The New York Herald Newspaper, February 12, 1856, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. eee JAMES GORDON BENNET®, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR, bg rapa Paid beriey Great Bruste or tots ong pert Brninant. bo CORRESPONDENCE, cantetning teers. ‘from any quarter of the word wed be A ag SS nee Na We do not AMUSEMENTS THIS EVEXING, ecarsay RATE pate ne ees WRBLO’S . Brosdway—ScuooLuseren— BOWERY THEATRI ‘Heures B- a B, Bowery—! Tes Buntss, os BURTON'S THEA’ Chambers street—Taxe raat Gini &Way—Onen THOUSAND Wastep—Tux Camncecx (ov THE WILDERNESS. AURA KEENE'S VARIETIES, Breedway—Bururcon— —Lormmy Ticurt. Wal: AOK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Love 1xp Mozy — Ca BON Tas. @ROADWAY VARIBTIES, 472 Broadway—Tus Naup Quuan, By Tax Woon & Maxsu Cannan. WOOR'S MINETREL’S, 444 Broadwav—Crnioriam Pun- wenmancns—Harry Mux, oR Treaty with Jarax. * BUCKLEY'S BURLESQUE OPERA HOUSE, 539 Broad: weg Nrexo Muveremey—Sonnauscis. HALL, 468 Broadway—Paxoramic Picrones ACADEMY ‘@e Ouima anv Jaran. Mails for B NEW YORK HERALD—EDITION FOR BUROPR. ‘Whe Cunard mail steamship America, Capt. Little, will Jeave Borton, on Wednesday, at noon, for Liverpool. Whe Enropean mails will elose in thie city at a quarter 0 two o’clock this afternoon. Whe Gsnatp (printed in English and French) will be pabiished a: ten o'clock iu the morning. Single copies, ‘te wrappers, sixpence. abscriptions and advertisements for any edition of the New Yor« Hznurp will be received et the following places in Eurcpe:— saepone-Am. Racenan Sxpress Co., 17 and 18 Cornhill, do, 8 Plaoe de Ia Bourse, ‘Whe contents of the European edition of the Hrnatp wh embrace the news received by mail and telegraph at ee office during the previous week, and to the hour of prdiication. @he News. We learn from Washington that the President will to-day issue a proclamation ordering tbe United States troops into Kansas Territory. They go there to “preserve order, suppress insurrection and repel invasion.” The crisis, then, bas come atlast. The abolition squatter sovereigns ané@ the “border ruf- Gans” are to be met by the bayonet, and that imple- mentis avery sharp and indisputable demonstra- tor. Soon, we predict, the fanatics and agitators will become docile and industrious citizens, and or- der will “reign in Warsaw.” About one half, or a little less than one half, of the three millions due Mexico, which bad been ad- vanced to Santa Anna by certain capitalists of this city, was paid yesterday to Mesers. Hargous & Co., aod Howland & Aspinwall, by our government. Some time ago the present Mexican government asked for time to examine into the matter to see if any fraud had been perpetrated on Mexico. After taking two or three months, Secretary Marcy wrote to the Mexican government that any reasonable time would be aliowed, but that an early decision in the case was desirable. Before an answer to this despatch was received, an order came from Mexico to pay $1,300,000 of the claim. Of the amount due, Messrs. Howland & Aspinwall claim $1,500,000 ; Martinez del Rio & Co. $150,000, and Col. Salazar $60,000. This last sum is due Col. 8. for salary and expenses while engaged as Mexican Commissioner im running the two boundary lines between the two republics. It is thought that the $1,600,000 due will be paid in a week or two. In the United States Senate yesterday the Secre- tary of War was requested to report what if any additional fortifications are required for the defence of the harbor of New York. The Post Office Com- mittee was directed to inquire whether cheaper ocean postage cannot be secured. Nothing further of moment transpired. In executive session a number of appointments were confirmed. In tne House three additional ineffectual votes for printer wese taken, when an adjournment was agreed i». In the evening the black republicans held a caucus, and doubtless some arrangement was perfected which will put an end to this struggle for the public plunder. The standing committees will probably be apnounced to-day. Campbell, of Ohio, Grow and Pennington, will be chairmen respectively of Ways and Means, Territories and Foreign Relations. In the State Senate yesterday notice was given of bill to amend the charter of the city of New York. In the Assembly the bill to amend the charter of the Pacific Steamship Company was paseed. Notice was given of a bill to regulate the sale of stocks on time. The committee having under consideration the subject of paying the expenses of the commission appointed to examine the harbor of New York made a report. The expenses amount to about thirty thousand dollars, and the report recommends that it be paid. Bat it also recommends that the law creating the commission be repealed, on the ground that it is the duty of the general government and of the cities of New York and Brooklyn to perform the work allotted to the commissioners. Anattempt will be made to abolish the Board of Railroad Commissioners, created dur- ing the last session. This body consists of three very inoffensive black republicans, whose principal employment seems to be to receive a salary of three thousand dollars a year each, with a few hun- dreds thrown in for travelling expenses. It is noton record any where, we believe, that they have bene- fitted the community to the value of a dime, and their discharge will be just so much in the pockets of the stockholders of the railroad companies. Both branches of the Common Council were in session last evening. The subject of opening Albany street through Trinity churchyard is again on the tapis. Alderten Ely, Brown and Briggs were ap- pointed a special committee to take charge of the matter. The nominations of Joho H. Chambers, as clerk of the Corporation Attorney, and Henry ar cularius,as clerk of the Superintendent of Pave- ments, were confirmed. A resolution tendering ground in the Park, on Chambers street, to the general government, for o post office, was