The New York Herald Newspaper, January 29, 1856, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1856. NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNET?, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR, ‘WOFICN MN. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON STS. each to Erprrg \ rend anata, ae Pr ee ph ay ‘Ruquesrep 70 Sinat ait Letrane sD Pace: “NO NOTICE taken of anonymous communications. We donot PFO PRINTING cascaded with neatnces, sheapnese and des “ADVERTISEMENTS renewed every day. Wedame XX. +We. 28 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, wRoapwar were 4 TicRe- GARDEN, — miners 018 Broadway—Ls Fore Cusmresac- nT yuneem, Bowery—Husws ras Hunts, on F = yay Brosdway—Twanty Mixcrss Chambers strest—A Ours Pior—Lavem Waes fou Gay. BALuscwre THRAYER, Rreadway—Wao Braco Piset L—, h.-.< — Eiger Broadway—Muca Apo ————— es ES HALL, 663 Broadway -Paxonamic Picrones or ap Jarax, Bew Werk, Puceday, January 29, 1836. Malls for Kurope. WW YORK HERALD—EDITION FOR EUROPE. ‘Sho Ounard mail steamship America, Capt. Little, will Wave Boston, on Wednesday, at noon, for Liverpool. ‘She Earepean mails will close in this city at a quarter ee bwe o'clock this afterncon. ‘She Meus (printed in Englich and French) will be (published at nine o'clock in the morning. Single copies, ‘tm wrappers, sixpence. Subseriptions and advertisements for any edition of Qe New Yorx Hrnixy will be received at the following places in Eurcpe:-— : sage ee Pre em ect Eaxvanroct— do. do. 7 Rumford street. Sxvmrco:—John Hunter, 12 Exchange street, East. ‘We conten‘s of the European edition of the Hm will embrace the news received by mai! and telegraph at ‘he office during the previous week, and to the hour ef padtticatica. Tae News. The steamship Arabia is now due at Halifax, with Yater newe from Europe. Inthe United States Senate yesterday Ge2eral ‘Case opened the promised debate on Central Ame- rican affair? with a set speech, which commanded wndivided attention. Our special despatches from ‘Washington furnish an idea of the ground taken by the veteran statesman upon this important ques- tion, He was followed by Mr. Clayton and Mr. Collamer. Mr. Seward will discuss the subject on Thursday next. The House again rejected the plarality rule by six majority. It is stated that Mr. Banks will, in a day or two, withdraw from the contest for the Speakership. A large portion of the session yesterday was taken up by the wrangling of some half dozen black republicans, who, it appears, have discovered in Mr. Wade, of Ohio, a treacher- ous brother and a malignant fulaifyer. The appointment of Hon. George M. Diallas, to wacceed Mr. Buchanan as Minister to England, is, itis said, definitively agreed upon by the administration. Commodore Morris, the senior captain in the na- vy, died in Washington on Sunday. We give a sketch of his career in to-day’s paper. Both branches of the State Legislatare met yes- terday, bat adjourned without transacting any busi- ness of particular interest. We publish elsewhere a letter from Gov. Reeder in reply to the attack made upon him by President Pierce in his recent message to Congress upon Kansas affairs. The missive of the Governor is a sort of notification to the public that when he is ad- mitted to a seat in the House of Representatives he intends to completely pulverize his opponent. The steamship North Star, from New Orleans and Havana, arrived at this port yesterday. Our Havana correspondents, writing on the 22d and 25d instant, state that it was reported as a fact that tseneral Concha would soon retarn to Spain, and be @ignified by the title of Count of Havana. General Yabala was spoken of as his successor. Senor Parejo, agent of Queen Cristina at Cienfuegos, had been buried at Havana. A new joint stock hotel was about to be established in the city. Robberies, barglaries and deadly assaults were frequent. Two American engineers had saved the passengers oa the trains of two different railways from death by accident, owing to their presence of mind. The United States te Potomac and the french brig- of-war La Perouse were in port. in and Chauncy, two American seamen, had been sent to the Isle of Pines. The city was full of visiters. Our Key West correspondent, wr inet., says that the United i Seadrift had left that place, in order to watch the movements of a suspicions craft on the west coast of Florida, which, it was said, had previously landed a cargo of slaves at Cuba. Others reported that she was merely collecting guano along the shore. On the 7th inst. a large party of Indians attacked the settlers living on the border of their hunting grounds, twelve miles west of Fort Dallas, (Mian i river.) when Peter Johnson and Edward Farrall were killed and scalp Great alarm prevailed, on 21st and all the settlers around the Miami had sought The general government upon protection at the fort. have, however, at list resolved Florida of the handful of savages wi in the southern portion of that peninsula. counts from Tallahassee state that the Seor War has directed the military commanders ia Florida to remove the in , and the Governor of the State has calied ont five companies of