The New York Herald Newspaper, February 11, 1854, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD. | JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. DRYLCE K. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. | TERMP cash tx adware. THE WESLEY He: ‘7 XE R. ; the Buropean Bait “Great Britain, and $8 te any port Concinent Doth to Luiluie poetase ALL LETTERS by wail for Becments, to be post puis, or the postage e fe : ; PUOLUNTAR Y CORRESPONDENCE, conte Rant serve, soliciied from any 3 i, te with Adver~ saber ess deducted from | SoAL ALE LPR ARB RTIOULARLY RBQURITRD TO AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Uncux Tom's Cari ADWAY [TORATRE Broadway—My vounc Wire vy OLD UMBRELLA—A MinsumMeS BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers streot—A Paerry Precy oy Business—A Mipevoenen Niowr’s DREsN, NATIONAL THRATRE and Evyenwa— Unerx Toa WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway for nirn's Ce mor Foury as ir Prax 1omT’s DREAM, street —Afverncon— AGERICAN MUSRUW— Brening— Gansren's Pave BROADWAY MENAGERIE Baers, Siamese Twine ayy Wire large rivers not set down on any map. The eompa- ny crossed the Isthmus of Darien in eighteen hours, and from the tenor of their report there appears little doubt of the feasibility of constructing the | proposed canal, although such an undertaking will meet with many obstacles, both from the broken nature of the country and the hos- tility of the Indiazs, particularly on the Atlantic | side, where they are reported to be arming with the intention of making desperate resistance to the encroachments of the whites. New discoveries have been made of «xtensive beds of precious metals, and of quarries of fine marble, in Chili, So far as ap- pearances are concerned the miners of that count are ina most flourishing condition; bnt the f ene. Tality of the people there, as in nearly every other of éxcitem: by political and religiou’, feuds, in consequence of which @ majority of the m sre likely to remain poor and miserable until thes are enlight- ened by the icansend Engli* powen who are fast taking up their abode au them. The in- habitants of Valparaiso have & gm much pleased with the aonouncement that th ey are hereafter to np ith North Ameri gyn i ind, which ' » cheaper than they can now from 1? ye Cordille y of Panama we ' pay bourne corespor dent papers to the 1 gh of Novem! The ne * gant, arvied and interesting. ong r cents Tas. a letter from pavl’c moneys ya@® thr ough the hands of such men as these, about ¢ oe half is usually pocketed by the comracte :, specalators, politicians, members of the "(egislature and editors favora- ble to the £C’ emo, This estimate is a liberal one, perbap 4 too liberal to the State; it would be well f yy ugif the public wo ks always got halfth’ , gmounts voted to them. With this expe- rier ¢¢ fresh in their minds, the people of this State will be called upon next Wednesday part of Bouth America, are kept in a perpet ya) state | | people think these parties deserve a reward | names, and vote five millions of hard cash eat the mte of gress has been made in two week# in fhe diecuesion of this subject, than wasygn? Ae in two years upen the measures of 1850: the dis- cussion of these measures, however, jad pre- pared the Senate and the country for a clear understanding of this matter, ar d al! the cou- stitational pointe involved init, But in 1850, as in 1854, the Wall street jovarnals were first among the opposition. The Courier and En- quirer, however, ‘m the former case, atter dis- charging its ant}-slavery editor, and after mak- ing an apology to the public, wheeled into line on the side of the adjustment. And so will it have toda before this present controversy is ended. Whe Journal of Commerce, which was also among the anti-slavery pleaders in the out- set of the agitation of 1849-50, has, on this oc- casion, taken Time by the forelock, folowing prudently in the wake of the Hrrarp. We have no doubt of the passage of this bill, to say whether or no they will sanction a new loan of $10,000,000, or in other words whether they will put $5,000,000 of money into the pockets of the politicians, spoils- men, editors and others who are interest- ed in carrying through the amendment. It the from the public for their devotiomto party in- terests and private speculations, let them have it by all means; though perbaps it would no more doubt than we have, upon the setting of the enp, that 't will rise the next day, and so continue to do till the day of judgment. beyond which it iy not necessary now to go. We do not derive our conclusions from the press of New York, but we” say that our metropolitan daily press gives in the aggregate the earliest foreshadowing of the drift of public opinion and be more straightforward to call things by their directly to the operators. It must aot be sup- posed that we are exaggerating the case. Most of our readers recollect the beautiful division which was made of the nine millions formerly voted for the enlargement of the canals, and rescued by the Court of Appeals from the The Troubles of Criticism—Another Appeal from an Actor. Ip car notice of the performance of ‘'A Midsummer Night's Dream” at the Broadway, we alluded to Mr. Daviige, who persopated Bottom, im the following terme — In the comic onderplot, the great cheraster, av every ere knows 1» Bottom the weaver. it was taken by Davidge on Monday, aud a great cee! of telent divplayed im therencering. Still i in impcosthle to endorre him a