The New York Herald Newspaper, February 9, 1855, Page 4

308 oasis NEW YORK HERALD. JaMBS GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. of the United States, msn were frequent in Valpa- raigo. Prlow of wheet and flour were very low: The first lieutensr¢7 the British ship of war Dido wos murdered &4 "board by a marine. From the Arg7.atine Confederation we hava Mea- doze dstea to Yue 27th of December. * Strong hopes Were @ruterteined thet the difficulties be'ween Bae- nos Ayres and the Provinozs would soon be settled ‘Tue mations! Congress had adjourned unti! May. All CORNER OF NASESU ANB FULTON @F@. HEE rere exes ar j the goth or Be of Greak Britain, and $5 to any part of BORE 2 _NEW_YORE Mad for Subscriptions or swith Adver- ipa or the postage oll be eoneted from sermaey remit’. rN GaRY CORRESPONDENC impor en Tlited from amy quarter OF ie ert gsc? aot be ber ably id for. Own Fomeren Conaxsrar.- Cet Picscreare en ee SiG NOTICE token of anonymous Oomawnications. ‘We do YTRINTING executed with neatnees, cReapmens, and | Dink TISEMENTS renewed every Say. ‘postage TT LETTERS mincmenta to be AMUSEMENTS THY2 SVENING. DOWERY THEATRE, 3owery~Tunrin’s Rinx ve Yoru 4500 Rawann—vun Gar 8 THEATRE, Chambers strevs—Senveus Fau- ony -Pux Toovses. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Fasnien—Antrun Donors. METROPOLITAN THBATRE, Brosdwey-Bqueernran Van roBMaxoxs. AMERICAN MUSEUM-~Afternoon—Maw ep THe Tiare ~Taivon oF TAMWORTH. —Mowser Minumas. WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hail, 472 Broadway LEY'S OPERA HOUSE, 6% Brosdwey—Bvom. eat fiinorias Orana TRovrs. BDONALDSON’S OPERA HOUSE—Hiepe Chapel, 718 and yao Broadway. New York, Friday, February 9, 1855. ‘The News. ‘The steamship ‘Atlantic, with one wesk’s | ater. ews from Europe, arrived below yesterday 0 gern. img. Owing to the snow storm, she did not att empt to come into port, and at twe o’clock this mc gming was still outeide the bar. We shall publi dm the sews brought by this steamer immediately a: derdeer arrival, By the arrival of the steamsip North Serwe have important and interesting news fro> a Caiffor- mia, Oregon, the West Coast of Mexico, Panam, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, the A-gentine Conf pderation, Austzalia, the Sandwich Islands and . Aspinwall. +++ December 30 Jamvary 16 Jamuary 24 Aspinwall. ee + January 31 ‘The news from Gulifornia iti one week later, the priccipal topics of-which we 4 ;ive in another part of ‘today’s paper, Therehad been a goneral rising of ‘he citizens of Los Angeles fa opposition to the de- -crees of a Judge-of the Criminal Cort, who had de- -eided to respite-s man under sentence of death for murder, to which the people, with great unanimity, were oppeeed. At last accounts, the Mayor of the city had resigned his office, and j»ined the mob, who were battering down the jail, after having driven off the Bheriff,and were evidently determined to find the prisoner and execute him under the code of Judge Lynch. The Lobos Ieland treasure excite- ment had been again brought out in San Francisco We give a letter concerning it from one of the prin- cipal money diggers, whoseems sanguine that he haa ‘ber. General Acta, who et former dates was su0- quiet in the country. ‘From Bolivia we bave news to the 27th of Decen- cessfully marching on La Paz, had been put dewn. The President pardoned his followers. An cxtra frexsion of Cocgress was to have met on the Ist of February, in order to accept the resignation of the | President amd to name his successor. A commercial probibition ‘towards Peru, of long s‘anding, had been abolished. By wayof Callao we have reevived nowa from Australia to the Ist of December. Trade was in a very depreeses’state. There was oonsiderab!e ‘fear that the crop # would fail, and Chili and California gran and fl evr were being imported to a considera ble extent. -The price ef ‘oil had risen, and sailors’ wages ha d*failen. The Sydney Empire ways that the expo tof gold from Jawuary 1 to @etober 31, 1854, ex? Abita a decline of more than o7e half on the am amt exported during the corresp mding ‘Broaing -Cuanaorre Tempra | period ‘ @ last year, the deficit being to the value of $720,228 . Merchants ‘still advocated the Panama route. "Zhe action of the home government on the new corstitution bi eaused great dissatisfaction Kut oF ayes still elicited great enthusiasm. Prema the Sandwich Islanda'we have dates to the 23i10f December. The news ianot imporiaut. Au- newe+ion, as a Stete question, -was considered inde: finitely postponed by the accession of His Majesty ‘King Kamehameha the Fou:th. On the 16th of “December the ministersot the late King offered their condolence to His Majesty, when he replied in & sensible speech, requesting of the officials to re- tain their portfolios and continue theirlabors. Tae new King had made his first appearaace in pubiic at Divine service, leading his sister, the Priocess ‘Victoria, cn his left. His late Majes:y was to have been buried on December 30th. There were six mea of war—one of the United States—in port at Hono- lola on the 16th of December. All the ships fired @ royal salute in honor of the King. The country was very quiet. Lyman Trumbull was yesterday elected to the United States Renate, by the Legislature of Illinois, for six’ years from the 4th of March next. Hs takes the place of Gen. Shields. Mr. T’. is the rep- reeentative elect from the Eighth congressional @ietrict of Llinojs, and is an anti Nebraska demo- crat. Jn the United States Senate yesterday a bill to was passed. The bill givieg three years extension of credit for duties on iron to railread conpsnics was taken up. Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, advocated the measure, and Mr. Brodhead, of Pennsylvania, oppored it. Mr. Pearce obtained the floor, bat gave way for an executive session. The debste will be resumed today. Saturday next was assigaed for the consideration of the Indian Appropriation bill. In the House nothing of general interest trans pired. Several unimportant b‘lis from the Jadisiary Committee were passed. Our Washington despatch announces a number of nominations and confirmations to offices, at home and abroad. Inthe New York Senate yesterday a bill was in- troduced authorizing a loan of $2,255,000 for the enlargement of the Erie Canal. The Lemmon slave cage was taken up, and a debate ensued upon slavery and Bewardiem. The Assembly was occapied the most part of the day by members giving explaua- it all right now, and eays that he may a20n be ex | Hous regarding their votes for United States Senator pected in Ban Francisco with his million. Ho does | *0¢-their obligations to the Know Nothings. The not state how he intends investing his funds, having | Prohibitory Liquor law was taken up. An effort left that, no doubt, to the consideration of specala- | W8# made to refer the bill back te the seloet com- tere. The Legislature was to ballot for a United | mittee, with instructions to report complete. Had Btstes Senator on the 17th ult. The whig caucas | the plan proved successfal it would have stopped had nominated Col. Philip L. Etwards, a member | *!! discussion. It failed, however, and the bill still ‘of the House from Sacramento ; but we have no de- ag an icm peat gee y ah areas = yet finite information in regard to thedemoocratz. The | Ut three aa: ol act have vo‘ed on, friends of Senator Grin held» caucus on the 15th | 4nd it is deemed quite problematical whether the instant, but adjourned without arriving at any con- | bil! will, during the present session, be ready fo: Iusion. flome of the journals were of opinion that | the Governor's signature. Gwin’s chances were slim. The next-steamer will ‘The Maine liquor law has passed the Senate of give us the result. Some interesting intelligence will be found among the news items. From Oregon the news is unimportant. The Le- gislature had changed the mode of voting from tho ballot to viva voce, a procceding whish had created much discussion. The Maine liquer bill seems to be in high favor with the settlers, and would pro- ably be enasted into a law. We have important news from Acapulco, to the 27th alt., announcing that two hundred men of San- “ta Anne’s army had gone over to Alvarez. A portion, with some of the officers, arrived in Aca- puleo on the 23d of January, and the remainder were daily expected. From New Granada we have nows to the 30th of January, There is nothing of political importance from Carthagena or Bogota. We learn that the ‘trials of Melo and Obando had not been concladed ; but that their fates were inevitable—the former be- ing destined to be shot, and the letter banished. Oa ‘the 25th of January, a portion of the privoners, (re, volutionists, adherents of Melo,) taken by the gov. ernment, passed through Aspinwall from Cartha- gens, for Fanama, to serve as a garrison at that place. The Panama papers look on theirerrival with @reat alarm, as Jikely to create political disorder. The captain of the ship Anglo-Saxon hed shot a mutinous sailor at Tobago. Very heavy reins bad Deon experienced at Panama. Tho railroad was finished and the great counecting link between the Atlantic and Pacific rendered complete. Ga Sun- day, January 28th, the trial trip was successfully wade from Aspinwall to Panama. Thousands qwit- mal celebration had not been agreed on. Througk the ness of Harry Howard, Exy., United States Legation a‘ Lima, Peru, we have later dates with interesting and important intelli. gence. We have a file of the Callao Fureign News to the 7thof January. From this we leara that General Castilla has overthrown Echenique aad as sumed the government himsclf. Thus the reyola- ‘tion terminated in a bloody bat’‘e, fought January 6, near the gates of Lima. After the battle com- menced two entire batallions of the government forces went over to the revolutionista—the army of the latter was soon after routed. Among the go vernment officers killed were General Ducsta and Col. Carranza. Among those of Castilla’s forces were Colonels Duenas and Montes, and Major Gar- cies, Among the wounded were Generals Castilla und San Roman, with Col. La Puerta. Echenique Jeft the battle field and took refuge in the house of Mr. Sullivan, the British Coneul. Castille's army had entered Lima, and he himself had a triamphal reception. The Caetle of Callao, with the squadron, bad surrendered to Lis viotorlous troops. Earlier ‘news from the south of Peru stated that Echenique, having lost every foothold there, sant a large