The New York Herald Newspaper, September 1, 1854, Page 5

jasuras ap eared delighted with his ere by tie ia , % 44 French y bn Bi nde baa, we believe, obtained leave of abseace from his court, and is now in France. The Lord Obancellor took his seat upon the wool- Sack at half-past 1 o'clock. Prayers baving been read by a Rt. Rev. prelate, Petitions were presented by the Marquis of Lang ». Viscount Canning, ani the Earl of Gran- ie, the purport of which did not reach tie gal- veral peers, among whom were the Archbisho of Canterbury, an’ the Bishop London, now entere ‘the house in their robes, sud tuok their seats upon the front benches. I ‘The ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeen, the Marquis of Landadowne, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcas'le, the Duke of Argyll, Earl Granvil'e, and Viscount Canning. Among the fey other peers present (the !eading opposition peers | having left town) we odserved Lord Campbell, Lord | Recesdsle, awd the Karl of Albemarie. A glance | round the house showed that che pallid looks of le- gislators found many con: terparta am ong tue fairer and gentler portion of embloge, and that the beltes of 2 London se3s0' the healthfal and ia- vigorating sea breeze and other change of alr aud pout as much a8 hardworked and harassed Min- er. ‘The distant boom of .-annom annonsced that the Gesen bad arrived at her palace at Westminster, at a quarter past two o'clock a plerciag blast of trumpets, winding its way along corridors and gal Teries, was the aan to the entraace of her Ma- jesty. The heralds and pursuivants, in their rich'y emblazoned eurcoats, led the way, and soon the georgeous cavalcadé of iniafsters and great officers of Btates, lords-in-waiting and pages of honor swept ip. Her Mejesty was led to the tnrone by Prince Albert, who thereupon. took his usual place in the ebair of State upon her Majesty’s left hand. The Queen, whose featnres are some what embrowned by her trip to the Channel Islands, apveared to be in excellent beath. She wore her diamond tiara aud diamond necklace; avd a dress of white satin and | 1d tissue. The Prince consort wore his Field Mar | al’s uniform, with the blue riband of the garter. The Earl of Abei deen, bearing the sword of state, took his place on the Queen’s lefs, the lady in wait- fog and the Marquis of Winchester, with the cao of maintenance, vege their usual positions on her Mojeriy’s ight hand. The Marquis of Lansdowne, who eairied the royal crown upon a cushion, the Lord Chancellor, and the other ministers, took tneir mace atthe steps of the throne on the Queen’s e Speaker, in his gold robe of office, attended | by the eantat-Arms, Lord C. J. Russell, bear- ing bis ponderous mace, and accompanied by Lord J. ll, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Walpole, and anu merous attendance of honorable monbsra, having | made obeisonce to the throne, the Right Hon. gen- tleman addressed her Majesty as foliows:— Your Majesty’s dutiful and loyal eubjests, the Com- F- | mops of Great Britain and Irelnnd, attend your Majesty | with our last bill of supply for the services of the | present year. | In reviewing the labors of the past sossion, we have | hambly to thank your Majesty for your gracious permis- sien to bring under our annual review a large amount of iblie expenditure, connected with the priacipal revenue Sarton, ‘which have hitherto beon exempt from Par- tary control. It will be our duty in fature years, | with o jast regard to economy, t» make ample ab 5b Soma for these important branches of the pubic service. In ote ience to your Majesty’s paper, eavored to impose an effectual check on bi rapt practices at élections, ani we venture to | m ao adequate punishment. and places | ion expenses under efficient control, will prove auc- | we have en- | and cor- | ‘We have given the most attentive consideration toa | measure for the good governzent and extension of the Unbreraity, of Oxford, by which certain oaths now re- | quired to be taken by students have been abrogated, pro- | vision wade for the esta*lishment of private halls, and | ealarged powers given both to the University and to its | eelleges. We have every confidence that these enact- | ments will be received by taat learned body in the spirit | fn which they have been framed, and that they will be | the e@pabled to exiend the benefits of aca temical education the commani vie Cate their circum- | stances or their religious res ve hitherto been of this privilege. i, have been submitted to us; but ‘3 bas been found impossible to ee dar the Session, as the progress of our has been iater- Fupted by the commencemert of » war which, notwith- stancing Majesty’s onremitting endeavors to main peace, has been forced upon us by the unwarrant a of Rastia on the Turkish empire. ‘most deeply the necessity rapes ten ihe ve. the imperative duty of P an and faithful ally from oppression, ani of vindicating the and eat 1 pire, Sabot vit oa Goo deine ofa | endan. pe. views, your faithful Commons have tation, Hi 08: o Majesty whatever supplies have been Seemed tetuiaiie te on this just and unsvoidable jeaty to send forth fleets and former precedent in disci- Ved Jour Majesty to sts the arms and of Turkey have been co seconded by of the French, and the joint forces of . France, their ancient hostility converted in emulstion, now threaten the coasts and har- ussia to the most distant extremity of her vast ‘The issue of this momentous struggle is tn the hands rid # z i ree 3E 7 4 of -an overrulin; oe. Confident in the justice of eur fe look forward with hope to ita successful tetmination, acknowledging with the deapest gratitude ‘that, while war in all