment into an ordinary bal en particu ier, consistirg of about five hundred persons It would fem that inpumerabls impsciments grew up in rerard to be dress of the guests, and of sach s natare that to wold a failure the gentie edict of Eugenie solved the aigma. Bat the {cea is positively io be carried out, he Empress will issue her cards, selecting, not caly her nests, but the costae which essh of those gaeeta mast Tadue’ This, it is supposed, willrever many an entangled oot, ‘aod that cantinierr# and shepnerdesse, {lover ls'and amasons, en and CiadereHas will spring wes by the wink & vecromsecy, at the gentle Bice of imperial will, which might otherwise have shosen to bave reverved their loveliness for a difterent. cuise. As for the stro ger sex the proverbial galisntry of Francs ‘will render it plastic as potters’ clay in the hande of an tm) mistress so beauti’nl ani wiosome; and tro re ard keightr errants, mountal Moslem warrid's, Iimonadiers and Castilian peasan's are expected be supplied at command The idea has already fired 1, and the excitement thereof han dis ity of the diligent coildren The Bulletin de Paris, 1» happy to say, in respsct to ‘8 subject of at least qual so iT gr foterest—thi eholera—makes the following gratifying somoanc mea im Paris; that from the the 7th of January presen care, the mumber of cares was eight hundred end sixty sent; that there were ‘our hundred and forty deaths, four handred and fourteen cares, snd om the 7th inst. fourteen cases remaining ander trestwent. Ie addition to other episcops! prohibitions on the sub fect of *‘tarming and speaking tables,” to which I drew our sttention ‘fo my last, thet of the Archbishop of bral is pow to be added, who says that exoerimeate with them are ‘practices which reigion condemrs ” The Itslism opera hae at last proved itself worthy of the proci; {ous efforts which have been ma‘e to compel it to adorn the gayest and most besutiful city in the world On Thereday you might have seen & epectacie worthy of its ancient renown. Up to the ceiling its benches were ndeuch was the attraction that maay ® L-giti- Jeanist who bad sworn never to sit un‘er the same root with a Bonaparte, found ttemselvsa—forgetfal of the fusion— listening to strains which carried them in eontasy far beyond the confines of such prerile matters of totereet. The was /| Barbi-ri, now the decided hit of the season. . Alboni was Bartholo’s fair ward—it ts even alleged that stipulated for the part ia her en gegcmont with the proprietor, M. Pegini. Mario wat vive aed Tambourini Figaro. Albori was literally vavissanic, In the + aside ‘Dolce oh ene gave with im- fyrotanne. arranged by M. Alary mense effect. sucience burst out into scclametions. (t wasen owering ovation, and M’me Albosi gra- vounly pl the concluding movement. Tow boariat's performance was « reuse! ation, and once more in his old sharac’or of Richard was himself agsin. His figare the very fomenee of Okion Spats imparted a grace, bean R | bimeolf, im his poe mn ~~ oadigeed amor! s “s voy patel sercation of regret a experienced at the rudden lest cf M Armand Bertin, the able and acoom plished editor of the Journal des Debats Dyleg at ‘he premature age ef Gfty one, in ail the apparent yl of health, he hes Ista void in hw high charac'er ans dis- tioguishee talents of Freood journalism, w | thmes bere is no ct ytillap. To great profernd kno el.cge of Lis art. be united a provity and judgment which rep ery word, or ev mailenge, ta Teapec’ to him, of grav¢importaves. For twenty yeara he yobly struggied for ovonal movarchy, and when France was ir its seo i848, no one #9 courage. ously stovd f.rvardand aes rted the principles of order. His uneral took plsce op Sa!urday, aad persoaa of all po- litical opinion hurried to the so*ne. to offer a last token of resprct toone of @ rece for whom France a! mits no huc- oector, Panis, Jan 16 18t4 Sreculations of the Political Quidnuncs on the Easlern Ques- tion— Defensive Preparations of the Russians — Projected Bat Costume at the Court—The Empress Reported to be Enciente, dc A belief is rapidly spreading here that the Czar, fairly beaten by the attitude which the Four Powers have as- sumed, not to mention the uumistskeable pluck and cou- rage of his despised and misbelieving Turk, is at last ready to hear reason. It is said, as { informed you in my last, that Austria is fairly alarmed, and that the Autocrat clearly perceives he {a girding himself with a belt of fire. 1t is certain that he has sabmitted to the entrance of the combined fleets into the Black Sea with the utmost affa- bility and condescension, ordering every craft belonging to himeelf to keep close into Sebastopol, so that the Frerch and Eoglish may have all the luxary of the Euxine te themselves, Then everybody seems inclia- ed to make him @ bridge of gold to retire up on In his wrath, he oree raid, no earthly power should interfere betwixt bim and his infidel enemy; and so it is proposed that the Emperor of Ruvsia and the Sultan sual each sent a representative toVienaa, charged with full powers to negotiate. Tae stipalations of the treaty te be entered into shall be discussed under the eyes of the Conference, and that the negotiations will really te only between Tartey acd Russia, the Conference never interfering Cirectly, though i's members would be there as witnonses of ite arrangement, &3. “By givirg his adhesion to this arrangement,” saya his crgan, the Assmblee Nationale, ‘the Caer will not depart frem his pretension to treat direct with Turkey; he willnot give upto Europe the settlement of an ur which he coxsiders only concerns himself; and, on the other hand, the Sultan remains on the erouad oa which he has found alles. The amour propre and the essential iu'erests of each par'y, will be thas protected, ard it is hoped that negotiations msy be opened, lead tom good result.” All this, however, smooth plausible on_ pa may take @ very dilferent tum There are those who doubt altogether the proba: bility @f any peaceful solution, who think thet nothing ppeved woich {t is not perfectly cons stent \@ antecedents of ‘a coaracter to presune bim to have foreseen the Ottoman army hes dis played mo: y ulated upon, may be true; but he bas stown that he feels himeelf strong enough, when dispoved fairly to do so, to give that army acheck. Minor casualties cannot be supposed of sufficient importance to interfere with plars deeply laid, and the result of lot nxious cogitation. ‘ne p™s- sibility of am intimate alliance between France and Eog land could hardly have ercaped ® monarch of such pro verbial artuter and the temporizing character of the German cisposition—now hot, now cold—at one moment in array against him, at another the subservient fistter- ers of his ideas—muat have all entered into his caleula- tion. Why there should have been do strange a slackness in his military operations om the Danude, where. of all places it might be suposed his precautions would have deen beat takep, is certainly @ puzzle; but there are many who are inclined to suppose that even this is less fortuitous than it