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

86 ; v7 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES © ORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR, WFFICE ¥. W. CORNER NASSAU AND FULTON STs. TERMS, cosh in advan . THE DAILY HERA LEKLY —e ha er copy—$T pet annum. ropean Evliiion $4 per annuin nd % to any part of the Con- ee for Subscriptions or with Adver- Beements to be post 7 the postage will be deducted from fhe money remiited. ti TARY CORRESPONDENCE, containing impor: news, solivived from any quarter of the world—if used will be liberuily paid for. oar Pormigx Conrmsron- DESTS ANE PARTICULARLY REQUESTED TO SEAL ALL Degree act PACKAGES SENT US. ts er TICE taken of anonymous communications. We do those rejected. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENI) BROADWAY THEATRE, Brosdway—Lvcxy Iir—Tue jan’s Orena—inisn Turon. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—In1or Wirnxss—Son ov @ovvmma~—Lavirre. BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers street—Sornra’s Sur wen—Nice Youne May—Avoito in New Yorx, . WALLACK’S THEAT! Broadway—Two Can Puay ar rnar Gawe—Tue Sisrens—AnrruL Doposn. METROPOLITAN THEATRE, Broadway—Ricwarp IIT —Usxp Ur. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afternoon—Titx Wivs. Evening ~Row Roy. WOOD'S VARIETIES—Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broadway. BUCKLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, 539 Broadway—Buox- mev's Ermiorian Oreaa T: turday, January 6, 1855, ~The News. By the arrival of the Asia’s mails we are in pos- wession of the full complement of her news, an out- Be of which we published on Thursday. The far- ‘ther details supplied by the European 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- . tien which it was encountering, both in and out of Parliament, it is evident that this unpopular mea- ure will give the coup de grace to Lord Aberdeen’s ministry. Nothing, in fact, but a threat of resigna- fion on their part could have forced it through a Weeond reading in the Commons. Asit is, with the mall majority hy which it was likely to be carried, Mis 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 gracious response in the columns of the Moniteur, which felicitates the mation on a fact so unprece- @ented in its history. : Jn France some alarm is manifested lest the Czar should hold out the hand to Mazzini and Kossuth 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 98 on the subject exists in high In addition to the interesting items of news re. weived 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 ‘tthe time gained by the partial suspension of the siege «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 wtate 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 ‘hey will have to encounter. From Madrid, we learn that Mr. Soulé had had 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 Dearing towards the Saanish government. This new phas» in our peppery minister’s diplomatic condact has set all the world wondering, and the Spanish afficial 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: ‘ermment, he was ext emely reserved and guarded, ‘The details of the interview will be found in the Better of our London correspondent. Gen. Sam Houston arrived in Washington yester- @ay. He isin good health and spirits, and reports Shas Know Nothingism is in the ascendant in Texas. In the United States Senate yesterday, Mr. Sam. mer introduced a memorial, asking that the Secre- ‘ary 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 up, 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 fier 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-issue of stocks, and to prevent persons from holding simi- Jar offices in than one company. 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 nthe 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- ‘ing 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 bill for the security of pas. wengers on steam ferry boats, and various others. ‘The select committee on the prohibitory liquor law eonsists of Messrs. Leigh, May, C. P. Johnson, Da- mont, Aiken, E. Miller, Masters and Searing. ‘The nominations of the Commissioner of Streets na Lamps were confirmed yesterday evening by ‘the Board of Aldermen. The Board rescinded t xir 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 apecial committee to take into consideration the wubject of extending Albany street through Trinity oburchyard. The Board of Councilmen were in session last ‘evening, and numerous petitions, reports, &c., were weceived and appropriately disposed of. The peti- ‘tion and memorial of. the unemployed workingmon, @rom the Board of Aldermen, was laid on the table A communication from the Commissioner of Streets and Lamps, asking for an appropriation of $17,784, to defray the salaries of Street Inspectors, was re- seeived and referred, A resolution to stay all farther ‘proceedings in the matter of opening Albany street, ‘was adopted. The Board of Supervisors held the first meeting ‘under their present construction last evening, and appointed the Mayor President of