The New York Herald Newspaper, May 25, 1856, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. OFTiCE N. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON STS. [3 camh a een sr Sey creek Bram: Wty part fe Conlinand, bth * (OTACE talen of anonymens communications, We do ‘eamcuted with neatness, cheapness and deo PD VER TISEMENTS rexral every dey. AMUSEMERTS TO-MORROW EVENING, ACADEMY OF MUSI0—Fourtcenth wrest I74Llan Ora, | dots Mrtizn. AY THEATRE, Broadway—Youna Aurmica— | BROADWAY 5 assy O'Donnsti COstow or tax Coentay. BIBLO’S @ EN, Broadway—Yotxsc HEenGuse On Tes peat Rorscfarnve 298 Plons—Martu. BOWERY FHEATRE, Mowery—Macsera Tue Devres Burma. BURTON'S THEATRE, Ohambers strom Tee Lire or an Acts res. ‘ea WALLAGK’S TREATRS, Brosdway-Twoirta Neenr— Baw Yeax's Dav. LAURA KEREY’S VARIECIRS Wroadwav—Jane Evrae war Oxrney or Mowoop MY Wira’s Mimson. 4 WAT 412 | Brosdway—Pxn rection Yoopuss sx Yun Woop & Tove JOMBDTANs. ‘woops MUNBT! 4 2 ‘Brmorux MiR- enmsy—Tun Mascuixvow Monxry. BMPFIRE HALL, 006 Proaiway—Tcscnsvs By THE Owe wnsese Kmciss Ta0cre—sones, BY Meo, Lovaany, ac. NIBLO?s SALOON, Browiway—Gxann Concer tr THe Pyne & Bannison Teeere KLEY’S HALL, 539 Broadway -Dionama Or Yee Bar- mn oF BUNKER BMA. AND TTE COW LAGRATION OF GAARLES- pown—VenTHiLourism —Faiky Lara, ac. 654 Broadway —New Axo BROADWAY ATSEN ZUM, or SUROFR, @icantic Panonsme oF TRE T DORBELDORE GALLERY, 47 Broedwer—Vaicasin Pee ees inp BeiSeaut Mast 7Ap0x OF BUT te, ‘ THIS EVENING, KRLLER'S WMPIRE HAUL, 106 Breedway- Graxp Sa. wep Conceat Wr Mur, Lovur xy, Arne Sro@ren, &c. New Terk, Sartay, May, 1656, ‘ ‘The News We havetumors ané reports of “loody work im Kansas. # jespatthecceived from St. Louis-saye, “Lawrence was destroyed on Wednesday. The hotel and printing. offece in Kaneas City were oko aemolished, hut few lives were fost.’ Another é2s- patch staves that in she absence of the leading free State men, tho committee of pabiiic safety of hew- Fence, previous to tho attack, termined to etban- don the town. Thewd habitants consequently exacu- ‘ated the place, and is probable that the pro-slave- ry people set fire tod: and utear!y destroyed it. It is reported that. the free State men will mekea stand at Bopeka; ¢o which pemt large reinforce- mente were hastenia z at last ascounts. . There is a bare poscibilit7 that these rumacrs and accounts are exaggerated, but the tenor of eur despatches from the West for-the past. week ‘lend to the conclusion that in thounain part they are founded in trath. The steamship.Beltic is now*due at.this por: from Liverpool. » She.tect on the 1#th inst. Heredvices will be four daye later than those previously re- eeived. The thesmameter stood at 88 degrees yesterday, which makce ithe hottest. day of the year so far. It seems but a few days that all New York wore its winter clothiag, and now the city is as hot esa fur. mace. This is»a!l veryfine for the corn, potatoes and strawberries, but it is not so pleasant for the denizens of thisdry,.dusty city. A drenching rain would be a great blessing just now, and it is a matter ef some rejeicing that the Quaker meetings are soon to be held in the city. We publish to-gay.another chapter of-Senor Vivo's revelations im regard-to the projected Spanish Ame- rican league against the United States. Notwith- standing the mass of verbiage in which they are involved, the facta. detailed in it will repay.a careful perusal. It will be seem from anextract taken from the Kong-Kong Register, which we publishto-day, that the mission of Dr.‘Parker+to China is not likely to be crowned with any more success than those of his predecessors in obtaining an interview -with-the Imperial Commissioner at. Canton. We learn that his Excellency Dr. Parker landed in Canton, pre- ceded by a fife and drum, with an.escort of marines and saflors from the United States sloop Vandalia, much to the amusement of the old boat women. This, we suppose, was in accordance with Governor Marcy's views on the Court usages to be observed by American officials abroad. It is to be regretted that so important an appointment could not have been given to some person of talent, more particu- Jarly as the present treaty should be revised on the 3d of July next. The pay is higher than that of any other foreign appointment inthe gift of the President. According to the weekly report of the City In- epector there were 322 deaths in the eity daring jast week, viz.: 60 men, 57 women, 93 girle and 112 boys, showing a decrease of 42 on the mortality of the week previous. The catalogue of disease con- tains no peculiarity calling for especial referenee. There were 4 deaths of apoplexy, 2 of bronchiti of congestion of the lungs, 42 of consumption, 9 of inflammation of the lungs, 5 of congestion of the brain, 10 of dropsy in the head, 5 of inflammation of the brain, 7 of diarrhoea, 3 of dysentery, 5 of in- flammation of the bowels, 25 of scarlet fever, 3 of dis ease of the heart, 13 of smallpox, 1 of cholera infan- tum, 26 of convulsions (infantile), 8 of croup, 5 of de- bility (infantile), 20 of marasmus, 5 of measels, 2 of teething; there sere also 11 premature births, 26 cases of stillborc, and 11 deaths from violent causes, three of which were suicides, and four from drowning. The classification of diseases is as fol- Jows:—Bones, joints, &c., 1; brain and nerves, 59; generative organs, 2; heart and biood vessels, 9; lungs, throat, &c, 82; old age, 5; skin, &c., and eruptive fevers, 37; stilborn and premature births, 46; stomach, bowel and other digestive organs, 49; uncertain seat and general fevers, 25; urinary oc- gans, 2; unknown, The nativivity table gives 230 natives of the United States, 55 of Ireland, 11 of England, 13.of Germany, 2 of