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dination— Details of the Affair, §e. ‘We telegraphed you last night that Lieut. Com" Hunter, of the United States brig Bain- idge, just errived at New York, had come home violation of the orders of Commodore Salter, and Apt the Seoretery of the Navy intended to order a ‘t martial tobe convened for his trial. It is now elieved the President will order his name to be truck from the naval list without going through he form of a trial, as the evidence against him, by own admission, is deemed sufficient to justify most rigorous measures. It appears that when the diffizulties in Paraguay Tose, in consequence of President Lopez with- wing the exequatur from the American Vico Hopkins, at Assumption, as well as other- invading the rights of American citizans ire, Com. Salter sent Ligut. Page in aparece, Water Witch t»adjast matters,which he di a highly satisfactory mauner. Lieut. “Alvarado” unter took offence at this, and at once wrote to ¢ Secretary of the Navy com» |aining of the coniust f the Commodore, on the ground that he (Hunter) ould have been selected ae the p! ir person to yroteo; the honor and interests of the United Staves. Uhe first offeace he took was at the failare of Com- nodore Salter to send him io the Bainbridge to tne Vaiklacd Isands to adjust the difficulties tere, for reason, 98 the Commodore assigned, that Hantor ht compromise the interests of the country. n'this letter to the Secretary he s that he Hunter) ‘‘should have been employed where these } ficulties prevailed; whereas I am sent to craise where x0 difficulties prevail; and in disgust at juch ill treatment he brought his vessel home. He wtimates distinctly to the Secretary toat that offi- WaAsninaron, Jan. 23, 1855. ‘The Senatorial Election in New York and Guberna- torial Election in Ver ginia. Having a few spare moments to myself, I thought they could not be better improved than devoting them to you in a short gossiping letter about mat ters aud things in general. First, then, the politicians here are all agog re- specting the fate of Seward in your State, and that of Wise in Old Virginia. Speculations are rife as to the probable result of both. Seward’s election United States Senator is sure to elect Wise as Governo :, say they, and thus reason among t1em- elves. If Seward is elected, the S:ate of New York | he Isat resentatives of Know Not and by the voice of the bh le in assembly convened; and no matter how anch, | Reward may be tiuctured wito free soilism, ithe whigs of old, Ons rally toa maa in 1) ol Wise, oF mo oO Pp Opposi- Berto the Know Nothings. Bat bow do they anti- cipate producing this result? Why, the whigs in Virginia are not to nominate a ticket, and ail the Trey, Blanche, aud Sweetneart of the poli- kennel are to be let loose in the Old Dominion, ch dog of eech party to return to hia vomit, aod tbe State tor Wise; they believing toast sucn course will eventuate in success. No money, per- ‘suasion, false voting, or stump oratory will be with- bbeld to make this ever democratic State remain s9, nd to defeat this unchristian, persecuting party, e Know Nothings. But say you, how is Sesard 'to be elected as United S:ates Senator, with a de- \@ided mejority against him, acd when his most jeenguine friends tremble at the result? And | what can Seward or his friends gain by assist- ing in the election of Henry A. Wise? Or what sesistance would Seward’s election lend to that of Wise? Let me tell you in the first piace Opinions’ ofthe sdministestion, and. t. majority of or the tration, and & jority of both houses of Congress, in relation to the Kaow Nothings—they would stoop to any political cnica- Lery—eievate the noisiest brawiing abolitionist to er if they were certain it would assist ia destroy- | ing this heard of, but never seen party ; and in or- Cer to strike a decisive biow in the State of New York, arrangements have been made and a treat; signed between Seward and the democratic Poli 3 jians, taat several members (called demo:rats) in the preeent Legislature shall vote for Seward wen e time eball arrive, avd thus he become United Lg pcre This move does not altogether b3- |, long to the administration and its friends ; put goud } bunkers are pears te this dirty work. What assistance would Sewsrd’s election lend ) to that of Wise ? No whig candidate woud be in the field; their best men would take the stump in Wise’s favor the Know Nothiogs; mousy would be reised, and the whigs in ti districcs would assist in polling all the i bi votes - sibly could. These few reasons, in my opinion, are ‘od ones and sufficient. I have some chance of wing the opinions of the leadiag wire-pullers i} bere, and I can aesure you what [ have here writ- i} ten is not fancy, but facts. The election in Virginia /} is the sll-absorbing topic—in private rooms nothing d of- a8 or democrats, it matiers jia!ly interested in the election of Wit The: ing the State with speecies, (that bave never been delivered,) pamp4lets, and all kinds of promises—the old game, bat scale, They will have sore work mention the members of the New York who have agreed to lend ives to nefarious transaction, as I have ceen a letter to that effect in this city—it is authentic, for { know their signatures. On oer on bere I found Tom Dunlap, of the Pewter , Col. Daniel E. Delavan, and ‘Alderman John Kelly, but they vamosed the ranche last Sunday afternoon. douby re} thingism—a; t! CORRESPONDENCE OF OTHER PAPERS. (Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer.) poy Mahone et Jan. 26, 1855. ‘inney E. tion. I have reliable intormation that if the Kinney ex- ition re to depart it will be stopped by the iterference of the ment. A proclamation ‘will be tseued, dec! git to bea military organi- zation for the invasion of a friendly State. : [Correspondence of Post. Wasutnoton, Jan. 24, 1955. Government Digging Wetls— Reason for Sowlé's | Recall— 9 Contumacy. | Aresolution of inquiry, cffered by Mr. Ed, ry | and paseed by the House on the 23d, relative to the militery depredations on tne lands of the Kanzas [n- dians, which were exposed some weeks since ia the Evening Post, will result, unless I am misinformed, in some astounding a ps ‘ne resolution referred to calla upon the Secretary of the Interior to commanicste to Congress what wteps have been taken to carry out the treaty wit the Delaware Indians of May 6, 1854, ne far as 1e- lates to lands ceded in trust to the United