The New York Herald Newspaper, March 13, 1855, Page 4

564 NEW YORK F,ERALD. JAMES GORDOY, QENNETT, PROPRIETOR ' xD EDITOR. AM' JSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Evapee—Osicw “‘Bensen, > BOWERY THEATRE, Bsnmucns—Biacx Even 8: BURTON’S THEATRE, Chambers stroct—Sxniovs Famz- “av—Ine Toopurs, WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Two Can PLay ar THAT GamE—Sux Sroors To ConqueR. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afternoon—Hor Conn—[ona- son's Come. Bvening—Honxsty Tux Bast Pouoy—Tux Bouse Bxppep Room. WOOD'S MINSTRELS—Mechanios’ Hall—472 Broadway. BUCKLEY’S OPERA HOUSE, 839 Broadway—Bucx- wev’s Brniorian Orena TROUPE. SMPIRE BALL, 596 Broadway—Panonama or Evnope. j—THBRESE—AMERICAN “New York, Monday, To Advertisers. fhe pressure of advertisements created by the demanta af the spring trade, necessitate: greater stringency in var office regulations as to the latest period of their re- eption. Of our present average of advertisements, ap- Proaching close to a thousand per day, the greater por- ‘Men dees not reach us before a late hour of the ovening. or the future, if the pressure continues, we shall be eompelled to postpone to the following day the publica- ‘Mon of all advertisements which are not delivered before P.M. By adhering to this rule our getting to press will be much facilitated, and our readers enabled to re- seeive their paper at an earlier hour of the morning, Malls for Europe. HIE NEW YORK HERALD—EDITION FOR BUROPS. Me Cunard mail steamship Canada, Capte Stone, will Jeave Boston on Wednesday; at 12 0’clock, for Liverpool. ‘The Kuropean mails will close in this city at a quarter ‘to two o'clock this afternoon. ‘The Hsnstp (printed in English and French) will be published at ten o’clock this morning. Single copies tm wrappers, sixpence. Babecriptions and advertisements for any edition of @he New Yorx Henaxp will be received at the following places in Burepe:— oupont. awards, Sasdvord & Coy No. 17 Cornhil ‘Wm. Thomas & Co., No. 19 Catharine street. ++. Livingston, Wells & Co., 8 Place de la Bourse The contents of the European edition of the Hxnalp ‘xl embrace the news received by mail and telegraph at ‘the effice during the previous week, and to the hour of publication. The News. Neither the steamer Pacific, fer this port, nor ‘Yee Africa,due at Halifax, from Liverpool, had ‘made their appearance at one o’clock this morning. ‘The steamship Illinois arrived at this port last evening from Aspinwall, bringing later news from San Francisco, the Sandwich Islands, Acapulco, ‘the South Pacific, New Granada, Aspinwall, and Kingeton, Ja. The dates are— + Feb. 16 Fed. 22 Jan, 27 March 2 Feb. 1 Feb. 11 March 2 s+ Feb. 26 rom all these points is intensely inte- gesting. Our California files bring up the pro- gramme of the new political party, whose ulterior signs are supposed to aim at the formation of a great Western republic. For the present this pro- Jeet is kept in abeyance until certain objecte are at- tained, which, it is hoped, will prepare the public mind of the State for the consummation of this grand political acheme. The new organization has adopted the designation of the “ Pacific American Party,” and the measures which it proposes inme @iately to carry out may be thus briefly summed up: A larger delegation from the Pacific States in Congress; Oregon and Californis to pe urgeumea imto Atatea at once; California to be divided, and ‘two States made out of her Territory; the Sandwich Jalands and Sonora to be annexed, and as much mors ef the territory of Mexico as can be conquered or purchased; and finally, out of the whole of the territories on the Pacific coast in our possession and to be thus acquired, six States are to be created in. stead of one. The financial features of the plan are equally bold and comprehensive in their chara:ter, and aim directly at the independence of the new confederation. It is stated that several of the most talented and distinguished citizens of California are in favor of the new movement. There had been no wlection for United States Senator, but a despatch trom Sacramento, dated the l5th, stated that an- ether effort would be made next day to postpone the election, and if that failed Mr. Gwin would be elected. The [linois brings $1,217,876 in gold dust on freight, which is a further falling off from tue meual semi-monthly shipm:nt. The miners com- plained of a lack of water, but the new discoveries om Kern river had created a lively interest, and large numbers were going to the new diggings ‘Trade continued depressed. The news from the Sandwich Islands is impor- tant. The King has discoatinued the negotiations for the anvexation of the islands to the United States. Captain Bailey, of the sloop-of war St. Mary's, transmitted astrong protest to a remark of he King in a proclamation issued Dac. 28, in which he stated that the naval force of the United States would be employed In protecting his sovereigaty A special messenger, with despatches relative to these matters, was landed from the Illinois