The New York Herald Newspaper, April 9, 1854, Page 4

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The B pa, from Li Hak pool file 3 to the 2 sth ° vices fram Paris, the same month. deen made by E farther official was said that two thows with thousand artil Soough F France, to embark at We hay d at length to the points of the rticle. he past week fir tions have met with | m street. Almost ever fancies especially, h the board closed duli to this discouragi brought by the Eur b ing, either to the bulls on ‘Change, or the dealers in breadstuffs, produce and cotton. The decline in the Jast named staples, and also in consols, at London and Liverp< produce a correaponding depression 4n the American markets, Our flour market, it will be seen, was somewhat more animated yesterday; but the European uews will, perhaps, pull down prices to-morrow to lower figures than they haye reached for some months. The war, most likely, will also further depress the value of cotton, notwithstanding the announcement made in a New Orleans despatch that the receipts are five hundred and seventy-five thoneand bales less than those of last year at this time. ‘The boatmen and others interested in business on Lake Erie are gratified with the prospect that navi- gation to all ports on the coast will open sooner then woe anticipated, A despatch from Buffalo states thatthe fee is alout breaking np,and tha packets are in preparation to resume their trips. Large quantities of flour and grain may, therefore, be expected to pour in upon us before a great while. The loan of two ions of dollars for the com- pletion of the Baltimore and Obio Railroad was taken yesterd; $370,300 at Ja} per cent pre- mivm, and the } nee at par. Those who are fond of rare fun, which at the game time is imbued with o spirit of strong morali- ty, combined with sound common sense, should not fail to peruse the letter elsewhere published from “The Man wot Nominated Frank Pierce.” It con- tains so much wit, and at the same time so much practical, straightforward, Shakspearian reasoning, concerning the Cutting and Breckenridge difficul- ty, and also relative to the newspaper organship, that it cannot weil fail to make a far greater im- pression than is generally created by the compara- tively common place productions of other letter writers. Seventy-five buildings, including twenty-three stores, were destroyed by fire at Jacksonville, Flori- da, on the 5th inst. hundred thousand dollars, about one-half of which is insured, partly in the New York and New . land offices. We yesterday received diffe: ts of Sonth America. The letter fr our Curacoa correspondent will be found interest: ing to those who take a pride in American enter- prise. The yellow fever had disappeared from that island, and selt, one dellar per bushel. Another revolution, it was anticipated, would shortly manifest itself in Vene- gnela. The Rio Janeiro papers to the 16th of Febru- ary—only two days later—contain nothing of special interest. Sportsmen and others who delight in fast horses, will be astonished at the time made in a four mile race st New Orleans yesterday. Lecom) te won in im. ; and 7m. 38]s.; beating Lexington, the winner of the late State stake of twenty thousand Mollars. This excels the performance of any other No formal de nd, nor had one Wall the , of and To add nirs, the intelligence ny means cheer- horse on record—being six and a half seconds less | than ever accomplished by Fashion in her palmy @ays. She beat Boston i: 7m. 32 and Peytona her in Tim. 39s, n¢ total number of deaths in this city last week ‘was five hundred and eight, notice, an increase of seven tality of the previous seven the classification o' being, we regret to wo upon the mor- On referring to the princ ipal diseases, we find ed off 62, being a decrease 0 roup, 24—in crease, tations, ¢ } marasmus, 23—increase, 40; premature births and stillborn, 35—decrease, 9; wmallpox, 1¢—inctease, 1. Many other diseases are mentioned in the Inspector's report as having proved fatal; but the number in each instance being very small it is wunecessary to specify them parti- cularly. The excess of deaths among children over adults was one hundred and twenty-four. The list shows beyond doubt that no malady of a conta character exists, with the exception of the small- pox and complaints usnally incident to chil- dren, and cven they are so few as to create no seri- ons apprehensions. With clean streets and proper precautions on the part of the city authorities and heads of families, we may expect, after making due allowance for the increase of population, to pass one of the most healthy summers ever experienced in New York. The following are merely the headings of a por- tion of the immense variety of interesting matter with which our columns are to-day crowded:—Legis- lative tour of inspection among the city institutions; fol report of