The New York Herald Newspaper, April 18, 1856, Page 4

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BROADWAY VARIRT 472 Broaaway--Tae Gowen Paeumua—Loas ov 4 Loven—By Tas JUVERES OOMEPLANE, woDs 4. 444 Broadway—Perorun Pre WORMANCWS—harryY aN, OR TREATY WITH Jaran, HOPS CHAPEL, Broadway—Mas Gronersna Broant ‘Bamscn’s GRany Vocat anv [N@TRUMENTAL UONORRT. sew York, friday, April 18, 1856, The News. By the arrival of the Baltic at this port we received ‘the welcome tidings of the conclusion of peace. The first announcement of the execution of the treaty ‘was made through the columns of the Moniteur of the 30th of March. On that day—the anniversary ef the battle of Paris—the plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, Austria, France, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia and Turkey affixed théir signatures to an instra- ment which, it is to be hoped, will secure the people of Europe for another half century from the evils of war. As soon as the Emperor was informed by electric telegraph that all the neeessary formalities were completed, he sent word to the plenipotentia- mes that he was ready to receive them. In his speech to them on the occasion, his Majesty bore testimony to the conciliatory spirit and moderation which marked the policy of England, and which ‘was particularly felt in the present Confereaces. ‘The terms of the treaty were not to be made formal- Jy known antil its ratification, which will probably mot take place for four weeks from the date of its signature. It will be seen, however, from the letter ef our London correspondent, that their nature is no gecret. They are the same in substance as those embodied in the Esterhazy ultimatum, and may be briefly stated as follows:—Ruasia is to destroy all her fortifications on the coast of the Black Sea, which is to become a commercial sea, with con- wuls in its ports. The Danubian Principalities are to be newly organized, so as to form on the land side a barrier against Russian en- ereachments. Russia renounces al! pretensions to interfere in the internal administration of Tur- key, which latter is to enter into the great family ef nations. The Emperor Alexander declares s0- Jemnly that he renounces sincerely and completely the traditional policy of Peter the Great and the Empress Catherine, a3 regards the extension of the ‘Russian empire inthe East. The free navigation of the Danube is expressly secured; Candia, Trebizonde and Smyrna are to be taken possession of by the Allies, and the immunities and privileges of the Christian subjects of the Porte are to be placed un- der their guarantee. Such are the leading stipula- tions of this important document. It is needless to say that itstext is looked for with the greatest anxiety. The feeling created both in Great Britain and France by this event is one of profound satisfaction. ‘The organs of the war partyin England grumble somewhat at the moderation of the conditions grant- ed to Russia, and the Stn has had even the bold- ness to print itsissne containing the announcement with a mourning border. In spite of these partial @emonstrations the news of the conclusion of this dangerous war has been everywhere gladly wel- comed. In the after Congress the Italian question and the organization of the Danubian Principalities will be settled. Orders have been sent to the Crimea to make pre- parations for re-embarking the Allied troops. The cotton market was active and firm yesterday, with saics of about 5,000 bales, part in transitu. A portion of the sales were made after the receipt of the Baltic’s news, at an advance of {c. per lb. Al- though dealers in breadstuffs were not in receipt of the Baltic’s letters at the meeting of the Corn Ex- ehange, yet flour advanced about 124c. per bbl., with @ fair amount of sales. Wheat and corn were with- out marked change. Prime white and yellow corn Bold at 65c.a 66c. Rye was quetat 90c. Pork was more active and firmer, with sales of mess at $17 124 @ $17 184, and small lots at the close brought $17 ‘The stock of mess was estimated at about 5,000 bbls. Bacon was also firm. Sugars were active and firm. ‘The sales embraced about 2,500 hhds., particulars of which are given in another column. Coffee was steady, with moderate sales. Freights were heavy. To Liverpool grain was taken, in bulk aud bags, at Ajd.a 44d., compressed cotton at jd., and flour at 1s. To London, fiour at 2s. 6d., and cheese at Ws. ‘To the Continent they were unchanged. We publish elsewhere some additional news from Nicaragua. It appears by a despatch from Wash- ington that Col Wheeler has advised our govern- ment to the effect that Col. Schlessinger’s retreat ‘was not a defeat by the Costa Ricans, but a stroke of successful military strategy, superinduced by the largely overwhelming force of the enemy. In the United States Senate yesterday a motion “was made directing inquiry into the character of the Coolie trade, with a view to its prohibition, or regulation in accordance with existing laws respect- ing the transportation of passengers in American swessels. The debate on the Bounty Land bill was continued until the adjournment. In the House the Benate bill making appropriations for fortifications ‘was laid on the table by a large majority, on the ground that it improperly originated in that body. ‘What has become of the proposition, started daring the early part of the session, relative to the power of the Senate to originate money bills? The Defi- dency Appropriation bill was then further consid- Official documenta recently transmitted to Con gress are said to fully sustain the position taken by Gen. Wool with regard to the Indian war in Oregon ‘and Washington Territories. It is satisfactorily proved that the troubles had their origin in the aechemes of plunder concocted by unprincipled white men. Our Washington correspondent states that the Territorial Committee of the House of Representa- tives have matured a bill providing for the admis- sion of Kansas into the Union with the free State constitution adopted at Topeka. President Pierce leaves Washington to-day for Annapolis. He will visit the new eteam frigate ‘Merrimac on Satarday. The Secretary of the Navy, and a large number of Congressmen and other no- tabilities, will also be there. The new steamer Adriatic was floated out of the Balance dock early yesterday morning, and towed to the Novelty Works, where she will reccive her machinery. The question as to the validity of the codicils to the will of the late Henry Parrish, the millionaire, came up yesterday before the Surrogate, and stands further adjourned to this morning. At last, there