The New York Herald Newspaper, May 4, 1856, Page 4

a NEW YORK HERALD. | TERMS cash im c THE DAILY ier Gyomaper sory ST er THE WEEBRLY HE so rersaraiay, kb conde per rey 8 per i, "its Baropade sation, 9Aper tana ig amppart of Grant Bi iny pars of the Gontinent We sewlacte potouye Voume xx AMUSEMENTS 70 MOSROW EVANING, AGADAMY OF MUBIC, Pourwentb street BRN Ani, JKOADWAY THBATS# Broadway—Marnisrornoms— Gauw Keaxsey—*ivow sevorr, BEULO'E GARDEN, Broadway—Coormes—Mizoun— Pas Bursenier— Festiva, assay’ BOWERY THEATRE. PresicoteD OvTewma: owery—Last Days or Pourmu— BURTON'S THEATRE, Champers atrest—A PRINCE FOR AN Bouk Anon Hassan - UnrpvsmED GANTLEMAN, WaLLAcK’? THEATRE. Sroadway—Tus Wire—Poos Pruiwovor. BAGRs KEKSH'S VARISTIES, Broadway—Tus Minas Baur NokMA, LIGHTLY REMOVED BROADWAY VARINYIES, 472 Broacway—Day arren Tue Waving Biack Byep 3osas— By tam [Uv eNiLe COMEDIANS. BePiRE HAL, 596 Sroadway—M. Keucve’s TaBLeavx Aavine Livustkatioss ur RENOWNED PAINTINGS, WOOW'H MINSTAKLS, 444 Broatway—SrmoriaN Pxa- PeamaNces—Dousis Bepoep Koom ek BRAND Boh SME BUM, Grockiva~Gen. Tom Toe BROOKLYN WUSRU ee Geneva Louisa, rae klvn—Toekess, THE ORPRAN ING, srosdway -GRAND Sickep HC. THIS OMRY ABBEMSLY K » @owczat oF Vocst Axo Our telegraphic despatch from Washington, pub- Msbed this morning, is full of matter. It is stated upon good authority that the administration is pre- pared to recognise the Rivas Walker government and receive the new Minister from Nicaragua, Padre Vigily, who has probably ere this reached the capital. We give elsewhere a full report of the proceedings ef a meeting of members of the legal profession beld yesterday to take action resoecting the demise ef Hon. Ogden Hoffman. Appended to the report may be found a desemption of the obsequies of the deceased, which were appropriately solemnized yesterday. Our correspondents in Mexico, dating at the city ef Mexico on the 18th and a Craz on the 22 alt., state that the Bishop of Puebla was making a vigorous pen and ink defence of the right of the ehurch to the large property lately seized for gov. ernment use. Although his lordship invoked the authority of saints, holy fathers, and councils of oid, President Comonfort held firm to the cash, and the people were disposed to support him. Tamariz was still on board the French frigate Pene- to leave for the United States. Angustine Iturbide, sono! late Emperor, left Vera ©ruz in the steamer Texas, in order to visit his mo ther in Philadelphia. The remains of ex-President Arista were to be brought from Europe for inter- ment in his native » It was said that Vidaurri had pronounced against the central government. Attempts at revolution in Tobuca and Morelia had been crushed. General Uraga was to be banished to the island of Ceballos, in the Pacitic. General! Gadsden, our Minister, it was said, had made ano- ther treaty with Mex: The United States ship Cyane was at Vera Cruz, all well. A letter from Rio Janeiro, dated March 16, states bat from Aug , to March 2, 1856, five thou® sand five hundred and fifty-two persons had died of cholera in that city. A lot of counterfeit bank bills had been imported from Lisbon, but it was seized by the Custom House officers. The United States brig Bainbridge had sailed for Terra de! Fuego. Our correspondent at Lima, writing om the 25th ef March, again calls the attention of the public and our government to the melancholy fate of the nine Americans who were some time since cruelly butchered by Peruvian troops, near Tabatinga. He eites facts to show that it was a cold-blooded and unprovoked massacre. y, some steps will be taken to bring to punishment the perpetrators of this outrage. From St. Thomas we learn that the plan of our Consul, Mr. Helmes, for the erection of a marine hospital, had been approved of by the shipmasters of all nations then in port. A new Post office regn- lation had caused much trouble, and a mw monopoly bad raised quite a panic among the mer, cantile community. Smallpox raged with considerable virulence at Porto Rico at last accounts. By an arrival in England we have later news from many of the West India islands. From Demarara our intelligence i: th i of March. The Court of Policy met on th The weather continued dry, and the estates were suffering in consequence. Agricultural ope: 8 were almost universally sus- pended. At Granada, March 25, sugar making continued, but many of the canes did not exhibit « good yield. The shortness of labor was a good deal felt in the field, native Crec i searce every year. Vessels were had arrived from India, only one of which bronght au importation ef The customs returns for the quarter ending December show that the amount of revenve from that souree reached over £15,000. Upwards of 5,000 hogsheads of sugar had been shipped to that date, one large shipment of which was forthe United States. News had arrived in Portof Spain of the partial destruetion of the téwn of Maturin by fire. A very large quantity of property was destroyed. At Barbadoes, March 27, crop operations were proceeding satisfactorily. According to the report ef the City Inspector there were 343 deaths in this city during the past week, viz: 57 men, 62 women, 120 boys and 104 girls, showing a decrease of 2 on the mortality of the week previous. There were 