volunteers to aid in the mt A short and decisive campaign will, it d, put a stop at once and forever to the a 3 of Billy Bowlegi bloodthirsty braves. The works at the Jighthouse had been abandoued. Other lighthouse works were prog’ 5 Ry telegraph from New Ori portant news from Me xico. had conspired to overthrow the monfort aud Wie an empire, b ip bis schemes and placed unde wver, efiected his é wt the head of « large f every prospect of s A meeting in favor of postal reform was held yes ridding remain Ac gover € accounts Was €, besieging Puebla, with terday afternoon in the Merchants’ Hxchange. The attendance was large, and » series of resolutions em- yracing the reformatory measures were passed unani mously. A commitive of fifwen was appointed, with power fo call « public meeting, with the view of urging upon the goyerument the adoption of the proposed improvements. Thomas Vrancis Menger felivered a very elo quent lecture before the Touro Liserary Institute, in the Broadway Teberoucle, lust ovening, taking for his subject, * Fine Artin Athens.” The attendance was good, and the lectarer eminently ruceessful. We commend our report of lat night's proceed ings of the Boordof Aldernen w the atteution of all persons interested fa the erection of Iildings, to oftcenolders, oficesoekers und politivians of «tl parties; to the tiremen, the Veterons of the War o: 1822, the volunteers im the war with Mexico, th: members of the police force, and to our fellow-citi gens genorelly. Jie disagreewent between the ‘Board and some of the newly eloeted heads of de- tments, with regerd to appointments, is a sub- foot that will hereafter occupy sauch of the time of aho Aldermen. in the Coart of Oyer oid Tertumer yesterday the ‘The case of the competitors for the Comptroller. ship—Meeers. Flagg and Gilee—was yesterday post- poned for twenty days, in order to accommodate the first named individual. the possession of Caba, as it ie sald they have done; and then suppose them to take offence at some act of ours—a filibustering expedition to Cuba, for instance—and to declare ths by the act of the United States war existed. The The democratic members of the Legislatare of | steamers bringing the news might, and Maine have selected four declared anti-Pierce dele- | probably would, bring troops ready organized gates at large to represent the democracy of that for the occupation of the more im- State in the National Convention to be held at Cin portant works on our coast. The idea of hav- cinnati. More than one hundred men and about forty sloops belonging to Havre de Grace, Md., are em- ployed annually, through the proper season, in sup- plying the market with wild ducks, A letter on the subject may be found elsewhere. The presence of ice yesterday in the rivers and docks continued, which, with the inclemency of the ing a foreign foe occupying one of our perma- nent fortifications is so repugnant to all of our feelings that we at once exclaim: “Such a thing shall never be ; we would rise up and hurl them from our soil!” But any intelligent gentleman who will take the trouble to exam. ine Forts Adams or Monroe will readily see weather, tended seriously to check transactions in | that if those places are once properly msuned produce, and especially in breadstafts. The sales of | hy English or French troops it would be a cotton embraced about 600 a 700 bales, without change in prices. Flour was Reavy for common grades, and the turn of the markét in favor of the buyer, while good medium and extra grades were unchanged. Wheat was steady, but not active. Miasouri and Southern white sold at $2 12}, most difficult task to dislodge them. To form a correct idea of what the difficulties of the task would be, study carefally the opemtions of the Allies at Cronstadt and Sebastopd. and This subject ought to command the especial prime Tennessee red was reported at $1 98. Cora | attention of gentlemen of the South and gouth- sold to @ limited extent, the sales being restricted to | west. Indeed, it ought not to escape thenotice small parcels Southern white and New Orleans of the Southern Commercial Convention, ap- mixed. Sugarand coffee were steady, with moderate | pointed soon to meet in the capital of tle Old transactions. Freight engagements were light, while | Dominion The amount of produce whicl fiads rates were without change of moment. Our Const Defenccsa—What they are and ‘What they shoald be. its way to market by entering and passing over the Gulf of Mexico, is eo vast that the whole country is alive to the importance of ouj com- We are, fortunately, so far remsved from manding the entrances to that gulf. It [s re- the convulsions which distract the Old World, | gatded as so important that a very large and our people are so diligently following the sagacious advice of Ingo, “Put money in thy purse,” that it is next to impossible to induce any large portion of the community to think seriously of our frontier defences, particularly those of our sea coast. The subject is impor- tant, and sooner or later it must be considered. Indeed, the aspect of our foreiga relations would seem to indicate that the time for con- sidering it is