France, | of Italy, 1 of Prussia, 1 of Scotland, J of Sweden, and 7 un known. The members of the General Assemblies of the Presbyterian Church visited the charitable instita- tions on Randall's and Blackwell's Islands yester- day, in compliance with the invitation of the Gov- ernors of the Almshouse. There were between four and five hundred altogetver, consisting of the mem- bers and their friends ,the majority of whom repre- sented Presbyterics outside cf NewYork. The day was all that could be desired, and the visiters had a fair opportunity of seeing the institations and of realizing the extent of our public charities. The Board of Police Commissioners were occupied yesterday with the case of officer Vandervoort, ofthe City Judge's office, charged with disobedience of or- ders in not reporting himself upon patrol duty. The Mayor, City Judge and Chief of Police were wit- nesses in the case. After hearing the evidence, the Board, without retinng, pronounced for the dis- missal of Mr. Vandervoort from the department. The sales of cotton yesterday were confined to about 1,000 bales; the market closed firm. Flour continued firm andin good demand, both for do- mestic use and for export, and in some cases a farther advance of 6jc.a . per barrel was ized. Wheat was again active, and at firmer pi Corn, aleo, w , with sales of prime Virginia yell ow at 60c., an th Carolina white at 63¢; ©oMmmon sound shipping lots wera at57c.a 59. Pork was firmer; mees sold at #18, and glosed with sales of sugars amounted to about 1,100 hhds.; the market closed about jc. per ib. higher than it was at the same time of the previous week. Coffee was steady, with more doing. Freights were steady. Politicians and the Presiaency—The Or ay ‘True Course. The political world, the press, and the va rious factions into which peliticians are, divid- ed, are all busily engaged in specu) ating on the probable tate of the candidate ¢ who are now before the people. ‘On the ‘une side, the nigger driving democrety has br ought forward teveral respectable mames—v sry respectable, indeed— Mr. Buchanen, Mr. Perce, Mr. Doug- Jas, and so on; while the n'gger worshippers have their names, -aleo re qpectable—very re- spectable— Chase, Seward, McLean and others, including, no dow’st, Mr. ‘Sumner, now that the folly of a hot bev.ded So atherner has made him svailabdle for thy; Presidency, and given him so astounding a reputa‘éon. All these indi- viduels, as wel] in the migger driving as in the nigger worehi pping samp, are heade of cliques each clique is the game. Whoever, of all these, ie nominat 2d for the Presidency, the unconsti- tutional 4 istimction sad dangeroue character of these ¢ rygemizations ie euch that his triamph would be certain to ensure a mere repetition of the Pierce sdministratioa—with another Pierce rat ite head, aad possibly the same For- ney #6 ita tail, The same Forney, who wasthe execctive of the United States during those trowvlous times when the Kansas agitation wor hatched; who was the friend and patron of Reeder, the prime author of those disturbances, ead who, a‘iter doing his best to get the coua- try into trcmble on this question, helped Mr, Fierce to gratify his natural propensities by turning rand avd throwing himeelf into the arms of the South—a nigger worshipper one } day, a nigger driver the next, who completed bis career congeniuily by deserting his patron in the hour of need, and rallying to the suppor’ of the Pennsylvania nominee! How could au administration with such a man at the helm be better, in any way, than the wretched one he has aljreadyso powerfully contributed to disgrace? How is it possible that anything new can come of these old nigger driving hacks? Turn tothe other side. Suppoze a nigger worshipper elected. What will be the conse- quence? Continued excitement on the eubdject of elavery, increased reasons for hostility in the South, aggravated disturbances in Kansas, spreading far and wide throughout the cona- try, and poseibly leading to civil war. Such is the prospect, without exaggeration or extenua- tion. On both rides the astounding fact meets the eye that the candidates who seek the highest office in the gift of the people ground their claim on their opinions on the nigger question. As Dr. Franklin said of the donkey, “with whom the vote died,” the real suffrage, the real principles, the interests of thie country seem to lie—neot in the white men, not in the great republican truths of the fa thers, not in our trade, our arts, our pub lic worke, but in a few niggers. The nigger parties—the drivers and the worshippers—are the only ones which appear to possess aay im- portance, and to have nominated any candi- dates. They have already driven the country into a most dangerous position, and tothe verge of civil war; but their power is still apparently upshaken. What does it matter to the people whois no- minated at Cincinnati? To the commerdial in. tereete, to the railroad interests, to the agricul- tural interests, to the manufacturing interests, to the moneyed interests, to nine-tenthe of the people of the United States? Not one straw. All the candidates proposed are respectab'e men—in private life. Mr. Buchanan isan old bachelor of remarkable gallantry and fini:hed manners, for whose gentlemanly instincts eve- ry one will vouch; but look at his associates— look at the men by whom he ie surrounded, and who must exercise a greater or less con. trol over his administration—and say wheth +r his election could possibly benefit the country! Mr. Douglas is another respectable man. H» acted like a staterman in introducing the Ne- braska bill, which, notwithstanding the clamor it aroused at the time, is now seen to be a ju- Gicious measurey