its terrors is raging al ; subjects, under Majesty’s well beneficent ends ing the blessings of unin- pted at me. Ihave now to prey your M. assent to an act for the sums voted service of the year Chancellor then, kneeling, presented of her 8 hich Tinea tne iation) bill—to pr 1) wi + iss A if + : 3 H = é fs i, 3 ! fi ration i ull i { ¥ Hi Be E: Ht ij fs ‘i BB z Hi Ei it of Commons over the cbtrgee incur | superior authorities. | that the provocation given by the ‘citizens Parle ‘ wo a Parliament be prcrouged ber; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued until Thoreday, the 19th of October next. Bor Uelert then rose, and, giving her hand to Prinve Al 44 left the house, and retarned to Buck- Palace, amid the cheerso he people. & he ue aticin ra Mth = Angast, een gon tl speech of Queen ic! saye:— speech beast l contains important and curious revelations, bat it does not dissipate the uncertainty which hangs over German policy, and, in order to mearuse the exact bearing of it, it must be com- pared with the documents published by the Moni- teur, We have no wisi to indulge in repetitions, but we must be again permitted t> say that the goverpments of France and Bogland have tre right and the fuss, of demanding from Austria a co-o :e- ration which leaves no room for doubt—an active and since! e co-operation. The Destruction of Greytown—English Upin= fon of the Pierce Cabluct. [From the London Times, aug J4.) Althongn the important events which agitate se- veral parts of the continent of Euroje at the pre- sent time baveno neceseary consexion with the rejations of this and other couutries of the Old World to the United States of America, some cir cumstances appear to indicate that President Pierce is not disinclined to seck im these occurrences for an occasion to retrieve his popularity, and to sipnalize his administration. Tie acquisition of the island of Cuba and the extension of the infla- ence of the United States acroes the isthmas of Central America, or even along the course of the Amazons, have long been favorite objects with thst class of American politicians. to which Mr. Pierse belongs. The selection of his advi- sers at hom» and of his agents abroad dis- played a po icy and a epicit in the new cabinet of Wa:bington »hich might be rouse! by favorable acidents to enterprise and aggression: and, al- though we do, cot. impute to the pre-ent American government any comprehensive or cecided scheme of this nature, we have little doub: that they are prepared wo take advactege of any ‘ccidenta which May rouse the passions of the comunity. On tae Ist of August, Just as the ovcorence of revolution- ary disturban: n Spaio had be some known in Webinn, the President transmitted a message tothe Senate of the United States recommendiag Congrees toadopt such provisional measures as may | be requi ed in tie receas to enable the Exe:utive gover: mrnt to meet any exigency affectiag the relations of the United States with the Span- ish governing; ard in making tris demand Mr. Pierce did not sTEnle to add that, in view of the position of the Island of Cuba, it seemed improbable that peaceful relations could long be maintuined, and that in the event of the failare of tre negotiations begun at Madrid, he should not hesitate to use the means placed at his disposal to obtain redress for injuries re eived, and to vindicate the bonor of the Americ .n flag. At toe same time no hope is held out that these aegotia tions are likely to prove successful. In tie mouth of the minister of any European goverament such language would very nearly amount to a declaration of war; but m the United States it means only that President Pierce wishes to be thought ready to de- clare war if Congress will let him. At the same time we have no doubt that he is eagerly watching for an op.ortunity to, distinguish nis administra- tion in some conspicuous manner; and it is probably with a view to these chances that Mr.'Soulé hag given bis active assistance to the revolationa: | sgepts of oj] nations who are assembled at thi | time in Madrid. The Spanish government of the resent moment, excited by the recovery of free stitutions and popular leqaers, is certoinly not more likely to yield to the demards of tie United Ststes than the corrupt administration which has | just been dissolved; and General Conca has th the ability aud the integrity to defend Cuba against any attack likely tobe made against it. Atthe same time, the most effectual mode of prolonging the connection of that island with the mother courtry will be to redress the grievances of which it hasto complain, to recognise its rights, and to sweep. away scandalous abuses whish have flourished on the plander of the colonial erpment. President Pierce annoan:es his termination ‘to check and put down all pri- vate srempse to revolutionize Cuba from the United States; but the Iavguage in which he addrerses the Senate warrants belief that he would not be averse to lend the power of the Ex- ecutive goverpment itself to this enterprise. Darin recess the President has (Bet power, for Ad though Congress alone can declare war, yet the Execntive sprcmens can. send the forces of the United Statee todo acts which render war inevi- table. In this way, and without the previoug assent of Congress, the Mexican wer was began, ard a similar catastrophe may easily b> brought The late affair at Greytown has shown in a v-ry positive and shocking manner to what_lengthe the present Amerecan C ts prepared to go. We wre os ye dee first to suppose that the uo- aralleled act of wanton destruction perpetrated y Captain Hollins, of the American sloop Cyane, on the 12th of July, was the result of sudden