The New York Herald Newspaper, January 6, 1855, Page 4

36 f NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1855. NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, DFFICE ¥. W. CORNER NASSAU AND FULTON STs. TERMS, cosh in advance. THE DAILY HERALD. THE WEEKLY WH eopy, or $3 per onnum $e uny part of Great E both to include + per copy—$T peF annum, ry Saturday “ibe cents per opean Eviition $4 per annum ‘and 8 to amy part of the Con- for Subscriptions or with Adver- or the postage will be deducted from RY CORRESPONDENCE, containing impor- ived from any quarter of the world—if used Oun Poreiax Connesron- SENT Us. | monymous communications. We do BROADWAY THEATRE, Brosdway—Lvoxy Hir—Tue Brocan's Orena—Inisn Turon. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—In1or Wirxss—Son o¥ Cowwmma-Laviere. | BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers streot—Sornra’s Sur weR—Nice Youne MAN—Avon.o in New Yorx, . WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Two Can Pray ar rar Gave—Tue Sisrens—AntruL Dopo, METROPOLITAN THEATRE, Broadway—Rionarp IIT —Usep Ur. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afternoon—Tue Wire. Evening Row Roy. WOOD'S VARIETIES—Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broadway. BUCKLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, 539 Broadway~Buex- mev’s Erniorian Oreaa Tr: a New York, Saturday, January 6, 1855. The News. By the arrival of the Asia’s mails we are in pos- mession of the full complement of her news, an out- Bne of which we published on Thursday. The far- ‘ther details supplied by the Buropean journals and Wy our regular correspondence will be read with in- ‘terest. From the intense excitement which per- waded the public mind in England on the subject of ‘the Foreign Enlistment bill, and the fierce opposi- . ‘tMon which it was encountering, both in and out of Parliament, it is evident that this unpopular mea- aware will give the coup de grace to Lord Aberdeen’s ministry. Nothing, in fact, but a threat of resigna- ion on their part could have forced it through a weeond reading in the Commons. Asit is, with the amall majority by which it was likely to be carried, paper to-day. The petition demands relief as a | Ever since the war of 1812, the commercial his- matter of right, and recommends that the five thousand building lots belonging to the city be im- proved by the erection of buildings thereon, and let to tenants ata just and equal rate. The peti- tioners think this would give employment to a large number of persons, and correct mmpy of the evils with which the times are afflicted. A fire occurred yesterday afternoon at the Pres- cott House, corner of Spring street and Broadway; it did not extend far before it was extinguished by the firemen. It is supposed to have originated in the kit-hen furnace, as the barning was discovered between the laths and plaster. The case is under the Fire Marshal’s investigation. A report of the fire will be found in another column. A lecture on Turkey was delivered at Clinton Hall, by the Hon. George P. Marsh, last evening. A synopsis of the lecture will be found eleewhere. The Coroner yesterday held an inquest on the body of William O’Brien, who was shot on New Year’s day by Joseph Hall, in a grovery at the corner of Grand and Laurens streets. After a full investigation the jary returned a verdict that the deceaved came to his death by being shot through the body by Joseph Hall, but express a doubt as to the sanity of Hall. t The correspondence between Mr..Belmont, oui minister at the Hague, and Mr. Van Hall, together with the comments of the Echo Universal, are pub- lished elsewhere in our paper to-day. It will be found piquant and interesting. Wm. D. Heiser, dembcrat, of Berks, was yester- day elected Speaker of the Senate of Pennsylvania, after twenty-seven ballo‘ings. Anson P. Morrill was yesterday elected Governor of Maine by the Legislature of that State. He re- eeived the unanimous vote of the Senate. His in- *auguration will take place to-day. Hon. Ira Bellows, of Pittsford, died suddenly at Rochester, last evening, while waiting in the ratlroad depot. He had held many posta of honor in this Btate, Two freight trains came in collision on the Cam- den and Amboy railroad, near Riverton, last even" ing. No one was injured, but the mail train was de- layed by the obstruction, and the mail did not reach this city urttil half-past 1 o’clock this morning. Common brands of State flour were again lower yesterday, anda sale of 2,000 bbls. was made at $8 87}, cash. Extra brands were unchanged. Upper M4 is doubtful whether the government will venture to carry it into operation. If they do, a storm will be raised against them which it will be impossible ferthem to weather. The thanks of the British Parliament were unanimously voted to the French ‘army and navy, and the compliment met witha @racious response in the columns of the Moniteur, which felicitates the nation on a fact #0 unprece- @ented in its history. . in France some alarm is manifested lest the Czar should hold out the hand to Mazzini and Kossu‘h im revenge for the desertion of his quondam ally, Austria; and the fact of the Moniteur seriously un" @ertaking to disprove such an anticipation, shows ‘that some uneasiness on the subject exists in high Ia addition to the interesting items of news re. ‘eeived through the ordinary sources of intelligence from Sebastopol, private letters received in Paris give a most unfavorable picture of the prospects of the siege. The Russians do not lose a point in the game of war, and are displaying the most extraor™ @imary energy and activity in their efforts to defeat ‘the advances of the besiegers. They have employed fhe time gained by the partial suspension of the slege «perations in preparing such a reception for ‘them as will render the issue of an assault extremely @oubtful. One of these letters goes so far as to state that although the engineering works have ar- rived at a point which enables the allies to say that they can enter when they please, they dare not stir ® foot in presence of the terrific obstacles which ‘ey will have to encounter. From Madrid, we learn that Mr. Soulé had hed a most important interview with M. Luzuriaga, the Minister of Foreign Affairs,in which the former exhibited a courtesy and a spirit of conciliation strikingly at variance with his previous tone aud bearing towards the Saanish government. This new phas» in our peppery minister’s diplomatic conduct has set all the world wondering, and the Spanish ‘@fficial himself seems to have been greatly puzzled by it, as, in his reply to Mr. Soulé’s professions of @ desire to cultivate cordial relations with the gov- ‘vnment, he was ext emely reserved and guarded, ‘The details of the interview will be found in the Ietter of our London correspondent. Gen. Sam Houston arrived in Washington yester- @ay. He isin good health and spirits, and reports ‘has Know Nothingism is in the ascendant in Texas. In the United States Senate yesterday, Mr. Sam. mer introduced a memorial, asking that the Secre- ‘tary of the Navy be empowered to send one or more vessels to the relief of Dr. Kane. The Milita- ry Academy bill, for appropriations, was passed; after which the Judiciary Reform bill was taken mp, and debated until the adjournment.. In the House of Representatives, the delegate from Nebraska appeared and took his seat. The memorial of the insurance and other associations of this city, asking for th: fitting out of an expedition fer the relief of Dr. Kane, was presented by Gen. Walbridge, and referred to the Committee on Com- merce. The balance of the day was taken up with private bills, of which fourteen were passed. In the State Senate yesterday, Mr. Brooks intro~ @uced a bill to provide for fraudulent over-isme of stocks, and to prevent persons from holding simi- Jar offices in than one compauy. Notice was given of the introduction of bills in relation to exca- vations in New York city; to regulate the sales by ‘the sheriff of New York, and to prohibit the New Haven Railroad Company from running their cars enthe Harlem track. The bill intended to reach ‘the property of non-residents doing business in the Btate, for taxation, was, in Committee of the Whole, ordered to a third reading, and the bill disfranchis~ ‘ng persons giving or receiving money to influence wuffrager, was debated until the close of the sitting. In the Assembly, the report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction was received. Mr. O'Keefe presented a bill for the better protection of life in the erection of buildings in the city of New York. Notice was given of a bill for the security of pas- wengers on steam ferry boats, and various others. ‘The select committee on the prohibitory liquor law @ensists of Mesars. Leigh, May, C. P. Johnson, Da- mont, Aiken, E. Miller, Masters and Searing. ‘The nominations of the Commissioner of Streets ‘and Lamps vere confirmed yesterday evening by ‘The Board of Aldermen. The Board rescinded t.eir former action as to their si'tings, and resolved to mect on Monday and Thursday of each week. Al @ermen Ely, Kelly and Christy were appointed a mpecial committee to take into consideration the wubject of extending Albany street through Trinity churchyard. The Board of Councilmen were in seasion last evening, and numerous petitions, reports, &c., were weceived and appropriately disposed of. The peti- ‘ton and memorial of, the unemployed workingmon, @rom the Board of Aldermen, was laid on the table A communication from the Commissioner of Streots and Lamps, asking for an appropriation of $17,784, to defray the salaries of Street Inspectors, was re- soeived and referred, A resolution to stay all farther proceedings in the matter of opening Albany street, ‘was adopted. The Board of Sapervisors held the first meeting ‘ander their present construction last evening, and appointed the Mayor President of the Board forthe year. His Honor briefly acknowledged the compli- ‘The committee of unemployed workmen from the meoting held at Hope Chapel and the committee d by the Board of Councilmen, met yester- day afternoon in the Council chamber. The former, after some little debate, presented their petition and memorial, which will be found eleewhere in our Lake red wheat sold at $1 80. Indian corn was one cent a bushel higher; meal was also better. There was @ heavy decline in old mess pork, with sales of about 3,000 bbls. which opened at $12 37 and closed at $11 87 4 $12; prime sold at $12. Lard was firm. Beef and cut meats were unchauged. Cotton was active at the advance of s quarter of a ceat a pound gained since the receipi of the America’s news. The sales footed up about 2,500 bales. Cause o¢ the Revalsion—Its Effects, Elsewhere will be found some mention of large failures at Boston and New Orleans. The epidemic is, travelling over the whole couhtry; no city of any note can expect to es- cape. All followed the example of New York when flush times began; all must now follow her as closely in adversity. How simple and plain the whole story of our troubles to one who studies them with the light of plaincommon sense, and without the deceit- ful glare of theory! It all began witha few Merchants who made money in 1843 and the following years, and undertook to live as they believed, “up to