force wider Gen. Moran to quell the insurrection, which fell into the hands of lias, as prisoners, their leader «Gen. Moran) being killed. Castilla had decreed ‘the abolition of slavery in Pern—and the planters were convoked to secure themselves against attacks from those thus let loose. Our dates from Velparaiso—Chile—are to the 30th of December. The news from the city is unimpor- tart. Pelitics were very dull; the question of sub- jugating the southern Indians engaged attention. Huwever, the Ind'ans were on the alert, and at 9 grand war coun, Maguil, ® powerfyl chief, adviseq | Indiana by a majority of ten. Burope at this moment are Nicholas B‘smanoff and Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. Argand these ‘two men all the webs of European diplomacy are wound. They are the vonjurore, the other kings and stateamen the puppets of the great national puppet show, in which that miserable broken-kneed puppet th’; Sultan is being bobbed up and dewn just now, and a’ number of otver puppets in red and byue coats are being kaoohed about and choked off and chopped up on the Crimea, all for the, entertainment and reerea- tien of the conjur ors aforesaid. There are mey: of pastoral habits and highly ‘conservative winds who believe that the wat in the East is am English affair, and that Eoglmd is leading the van; who fancy because Canro- bert writes, short business like letters ard makes 0 fass, while Lord Raglan’s camp his already been the birthplace of several volume, iheat the English are doing all the work, ani the French nothing. This Is a fallacy, though probably not a popular one. Hitherto, the English have Gone but one thing in the Easi, and that has been to die bravely. Their gen¢- ralship has been throughout inferior to that & the French. Their officers have shown thear selves as arale to be utterly ignorant of their trade, and have done their best to aid cold, dis- eage, and hunger in killing off the men. Their dreadful losses at Inkermann were whelly caused by their own carelessness—a carelss- ness so wanton as to be almost incredivle. Their mismanagement since then has ben more destructive than half a dozen batths. All this time the French have been quét, careful, business like. They have lost no men from cold or disease. They have not been str- prised in their tents. When they have fought it has been according to rule, and system, ad consequently though they have not had tle same opportunities for the display of bravery ss the English, they havo accomplished mua more effectually the object for which they were sent out. When the final tug of war comes the presumption is very strong that the Fremh will do the work. ‘The armies are fair emblems of the natiors. In the scramble, of European politics, Greist Britain yields to the lead of France just = Lord Raglan sends to Canrobert for guidance, help, and men. Napoleon directs; Victoria follows. Drouyn de l’Huys answers the Ozar; Lord John Russell adopts his views, and writes accordingly. The one master mind of Paris conceives: the turbulent masses in England receive the idea as though it were their own, and proceed forthwith to execute it. Eogland is tickled with the notion that the safety of her East India possessions and above all her honor require fer to fight the Czar: France knows that the battle of Continental supre- macy must be fought at one time or other, and leads on her neighbor to help her fight it now. A singular contrast these two men—Nicholas and Napoleon! Over the cradle of the one rung the shrieks of his murdered father, stab- bed, as there is every reason to suppose by another of his sons. ‘The other was born within a few weeks after his father and mother had separated, and before the pain of the act had passed away from the mind of the gentie Hortense. Nicholas was nothing but a soldier for many years; a child at the burning of Moscow, a boy at the capture of Paris. Louis Napoleon lived in obscurity till the magic of his name became formidable to the Papal government, and then he was arrested and exiled. But at manhood both began the active career for which they were intendoad Nicholas aa uu ambitious Emperor, Louis Na- poleon as an ambitious parvenu. The first actof the one was to crush s conspiracy at St. Petersburg; of the other, to head a conspi- saysaye VACIGT SMIASHH AROY WH ‘teh, PRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1855. — . i) A Tue Srome 4” rae Tam Evo or raz Ses Czar inte a friend of hamanity; it will be time | slor.