The New York Herald Newspaper, April 22, 1856, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1856. NEW YORK HERALD. JAEES GORDON BENNETT, FROPRIBTOB AND EDITOR, SYTicE 4. W. CORNER OF FULTOW 4XxD WAsSAU OTE, ee eee eee, Velume XXI AMUSZMENTS THIS ev EaTRG. BROADWAY THRATES. Sroadway— Pre Farey Cincis— Yankex Countsmr—Lumnicx Bor. RIBLO'S GARDEN. Sroadway—Rev Gvome—Frevivar Daxsant—Tuw ONscaUT. — ri SOWSRY THEATRE. Bowery—Tas Ding Dars or ree Ravoronox—Szmocs Fauiy. SURTOWS THEATRE. Chambers sireet—Guist ro TE Mui—Jonn Jonns—Banman’s Poor. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Twe Priaxcen— ‘Usuo Ur. AURA EBENE’S VARIETIEN, Broadway— Cacnir— Bwms Cortace BROADWAY VAAIBTI€S. 472 Broadway—Tur Gowpen Paawxk—Matw OF MUNSTER -BY THB JUV ELE COmsDLAe, WOOD'S MINSTRELS. 444 Hrvedway—Bruloruanm Pas- PemmsNors—NicakaGua Beate SyoRETS, BOPS CHAPEL, Broadway—Respince grow SuAxereRE amp THE Ports, BY Miss CammRON AND Mk, FAIRCLOUGK. 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A violent nor‘easter prevailed throughout yes- ‘terday, causing considerable damage to property. (Burton’s theatre was unroofed, 2s were also several asburches and other buildings in the city and wabarbs. The number of awnings, fences and trees @emolished by the gale is incalculable. According to our telegraphic reports the storm extended over a vast region of conutry, and we shal! doubtless, in @ue time, have accounts of freshets and their cus. ®omary destructive accompaniments. So far we Jearn of but few disasters to shipping. Congressentered upon the twenty-first week of the session yesterday. The Senate adopted a call upon the Secretary of War for all correspondence respect- ing the Indian difficulties in Oregon and Washing- ton Territories. The Judiciary Committee reported adversely to the passage of the bill amending the naturalization laws. The matter was made the ape- cial order for the 12th of May. After a brief debate on the Bounty Land bill, Mr. Clay, of Alabama, ad- dressed the Senate upon the bill for the admission of Kansas. The effort, which is said to have been a very able one, was mainly in reply to the speeches of the nigger worshippers on the subject. In the House the amendments ‘) the appropriation bill were considered. The appropriation of $300,000 for the Washington aqueduct was rejected by a majority of twenty-seven. The nigger worshippers met in caucus at Wash ington laet evening, and selected Messrs. Collamore and Wilson, of the Senate, and Mace, Mott, Covode, Dodd and Norton, of the House, to serve as an exe- cutive committee of the party. The joint committee of the two Boards of the Common Council met yesterday, at the City Hall, to make arrangements for the reception of Mr. Bu- ehanan. The Mayor was present by invitation. A cordial disposition was evinced by all the members towards the distinguished guest. The proceedings of the Board of Aldermen last evening were marked by the curious circumstance of the confirmation of the appointment of James Irving as Superintendent of Buildings. This was the third time his name had been sent to the Board by Mr. Selah, and a strenuous opposition was again made to the appointment. Two of Irving’s former opponents, however—Aldermen Jackson and Grif- fiths, (the latter whig and Know Nothing)—changed their minds since the last time the nomination was before the Board, and now voted with the democrats, giving them a majority of two. In the Court of Oyer and Terminer yesterday the trial of Louis Baker, of Bill Poole notoriety, was farther postponed till Monday next, in consequence of the absence of Judge Strong. The case of the rival Comptrollers, Giles and Flagg, was resumed yesterday. We give a report of the testimony elsewhere. The libel suit of Linford and wife against Peter Cvoper and James Boorman, for alleged damages in a card referring to the management of the Christian Home, was dismissed yesterday by Judge Daly, counsel failing to agree to proceed with the trial It is said a new suit will be commenced Our correspondent at Philadelphia writes that private letters have been received from Nicaragua, attributing the discomfiture of Col. Schlessinger’s command to the intrigues of the agents of the go- vernments of France and England in that quarter, who have exercised their utmost efforts in frustrat- ing the designs of the invading party. Previous to last advices a Spanish steam frigate had taken up a position at the mouth of the Gulf of Dolce, and a French steam frigate and two English sloops-of-war had been hovering off Cape Blanco, with the evi- dent intention of effecting a temporary blockade, if not of forming an alliance against the Nicaraguans. The return of the Orizaba will place us in possession of further developements respecting this interfer- ence of the European Powers in the affairs of Cen- tra] America, the importance of which may not now be sufficiently estimated. We have dates from Port au Spain to the 28th nit. There had been but two arrivals of flour and meal during the previous fortnight, leaving quite a fleet overdue from the United States. Sugars were very firm, planters shipping on their own account rather than sell for less than $350. Freights had declined. A vessel had arrived with two hundred and sixty five coolies. Our correspondent considers them as poor stock, rum being entirely too cheap. From Gambia, west coast of