The New York Herald Newspaper, May 5, 1856, Page 4

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Phe contents of the European edition of the Hrraup BUH embrace the news received by mail and telegraph at Wee office during the previous week, and to the hour of pebdlication. Notice to Advertisers. We ace compelled to call the attention of advertisara to the neernnity of sending in thelr favors at an eacly hour. Mine o'clock P. M. is the latest moment we can receive ‘them, uniess they relate to deaths or comething equally as urgent. We would also urge brevity in ail advertine- DELLA ‘The Sews. ‘The steamship Edinburg, from Glasgow 20th ult., arrived at this port yesterday. She brings no news. The steamship Etna, from Liverpool, is now due at Boston, with advices to the 2Ist ult—three days Jater than those previously received. ‘The telegraph informs us of the death of ex-Go- vernor Troup, of Georgia, in Laurens county, S.C., on the 26th inst.; also of the death of Dr. John C. Warren, an eminent physician of Boston, well known to the medical faculty throughout the coun- try. "ithe value of foreign goods imported at the port of Boston during the week ending 2d inst. amount- ed to $1,253,306. We publish in another column brief notices of the state and prospects of the growing crops in Ohio, Michigan, llinois, Wisconsin, Maryland and New York. They concur in representing a very gratifying state of things, and it is predicted that the yield of breadstuffs the present year will greatly exceed that of the previous one. The religions anniversaries commenced yester- day. The weather was delightful, and the turnout of church-goers brilliant. The Presyterian Board of Foreign Missions, the New York Female Guardian Society, the American Home Missionary Society, the Union Theological Seminary, and the New York Bible Society held meetings last evening, and Prof. Wylie preached a sermon before the American and Foreign Christian Union. Reports of the pro- ceedings of these anniversary meetings are given in to-day’s paper. ‘The deposits at the Philadelphia Mint during the month of April amounted to only $549,520, $751,300 ef which were in gold. The coinage in gold was silver, $450,000; and in cents, . The aggregate coinage for the month amounted to $1 567,960. ‘The cotton market was quiet on Saturday, and prices easi The sales embraced about 1,500 A telegraphic deapatch received from New stated that the receipts at 1d 3d inst that port within fonr days had heen 15,000 bales. end the sales that the market was easier alter the rece)pt 0 ia'e news. The recei ste were o& G-i6d. I firm, out somewhat were falling off and fair waite co. for unsound, 5%. a 69 $17 75 a $18. engar, which were Cuba sauscovade, a Molasses was in good demand sn) wicrabiy e at fall prices, Freights were firm a! the advance, with moderate engagements. 10 @ 5600 hhds, Tur Anonironists iN Persurr or Epwary Evererr—At the late Rhode Island Anti- Slavery Convention of the intense black revo- lutionary abolition school, men and women, William Lioyd Garrison, as usual on these oc- casions throughout New England, played the principal character. Among the resolutions which he offered, and which were ‘“‘unanimoas- ly adopted,” we give the followiog as a eample:— saaes, That as Nero fiddled while it barning, 90 a distinguished conservative cit! smobusetts, Hoa. Kaward Tverctt, at a time when the States ace on the brink of » civil war, and the liberties of the people all in the dust ueder hoof of the slave , goes forth to deliver an eloquent bat fulssme pane the cheracter me wat of #Mas- i Washineton, ae to secure thereby jaolstrows 1 alt! ‘tade, ostensibly as hy mark Pr protound veneration for the memory of the ‘Father of his Country,” but manitestly an view of all the circumstances, to give comfort and ait oe siaveholding oligarchy, to perpetuate a pro-slavery compact, and aim fresh blow at the anti-slavery vement. onBrink of » civil war!” “Liberties of the people all in the dust!” “Aid and comfort to the slave oligarchy!” Why does Massachusetts continue to permit these raving lunatics to ron at large? ‘The Blunders of Men and of Parties, It is a very fruitless work to look back upon past errors, especially in this country, where pretty much everything is crowded into the present. So far as parties and party politics are concerned there is little in the background wh -b reflects credit upon anylody or upon the country. Parties, like worn out boilers, burst up and kill a few engineers and firemen, and ecoa.ionally dissect a passenger or two; but the disaster and the loss are soon forgotten, the survivors jubilant and thankfal that they are not victims, If the whigs had joined the hards of New York in 1853 and ’54 against the administration of Pierce, whith was a matchless bluader throughout, and kept united in a general movement up to 1856, they would have swept the Union aa the old Jackson democracy did in 1828 against Mr. Adams, and as the whigs did in 1840 against Mr. Van Buren. In the case of Mr. Adams, and those of Van Buren and Pierce, there were points which met the decided condemnation of the people. They yespectively exhibited personal features which, though widely differing in charaster and tendency, fastened upon their administra tions a pervading odium. They were utterly without the elements of popularity; and this fact is suffitient, without criticism, to account for their