The New York Herald Newspaper, March 24, 1854, Page 4

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The News. ‘ The Pacific, from Liverpool, arrived at tuis port yesterday evening, bringing our London filests the Sth instant, with the latest advices fromithe Gonti- ment of Europe. Income respects the aspect of the Eastern question was unchanged; but we have re- ceived very important State documents and news with regard to the position of all the Powers Vikely to be affected by the war. We publish ‘the reply of the Russian Autocrat to the Emperor Napoleon~-the substance of which has given rise to so much speculatton—which was found “leas insulting than what was anticipated. In ‘this paper the Czar declares that he will only treat with the other Powers:on the basis of the pro- positions made by him <o the Vienna Conference. :In a manifesto—also given—the Emperor addresses an appeal to the Russian people calculated to areuse all their fanaticism against the Turks, Some un- easiness had been felt lest the Russian fleet would escape from the Baltic Sea before the allied fleets -Teached the Cattegat; and it vas said that nine of the ships were actually free from the ice at Memel, and that efforts were being made to aut a passage through it .et Cronstadt. A Portion of the British fleet was to sail for the Baltic immediately, and thus prevent the ‘Russians from gaining the aid of Sweden and Den- ‘mark by an early display of the naval strength of ‘the Emperor. It was also reported that Russia had mefused to acknowledge the neutrality of Sweden, ‘because that Power had not interdicted a sufficient mumber of ports to the ships of Englangi and Franée. ‘We have a curious report from the Daaube, to the effect that two corps of Russian troops—one mistak- “ing #he other for an enemy jn the dark—had fought together for an hour and a half near Kalefat. A third waitionof the London Morning Herald—published Ammedigtely beforethe steamerieft—states thet a cou- wier had arrived in London with the intelligence that the Russians had taken Kalefat and put the entire gar- rison to the sword. This was no fully credited, but the public aaind was ina state of great alarm. In England and France the most active preparations for war were being made jn every department of the government. Mr, Gladstone, the English Chancel- lor of the Exchequer, made his financial statement for the year on the £th inst., ¢nd said that Ministers had been induced to select an early day in order that foreign nations might be aware of the promptitude with which Parliament was prepared to find the ways and means for carrying on the struggle 4n which they were about to be embarked, and in order that the House might be enabled fully to con- sider them, as war entailed the disagreeable consequence of increased expenditure. In this speech it has been» shown that the receipts ef the country, which, in April last, were estimated at £52,990,000, reached £54,025,000. ‘The deficiency in receipts over expenditure, ac- cording to the estimates, was £2,840,000. Govern- ment could not part with any of the existing branches of revenue, and could not suggest any ad- @ition to the present indirect taxation. So long as the burden was bearable, government would not re- sort tosloan. The income tax was the great el | gine to which he should look in case of necessity, | and it was therefore proposed to provide for the de- ficiency by increasing the income tax one-half, and levying the whole addition in respect to the first moiety of tee year. In other words, the income tax for the fivst half-year would be doubled. The re- ceipts would then be £56,656,000, whilst the expen- diture stood at £56,189,000, 1 a surplus of 2467,000—a new issue of £1,750,000 Exchequer bills to be made; this amount to be repaid out of the growing produce of the revenue. The great pres- pure on our columns prevents us giving a more ex- tended abstract of the propositions of the govern- ment. A parliament of workingmen had assembled in England, and delegates were present from all the manufacturing towns. The Marquis of Londonderry died on the 5th inst. We have a report of the stranding of the ship Robert Kelly, from Liverpool to New York, on the Arklow bank, Ireland. We had a synopsis of the news noticed on our bul- letin yesterday an hour before the steamer made her dock, by means of the Sandy Hook telegraph. Very little business was transacted in the United States Senate yesterday. A resolution granting the Agricultural Committee a clerk was adopted. The Deficiency bill was reported back, with amend- ments, making additional appropriations to the amount of about half a million dollars. Among the items we notice one granting $26,590 to reimburse the soldiers on board the San Francisco, for losses in clothing, &c. Allidea of appropriately reward ing the brave fellows who participated in the rescue of those on board that ill-fated vessel seems to have been forgotten by Congresemen. A Dill providing for the settlement of the claims of revolutiona Officers was debated and then postponed. A lation directing inquiry as to the propriety of in- creasing the pay of Ur 8 shals in Californian was agreed to. An executive session of several hours duration was then held Gen. Shields