seems. It is certain that the last letters which have coms to band from the shores of the Black Sas, announce that the Russians were adopting at Sebastopol and along the whole of the routheasterao coast of the Crimes, significant They were orgavising on the various strate- gical polnts works of fefrnce snd batteries, d-stined to command the sea; they had just charged t: 6 direation of the light-bouser erected to aid versels of war in entering the rcadsteace; and, fipally,they had given the battalions formlog the ecvance guard of the military colony, whish bas ite centre of orgarizetion in the province, orders to enter the town to nfors the garrison alrea‘y placed on a warlike footing. Tae news of the last cecisions Cons‘antinople for the entry of ihe rquadrons 4 kn in all the Russian ports of tne Black the Sea of Azop, where it produced « veritable panic and the more so as che government of Russia hi given all its attention to Sebastopol, and neglected to fend the other points, though of great importance to the commercial in‘ere: ta, The accoun lefat are still of the most conflicti ms, howsver, to be no doubt of severe fighting having taken place, with great carps and that though their success has been mont doggedly contested, that the Tarks have remained masters of the field The late revere weather bas given way to some of the meat dense fogs with which this city of traneluceat atmos- phere bas, perhaps ever been visited. At this moment ons impenetrable mist bangs over every quarter of the town, and it ts only with the grea est diflisulty that conveyances ply theirroute. Pedestrians have trouble in fading their custcmary channels of communication, ard business and pleasure seem alike to feel the stagoating influeroe of #0 uporual a viedtatim Tho Emperor cose all hy can to give impulse to a reason which, from vartous eaazes, seems likely to be the Cnilert Patis tas knowa for macy years, A grand bail ts announced for the 234 feet, and Turor cays that the Empre. a's tal costume is to take place op tre 28h of Febreary, avd that to loag @ notice is given in order that no ra may be alto Peore of or Lady Cowley, L’ Ambassadrice d’ Angleterre ® said to bave already yeceived her somman‘s on the subject, sod that a eharacter of grin teen etsigued her. Tne Eaiperor every opportunity of sncwirg themselves to the publis, apa the amount of physical toil they must undergo mths tbe tery severe, ! y are to be teen at the various theatre sedulously patroniring alike the opera and nc as it is pret!y generally uaderstood t! common with bis rae, has Dut musio, it may be supposed th ec me of these exhibitions is not among hi A report got abroad that the £ upre: fest indications of being in that coubtlese prove of sarpi ehowa maal fo which wault ing interest to her imperial hu bane; but ic is believed that tt was only the fond wish which ge-erated the hope, which faiotly flicksred for « | moment, and them died away Thee is no doubt that the absenee of an heir is deeply felt by Napcleon, it | Jeaye* a void which stems to invite the orcepation of | Irgiimsey, if not at present at least at some fatare | pericd. The marriage of young Jerome, the former | rince of the Mountain, continues to be talked of ; but Jerome bas assuredly no belt upon the nation, andit is | geverally thougkt that his position in the event of the Ce thof Napoleon would very muca ressmble that of Rechard Cromwell, aud that his reign would be of as brief Curathon, Panis, Jam 16, 1864. Fluctuations in Public Opinion on the Kastern Question — Temporary Suspension im the Ordars Given for the Provi- sioning of the Army of Expeditin—Rumors of Secre, Neo ations between the Courts of France and Rustia— Indecision ef the Government—The Governwent and the Journal des Devats. The political situation has become somewhat clearer within the last ‘ew days, and if we put aside the exagge- rations cf confidence indicat :d by the fluctuations of the Bourse, the following may be taken as the explanation of this unexpected optionism :—The representatives of the four Powers aesem! ied at Vienna, had approved of the acqu ce of Turkey in the protocol of tae 6th Dscem ber, and bad forwarded {t to the Czar through the medi um of Austris. Now, it was rupposed that the confer ence at Vienna would feel Ciscoursged at the subsequent conéuet of Austria and Prussia, These two Powers hal severely blamed the publicity given in the Moniteur to the collective mote of the 6th of December, and had found #\i!] greater fault with the resolution come to ea airuplo by the English and French governments, to give orders to their fleets to enter the Black Sea without first appriting the oo mediating Powers. They found equally inopportone the incidental resolason taken by the two geverrmente, at the suggestion of France, to notify this raritime movement to the Czar. The circular of M Drouin ¢e \’ Hays, which appeared so unexpectedly to the Moniteur, they likewise held to be ili jadged It inight, therefore, be supposed that the rence woald from transa{ttiag to the Czar was even thought that the confer Ived, and it ta ite continued exiatense to have exci'ed in bigh circles fresh hopes ot ance «f peace. ponitively assured that the Emperor had given orders for the suspension of the provisioning of tb wi under arme, divi Emperor, and the exyenser of enich a1 cover four yeers, or, if necessary, to be provided for at If the order to suspend these preparations was pot of geveral application, | am at leat ia a position to offirm that im certain branshes of the rervice the orders given for the supplies were either deferred, or that a nect of relexation bad takes place in the activity of the em pl yes in th @ Durean of the Minister of War, where an im- pressicn seemed to prevail ia favor of the probabilities of ® pacific arrangement. It is generally thonght here tbat the answer of the Cane wil sot be on aggresive Go 16 was 04 Stet cupposed it would be He will not, it is said consider the entry of the combined rquarrop inte the Black Sea as a cause of war, but be wili hold bimeelf seed from the engage mont which he had made towards the Weetern Powers not to pare the Danube. ve been ramore flying about of a recret emis- the Cxar haviog been introdzced to the Km- Pl to be spread wo courts; but these reports have no tle sharacter; however true or falee they be, certain that the governm hopes fer a faverable so'n tion and it is said even evded te prorogae ry le it to annonce @ decisive i. Ie Le b be or ly a plastericg over of the que: soveed of later must be decided by greatest indecision apperrs to prevail in ti ermmeat, a is to ofeirs which the opening of | the lg ry eventa, It will probably have the effect of throwing the Jounal des Debate into the haeda of the goverpment, which has'witnessed with fm patience the iso y*'lon (for (t cam hardly be called the Moetilty) of this ‘ Two or three nights | | great flourish of trum pets, ry | paring sentence observed that if the jury had done It M. Bertin had teen compelled, unver the fear of sper. © +uppreesicn of bia journal, to write te ing his