at Nor- folk, where she put in for coal, who ptoceeded to Washington. Intelligence of the safety of the clip- per ship Jchn Land, Capt. Howes, from Boston for Ban Francisco, is received. We give ali the particu- lars respecting her in another column. Onr correspondent at Acapulco farnishes us an aecount of the movements of the revolutionary army, ond some extracts froma later of Gen. Moreno. Alvarez was rapidly advancing, and it was expected that the revolution would be"successfully closed by She last of April. Acapulco has been declared a free port to all whaleships—a measure of great im- portance to those engaged in the whale fishery. From Valparaiso we have the agreeable news of ‘the safe arrival of the sloop-of-war Decatur, about which so much anxiety has been felt for several Weeks pact. The John Adams and St. Lawrence Were also in port, The Massachusetts was at Cailso on the Sth ult. Chili remained perfectly tranqail. The revolution in Peru was at an end. The ques- thon of the Presidency occupied the public miad, Gen. Castilla, the leader of the revolutionary party, having refused the post. assembling of the Bolivian Congress created rable excitement in that couatry. Belza mined to retire to private life, and Senor Bustillo would be appointed to preside over a com- mittee if ministers, in whose hands the executive ou would be lodged. waw cfficer of the New Granadian govern. man Bes pronounced the law authorizing the lovy of tax on passengers crossing the Isthmus illega? and contrary to the constitution. Great is made of the high rates of freigtt de- maz'ded by the railroad company. he news from Jamaica is unimportant. The papers are filled with reports of parliamentary Gebates on the condition of the island, all in tho game lugubrious tone that has characterized such discussions for the past twenty years. Some startling developments were made yester- day, in reference to the late tragedy at Stanwix Hall. By referring to another cojamn it will be seen that Baker has to a certainty, almost, escaped from the country, in a brig bound for the Canary Islands. From recent investigations before City Judge Stuart, it appears that a number of persons have aided in the escape of Baker. A councilman and a policeman are, it is alleged, included in the number. The inquest was continue! yesterday, and wos, after ceveral hours seseior, adjoarned until Wednenday morning next, when it is hoped the cneg NEW Y will be concluded. It is the intention of the sutho- rities to send # steamship in pursuit of the vessel in which Baker escaped. An alleged charge of extortion in the office of the Receiver of Texas was brought before the Board of Supervisors last evening. The correspondence between Mayor Wood end Mr. Harvey Hert, in rela- tion thereto, will be fourd in the report of the pro ceedings. The subject of the want Of proper acoom- modation for the city grand jury was brought be- fore the Supervisors and referr.d to the Board of Aldermen. The Board of Aldermer, were in session last evening. A resolution tendering the hospitalities of the city tothe members of the Legislature was adopted, ands comm ‘ittee of four appointed to do the honors. The ‘Board non-concurred with ths Council in makiaz; the term of leases tor wharves one year instead, of five. An invitation from the ‘Tem Governors to join im the visit to the pubiic in- at¥iutions was accepted, of course. The Board of Councilmen met last evening, and transacted considerable routine business, the par- ticulare of which may be found in our report. A communication and resolution from the Camber of Commerce, urging the erection of the proposed new public buildings om the site of the Oli City Hall, in the Park, on the ground of facilitating the legal and commercial business of the city, was received and referred to the appropriate commuiitee. Dealers in cotton yesterday were waiting Jater foreign news. The sales only reached about 500 a 600 bales, without change in prices. Flour con- tinued firm, with a fair amount of sales. Southern brands were firmer, with a good demand. Cana dian was unchanged. Wheat was quiet, being in light supply, and held above the views of bayers. Corn was firm, with moderate sales. New mesa pork sold in loia at $1575 a $16; old mesa, at $14 25, and new prime, at $1437. Beef was firm. Bales of good Chicago repacked were made at $16. There was no change of moment in other articles of ade. bs The Know Nothings of Virginia hold a State Convention at Manchester during the present week to nominate candidates for State officers. The Know Nothings of Bangor, Me., elected their ticket for municipal officers yesterday by six hun- dred majority. The steamboat Santa Claus succeeded in forcing her way up the North river as tar as Roudoat yes- terday. Above Newburg, however, the river was filled with floating ice, rendering navigation very dangerous. By way of Charleston, 8. C., we have some items of news from Nassau, N. P., to the 17th ult., which may be found elsewhere. A communication in another column contains a vivid description