weakness and fall. It would be ua- jast to Mr. Adams’ memory and to Mr. Van Buren’s character, to say that they left the government in euch a helpless, demoralized and shocking condition as we now Gud it in the hands of Mr. Pierce. At least they were respectable, honorable men in all the relatioas of private life. They were cold, emotionless politicians; but they did not superadd to these qualities such a barrenness of personal honor, such traits of sterile integrity, such utter va- cillation and unreliability, as has character ized the career of the present Executive. Faithless alike to principles and to men, (‘sa Pierce seems to have been raised to the Pr2- sidency to test the endurance of our institu tions—-to see how much they could bear with out shattering to atoms the fabric of the re- public. Abvolitionists, insane nigger wor shippers and rampant nullifiers—all the ex- tremes of place hunters and politicians—had brought their batteries to bear upon the con- stitution without effect; it remained for Mr Pierce to wield the whole power of the govern- went against itself—to sow broadcast through the eountry, by its own chosen officials, the seads of disaffection—to obliterate every trace ot personal honor and official integrity from the executive councils of the country—to strike down the friends of the Uaion—to build up and fortify its encmies—to demoralize the Legislature, and to poison all the fountains of patriotism. All this has been done, and the fatal fruits are now seen in the present debased condition of public morals, loss of confidence in execu. tive hanor—total disregard of consequences. and in an effort neither weak nor scrupulous, to perpetuate power in the hands of the Presi dent, or failing in this, to secure its possession to his retainers and endorsers. It is the ex- piring labors of bad men; and the question is whether the people will wake up in season to defeat the combination ? No igolated or sectional issue can overthrow @ party in power except when that party is divided and broken, asin 1848, and as it cer- tainly will be in 1856, unless the various fac tions unite which, in view of the feud in New York and the bitterness exhibited among the friends of the several aspirants towards each other, now seems almost improbable. The nigger worshippers present a basis of action confia- ing opposition solely to the North. They have not a statesman in their ranks, not a man who can claim more than the leadership of a clique —mere pettifogging, stockjobbing politicians It is idle to give weight to, and place reli- ance upon such men. They cannot form a party, and if they could, it would be impossi- ble to keep it in existence, even fora single canvass. They have against them the whole weight of the constitution, all the memories of our couniry-~all of its great benefits conferred upon the people—all national hopes and as pirations for the future. Every leseon learn ed in the past comes back to condemn them. It is folly to think of organizing a sectional party. The Pierce government, cursed as it is—weak, dishonored and hated agit is—is better than the aostrums of such a party. Now the question comes home: is there no power left in the people to correct the evils we com- plain of? Has it been wholly transferred to parties, and may not the contract be broken? Do we railatslavery and play the part of slaves? Do we assert our freedom and say that we cannot secure its fruits to ourselves’ Has the administration so conducted itacif that we condemn it—unanimously condemn it —and yet confess that the remedy is beyond our reach? Surely not. We have no party is this country which is known to its consti- tution an@ laws. We acknowledge no alle- giance save that to the Union. The democra- cy is not 2 hierarchy ; the whig party is dead; and nigger worship is a temporary cheat and delusion. Now, what and where is the remedy for these evils! It is certain! to be found fn the men snd the policy produc! k it is Bot to found ia schemes of mere sectionalists, North and South. Somew! between se extremes -—somewhere between the p the country is nominaily divi tional spirit, in the warm, patriotic inatincts of the people, in the Union sentiment of the country, in the disgust of radicalism every where, in the desire for peace and harmony— lies the true remedy. be ForeiGx Durmes on Tosaccom—We under- stand that the Zollverein have it in contempla- tion to raiee the duties upon North American tolacco. Should they carry this intention into effect, it will seriously affect the growth of the plant in this country. Our goverament should take immediate steps to remonstrate against the measure. So many important interests will be destroyed by it that it is important that no time should be lost in making strong represen- tations upon the subject. Our lastcommercial circulars from Bremen state that the tobacco market during the month of March was cha- racterised by the absence of all supplies, by great firmness in prices, and by stocks as light ae they have ever beea during the last tifteen years, viz: 600 hogsheads tobacco aud stems, In a iiscal point of view, the imposition of ex- cessive duties on this article would be the most impolitic experiment that the Zollverein gov- ernments could make. It would completely extinguish a source of revenue which is daily becoming more valuable. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 5, 1856. Pauperism and Disease. We have beforeus the seventh anzial report of the Governors of the Almshouse, containing the usual amount of statistical and tabular in- formation. Itis a useful document to put away for reference. Very few persons in the city have apy idea that 7,000 persons are housed, ted, warmed, and clothed every day in the yoar at the inetitutions on Blackwell’s Island. Seven thoueand persons are a small town-full; and there they are, clean, well nursed and cared for, wholesomely engaged, and freed from de- moralizing surroundings in the shape of dirt, and sloth—thanke to the manificence of the city. Most of these seven thousand arrive le- gitimately on the island, from the prisons, the brothels, the taverns of New York. But others sre immigrants whom the Commissioners of Emigration are unabie to support ; some luna- tic, The Ten Governors are the grand re- source of all the needy ; even the poor who are not lodged on the island gratefully receive from them fuel and alms to an aggregate annual amount of $120,000, The two most interesting papers in the pampblet before us are the report of Dr. Sanger, of the Blackwell’s Island Hospital, and Dr. Ranney, of the Lunatic Asylum. The latter reperts a slight increase in the number of patiente—there being 573 in the Asylum Low, against 555 this time last year. He objecta—and very properly, too—to the ad- miseion into the Asylum of convicts who have escaped punishment for homicide by pleading insanity : their influence, he says, on the other Patients is decidedly bad. He announces that during the past year 200 patients have been discharged cured, being about forty per cent of the whole—a result extremely gratifying. In alluding to the occupation of the patients, he mentions the moot courts which have been gotup. We give the passage asarare flash ot bumer in an official report:— The mivor offences alone were tried by this Supreme Court ot Biackwe.)’s Island, The Jutge, noted for be 1 wealth, and preferring to pay the damages rather than have any one suffer trom the ancersinty of the law, gave decisfons (uniike those ot the cl:y courts) satiefectory to noth parties. In fact, he was consctous that his philanthropic spirit was the source of many om- Derrassments to himself, tated aa a renson for belag sext Lore, * That be was just carrying iato effect a favo re project of establishing a bank, with # caoital of five bunorec millions of dollars, in esch of the large cities, to scecmmodate young men who, qwishicg to engage in Durivers, were unable to give sacurity for the moaey or fey the interest.” These irials having never been given io ihe law reporters, the decisions are lost to future ja- tists as & matier o! reference. Dr. Sanger’s report, which is drawn with un- usual clearness and brevity, deals with stern facts. There is happily a slight decrease in the patronage of the Penitentiary Hospital in 1855. Only 2,158 unhappy crentures were ad- mitted during the twelve months, Of these, as usual, nearly 71 per cent were foreigners, and of there nearly 75 per cent were Irish. Her Majesty the Queen contributes SS per cent of the total foreign inmates of the hospital. Sir Archibald Alison, who argues that educa- tion tends to degrade the morals of a people, would not find a-confirmation of his theory in the table showing that 86 per cent of the pa- tients were uneducated, leaving only 14 per cent for those who could read and write well. Nor will it appear that the Liquor law has done us much good when it is seen that SS per cent of the whole number received were drunkards of more or less intensity. Drunkenness first, then idlenese, lead to the penitentiary. Of the whole number committed 37 per cent had not worked within a year of their committal. Of these the bulk were “unfortunate fe- males.” It is indeed greatly and deeply to be deplored that in this Christian nation we abould euffer this sore called prostitution to go on, running from year to year in our midst; that we should all see it, all know of it, yet by com- mon congent pretend not to see it, not know it, avoid to speak of it; that, instead of trying to learn all we can about it, with a view to seek some remedy or palliative for its growth, we should blindly and resolutely taboo the subjec § doggedly keep ourselves in ignorance of its his- tory and present characteristics; and go walking to church Sunday after Sunday, with our wives and daughtere, choking down this great, staring, crushing fact in our own breasts, while our sons are being ruined, and two thousand young women are being sold to the devil every year in this New York slone. Tux Hoty Weex.