their means.” Others follow- ed when Californian gold added an apparent resource to the country; and very soon the practice became general in certain circles. One after another, the successful traders built fine houses in Fifth avenue, set up carriages, kept servants in livery, and spent vast sums in din- ners and equipages. Notthat they were accus- tomed to such things, or even knew how to use them; most of the possessors of this sudden splendor had learned to cypher in a country schoolhouse, or worn pinafores in a back parlor behind a small retail store. Neither hereditary luxury nor even stable resources could be urged as an excuse for such extravagance. The money was spent because it was unexpectedly made, and as fast as it was made. This was not the worst. Seeing his neighbor launch out, many a man, who had less reason for increasing his expenditure, resolved not to be outdone, andran into debt in order to keep pace with him. Soon, the mania spreading, a despe- rate race of wastefulness began; long before it ended, every one, rich and poor alike, was busy mortgaging the fatare to sustain the pre- sent. As every one but a few “ croakers” said that the flush times would last forever, and merchants’ profits go on increasing, no one thonght it dangerous to anticipate a little of the promised corcucopia. Thus, four years of California gold produced an era of extrava- gance unparalleled in American history. Men of moderate means imitated the rich ; even the poor tried to emulate the example of their wealthier neighbors, Boston, Philadelphia, and other second rate cities imitated New York: the small towns imitated these cities ; the vil- lages imitated the towns ; till the whole coun- try was thoroughly impregnated with a spirit of lavish extravagance. The consequence was inevitable. At the first check, every one who had been living beyond his means, and count- ing on Increased resources to carry him through, was brought to a stand ; and as this class com- prised nine-tenths of the business community, extensive embarrassment began to be felt. Then resort was had to desperate schemes to raise money ; fraudulent banks were started, fraudulent companies organized, baseless echemes set on foot. These delayed but aggra- vated the crisis, and when it came, few indeed were thoee who could withstand it. Five months now has the process of demolition been going on; breaking down ‘mercantile houses, banks, railroads, and financial enterprises. The public have not heard one-twentieth of the names of those who have suspended payment or compromised with their creditors sigce July last; does not know one tithe of the disaster that yet remains to be accomplished. Now and then temporary relief has been felt ; and spe- cutators have fancied they saw the last of the crisis—just as Nicholas Biddle, in 1837 and 1838, used to go down to Wall street every few weeks, and announce that the hard times were over, and all was about to improve. But those who are not blinded by interest or prejudice see plainly enough that the revulsion can only end when its work has been completed ; when every man who has lived beyond his means has bro- ken down ; when every bank founded on a frau- dulent basis has gone to the dogs; when the bulk of the swindles devised for the purpose of sustaining Fifth avenue extravagance has been exposed, and their authors stripped of their ill- gotten gains. Any one can calculate when this will be. Amid all the distress and suffering which a revulsion like the present cannot fail to cause, it affords some consolation to reflect that crises of this nature are actually of ultimate benefit to the country. The alternate succession of pe- riods of great expansion and correaponding con- traction is becoming one of the most marked seatures of the progress of the United States, tory of this nation hasbeen a regular series of eras of astonishing prosperity and eras of equally prodigious ruin. After the war, the di- version of capital from manufactures, and other causes produced a crisis and revulsion ; after which trade revived, and the United States ad- vanced with rapid strides. In 1828, the coun- try broke down again. Reviving, it com- menced anew with increased energy, to re- peat the crash in 1837. This was, from va- rious accidental causes, more serious and more lasting in its effects than the others. It was not till 1848 that trade began to revive. But in proportion to the violence of the fall, was the energy of the rise. Never did sach en- terprise mark the United Statesas between 1847 and 1853. It seemed as though no boufds could be set either to the stupendous concep- tions or to the wonderful vigor with which they were executed by the American people. Railroads were built, steamers launched, ps- laces erected; cities founded, deserts opened, fleets equipped, armies of settlers sent abroad, and an encouragement given at home to the arts and luxuries such as even Europe has sel- dom seen. All this, as has been explained, led necessarily to the regular periodical crash, which began last July, and is now in its inci- pient stage. But look at its ultimate effects. Doubtless it will break down halt our mer- chants and laading men, and, while it lasts, cause much misery; but look at the national wealth of which it will leave us in possession. All these stupendous fruits of the energy of the past ten years it cannot destroy. Our splendid cities, our cultivated plains, our vast network of railways, it cannot take away. Their au- thors and owners may be swept away by the storm; but their works will remain, to be held, enjoyed, and improved during the next era of expansion, It is very doubtful whether a country advances in the long run under any Process as rapidly as by the fitful, spasmodic system which seems to be established in the United States. Tue Ostend REVOLUTIONARY AND PRESIDEN- TIAL ProgRaMME—TgE Key To THE WHOLE Concern.