pro: vovation, and was at least unsuathorized by the It turns out, L ctu Sen Juan de Ni month of May last, fered to Mr. man himself at Washington, and the p ot Cyane was deliberately sent out by the Ameri- @ month afterwards for the express purpose of exacting a re, {for the alleged: in- sult. The corrsspondence on the subject and: the instructions given to Captain Holifvs have been laid before Congress, and the world mus* judge from the result what the intentions of te government were. Greytown was brutally bombarded and burnt, after the inhabitants had, to the woods, and‘the Ame- ticavs had teken fa meee of removing the two or three guns w! alone protected the pene. It fs said that property to the amount of 500,000 dollars was destroyed, a great part of which cer- tainly belonged to American merchants, and some part to h and other European honses. As the destruction of this ~ gh er it ae connection with the ‘often’ © im to, \the authorities of the , the owners of it have @ com- Lae Ae itresistible case for indemnity against the was under the safeguard of pneerrh§ a m Great Britain and the United States, and no notise was given to enable the Linger te to offord protection interests on the Mosquito coast, and the British government cannot ail fo give their most serious attention ¢o this painful occurrence, which @ curious iNustra- Sealey port merican flag. € yataned le by Lovtertt Jolly, of poles schooner Bermada, against this abuse of su- lor force was Bighiz. creditable to that officer, and distinctly warned Captain Hollins of the conse- quences of this attack. Much as we regret these occurrences, and the womted they evince on the part of the government of United States, the apprehensions we might enter- tain as to their ullerior 1: sults are diminished by the fact that there acts are alr disavowed and con. ‘demned — the “oe enlightened and bene | classes jety in that country. They are regard: ‘ed as the mea. of a.prajliaute and incapable edmi- one which ed Bi) wore of. its ots twentes, eacrificed many o; oui it principles Ceca in rat in Cone inet to dl Bt a -@, and in m: other places, made by Mr. Pieree, were ravher to embroil: the |Uniied States: with countries than to uphold. the of Union; ‘and, if such ‘cao “wre treated with dis- a thone to these strange envoys were accre: Yeton these: the President ry Met pay they icaragua occurred in . the at the accidental affront of- was that gentle- war can tion of the man The. per which may enable him to pursue these acts of vio- Jenoe fcreign States upon any éxigency that of of arlee; but we t ‘that Spee ork mand for #heai, “07, & place on Fritay bas bees bese yp in some cases rathe- per barrel. 5 th Mo., 15th, 1854 1, 8 ha sera We had a good attendance consumers of wheat and flour, who puresaseu each to a foir +xtent at the full currency of Friday. Having se- veral Irish buyers on the market for Indian corn, and additional reports of the spread of the potato disease a here, this article was in spirited demand at an ce of fully 1s. 6d. per 480 Ibs., and many parcels re not procurable under 2s. improvement on the prices of Friday, and it is estimated that some 20,000 ars have been taken for shipment to Ireland at prices y om 858 to 86s. aud 37s. per 480 Ibs , alot of Golatz held firm for 88s Fer oatmeal there was an improved enquiry at 64. per load on the prices of this da; week ‘Oats un’ banged, baving bat a slack demand. The weather during market was showery. ny ‘The United States sed 8 Dominican Re- pubite. apalated from La Chroniea, Spanish Organ.) wht ave received diréct advices from what ia called the Spanish port of St. Domingo, down to 26th of last month. Everything appeared tranqnil; and the very fact that our friends make no mention of any hostile act or threat on the part of the black empire against the Dominican Republic, seems to invleate that Soulouque bad suspended his aggres- sive }Jans, whether for reasons of his owaor for those suggested by the political and mercantile ia- terests of England and France, to which no ques tions of peace in America can be indifferent, while they are involved io war in Asia and Earope. Our correspor dent therefore tells us nothing of thrests or invasions. On tie contrary, everything, they say, wears a pacific aspect, though pot the less worthy of particular mention or of the attractive ob- servation of those who have political or other inter: ests to attend to in the Archipelago o° the Antilles, Letters from the city of St. Domiogo tell us of the arrivarat that port of the United States frigate Columbia, onthe 17th of July, with Genera! Cazenau on board, a'commisstoner of this goverment, aad with powers to make a treaty with the Dominican republic. As far as could be collected from the first proceedings, the treaty was to hove for one of its various ostensible objects, to stipulate for cer tain rights in the ports of the republic, and espe cial; the spacious and secure bay of Samana, for the armed vessels of the United States, in case of war, and in time of peace for the establishment of a kind of colonization, black or white, of indiyi- duals from the United States, in some part of the Dominican Republic. The frigate Columbia bad been in a manner established at Samana, under pretext of waiting urtil the Dominican Chambers, which were in ses- sion, should spprere the convention; and it even appears that the intention had been expressed of remaining until the ratification by those of the government of the United States. In the mean- lime the speedy arrival of the American ship of war Albany was spoken of, and also a war steamer; and, by way of pastime, an officer of engineers on board e Columbia was senitoocaly