Boitem until first, he learns bin yak thoréughly, aad scosdly, his grotesque action ani comic excismations approach @ little nearer {o mature. Mr. Davidge ie act satisfied with thie, and writer os the following letter:— Frenvary 8, 1854 TO THE BDITOR OK THB HERALD. Em—An article ia this day’s issu of the Hat p pertng to bes critiolsm on “aiid eammer Nights Dream’ at the Broadway theatre, coms me the favor ingeaiou ly to qualify sore Itttle praise tt would bestow om my per sor ation of the ebaracter of Bot.om, by asserting the: I was W ts the opinion that yon or any ce ray entertain cf my por ability ia the various cb tere 1am called upon to auttaia, of courss I have noibiog toacvarce. Jmnst presame them to be given with tus conyietton that you are right snd 1am wrozg; bat! do Lort etrenucusly protest against » charge of helog tm pe) fect in the worcu; and in justice (0 myself req oe+t you to sta’e in «nat part or portion Of the pley you discover ec the celinguercy. I r ready tosdmit the freedom of the press io the d. , a8 wellae io every other other br.nou of art, and do pot saffer my equapimtty to be raffiec in tue htest desree by etiber prejadice or coavistion; but a 46 ike the ent in question woud eudjse: me to & lopable repaiation in other pontetrog Union. ‘Waiting yours, 1 am, sir, youre, obedien alg : Wat, DaviDGr. P S—Roth Mr. Berry and Mr. Wright, the peompier, bear testimony to wy joaition in this matter. of the press The Scarlet Letter Again-Mr. G: Statem 70 THR BDITOR OF THE NBW YORK EERALD. Mr. Fprton—My stetemert of the conversations my self and sis.Co.hrane, reepr ctlog “tant Scarlet Letter, appears Yo be quite uopale'sdle to that geatioman, gs elicited from him some remarks whisk be, dono intended shoul pass for o contradiction of the trath my statement,” but which are, im fast, s very clamsay at tempt to blink the question, rad crawl out of tae ma inwhich he is coufesse:!y ixed. My stetement is trath, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, have nothing to add thereto or subtract therefrom; if states exactly what took plocs at my two iaterviews wil Mr. Cochrane, and I now repeat it: ‘1 aaw Mr. toon after th!s, and I arked him if he had the letter wh! was writin by Franklia Piorse, ia 1848, to the mee! held in New York in thet exmo year, for the purpose ratifying anc confirming th» psvcsediogs which bad lat taken place in the Usics cr Buffalo couvoution, aod nominations which were there made, ia hie posses Mr, Cochrane estd he had the letter referred to. then asked bisa if he would give it to me, and paid he would if he could fad it, but that it was som! lime since he caw it, and teas bs hardly keew where it war, bat that he would look for it wad send it to me: Not baviog recetved it, ! os7 Dr. Cochrane again, and told xe be hed not yet found It, ‘for,’ said be, ‘Tbe been moving my office from Wail street to Trieity Build ing, And my pajers bave got romewhat dirarcanged, but amiure J have i, and will fiod tt for you; Tsao u mot great while vince; Lqpened a roll papers, and in drat roby papers there J found this identical letter, writien vy Ar Pierce to the ratification meeting in 1948.’ “T then seked him as to its contents, and be said he ‘A HOUSR, 472 Brose: | y OBRISTY’S AM PRICS rs respecting the ocea- | jaws of the speculators and spoilsmen who | Congressional aciion. In thus reflecting public We are quile willing to comply with Mr. Davidge’s re, wapoRrmorian Mrtepies av Cuarers’s Misarieiss | Age French, and the | wore to have had such a pretty per cen- | opinion, the independent press, especially, has, | quest, ané to point out ‘in what part or postion of tbe | aoe segciteat vury distivatiy, but 0 far as Ne rerllectal & Pe eeeroere, i eee Minehens Held, 4 Desas : of that act on the convict | 4406 thereon.” Nor has it becn entirely | of late years, exercised, and will continue to lee canta ate set Caste ciao) was a general approval of the curse papers | OKLEY’S OPERA TOU! away-Bvew: | ‘ : re nes DOT de ohana yok forgotten that some of the present editors or | exereise, a great power over the politicians, Bias risted atdnice ee suMciestly, and ¢id pet know oe nominations made at the. Uten or SMg gti: 'e Benorian Ovens T ; copia PE yee Kida ie : amen ee iis proprietors of the New York Daily Ties | spoilemen, and Presidential cliques, and aspir- | ny neart. It war particularly fo the cislogua betweem |. chen asdo4 him why it had potpeen readand publish. ae iver tapas te bia a eeetacanrs || fev ‘ ake by the British, Active | figured in the list of the would-be sharers in auts of the country. It is a power which acts | Pyramus and Triste, which Ur. Davidgs could never have | oq gt the time or immedia. ly 4 tu the mesting. He mid) BORE CHATEL BRYAN GALLERY OF CHRISTIAN ART—fa8 Broad One Woek"s History Tao Waaxiy BeRain, contairing s com Boe Week's invelligence 9.0 be published 6: nine o'clock this x Psypence. To be had at the counter & wrappers and peedy jor mailiog. ror #Li quarters ivate advizes are in town, brought e favorable new ‘or peace, from from the latest despatches Petersburg, that the from Vienna end St dispozed to renow nego'iations in some form, and it was supp sed that something tangible would result from the modiffed tone of the Orar. have of course been made to effect a peaceful solution ofthe diflicnity between Turkey and Russia, and, ia the hopes of the friends of peace, these despatches may But as they come from good an- te that such advi have been written. cem it our duty