presented and referred. Inthe Board of Councilmen an at tempt was made to appropriate $76,000 for cleaning the streets, in accordance wita the recommendation of the Mayor; but the effort was unevail and the whole subject of removing the snow and ice was laid over till some future time. An ordinance was received from the Comptroller in reference to raising a fund for the Central Park, which was referred to the Committee on Lands and Places. We are still without any intelligence of the Collins steamer Pacific, which left Liverpool for this porton the 23d nit. In addition to the steamer Alabama: which sailed on Sunday in seareh of her, yesterday the United States steam brig Arctle, commanded by Lieut. Hartstein, left on o similar errand. She will traverse the more northern routes of the Kuropean steamers. An enthusiastic meeting of our citizens was held at the Astor House last evening, in order to make arrangements for a proper celebration of Washing- ton’s Birthday. A grand banquet will be given at the Astor House,and it was said that James T. Baady will revpond to the toast of “Washington,” and endeavor to “vindicate his principles, which are in danger of being lost sight of in party talk.” The anti-Nebraskaites in the Pennsylvania Legis- NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1856. Ovr Gazar Guys ar Wasumcroy on rez} MUNICIPAL AFFAIR lature recently experienced a mortifying defea:. On the Sth inst., resolutions instructing the United States Senators from that State to vote for the repeal of the ‘KaneasNebraska act, substituting therefor the act organizing the Territory of Oregon, being in order, the House refused to consider them by a vote of yeas thirty-two, nays fifty-nine. Subsequently, im order to gratify certain loquacious free seilers, and to dispose of the subject finally, this vote was reconsidered, and a full discussion of the merits of the question tolerated. At its close a motion to postpone the matter indefinitely was adopied by ‘Gifty-one yeas to thirtyone nays. A year ago the free soilers of Pennsylvania could have carried such & proposition without the slightest difficulty; but the “sober second thonght” ef the Old Keystone is ever right. We have received news frem Turks Islands up to the 26th of January. It is unimportant. No salt | market quotations are given. The public revenue thad faien of very mach. Trade with Dominica ‘was stopped,owing to the Haytien war, in conse- quence of a British government consular notice. The President has officially recognized James Wenz as Consul of the Dukedom of Brunswick and Luneburg for the Territory of Minnesota; Achille Ferrer as Consul General of the Kingdom ef the Two Sicilies, to reside in New York; and Archibald Foster as Vice Consul of Portugal for Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, to re- side in Bosten. The boy Anderson, who has been on trial in Charleston, S.C., for the murder of the captain of the ship Ariel, at cea, was acquitted by the jury om the 8th inst. Anderson is a native of this city, and is respectably connected. The extensive factory of the Missouri Hemp Com- pany, at St. Louis, was destroyed by fire om the morning of the 4th inst. Loss, $45,000—insurance, $40,000. Sterling exchange closed yesterday at about 8jc., 94c.a 9je. The sales of cotton reached about 3,000 bales, based upon middling Uplands at about 10c. a 10}c., aud middling New Orleans at 10jc. Flour was unchanged. There was a good export demand for medium to good grades of extra reund hoop Ohio and Southern, and 2,000 bbls. of the latter were sold at $9, for export. Wheat was inactive, with a good milling demand for prime dots. Red Tennessee sold at $1 87}, and prime quality Cana- dian white at $2 10. Corn was heavy, with sales of New Jersey yellow and Southern mixed at 80c.a 84c. Pork was dull, with sales at $16 for mess and $14 tor prime. Beef and lard were dull. Sugar and coffee were quiet. Freights to Liverpool and Lon- don were firmer, with moderate engagements. ‘The Napoleonic Policy in Europe. In forming an opinion upon the real designs of the Emperor of the French in fomenting the desire for peace in Europe, it must never be forgotten that he is the inheritor, not the origi- nator, of his policy. To his acts those of the first Napoleon have never yet proved a false key; we have only to carry ourselves back and examine what were the aims and what the hopes of the uncle, at the parallel point of his career, to understand what the nephew is driving at. Now, the elder Napoleon’s purpose in life has only begun to be understood of late years. In his day he had his adulators and his revilers; hired parasites on the one side, hired slanderers on the other. His literary marshals painted him as a superhuman creature; Sir Walter Scott drew him as an unmuzzled fiend. Nor did the blundering cease with his life. Long after he was dead, Archibald Alison, with admirable perversity, praised him for his vices, ana abused him for his virtues; and crowds of bookmakers—some to pander to British prejadice, others to feed a craving for hero-worship—have siuce made the intense in- terest of his life carry off enormous platitudes of blame or praise about his character. It costs one come labor to-day to make out —from these heaps of rubbish—the plain fact that Napoleon was at first the mere creature and organ of the revolution. He was the per- sonation of the democratic spirit which had so suddenly gained power, and was so much ata loss how to use it. He was the embodiment of hostility to the hereditary systems which had ruined France. All his early acts flowed from this idiosyncresy. Enmity to injustice by divine right—to predominance flowing from the accident of birth—a raging desire to see human equality acknowledged—e resolute determina: tion to to see labor distributed that the best men should be in the best places—such were the ruling characteristics of Napoleon’s ear'y mind. Superior in ardent republicauism io most of