Stavea— what treepasses have been committed upon the [n- dian lands, or whether there was avy unlawfa! occu- nt of the same—what participation army officers ave bad in such illegal procesdings—whether they Dave speculated in Indian lands—woether any com- plaints have been made that the army there docs ot Indian to the United States, were ceded solely on condition be sold at public aus:fon, and toe pone tarned to the owners. The value of these , which are the the moet eligible in Kaceas, is, at lest, even in their uncultivated condition, one hundred dollars wou'd readily bring taat price at Now, the Commtesioner of Indian Af- Colonel Manypenny, nas charged in a do-n- Se>oretary of War, , commanding cfficer at For; Leaven- + Ogden, the qaartermaster, and Major paymaster, with conspiring wit other Fae LM aye and speculate in the lands thus ay the Detawares—aad, what is "facie gentionen have roplire to thn charges 86 gen! we rep! by | letters to Secretary Davis. accusing Colonel Many. penny of #'] sorts of evil doisgs, demanding hia re i disclosures of official abuses and | | nulhfled bj NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1855. rien bellicose policy which he oy cbarged with having adopted on his individual responsibility. (Coarespondence of the Ba'timore Sun.) Wasainaton, Jan. 26, 1855. New Naval Organization Bili—The Foreign Paw per Boil. ‘The committee on naval sffuirs of the Senate have actual service acceptable, and in no way derogatory, to an officer. The service is to be divided into two liste—the active and the reserved list. Taoge placed | on the reserve list are Hable to be recatied into the service, but in the fank with which they retire. They go upon the reserve list wits the same pay that they may recetve on leave, or on furlough, or ‘in whatever msy be their situation at the time of re- tirvement, A Board is to be constituted, of course, for the purpose of deciding questious arising upon eooaiione for placing an officer on the reserve ist. The statements made by Senator Cooper of the poumber of persous ot foreign birth who fil oar poor- houses and prisons in the several States, surprised many who bad not adverted to the facts. But it is perfectly true, as Senator Weller remarked, that the States have the remedy ip their hands, and the Le- gisiature ot New York is now engaged in taking Measures for the prevention of the landing of a car go of convicts enone for New York by the authori- ties of Genoa. Other States will take the sams course for the correction of the evil in future. [Correspondence of the North American.) Wasuinaton, Jan. 25, 1855. The Senatorial Know Nothing Caucus—Iindiai Troubles and Land Speculations—The Tariff— Col. Kinney’s Expedition. ‘The result of the adjourned anti Know otigee| caucus was or nee It was found t. notbing could be done, and nothing of interest or coneequenve was done or attempted. Brown and Adams, of Mississippi; Houston and Rusk, of Texas; Cley atd Fitzpatrick, of Alabama, repuuiated the whole proceeding as & democratic party movement from the beginning. They protested against it, be- ceuse it was a foolish divergence from the party re- cord, anc a seeking after new issues. They also op- posed it for the more practical and subs‘antial rea. | ton that they approve ot the objects of the Know Nothing orgsnization, though they do not choose to commit thems+ives openly the measures adopted for effecting them. - Douglas, on this occasion, | thought it expedient to take no part in the agi:a- | tion. Hat accomplisoed the mischief to which be devotd his powers Me eer, he turns conserva- tive, and rests upon his lea: It was, after some vague and discursivs debate as to the policy of no- ticing the extraordinary preva'ence of the Kaow Noding element in botn parties, jadisiously re- solved to watch the progress of the stream, withoat vainly seeking to divert the current. | The Senate civcussed at length the proposition to | reise three thousand volunteers for the defence of the frontiers spainst Indian depreds‘ions. That bill is a really importent measure, and will serve a ea purpore in hastening the disintegration of the lemucratic party. It wili receive harder biows from the members of the majority in both houses than from the opposition. Mr. Egerton’s resolation, yes terday adopted, is one of the means chosen t» com- pel its shenacnment or secure ite defeat. Toat reso- sution is regarded as an arraignment of the War De- ertment by ite political supporters in the Hous. ‘tis charged eve of the Judges of Kansas Ter- ritory— Judge Jobnson-- formed a contract for the purchase of tue lands of tue beif-breeds, woich was the order of the President. This con- tract was forwarded for revirion, as required by the Tules of the department, in the handwriting of Gov. Reeder, wotch may be the foundation for the ramor that he bad been engaged in syecula‘ions for obtain: ing the lands cf the Indians, whom it was his duty by protect trom fiwud amd encroachment in every form. the Department of the Interior, through the Con missioner of the Land Offize, complains ver: seriously that srmy officers at Fort Leavenwo have cor nived at, and assisted in, these # eculations in Indian lsnds, thus seriously injaring the Indians, and introducmg dieorder and viclence into the , Territory. Secretary Davis, it is stated, hassanc | tioved the courte of the officers, and thereby adjed to the embarrasements resulting trom the miscon- Guct of the civilians, The covviction seems to be almost universai in the House, that the Indian dis turbences threatened along the sine of emigration ‘to California and Oregon are attributable oltogether to the mismenagement of government officials, and the absence of a suitable force of regular troops, properly disposed along the route. Congress will to1erate n> scheme of extermination as a remedy for Indiav hostiiities. It is expected that on Monday‘ next the Commit- tee of Ways and Means will report a tariff bill which they have bad onthe anvil for some weeks. Ite modifications trom the bill of !ast year are not im- portant, and the prospect of a tion on the subject is | 80 slight that an analysis of the embryo is hardly | worth the trouble making it, or the space re- quired for its publication. Col. Kinney states that one of the vessels ot the Central American expedition will be ready to sail from Bajtimore on jay, with s hundred emi- grante. If it attempt to clear with tne arms sud werhke munitions