of a firein the pine woods of South Carolina, on Friday last, along the line of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad. A vast amount of property has been destroyed, and it is feared that portions of the railroad have been da- maged to such an extent asto seriously interrupt travelling. The Ostend Conferenee=The Administration and Cuba—Accuracy of the New York He- rald’s News. We take some credit to ourselves for having been the means of dragging to light the cor- respondence relative to the Ostend Conference, notwithstanding the unwillingness of the ad- ministration and the efforts which were unceas- ingly made by their organs to induce the public to believe that no such correspondence was in existence. On the 7th of November last we announced that the result of the Conference at Ostend had been received by the President, in the form of a joint despatch, signed by Messrs, Buchanan, Mason and Soulé, and that the pur- port of it was, that we should at once ac- quire Cuba, cither by purchoss vs «9 @ uacan eure Or Barery. immediately upon our an- nouncement, we were assailed by the organs of the administration with the customary abuse which stands in place of argument with those sheets, and by the small fry which is jealously snarling at our heels on all occasions. Nor was this all: the European journals, headed by the London Times, a:sured their readers that the whole statement was a fabrication, and that no conference whatever had taken place. But notwithstanding all the efforts which were made by the administration to induce the public to suppose that the Ostend Conference wasa myth, created in our office, when Con- gress met it was found that a large number of members of the House of Representatives were not deceived by these representations, bat, hav- ing faith in the accuracy of our announcement, came to Washington determined to force the President to lay the facts officially before the country. A resolution calling for the corres- pondence was therefore introduced by Mr. Sol- lers, of Md., and after a fierce opposition on the part ef the peculiar friends of the Cabinet, it was at length referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, in the hope that it would remain buried there, as al! matters relating to Cuba had been permitted to do duriag the whole of the previous session. On the 9th and 10th of January, believing that all inquiry into the matter had been prac- tically defeated by the reference above al- luded to, we proceeded to give “a brief, comprehersive and reliable narrative of all the transactions which Jed to the calling of the conference, as well as the events which bad subsequently taken place.” In these articles we briefly stated all the incidents pre- vious to the calling of the conference, the sub- stance of the joint despatch, the reply to that despatch, in which the administration backed down completely from their previous policy in favor of the acquisition of Cuba, and the fact that Mr. Soulé had resigned. Our statements were again contradicted by the organs of the administration, and it was only a week after- wards, when Mr. Breckenridge’s nomiuation was sent to the Senate “as Minister to Spain, vice Soulé, resigned,” that the truth of the extraordinary developements we had made irre- sistibly impressed itself upon the minds of all, notwithstanding the mendacious talsehoods of the hireling press, and the semi-official contra- dictions which bad been sown broadcast, In order to show the perfect accuracy of our statements, even down to the minutest details, we this morn- ing re-publish the articles alluded to, It will be scen they were written with a full knowledge of all the facts, and in keeping with our pro- mise at the time, of giving “a plain statement, free from bias.” Indeed, 0 palpable did it be- come that we published the facts in the case, that the Committee on Foreign Relations were shamed owt of the course which they had laid down for their guidance, and forthwith reported back the resolution of inquiry which had for fweeks been locked up, andit was passed anani- mously. True to to their instincts, the administration, which had not scrupled to direct their stipen- diaries to publish column upon column of falsehcod, so asif porsible to impress the public with the belief that the New Yorx Heranp had deceived them, had not the manliness when the call was made to meet it at once. Nor was it till the lastday of the session that they could screw their courage up sufficiently to send the correspondence to Congress—too Iate to permij cilhber house to act upon RK . it, but fortunately not 09 late to have it ordered to. ‘yg laid before the cor, readers to perur’, it attentively, and they wi. find such @ r¢ord of shame on the part of Mr. Pierce ad his Cabinet as will make them binch, and cease to wonder at the lamentable truth that whilst at home the administration is viewed with indignation, abroad it excites no higher feeling thon gontempt, unmixed and overwhelming. Mr. Soulé accepted the mission to Spain up- on the express