The New York Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1854, Page 4

Coenen eremiissnsiaisiisieaeiaasuiiere mariah Dalal aia in eiiliall NEW YORK HERALD, JAMES GORDON SENNETT. QUFICE N. W. CORNER NASSAU AND FULTON gs. TERMS, cash in adoance. Y HERALD, 2 vents ~$1 per annum. FHE WEERLY HERALD svory Bstotiny OK cents per sanum; the Buropern B-tition $4 per annum, reat Brituda, and $5 to any part of the Con- dude CuAGre SENT Us. "ERS by Mall or B or with Adver- it patd, or fi seieds Ot be ila fro noesy combed: ONO NOTICE token anonymous communications. We do “JOB PRINTING executed with neatnese, cheapness, and “Bit VERTISEMENT'S renewed every day. Celume XIX... AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. Y THEATRE, Brosdway—Bucuren Bane Niewr’s dnmam. Se BOWERY THEATRE, Bowory—Equasrnian Pemroun- amore A Guaapian Anogi—Pappy THe Pirsr—Jack ‘Surrranv. MIBLO’S GARDEN, Brosdway—Tux Svrex. BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers strest—Urrzn Tax amp Loens Teasers AroLLe in New Yon. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broad: SP TLEMAR FROM Fasiaxc—Two ro Ona—AntruL Dovexs, METEOPOLITAN THEATRE, Brosdway—Souamri. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afterncon—Duma Man or Man- emperzn. Svoning—Huncusack. ‘WOOD'S VARIETI£S—Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broadway. BUCKLEY'S OPERA Suv’o Evmorian Orena ‘WOOD'S MIN: OUSE, 539 Broadway—Bucx- OUPE. 1 Hall, 444 Broadway. New York, Fr! ‘The News. ‘Fhe proceedings in the Senate yesterday were un- interesting. A memoris! fromthe New York Cham- Der of Commerce, asking for an expedition to rr- Beve Dr. Kane, was referred. A resolution direct ing inquiry as tothe expediency of abolishing th» bespital tax on seamen was adopted. Several unim- portant bills were passed, and the Senate adjourned @ Monday. In the House yesterday Mr. Cutting introduced a joint resolution suthorizing the President to adopt measures to procure the erection of a lighthouse on @ape Race. The importance of tris saggestion car. mot be underrated, and it shouid be acted on with- out any unnecessary delay. The memorial of the ew York Chamber of Commerce relative to th> Kane expedition, being the same as that offered in the Senate, was presented by Mr. Wheeler. In Com- mittee of the Whole the discussion on the Nebraska question was renewed, Mr. Stephens of Georgia denying that the result of the recent State elections indicated a decire on the part of the people for the sepeal of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, He was replied to by Mr. Campbell of Onio, and Washbarne of Iili- mois. The debate was very spirited and exciting. Onur correspondence from Washington, published todoy, will be found very interesting. A copy of the provisions of Mr. Bocock’s bill for encourag: tag enlistments in the navy, ard to ensure better discipline in the service, is given. It provides re- wards for good condu:t, and punishment by con- fieement and forfeitures of pay and privileges for minor offences. The steamship Prometheus arrived at New Or- Jeans yesterday, with California dates to the 24th it, one hondred and sxty passenger, and on: million in treasure. The general news ia unimpor. tant. Business at San Francisco coatinned about ‘the same as at previous advices, but in the interior ‘was greatly depressed. The miners had suffered severely for want of rain, of which less than an average quantity had fallen. The loss of the whale- ship City of New B:dford is revorted, bat no pa - ticulars are given. Tne war steamer Susquehanns would leave San Francisco on the 24th insi., fur this city. From Oregon the accounts of the atrocities of the Indians are melancholy. The Suokes hat attacked an emigrant train, and murdered the ev- tire party. Our advices from Havana are to the 8th inst., but the inteltigence, though interesting, cannot be regarded as important. Our correspondence, pu’ - Mehed in another colamn, gives an epitome of the enrrent news of the week previous to the departure of the steamer, The commander of the brig L’ls piegle, at Havane, stated that when at Jamaica he received a letter from the British Consul at Carthi- gena, dated October 10, which mentioned the! the akop-of war Albany was at that port at the ayove ae. Warrants were issued yesterday by Commission Morton for the arrest of certain parties charged with forcibly expelling the agents of the owners of the ship New Era, lately wrecked on the Jersey coast. and taking possession of her. Officers were sent @own in a steamer to arrest the wreckers. A meeting of property owners affected by the preposed Bloomingdale squa-e was held last even ing. It will be seen by tho report of the proceed imgs thet the contewplated improvement is re garded with great disfavor, and that the objection- wrged against it are certainly sufficiently importin ‘te command serious consideration. ‘Thomas Fiancis Meagher delivered an eloquen* Ieeture last evening in the Broadway Tabernacic on the life and times of Danie! O'Connell. Therv were fully three thousand persons present. ‘The jory in the case of Tacker, tried in the King: @ounty Conrt of Oyer and Terminer for the warder ef his son, failed to agree upon a verdict after forty. four hours deitberation, aod were yesterday dis eharged. They stood seven for conviction and fiv- for acquittal. The Boardof Aldermen transacted a considers able amount of business lastevening. Claims were received from different parties, amounting to ove: $24,000, for injuries to property by the proposed improvement in Canal and Walker streets. Peti done were received from parties desirous of hariny the few City Hall boilt in Madison square. Coa- munications were received from the Comptroller, stating the amount of money expended in defend. Dg suits against the city, and setting forth hi- yeasons for refusing to pay $200,000, the amount of the draft of