it would never have led to the excitement it aid, but for the folly and im. becility of Pierce and his Cabinet, upper aod lower. But after all, what difference is there between Mr. Douglas and Mr. Buchanan? Then on the other side we have Mr. Seward, also avery respectable man and intelligent: able, if sufficient time be allowed him to make a very good speech that would be read with great pleasure in a magazine. And others, whom to enumerate would be to pay them to great honor. Among all of them what possible difference can be pointed out? Of what earthly consze- quence is it to the country which of them suz- ceeds? Whoever out of either party carries the day, the evil will go on festering day after day, and year after year, until the two sec- tions of the Union are wholly alienated frou each other by the fanaticism, and the selfish- nese, and the folly and corruption of the two nigger parties. The time has certainly come when the peo ple ought to think on the subject. It is high time there was a revolution and a revolt againet the domineering tyranny and the revk- less treachery to the country displayed by both factions: a revolution that would not only di- vest them of the right of tearing the nation in pieces for the niggera sake, but would restore the plan of elections to the purity of its origin, and the honored Presidente of the era of Wash- ington and Jefferson. That revolution can only take one direction. It cannot effect anything with the present or- ganization of parties and elections; but it can effect everything by the destruction of the caucus and convention system, and the elec- tion of unpledged Electors, solely on the ground of their honesty and respectability, in all the States. That is the only course from which any practical relief can be expected; and despite the novelty of the scheme which perhaps may be an advantage instead of a drawback, we are satisfied that it can be car- ricd successfully into effect this fall, if a vi- gorous effort be made by honest men; and we are aio satisfied that it alone, of all the plans that have been suggested, holds out a hope ot rescuing the country from the fanga and the clawe of the two sets of nigger politicians Thore who have any stake in the’ Jand and any- thipg to lose by revolution and ci,"il war, will do well to give it early attention; for the eigne of the times are net to be mistaken, in their respective parties; and the organizs- | tion, stamp of mensbers, and general style of NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MAY 25, 1856. a tendency to higher rates. Lard wae better. The | TBe guent syetem af Parties-Tne Curse of | steam thus applied is to prove our great American Pslitics. Men are received as intellectually equal who neither epeak nor write, Like rough mshogs- by, they may be cut up and ficished to mit the workman. Their chief value consiets in what is done for them. The raw material is both cheap and ugiy, aud withal valueless, ex- cept for instrumental usee. So it ie with eaany of our politiciane under the operations of the machinery of politica, They are the rough timber in the hands of the political mechiniets, and are manufactared into stateemem by the si- lent system of parties. This isa patent process of making great men by implicatioa—heroesand candidates by caucus resolutions and manage- ment. By ita reward is olivred for coaceal- ment, and proscription secured of all the out- spoken talent-ard patrictiem of the country. Whe will sey thet it hae ret been thus with the democracy? What more worthless saw material and what more utterty valueless manufactured article, in this wey, is to be foucd than Franklin Pierce? His nomination was a trick, hie elec- tion « fraud, and his administration a disgrace. ‘He was placed in the Presidensy by the silent system. ‘Ilis election was a proscription of euch unquestionably able men as James Bu chanan, Lewis Cass, Mr. Dallas, and othera of his party. It was the protective system, car ried into party, by which a few political manu. facturers were enabled to lay a heavy tax upon and even utterly proscribe true states- manship and merit. The power of the people was ignored. What is democracy, in these days, if Pierce is ite representative? It avows the maxim of popular sovereignty, free inquiry, speech and judgment. It maintains that the people are sovereign, independent, seif-governed. It appeals to the constitution as the guide of its policy and the life of its organization. Ie thie idle lip-service, meaning that the moat detest- ed man in the republic—a man whom half the Union and more regard with that diedain which springs from the conviction that he ie without personal honor or political integrity shall be its nominee, or failing in this, at least that he shall have the power of naming his successor? Mr. Pierce is not of the democratic party. Thet party, with all its errorse—tke greatest of which was his elevation to the Pre- sidency—has not fallen so low as to acknow- ledge euch a man as itechief. He was of the party and ie now the head of its mercenary troops—but the great central power, the sove- reign power of numbers, utterly abjares him and his associates, There are certain selfish and ambitious men surrounding Mr. Pierce—certain camp follow ere, political buzzarde, who say, “This man has had his day; he has no friends; let uscourt his favor and become his legatees.” But the Pre- sidency has not become negotiable, like a bill of exchange, to be transferred by endorsement, nor can it be conveyed by will and testament. It is not @ party office; and he who attempts to confer it upon party grounds and by such a process, or for purposes ot individual benefit, is an enemy to the Union. Democracy is well