—The religious world will be in a fever of excitement during the next ten days. Anniversary week was duly inaugu- rated yesterday by sermons at several of the city churches, reports of which are given else- where. The several missionary, Bible and be- nevolent associations are in much better case, financially, than they were at this time last year. There has not been a very heavy call for home charities, and as there is always about eo much money to be given away, the societies have received much more than usual. In the list, which is given elsewhere, there are mer} tioned several institutions which are really de- serving the attention of those who have a sur- plue of this world’s goods and hearts to feel for other’s woes. Again, there are many that are gotten up for the glorification and support of cliques, and which do no real good to any one except aset of lazy officials, who expend all the funds in salaries and incidental expenses, leaving the poor heathen as shirtless, shoeless and bibleless as ever. It is a question in our minds—and we may he too selfisk—-whether or not it would not be own city, than to throw xpenses for young theo bear their Mae adam,” as John Randolps said, “i2e Greeks are at your doors.” We shal) give our cual reports of the anni- versary mectings-—the system of giving thom publicity having originated in this journal-~ and all interested may depend upon finding their proceedings faithfully chronicled in the Henan, And we desire to request that the persons baying charge of the meetings will take the trouble to provide facilities for the re- porters. Their arduous labors will thereby be much easicr, and the reports will be corres- pondingly improved. Tom Arricay Stave Trave any cue Nroosr Wonsiurrens—The Albany Mvening Journal, at the head of a kite-flying slavery agitating ar- ticle, indignantly asks, “will the North be forced into the African slave trade’ and in- | sists upon it that “freedom for Kansas” is the only thing that can prevent this outrage upon Africa and the Africans, Such are the mise- | rable shifts of the nigger worshipping alliance | to keep up the excitement. We shall next pro- bably hear that the “slave oligarchy” are plotting for the annexation of Africa, in order to seoure an inexhaustible supply of slaves at 4 lege than prime cost. ‘TWEEDLEDEE AND TWEEDLEDUM—Mn. Pierce's Nomination--How Tarves Have Cxaxoup— Mr. Pierce’s organ and Mr. Pierce’s friends a few days ago opened a broadside upon those democrats who happened not to have been identified with the Nebraska bill, and claimed for the President peculiar merit tor urging and sustaining that law in Congresa. To say nothing of the fact that Mr. Pierce was literally compelled, by Mr. Toombs and others, to en- dorse that bill—that the Union scouted the idea that it was a test of orthodoxy, and tried hard enough to have it considered a mere legislative measure, which might be opposed without im- pairing the standing of democrate—it sounds queer enough now to hear these men avow tbat, to consider a man available for the Pre- sidency because he was “ identified with none of the distractions which have recently dis- turbed cur country,” is only another way of shirking responsibility and of proscribing merit. Times have changed a little, as will be seen by the subjoined letter to Mr. Pierce from the Democratic Committee appointed ia 1852 to notify him of his nomination:— LETTER TO GENERAL, PIERCE. Coxvorn, Jane 17, 1852. Sm—A National Convention cf the democratic republ’- oan party, which met in Baltimore the first Tuesday io June, unanimonsly neminated you as a candtdate for the high \rus: of President of the United States, ‘We have been delegated to sequsint you with the no- wination, and earnestly to reqcest that you will accept it, Yersnaded. as we are, that this office should mx pursued ty am wychastened. ambition, # can never le refused by dutiful patriotism. The cizcumstances under which you will be preseatet for the canvass of your countrymen are propitious to the interests which the constitution entrusta to our federal Union, and must be auspicious to your own fame. Yon’ come before the people without tne tmpulse of personal wishes, and free from all expectations, You are identified with none of the distractions which have recently disturbed our country, whilst you are known to be faithful to the constitution—to all its guarantees anit com ‘promises. You will be free to exert your tried abilities, with. in the path af duty, tm protecting that repose we happily enjoy control to thos: cardinal ind in giving efleay ancl principles that have already iblustrated the party which has selected you as ils leader— principles that regard the security and prosperity of the whole country, and the paramount power of ts laws, as indissolubly associated with the perpe- tuily of our civil and religinus libertivs, TheCcnvention did not pretermit the duty of retlerating these principles, and you will find them prominentiy sec forth in the resolutions it adopted. ‘To these we respect fully invite your attentior It it fizmly believed that to your talents and patriotisa the sceurity of our holy Union, with its expanded and expanding interests, may be wisely trusted, and thit, amid all the perfls which may assall the constitu you will have the heart to lova and the arm to defend it With coxgra‘u'atirns to you and the country upon thi cemcastration of its exalted regard, and ths patriot hopes tbat cluster over it, we have the honor to be, with all respect, your fellow-cltizena, J. 3, BARBOUR, J. THOMPSON, ALPHEUS FELCH, PIERRE SOULE. Ron, Franwux Pierce, New Hampshire. The committee felicitated itself, and almost told Mr. Pierce in so many words, that he was “identified with none of those distractions,” regarding it sufficient that he was believed “to be faithful to the constitution’—a belief which exhibited far more zeal and credulity than knowledge and sound judg. ment. If, in 1852, it was so desirable in the democracy to have a candidate free from the taints of connection with the distracting questions “which had recently disturbed our country,”’ how hanpens it now that the same species of distractions is the soul of merit, and