to 6 wes have been received. The news from Wash’ Muany features of great iater Our correspond sominatiou of John O'Sullivan wal, was transmitted to the Senate on Thursda mei wiih strong opposition from Mr. Brod Nl support the appoi y thought that it will be in easy was sont to the Senate yesterday: but that be@y 4eelined to co imto executive se i be printed, desp is morning contaics st, particularly to Nex writes that the s Charge to Porta. Gen. Cass, it is uuderstood Taent, and is is couseque preliminary prove { the New York Atlant! Verrmext to expend twenty mill barren, uninbab cure them a ror s extraordinary p fill both the pocke's of Santa A the Nevratka quesiioa wa n the day previous. he declared, notw proposed repeal « had no sympathy » Mr. 8. it will ve seen that his Tq@gof the eomical than argay Yeller having secured the fluor, th body adjourned titi Monday. Av attempt was made in the House of Represzn ate the Deticiency Appropriation ed on the day p proposition failed b; Rhirty-five to one hundred and thirty -four—nearly fo Mr. Houston, the chairman of the d Means, there Natives to resn Dill which was & spirited debate tee of Ways # 4o report a new bill, to which oh; There nowseems no other alternative for 2{r. Hons yn his position at the be following the example of n asked perm ction was mate. of the committtee, thr their schemes are vot appointment of Mr. H. to his old post,at the com, mexncement of the session, was conside i @ication that the appropriations w nee with ibe viows of a large Majority of his compeers. Hime acteally wasted Ly the Hons bill, when it must have been apparent that it woul! in the end be defeated? in amending the 2 ecision pria $0 a recess unt’) Thor ttle business was transacted in either t Peveral bills were rep three or foar in wi to aid the Deaf aad D and t tax the stock ment of the canals | to sselect comy special order ook place in the Ars Contest for the seat from the t The committee ayy reported that } crat, was entitled t member, Mr. D. W. Clark, free The report was mace t till next Wod nesday erening at soven rim the election will be held for the ‘ution, so as to provide m yroughly prepare them J We today pu America, embi Darien Ship ¢ political, reli gious, comme: Chili, Buenos Ayres, Bolivia, I plaon, detailing the exp'orations ma the officers of the D 1 a.at the party haved dis Sa weiyg play hitherio wakpow, aud Watered | > making to colonize the banks and of the newly explored A wery exciting sailing match had ca of Port [nillip, between tek the si ay U ser. 1 pl ace on the the AW erican sch of the Sea—bnilt by George Steers—en h yacht Leha, in which the latt Captain Forde, U.S J died of fever im Melbourne on the 30th of October. A party of Armeri¢ips hid contracted with, the corpora, of Melbonrne for cleaning and watering the streets of that city, from which we presume that they are enterprising New Yorkers, who are aware what & sinecure such speculators enjoy at home. A number of United States newsboys bad landed in tion Melbourne, and created quite a jealousy amongst the newspaper folk by their eager business habits. The last trade reports and-ftold circulare are glven. Council were in session. ment was resolyed thata deputation from the Board should to put himself in communication with the English Consu) at Havana on the subject, with a view to as, certain how far advantage could be taken of the African liberation policy of Spain. In mmuinication from the Comptroller to the rd of Aldermen, that functionary recommends & of the ordinances prescribing the powers ies of rai departments. The Comptroller hat several heads of departments have been habit of lodging the public money received by them iv banks, and placing the interest to their own stead of to the credit of the county. The © will doubtless look to toil nd Ramue! Osgood delivered a lecture ning before the members of the Mercantile upen “Our Old Men sad Oar e reverend Jecturer had a very ered a lecture last even. o, but owing to the yoe. If morrow. counts of maritime aud railroad accidents, political, 1 news other interesting matter, we ly due at three days later advices from Europe. r fourteenth day. Spotiauen at Washington and Albany, » draw particular attention to the very able and iucid report of Mr. Engineer McAl- pine on our works of internal improvement in general and the proposed canal enlargement in particular. A perusal of this excellent docu- ment cannot fail to convinee every one that had the enlightened policy pursued by De Witt Clinton and his contemporaries been steadily followed up t9 the present day, the New York canals would by this time have furnished not only ample means for their own enlargement and completion. but a surplus fand over asd above all charges. Tad the tolls been kept at the rates that existed some years ago, they would now be pourixg several millions into the State treasury. and instead of promising to become a drain upon the public would have our State government with all the The reduction of the tolls henefited no one but the forwarders. The pub- lic derived no advantage from it it made nsible alteration in the price of produce; and as, according to Mr. McAlpine, the rail- roads could not compete with the canals for prov money it required. the carriage of bulky articles, it conferred no benefit on the State. The traffic would have heenthe same, if there had been no dimination | of the tolls | money into the poc Jt was done simply in order to put ets of the forwarders who } were in