understanding, as he took occa- sion to place on record, that the acquisition of Cuba was the great pointto be attained. Pre- vious to his acceptance he had long and fre- quent interviews with the President, and be- ‘ore leaving Washington he wrote out his views fully. This despatch the administration did not see &t to include in the correspondence sent to Congress, for obvious reasons ; but it is in the State Department, and may yet find its way into print. It will more completely show, if such a thingis possible, the traitorous de- sertion of principle which has taken place on the port of the President, and the cruelty with which Mr. Soulé was sacrificed when a coward- ly retreat had been determined upon. The changed policy of the Cabinet as regards Cuba, was brought about by Mr. Marcy, osten- sibly on the ground that the whole North was in a blaze beoause of the Nebraska bill, and that if the acquisition of Cuba were persisted in, the abolitionists would carry everything before them, and the administration would be swept away and annihilated by the flood. What an admirable system of checks and balances! First, the South is coneiliated by forcing the repeal of the Missouri compromise; then the North is quieted by smothering the patriotic pulsations of the Cubans. Nor is this all : Fear- ful that the South might be exasperated when it was discovered that the Cuba policy had been abandoned, the President hastened to Prove he was truly anational man. Accord- ingly he vetoed the French spoliation bill, the claimants under which are _principal- ly Northern men; and he sanctioned the Texas debt bill, a Southern mea- sure. He vetoed the bill to improve the St. Clair flats in the Detroit river, and he sanctioned a similar bill for the improvement of the Cape Fear river, in North Carolina. Principle has nothing to do with the conduct of affairs at Washington—all is expediency, ofthe most contemptible character. It will be remembered that just before the meeting of Congress, it was stated by our Washington correspondents that changes in the Cabinet were talked of, and that there wasa strong probability Mr. Marcy would retire from the State Department. This division in the Cabinet was in consequence of Marcy’s de- termination to abandon Cuba. It was suppos- ed that if anything could infuse spirit into Mr. Pierce,it would be the dishonorable course which Mr. Marcy insisted upon, But the feeble nature of the President soon gave way, and the Secretary of State continued to be the governing mind of the administration, moulding Mr. Pierce to any form he chose. From the day, a few weeks after the formation of the Cabinet, when Marcy dashed his portfolio in the President’s face, at a Cabinet meeting, and when Daniel S. Dickinson wee antarminad ran 0-— iew O-m-~ tor of this Port, to the present hour, he has kept Pierce under his thumb. Poor Pierce, frightened at the idea that his Secretary of State might leave, at once sent Guthrie to beg him to resume his place at the council board; and he did so, with the know- ledge that all he had to do for the future was to play the bulJy to achieve success. If the shuffling of the administration has only the effect of postponing the freedom of Cuba, bad as the evil already done has been, it may yet be retrieved. Unfortunately, however, there is reason to fear thet the chains of the Cubans have been rivetted with a ten-fold power. The evidence that England and France have become parties to Spanish policy is too plain to be resisted; and that policy is the abo- litionizing the island, and thus rendering it a curse to itself anda foul blot on humanity. General Concha, in his memoirs, speaking of the Janding of Lopez, declares that he con- siders all the creoles disaffected, and that if the necessity had arisen, he would not have hesitated in arming the negroes, And to prove that he is in earnest—that this was no idle threat—he has recently enrolied more than one black regiment, and the work goes on. Spain, weak and powerless, bas easily fallen into the hands of Raglaad —a power which has never let slip an opportu- nity to do usa wrong, or attempt to check our advance and prosperity. To use the lan- guoge of Mr. Soulé since his return, Spain never would have dared to throw herself into the arms of England but for the weakness dis- played by the American government—a weak- ness all the more galling, since Cuba, like a ripe apple, would ere this have dropped into our jap, if the advice contained in the joint despatch from Aix la Chapelle had been carried out. Even the poor excuse of ignorance cannot avail Mr. Pierce, for be knows that, for the first time, the people of Cuba are organized and armed, and that the slightest evidence of aid from without is all that is necessary. It is at such crisis that the country learns that the vauptings of the administration for a year and a balf ere row changed to peacetul marmurs; that the outrages to our flag and on our citi- zens must be submitted to; and that the inso- lence of Spain, instead of being curbed, will for the future go unrestrained, prompted by the conviction that the American goverament has sunk eo jow that even a fifth rate power can insult and injure us without the fear of being called upon for redress, Such is the depth of degradation which the present administration has reached; and if there is a lower deep, the public may rest well assured Mr, Pierce and -his associates will yet sound it. Tne Two New Partres—Tun New Hamr- sume ELEction.