athand. True, ithas not entirely escaped the notice of the general government. If the Eastern war has demonstrated any one thing more clearly than all others, it is portion of our people would be glad of aty tol- erably good excuse for seizing the Islmd of Cuba as one means of securing that end Bat not yet having possession of that islajd, we have adopted other precautionary mesures. We have expended large sume of mojey in erecting fortifications at Key West and the Dry Tortugas ; but we have so entirely negected to provide garrisons for these works, that f war should suddenly break out bet veen this doun- try and England, perhaps the wisest cours} for the engineers having charge of those work) to pursue would be to blow them up, to prevent the importance of fortifications for the de- | their falling into the hands of the enemy ; th- fence of harbors. What but the fortifications of Cronstadt have saved St. Petersburg? What prevented the allied fleets from destroying Se- bastopol but the fortifications of that harbor ? We, too, have our fortifications; our govern- ment has expended millionsof money in erect- erwise the chances are that our own works would give the enemy the command of the tn- trances to theGulf. But this is not all. Every one who knows anything about the en- trance to Mobile bay will understand that if Fort Morgan were occupied by an adequate ing them at the most important points along | English garrison Mobile would be very effec- our coast. From Eastport, Maine, to New Or- leans and on the Lakes, we have about fifty- four forts or fortifications; a large majority of tually cat off rrom the Gulf. What is there to prevent the occupation of that fort by an en- emy? Weare not occupying the forts in Pen- them are completed; the others far advanced | sacola harbor. Why should not an enemy oc- towards completion. Others are planned and will no doubt be erected. So far, well. But capy them, and then the Navy Yard at that place would be at their mercy, and the finest having constructed these works at an enor-,| harbor on the Southern coast would serve to mous cost, we have left them wide open to be shelter our enemies’ fleets. The important oceupied by any enterprising naval power with | works of Forts Macomb and Pike are ready fox ‘which we may happen to be at war. That this is not an exaggerated assertion a few facts will show. It is admitted that for the defence ot these forts it is necessary to have in each a well-trained artillery force. The the reception of garrisons. We have none in them, An enemy having any ulterior designs on New Orleans would not fail to see their im- portance, and they also would be occupied. It may with some little degree of plausibility engineers who planned and constracted | (and itis only plausible) be said that our vo- them estimate that to man the gangs in these fortifications fifty-four thousand artil- ‘Tunteers could garrison the forts near our po- pulous cities, such as Boston and New York; lerymen will be required. This force is of | but where, ons sudden emergency, are we to course exclusive of the troops constituting the main body of an army, the infantry and ca- valry. The President, in his late message, says that the artillery arm is a “ speciality”— whilst other troops may be raised, organized and equipped for active service in a compara- tively short space of time, it requires years of study and‘practice toform a good artillery force. Now, it happens, that at this time we have in the forts, from Eastport to New Or- find troops to garrison our more isolated works, particularly those at Key West and Tortugas. The argument which is said to have been urged by one of our most distinguished naval oifi- cers againet the construction of fortifications— that our government would not maintain troops to garrison them, and, therefore, on the breaking out of war, they would be seized and held by the enemy—is most forcible. It is nota valid argument against the utility and leans, only about six hundred artillerymen. Of | importance of fortifications; but it is a most these, two small companies (say 100 men) are in Boston, and the same in New York harbor; two field batteries, not intended for garrison service, at Baltimore; two small companies of about fifty men each at fort Monroe, and the same number in Charleston harbor, aad one company at Key West. The forts on the coasts of Maine and New Hampshire are unoo- cupied. The splendid fortification at New- port, R.1, is without a garrison, and the same is true of the works on Long Island Sound. Forts Mifiia and Washington are abandoned, giving free acccss by water to Philadelphia and Washington. The works on the coast of North Carolina, at the entrance to Savannah river and at St. Augustine, are deserted. The same is true of the works commanding the en- trance to Mobile bay and the approaches to New Orleans. The three forts constructed at Pensacola are unoccupied, and the Navy Yard at that place exposed to capture. The few works which are occupied have scarcely troops enough to keep them ina proper state of police, and would offer but little obstacle to an enemy who might be disposed to seize them. Ther: is abeolutely