the Schod) Commissioners. A resola- thon was offered calling on the special committee 9n bui!ding the new City Hall to repors on the ex pedwncy of adding two stories to the present Ci'7 Halt, and making other,improvemerts. It was rv- ferred to the committee, The property clerk of the first district was dirsoted to furnish the Board with an account of property al’eged w have been molen within three mouths, and the dispositivn made of the same. The old Reynolds contract was ealied from the table ani setsied,and a new sa teact was directed to be advertised for for tiv years. Aresolntion was adopted for convening + special meeting of the Bowrd for Tuesday nex, for ‘the purpose of appointing police and civil clerks. The Board of Conncilmen met last evening, end had under consideration some papers ro'ative to the better working of the different departments, Neno ef them, however, were of any public importance Yesterday morning, shout six o'clock, a fire took in the confectiouery establishment of Cuno- cilman Wild, sitoated at No, 451 Broadway, de- | stroying the rear buildivg, ani cousiderab!y tajar- | ing the adjoining property, ovasing a destrnction of | property to the amount of several thousand dollars. | A reportof the fire will be foaud clsewhere. | ‘The flour market for all grades of State brands } oentinued firm yesterday, with fair sales, Among | the transactions were abou! 2,000 bbls. Canadian, | sold in bond for export at $9. Whea was steady, ‘but without sales of ‘mportance. Corn sold freely at 95c. 8 960. the latter figure for Southern new | jellow, delivered, which wa an daarce. The | transactions +mbrac-d considerable lo's or ¢xoort. | Mess pork sold at $12 87 a% 3, and la d at l0c. a 10k. The market for oo ton was unsettled, and | . aca conkd not have been probably forced short «i ® Cocline of fall one-fourth of a cen: , er Ib. Decemaber 15, 1854, ‘The Abelition Journals and the Slavery Quer | plentation be ceneame! by fire, ‘r+ ok in the tiom—Nerthern and Seuthern Slavery. ‘The anti-slavery organs of the North, thoagh tea w thowt m urance. ‘We apprebend ‘bet t'ere are many among considerably paralyzed by the recent move- | our anti-slavery peop e who will cease to re- | ments of the Know Nothings, and the late de- | feat of the free seil emigration society sqaatcera in the Territory of Kansas, still favor ua with an occasiona) Jeremiad upon the horrible iusti- tution of Southern slavery in a social or poli- tical view. The latest exposition of ‘his kind is founded upon certai etatistica from « supplemental of ficial document on the census, ust published, from which it appears that the slaveholders and slaves in the Southern States may be summed up a8 follows :— Holders of 1 slave. . Holders of 1 and und 06, Holders of 5 and under 10... 80,686 Totals .... eee ata 255,188 Slave- holders. Holdera of 10 and under 20.. 54,695 Holders of 20 and under 60.. 29,733 Holders of 50 and under 160, 6,194 Holders of 100 and under 206 1,479 Holders of 200 and under 300 187 Holders of 300 and under 500 Holders of 500 & under 1,000 9 Holders of 1,000 aod over... 2 av. 1508 31090 Lee Oe Te 92,267 2,626,030 856,168 898, 382 Grand totals ......ee00 cee 247,445 3,520,412 It is assumed that some 80,000 of these slave- holders, or Jess than one-fourth of the whole number, control the politics of the South and of the general government—the South con- trolling the North at Washington through the said eighty thousand slavebolders. We have no doubt that many deluded people on the slavery question will read “over the above statistics, and the estimate deduced from them, with sensations of sar prise, mortification and shame—with sur’ prise that the destinies and policy, foreign aud domestic, of this mighty republic of twenty- five millions of souls, are managed by eighty thousand slaveholders; and with sensations of mortification and shame that the free North should tamely consent to this moat extraordi- nery slayeholding despotism. Our credulous Northern anti slavery fanatics, shocked at the social depravities of Southern slavery as they have rccived them, will be puzz’ed to know how such a degrading and demoralizing insti tution can wield such unlimited power among ® people so intelligent and free as the millioas that are required to give shape and direction to our political affairs. Let us briefly look into this. If Southern slavery were the horrible institution depicted by the abolition journals, and if Southera slaveholders were the ungodly aristocracy of semisavages they are represented. to be, their influence in our national affairs, would indeed be wonderful and shawe- ful. But the “peculiar inatitution” of tne South, though a more fixed and definite form of slavery than the servitude of the North, is practically, if the census may be relied upon, fer less deplorable in its results. So, too, if Southern slaveholders constitute an all-power- fal aristocracy in their section, we have an aristocracy in the North even more despotic and powerful. It is the same thing in another form—sn aristocracy of capital. In the South the capitalists are slaveholders—in the North taey are bankers, financiers, manufacturing and other corporations. In the South, the iustitution of slavery and the affairs of the slaveholding aris tocracy work reguilitrly, smoothly, and cou- paratively free from those dreadfal fluctuations between capital and labor which ia the North, are so productiveof suffering and crime. As between Southern slavery and Northern servitude iet us take for example a cotton fac tory at Lowell and a Georgia cotton planta- tion. Ia the vitiated atmosphere of the fac- tory the operatives work some fourteen hours per doy——on the cotton plantation the slaves labor in the wholesome air of the open fields from sun to eun, with liberal intervale for rest and refreshment. If the factory opera- tive becomes disqualified for