league with the politicians and chemers at Albany; and the consequence now je that gve are called upon to raise ten millions anY a to m up the deficit caused by their reduction. Wa have op more than one oceasion sketched the doit ralenlat, '¢ 1 the subject of the publie plunder nthe we,¥ of patent rene silroad and other ock-jobb, "ng schemes and slices of the surplus bs ve enabled us to fix the sum for politi enow scrambling at some thing like five hundred millions of dollars, It ld geem ib at the pr revenue, jeh pe pect of eo much plan. imagination and excited the dcr has fired th & idity of our urally i kne State politicians at Albany. gh think that if the lobby yes at Washington have five ha millions to divide between them, the like ¢ sat Alban, ¥ ou at least to contrive some bes n rly pittance of ten or 1 S\‘ate Legislature has no pa ron to gra tt, no public lands to 1 before ean d evcnue to 3 tht revenues under the sod ther he people i ns for the ‘ ¢ Yar ' Aceord- ly we find t 03 fying the amendment passed last session, and eo. ning for- in hand to the people with a request for ten m s of money to complete the pri- vate fortunes of the speculators, contraecors t at Albany etence vf mpleting the canale. Jibs beep generally eetimated thay when ward hat bbe ader Advices from Kingston, Jamaica, to the 28th ult., announce that the House of Assembly and Board of On the 24th ultino the Hon. Mr. Porteus called the attention of the latter body to the recent “ Emancipado” erder of the Cap- tain General of Cuba, and urged that the labor mar. ket of Jamaica should be replenished by a gover portation of the vegroes freed thereby. It wait opon the Governor of Jamaica, and request him » We are compelled to omit reporis of dtwo or threa other lestures which we have yaaiule we shall poblie’ all of them te spatches contain various ac- te which, as well a3 oilsmen at Washington. Our that slice ofthe spoils. It is well to bear these reminiscences in mind as we read the apologies now published by our Seward cotemporaries for the proposed amendment. The mést charitable ean hardly belp thinking that many of the defenders of the scheme have as good reasons fer their present as they had for their former course. In point of fact, the canal system of this State is thoroughly understood by every one, and it will not be as easy to throw dust in the eyes of the public as these newspaper editors believe. The present plan of enlargement was adopted by the people after mature delibera- tion, and the bulk of our citizens are still as firmly convinced as they ever were that it is the only sound, proper and judicious one. If, with the glorious traflic now carried on between the seaboard and the West, with the splendid business of which the canal enlargement party boast so loudly, the New York canals cannot provide a fund for their own completion, as pro- vided by the constitution, then they de not de- serve to be completed. Had they belonged te private individuals, we have not the smallest doubt that they would by this time have far- nished ample means for their enlargement and completion. They have not done so, simply he- canse the wire pullers at Aloany did not desire that they should; as they would then have had no opportunity of plundering the State of four or #¥e millions of dollars. These planderers ought now to be taught that the people will not be deluded any longer. The old system recognized by the constitution is the only safe one. We must adhere to it; and, while we give to the politicians at Albany due credit for having matured a scheme which certainly leaves. the most impudent of the Washington operations far in the shade. we must use tbe power we have re- tained in our own hands to prevent these spoils- men robbing us of five millions of dollars. What is this Legislature which calls upon us toineyr afresh debt of $10,000,000? In all our experience we never remember to have seen amore utterly worthless and abandoned set of politicians assembled together. seni to the Legislature by corruption, by mis- tuke, by every means and every influence ex- cept that of character, iotegvity or talent: the outgrowth of fanatical agitation, and the apos- tles of every absurdism that unrestrained license of opinion ever begat: blind preach- ers of teetotalism, crazy apologists fer women’s rights, lunatics born so, and lunatics made so by spiritualism: such are the individuals who represent us at Albany, and propose to rue us in debt ten millions more. Shall we vote to plunge ourselves.and our children into debi to raise money for such men as these—for legisla- tors like Mr. Leigh, who bas distinguished him- self 0 signally by his base, vulgar and ridicu- lous attack on the barroom of the St. Nicholas Hotel—one of the best and most magnificent hotels in this or any other country? The people will answer. We say, let the canals complete the canals. If they are pro- perly managed, and let alone by schemers and s poilsmen, they can do it. upon many even of the old fogies, with the force of an clectrical battery, galvanizing them into new life, and urging them into the progres- rive spirit of the age. Tur Scarter Lerrer AGain—Mr, Gat- prarrn’s SrareEMEN?.