the only true passport to candidacy? It is unfortunate, indeed, that Mr. Pierce was identified with none of those distractions, and it is more unfortunate that he was im- pressed with none of the principles which were invoked to allay those distractions. Ie was sdentified with nothing save that of a puerile policy, whose beginning and end were concen- trated in Mr. Pierce himself. That he was identified with the democratic party, and has been permitted to throw upon that old family the weight of his personal and political delin- quencies, is another misfortune from which it wil) not soon be relieved. It would almost seem from the committee's letter that Mr. J. S. Barbour and his associates foresaw the present shameless efforts of the administration to perpetuate its power, and administered a stinging rebuke in advance, when they say they are persuaded “that this oflice (the Presidency) should not be pursued by an unrchastened ambition.” Be this as it may, we reproduce the letter, as a piquant commentary upon the course of Mr. Pierce nov, and as a warning to the politicians in the pr.3 sent juncture of public affairs. Francis’s Army WaGon anp Furry Boat.— A short time since a patent was taken out by # native of Texas for a road locomotive, whic } by a simple application of machinery, can, he states, be converted in an instant into a boat for traversing rivers. We have not heard whether the plan has been shown to be practi- cable, or whether any model of this amphi- bious machine has as yet been publicly exhibit- ed. Froman article in the Moniteur, which will be found in another column, it will be seea that Mr. Francis, of New York, has recently xhibited before the French Emperor an inven- tion of a very similar character, and which is stated to be in successful use by the United States army. Itis a military wagon, which can be turned at will into a ferry boat for crossing rivers, thus sparing the inconvenience of carrying and constructing pontoon bridges, which occasion so much delayin military ope- tations, The experiment made with this ma- chine before the French Emperor appears to have been highly satisfactory, and his Majesty expressed his approbation of it to the inventor in the most flattering and encouraging terms, It is gratifying to find American science vindi- cating thus triumphantly its place in the gene- rai rivalry of nations. The most important machines that have been brought out since the Lozdon exhibition have been the inventions of our countrymen. A Bact-Hasvep Biow.—The President's Waabington organ, in a leading article ou “the position of the Northern democracy,” throws out the following modest suggestion: — 1t ought not to be over'ooked that if it is allowable tu pre or a Presidential candidate wio is entirely reliable on he Nebraska isaze, arth he has not been identified with the struggle, ecaure he has not been so identi ted, tis equally allowable to fer candidates for Congress, tor the Seni and for Btate Legislatures, for the tame reason. The inevitable consequence will be that he recognition of such @ policy In the selection of » can- didate for the Presidency will be followed by ius recogni- tion in all other elections; and it requires no great sage- city to fororee that the final resuit will be the demorali- vation of our party, and she final triumph of abolition- ism in both houses of Congress ard in the l’resideney. The plain Englieh of this bit of circumlocu- tion is, that the administration intends to hold Mr. Buchanan ineligible to the Cincinnati nomination, on the ground that such a nomina- tion would “demoralize our party.” Franklin Pierce is the ticket to prevent “this demorali- zation.” Let the harmony which he has re- atored to the party in New York and elsewhere be preserved. Forty ov Turm.—The Rochester daily Union (soft) says that “we are confident from data in our possession that not less than forty of the hard delegates (to Cincinnati] have taken the oaths and obligations of the Know Nothing Order.” Forty black sheep ina flock of seven- ty! We had no idea that the hards were so deeply dyed ia the wool. Tue Davisu Souxp Dves—Avoruer Fizzie, —At the meeting of the monthly session of oar Chamber of Commerce last week, the Danish Sound question coming up, Mr. Arthur Leary read a letter addressed by the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce to Mr. Secretary Marcy, inquiring what course should be pursued by merchant vessels after the expiration of the treaty. Mr. Leary wanted the Chamber to join in an application for the opinion of Mr. Mar- cy. The chairman objected to this course, and stated that a member ef the Chamber had al- ready seen Mr. Marcy on the subject, who de- clined giving any formal opinion. Every captain passing the Sound must be left to act on his own views, Mr. Marcy, however, sug- gested that the obvious mode of proceeding would be to pay all demands, if any, under protest. No motion was made on the subject, which was then dropped. Our treaty with Denmark on these Sound dues expired on the 14th of April; but it has been announced that two months’ grace has been magnanimously allowed to Denmark, after which our captains are recommended still to pay the tolls under protest. This beats Greytown. Marcy backs out. Pierce is too busy with the forthcoming business at Cincin- nati to be bothered with the bombardment of Copenhagen. Looking to Washington, every man can