which, it is understood, have been provided for the uce of the adventurers, tue vessel | will be seized. It may be thought extraordinary tha: this extreme course snouid be taken, after the very obvious encozragement which has been ex- tenced to the enterprise by the lecters of the Secre- tary of State anc the articles «f the cffi ial gazette; but it must be remembered that this is a very extra- ordinary administration, and that its strongest characteristic is its tecilities in changing ite mind acd reversing ita policy. ALEXIS. Our Pennsylvania Correspondence. Hareisevng, Jan. 24, 1855. The Senatecf Pennsylvania— The House of Represen- tatwes— The Eliction of United States Senator. I arrived at this place last evening, and this morn- ing, for the fizet time in my life, visited the Capitol of Pepneylvania, The Legislature is now in session. The Senate is nearly equally divided in politics, but | the House of Representatives is composed of a large | mojority of ihe American Orders. Tne President of the Senate is a democrat, and appears to be a mild, | unostentatious man, by the name of Heister; and is, I believe, a descendant of Joseph Heister, formerly | Governor of the State. The Senate is composed of thirty-three members, and were engaged in the dis. cussion of bill amendatory of the laws against bribery. Although this was an important bill, yet the discursion was tame and uninteresting, the | speskers displaying neither telent nor r | In the House ct Re tatives, com, of | one burdred members, the ing officer is | K. Bteong, of the city of Philadelphia, well knowa | throvghoat the country as one the most intelli- | nt men in Penpsylvanis. He was elected Speaker fy the largest vote ever in acon ven in that body, tested election, and ides over the deliberations of the popular branch of the Leg'slatare wich dig- nity snd energy. The House sppears to con! moch tuan the Senate, the new g H 4 H Fs ial term of cflice expires on the 4th of The election is to take plece on the 13th of February. It ie im to tell who wiil be the choice of the but s* rear asl can find out, no one of them can upite the votes of the majority. There are James Cooper, William F. Johnson, simesn Cameron, Wil- liom Larimer, Anérew (. Curtin, the present Sicre- of State: Thacdevs Stevens, Professor Tiffanay, Robert T. Conred, David Jayne, and Henry Btrong, the Speaker of the House TEMPERANCE IN INDIANA.—The B-ookville Ame- rican ra) 6 that, few days ago, a committee of six | call, atd intimating, it is stated, that hold 1 ies of Brookyi themselves responsible (to CO ay phy place, with » potion fo quit ¢ yd } peony, I me) for their vindication, It is ness. They eay in their petition that “ the business rdly pro! » however, that the commissioner is in direct oppcaition to the laws of God and all good | ‘will accept the challenge thus implied, bat I have mun'ctpal Jaws, and in opposition to the will of this Speed Sat Ba Sas cea © oo to the Secretary | community; gent afta ae busbands, * Parties, whetner | sons, fathers rs,” and trey, therefore, friendly ox Intasloal to the investigation proposed ia hombly pray that i Wil be sogped, ‘Por far x: dn ox will set ont to morrow from Now | folowing;e °° ny Sail they append the ‘York, of «detachment of two hundred topography | ““f1n--We come to you as wesk and } eal engineers, under Cap:ain Pope, to mske some women, but our wrongé and cor injaries mske our | surveys and im its in the neighborhood of | we strength; and unless this our prayer be | the road trom Antonia to Sante Fe, forthe fa- | heard,‘ there ix not a thing under Heaven, | * eilitetion of the immense travel over that anzient the world ervund, cer will noevereth tat” ib, thoronghfare—on which, other things, itis | This is two hundred aad forty: | Ld. f ween ten The r will | v about six months. ainda Breckearidge will not resign, it ie understood, | quarter days of the year. | Senate could vote who would have any charce o | | “harmonizing the party” so weil as Gen. Wilson. | | Gen. Wilson is to be t] | the Senate as anything else. | same rosbiog haste as characterized the action of | £egle, avd emoses himeelf by denounei: | Was expressed by some +) + bot rather a sor o” pen 219 The Election of Gen. Wilson—Will the Senate Coneur?—Passage of the Amendm:nts to the Constitution—The Old Abolitionists and their Meding—Removal of Sheriffs—The General— Meeting of the Harvard College Board of Overseers— Mr. E.G. Loring--Mr. Emerson's Lacture on Slavery, avd Hit at the Know Nothings—New Hampshwe—The Peace News— Latter from St. Petersburg—The Storm, §c. The election of Gen. Wilson to the office of United States Senator, by a vote of 234 to 130, only shows how determined were the membars of the House to adhere to nominations regularly mad+. Had he been defeated, after receiving the nomination by a ] decisive mejority of the representa ives in caucus sseembled, the new party would have gone to pieces quite as rapidiy as it was improvised It would have been clear that there was no cemont in it—tbat it was blown about by every breeze that chanced to arise, and that it would be dangerous for any man to trnst bis fortunes in its keeping. if one nominee could be killed off because of his having been a {ree eoiler, the nextday might see the batchery of an innocent for his previous whiggery, or demoorasy, or some other equally great crime of opinion, Gn. Wilson is far from owing hig election to the tree soilers in the House. Not only are thoy not able to elect apy man to office, unaided, but they cid not all vote for him. There ore 150 tree soilers in that bedy, and of there at east 30 either voted againss | him or did not vote, ao that he re-e'vod 114 votes, and perhaps more, from gentlemen who up to last year bad acted with either the whig or the demo" oiatic party. It ia pretty safe to say that be re ceivea 65 democratic votes, and nearly 60 from whigs. His election, therefore, cannot be called a free soil triumph. As several score of democrats voted to make Mr. Sumner United States Senator, | #0 have almost as many democrats, four years later, voted to give him General Wilsom as a colleague. | The election of neither gentleman can be calleda free soil victory, unless it be assumed that the froe | soi\ers are such shrewd fellows that they are more | than a match for any odds. The ‘ sectional” atti- tude of Massachusetts in the Senate, therefore, about which the Boston Post is so very “ lemoncholy,” has