Hon. Caleb Lyon's speech on the bill for the construction of six steam frigates; Letters from Havana; information respecting the difficulty between Honduras and Gua * The steamehips George Law and Star of the West are xbout due, with the details of two weeks news from Califc and the Pacific coast. It is report- ed that they e treasure on freight to the amount of nearly two millions of dollars. othaw street—-Afternoon and | Sroadway—BACHELOR oF The loss is estimated at three | advices of late date from | which was scarce, was selling at | | come,” Pratec prs and the Rights of Neutrals sand | | inter ested Cha: 1 Der of Coramerce refused to pass | | losses on Woth sid’, The English steam frigate of Seamen, That highly enlightened boy, t'e Ciatiber | has just given the world another intelligence and uséfalnees. A mect! with closed doors, as uswal, was held on Ther over which Mr. Peliti h Perit presided, and at which Mr, Walter R. Jones pro- pored resolutions for the suppression of priva- teering, of C proo ommerce, of and adopted with enthusiasm were among the number 1, Reselved, The f Mowing Chamber, the fare by means of pri- ulicr Watson We , been country by The fact was surpr' stocratic emiles and lordly fav: ys upset a certain of minds, We knew also that the British n and a large por- tion of the British people he eda lively anxiety on the subject; but that the New York Chamber of Commerce, composed of leading :, and usually credited with a large nowledge and experience should fol- oe their lead in the blugder, is an event for which we were wholly unprepared. It will,’we fear, be a terrible shock te the nerves of that venerable hedy to leara that the “system of privateering” against whieh it exclaims with to the treaty with such virtuous indignation, has been suppressed L hela ites galin these United States for the years; and that so far from “the for its suppression haying only “now it came when itis to be supposed that the leading members of the Chamber of Com- merce were in the first period of a green old ge. Consolation may be derived from the dis- covery that the arguments now put forth by the Chamber of Commerce as original, are in eneral identical with those urged before the fifteenth Congress; but we hardly think that the point at which these merean Don Quix- ottes are aiming is as well put in their resolu- tions as in the statutes at large. The act of April 20, 1818, which we beg to introduce to the acquaintance of the Chamber of Commerce, declares— ‘That if any citizen of the United States shall, within the territory and juzisdiction thereof, accept or receive a commission an prince, State, colony, dis. land or by gea, against any colony, «istrict or people with whom the ni are at peace, the person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than $2,000, and shall be fmprisoned not That if any person tates, fl out, aad tout aud arm, om proon De litte x shell knowingly’ be concerned in the ig, fitting out or arming of any ship or vessel cent that «uch ship or vessel shail be employed in e of any foreign prince or State, or of any et or Reorle, to cruise or commit hostilities Djects, citizens or property of any foreign &e., with whom the United States are at peece, or shail issue or deliver a commission within the the ser or jurisdiction of the United States, or vessel to the intent that employed “every per- ol high “mi ,. ammunit been procured for the building and ‘vol, shall be forfeited, one halfto the er half to the use of the United States, Lven these stringent enactments did not ex- haust the zeal of Congress for the suppression of privatecring. Lest vescels should he fitted out ond armed here, and afterwards converted into privateers, a pacer — the following section was And be it further enacted, That the owneMand ssel sailing out of ing wholly or in 1 enter into bond to the including her armament, tha not be employed by such t hostilities against the subjects, cr property of any foreign Prince or Stato, cr of district or people with whom the United at peace. The collectors of ports were directed to de- tain vessels until these bonds had been entered into, and the President was authorized to em- ploy all the naval and military forces and the militia to carry the act into effect. Now, we should like to know from the Cham- ber of Commerce, what more than this could Congress do in order to prevent privateering? What law could be passed that would do more than fine and imprison the individuals and con- te the ships engaged in that line of busi- uess? We might certainly declare priva- teering piracy ; but history shows us that the spirit of this act declares it to amount to that already. President Polk declared (hat he would treat privateers during the Mexican war as ates: we hardly think that our government. with the act of 1818 staring them in the fece, could make any seri- ous objection if Great