engaged in making charts of the bay and peninsula of Samana. Notbiog, apparently, can cause less alarm than the presence of an American negotiator, with one, two or three vessels of war of the same nation, in any part of the West Indies; but, as the antecedents of the apparently most innocent act may afford us Freund. for foretelling the consequences which ma; follow, and the somewhat concealed spirit whic! may have produced it, and as the occurrenze we have mentioned not onl, some remarkable antece- dents, but may well be a symptom of the re appear- ance, in the political spheie, of the course co: t- ¥ ued by the democratic administrations of the nited States, at epochs of disturbance and conflicta in Eusope, it would be proper perhaps not to ne- glect, as a frivolous or unimportant thing, a demon- stration which, Sepecially in present circumstances, may perhaps involve something future for the mari- time Powers. : 2 We have, with great care, been collecting.in our paper for several. years the facts which reveal a cer- tain tendency of the Piet of this government to make 8t. Domingo point of support for some future enterprise, for the injury of resent Eu Topean dominion {n the Weat Indies; and, asa first step, to carry into effect the pre ept of Moaroe, which is here regarded almost as an oracle for truth. The idea, as we nave been able to infer it, and ag we have often expressed it, is this: the Haropean dominion being established in the West Indies, aud supported by fo:midabie means of defence and of- fence for a case of war, and there existing, also, in mapy wa — islands, a strong: national i na the employ, force against those groups opula- tion id be entirely ineffectual; and, if it were 80, it would never give a whi -b would repay the sacrifices it must.coat. dt is necessary, there fore, for the raed Dm gryes anole, HY 5 it re- nF U aggressions ich a #6 ros civil Zonfilot, may ‘ia of those be Srinagar one 9 joct ol ublis lav ed ae law of nations with respect te neu- trality, and barbor.and protection in the ports of the Union for the contending pasties, indiscriminately, whether the contest arose between sovereignty aid seers Ay by sone between a subject or province in rebellion against its sovereign—th- United States without compromising them-elv:s nationally in the contest, ¢ favor the o rty for «hich they felt Most sympathy, in a!l the moral and material ineans of war. Cansda and al Spanish America at differ- ent periods have given juent: testimony of the Derreverauce with which the United States have obse) ved to the letter that strange doctrine pro- claimed without disguise by the'r Presidents and statesmen, avd estabiished in their law books. Nove of the foreign interests affected by it have ever protested ees it until now, as, al- though Fox and Ashburton skilfally defended, in favor of England, a case of its application, they did not attack it in ‘principle, nor establish {na clear and conclusive manner the determination that the pecente mr public Jaw of ‘Europe America. Spain, who, cf sll the nations in contact with this country, is the one who ought to have most strongly pro- tested against the innovation introduced by the American government in the case of intercourse and thet we know of, on bet par aleboegh we arn e we know of, on we hava e presen Te} ive Wasabi ) if an occasion ¢: present itself. The federal administrations, then, consider them- selves masters of the perfect right to interfere neu- trally (if we may use such a phrase), in contests of the kind referred to, without compromising the peace of their country, and deriving, from any for- eign state of hostility, eitter promoted by them or not, all the advantages of war, without fd of ite losses or disasters. Heretofore bie din revolt Canada and Spanish America, di- rect y from their own territory, against their re- eeere sovereigna; but this method ia falliog into , and presents some davgers since the pretext has been declared inacmissible of the a insuf- ficiency of the 1ederal laws to restrain those who arm and go forth &c., fron the territory of the United States, against the territory of any foreign pation, prince or colnte It was , there- fore, to abandon tre old sy:'em, and seek other ter ritory from wii-h the same en:a may be reached, without the ers which would arise from such Cane sallies as of the Creole and the Pam- It would be useless) for us to {7 sist on our well four ded conviction that the island of 3t. Domingo is the point chosen by the policy of neutral in tevention. Ite’ joal atructaye and geographical situation, the qui of ite har! |, Bbove all, the weakness of the two nations w) occupy it, and the continous] hostitity between them, are circumstances which favor tbe realization of « plan of this vature, and present to American eis, cup fall of britliant, but, in our view, fllusory The presence of the American ship of war in the bay of a, its ea att 8, the project d the renewal of tne old and persever- 1 (of which we have fog plan o colonisation aiaeeo aes g dan ov THB or, DOMINOG LNTRIOUS—ea Faors | NOT TO. BB | the 234 of question will be satisfactorily. i in which Bogan, St. Domingo all- winter under a secret diplomatic commission from the Btate t. As the Populstion of the eastera end of the island were pce arene’ Bhall gi descent, and as our geverpmeut bac hitherto refused to recognise any African seve eignty, we were obliged to seek for some rpe :ial ano uodivalged motive for this sudden sypeeh: , Ou the part of Senator Douglas and his slavery allies in the government, for the colored sub- of President Santana. We found one and ex- josed it, We traced an obvious connection be- een the mission