service—alas! too frequently—no other alternative is left the poor unfortunate than the almshouse or star- vation. If the plantation slave becomes dis- abled from accident, or from disease, or the in- firmities of age, he has a lien upon his master’s plantation, and is provided for. His healt and his master’s interest go together. Sach ns these are among the practical differences he- tween Northern servitude and Southern slavery. But the most striking difference is ia this—that the cotton factory shortens the life of the operative, while the laborer upon the Southern plantation not uafrequently survives to the good old age of s hundred years. Look we at the working, in the aggregate, of the Southern ss compared with the Northerp aystem of servitude, and that of the South pre- sents itself in a still more favorable light. The corporation of a cottcn factory fails, 2 thousand poor people are instantly thrown ous of employment, many with families, and most of them with no other means than their daily labor for their daily bread. Oar money market is tight—very tighbt—the work on roads and canals, and in manufacturing and all business operations, is fearfully reduced Thensands of laboring people are thus thrown out of work, the most pradent among them baving scarcely more than the scanty sixpenny savings of the last summer for the winter's tubsistence. And this is not the worst of it The worst is yet tocome. But, even as it ix we venture to say that there is more positive suffering, more distress and crime, resul) from the evils of destitution alone, among the poor of this city of New York with its seven tondred thousand souls, than can be found among all the three millions and five hundred thousand slaves of the South from all causes combined. There is no conflict between the slaveholdiug aristocraey of the South and their inborers. Their interests are biended, and they work har- monionsly together. There is a continual con- | flict between enpital and labor in the North, and continual flactuations in the money mar | ket, resulting from shinplaster inflations or contractions, invariably producing ruin and misery to the working classes, from which ali classes in the South—whites and blacks— are comparatively exempt. Our penitea- tiaries and jeils, asylums and = aims houses, are filled to overflowing—thoneaud< of men, women and children sre perir ing around us for want of bread,.w! le our mer- chants are exporting it abroad. All these things are the practical results of the straggle between capital and Jabor- between the em ployers and their workmen in the North, inevi- tably weakening the laborer and strengiteviny the capitalist as his merciless master. These evils of the Northern social system, as between capital and labor, are rapidly, and, ust now. fearfalty increasing, while in the South the re- lations between master and slave secure to the latter food and raiment, thongh the crops of the 5 | anti-elavery organs, gard the instituti n of South rn slay 4 | chodde ing ind b rror the calm . mina- | tion of such prac ical c mparivons 8 thes, | Next they wi cease to w nder a: the po'itical influence wie ded \y tue +1. ehold rs of the South. Their very lives depend upon the main- tepance of their social «y stem. guaranteed by the North iu the fedrrai con titu- tion, and busth:y of the South seek ‘o maia- tain it, Noth nz more, Whatev- political io- fluence they may have is legitimately exercised | for the greet objec’ of # If-preservtion against Nortbern finatic , demagogues avd tra tors We ony fear that of la‘e coo msay oathera men have beea overio.king this gr-at daty in the enjoymen: of the spoils of the administra- tion. iu we are : ealing with nu» Northera Will they ¢ ndescend, with at least a show of justice, to give us the benefit of their philoeo»hy conceraing the po- litical influence of the aristocracy 0° capi'al in the North, and its practical socia results as compared with the slavehoidin; arist.cracy of the South? We have been looking into these statistics of the census, and commend the atte tion of our anti-slavery orgaus to the comparative figures respecting crime and peuperism iv the North and the South. Between Uncle Tom in his cabin and the free Northern working man sithout employment, criven to the almshouse from want, or periehing in a filthy cellar with bis fam‘ly, because he can get no work, he at least may think that Uncle Tom has the best of it. Let our anti-slavery organs pursue their yesearches among the statistics of the census. We only insist upon it that they shall not rao over all the beggars in our streets to preach their hollow sympathy for Uncle Tom. Nothing more. Fiace’s Dergxce.—We publish elsewhere long story writen by Comptroller Flagg in de fence o’ his recent conduct and in reply to the strictures to wi ich it has given rise. The point thereof is that Comptro!'er Fl gg hal no au thority to pay the deb sof th: c ty wituout » special! appropriation there‘or; aal conse quently, those officials whose salaries were omitted from the list of a»propriations, have no claim to be paid. This argument mi,bt be worth :omething if the duty of making up the appropriations devolved on the unpaid clerk- or officials; but as Mr. F agg is appointed aai holds office for no other purpoee but to see «hat all the necessary appropr.ations are made b the proper body, it seems rather absurd for hiw to sey ‘hat his neglect invo:ves another man’. loss. He is the financial executiv: of the city, for Mayor Westervei does not care to dis charge this branch of his duties: and as sacn he is bound to present every appropriation ‘o the Common C uncil, and have it passed apou He now says, I did not do this, and therefore, though the city certainly owes so mach to 80 and-co, he cannot be paid. Such logic deserves that in case of further d fiiculty, Flagg should be made to suffer himself for his neglect. There