The New York Herald Newspaper, May 14, 1855, Page 4

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BOWERY THEATRE, Awxsican Exrenrais: BURTON’S THEATRE, Chambers street—Yournrut Days oF Lous X1V.~Wanpenine tinsraer. ery—Serun Tempracions— Tt TO THe Tomns, Bo 81 WALLACK’S THEATRE, Brosdway—Faive Heart waver Won Fark Lapy—Loox serone You Lear. METROPOLITAN THEATRE, Brosdway—Tee Menry Waves o» Wixvson—Rowon Diamonn. AMERICAN MUSEU¥—Atternoon—Wno Spxaxs First? —SuasHeR Avy CRAswER. Eveming—GoLpew FARMER— Mountain Maio. ‘WOOD'S MINSTRELS—Mechawics’ Hall—472 Broadway. BUCKLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, 539 Broadway—Bucx- bey’s Eruiovran Orena TRovre. CHINESE ASSEMBLY KOOMS, 539 Broadway—Pano- Mama oy Ecnors Awp Stace oy Senastovon, PERHAM’S BURLESQUE OPERA HOUSE, 663 Broad- way—Erniorian Orzra Trovee. The mail steamship Iilimois arrived yesterday from Aspinwall, bringing us eight days later intel- ligence from Casifornia. The exci:ement in financial affairs had entirely ceased, and operations had re- sumed upon the former basis. The Illinois brought one million one hundred and fifteen thousand dol- lars in gold dust, which is about equal to any shipment during the present year. It was statet in San Francisco that a large proportion of the above sum was in the shape or freight money, earned by tne clippers which hed arrivea previous to the sailing of the steamer, and was chipped in consequence of a lick of coin. There had been a large number of arrivals st San Francisco from the Atlantic ports, including some geventeen clippers, six of which reached San Francisco on ore dey. Business had revived a little, but there was sti.1 some complaint of a tight- ness inthe money market. A weak attempt had been made by some of the friends of Senator Gwin to bring on another joint convention to elect United States Senator; but it failed, and the Legis. lature agreed to adjourn onthe 30th April. We give in ful! the anti-gambling law which had just passed. It will bo seen that it is very strin- gent, and if signed by the Governor, (of which there seemed to be some doubt,) and carried into effect, it will effectually do away with that system of robbery which has bsen carried on to 80 great an extent ever since Califoraia began to be peopled by emigrants from the Atlantic States. Another stampede had taken place in the State prison, and eight convicts made good their eecape. In consequence of the frequent heavy rains, the miners had been éoing a gcod business; but the dry season was again approaching, wen the mines bs- come Jes¢ profitable. The following are the names of the clippers which had arrived at San Francisco during the week previous to the sailing of the steamer :—The Tornado, Sucny South, Ses Nymph, Morning Light, Channing, Mantius, Fiyiog Arcow, Water Witch, and Western Continent, from Now York; the Telegravh, Charmer, Saracen, Reindeer, Boston Light, and Golden City, from Boston; and the Greenwich and Sparkling Wave, from Philadel- phia—eeventeen ships, snd all heavily laien with goods. The Golden Age, ashore near Paname, is a fine steamer of about 3,500 tons, (carpenter's measure- ment,) and comparatively new, having left this port on her first voyuge to Liverpool and Australia in September, 1853. She arrived at Panama ia August, 1854, avd tcok her place ia lize of the Panama Wail Steamship Company in Oc'ob2r of the same year. Her frame was intended originaily for one of the Collins line of steemerz. Her vriginal cost exceeded $400,000, which, we understand, is fally covered by inrurance in Evgland. The accidens or loss of the Golden Age could not subject passengers to any detention at Panama. The John L, Stephens took up those who left New York April 20, aud tre Golden Gate wil! copnect with the steamer hence May 5, and the Sopora wi'l be n readiness for the passengers of the 20th instant, leaving at Panama, 98 @ rezerve to cover sc ident to the regular sieam- ers, the Panama ond Columoas. We p’ i graphic descriptisns of the accident—one from the pea of W. H. Aspinwall, Esq. Frem the Sandwich Islarda we have dates to the 2d of April. The building of the Sailors’ Home was about to be commenced st Honolulu. Kiog Kamehameba IV. was exceedingly popular, and tne islands were quiet. a The Coancellor of the K dom and the Marshal of the Hawatian Islands ha sailed for the United States. A reciprocal trade treaty with our government was much desired by | The officers of the United States ship | De atur, with those of the British enip of war Dido, | the people. had been presented at Court. Many natives of the United States had died lately at Honolula, a list of | whore names is given elsewhere. From the South Pavific our advices are:—Lima, April 7; Valparaiso, April 9; and Callao, April 18 ‘The poseengers on the steamer New Cranada, when off Point Mala,saw four men in a tres ou shore, | and faint hopes were entertained st Panama thas they belonged to the patty cast away in the bay of | Taloga, as reported under our New Granads news head. There is little news from Chile. The progressists had trinuphed in the late Congressioaal elections. Yellow fever bad