been the work of its own party quite as mach asof anyotier sors of men. Gen. Pisrce, in the summer of 1850, approved of the coalition of Masaa- chusetts democrats and free avilers, one of the re sults of which was Mr. Sumne:’s election; and when he knew that the Legislature to be chosen would have to make choice of some one as Senator, to su:ceed Mr. Webster. Of the 47,000 men who voted, in Massachusetts, for the Piercs electoral ticket, 40,000 approved of Mr. Sumner’s election. The democrati. element is large in the coalition that has just made choice of Gen. Wilson. It ie well to keep these facts in mind, just to offuet the cant spout “sectionalism” from ,pvergorged govern- ment cfficers, whose attachment to tne Union be- comes strong 84 gold can make it on each of the four The opponents of General Wilson do not, as yet, give up the fight. They are intriguing, coaxing, driving, and using all manner of means with Sena- torsto get them to assume an attitude of hostility to the Representatives. The general opinion is that they cannot succeed, and that the Senate will concur with the House. What else can it do with safety? If the Senate really be hostile to the House's candidate, it should have taken the initiative against him, and so have placed that body in a bad position. Were it to op- pose him now, after almost twothicds of the House have voted for him, its coure would be regarded as factious by every party | in the State. There is no man for whom tie Mr. Hoar has been named, and #0 bas his son, now one of the Justices of the Common Pleas Court. | These gentlemen have talent and character, bat | they do not belong to the American party; and, be- side, they ste such conservetives that, if they had | lived in 493, they would have waylaid Christopher Columbus on his return trom America, snd bsd bim | and his crews drowned, rather than have had re-_ ceived geographical ideas disturbed by the promay | ation of 1he great fact taat a ne# world lay beyond the waste of waters. Such men are not for this go ahead age. poem es the ex'sting indications, man, in spite of Gen. Deve- revx apd his “long aword, saddle, and bridle,” as bs, 2 or Emerson bas it. The Know Notihings are doing one piece of busi- nces for the whigs quite as weil as the whiga could have done it for themseives. The Senate took uo the amendments to the consutation passed by the last Legislature, yesterday, and adopted them. It now only remains tor the Houve to coucur by @ two- thirds vote, and these amendments can be submitted to the le at on early day. If adopted by them, the Legislature can mase the Representative and Ser atorial districts that will be required, and our next election will be held under # new system. Tae Governor will then be chosen, as wili ve ail other cfficers, by @ plurality of votes, which will be a great help to the Know Nothiegs; for it is acarcely | poesible that they should not be a plu:ality, | vet them quarrel as they may, or experience losses of even a eerivas character. I suspect that this consideration bad quite as much weight with It is supponed thatthe | House will eend the amendments through with the je Senate. The House seems to bave @ very queer set of offi- cers. Its clerk is one of the editors of the Pittsfield tarough the columns of that whig paper, the election of General Wilson to the United States Henate. These Genunciatiors are confined mostly to the whig pers, and to the abolition meetings. The ola lee abcition party bave hat a “ protracted meetiog’”’ here this week, at which the ultras were busy in het- ting cff their wordy gary. The two men moat de- nounced were Caries Sumner and Henry Wilson, whom they ba‘e far worse than they doeither slavery | or slavebolcers. Mr. Garrison made a werm verval assault on Mr. F. Douglas, whom he dislikes mach | | more than be does Senator Douglas. Tae opivion | ‘peakers that non-resistance | Was a bumbog, which excited the fierce wrath of the | now-reristants. Mis. Abby Kelley said she did not sgree with her husband in the opinion that a fagi- | tive slave could not be seized in Worcester, and should not be surprised to hear that one had been | seized there within six weeks. Our abolitioni«ta are very much ike the Cameronians of Scotland, be- ing — fierce, and equally impressed with a be- hef in their own exceeding goodness, aud in t1e in- tense wickedness of everybody elee. It is a great consolation to them that everybody is to be damned bot themselves. ‘The work of reform—of true reform—has beencom- | menced: the Governor har displaced two gentie- men in the West—the and Register of Hamp | sbire. This is @ email instalment on a grest pay- ment that is to be made, avd which can’t be repu- diated. The American party bas fewer office seck- ers in it than might bave bee: pected ia 80 great & body, composed, to a certain ex ent, of new men; but it is not altogether without them, snd it ought not to be, so that other parties may be kept in coan | | tenance. The numeof Mr. Join Clarke, of B ston, | § of | bebly 100 for bis present position, aod will geta bes been mentionea in convection with the © sheriff ot Suffolk, now so weil filled by Mr. To Mr. Clarke belovgs the honor of bavi agg | that work ip the American State Convention woich caused Governor Gardner's nomination, or rather ne stares it with Mr Burlingame—Dr. Stone having prepered the way ontside for them. When there was trouble ip the onvention about tre nomination, ‘Mr. Gardner being in tne president's cha'r,) Sir. | ke Went trough tomt bidy aod persaadet we Ie mbers that Mr. ¢ omg hig med nat bl tan compromise apon pen he bad dove bis work, Mr. Burlingame, “no was the Asroa of the arrengement, sa Mr. Clarke was the Mosea— they both bad their eyes on uve land of promise took the floor, and in his sonoroas way, exclaimed: “Why not take onr worthy presideat for 4 candidate? He is 8 man npon whom we can ali unite!” Tue Dext balloting ehowed the effect of the labors of Clarke snd Boriingame; | bot beyond a mat iu the State House of Representa Uves, Mr. Clarke, as yet, bas not been rewarted, and Do one wh» haa bad the bonor to mis ia thet il- Jomrious body wil consider that as much of » reward, if we are Toxent cour efficient eberiff, Mr. Clsrke oat to be his successor, as bis frietdas say be ip thoroug nly compe fill the fice. Mr. Benchley, President of |, & Most offensive fact in the eyes of most E the board, seeing that he is “ nothing but a ” One mechanic has