—Our Washington advices of this morning, touehing the secret springs of the European policy of the administration and the Ostend coalition and programme for the Presi- dency, throw a flood of light upon the whole subject. We venture to say that the archives of the State Department, public and secret in- cluded, do not contain a more interesting, in- structive, clear and luminous letter, upon the important subjects which it discusses, than this invaluable-letter furnished by our correspon- dent in the premises, from A. Dudley Mann. Mark the date of this letter—Paris, Febru- ary 7, 1853—anterior to the inauguration of Pierce or the proclamation of his Oabinet. Ob- serve how succinctly the author chalks out the foreign policy of the administration—a reform in the costume of our diplomats to the true democratic standard—no association beyond the forms of politeness with the diplomatic lacquies of the European monarchies—no sym- pathy with Continental aristocrats—active sympathy with the red republicans and social- iste—active filibustering propagandism, ac- cording to the plan laid down by Kossuth— open contempt for Louis Napoleon, and a league with the socialists to put him downa— the most positive and independent democratic disregard of all the social usages of the Euro- pean courts ; the snug little post of Secretary- ship of the Paris Legation to Willie, “ tho- roughly qualified to discharge its duties,” as a chip of the old block, well satisfied that “it would redound to the glory of Gen. Pierce’s administration ;” and above all, “a death blow ”’— mark that—‘“a death blow to the American aristocracy, (the codfish aristocracy, no doubt,) which has exercised so banefal an influence, adverse to our institutions and our interests, in Paris.” Such is the skeleton outline of the diplomatic programme of A. Dudley Mann, within a month before the promulgation of the inaugural. Aud we see the whole of it carried out, except the appointment of Willie; and with regard to the disposition of that young gentleman we are still in doubt. A better arrangement than that Proposed, was, perhaps, adopted in the appoint- ment of Willie’s gevernor as under Secretary of State. But, otherwise, the programme of Mr. Mann is the master key to the European policy of Gen. Pierce. It gives us the origin of Marcy’s circular on diplomatic coats and breeches—it explains the squabbles of Soulé at Madrid, and with Louis Napoleon, the red repub- lican proclamations of Sanders, the quarrel be- tween Sickles and Peabody ; and it betrays the master spirit of ‘the Ostend convention and its European revolutionary and American Presi- dential platform. Alter reading this letter of February, 1853, not another word of explanation is needed to account for the presence of A, Dad- Jey Mann in Europe in 1854, pending the Os- tend convention, or for his return after the dispersion of that mysterious conference. This letter explainsit all. We cannot do ful} justice to this remarkable letter at a single ig After our readers have digested it, in connection with all our pre- vious disclosures of the Ostend league, we shall recur to it again. It is a perfect gem, this most extraordinary letter—the real Koh-i-Noor of the diplomatic jewels of the State Depart ment. It must be viewed from various points to discover all its beauties. It was Marcy’s Kob-i-Noor. It has fallen into our possession, and we cheerfully give it to the sovereign American people as a New Year's present. It is the real “mountain of light.” Toe ApMINISTRATION AND THE Freyca Mts- s10N.—The half dozen organs of the adminis- tration, scattered thinly over the country, are continually lamenting the great primary blan- | der of Gen. Pierce in failing to appoint James Gordon Bennett as Minister to France, Per- hape-—as My. Dudley Mann says, in recom- mending Willie for Secretary of Legation at Paris—perhaps our appointment as Minister the administration; but we doubt whether we could have prevented our late diplomatic troubles and shocking blunders elsewhere on the Continent, short of a complete abandon- ment of the programme of Mr. Mann by the government. As an ambassador appointed | under that programme, we certainly should have reeigned the French mission at once. We foreign @hd friendly government under in- structions, express or implied, to sympathise and co-operate with its red republican enemies in their afforts to stir up a revolution. Bat what has become of Willie? Was Willie to have been our Secretary of Legation? Where | ie Willie? ~ there might have “ redounded to the glory of | | could never consent to accept a mission to a | Tae Kxow Norumas' Nor Asourriowist3.— Southern members of Congress err gravely in | charging upon the Know Nothings of New England anti-slavery proclivities, Ia the first place, the Know Nothing movement has already rendered substantial service to.the Union by clearing away the wreck of the Nebraska agita- tion, and demolishing at one fell blow the | whole structure of the new anti-slavery pawy which was attempted to be established at Wor- | cester, Saratoga, in Michigan and elsewhere. | The republican party, as the new faction was tohave been called, was completely crushed out by the Know Nothings. From the first, the Know Nothings have been opposed by the abolitionists, and are deadly foes to Seward and | his party. Again, as was seen by the papers | yesterdsy, the Rev. Theodore Parker, the abo- litionist, was defeated by an enormous majori- ity in the Boston Legislature ; showing concla- sively that the Know Nothings who are in power in that State are not inclined to favor the anti-slavery party in New England. It is not to be expected that men in Boston shall think on slavery as men in Carolina do. Brought up under a different system and in a regoin where slavery can never thrive, the peo- ple of Massachusetts can. hardly ever coidcide | exactly with the South in their views on the subject. But so long as they agree not to mo- lest it, and to give full scope to the provisions of the constitution, it is hard to see what good ground they afford for complaint. The South may rely on the soundness of the Koow Nothings. More Protests Against tae Kinyey Mo3- quriro Expeprr1on.