The New York Herald Newspaper, December 26, 1854, Page 4

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Witt the news publiched yesterday, and the additiona’ details giver this morning, our readers are pretiy wel] p eted up in the affairs of Europe The steamship George Law arrived yesterday afternoon, br’ two weeks later intelligence from California, and nearly a millio; and s half of décliars in specie. The news will be found unusually imterestirg. A difficulty had arisen between the Distric’ Court of San Francisco and the officers on boa ¢ the prize rbip Sitka, relative to the discharge ev habeas corpus of the Ruissian prisoners on biord raid vewel. The officers, it is alleged, @mmiited & contempt of court in not obeying the writ and sllowing the Sitka to sail. The whole affair wos to be referred to the government at Washington. A Russian mercbantman had arrived at Sen Francisco, anc anchored within twenty feet of some of the British men-of-war in the Another big lump had been tound in Ca- , Which is said to be the largest one in the The mines sre represented to be more proepercus than they have been for a long time baex, and a large yield is confidently looked for. We refer to the news in another part of the paper, as containing many items of interest. ‘The George Law, in addition to theabove, brought some important advices from th: western coast of the Pw ific : Firet—News of ‘the purchage, by the United Biates, of the Galla;agos Island of the Ecuadorian government, for the sum of three millions of dollers. Sceond--News of the arrival of Gen. Comonfort aé Acapulco from New York, with material aid to carry on the war against Santa Anna, which wa: to be renewed with increased vigor. ‘Third—News from New Granada of important successes of te government troops over the revo lution iets, and of a decree prohibitory of taking gaao on the Atlantic coast of that republic. Fourth—News from Peru of a terrible battle be- tweer. the government forces and the revolutioniste, te which the latter were defeated, with a loss of twelve hundred mep. The details of these highly important advices wil! be found in fall in our columys this morniog— enough to interest the public for the present. We publish in another column an abstract o Australion news to the 28th of September. Reven @ieooverice cf gold are given, but toe general news i» not of mech importance. The Legislature o * New South Wales was opened on the 2let. Mise Kate Hayes bad arrived in Melbourae, and intend td giving concerts throughout the Australian colo- alee. Christmss day was celebrated pretty generally throughout the city. The msjority of the stores were closed, a8 were also all the public buildings, and sithough a few pleers were open, business was almost entire y suspended during the day. In al! the churches of the Episcopalians snd Catholics, and in many ctlers, there were special religious ser vices, end sermons, appropriate to the occasion, de hiverrd, The various benevolent institations joined ix the general festivities, and treated their inmates to wometliog better than their usual fare. Then the various miltery companies turned out in full foree, and made the streets joyous with the sound of wartial music. At night the theatres were etowded with pleasure seekers, and private parties were given without number. In another part of to- dey’s Henaiy will be found a fall account of the tek bration. On anpther page will be found an exbibit of the vessels lanvebed this year in the New York ship yarde, with a list of the unfinished work now on the etocke, &c. Is also gives the amount of work dene for several years back, and shows the great faMing cf in the business within the past few meorthe. Is will repoy the perusal of all interested ie the commerce of the port. - ‘Phe Gurertor of Mary and has declined to c.!l an extra cesekcn of the Legiclature this wioter. Capt. Yates, of the steamtug Mercury, from Bar- nm got Jast cvering, reports the St. Patrick as being fal of weter, maste end lower yards standing. Toere were ib-ee lighters wongside, It is his im- pression rhe vill not be got off. Capt. Yates brought up from Barnegat the British eqhooner Helen Mand, of Halifax, which had gone ashoxe ot (hot place for yant of sails. She is from FJmonth, (Jamaica) for Naw Yerk, with » cargo of presto, hidex, de, She has received bat little chins ge. world. “rrvern Hlovem, Cineinat!, Dee, 20, 1854. 1eTOR OF Tite New YOuk HeKALD g out if you have a person is one by the name of D. £. Brian, ravelling correspondent for your pa ove name having remained mt welye days, amd left this Ue reaistered bis name as a ava JOHN HUNTER, Proprietor. ¢ no Wavelitg correspondent of the game Torre Worn ave Yam dedrour of find soar empioy, or avy elatiing te be th yer agentlenion of administrat on, ap al. concernei. Le te We spread before our, readers to-day the | po04 work go on. official correspondence between Secretary eek tan Marey and Auguste Belmon , and between the | rne German Element in the United States. latter and the government of the Hague, im re-| The statistics f the German population of ference to the case of Cap siu Gibson. A the = thi; coun ry nl hb rnewspapers—which are first glance she re der will naturally conclude | published e'sewhere—will be likely to command that Captain Gibson has been humbugged, general atient] 1. It ‘s not generally uoder- either by Marcy or Belmont, or both; bat a8 stood tha: the Gero ana whom we see landing there is no'bing in the co respo dence showing on the whe. ves nuncoath cos ume, and staring exac ly where th» responsibili'y belongs, we | yacantly at the ,ucer asp ct of the Western shall briefly undertake to supply this important | World, become in th ej ace of @ few years one omisaton. ; | of the m :t intellect 1a] elements of the Ameri- In