occupying the time in speaking against the Gadsden trea ico. On glancing at the report of the proceedings it will be ecen that considerab'e excitement and ani- mation existed in the House of Representatives yes- terday. The morning hour was principally spent in ditcuning the Senate bill authorizing the leasing of | puildings Tor the’exe of the PvstOMee'and United ' tion cf war by Ye Ottoman government, he | * | States Courts in Philalelphia. | yeconsider the vote by whi | extensicn of Pencittg a motion to te Seni te bill for the warehoa-ing syst: m was referred to the Comin ‘tee of tle Whole, the louse went into Committee o-teasibly on We Fadian Appropriation bill. Ther’a <n Mr. Mish, of Va., tock the floor, and spok» in oppositice to the Nebraska-Kansas bill as passed by the Senate. Mx Hunt, of La., followed on the same sive. These fertlemen argue that this Teasurewould Lave ‘tlie diect effect of confining | Mavery to its prese it Mims, and would in that ‘re- | Spelt be of no biaefit to the Scuth whatever, St, | Breckenridge, of K | hill, aad tock strong { HOUSE, 599 Broatway—Bvex-, ‘apie to the defence of "the vownd against the course‘par- suedy Mr. Cuiiing’ant the a'leged fricawofthe propesition t» repca’ Ux Missouri act. Mr. Bowent 80 fr as to ietimate that Mr. Cutting, under the guiee of profs cd friezdship,l al enceavered tostab th» measure an! cenkign it to its grave. Mr. Cat- ting will be heard to#ay. The war upor this excit- ing topic having new fairly commenced, we may | expect scme lively, s} @ k ing, and occasionally very 2. gry debatts befors the subject is dispesed of. We regret to learn that Major Hobie, Aasistent /ostmaster' General, die of consumption in Wash- | ington yesterd-y. Our leg's'atore at Albany appear te'work with in- | creased vigor-as the s.ssion diaws te a close, and from prcsent“tadications are determined ‘to hurry | threugh much of the business that bas been accu- mulating simce the commencemest .in January. The As:enibly ycaterday insisted on. its amend- ment providing that the projibitory liquor bill shall go ‘into cffict in May next, instead of December; and consequently, delegates to form a committce of conference were appointed by each houae. Both bodies seem inclined to strictly adhere tothe time defined by each, ‘end the strug- gle will probably end in a compromige upon August. A number of bills were passed and many others or- dered toa third reading. Among ‘the latter was one in the Assembly proposing that the New York Chief of Police shall be appointed py the Mayor, Recorder, and County Judge, and hold his office dur- ing goed behavior. Those who take an interest in the details will find much .to excite and amuse.them in the letter from our special corres- pondent, as well asin the outlines of the regular proceedings. According to the report of the clerk of Westches- ter county, judgments to the amountcf one hundred and eighty thousand dollars are resting against the agente of the Sing Sing prison. A-fresh impetus appears to have been given to the Nebraska-Kansas excitement by the reference of the subject to the Committee of the Whole, in the House of Representatives, the other day. A despatch states that tke opponents of the measure held a large meet- ing inthe Capitol at Albany last evening, and we learn from Cincinnati that upwards of a thousand democrats have signed a call for a similar gathering in that place. While these movements are trans- piring.in the North and West, the members of the popular branch of the Louisiana Legislature have unanimously passed a resolution deprecating the agitation of the slavery question, and declaring the compromise measures a finality. While upon the subject, we would direct special attemtion to the opinion of President Pierce on this important topic, as expressed in the letter of ex-Senator Clemens, and published in another column, It is.expected that ex-President Rillmore will reach: New Orleans to-morrow. The Common Coun- cil of that city have made arrangements to give him a public reception. Sufficient notice was not given of the mecting in relation to the Black Warrior affuir,held lastevening, at No. 600 Broadway. The attendance was.small, and the meeting in consequence adjourned until Mon- dlay.evening next. We publish elsewhere an account af what was done, together with a summary of the proceedings at a similar gathering,which was largely attended, at Mobile on the 17th. The latter meeting was very decided in condemning the act, and a long report was read and adopted, setting forth the whole transaction, and calling upon the government to in- quire into the wrong which has been committed, and to take immediate and decisive steps, not only to obtain pecuniary redress for those who have been in- jured, but to resent the iusult which has been offer- ed to the country. Accounts of the serieus effects of the recent gales, or rather series of gales, continue to reach us from all quarters. The schooner Hope, from this port for Boston, was abandoned in a sinking condition last Monday. Her crew were carried to Boston by the ship Fleetwood. The schooner Vea- zie went ashore at Cape Henry, and was also lost, on Monday. In another column will be founda report of the sale of the leases for one year of