7 deaths of apoplexy, 5 of cancer, 6 of congestion of the lungs, 53 of con- sumption, 24 of inflammation of the lungs, 8 of con- gestion of the brain, 21 of dropsy, 6 of inflamma- tion of the brain, 10 of disease of the heart, 3 of pal- sy, 7 of smalkpox, 33 of convulsions (infantile), 10 of croup, 30 of scarlet fever, 16 of marasmua, 4 of measles and 3 of teething. There were also 10 pre- mature births, 25 cases of stillborn and 8 deaths from violent can The classification of diseases is as follows:—Bones, jointe, &., 1; brain and nerves, 85; generative organs, 3; heart and blood vessels, 10; lnngs, throat, &c,, 103; skin, &e., and eruptive fevers, 41; stillborn and aaa t 35; stomach, bowe & 38; uncertain seat and general fevers, 24: old age, 3. The nativity table gives 256 natives of the United States, 47 of Ireland, 15 of Germany, 16 of England 6 of France, 1 of Ital, of Seotland, | of Switzer- land, 1 of Wales, and | unknown. The cotton market yesterday wae qniet, and prices easier. The sales embraced about 1400 pales. A telegraphic despatch received from New Orleans, dated 3d inst., stated that the receipts at that port within four days head been 15,90 bales and the sales 14,000, and that the market was easier after the receipt of the Persia's news. The receipts ‘were falling off. Freights were at 5-16d. Flour syesterday continued firm, but somewhat less active. Prime Tennessee red wueat sold at #1 62), and fair white do. at $170. Corn wns at 6c. @ Ste. for nnsonnd, 5%. 2 $c. for mixed, and 61c. a 624¢. for yellow, and a choice parcel white gold at 64c. Pork was unsettied, and sales of mest made at 417 75.0916. The rain interfered with the gales of sugar, Which were contined to about 400 @ 500 hhds, at steady prices. Molasses was Cuba muscovado, in good dean and tolerably active at full pri Freighta were Arm at the advance, with moderate engagements. The Slnughier at Panama—The ‘neqauality of tlaces, The recect cutbreak of the negroes a1d ew Granada, at Panama, is from meno theirtype. Everywhere the aioe Tacee, shen their bad passions aze excited, and the mesus of restraint are distant, display the at- | most dloodthiretiness and cruelty, not omly towarda white people, but towarde each other. Perhaps ibey are not able to overcome the tendencies of their org: ation. Nature eer tainly bas uot been prodigal in her gifts to the Africans; while, on the other hand, she has en- dowed them with powers of endurance which seem to belong peculiarly to hot climates, and capacity to overcome and survive exposures which are fatal .o other races of men. The negro’s head is so poised obliquely on the v tebral coluwn that when he stoops down bis train remains oprigbt, acd pies the ex- treme belght of his igure. Thie is a trait of all the lower snimais The white man weak: die of apoplexy if he bad to hold bis head down for hours in the cotton acd rice felda. The forearm of the negro is longer than tha! of the white man, aod his Miting muscle, passing down under the elbow joint, is much stronger His knees approach each ether, and his feet torn outwarae, The masses of the calf are ifferently fowmead Prove chance of tha mhite the iarger part of the great muscle called the gas- trocnemius deimg situated high ap, near hams, at the back of the leg. The shape ot the African pelvis is oblomg; that of the Euro- pean is oval, The feet are flat; the bone of the beel (os caleis) is no’ arched, but is level with the other bones of the iastep, so that ‘‘the hol- low of the foot makes a hole im the ground.” The negro has in his skin colored pig mentary cells, not found in the white man’s, and supposed to absorb and emit by perspira- tion a large amonnt of heat, which would in eur opinion otherwise seriously affect the vital aod more delicate parts of the bedy uadern: These are some of the radical differen. tween the African and the European; and s companying them are others in relation to thy brain, the hair, the jaws and the spine. Here, then, are the marks ¥! decidedly ind an inferior race in structure and physiclog:- cal features. In connection with this we find no develope ment of any high order of intellect smong them, as individuals or nations) They have bad the same beginning as other nations, but have never overtaken them. They have had vatural liberty, the éictates of con! the necessities of social lite to guid em BB to force them into organized aystems of go- vernment; but, as itseems, without ever ai- vancing from barbarity, or approaching civilization, We find in Africa no laws. Ro books, no poetry, no music, 20 comfortable habitations, no agriculture, nu decent worship even of i Not eo with the old cotempo- Tary Asiatic uations, which became civilized, skilful, refined, educated and powerful. The negro races have had for thousands of years intercourse with more enlightened na- tions, hut have gained nothing by it. Even their imitative qualities have been fruitless. In modern times, where they have lived in the closest connections with white people for many no after gaining poli hts, or existence as communities gov- erning themselves, shown any desire to im prove or exalt their condition. The history of St. Domingo is a pertect example of the de cline of sgriculture, commerze, marufuctures. and the arts, under