the first place, Marcy calls the attention can people and requ e as muco if not more of Belmont to the unlawful imprisonment of | intellects] food han the same number of na- Captain Gibson by the Dutch authorities of the Island of Jay:. Next, B lmont is informed of the escape of Gibson and his arrival in New York, of the indemnity. ($100,000) which he claims for his imprisonment and losses in- eurred from the cruel proceedings of the Dutch East India authorities against him, and our Minister is instructed to make ademand accerd- ingly upon the gov. rnment of the Hague. Bel- mont, after a fashion, obeys, meets with little encouragement, is treated rather cavalierly—in fact, when he writes home for fresh instruc- tions, Marcy urges him t) persevere, “resolutely but temperately ;’ and he does accordingly persevere in writing another brief, formal, and excessively indifferent letter to the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, and that is the last we hear of Belmont. Captain Gibson, having attentively watched the progress of hese wishy-washy and humbugging nego- iations to thispoint, very naturally concludes that a little of the pluck and decision of Old Hickory is sadly needed in bis case; and solicits of Marcy such an ultimatum as will aémit of no possible misconstruction by the imperturbable Dutch Cabinet of the Hague. And this is the end of the correspondence. Now, the first question to be answered is, why this lamentable conclusion to this precious specimen of Belmont’s diplomacy? It appears that Marcy was sincere in his instractions, that tona fide he took up the case of Captain Gib. son. It also appears, though not in this cor- respondence, that Belmont, upon his first ap- plication to the Dutch Cabinet, in pursuance of his instructions, took them all aback, and had them in the exact frame of mind to ren- der al] the reparation required. Captain Gib- son called upon them for his papers, and in their haste to obey they gave him not only his | papers, but all of their own upon the +ubject, which enabled him and our Minister to make out a case perfectly unaa- swerable even by Dutch diplomacy. But at this favorable crisis, the case was lost, through the stupidity or treachery, or from the treachery and stupidity, of Belmont, He had, perhaps, his own purposes to serve. He was a financier as well as a diplomat; ani we have good reason to suspect that, true to the instincss of his tribe, be could not resist the temptations which beset him as a money changer. Russia wanted a loan. Sbe would pay handsonzly tor it. The Rothschilds had the money ; but they were hampered at London end Paris by the allies, Holland was neutra’. The German States were neutral. Frankfort- on-the-Maine, where there is a branch of the | house of the Rothschilds, was neutral. Our Minister at the Hague was the representativ. of a neutral power. He had been the financia! agent of the Rothschilds at New York. The agents of Russia at the Hague, we undersiaud, | very soon discovered that fact. They were agreeable men—the Hague was an agreeable place ; and with millions of money depending upen the issue, how could Auguste Belmont, a professional money-changer—true to the ruling spirit of his race from the departure of the Israelites from Egy pt—how, if he took it up. how could he be expected to sacrifice the chances of the great Russian loan, as she aonts of the Rothschilds, for the pitiful American af fair of a hundred thousand dollars indemnity to Captain Gibson? Marcy, we are afraid, expect ed too much. From design or from stupidity, the first alarm of the Dutch government concerning Captain Gibson was speedily quieted by our Minister in his private conversations, wherein the Dutch were informed substantially that the threaten- ing instructions of Marcy were all gammon— that, of couree, there could be no such thing as a disturbance of the friendly relations between the two governments, even should the Dutch flatly refuse to pay @ single dollar of indem- nity to Captain Gibson. And so the negotia- tiove have ended innothing. Had the projected loan from the Rothschilds to Russia been se- cured, perbaps this case of Captain Gibson mighs have assumed & more promising com- plexion, but unfor‘unately the Department of Foreign Affairs at Paris got wind of this mag- nificen. Russian speculation, and spoiled it. A hint was enough. And such is the history of the official career of one of the favorite European diplomats of this Pierce administration. It is overshadowed by the boisterous, impetuous, belligerent and revolutionary adventures of Soulé; but the dif- ference is only the difference between the dash- ing ery and reckless French radical, and the smooth, money-making and pa cific Jew. And such are the mate rials of which the diplomats of this boast- ful, high-toned administration are made: French revolationary radicals, money-changing Jews, English socialists, and Irish Cuban filibus- teros, the exponents ef American diplomacy with the European powers. Of course the Gib- son negotiations have ended in nothing; of course we have failed to acquire Cuba; of course our diplomats and our diplomacy on the Euro- pean continent have done little or nothing but to increase our troubles abroad, and the disgust of the American people for this model adminis- tration. Look, for example, at this case of Captain Gibson. What a beautiful case for an able and faithful expounder of American law and the true policy of our government in the profection of the rights of our citizens, the reparation of their injuries in foreign Jands, inflicted by re sponsible authorities. But read and mark this oontemptible echool- boy correspondence of Bel mont. See the final instructions of Marcy: “Persevere in your demand, resolutely but temperately.” What would Old Hickory have