the republicans, he was still mere their euperior in intellect; and hence for ten or twelve years he was the real instrument whereby France was republicanized. From the commencement of his influence under the Directory to the death of Pitt, Napoleon stands out as the great democrat, struggling against the banded Powers of Europe, and persistently uprecting and destroying every shoot, branch and trace of the old aristocratic systems, in epite of tradition, prestige and foreign influ- ence. Tt was his success in this extraordinary task which worked his ruin. He grew over conf. dent in himself, over-contemptaous as regards other people: forsook the old line of pure re publicanism to devote himself to personal ob- jects. France, called to arms to defend her soil and liberty, had baffled the world. But when she was called upon to fight in order that Napoleon’s brother should be King of Spain and his wife a Hapsburg, or that kings of foreign nations ats distance should take their orders from him and stand in his ante-cham. ber, France hsd neither the heart nor the strength for such @ task. Hence Napoleon fell. In comparing these two phases of his life with what the world has already seen of his nephew, it is evident that the latter has not yet begun to sacrifice public to personal in- terest. Louis Napoleon became Emperor as his uncle became Consul: because he was viewed as the champion of pure practical de- mocracy— which neither allied armies nor two races of Bourbons had been able to trample out of the hearts of the people. He was not confounded with the speculative republicans who had shared power with the operative Albert, nor discredited by the mimickry of royalty which distigured the last years of Na- poleon’s reign. The first acts of his adminis- tration were certainly consistent with demo- cratic principles. His marriage was a slap in the face toroyal prejudice. His preferment of men of unknown fame evinced a total disro- gard to aristocratic rule. Even his court waa, in some sense, democratic, aod his habits and language uniformly republican. He has not yet reached the stage where his uncle fell away in the pursuit of personal aims, There is one point of difference with regard to their attitude towards England which is de- serving of caretul thought. The England of forty years ago was not a first class military Power certainly; but she had an army, she had officers. The Englend of today has neither one nor the other. The brave men who fell tefore Sebastopol have never heen replaced - the blunders which made British officers ridi culos in 1854 still signalize them in 1856, She hes been making preserves of her lands and a nursery of her army; hence it follow: that the class of small landed peasantry— which alone furnishes fighting men—has ceased to exist in England, and the men who hold military cank uader the Queen are brave, a8- euredly, and noble, but wofully immocent of military knowledge or skill. Years of wor will remedy the latter defect; the former is incurable. The cotters of England can nev § revive so long aa the present political system endures. England will have large landed pro- prietors and bondsmen; and the large land- owners will owa more iand, aud the bondamen will become mere numerous as time goes on; but the intervening class—that which const-§ tutes the military stzength of the United Statesand France—will aot return upon the soil. The thing has been seen before. Rome, during he Hannibaliza contest, with a population not larger, perhaps, than Massachusetts, could xt- serly lose an army, and be ready a week after to meet the enemy with a hundred thousand men; but that same Rome, a coxple of centu- ries afterwards, when nich men owned acres and slaves by the thousands, could net raise an army to put down the gladiaters, or make the least effort to defend Roman freedom against a handfal of foreign Pretorians. So England, with all her wealth aad all her: genius, and all the valor of her song, is to-day, thanks to steam end electricity, at the mercy of Louis Napoleon, to be dealt with as he deems fit. Had the England of 1806 been 1@ little formidable, Napoleon might not have spent himeelt in combatting her. # Tue Sreeets AGAIN—CONFUSION OF THE QB- DINANCES.—A few days ago we called upon the citizens to respect the ordinances in relation to the removal of ice and snow from their sidewalks. Upon that subject we have received the subjoined communication :— New York, Feb. 9, 1856. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Isend you enclosed a printed notice served at my welling, purporting to be served by order of his Honor the Mayor:— NOTICE. ‘WO THE OWNER OR OCCUPANT OF THIS HOUSE. [4y.order of bis Honor the Mayor.) ‘Your attention is directed to the following sections of the city ordinances, passed March 14, 1839, an¢ which will be strictly JUSEPH 8. TAYLOR, a rien net . ; or person hev! On each house or other poldinn, oF Jot, or lots of ground ‘Buc city of New York, shali, within the first four hours aller every fall of snow, or hail, or :ain, which shall freeze on the side- walks and in the gutters, case the same to be removed entire. ly from off the ple peed ti era ho ‘one foot ae er Opposite such Bouse, building, lot, or land, under the ena turee dollars for every such neglect, to be paid by tb e said owner or occupant, or person hai e seve: respectively. Sec 2. Incase the ice or snow shall be so that itcannot be get ed post sce Mes Perea ~ owner, occupant, or person e of an * or land as Haforeaaid, mail, ‘wituin the first four hours ater every fall thereof, cause the sidewalks opposite bis, her or their premises, w be sirewed with ashes or sand, under the pensity ot one dolisr, to be paid by the owner, occupant, or person having charge thereol, severaily and respectively. Bec. 3. The owner, occupant, or ag charge of any corner beuse, lot or building, ¢! within tne firet tour hours after every'fall of snow, hail or sleet, cause be removed from