is peace. The treaty of peace was signed at the hotel of the Minister of Fo- reign Affairs at Paris, on Sunday the 30th of March, and salvos of artillery at London and Paris celebrated the joyfal event, Unlike or- @ipary treaties of peace, this one takes effect from its signature; its ratification is assumed as matter of course. The telegraph has in fact superseded the necessity of deldys for con- sultation with home governments. But the conditions of peace are to be kept a secret until the treaty has been ratified. In consequence, rumor ie rife on the nature of the bargain that has been made at the Conference. Lord Palmerston has stated that the peace is eueh as will satisfy England and accomplish object of the war. The French Emperor a that the moderation and conciliatory irit of Exgland have brought about a peace ich has all the elements of durability and Volidity. Both strenuously deny that Rassias bas been humiliated or degraded. Newspaper correspondents seem to think that Russia has even won adiplomatic victory; the correspon- dent of the Loadon Post believes that Russia has gained more than she has renounced by the bargain. Speculations are of very little value until the real terms of the peace are made known. As the facts stacd, Russia has gained territory in Asia, and the Allies have gained territory in the Crimes; Russia has lost her fleet, her arsenals, her seaport at Sebastopol, and forts in the Baltic; against these loases no equivalent injuries suffered by the Allies can be eet. Where the hostile forces have met io the field, at the Alma,’ at Inkermann, at Bala- klava, at the Tchernaya, at Sebastopol, the Rasaians have given way. Nor is there any reason to ruppose that Russia could, in the event of the continuation of the war, carry it on at less cost of men and money, or with less internal suffering, than would be imposed on the weakest of her antagonists. It might perhaps, therefore, be assumed that, while the Allies carefully abstained from humiliating the pride of Russia, they still made her feel, in concluding the treaty, that the events of the past two years had altered their relative positions, and that she had no right to com- plain if the vw victus were at least whispered in her ear. On the other hand, it is said that the necessities of France are becoming urgent; her finances are in disorder; her army is wast- ing away; her people require peace; and so, perhaps, the antagonists may stand on an equal footing, and Ruesia may possibly have not only ceme out of the war on equal terme, but even, thanks to the precipitation of the French and the skill of her diplonratists, with advantage. We ehall know the trath of this matter in the course of the next tortnight. Meanwhile, we have every reason to join the people of England and France in felicitating the world on the cessation of a war which ipjured trade, retarded human progress and disgraced the age. THe War In Nicaracua.—Now that peace has been restored in Europe the only point of interest for people who have a taste for blood is Central America, where the war between Nicaragua and Costa Rica has begun in good earnest. The most intense iaterest has been excited here by the report received by the George Law that a detachment of Nicaraguan troops had been defeated. The friends of General Walker have been much cast down, but the affair at the worst amounts to very littie, and it must be remembered that there is no authentic report that any battle has taken place at all. The Nicaragua authori- ties had received no official despatches, and nothing definite was known at Granada, Ter- eons in this city opposed to Walker have cir- culated the most absurd reports. Our advice to our readers is to suspend their opinions un- til the return of the Orizaba. In the meantime we present elsewhere a do- cument for the digestion of Mr. Marcy and other strict constructionists, It is a transla- tion of the official decree ordering an election by the people of a President and Legislature of the republic of Nicaragua, according to the provisions of the liberal democratic consti- tution of 1858, which was re-enacted in the treaty of peace between Walker and the Gene- ral commanding the aristocratic forces. In six weeks from this time, this government, springing directly from the popular will, will be in the full exercise of its functions. This will knock away Mr. Marcy’s last plank. The government of the United States can then no lenger refuse to recognise the government of Nicaragua, and then the star of the last named State willrise. The war with Costa Rica will summon thousands of North American young men to Walker’s standard, which will be borne triumphantly over all Central America. Tur Late CEeLesration ar THE SLAsHEs— Great Excitement “Watt Srreer—Onr ve- nerable cotemporary of the Courier and Exqui- rer has worked himself into a state of violent excitement over the late democratic offerings at Henry Clay’s birthplace to the memory ot that great man. Says our venerable ally of Seward and Sewardigm:— These Cemocrats, with hands yet reeking with the “aking off”’ of the Missouri compromise, pouring out li dations to the honor of Henry Clay! These democrats, witb lips yet hot and quiverinz with volleys of sectional Brath, working of mellifiuous esdenees in eulogy of Henry Clay! It is bold, to say the least cf it—bold tn deed. But one can afford to be very bold with a dead hero. Had that hero been a Irving man in 1864, and in the Senate of the United states, Stephen A. Douglas would as scon have leaped into the jaws of destruction as have faced Henry Clay with his proposition to make the eighth section of the act preparatory to the admission of Missou- rifnto the Union “inoperative and void.” He would never have ione it. It would not have been in the power of party to f ce him or to bribe him to do it. To have {nto the Senate with that Nebraska Dill ia his et, would mace him tremble like sick giel. ‘apave risen in hia seat and presented that bill to the SerQte. would e been utteriy out of his power. His Beart, his head, his toague and his legs would have all tailed him This beats the 7'ri/wne philosophers and their strongest bathos and fuetian against the “ Lit- tle Giant; bat the climax is still to come. Read:-— . It wae nly whem the great Pacificator was cold and stark in the grave that the agitator dared to raise his front and do an act which should again nnloowe the fierce- ness of sectional discord, It was onty when Henry Ciay was slumberirg beneath the sod that Stephen A. Douglas, with a gall that coins «landers like a mint, dared to vent contumely upon the Missouri compromise, and scout all compromise. MWe and his coadjntors have doue. and are sttil doing, these things. Willthe pilgrimage to the birth- place of Henry Olay help them’ Do they think that spot to be like une sanctuary of old, the precineis of once reached, saved evil doers from justicor Can th “Siashoa’’ actually bes ‘city refuge” for offencers like these? We ¢cn't believe ‘This is bitter, and somewhat malicious. We bad supposed that our venerable cotemporary | of Wall street, softened down by time, expe- rience, reason and forgiving charity, had be- come of late a model of decorum,* Christian meekness and magnanimity; but when he spesks of “a gall that coins slanders like mint,” we give him upin despair. Such is the tenacity of early habits and associations: and such are the examples of Sewardien, NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1856. ‘The Rews by the Saltic—Pewe in Surepe. Mx. Joun A. Wasurseton anp Lapres’ Mounr Verxoy AssociaTion—Tas Lapis’ Movemerst AL Rieut.