said? “The claim is just; we have waited a reasonable tme; you must pay the money or look out for reprisals.” But the inaugural and the Kozata letter have become a mockery; and while American citi- zens are insulted and outraged with imounity on the Earopean continent, their ¢ aims, even against the little State of Holland, are tarned into ridicule and contempt. The political revolution invoked by the Kasw Nothings murt run ite course, It ean only be accomplished ino cloan sweep from power and | tives. Previous to 1830, the Germans who immigrate to t's country were insignificant in numbers as n influence, and tended to assi- | milate to the old Dutch who were among the | early settler. of the continent. They sought no mental cu t:re, and were, as @ rule, #3 con- eervative in their ideas of learning as in their | cabbage gardens. But the revolationary move- mente which were cotemporaneous with Louis Philippe’s accession to the French throne | effected a material change in the character of the German immigration. Mcm of talent and in som: csses men of fortun: found it conve- nient or necessar, to seek a new home in the | Western Continent. The eventful year 1848 gave a still stronger impetus to the emigration. All who refused to acquiesce in the movement of that year or in the reaction of the following one, struck their tents on the borders of the Rhine, the Oder or the Danube, and sailed for New York or Philadelphia. The consequence is that much of the education and best blood of Germany is now settled in the United States; and, instead of two or three handred thou- sand, from one to two million of Germazs are living under the American flag. The num- ber is elsewhere estimated at five million ; but two is much nesrer the mark. These two million support thirty duily, and from 150 to 170 semi-weekly and weekly news- papers, published in the G rman lan:uage. Many of these are cond .cted wish talent and spirit, and afford a hand-ome remuneration to their proprietors. That they are extensively read, their number certifies. I: is estimated that the aggregate subecription lists of the whole amount to 220,000 copies, which number is probably about equal to the entire German vote inthe United States. In this respect a striking contrast is presented by the German: and Irish. The Irish may be said to have no | newspapers, savea few insignificant orgaus of |¢be Roman Catholic hierarchy, which seliom receive anything like a remunerative support. Now and then an independent Irish psper is started by some refusee or other, but these | sbeets possess no vitality, and usually expire after the first novelty has worn off. The reason of the difference is obvious, For that class o! | lrish who seek on arrival here to blend with | the native population and become good citizeu-, the American jourpala supply sufficient read- ing; they rather object to newspapers founded with a view of keeping up distinctions of race The others for many reasons are a bad reliance for newspapers. Most of the Germans who land here cen read; of the poorest class of Irish, very jew. Allowance must also be made for the is- finence of the Roman Catholic clergy, which i~ .erera}y exerted in opposition to the interest of jevrnals net under the immediate eye of Ue pricst. Ik will be notice: d on reference to the stutfs fesin snotber column that the widest difter ences of opinion and creed exist in the Germay prees of the United States. Some journals ar Catholic; such are those edited by and written for the Bavarian and Austrian immigrant. Others are Lutheran; but the bulk, beariu. the impress of the Northern German mind, are decidedly infidel in their tendencies.< So in politics. Most of the German papers are de mocratic; a large proportion are imbued with abolitionist doctrines; but every shaie of opin. ion is rey resented. By far the greater rumber | | | have followed the lead or the America. press {. assuming a position of hostility to *' esent administration Mr. Pierce had ne : » ne en- tire German vote at his eleciion; uw: same vote would now be cast with equa! strength against him and his party. Not a little anxiety is felt among ti+ ‘‘or- mans with regard to the Know Nothing imove- ment; and some hesitancy is manifested «y their organs in dealing with it. The question does not seem one of peculiar difficulty. In so far as the Kuow Nothing movement is cirected again:t foreigners, the Germans sre far less likely to suffer from it than the Irish. Their prieste’ have not meddled in the elections, their people have not been bought and sold as openly as the Irish, their conduct as citizens has been wore orderly, their intelligence is decidedly superior. These pdint: of distinction will teli in their favor. But it has been pointed ont over and orer again in these columns that hos- tility to foreigners is a mere collateral aud in some respects a@ delnsive doctrine of the new party. The true secret of the Know Nothings’ rise and progress is their opposition to the cor ruptions and vices of the old parties, and e<pe- cially to the infamies of the present admisis tration. If the whigs and democrats had not disgusted every one by their shameless perver sion of the electoral franchise, and if Mr. Pierce had not sunk himself and his party to @ dept), ofcontempt never reached by any former Pre sident, the Know Nothings might -have tak: till doomsday about the wickedness of the fo reigners without rallying strength to elect a alderman. Tiey have started their new party —with a creed reasonable in itself, though not singly formidable—just at a time when every ene wanted a new party, and hence their snc cess. That they will carry everything befor them, and elect a President triumphantly in 1856, there cynnot be a doubt; bat it is by no means s0 certain that all or any foreigners wili