a portion of the slips and piers belonging to the corporation. This sale was made in compliance with the provisions of the city charter, and is the first sale made under the new charter, with the exception of the Jersey ferry lease. We notice that the Comptroller caused some of the most valuable wharves to be put up two or three together, which had the effect of shutting out bidders of limited means, and thus causing some of the slips and piers to bring less than their actual value. The aggregete amount of the leases sold, including Castle Garden, is one hundred and forty-eight thou- sand four hundred and seventy dollars, which is more than one hundred per cent advance on the amount which these same wharves are now bring- ing into the city treasury. A number of the piers that were advertised for sale were not put up in consequence of the city reserving them for dumping grounds. Some twenty thousand barrels of flour have been received from Canada since the opening of Lake On- tario. Besides many columns of advertisements and a variety of other interesting matter, to-day’s inside pages contain a letter from Boston relative to an address from Kossuth to the Germans of this coun- try; Court proceedings; Trotting over the Union Course; Commercial and Miscellaneous News, &c. Important from Europe—The News by the Pacific. The Pacific brings us the text of the Czar’s reply to the letter of the French Emperor, and also another manifesto of Nicholas to his subjects. The brief sketch given of the first of these doc- uments in our previous advices, conveys but an imperfect idea of its tone and character. It is temperate but firm, and states with precision and clearness the Russian view of the question. After complaining that every effort had been made to excite the fanaticism of the Turks and to deceive their government as to his intentions and the real scope of his demands, thus exagge- rating the extent of the questions and leading to the probable result of war, the Emperor pro- ceeds to notice the assertion of Louis Napoleon, that to the occupation of the Principalities was attributable the evil of suddenly transporting the qnes- tion from the region of discussion to that of fact. He reminds him that this occupation, still purely conditional, was preceded and in a great measure caused by a very important pre- vious fact—namely, the appearance of the combined fleet in the vicinity of the Darda- nelles ; and that, besides this, much before that period, when England hesitated to assume a vititude, the French Emperor took the e by sending his fleet as far as Salamis. He states that this wounding demonstration was calculated to encor e the Turks, and to para- yee before-hand the success of negotiations, by giving them the idea that France and Bngland » ready to support their cause under all circumstances. After narrating the facts con- nected with the rejection of the Vienna note, and the motives that led to the declara | proceeds to'say Amt if France and Englond hed ' desire ye.ce'a mu h she : id, they would at any «ost have provented that declaration of | war, ‘or whe: war was ouce declared, have ‘taken care that it should have been restrained ‘ within the narrow limit to which he wished to confine it on the Danube, so th:t he might not |e compelled by force to abandon the purely | defenstve system which he wished to adopt. ‘He then puts it to the French Emperor whether | ‘the determination arsived at by the Allied Pow- \sers, to probibit to the Russians the navigation of | ‘the Black Sea, or in other words, to take from them the right to strengt'ien ‘their own coasts, was the wry tof cilitate the conclusion of peace, or whether in the alternative that the coalition ‘had placed befcre him, Louis Napoleon would him elf, if he weve in his place, accept such a position. He adds, that‘whatever his Majesty might cecide, menaceswould not induce him to recede. His eonfidence was in God and in his right; and Ragsia, tas he could guarantee, | Would prove her.elf in 1854 what she was im 1812. | It will be seen from the firm and spirited tone | of this Cocument, that the Czar is determined not to yield an inch ‘of ground to his enemies. | He shows no disposition to recede from any | of the conditions which he has insisted upon | throughout the whole of the negotiations, and he seems impressed with the convic- tien, or endeavors to make it appear so, that he has ja t’ce and right on his side. In his manifesto to the people of Russia, he briefly re- capitulates the facts that have led to the imter- vention of England and France, and makes it reproach against those powers that they have sided with the .enemies of Christianity against Russia, which he states is combatting for the orthodox faith. The French Emperor has also issued a meni- festo, in the shape of a circular from the Min- isteref Foreign Affairs to the diplomatic agents of Brance, in which he states that the two doce- ments -above noticed had destroyed the ‘last hopes that had been placed upon the wisdom of the Cabinet of St.Petersburg. It adds that the qovernment.of the Emperor was deeply afflicted at the inutility of its efforts and the ill success of its moderation; but on the eveof the great struggle which the Emperor had not desired, and which the patriotism of the French nation would enable him to assist, he felt it necessary once more to disavow responsibility for results, and to place the whole weight of it upon.that power which would have to account for those results to history and to God. A third edition of the London Morning He- rald,issued on the day the Pacific sailed, con- tained the startling announcement that’ a spe- cial messenger had arrived, bringing intelli- gence-that the Russians.