ia no more strict constructionist alive than Flagg in questions invulving a clerk’s sa. lary, or @ newpaper bill; and hence he has gained in certain ill-in‘ormed quarters a repu- tation for honesty. But, strange to say, thi feature of his character is singularly chang: able. In matters where large amounts are concerned, apd Flagg’s friends are interest ed, the country does not coatain a more liberal latitadinarian. He will pass over a Job of half a million, but make a clerk’. famity starve by raising some quibble to prevent the payment of his salary. Just so. while a public creditor is refused his due, fo waut of an appropriation, Mr. Flagg usurp control over two millions of county moneys, over which he has no authority whatever, and which ought to be ia the hands of the Chamber- lain. The eyes of the public are being opened by the last report from Flagg which showed that the sam required for the year's service uxceed ed thirteen millions of dollars Other discove- ries remain to be made. ‘The full effect of tha: million of dotlars now lying on depos t in the Mechenics’ Bank, and used for stockjobbing purposes by the friends of that institutio., is not yet fully eppreciaied. It is tne mi-use of sums of money of this description which enables operators to control the grain market aud help- to keep up the price of flour. Flagg not oaly Jets our tax bill increase, but--from what mo tive he knows bes:~-assists the operators o! Wall street in monopolizing the necessaries 0 life, and contrivutes largely to protract our presen straitened circum-tancer. Harp Truss ayp Hien Paices—Tae Coan Dury.—Ev. rybody is complaining of hard times, every body is suffering from high prices. Coal eight dollars per ton, flour twelve dollars per barrel, wages com pg down, employment falling short on all sides, beef, pork and mattoo at double the prices of a year or 'woago, justify these universal complainis. Hard times are upon us, and price. are high. Superadded to the exorbitant charges on tve market for breadstuffs and provisions, our codfish aristo- cracy find that it goes hard to py two or three dollars for a ticket to the Opera Ia view of hings, if euch operatic managers as Moses H. Grinnell shou'd apply for a benefit, we should ake it ss nothing more than ove of the natural consequences of hard times and high prices. Can’t we have a reduction in the price of coal or flour, ot pork, or something, to sustain the Opera? Let Mr. Walbridge hurry up his bill before Congress for the repeal of the duty oa coal, Not only the poor, bat the codfish aristo- cracy and the Opera depeod upon it, Twenty tons of coal go a short way in heating the new Opera Honre. The Jast hope of the Opera is the repeal of the duty on coal. Nor Arsvrp.—One of our Washington corres pondents speaks of the resolution 0! Mr. Cling men, proposing a commission from our govern- ment to the Earopean be\ligerenta in behalf ot pence, as an aburdiry. We look opon it here in an entirely differeut tight. We think he resolution by ne means ab-urd, but @ sen-ible and statesmanlike proposition. We know th: Russia wonld receive the commission proposed with respect and attention; and we koow, too that France and Eng and are becoming seri ously embsrrassed and di heartened at the pre sent and prospective expenses of the war. In vincite at home, and alt powerful in our mora) and commercial influence with both Frayce and Boglend, we are convinerd that a peace com- mission of prudent aod sensible men from the United States would meet with marked atvon tion at London and Paria. And the effects of this war upon our financial, commercial aid business interests of all k nde are such as would Jnetify, in the eyes of the world, the proposed . Commirsion as a wise and p © er meiia on in Debalf of pene. We are ealy inciined to think that he heligeren woud be gad to avail ‘hemselves of our med a ion; and with thie opinion we h pe tha: Mr. C in mao will | urge his resolution upon the House. Evea Ite protection is | the d scussion of the subect nC ngress may have ita influence n the pacifi at on of Eucope. Let Mr. C ingman spyok to the :esola 0, and we eball be surprse i it:oe- not ecomea leading topic of ¢ nversation among all the cabinet and di.loma ic ci cles of t.e Earopean continent. Mz. Bapozr’s Provo sab Incnease ov Pay.— Mr. Badger bas ntroducef a pr psi ion ia'o the Senate for the incresee—fif y per ceut—of the pay of the membeis of Congress Very well. Guthrie can spare ‘he money, aod an increare of pay might stop a good many of the leakages of C ngressonal cor uption. Con- tidcring, too, t:e digni y of the office and the size and wealth o the coustry, he Pre ideat’s salary ehou'd also be increased to fifty thousand & year; the members o the Cabinet should have at least twelve thou-and; but above all, our min'sters abroad—erpecisliy at Loodon, Paris, and St. Peter burg—should be voted ao ivcrease of their sa aries to fitteen or twenty thoueand dollars a year. To live respectably in their official position, our ministers at Lon- don and Paris tave, up to this t me, beea com- pelled to draw upon toeir private resources to meet the deficiencies of their salaries. If the government were bavkrupt it might be excused, perbaps, in such exactions upon private indi- viduals for public expenses; but Guthrie has a turplus of twenty millions, aod ought to pay his legitimate bills, eveu for an occasional din- ver or £0, We suggest, therefore, to Mr. Baiger to extend his increase of pay to the Presi- dent and the Cabinet, and especially to our diplomatic corps. There is no other al-eraa- tive left for our diplomats; for Marcy has tried the experiment of old clothes, and it has sig- nally failed. Call upoa Guthrie to shell out the money. Miss Brown’s Lecture on Stavery.