of Gereral Cazenau and the in- trigves whict have been on foot for several years, Green, Walsh and otherd have figured from time to tims, tO secure &@ tacritorial footiog on teat island for an American colony, with a view of ultimately getting the control of the gcve pment, le gatizyng slavery aud furnisbivg a new 6 profitable warket for American s.aves and slave oa General Cszerau, in some communications ad- dressed to & poper in this city, and. copied approv- ing) in the Washiogton Union, admitted one of the objects of his mission to rave been the ultimate re- cognition ot t ¢ St. Domingo republic by the United | States; denied that its inhabitants were mostly colored peopie, and ineisted that its rulers were white. We contradicted this ab urd story, and sat- isfied most of our readers, we presume, that there | Was DO )easou for recognizing the independence of | St, Domingo which did not apply with equal force to Hayti aod L beria. We have received nomerous | letters confirmirg our statements upon this poiat, | but as Mr. Dougiaa aid not call up his resolation | egaip, end 9s xo further effort was apparently | waking to ¢xtend an unusual courtesy to this black | republic, we did rot think it necessary then to pub- | lish apy of our correspondents’ favors, or to say any- | thipg more upou the subject. Nothing further was heard about Mr. Cazenan and his wistion until some two months since, when it was formuilyarnoun-ed in the Norfolk papers and iu the Nsw York HERALD, that the frigate Co- lobia, tie flug ship ot tue West fudia squadron, Was éwoity gu fair wild to sail for Hayti with Mr. au, Who were griog out to try their ation with the Emperor Faustin, as was said, with a view, it 1s presumed, of securing his yecognitinn of the indepenseace of the Dominic sna, which he bed bithe:to refused to do, claiming them ® but integral portion of his empize. 6 toing we hesr isthe arrival of the Columbia vib ite diplomatic vargo, not at Hayti, Lut at St. D; mingo city, and that negotiations have been opened for a treaty, to which tue sanction of the Dominican Leg slature, now in session, .is ex- Lected, aud the fw thersanctiun of the United States Senate when it i assemoles, It dors wot qvote the articles nor give us any means of escertaining the character of the treaty which fs negotiating, except that a port is to. be se cured for cur government on the bay of Samana. This is the fixest harbor on the east end of the island; it bas capacities for the Jargest commerce, and is said to be easily defensible fom auy naval astaults with a single battery of guns. It is nota port of entry, nor are its shores inbabited to any ex- tent. It is worth notbing at present for commercial urposes, but vast voal beds are known to abouad in ts vicivity, and further in the interior valaable | gold Inines were profitably worked by the Spaniards | efcre the abolition of slavery. There is no doubt | that with slave labor now, both coal and gold could | be mined there at ike great profit. Bat it is uot our purpose to- day to discuss the sufficiency of the | consideration we are to receive for the extraordinary courtesies we sre desired to extend to the govern- ment of Santana, much less to dispute the pro- priety of iecognizing independent political sove- | reignties witbont regard to the color of skin or tex- ture of bair. It will be time enough to go into those | uestion: when the facts come ina more authentic shaye befoie us. What epec‘ally arrests our attention in the recent news from St. Domingo eity, is the change which the poli:y of the government has undergone since Mr. Douglas was requested to offer his resolution. When that wes drawn, it was t ought advisable to | cor sult the treaty:making power of the government ublicly asto the propriety of changing our policy Er reference to the recognition of governments con- ducted by Africans or their descendants. There thee appeared to be no hesitation about admitting the people and the press as hearers and reporters of 8 discussion which involved princip'es and coase- quexces the importance of which, iu the present state of the pul mind, it is impossible to exag- erate. 4 But suddenly, and without a syllable of explana- tion from ary quarter, the programme is changed, It appears to bave been thought bes: to prevent any public discussion upon this point until discussion should be to Jate to affect the result. A majority of the Seuators being favorable to the scheme, and poreessing the power in connection with the Prezi- Cent toconclude a treaty without consulting aay one else upcn the subject, had only to put their heads together and frame anch a contract with the Dominica: s as would suit their purposes, secure its adoption by the Dominican legislature, have it ‘brought to Washing'on and ratified by them in secret seeticn, and the whole coneummated before the Americun people could have'a chanve of utter- ing & word of yewopatran e, if disposed. } Sock a change, vn v such circumstances, is not calevlated to soothe the sus ‘icions already rife in ‘the public mind, as to the obj- cts of the government in ineti uti. g this secret mission to Bt. Domingo, bor to ipcreare the confidence, at last of the North- erp yecply, in the terme and conditions of the treaty now beguvating. We do not know whether the Rover: ment was in eny way responsible for the false seport made of the destination of the Colambia; we woold bly presume thut they were not; and yet the announcement was made by the Norfolk paper evidently by eutbority of some pe-sons at- tached to the frigate, and presumptively with a de- libeiate intention to mislead. There is some'‘hing very mysterious shout all this, and, in