little or nothing to prevent a hostile fleet from running into Boston or New York harbors, and «destroying property the value of which would maintain for years ade- quate garrisons in the forts in those harbors, The English or French may, on any day of the year, throw into forts Adams and Monroe garrisons which could hold those places a very long time against avy force we could send against them. These assertions may seem wild and extravagant to many. But let those persons, before coming to that con- clusion, carefully study the subject, and their views may be somewhat modified. The belief is very prevalent that it is not necessary to maintain even small garrisons \1 our permanent works—that our citizen soldiery are fully equal to the task of defending them. The President, it would seem, thinks different- ly—he regards that service as a speciality, re- quiring years of study and practice. With what degree of patience our volunteers would submit, even in time of war, to being cooped up between stone walls, remains to be seen. How they would manage and serve the heavy guns is also a question for grave considers tion, But the idea that a volunteer force could be relied on to defend those places, pro- ceeds on the supposition that our enemy will give us due notice of their intention to atimek them-—that there will be a formal declaration of war, giving us time to organize our volan- | teer artillery. But have we any right to pro. | ceed on that suppesition? Did we declare war | against Mexico’ Ii our memory serves us, we only resolved that by the act of Mexico war existed. Many of our wisest and more expe- | rienced statcsuica—Mr. Calhoun amongst | them~ oppozcd the passage of the resolution, declared that it asserted a falsehood, that war did not exist; but nevertheless the war went on. Now, it does not require any very great etreteh of the imagination to enppore # contig. significant and forcible argument against the suicidal policy of our government in failing to provide the nucleus, at least, of a force to hold and keep in order the works we have al- ready constructed. The foregoing reflections naturally lead us to remark more particularly on the re- commendations of the President in regard to our present artillery establishment. On that subject, the President's remarks are, to say the least of them, rather Mllogical. He says that the artillery service is a speci- ality—that it requires years of study and pi.c- tice to make an efficient artillery, “and, there- fore, it is not deemed advisable in time of peace to maintain a larger force of that arm than is necessary for field and garrison ser- vice.” His idea of what the strength of that force should be is shown by his endorsement of the recommendation of the Secretary of War. The Secretary, referring to his previous annual report, recommends that our present artillery force be reduced one-half, Suppose the Secretary of the Navy had said in his report that, for some purposes, infei.or timber, imperfectly seasoned, might be used, but that shipbuilding was a “speciality’—that it required timber of the best quality, which had been subjected to the seasoning process for years, and, therefore, it was not deemed advisable in time of peace to keep on hand ary more chip timber than was required to keep our present national ships in repair—what would have been thought of it? The Presi- dent would probably have returned the report to the Secretary for correction in that partica- lar; and yet it would have been quite as rea- sonable and logical as the President’s recom- mendation. lie says that the artillery ser- vice being a speciality, we ought not to main- tain quite enough io keep our forts in a state of police, and only about one forty-fifth of what would be required in time of war. It has been stated above that it fs estimated by those beet informed on the subicct, that it would require 54,000 artillerymen to work ihe guns in the forts already constructed, or in course of construction, on our Atlantic, Lake and Gulf coasts. No one will imagine for an instant that we will in time of peace keep any- thing like that force of artillery; bat it is admitted that we ought to have and maintain a nucleus, Our preseat artillery force is about 3,000 men--perlaps a little less. Two-thirds of this is at present, and has been for years, employed in Florida and on the Western frontier as infantry; and yot the Secretary recommends that we should reduce this force one-half, or make it about fifteen hundred men. From this must be do- ducted the eight field batterics allowed by law, which would reduce the number for gar- rison service below twelve hundred. Can any one regard that as a suflicient nucleus for the formation of a corps of 54,000 artillorymen? A little leaven will leaven a large loaf, but would be lost in barrel of flour. So would the 1,200 grtillerymen be tlost in tho 54,000 volunteers. At the same time that thie reduc- tion of the artillery is advised, Congress is asked to appropriate money for the constrac- tion of other fortifications, particularly on the Gulf and Pacific coaste, It is doubtless of great importance that the pointe designated by the Secretary should be properly defended; but before voting money for the construction of other fortifications, it would be well for Congress to consider the argument of the naval officer referred to above, and inquire what are our means for garsisoning the forts we already have. If in the course of time we should have an organized House of Representatives, it is to be hoped that Congress will take up this sub- ject and consider it. If itis duly deliberated on, we are confident it will not result in a reduction of our present artillery establish. ment. Tue Fre Marsnar’s Reporr—INceNDURY Fmes.