—We publish elsewhere in this paper the statement of Mr. Benjamin Gal- braith, in reply to the last publication of Mr. John Cochrane upon the free soil Scarlet letter of General Pierce of 1848. The memory of Mr. Cochrane, we suspect, will be much refreshed by the reading of this statement. It is perfect jy conclusive. Mr. Galbraith adheres to the original facts of his conversations with the Sur- veyor of the Port. He re-affirms that Mr. Coch- rane did admit that he had seen the letter “not a great while since,” that he would leok it up, and that it did sympathise with the Van Buren free soilers of 1848. If it were necessary, we could produce two other witnesses to sustain the testimony of Mr. Galbraith; but we con- sider his statement a complete settler of the matter at issue. But to satisfy the public eu- riosity, and to settle the question beyond all caviliing, why does not the President per- mit Mr. Cochrane to put his hand in his breeches pocket and bring out that letter—that myste- rious letter—that Scarlet letter—to,the light of day. Till that is done the public judgment must be that itis free soil Van Bu- ren Buffalo platiorm letter, which, if brought out, would establish the nomination and the election of General Pierce as a fraud upon his party, and a fraud upon the country. The non- appearance of the leiter, or its sudden disap pearance, is enough, and betrays those free soil proclivities and associations, on the part of General Pierce, which may yet result in treach- ery from the White House on the Nebraska question, unless the South and the friends of Douglas are shrewd and vigilant. Let the South look to the White Honse and the Cabi- net with a jealous eye. till this Scarlet letter is brought out. Why not give us the letter? Tor Tetnmvus ov Danrex—Invortant News. We publish to-day an interesting letter from Robert Nelson, of the British surveying expe- dition, detailed from the ship of war Virago, on the Pacific side, to make an exploration across the Isthmus of Darien, with the view of ascertaining the advantages or disadvantages of that isthmus for the excavation of a ship ca- nal between the two oceans. The report goes very far to sustain the representations of Dr- Black, which resulted in the despatch a few weeks since of the sloop of war Cyane by our government, for an official survey of the route indicated between the bay of San Migue! en the Pacific, and the hay of New Caledonia on the Atlantic side. From the reports of the British surveying party, it appears that the party crossed the country until they got within about eight miles of the Atlantic. of which ocean they had an excellent view. They encountered a plain’ of scme twenty-two miles in length, and in no part of it did they find the elevation greater than fifty feet above the level of the fea. Ifthis report ie confirmed by Lieut. Strain, of the Cyane surveying corps, and by the French expedition detailed for the same pur- pose to the same quarter, then is the question of the route for the great interoceanic canal between the Atlantic and Pacific a “fixed fact.” That it will be confirmed we have no reason to doubt. We shall wait, however, with great in- terest the more thorough exploration which will unquestionably be made of the whole route. irom end to end, by our own expedition. Pesric Opinion os THIS Metrorois oN TIE Nepraska QurstioN.—Upon evary great ques- tion for the last fifteen years, since the indepen- dent press became a power in the land, the position assumed by the leading journals of this metropolis, whose cirenlatioa gives them the largest access to the public mind, has in- variably foreshadowed the ultimate action of Congress. The politica! revolution resulting in the election of General Harrison, the annexa- tion of Texas, the war with Mexico, and the com- promise measures of 1850, which were reapect- ively the great issues of their day, were cach and all first foreshadowed by the metropolitan press of New York. How stands the question now with regard to Nebraska? We are as yet only upon the threshold of the agitation of this subject; but the position of our daily city journals of the Boglich language already indicates the success of the bill of Mr. Douglas. From the best re- turns that we can command of the aggregate circulation of our English dailies for the Ne braska bill and against it, they foot up as fol lows:— Wonk ror Decavep PoriticiaNs.—We learn that B..B. Hart, Eeq., and others have been appointed a sub-committee. by the National Democratic Committee at the Stuyvesant Institute, and in- structed to solicit subscriptions for a weekly” journal that has suffered much in the hardshell cause, and is even now in the jaws of death. Mtr. E. B. Hart was once a member of Congress. He figured subsequently as a candidate fur the Navy Agency. but having been unsuccessful in the endeavor, he scems to hive turned his at- tention to the calling of a newsboy. We are glad to see that a respectable business is at length opened for decayed politicians; a voca- tion which will keep them out of mischief and beggary, and may at the same time prove con- 900 Fe etre ios genial to their old tastes. It pleases us so Bay Book none: 2 By Comesereied Lt joo much that if Mr. Hart will call onus, we don’t Salus... 6 tom il «1. 38,600 mind proving our friendship for the national eT scree democracy, by trying to obtain for him a route porn: of the Henao, or if this cannot be had, the Scene Dety Civeutxtion | carly eale of some of our extras. This, we im- 4,00 00: Express... agine will be more permanent and profitable than canvassing for his present employers. * paeabeLanon” Daily + 94900 58 600 54409 7,600 « 43,990 Excivsive News Acary.