be proscribed. : We commend these idess to the study of the German citizens of the United States. Though their journals affect hostility to the Know Nothings, the figures of recent elections show clearly that a large portion of the Germany masses sympathise with the new party. The ineradicable hatred existing between themselves and the Irish, added to their hostility to the Ro mish church, are quite sufficient to account fo: this, There is, however, a better reason why the Germans should side with the Know Nothings. Regarding them in the true Jight—as a mere reform party, pledged to uproo, the mouldy corruptions o/ whigs and democrats, and to re- verre the imbecile and degrading policy pur- sued by the present adm sistration—all classes of citizhne, wherever born, can afford to give them their suppot. Even in those pointe wherein the interests of foreigne:s ore most clorely concerned, ihe en} ghtened among the Germans ehould coincide with native citizens. It is ne more to their interes: than to that ot the sons of the soi}, that ibe German vote | ehould be hawk:d about at election time, bid | for, chaffered about, and foally sold by & set | of corrupt politicians to an office-seeker; nor ere they !e:e deeply concerned—than their neighbors in putting a stop to the system of blunders and perjary by which raw immigrants are transformed into citizens of the United | States. These are matters for cool sober thought. It may be that after due reflection the Germans may find it their best policy to | vote the Know Nothing ticket in 1856. Tue Imacmary Sravocue ww Kaysas—A | hue and cry are . gain set up by the anti- slavery organs~about the recent election in | Kansas, and vociferous calle are uttered for | anti-slavery settlers for that territory. The | same thing was done s'x months ago, and from the noise made on the subject one would have supposed that half the North was going bodily to Kansas, to establish « thorough abolition State 0» the border of Missouri. No opposi- tion was m:de by the constitutional party of the North; no riva! movement organiz d in the South: the free soilers had it all their owa way. Yet at the very first election they are shat- tered, and again we find them crying out for help and emigration societies. Tnere are two good reasons for this. Firstly, the Southern people are more practical, busmese-like men than their abolitionist brethren of the North; talk less and act more: make no fuss about colonization societies, but every man with his axe and shovel quietly goes whither his incli-” nation leads him. Secondly, there are far tew- er abolitionists in the North than the newspa- pers of that stripe would have us believe. To have listened to the orators ten months ago, when the Nebraska bill was on the tapis, it seemed as though the whole North was ready to die for the cause, and nothing remained but to put muskets in their handa and lead them against the South. The elections have proved bow silly was this clamor. Nine-tenths of the voters on whom the anti-slavery leaders de- pended have flung themselves bodily into the arms of the Know Nothings, and left the Nebras- ka question to take care of itself. They will do the same now. The calls for settlers will meet with no response. We are sorry for it, for we de- sire to see Kansas settled, and we don’t think. it makes mach matter where the settlers come from. THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Interesting from Washington. CURIOUS STORY ABOUT M’RAK, OUR CONSUL AT PARIS—SQUABBLE AMONGST BUCHANAN, MASON, AND SOULE, ABOUT APPOINTING A BECRETARY TO THE OSTEND CONFERBNCE—SOULE CONSPIRING AGAINST DOBBIN—CUSHING SLANDER MARCY— THE NEBRASKA BILL AND CUBHING. Wasnineton, Dec. 25, 1854. The Cabinet squabbles and Ostead disclosures which appeared in your paper the other day, have caused a great sensation in Washington. Marcy said this morning to a friend that “ some one in the Cabinet must be in league with that d——d Bennett.” He wants to attribute the leak to Mann, but I know that he must feel that Cushing isthe arch traitor. He tells a curious story about Me- Rae, our Consul at Paris. When the instruciions about that Ostend Conference arrived in Paris, there were a score of acsbitious Americans in that city who wanted to act as secretary to the conference. Buchanan claimed the post for his man, Sickles; bat Mason opposed—he thought Sickles had had his share, a trip home with de spatehcs, lodging at the White House, and a raise from “palm oil? man, (Belmont,) of the Buchanan aad SlideN party ; he wanted his fighting cock, Piatt, so have a chance for a flourish of trumpets. But Sonlé puts his © on all; he bad no particelar chicken to bring out— ed no wire puller in the conciave—but being anxions the support of the South, looks around and fixes upon MeRae, of North Carolina. Now MeRae is a roublesome little devil, and bas influence in his State— Soulé tickles bim with the chances of @ certain Jadge- ship, or to run against Dobbia for the Senate, by taking home the despatches of the conference. Cushing say: that Marey would not pay McRae’s expenses, and that he and another official in Paris, whose expenses were not paid by old Rhadamanthus, have been conspiring against him, they thinking that he is.the administration. Cushing raya it isa d——d shame to be attacked as he is, on the ground of supporing that he is responsible for any measures of the government—Forney i. tho man. Everybody knows, however, that Cushing has the credit or the responsibility of the Nebraska bill. He is the man in the Cabinet to be damned or praised for that measure. Arrival of the Steamer America at Boston. Boston, Dec. 25, 1854. ‘The royal mail steamship America, arrived at this port about ten o'clock this forenoon. Her mails were dispatched South, by the New Naven