The New York Herald Newspaper, November 27, 1854, Page 4

emer ee oe ~ NEW YORK HERALD. samme Gonsee SEeuETE, | OFFICE %W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON 838. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Camiiie. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Equesrnian Pervorm- anvore—CATARACT OF THE GAnors. NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway—Tux Synen. BURTON'S, Chambers streot—Urrax Ten axv Lowen ‘Twerty—Tave oF a Tun. WATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—Eauesrmiax Puavonmances—Frencu Srv. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Brosdway—BarcuELon oF | ARre—Porrine THE QuEsTION -OUT ON THE LOOSE. METROPOLITAN THEATRE, Breadway—Huncusace— ELAINE. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afternoon — Ronaen’s Wirr— Away witn MxLaxcnoty, Evening—Everacne. WOOD'S VARIETIES—Mecharios’ Hall, 472 Broadway. BUCKLEY’S OPERA HOUSE, 539 Broadway—Bucx- | uany's Erusqrian Orera TRovrr. WOOD'S MINSTRELS—Minstrel Hall, 444 Broadway. CASTLE GARDEN—Rovesrnian Prrrormance. New York, Monday, November 27, 185 ‘ ‘To Delinquent Agents. 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The news which abe brings is of a most important and exciting ebaracter. On the 5thof November another com- ‘bined attack was made by the Russians, on the right @fthe English position, by the force under Prince Menschikoff, and on the left wing by a sortie from the @arrison. The French accounts state that the enemy ‘was repulsed with a loss of from 8,000 to 9,000 mea whilst a despatch from Prince Menschikoff asserts ‘that the right flank of the English was attacked with access and a battery taken. No official statement ie made of the loss of the allies, but it is estimated at 5,000 men. Five English Genevals had been wounded. It was reported in Paris that the Frenc government hed received a despatch announcing tha’ ‘the storming of Sebastopol had commenced on the St | ander very favorable circumstances. Previous Ras sian despatches acmit that an assanit was nade, bu’ ascert that the enemy was repulsed with gree @langbter. !t is asserted tha’ on the 4th Novemb>: the wo ks of the allies had been pushed within one hundred and fifty yards of che wa'ls, und a practicable bresch +ffected. There seome to be a confusioro @ates as to the tiret of these events—the dittle be- fore Bebestopol. It can hardiy baveo cu red on tt same day that the attempt was made to storm th: fortress. The otber festurcs of interest in these advice are limited to the announcements that dastr and P:ussia have at lengt come t> eu ua! ‘aid fing, (2% least co usseit tie German papers,) an thet ‘be 8 anich gove-niment bas resolvel avt t oede any j ortion of the territory of Spain, Ais- tia, ite ssid bas agreed to abstain from any ast in favor of the poli-y of the Weetere Powers hich woule oe Dkely to give offence (o Russia, Owing © increased receipts, aud ¢mtiaued mil weatoer, with the absence of private letiers, tne market ir common grades of flour was lowes by about 12)c. per barrel on Saturday. Upper Lake Wiest sO) at $1758 6187. iniian eora was active with evles of about 120,000 bushels *5 920 a93c.in store, acd at 94c. afloat and delivered. Po k was fim, «ith sales of meas at $1275. Cot- ton was heavy, but active; about 500 a 690 bales sold on the spot—390 of which were for exoort and 2,200 bales were sold in transitu, boand for Liver pool, and the bills for the same vego\iated through a branch of an Engiish firm in this city. The ebip Valparaiso, arrived a: this port yesterday from Mecao July 13, reports that sho left at St. Helena the bark Afton, last from Cape Lopez and Kabenda, (Africa,) with about one hundred and for ty barrels of oil on board. The bark reportei the et Mozambique there were eight hundred negroes in the siave pens awaiting conveyance to the island ofCuba, snd that the agents offered one handre and twenty thousand collars to te master of an; vessel who would take the freight, the money to be paid by a draft on a commercial nouse in this ity. Mr. R. A. Witthaus, President of tue Germaa 3o- ciety, acknowledges the receipt of six thousand four hundred dojlats, in aid of the destitute emigrants @aved from the wrecked svip New E:a, which has been distributed to one hund ed and fiftesn p gons. The sum collected having proved suifiviea' for the purpose designed, the subscription books are closed. Each of the unfortunate emigrante has be: n supplied with ample clothing and a suffi- cient sum of money totake them to their reszectiv destinations. Advices from Texas to the 16th inst. state that extensive arrangements are in progreas for activ’ Operations on the Pavific Railroad, and also that the contractors are abou’ negotiating a loan of severa! million dollars, in order to com»lete, witout de lay, the frst fifty miles of the work. The ebipments of American produce have beer on a lar,e svsle for the last few Jays, embracing about 125.000 bus! els of , 3,000 bales of cotton, ged some pa cels of flour and provisions, The ag: Sregate vaiue of these shioments has probasly amounted to alx ut $100,000 for the corn, $126,000 for the cotton, and about $30,000 or $40,000 for other articles, givinga total of about $256 000 or $266,000 for the two last business days of last week. Thi movement must tend to deoress the pric: of »! orling bills, and to check the expo:t of specie. Tus Artists’ Ex Dorapvo.