Africa, we have advices to the 24th ult., at which period the coast was healthy. There were no men-of-war in port, but several of all nations were cruising off the coast. The brig Falmouth sailed from Sierre Leone on the 23d for Goree, and the schooner Gen. Scott, from New York, sailed for Bissan on the 15th. In the United States Supreme Court yesterday Judge Nelson delivered the opinion of the Court dissolving the injunction granted by the Circuit Court of Pennsylvania in the Wheeling Bridge case, also overruling the motion of the complainant—the State of Pennsylvania—for writs of assistance and attachment, and granting the motions for taxation of coste and process therefor. The extreme inokemency of the weather yester- day interfered, more or less, with all branches of trade, and especially with outdoor business. The sales of cotton embraced about 2,000 bales, closing firm for middling uplands at about 114d. Flour was dull, and prices for inferior and common grades closed heavy and in favor of purchasers. The bet- ter and higher brands were without change of mo- ment. Pork wasinactive for mess and prime, with- out change in prices. About 1,300 bbls. of prime mess were sold on private terms. The severity of the storm checked transactions in sugars, sales of ‘which were moderate. About 1,000 bags Rio coffee, eommon to medium quality, was sold at lle, A fair usiness was done in freighta, for Liverpool and London, thongh in pome cameo at rather casier sates, The Pteree Administration—Its Budget of Blunders, Fereign and Domestic. The Washington Union, the organ of Mr Pierce and Mr. Marcy, complains that the sd- ministration is assailed, especially in the North, and ceaselessly by the Heracp, and at- trivates this hostility wholly to personal die- appointments, resulting from the President and hie Cabinet. For once-—and we hasten to avow it—we concur with the Union. Every- body, friend and foe, officeholder and expec- tant, citizen and politician, merchant and me- chanic, lawyer, priest and artisan, has been disappolated. It is the only solid triumph of the administration—the only point upen which Gen. Pierce and Gov. Marcy can be said to have preduced & universal sentiment or feeliag —tbey have indeed disappointed everybody. They assumed office in the mide: of a per- vading expressive patrictiam, which wae almest without limit; and the occasion was seired by nearly all parties, to send down from the people to their government strong, de- cided, and even fervent tokens of popular ap- proval and #ympathy. It was the crowning glory of the democratic perty, which had cut- minated in the nearly unanimous choice of its candidate, and had inaugurated its President amidet expressions of universal approsation. Three short years have passed, amd the ad- ministration is a by-word end reproach upon the democracy, and confessedly the weakest point in its organization. The cause still ad dresses itselt to the people, and commands and receives tokens -of public eympathy aud ap proval, while its acts—the conduct of its r2- sponsible chiefs—rest like a nightmare upon its character and energies. There are none 60 obtuse, even amongst the abject dependants of the government—eveno amongst the men whose judgments are stuiti- fied, whose tongues are tied, aad who are compelled to play the tripple part of traitors to the constitation, to their own freedom and to the party which endures and maintains them at the expense and sacrifice cf its prospects—as not to see that the administration of Franklin Pierce has utterly demoralized the democratic organization asa distinet body in this country. Its domestic and foreign policy hae been a se riesef blanders and incensistencies, mistakes and wrongs, personal and official deceptions and tricks, unredeemed byasingle act wor- thy ofthe government of a great people. No man or Cabinet has ever so ruined the reputa- tion of 8 party—has ever sacrificed 20 much of good name—has ever so damaged and demo ralized ite character and driven away support and sympathy; no man or Cabinet has ever before so successfully recruited the ranks of its enemies and built up the cause of section- slism, as Franklin Pierce—aided and abet ted and controlled by William L. Marcy. No error has been too insignificant to be embraced, no blunder too great to be commit- ted. A fatal blight seems to have reated upou the government and to have nerved its arm only to acts of self-destruction and political perdition. In this spirit of littleness first came the cos tume bulletin to inaugurate the forcign policy of the administration, and to give tcken of its character to the States of the world. That petty scheme by which the nation was made to play the fool in Europe, and the demagogue in America—that little farce, so ridiculous, so contemptible in the eyes of all honorable men, has nevertheless a historical mean- ing and expression—it evinces at once the tome and temper and character of the Pierce and Marcy dynasty. It was a part of that wise management which gave no weight to principles, and sought to conduct the aflairs of government by tricks and trading. Tt was the second act in the drama, the first of which drove from the army of the democra- cy its soldiers of a hundred battles, and intro- duced in their place the mercenary troops 0 their enemies, Next came reciprocity with Canada, without bringing with it @ single