route, this after- noon, and will bedue at New York at one o'clock to- night. The English papers at band contain nothing ofs,ec’al interest additional to the comprehensive details given over the wires from Halif. Our Wa ington Correspondence. Wasmcroy, Deo, 24, 1854, Clingman’s Resolution on Mediation~— Wise Repudiated by Virginia Céngresemen—The Anticipated Slavery Agitation—Duliness of Washington. The Committee on Foreign Affairs have authorized Mr, Clingman, a member of this committee, to rep. t to the House, as soon as he thinks convenient, bis cesolation offering this government in mediation between the bel- ligerenta of Enrope, Mr. Clingman is prepared to Sack his resolution with a Jong speech, and will no dondt sé cure sor his resolution a respectable vote. This ques tion will not, perhaps, be brought up till after New Years. The Virginia election iv here discussed with much in. terest, Theard, to-day, of four prominent members of Congress here from Virginia, whose names J can give if vired, all belonging to the democratic party, and who the Wise ticket. The old war horse, , Of Rakensac, or ‘little Tennessee,’’ as it is sometimes called, openly opposes the ticket, The pre vailing belief is Wise will be defeated. 1 said rome days ago, we might look out for a slavery egitation springing up upon the introduction of a reso- Intign in the Senate by Mr. Chase, forever abolishing African slavery in all the Territor'es belonging to th: United States. “Ican safely reiterate this p 08 tica. smnch as this resolation of Mr. Chase has been several, and he repents his intention to intro- ‘luce it, The matter is only delayed till the o ment of work after the holidays. Sonstor bill for the orgavivation of the Territory of Neucho, ir put off till the same time. There will be no legislation here till after the first of January next. Lay, oem f Congress have left the city to spend their Christmas and New Years at home. Times here are at preeent dull and uninteresting, in fact it appears like Sunday all the time. NELLA Jermy City News. Desrevenoy OF CARS AND FReOHT.—Saturday fore noon, on the New Jersey Central Railroad, asa train of freight cars were going up the Seotel Pisin grade, the two hind cara became detached, and running off the track down an embankment, were smashed against « tree, ‘There was two boxes of matches amongst the freight, which became ignited, and the freight and ears were entirely destroyed. . DeeCKNT UPOR A GAMBLING DaN.—On Sunday night. the Chief of Police, accompanied by several officern, made a descent Coe an underground den in the Fourth ward, kept by Wi MeNulty, and arrested ton boys, who were and rom drinking. engaged in card playin, The boys were brought before the order yesterday, and sentenced to a short imprisomment, and the widow was committed to jail to await trial. ‘Two Horses Suot.—A young man named Dake Thomp. rested yesterday afternoon on @ charge of wo horses, It opaeee that he placed a target losers Ingram & Hall’s barn, at which he dred ¢ balls passed through the barn, kill ing horse and wounding another. A man in the employ of the firm was engaged feeding the horses » few minutes before the occurrence. Thompson was held in = own recognizance to appear before the Recorder to. jay. Brooklyn City Intelligence ee BY bea ee Satara evening last, Mr. Aurey Baeoiker, one © apeci of the chief of vouene accidentally fell while passing the corner % Litton Leptin | streets, > seer hd the slippery atate ree and broke bis right arm near the shoulder, pecldont will prohal “poe | im ‘neapble of attending to bie usual business for some The ‘‘Enchantrese,”’ an opera in three acts, (music by Balfe—Woretto by Bunn,) was produced at the Broadway theatre, last might, to a packed house. Miss Louisa Pyne played Stella; Mr. Harrison, Sylvio, and Mr. Borra- ni, Ramir. As an opera ‘The Enchantress” is below me- Aiocrity, and its chief recommendations to musica! peo- ple consist of two or three pretty songs. The hero'ne is | first introduced to us ae the chief of » gang of pirates, | who aré continually engaged im informing her that she ie the pride of their hearts, and always expressing the hope that she may.ever be “happy and light.” She in- | terfeves im politien, and raises her protegé, Sylvio, to the throne of Sicily, after saving him from divers perils, and Aixguising herself in several very pretty dresses, There is @ Duke who stands in Sylvio’s way, and he is assassi- nated, of course, After a great deal of fighting and rod pride of the pirate’s heart’? becomes Queen of Ficily. Ae the scene of the opers is laid im an island, the inhabitants of which, according to dramatic histo- ryy spend their entire time in upsetting dynasties, burping palaces, giving mask balls and other light and agreeable entertainments, there is an excel- lent opportunity for show in ‘The Enchantress.’’ This opportunity Jias been fully improved by the Broadway mapagement. The seenery, dresses and appointments are excellent, and the ball scene in the second act was the finest thing of the kind that we bave seen in many adsy. The introduced dances were capitally executed. The music was never so well done in this country, Mies Pyne wae in excellent voice, and warbled her pretty ballads with charming effect. Mr. Harrison received a deserved Ahcore for his excellent rendering of the ro- manza, ‘I love her as that heav’n | love.”’ Mr. Borrani gave us a vivid portrait of Ramir, and sang his music expressively. The piece altogether was well done, and it is apropos to the season. We have nodeudt that i; will draw crowded houses through the holidays, and put a great deal of money into the managers’ pockets. It i: worth the price of a ticket to hear Miss Pyne sing ‘A Wouthful Knight;’ while those who are not inclined to worship at the shrine of St. Cecilia can have their eye: gratified by capital scenery and the charming effects of the choregraphic art. No Sarr at Torus Isranps.