—New York is de cidedly the El Dorado of foreign artists, and the same liberal spirit seems to extend all over the United States. The generosity of Ameri Gans is proverbial, and we spend more money for amusements—theatrical, operatic, and 80 forth—than any other nation on the face of the earth. The consequence is that we get all the best artists from Europe, along with some o. the second best. They are all rewarded, how- ever, according to their deserts—sometimes better. | In the best part of the season the receipts of | all the Parisian places of amusement are never over seven hundred thousand francs per month, | while st our regular theatres four thousand | dollars a night is the average, which would | make nearly as much from our theatres alone — | leaving concerts, balls, short opera seasons, and | 80 forth, out of the question. Far away on the Pacific coast, in San Francisco, they have paid | much more for amusements, in proportion to the population, than the gay French capital. And 60 it will be apparent that York is @ much better place for artists London or Parise. We have supported three full opera co wpanies here at one time 1) every variety of amusement is caters! ©) vur managers, as | may be seen ty the drac'a ‘c summary in to- day's paper. With a heathy ton: of ciiticism to tear the mask of puffery from ; retenders and imp sors the public taste may b: much improved, | and the drama will perform its recognized mis- | sion in all »ges, to amuse, refine, adorn, and beautify humanity. | Our Relations with Spain—News by the Bal- tic=Critical Posture of Affairs. In connection with he exciting intelligence from the seat of war in tue East, which we puc- | lish to-day, our full and c’r umstantial corres- pondences, and «xtracts fiom the European | journals, touching the Soulé difficulty and onr | relations with Spain, may well challeage the | spe ial attention of the American people and | the government at Washington, | Mr. Soulé had set out through France for Madrid, in pursuance, no doubt, of a pian of operations adopted at Woshington, as perfected at the congress of Ostend. ‘One of our Paris correspondents foreshadows, with interesting | minutenes:, what this plan of actionis mest | likely tobe ‘he Cuba question is to be leid | before the Cortes, (the Spanish Congress,) now | insession at Madri?. An appeal is to be made | from the ministry, the grandecs, and the in- | triguing diplomats of France and Englend, to the representativ. s of the Spanish people. The e Cortes, as constituted under the auspices of | and the late revolution, hold substantially the exe entive as well asthe legislative powers of the government. The Cuban question, therefore, is to be carried up to the Cortes Itis believed that in this body there are at least thirty re- liable d+mocrats in favor of the eession o Cuba, and a majority of pliable members, one way or another, It is further believed amoug the Parisian diplomatic circles that the present Spanish ministry cannot long survive the meeting of the Cortes—that the displace ment of the Queen and the substitution of a regency in behalf of her infant daughter, the Princess of Asturias, is likely (o follow; and that the cabinet of the regency will bea change highly advantageous to the mission of Mr, Soulé. On the otber hand, we are informed by another reliable Paris correspondent, that, ia advance of the return of Soulé to Madrid, aa important conference had been held there be- tween Gen. Espartero, M. Pacheco, and tho Englisb and French ambassadors, at which it tion for the cession of any portion of the terri- tory of S,ain. This coalition between the French and English governments and the pre- sent Spanish cabinet will, then, be the first ob- stacle to our acquisition of Cuba. It is evident that Mr. Soulé has anticipated this impediment. however, from the fact that he intends to ap- peal from ell ministerial and diplomatic hiv- drarces directly to the Cortes themselves. And what is the prospect? In connection with the critical condition of the allies before Sebastopol, and the general aspects of the Russian war, the favorable moment for a bold, dashing policy upon the Cuba question, with the Spanish government, ap pears to have arrived. The programme of Soulé is also well adapted to the existing pos ture of affairs, both at Madrid and at Sebasto- pol. He proposes sn appeal to the Cortes. If successful in obtaiving » fvorable hearing there, the present Spanish Cabinet must give way. It can have no other alternative. The next +tep will be a Cabinet ready to co-operate with the Ccrtes in the negotiation of a treaty or tle cession of Cuba to the United States. This may be easily obtained, if the Cortes de- rire it aud ore supp: rted by the people. There is, perhaps, a large majority in the Cortes pominally opposed to the cession of Cuba, But Spain is poor, wants money, and her tenure of possession to the island is very precurious and uncertain. There are thirty democrats, we vill say, in the Cortes, to begiu with, disposed to sell the island for a good round sum, including an immediate insta'ment of fifteen or twenty millions in hard cash. From the emptiness of the ‘reasury of Her | Most Catholic Majesty, there are other mem- bers of the legislative body who may be per- suaded of the exp:diency, policy and neces:ity of ceding Cuba to the United States. In view of something of this sort, the application of President Pierce to Congress, at its last ses- sion, for a discretionary contingent fund o/ ten millions, to aid in the settlemest of the Caba question, may possibly hove been made. What ever the object, it is highly probable that he wili repeat the application in his annua! message to the two houses at their re-assembling this dav week. Having, too, a surplus of thirty mii lions or so in the treasury, a contingent fund of ten millions, or even fifteen, may well be the guarantee of the treaty desired. At all events, the planof Mr. Soulé is, first, to oust the present Spanish Cabinet, and to du what he can to establish tat sort of a Spanist dynasty most favorable to the great vbjec:s ot his mission. This course, we believe, accord- ing to practice, is perfectly legitimate. When one nation is in a revolutionary condition, it ix certainly consistent with numerous precedent for the ministers of other nations to use thei most active exertions in sach a reconstructio of the government as will best advance thelr particular interests and their international policy wich the country to which they are thas accredited. Thus, in Spain, the Engli-h and the French legations have been v ry active ir the reconstruction of the Spanish governmen, both before and since the late revolution. And | why may not our minister set himself delibe- rately to work fora change to his advantaze | if the existing condition of affairs will justify | the expertinent? If he remains in Madrid « month, at any rate we my coun! upon a revolution in tie Cabinet, and perhap: a regency in lieu of the Queea. If there are obstacles in the way of a gieat desidera tum, they must be remove4. ously devotei