their sway, and the substitution of monkey instincts and the pre- hensile traits of the lower quadrumana, for the divine aspirations of humanity, the noble ness of high principle, the energy of talen'; and the love of letters. In Jamaica, ail travellers, not excepting the eplenetic and bilious editor of the Fést, concur in the opizion that the race there is relapsed into barbarity, in its most vicious and disgust- ing form. Bishop Kip, in a published letter, has binted at the existence among them of the worst crimes ct Sodom and Gomorrah; and in- telligent residents of the island have informed us, within a few weeks, that in their opinion the whites will shortly have to abandon it al- together. Mr. Willis, in his interesting sketches of the West Indier, especially Martinique, as- sures us that the free negroes (sli are free there) are rapidly returaing to their original type, though surrounded with examples of the most elegant character, of the good taste, skill and former splendor of the French sway. In the broad sun light the men and women lie down to sleep, resting their heads on wooden pillows, which they carry with them for the purpose. Labor they will not, even for themeelves. The French expect, ere long, to be driven from their beautiful resi- dences, and the stately mansions and fine towns they erected in happier days, when the Beauharnais were among them, sre crumbling to dust amid these thoughtless natives. Now, whose fault is all this? Neither by them selves, or for themeclves or others, do they anywhere make any advances. We under- take to say that the British colonies in Africa, wherever they have given the blacks a share in the government, have been @ total failure: and the late deposition of the Cape Coast King is another proof of our assertion. We also assert that even Liberia {s constantly in- debted to the United States, in its charity and liberal support, for even its present existence, Whose fault is it that such an unfortunate race exists? How comes it thai they alone have peculiarities of organization and coun- tries so disagreeable and #0 repugnant to the more favored children of our common Father? What logic, what argument,what philanthropy can lead us to a satisfactory solution of the difficulty ? So far, human wisdom has failed ia its at- tempts at an explanation that some men have given it up altogether; nay, more: they have denounced all laws as unjust which do not re- medy, by political enactments, the physical de- fecte of races; and, still worse, have uttered the most profane and horrid biasphemies, de- throning God himself, because black men are not white men, and never can be. Why should not the American people pause before they listen any longer to the declama- tory violence of those unlearned, unthinking and really irreligious men, who, finding one evil in the present order of things, seek to reme- dy it by introducing # thousand others in its place. Every humane person, every good citi- zen, North or South, would be happy if there waz not a colored or white slave in the world. | the minds of the people of that country. We | Vor there are white slaves by millions among | us, whose sufferings and tortures exceed those of the colored races a thousand times, inae | Who will make the firet move in the great much es they are eocompanied by wounded | metropolis? NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MAY 4, 1856. The Italian Question. Thet the term of the long period of brutal oppression which began in Italy after the Treaty of Vienna ie mot now very far distant —that the pernicious fusion of temporal and spiritual authority in the hands of the Pope has at length wrought ont its own cure—that Austrian spies and Austrian executioners can not long be permitted to linger on the lovely Italian plains—that crapulous debauch, selfish tyranny, stolid idiocy and blind fanaticism have had their day at Rome as at Naples, at Milan asat Venice—there is at length some solid reason for good men to hope. When the regene- rators of Italy were persons of the Mazzini and Gavazzi stamp, sober minds might naturally hold back, and forget the virtues of Manin iu dread of the reckless violence that murdered Rossi in his bed. But now, it seems, the sim for which the Roman repuolicans strove with rhetoric and assassination is openly put forward as the object sought by one of a solidly estab- lished kingdom, and the very oldest dynasty in Eurepe—the house of Savoy. Sardinia de- mands Italian regeneration, not of her soldiers, coneciences, or the severity of custom, or the blight of cbaracter, or the relentlese biting of debt, or the early and eternal separation of families, or the loss ot horvor, or the murderous conflicts of our streets spd in cur hotels; the personal dependence of the poor, tbe destitution and beggary which no bepevolepee can fully relieve, the toil of the apprentice for his bard employer, the constant risk of the lives of soldiers and sailors for a miserable pittance of a tew ehillingsa day, the risks of railways, steamere, storms and disae tere al] which are the marke and destinies of the freest and most elevated conditions of social lite. What bas the colored race in Ame- rica to suffer im comparison with the most proeperous of the white populations? Bat it we