enough; but itis not a man, it is a principle—the power of numbers, of majorities—a patriotic instinct—a great law by which the people assume to act for them- selves, to punish crime, reward merit, discoua- tenance selfishness, and to frown upon inf- delity. Its work, in the case of Mr. Pierce, who was imposed upon it by the silent system of nominations, would remain only half exe- cuted if he were rejected and hie accomplices rewarded; that would be a compromise under which the people would assume to punish from policy and not from principle—to set aside the man and adopt his cause and his morale—to convict the criminal and retain the stolen goods. It is fit, indeed, that no such hybrid scheme as this—that no euch fatal Pierce poli- cy, nosuch mosaic compromise shall guide the democracy in their efforts to redeem their cause from the curse of the present adminis- tration. If there has heretofore been a justification for parties and party politice, there isnow ane- cessity for statesmanship. The silent system will work no longer. We have had enough of cliques and cabals—enough of manufactured men—men promoted for not uttering foolish things, though never known to say wise things. It has been enough that a man was not known —8 distinction to which Mr. Pierce could as- pire, but more to be coveted now by him asa cloak than it was four years ago as a help to his insane ambition. The democracy dragged him from obscurity; but an indignant and be- treyed people will permit him to return to its congenial shades. Is it not a public calamity that honest criti- ciem is compelled thus to speak of one who eccupies the chief office of the nation? We have arrived at that pass when it is treason to be silent; and the democratic party can only redeem iteelf by decided, prompt and thorough condemnation of Mr. Pierce and all his asso ciater. Has it come to this that improvement is stamped upon every department of life; that we are advancing rapidly ia mechanics, in ag- riculture in education, in the arts and in the sciences; that oar commerce has become a messenger of peace to all the world; that our inventive genius is providing remedies for s0- cial evils and vast means of physical comfort; and yet that we are compelled to acknowledge a downward movement in government? Who will say that we have advanced a step since the Revolution in the practical administration of public affairs? Who will deny that we have retrograded in public morals? And does this not convey a leseon to the people that they may hereatter guard their government against euch Hessians as now control affairs at Wash- ington? Steam Gvunpoats.—The war just closed in Europe whilst it has shown the great value of steam power as a means of transport, was not such as to give full developement to its pras- tical agency in naval fights. Steam, neverthe- lees, has made ead havoc in old liners and frigates, having completely revolutionized ship architecture, and brought into existence an entirely new class of vessels—steam gun- boats—which are not inappropriately caited the light artillery of fleets. Although they are as yet entirely untried, their evident fit- ness for service made them the most interest. ing object presented to the naval critic's notice in the vast aggregation of England's sea force at the famous Spithead review, The question naturally arises, does this new element of naval warfare offer any just cause of alarm to America’ We at once unhesitatingly answer, no. For We deem it almost 9 relfevident fact that element 0% strength, and that it will con- stitute Oar most active means for a vi- gorous offensive defence. It is to be hoped that qe ehall never commit the fatal mis- take of Russia, and rest ss an inert Wines waiting to be aevailed. If, at the commencement of war, we cannot in all cases be so fortunate as to remove the contest from our own ehores, we shall at ali eventa very frequently find it in our power to briug on the actual conflict at our own chosen time. It will prove no quiet berth to a blockading squadron !ying off one of our ports, for it will find fall play for all ites vigilance and activity in looking to its own safety. Should we once ever be lucky enough to disperse any one of them, or break up a blockade, we may then justly hope that the tide has tarned and the moment arrived for changing a defensive into an aggressive war. Although the English are the first to bring the steam gunboat into life, the idea is oara; for our government has long had ite attention érawn to this very class of vessele as being best calculated to give activity and develope- ment to our vast dormant maritime resources for naval warfare, especially as applicable to our defence on the commencement of hostili- tiee with a great maritime Power like England. While steam, as the Prince de Joinville so ably showed, opens the shores of England to the legions of France, and renders the crossing of a narrow strait as certain as the passage of ariver, which never yet checked the advance of a tkilful general or a great leader, the case assumes an entirely different phase when a broad ocean separates the belligerents. A vessel capable enough of moving along ite | own coasts or fighting on its own shores might be totally unfit to crossan ocean, consequent- ly anation called upon to act onthe defen- sive against a remote power, which has to bring ite forces over the sea, can use a8 mach cheaperand therefore much more numerous clase of veesels for defence than that with which the enemy makes the attack. For the home vessel, although cheaper and less seaworthy, maybe fleeter, and at the same time carry an armament of as heavy a calibre and of as great arange as any brought against it. Wherever you can build ariver steamer, there we can construct a steam gunboat. Wherever you can find a man that can run an engine, there we can get acrew for a gunboat. Wherever you can cast acylinder for a steam engine, there we can cast and bore a Paixhan for the gunboat. Therefore let us havea few steam gunboats, just to see what we can do. Tue Fist American Rrver STEAMBOAT IN Evrore.