—We published ex- clusively, the other day, the text of the copy- right treaty pending before the United States Senate. Why do not our cotemporaries, who raised such a clamor against onr first exclusive report of that Mexican treaty, why do they not come out and pronounce this copyright treaty algo a hoax? Aggregate cirovlation for Nebrarka....., Do. co, ageinat the bill. Majority for Nobrasks Ad doubtlal te opperiti Avd the oxcers for the b The Herap, as usual, was the f to take ground upon this great question, and: that position upon the subject which furaishes the reasons, the propriety, and the cortaiz y of the passage of the bill. It is but two or three weeks since this momentous issue was sprung upon the country ; but instantly the independ- ent press hit upon the conclusion, as indicated in the failure of the Tabernacle meeting, and the rapid progress of the bill in the Senate. The Senatg Gebate shows that more pro- Supreme Court—General Term. How, Jucges alitcheli, Roosevelt aad Morris, present, THE EXTRADITION CASE. Fen 10.—Jn the Matter of Alexander Hatlbrom.—Thig case, which comes up now on application on behalé of the accused for a warrant under the State law, (Revised Statutes, cec. 80, chap. 9,) to prevent iis removal out of the State, war called on today, but was again postponed, The ergument is fixed for Wi y next, Geversor Crosby, of Maine, was qualified om the 8b ‘pata’, aod delivered fis inaugural address, got throngh without the assistance of the promapter. 1+ ‘was particularly ic tho verses beginniog 0 grim looked night!” whem spectators in the orchestra heard the prompter better than Mr, Davidge seemed todo. It was particularly in another portion of the same sosne, whea Mr. Davidge stopped short entirely, having forgotien hi: part, and the whole house Inaghed at his preticament. It was likewise particularly in the scores whete Mr. Da vidge as Bottom, being transformed Into an ass, and not aware of bis own transformation, cowmiited ths uapar- donable solecivm of brayiog, and thus showed his very fuperficls] acquaintance with Shokepesre’s meaning. It was likewise particularly in act IIT , scene 1, (Shakspeare’e version,) when Mr, Davidge blencered in his dialogue with the fairies, and required ss) ace both from the performers on ihe stage aad the prompter. Whea in reference to these crying faults we simply observed that Mr. Davicge had not ‘ Jearged bis part thoroughly’? we submit that we dealt with bim with » leniency in which we were not as critica entirely justified. Weare the more inclined to regret it, as @ comperiscn betwooa Mr. Da- Bottom and the! of Mr. Burton was perhaps due public, and would have ersbied us to point out in afewwords how very fer the former was from mat migbt Lave been expeetad from a leading comedian ats metropolitanithe Liqcor AGENCY OF New Bepvorp.—The liquor agent of New Bedford bas jast published bis quarterly report of the work done in bis department for the three months ending on the 234 cf January. Tae following figures show the result:— Purchased. Sold On hand, + 20 199 2 Brandy, gallons .. 218 78 Rum, do, 1,948 956 038 G a, do .. 87 283 280 Wine, do. 102 361 225 Ciaret wine, 9 12 Alcohol, do... 180 mi ‘Thres morthe busizess,....2,211 1,788 1,582 One thousand coven husdred end elghty-eight gallons of liquor, or about one buudred and thirty-five thouasnd doser, as appears by the above, were’sold in New Bedford during three months for medicinal parposes, exclusive of ale and.porter, whicb are not included in the table, but which bore their proportion in amount told to the other medicines. New Bedford muet be a very unhealthy pla Marine Affairs, Quick Pastact.—Ihe new clipper ship Rad Jacket, oom_ manded by Capt. Ara Eldridge, late of the steam yacht North Star, whove arrival et Liverpool waa raporte? ja the Erglish pspere on the 26th ult, is stated by letter to have arrived up to Itverpool om the i4th, having made the patenge from city to city in the antonishing short time of ‘thirteen deys snd ose hour ands hel’. She left here on the morning of the 10th January, ard arrived at the Bell Buoyfon the 22d—twelve daye—without the lows of a rope yare, Sho is a fine verse] of 2,434 toos register, built by Mr. Geo, Thomas, of Rockland, and is on her firat voyage, and not yetooppered. She is owned by Secomb & Taylor, of Boston, and was despatched heuce by Mr. Wm. T..Dagau. The Liverpoo! Courier thue notices her performance :— Yesterday, the spi'ndid new Amerioxn clipper Red Jncket, Captain Eldridge, (Ite of the Liverpool packet Rorcivs,) arrived here from New York, after Taving made the» sailing 'versel) of thirteen va minutes, 9 is oue of wundred and thirteen mites, bein run in twenty-four houte BY anything Afloat entee Ore Mrsers, Pease & Mcavey, Falton Irom Works, foot of Cherry street, Esst river, have just commenced a1 gine of 64 inch cylinder and 8 feet stroke, for a steam: ahip of 900 tons burden, now buildieg at the yard of Mr. Wm. H. Webb, and intended for the island of Caba. Anoka MuTisovs Ceaw.—-Doring the peat day or two a part of the crew (eight) cf the ship Jennis W. Paine, Capt Robert Nortom, which vessel recently arrived in our harbor from New York, having become mutinous and refused to perform duty, the Conrul of the United States at thie port has twice visited the vessel for the purpose cf examivicg into their complaints. result of the we learn, is, that yesterday the eight disorderly re or Jered to be placed in irons, aud kept «0 uatil ess their willingness to perform their duty.