—The ¥' ,esgge of the French spoliation enough to give play to the feelings, whon the | battle becomes real; and the sham fight is ended. One thing slone is certain, Whichever side is | victorious, the end of the conflict will fiad Russia and France the leading powers of Ba: | rope, and Great Britain occupying a secondy y rank, | Russian Designs In the East—Thelr Conse quences if Successful. The bugbear by which the Engtich and french journals have all along endeavered to frighten the smaller States of Europe into joining the | coalition against Russia, is the suggestion that | if the latter Power should succeed in obtaining possession of Constantinople she will become the arbiter of the destinies of the world. There never was @ more erroneous idea. The experi- ence of history teaches us, on the contrary, that from the moment she passes her natural limits of expansion the period of her decadence com- menoes. Nations acquire physical and moral power by asystem operating from @ fixed centre, from whence the elements of their original vigor and force are diffused gradually and healthily to the extremities. As im the functions of animal life, 20 In’ the existence of States—any distur- bance of this natural process is certain to be followed by atrophy and decay. Thus all at- tempts to transfer the seats of great empires from their natural centres have invariably been followed by a diminution of the vital forces and the ultimate disruption of their component parte. The same rule applies tp nations who attempt to push their conquests beyond the limits of their power of retention. Thus it was with the old Persian empire under Darius and Xerxes. Not content with a sway which extended over a great part of Asia, over Egypt and Nubia in Africa, and in Europe over Thrace, Macedonia, and the coast of the Mediterranean, the Persian mopn- archs sacrificed the real power and supremacy of their country in a vain struggle for the glo- ry of universal dominion. Thus it was, too, with the Roman Empire when it sought to re- lize the same visionary dream. Of those two unwieldy tabrics of imperial power what remains now? Persia has dwindled into an in- significant and feeble monarchy, unequal even to the protection of her own territories against Russian aggression; whilst Rome, once the proud mistress of the world, extending her sway over countless millions of the human race, has become the modest patrimony of the sueceseor of St. Peter. These leesons of history seem to be entirely lost upon European politicians. They look apon the probable occupation of Constantino- jie by Russia—for after all that event is only aquestion of time—as fraught with danger to tle stability and integrity of the European monarchies, They forget that the territorial ewy of Russia has already been pushed to an extnt which will soon bring it within the conditions of national decline. Her’s maybe said to be the greatest unbroken em- Pirethat has ever existed, occupying vast re- giom of Europe and Asia, in extent almost a sixthof the habitable globe. Radiating from the «entre of St. Petersburg, it has thus far pushed forth its strength in continuous efforts, and by steady advances towards its objects has gone on acquiring, instead of losing force. Should its rulers, however, be insane enough to attempt to depart from the principles that have hitherto guided their policy, and overleap the barriers which the laws of progress oppose to m irrational ambition, it will have to pay the penalty or their folly. Just as the Greek empire began to decline from the period of the removal of its cemtre of government to Con- stantinople, and Moslemite energy became effeminated from the same cause, so from the racy at Ferrara. Nicholas succeeded: Napo- Jeon failed. A little later, we find them again ‘We give elsewhere a graphic account of a snow atorm of thirty six hours duration which has pre- yailed in this city, at the South, East and Wes!, The telegraph informs us that early yesterday morning, at Halifax, N.8., Sackville and St. John, N.B, and at Calais and Eastport, Me., shocks of earthquake were felt. Truly, this isa remarkable reason, considered either politieally, morally, phy- tically, geographically or atmospherically. Whether the quaking manifestations will extend to this re- in the same position—Nicholas assailed by a conepiracy in Poland, Napoleon leading a con- spiracy against France, with precisely the fame result. Again, a few years later, the Czar’s whole soul is in the work of crashing out rebels within his dominions, as trium- phantly as ever; and the exile’s whole soul is in the daring scheme of regaining his lost veloped. amd London. The Chief of Policeaaste a retura to thed}oard essed the starting of the iron horse. Great prepa- | of Aldermen last evening, enumerating the articles rations were being made to receive the New York | #2d moneys found on thiey.es from 1861 to. 1854, and @elegation worthily, but the programme of tho for- | how the same were dispesed of. The only matter of interest before the Board was s resolution toztop all steamboats on the Long Island Sound ruosing ‘dearer of despatches to our government from tne | below Peck slip, East river. The resolution was lost. The young Cuban, Hernandez, hay apptied to the Supreme Court for the appointment o." bie ancie.ac general guardisn. Judge Mitehell granted tho order to constitute José Ellas Herwand vw dis guar- dian, It appears that the Portuguese Cotisal,} Mr. Fie- gonlere, hag refused to attend before Unity 4 States Commissioner Morton as a witness,on the ground that he is exempt, under certain treaty stipal. Wons. Harps axp Sorrs—Foyyy.—The hard sh els are glorifying over the vote cast for Daniel 8. Dickinson for United States Senator in the A € sembly—fourteen; while the softs are in rap tures at the vote thrown away upon Horatio Seymour-.