—We have received a letter from Miss M. L. Laweon, Correspond- ing Secretary of the ‘Ladies’ Mount Ver- non Association of the Union,” dated Phila- detphia, April 12, in behalf of the movement of the society for the purchase of Mount Vernon. Cheerfally disposed to aid their laudable un- dertaking, we are gratified to state that the recent declaration of Mr. John A. Washington, that “Mount Vernon is not for sale,” does not interfere in the least degree with this enterprise of the ladies of the Union. A “Southern Matron,” President of the associa- tion, in an interesting communication to thé Philadelpbia Jnquirer—which we regret we have not the space to give in full—explains the whole matter very satisfactorily. From this statement we learm that the association on their first application to Mr. Washington re- ceived from him an answer to the effect that he was unwilling to sell Mount Vernon to any other purchaser than the State of Virginia or the general government. Then, says our “ Southern Matron” — ‘We appeaied to Virginia to purchase from Mr. Wash- ington, and by accepting herseif the ‘‘sasridess”—n9! tLe ‘heart offe sw”? which the Daughters of Washing- ton would feel it a privilege to be allowed to bestow —en- able them yet to sccompiish all thst love for his memory had sugger This appeal bas been responded to nobly —with a promptvess and s patriotiam which should en- shrine the Virginia General Assembly of ’56 in the heart of—woman! It bas been responded to in « manner which, while there fe no departuie fyom Mr. Washing‘on’s ex- prowed condition, viz: eonveyfog the property in “trust” eed to the Siate, yet gives the associetion all = State a Lash gery this Lis ppp appeal rpoke only of a trust died arrangement for the property. iW, required it, and iciroce Gasacaie Nomseot le presenting the subject for the consideration of the As- semdy, confined bimreif to this proposal; but to the honor of the @id Dominion be it recoreed that, when be aiterwarcs made an application to Mr. Langftt, the sbalrwsa ot the Mose iieucn Commaisiee ‘appointed to report cn this portion of the Governor’s message, to in- elude an ‘‘act of incorporation’ for the association, with an en/arged patriotism which should endear his name to bis Gra orp it wes at opce acceded to, aad on the 17th March the ‘Mount Vernon bil” passed both houses 1m leas then on hour, and almost by acclamation! By this act the Assembly suthasized the Governor to con- act with Mr. Wasbington ior Mount Vernon, in the er in which Mr. W. had consented to dispose of i:, a trust deed to the State. The additional act of chartering the Mount Vernon Association does not make the Jatter a party to ary traceacion in which Mr. W. is to be concerned—it is purely one between the State of Virgixia and the associa'ion. That will do. It thus appears that the ser- vices of Mr. Everett have not been lost—that the movement is in full vigor, and the sum of money required, including collections made, is oply two hundred thousand dollars. Fellows citizens of the Union. the ladies of the Union await your contributions. For further infor- mation apply to Miss M. L. Lawson, Corres- ponding Secretary, 534 Spruce street, Phila delphia, or to Mrs. Wm. F. Ritchie, first Vice President Central Committee, Richmond, Vir ginia. Frovr Comxe Down.—Who could have t { lieved last December that flour in April, from common to good New York State flour, would be quoted in this city at a fraction under six dollars a barrel? Yet this thing has come to pase, and the probabilities are that flour, bread- stuffs, and provisions of all kinds, will continue to come down for the balance of the year. The bulk of our prodigious crops of last year still remains in the interior. In addition to this, our farmers, last fall, considering the prospect of along war in Europe and of still upward prices for breadstuffs, put in an immense breadth ot land for the coming harvest. Should this harvest, therefore, be an average one. per acre, the aggregate yield will swell our exist- ing surplus to an incredible amount; but should it be a harvest like that of last year, bread and meat will be cheap and plentiful beyond all anticipations. This willespecially be the re- sult with good crops in Europe, and the Rus- sian depots of the Black Sea and the Baltic opened to the wants of England and France. We understand that on Wednesday from eight to ten thousand barrels of flour were sold in this city at an advance of a shilling upon a speculation; but this is no indication whatever of a suspension of the ebb tide. It is on the run and must run out. We are not sorry. Our farmers have realized handsomely for three or four years, and can afford a reduction without loss in a crop or two; ands, in the aggregate, we have never known or heard of any country on the face of the earth that has snfiered trom bread being too cheap, so when they tell us that flour is coming down, we feel sufficiently resigned to exclaim, “Let it come down.” Bi xtos’s THEATRE—Tak New Covgvy.