-had taken Kalefat and massacred ‘all the Turks within its walls. It- adds that the messenger was closeted with the, Queen when the paper went to press. This’ news was generally discredited. At the banquet given to Sir Charles Napier 4 by the Reform Club, previous to his departure to assume the command of the Baltic fleet now assembling at Spithead, Lord Palmerston, who was in the.chair, proposed, in highly laudatory terms, the health of the Emperor and Empress of the French. The toast wag. drunk with en- thusiastic applause. In another part of our paper will be found a remarkable article from the last number of the London Times, in which it is irsinuated that the King of Frussia hesitates, on personal grounds, to give effect to his engagements with the Allied Powers. The Austrian government, respecting whose sincerity so many doubts have been expressed, has.on the other hand put forth an official document, in which it declares its conourrence in the justice of the policy pursued by the Western Powers. It is stated that, in re- ply to the demands of Russia, Sweden has de- clared that she is prepased to defend her policy of neutrality, and has commenced warlike pre- parations with that view. From the seat of war, with the exception of the unconfirmed statement noticed above, there isno news of @ decisive character. On the night of the 16th or onthe morning of the 17th, a severe conflict took place by mistake between two columns of the Russian army, and, after fighting for about an hour and a half, they only discovered their error when morning broke. Several hundred were killed in this suicidal struggle. President Pierce and his Administration. More than a year has elapsed since Mr. Pierce defeated the greatest warrior in this country in the Presidential field, and rose to the high- est rank in the nation. At that time, his popu- larity was unbounded. Men compared his elec- tion with that of his predecessors—the illustri- ous fathers of the country—and as his triumph far exceeded theirs, augured that Pierce’s Pre- sidency would be an epoch of unparalleled lus- tre and national glory. Nor were practical evidences of his power wanting. The Senate was firmly attached to the platform on which he had been elected; in the House of Represen- tatives, he commanded.a clear majority of eighty-four votes. Throughout the States North and South a feeling of confidence in his ability and character pervaded all parties. That such an opinion should have been formed on ¢o slen- der a basis as the vaporings of Presidential can- vassers is a reflection that can hardly fail to inflict a severe blow on our pride. Such was the case, however. We knew little or nothing of Mr. Pierce. But we were, as a people, so firmly attached to the platform on which he had been presented to us, that it never occurred to any to doubt his sincerity or to inquire whether in supporting him we were supporting the com- promise measures also. A general delusion seemed to have overspread the country in re- ference to this one man. Without name, with- out character, without services, without antece- dents, without a single siriking trait or memor- able exploit to commend him to our regard, he all at once sprung out of nothing to be the idol of the American people. Some eighteen months have elapsed, and he is the most disregarded if not the most despised man in the country ; his. party is demolished, his majority in Congress lost, his influence in the States destroyed, and even his alliance has become fatal to the best men and the wisest measures, To trace, from the bevinning, the series of errors and follies which have operated this silent revolution in public sentiment, would require more space than so insignificant a topic as the character of F in I hasa right to usarp. Translated by a eop of the wand of fate from an aitorney’s office at Concord to tho Presidential chair, the New Hampshire dust had not yet been shaken from hi et before he be- gan to disabuce the publ f Idiocy itself could hardiy have explained his ignorance of the fact that he owed his election to the Union sentiment, and the popularity of the compro- mise measures; yet in the selection of his cabi- that sentiment and insult the memory of those measures. For his confidential advisers he chose men who were aliens to the one, and enemies of the others. No principle—unless this wretched frowardness can be called a principle—inspired his choice. He took free soilers on the one hand and secessionists on the other, and strove to bind them together in a coalition that was riveted by no possible clasp but the adhesive power of the public plunder. The very first official act of Franklin Pierce was predicated on the basest instincts of human nature, and founded on a deliberate calculation that the corrupt