just been elected to Senate by the House, and another presides, atd presides well too, cver the celtoera- tions ct the very creamiest of our aristocracy. Tne question naturally prevents itself to the cooserva- tive mind—to what are we coming? The aristo- ciatic morgue is ay strong here, ia # certain set, a3 ever it was in Evgland. fhe men who are under ite intlueace feel as badly on account of recent oo currences #4 they did when Governor Boutwell passed over their recommenda'ions, which were a good dealin the na‘ure of ordera, and sp ointed competent men to office. The most 1oteresting to cident at the meting wes the recommendation that Mr. E.G. Lonog be reappointed Senator at the Cambridge Jaw school. He is the gentleman wao acted 98 Commissioner in the Burns case, and petir Vong for wl ose removal trom a State judicial office bave been presented to the Legiatature. There will be a fight over the question uf hie re appointment, for he is the most uppopular man in Massachusetts at shis time. Mr. Emerson delivered the last “ Independent Anti-Slavery Lecture,” on Tharaday eveniug. It ‘Was 8 VOry interesting disc-urse, full of strong lau- guage and strorg points, He hit the American party rather berd,and appeara to think that their iecen’ triumph was buge practical joke, wnic ), however, in his opioion, had been carried quite tar ene sgh Be raid:— hat we should have a revolution in Massachusetts no man will wonder at who sees how far our politica bad departed from the force of simple right. The reigning parties bad forfeited the awe snd reverence which would always attach to a wie and honest government, aud as they imepized ao respect, found none, but were turned out by an immenne frolic. Yes, but to persist ina joke like this! I don’t like very well joking with edged tools, and there ix no knife so #hurp as legislation. (Laughter.) An Indian Kajal bad a poor porter athis gate who re sembled bm ip person. He one day put hix royal robew and crown on him, »eated him on his throne, and then put on bis own head the porter’s cap aud ‘stood in the gate “6 and laughed to nec b's ministers deceived and bowing | down betore the porter, But the purter said, ‘who is ia that fellow laughing at me in the gate, off with his bead?’ They cecapituted the Rajah, aud the porter reigned in his stead, (Laughter and applause.)’” The opera bas been singularly successfal this werk, the aud'ences being distinguished alike for their #:ze, briliisucy und fashion. From oii that | bear from New Hampshire, it ia cer. tain that the Amer'csn party there are not to have that easy time in March thas bas been expected by their friends here. Toey are to be made Ww pay for their victory, if, indeed, they are to be permitted to win one on any terms. The demozratic spirit is roused. out for @ regular granite fight. Election figute in New Hampshire have always been distinguished for their ‘‘ knock down and drag ont” character, beyond those of the other New Engiand States. ‘The parties to them are, as Wellington—using the lavguege of the ring—said the armies were at Waterico, “ gluttons.” It is not unlikely that we are to see repeated there what happened in 13338, A‘ter the democrats had been beaten everywnere elee, the tide of disaster was stayed in New Hamp- shire, after ove ot the stiffest fights of evan tnat (political) worlike age. It was # regular O:ter- bourre. Of twenty persons wiom I have conversed | with during the Jast fortnight, trom New Hamp- sbise, wil Dave expressed the opinion that the demo- crats have the best chances of success, and some fre quite confident that Governor Baker will be re- €lecied by the people. One gemtieman, who pos #etees More than ordinary means of forming & goo vat tue p-pular vote will amoaat to al and tha’ it is possible Gov, Baker will have @ #mall majority in it. The American party's vote be puts at some 15,000. The Legisla- Ture is expected to be demo ratic. Great stories sre Wid nbout the dirsevsion# that exist in the Know Nothiog counci's, aud predictioua are based thereon; but I happen to reovilect that just before our election we had provusely the same sort of stories about the Massachusetts councils, and yet | you see what was done here by gentlemen who were reputed to be so very quarreisome. So 1 am rather sicw to believe what I near about the quarrels of the Granite State Know Nothings, Few people bere think that peace in Europe is nesr at band; the prevalent opinion being that the setate Czor is spain gullog the Evglish ministers, who eeem to delight in being imposed upon. The Briven Parlismens may be again called upon to thank their Fren hb aliies for beiping them to thrash the Kussians. The lust time that Lae thanked fo reigbeys tor saving an Eogiish army from destruc tion, previous to Decomber, 1864, was on the 23d of dare, 1815, when the Commons House passed a aus! vote thanking old Biucher and his Prus- siene fur the part they tcok in destroying the Frepeh army at Waterico, and a very effi vient par it was, too. = A gentiemao who is travelling in Rassia writes to & friexd in this city, under dale of Jauasry 7, as fol- lowe, by way of apology for not sending bim any bews:-—" In the first piace, it is impossible here to obtain reliable news. There ix but ove paper here that I can read—the 8:. Petereburg Jurnal, aseven by pine sffvir, im French, which is filed up witn advertirements, petty criticisms upon some low co- | medy at the French theatre, imperial ukases de- claring that the Emperor bas deigned to invest Gen. Kuttmenozeff the order of 5%. Stanislaus, (toird degree), or that Lieut. Woackimmkewaxy has been pnp pe to the rank of privy coancillor— and such ove beyond the shadow of the Winter Palace. The otber papers, I believe, do 2 hewn to give a little more general information; bat tren thsy are printed ip characters that would be coosidered, a# saa; Watts jocularly remarked— Beandal in the Jew’s esteem, and folly to the Greek. I can only compere the Ruesian letters to those queer characters in the almanac which used to excite my woncer. There are here no post uffice ante rooms, ro lounging corners, no berrooms, where a gens | | minds ever congregate to make transactions an mutual (xcharges in the commodity of ‘what's going | op?’ Come from what quarter it may, intelligence re #0 uareli- | upon war matters and other affairs is able srd suspicious, that it will not do to trust any reports.”’ ce storm wes very severe yesterday in and arcund Boston, ord if it bad only lasted a dozen hours longer it would have done credit to the cli- mate and the season; but we were doomed to disap ment, va it could not hold out much beyond half Algoma, Our Connecticut Correspondence. Harrrone, Jan. 25, 1855. State Politics— The Democratic State Convention — The Party Papers— Prospects of “Sam,” & , &. ‘The democrats have called their State convention to meet at New Haven the ith of February. Let no one suppoee frora this that the seaders expect to do any- thing thie spring; they must go through the custo- mary formalities to save appearances. The old ticket will undoubtedly be renominated | , if they cap be induced to stand—if they do not we have plenty of burning and shining lights that have | been too long hid—John Cotton Smith, of Soaron; | Noah A. Phetpa, of Middletown; Toomas Cowles, of Farmington’; 8. H. Huntington, of Hartford, to- gether with apy quantity of lesser lights, would be abundantly astiafied to be even candidstes for Gov ener. Mary of the democrary are anxious General Jomes T. Pratt, our present member of Congress, fact, the “wheel norse’’ of democra-y in the ould consent to run; he, however, will uro strovg vote Ths organs of the ty in this State grind very discordant music, Times, it Se aodernood, ts pow ander the control of (ideun Welles, who was i's editor years ago. He and Jobn M. Niles are b> som frienow; both went in for Marda Vso Baren and the Boffalo plitform. This secounts for ite anti Nebracka Views and hatred of tae administration | ene rally. ‘ The gister of New Haven, the Aurora of Nor. wich, and the Purmer of Bridgeport,on the com t loud in praise of toe administration, and ready @ read out cf the party all who do not come “op to the scratch” on the Nebravka bill, How very iLdeper dent some editors are! If Oso sree, of the Register, wan not Collectar at New Haven; Pomeroy, of the Farmer, Collector at Bridgeport; mad Stedman,of the Aurora, Postmester at Nor wich, their oreans would play very differeat maxis. The whige fared themselves to desth lon epee --fice soil, antl Nebrarka and Matos law did the ad to take tie for them. “ busitem f sod nays he le god | oking, Ctartes, f in year You are @ cap'tsl buvein ‘art, belonged to all parties. You are jost the man for forion. Tae od Cowrant bes cf J. 1. Bowwell, an bands, owing t the fogy who would not Into ite clams. for The cemoccratic courage is up. So look | ind of trash, of no sort of interest to any | man. eS Sent ee ee Probably be | most popular man could run for Governor. He stcod firm for Webster aad ae tional ples in the Baltimore Convention—is net for law, and would not do for fanatics, “Bam” might do something for him, if Chapman wes out of the way look for He has a mination for our popular repre: agul tentative, Gen, Pratt, in which case each ry vo the position. Bam, Jn. would heve astrong man that would do or: Our Canada Correspondence. Qvenec, Jan. 20, 1855. Death of Judge Panet— Biographical Sketch--On- dit, that the Attorney General will Succred to the Bench—Free Trade Statistics-—Volunteers for the Crinea— The Patriotic Fund, §c., §c. Judge Panet, of the Court of Queen’s Bauch, died op Monday last. The name ot the deceased judge iseminently connected with the judicial his- tory of the province, his family having, from a very evry period inits settlement, occupied prominent positioas on the bench and at the bar. In 1812 the devensed entered the service of Great Britsin, and received a medal trom ber Majesty, as one of the soldiers who fought under the late Colonsl De Sala- berry, at Cuataqua. Hewas several times elected tothe Parltament of Lower Canada, was called to the executive, and in 1432 was elevated to the bench. During the rebellion of 1837 and '33, the sympathies of Judge Panct were enlisted in bebalf of the popular cause, in consequence of which he wes ceposed. Subsequently, however, he was reinstated, and the British government never performed @ more popular act. His remaios were interred in the vault of the French Cathedral. The funeral was atiended by an immense concourse of people, notwithstand- ing the weather was arything but favorable. ‘The altars of the church were draped in black, and the Archbishop of Quebec took a leading part in the services. Judge Panet was an honest mao. His every act was performed with the stern conviction that duty demanded it; and his calm and dignified | deportment will be long remembered by those who have bad intercourse with him. His death bas given rise to speculations as to his probable successor. Rumors vary much, but well | informed persons have fixed upon the present At- torny Genera’ for Lower Canada, Mr. Drummond, as the most likely person. Judge Rolland bas sent in his resignation to the government, and it is ex pe:ted that Judge Carson, of the Superior Court, | will be elevated to the Queen's Bench, aud that the Hon. Mr. Chabot, present Commissioner of Pablic Works, wil assume tne judgeship vacant by the promotion of Mr. Carson. Should these on dits Prove to be correct, Mesars. Hincks and Cauchon will te calied to the ministry. 1 bave obtained from toe custom house authori- ties ot this port some statis:i-s relative to the cus tome returns of the past year, as compared with those of 1853. It will be seen tiat they exhibit a very considerable increase. They are as follows: Tnorease. | Value of free goods, Do. warehouse, | Do. paying 2% pe | Do, © 124, pc. 8 0,463 De 20° pe. 740 De = 8 pe. 8,067 | 21,176,812 «£724,710 The amount of duties received in 1854 was. £179 146 12 8 Do. do. 1863 845015 6 Tnerense in 1864... .se0eceeseeees . £50,08617 ‘The total amount of imposts of all collected at this port in 1654 wai Do. do. 1863... “ £195,202 0 8 140,662 811 £64,019 11 9 Incrtase in 1864... .. Pes attints The total imports, not including goods In transitu, in 1864 £1,802,429 14.10 Do, 1,100,293 14 10 do. ; £012,100 0 0 num Lave Increase in 1554 The value of goods entered for o tion in 1864 was Do. do, Increase tn 1864........s0s00e 5 | The probable difference effected by the Recipro- city Treaty with the United States is a reduction of £22,097 12 Tip value and £2,761 17 7 tm duty. Much of the increase of the past year has been the result of «ver speculation, the evil effets of which are being now felt throughout the province. The impcrtations have been notoriously greater than the requirements of the country culled for, and there is every probability that the preseat