the Board for the year. His Honor briefly acknowledged the compli- ment. ‘The committee of unemployed workmen from the meoting held at Hope Chapel and the committee ‘appointed by the Board of Councilmen, met yester- ay afiernoon in the Council chamber. The former, after some little debate, presented their petition and memorial, which will be found elsewhere in our paper today. The petition demands relief as a matter of right, and recommends that the five thousand building lots belonging to the city be im- proved by the erection of baildings 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 nmany 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 extingaished 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. Alecture on Turkey was delivered at Clinton Hall, by the Hon. George P. Marsh, last evening. A synopsis of the lecture will be found elsewhere. 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 grosery 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 throngh the body by Joseph Hall, but express a doubt as to the sanity of Hall. The correspondence between Mr. Belmont, our minister at the Hague, and Mr. Van Hall, together with the comments of the Echo Universal, are pub- lished elsewhere in our paper today. It will be found piquant and interesting. Wm. D. Heiser, dembdcrat, of Berks, was yester- day eleoted Speaker of the Senate of Pennsylvania, after twenty-seven ballotings, Anson P. Morrill was yesterday elected Governor of Maine by the Legislatare of that State. He re- ceived the unanimous vote of the Senate, His in- *augeration 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 posts of honor in this State, Two freight trains came in collision on the Cam- den and Amboy railroad, near Riverton, last even" ing. No one was injared, but the mail train was de- layed by the obstruction, and the mail did not reach this city util 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 $8 874, cash. Extra brands were unchanged. Upper 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 megs pork, with sales of about 3,000 bbls. which opened at $12 37 and closed at $11 87 9 $12; prime sold at $12. Lard was firm. Beef and cut meats were anchauged. Cotton was European policy of the administration and the NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY Ever since the war of 1812, the commercial his- tory of this nation has been @ 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 auew 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 States as 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 perfodical 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 leading 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 yeare 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. Tae Ostend REVOLUTIONARY AND PRESIDEN- v14L PrograMME—Tue Key To THE WHOLE Concern —Our Washington advices of this morning, touehing the secret springs of the active at the advance of & quarter of a ceata poand | Ostend coalition and programme for the Presi- gained since the receipi of the America’s news. The | dency, throw a flood of light upon the whole sales footed up about 2,500 bales. Cause of the Revaision—Its Effects. Elsewhere will be found some mention of large failures at Boston and New Orleans. The epidemic is, travelling over the whole couhtry; cape. All followed the example of New York when flush times began; all must now follow ary 7, 1853—anterior to the inauguration of her as closely in adversity. How simple and plain the whole story of our troubles to one who studies them with the light of plain common sense, and without the deceit- ful glare of theory! It all began witha few | democratic standard—no association beyond Merchants who made money in 1843 and the | the forms of politeness with the diplomatic 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- | the most positive and independent democratic nersand equipages. Notthat they were accuse | disregard of all the social usages of the Euro- 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 asit was made. This was not the worst. Seeing his neighbor launch out, many & 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- tate race of wastefulness began; long before it ended, every one, rich and poor alike, was busy mortgaging the future to sustain the pre- | disposition of that young gentleman we are sent. As every one but a few “ croakers” said that the fiush times would last forever, and | proposed, was, perhaps, adopted in the appoint- merchants’ profits go on increasing, no one | ment of Willie’s gevernor as under Secretary thonght it dangerous to anticipate a little of the promised corrucopia. 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 schemes 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 since 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- cufators 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 whenthis | under that programme, we certainly should | 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 natare are actually ofultimate benefit to | and co-operate with its red republican enemies the country. The alternate succession of pe- riods of great expansion and corresponding con- no city of any note can expect to ¢s | dent in the premises, from A. Dudley Mann. 