— Panama Star, Jan 24. ‘The Loss of the San Francisco. THE NODMB CONDUCT OF CAPT. STAUFFER. Belew we give the modest letter of Capt. Stauffer, to the consignees of the packet ship Antarotic, which speaks for itself, The letter of Messra, Zersga & Oo. also shows that Capt. Watkins had gone to London, to confer with the American Minister in reference to the best means of providing for the return of the United States troops an’ others to the United Siates :— Livraroor, Jam, 94, 1854 ‘L of the arri- on the strength of four Mosse, Zeneca & Co. val cf the Antarctic @ sm com pelied to rt mate until the 28th, om! On the 8@ inst., in lat 29 40, lon 62 fe slip Sem Francisco snd took from her srr, two oflicers, three liewt: ad and ninety United States government trooy tained me about fifty-four hours, Your o' (Sine?) GEO. ©. STAUFFER, Ship Aut TO THE KDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD, New You, Feb. 10, 1554. Will you please publish the above letter we reseived b7 Pacific, from Capt Stauffer, being al! the information he wives us for hia noble pait in the rescue of the unfortu- pate passengers of the San l'rancisco, by which {t would eppear that his modesty ie only equaled by his intrepidiry and goed brert We Jeara farther from our correspoadents, Messrs. A Devnistoun & Co., that Capt. Watkins has gose to | onion, A Minister in regard to providiog for tune! the meantime, all the parties re eAsy Soeunen vee make wil ‘intel by sy comments you may make wil se appreciate! by your obedient cervants, paren & OO, Naval Intelligence. ‘The frigate St. Lawrence remained at Callas Jan, 12, al) weil, ‘The surveying stesmer Corwin, detailed to make a sur- vey of the Florida reefs, put ints Savaonah 5th inst, from this port, short of coal, having been delayed by stro head winds, She would leave sgsia immodiately afvor coaling. The United Stater store ship Relief, now at New York, is eparing to take out teres to tae Brasilrquadron. Tho following oflicere have been orcered to her, viz :—Lieat Commanding, Stephen ©. Rowsg; Acting Master, Samui P, Coster; Pe seed Midshipmen, James S Tooratoa, Waltar Qeeen, api David B Harmony; and Pasced Assistaut Sar- geon, James B, Gould. Board of Supervisors. His honor the Recorcer in the chalr. Fre 9 —The minutes of the last meeting wero readand approved. : THE CORONERS’ RE, The report of the co © in favor of psying tho bills of the four Coron: 4,006 8734, aad also $826, the bills in t ¢ ‘or post mortem examinations, was scopted, and the accounts ordered to be paid ; also in favor of paying John Ives, late Cor snor,+ for fees in devending the case of Tityam vs. the Coroner, for false imprisonment, $250—ordered to be paid. PAYMENT FOR DAYENDING A FUGINIVE SLAVE Tho report of the committee im favor of paying F. D. Culver $3(9 expenses incurred in Uefending the pronecu- tion of one Boland, claimed ass fagitive, yy ‘oe The ites ad tos Atjourned to Mendey pext, he ¢id not koow, bat he supporsd it wan decause the officers of the meeting, and he particularly mendioned| Judge Wele bury, considered Frankiin Pierce aman of 80) Litilenole or injluence at (rat tune that to read or publish @ letter of his would do 10 gord to them wha'ever, and henee tie reason of it being hrown aside, along with a umber of others, as entirely worthless, wotil ho became President of the Vai. ted Staten”? To this Mr. Cochrane, after & vast amount of redemon- tade, which be mistakes for wit, say@— Mts, Calovalid’s statement shall be fairly and tely ene tered "itis vnirne that Istated to Mr Galbraith that I had the- letter referred to It is untrue that Mr, Galbraith called on me = Hecond time Icis untrue that] said I aso gure I have it, and will find it 5 iris vutrae that I said I eaw it not agreat while since, It is uotuue that I eaid that Lopened @ rcll of papers, aad in that roll of pspere there I foand this idertioa! let- ter, writen by Franklin Vierce to the ratifoation meeting | in 1848. It is falee that I Ca he loli £0 Far aah sonsilerees wae ® gevera) spproral of the Gcu:se that yer rued, sa the Rotinations madeat the Utica or tiom in 1848. bes try, {alve that Bepjamia Galbraith asked me why the letter had not been, ¥ 4 and publishe!at the time, or immediately af.er the meecing. erin false thet T said] cid not know, but mepposed tt was because the officers of the meeting, particularly | Jucge Waterbury, considered Franklin Pieroe 6s & man ot so little note or influence at thet time that to read or puolith s letter of his wonld do no good to them what- ever, and hence the reason cf its being throwa aside, as entirely worthless, tod States, received fron Genera} 1y PAperA. ny sae FOme YeRrS gO & rol! of papers, which on op-uing I discovered were letters | received at the meeting of 1848, but I cid not examine Cabede put them away, aud had aot aince been able to. them a was aware when Goneral Pirrce’a lotter wae reosived the Buffalo Convention bed not been held. Iwas Waterbary was not an officer of the- yor Ba: jamin Galbraith represente fact and sure of the lsst.’” And thir, in the opinion of Mr, Cochrane, is rarkLY and FOLLY encountering my statement. It shows what his no- tione cf fairmess are; why, Le bas not ventured to deny the truth io substance and «fet of & single sentence in all my statement, but bas conaducc himeelf to denying that I give his precise words, Tsis haic.rplitting and trifling with truth ie just what msy be expected from a min of Mr, Cochrane’s calibre. “Tt is untrue I paid J had the Letter,” saya Mr. Coobrane> - avd eimost in the sme piesta he acumts '/ did say R let ter war received; 1 musi be among