Britain or Russia were to do the same now. In one word, the act of 1818 is all that is wanted. Had the Chamber of Commerce and Chevalier Webb known of its existence, they would not have made them- selves ridiculous, the one by its rezolutions, the other by his . privateeri There are two points of real importance, which must be settled by Great Britain and this country as soon as possible. One is the rights of neutral ships, on which Lord John Russell still refuses to give an answer. This is a mat- ter of vital moment not only tothe whole trade of the country which it concerns directly, but to every citizen of the United States who may be called upon to take up arms in a war against Great Britain. The Chamber of Commerce has acted rightly in urging this subject on the at- tention of the President and Congress; but it should have been illustrated with more force. The refusals of the British Ministry to answer the qu «put to them by the liberal mem- hers of the House are very ominous: can it be that Great Br going deliberately to force us into a third y If not, why does not Lord John -Russell say frankly that the B cruisers will not receive instructions to s our vessels trading to belligerent ports? point is offar more importance than the ques- tion of privatcering; on its solution hinges a war between the United States and Great Britain. The other point on which the liberal and dis- 1 is g The resolutions were put by the chair, | ing contest. | nacy on the part of England in coloring them» | h | consuls, through Count Ne eny resolutions at all is the impressment. of Tritich seamen in the American navy. This, | no doubt, will agata be claimed, with the at- tendant right of search, by Great Britain; and most assuredly will be as resolutely denied as | it ever was ly the United States, We will not submit to have a single ship searched, or a single man taken. These ivPpoints ought to be settled before we allow our sympathies any ploy in the pend- | Illiberality to dogmatical obsti- | may throw us into the ranks with Russia while | acontrary policy will at least preserve us in | the position of neutrals. But till they are settled, it is forgetting our own interests, and going out of the way to lend foolis)) and useless aid to Great Britain to talk about trtaties for | the suppression of privateering. The News by the Europa. The adviees brought by the Europa yester- , although of an interesting character, vary in nomaterial respect the aspect of our previous intelligence, The announcement, previously re- | ceived by telegraph, that the Czar had formally | rejected the wétimatissimum of the Western | Powers, turns out to have been an anticipation of the fact in another form, the Emperor hav- | ing communicated to the French and English le, his deter- all to the The expira- da: | mination not to return any an: \ jcint summons of those Power tion of the peried fixed for the receipt of his reply would consequeatly have been followed by an immediate declaration of war, and our next advices will probably bring us the official proclamation of the fact. The most interesting features in these ad- viecs is the effect produced in France by the publication of the correspondence between the Czar and the British Cabinet relative to the dismemberment and partition of the Ottoman dominions. The Moniteur contains an am- biguously worded article on the subject, which secks to establish the conclusion that the Rus- sian Emperor, after failing in the objects sought to be attained throngh the medium of that cor- respondence, made propositions of a somewhat similar character to the French government. It would seem, however, as if these advances were made in so cauticus 2 manner that they are susceptible either of being qualified or wholly disclaimed. The .Moniteur says:— “As to the government of the Em- peror Napoleon, there is but one observation to make upon the studied endeavor of Russia to leave it out of the question in her plans of continental modification, which is, that Russia came back to the French government after having failed in London, and that France ia her turn had to decline advances, more or less direct, which are not without resemblance to those which were made to England.” The London Times gives a more specific char- acter to this statement, by alleging that the in- ducement held out to France was the incorpo- ration with the latter of a portion of the terri- tories of the very kingdom which the Czar had before passed over in contemptuous silence, and which has since di:tinguished itself as the last adherent of Russian policy beyond the Vistula. It was to the forbearance of France upon this oceasion that Prussia owed her safety. It is, of course, dificult to say what amount of credit isto be attached to the coloring given by the Zémes to this transaction. The toon Powers have just now sd powerful an interest in fixing the