to this «ork, why not? What is there in the usage< of modern diplomacy to prevent it? When Mr. Soulé first left Paris for M:drid. with the declaration that \¢ went out with “2 hundred millions in one hand and war in the other,”’ it was no idlethreat. He had the money and the war at his discretion. His late move mente, and the results of the congress at Os tend, prove this,’ in spite of the opposition of Marcy. Fafling, therefore, of atreaty of peace with Spain, he still may succeed in a rapture, which may answer his wishes even better thax | the quiet purchase of Cuba. It was thought at Paris that he might possibly be turned back from Madrid with his passports. Bat, upon re flection, we fear the Spanish Cabinet will have too much sagacity for that. Soulé will most probably be received; and if so, he may be ex pected to resume his diplomatic tunctions upon was jointly determined to oppose any proposi- | spared, if with the appropriation we can have | And if our sur- | plus funds in the treasury can be advantage- | ea REA ITED A A ' such a basis as will give ws Coa in less than | six months, r a rupture with “/r.nce and Spain. ! A rupture «:uld be most in accordance with | the congress at Osten! an‘ the revolutionary | league of the L-ndon rs/ugees; but a: minister | may consent to perce if Spain will agree to sell, Not otherwit.e, we ventare to say—not | otherwise. | Upon either alternative, peace or war, the | present aspect of affairs on the Continent—the dreadful work at Sebastopol—tie mpotence | of the revclut‘onary conspiracies of France, | Germany and Italy—the stubborn strength of Russia, and the suspicious attitude of Austria, all contribute to give our Minister the whip- , hand at Madrid. Consequently, we shall not | be.sarprised if we shall have acquired Cuba, | ora rupture with France and Spain, “in lese | han six months.” | Yexcting News from Europe=Andther Disae- trous Victory of the Allies. | The allies have gained another great victory ‘before Sebastopol, but i: is a victory which | like that of the monarch of Epirus, will not, we | fear, bear repetition. One or two more such | triumphs and the allied forces will melt away | like the hosts of Sennacherib. Instead of songs of triumph and shouts of exultation, this fresh success is welcomed in Evgland and France | with manifestations of don»t, anxiety, even openly expressed appreben- siens. The French Emperor imposes re- | | court, and the volatile population of Paris is for once looking grave at the alarming turn which joes in England the public mind is filled with gloomy forebodings, and even the government misgivings which it inspires. And well may the people of England and Russian war is gradually disclosing to them. In the blind calculations of their national ego- val prestige, and in the pride of their combined resources, these two great nations, which claim of civilization, have made the fatal mistake of underrating the power and resources of the formi- They fancied that a nation ot nearly seventy millions of inhabitants, hardy, vigorous, enter- in the greatness of its own destiny, was to be overawed by the terror of their threats or over- | facility as the nomadic tribes of the African de- serts, or the effeminate population of Hindos- their error. Their arms, though thus far suc- | cessful, are gradually exhausting themselves in Their strength is wasting away faster than it | can be recruited-from home, even with all the | transport by sea. _As a proof of this, we may cite the fact that out of the thirty thousand on this expedition, itis estimated that only one third of the number now remains. Betweeu losses in battle, we may presume that the same inroads bave been made on the other contia: toe partial advance made towacds the objec: of the expedition, what will they be whea the ings which the troops have already endured and whev,+mboldened by the superiority o! arrival of fresh reiuforcements, the Russians barrass and cut them up by frequently repeated ranks, not by Hundreds but by tho isands, aud each victory being infinitely more calamitou. Such, at present, is the perspective that the Crimean campaign holds out. The battle of give elsewhere—judging by the cautiously worded despatch of General Canrobert, which must have been quite as disastrous to the allies as to the Russians. It is curious that oi late, the fullest and promptest information to ‘he public, on all matters connected with the war. English and French commanders, to hold back specific statements of their losses. This is. no | their respective governments to add to the dis- ! couragement and depression which have seized eral Canrobert, for instance, takes care in his despatches to give estimates of the losses of the facilities of verifying his own, we hear nothing of t&e probable amount of those sustained by 8,000 to 9,000 men, whilst the sacrifices on the part of the allies, by which this immense ization of a well rounded period, which may mean mach, but is intended to convey in the original despatch, or is chargeable to the jealous supervision of M. Drouyn de cither case it indicates in the most marked manner tbe consciousness that matters are tak- thcir influence upon the public mind is looked forward to with apprehension. If this assamp- ing implicit credence from the French estimate of the Russian losses. It seems to us strange they attained the enormous aggregate stated by General Canrobert, only a few hundred pri- allies. We shall probably find these discre- pancies explained when the publication of the gation of the facts. Through the correspondence of the London port is attempted to be supplied—that is toray, as far as the calculations of a non-professtona' allies lost about five thousand men, the English, as usual, euffering inost. It will probably turn that their loss is nearly equal to that of the Russians. Be this as it may, the victory is sul- hensions as to the results of another such at- tack. the danger of being surrounded hy superior numbers, and of having their line of communi- occasion was near being the cose, we confess that we see but very little likelihood of their | straints uvon the upseasonable gayety of his the Crimean campaign is beginning to take ; journals do not hesitate to give utterance to