—Capt. Buck, of the schooner Valentine Doane, from Turks Islands, arvived yesterday, informs us thut there was no salt to be had atany of the islands. The quantity on hand at Turks Istands was about 6,000 bushels, which had been previ- ously evgaged, and for which 30 cents per bushel was arked. The V. D. came home in ballast. Southern Commercial Convention. The Commercial Convention of the Southern States, | and which convened in Baltimore in 1851, at Memphis, Tenn., in 1852, avd in Charleston, 8. C., in 1853, | adjourned from the latter city to meet again in New Orleans on gthe 8th of Janusry next. The Cty | Council of New Orleans has directed the Mayor te appoint a hundred delegstes from the city and to invite the Governors of Southerm States and the Mayors of Southern cities to visit that city dariag the session of the convention. Some of the Southern and Western journals 3) not appear to entertain a very exalted op‘nion of this ennual gathering, as is evidenced in the foliow- ing remarks from the St. ‘The third edition of thi t Southern Convention, the first of which sat at Memphis and the second at Obarleston, is to be held at New Orleans on the second Monday of next month. The ostensible objects of these annual gatherings are wellknown. Their results have never been made apparent. The one embraces the re- commendation of a peculiarly Southern policy, the de- yelopment of Southern resources, the enlargement of the commerce and trade to Southern ports, the en- hancement of Southern interests, and the independence ‘ of Southern citizens of their brethren of the North. The other—that is, the results—consist in just nothing sat all but the ercape of a vast amount of Southern gas, which might well be spared, stupendous projects, which never get to be more than projects, gorgeous plans of Southern aggrandizement, which are never executed, and recommendations which are mever regarded, even by the recommenders themselves. Charleston has vied with Memphis, and New Orleans will vie with Charleston, in demonstrations of gencrous hospitality over the delegates, who will be feted, danced, driven, fed, and treated like princes, and, at the end of their labors, go home with the wish that they may be delegates again, to partake of such good treatment next year. Southern cities and Southern people may woll spare themselves these annual exhibitions of character- ticeleverness. ‘Their reputation for hospitality is too well established to need ior its vindication these annual de- monstrations. We suggest to them a prudent husbandry of their resources, to be vented in the accumulation, rather than the expenditure of capital. . The key to the tuilure of these Conventions is to be found in’ the want of a practical basis for them to rest on. They mean too much and do too little. They are founded on wretchedly erroneous principles of policy. They contemplate the establishment of a mag- nificent foreign commerce as the ioundation of a mag- nificent Southern prosperity. They propose the form: tion of an extensive European trade, without fi developing the materials on which that trade is to feed. They look abread too much, and at home too little. Tu their eagerness to be independent of the Nortli, they coniract and sustain the most slavish dependence on England. They make themselves dependent on her alone for a market for their cotton which thoy sell, and for clothing which they buy. Instead of diversifying their industry, they concentrate their capital and ener- gies on the production of @ single staple, which, instead of being exchanged at home for necessaries and cuin- forte, must be sent abroad and sold at a price fix..! by the buyer. Under such circumstances there never can be an internal Southern trade of any consequence, since ‘there is a lack of material on which to base it. cot. ion crop of the South annually brings a large amount of money into the country; and English manufacturers as surely take it out, and more besides. Few things would afiord us more pleasure the spectacle of the South- ern i taking me: diversify their inv ustry, develope their resources, attain ini dence, ani achieve pros) rity; but Ho l as they rely on - vention wietest tay ope ey will wait ta ene objects, 0 lon; vain for them. hve . The Charleston Standard of the 22d instant 8aye:— the time at which this Convention was adjourned to meet in New Orleans is drawing close to hand. Gov. Adams has issued a proclamation notifying the gentle- men who served in the previous oonventions ot Memphis and this city, that they are re-appointed as delegates, with the addition to their number of ex-Gov. John I. Manning, ex-Lieut. Gov. J. H. Irby, Lieut. Gov. DeTre- ville, W. H. Trescott and O. M. Dantzler. We think it gosd policy for Charleston and South Carolina to be re. presented in that body, in order that the wishes of our State may be clearly expressed and defined. Jt has been said that these conventions do nothing ‘but talk—even so, that of itself will have a tendency to consolidate the opinions and principles of the leading men of the South, besides which this comingling of persons from all parts of the South will infuse a more general feeling of combination between all sections on the welfare of the whole, thus cemen' together all intents of progress and advancement which are so no- cessary tor our fnture position and power. The delegates to these conventions are induced to ex- ess openly their views, and by reason of their emana- ing from such a body, catry with them a weight whieh, at least, calls for investigation, if they are not fully adopted. Personal Intell: . Amongst the str of distinction now in this city, anys the Washington Union, is