were willing to give the black races a full equality of position, their physical insptitade would soon cause them to lose it. And if iwo races of unequal powers live to- gether, the bigter will rule, and must, from the very nature of things A profound writer hes said what might be considered 9 paradox, and is nevertheless true --that slavery cannot well exist until there is first perfect liberty. And the reason is, that where liberty truly existe the inferior sinks to hie level, and the superior man rises above him. And so it is with races. The wwumuus eFUIS “SEE Lees. ‘ti is alwaye, then, with the most profound regret we see the true question blinked by so many of our public men. Why do they not consider the laws of nature, somewhat, in their treatment of this vexed question? Men of science are almost unanimous as to this condi- tion and inequality of races. Politicians ima- gine that their ehibboleth can make them equal; while some, who know enough to know they cannot, only agitate that they may rise to place and power. By no human effort, Bo earthly Jegis!ation, cen we alter therelative position of the races; and until God’s own time, the negroes of the United States can never become equal to the whites, physically or menta)iy—though perhaps they are far happier, have lese care, less labor, less respon- sibility, and are the only men in the world who bave a momeni’s thought from their em- ployers when their work is done. The true vocation of an enlightened huma- nity isto endeavor to mitigate the ille of life by every kind mesnsin its power—not by vio- lence, for that produces resistance and reac- tion, and defests itself. It has duties quite as great to perform for white as black, and is bound to consider and decide, very often, too, between a choice of evils. No assault upon our constitution, no disrup- tion of the Union, will ever change the cha- racter of the negro race or elevate it to aa equality with the whites. It hae neither the will nor the power, neither the characteristics uor the capacity, for self government. It has a thorough dislike of industrial pursuits of any bat the lowest description. Its social rela- tions, as admitted by some of themselves, sre oppored to the care, the comfort, the co- operation and the advancement of their fami- lies. At their recent convention in Philadeiphia, it was admitted that but few bred to the mecha- nic arts, among the free negroes, ever followed them up; and that the parents even, here in New York, preferred to live on the wages earned by children of the tenderest ages, rather than to work for and support themselvee. ‘We are no advocates for slavery of any kind, neither for that which civilized society imposes on the poor and the weak, nor that which compels the colored man to grow fat andsleek on the smallest quantum of labor: but we do entreat the reasonable men of the times to pause and reflect before they lend themselves to those rash and dangerous doctrines which are undermining a fabric truly glorious and great, and which, with all ite incongruities and evils, is still the noblest work on earthof God and man. and torch, but witha calm statement of the wrongs of Italy, and their remedy, signed by her plenipotentiaries; not with noise and pas- sion, but with the cold voice of fects and logic. ole Gtwuner ‘nat Italy be meed from Austria ard the Pope. By the treaty of Vienna Aus tria was allowed to exercise a protecto- rate over Lombardy and part of the Paps) States, That protectorate has swelled into ac- tual dominion. For forty years the fairest pertions of Northern Italy have been laid waste by the Austriane. The cities have been tarned into military strongholds; the country has been scoured by mounted police; the peo- ple have been forbidden to act or to speak or to write or to think, save asit seemed good to Austria, under pain of death. Life and pro- perty have been » farce in Lombardy. Not a single popular guarantee—neither a press, nor trial by jury, nor habeas corpus, nor am honest adminiatration of justice, nor a representative assembly of any kind—has been allowed to exiet. Commercial enterprice has been con- traband; travel has been suspicious; even life has been presumptively criminal. Such hav been the horrible and heartrending state of Northern Italy—-with the exception of Sardi- nia--for the last forty yeare. On the other hand, Bourbonism and the Papacy have effected nearly as appalling re- sults with less obvious instruments in the South. Imbecility and dull tyranny have reign- ed at Naples. The King has led a gross, sen- sual life, like most of his ancestors; only thoughts how to keep down the spirit of his people; his only hupe to live cut his life with out allowing the least drop of liberality or freedom or truth to filter through the Neapoli- tan frontier. Asin the North, the beet men among his sabjects have died in prison; and thoee who have gone loose have purchased the privilege by denying their principles, their honor and their manhood. Nor have the Popes been treer to the gospel of demo- cracy. Private vice aud public corruption have contended for the mastery in the Con- clave. It is as common at Rome for a jadge to eell his decisions as for other and more exalted officials to lead dissolute lives. As silent as ever