equivalent. That was a graceless concession to a Power whiza has never failed to annoy and perplex us, aud whose foreign policy seems based on the maxim of exacting In all cases of negotiation and bargain two for cone. With the weapon in the the hands of the American Cabinet—with the British possessions in North America to plead our cause and back our pretensions—resipro- city was an instrument, properly wielded, by which England might have been compelled to cloge all other controversies with us. The enlistment affair, which was made a matter of international dispute, and permitted to disturb the commerce of the two nations, was wholly an error of the government. Had our Cabinet at once applied the only remedy which was consistent with the digaity of the State—the dismiseal of the parties who vio- lated our laws—there the case would have ended. The people of the United States cared little for the offence, or how it might be settled, short of making it a subject of serious differ- ence between the two governments. The whole case was one of pure legal and diplo- matic technicality, involving in the acts com plained of no feeling of resentment, and de- manding at most its disavowal by the govern- ment of her Majesty. It was prolonged into a controversy, and magnified into a serious ques- tion of difference, solely for ulterior purposes, by the Pierce-Marcy Cabinet. The Koezta affair afforded the Secretary of State a congenial opportunity to steal from Captain Ingraham the glory he had won; and afterwards to abandon the principle upon which that gallant commander based his action. General Pierce came into office the acknow- ledged champion of Cuban annexation, and af- terwards deceived and misled his own minister at Madrid, and abandoned the just claims ot American citizens against the government of Spain; and to crown a career of treachery, be- came ® common informer of the vice regal deepotiem at Havana, The course of the go- vernment in conducting our relations with the Madrid Cabinet, isenough of itself to forfeit the confidence of the American people, and to consign to oblivion, if not obloquy, those who are responsible therefor. The Ostend Confe- rence, approved by that Cabinet, and conduct- ing its deliberations solely with a view of pro- moting the honor and the interests of the Uni- ted States, became an object of intense hatred by the Pierce-Marcy party, and was treach- erously discredited and abandoned by them, with no higher motive than that of inflicting political wounds upon the character of James Buchanan, to whom the people were pointing as thoroughly qualified for Presidential honors. If, in this matter, Pierce was right, who can be impeached? If Buchanan was wrong, who can be trusted? Next came the moyement in Nicaragua, Aided by citizens of the United States, and by the friends of free government everywhere, the democratic party of Nicaragua was able to overthrow the existing imbecile semi-mo- narchical administration, and to establish in its place a repablic modelled after our own, and conducted iu spirit of economy and fair- nees which, under the circumstances of the case, challenges the world for its counterpart. The new repudlic promptly deepatched ita agent ¢o the Pierce-Marcy Cabinet, as the child seeks its own mother, mot doubting bat even in that tricky Cabinet the noble spirits who had perilicd 60 much for liberty and atable go- verament, at the poiat of our continert where our and the eubstantial interests of all the world required the conezrvative intluence and power of our people, would meet a quick and triendly response. But the door of the State Department was sullenly closed in his face. Mr. Marcy was inflex'pie. The republic of Ni- caragua was the work of Americeng, and he could not end would act acknowledge ita de Jace existence. Todo se, it was only neces- sary to be convinced that there was no other government there; and to get rid of this dilem- ma, he called to him and feasted Senor Marco- leta, the representative, to use the paradox, of ® government that did not exist. These are the acts of tke chiefs of the demo- i cratic party who came into power on one of those tenth billows which was able to bear for- ward even the most lifeless objects and the most feted masees of corruption aud decay. The storm has passed, and the wreck, strewn upon the beach and flvuating in the sea, is to be gathered together and sgain turned to the uses of man. Not to the old officers—the treach- erous pilot, to pursue the figure—is again to be entrusted the navigation of the ship—not to the heartless wreckers, who, intent upon booty and deaf te the vcice of humanity, have em- ployed their time in acts of selfishness, are we sgain to trust our fortunes. We are pointed to new men, and we are admonished that they shall be able, faithful, qualified and pre-emi- neptly trustworthy. Not men of large preten- sions and small merit, of big professions and little honor— ali things to all men, and worth- leas at thet—the country demands, tke consti- tation demande, the people require that, at least this year, the democracy shall, with or without conventions, in spite of the politicians, in defiance of the selfish pretensions of indivi- duals, put into nomination and elect a states- man whose character and life shall make him 2 fitting estcutive of a great, a patriotic, anda brave peeple. We have borne, and patiently borne, the infamy—the stupendous popuar blunder which imposed upen us the present administration. We can afford to bear such a curse not ore moment beyond the period ot its conetivutional existence. Mn, Browanan at tax Dekyer Tape oF THE New York Horer.