the France feel troubled at the prospects which the tism, in the arrogance of their military and na- the honor of marching side by side at the head dable enemy they‘have undertaken to cope with. | prising, and impressed with a superstitious faith ; run and subdued by their arms, with the same tan. They are beginning at last to discover | prodigious though disproportionate efforts. | advantages which they possess of facility of English troops who were originally embarked the efiects of the climate, hardships, disease and gevts. If these, then, have beeu the results a winter comes to add its severity to the sufi their numbers, which are daily swelled by th: attacks, each ecgagement decimating thei: than a defeat? the 5th of November—the details of which we is as one-sided as any official document can !:e, notwithstanding ‘heir professed desire to give | @ disporition has been manifested, by both the doubt, to be attr"huted to the unwillingness of | hold of the public mind in both countries. Gen- enemy, but, although he possesses much greater the allies. M@he Russtans, we are told, lost from slaughter was effected, is covered by the general- little. Whether this suppressio veri occurs 'Huys or bis master, it matters but little, In ing rather a most unfavorable turn, and that tion be correct, we are warranted in withhold and in fact almost without precedent, that if soners should have fallen into the hands of the Russian despatches provokes a closer investi- | Zimes the omission of General Canrobert’s re. writer can be relied upon. He states that the out that this first estimate is underrated, and ficiently costly to inspire the gravest appre Exposed as the besiegers at present are to cation with Balaklava cut off, as on a recent ¢ aking Sebastdpol this winter, It is not to be supposed that with 8 pinch larger force in the | field, and encou rged b ‘he presence of the sone of their menarch, the Russians will have taken their revent Cefeat so much to heart as to be content to look despondingly on at the efforts of the invest’ng army without attempting again and again to relieve the fortress. The effect of these repeated attacks will not only be to impede the siege operations, but to so weaken and cut up the invading force as to finally com- | pel it to abandon all hope of reducing the | place. | Whilst affairs are progressing thus slowly and unsatisfactorily for the allies in the Crimea, their pro:pects do not seem to be improving on the side of Germany. if we are to believe the German /ourna's, Austria and Prussia have at length come t» an understanding on the Eastern question—that is to say,an openly avowed one, for it is not quite clear that they have no: been all along carrying an an under- hand game, whil:t making an ostensible parade of their differences. It is affirmed tnat Austria has agreed to abstain from any act in favor of the policy of the Western Powers which would give offence to Russia—an assertion whigh derives prvbability not only from her traditional fa:tblessne:s, but from the direct personal in- terest which she bas in retaining possession of the Priceipalities in the capacity of an armed wediator. One of the’principal objects of Lord Palmerston’s visit to Paris is, no doubt, to come to some understanding with the Freach Empe- ror as to the measures which it may be neces- sary to resort to to put an end to this cautious attitude of the two leading German States, which is more embarrassing than their active hostility, since it leaves them free to watch the current of events and to cast their weight into whichever scale the balance of forcune inclines. In the presence of such facts, it becomes ne- cetsary for us to prepare for the incidental in- fluences which a long protracted European war islikely to bring to bear upon our political and commercial prospects. On our judicious employment of the chances that it will open to us, will depend the most important branch of the mission assigned to us as the propagan- dists of the demecratic principle, whilst the in- flux which it will bring us, of population and capital, must contribute largely to our material prosperity. THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Interesting from Washington. THE FORTHCOMING MESSAGE—MR SOULE—THE Pa- CIFIC RAILROAD—THE OSTEND CONFERENCE—BASE CONDUOT OF COL. FORNEY—THE CASE OF CAPTAIN GIBSON—BELMONT’S INEFFICIENCY, ETC. Wasuineton, Nov. 26, 1854. The President’s message, which is already completed, is to be kept back till the last moment, for fear some war- like intelligence should be received before next Monday week which would render it necessary.to change its tone in speaking of our foreign relations, The message, as completed, it is understood, is rather quiet, suggesting no ulterior steps as regards Spain, but simply stating the result of the negotiations up to this point, namely; a total failure in receiving any satisfactory apology or explanations for the Black Warrior and other outrages. ‘The President is determined—that is, as far os it is pos- sible for a person of his peculiar organization to have a decided opinion—that Congress must take the responsi- bility of any proceedings against Spain; whilst at the same time the Message will be filled with the usual amount of high-sounding nonsense which has charac- terized Mr. Pierce’s former messages and his editorials in the Union. . ‘The greatest alarm is felt by the Cabinet for fearSoulé should manage to kick up a row, and force the President to recommend the adoption of hostile measures. Even Marcy believes that if Soulé is treated with disrespect it must be viewed as ‘‘a national insult,’’ whilst the contingency of his demanding his passports and quit-* ting Spain will be tantamount to a declaration of war. Of course the Cabinet are not quite se ignorant as not to understand that under ordinary circumstances the dismissal of a Minister would afford no reasonabje ground for belligerent proceedings; but they believe that the pos'tion which they have taken, that the acquisition of Cuba is a cardinal point in their policy, leaves no resource open but to quarrel with Spain upon the slightest pre- text. The good sense of Congress is all that the country has to rely upon. / The delay in finishing the reports