—We publish to-day the lecture of the Reverend Miss Antoinette L. Brown on the slavery question, deliverei at the Tabernacle the other evening. Miss Brown is » leader among the womeu’s right’s women, and « preacher of the Gospel somewhere in that sparsely settled country, of woich Ge-rit Smith is the patroon. And this calling her away from her parochial daties in the interior down to New York to lecture on slavery shows that the mighty men of the cause are backing out, and the Abolition So- ciety here has been compelled to fall back upon their reserves samoag the Bloomers. Neither Hale, nor Seward, nor Sumner, nor Chase have been forthcoming. They are evidently frightened at the terrible doings of the Know Nothing: especially in Massachu- eetts. Giddings, of all the barch, has proved bimeelf a man of pluck. He sees that the anti- slavery societies are in danger of being aani- hilated by the Know Nothings, and that unless something is done to keep up the agitation theee Northern abolition cliques and coteries will soon ve laid upon the same shelf wich the fossil remains of the old whig and democratic parties and the administration. So Giddings has fired a-ay, right and left, in Congress, the first chance, and in the absence of other men of pluck to syppcrt him, the courageous advocate of woman’s rights, entitled to all the rights of woman, the dignified and handsome Bloomer, the angelic and Reverend Antoinette L. Brown. still rejoicing in “single blessedness,” comes to the rescue of Giddings. It is a pity that so fine a person as this feminine divine should be led so far astray by the jack o’-lantern of abo- litioniam. Pity that some dashing cavalier of # Southern slaveholder will not undertake to change her views upon this subject. Who knows but that she might be made as amiable and rational on the slavery question as John Mitchel in view of an “ Alabama cotton plan- tation, well stocked with good fat negroe;?” Who knows? THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Later News from California and Oregon. ARRIVAL OF THE PROMETHEUS AT NEW ORLBANS— CONTINUED DEPRES#ION IN BUBINESS-—-LACK OF RAIN AT TRE MINEF—LOSS OF A WHALESHIP— MafSACRB OF AN EMIGRANT TRAIN BY THE OR2GON INDIANS, ETO., BIC. New Ontaans, Dec 14, 1854. ‘The steamsbip Prometheus, from San Juan, Nicara;aa, has arrived. She brings California dates to the 24th ult , and 160 passengers, Our files of California papers contain very little in- telligence of genesal interest. The commercial advices from San Francisco represent affairs in about the same condition as at the date of our previous advices. It was not anticipated that there would be any material change for the better until the commencement of the new year. Business at most places in the interior was extremely depressed. The SanFrancisco papers record the arrival for the week preceding the departure of the Nicaragua eteamer, of three ships only from Atlantic ports, to wit:—The Ar- cola, on the 16th, and the Contest on the 18th, both from New York, and the Fearless on the 19th, from Bos ton. ‘The United States ship Susquehanna was to sail from San Francisco for New York on the 24th of December. The United Staten steamship Mississippi bad arrived at San Francisco, but her day of sailing for ae Atlantic port had not been fixed upon. The an Francisco papers record the loss of the whale ship City of New Bedford, but those at hand furnish no prrticulars. The mining news continues favorable, though the miners were in some localities greatly in want of water, and wereanxiously expecting rain, of which less than the average quantity has fallen thus far this season. Advices from Oregon state that the numerous and powerful tribe_of Indians called “Snakes,” had com- menced war upon the whites, and slaughtered a whole train of immigrants, The advices from San Juan represent the revointion in Nicaragua an still in progress, but we do not learn that cither party has yet acbieved any decided advantage. ‘The British sloop-of-war Vesta, and the steam frigate Termagant, were at Greytown. The steamship Daniel Webster left here to-day for San Juan. From the South. THE SOUTHERN MAIL—STEAMBOATS ON THE FOTO MAC RIVFR—LOSS OF LIFE ON THE STSAMBOAT GIPSEY; ETC. Bartimorr, Dec. 14, 1854. The steamboats on the Potomac river have resumed thele,yipt, aod the Southern mail is now arriving here reguffrly once more. Ten lives were lost by the burning of the steamboat Gipsey, running ox the Mississippi river. The vessel it- self is also an entire loss, with @ valuable freight. Fifty bales of cotton on the landing were also destroyed by fire Fire at Buffalo. Burrano, Dec. 14, 1854. ‘The distillery of Messrs. Truscott & Thomas, in this city, wan destroyed by fire last might. The lose is about $16,000—insurance $9,000, ome 4,000 bushels corn were burned. From Louteville. STATR TEMPERANCE CONVENTION-—MR. RECOVERING. RTC. . Loviavitix, Dec. 14, 1854. A Btate temperance ocnvention is now in session here, which is numercnsly attended by delegates from ail arts of the State, who are discussing the propriety of GARPENTER, nominating candidates for the offices of Governor and | Lieutenant Governor. | Theconvention nomizated Major Geo. W. Williams, | whig, of Fourhan, for Governor, and Col. James G. Har- dy democrat, of Parren, for Lieutenant Governor, | Capt. Cummings han been acquitted at Helena on the | ebarge of murder. The examination of witnesses inbis | case consumed five days, after which the prosecuting | attorney entered a nolle prosequi. He has, however, | deen re-arrested, and ix to be tried on a charge of arson: | Chapin’s trial hed commenced. Mr. Carpenter, who was shot by Mr. Parkins s few daya since, at Covington, is slowly recover'ng. The number of hogs killed here this season, up to this | date, amounts to one bundred and ninety-six thousand, ‘The weather is quite pleasant. In the caval there is but three feet of water. MEETING OF OFFICK-SEEKERS—REMOVAL OF WHIGS DEMANDED—THE SPUILS INSISTED ON. Boston, Dec. 14, 1854. The democrats