—We publish to day several official letters from the Nicaraguan minister to Mr. Marcy, and also the correspondence be-° tween him and the officers of the Nicaragua Transit Company, in reference to the Kinney expedition. Although the letters of Mr. Marcy donot appear, we infer from the tenor of Mr. Marcoleta’s second and very able letter that the venerable bear of the State Department has gone @ step further than in his letter to Mr. Mo- lina, and turned special pleader for the compre- hensive company to which we have alluded- Should he fail in his schemes to succeed Pierce, he may fall back upon some high position in Kinney’s new republic. It will be a capital place for him, for the habits of that delectable region are such, and the notions of propriety which prevail there so expansive, that he may go indefinitely with holes in his pantaloons, or without pantaloons at all, if he shall be so in- clined. The treasury of the new republic, therefore, need anticipate no demands on ac- count of patched breeches. We have no doubt that the badgered premier already longs for A lodge ia some vast wilderness, Some Boundless contiguity of shade ! And Kinney’s new republic will be just the Place for him. Catching lizards and digging wild roots will afford a pleasant relief to being thrust at with sharp sticks, and bedevilled by waspieh diplomats. We must have Marcy’s argument in behalf of the Mosquito Company. Let the Union bring it out, or Congress call for it. It may deserve to be classed with the Koszta letter, or the bulletia on costume. It appears, per contra, that while Cost Johnson has got Marcy, he has lost some of his directors.. Mr. J. LL. White, whose name figures in the list of new officers published a few days ago, backs out squarely; and Mr. Morgan cuts the Mosquito scheme. It would bea sad denouement if this company should never emerge from its chrysalis state, and that its originators should be obliged to confine themeelves for a few years longer to three cent drinks. But Marcy has killed everything he has taken hold of; and the Kinney stock has sunk rapidly since it received the equivo- cal honor of administrative favor. Things look as if the expeditionists will meet swith a warm reception if they ever leave the United States, which we much doubt. The New Granadian, Costa Rican, Guatemalan, and Ni- garaguan ministers have all entered their pro- tests against them; and however mach they may differ on other points, all these govera- ments seem to be united in an inflexible opposi- tion to the Kinney and Johnson scheme. Bat we imagine they need not give themselves fur- ther trouble. The worst thing they could do against the adventurers would be to let them land, and leave them to the tender mercies of the vomito and fever. Seven or eight coloni- zation schemes have been attempted on the Mosquito coast, but the deluded settlers never | succeeded in clearing more ground than sufficed for their graves. Reverston Awong the Taeatnes—Tanue | Savt Ur.—Walking up Broadway, the other day, we met Mr. William Niblo, his face cover- ed with smiles. ‘ How is Mr. Niblo?” “ Ah!” he replied, “I am at last a happy man!” | “What has taken place?” “I will tell you,” re- joined Mr. Niblo: “ This morining I called toge- ther all my people, singers, dancers, actors, fiddlers, scene shifters, carpenters, supernume- raries, and so forth; I then paid them all off — every cent—and gave orders to close the thea- tre. I am now perfectly free; I shall retire | from the field and wait for better times.” This revulsion among the theatres is an ex- ample of the progress -of the revolution which is now rapidly spres@ing through all ranks of society. Within the last two or three weeks three of the city theatres have been shut up | onaecount of the hardness of the times—the Academy of Music, the National theatre, and, last, Niblo’s, one of the most popular places of amusement in the city. The Academy of Music was established by the aristocracy of this city, and its founders intended to compete with the efforts of the aristocracy of London and Paris in similar es- | tablisbments. But it wasa failure. Although the greatest artists were brought over, it didnot | pay even for one short season. The manager | received a letter of condolence and a benefit, The doors well} then closed. } The National theatre, for several years a | ‘profitable house, under the management of Mr. | Purdy, has been closed for want of patronage, and will probably remain closed for some time | to come. | ‘The principal theatres now open are the | Broadway, Burton’s, and Wallack’s. The | Negro Minstrels have lately taken to theatri- | cal entertainments. The Broadway and the Minstrels seem to be the most prosperous; and, judging from pres@at appeararices, it séems probable that all these establishments will be able to stand the pressure. { The it shutting up of the theatres will caure