wavering policy of Prussia, and in committing her decisively to their cause, that we must receive with caution statements o}- viously having that object in view. As far as we can learn, there is no documentary evidence in existence which can cither establish or refute the truth of these allegations. The propositions referred io were not made, as in the case of the British government, by the Czar himself to the Frenc: minis.er at St. Petersburg, but were ommunicaicd through the informal medium of a conversation held with M. Kisseleff by the French Xmperor. Putting aside the considera- tion that more weight may have been at- tached to observations and reflections thus transpiring than they were intended to bear, or that the Russian Minister may have exceeded his instructions, by either of which statements the Czar may endeavor to establish a disclaimer. It seems strange that, if the facts are as represented by the London Times, the French Emperor should have felt any delicacy about communicating them to the world. In this singular age, when diplomacy has cast aside the secresy which was formerly held to be its essential characteristic, and when mo- narchs themselves rush to the public confes- sional, there seems to be no possible reason for this reserve. Louis Napoleon lies under no | particular obligations of courtesy or diplomatic restraint as regards the Russian Emperor, and his abstaining from flinging this brand of dis- cord between two courts, whose family ties seem likely to he consolidated by a close poli- tical alliance, suggests adoubt as to the accn- racy of that part of the statement of the Times which refers to Prussia, If, however, it should turn ont that the French Emperor has been withheld by punc- tilious considerations from publishing a fact which it is so important to the interests of the coalition should be made known to the world, we must say that he exhibits more delicacy than the Czaris likely to appreciate. The latter seems to think that the ordinary rules which | govern society and prescribe the sacredness of private communications should give place, on all occasions, to political expediency. Another illustration of his peculiar views on this sub- ject is to be found in an announcement contain- ed in the last despatches from St. Petersburg— that amongst anumber of documents ‘which he is about to publish on the Eastern question he means to give to the world some private letters from Prince Albert. Of the nature of those communications nothing has as yet transpired; but it would not at all surprise us if they went to confirm the suspicions so generally entertain- edin England a short time since of the Rus- sian tendencies of the Prince consort. ‘The accounts respecting the progress of the Greek insurrection are so contradictory that it is difficult to arrive at any precise estimate of its importance. It: real aspect may, howev- er, be gathered from the reply made by the government at Athens to the remonstrances of the Ambassadors of the allied Powers. This document states that, with the small number of troops comprising the army, it was impossible to check any general movement amongst the people. If severity were employed the troops would probably revolt and revolutionize Greece itself. The government. therefore, could not hope to interfere with success, The news from the seat of war presents but few features of interest. There had been sever- al skirmishes at Kalefat, attended with trifling Retribution and the French steam frigate Ga- ton had been sent to force the stockade whicl the Russians had cetablisied at the mouth of the Danube. This will probably be the first act of hostilities in which the allied fleets will t part. Tre Sovrnarn Coxventio of Southern merchent: ani capitalists will be held at Chafleston to-morrow, the 10th day of April, for tle purpose of deliberating | upon the proper measures to develope the in- ternal resources of the South, and torender her less depentent upon the North. Thisis the third conventicn of the kin?. The first was held in i Baltimore on the 18th of December, 1852, the | second in Memphis, in June last, and the third is now prepared for. Delegates have alrealy heen appointed frcm all the Southern Sta‘ among whom are the names of some of the most distingnished cit'zens of our conniry. Th jects sought for by’ the South in these reunions are not wild or visionary, but reasonable and practicalle, and with proper action might be accomplished. Althoagh nothing has been effected by the conventions already held, yet | the continuance of them shows that a deep feel- ing hes been aroused, and asa constant drop- ping wears away a stone, so constant action with any one view promises more or less sae- cers, Some of the main purposes of this convention are:— To establish a Southern continental depot for cotton, for ils direct exportation by planters. To build up a Southern