is the tomb of Hadrian; no man knows whose groans creep out of ite Barrow windows into the damp night air; but good men disappear there, too. French bayonets sustain the Pope, and it is well. For the Vicar of Christ has uprooted Chris- tianity among his people, and there ie no fear of God, or love for the right among them, bow, to prevent their cutting the old man’s throat, if they were let loose for a single day. What, then, isto be done with Italy? Can these things be suffered in the light of day, in the middle of the nineteenth century, in a country which the wer!d venerates as the mother of civilization, the cradle of law. xd trath, and justice? Count Cavour’s idza is that, in the first place, Austria must be reliev- ed of her protectorate over the North. Lat Lombardo- Venetia be erected into an indepea- dent State, ander whatever form of govern- ment the people please. Give them liberty, and the Count is srsared they will find their intereet in aa alliance with their Sardinian neighbors; in & peaceful developement of their Jong wasted resources; and in helping the re- storation of Italian nationality. As to Naples, the Count suggests that foreign Powers inter- vene for the purpose of obtainiag from the present King guaraniecos for good government. Rome should be cleared of the Papal sove- reignty. Cavour would leave the Pope at the head of the church; but the Papal dominions he would transfer toa prince of some Euro- pean house, to be held by him and his descend- ante in line direct. These projects are sweeping and bold, They are not new; the dethronemeni of the King of Naples, the secularization of she Papal States, and the amelioration of the conditioa of Lom- bardy, were suggested long ago; but this is the first time these ideaa have been put forth by high authority, or at a time when the state of Europe gave them a prospect of actuality. At present, Russia wil! not probably interfere. Her diepute with Sardinia has been healed; ber anger against Austria is fresh and strong. France can hardly oppose Sardinia. The Em- peror’s plan in France has been to set up a government of opinion iudiractly expressed; it is not to be expected that he will support or erect foreign governments in diametrical op- position to the opinions and feelings of the people over which they are to rule. He sup- ported the Pope, it is true; but even repubii- cane will admit thet at the rate the democrats were going when the French intervention took Place, they would probably, if they had been let alone, have done more mischief in the four or five years which have clapsed than has beea caused by their temporary suppression. He might put # Murat on the throne of Naples, though thie is not likely. On the whole, it is difficult to see what interest France and Russia ~-with whom the decision of the question will chiefly lie—could have in perpetuating the present dreadful state of anarehy and despot- ism in Italy; while both—France to reward Sardinia, Russia to spite Austria—magy have reasons to desire that the reforms projected by on Cavour may be accompliskad. At all venta, until the contrary is proved, we may hope #0. Sound policy forbids active inter- ference on our part im such movements. But the Sardinian ambassadors, and the people whom they represent, may rest assured that they will have, in their struggle, the warmest Dreaprur, Fawrse in THe Care ne VERDE ISLANDS—APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.— It will be recollected that in November last we published a statement, supported by the of- ficial correspondence of Commodore Crabbe and the U. S. Consul at Porto Grande, showing the fearful state of destitution to which the population of the Cape de Verde Islands, but more especialiy those of San Antonio, § Nichoias and San Vicente, had been reduced by the failure of their crops for three coacecu- tive years The facts were supplied to us by Lieutenant Bartlett, United States Navy, an- der whose observation they fell during a visit to the group, and whose exertions in endeavor- ing to direct the attention of the American pub- lic an well as that of the Portuguese govern ment to the tondition of these poor people, are worthy of all praise. A combination of circum- stances—amongst others the heavy demacde made on the public benevolence by the fear- ful epidemic by which Norfolk and Portsmouth had been recently visited—interfered to pre- vent the appewl that was then made in their behalf having much effect here. Since then the eufferings of the unfortunate natives of the islands have been aggravated toa fearful ex. tent, and it appears that they are now perishing by thourands. Unless aid is sent them before Jaly, it ie calculated that at least twenty thou- sand persons will starve to death between that month and December. We publieh to-day another heart-stirring ap- peal from Lieutenant Bartlett in hehalf of these poor islanders. He calls upon his coun. tymen to aid him in sending out aship load of corn for their relief, and he generously of- fers to take charge of, officer, and man at his own expense any vessel that may be provided for the purpose. He thinks—and we are satia- fied correct!y--that plenty of dropped and re- tired officers will be found to volunteer on this miseion of charity. It would