adberence, in a mo ifled sense, to ti shortly efter the vets ehich confirmed it. Now, the pre- Rent government pos ® means of interferiog in the new ciree'ion of that journal through the uadiow of Genera) Bertin ce Vaux, the cousin-german of the de- 10 be seen whether it will ‘too the full of thet journal 40 4s to make it appear that the prees has still aremblavee of liberty left under the present rein. | Ibis with this idea perhaps, that it ia projected to place | the Debats un ter the dire of th» brother of the cessed M Edouard Bertin, the painter, and fo-merly (ne director of the Beaux Arts, whose health, by the bye, be was unable to attend © of bis brother goverpment would thns sp leave to the paper ita former independance, by oon | the neme of the family at the bead of the eaterprse. [a reality the gerance will remain io the haads of am sn cm: pletely in: fleosive tm his anteced-ots, and without any tort of po itical learning, namely M, Silvester de Sscy, a writer of great ability, and whose experience will serve ax & guide to his collaboraleurs. Such is the position of affairs at present. In the pau | city of policical events, you must scsept these reflections ‘as 8 faithful index of public opinion, ia ral Panis, Jam 19, 1854, Grave Axpect of the Eastern Question— Opinions in Favor of | the Probatvilities of War—Preparations of the Russian | Alinisters for their Departure—Consquences of a Buropsan | War—Kevclusionary Organization—The Duchess of Or- leans’ Liter a Forgery Abandonment of the Projeded Bal Masque at Court—Interdictions of the Press—Mr Mason, our New Minister, de. The arpect of affairs has certainly changed since my | nat letter. Ae late as Sanday evening it was thought that pscific arrangement was still possible, or at least the thy E nperor Nicholas would avoid breaking oempletely with the Allied Powers, or would endeavor to retard the rupture until spring. Fresh ‘incidents have occurred, which bave entizely altered the political situation, The French and English flsets have been instructed to convoy the Tursivh vessels destined to convey provisions an arms to Batcum, which is in fact tantamount to actus hostilities on the part of these Powers. It was understooi here that the Czar had decided on a negative reply to ths last propositions of the Porte, even before he was in formed of this grave fact, which in itself would be saffi- cient to determine his refusal. The last propositio2 transmitted to the Czar by the conference in Vienna —snd which in substance demanded that negotiations should be opened in a neutral city between two plenipotentiaries on the part of Turkey and Russia—substituted for the words, ‘in the p esecce of Europe,’ (which would have been more reacily accepted by the Czar,) these words: “With the sid of the allisd Powers’—a condition that Nicholas was in no way likely to accept, seolng thet he positively ' refuses to allow Europs t) interfere in his citfarenses with Turkey. We kcow, mr reover, that instructions have Deen given to Admirals Hamelin and Dundas, not to allow the Russian fleet to quit tke harbor of Sebastopol, in order to prevent eventualities that might disturb the existing order of things, A telegraphic despatch received on the 18th from Marseilles, ana >unces news of a still graver character brought by thy Tancrede, which left Constantl- nopleon the bth. From the nature cf thia inteltigenoe, there is but too much reason to fear that the Rossian fleet was about to issue from Sehastopol and advance to meet the combined squadrons, In order to bs prepared for this movement, (which, however, e648 confirmation, ) it is said that Admiral Dandas bad taken measures to prevent the allied rquadroms from b:coming dispersed, a0 4s to oppose the forces under his command in » compact 88 to the Russia fleet ‘ese are the principal features of the news, which have Alterec the porition of the Eastern question sivas my last ter, and which bave effeoted a ¢»mplete revolution ia the opiniore of the rot pacifically dispored. All the Russiana who, either from their spprebentions of war or from their partislity for France, hcp’ t re now waking active preparations for ‘and M. Kisseleff, who has become almost | a Freschman in his habite and sympathier, fiom resi¢enze in this country, and who, up to Mond: bad prese: ved hopes of & pac fis 4 complctely disocuaged aince that cay, aud is now making | his preparations to leave It {# stated that be bad re ceived despatches from his government, informing hia that be murt cortider the eatry 0: the fleets into the Biack Sea as tantamount to ac ation of war, Yeu terdsy he received » visit f.om the Austrian AmDagwdor, and after being closeted for some tims they prosred-d together to the Foreigo Odict, sad afier tuat to the Tulieries. They appeared, from the statement of an 02 rerver, to be gieatly agitate’, ax if under the inflaence of exciting in‘eiligence, It i# said that thy Baroa de Brupow is to quit London to-day, and that the Fresch and Evglish ministers at St. Petersburg are also making preparstions for their departure. ¢ Princess Linven, who bas been for so mny yeare attached by the bonds of friendship to M Gaiaot, aed who it was thought could xot live out of Paris, is aovat to retire to Brusnela If s European war breaks out, its consequenoes will d+ dreactul. Its reaction will be felt throughvut a'l Earops, which may be said at presen: to de literally mined. [t {s though : [ror the rerults of avast crganization in which the Frenoh government me rotouly Ro ons, and who har sxtensive relations with tas jes of the Carbovari, is the chief a revelationary programme ote of ar will be fefact alr I> felts Fracee, are obit fily ‘evested in the fun‘s, They a: felt, in the universal distrust avd aaxiety tha: parr cinteen, T.e expenses of the rish are contrasted to their ibe limit, and trade a suffering severely. arcely and fries except those given by he Court, apd evem the Sepstore are chary how thay «xpsd heir allowances, Tav Faubourg St. Germain availa tesif St the opportunity of adding ite calsula ed tothe ravsrecf (he gereral distrere, Complic he rine $9 the price ef corn and the dearth of pro sions | the news from the provinces is deplorable to the last egree fer there no mesaruree hive been taken to In- dempity the baker. similar to those adopted in Paris. It is said thet upwarda of eight mi.licns of fraces have beea already expended in this city in maiotaiuing the price of bread at its preee.t standard, A commission has been | ramed torxtend these measures to the provinces, What | thegum will be that will be required to carry them into effect throtgh the whole of France, I will lea jufge from this estimate. A loan of two bh: Hore has jast beea temardec by governm Bavk of France. and it ia ssid will be granted The Conatitutionnet and the Poyt publish to day, with a letier from the Duchess of tta:king the usion. Without being able positi vel; ee the fact,.I have reason to believe toat those the dupes of ac\umay mystifisation—in fact, ‘of a canard on the part of an Ecglish ne wapaper. first place the letter is wrilten in @ «tyls that i latec to deceive nm one. The Ducheas i made t ‘with which he i jost as wi . In @ dit'on to this prima facie evi gery, I em ina pesition to affirm positively that Gereral Freel, the preceptor of the Comte de Pacis, stated three days ago that the Duchess 0’ Orleans wan not favorable to the fution—tha: thir uoexpacted event ly—but that she would a f iz writing upon the subject. thing wore rqnived to prove the falsity of the letter. 