-thirteen. This reminds us of the two belligerent Irishmen, who, while enjoying a fight between themselves on the way side, were suddenly set upon by a gang of ruffians, knock- ed down, trampled upon, and both left asdead men onthe ground. “Pat,’”says one, when the affray was over and the enemy had disappear- ed, “I am sorry for you. They have given you the woret of it; both arms broken.” “Teddy,” eays the other, “divil a bit. You are the chap to be pitied, with both legs broken.” Such is the situation, and euch the harmony of the hards and softe. They are in a fine condition to meet in Tammany Hall and nominate Franklin Pierce for the succession. Is Mr Purdy int Has Mr. Cochrane got beck? Now is the time for the Scarlet Letter, gion of couree it is impossible to conjecture. Itis quite certain, however, that an -earthquake shock is the only phenomenon in natare remaining to be de- Owing to the continnance of the sexere snow storm yesterday, both the Corn and Merchants’ Ex- changes were but thinly attended, and commercial traneactions were limited. There was a healthy tone, however, in most articles of produce. In cot- ton about 1,000 bales were sold at -eteady prices. There was no New Orleans and Texas middling oa the market. In flour a moderate business was done, at unchanged prices. Wheat and.corn were some- what nominal. But one lot of corn sold, whic brought 99c., fram store. O.d mess pork was held at an advance, but &nyers did not mevt it. Other pro- visions were unchaaged. The chief engagement; of freights were made¢o the Continent. The state of the weather, with the desire for leter foreign news, pretty well suspended engagements to Liverpool France, as hopelessly as ever. Twenty long years passed over before the tide of fortune seemed to change; but it did at last. For the first time in his life Louis Napoleon succeeded in his object, and became President of France. Almost, we may say, for the first time in his ‘life, Nicholas failed in what he attempted : he could not become Protector of Turkey. This was the point where the two men’s des- tinies seemed to converge; a long train of failures ending in success raising the one to the point where # long train of successes end- ing in failure ha‘) placed the other. Hence- forth, they were {inevitable foes. Nicholas af- fected to despise the parvenu. Napoleon despised no one, he had learnt too much for that. He tried to conciliate his powerful rival, but fail- ed. After this, the only possible solution of the problem was by war, and it is begun. The Eastern war will decide whether Nicholas or Napoleon is to be the master of continental Europe. Nicholas has the advantage of a long line of -ancestry and hereditary prestige—al- ways potent with half civilized nations—a pow- erful acmy—an immense population ready to serve him—an inaccessible country. Napoleon has on his side the advantage of a highly in- telligent people, whose energies have long been misdirected by the folly of the Bourbons and Orleang, and which is now advancing with giant strides ander the modern rule of the Em- peror. He és essentially the man of the pre- sent time; looks to the future, not the past; is anto himself lew; and has a heavy debt of injuries and elights to avenge. He is support- ed by all the prestigé of his uncle's military glory, and has besides an advantage which his vanele never posseased in the English alliance. He is thus enabled to take up the contest where Napoleon the elder ieft off; just as Nicholas pursues the projects which Catherine and Alex- ender first formed and partly executed. Bothof them men of large minds, inerora- bi'e will, extensive knowledge; both deeply im- but! withthe ides of their destiny; both amply prepwxed for the contest, end regarding it with the coolness and determination which great deeds inspire ia great men; there cannot be a doubt but their duello will form one of the most strikimg pages in modern history. The fight is still obsouved by the clouds of diploma- / cy, and the main contest is almost lost to view | ia the multitude of side issues; but when time | dissipates the one and the others shrink into in- | significance, the spectacle w.ill be one at which | the world will gaze in wonder and awe. Of | the eonsequences of the conflict to humanity at large it were yet premature to speak; oc) establishment of Russian power in that city of - evil influences will date the commencement of its decay. Instead of being a first rate Ea- ropean, Russia will become an overgrown Asiatic State, with elements of dissension and wesknees incorporated in her bosom which will ultimately prove fatal to her existence. From the very instinct of selfpreservation, all Earope will become leagued against her; and powerless to dfect mischief in that quarter, she will have to employ her restless energies in farther aggressions upon her Eastern neighbors. In the fulfillment of the mission that seems to be assigned to her, she will first diffuse the secds of Ghristianity over the continent of Asia, by species of military propagandism, and then tumble to pieces from her own unwieldiness and want of cohesion. Sueh, in a few words, will be the history of the Russian empire, and indeed of all territorial aggregations which are held together by no well regulated and ration- al principle of organization. Iithese views be oorrect—and they are in strict accordance with historical experience— all the reasonings