—We publish elsewhere some rich extracts from two of the Sunday pa- pers, in relation to the celebrated Buchanan feeds which take place at the New York Hotel. The articless are amusing and suggestive. The first is from a hard old politician, who has been writing Mr. Buchanan up for twenty yesre, and the second is from the principal soft shell organ, which halts between Mr. Pierce and Mr. Buchanan. They are both disgusted with the Forney and Sanders system of tac- tics; and with reason. It seems that at one of these dinners a club was instituted—its purpose, the election of Mr. Buchanan— and when Mr. Beverly Tucker was placed in the chair, he made a speech in which he de- sired to have it distinctly understood that in case of Mr. Buchanan’s election, he (Mr. Tack- ¢r) would have friends to reward and enemies to punish. So our Custom House friends who desire to retain their places must keep one eye on Tucker. Badinage apart, however, these New York Hotel feeds have done more harm than good to the Buchanan cause. We are not quite sure that it was not all a Pierce movement through- out. The New York Hotel is, without doubt, a”pleasant public house. The ladies are beau- tiful, the dinners seid tobe capital, and the proprietors are very courteous in giving to the especial friends of Mr. Buchanan a room apart from the dining hall, into which Sanders and compapy may entice stray editors and wan- Gering politicians. But people are apt to say more things in five minutes after being dined and wined than they will “stand to in a month.” And this eating and drinking sys- tem of politics never pays expenses. It is quite out of the wey, too, foran eminently re- spectable man like Mr. Buchanan. His posi- tion now is a very favorable one. Let well enough alone is @ good motto, and particular- ly applicable to the case of Mr. Buchanaa. Mexican Dirtomacy.—We published yester- dey an extract from a new work, said to have been published at Madrid by Don Duenaventu- ra Vivo, late chum and friend of Santa Anna, and Mexican Minister to Madrid. This smart senor had some idea of enregimenting the Eu- ropean Powers in a grand battalion for the purpose of putting down the United States, and securing to Cuba forever the blessings of micrule, military despotism, poverty and the slave trade. He did not succeed in his philan- thropic design so well as he expected. When he called on the Spanish Minister, and began to open up his grand acheme, the wily Spaniard would not “appreciate” him, and would only “talk of chemistry, physics and literature.” However, at bottom there appears to have been e@ willingness on the part of Spain to join with Mexico againsi the United States; and no doubt if either of the pair had had any money, or any men, or any pluck, or any stamine of any kind, we should have heard more of it As it is, the work of Senor Vivo, who is well named for the business, will be, in all proba- bility, the reeurrectionist of these dead achemes and buried hopes. Senator James C, Jones on Tux: Presipexcy —Senator Jones, of Tennessee, (old line whig,) has published in the Washington Union a iong letter to his constituents, in which he declares that there are strong probabilities between the three parties, of the Presidestial electioa be- ing carried into the House of Representacives —thatthis alternative (considering the strength of the Sewardites in the House,) should be averted, if possible, by the South; and he pret- ty broadly intimates that this can only be done by the “straight’’ whigs voting the democratic ticket. It is very evident that Senator Jones docs not consider the American or Know No- thing party proper of much account. Now is the time, therefore, for John Bell or John J. Crittenden (reported K.N.’s of the third de gree); now is the time for them to give a lick bags to Mr, Jones, Second Annual Report of The English Post. master General. The Second Annual Report of the English Poet Ofice has just been issued in a blue book of eighty-four pages. It gives the statistics of the cepartment from 1838—the year before the act establishing penny postage wae passed— ap account of the various improvements made during the leet year, and contains a fine map of London, divided into postal districts, The number of new Post Offices made during the year (1855) was 525, making the number at this time 10,478, Of these, 920 are head Post Offices, and 9,578 sub-Post Offices, or receiving houses. “Pillar letter boxes have been found to afford much public ac- commodation,” and their number is to be large- ly inoreased, particularly in London, “Free deliveries were eatablisked during the year at 1,327 places where none had formerly existed; and et 649 other places the free delivery was extended or otherwise improved.” A list of towns is given—Southampton, Norwich, Col- chester, Tunbridge Wells, Huddersfield, Hali- fax and Greenock—around which several let- ter carriers have been employed “where it would formerly have been necessary either to send a messenger or to pay a gratuity to the postmaster.” This plan has been remarkably successfal, giving a distribution of a large number