— Our readers will remember that, some three years ago, we mentioned that the Danube Steam Navigation Company, in Vienna, had ordered a steamboat engine at the Morgan Iron | Works of this city, and was going to intro- duce the American syetem of river navigation on the Danube. It appears that this boat—constructed ac- cording to a model furnished by Mr. Thomas Collyer, and the plans taken from the Rein- | deer—has given the most perfect satisfaction. The speed of that boat exceeded the fastest boat on the Danube by twenty per cent, and | the consumption of fuel proved to be less by twenty-one per cent, in comparison with five other boate of similar size. The Danube Company has adopted the Ame- rican plan of building steamboats since then, and travellers on that beautiful river will now meet with all the comforts and conveniences for which the North river float- ng palaces are justly celebrated throughout the world, and which, up to the time of its adoption by the Danube Steam Navigation Company, were only known on the other side of the water by faint descriptions. The John Baptist, the first American river steamboat in the Old World, carrying with it the evidences of American ingenuity tv the very heart of Europe, becomes, therefore, an object of high historical interest to the mecha- nical science of this country, and there ie no doubt that since this enterprising company has introduced the system, in spite of the many prejudices in favor of the English plan of building engines and boats, it will soon eu- persede, by its evident advantages in all par- ticulars, the present absurd system of construc- tion in every part of Europe where the ‘inte- rests of companies and the comforts of the travelling communities ere the ruling consi- derations of managers. The succees attendant upon the John Baptist induced the Danube Steam Navigation Company to have two other large sized steamboat en- gines built in New York, intended to ran over the rapids of the “Iron Gate,” on the Lower Danube. These rapids it was considered im- possible to ascend until a very few years since. The speed of the water at some parts of them is equal to ten miles an hour; and the river as- sumes, in pagsing the narrows formed by gi- gantic perpendicular masses of rock, the ap- appearance of s boiling surf, dangerous in the extreme to navigation, and requiring the most consummate command of the boats in master- ing the mighty billows rolling down through the pace. The engines intended to stem these rapids and currents are now being completed at the Morgan Tron Works, and will be shipped to Austria in the course of this and next week. The boats to receive them are being constructed in the ship yards of the Danube Company at Alt Ofen, according to the models of our ingenious countryman, Mr. George Steers; and it is to be hoped that these boats will perform their ynteresting and hazardous task to the full satiefaction of the company that has paid so high a compliment to the artizans of this country, by coming so far and going to s0 greatan expense for the purpose of obtaining engines and models to effect the most difficult fresh water navigation in Europe. The Danube Steam Navigation Company is the largest steamboat company inthe world. It navigates the Danube from Linz, in Upper Aus tria, to Galatz, in Moldavia, by'means of eighty eight steamboats and upwards of three hundred tow barges, which ang aew being augmented to one hundred steambSats and five hundred tow barges, to meet the increased demand for freight and passage. The company employe about 4,000 persons in carrying on the shipping business, and in the construction of the boats at her extensive works in Alt Ofen. The en- gines for these boate are ordered whenever new improvements are made in their censtruction, thereby alwaye keeping pace with the progress of the times and the experience of other coun- tries, The company’s affairs are conducted by an enlightened board of directors, under the able and efficient management of P. Erichsen, and the mechanical suyerintendence of the talented and energetio Oaptain J. A. Masjon. The stock of the company has been a favorite investment, end 500 florin shares command now a premium of 15 f. florins. It is an interesting fact not generally known in this country that Austria has become better acquainted with the excellencies of our manu- factures than almost any country in Europe, by the untiring exertions of Charles F. Loo- sey, Esq., the Austrian Consul General of this city; and we have no doubt that his countrymen will appreciate his zeal equally as well as the many manufacturers here, of whom he seeks his information, and who are benefitted by his valuable orders. Our Correspondence in Brief. The proprietors of the hotels at the different watering places appear to be makirg active preparaticns for the ensuing summer campaign. The flourishing condition of the country and the general abundance of money natu- rally lead them to anticipate a season of unusual prospe- rity. Weare daily inundated with circulars inviting at- tention to the extended arrangements which making at their places for the reception of visiters. We have too many pressing demands on our space todo more than express an intention of testing the value of the premises heid out by their proprietors, when the proper moment arrives. One of our