importing market, in opposition to New York. To increase their railroads. To make the Southern States attractive to emigrants, To stimulate manufactures and dustry. To establish Southern institutions of learning. To prepare the South to contend for the east- ern terminus of the great Pacifie Railway, when built. Influenced by no bigoted or sectional feelings, but regarding the South as a portion of the re- public, and as much entitled to tye good will of all as any other portion, we trust we can view this matter impartially. When we look at the advance already made in different parts of our Union in commercial and agricultural affairs, we find there is good reason why the energics of the South should be stretched to the utmost tension, in developing her internal resources. The North, to say the least, has so far com- pletely distanced her in the race of wealth, Our States are threaded with railroads, pictar- ing upon the map aspider’s web. Immense canals link the Atlantic with inland seas, rolling our harvests to foreign shores. The steamboat whistles along our rivers, and the beatings of her iron heart sends a healthy pulsation through every artery of our land. New York has been and is the centre of all this enterprise, reaping the greatest bulk of its reward. She, has been for a long time gradually enlarging the bounda- ries of her influence and extending her do- minion, State by State, until not oaly the entire North, but the Great West have ac- knowledged a peaceful vassalage to her com- mercial supremacy. Not long ago and the abun- dance of the West and Northwest was poured down the Mississippi, and the South were con- tented so long us they enjoyed this trade. But M t8e course of events railracds linked St Louis with New York; the Ohio carried its treasures up instead of down stream; the crops of Missouri, Illinois and Michigan were direct- ed to New York, and no longer to New Or- leans; and soon the boilers of the floating palaces on the father of waters grew cold for want of employment. The South meanwhile lay comparatively dor- ment, Buzzard root had hardly been penetrated by the husbandman ; the rich Tennessee valley was surrounded by unexplored acres of fertility, and more and more she was becoming dependent upon the North. Northern merchants come to her largest ports, set up business, grow wealthy, and then retire to Northern States to spend the remainder of their life in the enjoyment of their gains. As strange as it may appear, one- half of the largest m=rchants and capitalists of the Southern cities are Northern men, who are temporarily there to seek their fortunes; and New York drummers ore as thick as flies in the summer time in Charleston, Savannah, and New Orleans. The South might have tolerated this, and quietly yielded up the palm of sectional pros- perity, had not a fanatical and unpatriotic feeling, calculated to undermine her dearest interests, taken root at the North, keeping pace in growth with the increase of Northern power and enterprise. Northern bigots talked of the abolition of slavery; having greater sympathies with the black man than the white, they wanted to subject the latter to the former. Even the dissolution of the Union came to be coolly discussed, and the South with horror found that she was not only a dependent upon, but by aclass regarded as the enemy of the North, and as much an alien as the antipodes. This was the state of things which aroused the South from her lethargy, and prompted her to strike for commercial and industrial inde- pendence, How far the South will succeed ia carrying out the objects now in view, of course is as yet problematical, and depends upon her energy and practical common sense. To her conven- tion she should send only those who act, and let those who do nothing but talk and froth and foam, stay at home. There were many of the latter kind at Memphis last year. A Southern continental depot of cotton is a great desidera- tum. The cotton planter is now subjected to perplexities that are almo-t disheartening, placing this staple productio. under laws which greatly check its progress. The cargo has to undergo half a dozen shipments before it ar- rives at the market, and when the returns of the sale reach the planter, they are nearly balanced by costs and fees. There are middle men, mid- dle warehouses, middle commissions, middle insurances to pay, besides freight, re-pree#ing, re-ehipping, and other items too numerous to mention. A direct exportation by the planter from a Southern port would not only be a great saving to him, but do away with present trouble and risk. But to establish this depot the internal re- sources of the South must be developed. Rail- roads must offer the planter superior facilities for transporting to this depot, and extensively cultivated districts must support the railroads. Thus we see that the various elements of na- tional