of letters, greatly increasing corres- pondence, adding to the revenue of the depart ment, and affording great accommodation to the public. The number of letters delivered in the rural districts in the vicinity of each of these places has been from 980 (at Southamp- ton) to 4,680 (at Halifax) weekly. We are apt to think that in this city, if there are four letter deliveries a day we shall be*ery well off. in London there have been ten deliveries a day for years—every two hours in the forenoon, and every hour in the after- noon up to 8 P. M., except at 7—and yet there they are hereafter to have hourly deliveries ali day. The morning delivery is to be com- pleted by 9o’clock. All letters dropped in a pillar box or receiving house during the hour —eray from nine to ten—are to be delivered during the next hour—from ten to eleven—so that every letter will get to ite destination in from twenty minutes to two hours. Will our Post Office committees and postal reformers notice these facilities for letter distribution that are enjoyed in an English city? The rule with our postal authorities seems to be that the pub- lic cannot be accommodated, for, fear it wil! cost money. In Great Britain the public must be accommodated, and in supplying that ac- commodation the department finds its profit. Vide Mr. Banning’s (Postmaster of Liverpool) evidence before the Parliamentary Post Office Committee: ‘A great many deliveries, facili- ties for sending letters and quickness of des- patch, must be the best way of raising the re- venue.” That is the formula or problem. Look at the solution, London has an annual expense of $701,000 for letter carriers and re- ceivers, and receives $1,518,000 in postage on the local letters alone, showing a profit of over $800,000, besides collecting and deliver- ing all the general mail letters and papers, “During the last year, sixty-nine additional towns were provided with day mails either to or from the metropolis, and some of these with mails in both directions.” The mails are trans- ported nearly 59,000 miles each week day, ex- clusive of messengers and letter carriers’ walks, and to and from Post Offices and railway stations. The average cost per mile run for railway transportation is ten pence sterling, and this varies from one farthing per mile to four and ten pence. The coach and other service varies from half a farthing to ten pence farthing a mile, and averages two pence one farthing. The postage on “book packetsa”—by which is understood every spe- cies of transient printed matter—has, up to 1855, been six pence for the smallest package, up to halfa pound; and last year it was put down to one penny for packages not exceeding four ounces. The consequence has been that the number of such packages has increased in London alone from less than 400,- 000 to over 1,400,000 annually, an increase of 273 per cent. During the year 1855 there were tent by mail 456,000,000 letters, about 3,000,- 000 book packages, 71,000,000 newspapers, and 800,000 valentines. The revenue accruing to the government through the stamp office and the post offices, for impressed stamps and post- age labels, to send newspapers through the maile, was £118,000 for the half year—July to December—after the compulsory newspaper stamp was abolished. The average weight of & newspaper now is about three ounces ; it was tormerly three and a half. The average weight of a “ book packet,” which includes all circu- lars, &c., is now four ounces; formerly ten. The number of letters sent to the dead letter office last year was about 2,400,000, or about one half of one per cent on the whole number posted. The number of newspapers sent to the dead letter office was 600,000. The number of letters sent to the United States last year was nearly 2,000,000, of which more than 103,000, or about five per cent of the whole, were re- turned as dead letters. About 2,300,000 were sent to France, and 37,000 returned “ dead.” To the colony of Victoria, (in Australia,) 350,- 000 letters were sent, and returned dead 42,000, or nearly twelve percent. Of these nearly 40,000 had been prepaid, and 1,500 were regis- tered. Of those received from foreign coun- tries and colonies last year, 300,000 were from Australia, 150,000 from India, 70,000 from Canada, 340,000 from France, and 340,- 000 from Prussia. In letters from th@ United States there was a decrease of mc @ than 500,000 on the number the year be- fore, “owing, probably, to the diminished frequency of postal communication, caused by the withdrawal for the purposes of war of eome of the mail packets.” The letters passing between Great Britain and the army and navy at the East, (not the Baltic,) going through France, numbered 1,961,711; and in eight months of 1854, 607,000. The whole number of money orders passing through the Post Offices of the United Kingdom was 5,805,- 412, and the value £11,009,279. The clear profit on the money orders was £20,352. The Duke of Argyle has only been Postmas- ter General since the ministry of Lord Claren- don was formed; but he seems to have shown his characteristic energy in urging forward all those improvements that are constantly being introduced by the Secretary, Mr. Rowland Hill. We notice a constant reference to the advantages of “simplicity” and “uniformity” throughout the report. The leading features of the management seem to be “advantages to the