—The two new parties may be designated as the new American party and the new confederated nigger party—the first under | the management of the Know Nothings, and upon their Union and constitutional platform; the other under the seditious auspices of Seward and the free soil remains of the administration spoils party. Thus far, the Know Nothings have prov. ed themselves fu.erior to the new nigger coalition party, in the majority of the various town elections round the country ; and this day the American organization will try their strength in New Hampshire. The excitement is very great there on both sides—the contest | is life or death to the spoils democracy, and we await the result with considerable interest Two United States Senators depend upon it, Oa Bots, Cobia Gor mt Ovex: Areams— | Tax New Porice f, 18565. ra printed and | We understand that Ole Bull is preparing « full ~antry, We ask our| n4 graphic statement of his connection and relation with the Opera management which recently terminated in such a sudden explosion. It seems that Ole Bull has been associated during the last two years with Strakosch, in va- rious musical enterprises, and lately in the same connection with Maretzek. Some months since, the association of these three artists gave rise to negotiations with Mr. Phalen, which re- sulted in the assumption by Ole Bull of the management of the Opera. But the explosion, consequent upon the resolutions passed by Ma- retzek and the company in the saloon of the Academy, has left a stain upon the character of Ole Bull, which he will endeavor to remove by a full relation of facts, supported by evidence which cannot be controverted. We understand that this statement will reveal the whole extent of Ole Bull’s connection with Strakosch and Maretsek, both befaxe and during the season at the Academy, and will form the most interesting chapter in operatic history which has taken place in New York since the unhappy and unfortunate explosion of the Fry management at Astor place. Bk seems, also, that by the recent transactions at the Academy, Ole Bull has been a considera: ble loser. It is true that many artists have not beén fully paid their salaries—others have been; but the great loser is Ole Bull himself, who has lost, or will lose before matters are settled up, between fifteen and twenty thou- eand dollars. By‘ evidence already given by Ole Bull in court, it appears that eight thou- sand dollars in one batch went to Europe under the charge of Strakosch, and no account has ever been made of it. A We always believed Ole Bull to be a highly honorable and correct man, He may be ex- citable at times, and somewhat visionary, as many artists are. He may have made some mistakes in his operatic management; but not- withstanding the very inflammatory resolutions passed by Maretzek and the company, at the meeting in the saloon of the Academy, we hesitate to believe that he is the impostor and cheat which they represent him. Let Ole Bull come out and unbosom himself—give all the facts relative to his connection with Strakoach and Maretzek. It isthe only means by which he can regain his former character as a man and position as en artist. Let us therefore await his statement. In the meantime, we would ask, is the Opera to be revived or not? Where are the directors? THE ADMINISTRATION AND ITS Bacx-our Fo- REIGN Poticy.—The foreign policy of this ad- ministration may be briefly styled a bold and dashing back out policy. For examples--Mar- cy’s sans culotte manifesto upon coats and breeches has been ignominiously abandoned. Tt was a complete back out-—not a patch of it is left. His formidable Koszta pronuncia- mento, which for a time made all the despots of Europe tremble in their old shoes, was drop- ped upon the first test question, and he has since backed out in half a dozen cases, call- ing for protection upon this Koszta platform, The back out from the original Cuba policy of the administration, however, upon which we were promised the island “in less than sis vee,” DBs peen the most flagrant and treacherous back out of all. In all these transactions, especially the last, we have the most painful illustrations of the inde- cision and imbecility of Mr. Pierce, and of the cool, methodical treachery and selfish inconsis- tency of Marcy. We see, also, the power of Marcy over the President, in moving him for- ward and pulling him back at his pleasure—a mere automaton in the bands of a juggler. Upon one item, however, of its foreign po- licy, the administration has stuck to its origi- nal filibustering programme. We allude to the bombardment of Greytown. To be sure, that was a lawless and cowardly act, but it was ex- actly on a par with the original red republican and buccaneering instructions of Dudley Mann and the original policy of Mr. Pierce, upon di- plomatic costume, absconding refugees and the Cuba question. In fact, the only decisive stroke of Mr. Pierce’s foreign schedule has been the bombardment and burning of Greytown; and the expenses of that illumination will fall upon Guthrie, What comes next? Sovrnern Dmect Trape—Corron Conrer- ENcE aT Aix La Cnareirz.