of the Twelfth ward of this city met last night, aud passed a series of revolutions setting forth that # majority of those employed in the ap- | praiser’s department of the Custom House are whigs, or are doing all they can to pull down the national admin- istration, and that a request which had been made by the ward and county committee for their removal was re- jected by the appraisers, Messrs. Allen” and Crocker. The President is therefore called upon to remove these appraisers and appoint true democrats in their place. It was suggested that Fletcher Webster be included with Mensra. Allen and Crocker, but it was concluded that public opinion would be againat such proscription of the sonof Danicl Webster. It is said that the real trouble is, that ‘“‘Know Nothingism’’ has obtained a foothold in the Boston Custom House, From washéngton, THEE WHEELING BRIDGE CAFB—THE BREMEN CONSUL- SHIP. Wasmwaton, Dec. 14, 1854. In the ease of the State of Pennsylvania vs. The Wheeling and Belmont Briige Co, tbe argument of the veveral motions for a writ of sequestration against the corporation for an attachment against its officers, and for a writ of assistance to execute ihe decree of this court, and for taxation of ousts, was continued by the Hon. Reverdy Johnson in opposition, and concluded by Edwin M. Stanton, Esq., in support, John Wolff has ceased to act at St. Louis as Consul for Bremen, and noone will be appointed in his place for the presel Heavy Failure at Providence, ProvipEncr, Dec. 14, 1854. The liabilities of Messrs. Hill, Carpenter & Co., exten- sive woo! dealers, of this city, do not exceed, we under- stand, the sum of about five hundred thousand dollars. The banks here will not probably lose a dollar by their failure, the notes held by them being all protected by endorsers. The bank that holds the most of their paper —say from tep to fifteen thousand dollars, all of which is endorsed—die a capital of over sixty thousand dollars. A large share of their paper is held by men who bought it in the street. Calica ik The Effect of the Pacific’s News at New Orleans. New Orieans, Dec, 14, 1354. The important advices per the Pacific were published here yesterday noon, almost at the same moment that the steamer arrived at her dock at New York, and had the effect to suspend business for the day. This mora- ing the cotton market opened at a decided decline from previous prices, and sales have been made this forenoon of abeut 4,000 bales atadecline of one quarterof a cent per Ib. ‘We now quote middling (1 o’clock P. M.) at 8c. ‘The New Steamboat M. Sandford. Purtapgupmia, Dec. 14, 1854. The new steamer M. Sandford passed the Capes of Delaware at seven o'clock this morning. Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. Puttavetpaia, Dec. 14, 1854. Money is unchanged— Stocks are dull. Reading, 33; Morris Canal, 105; Long Island Railroad, 12, Pennsyl- vania Railroad, 41; Pennsylvania Fives, 79%. Extraordinary Iron Steamship Building at Hoboken, for the United States Govern- ment, Some few months ago we learned from Commodore Sloat, who is superintendent in Stevens’ shipyard, at Hoboken, that an iron steamer, of the most extraordi- nary construction, was building there for the United States government by Mr. Robert I. Stevens, The Commodore invited us either to visit the yard or send reporter for the purpose of examining her, which we did in compliance with his invitation, and believing thag, it was a matter of public interest. But before giving the result of our visit and inquiries we will state a fow fasts ip relation to the vescel iteel!. Some time in the year 1540 or ’42, Mr. Stevens pro- posed to the government to buili # floating steam bat- tery, of iron, as a protection, in the event of a war, to the harbor of New York. By order of the government, experiments were made to test the correctness of this theory, under the eupervision of a board of navy and army officers. Commodore Stewart was at the head of one, and Col. Totten of the other. The result proved four and a half inches in thickness of wrought iron, to be a perfect defence against a sixty-four pound solfd shot, fired at tm yards distance from the target. Upon their repo: t of thene facts, Congress directed the Secretary of the Navy to enter into # contract with Ro ert L. Stevens for buil » ing a steam battery upon his plaa for the defence of the harbor of New York. After the execution of this agree- ment, a dry dock was constructed capable of contaming @ vessel of the size required by the contract, together with shops, steam engine, furnaces, tools, &e. Tho progress of the vessel was, however, delayed for want of the necessary appropriations, until about two years ago, when Congress again directed the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with it under the contract. Some further delay, however, occurred’, occasioned by the necessity of enlarging the dry dock for her reception, The bat tery, as now constructing, ia over four hundred feet in Jength on the water line, Since the completion of this dock, conriderabic progress bas been made in the work: and the ship is mow, with the exception of a few ribs, completely in trame, and about one-third plank- ed up with beavy iron plates. Afew days ago, however, im consequence, we are told, of a sovere pressure in the money market, one hundred and forty men who were en- gaged in her construction, were discharged, * ‘These are all the facts which we are in possession of, and it is almost unnecessary to say how unsatisfactory they are. Desiring to publish ‘ull description of tae vessel, one of our reporters, a4 we have ssid in compli- ance with the invitation extended to us by Commodore Sloat, who is superintending her construction, paid a visit some montba ago to the ship yard in Hoboken. As neither Commodere Sloat nor Mr. Stevens cor!i be found at that time, he explained the object of his