of the different sur- veys acrors the continent will afford the President an opportunity of avoiding committing himself upon the Pa- cific Railroad question in the forthcoming Message. The announcement of the intended change in the Cabi- net, which appeared in the Herap, created quite a flut- ter here. It is unquestionably true, and if the Prosi. dent only “sticks” to his present intention Mr. Cushing will be in the State Department before February. ‘A call will be made at an early day in the session for the joint despatch written by Messrs, Soulé, Mason and Buchanan, as the result of the conference at Ostend, re- commending the declaration that the United States must either purchase or take Cuba at once. Itis not probable the document will be forthcoming, however, as the Presi- dent does not intend to adopt its warlike advice. Your publication of the contents of Mr. Buchanan’s letter to Mr. Forney, last Tuesday, was read with sur prise, as it was known the letter in question was private, and that Mr. Forney must have betrayed confidence in showing it. However, he did show it to several, and its substance was correctly given in the Heratp. ‘lie ad- ministration must expect very little sympathy or sup- port at Mr. Buchanan’s hands when he returns home in the spring. But is it not strange he should have abused Sickles, calling him lazy and incompetent, and even taking sides against him in the Peabody affair? Is Buchanan.os two-faced as the rest of the politiciens? Capt. Gibson’s case is in a bad way, and we would not give a sixpence for his chance of getting any indemnity. The matter stands thus: Mr. Belmont was instructed to make a peremptory demand of the Dutch government for a pecuniary indemnity—$100,000—for the outrages committed upon Capt. Gibson in the Netherland Indies; am! (he Captain himself was despatched by the State Department to spur Belmont up. As far as the corres- pondence goes, it shows a very fair record for Mr. Bel mout, though the speech of the Dutch government to- wards the close, in which they unconditionally refuse any indemnity, can only be accounted for upon t's sup- povition that our Charge had a private understanding with the Dutch Minister, that our demand ‘was all gam: mon, and meant nothing. The Dutch government hav- ing refused any satisfaction for the outrage, Mr. Belmont communicates the result to Washington, with ‘he re. mark that, having made the demand according to hisin structions, and meeting with no success, he turns the matter over to the State Department, having e..hausted all the means at his disposal to press it further. One would suppose that the course our government should pursue under these circumstances was plainly indicated. They first directed Mr. Belmont to make a peremptory demand for indemnity, That being refused, diplomatic intercourse thould at once have been, broken off, and the matter refused to Congress, with a recom- mendation that ulterior steps should be taken. But the people here have a different way of arranging their busi- ness, Capt. Gibson, some weeks ago, drew up a memo- rial stating all the facts, and recapitulating all the steps which had been taken, and requesting the Secretary of State to inform him whether the matter was now to be dropped or pressed to the solution to which the govern- _ ment was connected by their instructions to Belmont. What think you was the reply? Why, that the President was very busy, and that he could not attend to tho subject till after the meeting of Congress, if then. Without éndorsing the position taken by the adminis. tration in the first instance—the demand for immediate indemnity—it is yet evident that, having taken that ground, not to follow it up is cowardly and weak to a degree even annoying in the Pierce Cabinet. Mr. Bel- mont was directed to threaten the Dutch government, under the impression that they would be frightened into compliance. But, instead of being frightened, (thanks doubtless to Belmont’s private assurance,) they snap their fingers, and swear they won't pay aguilder. Mr. Pierce at once recedes, and appears, in the eyes of the world, as a mere blusterer, ready enough to bully, but turning cowardly away upon the least show of resistance. Sery few members of Congress have yet asrived. + | from Geargia were arriving with carts and implements News from Texas. ! + eat THE PACIFIC RAILROAD—DEATH OF MAJOR WOOD, ETC. © To me k ‘ov Tux Naw Yor Hi es Barrimore, Nov. 26, 1853. By the arrival of the Southern mail, this evening, we have received New Orleans papers of Sunday and Mon- day, containing dates from Texas up to the 16th inst. The ship Middlesex arrived at Aransas, Texas, on the 7th inst., in fifteen days from New York, with govern- ment stores and three hundred and forty-five recruits for . the United States army. Some thirty of them had de- serted on arriving at Aransas, and from four to eight of them were drowned on board a lighter on their way to Corpus Christi, The Marshall Meridian learns that two hundred hands to commence work on the Pacific Railroad. It also states that the contractors are negotiating a loan of from two to three millions of dollars, and that fifty miles of the road is to be built immediately. | The Register says that the yellow fever was stillon | the increase at Lavaca, and that there had been six deaths during the week. The same paper aunounces the death of Major Wood, United States Quartermaster, at ‘The health of Galveston is fully restored. Indianola, from yellow ever. ja | Arrest of a Counterfelter. Prrrsuvne, Nov. 25, 1854. A man by the name of Peter Grundy, who keeps an oyster cellarat the foot of Wood street, in this city, was arrested to-day for passing bogus coin, and, on searching his premises large quantities of counterfeit half dollars were found, andalso a complete apparatus for coining. Markets. | Burrato, Nov. 25—6 P.M. | Flour—The receipts since our last have been quite large, but the bulk of them are consigned through. A driving storm, which prevailed throughout the day, checked business, The éales amount to xbout 700 bbls., at prices ranging from $8 6234 « $9 for common ehcice, and fancy brands of Michigan, Ohio and Indi Wheat—The supply of wheat is good, and the rece are on the ineres Holders are