—The new comedy called ‘ ’Tis Il] Playing with Edged fools,”’ was played for the first time, in New York, on Wednesday evening, to 8 very gcod houre. The piece was first given at the Boston theatre, two weeks siree, and was nearly killed by puffirg in advance. It is said to bee translation of Seribe’s comedy ‘ La l’assion Seeréte,”’ for the new Ame- rican ecmedy is a literal translation of ‘‘La Passicn Se- crete” which was produced in Paris, on the 13th of March, 1834. ‘The translator bas substituted Crosby street for Petite rue Saint Roche, Lenox for Auvergne, the battle ot New Orleans for the battles of Napoleon, a subssription to Putnam’s Magacine, for one to the Hevue de Paris, and bas charged the names of the dramatis paso This is probably very noarly the truth, ex- cept that the comeay was not by M. Scribe, but was the first attempt of a young journalist. In its American Gress it is s:ill very French, A woman, Mrs. Goldie (Mrs. A. Parker) has been gambling in stocks. She is unfor- tunate, while her husband, Colonel Goldie, (Barton) makes money by the fiuetuation in the market which causes his wife’s distress. She is also in love with a young man, Arthur Leslie (Perry), and is followed by the attendant of an oid bacholor, Mr. Brown (Moore). Mire. Coldie gets into a very tight place in consequence of her losses, and Brown offers to get her out of {t at the price of her honor. he spurns his offer, and Leslie, with charming magnanimity, allows ber to win the money of him at “brag,” which we are astonished to find in ® popu- lar game with the aristocracy of this city. Leslie mar- ties Ella @irs. Howard), a jewne ingenue, sister of Mrs. Goldie, and everything is supposed to be right. The objections to this play are, first, that the characters are all repulsive; Goldie is an old beast; Brown an unmitigated ecoundrel; Mrs. Goldie a liar, = gambler and an adultress in beart, if not in deed; Leslie is & spoon, and Fla # foolish girl, who betrays rather an unmaidenly haste to get married. Its recommen- dations are, that it is genesally very amusing—that that the dialogue is crisp and piquant, ite situations quite effective. It had only a succes d’sstime. Burton and Mrs, Howard were exceedingly good. The lady made an immense deal more of her part than the author probably ever oxpected. Mrs, Parker preached too much, and Mr. Moore Inoked like rusty old file rather than a well preverved old bachelor. The actors, genevally, however, were as good as the piece deserved, and better. There is no sense that we can see in the title, for no one that plays with edged tools is hurt that we can oe, and the only sufferer is Leslie, the amiable man of the play, who tales a wife he don’t care sixpence for, Mr, Burton was called out, and announeed the piece fer repetition. ‘Tho name ofthe adapter or translator has not trans. cd. It haw been accredited in a clty paper to Mr, W. . Ciapp, Jr., of Boston; but he imperntively declines the honor. As Mr. Toota say, “It’s of no conse- quence.” ‘A StrsRT LEACH gives « concert at Hope She is 0 very promising vocalist, Before Hon. Justice Cierke, Apwn 17. itch vt. the Mayor, dc,—Im this ease, being an action arising out of the construction of bulkheads fa the North river, reported yesterday, the sintement was Ali the issues were found for the plaintiffs and the verdict, including interest, ”, Interesting from Washington. DESPATCHES FROM OUR MINISTER AT NICARAGUA— LLITER FROM MR. DALLA@—THE INDIAN WAR AND GLN. WOOL—GEN. PIRRCE’S PROSPEOTS IN NORTH CAROLINA, BTC., ETO. ‘Wasuieron, April 17, 1856. Tt is enid that despatches from Col. Wheeler to the go- vernment, mention that Col. Schlessinger’s retreat was not a defeat by the Costa Ricans, but a stroke of suceess- ful polfey, euperinduced by the largely overwhelming force of the enemy. Mr. Dallas, ins letter Just received, says that the eub- ject of the differences between Lngland and the United ‘States will be fully discussed in Parliament. He is led to believe that the di‘cussion will not be devoid of acrimony towards this country, but is prepared to bear it likes philosopter. He menticns with particularity numerous acts of marked courtesy extended to him, inc.ading those oftne members of the British Cabinet, and regards thase manifestations as expressive of a pacific disposition to- wares this country. ‘The Previcent rent a very voluminous report to the House to-day, with reference to the Indian difficulties in Washington and Oregon Territories, They fully corrobo- rate Gen. Wool’s statements. Among the official documents received from Oregon, is aletier from Joel Palmer, Superintendent ot Indian At- fairs, who, confirming the statements of Governor Curry, sayr, (‘the present difficulty in Southern Oregon is wholty attributable to the acts of the whites,” adding, ‘I can- not but feelit is our duty to adopt such measures as will tend to secure the livas of these Indians, and maintain the guerantses secured by treaty stipulations. The future will prove that this war has been forced upon these Indians against their will, and that too by a set of reckless vegabonds for pecuniary and political ob- jects, sanctioned by & numerous population who regard the Treasury of the United States as a legitimate object of plunder. The Indians in that district have been driven to desperation by acts of cruelty against their people. Treaties havo been violated, aud acts of barbarity committed by those claimirg to be citizens, that would disgrace the most barbarous nations of the earth. If none but those who perpetrated auch acts were to be affected by this war, ‘we might look upon it with indifference; but unhappily this is not the case, ‘The President contemplates leaving Washington to- morrow afternoon, in company with the Secretary of the Navy, for Annapolis, to see the steamer Merrimac, where he will be joined on Saturday by many members of Congress. Adespatch lias been received by a gentleman of this city, stating that North Carolina has inatracted her dele- gates to the Cincinnat: Convention to vote for Gen. Pierce for re-nomination, and for Mr. Dobbin for Vice President. ‘The Bouse Commi;tee on Territories will, in a few days, report a bill for the admission of Kansas with her free State constitation. Tam informed to-day that the President will tender the appointment of Commisstoner # sions to T. D. Dis- ney, of Ohio. Itis extremely doubtful whether he will accept. The two treaties tor the benefit of Indian tribes in Michigan, recently ratified by the Sena‘'e, make pro- vision for their occupation of lands in that State in seve- ralty instead of in common, and diverts the annuities to their moral and industrial improvememt. The treaty with certain Indian tribes in New Mexico—likewire re- cently ratified—proposes to concentrate them apart from the injurious influences of the whites, and eneourage them in the arts of peace and civilization. SHIRTY-crV0UKNTA CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION. Benate. Wasnincton, April 17, 1866. THR COOLIE TRADE, Mr. Suwyer, (nigger worehipper) of Mass., made a mo- tion that the Committee on Commerce be directed to inquire into the character of the commerce known as the Coolie trade, by which large numbers of the Chinese ‘are transported from