appeared at Arica and faliy. In Perm, Generals Casttils and Roman, with Sona. tora Elias and Ureta, were caavassing for the offices of President and the Executive Janta, busily. Tre election was to come off early in May. General Flores was sill at Lima. The liberty of the praas had been extended by a goveromont decree. General Santa Cruz had addressed the elect ors of Bolivia from Paris, asking for the Presideatial no mination; but General Belzn opposed hie preter tions vebemently. Balzi was in La Paz. The republic was quiet, The Argentine Confederation was very tranqat! internally, and the Representative Caamber was to sasemble on March 234. The rate of digevante had been altered bythe banks to 12 per cont per an num. The port of Rosaio was rapidly increasiag | in trade. Tie commander of the Brazitian equairon on the waters of Paragnay had handed in a peace or war ullimatum. War was considered imminent. From New Granada we have dates to the 34 of May. An accidevt, unattended with any bad con- sequences, had ocsnrred on the Panama Tailway. ‘The passengers thrown off the Cars, falling in the mud, were not hurt. A difficulty hag occurred between the United States Consul and the Alcalde of Panama, relative to the disposal of the property of a colored American citizen. Don Louis Lasso de Vega, & respected citizen, bad been murdered oat side th: gates ot Panama ; and five gentiomon had been drowned in the bay of Taboga by the upset. ting of a sailboat. The captain of the United States sloop of wer F.’mouth had visited Aspinwall. Ong of the first of the American ladies who went to re- side on the isthmus had died at Aspinwall, Oar files of Kingston (Jamaica) paper, are to the 6th of May. Sir Henry Barkly was Yoaking a tour of the island, after proroguing the Legislature. Some London missionaries had strongly reprobated any government grant of money for the purposes of education; but the Governor, in reply to their ad- dress, shows that great exertion would be required to elevate the people fram their moral and intellec- tual degradation. Falmouth had been visited by an earthquake. An American Mormon was making rapid progress in the wife-taking line, having al- ready married two ladies, and being about to take a third. The Chinese emigrants still suffered mach hardship. ‘Our correspondent at Honduras, writing on the 10th of April, reports business extremely depressed in consequence of the duluess in the mahogany trade. Mahogeny could not be disposed of at the low price of six dollars per thousand fet. By the bark &.G. W. Dodge, arrived yesterday from Cienfueges, we learn that all the American vessels in port were taken up with sugar freights at 37} to 40 cents, without deck‘oads, vessels pay: pg their own port charges. No freigkts to Europe were offering. Everyshing was quiet, but the inhabitants were prepared for any filibrstering expedition which may land. It was reported that here were eighty thousand @ghting mon on the island. Hotel ‘keeping appears now to be a subject of some interesé in town. The liquor law and the splendor of our city hotels, together with the high prices of provisions, seem to have drawn public at tention tothe present system of hotel keeping in the metropolis. The newspapers have taken the Mattern hand; an answer to one article appears in our paper to-day. The first boat through trem New York to Baffalo airived at the latter port at noon on the 12th inst. It was the R. H. Be!l, Capt. H. Price, and she hai a full cargo ot merchandise for the West. The for- warding business is now 1n fall success. The value of imports into Boston for the week ending May 11, was $837,898. The sales of cotton Saturday reached about 3,000 a 4,000 bales, at fall prices. Flour was witn- ont further change of moment, while sales were toa fair extent. Wheat and rye were nominal. Indian eorn was firm and quite active, at $117 a $1 18 for white, mixed and yellow ; and 2,000 oushels yellow, afloat, sold at $119; and 5,000 do., deliverable in June, at $1. Pork was active, sud ciosed in favor of sellers. Sugars were steady, with sales of about 1,500 hhds. There was no Galens lead in first hands. Asmall lot of Spanish sold at 6ic. About 13,000 bushels of corn were taken for Liverpool, at 3d. a 34d., in bulk and bage. There was rather more doing for London, and for Hamburg and Bremen. Important Know Nothing Movement in New York. The correspondence from Syracuse pub- lished in yesterday’s Hxraup has probably been read with general attention. The Know Nothing movement, both at the North and at the Soutb, has now reached the crisis of its des- tiny, the turning point of its fortunes. The question whether it is to give birth to a homo- geneous and national party with high aims and honorable purposes, or whether it is to subside into a batch of sectarian and sectional factions, scrambling for the spoils, and merely treading over again the ground freshly trodden by the old political parties, will shortly be decided. It is not to be disguised that the recent exhibi- tions of policy and practice in New England are not favorable to the construction of a na- tional party. There has been no high