distrets among the artists and em. ployés; they will be scattered all over the covntry,in search of employment, and many will be ansuccesefal. They have a claim on the public bounty, and we trust that the mat- ter will be taken into consideration, and some arrangements made by which their sufferings may be relieved. from the letters from Albany, that ifoaly twen- ty-five of the forty-four whig Know Nothings are true to their principles, Mr. Seward can be | deteated. Yet so confident are his friends that the Know Nothing ranks do not contain twen- ty-five true men, that his reelection is looked | upon asa certainty, and the future policy by which he intends to revive the influence of foreigners and re-marshal the Irish vote is free- ly canvassed in certain circles, That Mr. Sew- ard’s friends, judging from their dwn expe- rience, should be quite ready to believe that the canal spoils and other engines of corrup- tion will induce more than half the whig Know Nothings to desers, their colors, is only natural; the mistake they make is to confound the new party with the old ones. If the Know Nothings have been correctly represented by their leaders, it isin just such emergencies as this that the difference between them and the ‘old factions will he apparent. Still, the power of plunder is great; and it would be well for the ledges all over the country to keep a vigi- lant watch over their brethren in the Legisla- ture. If Seward is re-elected, a stunning blow will be inflicted ou the Know Nothing party, and their past triumphs will go for nothing. If he is defeated, the old whigs may be consider- ed as settled, and the arena will be clear for the Presidential fight. A Great Cuancs.—A little over a year ago, such was the pressure which W. H. Seward brought to bear upon the Legislature at Al- bany in favor of Archbishop Hughes, that there was great danger of the passage of a bill turn- ing. over into his posseseion all the Catholic church property in the State. Now what do we see? A billintroduced of exactly the op- posite character, going, as far as bill can go, against the policy of the Archbishop ; and not a single Seward man rising in his defence. Is not this the most cruel treatment of an absent friend? Let thé Catholic supporters of the Archbishop put their trust no loager in Sew- ard. He has turned to the worship of strange gods and bad liquor to secure his re-election. We fought against the Archbishop’s bill ; but where was Seward then, and where is he now? Who can answer for Seward? THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Intensely Interesting from Washington. STILL MORE OF THE OSTEND AND CABINET BU- CHANAN INTRIGUES FOR THE SUCCESSION—PLAIN STATEMENT OF THE CASE—VERY CURIOUS, VERY INSTRUCTIVE ORIGINAL LETTER OF A. DUDLEY MANN, FURNISHING A COMPLETE OUTLINE OF PIERCE’S EUROPEAN POLICY, AND OF THE BU- CHANAN PROGRAMME OF THE OSTEND CONVENTION. ‘Wasninaton, Jan. 5, 1855. ‘The grand European and Kitchen Cabinet combination, or plot, for giving Buchanan the nomination of the next Baltimore Demoeratic Convention, and for setting aside doth Pierce and Marcy, is making very rapid progress both at home and abroad. Ican state, from the best authority, that Daniel E. Sickles has positively resigned his official situation at London, and with the full concurrence, and with the best relations of friendship, and of a common interest, With Buchesan. Sickles comes to Wasbington, in fact, asan aide-de-camp of Buchanan, and is to take the im- portant post of joint editor of the Union with Forney. You know that this is a shrewd move on the part of Buchanan. Sickles is bett r acquainted with the sub- terrazean machinery of New York democratic politics than all the Kitchen Cabinet put together. Besides this, while as a general writer Forney is flashy and shallow, Sickles is keen, astute, and practical. He is the very men wanted in the Washington organ; for without an intimate knowledge of New York polities it is perfectly useless to attempt to manage the affairs of the demo- cratic party, or of any other party, in view of the suc- cession. In connection with this important transfer of Sickles to headquarters, another move of the Ostend plot has been simultaneously assigned to George Sanders. He ‘has left London, via the West Indies, for New Orleans, at which point he is to commence a confidential agitation among the leading democrats, ® behalf of Buchanan and a strong Cuban platform. Soulé, in the meantime, is to provoke a rupture with Spain, call for his passports, re- turn home, excite a flare-up with Marcy, and stir up the whole South against him, Soulé, in this view, may possibly return very soon; but, at the farthest, his part of the game is to be carried out in the course of the spring, or very early in the summer. Mason, in the same connection, is preparing to settle up his accounts at Paris, and to return home. He may be wanted to fill a possible vacancy in the present Cabinet; and it has also been whispered to him that Buchanan would prefer on his ticket John Y. Mason for | Vice President, to any other man. Belmont, too, will ‘be required on this side the Atlantic, as the money-lend- ing Jew of this Buchanan alliance; for these politiclans, you know, are always in want of funds, In this light Belmont will be indispensable. He bleeds freely—very freely—for a Jew; but he looks forward to a good in- terest on his investmeats, Lastly, Buchanan himself, as you are aware, is to re- turn in the spring, and plant himself in the central position of Pennsylvania—an excellent point for direct- ing the movements of his agents around the circum. ference. Magnificent plot this, and beautifully