anxious to iealize, prices are unchanged. Sales 1,000 bushels Upper Lake, at $1 50; white Michigan is nominally at $2. Coru—Of corn the supply is pot large, but large receipts are ex- pected daily. There is no demand for through shipment, it not being eonsidered safe to ship by canal any longer. Sales 4,000 bushels, at 70c. Oats—Oats are in good sup- ply, but dull. Quotations are nominally 41c. a 42c. Whiskey—Whiskey is a shade easier, Sales 80 bbls., at B8c. Receipta for the last twenty-four hours—11,602 bbis. flour, 61,128 bushels wheat, 22,972 do. corn, 1,740 do, barley, 212'do. rye, and 6,500 do. oats. . Provipence, Nov. 25, 1854. Cotton has been in fair demand for spinners’ use | uring the week at irregular prices. The market is | quite bare of wool, especial of fine fleeces. Prices ara | the same as last week. Sales $5,500 lbs. For printing cloths the market has been dull. Prices are unchanged. The sales of the week amount to but 5,000 pieces. Later from Hayti. { HEALTH OF PORT AU PRINCE—SANITARY REPORT OF | THE 1SLAND—MARKETS—A HEAVY ROBBERY—EX- | PECTED ALTERATIONS IN THE TARIFF. By the arrival of the bark Roderick Dhu, Capt. Linds’ | ley, from Port au Prince, we have dates to the 9th of No vember, Capt. Lindsley reports that the city was very healthy. Health is generally good through the island, (that is, the Haytien part.) . Logwood was scarce and very dear at the time of sail- ing. Also coffee, owing to the heavy rains. There was aheavy robbery committed about“ the last of October, at Jacmel, in the house of 8. A. Bean & Sons, amounting to’.$10,000 in gold and $8,000 in national money. There will shortly be published some very important alterations in the tariff of Hayti. Marine Affairs. The steamship Alps did not sail for Liverpool on Sat- urday, as erroneously stated. She left on the Sth yt. and arrived out the 25th. Ship Valparaiso, of Philadelphia, Rennell ( report- ed elsewhere), Macao, July 13, Booth and Edgar, left at Whampoa ships Amity and Hindoo, for New ship Celestial, from Batavia for Padang; September 23; York ; schr Lightfoot, do.; August 8, in the Célebes Sea, crew mutined ; 22d, off Angier, passed passed Cape of Good Hope; October “8, anchored off James town, St. Helena; stopped for provisions; 9th, erew broke out in open mutiny, assaulting captain, officers and aon- sul; lth, proceeded to sea, leaving five of the ring- lenders of the revolt on the island; shipped others in their places, Left at St. Helena; bark Ripple, Morgan, in from a cruise, with about 400 barrels of oil, to sail on the 10th, to cruise south ir. Oxford to sail in two days for he coast of Africa; bark Afton, Archer, last from Cape Lopez and Kabenda, with about 140 barrels of oil, put in for some more men, bound to the Mozambique Channel; an hermaphrodite brig, sent in in charge of a prize crew n suspicion, having on board shucks, provisions, master nd mate on board; sent in by H.B.M. steaffiship Philomel; ctober 21, caw a whaling ship showing a signal, white with black stripe and the letters (J. W.), bound &., Lat. 14 40 N., lon. 46 50; spoke brig San Francisco, from Rio for New York. The Valparaiso has experienced heavy weather on the passage. Police Intelligence. Charge of Robbing Dwelling Houses.—Officer Maynard, of the Fifth ward police, arrested a young fellow named Charles Butler, ona charge of having entered several dwelling houses, and stealing therefrom articles of jew- elry. He is charged by Mary Richmond, of No. 35 White street, with stealing from her a box of diamonds and Jewelry, valued at $110, on the 12th inst. He ir also charged with obtaining admission to the home of Walli Straub, No. 20 Elm street, and stealing from the premises about $100 worth of jewelry, consisting of a gold watch and chain, gold pencil case, &e. Most of the property. thus stolen has been recovered from the various persons to whom Butler had either sold or given it. A Ger- man named Frederick Wirth, was arrested on charge of receiving a portion of the stolen property, with the guilty knowledge that it was dishonestly obtained. Both prisoners were taken before Justice Osborne, and remand- ed for further examination. with Stealing Flour from a Vessel.—Officer Kelly, of the Sixth ward, arrested a man named James Riley, captain of a lighter, charged with stealing six bar- rels of flour belonging to Lott & Moulton, and stored in the ship Russell, now lying at pier 17 East river. It ap- pears that a quantity of flour was put on board defer f ant’s vessel, for a portion of which, namely, six barrels, he has not yet accounted. He was taken before Jus- tice Orborne yesterday, who committed him for further “Charge af St ting a Cask of Spirits.—A med a fealing @ -—A man nai Michael Kerr, who keeps a liquor store in East. Twenty- — vee be rohaeey ba ape carecri of the ywer police cou: wi ving stolen a of irits valued at $57, from Joseph S. pits of te. 8 mn street. It is alleged thatfKerr sent a carman to take away the liquor before ‘ad bought the same or had obtained the leave of the owner for its removal. He was taken before Justice Osborne, who committed him for trial in default of $500 bail. Brooklyn City Intelligence. Fire ix South Brooktyy.—On Saturday night, about ten o’clock, a fire broke out ina frame building on Sea- bring street, near Van Brunt, which was occupied as a planing mill and box manufactory by William H. Watson. ‘The building was soon entirely in flames, and making a great light, attracted the attention of firemen in New York and Williameburg, who came over to lend a helping hand. Those companies noticed present were Hose Co. No. lof New York, and Engine Co. No. 4 of Williams- burg. The building was entirely consumed, with tents, consisting of engine, machinery, and materi: The loss reaches about $10,000, supposed to be insui for about half that amount. Severai dwelling hou in the neighborhood were somewhat scorched. Funsrat Discourse—Taz Lats Rev. Dr. SPENOKR.—Tho remains of Rev. Dr. Spencer, late the pastor of the Secon} Presbyterian church in m, were taken to church in Clinton street yesterday, and a funeral dis- course was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Spring. A number of the clergy of different denominations were present, as wellas a large congregation, many of whom conld no: get into the building. The borly will be taken to Green: wood Cemetery, to-day, for interment. ~ Jersey City News. EXAMINATION ON A CHARGE OF ARSON.