visit to the person in charge of the yard, but was told that it was his employer's desire to keep the matter as secret as possible, and that no one was admitted into the yard «xcept the workmen anda few of Mr. Stevens’ perav ul iriends. Two or three days after, our reporter called at the residence of Mr. Stevens, ia Barclay street, be- lieving that it was only necesenry to see him to obtain all the joulars in relation to his ship. After one or two unsuccessful attempts he at last succeeded in Gndiog that gentleman at home, when the following conversation took place: RePoRTER— Mr. ens, I presume, Mr. Stevuns, (looking over the top of a paper which he was reading)—Yes, vit; what do you w&nt with mef RePortir—| am one of the reporters of the New Yor« Bxrarp, and cailed for the purpose of getting a descrip- ton of the bomb-pro of steamship at present tm conrse of construction in your yard for the United States gov- ernment. Mr. 8SrevEens—Well, sir, I don’t wish to make the mat- ter public, and cannot say anything about it. It would be no benefit tome to have anything published about the vessel at this ti Karoxrrsr—As it i adject in which the public, and erpreially New York are interested, Mr. Bennett is desirous of giving them all the information that Le can obtain about it, Mr. Ste xxe—TIt would be of no use to the public to now what iam doing in my yard. I can’t give any. thing concerning the vessel. Krroxirx—I have a few facts concerning the contract, made ten years ao with the government, ary tliat 1 shoul! have a detailed descrip: el belore waking it publie. Mx eravese—I don’t want you to publish anything at all in regard to my veonel. “As I sail before, the pub- lic Lave nw interest init, and it is not necessary that they thould bnow anything concerning my arrangements. bi Pou.teR—Go0d morning, sir, Mr, STKVEN!—Goou morning. ‘hus ended the Grst interview of our reporter with the duikier of the bomb proof iron steamship for the de- fence of the barbor of New York. A letter was published yesterday, by one of the firm, @ morting )aper, but as it gave @ very brief and un: Usincter) description of the veasel, we sent the same to Mr Stevens, with the request that he would mn with all the details, supporing, ax the mat- public By the firm, there ction to the publication of all ‘The second interview, however, was ae Unsuccessful as the first, aa the followiag conversation will shew Frrontxt@—I called apon you, Mr. Stevens, some menthe age, in relation te your bomb-proof iron steam- r, with tho request from Mr. Bennett that you would in Sorolche ne wilh al Soe fasts from which a detailed det Seretand bea beet pu C. Etevenn, in one of the mornii Dot enver atoany of the particulate in of the vesrel, and that is what I want. Srevens—W% Mr. but f will eee my brother in a day consult about it; ad you, in write out your account from the letter, and let me see it when, it is written, so that I can correct it if necessary. Here emied the second interview. reporter catled on the invitation of Commodore Sloat, and Mr. Stevens, whois merely an agent bad no right or authority the knew! of panos ch which they are interested. ie wou lite fo Loew for instance, how the two dred a3 t have boon expended. bem Mxrrrorouran TaRavne—‘‘SCHAMTL.”’—This_ melo-dra- matic spectacle was presented, for the first time in thie city, at the Metropolitan, on Mondsy, and bas been Played since to fair houses. ‘‘Schamyl’’ is one of those remarkably strong melo-dramas, for the production of which the Ambigu, Paris, and the Standard theatres, London, are eminently distinguished. The plot is misty. It purports to detail events in the life of the Circassian hero, who frat appears to us asa ‘fast’ young man, next as a sort of Masaniello in a small way, and finally, after a variety of adventures—in which he escapes froma. large numbers of foes, falls in love with » Russian belle, makes severe remarks about the Czar, and talks a great deal about literty—be whips all the Russians, and is unanimously chosen Iman of Circassia—a little difficulty as to his legitimacy being settled through the kindness of his mother, who is good enough to die in order to re~ lease her son from an unpleasant predicament. After peace is concluded, we have the “envoys of the Western Powers’’—France and America(!)—offering their aid to Schamyl against Russia! There are many incidents in the course of the piece, but the above seems to be the gist of the plot. Thero is a Russian anda Circassian army, ina very lax state of dlecipline—a brass band in New York uniforms—a corps de baliet that sadly needs training—several processions— some banners—a great deal of gunpowder and colered fires, as well as other adjuncts which are generally seen in this style of piece; but the whole is thrown toge- ther 0 ‘loosely and unprofitably”’ that it is impossible to treat upon the subject ina serious vein. The mili- tary art and the science of diplomacy must have beea unknown iu Russia and Circassia at the period of this plece (1832.) The scenery is new and some of it is good, but the carpenters have not done their work well, and vacant spaces between parts of set scenes interfere slightly with the effect. The raft scene at the end of tho fourth act was good. The cast of characters included every person in the company. The parts, with the single exception of Schamyl, are all bad, and the language is trash. Mr. Anderson walked through his part, and displayed no ani~ mation except in one speech. He did not look like Schamyl, who had in 1832 red hair and whiskers, sprin- led with gray, while Mr. Anderson wore black hair an@ & pretty moustache. The prevailing style of complexiom among the Metropolitan Russians and Circassians was brunette. We have heretofore believed that the inhabi~ tants of there countries inclined to the blonde; Mr. Eddy played “(an American adventurer,” who helps to whip the