115 io be forind in the fact whica Ihave jont | learned, that a com vu: ication was recived yesterday | from the Duc de Nemours in wrich he gives a fist denial utker ticity of the decumeat. eter of the events above roticsd haw ment of the bal masque which it was give at the “wleries, These proj-cts of royal buffoonery and amusemen: fo,med too pitiadle a cootrast with the misery and enfferings of the prople for them to be persisted in with sry show of decency. The asweps- pers having rcolged in speculations as to the oostames to be worn by the imperial couple, (the role of a vivan dicre being attributed to the Empress ) the whole of th Paris press has tee invited (you know the valus of tl ‘word thus employed) not to trouble themselves any mo.e sbout there deti Some attempts have been mace to obtain the adhagion ce Lamartine to the present government, tat Mey b Rot, as might have been expected, been attended with enccens. To the interdictiovs given vy the government to the press | must not omit to ado the pronibition to dtsouss tbe evil effects resalting from the system of impren+ment pursued in the maritime departments. Mr. Maron, the vew Minister of the United States, ar- rived bere on Monday lest and is stopping for the pr: at ‘he Hotel Ce Locdre®, rae Castiglione I have alreay paid my reepecta to bim, and have been mush gratified Sy bie pleasirg and amiable manners. Mr Masoa an 63, pored to do every thiog io bia power to vervs his sou trymen, end thir dieporitinn cannot fail to render him popular with trem. Mr Sandford bas ath recaraed to the place which he occupied under Mr —that of Sreretary of Iegation. It is expected that Gen Pi-ree will soon name hie gnosersor. A shange of ea ploya: in the legation will be viewed with pleasure by all ine Ame foato. LETTER FROM GEYRBRAL AVPZZANA, To rim Eiror ov me Naw Yorw @mnaty :-= To my great surprise, I fad in theNew York Hunito of this morpicg a ret-action of my signature to tae addrosa of the Italiana to Areabiabop Bedini 1 ‘enire explicitly to state that I cid sign aod wholly approve of the above mentioned address of the [telieas to Be-iri, which, under the clroumstanses, I consider ox tremely moderate, Your obedient servant, GEN, JOSE?H AVEZZANA, New York, Feb. 4, 1864 LETTER PROM G. Me od bai or tam Ni York Herp: ‘ear Sir—Ap asonymous apologist of my lord Bedial, styled Ca rojl, andalias Smith, alias Iquez Na, accases me igned my name three times to the protest of ima’ the executioner d+ facts of Ugo Bosal. This assertion is @ jesuitiaal Iie, and | sm ready to prove it, as my name has nothing to do with Frederisn Canal, iptor in bronee, Joseph Ssechi, from ad G F. Secobi de Casali from Pis- ‘ who bes never writ:én anonymous lattarn to the public in defence bloody tyrant, or anybody else, por altered bis @ to abow his patrio ic zeal for the wartyre of his eouvtry. Forgers are, in my opinion, there who bi undertaken to lefend a bad cease, arm wide nickosme. New York, Feb 4, 1884. SECCHI DE OASALI, G, F. SEIU DE CASAL. Ssyrexce ron Murper.—John Clegg, who was convicted of murder in the second degree, at Pitta- | burg, was sentenced on the 4th inst., to eleven years and six months in the penitentiary. The Judge in ty of mur- verdict was juments of their duty, be would have been found der in the first d it was, thelr" against the law, the evidence, and the counsel. The verdict was abeurd and ridiculous, AFFAIRS IN CUBA. Our Havana Correspondence. Havana, Feb. 1, 1854. The American Sailors Sentenced to Fvur Years in the Chain Gang ~ Hopes for their Freedom—Valdez, the Murderer— The Salvi Trowpe—Amusemenis--The Markets, dc. I went yestercay to see the American sailors at the Queen's Hotel, for the purpose of a:certaining it they had spy idea when it was proposed to Cetermine their case; but, poor fellows | they have nothing to comfort or con- sole them, The English Consul claims protective right over three of the railors as Britieh subjects, which hap- pens to be « good thing for the balanoe, as they will hesi- tate cme time before confirming the sentence which has been rendered, and is only waiting the formality of vice- regal approbation, I am informed that they were sen- tepced tofour years im the chaip gang. By steamer of 224, iastructions will be reseived fiom Eogland for the guldance of the ‘oneul-General in the matter, and itis not probable that just now anything very oppressive will be done against our “noble ally.” SeI expect ia time that the American sailors will win their freedom through the pertinacious policy of John Ball, who does not forget his children, no matter how humb‘e they may be; the protective arm he stretches out is not the yaunting idle of words, While at the Tacon prison I took some pains to find and converee with the miserable wretch, Valdez, murderer of his wife, “La Domingues” He probably had a lusid interva), for he was very rational in conversation, al- tough I probed nim with very rough questions, which he answered without earr estneu, but with the gravity o’one senrible of his great offence. The cause of hisact he had felt, and cften had he determined the deed, but the nerve for’ «xeonticn failed him uotil the fatal’ morzing, Ho spoke of it passion he could not control, but growing out of bis own licentious bavite and tastes, and that it had long been his cooret determination to take the life of his wife on the first oocasisn of serious dispute or differ en We have not yet been able to get any music ont of the singers and fiddlers of the Mariai, Salvi and Sveffanoni troupe operaticos, and when the breach will be filled yemaine im doubt. The whole cause of disturbaace is produced by Mr. Marty, who, baviog failed ia his pts with Sontag, from trying » too gegement, now finds himself in davger of baving scme weeks of eppty hould they con. clude to sing at the ‘Villeuu He has, therefore, teen compelled to cifer heavy bonus considerations to incuoe desertions from the rival company and the rival house, Txey are more inclined than ever to listen to the temptations profered for their attention, and would preter singing at the aristocratic opera nouse of the can- ning pira’e flaterman, At toe Bolarconin pens, for want of time and bu’: they have introduced a varisty of monkey hows . ights, &o, for the entertainment of the enlighten: ty of Havana—next in order of their delicate appr... of bull baiting. eee Havana, Fob. 1, 1854, More about th: ‘\Qircular” and the Africanization Fuble. Since writing you yesterday, I have been favored with & perural of the “circular” about which certain parties here have made such = miguty fuss; and although the circular does ask for opinions