year will witness a decrease in the customs returns. A general orcer from the Customs Devartment declares that “ Ore dressing machines, machine for the manutacture of doors, window sash, blia and other wood work ior buildin; ped scanty for- merly charged 124 per cent, shall ceforth be a4- mitted at a duty of 24 vos cent. The city papers of tis morning publish a corres | porcence had between Col. Prince, late member for the county of Exsex, aod the war authorities in Ergiand, upon the subject of volanters to the Ori- mea from Canada. The Dake of Newcwtle appears itl dispomd to encourage volunteering from the | Canadss, if we may judge from his answer to the | oe colonel. He thiows cold water op the whole ofa Ww | ave had a tremendous snow storm, which | continued wittout intermission for forty-eight hours. Upwards of four feet of snow fell, and our narrow #tree's have in some places been completely blocked up. The toe bridge opposite the city has taken,and on it etocd the high spring tides of yesterday, it ia ray expected by the savans that it will hold good until spring. The advantages to the city from an ice bridge, in lowering the prices of pro and provoking travel by the railway, is very great. A meeting is called by the mayor tor Tuesday | pext, with a view to the formation of « committee, and tailing 4 to aaeint the parriotic fund. Sare- ly “distance jends enchantment to the view.” Did our patriotic citizens take the trouble to visit the | houses of some of our oweriers in the subarba, they | would find abundant scepe for the exercise of their | charities. o° The Daughters of the Count de Grasse. (From the Charleston #tandard J We noticed iv our enue of Friday tne death, in New York, of Madame de Pau, youngest daughter | of the Count de Grasse. Since the avpearance of thet arucle we have been called on by Mr. Bab- cock, of this city, who informed us of # fact in refer- ence to the fimily of that great man, and their un | fortapate history, of which we were not advised be jor. He stated that two other daughters came | with Mademe ce Pan, the Mademoiseile Suvie de | Grasse, to Charleston, and that both were buried in the graveyard of St. Mary's Chapel, on Hassel strees. Upon further examination we found that ruch was indeed the fact. In the farther part of that enclosure there isa tomb with» marble slab | Upon it, bearing the folowing inscription: — “ Underneath lie interred bodies of Mile. Ame ie Mexime Rewslic de Grasse, died 23d ot August, 1799, end of Mile. Melonie Virorque Maxime de Graese, Cled Sept. 19, 1790—danghters cf the law Jomen Joseph Paul, Count de Grame, Marquis De Tilley, of the former Counts of Province), Sovereign Prvce of Antibes, Lieut General of the Naval | Arties of his Most Christian Majesty, Commander of the Royal Order of St. Louis, and a member of the Bons of Cincinnati.” The iprcription is eurmounted by s coat-of-arms, ond bas under it the Ruma cress. The facts connected with the history of this great Msp ate certatyly interesting. It will be remember ed that he was in command of the French fivet whi h c-operated with the continental army in the captare of Yorktown, and that at the gloomirat pe tod of our revolationsry struggle be contrituted, from biw private fortane, the of ope handred thourand dollars, o ase atin rupporting the Amer jean army Shortly efter this his misfortanes com- menced Bailing to the Went Indies be wae ~sed | Rodney, in charge of the Eoglien fleet, «: g bia ships in the order of be wae the victim of a raval man@avre which hed P Inwtoad of presenting Lame Geo] a plage of a favormbe wind, bore, with his whole | fo ce, down upon the centre of bis line, end cutting contipurd W play apon the chwevered parte with a tremendovs «xecution, whith soon termina ted the fortores of the day ageinet the gallant Prercb. whe ender other circumetances, would have endured the contest to the inet extremity. Toe ga) lant count pever recovered from the mortification . Hie farntiy were comp to fly & this country at the breaking oat of tor French revolntion; and the three «lisers ars rene mbaed by persona «till alive in Charleston. They were chiefly supported hy an annuity of $1000 esoh, gr uted to them by the mont of the 1 States, but lived in considerthle comfort and varrcopded themerlven with » highly intelligent and refined moelety. The two ‘bters, we be seve, fell viens to the yellow fever, whieh siled to rome extent in Char.eston in 1789, sod Maile, SUvie,then tuartieé t Mone. De Pan, soon followed her busted 2 wider Beld for his commercial fortanes ta N | York. A Cuarce you Ten Unaerioven.— The Delaware papers -ontein advertisements for fifty good wom eters vs the Deleware and Karttea Vane. Louis Napoleon, appear now in Eoglish, we believe, for the fizet time. Taey are worth a perusal :— Panis, Des. 5, 1851. Mow Sxxon—I bave just received @ jetter irom @ My gtr nino in London, dated yesterday, in whick am t the ingrate Lopez audacity to land ou the litho last month, with five hundred Men, on the sores of the tattaful aod happy island of Cubs, and that the day following the s Pierro, of the royal Spanish navy, entered ® p Called Bahia Hotds, with under the Om- msnd of the galivnt Gen. Enna, eho succossfally at- tacked the mvaders, ove and routing them. This insane and criminal attempt to be devi sed ter the evil exal poonaped sry tye as igh a ty blood which has een epilied; but it will afford an o ity for Spain to make known to the worls whet T have orev had the honor of telling the Prince on differ- ent occasions, when | have bad the satiafee- tion of drawing his attention to this subject. Now it wil be known in @ clear and poai- tive manner that oll the {inhabitants of the island of Cubs are honorable acd lo; Spaniards, end that far fiom desiring the emancipation of the slacd, as bas been fase ly pretended, they are ia- digvans at these criminal attempta at piracy whick Gisturb ite repese and ite commerce. Now it will also be known that there is in the island a nume- tous, gallant, faitbful and well disciplined army, commanded by distingui-hed genera's, who are ready to defend it, not only rates, but againss more powerful their number may be; and it will be seen also, ifthe opportunity in presented, that the bg nation bas the energy, the will, and all the necessary means to make ivveif respected, to insure its inde- pendence, and preserve intact the honor of ite flag. The goverpment of my country will use all the