San Francisco correspondents sends as a Jong commuat ation urging the necessity of the propoved wagon route across the Plains. The recent differences with Great Britain, and the probability of an interrup- tion of our sea communication with the Pacific coast in the event ef war, bave directed the attention of the Californian people to this project, amd measures have been adopted by them to bring the matter under the serious consideration of the general government. We trust that mo time will be lost in acting either upon this plan or upon some otber which will prevent the incon- veniences and dangers anticipated in that quarter from a disturbance of our friendly relations with any of the great maritime Powers. Our Fontenelle (Nebraska) correspondent informs av that settlers are crowding in great numbers to that thriving place, and that the yalue of property there is rising rapidly. Boats from St. Loufs are constantly ar- rivieg at Omaha City, freighted with goods and passen- gers for various parts of the Territory. The farmers were bury ploughirg and putting in their crops. It was ex- pected that Gov. Izard would shortly start for Washington: A letter from Vicksburg, Miss., states that the cotton crop this season promises te be leas than usual, owing to the heavy rains which have prevailed throughout that vicinity, and which killed the plants in starting. Many of the young men of the State were preparing to go to Niearsgua to join Walker. A merchant seaman writes to say thet whilst their fel- low citizens on shore have opportunities, by frequent Grill, to perfect themselves in the part they might be called upon to play in case of war, the seafaring commu- nity enjoy no such advantages. He thinks that a schoo) of naval gunnery should be established, in which the seamen of the merchant service would have an opportu- nity of acquirmg a knowledge of the management of artivery. The suggestion deserves consideration. AChicago correspondent, writing from Lake View ‘House, situated about two miles north of that city on the lake shore, describes the rice in the value of property in that neighborhood as exceeding all calculation. The section ealled Pine Grove, on which the Lake House is built, occupies a high, roliing position, with a native growth of forest trees and a fine prospect of both the lake ‘and the city. It was purchased in 1849 bye Virginia gentleman, named Handley, and Mr. James Rees, of Chi- cago, at the rate of $17 50 an acce, for several hundred acres. They have already sold a portion of it at $800 an acre, and they can easily get $2,000 an acre for the rest. The came writer states that the recent transactions in Kansas have set the nigger worshippers in a blaze of ex- citement, and that they threaten to make a grand strug- gle to unite all the opponents of the Nebraska bill upon one candidate, so as to overthrow the present nationa) democracy. ‘We have a letter from Washington calling attention te the resolution lately introduced into the House by Mr. Campbell), of Obio, authorizing the Clerk to furnish to new members all the books furnished to members of Con- gress heretofore. Now of the list of books to be provided under this resolution, the majority are to be purshased or a song at the old bookstores in this city. As, no mat tar how cheaply he buys them, the Clerk of the House is sure to charge the full price for them, itis probable that the profits which he would make under this resolution would be little short of $40,000. It isto be hoped that the House will not allow itself to be made a party to such a job. A Minnesota correspondent gives us some details re- garding the proposed buffalo hunt and expedition to the salt springs of that Territory. The region in which these springs are found Hes between the 47th and 49th de grees north latitude, and 97th and 99th degrees west longitude. Our first information regarding it was de- rived from a soldier in the expedition sent out to explore it from Fort Snelling, by Major Long, in 1822-23. He says that they had been travelling several days over a vast rolling plain, with no trees or water; the troops and horses were almost famished with thirst, when they came suddenly upon the shore of a beautiful lake about balf a mile fh diame‘er, sunk down in the deep plain. It resembles a vast sink hole. From » height above the waters a vast snow bank appeared to line its shere; but upon our examination it appear. 4 to bean incrustation of salt as pure and white as ‘mow. The waters of the lake were like the strongest brine. So strong was it that one bathing in it, upon coming out, ina few minutes would be covered with s white crystalization of salt. If this salt region be as it is supposed to be, # railroad projected imte it would prove the best stock in the country, There are mines of unde- veloped wealth, more extensive, more durable and more important than all the gold regions beyond the Rocky Mountains. A charter, granting excellent corporate pri- vileges, bas been obtained from the Minnesota Legisla- ture this winter, for the salt company, which is already organized. Many of the members of this company will accompany the expedition; and add interest to the buffa- lo hunt, in more fally exploring and investigating these salt regions. It was the intention to commence this ex- pedition on the 5th of June next. But as many from abroad are desirous of accompanying it; are delegates to ‘the democratic convention at Cincinnati, it will be post- poned until immediately after the adjournment of that body, or until more definite letters as to their intentions are received. Tue CiNcINNAT: CONVENTION—REDUCTION OF TALEGRAPH Tors.