—The Fire Marskal’s Report for the six months ending on the 30th November last, was presented to the Board of Aldermen last even- ing. It isan interesting and suggestive docu- ment, It sete out with s reiteration of the re- commendation so ably enforced in the previous report, of the passage of some enactment for the safer construction of buildings, It sug- gests asan efficient check upon owners and builders that they should be compelled to send in to the Board of Fire Wardens specifications, framed in accordance with the act, of the work to be undertaken, and that aay departure therefrom should be visited with a demolition of the faulty portions of the building, and when occasion called for it, the imprisonment of the offender. With this recommendation, every one but speculators will be disposed to concur. It is the system carried out with so much advantage in London, Paris, and other of the great European cjties, and would pre- vent nine-tenths of the accidents from fires and other causes to which we are exposed in this city. Another suggestion of the report, and one to which attention ought te be paid at once, is the necessity of providing some means of escape in tenement houses, in addi- tion to the single narrow stairs with which they are usually furnished. Mr. Baker recommends that an iron staircase, with landings on each story, should be erected outside of 91 buildings of this description As this claes «f dwellings is rapidly increasing, it is essential hat some precaution should be adopted to guaid against the extensive loss of life that would le caused by fire breaking out inthem. Withthe large number of families by which they se inhabited, the conse quences would be frighthl if such a casualty were to come suddenly ipon them in the dead of the night. Mr. Bake’s suggestion seems to us cal- culated to effectially guarantee them against any personal dager. The results emibited by the tables annexed to this report a¢ exceedingly satisfactory. It will be seen tiat during the last six months there were ony fifty-two fires traceable to acts of incendiarim, of which twenty-three were clearly show to have been wilful, whilst dur- ing the cokesponding six months of 1854 ninety-four were traceable to the same cause, of which thiriyfour were unmistakeably wil- ful. Upon thi aggregate of fires generally, the tables showa decrease of sixteen in com- parison with th corresponding six months of last year. Sincj the institution of the office of Fire Marshal— period of eighteen months— the gradual dimmition effected in the number of incendiary figs has been steady and deter- minate, and therqis no doubt that in propor- tion as the policd department becomes more perfectly organizil, they will show a more ra- pid decrease. sb is, we have to congratu- late our fellow-cjizens on the important re- sults already exybited by Mr. Baker's reports. fd REET Mrs. Broomeyin Nesraska—Coup Weataer ror Necrogs.—{he Omaha City Nebraskian of the 9th inst., s/s that— Last evening Amelia Bloomer delivered a lecture atthe State Ho this city, om the question of wo- man’s right of frachise. The hall of Representatives, in which she spoke,fas crowéed to overfiowing. The lady was listened to marked interest and attention. We think all persons)f candor, whatever their opinions may be in relation to he views ot Bre, Bloomer, will at least acknowledge thahe is certainly a most pleasing and logical speaker, fd that she bandled her subject with great ability. The subjec of the fair missionary of wo- man’s rightywas her right to the elective franchise—t# right to vote, both at primary and regularjlections, After giving a synop- sis of her dscourse, our Nebraska cotempo- rary says—(Vo will only add, in respect to Mrs. Bloomg, that we think she is very mach of a gentichan.” In the sate paper we find the following ac- count of théweather; and they have had the same sort in\he adjoining Territory of Kan- Bae: \ Coup Weatmer-Too cold to thaw, too cold to mow, too cold for ont doonbusiness, too cold for enjoyment, too cold to go to bedtoo cold to get up—too cold for any- thing, but to fret. Frozen ears, frozen noses, frozon toes and frozen pkatoes are quite common, Everybody complains of thqeclt. married conples quplain of a coliness between thom People go trottingbout the streets with huge shawls, blankets and buflo robes mufllel closely over their heads and shouldg, and #0 completely bundied up that they cannot postify be recognized, ‘fhe merenry in the thermometer at njtime during the Jast week has been above zero, On hursday morning last it stood 25 deg., and