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- Mark the date of this letter—Paris, Febru- 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 lacquies of the European monarchies—no sym- pathy with Continental aristocrats—active sympathy with the red republicans and social- ists—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— 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. And we see the whole of it carried out, except the appointment of Willie; and with regard to the still in doubt. A better arrangement than that 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. Atter reading this letter of February, 1853, not another word of explanation is needed to account for the presence of A. Dad- ley 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 ata single eltting. 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 Koh-i-Noor. It has fallen into our possession, and we cheerfully give it to the sovereign American people as a New Year's prosent. It is the real “mountain of light.” Tae ADMINISTRATION AND THE Frexcm Mts- s10N.—The half dozen organs of the adminis- tration, scattered thinly over the country, are continually lamenting the great primary blua- | der of Gen. Pierce in failing to appoint James | Gordon Bennett as Minister to France, Per- haps—as Mr. Dudley Mann says, in recom- mending Willie for Secretary of Legation at Paris—perhaps our appointment as Minister there might have “ redounded to the glory of 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 ambaseador appointed have resigned the French mission at once. We could never consent to accept a mission to a foreign hd friendly government under in- structions, express or implied, to sympathise | in their efforts to stir up a revolution. Bat what has become of Willie? Was Willie to traction is becoming one of the most marked | have been our Secretary of Legation? Where geatures of the progress of the United States, | is Willie? ~ Tue Kxow Noraimas' Nor Asourrionrst3s.— Southern members of Congress err gravely in charging upon the Know Nothings of New | England anti-slavery proclivities, In 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 pany 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 conclu- sively that the Kaow Nothings who are in power in that State are not inclined to favor the anti-slavery party in New England. It id 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 tong 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 Know Nothings, More Prorests Acamst THe Kixney Mos- quito Expzprtron.—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 Nicaragia 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 a 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 oundless 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 Johnvon has got Marcy, he has lost some of his directors.. Mr. J. IL. White, whose name figures in the list of new officers published a few days ago, backs ont 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 Kinuey 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 Statos, 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. Revursion Among tae Taeatres—Taree Suut 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!” “Wha: 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 spre@@ing through all ranke 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- tablishments. But it was failure. Although the greatest artists wore brought over, it did not 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 princi; 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 cause distrets among the artists and em. ployés; they will be scattered all over the country, in search of employment, and many will be unsuccessful. They have a claim on the public bounty, and we trust that the mat- | ofa citizen, The use of 6, 1855. ter will be taken into consideration, and some arrangements made by which their sufferings may be relieved. Sewarv’s Re-Execrion.—It has been seen from the lettersfrom 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 re-election 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 lodges 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 Cuance.—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 possession 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—PL AIN STATEMENT OF THE CASE—VERY CURIOUS, VERY INSTRUCTIVE ORIGINAL LETTEB OF A. DUDLEY MANN, FURNISHING A COMPLETZ OUTLINE OF PIERCE’S EUROPEAN POLICY, AND OF THE BU- CHANAN PROGRAMME OF THE OSTEND CONVENTION, WASHINGTON, 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 both Pierce and Marcy, is making very rapid progress both at home and abroad. Tcan 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, as an 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 genera] writer Forney is flashy and shallow, Sickles is heen, astute, and practical. He is the very man wanted in the Washington organ; for without an intimate knowledge of New York politics 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, M 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 j 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 politicians, 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 toa good in- terest on his investments. 