présperity constitute one grand machine, each part depending upon the other, and fitlsus in uno falsus in ommibus. The exporting city gives rise to the line of steamers—both depend upon the railroad—that in turn upon the city— all these upon agrigultuyg and waanutagtares— general in- 4 convention | | her importing and the latter oe ng with them as necessary ap-*) pendages, institutions of learuing and the arts. of peace, first of all these and demands special attention ¢ The railroad surely is the marshal of thom all ; and being called into existence, at once bids the rest arise. It is to the locomotive then, particn- larly, these Southern gentlemen should dircet their attention, This is the great repub- nd impartially seatters wealth A great deal has already t in Georgia, Tennessee, and several other S To Stat but much remains to do. Let this be a railroad conven- tion, and then some practical benefit may arise from it; but not until the South equals us in the thunder of her steam engines, will she have her lines of steamers, her continental depot, ma in opposition to New York, or be commercially independent. There is no reason why Ne South should not vival the North inall that constitutes national prosperity if she goes properly to work. boasts of a climate where every breeze is grant with flowers, and every day drops fruit upon the ground, Her scenery is to the high- ost degree sublime, and her innumerable rills streaming fvom the sammits of her mountains, | 1 throughout the been done in this resp: to precipice till they are heard no more. soil, as rich as bountiful in sands of her the hushandn to clothe them with rice fields and the cotton’s bloom. It ivould not be difficult tomake such a land attractive to emigrants,and the rival of any State or nation. Whatever may be done let us bury all sectional feeling, remember that the South is a portion of the same great commonwealth with us, in whose wel- fare all should fecl alike interested from Maine to the Rio Grande. Let us rejoice for this ri- d, and thousands upon thou- last in building up and making stronger the republic. Honpuras anp Guaremata—A Washington correspondent replies in to-day’s paper, to the articles of the ational Intelligencer, directed against a previous letter of his published in the Herarp. The refutation of the statements of the Intelligencer is nearly complete, and we are able to supply the wanting facts. The re- actionary organ in Washington attempts to pro- duce the impression that the differences be- tween the two States of Central Amorica above named are kept up by tho refusal of Hon- duras to listem to terms of peace. Nov, the facts are, that on the 19th of April last, commissioners duly appointed upon behalf of both States, met and signed a convention of peace and amity. This convention was ratified without the variation of a word, by Honduras. The Guatemala government, on the other hand, refused to ratify the convention signed by its own commissioners, but, instead, sent an en- tirely new and offensive series of articles for the acceptance of Honduras, which the latter refused to adopt. Again, when San Salvador and Nicaragua offered their mediation for the settlement of differences, although it was notorious that these States were not friendly to Honduras, the governments of the latter at once accepted the proffer, and named commissioners to meet those of San Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guete- mala, in the city of Sta. Anna. It also, as an evidence of its disposition for peace, withdrew sixth Vet G gate la re- fuses to send ler commissioners, ‘and persis or her assaults on Honduras—going to the length of placing a notorions leader, driven out of Honduras for his crimes, at the head of the forces of invasion. In respect to the violation of the terms of the capitulation of Omoa by the Guatemalans, our correspondent speaks too moderately. The violation w as direct, flagrant and indefensible. The surrender was made “with the express condition,” (we are now quoting the words of the original document,) “that the port shall be evacuated by the troops of Guatemala with- in four days, and they shall not touch any piece of artillery nor any other article left in the fort.” Yet Carrera commenced carrying off the armament the instant the fort was sur- rendered, and would have completed the rob- bery had it not been for the remonstrances of the American consul. However, these are issues of comparatively small import, and are made by the enemies of Honduras only to direct attention from the re- actionists of Guatemala, which is to “crush out” in Central America, as Santa Anna is doing in Mexico, every germ of republican and liberal sentiment. The ultimate design is to merge Central America in the prospective Mexican empire, as was attempted by precisely these same reactionists and monarchists of Guatemala in the time of