now perceive that Hamlet was right, that “there is something rotten in Denmark.” Tue Sappie on THe Orner Horske+-Our Se- ward organs, who weep and howl so dreadfully over the lynching of an abolitionist, have no drop of pity for Sheriff J ones, of Douglas coun ty, Kansas. He was assassinated in a dastard- ly manner; but, according to our Seward phi- lenthrophists, being a “border ruffian,” they served him right. They say that Jones “was no Sheriff,” that “his claim as such rested on the same right on which the highwayman bases his right to property which he has stolen.” This is the opinion of Thurlow Weed’s organ. It is evident that the assassination of Sheriff Jones was « part of the Topeka plot for the “freedom of Kansas.” THE LATEST NBWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Important from Washington. THE PRESIDENTIAL GAME—NEW CANDIDATES FOR THE DEMOCRACY PROPOSED-.COBB’S CHANCES GETTING SMALL—MORE OF THE STRAIGHT WHIGS CAVING IN—PIERCB FRIGHTENED BY THE HARD SHELLS AT SYRACUSE—OUR RELATIONS WIftt ENG- LAND—ANOTHER TRAP LAID FOR BUCHANAN— THE PANAMA MASSACRE, ETC., ETC. Wasmincton, May 4, 1856, Tlearn that Mr. Buchanan has written to the Secreta- ry of State that be intends to be im Washington by the close of this week. A new feature in the Vice Presidential game will soon become apparent in the presentation of the names of Senator (ex-Governor) Brown, of Mississippi, and the Hon. Fred. 8, Stanton, of Tennessee, Cobb’s chances, itis surmised, are dimmed by the fact that Toombs wants no- body from his State in higher posilion than himself; and Toombs and Stepbens rule Georgia as effectually as Bright and Willard control Indiana. ‘The great feature in the Senate on Friday last was the speech of Mr. Berjamin, of Louiciana, on the Kansas question, in which he avowed that he “had joined the democratic party.”” Senator Jones, of Tennessee, was heard to remark soon after, ‘ Benjamin ought not to have said that.” “Why not, Governor?” was asked. «* What else can yon old Clay whigs du :’’ ** For one,’’ said Jones, “I expect to give my vote to the democrati party, but no man will ever hear me say I have joined it No man willever get me to acknowledge that the glo- rious old whig party is dead. Never! Never!” The meeting of the hard she!l de‘egation at Syracase Jest Wednesday has caused considerable talk and nv little uneasiness in certain quarters, It is understood to foreshadow serious difficulty at Cincinnati. Pierce and his friends have led all the Southern delegates who have been here to understand that the New York difliculty wa. a small matter, that would be arranged in five minutes by both delegations going in harmoniously tegether. General Ward’s motion of adjournment at the hard cau- cus, to meet at Cincinnati ‘‘to claim sdmisston or reje.- tion,”’ looks warlike. What does it mean? Our relations with England are getting more delicate than ever. tf the request made by Secretary Marcy, through eur Minister at London, for the reeall of Mr. Crampton and the three consuls, is allowed to sleep much longer, the country may well suspect the administration of s want of nerve. Our sense of politeness or forbear- ance seems to have got the better of our determination, and the exchange of long winded explanatory or contro- vernial despatehes bids fair to rule the bour for the ba- lance of the term. The ‘ast word’? will probably be left for the successors of the present administration, whom our “trans-atlantic cousins’ doubtles@ hope to wheedle into s settlement more to their credit than they can make with the present government. My. Marcy’s despateh, which presented the whole «juer- tion so clearly and forcibly, bears date the 28th Decem- ber. It arrived in London soon after the middle of Janu- ary, and has been before the British Cabinet about three months and a half, The people are getting rather impa- tient for some explanation of this delay. We hear a great deal from the other side of the water about the desire for peaceful relations, and about the kindly sympathies which should exist between us as members of the great Anglo Saxon family, and we are bored with endless twaddle about the same language, Ehakepere, Milton, and the like; but such considerations procure us no immunity from insults and indigmties. We have had “ something too much of this.”’ Every reasomable hope has been indulged that our de- mands for satisfaction would be insisted on and complied with, Bat cf satisfaction, in its most limited senee, we have not received a tittle. Crampton quietly sips his port at his rural retreat on the heights, and ostches rock fish at the Little Malls, A nelf apgpgted commitice of notorious opponents of James Buel in to the Presidency is to leave this city for Lancaster, in the course of the week, with preparai dcenments and speeches, acooumanied by a reporter to take down particulars of whet is contempiaied to be an interesting interview. The proper treatment o. this minion—although one of their mumber {is to be an a2 United States Senator— should be s refuses’ on tha part of Mr. Buchanan to oxtond to them further notic 0 FO Jiteness would suggest, accompanied by a refusal to ply to thelr designedly evil communications, wh hopes are entertained, may prove injasious to bis inter este with the South. The dread of any longer eilenve by the ex-minister, on the subjects of the day, is rensivly spperent in this neighborhood. A report