yeaterday 23leg. below zero. What a lovly climate for “Uncle Tom!” And such ar{ the winters of Nebraska and Kansas--tweny-five degrees below zero: If the here establish slavery in either of these Terrfories, in the face of this impedi- ment, the] will beat the Puritans of Massa- chusetts; pr they tried it in the milder cli ston, and failed. It didn’t pay. Everybody sleeps cold—even that “the same influences that se- delegates in Massachusetts and e utterly failed against the popu- erally accredited at Washington, Minister to England; and it believed that he will accept If he does, there will be one demoorae candidate out of the way, at all events, fho might possibly prove an ob- struction tohhe Cabinet aspirants at Cincin- nati, Goodldea that. Pity that Mr. Bacha- nen could #t be induced to remain where | he ia, @tate of Afatre in China. The Chinese puzzle is growing more and more intricate, as we dive deeper into the ac- counte which come from China. Such a state of things as is portrayed in the extracts from our Chinese exchanges given elsewhere, has hardly ever been witnessed before in any quar- ter of the globe. That the King of Dahomey or any other un- breeched savage should be willing to sell his subjects or his prisoners for a bottle of rum or a string of beads, does not shock our notions of consistency and fitness; but that, among the highly civilized and highly educated people : { China, s regular traffic in native children should be openly carried on, obviously with the connivance, perhaps at the instance of the parents, certainly does appear at war with all received opinions and acknowledged prin- ciples. That it is so, however, there can be no doubt. From one witness we learn that very few coasting vessels ever leave Shanghae or Ning-po without an assorted lot of boys thrown in to make up the cargo. The traffic in girls is still more general, in consequence of the prevalence of infanticide, which counte- nances the murder of female infants as soon as they are born. We hear of one hundred girls ready for shipment at one place, for the segar factory at Manila. Another witness notes that an order for two thousand girls for Cuba has lately been received, and hints not ob- securely that consignments of a like nature are often made to other Spanieh, French and Bri- tish colonies. Dirt cheap is the proper word for these juveniles—the production is so exa- berant, that boys can be sold at a profit for $3 to $375, and girls as low as a shilling to twenty-five cents a head. Here is, if we mis- take not, the nucleus of more African comp1- nies, which will give governments and legisla- tors some work. Side by side with this startling phenomenon, we publish the returns of the opium trade of the East India Company with China. It is well known that the Emperors of China have ex- hausted their energies in efferts to suppress the importation of this detestable drug, bat that they have been steadily foiled by the pergeverance and unprincipled avarice of the East India Company. The war of 1846 was occasioned by the latest of these praiseworthy attempts of the Chinese authorities to puta stop to the traflic; it was maintained at the cost of that atrocious crime on the part of Great Britain. Ever since then the Chinese authorities have passively submitted; the pro- duction of opium has been increased by the East India Company, and over seventy thousand chests have been sent into China every year. The North China Herald estimates the annual profits of the company out of this branch of their business at about fifty millions of rupees, say $23,000,000, and their total net Profits since the trade began at the enor- mous sum of 678,518,534 rupees, say in round numbers $310,000,000. To credit this enormous trade, one must be aware that it is suppoeed there are in China three millions of men who are habitual opium smokers, and con- sume an average of-one mace per day, at the cost of half a laboring man’s wages; and that & very small proportion of this quantity—less than a third—is grown in China. We desire also to draw the attention of the administration to the probability that the French will shortly make some movement in Eastern China. The sagacious policy of the old French monarchy inculeated a close al- liance with China; rumors have reached Hong Kong that the Emperor approves of sucha policy and designs to carry it out. Excuses would not be wanting for even a hostile inva- sion of China by the French. If the British were justified in bombarding Nankin, in order to force the East India Company’s opium on the Chinese, the French would certainly be warranted in storming Pekin, to avenge the deaths of the missionaries who have been sent out so perseveringly by the propagation socie- ties of Paris, and most of whom have been cruelly murdered. M. Huc’s narrative makes the blood run cold when he describes the fate of many of these brave but over-zealous Frenchmen; and if Napoleon were to batter a town or two, just out of respect for their memory, very few Christians would censure him. Nor is he the man to overlook the substantial advantages which might flow out of such a proceeding. England, as we have pointed