or com- prehensive principle of action avowed or illus- trated by the Know Nothings of Massachusetts. Indeed the only prominent features of their creed have been the intolerance, the fanati- cism, and the narrowmindedness they inherited rom former parties ; and the only point at all worthy of notice in their career is the brave stand made by Governor Gardner in the Loring case. True, this may prove a nucleus, round which the sound elements of the new national party in the East may gather and concentrate themselves for co-operation with their neigh- bors. But in the meanwoaile, the spirit of fana- tici:m runs so high, ultraism is so prevalent, and the baleful influence of the hierarchy so constantly evinced in the doings of New Eag- Jaud, that it would be rash to expect much in that quarter on bebalf of the new party. Bleak as the prospect is on that side, we are bappy to ssy that im the Midale States it is more cheering ard hopeful. In New Jerssy and Pennsylvania symptoms of a decided ten- dency to give 10 the Know Nothing movement avatioual direction have rome time. ‘The convention of the Council at Syracuse in this State stren the cbance that this most importas be attained, and that in these s the native American party will rest on a truly national platform. The coovention issued 20 formal exposition of the priaciples of the party, as indeed it had no business to do, that being plainly the concern of the National Conncil. But the sketch which was roughly traced of the cardinal points on which the grand councils were likely to agree, indicates that the plat- form to be hereatter promulgated will be of a character to render the ascendancy of the Know Nothings, and the cordial co-operation of the councils of the Middle States with those of the South and Southwest, almost certuin. The Grand Council at Syracuse represented heea witnessed for Grand | from twelve to fifteen hundred subordinate | councils, which count among them some 200,000 members, citizens of this State. It would ap pear, by the scant account of the proceedings that has been given to the public, that one of the Seward agitators contrived to find his way into the council, and was summarily ejected oa dircovery—a man by the name of Chubdbuck The fact ergues well for the national sentiment of the members. It would have been a fortu- nate thirg it the Kuow Nothings had been as vigilant at the last election: had but one Chubbuck heen sent to the Legislature, the State would not have kad to bluch for Mr. Seward again. In the hasty sketch of cardinal principles contained in the letter of yesterday, there is much that will meet an echo in every section ot the Union, New England perhaps alone ex- cepted. Know Nothings in the Middle States, in the South, in the West, will concur with the Grand Council in their devotion to the Union, their hostility to sectionalism, their preference of native Americans for office. Whether the projected reform in the naturalization laws should be accomplished by immediate legisla- tion, and to what extent changes should be effected in the rules now governing the admis- sion of foreigners to the righte of citizenship, are questions on which, in the main, Know No- things are agreed ; it will obviously be the ba siness of Congressional committees to elaborate the details. Aud if exception can be taken to that point in the programme which bas re- ference tothe Pope and the Roman Catholic clergy, it must be remembered that the @ocument is an informal one, and that it remains for the National Council to remedy such matters. Good men need not fear, nor NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 1% 1855. bed men hope that the Know Nothing party— should it ever rest ona national basis—w.ll admit as one of its principles hostility to this or that faith. These are the gropings in the dark which precede the bright and shining day. Altogether the programme is sensible and moderate. There is not a word at which Vir- ginia or the South could take offence. The rest is left to the National Council, respecting whose course indeed there can be little doubt: In order to avoid the corruptions and disorders invariably attendant on primary elections, it has been decided to leave all local nominations to the local councils. Such men as Governor Gardner will of couse be present; but it is quite clear that the admission of Senator Wil- son and his set would be fatal to the Order, and they will be excluded. It rests with the peo- ple of New Hampshire to say whether they will join their sister States of the South and centre, or hold themselves aloof from the movement with New England. How the organization is viewed here is but ‘oo apparent in the daily approaches which are being made towards a fusion between the Sew- ard and Van Buren free soil factions. Parties are gradwally nearing the point when every man will stand on firm ground: disunionists on the one side, Union men on the other. The advent of this period depends mainly on the election in Virginia, the National Council at Philadelphia, and the next State elections in the South and Middle States. Palmerston and Louls Napoleon—What do They