was somewhat current abot the State De- partnont this morning, to the offest that General Walker had nent to New Orleans for rec: uits for his army, as his hope) of success, since Schloasiager’s defeat, were aot of an encouraging character. The distinguishe4 person who gave ne this informaticn asserts it to be true, but is apprehensive that the administration here will interfere and prevent aid from reaching Nicaragua, He represents the readiness of hundreds to leave New Orleans, and is as<ured from the extraordinary excitement prevailing in that sity in favor of Walker, that shoul the Marshal of that district interpose sea forse to prevent the depar- ture of those resolved upon going to Walker's aid, serious consequences may follow, as opposing force will certainly be used, Southern members of Congress are singularly united in favor of Walker, even more so than atany time I have kaown them to be upon the Cabs question, It would certainly be » streke of popular policy for General lieree % at once aeknowledge the in- copendence of Nicaragaa—an act that would be followed by thousands of volunteers leaving our seaport cities and towns for that region, It ia said that Senator Houa- ton’s Visit to the South has reference (o this subject, The Panama maseucre excites strong indignation here, and the Psecutive is prossed on all nites to tate prompt action in the matter; as if it were posuble for thix sd- ministration to take prompt action in any matter. Many members of Congress charge that the blood of every American slain in Nicaragua should tall upon the hands of the administration, The rejestion of the Nica- raguan Minister has led to the invasion, and President Pierce is held responsible, Such is the feellng here, The Tostmas'er “ ala report states che ost g mail transportation over the Panama Railroad, forty: Cight miles, to be $138,000 per annum, for semi-monthly trips, as I stated to you yerterday—the road itself having” cost $8,000,000, The New York and Erle road— 460 miles—cost $31,000,000, and receives $92,000 per annum for nineteen trips per week. He recommends that he be authorized to continue a contract with the Panama line at a cost not exceeding $50,000, and also to contract for transportation over the Nicaragua route at &. coat mot over $200,000; the mai's toalternate so as to fur~ nish a weekly mail witb Cailfornia. The sparring in the Senate on Friday was severe. Non-Arrival of the Etna, Boston, May 4—43 P. M. ‘The screw steamship Etna, from Liverpool for thie port, on the 22d ult, (three days after the departure of the Persia), 1s now due, but up the present moment there are no signs of her from the lower station. The weather is thick and rainy. Demise of Eminent Individuals. EX-GOVERNOE TROUP, OF GEORGIA. Corvmau, 8, C., May 4, 1856. Hon. Mr. Troup, ex-Governor of Georgia, died in Lau~ rens county, 8. C., on the 26th. Du. JOHN C. WARREN, OF BOSTON. Bostoy, May 4, 1856. Dr. John C, Warren, an eminent physician in this city, died this morning after a brief illness. He was 79 years. of age. Markets. PROVIDENCE, May 3, 1856. Cotton {s without change fn price; the market quiet. Printirg cloths—The demand continues brisk, and ee large,iat fall prises. Sales di prices. Sales for the week, 89,800 Nuw Onteans, May 1, 1866, Cotton is quoted at a» slight decline; tales, 5,500 bales. middling at 1050. © 10%c. Molasses, 3be. a Sic. Freight of cotton to Liverpool, 6-16d. Sterling exchange, 95;. New On.eans, May 2, 1856. Cotton firm; sales 3,000 doles; sales ‘or 22,000. Coffee, tales for the week, 13,000 bags; stock om hand, 46,000 bags. Rice, 103¢0. a 10%e, CHARLESTON, May 3, 1856. Cotton is quoted at an advance of 1c. a 4c. Sale for the week, :0 000 bales; good middling, 123,c. Stock. on hand, 61,000 bales. Receipis for the week, 9,300 bales. NEw ORLEANS, 3, 1856, @otton rales to day, 2,500 bales, at print Tates. Freights are stuffer. Whe May Term of the Law Courts. ‘The May term of the law courts will be opened this morning, the first Monday of the month. Thereare seve- ral important cases which have been already mentioned in our former notices, and which have not yet been reached. In the United States courts the filibueters have: not been diaposed of, nor is it probable that their cases will be called on for some days, as the United States Dis- trict Attorney and United States Marshal are suffering trom a grievanse under which so many of our private citi- zens are at present laboring—we mean the epidemic of a ‘May move.’? Henceforward the business of the United States Marshal's and District Attorney’s offices will be- conducted in Colfege place, oppotite the building which they have occupied for the last three years, at the mode- rate and modest rent cf $16,000 per annum, But Uncle Sam peyaell. As soon as the District Attorney recovers, he will doubtless bring to trial the filibusters, who have now been uncer arrest si: ce November last. In the State courte there is plenty of business to be tramsacted, and a desperate effort will be made to bring- certain long delayed causes to a trial before the summer vacation. The May term ofthe Court of General Sessions com- mences to-day, betore Reeorder Smith. There were a. large number of cases cisposed of in this Court Inst terms and the calendar for this month is consequently smaller than usual, Tbe enly capital case on the calendar ia that of Martin Kane, indicted for the murder of William Ruffat a lager bier saloon in William street, on the night of the 1st of January last. The fol.owing is the Hat of crimes represented at the Tombs :— Grand larceny le False pretences t Felon’ & fe y) ok Disorderly house . 