—It will be seen by a letter elsewhere in these columns, from Wash- ington, that the cotton growers of the South are resolved upon direct trade with Europe; that, to this end, they contemplate sending out a lot of volunteer diplomats to the principal European Powers; and that, for the purpoze of a grand coup d'état, these cotton diplomats, following the example of the late Cuban con- ference, are to meet in convention at Aix la Chapelle, for the final arrangement of their di- rect trade and free trade policy. Very well. We presume that these volunteer ambassadors from the cotton growers, should they secure no- thing else, will at least secure their expenses to the Crystal Palace exhibition at Paris, and if our Southern planters are willing to accom- modate these gentlemen thus far, we have no objection. This Southern theory of direct trade, however, isa fallacy. The laws of trade regu- late themse?¥@, and until the transportation of exports and imports between Europe and the United States can be done at less cost and in less time between our Southern ports and those of England and France, than it can be done be. tween New York and Liverpool and Havre, all there Southern conventions and all this Sonth- ern diplomacy will amount to nothing. “That tells the whole story.” Tue Garpver CLrarm—A Svspriciovs Prece or Bustvess.—It appears that the resolution which passed Congress in August last, request- ing the President to institute proceedings in law and equity against all such agents, attor- neys and confederates as may have assisted in | prosecuting the fraudulent claims of George A. | Gardner and John H. Mears, has never offi- | cially reached the President to thisday. This, | Clerk, Why did he fail to communicate it to the President? | Gardner conspiracy? and if 80, has he been | House? If guilty, as we understand the laws, | he is clearly a subject for the District peniten- tiary. We call upon the Washington Union for an explanation of this mysterious transaction. As for these Gardner and Mears claims, and the outstanding balances due the treasury, we have no doubt they will be thoroughly over. hauled by the next Congress, What says i Forney? | we believe, was a House resolution, and as | such was under the charge of Forney, the | Was he also a party to this | guilty of suppressing this resolution of the | Bui—Psr” rppcorvo Pott Tictans.—The Lieutenant ~osernor has conde- scended to write @ let’ 1» 19 Mayor Wood, in re- dies. They have served him a good all that we know, and may be useful ter. The greater Seward Ajax of the calls the Lieutenant-Governor lain,” and we are not sure but his political tactics, the appellation stowed. It is difficult to conceive honest man, with the experience of concerning the rum and ruffianism which have so long controlled the politics of this could approve the passage of this new bill, for it is substantially a bill to legalize ruffianism, to fix upon us by law’ the supreme contrelling power of the bloody ruffians of the Stanwix Hall tragedy and their associates, i # Raymond is perfectly consistent with the ar- ticle of his newspaper organ here, justifying and eulogizing the late proceedings here, canonizing rowdyism, and formally inaugurat- ing a Reign of Terrér. Such are the tactics of the Broadway House politicians, and of the “Nittle villain,” so called, who speaks by au- thority of the Lieutenant-Governor. Well, we must be patient; but were there any other than a Seward majority in our Legislature we should appeal to them tostrengthen the hands of our Mayor instead of weakening them, and to concentrate the supreme supervision of all our executive departments in that officer. Thus our city government would conform to the structure of our federal government, of which the President, touching all exeoutive matters, is the supreme and responsible head. But as it is, we oan only ask of our Seward law makers at Albany to spare this community the law of terrorism of the new police bill, and to let Mayor Wood alone. If his hands must be kept tied up, donot gag him, and turn rufilan- ism loose upon the city. Tax us, fix upon usa horde of peculators and spoilsmen, let filth and garbage accumulate in our streets, give us up to plunder, dirt and pestilence, if it must be so; but spare us a police corps nominated by ruf- fians and assassins, spare our lives and proper- ty from the mercy of legalized cut-throats and burglars, and we shall be thankful, At all events, don’t give us this new police bill in advance of the Maine Liquor law. Stop their grog, if you will; but don’t, for the sake of decency, and for charity’s sake, passa law to turn off our present police corps, and to sub- stitute such specimens as ex-policeman Baker. We are quite sure that a large majority of this community do not desire the reelection of Baker, On the contrary, in the face of the Lieutenant-Governor, we feel authorized to say that our citizens are opposed to the guar- dianship of such men as Baker, and the rest of the participants in the bloody frolic at Stan- wix Hall. Don’t inflict upon us this new police bill. THE LATEST WNEW 8. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Nen-Arrival of the European Steamers. Haurax, March 12—11 P. M. We have not yet received any tidings of the steamer Pacific or Africa. The weather is mild and pleasant, Important from Wi THE RUSSIAN WAR—OPINIONS AT 8T. PETERSBURG WITH REGARD TO THE CHANCES OF PEACE —CONDI- TIONS ALONE ON WHICH THE EMPEROR WILL AC- CEPT IT—THE OZAR’S AUTOGRAPH LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT. Wasurneton, March 12, 1856, T have learned from the Russian embassy here that no expectations are entertained at St. Petersburg ef peace being concluded in the course of the ensuing summer, The heyes derived from the Vienna conference have, therefore, a slender foundation. I understand that there are upwards of 300,000 Russian troops in the Cri- mea, between Sebastopol and Perekop, and 40,000 at the other side of the isthmus, within a short distance of it. The Russian government will never make peace unless the principal demands urged by Menschikoff, at Con- stantinople, are agreed upon, and the Greek church Placed, in all respects, upon the same footing as the Latin. There is one condition, if it be insisted upon by the Allies, upon which Russia will remain firm, and that is with regard to the reduction of her navy. She will in crease rather than diminish the amount of her naval foree. With regard to the abandonment of Sebastopol, from what I can learn, no great obstacles will be offered to suéh a stipulation—that is provided that Russia be properly indemnified for the sacrifice, Her readiness to concede this point is explained by the fact that the Emperor has for a long time past entertained the pro. ject of fortifying Kaffa or Theodosia, which lies directly scroes the Peninsula, towards tho South, and is intended to be the termi- nus of the Moscow Railroad, The fortifications to be erected here will be stronger than those of Sebastopol, and will in other respects be more reliable from their contiguity to the Circassian coast. Frem what I have heard at the embassy, there ia no doubt as to the fact of the President’s having received an autograph letter from the Czar. The letter did not, it in true, contain any political information; it was merely of a complimentary character, and gave expres- sion to the friendly feelings entertained by the Emperor towards this country. It confirmed, however, the report of important disclosures having been made through the Russian Embassy to our government. All the former accounts of the importance of these disclosures are sub- stantially correct, and may now be positively affirmed. From Washington. INDIAN LAND PURCHASES--SUICIDE OF 4 YOUNG WOMAN. Wasmxotox, March 12, 1855, We have had quite a delegation for the past month of the Chiefs of the Chippewas and Winnebago Indians, who have just concluded a treaty for the disposal of their ands west of Lake Superior. They had an interview with the President and Commissioner of Indian Affairs on Friday last, when Falmouth, « Pillager Chippewa, told the President :—‘ That two great men there met ; that the whites were often accused of cheating the Indians, but that this time the Indians had cheated the Commissioner ; for they had sold him a tract of land for @ good deal of money which was worth but little.’ At this the President and Commissioner laughed heartily, and the Chiefs took their departure, well pleased with their interview with the Great Father, In the proceedings of the Senate towards the close of the session, an error crept into the telegraphic report, which made it appear that Mr. Stuart had opposed the bill for the improvement of Lake Harbors, whereas it should have been that be reported that bill from the Committee on Commerce. Last night a maimed daughter of Mr. Wales, one of the Capitol police, left home very mysteriously, and was this morning early found ina neighbor's kitchen, with her throat cut, Life was extinct when the body was discovered, and the instrument of death, a razor, lay be- side her. The affair is shrouded in mystery. The de- ceased was highly accomplished and much esteemed. | Democratic Nomination for Congress in Virginia, LTmMoRr®, March 12, 1856. ‘The democrata of the Second Congressional district of Virginia have renominated Jobn M. Millson for Congress, Nae on the North River. ieee Ronpovt, March 12, 1865, ‘The steamer Santa Claus, of Thomas Cornell's line, arrived bere this morning.” The coptain reports con- riderabdle quantities of ipe between this place and Ne 