relative te slavery and the slave question, also with reapect to the importation of indented Africans, with due regard to external troation, yet Ieee nothing in it to warrant the jumping at the con- clusion that Cuba is to be Africaniaed; and I will assign my reason fornot so believing, In the first place, Spain, with the adexample of Jamaica before her, must be aware that the apprentioerbip of Africans for a imited period, ans prelu@to freedom, must be « failure; and equally certain ia {t that as Eogland, with all the means at her ccmmané, having proved it to her entire satt tion, I should presume that such ® measure ‘must turn out a lamentable failure. She would not be likely to at- tempt the urgiog sach archeme upon @ foreign island, now one of ber best cu'tomersina commercial polat of view, which oould only result in its entire ruin and pros- tration, Now, when, s¢ Carlyle writes, ‘‘Commeroe is king,” ‘sit probable that Ecgiand would engage in a measure that can but tend to the annihilation of the weaus Cure postesses of consuming ao large an amount of the manufactares of Manchester, Sheffield, ani Bir- mizghan? The view I tabe of this circu’ar is, that hav ing consented to the ne ting at liberty of the emancips. dor, and finding that the ehiclera hae made, auch terride a. raveges amongst tne negroes, Spsin the necessity absolute to ineri the numbar of laborers on the estat in order to their teing ocntinued im nitivatiod, and Ia order to | bemboorls Rrglind, Into the belief that it is only * free negroes,” she (Spaic) desires to uported, will wink at the introduction of large numbers of slaves. 1 venture to declare, will prove to be the fact; besides, this vesurting to A’rica for ‘free laborers’ waa more than once denied to damaics, upon tne groand that it could butresultic a rpeces of modified siavery. With what & oF of jurtic-, then, could England cesire to, see such & ‘easvre carried out in Cuda, when ehe bad denied a similar boon to Janaica, wh was only permitted to obtein, ard that for a very limited period, the servises of tome tow womenfrom A‘rics, and who were to be returned to Afiies at the period of the expiration of their contract, and ehich, I believe, Pas beea done. Some rapient persons bere have been drawicg sonla Howe, feise ones of course, from the circumstance of all be Brivieh cruisers having been absent from tayir stations © ound this island, in the early part of Iast month; but, bad these sil wise persons taken the patos to acquaint theneeives with the true caure of this, or had they ® quaivted with the customs that prevail ia the Eugli pavy, they would Ls ve known that the craisers 0 59 t) Port Royal, Jamaica, to co honor to the admiral of t! station then cn bis anpusl virit to that piace, and whi their commanders were required to be present to a as members o the Courts Marcial, which during the period of the Admira.’s annual vi | sit. As the bi pi at «nearly hour this morniag, that circums'ance must plead my excuse {yr the brevity of | this letter. GU ALIERIV, Market Circular. Havana Jan. 30, 1854, | Xr. Sproule, has sent me th Bice the aste of ovr lest mariet report of 13th iastant, sugars have cot experienced any importan! change. Ths eupplies from the country, although gradually iocreas ing, sre pot yet abuncant enengh to cause mach activi. ty. For superior yellows ard fl retes, higher prices have been paid; some tales have been made for subsequent delivery, including tbe ollowing —5.000 boxes, at 5% ris. for eveurnchos and browns, 6% rls, for yellows, aad Egrls for whites; 1,600 boxes’ prime yellows at 7 rly, and 1,600 do , 6 rie ; 300 boxes white Deroane train, at 9% | rls afr, and two etire crops, one #f 4,000 boxes, aud the ‘ther of 2UC0 ¢o., at $16 per box of 17 arr., not of sa. perior qnality, The following are the ruling quotationt:— Waites, 1% 10 8% Fle; Horete yellows, €% to 7% 400% to prime do, 6X to Big rls ; browns, bY to 5 rie ; Cueuruchor, 4% to 6% rls, The sock in the Uity aud the Regia warehouses is mow about 60,000 boxes, against | y. and yease's in quest of the Jers are generally compelled to \t 6ll up their tanks, the curren Dar beep 23 ris Pe: keg. bv th has a tendency to dec ins. Correr ia of ready rale at $915 to $1034 per gtl. Cleared, | 1,104 begs for Spain, 1.041 Jor :ne United States, 768 bags for other plasts—io sil, 2903 begs. SxGARS continue to be in request for all clarses, at high rices Cleareo, 3,895 mille for France, 3,336 for the Inited tater, 1629 for Hamburg, 600 for Antwerp, 431 for Spain, ard 49 for other plasea—in all, 10 139 TonACCO ta selling at Ligh rates for good and prime quaiities, cleared 226,657 poanda, prinsipally for Spain. Rem still suer bigh; 150 pipes sold at $53, 30 dicto at $59 bo Citto at $37, clearec 110 pipes for Spain aad 260 for Vaniow—in ail, 300 pipes. Exchixcu —Tne demand for bills has been moderate : on Loncep the Inet seles were made at 1134 and for small a New York and Boston ‘we quote to cay 34 to % per ; Paris % to 1 per cemt discount; New Osleans Ort 234 to J! jr oent prem. = eens bone bad Nery few arrivals during the past fortnight, particularly from the United Sta es. The Plowing sales bave deen ¢ilsc.ed: Jerked Beef—The cargo of the Sen Joce, alluded to in eur last market re pert $6(0 qile. told at 19 risks arrobs; 2,000 qaintels r An frcm New Barceiona, at 16 rle ditto; 1,840 yer Mulate from ditwo, at 15% rls, ditto, Fich— rom Norway at $8% per qtl ; 60 casks ditto 4 States at $i qil; 100 terese 124 pW. A. Pathe” from Boston $4% for the latter per qtl ; a: $43; #0 30 carke bake ditto at $3% qth, . avd 741 drome per Emerald. from Jenterdsy, at $47, p tl ; 300 box per box; one care of fh (the Jes river rip ‘til un old, consisting of 41 tieree Yarreia, 266 6 if boxes, 100 tieroes of haddock ard CO b 204 he: Rice—188 tierces of the Somera’ earge fr m rtore,sold at 13% ris per arr ; 171 te-ces from PrilacsIphia at 133, rls citto; 998 per steame: [vadel, at 183 11, ditt=; 161 Heroes, 37 half disto, and 81 bags per Mary A, at 134 le. cit'o. Yesterday two cargoes arrived: the Adels from Charles'on, with about 290 tierses, (which la. arr ) aed the brig Confidence, tercer ditto, which remains on cargo of the Jave Porter from ‘con-tsting of about 250 tlerces. HAms.—160 sold at suction at $20 q:l., 23 casks New Orleans at $11 bg BA do. at $12 60, Odo. at $12, anc 18 u 11 by ey koge at auction at $20, 150 do.et $21,from Philadelphia amd 140 do fiom New Orleess at $18 per qt. 588 —606 boxee Dutch, and 1,200,Patagras, at $25 60 prr qui ; 800 brxes damaged do. at $1' fae oe tos Boston 19 gil ere ss 57,600 bunedes at 86 60 per 100 bunches, and £64 bar rete do. at $3 per barrel. Porators —800 Barrels at $6 50, 400 do. at 96, 100 do. at $6 76,678 do at $b 8 do, at $4 75, and 700 do. at 0 per ba a rte 100 berrele Spenish at $17, ami 1,000 de. at $16 00 per basrel. TocinataA —13 boxes at $18 qtl., 26 do. at $14 9 do, at $1276, 10do mt $19 87% and 46 do at $12 q¢l. WrarrisG Parse —100 reams at 45, ris, and 800 do. at 44 rls. per ream Me ofr 140 barrels at $15 qtl. Weare Or.