the Hon, Mise Mur- ray, an English lady it iatelligence and high chu. racter, who has spent the past pummer in the Northern and Eastern States and in Canada, We learn Miss M. visite the South and Cuba this winter, and returns next spring by the Mississippi river. Crnada; Hon, Jobn Ross, Mr. and M: Caleb Lyon, lyonsdale; fon. Rufus Captaia W. H. Howland, Dr. Davis, Col. R. A. Swain, Sam Francleco; H. Stewart, W, Hubbell Woteott, ©. I Ps gear 8 ‘and; 4, PDI Langworthy, 0.8.4.7 Geo, B, Beaumont Enel Fowler, B.F. Newoomb, M. Dauna, D. G. Jady, © Mi Southworth, Joshua He non, © Cool OR Wade, J D Prats, Wit Prat Wilton MG Mack I Howland, D 3K Whit ie A Gilleepie,. Roe jeepie, tter, W Carpenter, W It Whittier, Win Hammond, A MoMullen, F Cross, J Ferguson, A A Gooil, J Miller, W G Pollock, J Mt Ort, “Geo W Milie--aod 31 in the Naval In nee. ‘The U. 8. sloop of war, Portsmouth, was to sail from the Sandwich Islands via Valparaiso for the United States, about the 2éth Oct. ‘The U. & steam frigate, Sanquehanna, arrived at Acapulso on the 9th of Deo. from San Francisco, and wos to sail on the 12th for Philadelphia via Valpariso and Rio Janeiro. The U. & steam frigate Mississippi, romained at Benecia, Dec. 1, from Ban Franc aco. cinnati Commercial, of the 16th inst. George Foltry, s Hungarian who resided im that city, committed suicide about moon yeatentay, by shooting Limeelf with a platol. ‘Me. Foltsy 1a by birth ‘8 noble- man,’ but has meh and hie pecuniary vmbarrassmenta were the cosasion of hie rach act. 0 @ | fire, matters are all settled amicably and the ci-devan: _ Louis Evening News:— | PORTANT FROM ECUADOR. ANOTHER ANNEXATION SCHEME. | Tue Purchase of the Galapagos Islands Group, by the United States, for Three Millions. of Dollars, | ke, ec, dee {From the Panama Herald, Dec. 9.) | We learn from good authority, that a treaty bas bee | made br ween the United States and Eucador, by which | the latter cedes her sovereignty over the Galapagos group | (othe United States for the sum of three millions of dol- lars. In making this important announcement, which we have every reason to believe correct, we are unable .to give farther particulars; but no doubt the matter will be immediately brought before Congress for- its sanction, and the Galapagos may yet become United States territory before the Sandwich Islands, MW 1s said’ that rich deposits of guano, of good quality, have been Giscovered on the Islands, which, if true, will prove of great value to the agricultural interests of the States, and justify the expenditure of such a large eum of pub: Ne money. GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. We see no reason fur doubting that the important in- formation relative to the sale of the Galapagos Islands is substantially correct, and that if the terms and cona- tioms are not yet finally decided upom the question is. under consideration, and the ultimate annexation far from improbable. ‘We base our opinion upon the following circum- stances :— Ast. Because the Galapagos Islands are the rosort-of a large number of American wha ers, and would become avery importact saval station; and, moreover, large deposits of guano and nitre are said to exist there, which would be of the utmost value to the agricultural interest. And the policy of the preseut administration is evidently to acquire by purchase important positions Deyond the limits of the Union, as is manifested in the ease of Cuba, the Sandwich Islands, an island in the | Mediterranean, Sitka, an island in the China seas, &e., &e. Shly. Ecuador is bankrupt, and wants money to pay her debts, and three millions of dollars would be of more. use to her than the islands in question, which are now | only used as a place of banishment for a few convicts. Srdly. Because, in consequence of a report made ov the dist of July last by a it committee of the House of Representatives, appointed by oe the memorial of the citizens of Honore, paving intervention of the government of the U: States in the guano trafic with Peru, a Commissioner was sent out to Peru and the- south coast, and though we do not know his instructions,. we mey reasonably infer that he has power to treat for the acquisition of any {:lands contai 4 | and that » We believe, has visited Fauador. | _ athly. General Vilamil, the Ecuadorian minister at. Wi » is the proprietor of one of tho la) of | the islands, and has for some time past been aaxious to sell, and itis natural to suppose that he woul have brought the sul before the notice of the Government of the Wnited States, | Putting all these circumstances together, we do not ; therefore hesitate in believing the event ble. The Galapagos Islands,-a8 is known, are | situated about five or six hu: miles from the coast of ‘and lie immedi ‘America, ately under the equator. The archipelago consists of ten principal islands, of which five exceed the othéra in size—namely, Albe- marie, Indefatigable, Chatham, balers and. James, fer: ele ones are Barrington, Charles, Hood, Bindloes. The climate ‘a not excessively hot, a8, might be sup: from ir posi rain fi t Toe slonae bing iw; aoa Gagetis ee Worer parte eae ugh the lower parte are- sterile, at an elevation of a thousand feet aad upwards, it | megecres ‘® tolerably luxuriant y islands are all volcanic, Darwin, whom we quote, says there cannot be ieee tan two thousand craters throughou: group. are gen very” sterile, and water is ex sly scarce; on some oF the islands none is known to exii The animals, insects and plants, of those islands, in. most instances, differ from all others known, but they are few in number, and except tortoises and a few wild pigs of no use te man. There are numerous good harbors, and the neighboring seas sbound with whales, which eauses it to be much fre- uented by whalers. Excellent fish is