Iturbide. The pres- sure in Honduras is part and parcel of the great conspiracy meditated by the reactionists of this continent, and encouraged by the des- potisms of Europe, of curbing the United States by building up a monarchical barrier in Mexico no Central America. This is the scope of thé sed “Spanish Protectorate,” which looks be ot e alliance of England and France to give it force and effect. The republican State of Honduras must be crushed, for she stands in the way of the consummation of this combination against the United States aud republicanisin in America. ~ Lonee Hee frantion Tur New Mam. Conraacr ror Cattrorsta— Mr. Churehwell’s bill for the rapid transporta- tion cf the California mails has been for several The question then is, which stands | ij with delightful music, leap down from precipice | Her | any the sun ever shone upon, is | ‘aivest acres wait for the hands of | valry in the arts of peace, which must end at | Coroner, Rem on Law’s Musxers. in the Washington Union, that | ual of the White House, the following note¢| George Law’s musket negotiations - ‘90 THE BD) iF THB UNION, My name hag been men’ i certain newspape | authority for statement, Law, of New gud my beotherio lew, fia 5 Sanders, no London, had dispovd of (heir amuskets to the red re’ Veans in Furope, and acquire! large sums of money tl by cf these statements, though thorized 4 denial of their tru'h in the New Yors Hs sinduces me to ask you to 0. in your columns that {| is not a word of truth fy reference to me. I nothing cf any such a, nor did I ever s authoritatively of the matter to any one, being profo ly ignorant, and having no knowledge on the — Very respectfully, yo ome. obedient servant RELD, Jr., of New Orlea Wasnrxoton, April 6, 1854. The following is the reply of our original formant, (a gentleman who was formerly in diplomatic service of the country), just receil from Washington :— = ‘The reiterat f Law's thrg Mr. Sanders, at London. Wet says, cree authoritatively of the matter,” he writ | this note Knows nothing of ‘his vanthonie’” for peaking, but he has a most distinct recoltcetion of 1 id Mr, Reid declare, in one of our public h nders cared nothing about his rejection or he had mace over ® million of « during Lis short stay at Londouj” and when the p to whom he was addressing himself observed, “and j badly from the sale of Law's muskets,” Mr. Rei th; replied, precisely 20." Reid's memory inust be on the decline, or tue facts given by your regular correspondents from] city—with whom the writer of this has no nequainti —may have created a sensation among certain high cinls uot counted upon by Law and his friends some| weeks sinre, thus making it unpleasant for Mr. Rel Temember his past conversations on the subject 0 muskets. Probally the solution of the conilieting dence on both sides, is, that the muskets H heen sold on contracted for on time, to va | partics—some to go to Europe, some to Me the aggregate amount being equal to an | of dollars, but the commission to G Sanders being only ten per centon the at he has specially sold. There can be no of the sale of all, or part, of these musket last shipment by the clipper Grapeshol | Thomas and Vera Cruz, is proof of its | truth. Tne Barrmore Parniot anp THE G Treaty. —The Cabiet organ at Wasl has been consoling itself and the lobb extracts from the Baltimore Patriot, a. quasi whig paper,in behalf of the G treaty. Perhaps, if the truth were would appear that one or two of the or proprietors of the Patriot are dee mersed with the Garay party or the Slo in the Tehuantepec route. Thus, we susp all the active supporters of this Galph Gardner swindle in some way or other contingent interest in those twenty mil dollars. What a pity that the Senat found it out! A Seal hoo Wp ef SrILt at THE Heapy.—The President's and his Washington organ still insist u that the New York Heraxp is the head a opposition party, and in a complimentary, they are pleased to call the editor of this nal “a bold, bad man.” We may be “b in exposing the blunders, the treacherie imbecilities of the administration ; but we not “bad.” We are good, and shall be be still before the trouble is over. Visit of the Legislature to the City of York. Yesterday the members of both houses of the lature, by invitation of the Board of Ten Gover visited the various charitable institutions on Rand and Blackwell’s Islands. At 10 o’clock a large numbe; the Common Council assembled at the pier foot of B vue Hospital, who were scon 8 by the yreede ARIE PUNRCE etree weeny wee ne Legislature, when they proceeded on. Doard the ste boat Independence, and were conveyed up the East an far as Eighty-sixth street. Here the remainder of. invited guests were taken on board, and Dodwo Pant being in attendance the time was spent pleasa: on the yassage of the boat to Ward’s Island. Here company were met by the Randali’s Island boys, in ni Der