propensities of politicians are sure to outweigh their principles. As though to redeem this cynical slur on his clase, the second act of his administrative ca- reer looked to gratitude for a motive anda basis. A thought of duty never entered his brain for an instant. Sundry individuals, soamps as well as respectable imbeciles, had aided his election ; he paid them in foreign mis- sions. Looking upon the foreign interests of the United States asa fund to be used by him to pay his private debtors, he sent an ignorant ‘country gentleman to Paris, an English social- ist to Naples, an itinerant scribbler to Turin, a French adventurer to Madrid, and, with the sin- gle exception of Mr. Buchanan, men utterly de- void of diplomatic ability to every other foreign court. Dealing in like manner with the home patronage of the government, he seemed to avoid all imputations of entertaining any re- gard for merit as a thing disgraceful. Choos- ing, in preference to the staunch friends of the principles which had elected him, the leadersof the most traitorous factions in all sections of the country to be his officeholders, he gave fresh life to free soilism throughout the North and to secessionism in the South. Of course he thus broke up the democratic party far and wide. Dissension split its ranks as well in the East as in the West,in the South as in the North. For our share we were handed over to | -the tender mercies of William H. Seward. Mean- while, the only point in our foreign policy which seemed to have taken any strong hold of his attention—the subject of diplomatic attire— was prosecuted with vigor enough to make us in a few months the laughing stock of Europe. Then the Nebraska bill.came up to complete our knowledge of his -haracter. His want of pria- ciple was already .congpicuous enough: his weakness and his corruption required additional illustration. They received it in ample measure, Vacillation and tergiversation can go no fur- ther. Now for the bill, now against it, new pronouncing adherence ito its principles a test of democratic orthodoxy,.aow declaring deme- crats free to support it.er not as they please, Mr. Pierce has already exhibited every phase of sentiment in his actions, and has not convinced one reflecting mind that he is not at heart op- |, posed to the extension of slavery under the con- |-stitution. yplace in public sentiment during the last eigh- een months. That revolution would probably -be developed in a manner that would astonish naw.to take place and Mr. Pierce to present himself and be opposed by General Scott. The dignity, tranquillity and honorable composure with whieh the one has borne his defeat, and the imbecility, cowardice, want of spirit, and corruption which the other has evinced in his triumph, present a contrast that would entirely justify any revulsion of public opinion. DisoRGANTZATION OF PaRrtres.—The Richmond Enquirer states that the Nebraska bill has broken up the whig party North and South. This is true to.a certain extent. The constitu- tional principles contained in the bill came into contact with sectional prejudices that were stronger than mere party attachments, and the latter as a matter of course, were snapped asunder. But if the Nebraska bill has produced such a concussion in the whig ranks, it has done no less for the democratic party. The free soil appointments made by Mr. Pierce, on his ac- cession to power, commenced the disorganiza- tion of the democratic party here; the Nebraska bill has completed the work, and the wreck lies scattered around us. It has produced an equal shock in New Hampshire; the democratic pha- lanx of the Granite State has been broken, and victory has been dearly bought. It is safe to predict a similar result in Connecticut and Rhode Island. Weare much mistaken if the epproaching electionsin those States do not dis- clore as great a disarray of the democratic In truth, a stupendous revolution has taken | ithe world, if another Presidential election were | army as we see here and in New Hampshire. In point of fact, there are certain constitu- tional principles, and certain sectional mea- sures, which, when they come into collision with party tactics either in or out of Congress, must prevail, and drive party considerations to the wall, Itis thus that the constitutional prin- ciple involved in the Nebraska bill has demo- lished both the whig and democratic parties. Still if, six months hence, we were called upon to elect another President, and confide to the hands of another set of men the disposal of fifty millions a year of the public plunder, say two hundred millions of dollars for the four years, we have not the smallest doubt that both par- ties would patch up their differences, ignore past defeats, hide the rents in their character and their ranks, and each take the field with appar- ent earnestness. They would each erect a ge- neral platform with high sounding words, and splendid theories, and fight a great battle for the same object and with the same weapons as they fought in 1852. So true is it that the prospect of public plunder in this country rises far above all the political questions of the day. Iurortaxt News From Mextco Exrecren.