service, whether as regards increase of public accommodation, simplicity and uni- formity of character, oF capebility of being worked with convenience and regularity. (Page 43.) The wholesome regulation of the carriers dressing in uniform has been intro- duced in other places besides London, and it “has been found not only to promote their general comfort, but to prevent loitering and neglect of duty,” His Lordship expresses a strong wish, in which he says he “knows” he is joined by her Majesty’ ministers, to have cheap postage between the United Kingdom and every foreign country. If such is really the desire of her Majesty’s government, there certainly will be no obstacle on the part of our Cabinet and Senate. A very good plan has been adopt- ed for postage on papers and books between France and England, which is for each nation to fix their own rate on printed matter going out, collect it all in advance, pay a certain moderate sum per pound to the other nation for the transit, and then have it delivered without further charge to the persons ad- dressed. Altogether the English Post Office Report isa document of great inverest, and shows the continued triumph of cheap and uniform post- age. Did our people and our Congress show half the interest in our postal concerns that the press and a few active reformers have ex- hibited, we might have a new era inaugurated at once in our own Post Office. Rarroaps 1N Mexico.—We publish in an- other column, a decree of the provisional Pre- sident of Mexico, authorizing the construction of a railway from Vera Cruz to Mexico. The decree looks to the establishment of a compa- ny in this country, and was apparently predi- cated on overtures already made. Mr. I, Lo- pez Meequi, a Mexican gentleman now resid- ing at the Metropolitan Hotel, is authorized to negotiate with parties desiring to interest themselves in the enterprise. It is of course impossible to foresee how such a scheme will turn out. A railroad from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico would be the making of that, the finest part of the Southern republic. No- thing less, indeed, than the paramount impor- tance of such a work to the national future would justify or even explaim the astonishing liberality with which the provisional President offers to guarantee six per cent on the outlay. It is only a day or two since we took occasion toallude to the impudent proposal of the Bri- tish contractors of the Great Trunk railway in Canada, who, having failed, now want the Province to guarantee them five per cent on any farther outlay. But there is this diffe- rence between the case of Mexico and that of Canada: A five per cent Canadjan security would be worth about eighty in the London market; a six per cent Mexican bond would not be ealeaole at any where near that price. If the Mexicans can get their railway built on any terme, it will be a cheap bargain; and for our part we should be glad to hear of Senor Megqui’s success. Revivine THE Ovp Wiuic Parry.—On Mon- day of last week, we perceive by our exchanges, & number of whigs (Jive and straight whigs) met at Lexington, Ky., to reorganize the old whig party. An addrees and platform were adopted, and the meeting adjourned “to meet in convention of the whigs of the United States, to be held at Louisville on the 4th of July.” The following is the third section of this Ken- tucky platform:— That every right protected iby the constitution should be faithfully accorded to every class of men to whom its provitions extend, without regard to section, birth or religion of the parties entitled to such rights and that loyalty to the government, honesty and ospaci- ty are the true testa of the eligibility of men to the en- joyment of the franchises of citizens. This rings a little like treason to the late Philadelphia Convention; but it only shows that the “straight whige” are getting tired of their Know Nothing uniform, and there is great danger that they will throw it off, Pre- sident or no President. What says Governor Hunt, and what say our “live old whigs” of New York—the real true blue “silver grays”— to this Kentucky straight whig platform? Let us hear from them. He Doy’r Inrrmate Toem Arrer ALL.—A good deal has been said in the newspapers of late about Mr. Speaker Banks and the initia- tion by him at Washington of ninety-seven nigger worshippers into the mysteries of the Know Nothings of the freshman class. The following denial from the Speaker, therefore, is just in season :— Wasuisatoy, D. C., April 18, 1856. Si ateemog Soa beuvesind tos paragraph, published ‘3 Union, from the Muwausie a vkant stated that ‘he (Mr. Banks) initiated into the Washidgton Council, of which he is President, ninety. seven of the so-called ‘republicans,’ who were attemp:- ing to recure his election.” Ihave seldom thought it ary to correct personal misstatements respecting myself alone; but as this implicates others, and those members of the House of Represeatatives, 1 beg your permission to say that it has no foundation whatever in truth. Iam, sir, very respectfully, your obedient sor. vant, N, P. BANKS, Jr. The “ ninety-seven’”’ members of the House involved in the Milwaukie indictment, should feel much obliged to Mr. Banks. We appre- hend the boot is on the other leg, and that instead of ninety-seven Sewardites having been initiated as Know Nothings there were “ nine- ty-seven’”’ Know Nothings, more or less, sworn into the mysteries of the abolition Holy Al- liance. Are we out of order, Mr. Speaker ? Post Orrice Necuect.