about 400, under the supervision of Mr. Ripley, welcomed the distinguished body {o their homes hearty cheers, anda display of handsome banners sented to them at various times by those visiting jf 1 institutions on this island. All kaving disembarked, the company p visit the various charitable establishments on this After having inspected with great interest all the vari: buildings, they re-embarked and sailed down the rit Blackwell’s Island. Here the Lunatic Asylum, the house, the new Workhouse, (nearly finished) the A house, the Hospital, and the Penitentiary, were alike subject of encomium on the part of the Legislature, viewed with evident satisfaction the liberal and merous institutions of the city of New York. At 4 o'clock the visiters, to the number of three hi dred and fifty, among whom were several down to a splendid dinner prepared for them in the ain room of the edifice known as the ‘“ new workh where specches were made by Simeon Draper, the siding officer of the occasion, the President of the § Moses H. Grinnell, the President of the Board of men, Gen. Mather, Stephen Whitney, and Mr. llo of Ontario county, which the crowded state of columns preclude us from publishing until to-mo when a full report of the whole proceedings will Marine Affairs. Goon PassaGr.—The bark Oregon, Capt. Higgins, rived yesterday morning from Sand Heads, Calcutta, 102 days, having left on the 27th Dec. For a vesse! heavily laden as she is, and for the time of year, it is extraordinary passage, never having been beaten to port but once. On her outward passage she beat twen! six out of twenty-seven vessels that sailed in the sa’ month with herfrom Boston and New York. She is n bound for a trip to the Mediterranean and the seat of in the Fast, leaving next month. New MAIL ARRANGEMENT.—We learn that have been made by the Postmaster General for t steamers Black Warrior and Cuhawba, of the New ¥d and Alabama Steamehip Company, to carry the Unit} States mail to Havana and Mobile, and that those rs Will sail hereafter under the United States mail flag] Personal Intelligence. C. F. Crosby, Alvany BL, Wel Springfield; C) deys past under discussion in the House of Rep- reseniatives. The object of this measure is to have the mails carried by any individual or company who will transport them from New Orleans to San Francisco in the shortest time; and whoever can carry them in the shortest time will have the contract until some com: petitor does better, when they are to be trans- ferred. Thus the mails will always be on the shortest route. This will do away with the practice of carrying letters by private express, as at present, and will greatly facrease the revenues of the Post Office Department. The bill under discussion seems to meet with gener- al favor in the House; but as it does not suit speculators, and those who can obtain fat jobs from the government, it is opposed by Mr. Camp- bell, the Postmaster-General, who is averse to his patronage being diminished, although it in- creases the revenues of his department. Com- on the floor as willing to enter into competition for this mail service. which fact speaks well for the merits of the scheme. Mr, Latham, an able representative from California, alluded to the which they could be carried in fifteen days; aud it is very probable that this road, which is known as the Ramsey route, will be the one which Cominodore Vanderbilt ’ Mn pitt if modore Vanderbilt’s name has been mentioned | Vera Cruz and Acapulco line as the one over | Trumbull, UC. Simonds and friend, ind; Col. sea ger Gen. Anthony, cong Ohio; Hon. J. Wisconsin; and 160 members of the State paces! were among the arrivals at the oto Baker, U. 8. A.; Hon. 5... BD . C. Stewart, ‘Bouton; Hon. wals yesterday at wheat Wall nn, Portia many a P. pple N. M. Chesburg, W. F. Datuhe) Tuts, Dorion, abrived yesterday. at. the Pr 1, London; H. C. Stevenson, En ice, child and servant, Baltimore; mily, New York; Mr. Bentley, Scot rrivals at the ‘Clarendon, yesterday. of Wisconsin, and lady, are the guest: P. tT. Parnum, Feq., at Tranistan, Ct. ARRIVALS. I, in steamebip tig pod 5 yee, bay d nurse, ture stor Hou C two childre IC Stephensen. H Simmonds, Mr R Belubridge, Ree, Hon Mr Killoby, Capt 8 Dierick, Mr Minehi Oreili, ir Dun, Gayene ivy, 5 starr ey ae eothy mn, Mr M Smith} ‘ilinmer, Mr Gf] word. is bbing, Indy. tl eu threo sery 9} Vip 'Kpoxsille—Mes ‘Thom Hvomnp, oan Wie Wishart, Mia Parte) 0 vokstada, D nA P ‘3 ah fn bark Vonce=d F Hoyer, @ Wotern en, Gen Boicend. air Git races, iat Fairehild, Mr wk So ip ayy baa ¢ a ele in tl Mrs A H Solomon, 2 childrs aon “4 HB do, Mise A shielBin, it ‘do. RL Sbieilin, Mies 8 8S! ine M and servant. B Hastin, *} do St Fe Savage, Dr Lion, Mr Mecklenber wy N Ocha, Mr Strango, EB, Mrs Westheimer, i > successful. We have here fully dis- cussed the merits of this popular meats that no further ¢ omments are Hac tae