bea noble manner of demonstrating to the Naval Board and the country that although technically dis- graced by the decision of the former, they still bold themeelves in readiness for any ser- vice to which the public voice may call them. We trust that Lieutenant Bartlett’: appeal will meet with a general and liberal response from our people. Let it ever be said of us that our hearts and hands are open to the call of benevolence, come from what quarter or race it may. The generous contributions sent trom this country to Ireland during the famine of 1347, have left a lasting impression upon are convinced that the starving populations of the Cape de Verde Islands will have the same reason to bless the humane sympathy and un- : ; sym ies and the beet wishes of all Ameri- sclfich philanthropy of the American people. can if if the moral weight of our opinion can avail er aa it ie wholly and heartily on but of aseembled Europe; not with pike | Two Inrensstina Documents.—We publish this morning a letter from Francis P. Blair to the nigger worshippers of thie city, wich let- ter the politicians will find interesting and re- freshing. We give it on Sunday, eo that they may have plenty of time to think it aver. Mr Blair, it will be remembered, was the editor of Jackson’s organ, and was ejected from that position. Fer ten years or more he has float- ed an estray in the sea of politics, ‘nursing his wrath to keep it warm.” He now turns up to smaeh the party which kicked him out of its councils, and gives the secret history of the transaction in which he was a victim. This history will be found exceedingly interesting; and although we do not endorse Mr. Blair’s con- clusions, we give his facta the benefit of our circulation. Why he should have kept his statement bottled up for the last ten years we cannot see; but now that we have it, we can recommend it to general perusal. It discloses rome rich political intrigues, and gives several hitherto unpublished letters of General Jack- son’s. Read Blair, and understand the work- ings of disappointed ambition. We also give today a report of an address on the genius and character of Alexander Ha milton. "This eesay was recently read before the Pioneer Asaociation of Sacramento city, California, It wiltwe found exceedingly in- teresting. No man amtng the early statesmen of our country is so little understood as Alex- ander Hamilton, No soldie: was more brave, gallant, daring, patriotic ; no stetesman more acute, more able, more devated to what he considered the real interests ¥ the confederacy than he. In many respects te was the toremost man of his time. Public at- tention has recently been directed to the great ‘men of the Revolution, and we are glad to see that Hamilton is remembered. The Mayor of this city has gone to Richmond, Va., to de- liver a lecture on Hamilton’s life and charac- ter before the Ladies’ Mount Vernon Associa- tion of that place. The address will be pro- pounced on Tuesday evening next, We are glad to see the prominent men of the present time devoting their energies to the embalming of the memory of the giants of the past. The character of Washington has been finely illustrated by the chaste and glow- ing oratory of Everett, and the memory of the pater patria will be kept green in the memo- ry of his countrymen by one of the finest efforts of one of the first of living orators. Coming down to a later day, we find ex-Presi- dent Tyler paying tribute to his great col- leagues in Congress, and to his Cabinet, which included the most brilliant of the statesmen of that time. These lectures, essays and ad- dresses form an importent chapter in our coun- try’s history. In many cases the orator has lived and served in the same fields with the great men whose characters he describes. Sometimes there have heen differences of politi- cal opinion; but such quarrels are over, and we get the truth. We donot know of a better history of a country than can be obtained by analyses of the character of its.great men. THE LATHASTt NWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Interesting from. THE NEW NICARAGUAN MINISTER TO BE ‘BECEIVED— CALIFORNIA POSTAL ABRANGEMENTS AND THE PANAMA RAILROAD—ADMINISTEATION DEFEAT IN MARYLAND, ETC., ETC. ‘Wasminaton, May 3, 1856. A distinguished fonctionary of the government inforn § ed me to-day that our government. would recognise Gen. Walker, and that the new Nicaraguan Minister—the Pa- dre Vigily—who is supposed to be in New York or on route for Washington, would be reestved. The President’s private secretary—Si¢ney Webster—left here this even- ing for your city on business, as I am informed, in con- nection with our Central American affairs, Quite s seneation was produced here to-day by the aug nouncement that Maryland, notwithstanding the tremen- dous Custom House snd Post Office isfluence brought to bear by the admtnis:ration, had gone for Mr, Buchanan. The House to.day, for the first thme since the conven- ing of Congresr, did one glorious day’s work—passed some thirty private bills. Majors Delafield, Mordecai and McClelland, the officers sent to Sebastopcl, arrivd here last evening, and are stopping at Willard’s. They called to-day on the Secret tary ot War, and had slong interview with him. I ute derstand it is the