out on several occasions, is slowly gathering her forces for a descent upon the eastern provinces of China. She will proba- bly be ready ere the year is out, and the Brit- ish flag will probably float over some of the rich cities of Se-Fchouen. In the meanwhile, what an excellent opportunity for her friend and ally—that ally whose counsels are hers, whose interests are hers all over the world—to operate a divers on on the Eastern shore, some- where in the neighborhood of Shanghae! It is not consistent with what we know of Louis Napoleon to suppose that he will make no effort to regain the old French ascendency in Asia. It is not in bis nature to see the English conimence the overthrow of China without claiming a share of the work. It is not possi- ble that the fleet he maintains in the Pacific will rest tamely quiet, atter the disappoint ment, to use no stronger word, of Petropau- lowski. These prospects again and peremptorily call for the prompt attention cf our government. The destinies of worlds are being decided--the | future thraldom of five hundred millions of people is being determined—the whole trade of Western Asia is being divided up and allot- ted to foreigners; and the United States, which men now living are certain ta see the first nation of the world, is standing aloof and taking no part in these arrangements. We are relying on Consuls, when we ought to have the ablest diplomatists in the country at the scene of action. Again do we call on the government to inform itself thoroughly of what is being done in China, and the East ; and to participate by means of commissioners in every national convulsion which time is bringing forth there. Tuy Wast A Littir Mone Tive—The Buf- falo Commercial Advertiser, the Know Nothing home organ of Mr. Fillmore, is decidedly op- posed to the nomination of the American ticket for the Presidency at their Philadelphia Na- tional Council of the 22d February. The Louisville Journal, and all the Know Nothing organs of the Southern States, without an exception, we believe, are also in favor of a postponement of the nomination, and a ma- jority of them are for Mr. Fillmore. His Buf- falo organ says that “justice to all the candi- dates requires that their claims should be passed on by o convention in which all the States are represented. We wish to sce the nomination given to the most available man in the party; and no matter who he may be, if he is nominated at a time which accords with the general sense of the party, and by a con- vention in which all the States in which the party has & respectable show of strength, are represented, the friends of Mr. Fillmore will cheerfully support him.” This is all very well, as far as it goes But. in these assurances from Mr. Fillmore’s organ there is a very significant threat implied in the, event of the nomination of some other Ameri- can candidate in February. Let the delegates: to the Philade)phia Council bear it in mind, or their deliberations may result in another inde- pendent Buffalo movement. Goon For Cincunnatt.—The following is o copy of the official programme of the Cincin- nati celebration of the birthday of Washing- ton:— NATIONAL UNION CELEBRATION OF WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, BY THE CITIZENS OF CINCINNATI AND HAMILTON COUNTY, OF10,, FEDLVARY 22, 1866. PROGRAMME xD or FOR THE DAY. ioe ct open ano nat lute at a! se tinaimiate hia te caepton atte The salutes to be discharg- to be formed . Prayer. 4. Washington’s Farewell Address. 5. Orarion, 6. Benediction. 4. A National Banquet, to be given to invited guests in the evening. 5. A public and general illumination. * Such a celebration as this in Ohio, which is- supposed to be a stronghold of abolitionism, fusionism, disunioniem, and various other isms, is quite creditable to the Union conservative sentiment of the State. Why cannot something. of the same sort be done in Massachusetts ? Tue Lats Grear Snow Storw—Eptor rrow tm Patent Orrice.—A powerful ally to Pro- feceor Meriam has just appeared in the person of Mr. Mason, Commissioner of the Patent Of- fice at Washington, who has deemed it expedi- ent in his official capacity to iasue the follow- ing cireular:— ‘Usrrep Srates Patant Orrice, ‘Wasuixcton, Jan. 24, 1856. & Dear Sre—From accounts in the ne pers it would appear that an unprecedented storm of snow, sleet or rein occurred over most of the tract of country \ying east of the Missisedppl, and perhaps beyond, from the 4th tv the 6th of the present month. In order to determine the: limits, times of commencement and ending, direction, amount, and nature of the precipitation of said storm, will you please to answer the fullowing questions as earl; Ce by mail? @s convenient, and return the same to tl C. MASON, Commissioner. Face of the rky the day proviogs to the 0 of ie rm—whether or wholly Direction and force of the wind the day Wremding eect during the storm? Hour of commencement of the storm? Hour of ending of the storm? Amount in ieches of snow, sleet or rain? Number of days the ground was covered with snow or ice since the storm? We trust that this circular will be answered by our intelligent readers, far and wide; for the results may possibly be of great practical bene- fit to the community. Meantime, if Mr. Com- miesioner Mason and Professor Meriam can, by putting their heads together, make any ar- rangements with the Clerk of the Weather for an early rain and three days of warm sunshine, they will be rendering an important service to this community. Fata to Freepom!