the crosswaiks, or footpaths, oi house, building or lot, to the distance of one hal the street, where the said , or footpath is laid, under the penalty of three doliars, to be paid by the owner occupant, or person having charge thereot, severally and respectively. Bec. 4, In case the gutter opposite to any house, lot, build- ing or land, shall at any time become obstracted with ive, dirt, or otber thing, the owner. oocupant, or persons having charge thereof, shall, within four hours after a writiea or printed notice thal! have been given to him or her, or lett at his or her house or place of anode, cause the said gutter to be cleaned out to the width of one foot, so that the water may run freely along the seme, under the penalty of three dollars for each neglect, to bape by the owner, or occupant, or person having charge ere@, severally and respectively. bec. 5, ‘Ihe owner or occupants of all houses and lots in the etty of New York sbali level the snow and ice in tront of his or thelr premises, in such a manner as will admit of the conve- nient passing cf horses, sieighs and carriages. under the pena ty of one dollar for every neglect. to be recovered trom the owner, or occupant, or person haviag charge thereof, se- verally and ectively. Avery case of negiect or refueal to comply with the above rdinances will be reported to the Corpora‘ion au irney, 80 hat he can sue acd recover the amount of the penalty. EDWARD MERKITT, Lnspector of eidewalks. It will be seen by a of the same thet section 3d commends me, “wit! four hours after every fail of snow, to cause the same to be removed from the cross- waiks or foot paths opporite my house to the distance of one half the width of the street where the seid crosswalk or foot Fath is iaid, under the penalty of three deliars.”” Section 6th commands me to “evel the snow in front of wy premises in such @ manner as will admit of tae convenient passing of horses, sleighs and carriages, un- cee the penalty ot one doliar.”” Now, ir, it is evicent that these sections are conflic.- ing with each other, for if on the 6th of January last our cittecs had bad gulies cut through the suow, (as or- dexea by 3d section,) what would have been the result ? This cily orcinance dears date March, 1839, Eaactlag city ordinances of that stamp before a commuaity poe- resting common sepre seems absurd. H.R. D. We were previously aware that the city or- diaances in relation to the streets were in rather a confueed state, but hadno idea that they were positively contradictory. The sub. ject is an exceedingly important one, and should not be neglected. The laws in relation to the public highways ehould be very clearly defined, and so plainly written that no mistake as to their construction could possibly arise. We would suggest a revision of the laws on the subject, and also their codification into oue convenient volume, in the same manner that the laws in relation to the Fire Department have lately been arranged by the Clerk of the Councilmen. We hope that the Mayor wili take hold of this matter and have it attended to at once. the same to ite such width of Tue Peace News in Wau. Srreer—Tee- menpovs EntnvstasMm—Tue Bvirs iv ALL tnem GLory.—Yesterday was an extraordina- ry day in Wall street. See our stock sales. For ten years there has not been such a day f r stocks and bulls and lame ducks. Every stock broker’s office was crowded with buyers and ready money. Such confidence, such enthusi- asm, such abiding taith in an early peace, wholly eclipse the timid demonstrations ot the London Stock Exchange and the Paris Bourse. If euch are the coneequences here of the mere agreement of Russia to enter iato negotiations for closing the war, what will be the result of a definite treaty of peace? That's the question. Probably another epoch of infla. tions and speculations, ending some day in another general bank suspension and financiat collapse. But with a peace in Europe, the faith of Wall street in Marey’s capabilities to keep the peace with John Bull is unbounded. Seward’s war speech is all moonshine in Wall street, The bulls are turned loose, the pigeons are flocking again to their old haunts, and the lame ducks are beginning to waddle about, with a knowing look, in the open sir, Austria's protocol has proved the “open sesame” of Wall strect, and the grand rash of yesterday for stocks is but the foretaste of the grand kite flying operations which peace with Russia will bring to these United States, The re- bound from the late long protracted pressure will surely be tremendous. Give every man a chance. Sorprers and Burroxs ron Nicaragva—- Saturday's steamer for Punta Arenas carried out three hundred soldiers and any quantity of military buttons for General Walker's army in Niceragua, Some of the soldiers may realize Falataff’s words: ‘There’s but a shirt and a half in all my company ;” but the buttons are allright. They are engraved with a view of the sun rising above three volcanoes and the Joke, and the word “ Nicaragua” as « legend. We hear that McKeon’s ardor has been check- ed, and that government will not again ob- struct the Transit Company in its business. | Ho! for Nicaragua. ‘The Condition ef the Press tn Eurotc. Perhaps the most interesting feature of E.