intention of the Department to have these distinguished officers give to the country their dis coverier while abroad as early as possible. The President sent a message to Congress to-day, en. closing the correspondence between the Postmaster Geme- ral and the Panama Railroad Company, relative to the com pensation for carrying the mails—the latter claiming # greater amount than that heretofore allowed. Thedepart- ment offered 18 eents per pound, but the company insint on being allowed 22 cents, which, for the year ending March last, would amount to nearly $138,000. The Pestmarter General ssys he unwillingly yields t> the upjust and exorbitant demand of the company, rather than risk the consequences which might follow a refussl 10 aceede to the exaction—the company threatened to re- ‘use the traneportaticn of the mails, and that route, at present, being the only direct and expeditious channel of communication—the Nicaragua line having been with. drawn. The President endorses the recommenda ‘ion of the Post master, that the latter be authcrized to contract with the Panama Railroad Company for the conveyance of mails across the Isthn.us, at » price not exceeding $50,000 per annum; aleo for @ semi-memthly conveyance of the mails frem New York avd New Orleans to San Francisco, via Nicaragua, aiterna‘ely at regular intervals with the present line, via Panama, at a sum not to oxoced 200,000 per annum. ‘The total number of lard warrants issued under the law of March, 1856, is 227,000, requiring upwacds of 18,000,000 acres, The number of claims received is 245,700. Upwards ot 14,000 warrants, covering 1,700,000 acres, were issued in April. Acommunication from the State Department to the House of Representatives, in reply to « resolution esiling for information, states that the Georgiana an1 Susan Loud cases, with others for indemnity from Spain, are #till subjects of negotiation. An alleged ‘well founded rumor,” published in the Washington Sentinel of this morning, that President Pierce would decline the use of his name at the Cincin- nati Convention, 1s entirely destitute of foundation, The Pyne and Harrison troupe elose to-morrow one of the most suceessfal engagements ever known in this city. Later from Kansas, Cnicaco, TIL, May 2, 1866. A large meeting was held at Lawrence on the 26th ult., on the suject of the murder of Sheriff Jones. Resolu, tions were passed dirclaiming ali rexponatbility for the act, and denouncing the murderer, Governor Robinson hax offered a reward of $600 for the apprebension of the assassin. Nicaraguan Excitement in New Orleans, New OnteANS, May 2, 1866, ‘There ia considerable excitement hero in regard to Ni- careguan affairs, and the friends of General Walker aro working hard to send him aid. ol. French {s hore, New Line of Steamers en the Missouri Hiver, Auton, TU., May 2, 1856, The committee appointed by the Kansas and Alton Transportation Company, wo establish a Line of ateamers between this city and Kansas, for the transportation of passengers and merchandise direct, have completed their arrangements, and s circular will soon be issued to ap- prise emigrants and forwarders of the incroased facilities offered by the company. It is as yet uncertain how aoon the boats will commence their trips. ‘Weather at Boston. Bostox, May 3, 1866. The weather has been wotand thick all day, but i clearing wp to-night. of faatit The Cunard ecrew steamer Fina, with three days later news frem Liverpool, for this port, is now In her twelfth day, avd may be looked for to-morrow. ‘Western Navigation. Bvrrato, May 3, 1866, The steamer Empire railed this morning for Lake porta, and the brig Canop'us with freight for Chicago. Severs fail versels left this afternoon, There are enlys few strips ct ice now in sight. The lose by the fire at Gowanda is reported at one hundred thousand dollars, Markets. FRIDEINLERTA STOCK Leng May 3, 1866, a Railroad, 45: Long Island, ; Morris Canal, i4; Penne sylvania Railrcad, 475. New OrtEans, May 2, 1856, ‘The prices of cotton are easier, but not ‘anotably lower. Sales to-day, 3.000 bales. Quotations tormiddling, 103<a, 010%c. Sees ior the week, 22,000 bales. Receipts up to this time ahead of those of last year, (512,000 balea. Stocks steacy. Reading Coffee—Ssies for the week. 13,000 ; stock in port, 46,000 dage Prime Rio fetches 103¢¢. 10, ‘Sugar i quoted at Tipe. molaases 3" Mess ie firm ard quoied et $16 50. Frelgh's-Cotton to poel, 4a. Sterling exchange 954 per ceat prem. ‘Tue Next Stave Far be ‘@rson covnty, on Yevtember 30, October Ist, 2d and 8d. We have received the State Agricultural Journal, extra, which contains the list of premiums and regulation The premiums are liberal, and the regulations as good sa usual. Manufacturing Sympathy for Nigger Wore snippers—A Singular Story. We recentiy published an extract from a Toledo, Ohio, paper, which stated that a lady had committed suicide on the Chivsgo Railroad, by jumping from the cars whem in motion, Jeaving bebind her four small children, A. correrponden! subsequently contradicted, in part, the atatement ot the’ Toledo paper, and stated that the wo- man hed accidertally fallen between the cars and was Killed by being run over. We afterwards received the Sturgis #(Mich.) Republican, which comtained the eoro- uer’s