— Late accounts from Acapulco state that Don Juan Alvarez, an individual who seems to be decidedly opposed to the present administra- tion of Mexican affairs, was out in open rebel- lion against Santa Anna, and it was believed that Alvarez had had communication with “President” Walker’s “republic” in Lower California. In case these adventurers should combine their forces, it is very likely that the whole of western Mexico will revolt. Such a revolution would include all the ports on the Pacific coast, and its results could not be favor- able to Santa Anna. The Mexicans resident on the coast have seen the wonderful effect of the infusion of American enterprise and American institutions upon California; they have become familiar with our language, our laws and our people; and they have not been uninterested spectators of the sudden rise of the old Spanish residents from comparative poverty and obseu- rity to wealth and station. The natural conse- quence is that their prejudice against the Uni- ted States has melted away before the genial inflnence of gold, good humor, and good busi- ners, and their old feeling of hate has changed into a desire to unite with us. We may expect important news from the Pagific very soon, A Ts ‘net, he seemed to bend all his efforts to destroy | Revolution and Russian Influence in Europe ‘Tue Crry Governuent CrvumBiine to Rune | Against France and England. It will be seen by a letter from one of our Boston correspondents, that an address to the German population of the United States was received by the last steamer, from the pen of Kossuth, on the subject of the rejection of | George Sanders, by the Senate, as American Consul to London. The ex-Dictator of Hun- gary, it seems, regards the non-ratification of Mr. Sanders’s appointment, as indicating a re- | trogressive tendency in the foreign policy of our government, and as an abandonment of the position assumed by it in the Koszta affair. | The fact is a significant one, following close in the wake of the announcement which we | published yesterday, of the sale by our specu- lative and enterprising countryman of George Law’s dead stock of old muskets, to the Revo- lutionary Committee of London. There can be no longer any doubt of the character and ob- jects of the movement which is at present in progress of organization under the auspices of our progressive friend of the Democratic Re- view. We have in these statements the key to the policy of abstention pursued by the Conti- nental republicans, since the Eastern question began to cloud the political horizon. They have been biding their time until the moment for action arrived; and now that the tocsin of war has sounded, they have thrown aside all dis- guise, and are prepared to take their part in the great struggle which is to decide the tri- umph or permanent subjection of the princi- ples for which they have so long contended. That it will be the policy of Russia to fur- ther the views and contribute material aid to the projects of the revolutionary party in Eu- rope, is evident from the peculiar position in which she now stands. The governments with which she was allied by old political ties and sympathies, have been compelled to abandon her by the pressure of considerations that left ‘them no choice of action. Confront... by the tmmediate dangers presented by the hostility ‘of the maritime powers, and the liberal tenden- cies of their own subjects, they saw no pros- pect of safety except in joining a movement which they hope will have the effect of absorb- ing and neutralizing the revolutionary element which threatens the permanence of their politi- cal systems. It remains to be seen how far this-caloulation is well founded. That which would have proved a powerful auxiliary in the hands of the coalition, may be wielded with equal suecess by Russia. That the Czar will be prevented from having recourse to it by his political prejudices, or that the revolution- ‘ary party will be withheld from availing them- selves of the present favorable opporta- nity for action by their personal antipathy towards him, is contrary to the prevailing rule of political conduct. They will each be gov- erned by their interests; and those interests point towards the necessity of mutual co-opera- tion. If the coalition succeeds in crushing or | desire to take away our last safeguard—the Po- —Tue Last Sroxe Fatuva Awsy—Our mu- nicipal government edifice has been for some time in a state of dilapidation, and it has al- most been left without one stone upon another, Even this speedy progress towards dissolution does not satisfy the great constitutional law- yers of the grog-shops, and they are now very busily engaged in bringing about the end. They lice Department—by removing the appointment, of the Chief of Police from the Mayor and Commissioners, and making that officer entirely SF ii aa by giving his election to the peo-* ple. . It is stated that a large majority of the dele- | gation from the city of New York in the As- sembly, is in favor of this new piece of legisla- tion, and we think it very likely that such is. the case. There are many more points of re- semblance between the temperance fanatics and. the rum rowdies than the people generally are. aware of. There is every chance, therefore, that the last vestige of good