2 Bastardy.. vm Witnesses. bd 1 The Mey ferm of the Common Council, The Board of Aldermen will commence their May ses- tion this evening; but what they will do, except speedh- making, we are unable to say; what they ought te da we have too frequently told them without effect. We un- derstend that the Committee on Gas will makes report this evening. The May session of the Board « f Councilmen commences this evening. There isa large number of bills on the regular calendar, awaiting the action of the Board, but nore calculated to excite much public interest. The Board will therefore bave a quiet time of it this month, unles they are called upon to reverse some of their pre- vious legislation, by a non-concurrence of the House of Lords, otherwise called the Board of Aklermen. This Board, it is ssid, ismuch dissatisfied with the list of Com- missioners of Deeds appointed by the Board of Council- men, and willsend the same back in a very scratched condition, The Mayor, also, it is roported, threatens to interpore his veto, unless aome of his friends are remem- bered for that important office. The number of patriots who are anxious to serve their country, and replenish their pockets, by taking affidavits at s shilling # piece, is astonishing. The Board of supervisors. This branch of the city legislature, which should be composed of the Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen, has be- come defunct, by an act of municipal suicide. The powers and duties of this body, when in existence, as we learh from Valentine’s manual, are in relation to levying taxes and assessments, paying bills, ke. Many of the city cflicials are unable to get payment of their claims, and it is said that if the Coroners’ bills are not speedily adjusted, they will proceed to hold sa inquest on thie body, which has beem row fer more than four months without vitality. Court Calendar—This Day. AvEs DieTrict Covrt.—Criminal causes. URT—= General Term.—Non-enumerated mo- Nos. 1 to 15, it Court. —Nos. 611 to 618, 520 to 688, 540 to 576, to 584, 586 to O11, 613 to 705," 101 to 761, 768 to 168, 6 t6 797, 790 to 812, 814 to $20, on CornT.—Nos. 260, 26:3, 449, 480, 200, 491, 109, 496, 509, 122, 570, 217, 173, 484, 827, 530, 541, 645, 847 ta 550, 158, 67, 310, 553 to 65b, 558 to 585, 486. Comox PivasePart 1,—Nos, 6, 11234, 116, 182, 216,. 20, 305, 354, 375, 384, 447, 465. Part 2. Nos. 544, 548, 31, 67, 60, 69, 90, 183, 194, 196, 284, 218, 279, B68, 987. White, Leader and Introducer ef Fashions for genie’ paw iasue the new style of drab beaver aud ‘sustor hat on Wednesday, May 7. WHI' we 146 Fulton street, between Broadway and Nassau. ‘The Espeuschela Hat. — These Un a'r wre in greater demsad than ever, Their superior qualliy aad warrelious cheapness ‘s the secret of yey bod |. MAP*NECAELD, Lie Nassau street, Coot Hats, Cool Bata, Coo! Aatsa—One of the ess inventions of the day ia SELIQR & CO.’S pawwat veniila- Sng bais, By a slmole yet ingenionis arrangement, ‘he wearer bei io a) once lees, the can open or Clore biabes, snd it is the’ coolent, ’ at and the bet bet ever prt en any mac's he ember they ‘be bad a: 6 maa- to street, comer of Luave, wrt) on Our new tore, it) Proadway, tree doors trom Ub: 25 and 56 Cent Port: alite—By Helmes’ Ma- chive s. and twenty artista. Dennt of art 289 Broadway. 1,000 akea day; photographs, &c. Boy wanted, this morning. Ce enviy. Ito male at auecion, Wednesday, May 7, at 12 oslozk, wt he Merchants’ Dxeliauge, 02 valuable lois, in tho souuorn part of tho chi of Miiwaubic, Wis, known ss’ Walker's Point. lots are £07 120, and #iuated in the most improviag section ot” the city. ‘Thcir'value is rising et ® traly enormons ‘and thie is an opportuniy vere rarc’y offered ‘or & periecily safe and bighly profitable ir vestment, apy nandred thousands of collars are seerly invesied there, in like manner, from capi- ‘asain ibe Bast and in Kurcpe, ona tamvense prot, Tile g an<l farther partien|: a the office ONY J. BULEOREE 'B? 00.. Kor 7 @ Hand Molian Pianos, at Very Lew pricos, at WATEBS’ piano rooms, 383 Broadway. One Gil- bert malian, ocet $400, for $220; ome Flacher's soll, coat Bb $190; do., without molian, tor $30, $68, 875, $130, $150, ‘$175. New piavos ‘for rent, and rent alowed “For sa’e on monthly payments, oh wheats ad of the late Firm of Wright, Laniers & Co. will plense present thelr claims on oF Veloberibe ot iat, ttn ofce ot the tiene. Ro. tare |. PATON, Faysres.. ew Youk, May 2, 1856, Lee ad Musitn Curtains, trom Auction.— Splendid inr.--A great rush is being made to KELTY & FURGUS i Broadway, to secure some of the laswand muslin curisis are selling at leas than cost of imoorts- tion, Go oarle. New York, cheap Wedding and Visiting Cards, Env Ac., in the lwest styles, Goaruiee, notary, aod bust aces seals, wil presses; sliver door plates, 100 diifarent pat- Jers; inner ipvons, coats of arms, cyphers kg on tne, corner Dust set; extab ished 1840. Sargains, Bargains, at the Canal Street Sree hie re cempet a, CRs e ee uy, rl; rain, a Ree eee ee RTEASON & 0O., 70 Canal street, Olark’s Spool eather MN Also, tae largest stock of window shades ia Ine Article Tow erwrepn 7 the pieces. Wool market Ce at wel pede . hy