arranged. ‘The history of all the diplomatic, Cabinet, and Kitchen Cabinet intrigues and wire-workings, resulting in the adoption of this scheme, is full of the most amusing, the most surprising, and the most extraordinary facts. The most curious and surprising of them all has just come tolight. Yes, sir. A. Dudley Mann, Under Sesretary of State, called to that position from abroad, to supply the deficiencies of Marcy’s ignorance of European diplo- macy and foreign languages, is the author of Pierce's Continental policy, and of the European revolutionary and Presidential programme of the Ostend convention. The following remarkable letter, somewhere, perhaps, on file in the State Department, or among the archives of the Kitchen Cabinet, I have the liberty to transcribe from the original, in the hand-writing of A. Dudley Mann, Read it, and give it to the world, for the special edification of Mr. Bayly, Chairman on Foreign Affairs of the House; for he is wonderfully innocent and ignorant of the main springs of Pierce’s diplomacy and this Os. tend league for the Presidency. Read it:— Panis, Monday, Feb. 7, 1853, Muff I presume, will od in Ws \ sceecm remaster de appoi a Mi Frac. fh sel pemany importance—I may say of . mount im & thorougn democrat shoald come here; 8 maa who would ‘the earth. guides, instead of the small men iy omy lis ipentel int because they Selves under the lead of the diplomatic corpo corse af liveried lackeys, with which an American ought not to associate beyond the rules required polite. ness, and with which we can have ao sentiments in com. mon. I wish to see our government in accordan ‘ Fight democratic sentiment, todigeantiy unt frown indignantly upon t savors of monarchy or court custome. The new tary of State will bave a glorious field to effect reforms in the usages of our representatives abroad. He should begin by instru them to wear, upon accustomed occasions, a simple blue dross coat, and pantaloons of the same color, with white waistcont, with the American eagle upon his button, ani the hat of a citizen. The use of in every form should be forbidden. The gaud: suit now in use is suited to the subject or slave of a tocrat—' him, as the dog is marked upon the collar which wears—but not Rotgeing’ princes {- rigl rere » he = ve no it a dress in whieh our minister shall resentatives should be instructed to abandon the prac- tice of putting the servants whom they employ in livery. genteel suit of black is much more becoming, and on Bo account should the noble bird of Jove descend so low 4 ence Of Daving ny bur'vers te tra appear betore them. Our rep- | ; and Seay thonsand dollars / VOL. XxX. @ servant’s hat. Tho as to be mounted uj should be kept ten wotil four; and ite La ‘bent should, at it two hours every day, receive his countrymen there, however their condition, be bed dear sir, I have only tiay to glance at the subject. You, Tam sure, will approve of the suggestions I have made, and, asatrue patriot and democrat, endeavor to have them acted upon. Now, entre vous et moi, I am excee tingly anxious that Willie should receive this tecretarystip. Tam confident that he is thoroughly qualified to discharge the duties eonnected with it, and to give it an elevatien which it - never attained, I would use y exertion to have the legation located in a centrul part of the city, and to make it an American corey ad of & re ‘of Cnr reception and elegant indifference ani wine pa cu citizens, any “ss hatter: posted a Sen — ati 8 moment uj rench and Ruropean al 5 ant confident I could, thrpugh Willis, render services that would redound to théglory of Gen. Pierce’s tion, 1 write thus freely to line: because you know both of us well, and I would like y.4 to make these representations in the proper quarter. It is all-import- ant that we should strike a death blow to the American aristocracy which has exerc sei so bangful an influence, adverse to our institutions and to our interests in Paris. Louis Napoleon cannot sustain loug, and in view of this we want not only a min'ster, but a secretary also, of pure stuff—ready to sympathize with our fellow republicans in adve is ‘aad to enjoy their victories in case they Buc se ¢ government should make a demonstration, in its appointments to the governinent of the Tuileries, that we have finished with tha: i-s and toadyiem; aot this woulc give us reputation at ons. T wish you would read this to our ardent friend ++**#, If Thad time to write to him, I suould express exactly the same opinions and views. My labors in Switzerland I am informed Lynn have been appreciated by Mr. Fillmore, and that there was every chance, when writing, that the treaty woul® be perfectéd. Iam confident that my mission to Old Helvetia oxercised a benign influence upon ber destinies. T have never receive’ an outfit, and as Lam no better off, in a pecuniary point of view, than when I entered the public service eleven years ago, I ought to give me one, and I have acco: ly for it, Willie will explain to you partioulars, and I would thank you if you would use your influence in such quar- veTell’ Gen. Pleree to x thie eye, steadil Enrope jen. Pierce ix “his eye st y . Its movements cannot be too closely ‘ratehed, 4 ‘The arise tocratic ‘was never so well matured before. Ite policy is to thrust France forward as its most powerful maritime champion, and her ruler is admirably disposed to involve us in hostilities. Yours Gn ‘A. DUDLEY MANN. It will be seen from this instructive document, that it ig the very cream of the plot. First, it gives us the germ of the official circulars of Marcy, of June, 1853, on diplo- matic costume, in instructions drawn up with the pre- cision