my papers.” Oh! Mr Coobrane, it in y.ur practiog at ths bar you bad canght an adverse witness Srat denying ho bade letter, aus. ext scmritting ic must be among his papats, bow weuld you bave desisimos omnis odious prevarication’ And whst thell be said of y u, who net outdo fairly anc Tully exeounter my statements, attempting to abield yorr- » fe 1 by Oletiogs shing be! ween raying Jhave and J must have” Rotail Mr Cochrave’s fair and full encounter ‘ibis or s sicailar ebaracter ; {o7, not content with bi picable equircestion, he bes garbled my atateme verted their obvious and legiimate meaaiog, aad theo sppealed to fncta capabe of proof aliunde to coufrm hie allegations. ‘lt te false,” writes Me, Cchrane, that] eaid that the !etier, so far as 1 recollected, was # goners! approval of the course that bad been pursued, gad the aominations mace, at tbe Utisa or Builalo convention ia 1845 ” Here bin full api feir excoantering amounts to thie, and thie only; that he cenies sayio; and then, to lerd force to hiscenial, awsre when General Pierce’s le ter was Bafelo convention bad not been held ; be wishes it to be ieferres that it was imporible he should Utica or Buffalo, tresmuch as the Baffalo convention had not beru heid; he msy safely deny hesaid Utiea or Boflelo for this simple reason: that I do aot charge him with baviog ao raid. I was desirous that my statement should be strictly correct, and not being quite eertain which was the cov vention referred to by Mr. Gon t being certain it was ediher Utiea or Baffalo, I, ent any mustek: other— Utiea cr Buffalo; nol statement otherwise, “lt in false,” continues Mr. Cochrane, ‘that I said = ¢id not know, but suppored it was because the officers of the meetig, ptrticularly Judge Waterbury.’? Thisisnotmy statement; my statement he cfloers of the meeting, and particulerly Jnége rbury,’”’ but Mr. Cochrane does not besitate to siter the sense of my statement tc euit bis cae by omittiog the wordand Now, my atate- ment is, that the officers of the brwi Ju‘ Wa- lerbury)—it Coes not arse. t that he, (Ji Waterbary,) was ap officer at that meeting. Mr. therefore, ie entitled to the fall benefit Geny ing an allegation of hisown fabrication. Whst more is necegrary to expore weakness of Mr. Coobrane’s ease? Does he not, in his letter published in the Buaair of the 26th of January, say, ‘I referred to Judge Water- bury as the person who would —— recollect the contents of the Istter ?”” Mr Cochrane says: ‘It is ua- true that Ur. Galbraith called on me a seoondtime.”” Ae he bas in nother part of nis letter made a cistinetion be- tween called om and spoken (o, ond ae my first interview with Mr. Cochrare wi slloged it was ene or the ly of common sense would read my was wot a call upon To those acquainted vith both my wor@Mis good Mr, Cochrane's for soythiog; but stranyzers can only ju’ge from the probabilities of the two stories which in mont extitled to beliet 2, a8 @ Iswyer, has learned how to dodge, He knows that when it is hopeless to eucoeed on the real issue It iu politic to raise # false one, He kmows the real issue in this oxee is, what the contents of * thai+ 1 whet Loaid—upoo snyt at Scarie Letcr bas been traced to Johm Coah- ; he bar conforrea to having had it among hie papers: oes nat Ehow it to be lost or destroyed, sod bs thraste himself forward as @ witners as to itaconterte. Yet aive him oredit for betng learned in the law sadiseat to know that the proper evidence cf the contents of * (had Scarlet Leiter’? rthe letter itoelf; that the letter itaelf, as it ja the best, 10 it is the only evidence of its coavents; and all the letters that Joho Cochrane has over written, or mey write, willnever te en equivalent for the Scarlc? Leer of General Pierce to the ratification meeting of 1848, approving of their mes and measures, It is among bis papers, and it must de prodaced, Respectfaily, yours, BENJAMIN GALERAITE, City Inte ligence. Tuy WaaTnse AND Tue * UD HsaPs —The weather yester- 2 formed an agreeav! . Tho mad stil remaion re and epiiapha in large 1 Yoriok ‘ow sleep the brava who sigk to _ With al their country’s gar ” d looked upon them finene surprise ad rife contractor bad really bees buried grave could not have been made more perf it ie fortupaie that the mad pools of the city cen be used to amuse es well as annoy Our citizens, Fivrreixa ox THe Post Orricr,—What’s the trouble ic the New York Port Office? What is causing the present fog smong the cierks? Every 000 is afraid of get- Wasn Je ree! a dozen clerks were dis- Thorsday Inst. Hes Postmaster (Ganeral Campbell exdeved retreschment ia both mea god meney t oF ar there removals merely of & ge peture? How mony mo! to be turne? out Who sre thoy, anc whatfor? There ere e number who ena exsily be dis- pense wits, who do littl» clve thaa receive their mala. ries, who have been forced on Fowler by political parti- sang, Ot with them, Iseac, aud employ working men in (hetr stead. Tos New Secret Socrrrr.—The “Black Tigers” had perace on Tuesday, and rome o! the higher cflcers were avorn ip, Catherine market was in high etete of ex- citement when the carriage containing “ book”? ap-~ peared in its vicinity, A Viotant Assavur uy A Mores cron ie Crop A Ger- man woman pamed Maria Dashes, residing in Stantom sireet, nesr avenue A, yesterday made a most (i assault upon her child, four yeara of inflicting @ very dengercua tf not fat in ruppones ibe is lruses By? ie bopes are atertaine muy rhe a yt it pes are ‘the ohild's recovery, E ‘and from this ,