—24 casks refined at 26 rls arrobs, 38 d>. at M5 rie, SACO. at 2 rie. 66 do. at 6i ils, and ll do, @ nine ot 18 rls, per arrobe. Cus Nan —700 per qtl. Tonacoo —t0 box @ ving at $17 per qtl. Soar --844 boxes yellow at 87 per q SALT —900 boge at 28% rle per be $20 per qi. $17 60 per qtl. ia " 16 ip barrels, sy rsh Derrels at $6 60 ey 16 bbls. at $5. fy Np Coopsmagn ST0ck — Hoops are very sserce; the salen have born 60,000 rhort eaontaut trom France ai 8:0 per M, 17,0008, Island at 10,000 do do at $90, {6,000 short ¢o, at 16,000 dg, do. at 9%. Molssées Hhd. Shooks—6(0 Portland olty made ‘sold at $2, lewring, very Bhd. hooke—Only 100 have been sold, at $3; they are extremely Cull, stock om hand between 3,000 and 4000; they wili roon be sold if no further supplies come in. Empty mola’ses bhds. ars scarce rad wanted; they will bring $4, at which price the ‘ast sales were mads., Pitch bas arrived freely, aod bas met @ randy sale as fol jows:-76,008 fest Mobile at $-0 per M fest, 28 000 feet Wil- mington river at $28; 62,000 (0 steam sawed st $34 The cx’go of the Maigare: Aud, from 4palachicola, steam sawed, 1a. Mob: le, do: at $32, leaving Thales, from Charlestor Saran 8 Hale from Per arse and bigh; the coniracts for nearly all bebind han¢; the fol lowing rales «1,400 at $2, 300 do, at 16 rle,, 3.780 do. at 14 rls, leaving on hand the cargo of the Julis Ford, from Ba'h, and part of the Raine bow, from Wires There bi been no arrivals of white pine boards eince our last mai report of the \8th i the article is very scarce, the yards are getting bare, and the firet arrivels will sell very high. FanGars— fhe acouct of tonnage in port, is igcman re: tively very small; v+ssela are much wanted, an’ rates have an upnard tencensy The last engegements were o'o ed as follows:—$3 per hhd. of molasses, $675 « $7 60 per hha. of sugar, acd 12 rls. per box of eugar for the United Atates, + £4 for Antwerp and London direct, Cowes and a maret £4 6s. a£4 108; one vessel to loac here for New York, of abcur 1,200 boxes, for the roun¢ axm of $2,300, The Erie Railroad War, OUR SPECIAL CORRBSPONDBNCE. Ear, Fed. 6, 1854, The War Ended—Departure of the Governor and Marshal— The Excitement on the Wane=Mr. Lowry vs Deputy Mar. shal Sproule. There is very little t> write about in Erie, now that the railroad excitement ison the wane, The Governor and the Marsbal left Erie this afternoon for Harrisburg vis Cleveland, He was escorted to the dezot by a few of the leading men bere; but no demonstrations of » pudlis kind, like that which attended his reception, marked his departure. I understand the arraogement he hes mae with the Western company is, that General Packer shall have temporary charge of the road, and that no change will be made in the prevent cfficers, The stock—that is, the locomotives, cars, ke.—belongs to the A-li:abula, Cleveland, and Painesville road, which receives for its use forty-seven per cent from the Franklin Canal Oom- pany. This arrangement ie still to comtinue until the whole matter-is Cefinitively settled in the courts and Legislature, It is supposed that the termination of the Weetern road will be removed from the depot to the har bor; but mo promire, I believe, has been made by the Governor to that effect since his arrival. Some of th- pecple ap;ear to be dissatisfied with the manner ia which it has been arranged, and say that the Nertheast and Erie Company have ob‘ained all they asked, forgetting that thir object, which was to have one o)m iau- ous, unbrcken track from Snffalo to Cleveland, bas been defeated by the State taking posses: sion of the Western road. Io fact, both parties sre successful, The company have succeeded in laying their track ¢ ear through Harbor Creek intothe city, while the people have succeeded in preveoting them from making the connection. The people of Harbor Creek have expressed their willingners to allow the question to be titled legally. and have promised to abide by the deci. mm of the courte, w! r tbat may That the read running through ‘their justified im th Pt are of the opinion that the four foot-ten track should not be allowed to main down, and threats hi thet the very m ment the Marshal aod | railrosd property, Berider, great hopes are entertained that the Saobury and Erie Railroa¢ wi!l soon be com. cod, arc that it will do m: for this city than any Dieak of gavge. Sol think no fears need be entertained of apy more violence. Mr. Lowry, of whom I bad occasion to speak in ons of my last letters, in connection with the Dsputy Marshal, communication scorrecting fome mirtakes wh hi Tas eia my account of the affair between bim and the Daputy:— Ea, February 6, 1864, TO THE CORRESPO* DENT OF TH: NAW YORK HERALD, Dusk SIR :—Prompted by the belief that your aission s|mopgst us is to arrive at and report the truth connected with and growing out of “the Erie difficulties,” and believing that the censure which you have paesed upon the ladies of our city, for their ex- pression of indignation at the ou'rages and insults perpetrated by the Deputy Marshal towards the sick wite of M. B Lowry, was from ® want of reliable inforinstion reiher thas & dirp: sition to céniaré nojast- ly, I will submit the following brief statement, drawn from perscral observation, as well as from legal testi. wopy now in m: seion, which ehal be forthcoming, if any of the fac:s hereinafter alleged are denied—and af- ter Jeading this statemert ycu will agree with me that ‘the lacies of Erie have had ju-t cause for resentment. Some time fa December last the Deputy Marshal came to our city; hemet Mr Lowry at Brown’s Hotel, conversed with bim cp geveral subjects, and om railroad difficaliies ‘n particular; he was isformed by Mr. Lowry that his (L+) wife was in a critical, if not dGangerour easdition, Be did rot iotimate to Mr L, that le had any perroval business with him, ba; jroceeded to Mr. L.’s boue, and wis met at the door by the servant who wer acing ax Li He ivquired for Mca Lowry, and wan fick, anJ could not be seen; he 80 strongly le his reqaes\ knows to whe, from his importunity, sapposiog that he other, or some relative couitg to visit her, con og him admitted. Mr Sproul on gainiog mmittance, apd finding ber bolstered up, apologised for coming into sick ro.m on official business by seriaz that in Mr Lowry’s a>eence it was eseary for him to wake persona) joe of papers which he hed on Mra L, and ipeisted on her receiving them in her h to moke the re: vice legal Aod here parmit me to say that Mr Lowry was no; absent from the city at any time during that ¢ Tne next time Mr Sprou! visited Erie, he was csmpany of Marshal Frost, on the 10th’ day of January, On the ever ing of that day, Meera, Lowcy, Cadwall Reed, Jackson, Towrer, King aud o:her gen lemen visit ed Mr. Frost at Brown’s Hotel, and ‘ouad Mr. Sproul in bis company, and spect from one to two hours wita them, Curing which time ra:lroad diffcuities writs, &c., ‘y's nurse. that she | were the sutject of frequent remark, aod Us. Sproul served @ paper on Mr. King. in presenos ot Mr Lowry, Da- ring the evening, Mr. Sproul asked Mr. Lowry concerning the health of his