—Patrick Don- nelly, who was arrested on the charge of setting the building at the corner of Grove and Montgomery streets, on fre, on Thursday nigMt, or Friday morning, was ex- amined before Recorder Cutter, on Saturday, and ac- quitted. It appeared from the evidence, that the fire broke out at half past twelve o’clock on Friday morning ; when the firemen and police entered the building, they found a heap of coals lying under the counter shelf, against the partition wall between this and the adjoin- ing house ; just above this pile of coals was a hole, eighteen inches square, from which the coals had appa- reetly fallen; between the two houses, the weather- boarding and lathing was.on fire, all of the way up to the roof One witness testified to having heard a person in the third story, just before the ‘was given, walking about without shoes, Donnelly he his store at noon, and had not been into it, fire was discovered ; the opening in the wall there, he said, for of a fight of wtaire ; $800 was on furniture,*and $760 on the stock, was low, not worth over $600. The evidence ison An whe ye nies ja: com! A through the Legislature of te an- Sex paether ward to Jecsey Gity, to. be, culled Fifth ward, Lea ne vn of hear ~ Mee rey oa the north by of New Jersey oad, om the east Conarentben [lame ‘ond the Neien Plauk Roce, apd op the wort by the River, J | and after enjoying a short lived | upon the surface of | local cause or a vitiated constitution. Who thinks of | treating an ulcer on the leg aya~ io Ow iis improved. purity of the blood follow an improved appetite ; on that, proved on improved nutrition, increase of atrength—with subsi- . dence of hectic fever and night sweats. Ihave ro fre- juently witnessed all proofs of amendment follow that T ct regund tay, casey Bewever Seapine, oa eann ag beyond the reach of rie, ving promoted free the next sought tn to allay on wi the mi depends. name giver: ‘to this irritated condition ef mucous membrane of the lungs, in relieved by inhalations of an alter- ative and . A ly and general improvement in the color and quantity of the expectorated ; the Ay speode 1» mope comfortable,” He tat be pan Urentae Medie Ga-the Cane <f Commnmmiption, 60, BY Sir—As the treatment of diseases of the lungs by in- halation ii the earnest attention of the public and the ughout the United States, a few explanation: reference to what is meant by inhala- tion, and the method of its em) im pulmonary diseases, seems urgently to be ca ; If there be, in the ills to which humanity is liable, one which pre-eminently claims the attention of the public and thé profession, it is that m affection popu- =~ known as consumption. The 80 that scarce an individual can be found who has not in it, either in his own person or among his nearest relatives or friends, # direct and painful interest. Surely, thea, ‘no apology can be necessa * for asking a prominent in the columns of the leading journals of the day for « few common-sense observations on its treatment, The object of my remarks will be bring under the notice of the unfortunate many who are etd from pulmonary diseases, the t efficacy of a great application of medicines to the lungs by inhalation. ‘The treatment of chronic diseases having their seat ia the respiratory organs, may be divided into three me~ thods. These age a wane shrines through the stomach, and acting upon the en! system, Second, by counter irritants to the outside sure face of the chest; and, third, by medicines applied to the internal surface ot the lungs by inhalation, whoroby they are brought into immediate contact with the parts These are the ouly avenues we can employ to | act upon the affected organ, and the merits of each must rest upon the success which directly springs frow its em- plo: een. The two former are erally combined to- oe her, and form what wili call, for the sake of distinc~ ion, the “usual practice’’ of the profession, It is scarcely necessary to allude to the various reme- dies that have been, irom time to time, administered through the stomach for the cure of consumption. Mer- cury, antimony, taraxacum, lactucarium, sarsaparilla, digitalis and prime acid, one atter another have bea brought into use, under the sanction of some great name, popularity, have sunk in into oblivion. Within the past few years, a new remedy has arisen—the “Cod Liver Qil.”’ “Three years ago the demand for this article was so enormous that to satisfy it every variety of vegetable and fish oils was pressed into service, properly seented with ‘strong old cod,’’ and caretully put ap io pint bettles, aud labelled, “Pure Cod Liver Gil,” below which there was @ para- graph setting forth the rare and peculiar virtues very excellent and orthodox remedy. A few years have assed, and alas, this, tov, like all its predecessors, has ation, and is fast sinking into entire ne- jay is not far distant when it will be regard- without curative virtue, and when to : erreee) Satapathy abe ee be consi a proof of unmitigated stupidity and ignorance. i Principles direct- in regard to these remedies, as false ed their administration, whatever their yirtues might have been, the result could not have been less thaw complete failure. They were intended to act em the lungs, and yet were applied to the stomach! ‘Their ae- ion was intended to be local, and yet they were adminia- tered in such a manner that they could only act consti- tutionally, expending thelr prineiple and immodiate action on the unoffending stomach, while the foul ulcers within the lungs were left unmolested. There is no principle in medicine better established than this, vis.: that all local diseases require a loca remedy. is Paty od is acted on in regard to ulerrs e body, whether they arise from a by, a dressing applied to the stomach? Again, in rd to the mucous membrane, which is the same in the lungs asin the eye, throat, stomach and bowels. How does the oculist treat chronic inflammations and ulcerations of the eye? By strin~ gent and alterative washes. applied directly to the iscased surface. This practice orthodox, and