our jndg- ment, the people are entitled to some explanation cf it from Wasbington. If our government can meke any desirable commercial arrangements wito the Dominican government, the people of the North fil'be as glad to know it and to rejoice at it asthe ple of the South—ihere is no occasion whatever for pursuing any uoderband «ourse to do what can be propes)y and profitably done in the way of ne- jon with the govervment of President 8 there are, however, any designs convealed uuder all this mysterious machinery, which the President is aftaid to submit to the scrutiny of the public press, as many will natarally presume, we would respectfully advise him to measure his paces vei carefally, for we are greatly mistaken if the Ameri- cab pecple will be as tolerant of future legislation by e. peste pekies, power as they have been of je yast. ‘We will conclude today with the single remark that the proportion of whites in 8t. Domingo to the blacks is very inconsiderable, not numbering over three bundred altogether; that all the members of the government, from the President Santana, whose father was a slave, to the corporals of his guard, are descended in one or both lines from African ancestors. To-morrow we propose to give the genealogy of all the leading men connected with the civil or military departments of the gov- Coorg rere ge Hi emia by one who has bela minent «ffi positions in the country, and whose mears of information are ample. We bave teken the trouble to provide ourselves with this testimony, not with a view to interpose apy obstacles to the recognition of the nationality of St. Domingo, or to tne ratification of any advan- tageous commercial treaty with that end of the island, but »mply to prevent, any Shing, besides, which might not be so unexceptionable, from being done under the false impreasion that Dominics isa white and nut a black republic, Those whose duty it is to tell the t.uth upen this subject have taken iptivite pains to create a coutrary impression, snd ‘t may be that the Senaturs who have pledged themeclves to ratify the bargain which Cazenau is criving with Santava, are ignorant that Dominica is rT) ee & black republic as Hayti is a black +mphe. Theatres and Exhibitions. Tux Orgra.— Che sale of tickets takes place at belt gett three o'clock to-day, and the first appesr- ance'in Amotica of the distiogaished vocalists, Ma- Grist Bignor —— will come off on F TasaTne.—The vine! Mm or the Fate of a ae ite evening fre a ae gece Baoapway of ‘| num, payable quarterly in this city; the principal paya-. and the entertainments will couctute with the moch aimiree jue of “Alad.in the Wonderful Lomo,” with Miss Hathaway, Mr. Fox, and other ane pectermers ry => cast. MERICAN MusguM.—Four very attrantive pieces are pwovided for this afternoou’s and evening's per formances, the casts of which will include the en- tire company. The dramatic performances of this establishment are becoming more popular every day, and very geo dl 80; for a more energe'ic stege director than Mr. 0. W. Clark, would be diffi ““fosrempous-—iThe pentguiale oqeestelan spec PPODRO: pantomimic equestrian - tacieor “St.George and the Dragon,” which waa 80 successfully produced last evening, is to be re- peated tonight, tn conjunction with the usual Hiv- drome feats. The programme for this afternoon likewise of a very attractive character. Woopn’s Minstrets are to repeat the farce of “ Box and Box,” and the burletta of “Jim Browa,” ths evening, with many other popular features, Full houses every night. Bvoxiey’s SExENAvERS, whose performance in Opera are so greatly admired, are to repeat ‘ Som- pombola” this even'ng; George appearing as Gam- bo, Richard as Lazy Joe, and Mile. leanor as Amina. Tun Braycu Baxp of Wood's Minstrels are doing | well—the bail being respectably attended and the performances much applauded. “A good programme is advertised for this evening. Sanpronp’s Orera Trovre are becoming very popular—their vocal and instramental perfor n- ances are of such a character as canuot fail to | please, and their burlesqnes are excellent. A well | eelected bil! for this evening. Stliter isa capisal | dancer. ey eA ORL Ca SR RR FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL MONEY MARKET. Tavrsvay, Aug. 31—6 P. M. ‘There was a’ dul! and heavy market at the opening this mornivg. At the close, the fancies were still more depressed, and che indications were decidedly gloomy. At the first Doard, bonds, 1871, fell off 1 por cent; Canton Company, w York Central Railroad, 3; Michigan Southern Frio Railroad, %; Harlem, 4; Hnéson River Railroad, 134. Hlinots Central bonds ad. vanced 4 per cent; New York Central bonds, 14, Nica- Tagua Jransit closed firm at yesterday’s prices. There were preity large transactions in Erie at the decline ‘The company raised mone; enough to-day to meet the payment of faterest due to morrpw on its bonds; but this hoa not oven produced temporary relief. The floating debt is still uuprovided for, and is ra- Pidly esceymulsting. Every mouth brings along pay- ments o! interest, and as the net income of this ro+d is not sufficient to meet all such payments, a new debt is. increasing from the loans required to make up the ded- ciency. Holders of Erie Railroad stock, purchased for a rise, are highly indignaut at the conree we have pursued in relation to this company, and accuse us of all sorts of | crimes and iisconduct. This is to be expected. We | have had it to contend against from the beginning, and €o not expect to be free from it to the end. If it is not one class of speculators, it is sure to be another, If it is not the buils, it is sure to be the bears; and it might jest os well be one