their native country in American ships, on alleged contracts for ser- vice in distant places. Also, to ascertain if the same is not conducted in violation of an existing treaty with China, and consider if any legislation is expe- dent with a view to the prohibition of this commerce or to prevent abuses incident thereto on board of American ships, or to extend to it the provisions and penalties of the recent act of Congress regulating the transportation of passengers in American vessel. THE BOUNTY LAND BILL, The Senate then resumed the cons{deration of the Bounty Land bill, but without disposing of it adjourned, House of Keprescntatives. Wasminctox, April 17, 1856. VINANCIAL STATEMENTS CALLED FOR, On motion ct Mr. PRixciz, (nigger worshipper) of New York, the President was requested to have prepared statements showing the appropriations mado during each session of the last three Congresses, particu. larly ¢istirguishing those made on the recommenda tion of the President, heads of departments and chiefs of bureaus; likewise what expenditures were made duriag the same period, and whether defaleations bave occurred, and if 50, to what amouat. THE FORTIVICATION BILL. The Senate’s Fortification bill was then tabled by « large mejcrity, on the ground that : improperly origi- nated in that body. THE DEFICTENCY BILL, ‘The consideration of the Deficiency bill was resumed and debated till the adjournment. United States Supreme Court. Wasurncton, April 17, 1856. No. 82.—Argument concluded by Mr. Yerger for the appeliants. No. 87.—Richard D. Wood et al. vs. Alex. C. Davis— argued by Messrs, Campbell and Browning for the appel- laute, and by Mr. Carlisle for the appellee. PROCEEDINGS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE ~-THE WEATHER, ETC. Boston, April 17, 1856. In the Senate to-day a bill was reported incorporating Wm. Appleton, Esq., and others, a3 the Globe Insurance Company, with s capital of one million dollars. A minority report was presented from the Committee onthe Liquor Law, comprising twelve sections. The second section empowers the town and city authorities to license persons of gcod moral character to sell pure liquore, and to revoke their licenses at plsasure. The weather is warm, and it is raining this evening. Acquittal of the Wakemanites for the Mur. der of Justus Mathews. New Haven, April 17, 1856. The jury, in the trial of Samuel Sly, Widow Wakeman and Thankful Hersey, for the murder of Justus W. Mat- thews, this afternoon retusned a verdict of not guilty, onthe role ground of insanity. The parties were all tried on oneindictment. The result was generally anti- cipated. ‘Trade and Commerce in Pniladelphia, Puaperura, April 17, 1856, The Baltic’s news has had « good effect om all branches of business, except breadstufls, which are heavy and drooping. Money is easter at lower rates, and the trans- actions in stocks in the street and at the second board were very Jarge at improved prices generally. Trade 1s very brisk, and our wharves present an unusually active appearance. Weather rainy, cold and cheerless, ‘The Steam Frigate Merrimac. KKK, April 17, 1866, The stesm frigate Merrimac wil be st Annapolis on Friday and Sa\urday. and will be visited by members of Congress, at the invitation of the Navy Department. Markets. PHILADELPHIA S10CK DOARD. & Parapenrma, April 17, 1866, Btocks are steady. Pennsylvania Fives, 6334; Reading Raitroad, 45%; Long Inland, 113; Morria Canal, 14°;; Pennsyivania Kailioad, 46%. BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET. Baurmmong, April 17, 1856. At our cattle market to-day, 450 head of beeves offered, 0)] of which were sold’ at an average of $7 net. Good qualities maintained previous rates, the inferfor Gecliwed considerably. Hogs were in light sup- ply, and the market was firm at $8 « $8 50, COnanteeron, April 16, 1966. Cotton firm, The sales to-day foot up 3,000 bales, Drovenr in Vingrnta.—The dry season is a sub- Ject 0’ universal com it among the farmers in Virginia. Lees rain has failen in the vicinity of Fredericksburg, in the last three montha, says the Herald, than during the same season for years past. The Herald, speaking of the effect of snow upon the wheat, says that experience has shown that the usual advanteges derived therefrom are not apparent at present in the wheat fields. This, how- ever, is to be attributed to the fact that previous to the gale of rnow the fields were covered with « thick coating of fee, through which the air could not penetrate, Airjis ae necesrary to vegetable as it is to the aniwal kingdom. FURTHER FROM NICARAGUA. Our Nicaragus Cor: @nanapa, Nicaragua, March 16, 1856. State of Partics in Central America—The Wars of the Ribons—Treachery of the Chamoristas—The Red Ritbon Proclamation—The War with Oosta Rica—Important Mibitary Operations—Ia Nicaragua a Government de facto?—@uatemala Preparing for War, dc., &c. T have staud that the effect of the arrival of our three hundred troops was to restore universal confidence throughout the city, and 1 may add, that no where did ite asenrance lodge with more effect than with tae parties at headquarters. The intentions of the govern- ment haa long been he'd in check, but now the hour had come wher it «u'd openly assume its policy, and teach ‘& lesson to those who bad been presuming on its ap- parent imaciion and forbearance. There were several things to settie, first, there was reparation due for the manger in which the cireular of January 12, proposing amity and uviun amorg the Cectral Amerioan Staten, bad Dem received; secondly, there was retaliation required upon Costa Rice tor the contemptuous manner in which she had rejected the envoy sent to her with that cir- euler by Nicaraqua; and, thirdly, it was at last necessary to drop the temporizing policy with the Chamoristas, or serviles, of the State, to abandon the half way compro- mise of the blue ribbon, and assume at once the red colors of democrary, and, if necessary, war. It wilh be reeoliected from previous accounts, that at the time cf General Walker’s arrival in Nicaragua the parties were divided between the leadership of Castillon and Chamoro, the former chief being at the head of the liberal or cemccratic party, whose bajge was the red ribbon, snd the latter at the head of the aristocratic or servile parly, which wore the white. When, however, the Chomero party was overthrown by the conquest of Granada, and expected, aceording to the usual fate of the vanquished im Centra! American warfare, to be put pretty liberally to the sword, General Walker, to their complete surprise, proclaimed an amnesty for past poli- tical offences, permitted