- ropean affairs isthe press, It isan index to governments and to the relations subsisting Dotween them and the people. ‘The Eeropean press is all under shackles, except that of England, which is free. The latter opposed, at first, with bitter acrimony, the elevation of Louis Napoleon. It was igao- rant of his policy and purposes, besides being influenced »y an excusable national antipathy against his house. Suck kind been the condact of the nation tewards the great Napoleon—a conduct evinoing a nervous cowardice—a she- ky fear and trembling, utterly inconsistent with that British courage and mutish stubbora- nees exhibited.on so many previous occasions— that to revive a Bonaparte in the French capi- tal, and to sound his name through the nation, was no less than to prociain and publish tothe world again the infamy of England in violat- ing the rights of hospitality in the person of the greatest man that ever lived. It was, then, excusable in the British press to oppose the re- establishment of the old Bonaparte dynasty ; but.ite power for the moment was in England, not ia France. ‘Now, in the person of Louis Napoleon we have the representative of the only movement that can succeed in revolationizing, in tura, all Europe. He wili fulfil his destiny as the practical link between old feudalism and com- ing democracy. The press of France is utterly under.his control—ia fact, he is today the greatest editor in the world. His position is the defeat and prostration of the old monarchi- cal system, whose tenures, by the Bonaparte movement, have been abrogated and annulled. The re-establishment of his empire and its control in Europe will signatize the fall of the British aristocracy ; and the change which the London Cabinet has made—-from the German to French policy—will result in makiag Eag- land second to France, and utterly destroy her influenee with the governments of the North of Europe. Lord Palmerston is the representative of the old order and the aristocracy of hie country ; he is a nincompoop, and is made to aid a move- meat which cannot feil, by the aid of the Bri- tisk free press, to result in the downfall of that aristocracy aad the establishment in the gov- ernment of the great trade interests of the na- tion. The press of England is an institution ot democracy. It isthe power that manages the public mind of Europe. It is exercised on every point where men think—in London, Paris, Vir enna, Berlin and St. Petersburg. It is the mighty lever which is moving the Eastern world; and whatever else it may accomplish, it is sure to build up the central, trading, com- mercial interests of the British people. Day by day the signs of decay are seev through the medium of the press, in all the ex. isting governing classes in England. It was the power of the press that brought Sir Robert Peel and Lord John Russell and Mr. Cobden, and a few other statesmen, in 1845, to propose and carry through, in connection wita Robert J. Walker and the democratic party in this country, their great project of free trade. That was a concession to commerce—to the indus- try and enterprise of the British nation; and it was & concession made by the aristocracy—th> first, but it will not be the last. The extension of the suffrage--in fact, giving effect to the theory of the constitution of England—has fol- lowed, and will follow, uatil, through the peaceful agency of the ballot box, that great. est of 2)] sources of revolutien, and most effec- tive, the aristocracy of Engiand will only have an historical existence. France, in respect to popular enlightenment is far behind her island neighbor; but the seeds of progress and of political regeneration have been sown even in that country. The power of the throne, which, for centaries, had consoli dated in itself the authority of the State, uatil it culminated in Louis [X., was all distributed again in the act of electing Louis Napoleoa tone the Emperor of France. That election was a re- volution, employing the ballot box instead of the cartridge box, and destroying, in the act itself, the sanctity which before had surrounded the person of the chief magistrate of the natiou. After such an example, who will claim the di vine right of kings to reign?—who can put one man above another asaraler? If revoiution is made thus to sanction the doctrine of popu- lar sovereignty, who, after it has been re- cognized as @ legitimate movement by all the sovereigns of the world, and its chief receivei into the family of Emperors, will deay the legal agency of the ballot box in pulling down und building up individuals? The continent of Europe is passing through the necessary theoreticai conditions to reach the final practical philosophy of life. Tae theological or fictitious, and the metaphysical or abstract, are giving way to the positive and the useful. In France it has been the wonder of the world how, with such ealarged—aad ha- mane views, with so much of political philau- throphy, sagacity aad energy, sne could sub mit to the control of a single mao. But the truthis, France, with alt her wisdom and talent, is utterly imoractical, She has only to learn one more lesson—and it has been forced upon her by Louis Napoleon as far as he had the power—and then France will take her place politically by the side of the United Stats, and that is, that liberty coasists in making each individual of the State capable and will- ing to govern himself. It will be found io pursuing thisidea, that mere political forms amount to little or notning; that the great governing power is in the individual, which is expressed in the very idea of a free press. Louis Napoleon is the ouly monarch io the world that knows and realizes the power of democracy. His empire, so to speak, is demo- oratic. Ie understands that his lease of the imperial estate is held on the ‘condition that be shall satisfy his constituents. No other monarch haseny constituents. He is Emperor under the old forms, and will remain so by the policy be has pursued till the republican ele- ments of France shail require his abdication, when he will avow his real sentiments and be- ae a democrat, as he is, and always has een, Tue Burraro Ir ne. TION —This convention, (the object of whieh is to provide the place or places of refuge and the ways avd means for the removal to the West of the destitute Irieh Catholics of our great cities,) meets in Buffalo to-day, Being the initiatory convention, aud owing to the blockade of the railroads, more or less, in every direction around Buffalo, we can hardly expect any results as yet of a decisive charac- ter from this movement. But if they make a beginning the work may be followed up by | other conventions, CunTRaL American Question.