—We are authorized by the managers of the two direct lines of telegraph between this city and Cincin- nati—the National, via Philadelphia and Pittsburg, and the the Morse, via Buffalo and Clevelani—to state that editors and recognized news agents will be permitted to receive reports of the proceedings of the approaching Democratic Convention at Cincinnati, by paying at the rate of five cents per word, which isa very liberal de- duction in favor of democracy and the purses ef news- Paper publishers. Cricket. Cricker.—The second cricket mateh of the seston will be played to-morrow on the cricket ground at Hoboken, between the first eleven of the New York lub, and sixteen of the Newark Club; amongst the atter are several Americans, and young Lillywhite, an English cricketer. This match has created considerable interest in cricketing circles. JOHNSTOWN CRICKET OLUB. This club played their first match on Saturday, May 17, The bowling was much admired, and was very effes- tive, The batting, by Messrs. Redshaw and Maher, was excellent, and elicited the admiration of all present. The club has only been in existence about three weeks, nd is composed, with one or two exceptions, of new beginners, most of whom bid fair to become expert players. The foll is the result, which will compare tavorably with many o! vet and more experienced clubs:— H. Tappan, §. Redsbaw, J. Maher, A. Thompson. ter 1s In, 2d In. 1st In, a In. 2 1 0 8 8 4 26 13 1 0 4 6 2 7 1 0 2 2 3 6 2 0 1 4 9 6 3 2 9 1 0 3 4 1 0 2 +0 0 2 12 61 WF as cevsgs 60 49 Hickey and J. MoKi Peack THANKSGIVING IN CanaDA—The (o- vernor General has issued proclamation in the Oficial Gasttte 6) iting Wednesday, June 4, as@ public holl- day for rejoicing and thanksgiving to God for the restora- tion of peace. nt Motes on the Literature of Imperial Francs: BY AN UNFREJUDICED CRITIC. That the first Empire was barren of literature is a Bis-- ‘térical fact. The sword, not the pes, was the symbol of that period of atmost incessant warfare. Yet Napoleon was surprised that the epic grandeur of hie exploits inspired no Homer. Jealous as he wae of the tofluence of apy other mind than his own, eordially as he detested those whom he sneered at as ‘‘idealogists,’” and much as he despised merely literary people, (this, indeed, not without reason, for they usually are, as & true scholar has said, the least intellectual persons to be met with,) the Emperor readily cffered to literature every encouragement save that which is alone effectual —liberty. He often, and particularly in bis converse- tions with M. de Narbonne, manifested his ambition that a new, an imperial literature, might il!ustrate his reign, But he would fain have had it rise suidesly at hie eom- mand, “like a fie of soldiers, the creatures of bis will.’* That was impossible. Under his eye, military gecius was developed to an unprecedented degree. Science rewarded his special pa- tronage with euch names a5 Monge, Berthollet, Lagcange- and Laplace. Bu: the only two great literary names of his time are those of Madame de Steel and M. de Chateau- briand, who were always hostile, heart and hand, to the- usurpation and tyranny of the conqueror. Certainly, they cannot be claimed as lights of the imperial livera- ture, unless as having, by contrast, made its darkaess- visible. The generous maxims and aspirations of Mme. de Stael belonged as well to a preceding period, and the renown of Chateaubriand was coasummated under the Restoration. It is just, however, to add that the Restoration must recognize in the author of the ‘Genie du Christianissme’” snd the “Martyrs,” its principal creditor for the debt: which it partly owes to the thirteen years of the Con. sulate and Empire, on account of the origin of ite owm intellectual movement. But if Chateaubriand contributed largely to the germs ofa literary future contained in the Empire, it was the founder of the Empire who himself entitied it to ita high-- est claims as point of departure for modern thought, Our modern Cesar, moreover, was then well named, for, like his prototype, he wielded both sword and pen, ‘When the former was finally sheathed, the latter also - served to immortalize him. The ‘‘Commentaries” of this modern Owsar afford the most striking evidence of- the incontestible historial voeation of the present age. “To cite but one name, the first of all,” ssys Ville- main,‘‘the fragments of history, the episodes of predilee- tion in his own destiny, which Napoleon dictated at St. Helena, these recitals, sober, severe, impassible ‘until the lightning of passion flashes athwart them— these plates of brass, cut with s graver of steel, ceslames @airain burnées dun style d’acter, the Campagne d?Ialie, the Eapedition d’ Egypte, the Retour en France and the 18 Brumaire, &e., will remain as monumente-of art, as im- mortal works of reflection and of eloquence, equal to the ger hero for activity. They will de in the m ‘men the most durable vestiges of hie passage - on th, and the sign least doubiful, as well as me sonal, of his superiority over those whom he gubjageted, and over those who vanquished him.” Bat these extraordinary writings were the fruit of exile. ‘They were ‘‘ dictated at St. Helena,” and thus fail to re- Lieve the fret empire from the reproach of literary sterility. The same reproach has been brought against the steond empire, in spite of the ‘Complete works of Napoleon .,”? of which Amyot has published, in four volumes, a magnificent edition. The English journale, before the alliance, were particularly fond of flinging this stone at theirmeighbors across the channel; and, since the con- clusion of peace, have picked it up again. Apropos of the verses attributed (incorrectly), to Beranger, which they have eagerly translated, they would fain italicise ‘these lines:— Pour