Meant The anti-slavery idea so curiously interlard- ed in the remarkable and comprehensive ad- dress pronounced by Louis Napoleon in reply to the corporation of London continues to be a subject of reflection, discussion and elucidation in the columns of the newspaper press through- out the country. The Southern journals, which have just received the first intimation of such aspeech on the part of the French Emperor, seem generally to understand him as allading to slavery as it exists in the Southern States. They areaccordingly beginning to urge their objections to it, warming up as they proceed until they reach a point of almost eloquent de- nunciation of the policy of interference with the social institutions of the South, which they take to be the purport of the allusion. Up to this period the anti-slavery press has observed a remarkable silence upon the subject. That press which has been in the habit of stigmatising tae head of the French nation by all sorts of abusive epithets, euch as murderer, traitor, aseassin and perjurer, seems to regard with consternation the idea of an anti-slavery policy such as is indicated in this speech. Many jour- vals in the North, however, which are not of anti-slavery principles, believe that the phrase n question was not intended toconvey «threat or insult to the United States. They think that it was the expression of a general idea, in- tended to affect the lower classes of Europe, but more especially to create a sympathy in the minds of the radicals of England, who un- derstand it in a special sense, although it is not viewed in that light on the Coutinent. Certainly, if we look at the antecedents of Louis Napoleon, and take into consideration his personal knowledge of the United States, his moderation and general political wisdom, we think it highly improbable that even to please Palmerston or the Euglish radicals, he would be tempted to utter anything like a menace towards this country, or even to reflect insultingly orf the peculiarity of our institu- tions. We are the more confirmed in this opinion from the fact which we have just learned through an authentic source, that ina recent interview with Mr. Buchanan the French Emperor expressed the highest friendship and respect for the people of the United States, aod stated that in this he only represented the gen- eral sentiments of the French nation. In fact, Napoleon knows well that such a menace, if in- tended, so far trom producing a difference of opinion and feeling between North avd South, would ovly have the effect of combining all the citizens of this great republic in one common bond of determined union and resistance to any aud every attempt on the part of foreign governments to interfere with or influence the institutions under which they live. But it is not the less certain that the British government and aristocracy have long entertained the idea of making use of the anti-slavery sentiment of this coantry to impede the growth of that great maritime supremacy to which we are fast progressing, and which promises before long to overshadow and render subordinate the naval power of all the Euro- pean nations, Asa corroboration of this opi- nion we have only to refer to the ovation pre- pared for Mrs, Stowe, by the ladies of the Eag- lich aristocracy, such as the Duchess of Sath Jand, Lady Palmerston, Lady Jobn Russell, valuables that are continually pouring in from slavery societies of New England. Lord Palmerston and the English aristocracy are ot only strongly imbued with these views, but they are joiued in them by a large portioa of the radical and religious classes of Great | Britain. These latter rest their argu- ments on abstract principles of religion and lish aristocracy do not pretend to influenced by any such considerations. They are guided solely by the grond_politicul | motive to which we have just referred—that of taining the position of the greatest maritime Power in the world. Taking all there facts into consideration, we must acquit Louis Napo- lecn of any deliberate intention of threatening or insulting this country, referring the equivo- ca! character of the phrase upon which we have commented to the fact of his speech having been concocted under the influence of Lords Pa)merston and Clarendon. It is not the less evident, however, that the people and the government of the United States meaning and bearing of this pbrase, and what the allied governments intend by it. But with the present adiinistration there is no hope that the government will pluck up sufficie: courage to demand an explauation on the suly ject. The Cabinet that is capable of sondiog out Commodore M nley to tell a Governor of Cuba that he bad behaved badly. buat that, if he | would conduct himself bette would be forgo'ten and forgiven, is not going | to question anything that the European govern- ments moy choose to utter, But in the absence of pluck on the part of the adminis. traticn, we have two American diplomatists smorg us whose intimacy with the heads of the two allied governments, and acquaintance with the policy of their cabinets, may enable us to and the large contributions in