government in this city will be utterly destroyed, and we shalE be left without government of any sort. Thus we go. Weare now approaching the beginning of spring. Very soon the warm. days will begin to dawn upon us, and the health of the city will be the principal element of our, comfort, our commerce, and our prosperity in every branch of trade. But we have no gov- ernment. We have sixty jabbering Council- | men in one branch and over twenty Aldermen. | in another, who consume the time in idle dis- | cussion or votes merely affecting the divisions of party; but as to efficient government we have none. A popular movement, commenced by ameeting in the Park, was necessary before the streets could be relieved of the accumula- tions of six months’ dirt, filth and garbage. There was no power in any of the departments to clean the styeets, and we were obliged to: call upon the Board of Health to-do an act of doubtful constitutionality, before the job could. be performed. This job was done in a slovenly manner; and as the Board had only the power to give the streets one cleaning and one sweep-. ing, and the filth one carrying-off, then the - whole city was left to the tender mercies of our | most inefficient and imbecile government—a. ; government worse than useless. The people | have begun to see this matter in the proper” light, and the inhabitants of Broadway have: held a meeting and appointed a superintendent, who is to see that the street is properly clean- ed at the expense of the abettors, Thig: is creditable to the gentlemen concerned. But: what a commentary it is upon the utter ineffi~- ciency of the present charter, and of the city gov~ ernment acting under it! Judging from the pre-_| sent aspect of things, it will be for the citizens to adopt a plan similar to that of j the gentlemen on Broadway. They. must hold meetings, appoint committees to. raise funds, } trammelling the power of Russia, the triumph of the revolutionary principle will be indefi- nitely postponed in Europe. This condition is, in fact, the main basis of the compact which se- ures the adhesion of Austria and Prussia to the Western Alliance, and it is not in the nature of things that the revolutionary party should hope in this conjuncture, and he must be blind to his interests if he does not avail himself of their assistance. He has feelings of resentment to gratify, as well as political objects to gain, by conciliating these new allies, and he will not be overscrupulous as to the means by which these ends are to be accomplished. Judging from the accounts that have reach- ed us of the activity of the Russian agents in the European capitals, in quarters where their influence has not before been felt, we should say that the Czar has already taken the initia- tive of this policy, and is already in communi- cation with the chiefs of the revolutionary par- ty. The large sums which it is understood have lately been placed at the disposition of the Central Committee in London, and a por- tion of which has been allocated to the pur- chase of George Law’s stock of rusty old fire- arms, are no doubt to be traced to this source. We wish we could compliment the revolution- ary leaders on the acquisition; but we are afraid that the cause of popular liberty will not be much advanced by it. Fully identified as are George Sander’s sympathies with that cause, it seems that he could not resist the op- portunity of doing a profitable stroke of busi- ness on his own account. This is the true spirit of political speculation. We look out with curiosity for the next move of the revolutionary party. Events of the first importance and magnitude will now crowd upon each other with such rapidity that we shall not be surprised to see it precipitate it- self at once into the struggle, backed up and encouraged by the gold and influence of the Czar. The latter has only to declare the inde- pendence of Hungary and Italy to set the whole continent of Europe in a flame. A more fa- vorable opportunity will, in fact, never present itself to bring to a successful issue the abortive insurrectionary plans of 1848. One of the in- cidents that disturbed most the equanimity of the first Napoleon during the disastrous cam- paign of 1812, was the news of the conspiracy of Mallet and Lahorie. In the same political complications at home will be found the real dangers, and perhaps the destruction, of the am- hitious hopes of his successor. Tae Liqvor Pronsrrory Brt.—A commit- tee of conference will probably be appointed by the two houses at Albany to come to some set- tlement of the difference of opinion that has arisen between them with respect to the time that the law is to come into effect. From the obstinacy manifested by the Senate, it seems probable that the Assembly will be compelled to give way. We regret this, as, if we are to have a Maine law, we think it had better be put in force as | soon as possible, so that we may begin at once to see how it works. After it is part of the law of the land we recommend the Legislature to pass alaw against the use of tobacco, Some few might possibly object to the prohibition of se- gars, though they confer no possible benefit, and are a great inconvenience to those who dis- like them : but no one can defend the