mot Nisard est il done eloquence, ‘ive vente Popprobre ett itapu dence, Et pris jamais Belmontet pour Hugo? God forbid that any American sheuld be less tenacious” of the liberty of the press than the Englishman fs. But may not unprejudiced observers admit that the restrie~ tions imp sed om the press by the Smperor of the French, however deplorable they seem to us, and are, have begft attended, nevertheless, with at leas! this advantageen that of having checked the enormous waste of mind O¢- casioned just previous to the coup d’état, by the violent, and selfish party discussions which were then raging? For» time, indeed, after the noisy strife of tetiong was quelied, (summarily enough,) the silence of the French press was as terrible as that which settled heavily down in the streets of Paris after the cannon and mus- xetry of the successful faction had ceased their mur- derous roar. It must be owned that this silence seemed no less shameful for human nature in general, and Freneh nature in particular, than the obsequious voices of courtiers in embryo—the only voices that interrupted it—were disgusting. But a stronger than a homan hand, albeit the hand ct & Napoleon, is required to stop the French brain (rom thinking. And who shall hinder the Frenehman fromz translating his thoughts by shrugs, if not in words Graduslly, after the first shock was over, minds were busy in every channel of activity still left open to them. A mighty impulse was imparted to the whole system of: government machinery, the modifying and werking of which absorbed no smali amount of intellectual energy. With a sense of material sesurity, commerce, wade ané. manufactures revived. Labor was encouraged by mes- sures which almost promised that imperial democracy would realize even the dreams of socialism. Industry, and the arts were favored with all the advantages which 8 Universal Exhibition could offer. Speculation drained the body politic of humors that might dangerously irri- tate it, and by its glittering prizes of millions and mil- lions tempted areh conspirators themselves to seek at the Bourse the excitement which they used to find, in other days, at the clubs. Then came the Eastern ques- tion, and the Eastern war, and the Plentpotentiaries, and the Prince Imperial, and, finally, peace. The publie mind, diverted from the conflicting interests of party polities, bas thus been occupied, and at times intensely eecupied. It has not been idle, as some English journal- ists would seem to suppose, and its activity bas nataral- ly enongh found its way, not enly into other forms, but’ into the old fashioned form of the book. Occasions have not been wanting since the restoration of the empire for sg multitude of publications. The Universal Exhibition, ‘the Eastern question and the war, each furnished alone « library of new pamphlets aad books. To be sure, the vast majority of these cannot be classed under the head of literatare, in ite philosophical sense, as the direct an- tithesis of books of knowledge. But im a popular use, liverature is admitted to be a mere term of conveniense- for expressing inclusively the total books in any lan- guage. And it is in the latter sense that it is used by those who imagine that Freneb literature has bsen con- demned to the same s erility under the second as under the first empire. Happily, owing toa variety or causes, this does not seem to be the case, _ [tise singular fact that mearly all the names that be- came illustrious im French literature during the latter part of the Restoration, and shortly after the revolution of 1830, are actually prominent among the busiest writers of the day, The fact that scarcely any of them have “rallied,” as they say here, to the imperial go- vernment is also remarkable, but it cannot prevent the works which they have published since the accession of Napoleon III. te the throne from being catalogued among the books of the second empire. Indeed, some of these writings possess ® peculiar fea- ture, which makes them belong, characteristically, par excellence, to the insperial literature, This is their use of what the French have perfected as » rhetorical arti- fee, i. ¢. parallelism or writing about one thing when. they mean another. Thus, when Guizot wished to dis- course on the duties ofthe President of the French Re- public, he did it in “Memoir of Monk and Cromwell,’” Just as Lamartine had given his opinion of the Orleans: dynasty ina ‘History of the Girondists.” To cite the moat recent instances, and instances which have made a. great sensation both {n London and in Paris, the real subject of the book of the Count de Montalambert, enti- tied ‘The Political Future of England,” is France im 1856; and the other day, the Duc de Broglié in his speech at his reception as a member of the Academy, hung up a. portrait labelled ‘Mazarin,’ but which no one mistook as having been intenéed for any other original than the present occupant of the imperial throne, This feature of current French literature is important an well as cu- rious. It in, in fact, one main reason why the present: moment is favorable for beginninng in the HERALD a #e- ries of notes on sush new and recent publications ae characterize the tendencies of French thought and feel- ing. In it not significant in more than one way, that “the Great event’ of the week should have been the publica- tion in Paris, on the 284 of April, Les Contemplations, auto-biography in verse, by Victor Hugo? It is also note worthy, that not only is the author in exile, but all e¢ his works, as well as Les Chatiments and Napoleon le Petit (in both of which the poet is mastered by his passionin stead of mastering it,) are prohibited ftom clrogiation — EEE EEE ee Y