money and | the +ame source into the coffers of the anti- | | morality, whilst Palmerston and the Eag- | be | | endeavoring to prevent this country from at- | have seme interest in ascertaining the exact | for the future, all | arrive at theexact meaning nq intention of this doubtful phrase in Yonis Napoleon’s speech. The Chevalier W ebb, it is true, has— notwithstanding his int? macy with Lord Cla- rendon—made some 88’ 4 blunders in connection with the capture of Sebastopol; but on the anti-slavery policy of the English government, in refcrence to tt ig country, he is no doubt better informed. The Chevalier Wikoff must be equally we’, posted up, seeing that he was not only per sonally intimate with Louis Napo- leon, but W,as also engaged by Lord Palmerston as sort of itinerant diplomatist, ata salary of £500 year. The Chevalier Webb did his di- plomatising gratis, with the exception of the privilege of occasionally stretching his legs under Lord Clarendon’s mahogany. In the doubt to which we are reduced by this anti- slavery allusionin the Imperial speech, and in the hopelessness which exists of our govern- ment doing anything to clear up its uncertain- ty, we cannot do better than to call upon the Chevalier Watgon Webb and the Chevalier Wikoff to give us their views upon the subject. It will be rendering the Executive a great ser vice, now that Dudley Mann has been cash- iered for going too fast in advance of Secretary Marcy. Most respectfully, therefore, do we request of the Chevalier Webb and of the Chevalier Wikoff to give us the benfit of their construction of this ambiguous and dangerous looking phrase in the French Emperor’s speech. Operatic Movements at the Academy. A good deal of mystification and error seems to prevail amongst the newspapers relative to the movements of the directors of the Academy of Music, which it would be as well to correct and make clear, for the benefit of the patrons of that institution. To-night, the opera of “ Wil- liam Tell” will be repeated, immediately after which the troupe belonging to the Aca demy will proceed to Boston, to give there eight or ten representations of their two lead- ing op2ras ; but the season of the Academy has not closed, as has been stated by some of our cotemporaries, being merely suspended for ten days or a fortnight. After the troupe shall have completed their engagement at Boston, they will return to New York, repeat some of their best operas, such as “ William Tell” and the “ Trovatore,” and if properly encour- aged will probably bring out the “Prophete,” with equal taste and magnificence as have been lavished on the production of the former. It had been the intention of the managers to give operatic entertainments of the highest character here during the sojourn of their own troupe at Boston, and with that view they had made a provisional engagement with the direc- tors of the Jacobsohn or Lagrange company, recently organized, immediately after the first rehearsal given by the latter at Niblo’s. To carry out their object,@ preliminary contract was made and signed between Rowland, the principal capitalist of the Jacobsoha concern, on the one side, and the managers of the Acade- my on the other; but on the drawing. out of the lega! contract with the usual conditions, Jacobsobn, who seems to be the most efficient man in that many-headed concern, refused to sign the contract, ostensibly, we believe, on the ground of Ullman being absent and Strakosch nvisible. In consequence of this refusal to julfil the preliminary contract on the part of Jacobsobn, the managers of the Academy na- turally did the best that they could under the circumstances. Having previously engaged to eend their own troupe to Boston, they re- solved to ewploy the period of their absence in preparations to complete with the same éclat and success that have hitherto attended their efforts the remainder of their season, which will close about the beginning, or at farthest, the middle of June, The bolting of Jacobsohn & Co. from the execution of their contract has been assigned 10 various causes and various conflicting inci- dents, some of them of a ludicrous and some of aless amiable character. It seems that the | owners or proprietors of the contracts for the Logrange opera troupe are Jacossohn, Ullman and Strakosch, and that Hall & Son and Row- Jand have a certain interest in them, not clearly definable. It appears that Ullman, before he preceeded to Europe to contract for artists, applied to Jacobsohn to assist him. The latter having no “monish” himself, said he would ap- ply to “a frievd,” and this friend was Row- land. Rowland, we understand, is backed to some extent by one of the banks, Thus it ap- pears that there are contracts and arrange- ments of all sorts and conditions, and in all languages—German, French, Italian and -bad English—between the parties; Jacobsoha has a | contract with Ullman; Utiman has a con- | tract with Strakosch ; Strakosch with Ole | Bull, and Jacobsohn with two or three | others, Then, again, these various contrac- | tors have different interests in the same art. | ists. Jacobsohm has a share of one half | | or two thirds of Lagrange, Ullman owning | the balance. Mirate is divided into severa! | | equal ports, each being apportioned oul amongst the Various contractors. From this brief state- | ment of the position of the parties it will be | scen that it wos exceedingly difficult, if not next | to impossible, for the Jacobsohn company to | | come to anagreement amongst themselves pre. | liminary to the completion of their contract | with the Academy. What in the meantime is | | to become of the unfortunate ar! when they | are to appear, where they are to appear, and | | how they are to appear, we are not as yet in- | formed. From the tone of the oyster house | | particularly of that of the Cowrir and En- | quirer, it is highly probable that some secret ia- | fluence has been used to embarrass the opera- | tiors of the Academy and to thwart the lau- dable efforts of the gentlemen managers to es- tablish on a successful and permanent basis | amongst us the delightful and retiniog aause- | ment of the Italian opera. This malicious at- | tempt toimpede and mar the programme of the Academy has, however, failed, but it has fallen | with crushing weight upon all the speculators | and contractors, a8 well as on all the unforta- | nate artiets connccied with the Jacobsohn cou: | | cern, in this amusiog business the oyster | house of the Courier and Enquirer as- | signs to vs the performance on the instrument | | which it styles the organ of the Academy. If | this be so.we can only say that we are far from desiring any monopagy of musical reputation, | and are willing to concede to the eritic of the | Courier and Enquirer the superior talent with | which he plays that very novel and origiaul instrument called— the Jackass. Asking our readers’ pardon for this digression, we repeat that it is gratifying to find that in epite of all these obstacles and embarrassment; | arising trom outside iutivences, the Academy | pursues presperously, night after night, the | | even tener of its course, Each repetition g | critics of some of our cotemporaries, but more | _ | Americon Home Mission | other soci its performances is a greater success. than the preceding ones, so highly do the public appre- ciate the completeness of detail, so rarely wit- nessed in this country, which marks all the pieces produced by it. On Friday evening last the house was crowded to such an overwhelm- ing degree that numbers were disappointed in getting seats, and it was difficult even to find standing room. To night being the last performance for a fortnight, we expect to wit- ness @ still greater excitement and rush for seats. This augurs well for the prosperous conclusion of the season. After a successfal visit to Boston, the troupe will return to close their labors here by fresh triumphs, which will leave a gratified impression upon the public mind, and ensure them a brilliant and enthusi- astic reception when the Academy re-opens in October. Resume or ANNIVERSARY WEEK.—The past week has witnessed the usual annual gathering in New York of the pious, simple, philanthro- pic, charitable and fanatical good people of this and the neighboring New England States. Clergymen of all denominations, save the Roman Catholic, deacons of churches and their pretty daughters, Quakers and Shakers, Bap- tists and Anabaptists, the Mrs. Jellybys in pants and petticoats—those who desire the pro- pagation of the gospel in Borriobhoolaga, those who desire its propagation at bome, and those who do not desire its propagation at all—aboli- tionists of every hue, disunionists and philoso- phers of every stripe—all thronged last week to this New World Mecca, and for the time being changed the very face of affairs in the city. The pilgrims are now for the most part, however, at home again, or on the way to their respective homes. The city has resumed its wonted appearance, the Union still coheres, the Northern confederacy has not yet been es- tablished, the female sex has not yet assumed masculine habiliments, the heathen are not altogether converted, Southern slavery is still existent, the millenium has not yet come, and 80 we may quietly sit down to cast up the sum total of the proceedings of Anniversary Week in the year of Grace 1855. To whatever cause the fact may be properly attributed we do not take upon us to decide, but certain it is, that the ingathering of the tribes has been by no means so large on this oc- casion as it has generally been heretofore. There were but few of the anniversary meet- ings numerously attended; and strange to say, those to which the greatest throngs flocked were uot Bible societies, tract distribution societies, or missionary or charitable societies, but aboli- tion societies. Mesers Garrison, Phillips, Sum- ner and Wilson, and Mesdames Abby Kelly Foster and Antoinette L. Brown, appeared to have exercised the greatest attraction and io have drawn the largest crowds. In fact, the anti-slavery exbibition was, par excellence, the popular and largely patronized one of the week; ad cecond to it came the National Colored Con- vention, whicb, under the lead of Fred. Doug- lass, Major George Downing, and Doctor