Russians, and it was rather good than other- wise, alihough there were too many allusions to this glo~ rious country, Mr. Canoll was the villain of the piece, Doubtless he is a great scoundrel, but he was s0 very mysterious ebout it that the audience was in doubt as to his intentions. He was always foiled, however. Tho rest of the acting was good, ani the Circassians, in the fourth act, made the best stage mob we have ever seen. The tableaux vivants in the third act weve very pretty; and in the same scene Miss Dawes gave us some artistic poses, clever tours de force and expressive pantomime. Mra, Jordan’s performance of Olga was the best piece of acting in the piece. The spectacle would be much more effective with more attention to detail in the carpenter’s and wardrobe de- partments. Ina piece of this kind, success ix only to bo achieved by perfect mechanical effects. U. 8. Commissioner’s Court. Before Geo. W. Morton, Esq. THE NEW ERA WRECK AND WRECKERS, Dsc. 14.—Application was made to the Commissioner this morning for warrants of arrest several par- ies who are charged as being a gang of wreckers and robbers, and with having expelled the agents of the owners from, and taken forcible possession of, the wreck. aie steamship New Era, now lyingon the Jersey shore. Mr. Morton issued warrants for the arrest of the offen- ders, and immediately sent down a steamer with United States officers to take them into custody. ‘Wolfe's Schiedam brated medical stimulant bas wit! made a t noise in the world, and risento so high a degree of pop for its excellence as beverage, we have it it Bi and manafecture-eapectally when and manuil pul wi we apy people rally. take more or lees pleasure greuthing they eat, drink and 8. in New York, » short ‘9 ¢ celebrated establishment of Udolpho Wolfe, whose Schiedam sohosppe have become celebrat- ed throughout the length breadth of the Union. ‘We had no idea of the extent of the manufactureof the article for consumption in this country alone, until wo examined for ourselves, and saw sufficient of Mr. Wolfe’s immense bu 8 siness. up in bottles in New York, the gin it directly from his manufactury in ‘Yitree sory Hares stores in Beaver street are exclusive~ bottling, envelo, tect. A re tinged ot hana are wept "5 ~ ey exteeds four hundred dosens” Mis cella are tlod wit pipes of the schna; was a sufficient suj to float a seventy-four gun shi; vided it could riya into one ot ihe cversmen! yusand dollars ly. and we presume his expenses will equal that sum, Tite mae As to the merits of the Schedam wo wil? only state that it has been endorsed ‘of the first physicians in the couutry, as iaedi-» cinal qualities, and recommended by them aa beneficia' in the treatment of various diseases. It has also bee introduced into hospitals, dispensaries cal rs ice, as @ diuretic, tonic and restorative, with evi success, ‘Ibe highest chemical anthority in this haa eaderiea the schnapps aa ures’ than the best Fiencls brandy, while in price it is much cheaper than the worst. The ied failures of the Ki repea' European crops hay raised the value of genuine brandy CF Toieed rach rarity is urable at all) to a figure which it Seis i cara eateres 2 am upatta/na’ LJ of the sick; as an habitual drink ‘ta only fo the afluent aud when purchased at the hes Jon, it is neither so good for medicinal p wholerome as a beverage, as Wolfe’s ra. which, oven by tae single bottle, is sold at less thaa halt that rate. it bas now become one of the most fashionable and wholesome bavecses ot the day. Scarcely a coffee Louse in the city that has any claims to sespectability, but keeps iton hand, and many of them have the im- pudence to ‘a very inferior article of gin upon the unwary for genuine schuapps. It is more frequently called for at the bar in this city than brandy—and we all know « sufficient quantity of that iad: consumed. Families make use of it to the = aod —. of ez and stimalent or tonic. peculiar preventive qui in ap in’ ing manner upon the ‘tontatns Mleagtaces ihe nerves, purifies the blood, heightena the imagina- tion, and benefits the human bw in many other ways, besides being an excellent antidote for the It re- commends, especially, itself to all temperance men—for~ Fat tneiee Gr dat earn at ir falling mos tive positions, called dullness, (w! borders om stu- idity, and is the effect of total abstinence from al? verages of a stimulative character,) without violating their pledges, because it is an acknowl! as much as quinine or ealomei.—New Delta, Nov. 30, Season of Fars.—Gentn, No. 214 Broadway,. solicits the attention of the la to his magnificent as- sortment of superb furs, made in the newest and most fasbional ‘les, and of full sets of Hudaon’s Pay sable, ermiee, stone marten, chinchilla, rock marten, mink, &. His stock of muffs, vietorines, and cuffs, be is confident, has never been surpassed by any ever submitted to the taste and jeageect Of thaladies of New York ani vicinity. An immense stock of gentlemen’s fur and plush caps, of the most recherche patterns, Cpe Spa tte) with, warmtb, has also been ed, and all who desire to for- tify themselves against of winter are Invite? to call and examine them. Ladiew’ fur and felt bonnet: together with an int variety of lovely bats for chil~ dren. GENIN, 214 Broadway, opposite St. Paul's. Awful Sacrifice of Ladies’ Underclothing, dress capes, and head drosses,—-The subscriber having: been in to purchase an invoice of the above articles, atareduction of sixty-five per cent upoa thois actual yalue, would aN aint the lady patrone cf the bazaar, that they il themselves of this ad~ vania, dhring to-day, Friday, 16th; Satut 16th, and Monday, 18th instant, from’ 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. The invofte censists in part of ladies’ linen and woollen un dergarments, ladies’ breakfast and dress capes, head drenses, children’s merino, silk and em! "> 2 NB ale