as the other. If our colamns should contain anything in favor of the govero- ment, there must be a private motive in it; if they | contain anything in opposition, we must have been dis- appointed in something. If we poiut out the extrava- Bunce and delioquencies in the management of any rail- road company, and prove that the concern has been bank- ropt for years, it follows, according to the cods of bull | speculators, that we have aprivate interest in the con- cern, anil that the bears have at an immense expense se- ured our aid and support in the matter. If, on the other hand, we should make an effurt to inflate any of | these bubbies, the bears would be equally load fn their eriminations, and say we were aiding the bull party. We revily do not know how these two great speculating parties car. be satisfied. They would not be content if we were silent in regard to the merits or demerits of the various fancy stocks on the marbet. We are continually beset by indivi and cliques to say this in favor of one company, and that agaiost another; and we find it Svery dificult matter to steer clear of all interests, and avoid injuring some one in our efforts to benefit all. Holders of Exie Railroad stock who have a wide margin Against them, should have followed the advise we have | 80 repeatedly given them. Had they done so, all wou'd have becn well. As it is, they have no one to blame but themselves for their blipa faith and ignorance regard- ing the vale of securities in which they put their money ‘The Erie Rail:oad was bankrupt long before we mede it public. We have not so much confidence fa our influence as ty supyoxe for a moment that we had any hgency in producing it. It was fixed fact five years ago, os much ax itdsmow. Weave steadily consistently a4. hored to this fact, and tore who have heretofore doubted now acknowledge the cor:ectsers of our predictions. The rottenness and {nrolvency of the Erie have been malo manifest, ‘There are other companies ins similar condi- tion, anda few yearn will develope them. The New York Central Ralrosd Company cannot go on wnuch longer, under the system of financiering that has been lately pursued; and the stock is worth as much now as it ever will be. ‘Those who purchase at present prices for a tise will, with- out doubt, complain bitterly of our oprosition when the stock has largely depreciated, instead of reslizing now an’ putting the proceeds in a more substantial se- curity. It ia by no means a source of satisfaction to us to see our pre.\ictions verified, for serious losses must be the resnlt; but it ix our duty to point oat the shoals and qvieksands which beret the path of all having capital t> invest, and induce them, if possible, to make such a dis- posal of their funds as will give permanent returns. At the second board lower prices ruled, particularly for Frie, and the market closed. with s downward tendency. Nicaragua Transit fell off 34 per cent; Cumber'and Coal, 24; Erie, 2 per cent. Thedifference between the highest price ruling for Erie at the first board, and the Jovest price current at the second board to-day, was 2% per cent. This afternoon there were latge sales for oash. Mr. Vanderbilt has loaned the Erie company his endorse ment on $400,000 of its paper of short date, for which he has received & mortgage on the entire rolling property of the rosd. Everything in the shape of # locsmotive, freight and passenger car, has been pledged for the above named sum, instead of $600,000 as at first pro- posed. Of the $400,000 raised by mortgaging the move- able property of the company, $300,000 will be paid out to morrow for interest then due on the bonds. This leaves butasmall amount for other purposes. It would be well enough for the company to appropriate the balance to the payment of wages duc laborers along the line of the road. We are informed that along the Delaware di- vision laborers have been paid only up to the Ist of July. ‘Wages duo for June were not paid until withins week or two. July and August are now due. Thisisa pretty position for the Erie Railroad Company to bo in. The president, no doubt, receives his salary of $10,000 per annum as soon as due, and all the other officera with enormous salaries, the same, while the poor laborer, whore credit at the nearest store depends entirely upon his prospective pay, is put off month after month, until he can get no more pork and bread upon his promises to The anrexed statement exhibits the movements the office of the Assistant Treasurer of this port for the month of August, 1854 :— ‘MENTS, AUGUST, 1854. August 1, 1854, Daimnee.......seeeeeeeeees $6,192,702 $4 ‘ecenpls On ascount of 6,894,048 03 Paymenis $11,026,760 63 Treasury draft 98,880,504 04 Post Office do. + 214,887 89 4,095,342 08 Balance, August 31............ $6,931,408 54 Balance credit interest accoun! +. $191,755 94 87,754 10 104,001 14 $390,204 30 By balauce credit and disbursing accoudt: POE okie i4hi < cioe gevwveeses erscsces 584,731 08 926,926 38 To payments... 417,748 00 Balance... 000: senees $507,277 33 By amount credit bullfon furd, « «$1,046,494 23 Total coin om Bands... ceeegeee cece eee ee $3,089,181 26 By receipts for customs in Auguet, 1853, ..$4,834,000 97 “ “ 7 1864... 6,840,619 89 Increnge in 1854... 