meais within its power to effect such an end. and I ai certain that it will be supported by the efforts of all Spaniarde; #0 that, on jon, united as brothers, we may de vole our energies to the defeace of our country against such uvjust and anwortoy attacks. According to the advices received from wy friends, ] em informed that there has been com- siderable excitement in rome cities of the Unioa, were the most lamentable exceses have beom committed ; and, ~ Leet sepy nen of y excitement can only provoke diragreeable "4 aaerems, Beat oo6 te United bye » for my part, desire to do in my power pre- vent what would be prejudicial to the whole of Ea- rope. Encouraged by the kindness with which the Piipce has favored me, I take the liberty of drawing bis attention to a subject which Iintere its ev: tion, particularly Spain, in whose weiturs his ness Las #0 frequently displayed such a lively inter emt. If the government over which the Prince pre- sides would, in Soajsaceinn, with the noble govern- ment of Great Britalu, hasten to manifest its disapproval of what has taken place in Cana, and in the cities of the Union, the moral support which these two respectable goveroments would give to Spain would remedy the evil, aod prevent a ruptare, the consequences of which would be so injurious to all the nations of the globe. 1 wish to eee such evils avoided; and, convisced as 1 om of the high sentiments by which the Priace is animated, and his sincere desire for the wel‘are of Spain, | have ventured thus to address him, im the hope that he will receive this letver with his accustomed kindness. I avail myself of this oppor tupity to renew to the Prince the respectful homage of my highest consideration. Tux Duxw pe Vatenota. REPLY OF LOUIS NAPOLKON My Dean Duce Like you, | was d i whea I beard of the criminal attempt of certain Ame-Asem , adventurers to seize Cuba, and if I have not as- cred your letter very promptly, it was because I wirhed to send you the reanit of my Council's deli- berations ip the matter. It was decided, some &g0, by my Cabinet to send three ships-of-war Cube, to oppose Wee force which might attempt aa inyesion of the island. The English goverament has imitated our example, according to my sdvices, aud vow I hope teat France, England ani the United States, will unite to prevent the of attempts wich would entail the most serious Geieclties between America and the Ststes of Europe. My government is ever disposed to feel for ite | allies ® loyal and disinterested respect, and offer them ap energetio support ; but this, whica is al- Ways «duty, isnow # matter of sympathy, and I am instructed to convey to you ita friendship and eateem for the Spanish government. Receive your- nelf, my dear Duke, the assurances of my most die respect and friendship. ting ul: 2 Lous Narouson, City Improvements. TO THK EDITOR OF THR MERALD. Property holders and tax-payers no doubt wih congratulate themselves on reading the Mayor's memage, showing he comprehends the a uses that exist, and has nerve enoug’ to attack them. I heve no doubt, if well supported, he will endeavor te correct the evils compisined of. It therefore be- comes the duty of every tex-payer and citizen te sustain his Honor, and point cut,to the beat of thelr abilities, such avuses as come under their observa- tion, and, if possible, point out the remedy. Jo the first place let us begin by trying to prevent murder. The very day Mayor Wood was delivering his message about the abases of the city, two lives were lost, one by the Harlem [ullroad cars, the other by the Hudson River Railroad. I suppose it will be cousidered dresdful to call {t marder—you may qoalify the word as much as you please, bat the friends of the deceased will call murder. Of courre BO one in to Ley for the —_ were two poor le, pethapa footing it slong on they theughte ablic avenue. They manage in Eogland and France very different from they purchase the scenery gumnany of ground for their railroad and fence it off. There is no neoersity for the Harlem Railroad's locomotive and long cars to come lower down then the east end of the FP surth avenue, and the Hadeon River Railroad to stop any where betwoen Fort Washington and Manhattanville. | sm informed thas & stesmboat can, at all times, make good passage through toe ice frem either of thos pointe to aay part of the city at all times of the year. Make the two roeds try oy roads, for gers only. By the adoption of this plan we wil get rid of am other nuirance that the Mayor has called attention ts, and toat is the driving of cattle through the lower part of the city. Me ged that ao average of twenty-five thousand of cattle arrives here every week, and most of them are landed in the Jower part of the city, but ultimately simost all of 1 6 to be driven to the vicinity of Porty fourth 4 the Fifth avenue, to the Hull's Head, thes bw k sgain to the slanguter houses in the low t of the city. The Hu River and Har- poy. loads landed over four thousand heed last week ins thick.y poyulated part of tne city, The revidenta. of University place cod. Union square wili agree with me in endeavoring to the oriving of large droves of hogs through neignborbood, It is & serious numance and very de- leterions to health Mow of Erie Railroed It sr po that company to land bogs, de, at ville, it being @ much nearer peint to the present tog in Deane street, ton af drow end North and Went teat come crow the fer'y at Bull's Ferry, where, wtend, a ferry boat will seon te priske g feliow citizen, F, the zight to ron « eteemboat from the North river to Bali's Verry or any otser The éhtacce by this rowle is not much, if longer than by the wey of Hoboken, has great advantage: tvat the cattle cod pastors and water, which can vicinity of Manhattar ville, aod et mach lense ‘The probability is, that « large samber when landed io the upper part of the city, slaugn'ered there, thereby getting nd of dangercos nmmance whion now ex! in by i esaced es H Sg fH fe the popyuinted parte «f the city, to the grest Lon of the valae of property > e Proonees ov rae Mexican Bocxpanr ~ It wil be reco! © ted thet, with « ew tate the survey of the new line of Woundar; the United States and the republic of Lieut, Michler was early deapat-bed to the cnt to organize s party aed sorvey the the point on toe Cole below ite the Gila river, called for by the treaty as to mest the rorveying party under (> from the ' Benvey te [i : : kovry, working wortward i £