—We have received a letter from Mr. William H. Prior, complaining thata letter addressed to him, and mailed in this city on the 2d inst., did not reach him till Saturday, 19th. Mr. Prior must be a stranger here. Had he been longa resident of New York, he would have got over the old delusion that the postal service was organized for the purpose of carrying and delivering letters. Ho would have known that the Post Office exists for the purpose of providing berths for meritorious politicians of the Barnacle spe- cies; and that if, besides fulfilling its aim in his respect, it occasionally carries and de- ivers a letter or two, it deserves the thanks of @ grateful community. Mr. Prior will know better another time. No Horr ror Crampron.—The steady old National Intelligencer at Washington, which would hardly venture to declare that the sun had risen till officially informed of the fact, says, substantially, in “lifting the curtain,” that it has no doubt that “ so far as regards the feel- ings and purposes of the executive,” Crampton will be immediately dismissed in case he is not recalled ; and that the final answer of the British government will not be waited for much longer, neither. Very well. So dispose of Crampton, one way or another, close the farce, and drop the curtain. The thing has become stale. ‘Miss Kimperry recited from ‘ Hiawatha,” for the six- teenth time, at Hope Chapel, last evening. Longfellow ia much indebted to his fair interpreter. Any poetry popnds plessantly from the lips of » pretty woman, BY MAGNET. AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Interesting from Washington. ME. DALLAS, JUDGE DOUGLAS AND OTHER ASPI- BANTS FOR THE PRESIDENCY—SPEECH OF MR- CLAY—EXECUTIVR COMMITTEE OF THE NIGGER WORSHIFPERS—IMPORTANT ARREST, ETC. Wasincron, April 21, 1856. Mr. Dalles has written from England to # iriend im Penneylvania, raying that he does not think it advisable to allow the use of his name as a candidate for the Presi- dency, now that his State had expressed, in an almost unanimous voice, its preference for Mr. Bachanan, He reasons that without the support of his owm State, it would avail nothing should his friends place bis name be- fore the Cincinnati Convention, and with this fact before him, he must be considered as no longer s candidate for the Presidency. Mr. Dallas, however, does not express himself in favor of Mr. Buchanan, but pleages his sup- Port, as far as available, in favor of the nominee, who- ever that person may be. | understand that this letter will be read on the organization of the Convention. Senator Douglas is playing with singular dexterity hig game for the succession, and is more than ever convinced, since his late visit to the Clay Festival, that he can se- cure the South after the first ballot, should Pierce fail im the nomination. The Virginia politicians inthe main regard the pubs Hished letter of Mr. Wise, by the Hxeatp, as an imperti- nent intermeddling in s matter in which he has no more right to speak for Virginia than the humblest member of that commonwealth. Whilst he has a majority who agree with him in favor of Mr. Buchanan, there are other who place an unfavorable construction upon what he says of the Virginians not wishing a candidate for the Presidency. This the Hunter men construe as directed in malice against this gentleman, who has for some time been considered by the Wise party as standing in the way of the latter. If I am permitted te look a little way ahead, I think I can perceive something of interest, ae growing out of this Wise publication. ‘The Virginfa delegates to the Cincinnati Convention are for Buchanan, with one exception, from Mr. Kidwell’s ¢istrict, who supports Hunter. The Missouri State Convention sits to-day. A private letter from a delegate says the State is for Douglas, but apprehensions are felt lest the office-holders have packed the Convention for Pierce. Mr. Clay, of Alabama, spoke three hours to-day on the _ Kansas question, in the course of which Mr. Seward cavghta Tartar. It was one of the best speeches of the session. Gen. Houston speaks’ to-morrow on the Naval Board question, in reply to Messrs, Clayton and Bayard. He intends to make the fur fly, and he also intends leaving the last of the present week for Texas, and will be absent some time. The regro worshippers of the House exhibit but little confidence in their Committee of Ways and Means, in voting down their recommendations. At the anti-Nebraska cancus at the Capitol, to-night, Mr. Pennington was chairman. Messrs. Hale, Penning- ton and Harlan, appointed heretofore to nominate an ex- ecutive committee, reported the following names, whick ‘were confirmed:—Messra. Collamore and Wilson, of the Se- nate, and Messrs. Mace, Mott, Corode,§Dodd and Norton, of the House. Mr. Galloway gave @ favorable account of the state of public feeling in Ohio, from whence he has recently returned. Consultations then ensued relative to passing through the House the bill providing for the admission of Kansas with the Topeka constitution. The vote, !t was supposed, would be close, if the House was fall when the question ‘was presented, ‘Through the vigilance of an agent, who ea here this evening, government have now lodged in Richmond