wife. He was anewered by Mr. L. that she was very low, but that be hoped om that evening she was alittle beiter, On the next moroing Mr. Lowry mat Mr. Sproul on the street and spoke with him, but neither at that iime nor on the evesicg previous did Mr. Sproul ivtimate that he had apy writ or paper for Mr. Lowy. But» on after they met on the morning of the llth of Javcayy, Mr. Sproul went to Mr. Lowry’s honse. He, on arriving at the hall door, saw a notics requesting viaiters to pars to the kitchen door. He accordiogly went to the kitchen ¢Ceor, where he was met by tae girl who bad on a previous cecasion admitted bim ixto Mra. Lowry’s sick rocm. She reognised him. He, «tor eskivg for Mr. Lowry, wisbed to be agein admi +d into Mrs. Lowry’s bedroom = =The gir] arsured him tha‘ it was impossible, as the doctor had given express orders tbat none but her immeciate sickroom atteadsnts should be permitted to exte: her room. I will say here that my wife, who was the adopted child of Mrs. Lowry, and wao had virited the house elmcet daily to inquire about her, avd feariog the result of the least excitement, for several days previous, arc up to that time, had rot allowed herself to go into her room. Mr. Sproul still insisted on seeiog her for one mor ent, ani not until he had beea refused taree or four times cid he relinquish his deter vina'ion. He then left tte house, and om passing up the street to jotel he met Mr Lowry, amd served on bim « motise to appear before the Circuit Court of the Unived Stares at Pi teburg om the ‘ollowing Monday, to show sanse way he shonid not be committed for contempt of court It will not answer for you to say that this was « quarrel which our ladies had co right to take upand make their own. It bei'eved by the majority of this community that the ebject of the railroad men, in whose employ Mr. Sproul thin was, was by insult to provoke Mr. to m ey wished for something more tsogidle, as all +! could swear t thes om @ *itter oold night with the brave Harbor Orrek boys, who hac been toro from thelr famiiien by Mr. Spronl, assitted. as appeared in evicence, by rail rad men from four different Stater. eae ‘: |, ROGES: Tt will bo seen that Mr Lowry's sigastare is not written st the end of thts com~ unication, pat it was prepa-ed with bis kpowledge end as he thinks he has beer wrong ed I send itto you for publication, The public, how- ever, I think, will agree with meim the cpinion that ne himself was the proper pe:aon to avenge an insult to his Wile. any was intended by Mr, Sprocl, which Tae not deli ve . The Steam Marine of the Lakes. In November last the Supervising Ins; of Steamboats sppointed under the act of August 30, 1852, met in convention at Cincinnati. The of their doings has just been published. It contains a statement of the number of steam vessels that have been inspected and certificates sranted, the number of pilots and engineers licensed, and the amount of tonnage inspected, in the several districts. From this table we glean the following in relation to the steam marine of the lakes Namber of steam vessels inspeo’ed at Detroit. . 32 Do. co. do, Oh’ 8 Do. do. do “0 Do. do, do. ot De. do. de, 7 De. eo. do. 7 Nor. der of pilots licensed at Detroit. 86 Do. do. do. Chiesgo 30 Do. do, do. Buffel 99 Do. do. do. Cleveland, 49 Do. do. do, Oswour... 16 Do, 10. do. Burliegton “4 Nurmber of engineers licensed at D-croit. 8B Da. do. co. Chiosgo. 39 Do. do. do Buflelo, 86 Do. ¢o. do. Cleve ing 38 Do do, do Oswego ll Buriloy 14 Do. do. do, Am: unt of tonnage inspected at Detroi De, do, do. Do, do. he. do, Do. do, De. ¢o. Tre Indiaws Sentinel eaye that at least $2,000,00) of the capital of Indiana nercharts, which would othermee pe to Philedelphis, will be diverted to New York or Beaton, in consequence of the Brie riots, and the countennsen they bare received from the olty of Brotherly ve. The Cuban Junta 10 T3E ED:TOR OF THE NEW YORK HBBALD, Hoping you will be 80 good as to afford me room in your valuable aper for a few remarks with re- gard toa letter on Cuban affairs, published in your issue of the 2d instant, by one who Bigns himself “ Guillermo,” I beg leave to say that I admire and endorse the seutiments therein given expression to, as far as their author is earnest in his country love and sincere in his avowals against all that can be debased and disgracing to man’s dignity—I say as far as he is earnest and sincere, because from what I have seen in the records of the world gone by, and see in the world going on, upon noticing a man like G., wrought up to the warmest emotions of patriotism and dignity, I cannot help entertaining some doubts about the truthfulness of what he rays, before rendering him my admiration and regard for jt. Verily, patriotism and dignity, when heartfelt, are heaven-born feelings, and ought to glow earnestly within every man’s breast. But very often the former has been and is spoken of ag burning where only hatred of a tyrant rankles, and likewise 8 rightful sense of the latter has been and is said to revolt against certain measures or plans, when it is not such a feeling which prompts that revolt, but an itching desire to make up a show or attain a speculative purpose by the fulfilment of something kept in view which might be defeated, should the plan condemned in the name of dignity be realized. This itching desire goes still further. it robes itself up in the attire of patriotism, and comes forth proclaiming the love of country and the rights of man. Hence to be seen now- a-days so many Bratuses, Tells and Mit tons swarming over the world, although it is as diffi- cult to meet with one who really has at heart the virtues of avy of those patriots, as to find credit or reliance on Spain abroad. Hence, too, that among men suffering for the cause of their common country, some who © from those that are at work to over- tovow the tyrant that misrales and oppresses them, are always ready to take hold of the slightest inci- dent to reproach their own countrymen and discredit their noble work. This is the reason, perhaps, why G., om noticing the remarks of La Verdad about Spanish amnesty—not yet ascertained whether it will be extended to political Cuban exiles—so eagerly comes out, on the pretence of La Verdad’s observations regarding that amnesty, crying down the Cuban Junta, whore worth and importance he pretends to disavow in a con‘emptuous manner; but as with all those who plead @ bad cause or are tossed about by the “wild, raging” thoughts of their stormy mind, his own words have betrayed him and shown that the Junta is worth something, and ys the confidence of the Cuban people. He says : ere we have a Junta which is to represent our national interests (if this Junta has been nominated by a po- ular vote of those in the Island or here in the Uni- fea States, is not for me to inquire,) all I know, it stands at the head of Cuban affairs, it disposes of all the resources sent from the island, and that it has more than once promis: d through its ones La Ver- dad, to accomplish wonderful things.” If that Janta stands here at the head ef Cuban