0... ccseceeesevecese $606,519 93 The warran's entered at the. Treasury Department, Washington, on the 28th inst , were:— For the pay ment of Treasury debts For the C wee. oon Covered ints the Treasury from lands Covered into the Treasury from ous sourc For the War For repaving fo’ For the Navy Departmen’ For the lotesior Department The stoc holers of the Delaware and Rari! and Camden and Awboy Railroad companies ing afew days since at Bordentown. A large nuw*er were in attendance, ani the procealings were entirely harmonious. Ketolutions were adopted approbatory of the mangement of the direstors, and expressing conf- donee in their prudence and éisevetion; and it was also a resolved that ‘he cirectors horised to issue bonds for the pucpore of roisiug means for tho faldiment of their engagemes ts with the roads now in progress of erection in West and south Jersey, The following statement shows the amount of four shipped from, and wheat, coal and wood left at Roches- ter, by canal, siace the opening of navigation up to Saturday, the 26:h inst., as compared with last year :— Canal ComMunce oF Rocugsren, Flour Shipped. Number of bbls. in 1853. o “ 1808, Becrease in 1854 Wheat Laft. Number of bush. in 1863—Krie canal.. « « “ « Decrease in 1854......sceecerceeseescereerenes Coal, tons, in 1854 ow R63 Increase im 1664 Wood, cords, in 1853—Erie canal & £4 1854—Erie canal. “ “ Decrease in 1864.... New York Exchange. Tavrspay, AvGust 31, 1854. £500 City 6’a 760..., 100 60 shs NY CenRK. 88 5000 Frie Con bis 71 60 10 M0 veered BTC 10001 Cen KR bs bLO 62% 10 Clave, C & Cin. RR 108 1000 do. ++ 623g 20 ieh South. RR. 894g 3000 do... 6244 20 Clev&TolRR bw 69 CCOONY Cev RRbss3 86 30 do 6835 5 eb» Bank of Com. 133 a78¢ do. 03 103 37 6 Hanover Bonk... 87 100 6 amEx Bar 08-250 8 Corn Ex Bank... 92 100 100 Nic Tran Co 100 26 do 60 50 do 50 250 Gold Hil 3 50 160 111 Cen RR 10 p 300 : 60 300 100 100 100 Harlem 100 do 50 do 44 100 Feadiog RR ‘ 200 do... DIO 684g Wo do. of ; 200 do H B00 do... 160 Hudson R SECOND BOARD. #1CCCOMNCRRbasl0 623g. 100susCumC) %.010 27°; $000 dO.5 eee! #30 6235 50 Erie Railroad.s10 3535 She Bk of Com..°108 50 do.......88 354g 140 Nie Tram Co..»30 ny — 8645 u ” « 20% : ‘ ive Be 50 8645 800 35 300 35 260 4 50 33 160 36 100 wae 50 as 200 co 20 94 50 Us CITY TRADE REPORT. ‘THURSDAY, August 31—6 P. M. Agnxs were in fair requestat 7 for pote, and $6 fee pearl per 100 Iba BReapetcrrs —Flour was in moderate demand, with sales of 4.400 bbls.. commen to choice S*ate at $9508 $10 26; mixed to fancy Western at 610 at $10 50, and ald kinds of extra brands at $10 50 a $'1 25; with 2,100 dble. inferior to faacy Youtbern at $9 a $10 60; and 2,000 com mon do to arrive, at $8 76 per bbl ; 800 bole. Jersey, &c. corn meal realized $4 26; whest wss mach needed. The salen com 1,000 bushels Price to te fixed; 800 Southern red at $1 87 3g, and 4,000 smat: Canadian white, free, at $1 85 9 8187. About 4, bushels of rye brought $120. state and Western cate were selling more freely st 60c. a Sd per bustel, Corm wan doing better. The dav’s operations amounted to Is at 80c. a 88c. for unsound; and 85¢. & a mixed, per bushel. Corrzz —Sales of 300 bags Rio were mae at 90. a 11.Ke., and 40 do. Laganyre at Io. Cotron —Sales were light, without farther change to notice in prices. Freanrs —To Li rates were tt wooed variation; 900 bbis turpentine were engaged at 3 about 500 bales of ci tton at ‘4d for compressed; 8 cr 10 tons measurement goods at 168., and 5 do., dead wright, at 168. A lot of tallow was reported at 78. 61. To Havre cottom was at }4c , aad heavy ashes at $6.0 $8. Hay —the market was steady at 70c, a 75c. for ebip- ying. Tew. —The market for American was more quiet; sales of 50 bales of dressed were made a* $226, and 500 Lonlon of the the bales of Manila at 14c. The Mavila mail of an advence, caured by advices fron high prices ruling thera The stock in this marke’ on the lst Keptember, 1854, was stated tv be about 9,000 tales. One hundred tons Russian, Camaged by fire, wae sod by auction at £48 2 $162 pay when the company pays him. ‘These may be con- sidered trifting matters, but a shrewd stockholder will be able to draw correct inferences from even such trifies, and govern himself accordingly. After the adjournment of the board the following sales of stocks and bonds were made at auction, by A. H Nicolay :— 1000 New York and Harlem 7s, 1861 4¢ shares Esst River Bank. ¢6 Corn Exe! Bat Sessseseses S8Sa . 10 A telegraphic despatch from Albany states that the whole of the canal enlargement loan of $1,260,000, ed- Yertived for by the his been taken at ‘varying from 11234 to 116, the bulk of it being at 11834. Double the'amount offered was bid for. These ‘Ponds draw interest at the rate of sfx por cent per an We on the 1st of July, 1873. ‘The Nicaragus Transit Company, the Atlantic Steam- @hip Company (Law’s line), and the Pacific Steamship yy (Arpinwall’s), have purchased of Mr. Vander- Dilt his three steamships, the North Star, Uncle Sam, and Yonkec Blade, and they will be withdrawn from the Arpinwall and Panams route. ‘The stock of the Hatlem Railroad Company 18 very in- active. Persons disposed to buy it hold beck until they sewho will be elected president of the company. Th® Mockbokiers coverally are gnzious that Mr. Dykees should again take charge of the company. They well Temember that the result of his former management ‘Was an incressed business, an extended astock in. ‘ed im price and enhanced in value; and the credit of e company, which he found deal, wes revived aad Its Snesces 6 fm Be te just thomen a Hore were in better request at 33¢ a 85¢ per ib. Inox.— Prices ranged from $89.50 a $41 60, with alee Becta credit te Mak ote oy wire quet excepting whicd war purcbased to the extent of 19,500 at 60, esis for whole, and 780. » 80c. for a lots, pergul- Provitions.—Pork was rather firmer; 600 bbls. fetehed $'4 @ $14 1234 for mess, and $11 6234 v $21 75, Palen were made of 120 packages meats, an’ wef at steady rates; with 900 bbls. lard ae per lb. Nothing new were. Ricr.—fales of 100 Heroes dhds. Kentucky wore made at O46, 0 946