caught close to- the shore, and as we mentioned before in this journal there is a fishing establishment of about thirty men on the islands, whodry the fish and finda ready market re vote = ia fhe My aver to exist, Cahners ta ve of large deposits of guano, extending thi miles in length by two in breadth, and over Tio reet i depth, but Darw expressly says that there is a re. markable scarcity of aquatic birds at this groap, and ‘captains oi \«ssels who have visited them all assure us that they never knew of the existence of any. Such are the Galapagos Islands as they at present ex Foy daa if they fall into the hands of the Anglo-xaxons it {s not improbable that their energy, experience and skill may convert them into a fruitful storehous and a pom resting place for the mariner who trayerses the racific. MISCELLANEOUS. The Progresso of Guayaquil, of the 234 ult., says,that. on the 8th the executive presented to the Sen.te the new arrangement entered into with Mr. Mocetta, relative to the payment of the Engligh debt, which itis pro- posed to settle with the Custom House duties and as- signation.of vacant lands. _ By a new postal arrangement which has just some into operation, all foreign newspapers weighing over twelve ounces are charged postage, (amount not stated, > and no-uppaid letters will be received in the post offizes of the republic. INTERESTING FROM NEW GRANADA. The Revolution—Battle between the Govern~ ment Troops and the Revolutioniste= Assault. of Bogota=The Sloop of War Albany--Ter- rible Steamboat Explosion, d&c. : Advices from Aspinwall to the 18th, Panama to the -16th, and Carthagena to the 9th inst., have been re- ceived by the George Law:— OUR CARTHAGENA CORRESPONDENUE. : CantHaguna, N. G., Dec. 9, 1854. Important Military Movemenis—Successes Of the Govern- ment Troops—Serious Steamboat Explosion— Forty Lives Lost, de, — By express received from the interior, we have heard of a succession of actions sustained by the government” troops, under General Lopez and General Herran, against the insurgent forces, commanded by General Melo. The fighting continued from the 22d to the 26th. The insur- gents have been defeated, and have retired to Bogota, where, on the-26th, they were attacked by the govern~ ment troops, who occupied the outskirts of the city, having fortified, at the same time, the hill of Ejipto with five cannons that were taken from Melo in one of the former-skirmishes on the plain. General Mosquera, commanding the northern army, met at Petaquero, in the province of Socorro, on the 2@ ult., the forces sent by Melo, under the command of Col. Juan Gutierrez, and completely routed them. The rem- nants of these troops were attaeked subsequently by » guerilla force headed by Santos Gutierrez, a constitu- tional officer, who took more than four hundred prison» ers, six hundred muskets, &c., and their commander, Juan Gutierrez. General Mosquera continued his march towards Bogota, where he must have arrived about the same time that Lopez and Herran assaulted it. From one moment to tho other, news is expested of the complete triumph of the constitutional forces. The steamer Manzanarez, of the St. Martha ‘teauw Navigation Company, burst her boilers on the — ult., between Conejo and La Vuelta, on the Magdalena river, killing forty or fifty persons, and scalding as many more. She is a complete wreck. Her machinery is perhaps the only part of her which may be saved, Among the prin- cipal sufferers is the National Guard of Cartbagena, who were hastening to join the government forees on the plain of Bogota. By next steamer | shall advise you of the final settle. ment of all the troubles (revolutionary) of this beaut ful, but unfortunate country. CALAMAR. The following extract of a letter, received by « gentle man in Aspinwall, may be relied upon as authentic :—~ ‘Aa express arrived. inet nights, beingioy tastes tide in ez) nl forinat that the government troops, yor Herran and Lopez, were assaulting Bogota when the ex) left. Momently parr oe ip Me a tgs cocupation of the capital also in the government ners was. 6 neighborhood Pap force, General wi , Melo has been loft. behind forces, which will soon be attackedby the combined forces of Mosquera and Lopes. In the action néar 800 of Melo’s cavalry passed over. The revolution is drawing to a close—evidently. ‘The Aspinwall Courier of the 15th says:— > an official bulletin dated Honda, Nov. 28th, we are infermes that the government forces had been succens- ful in driving the revelut army from point to point, until they were hemmed {non the 8 Of Bo» gota, near the city. Atashort distance from the city & battle had been fought, in which the revolutioniata. were defeated Melo war with the troops who were an. con at Bogota—and the government is wel said'to be only ewaltiog the arrival of Gen. Mos force, to make an attack upon the Dicta for. This seems to indicate the near approach of the close of the revolution. Quien sabe—what will be the immediately subsequent act in tho drama? From the seat of the revolution in this republic, we learn that on the 31st of October an action was fought between the government troops, commanded by Genera Mosquera, and 1,300 of the rebels, under command 6f Col. oan Gutierrez, which resulted in the dispersion of the latter, with a losa of 60 killed and 40 taken priso- ners. Gen. Mosquera’s loss is snid to have been 28 killed and 66 wounded. ‘The Aspinwall Courier of the 16th says:— Though we have no certain tidings of the safety of the Albany, we are glad to give later dates from her thaa we have heretofore had here, We learn that an Eng. Mesh officer at Havana communicated to Capt. Gray, of the Faloon, on the 6th inst., that he had recsived a let. ter from the commander of an English man-of-war at dated Oot. 10, in which be mentioned they ay -