affairs, and dis- poses of all the resources sent from the island, and x0 such representatives of any Sommiemty, whatever can actas the Junta does in behalf of the Cuban people, the conclusion to be drawa from these pre- mises is, that the Junta is acting in accordance with the will of that people, or st least of the men who in every country lead the masses aud can bring about a reyclution. Therefore the remark of G. on the sub- jectisidle. Itit shows anything, it shows that he as jorgotten that in that unfortunate island noman under the government bas any voice or right even to give a hint on political matters, and consequently to speak about the Cubans giving a popular vote to nominate their revolutionary representatives in the United States, is to speak uonsense. As regards the popular vote of the Cubans in this country, I will, for brevity’s sake, only refer G. to what ot the time of the Junta’s nomination came to pass. And as to what the Junta has done, it will suffice to say that never before, any men inthe United States sccom- plished half as_much asthe Junta bas obtained to carry on the Cuban interests. Now, it would not be amiss to observe here, before drawing to a close, that I am neither a “ Juntista”’ nor ‘“Lopizta,” as some Cubaus are pleased to call themselves, but a plain, unpretending Cuban exile, who has been and is always ready to cheerfally obey the summons of his country, without mak'ng a noise -about his patriotism or unwillingness “to kneel” be- fore anybody else but the “God of Hests,” &., &c ; and therefore no other reason is to be ascribed formy having come out and saying 4 word in behalf of the Junta, than that of replying to what, according to wy sense of right, is not jnst—for, in my opiaion, the Junta Dow, 43 00 former occasions, unjustly attacked, and Tike “ta render uato Cezar what is Cwear's,” whatever be the feelings we are prompted by towards him. Let G. bear this in mind. Let him bear in miud, also, however pre- judiced he may be against the Juuta, that it is com- posed of honest and enlightened men, who have hezarded a great deal fo: Cuban freedom—that they re steadily at work, and receiving and accumulating funds from the island to bring to an issue the long wished for overthrow of Spanish rule there ; that he must not be down upon the Junta because he may, pernerei differ from it in the manner u' furthering be Cuban interests, for intolerance ia political mat ters often misleads even the brightest i.‘elligence ; that the first virtue of republicanism is to be tolarant; that it is melancholy, shockivg to see men who suffer for the same cause, pecking at each other's doings while promoting that cause ; that he must not blame the Junta for not having already started an armed movement in the island, for in doing so he shows hia ignorance about @ revolution, which requires time and much hard work to be brought to an issue ; that he ard all who are thiokixg avout carrying an armed expedition to Cuba before the people nave risen there, ought to. instead of en‘ertaining this idea, bear in mind that “ they who woula be free, themselves must sirike the blow,” as the. proper way to achieve freedom and have the stroggle, without hindrance from, or compromise of any body, duly helped out by thousands of sympathizers ; that otherwise no people have ever accomplished freedom, as history can prove; and finally, that we all—the Cubans—onght t>, at least while in exile and endeavoring to rid Cuba of Spanish oppression, be to each other like affec‘ionate brothers, and by so doing would better, bya great deal, promote the interests of our common mother than otherwise—for union and concert render suc- cessful the efforts of a people willing to be free, while disunion and petty prejudices hinder and defeat them, to the gratification of che tyrant in power. Veariras. Case or James Oouuter, Lats Counecror oF San Fraxcrsco.—On motion of D, 0. Morton, United States Att mney, a writ of certiorari was allowed by the Supreme Court, on Saturday morning, the 4° inst., to the Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson county, to revise the decision of that Cour: ia the case of Col. James Collier, on habeas corpus. Col- lier was arrested by the United States Marshal on a warrant issued by Judge Leavitt, United States Dis- trict Judge of Ohio. indictment found in the United States District Coart of California, atthe last June term. The Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson county discharged him from the custody of the Marshal on habeas corpus.— Columbus, Ohie, Statesman, Feb. 6, Firs 1x Pat>RsBure, Va.—A destructive fire oc- curred in Petersburg last :ight. It broke out in the store of Messrs. Morrisons & Marable, and d in all four tenements, occupied roapoonrely by des, Kerr & Marbury, Turnbuli & Stone, and Morrisons & Marable. The first named firm lost $20,000 ia gooda and merchandise, but their loss is fully covered by insurance. The second firm lost comparatively little, and that little was covered by insurance; but the last firm, in whose store the fire originated, lost every- thing but $3,000 in money, which wasin one of Her- ring’s iron safes, and were only partially insured. The buildings belon; to Col, G. W. Bolling, and were fully insured.— R chmond Whig, Feb. 4. Fire 1x Bostox.—The alarm cf fire at two o'clock this morning was caused by the partial destruction of the bloek of wooden buildings which divide Water street from Spring lane. The buildings were pay damaged, but they were of little value. The build- ings were oscupied mostly for printing purposes. fhe establishment of Mr. Smith, Premea for the Boston Chronicle, was ruined; and the outsiie of that paper, which was struck off yesterday afternoon, was be- smeared and smoked to such a degree that it was rendered quite useless. Itis probable that that paper May not appear this morsing. Mr. Smith carried on the business of Se preity extensively. In ad- dition to the Chronicle he priuted the Congress tionalist, the American Union, Yankee ade, American Patriot,and the New England Cultiva- tor. Perbaps some other papers. His catablissment is s complete wreck.—Boston Cowrier, Feb. 7. Tar Late Fire at Tonvns, Mrse.—This town, on the 23d of vance wee angled . bon Keng trous fire, entire ing : sy containing at the time about 4 600 bales of cotton, From the time the alarm was given, the 5 of the flames was eo rapid that with the utmost exer- tio: s only twenty seven ba'-s were saved. Chists a tremendous loas to Holmes county—nearly $200,000. The cause of the fire was beyond our control. Some mischievous boys about town had tied a pack of fire- crackers to a dog’s tail, and the frightened animal ran into the sheds for protection, and thas commual- cated the fire to the cotton. Rartroap Accipant tv Sourn Can twa.—The freight train on the Greenville, S. C , Railroad, ran off the track on the 3ist ult., and Mr. Allen, the en- gineer, was instantly killed. The fireman was se- riously injured, and the car broken to pieces. It ia not eappostd the engine is much damaged, he warrant was based on aa. } i