and speculations of English and French politicians fall to the ground. I; is, in fact, the merest farce to maintain that the diepate between Russia and Turkey isa Earo- pean question, and that the balance of power is in any way involved init. It isno such thing. The Russian movement against Turkey ia part- ly a territorial and partly a religious crusade by a semi-oriental power, against the dominions of s weaker neighbor, whose oppression of the co-religionists of the former have always been asource of difficulty and heart-burning. This is the exact importance of the question, and no more. As to its results, as we have already shown cither history is a lie or there is no real ground for apprehension on the part of the European Powers. We repeat, that Russia com- mits an act of suicide the day she establishes the seat of her government on the Bosphorus. English and French politicians,; however, seem | unable to sppreciate the truth of this fact. | They are so distracted by their fears and so wedded to their narrow conventional ideas that they are incapable of judging sancly of the | consequences of their own acta. A Frane-cr is tae Krromex.—The Cabinet | organ and the Kitchen Cabinet organ are “‘mak- | ing mouths” at each other. There hasevident- ty been a flare-up in the kitchen, against the ascendancy of the parlor. The kitchen organ, too, appears to have the best of it, and the most reliable sources of information of the ac- tual transactions in and about the White House, We are informed from Washington that Mr. Sidney Webster may olten be seen slipping in | or out of the back door of the office of the kitchen organ. As the President's private secret: he does not desire to be nized os'a familier in ouch e low ovtablishaneet; bat when the on th romped ie ln In this rie on the one side, and yA plication of the feud between ‘be other. The end of it will be interesting. bill of five, millions, the passage of the Texas Senate ‘mdemnity bill of pine millions, (cut down. fn the House, for the sake of appearances, *to Aix and a half millions,) the tenacity of the Whby and a few active members to Colt’s pa- tent extension, the Pacific Railroad bill, the Hoboken floating battery, and other projects, admonish us to prepare for a grand haul of the epoilemen at the tail end of the session. The French epoliation bill may be vetoed. Mr. Pierce, when a member of the House, was opposed to it. Mr. Welle, the new Senator from New Hampshire, supposed to speak know- ingly upon the sabject, has opposed it. There may be a veto; bat the pressure of the kitchen is strong, and the case is doubtful. The Indian war bill, covering four or five millions of spoils, for a campaign against the prairie and moun- tain Indians of the far West, was cruelly stop- ped by Gen. Cass and other “old fogies’’ in the Senate. There is hope yet, however, though the time is short. Let Forney call a meeting of the kitchen and the lobby—a joint meeting —and arrange their plans fur tacking on their Indian bills, patent extensions, extra indemai- ties to Texas, railroad land grants, and other financial projects, to the appropriation bills, amidst the orgies of the last night of the session, when many of the members are “obfuscated,” and others are sleepy, and when the lobby and inside spoilemen are wide awake, and Guthrie may be stripped of every dollar in the treasury, and the community of many millions more. This session is the last chance for a considerable number of the spoils democracy of both houses, and the probabilities are in favor of their active co-operation with the lobby in a feasible scheme to get at and get out the plunder. The last night of the session is the time. Let plenty of free liquor be provided, and let Forney pro- ceed at once to organize his kitchen and lobby forces for a grand haul on the last night of the session. Tue Kinszy Exreprrion—Very Important. —Marcy, having completely whipped out the Cabinet, the kitchen and Ostend filibusters, on the foreign policy of the administration, has just been revoking the late edicts of Cushing & Co., published as editorials in the Washington Union, on the Kinney expedition. The Union, under the advice of the Cushing and Jeff. Davis clique, has been the chief advocate, in behalf of the administration, of this Kinney enterprise; but Marcy steps forward, puts down his broad foot, and says, ‘No! Away with you. We stick to the Monroe doctrine. The Mosquito King is a humbug., The Kinney purchase is, therefore, a humbug. The land belongs to Nicaragua and Costa Rica. They protest against the Kinney expedition. In behalf of the President, I protest. Do you hear, ye speculating filibusters? You are outlawed. Away with ye.” Now what will Colonel Kinney do? The ad- ministration, in the name of Marcy, repudiates his scheme. If he persists in it, he must abide the consequences, He proposes to land at Greytown; but the British fleet there will be apt to send him to the right about, without much ceremony. What, then? Cuba! He will probably shy over to Cuba. Lopez must be avenged. It is the right season of the year for a trip to Cuba. Who, in spite of Maroy, embarks in the Kinney expedition ? Crry Rerormers—Mayor Wood has begun his career well. He has effected masy reforms, and