General Corral, their leader, to retain power as Minister of War, and by way of abolish: ing all prejudices, ney, even to the wiping oat all sigas of them, he suppressed the triumphant red ribbon with the white, aud repiaced both by a neutral baige of biue. This temperate policy being, however, at variance with all native iea of power, it was misconstrued as weakness and irresolution; and, acting upon this conclusion, as well as irom the treachery common to his faction, General Corral, with the Host yet moist upon his lips, by which he swore good faith to the new umicn, sent emissaries to the enemy, and was detected and shot. This example, however, though it intimidated his foliewers, did not dissourage their in- tentions, and the government has been apprised for seve- ral weeks back of active correspondences and movements among the entire servile party of Central America, for the apnibila\icn of the democratic party of Nictragua and the expuision of the Americans from the State, Estraca was tbe Provisional J’resident who succeeded to the leadership of tne Chamoro fastion upon Cha moro’s deat. Witb fuil eognizance of this threatening state of af- fairs, and a deep sense of the necessity to re-maugurate & prompt and decided course, it may well be imagined that General Waiker looked from his balsony at the new three hundred troops with pleasure; and atter lorking at them, it may be jus: as easily imagined what conclusions he adupted and what decrees he immediately wrote, by racing the foilowizrg docament and examining its dai {We have already published this proclamation of Gen. Walker to the peepie of Contral America.] ‘There was no misunderstanding this. it waa a virtual declaration of war levelied at alithe Central Amezican Btates, and pointed without ambiguity to the causes which induced the decusraticn. ‘The instant the ccerce was promulgated on the follow- ing day (11th March,) the whole town vas thrown into s state of enthusiasm acd delight. Rea ribbons were seen streaming from every bat, or flaring at the button hole, while paitiotio equare toed naive cemocrats even gave their horses amd donkeys share in the frolic, by deco- rating them with the prevailing color about the ears. In the everiig the reading of the proclamation was received in quarters by the oud cheering of the men, and many & fellow involuntarily hitcued his six shooter nearer to his bend, as be exclaixed—‘Now it’s ali right—that’s what we wanted long ago.’’ Turoughout the evening the town was iu the greatest glee; the prospect of war had eti:red everybo:y up, and bad it rot for the staniiog order wi ek forbid all cireuiation after nine o’cloek, it would have ceen vocal with patriotic songs till the small hours. Toe resumpticn of the red ribbon is doubtless @ judicious move; it will be eagerly taken up in the western part of the State, where aemocracy abounds, and also in Leon, which is the very headquarters of the Hverals of Nicara- ee At avy rate hands are now shown, and the word is fight. ‘Un the day after the publication of this proclamation, eno betore thusiaem haa time to cool, the steamsr Virgin, which hac on the Cures # before carried Commis- ai Kewen and Aiden to Virgia Bay, returned to the news toat an army of eleven hundred ‘icans were within a day’s march of San Juan del Sur, and ikewise brought the bombastic declaration of war, fulmina'ei by Costs Rica against Nicaragas. As soon as this document was reseived by General Walker, he directed Colonel Fabens to call on Presideat Rivas, ana request him immediately to draw up a deciara- tion of war sgairst Costa Rica. and in the same breath he gave directions fer the three hundred men who had arrived cn Suvday to be embarked within three hours on bosrd the steuner Virgin, and to go with him that nignt ‘to Virgiv Bay. Col Faoens found President Rivas swing- ing in his Dammock, but on hearirg the General’s re- quest. he junped up, put on bis coat, set out to seek Don Ferrer, premisicg that the deciaration sould be ready inaw hour. Ia about that time the decree pro- latming hostilities went upon the files of history, irre- voeabie and momentous to Nicaragua. These two dccuments raised the public excitement to ite climax, aad great numbers collec‘ed to cheer the troops an they left their quacters to wicd cown to the beasb. Though ihe Genera! was to go down wich them, the party was put vrcer the commend cf Colonel Schiessinger, with whom it was his intention to leave them at Virgin Bey, ard ce the second Gay afierwards to return to Gra- ada by himself. The object of th’s, doubtiess, was to its Rica vy the hand of th oy she refused, hem reeeire bim as & soldier for the penalty of bavirg cortemned bim as an ambsssator. On Thisacay the General retaroed . far as Riv: here the upprovided of the party that weat down seceived their arms. steamer be came back by, however, fetes EH no news, but I have ascertained to WY #0 infection that it is the intention that Colenel Schlessinger shall make a raid wih his forces as ter as and etter take pcscession of tuat place or Guanace content bimsel’ with destroying the government stores and eweepirg the country of its cattle and ite stock as Praminery reprisal, and preparation for a mareh, which think may be uncertaken shortly after the arrival of the next steamer. Inaeed. it is a fair conje ture tha’ Genera! Walker, after the troops have thus whetted their appetite for action by short work under Colovel Schlessinger, will suddenly appear among them himself at San Juan del Sur, about the time the next California s'eamer is cue at that place, and adding the three or four hundred exvected trom that quarter to those which went down to Virgin Kay on Tuesday last, wil persusde the steamer to run down the coast with him, till witbin adey’s march of San Jore, the capital of Rica, and be maser of its capital before its bold solcador are out of their bods. All this is easily within bis power. All this he will do, or something Meg? jixe it; and yet the United States gov- ernment carnot Cecide that he is at the head of a gov- ernment de jacto, or yet of sufficient 5! to be enti- tied to at least provi-ional relations. The position ef the sdwinistraticn at Wasbington cn this subject, however, in not worthy of cerious consideration in the of ar- gument. It is ceserving only of riaieule; tor the as- sumption that a goverr ment which is able, while main- taiping peace throughout ite dominions to carry its con- querirg arms inte the beartcf an enemy’s country, is not a Power entitled te ree: jen and respect, is absurd apd puerile in the extreme. Finally. wi we add to this the facts that, while all this fs going on, its leaders are sofficiently at ea-e to engege themeelves in the for- maticn of s constita'ion ard the arrangement of a regu- lar finarcial system, the c neiusions of our Cabinet be- come & fit subjeet for contempt. 