—There is an in- teresting variety of views and propositions among our great guns at Washington on the Central American question:— Firet—President Pierce, in his annual mes sage, thinks that diplomacy fs pretty nearly exhausted, and there is considerable danger of war. Second—General Cass thinks there can be no hope of @ peaceable solution of this quarrel until Lord Palmereton, bag and baggage, is peremptorily turned adrift. Third—Mr. Seward thinks we shall have just cause for war should John Bull, upon a twelve months’ notice, refuse to evacuate Hon- duras, the Bay Islands, the Mosquito coast and the Mosquito protectorate. Moreover, as among the first results of a war would be the acquisition of the powerful anti-slavery pro- vinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, &c., Mr. Se- ward is willing to risk the consequences, Fourth—General Wilson is more of a peace man, and is in favor of abolishing the Claytoa- Bulwer treaty. Fifth—Judge Douglas, it is reported, is io favor, not only of the repudiation of the treaty, but goes in for an alliance against John Bull, offensive and defensive, with Gen. William Walker. We suspect that most of these guns will be spiked by the sagacious statesmen of the South, and that Governor Wise was right in declaring the idea of a war about the Danish Sound dues or Central America to be “a per- fect humbug.” Governor CLARK AND THE Kansas WaR.— Governor Clark, in transmitting to our Legis- lature the appeal of the so-called Governor elect, Robinson, and his military chieftain, Gen. Lane, for fresh recruits and an additional supply of Sharp’s rifles in behalf of the “cause of freedom,” is not quite so bold as Governor Chase, of Obio. Chase is for making a disunion fight of it; Clark deplores the doings aad the perils of the “ border ruffians,” but has no spe- cific means of relief to suggest. In this exi- gency the motion of Mr, Mahen, of New York, that the members of our Assemby of the Sew- ard stripe be armed and equipped for Kansas, is, perhaps, about ¢he best thing that this party can do to prove their professions by practice. No doubt the Seward detachment of the New York Legislature, especially it headed by the arch agitator himself, would meet with a warm reception from the “border ruffians.” Burying on a Rorren Cornerstone.—The Territorial Legislature of Nebraska has already chartered five banks, and the Governor has endorsed them. A good beginning for an early bankrupt law or ultimate repudiation. A loose paper currency is but a sorry corner- stove upon which to build a solvent and flour- ishing State. Sale of Pews in All Souls Charch, Pursuant to announcement, the pews in the Unitarian church of All Souls, (Rey. Dr. Bellows,) at the corner of Fourth avenue and Twentieth street, took place last night, and, as will be seen by the premiams given below, the sum realized was quite large, and shows a very satiefactory result to the trustees and well-wishers of the church. This edifice has excited considerable comment ani criticism from the peculfarity of its architestural style, it being of the Byzantine or Saracenic order, and has no prototype in the city, and, as a cansequence, the notice of the sale of the pews brought large audience to wit- ness the auction. It ap the original estimate for building the church was $90,000, but unexpected expenses expanded that sum to $165,000, which includes eoat of parsonage, lots, interest and insurance. The sum in the hands of the trustees to defray these expenses was $110,550, arising from the sale ot the church of the Divine Unity, subscriptions and mortgages, leaving the sum of $54,800 to raise. As tue estimated price of the church was $90,000, the trustees determined to assess the pews at {hak valuation, and for choice of seat a premium should ir. Richard Warren officiated as auctioneer, and aa- nounced the following as the terms of sle:— mum. ‘Choice money payable in cash. Price of the pew payable one-third cash, one-third in thres months, and one-third In six months, with interest added: ia ‘ontes dated on the day of sale; or all’ in cash, at the option of the purse holdi y ‘half the price of trehasers holding scrfp can pay one: e an pew in scrip, remainder in money; one-third cash, one-third in note at three months, on¢-third {n note at aix months, with in- terest, Lae will be given when payment in full shall have been m le. After the ssle the pene will be liable for the usua) assess- ment laid by the society to meet the current expenses, aatin; from January 1, 1856, and payable semi-annually in advauce,! At firet the biddirg was quite animated, but it soon fell off, and the i aot ran down to a low figure. The following list shows the numoer or the pew on the map, the aexessed valuation by the trustees, the pre- mium paid, aud the purcbaser:~ No. Purchaser, Valuation, Prem. 86—Moses H. Grinnell. $1,200 $300 | 38—Mores H. Grinne 00 350 32—P. A. Curtis... 200 300 -1,000 300 700 160 +1,200 ‘150 100, 150 +. 800 100 21,200 100 — 110 - 800 110 $00 100 800 100 600 100 + 600 100 800 110 500 80 200 85. -1,000 80 -1,100 76 « 600 7% 800 70 550 80 450 80 450 75 700 15 100 60 460 60 «1,100 55 - 360 50 « 325 50 + 16 59 23—C, Serufell , - 800 50 144—N, Chandler. 500, 60 74—Mr, Alden 650 50 Wi—A. A 350 40 826 40 450 2 800 “ gowiek 750 30 ~J.H. Smith, 000 20 450 26 700 20 400 15 700 ty 450 po] fr. Schiersinger. 100 0 Mr. Perk! 750 le I 450 10 700 10 300 10 125 450 19 Mr Simpson... 500 10 145—_Mr. N. Sawyer, 259 0 Irelena, 800 Ww 550 wo 250 5 200 5 250 10 150 5 250 5 150 6 or twelve veats were gol par, after which s declared closed, the premiums, in all, realiz ing « ,00. It may be some of the above figures are "very oortect, a8 our reporter was not furnished, oF ose conducting the sale, with proper facilities tor’ re porting corree!ly, Tt gives, however, # very fair estimate ‘cof what the sales ready reached, Mickry Free xot Havorp.