is engaged with many more. No one ques- tions the sincerity of his purpose, or the energy of his conduct. On all sides, his praises are sung. Now is, for him, the difficult crisis. A very few years ago, another reformer or batch of reformers, undertook to cure the de- fects of the city government, and made great professions of devotion to the public weal. The ostensible head of the movement was Peter Cooper, but the real wirepuller was Mr. Flagg, who in company with several other refugees from the wreck of the Albany Regency, was seeking employment, ‘Their outcry was so loud, and the faults of the existing régime 80 glaring, that for some time the public was taken in, and chorused their praise almost as loudly as that of Mr. Wood at present. Every man felt that no change could be for the worse, and a great many journals, ignorant of the character of the Albany regency people, and placing faith in their promises, gave them an unqualified support. They carried their point. For some time they had everything their own way, and people only thought of lending them a helping hand. What has been the result? They have given us a charter beyond com- parison the worst with which this unfortunate city has ever been afflicted: a charter ander which it is almoet impossible to govern well, and quite out of the question to cure a tithe of the existing abuses. They have given usa Comptroller~Mr. Flagg—who has done more to bring the very names of economy and reform into disrepute than any ten men before him. Un- der pretence of lightening the load of the public, they have doubled the taxes. Under guise of protecting the interests of the city, they have cheated its creditors. Under the plea ot estab- lishing a system of fairness and impartiality they have committed the growest acts of fa- voritiem that were ever known in New York. No man has ever so impudently attempted to use the city, and the city funds to help his own friends and serve his own party, as Azariah C. Flagg. No man has ever so bamboozled the public—piling debt upon debt and tax upon tax, and calling upon the people to look at his economy--as Azariah C, Flagg. This is what the last batch of reformers have come to. Let Mayor Wood take warning from their fate. At present he enjoys a measare of support and pepularity never voucheafed to any former Mayor. But it may easily be lost. Tor New City Hatt.—The inconvenience experienced from the want of suitable buildings for law courts and public offices is giving rise to bitter complaints against the indifference and slothfulness manifested by the city autho- rities on the subject. Ata period when, as may be seen by our law reports, the business of the courts is unprecedentedly great, and the neces- sity for enlarged accommodation more pressing than ever, the Board of Supervisors are sleep- ing over the plans presented to them, or per- haps postponing their decision in order to af- ford time for the operation of lobby influences. Whichever may be tie actual state of facts, the public are made to safer for the negligence or cupidity of the wieeacres to whom we en- trast the management of our corporate affairs. Had they been alive to their duties some suit- able building for our courts and public offices would by this time have been in progress, and the patience of the public and legal profes- sion would not have been exhausted by their LS OF on YOR. Ae unaccountable procrastination. the . law provides a remedy for Jaches of. this sort. If the Board of Supervisors do not stir them- selves very soon, they will be unpleasantly re- minded that all power in this matter is not con- centrated in their hands, The Judges of the: Supreme Court, incommoded and harrassed by. the miserable accommodation afforded for their sittings, have,-in a late memorial to the: Board, intimated ia peremptory terms, that uuless some effort is made to provide. them with proper courts, they will issue » pre- cept to the Sheriff directing him to erect a suit- able building, the expense of which, under the power given by the statute, will be assesecd . upon the city. The Judges of the Superior: Court are still more scurvily treated. They occupy @ room of wretched proportions, and £0 low that a man of decent height rans the risk of knocking bis head through the ceiling. Besides these inconveniences under the present. scattered arrangewent of the courts and pub- lic offices, a great deal of time is lost in pass- ing from place to place, which, to the members. of the legal profession, is a matter of serious inconvenience. A lawyer requires, as regards his practice, to be in a measure ubiquitous, and in the construction of courts of justice all over- the world this necessity is always convulted, by bringing the various tribunals within the enceinte of one large building. In any new pan that may be adopted by the Corporation, especial attention should be paid + to this condition, All the courts should have convenient halls provided for them under the same roof, as well as the necessary number of. dependent chambers aud law offices. The public. ~ tribunals, too, should all be on the same floor, sc - that a lawyer, or his clerk, having to watch a- number of cases, may pass from ove to another - without loss of time. There is