must. forever remain so, because it is successful, If this principle be true in regard to ulcerations in the mucous membrane in the bowels, inthe stomach, and im the throat, it must also be true {n regard to the ulcera- tion of the same membrane in the lungs. It would be illogical, and therefore absurd, to deny this self-evident truth, even if we lacked facts to sustainit. But, for- tunately, not only is this principle consonant with all our ideas of the proper treatment af local maladies, but it is further supported and proved by the cheering and unprecedented succes! which has attended it in the treatment of consumption: To return to the consideration of remedies adminis- tered through the stomach. I do ‘not hesitate to say that, so long as this principle airects the treatment of medical men, consumption will pursue its onward course, and science seek in vain for an antidote sufficiently po- tent to stay its desolating career. Of cod liver oil I would remark, that itis a good whole. some nutriment, and one that scems particularly adapted to that condition of the system characterized by emaci- ation, with a Joss of tone in the stomach. m the stomach is unable to digest food, the system sen ~ the power of absorbing aud assimilating the oil, and of deriving support from it, It is Si sopitcalis, however, to the same condition of the system, arising from other dis- eases, and in no case can rite be regarded in any other light than as an article of food. It has bee: ractice of medical men to rub into the chest, alternately, “Tartar Emetic Ointment’? and ‘‘Cro- ton ”? with the view of withdrawing the disease from the lungs. These applications, in a great ity of cases, are positively injurious. They produce and itritation of the system, and wi there be pleu- ritic pains, the torture they occasion is not only a source mischief, by interfering with the free and proper oxpase yy inter wi e: * sion of the lungs. i oc Before entering on the consideration of medicinal nhalations, 1 will brietly glance at the influence of ‘climate,’ falling, as it properly does, under the head of a remedial means, acting through the 1 . Whatever virtue there may be in the air in the vicinity of-pine forests, undoubtedly arises from the resinous and balsa- mic emanations with which the atmosphere is impreg- rated, and which the patient inhales. In some instances hese emanations are of undoubted advantage, but gen- rally they prove too stimulating; and in those cases where any tendency to irritation of the lungs exists, I +m satistied injury must result rather than benefit. The same may be said of the vapor of the “sugar house,’? and the malaria of districts subject to the ague. Benellt | Laving resulted in afew a aiens these influences, has induced patients to rush to them without consider: ing that that benefit ts only to be expected under pre- | Fs similar conditions of the lungs; while injury must inevitably result from all cases of Sifferent fait hens l approach the consideration of ‘‘ climate” with some hesitation, because here, again, I must join issue with | the prejudices of the public and the practice of the pro- fecalon, Without any rd to the circumstances of | the patient, or the stage of his disease, it has become the custom to prescribe *‘ change of climate.”’ Nothing car be more cruel to the sufferers than this. In even the | earliest stages of consumption, climate has but little in- fluence; especially true is this if there has been spitting of blood. After this symptom has made its appearance, I never knew a case where anything beyond a temporary — Stain ica meso ery ne eve 8. ere is much coug] pains in the chest, indicating {rritation of the pleura, or if avy part of the cl gounds dull on “ ”? the dis- ease will only be hastened by the tedium and priva- tions of the journey. And even where none of these symptoms are present, the only be re- garded as placing the patient more favorable cir- cumstances for treatment. In the advanced si of consumy after hectic fever has occurred, ayes of ‘cance en inhumanity can possibly be greater than to send the sufferer wandering over the earth. Many are led to believe they wil forget their Cares and And chee tor thaiteralasie ir cares an a cure ma i$ where the air bears a balm “ ie water ree the hectic unite in ministering to their rience soon dissipates “‘into air, delusion. They discover neither the of Promise, nor the cure for which they are in search; but they | learn, amid bitter regrets, that they must bear the fa- fee a rivations of a long journey, and then hasten ome — . Dr. Forbes, editor of the British and Foreign Medical Review, tells us that during a residence of five years: at Penzance, a place very much resorted to by consump- tives, he is sorry to say that in the a8 majority of cases the change of ite was not cial. In no case of well-detined consumption did he witness a cure, or even a bape soy » that could be fairly at- tributed to climate! And Sir James Clark, the present physician to the Queen, bears similar testimony to the most favored resorts on the European continent. Why, then, do medical men continue to disgrace their profession Ly recommending to invalide in Advanced 8 change of climate as ir 1 wi in reality it is their almost certain destruction?” I do not mean to be understood as condemning the use of medicines through the stomach in pulmonary dis- eases, when administered for the palliation of ic ap coy but merely their use as a remedy for the eure of thore diseases. Their proper use is by no means in- consistent with inhalation. But temporary relief may be derived from #uch means, it is only by cireetly applying remedies to the diseased organ that wny permanent good can be reasonably expected to re- cult treatment. It is surely more rational to ex- J benefit from medicines that are breathed into and brought in contact with the whole internal cavity of the ungs, than from those which are administered fatough he stomach. me Now, rational inhalation is but the application of this rinciple, in the simplest and most direct manner possi- le, to diseases of the lungs. Chronic dispases of the Lrain and of the heart are almost always mortal, b cause they cannot be reached by in a less degre sum mm, also, 18 improved, and