Me- Cune Smith, was a sort of set-off to the Garri- sonien Convention, as well in point of color as in point of moderation, common sense and rea- soning ability. It is no less a singular fact that whereas, with hardly an exception, the re- ports of the various societies show a striking diminution in their last year’s receipts, com- pared to those of the previous year, the finan- cial report of the American Anti-Siavery So- ciety exhibits a proportionably large increase in its receipts. Mrs. Abby Kelly Foster hailed, in the fact that the cause of religion and Chris- tianity was neglected, while that of treason and infidelity was supported, an evideace of the proclivity of the age to common sense. Whether our readers will so consider it, we leave to themselves to decide. The anniversary celebrations commenced on Sunday the 6th, and closed on Friday the 11th. We believe there was one small affair—that of the East River Industrial School—which came off on Thursday of the previous week; and two others—the Central American Education Scciety, and the New York Magdalen Society— were deferred, the former till last evening, and the latter till Tugsday next. Independent of these, twenty-seven societies held their anniver- sary celebrations, some of them occupying two, three, and four days in session. The re- ports of all of them were, as usual, very encoor- aging, and the numbers of Bibies and tracts distributed, of Chinese, Hindoos, Mahrattese, Turks, papists and infidels said to have been converted into the way of life, must bave been extremely gratitying. Nevertheless, there has been, as we bave said, a falling off in the con- tributions, whet: er occasioned by the striagency in the money market, by a decline in enthusi- asm or liberality, or by the conviction that the whole world ought to have been long ago Christianized aad moralized if money could ef- fect that object, is uve With some of the societies the | tion in receipts was 80 warked that the financial reports were barked, or presented in an unsatisfactory manner, and in others the funds were so small that the trea- surer was excused from reporting at all. In only a few of them were the balances on hand exhibited. This consideration wil! suggest the reason Why we cannot furnish a perfecrly accu. rate statement of their financial condition. The following table is the only one we could make | to approach accuracy :— To Ist May, To 1st May, Asia. 1855. American Tract £0 Aweriean bible Amer, Beard of Coron for Foreign Missions, Beard of Foreign Missions ciety. Americen & For. Christian Snion Amer. Baptist Heme Mis. Society amer. & Foreigy Lidle society American Seay cn’a Frience §': Am, Anti-S’y S’y & Auxiliarie: New York State Colon’n Socieiy. Pr Amer, Female Guaroian Society. Amer Hebrew Christian Society. Central Awer. Esueatton 8'y American SWecenborgian S’y... Solel sissnsvenves Receipta to May, 1864 Receipts to Muy, 1866,. Failing off in 1855... Indebtedness of the foreroing tocie Fetumated balances up band Deficiency © Estimated receipt Thus, for the foregoing fifteen societies, we bave a falling off in receipts for last year, as compored with the previous year. of sume $75,000; and we have, besides, an btedness are given 505,000. Twelve 4 their anniversaries during the sau : the American Tem- pirence Union, Five Potnts House of Industry, Americau Free Will Bap‘ist Missionary Svciety, South Missionary Society, American Congrega- pal Union, American Baptist Historical So: ciety, Unien Theological Seminary, the Sao- sey Sghcol Vaden; dwerigan apd Foreign Aptj Slavery Society, City Anti-Slavery Soelety, National Council of Colored People, and the New York Prison Association; but their finan- cial reports, where presented, do not enable to draw any conclusions as to their comparative: prosperity. ) The foregoing statement sufficiently shows, nevertheless, that but very few of the societies enumerated in the list are in a flourishing con- dition, while some of them appear to be verging | on insolvency. We hope, however, that their | prospects will brighten during the next fiscal year, and that when we next have to give resumé of their condition, it will be a more | gratifying one than that which we have now to- furnish. In the meantime, nothing like patience | and prayer. Governor Reeper’s Sreecu.—The Wash-| ington Union and the Easton 4rgus deny, : behalf of Governor Reeder, the accuracy of the report of his speech at Easton. They state particularly that he did not make use of the words “border ruffians.” From some experi- ence in the way of reporting, we have no hesi- | tation in stating that whenever a question of | accuracy arises between a speaker and a report- er, we have no hesitation in deciding in favor of the latter. He is unbiassed, cool, knows his. business; may omit, but is not likely to intro- | duce anything that was not really said. The speaker, on the other hand, is in such cases as this a political partisan, heated, and voluble; it is next to impossible he can recollect all he says. When Forney accuscd us and the other journals of the city of misreporting him, we proved he was wrong and that our reporter knew better what he had said than he did himself- So we believe it to be with Governor Reeder. We have no doubt but he made the speech in question, in the words reported, including the} “border ruffians.”” Barnum’s Bic Basy SHow.