—Mr, Robert Marriot alic« Mickey Free, the pedestrian, has called upon us to say that he was not hanged in Catifornis, as announced io the papers rome weeks since, and further, that he never was in Californin. Naval Intelligence, The U. &. corvette Levant, Commander Smith, from New York, arrived at Rio Janeiro on the 26th of Decem- ber, after a pansage of forty-two dayr, The officers and crew were all well. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. Of sundry persons, to be appointed O Deeds; of Anthony J, Bleecker and others, oust against the spplication of James Boorman and oth & repeal of the ofdinance restraining the Counsel from proceeding in the matter of opeaing All street through Trinity churchyard. Referred to as} committee. REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES. A communication was received from A. S, Selah, O missicnor of Repairs and Supplies, in relation to the flict between him and the Board in relation to the| pointment of Alex. Ward as Superintendent of Ro The Commissioner, although he in the firet commu tion nominated Mr. Ward, claims the right of ing his name and rubstitutirg that of William Good ‘wo Committee on Law. Alderman Hxgxick offer. a resolution in relatio the same, requesting an opinion of the Counsel. Adopt ISTMESTS, From H, Purser, Esq., tion Attorn nominating John H. Chambers for clerk in his bureau place of Andrew J. Smich, resigned. Confirmed u mously. From the Street 1 issioner, Bominatin; Saye. ber 3 From the Superintendent of P bony eae ig Henry Arcularius as clerk to his ‘TRINITY CHURCHYARD. On this subject the Presidint nominated p committee, Aidermen Ely, ‘Brown and Briggn ICE, Resolution of Ald Varia lerman two p a9 10 offering tne United he PG cre! rate per annum. ninety-tine years, a series of lots the north side of the Park, on Cham! th side of ; OD bers street, for a P RECEIVER OF TAXES. A communication was received fro ceiver of Taxes, charging the Mayor with toch ‘lesbain’ Portion of his annual message, in relation to his Ya) department, and asking an inves President ruled the paver out of order, it couch in improper language. Alderman Ely ‘was sustained ; ge laa ALDERMAN DRAKE’S SEAT, 7 of the speciai committee ‘to at] tain Drake in his seat, and tne claims Nicholas Seag-ist. Alderman Varian said he would pt Ordered print sent # minority report on Mond: a The Board adjourned to Friday.” a BOARD OF COUNCILMEN. ‘This Board arrembled last night, at their (chambers the City Hall, the President, B. F. Pinckney, in the chail The minutes of the last meeting were read and approve! Petitions were first in order, and among those presen] ed was one from A.T. Stewart & Co., praying for tl] payment of $109 48, for crape and gloves furnished ¢) Commen Council on the furersl of Henry Clay. This wi referred to the Committee on Finance. A resolution was offered, that the Hall of Records be altered, as to have the pillars of the same enclosed, | make additional room in said building, This was rd ferred to Commitree on Re) and Supplies. A resolution was also offered, pro to appropria’ $3,000 for the Street Commissioner, and he be instracte| to have copies made of the original maps now in his offid for public use. e follo ring resolution was then offered:— Reeolved, That the Street ‘Commissioner be, and he hereby directed to report to the Common Council at a) early day, s general plan cf the Central park, with a d¢ tailed statement of estimates, plans and expenses of ley neon bes spears the same, oe ae he be autnc x 10 employ @ competent person for . ‘This resolution was aid over under the a, Reports being ni Sia gece, . port: received fi 8 ext in order, a report was ror the Committecon BtreAs, suiting forth that they ha, considered the message from his Honor the Msyor, an| proposed an appropriation of $76,000 for removing th snow and ice. This report was reterred to Committee the Whole. Two reports were presentec—one @ majority, and th| other Counchman Bocl’s inion report—from the Cony mittee on a New City Charter, which reports were ordei| ed to be printed in document form, and made the special order of the session on Friday evening next. WASHINGTON’S BIRTH DAY. A motien was then made to concur with the Board o} Aldermen in appropriating $2,000 for the celebration o| Washington's Birth Day. Upon this motion a snort debate arose, in which Coun cilman Grey and Mr. B, F. Pinkney, the resident! figured most conspicuously. Councilman Grey, the ayes and noes being calle he the motion to concur, asked leave to expiain h ‘vote, ‘The motion to allow him to explain was put to vote, an the Chair deciced it was lost. Councilman GRry—I won’t vote without explaining; ‘won't submit to this from you. sir, or any one else. Cuaraman—Wili the Clerk proceed to call the roi? The Clerk proceeced, amio excitement and confasion. Councilman Gusy (thove the tumalt)—My name is no! recorded there, and J say 1t shall be on this vote. Ide mand the right to vote. Gunaax—You can then appeal from the decision o| the Casir. Councilman Grey, greatly excited—I do appeal; I ask for the privitege of explatning my vote. ‘The appes] was taken and the Chair sustaine4. Cou 10 GREY—I vow, once more, ask this bo not to deprive me of my privilege to explain my vote. won’t vote without this privilege. (Great exsitement. ) The motion to allow him to explain was again put and| this time carried. Councilman Grey—Now, sir, I am going to vote “No” upon this resolution to ccneur. I ain not going fo ‘ny matter of this kind that has been lobpyed through by the President by collusion wita commit‘eos and with the Board of Aldermen. 