—The Albany Journat® declares that ‘to surrender Banks, after hav- ing stood so long faithfully to him, merely because a half score of stubborn, conceited, arrogant, self-willed semi-doughfaces demané it, would be a surrender as mortifying to the people as it would be hazardous, if not fatal, to freedom.” Father Weed is getting deape- tate. “Mortifying to the people!” Humbug! “Fatal to freedom!” What freedom ?—whose freedom? Bosh! Light the old gentleman to bed. Brooklyn City News. ‘Tae Tweety SixtH ANNIVERSARY OF THE Baoostys Cry Tract Socmry.—The twenty-sixth anniversary of the above society was celebrated at the First Presbyterian church, corner of Remsen and Ciinton streets, last even- ing. The attendance, considering the bad condition of walking, was large. The President, Rey. Dr. B. C, Cutler, of St. Ann’s church. presided. The proceedings were opened with singing by the choir and r by Rey. L. S. Weed, of Sands strect Methodist Falico pe chureh, The Treasurer's report was read by W. W. Wickes, Eaq., from which it appears that the amount coll 5 pended, eee sa of $262 55, The annual report was read by Pierce, which shows the following results and religious maar t distributed, 367,000; 8,050 familics visited, 2,500 Bibles and Testamentg distributed among the destitute, 788 children taken to Sabbath school, 442 induced to attend religious worship; oF hop ally con- verted, aud admitted as members o( the emurch, ‘The number of missionaries is 6; goneral superintendent, 1; voluntary distributors of tracts, 491. One as engaged among seamen on the docks, one among German population, and the remainder are throvghout the city. The report concludes with the churches to take the matter in and send more laborers in the field; and also suggests the propriety of fitting up a boat inthe Atlantic basin, for a permanent fh of worship for eeamen. report was ordered to inted uncer direction of the Board. Addresses were delivered by Dr, M. 1, Anderson, President of Rochester Univerrity, and Rey. H. J, Vandyke. A collection was then taken “P and the proceedings were closed with « prayer by the Kev, Dr. Storrs, and a benediction. Surrosep IncexviaKy Finve,—About 9 o'clock last eve: ning a fire was discovered in the stables of Gilmore & Jarvis, in Hicks strect, between State and Atlantis streets, which’on exauiuation was found to have originated amopg the straw ip the loft, and was andoubtedt the work of an incendiary, as no light had been used in the building. A short time previous the rear stoop of J. W. Gadsby’s Hotel in State street, near Hicks was,-found to be on fire. A quantity of combustible materials had been. collected trget her and ignited. Both fires were extia- guished before much damage was done. From some cir. cumstances suspicion fell upon a young man who was in Gadsby’s Hotel im the evening, and he was taken into custedy w officers,Oaborn and Corwin of the First district olice, He was locked up to await an examination. @ roatchos and a policeman’s club were found in his Possession, Hat Binding Machines.—I. M. Singer é& have ready for esle machines for binding straw hata sear other kinds of hats. The machines do the work far better and faster. ae any cthers, Cali and see them at ‘No, 323 The Comeco—Daguerreotype—One Instanta- neous sitting; happy expression ; cvmplexion beautifal; the Vory pink of ones’ self, Taken Ouly at WILLLAMBON’S, Brook lyn, Pulten ferry.) Lampratypes, from “Lamy ” the New snd beautiful Grecian portraits, by HO} 239 Broadway, Deguerreotypes in caes, tor % conta; and p phson cheap igure, by spachinery— taking sixty plotures an hour, 60) el age dally, with gas, steam oney. India Rubber Boots and Overshors.—A and gentlemen's India rubber ae light po eS Tmanfactured 1e, Be ly ete a gered no ay tees wa Hi liaidon inne, eorncr ot Hasse atreet* SUbber Warehouse, ——$—$$$_$_—____. igen anwar tane cane, Gentlemen's and ot it the lowest possible priew enty in charged, a the Gouda and yy charged, Febber 0, 408 Broadway, beiweon Warren and Chea Christadoro’s Hair Dye, Wigs and excite admiration among all conn tissenty in sigh of Gietoniy relate ardcle of fur Leet Wt parable & 2 be pay relia ; ADORO'S, No. 6 Astor House, OMe Sad Fetal ab Batchelor’s Hair Dye.—Wi, ‘The hest in the world. ‘This Mnvivalied tad ory piled ia twelve private rooms.“ Patchelor's ‘cnt toupee ave Improvemonte over all others, being ohef doonvres of el iy to this estal gance and duraiility, peculiar t BATCHELOR'S, 238 Broadway. Whiskers or Moustaches Foreed te Grow fo siz weeks a4 ‘onguent, which Saati Palit et gay pr ie eine Heber, 41 bouih Third strset, Fhitadety M4 quoememmcusdenmmampinpasmede, Oxygenated Bitters, a Care for — The proprietors do not olaim that this medicine is intalllbl bu’ refer wo certideaten of; lemen well to for abrndant proof that aay heen anole