—We understand, that Barnum is making vast preparations for his Big Baby Show. Some of these prepara- tions are of quite a novel character. For in- stance, we are informed that a statement was made the other day before Justice Osborne, ir] the Police Court, 4y a German womaa, wha describes with a great deal of spirit some of these novel preparations for the Baby Show. If any of the police reporters attached to the newspapers were to call on Judge Osborne and civilly ask fora sight of this statement, it is probable it would reveal some of Barnum’s Raby Show preparations which would prove quite amusing and interesting to the public» and would form a good additional chapter to the next edltion of his autobiography. THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS. Know Nothing Victory. Honespare, Pa., May 12, 1855. Our charter election yesterday resulted in the electior of the entire Know Nothing tisket. Penniman of the Democrat,,was chosen Maycr, and Beardslee of the Herald, assistant. Anniversary of the Jamestown Society. Wasnincton, May 13, 1855. ‘The Jamestown Society celebrated their anniversary yesterday by a visit to Hount Vernon and a dinner at the house of Mr. Washingt:n. An oration was delivered by the venerable G. W. I’. Custis, E+q., in bis usual elo- quent style. The society enjoyed the occasion in an emi- nent degree, and all who took part in it hada very fine time, Arrival of the Southern Mall. Barimony, May 12, 1865. By the arrival of the Southern mail as late aa due we have New Orleans papers of Monday last, ut we find no news of importance in them. Marsets, Provipence, May 12, 1855. Cotton has been in active demand, and about 4,000 bales have changed hands at fuli and advancing rates. The market closes with a buoyant feeling. Wool.—The stock continues light, and prices are without change. Seles, 56,000 pounds. Printing clotis,—Mareet active, and prices firm. The Cemand for good maxes is quite equal to the supply, Sales, 94,800, Naval intelligence, THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD—VESSELS OF WAR IN PORT—NUMSER OF HANDS IN THE YARD, TO. ‘There are now at the Brooklyn yard fourteen vessels— war ships, store suips, &s —namely, the North Carolina (receiving ship), frigates Congress, Sabine (new), Nia- gara (on the stocks), and Brandywine; steam frigate Mississippi, surveying -teamer Vixen; sloop Levant (just arrived from the Mediterranean); storeships Sap ly, Southampton, Relief and Lexington; bark Eringo, fitting for the schreh alter Dr. Kane in the Arctic Ovean, and the propeller City of Boston, purchased for the same expdition, but condemned ns too large for that service. ‘The Relief is bouad to Rio Janeiro, and is ready for sea, but detained for want of a crew. Phe Congress, which is expected to be the flag ship for the Mediterra- nean squadron, is alto reaay, but detained in port for the. samereason. There are but 350 men on board the North Carobna, which is not enough for the Congress alone, and £5 are required for the Relief, the Supply is the “ camel ship,” and is undergoing various curious alterations to accommodate her to the requirements of her antic(pated gramniverous gaests. ‘the Eringo 1s about rewty to proceed on ber philan- thropie mission to the Arctic. The blacksmiths are- employed in making for her ice anchors, and over ar- ticles required tor the expedition. The Levant will soon ve surveyed, and what repairs- she may require be decided upon. On board the North Carolina the hands are employed. in taking off the wioter hurricane house, and serapiog the outside of the old hull preparatory to smartening her up with a new coat of paint. All the paads on board are at present unusually healthy. Kighty-five men arrived at the yard on friday from Philadelphia, The upper deck beams are laid on the Niagara, and kelons io plase, andas soonas tte iron bands are in position she will be ready for plank’ I¢ the work is not interrupted abe is expected to first of Janusry. This ti the most endetantial crafts ever built. ‘Lhe following is the numbe:, with occupations, of the mechanios and others employed in the yard at prevent:— Ship carpentere “ Jabore: Gun carriage mak Ship berers,. Bachamiths., Blackemiths’ helper Ship joirers.. Towers? lal Cavibe Paintere Pcatbuilders. Civil acting 4 “ Mesons. : Coop » 3 Stone catter 23 Plum Dock master .. Coy per smiths Flock Dock builders. Turns We learn that fifty men were dise Lecavre they were Keow Nothings. The vezee Independense satied from Valparatza Warch 2¢, for leahuaaa. re MoKeevor relieved Captain Breese asco ne of the N £1 Yerterday, od nu.eed nin » shel wee om, May Vi arged om Tuesday, News by Mast, The St, Lents Demecrat of the Sth instant siys that during the previons week there were seventy destin in that city frem cholera At Fredonia, in this State, snow fell tothe dasth of six inches on Monday olent, the Tb mst Cone cane of The trait taven, ae