1 yoie—'‘No,”” air—(Hxaize-| ment increares.) Councilman Pixcknky took tne floor, and said—I wish to explain my vote. The aspersion made upon me by the Councilman of the Sixteenth (trey) I throw back into hia! teeth with my contempt. (Cries of “Order, order.”) That gentleman’s opposition to appropriating $2,000 grows out Of @ feeling of jealousy on his part, because his resolution instructing the poard bas not been adopted. The demo- crats have made common cause with the gentleman from| the Sixteemth, and have been Grebong 2 W prevent con- currence with the Board of Aldermen in this beard, and/ to incuce the Board of Aldermen to adhere to tne appro- priation ot $1,000. He doubted not but that the retorm- era would glad!y welcome the gentieman of the Stxteenth to their renks even at this late day. (Laughter.) After explanations of their votes all round the board, the vote was at length added up, and found to be 33 in favor of concurring wita the Board of Aldermen to 24 against it. ORDINANCE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR CENTRAL PARK. Communications being next in order, the tollowing proposed ordinance was received from the Comptroller, entitled ‘‘An ordinance to create funds for tne payment! ot the public place entitied the Central park.” This communication was referred to Committee on Lands and Places. Frunce Dzrarrenr, Feb. 5, 1806. To tue Common CocxctL:— The Comptroller has thé hovor to inform the Common Counci thet the Supyeme Uourt bas, this day, confirmed the report o 4 ‘the Commissioners oi bstimate and a: for the of the sands known as the ‘Central Park.” ‘The amount awarded to the owners of Jands and for ex, | ses, is w sum Of $5,169,369 90, of which the sum or $1 657, ia payaole Oe tbe owners of adjacent lands, who are as- feseed for benefit. By tne act ot 1853, chapter 616 (Davies? Laws, p. 1, 159, peyment of the awards must be made by the city Immediately upon the confirmation ot the report. ‘or the payment of so much of the awards as exceeded the Assesementa, the Corporation is authorized and directed to issue @ pubiic fund or stock at 5 per cent, payable at the end o 46 vears from the date ci the act. Tne assessment although payable, may not be immedia ey received at the pubic wea- ‘ury; and for the payment of 60 much or the awards ag are qual to the assesemente, the Corporation is suthorized, by the ‘190th section of the act of 1413 (Davies Laws, p. 543). to issue. ‘& public Hwek. at a raie of interest not exceeding seven per | cent per annum. ‘The Comptrolier has the honor to submit an ordinance for the purpose of carrying into effect the directions of the stature and the oraer of the Sucreme Uourt. He proposes to istue & five per cent stock for the sum of 42,867,000, payabe in forty- two years, for which wie lands of the park are pi |, and & six per cent #tock for the sum of $1,400,000, pa; hich the asseasmenis as they are collec’ed will be and for which they are specifically pledged, ‘I hose 1s confident'y beeved, are such as for security have Tarely been offered for the somprition of seplalisa, and #hugld command & bigh premium in the market. The « Serato ordinance hes been drawn by Mr. Dillon, the late «‘ounsel to the Corpora’iou, oot poe) by the a . . \irges upon the Common Oouncu ite prompt espectfu.ly submitied. A. ©. FLAGG, Comptro.ler. AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE FUNDS FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE PUBLIC FLACE ENTITLED “THE CENTRAL PARK.” { The Meyor, Aldermen avd Ucmmonalty of the City of New York, in Common Council convened, do orda'n a folows:— 1, So much .f that piece or parce! of land oouaded sou berly -mipth street, easierly vy the Fifth avenue, northerly by 106th steve! aud westerly by the Ikighih avenue. as is spe lly cescribed or referred to in the order for the conlirmauon. 1 the proceedings of the Commissioners of Katioate aad As- feaemcut for the taking of the same made by the Supreme Court, aud made the Sth day o: February, in the year 1866, sball bereatier be known and entived as “ ‘The Central Park.’ pile stock or fund, to be cal ed ** The Central | hich a able navediately, consideration. {ibe vavd loan shall be recetvatte at any time within eixty dayatrom ihe pastuge of this oroicance. 5. Lhe Comptrolie: is hereby autsorized aud directed to adver- tise for yropora's to be received at any (ime within thirty fom the passage of 1 finance. and. not to be opened tdas. for the said joan, or for any portion thereof, £0: in the par valve of one chare ot the antd stock he said Cowptroijer shall ceter miae, on and after the ex. seid tpfrty dave, which and what p-oportions of #2 Li be accepted, wad thal’ iene certiicates for the ares necessary lo make up te satd stm of f2.- t tratio reporal GyacU 19 the pecron or oe whoee COG fo the pe-fon oF persons, exmpany or comoanios who prdporels sha'l have been accepted, Rad auch ceriicates aball be 2s Learly as may be in the form of the certificates iasued for “the Water Stock of the City of New York. 7. Ube sald Controller shalt receive the moneys or pon aid loan, and shall ay tan samme into tbe Cit ry, abd keep 9 separate and dist oF aT sume (Aid ov account there & The faid moreys so to be mocount of the sae ni ved shail be applied by Nhe said Oompiroller in nayment of the awarde for the Lainie Morerald, as confirmed by the order aforesaid of the Supreme Court, 9 For the rayment of the balance ot said awards, not ceeding the stim ot 81.6:0,000, bela henetit aud by the- order aforesaid of the Supreme public stock or fund aball ba created which saall boar A Jorest Hot exceeding six per cent per ancum, pavaoie yourly, and shall be redeema'vie not exceeding three yeas, and sball be calied the “Central Park Assessment Fund.” 10. A nominal amount or value of each share of te iad stork shall be $100, of portions tharenf may be of the vom.sal amount or value of 8600 oF of $1,000. , 11, ‘the Comptrolier ts authorized and dirested lane ‘0 anw! Perton oF pertors, company oF companies. upon rAcAIvDR (he par va ue thereof, so much of the eald stock as may he noces sary to pay the balance of the awards aforeaaid. Foc the vay. ment of said stock the aesesements for benefit aforesaid, and all moneya payable on sonouat therem, Are hereby spacition! pledged. A separate and distinc! acount aba!) be kept by yale for