7 FP. & —I have just been informed by Col. Wheeler that he last right received s private letter from the North, acquainting bim that the utmost alarm prevails through that region of the eountry in regard to Walker's meve. ‘ard thet the opulent and powerful city of Guate- wa'a is fortifying iteelt in anticipation of his advance. I Dave rothing else 10 add from this quarter, but that 1,2€0 Minnie rifles are said to be nowon their way u) the river for the government; acd that Cap‘ain Scott will ‘be reteined by the new Transit Com} in h‘s old place, as general agent for the iniand route. Finally, as those letters will go to you by the way of Virgin Bay, at which place there will be additional news of the movements of tbe troops uncer Col. Schiessinger’s command | shall re- quest s genveman at that piace, by rote, to forward you with this, such rubsequent information as he oan com- mand at the latest hour, from that place. An Election to be Reld—The War with Costa Rica—The Justification of that Republic, Wo trapalate the subjoined decrees of the Provisional government of Nicarsgua:— Repuriic or Nicakacua, Minierny ov Goverwuent, GRANADA, March 19, 1866. ‘the following dec:ee has been issued by tho Provisional President of the republic: Ceneidering tbat the republic should not remain any longer without the tunctionary, who, according to the constitution of 1848, which fe still valid, hag to exercise the ru power, nor is to continue longer thaa a year without the Legislative Chambers beiag convoked; ocpsidering tha. tke circumstances which rencerei ne- certary an ¢xcepti ral régime are no obstacle to the peo. ple being, in the meantime, called upon to czerelne Git sovereignty by the sacred act of electing and installing their representatives in this republic, it being in eon- formity with the spirit of the treaty of 20d Getober, last year, that in proceeding to the cleetions, it be done in accoidance with the said constiturion; considering that, by article sixty-three of the fundamental law, even with: out a previous letter of convocation, the acts of cal constitutional election are valid; contiderit alreacy some time bas olapsed without this act having taken place, in conformity with the advice of the entire Counell cf Ministers, it is decreed :— Article 1. The people of the republic are sonvoked to preceed, in conformity with the law of the 19th of Decem. ber, 1888, to the election of all Deputies, Senators and the Supreme Director, ander the modifications indicated "The primary leat Art. primary elections will take piace on the second Bunday of the mouth of April; thove of the dis- portodi. that wetnry Janine, in ihe city ot Managaa, on lay next. Z ‘he goverement will take care that the acts of election may be exereive. with all liberty, and that the Legislative Chambers may likewise exerclee their functicns without any interference, Secretary of the Ministry of Relations and ‘4 with the strict fulfillment of the present decree, whieh bal) be printed and with due solemnity iz a) the communities of the lic, PATRICIO RIV. THE Wak WITH COSTA BCA. Ard the following in relation to the war with Costa Rica: GRranaDA, March 18, 1856. ‘Tue PROVIFIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA. TO 178 INHABITANTS :— The government of Coste ki Nicaragua without spy cause, and it becomes necessary to detend oursetves. 1 cid all I could to preserve. 4 to msintain relations of friendship with all I Cominterirg in consgus ie simed a‘. a eae erp 1@ territor! surpations, a) Ihe juence of tbe «ld scversaies of pational indepen- cence, an oppresvive and tyrannical government, I solernly dec'are te you, in ail sincerity of my heart, that the triends of liberty ard pr: are offered, the co-operation of the Awericans of Nicaragua, wost Drilliant thestre of honor and glory; and far their coming bither to opre*s ur, they are here to ai: in cementing tiveral tpe'itutions. BE yen: che Mood of Sta dearest sons? i, caragua can beast of having given, receatly, proofs ita civil virtuer, by acts wtich have been ‘Wiinbssed all the neighboring States, ‘Toerefore, why do they now fre ine that the Nicarsgusns consent to their degrada- jon! Those who basely oppose ‘be progressive march ef century—thore who wished to piace toe inhabitants im the fearful alternative either of being sacrificed in the defence cf their institutioce, or to give them up ‘by them. relves—they are thore wko werk in the States with the view of precipitating their governments u; us; bat I aball ewploy the convenient means to w them the truth, ard +o prevent th:m from believing the Hes and calumries cf the enemies of Nicaragua. Fellow-citizers, I rely wiih full confidence ame year co-eperation tor estsblisbing a durable peace, for maintaizing, at all evens. the ¢ set oS aaciee nak am pot to BLow amonget you anyt ty denominations. 1am the ‘lief of" one siagie fami- tes ou are copwoked to-day for electing the supreme Suthorities who sre to guvern the republic. Prepare yourselves for filing, in » worthy manner, such im- portant functions, PATRICIO RIVAS. THE JUSTIFICATION OF COSTA RICA. El Boldin Oficial, of Sen Jove, of March 22, contains the following reflections on the war:— Divine ano buman laws orcer us to abstain from strik- ing or doing evil to others in whatever way. This uui- packern Frecept Geheryel Pied ivan nae se can ns ‘war is nos on): jt yat presc: ‘ne at ed over the wuole rurtace of eurth consti- siecy, im which absolute equality reigns, for all ita members possess the same rights, pre- rogatives and pre-eminence, from the weakest State to the most powerful erpive. Thus there is want s fupreme authority for commarding, for composing quarrels arising between these nations, and for each of them what in due ‘o her in conformity with the principle of irternational righte whish govern them. To this state of thing {s not tulfiliog her obligations, wken er treaties and others in any way, there exists no authority before the can be arraigned. Tt, in civil ecciety, suy individual wrongs another, the cffenced indivicua! hastera tothe Ji as tho authority to which both the cffender and the offended, are likewire subjecte¢. But when the siom occurs ip a piace where it ia imporsib'e to have recourse to au- thority, then the cffended is vermitted to defend himself: by wounding anc even by hiliing him who usjustly at- tacked bim. ‘Therefore Ciceron said, ‘tbat