5 g HEL for Bestop went ashore at Se\tuate, and is a total loss, Crew and carge saved. She was loaded with staves apd Another dexpateb from Plymouth says the ship to this city. A beavy snow storm visited the Cape on Friday night, ‘and the cars from Boston for Barnstable, om Saturday afternoon, could proceed no farther than Middlebero, op account of the deep now. ‘The ship ashore or anchored of Plymouth, is supposed to be the Hudson, of New York, from Savannah for Boston, as she was seven miles astern of the ship Wm. A. Cooper when the gale commenced. The steamer RB. B. Forbes has been sent to ber assistance. ‘The supposed dismasted ship below Plymouth taras out to be the brig Hayward, from Havana for Boston’ anchored off the Monument, Plymouth, during the gale of Saturday, and cut away ber masts to keep from going ashore. She was taken in tow this soon by the steamer Acorn, from Sandwich, and brought here, The Acorm reports no square rigged vessels ashore between Ply- mouth and Sandwich. The schooners Benjamin, from New York for Eastport, and the Smith, Tuttle, from Boston for New York, are high and dry at low water, Their cargoes are being landed in a damaged state, The cargo of the bark California is insured ia Now York, . Onset, L. 1, Mareb 11, 1865. The schooner Emperor, (of Guilford, Comm.,) from Madison, Conn., came ashore on Mulford’s iedge at this Place on Saturday evening, 10th inst., at half-past T o’clock, and went entirely to pieces within ten or fifteen minutes; and sad to relate, Captain Chapman, Mr. Smith, the owner, a Scotchman and a negro boy, were imme- diately drowned or killed by the fragments of the wreck or cargo ; the mate, Mr. Brows, is the only survivor of From Albany. LAW IN THE SENATE—A CALL TO THE SONS OF TEMPERANCE. THs rnomrerrony The probibi wor law is i \ + ecmeeny tre aris deg, le those who cannot come tert ot hone and forward their resclutions immediately to their teneninives in the coats. oe bogbimng wn lost. crisis ia at hand, y be shorn of its strength, entirely unless its friends rally to its support.” , From soston, THE CANADA'S MAILS—THE CHARLES RIVER RAIL ROAD Bostoy, Mareb 1: ro Canada sails fHom hero at 10 o'clock on Wetees- day morning. Her mails will close at 8 A. M. In the Senate, to day, the Committee en Railroads and Canals reported on the petition of the Charles River Railroad a bill authorizing the corporation to alter their locality, and extend their line to some Point on the Rhode Island boundary convenient for junction with the New York Central Railroad. Perr r achat Movements of the Know Ni KNOW NOTHING STATE CONVENTION IN VIRGINIA. Bavtimore, March 12, 1855, The Know Nothings of Virginia will hold « convention on Tuesday or Wednesday next, at Winchester, Virginia, to nominate candidates for State officers. KNOW NOTHING VICTORY IN BANGOR. Bancor, March 12, 1855, . Atthe municipal election to-day, J. T. K, Haywood, Know Nothing, (also on the citizona’ ticket,) wan chosen Mayor. The vote stood—Haywood, 1,366; W. H. Milla, 756. The Aldermen and Councilmen are elected in the same ratio. Navigation of the Western Rivers, CiNcINNATI, March 9, 1855, Within the past few days we have had copious raing which has caused the river to rise some four feet, and enable many steamers to get afloat that were aground on the numerous bars in the Ohio river. There wasa report in the city yesterday that the steamer Garden City, bound to Pittaburg, bad got aground, and the toe had caused much damage to her and cargo, There was, however, no foundation for such a report. The river is now free from ice. Large Fire in Weston, Missourt. Burrao, March 11, 1856, On the 7th inst. alarge fire occurred at Weston, Mis- souri, by which two blocks, in Dye and Market streets, in the business part of the city, were destroyed, aod many of the merchants there are heavy losers, Vhe loss is estimated at $60,000 The insurance is not stated, eee ene roe Personal Intelligence. ARRIVALS. At the Irving.—Hon. ¥. S. Dumont, D, Fuller, Mai ©. D. Barte From California vit Aspi Wm Whitewright, Jr, D Me , in steamship Tt Capt. Stout, Dy Field, Mrs’ ¢ Mrs P mesreny , Mra Tier any, iz Ht Chester, W Me J Clarke, J A Keen, J Middleton, 8 Mattis, E F Carson, WF White, A Thornton, C an, J Cocraft, and 24 others DEPARTURES, For Aspinwall, via Wert—Wells, Far fenger, 8 B'Stephens and Jennings and wito, Mr. Crein: Miss NC Mediency. Mrs 8 Hail and and * Mie steamship Star of the + Adams & * Hurtley,' Mise Mary MeLavehlin, A Hot ‘Newsom, Churchill, J Bennett, H Dean, MMeLoughlis, ¥ M Stark and wife, Mrs ‘ath Carroll, D'Jadd and wife. infants, Chas Young and ron, M Wire, ) J’ Thomas, M Rear ney, HP Juds im, Hagh Gillan Geo in W Mabafty, © Re yA if o Varker, J. Ping Wi Hi: AD Bradley, WH Cook, Mr Hanson, A Deits and wile Edwd Levall and wife, Wa White, Thomas Mollen an, ife, B O'Keefe, N Winslow, 8 D Winslow. N Woodbury, Edwd Morsn, $8 Lotto, A Connolly, DP James, James D ta Mary Uamel, Mrs G Statl: infant, Mrs M cbildren, Mra 7 D Eedonee, D Ma W Port, Mes A and + hate Heary Goltou, and « falh