of a Chatham strect tailor, from the biue cloth pantaloons to tho hat of a citizen. The bright idea, too, of adopting Franklin as our diplomatic model, it wil} here be seen, belongs to Mann, and not to Marey. Se- condly, we see by this letter that it was Dudley Mann who chalked out the European revolutionary, red republican, socialist programme for our diploma. tic corps. Hence the filibustering appointments of Soulé, O'Sullivan, Daniel, and the socialist, Robert Dale Owen, and such. Hence, the Swiss and French cir- culars of George Sanders; and hence the Ostend con- vention, which Mann was sent over to manage. Thirdly, we find here the key to the first bold instructions of Marey to Soulé, Belmont, and others, a satisfactory solu- tion of the squabble between Soplé and Louis [Napo- leon, and a clear insight into the rupture between Da- niel E. Sickles avd George Peabody. Marcy was finely taken in by this masterly letter~ he had such confidence in the surprising Europea knowledge and experience of his assistant. It was not till after the meeting of the Ostend conventioa that the old Premier began to smell a rat. But when he did discover ‘that at the bottom of this Dudley Mann programme of democratic Americar diplomacy, and European socialism, there was « deep laid Buchanan plot for the Presidency, ‘and that Cushing and Forney aud the President were mixed up inthe scheme, Marcy from that moment became savage and intractable. The President was bound to submit, as this letter of Mann’s will abundantly show. It may seem strange that the President should be in the plot to set aside Mr. Pierce as a nincompoop; but such appears to be the fact, These things cannot last. They are fast coming tos crisis; and be not surprised if eyen before the reture of Buchanan, Soulé, Mason and Belmont, there is a crash inthe Cabinet, and a blow-up of the administration. What will Willie do? ARRIVAL OF GENERAL HOUSTON—THE ARMSTRONG OLaIM, ETO. ‘ASHNGTON, Jan. 5, 1855, Gen, Sam. Houston reached here this evening, ia due health, and took quarters at Willard’s, He pronounces the rumor of his resignation, by your correspondeat, entirely false. He reports Know Nothingism omnipo- - tent in Texas. The Geueral Armstrong claim, now before Congress, will certainly pass. : The amount of Treasury notes outstanding on the lst of January was $112,561 64. ' UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. 5 W. Supreme Court—Nos. 38 and 39 —James Williams, administrator, appellant, vs. Robert Oliver's executors. and Jobn Goodings, adminutrator, appellant, ve. Robert Oliver's cheater” vament concluded by i. Dala- ef for the appellants. No. 163.—Alfred Savignac, — in error, vs. Abrahem Garrisow. The motion to re- pete oe ae tepeereioe, . - cause was argued yy Mr. r in su an ir. in - tion, No. 3Origlol Tocket—-Tas sees of Peraa, complainant, vs. the State of Georgia. ment om the motion to intervene in bebalf of the Uni States, Gel Thomas was commenced by the At y General. Balch, Esq., of Philadelphia, waa admitted as an attor- ney of this court to-day. From the State Capital. PREPARING FOR WORK—NOTICES OF BILLS TO BE IN- TRODUCED—NON-RESIDENTS AND TAXATION—THE TWENTY -SEVENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT—THE PRO- HIBITORY BILL—FINANCES OF THE STATE, ETO. Aupany, Jan. 6, 1856. Both houses will be prepared to engage in legislative business in the course of next week, Notice is already given of a large number of bills which members intend to introduce. morning, that he intended to bring ina bill to grant property holders on lines of streets to be opened, power to conduct the opening at their own individual expense and supervision, without being compelled to pay com- missions, as has long been the case, to amounts greater than property adjoining is worth. Such.a law should be adopted, and every real estate owner up-town should send petitions for it. A bill, which Mr. Leigh has given notice of, to prevent ~ the destruction of New York harbor, is the same which met with such earnest opposition last year from Brook- lyn, The old fight of water jurisdiction will be revived between the rival cities, A bill passed the Senate in committee, this morning, compelling non-residents doing business in New York to pay taxes upon their capital. Mr. Whitney stated that there were sixty millions of dollars, one-third of which is owned out of the United States, which is not taxed, ond cannot be reached under our present laws. Capi- talists doing business in New York enjoy all the protec- tion from fires, robbery, &e., are guarded by the police, and all the advantages of - fee Shslins be ibeahope ot tes ‘Sracia ie muppet ot the city government. Mr. Brooks eaid that law fifty millions can be Troposed which renily to the taxable ert enal f $2) ae Mey The of the count af tario and tou aré without a representative in the Senate of this State. an po matew hde triotie that that * riding ‘thin ; DI Se hitter the Twent ninth ‘aus no where aE w hibrter acknow! ‘of the the State, by the ptrolier, toa bie phrnad bn Ned impose a mi sox upon the people for the support of go- vernment, have created a ) vensation. The defi- ciency in that fund for the last teeal year, y 20th “of September, is stated at ne . the " four heneied is great ee YAsteryer yy mete tm 1 report of the Superintendent of the Bank- / P= ty ment, and also that of the intendent of, Public Instruction, were presented in the House to- day. They sre quite voluminous and interesting, and the public printer promises to furnish early co} for distribution, Poth houres adjonrned over until Monday, in conse. The Speakers of New ¥ The a Mr, Munday informed the House this .