inquest upon the body of the untortunate mother,’ S¥srring that she had committed suicide as at first stated. The Republican of the 8th April also contained the fol- lowing Sstement in relation to Mr. Alfred Wilber, tho lady's hurbana, Mr. Wilber, of Ontario, Indiana, recently left with his family for Kansas, e which time all that has bee eee of him is whatig related by a little girl of his. who returned with her nother and three other children, ‘The littie girl stated that whem they arrived at St, Louis her father went over the river to see to soma goods: after he bad neen gone three days, her mother Thought that be might have been taurderei. She started, with ber children to return to Ontario. Thegirl farther states that ber mother remarked several times that sho could not live. Mr. Wilber had some two thousand dol- lara with him, The Rochester Democrat, of April 20, has picked up thie story, ard outcf {i manufactures the following, which will probably go the ounds of the nigger worshipping journals:— Cow BLoopED MURDER OF A KANSAS EMIGRANT=D#ATH OP His Wirr.—We learo sd on Saturday of the murder et Mr. Alfred Wilbur, Jate of Iliinoir, and a son of Mr. Jeptha we Ybur, of Avon, Livingston county, who was on his way, bis family, consisting of a wife and three tothe Territory of Kansas, where he designed settling. It appears that Mr. Wilbur was travelling upon the cars, ‘was (ree in commuricating the purpose of his jour- ey. He had in hie porsersion two of Sharp’s rifles. At A station, the name of which hes not been nape be stepped frem the cars, and tbe opportunity was seize: some person or persons. as yet unknown, to him. ‘Tne fact became known to a few passengers, as ona of thorn, socn after the cars siarted, informea Mra, Wil- bur of the tregical fate of ber husband. She beeame al- wost frantic, and beaovght the conductor to eee he refused, and in ber excitement she jumped from while under fast motion, and was almost instantly killed. This aad occurrence is said to have taken place about three weeks since, and the father of the murdered men started two weeks ago to asc:rtain more fully the cir- cumstances, and look after the children thus suddenly made orphars. ‘The followirg paregraph from the Sturgis Republican, of the 16th April, spots entirely the intended effect of the above paragraph:— Mr. Alfred Wiibur—the death of whose wife we gave ‘am aceount of im our iast— fh this place, en tefore his a-rival ber tleulars of nis cetest Naval Intelligence. ‘The United States steamer Corwin arrived yesterday morning from Key West, having left that port on the 26ti ult, Thefollowing is « list of her officers: — Wobarenttloensee ‘the par- Lieutenant T. A. Craven. ~ ‘Troxton, Rochelte, ER. ane baciatilied uf, a. st 2 W. eDlery. ae : eke ee ‘Wilder’s Patent Salamander Safes, man jenars. ©. B. Wiiprn & Co. wider arent Poeun aie rege d pers of Messrs. Jeasuj foore. af eight bours was opened, and not the smell ia Water Soin Wy tho antag tye hooks aad pa bere on iwem. Two of Waders alannanders, Widens salamander safes, of the dest fire proof rafe in the wor'c, of s1 a fanehe ‘warranted free trom dampness, # 6c! jicor’s patent Bomder ani burglar proof locks “or mie art at the depot, er street, near Granite street, Thisdelphia, “gb Bon Winhen eo ies ® Pasenioas ood tae Every Freeman has the Right to Think ard net tor » pimectiecin the Inst tw hon ha ‘ona years I have so'd fitteon milliovs of boxes of Hranare Universes lia, afect whieh neads no |! urteation na to show the ion ip which they are heid bya 'arge portios of the etm: thinking and intel'gent public Sep crf year bi ia bea thetr vale tncressod. The sie! ire hoe interested In Brandreth’s pile, The imtoriont tdvantages requitiog from Dente cannot be expressed; 0 be appreciated, they nue Mita eatieied, fn my rm th big lives "deamon Lull, Web. ty cave sevedmeny valas, Firandresh pls prevent crgasle dea, are invalasbie in a germnacinen iver, the siomach ind bowels, kidneys, a thew fulterie from general Senervac 7 renovate the entire a tubared Coousd ‘anaes ured can be ret ecieae ‘Their surprising efficac: eases belies “it lve Wah religious euiy toma Brardietite Pils: Frown, becense they, sloviote haman flay BY ‘and propagates pon, Ag a meaieloe the, the i} Np dnty in making Ske how eae bt nt agaae Bod at 25 ‘conta pi ir box, atthe rtneipa ofc. No. we, Canal greet, Bens Rear fret alilony m Borpione Hudaon street mira tom mtreet by eos by 7, W. Dy of om Bayes i and by all respeciabie drugigiss and medicine vendere It ihe Inhalation in Diseases of the. the Lungs —Dr. ROPERT HUNTER, ection st the Medion! nt, devotes his atiertion exovusive'y to the treatment lunes by medicated nhaladion, intredtuced by him tn in ore sent svatematized form. ‘Toextend the benefita of this trea’ Ment io sich ae cannot visit New York. & lis: of qitertions will be sont on requ, with # avi ber of the Speol alt contaising An explenation of hia views, Dr. ‘Tuner haa on od branch gflees &, Philade:pbin. 32 Wain wireet under thee of Pr. forsom; and at Bal'iaore, 5234 North Charles under pes ac, Wi Williams, accomplished and ed as siciana, to w! lorte may apply with every With theae ‘xcendona De Dr. ‘Hunter has no Cay anthorized to neme fn any manner. renid« ie nid office a al 816 Broadway,