filthy ha- bit of chewing, and defiling the streets and floors of hotels with ealivated tobacco juice, A law fining chewers and expectorators would be in order after our wine is cut off by statute. Provision might likewise be made for the case of gluttons, and the amount of oysters, beef, mutton or poultry that large man could con- sume might be beneficially prescribed. isons discloges thetash bunt st the for ogo Po ae now ‘nto ‘is of the State, tl is not a single printer, while Pearly all the other occupations are represented. and elect a superintendent for each ward to sea - that the streets are thoroughly cleaned. Alk this they must do at their own expense, while at the same time we are paying five: millions of dollars a year to a city government the mem- bers of which spend their time- in making speeches to each other and dividing. the spoils, To all this we soon will have toadd the utter shop politicians has been adopted, of Chief of Police is made elective, we shall be obliged, for the preservation of our lives and property, to pursue a course similar to that adopted by the Broadway merchants. We shall be under the necessity of organizing an inde- pendent police, and paying the expense our- selves, in addition to the self-imposed taxes al- ready alluded to. A For the last fifteen years no city has been going down the hill of perdition at so rapid a rate as New York, so faras the efficiency of mu- nicipal government is concerned. From one” million of dollars taxes we have increased to five, and probably this year the city ex- penses will reach six or seven millions. As’ the taxes inerease the government deteriorates, its corruption increases, and its utility is en- tirely sunk away. Naval Intelligence. Tae U. 8. Sreamer VixEN.—This lll-fated vessel, which arrived last week from Pensacola, is now at the Navy Yard repairing. She had been detained at the former Port since August last, disinfecting. Of the whole crow of this small vessel, which sailed from this port, pro- perly equipped, last May, full of health and spirits, . twenty, including four officers, fell victims to that dread- ful scourge, the yellow fover, in less than three months. After orders had heen given for the evacuation of the steamer by the crew—the vessel being deserted and moored off in the stream—notwithstanding its still it was not free from the depredations of the river pirates, who visited her at all hours, and took away everything which was for sale available, including their, citizen’s dress, and all their stock of linen, from the cap- tain downwards, excepting their uniform, (which of course was not s0 saleable,) books, jewelry, &. Some of the officers and men, after being in tho hospital at Pensacola several months, and convalescent, found beret ard not been left a si of ly and were on ly destitute. It a] that the only guard to the ship was one single sent on the dock, who saw nothing. It is a question whether those depre- dators, after their plundering, did not communicate the fever to the inhabitants of the town, thereby making it more virulent; and whether a more striet-surveillance of the infected ship would not have been most advisable. The United States sloop-of-war Decatur still re- mains at the anchorage off the Naval Hospital, her sail- ing orders Lin, Mist revoked by the ek of the Navy. Her destination was for the Pacifie, but it is not: i oe where she will be sent.—Norfolk Beacon, os " . Burton’s Theatre— The Beaux Stratagem.” Last evening was played, for ‘the first time in many years,” Farquhar’s rather broad comedy, “The Beaux Stratagem,”? cast as follows:— fir Charles Freeman Mr. Aimwell. Mr. Archer, Mr. Sullen Poniface Foigard Lady Bountiful Mra. Sulle: Dorinda Cherry far as the unities of the drama are concerned. The audi-, ence feels no sympathy with any of the characters; not. one of them is ontitled to respect, and though one ad- mires the brilliancy of the dialogue, and for the moment ie. interested in the strong though improbable situations, yet the total lack of principle and the laxity of morals. displayed by the author, and all of his main characters, make these emotions give way to at least an unsatisfac- tory impression, if not a positive feeling of disgust. We have two fine gentlemen—Archer and Aimwell—who, having spent their patrimonies, turn fortune hunters. One, by stealing his brother’s title and feigning illness, succeeds in winning Dorinda; while the other makes a violent and undisguised assault upon the virtue of w, morried woman, The first, to be sure, repents; but the latter comes into twenty thousand pounds sterling as the reward of his libertinism. ‘The lady’s virtue seems to be of the negative sort. Then we have « landlord and his daughter, in league with highwaymen, a roguish priest and « drunken butler. In erranging this piece for the stage Mr. Burton has “eut?* much of the disloguo; but afew lines yot remain | which are objectionable in the present state of society, and which, we doubt not, he will expunge. The play has wit enough without them, and though the speaking of them may mate the ‘‘unskilful laugh,” it cannot but make the ‘judieions grieve.” ™ “The x Stratagem’’ is well put upon the stage at Berton’s, and generally well acted. Mr. Fishor’s Aim-