jail a man charged with forging papers on the Pension office, thereby procuring large sums of money. He is highly connected. The steamer from New York to-dsy carried instruc- tons from the President to the Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Oregon and Washington, to expend three hun- dred thousand doliars in feeding and clothing friendly In- dans, Nota dollar is to go to the military. THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, FIRST GESEION. Senate. ‘Wasttxcroy, April 21, 1856. THE INDIAN TROUBLES IN WASHINGTON AND OREGON TERRI TORIES, ‘The Senate adopted a resolution calling upon the Secretary of War to transmit copies of all the letters not heretofore communicated, which were addressed to him during the present year by Governor Stevens, of Wash- ington Territory, respecting the existing difficulties with the Indiane, together with all correspondence relative to the hostilities in Washington and Oregon. THE NATURALIZATION LAWS, Mr. Toomns, (national) of Ga., from the Judiciary Com. mittee, reported back the bill to amend the Naturaliza- tion Jaws, with the recommendation that it do not pes On motion ot Mr. AD. (dem. ) of Miss., the bill was mace the special order for May 12. THE BOUNTY LAND BILL=MR. CLAY’S SPEECH ON THB KANSAS QUESTION, Mr, Foor, of Vt., ealled up the Bounty Land bt'l, which was briefly discussed, when the consideration of Mr. Douglas’ bill for the admission of Kansas was announeed ie One deus ra m peech » CLAY, (dem.,) of Ala., replied tos] 1e6 of Messrs. Seward, Sumner, Wilson and Harlan on the bill for the admission cf Kansas. He complimented the Exesutive for his course regarding Kansas matters, and for the firmness and copsistency he had exhibited in maintain- ing the rights or tne entire country. The President, he said, had been abused by abolitionists and Southerm Americans on exactly contrary grounds. He had dis- pleased the extremists of both nites by: eccupying mddle Ground and pursuing a course consievent with tike rights of the North and South. As to the alleged of the slave power, he said that so far from there baing any truth in the charges, the South had ever since the founda- tion of the government been graduaily yielding to the en- croachments and usurpations of the North. He Legere on some future occasion, vindicate the Northern Southern ta from the charge of entertaining en- mity against either section. He had been confined to hie room by sickness for ten days, and to-day ventured out, to the sericus detriment of his health, Adjourned. House of Representatives, ‘Waaurvaron, April 21, 1856, ‘THE APPROPRIATION BILL. Upon assembling, the House immediately proceeded to vote upon the action of the Committee of the Whole on the Senate’s amendments to the Appropriation bill. The amendment to a) ite $320,000 for continuing the work S the Waal Sica aquenees ‘was rejected by majority. The amendments were not all dis: if House adjourned, eS United States Supreme Court, IDPORTANT OPINIONS AND DECISIONS IN THB WHEELING BRIDGE CASE. Wasmxarox, April 21, 1856, Justice Nelson to-day delivered the opinion of the Su- preme Court in the case of the State of Pennsylvania, comp'ainant, against the Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company, and others, dissolving the injuaction granted byfthe Cireult Judgemoverruling the motion ot the com- Plainant for writs of assistance and attachments, and Granting the motions for taxations of costs, and the pro- cess therefor. Justice Nelson said the defendants had taken the ground that the act of Congress declaring the bridge a legal structure and post route, and requiring steamboat chimaeys not to interfere with it, superseded the decree of the Court in 1852 against the defend- ants, while the plaintiff aseumed that the act of Congress subsequently passed was unconstitutionay and void. The latter raised the principal objection in. the case. As sconseqnence this law decree could not be: enforeed, mor the act regurded as conflicting with the clause of the constitution which says, ‘No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or reve nues to porta in one State over those of another,”’ as has ‘been contended. So far as the briige created an ob- struction, it must be considered as modified, and although ‘an obstruction in fact, it was not such in the contempla- tion of the law. Justice Daniel could not ranction the} course of Cir- cult Judge Grier in ordering the issuing of the attach- ment, the remainder of the Judges of this Court havin had nothing to do with it, In his opinion every point ia the case should be dismissed. Justice McLane said that reven members ef this Court— one absent—had heretofore héld that this bridge was @ nuisance. By the law of Congress referred to, preference is given Wheeling over Pittaburg and other places above the bridge. Had Congress required all steamboat chim- neys to be cut down, mo preference would exist for one port over another. This principle was deeply interest- ing to the commerce of the West. One-third of the com- meree of the Union may thus be affected. Hundreds of similar structures might be thrown over the Miasissipp!, to the detriment of millions in the commerce of that river and its tributaries, The opinions of Justices Nelson, Daniel and Mclane occupied two hours.and a-half in their delivery. No. Ha—Tho Ynived States eppellants ve, Cruse Servam,