oftentimes laws put the sword in our hance for strikirg;” and he adds, “thas there ia alaw which ia not written, a law we have not learned, ot which we have rever heard nor read, but whieb all of us bear engraved in our heart, and which orderr vp to make use of all means of defence, whom we see ourselves in an ambush, or attacked by armed ro}- bers or by enemies who put our life in danger,” Bat, a8 ratios can pever haye recourse to the protec- tion of a judge—for to them there is no authority on: earth—it is recesrary for them to defend'themselves with: ayms in the case cf av injustice, just as any individual Coe ‘use bis eras when be sees himself atta without’ i] these icear are only snplicable to defensive war,! and have no pearing on an offenrive one, where we the aggressor, and co not 0. ly éefend ourselves. But, in reference to this last kind of war, let us pre- sent the most common, and at the same time, the most plausidlelia Nations havirg no juége to maintainesch limits, their force and power being the nly warrarts of their rgh‘s, it is necessary to maintain uch sn equiibsinm +] no hostile pone may be per- mitted to augment its force in time o! , and to be epabled to Cestroy us. ‘‘We have the right to maze war,’” saye a writer, ‘when the con‘inuation of pease would put smother State into pevenie to destroy us; for, in such + case, war is the lart meene cf preventing on: ruin.” Hence it followa recerssrily that a small State is more frequently than a great one justified in making war; be- cause a mall State ie more frequently in the case of fear- lest it be destroyed by arovher. Thus the right of war is derived from pecersity and a just defence. and all nations agree uron these principle: everywhere acknowledged as indisputable truths. Walker's Prospects. [From the New Orleans Bee, April 10.) The invasion of Uosta Rica by Walker’s army ip general'y Jooked upon in this country as the certain pre- cureor cf the defeat of tne foress of former, and the ultimate eutjogstion ard cecupation of the territory. ‘This impression 1s Gerived from a confident bellef in ti superiority of American soidiers over of Central Ameriea—a euperiority not merely of drill and discipline, but of endurance, physical strength and courage. In - is propesiti n would not be controverted. ‘here can herily exist s doubt that, man to man, or even: t settlers of Nica- Ricans. \e tarrirs of generais and warriors to these of Mexico, and we all know hew the latter went down before the half ¢isci¢lired volunteers under Scott and Taylor, like ebaff before the wiad ppear, however, from authentic sceounts, e Coste Bicans are composed ot sterner stuff, and that the republic contains within iteelf elements of strength and stabiity which Waker may not find easy to over- come. The population of Ccs'a isa Lerten adore of which abcut 10.000 sre pure Indians, and nearly the remainder conaist of the miogled blood of the aborigi- nal rece and their Sparirh corquerors. In the last nua- ber of Blackwooa’s ine there is an articleon ‘‘Nica- gua and the Filibusterr,”’ in which we see it stated that not only are the finances of Corta Rica in a eondi- tion, but that it possesses a well organized militia of four or five thovsand men; that a ae ee of the troops oun with the Mivié ene and the army is sup- Pp with a competent sion of . Further--| more, thet there are steet uRibers of Gerdans in the country; many cf them are in the employment of the government, which is indebted to them tor its effective siate. If these assertions are correst—and they seem to preceed from an ixtelligent ard well informed source— Walker, fer at Jeast a while, will find his ond heéged round with ¢ifficu'ties. It is impossible to ascer- tain the exact number of the under the command of this intrepid adventurer, but the best accounts do not place them abcve 1,500 We should imagine that 1,500" soldiers—Americens thorgh they be—Would have a task requirirg all their ene.gy, resolution and Yelor, in the attempt to invace a territory guarded by an organized foree of thrice ‘he number, srmed with the deadly Minie rifle. and protected by artillery. Under such circumstances Walker's elas may chance at first to prove Jess immediately and thoroughly, avecersful then is nsually snticipated. Bat difficulties srising frcm » disparity of strergth between the ssaail lapte and asreilied onpot be of long duration. Walker's forces are contipusliy receiving new accessions while those of Costa Rica are statiovary, Every vessel that seaves New York or New Orleans for San Juan, carries wih ita living freight compoard, for the most part, of Zones, vigourous and sucacious spirits who askine ighter lot then to become instruments in effecting the; eesal executicn of the Amesican idea of manitest estiny. The Charles Morgan, which leaves to cay, will take cut men evough to form hsifs dozen military com- Fanies, while we percetvo tnat the Orizabs is on her way to Nicaragua trom New York with nearly s regiment o settlers, Let the oonfilet be protracted bat a month or two. and the army of Walker will speedly assume such proportions aa will justity the expectation of its triumph over the troops of Costa Rica. We look upon this war as tho iravguration of a new destiny in the history of Con- tral America—ea destiny which feventually place that splendid region under the intelligent control the keen rogacity and Louncless spirit of enterprise of the Anglo- The Brooklyn Navy Yard. OPERATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT STEAM SAWMILL —FEMARKABLE BEAM ENGINE—ERECTION OF A NEW OAKUM FHOP FOR NAVAL WORK—A NEW GUN CABRIAGE SHOP TO BE BUILT--THE NIAGARA IX THE NAVAL DRY DOOK- HOW SHE IS COPPER! Although work is generally dal! in the mechanical de- partments ofthe Brooklyn Navy Yard, there are some} improvements goirg om at the present time, At the east, end of the yard, between the new sawmill building and the sewer, workmen are completing the tonadation for houre in which oakum isto be picked by steam. The building is to be two stories high, and will be composed entirely of iron, Three epinning jennies are new being made in Mossachusetts for the shop. It is expected that ali the oakum required for the navy will be picked and manufactured here, On aline with this new building, and above the sawmill, the foundation has just boon laid for a gun carriage shop, which is also to be built of| iron, These new buildings will probably be finished dur- “or ensuing summer, new steam mill te dally in operation, at the foundry of Mr. Tufte, East Boston. engine is said to be the smoothest and stillest working, ‘engine in this Uble noise, It