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 cireum- 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 Secretary | 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 Baropean 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:— Paris, Monday, Feb. 7 MY RMR. to * © ‘Thi, I presume, will find im Washington. have access, as] am aaded you have, to Genera! Pierce, urge immediate appointment of a Minister to | France, It is of primary importance—I may say of para portance—that a thorougn Cay ny shold represen neral and the lestivetbon of ia his social intercourse, of ovcvilag ten estate ing ree: | or His door, his hand, his heart | should be open to the votaries of that system of govern. | ment which it is our duty to extend to all the nations of | the earth. He should take Franklin and Jefferson as his | os instead of the small men whom we have had at is lis recently—small because they have ne- interests of the Union, and placed them selves under the lead of the diplomatic corps—a corps af liveried lackeys, with which an American ought not to | associate beyond the rules required by ordinary polite- | ness, and with which we can have ao sentiments in com. | | | and official our country—a who, | pa Bo tger the hand of bi Pr the minions of power. | mon. righ Cg thed eae governmen' mocratic sentiment, frown ii antly wu srerysuing that savors of monarchy ope 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 to wear, upon accustomed occasions, a sin ae dress coat, and pantaloons of the same color, with white warsteout. with the American eagle Fi tol in accordance with up- in every form should be court suit now in use is euited to forbidden. The oe an autocrat—to, him, as the wearse—but not the subject or slave dog is marked ba the collar which to an agent the sovers people of the Union Reigning princes have no right to prescribe a dress ia which cur minister shall before them. Our rep- resentatives should be ‘acted to abandon the prac- tice of putting the servants whom they employ in livery. A genteel suit of black is much more becoming, and on Bo account sbowld the novle birt of Jove descend so low | quence Of Daving ny bus'ners te transact, his button, and. the hat | / VOL XxX. @ servant’s hat. The should be kept ome! ten wotil four; and ite m= ‘ent should, at least two hours every day, receive hia countrymen there, Lovever their condition, ay dear sir, I have only time to glance at the subject. You, 1am sure, will approve of the suggestions I have made, and, asa true patriot and democrat, endeavor to have them acted upon. Now, entre vous et mot, T am sreeotinnty anxious that Willie should receive this secretaryship. Tam confident that he is thoroughly qualified to discharge the duties as to be mounted w eonnected with it, and to give it an elevatien which it - never attained. I would use every exertion to have the legation located in a central part of the city, and to make it an American bce Pe of Ly yas of —_ reception and elegant indifference an citieen, T never was better posted up than! am at: this moment upon French and European affairs, and I anz confident I could, through Willis, render services that would redound to théglory of Gen. Pierce’s administra- tion, I write thus freely to you, because you know of us well, and I would like yoa to make these representations in the proper quarter. It is all-import- ant that we should strike a death blow to the Americar aristocracy which has exerc sed so baneful an influence, adverse to our institutions and to our interests in Paris. ‘Louis Napoleon canuot sustain long, and in view of this we want not only a min‘ster, but a secretary also, of pure pypreaen A to sympathize with our fellow republicans im ad een, and to enjoy their victories in case they sucseed, ¢ government should make a demonstration, in its appointments to the government of the Tuileries, that we bave finished with t6a: ies and toadyism; aud 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 riews. My labors in Switzerland I am informed Willie, have been appreciated by Mr. Fillmore, and ti was every chance, when writing, that the treaty would be perfectéd. Iam confident that my mission to Old Helvetia exercised a benign influence upon ber destinies. T have never received an outfit, and as I am no better off, in a pecuniary point of view, than when I entered the public @ eleven jeu ago, I think Cx To ought to give me one, and I have accordingly for it. Willie will explain to you partioulars, and I would fn such quar- thank you if you would use your influence ters as will tell best in my behalf. Tell Gen. Pierce to fix Sis ose steadily upon Europe. Its movements cannot be too closely go The arise tocratic alliance was never so well matured before. Ite policy is to thrust France forward as ita most powerful maritime champion, and her ruler is admirably disposed