abundant space for the developement of such a plan on the site sllocated for the purpose, and it will be a great mistake if architectural crotchets are allowed to interfere with so important a condition of public convenience. In point of economy there is also something to be gained by a compliance with it. If a building, such as we are describ- ing, were erected, the general government would - gladly pay the Corporation a handsome sum for such accommodation as it requires for the federal courts. The building in Murray street now costs it $16,000 a year, which would go some way if capitalised to diminish the cost of the proposed structure. We trust that no further time will be lost in . deciding upon and carrying out the plan of the new building. The necessity for it is daily be- coming more pressing, and it is a reproach and a disgrace to the Board of Supervieors that 0. - much indifference should bave been already manifested on the subject. Whenever they can bring their minds to the exertion of », final reso- lution we hbpe that they will not add to the complaints which their procrastination has al- ready aroused against them by errors of defec- tive and inconvenient construction. We have suffered enough from architectural blunders iv. our public edifices} not to fall into the same mistakes again. THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC. ~~ Savy Hoon, Feb, 9, A. M. ‘The steamship Atlantic arrived off the bar about six o’clock last evening, and still remains there on account of the snow storm and the darkness of the night. The- agent of the associated press started as soonas she came in sight to eudeavor to reach her, but a strong north-east wind and contrary tide, we presume, has frustrated his efforts, as he has not yet returned. From Washington. - APPOINTMENTS AND CONFIRMATIONS, Wasuinaton, February 8, 1865. In the Senate to-day the name of John B. Miller was withdrawn, and Samuel J. Cox, of Ohio, nominated in - hia stead for the Secretaryship of the Legation at Lima, Peru. The following nominations were sent in by the Presi. dent for confirmation —Hayward, as Marshal of Utab; Doyle, as Marshal of Nebraska; Porter, as Collector of the Port at New Orleans, and Rayburn, as Appraiser: Hoffman, as Postmaster at Massillon, Ohio; Leonidas Martin, as Consul at Maratian; Thomas Welch, as Ke- ceiver, Alabama; R. D. Hayden, as Receiver, Ilinois;, Atkinson, as Third Auditor of the Treasury, in the place of Bent; W. N. Banks of Virginia, as Consul at Aguer Caliantes, Mexico. The following were slso sent in:—The ext adition treaty with the King of Hanover; the treaty with the Wyandolte Indians, and the treaty with Mexico, The following confirmations were made:—Pickett, ae Postmaster at Marysville, California, and Thatcher, as Postmaster at Placerville. Almost every democratic Congressman one converses with is confident that the President will veto the French Spoliation bill. ‘The mail from New York was three hours bebind tima acain to-night. . UNITED 8TATES es hag oo . ASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 1855, El'as Merrion, of Massachusetts, and pH Pa an oo Washington, admitted counsellors and attorneys. No. 6. Marcellin Haydel vs. Francis Dupense,—Error to Supreme Court of Loui Ju Catron delivered wo of the court, reve: Judgment, with No. 66. ee B. Pap 3 vs. John Sanderson.—Libellant argue: 4) submitted Howard (oF ubeliaat. igi “Ko. 67. James Jasigh et al. plaintita in error, vs. ae Pat beg esa &c.—Argument oon. inue for and pay ote pial y cont by Merrion ESE United States Senator for Mlinots: SPRINGRILLD (Iil.), Feb 8, 1855. Lyman Trumbull bas just been elected United States Senator for filinoia, in place of Gew, Shields, Mr. Tram- bull was elected on the 10th ballot. Mr. Trumbull is an anti-Nebraska democrat, He resides at Belleville, and is the representative elect from the- Eighth Congressional district. The result is quite anex- pected. —— The Latest From the State Capital. ONSLAUGHT ON THE TREASURY—THR LEMMON CASE ~-MORE EXPLANATIONS — THE PROBIBITORY LI- QUO BILL, ETC, . Atnayy, Fob. 8, 1655. The city is nearly deserted vy the leading politicians, who were attracted by the excitement on the Senator question. Others are now besieging the Legislature to- allow them to dip into the treasury, many on their own claims, and a host from the publie institutions in every part of the State. It has now become a regular system, to come up here annually for public money in aid of every school, hospital, infirmary, seminary wed asylum whatsoever. The application is always made upon mem- bere in the name of charity and benevolence, and many: sre actually carried away by the constant importanities of these incessant beggars. The hospttals, for instance, ere among the most cra . Formerly Ot” the mont deverviog pat tad % i tere juandered too much tutions, aod was the cause of tocloting to the treasury to ite present in not » dollar which can iy to some of these sturdy beggars, sull, sno) aeaee, i bad ad Wb strange if the present Le- appropriate half a even 7 mill tax more becomes: ‘de pla: ata pe ae Decessaryte The tax payors of the State are in uo’ meaee, ed with the amount anpually given. to lacy wugeh whose faces are covered dingustingly with hair, and whe