to involve us in hostilities. Yours tr A. LEY MANN. It will be seen from this instructive document, that it is the very cream of the plot. First, it gives us the germ of the official circulars of Marcy, of June, 1853, om diplo- matic costume, in instructions drawn up with the pre- cision of a Chatham street tailor, from the blue clot pantaloons to the 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- Jeon, 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 Europear knowledge and experience of his assistant. It was not till after the meeting of the Ostend convention 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 chow. It may seem strange that the President should be in the plot to set aside Mr. Pierce asa 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 there is a crash inthe Cabinet, and a blow-up of the administration. What will Willie do? ARRIVAL OF GENERAL HOUSTON—THE ARMSTRONG CLAIM, ETO. WaAsuncTon, Jan. 5, 1856, Gen, Sam. Houston reached here this evening, ia ine health, and took quarters at Willard’s, He pronounces the rumor of his resignation, by your correspondent, 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 1st of January was $112,561 64, 4 UNITED STATES oe — 5.1068 'ASHINGTON, Jan, . Supreme Court—Nos. 38 and 39 —James Williams, administrator, appellant, vs. Robert Oliver’s executors. and John Goodings, administrator, appellant, vs, ple I me 0 A sar concluded by Mr. Dula- ney for appellant (0. 163.—-Alfred Savignac, ° tiff in errer, Ye. Abraham Garrisdm, The rattion zB re- a aeaas 8 es gear ia iol pin ‘was argued oy Mr. © in su an ir. in le tion. No. Origa Docket—Tae sists of ids, complainant, vs. the State of Georgia. ment om the motion to intervene in bebalf of the United States, was commenced by the Attorney-General. Thomas Balch, Esq., of Philadelphia, was admitted as an attor- ney of this court to-day. i From the State Capital. PREPARING FOR WORK—NOTICES OF BILLS TO BE IN- TRODUCED—NON-RESIDBNTS AND TAXATION—THE TWENTY SEVENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT—THE PRO- HIBITORY BILL—FINANCES OF THE STATE, ETC. Atpayy, Jan. 5, 1855. 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. law should be adopted, and every real estate owner up-town should wend 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, &c., are guarded by the police, and possess all the advantages of residents, without pay- ing ¢ dollar in the shape of taxes townrte the seppeet of the city government. Mr. Brooks eaid that the proposed law fifty millions can be greatly to the taxable Lal mf Gi the The people of the coun tario and 1 aré without a representative in the Senate of this State. ‘The goer of no Senatortai jt id tnore intelli- ing or patriotic than that ae oe ck ¢xist a more to contribute ‘the sup- Wise. Anay have s gseet chavs, ferreal eg: won ta tes . ve & tL) weal or in the tion going on at albany, bat at present they are al tely isfranchised, so far as their voice is con- cerned, in the Senate. Fearing that an intention existe — certain distinguished gentlemen to that voice until measures of an important c! shall be disposed of, Mr. Lyman Odell, » member of the House from Livingston county, informed that bod: yesterday that he shoud introduce # bill postponing tne election of United States Senator until the vacancy in place of Myron H. Clark shall be filled. ‘This will test the Know Nothing strength. The Seward whigs, not yet having a majority, will oppose the bill. The delay “in the election for Senator in the Twenty ninth district is to be intentional. Mr. Odell also intends to introduce 4 bill to provide for the immediate election of Senator im place of Clark. The probability is, that rather than be thus drivento the wall, his Frettioney will issue his ition ordering the SVR , of Ont will be elected, tn season to vote against AL Seward. ide copy of the Maine aor bil onieh Goy. Seymour vetoed, wae rotboed te ais Page on 4 by Mr. Leigh, and in the Senate to-day by Mr. W, Clark. ‘The only alteration is that it is pro. posed to take effect on the first of May, instead of De. qgmber. From the activity already di ed in both houses by the friends of the measure, it ia evident that = —_ will etek Be it alternative voting upon fore the attemp' made to elect a United Stater Renator. * '* ” The acknowledged insolvency of the General Fund of the State, by the troller, and bi > impose a mill tex upon the pe be toe svppect ae for t "4 vernment, have created » wi N roused the ain. ciency in that fand for the last decal year, ending the 20th “of September, is stated at nearly four hundred and seventy-four thousand dollars Is great State of New York approaching bankruptey? ual report of the Superinteadent of the Bank- there Mr. Munday informed the House this . ir. but scarcely | ing Department, and also that of the Superintentent of,” i Publie Instruction, were presented in the House to- day. They are quite voluminous and interesting, and the putlic printer promises to furnish early copies for distribution, Both houres adjourned over until Monday, in cons. 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